The Agnes Scott News 



Vol. XXXIII 



AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, WED. OCTOBER 1, 1947 



Number 1 



McCain Reveals Honor Roll; 



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uniors, Seniors 



Take Lead 



Heralded by the first academic procession of the year 
came Dr. J. R. McCain's announcement of the 48 students 
who attained Honor Roll for 1946-47 and the six seniors who 
are reading for honors. 

Amid gasps of joy the student body applauded 19 seniors 
19 juniors, and 10 sophomores 



whose average record for last sea- 
son in all their academic work 
made them eligible for Honor 
Roll. The number of students to 
achieve this high honor was an 
increase of four over last year. 

Honor students from the class 
of '48 are Dabney Adams, Ashe- 
ville, N. C; Jane Alsobrook, New 
Orleans, La.; Martha Ellen Beach- 
am, Decatur; Alice Davidson, 
Charlotte, N. C; Adele Dieck- 
mann, Decatur; Marianna Hol- 
landsworth, Covington, Va.; Nan 
Honour, Atlanta; Jane Rushin 
Hungerford, Atlanta; Mary Eliza- 
beth Jackson, Atlanta; Mary Beth 
Little, Wichita Falls, Texas; Shee- 
ly Little, Hickory, N. C; Frances 
Evelyn Puckett, Atlanta; Ruth 
Richardson, Black Mountain, N. 
C; Anna Clark Rogers, Danville, 
Ky.; Teressa Rutland, Decatur; 
Ruth Bastin Slentz, Decatur; Hel- 
en June Smith, Decatur; Anne 
McRee Treadwell, Decatur; and 
Anne Page Violette, Hampton, Va. 

Juniors were Mary Jo Ammons, 
Augusta,; Eleanor Murrah Bear, 
Richmond, Va.; Julia Blake, Tal- 
lahassee, Fla.; Nancy Dendy, Or- 
lando, Fla.; Sue Tidwell Dixon, 
Atlanta; Mary Louise Durant, Mo- 
bile, Ala; K te Durr Elmore, 
Montgomery, Ala.; Rachael Stubbs 
Farris, Atlanta; Katherine Alls- 
ton Geffcken, Dunwoody, Ga.; 
Nan Johnson, Jacksonville, Fla.; 
Ellen Lee Fisher Katz, Atlanta; 
Mary Price, Salt Lake City, Utah; 
Edrice Reynolds, Doraville, Ga.; 
Shirley Simmons, Atlanta; Annie 
Charles Smith, Christiansburg, 
Va.; Edith Stowe, Charlotte, N. 
C; Doris Sullivan, Decatur; Olive 
Wilkinson, Atlanta; and Harriot- 
te Winchester, Macon, Ga. 

In the class of '50 Hazel Lee 
Berman, Atlanta; Catherine 
Chance, Athens, Ga.; Cama Clark- 
son, Charlotte, N. C; Mildred 
Flournoy, Brodnax, Va.; Rose El- 
len Gill am, Atlanta; Carolyn 
Goodman, Athens, Ga.; Sarah Isa- 
bel Hancock, Decatur; Alline Mar- 
shall, Albany, Ga.; Polly Anna 
Philips, Atlanta; and Lenora Ann 
Windham, Opelika, Ala., attained 
(Continued on page 5) 

A. S. News - Wheel 
Fashion Frolics 
Slated for Oct. 10 

What the well-dressed gals and 
guys are wearing will be the theme 
of the frolics fashion show spon- 
sored by the News and The Em- 
ory Wheel Oct. 10. 

The ladies' fashions half of the 
show will be the province of the 
News staff, while the Wheel boys 
will furnish the dapper attire for 



Fire, Water 
Create Chaos 

Twin disasters of fire and water 
descended on Agnes Scott last week 
raising scalps on campus as high 
as the "Constitution's" daily re- 
ports of Atlanta murders. 

Room 59 Rebekah became the 
campus hot spot as a faulty desk 
lamp caught fire Tuesday. The 
next afternoon a geyser was spot- 
ted at 2:15 p. m. bursting from the 
sidewalk of the corner of Butterick 
near Presser which cut off the cold 
water supply. 

The faithful who kept the vigil 
during the long night until the 
water spurted out at 11:30 were 
rewarded with a shower and clean 
teeth. The rest had to join' the mad 
dash at dawn, or endure scalding. 

Mr. Rogers, assistant business 
manager-treasurer, reported that 
the leak was caused by a fault 
in the pipe which was .an old one 
laid in 1930. The next day another 
leak was discovered but quickly 
repaired. The county did not come 
to fix the leak until 4:45. 

Without Bob Blair's one wo- 
man fire fighting brigade her room 
might have been the match in the 
woodpile for Rebekah. Nancy Wil- 
kinson sounded the alarm about 
7 p. m. and Bob swung into action 
to smother flames rising two feet 
high, eye witness Ann Sheppard 
reported. 

Nancy reappeared with a coffee 
pot full of water just as Bob hasti- 
ly pulled a blanket from the bed 
and 'enveloped the fire. Ann Shep- 
herd added her bit by throwing the 
light switch. All the cords and ex- 
tensions were flaming even though 
the lamps had been out. 



'47 Registration 
Sees Increase 
n Boarders 



Registration figures at Agnes 
Scott hit 542 for the 1947-1948 
session, with more boarders en- 
rolled than ever before and the 
largest freshman class since 19^3. 

Of the number registered, 191 
are new students. Freshmen num- 
ber 168, 23 more than last year's 
freshmen class and the most frosh 
the college has had since 1943 
when there were 185. 

Tw r enty of the remaining new 
Agnes Scotters are students with 
advanced standing. Two from Nor- 
way and Poland, are classified as 
special students with advanced 
standing due to language difficul- 
ties, and one new student from 
England is classified as a fresh- 
man special. 

The ranks of the boarders have 
swelled this year to a new all- 
time high of 360. The maximum 
in former years was 350. 

The fact that there are fewer 
day students this year makes the 
total registration figure 542, a 
normal one for Agnes Scott. The 
total in 1946 was 534; in 1945, 
542: and in 1944, 540. 



Baker Unanimous Choice 
For News Assistant Editor 

Betsy Baker, junior, was unan- 
imously elected assistant editor of 
the Agnes Soctt News at a stu- 
dent meeting Monday. 

Betsy replaces Rita Adams, 
former assistant editor, who trans- 
ferred to the University of North 
Carolina this year. A former high 
school newspaper editor, Betsy has 
served for two years as a reporter 
on the News. 



SG Leads Week of Programs 
Emphasizing Honor System 



Student government is making 
this week, one of the most im- 
portant of the year in dedicating 
it to Agnes Scott's honor system. 

Under a committee of Hunt 
Morris, chairman, Tina Hewson, 
Nancy Deal, and Dot Quillian, 
campus-wide dormitory discuss- 
ions on each wing were held Tues- 
day night and two panels at cha- 
pel Wednesday provided discuss- 
ion for the old and the new day 
students. Thursday is, without 
definite plans, left for real con- 
sideration of "You and the Honor 
System". 

In chapel Friday the entire stu- 
dent body will participate in a 
the men. pledge ceremony, the new stu- 

Dean Hudson and his orchestra dents taking the Student govern- 



w ill play for the dance which will 
follow the program of fashions. 



ment pledge and the old students 
saying theirs as a renewal. 



The front rows in chapel Friday 
will be reserved for the new stu- 
dents to sit as a body. Behind them 
will be the old students who will 
stand and say the pledge after 
preliminary comments by Sister 
Davis. The new students will then 
stand, take the pledge for the 
first time, and come to the tables 
down front , one row at a time to 
sign a pledge card, taking one with 
them. When all new students are 
again seated, the chapel will be 
concluded with the Alma Mater. 
Chapel that day will begin at 10:25 
a. m. 

In the wing meetings Tuesday 
night the discussion centered 
around the Honor System as an 
active and positive standard for 
campus living and as the only real 
(Continued on page 5) 




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PRESIDENTS GREET FROSH Dr. McCain, president of 
A. S. C. and Sister Davis, president of Student government, 
receive freshmen and their sponsors at the faculty re- 
ception. 

Freshman Spiro, Soph Reinartz 
Lead Classes in '47 Cat Fight 

Cissie Spiro's and Gretchen Reinartz's election Friday as 
Black Cat Stunt chairmen touches off two weeks of fur- 
ious activity before the classic struggle Oct. 11. 

Gretch who is leading the sophs, and frosh Cissie have 
lined up their class talents to see who'll ring the plaster 
kitty's bell. 



Gretch is making two innova- 
tions in committee organization; a 
production manager, Jane Shar- 
key, and the combination of day 
student and boarder as co-chair- 
men of committees. 

Polly Harris and Dot Medlock 
will spark the stunt's writing with 
Frances Howerton, Helen Edwards 
and Ann Sartain as assistants. 

Pulling behind scenes are Bar- 
bara Lawson and Barbara Lanier 
handling decorations. Mary Ann 
Hatchel and Robin Robinson are 
directing costuming while Sarah 
Hancock and Mildred Flournoy 
will plan sets. Song chairmen Sara 
Jane Campbell and Norah Anne 
Little will cooperate with Polly 
Anna Pnilips at the piano. 

Out front leading sophomore 
cheers will be Donnie King, Jo Mc- 
Call and Charlotte Bartlett. 

Margaret Glenn and Mary Lou- 
ise Warlick are props chairmen 
and Carolyn Garrison will direct 
mimeographing. 

Frosh talent includes song chair- 
man Mary Louise Mattison and 
her committee of Dot Jennings, 



Wave, '47 Alumna Join 
Faculty, Dean's Office 

Two members added to the 
teaching and administration stalls 
since the publication of the Agnes 
Scott College Bulletin are Miss 
Mary Johnson, assistant in French, 
and Miss Marie Adams, assistant 
to the dean. 

Miss Johnson, an Agnes Scott 
alumna, served in the WAVES 
during the war. At present she 
is living on campus and teaching 
at Napsonian school as well as 
at Agnes Scott. 

Miss Adams was graduated 
from Agnes Scott last year. In 
addition to her work in the dean's 
office, she is house mother of 
Rebekah Scott dormitory. 



June Harris, Carolyn Lee, Barbara 
Caldwell, Ann Miller, Sally Jack- 
son, and Wilton Rice. 

Leading the freshmen cheers 
will be Louise Hertwig and Jo Aim 
Cobb. 

Cissie, who hails from New York 
city, explained that she came south 
because her parents thought it 
would be good for her to exper- 
ience a complete change. At Hun- 
ter College's experimental high 
school she was director of all 
school plays her senior year and 
chairman of all clubs directing 
and coordinating their activities. 

When you ask her interests, "al- 
ways dramatics and debating" she 
returns. "Everyone is wonderful: 
here" she said and she is "so afraid' 
she's going to wake up and find 
out something's wrong." 

Gretch attended six different- 
high schools although Red Bank, 
New Jersey, is home. She has al- 
ways written and worked on school 
newspapers. Last year her team- 
mates selected her hockey mana- 
ger. Serving on Black Cat writing 
committee and directing frosh for 
Junior banquet were only a few 
of her activities. 

With nothing but mystery and 
business in the air around both 
elapses it is a toss-up as to who 
will capture the kitty. 



Date Book 

Wed. Oct. 1  3:30 p. m. Alum- 
nae Student Council meets in 
Alumnae House. 

Thurs. Oct. 2  5 p. m. Spanish 
club meets in Murphey Cand- 
ler. Granddaughters' c I u b 
meets in Tea House. 

Fri. Oct. 3  Dr. Fulton speaks in 
Chapel. 

Sat. Oct. 4  T e n n i s doubles 
tournament. 4:30 p. m. pro- 
gressive sports party. 

Sun. Oct. 55 p. m. vespers- 



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AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, WED. OCTOBER 1, 1947 



Merry-go-Round 

By Mildred Claire Jones 

Vacation? Seems that it has been over for years 'cause the 
rush of studies  and week-ends  is upon us again. Starting 
the new year right were Polly Miles, Beverly Gordy, Zollie 
Saxon, and Sidney Cummings at the Tech KA house. Since 
rush weeks at Emory and Tech started as soon as we arrived, 
sorce of our number had gay times 



early in the year. Among them 
were Clarkie Rogers, Ginny Henry, 
Harriet Gregory, Betzie Powers, 
Maxine Kickliter, Nancy Dendy, 
Spfrnter Board, Mary Hayes Bar- 
ber. X)ot Porter, Flo Bryant, Myr- 
tice Manani and Johanna Wood 
at the Phi Gamma Delta house. 

Proof that "out of sight out of 
mind" does not apply to Scott girls 
are Willa Wagner, Charlsie Smith, 
. Ann Carol Blanton, Robbie Robe- 
son, Susan Pope, Lynn Phillips, 
and Virginia Henry who went to 
the Tech-Tennessee game. So did 
Virginia Skinner, Betty Wood, 
T^ancy Deal, Hunt Morris, Barbara 
QuaLtlebaum, Mary Beth Little 
Clarkie Rogers, Dottie Morrison, 
and Mary Jo Ammons. 

Celebrate Tech Victory 
Seen later at the dance were 
Gene Wilson, Ruthie Grimes, Nan 
Ford, Dot Floyd, Charlotte Bart- 
lett, Suzanne Wilson, Pagie Vio- 
lent*, Mary Manly, Annelle Simp- 
son, Myrt Marian, and Lyd Gard- 
ner. The dance would have been 
incomplete without the personali- 
ties of Jessie Carpenter, Charlotte 
Evans, Margie Major, Floss Han- 
son Johanna Wood, Ann Green, 
Miriam Mitchell, Suzanne Wilson, 
Hunt Morris, and Beryl Crews. 

Tilly Alexander, Lucy Mohr, 
Ann Faucette, Susan Gauger, Dot 
Porter, Nancy Parks, Nancy Huey, 
Virginia Vining, Barbara Lawson, 
Sarah Tucker and Ann Sartain 
joined those popular day students 
Betty Cole, Sarah Hancock, Dot 
Medlock, Mary Carolyn Schwab, 
Maybe Burchfield, Margaret Glenn 
and Janet Quinn for the game and 
dance. The class of '48 welcomed 
Van Orr, and old classmate who 
was here for the game! 

And don't think the freshmen 
didn't know oodles of football fans. 
Doris Maritzky, Barbara Hytken, 
Luly Hunt, and M. C. Lindsey at- 
tended the game, while Anne Er- 
win, Dean Morris, and Genny Fed- 
deman went to the dance. 

M 

Rush for Tech 

Attracting a large number of 
beauties was the Phi Kappa Sig 
house, where Jo Ann Cobb, Julie 
Morgan, Gene Wilson, Ruthie 
Grimes, Anne Kincaid, Betty Wil- 
liams, Ann Green, Twig Hertwig, 
Monna Lea Morrell, and Louise 
Tavel danced. Other gay spots at 
Tech were the Phi Delta Theta 
house, where Sarah Tucker, Jean 
Oshorn, Bptty Asbill, Mary Ann 
Zeigler, and Monna Lea Morrell 
were seen, and the ATO where 
Dot Floyd, Charlotte Evans, Mar- 
gie Major, Barbara Stainton went. 

For fascinating accounts of the 



Theta Chi party, ask Jo McCall, 
Sally Thompson, and Caolyn Wells, 
or if you prefer Beta Theta Pi, 
ask Grace Durant and Pinny Rog- 
ers. The two outstanding girls at 
the Biltmore Empire Room were 
Isabel Truslow and Terrell War- 
burton while Barbara Lawson 
made a big hit at the Delta Tau 
Delta house. 

Entertained at Emory 

Meanwhile the Emory boys were 
doing quite a bit of entertaining 
too. Barbara Stainton, Mary Lou 
Hatfield, Nancy Brown, Carolyn 
Critchlow, Olta Lee Patch, Sara 
Samonds, Floss Hanson, Miriam 
Mitchell, Jessie Carpenter, Sarah 
Tucker Ann Sartain, Charlotte 
Bartlett, Dean Morris, and Nan 
Ford enjoyed an SAE party. The 
Emory Square Dance was lots of 
fun, say Becky Bowman, Mary 
Lou Campbell, Martha Weekly 
Betty Rawls, and Sara McKee. 

The Emory PiKAs were wonder- 
ful hosts to Nancy Dendy, Ginny 
Feddeman, Jo Heinz, Ric Ram- 
seur,* Leila Walker, Dot Morrison, 
Nancy Huey, and Winnie Lam- 
bert. Not interested in fraternity 
functions in face of the South- 
eastern Fair were El Bear, Splin- 
ter Board, Lee Cousar, Marie 
Cuthbertson, Kate Elmore, Lorton 
Lee and Ric Ramseur. 

Play Hostess 

Among the visitors seen around 
campus over the weekend were 
Virginia Skinner's brother from 
Jacksonville, Fla.; Ric Ramseur's 
brother, Jo Heinz's family, Nancy 
Huey's C. V. from Tennessee, Mor- 
ris Ferrel from Virginia to see 
Hunt Morris, and Ellen Tatum and 
Gus Kipp from La Grange, Geor- 
gia. 

Not all the excitment was on 
campus. Betty McClain went to 
Tate, Ga.; Rebecca Lever to Win- 
der; Susan Bawling and Betty 
Davison to Opelika, Ala. ; and Marg 

unt and Mimi Arnold to Grif- 
1 in, Ga. 

Have you noticed all the pins 
and rings this year! Norah Ann 
Little and Pat Asbury have Beta 
pins, Joan Lawrence has a KA pin, 
and Carolyn Wells has a Pi Kap- 
pa Phi pin and ring. Jane Barker, 



Council Meets 
To Plan 
Founder s Day 

The Alumnae Student council, 
organized last year in order to 
provide a direct contact between 
students and alumnae, will hold 
its second meeting today at 3:30 
p. m. at the Alumnae house to 
plan Founder's Day. 

Members of the council are 
Mrs. R. L. MacDougal, alumnae 
trustee; Miss Eleanor Hutchens, 
director of alumnae affairs; Mrs. 
Walter Paschall, president of the 
Atlanta club; Mrs. Ralph Heath, 
president of the Decatur club; 
Miss Beth Daniel, president of At- 
lanta Junior club; Sister Davis, 
president of Student government; 
Harriet Gregory, editor of the 
News; Virginia Tucker, vice presi- 
dent of A. A.; Candy Hollands- 
vw)rth, vice president of C. A.; 
Nancy Deal, orientation chair- 
man; Emily Wright, day student 
representative to Student Govern- 
ment; Pagie Violette, president 
of Mortar Board; and Lady Ma- 
jor, president of Granddaughters 
club. 



Sweeping Skirts Hit Ankle 
As Fashion Bows to Bowtie 



L. D. ADAMS AND SON 

Decatur 
For 

Doris Dodson Jr. 
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Lucy Mohr, and Virginia Gordon 
have engagement rings! Speaking 
of weddings, the details on Jane 
Rushin Hungerford's and one Jean 
Fraser Duke's are beautiful! And 
now the big question, who'll be 
next? 

Why head this the Merry-Go- 

round? You may say. 
Aren't all Agnes Scott girls both 

merry and gay? 
And where will you find more girls 

who go-round 
To parties, on visits, back home. I 

have found 
That Agnes Scott students really 

live in a whirl. 
Every day, every week, there is 

some special girl 
Who wears a bright diamond or 

is pinned to "Her Man". 
So won't you contribute as much 

as you can 
To your A. S. tf. Merry-Go-Round 

for you see 
It's a record for scrapbooks and 

you'll really help me! 



By Mary Beth Little 



Shades of gilt bird cages and 
two seater bikes! There's a new 
look on campus that makes wrecks 
ramble over for a second look and 
Emory boys amble by for a double 
take. Grandpa, perhaps wouldn't 
have been so startled. 

Envious upperclassmen in their 
short skirts and ancient sloppys 
some with haggard, these-years, 
no-sleep eyes see button-pert frosh 
in swish ankle sweep skirts and 
white blouses sparked by ribbons, 
scarves, and smart round pins. Clad 
in hooded coats that barely miss 
scraping the local onion crop our 
little newcomers promenade them- 
selves and their pyramid silhou- 
ettes to and from class. Upper- 
classmen resort to draping blan- 
kets for that covered-up look. 
Bow Tie Zodiac 

The number of bowties might 
have suggested a Frankie-boy fan 
club last year but now it's just 
a sign of the style zodiac. The va- 
rieties are striking, and occasion- 
ally indicative of the personality 
behind it. There's the southern 
senator string, the hangman's 
noose, the handlebar, the long- 
horn, the nosegay, and the Byron- 
esque cassade. Starchier ribbons 
run in the catswhiskers type, the 
swandive, the kid party, the size- 
mograph banner, the highland 
fling, and the prize package. 

Scarves have come in for their 
own too. Some plunge over the 
shoulder in a suicidal flourish; 
some peek coyly between button 



holes; some river lazily around 
hat crowns. Scarf classifications 
might run: frozen in a wind storm; 
drouth strikes the Niagara; bun- 
ny ears meloncholy; laryngitus 
sure-cure; "people can lose their 
heads you know!" 

Frosh are flush with bows and 
beauxs, upperclassmen strangle be- 
fore their mirrors, hopefully. 

Every Day is Easter 

Saturday night is the loneliest 
night in the week for the dorm 
mice this year. Seniors in frosh 
abodes bid goodbye (smiling 
through their tears) to the stam- 
peding young ladies in velvet and 
satin, slim limbed in black or smoke 
hose, shod in toe-in heel-in spikes. 
Following fashion prescription en 
masse, their every-day-is-Easter 
parade saves hours of magazine 
reading, so right they are in their 
charcoal and Picasso grays, their 
Venetian reds, their spruce greens, 
and of course the shadow-black 
of that night of nights (most any 
Sat'dy p. m.j that is.) 

In all seriousness, however, 
there is .a new look, and it's good 
 young lady clothes encourage 
young lady manners (even if the 
skirts do throw you if you don't 
mince to the hobble; even if you 
do stumble blind, a windy scarf 
dance before your eyes). The true 
keynotes seem to be fashion spin- 
ach aside for keeps this time 
originality tempered by taste, and 
exquisite neatness. 



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Recent Renovations 
Give Campus New Look 

Everyone's talking about it. Haven't you noticed? People 
are even daring to wear it to class. They say the faculty ap- 
proves. That fuzzy, chocolate color around the mouth coming 
from one of the campus' latest improvements, ice cream in the 
bookstore. 



Faculty Study Under Grants 



In a more serious vein Mr. Rog- 
ers, assistant business manager - 
treasurer, talked yesterday of the 
renovated appearance of campus 
which matches our dipping hem- 
lines and dusky hose. 

White House's interior is white 
again and five rooms have been 
papered. Lines forming for a mid- 
night dip find there is a new show- 
ier stall and sink. 

The colonade has taken on fresh 
paint to add glamour for these 
weekends. Inman, Main, and Re- 
;bekah porches have been given a 
fresh coaL 

Latest addition to the campus 
family, Cunningham, received a 
reprocessing with new furniture, 
back entrance, walk, and porch 
lights plus wall paper for several 
rooms. 

Eating's a lot more a la Social 
Standards with the gleaming 
floors of old dining hall sanded 
.-and varnished. 

Behind scenes in the kitchen a 
<deep fryer unit has been added. 
Also concrete and asphalt tile 
floors were laid, and the kitchens 
:and equipment were repaired. 

New drapes and balances in 
the big date-dance parlor add a 
liomier touch especially with the 
deep upholstered chairs. 

Mr. Rogers assured that the 
5*resser lights are in no danger of 
falling now and everyone can go 
to chapel again. Gaines interior 
tenough to impress the speakers 
and guests alike. 

And to impress the community 
istQl more Mr. Rogers says bigger 
and better improvements are to 
come. Wonder if that means men ? 



Club News 

Chi Beta Phi 

The honorary science fraternity, 
Chi Beta Phi had its first meeting 
of the quarter Thursday night, at 
which time plans for the coming 
year were discussed. According to 
Ruth Bastin Slentz, the president, 
plans for elections and initiation 
will be announced later. 

French Club 

French Club is tying to obtain 
speakers from Emory and Atlanta 
to discuss economic and cultural 
subjects with the members. The 
dates for tryouts will be posted 
soon. 

Pi Alpha Phi 

The next meeting of Pi Alpha 
Phi will be held Thursday night, 
Oct. 9, at which time further plans 
will be made for a chapel program 
in connection with the Emory De- 
baters, headed by John Kelly. The 
object of the debate will be Re- 
solved: Long skirts are superior to 
short skirts. 

Dot Porter, president of Pi Al- 
pha Phi, announced that tryouts 
for the debating society will be 
held Oct. 15. 

Blackfriars 

Grace D u r a n t , president of 
Blackfriars, has announced that 
the members of Blackfriars are 
planning to present an experimen- 
tal play by Thornton Wilder some- 
time before Thanksgiving. The 
first board meeting has been held 
and a meeting of the entire club 
is planned for the near future. 



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News Offers Fame, 
Fun, and Fortune 
To Ad Fad Winner 

Are you one of those persons 
who never reads the adds? If so 
change that habit quick. The News 
is sponsoring an ad reading con- 
test this quarter with a grand 
prize of $5.00. 

All you have to do is recognize 
from which ads the ten weekly 
quotations are taken and then 
quickly send the answers to the 
Business Manager of the News. 
At the end of the quarter the 
person who has sent in the right 
answers soonest and most often is 
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7. Hallmark cards and gifts. 

9. Our small variety insures 
freshness. 

10. If we don't have what you 
want, we'll get it. 



'Kids 7 Lick Lollipops 
Skip Rope at Party 

Sophomores and freshmen had 
the opportunity to forget all their 
inhibitions Saturday night at a 
"kid party" sponsored by Orienta- 
tion committee. Bobbie Cathcart, 
assistant to the chairman of Ori- 
entation, was assisted by Virginia 
Vining, Caroline Little, Olive Wil- 
kinson, Betty Beddingfield, Tillie 
Alexander and Billie Powell. 

The gym was decorated with bal- 
loons, lollipops, and other remind- 
ers of younger days. To be ad- 
mitted, each person skipped a 
rope. Entertainment consisted of 
charades, getting acquainted 
games, and a musical program 
featuring Nancy Dendy singing 
the hillbilly version of "Tempta- 
tion." . 

A grand prize was awarded to 
the person with the biggest smile. 



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Council Allots 
W. S. C Duties 

The activities of World Service 
council, deceased as of last spring, 
have been distributed by Repre- 
sentative council among Student 
government, Christian association, 
Athletic association, some of the 
smaller clubs on campus, and the 
classes. 

Easy Beale, Student govern- 
ment treasurer, and Tina Hew- 
son, senior, will act as co-chair- 
men for the Community Chest 
drive which Student government 
is handling. 

C. A.'s drive for the World 
Student Service fund will be head- 
ed by their treasurer, Butch Hays, 
and Bunny Brannon, treasurer of 
A. A., will be in charge of the A. 
A. sponsored Red Cross drive. 

French, Spanish, and Bible 
clubs will send boxes to foreign 
countries and the classes will sup- 
port the war orphan formerly 
financed by World* Service coun- 
cil. 



Alumnae Fete Freshmen 
At Friday Afternoon Tea 

Agnes Scott alumnae gave a 
tea for new students from 4 to 
6 p. m. Friday in the Alumnae 
house. 

Miss Charlotte Hunter, assis- 
tant dean, greeted the guests at 
the door. In the receiving line 
were Miss Eleanor Hutchens, di- 
rector of alumnae affairs; Miss 
Carrie Scandrett, dean of stu- 
dents; Mrs. Eliza King Paschall, 
president of alumnae association; 
and Dr. McCain, president of Ag- 
nes Scott College. 

The guests were served by Mrs. 
Al B. Richardson, chairman of 
entertainment and Miss Betty 
Hayes, manager of the Sillhouette 
Tea House. \ 



Hallmark Cards  Gifts 
Dobbs  Gage Hats 

Mrs. Romie Cooper 

124 Clairmont 



Dr. Darby Fulton Speaks 
On Foreign Missions 

Dr. C. Darby Fulton, executive 
secretary for the Executive com- 
mittee of Foreign Missions of the 
Southern Presbyterian church will 
speak in chapel, Friday, Oct. 3. 

During the last eighteen months 
Dr. Fulton has visited all the 
countries in which the Presby- 
terian church has missions. These 
countries include Mexicfc), Bra- 
zil, Africa, China, Korea, and Ja- 
pan. Dr. Fulton will speak on 
some aspect of Foreign Missions. 



The Carnegie Foundation for 
the Advancement of Teaching 
made available to the University 
Center of Georgia a sum of money 
to be used during the summer "in 
stimulating and assisting research 
and other creative activity" on 
the part of faculty members in 
the institutions involved. Seven 
members of the Agnes Scott fac- 
ulty received grants. 

Members of the group were Miss 
Emma May Laney, Miss Ellen 
Douglass Leyburn, and Miss Mar- 
garet Trotter, of the English de- 
partment; Miss Elizabeth Bari- 
neau of the language depart- 
ment; Mr. H. C. Forman from the 
art department; Miss Mary Stu- 
art MacDougall of the biology de- 
partment and Mr. Walter B. Posey 
of the department of history. 

Mr. Forman, choosing work in 
the creative line, traveled through 
New England and Quebec, paint- 
ing water color scenes in that vi- 
cinity. He also visited the Gaspe 
opposite Newfoundland and Nan- 
tucket. 

Miss Laney, associate profes- 
sor of English, studied at the 
Huntington Library in Pasadena, 
California, selecting as her re- 
search subject Naturalism in the 
poetry of the California poet, 
Robinson Jeffers. Miss Trotter al- 
so did research in English, spend- 
ing part of her time at Harvard 
in the Washington-Folger Shake- 
speare Library. She studied the 
currency of the Italian books in 
England at the time of Shake- 
speare. The remainder of her sum- 
mer was spent teaching at Ohio 
University where she continued 
her studies. The third member of 
the English department to receive 
a grant was Miss Leyburn, who 
studied at Yale University the gen- 
eral topics of Satire and Allegory. 

Miss MacDougall, head of the 
biology department, continued 
her extensive investigation on the 
malarial parasite, her work being 
carried on at the Marine Biologi- 
cal Laboratory at Woods Hole, 
Mass. 

Miss Barineau of the language 
department, did her research in 
Paris, preparing a critical edition 
of Victor Hugo's Les Orientales. 
She worked at the National Li- 
brary and Victor Hugo Museum, 
where a great number of manu- 
scripts and early editions of Hugo 
are to be found. 

Mr. Posey spent 12 weeks this 
summer in various parts of the 
east and midwest studying the 
Presbyterian church in the old 
southwest. He spent three weeks 
in Montreat, N. C. on material in 
the southern Presbyterian church's 
historical foundation. 



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AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, WED. OCTOBER 1, 1947 



A. A. Board Gives Progressive 
Sports-Doy Party for Frosh 

A "Progressive sports" party will be given for the fresh- 
men class by Athletic association Saturday. The program will 
include exhibition games, open house in the gym, a supper 



at Harrison Hut, a sing, and 
members to the freshmen. 

Lists are posted in Inman, the 
freshmen cottages, and on the bul- 
letin board in the mailroom. Fresh- 
men going must sign up by 5 p. m. 
today. 

The party will begin at 4:30 p. 
m. with exhibition riding down at 
the riding ring. Harriet Lurton, 
riding manager, will be in charge 
of this. Next will be a demonstra- 
tion badminton game in the gym, 
organized by Val von Lehe, bad- 
minton manager. Swimming and 
diving exhibitions down at the pool 
will follow. Grace Durant, swim- 
ming manager, will be in charge of 
this, demonstration. 

At 5:30 p. m. there will be an 
"open house" period .at the gym 
for the freshmen and Board mem- 
bers. Swimming, pingpong and 
volleyball will be the available 
sports. 

The party will move down to 
Harrison Hut about 6:15 p. m. 
for a barbecue. Following this, 
A. A. Board will present a skit to 
introduce its members to the 
freshmen. A fireside sing will end 
the party. 



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A Quick Look 
Into Lyons Den 

"Meet Miss Margery Lyons, 
She's Barnes", was the way Mrs. 
Lapp introduced me to Miss Lyons. 
It was easy to deduct from this 
that I had met the new instructor 
in physical education. Miss Lyons 
besides being a very pretty blonde 
has a nice smile and a very pleas- 
ant speaking voice. 

Penn State college is her alma 
mater where she majored in phy- 
sical education because she likes 
sports. Could there be a better rea- 
son? She came to Agnes Scott 
from Savannah where she has 
been associated with the YWCA 
for the last year and a half. 

Swimming is her favorite sport 
and swimming is what she is teach- 
ing here this quarter. She has 
tested all of the new students 
and expects to classify all swim- 
mers according to ' Red Cross 
standards. Other sports that Miss 
Lyons enjoys are canoeing, golf, 
and badminton. 

Aside from sports she is inter- 
ested in art, music, and reading. 
Miss Lyons is a real addition to 
our Physical Education Depart- 
ment. She lives in Sturges where 
she has her own private fireplace. 
She suggests to come on down to 
the Lyons den and sit in front of 
it with her. I don't know if this 
was a campus wide invitation or 
not but she is very anxious to meet 
every one. 



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ALLEY 

10 a. m.  11 p. m. 



Isabel Truslow 
Predicts '47 
Hockey Season 

The '47-48 hockey season bul- 
lied into action officially with the 
beginning of hockey classes Mon- 
day. The first game is scheduled 
for Friday, October 17, at 4 p. m. 
when the juniors will give the 
seniors a hard fight and the sophs 
will introduce the frosh to Agnes 
Scott hockey. 

Isabel Truslow, new hockey man- 
ager, says, "Looks like we're go- 
ing to have a terrific seasonl" The 
seniors have a faithful member, 
Lady Major, for manager; Reese 
Newton will lead the juniors; the 
sophs will go into action with Ann 
Williamson; and the frosh team 
is led by Wilton Rice. 

This year adds a few changes in 
our hockey program. The empha- 
sis will be placed mainly upon 
technique. Beginner classes will 
meet in the morning. 

HOCKEY SCHEDULE 

Oct. 17  Junior-Senior, Fresh- 
man-Sophomore. 

Oct. 2A  Sophomore - Senior, 
Freshman- J unioT. 

Oct. 31  Freshman - Senior 
Sophomore- Junior. 

Nov. 7  Junior-Senior, Fresh- 
man-Sophomore. 

Nov. 14  Sophomore-Senior 
Freshman-Junior. 

Nov. 21  Freshman-Senior, 
Sophomore-Junior. 

Nov. 28 Varsity-Sub-Varsity. 



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A. A. "Plan-It" Maps Out 
Fall Program and Parties 

A. A. Plan-It, in the past years designated as the A. A. Re- 
treat, met Sept. 13 at the home of Julianne Cook in Atlanta 
to outline Athletic association's program for '47-'48. Present 
were the A. A. Board and faculty advisers, Miss Llewellyn 
Wilburn, Mrs. Harriet Haynes Lapp, and Miss Margery 
Lyons.  . 

Tennis Meet 
Slated for Sat. 



First on the agenda was a ham- 
burger supper in the Cook's back- 
yard after which the group set- 
tled down for serious thinking and 
planning. Results of this meeting 
include both tentative and definite 
plans as to projects and parties. 

Frosh Party Set 

Oct. 4 was selected as the date 
for the progressive sports party 
honoring the freshmen. The pro- 
gram will include exhibition 
games, a sports open house, a sup- 
per, a fireside sing at Harrison 
Hut, and a skit introducing the 
Board members. The whole stu- 
dent body will be given a party 
on Nov. 1. 

If sufficient interest is shown, 
officiating clubs will be organized 
for training qualified hockey, 
swimming, and basketball refer- 
rees. Only girls who have played 
the sport of their choice at least 
one year will be eligible for mem- 
bership. There will be study meet- 
ings, opportunities for practical 
experience, and final official ex- 
aminations. 

News Letter Slated 

This year the Agnes Scott Ath- 
letic Board will publish the Geor- 
gia Athletic Federation of Col- 
lege Women News letter. The let- 
ter, the first of which will be 
mimeographed during fall quarter, 
will contain news as to what col- 
lege women are doing along sports 
and recreational lines and also in- 
formation about G. A. F. C. W. 
conference. 

In February A. A. will sponsor 
the Red Cross drive on campus. 

The Board will inquire among 
students as to interest in an active 
golf club this fall, and, if the re- 
sults are favorable, a club will be 
formed with Jane Sharkey replac- 
ing Jean Fraser Duke as manager. 

A. A.'s welcome gift to the fresh- 
men this year were white blot- 
ters with "Welcome Class of '51" 
inscribed in large purple letters. 
Day students are reminded to pick 
up theirs on the side counter in 
the book room. 



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Wednesday-Thursday 

"HOM ESTRETCH" 

Starring Maureen O'Hara 
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In Technicolor 



Friday 

"MV BROTHER TALKS TO 
HORSES" 

With Butch Jenkins 

Monday-Tuesday 

Jimmy Stewart and 
Donna Reed in 
IT'S A WONDERI-TL LIFE" 



Agnes Scott's '47-'48 tennis sea- 
son opens Saturday, with the first 
round of the tennis doubles tourna- 
ment. Thus far, 14 couples have 
signed up to participate. The ten- 
tative final play-off has been slat- 
ed for Oct. 18, two weeks after 
the opening. 

Along the line of tournaments, 
the tennis club has some new 
plans. "The club hopes this year' 
to meet Columbia Seminary in a 
tournament," says Sally Ellis, pre- 
sident. 

It also has some new plans in 
membership rules. New rules are 
as follows: (1) members are re- 
quired to play in all tennis tourna- 
ments, and (2) members must 
play tennis a minimum of 15 hours 
each quarter. There will be no try- 
outs for tennis club until spring 
quarter. 

School Wins Two 
Blue Horse Bikes 

Athletic association through the 
collection of Blue Horse wrappers 
last year has added two new bikes 
to its fast growing collection. Ap- 
proximately seven thousand Blue 
Horses were collected last year. 
Along with the two new bikes the 
association also won a $25 cash 
prize for being the school to turn 
in the largest collection of Blue 
Horse wrappers. 

A. A. has now accumulated a 
total of five bikes to be used by 
the college community. A new sys- 
tem of signing for the bicycles, 
stating time of leaving and time of 
expected return, is being tried out 
this year in hopes that it will make 
the bikes more accessible. 

Board members again this year 
will collect Blue Horse wrappers 
from each floor of the dorms and 
cottages once a week. Val von 
Lehe, board member in charge of 
the drive, asked that we save our 
wrappers again this year to add 
more bikes to our growing collect- 
ion. 



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AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, WED. OCTOBER I; 1947 



Page 5 



Cosmopolitan Students 
Join Agnes Scott Ranks 

Agnes Scott grows cosmopolitan this year with new stu- 
dents representing five different countries  Poland, Puerto 
Rico, Norway, England, and Mexico. A representation of this 
size from other nations has not been possible for several 
years. 



Honor Roll 



(Continued from page 1) 
Six members of the senior cla'ss 
were asked to read for honors in 
five different departments. In 
English Dabney Adams is studying 
under Miss Ellen Douglass Ley- 
burn. Alice Davidson and Adele 
Dieckmann ,are under Miss Kath- 
eryn Glick's direction in Latin. 
Nan Honour is working under Mr. 
Henry Robinson in mathematics 
while Mary Elizabeth Jackson in 
Spanish and Ruth Bastin Slentz in 
biology are studying under Miss 
Muriel Harn and Miss Mary Stuart 
MacDougall. 

Mortar Board entertained the 
honor students at a "Smarty Par- 
ty" Saturday for luncheon. 



Six Seniors Serve 
On Social Standards 

Six seniors appointed to serve 
on the dining room committee 
have been announced by Mary 
Manly, Social Standards chairman. 

Ellen Morrison, Jane Barker, 
Zollie Ann Saxon, and Jane Al- 
.sobrook are the appointees from 
the old dining room. Representing 
the new dining room are Betzie 
Powers and Harriet Reid. 

The committee members will 
serve for a quarter and be respon- 
sible for providing hostesses for 
one after-dinner coffee a month. 



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Deliveries to Agnes Scott 
on the hour at 7, 8, 9, 10 
p. m. 

Red Weems extends an in- 
vitation to visit with us anu 
try our dinners and short 
orders. 



From Poland, Eva Finkel- 
stein comes to Agnes Scott 
to study political science. Eva has 
a vivid story to tell of conditions 
in her country during the war 
years and of her own harrowing 
experiences. 

Marianela Segura enters as a 
freshman this year straight from 
Puerto Rico and already claims 
to "love it here". However, Ma- 
rianela has big plans for flying 
home for Christmas. 

Representing the Scandinavian 
countries is blond Agnes Berent- 
zen from Oslo, Norway. Agnes at- 
tended the University of Oslo for 
two years and enters here as a 
special student. 

Joan Bright, of Wemberly, Mid- 
dlesex, England, left a career as 
a film actress to come to America 
to study. Here at Agnes Scott, 
she plans to study dramatics. 

Well-infoilmed on present-day 
Mexico is Marilyn Gorman, an 
American who has lived in Mex- 
ico City. Marilyn comes to Agnes 
Scott as a freshman. 

To add to this list of students 
representing foreign countries are 
three old students, making the 
countries represented on campus 
total eight. 

Barbara Lawson, sophomore, is 
an American who has been living 
in the Canal Zone. Louise Cou- 
sar and Susan Neville are both 
missionaries' daughters who have 
lived in other countries  Louise, 
in the Belgian Congo, and Susan, 
in Brazil. 



Dr. Albert To Speak 
At Investiture Nov. 1 

Dr. Allen D. Albert Jr. pro- 
fessor of sociology at Emory 
university and an Episcopal min- 
ister is the class of '48's choice 
as Investiture speaker, Lida 
Walker, president announced. 

Dr. Albert served in the army 
as aide de camp to Generals 
Omar Bradley and Leven Al- 
len. At the close of the war he 
a lieutenant colonel, the as- 
sistant executive officer of Ft. 
ISenning's infantry school. 



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A. S. C. AROUND THE WORLD left to right are Susan Neville, Marianela Segura, Bar- 
bara Lawson, Agnes Beretzen, Joan Bright, Eva Finkelstein, and Louise Cousar. 



S G. Leads Week 

(Continued from page 1) 

basis for self-government. Dis- 
cussion leaders in- Main were Dot 
Porter, Cathy Davis, Patty Per- 
sohn, Mimi Arnold, Ivy Morris, 
and E. Claire Cunningham; In- 
man, Tilly Alexander, Marie Cuth- 
bertson, Mary Price, Cama Clark- 
son, Dabney Adams and Mary 
Gene Sims; Rebekah, ViviennePat- 
terson, Mac Compton, Weesie Du- 
rant, Pat Asbury, Lorton Lee, 
Mary Manly; Lupton, Angie An- 
derson; Gaines, Anne Shepherd; 
White House, Butch Hays; Cun- 
ningham, Splinter Board; Boyd 
Katherine Geffcken. 

The day student panel discus- 
sions brought out how day stu- 
dents are involved in the honor 
system as far as boarders' rules, 
academic regulations, and develop- 
ment  of personal honor are con- 
cerned. The panel for old day stu- 
dents was headed by Pat McMan- 
mon with Jane Rushin Hunger- 
ford, Binky Farris, and Polly Anna 
Philips. 

On the new day student panel 
were Anne Henderson, leader, with 
Rose Ellen Armstrong, Betsy 
Baker, and Jane Sharkey. 



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A.S.C. Registers 
Twelve Students 
In Emory Classes 

Registration of Agnes Scott stu- 
dents of Emory classes number 
12 for the fall quarter. Nine re- 
gular students and three specials 
began work on the Emory campus 
Sept. 23. 

The 1947 registration is an in- 
crease of only one over last year 
when nine regular students and 
two specials attended. 

Agnes Scott and Emory have 
worked out this system in order 
that A. S. C. and Emory students 
can have the advantage of class- 
es not offered on the individual 
campuses. 



A. Crenshaw 
Joins Exec. 

At a special Junior class elec- 
tion Alice Crenshaw was chosen 
representative to Student govern- 
ment, replacing Jean Tollison who 
resigned the house-presidency of 
Cunningham cottage this fall. 

Residing in Rebekah, Alice will 
not become house president of 
Cunningham, but will represent 
the Junior class and have a vote 
in Executive council meeting. The 
duties of house president will be 
undertaken by the Lower House 
representative from Cunningham. 

This is the first time Alice has 
been a member of Student govern- 
ment. 



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AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, WED. OCTOBER 1, 1947 



EDITORIALS 

Lights Burn: We Don't 

Signs of the times apply to campus as well as nation and 
progress either place is the order of the day. Progress makes 
its own reward. Agnes Scott's changes for the better are 
already paying dividends. 

No longer will we strain our eyes in the reserve room and 
have our glasses changed once a quarter. Campus bright 
lights can utilize their glow for other activities now that 
the library provides its own. Reserve room blues are over and 
just look at the crowds. 

Speaking of bright lights we may be prettier by firelight 
but we're happier when the fire is under control. New fire 
drill regulations plus a check up of fire fighting equipment 
will provide better fire insurance for each of us. 

The News commented on both these issues last year. We 
would like to say congratulations. 



Spirit Style '51 

They have it, what ever it is. 

Anyone with an eye could see that they did the first 
few days of registration. And if there is any doubt left in 
anyone's mind it must be squelched upon his noting the 
way in which they are responding to the Black Cat idea. 

The class of '51 has the new look, but over and above that, 
they have a new something else, harder to name. 

Call it by the corny names  spirit, pep, enthusiasm  but its 
in their own special brand. We'd like to call it the new Agnes 
Scott that they have brought with them to add to the Agnes 
Scott we had last year. 

So far we like their version. 



Honor In The Open 

Weeks with names can be pretty sad when it comes to ac- 
complishing their purpose, and, generally speaking, they 
come too close together. 

Honor System week with its purpose of explaining honor 
a la Agnes Scott to new students before they sign the pledge, 
is one of the few set-aside weeks which seems to justify 
its existence. Without discussion for clarification, signing 
the pledge is like signing a contract without reading it. 

It is not a bad idea to bring it all back to those of us who 
signed it several years ago either. 

The climax of this Honor System week, signing and re- 
newing pledges in chapel, comes as welcome relief from 
the old pledge-signing atmosphere of black-robed figures 
and awed freshmen. 

We like our honor system out in the open. 

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Blanton. Rose Mary CrlfTln. Hunt Morris. 

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Feature: Beverly Baldwin. Easy Beale. Lou McLaurin. 

Sports: Jane Alsotoook, Nancy Francisco. Floss Hanson. TeeToe Williams. E. Claire 
Cunningham. Margaret Yancey. 

Society: Dot Floyd. B. J. Combs. Sidney Cummlngs. Sara Hancock. Dot Medlock. Bar- 
bara Waugaman. Mary Ann Hatehel. Betty Beddlngfleld. Adele Lee. Betty Joe Doyle. 
Ann Ezzard. Beth Jones. Ruby Lehman. Ellen Morrison. Catherine Phillips. Janet 
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Students Air 
Varied Views 
On No-Cuts 

Amid a few doubts and tears 
the old "cut" system has been 
carefully laid to rest in that haven 
for all abolished rules, and a new- 
system of voluntary class attend- 
ence has taken its place. 

Whether the student body as 
a whole welcomes the annhilation 
of the cut and is willing to elimi- 
nate this well-worn phrase from its 
vocabulary is what the News has 
endeavored to discover by a re- 
presentative campus poll. 

The resulting evidence shows 
that most Agnes Scotters are 
among the well-wishers for the 
new system, a few are on the 
fence, and a smaller minority are 
anti-voluntary attendance. Out of 
30 students interviewed 18 were in 
favor of voluntary attendence, 8 
approved of the system with cer- 
tain reservations, and 4 were 
against it completely. 

The prevading opinion is that 
the new system is a mature sys- 
tem placing the responsibility on 
the student. Agnes Scott students 
are willing to accept it. As one 
senior remarked, "I like to be able 
to use my own discretion. It gives 
me a totally different attitude to- 
ward my work", or as a sopho- 
more put it, "It makes me feel 
that I have a mind of my own .and 
gives me a chance to do what I 
think best." 

The opinion that it is an im- 
provement was expressed by most 
of the 18, and one senior believes 
that "it will eliminate unnecess- 
ary cuts but still will allow enough 
elasticity for the individual's 
needs." 

The few who are against the 
new system feel "it is using child 
psychology on us. Professors will 
hold it against us when we are 
absent and they think we will 
therefore be afraid to be absent." 
One sophomore remarked sadly, 
"I'm going to miss sit-in cuts." 

Others like the system in the- 
ory because it puts the responsi- 
bly on the student but are doubt- 
ful. 

ful of how it will work in ordinary 
practice. One junior expressed that 
"It will be fine if the faculty does 
not take advantage of it." 

Most of these skeptics, however, 
are of the same mind of the sen- 
ior who stated non-committally, 
"We'll try it a while. Then if we 
don't like it we'll kick." 



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New Prof Calder Puts Stars 
In A.S. Students' Eyes 

By JANE ALSOBROOK 

Agnes Scott has stars in her future! That is, if Dr. W. A. 
Calder, new professor of physics and astronomy, has his way. 
With plans for an Atlanta observatory, a faculty-alumnae 
club in astronomy, and star-gazing for all interested students 
once a month, his is a very busy man. 

Dr. Calder comes to us with a 

fascinating crew-cut, Harvard!  _  

schooling, and a little nostalgia for ; ^^MB V MMOO 
the skiing and skating of his Wis- I Ml w 

consin birth-place. He also brings Scene in the library: freshman 
a winning sense of humour and al going down to the reserye read _ 
lively interest in people. 

During the war, Dr. Calder was 
conducting some still very secret 
research for the government in 
"educated" torpedoes. He also took 
some experimental trips on Fly- 
ing Fortresses, much to the de- 
light of his son, Cappy. 

After only one month, Dr. Cal- 
der finds that he likes Decatur 
and has fallen in love with Agnes 
Scott. His son, 13-year old Cappy, 
seems to have made himself at 
home here, for he is now Mrs. 
Lapp's assistant in charge of cur- 
rying the horses. He has a willing 
helper in his sister, Frances, who 
is a pert young lady with a strong 
ambition to be a rider. 

With Cappy and Frances the 
Dr. and his charming wife live at 
230 McDonough St. 

And if, by the way, you. see a 
crowd on the hockey field some 
Tuesday night soon, come and join 
Dr. Calder's astronomy class. I 
guarantee that you will leave with 
stars in your eyes. 



Dr. Robinson's note on paper 
he was returning to student r 
"Please use both sides of your 
paper: I'm a parent myself" 



Traffic Rules Announced 

A system of warnings and pen- 
alties lor parking violations has 
put teeth in campus traffic reg- 
ulations, J. R. Tart, business 
manager - treasurer, explained 
yesterday. 

The Administration has worked 
out this new system to avoid the 
traffic jams of past years. 
Trucking companies had even 
threatened to drop deliveries un- 
less some parking space was re- 
served for them. Moreover ac- 
cidents and damages to student 
cars had resulted. 

Under the new system yellow 
spaces must be left open and 
parking is on one side of the 
driveways. Failure to comply 
will result in a warning. On the 
second offense cars will be bar- 
red f rom campus parking. These 
regulations apply to the kitchen 
parking lot as well. 



Boyd inmates, with much sad- 
ness, are preparing a funeral ser- 
vice for Gretel, beloved teddy 
bear who, in the process of being: 
bathed, absorbed all the water in 
the tub, and came out weighing 
close to 50 lbs. In spite of the com- 
bined efforts of sunshine, radia- 
tors, and hairdryers, Gretel has 
proceeded to mildew inwardly. 



Out of the mouths of babes de- 
partment : Frosh sympathetically 
to droopy soph, "You must be 
tired after 8:30 English to 11!" 



These young-looking juniors! 
Kate Elmore received kindly en- 
couragement from an elderly 
gentleman she met soon after ar- 
riving. Said the gentleman, after 
learning that Kate attended Ag- 
nes Scott: "Don't worry, my dear. 
You'll soon get use to your new 
surroundings." 

Caught in proof-reading: "Re- 
solved: Long skirts are superior 
to shot skirts." Who's arguing? 



Bfackfriars Club Shows 
"As You Like It" Film 

Stars Laurence Olivier and Eliza- 
beth Bergner will sparkle tomor- 
row night when Blackfriars brings 
the screen version of "As You Like 
It" to Maclean at 7:30. 

Running 78 minutes the sound 
movie of Shakespeare's comedy 
is a Fox production. A sup- 
porting cast of stars from stage 
and screen are included. 



Cunningham Cottage Becomes Castle; 
Creatful Cals Clow In Clamour Manor 



By Easy BeaJe 
"Glamour manor, to whom 
would you like to speak?" So 
chime the telephone salutations 
in the new campus cottage, Cun- 
ningham castle. 

And indeed it is glamorous. It 
includes all the superlatives  the 
best furniture, the biggest closets, 
and the loudest wallpaper. Also, 
there is a sun porch, a two-car 
garage (which, incidentally, is 
used for trunk storage) and a 
screened front porch. 

Cunningham boasts both the 
advantages of a private residence 
and of a college dorm. Its disting- 
uishing marks as a dorm are two 
50.000 watt searchlights at the 
entrances. 



But. in yie day, it passes for 
177 South Candler. Several peo- 
ple have dropped by to visit only 
to find the Rogers don't live here 
anymore, and the mailman con- 
tinually delivers impressive-look- 
ing business envelopes. 

Day by day, the inhabitants of 
this house discover new wonders. 
Last week when the campus cold 
water was cut off Cunningham 
inmates were not victims. The un- 
fortunate people from the other 
dorms formed lines to the left 
and right for tooth-brushing and 
the water cooler. 

The Cunningham queens (hav- 
ing been treated so royally) are 
well-chaperoned. Their senior res- 
ident is Mrs. Sanders, who is the 



new assistant dietician. The oth- 
er residents remember well which 
side their bread is buttered on. 
Next-door-neighbor Mr. Tart has 
promised not to hang around the 
house before eight in the morn- 
ing, if the cottagers promise to 
lower their voices and radios by 
ten at night. 

There's no fear of illness in 
Cunningham either, because the 
slightest sneeze resounds 'cross 
the street to the infirmary. 

To the 350 unlucky boarders, 
the residents of this model man- 
sion offer a consolation: with a 
little fixing up, the two base- 
ment rooms would make a fashion- 
able duplex. Will rent to the high- 
est bidder. 



The Agnes Scott News 



Vol. XXXIII 



AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, WED. OCTOBER 8, 1947 



Number 2 



S- G- Slates 
Elections 
For Oct 9 



Nominations and elections for 
Lower House representatives, this 
year elevated to the position of 
second in command to the house 
presidents, are slated for this 
week. 

Day students nominated two 
girls from each class in Monday's 
assembly and boarding students 
made two nominations from each 
floor of the dormitories and two 
from each cottage at individual 
house meetings Tuesday night. 

One representative from each 
floor, one member from each cot- 
tage and a day student represent- 
ing each class will be elected in 
student meeting Thursday by the 
entire student body from mimeo- 
graphed ballots. Lower House sec- 
retary will be nominated and 
elected at the meeting. 

Installation of the new mem- 
bers is scheduled for Oct. 16. 

Continuing the system initiated 
last year, Lower House represen- 
tatives will have increased prestige 
and responsbility. 

A new plan of closer organi- 
zation will begin with a planning 
conference, Oct. 18, Nancy Parks, 
chairman of Lower House, an- 
n o u n c e d. Representatives will 
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Manly Discloses 
New Committee 

Social Standards committee ap- 
pointments, recently announced by 
Chairman * Mary Manly, number 
14. 

Representing Inman on the com- 
mittee are Jo Ann Cobb and Bar- 
bara Quattlebaum. Beryl Crews 
and Jo Ann Christopher from Re- 
bekah; Mimi Arnold and Mar- 
garet Ann Richards from Main; 
Mary Aichel from Boyd; Susan 
Gauger from Lupton; Marilyn 
Gorman from Whitehouse; Vir- 
ginia Rogers from Gaines; and 
Johanna Wood from Cunningham 
cottage will serve on the new So- 
cial Standards. 

Day student members of the 
organization are Charlotte Lee 
and Carolyn Hodges. 

Appointments were made to So- 
cial Standards Monday night at a 
meeting of Mary Manly, chair- 
man, with the house presidents 
and the senior residents. 

Projects for the committee are 
being considered, but none has 
been adopted definitely as yet, ac- 
cording to Mary. This is Social 
Standards first year of existance 
as an independent organization 
with its chairman elected by stu- 
dent ballot. 



News, Wheel Stage 
Fall Fashionaire Fri. 

A panorama of fall and winter fashions as Agnes Scott 
girls and Emory boys pick them and wear them is slated for 
8:15 p. m. Friday in the Cafeteria building at Emory. 

The fashionaire, sponsored jointly by the News and The 
Wheel, will feature clothing presented by J. P. Allen, Zachry, 
and Muse. 



Modeling with 20 dapper men 
from Emory will be nine girls from 
the Agnes Scott campus. Nancy 
Deal, June Irvine, Mary Mohr, 
Mim Steele, Val von Lehe, Beryl 
Crews, Casey Chance, Cama 
Clarkson and Sara Jane Campbell 
will give the show the feminine 
touch. 

They will appear in clothes vary- 
ing in their degree of formality 
from snappy classroom stuff to 
swishy, dance-of-the-year mater- 
ial. 

After enlightenment as to fash- 
ions, the Emory Independents, 
Emory Student council, and The 
Wheel are sponsoring a dance. 
Dean Hudson's orchestra will play 
for this second half of the pro- 
gram which will last from 10 p. m. 
to 1 a. m. 



X-Rays Set For Oct. 16 

State h e a I t h department 
workers will take tuberculosis 
x-rays of the entire campus 
community, Oct. 16 and 17, Dr. 
Eugenia Jones, college physi- 
cian announced. 

Instructions as to time and 
place for the \-rays will be 
posted. 



FultonPicfures 
Chinese Strife 

"Actually growing in some in- 
stances, the Chinese church has 
come through the war in a won- 
derful way," declared Dr. C. Darby 
Fulton in chapel Thursday. 

Torn by political and financial 
strife, China faces a .dark future 
filled with strife and difficulty, 
Dr. Fulton, recently returned from 
an investigation of Presbyterian 
missions, remarked. 

In the financial realm, he ex- 
plained, one American dollar will 
purchase 6600 Chinese ones.. In 
politics, the Nationalist party, 
which Dr. Fulton said he believes 
to be fundamentally right, is ha- 
rassed at every turn by the Com- 
munists. 

He pointed out that now as 
never before China needs the help 
that Christianity can bring her. 
Yet, he continued, we can only 
support 60 missionaries there, 
where we once supported 200. Dr. 
Fulton issued a challenge to all 
young people to face the situation 



Fur continues to fly as preparations for the annual Black Cat fray approach a climax. 
Until the deciding battle Saturday at 8 p. m., the freshmen and sophomores are keeping 
traditional silence concerning contest plans. 

The sophomores, although reluctant to reveal secret information to any possible spys 
outside their class, announced the cast for the skit. It includes Pat DeFord, Patty Hampton, 

Harriot McGuire, Phyllis Narmore. Dot Davis, Emily Pope,, 
Sally Thompson, Betty Cole, Isabel Truslow, Jessie Carpen- 
ter, Margaret Hopkins, Beryl Crews. Mimi Mitchell, Nancy 
Wilkinson, Jessie Hodges, and Joann Piastre. 

Gretch Reinartz, sophomore chairman, announced also the 
selection of H. A. Robinson, professor of mathmatics, as 
sophomore judge. 



College Buys 
Movie Projector 

With the purchase of a movie 
projector, Agnes Scott moves for- 
ward to more modern classroom 
instruction. 

The machine is to be used by 
any department for the showing of 
educational films of value to the 
course. Such a practice has become 
prevalent in colleges over the 
country, and has been used here in 
the biology department. 

The movies are to be shown in 
the art lecture room, with the 
art department in charge of sche- 
duling use of the medicine. Depart- 
ment heads may rent films by 
applying to President McCain for 
the necessary funds. 

Mr. Stukes says the 16 mille- 
meter sound projector is the best 
of its kind. 



Posey To Speak 
At Investiture 

Walter B. Posey, head of the 
history department and a fac- 
ulty advisor for the senior class, 
will speak at Investiture ser- 
vices Nov. 1. 

The News erroneously re- 
ported last week that Dr. Allen 
D. Albert, Emory sociology pro- 
fessor, would speak at that ser- 
vice. Dr. Albert, instead, will 
speak at the church service in 
Gaines chapel, Saturday, Nov. 2. 



Campus-Wide 
Honor Forums 
Stir Comment 

By Hunt Morris 

Reactions to the Honor System 
discussions held last Tuesday 
night on every wing were neither 
complacent nor violent. There 
seemed to be a healthy sort of 
interest on the part of old stu- 
dents in thinking through the sys- 
tem again, and on the part of new 
ones who appear to want earnest- 
ly, though distractedly, to draw 
some conclusion of their own out 
of the mass of explanations of the 
honor system. 

White House had what really 
deserves to be called a discussion 
with some honest thinking, in 
spite of the fact that 11 freshmen 
live there. Most leaders elsewhere 
reported that frosh were too ex- 
hausted from the day's labor to 
have many burning questions. 

Some freshmen remarked that 
they felt the Honor System had 
been emphasized to them so much 
the discussions were unnecessary. 
(Continued on Page 3) 



New Co-eds Brave Wiles 
To Take A. S- Education 



By Lorton Lee 

Sleepy A. S. C. students stumb- 
ling to morning classes have been 
jolted awake by the unusual 
spectacle of seven men sauntering 
through Buttrick's halls. Has Ag- 
nes Scott gone co-ed or have we 
got some eager in-between-class 
daters ? 

The answer is neither. The sev- 
en boys who have caused so many 
retakes from Agnes Scotters pass- 
ing by are unobstrusive Emory 
students trying to get an educa- 
tion. Not even registered at A. S. 
C. but at Emory they are on cam- 
pus to attend Education 401 giv- 
en by Dr. Sterling G. Brinkley, 
professor of education at Emory 
University. Last year Mr. Haskew 
taught similar courses at both 
Emory and Agnes Scott. This year 
that was impossible so the boys 
are gallantly doing the traveling. 

Othello P. Hammonds, of At- 
lanta; Wilson Harry of College 
Park; Howard Baker of Valdosta, 
Ga.; George Bryan of Marianna, 
Fla.; Albert Soderland of Atlanta; 
Jefferson Dixon of JLeary, Ga.; and 



to the campus every Monday, 
Wednesday, and Friday mornings 
and Thursday afternoon. 

The general opinion of our 
adopted students is favorable tow- 
ard Agnes Scott. George Bryan, 
an SAE who is working on  his 
Master's degree in eduation, says 
they like the campus but are 
puzzled and amused by the fact 
that A. S. C. girls have apparently 
discarded their traditional "hey" 
and cordial manner. "They're so 
decorous and withdrawn," he com- 
mented, "in class," he laughed, "it 
is like this typewriter. The girls sit 
on the bottom left-hand keys and 
we sit on the top right-hand keys. 
They look like they're bunching 
up for protection. We don't mind 
but a smile would just make us 
feel more at home." 

Other comments were that the 
only really serious difficulty is 
getting books for classes. Emory 
does not always have education 
books on reserve and one boy who 
tried to use the Agnes Scott lib- 
rary was thwarted by the fact 
that he had no card. "How do you 
get one?" he asked, "You can't" 



Frosh chairman Cissie Spiro 
has announced members of the 
freshman cast. Taking parts are: 
Mary Hayes Barbar, Sally Jack- 
son, Marie Heng, Amy Jones, Dot 
Jennings, Dorothy Jean Harrison,, 
Annelle Simpson, Anne Perkinson^ 
Virginia Rogers, Joann Woods, 
Kay Laufer, Carolyn Critchlow, 
Anne Kincaid, M. C. Lindsay, Ju- 
lianne Morgan, Charlotte Key, 
Patsy McCarthy, Virginia Dunn, 
Sally Thomaston, Wilton Rice., 
Page Hutchison, Charity Bennett., 
Fritz Hale, Jerry Keef, Dodo Mar- 
tin, Martha Long, Joan Brown, Vi- 
vian Cruze, Mary Stubbs, Terry 
Keith, Virginia Kay, Tiny Morrow, 
Margaret Knight, Nancy Brown, 
Betty Coco, B. J. Foster, Anne 
Brooke, Francis Hale, Betty Mc- 
Clean, Marijean Alexander, Vir- 
gina Chard, Peggy Anne Phelan, 
Virginia Arnold, Jackie Sue Mes- 
ser, and Joan Buckner. 

The freshman writing commit- 
tee consists of Nancy Anderson, 
Marylyn Gorman, Eliza Polland., 
Marie Woods, Barbara Hytken, 
Ellen Hull, and Martha Ann Ste- 
gar. 

Andrea Deal was selected to 
head the scenery committee and 
Elizabeth Ragland will supervise 
the decorations. 

The idea for the Black Cat stinrt 
was originated in 1916 by the col- 
lege physician Dr. Mary F. Sweety 
in an attempt to provide a s?jb- 
stitute for the hazing system. 
Since then the freshmen-sopcho- 
more battle has been an annual 
event. Judgement of the skit and: 
the awarding of the prized bell 
for the kitty's neck is based on: 
(1) cheering with emphasis; on 
clearness and originality, (2) de- 
coration and (3) the stunt itself v 
considering plot, acting, original- 
ity, and staging (costumes, scen- 
ery, and general effects). 



William Dennon of Atlanta come | was the answer. 



Colder Chooses 
Stone Mountain 
Setting For Lab 

.Last week's physics labs cfe- 
parted from the normal routine in 
the science hall to meet on top 
of Stone Mountain. 

The variation of air pressure a", 
different levels was the subjecv 
of their lab experiment. They act- 
ually tested the difference in 
pressure by climbing the moun- 
tain. 

Dr. Calder, who apparently loves 
climbing Stone Mountain, proudly 
boasts now of having taken all 
his classes there except his atom- 
ic physics class, and he is "rack- 
ing his brain" to think of some 
reason for taking them- 



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AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, WED. OCTOBER 8, 1947 



Merry-Go-Round 

By Mildred Claire Jones 

Another Sunday night . . . The big weekend is over and 
sophisticated college women are once again schoolgirls. It 
is a typical night in Inman. Sara Samonds came rushing to 
talk about the big time at the SAE house at Emory this week- 
end. After numerous exclamations she said that she saw 
Candy Hollandsworth, Margie Orr, 



June Davis, and Dot Porter en- 
tering the Sigma Chi house. 

Continuing on down fraternity 
row, Gene Wilson, Betty Finney, 
Andrea Dale, and Betty Harrell 
danced with the Delts. "I know 
they must have had a wonderful 
time," Sara went on, "but of 
course there's nothing like the 
SAE house!" 

At this moment Sally Jackson 
ran in to tell us about her week- 
end. "It was wonderful!" she ex- 
claimed. "I went to the Sigma Chi 
house and saw everybody. Margar- 
et Hopkins, Gretchen Reinartz, 
Carolyn Wells, Jo Ann Cobb, Nan- 
cy Parks, Ginny Feddeman, Sal- 
ly Ellis, Splinter Board, Bobbie 
Cathcart, and Mary Hayes Bar- 
ber were there too. And speaking 
of popular, Val von Lehe, Betty 
Williams, Julie Cuthbertson, Sis- 
ter Davis, Liz Williams, and Bet- 
sy Deal weren't allowed to take 
three steps before someone broke. 
Love that place!" 

Football, Football 

"Never a dull moment" is our 
motto and adding to the confusion 
were Pagie Violette and Mary 
Manly in from the Georgia-L. S. U. 
game in Athens, tired but happy. 
**I was so disappointed during the 
game. We didn't see anybody but 
afterward we saw everybody, Beth 
Jones, Zollie Saxon, Betty Black- 
mon, Sid Cummings, Susan Bowl- 
ing, Ruth Hayes, B. J. Sauer, and 
Carolyn Critchlow." 

"'And coming in a few minutes 
ago," Pagie added, "we saw heaps 



of people. Amanda Hulsey had 
been home to Gainesville, Mimi 
Arnold to Griffin, Mary Sims to 
Dalton, Eclaire Cunningham to 
Eatonton, and TeeToe Williams 
to Marietta." 

I hastened to tell them my bits 
of news. "Thousands of people 
went to the Tech SAE house. Ann 
Gebhart, Lillian Lasseter, Patty 
Hampton, Mary Lou Hatfield, Sal- 
ly Thompson, Patty Phillips, Lyd 
Gardner, Nan Ford, Emily Pope, 
and Mary Beth Little all were 
there. And a few minutes ago I 
saw an enormous crowd in the 
hall and rushed over to see what 
the excitement was. I helped them 
scream over Harriet Ann Mc- 
Guire's SAE pin. Barbara Young, 
Dot Floyd, Jane Cook, Beryl 
Crews, Norah Ann Little, Jean 
Tollison, Charlotte Bartlett, Jes- 
sie Carpenter, Ann Sartain, Casey 
Chance, and Isabel Truslow were 
all bemoaning the fact that they 
had been at the SAE house too, 
but did they have a beautiful pin? 
Definitely not." 

Hep With Hay rides 

My roommate, Nancy Deal, 
came home with the latest gossip 
from the D. O. (Dean's Office, 
that is). "Everybody had hay rides 
this weekend. The Tech ATO's was 
real much fun, so Margaret Anne 
Richards says. Others, there were 
June Irvine, B. J. Sauer, Charlsie 
Smith, Polly Miles, Butch Hayes, 
Margie Major, Jane Oliver, Dot 
Medlock, Margaret Glenn, Polly 



Beggs, Ridley 
To Wed Soon 

Miss Margaret Ridley, popular 
recorder and instructor in Eng- 
lish, has resigned from the col- 
lege staff to wed Mr. E. Dixie 
Beggs, of Pensacola, Fla. The wed- 
ding will be solemnized at twelve 
noon, Oct. IS, in St. Luke's Epis- 
copal church, Atlanta. 

A resident of Decatur, Miss Rid- 
ley got her bachelor of arts de- 
gree at Agnes Scott, and her mas- 
ter of arts degree at Columbia 
university. After teaching in the 
Atlanta and Decatur Girls high 
schools, she returned to the cam- 
pus as a faculty member in the 
fall of 1943. 

Mr. Beggs is a member of a law 
firm and president of the Florida 
State Bar Association. The couple 
will live in Pensacola. 



Harris, Sara Tucker, Lucy Mohr, 
and Mary Louise Warlick. And I 
heard Twig Hertwig say that she 
went and saw Betty Beddingfield, 
Kay Laufer. Janet Quinn, Easy 
Beale and Jean Tollison. Must have 
been quite the party. 

"Everybody went out in Main, I 
think. Nancy Geer said she and 
Willa Wagner were at the PiKA 
house at Tech and saw Pat Mc- 
Gowan, Kay Laufer, Joanne Peter- 
son, and Phil Narmore. Also over 
Tech way were Steele Dendy, 
Clarkie Rogers, Betzie Powers, 
Maxine Kickliter, Myrt Mariani 
and Penny Rogers at the Beta 
Theta Pi house dance. I saw Jo 
McCall, Lynn Phillips, and Pris 
Hatch coming in from the Sigma 
Chi hay ride too." 

Pin and Ring Dept. 

Not to be out-talked Pagie came 
up with, "Have you heard 
about Betty Jo Doyle's ATO pin? 
It's so pretty. Jane Alsobrook 



GILL CLEANERS 

are pleased to announce for the convenience of All 
Agnes Scott Students their new 

Monthly Budget Plan 

. Dry Cleaning Service 

ALSO a fast- convenient pick-up and delivery service at no extra 
charge. Drop by the office in Decatur and let us explain our 
new services. Our plant is always open for a visit and inspection. 

GILL CLEANERS 

"For Your Finer Clothes" 

FURS  SWEATERS  EVENING WEAR 



Twelve Represent 
ASC At Smyrna 
Religious Retreat 

Twelve Agnes Scott students at- 
tended the Georgia Young Men 
and Women's Christian associa- 
tions' conference at Smyrna Camp, 
Conyers, last week-end. 

Angie Anderson, B. J. Brown, 
Cama Clarkson, B. J. Combs, Mac 
Compton, Cathie Davis, Nancy 
Dendy, Ann Griggs, Roberta Mac- 
lagan, Ruth Richardson, and Anne 
Shepherd represented the college. 

About 90 students joined the 
state-wide retreat. Dr. M. G. Gut- 
zke of Columbia Seminary deliver- 
ed the inspirational addresses on 
"Personal Growth through Bring- 
ing Christ to Others." 

Agnes Scott with Ruth Richard- 
son in charge led the recreation 
Friday night. 



126 Clairmont Avenue 



De. 4476 and CR. 4023 



told me about it when she said 
that she (Jane, that is) heard it 
when she was at the Phi Gam 
house at Tech Saturday night. 
Ginny Henry, Ginny Andrews, 
Maxine Kickliter, Patty Persohn, 
Flo Bryant Nan Nettles, Mary 
Ann Broun, Margaret Yancey, 
Liza Pollandj Mary Hayes Barber, 
Myrt Mariani, Fritz Hale and 
Nina Hale. 

Having much work to do (stuff 
like listening to the radio and 
polishing my fingernails, you 
know) I shushed everybody and 
got to work. It was quiet so I 
called Anne Elcan. After much of 
"how are you" we finally got down 
to the dormitory gossip. "Have 
you heard about Ellen Morrison's 
ring?" she fairly screamed at me. 
"It's just gorgeous! And by the 
way I went to the Tech KA dance 
at the Georgian Terrace last night. 
Joan Lawrence, Newell Turner, 
Emily Pope, Marilyn Gorman and 
Marianela Segura were there too. 
On our way we saw Pat Garner, 
Marijean Alexander, and Rose 
Mary Griffin at the Phi Kappa 
Sig house, and Sarah Hancock at 
the Sigma Nu house. 

"When Genie Sims was coming 
in, she was talking to Frankie 
Francisco who said that she saw 
you at the Paradise Room when 
she and Ivy Morris were there, 
and I think Harriet Reid was at 
the Naval Air Base. Really, every- 
body was out this weekend from 
this floor." Anne finished. 
Frat Frolics 

I hastily repeated all our In- 
man gossip, and happened to 
think, "Did you know that Annelle 
Simpson, June Davis, Katherine 
Loemaker, Zollie Saxon, and Sarah 
Davis went to the Tech's Phi Delt 
Shipwreck party? And when Har- 
riet Gregory, Mary Beth Little, 
and June Driskill were on their 
way to the Chi Phi house dance, 
they saw Martha Warlick, Frances 
Robeson, and Ann Carol Blanton 
at the Lambda Chi buffet supper. 
Besides all these, Weesie Durant 
went to the Auburn homecoming, 
Martha Humber went to Leslie, 



Gaines Scene 
Of Broadcast 

The Presbyterian Hour, heard 
over WSB and other NBC stat- 
ions throughout the South, will be 
broadcast from Gaines chapel next 
Sunday morning at 8:30 a. m. 

Dr. John Newton Thomas from 
the Theological Seminary at Rich- 
mond, Va., will be the speaker. 
The Agnes Scott Glee club under 
the direction of Mrs. Rebekah 
Clarke, will sing an anthem, 
"Praise We Sing To Thee" by 
Hayden, and lead the hymns. 



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THREADGILL 

PHARMACY 

309 E. College Avenue 

Phone DE. 1665 

DECATUR, GA. 

NOTICE 

This is your drug store 
Agnes Scott 



S. G. Elections 

(Continued from page) 1 
meet regularly with house presi- 
dents and with Executive council 
once a month. As a separate body 
they will confer at least once a 
month. 

Lower House representatives 
act as fire-wardens, assist in the 
management of telephone co-op, 
manage the second-hand book 
store, assist the house presidents, 
propose penalties for the infringe- 
ment of rules to the Executive 
committee, and discuss suggestions 
and campus problems with Ex- 
ecutive committee. 9 



Birthday Celebrations 
Renewed Tonight 

The custom of dinner party cele- 
brations for birthday girls of the 
month will be renewed tonight, 
Mrs. Welcher, dietitian, stated. 

Sixty invitations have been is- 
sued by the dean's office to Sep- 
tember and October birthday girls. 
Party decorations and cake will 
be featured on the reserved tables. 

Second Wednesdays in every 
month will be reserved for the 
birthday parties. 



Georgia, and Jean Harper went to 
a wedding at U. of S. C. What a 
weekend this has been! Hate to 
stop talking but it's time for fresh- 
man lights out and no phone calls. 
See you tomorrow." 

Considering this a full week- 
end, I started for the News room. 
On the way I saw four freshmen 
coming in with that "I've been 
home" look in their eyes. They 
were Jimmie McGee, Mary Louise 
Mattison, Sally Thomason, and 
Tina Hand. 



HOGGLY WOGGLY 
GRILL 

313 E. College Ave. DE. 9204 

Deliveries to Agnes Scott 
on the hour at 7, 8, 9, 10 
p. m. 

Red Weems extends an in- 
vitation to visit with us anu 
try our dinners and short 
orders. 



THE BOOTERY 

117 E. Court Square 

DECATUR, GA. 

Shoes for the Entire Family 
X-Ray Fitting by Specialist 



AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, WED. OCTOBER 8, 1947 



Page 3 



Comments on Clubs 



Poetry Club 

Poetry club announces try-outs 
for this next week. All entries 
must be in by Oct. 15. Sophomores 
juniors, and seniors are eligible. 

Granddaughters Club 

Granddaughters club at their 
first meeting last Thursday began 
plans for a weiner roast for the 
new members to be held this fall. 

Chi Beta Phi 

Chi Beta Phi will meet Thurs- 
day at 7:30 p. m. A discussion on 
the constitution of the Grand 
Chapter and the Alpha Sigma 
Chapter of the fraternity will be 
held. 

League of Women Voters 

At the first meeting of the Lea- 
gue of Women Voters an advisory 
board was elected. Ruth Blair will 
be in charge of membership; Mar- 
gie Kline heads the publicity com- 
mittee; Mary Frances Jones su- 
pervises art; Ann Shepherd will 
direct the programs; and June 
Smith will be responsible for pub- 
lications. 

International Relations 

Plans were made to attend an 
address by Wright Bryan at the 
Georgia Tech gymnasium on Oct. 
22 and committee heads were 
elected at Thursday's meeting. 
Virginia Henry and Susan Pope 
are in charge of the U. N. com- 
mittee and Martha Beecham and 
Betty Davidson head the publicity 
committee. IRC also voted to spon- 
sor a project suggested by Mortar 
Board. They will equip a reading 
room in the library with special 
material on U. N. posters on cur- 
rent affairs. 



Cotillion Club 

At a meeting of Cotillion club, 
plans for a formal dance to be 
held sometime in November were 
discussed. Mary Gene Sims was 
named head of the dance commit- 
tee. 

Nora Ann Little, sophomore, was 
elected secretary to replace Bar- 
bara Macht, who did not return 
to Agnes Scott this year. Johan- 
na Wood was appointed chairman 
of the Hostess committee; Mimi 
Arnold, of the membership com- 
mittee; and Mac Compton, of the 
committee to revise the constitu- 
tion. 

Miss Priscilla Loebeck, of the art 
department, was elected Co- 
tillion's third sponsor. Mrs. Re- 
bekah Clarke, of the music depart- 
ment, and Miss Llewellyn Wil- 
burn, of the physical education de- 
partment, are the other two spon- 
sors. # 

Spanish Club 

Keynoting Spanish club's fall 
membership drive the club will 
feature el espanol in a chapel skit 
Thursday, Nan Johnson, skit chair- 
man, announced. 

On the following Wednesday try- 
outs will be held. Later the club 
plans a party for the new members 
presenting a program on Cervan- 
tes, author of ' i Don Quixote," 
Spanish classic. ' 

Sept. 29, the four hundredth 
anniversary of Cervantes' birth- 
day, was celebrated by the club 
and Spanish department. Advanc- 
ed students visited other Spanish 
classes and made talks on Cer- 
vantes. 



Golf Offered 
Fall Quarter 

For the first time, golf will be 
offered to the campus in the fall. 
Jane Sharkey, golf manager, has 
announced that it will be possible 
for those who wish to play to do 
so on local courses. 

The group will go out once a 
week, and will not be connected 
with regular Physical Education 
classes. 



Date Book 

Wed., Oct. 86:30 p. m. birth- 
day dinner party. 7:30 p. m. 
BOZ meets at Miss Preston's 
home. 

Thurs., Oct. 9  Election of Low- 
er House representatives in 
assembly. 7:30 p. m. Chi Beta 
Phi meeets. 

Fri., Oct. 10  News -Wheel fash- 
ion show. 

Sat., Oct. 118 p. m. Black Cat 
stunt. 

Mon., Oct. 13 Mr. Srukes' talk to 
frosh, Student meeting dur- 
ing assembly. 

Tues., Oct. 14  Denominational 
meetings in assembly. 

Wed., Oct. 15  Day student 
meeting in assembly. 



Honor Forum 



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(Continued from page 1) 

One member of the class of '51 
said that her understanding of the 
System really was "made clear to 
her through the attitude of up- 
perclassmen. 

New students, to an extent 
which cannot be exactly ascertain- 
ed, seem uncertain about the ser- 
ond part of the honor code, that 
of responsibility for the honor of 
others. This formed the basis for 
a good many old students' discus- 
sions and remains a moot ques- 
tion. 

Day student panel leaders cov- 
ered the main points necessary 
for understanding of the Honor 
System in chapel Wednesday and 
then conducted a general discus- 
sion. The group showed most in- 
terest in the question of specific 
applications of the System to day 
students, who are on campus so 
little. 



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Fifty Frosh Play 
At Sports Party 

Athletic association members entertained 50 freshmen at a 
progressive sports party Saturday, starting with exhibitions 
of various games and ending with a barbecue and fireside 
sing at Harrison hut. 

The first demonstration was of badminton techniques with 

Val von Lehe, Patty Persohn, Al- 



Riding Club 
Tryouts Slated 

Riding Club is having tryouts 
throughout this week Harriet Lur- 
ton, riding club president has an- 
nounced. Form in walking, trot- 
ting, and cantering as well as 
general appearance while riding 
are the points to be judged. Har- 
riet's advice is that "one should 
look like she was born on a horse." 

The club has begun its activities 
with a bang. On Saturday they put 
on an exhibition for the new stu- 
dents attending the Athletic as- 
sociation party. Seven girls from 
the riding club rode, led by Har- 
riet. Among the many plans al- 
ready in progress for this year, 
are ones for the annual horse 
show to be given Spring quarter. 



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Courtenay wielding the rackets. 
The party then shifted to the rid- 
ing ring where Tillie Alexander, 
Lou McLaurin, Lady Major, Adele 
Dieckmann, Harriet Lurton, Myr- 
tice Mariani, and Willa Wagner 
showed the finer points of horse- 
manship. Swimming was next on 
the list with all those who wanted 
to splash in the Agnes Scott pool. 

A huge array of food greeted the 
freshmen on. arriving at Harrison 
hut. Included in this menu was 
barbecue, Brunswick stew, pick- 
les, potato chips, rolls, hot coffee, 
and ice cream. 

After supper the frosh were in- 
troduced to the members of A. A. 
board through a skit. The various 
duties of each office were briefly 
sketched in verse form. Those on 
the Board are president Sheely 
Little; vice-president, Virginia 
Tucker; secretary, Marie Cuth- 
bertson; treasurer, Bunny Bran- 
non; publicity, Barbie Lawson; 
News representative, Ginny An- 
drews; tennis, Sally Ellis; bad- 
minton, Val von Lehe; golf and 
volleyball, Jane Sharkey; archery, 
Binkie Stubbs; swimming, Grace 
Durant; outing, Doc Dunn; rid- 
ing, Harriet Lurton; basketball, 
Julianne Cook; and hockey, Isa- 
bel Truslow. 



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AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, WED. OCTOBER 8, 1947 



THE AGNES SCOTT N E w s Seniors Sell 



MEMBER 

Associated Collegiate Press 



We Talk Turkey 

If the News has a beef, our policy is to be straightforward 
about it. Sneak punches, insinuation, and innuendo are not 
our favorite weapons. We as a staff disapprove of back- 
handed compliments or slams. 

Last week we welcomed the freshmen. We praised their 
spirit and we're glad. That still goes. 

No comparison with the sophomores was stated or inferred. 
The fact that frosh have pep does not necessarily mean that 
sophs do not. We think that the sophomores are going after 
the Black Cat fully mobilized, armed, and infused with an 
abundance of spirit. It just is not customary to welcome back 
old students. 

When we blast something, be it class, campus organization, 
campus officers, or state politics, we promise to make our 
purpose unmistakable. All searches for hidden meanings 
will be futile. 

Representing You 

Life blood of our campus is democracy in student govern- 
ment. Each broadening of the base of representation is a 
shot in the arm transfusing new life into the system. That is, 
if the representatives keep fingers on the pulse of student 
opinion. 

Tomorrow we will vote for new lower house representa- 
tives. Only way to make sure lower house has an ear to the 
ground for student opinion is to think twice before voting. 

Elevation of lower house members to second in command 
to house presidents can mean a stronger link between exec 
and student body, or it can mean just more red tape bu- 
reaucracy. 



Cabbage and Kings 



By Mary Beth Little 

Ink-pinks and the phenomenal 
stack of pink date slips every 
night have been a vocal-focal, 
oops, I mean a chief table topic 
these past weeks. It seems Stu- 
dent government's exec-trek to 
Smyrna started it all. Turned out 
to be an education-combination of 
school's rules and chatter-matter. 
The "When far from the reach" 
angle speaks for itself; haggard 
looks of our keen-dean and her 
staff (premission-commission) sub- 
stantiate the new datus-status. 

As suming that all "James- 
dames" are mad about the fad, 
(surely no one is so campus co- 
cooned, so socially marooned as to 
have missed the gist, let us pur- 
vey the survey gleaned from the 
si ream of ink-pinks). What say we 
catch our breath too! 

C harm Farm 

Here at Agnes Scott, charm- 
farm, that is, we are dominated by 
Time. An alarm clock is a napper- 
rapper; after a zip-trip back from 
a too-late-date, one gets a clock- 
knock. Madly we join the hash- 
dash from the one o'clock (noon- 
swoon) class. Much brain-strain 
and muddy-study all day long. 
Then at night into those welcome 
doze - clothes (lax - slacks or 
glama-pajamas), then stumble- 
tumble into the sleep-heap, and 
off to dreams. Sometimes restless- 
ness results in a sluba-rhumba, 
and you wake up weary-bleary, in 
a sure nuff super-stuper Monday 
yawnin-mawnin. 

Another deep breath. It isn't 
glamorous to be stammerous. 

And this is as good time as any 
to tell a straight story of quick re- 
tort, authenticated by reliable cit- 
izens on Third Main. More ink- 
pinks coming up. 



j Senior (flying down hall): "My 
tub runneth over." 

Friend: "Surely hot water and 
Mrs. Smith will follow you all the 
days of your life and you shall 
dwell on the campus forever." 

So much for the one story any- 
one bothered to tell your poor 
copy-starved columnist and her 
gaunt typewriter. 

Phrase-Craze 
Having the rhyme of our life 
we are! Shall we continue with 
regular query and answer met- 
hod? 

What's a gal hopelessly lost in 
math class? Digit-ijjit . . . What's 
a toupee? Thatch-patch . . What's 
the blanket for a blanket party? 
Lover-cover or hug-rug . . A quar- 
rel? Diff-tiff or cat-spat . . . 

What would happen to a shock- 
ing play at ACS? Certain-cur- 
tain . . . What's a zipper? Frock- 
lock . . '. A washing machine? 
Finger-wringer . . . The Chapel 
choir? Clarke's larks . . . Tuition? 
Institution-contribution . . . What's 
bequeathed in a will? Relation- 
donation or connection-collection 
. . . What's a naughty bird? Loose- 
goose. W r hat's good for washing 
clothes? Duz-fnzz . . The new 
length? Long sarong . . . 

W r hat's a silly ghost? Fool-ghoul 
... A squirrel assembly? Furry- 
flurry . . . Zoological terms? Or- 
gan-jargon . . . When a joke falls 
flat? Gag-snag . 

Our dates: Main's swains: local 
yokels . . . Fratty week-end. Em- 
ory memory or Tech-trek ... A 
pie eating contest: Meringue she- 
bang . . . 

Overheard 

Complaining as a hinge: volatile 
as a weather-vane: rough as a 
stucco bath tub. 



Xmas Cards 

Advocating the shop-early the- 
ory, seniors, with Lee Brewer as 
manager, are selling Christmas 
cards, folders and gift wrappings 
for their fall project. 

On sale now in the lobby of But- 
trick, the cards vary from Ameri- 
can scenes to assorted greetings 
and from oilette to humorous. De- 
luxe gift wrappings are adversised 
as "a grand profusion of everything 
you need." In addition the class 
is selling everyday notes and 
Christmas notes. 

Lee announced that seniors will 
sell cards from 9:30 to 10:30 a. 
m., 11 to 12 noon, and 1 to 2:00 
p. m. Dormitories will also be can- 
vassed for sales. 

Agnes Scott Day 
To Honor Students 
At First Methodist 

The First Methodist church in 
Decatur has designated Sunday, 
Oct. 12 "Agnes Scott Day." An 
all-day program has been plan- 
ned honoring Agnes Scott's Met- 
hodist students. 

Decatur girls will be hostesses to 
the Agnes Scott girls throughout 
the day. After attending Sunday 
school and church, girls will be 
entertained in the homes of church 
members. 

A fellowship period at the 
church at 4 p. m. will be followed 
by the Young People's meeting at 
6:30 p. m. The speaker will be 
Dr. Lin Kwang-te, who served dur- 
ing the war as Y. M. C. A. chair- 
man in charge of Chinese refugee 
students. He is now connected 
with Candler School of Theology. 
An evening service at the church 
at which the pastor, the Rev. Har- 
vey C. Holland, will speak will 
conclude the program. 

ACS Greets 
Former WAVE 

By Dot Medloek 

Teaching French and serving in 
the communications' division of 
the Navy are poles apart. Perhaps, 
however, this versatility is what 
makes Miss Mary Johnson such 
an interesting person. 

An alumna of Agnes Scott, Miss 
Johnson has returned this year as 
an assistant in the French depart- 
ment after three and a half years 
in the Waves. Most of this time 
was spent in Boston working in 
the Eastern Sea Frontier on air 
and sea operations. 

While in Boston, Miss Johnson 
lived on historic Beacon street, 
not far from a lake where she 
spent some of her spare time ice- 
skating. She found time, too, for 
a great deal of sailing and skiing. 
Born in Missouri, she had to be 
shown that skiing in Boston was 
as exhilarating as in her home 
state. 

A natural-born lover of people, 
Miss Johnson thoroughly enjoyed 
the contacts she made with peo- 
ple from foreign ships while in 
the Waves. She enjoys teaching, 
too, because she likes to see the 
results of her work with her stu- 
dents. 

The new French instructor be- 
lieves that the results of "under- 
standing through the study of 
languages" may affect the world 
wide understanding of nations. 



Classes Purr Contentedly; 
Confident in 47 Chairmen 



By Jenelle Spear 

One of the few girls who has 
led, not a dog's, but a cat's life is 
Cissie Spiro, the frosh chairman 
of the Black Cat stunt. It is only 
natural that Cissie should feel that 
she has stepped into cat's paws, 
for she is working steadily at the 
hard job of preparing for that an- 
nual contest between the fresh- 
men and sophomores. 

No one could be better qualifi- 
ed than Cissie, as her past ex- 
periences in leadership and her 
creative ability indicate. As for 
her qualities of leadership, the 
freshman chairman has served as 
secretary and treasurer of the 
dramatics club in her high school 
and directed her senior class play, 
Phillip Barry's "Spring Dance." 

Cissie represented Hunter col- 
lege's experimental high school in 
the Patrick Henry oratorical con- 
test and took an active part in 
debating, open forums, and politi- 
cal rallies. These activities are a: 
key to her career, for she plans 
to major in political science and 
English, with her final objective 
a government position such as the 
House of Representatives or the 
Senate. 

Creative abilities? Read on. 
When Seventeen magazine spon- 
sored a nation-wide contest, Cis- 
sie entered, wrt>te a first rate 
paper on "How I Got My First 
Date," and emerged with the first 
prize. No doubt many of you have 
noticed that the announcements 
about Black Cat on the bulletin 
board have been written in verse. 
This is just a sample of some of 
Cissie's humorous poetry. Serious 
poetry is also attempted, but us- 
ually ends up in the humorous 
category, with Cissie being the 
first to laugh at it. 

Lollipops, Carl Sandburg, folk 
singing, swimming and canoeing 
give us a cross-s e c t i o n of 
Cissie's extracurricular interests. 

As to who will win the stunt 
nobody but the Black Kitty knows. 
But if the freshmen don't, it won't 
be due to the lack of ability on 
the part of their chairman. 

Copy Hook 

The following song was writ- 
ten by a Latin student in the 
throes of preparing her assign- 
ment. 

(Tune: "Swannee") 

Latin! How I love ya, how I 
love ya 

My dear old Latin; 

I'd give the world to be 

Among the folks of 

Caesar, Vergil, Horace, and now 
Livy's 

Waitin' for me, prayin' for me 

Down by the Tiber. 

The folks in Greece will see me 

no more 
When I get to that Roman 

Shore! 



Nancy Parks and her frog were 
seen hopping from table to table 
in the dinning room Sunday. 



One of our less enlightened 
switchboard operators confessed 
to spending fifteen minutes sear- 
ching the handbook to find out 
the school's colors in answer to a 
query from the Atlanta Journal. 
She finally told him they were 
purple and gold. 



By Cathie Davis 

"Do you know Gretchen Rein- 
artz? She's my sophornore helper," 
came from the freshman at our 
lunch table. Did I know Gretch? 
Eight months in the same build- 
ing with that combination of en- 
ergy and ideas left no one a chance 
not to be well acquainted with her. 

Surely, we all knew Gretch. Our 
new friend added, "She certainly 
is nice, isn't she?" Again we nod- 
ded, I was thinking that the word 
"nice" was a gross understate- 
ment. 

I remember last year. At first, 
Gretch's accomplishments rather 
bewildered us. We never could de- 
cide whether Gretch was an artist, 
an athlete, or a musician. Some- 
times we -caught her sketching 
people (fortunately her profes- 
sors did not discover this talent) 
or stretching her fingers over the 
keyboard of Inman's piano. No one 
could believe that Gretch had 
studied piano for only three years 
when she played classical music 
without even the aid of glasses. 
When Gretch was not on second 
Inman or in Miss Mac's lab, it 
was a safe bet that she would be 
either on the hockey field, or in 
the swimming pool, or at the rid- 
ing ring. 

All these, however, are com- 
p 1 e t e 1 y incomparable with her 
greatest talent. Once every three 
or four weeks Gretch would dash 
into an 8:30 English 101 class, 
clinging to a critical essay with 
one hand and rubbing half-closed 
eyes with the other. She would 
have gotten up early to write in 
one morning the paper which the 
rest of us had labored over for 
long hours. And she got by  with 
Merit Pluses! Gretch had a way 
with the pen and writing is one 
of her favorite pastimes. 

Gretchen came to Agnes Scott 
all the way from Red Bank, New 
Jersey, for no particular reason 
other than that she liked the south 
after having lived in five differ- 
ent southern states. She wanted 
to attend a first-class southern 
college and is quite happy with her 
selection. 

Her agreeable disposition is 
peeved only at being called "Ger- 
trude" and seeing an H in her 
last name. Now her chief inter- 
est in life, besides one small, 
green-eyed black cat, is one Iatge 
(six feet two), green-eyed blond 
Walter. 

She's the sophomore's choice and 
even the freshmen four days B. 
B. C. (before the stunt) agree that 
Gretch is a good kiddie. 

Cash Prize Attracts 
Numerous Entries 

The News' offer of a cash prize* 
found many takers last week and 
the answers to the ad jingle con- 
test came pouring in. The five dol- 
lar bill has not been copped yet, 
though, and here are nine more 
quotes to be identified as to ad- 
vertiser and to run up someone's 
score to winning proportions. 

L Relaxes golfers. 

2. De 9204. 

3 Miracle on 34th. 

4. 126 Clairmont Ave. 

5. For really fine dry cleaning. 

6. Road service. 

7. Calcutta. 

8. Widely recognized. 

9. Your particular job the way 
you want it. 



The Agnes Scott News 



Vol. XXXIII 



AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, WED. OCTOBER 15, 1947 



Number 3 




VICTORIOUS SOPHOMORES  Capacity crowd views 
soph hep-cat skit in the gym at the Black Cat contest Sat- 
urday night. Cat murals on the right were drawn by soph 
artists while those on the left are frosh creations. 



Angels Bow to Hep-Cats 
In Close Cat Skirmish 

By Lorton Lee 

Jiving sophomores sang their way into the judges' hearts 
to win the cat from spirited freshmen angels in one of the 
closest contests in the 31 years of Black Cat tradition. 

The decision of judges Miss Charlotte Hunter, Henry Rob- 
inson, and L. H. Johnson in favor of the sophomores was 
announced by "Pop" Johnson who 
delivered the Kitty to sophomore 
chairman Gretch Reinhartz. 

Outdoing the streamers and 
ballons of former years both sophs 
and frosh elaborately beautified 
their sides of the gym with bill- 
board sized posters covering ra- 
diators and baskets. Personality 
pussies frolicked on the sopho- 
more wall while a frosh in cat's 
clothing clamoured up the "Mew- 
Way" reaching for stars. 

The freshman section, in yellow 
sweaters and black skirts, sang 
with a marked absence of the 
usual freshman rah-rah atmos- 
phere. Many of the song 
lyrics used were originated by 
members of the class of '51. 

Costumed in white dresses with 
striking red satin bow ties, sopho- 
( Continued on page 3) 



Date Book 

Wed., Oct. 15 Cotillion club 
try-outs, 4:30-6 p. m. Mortar 
Board after dinner coffee. 

Thurs., Oct. 16  Cotillion club 
try-outs, 4:30-5:30 p. m. Sopho- 
more cabinet weiner roast at 
Harrison Hut. 

Fri., Oct. 17  Chapel. Marvin 
McDonald announces All Star 
Scrips. Decatur Presbyterian 
church hayride, 7:30 p. m. 

Sat,, Oct. 18  Lower House 
planning council. 

Sun., Oct. 19  Vespers at 5 
p. m. 

Mon., Oct. 20  All Star Con- 
cert tickets sold. 

Tues., Oct 21 Gab lab, 4:30. 

Wed.. Oct. 22 Rabbi Joseph 
1. W eiss, chapel speaker. Dek-It 
judging 



Gab Lab Clinic 
Opens Oct. 21 

Gab Lab, still under the spon- 
sorship of Mortar Board, will open 
Tuesday, Oct. 21, at 4:30 p. m. to 
tackle its first problem of the year 
in communication, "Voice and 
Speech for Telephone." 

Representatives from Southern 
Bell Telephone Company will be 
present, in answer to requests 
from Mortar Board and PBX re- 
presentative El Bear, to give in- 
structions, demonstrate techniques 
and answer questions. 

Gab Lab, Agnes Scott's clinic 
to doctor defective speech and to 
make good speech better, was or- 
ganized last year under the spon- 
sorship of Mortar Board and ex- 
cited editorial comment in papers 
as far north as Boston, Mass. 

The entire college community 
is invited to Gab Lab meetings. 
Further plans for Gab Lab will be 
announced by Mortar Board at a, 
later date. 



Crew Picked 
To Produce 
'48 May Day 

May Day committee appoint- 
ments were revealed last week 
by Maxine Kickliter, May Day 
chairman. 

Costume committee members 
are Mimi Arnold, chairman, Nan 
Johnson, Dot Morrison, Harriotte 
Winchester, Anne Shepherd, Mar- 
tha Goddard, Betzie Powers, and 
Bettie Davison. 

Pinny Rogers, chairman, and 
Anne Hayes make up the com- 
mittee on dances. 

Heading the music committee 
is Nan Nettles. Her committee 
members are Claire Kemper and 
Ruth Richardson. On the prop- 
erties committee, are chairman 
Teressa Rutland, Clarkie Rogers, 
Mary Price, Edith Stowe, Betty 
Kitts, and Betty Jo Doyle. 

Sara Jane Campbell heads the 
committee on art and publicity. 
Her committee has not been 
named. 

Appointed last spring were Vir- 
ginia Henry, secretary, and Mary 
Aichel, business manager- Faculty 
advisors are Miss Louise Hale of 
the French department, and Miss 
Ellen Douglass Leyburn of the 
English department. 

All scenarios to be considered 
for production for May Day must 
be submitted by Nov. 3. 



Westminister Fellowship 
To Give Barn Dance 

The Westminster Fellowship 
group of the Decatur Presbyterian 
church is having a barn dance 
party Friday at the Fern Bank 
Barn. The bus will leave the 
church at 7:30 p. m. and stop in 
front of Main for Agnes Scott 
girls. 



News Tryouts Start Thurs. 

Try-outs for staff membership 
on the Agrnes Scott News will 
begin this Thursday and con- 
tinue for three successive 
weeks. 

Instructions for all sopho- 
mores, juniors, and seniors in- 
terested in reporting will be 
posted on the bulletin board 
Thursday morning-. 

Feudin' Fads 



Schuschnigg Lecture 
To Open '47 Series 

Kurt von Schuschnigg, Ex-Chancellor of Austria, will open 
this season's Lecture association series Friday, Oct. 31, at 
8:30 p. m., with his lecture, on "The Problems of Central 
Europe." 

The second feature on this year's lecture program an- 
nounced by Miss Emma May Lan- 



ey, faculty advisor for Lecture as- 
sociation, will be Shakespeare's 
"Twelfth Night," produced by the 
Barter Theatre of Virginia, Mon- 
day, Feb. 23, at 8:30 p. m. This 
same company produced "Much 
Ado About Nothing" at the Er- 
langer Theatre last year. 

Miss Laney tentatively named 
George Chappee, dancer and au- 
thority on the dance, j&s the third 
number on the lecture program. 
Mr. Chappee will probably speak 
sometime in April on "The Ballet 
As It Is Today." 



Dek-It to Decide 
'51 Victors Wed. 

As Dek-It's final judging day, 
Oct. 22, approaches, freshmen are 
busy waving their feather dust- 
ers and stitching up curtains. Miss 
Priscilla Lobeck of the art depart- 
ment, Miss Charlotte Hunter, as- 
sistant dean, and Anne Elcan, 
senior, will judge the rooms for 
Dek-It clinic. 

Judging will be based on lia- 
bility and attractiveness. An- 
nouncement of the winners will 
be made at a later date. 

Dek-It, a project of Christian 
association, was originated in 1945 
to aid frosh in decorating their 
rooms- Suggestions wore offered 
about furniture arrangement, col- 
or schemes and buying. 

Newell Turner headed this 
year's committee aided by Mim 
Steele, Mimi Arnold, Dot Quil- 
lian, Gretch Reinartz, Butch 
Hayes, Susan Neville and Betsy 
Baker. 



Crowd Applauds 'New Look' 
In Wheel-News Fashionaire 



By Calico 

Evidence seemed to be all on 
the side of the new look for girls 
and the right look for boys at the 
News-Wheel fashionaire Friday 
night. 

Agnes Scott models were all 
the fall fashions from Allen's 
needed to present an irrefutable 
argument to the crowd jamming 
Emory's Cafeteria for longer 
skirts and other drastic style 
changes. 

Mary Beth Little and Harry 
Binford contributed the commen- 
tary. Betzie Powers, Clarkie Rog- 
ers, Joe Duke and John Kelly 
opened the controversy with a de- 
bate, a condensation of the one 
concerning long skirts which they 
presented in chapel Wednesday. 
Betzie and Clarkie introduced 
their exhibit A, Harriet Gregory, 
the old look exemplified, to help 
convince male stand-patters. 



Proof that the audience was 
convinced, temporarily anyway, 
was their enthusiastic reception 
of Nancy Deal, Norah Anne Little, 
Sara Jane Campbell, Casey 
Chance, Cama Clarkson, Mary 
Mohr, Beryl Crews, June Irvine, 
Val von Lehe, and Mim Steele in 
the round-the-clock wardrobe they 
modeled- 

Their male escorts, after seeing 
Lovick Lingo in the "new" short 
pants as Joe's and John's ex- 
hibit A for the male new look, de- 
cided to be conservative another 
year. Matching Agnes Scott mod- 
els' smartness and formality in 
each scene, the Emory lads made 
a suave showing. 

A dance to the music of the Em- 
ory Aces climaxed the fashion 
frolics. The Wheel, the Emory In- 
dependents, and Emory Student 
council sponsored the dance. 



Book Award 
Contest Opens 

Open to all students in all 
classes is the contest for the 
Louise McKinney Book Award, 
Miss Janef Preston, chairman of 
the committee on the Award an- 
nounced. She urged that all con- 
testants give their names to 
members of the English depart- 
ment by the end of the first 
quarter. 

The Award winner is the stu- 
dent who acquires by the middle 
of May the most interesting and 
discriminating personal library 
and who, in the opinion of the 
judges, reveals real understanding 
of her books. Miss Preston ad- 
vised contestants to begin their 
collections as early as possible. 

To be eligible for the $25 award, 
collections must contain at least 
15 books and should represent the 
owner's tastes whether they treat 
varied fields of interest or one 
special field. Books which are 
gifts may be included in the col- 
lections, but ample evidence must 
be given of the collector's initia- 
tive and discrimination. 

The Award was established a 
number of years ago as a memori- 
al to Miss Louise McKinney, pro- 
fessor emeritus of English. The 
winner will be announced at 
commencement. 



Students Elect 
Lower House 
Officers 

Elections for Lower House were 
held last Thursday and new mem- 
bers will be installed in a chapel 
service tomorrow. 

Elizabeth Williams will serve 
as the '47 to '48 Lower House 
secretary. 

Representing the day students 
will be Senior Rose Ellen Arm- 
strong; Junior Shirley Simmons; 
Sophomore Jane Sharkey ; % and 
Freshman Sally Lou Dickert. 

Boarding representatives are 
elected one for each floor in the 
dormitories and one fdr each 
cottage. In Main Mimi Arnold was 
elected from second; Nancy Geer 
from third; and Bobbie Cathcart 
from fourth. Frank Morris repre- 
sents second and Milly Floumoy, 
third Rebekah. In Inman Anna 
Devault was chosen from first; 
Marjorie Stukes from second;, 
and Nan Ford from third. 

From the cottages Jo Heinz re- 
presents Boyd; Dodo Martin, Lup- 
ton; Jean Tollison, Cunningham; 
Dean Morris, Gaines; and Joann 
Wood, White House- 



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AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, WED. OCTOBER 15, 1947 



Merry-Go-Round 

By Mildred Claire Jones 

Have you seen the cats in Inman? Well, you really should. 
The} 7 are remarkable animals. Last weekend I overheard a 
conversation which showed me that they don't miss a thing 
that goes on on this campus. The sleek black "alley cat" 
greeted the gray Persian with a hearty "Mew" and settled 
down to talk. "Have you ever seen 



such rushing around? I heard 
some freshmen talking last night 
and they are trying to get some 
cat who obviously is just like me. 
They have worked for days. How- 
ever, they managed to stop for 
awhile to entertain those Tech 
boys. Rushing for the ATOs were 
Charlsie Smith, Mot Warlick, Jean 
Harper, Polly Miles, June Irvine, 
Butch Hayes, Margaret Anne 
Richards, B. J. Sauer, Betty Bed- 
dingfield, Shorty Lehmann, and 
Dot Medlock. Their Emory broth- 
ers had a hayride the next night, 
'cause Flo Bryant, Amanda Hul- 
sey, Betzie Powers, Jo Heinz, Har- 
riet Reid, and Nancy Geer were 
there." 

Millions of Hayrides 

"Hay rides seem to have been 
the rage this week," the Persian 
confided with a decided Southern 
drawl. "I heard Harriet Lurton 
say that she went on a Lambda 
Chi hayride with Marianna Hol- 
landsworth. Sheely Little, Doc 
Dunn, Virginia Tucker, Flo Bry- 
ant, Virginia Henry, Jo Culp, 
Pat McManmon, and Nan Honour. 
And Harriet Gregory saw Myrt 
Mariani, Clarkie Rogers, Jane Al- 
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Broun, Ann Ballard, Ann Carol 
Blanton, Ginny Henry when they 
were all on the Phi Gamma Delta 
hayride." 

"The Delta Tau Deltas were 
mighty lucky too to have Loulie 
Hunt, Mary Anne Ziegler, Julian- 
ne Morgan, Gregor Mitchell, Libby 
Shontz, Betty Finney, Dottie Sul- 
livan, Mary Love Campbell, and 
Betty Harrell." The Alley cat (to 
whom we will refer affectionately 
as Al) nodded his head as he re- 
peated each name. 

# Lucky SAEs 
"Pshaw! You are just prejudic- 
ed because they are all freshmen. 
The SAEs were the lucky ones. 
Mary Gene Sims, Mildred Claire 
Jones, Sally Thompson, Charlotte 
Bartlett, Harriet Ann McGuire, 
Diana Durden, Ann Ezzard, Vir- 
ginia Vining, and Caroline Little 
were there. And Anne Elcan said 
she saw Beryl Crews, Margaret 
Hopkins, Ann Sartain, Joann 
Christopher, Clarie Foster, Floss 
Hanson, Nelda Brantley, Adele 
,Lee, Jane Harris, and Jackie Stew- 
art there too. I'm absolutely 
breathless after trying to remem- 
ber so many people!" 

Fashion Craze 
"Just the way with all South- 
ern cats. ,Lazy, slow. Now I can 
use my mind  and memory  for 
extra-long lists and think nothing 
of it. For example, among the 
thousands of people at the Em- 
ory style show and dance were 
Nancy Deal, Nan Ford, Mary 
Beth Little, Sally Thomason, Bet- 
ty Jane Foster, Jean Cline, Mim 
Steele, Mae Osborne, Amanda Hul- 
sey, and Olive Partee. Also there 
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chen Reinartz, Patty Hampton, 
Emily Ann Reid, and Joann Plas 
tre." 

"My dean," the Persian drawl 
ed, "it really isn't the quantity, 
it's the quality. Remember Sarah 
Jane Campbell and Jean Osborn? 
They lived here with us last year. 
Well, they went to the Phi Delt 
formal Saturday night and so did 
Betty Blackmon, Weezie Durant 
Carol Equen, Rebekah Scott, Mar- 
ianela Segura, Casey Haff, and 
Sarah Tucker. So there too!" 

Since the conversation was 
dragging on for a long time, the 
two cats climbed slowly  but 
steadily  to the third floor where 
they stretched comfortably on Pat 
McCartney's bed and settled down 
to discuss the rest of the goings- 
on on campus. 

Whee! Uniforms! 

"Have you ever seen so many 
uniforms around? The VMI boys 
really took over the place. Pagie 
Violette, Mildred Claire Jones, 
Lou McLaurin, and Zollie Saxon 
were with some of them at the 
Rainbow Roof. They saw Ivy Mor- 
ris, Frankie Francisco, and Dot 
Floyd there. Easy Beale, Irene 
McLeod, Mary Allen Tucker, Anne 
Kincaid, Liz Ragland, Susan Bow- 
ling, and Carolyn Critchlow helped 
show them around too. Believe it 
or not, seventy-one girls went to 
the football game!- 

The chatter died for awhile but 
our friend Al popped up with 
"Did you know that Nan Honour 
and Dot Stewart have diamonds? 
And Jean Henson has a gorgeous 
Phi Delt pin. She, and Julia Pen- 
nington, Splinter Board, Jackie 
Jacobs, and Lauradel Parkerson 
were at the Phi Delt house this 
weekend. Also seen around Emory 
were Sarah Hancock and Myrt 
Marianilat the Sigma Nu house, Bet- 
ty Wood, Miriam Mitchel), and Lelia 
Walker at Delta Tau Delta, and 
Caroline Hodges, Janet Quinn, Bar- 



Comments on Clubs 



June Irvine, president of Co- 
tillion club, announced that try- 
outs for new members will be held 
Wednesday from 4:30 to 6 p. m. 
and Thursday from 4:30 to 5:30 p 
m. Tryouts will be formal and 
open to members of all classes. 



Sophomore cabinet will give a 
weiner roast for the freshmen and 
sophomores at Harrison Hut, on 
Thursday afternoon. A brief ex- 
planation of Freshman cabinet 
and a program of folk customs 
and music are planned. 



Eta Sigma Phi, Greek and Latin 
society initiated eight new 
members last Thursday, President 
Katherine Geffcken announced. 

Miss Zenn, assistant professor 
of classical languages, was elected 
an honorary member. 

Mary Aichel, Easy Beale, El 
Bear, Pris Hatch, Alice Lyons, Dot 
Medlock, Shirley Simmons, and 
Martha Stowell were initiated in 
the Alpha Delta chapter of 
the national honorary group. 



bara Waugaman, Ann Williamson, 
and Helen Edwards at the KA 
house." 

More House Dances 

'Speaking of crowds, the girls 
going to Theta Chi and Sigma 
Chi practically filled the hall in 
Main. Betsy Deal, Liz Williams, 
Bobbie Cathcart, Julianne Cook, 
Dot Quillian, Pat McGowan, Splin- 
ter Board, Lee Cousar, Nancy 
Dendy, and Cama C 1 a r k s o n 
went to the Sigma Chi house, 
while Helen Harrison, Jane Cook, 
Nancy Martin, Babs Young, Ann 
Pitts, Mary Alice McDonald, and 
Frankie Howerton went with the 
Theta Chis. They saw Willa Wag- 
ner entering the PiKA house and 



Newell Turner, Billie Powell and 
Anne Brooke at the KA house." 

"You can really tell when it is 
a special night, can't you? Nancy 
Wilkinson, Patty Overton, Sue 
McSpadden, Helen Christian, and 
Betty Asbill were looking real 
sharp when they left for the Para- 
dise Room. And did you see the 
other visitors besides VMI boys? 
One of the best-looking was Jo 
McCall's John from Clemson." 

"The Persian cat stifled a deep 
yawn and said, 'Enough of this 
nonsense. Let's do something im- 
portant  like sleep. Oops, here 
they come home from dates. Let's 
run!" 



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Play By Play 

By Ginny Andrews 

Snoopin' around the Gym, ten- 
nis courts, hockey field, and rid- 
ing ring, you can pick up quite a 
few scraps and bits of conversa- 
tion that are interesting. In fact, 
down there you can get a good 
cross-section of public opinion and 

information  it's sort of a passing 
parade, a poll on what people are 
talking about in events past, pre- 
sent, and future. 

People are Remembering 

In the parade of past events you 
can hear people talking about 
those lazy, lovely summer months. 
Virginia Tucker and Doc Dunn, 
reliving the gay times they had 
as counsellors in Mrs. Tuckers' 
camp in North Carolina . . . Sheely 
Little, laughing at the trials and 
tribulations in keeping house . . . 
Miss Wilburn raving about the 
wonders found at "Highlands". 
People are Talking About . . 

Current topics of interest lean 
toward that peppy freshman hock- 
ey team that looks so good this 
quarter and Wilton Rice, their 
capable manager . . . The grand 
publicity work that Barbie Law- 
son has been doing for A. A. Board 
with posters and cartoon-spiked 
notices . . . the good-looking new 
physical education instructor, Miss 
Margery Lyon . . . Jean Fraser 
Duke, a beautiful bride . . . the 
two new Blue Horse bikes and the 
pepped-up drive for more of 'em 
- . . the progressive sports party 
for the frosh a week or so ago 
with that brillant (?) versified 
skit to introduce the Board mem- 
bers. 



Nine Girls Join 
Officials Club 
Fall Quarter 

Thus far nine girls have signed 
up for the new Officiating club, 
sponsored by Athletic association. 
They will meet this week to de- 
cide on the time for their regular 
meetings. 

This club will train girls to be 
qualified officials in various 
sports such as hockey, swimming, 
basketball, and volleyball. It has 
been organized in order to pro- 
mote more interest in correct 
playing and good form. The meet- 
ings will include a general study 
of hand book rules on the various 
sports and talks by the members 
of the physical education faculty 
and other qualified officials. The 
members will also be required 
to have several hours of practical 
experience. Upon completion of 
this course, Miss Wilburn will 
give an officials examination and 
those who pass will be qualified 
to officiate in games at any 
school. 

For this fall quarter, the meet- 
ings will only cover hockey and 
swimming rules. Those who have 
signed up for swimming officials 
are Barbara Lawson, Bunny Bran- 
non, Jane Barker, Floss Hanson, 
and Cathie Davis. The hockey of- 
ficials will be Lady Major, Vir- 
ginia Tucker, Doc Dunn, and Ma 
rie Cuthbertson. 



Wilburn And Managers 
Predict Big Hockey Year 

Prediction of a good hockey season with exciting, spirited 
games is the consensus among hockey authorities on campus. 
According to Miss Llewellyn Wilburn, hockey instructor, 
Sandy Truslow, school manager, and Wilton Rice, Ann Wil- 
liamson, Reese Newton, and Lady Major, class managers, the 

teams on the whole will exhibit 



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A, A, Convention 
Slated Nov. 14 

State officers of the Georgia 
Athletic Federation for College 
Women met at the University of 
Georgia Saturday to plan the 
annual conference for the Federa- 
tion. Edna Claire Cunningham, 
State Council Member, attended. 
The conference will include all 
women's and co-educational in- 
stitutions in the state and will 
meet at the University November 
14-15- 

The theme of this meeting will 
be "Present Enrichment for Fu- 
ture Community Service". Talks 
on officiating, sports days, awards 
and community recreational op- 
portunities are planned. Discus- 
sion of the athletic programs in 
different schools will follow. A 
business meeting and election of 
officers will close the conference. 

The Agnes Scott A. A. board is 
to publish the "Newsletter", of- 
ficial state paper, preceding the 
conference. 



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Black Cat Stunt 

( Continued from page 1) 

mores entered behind a brilliant 
red satin class-of-'50 banner and 
sang entirely original lyrics in a 
professional choral manner. 

The class of '51's "Mew Hea- 
ven" written completely in verse 
form centered about the heavenly 
trial of Kit, Mary Hayes Barber, 
who after using up nine lives 
wished to return to earth as A. 
S. C.'s mascot. 

Charity Bennett as Priscilla of 
John Alden fame explaining that 
"Tech men are so slow" ; the judge's 
and juror's "Right?" "Check", and 
the "Ugga bugga boo" of Amazon 
Carolyn Critchlow rated laughter 
and applause from the entire au- 
dience. 

The sophomores in "Scents Make 
For Alli-Gents" presented for the 
first time a musical Black Cat 
stunt. The two act skit was based 
on the feudin' of Hep-cats and 
Alley-cats for supremacy in the 
alley. Country-cousins come visit- 
ing and definitely "offend", caus- 
ing Alley-and Hep-cats to unite 
to drive out the foreigners. 

Highlighting the sophomore's 
"Scents Make For Alli-Gents" 
were the musical number "Any- 
thing You Can Do I Can Do Bet- 
ter," Margaret Hopkin's interpere- 
tive tap dance, and Mimi Mitchel's 
unification speech in the "Ceme- 
tery  er  grave affair." 



better playing, resulting from more 
instruction on technique. 

"The freshmen team looks bet- 
ter than usual," asserted Miss 
Wilburn. Girls who have played 
before and who will form the 
backbone of the team are Liz Rag- 
land, center forward, Joann 
Wood, left inner, Jimmie McGee, 
right inner, and Vrginia Chard, 
left wing. The new players, too, 
promise a wealth of support to 
the team. 

Under manager Ann Williamson, 
the sophs are looking forward to 
a good season. Old reliables out 
for the second time are Terrell 
Warburton, Mary Louise War- 
lick, and Sandy Truslow. Ann thinks 
the team will click better this 
year as a result of last year's ex- 
perience and that the large num- 
ber out will increase spirit and in- 
terest. 

The junior team is the superior 
team so far as quantity is con- 
cerned. In spite of the fact that 
one of the most outstanding mem- 
bers, Jean Fraser Duke, isn't 
back this year, the quality is up 
to par with that of previous years. 
Under Reese Newton's manage- 
ment, the players will go after 
victories as they always have. 

The seniors, who in past years 
have had hard luck, so far as win- 
ning games is concerned, are an- 
ticipating a much more successful 
season. Old standbys back on the 
field are E. Claire Cunningham, 
Sister Davis, Doc Dunn, Sheely 
Little, and Ann Treadwell. Lady 
Major, manager, in remarking on 
the prospects of the season said 
she would use college football stra- 
tegy and predicts the loss of every 
game. She expressed high hopes 
for her team and is counting on 
plenty of victories. 



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"Our house is between two 
golf courses," says Jane Sharkey, 
golf manager. And with that en- 
vironment, it is practically inevit- 
able that she love the game. 

Heredity must have had some- 
thing to do with it, too, because 
Jane's golf-playing family intro- 
duced her to a club at the age of 
five- But the fact that Jane is 
East Lake Club champion and was 
runner-up in the city tournament 
could be due to only one thing, 
talent. 

Although Jane has been play- 
ing tournament golf only two 
years, she has been semi-finalist 
in the State, qualified in the 
championship division of the Wo- 
men's Open, won many small tour- 
naments and played in the West- 
ern. Her biggest thrill came in 
this last tournament, for she took 
the famous Patty Berg to the 
eighteenth. 

But for a girl who just can't 
wait to get from school to the 
East Lake course, Jane is amaz- 
ingly active at Agnes Scott. Be- 
sides being golf manager, she is 
in charge of volleyball for A. A. 
and was a member of the volley- 
ball varsity team. Jane has also 
been class day student representa- 
tive for her two years here. And 
recently she was production mana- 
ger for a victorious soph class in 
the Black Cat contest. 

Atlanta is known for the fam- 
ous golfers it produces, and after 
looking at Jane Sharkey's re- 
cord, we do not feel hasty in pre- 
dicting that Jane will be one of 
them. 

Needless to say, Jane is always 
busy, and she is never at a loss 
for words. She has the courage to 
be an independent leaning toward 
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AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, WED. OCTOBER 15, 1947 



EDITORIALS 

Bell Tolls Period 

The stunt is over and won. The judges have decided. Black 
Cat work and fun are finished for 1947, but claws are still 
sharpened. Why? 

Both classes showed admirable spirit as an immediate re- 
action to the judges announcement that the sophomores had 
won, but since Saturday night a mounting feeling of discon- 
tent has developed, not only in the freshman class but in 
their sister class as well. 

Judges elected by the participating classes, not appointed 
by the administration, were vested with authority by those 
same classes to choose the winner. Any criticism of this year's 
stunt should be used for constructive corrections in the '48 
contest, not for arousing bitterness between classes. 

Whether you are philosophic enough to believe that "What- 
ever is, is right'' no one can refute the fact that "Whatever 
is, is." 

Spirit can be built or broken by defeat and the challenge 
of 'Can you take it?" is before every vanquished class. Fresh- 
men have showed us their spirit; now they- must prove it is 
the right kind.  L. L. 

Double Reward 

'^Reading maketh a full man" quoth old Sir Francis Bacon 
on our library beams. To misquote him, book collecting mak- 
eth a full library and incidentally a fat purse. Collecting for 
the Louise McKinney Book Award kills two birds with one 
stone. 

But seriously all the sages and our English professors as- 
sure us that book collecting is a satisfying hobby. To help you 
along if you're one of those people with good intentions but 
no will power to resist Coty's or Black Light nylons the Louise 
McKinney memorial annually offers an award of $25 for the 
best co-ordinated and assimilated collection. 

It's basically sound to acquire now the books you like 
and will want to enjoy later. 



Morality Play 



The power of suggestion or the power of the press or 
delayed reactions or something made for drama in everyday 
education last week. 

Not certain as to what the moral is exactly, we hesitate 
to point one out. Sounds like a moral tale, though. 

One of our new classmates from Emory had but to remark 
the atmosphere's chill when interviewed and the temperature 
shot up to make Education 401 about the chummiest class- 
room in Buttrick. 

One co-ed was greeted effusively enough to erase forever 
the smear on the campus' record for friendliness. 



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Bartlette. Sara Jane Campbell, Crace Durant. 

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Cunningham. Margaret Yancey. 

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Rabbi to Talk 
On 'Sabbath' 
Wednesday 

Rabbi Joseph I. Weiss's topic 
for Wednesday chapel, Oct. 22, 
will be "The Sabbath  Its Re- 
ligious and Social Significance." 

Rabbi Weiss of Columbus, Ga., 
was graduated from the Univer- 
sity of Cincinnati in 1934. He was 
ordained a rabbi by the Hebrew 
Union College in Cincinnati and 
received his Ph. D. degree from 
Webster University in 1943. 

Before entering the service as 
an army chaplain in 1943, Rabbi 
Weiss occupied the pulpit in 
Goldsboro, N. C. After three years 
service, part of which time was 
spent in the Pacific, he returned 
to Goldsboro. 



Dr. McCain Speaks 
At Erskine College 

Dr. McCain addressed the stu- 
dent body of Napsonian School, 
Oct. 14, on the occasion of the 
initiation of nine students into 
the National Honor Society. 

Today he is in Due West, S. C, 
at Erskine College where he will 
deliver an address at the Asso- 
c i a t e Reformed Presbyterian 
Church in connection with a drive 
to raise funds for a new library 
building and a science hall for 
the Erskine campus. 

Dr. McCain is a member of the 
Board of Trustees of the 108- 
year-old college. 



Debators Slate 
Annual Tourney 
For Nov. 22 

Invitations have been extended 
to 25 colleges and universities to 
compete in the third annual All- 
Southern Intercollegiate Debate 
Tournament sponsored by Pi Al- 
pha Phi debating club on Nov. 22. 

Delegates representing ten 
southern states from Texas to Vir- 
ginia will join Agnes Scott deba- 
tors on the subject Resolved: that 
a world federation should be 
adopted. 

Delegates from Agnes Scott will 
be selected from the members of 
Pi Alpha Phi to participate in the 
tourney. 



Cabbages and Kings 

By Mary Beth Little 

Devoted to the more serious things of life, as this column 
is, it is with utmost gravity that we remind readers (scholars 
all) that this is not a Platter Party and this typewriter is 



not a mechanical disc-jockey 
requiting requests. However 
many see pink and since we were 
deluged with letters (well, one 
battered postqard anyway  and 
postage due), it was deemed wise 
to make a correction and to add 
some favorite ink-pink^ unwit- 
tingly left put. 

First of all, we are informed of 
a vital etymological error. An ink- 
pink refers to word pairs of only one 
syllable. An inky-pinky indicates 
two. On three syllabled couples 
and after all for what else does one 
jaunt to college except to learn 
words of this dimension? Hmm? 
Your typewriter ribbon demands 
pron unciation - emancipation, 
strictly to cover up for being 
tongue-hung, of course. 

Same Song Second Verse 

What's writing on a black 
board? Chalk-Talk . . . What does 
Uncle Wiggley wear for riding? 
Rabbit-Habit . . . What do we 
sleep on  slates that is? Slumber- 
Lumber. 

This one we do not quite get 
but will pass on to brighter minds: 
What's an undertaker who works 
with people in their bed clothes? 
Pajama-Embalma . . . And this 
one we do get but hope Mr. Posey 
won't: What is Frontier history? 
Map-Trap. 

Say it With . . . 

It all started with a box of 
long stemmed roses. The surpris- 
ed recipient found a card saying 
only "Roses are red". The next 
night she received a potted plan  
African violets. The card read 
"Violets are blue". And the next 
night (in accordance with her 
roommate's hope) : a box of candy 
of course. "Sugar's sweet" the 
note whispered. The fourth night  
a special delivery inscribed  well, 
it's obvious we guess. The question 
is: are there any more men around 
with imagination like that? 
But Love Soon Flies 

You must pardon the caption; 



Splinters From the Swapping Post 



From the you-said-it-and-we're 
glad department, Louise Cajoleas' 
column in the Tulane Hullabaloo 
smacks of dining room black board 
cartoons, conscience twinges that 
accompany heaped trays and com- 
mon sense. 

"President Truman has appealed 
to every American to cooperate in 
a program of voluntary conserva- 
tion of food. The purpose of this 
program is to make available the 
grain and other food necessary to 
supplement the diminishing sup- 
plies of western Europe for the 
approaching winter. Chairman 
Charles Luckman of the Presi- 
dent's Citizens Food Committee 
has appealed to our patriotism, to 
our sense of neighborliness, and 
to our belief in democracy and 
hopes for peace to support this 
program. 

Why Back the Plan 

"Many of us, however, are pretty 
selfish human beings. We haven't 
any time for patriotism or for 
feeding foreigners. Okay, let's 



back the plan for purely selfish 
reasons. 

"Eating a slice of bread less each 
day will, over a period of weeks, 
put a few more pennies in our 

pockets. 

"Eating less meat will reduce the 
demand and help to bring down 
the price  more money in our 
pockets. 

"Eating everything on our plates 
would mean adjusting our eyes 
to the size of our stomach, skip- 
ping the trimmings and avoiding 
wasted food. Those pockets are 
almost bulging" now. 

No C omplaints 

"If, because of our selfishness, 
some kids in Europe get a whole- 
some meal, we're not going to 
complain. 

"If anyone prefers to be philan- 
thropic and do his share because 
he is aware of the seriousness of 
the situation in western Europe  
well, that's all right, too. 

"Conserve food. Don't waste it." 



dedicated to dedications and 
since last weeks ink made 

just couldn't resist. This is a sad 
story. It is a love story also. And 
combined! Echo: This is a sad 
story. 

Mary Gene Sims informed her 
close friends today of the untime- 
ly death of her female fruit-fly. 
And to make the tale even more 
tragic, the distraught husband of 
the lovely-one-taken-by-death, is 
apparently mad with grief. He con- 
tinues to beat his head against the 
hard and mocking wall of his glass 
jar house. Flowers may be sent to 
Main 306. 

The Last Meow 

Did you know: the frosh with 
spirit undaunted short-sheeted and 
napper-rappered I n m a n seniors 
after the stunt . . . Suggestive of 
a Confederate Veteran's Reunion, 
sentimental, graying seniors joined 
to quaver their Black Cat songs 
of yesteryear? 



Gould Concert 
To Begin 

Pop Series 

Famous artists and concert 
groups will highlight the 1947-48 
Pop Concert series, presented by 
the Atlanta Music club. The open- 
ing performance will take place 
Nov. 6 at the Atlanta city audi- 
torium. 

The concert will feature Mor- 
ton Gould, noted American com- 
poser and conductor, with Mimi 
Benzol, coloratura soprano of the 
Metropolitan, and Wilbur Evans, 
star of the recent New York pro- 
duction, "Up in Central Park," 
as soloists. 

Following this performance the 
Ballet Russe do Monte Carlo re- 
turns to Atlanta, Jan 10, and on 
Monday, Feb. 23, Metropolitan ten- 
or Lauritz Melchior will appear 
in a concert assisted by a 30 piece 
orchestra. 

Scheduled for March 11. is the 
performance of the Detroit Sym- 
phony Orchestra conducted by 
Karl Krueger. Patricia Travers, 
young American violinist, will be 
heard with the orchestra as 
soloist. Nelson Eddy's concert, 
March 25, will climax the series. 

Tickets for the concert series 
will be on sale at Cable piano com- 
pany. 



Copy Hook 

New sociology professor, Mr. 
Hunter, an appreciative reader of 
"Cabbages and Kings", decided to 
try making his own ink-pinks. 
Upon returning test papers to his 
class, he commented: "Best test. 
You assured me you were slick 
chicks. Now I'm a happy pappy." 



Speaking of the male members 
of the faculty, Mr. Cox was amus- 
ed and amazed when in answer 
to a question asked he received 
a weak reply of "Yes ma'am". 



The Agnes Scott News 



Vol. XXXIII 



AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, WED. OCTOBER 22, 1947 



Number 4 



Festivities To Feature 
Inter-Nation Theme 

Community day, with the world as the community, comes 
to the campus in festival form under the name of Inter-Na- 
tion Celebration, Saturday afternoon, Nov. 8. 

Mortar Board is sponsoring the festivities, which will in- 
clude the campus as a whole. Pagie Violette, Mortar Board 
president, explained that the Cele- 



bration is a part of the year's 
program designed to "develop 
within us an international mind." 

Smaller organizations partici- 
pating in various of the day's 
activities are Bible club, Spanish 
club, French club, International 
Relations club, Chi Beta Phi, and 
the League of Women Voters. 

Featured in the Inter-Nation 
Celebration will be displays from 
different countries, folk singing, 
folk dancing for exhibition and 
for participation, a Spanish play, 
possibly a French movie and 
games-. A White Elephant sale, 
the proceeds of which will go to 
European relief agencies, will cli- 
max the day's program. Pagie 
described a White Elephant sale 
as an auction where everyone gets 
rid of items that do not match 
or fit and acquires those which 
do. 

Everybody is urged to come in 
costume, Pagie pointed out, for 
atmospheric and decorative ef- 
fects. 

Not since 1944 has the campus 
community come together for a 
day of festival. The last communi- 
ty day was primarily a play day 
without Inter-Nation Celebra- 
tion's undercurrent of serious 
purpose. 



Chapel To Offer 
Music, Readings 

With semi-classical songs, piano 
selection, and ballad readings the 
speech and music departments will 
present the first in a series of 
combined chapel programs Friday. 

Alice Crenshaw will open the 
program with Moszkowski's piano 
composition, "Spanish Capris". 
Mary Noras will sing "Through 
the Years" by Youmans, and "He 
Loves Me" by Chadwick. "A Rose 
Rhyme" by Salter will be render- 
ed by Norah Anne Little. 

From the speech department 
Pat McManmon will give a read- 
ing of the familiar ballad "Bar- 
bara Allen" and Barbara Macris 
will give her interpretation of 
"Lord Randal." 



Date Book 

Wed., Oct. %%  Scharf art exhibit 
opens in Room 321 Buttrick. 
I. R. O. joint meeting at Tech, 
8 p. m. 

Thurs., Oct. 23  1:30 p. m. League 
of Women Voters meet in Mur- 
phey Candler. I. R. O. meeting 
at 1 p. m. in Murphey Candler. 

Fri., Oct. 24  10 a, m. to 12 noon 
Towle silver survey for seniors. 

Sat., Oct. 25  Junior barn dance 
for frosh in ^ym at 8:30 p. m. 

Sun., Oct. 25  Mr. Garber leads 
C. A. discussion in Murphey 
Candler, 9:30 p. m. 

Tues., Oet. 26  All Star coneert 
series opens at 8:30 p. m. 



Juniors To Fete 
Freshmen Frid 



ay 



Hay, corn stalks, and square 
dancin' lads and lassies will take 
the spotlight Friday night at 8:30 
when the junior class entertains 
the freshmen at an "old-fashion- 
ed barn dance" in the gym. 

The dances will be called in gen- 
uine rustic style by Mr. Fred Col- 
lette, assisted by members of the 
Atlanta Promenade Club. Boys 
from Emory and Georgia Tech 
plan to be on hand to join in the 
festivities. 

Food will be planned by a com- 
mittee headed by Fay Ball and 
Barbara Cochran, decorations will 
be supervised by Shirley Simmons, 
and Betty Blackmon is in charge 
of entertainment. Butch Hayes 
heads the publicity committee. 



Towle Silver Survey 
To Interview 100 

The Towle Sliver company, in 
their annual nation-wide survey, 
will be at Agnes Scott this Fri- 
day to exhibit their various pat- 
terns of silver, Lida Walker, sen- 
ior class president, announced. 

The survey will last from 10 a. 
m. to 12 noon and from 2 to 4 p. 
m. Two representatives from 
Towle's will be present to inter- 
view one hundred girls on their 
preference of flat silver. ' 

Chairman of the survey is Tissy 
Rutland. 



Cotillion Club Sends 
Twenty-Three Bids 
To New Members 

Last week's Cotillion club try- 
outs netted 23 new members for 
the club. June Irvine, Cotillion 
president, announced that six sen- 
iors, seven juniors, seven sopho- 
mores, and three freshmen have 
been invited to join. 

New senior members are Sally 
Bussey, Nancy Deal, Ann Elcan, 
Beth Jones, Mary Mohr, and Tee- 
toe Williams. 

Julianne Cook, June Davis, Bet- 
sy Deal, Hunt Morris, Dot Quil- 
lian, Val von Lehe, and Eliza- 
beth Williams are the junior ini- 
tiates into Cotillion. 

From the sophomore class Co- 
tillion drew Charlotte Bartlett, 
Sara Jane Campbell, Diana Dur- 
den, Lyd Gardner, Donnie King, 
Harriet Ann McGuire, and Jane 
Oliver. 

Freshmen members are Marg 
Hunt, Sally Jackson, and Annelle 
Simpson. 



Schuschnigg 
Lecture Tickets 
Available Now 

Kurt von Schuschnigg, ex-chan- 
cellor of Austria and first lecturer 
on the Public Lecture association 
series this year, comes from Cen- 
tral Europe, hotbed of unrest and 
terror, to this country for his sec- 
ond lecture tour. Dr. von Schus- 
chnigg will lecture here on Fri- 
day, Oct. 31, at 8:30 p. m. 

He is one of the men best qual- 
ified to speak on "The Problems 
of Central Europe," which will be 
his subject when he visits Agnes 
Scott. His hair snow white after 
seven years solitary confinement 
under the Germans, Kurt von 
Schuschnigg told Newsweek of his 
capture. 

"On the afternoon of March 
11th, Herman Goring told me on 
the telephone that German sol- 
diers would march into Austria 
within two hours unless I resign- 
ed as Chancellor ... at midnight 
that night I resigned. What else 
could I do?" 

Students may obtain their sea- 
son tickets to the 1947-48 series 
today from the bookstore. They 
will be available until four o'clock 
October 31, according to Mary 
Beth Little, chairman of the stu- 
dent committee. 

For this first lecture, each stu- 
dent may have one guest ticket, 
which she may get from the book 
store with the season ticket. Sen- 
iors who have two parents com- 
ing for Investiture week end may 
have two guest tickets. Mary 
Beth urged that tickets be se- 
cured immediately. 



LH* Studies 
Fire Drills 



At Lower House's first meet- 
ing of the year, October 16, Mr. 
John R. McAuley, the school en- 
gineer, discussed fire drill proce- 
dure, fire hazards, fire prevention 
and demonstrated the use of the 
fire extinguishers. 

The members of Lower House 
will present this information to 
the students in hall meetings to- 
day. 

A planning council was held at 
Miss Scandrett's home Friday, and 
Nancy Parks, chairman of Lower 
House, announced the special pro- 
cedure for fire drills decided upon 
at the meeting. 

Instead of the small hand bell, 
the class room bell will be runtf 
all aver the campus at the same 
time. A system of short rings 
will be used which will be the 
nearest thing to the sound of 
the automatic fire bell. 

Fire gongs In the various 
dormitories are not to be rung at 
any time, not even during fire 
drills. They are to be used only 
in the event of a fire. There will 
be a heavy penalty for any tam- 
pering with the bells. 



S.G.'s New Theme 
Stresses Action 

"Do as well as Dream" will be the focal point of Student 
government's program this year, Lou McLaurin, chairman of 
Exec's program committee announced Monday. 

Also on the committee are Marian Yancey, Easy Beale, 
Doris Sullivan, and Todd McCain. Lou will present the theme 
in chapel Thursday when the stu- 



dent body will also hear the com- 
mittee's program features for the 
remainder of the year. 

The poiiit, taken from the idea 
of "Do as well as Dream, Be as 
well as Seem," has as its object 
practice as well as theory, actual 
service out of discussion. 

Developing the theme along in- 
dividual, community, and interna- 
tional phases, Miss Eleanor Hut- 
chens will open the series, speak- 
ing on the phase applying to the 
irrdividual in chapel Thursday, Oct. 
30. 



Triors To Give 
Episodic Play 

"Pullman Car Hiawatha", an 
episodic play by Thornton Wilder, 
will be presented in Murphey 
Candler by Blackfriars as a work- 
shop project, Thursday, Oct. 30. 

An experimental play with sub- 
stitute props and no scenery, 
"Pullman Car Hiawatha" includes 
almost the entire membership of 
Blackfriars in its cast. 

The male parts will be played 
by Ned Lukins and Don Elliot of 
station WE AS; Alastiar Black, 
Carey Barford, Joe Ivey and Ed- 
gar Mooneyhan of Atlanta; and 
Jimmy Bovven of Decatur. Joe 
Ivey and Edgar Mooneyhan who 
have worked with the club on 
scenery in other plays will be act- 
ing in "Pullman Car Hiawatha". 

Based on the night experiences 
on a pullman train, everything and 
everyone from the tramp riding 
the rods to the entire Solar System 
revolving above the train are in- 
troduced. The episodes of an in- 
sane eposodic play by Thornton 
Wilder, woman accompanied by 
her doctor and nurse, a dead wo- 
man transported by archangels, 
an old maid, a troubled suitor, 
and a porter are bound together 
by the transitional speeches of 
the stage manager. 



Scharf Exhibit 
Opens Today 

The department of art will open 
an exhibit of the Scharf collection 
of original modern French etch- 
ings and lithographs today. 

Dr. Robert S. Scharf, now of 
Atlanta, and professor in the Uni- 
versity System of Georgia, suc- 
ceeded in escaping from his native 
Austria with this collection of 
valuable art treasures by telling 
the Nazi border patrol that they 
were examples of "degenerate" 
art done by Jews. 

The group of fifty original prints 
includes works by Manet, Dau- 
mier, Picasso, Matisse, Renoir, 
Lautrec and Kollwitz. 

The exhibit will be held in But- 
trick 321 until Nov. 5. 



Pi Alpha Phi 
Will Play Host 
To 25 Teams 

Pi Alpha Phi's debaters are 
sharpening their wits and tongues 
to tangle with teams from 25 
southern colleges and universi- 
ties in the All-Southern Intercol- 
legiate Debate Tournament Nov. 
22. 

Invitations have been extended 
to colleges and universities in ten 
states to debate the question Re- 
solved: that a world federation 
should be established. 

Included in the list are the uni- 
versities of Virginia, North Caro- 
lina, South Carolina, Alabama, 
Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas w 
Louisiana, and Florida. Other 
out-of-state schools invited are 
Mars Hill Junior college, Tulane 
university, Randolph - Macon 
Women's college, Sophie New- 
comb college, Duke, William and 
Mary, Vanderbilt university, Con- 
verse college and Winthrop col- 
lege. 

University of Georgia, Georgia 
Tech, Emory, Berry, Wesleyan, 
Georgia Evening college, and 
Georgia State College for Women 
will uphold the home state. 

To accommodate the increased 
number of teams invited, there 
will be five rounds of debating 
beginning in the morning and ex- 
tending through the afternoon in- 
stead of the usual three rounds. 

After playing hostess the first 
year to a Georgia meet, Pi Alpha 
(Continued on page 2) 



Astronomers To Meet Fri. 

Brain child of new Physics 
Professor W. A. Calder, the As- 
tronomy club will meet for the 
first time Friday, at 7:30 p. m. 
in the Science hall. 

All astronomers or just plain 
star-gazers, on and off campus, 
any sex, and any age are in- 
vited to join the club, Mr. Calder 
announced. 



Bryan Awarded Ring 
At Music Meeting 

At the national convention in 
Detroit of the Sigma Alpha Iota, 
professional music fraternity for 
women, Mrs. Isabel M. Bryan, 
part time piano instructor at Ag- 
nes Scott, was awarded the "Ring 
of Excellence", highest honor of 
the fraternity. 

This ring is offered every three 
years to one member of the or- 
ganization in recognition of out- 
standing musicianship and unus- 
ual service to Sigma Alpha Iota. 

Mrs. Bryan serves as national 
second vice president of the fra- 
ternity, which met in August. 



Page 2 



AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE. WED. OCTOBER 22. 1947 



Merry-go-Round 

By Mildred Claire Jones 

The clock struck two. Dead silence prevailed, and gradually 
a taint rustle could be heard of light footsteps on the stairs. 
Following the sound, I found myself on the little quad star- 
ing at an assortment of shoes. I looked carefully, and there 
was my shoe talking as if she had run all the way. "Just worn 
to death. I am behind on practi- 



cally all the news." 

A tiny black suede shoe spoke 
up to say, "The Sigma Chi dance 
at Peach tree Gardens was the 
highlight of my weekend. Betsy 
Deal, Julianne Cook, Margaret 
Hopkins, Sally Ellis, Liz Williams, 
Jo Culp, Billie Powell, Harriet 
Reid, Sister Davis, Sarah Hancock, 
Pat McGowan, and Nancy Deal 
were there. I heard a shoe near 
me say that the Tech SAEs had 
quite a time too with Diana Dur- 
den, Dot Floyd, Helen Edwards, 
Sally Thompson, Jean Osborn and 
Margaret Brewer. June Irvine, 
Twig Hertwig, Charlsie Smith, Gin 
Kay, Butch Hayes, Polly Miles, 
Maxine Kickliter, Jean Harper, 
B. J. Brown were the lucky girls 
dancing with the ATO's. 

My brown suede piped up, "Well, 
I do know a little. Have you seen 
Mary Manly's Phi Delt pin? It's 
lovely, and speaking of Phi Delts, 
Weezie Durant's ring is gorgeous! 
And don't think the freshmen in 
our dorm aren't the popular ones. 
Andrea Dale, Jean Kline, Betty 
HarreU, Mary Love Campbell, 
and Martha Mitchell were the cen- 
ter of attraction at the Delta Tau 
Delta house." 

'"But don't think everybody else 
Is forgotten after their first year. 
Why, Frances Russell and Willa 
Wagner were the rage of the PiKA 
house, not to mention the good 
jooking girls at the ATO house. 
They were Janet Quinn, Dot Med- 
lock, Jane LeMaster, Martha War- 
lick, Joan Mahoney, Margaret 
dean, Betty Averill, Page Hut- 
i-hmson, Betty Beddingfield, and 
Easy Beale," a darling red baby 
doll shoe (from second Main) ex- 
claimed. 

"Speaking of good' times, I am 
MB of mustard and all the trim- 
mings from that Theta Chi weiner 
roast" a slightly beat-up loafer 
confided. "They had so much fun. 
By "they" I mean Caroline Mc- 
Gaughy, Martha Ann Stegar, Car- 
olyn Galbreath, Jackie Sue Messer, 



Mary Louise W T arlick, Janette 
Maddox, Peggy Ann Phelan Su- 
san Gauger, and Eliza Pollard." 

"Mary Hayes Barber, Joan 
Buckner, Virginia Henry, Virginia 
Dunn, Julia Cuthbertson, Nancy 
Brown, Myrt Mariani, and Sarah 
Davis enjoyed the Phi Gamma 
Delta cabaret party too. Mean- 
while Marg Hunt took Annelle 
Simpson and Virginia Arnold home 
with her to Griffin." 

They went on to discuss the 
personalities of several girls on 
campus but, fearing that I would 
hear myself drawn and quartered, 
I hurried away. How do they 
know so much! 



Pi Alpha Phi 

(Continued from page 1) 
Phi expanded the event into an 
all-southern tourney last > year 
with 16 teams representing six 
states. Florida carried off the 
cap with Ole Miss as runner-up 

All Pi Alpha Phi members are 
eligible to try out for the inter- 
collegiate teams. The club has 
ruled that Agnes Scott's teams 
will not be eligible for the final 
round or for personal awards, ac- 
cording to George P. Hayes, Pi 
Alpha Phi faculty advisor. This is 
customary tournament procedure. 
Last year A.S.C. teams debating 
under the same regulation won 
all pf their rounds. 

For the first time this year all 
rounds of the event will be open 
to the public. 



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Wagner Group 
Will Present 
Puccini Opera 

First on the All Star concert 
series program will be Puccini's 
"Madame Butterfly," produced by 
the Charles L. Wagner Opera 
company Tuesday, Oct. 28, 8:30 
p. m. in the Municipal auditorium. 

In the starring role of Cio Cio 
San will be Mary Henderson of 
the Metropolitan Opera company. 
Desire Deffere, also of the Metro- 
politan Opera company, will be 
stage manager for the produc- 
tion. 

Other features of this year's All 
Star series, announced by Marvin 
McDonald in chapel Friday, are 
Helen Traubel, dramatic soprano, 
who will sing Tuesday, Nov. 25; 
Nathan Milstein, violinist, coming 
Monday, Dec. 8; Ballet Russe De 
Monte Carlo on Friday, Jan. 9; 
baritone John Charles Thomas 
singing Saturday, Jan. 31; Vladi- 
mir Horowitz, pianist, on Satur- 
day, Mar. 20; Minneapolis Sym- 
phony Orchestra with Dimirti Mi- 
tropolus conducting Saturday, 
April 10; Eugene Ormandy and 
the Philadelphia Orchestra who 
will close the series Wednesday, 
May 5. 



Mr. Garber to Discuss 
Christian Tolerance Sun. 

Paul Leslie Garber, head of the 
Bible department, will lead a dis- 
cussion sponsored by C. A. on 
"Being Tolerant and Still Main- 
taining Ideals", Sunday at 9:30 
p. m. in Murphey Candler. 

This discussion on Christian 
tolerance will take the place of 
regular Sunday night vespers. 



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Club News 

GRAN DAUGHTER'S 

Granddaughter's club is plan- 
ning a hamburger party Thurs- 
day, Oct. 20, in honor of the new 
members. Miss Betty Hays, Miss 
Eleanor Hutchins, Miss Thomp- 
son, and Miss Emily Higgins, 
sponsor of the club, will be guests. 

MORTAR BOARD 

Campus calendars for 1948 will 
go on sale around the first of 
November. Mortar Board sponsor- 
ed the publication of calendars 
for the first time last year. The 
calendars are full of campus 
scenes and may be used as a com- 
bination date book and diary. 

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 

Tech, Emory, and Agnes Scott 
clubs are meeting together to 
hear Wright Bryan speak on 
"Conditions in the Far East" to- 
night. The editor of the Atlanta 
Journal will address the group at 
the Tech Y.M.C.A. building at 8 
p. m. 

At the regular meeting in Mur- 
phey Candler Thursday at 4 p. m. 
Mrs. Roff Sims of the history de- 
partment who is club faculty ad- 
visor will discuss the Fourth 
Comintern. 

PI ALPHA PHI 

Pi Alpha Phi invited twelve to 
join the club's forensic frays, Dot 
Porter, president, announced. 

Hazel Berman, Flo Bryant, Dot 
Davis, Dot Floyd, Rose Ellen 
Gillam, Jessie Hodges, Z o r a 
Hodges, Nancy Huey, Betty Kitts, 
Dot Medlock, Margie Major, and 
Jane Oliver are the new members. 



Dexter Will Attend 
Wisconsin Meeting 

Miss Emily S. Dexter, associate 
professor of philosophy and educa- 
tion, will be a moderator for panel 
discussions Thursday, Oct. 30 at 
a celebration at Ripon College, 
Ripon, Wisconsin. 

The celebration, to announce the 
Second Century Program, will last 
from Oct. 29 to Nov. 1. Approxi- 
mately 50 individuals outstanding 
in the fields of religion, fine arts, 
education, science, business, gov- 
ernment, public service, and the 
professions will appear as speak- 
ers or as members of panels. 



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AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, WED. OCTOBER 22, 1947 



Page 3 



Champ Tees Off 




Play By Play 

By Virginia Andrews 

Friday afternoon marked the be- 
ginning of the '47 hockey season 
and the introduction of some in- 
novations for the opening game. 
Goals were decorated with senior 
and soph class colors. The bleach- 
ers, too, were roped off for the sen- 
iors and sophs with crepe paper 
streamers. The colorful decora- 
tions, plus the seniors' "Dirge", 
made the first game gayer and 
more spirited than usual. Inci- 
dentally, another bright note of 
color was Miss Wilburn's brilliant 
red golf cap which was admired 
and secretly coveted by at least 
half of the spectators. 



Jane Sharkey's triumph in the 
Atlanta City Golf Tournament 
Friday morning added to the ex- 
citement at the hockey field that 
afternoon. Congratulations, Jane, 
everyone here is mighty proud of 
you! 



Heard about Main: two elderly 
and decrepit seniors discussing 
and cussing the Blue Horse bikes. 
Said one, "I thought it would be 
a good idea to get a little exercise 
since I'm not taking gym this 
year but I never expected to be 
lame from it." Said the other, 




Jane Sharkey 
Wins City Golf 
Tournament 

Jane Sharkey, golf manager, 
added another title to her record 
by winning the Atlanta City Golf 
Tournament Friday afternoon. 
She defeated the favored Mrs. 
Grady McDonald 2-up by taking 
the last two holes. 

The tournament took place un- 
der very bad conditions for the 
ground was wet during the three 
days of play, and Jane was forced 
to finish one round in the rain. 

Jane stated that her tightest 
spot came when she had to win 
four straight holes to take the 
round. A finalist last year, Jane 
qualified second for the Tourna- 
ment. This prize was the first City 
1 Tournament that Jane has won. 



"Either Decatur has to get rid 
of some of its hills or A. A. Board 
has to add motors to these bikes'*'. 
Moral: don't let those Blue Horses 
throw you. Ride'em cowboy! 



Then there is always the story 
about the senior that debated long 
and seriously about the relative 
merits of going out for hockey or 
going down to a reducing studio 
to get herself pummeled down. 
Question of the day: Is it less ted- 
ius to get run down or rolled 
clown ? 



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Tennis Tourney 
Ends This Week 

The tennis season which opened 
Saturday, Oct. 4, is now well un- 
der way with the semi-finals and 
finals of the doubles tournament 
slated to be played off this week. 

The top seeded team of Ann Wil- 
liamson and Cathie Davis, sophs, 
won two sets from juniors, Bob- 
bie Cathcart and June Davis (6-1) 
(6-3) in the quarter finals. In the 
semi - finals they will meet 
Lou McLaurin and Hunt Morris. 
However since Cathie received a 
severe cut on her right arm Fri- 
day, it is doubtful if she will be 
able to play. 

Jessie Carpenter and Mar- 
garet Hopkins, the second seeded 
team, were upset in the quarter 
finals by Martha Willamson and 
Nancy Wilkinson (6-3) (6-1). This 
team now will meet the freshman 
team of Jean Kline and Jimmy 
Ann McGee in the other semi-fin- 
als match. 



Friday Sees Soph Victory, 
ight Junioroenior I le 

By Eclaire Cunningham 

To the strains of the Funeral March sung by the tramping 
lines of seniors, the 1947 hockey season began. The juniors and 
seniors fought to a one to one tie while the sophs trounced the 
frosh four to nothing. 

With hockey sticks hooked on their shoulders the seniors 
marched out on a field decorated 



with flying colors. The north goal 
was decorated in blue and white 
with "48 Seniors" waving in the 
breeze while the south goal was 
trimmed in the colors of the' 
victorious sophs. The stands were 
marked off with the different 
class colors. 

Junior-Senior Fracas 

The junior-senior fracas began 
with a bully by centers Tucker 
and Newton. This half was char- 
acterized by long runs from one 
end of the field to the other. 
The seniors scored midway in 
the period with a drive by Sheely 
Little. The senior defense formed 
a tight wall to hold the lead and 
the half ended 1-0: 

The second half was a differ- 
ent story. From the opening bul- 
ly until the final whistle the ball 
was in the senior half of the 
field with the exception of one 
long run. The seniors, somewhat 
winded, were unable to get the 
puck out. The juniors made ex- 
cellent short passes and long 
drives within the striking circle. 
Sticks were clicking as everyone 
tried to force the puck in or 
out. Finally Sally Ellis made one 
of her long hard drives good and 
the score was tied 1-1. The game 
began in the center again but the 
story was the same. As the game 
ended the juniors were still driv- 
ing for the second goal but the 
score remained 1-1. 

Soph -Frosh Battle 

The sophs downed the frosh 4-0 
but the frosh weren't as green 
in the game as their suits indi- 
cated. Many of their players were 
veteran hockey stick wielders in 
high school. The sophs were on 
the march from the beginning. 
While the frosh were in there 
battling, the first half ended 3-0. 
Warlick scored twice and Car- 
penter tallied once. 



The second half began with the 
frosh determined to score. Liz 
Ragland, who had started off by 
playing center forward, now shift- 
ed into the backfield to stop the 
soph advance. While the frosh did 
not score, they did hold the sophs 
to one goal in the, second period 
and the score ended 4-0. The 
sophs had a fighting team which, 
while showing need of smoother 
playing, has some good points. 
The frosh need more team play 
and cooperation that will proba- 
bly develop during the season. 

Next week sister teams will be 
rivals, the seniors playing the 
sophs, and the juniors playing the 
frosh. 

The line-up: 



Seniors 




Juniors 


Sims 


R\V 


Crenshaw 


Richardson 


RI 


Cumin ings 


Tucker 


CF 


Newton 


S. Little 


LI 


Blanton 


Davis 


LW 


Blake 


Dunn 


RH 


Cathcart 


Major 


CH 


Ellis 


McLaurin 


LH 


Price 


Cunningham 


RF 


Cuthbertson 


Dieckmann 


LF 


Sullivan 


Treadwell 


G 


Phillips 


Sophomores 




Freshmen 


Moll 


RW 


Spear 


Carpenter 


RI 


Chard 


Beinartz 


CF 


Ragland 


Warlick 


LI 


McGee 


Crews 


LW 


Wood 


Warburton 


RH 


Rice 


Davis 


CH 


Strikes 


I la f t 


LH 


Morris 


Williamson 


RF 


Gomaris 


Truslow 


LF 


Stainton 


Griggs 


G 


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AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, WED. OCTOBER 22, 1947 



By Mary Beth Little 

Freshmen are fresh little things in long skirts. Freshmen 
are people with no overnight cases under their eyes. Fresh- 
By Xorah Anne Little men are ones who can't make their two-a-week cover their 



EDITORIALS Cubages and Kings 

For Twenty-Twenty Dek-lt Judges 

* ' By Xorah Anne Little 

A A j. I \ /' ' Brooms and dust-rags are back popularity (an upperclassman is one with vice-versa) Fresh- 

/VlPni^l \f IQlOn  *u i men are sophisticates with a passion for pillow fights and 

/ Y %CI lid I Y I 3 III I I in the closets, curtains are press- enepgy tQ e  cute sam(? Fn?sh _ ^ ^ 

ed, books are in order, and there , . wreckage lies before the senior's. 

"The international mind," objective of Inter-Nation Cele- ck of dust under the en w;th -erry vo.ces clatter ^ 

, -njT_- A -i;j.T_"  i about so much to do instead ^ 

bration and a Mortar Board objective tor the year, is a nap- rugs as freshmen make final Dre- , . , But those cherubs who wreck- 

6 ' F of creeping silent and whipped, . 

PY Phrase. parations for the judges' inspec- m ^ . upperclassman . wise . 11 and soon all " s straight. 

The News aimed at something similar two years ago by tion today. Freshmen are nice people who L  ked hke W  rk f  r the frOSh 

constantly reiterating, "Is your mind campused?" The new The da * s of stuck fin S ers > make copy for a typewriter tun- a " d u P '* y f  r the SeniorS ' but 

. . , . , . , frenzied shopping for "just the , fA . . ;t ~  _ everybody thought it was hilari- 

phrase is broader in scope and more inclusive. In question ed to record spirit. You see, n ocro . 

^ right color," and stepping on spill- t . - . t . . ous anyway. Once again IuIIabres 

form it might read, "Is your mind contained within a nation's . . . . freshmen are fresh young things. and "R Un . a .i 0 ng-and jump .  . - 

. A . % 6d taCkS are  Veri and the fr  Sh Wheaties For Breakfast and all crumpled to bed, limp as 

boundaries. are holding their breath and keep- Wnatever it is that makes Jack sen ior pillow cases. 

Kurt von Schuschnigg, Lecture association's first speaker, ing their fingers crossed as the Armstrong all American is .. What style A While 

will help in the process of mentally internationalizing. Mor- d fy  f the pay-off for the winner ^ Bidding the frosh a fond adieu, 

of the Dek-lt contest approaches. J b '. J . * 6 ' . . , ... 

tar Board will doubtless take it from there by sponsoring Tod the iud Mi charlotte they're up to something. A knock and barrin & the do r llk e mad. 

-i n T , t TT  ,  . , i . , . . , . we (editorial) sit me down (some- 
such events as their inky-pinky community day, Inter-Na- Hunter, assistant dean, Miss Pri- on the door of house president thjn , wrono . somewhere ) change 

tion Celebration. cilla Lobeck ' of the art depart " Lou M cLaurin can mean anything. the focal  and conjure 



a serious 



Off the 
Copy Hook 



ment, Miss Elizabeth Crigler Sometimes a confession-session, poem with which to leave v 

But the campused mind needs preparation, conditioning. 0 f the chemistry department J , !Tni,in aL 

4 .  , A T ^ 1 * 7H . Most of the time a session more a-tninkin . And so: 

Barriers in reasoning, erected by a microscopic focus on the and Anne El can senior, 

. ~  ~ , *, ^ , went into each room in the fresh- U1CC ^ 111(111 wc ^i J - 

area between College avenue, Candler, and McDonough man dorms and decided which snuggled in a small wooden Or up with shoes; 

streets, have to be torn down before a rnind can expand to was the most attractive and liv- fruit crate was "a baby at the The first is easier 

global proportions. able - doorstep. She had a bottle, at But do as you chooser 

Finding out what is happening to "all those others" is the Fr T T^T* previews ' the least twent ^ confederates. Bye now. 

*  ! a Question should be one to stump M h t her s is the bab 

only way to un-campus the mind. The newspaper, radio, and the experts, for every floor boasts 

( Jenelle Spear) was lifted from 

current periodicals are the accepted media for getting in the innumerable charming rooms > * 

* Freshmen, aided by the Dek-lt her cradle and lu Sged into the 

know. , committee, have made Inman, president's room. Finally released, 

Only after informing oneself about what gives with the Gaines, White House, and Lupton she and other hallmates were lul- 

others can there be any sympathetic identification, a sociolo- tne snow P laces of the campus. labyed by senior "Rock-a-by" and A worried Tech student won- 

gical term which describes the primary step toward the in- h J^S^^^ Tolls ^ *** ^ ^ Agnes Scott students 

ternational mind. nary congratulations are in order ' Snap Cra ^ kle PoD wil1 d  n0W that the rUsh 

for all those who worked hard to c , , . . + f ^ are over - The answer is, we fear, 

, , Saturday night started out as ... , v  . . 

make their rooms beautiful and . ,  . that Agnes Scott will now re- 

.... a beggar-party, wherein every- 

llVable ' one thronged to everyone else's sume its studies ' 

room to be fed at least one tid- 

"Do as well as Dream" Student government's theme for PlayerS To Present bit AH would really have chalk ' Agnes Scotl freshmeit are atawr- 

, , , . u .  |  I r*\  ed up a hobo X for generosity. j ng an unusual amount, of inter- 

the year is an antidote for the wishful thinking and might- Children S ClaSSICS By the time it was over, (ginger J in dubs Qnc freshman te 

have-been attitude prevalent on campus. ale to candy to cocoa to olives, . 

^ . n 11U r . . , . , . "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage etc.) the seniors were deliriously looklng forward eagerly to Jom - 

Basically we all believe in the principles of Student govern- PatchV> t0 be presented Thurs . c -, artreuse Not so the frosh ing B.O.Z. because she always 

ment; we all would like to contribute to its growth. But day in Presser Hall is the first of WUh a rush Qle Captain Kidd was interested in Biology and 

translating our gripes to solutions and difficulties into ac- , the Ch ^ ldre "' s Theatre series to would have j igged( the freshmen Zoology. Another believes that 

* ur ui i rp L, ft, - 1 + b  P roduced b ^ the Clare Tree captured the seniors, dragged she would rather ioin Mortar 

tion proves a stumbling block. Too many times the threaten- Major Play Acting group. thcm t0 tne stairs> and " nt sne wouia rdtnci J0m Mortar 

ed letter to the editor of suggestion for Student government's This series of children's plays storm-troopers ahead to their B  ard than any  f thC  th  r ClUbS " 

box fizzles out into just so much bull. And we go right on t'^TZSrS* ^ D  CatUr Re ' r  mS - Int  closetS with b  ks; ^ r ~ *  

J creation board. mix up c i othes on hooks; under Mr. C u m m i n g ,. entering ins. 

griping. Second attraction on the series Kleenex with the glasses; with Saturday class ar.d finding only 

But only through expressions of opinion and other contri- is the play, "Heidi", scheduled the pillows, spiral passes; Under about 0 ne-third of the members 

 . . . , 0 ^ , for March 15. The Children's beds with blanket and sheet; these / , u . . . 

butions can we reshape and strengthen Student government. T . A o . rt c ^ ac . , m ,uu f u ^^twi A . t n ^ present, asked the class wliat 

r t> o Theatre series will close with the terrible seniors, so unneat! Like 

This year the theme stresses an active, creative approach in Atlanta Civic Ballet's presenta- shoes on Black Sambo's tiger's book of the BlbI  tn,s rcminded 

contrast with the dreamers' passive resistance. tion of "Ametirane Green Urn- ears, the thus-decked dresser mir- them of. Immediately came the 

( brella" on the evening of Jan. 23. mor leers! And so the room in bright reply: "Exodus." 



Cue For Action 



THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS 



Aggie s New Slogan For Daily Half-Dozen: 
Obstacles Six Make For Healthier Chicks 



Editor _ HAKR1KT GREGORY 

ManauinK Kditor ANNA CLARK ROGERS 

Assistant Editors uktty lot BAKER, lokton lkk 

Feature Kdltor c LKK curs ah 

Sports Editor VIRGINIA ANDREWS 

r!!^' 1 K,u;!!!" r Bv Lee cousar rapidly and convincingly as possi- Quibbiers ciub should meet; m 

WHtorfttl Assistant  - mary rkth ltttlk ble in an attempt to persuade a talk with the bookstore mana- 

business staff r^ri^ C0 H^h ^ W . men ' the librarian that the overnight ger over very serious issues con- 

Biistoew m.umu,. marv a lick ( (.MPTON believing that good health is one book she holds ]n her hand js Qn fronling thc wor i d tnc i x >okstore t 

Assisunl Business Managers maicy ah hkl, harriottk WINCHESTER 0 f the chief things to be attained mA + , ,7  rri - f1 . . , Qi flb _ 

Circulation Manager JUNE DRISKILL . time. and the waistline; (3) the reading 

******* CtrtuUttlou Man,,-,-. ALICE JEAN caswell. BOH hie cAT.icART at college, has for its students an obstacle Three: Through three of "Life", "Li'I Abner", and the 

reporters obstacle course. This obstacle hoUfS Qf lectures> the stu dent is News (in order of inteflecl.ual 

wv. /i. Duranl Martha Goddard, tforalj Arm LHtle, Sue MeSpadden, Mary Kolur, course is made up of six obstacles. t n pndonvnr with the aid of eof- imnortMnro )  (41 f*n idcmnt 

Pal Overton Marj Price, Charlak smith. Sffartha Warllck, M.-.ria,. Yan.w. Ann Carol 10 enaeaxor  vvlin ine dlG 01 C01 impoiiance;, ay diiempt 

Blanton, aoa< Man Griffin, Hunt Morris, Muni kmaifi, Angle Anderson, Charlotte Obstacle One: To get up and to f oe ice-water, and nudges from at looking at the text-hook's pic- 

BartW-Ur. Sara .lain- < "a ninlull. Crait- I Hi rant. , c o oa 

your morning eggs betore 8:30 a. her fell ow-sleepers to stay tures so as to be well -pre pared for 

Feature: Bererlj Baft*!*, **s* BHlt U>V M,i,.urin m Inc i uded in this obstacle is awake . class on the next day; (5) a nap 

Sports: Jam Alsobroofc, (Canes Prwiclaco, n an Hanson. TeeToe Williams, B. Claire what is known as the "seven Obstacle Four- For this tost at for the now-wearied student with 

Cunnhmhani, Marfan-, Yancey. , . 

o clock endurance test . This con- one p. m. each day, the studenl her lined forehead resting lu^uri- 

X. ,- r - \ul J A,:;; ,I, ;l:;;.^i" ,, .l.;r^!:i;; ! :n;^ '\tV^ U %^^: sists in seei ^ whether >- u are a Puts forth her most strenuous ef- ously on the top tUHg of her note- 

Am k .h i Beth rones, Rubj Uhman, Sllen Morrison, Catherine Phillips. Janet strong character  that is, one forts To the winner belongs the book 

Qulnn. Margaret Ann Richards, Charlien Slmms. Mlm St<^le. , . ' 

who, with much injury to his own j 0 y of being seventy-third in the Obstacle Six: Being last, this 

Business Assistants: hi.it;.. hunlm. Annr Had. n HarLara Lanier. .To Ann IMastre. Vir- npr e nna l mmfnrt hrivnlv Q|lnw<: 1,.^V, li fl rtftfnrfnnl n io n *i n , g ^ g 

rinU skinn. r. Bdtth Stowe, Martha Btowell, win,,,, Ta-v. Terrell Warburton 4 Frankie P ersonal comiort, Dra\ u v aiious lunch line. . obstacle is naturally the greatest, 

ftowerton Jq McOsJ] the alarm clock to ring itself out Obstacle Five: This obstacle Only a few overcome it. Those 

puMuhe,! weekly .-xcrpt ^ d.irin K hoii,uy> .x^n:,,,^,, ,,^,^1^ I,- th, siiM.nts completely or whether you are a requires the impossible the com- are the few who, being- either 

Of Sgnes BCOtt College. Office on second floor Murphey Candler Building. Entered as , u 

second i-ias^ matter y th. i>...itur, (,, ^ ;  suhx-ription price per year, weak character who gives in plction of an afternoon's duties freshmen, sophomores, or smart, 

$1 ,o. single rop.e*. and gets up tQ ^ cff ^ afternoon. The duties in- achieve that ultimate goaf of go- 

member Obstacle Two; This is the elude such time-worthy things as: ing to bed at night- "at nigtif* 

"lung test". As the clock strikes (1) a meeting of the Quibbiers being between the hours of eleven 

Associated Collegiate PreSS nine, the student is to speak as club to decide whether or not the p. m. and six a. m. 



The Agnes Scott News 



Vol. XXXIII 



AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, WED. OCTOBER 29, 1947 



Number 5 



Dek-lt Judges Cite 
23 Inman Winner 

Jenelle Spear and Dorothy Ann Sullivan, inmates of Room 
23 Inman, are winners of the Dek-lt contest, judges disclosed 
today. 

Runners-up cited with honorable mentions are Barbara 
Stainton of Room 23 White House, and Patricia McCarthey 
and Mary Caroline Lindsay of 



Room 56 Inman. 

Plaid bed spreads, fluffy, white 
curtains, and clever bulletin 
boards are the features which hit 
a casual visitor to 23 Inman in 
the eye and which obviously 
struck the judges just right. 

They noted especially that all es- 
sentials  curtains, cubby hole and 
lighting  were taken care of. 
Everything is in keeping, they ob- 
served, and practicality is em- 
phasized in the bulletin boards. 
The judges also commented on the 
evidences in the room of careful 
planning and simplicity. 

Noted for special features were 
six other freshmen habitats. For 
femininity, the judges chose Ger- 
aldine Keef's and Susan Yarbo- 
rough's room, 33 Inman. Cissie 
Spiro's abode, 17 White House, 
was outstanding for color. 

Louise Sandford and Anne Good- 
wyn made the most effective use 
of white, according to the contest 
officials, in Room 8 Gaines. Color 
and simplicity make Eliza Pol- 
lard's room, 5 Lupton, worthy of 
special mention. 

Especially restful and neat was 
the label the judges had for Room 
59 Inman, where Betty Esco and 
Therisa Keith live. For arrange- 
ment of furniture and good use 
of the room itself, decorators of 
Room 8 Lupton, Martha Venable 
Long and Betty Lee McClain rat- 
ed special acclaim. 

Judges  Miss Charlotte Hunter, 
assistant dean; Miss Priscilla Lo- 
beck, of the art department; and 
Anne Elcan, senior  unanimously 
agreed that generally they were 
most impressed by uncluttered, 
unpenanted rooms that gave a 
good over-all appearance on first 
entering. 



Chi Beta Phi 
Elects Eight 
New Members 

Five juniors and three seniors 
were elected to membership in 
Chi Beta Phi, honorary science 
fraternity, at a meeting of the 
campus chapter last Thursday 
night, Ruth Bastin Slentz, presi- 
dent, revealed. 

The new members are Binkie 
Stubbs Farris, Dot Quillian, Sally 
Ellis, Harriotte Winchester, Tilly 
Alexander, June Irvine, Pat Mc- 
Manmon, and Anne Henderson. 

Members are elected to Chi 
Beta Phi who have a good scho- 
lastic record and who have shown 
an interest in science. The chapter 
seeks to stimulate interest in re- 
search in the sciences through 
monthly programs with either out- 
side speakers or student reports. 



S. G. Reveals 
Tentative Plan 
For '47 Budget 

Two organizations have been 
added to the budget and five or- 
ganizations have been cut in per- 
centage but still the percentages 
allotted add up to hundred and 
one per cent of the 5,300 dollar 
budget as the committee under 
Student government Treasurer 
Easy Beale meets today to consid- 
er further reductions. 

All campus publications have 
been given an increase while Pi Al- 
pha Phi, Mortar Board, A. A., 
Student government and Lecture 
association to date are the organ- 
izations which will take the reduc- 
tions. Social Standards and Inter- 
national Relations club have been 
added to the budget. 

In the tentative budget now 
under discussion organizations get 
the following: 

1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 

Silhouette 42 % 42 % 

News 15 % 

Lecture assoc.... 13V 2 % 

Aurora SV 2 % 

Hand Book 3 % 

A. A 3 % 

Blackfriars 3 % 

Student gov 2Y 2 % 

May Day 2% % 

Pi Alpha Phi 2Y 2 % 

Mortar Board 1Y 2 % 

C. A 1 % 

League of W. V. 1 % 

Glee Club % 

Social Standards V 2 
International 

Relations club . . V 2 



% 
% 



17 % 

14 % 

sy 2 % 

3 % 

3 % 

m % 

3 % 

m % 

2% % 

i % 

% % 

none 

y 2 % 

y 2 % 



none 



Who'sWho 

Lists Ten 

Ten seniors from Agnes Scott 
will be listed in the 1947-48 Who's 
Who Among Students in Ameri- 
can Universities and Colleges. 

Those whose sketches will ap- 
pear in the publication are Sister 
Davis, Dabney Adams, Lida Wal- 
ker, Pagie Violette, Adele Dieck- 
mann, Mary Stuart Hatch, Sheely 
Little, Marianna Hollandswqrth, 
Margaret Yancey, and Harriet 
Gregory. 

Seniors nominated members of 
their class to Who's Who. 
The nominees were then ap- 
proved by the administration and 
the editors of the publication. 

Sister Davis, West Point, Ga., 
is president of Student govern- 
ment and a member of Mortar 
Board. She served on the Execu- 
tive committee of Student govern- 
ment as sophomore representative, 
and her junior year she was treas- 
urer of Student government. 

Chairman of Black Cat stunt 
and class president were some of 
Dabney Adams' activities her 
freshman year. She was a sopho- 
(Continued on page 5) 



Hutchens To Talk 
On First Phase 
Of S. G. Theme 

Miss Eleanor Hutchens, public 
relations manager for Agnes Scott 
and editor of the Mortar Board 
Quarterly, will address the stu- 
dent body in Thursday's assembly 
on the first phase of Student gov- 
ernment's theme, "Do as well as 
dream for the individual through 
cooperation, consideration, and 
friendliness." 

Miss Hutchens will talk about 
Agnes Scott students as seen 
through the eyes of an alumna who 
has been "outside" for several 
years and who has returned to do 
a job on campus. Active in student 
activities while she was here, Miss 
Hutchens was editor of the News 
and a member of Mortar Board. 



A. S. C. To Bestow 
Seniority on It 5 
in Sat. Service 

Robed in academic black and carrying their caps, 115 
seniors will march in formal procession to receive the official 
mark of seniorhood in the traditional Investiture service,. 
12 noon /Saturday. 
A cloud of mystery is being kept closely drawn around the 

details of expected innovations. 



Faculty Preview 
Scheduled Talk 
By Schuschnigg 

"Kurt von Schuschnigg is a real 
world figure, one of the most im- 
portant persons that the Public 
Lecture association has brought to 
the campus," commented Walter 
B. Posey, professor of history, in 
speaking of the lecturer who 
comes to Presser Hall Friday 
night at 8:30. 

Mrs. Roff Sims of the history 
department expressed the hope 



Tickets to the Schuschnigg 
lecture are still available in the 
bookstore, but students must get 
them before 4 p. m. Friday. All 
the students are entitled to one 
guest ticket; seniors with their 
parents on campus for the week- 
end may have two tickets. 



that in telling of his experiences 
as chancellor of Austria Dr. von 
Schuschnigg will make a real con- 
tribution to our understanding of 
the situation in which the leaders 
of Austria were placed during the 
war years and the situation in 
Central Europe now. 

The man who succeeded Dollfuss 
as the Austrian chancellor is said 
to have worked for the four years 
between 1934 and 1938 in an at- 
tempt to preserve Austrian inde- 
pendence against Nazi oppression 
After many threats, he was com- 
pelled by the Germans to resign 
his position in 1938. 

(Continued on page 5) 



Schuschnigg Sees Cure For Europe's Ills 

In Federation, E vacua f ion Of Foreign Troops 



By 

"Should present economic and 
political conditions last another 
year, Austria could not survive," 
Kurt von Schuschnigg, ex-chan- 
cellor of Austria, said in an in- 
terview yesterday. 

Dr. von Schuschnigg, who will 
lecture here Friday night, pointed 
out that it is impossible to stab- 
ilize currency when a country is 
not free, and Austria is occupied 
by Russia, the United States, 
France, and Great Britain. 

"All Austrians are in favor of 
an unoccupied Austria," he as- 
serted, "but, until we have a 
guarantee that there will be no 
foreign troops on Austrian soil, 
it is well that U. S. troops remain." 

When asked his formula for 
world peace, Dr. von Schuschnigg 
said, "Our future depends on 
whether the European states can 



Clarkie Rogers and Harriet Gregory 

Germany, he answered that "peo- 
ple of the same language are not 
necessarily bound to live in the 



unite in a loose confederation. The 
idea of a Pan-European union is 
the only one which offers security 
for the future." 

He explained that the best so- 
lution would include Russia, but, 
of necessity, it must include 
France and Germany, the key 
state in the problem. "You can't 
wipe out a nation like Germany, 
of 70 million people without hav- 
ing the consequences affect the 
neighboring states," he continued. 

On the other hand Dr. von 
Schuschnigg does not favor a cen- 
tral European federation. He con- 
siders such a plan merely a re- 
construction of the old Austrian 
Empire. And "with a state as 
with an individual, when one is 
dead there is no resurrection." 

In reply to the query of the 
practicality of an anschluss with 



same state." 

"The economic situation is a 
desperate one, almost hopeless," 
Dr. von Schuschnigg conceded, 
considering Austria's possibilities 
of survival as a free state. How- 
ever, he took the optimistic view- 
point adding that it can improve. 

Factors favoring Austria's sur- 
vival include the lack of Com- 
munist support. "Austria is not 
behind the iron curtain," he af- 
firmed. 

Moreover the two middle-of-the 
road political parties, the Social- 
ists and the Popular party are 
moving toward the middle line to 
make a coalition. 

When the ex-chancellor spoke 
(Continued on page 5) 



Walter B. Posey, professor of 
history, will address the class on 
"A Re-assessment of Democratic 
Ideas." President J. R. McCain 
will introduce the speaker and 
Miss Carrie S. Scandrett, dean of 
students, will cap the seniors. 

Led by their mascot, Elizabeth; 
McCain, grand-daughter of Dr. 
McCain, the seniors will proceed 
down an isle formed by their sis- 
ter class dressed in white. 

At the church service for the 
seniors and their families, Sunday 
Dr. Allen Albert, professor of so- 
ciology at Emory university and 
an Episcopal minister, will deliver 
the sermon. The Glee club will 
sing "List, the Cherubic Host". 
I with Adele Dieckmann at the or- 
gan. Also featured on the program 
are Paul Garber, soloist, and W. 
A. Calder on the harp. 

Investiture week-end activities 
will close with an after-dinner cof- 
fee from 1:15 to 2:30 p. m. in Mur- 
phey Candler given by Seniors 
Dabney Adams, Bob Blair, Alice 
Davidson, Adele Dieckmann, Pris 
Hatch, Tina Hewson, and Ann 
Shepherd for the senior class, 
their families, the faculty, and 
the entire aollege community. 
Miss Kathryn Glick and Mrs. W. 
J. Frierson will assist. 

Triors Stage 
Unusual Play 

Hours will philosophize, watch- 
men quote Kipling, fields take in- 
ventory, and planets peer down 
from their balcony, when "Pull- 
man Car Hiawatha" makes its 
scheduled stop at Murphey Cand- 
ler, 8:30 p. m. Thursday. This* 
episodic play by Thornton Wilder 
is Blackfriars' work-shop produ- 
tion. 

An experiment in both interpre- 
tation and staging, "Pullman Car 
Hiawatha" will be presented with: 
substitute props, no scenery, and 
arena staging using the balconies, 
as well as the central auditorium. 

The experiences of passengers 
Reese Newton, Val von Lehe, Joe 
Iveys, Polly Miles, Margaret Hop- 
kins, Alastiar Black, Jimmy Bow- 
en, Grace Durant, Don Elliot, and; 
Jenny Wren are bound together by- 
transitional speeches of stage 
manager Weesie Durant. The en- 
tire Blackfriars' membership will 
compose the supporting cast of 
prim fields, small towns, mono- 
tonous weather, hours, minutes, 
seconds, and the entire solar sys- 
tem. 

Although not a regular produc- 
tion, "Pullman Car Hiawatha"' is . 
in the series of plays judged for 
the cup awarded the best act- 
ress and best supporting character 
next spring. 



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AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, WED. OCTOBER 29, 1947 



Merry-go-Round 

By Mildred Claire Jones 

A thud of falling shoes and a scraping of chairs across 
the floor announced to first Inman that second floor had 
returned after an interesting weekend. Two girls reclined 
unceremoniously in the above-mentioned chairs and began 
a steady conversation. 



"So tired  couldn't move a step. 
Let's just sit and talk for a minute. 
Wasn't the Citadel dance fun? 
Formals all looked so colorful. Did 
you see Betty Jean Ellison, Hen- 
rietta Johnson, June Driskill, and 
Alice Crenshaw? They looked so 
good, and so did Babs Young, 
Frankie Howerton, Maxine Kick- 
liter, Betty Rawls, Gene Wilson, 
Barbara Quattlebaum, and Ann 
Haden, Wonder how many people 
were there? I saw Jane Cook, 
Frank Morris, Margaret Knight, 
Jean Kline, and Mary Hayes Bar- 
ber." 

Rah, Citadel! 

""And the people at the game! I 
remember seeeing Mildred Claire 
Jones, Jo Culp, Bobbie Cathcart, 
Easy Beale, and Carolyn Wells 
sitting on the Citadel side. Margie 
Graves, Newell Turner, Anne El- 
can, Margaret Anne Richards, 
Beth Jones, Mary Hayes Barber, 
Mary Louise Warlick, Willa Wag- 
ner, Jo Ann Piastre, June Smith, 
Jane Ansley, and Reece Newton 
were there too," her roommate ad- 
ded. "I didn't see them inside but 
B. J. Brown, Margaret Yancey, 
Adele Lee, Joan Willmon, Har- 
riet Reid, Martha June Davis, Ada 
Jo Sassen, and Jo Barron were 
leaving when we left." 

As shoes fell to the floor she 
continued, "Steele Dendy, June 
Driskill, Betty Wood, Mary Gene 
Sims, Dot Stewart, and Virginia 
Gordon were there too." 

Dances at Tech, Emory 

The room showed clearly the re- 
sults of a weekend of constant 
rushing with no time for straight- 
ening up. As the first girl talked 
she began to hang up dresses. 
"'From all accounts, the Emory 



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SAEs must have had a gay time 
this weekend too. Carolyn Critch- 
low, Sara Samonds, Virginia Dunn, 
Sally Bussey, Harriet McGuire, 
Floss Hanson, Betty Williams, Ann 
Sartain, Sarah Jane Campbell, and 
Gene Wilson had a wonderful time 
with them." 

"Well, let's not forget the ATOs 
too. Dot Floyd, Jean Harper, Mar- 
tha Warlick, June Irvine, Mar- 
garet Glenn, Dot Medlock, Mar- 
jorie Major, Ann Gebhart, and 
Mary Lou Hatfield assured me 
that the party was great. The 
Tech brothers did some enter- 
taining too according to Anne El- 
can, Harriet Reid, Charlotte Bart- 
lett, Charlsie Smith, and Betty 
Cole." The room was in a stir 
now with both girls working as 
they talked. 

Lots of Thrills 

"Isn't it Wonderful about Bar- 
bara Waugaman being the Emory 
KA sponsor! She must be thrilled 
to death. And speaking of thrills, 
there were lots of interesting visit- 
ors on campus. Helen Edwards had 
a friend from Auburn, Jo McCall's 
Cecil from University of Alabama, 
and Mildred Claire's Cal was here 
along with Billy and Juanita. And 
parents were here too. Libby 
Shontz, Frances Hale, Jane La- 
Master, Janette Maddox, Sally 
Thompson, Betty Averill, and 
Charlotte Key were the lucky 
girls." 

We Tour Around 

The dormitory was quiet now 
and the girls lowered their voices; 
"Don't you know that Mary Beth 
had a wonderful time in New 
York! I heard about quite a few 
people touring around over the 
weekend. Donnie King went to 
the Wake Forest Homecoming, 
and Mary Helen Phillips went to 
West Georgia Homecoming. Am- 
and Hulsey went home to Gaines- 
ville, taking Ginny Henry and 
Myrt Mariani. Virginia Vining, 
Frances Russell, Jackie Palmer, 
Mable Burchfield, Jane Oliver, 
Nancy Deal Sid Cummings, and 
Mary Manly all went to the Geor- 
gia-Alabama game in Athens. Bet- 
zic Powers and Terrel Warburton 
house partied at Lake Rabun and 
Jo Ann Christopher was brave 
enough to take June Price, Caro- 



Cotillion Club 
Slates Formal 
For Nov. 22 

Converting the gymnasium into 
a ball room, Cotillion club will 
lead out with a formal Thanks- 
giving dance Nov. 22, the season's 
first formal dance on campus. 

The entire student body and 
their dates are invited to dance 
to the music of the Nomads from 
9 p. m. to 12 midnight, President 
June Irvine announced. 

General Chairman Mary Gene 
Sims is planning the dance with 
the help of Margaret Ann Rich- 
ards for decorations; Bettie Davi- 
son, music; Norah Anne Little, re- 
freshments, and June Driskill, 
programs. B. J. Ellison and Caro- 
lyn Hodges, publicity chairmen, 
will begin work with the an- 
nouncement of the big event in a 
chapel skit Monday. 

Programs will be sold and re- 
servations made until one week 
before the dance. 



Comments on Clubs 



Manly Maps Plans 
Of Social Standards 

Social Standards committee 

plans two innovations for the 

year, Mary Manly, chairman, an- 
nounced. 

"Campus Cues", a column of 
Anti-Emily Post happenings on 
"campus, will appear in the News. 
The column will be written in the 
style of the Atlanta Journal's 
Street Scenes. 

Prize project is the moving bul 
letin board scheduled to appear in 
a different place each week with 
a new reminder of our P's and 
Q's. This week's sign was placed 
on the quadrangle with the plea "I 
want to be a lawnnnn!! 

The first of several coffees plan- 
ned for the fall will be Nov. 19 
with Beryl Crews and Jo Ann 
Christopher as hostesses. 



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line Little, and Casey Haff home 
to Greenville with her." 

"I've just thought of some more 
people that I saw at the Citadel 
Dance: Liz Ragland, Joan Ernst, 
Alta Lee Patch, Barbara Stain- 
ton, Margie Orr, Virginia Rogers, 
Alice Davidson, Ann Shepard, 
Louise Sanford, and Marie Milli- 
kin. And did you see Charlien 
Simms' Charles from Clemson?" 
The room was clean and the girls 
began the job of rolling up hair. 

"Mary Alice McDonald, Jane Da 
Out Dancing 
Silva, Marijean Alexander, and 
Louise Lockhart were at the Em- 
pire Room Saturday night. I 
heard that Gretchen Reinartz, 
Beryl Crews, Sally Thompson, and 
Isabel Truslow were at the Para- 
dise Room, and Pagie Violette 
and Mildred Claire Jones at the 
Rainbow Roof too. This really 
was a huge weekend, wasn't it. 
Honestly, I'm so sleepy. Save the 
rest until tomorrow!" 

Lights were snapped off until 
only one remained. 
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Phi Alpha Phi 

Phi Alpha Phi's bronze plaque 
will be awarded to the '46-'47 win- 
ners of the club's tournament by 
President Dot Porter in a chapel 
service Nov. 13. 

The winner of the plaque is the 
team in Phi Alpha Phi which has 
come out on top in the intra-club 
debates. 

Astronomy Club 

A large group of students and 
faculty from Agnes Scott, Emory, 
and Georgia Tech gathered for 
the first meeting of the Astron- 
omy club Friday night. W. A. 
Calder, advisor of the group, re- 
ported the meeting a great suc- 
cess. 

Along with its study of the 
heavens, the club has as its ul- 
timate goal to become affiliated 
with the Amateur Astronomer's 
League. Other projects are to 
stimulate interest in the building 
of an observatory for the enter- 
tainment and instruction of people 
from Atlanta as well as from Ag- 
nes Scott. 

Officers of the club will be 
elected in the near future, Mr. 
Calder stated. The next regular 
meeting will be held on Nov. 21. 

League of Women Voters 

Martha Beecham, Martha Cook, 
and June Smith led a discussion 
of the Marshall Plan at a meeting 
of the League of Women Voters 
Thursday night. 

Spanish Club 

Following recent tryouts, Helen 
Harrison, Pat Overton, Margaret 
Brewer, Helen Crawford, and Lynn 
Phillips were accepted as new 
members in the Spanish club. 

Liz Jackson, president, has an- 
nounced that a party will be held 
for all new and old members Nov. 
6. 

BOZ 

The deadline for BOZ tryouts 
is Saturday. Mary Price has asked 
that all tryouts, which may be 
short stories, sketches, or essays, 



be placed in the Aurora box by 
that time. 

Pinny Rogers and Alice David- 
son presented the program at 
BOZ's last meeting. 

French Club 

New in the parlez-vous group 
are Sue Dixon, Mary Frances 
Jones, Lynn Phillips, and Jackie 
Jacobs. Dot Stewart, president, 
announced that the new members 
were invited after tryouts last 
week. 

Poetry Club 

Two new members joining Poe- 
try club are Dot Medlock, and 
Virginia Drake. 

Mortar Board 

Sale of Agnes Scott calendars 
by Mortar Board will begin Sat- 
urday in the lobby j)f Buttrick, 
Pagie Violette, Mortar Board pre- 
sident, announced. The calendars, 
in the form of date books, feature 
campus scenes. 



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Dinner To Fete 
Honors Group 

As a tribute to the six mem- 
bers of the senior class who are 
reading for honors this year, a 
dinner will be held at the Alumnae 
house, Nov. 7. 

In addition to the students and 
their advisors, guests will be the 
members of the Honors committee, 
Miss Edna Ruth Hanley, librarian, 
and President McCain. An expla- 
nation of her research work will 
be given by each girl, and the 
principal speech will be delivered 
by Miss Leslie Janet Gaylord, as- 
sistant professor of mathematics. 



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Page 3 



Play by Play 

By Ginny Andrews 

If you could curse the Fates, the Furies, the Gremlins, or clouds 
effectively, I'm afraid that everyone connected with the Gym and 
athletics would be doing so. It seems that rainy weather has put a 
crimp into all activities down at the Gym this past week. The hockey 
game had to be postponed, the tennis doubles tournament has been 
put off a week, and the riding classes have not been able to meet. 
"Fair is foul and foul is fair" is hardly an apt quotation for this 
weather. I ' } ' 

Anyway, some of the clubs and classes have been able to make 
plans for what they're going to do when it does get nice. Among them, 
outing club has made some good plans for an overnight hike and 
picnic supper to take place the first nice weekend available. 

Other plans of the different classes and clubs include more detailed 
plans for our swimming meet to be held Nov. 13. And also plans are 
being made for the big A. A. Party to be given for the entire college 
campus Nov. 15. The theme and general entertainment are a secret 
as yet, but from the rumors heard at the last Board meeting, the 
party's liable to be the best one yet! Officiating club, too, has decided 
upon its class meetings and gotten well into its program. 



With all the frantic practicing going on for the coming swimming 
meet, Nov. 13, we've seen many girls running around* campus with 
wet hair, watering eyes, and a dog-tired look about them. Said one 
the other day, "Maybe all the exercise is good for me, but looks like 
I'm never dry behind the ears this way!" 



One visitor here on campus this weeekend asked if we had 
track offered among our other sports. Seems as if our sprints to 
the Library before 8:30 a. m. to return reserve books, our sprints to 
avoid the 1 p. m. lunch line, and the race at 9:30 a. m. to the mailroom 
gave her that idea. Strange, can't imagine why  surely very few of us 
wear track shoes so we hardly look the part  or do we? 



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Mermaid Skill 
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By Tee-Toe Williams 

If you're looking for a sports 
girl of the week who can swim, 
sail, canoe, and generally feeL al- 
most as much at home in water 
as on land, Grace Durant is the 
girl for you. 

Her home is in Mobile, Alabama, 
so during her high school days 
swimming, sailing on the Gulf of 
Mexico, and canoeing were the 
order of the day. 

Here at Agnes Scott, she has 
represented her senior class in 
swimming meet and has taught 
both swimming and life saving 
classes. She loves to dive, but be- 
cause of an injured leg, she has 
had to strike diving from her list 
of sports activities. 

For the past three summers, 
Grace has been a counsellor at 
Scoutshire Woods, a Girl Scout 
camp just outside of Mobile. Serv- 
ing as both a unit assistant and 
water front director, she has had 
enough exciting experiences to fill 
a lengthy book. Samples of such 
experiences are the horseback 
overnight trips into the woods and 
the canoe trips along secluded 
creeks. She declares that she has 
spent many a stormy night under 
the "roof" of her canoe. 

Next summer when camp is 
over Grace and three other coun- 
sellors are going to drive to Lake 
Michigan, cross the lake, and can- 
oe for ten days in Canada. What 
an experience she has to look for- 
ward to! 



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Plans Slated 
For Georgia 
A. A. Meet 

The annual conference of the 
Georgia Athletic Federation for 
College Women will be held at 
the University of Georgia in 
Athens on Nov. 14-15. The purpose 
of the conference is to solve com- 
mon problems that confront ath- 
letic associations throughout the 
state. 

Plans for the conference were 
made by the Executive council on 
Oct. 11 in Athens. Edna Claire 
Cunningham represented Agnes 
Scott at this meeting. 

The theme of the conference is 
"Present Enrichment for Future 
Community Service". Subordinate 
topics to be discussed are "Better 
Officiating for Girls' Athletics," 
"College Women's Contribution to 
Community Recreation," "Sports 
Day  D e f i n i t i o n of Desirable 
Standards," "Increasing the Num- 
ber of Sports for Girls," and ''Phil- 
osophy of Awards." After a gen- 
eral session of discussions and 
welcoming speeches, subordinate 
topics under the main theme will 
be discussed. Students from the 
University of Georgia will lead a 
talk on "Better Officiating for 
Girls' Athletics". Brenau College 
will lead a discussion on "College 
Women's Contribution to Com- 
munity Recreation". "Sports Day 
 Definition and Desirable Stand- 
ards" will be discussed by Georgia 
State College for Women. "In- 
creasing the Number of. Sports 
for Girls" is the topic taken for 
discussion by LaGrange College. 
Wesleyan College will talk on "The 
Philosophy of Awards." There will 
be, in addition, three general ses- 
sions. During these general ses- 
sions there will be reports on the 
National Athletic association and 
a report from all the colleges pre- 
sent on work accomplished during 
the past year. 

Registration will begin at 4 p. 
m., in the Physical Education 
building. Three general sessions, 
one business meeting, meals, and 
recreation periods compose the re- 
mainder of the program. 



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A. A. Drives 
For Increase 
In Awards 

Athletic association is pushing 
on to a higher goal this year with 
a drive for more awards. The reg- 
ulations for personal awards are 
as follows: 

1. Fifty of the sixteen hun- 
dred points required for a pin shall 
be awarded for citizenship, to be 
judged by the Athletic Board and 
physical directors. 

2. To obtain her pin a girl must 
have won points in more than one 
sport. 

3. Four hundred shall be the 
maximum number of points in 
hiking counted toward a pin, and 
only three hundred toward each 
numeral. 

4. Twenty-five points for all 
active participants in tourna- 
ments. 

A tennis shield shall be awarded 
to the school's champion in tennis 
singles and another to the school's 
champions in tennis doubles. 

The girls winning the archery 
and golf tournaments shall receive 
cups. Further awards shall , be 
given on the basis of games won. 
The class having a plurality of 
points wins the Athletic Cup. 



Plans Proceed 
For World Day 

Spaniards, Frenchmen, good- 
ness-knows-what men and even a 
made-to-order white e 1 e ph a n t 
from India will invade the campus 
Saturday, Nov. 8, when Mortar 
Board sponsors a new kind of 
community day, a world wide one. 

Of course, the foreigners will 
really be Agnes Scott's own, dress- 
ed in costume, and the elephant,, a 
white elephant sale for the benefit 
of ' the relief agency care, but a 
Spanish play and perhaps a. 
French movie will provide the* 
needed atmosphere of internation- 
alism. The whole campus is in- 
vited to attend "Inter-Nation Cele- 
bration", but certain organiza- 
tions will take definite parts in 
its observance. They include Bible 
club, Spanish club, French club,. 
International Relations club, Chi 
Beta Phi and the League of Wo- 
men Voters. 

Admission to the festivities will 
be twenty-five cents or clothing 
w hich is in clean and good wear- 
able condition, Pagie Violette, 
Mortar Board president, disclosed. 



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Mystery Veils 
Srs. Last Fling 
At Childhood 

Re-interpretation of Little Girls' 
Day a la class of '48 throws a veil 
of mystery over the senior's tra- 
ditional final flight into childhood 
Friday. 

Accepting the customs institut- 
ed over 20 years ago, seniors will 
add their particular touch to the 
day, chairman of the Little Girls' 
Day planning committee, Dabney 
Adams, explained. 

The innovations will climax a 
day begun with use and abuse of 
the Little Girls' Day privilege of 
awakening everyone at 6:30 a. m., 
sunrise EST (every other stu- 
dent's time). The pigtailed and 
blue-jeaned class will troop down 
to breakfast together. 

Following the request to last 
year's seniors that all horseplay 
be confined to chapel time, no 
classroom time may be taken up 
by playful brats, and the day ends 
after chapel. 

Penicillin Treatment 
Available For Colds 

Dr. Eugenia C. Jones reports 
that the infirmary's latest get- 
\\ oil-quick formula is the new pen- 
icillin throat spray now available 
to faculty and students for treat- 
ment of fall colds. 

Influenza and cold shots are al- 
so available as preventives. 



Dancers Choose 
'Swan Lake' 
For Production 

The ballet, Tchaikowsky's "Swan 
Lake," will be Dance group's first 
production of the year, Pinny Rog- 
ers, president of the group, an- 
nounced. 

Agnes Scott's second production 
of a full length ballet will be pre- 
sented Feb. 4, in Presser Hall. The 
ballet is under the direction of 
Miss Eugenie Dozier. 

Pinny explained that, since the 
ballet has not yet been cast, Dance 
group members are practicing all 
parts. The cast will be much lar- 
ger than that of any other ballets 
the group has presented. Last 
year's production of "Giselle" was 
the first full length ballet ever 
presented at Agnes Scott. 

Science Journal Includes 
Miss MacDougall's Paper 

A paper on the "Origin of the 
Male Gamete of Plasmodium" by 
Miss Mary Stuart MacDougall, 
professor of biology, appeared in 
the June 1947 issue of The Jour- 
nal of the National Malaria So- 
ciety. 

Miss MacDougall has been do- 
ing research on the cytology of 
malaria parasites for the past 
three years. The origin of the 
male gamete is one phase of the 
life cycle and she hopes to have 
complete for publication a paper 
on the female gamete some time 
this winter. 



Date Book 

Thurs., Oct. 30  Miss Hutchens 
speaks in assembly on Student 
government theme. Rehear- 
sal for Investiture 5 p. m, For- 
man talks on Scharf collection 
In art gallery 5 p. m. "Pullman 
Car Hiawatha" in Murphey 
Candler at 8:30 p. m. 

Fri., Oct. 31  Halloween. Little 
Girls' Day with special feature 
at assembly. Deadline to get 
Lecture association tickets, 4 
p. m. Dr. von Schuschnigg lec- 
ture 8:30 p. m. in Gaines with 
reception in Murphey Candel. 

Sat., Nov. 1  Investiture at 12 
noon in Gaines. Sale of Agnes 
Scott calendars in Buttrick. 
Deadline for BOZ tryouts. Rab- 
bit-rabbit day. 

Sun., Nov. 2  After-dinner coffee 
in Murphey Candler 1:15-2:30 
p. m. Vespers in Murphey 
Candler at 9:30 p. m. 

Mon., Nov. 3  Miss Smith to con- 
duct assembly program on 
academic robes. 

Tues., Nov. 1 Dr. Albright 
speaks on Biblical archeology 
in Maclean at 7:30 p. m. Re- 
ception following lecture. 

Wed., Nov. 5  Dr. Albright 
speaks again at 7:30 p. m. 



Nightly Snack 
Lures Hungry 

The opening of Country Store 
Night Wednesday was a big suc- 
cess, Miss Betty Hayes, manager 
of the Silhouette Tea House as- 
serted. Students were served from 
9 to 10:15 p. m., and Miss Hayes 
plans to keep the Tea House open 
at this hour each week, Monday 
through Thursday. 

Ice cream, cokes, and some hot 
foods are available. She requested 
that students who are not in the 
library come early to relieve 10 
p. m. congestion. A special at- 
traction is the record player with 
companion discs which descend 
the musical scale from Brahms' 
"Hungarian Dances" to "Moun- 
tain Dew." 

An innovation the Tea House 
manager has made for the benefit 
of the faculty and administration 
staff is the "Faculty Coffee Hour" 
each Thursday from 10:30 to 
11:30 a. m. 



Senior Class to Practice 
Thursday for Investiture 

Members of the senior class will 
meet Thursday, Oct. 30 at 5 p. m. 
in Gaines Chapel to practice for 
Investiture, according to an an- 
nouncement made by Lida Walker, 
senior class president. 

Final plans for Little Girls' Day 
will be announced, and all seniors 
are expected to be present. 

Music Dept. Reveals 
Schedule for Year; 
Operetta in Practice 

Music department's schedule for 
the year lists assembly program 
of instrumental and vocal music, 
Nov. 14 as next on the agenda. 

Sometime during the month of 
November Special Chorus will ren- 
der their semi-popular selections 
for Lions Club of Decatur Civitan 
Club, and the Appalachian Trail 
Club. 

Dec. 7 the choir will sing at 
Druid Hills Presbyterian Church. 
The Glee club and the Christmas 
Carol Choir will present its Christ- 
mas concert Dec. 14. 

Rehearsals for the February 
presentation of Gilbert and Sulli- 
van's "The Mikado" by combined 
Agnes Scott and Georgia Tech* 
Glee clubs are progressing under 
Mr. Johnson's and Mrs. Clarke's 
directorship. 



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Cox, Frierson 
Tell Faculty 
Of Research 

H. T. Cox and W. J. Frierson 
of the science department report- 
ed at faculty meeting on their stu- 
dies made during the summer in 
the fields of botany and chemistry 
under the University Center 
grants for research awarded to 
them last spring. 

Mr. Cox collected during the 
course of the summer some 800 
stems in Mountain Lake, Va.; in 
New York state; at Yale and Har- 
vard universities, and in Wash- 
ington, D. C. The stems, all of the 
same family include such common 
types as our azaleas and mountain 
laurel. 

Through his collection which 
may now contain some 1200 stems, 
he expects to determine from what 
they evolve, where they arose, and 
at what period. Mr.' Cox said that 
the results of this work are to be 
contained in six papers which he 
hopes to have ready for publica- 
tion by the first of the year. 

Mr. Frierson spent his summer 
teaching at Emory and working 
on the boiling point of organic 
compounds at specific pressures. 

The nature of this work he ex- 
plained is two-fold. He said that 
from the results of his experi- 
ments, he is attempting to work 
out a mathematical formula from 
which boiling points at various 
pressures can be determined, and 
to formulate some basis of com- 
parison between the physical pro- 
perties and the structures of the 
compounds. 




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Reviewer Cites Kollwitz 
Outstanding In Exhibit 

By Cama Clarkson 

Come see my etchings is an invitation tfiat anyone in the 
know would no. The art department has invited the cam- 
pus to an exhibition of etchings in Buttrick, but in this case 
only those who aren't in the know are turning down the op- 
portunity to enjoy first hand some of the finest prints of 
contemporary artists. 

Among the big-name artists re- 
presented are Picasso, Manet, Ma- 
tisse, Toulouse-Lautrec, and Re- 



noir. The outstanding prints, how- 
ever, are by a relatively unfamil- 
iar artist, Kaethe Kollwitz. 

The Kollwitz prints are easily 
^distinguishable because of their 
dark values. They express intense 
emotion  utter grief as in the 
"Mother with Dead Son" or mob 
riot and violent motion as in the 



In explanation of the Robert 
A. Scharf collection of original 
prints currently on exhibit, H. 
C. Forman, head of the art de- 
partment has scheduled a brief 
talk for 5 p. m. tomorrow in the 
art gallery, Buttrick 321. 



-"Armory/' Kaethe Kollwitz speaks 
m her works as a matriarch; she 
expressed maternal sentiments 
with masculine directness. There 
is no alluring, sophisticated fem- 
ininity in her art. She could cry 
out truthfully as sympathizer with 
downtrodden peoples and as a 
bereaved mother. 

Of a lighter nature are the Ma- 
tisse prints, with their trickling 
feminine lines and their curvy 

but simple outlines of form. There 
are, also, two of Daumier's de- 
lightful little scenes of gay young 
ladies and middle-aged gentlemen, 
charming illustrations of the 
French politesse. Toulouse  Lau- 
trec is represented by some of his 
lithographs of one of the Moulin- 



DEKALB THEATRE 

WEDNESDAY 
Last times today 

"Dear Ruth" 

THURS.-FRI. 
Joan Crawford, Van Heflin in 

"Possessed" 

Halloween Late Show 
Friday 11 P. M. 

'The Climax" 

In technicolor 
With Suzanna Foster and 
Boris Karloff 
MON.-TUES.-WED. 
Humphrey Bogart, 
Lizabeth Scott in 

"Dead Reckoning" 



Rougle actresses, a French actress, 
light in value with a sparing use of 
very sensitive, highly expressive 
lines. 

In view of his notoriety among 
"laymen as an ultra-modern, Picas- 
so's etching of two youths will 
probably be of greatest interest. 
This print, however, is one of his 
earlier works, done in classic 
style. 

The Scharf exhibit contains the 
work of quite a few internationally 
recognized artists. It is one of the 
most interesting and enjoyable, 
and certainly the most valuable 
exhibit that will be offered at 
Agnes Scott this year. 



Who's Who 



(Continued from Page 1) 

more representative to Exec and, 
last year, student recorder. Dab- 
ney is a member of Mortar Board 
and serves on C. A. Cabinet. From 
Asheville, N. C, she is reading for 
honors in English. 

Lida Walker, Atlanta, is presi- 
dent of the senior class, having 
been elected for a second term af- 
ter serving as junior class presi- 
dent. She was chairman of Black 
Cat stunt her sophomore year and 
secretary-treasurer for her class 
the freshman and sophomore years. 
She is a member of Mortar Board. 

Pagie Violette, Hampton, Va., 
is president of Mortar Board. She 
has been an assistant editor of 



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Smith To Explain 
Academic Regalia 

An explanation of academic re- 
galia, with special emphasis on 
the meanings of robes worn by 
Agnes Scott faculty, will be given 
by Miss Florence Smith, of the 
history- department, in assembly 
Monday. 

A similar program, under Miss 
Charlotte Hunter's direction, was 
presented to freshmen last week 
and met with such enthusiastic 
response that it was decided to 
bring upperclassmen the' same in- 
formation, Sister Davis, Student 
government president, asserted. 
Several juniors will model facul- 
ty robes as Miss Smith talks about 
them. 



Silhouette and on the staff of 
Aurora. 

Adele Dieckmann, Decatur, is 
vice president of Student govern- 
ment and a member of Mortar 

Board. Sh^ was a sophomore re- 
presentative to Exec and secretary 
of Student government her junior 
year. Adele is reading for honors 
in Latin. 

Pris Hatch, Charlotte, N. C, 
president of C. A. and a Mortar 
Board member, has served on C. 
A. since her freshman year when 
she was president of Freshman 
Cabinet. She was a member of C. 
A. Cabinet her sophomore year, 
and C. A. secretary last year. 

President of A. A., Sheely Lit- 
tle was a freshman representative 
to A. A., and A. A. secretary last 
year. A member of Mortar Board, 
she won the Rich's prize her fresh- 
man year. She is from Hickory, 
N. C. 

Marianna Hollandsworth, Cov- 
ington, Va., vice president of C. 
A., has served as president of 
Sophomore Cabinet and treasurer 
of C. A. 

Margaret Yancey, Atlanta, is 
editor of Silhouette and a mem- 
ber of Mortar Board. She was an 
assistant editor of Silhouette her 
junior year. 

Harriet Gregory, Jefferson, S. 
C, is editor of the News. She serv- 
ed as an assistant editor her jun- 
ior year. 



Archaeologist 
Will Lecture 
On Nov. 4, 5, 6 

Dr. William Foxwell Albright, 
internationally known Biblical ar- 
chaeologist, will lecture Nov. 4, 5, 
and 6 at 7:30 p. m. in Maclean Au- 
ditorium. 

Lectures, illustrated by slides, 
will explain the light shed on dif- 
ferent phases of Biblical history 
by archaeological expeditions. 

Before accepting his present po- 
sition as professor of Semitics at 
Johns Hopkins university, and dur- 
ing several years of his tenure 
there, Dr. Albright was director of 
Oriental research in Jerusalem. 
From there he supervised expedi- 
tions into localities of major im- 
portance in Biblical history. 

His lectures here are made pos- 
sible by the Fund for Visiting 
Scholars of the University Center 
of Georgia. In addition to his Ag- 
nes Scott appearances, Dr. Al- 
bright will give morning lectures 
to students and faculty members 
at Columbia Theological Seminary 
and at the Warren A. Candler 
School of Theology at Emory. 



Hour of Charm to Salute 
ASC With Sunday Hymn 

Phil Spitalny's all girl orchestra 
and choir will salute Agnes Scott 
college on their Sunday afternoon 
Hour of Charm broadcast. 

It is the custom each week of 
the Hour of Charm to dedicate a 
hymn to some college or univer- 
sity. At present the hymn in hon- 
or of Agnes Scott has not been 
selected. 

The broadcast can be heard at 
4:30 p. m. over the CBS network, 
WGST Atlanta. 



Schuschnigg Sees 

(Continued from Page 1) 

of the possibilities for democratic, 
parliamentary government he de- 
fined democracy as "free decision 
of the people; control by the peo- 
ple." 

Lincoln's definition of demo- 
cracy as "of the people, by the 
people, and for the people," he 
considered theoretically perfect. 
Americans, he added, are willing 
to respect the majority. 

"The people are not used to find- 
ing the golden mean," he explain- 
ed and therefore, there is hardly 
a real, practical democracy in 
Central Europe. In pre-war days 
the "minority always had his gun 
in his pocket". 

As to why, as chancellor, he 
was called a dictator by many 
people, Dr. von Schuschnigg ex- 
plained, "that is the same criti- 
cism everybody receives who is 
anti-radical. We had no other 
choice than to do our best to de- 
fend our country. Perhaps our 
means were wrong, but I do not 
think so." 

The ex-chancellor and his wife 
were interned in six different con- 
centration camps during the war. 
Dr. von Schuschnigg said that 
since the war he has been back to 
Austria only in passing and he is 
uncertain as to whether he will re- 
turn. If so, he will not re-enter 
politics, he asserted. As his rea- 
son for coming to the United 
States, he stated, "This is the 
logical place for displaced per- 
sons to come." 



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AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, WED. OCTOBER 29, 1947 



Wise Choice 



Kurt von Schuschnigg is an unusual person for Lecture as- 
sociation to bring to Agnes Scott. 

He will be included in all history books which include dis- 
cussions of the causes, fundamental and immediate, of World 
War II. Most likely he will be spoken of in varying terms of 
esteem, because, historically, he will be a subject for con- 
troversy. 

His actions as chancellor of Austria when the Germans in- 
vaded that country have been described as a common sense 
method of making the best of a very bad situation. They 
have also had Nazi motives ascribed to them. 

We do not attempt to categorize Dr. von Schuschnigg or his 
motives as "good" or "bad". We do want to approve Lecture 
association and its motives in bringing to campus a man like 
Dr. von Schuschnigg, a figure of world significance, and a man 
about whom no cut and dried conclusions have been reached. 

Hearing Kurt von Schuschnigg's discussion of Central 
Europe's problems Friday night should prove intellectually 
exciting because of the vitality of subject discussed and of 
the lecturer himself. 



Butterflies Try Wings 

Cotillion club's invitation to the formal dance November 
22 marks the final break from the cocoon of tradition sur- 
rounding no dancing on Agnes Scott campus. 

Two years ago when dancing was first inaugurated on 
campus the News was asked to can the publicity build up so 
that the new privilege might be more easily intergrated into 
campus life. 

Junior banquet that year marked the first big use of the 
privilege. Last year's A. A. town and country party, Junior 
banquet, and Junior Joint dispelled any fears of abuse of the 
privilege. 

But still these functions were titled parties, with dominoes 
and cards as added attractions. Cotillion club's tea dance in the 
spring pioneered in admitting it was a dance. 

The formal in November is an even more ambitious proj- 
ect. If it is as successful as it predecessors, dancing on campus 
should have earned its wings. The least we can do to voice 
our approval of this step forward and to show our mature ac- 
ceptance of the new custom is to support the dance whole- 
heartedly. 

Dogs Achieve Impossible; 
Lead Profs On Leash 

By Dot Medlock is an ambitious little dog, always 

A dog's life on campus seems ready to get in a fight with a 
to be one which we all might like friend twice as big as he. 
to lead. For which one of us has 'Skeeter, however, is not the 
time to soothe our troubled minds prize-fighter type entirely, for he 
at twilight with a leisurely stroll is a great respecter of flowers 
across the hockey field? Which and obediently stays away from 
one of us poor mortals can lead the forbidden flower garden. In 
the professors around on a leash? the evening 'Skeeter frolics along 
These pleasures are bestowed on confidently on the hockey field, 
our favored canine friends while for he has virtually grown up on 
we struggle over six weeks' tests campus, and after five years he 
and race to meet deadlines. undoubtedly knows every hiding 

First in the four-footed proces- place anywhere around, 
sion at dusk each evening is Miss Next in the procession is Mickey 
Glick's stately Kate. Born into one Ham who trots joyously along 
of the most thoroughbred wire with her mistress. Mickey is still 
haired terrier families in Balti- young (only four years old) and 
more thirteen years ago this she hasn't yet lost her vivacious 
month, her years of experience manner. Mickey's merits are en- 
and training in the social graces tirely her own doing, for she 
have taught her to walk elegantly boasts no pedigree. In fact, be- 
along beside her mistress. fore she came to live on College 

Kate's time is spent in paying Place, she resided at the local 
her respects to the visitors who dog pound. Her helpfulness about 
come to the house on Candler the house, however, makes up for 
Street. She doesn't perform for her lack of background, 
them, plebian tricks are beneath Miss Ham says that Mickey is a 
her, but merely walks in, is ack- "successful" kind of dog because 
nowledged. and casually wajks she enjoys everything. The objects 
out, her duty done. of her greatest affection, though, 

Close behind Kate comes % Miss are Mrs. Lapp and horses. Through 
Preston's irresistable 'Sketter, a her association on the campus 
Boston bull whose given name is Mickey has tried to become a 
Mosquito. His mistress tried in gracious lady, but she can't quite 
vain for a name more dignified accept these new-fangled inven- 
than this, but he was so hard to tions; she flatly refuses to ride 
catch that 'Skeeter just stuck. He the elevator in Buttrick. 



Hunter Works 
To Build Idea 
OfNewAtlanta 

By Jane Alsobrook 

Mr. Floyd Hunter has a dream. 
The new instructor in sociology 
has great and important plans 
for Atlanta. As executive director 
of the Community Planning coun- 
cil, he is playing an active part 
in the slum clearance project. 

For Atlanta, Mr. Hunter evas- 
ions highways and wide streets, 
low-cost housing for even the 
poorest, parks and playgrounds for 
the children and community cen- 
ters to provide recreation and in- 
terest for all. And this dream is 
becoming a reality, for work has 
already started on the destruc- 
tion and rebuilding of the squalid 
dwellings of Clark Alley. Despite 
a law suit and lack of help from 
the government, the billion dollar 
project of a finer Atlanta has be- 
gun. 

Agnes Scott is Mr. Hunter's 
first experience at teaching. But, 
as he says, he has had a very ade- 
quate preparation for the instruc- 
tion of young ladies, for he has 
three daughters at home. Recent- 
ly, Mr. Hunter has acquired an al- 
ly in his six-months-old son. 

Up until this year, Mr. Hunter 
has been a practicing sociologist. 
After he received his degrees from 
the University of Chicago, he 
worked in social psychiatry at the 
Institute of Juvenile Research in 
Chicago. This position dealt not 
only with children, but with many 
kinds of parents. Mr. Hunter 
came to Atlanta a few years ago, 
and he believes that his city has 
a great future, in whjch he would 
like to participate. 

Mr. Hunter, whose costume 
might include hunting boots or 
a red scarf worn artist fashion, 
is a man of many interests. Be- 
sides riding horseback and daubing 
in painting, he raised Doberman 
pinschers and is an avid collector 
of the great classics. He shares 
the belief of Hutchens of the Uni- 
versity of Chicago, that we must 
read the works of the immortals, 
before we can live to the fullest. 

"If there is one message that I 
would like to give to Agnes Scott," 
Mr. Hunter says, "It would be the 
theme of the study of sociology. 
The world is made up of a great 
many different people, believing 
and doing a great many things. 
It is our duty and purpose to bring 
these people together in peace. In 
order to do this, we must under- 
stand them and help them to un- 
derstand us." 

Certainly, Mr. Hunter, through 
his work, is doing his utmost to 
bring about this ideal. 

Off the 
Copy Hook 

Bridge has really taken hold of 
the campus. So much so, in fact, 
that Betsy Baker, upon hearing 
her name called in class quickly 
responded, "Pass". 

Mr. Stukes, explaining the func- 
tions of the brain to his psych- 
201 class, remarked that they cer- 
tainly did need a new brain in the 
psych department. The one we're 
using now, he added, is about done 
for. 

Jessie Hodges, feeling her way 
blindly down the hall following a 
tough test, bumped into someone 
and mumbled a polite, "Pass the 
salt, please." 



Cabb 



ages and Kings 



By Twig Hertwig 

What is it? The Elk's Parade? Mealtime at the zoo? A fire? 
Why only a reunion of a chosen few of the local-yokels with 
the bi-focals. (Seniors to you, chum!) This crude brood from 
the "Duffy's Tavern" of last year came together to uphold 

a lost cause in the room of the not-so-shrinking Violette on 

the wreck-deck (third floor) of 

the local institution for fast-go- 

^^cllVI |j^US^^L16S in  insane freshmen  namely In- 

* man. 

Reprimanded for treading on There was oodles of chatter and r 

new, sprouting grass, an accom- I might add, splatter. At frequent 

modating junior retreads said intervals there was heard the pat 
grass and starts down the side- 



walk. 



ter of un-little feet tromping 
down the hall toward the over- 
worked water fountain. (Peanut 
butter no doubt!) At the height 
of the evening (literally morning) 
everyone who was lucky enough* 
to have had a birthday during the 
past year, was saluted with the 
well known "Happy Birthday to 
You". Time out here for more pea- 
nut butter! Finally this gay ar- 

ray of people tip-toed (insert here 

Scene: Mailroom at 9:20 a. m., one sarcastic chuckle) down the 
An astonished and bewildered hall toward home, as bleery-eyed 

freshmen knelt for a moment of 
thanksgiving. 

On the War Path 

It seems that the horseback 
brigade of Agnes Scott College- 
was frightened by the Comanche 



Time: Dinner on Tuesday. 

Place: Dinning room. 

Action: Two dressed up, appar- 
ently well-nourished, sophisticat- 
ed looking juniors fight over a 
piece of meat. 



freshman gropes blindly for a seat 
after being trampled by mail-room 
monsters who reach the boxes at 
9:22 a. m. 



Members of Faculty Indians last week. Great shades of 

Enjoy Bacon Bat at Geronimo1 You should have seen 
Murphey Candler 



'em sitting erectly (clinging fran- 
tically) on their spirited thorough- 
breds (?) who seemed to have 
Faculty's annual Bacon Bat forgotten a necessary piece of 
was held Saturday at Murphey equipment saddle that is. These 
Candler. skilled squaws (minus the pa- 

Second year faculty members pooses) flew (heh) gracefully 
served as hostesses and hosts for (heh) around the ring on their 
the traditional faculty get-toget- hometown Pegasuses (double heh) 
her. New faculty members were with not an ounce of bounce 
guests of honor. Mrs. Rebekah among them, (the heh is over- 
Clarke of the music department worked, shall we try haw haw?) 
served as chairman of evening's This superfluous piece of infor- 



entertainment, 
Picturesque 
ing a 



mation seems to be forcing it's, 
way in  the mantle pieces in Re- 
bekah are doing a land office bus- 
iness. Oh their achin'  er  ah  
backs (?). There must be an 
easier way to reduce! 

Parting Note 

This last bit of corn is dedicated 
to all who have ever come to Ag- 
nes Scott. 

Quiz Number three of the News There was a young lady namcd 
ad fad contest involves slogans Liz ^ 

this week. Not too many sign who th ' ought herself somewhat a. 
posts remain in the treasure hunt whiz 
which will promise five dollars for But sne ' came to Scott> 
the fustest with the mostest. Found she wasn't so smart, (pro- 
Mac Compton is the girl to see nounced smott) 
when these phrases are all iden- So she went back home in a fizz. 

But, 



invitations featur- 
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tree were sent to the entire facul- 
ty. 

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tified as to their ad origins. 
L Perry Como. 

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3. Last time today. 

4. Our small variety insures 
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There was a young lady name Fay, 
Who about everything was real 
gay, 

She worked with a will 

And she makes merits still 

But, my goodness, she's turning 

so gray!! 
No Hope!! 



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Number 6 



MacDougall 
ToRecognize 
Motar Board 

Senior members of Mortar 
Board, accompanied by advisors 
and faculty and alumnae members 
of Mortar Board, will march in 
formal academic procession in 
Saturday's recognition service in 
chapel. 

Miss Mary Stuart MacDougall, 
professor of biology and newly 
elected advisor, will deliver the 
address, Pagie Violette, president 
of Mortar Board announced. 

W. B. Posey, professor of his- 
tory and political science, and 
Emma May Laney, associate pro- 
fessor of English, are the two 
other faculty advisors. 

Dabney Adams, Amelia Davis, 
Adele Dieckmann, Pris Hatch, 
Mary Beth Little, Mary Sheely 
Little, Lou McLaurin, Ruth Bas- 
tin Slentz, Virginia Tucker, Lida 
Walker, Margaret Yancey, and 
Marian Yancey are the present 
members of Mortar Board. 



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News Staff To Meet 

A meeting- of the news and 
feature reporters on the News 
staff was called today by Har- 
riet Gregory, editor, for Friday 
at 1 :S0 p. m. The staff will meet 
in the News room in Murphey 
Candler. 



Blackfriars have chosen Anna 
Cora Mowatt's "Fashion" as their 
major production for the fall, Miss 
Roberta Winter, Blackfriar's di- 
rector, announced. 

Slated for presentation Nov. 26 
in Gaines, the play has been cast 
with Polly Miles as Mrs. Tiffany 
and Reece Newton, as Millinette, 
the French maid. Included in the 
cast are Grace Durant as Ger- 
trude, Pat McManmon as Prud- 
ance, Barbara Macris as Serphina, 
anw Val von Lehe, Jenny Wren, 
and Mary Manly as ball guests. 

Bobby Powell, Raymond Hersh, 
L. A. Dodson, Gerald Rothchild, 
Alastair Black, and Don Elliot 
have been selected for the male 
roles. Mr. Black and Mr. Elliot 
played in the workshop produc- 
tion of "Pullman Car Hiawatha." 

"Fashion", the first successful 
social satire presented in America 
by an American author, has en- 
joyed continued success in colleges 
and in New York for over a hun- 
dred years. A highlight of this 
comedy about a "nouveau riche" 
and her attempts to marry off 
her daughter to a French "count" 
will be the authentic mid-Victor- 
ian costumes which Blackfriars 
Dlan to use. 



F, 



oreign Dances, oongs, Dazaar 
To Spark Saturday s Festivities 



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Agnes Scott Lost Chords 
Begin Harmony Search 

By Easy Beale 

We, the lost chords of Agnes Scott college, in order to form 
a more perfect voice, establish harmony, insure campus rhy- 
thm, provide for general concord, and secure the blessings 
of musical consonance to ourselves and whoever has to listen, 

do proclaim and urge on this campus a choir for the vocally- 
unfavored-by-nature-people, here- ' 



by including both those not read- 
ing notes and those unable to 
sing them. 

These unfortunate few (?) 
have cried and the cry has been 
heard. Every Wednesday night, 
they, in an hour devoted to music, 
shall seek the higher realms of 
melody, under the direction of 
Mrs. Rebekah Clarke. The choir, 
however, is exclusive. A necessary 
prerequisite is wanting to sing. 
So, if you're a murderer of the 
king's (Dieckmann, that is) mu- 
sic, come and tune up your at- 
tempts at high C. 

"Clarke's - not - so-larky-larks" 
(suggested title for the new 
choir) will meet in the choir 
room after dinner tonight. No 
longer need you duck your head 
in chapel and mutter while music 
majors bellow, or fear lifting up 
your voice in any group singing. 
On this campus it shall never be 
said that only she who singeth 
a la Pons becometh of the choir. 

All classes are invited to join 
this unique (undoubtedly) choir. 
With spirit, practice, and enthus- 
iasm, who knows, this group may 
go Metropolitan ? 



Seniors Hear 
Posey, Albert 

Addresses by Walter B. Posey, 
professor of history at Agnes 
Scott, and Allen D. Albert, pro- 
fessor in the Emory University 
Sociology department, highlighted 
traditional services of Investiture 
weekend. Gaines chapel was the 
scene of both programs. 

Speaking before a large group 
assembled for the capping exer- 
cises Saturday, Mr. Posey, warn- 
ed that the United States "is at 
the crossroads of history." 

Mr. Posey pointed out the var- 
ious views of the world outlook, 
questioning the truth of those 
which suggest that men's faith is 
declining with time. 

What we need at this time, he 
pointed out, is a re-affirmation of 
faith in democracy, and the escap- 
ist's attitude is a threat to this 
democratic way of life. 

"The reason for believing in 
man is still good," Mr. Posey con- 
tinued, "and although we may 
doubt that we are equal to the 
task, if we follow the guide of the 
(Continued on page 2) 



S. G.'s Drive 
ForCommunity 
To Open Man. 

With the slogan, "If Everone 
Gives, Everyone Benefits," the 
campus Community Chest drive 
for students begins Monday, Nov. 
10 and will close Saturday at noon, 
co-chairman Tina Hewson an- 
nounced. 

Last year the campus contribut- 
ed five hundred dollars to the 
Community Chest fund through 
World Service council. "That is 
our quota for this year," Tina ex- 
plained, "But our actual goal we 
are asking you to set and make." 

Sponsored by Student govern- 
ment, this campaign which sizes 
local needs is the first of the 
three separate drives taken over 
by major campus organizations 
since World Service council's de- 
mise. Easy Beale, treasurer of 
Student government, and Tina 
Hewson are heading the drive. 

Tina emphasized the impor- 
tance of the individual in plan- 
ning to meet his civic responsibili- 
ties under the new system for 
making contributions, which does 
not, as World Service council, or- 
ganize for him. "We hope to make 
it easy, through individual con- 
tacts and well distributed boxes, 
for you to make your contribu- 
tions," Tina stated. 

"There is no corner of the world 
that can escape the label, the need 
is tremendous. Through wise, care- 
ful, and unselfish planning we can 
do our part to remove the label," 
she pointed out. 

Thursday's assembly will fea- 
ture a speaker who will cite spe- 
cific problems which Community 
Chest funds are used to solve. 



The trend of thought is directed this week toward things 
international as final plans for world wide community day- 
Saturday, Nov. 8, are announced by Mortar Board. 

The Inter-nation Celebration, at which Agnes Scott's foreign 
students will be special guests, is slated to begin immediately 
fter lunch. It will consist of two 
main parts. First, a series of ex- 
bitions, skits, and dances by the 
'arious clubs on campus and by 
groups from Atlanta will be pre- 
sented in the gymnasium, and 
second, competitive games will 
be held in Murphey Candler. 

In order that all those attend- 
ng may participate in both 
phases of the celebration, the pro- 
gram in the gym will be present- 
ed 'twice during the afternoon, 
and the games in Murphey Cand- 
ler will be in progress continu- 
ously. 

A Swiss dance with audience 
participation, led by Mary Manly 
and Gene Wilson, is the first at- 
raction on the agenda. Next will 
be a Spanish club skit, after 
which Mrs. Elizabeth Williams, 
ormerly of Agnes Scott, will per- 
orm the national dance of Mex- 
co. The Hawaiian Hula, danced 
by Miss Eugenie Dozier of the 
h y s i c a 1 education department 
vill follow. 

Exhibition folk singing will be 
ffered by a group led by Cissie 
S p i r o , freshman. Representing 
Greece will be a group of eight 
girls from the Sigma Alpha Delta 
sorority of Atlanta, in a Greek folk 
(Continued on page 2) 



Debate Bout Bids 
Draw Acceptance 
From 3 Colleges 

University of Florida, Univer- 
sity of South Carolina and Geor- 
gia Tech have accepted bids to 
the Nov. 22 All Southern Inter- 
collegiate Debate Tournament ac- 
cording to Dot Porter, Pi Alpha 
Phi president. 

Florida's almost irrefutable ar- 
guments and smooth-paced debat- 
ing style captured the tournament 
for their affirmative last year. Not 
only did the 'Gators take the 
tournament but also placed first 
and third in individual debating 
awards. 

South Carolina's teams offered 
stiff competition and one of the 
Tech men tied for third place in- 
dividual honors. 

As a preliminary to tryouts for 
the Agnes Scott intercollegiate 
teams, argumentation classes pre- 
sented a debate on the tourney 
subject for the club Thursday. 



Professors Attend 
History Convention 

Members of the history depart- 
ment, Walter B. Posey, professor, 
and Mrs. Roff Sims, associate pro- 
fessor, will attend a meeting of 
the Southern Historical associa- 
tion in Savannah Nov. 13-15. Both 
Mr. Posey and Mrs. Sims have 
been asked to lead discussions at 
the meeting. 

Mr. Posey addressed the Men's 
club of the First Presbyterian 
church in Decatur Friday night. 



Sharf Reviews 
Etching Exhibit 

The art department presented 
Dr. Robert S. Sharf in a gallery 
talk concerning his famous col- 
lection of lithographs and etchings 
Thursday afternoon. 

Dr. Sharf termed modern art as 
a kind of art in which cooperation 
between the artist and observer 
is pertinent and emphasized the 
importance of understanding this 
art. In relating his experiences, he 
told how the prints escaped de- 
struction in his flight from Aus- 
tria. Dr. Sharf explained that he 
told the Nazis the works were ex- 
amples of ''degenerate art done by 
Jews." 

Kaethe Kollwitz, whose works 
are featured in the present art 
exhibit, was cited by Dr. Sharf 
as the greatest woman artist ever 
to exist. 



Budget Slices 
Publications' 
'47 Allotments 

In the final balancing of Stu- 
dent government's 5,300 dollar 
budget six organizations have 
been cut in percentage, one re- 
ceives an increase, and nine re- 
main unchanged from the tenta- 
tive budget announced last week 
by Student government's Treasur- 
er Easy Beale. 

All campus publications receiv- 
ed a reduction from the tentative 
allotment but, except for the 
hand book which was cut one- 
half per cent, each receives an 
increase over last year. Christian 
association's and Student govern- 
ment's percentages have also been 
lowered one-half per cent, 

Social Standards, included for 
the first time in the budget, adds 
one-half to the expected amount. 

These changes leave a reserve 
of IV2 per cent for the two quar- 
ters, a total of $26.50 for the first 
quarter. 

In the official budget announced 
this week organizations receive the 
following for the first quartert 

Silhouette $2,199.50 

News . . 768.50. 

Lecture assoc 715.50 

450.50 
. . . 159.50: 
159.50 
159.00' 
132.50> 
132.50^ 
132.50) 
79.50> 
53.00 
53.00 
26.50 
26.50 
26.50 
26.50 



Aurora 

A. A 

Blackfriars 

May Day 

Hand book 

Pi Alpha Phi 

Student gov 

Mortar Board . * 
League of W. V. 
Social Standards 

C. A 

Glee club 

IRC 

Reserve 



Date Book 

Wed., Nov. 5  Lost chord choir 
meets in choir room after din- 
ner. 7:30 p. m. Dr. Allbright 
lectures in Maclean. 

Thurs., Nov. 6  Assembly, 
speaker on Community Chest 
drive. Eta Sigma Phi meeting: 
in Miss G lick's home at 4:15 
p. m., Spanish club weiner roast 
5 p. m., at Harrison Hut. Pop 
concert at 8:30 p. m. 7:30 p. m. 
Dr. Allbright lectures in Mac- 
lean. 

Sat. Nov. 8  Internation Celehra- 
tion beginning: after lunch r 
Programs in Murphey Candler 
and gym. 

Sun., Nov. 9  Vespers in Maclean 
at 5 p. m. with Dr. James Bar- 
bee speaking on boy-gprl re- 
lations. 

Mon., Nov. 10  Community Chest 

drive opens. 
Tues., Nov. 11  Armistice Day. 



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AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, WED. NOVEMBER 5, 1947 



Merry-go-Round 

By Mildred Claire Jones 

The door stood open, so she walked into a small room filled 
with pictures. The sign outside had said that these pictures 
would bring back college days. As she looked at the first 
one a flood of memories rushed over her, for it showed a girl 
in cap and gown. 



"I'll never forget that day," she 
mused. "It was Investiture, the 
first real thrill of being a senior. 
So many visitors came that day. 
I remember that June Driskill, 
Margaret Anne Richards, Pris 
Hatch, Tina Hewson, Sister Davis, 
Flo Bryant, Mae Comer Osborne, 
Myrt Mariani, Beth Jones, Tee Toe 
Williams, Eclaire Cunningham, 
Maxine Kickliter, and Lady Major 
had parents here for the big oc- 
casion. Weezie and Grace Durant's 
mother and grandmother came, 
and so did Mary Gene Sims' fam- 
ily and Clay. Harriet Reid's sis- 
ter, B. J. Brown's mother, Har- 
riet Gregory's mother, Bob Blair's 
mother, Dabney Adams' mother, 
Zollie Saxon's mother, and Mil- 
dred Claire Jones' mother were 
here too. The campus fairly rang 
with excitement when Susie 
Pope's Jack came and they became 
engaged." 

Costume Ball 

She moved on to the next pic- 
ture which showed a group of peo- 
ple in fancy costumes dancing. 
"That same weekend the ATOs 
at Tech had a big costume party. 
I can see Twig Hertwig running 
around now in that gray cat cos- 
tume. Others who enjoyed the par- 
ty were Margaret Anne Richards, 
June Irvine in a sailor costume, 
Charlsie Smith as a jockey, Mimi 
Mitchell, Kate Elmore, Charlotte 
Evans, Pat Hampton, Nancy Huey, 
and Butch Hayes as Moonbeam 
McSwine. 

Triad Formal 

"One of the boys in the Costume 
Ball picture resembles an old Phi 
Delt friend of mine. Oh, yes, the 
night before Investiture the Mi- 
ami Triad (Phi Delts, Beta Theta 
Pi's, and SigmaChi's) hadabigfor- 
mal. The colors there were beau- 
tiful. Ruthie Grimes wore a gold 
and white brocaded satin, and Sis- 
ter Davis wore aqua. Frances 
Smith, Billie Powell, Mim Steele, 
and Splinter Board were there and 



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Elizabeth Williams wore royal 
blue velvet. Seeing Steele Dendy, 
Betsy Deal, and Nan Ford talk- 
ing was a grand contrast for they 
wore red and white. Bobbie Cath- 
cart and Margaret Hopkins look- 
ed darling too. 

'Those popular day students ap- 
peared in lovely colors. Carol 
Equen wore black, Charlotte Lea 
wore blue, Pat McGowan green 
moire, Betty Cole black taffeta, 
June Harris white, Joan Willmon 
gray, and Barbara Waugaman ice 
blue satin. 

Jaunt to Davidson 

"Speaking of dances, the one at 
Davidson was a real success. Ju- 
lianne Cook, Nancy Parks, Tilly 
Alexander, Sally Jackson, Pat De- 
Ford, Nancy Dendy, Cama Clark- 
son, Nancy Martin, Pat Overton, 
and Gretch Reinartz all went up 
for it." 

Across the room was a study in 
black and orange, obviously a gala 
Hallowe'en party. "Every fratern- 
ity went all out for celebration 
that year," she continued to say 
to herself. "Willa Wagner and 
Sarah Hancock enjoyed the PiKA 
party, while Barbara Franklin, 
Jean Stephens, and Margie Klein 
danced with the Kappa Sigs. Dot 
Medlock and Ann Carol Blanton 
were with the Delta Tau Deltas 
and Lambda Chis respectively. 
The Sigma Nus must have had 
quite a party too, or so Sue Yar- 
brough, Vivienne Patterson, and 
Dot Davis said. 

Hallowe'en at Emory 

"Over at Emory on Hallowe'en 
there was a dance. Carolyn Critch- 
iow, Amanda Hulsey, Harriet Ann 
McGuire, and Floss Hanson were 
there. Betty Williams looked darl- 
ing in black and so did Liz Rag- 
land in yellow and black plaid. 
Lou McLaurin in gray and Betty 
Finney in a tweed suit were seen 
entering the Chi Phi house. The 
SAEs were busy that weekend en- 
tertaining Sally Bussey, Margie 
Major, Mary Beth Little, and Mil- 



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Investiture Talks 

(Continued from page 1) 
democratic way of life and the 
principles of Christianity, we can 
once again "light the lamps of the 
world." 

Mr. Posey's address followed an 
academic procession of faculty, 
administration, and seniors. Cli- 
maxing the program was the cap- 
ping of 114 seniors by Dean of 
Students Carrie Scandrett. 

The Investiture exercises con- 
tinued Sunday, with services in 
Gaines chapel. Dr. Allen D. Al- 
bert stressed the place of impor- 
tance in business that tomorrow's 
women will hold. 

In the future, he stated, the 
great majority of women will be 
working on an equal basis with 
men. Their position is different, 
however, in that while men have 
had millions of years to establish 
themselves in a world of business, 
women have had only two genera- 
tions. He listed the dangers to 
business women as individuals as 
the tendency to become callous 
and harsh; the failure to compete 
on a completely fair basis with 
men while tempted to resort to 
the use of "feminine charms" in 
achieving success; and finally, the 
danger of allowing the values of 
a career to overshadow the other 
values of life. 



dred Claire Jones." 

A picture of couples skating 
drew her attention. "Seems that 
I remember .a skating party that 
weekend too. Yes, Betty Averill, 
Tiny Morrow, Gin Kay, Jean Kline, 
Andrea Dale, Charity Bennett, 
B. J. Foster, Johanna Wood, and 
Marjorie Orr were there. The 
weather was just cool enough for 
a house dance to be very comfor- 
table. The Phi Gamma Deltas had 
one, and Angie Anderson, Clarkie 



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Eta Sigma Phi 

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ace's "Ars Poetica" will provide 
the basis for Eta Sigma Phi's dis- 
cussion in club meeting Thursday, 
4:15 p. m., at faculty advisor Miss 
Kathryn Glick's home. 

President Katherine Geffcken 
and Kate Durr Elmore, vice presi- 
dent, will lead these discussions 
which are preliminaries to the 
year's topic, the Ciceronian Age. 

Spanish Club 

Plans have been made for a 
weiner roast in Harrison Hut at 
5 p. m. Thursday to honor new 
members. Virginia Henry has been 
named chairman of the club's skit 
for Inter-nation Celebration. 

Granddaughters 

Twenty people enjoyed the ham- 
burger fry given for new mem- 
bers at Harrison Hut Thursday. 
Ruth Richardson supplied musical 
entertainment with her accordian 
while Doc Dunn led the singing. 



Rogers, Ann Ballard, Ginny Hen- 
ry, and Martha Ann Steger had a 
grand time. 

"It really was the weekend for 
Sara Samonds. Her Whit was here 
from Davidson and gave her a 
gorgeous Phi Delt pin. It looked 
so good on her royal blue dress as 
she walked over to Inman with 
Ann Erwin. Willa Wagner also ap- 
peared with a new PiKA pin." 

The other pictures brought back 
similar memories but finding it 
late, she had to cut short her re- 
miniscences. How wonderful life 
was at college that year! 



Inter-nation Day 

(Continued from page 1) 
dance. A contest in identification 
of the flags of the United Nations 
will precede the last feature of the 
program, a White Elephant Sale 
with Dot Porter as auctioneer, 
the proceeds of which will go to 
Care, European relief agency. 

Other of the program's features 
are swimming from 3 to 4 p. m. 
or. those interested, and booths 
n the gym sponsored by campus 
organizations, offering articles 
i r o m various foreign countries 
for sale. French, Spanish, Korean, 
Polish, and possibly German ar- 
ticles will be displayed. 

To end the celebration Mrs. 
Rebekah Clarke of the music de- 
partment will lead a sing. 

Points toward the Class Spirit 
Cup will be given for attendance 
and participation in the celebra- 
tion. 

Pagie Violette, Mortar Board 
president, urged that as many 
students as possible attend in 
foreign costume, but stressed that 
this is not a requirement. 



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Page 3 



Play by Play 

By Floss Hanson 

"Seen at the hockey field: the two budding young officials Doc Dunn 
and Lady Major reviewing the rule book just before a practice game. 
The major point under discussion is how to hold the official's whistle. 

Speaking of practice games, the one Friday showed a lot of up 
and coming talent for the class teams. The frosh gave the soph-jun- 
ior team a rough and tumble battle. 

The freshmen seem to have a secret admirer. There was a very 
conspicuous male voice in the frosh cheering section. 

Just looks like the tennis tournament doesn't want to end. The 
semi-finals have been postponed again, this time due to that good 
ale Atlanta dew. 



However, despite the rain, or perhaps to spite it, A. A. Board has 
been making plenty of plans for the future  sunny weather or somber. 
Bunny Brannon and E. Claire Cunningham have been chosen as re- 
presentatives from Agnes Scott's Athletic association to the Conven 
.tion of Georgia Athletic associations the weekend of Nov. 14. 



Another set of plans is going into action for an A. A. Open House 
on Nov. 15. This is to be given instead of the usual annual all-campus 
party given by the Board. The Gym Open House on the 15th will 
last from 8 p. m. to 10 p. m. All girls are invited for an evening of swim- 
ming, ping pong, basketball, volleyball, bridge, and refreshments 
Committee heads are Grace Durant, swimming; Val von Lehe, ping 
pong; Julianne Cook, basketball and volleyball; Harriet Lurton, 
faridge; and Bunny Brannon, Marie Cuthbertson, and Sheely Little, 
refreshments. 



Other plans for the future include an Archery Tournament dur- 
ing the week of Nov. 22-29. It will be an intramural tournament. 
Archery class managers are to be announced soon. 



Emory To Play Host 
To AS Presbyterians 

The newly organized Westmin- 
ster Fellowship of Emory univer- 
sity has invited Agnes Scott's 
Presbyterian students to a ban- 
quet in honor of Dr. A. J. Kissling 
at 6 p. m. Wednesday, Nov. 12 at 
Enory. 

Dr. Kissling is the guest speak- 
er for the Emory Religious Em- 
phasis Week beginning Monday, 
Nov. 10. Pastor of Riverside Pres- 
byterian church, Dr. Kissling de- 
livered the baccalaureate sermon 
at last year's commencement exer- 
cises. 



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Jrs, Srs Capture Hockey Victories 



Sister classes met in two clashes 
Friday. The seniors beat the sophs 
2-0 and the juniors bested the 
frosh 6-4 in a scoring spree. 

In the senior-soph fracas the 
seniors made a goal early in the 
first period and maintained this 
lead to the half. Though the puck 
stayed on the soph side most of 
the first half and the seniors made 
repeated attempts they were un- 
able to score again. The sophs 
seemed to keep that puck out of 
the goal box. 

In the second half the sen- 
iors again scored and the game 
ended with a 2-0 score. The sophs 
were a serious threat only twice 
during this period. While they 
played hard they were beaten by 
a superior, more experienced sen- 
ior team. 

Lady Major, senior manager 
and center halfback, was skirting 
the field interrupting the sophs of- 
fensive. She together with the 



other senior defensive players kept 
the sophs from scoring. 
Senior Line-up 

Wright, RW; Deal, RI; Sims, CF; 
Tucker, LI; Davis, LW; Dunn, 
RH; Major, CH; McLaurin, LH; 
Dieckmann, RH; Cunningham, 
LF; Treadwell, G. 

Sophomore Line-up 

Jane Sharkey, CF; Casey Haff, 
CH; Floss Hanson, LF; Terrell 
Warburton, RF Mary Louise War- 
lick, LI; Jessie Carpenter, RI; 
Beryl Crews, LW; Greta Moll, 
RW; Ann Williamson, RF; Sandy 
Truslow, LF; Goalie Aileen Mar- 
shall. 

Last Friday the big sisters of 
the freshman class downed them 
6-4. It was a thrilling game that 
showed off the power of the jun- 
ior forward line. After the half 
the frosh came back on the field 
and showed that the battle was 
not over. By the end of the first 



half, Sally Ellis had broken 
through the frosh line three times 
for scoring points, and Bobby 
Cathcart scored once. 

During the last half Sally Ellis 
scored two more times for the 
juniors, while the freshmen gave 
them real competition by scoring 
four times. Jenelle Spear tallied 
once for the frosh, and Liz Rag- 
land ran up three more points to 
make the final score; juniors, 6, 
and frosh, 4. 

Junior line-up: 
Junior line-up: Forsh line-up 
Reece RW Jenelle Spear 

Sid Cummings RUimmie McGee 
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Bunny Brannon U Eliza Pollard 
Julie Blake LW Chanel 
Durant RH Wilton Rice 

Cathcart CH Joanne Wood 

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AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, WED. NOVEMBER 5, 1947 



Our Cause, Our Drive 'Pullman' Play 

Tests Skill 
Of 'Friars 



About this time last year World Service council was plead- 
ing with us to support the budget we had voted to accept. 
Rumors and murmurs were flying that the budget was ac- 
cepted by a minority. The "I didn't vote, so why should I 
give" idea was prevalent. 

As a result World Service council was unable to fulfill its 
pledges. In the spring we voted again. This time to dissolve 
WSC and individually to accept the responsibility for sup- 
porting many drives instead of one. 

Community Chest drive serves local aid and charities. At- 
lanta is our home for four years and what happens to the 
city affects every phase of our lives. Contribution to Com- 
munity Chest gives us a chance to cease being women with- 
out a city and to become a part of the citizenry. 

Community Chest drive is our first chance to keep the 
faith. Or will we start to gripe about "all these drives" and 
"I don't live here" again? 

A Squared Technique 

From the third birthday on, most children are taught to 
say they had fun at the party. After all, it's not such a bad 
idea since somebody has played host and made a stab at 
brightening the corner. The practice also, as most children 
someday learn, is a nice procedure in case there are other 
parties. 

A member of the staff of the Technique departed from 
this time-honored and generally accepted custom last week. 
Peglar, Junior reports that he roved over here for the 
freshman barn dance and just got took. In return for his most 
charming presence all he got was a lou sy time. 

Poor boy. 

The girls, he says, had buck teeth. And the stupid things 
probably flashed them in another direction, too. 

The dance, he comments sagely, was for squares. With his 
profound knowledge of social etiquette, our master of the 
barbed insult should have felt like the guest of honor. 

"On to the nurse's dance at Emory!" is his parting cry. We 
wish him Godspeed. 



Cabb 



ages and Kings 



By Mary Beth Little 

Since last week's guest columnist did such a good job, I'm 
sorta out on a limb. Nothing like flycasting a perfectly sound 
by-line away, and getting it caught on a Twig! 

As I sit before my typewriter, with cap somewhat askew 
from being slept in every night since Investiture, I feel com- 
pelled to write a solemn ode or a _ ^ 
* ,  n and Kate were the Ku Klux Kun- 

five acter; but, since there are , , , . . ... 

, . , ningham; clad in billowing sheets 

some who have not yet attained , , , ,  

, ii . . . , they whooped and whoopeed all 

the intellectual status of senior- J * . * t 

,  , , . , over campus, stopping in the 

hood, the scribble-for-the-mind- , , rc .  , . 

. .,, . deans office for a quick snack, 

aged-twelve policy will remain. 

, , After a hard day at the labor- 

You must understand, however, _ , . , 

. . ... . camp, Bovd found itself consign- 

that it s sheer compassion, com- , ' , . , , 

ing down from my thirteen-year- ed t0 the salt mines > the sands 

old capacity like this. of crime siftin S throu S h linen and 

slats. Dreams accordingly were 
Dashing Dot-Dashes ^ seasoned> 

Tell a woman; telephone; tele- Those lucky gals who went out 
graph. Inquiring for Mrs. Clarke, Hallowe'en with the local gnomes 
badly in need of a tenor for her an( j sprites had their just deserts 
church choir, Miss Bowman dis- (according to the stay-at-homes) 
covered talent, a-waitin for his vvhen tne y skipped into White 
date in the dean's office no less. House. Mattresses were removed 
But alas, he's shy (sly we'd spell f rom beds and cloistered in the 
it. with a plus one twinkle). She bath tub 'bout-roof-high. Concrete 
tells Mrs. Clarke who mentions Q f what happened in the abstract 
it to Nancy who mentions it to t0 tne movie version of "Forever 
Woody who wires: "BeBo, Agnes Amber"? 
Scott College, Word has it you Backbiting 
are threatening. What's the A11 vvas quict The Little Girls 
price*" signed "A Tenor." She were su bdued and attentive. All 

returns "Choir director promises work; no play. Mr. Posey was 
me a bass of my very own. Can expounding on the depression fol- 
you top this? Rehearsal 7:30 p. lowing the War of 1812. Things 
m. Thursday" signed "An Alto", were hitting rockbottom and . . . 
The final thrust: "BeBo, Agnes Suddenly a loud explosion cli- 
Scott College. Got wire tonight. maxe d the lecture. One burst bal- 
After extensive concentration can loon in contributing illustrative 
only promise one dilapidated ten- S0U nd effects gave its all to his- 

or. You better take the bass" sign- tory. 

ed "Dilapidated." An innocent excusion to a cir- 

^ hat ho! cus ended in a rush trip to 

Post Ghosties Grady's emergency room. Some 

It's a little late now, but wasn't girls have datcs ]ove _ s m j t t e n, 

Hallowe'en fun! Easy, Mary Jo, Easy's date was horse-bitten. 



By Calico 

For a first attempt at "arena" 
staging, the first drama of the 
year, and a production of a Thon- 
ton Wilder play, the Blackfriars' 
production of "Pullman Car 
Hiawatha" was well done. Be- 
cause of all these considerations, 
the play was extremely interest- 
ing. 

From a cast that included every 
member of Blackfriars, and seven 
men, imported, Reese Newton, 
Polly Miles, Ned Lukens, Weesie 
Durant, and Grace Durant stand 
out with performances which 
were especially memorable. 

The insane woman in Com- 
partment three, was convincing 
enough to leave the audience with 
no doubt of her destination. Reese 
rated the comment from the side- 
lines after her performance, "nat- 
ural state or not, our crazy wo- 
man was really crazy!" 

Polly Miles as the maiden lady 
in lower one, Ned Lukens of 
WEAS as the porter, Weesie Du- 
rant as the stage director, and 
Grace Durant as the young wife 
who dies en route, were impor- 
tant reasons why the production 
was a dramatic unit instead of 

an unidentifiable p r o t o p 1 a smic 
mass of humanity and the uni- 
verse. 

Planets, hours, angels, field, 
towns, and human beings played 
their parts well enough to se- 
cure from the audience a "willing 
suspension of disbelief" which 
lasted with few breaks for the 
production's 30 minutes. It's quite 
a feat to be convincing as Park- 
ersburg, Ohio, or as Twelve 
o'clock, or as any character when 
one has only about five lines of 
script in which to do it. 

For that very reason "Pullman 
Car Hiawatha" was an excel- 
lent choice for experimental pro- 
duction and a good play to open 
the workshop series. 

Off the 

Copy llok 

A sophomore was seen frantical- 
ly searching the handbook on Hal- 
lowe'en to see if it were permissi- 
ble to single-date on a broomstick. 



Schuschnigg Cites Hunger 
As Cause of World Unrest 

By Lorton Lee 

"Peace on earth is possible as long as a red light against 
aggression comes from the United States," Dr. Kurt von 
Schuschnigg declared in his discussion of problems of cen- 
tral Europe Friday night. "But," he continued "peace is un- 
stable now because of hunger." 

Addressing an audience which 

filled Gaines chapel, the ex-chan- 
cellor of Austria, first in the series 
of lecturers to be brought to the 
campus this year by Lecture as- 
sociation, described the food situ- 
ation in Europe as desperate 0 . , , . 
 A . . T, , , ke\ en o clock in the morning: 
Austnans would be happy with a ^ th 



Kids Last Fling 
Goes Symbolic 



just a supply of potatoes and 



lack was of basic and not luxury 
foods. 

Essential Needs 



sential needs of Europe's small 
states. 



campus is awakened by 

a chorus of shrill voices as a host 
bread, he said assuring that the * , , , - * , 

wl, ^ Knnirt ,J L* i of be-ribboned, pmafored little 

girls and barefoot, snaggle-tooth 
little boys swarm through your 
dormitory stamping their feet and 
Relief from the food shortage, a shrilling an imperious, Tome play 
guarantee against imperialism, w j tn us!" 

and an insurance against isolation T ^ - . 

4.u * * * Vm* ^ In s P lte of fussing, hair-pulling, 
in the advent of another war Dr. d th &> 

ri n t ,? h l s l ni l g f s rJL th l^; ol-ZT^' sh ^7L^Z 

ful side, for they decided to send 
the remaining tokens of their 
"The small states must try to childhood to Scottish Rite hospi- 
insert themselves into a world taL To the tune of music fcy m 
economy," he asserted, -for if group of giggling youngsters ^ 

they do not only one sovereignty . 

i * 4-u 4-u  . c m S at the same time as a group 

is left to them, the sovereignty of & h 

starvation." of black-robed seniors, the young 
U. S. or Russia merry-makers trooped down the 
Stating that there are'no small aisle, dropped the last treasures 
states now in central Europe not of their childhood into a black- 
relying on either the support of draped  C offin" destined for 
Russia or the United States, Dr. e ... , , _ _ 

 , . .. A _ ' tt  Scottish Rite and marched out, 

von Schuschnigg said that "all 

Europeans are bound to make a robed in tneir solemn senior 

definite decision whether they gowns. 

will look to the East or to the Little Girl's day was not to be 

West." Basing their decision on carried into the classroom this 



which will grant a better guaran- 



year, but some of those more mis- 



tee of a raised standard of living 
and which will afford security chievou s youngsters could not re- 
based on liberty, he expressed his si st presenting shiny red apples 
belief that most of the states to their favorite teachers. The pro- 
"prefer, if at all, to be depend- feS sors, too, could not refrain 

ent on the United States." f f . . _ . 

from referring to the youthful ap- 



On the question of the spread 



pearance of their classes and. 



of communism in Europe Dr. von 
Schuschnigg took an optimistic could not hel P wondering "if the 
view. "I can't see any imminent assignment was a little too dif- 
communistic danger in central ficult for the younger members 
Europe except in eastern coun- 0 f tne c \ ass  

tries," he declared. 

Communism Poll 

Quoting statistics, he said that 
communism has polled 22 per cent 
in Hungary, 39 per cent in Po- 
land and just 5 per cent in Aus- 
tria by free parliamentary elec- 



Splinter Board, buried under a 
huge umbrella because of the 
heavy downpour of rain, finally 
moved the umbrella enough to 
discover that she was standing 
directly under the sprays of one 
of the campus sprinklers. 



We can't resist one on the fresh- 
men. This week's "green fresh- 
man" wanted to know who wrote 
the book that the ten seniors 
were mentioned in last week. 



Note: There were supposed to 
be three more items in Copy Hook 
this week, but they got sent to 
the laundry. 



Scene: Helen Christian, answer- 
ing the telephone when one of 
Lynn Phillips' male admirers calls. 

She: Hello. 

He: Flip in? 

She: No, Flip out. 



Campus 

Street scene: Embarrassed 
freshman murmuring a feeble "ex- 
tions. Affirming that in Italy cuse me" as she tumbles into an 
communism is strong but not in a elderly gentlemen's lap on a romp- 
majority, he remarked that the ing street car 
Italians are clever and "know 
that their wheat grows in Kan- 
sas " Oh for the peace of the stacks 

In conclusion he expressed a where upperclassmen smack chew- 
hope that the countries of the ing gum, ruffle pages, and shuffle 
world "will learn to understand snoes j 
each other, even while accepting 
our differences." 

At a reception in Murphey Social Standards throws orchids 
Candler given in his honor, Dr. of the week to the girl who had 
von Schuschnigg by request held something to say to Dr. Schusch- 
an open forum. In answer to one . . _ 

t * u * vi ti ni Sg m receiving line Friday be- 

(juestion he told of his meeting to J 

with Adolf Hitler. He described Sldes the usual " duh "> " nice w *a- 
Hitler as a smart, strong-willed thcr we're having" and other 
but uneducated man. cliches. 

THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS 

Editor HARRIET URKGORT 

Managing Kdltor ANNA CLARK ROGERS 

Assistant Editors BETTY LOU BAKER. LORTON LKJfi 

Feature Kdltor LEE COU&AB 

Sparta Editor VIRGINIA ANDREWS 

Society Kdltor MILDRED C LA IRK JONES 

Copy Editor BILLIK POWELL 

Editorial Assistant MARY BETH LITTLE 

BUSINESS STAFF 

Business Manaicer MARY ALICE COMPTON 

Assistant Business Managers MARY AICHEL. HARRIOTTE WINCHESTER 

Circulation Manager JUNE DRISKILL 

Assistant Circulation Managers ALICE JEAN CASWELL. BOBBTK CATHCABT 

Published weekly, except during holidays and examination periods, by the student* 
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The Agnes Scott News 



Vol. XXXIII 



AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WED., NOV. 12, 1947 



Number 7 





FESTIVE SENORITAS  Nan Johnson, Ginny Andrews, 
Flo Bryant, and Virginia Henry demonstrate a typical Latin 
American dance at Internation Celebration. 

Colorful A.S.C. 
Celebrates 
Gala I. N. Day 

Poignant aromas drifted from 
Rebekah dinning room and exotic 
strains of music floated from the 
gymnasium. Maids of Athens, ca- 
balleros and mademoiselles, be- 
robed shieks, dancing Swiss, ki- 
monaed Chinese, and swaying Ha- 
waiians dressed in their native 
costumes made a spectrum of 
color as Agnes Scott turned out 
for Mortar Board's Inter-nation 
Celebration, Saturday. 

Through admission fee, the sale 
of Eskimo Pies by Chi Beta Phi 
members, and the White Elephant 
sale Mortar Board cleared 115 dol- 
lars for the benefit of CARE, Eu- 
ropean relief organization, Presi- 
dent Pagie Violette announced. 

Flags of every nation and de- 
sign and colorful organizational 
booths supplied a suitable backdrop 
for the panorama of drama, dances 
and folk singing. 

As an auctioneering Uncle Sam, 
Dot Porter captured the attention, 
laughter, and dollars of both stu- 
dents and faculty in the White 
Elephant sale. 

Exhibiting colorful booths 
were Spanish and French club 
while Bible club showed the 
charms of the Far East. 

International relations club 
decorated the dining room and 
gym and the games in Murphy 
Candler were led by members of 
SWISS AND CHINESE the League of Women Voters. 



Fall Formal 
Plans Told 



As the date for Cotillion club's 
Thanksgiving dance on Nov. 22 
nears, members are selling tickets, 
planning decorations, and complet- 
ing program arrangements to 
make a success of their first for- 
mal dance of the year. 

Invitations to be sent to dates 
and program cards which will be 
used as admission cards will be 
sold with tickets in all the dormi- 
tories and in the book store until 
Saturday when the list closes. 

The Thanksgiving theme will be 
carried out in a backdrop and 
with decorations in autumn brown, 
yellow, red, and green. 

Tentative plans are being made 
for a lead-out of Cotillion club 
members. 

In charge of ticket sales in 
Main are Mimi Arnold on second; 
Teetoe Williams, third; and Bet- 
sy Deal and Elizabeth Williams, 
fourth. Sara Jane Campbell is act- 
ing as salesman in Rebekah while 
in Inman tickets can be obtained 
from Marg Hunt, Sally Jackson 
and Annelle Simpson. 

Canvassing the cottages will be 
Val von Lehe, Johanna Wood, and 
Mary Jo Ammons while the book 
store is selling tickets for day 
students. 



SG Urges Donation 
To Community Fund; 
Drive To Close Sat. 

Invalidating typical student excuses of not knowing the 
needs of the civic community and not caring about them, the 
Community Chest red bird presented his plea to the student 
body in assembly Monday. 

Eleven members of Executive committee and Lower House 

claimed feathers from the bird 



Nine Accept 
Tourney Bids 

Plans for an All-Southern Inter- 
collegiate Debate Tournament are 
swinging into final stages with 
nine colleges and universities to 
be represented at the Nov. 22 
tournament. 

Recent acceptances are Univer- 
sity of Tennessee, Randolph-Ma- 
con Women's college, Atlanta di- 
vision of University of Georgia, 
Berry college, and Davidson. 

Florida, Georgia Tech, South 
Carolina and Agnes Scott were al- 
ready signed to participate. Emory 
has not acknowledged the invi- 
tation but from unofficial sources 
is expecting to enter. 



UNCLE SAM PORTER 




Miss M. MacDougall Praises 
Seemingly Useless Knowledge 

"Ceaseless quest for truth often leads to what at the mo- 
ment seems to be useless knowledge," Miss Mary Stuart 
MacDougall, professor of biology, declared in her address to 
Mortar Board in their recognition service Saturday, but, she 
added, "seemingly useless knowledge is often of fundemental 
importance." 
Illustrating 



the point of the 
''usefulness of useless knowledge" 
Miss MacDougall gave examples 
from her life and from the field 
of science. 'There are many men 
and women now at work in var- 
ious fields of learning earnestly 
seeking the answers to many rid- 
dles," she said. 

None of these people are inter- 
ested in the practical value of 
their research but Miss MacDou- 
gall asserted that "from their 
work will come some of the great- 
est blessings to mankind." As ex- 
amples she mentioned the inven- 



Blackfriars Go All Out For 'Fashion' 



tion of the radio and the under- 
standing of the atom. 

She pointed out that discourage- 
ments will come often and re- 
cognition seldom but she conclud- 
ed, "One can ignore the lack of 
fulfillment of one's dreams if there 
is interesting work to do." 

"I know of nothing more satis- 
fying than to come through a long 
period of creative or constructive 
work and find even a partial an- 
swer to the questions one is seek- 
ing," Miss MacDougall affirmed 
as the reward of quest for know- 
ledge. 



By Norah Anne Little 

Upstairs, downstairs, in every 
part of Presser, Blackfriars are 
preparing for their five act play, 
"Fashion" to be presented Nov. 26 
in Gaines. 

"On stage, everybody, we're go- 
ing to start Act Four. Places!" 
Miss Roberta Winter clapps her 
hands in faint imitation of the 
hammer blows coming from the 
set builders in the basement. 

The polka and minuet dancers 
on the left stop laughing, turn 
off the victrola, and eventually all 
the actors arrive on the stage. 

"Alright, Polly, get your place 
and begin rip out cut canvas in 



the background  with act four." 

"Quiet, let's get started, girls  
and gentlemen." 

"Excuse me," utters Anne Elcan 
chief of the set builders, "May I 
describe the set? This", pointing 
to the back wall, "is the supper 
room, and this," making a circle 
in the air, "is the drapery. Reesie! 
Wait, you just ran into the hall! 
Here," pointing to the left, "is the 
door  Do you think four feet will 
be wide enough for their dresses, 
Miss Winter?" 

"Now," sighing, "if we all un- 
derstand the set, shall we pro- 
ceed? The play is in two weeks, 
you know." 



The hammers are muffled by 
gasps of dismay. "Are we ready? 
Where is the count? Count, 
COUNT, on stage." 

"The count isn't here tonight," 
a male voice murmurs from back- 
stage. 

The play proceeds backwards 
through the acts, and it is learn- 
ed that Mrs. Tiffany, Polly Miles, 
is trying to make an impression 
on New York society of the Mid- 
Victorian era. This she does with 
her faked French accent and to 
the dismay of her bankrupt hus- 
band. With a "unik ah review.'' 
she forsakes everything for "Fash- 
ion." 



Friday Assembly 
To Feature 
Music, Readings 

Vocal and instrumental rendi- 
tions, readings and ballads will 
again be featured on the second 
of the six joint presentations pro- 
duced by the speech and music de- 
partments of Agnes Scott. The 
program will be held Friday, Nov. 
14 at regular assembly time. 

Friday's program will include 
a request performance of "List 
the Cherubic Host", from Gaul's 
"The Holy City" by the college 
Glee Club, assisted by W. A. Cald- 
er, of the physics department, 
harpist, and P. L. Garber, of the 
(Continued on Page 2) 



and began their task of circulat- 
ing the "walking boxes" to re- 
ceive donations. Deadline for con- 
tributions is Saturday noon. 

To help stimulate thought on 
the subject of the fund, Francis 
M. Osteen, volunteer worker on 
the Speakers' Bureau for Com- 
munity Chest, will speak in Thurs- 
day's assembly. Mr. Osteen will 
give concrete examples to indi- 
cate where donations to the drive 
go and how they are used. 

Under the direction of Co-Chair- 
men Easy Beale, Student govern- 
ment treasurer, and Tina Hewson, 
house president of Gaines, this 
year's drive has no set goal. The 
amount given last year, five hun- 
dred dollars, is the minimum ex- 
pected. Tina stated that Exec is 
anticipating a much larger student 
contribution this year. 

No amount has been pledged, 
but each student has the respon- 
sibility of considering the needs 
of the 33 organizations supported 
by Community Chest and deter- 
mining the size of her own do- 
nation. Eleven girls will carry 
boxes with them each day to make 
sure that a place for depositing 
contributions is always available. 

A poster in Buttrick lobby will 
hr.ve a blank feather which, as it 
is colored red, will indicate the 
progress of the drive. 

Freshmen Nominate 
Three For President 

Mary Hayes Barber, Liz Rag- 
land, and Cissie Spiro were select- 
ed by their freshman classmates 
as nominees for the office of class 
president at a meeting Monday,. 
Nov. 10. 

Election for the president and 
nominations for vice-president, 
secretary, and treasurer were con- 
ducted today by Reesie Newton, 
junior class president. Results will 
be announced at a later date. 



Date Book 

Wednesday, Nov. 12  6 p. m. Em- 
ory Westminster Fellowship 
banquet for Dr. KissIIng. 
Deadline for ordering Student 
Directories. 7 p. m. "Lost 
Chord" choir meets in choir 
room in Presser. 

Thursday, Nov. 13  Fran- 
cis M. Osteen speaks in as- 
sembly on Community Chest 
drive. 5 p. m. Freshman cabinet 
meets. 

Friday, Nov. 14  Program of mu- 
sic and readings in assembly. 
8 to 10 p. m. A. A. open house.. 

Saturday, Nov. 15  12 noon,, 
Community Chest drive closes. 

Sunday, Nov. 16  5 p. m. Vesper 
sing. 



Page 2 



AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, WED. NOVEMBER 12. 1947 



Merry-go-Round 

By Mildred Claire Jones 

The heavy rain over the weekend served to wash almost 
all the girls from campus. Among those who went home were 
Mimi Arnold to Griffin, Mim Steele and Jean Barker to 
Anniston, Ala., Katherine Geffken to Dunwoody, Lady Major 
to Anderson, S. Barbara Franklin to Statesboro, Charlien 
Simms to Dothan, Mary Gene 



Sims to Dalton, Nancy and Betsy 
Deal to Forest City, N. C, Nancy 
Geer to Rutherford, N. C, and 
Betty Finney to Columbia, S. C. 

BiLlie Powell took Jo Culp and 
Bobbie Cathcart home to Thomas- 
ville with her, and Jean Harper 
took Martha Warlick to Tuscum- 
r bia. Loulie Hunt and Mary Ann 
Zeigler went to Sewanee, Tenn., 
Virginia Dunn and Tina Hand to 
Pelham, and Sally Thomason to 
Copperhill. 

Others who vacated Inman were 
Mildred Claire Jones to Thomas- 
ton, Ruthie Grimes to Tuscaloosa, 
Ala., Jimmy Ann McGee to Starr, 
S- C, Ann Perkinson to South 
Pines, and Becky Bowman to 
Cleveland. 

"Twas a huge weekend for B. 
J. Sauer who acquired an ATO pin 
and Fortina Hand who wears an 
engagement ring. 

Among the popular girls on cam- 
pus were Ann Haden, Margie Ma- 
jor, Polly Harris, Sara Jane Camp- 
bell, Jean Osborn, Nancy Ander- 
son, and Harriet Ann McGuire, 
who went to the Emory SAE 
house. 

KA Capers 

The KAs welcomed their new 
sponsor, Barbara Waugaman, with 
a sport dance Saturday night. 
Caroline Hodges, Mary Carolyn 
Schwab, B. J. Brown, Betty Aver- 
ill, and Julianne Morgan were 
there too. Also adding to the 
night's enjoyment were Helen Ed- 
wards, Jessie Carpenter, JoAnn 
Peterson, Margaret Hopkins, Bar- 
bara Lawson, Mary Allen Tucker, 
Susan Pope, Frankie Francisco, 
.and Margaret Anne Richards. 

The Emory ATOs had a west- 
tern party Saturday night which 



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was lots of fun. We heard this 
from Mary Manly, Beryl Crews, 
Dot Quillian, Virginia Rogers, 
Kate Elmore, Grace Durant, Dot 
Floyd, Anne Elcan, Harriet Reid, 
and Amanda Hulsey. 

Deserted Cottages 
Marianela Segura had a party 
at her aunt's home in Atlanta and 
all of White House was invited. 
Also at the party were Carmen 
Shaver, Kay Laufer, Joann Wood, 
Carolyn Lee, and Margaret 
Knight. 

Betty Beddingfield took Sally 
Ellis, Johanna Wood, and Alice 
Jean Caswell home with her to 
Vienna. Other Cunningham resi- 
dents, Val von Lehe and Jean Tol- 
lison, went to Walterboro, S. C. 
and Vidalia respectively. Ann Fau- 
cette, Virginia Skinner, Edith 
Stowe, Harriotte Winchester, Al- 
ice Crenshaw, Mary Aichel, and 
Lee Cousar went to Birmingham 
to visit Gene Aiken, a former Ag- 
nes Scott student. 

Seen at the Naval Air Station 
were Casey Haff, Nancy Martin, 
Jean Niven and Barbara Lawson. 
Keeping up the old SAE-ATO 
feud were B. J. Crowther, Phil 
Narmore, and Page Hutchinson 
who dated ATOs and Leila Wal- 
ker, and Ann Green who dated 
SAEs. 

Exodus 

Jane Alsobrook went home to 
New Orleans to be bridesmaid in 
a wedding. Also out of town were 
Jo McCall in Easley, S. Q. t Ann 
Pitts to Seneca, S. C, Louise Ta- 
vel to Conyers, Vippi Patterson 
to Nashville, Jean Cook and Babs 
Young to Duke, Frankie Hower- 
ton to Baltimore for Navy-Tech 
game, and Weezie Durant to 
Opelika, Ala. 

Tissy Rutland, Ruth Richardson, 
and Sally Thompson attended the 
Baptist Student Union convention 
at Mercer, while Julia Blake at- 
tended a Methodist Student con- 
ference at Wesleyan. 



THE BOOTERY 

117 E. Court Square 

DECATUR, GA. 

Shoes for the Entire Family 
X-Ray Fitting by Specialist 



Efiquette Quiz 
Set For Mon. 

Attempting to discover whether 
Agnes Scotters know the ABC's of 
social pleasures and in order to 
answer some ever-puzzling ques- 
tions of social etiquette, Social 
Standards committee will submit 
128 "should you" questions in cha- 
pel Monday, Nov. 17, for individual 
testing. 

Answers will be given and dis- 
cussed in chapel Thursday, Nov. 20 
and Miss Eugenie Dozier, instruct- 
or in physical education, will dis- 
cuss dancing in chapel, Friday, 
Nov. 21. 

The individual booklets of ques- 
tions to be given out to each stu- 
dent were compounded by Marga- 
ret Stephenson, director of student 
life at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, 
N. Y., and Ruth Millett, column- 
ist on family problems in Iowa 
City, Iowa. They touch on the 
fundamental "right things" of liv- 
ing with others, writing letters, 
introducing, inviting, giving and 
attending parties, eating, dating, 
dancing, appearing in public 
places, traveling, and generally 
puzzling questions. 



Friday Assembly 

(Continued from page 1) 
Bible department, baritone. This 
number was first presented by 
the club at Investiture services. 

Also featured on the program 
will be selections for two pianos, 
"My Heart Ever Faithful," from 
Bach's "Pentecost Contata," play- 
ed by Barbara Young, sophomore, 
and C. W. Dieckman of the music 
department; and "Cossack Dance" 
from Tchaikowsky's "Mazeppa" 
offered by Dieckman and Sopho- 
more Frances Morris at the pi- 
anos. 

The readings presented on the 
program will be interpreted by 
seniors Barbara Macris and Pa- 
tricia McManmon. Patricia has 
chosen for her reading Scott's 
Lochinvar" and "Mandalay" by 
Kipling is Barbara's selection. 



A . M . 
CHANDLER, 
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Comments on Clubs 



French Club 

French Club has arranged to 
show French films on campus af- 
ter the Christmas holidays. 

It has paid for the use of twelve 
films which are from twenty to 
thirty minutes long and have 
sound tracks. Among those to be 
shown are "Paris on a Rainy Day" 
and "Morning Comes to a French 
Village." The first film will pro- 
bably be shown at the club's meet- 
ing in January. 

League of Women Voters 

The Agnes Scott League will 
present Mrs. William C. Pauley, 
Agnes Scott alumna and president 
of the DeKalb County League of 
Women Voters, as assembly 
speaker, Wednesday, Nov. 19. Mrs. 
Pauley has chosen to speak on 
the topic "The Responsibility of 
the Young Woman for Political 
Life in her Home and Commun- 
ity." 

At the regular league meeting 
Thursday, Nov. 20, a film on in- 
ternational trade, "Round Trip", 
will be shown. 

Saturday, Nov. 7, the Leagues 
from over the state observed 
"College Day," meeting together 
to discuss the problems of the var- 
ious groups. Representing the Ag- 
nes Scott League in the parley 
were Ann Henderson, senior, Miss 
Mildred Mell, of the sociology de- 
partment, and Evelyn Puckett, 
president of the Agnes Scott or- 
ganization. 

Mortar Board 

The sale of calendars, sponsored 
by Mortar Board, will continue in 
Buttrick lobby Monday, Nov. 10 
and Thursday, Nov. 13 from 8:30 
p. m. to 12 noon and from 1:45 p. 
m. to 3 p. m. 

Frosh Cabinet 

Freshman cabinet will meet 
Thursday at 5 p. m. in the Music 
room in Main to elect officers and 
to hear Hunt Morris review books 
by C. S. Lewis. 



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Nominated for cabinet president 
at last week's meeting were Mary 
Hayes Barber, Ellen Hull, and 
Marie Woods. 

Nominees for vice president in- 
clude Mary Hayes Barber and 
Julie Cuthbertson. 

For the office of secretary El- 
len Hull, Catherine McGauly, and 
Julie Morgan were nominated. 

Julie Cuthbertson, Anna Da 
Vault, Page Hutchinson, and Bet- 
tie Wilson are the nominees for 
treasurer. 

Spanish Club 

Spanish club entertained its 
new members Thursday with a 
weiner roast at Harrison Hut. 

Guests of honor were Helen 
Harrison, Pat Overton, Margaret 
Brewer, Helen Crawford, and 
Lynn Phillips. After eating hot 
dogs the jean-clad senoritas sat 
around the fire and toasted marsh- 
mellows. 

Bible Class 

The Freshman Bible class will 
have a candy pull for the entire 
freshman class at 7:30 p. m. Fri- 
day, Nov. 21, at the home of Presi- 
dent J. R. McCain. Ellen Hull is 
the chairman in charge of plans 
for the party. 

Newly-elected officers of the 
club include Mary Hayes Barber, 
president; Nancy Lu Hudson, vice- 
president; Jeanne Kline, secre- 
tary; Ellen Hull, treasurer; and 
Marjorie Stukes, pianist. 



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AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, WED. NOVEMBER 12, 1947 



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Play by Play 

By Ginny Andrews 

""Rain, rain  go away;" etc., etc. Another hockey game shot. Well, 
Sandy Truslow is getting greyer and greyer, and the hockey season 
is looking bleaker and bleaker, but I guess we'll still have to support 
the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, the Weather Man, and that de- 
licate mist around these hyar parts known as rain. 



Another reason for our grey looks down at the gym and the general 
air of bleakness, is that the past week Miss Wilburn was sick and 
out for a while. Here's hoping that it's a short illness and that by 
the time this paper goes to press she will be feeling much, much bet- 
ter. 



The tennis club's doubles tournament is scheduled to be played off 
this week. In the semi-finals now are Lou McLaurin and Hunt Morris 
against Cathie Davis and Ann Williamson, and Jeanelle Spear and 
Jimmie McGee against Nancy Wilkinson and Mary Williams. 



Despite the rain this past week, Saturday proved to be a beautiful 
day and quite an active one down at the gym. Notable was the Inter- 
nation Celebration with all its excitement. And if the celebration it- 
self wasn't enough exercise and excitement, the activity before it 
surely was! Fourth Main will testify to the amount of commotion that 
occurred up there the night before to the sound of one Mexican record 
and a very loud victrola. The question seems to be: was that danc- 
ing, stomping, or exercise the hard way? 



Archery Manager, Binkie Stubbs Ferris, has announced the class 
managers for archery this year. They are: Pinkie Pettit, freshman; 
Nancy Wilkinson, sophomore; Charlsie Smith, junior; and Susan 
Daughtery, senior. 



The Georgia Athletic Federation of College Women is having its 
convention this weekend, Nov. 14-16. E. Claire Cunningham, council 
representative for G. A. F. C. W., and Bunny Brannon have been 
chosen to represent Agnes Scott there. 



Another big plan in the offing for those frustrated hockey players 
is a tea to be given soon. On Nov. 21, after the hockey game, a tea 
-will be given either in Murphey Candler or in the Gym. Varsity and 
sub-varsity players, class teams, and all those who come out for the 
sport will be welcome. Virginia Tucker and Binkie Stubbs Ferris 
will be in charge of it. This will be first in a series of sports get- 
togethers at the end of the season. 



DEKALB THEATRE 

WED. - THURS. 

"Woke Up and Dream" 

With June Haver, John Payne 
FRI. - SAT. 
John Hall as 

"Kit Carson" 

Also Tom Conway in  

'The Falcon's 
Adventure" 

MON. - TUfiS. 
June Haver, Mark Stevens in 

"I Wonder Who's 
Kissing Her Now" 

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WEDNESDAY 

"That Way With 
Women" 

With Dane Clark, 
Martha Vickers. Also 
On Our Stage 
LOU CHILD RE 
THURS. - FRI. 

"Homestretch" 

With Cornell Wilde, 
Maureen O'Hara 
SATURDAY 

"Devil on Wheels" 
"Lawless Breed" 

MON. - TUES. 

"The Shocking Miss 
Pilgrim" 

With Betty Grable 



EC I aire Wins 
Athlefic Fame 
At Early Age 

By Frankie Francisco 

With a flying leap Eatonton's 13 
year old future tennis champ sail- 
ed over the tennis net as the pho- 
tographer snapped her for the 
Macon Courier. Edna Claire Cun- 
ningham was starting her ath- 
letic career at an early age. E- 
Claire modestly admits, "my three 
brothers are the real cause of my 
interest in athletics." 

At the beginning of her four 
years at Agnes Scott, she had al- 
ready become a veteran athlete. 
For, as the sun started to warm up 
each summer for the past seven 
years, EClaire has packed up 
and gone off to camp; a camper, 
five years, and two years, a coun- 
sellor. As a senior in high school 
she won a gold basketball for 
playing on the district all-star 
team. 

Ever since she arrived at Agnes 
Scott, EClaire has kept the pre- 
sent senior class on top in all the 
sports. She was frosh basketball 
captain, and as a sophomore, she 
won the cherished "hockey stick" 
and was manager of the basketball 
team. 

Last year she fought her way 
through to the badminton semi- 
finals, but the climax of her jun- 
ior sports was winning the first 
A. A. pin in her class. She was 
News representative of A. A. and 
as a junior became assistant sports 
editor of the News. This year she 
is a state officer of Georgia Ath- 
letic Federation of College Wo- 
men. 

At present her foremost in- 
terest is in "out-door weiner roasts' 
with Glenn, whether it rains or 
not." Of course, this is strictly 
confidential! 



Class Teams Splash 
In Pool Tomorrow 

On Nov. 13, sister classes will clash in the first of the in- 
tramural swimming meets planned for this school year. Un- 
der the supervision of Miss Margery Lyon, gym director, and 
Grace Durant, swimming manager, individual class managers 
have been directing class practices during plunge periods for 

the past two weeks. 



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A A To Open 
Gym Sat. Night 

Athletic association has an- 
nounced plans for an open house, 
which will be held in the gym, 
Saturday, Nov. 11. This is the 
first open house of this kind to 
be given in several years. 

Equipment will be provided for 
both ping-pong games and bridge. 
And the pool will be open for all 
those who would like to swim. It 
is hoped that a water-polo game 
can be organized, for Athletic as- 
sociation is very anxious to have 
this sport introduced at Agnes 
Scott. 

Students are invited to come at 
any time between eight and ten 
p. m. and to bring their dates. Re- 
freshments will be served during 
the open house. 

Committee chairmen appointed 
for the open house are Grace Du- 
rant, swimming; Julianne Cook, 
basketball and volleyball; Har- 
riet Lurton, bridge; Val von Lehe, 
ping-pong and Sheely Little, Bun- 
ny Brannon, Marie Cuthbertson, 
refreshments. 



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The class managers are: Jane 
Barker, senior; Pinny Rogers, jun- 
ior; Beryl Crews, sophomore; and 
Cissie Spiro, freshman. In case 
Cissie is not out of the infirmary 
by Thursday, Twig Hertwig will 
act as freshman swimming mana- 
ger. As yet line ups are not com- 
pleted but promise much variety. 

The program consists of form 
demonstration, racing, exhibition 
diving, and a water-polo game. 
Two girls from each team will 
demonstrate the breast stroke, the 
side overarm, and the inverted 
breast stroke. One girl from each 
class will participate in a 40-yard 
free style dash, and the teams will 
compete in a 60-yard medley re- 
lay composed of racing back, the 
butterfly breast, and the crawl. 

The exhibition diving will be in 
two parts, intermediate and ad- 
vanced. Front and back dives will 
be required of the intermediate 
divers; they will also have an 
option of two dives. Advanced div- 
ers will perform front and back 
dives, front jacks and gainers. 
They, too, will have an option of 
two dives. 

The water-polo game is some- 
thing new on the program and 
promises plenty of excitement. 
The frosh and juniors will oppose 
the sophomores and seniors. 



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AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, WED. NOVEMBER 12, 1947 



Cop That Cup 

"Got the spirit, kind that never fails us." So goes the refrain 
of one of the class songs. And when a big event like Black 
Cat or song contest or presentation of class spirit cup comes 
along every class joins in heartily to "prove it, too". 

Class spirit is made up of a lot of not quite so big events 
too, like supporting your class every week at hockey games, 
and working on class projects like directory, Christmas cards, 
and magazine sales, and now swimming meet. 

At present attendance at hockey games is the best way to 
express your natural wim, wigor, and witality for ye olde 
class. And swimming meet offers another chance to get out 
and sink or swim, survive or perish for glory of the group. 

Fall afternoons smell like hockey and even if i you per- 
sonally get winded trotting from dorm to classes, it's a thrill 
to watch them take the puck down the field. So come on out, 
and yell while racking up a few points for the cup. 



Tonic For Social Apathy 

Too many self-constructed and group-constructed walls 
exist in campus society. In a homogeneous gathering of peo- 
ple, split by no social sororities, static groups have no ex- 
cuse for being. ' 

One such group division is that between day students and 
boarders. Characterized by indifference, not bad relations, it 
has its basis in geography. Boarders are here at night; day stu- 
dents aren't. But almost all day every day both groups are en- 
gaged in the same all-absorbing process, that of getting edu- 
cated a la Agnes Scott. 

Logically, it seems that the ties that bind are stronger than 
the differences which separate. 

Lower House is giving parties each week to bring day 
students and boarders together in small, intimate gatherings. 
They appear tfce best medicine prescribed by any organiza- 
tion for the apathy of the social relationship between the 
two groups- Beyond that, the individual must be his own doc- 
tor. 

A comment oft spoken in the game of "do you know," 
is "I don't know her; she must be a day student," or "she must 
be a boarder," may, with a little effort, become obsolete this 
quarter. 

Extra Five Minutes Benefit 
Quick Wits, Lame Brains 

By Annelle Cox 

With the inauguration of the new policy allowing ten min- 
utes between classes instead of the five minutes permitted 
in previous unhappy years of haste, two invaluable benefits 
have been bestowed by a noble faculty upon a long-puffering 
and grateful student body of Agnes Scott College 

First, each class is five min- , , 

, Secluded alcoves in and around 

utes shorter. Anyone who was . 4 

, ... . , , . . v . Buttrick claim a few scholarly 

ever humiliated last year by a . . 

. individuals between classes. They 
cruel, extensive questioning in . 

,. . , - . , are of two types: those who re- 

the last five minutes of a period . Jtf 

... . view their carefully prepared 
can readily appreciate this bene- xi a5 u  Jl i 

c . t \ , . . . homework with the diabolical m- 

fit. More important, however, is 4U . 

# " . , . __ . bent of confounding their less- 
the creation of about 75 extra . , , 
minutes of freedom in the week industrious contemporaries, and 



of the average student. The ques- 



the larger number of quick-witted 



tion then arises as to how this People able to master their en- 
valuable time is spent. assignments in the grade- 
Many girls find bridge the best ^ving intervals between classes, 
way of bridging the gap between Finally, there is one group, 
classes. One finds them bidding small and isolated, which devised 
for the favor of their partners an eccentric procedure for the 
wiih little words of endearment wasting of time between classes, 
like "dear heart", while less-af- This group, fortunately almost 
fectionate players are heard threat- negligible in number, is mention- 
ening to club their partners. Of ed with reluctance because of the 
course, even the magnanimity of fear that its bizarre practice 
the faculty does not make time might become more widely em- 
for any but the shortest of bridge ployed. 

games. Some players do not even Members of this group un- 
play out their hands, simply bid- doubtedly have unbalanced por- 
ing away their time bidding. sonalities and at the very least 
The attractions of the book- are lacking in self-reliance, re- 
store lure during their between- sourcefulness. hunger drives, and 
class time. Here billfolds, unlike the need for human companion- 
figures, are trimmed. At any rate, ship, or why would they use 
however, the spent money serves their ten minutes between class- 
to revive the spent energy. es to get to class on time? 



Archaeology 
Faces Trials, 
Dr. Albright 

"These are bad times* for ar- 
chaeology," Dr. William Foxwell 
Albright, professor of Semitic 
languages at Johns Hopkins uni- 
versity, declared in an interview 
Thursday night just before leav- 
ing to fly to New York. From there 
he plans to take a plane to Da- 
mascus as archaeological advisor 
to the African expedition of Uni- 
versity of California. 

Dr. Albright, who for the past 
week has been lecturing on cam- 
pus on Biblical archaeology, ex- 
plained that it was difficult to 
dig in foreign countries because 
of disorder resulting from the war 
and the desire of countries to re- 
tain archaeological matter for 
their own scholars. He added that 
the work is expensive and that 
at present raising money for ex- 
peditions is very hard. 

In answer to a question as to 
whether he foresees a trend tow- 
ard increased interest in archae- 
ology similar to the apparent in- 
crease in the geological field, he 
replied in the negative. "Archae- 
ology has not the economic ad- 
vantages of geology," he said, cit- 
ing for an example the discovery 
of oil and coal in strata. 

Son of a missionary of Coquimbo, 
Chile, Dr. Albright first became 
interested in archaeology at the 
age of eight when he came across 
some books on the subject in his 
father's library. 

Educated in this country he re- 
ceived his Ph. D. in Semitic lan- 
guages from Johns Hopkins Uni- 
versity in 1916. Receiving a fel- 
low at the American Institute of 
Oriental Research in Jerusalem in 
1919, he was appointed acting di- 
rector in 1920 and the following 
year was made director. Sixteen 
years were spent in excavation in 
Palestine. Returning to the United 
States in 1936 he has been pro- 
fessor at Johns Hopkins since 1938. 
On- his present expedition to 
Egypt he hopes to work in' Sinai 
in collaboration with Egyptian 
scholars on historical archaeology. 

Visiting the museum at Emory 
university Thursday afternoon, 
Dr. Albright translated some tab- 
lets of Semitic languages not 
translated for at least 25 years. 

Kissling Ends 
Series Tonight 

Dr. Albert Kissling, pastor of 
the Riverside Presbyterian church 
of Jacksonville, Fla., will climax 
his series of lectures on "What 
Is This Thing Called Religion" fol- 
lowing dinner tonight at 6 p. m. 
in Glenn Memorial church. 

"All Agnes Scott students are 
invited to attend, particularly 
Presbyterian students", announc- 
ed Angie Anderson, president of 
the Presbyterian student group. 

Pastor of the Riverside Presby- 
terian church for the past 15 
years, Dr. Kissling is widely 
known in religious circles here and 
abroad. He has spent much of his 
time abroad studying at the Uni- 
versity of Berlin, Tubingen Uni- 
versity of Edinburgh. He delivered 
the baccalaureate address at Ag- 
nes Scott's commencement last 
spring. 

Dr. Kissling will be on the Em- 
ory campus throughout Religious 
Emphasis Week Nov. 8 to Nov. 13. 



Cabbages and Kings 

By Mary Beth Little 

Once upon a time there was a week when nothing happen- 
ed at Agnes Scott. Everything hung in static suspension, im- 
mobile expectancy. Nary a small twig cracked. 

Someone had started a new game called "Freeze!" Young 
ladies took classroom notes with fingers (or eyes) crossed; 
for to be without the magic anti- - , , V- , _ 

freeze (not to be confused with th f bree f e; and orphaned word di- 

 ,.-t j . N , - solves dejectedly, 

any bottled variety) was to be ;' * 

. , ^ Lots wife; Daphne; Niobe; Mi- 

subject to living death. Cramped , ' * ' * 

L . < j j das daughter; Stone Face; Tar- 

hngers momentarily relaxed-and Baby _ but notMng like this! 

freezo-a fork flies at half mast, And SQ ^ fairy ^ fashion> ^ 
j aw lowered; a foot dangles in atmosphere seemed to grip the 

whole campus: energy congealed; 
tffeT ^ Si jrk humor silenced; gaiety icicled; 

^PJL I res statue-still; column cold 

vw  stone daid. 

t * |> It OO ML Which is why 

* Howsomever . . . 

An American Lit student was Emory to the rescue! Miss 

overheard bemoaning her ignor- Scandrett received a letter this 

ance of "transcendmentalism." Week ' an application for senior 
chaperonage no less. In logical 

and dulcet tones, two well known 
There seems to have been a A Tn , - f ,  + - ^ 

AlOs cited their qualifications: 

slight confusion in names at Eta "having been seniors a total of 
Sigma Phi meeting last week, three times", "having had exper- 
When Miss Glick addressed a 'ence with Scott rules since the 

question to Kate Elmore, her winter of 1939 ;   and havin  be " 

_ _ j come well acquainted with var- 

slumbenng pup, Kate, snapped to . , . rt .  v 

fa * vt v - ious technicalities , (hmmmrn), 

attention in her corner. "having the dual position as sen- 

iors and alumni of both Emory 

"Duffy's Tavern!" glibly an- and Scott", "we . . . feel ... we 

swers Boyd-ite to telephone calls, not only know the technicalities 

"Well," says strange voice, "may but fully understand the . . . 

I speak to Duffy?" spirit ..." "not to mention un- 

questionable advantages . . . Em- 

English Poet To Lecture ory contacts . arrangements 

A . A c , A ., highly desirable . . . Signed 

At Agnes Scott In April  Expectantly yours/ , stukie and 

Stephen Spender, English poet, Woody, 
will speak on campus for the Eng- Etcetera 
lish lecture series next April, Jotted in passing: Faculty ex- 
George P. Hayes, head of the Eng- pressions upon opening White 
lish department, announced. . Elephant packages such as straw 

The young poet is recognized in horse and rider, green anklets, 
the last section of the English 211 children's games, and bar of soap 
text book. Outstanding among his . . . Mary Lou Mattison's shock 
poems are "I Think Continually as she opens her door and two 
of Those Who Are Truly Great," cups of water neatly balanced on 
"The Express," and "The Funer- the transom suddenly Niagra 
al." down . . . the wayward taxi that 
 missed the curve during a recent 

a q  - a  - heavy dew, reeling instead right 

/O VjirlS tO ASSISt up to the colonade . . . and the 

In Tc*r*h Pmrliir+inn sory S allon of P unch cascading 
in i tx#i rfvuuL.uvn, from a brokfM1 bottle on a Thinl 

' ^\q\q Animal' I nman ledge. Much consternation 

below, particularly when it was 

Three Agnes Scott girls will as- followed shortly by the plunging 

sist the dramatic club of Georgia screen. 

Tech, in the first major produc- 

tion, "The Male Animal," on Fri- kA-r*r*\v% f/% At+Ansl 

day and Saturday evenings, Nov. /YlC^dl-l TO MTTeiiQ 

21 and 22. in the Atlanta Woman's A[|jmnG6 McGtillQ 

club auditorium. p 

Cast in the feminine lead of this Dr. J. R. McCain will leave to- 
comedy of college life is Betty Jo morrow for Chattanooga where 
Doyle, senior. Ginger Pearson, he will visit with* the Agnes Scott 
freshman, and Martha Cook, sen- alumnae group. , 
ior, are playing supporting roles. After lunch with a small group, 
Wayne H. Coloney, a civil en- he will attend a tea at 4:30 p. m. 
gineering sophomore at Georgia and a reunion that night. 
Tech, will star in the presentation Dr. McCain will leave Chatta- 
of the play by James Thurber and nooga for Danville, Ky., where he 
Elliot Nugent. w iH attend the inauguration of 
Tickets for the two perform- the new president and an educa- 
ances are on sale at the informa- tional conference at Centre Coi- 
tion desk in the Georgia Tech Ad- lege. He will return to Decatur 
ministration building. Saturday. 

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Vol XXXIII 



AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA. WED., NOV. 19, 1947 



Number 8 



Cotillion Club Dance 
To Climax Weekend 



Invitations are in the mail, yards of net and ruffles have 
been taken from the closet for last minute touches, and on the 
calendar only three days remain before the red letter night, 
Nov. 22. Agnes Scott awaits the excitement of its first 
campus-wide formal sponsored by Cotillion club in the 
gym from 9 p. m. until 12. 

Autumn browns, yellows, reds 
and greens will transform the gym 
into a Thanksgiving ballroom. The 
decorations will feature a back- 
drop of fall colors behind the band- 
stand. 

Music for the dance will be furn- 
ished by Nomads who have en- 
tertained at various other social 
occasions on campus such as Jun- 
ior Joint. A program of 20 dances 
has been scheduled for the even- 
ing, featuring a leadout for Co- 
tillion club members and their 
dates. 

Dances will be arranged on pro- 
gram cards to be filled out by the 
gprls themselves. Instructions for 
program dances of this sort will 
be given in a special assembly 
Friday, Nov. 21, sponsored by So- 
cial Standards committee. Miss 
Eugenie Dozier, instructor in phy- 
sical education, will lead the dis- 
cussion. 

Miss Llewellyn Wilburn, Miss 
Priscilla Lobeck, and Mrs. Rebekah 
Clarke, faculty advisors of Cotil- 
lion club have been asked to cha- 
peron. 



Barber, Hull Lead 
Class of '51, 
Freshman Cabinet 

Mary Hayes Barber and Ellen 
Hull have recently been selected 
to lead activities of the class of 
'51 as class president and presi- 
dent of freshman cabinet respec- 
tively. 

Assisting Ellen with the work 
of the cabinet will be Nena Hale, 
newly elected vice-president. Jul- 
ianne Morgan will serve as sec- 
retary of the group and Betty 
Wilson is cabinet treasurer. 

The election of other class of- 
ficers will take place at a later 
date. 

Date Book 

Wed., Nov. 19  7-8:30 p. m., 
after-dinner coffee. 

Thurs., Nov. 20  4 p. m. senior- 
freshman hockey game. 

I ri., Nov. 21  4 p. m. Hockey 
fjiime. 7:30 p. m. Astronomy 
club meets in science building. 
7 :30 p. m. Freshman Bible class 
candy pull at Dr. McCain's 
home. 

Sat., Nov. 22  Library exhibit 
opens. 7:45 p. m. final debate 
in All-Southern tournament. 9 
p. m. Cotillion's Autumn dance. 

Sun., Nov. 23  2-5 p. m. Library 
open house. 5 p. m. Miss Em- 
ily S. Dexter speaks at vespers 
in Maclean. 

Tues., Nov. 24  8:30 p. m. Helen 
Traubel sings in Municipal au- 
ditorium in All-Star series. 



Feather Drive 
Totals $291 

Despite the efforts of Exec and 
Lower House members to stim- 
ulate campus enthusiasm and pro- 
vide ample opportunity for con- 
tributions to the Community 
Chest fund, voluntary donations 
brought only a blush of 291 dol- 
lars instead of the hoped for min- 
imum of 500 dollars to Agnes 
Scott's red feather. 

The faculty gave 1300 dollars. 
Contributions averaged less 

than 50 cents per student at Stu- 
dent government's final counting 
Monday night of the "walking 
boxes" contents, co-chairmen Tina 
Hewson and Easy Beale reported. 

Opening Monday, Nov. 10, with 
a presentation of red bird's plea 
for voluntary support the drive 
continued through the week with 
an address by Mr. Francis M. Os- 
teen, volunteer worker on the 
Speakers' Bureau for Commun- 
ity Chest, in assembly Thursday. 
' The drive which ended Satur- 
day at noon will not be extended. 



Players Plan 
For ^Fashion 
Presentation 

With a backdrop of painted 
windows, mantle pieces, and all 
furniture not actually used, Black- 
friars is whipping into shape their 
first major production of the year, 
"Fashion" by Anna Cora Mowatt, 
for presentation Nov. 26 in Gaines 
chapel. 

An authentic mid-Victorian 
comedy in five acts, "Fashion" 
centers around the attempts of 
a "nouveau riche," Mrs. Tiffany 
played by Polly Miles, to marry 
off her daughter to Count Joli- 
maitre, Raymond Hersh, formerly 
of the University of Florida Play- 
ers. 

Members of the Tiffany family 
will be Prudence, Pat MacMan- 
mon; Seraphina, Barbara Macris; 
Miliinette, Reese Newton, and 
Gertrude, Grace Durant. 

Bobby Powell of the Georgia 
Evening college will appear in 
the role of Adam Treuman; Lewis 
Dodson, formerly of the Nashville 
Little Theater,- Will play Mr. Tif- 
fany. The secondary villian, Snob- 
son, will be played by Homer Rob- 
ertson, known for his radio work 
in Atlanta. Alastair Black, who 
appeared in "Pullman Car Hia- 
watha" will be cast as Twinkle, 
a versifier, and Don Elliot of sta- 
tion WEAS will portray Gogg. 

Zeke, the Tiffany butler will be 
played by Jackson McBride, actor 
and radio worker, and Gerard 
Rothchild of the Emory Players 
will be seen as Col. Howard. 



Dancing Dollies Revel 
In Fall Formal Furor 

By Cathie Davis 

Neither the rain nor afternoon quiet hours had daunted 
the spirit of those serene individuals who keep Second Re- 
bekah an ever popular subject of conversation on Fraternity 
Row and in Exec meetings. 

Gathered as usual in the spot closest to Bob Blair's feet, 
(she occupies the room directly 



above) each Rebekahite was in 
dustriously at work. Some were 
playing bridge, . others sat with 
stationery boxes bulging with un- 
written-on-paper and unanswered 
letters. 

A conscientious few in their 
rendition of "Twelfth Night" were 
giving Barter Theatre Players no 
cause for professional anxiety. 
Dummy was furiously twisting 
knobs on a burnt out radio, at- 
tempting to decrease the volume 
on an unnoticed one on top so 
that the person carrying on the 
interesting phone conversation 
might be saved a report to the 
group. 

This was the attitude a day or 
three ago when the person on our 
hall who knew definitely whom 
she was inviting to Cotillion's 
dance burst into the room. 

It was her idea to exchange 
dances for her date before choice 
of partners was limited. Calm was 
disrupted. To three wings girls 
scurried in search of dance pro- 
grams bought for undecided upon 
escorts, or for change to make a 
quick purchase of a program. Min- 
utes later all reassembled. 

Over one's own chatter one 



could hear "Is he cute? Could I 
wear heels?" and answers like 
"Oh is he real cute? I want to 
swap two with you." 

Pandemonium reigned as too 
many people swapped too many 
dances. "My number five is taken. 
Now if Jo would change her five 
with Sarah, who can swap with 
Ann on the twelfth we could  oh, 
no we couldn't." 

Some far-sighted individual sug- 
gested, "Ask that senior to let 
you have one of hers; she's going 
to bring the best looking boy!" 
and ad infinitum. 

With no more mention of dia- 
monds unless someone's finance 
was coming, nor further thought 
for "Twelfth Night's" Andrew or 
Toby unless someone's date bore 
the name, all were arranging and 
re-arranging programs. Often re- 
sults were just short of disastrous. 
For instance there was one gen- 
erous soul with a handsome and 
sought after escort who ended 
with no dances for herself with 
him. Came a reshift. 

By the first supper bell the pro- 
blems were solved. Again the 
group dispersed and this time they 
(Continued on Page 3) 



12 Teams inter 
Sat.'s Debate Fray 

University of Florida will defend its title as All Southern 
Intercollegiate Debate champion with fighting words against 
11 teams from seven states here Nov. 22 in Pi Alpha Phi's 
annual tourney. 

Rebuttalling for Agnes Scott will be Kate Elmore and 
Clarkie Rogers on the affirmative 

Nat'l Meeting 
To Recognize 
Faculty Works 



Miss Margaret Trotter, assis- 
tant professor of English and 
Miss Ellen Douglass Leyburn, as- 
sociate professor of English, have 
recently received national recog- 
nition for outstanding work in 
their fields. 

A short story by one of these 
scholars will appear in The Sat- 
urday Evening Post and research 
papers by both will be presented 
at a meeting of individuals out- 
standing in modern language cir- 
cles. 

"Return", Miss Trotter's short 
story with a Kentucky mountain 
background has been accepted 
for publication by The Saturday 
Evening Post and will apper at 
an early date. In addition, anoth- 
er of ,Miss Trotter's works, en- 
titled "An Elizabethan Scholar 
and His Italian Book: Some re- 
ferences to Italian Books in Ga- 
briel Harvey's Hagginalia," will 
be recognized at the South At- 
lantic Modern Language associa- 
tion meeting, November 2, and 
29, in Chattanooga. Miss Trot- 
ter will read her paper to the 
group at that time. 

Also presented at the language 
meeting will be a paper read by 
Miss Leyburn, a comparison of 
Capulet from "Romeo and Ju- 
liet" and Squire Western from 
"Tom Jones." 



Dozier Talks 
In Chapel Fri, 

As a preview to Cotillion club's 
dance, Miss Eugenie Dozier, in- 
structor in physical education will 
discuss dancing in chapel Friday. 

The discussion will be held in con- 
nection with the answering of the 
etiquette questionnaire given out 
previously. Social Standards sub- 
mitted the 128-question booklet, 
compiled by Margaret Stephenson, 
director of student life at Pratt 
Institute, Brooklyn, N. Y., and 
Ruth Millett, columnist on fam- 
ily problems in Iowa City, Iowa. 

The booklet contained questions 
on every phase of social life, in- 
cluding dancing, introductions, 
writing letters, eating, dating, 
traveling, and problems connected 
with appearing before the public 

The correct answers to the ques- 
tionnaire will be announced and 
discussed. Social Standards hopes 
that this procedure will not on- 
ly answer questions that have puz- 
zled students, but also call their 
attention to the correct way of 
living graciously in society. 



and Ann Carol Blanton and Bet- 
zie Powers, negative, debating the 
meet's question, Resolved: that a 
world federal government should 
be established. 

Old standbys returning to test 
their forensic skill are Georgia 
Tech, Emory, University of South 
Carolina, North Georgia, Berry, 
Randolph-Macon and last year's 
runner-up for championship, Ole 
Miss. 

Dark horses as far as the All 
Southern tourney is concerned are 
Davidson, Vanderbilt and Univer- 
sity of Tennessee. 

Maier and Berkele will pre- 
sent a gold cup to the winning 
team, Tissy Rutland, vice presi- 
dent, announced. The cup was 
awarded for the first time last 
year. 

Forty eight debaters with their 
coaches will arrive Friday night 
and Saturday morning for reg- 
istration. Debating begins at 9 
a. m. Saturday and continues for 
five rounds through the afternoon. 

Climaxing the meet will be the 
debate in Maclean at 7:45 p. m. 
between the winning negative and 
affirmative teams to determine 
the champion. 

After the final round the club 
will entertain the judges, coaches, 
and debaters with a reception in 
Murphey Candler. Debaters and 
their dates will also be the guests 
of Pi Alpha Phi at the Cotillion 
(Continued on Page 8) 



Drama, Poetry 
Will Highlight 

Book Week 

"Books for the World of To- 
morrow" is the theme for the li- 
brary's annual book week on 
display beginning November 22 
and including the first library 
open house of the year Sunday,. 
Nov. 23 from 2 to 5 p. nr., Miss 
Edna Ruth Hanley, librarian, an- 
nounced. 

At 3:30 p. m. Anderson M_ 
Scruggs, an Atlanta poet, will 
read some of his works and dis- 
cuss poetry in general. 

Beginning Saturday, Nov. 22, 
and extending through Saturday, 
Nov. 29, an exhibit of the new 
books on poetry, drama, religion, 
art, and present day problems will 
be on display. 

The library will be closed Wed- 
nesday night and all day Thurs- 
day, Nov. 26 and 27, for Thanks- 
giving. 

Miss Hanley stated that the lib- 
rary staff would be glad to dis- 
cuss the exhibit at any time. She 
also added that the entire campus, 
is invited to open house. 

Plans are now being made by 
the library staff for a Christmas 
exhibit toward the end of the 
quarter. 



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AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, WED. NOVEMBER 19, 1947 



Me r ry-go- Ro u nd 

By Mildred Claire Jones 

The plane came to a standstill. The moon shone on the sil- 
ver wings as two college girls joined the crowd who were 
entering the plane. Stopping only a moment to wave goodbye, 
they settled into the seats and fastened the safety belts in 
preparation for the .flight from Charleston to Atlanta and 
chatter -matter accompanying it 



"What a wonderful weekend!" 
one sighed. "Wonder if any of the 
others who were out of town this 
weekend had half so much fun! 
Betty Blackmon, Beverly Gordy, 
Frarikie Francisco, and Margie 
Graves were in Columbus for the 
Georgia- Auburn game. And Mar- 
garet Anne Richards took June 
Irvine and Mary Gene Sims home 
with her to Columbus. Don't you 
"know that there was a crowd at 
that game. Caroline Hodges was 
there, as well as Betty Cole, Casey 
Haff, Sue Dixon, and Mary Fran- 
ces Jones. Don't you know Betty's 
royal blue suit was a knockout." 
Home Again 

"Speaking of people taking 
others home with them, Lou Mc- 
Laurin went to Dillon, S. C. and 
took Anne Elcan and Mary Beth 
Little. And Myrt Mariani took Flo 
Bryant and Ginny Henry to Bes- 
semer, Ala. with her. It seemed 
that everybody in Main was go- 
ing out of town. Maxine Kickliter 
went to Sarasota, Fla., Alice Cren- 
shaw to Knoxville, Tenn., Steel 
Dendy to Pelzer, N. C, and Bet- 
ty Davison to Opelika, Ala." 

"Not everybody was out of 
town." the other broke in. "The 
Emory SAEs had a formal party 
to present their new sponsor, 
Charlotte Bartlett. Among the 
crowd there to celebrate with her 
were Dot Floyd in blue, Carolyn 
Wells and Jean Osborn in pink, 
Floss Hanson, Margie Major, and 
Harriet Ann McGuire in black, 
and Liz Ragland and Carolyn 
Critchlow." 

"You remember Rosemary Jones 
who graduated last year, don't 
you? She was really entertained 
this week and several Agnes Scott 
girls got in on the festivities. At 
the buffet supper in her honor 
were Beth Jones in royal blue, 
TeeToe Williams in black, and E- 
claire Cunningham in light blue. 
TeeToe had an open house for her 
Sunday. And did you know Peg- 
gy Pittard got a ring?" 

Howl Again 

'There's nothing quite like big 
dances and weekends at other 
schools. Don't you know that Bet- 
sy Deal and Cama Clarkson had 
fun at N. C. State. Cama has a 



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PiKA pin now. Ivy Morris went 
up to a formal at VPI too. What 
a weekend!" 

"Charity Bennett was going to 
Emory Phi Delta house last night 
and Gin Kay and Tiny Morrow 
were at Emory too. Seems that 
freshmen are always going some 
place. Betty Rawls went to Wil- 
liamson and Barbara Futral and 
Mimi Arnold went to Griffin." 

"Sophomores were out lots too. 
Charlotte Evans went to Tallede- 
ga, Ala., Casey Chance to Athens, 
Betty Asbill to LaGrange, and 
Nancy Wilkinson to Greenwood, 
S. C, this weekend." 

"I surely hope that it didn't 
rain in Atlanta as it did here, Dec 
Presbyterian was having a hay 
ride and B. J. Ellison, Jean Har- 
per, Mary Price, and Martha War- 
lick were going on it. Mini Steele 
was the popular girl at the Sigma 
Chi house this weekend and Mar- 
ianela Segura went to the Para- 
dise Room." 

"Jo Culp visited in Fort Mill, 
Katherine Geffcken in Dunwoody, 
and Helen Christian in Elberton. 

At Jean Estes's wedding, the 
dresses were lovely blue satin off 
shoulders with hoopskirts. The 
girls wearing them were Pat Mc- 
Manmon, Johanna Wood, Nan 
Honour, Barbara Macris, and Dot 
Stewart. That sounds beautiful." 

The conversation slowed up only 
when the plane reached Atlanta 
and the passengers, Harriet Gre- 
gory and Mildred Claire Jones, 
stepped out. They had been to 
the Citadel for the Thanksgiving 
Hop with Happy and Cal. 



Faculty Attend 
Inauguration 

S. G. Stukes, registrar, attended 
installation of Mary Baldwin Col- 
lege's new president, Dr. Frank 
Lewis, today at Stanton, Va. Mr. 
Stukes was the official represen- 
tative of Agnes Scott. 

Dr. McCain has just returned 
from Danville, Kentucky, where 
he participated in an educational 
conference and attended the in- 
auguration of Centre College's 
new president, Dr. Walter Groves. 

Discussion panels included talks 
on the relation of the liberal arts 
college to business, government, 
the church and scientific discover- 
ies. Outstanding speakers includ- 
ed Dr. Fay Campbell of Philadel- 
phia, Mr. Gamble of Proctor and 
Gamble soap company, and Chan- 
cellor Guerry of Sewanee, Univer- 
sity of the South, at Sewanee, Ten- 
nessee. 



Social Standards Begins 
Series of Coffees Tonight 

First in a series of coffees spon- 
sored by Social Standards will be 
held today, from 7 to 8.30 p. m. in 
Murphey Candler, , with Jo Anne 
Christopher and Beryl Crews, re- 
presentatives on Social Standards 
from Rebekah Scott in charge. 

Mrs. W. J. Frierson and Mrs. 
W. A. Calder have been asked to 
preside at the coffee table. The 
entire college community is invit- 
ed. 



Presbyterians to Hold 
Conference in December 

Annual Westminster Fellow- 
ship conference will be held at the 
Decatur Presbyterian Church, Dec. 
4 and 5. All registrations must be 
given to Mary Gene Sims before 
Thanksgiving. Helping to lead the 
recreation will be Charlsie Smith, 
Betty Blackmon, and Nancy Den- 
dy. Guest speaker will be Dr. War- 
ner Hall from Charlotte, N. C. 



DECATUR THEATRE 

WEDNESDAY 

"Fear in the Night" 

With DeForest Kelley. Also 
Stage Show 
THURS. - . FRI. 

"Alexander's Ragtime 
Band" 

With Don Ameche, Tyrone 
Power, Alice Faye 
SATURDAY 

"Wagon Wheels 

And 

The Gas House Kids" 

MON. - TUES. 

"Carnival in Costa 
Rica" 

With Dick Haymes 



DEKALB THEATRE 

WED. - THURS. 

"The Unfaithful" 

With Ann Sheridan and 
Lew Ayres 
FRI. - SAT. 
Gene Stratton Porter's 

"Keeper of the Bees" 

Also 

"One Exciting Week" 

With Al Pierce. 
Also 

Bugs Bunny Cartoon 
MON. - TUES. 

'Song of the Thin Man' 

Starring Myrna Loy 
William Powell 



AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE 

A college for women widely recognized for its 
standards of work and for its varied student 
activities. 

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



Physics Professor 
Will Review 
Scientific Book 

W. A. Calder, professor of phy- 
sics, will review the book, "Mak- 
ing Your Own Telescope" by Al- 
lyn J. Thompson in the November 
issue of the "Scientific Monthly." 

The review is of special inter- 
est to some of the members of the 
Astronomy club now grinding the 
pyrex mirrors for their own re- 
flector telescopes. 

Recently organized by Mr. Cald- 
er the club is open to students of 
the Atlanta University Center and 
interested members of the Atlanta 
and Decatur communities. 

Using a large model reflector 
telescope Mr. Calder caught the 
light from the star Arcturus which 
set off the lights for the opening 
of the Chicago Century of Pro- 
gress World's Fair in 1933. 



Meadows Edits 
Poetry Anthology 

Jane Meadows, Student govern- 
ment president, class of '47, has 
recently published an anthology 
of poems titled "Authors Un- 
known." 

Jane compiled the book not as 
a critic but as a lover of poetry, 
presenting the volume for the 
pleasure and enlightenment of all 
poetry lovers. She started the col- 
lection as a scrapbook and has 
been gathering poems for years. 

The book was published by the 
Hobson Book Press last June. 



New Directory 
Ready Dec. 10 

The Student Directory, a pro- 
ject of the Sophomore class, is 
slated for delivery by Dec. 10, in 
time for sending holiday cards. 

Information in this year's 
directory will include the resid- 
ing and Christmas addresses of 
each member of the faculty and 
the home address, birthday, class 
and parent's name of each stu- 
dent. 

Margaret Hopkins is the chair- 
man of the Student Directory 
committee which is composed of 
Pat Asbury, chairman of the com- 
piling committee; Dot Davis, 
chairman of the advertising com- 
mittee; and Todd McCain and Pat 
Overton, co-chairmen of the or- 
dering committee. 

Scandrett, Wilson Fete 
Transfers at Informal Tea 

Twenty-four boarding and day 
student transfers and foreign 
students were entertained at a 
tea Thursday by Miss Carrie 
Scandrett, dean, and Miss Bella 
Wilson, assistant to the dean, at 
Miss Scandrett's home. 

A member of C. A. and A. A., 
the day student representatives 
to Student government, sopho- 
more, junior, and senior repre- 
sentatives to Lower House, and 
junior and sophomore class pres- 
idents were invited to meet the 
new students. 



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Play By Play 

By Jane Alsobrook 

Hurray for A. A. and the open house in the gym Saturday night, 
for the proverbial "good time was had by all." Fourteen mermaids, 
carefully chaperoned by life guard Lee Brewer, played an enthus- 
iastic game of keep-away in the pool downstairs. And on the main 
floor, exciting games of volleyball and ping-pong were in progress. 



The swimming meet Thursday night was exciting and very thril- 
ling, especially for the victorious senior-sophomore team. But the 
most memorable event of the evening was the spectacular goal that 
Marian "wrong-way" Yancey made  for the other team in the water 
polo game. 

A touch of "gracious living" was added to the swimming meet by 
the startling appearance of Hank and Ruth Slentz in tux and formal 
evening dress. A very "new look." i 



If by any chance you heard the sound of exaltation and rejoic- 
ing in the science hall Friday afternoon, it was not the discovery of 
a mechanical brain or an earthw r orm-on-rainy-days exterminator. It 
was the senior hockey team praising the rain. No, those four years 
at Agnes Scott hadn't been too much for them. They just didn't have 
a full team that day, and if old Sol had shone, they would have had to 
.forfeit to the juniors! Never say that prayers weren't answered. 



That "'ole debil rain" is a monstrous thing, quoth Sally Ellis,' stu- 
dent instructor of tennis. Since school opened, she has had only 
three regular outdoor classes. And the rest have been highly irregular, 
to say the least. 

First, she has tried volley ball, which as least is played over the 
net. But the difference is in Sally's methods of choosing sides. One 
day, they will be chosen on the basis of your birth month or on 
whether you prefer blondes or brunettes. 

For diversion, Sally takes her tennis class on hikes. They have 
tramped through the woods and streams of Decatur and DeKalb 
County. The most interesting excursion was one to see the banana 
trees near the Glenwood School. 

And, of course, on some days, Sally gives the class the dope on 
tennis rules and regulations. This indeed will be an accomplished 
class. They can get their three hours credit in volley ball, woodcraft, 
"botany, and umpiring  everything, in fact, but tennis. 



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Debate Teams 

(Continued from Page 1) 

club dance. 

Since the All Southern is the sea- 
son's first big meet, teams debat- 
ing here can size up their oppon- 
ents for the winter tourneys and 
especially for the Grand National 
Tournament in the spring. 

Agnes Scott's intercollegiate 
teams have presented a good 



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A A Delegates 

Describe 

Convention 

The Georgia Athletic Federa- 
tion met at Athens, November 
14-15, as guest of the University 
of Georgia. Those colleges at- 
tending were Georgia Teachers 
college, Armstrong, LaGrange, 
Brenau, West Georgia, Georgia 
State College for Women, Bessie 
Tift, Wesleyan, Shorter, and Ag- 
nes Scott. Some 60 delegates and 
faculty members were present. 

After registration Friday, dem- 
onstrations were put on by the 
physical education department of 
the university, followed by square 
dancing for all. 

The meeting opened Saturday 
with an address by the faculty 
sponsor, Miss Alethia Whitney. 
She gave a brief history of the 
organization noting that the 
Georgia Federation 'for College 
Women was founded at Agnes 
Scott in 1931 and this college was 
hostess to the Federation in 1939 
and 1944. 

A business meeting in which 
the constitution was revised and 
new officers elected concluded 
the general session. An invita- 
tion for the Federation to meet 
at the Georgia State College for 
Women in Milledgeville next fall 
was accepted. 

A picnic dinner and open house 
in the gym brought the confer- 
ence to a close Saturday night. 



tournament record. First year of 
the tourney, teams placed second 
and third. Last year, debating un- 
der a handicap, debaters took all 
their rounds. This year the teams 
will again not be eligible for hon- 
ors. Combinations of veterans Bet- 
zie and Clarkie with newcomers 
Kate and Ann Carol make A. S. C. 
teams unknown quantities. 

Judging has previously been 
based on a system of points given 
to individual debaters, but this 
system made no allowance for the 
inequalities of judges' ratings. This 
year teams will be matched for all 
five rounds before the tournament 
begins. 

All rounds of debating are 
open to the campus community 
and the list of room numbers and 
teams debating will be posted in 
the registration room, Buttrick 
208. Dot Porter, president, stress- 
ed that Pi Alpha Phi welcomes 
the public to the final round in 
Maclean. 

Heading committees of Pi Al- 
Phi members making plans for a 
smooth running weekend are Mar- 
gie Major, reception; rooms, Nan- 
cy Huey; meals, Jessie Hodges; 
registration, Tissy Rutland; time 
keepers and guides, Virginia Hen- 
ry and Cathie Phillips; refresh- 
ments, B. J. Sauer. 



Seniors, Sophs Star 
In Swimming Pageant 

By Frankie Francisco 

Splash  the water pageant was off at 8 p. m. Thursday, 
Nov. 13. The seniors and sophs walked off with the honors. 

Emily Wright sailed into first place to win the advanced 
diving for the seniors- But the crowd got quite a thrill 
when Embo missed the board by a mere twist of the shoulder. 
The breathless crowd watched 



Zollie Saxon win the second sen- 
ior victory in some spectacular 
intermediate diving. 

Embo shone again as she speed- 

Juniors Battle 

To 2-0 Victory 

A fast junior team battled their 
way to a 2-0 victory over the 
sophomores Wednesday in one of 
the hardest fought games of the 
season. 

The game started with a bully 
between centers Reinartz and El- 
lis. Twice the juniors pushed their 
way into the striking circle only 
to be driven back out into mid- 
field. Then Sally Ellis made one 
of her beautiful drives to put the 
juniors ahead 1-0. 

In the closing minutes of the 
game after the ball had been driv- 
en back and forth down the field 
several times, Sally connected 
with another drive giving her 
team a 2-0 victory. 

The starting line-ups were: 



Sophomores 




Juniors 


Moll 


RW 


Blake 


Sharkey 


RI 


Cummings 


Reinartz 


CF 


Blanton 


Warlick 


LI 


Blanton 


Pascal 


LW 


Newton 


Hanson 


RH 


Cathcart 


Davis 


CH 


Ellis 


Morris 


LH 


Price 


Warburton 


RH 


Cuthbertson 


Truslow 


LF 


Sullivan 


Marshall 


Goalie 


Phillips 



ed for the third senior winning, the 
40-yard dash. 

The frosh and juniors began 
to pick up when they won the 
medley. Some of the strokes in- 
cluded in this performance were 
back-stroke, butterfly breast, and 
crawl. The seniors and spohs once 
more came through with the most 
points in the form swimming 
where they used the back crawl 
perform, side overarm perform, 
and breast stroke. 

Again the juniors and frosh 
held their own when they won 
the water polo game. Some seem 
to think there was a "little es- 
pionage" employed in this sport. 
A certain junior threw the ball 
to a senior who obligingly carried 
the ball over the goal to score for 
her opponent. 

Even after this "slick" piece of 
strategy the seniors and sophs 
won the meet. "Of course," says 
a certain undaunted junior, "We 
were slightly out-numbered." 

Dollies Revel 

(Continued from Page 1) 

had no troublesome plans to make 
about the Autumn Dance  the on- 
ly bother that remained was 
choosing a polite way of de- 
scribing the hunt for) an escort. 
Now it's all over but the dancing. 



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Page 4 



AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE. WED. NOVEMBER 19. 1947 



Full Podtets, Cabbages and Kings 



Empty Chest Win Citation 



By Mary Beth Little 



Feed Baby Giant 



Do you know about the shoe began to knock out the beat hcy- 

without a sole? Do you agree that domino, and teeth flew bass-wise 

Five hundred and forty-two students dig down deep in By Charlotte Harriett pianos smile? Don't you think in bewildered cacophony. At last 

their pocket books. " Why 1 haven,t done anything pencils are spineless ? a thought with a high C frequen- 

They become exceedingly active for a worth v cause. They s ^S^o^^sofS ? * "P 0 ^ /haw once said, cy! Down went the note cover 

& *  J - ijexleL - *s>s>ociaie proiessor 01 when questioned about lack of With fierce-hingofl bite. Who savs 

give their whole heart and soul and all of 53 cents each to Philosophy and education, when cut lowers in his home that yes he who bites the hand doesn't 

help it realize its purpose. approached for an interview. he did like flowers> hM hg ^ smile sharper next time? 

r oni .  Tne fact that Mlss Dext er was linle chadren t0 and he didn . t With unthinking cruelty, some- 
Agnes Scott s student body is contributing all of 291 dol- recently presented a "citation for g0 about cutting off their headg . one sets the needle on the rim 
lars to Community Chest Fund. That's all of 53 per cent of cxce P tional abilit y and distin- and sticking them in vases! (the so fragile edge) of the in- 
one dollar from each student. Tt^c^Zles that IK *"* makeS me m  re the T^Z f shc 

01 psychology proves that the hylozoist than idiot in seeing per- S oes on the same tortured track. 

That means that each student is sacrificing almost a philosophy professor made quite sonality in the non-animate. Do working from out to in, at length 

movie an understatement -  you follow? Can't say I do either, scratching deeper and deeper tQ 

 v 0Q1 j  -j , r A A n , A ,v. She received this citation at the but L thought a nterary delusion the very core, to the inside void. 

But 291 dollars is a lot of money. And Greater Atlanta is centennial celebration Oct. 29 to wouldp/t complicate matters much Were You There? 

not our community. We live in some town in Alabama or Nov - 1 of Ripon CoIle S e at Ripon, more than they now stagger Yackitv vackitv iancrin wran - 

Wis Ninety experts in various j" 11 ^ 1 *-, widu 

Florida or Virginia, and our fathers contributed generously fields of education were asked t0 Are You Musical? gle the fat alarm clock with 

to the Community Chest there. We, therefore, have done our speak on various panels. Miss Dex- Smilin S blandly, all ivories short-legged authority, fairly jigs 

. ter was one of the two women ex- newl y Ipanad, the piano sprawled mth the Jy of Jarrmg, .leermg. 

P ' perts invited. She spoke on "The awkward but happy. Suddenly a T e frowsy stove, with no waist- 

We only live here nine months out of 12- And nobody Place of College in Future Educa- fiendish dentist with a boogie drill Iin e, sooty, no beauty at all, 
should expect us to contribute from our own funds. tion." flum P s in middle of an ugly 

, , , , Besides her intellectual achieve- Envmnn Try D..ki:L mushroom-graceful. But she 

Besides the bookstore probably needs the money more men ts, Miss Dexter has served her r O rm Q n '0 rUDllSh has a warm heart and soft bubbly 
than underprivileged children need recreation or more than community in numerous ways. At AfChiteCi'LiraS Book words > and friends crowd around 
old people need homes. resent she is secretary of the * streteh out hands to be com- 

Atlanta Mental Hygiene society, "Architecture of the Old South, torted - 

and a member of the board of di- The Medieval Style 1585-1850" is There are soft lapped chairs 
rectors of the Georgia Psychology the title of a book by H. C. For- with plump arms to cradle; there 
association and the Council of man which will be off the press are nan ' \v spinster chairs with 
Georgia Academy of Science. She next fall. no s- uffs at all pencils arc 

Saturday when Pi Alpha Phi plays host to 12 teams bat- has also worked with the Southern The book is concerned with the the P< Sive the stooges that say 

tling for the All Southern Intercollegiate Debate title Agnes \ 0C j Gty f J Ph f iloso P h y * nd p f ; Gothic style of architecture as m ^ e m \ 

to chology. Sometime in December it existed in America during the 

Scott will be sponsoring its only intercollegiate activity. she will preside at one or two of years between 1585 and 1850 in lacky '   

The tournament which was Pi Alpha Phi's baby just three the sessions of the Georgia Psy- the states of Maryland, Virginia, Ar< ' You M > Keeper? 

, -i -. r ^ chological association. the Carolinas and Georgia. This ... A stamp gets a licking; and 

years ago has expanded from a Georgia meet to a tourney Mjss Dexter  a]so an active type of architec ture. Mr. Forman is sent home . . . books are mad 

of truly All Southern proportions. church worker in the Central Con- said, is not to be confused with g en j useSj wearing straight jack- 

For real effectiveness the tournament must be supported gregational Church. Whenever the later Gothic revival, the Vic- ^ depending on attendants to . 

this busy professor takes time off torian Gothic, 

by the campus community. How we react in little things like from teaching, speaking at P. T. The Harvard University Press,  pen their gateS ' Iet them _ taIk 

directing a debater to the proper room or working as time A. groups and helping with the publishers, are treating the vol- tn noarse before again imprison- 

keepers for the rounds are what will chalk up Agnes Scott's juvenile delinquency groups she ume as a major book, with ad- ed . . . see the crooked safety pin, 

r  spends her time painting china, vertising throughout the coun- holding a rose between her teeth,, 

record as a good tournament school. playing bridge or traveling. try, and are printing it free of pre tending ... a poor top danced 

There's a game that afternoon and a formal that night but So anytime you have a spare charge* Mr. Forman explained dizzy the pin cushion rejoicing 

... . ...  , , moment, drop in to see Miss Dex- that this book, his fifth to be 

an empty auditorium isn t very inspiring for the debaters ter and you , u have a most de . published , which will contain 300 in little P inted hurts - - - the 

and the impression it leaves of Agnes Scott may decide whe- lightful and interesting conver- of his pen and ink drawings and poor shoe, looking for a faith, has. 

ther some team will come back. Incidentally the subject to sation with a " Jack of a11 trades " numerous Photographs taken by walked up so many church steps, 

Miss Dexter came to Agnes him. His other publications in- j ts so i e | s worn qu j te ihm Country 

be debated is one whose eventual solution may decide your S cott campus 23 years ago after elude two books on geneology, a roadg are softer 

future life receiving her PhD. from the Uni- book on archeology, and another 

e . 1 . . n . , t . i+ . versity of Wisconsin. book on architecture. Are * ou a recordr Are ^ S8 ' 
Agnes Scott s only intercollegiate activity has grown to keys? Are you a pin cushion? Are- 
such proportions that its future growth may be determined . ,  j 11/1  f y u a stove? a pencil? a shoe? 
by the response of the school as a whole to the tourney. RGpOI'tGI' UQpiCTS Mod W l7/f / Anybody seen my keeper la tely? 

THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS Of Day Students' Existence q g the 

By Dot Medlock change the bulletin board in here? 

Editor Harriet gregort If s been up two months!" groans 

ttM * to  Edltor anxa clark Rogers Who are the gals who are al- ghe gtalks intQ {he 

Aulatent B.iimrs betty lou baker. LOKTON lee ways late to an eight-thirty; who . . . , aDDroaches  . t . , 

toktven Editor lee COUSAB , , . , room. As tne ciock approacnes One group of students on cam- 

BpoiU Editor Virginia Andrews alwa y s P ark tHelr cars on a yel - one minute 'til two a voice h f . _ ... . . 

society Editor 1 MiLDRE., claire Jones low line; and who have senior shriekg . <Somebody wake Cookie pus has found a method for sto P" 

Cow Editor billie rowELL privileges all the time? The day . ' . f h , o'clock ping com P laints - u P<> n hearing a 

Editorial Assistant MARY BETH LITTLE . tllH .. f . n c nr , ur ^ ' ' <rrir%o tk ; m ^,^,tl u^j 

students, ot course. class " "I don't know why I ever  n pe, they immediately hand the 

business staff In the morning they inhabit the thougnt j cou)d study in bere!  griper a little black-bordered card 



Copy Hook 



Business 



Mftnaper mary alice compton day students rooms in Main and 



comes from a dejected creature on bearing the following inscription: 



"Please accept this token of my 
sincerest sympathy." 



Assistant Business Managers MAKY AICHKL. HAKKIOTTK WINCH3CSTBB Buttrick; during lunch hour they f , . - f < 

( in umtion Manager JfDNB driskill scattercd half-way to Atlanta,  siae 01 tne room - "Your story has touched my 

Assistant (irrulatlnn Managers A LICK JKAX CASWKLL. BORRIK CATHCART J , From acrOSS a bridge tat)le in l . 

Published WeeWj, except during holidays and examination periods, by the students DUt tne y Usually manage tO Iina 

t Anea Bcott Collete. Office on second floor Murphey Candler Building. Entered as their way back to campus for a an tner corner come snatcnes 01 "Never before have I met any- 

s.vnmi class matter at the Decatur. j;e.rgia. pnstoffice. Subscription price per year. qu i c k n ap in the gym or an af- conversation: "Wish we had a one w j tn more troubles than you. 

Si..o. Mngie copies, fire cents ternoon's study in the library, telephone in this day student 

reporters Frequently, at night, a day stu- room ..." "Ohhh, Mother's out 

w.T/i.' DuTint, Martha Qoddswl, N.uaii Anne Little, sue McS|.a<iiien . Mai> Mohr. dent may be found staying in the 0 f town and I'm keeping house" 

PS1 Overton, tauwttne smith, tfsrtha Wtrlick ( Marian Yancey. Ann Csto] Riant.,,,. Rose south side of East Lawn, or "YiDDee' Carolvn finally merited 

Marv Criffin. Anglt- Anderson, Charlotte Bart let te. Sara Jan.- Campbell, Grace Durant. . , . . , - , xi^ptrc. ^aiuiyii iniduy nitiiLUU tM ^^ M *~ +u - 

,.. uni certain crowded into a boarder's room, a history test ..." "But you'll A r ^ent comer to the campus 

,  ,, , .  , ,  . . M  . sleeping two in a bed. have to go to chapel today. It's couldn't understand why M R S/' 

Feature: B.-vcrlv Baldwin, BSJQ Bsle, LOU McLaunn. Dot Mullock. i r r u v 

Q . . . . , |  . v . .  T _ w n , v rt , Thls 1S the llfe of a town 6 irl  compulsory ..." "If you put me was put on the students' mail be- 

sport*. lani AUobroyk n.,,, iran^,, Finss Hanson. TeeToo uuiiams. E. cuire y v t miss her on campus, 0 n the clean-up committee again r \ u u A  ^ 

Cunningham, iCargarel rancej M , c UCttU up wiHuuttw <^<xu\ r ore tncy naci eVQn received their 

for she is one out of every three this week, Rose Ellen, I'm going - 

Society: Dot Floyd, B. J* Comba Sidney Oummincs, Sara Hancock. Barbara Wau^anian.  , . . r Crt rtU c , ^  rill rr ^ f . 1( __ r , . degrees. 

ICan Ann Batch*!, BettS Beddlngfleld. A<!ele I.e. Betty JC XUnW. Ann Kv,ard. Beth ^ S 3t A ^ S SC  U - ^ W,H & X 0Ver t0 Mai " ' ' ' Wh  SWiped 

Jonesl Ruhv iAhman. KM,!. M r::< - . Catherine Phillips. Janet (Minn. Margaret Ann 3 B - A - degree along with her m y COCa-COla bottle?" "No, I 

ftichards, chariien simn^ tfln Steele. boarding friends, and she gets out haven't studied it yet. I made my Caught in proof-reading the In- 

Business Assistants: IMana Punlen. Anne Hadon. Barhsra Lanier, Jo Ann Piastre. Vlr- of college life exactly what she debut yesterday ..." "You're ter-nation story in last week's 

gtfcJa Skinn.r Bdttfe BtOW*. Martha St- wrll Willene Ta--y. Terrell Warburton. Frankle puts into it. dropping Crumbs all OVer your jsj- 

^1^1^ The day student hang-outs-or history book, Dickey" . . , TZ gn&nt aromas ftfl^i frwn 

m f m r f r rooms are always buzzing with "where re you going, Pat? Leav- 

personal and general chatter: ing? Bye. Be by for you in the Maids of Athens, caballeros and 

Associated Collegiate PreSS v "When is somebody going to morning S a. m. sharp!" mademoiselles 



The Agnes Scott News 



Vol. XXXIII 



AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA. WED., NOV. 26, 1947 



Number 9 




VictorianComedy Fashion' 
To Open Tonight In Gaines 



Clamor, Gaiety Reign 
In Festive Gym 
At First Fall Formal 



By Charlsie Smith 

Misty weather and falling hair 
failed to dampen the gaiety or 
diminish the g 1 a m o r of Agnes 
Scott's first campus-wide formal 
sponsored by the Cotillion club 
last Saturday night. 

Excitement reigned from the tux- 
edo bedeckedMain hall to the trans- 
formed gym. A steady stream of 
taffeta and net connected the two 
buildings, interrupted only now 
and then by the surrepticious 
downward glances of a wary miss 
who wondered about the presence 
of her daytime friend, the omni- 
present earthworm. 

Inside the gym, dancers emerg- 
ed from the general bustle of de- 
positing wraps, pinning on orchids, 
and straightening hoops, to be 
greeted at the door by the sight of 
autumn colors and the first strains 
of Nomad music, coming from 
behind a screen of yellow, brown, 
green, and red streamers on the 
stage. Almost hidden by the color- 
ful sideline were huge flashbulb 
lamps, placed there by two Life 
photographers, who had request- 
ed the privilege of taking pictures 

Spanish Dept. 
To Entertain 
Senora Acuna 

In honor of Senora Angelina 
Acuna, widely known poetess 
of Guatemala, the Spanish depart- 
ment is having a coffee Sunday 
afternoon at 1:45 in Murphey 
Candler. Senora Acuna will be 
asked to read some of her poems 
and to talk about life in Guate- 
mala. 

Miss Melissa Cilley, who is in 
charge of the coffee, announced 
that Mrs. Muriel Ham and Mrs. 
Irvirg Cilley will pour and sev- 
eral students in the Spanish de- 
partment will serve and receive. 

The entire college community 
is invited to attend the coffee. 



during the evening. The occasion- 
' al flash of the bulbs reminded 
dancers of their presence. 

After a few minutes of informal 
dancing, the first "no-break" was 
announced, and the ball had of- 
ficially begun. Minor program dif- 
ficulties, such as losing one's next 
partner, were quickly remedied by 
an excursion to the "Lost and 
Found" booth, set up in a con- 
venient corner. 

Just before intermission, re- 
cognition was given Mary Gene 
Sims, dance chairman, and her 
committee when June Irvine, Co- 
tillion club president, presented 
her with a bouquet of yellow chry- 
santhemums and commended Mar- 
garet Anne Richards, Norah Anne 
Little, and June Driskill for their 
work as chairmen of the decora- 
tion, refreshment, and program 
committees. 

Immediately following the pre- 
sentation was the Cotillion club 
lead-out, led by June Irvine, pre- 
sident, with Jimmy Miller, Bet- 
continued on page 2) 



C A Launches 
WSSF Drive 
With Movie 

Striving toward a goal of one 
thousand dollars, C. A. launched 
its World Student Service Fund 
drive Monday, Nov. 24, with the 
showing of "Seeds of Destiny," a 
movie depicting the medical needs 
of children abroad. 

The series of programs designed 
to point out to students the needs 
served by the fund, continued 
Tuesday with a chapel discussion 
of the situation of Chinese stu- 
dents today. The program was 
lead by Mr. Chang who is associat- 
ed with Chinese welfare work, and 
his wife, Mrs. Chang, connected 
with Chinese schools. 

As another part of the Student 
Service drive, the collection of 
food, clothes, and money for a 
Thanksgiving offering will begin 
Thursday, Nov. 27. Three collec- 
tion boxes for money contributions, 
one resembling a turkey, another a 
Thanksgiving basket, and the 
third a package ready for mailing, 
will be placed outside the dining 
room. Donations from Investiture 
have already been added to the 
Fund. 

Ann Shepherd, senior, is chair- 
man of the drive. 



News Elects Ten 
To Join # 48 Staff 

After a three weeks try-out per- 
iod 10 reporters have been added 
to the News sports, feature, and 
news staff. 

Covering the campus for facts, 
figures, and scoops will be Doro- 
thy Allaine, Rose Ellen Gillam, 
Alline Marshall, Peggy Pittard, 
and Carmen Shaver. Annelle Cox, 
Cathie Davis, and Jackie Jacobs 
join the feature writers and Zora 
Hodges and Edrice Reynolds will 
be reporting sports. 



French vowels will be heard in humorous contrast to yankee 
accents and a colonel, a merchant, a poet, a drawing room ap- 
pendage, and a rare species of confidential clerk will dance 
a c o t il 1 i o n , while a would-be f ashionplate courts the 
count in "Fashion," Blackfriar's first major production of the 
year, tonight and tomorrow night 
at 8:30 in Gaines chapel. 

An authentic mid-victorian 
comedy in five acts, "Fashion" 
centers around the attempts of 
Mrs. Tiffany, played by Polly 
Miles, to marry off her daughter 
to Count Jolimaitre, Raymond 
Hersh, formerly of the University 
of Florida Players. 

Members of the Tiffany family 
are Mr. Tiffany, Lewis Dodson, 
formerly of the Nashville Little 
Theater; Seraphina Tiffany, la 
coquetrie, Barbara Macris; Pru- 
dence Tiffany, Pat MacManmon; 
the governess, Gertrude, played by 
Grace Durant; and French lady's 
maid, Millinette, Reese Newton. 

Cast in the other male parts are 
Bobby Powell, Georgia Evening 
college; Homer Robertson, known 
for his radio work in Atlanta; 
Alastiar Black of Atlanta; Don 
Elliot of station WE AS; Jackson 
McBride, actor and radio worker; 
and Gerard Rothchild of the Em- 
ory Players. 

The stage crew which has the 
task of designing painting, and 
setting up five different backdrops 
is headed by Stage Technician 
Ann Elcan, and Stage Manager 
Patty Persohn assisted by Tilly 
Alexander, Edith Stowe, Hariotte 
Winchester and Martha Warlick. 
Milly Flournoy and Billie Powell 
are doing special painting on the 
scenes and Peggy van Hook is 
designer of the set. 

Joe Ivey and Edgar Mooneyhan 
of Deca,tur, who have helped on 
former productions and who acted 
in the club's workshop presenta- 
tion, "Pullman Car Hiawatha," 
are property men. 

Attending to proper mid-Vic- 
torian lighting are Chairman Hen- 
rietta Johnson, Co-chairmen Ruth 
Richardson and W i 1 1 a Wagner. 
Claire Kemper, chairman of the 
(Continued on page 2) 



Book Exhibit 
Stresses Future 

Dolls of every nation and Greek 
mottoes decorate the library's dis- 
play of new books on poetry, dra- 
ma, religion, art, and present day- 
problems on exhibit for book week. 

Taking as its theme "Books for 
the World of Tomorrow," the lib- 
rary began its exhibit Nov. 22 and 
included in its program an open 
house Sunday afternoon. Before 
an open fire and a group of about 
35 faculty members and students, 
Anderson M. Scruggs, an Atlanta 
poet, read some of his works and 
discussed poetry in general. 

Miss Edna Ruth Hanley, librar- 
ian, announced that the library 
staff would be glad to discuss 
the exhibit at any time. Book 
week ends Saturday. 

The library will be closed to- 
night and tomorrow for the 
Thanksgiving holidays. 



U. of Fla. Cops Maier Cup, Individual Honors 
In Debate Tournament; Davidson Ranks Third 



University of Florida's nega- 
tive team completed the orange 
state's walk - away with All 
Southern Intercollegiate debate 
tourney honors when they down- 
ed the Florida affirmative in a 
tack-sharp, fast paced battle in 
Maclean auditorium Saturday 
night. 

Coach Eubanks' teams carried 
home the Maier Cup for the sec- 
ond consecutive year. Pitting of 
two teams from the same college 
for the championship is most un- 
usual and speaks highly of the 
calibre of coach and teams, com- 
mented George P. Hayes, coach. 

Florida teams swept the boards 
of individual honors with their de- 
baters rating first through fourth. 
Gerald Gordon took first place 
with a total of 45 out of a possi- 



ble 50 points. Alan Westin^ nega- 
tive, netting 44% points, placed 
second, with affirmative William 
Castagna, 44 points, as third and 
Edward, Klein, negative, rating 
fourth with 41V 2 points. 

Teams rating awards were Da- 
vidson affirmative, third place, 
sparked by Don Shriver and H. C. 
Brincgar, South Carolina nega- 
tive of Melton Kligman and James 
Simmons, fourth, and Roy Wig- 
gins and Joe Duke of the Emory 
affirmative placing fifth. 

Don Shriver, Davidson, Howard 
Woodham, Tech negative, Roy 
Wiggins, Emory, and H. C. Brin- 
egar, Davidson, tied for fifth 
place in individual debating 
awards. 

Although not eligible for honors 



Agnes Scott intercollegiate 
teams debated in all rounds win- 
ning six out of ten. Affirmative 
team composed of Kate Elmore 
and Clarkie Rogers received its 
only upset from the Florida nega- 
tive. Ann Carol Blanton and Bet- 
zie Powers toppled Emory and 
gave Davidson affirmative their 
only defeat but lost to South Caro- 
lina, Tennessee, and to Randolph- 
Macon by technical fouls. 

Affirmative wins included Ber- 
ry, V anderbilt, Randolph-Macon, 
and Emory. The affirmative net- 
ted a total of 85% points, rank 
ing them above Davidson for team 
honors. 

Individually the debators tied 
for third, fourth and fifth places. 
Clarkie for third, Kate, fourth, 
and Betzie, fifth. 



SG Open House 
To Offer Campus 
Respite, Dec. 3 

Drudging frosh, battered sophs*,, 
exhausted juniors, and anxious- 
seniors are offered a needed re- 
spite from their miseries before 
their final hectic plunge into ex- 
aminations. The "calm before the 
storm" will be in the form of an 
open house, given by Student gov- 
ernment, on Dec. 3, the first day 
of inactivity week. 

Everyone is urged to take a: 
break from her last minute cram- 
ming that Wednesday and come 
to Murphey Candler any time 
from 3:30 to 5:30 in the afternoon, 
and from 9:30 to 11 that night. 
Food, music and cards will offer 
the necessary diversion from 
cramped hands and minds. 

Date Book 

Wed., Nov. 26  No class absences.'- 

Blackfriars present "Fashion" 
in Gaines. 

Thurs., Nov. 27  Thanksgiving: 
holiday. 8:30 p. m. Blackfriars 
present "Fashion" in Gaines. 

Fri., Nov. 28  No class absences. 
7:30 p. m. League of Women 
Voters meets. 

Sun., Nov. 301:45 p. m. Span- 
ish department coffee in Mur- 
phey Candler. 5 p. m. Sopho- 
more cabinet conducts vespers 
in Maclean. 

Mon., Dec. 1  Rabbit-Rabbit day. 

Wed., Dec. 3  Inactivity week be- 
gins. 3:30-5:30 p. m., 9:30-11 p. 
m. Student government open 
house in Murphey Candler.. 



Page 2 AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, WED. NOVEMBER 26, 1947 



Agnes Scotters Scatter 
For Turkey Treks, Treats 

By Easy Beale 

For a whole quarter, the Agnes Scott campus has joyfully 
awaited Thanksgiving holiday  great day of rest. No 8:30's, 
no labs, no "lights out"  who couldn't be thankful? Yep, it's 
a big day for all, whether spent on or off campus. 

To be envied are those going home. Their Thanksgiving 
will be the traditional turkey and 



pumpkin pie and big family gath- 
ering holiday. Among the many 
lucky girls who'll be home and 
can say in that I-just-couldn't-eat- 
another-mouthful tone, 'What a 
wonderful day" are Gin Vining, 
Mimi Arnold, Marg Hunt, and 
Butch Hays. They'll dash off "the 
minute after class is over" and 
come skidding back Friday morn- 
ing, bag-in-hand, with that cran- 
berry sauce gleam in their eyes. 

Not to be pitied are the girls 
celebrating Thanksgiving on cam- 
pus. Two hours extra sleep, tur- 
key dinner in the dining hall, trips 
to town, the Georgia-Georgia Tech 
freshman game  these are pleas- 
ures to elevate even a campused 
soul to the Thanksgiving spirit. 
The more fortunate of this class 
are June Irvine, Harriet Ann Mc- 
Guire and Mary Foster Robinson 
who, like scores of others, are 
having guests and families in 
town. 

The less fortunate of this class 
are the girls who'll be entertained 
all day by the fascinating probe 
into Chaucerian and Platonic 
realms. They're the people who 
spend Thanksgiving remembering 
the day after Thanksgiving, com- 
plete with quizes, term papers to 
be written, and hangovers. 



'Fashion' to Open 

(Continued from page 1) 
property committee, is assisted by 
Martha Cook. 

Music for the ball which opens 
act four and all other music is 
under the direction of Nan Net- 
tles with the help of Gretta Moll. 
In the wings prompting will be 
Margaret Hopkins and Margie 
Major. 



Off the 
Copy Hook 

A freshman was amazed to 
learn several nights ago that peo- 
ple were "permitted" to study in 
the library even if they didn't 
have term papers or themes to 
write. All this time she had want- 
ed to study there but thought it 
against the rules! 



i We must apologize for pick- 
ing on the freshmen this week, 
but we can't resist one more. As 
the walls of Main were resounding 
from one end to the other with 
debators' voices Saturday, one of 
these underclassmen wandered 
down the hall with a mystified 
expression and, turning to a by- 
stander, murmured, "Gosh! She's 
really telling him off, isn't she?" 



Jrs. Down Srs. 1-0/ 
Frosh-Soph Fracas 
Ends In 1-1 Tie 



CITY HALL SERVICE 
STATION 

SHELL PRODUCTS 
ROAD SERVICE  DE. 5486 
I05 TRINITY PLACE 
Across From Fire Dept. 



THREADGILL 

PHARMACY 

309 E. College Avenue 

Phone DE. 1665 

DECATUR, GA. 

NOTICE 

This is your drug store 
Agnes Scott 



HOGGLY WOGGLY 
GRILL 

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THURS. - FRI. 

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News and Cartoon 

SATURDAY 

"Rio Grande Raiders" 

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MON. - TUES. 

"Wild Harvest" 

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Club News 

Chi Beta Phi 

Movies on applied Chemistry, 
Physics, and Biology will be 
shown at Chi Beta Phi's next 
meeting, Thursday, Dec. 4, Presi- 
dent Ruth Bastin Slentz announc- 
ed. 

League of Women Voters 

Evelyn Puckett, president, urg- 
ed all members of Agnes Scott's 
League of Women Voters to come 
to a short business meeting, Fri- 
day at 1:30 p. m. 

Bible Class 

At a meeting of Bible club Tues- 
day, Nov. 18, D. J. Cummings, of 
the Bible department, showed 
slides and gave a talk on Korea. 

BOZ 

Three new members have been 
added to the roll of B. O. Z. They 
are Katherine Geffcken, Lou Mc- 
Laurin, and Angie Anderson. 

Poetry Club 

The members of Poetry club 
met in Ginny Andrews', room this 
week to read some of their own 
poems. They discussed and critiz- 
ed these original works. 



Fall Formal 

(Continued from page 1) 

tie Davison, vice-president with 
Gary Palmer, Norah Anne Little, 
secretary-treasurer, with Travis 
Green and Mary Gene Sims with 
Clay Dykes, followed by Cotillion 
club members. Spotlights played 
on the couples as they marched 
down the middle of the floor and 
began the lead-out dance, direct- 
ed by Mrs. R e b e k a h Clarke, 
alvisor of the club and sponsor. 

Miss Priscilla Lobeck, another 
sponsor of the dance and Mrs. 
Clarke presided at punch bowls. 



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Penny Singleton and 
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MON. - TUES. 
Betty Grable in 

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By Edna Claire Cunningham 

On a cold field after many post- 
ponements the juniors met the 
seniors and the frosh met the 
sophs in fight to the finish games. 
The juniors were victorious with 
a single tally and the frosh-soph 
fracas ended in a tie. 

The juniors won the bully with 
a flick and carried the ball 
straight down the right side of 
the field for a goal by center El- 
lis. This proved to be the one 
and only goal of the game. 

The rest of the half was a run 
up and down the field with a pre- 
dominance of play around the 
senior goal. Several attempts at a 
score were made but were unsuc- 
cessful. 

The second half was even play- 
ing with the seniors threatening 
but the juniors held. Both wings 
on the senior team made long 
runs down the alleys but were 
unable to take it in. The for- 
wards, Ellis, Brannon, and Blake 
proved a powerful combination 
that was hard for the defense to 
stop. The game ended 1-0 for the 
juniors. 

The sophomore-freshman game 
was an exciting one. The frosh 
scored with a push-through by 
center half Stukes early in the 
game and held the score through- 
out the half. 



The second period was charac- 
terized by long runs but no score. 
The soph-frosh game was a more 
open field one than the junior- 
senior one. With two minutes left 
to play the sophs climaxed a long 
run with a goal by Sharkey. They 
had previously made a goal that 
was not legal because it was 
lofted high into the goaL The 
game ended 1-1. 

C. Bennett playing right full 
made some pretty circular tackles 
for the frosh and Warlick hit 
several cross-field drives that 
were profitable for the sophs. 

The seniors have the frosh and 
the sophs to play yet and the 
juniors have the sophs and the 
season will be over. The juniors 
remain unbeaten and tied only 
once by the seniors. 



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Vol. XXXIII 



AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA WED., DEC. 3, 1947 



Number 10 



Carol Choir 
To End Year 
December 14 

Agnes Scott's Christmas ch6ir 
invites t+ie community to its an- 
nual choir service Sunday, Dec. 
14 at 4:30 p. m. in Gaines chapel. 

"We want every :ne to feel 
the spirit of Christmas," sai: Mrs. 
Rebekah Clarke, director of the 
choir, in describing the program. 
Selections from Bach, Schubert, 
and Brahms will fill the first 
part of the program and familiar 
carols will compose the second 
half. 

Each carol sung will relate a 
Christmas story in a different 
country. The congregation will be 
asked t: participate in singing 
the more familiar carols. 

Teas to Revive 
Exams Victims 

Teas in Murphey Candler and 
an organ concert will provide 
interludes for relaxation, during 
exam week, Miss Carrie Scan- 
drett, dean, announced. 

The dean's office staff will be 
in charge of the annual exam- 
week teas which will be held this 
year from 3:30 to 5 p. m. on 
Thursday, Dec. 11, Monday, Dec. 
15, Tuesday, Dec. 16, and Wed- 
nesday, Dec. 17. 

C. W. D ; eckmann, pr:fessor of 
music, will play the organ in 
Gaines from 4 to 5 p. m. on Fri- 
day, Dec. 12. Students may come 
in and leave as they wish. 




Critic Says Comedy Staged 
In True Victorian 'Fashion' 

By Lorton Lee 

From Zeke's opening "Shoo-Fly" Blackfriars gracefully 
fluttered its way through five acts of artificial comedy to end 
with a moral in typical mid-Victorian "Fashion", Wednesday 
and Thursday nights, leaving the audience "abie-me" with 
laughter. 

atfpmnt to u \ \ th<^nti- 

her daughter, Seraphina, Barbara 
Macris, at fan-diplomacy. 

Pat McMammon as Prudence, 
a nineteenth century watch-bird, 
gave ore of the most humorous 
portrayals of an "I told you so" 
busy-body, always managing to 
trip into the right place at the 
wrong time, while Reese Newton's 
French accent as the "femme de 
chambre", M i 1 1 i n ette, appeared 
as genuine as the count was not. 

The elaborate scenery calling 
for six separate changes and the 
awkward side flats of mid-Victor- 
ian stagirg was effective and as 
realistic as painted mantles, doovs 
and furniture can appear. 



In their ( attempt to authenti- 
cate and satirize every detail of 
Ann Cora Mowatt's lengthy draw- 
ing room drama, the cast and stage 
ciew were completely successful, 
even substituting a one-paged 
play-bill for the usual pr:gram. 
Accidental snowfall from Mr. 
Truman's powdered wig, in a dra- 
matic moment, however, a touch 
of 20th century slap-stick, drew 
the biggest laugh from the au- 
dience. 

After conditioning the unac- 
customed "asides" to the audience 
it was easy to enjoy the unsubtle 
humor of Polly Milles' excellent 
mispronunciation of French as 
fashion leader, Mrs. Tiffany, for- 
mer milliner, and the attempts of 



Music, Lectures, Play 
Fill Winter Calendar 

An outstanding series of lectures, concerts, and activities 
sponsored by classes and campus organizations are scheduled 
to fill the 1948 winter activity calendar, beginning January 9 
with an all-star concert and continuing on throughout the 
quarter. 



The series of events will open 
shortly after classes resume fol- 
lowing Christmas holidays with 
the appearance cf the Ballet Rus- 
se de Monte Carlo on January 9. 

Also featured on the calendar for 
January will be the performance 
of the brilliant American bari- 
tone, John Charles Thomas, on 
January 31. Both concerts will be 
sponsored by the Atlanta Music 
club. 

Another of the outstanding 
musical events of the quarter will 
take place in Presser on Febru- 
ary 2 when Virgil Fox, noted 
American organist, will be 
brought to the campus by the Geor- 
gia chapter of the America 4 - Guild 
(Continued on page 2) 

Open House Fetes 

Hags With Bags 

Designed especially for hags 
with bags, but open to the abnor- 
mal also, Student government's 
open house is slated for today from 
3:30 to 5:30 p. m. and from 9:30 to 
11 p. m. 

Much food and much non-in- 
tellectual activity are on the 
agenda for the express purpose cA 
unkinking minds and brightening 
that pre-exam week, library pal- 
lor. 



Stassen Terms 
Southern Tour 
Major Success 

By Clarkie Rogers and 
Harriet Gregory 

"A major success" was ex-gov- 
ernor of Minnesota, Harold Stas- 
sen's term for his first trip 
through the South in a press con- 
ference Monday which the presi- 
dential hopeful characterized by 
touching many subjects and ex- 
pounding few. 

After his pre-convention swing 
through the southern states he 
estimated that 54 out of 114 first 
ballot votes in the '48 convention 
should be his. 

"It is of great importance that 
we develop a two party system in 
the South," he stated, adding that 
to build a high calibre Southern 
party the national party must 
''heed voices from the South in 
making policy within Republican 
councils." 

Commenting on Truman's ten 
point plan to stem the inflationary 
spiral the Republican supported 
all points such as. inventory con- 
continued on page 2) 



Activities End; Fall's Fun Remains For Reminiscing 



Page 2 



AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, WED. DECEMBER 3, 1947 



Merry-go-Round 

By Mildred Claire Jones 

Thanksgiving! For many people this was a day of rest 
in preparation for the mad dash out of town for the week- 
end- Among those who went home were Mary Gene Sims, 
Mary Manly, and Virginia Vining to Dalton; Tee Toe Wil- 
liams and Margie Orr to Marietta; Mim Steele to Anniston, 
Ann Ballad to Augusta; Casey 



Haff to Macon, and Joanne Chris- 
topher to Greenville. Jessie Car- 
penter went up to Sevvanee to see 
Roy, and Louise Tavel was in 
Conyers to see Charlie. 

Spending an exciting Thanks- 
giving at Annapolis were Martha 
Humber, Ginny Andrews, and Mac 
Compton. They saw the Army- 
Navy game as did Harriet Lurton, 
Jane Efurd, and Joanna Gee. Ann 
Griggs went to Conyers and took 
Millie Flournoy with her. Jean 
Edwards went home to Saluda, S. 
C. while Caroline Little went to 
Marietta with Dot Porter and 
Nancy Dendy and Carolyn Wells 
to Spartanburg. 

Frolics at Tech 

The weekend was interesting 
for Easy Beale, Nancy Brown, Sal- 
ly Ellis, Dot Porter, Susan Gauger, 
Jean Tollison, Shorty Lehmann, 
and Mary Jo Ammons for they 
went to the Tech dance. Also seen 
at this dance were Billie Powell, 
B. J. Ellison, Nancy Geer, Mim 
Steele, Marianna Hollandsworth, 
Mae Osborne, and Betsy Deal. 

The Tech-Georgia game drew 
Agnes Scotters, Bev Gordy, Rob- 
bie Robeson, Clarkie Rogers, Ann 
Ezzard, Joan Lawrence, Zollie 
Saxon, Mary Mohr. Julianne Cook. 
Amanda Hulsey, Dot Morrison,, 
Tilly Alexander, Mary Aichel, 
Ginny Henry, Marie Cuthbertson 
and Betsy Baker were there in 
the excitement. 

Jills Jaunl Home 

Carolyn Lee, Joan Brown, and 
Virginia Lamb went to Tate for 
the weekend. Betty Blackmon, 
and Mary Alice McDonald went to 
Columbus, Jimmie Ann Mc- 
Gee to Starr, S. C, Bettie Davison 
to Opelika, Ala., and Mimi Ar- 
nold and Marg Hunt to Griffin. 



Helen Christian took Ann Carol 
Blanton and Lynn Phillips home 
with her to Elberton, and Jean Os- 
born took Sara Jane Campbell to 
Chickamauga with her. 

Four of, the attractive visitors 
on campus were Ann Pitts' Joe, 
Pat Asbury's Kent, Ann Green's 
Jack, and June Irvine's Alex. Mary 
Lou Hatfield's Bill was here and 
she has a beautiful fraternity pin 
now! Mildred Claire Jones' moth- 
er was here. Also Susan Bowling's 
family and Harriet Ann McGuire's 
parents. 

Tech Rings 

The Phi Gamma house was the 
scene of much fun for Ginny Hen- 
ry, Clarkie Rogers, Amanda Hul- 
sey, and Myrt Mariani, while Pol- 
ly Miles and Butch Hayes were 
at the ATO house. The SAE house 
at Tech was a very popular place 
for Lyd Gardner, Diana Durden, 
Nor ah Anne Little, Charlotte 
Bartlett, and Floss Hanson who 
were there. The Emory brothers 
had attractions too: Dot Floyd and 
Harriet Ann McGuire. 

Jane Oliver and Nancy Deal 
were seen at the Rainbow Roof. 
Other attractive visitors on cam- 
pus were three University of 
Georgia men who came to see 
Marie Milliken, Mim Steele, and 
Butch Hayes. The crowded week- 
end brought many exciting things 
to various people  Among them, 
Patty Hampton who has a beauti- 
ful ATO ring! 



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Winter Calendar 

(Continued from page 1) 

of Organists. Mr. Fox played the 
first recital on the organ in Pres- 
ser at its installation in 1940. 

February 14 has been set for 
Ballet Group's presentation of 
"Swan Lake", the third of the 
full-length ballets performed an- 
nually by the group. The fol- 
lowing week will be marked by 
the celebration of Founders' Day, 
February 22, the birthday of 
George Washington Scott. 

A performance .of Shakespeare's 
"Twelfth Night" by the Barter 
Theater of Virginia will take 
place on February 23 and the fi- 
nal event of the month will be 



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With Joan Fontaine and 
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THURS. - FRI. 

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With Rosalind Russell 
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"Heldorado" 

With Roy Rogers. Also 

"Blondie Knows Best" 

MONDAY through FRIDAY 

"Welcome Stranger" 

With Bing Crosby, Barry 
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With Gene Tierney and 
Rex Harrison in 

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FRI. - SAT. 

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In color. Also Ava Gardner in 

"Whistle Stop" 

In the News  
Princess Elizabeth's Wedding 

MON. - TUES. 
Gene Kelley, Marie McDonald 
In 

"Living in a Big Way" 



Agnes Scott will soon don her 
Christmas regalia, according to 
Miss Charlotte Hunter, assistant 
dean. 

Visitors will notice evidences 
of the Christmas spirit on the 
night of December 9, when the 
wreaths of holiday foliage are 
placed on the front doors of 
Main. Red and silver bells will be 
seen at each window, and a huge 
lighted tree will dominate the 
large date parlor. All the other 
parlors will be decorated too. 

To bring the holiday spirit a 
little closer to each girl, a tree 
will be furnished each dormitory 
and cottage. House presidents and 
senior residents are in charge of 
making plans both for decorat- 
ing the trees and the Christmas 
party. Usually these parties are 
held on the last Sunday night be- 
fore examinations, but the actual 
date is left up to the individual 
house presidents. 

Various plans have been made. 
Some cottages have already de- 
cided to draw names and ex- 
change gifts at the parties. Oth- 
ers have planned to give gifts 
to a worthy family in Decatur. 

At each party, refreshments, 
apples and hard candy will be 
furnished by the college. This is 
the first year that hard candy 
has been available far all the 
parties. It will be reminiscent not 
only of pre-war days, but of the 
old-fashioned Christmases of can- 
dle-lighted trees and sleigh-bells. 

the presentation of Gilbert and 
Sullivan's comic opera the "Mika- 
do" on Feburary 27 and 28 by 
the combined glee clubs of Agnes 
Scott and Georgia Tech. 

The first of the lectures spon- 
sored by Lecture association has 
been scheduled for January 27, 
when Vera Dean, director of re- 
search for the Foreign Policy 
association, and author of "Eur- 
ope in Retreat" and "Russia: 
Menace or Problem," will speak 
on "Russia's Internal Problems." 

Since the Founders Day falls 
on Sunday this year, the holiday 
in observance of the event has 
been set for Saturday, February 
21. 



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Stassen Interview 

(Continued from page 1) 
trol, supervision of foreign exports, 
regulation of commodity ex- 
changes, and restriction on con- 
sumer installment buying. How- 
ever, he considered enforcement of 
these aims plus food conservation 
and buyer resistance sufficient 
without restoration of price con- 
trols and rationing. 

Emphatic in his criticism of our 
policy in sending materials abroad, 
Mr. Stassen pointed out that so 
far this year the United States 
fyas shipped more machinery to 
Russia than to England and 
France. "It does not add up," he 
said. 

Our course now, in his opinion, 
is to "hit hard on the Marshall 
plan." He stressed that "we must 
move on that right away," and ex- 
plained that he has supported the 
plan since the day it was proposed. 

The candidate for the Republi- 
can nomination for the presidency 
spoke at Emory Monday night and 
at a meeting of the Atlanta Ro- 
tary club Monday afternoon. He 
will return to Atlanta Wednesday 
to meet with Republican leaders. 



Date Book 

Wed., Dec. 3  Last News of the 

quarter is circulated. 
Thurs., Dec. 4  Inactivity week 

begins. 

Sun., Dec. 711 a. m. Glee club 
sings at Druid Hills Presbyter- 
ian church. 

Wed., Dec. 10  Free day. 

Thurs., Dec. 11  Examinations 
begin. 3:30-4 p. m. tea in Mur- 
phey Candler. 

Fri., Dec. 12  4-5 p. m. Mr. 
Dieckmann plays organ in 
Gaines. 

Sim., Dec. 14  Christmas dinner. 
4:30 p. m. Christmas carol ser- 
vice in Gaines 

Thurs., Dec. 1812 noon Christ- 
mas vacation begins. 

Thurs., Dec. 25 Merry Christ- 
mas! 

Tues., Jan. 6  8:30 a. m. Winter 
quarter begins. 

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Frosh To Have 
Study Groups 

Offering an hour's study in art, 
music, drama, or literature, in- 
terest groups for freshmen have 
been planned for next quarter. 
They will begin with a tea in 

Murphey Candler at 5:15 p. m. 
on January 15, B. J. Brown, the 
freshman advisor announced. 

Meeting every Thursday, the 
groups will last for four weeks 
ending on February 13. All fresh- 
men, except members of Folio 
club, may join any group which 
holds their interest. 

Directing the dramatic group 
will be Miss Roberta Winter, in- 
structor in speech, and Mrs. Re- 
bekah Clarke, instructor in mu- 
sic will lead those interested in 
music. Miss Priscilla Lobeck, in- 
structor in art, will aid the ar- 
tistically minded with the possi- 
bility of some clay modeling, 
while George P. Hayes, professor 
of English, will read with the lit- 
erature group. 



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Page 3 



Play By Play 

By EClaire Cunningham 

Since Girmy has gone to see the tops in sports, the Army-Navy 
game, I will see what is going on in the sports department at A. S. C. 
But rest assured it will not equal that grand football classic. There 
has been a rumour that Ginny is scouting for ideas for us to have 
a football team next year, but her trip probably was not made in the 
line of duty. 



Speaking of travelling, Miss Wilburn is on her way to New York 
this Christmas. She is going to attend a meeting of the Legislative 
Board of the National Section on Women's Athletics of the American 
Association of Health,, Physical Education and Recreation. (LBNSW- 
AAAHPER, no less) 



If you felt beat-up and worn out after the dance, you should have 
seen the gym. It strictly had the morning-after-the-night-before look 
with cigarette stubs, crepe paper and favors strewn all over. Miss 
Dorothy spent a very blue Monday getting it back onto the track 
after the festive part it played as host to the first Agnes Scott 
formal. 



You may expect to see some full fledged umpires strutting around 
the gym soon, for the umpiring club's hockey tests are being given. 
So, if you encounter any one with a top sergeant air, you'll know 
that it is one of Agnes Scott's first umpires. Classes in basketball 
officiating will be held next quarter. 

By the way, any student or alumna who is interested in taking the 
Atlanta officials board exams in basketball may do so this fall. The 
tests will be given the second week in December. 



A little known precaution observed by the gym department is the 
testing, each week, of the pool water. Early Monday morning, a stu- 
dent ventures out with her little black box containing the water 
samples. She sleepily boards the street car and rides to town to the 
Health Department. 

There she deposits her boftles, getting empties in return. Five min- 
utes later, she may be seen re-boarding the same street car which 
has just made its circle. The street car conductor gives her a sus- 
picious look, eyeing the little box, but she never tells why she rides 
to town every Monday morning only to return almost immediately. 



New plans have been made by the A. A. Board to take over the 
Athletic Bulletin Board in the Mail Room. Instead of the Publicity 
Manager changing the posters each week every week during the 
year, during winter quarter, the whole Board will be in charge of it. 
A different sports manager each week will be in charge of the 
bulletin board and will preview events of interest coming up in their 
sport. 



Nancy Wilkinson, sophomore, has won the Archery Tournament, 
announced Binkie Stubbs Ferris, archery club manager. Nancy is 
really the school champion, since this the second year in a row that 
she has won the archery tournament. 



In co-operation with the Orientation Committee, A. A. will have an 
open house down at the Gym on Jan. 10, the first Saturday night 
after the Christmas holidays. Refreshments will be provided, the 
pool will be open, and the usual sports will be offered. 



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Sports Careers 
Lure Alumnae 
From 47 Class 

Ann Hough and Scotty John- 
son are two of the recent gradu- 
ates of Agnes Scott who have 
found careers in the field of 
sports. 

Ann, who graduated in '47, is 
doirg splendid graduate work in 
physical education at Smith col- 
lege in Northampton, Mass. The 
former tennis champion and vice- 
president of A. A. is very impress- 
ed by the 20 tennis courts and 
five hockey fields at the college. 

She writes that in spite of the 
cold, sports activities continue 
out cf doors. She watched the 
British Touring team in hockey 
defeat an all-Smith team 21-0, 
and thought that the British were 
"terrific". 

Scotty Johnson, of the class of 
'46, -has been helping in the phy- 
sical education department of St. 
Catherine's school in Virginia. She 
was selected on the all-Virginia 
team which played the English 
on their recent tour. While at 
Agnes Scott, Scotty was hockey 
manager and tennis manager. 

Mile. College Board 
Selects Two Seniors 

Virginia Drake and Jean da 
Silva, both seniors, have been 
chosen to serve on Mademoiselle's 
college board. They will submit 
three assignments during the year 
and will be eligible for a guest 
editorship on the magazine next 
summer. 

Mary Beth Little, senior, spent 
the month of June last summer 
as a guest editor for Mademoiselle 
after being chosen from the col- 
lege board. 



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Seniors Default To Sophs 

By Marie Cuthbertson 

After several weeks of playing in rainy weather or on a 
slippery field, the juniors met the freshmen in a day after 
Thanksgiving clash at 4 p. m. The other scheduled contest 
between the seniors and sophs was a default by the class of 
'48, who were unable to field a full team. 

The score of 3-0 fails to tell the 
true story of the rough and tum- 
ble contest. Fighting hard from 
the opening whistle, the fresh- 
men eleven played well especially 
on defense. 

Although failing to give junior 
goalie Ammons a great deal of 
exercise, the fighting frosh, time 
after time, kept the junior for- 
ward line from scoring while they 
were in the scoring circle. Much 
credit is due to freshman goalie 
Smith for her performance 

Scores by Ellis and Newton in 
the first half put the juniors two 
points ahead at half time. During 
the second period the undefeated 
eleven was held to a single goal 
made by Sid Cummings. 

The class of '51 has improved 
steadily since the beginning of the 
season and shows promise of be- 
ing strong contenders for honors 
next year. Junior defense and the 
backfield of the freshmen deserve 
special commendation. Although a 
hard struggle, the game was rag- 
ged and was characterized by 
bunching and lack of good tech- 
nique and stick work. 



New Managers 
Chosen Mon. 

New managers have been chos- 
en for two of the winter quarter 
sports, announced Sheely Little, 
president, at the last A. A. Board 
meeting. 

Grace Durant, previous swim- 
ming manager, has resigned her 
position. In her place, Charlotte 
Evans has been chosen as new 
swimming manager. There will 
be a meeting of class managers 
with Charlotte down at the pool 
Tuesday at 7:30. 

Class basketball managers for 
winter quarter have been an- 
nounced, too. Anne Brook, day 
student, will be the frosh mana- 
ger; Mary Louise Warlick; is 
chosen as the sophomore mana- 
ger; the junior manager will be 
June Davis; and Edna Claire 
Curningham will lead the seniors. 
The schedule of the games, and 
practice times will be announced 
at a later date. 




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AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, WED. DECEMBER 3. 1947 



No More Blue Books, 

For four years of blood, sweat, and tears we have heard 
the eternal plaint of 550 students. Never before has the News 
dared take pen in hand to express this long abiding grievance 
swelling within our troubled breasts. 

All quarter long knowledge of this source of pain hangs 
over the campus like the gloom cloud over Joe Bitxlt in LiT 
Abner. From September to December we ponder the coming 
struggle. Alas, class dreams of vacation time are frozen in 
our brains by the thought of the catastrophe. Some of the 
weaker are so affected as to eat their Thanksgiving turkey 
in the stacks preparing for the blow. 

We have meekly surrendered to the whip lash long enough. 
Five hundred and fifty voices can no longer be drowned in 
ink pots. Down with the little blue bocks and up with the 
little black books. 

We demand that exams be abolished. 

No More Blues 

Almost upon us is the time of year when crowds become 
mobs, and people become nicer, and a little corn is permis- 
sible, and cheer is the order of the day. 

The holiday spirit, Saint Nick and all that, is floating around 
somewhere, being elusive at the moment. Visibility is poor, 
probably because of exam clouds hovering near, but it gets 
clearer all the time what with toys in the store windows and 
train tickets in jewelry boxes, and Christmas lists in the 
making. 

Student government's open house and the teas during exam 
week are designed to provide a little pre-Christmas spirit. 
We'd call them right in the Christmas tradition, that part of 
it about spreading joy. 

Since this is the last time we'll have to tell you and since 
we cannot think of any possible way to say it in any other 
words and since these say it mighty well anyway Merry 
Christmas! 



You Said It 

Editor, Agnes Scott News: 

My dear female exponent of 
journalism, 

Hearing comment concerning 
an editorial published in your 
weekly newspaper having to do 
with an unfortunate feature item 
in our meager contribution to the 
world of college journalism, I 
immediately was overtaken with 
a desire to peruse fore-amentioned 
editorial. If you would send an 
issue to box 804, Georgia Tech, 
my appreciation would be bound- 
less. 

May I say, in additnr, that the 
opinions of feature writers who 
are merely attempting to make 
some dull Tech students laugh do 
not represent the opinions of my- 
self, who embodies the editorial 
policy of our humble publication. 
In case apologies are in order, 
however, would you graciously 
accept them on behalf of your 
worthy college. 

Sincerely, 
Al Newton, Editor, Technique 



Wanted: Happy Haven 
For Derelict Intellects 

By Lee Cousar 

The library doors close behind me, and I stand bewildered. 
What can I do? Where shall I go My knowledge for the com- 
ing day is only half obtained, and here I stand desolate on 
the library steps at 10 p. m. with no place to go to continue 
my quest for learning 



Zionist Collegiates Name 
Helen Goldman Secretary 

Helen Goldman, senior, was 
recently elected corresponding 
secretary of the Southern States 
Region of the Inter-Collegiate 
Zionist Federation of America, 
"The Southern Israelite" stated 
in the November 14 edition. 

The meeting to organize the 
federation was held in Atlanta, 
and was attended by representa- 
tives from eight southern states. 



Cabb 



ages and Kings 



Off the 
Copy Hook 

The following conversation was 
actually carried on in all seri- 
ousness between two Honor Roll 
students a few days ago: 

1st H.R.S.: "Tell me, who wrote 
the 'Odyssey* ?" 

2nd H.R.S.: "Why, Homer, of 
course. You mean you didn't know 
that? Why, you probably don't 
even know who wrote Virgil/' 

1st H.R.S.: "I do know that 
one  'The Aenead'." 



Suddenly a ray of light shines 
into my darkened thoughts. I can 
go to that home for derelict in- 
tellectsthe day students' room! 
There my studies will be inter- 
rupted by no rude shouts of 
"Whose tub?", "Telephone!!!" and 
other such loathsome sounds. 
There I can study in peace while 
my unlearned neighbors in the 
dormitory fritter away their time 
in noise and chatter. 

Entering the room, I am aston- 
ished to find that there are others 
there, too, and that the only emp- 
ty plaee for me is at a table with 
someone else. With a sigh I re- 
sign myself to my fate, sit down, 
and place my nose in my book. 

Just as I find myself pleading 
with the Raven to tell me about 
Lenore, I am carried back to 
earthly realms by the shrill ring- 
ing of the telephone. With dem- 
oniacal shouts, six girls shove into 
the little two-by-four phone booth, 
and shortly thereafter five of 
them depart from said booth in 
a rather dejected manner. 

To my horror, I discover that 
the door to the telephone booth 
does not close securely, and so un- 
willingly I become an eavesdropper. 
Thanks to the insistence of the 
switchboard operator this dis- 
turbance ceases after several 
painful and embarrassing minutes, 
and again I delve into my book. 
Fifteen minutes pass during 



which an equal number of thirst- 
ing souls keep the fountain at my 
elbow steadily running. In a far 
corner a low murmur begins 
which gets louder until it resem- 
bles the sound produced by a 
swarm of bees. My loud and fre- 
quent sighs have no effect what- 
soever in quelling~the sound. 

The door is flung open, and a 
raincoat-over-pa jama-clad person 
stands in the doorway and bellows 
something about food from the 
tea house. Catching the somewhat 
reprimanding glances bestowed 
upon her by a few of us who are 
sincerely striving after knowledge, 
she is good enough to go to each 
girl and take her order in an un- 
accustomed whisper. 

A few moments later, my table- 
mate, realizing that her low 
grades in French are due to her 
poor pronunciation takes this op- 
portunity to practice reading 
French aloud, and none of my re- 
quests for silence are effective. 

I finally realize what my only 
course of action is when two 211 
students, remembering advice 
given by their professor, decide 
that "King Lear" would have 
more meaning for them if they 
would enact it. 

Clasping my books in my arms. 
I resignedly depart from this 
scene of confusion and retire to 
the peace and quiet of the dormi- 
tory. 



Emory Phi Sigma Admits 
3 AS Seniors, 1 Alumna 

Three 'seniors, Elizabeth Dunn, 
Ruth Richardson, and Pat Mc- 
Manmon were initiated into Phi 
Sigma, honorary biological fra- 
ternity at Emory, last week. 
Genet Heery, assistart in biolo- 
gy at Agnes Scztt, also joined the 
fraternity. 

Last year, Ruth Bastia Slentz, 
then a junior, and B. J. Radford, 
'47, were elected to Phi Sigma. 



Club New 

Glee Club 

The Glee club will sing at the 
regular 11 a. m. service of the 
Druid Hills Presbyterian church 
on Sunday, Dec. 7. 

Eta Sigma Phi 

A general idea of the history 
of the Ciceronean age will be 
discussed at the regular meeting 
of Eta Sigma Phi Thursday at 
4:30 p. m. at Miss Kathryn Glick's 
home. 

Topics for discussion will be 
"General History of the Cicero- 
nean Age" lead by Alice David- 
son; "Literary History of the 
Ciceronean Age" by Dabney 
Adams: and "Discussion of Lu- 
cretius" by Adele Dieckmann. 

Mortar Board 

The sale of Agnes Scott calen- 
dars in Buttrick has been dis- 
continued, but these calendars 
may still , be bought through the 
members of Mortar Beard, Pagie 
Violette. Mortar Board president 
announced. 

The new trash cans outside 
Presser, the library, and the book 
store were placed there at the 
suggestion of Mortar Board 
The club now urges that they be 
used. Pagie said. 



By Mary Beth Little 

The fall quarter flips, spins dizzily, lands in a crack so 
nobody wins . . . girls dash frantically as squirrels, storing 
up tid-bits for the coming season of exam hail . . . brows 
are wrinkled as crinkled trees . . . harassed typewriters are 
rolling off themes like the home-town press at the four 
o'clock rush . . . everybody feels 
either up or down; nobody has 
time to squeek . . . thoughts fly 
distracted as leaves . . . football 
colors are dusty and disreputable, 
red ribbon and bells spark dorm 
doors . . . Christmas carols grow 
louder and more deliriously off 
key . . . only the stub is left of 
this year's calendar . . . time is 
clattering by on little reindeer 
hoofs. 

Dear Santa . . . 

Other than a Cadilac conver- 
tible, enough diamonds to make 
being a pedestrian at night not on- 
ly safe but postively a menace to 
driver's blinkers, the covered-up- 
look via mink, and a blond six- 
footer, most of us just want a soft 
pillow and nothing to do. Never, 
since the childhood daze of Santa 
Claus, was Christmas so anticipat- 
ed. One will insist she just wants 
to see the family, as she knits 
size eleven argyles feverishly; an- 
other drags out a fraternity pin, 
badly in need of polish; other less 
summer-successful ones renew old 
correspondance; the race is on. 
It's just a good thing Christmas 
does come but once a year. 

"You better watch out, you bet- 
ter not cry, you better not pout, 
I'm telling you why: Santa Claus 
is coming to town!" And no more 
of "havin* the smarts" either. 
Now a columnist loves gals who 
say things like "her hair looks like 
it was curled with a blow torch" or 
in that under-starched formal she 
sounded like she was cutting down 
a forest when she walked"; but 
switches and ashes are for that 
kitten's nylon; Polyannas get the 
dollies. Professor-distressors are 
due for their just reward too 
too much prancing and waving at 
the grandstands and clango, great 
the topple thereof. College scrib- 
blers who can't resist telling jokes 
such as: "How are Christmas and 
a crab alike? (Bugles maestro!) 
They both have Sandy Claws"  
hey wait til we get our glasses 



on  now, you wouldn't strike a 
poor .blind  as we were saying- 
before chloroform was forcibly ad- 
ministered: idiots who tell . - such 
. . . might . . . not . . . /rismas . . . 
mor. . . 

Folly Days 

Wreck the halls with vows of 
folly, fala la la  who can be quiet 
when time's hustling toward 
emancipation ? Freshmen gather 
by phones or on stair landings, 
singing carols barbershop * im- 
promptu . . . sophomores check 
the this-time-I'm-go i n g-to nail 
length, hope old man exams won't 
scythe them down . . . juniors try 
being level headed about it all, 
finally decide that means let's 
forget it and catch some horizonal 
napping . . . dignified seniors glis- 
sando cards, try to "my fair lady!" 
 trap underclassmen into their 
variety of London bridge (English 
related hours you know), finally 
end up slapping out solitaire with 
a silly smile holding the ears on 
and together. 

The shiny fall quarter is long 
lost now. Shall we toss for the 
next? 



THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS 

Editor HARRIET GREGORY 

Managing Editor ANNA CLARK KOUEILS 

Assistant Editors BETTY LOU BAKER, LORTON USE 

Feature Editor LEE CO USA R 

Sports Editor 1 VIRGINIA ANDREWS 

Society Editor MILDRED CLAIRE JONES 

Copy Editor B1LLIE POWELL 

Editorial Assistant MARY BETH LITTLE 

Photographer MRS. W. A. CA LDKR 

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Davis. 

Sports: Jane Alsobrook. Nancy Franelsco, Floss Hanson, TeeToe Williams. K Claire 

Cunningham i Margaret Yancey, Zora Hodges. 

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Vol. XXXIII 



AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA. WED. JAN. 21, 1948 



Number 11 



May Day to Feature 
N. Parks' Scenario, 
'May Day Legend' 

"A May Day Legend," a scenario written by Nancy Parks, 
junior, has been selected by the May Day committee for 
production, Maxine Kickliter, chairman, announced. 

An original fairy story, the scenario provides for charac- 
ters, dances, and music representing each month in the year. 
Different types of instrumental 



music will be used for the May 
Day production this year, Maxine 
disclosed. 

Elections for May Court are 
slated for Monday's assembly. The 
identity of the queen will not be 
kept secret this year, but will be 
announced, with that of her court, 
in next week's News. 

Nancy Parks, author of "A May 
Day Legend," has a long record 
of achievements in the field of 
creative writing. She is a member 
of the staff of Aurora, a member 
of BOZ, and she was a member of 
Folio her freshman year. Serving 
as head of Lower House of Stu- 
dent government leads her other 
activities. 



Classes Donate 
To War Orphan 

Support for Polish war orphan 
Ivo Paseka will be provided by 
the sophomore, junior, and senior 
classes this quarter. Ninety dol- 
lars will be sent from the three 
classes and an additional ninety 
will be sent from all four classes 
spring quarter. 

Ivo, recently assigned to the 
student body by Foster Parents, 
Incorporated, writes that fall was 
rather dull, but he was looking 
forward to the time when he could 
go tobogganing and "run on the 
ski." 



Broadway, 5 th Avenue Beckon 
To Twelve Lucky Vacationers 

Need a spring tonic? Or think you will after this quarter? 
Then how's about a mixture of Fifth avenue, Great White 
Way, skyscrapers, plus a dash of salt air for seasoning, Cen- 
tral Park for the green touch; and Metropolitan Art and 
Greenwich Village for flavor? Mix carefully using doctors 

Miss Roberta Winter's and Miss 



Date Book 

Wed., Jan. 21  Undiscovered 
talent show in assembly. 

Tluirs,, Jan. 22  Undiscovered 
talent show in assembly. Fresh- 
men music and literature in- 
terest groups meet at 5:15. 
BOZ meeting. 

Frl., Jan. 23  Miss Gooch's choral 
recital. Basketball game. 

Sun. Jan. 25  Vespers at 6:30 
in Maclean. 

Man., Jan. 26  May Day elections 
a assembly. 

Tues., Jan. 27  Vera Dean, au- 
thority on Russia, lectures in 
Presser at 8:30 p. m. 



Sophs, Frosh 
Hail Privileges 
For Dating 

New dating privileges have been 
given to freshmen and sophomores 
announced Sister Davis, president 
of student government. 

Freshmen may now double date 
in cars Monday through Friday un- 
til 11:45 p. m., on Saturday nights 
until 12 midnight; and for special 
dances until 12:30 a. m. They may 
exercise this privilege within a 
specified area which includes Tech, 
Emory, the movies in Atlanta, the 
Atlanta terminal, and the Para- 
dise Room, and the Rainbow Roof. 

Sophomores may single date in 
cars until 11 p. m. are not limited 
to area except as school rules 
now state. 



Priscilla Lobeck's special prescrip- 
tion and you'll find the remedy for 
all your maladies. 

Miss Winter and Miss .Lobeck 
have decided to take twelve girls 
to New York for an extended 
week-end during spring holidays. 
Leaving March 17 the group will 
return the 23rd after a schedule 
packed with big city atmosphere. 
Although the emphasis will be on 
what there is to see in art and 
the theatre every phase of New 
York life will be included. 

The price of this trip to fairy- 
land is $135 including railroad 
(Continued on page 5) 



Juniors Plan 
Gay Nineties 
Extravaganza 

With all the energy of the tire- 
less troupers of the Gay Nineties, 
the junior class under the direc- 
tion of Junior Joint chairman Dot 
Porter has begun work on "Dia- 
mond Jim's Jamboree at the Gold- 
en Horse-shoe" to get it ready 
for an 8:30 p. m. performance in 
the gym, Saturday, Feb. 7. 
Gay Nineties Theme 

This extravanganza of bustled 
belles and diamond studded gen- 
tlemen is this year's Junior Joint 
celebration presented annually by 
the junior class. Sophomores, fresh- 
men, and seniors will help with 
the entertainment by presenting 
a class skit on the Gay Nineties 
theme and the winning skit will 
be chosen at the end of the even- 
ing. Mildred Claire Jones and 
Nancy Deal were chosen co-chair- 
men in charge of the senior skit 
while Cissie Spiro will plan the 
freshman stunt. 

In past years each class nomin- 
ated a king and campaigned for 
two weeks before Junior Joint to 
raise enough votes in the form 
of pennies to win the crown for 
their class. This year each class 
will nominate a queen who will 
compete for the title of Lillian 
Russell of "Diamond Jim's Jam- 
boree." Each queen's date will act 
as her escort. Nominations for 
queen will take place in class 
meetings this week. 

Commttees Named 

Committee heads for the junior 
class were chosen last week, Dot 
Porter announced. In charge of 
supplying true barber-shop har- 
mony is Nancy Dendy, chairman 
of the music committee, while 
Butch Hayes heads the decorations 
committee, and Mary Price and 
Lucy Mohr are co-chairmen of the 
costume commttee. 

Refreshments on sale will be 
supplied by Nancy Huey and her 
committee, and Mary Aichel is 
chairman in charge of tickets. 
Sharing the work of publicizing 
the Jamboree are Dot Morrison 
and Lee Cousar. Chairman of the 
clean-up committee is Marie Cuth- 
bertson. 



Vera Dean to Talk 
On Soviet Issue 

Noted Authoress to Deliver Lecture 
In Presser Tuesday Night at 8:30 

Vera Micheles Dean, director of the research department 
of the Foreign Policy association, author of several books, 
and authority on Russia, will lecture in Presser hall at 8:30 
p. m. Tuesday, Jan. 27. Her subject will be "Russia's Internal 
Problems." 

Born in Russia, a graduate of 
Radcliffe, and a Ph.D., Mrs. Dean, 
who has a master's degree in in- 
ternational law from Yale, and 
honorary degrees from other in- 
stitutions, has been appointed to 
lecture at Harvard University 
Graduate School on Russia's for- 
eign policy. She is the only woman 
who has had that honor. 

Among her books are "Europe in 
Retreat," "The Four Cornerstones 
of Peace," and "The United States 
and Russia." 

Mrs. Dean has worked in Eu- 
rope with the OWI and the State 
department. She received the 
French Chevalier of the Legion of 
Honor in 1947 in recognition of 
her outstanding contribution to 
world understanding. 

Miss Elizabeth Jackson, of the 
history department, pointed out 
that, besides being one of the most 
prominent young women in the 
country, Mrs. Dean is an excellent 
speaker. Miss Jackson expressed 
the hope that the audience would 
utilize the question period after 
the lecture Tuesday to ask es- 
pecially about the Russian foreign 
policy. 

A reception for Mrs. Dean in 
(Continued on page 5) 




VERA MICHELES DEAN 



WSSF Drive 
Totals $750 

Emphasizing its "From Student 
to Student" theme in chapel Sat- 
urday, Christian association closed 
World Student Service Fund drive 
totaling more than $750 in its 
fund to aid foreign students. 

With the addition of money to 
be received from Junior Joint the 
fund is expected to expected to 
exceed the $1000 goal set for "Ag- 
nes Scott's contribution. 

The total sum of donations from 
faculty and students on campus 
includes $101 collected at Inves- 
titure services, $52.65 contributed 
during the Thanksgiving drive, 
and $518.55 received in the recent 
campus solicitation. An additional 
(Continued on page 5) 



Frost Combines Wit, Insight, Optimism 



By Lorton Lee 

Agnes Scott and the plantation 
type estate of his friend John 
Wade in Marshallville, Ga. are 
the south to Robert Frost, fore- 
most American poet, he remarked 
in an interview upon his arrival on 
campus Monday. 

Mr. Frost, who read' both old 
favorites and a few new selections 
of his poetry at a lecture in Pres- 
ser hall last night, has lectured 
frequently at Agnes Scott since 
his first appearance in 1937. This 
year he is the guest of the college 
by the courtesy of the Visiting 
Scholar's Fund of the University 
Center. 

A calm, white-haired man in his 
seventies, Mr. Frost has the op- 
timism of a poet and the quick 
wit and insight of a diplomat. He 
anticipates another war, eventual- 
ly. 



"War begins in differences of 
opinion and ends in brutality," he 
commented. "Men who believe that 
their ideals are worth dying for 
also believe they are worth killing 
for," he added. 

Interested in current affairs, Mr. 
Frost says he is looking forward 
to seeing the number of votes 
Wallace and his third party will 
poll in the coming presidential 
election. Wallace's supporters, he 
believes, will be those who think 
there is no need for trouble with 
Russia. When asked his opinion 
of Wallace, Frost smiling remark- 
ed that he had several months be- 
fore ho would vote. 

On the Negro question Mr. Frost 
honestly admitted that he as a 
northerner knew nothing about 
the Negros in the south. Then 
with a grin ho added that they 



knew him. A Negro waiter on the 
train, the only person on his south- 
bound train to recognize Mm, 
wanted to know whether he was 
Robert Frost or Carl Sandburg. 

Mr. Frost, four times winner 
of the Pulitzer prize, has received 
more honors than any other living 
poet. He holds honorary degrees 
from Yale. Harvard, Columbia, 
Princeton and other American 
universities. 

The English faculty entertained 
Mr. Frost at a dinner Monday 
evening and he will meet with 
the members of campus creative 
writing clubs at an informal tea 
at 4 p. m. His train leaves tonight 
for Florida where he will spend 
the winter at his home near Mi- 
ami. 



Frosh Pick Mattison 
Secretary-Treasurer 

Freshmen elected Mary Louise 
Mattison secretary-treasurer of 
their class in chapel Saturday. 

The election of Mary Louise, 
who is from Anderson, S. C, com- 
pletes the roster of freshman of- 
ficiers. Other class leaders are 
Mary Hayes Barber, president; 
Cissie Spiro, vice-president; and 
Liz Ragland and Noel Barnes 
freshmen representatives to Exec. 

Rogers Stars 
In Swan Lake 

The Agnes Scctt dance group 
under the direction of Miss Eu- 
genie Dozier will present. "Swan 
Lake" on the night of February 
14 in Presser Hall. 

"Swan Lake," a romantic bal- 
let in four acts, was presented for 
the first time in Moscow, February 
20, 1877. Usually just the second 
act is given, but the dance group 
will present the entire score taken 
from the book by V. P. Begitchcv 
and Geltsen set to music by Tchai- 
kovsky. The choreography for the 
production is by Miss Dozier af- 
ter Petipa. 

The principals arc Pinny Rogers 
as Odette, Jack Brock as Prince 
Siegfried, Anna Wells as Odile. 
and Jackson MeBride as^von Rot- 
bart. 



Page 2 



AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, WED. JANUARY 21. 1948 



Merry-go-Round 

By Mildred Claire Jones 

Agnes Scott, A. D. (after dark, that is!) Two little squirrels 
sat at the edge of a walkway of melting snow. As usual their 
talk was about the people they saw every day, the Agnes 
Scott girls. 

"You would think that being away for all those days 
would have made those Tech boys 



forget alT about these girls. But 
it didn't happen that way. Sara 
Samonds, Mary Love Campbell, 
Gene Wilson, Gregor Mitchell, and 
Mae Comer Osborne were at the 
Delta Tau Delta house. And Nan- 
cy Brown, Catherine McGauley, 
Liza Pollard, and Susan Gauger 
went to the Delta Sigma Phi 
house." 

"The Sigma Nus were anxious 
to see them too, so they immed- 
iately asked Sally Thomason, Mary 
Louise Mattison, and Wilton Rice 
to go out with them Saturday 
night. Mary Hayes Barber, Ann 
Miller, Julie Cuthbertson, Anna 
DeVault, Virginia Chard, and 
Sarah Davis enjoyed a Lambda 
Chi rush party." 

Emory Antics 

"I wouldn't say that the Emory 
boys waited too long to make 
plans for the week-end too. Har- 
riet Ann McGuire, Jessie Carpen- 
ter, Charlotte Bartlett, Ann Sar- 
tain, Mildred Claire Jones, Ann- 
elle Simpson, Floss Hanson, Diana 
Durden, and Norah Anne Little 
danced with the SAEs at a lively 
house dance. 

"The Chi Phis must have really 
had a wonderful time at their 
dance at North Fulton Park Fri- 
day night. Joann Peterson, Isabel 
Truslow, Jean Osborn, Margaret 
Hopkins, Lyd Gardner, and Mary 
Beth Little were there. Also seen 
at the Chi Phi house were Frances 
Smith, Sally Bussey, Margaret 
Brewer, and Sally Thomason." 
Pins and Grins 

"Have you noticed all the new 
fraternity pins since Christmas? 
Betty Cole is pinned to a Phi 
Delt, Dot Medlock to an ATO, 
and Beverly Gordy to an SPE. I 
am sure that there are others but 
those are the only ones that I can 
think of now. And two girls have 
changed their names over the holi- 
days: Now they are Sue Meaders 
Crawley and Mary Helen Phillips 
Hearn." 

"Don't you just love to see girls 
dressed up in formals and boys in 
tux? I had the best time watching 
people go into and out of Main 
Friday night on their way to the 
PiKA formal. I saw Nancy Deal, 
Genie Paschal, Mary Louise War- 
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Rosemary Griffin, Joan Willmon, 
Olive Partee, and Martha Jane 
Davis were there too." 

Night Cluflbing 
"If you want to hear where the 
crowd had been that night, all 
you have to do is sit along the 
way from Main to Inman and hear 
the gossip. I heard Catherine Nel- 
son say that she saw Easy Beale, 
Sid Cummings, Val von Lehe and 
Dot Medlock .at the Rainbow Roof 
when she was there with Mary 
Chappell, Dottie Sullivan and 
their dates.' 

"Yes, I know what you mean. 
It was there that I heard about 
the ice and snow that made every- 
body so late. Also I learned that 
Pagie Violette, Charlotte Bartlett, 
and Nancy Geer had been at the 
Naval Air Base. While Splinter 
Board and Billie Powell and Dot 
Quillian were at the Tech Sigma 
Chi house, and Casey Haff and 
Jane Oliver at the Phi Delt House, 
Jessie Carpenter, Beryl Crews and 
Dot Floyd were dancing at the 
Chi Phi house." 

Home to How i 
"All the good times were not 
in Decatur though. Lee Brewer 
went to Birmingham, Sue Mc- 
Spadden to Charlotte, Lady 
Major and Harriet Gregory to An- 
derson, and Tee Toe Williams to 
Marietta. 

"Virginia Arnold took Betty 
Finney to Newnan with her, while 
Marg Hunt took Andrea Dale to 
Griffin. Dalton was a gay place 
too with Agnes Scotters Mary 
Manly, Mary Gene Sims, Anne El- 
can, Margaret Anne Richards, and 
June Irvine there; Mary Anne 
Barksdale went to Auburn." 

"Those energetic ATOs had a 
big party too. Margaret Glenn, 
Emily Pope, Janet Quinn , Dot 
Medlock, Ric Ramseur, Isabel 
Truslow, and Betty Averill were 
at the Tech house and Anne Hayes 
was at the Emory house. Margie 
Stukes celebrated with the Emory 
Delta Tau Deltas, and Jeanne 
Kline and Frankie Francisco say 
that the Sigma Chi party was best 
of all!" 

Ring Toss 
"Speaking of new things since 
Christmas, have you seen Mildred 
Claire's Citadel miniature, And 
these engagement rings! Jean 
Henson, Mary Gene Sims, Jean 
Niven, Sheely Little, Jackie Ja- 
cobs, Fay Ball, and B. J. Doyle 
are the lucky girls. Also having 
beautiful engagement rings are 
Eva Finkelstein, Genet Heery, and 
Willa Wagner. Haven't you noticed 
how bright these nights have 
been? I'm sure that half of the 
glitter is from those good-looking 
rings. Yes, Agnes Scott A. D. is 
quite a place!" 



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To Attend 
Tulane Meet 

Pi Alpha Phi voted funds to send 
two teams to Tulane's Glendy 
Burke debating tournament at 
New Orleans the week-end of Feb. 
26 at their meeting Thursday. This 
is the first year that the intercol- 
legiate teams have attended the 
Tulane meet as part of their tourn- 
ament circuit. 

Other events on the circuit are 
the All Southern held here last 
November and the Grand National 
Forensic Tournament at Mary 
Washington. Fredericksburg, Va., 
in March. 

All three tournaments featured 
the national subject, Resolved: 
that a world federation should be 
established. 

Club tournament progressed as 
Jessie Hodges and Dot Davis af- 
firmative team won the decision 
over negative Dot Floyd and Jane 
Oliver. Subject was Resolved: that 
the old cut system should be re- 
established. Winners of club tourn- 
ament will be announced in chapel 
spring quarter and awarded the 
plaque. 

Touching off winter quarter de- 
bating was the nondecision bout 
between the Agnes Scott affirma- 
tive and the University of Penn- 
sylvania negative on the national 
subject. On tour, the Penn. team 
also debated Tech and Emory as 
well as other southern teams. 
Last year was the first time the 
Pennslyvania teams had stopped 
at Agnes Scott. The two schools 
had first debated each other in 
the ^Grand National at Mary 
Washington. 

AS Professors Join 
Archaeology Club 

The Archaeological Institute of 
America formed an Atlanta chap- 
ter last week with charter mem- 
bers from Agnes Scott, Emory and 
other colleges in this area. 

Five meetings a year, with per- 
haps one or two on the Agnes 
Scott campus, are planned. Noted 
lecturers on classical archaeology 
and art, and the archaeology and 
art of other fields will be invited to 
speak before the chapter. 

Robert Scranton, professor of 
Greek at Emory, was chosen pre- 
sident of the group. Prof P. L. 
Garber, of the Bible department, 
and Prof. H. C. Forman, of the art 
department, are officers of the 
chapter. 



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Frosh Groups 
Plan Activities 

Freshmen interest groups in 
art, literature, dramatics and mu- 
sic met together for the first time 
to plan programs for the year at 
a tea given for them Thursday by 
C. A. under the direction of Ann 
Williamson, recreation chairman. 

Each group elected a secretary. 
Anna DaVault will serve as sec- 
retary of the music group, and 
Betty Esco is secretary of the 
group interested in dramatics. In 
the literature group Betty Averill 
is secretary and the art group 
elected Julianne Morgan. 

The art group under the direc- 
tion of Miss Priscilla Lobeck, in- 
structor in art, met Tuesday at 
5:15 p. m. Their first project will 
be clay modeling. 

Mr. George P. Hayes, professor 
of English, will lead the literature 
group and has planned several dis- 
cussions on Shakespeare's 
"Twelfth Night" and on the works 
of Stephen Spender. The music 
group will study the great ora- 
torios of the world under the 
guidance of Mrs. Rebekah Clarke, 
instructor in music. Both the mu- 
sic and the literature groups will 
meet on Thursday at 5:15. 



Wilburn, Leyburn, 
Hunter Comment 
On Broadway Plays 

by Ann Sartiiin 

Misses Llewellyn Wilburn, El- 
len Douglass Leyburn, and Char- 
lotte Hunter's account of the plays 
they saw in New York during the 
Christmas holidays formed the 
program for Blackfriar's last 
meeting. While there they were 
fortunate enough to secure tickets 
to many of the plays of the current 
season. 

They said they were fascinated 
by the well constructed psycholo- 
gical drama, "A Street Car Nam- 
ed Desire", disappointed by Cathe- 
rine Cornell in the leading role 
of "Anthony and Cleopatra," and 
full of admiration for Judith An- 
derson as "Medea". They also at- 
tended performances of "Com- 
mand Decision," "That Winslow 
Boy", "L'Allegro," and Dostoyev- 
sky's "Crime and Punishment." 

They found the outstanding mu- 
sical "Brigadoon" particularly en- 
tertaining. The latter, a captivat- 
ing tale of a Scottish town which 
comes to life once every hundred 
years, they commented, was mark- 
ed by superior dancing and charm- 
ing melodies. It was enacted upon 
a revolving stage, a novelty in 
dramatic presentation. The three 
faculty members commented upon 
the omission of an intermission in 
the uninterupted play "Anthony 
and Cleopatra." 



Club News 

Glee Club 

Glee club will present the oper- 
etta, "Mikado" by Gilbert and 
Sullivan in Gaines chapel Feb. 27, 
and on the following night at Geor- 
gia Tech. The performance on 
campus is the only one open to 
Agnes Scott students and faculty. 
Tickets will go on sale about two 
weeks before opening night. 

Boz 

Next meeting of BOZ will be 
held Thursday, Mary Price, presi- 
dent, announced. Hunt Morris, 
Katherine Geffcken, and Mary 
Price will read creative writings 
at that time. 

IRC 

International Relations club is 
sponsoring a current events room 
in Murphey Candler where maps 
and current magazines will be 
placed for the use of the campus 
community. 

Folio 

Folio, the creative writing club 
for Freshmen, will be open for 
tryouts from Wednesday, Feb. 11, 
to Wednesday, Feb. 25. 

Short stories, poetry, scripts, or 
sketches may be used as entries, 
and will be judged by the present 
members of Folio. Any Freshman 
interested in writing is eligible to 
submit an entry. 

M. Milam, '45, 
Joins Faculty 

The newest alumna who has re- 
turned to work on campus in var- 
ious capacities is Molly Milam, 
class of '45. 

She will work with Miss Emily 
Higgins and Miss June Thomason 
in the Alumnae office, and will be 
employed as a laboratory assistant 
in the Biology department. Molly 
was president of Student govern- 
ment, and an active leader in cam- 
pus activities during her student 
days. 



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Play By Play 

By Ginny Andrews 

Why is it that Atlanta always has its coldest weather after Christ- 
mas? I guess it's to wake us up after all the good times we had at 
home during the vacation and the natural aftermath of grogginess on 
our part when we return to Agnes Scott. 



Well, anyway, we really have been awakened by the last cold spell. 
Seniors, yep, even dignified seniors, have been seen out in violent 
snowball fights this past week-end. Not only that, but long walks, 
too, in the cold weather (at least, as long as from one building to 
another!) And as for the sophs, well, they're completely forgotten 
about the worn phrase "sophomore slump" and have been seen slid- 
ing giddily in front of Main, taking their numerous spills with grace 
and, good grace. 



Another phase of cold weather exercise can be seen in the dorms. 
It's really something of a record the way many shaking sleepy gals, 
hear the alarm bell, shoot out of bed, pull down the windows, and 
scramble back into bed again. Never before has such speed been seen 
at 7:30 a. m. More speed is seen in the dash along the colonade from 
Main to Rebekah during the breakfast hours. Even the squirrels seem 
to be non-plussed at such at that hour in the morning. 



Winter quarter not only brings cold weather but also basketball, 
badminton, and senior physicals. In fact things are beginning to take 
an airy, ethereal outlook around the gym, what with the angel robes, 
the badminton birds flying, and the basketballs soaring heavenward. 
However if outward signs are ethereal, some pretty down-to-earth 
grumbling can be heard about the angel robes lacking the "new look" 
and the basketball forever and always sneaking out the door and 
down the steps. 



If the weather's cold however, the excitement over the coming 
basketball games is quite warm and sincere. This promises to be one 
of the most closely matched and interesting seasons we've had. Bet- 
ter watch the ball and root for your class team when those games 
begin Friday afternoon. 



Another mid-winter bit of athletics and warm rooting can be seen 
up on third Main. Maybe it's just the hope of summer to come, or 
maybe its the lack of exercise right now, but anyway, the bumping, 
rolling, and other strenuous forms of reducing have begun again. 
It may or may not work wonders, but the main complaint seems to 
be, "Why is that floor sooooo hard?" 



Another item of interest is the news from the badminton club. 
The badminton doubles and singles tournaments will begin this 
week-end and will be played off simultaneously. Not as many have 
signed up for the matches as in previous years, but the competition 
promises to be high as ever. Exhibition matches will be given later 
on in the' quarter, said Val Von Lehe, badminton manager. 



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Thrills, Spills 
Of Basketball 

By Floss Hanson 

"Everybody in groups of three 
for the figure eight." No, it's not 
ballet practice, and we're not ice 
skating (although the sidewalk 
in front of Main offers ample op- 
portunity). It's the beginning of 
basketball practice session. 

"Form two lines!" 

"Run!" 

"Shoot!" 

"Don't let the ball touch the 
ground." 

"Lookout everybody, here comes 
Warlick!" 

Those are just a few of the cries 
that split the air of the Gym. 

Of course everyone knows that 
the one object of basketball is to 
get a huge ball through a tiny 
net suspended in the stratosphere. 
However the ways of gaining this 
objective are many and varied. 
First there is the method of stand- 
ing with both feet planted firmly 
on the ground and heaving the 
ball with all your might toward 
the basket  only to have it miss 
and bounce out of the door. 

A second method consists of a 
running start, a soaring leap, the 
toss, and the landing in a heap 
(poetical, too). While these actions 
of the forward are taking place 
there is a certain obstructive in- 
strument in the game known as a 
guard who is far from idle. She 
follows you incessantly waving her 
multitudinous arms in your face 
and making a nuisance of herself 
in general. (No foolin', I once 
counted five arms on one guard  
they're awesome.) 

Enough, though, of the finer 
points of the game. Come on down 
to the gym and see for yourself 
the thrills and spills of the bas- 
ketball world. 



Board Entertains 
With Open House 

A. A. had its second open house 
of the year the first Saturday 
night of winter quarter. Although 
there was only a small group pre- 
sent, the party seemed to have 
been a success. 

Faculty and students were en- 
tertained with swimming, bad- 
minton, ping-pong, folk dancing, 
and bridge. Refreshments includ- 
ed doughnuts and cide/. 



Speech Department Slates 
Two Recitals Jan. 23, 28 

Reese Newton will read "White 
Cliffs of Dover" by Alice Duer 
Miller in Maclean Auditorium, 
Jan. 29 at 8 p. m. The public is 
invited. 

Miss Francis K. Gooch will pre- 
sent a choral speaking recital 
Jan. 23. 



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A look into winter quarter sports plans reveal an active 
and exciting season. Swimming, badminton and basketball 
are the major sports. 

Charlotte Evans, swimming manager, tells plans of a 
water show early in March. This will replace the water 



pageant which, in contrast, is 
built around a theme. The water 
show will consist of water ballets, 
and exhibitions of individual skills. 
If you are interested in participat- 
ing tryouts are any afternoon at 
5. 

Swimming club has some ad- 
ditional plans for fun and will 
hold tryouts for membership some- 
time this quarter. 

Basketball will be bigger and 
better this year promises manager 
Julianne Cook. If numbers mean 
anything she is correct. An un- 
precedented number of players 
have turned out for practice. The 
frosh have about seventeen on 
their squad, the sophs have about 
thirty to choose from, the juniors 
have some twenty-five players 
and the seniors are promising a 
team. 

The first game will be Friday 
afternoon and will alternate every 
week from afternoon to night. On 
Friday the teams will choose op- 
ponents by blind-folding each class 
manager and putting each in a 
different corner of the court. The 
first pair to touch each other will 
become opponents. The class man- 
agers are Anne Brooks for the 
frosh, Mary Louise Warlick, soph, 
June Davis, junior, EClaire Cun- 
ningham, senior. 

Mrs. Williams will officiate aid- 
ed by B. J. Radford and Genet 
Heery. For the first time Athletic 
Association will sell cokes and 
cheese crackers to help pay the 
officials. 

Last Friday the frosh beat the 
sophs in a practice game 10-9 and 
the seniors won 20-18 over the 
juniors. While these scores do 
not prove anything conclusively 
they do predict some close and 
exciting games for the future. The 
season will end March 5 with the 
varsity-subvarsity game. 



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Match Begins 
In Badminton 

Badminton manager, Val von 
Lehe, has anounced the doubles 
and singles badminton tournament 
for winter quarter. The lists for 
the tournaments were taken down 
Jan. 19. 

This year there will be 12 cou- 
ples participating in the doubles 
tournament, and 13 girls playing 
in the singles tournament. The 
matches will begin this week-end 
and will be run off simultaneously. 
Some of the finalists of last year's 
matches who will play again this 
year are: EClaire Cunningham, 
Val Von Lehe, Jackie Stewart, 
Emily Wright, Ginny Andrews, and 
Claire Kemper. 



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AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, WED. JANUARY 21. 1948 



Amateur Show 
Discloses 
Hidden Talent 

Many of the "flowers born to 
blush unseen" will no longer waste 
their sweeetness after the Stu- 
dent-government sponsored tal- 
ent shows today and tomorrow in 
assembly. 

The shows, written, produced, 
and presented by members of the 
classes unaccustomed to such ac- 
tivities, will be judged on spirit, 
talent itself and how "undiscover- 
ed" it is, originality, and person- 
ality of the presentations. Judges 
are W. A. Calder, professor of 
physics, Miss Margaret Phythian, 
associate professor of French, and 
Miss Margaret Lyon, assistant in 
physical education. 

The winning class, and points 
won by each class toward the 
class spirit cup will be announced 
after the last performance Thurs- 
day. Counting for points for the 
cup will be chapel attendance and 
merits of each class's presentation. 

Sophomores, having won the at- 
tendance contest in chapel last 
week, set the pace for t the order 
of the presentations. Juniors, un- 
der the direction of Newell Tur- 
ner, led off and seniors, headed 
by June Driskill, completed todays 
program. Cathy Davis is directing 
the sophomore production, slated 
for tomorrow, and Jennelle Spear 
heads the freshman production 
crew who will bring down the cur- 
tains on the strictly amateur 
shows. 



Cilley Speaks 
On Camoes 

Miss Melissa Cilley, assistant 
professor of Spanish, attended the 
national convention of the Ameri- 
can Association of Teachers of 
Spanish and Portuguese held in 
Detroit, Mich., Dec. 28-30. 

Miss Cilley read her paper, 
"Camonologica Brasileira" or "The 
Study of Camoes in Brazil," to 
the convention. 

Her paper is a study of Camoes, 
the great epic poet of Portugal 
and Brazil, and his national epic, 
"Os Lusiadas," in Brazil. About 
350 people from the United States, 
Canada, and Mexico were present 
at the convention. 

Miss Cilley also attended a 
meeting of the Modern Languages 
Association of America which met 
in Detroit at the same time. 



Frierson To Lead Faculty 
In Discussion Group 

Members of the faculty have 
planned discussion groups for 
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday 
nights at 8 p. m. 

Mr. W. J. Frierson, professor of 
chemistry, will preside at the 
meeting and problems suggested 
in the Southern Universities Con- 
ference Report will guide the top- 
ics discussed. 

One-third of the members of 
the faculty are planning to come 
each night but any member may 
attend any one of the three nights, 
Mr. Frierson announced. 




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ASC Contributes 
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To Ga. Exhibit 

Agnes Scott will contribute 
photographs of three different 
campus views to the educational 
section of the Georgia exhibit in 
the 'Library of Congress, which 
will open in Washington. D. C. in 
February for 3 months. 

Mrs. William B. Calder, wife of 
professor Calder, physics, has pho- 
tographed the main reading room 
of the library and reproduced from 
a glossie an outside view of Pres- 
ser Hall. A view of the front of 
Buttrick taken several years ago 
will complete Agnes Scott's ex- 
hibit. 

Agnes Scott was asked by the 
state historian to prepare these 
three 16 by 20 inch photographs. 



A. S. C. Sends 13 
To Emory Classes 

Ten juniors .and seniors and 
three special students from Agnes 
Scott are attending classes at Em- 
ory this quarter while two Emory 
students are on campus studying 
music under the cooperative sys- 
tem of classes between Agnes 
Scott and Emory University. 

Special students are Lucy Cren- 
shaw taking biology, chemistry, 
and French; Virginia Grother in 
English; and Peggy Penuel study- 
ing Bible, English and French. 

Regular students are studying 
a variety of subjects from art and 
accounting to political science and 
music. In the field of art are Flo 
Bryant, Lulu Croft, Amanda Hul- 
sey, Myrtice Mariani, and Betzie 
Powers, while Alice Lyons is 
studying accounting, economics 
and education, and Ann Ballard is 
taking a course in political science. 

Journalism students are Mar- 
garet Brewer, Lulu Croft, Harriet 
Gregory, and Lorton Lee, while 
Betzie Powers is studying music. 

Music students from Emory at 
Agnes Scott are James E. Carson 
and John R. Hellams. 



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The senior class is forming com- 
mittees, writing script, and test- 
ing all' promising prima donnas 
as they begin work on the annual 
senior opera under the leadership 
of Chairman Betzie Powers. 

The opera which will be pre- 
sented May 1 at 8 p. m. will be a 
parody on some great opera. Dab- 
ney Adams heads the committee 
in charge of choosing the theme 
and writing the script. 

Chairmen of 13 other commit- 
tees have also been appointed. 
Anne Shepherd will serve as chair- 
man of the costume committee; 
Nan Nettles, the music commit- 



tee; Virginia Henry, the dancing; 
and Betty Gesner, the make-up. 
Directing will be Pat McManmon ; 
and in charge of props is Martha 
Cook. Jane Barker is chairman 
of the lighting committee. Treas- 
urer in charge of tickets is Char- 
lein Sims, while Mac Compton in 
charge of production. 

Tickets will be sold by B. J. 
Brown and her committee and 
Anne Elcan is chairman of the 
scenery committee. Advisors of 
the senior opera are Lady Major 
and Mrs. Rebekah Clarke, Instruc- 
tor in music. 



S. Smith, B. Beers Join 
Agnes Scott Student Body 

Two new day students have been 
added to Agnes Scott's register 
for the winter quarter. 

Sharon Smith, recently moved 
to Atlanta, transfers from the jun- 
ior class at the University of Ala- 
bama. Now listed as a special stu- 
dent, she is working for regular 
classification. 

Bertha Beers of Atlanta enters 
the* school as a special student 
taking two courses. 



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Sophs, Jrs. Begin 
Sales Campaigns; 
Srs. View Display 

For upper classes winter quar- 
ter means projects. Sophomore 
food, junior sweaters, and senior 
silver displays have the spotlight 
at present. 

The sophomore food-selling pro- 
ject began Monday. Sandwiches, 
candy, milk, and soft drinks will 
be sold every night in Main, Re- 
becca, and Inman from 9:30 until 
10:30 p. m. 

Ric Ramseur heads the junior 
sweater sale. She is taking orders 
for white and grey cotton pullovers 
with the purple Agnes Scott seal 
on the front. 

Seniors are viewing a display of 
Towle silver in order to express 
their preferences. 



Students Note 
Novel Customs 
At Christmas 

Agnes Berentzen, Marianela Se- 
gura, and Eva Finklestein, special 
students from Norway, Puerto 
Rico, and Poland, finding home 
out of reach spent Christmas holi- 
days in the United States in dif- 
ferent surroundings and unaccus- 
tomed traditions. 

Agnes Berentzen, whose Nor- 
wegian Christmases have always 
been deep white, celebrated a 
southern Christmas with Louise 
Cousar and her family in Florence, 
S. C. Agnes missed the snow and 
the customs of putting out bundles 
of oats for the birds, and a bowl 
of porridge for Saint Nick, but she 
was fascinated by the fact that 
American Santa Claus slides down 
the chimney. Norway's practical 
Santa walks through the door. 
Part of her vacation Agnes spent 
in Washington, D. C, seeing a few 
flakes of snow and mapy of the 
usual tourist "sights." 

Polish Eva Finklestein, accus- 
tomed to wading through head- 
high drifts of snow in Warsaw, 
felt at home in New York's record 
snowfall. Highlight of her holiday- 
was her short talk with A. A. 
Gromyko during the USSR-Pales- 
tine Friendship dinner given n 
response to his speech in support 
of the partition of Palestine. Top- 
ping this experience was the 
thrill of receiving her ring and 
announcing her engagement to 
Max Silver, shortly after her re- 
turn to school. 

Marianela Segura, who has yet 
to see snow, stayed in Atlanta 
visiting her sister, Mrs. H. H. 
Fleming. Christmas eve she went 
to late mass, and she remarked 
that the church was not crowded 
as in Puerto Rico. She noticed, too, 
that Atlanta's busy crowds lacked 
the fiesta atmosphere found all 
over Puerto Rico where the streets 
are lined with stands decked out 
with toys for the Christmas sea- 
son. 

Marianela found it hard to 
come back to school on Jan. 5 for 
on that night in Puerto Rico grass, 
corn, and water are placed under 
beds in anticipation of the coming 
of three wise men on camels. 



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Page 5 



Bieri Presents 
Mission Plan 

Miss Kathryne Bieri, traveling 
secretary of the Board of Missions 
of the woman's division of the 
Methodist church spoke Wednes- 
day, Jan. 14, to a group of stu- 
dents interested in the three-year 
plan for teaching English in Jap- 
anese schools. 

Miss Bieri discussed the Metho- 
dist Mission Board's proposal to 
send college graduates over 21, to 
a training school in New York 
state and then on to Japan. These 
will not go as missionaries but 
as teachers of English, she ex- 
plained. They will, Miss Bieri add- 
ed, endeavor to interest the Japan- 
ese in Sunday Schools. 

She pointed out that the three- 
year plan is the first of its kind 
and comes as a response to Gen- 
eral MacArthur's plea for mis- 
sionaries. 

Further information may be ob- 
tained from 155 Fifth Avenue. 



Wiggins Teaches 
Education at A.S.C. 

Agnes Scott and Emory are ex- 
changing professors as well as 
students these days. Sam P. Wig- 
gins, professor of education at Em- 
ory, is conducting a course in edu- 
cation on campus this quarter. 

Mr. Wiggins, who received his 
masters degree from Duke Uni- 
versity, majored in social science 
minoring in French and mathe- 
matics at Georgia Teachers Col- 
lege. 

His scholastic career was in- 
terrupted for five years when he 
entered the navy in 1942. Mr. Wig- 
gins served as minesweeping of- 
ficer, gunnery officer and com- 
munications officer as well as dis- 
trict operations officer of the 7th 
naval district. 

Musical-minded Mr. Wiggins 
spent his extra-curricular college 
hours in the symphony and dance 
orchestras, and the concert band. 
He sang in the male chorus and 
mixed glee club. 



Twelve to Vacation in N, Y. 



(Continued from page 1) 

fare, meals, rooms, transporta- 
tion, tickets to theatre and tours. 
Miss Winter announced that the 
first twelve girls to sign up will go, 
and the first of Feburary is the 
deadline. 

From the minute the group 
steps off the Silver Comet Thurs- 
day afternoon life will be one 
whirl of sightseeing intersperced 
with shopping and theatre. Sche- 
duled for the first day is general 
sightseeing such as Broadway and 
Fifth Avenue, dinner and theatre. 

Friday starts off with Rocke- 
feller Centre taking in a show at 
the Radio City Music Hall. In the 
afternoon Modern Museum or 
shopping, if preferred, is on the 
agenda climaxed by dinner and 
the theatre. 

Saturday a. m. plans include 
Metropolitan Museum and Central 
Park with lunch in the vicinity. 
The afternoon is free for shopping, 
movies, or whatever the group 
plans with theatre in the evening. 

Sunday morn starts off bright 
and early with a tour of Manhat- 
tan ending at the Cathedral of 



St. John the Divine for morning 
services. Lunch at Greenwich Vil- 
lage with a look at Whitney Mu- 
seum is proposed with a tour of 
NBC studio in the afternoon stay- 
ing for a broadcast. Chinatown 
beckons as the "don't miss" for 
dinner. 

Monday morning, until 12:45 
when the Silver Comet heads 
south, is free to revisit favorite 
spots or to satisfy a pet dream 
with the thought of riding out to 
Staten Island on the ferry, weath- 
er permitting. 

Three performances from the 
galaxy of theatre offerings will 
be chosen depending on availabili- 
ty of tickets. "Medea", "Briga- 
doon", "Man and Superman", "A 
Streetcar Named Desire", 'An- 
tony and Cleopatra', are billed. 

Atmospheric restaurants like 
little French ones will be chosen 
and visited depending on where 
the group is at meal time. 

At present hotel reservations 
are uncertain but the Taft will 
possibly be chosen for its cen- 
tral location. Four girls will stay 
in each room. 



PaulineWilson 
To Inaugurate 
Marital Talks 

Mrs. Pauline Park Wilson, of 
the University of Georgia, will in- 
augurate the 1948 series of mar- 
riage classes with lectures Friday, 
Jan. 30 and Thursday, Feb. 5 on 
the psychological, sociological, and 
emotional backgrounds for mar- 
riage, Pagie Violette, president of 
Mortar Board, announced. 

All the classes, which are spon- 
sored by Mortar Board, are open 
to seniors and engaged students. 

Biological and physiological as- 
pects of marriage will be the topic 
for lectures by Dr. Eugenia Jones, 
college physician, Feb. 11, 18, and 
25. The speaker for the last lec- 
ture, on budgeting, will be an- 
nounced later. 

Mrs. Wilson, professor of home 
economics and dean of the School 
of Home Economics at the Uni- 
versity of Georgia, is widely 
known throughout the south for 
her lectures on marriage problems, 
according to Miss Mildred Mell, 
professor of sociology, who, with 
Miss Carrie Scandrett, dean, se- 
cured the speaker. Formerly pro- 
fessor of home economics at the 
University of Alabama, Mrs. Wil- 
son has been visiting lecturer at 
the Tulane University marriage 
clinic. 



Jsvey Jamboree Catapults 
Campus Into Confusion 

By Lee Cousar 

The campus is in an uproar, a constant state of confusion! 
Not since the day when 10:30 p. m. was suggested as late 
time limit has there been so much tension, excitement, and 
anticipation in the air. 

Last Thursday, for example, the junior class had a called 
meeting in which their president 



W. S. S. F. Drive 

(Continued from page 1) 

sum of $100 was given to the fund 
following a "starvation dinner" 
observed by boarding students 
Jan. 15. The "starvation dinner" 
was planned to exclude meat, des- 
sert, and butter from the menu. 
The money saved was added to the 
fund. 



stood before them desperately 
pleading. "Please," she implored 
with a break in her voice, "please, 
can anyone get hold of some long 
flannels. It means so much to your 
class!" 

Dendy vs. Faculty 

And then there was the case of 
that mad musical genius, Nancy 
Dendy. Every day last week after 
chapel a drama was performed in 
which Nancy and a male member 
of the faculty (a different one 
each day) were the actors. 

A careful examination of the 
faculty member's vocal cords by 
Nancy was the first act in this 
drama. In the next scene our mad 
genius would shake her finger 
threateningly in the face of her 
superior, and the last act w r ould 
find Nancy on her knees, lifting 
her tear-streaked face to her pro- 
fessor and saying, "But you can 
sing! I know you can sing!" 
Boyd Breaks 

Of course, we mustn't neglect 
to mention that what neither wind, 
snow, nor fifty years' service as 
an asylum could shake  Boyd Cot- 
tage  has been on the verge of a 
complete collapse. 

Every afternoon, chairman Por- 
ter drags several unsuspecting per- 
sons into Boyd and has them per- 
form in rhythm with the pierc- 
ing notes of "By The Sea." The 
performance consists of having 



two people stand on either side 
of a room and toss someone back 
and forth between them. Occas- 
sionally one of the performers 
can't accumulate quite the energy 
necessary to heave the poor hu- 
man all the way across the room, 
and, consequently, another dent 
is added to Boyd, not to mention 
the sufferings of the human foot- 
ball. 

Gay Glimpse 

Even the individual rooms on 
campus appear affected. Entering 
one room I found that the beds 
had been taken out, and the in- 
habitant was trying to figure out 
the most artistic way to arrange 
the ten or twelve tables of all 
sizes and shapes that she had col- 
lected from nearby rooms. 

In the next room Butch Hayes 
was discovered scotch-taping (no 
tacks!) her Gibson-Girl-attired 
roommate to the wall  "just to 
get the general effect," while 
across the room a hideous mus- 
tached villian, attired in checker- 
board pants and swinging a cane, 
leered at "himself" in the mirror 

On and on you go, but the far- 
ther you go the more amazing are 
the sights. Finally, it hits you like 
your alarm clock at 7 p. m.! All 
this is the handiwork of the jun- 
iors  preparing for February 7 
and the grand opening of Diamond 
Jim's Golden Horseshoe. 



SPRING VACATION TOUR 

" A S C N Y " 

Miss Winter and Miss Lobeck 

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Tour. 

Please consider me a possible member. If I can 
go, I will register definitely before February 1. 

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V. Dean Lecture 

(Cpntinued from page 1) 
Murphey Candler will follow the 
lecture. Miss Margaret Trotter 
and Miss Melissa Cilley will serve 
assisted by Mr. and Mrs. H. T. 
Cox, Dr. and Mrs. Cummings, Miss 
Mildred Mell, Miss Roberta Win- 
ter, and Miss Carrie Scandrett. 

Mary Beth Little, head of Lec- 
ture committee, announced that 
Mrs. Dean will have luncheon with 
the committee Tuesday at the 
Alumnae house and dinner that 
evening with a group of the facul- 
ty, Miss Louise Hale serving as 
hostess. 



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AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, WED. JANUARY 21, 1948 



You Tell Us 



With fresh beginnings on the brain and another quarter 
lying before us in its usual paper blank freshness the News 
would like to take time out to size up a few situations, in re- 
gard to policy and its relation to you. 

Over the dear dim holidays if we thought of campus life at 
all it was probably with a more detached view than when in 
the thick of things. Very possibly our pet peeves and gripes 
of the quarter congealed into a few basic principles. We de- 
cided just what changes we would really like to see take 
place at school; just what we wanted to keep at status quo. 

To play the vital part in campus life the News aspires to 
play, we must be the printed embodiment of You, your 
opinions, thought trends, and actions. Whatever and when- 
ever opinions you form let them b^ known. We are your 
mouthpiece. Use us. 



A. S. Toe Hold 

On Internationalism 

To be a student is to live in a world bounded by the limi- 
tations of the mind of man. Those limitations go beyond ar- 
tificial and geographical lines of demarcation. 

To have as one's purpose the discovery of truth is to be 
closely akin to others who strive toward the same goal. That 
kinship goes beyond ties of blood and race. 

Response to the drive for World Student Service Fund 
seems to indicate that such an international point of view and 
spirit of intellectual comradeship has gained a toe hold at 
least at Agnes Scott. Student and faculty contributions to the 
drive total $750. The proceeds from Junior Joint should give 
us much more than our thousand quota. 

Christian association has done well in conducting the drive. 
They have worked with a coorperative student body so far. 

That Agnes Scotters are students, not just collegians, has 
been proved. It remains to be seen to what degree we are 
sympathetic with the search for knowledge on a world-wide 
scale. 

Spiced Intellectual Fare 

To season our gray matter with a few spices for special 
winter thinking seems to be the New Year's resolution for the 
Lecture series. 

Robert Frost, whom we like to consider campus poet, was 
first on the agenda of the food for thought program. Mr. Frost's 
rare combination of poetic intellectual insight and earthy 
New England common sense leaves us breathless following 
into new thought trends. 

Vera Dean com^s next week to discuss the biggest question 
mark on the globe  Russia. Just what happens between us 
and this colussus of the East will affect more than the size 
of the future history books. 

The world being what it is today in proximity to know the 
score on Russia is well worth our while. No book report, class 
assignment or date is going to determine our futures as Rus- 
sia will. There's a good chance a thought for tomorrow, now, 
on the part of every college student may save regret, em- 
barrassment, and disaster when tomorrow comes. 

New Rating For Dating 

Seniors on the chaperon list may have fewer social en- 
gagements this quarter, but not even they could begrudge 
freshmen their brand new privileges. 

The classes of '50 and '51 have both proved themselves 
worthy of self-chaperonage and they reap their just rewards 
in the new dating privileges Student government has be- 
stowed upon them. Our representatives to Exec have gauged 
the degree of maturity reached by freshmen and sophomores 
and concluded that they are ready for more freedom from 
social restrictions than second quarter under classmen have 
ever enjoyed. 

That looks like a favorable comment on the two classes 
and it proves that Student government is sensitive to campus 
needs and trends. We hope that the Executive committee has 
been correct in interpreting this need for change. We think 
they have. 



Exhibit Shows 
Modern Style 
In Architecture 

By Cama Clarkson 

"People who live in glass houses 
shouldn't throw stones!" antique- 
lovers wittily reply to criticism 
from modern functionalists. But 
if your conception of the modern 
trend of architecture is no more 
than a vague impression of con- 
crete buildings with harsh lines 
liberal use of glass, the exhibit 
now shown in Buttrick 321 should 
be a pleasant surprise. 

"Modern American Homes," cir- 
culated from the Museum of Mod- 
ern Art, was opened Jan. 15 with 
a lecture by Harold Bush-Brown, 
head of the department of archi- 
tecture at Tech. In the exhibit to 
be shown until Jan. 29 are photo- 
graphs of houses built through- 
out the United States by out- 
standing architects of today. Mr. 
Bush-Brown, the captions in the 
exhibit, based on "If You Want to 
Build a House" by E. B. Mock, and 
the cartoons by R. Osborn graphi- 
cally point out the advantages of 
the modern functionalistic home. 

Because the architectural pro- 
blems of a house remain the same 
throughout the years, Mr. Bush- 
Brown explained that changes in 
the styles of houses are usually 
shocking to the public. He pointed 
out that the goal of architects in 
building a dwelling place is to se- 
cure the maximum of healthful 
sunshine, clean comfort, and ef- 
ficient convenience for the dweller. 

Mr. Bush-Brown named new 
materials, notably (or notorious- 
ly), glass, steel, and concrete, 
plus the cantilever method of con- 
struction which he thinks afford 
new solutions to these problems. 

As the photographs prove, dif- 
ferent architects have widely di- 
verging styles because the pro- 
blems to be solved, the tastes of 
the individual homeowners, the 
surrounding landscape, and the 
artistic imagination of the archi- 
tects combine to produce interest- 
ing and exciting homes. 

The styles illustrated in this ex- 
hibit range from Frank Lloyd 
Wright's romantic Bear Run house 
with a waterfall flowing directly 
beneath the living room to Carl 
Koch's two hill-top houses with 
glass partitions which allow the 
views of land and sky to permeate 
the structure and flow through the 
house. The interiors with their 
walls, patios, and box gardens 
present the new feeling of being 
indoors and out of doors at the 
same time. 



Cabb 



ages and Kings 



By Mary Beth Little 

Ernest Rogers says, <; A human interest column Is one in 
which the columnist is the only human with an interest in 
it." Now this could have two connotations as I see it: one, no 
one else has its interest at heart by doing anything for it. 

Now my daily horrorscope tells me I'm destined to fill, a 
sentence (it could only mean ver- 

the gym; another smaller shadow- 
streaking behind it. Solution to 
the mystery: Mr. Nightwatchman 
unsuccessfully chasing his run- 
away car that actualy took a nose 
dive down the slope in front of 
the tennis courts. Happy news: no 
damage.  

Dormitory echoes: a classic 
phrase coined in Inman at B. C. 
packing time "Sure do wish you 
could dehydrate clothes!" And a 
quavering query made memorable 
by the dazed and amazed qualit> 
of inflection (also by a frosh) in 
reference to some exam week car- 
ol-serenading by several voices 
decidedly tenor and bass: "Are 
they really men?!?" 

Happy New Year 
And lastly, why did the snow- 
ball? Answer next weeek at the 
same time. Rip off two convertible 
tops, write an essay on "Why" or 
(for advanced student only) 
"How," and mail with one dollar 
(for your Agnes Scott Calendar) 
and the ariswer will be sent to you 
promptly in the secret code. Don't 
be a mere shadow of yourself 
from the strain of waiting for 
the next "Cabbages"  get your an- 
swer EARLY, TODAY!! 



bal of course!) so I'm sure it is 
with bated breath you await this 
column each week. And I guess 
with all the "forced labor, and 
more frequently forced hopes" 
(Wordsworth no less) that we 
have 'round these hyar parts plus 
the nervous strain of anticipating 
"Cabbages" you just don't have 
time to cut the capers for the 
paper. s 

Time Was, B. C. 

Time was, B. C. (before Christ- 
mas), when things were happen- 
ing faster than popcorn. And no 
News that week! "Tis Fate that 
flings the dice" (Dryden this 
time). 

Lovely things with no papyrus 
to preserve them. For example: 
Pre-exam feeling uttered by a 
freshman, "I feel like a tear look- 
ing for a place to drop ..." and 
the now well known summons to 
one Cunninghamite: "Tolly, 
phone!" 

And then there was the sad case 
of two seniors who boarded the 
train in Decatur, just trying to 
help a pal by playing virtual mov- 
ing van. And chuf chuf chuf with 
ca-laks on the tracks and a whistle 
and a fuff  they were off! Very 
meekly they persuaded the con- 
ductor of their plight. Avoiding 
glares and stares they waited til 
the emergency called the mad 
choo choo to a resentful pause 
where they hopped off and trudg- 
ed through the weather back to 
civilization. 

Another mournful tale: there 
was an umbrella which would not 
stay up unless held at the under- 
top as well as the handle. Ever 
try walking through the rain car- 
rying suitcases, two heads com- 
pletely clunked together and cov- 
ered as by a fallen circus tent? 
Probably not as bad from the in- 
side as from the outside: pedes- 
trians fled; drivers had to soothe 
rearing autohosses. You'd think 
the least a two bodied monster 
could do would be to wear a bon- 
net on its pen head. 

Farther Time 

Reported: One hulking shadow 
tearing down past the library and 



Copy Hook 

A certain party was heard im- 
ploring another to tell her the 
secret of "The Wizard." The first 
party replied that she had sworn 
on the Bible not to tell. Immed- 
iately the second party came up 
with the shocking suggestion that 
they "swear off the Bible for 
a while." 



Speaking of the Wizard, Nancy 
Dendy requests that all students 
who haven't met this amazing per- 
son will please contact her, and 
she will introduce them. (This is 
a paid advertisement.) 



Student headed toward Boyd, 
calling to student headed toward 
the library: "Are you ^oing back 
to W 

Reply: "Nope, I'm going to 'L7* 



You Said It 

Editor, 

I hardly know what to w r rite; in 
fact, T think I have written too 
much already. I wish I could "un- 
say" what I've said; I can't undo 
what I've already done, but I can 
say I'm sorry! 

I do apologize for the unthought- 
ful article which I wrote in the 
Technique several weeks ago, and 
I mean it! I'm sorry that I wrote 
anything which could cause so 
much ill will and hard feelings 
Honestly, I didn't intend it in any 
mean way at all. 

I meant it in the spirit of fun, 
but now I see how easily the mean- 
ing could have been interpreted 
differently. It wasn't very nice! At 
any rate, "Pegler,* Jr." has learned 
a lesson. Please forgive him and 
give him another chance! 

Sincerely, 
Tom W. Jay 



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Editor HARRIET (JRECOKY 

Managing Editor ANNA CLAEK ROGERS 

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Sports Editor VIRGINIA ANDREWS 

Society Editor MILDRED CLAIRE JONES 

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Editorial Assistant MARY RflTH LITTLE 

Photographer MRS. W. A. OALDEI: 

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Number 12 




Virgil Fox, Organist, 
To Play In Prcsser 

Virgil Fox, organ virtuoso, will play in Presser Hall Monday 
at 8:30 p. m. His concert is sponsored by the Georgia chapter 
\ of the American Guild of Organists. 

Mr. Fox is organist at Riverside Baptist church in New York 
City and heads the organ department of Peabody Conser- 
vatory in Baltimore, Md. Critics 



hail him as "an artist of greatest 
gifts and musical persuasion," and 
have acclaimed his pedal work as 
phenomenal. 

Professor C. W. Dieckmann, of 
the music department, termed Mr. 
Fox "as fine a recitalist as there 
is in this country," and character- 
ized his work as "both brilliant 
and thoughtful." 

At the age of 14, Mr. Fox made 
his debut as a concert organist 
in Cincinnati, Ohio. By 1938 he 
had acquired a long list of Euro- 
pean engagements. 

Tickets for the concert may be 
obtained from Mr. Dieckmann, 
Mrs. Isabel Bryan, of the music 
department, or Elizabeth Blair, 
senior. 

The program for the concert is 
as follows: 

Processional, Shaw; Concerto 
in A minor, Movement, Vivaldi; 
Concerto in D minor, Adagio, Vi- 
valdi, Bach, Middleschute; Come 
Sweet Death, Bach; Prelude and 
Fugue in A minor, Bach; Chant 
de Paix, Langlais; Grande Piece 
Symphonique, Franck; Giga, Bos- 
si; Carillon de Westminster, Vie- 
vne. 



Date Book 

Wed., Jan. 28  Mrs. White's dis- 
cussion at 9:30 p. m. in Inman 
lobby. 

Thurs., Jan. 29  Mrs. Pauline 
Park Wilson loads marriage 
( lass. In assembly, Miss Mary 
Green discusses alumnae's vo- 
cational guidance program. L. 
L. Gellerstedt speaks on sec- 
ond phase of theme in chapel, 
8 p. m. Reese Newton gives 
readings in Maclean. 

Sun., Feb. 1  Vespers at 6:30 
in Maclean. Rabbit-Rabbit day. 

Mon., Feb. 2  Virgil Fox's organ 
concert in Presser at 8:30 p. m. 

Tues., Feb. 3  At 4:45 p. m. Dr. 
Alston conducts a discussion in 
the McKinney room. Dr. Curti's 
lecture in Gaines at 8 p. m. 



Lillian Russells 
To Bow Feb. 4 
In Assembly 

Glamourous candidates for the 
title of Diamond Jim's queen of 
the Cabaret will make their bustl- 
ed bows in chapel Wednesday, Feb. 
4, when each class will present its 
choice of a belle to reign at the 
Golden Horseshoe Saturday, Feb. 
7. The class queen winning the 
most votes in the form of pennies 
will wear the crown of the Jam- 
boree a la. Lillian Russell, of Gay 
Nineties fame. 

At the chapel program, Feb. 4 
the classes will present skits with 
a Gay Nineties flavor in which the 
name of their queens will be re- 
vealed. Sophomores and juniors 
have already begun work on Wed- 
nesday's skit, with Peggy Penuei 
as sophomore chairman and Nancy 
Parks directing the juniors. 

Other leaders in the production 
of the glittering extravaganza are 
Dot Porter, Junior Joint chair- 
man; Mildred Claire Jones and 
(Continued on page 3) 



Wilson Will Initiate 
Marriage Series 
With Lecture Friday 

The first of the marriage classes 
for seniors and engaged students 
will be conducted by Mrs. Pauline 
Park Wilson Friday at 4:45 p. m. 
The discussion will concern the 
psychological, sociological, and 
emotional backgrounds for mar- 
riage. 

Following Mrs. Wilson's last 
class on Feb. 5, Eugenia Jones, 
college physician, will continue the 
discussions with lectures on the 
biological and physical aspects of 
marriage Feb. 11, 18, and 25. 



Little to Reign As May Queen 

Classes Elect Court Attendants; 
N. Deal Named Maid of Honor 

Mary Beth Little, author of last year's May Day scenario 
and attendant to the May Queen for two years, was selected 
Tuesday by the student body to reign over this year's May 
festivities. Nancy Deal will attend her as maid of honor.. 
Mary Beth's court, nominated by the classes last week and 

elected Tuesday, will include sen- 
iors, June Irvine, Beth Jones, and 
Mary Manly; juniors, Mimi Ar- 
nold, Betty Blackmon, Julianne 
Cook, and Elizabeth Williams; 
sophomores Casey Chance, Cama 
Clarkson, and Beryl Crews; and 
freshmen attendants Sally Jack- 
son, and Louise Sanford. 

The May Queen and hjer court 
will reign at the annual May Day 
celebration, this year highlighted 
by the presentation of "A May 
Day Legend" senario by Nancy 
Parks, junior. "A May Day Le- 
gend" is an original fairy -story 
featuring scenes representing the 
various months of the year. The 
musical treatment of this year's 
senario will be different from that 
of previous productions, Chairman 
Maxine Kickliter announced. 

The complete cast for "A May 
Day Legend" will be chosen at a 
later date. 



N. Y. Holiday 
Offers Sights, 
Thrills To 12 

Agnes Scotters intrigued by the 
prospect of holidaying in New 
York in the spring are urged to 
contact Miss Roberta Winter, of 
the speech department, or Miss 
Pricilla Lobeck, of the art de- 
partment. 

Those who are interested in go- 
ing to New York for an extended 
weekend spring holidays with the 
group of 12 chaperoned by Miss 
Winter and Miss Lobeck may sign 
the slip printed on page five of 
last week's News. Miss Winter ex- 
plained that this does not con- 
stitute a formal registration. She 
explained that students who sign 
the slip or contact her or Miss 
Lobeck may register or not later, 
according to what they decide. 

Hotel reservations and theatre 
tickets have been applied for and 
other plans are progressing, Miss 
Winter disclosed. She said that 
she and Miss Lobeck hope to ar- 
range for the group to go back- 
stage after play performances, 
and take one of those reportedly 
romantic rides through Central 
Park. 



U. S. Culture Topic 
For Curti Lecture 

"American Civilization, in the 
World Perspective" will be Dr. 
Merle Eugene Curti's lecture topic 
Tuesday, Feb. 3, in Gaines au- 
ditorium at 8 p. m. 

Professor of history at the Univer- 
sity of Wisconsin and an author- 
ity on American thought, Dr. Cur- 
ti is lecturing at both Emory and 
Agnes Scott. Monday night at 
Emory he will initiate his series 
with "The American Mind in Post- 
war Eras." Wednesday, Feb. 4, he 
speaks to the history classes using 
American cultural subjects for his 
discussions. 

Among Dr. Curti's books are 
"The Growth of American 
Thought," "Peace or War  the 
American Struggle" and "The 
Roots of American Loyalty." 



Convert Dessert to Bread 

Agnes Scott students feasted one night this month on ban- 
quet fare. They called it a "starvation meal." 

Either term is accurate depending on where you set your 
dinner table. In France such a meal would be a feast. For 
Agnes Scott College it was nearer famine than feast even 
though it followed a bountiful lunch and preceded a break- 
fast fairly teeming with caloric content. 

That meal added almost one hundred dollars worth of 
nourishment and energy to the diets of European students. 
No appreciable difference could be noted in the waist lines 
of sacrificial students here. 

We move that we have another "starvation meal" or ban- 
quet, European style. We suggest that we give up desserts, but- 
ter, and other frills for one meal each month, and make a 
habit of transferring calories overseas where they add to 
a life's span instead of a waist line's girth. (Editorial) 



Mrs. White to Lead 
Frosh Discussion 

Following her talk to freshmen 
on human relations Monday, Mrs. 
Ed White, the former Jane Taylor, 
class of '42, will conduct an infor- 
mal question and answer period 
in Inman lobby tonight at 9:30. 

While at Agnes Scott Mrs. 
White served as president of Mor- 
tar Board and was a member of 
Phi Beta Kappa. After graduation 
she was Director of Religious Edu- 
cation at the First Presbyterian 
Church in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 
and later worked in the dean's of- 
fice at the University of Colorado. 

Freshmen have been asked to put 
any question they would like Mrs. 
White to answer in a box in In- 
man. Day students are invited to 
the discussion. Mrs. White is 
sponsored by the orientation pro- 
gram. 



Vera Dean Cites Russian Hopes For Peace, 
Balance of Power, U. S. Internal Collapse 



"Both the United States and 
Russia are following a policy bas- 
ed on the hope of internal collapse 
within the other country," Mrs. 
Vera Micheles Dean, director of 
research department of the 
Fdreign Policy association, de- 
clared in an interview before her 
lecture Tuesday night. 

Mrs. Dean, an authority on Rus- 
sia, expressed her belief that when 
the U. S. masters inflation and 
Russia completes her recovery 
program both countries will have 
to decide to get along, and that 
the channel through which they 
must work is the U. N. 

"Russia does not want war and 
will do everything in her power 
to avert it," she continued, sight- 
ing examples like the situation in 



65971 



By Lorton Lee 

Greece when Russia as a great 
land power could easily have 
over run the country and taken 
control of the government. 

At present Mrs. Dean believes 
that the United States and Rus- 
sia, the two super powers remain- 
ing after the destruction of the 
balance of power of 1914, are at- 
tempting to establish themselves 
in the strongest bargaining posi- 
tions from which they can strike 
a new balance of power. She cites 
the Marshall plan for European 
relief as the U. S.'s most construc- 
tive item of barter. 

"It is constructive because it 
places us with the weapon most 
suited to our skill," she explained. 
"The United States is an economic 
rather than a military power," she 



continued, "and Russia's objec- 
tion to the Marshall plan lies in 
her realization of that fact and 
her desire for European recovery 
friendly and beneficial to her." 

As to the question of commun- 
ism in this country Mrs. Dean said 
that in her opinion the main ap- 
peal was the racial tolerance of 
the Russian government. 

Mrs. Dean does not think that 
investigations into communist ac- 
tivities are the answer to check- 
ing the spread of communism in 
this country. These probes, she 
pointed out, are dangerous be- 
cause through them we are doing 
exactly the things for which we 
condemn Russia. She said that our 
defense against communism lies 
(Continued on page 3) 



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AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, WED. JANUARY 28, 1948 



Merry-go- Round 

By Mildred Claire Jones 

The book was hastily jerked open. A swish of paper gave 
evidence of a notebook's being searched frantically. This was 
obviously a dormitory room, with the last remnants of a 
wonderful weekend cast aside and a grim determination in 
their place. 



As she looked for her assign- 
ment sheet, she mused, "This 
weekend was perfect. Friday night 
I went to the Phi Delt Formal at 
Peachtree Gardens. Everybody 
looked so pretty in their formals. 
Saw Nancy Gecr, Mary Mohr, Sal- 
ly Bussey, Flo Bryant, Jane Bar- 
ker, Mary Frances Jones, Virginia 
Skinner, Tilly Alexander, and No- 
rah Ann Little. And Harriet Ann 
McGuire told me that she and 
Charlotte Bartlett, Dot Porter, 
Nancy Dendy, Polly Anna Phil- 
ips, Julie Morgan, Anne Miller and 
Mary Beth Little were there. 
ATO Danco 

"It must have been an eventful 
weekend for the ATOs at Emory. 
Patty Hampton, Billie Powell, 
Harriet Reid, Ginny Andrews, Dot 
Floyd, Kate Durr Elmore, Olive 
Partee, Lyd Gardner, and Mimi 
Mitchell had a good time. Diana 
Durden, Armanda Hulsey, Betzie 
Powers, Jane Oliver, and Mary 
Lou Hatfield said that the house 
dance was a big success too. 

"The Tech Student Council 
dance drew quite a few Scott girls 
too. Joann Cobb, Susan Gauger, 
Eliza Pollard, Sheely Little, Betzie 
Powers, Carolyn Wells, Ann Green, 
and Janet Sowell were seen danc- 
ing there. 

"Saturday was another exciting 
day. We saw the Tech-Tennessee 
basketball game and it was full of 
thrills. Steele Dendy, EClaire Cun- 
ningham, Janet Quinn, Mim Steele, 
Joan Lawrence, and Tee Toe Wil- 



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: iams were there too. That night 
we went to a KA Leap Year Dance 
and there were Joann Peterson, 
Lynn Phillips, and Sister Davis. 

"Glimpsed at the Naval Air 
Station were June Irvine and Mim 
Steele. The Rainbow Roof must 
have been a gathering place for 
Scott girls too because I saw Mil- 
dred Claire Jones, Gretch Rein- 
artz, Candy Hollandsworth, Nancy 
Brown, Sally Bussey, Teeka Long, 
and Jessie Carpenter. Seems that 
everybody was having a huge time. 

"Some of the girls had their 
good times at home, or at least 
out of town. Helen Christian went 
to Elberton, Weezie and Grace 
Durant to Mobile, Zollie Saxon to 
Fort Valley, Julia Ann Coleman 
to Tallapoosa, Harriet Gregory to 
Macon, Betty Blackmon, Mac Mc- 
Donald, and Lil Lasseter to Col- 
umbus, and Mildred Claire Jones 
and Nancy Deal to Thomaston. 
Virginia Gordon, Anne O'Sullivan, 
and Newell Turner attended the 
Sigma Nu formal at Georgia this 
weekend, too. 

Frosh Frolics 

"The freshmen were popular 
over the weekend too. Gene Wil- 
son and Sara Samonds went to 
the Delta house at Tech, while 
Betty Williams was at the SAE 
house. The Emory Sigma Chis gave 
B. J. Foster and Betty Averill quite 
a rush, and Betty Rawls and Beryl 
Crews danced with the Kappa 
Si^s. 

"Margaret Anne Richards look- 
ed so good when she was meeting 
Beth Jones and Fritz Hale and 
their dates to go to the Tech ATO 
house. On their way they saw Mar- 
garet Brewer at the Phi Kappa 
Tau house and Sarah Hancock at 
the PiKA house. 

4 There were heaps of visitors 
on the campus. In fact the David- 
son boys sort of took over. Ju- 
lianne Cook's Morris, Candy Hol- 
landsworth's brother and a visitor, 
Anne Elcan's Ronnie, and Gretch 
Reinartz's Walter all represented 
Davidson. One of the most excited 
girls on campus was Nancy Parks 
who now has a Beta Theta Pi pin 
from Frank at Davidson. 

"Perfect weekend. But it's over 
now and my homework isn't. Well 
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Frost Donates 
Rare Items 

To Library 

Robert Frost added several rare 
collector's items to the library's 
Frost collection on his visit here 
last week. The additions include 
an original etching by J. J. Lan- 
kees, an early illustrator of his 
books; one of the poet's own ori- 
ginal bookplates; and four poems 
written on half sheets of paper in 
Mr. Frost's own hand. 

Since November, 1935, when Mr. 
Frost first came to this campus, 
the collection has grown to in- 
clude at least one copy of each of 
his major books. In addition the 
library has a wealth of miscell- 
aneous material which reflects his 
life, his work, and his position in 
the estimation of fellow writers 
and critics. 

The nucleus of the collection is 
the aggregate of material which 
Mr. Frost has given Miss Emma 
May Laney, of the English depart- 
ment, on his various visits. Miss 
Laney's generosity in donating 
these gifts to the library has, to 
a large degree, made the collec- 
tion possible. Many of these copies 
of his poems are inscribed to Miss 
Laney in the poet's own hand. In 
his"Collected Poems," published in 
1930, he has written, 

"To Emma May Laney 
From her friend 

Robert Frost 
his poetry in the form 
he has most enjoyed 
seeing them in." 

The library is also indebted to 
Miss Laney for several first edi- 
tions, pictures, book announce- 
ments, and book jackets, which 
she has contributed. 

The collection now includes a 
complete set of his distinctive 
Christmas cards for the past two 
years, and at least one or two 
copies of all those printed since 
they were first presented in 1934. 



DEKALB THEATRE 

WED. - THURS. 
Virginia Mayo, Turhan Bey in 

"Out of the Blue" 

FRIDAY 
Joan Bennett in 

"The Housekeeper's 
Daughter" 

MON. - TUES. 
Barbara Stanwyck in 

"The Other Love" 



DECATUR THEATRE 

WEDNESDAY 

"Buffalo Bill" 

With Joel McCrea 
Maureen O'Hara 

THURS. - FRI. 

"State Fair" 

With Jeanne Crane 
Dana Andrews 
Also Donald Duck Cartoon 
SATURDAY 

"Arizona Gang Busters" 

And 

"Three on a Ticket" 

MON. - TUES. 

"Moss Rose" 

With Victor Mature and 
Peggy Cummings 



Program Features 
Music, Readings 

Two solos, girls' chorus, and a 
choral speaking group comprised 
the fine arts program sponsored 
by speech and voice departments 
in assembly Friday. 

Mary North sang "Che Saro" 
from Gluck's opera, "Orpheus and 
Eurydice," and Mary Beth Little 
trilled "Pace, Pace, Mio Dio" by 
Verdi from "The Fortunes of Des- 
tiny." 

The girls' chorus from the opera 
"Mikado" by Gilbert and Sullivan 
contributed "Three Little Maids 
from School Are We" and "Please 
You Sir We Much Regret." 

Choral speaking group recited 
"Foreboding" by Don Blanding, 
Carl Sandburg's "Jazz Fantasia", 
and "The Little Froggies Won't Go 
To Sleep" by J. T. Nuttin. 

The group was composed of 
Reese Newton, Polly Miles, Lucy 
Mohr, Barbara Macris, Pat Mc- 
Manmon, Alline Marshall, Ann 
Pitts, Jo McCall, Dorothy Jean 
Harrison, Mary Manly, Emily 
Pope, and Ann Windham. 



Sims Speaks In Indiana 

Mrs.Roff Sims, associate profes- 
sor of history, spoke to the Busi- 
ness and Professional Women's 
club at Indianapolis last week. 

An audience of about 225 heard 
her speak at the War Memorial 
building on the subject, "Russia 
and the United States." 



Club News 

BOZ 

Jane Alsobrook was elected new 
president of B. O. Z. at the meet- 
ing Thursday. She succeeds Mary 
Price. Frances Howerton was 
elected secretary to succeed Jane 
Alsobrook. 

Spanish Club 

Sue McSpadden, Betty Jo 
Doyle, Edith Stowe, and Janet 
Quinn presented the play "Sin 
Querer" to the Spanish club Thurs- 
day. 

Mary Elizabeth Jackson, presi- 
dent, announced that Pat Overton 
was elected secretary. 

IRC 

International Relations club en- 
joyed the motion picture "Pali? 
Horseman" at a meeting Thurs- 
day afternoon. The subject was 
displaced persons. 

Nan Johnson will represent I. 
R. C. at the Southeastern Inter- 
national Relations club March 5 
and 6 in Auburn, Ala., Martha 
Cook, president, announced. 



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Play By Play 

By Ginny Andrews 

Please, everybody, says Barbie Lawson, get those posters in EARLY 
lor the big A. A. Poster Contest! With broken voice, trembling lips, 
and a determined look, she asked me to broadcast her plea  so here 
goes, pull-eze get those posters in early. Let your creative urge and 
the prize inspire you!! 

Another announcement is that as of last week and throughout 
the quarter, cokes and crackers will be sold at the basketball games. 
So bring a little extra change down with you when you go to root for 
your class team, and you'll enjoy the game much more. 

There has been plenty of activity going on down at the Gym this 
past week. Weary badminton players have been playing at such a 
rate that they can't even carry a bird without using both hands b/ 
the time they leave the courts. 

Big plans are now, in progress for the coming swimming pageant 
and for the officials club which, too, will begin shortly. The officials 
club will cover only basketball this quarter. 

However, the biggest recent activity was purely physical, not 
mental. It occured at the last Board meeting. Seems Sharkey wanted 
to play watchman at the window, so as she dangled limply out the up- 
stairs window, several anxious fellow-board members held on to her 
nether parts just to keep their Sharkey with them. Just goes to show, 
the will, muscle control, and open windows don't necessarily lead to 
more obvious temptations of heights. 



Badminton Season 
Opens Monday 

The winter quarter badminton 
tournament opened with the first 
match played off Monday, Jan. 26. 
The tournament is scheduled te 
last until Feb. 5. 

Both the singles and doubles 
tournament will be running simul- 
taneously. "We hope to have some 
exhibition matches after every- 
thing gets going smoothly," says 
manager, Val von Lehe. Last 
year's doubles winners, Emily 
Wright and Jackie Stewart have 
entered the competition along with 
twelve other couples in the doubles 
and fourteen girls playing in the 
singles. 

The Gym will be open for bad- 
minton from 3 to 5 p. m. on Tues- 
days and Thursdays as well as 
class periods. 

Vera Dean 

(Continued from page 1) 

in internal improvement. 

"Russia has presented a chal- 
lenge to the United States as all 
great nations have been challenged 
and I believe we can and will meet 
the challenge." Mrs. Dean con- 
cluded. 



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Aurora Combines Issues 
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The staff of Aurora, with the 
approval of Representative council, 
decided at their last meeting to 
combine the winter and spring 
magazines into one issue which 
will come out spring quarter, Al- 
ice Davidson, editor of Aurora, an- 
nounced. 

With the rising cost of printing 
the staff feels that this combina- 
tion is the best way to maintain 
the quality of the magazine. 



Lillian Russell 

(Continued from page 1) 
Nancy Deal, co-chairmen of the 
senior, skit; and Cissie Spiro, lead- 
er for the freshmen. 

Sophomores, with chairman Bar- 
bara Lawson, have started actual 
writing of their skit for the Jam- 
boree night. Sara Jane Campbell, 
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Sophs'Talents, 
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An outburst of song for the 
victorious sophomores ended the 
three day old battle Friday be- 
tween the classes to determine the 
group with the most undiscovered 
talent. 

The winning skit, presented 
Thursday, was cast in the form 
of a fairy-tale. Prince Charming, 
Beryl Crews, visited a family of 
talented girls, composed, of course, 
of sophomores, in order to choose 
a wife. Vocal solos by Frankie 
Morris and Betty Asbill, a clarinet 
solo by Barbara Wood, dancing by 
Charlotte Bartlett, and the star- 
ring event of the morning, a selec- 
tion by a newly formed sophomore 
band, provided the prize winning 
exhibit of hitherto hidden talent. 

Running a close second to the 
winner was the freshman scientific 
expedition, carried on by "Dr. 
Strepto Coccus", alias H. T. Cox 
of the biology department. Having 
hunted in vain for a particular 
virus, he finally found the one 
freshman virus unblessed with 
hidden talent. 

Seniors carried out the student 
government theme, "Do As Well 
As Dream," and juniors presented 
a talent scout search. 

Points were given toward the 
student government cup for win- 
ning the skit, and for attendance. 
The freshman class was awarded 
points for having the best atten- 
dance percentage. 



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Sophs and Juniors 
Take Opening Game 

By Floss Hanson 

The 1948 basketball season got off to an exciting start Fri- 
day afternoon when the sophs defeated the seniors 39 to 21 
and the juniors defeated the frosh 27 to 20. 

Highlighting the opening of the season was the method 
used in determining the opponents. The four captains  sen- 
ior, EClaire Cunningham; junior, 



June Davis; sophomore, Genie 
Pascal; and freshman, Virginia 
Kay  were blindfolded and led out 
from the four corners of the court. 
The first two who touched were 
Virginia and June, thus deciding 
the adversaries. 

The seniors, taking the ball in 
the center first, got off to a fast 
start with Lou McLaurin sinking 
a basket a few minutes after the 
game started. Ann Williamson im- 
mediately retaliated with four 
points for the sophomores. The 
game was a fast moving one with 
sophomore Mary Louise Warlick's 
crip shots and senior Lou McLau- 
rin's deadly long shots affording 
many exciting minutes. 

The sophs were ahead at the 
half 22 to 14 and maintained that 
lead throughout the entire second 
half. Some of the outstanding fea- 
tures of the game were Genie Pas- 
cal's lightning-like movements 
around the court and the guarding 
of Betty Cole and'Doc Dunn. 

The junior-frosh game was 
every bit as exciting as the first 
with the lead going from one team 
to the other. The juniors received 
the first toss from center but the 
frosh captured the ball to sink the 
first shot of the game. 

From that point it was nip and 



tuck with Virginia Kay putting 
them through the hoop for the 
frosh and Bunny Brannan swishing 
them for the juniors. 

Out in front at the half 15-14, 
the juniors swept on to victory 
with Sally Ellis scoring two beau- 
tiful goals. Other features of the 
game were the guarding of June 
Harris and Jennelle Spear, fresh- 
men, and Reese Newton, junior. 

In a "B" game earlier the jun- 
iors defeated the sophs 13 to 4. 
Although the players were inex- 
perienced they showed great pro- 
mise and played a hard fought 
game. 

Starting Line-Ups 



Frosh 




Juniors 


Spear 


LG 


Newton 


Harris 


CG 


Blake 


Hachtel 


RG 


Cook 


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RF 


Davis 


Kay 


LF 


Brannan 


Brooks 


CF 


Blake 


Sophs 




Seniors 


Williamson 


RF 


McLaurin 


Pascal 


CF 


Manly 


Waiiick 


LF 


Sims 


Mitchell 


RG 


Dunn 


Evans 


CG 


Violette 


Cole 


LF 


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AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, WED. JANUARY 28, 1948 



Our Right to Maturity 

As signs of the times the News poll indicates that the stu- 
dent body voices almost unanimously its approval of the 
voluntary class attendance system as an ideal. 

Further indicator of which way the wind blows is the 
fact that 47 per cent approved with reservations. Reserva- 
tions based on the differences in interpretation between fac- 
ulty and students. 

According to campus interpretation the system permits the 
student to attend classes at her discretion. Student opinion 
indicates that portions of the faculty do not see eye to feye 
with students, bringing into the picture penalties and threats. 

We feel with the majority that the system is a tangible 
acceptance that we, as collegians, have in part reached our 
goal of 17 to 21 years  maturity. Application of child psy- 
chology through coercion to attend class implies a disbelief 
in our maturity, our ability to accept responsibility for class 
work. 

Next week the News will present a poll of faculty view- 
points and interpretations. As your organ we shall attempt 
to point out the discrepancies between them. Only through 
integration of interpretation and faculty-student coopera- 
tion can the voluntary absence system become an ideal real- 
ity. 

But regardless of the events, our policy is based on one 
ideal. We do not condone any attempt to abridge our right 
to maturity. 

Day Student Vision of Bliss 
Materalizes In Nightmare 

By Jacquelin Jacobs 

"Oh the joys of being a day student!" thought a certain 
junior transfer last fall, who was eagerly looking forward to 
the comforts of home, after surviving two years of dormi- 
tory 1 drama. 

"Won't it be wonderful to crawl onto that beautyrest 

every night, have my skirt back who have sadistic tendencies and 

from the cleaners by the time I enjoy watching their fellow hu- 

need it, have steak dinner just for man beings in pain, (4) those who 

the asking, and dash around town have a warped sense of humor 

in a carl" and amuse themselves by cack- 

Yes, the car  that's where the ling obnoxiously at struggling 

trouble began. With visions of parkcrs and (5) those lazy ones 

convertibles dancing in my head, who like to be close to the curb 

I cheerfully anticipated the open- so they won't have to. walk so 

ing of Agnes Scott and allowed far. 

myself to indulge in a wonderful The Battle Rages 

fantasy of daydreams. I could see Just as wq are fighting the 

a red convertible cruising through spread of Communism, we should 

Decatur, the radio playing roman- combat the parallel parking move- 

;ic music, feminine tresses flying ment with equal fervor. Several 

in the breeze, and maybe a Great well known stores have already 

Dane or two peering haughtily lost patronage because they ac- 

out of the back seat  just for at- tually permit such an outrage to 

mosphere. exist at their own front doors. 

Wrecked by Rockefeller In the hurried society of today 

But only too soon I was forced there is no place for the foolish 
to face hard and cruel reality, expenditure of time and energy 
There could be no convertible un- required in parellel parking, which 
less I happened to be directly re- is a direct cause of muscle-strain- 
lated to President Truman or a cd arms, and ruined hairdos and 
primary beneficiary of Rockefel- dispositions. Consider the parking 
ler's will. At the time I couldn't fees that could be saved down- 
even track down a twig of the town if more cars were accommo- 
fami'y tree from Missouri or any dated on the street, instead of one 
evidence that Rockefeller had my car's taking up the space that was 
interests at heart. Those who whiz- rightfully meant for two. 
zed around in those shiny new au- Angle Untangles 
tos said all I needed was patience. As a solution to this pertinent 
Well, I'm waiting! question I offer angle parking, 

The- result of this plight is quite that good old standby that we 
evident to students who happen came to know and love when first 
1o be late sleepers. They are the allowed in the driver's seat. Sel- 
roup who scurry to class around dom do scraped fenders or equal- 
8:29 a. m. The disheveled crea- ly ragged nerves result from this 
ture whose black-circled eyes re- wonderful invention and, just to 
<risU-r a last minute frenzy is pro- mention a minor detail, this me- 
hably me. However, if the creature thod is somewhat easier .The morn- 
fits the above qualifications and ing group says all I need is for- 
is also trying to fit a 15 foot car titude. Well, I'm trying! 
into a 14 foot parking place then Getting a car is certainly a pro- 
it's certainly me. blem, but when you once succeed 
Parallel Paralizcs in getting one on the street an 

Parallel parking is doubtlessly even worse situation develops. 

B wonderful invention, but only 5 Clearly patience and fortitude are 

possible groups would favor such not enough. I suppose I could en- 

an ordeal: (1) those who perfer dure the winter weather in an 

the narrow back-alley route but agile little jeep, and if worse comes 

still don't want any fenders to worse, I could practice parking 

scratched, (2) those who boast of more diligently. But until then 

perceptual ability and wish an op- may Mr. Tart be parsimonious 

portunity to display it. (3) those with those parking tickets! 



Absence System 
Wins Acclaim 
In Student Poll 

The new system of voluntary 
class attendance polled an over- 
whelming majority over the for- 
mer cut system in a survey this 
week to discover whether the 
average student was groaning or 
grinning under the new system. 

Of the 75 representative seniors 
juniors, and sophomores interview- 
ed, 49 per cent voted in favor of 
the system as it is now working, 
47 per cent prefer it to having 
cuts but add complaints about the 
interpretation of some of the facul- 
ty, while only 5 per cent actually 
dislike the practice. 

Coming out with such enthusias- 
tic exclamations as "Love it," 
"Marvelous," "Thoroughly ap- 
prove," students who favor volun- 
tary attendance feel that it puts 
the responsibility on the student 
and as one junior put it, "The idea 
of freedom appeals to everyone." 

The majority of students be- 
lieve that they were absent from 
classes less during fall quarter than 
any previous quarter. "I like it, 
think it works, and want it to 
continue," seems to express their 
opinion. 

An almost equal number of stu- 
dents, who approve of the new sys- 
tem as an advancement over the 
cut, feel that some of the faculty 
are hindering its workability. 

"A few teachers make it hard 
for you to be absent even in case 
of necessity," one junior remark- 
ed. A sophomore suggested holding 
a meeting for the faculty to have 
the system explained in the same 
light as it was told to the students 
this fall. 

The few students who advocate 
return to the cut system thought 
the failure lay in the faculty's 
lack of cooperation rather than in 
the students' taking advantage of 
it. 

New Trash Cans Result 
In Campus New Look 

To make it easy to keep the 
campus neat, four new swing-top 
trash cans have been placed on 
the campus. The east entrance of 
Presser and the front entrance of 
the library haye been provided 
with small cans. Two larger cans 
are placed behind the Alumnae 
House and outside the book-store 
door. 

J. C. Tart, business manager- 
treasurer, pointed out that the 
advantage of this new, more ex- 
pensive type trash can over the 
old, lift-top type can be seen in 
the neater appearance of the cam- 
pus. 

Campus Night Club 
To Be Transformed 
Into Reading Room 

The ex-Pair-a-dice room, former 
haven for campus hep-cats, will 
take on a new atmosphere in a 
few weeks when it becomes the 
International Relations club read- 
ing room, open to all students for 
reading and studying. 

Members of the club plan to 
redecorate the room, making new 
curtains and providing tables and 
chairs suitable for study. Maga- 
zines, books, information from 
United Nations, charts, pam- 
phlets, and other material inter- 
esting to students will be placed 
on the shelves for general use. 

The new reading room will also 
be used for regular IRC meetings. 



Cabbages and Kings 

By Mary Beth Little 

Hold on to your night caps while we clock the nightmare 
jogs some of our pals have paced. A door to door canvass 
revealed that some Agnes Scott girls dream in technicolor, 
some in foreign languages, some in misty gray, and some 
don't remember somehow. 



Had to swear by my Cub Scout 
oath not to disclose names with 
cases, so will just record "such 
stuff as dreams are made of": 

Once upon a sleepy time all 
the dorms were locked and so all 
students had to sleep in the lib- 



Things never are ... so dream 

Then there's the reoccuring 
exam week dream of flypaper. And 
a junior told of a senior who had 
spent all her allowance on liquor 
(I!) and was as a result sympa- 
thetically donated a May Day 



rary. Candled chandeliers were dress from a campus attic, 
lowered after everyone was com- 
fy on the hard floor and Miss Han- 
ley snuffed them out and silently 
stole away. 



And what about a senior who 
admitted scooting about on a 



Do you take the telephone and 
strangely find yourself sailing with 
the moon balloon? Do you com- 
pose unfinished symphonies for 
tempera paints ? Do you find Little 
Black Sambo's butter-ringed tree? 



Do you drop hot coals in post 
boxes? Do you flee the classic 
Eumenides? Do you fight the 
windmill alarm clock with Don 
Quixote ? 

Or do you drink your coffee 
black? 



broomstick? And the many, many Do you dynamite Boulder Dam? 
who confessed with blushes hav- 
ing floated to class in pj's? And 
the frosh wearing boxing gloves in 
an orange elevator? 

Flesh and Fantasy 

The Big Bad Wolf or the Big 
Black Bear are common motifs, 
the poll unveiled. One girl dreams 
regularly of a bear in a baby bug- 
gy; another jumps in a car every 
time her fifty foot high bear comes 
to their house for a glass of water. 
Another has a rooster (a mere 
ten feet tall) who relishes her 
pink ears. 

Fantasy has a magic wand for 

some. An applegreen and a petal- A group of frustrated females, 
pink horse fight fiercely at dawn; desiring that "pinned feeling", 
one discovers she is the lightning were seen parading through one of 
and goes streaking through dust- the dormitories wearing every type 
brown clouds; another dreamer of pin from Beta Club to D. A. R. 
gets thrown out of a jeweled gar- The climax came when one of 

them entered wearing a small 
spider pin and blushingly admitted 



Copy Hook 

I A professor, discussing typing 
procedures with her class, ex- 
plained that she used the Biblical 
method  "Seek and ye shall find.'' 



den by a black hooded monk. 
Swooners and Crooners 

Guilt complexes and the date 
book come in for their share: one 
frosh dreamed she was marrying 
one boy and kissing another at 
the same time. Incidentally the 
bride wore a brown tricorn with 
her gown of white satin. A senior 
dreamed the Journal picked her 
Annapolis man for a special fea- 
ture, mentioning in it that he was 
married but that his "chief out- 
side interest" was our own little 
senior. Another found her unre- 
quieted love centered about Bugs 
Bunny (but he was wearing braces 
so that rriade it all right). An- 
other scholar saw her shadowself 
swinging in a park with Bing 
Crosby. 



that she was  "pinned to 
ologist." 



To spot the "By The Sea" cast 
for Junior Joint, look for juniors 
with disjointed little fingers. They 
say the leading man has quite a 



Student taking I. G. for foot 
correction: "Look at my shoe! It's 
Lapp-sided." 



Thought process of a Tech stu- 
dent calling on Saturday after- 
noon for a date that night: "I 
would have called sooner but all 
the boys were using the phones 
this morning." 



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AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA. WED. FEB. 4, 1948 



Number 13 



'Mikado'Set 
For Feb 27 



"The train of pretty ladies", the 
chorus in the Agnes Scott's pro- 
duction of Gilbert and Sullivan's 
"The Mikado," is in rehearsal for 
the presentations of the operetta 
Feb. 27 here and Feb. 28 at Geor- 
gia Tech. 

Helen Currie, a graduate of 
1947, will sing the contralto role 
of Katisha. Miss Currie is now 
studying at the Julliard School 
of Music in New York. Warren 
Lee Terry, widely-known actor of 
Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, will 
portray the role of Ko Ko. 

"The Mikado", a comical story 
of love and romance, concerns the 
love of a young Japanese girl, 
Yum Yum, for % wandering min- 
strel, Nanki Poo, who is the Mi- 
kado's son in disguise. 

Difficulties are provided by 
Katisha who also loves Nanki Poo 
and threatens to reveal his true 
identity and by Ko Ko who, by 
law, is engaged to Yum Yum. 

Two girls from the Glee club 
are cast in each leading role. 
Yum Yum will be sung by Mary 
Beth Little and Norah Anne Lit- 
tle. Jean Osborne and Sara Jane 
Campbell will play the part of 
Peep-Bo, and the role of Pitti- 
Sing will be sung by Susan Bow- 
ling and Rosemary Griffin. 

The male parts will be played 
by members of the Tech Glee club. 
Peter Harrower will be the mighty 
Mikado, and his son, Nanki Poo, 
will be sung by Paul Keckly. 
Pooh-Bah, the comic character, 
will be portrayed by Bill Johnson, 
Pish Tush is to be performed on 
alternate nights by Lee Roberts 
and Pierce Merry. 



News Holds Tryouts 

Try-onte for the Agnes Scott 
News will begin today and will 
continue for two weeks. A list 
is on the back bulletin board for 
all wonld-be reporters to sign. 

Sophomores, juniors, and sen- 
iors interested in feature, sports 
or news writing are eligible. 



Survey Shows 
Activity Point 
Distribution 

Statistics compiled by Hunt 
Morris, student recorder, indicate 
that student activities are dis- 
tributed pretty evenly among 
members of the junior and senior 
classes, but a few sophomores seem 
to have most of the points for the 
class. 

Hunt emphasized that the fig- 
ures are approximate since she ob- 
tained them from lists of organi- 
zation members and officers. 
Freshmen, specials, and transfers 
were not included in the survey. 

Exceeding the quota for points 
were six seniors, eight juniors, 
and six sophomores. No points for 
activities are carried by 10 sen- 
iors, 12 juniors, and 38 sopho- 
mores. 

Twenty-three seniors, 19 jun- 
iors and 10 sophs carry within 
four of the maximum number of 
activity points allotted to mem- 
bers of their class. 



Lillian Russells' Will Vie 
For Crown At Jamboree 



S. S. Plans 
Fashion Show 

Campus glamour girls -will have 
their day when Social Standards 
sponsors its grooming contest in 
February, climaxed by a fashion 
show. 

Winning contestants will model 
in the show March 2 at which Al- 
len's clothes will be shown. A 
model may be invited out to give 
pointers on walking and makeup 
for the show. 

The contest will be conducted 
on a day to day, minute to minute 
basis, everyone is eligible and ap- 
pearance will be judged at any 
hour. Factors on which the judges 
will give points are grooming, pos- 
ture, and make-up. 



Curti Forsees Turmoil In India 
Cites Land, Education Problem 

By Lorton Lee 

A slight, quick-minded authority on history foresees dan- 
ger in Gandhi's assassination in the possibility (1) that re- 
percussions may take the form of a reconstituted Indian gov- 
ernment to the right, (2) that a cessation of the land reforms 
and reclaimation projects of the present government will 

follow, and (3) that mass revolt 



Cleveland Curator 
Will Speak Thurs. 

Dr. Thomsfs Monroe, curator of 
the Cleveland Museum of Art, will 
lecture on "Some Relations Among 
the Arts" in 321 Buttrick, at 2 
p. m. Thursday. 

Dr. Monroe, who was formerly 
professor of philosophy at Rutgers 
and later professor of art at West- 
ern Reserve, is brought to Agnes 
Scott through the Committee on 
Visiting Scholars of the Univer- 
sity Center. 



Swoose Acquire Finesse 
For 'Swan Lake' Ballet 



By Easy Beale 

Pas de deux, pas de quatre, and 
faux pas (if the hero drops the 
heroine) are part of the compli- 
cated jargon of the ballet. Such 
terms, coupled with the swan-like 
treads of 25 hopeful ballerinas, re- 
sound through the gym several 
nights a week. 

The dance group cast aspires to 
the perfection seen in the per- 
formance of "Swan Lake" by the 
Ballet Russe several, weeks ago. 

Practices have been sprinkled 
with a few minor tragedies, un- 
derstandable for such a gigantic 
and ambitious undertaking. In one 
scene a poor delicate swan faint- 
ed away and lay ignored, unnotic- 
ed and deserted. The others who 
were suppose to gather around 
her in deep concern danced blithe- 
ly on and only the directors 'ex- 
pressed concern. 

More astounding than that is 



the perfect representation of the 
male star. 

One member appeared, much 
to the surprise of the Swan Lake 
crew, all ugly-duckling costumed. 
A fellow dancer labeled the en- 
semble "a black monstrosity;" an- 
other called it "a hobble skirt with 
spring." The whole cast wonder- 
ed what was it? 

Flitting the light fantastic, is 
recommended by the ballerinas to 
dispel all worries connected with 
scholarly pursuits. Their Feb. 14 
production is designed for certain 
specified groups: (1) you who 
would fly from the reality of 
drudgery to the fanciful realm of 
beauty, (2) you who have dates 
and want to convince them that 
Agnes Scott has other buildings 
than the library, (3) you devotees 
to art, and (4) who's heard 
Vaughn Monroe's recording of 
"Dance, Ballerina, Dance?" 



leading to Fascism or Communism 
will result. 

Dr. Merle Curti, who has re- 
cently returned from lecturing 
at Indian universities, explained 
that "if the violence continues 
the military, which is right wing, 
will become the power in the gov- 
ernment and may admit more 
rightish groups." 

"If the Mahasabahas, the 
group of Hindu reactionaries re- 
sponsible for the assassination, 
succeed in pushing Prime Minister 
Nehru off the field and gain con- 
trol of the government, it will be 
a real tragedy," he continued, "for 
my fear is that they will greatly 
slow down the adjustment India 
must make." 

Dr. Curti discussed the poor 
economic situation of the masses 
and the great need for some kind 
of land reform. Although the pre- 
sent government, a coalition of 
different shades of the Congress 
party, has taken steps toward 
such reforms, he cited instances of 
present revolts. 

"Already in Malabar on the 
southwestern coast the people, un- 
der the leadership of the national 
communists, have been in revolt 
for the last year, seizing control 
of land," he declared, adding that 
this was a small picture of what 
might happen all over India if 
this pressing problem is side- 
continued on page 4) 



Educators Will Dine 
Here Monday Night 

Agnes Scott and Emory will 
play hosts at an informal dinner 
for teachers and students who are 
part of the teacher training pro- 
gram Monday in the new dining 
room at Agnes Scott. 

Visitors, who will include su- 
perintendents, supervisors, prin- 
cipals, teachers, and apprentices, 
are invited to come to Main build- 
ing at 6:15 p. m. Dinner will be 
served at 6:30 p. m. 



Date Book 

Thurs., Feb. 5  Introduction to 
plans for vocational guidance 
in chapel assembly. Dr. Mon- 
roe lectures on "Some Rela- 
tions Among the Arts," 321 
Buttrick at 2 p. m. 

Sat., Feb. 72-5 p. m. exhibit of 
dolls at the High Museum of 
Art. Diamond Jim's Jamboree 
at the gym at 8:00 p. m. 

Sun., Feb. 8  Vespers in Mao- 
lean at 6:30 p. m. 

Mon., Feb. 9  Sponsors meet- 
ing Cafeteria dinner at 
6:30 p.m. for the teacher-edu- 
cation program. 



Eight Sign for Trip 
To New York City; 
Four Places Vacant 

Eight girls have signed up for 
the extended weekend in New 
York planned by Miss Roberta 
Winter and Miss Priscilla Lobeck 
for spring holidays. 

Twelve is the maximum set for 
the group by the two chaperons. 

The time between March 17, 
when the group leaves, and March 
23, the date of their return, will 
be crammed with the theatre, art 
museums, and about every phase 
of New York life, according to the 
schedule Miss Lobeck and Miss 
Winter have arranged. 

Miss Winter pointed out that 
persons interested in the trip 
should contact her or Miss Lobeck 
right away since reservations 
must be made soon. 



Junior Joint festivities slated for Saturday will transform 
the gym into a Gay Nineties cabaret, Diamond Jim's Golden 
Horse-Shoe. 

Lillian Russells who will represent each class in competing 
for the crown of Diamond Jim's Jamboree were introduced in 
assembly today with skits reflect- 
ing the spirit of the Nineties' clas- 
sic melodrama. One of the four 
Lillians  Annelle Simpson, fresh- 
man; Donnie King, sophomore; 
Val von Lehe, junior; or Amanda 
Hulsey, senior, will reign as queen 
of the Diamond Horse-shoe. 

The contest will be decided by 
votes in the form of pennies. Pro- 
ceeds from Junior Joint will go 
to Wbrld Student Service Fund. 

Junior "Lillian", Val von Lehe, 
was the heroine of the melodrama 
"Arsenic and Old Face" in which 
the two old ladies of the original 
Arsenic play turned to seeking 
the one ingredient which would 
end all human misery. The only 
ingredient found to be effective 
was ingredient '49 which disap- 
peared in a puff of smoke to re- 
veal the junior queen. The charms 
of senior candidate, Amanda Hul- 
sey, stopped all activity of the 
day from bank robbery to the gold 
rush while she made her entry. 

Frosh presented two girls swath- 
ed in a blanket and one in blue 
jeans and plaid shirt to show how 
not to be Lillian Russell and as a 
foil for Annelle Simpson, fresh- 
man candidate. 

Sophomore's Lillian Russell will 
be introduced after a poem re- 
counting the history of the fam- 
ous lady. 

Music for the Jamboree will be 
provided by Sam Smith and the 
Nomads, who played for last year's 
Club Scheherazade. 

A very special feature of the 
junior show will be the roles play- 
ed by Ed Mallory from Emory 
and George Kirk and Bill Chesnut 
from Georgia Tech. 

Junior committee heads putting 
a shine on the Horseshoe are 
Butch Hays, decorations, Nancy 
Dendy, music, Mary Price and 
Lucy Mohr, costumes, and Nancy 
Huey, refreshments. Dot Morri- 
son and Lee Cousar are publiciz- 
ing the event, Marie Cuthbertson 
is in charge of the clean up com- 
mittee, and Mary Aichel is in 
charge of tickets. 

Leaders of the Junior Joint pro- 
duction are Chairman Dot Porter; 
Senior Class Chairmen Mildred 
Claire Jones and Nancy Deal, Jun- 
ior Chairman Nancy Parks, Sopho- 
more Chairman Peggy Penuel, and 
Freshman Chairman Cissie Spiro. 



Faculty Meets 
For Discussion 

W. S. Frierson, Miss Ellen Doug- 
lass Leyburn and Miss Katherine 
OmM'ake organized a committee 
last week at the request of the 
Southern Universities Conference 
to discuss improvements for col- 
lege instruction. 

The committee met three times 
last week. Each time 12 to 15 in- 
structors joined wholeheartedly 
in the discussion, offering opin- 
ions as to what qualities a teach- 
er must possess to be successful, 
what obstacles on the campus im- 
pede good teaching, what changes 
in curricula would improve teach- 
ing, and what procedure should be 
followed. 

Mr. Frierson, chairman, said the 
committee will meet again this 
week to form more definite plans 
to present to the campus.' 



Campus Clubs 
Invite Frosh 
To Meetings 

Orientation committee has in- 
augurated a new program to ac- 
quaint freshmen with clubs on 
campus. Chairman Nancy Deal 
announced the campaign began 
Monday and will last two weeks. 

Each club plans to invite fresh- 
men to a regular meeting this 
week. The times for the meetings 
are posted. Nancy explained that 
the purpose of this program is to 
enable freshmen to understand 
campus activities before they be- 
gin participation in the spring. 

A sponsor's meeting is slated 
for Monday, Feb. 9, to allow spon- 
sors to make suggestions concern- 
ing next year's orientation pro- 
gram. 



2  THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS,  Wed., Feb. 4, 1948 

Merry-go-Round 

By Mildred Claire Jones 

Tonight is so quiet. Seems that the excitement of the 
weekend has left everyone a bit breathless. Lots of people 
went home for the weekend. Margaret Anne Richards, Beth 
Jones, and Mary Manly were in Columbus, Billie Powell in 
Thomasville, Mary Gene Sims in Dalton, Jerry Keef in Chat- 
tanooga, and Tee Toe Williams 



in Marietta. EClaire Cunning- 
ham went to Eatonton, Aman- 
da Hulsey to Gainesville, 
while Sally Bussey, Emily Wright, 
Jane Campbell, Ellen Morrison, 
Mary Mohr, and Ann Ballard went 
to Augusta, and B. J. Brown went 
to Birmingham. 

After the Ball 
As my eye caught sight of the 
Emory pennant on the wall, I 
started thinking about this week- 
end. The Emory Sigma Chi Sweet- 
heart ball was beautiful. Polly 
Miles, Butch Hayes, Amanda Hul- 
sey, Joanne Peterson, Gene Wil- 



visiting Mac Compton, while Fay 
Tynes, formerly in class of '50, 
visited Jean Osborn. Betty Wil- 
liam's mother was here as was 
Ann Erwin's mother. 

The Naval Air Station was the 
scene of much fun over the week- 
end. Dot Floyd, Dee Durden, Ann 
Green, Beryl Crews, and Marjorie 
Major were there. Also seen there 
were Pagie Violette and Cama 
Clarkson. 

Bongo, Bongo, Bongo 
The jungle party at the Tech 
Chi Phi house was quite the place, 
so Lyd Gardner, Ann Haden, Ann 



son, and Babs Young were there. Gebhart, and Mary Beth Little 

So were Emily Ann Reid, Easy say. They also said that Nan Ford, 

Beale, Charity Bennett, Val von Beryl Crews, Ann Green, and Dot 

Lehe, Jeanne Kline, Betty Esco, Floyd were getting a big rush. 
Virginia Skinner and Betty Averill. Charlsie Smith and June Ir- 

The Emory ' Student Council vine had a good time at the Tech 

dance attracted a number ATO house dance, and Betty Wil- 

of Scott girls, too. Betty Wood, liams, Norah Anne Little, and 

Betzie Powers, Mae Comer Os- Floss Hanson enjoyed the party 

borne, Maryanne Broun, and Har- at the SAE house. Bobbie Cath- 

riotte Winchester were seen there, cart and Margaret Hopkins went 

Since Charlie Spivak has been to a Hayseed Party at the Sigma 

at the Rainbow Roof, that has Chi house, while Leila Walker 

been quite the place for all of us danced with the Theta Chis, and 

Lo go. Dorace Maritzky saw Sally Lorton Lee went to the Phi Gam 

Jackson, Charlotte Bartlett, Mary house. 

Alice MacDonald, Lil Lasseter, There really is no wonder that 



and Carolyn Wells there Saturday 
night. Others enjoying his music 
were Robby Robeson, June Ir- 
vine, Mot Warrick, Jean Harper, 
Marianela Segura, and Carolyn 
Critchlow. 

Current He-vents 

Continuing a visual tour of my 
room I noticed other pennants. 
These reminded me of the various 
visitors on campus from other 
schools. Jo Culp's Johnny, Char- 
Iicn Simms's Charles, Ann Pitt's 
Joe, Mary Louise Mattison's 
Frank, and Jo McCall's John were 
here from Clemson. The visitors 
from N. C. State were Betsy Deal's 
Gilbert, and Cama Clarkson's 
Dooby. Sue McSpadden's Jim was 
here too from Duke and Betty 
Wilson's friend from Princeton. 

Peggy Baker, a former member 
of the class of '48, anc\ now a 
student at Southwestern was 



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with all these things to keep us 
busy, not to mention the John 
Charles Thomas concert, Jeanette 
MacDonald concert, and Virgil 
Fox on campus, we are having a 
very quiet night! 



Alumna Discusses 
Personal Relations 

Alumna Mrs. Ed White in her 
talks to the freshmen last week 
presented pointers on how to get 
along with people, and desirable 
qualities in an individual. 

Mrs. White talked in chapel as 
a part of orientation program and 
conducted a question and answer 
program in Inman. Discussion 
ranged around how to get along 
with roommates, girls on campus, 
and boys. The problems of popu- 
larity were especially considered. 
She also touched on the personal 
qualities necessary in an individual 
to achieve good relations. 

Mrs. White's qualifications in- 
clude presidency of Mortar Board, 
her work in the dean's office at 
the University of Colorado and her 
work as a director of religious 
education. 



McCain Plans 
Three Lectures 

Dr. McCain's schedule for the 
week includes a discussion of com- 
munism at the Decatur Boy's High 
School P. T. A. tomorrow, a talk 
to the freshmen, and the opening of 
Clemson College's Religious Em- 
phasis Week Tuesday. 

In his speech on communism he 
will compare and contrast Nazism 
and communism with the Ameri- 
can system of free enterprise, 
pointing out the differences be- 
tween communism in theory and 
in practice. 

In his chapel period talk with 
the freshmen Dr. McCain will pre- 
sent the history of Agnes Scott, in- 
cluding discussion of the college 
business and the program for the 
future with emphasis on building 
plans. 

In his talk to the faculty at 
Clemson he will consider the re- 
sponsibilities of the faculty in the 
college religious program point- 
ing out the old values of religion 
which should not be modified. 



Christianity Tppic 
Of Bahaist Lecture 

Discussing "Christianity as I 
See It," Mrs. Marzieh Gail, Baha'i 
lecturer, spoke out against the- 
ological discussions which she cit- 
ed as the cause of the dissension 
and splits in religion. 

Mrs. Gail, who has just returned 
from the Baha'i Carribbean Con- 
gress in Mexico City, declared in 
her lecture here Wednesday that 
Christianity is crying out to be 
fulfilled and that the Baha'i faith 
is its fulfillment. 

"Each religion is a link to an- 
other religion," she said explain- 
ing that the purpose of the Baha'i 
Society was world unification of 
all religions, nations, peoples, and 
races. 



Dean Cites Russian Trends 
Toward Democratic System 



"Karl Marx wouldn't recognize 
the situation in Russia today as 
communistic if he came upon it 
in the dark!" Vera Micheles Dean 
asserted in her lecture here last 
week. 

The attractive director of the 
Foreign Policy association's re- 
search department who spoke on 
"Russia's Internal Problems" 
Tuesday, Jan. 27, impressed her 
entire audience with her ability 
as a speaker and her clear in- 
sight into the situation in Russia 
today. 

Mrs. Dean spoke briefly on that 
phase of Russian history leading 
up to the overthrow of the Czar- 
ist government in 1917, the es- 
tablishment of a so-called com- 
munistic form of government, and 
the present government. She point- 
ed out that although the govern- 
ment is not in any sense demo- 
cratic, several manifestations of 
the democratic spirit are present. 

For example, she explained, 
there is racial tolerance and min- 
ority groups are encouraged to 
develop their own culture. The 
people are taught to read and 
write and are encouraged to learn 
about new scientific and technical 
discoveries. The newspapers are 
full of criticisms of the policies of 
the government she said, but no 
advocacy of any other system 



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As for the economic situation 
in Russia, Mrs. Dean stated that 
the basic aim of the government's 
policy, heavy industry, has been 
accomplished. This was proved in 
the last war, she continued, when 
Russian tanks, guns, and other 
armament were the equal of those 
of any other nation. The fourth of 
the five-year plans is now in op- 
eration and progress is still be- 
ing made, she said, but consumer 
products have suffered as a re- 
sult of this policy, and the people 
are clamoring for refrigerators, 
stoves, and other products. There 
is private property such as this 
in Russia today, Mrs. Dean point- 
ed out, because it is not a com- 
plete communistic system. 

Millionaires in Russia are, ac- 
cording to her, "peasants" who 
have made a lot of money by sell- 
ing their farm products in the free 
black markets. 

Mrs. Dean spoke at Emory uni- 
versity Jan. 28. After her lecture 
at Agnes Scott there was an in- 
formal reception in her honor in 
Murphey Candler. 



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Frosh, Juniors Down 
Sister Classes In Tilt 

By Marie Cuthbertson 

Two hard fought class games in the gym on Friday night 
ended in victories for the frosh and juniors. A good senior 
sextet, handicapped by having only two substitutes, piled 
up a 17-15 lead during the first half but the endurance of 
younger players proved too much for the veterans who final- 
ly bowed to a score of 33-23. 



McLaurin played her usual fine 
game ^it forward, assisted by Sims, 
Saxon, and Manly, with the ver- 
satile Cunningham turning in an 
excellent performance at both 
guard and forward. The guarding 
of Beacham and Violette made 
the game a difficult one for the 
frosh, but the second half per- 
formance of Kay, Esco, and Quat- 
tlebaum resulted in the 33 points 
necessary for victory. 

The 20 points racked up by jun- 
ior sharpshooter Brannon meant 
a victory for her team in their bat- 
tle* with the always alert sopho- 
i mores. An early lead was piled up 
by the juniors which was never re- 
linquished, although threatened 
by the playing of Pascall, Han- 
son, and manager Warlick, point- 
getting soph forwards. Betty Cole 
led the defense force, assisted by 
Evans, Mitchell, Davis, and Trus- 
low. A great deal of the junior 
success should be credited to the 
guarding of Newton, Cook, and 
Blake. Assisting Bunny at the for- 
ward positions for the victors were 
captain-manager June Davis, El- 
lis, Huey, and Cuthbertson. 

Brannon started a scoring spree 
with four field goals before the 
sophs were able to score. Warlick 
then put ner team in the scoring 
column and, until the final whis- 



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Barbara Britton 
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MON. - TUES. 

"Desert Fury" 

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Lizabeth Scott 



DEKALB THEATRE 

WED. - THURS. 
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tie the game was a spirited and 
hard fought contest with the 
scoreboard reading 36-16 as the 
game ended. 

In the four-way contest between 
the classes, the juniors are out in, 
front with two victories and no 
defeats. As a result of their win 
over the seniors, freshmen are 
tied with the sophs for the run- 
ner-up spot at this time. 



Freshmen Down 
Junior B Team 

In a preliminary game on Fri- 
day night, a snappy freshman out- 
fit defeated the junior "B" team 
by the score of 19-9. The "B" 
team players, supposedly less ex- 
perienced, were successful in 
stacking up a nice number of 
points. 

Weakle scored often for the 
victors, getting a total of 12 
points. Captain Blackmon was 
high scorer for the juniors, and 
guarding by Charlotte Key stop- 
ped many junior threats. 

Throughout the first half the 
contest was a close one, with the 
juniors having a slight advantage 
at the half. During the latter per- 
iod, Weakle and her forwards, 
Ragland, Pollard, and Milliken, 
gained steadily on their opponents. 
Captain Blackmon used her whole 
team in the game. 



News Names Hanson 
To Succeed Andrews 

Floss Hanson has been appoint- 
ed sports editor of the News fol- 
lowing the resignation of Ginny 
Andrews. 

Floss is a sophomore from Tam- 
pa, Fla. and has been a member 
of the sports staff. She served as 
basketball manager for the fresh- 
man team last year and was as- 
sistant news editor of her high 
school paper. 



Singles Round 
In Badmington 
To OpenThurs. 

The first round of the badmin- 
ton tournament will be underway 
by Thursday, and all matches 
must be finished by March 3, Man- 
ager Val von Lehe announced Sat- 
urday. Matches for the first round 
are as follows : 

Singles 

Wright  Williamson 
Warlick  Persohn 
Morrison  Brooke 
O'Sullivan  Bye 
Kemper  Cunningham 

Lea  Cathcart 
Cuthbertson  Stewart 

Doubles 

Stewart-Wright  Cunningham- 
Dunn 

Bye  Ellis-Newton 
Skinner- Warlick  Andrews-Kem- 
per 

Lea-Barmes  Beddingfield-Den 

dy 

Harris-Brooke  Persohn- 
McLeod-Cathcart  Davis- 
Ball-Cochran  Cook-Cuthbtert- 

son 

Bye  Von Lehe-Caswell 



Swimming Pageant 
Set For March 3 

The Agnes Scott water pageant 
will be presented March 3. 

Charlotte Evans, swimming 
manager, announced that the 
show will feature one ballet of 
four girls who will display all the 
various water skills. Highlighting 
the pageant will be another bal- 
let of eight girls and an individual 
diving exhibition. 



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THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS  Wed., Feb. 4, 1948 # 3 

Play By Play 

By Floss Hanson 

Those yells sounded mighty good at the basketball games in the 
gym Friday night  even heard quite a few booming masculine voices. 
And the comments made were extremely enthusiastic like, "Why this 
is just as exciting as boys' basektball!" That's a real tribute from the 
male sex. 

Remember, with bigger crowds you get more points toward the 
class spirit cup. 

An even bigger crowd will rake in more points toward the class 
spirit cup besides enjoying fast-moving entertainment. 

Incidentally, those "B" teams' games show a lot of spirit too. So 
far the freshmen have defeated the juniors 19 to 9 and the juniors 
defeated the sophomores with a 12 to 4 score. 

We hear that they've had the first practice for the swimming 
pageant and that there's a lot of talent involved in it. The swimmers 
concentrated on peeling off and decided on different strokes to be 
used in the formations. There's ample explanation for the damp 
countenances and sopping hair seen on campus lately. 

There seem to be new and avid badminton enthusiasts: KA's 
from Emory, no less. They came out Thursday to oppose some of our 
players and have made arrangements for further matches. 




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the agnes scott news Frosh Groups r a UU afll>c ,J I/: 



Managing Kdltor ANNA 

Assistant Editors BETTY LOU BAKER, LORTON LEE 



Feature Editor LEE COUSAR " j> v TVf arv fWh T iff 1a 

a,** KHjt^r floss ha.nson h - > iviarj r>etn L.mie 



Sports Editor FLOSS HANSON 

Society Editor MILDRED CLAIRE JONES _ m^m UmjmMmU m^m W 

copy Editor billfe powell lUI VcUul I CI People are colorful  don t you bouncing add to her ;oncentra- 

Editorlal Assistant MARY B~ " 

Photographer MRS. \V. 



Editorial Assistant mary beth ^lhtle ' agree! Some are pink, some bright tion powers (trwo hours later, that 



Frosh interest groups in art, blue, some beige, some lurid red, is, when the blood ceases its tango 

business staff COM pton literature ' drama > and music have some dark green, some purple, in the temples.) One senior who 

AssiTunt BuSs m an a gers "mXr y "mchel" ~ h arriotte Winchester launched into their programs for and some few a little mad, I mean hates to have anything hanging 

Circulation Manager JUNE DRISKILL the quarter. nlaid OVPr hpr hpari insictc thut not nnlv 

Assistant Circulation Managers ALICE JEAN CASWELL. BOBBIE CATHCART * pidiu. u\ er ner neaa insists mat not Oni} 

^ reporters Members of the music group un- Have been hearing much talk has her roommate patch-work- 

weezie Durant, Martha Goddard. Norah Anne Little, Sue McSpadden, Mary Mohr, der Mrs. Rebekah Clarke of the about color impressions lately. A ed the wall with pictures but 

Pat Overton. Charsie Smith. Martha Warlick, Marian Yancey, Ann Carol Blanton, Rose , _ . - - , , , , c ... -' *^ 

Mary (Jriffin, Angle Anderson, charlotte Bartiette. Sara Jane Campbell. Grace Durant, music department are studying form of synesthesia maybe  such three of them have people with 

cama ciark-son Edrice Reynolds, Dorothy Aiiain, Rose Ellen GUiam, Aiiine Marshall, the m the oratorio and the as when D natural sounds like red on the head and an arm stick- 

P^ggy Pittard, Carmen snaver. 

Feature: Easy Beale, Lou McLaurin. Dot Medlock. Jackie Jacobs. Annelle Cox. Cathie cantata. They have heard por- blue green; Or F sharp SOUndS ing OUt!(?) 

Spo'rts: Jane Alsobrook. Nancy Francisco. TeeToe Williams. E. Claire Cunningham. tionS of "The Messiah" and Bach's white; Or When milk tastes like B One frosh Will gO tO any CX- 

Margaret Yancey, Zora Hodges. "B Minor Mass", natural and peaches like E flat. treme not to have to use a wall 

^ft%2S& %& 9 Z2&Se& ESFSS: r ^i e . B ^r^rSa The 10 art enthusiasts are mak- Is there a psychiatrist in the phone. Says it's like talking to a 

Jones. Ruby Lehman, Ellen Morrison. Catherine Phillips, Janet Quinn, Margaret Ann j n g pottery bowls with art in- * nouse  witch-doctor's mask-face. And SO 

^^A^ufZl'Durdor'Anno Haden. Barbara Lan.er. Jo Ann Piastre. Tir- StPUCtor Miss Priscilla Lobeck'S Mrs. (University of Georgia) it goes. 

ginia Skinner, Edith Stowe. Martha Stowell, Willene Ta-y, Terrell Warburton, Frankie help. Wilson told marriage classes last What's YOUR trouble? Do you 

H owerton, Jo McCaii. _ GeQrge p Hayes> p ro f G ssor of week that whether we admit it hate Saturday night's scrubbing- 

Published weekly, except during holidays and examination periods, by the students ^ . . ' " , H !. litorafllro or not, most of US are a little bit behind- the-ears ? Do VOU peer in- 
of A^nes Scott College Office on second floor Murphey Candler Building. Entered as -knglisn, nas lea tne literature . 

second I class matter at the Decatur, Ceorgia, postoffice. Subscription price per year, grQUp [n a study of the Uves and happy to have an eccentricity Or to your bedroom shoes each time 

$1.50. single copies, five cents. poetry of Robert Frost and Edna whatever it is that allows us to before wriggling in? Do you turn 

M E M B E R St Vincent Millay Mr Hayes will smile mysteriously and say, "You your man's picture away when 
Associated Collegiate Press discuss "Twelfth Night" at the know I'm funny that way." After you look particularly wretched? Do 
  next mee ting vainly putting my foot in many you duck when you go through an 

G_ . a i.. doors (the shoe now has a boom- underpass, sure if you don't you'll 

~* li-tt^ A^f D l hS dr * matlc g  u P under M j ss erangshape) and saying catutiously. lose your hat? 

CI intO tile r\Ct R0berta W ' nter 0f th <l sp u eeCh de - "And what's YOUR idiosyncra- Do you not wear bobby pins be- 

par ^ ment hav f t0 " red the s * age cy?" I feel obliged to contest her cause you hate to feel pinned 

Hardly a week seems to pass for day students that they do 10 Presser Hall and have made a statement j don ' t k now whether down? Do you collect brown but- 

not see a poster, hear a pep talk, or attend some sort of meet- s y costumes . settings and we>re just funny THAX way _in tons and green string? Do you 

ing which stresses "day student parisitism" and offers all PI " Per ' eS " that we don,t like t0 SU( * dislike coffeepots because they 

,   . j- j- things  or whether were so used look so smug? Do you fear slip- 

sorts of remedies for this spreading disease. _ . - - {o om . odduies that they>re nor . pjng thrQugh a M , ?nd 

There are few who are absolutely unimpressed by these fre- 1011,0310 IT mal. Hmmmhi? ing in the cider '' 

quent day student pepper-uppers; there are few who do not Lurking Quirks 

admit that in spite of all that is being done there is still a Dear Editor: At any rate, only a few lurking CllCti FofSeeS 

ridiculous dividing line between two groups of girls who are We were f lad t0 s f the News quirks were jerked from the veil. (Continued from page t) 

alike in all resoects excent the place where they eat and come out " favor of Agnes Scott s  ne gal shivers when she sees a tracked. 

alike in all respects except tne place wnere tney eat ana having more  sta rvation meals" in mirror (but a concensus reveals ExDlainin  that the national 

sleep, and there are few of the accused who do not have an the future m order that money she may have a reasonab i e poin t C0 S st s W ere not the same 

appropriate excuse for every occasion. might be sent to keep some family there). Another finds toe or nail as Russian communists, Mr. Curti 

If all the excuses for the inactivity and seeming disinterest in Europe from starving. Certain- polish makes her feel she needs added however, that many Indians 

of day students could be polled, the printed results would & S' vin S up desert, butter and sudden hospital attention immed- had told him that they greatly 

u ui * i u i *  tu c+ tr.* a r,+ ,-o +v, Q other dishes that play havoc with iately if not before. Another finds admire Russia and think that Rus- 

probably take book form. The most frequent heard is the old complexions and figures once a * tQ class on time quite dif . sia can teach India more than can 

one about there being no important place for day students month is the least we here can fjcult since she>s dogged by fear the United States 

in the boarders' campus activities, so the logical thing to do, do. For that matter, the program she'll "step on a crack: break 'Masses of unlearned people 

according to these excuses, is to go elsewhere. might be expanded to include giv- your papa's back; step on a hole: ^j^^^j^^- TgricuN 

Junior Joint, however, is one of the many events that is ' m % U P deserts every Saturday break your mama's sugar bowl." ^ gnd induslrial methods to 

literally filled with chances for day students to shine. This night ' wh , en a ^ge portion of the a certain senior has * devout an illiterate people are prob , ems 

u J e .+^^ + v,i^ Jo ^1,/^,^+^ t+ ic . A^r.+^r cam P us has 3 STia ? k 3t the Var " loathing for anything rubber, be which Russia and India both face," 

time, day student help is not only invited, it is desperately sity later in the evening anyway u erasers tires rubber bands> he continued pointing out ^ 

needed if Junior Joint is to be a success. There is day student We hope that the staff will con . balloons, or the kitchen sink's Russia has more successfully 

talent hidden under a bushel, talent that could win the show; tinue to feature appeals for such plug. Seems she swallowed a piece worked out her minorities problem 

there are badly needed properties to which only day Students a program prominently in the as a baby. th Mr ^ur^ toW^of ^taUc with 

have access; there are class "Lillians" who need day student News until il is enacted by the One junior protests she is form- ^ ^ h  h tbe pTime mjn . 

support for victory. !! udent . ody ', We . also h T the !" g 3 R F f T A ' ?  0t f ister declared, "We want to be 

K  , , , , News will help minimize , the em- Women of America) since she fHpn( i. of aI i countries and we 

Junior Joint is day students chance to prove their argument phasis on the "sacrifice" of such a thinks shoes are the curse of will ot allow either the United 

that all they need is the chance. B. L. B. Plan, which seems pitifully small civilized existance. Another finds states or Russia to involve us on 

. and inadequate in the fact of our the wooden sticks in po psicles either side in the struggle which 

n Mr . , _ f _ good fortune and the starved con- her g rie vance-but as yet may come." Mr. Curti expressed 

Prill hmrlc hnrilltv In hn\/nr dition of the rest of the world. emereed from her his belief thai the feeling is 

rOII rmaS r aCUITy in rOV Or Congratulations again on an ^ he  S v t ith a S Dract T c Ti - stronger jnlndia that another con- 

/~k f \ I I . s- , r f editorial that effectively express- laboratory with a practical so 6 nj 

Of Voluntary Cut System ^ ^ opinion. S^.-SnKfS ZZ a ^ ^f^ 

* * Yours truly, suspena a cnunK 01 ice in mm air. yearg because of this ability of syn- 

Bv Norton T.ep and Rettv Ton Rakpr Betzie Powers What's Your Troub, Bub? thesis", he continued, "and we who 

In answe^L student ^ Members of Mortar Board An underclassman finds leaping cannot reC oncile opposites can 

in answer to student criticism ot their attitude toward the Members of Pi Alpha Phi from dresser to desk to bed and learn much from her." 

new voluntary absence system, the faculty came out almost 1 . - 

unanimously in favor of the new system, returning compli- 



Student-Lawyer Learns History At 81 



ment for complaint. 
According to a poll taken this week of 37 of the 42 faculty 

members, 34 are 100 per cent in , , . , ^ ^ m , . c c TT u ^  A *i a c i 

r , hers interviewed expressed high By Annelle Cox This list of exciting foreign Having lived in Atlanta for the 

t ivor of the system and the way : , , , . u a a i- iv/r t  ^ 

it is now working while three ap- praiSe  f th  voIuntar y absences, Something new and startlingly countries impresses everyone but past 15 years, Mr. Lee is edgerly 

r,^ f K.,f \\-\r ^v,^ its emphasis on responsibiliy, and different has been added to the Mr. Lee. He merely sighs and watching the development here of 

prove or it but think that the , , , , . ^  ,, T . , ^ j r 

students are taking advantage of way students have re- Agnes Scott student body a man comments wistfully, 'I haven t a great medical center. Fond of 

4 5 sponded to it. They also mention- who is listed in "Who's Who in been to Spanish America yet." classical music, he believes thai 

od that they preferred the new America." His name is Blewett In the Russia of the czars, Mr. the city also needs a "great chor- 

Miss Lucille Alexander, profes- s j m pijfi 0 d bookkeeping. Lee, and he is undoubtedly the Lee found many "cultivated, us" and a professional symphony 

sor of French, voiced her approval Miss Emma May Laney, as- most educated and well-traveled charming people." He believes that orchestra. 

of the new system "for those who sociate pro fessor of English, de- student on the campus. war between the U. S. S. R. and Agnes Scott and Emory both 

know how to use It However,' she c]ared that the sys t e m "worked Born near Columbus, Miss in the United States is unnecessary, have been very kind to him, Mr. 

continued, "some do not, particu- exce u ent i v - in he r classes. "I have 1867, Mr. Lee received a B. S. de- adding "It would be very foolish L ee said. At Agnes Scott, he stu- 

larly a few upper classmen tak- noticec j f eW er cuts," and she add- gree from the Mississippi State for us to fight Russia and very dies the history of England in the 

ing beginning language courses." ed ..j havc Saturday classes." college, and also studied two years foolish for her to fight us. There nineteenth century under Mrs. 

She explained that an oral ap- V \\ B. Posey, professor of his- at the University of Virginia, seems to be a lot of shouting Ro ff Sims Mr Lee takes Shakes- 

proach is being used and ' absence tory> gave it his whole-hearted ap- From Harvard, he received his about war and no shooting." pe are advanced German, and 

holds both student and class pr0 val. 'Tve worked under it for A . M. and LL.B. degrees. Mr. Lee Mr. Lee is unique as an Agnes philosophy at Emory the' same 

years," he said, "and I positively then spent one year in Germany, Scott student because he has been courses he studied at the Univer- 

C. W. Dieckmann. professor of approve." studying law at both Leipzig and a professor of law at Northwest- s j ty 0 f Virginia 60 years ago. 

music, and Henry A. Robinson, Miss Muriel Ham, professor of Freiburg. ern university and at the Univer- Whpn _ kpd  bout his at titude 

professor of mathematics, also be- German and Spanish, said she Mr. Lee has seen most of the sity of Chicago. He was also one t  d b  f tne txXtez&i 

lieve students are cutting too thinks "the whole matter of ab- world including Gibraltar, Rome, of the original faculty at the At-  %Var emg M fL 

much under the new system. "I sences is up to the girls." Admit- Paris, Athens Palestine India lanta Law School. %Cry mCn *' 

feel that students who do not at- ting that a few students were not the Suez Canal, the Panama Ca- In politics, the Democratic par- r  plied ' ' Tm ^ mUCh 

lend class are not interested in the discreet in their use of cuts, Miss nal, the Philippines, China, Ja- ty claims the loyalty of Mr. Lee. with A  ncs Scott - rm surprised 

subject." Mr. Robinson declared. Harn added "but it still should pan. Cairo. Java. Mexico, and Rus- "I'm for the President," he stat- that she doesn't have more men 

The rest of the faculty mem- be left up to them." sia. ed, "and I don't like Mr.' Wallace!" students!" 



The Agnes Scott News 



vol. xxxni 



AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA. WED. FEB. 11, 1948 



Number 14 



Honor Revision 
Stresses 'Help' 

A new interpretation of the phase of the honor system 
which deals with responsibility for others was presented in 
a compulsory assembly today by Sister Davis, Student gov- 
ernment president. 

The concept of the honor system was formed by a com- 
mittee composed of Sister Davis 



Dabney Adams, member of C. A. 
cabinet, Pagie Violette, president 
of Mortar Board, Mary Beth Lit- 
tle, Lecture association chairman, 
and Harriet Gregory, editor of 
the News. The interpretation, ac- 
cording to Sister, is a synthesis of 
ideals suggested in meetings with 
honor discussion leaders, Execu- 
tive committee, administration 
leaders, C. A. cabinet, Represen- 

The new interpretation of the 
honor system will be discussed 
in detail in an open forum slat- 
ed for tomorrow's compulsory 
assembly. Questions will be an- 
swered by a panel composed of 
Sister Davis, Dabney Adams, 
Pagie Violette, Mary Beth Lit- 
tle, and Harriet Gregory. 

tative council, and Mortar Board. 

The text of Sister's speech in 
assembly is as follows: 

"Today's discussion and tomor- 
row's open forum climax many 
weeks of questioning one phase 
of the honor system. 

"I know, in fact we all know, 
that some have the tyonor, some 
have the system! 

"So here we are with a group 
supposedly unified in purpose and 
ideals, with the basis of our ideals 
split at the very root. In your 
honor system discussions last fall 
you showed that you were ser- 
iously concerned over questions 
about the honor system which no 
one has ever been able to answer. 

"Some of you were bothered 
with having to uphold the group 
honor in a way that conflicted 
with your personal honor. You 
were brought up to scorn the tat- 
tle-tale and now you were pledg- 
ed to be a tattle-tale! You had 
(Continued on page 3) 



Alumnae Plan 
Career Talks 

"Plan now for your future vo- 
cation," was the theme of the 
special chapel talks Friday by 
Miss Isabella Wilson, assistant 
dean of students, Miss Emily Dex- 
ter, associate professor of philos- 
ophy and education, and S. Guer- 
ry Stukes, dean of the faculty and 
registrar. 

Miss Wilson announced that a 
vocational guidance council will 
be established. She explained that 
the council is designed to help 
each girl find the work which is 
best suited to her individual in- 
terests and qualifications, and will 
give her an idea of the work, pay, 
and requirements of her chosen 
vocation. 

Miss Polly Weaver, jobs and 
futures editor of "Mademoiselle", 
will begin the Alumnae associa- 
tion's vocational guidance program 
Monday, April 5, in Maclean Audi- 
torium with a general discussion on 
careers for all students. 

In addition there will be one 
hour round table discussions in 
Murphey Candler on Monday, 
Tuesday, and Wednesday. Six Ag- 
nes Scott alumnae in different 
fields of work will take part in 
the round table discussion, des- 
cribing their jobs and giving qual- 
ifications for work in their fields. 



Barter Players 
To Present 
Twelfth Night' 

The Barter players will appear 
here in Shakespeare's "Twelfth 
Night" Monday, Feb. 23, at 8:30 
p. m. 

The production comes as the 
third item on this year's Lecture 
association program. 

Barter Theater, the first state 
aided theatre, has three compan- 
ies twhich troupe at all times ex- 
cept in the summer when they 
base at Abingdon, Va. The first 
professional theatre in the south, 
Barter has the largest professional 
company outside of New York. 

Robert Porterfield, a native Vir- 
ginian and a veteran of Broad- 
way and Hollywood productions, 
founded the theatre in 1933. 

S S Contest \ 
Rates Posture 

There are beauty queens, cam- 
pus queens and Junior Joint 
queens but the Social Standards 
committee has devised a new title 
for her majesty  Posture Queen. 

An unseen eye will follow the 
graceful-or-otherwise movements 
of campus cuties and record their 
ratings this week. From these ob- 
servations 20 girls will be select- 
ed by judges for good posture, 
grooming, poise and makeup. 
Next week the winner will be an- 
nounced and saluted for her 
charms. 

Social Standards will sell tick- 
ets for the ballet, "Swan Lake," in 
the lobby of Buttrick all day Fri- 
day. 



R 



Date Book 

Wed., Feb. 11-^:45 p. m. Mar- 
riage class. 

Thurs., Feb. 12  Compulsory as- 
sembly with an open forum on 
the honor system. Tea for 
sophomores at Miss Scand- 
rett's home. 

Sat., Feb. 14  8:30 p. m. Bal- 
let group presents "Swan 
Lake" in Presser. 

Sun., Feb. 15  Dr. Hayes discus- 
sion on "A Simple Religious 
Faith and Intellectualism" at 
vespers. 

Mon., Feb. 1610 a. m. Dr. Mil- 
lar speaks in chapeL 4:30-5:30 
p. m. faculty tea to greet Dr. 
Miller. 

Tues., Feb. 17  1 p. m. Day stu- 
dent discussion with Dr. Mil- 
ler in Murphey Candler. 5 p. 
m. discussion for the Westmin- 
ister fellowship with campus 
invited. 9:15 p. m. discussion in 
Mala for the campus. 

Wed., Feb. 1810:10 a. m. Cha- 
pel. 1 p. del discussion with 
day students in Murphey Cand- 
ler. 



'Swan Lake' To Sparkle 
With Enchantment Sat 

Dance group will present the ballet "Swan Lake" Satur- 
day at 8:30 p. m. in Presser Hall. 

Pinny Rogers stars in the role of Princess Odette and Jack 
Brock appears as her prince. Other principle parts are play- 
ed by Anna Wells as Odile and Jackson McBride as Von 
Rathart. 



Miller Will Lead 
eligious Week 

Monday Chapel to Begin 
Lecture Series on Faith 

With an emphasis on faith approached through a study 
of New Testament characters, Dr. Donald Miller, of Rich- 
mond Theological Seminary, returns to campus as leader 
of Religious Emphasis Week for the second consecutive year. 
He will open this year's series of lectures, discussions and 

personal conferences Monday in 
chapel. 

As a preparation for Religious 
Emphasis Week, George P. Hayes, 
professor of English, will lead 
a discussion on faith at Sunday 
night vespers. 

The opening lecture will be fol- 
lowed by a faculty tea to greet 
Dr. Miller Monday afternoon at 
4:30 p. m. Monday night Dr. Miller 
will be honor guest at an informal 
gathering of representative stu- 
dents at Miss Scandrett's home. 

Dr. Miller's series continues 
Tuesday with a chapel discussion 
followed by an informal day stu- 
dent discussion group at 1 p. m. 
in Murphey Candler. Coffee and 
tea will be served for students 
who wish to bring their lunches. 

From 3 p. m. to 4:30 p. m. per- 
sonal conferences will be held, 
and at 5 p. m. Dr. Miller will lead 
a discussion for the Westminster 
Fellowship group. Tuesday's pro- 
gram will be climaxed by a dis- 
cussion led by Dr. Miller for the 
entire campus at 9:30 p. m. in 
Main. 

Dr. Miller will resume discus- 
sion of his topic in Wednesday's 
chapel exercises. Day student dis- 
cussion groups at 1 p. m. in Mur- 
phey Candler and personal con- 
continued on page 3) 




Miss Eugenie Dozier, instructor 
in physical education, is directing 
the Agnes Scott production of this 
romantic ballet in four acts. First 
presented in Moscow in 1877, this 
ballet is still popular because of 
its fairy-like story and beautiful 
dances. 

The story of "Swan Lake" by V. 
P. Begelchev and Gelsen was set 
to music by Tchaikovsky. Mrs. 
Espy will play the piano for Sat- 
urday's performance. 

"Swan Lake" tells the story of 
a beautiful princess who has been 
changed into a swan by a wicked 
owl. By night she returns to her 
maiden form and by accident 
meets a prince with whom she 
falls in love. He is dismayed when 
she vanishes, but after a l,ong 
search, he finds her again; then 
the spell is lifted and they live 
happily ever after. 



Munro Speaks 
On Aesthetics 

Comparative aesthetics was the 
subject of the lecture delivered 
February 5 by Dr. Thomas Mun- 
ro, Curator of Education at the 
Cleveland Museum of Art and 
Professor of Art at Western Re- 
serve. 

Dr. Munro elaborated upon his 
theme, "Some Relations between 
the Arts," by using as an illus- 
tration the ballet, "L'Apres Midi 
d'un Faune," in which leaders in 
the arts of literature, painting, 
music, and the dance co-operated 
to produce a masterpiece. The 
ballet was based upon a poem by 
Mallarme, which had been illus- 
trated by Manet, translated into 
music by Debussy, and danced by 
Najinsky. 



S G Delegates 
Will Attend 
N S A Meeting 

Delegates from Agnes Scott 
plan to attend a regional conven- 
tion of the National Student as- 
sociation slated for Friday and 
Saturday at Emory University. 

Although Agnes Scott is not a 
member of the association, dele- 
ates from here have been invited 
to take part in the convention. The 
purpose of the meeting is to get 
student leaders together to dis- 
cuss the entire association and 
solve problems in student govern- 
ment, Ray Martin, regional presi- 
dent of the N. S. A., disclosed. 

Attending the convention from 
Agnes Scott are Sister Davis, 
Student government president, 
Nancy Parks, head of Lower 
House, Doris Sullivan, Student 
Government secretary, and Dot 
Quillian, day student representa- 
tive. 

Ga. Mortar Board 
Visits Agnes Scott 

The Mortar Board chapter of 
the University of Georgia met 
with the Agnes Scott Mortar 
Board at an informal tea at Miss 
Scandrett's house Saturday after- 
noon. 

The two chapters had informal 
discussions about Mortar Board 
elections and projects which the 
chapters could undertake in the 
future. 

Several of the girls stayed on 
campus Saturday night and at- 
tended Junior Joint. 



Blackfriors Bill 
Greek Drama 
For Production 

"Trojan Women", a Greek dra- 
ma, has been billed as Blackfriars' 
production for April. The Euripi- 
dean tragedy is a presentation of 
a conquered city, Troy. 

In the tentative cast which has 
been announced Athena will be 
played by Jenny Wren; Hecuba by 
Pat McManon; Cassandra, 
Reese Newton; Andromache, 
Grace Durant; and Helen by Mary 
Manly. 

Barbara Macris will lead the 
chorus composed of Betty Jean 
Brown, Martha Cook, Betty Jo 
Doyle, Margaret Hopkins, Billie 
Powell, Willa Wagner, Ann Wind- 
ham, Emily Pope, Ann Pitts, Dot 
Quillian, Martha Stowell, and 
Dorothy Allain. Polly Miles will 
lead the chorus dances. 

At the last meeting of the club 
Miss Kathryn Glick, professor of 
classical languages and literature, 
gave an outline of the Trojan War 
as background material for work 
on the play. Miss Frances K. 
Gooch, associate professor of Eng- 
lish, discussed the human suffer- 
ing in the drama. Mr. Arthur 
James talked about the setting. 



2  THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS  Wed.. Feb. 11. 1948 





Junior Joint Recaptures 
Glory of Gay Nineties 



By Lorton Lec 



Amid the crimson glow of the 
"Golden Horse-shoe," a re-vamp- 
ed vaudeville sparkled forth and 
"Diamond Jim" McCain present- 
ed Miss Donnie King, sophomore, 
as Miss Lillian Russell of "Dia- 
mond Jim's Jamboree." 

Under the direction of Chair- 
man Dot Porter, the Gay Nine- 
ties, theme of this year's annual 
Junior Joint, recaptured for Sat- 
urday night its former glory, rais- 
ing over $600 for World Student 
Service Fund. 



DECATUR THEATRE 

WEDNESDAY 

"Lone Star Moonlight" 

Ken Curtis, Joan Banton 
On Stage: CORN HUSKERS 
THURS. - FRI. 

"San Antonio" 

With Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith 
SATURDAY 
Bob Steele in 

"Thunder Town" 

Also 

"Gas House Kids in 
Hollywood" 

MONDAY 
On Stage In Person 
AL "FUZZY" ST. JOHN 
On The Screen 

"Pioneer Justice" 

TUESDAY 

"Living in a Big Way" 

With Gene Kelly 
Marie MacDonald 



Donnie, escorted by her father, 
J. V. King, and costumed in a 
green velvet dress dating back 
to the 19th century, polled 31,400 
pennies to win above the runner- 
up candidate, Freshman Annelle 
Simpson. Annelle in black velvet 
was escorted by Lander Beale. 

Third and fourth place went to 
Junior Val von Lehe dressed in 
an authentic pink satin costume 
and Senior Amanda Hulsey in 
striking red. Val's Diamond Jim 
for the evening was Don Williams, 
and Amanda was conducted by 
Alan Humphries. 

"The Nineties with '51", a melo- 
drama by the freshman class un- 
der the direction of Cissie Spiro, 
rated cheers from the judges to 
capture the award of the prize 



DEKALB THEATRE 

WEDNESDAY 
Last Times Today 

"Green Dolphin Street" 

With Lana Turner 
THURS. - FRI. 

"Escape Me Never" 

With Errol Flynn, Ida Lupino 
MON. - TUES. - WED. 
Esther Williams in 

"This Time For Keeps" 



Steele Interviews 
Prospective Frosh 

Miss Laura Steele, secretary to 
the president, held conferences 
with prospective students of Ag- 
nes Scott at Central High school 
in Charlotte, N. C, last week. 

The conferences were planned 
under the program of cooperation 
between high schools and colleges 
on the admission of students. 



winning skit. 

The sophomore skit, "Navigat- 
ing in the Nineties" demonstrat- 
ed running out of gas, 19th cen- 
tury style. Senior's "Mary, the 
Guilty Child" gave an impersona- 
tion of the "flickers" including a 
break in the film. 

Entertainment by the junior 
management of the "Golden Horse- 
shoe" was highlighted by high- 
stepping, cane swinging gents and 
parasol twirling ladies. Kate El- 
more and Ric Ramseur in straw 
hats and checkered suits tapped 
a seranade to sedate Betty Black- 
mon to the tune of "Hello, My 
Honey," and Splinter Board, Irene 
McLeod, Betsy Deal, and Margie 
Graves in pert Gay Nineties' cov- 
er-all bathing suits did a frolick- 
ing dance routine "By the Sea" 
with George Kirk and Bill Ches- 
nut. 

The "Golden Horse-shoe" chorus 
sang medleys ranging from "The 
Bowery" to "I Wonder Who's Kiss- 
ing Her Now." Professors George 
P. Hayes, S. P. Wiggins, Paul L. 
Garber, and D. J. Cumming sup- 
plied barbershop harmony and 
comedy with their renditions. 

Decorations of the gym which 
turned it from a sports arena 
into a Gay Nineties club were under 
the direction of Butch Hayes. 



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Merry-go-Round 

By Mildred Claire Jones 

With visions of Lillian Russell dashing around in my head, 
this week's activities fit in perfectly. It has really been the 
big weekend for formals. 

Jerry Keff, Wilton Rice, Anna DeVault, Betty Rawls, An- 
drea Dale, Julie Morgan, and Sarah Davis were the Agnes 
Scotters who attended the GMA 



formal and from all reports it 
was a wonderful affair. 

Orchids From ATOs 

Perhaps the most popular event 
off campus over the weekend was 
the ATO formal at the Druid Hills 
Club. Dee Durden, Dot Floyd, Isa- 
bel Truslow, Jane Oliver, Lyd 
Gardner, Nancy Deal, Mary Man- 
ly, Mildred Claire Jones, Billie 
Powell, Betsy Baker and Nan- j 
cy Dendy were there, as were 
Norah Anne Little, Jean Harper, 
Betzie Powers, Harriet Reid, 
Charlien Simms, Margaret Anne 
Richards, and June Irvine. The 
more I looked around, the more 
I realized that Scott girls are real- 
ly popular with the ATOs, for I al- 
so saw Ginny Andrews, Amanda 
Hulsey, Virginia Rogers, Celeste 
Barnett, Pat Hampton, and Pat 
McManmon. 

Jive at Jamboree 

Many girls, realizing that Jun- 
ior Joint was really going to be 
something special, asked friends 
down for the weekend. Mary Gene 
Sim's Clay, Nancy Huey's Dewitt, 
Val von Lehe's sister, Dot Porter's 
family, Marie Cuthbertson's broth- 
er, Jessie Hodges' father, Casey 
Haff's father, and Donnie King's 
parents and grandmother were 
here for the big event. Pat Rus- 
sell, ex-member of class of '49, 
visited Mary Jo Ammons, while 
Ann Windham had a visitor from 
Auburn, and Mary Aichel had a 
friend from Wesleyan. Maxine 
Kickliter's Frank from the Uni- 
versity of Tennessee was here, 
and Clemson was represented by 
.Louise Sanford's Hal and Margie 
Graves' Bob. Jean Harper had 
two visitors from the Citadel, Lar- 
ry and Burt. 

The Tech KA formal at Peach- 



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tree Gardens was a gala affair 
too. Nan Ford, Twig Hertwig, 
Barbara Quattlebaum, and Joan 
Mahoney were the lucky girls. 

Dance at Davidson 

Midwinters at Davidson took 
quite a few girls up North Caro- 
lina way. Julianne Cook, Nancy 
Parks, Dabney Adams, Ann Fau- 
cette, Virginia Skinner, Easy 
Beale, Gretchen Reinartz, Sara 
Jane Campbell, Ibby Wilkinson, 
Cama Clarkson, and Candy Hol- 
landsworth went up together. 
Candy was a sponsor for the dance. 

Several girls had important 
dates at home over the weekend. 
Jean Tollison went to Vidalia, 
Hannah Wood to Dalton, Nancy 
Brown to Durham, Beth Jones to 
Vinings, Betty Finney to Colum- 
bia, Tenn., Jimmie Ann McGee to 
Starr, S. C, Celeste Barnett to 
Washington, Ga., Carolyn Wells to 
Spartanburg, and Joann Christo- 
pher to Greenville. Jessie Carpen- 
ter went to New Orleans for Mar- 
di Gras. 

The Ice Follies were attractive 
to many of our number. Sid Cum- 
mings, Susan Bowling, EClaire 
Cunningham, Flo Bryant, and Vir- 
ginia Henry were seen there, and 
Mary Lou Hatfield was seen at 
the Naval Air Station. 

Tjiis was a very eventful week- 
end for Carolyn Critchlow and 
Jane Oliver. They are both pinned, 
Carolyn to an SAE and Jane to 
an ATO. 



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Play By Play 

By Floss Hanson 

The time limit for the first round matches of the badminton tourney 
was extended to Tuesday, since a number of the players have been 
ill and unable to play off their matches. Hope to have some of the 
results for you next week though. 

Spectators at the basketball games Friday certainly saw a thriller 
in the freshman-sophomore tilt. The first half, highlighted by ex- 
tremely tight guarding and the crip shots of Warlick, Williamson, 
and Quattlebaum, ended in a 13-13 deadlock. 

The same fast and furious brand of ball was exhibited in the 
second half with the freshmen leading 22-20 in the closing minutes 
of the game when Warlick hit the hoop for two points for the 
sophomores, tieing the score. In the next second, while the sopho- 
mores' cheers were still ringing, Virginia Kay, frosh manager, made 
a beautiful over the head shot to rack up another goal and another 
game for the freshman. 

While we're on the subject of basketball  all forwards and even 
guards may enter the goal shooting contest. The winner from each 
of the four classes will vie for the championship during the half 
of the Varsity-Sub-Varsity game.' 

Honor System Revised 



(Continued from page 1) 
to choose between the approval 
of your crowd and obedience to 
the letter of the law, as it was 
interpreted. Either way, you were 
bound to develop a sense of guilt. 

"The leaders of these confer- 
ences brought together your ideas 
of abolishing the so called double 
honor system. We all recognize 
that this would be the ideal an- 
swer  if everyone were perfect. 
Admitting that we're not perfect 
we realize that none of us can get 
along without help from others. 
We knew we had to have some- 
thing better. 

"For three weeks Exec talked 
about it but couldn't find the an- 
swer either. So we called in Dr. 
McCain. He was amazed to find 
that our interpretation of the hon- 
or system had become so narrow. 
When we read the honor code to- 
gether we found that it does not 
say "report"  but speaks rather 
of our responsibility to others. 

"We were shocked to realize 
that the original spirit of the hon- 
or system had been perverted to 
the iron-clad pattern of reporting. 
We've talked with past presidents 
and vice-presidents of Student 
government, and we've found that 
for years the thinking about the 
honor system has been evasive 
and confused. 

"Now, this year, with your hon- 
est doubt and Dr. McCain's insight 
and counsel, the cobwebs of 
apathy are swept away, revealing 
the framework of what we've 
wanted all along. Our honor code 
stresses responsibility, and we 
want responsibility to mean 
help.' 

"When you see someone do 
something contrary to the ideals 
of Agnes Scott you don't have to 
report her. What you're pledged 
to do is help her. And you're not 
limited in the ways that you can 
help. Here, for instance, are some 
suggestions : 

"1. First, you can talk to the 
girl, not necessarily with the idea 
of reporting the girl or of asking 
her to report herself, but with 
the idea of settling the question 
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"2. Second, if you do not feel 
adequate to the task of talking 
to the girl yourself, either because 
you are not close enough or be- 
cause you're too close, you have 
the privilege of calling on an 
Exec member to act as a media- 
tor. She will act in the strictest 
confidence and unofficially. 

"3. Third, if you sincerely think 
that anything you could do would 
be unnecessary or would do more 
harm than good, then don't do 
anything. But  remember  you 
are pledged to help! 

"This new interpretation is 
harder. It demands a new process 
of reasoning and the courage to 
put that reasoning into action. It 
demands maturity because it gives 
us the dignity of choice!" 



Religious Week 

(Continued from page 1) 
ferences are scheduled for the af- 
ternoon and at 9:30 p. m. a meet- 
ing for the entire campus will be 
held in Main. 

Chapel and personal confer- 
ences with Dr. Miller will con- 
tinue on Thursday and a Commun- 
ion service at 7:30 p. m. Thursday 
in Gaines chapel for faculty and 
students will climax the week's 
program. 

Dr. Miller is the first Religious 
Emphasis Week leader ever ask- 
ed to return to campus for two 
consecutive years. Among his ac- 
tivities as a minister and author 
are leadership of pastorates in 
Maryland and Texas, teaching 
positions at Pyengyany foreign 
school, Pyengyany Korea, and 
Biblical Seminary in New York, 
and the Lutheran Theological 
Seminary in Gettysburg, Pa. 

He is on the faculty at the 
Union Theological Seminary in 
Richmond, Va. He is the author 
of "The Stone Which Builders Re- 
jected", text for Presbyterian stu- 
dent groups. 



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Officials 7 Club 
Makes Plans 
For Hopefuls 

On Fridays when you watch the 
hotly contested basketball battles 
in the gym, have you ever noticed 
the two young ladies with whistles 
who seem to be having as busy a 
time as the rival sextets? Their 
job is to keep the game under con- 
trol and to see that everyone plays 
according to the rules, and their 
title is either "umpire" or "ref- 
eree" or "official". 

This week Agnes Scott has three 
such persons. By the first of 
March, the college's "officials" 
may total seven. A group of bas- 
ketball enthusiasts have just be- 
gun to study the fine art of of- 
ficiating under Miss Lewellyn Wil- 
burn, physical education instruc- 
tor. 

B. J. Radford and Genet Heery, 
graduates of 1947, are now as- 
sisting Miss Wilburn with the of- 
ficiating at the  F r i d a y class 
games. Beginners who hope to 
gain the coveted rank are Nancy 
Huey, Reese Newton, B. J. Elli- 
son and Marie Cuthbertson. 

Beginning on Thursday, the class 
will discuss rules and will be quiz- 
zed on the regulations found in 
the Handbook of Girls' Basketball. 
The following week a similar dis- 
cussion and some actual practice 
in officiating will be held. A writ- 
ten examination will be given the 
last week in February and a prac- 
tical examination follows. 

A grade of 76 is required for a 
local official's rating, 86 for a 
national. The final test is to of- 
ficiate in a regulation game. 



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THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS # Wed., Feb. 11, 1948  3 

Frosh And Juniors 
Lick Sister Classes 

By Edna Claire Cunningham 

The sister classes, junior and frosh, triumphed in their 
basketball games against the seniors and sophs. 

In the junior-senior game the juniors got an early lead 
and maintained it throughout the game. The juniors for- 
warded a slow pass from center and a fast break-through 
center by Brannan on one of their 

Basketball Players 
Vie in Shooting 



A new feature of the basketball 
season announced by Julianne 
Cook, basketball manager, is the 
goal shooting contest. 

Each entrant must shoot 25 suc- 
cessive goals from the free throw 
line and mark her score on the 
contest card. There is no limit to 
the times that a person can shoot. 
The girl from each class with the 
highest score will compete in the 
finals during the half of the Var- 
sity-Sub-Varsity game. 



Lyons, Wilburn 
Attend Convention 

Miss Llewellyn Wilburn and 
Miss Marjorie Lyons, directors of 
physical education, will attend the 
meeting of the Southern Confer- 
ence of American Association of 
Health, Physical Education, and 
Recreation which convenes Feb- 
ruary 17 in Birmingham, Ala. 

Miss Wilburn is the chairman 
of the Southern Division of the 
National Section on Women's Ath- 
letics. Miss Lyons will serve as 
secretary of the Aquatics Section. 



by Ellis and fast follow-up shots 
ran their score up to 16-8 at half 
time. 

The senior forwards used over- 
head shots and long ones by Mc- 
Laurin to get their score. Guards 
on both teams broke up many 
passes and were particularly adept 
at breaking up the overhead shots. 
Following a scoring spree at the 
beginning of the second half the 
game ended in favor of the jun- 
iors 34-12. 

One of the most exciting games 
of the year was th^ soph-frbsh 
one. The teams were fast, evenly 
matched, and determined to win. 
Every point was a point hard 
earned. At the end of the first 
quarter the score stood 6-6 and 
at the end of the half, 13-13. 

Splendid zone guarding was dis- 
played by the sophs. The forwards 
combined fast passing with a drib- 
bling shot by Warlick which ac- 
counted for their score. The fresh- 
men's accuracy in shots and un- 
predictability as well as deter- 
mination put them on top at the 
end. With the crowds roaring, the 
game came to a thrilling end with 
the frosh leading 24-22. 



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Inventory Of Faith 



Page 4 

'Double' Trouble Cured Burger Talks Cabbases and Kinss 

The new interpretation of the honor system treats a phase Ull V/piQlGS, ^ ^ 

that is only a minute factor in relation to the whole system, A n/1 1 n**C i*- * * 

But this phase has been like a cancerous growth on the con- MCW AMlUlyeblC Columns project one's personality. Which means I'm left 

cept of the whole code. The danger has been in the spread Ry peggy pittard in three no-trump and a void in hearts. Not vulnerable, so 

of the infection to the basis of the Agnes Scott honor system here goes. 

which is a way of life and a way of thinking. " Due t0 the increased rate of If there were awards for the mystery of the year, there 

Lectures offered in the past have approached the problem opiates coming into this country would be no doubt as to the recipients of same. Two dazed 

of the "double honor" system from the viewpoint of con- durin S the war y ears the P roblem Seniors are still trying to contact burnt marshmallows ^ stickv 

verting the patient. This new cure goes deeper than that. of dru S addiction is greater than Sherlock Holmes. Seems that one fingerg 

Campus leaders decided that the old interpretation conflict- ever before." Dr. Alfred Burger gloomy Sunday they found wait- Qr a blazing fJre and ^y^^, 

ed with a more too fundamental to undermine-that to re- stated ta his lecture to the psy- ing for them in the Maid's Office Apples _ none but the hard> red 

port someone is to brand oneself with the hateful stigma chol ^ and chemistry students no less than a big brown beer bot- ki nd) that drool nectar down your 

of tattle-tale. Wednesday afternoon. tie-empty. Untidily wrapped in chin How abQUt & stack of yom . 

Converting the patient to the old interpretation has been Since coming t0 this country in wrink,ed brown laundry paper ' tt favorite records-the song that 
,  * xi   t 1929 from Vienna, Austria, Dr. bore their names in unmistakable _____  + v _ n . , f ___,, _ . 

abandoned in favor of removing the source of infection. 9 ' was playing the mght you met. 

The new interpretation is an effort to make the whole hon- Burger has been doing research letters - your theme-song, the old-timers 

. , i  i_ i  j  Li i ^ a j in the field of analgesics. He was Sizing up the situation, they de- +v _ of __--, i T _. f _ u_.----t.; ^ 

or system coincide with what we've believed right along. And 6 . 6 J that you love to harmonize on, 

f . , . . - - , r employed by the National Re- terrmned to punish the anonymous q h o r^Wro+o Hor.no .i--i_^ u.* 

in thinking in terms of help instead of report, we come near- *V - ' . tt . * i r * _ and a private dance, couples limit- 

to _ . - , . . , , search Council at the University donor by the cruelest of tricks  ^ f _ -_--o 

er the original meaning and spirit of the honor code. . . . ed to one? 

_ , i  j j- _? xi_ of Virginia in 1929 and is now absolute silence. But the unsung A f ____ -i---:.-! -iw, 1T --~ f - -s< 

There must be complete understanding of the new in- . * 6 A few classical albums to sit 

terpretation before it can be considered a functioning part  g aS profeSSor  f chemistry * panger n f have f so ' and hear, and good conversation 

of the honor system. More than that, it must be adopted as the j- e ' J ^ ^VrSj ^SaS^ Spiked Wkh bubbling ^ humOT ' 

a way of thinking by every member of the student body be- J^J^T Shi-^^IS^S  would be fun t0 go t0 a hith  

fore it has any meaning. psycnoiogy oi pain, eiiecuve- ^ unknown Qne hQped to undiscovered restaurant, and 

The open forum tomorrow provides the opportunity for neSS  f drUgS t0 reheVe pam ' and the package had arrived safely, have the excitement of feeling 

. _i i. i -j i i.4,4. the power of addiction of these j_r e and a buddv would romp bv at that it's new and you two and no 

questioning until the whole idea is as clear as our attitude *  dnQ a DuaQ y 'wouia come oy at j 

H . , s x , i i i  "j , n ,i . drugs. eight o'clock. And to this day, no one else know of -t. 
toward cheating. You are the people to decide whether this uu _T . -r * t u t . 

5 . __ _ . - "Twenty-two injections of a one has shown up; no one has gig- Yes, if I were a boy, I would try 

interpretation has validity for you and is m accord with ^ sufficient to cause ad- ^ led sheepishly up his sleeve as to say in a hundred different ways 

the way of life that is Agnes Scott's. diction " Dr Bur er asserted "de lhe tale was told ' The clues  the that she s sometnin  ver y special 

' ' 1 telegram, the beer bottle, and the to me. If flowers seemed in order, 

pending somewhat on the charac- biwn paper _ remain mute testi . rd try to express her loveliness 

_ ter f the person. Withdrawal may mony for local s i eu ths. through them. Something to match 

" ~ / take place in 48 hours with a loss Qdds and Ends her personality a fragile bouquet 

Religious Emphasis Week comes this year at an ideal  f . aS  Ch , &S 30 ^ UndS dUring - ^ J a pattern. And our * ^ZfZZy^^ 
 x , . r . , . , , fj xiu this Period." winter quarter outline would look as ner eyes ' or feay carnallons - 

txme for taking stock of ourselves and our fundamental be- Discussing the various alkaloids something like this: the rains But we're girls. So we can't 

liefs- Dr Burger pointed out that an came ... a balmy day . . . spring overbid our hands, but we could 

We are in the middle of the hectic mid-quarter rush from , , fever ... the rains came, the show a little strength in his suit. 

. analgesic, Metadone, has recent- . rT , 1 . . 

book reports to club meetings to tests. Time is at a premium Jy been discovered which is a per . rains came - the rams came -. The 

and we spend our waking and sleeping hours making and fect and nee ds no more re- fn^ u^f o^ t"un a t'e YetTlways C^OOV 1 1 4141 1% 

breaking plans for budgeting time. Occasionally we may search. there's the eternal hope that the MtJ Wm 

stop and wonder wearily what it's all about. Mostly we don't 1 "Metadone is 30 per cent more one balmy day will perpetuate it- A recent college guest, waiting 

bother. effective than morphine and its self into spring. in the lunch line, looked quite 

Life is composed of more than textbooks, classrooms addiction power is much less than AIas and alack class notes di- bewildered when she heard one 

and Saturday nights. Without a nucleus of ideas around mor P nine ; M he stated. Dr. Burger minish in quantity> listless love- of the students explain the mo- 

, . , - ,. . . went on to mention other aavan- ij ps , i osp intorpst in Wtnrpq mentarv halt in the line with 

which we may build, our lives are strangely meaningless. tagS and dangers of the opiatcs ^ ^enia^re LLeToi with ^ ^ gosh! Must be s^meSg 

A very important part of this nucleus is our religious use d in this country today. an eye t0 com ing exams. Exams wrong with The Cow." 

concepts. These concepts cannot be static or the nucleus  ^ bring spring, and spring a vacation 

will die. The Bible stories of our childhood are an important l jk rnrv PpntlirPQ with pIay> Comment overheard during the 

memory but will not suffice for the crisis of tomorrow. -IDrUry reurureb Cotton Ca8t|cg ^eekend siege of -Virus X" 

-r ^ . _ . . '. CwU-ki4- Looks like spring with so many 

Last year Dr. Miller presented some thought provoking VOCQllOnu! LXnlDll Saturday is Valentine's day, the grecn things around" 

intellectual fare, and his scholar's faith was inspiring for A . u ^ m st sentimental day of the year. ' 

' , .  . . A Chart Showing the possibilities ArP vnn a larv hlark vplvot flnrl 

entire campus. This year he comes to the campus again to B ^ , y y ' We can't resist telling this one 

ii . . i . ijt. i f vf of various majors and a display eyelet valentine? Or a crisp tail- nn iUr% fo ^ lllfw AffnT , \7;i 

help us revitalize this nucleus of life. _ . . . ul . u+ _ nno , i;if , _  mi7 on tne faculty. After the Virgil 

of vocational books highlight the ored one with a punch line? How Fqx concert last week, Mr. Dieck- 

exhibit in the reading room of do vou want to be valentined by mann wag secn trying to " attract 

the library the t0night and eVery night date Mr. Fox's attention in order to 

man ? I think if I were a boy, I  , , nnrt frt Plot ,i 

The display of books offers sug- would ^ pxcitinelv different iust mtroduce him t0 Mrs - Clarke - 

* * . , , . uould ^ excltin S J y aiiterent just Finally> having secured Mr. Fox's 

Our faculty is smart. We know it and a look at the M. A.'s geStl0ns t0 StUdentS interested in ^at one day of the year. None of atten . tion| Mr> Dieckman exclaim . 

and Ph. D's listed in the catalog, or a sit in on any class lee ^ c] ^ music ' Ub ^ ZltTin ed ' " Virgil! Virgi ^ 1 want t0 in " 

A , . , f . ,  I ... t work and various other vocation- coiates m tne rea piusn ncari, or troduce you lo Mrs Fox 

ture will prove it. And it would take pure genius to think up . sentimental verse for me. 

al fields 

some of our tests. We have a distinguished faculty and we're ^ ^ ^ nnQd in con  The unconventional, if you several dormitory detectives, af- 

proud of them. please. Maybe a telephone call ter attempting to trace the source 

t r tj. i r .^i i . t. x. nection with the vocational guid- *  . . ^ , c T  ! - ' !V " ^ A . 

Last year our faculty shone forth with a new light, a every hour on the hour. Or a day of a peculiar odor that the wind 

human touch, in "Shellbound." We puffed up with a "they ance P r S ra m, instituted by Miss (it>s on Saturday) p i ann ed just was wafting into their room fin- 
belong to us" air. But a pessimistic rumor spread that they Isabcl,a Wilson in chapel ThurS ' for ^ c . Uvo of ^ A \ or all >' discovered the source-their 
planned to zip themselves back into their shells, but quick. 
Subsequent events have completely proven the opposite, 
and Saturday night's Junior Joint was a top rate example of 
faculty "out-of-class" talents. 

We are proud of our faculty, distinguished, intelligent, B >' Oattde Davis force that lifts the faces of Re- baseball team. He also enjoys 

inc j w ^Yi personality L L * The tray svvings in ' out ' and hekah, Boyd, and others. traveling the golf links with his 

1 some at the beginning of fall quar- "I want to say", John told me, son. 

ter inquire. "What is that?" and "that I worked under Dr. Gaines' John is an active church work- 

"Won't he drop it?" while others administration and he was a very er and has been a deacon in the 

EdUor _ HARRrET Gregory assure, "Oh, no; he hasn't dropped fine man." He added, "Dr. Mc- First Baptist Church for five 

Managua idifc" J- T~.. m 7 . mm . ~ - Z ~.  \ anna CLABK ROGERS one yet. That's John, our head- Cain, Mr. Stukes, Mr. Tart, and years. Before that, he served as 

Asslstaol H.litors BETTY LOU BAKER. LORTON LBK . t  K e .  n , ^ jj .. . 4U , c c tJ ' J 

Kf.it ure Kditor lee cousar waiter. After a week or so down other members of the faculty have an usher. 

Society Suto*~" MiLhRKi^^AiRE Vonks the oa^teria line one comes to proved to be some of my best His work and his family were 

Copy Editor >,. " billte POWELL recognize John Flint, the undis- friends." brought together when he taught 

PtSSfWbw^ W^^^cSSoer P utcd major-domo of our kitchen. Off the Agnes Scott campus four of his sons and daughters to 

John has served Agnes Scott John has numerous interests. Chief wait on tables. One of the sons is 

students for 39 years. Starting as of these is his family. He has had working now as janitor in Pros- 



And Umm Personality 



day. two. Juicy weiners on dirty sticks, new paper curtains! 

Ma]or Domo John Flint Reigns In Dining Room 



THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS 



BUSINESS STAFF 

Business Manager MARY ALICE 



AftalsUnl Business Manafera mauy 4ICHKL KA&RIOTTE WTNCHKSTEB a potwasher, in two years he was 13 children, six of whom are living ser. 



second headwaiter. Later he was now. He is glad that he likes to John's last remark to me indi- 



Clrrulatton Manager JT r Nt 

Assistant Circulation Managers ALICE JEAN CASWELL. BOBBIE 

t^^n^c^^Uw^Om^va woo^fU^Mm^y^^a^^^M ^EntVred^as P romoted to tnc P s i tion of head- raise chickens, he said; with so eated his appreciation of his job 

Mcood clasi matur at thi (y ttar, rgla, Btfbecrfpttoi pi pm raaf waiter which he has held for 27 many to feed, he has to. and his friends at Agnes Scott. 

$, ; itofk wv*m. f.v, otota _ ^ _ years. At present hunting and fishing "I have tried to be a good servant 

During the summer months he are his favorite sports, although and to make everything nice and 



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Associated Collegiate PreSS is an overseer of thr painting for IS years he pitched on a local clean for you children. 



The Agnes Scott News 



Vol. XXXIII 



AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA. WED. FEB 18, 1948 



Number 15 



R E. Week Talks 
Center On Faith 



By Lor ton Lee 

"God does not answer your 
doubts for you. You must resolve 
them yourself in his company and 
through his grace," Dr. Donald 
Miller declared in his address 
opening Religious Emphasis week, 
Monday. 

Citing disillusionment in at- 
tempts at high moral integrity and 
conflict between faith and tradi- 
tion as the main forces in life 
which tend to undermine faith, 
Dr. Miller drew from John the 
Baptist's questioning of Jesus' 
messiahship four clues to solving 
religious doubts. 

"First," he declared, "an honest 
search must be made, for in ten- 
sion growth comes. Then you must 
acquire a willingness to accept 
evidence and not require proof," 
he added, "placing our own judg- 
ment as tester of the evidence." 

Abandoning false hopes in the 
realization that life is to be a 
struggle, Dr. Miller pointed out 
as his third clue, and he ended 
with a plea for personal commit- 
ment to Christ when understand- 
ing is impossible. 

A six-foot amateur basketball 
player with a slow smile and sharp, 
understanding eyes, Dr. Miller, of 
Richmond Theological Seminary, 
is the first leader of Religious Em- 
phasis week to return for the sec- 
ond consecutive year. 

The son of a minister, Dr. Mil- 
ler said that his decision to enter 
religious work came in his sec- 
ond year at college, but he added, 
"Not through any sudden revela- 
tion but because of a growing im- 
perceptible impression that I 
should." 

He spent two years in foreign 
fields realizing his dream of travel 
by circling the globe one and a 
half times, observing first hand 
foreign mission work, and per- 
suading a worker in India to be- 
come Mrs. Miller. 

At present beside his teaching 
at Union Theological Seminary 
and lecturing, Dr. Miller's inter- 
ests center around his wife and 
three children at a summer home 
in Maryland of their own design 
and construction. "We plan to 
have it completed in about 20 
years," Dr. Miller rernarked. 

"Problems of Disillusionment" 
was Dr. Miller's topic Tuesday in 
the second of his series of talks 
(Continued on page 4) 

Tickets for 'Mikado' 
To Go On Sale Fri. 

y 

Tickets will go on sale Friday 
in Buttrick lobby for "The Mik- 
ado", operetta slated for presen- 
tation by the Agnes Scott and 
Georgia Tech Glee clubs Feb. 27 
and 28. 

Cast in leading roles in the Gil- 
bert and Sullivan operetta are 
Mary Beth Little, Norah Anne 
Little, Jean Osborne, Sara Jane 
Campbell, Susan Bowling, Rose- 
mary Griffin, and Helen Currie, 
'47 graduate. Warren Lee Terry, 
widely known actor of Gilbert and 
Sullivan operettas, will portray 
the male lead and other male roles 
will be filled by members of the 
Tech Glee club. 



Barter Bills Twelth Night 



Barter Players as Feste, Malvolio, 
and Fabian in 'Twelfth Night." 




Virginia Theatre to Stage 
Play in Presser Monday 

Lecture association will bring the Barter Theatre's pro- 
duction of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" to Presser Hall 
Monday at 8:30 p. m. 

One of three companies of Barter, the state theatre of 
Virginia, will perform at Agnes Scott as a part of their win- 
ter tour of 37 southern cities. 



Holiday, Friday Broadcast 
To Mark Founders Day 

By Betsy Baker 

Although this year's observance of Founder's Day, Feb. 22, 
will lack the dancing of the minuet, the hoop skirts, and the 
cherry tree and hatchet bedecked banquet halls which mark- 
ed the holiday of former years, the spirit of the day will not 
be forgotten. Agnes Scotters 
alumnae meetings throughout the 



country, and the traditional Foun- 
der's Day broadcast will still com- 
memorate the birthday of George 
Washington Scott this year. 
Inaugurated in 1918 

The annual observance was in- 
augurated in 1918 when President 
F. H. Gaines recognized Feb. 22 
as a college holiday, a tribute to 
the founder of the college rather 
than to George Washington whose 
birthday is generally celebrated on 
that day. Beginning with the 
Founder's Day banquet of that 
year, Feb. 22 has been an annual 
campus holiday in true colonial 
tradition. 

The first celebrations boasted 
banquets presided over by such 
famous colonial figures, Agnes 
Scott style, as Betsy Ross, on one 
occasion impersonated by Miss 
Carrie Scandrett; Martha Wash- 
ington, portrayed by Mrs. S. G. 
Stukes and Mrs. Margaret Ridley 
Beggs, former member of the fac- 
ulty; and Daniel Boone, once re- 
presented by Miss Eleanor Hut- 
chens. 

Two years later the dancing of 
the minuet was added to the fes- 
tivities and still later additions 
were entertainment by a sopho- 
more chorus and a junior skit. 
Quiet Holiday 

In the past few years, however, 
the holiday has become compara- 
tively quiet, with activities limited 
to special dinners on campus, not 
as spectacular as their predeces- 
sors but nevertheless with a fes- 
tive holiday atmosphere, meetings 
of alumnae groups and the WSB 
broadcast. 

This year the eighteenth annual 
broadcast will be heard at 7:30 
Friday night on WSB. The 15 min- 
ute program, previously a full 
hour broadcast until crowded 
radio schedules forced a cut in 
time allotments, will feature a 
talk by President J. R. McCain 



with no classes on Saturday, 

and selections by the freshman 
chorus. 

Several representatives from 
campus will attend alumnae meet- 
ings and luncheons in honor of 
Founder's Day. Miss Carrie Scan- 
drett will go to Charlotte N. C, 
Miss Ellen Douglass Leyburn will 
attend the meeting in Rome, Ga., 
,and Mr. S. G. Stukes has been 
invited to meet with the Wash- 
ington alumnae 'group. 



Assistants Edit News 

The two assistant editors of 
the News, Lorton Lee and Bet- 
sy Baker, were editor and man- 
aging editor for this week's 
News. 



ASC To Vie 
In Ga. Debate 

Emory's all Georgia tourna- 
ment will attact veteran deba- 
ters Dot Porter and B. J. Brown 
and novices Rose Ellen Gillam and 
Hazel Berman Friday. 

Subject will be Resolved: that 
the county unit system should be 
abolished. Hazel and Rose Ellen 
will uphold the affirmative. 

This is the first intercollegiate 
debating tournament for Hazel 
and Rose Ellen while Dot and B. 
J., who were teamed together last 
year, were out of the fall round of 
tourneys. 

At the meet last year Agnes 
Scott negative placed first in 
team and individual debating. Dot 
and B. J., the affirmative, placed 
third. 



Students will be admitted by 
season lecture tickets only. Those 
who failed to obtain lecture tic- 
kets in the fall may get them in 
the bookstore. Tickets for off- 
campus guests are on sale in the 
bookstore now. 

The Barter players, outstanding 
example of professional theatre 
outside New York, played 353 en- 
gagements last year in an effort 
to take the theatre to the people. 
In their choice of "Twelfth Night" 
for this winter's performance, they 
have chosen a comedy that is in 
its 348th year and is still popular. 

Actors in the company which 
will play here include Larry Gates, 
Don Hart, Gerry Jedd, Joan Mor- 
timer, and Ernest Borgnine. 

Barter is the first state-aided 
theatre in America, the first pro- 
fessional theatre in the South, and 
the largest professional company 
outside New York. 



Three Attend 
NSA Meeting 
At Emory 

Three members of the Student 
government association were 
among the 25 young people from 
12 schools who attended the reg- 
ional meeting of the National 
Student association Friday and 
Saturday at Emory university. 

Sister Davis, Dot Quillian, and 
Nancy Parks heard the discussions 
by the various representatives, 
both colored and white on the na- 
tional constitution of the asso- 
ciation and on the student govern- 
ment associations of different 
campuses and their particular pro- 
blems. 

Written last September at a 
national constitutional convention 
at the University of Wisconsin and 
ratified by 121 colleges, the con- 
stitution will not become effective 
until it is accepted by 176 stu- 
dent organizations. 

From the national meeting re- 
gional meetings have resulted. This 
region is composed of Alabama, 
Georgia, and Florida. At present 
Georgia Tech and Auburn Insti- 
tute are the only members. 



Bible Class Entertains 
Orphanage Children 

Freshman Bible class entertain- 
ed about 40 children from the 
Methodist orphanage at an an- 
nual Valentine party Saturday. 

Amusement included basketball, 
dodge ball, going to Jerusalem, 
and other children's games. After a 
period of games, the freshman 
served refreshments. 



Gullatt's Talk 
Will Climax 
S. S. Contest 

With the accent on spring 
colors and modes in the fashion 
world Social Standards will pre- 
sent a fashion show March 2. 
Twenty girls will participate wear- 
ing outfits from J. P. Allen's. 

Climaxing the Posture Queens' 
contest and as a preliminary to 
the show the committee has in- 
vited Miss Jaquelin Gullatt to 
speak in chapel Wednesday, Feb. 
25, on posture and makeup. Miss 
Gullatt is a member of the Aca- 
demy of Dramatic Arts in At- 
lanta. 

Tryouts for the models will be 
held next week. A professional 
model from Allen's will help judge 
those girls best suited for model- 
ing. Mary Manly, chairman, point- 
ed out that tryouts are open to 
the entire campus. 

After the fashion show to be 
held in Maclean, Social Standards 
will have a reception in Murphey 
Candler. 

Last week a committee chose 
the girls on campus having thr 
best posture. These girls will re- 
ceive in the mail notes or tokens 
complimenting them on their pos- 
ture. 



Date Book 

Wed., Feb. 189:30 p. m. Dr. Mil- 
ler leads discussion in Main. 

Thurs., Feb. 19  10:10 a. m. Dr. 
INI i Her speaks in chapel. 1 p. rn. 
Discussion with day students 
in Murphey Candler. Personal 
conferences. 5:15 p. m. Frosh 
and Soph cabinets hear Dr. 
Miller in Murphey Candler. 
7:30 p. m. Communion service 
in Gaines. 

Fri., Feb. 20  10:10 a. m. Dr. 
Miller in chapel. 7:30 p. m. 
WSB broadcast on Founder's 
Day. No cuts. 

Sat., Feb. 21 Holiday. 

Sun., Feb. 22  Founder's Day. 

Mon., Feb. 23  8:30 p. m. Lau- 
ritz Melchior appears in "Pop" 
concert in auditorium. 8:30 p. 
m. Barter Theater presents 
"Twelfth Night" in Presser. 
No cuts. 

Tues., Feb. 24  5 p. Miss 
Ccandrett entertains sopho- 
mores at tea. 

Wed., Feb. 25  10:30 p. m. Miss 
Jaquelin Gullatt speaks in cha- 
pel on posture and make-up. 



2  THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS # Wed. Feb. 18, 1948 

Merry-go-Round 

By Mildred Claire Jones 

Valentine's Day has been much in earnest this week with 
flowers and candy galore. The Emory boys entertained their 
dates at the IFC. 

Among those who attended were Barbara Waugaman, 
Jackie Jacobs, Margaret Glenn, Betty Cole Olive Partee, Mary 
Carolyn Schwab, Ann Hollifield, 



Lorton Lee, Charlotte Bartlett, 
Gene Wilson, Mary Stubbs, and 
Jean Osborn. Also seen at the 
dance were Pat Hampton, Har- 
riet Ann McGuire, Jane Oliver Dee 
Durden, Dot Floyd, Lyd Gardner, 
Ruth Richardson, Mae Comer Os- 
born, Ann Ballard, Frankie Fran- 
cisco, Betsy Baker, and Val von 
Lehe. 

Valentine Revels 

The Sweetheart Banquet at the 
First Baptist Church must have 
been quite the party, according to 
Alline Marshall, Jenn Payne, Ruth 
Richardson, Tissy Rutland, B. J. 
Crowther, Ann Griggs, and Mar- 
tha Goddard. 

Joanne Peterson, Martha War- 
lick, Carolyn Wells, Willa Wag- 
ner, Sarah Hancock, and Nancy 
Geer were the Agnes Scott beau- 
ties at the Tech PiKA Black and 
White Formal. 

A La Tech Tau Delts 

Among the other fraternities 
who celebrated the Valentine sea- 
son were the Delta Tau Deltas at 
Tech. Gregor Mitchell, Mary Love 
Campbell, Barbara Hytken, and 
Libby Shontz were there. 

The Ice Follies drew a record 
crowd this weekend. Martha War- 
lick, Jean Harper, Robbie Robe- 
son, Tissy Ritland, Ann Ezzard, 
Tee Toe Williams, Mabe Burch- 
field, Caroline Hodges, Betty Jo 
Doyle, and Emily Ann Reid at- 
tended the various performances. 
Sigma Chi Style 

Joan Willmon and Jo Culp en- 
joyed the Tech Sigma Chi Val- 
entine party Saturday night while 
Jane LaMaster, Celeste Barnette, 
Katherine McGauley, and Jackie 
Sue Messer danced with the Theta 
Chis as their house dance. 

Margaret Anne Richards, Dot 
Medlock, Janet Quinn, June Ir- 
vine, Emily Pope, EClaire Cun- 
ningham ,and Charlsie Smith were 
popular dates at the ATO Valen- 
tine Party Saturday night, while 
Susan Bowling and Steele Dendy 
went to a Phi Kappa Sigma dance. 
Far From the Reach 

Many people were out of town 
for the weekend. Jane Barker and 
Mim Steele went to Anniston, Ju- 
lia Ann Coleman to Tallapoosa, 
Mary Gene Sims to Dalton, Sid 
Cummings to Rome, Harriet Gre- 
gory to Macon, Tinny Horrow to 
Hendersonville, and Gin Kay to 
Byron. Tee Toe Williams took 
June Driskill, Harriet Reid, and 
EClaire Cunningham to Marietta 
with her. Charlien Simms went 
to the Cotillion dance (Vaughn 
Monroe!) at the University of 
Alabama, Mildred Claire Jones 
went to Thomaston, and Isabel 
Truslow went to Richmond. 

The University of Georgia prov- 
ed interesting to three Scott girls: 
Frances Russell went to the Delta 
Sigma Pi formal, Jackie Palmer 



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went to Phi Pi formal, and Betty 
Cole went to the Phi Mu formal! 

Nancy and Betsy Deal's parents 
and two brothers were here from 
Forest City; Nan Ford's mother 
and Dean Morris' mother from 
Jackson* were here; Margie 
Graves' parents and Sara Jane 
Campbell's mother were here. 
Barbara Futral had a vititor from 
Wesleyan and Mildred Claire's Cal 
was here from- The Citadel. As us- 
ual, this was a gala weekend! 

Club News 

Frosh and Soph Cabinets 

Freshman cabinet, meeting for 
first time since interest groups 
began, will join the sophomore 
group to hear Dr. Miller in Mur- 
phey Candler at 5:15 p. m. Thurs- 
day. 

Eta Sigma Phi 

Cicero's works were the subject 
of the club's monthly meeting. 
Dot Medlock led the discussion on 
his "Oration In Defense of Ar- 
chias, while Martha Stowell's 
forum was "De Senectude." Mary 
Aichel opened the discussion on 
"De Amicitia." 

Blackfriars 

Tryouts for technical staff of 
"Trojan Women" are still open, 
President Grace Durant pointed 
out. 

Phi Alpha Phi 

At the meeting Thursday Vir- 
ginia Henry and Flo Bryant will 
uphold the affirmative in the sub 
ject Resolved: that the southern 
Democrats should secede from the 
national party. B. J. Sauer and 
Gin Vining will defend the status 
quo. The meeting will be in Mur- 
phey Candler at 7:15 p. m. 



Miss Scandrett Fetes 
Sophomores With Tea 

Miss Carrie S. Scandrett, dean 
of students, entertained members 
of the sophomore class in the first 
of a series of teas at her home 
last Thursday. 

The class is divided into three 
groups, so that each gathering 
will be small and informal. The 
remaining teas are planned for 
Feb. 24 and 25. 




Critic Applauds Rogers Grace, Precision; 
Praises Costumes, Staging Of 'Swan Lake 



By Jane Alsobrook 

Ballet group's performance of 
"Swan Lake" Saturday to lilting 
Tschaikowsky music was an in- 
teresting addition to campus fea- 
tures of the year. 

The performance was well done 
for an amateur group and Miss 
Eugenie Dozier is to be congratu- 
lated on her handling of the chore- 
ography and the dancers. 

Pinny Rogers and the corps 
created for a few hours the illus- 
ion of a fairy land full of change- 
ling swans and princesses, of wick- 
ed sorcerers and magic spells, and 
of "happy-ever-after" love stories. 

Pinny was the uncontested star 



IRC Sends 3 
To Ga. Meet 
At Emory 

Three delegates from Agnes 
Scott attended the annual Geor- 
gia convention of International 
Relations clubs at Emory last 
week. 

Martha Cook, Agnes Scott's L 
R. C. president, Nan Johnson, and 
B. J. Sauer reported that topics 
discussed were the Marshall plan 
and United States foreign policy 
in China. After a banquet Friday 
night, A. J. Man, British consul, 
spoke on his impressions at the 
1947 session of the United Nations' 
General Assembly. 

Bob Foster, of Emory, was 
elected state I. R. C. president at 
Saturday's business meeting. 

Delegates from 12 colleges and 
universities attended the conven- 
tion, and Agnes Scott played host 
Friday night to nine I. R. C. mem- 
bers from Peabody, Bessie Tift, 
Wesleyan, G. S. C. W., Auburn, 
and the University of Georgia. 



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of the evening. The grace and pre- 
cision of her dancing was out- 
standing. Pinny made the lovely 
Queen of Swans a living and un- 
forgettable character, raising the 
ballet far above the amateur level 
with her charm and poise. 

The leading man seemed to lack 
much of the inspiration that Pin- 
ny exhibited. His technique of 
performance was often strained. 

Anna Wells as Odile the sorcer- 
er's daughter was a refreshing ad- 
dition to the cast in her solo and 
duet with the prince. Duets of the 
Spanish senoritas Beryl Crews and 
Lyd Gardner, and the Italian girls 
Margaret Hopkins, and Newell 
Turner were well done. Polish 
lasses Pagie Violette and Molly 
Milam were vivacious and seem- 
ed to be enjoying themselves. 

In the frequently presented sec- 
ond act with the swan maidens' 
dance at midnight the perform- 
ances of the quintet of little swans 
and of leaders Anne Hayes and 
Betty Blackmon added finesse to 
the number. 

Special recognition should be ac- 



corded the costume designers and 
scenery committee. The spirit and 
beauty of the ballet were greatly 
enhanced by their work. 

"Swan Lake" was an ambitious 
undertaking for the group particu- 
larly since it is the first time in 
the group's knowledge that the 
entire four acts have been pre- 
sented in America. Although lack- 
ing in professional poise and ex- 
ecution "Swan Lake" was memor- 
able for its pleasure plus value 
and for the apparent progress 
the Dance Group has made since 
its rather recent organization. 




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Red Cross Drive To Open Feb. 27 

Whistler Will Lecture; 
A.A. Slates Movie, Canvass 



Sophs And Juniors 
Wi n In Fray Friday 

By EClaire Cunningham 

The sophs won 50-36 over the seniors and the juniors top- 
ped the freshman 25-36 in Friday night's basketball games. 
This gives the juniors four straight victories and the sophs 
and frosh are tied in second place with two wins each. 

In the first game the sophs started off with a new line-up 
of guards and the seniors were 



handicapped by a lack of for- 
wards. The sophs got an early 
lead with fast plays from the 
center. The seniors depended on 
long shots and weren't able to fol- 
low up the shots very well. The 
half ended with a score 10-27. 

The seniors reversed their usual 
after half slump with a quick pick 
up in the second period and cut 
the difference in the score. The 
sophs, however, continued scoring 
with lost long shots recovered and 
converted into crip shots. The 
game ended 50-36 for the sophs. 
Warlick and Cunningham were 
high scorers for the sophs and 
seniors respectively. 

The frosh-junior game was a 
faster game. The juniors made 
lots of shots during the first quar- 
ter with such fast, hard passes 
that they left the guards bewild- 
ered. Brannan made many dribble, 
one arm shots from the center. 
The quarter ended 15-4 for the 
juniors. 

Fighting to the end the frosh 
seemed to pick up in the last half 
and the teams swapped basket 
for basket. The early lead of the 
juniors could not be overcome, 
however, and the game ended 25- 
36 for the juniors. Quattlebaum 
played an unusually good game 
for the Greenies. 

The officials were Misses Rad- 
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Art department is sponsoring 
an exhibit of Japanese wood 
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Wood blocks have been produc- 
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By Ginny Andrews 

The new sports editor has flown 
the coop so here I am again, coop- 
ed up in her place  and loving it. 
I don't see what relaionship travel 
has to sports except maybe in the 
energy and exercise involved in 
packing to leave, but I know Floss 
will be able to tell you all about 
it when she returns this week. 

There has been quite a bit of 
excitement down around the gym 
this week. The focal point of it is 
the collection of plans for the big 
Red Cross drive which will begin 
Feb. 27. Sheely, Marie, Anne Hayes 
and Bunny Brannan have really 
been working on it and have made 
some wonderful plans for the 
drive. Good publicity in the form 
of posters and displays in the li- 
brary, speakers, and movies, plus 
earnest work from each member 
of A. A. Board ought to make this 
one of the most effective drives 
we've had at Agnes Scott. 

The seniors and frosh, juniors 
and sophs will battle it out tonight 
in one of the night games at 8. 
Hope we have better attendance! 

And now for a little peek into 
the crystal ball for future events. 
Coming up in the near future is 
the water pageant, badminton 
doubles and singles finals, and the 
varsity sub-varsity basketball 
game. From the looks of all the 
events coming up, no one down 
at the gym will have time to get 
a dose of that good old spring 
fever now that the sun and warm- 
er weather has returned  they're 
going to be just too dog-goned 
busy! 



The annual Red Cross drive will 
start Friday, Feb. 27. It will 
last through Tuesday, March 2. 
Glenn Whistler, who is regional 
director of the Atlanta Red Cross 
will open the drive with a talk in 
chapel on Friday. There will be a 
Red Cross college display in But- 
trick lobby; also, there will be 
pamphlets and other literature on 
any phase of Red Cross work avail- 
able in the lobby of Buttrick. 

Although the greater amount 
of contributions are expected on 
Friday, the collections will be 
taken up in a door-to-door canvass 
through Tuesday, Mar. 2 when the 
drive ends. During the week there 
will be other special features. A 
Red Cross movie will be given on 
Monday night at 7:30 to climax 
the drive. 

Bunny Brannon, chairman of the 



drive, says, "Membership cards 
will be awarded to every person 
contributing $1 or more; they 
will also receive Red Cross badges 
as a sign that they are really giv- 
ing the Red Cross their fullest 
support." Athletic association is 
sponsoring the Agnes Scott drive 
with Marie Cuthbertson in charge 
of collections from the boarding 
students. Anne Hayes is in charge 
of the day students' contributions; 
and Dr. Hayes, the faculty con- 
tributions. The class having the 
highest percentage of its mem- 
bers full members of Red Cross, 
will receive points toward the 
class spirit cup. 

In previous years the Red Cross 
has come out of the World Service 
fund but since this organization 
has been discontinued the three 
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It's Up To You 

The open forum in Thursday's chapel was designed for 
one purpose, to clarify the new interpretation of the report 
phase of the honor system. 

Details, trivial in relation to the whole idea, held the spot- 
light. The emphasis, for the most, was on obscure points which 
did need to have light thrown on them. 

But the details began to loom disproportionately large and 
fierce and, for some persons, they may have swallowed the 
real issue. 

Evidence that the general idea had been clouded instead 
of clarified for some is that many students were of the opin- 
ion that the new way is just like the old except that it takes 
longer. The idea seemed to be, some students remarked, that 
you just wait for a second offense to report somebody. 

That is not the idea at all. We think this is: 

When we signed the pledge, according to the way the 
honor system was interpreted then, we were swearing that 
we would follow one pattern of conduct if we saw someone 
lower the group standard. The only thing we could do with- 
out breaking our word was to ask the erring student to re- 
port herself. If she failed to do so, we were pledged to re- 
port her. Most people preferred to break their word. 

Under the new interpretation, nobody is pledged to re- 
port anybody at any time. Nobody has promised to follow any 
set pattern of conduct. Everyone is pledged to help others up- 
hold* the ideals of Agnes Scott. Everyone has promised to 
act toward fellow students as her own most thoughtful' and 
mature judgment dictates. 

Once "report" was the only way. Now there are as many 
ways as there are students at Agnes Scott  that is if you want 
them, if you want "the dignity of choice." H. G. 

Antidote For Apathy 

Agnes Scott is well organized, not in English, history or 
psych majors' unions but in clubs according to interests over 
and above education. 

Each organization has a purpose listed in the handbook 
and sometimes that is as far as it gets. Many clubs are credits 
to their members and to the school while others have recent- 
ly revived activity to more than justify their formation. Pi 
Alpha Phi has brought inter-collegiate fame to Agnes Scott. 
Blackfriars' plays draw their audience from Atlanta and De- 
catur as well as the campus. 

IRC is tackling the job of keeping the campus mind tin- 
campused. Ballet group successfully attempted "Swan Lake" 
whose four acts have never before been given in America. 
These and other organizations offer their members valuable 
experience as well as recreation. But others only extend a 
get-your-picture-in-the-annual offer. 

For these clubs whose only points are listed by the stu- 
dent recorder we suggest an injection of we-can-do-it-too 
serum. 

Pause To Remember 

Saturday is a holiday, and a very welcome one. A fact no 
one is likely to forget. It's a day that will allow time for spec- 
ial attention to that postponed trip to town, an extra movie, 
that lost sleep, and perhaps even some neglected assignments, 
In the mad rush to make every holiday minute count, how- 
ever, we often forget the important fact that holidays do 
have a purpose. 

The Saturday holiday is in memory of a man with an ideal, 
of George Washington Scott, the founder of Agnes Scott. 
This year there won't be reminders set up just for the occas- 
ion; elaborate costumes, pageants, or spectacular decorations. 

The important reminders this time are more permanent 
ones  the campus, the faculty, the students, the alumnae, the 
ideals of the college. All the dreams of the founder, the most 
fitting memorial to his day. 

THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS 

K.iuor  HARRIET GREGORY 

Managing Editor anna clark hogers 

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. . . And the rains came to stay. Granted, all new-comers 

were subtly forewarned about Decatur's heavy precipita- 

Lauritz Melchior, world famous tion in a letter quoting, "We have an unusual amount of rain. 

tenor, will appear with his con- S o bring boots, coats, and umbrellas", but which of us was 

cert orchestra, Monday evening, prepared when the Monsoon descended? Orchids to the 

Feb. 23, at the Atlanta Municipal author of the next letter if she 

auditorium. This is the third at- , , . ^ 

will recommend hipboots, panchos, 

and sou-westers to the innocent 

of the class of '52. 

Rumors have it that the Deca- 



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traction 
series. 

Included in his program for the 
evening will be "Lohengrin's De; 
parture," from Wagner's opera, tur Chamber of Commerce was 
"Lohengrin", "Forging Song", contemplating sponsoring an es- 



pane until she felt like a drip, 
drip, drip. Institutions like the 
drinking fountain and the bath 
were shunned for being accomp- 
lices to the crime of giving forth 
the dreaded, abhorred H20. Even 



from Wagners' "Siegfried"; "Ave say contest to be entitled, "Whet- 0Ur greatest P timists of- 



fer only the trite expression of 
Miss O'Hara, "tomorrow, maybe 



Maria," Gounod; 'Who is Silvia?" 
Schubert; "The Two Grenadiers," 
Schumann; and "Come Back to 
Sorrento," Ernest di Custis. 

The orchestra, in addition to ac- 
companying Mr. Melchior, will 
render the following selections: 
"Peer Gynt Suite," Grieg; "Free- 
schutz Overture," Weber; "Noc- 
turne in E Flat Major," Chopin; abandoned because the originators members conscripted us for a vir- 
and "The 
Strauss. 



her the Winter; Weather is Wet- 
ter." First prize was to be a 

geniune sunlamp with a booklet tomorrow." 
of instructions on how to act when The Sun suspected 

the heat's on. The ten lucky run- As the sky gave forth its raois- 

ner-ups were to be gifted with ture ad infinitum we of ^ stu . 

the number one product of the a - . , _ , 

. , dent body wondered how lone: it 

season, pens that wrote under J & 

water. It seems the project was would be before our governing 



Emperor Waltz," 



Red Cross Drive 

(Continued from page 3) 



were in the process of moving 
their Chamber to higher grounds. 
Wouldn't you get tired of bailing 
out basements, too? 



major campus organizations have 
sponsored drives to supplement 



tual "Watch on the Rhine". Work- 
ing on their own, occupants of Re- 
bekah sent out an S. O. S. for 
those talented in drawing up plans 
and blueprints. What goes on 
here? Well, 'tis no secret now. 
They were laying plans for an 
ark. 

And you should have been wor- 
ried, too. Was it not too wet for 



The Dew Look 

How many moons did we arise 
to the strains of: 

"With temperatures remaining 
the fund. This drive is the third as they are, 

and last drive of the year. It's going to rain this side of 

Girls in charge of each hall for Zanzibar." (courtesy of the At- 
the door-to-door canvas are Sal- lanta Weather Bureau) Shades the earthworms? The rain had 
ly Ellis, Boyd; Val von Lehe, Cun- stayed plastered to window sills even drowned one of our tradi- 
ningham; Julianne Cook, 4th to prolong the facing of the ele- tions 
Main; Virginia Tucker, 3rd Main; ments until the zero (8:30) hour. o ' 

Floss Hanson, 2nd Main; Doc Clothes lines and lunch lines But a11 bad thin ^ end somo " 
Dunn, 3rd Inman; Marie Cuthbert- drooped with dripping objects, time (though that statement was 
son, 2nd Inman; Harriet Lurton, Dut the most popular line was the being seriously contended), and 
1st Inman; Charlotte Evans, 3rd bee-line which students employed t ^ e noble sun pushed a meager 



Rebekah; Isabel Truslow, 2nd Re- 
bekah; Charity Bennett, Lupton; 
Barbie Lawson, Gaines; and Gin- 
ny Andrews, White House. 

Religious Week 

(Continued from page 1) 



ray through the gloom. Instan- 
taneously the cry went up, "Great 
balls of fire!" and sure enough. 
Every ablebodied woman dived 



to transport themselves from 
building to yon building. 

As the mushroom city grew in 
the lobby of Buttrick (umbrella 
racks are out of style) so grew 
the complaints of the eternal for her sunglasses and then flew 
moisture. Women with curly hair 0 ut to view the phenomena. Not 
looked outlandish. The vogue was only was the sun QUt in full force 

soggy saddles, and dJip^ing dS but the sky was bl ^~ s ^ " bluG 
ses. Hooded hags hurried hither Monday" before. 

Oh the sun shines east, and the 
but when i t 



kerchief-flattened 

on faith as approached through 
New Testament characters. Dis- 
cussions and personal conferences and back carrying books whose 
will continue throughout the week covers lift disgustingly variegated sun shines west 



climaxed by a communion service raincoats or arms, 
in Gaines chapel at 7:30 p. m. The smart college Sal had stay- 
Thursday, and discussion in Fri- ed under cover, looking at the 
days' chapel. world from behind her window 

Girls Glow' Mid Glamour 
Of Hearts And Flowers 

By Easy Beale 

Hearts and flowers . . . moonlight and roses . . . and val- 
entines! All this and heaven too, when Feb. 14 brought a 
burden of Billet-doux to the mail room and an all-day rush- 
ing business to the switchboard at Agnes Scott. 

As for telegrams and posies, well, Western Union and the 
local florists are considering stu- 
dent reductions. 

Through Saturday's classes girls 
aimlessly doodled hearts and ar- 
rows while dreams of the Emory with Till y Alexander's family. It 
I. F. C. danced in their heads. seems that B y d ' the < Lu P ton j un " 
Many of our be-my-valentines iors  Reese Newton ' and Sull y Sul ' 
glamorized the evening for Tech livan descended en masse on the 
fraternity parties. Then there household. Bridge and a general 



shines on Decatur, that's the best." 
Hear ye, hear ye, you of the Scott 
clan. Come on outside and soak up 
some sunshine, because (with due 
respect to T. Paine) 'These are 
the times to dry men's souls." Tis 
best you gather ye rose, buds, 
while ye may", for it did it before 
and it will do it again. 



fume." (We don't know when 
we're blest.) 

Our sympathies for the day are 



Off the 
Copy Hook 

Sign on Emory bus: "Please 
seat from front to rear". 

Comment scribbled below: "We 
can't. We're not made that way." 



were those who spent the even- 



gab session made for a wonderful 



ing munching in reverie on cho- celebration and the FOOD (Mary 

colates from absent beaux. (Some Aichel suggests we spell it with 

girls, however, with gay heart- ca P ltals ) 

shaped boxes left the mail room Tnc P ri ze remark came from 
with a triumphant, "At least Beverly Gordy. When asked what 
Mother loves me.") exciting or terrific happened to 
It is amazing to learn that 12 ^ r on Valentine's day, she glow- 
girls were heard confessing that ed and replied, "I had a date with 
they had received neither candy, Joe " BeBow rates second prize, 
perfume or even a comic valentine. Even the thank-you notes and 
On the other hand, there are those overdoses of candy cannot dim 
like Polly Miles who, when asked the joys on campus. Just one sug- 
if anything stupendous happened gestion was made for a bigger and 
to her, calmly replied, "No. Same better time next year. That was 
old things  candy, flowers, per- the classic  why not a holiday? 



A student writing to her mother 
last week happened to mention 
that we had Junior Joint recently. 
Immediately came a reply from 
the worried mother asking her 
daughter if that were a form of 
rheumatism. 



We knew things were bad but 
didn't realize quite how bad un- 
til we overheard the following con- 
versation: 

1st Student: "Could I use your 
boots just to run over to But- 
trick? 

2nd Student: "Sorry. TTiey'rr- 
in the infirmary." 



The Agnes Scott News 



Vol. XXXIII 



AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA. WED. FEB. 25, 1948 



Number 16 



Ceremony To Reveal 
'48- '49 President 
Of Mortar Board 

The new Mortar Board president will be tapped Tuesday 
night when Mortar Board serenades members of the new 
chapter. Announcing the chapter president before elections 
is an innovation designed so that the campus may know' 
which member of the senior class is ineligible for other big 
campus offices, according to Pagie 



Violette, Mortar Board president. 

Mortar Board will serenade the 
girl whom they have picked for 
president and take her with them 
to sing to the other members of 
the 1948-49 chapter. The chapter 
members, already selected by the 
present Mortar Board, will be an- 
nounced at the traditional annual 
tapping ceremony April 9. 

The new procedure for announcing 
the president breaks sharply with 
the old tradition of keeping her 
identity secret until the tapping 
ceremony after elections. Pagie 
pointed out that the president's 
identity always became obvious 
anyway at election time when she 
declined all nominations to other 
offices. 

"This way," Pagie commented, 
"the announcement will not come 
as anti-climax to elections." 



Mrs. A. Moore To Talk 
On SG Theme Thursday 

Mrs. Arthur Moore, of Atlanta, 
will present the last phase of 
Student government's, theme, "To 
be a good citizen of the nation 
and the world by being well in- 
formed," in Thursday's assembly. 

A popular lecturer, Mrs. Moore 
has received an honorary doctor 
of law degree from LaGrange col- 
lege. She is the wife of Bishop 
Moore, bishop of the North Geor- 
gia Conference of the Methodist 
church. 



Archaeologist 
Will Lecture 
Thursday 

Dr. David M. Robinson, former 
Vickers professor of archaeology 
and epigraphy at Johns Hopkins 
university, will give an illustrat- 
ed lecture in Maclean chapel to- 
morrow night at 8:30. His exca- 
vations at Olynthus, the only fifth- 
century Greek town ever uncover- 
ed, will be the topic of his talk. 

Dr. Robinson holds a doctor of 
philosophy degree from the Uni- 
versity of Chicago, and three hon- 
orary doctor's degrees from other 
institutions. He has lectured wide- 
ly in American and European uni- 
versities and is the author or co- 
author of about 25 books on ar- 
chaeology. He was editor of the 35 
volumes of the "Johns Hopkins 
Studies in Archaeology," and has 
served as editor of seven periodi- 
cals including The Art Bulletin, 
and The American Journal of 
Philology. 

The noted archaeologist and 
author comes to Agnes Scott on 
the invitation of the recently form- 
ed Atlanta Chapter of Arechaeolog- 
ical Institute of America. The lec- 
ture will be open to the public. 



Opera May Launch 
Endowment Fund 

Senior class voted to inves- 
tigate the possibility of using 
senior opera profits to launch 
the college's drive for $1,000,000. 

At the class meeting Monday 
Dr. McCain presented the sug- 
gestion that the seniors open 
the drive to raise the fuyds 
which are a prerequisite for 
the school's receiving an en- 
dowment of $500,000. 

The class decided to inves- 
tigate all customary uses fo 
which the opera funds are put 
before voting. 



G. Whisler 
Will Launch 
A. A. 



A. S. Debaters 
Will Enter 
Tulane Meet 

Two intercollegiate debate 
teams will test their wit and ver- 
bal skill at Tulane's 1948 For- 
ensic Centennial in New Orleans 
this week. Agnes Scott teams are 
participating in this tournament 
for the first time. 

Affirmative Betzie Powers and 
Clarkie Rogers and negative Ann 
Carol Blanton and Kate Durr El- 
more will debate in the three day 
meet on the national subject Re- 
solved: that a world federal gov- 
ernment should be established. 

Invited to the Centennial are 
the accredited colleges and uni- 
versities of the United States and 
Canada. The meet includes 10 
rounds of debating beginning 
Thursday and climaxed by the 
presentation of awards at the 
dance Saturday night. Both team 
and individual debating awards 

(Continued on page 3) 



A. A.'s drive for the Red Cross 
will begin on Friday. The drive 
for funds on campus will coin- 
cide with the National Red Cross 
campaign. 

Glen A. Whisler, assistant man- 
ager of the Southeastern area, 
American National Red Cross 
will open the annual drive with 
a talk in chapel Friday morning. 
Mr. Whisler, served with the Phil- 
ippine Red Cross for a year and 
a half prior to this appointment. 
He joined Red Cross in 1937 and 
has spent the major part of his 
time overseas since 1943. 

He has assisted in the Middle 
East, in Central Africa, and as 
special civilian relief representa- 
tive to Sweden, he worked with 
prisoner of war packages. He re- 
ceived the silver Medal of Honor 
from the King of Sweden for his 
work. 

A Red Cross college display will 
be shown in the lobby of Buttrick 
and a movie "The Red Cross News- 
reel for 1948" will be shown on 
Monday night at 7:30 in room 103 
Buttrick. The movie is under the 
auspices of the Decatur Red Cross. 

Memberships in the Red Cross 
will be given to all students who 
contribute one dollar, and the 
class having the greatest percen- 
tage of members at the end of 
the drive will gain points on the 
Class Spirit Cup. The Red Cross 
drive will last through Tuesday, 
March 2. 



'Mikado' Slated 
For Friday Night 

A. S.C, Gq. Tech Glee Clubs 
To Stage Operetta in Gaines 

Agnes Scott and Georgia Tech Glee clubs will blend their 
voices in Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta, "The Mikado," sche- 
duled for presentation in Presser Hall Friday at 8:30 p. m. 
The cast will hold a second performance on the Tech campus 
Saturday night. 



Thirty Colleges 
To Trade Ideas 

Orientation committee complet- 
ed plans at their final meeting 
Tuesday for an exchange of ideas 
and programs on orientation with 
30 colleges and universities. 

Nancy Deal, chairman, said that 
the committee plans by means of 
letters and questioaires to con- 
tact girls' schools and a few large 
universities for helpful suggestions 
to pass on to the 1948-49 com- 
mittee. Nancy also led discus- 
sions from freshman questionaires, 
reports on Monday assembly, and 
f reshman clubs and interest 
groups. 



Under the general direction of 
L. H. Johnson, associate professor 
of music, "The Mikado" will fea- 
ture Warren Lee Terry, widely 
known actor of Gilbert and Sul- 
livan operettas, in the role of Ko- 
Ko, the Lord High Executioner 
of Titipu. Mr. Terry who has help- 
ed with Agnes Scott's glee club 
presentations since the 1939 per- 
formance of "Iolanthe," will also 
act as stage manager. 

The double casts for the two 
performances of this libretto of a 
Japanese comic opera include 
Mary Beth Little and Nora Anne 
Little as Yum-Yum, Susan Bowl- 
ing and Rosemary Griffin as Pitti- 
Sing, and Sara Jane Campbell and 
Jean Osborne as Peep-Bo. Helen 
Currie, graduate of '47 and stu- 
dent at Juilliard School of Music 
in New York, will return to sing 
the role of Katisha, "a caricature 
of a face." 

From Georgia Tech will come 
the Mikado of Japan, Peter S. 
Harrower, and his son disguised 
as the second trombone, Paul 
(Continued on page 3) 

'Friars To Stage 
Drama For G.E.A. 

Blackfriars will present a one- 
act play, "The Great Dark" for 
the Georgia Education association 
March 5. 

The play is the story of the 
wives of miners. As it is present- 
ed the wives are waiting for their 
husbands to return from inside 
the mines. The plot is constructed 
around true and moving glimpses 
of human nature. 

Featured in "The Great Dark" 
are Billie Powell, Barbara Macris, 
Martha Cook, Jenny Wren, Fran- 
ces Brannan and Betty Jo Doyle. 



Broad Comedy, Good Acting Mark 
Sprightly Version of Twelfth Night' 



S.S. Committee 
To Select 20 
For Modeling 

Twenty girls will model clothes 
ranging in formality from the 
snappy sweater and skirt variety 
to dreamy debut-ball material in 
Social Standards' fashion show 
Tuesday at 7 p. m. in Maclean. 

Tryouts for modeling in the 
show are slated for Thursday af- 
ternoon from 4 to 6 in the danc- 
ing room in Main. Mary Manly, 
chairman of Social Standards com- 
mittee, urged that many girls 
tryout. Since 20 will be chosen, 
Mary said that the committee to 
select the models would like for 
about 60 girls to tryout. 

On the committee to pick the 
girls to participate in the show 
are Mary Manly, Miss Priscilla 
Lobeck, of the Art department, 
Mrs. Harriotte Lapp, of the phy- 
sical education department, Miss 
Kathereen Runnells, fashion co- 
ordinator at J. P. Allen's, and 
Maxine Kickliter, senior. 

Clothes for the fashion show 
will be furnished by J. P. Allen's 
and Miss Runnells will do the 
commentary. 

Social Standards is holding a 
reception in Murphey Candler af- 
ter the fashionaire. 



By Charlsie Smith 

Excellent acting, spiced with 
authentic Elizabethan costumes 
an occasional outburst of song 
from Feste, carried a responsive 
audience beyond an unimpressive 
state setting to the fairy-like 
mirthful atmosphere of Ulyria in 
the Barter players' version of 
"Twelfth Night." 

Outstanding in this lively, fast- 
moving production of Shake- 
speare's comedy were Gerry Jedd 
as Maria, Larry Gates as Sir Toby 
Belch, Frederic Warrlner as Sir 
Aguecheek, and Joan Mortimer as 
a gracious and spirited Viola. 

Always heralded by Sir Toby's 
deep, gurgling, off-stage guffaw, 
the scenes of broad comedy were 
especially rich. Two of the best 



were the duel between Viola and 
Sir Aguecheek and Malvolio's dis- 
covery of Maria's false billet-doux. 
In the first, the complete dismay 
on Viola's part and the physical 
agitation of Sir Aguecheek at the 
prospect of fighting sent the au- 
dience into gales of laughter. 

In the scene of the duping of 
Malvolio, his egotistical pomposity 
and the insults hurled by the con- 
spirators from behind the potted 
plants were ridiculous in their in- 
congruity. 

An interesting feature of the 
performance was the importance 
given Sir Andrew Aguecheek. 
Foolish by admission and in ap- 
pearance, he often stole the scene 
from other more important char- 
acters with his priceless mimicry 



of their actions, his boistrous tir- 
ades, and his drunken dancing. 

Petite Gerry Jedd with her tire- 
less flitting about and chirping 
excellently realized her role as 
Maria. 

Fern Bennett's Olivia was a 
hoydenish coquette, with none of 
the dignified and melancholy great 
lady with which the character is 
usually portrayed. 

Her portrayal was, in a way, 
indicative of the whole production 
Monday night. Shakespeare's ro- 
mantic comedy gained in the 
comic at the expense of the ro- 
mantic element. The emphasis was 
definitely on hilarious farce in- 
stead of sweet romance. The whole 
play was fun to watch; it must 
have been fun to produce. 



Date Book 

Wed., Feb. 25  Tryouts for So- 
cial Standards' modeling show 
in the end room in Main from 
4-6 p. m. Marriage class with 
Dr. Jones at 4:45 p. m. 

Thurs., Feb. 26  Dr. David Rob- 
inson's illustrated lecture in 
Maclean at 8:30 p. m. on ar- 
chaeological excavations. 

Fri., Feb. 27  Glen Whisler 
opens the Red Cross drive In 
assembly. Curtain rises on 
"Mikado" at 8:30 p. m. in Pres- 
ser. 

Sun., Feb. 29  Vespers at 6:30 
p. m. in Maclean. 

Mon., March 1  Movie to climax 
Red Cross drive at 7:30 p.m. 

Tues., March 2  Fashion show 7 
p. m. in Maclean. Tapping of 
Mortar Board president. 

Wed., March 3  Marriage class 
at 4:45 with Mrs. Anna Cox 
Williams. Water pageant at 
8 p. m. in gym. Westminster 
Fellowship open house In Mur- 
phey Candler from 9:30-10:30 
p. m. 



2  THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS  Wed. Feb. 25, 1948 



Merry-go-Round 

By Mildred Claire Jones 

A general exodus took place on campus this weekend as 
those who remained here will agree. Teeka Long, Nancy 
Brown, Betty McClain, and Dodo Martin went to Elberton, 
Nancy Huey to Mt. Pleasant, Mary Aichel and Lee Brewer 
to Birmingham, Rebecca Lever to Winder, Leila Walker to 
Bedford, Va., Ann Griggs to Con ' 



yers, Gretta Moll to Cochran, Ju- 
lie Blake to Tallahassee, and Joan 
Piastre and Charlotte Key to 
Knoxville. 

They Wandered 

South Carolina must have some- 
thing. At least it attracted a bevy 
of beauties. Cathie Davis took 
Beryl Crews home with her to 
Liberty, while Jo McCall went to 
Easley, Ann Pitts to Seneca, Robin 
Robinson to Chester, Helen Ed- 
wards, Kathrine McKoy, Polly 
Harris and Sara Tucker to Green- 
ville, Jo Culp to Fort Mill, Sheely 
Little to Camden. Barbara Stain- 
ton went to Anderson and took 
Marianela Segura with her, while 
Mary Louise Mattison took Wilton 
Rice to Anderson with her. 

Tennessee shared some of S. C.'s 
popularity too. Betty Finney took 
Virginia Arnold to Columbia with 
her, Becky Bowman went to Cleve- 
land, Loulie Hunt to Sewanee, and 
Emily Ann Reid to Chattanooga. 

Margie Major, Ann Gebhart, 
Joan Peterson, and Patricia As- 
bury went to Hendersonville, 
Charlotte Evans and Janet Sowell 
to Talledega, Casey Haff, Twig 
Hertwig, Jeanne Kline, and Mar- 
tha Weakley were in Macon, Ann 
Green and Louise Tavel in Louis- 
ville, and Casey Chance in Athens. 

Maxine Kickliter took Tissy 
Rutland home with her to Sara- 
sota, and Bettie Davison took 
Weezie Durant and Alice Cren- 
shaw to Opelika. Nancy Deal and 
Ginny Andrews went to Anniston 
for the weekend, and Virginia 
Lamb went to Cordele. 

And They Wandered 

Among those who were at home 
for the holiday were: Margie 
Graves and Margaret Anne Rich- 
ards in Columbus, Betty Wood in 
Fort Valley, Anne Ezzard in Ros- 
well, Jane Efurd in Atlanta, Sal- 
ly Bussey and Esther Cordle in 
Augusta, EClaire Cunningham in 
Eatonton, Evelyn Foster in Mc- 
Donough, Barbara Frfenklin in 
Statesboro, Beth Jones in Vinings, 
Catherine Phillips in East Point, 
Marie Cuthbertson and Frankie 
Howerton in Charlotte, Ruthie 
Grimes taking Nan Ford with her 
to Tuscaloosa, Dorothy Jean Har- 
rison in Sandersville, and Marg 
Hunt in Griffin. 

Mary Manly took Pagie Violette 
to Dalton with her, and Virginia 
Dunn took Virginia Chard to Ca- 
milla. Betty Rawls took Gregor 
Mitchell to Williamson, Celeste 
Barnette went to Washington, and 
Anna Gounnris and Barbara Quat- 
tlebaum went to Savannah. Sid 



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WEDNESDAY 
Last Times Today 

"My Wild Irish Rose" 

In Technicolor 

THURS. - FRI. 
John Wayne, Gail Russell 

"Angel And the 
Badman" 

MON. - TUES. 
Joan Crawford, Dana Andrews 
In 

"Daisy Kenyon" 



Cummings was in Rome, and Su- 
san Gauger took Eliza Pollard 
with her to Augusta, S. C. 
Happy Holiday 
Of interest to those who were 
in Atlanta for the weekend was 
the SAE barbecue at Tech. Mary 
Hayes Barber, Beverly Gordy 
Frances RoDeson, Zollie Saxon, 
Dean Morris, and Charity Ben- 
nett were seen there. The Phi 
Delts had quite a party too, ac- 
cording to Sally Jackson and Gene 
Wilson. 

Mim Steele, Newell Turner, and 
Joan Lawrence enjoyed the Sig- 
ma Chi Alumni Dance, while 
Charlsie Smith, Nancy Dendy, and 
Butch Hayes went to the ATO 
house dance. 

The Beta Barn Dance was a 
big success, and why not with the 
personalities of Steele Dendy, Su- 
san Bowling, Betzie Powers, Myr- 
tice Mariani, Jackie Sue Messer, 
Betty Esco, Flo Bryant, and Ann 
Faucette! 

Highlight of Hilarity 

The highlight of the weekend 
was the SAE formal at the Bilt- 
more. The lucky girls attending it 
were Sue Yarbrough, Annelle 
Simpson, Mildred Claire Jones, 
Mary Beth Little, Dee Durden, Dot 
Floyd, .Liz Ragland, Betty Wil- 
liams, Carolyn Critchlow, Alta 
Lee Patch, Jean Osborne, Floss 
Hanson, Norah Anne Little, Char- 
lotte Bartlett, and Harriet Ann 
McGuire. 

Jane Oliver went to the Emory 
Student Council Dance, while Ann 
Haden attended dances at Uni- 
versity of Virginia, Cama Clark- 
son went to N. C. State, and Dot- 
tie Morrison went to Clemson. 
Anne Kincaid took Louise Sanford 
and Mary Allen Tucker with her 
to Moultrie, and Marie Millikin 
went to the University of Georgia. 



May Day Try-outs Set 
For March 1 in Gym 

Try-outs for the leading roles 
of the May Day scenario, "A May 
Day Legend" are scheduled for 
Monday from 4 to 6 p. m. and 
from 7:15 to 8 p. m. March 1 in the 

gym. 

Maxine Kickliter, chairman of 
May Day, announced that mem- 
bers of the Gym Classes for May 
Day will comprise the chorus. 

Miss Eugenie Dozier, instruct- 
or in physical education, will speak 
to the four fundamentals classes 
on Thursday and Friday about 
taking May Day instruction as a 
gym course spring quarter. 



DECATUR THEATRE 

WEDNESDAY 

"Love and Learn" 

With Jack Carson 
Martha Vickers 
THURSDAY - FRIDAY 

"Boomerang" 

With Dana Andrews 
Jane Wyatt 
Plus Cartoon and News 
SATURDAY 
Hopalong Cassidy in 

'Partners of the Plains' 

Also 

'The Trap" 

With Charlie Chan 
MON. - TUES. 

"The Unfaithful" 

With Ann Sheridan 
Lew Ayers 



ASC Debaters 
Win Honors 
In Tournament 

Betty Jean Brown and Dot Por- 
ter, Agnes Scott's affirmative, 
took second place honors at Em- 
ory's All-Georgia Tournament 
Friday. Affirmative Rose Ellen 
Gilliam and Hazel Berman debat- 
ing for the first time won all their 
rounds. 

In the three-round tournament 
the negative defeated University 
of Georgia and Georgia Tech. In 
their third round they lost to 
North Georgia. As the top rank- 
ing negative team they redebated 
North Georgia, who had netted 
the most affirmative points in the 
final round for the tourney title. 

Affirmatives, Rose Ellen and 
Hazel, downed West Georgia, Em- 
ory at Valdosta and Armstrong 
Junior College, netting enough 
points to rank second among af- 
firmative winners. This is the 
first tourney in which they had 
debated. 

The question, resolved: th)at 
voting in the Democratic primary 
in Georgia should be on the basis 
of population, was affirmatively 
worded as evidenced by the pre- 
ponderence of affirmative wins. 
There were onry nine negative 
wins out of 30 debates. 



Service Ends 
R. E. Program 

Chapel discussions Thursday and 
Friday and a communion service 
in Gaines Thursday night climax- 
ed the Religious Emphasis Week 
program. 

The closing chapel discussions 
centered around faith, the theme 
of the Religious Week. Dr. Donald 
Miller, leader of the week's pro- 
gram, emphasized the need for a 
personal faith in facmg the pro- 
blems of life today, listing these 
problems as self-centeredness, 
questions of truth, and life's ul- 
timate destiny. Dr. Miller pointed 
out that understanding and so- 
lution of these questions can come 
only through a personalized faith. 

"If we are surrounded by faith," 
Dr. Miller concluded, "nothing can 
touch our lives. 

touch our lives. The problem of 
our faith is to personalize it." 

The Thursday night communion 
service climaxed a week's series 
of chapel discussions, personal con- 
ferences, and special discussion 
groups which began Feb. 15. 



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Club News 

Chi Beta Phi 

Chi Beta Phi will hear the sec- 
ond in a series of student reports 
on vocational advantages in scien- 
tific fields at their regular meet- 
ing at 7:15 p. m. Thursday in Butt- 
rick. 

The reports will cover one of 
the five fields represented by Chi 
Beta Phi: biology, chemistry, phy- 
sics, mathematics, and astronomy, 
and will be followed by a discus- 
sion period. 
B. O. Z. 

Nancy Parks and Frankie How- 
erton read original compositions 
at the meeting of B. O. Z. Tues- 
day afternoon. 
French Club 

Henry Forman, professor of art, 
spoke to the French Club on 
French Quebec at their last meet- 
ing. Mr. Forman who has spent a 
summer in Quebec illustrated his 
talk with pictures of his travels. 
I. R. C. 

Nan Johnson will lead a dis- 
cussion on the Marshall Plan at 
the meeting of I.R.C. at 4 p. m. 
Thursday in Murphey Candler. 
Pi Alpha Phi 

Gin Vining and B. J. Sauer, af- 
firmative, downed a negative team 
of Virginia Henry and Flo Bryant 
on the question Resolved: that 
Hawaii should be admitted to the 
United States as a state, at Pi Al- 
pha Phi meeting Thursday. 



Seniors Slate Party 
For Spring Quarter 

Seniors set Saturday May 8, as 
the date for the senior party at 
Monday's class meeting. Clarkie 
Rogers was elected chairman of 
the party committee. 

Last year's graduating class 
may have begun a tradition with 
the first senior party spring quar- 
ter. The event was formal and 
was held in the gym. 



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2. "King-Size Papa"  Julia 

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3. "Manana"  Peggy Lm> 

4. "Now is the Hour"  Mar- 

garet Whiting 

5. "Pianissimo"  Buddy Clark 

6. "I'll Dance at Your Wedding" 

 Tony Martin 



McCain's Talk, 
Choir Spark 
Fri. Broadcast 

To strains of the Alma Mater, 
sung by the freshman choir, the 
annual Founder's Day broadcast 
came on the air Friday night over 
WSB. The broadcast commemo- 
rated the fifty-ninth anniversary 
of the founding of Agnes Scott. 

The freshman choir opened the 
program by singing Tift Thine 
Eyes" from "Elijah" and "Lamb 
of God." 

Dr. McCain made a short talk, 
greeting alumnae and friends of 
the college and telling of Agnes 
Scott alumnae's war records. He 
stated that a new directory of 
all alumnae is planned for the near 
future. 

A $500,000 endowment has been 
offered to Agnes Scott, Dr. Mc- 
Cain announced, on condition that 
the school raise $1,000,000. He 
pointed out that this endowment, 
the third gift of its size in 20 
years, will help raise Agnes Scott's 
endowment to the level of that 
of many colleges for women in the 
north east. 

The freshman choir closed the 
program with Deems Taylor's 
folk song, "Waters Ripple and 
Flow." 



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Freshmen, Juniors Cop 
Victories In Basketball 

By Tee Toe Williams 

in the pre-holiday basketball games Wednesday night, the 
the freshmen pulled through with a 21-14 victory over the 
seniors, and the juniors trampled the sophomores 36-20. The 
games originally scheduled for Friday were pushed up be- 
cause of Founder's Day. 



Frosh Forge Ahead 

Keeping the scores down and 
excitingly close through the third 
quarter, the trosh and seniors 
played a slow determined game. 
Each team struggled to get a 
point or two anead ot the other 
until rurally the freshmen in a 
series or lucny snots succeeded in 
establishing a sate margin. 

superior neignt on tne part ol 
both the guards and forwards in 
the frosh line-up served as a de- 
finite asset in getting the ball 
from tne seniors. The defensive 
tactics oi tne senior forwards were 
outstanding through the whole 
game. JLou McL-aurin in particu- 
lar broke up numerous passes be- 
tween guards and from guard to 
forward across center. 

Juniors Lead at Half 

As evidenced by the difference 
in the final scores, the soph-junior 
match was much more spirited 
than the other. The sophs started 
out with an obvious determination 
to defeat the undefeated juniors. 
Despite their efforts, however, the 
juniors gained an early lead end- 
ing the half with a 20-8 advantage. 
Soph forwards had hard luck on 
many of their shots; junior guards 
were able to recover the ball from 
the backboard and to transfer it 
to their own forwards. First line 
soph guards were back in the game 
this week and played hard and 
fast in an effort to keep the op- 
ponent from ringing goals and to 
make their passes across the line 
good. 

Junior Injured 

The juniors were victims of 
physical mishaps in that Ellis was 
unable to play at all because of a 
sprained ankle and Cuthbertson 
suffered a turned ankle during 
the game. They adjusted to sub- 
stitutions, however, and seemed 
unhampered in working out their 
piays. 

Line-ups were as follows: 

Seniors  Manly, Saxon, Sims, 
Beacham, Cunningham, Dunn. 

Frosh  Brooke, Esco, Kay, Har- 
ris, Hatchel, Thompson. 

Juniors  Brannan, Cuthbertson, 
Davis, Blake, Cook, Newton. 

Sophs Paschall, Warlick, Wil- 
liamson, Cole, Evans, Mitchell. 



Tulane Tourney 

(Continued from page 1) 

will be presented on the basis of 
points; one first place award to 
the men's and one to the women's 
winning teams. 

All four debated the same sub- 
ject here in the All Southern 
event in November. Betzie and 
Ann Carol upheld the negative 
and Kate and Clarkie the affirma- 
tive. 

Betzie and Clarkie were teamed 
last year as the affirmative and 
debated in the Grand National at 
Mary Washington college in Vir- 
ginia placing ninth in the nation's 
big ten. Kate and Ann Carol's in- 
itial debates were this fall in the 
Agnes Scott meet. 



Play By Play 

By Floss Hanson 

Well the roving reporter is back 
from a wonderful weekend of 
Florida sunshine and ready to 
catch up on all the news here in 
the athletic world. Speaking of 
things that are back  the tor- 
rents have returned after six days 
of perfect tennis, riding, and 
"anything you'd like to do" weather. 
However I saw two robins play- 
ing tag on the front campus and 
that's a sure sign that spring can't 
be far behind. 



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Voters 7 League 
Sends Jones 
To Chicago' 

Mary Frances Jones represent- 
ed the Agnes Scott League of 
Women Voters at the College 
League conference in Chicago last 
week. 

Delegates from 12 states repre- 
senting approximately 41 college 
leagues, discussed the role of the 
college student in the League's 
non-partisan program to stimulate 
citizens to take part in govern- 
ment. 

Mrs. Emily Taft Douglas, form- 
er congres9woman from Illinois 
and one-time staff member of the 
Illinois League, was the principle 
speaker. College students conduct- 
ed the programs for most of the 
sessions of the conference. 

Mary Frances, a junior, is 
chairman of the art committee 
for Agnes Scott's League of Wo- 
men Voters. 



Something else that is here 
again, but of far, far greater im- 
portance is the annual Red Cross 
drive. The drive starts this Fri- 
day, Feb. 27, and lasts through 
March 2. Membership cards are to 
be awarded to all those who con- 
tribute one dollar. We don't have 
to be told what a worthy cause 
our money is going for so let's all 
give generously. And don't for- 
get to attend chapel Friday and 
hear Glen Whisler, regional di- 
rector of the Atlanta Red Cross. 
Also be sure and see the Red 
Cross movie Monday night which 
climaxes the drive. 



Wednesday night saw two ex- 
tremely exciting basketball games 
in the gym with the freshmen 
topping the seniors and the jun- 
iors overcoming the sophs. The at- 
tendance was higher than usual 
and among the spectators were 
Dr. Donald Miller, on campus for 
Religious Emphasis Week, Dr. Mc- 
Cain, and Dr. Cummings. 



Charlotte E V a n s, swimming 
manager is looking for flowers to 
use in the swimming pageant 
March 3. If you happen to have 
some growing around the house 
you can bring or if you know 
where she can get some please 
get in touch with ner. 



Water Ballet Heads 
Sports Attractions 

By Marie Cuthbertson 

A water pageant rivaling the magnificence of Billy Rose's 
Aquacade leads the list of sports attractions for the first 
week of March at Agnes Scott. The practice and planning of 
Faculty Advisor Margie Lyons, and the swimming manager 
Charlotte Evans has resulted in a performance which should 
keep the spectators glued to their'  



seats. 

The features of this winter 
water carnival are many and va- 
ried. Although Manager Evans 
would not be induced to reveal 
all her plans for the show, there 
will be some thrilling diving ex- 
hibitions by Beryl Crews, Emily 
Wright, Zollie Saxon, Betty Cole, 
and Jenny Wren. 

Joann Cobb will demonstrate 
the techniques used to handle a 
Hawaiian paddleboard (surfboard 
to non-aquatic minded folk) one 
of the most difficult of all the 
water sports. Announcer, Reese 
Newton will help explain these 
skills and those displayed in the 
other events. 

Another feature of the show 
will be a comic number by Bun- 
ny Brannan and Betty Blackmon 
which will both amuse and amaze 
the spectators. There will be a 
ballet of the various water skills 
executed by Betty Cole, Jenny 
Wren, Zollie Saxon, and Charlotte 
Evans. The grand finale will be 
a ballet, "The Waltz of the Flow- 
ers," featuring Barbara Lawson, 
Twig Hertwig, Jessie Carpenter, 
Gretchen Reinartz, Lee Brewer, 
and Patricia Asbury. 



Mikado 



(Continued from page 1) 
Kickley. James Byrd and Otto 
Morris will appear as Pooh-Bah, 
the Lord High Everything Else, 
and A. Lee Roberts and Pierce 
Merry will sing the role of Pish- 
Tush, a noble lord. 

Other members of the glee clubs 
will make up the chorus of school- 
girls, nobles, guards, and coolies. 
Music for the operetta is under 
the direction of Walter C. Her- 
bert, director of the Georgia Tech 
Glee club, assisted by Mrs. Re- 
bekah Clarke, instructor in music 
at Agnes Scott. 



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Cabbages and Kings 



Athletic association is opening the third drive to replace 
World Service Council's function on campus. Since the drive 
catches us with the spent, end of the quarter feeling, we will 
all too easily murmur, "I gave to the last one; let some one 
else do it this time. After all what is there in it for me?" 



By Mary Beth Little 

Lights! Curtain! Vamp (orchestral only)! 



Let's take inventory of the benefits received from contrib- 
uting to the Red Cross fund. First and foremost the best 
pick-up for the campussed, shut-in feeling is sympathetic 
identification, if only for a moment, with an altruistic move- 
ment greater than ourselves. 

Secondly self-centered, campus-centered lives may be 
lived without discord only if the major problems of human- 
ity are solved. It is quite true that we may be comfortably 
oblivious to the restlessness of great minds seeking solutions 
to major problems. Yet we must live on the benefits derived 
from their struggles. 

Consequently it pays to support those movements for the 
solution or amelioration of world conflicts be they with nature 
or with man. We as an empirically minded people can see 
the results of our contributions, no matter how slight they 
may be. 

A. A.'s drive for Red Cross is a paying proposition. For our 
share we will reap dividends plus double compound interest. 



By Norah Anne Little 



little acorns grow," of course, 
wasn't referring to anything at 
Agnes Scott, but Mrs. Rebekah 
Clarke's ideas for the music de- 
partment might easily be parallel- 
ed with this adage. 



Turn tee dee, Turn tee dee, Turn tee dee, "A wandering- 
minstrel, I, a thing of shreds and patches" of notebooks and 
Whoever said "Great oaks from scratches and never a lullaby. For lo: "Comes a train of 

little ladies, from scholastic trammels free-ee" and we're off 
to Titipu and "the flowers that 

bloom in the spring tra-la". What should be added to our curricul- 
this Gordian knot of Gorgon jar- lum IS " Care and Feeding of Small 
gon amounts to, is: last weekend's Cars " So many complications! 
holiday plus this weekend's oper- Baby must have its bath and its 
etta has us all Merit-less but mer- rest Try as you may to wean  
Her ever growing choir com- ry with Terry, Scott-schot but from S asoline > WILL be tern- 
posed of freshman only is typical Jap-happy. peramental and demand its three- 
of her little nuts, I mean fresh- See what we mean? squares, though the essence of 
man, I mean ideas, that have Drews and Phoos u ' hlte orchids would about as 
grown from mere thoughts into Do you long for excitement? cnea P al st. In cold weather it 
realities. Mrs. Clarke's child, as Does college life seem too shel- really needs to be bundled up; in 
she considers it, was formed so tered? Do you feel like a cloister- rai ? y weather Jt always has the 
that more freshman would take ed oyster? s  ffles and teary eye *. On sun- 
part in the musical activities on Try living in Inman awhile! As ^ * ays bridle * 0r 

^14 ~r Zu i Z>iL* brake lts Spirit to 



campus, but even she, although a result of the cruel Miss X of the 
hopeful, was surprised and thrill 



ed when over 40 frosh came to re- 
hearsals each week. 

The choir spreads its branches 
each Saturday in chapel. Recently 
it sang for the Communion service 
during Religious Emphasis Week, 



save your life 

or the telephone pole's. Give it 
mysterious gray, some frosh are - mir , o f .. , *; _ 0i 

... ll tne gun and it shoots off. Strike 



now writing a petition that "fun 
damentals" be converted to jujit- 
su immediately and that six shoot- 
ers be issued along with laundry 
numbers, Lecture tickets, coat- 
hangers, and handbooks. Others 



it and it scratches off in a flam- 
ing hurry. Tire of it and you'll get 
a flat sulk in return (and ten to 
one there's no jack in the box). 
Put the glow behind its eyes and 
gloom is dispelled. Be it the De- 



Why Must Everything 
Happen At Once? 

"It's not the work, it's these decisions that are killing me," 
a bewildered Agnes Scotter muttered Monday. 

The question, shall we to the drama or the concert, was 
difficult enough. But most persons know whether Wagner 
or Shakespeare claims their highest devotion. And either way 
they chose they could not lose. 

But how about those who faced these alternatives: To 
"Twelfth Night" to see the only Shakespearian company in 
the south, or to the concert to hear Lauritz Melchior who is 
not in Atlanta every night or even every other night, or to 
pass for the quarter by missing both to peruse the text for 
that Tuesday test or to copy that paper due Tuesday. 

Of course, if the giddy gals had budgeted their time  why, 
they could have assigned various portions of the night to 
each activity. Those who are Eager Amazons probably did. 

We do not wish to abolish academic standards for social 
standards. We do not complain about tests assigned the day 
after a fraternity formal. We do want to be able to take 
advantage of the unusual cultural advantages offered us. 

There must be days in the week with no Lecture associa- 
tion program the night before. Why not quiz us then? 



and the whole south heard it"  " gge ^ d  Tm b<? barric ^* vil's Jerk-stop or the Reluctant" 

ed with barbed wire, surmountable 



on the Founder's Day radio pro- 
gram. The freshman choir works 
along with the regular Glee club 
on campus and sang with them in 



Wagon, it takes all Dale Carne- 
gie's tact to keep it happy  or as 
Edgar Guest might have put it: 
it takes a heap of givin' to make 



only by stilts, the use of which 
would come under the Orienta- 
tion program. Mousetraps, bear- 

tTe^ChrlsTmarCarol concert? Th^ tra f ' "f"' Heffalumptraps, " ^T^^^^ ^ 

and Wizzle and Woozle snares 
have already been set up. Just 
for terrified shrieks, one playful 
first floor Inmanite made a rain- 
Everyone on campus is watching coated effigy at the back door 
this Innovation of Mrs. Clarke's which looked authentic enough to can,t all > and some of us don't" 
with interest and anticipation. It make all our would-be Nancy seems particularly applicable as 
is a new idea that caught hold im- Drews and Winnie the Pooh's feel editorial-me looks back at the last 
mediately and fired everyone with that indeed the Woozle was at two issues as graced by guest col 
eagernessi The first choir for least in sight. 



spring, the choir will sing a spec- 
ial group of numbers in the spring 
program. 



the steering wheel hasn't got a 
prayer with Fortune's Wheel. 
Sighs and Byes 
Pooh's immortal statement, "We 



freshmen only ever to be formed 
on campus is now firmly estab- 
lished for the future years. 



Linked and Inked 



umnists. My last words can only 

be, MY Cabbages have pin heads, 

I'm sure, and MY King is but a 

Scribbled in passing: Dodo Mar- D  1 , xr . * < , 

*-te*u*~r-* ut u 2L Pnnce of Wails > and a Pretender 

at that. 



A.S. Presbyterians 
Plan Open House 

Westminster Fellowship 



But it has been fun, walking 



will 



tin's definition of her search for 
Mr. Cox, "Hiden Seek" ... the 
loud ringing of two alarm clocks 

set by two very thoughtful dates throu ^ h this Wonderland, this 

determined that THIS time they column " wl dc, page-long path each 

weren't going to have to dash week ' We ' ve ho PP ed , skipped, and 

madly and futilely to beat the J um P ed in way s-of -no-sanity and 

sponsor an open house, next Wed- Dean's office clock . . . The fam- we ' ve paused here and there for 

nesday from' 9:30 to 10:30 p. m. ed Pest-of-the-Week contest in a P ee P through strange gates, 

as an informal get-together for Rebekah designed to promote lady- Hate to say that this is where 

* * like conduct by casting of brat- the road turns but harsh Reality 

all Presbyterian students. vQtes rather than by ^ ^ Qf in ^ little white s?t bids mc 

Students may drop by Murphey houseknocks. We understand the sa ^' "Farewell dear friends . . . 

Candler any time during these P litical competition is terrific, and such- sweet sorrow per- 

. and that the kissing of pillow- ha Ps we will meet someday by a 

hours for refreshments. Day stu- punchy ^ and g * p _ slipp P ing is more solemn column-but if we 

dents have been invited to spend unprecedented. Violets and net- mis s connections, look for me at 

the night with boarders so that ties to the most popular Reb-el. the Hoggly-Woggly or by the pine 

they will be on campus for the Speed and Need in tne quad or maybe in the Stacks 

occasion. One subject that definitely or P' ra PS under the wild cherry 

tree. Shall we say 'til then'?" 



THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS 

Kdltor HARRIET GREGORY 

Manning Editor ANNA CLARK ROGERS 

Assistant Editors BETTY LOU BAKER, LORTON LEE 

Feature Editor LEE COUSAR 

Sports Editor FLOSS HANSON 

Society Editor MILDRED CLAIRE JONES 

Copy Editor BILLTE POWELL 

Kdltorlal Assistant MARY BETH LITTLE 

Photographer . MRS. W A. ( ALDER 

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second class matter at the Decatur, Georgia, postoffice. Subscription price per year, 
$1.50; single copies, five cents. 

REPORTERS 

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Sports: Jane Alsobrook. Nancy Francisco. TeeToe Williams. E. Claire Cunningham. 
Margaret Yancey. Zora Hodges. 

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Bells Clang, Boxes Bang 
As 9:20 Bedlam Begins 



By Calico 

The 9:20 bell clangs through 
the building, and instantly the 
quiet, deserted corridors become 
bedlam! Doors fly open and the 
mad rush begins. Hundreds of 
shrieking females bound down the 
steps three at a time in their race 
to be first come.  

Finally the goal is reached  the 
mailroom! But, alas, the fight has 
just begun. Ahead you can dimly 
see rows of mailboxes, but be- 
tween you and your object is a 
mass of pushing, yelling human- 
ity. 

So now comes the test. What 
type of person arc you? What do 
you do in such a situation? 

The first group that we might 
note belongs in the "I'll just wait" 
or "Nobody would write me but 
mother, anyhow" category. These 
delicate creatures, rightfully fear- 
ing injury in the fray, decide, 
upon viewing the scene, that af- 
ter all mail (spelled MAIL) should 



not be the first thing in life. 
There are other things of far more 
value, they tell themselves. Never- 
theless they decide to study in 
the mail room for a few minutes 
 just in case the crowd should 
thin before 9:30. 

Those belonging in the second 
group might be termed The Ama- 
zons. They are those who, with 
eyes fastened on their mailbox 
and elbows fixed in their neigh- 
bors' backs, give a mighty heave 
and they're in. It is best not to 
mention the dire results that fol- 
low in their wake. 

In the third group come the 
real intellects  or those who pre- 
fer brain to brawn. These take a 
quick survey of the situation, 
choose the closest friend closest 
to the mailbox, and bellow, "Look 
for mine, please!" Thus, they get 
their mail and avoid en excess use 
of energy. The trouble, of course, 
will come when all adopt this 
policy. 



Guest columnists for the final 
C abbages and Kings next week 
will be Cama Clarkson, Casey 
Chance, and Ann Sartain. 



Off the 
Copy Hook 

One of the more clever residents 
on our campus saw nothing so 
amazing in the recent collapse of 
the sun-dial. "Nothing can con- 
tinue to stand," she explained, 
"that doesn't get any business." 



An Agnes Scotter in Atlanta 
Saturday morning was amazed to 
find the banks closed. She hadn't 
known "that all of Atlanta cele- 
brated Founder's Day." 



Boyd is wholeheartedly taking 
Mrs. Smith's advice this week. The 
advice? "Beware of ants"  but 
spelled with a u. 



The Agnes Scott News 



Vol. xxxra 



AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA. WED. MARCH 3, 1948 



Number 17 



Ballet Expert 
To Explain 
New Trends 

George Chaffee, widely known 
America* danseur and choreo- 
grapher, will lecture in Presser 
Hall on The Ballet As It Is To- 
Day/' March 31 at 8:30 p. im 

Assisting him will be Miss Ade- 
laide, of New York, who will dem- 
onstrate points of the dance 
brought out in the lecture. 

Mr. Chaffee, owner of one of 
the largest collections of ballet 
lithographs and dance objects in 
the world, has written extensively 
for the Dance Index and also 
writes a column, Balletophile, for 
the stage and screen magazine, 
Dance. A dancer himself, Mr. 
Chaffee performed in such pro- 
ductions as the Fokine Russian 
ballet and the Mordkin ballet. 

Interested in the public's under- 
standing of the modern dance, 
George Chaffee has helped organ- 
ize the Boston Civic ballet and 
similar groups. / 

Lecture association is sponsor- 
ing Mr. Chaffee's visit. Miss Em- 
ma May Laney, faculty advisor, 
pointed out that this feature of 
the lecture program will be of 
particular value in view of the re- 
cent college presentation of "Swan 
Lake," and the increased interest 
in the dance as witnessed by the 
ballet in the concert series. 



Date Book 

Wed., March 3  Inactivity week 
begins. 4:15 p. m. Mrs. Anne 
Cox Williams concludes mar- 
riage class series. 9:30-10:30 p. 
m. Westminister Fellowship 
holds open house for Presbyter- 
ians in Mnrphey Candler. 

Thurs., March 4  4-5 p. m. A. A. 
tea for winter athletes. Sopho- 
more cabinet hears J. B. Car- 
rell at 7:15 p. m. 

Fri., March 5  1:15 p. m. Fresh- 
men choir sings for Rotary club. 
8 p. m. varsity battles sub-var- 
sity in the gym. 

Sun., March 7  6:30 p. m. Susan 
Daugherty gives inspirational at 
vespers* 

Wed., March 10  Exams begin. 

Thurs., March 11 Detroit Sym- 
phony concert at municipal au- 
di tori am. 

Sun., March 14  6:30 p. m. Mrs. 
Herbert leads vespers. 

Wed., March 1712 noon Winter 
quarter ends and holidays be- 
gin. 

Sat., March 2d Valadimir Hor- 
owitz will appear in concert at 
auditorium. 

Wed., March 24  8:30 a. m. classes 
begin. BOZ, Poetry club, and 
Folio club hold a joint meeting. 

Thurs., March 25  4-15 p. m. Eta 
Sigma Phi meets at Miss Glick's 

Wed., March 31  8:30 p. m. George 
Chaffee will lecture on ballet. 

Thurs., April 1 April Fool. Rab- 
bit-Rabbit Day. 

Fri., April 2  Campus elections 
end. 



Alumnae Plan 
Job Guidance 

The Vocational Guidance com- 
mittee of the Alumnae association 
will initiate a campus-wide pro- 
gram on careers, April 5-9. This 
year's Career Conference will con- 
sist of two chapel programs and 
three one hour night sessions. 

Beginning the conference in as- 
sembly April 5 will be special 
guest for the week, Miss Polly 



Juniors and seniors who wish 
to take vocational guidance 
tests may contact Miss Bella 
Wilson, assistant to the dean. 
She will arrange a time for the 
tests to be taken. 



Weaver, jobs and futures editor 
for Mademoiselle. She will speak 
in Maclean to sophomores, juniors 
and seniors on careers for women. 

The first round table discussion 
led by alumnae will be on the sub- 
continued on page 7) 



Civil Rights Forum 
Held at Atlanta U. 

Six Agnes Scott students and 
Miss Mildred R. Mell, sociology 
professor, fettenfled the Civil 
Rights conferences Friday and 
Saturday at Atlanta university 
and Clarke college. 

About 3000 students and faculty 
members attended the forum on 
the report of President Truman's 
committee on Civil Rights. They 
came from Spellman, Morehouse, 
Mercer and Emory. 

Conferees were divided into dis- 
cussion groups on civil rights, ed- 
ucation, economics, and segrega- 
tion and 1 discrimination. The 
groups met together Saturday for 
a summary discussion where it 
was decided that the steering corn- 
Continued on page 7) 



Seven Reporters Join 
Staff of A. S. News 

The News added seven new 
members to the editorial staff this 
week as try-outs ended. 

Covering the campus for news 
are Louise Arant, Margaret Brew- 
er, Melda Burdsal, Helen Edwards, 
JoAnn Peterson, and Ann Sar- 
tain. Marie Cuthbertson will re- 
port sports. 



A A Extends 
Fund Drive 
To March 4 

Sheely Little, president of A. 
A., announced that the Red Cross 
drive will extend through tomor- 
row. Aiming at 100 per cent mem- 
bership from the campus, A. A. is 
contacting students through in- 
dividual collectors for the day stu- 
dents, 'boarders, and faculty mem- 
bers. 

Quoting President Truman's 
statement that "many times dur- 
ing the year we call on the Red 
Cross, but only once a year does 
the Red Cross ask our aid," Glenn 
Whisler added his plea for con- 
tributions to the A. A. sponsored 
drive. 

Mr. Whisler, regional director of 
the Atlanta Red Cross, spoke in 
chapel Friday explaining that be- 
cause of the numerous floods, fires, 
and hurricanes in 1947, surplus 
funds from former years were 
used up. 

"The Red Cross," he said, "used 
11 billion dollars instead of the 
two billion dollars allowed." Lack- 
ing a surplus to fall back on and 
with new projects such as the 
Blopd Bank, the Red Cross need 
is urgent this year, Mr. Whisler 
pointed out. 



Sullivan Leads 
Mortar Board 

Doris Sullivan, day student from Decatur, was announced 
new Mortar Board president last night when the old chapter 
serenaded the campus in a new tapping ceremony. 

Secretary of Student government this year, Doris has been 
active in that organization since she came to Agnes Scott 

' She was a day student represen- 




Sr. Opera Profits 
To Launch Drive 

Seniors decided at class meet- 
ing to launch the college's drive 
for $1,000,000 by contributing the 
profits from the senior opera. 

Dr. James R. McCain, president, 
announced on the Founder's Day 
radio program that the money is 
needed as a prerequisite for the 
school's receiving a gift of $500,- 
000 from an anonymous benefac- 
tor. 



This issue of the News is the 
last of the quarter. The next 
News will be printed after elec- 
tions with a new staff in charge. 



Spring Concert Attractions 
To Open With Symphony 

Remaining concert attractions of the year, beginning 
March 11 with the appearance of the Detroic Symphony and 
closing with the performance of the Philadelphia Symphony 
May 5, will include three All Star concerts, two Pop concerts 
and four performances by the Metropolitan Opera company. 
Following the appearance of 



the Detroit orchestra, conducted 
by Dr. Karl Krueger, pianist Vla- 
dimir Horowitz will appear in 
concert on March 20. 

On April 1, 2, 3, the Atlanta 
Music Festival association, in co- 
operation with the Atlanta Jun- 
ior League, will sponsor the ap- 
pearance of the Metropolitan 
Opera at the Fox theatre. The 
first performance on April 1 will 
be "Carmen" starring Rise Ste- 
vens, and April 2 Lili Pons and 
James Melton will appear in "Lu- 
cia de Laitunamoor." 

The company will present two 



operas on April 13, an afternoon 
performance of "Der Rosenkava- 
lier" starring Hugh Thompson and 
in the evening Jussi Bjorling will 
appear in "La Boheme." 

The remaining attractions on 
the All Star series will be con- 
certs by the Minneapolis Sym- 
phony, April 10 with Dimitri Met- 
ropolus conductor, and the Phila- 
delphia orchestra, conducted by 
Eugene Ormandy, May 5. 

The "Pop" series will feature 
the Detroit Symphony on March 
11 and the performance of Nelson 
Eddy, baritone, March 25. 



Fashion Show 
Features Style 
For Spring 

"Are my hose seams straight?" 

"Do I look slinky enough?" 

"Posture, if you please, Susie!" 

These were some of the conver- 
sation tidbits overheard before 
the Fashion Show, promoted by 
Social Standards. The show was 
held last night in McLean. 

The 20 girls, who were selected 
from an estimated 40 who tried 
out to model J. P. Allen's wear- 
ing apparel, included June Irvine, 
Mary Gene Sims, Caroline Hodges, 
Dot Stewart, Pinny Rogers, and 
Julianne Hartrampf. 

Modeling outfits ranging from 
smooth sweater and skirt variety 
to sleek ball room gowns were Val 
von Lehe, Andrea Dale, Julianne 
Cook, Nancy Deal, Margie Orr, 
Joan Mahoney, June Harris, and 
Newell Turner. 

Also advancing the newest look 
were Mimi Arnold, Susan Gauger, 
Betty Davison, Joann Cobb, Su- 
san Pope, Nancy Brown, and Mary 
Manly. 

Musical background was sup- 
plied by Nancy Dendy at the piano 
and Miss Kathereen Runnells 
commented on the costumes. 



Students Present 
Radio News Show 

Beginning this week, news from 
Agnes Scott, Emory* Oglethorpe, 
and Columbia Seminary will be 
broadcast Monday through Fri- 
day at 6:25 p. m. over WEAS in 
Decatur until the end of spring 
quarter. 

Students of radio news writing 
in the Emory division of journal- 
ism will write and broadcast the 
program. Harriet Gregory will 
gather and write news from Ag- 
nes Scott. 



tative to Lower House for fresh- 
man year and a sophomore rep- 
resentative to Executive commit- 
tee. 

Doris was a member of the 
freshman hockey team, a day stu- 
dent representative to Freshman 
Cabinet, and a reporter for the 
News her sophomore year. Her 
other student activities include 
serving on a May Day committee 
and on decorations and costume 
committees for Junior Joint. 

An active church member, Doris 
is president of the Young Peoples' 
Council of the Atlanta Presbytery, 
a representative from her Presby- 
tery to the Young Peoples' Coun- 
cil of the Georgia Synod, and 
chairman of Christian Comrade- 
ship in the Decatur Presbyterian 
church. 

This year's ceremony to an- 
nounce the in-coming Mortar 
Board president breaks with the 
tradition of revealing her identity 
in a tapping ceremony after elec- 
tions. The other members of the 
'48-'49 chapter of Mortar Board 
already elected, will be announced 
in the traditional annual tapping 
April 9. 

Pagie Violet te, president of 
Mortar Board, explained that the 
innovation in the tapping of the 
president was designed so that, 
students may know who is in- 
eligible for big campus offices be- 
fore they nominate, and so that 
the announcement of the president 
does not come as an anti-climax to 
elections. 



Debaters Enter 
Tulane Meet 

Agnes Scott's debate teams 
matched rebuttals with teams 
from 42 colleges and universities 
competing in the Tulane Glendy 
Burke Centennial Tournament 
last week in New Orleans. 

Affirmative Betzie Powers and 
Clarkie Rogers and negative Ann 
Carol Blanton and Kate Durr El- 
more represented the college in 
the eight round event. 

Affirmative teams from Augus- 
tana in South Dakota won the wo- 
men's award with Southern Met- 
hodist University, Texas, placing 
second. University of Texas af- 
firmative men's team carried the 
Glendy Burke cup back to the 
Lone Star State. Abilene Christian 
College in Texas won the mixed 
team title. As yet team standing 
is not known since the returns 
will not be published for 10 days. 

Agnes Scott's affirmative de- 
bated University of Miami, Augus- 
tana, Texas A. and L, Hardin Sim- 
monds, North Georgia, Carthage 
College, Illinois, Mississippi Col- 
lege, and S. M. U. 

Negative competed with Au- 
burn, Alilen Christian, Univer- 
sity of Florida, Mississippi State, 
University of Utah, Georgetown 
College, Kentucky, and Arkansas 
State Teachers College. 



2  THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS  Wed., March 3, 1948 




Stars' Performances Transport Critic To Titipu 



Club News 

Glee Club 

Glee club will begin work on a 
spring concert after the holidays 
in which the Freshman Choir will 
take part. 

Eta Sigma Phi 

Eta Sigma Phi will have its next 
meeting at 4:15 p. m. Thursday, 
March 25, at Miss Kathryn Glick's 
home. Works of Cicero will be 
discussed at that time. 

BOZ 

B. O. Z. will have a joint meet- 
ing with Poetry club and Folio 
at the Tea House March 24 at 
which time the best works from 
each club will be read and criticiz- 
ed. 

Mortar Board 

Pagie Violette, president of Mor- 
tar Board, announced that Mrs. 
Anne Cox Williams, graduate of 
Agnes Scott college, will speak at 
marriage class today. She will dis- 
cuss saving and budgeting. 

IRC 

International Relations club had 
a joint meeting with Emory and 
Tech, last week. Jim Burns, of 
Princeton university, spoke to the 
group. 

B. J. Sauer and Nan Johnson 
will represent club at the regional 
conference held at Auburn, Ala. 
Thursday and Friday. 

The current events room in Mur- 
phey Candler, sponsored by I. R. 
C, will be opened next week. 

Dance Group 

At its Feb. 25 meeting Dance 
Group decided to spend the $100 
profit made with "Swan Lake" for 
peasant skirts and blouses and 
benches for the set. The Group 
agreed that the next ballet pro- 
duced will be in a lighter vein. 

CA Makes Plans 
For Cabinets, 
Vesper Programs 

Christian association's plans for 
Sunday vesper programs for the 
remainder of the quarter include 
an inspirational talk by Susan 
Daugherty, senior, Sunday and a 
talk by Mrs. Herbert, an Atlanta 
schoolteacher, on March 14. 

A program by freshman cabi- 
net is slated for Easter Sunday, 
after which the new cabinet will 
take office. The only C. A chapel 
program definitely scheduled will 
be conducted by Dean John B. 
Walthour, of the First Episcopal 
church of Atlanta, Tuesday. 

J. B. Carrell, an official in the 
consular service, will lecture to 
sophomore cabinet on "Careers 
for Women in the Foreign Ser- 
vice," Thursday at 7:15 p. m. in 
the music room in Main. 

Mr. Carroll's discussion will con- 
clude a series of lectures on vo- 
cations sponsored by the sopho- 
mores. The meeting is open to all 
interested persons, Cathie Davis, 
president announced. 

Presbyterians To Hold 
Get-Together Tonight. 

Presbyterian students are in- 
vited to drop in for Westminster 
Fellowship's open house in Mur- 
phcy Candler tonight any time 
from 9:30 until 10:30. 

This informal get-together, of- 
fering good fellowship and re- 
freshments, is designed that Pres- 
byterian students may become bet- 
ter acquainted. Day students have 
been invited to spend the night 
with boarders for the occasion. 



By Dabney Adams 

An auditorium full of operetta 
goers were transported to the 
Town of Titipu, Friday night and 
a wonderful time was had by all. 
From the first vision of Georgia 
Tech leg art to the last curtain 
call, "The Mikado" lived up to the 
record that the combined glee 
clubs have set for a grand per- 
formance. 

To the high comedy of Mr. Gil- 
bert's lyrics and the sparkle of 
Mr. Sullivan's music was added 
that priceless ingredient of a cast 
that seemed to be enjoying the 
whole thing as much as we did. 

Yum-Yum Delicious 

Of course Nanki-Poo, who was 
a delightfully romantic wandering 
minstrel with a very good voice, 
had every reason to enjoy his role 
of making love to Yum-Yum; 
Mary Beth was indeed delicious. 
Nothing could be easier for her 
than flirting and singing and 
looking beautiful, and the way 



DECATUR THEATRE 

WEDNESDAY 

"Philo Vance's Secret 
Mission" 

With Alan Curtis, Sheila Ryan 
Also 

"Uncle Tom's Cabana" 

And Stage Show 
BARNYARD JAMBOREE 
THURS. - FRI. 

"Her Husband's Affair" 

Also two Shorts 

'The Last Bomb" 
"Slick Hair" 

SATURDAY 

"Fighting 
Frontiersman" 

Also 

"Blondie's Big 
Moment" 

and Short 

"Pig's Is Pigs" 

MOM. - TUES. 

"Road to Rio" 

With Dorothy Lamour 
Bing Crosby, Bob Hope 



she did all three made me think 
that someday we're going to be 
proud to have known Mary Beth. 

Her voice was at its loveliest, 
and a special orchid goes to our 
May Queen for the charming na- 
ivete with which she compared 
her own beauty to the sun, in 
lines which she was finally per- 
suaded to say only after vigorous 
protest. 

Terry Triumphs 

Nanki-Poo's and Yum-Yum's 
shockingly illegal behind-fan flir- 
tation was melodious and convinc- 
ing, but we found our own true 
affections settled on Ko-Ko. As 
the most lovable Lord High Execu- 
tioner of Titipu or any place else, 
Waren scored another and even 
bigger hit with us who are his 
fans of long standing. 

His capers, his tears, the infec- 
tuous gaiety of his singing, and 
the pertinency of his additions to 
the dialogue were all carried off 
with the kind of zest that the au- 
dience can't help sharing. 

The Lord High Everything Else 
was certainly everything that Ko- 
Ko wasn't. With his shall-we-say 
ungainly figure, his slow drawl, 
and his lachrymose disposition, 
Pooh-Bah was a hilarious foil 
for Ko-Ko. The only way they 
were alike was in being perfect 
in their parts. 

All the principals did a grand 



DEKALB THEATRE 

WED. - THURS. - FRI. 
Rita Hayworth, Larry Parks in 

"Down to Earth" 

In Technicolor 
MON. - TUES. - WED. 
Ginger Rogers, Cornel Wilde 

"It Had to be You" 



job; the "Three Little Maids from 
School" number set a high stand- 
ard which Susan Bowling and 
Sara Jane Campbell sustained 
beautifully. Susan must be brand- 
ed as a scene-stealer for her won- 
derful account of Nanki-Poo's ex- 
ecution. 

Katisha Adds Drama 

The entrance into this lilting, 
loving, laughable atmosphere of 
the revengeful Katisha was one 
of stark drama. After a long re- 
cord of successfully vicious fe- 
males, Helen Currie came back 
to outdo herself as the blight on 
Nanki-Poo's life. 

She made it obvious why men 
had a hard time learning to love 
her, and it was just as obvious 
that the audience had no trouble 
at all in being glad to have her 
around. The Wagnerian pathos of 
her solos and the eternal, if an- 
tiquated, femininity of her sub- 
mission to Ko-Ko's tearful "Tit- 
Willow" place Helen as our Choice 
for a combination of Judith An- 
derson and Zazu Pitts. It goes 
without saying that her fine voice 
was a real esthetic pleasure. 

Mikado's Entrance Climactic 

The Mikado's entrance had the 
same climactic effect on the au- 
dience that it had on the char- 
acters, but for a different reason. 
We followed the Mikado's advice 
to "let the punishment fit the 
crime;" and his combination of 
dead-pan, diabolical leer, and a 
grand voice surely deserved that 
tumultuous applause. It is a real 



tribute to the cast that the rest 
of the operetta wasn't an anti- 
climax at all. 

During the "Flowers That 
Bloom in the Spring" song and 
dance routine, we felt like join- 
ing in with voice as well as with 
a tapping foot, and as good as the 
finale was, we hated to see it 
come. 

Some sort of honorable men- 
tion ought to be made for the 
whole-hearted participation of the 
third from the right in the male 
chorus and for the good sports- 
manship of all the boys who had 
to wear short pants. Indeed credit 
goes to every member of both 
choruses for their grand singing 
and for their enjoyment that add- 
ed so much to our own. 

It seemed to me that the only 
person who didn't have a good 
time in Pressor last Friday night 
was that very impressive gray- 
green Buddha, who evidently 
doesn't appreciate Gilbert and 
Sullivan. 

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THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS  Wed., March 3, 1948  3 



Play By Play 

By Floss Hanson 

It looks like winter quarter is coming to a close and with it closes 
a winter sports season that has really been tops. This has included 
some mighty good basketball games that have kept us all right 
' on the edge of our seats, a badminton tournament, and the basketball 
free throw contest. Next quarter the sports scene will shift from 
the basketball courts to the tennis courts, to riding, archery, and 
golf, and if it can be called a sport  sun-bathing. 



We'd kinda like to award a prize posey of the week to the versatile 
senior basketball players who interchanged from forward to guard 
with results that brought down the house. That Doc Dunn really 
shoots a mean goal! 

While we're on the subject of basketball we'd Tike to offer our 
heartiest congratulations to all those chosen for the Varsity and 
Sub-Varsity teams. We hope the campus will turn out Friday to 
see these elites of the basketball world tangle in the final game of 
the season. 



On the roster for Wednesday is the annual swimming pageant 
and it's going to be something that you don't want to miss. We hear 
that the finale is' something straight out of Hollywood so see you 
at the gym at eight o'clock sharp. And those of you who can please 
don't forget to bring some flowers which are needed for the show. 



Frosh, Juniors End 
Season With Wins 

By EClaire Cunningham 

Basketball class games ended for the season Friday with 
victories for the frosh and juniors. The juniors defeated the 
seniors 17-39 and the frosh downed the sophs 20-29. 

In the junior-senior game the score remained pretty close 
throughout the first half. Mary Gene Sims was sinking over- 
head shots for the senior team 



and the junior forwards Huey, 
Davis, and Brannan were divid- 
ing their shots evenly. The half 
ended 13-20 for the juniors. 

During the second half the jun- 
ior score began a slow mount. 
With only four minutes to play, 
the seniors, for reasons unknown, 
maybe is was an inner urge that 
could not be denied, maybe it was 
strategy to confuse the juniors or 
maybe it was just senior idiosyn- 
cracy, swapped positions and all 
forwards played guard and all 
guards played forward. Though 
the change did not win the game 
it livened it up for both players 
and spectators. 

After the exciting game the 
soph and frosh played at their last 
meeting they came out on the 
court determined to play a strong 
game. They were evenly matched 
teams each seeking the advantage. 
The frosh gained a small margin 
which they were able to maintain 
throughout the game. Kay was 
sinking shots from every angle and 
Williamson was making long shots 
count. 

Interception of passes and 
breaking up of dribbles were no- 
table features of the game. These 
two teams promise to furnish keen 
rivalry during the next years. 

Between games Julianne Cook, 
manager, announced the varsity 
and the sub-varsity teams, and 



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urged all to tryout in the foul 
shooting contest. The winners 
from each class will shoot to de- 
termine the final victor between 
halfs in the varsity and sub-var- 
sity game Friday night. 



'48 Varsity Teams 
To Clash Friday 
In Final Game 

The 1948 varsity and sub-varsity 
basketball teams were announced 
by basketball manager. Julianne 
Cook. These two crack teams will 
clash in the final game of the 
season Friday at 8 p. m. in the 

gym. 

Composed of the outstanding 
players from each of the class 
teams, the varsity includes for- 
wards, Bunny Brannan ('49), Lou 
McLaurin ('48), Genie Paschal 
('50), Mary Louise Warlick ('50), 
and guards, Juliaanne Cook ('49), 
Edna Claire Cunningham '('48), 
June Harris ('51), and Reese New- 
ton ('49). 

Subvarsity members are for- 
wards, Betty Esco ('51), Sally 
Ellis ('49), June Davis ('49), and 
Virginia TCay ('51), and guards, 
Martha Beacham ('48), Julia 
Blake ('49), Betty Cole ('50), 
Mimi Mitchell ('50), and Sally 
Thompson ('51). A practice will 
be held Thursday at 5 p. m. to al- 
low the teams to work out some 
plays to be used in the game. 




A. A. Sports Tea 
Will Honor 
Quarter's Athletes 

The annual Athletic association 
party honoring the participants 
in winter quarter sports will be in 
the form of a Sports Tea to be 
held Friday, March 4, from 4 until 
5 p. m. 

Those invited to this event are 
members of the Swimming club, 
those taking part in the swim- 
ming pageant, the basketball A 
and B squads, members of the 
Badminton club, those entered in 
the badminton tournament, and 
the school managers of the var- 
ious sports. 

Members of the committee in 
charge of the tea are Doc Dunn, 
Charity Bennett, Floss Hanson, 
and Sheely Little. In charge of 
sending out the invitations are 
Charlotte Evans, Val von Lehe, 
and Julianne Cook, managers of 
swimming, badminton, and bas- 
ketball respectively. 



Badminton Tournament 
Reaches Semi-Finals 

The badminton tournament has 
progressed to the semi-finals in 
both singles and doubles, with the 
finals to be played off by March 3. 

All those played have been a 
fight to the finish. In the semi- 
finals of the doubles, Stewart and 
Wright will play Andrews and 
Kemper while Foster and Cathcart 
will stand Cook and Cuthbertson. 
Wright will oppose O'Sullivan in 
the semi-finals of the singles while 
Cook will stand Cuthbertson for 
the championship. 



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SWIM STARS give sneak preview of the water ballet slat- 
ed for tonight in the gym. 

Foul Shot Contestants 
To Vie For Prize Friday 



A novel foul shot contest for 
those basketball enthusiasts who 
wish to try their skill at shoot- 
ing has been going on this quar- 
ter. Manager Julianne Cook and 
the class managers for basketball 
decided to give players an opppr- 
tunity to improve their free-throws 
and at the same time to work for 
a prize which will be awarded to 
the winner and best "foul-shooter." 

Twenty-five free-throws are at- 
tempted and a record is kept of 
the number of times the ball goes 



through the basket. Each contes- 
tant can try as many times as 
she wishes. The final day for the 
shooting is Friday 

Between the half of the Var- 
sity-Sub-varsity game on Friday 
night, each of the four classes will 
be represented by the girl who 
has the best score in the class. The 
four class winners will compete 
at this time to determine the final 
victor who will be crowned the 
"Best Foul-Shooter at Agnes 
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Here's What It Takes 



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 
clearly ind logically. Ability for 
presenting cases in an unbiased 
manner. Tactfulness and 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 or- 
ganize and direct effectively the 
orientation program. Warm per- 
sonal interest in people. 

Lower House Chairman  Junior 

Duties  To head the work of 
lower house, setting up commit- 
tees and directing their work. To 
act as parliamentarian of the 
student government association. 
To be ill charge of fire drills. 

Qualifications  Ability to work 
with pcop ] e effectively. An inter- 
est in .naming 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. 

Student Recorder  Junior 

Duties  Keep records of stu- 
dents points for activities. Secre- 
tary of The executive work of stu- 
dent government. Keep minutes of 
representative council, of open 
forums, and of student meetings. 
Handle the correspondence of stu- 
dent government association. 

Qualifications  Ability to do 
detailed work efficiently. An inter- 
est in the various viewpoints of 
the camous and an ability to re- 
cord them accurately in the min- 
utes. 



Secretary  Junior 

Duties  Keep all files of judi- 
cial cases. Secretary of the judi- 
cial work of the student govern- 
ment. 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 
cxjrnjmttee in apportioning the 
student budget and in supervising 
the auditing of the books of all 
campus organizations. Handle all 
financial transactions of execu- 
tive committee. 



Qualifications  Ability to keep 
books efficiently. 

Day Student Representative  

Senior 

Duties  Edit the handbook. 
Preside over day student meetings. 
Represent day students on the 
executive 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 President  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- 
sonality. A sense of humor is val- 
uable. Impartiality in dealing with 
all students. Carefulness in de- 
tails. 

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. 
w r ork; 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. 

Viee- President  Senior 

Duties  Preside over council 
meetings. Assist the president and 
serve as recreation chairman to 
cabinet. 

Qualifications  Organizational 
ability. Interest in social service; 
ability to work with people. 

Frosh Advisor  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 
act as general freshman advisor 
from C. A. 

Qualifications  Enthusiasm, un- 
derstanding, sound judgment, gift 
of drawing out the ideas and pos- 
sibilities 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. 
Qualifications  Initiative, 
promptness, contact with campus. 

Treasure  Junior 

Duties  Collecting pledges, 
sending out pledge envelopes, 
keeping up payments specified in 
the budget. 

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 interest 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- 
port in the record. Pay out money 
at request of president. Order and 
take charge of awarls. 

Qualifications  Ability to keep 
accurate books. Dependability. 



SILHOUETTE 
Editor 

Duties  Sign all contracts with 
printer, photographer, and en- 
graver. Plan the layout 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 WTite 
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  Junior, 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. 

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. 

Assistant Business Manager  
Junior 

Duties  Assist business mana- 
ger in securing ads. Arranging for 
copy and getting it to printer. 

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. 

Qualifications  Possession of a 
personality and appearance suit- 
able for representing the college. 
Poise and some exerutive ability. 

Managing Editor  Senior 

Duties  Plan the make-up of 
the paper. Decide on style and size 
of headlines. Lay out paper with 
help of assistant editors, pirect 
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. Rewrite headlines when nec- 
essary. Assist with make-up. 

Qualifications  Must be inter- 
ested in 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. Collecting 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 responsibile. Be able to 
keep accurate records. Be able to 
write clear business letters. 

Assistant Business Managers  
Juniors 

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. 
Sense of responsibility. 

MAY DAY 
Chairman  Senior 
Duties  Selection of a capable 



committee. Conference with facul- 
ty advisors for planning May day 
meeting. Promoting a contest for 
election of May Queen and court. 
Starting and keeping committees 
working separately on accessary 
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 sug- 
gestions. 

SOCIAL, STANDARDS 

Chairman  Senior 

Duties  Revising "Campus 
Code"; organize reception for En- 
glish Department lectures; Chair- 
man of dining room committee, 
serve on dancing cornmittee; or- 
ganizing other activities of Social 
Standards Committee. 

Qualifications  Ability to or- 
ganize well; awareness of social 
needs of campus; initiative; poise; 
tact. 



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THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS  Wed., March 3, 1SW8  5 



Here's Who's Cot What It Takes 



Nominations for campus offices will begin right after spring holidays. 
The girls listed below have all had experience in organizations. They de- 
serve your careful consideration before you nominate. Sister Davis, presi- 
dent of Student government, suggests that these sheets of qualifications 
and lists of girls who qualify be saved for reference during election week. 

Student Government Association 

Juniors 

Mlml Arnold Lower House 1947-48 

Easy Beale Lower House 1946-47 

Treasurer 1947-48 

El Bear Freshman representative 1945-46 

Junior representative 1947-48 

Bobble Cathcart Lower House 1947-48 

Alice Crenshaw Junior representative 1947-48 

Marie Cuthbertson Freshman representative 1945-46 

Jo Heinz Lower House 1947-48 

Hunt M rris Sophomore representative 1946-47 

Student Recorder 1947-48 
Nancy Park 5? Sophomore representative 1946-47 

Lower House chairman 1947-48 
Mary Hanson Partridge Lower House 1946-47 

Dot Qulllian Junior Day Student representative 1947-48 

Char Isle Smith jL Lower House 1946-47 

Binky Stubbs Farrls Lower House 1946-47 

Doris Sullivan Sophomore representative 1946-47 

Secretary 1947-48 

Jean Tollison Lower House 1947-48 

Elizabeth Williams  Lower House 1946-47 

Lower House secretary 1947-48 
Shirley Simmons Lower House 1947-48 

Sophomores 

Charlotte Bartlett Sophomore representative 1947-48 

Millie Flouraoy Lower House 1947-48 

Todd McCain Snnhomore representative 1947-48 

Frances Morris Lower House 1947-48 

Sarah Tucker Sophomore Representative 1947-48 

Casey Chance Freshman representative 1946-47 

Jessie Carpenter Freshman representative 1946-47 

Jane Sharkey Lower House representative 1947-48 

Cathy Davis Lower House 1946-47 



Athletic Association 



Juniors 

Bunny Brannon Basketball manager 1946-47 

Treasurer 1947-48 

Jullanne Cook Basketball manager 1947-48 

Marie Cuthbertson Golf manager 1946-47 

Secretary 1947-48 
Sally Blhfi Advertising manager 1946-47 

Tennis manager 1947-48 

Blnky Stubbs Farrls Archery manager 1947-48 

Harriet Lurton Riding manager 1947-48 

Val vob Lehe Badminton manager 1947-48 

Sophomores 

Charlotte Evans Swimming manager 1947-48 

Floss Hanson News representative 1947-48 

Barbara Lawson Publicity manager 1947-48 

Jane Sharkey Volleyball manager 1947-48 

Sandy Truslow Bockey manager 1946-47 

Ann Williamson Freshman representative 1946-47 

Christian Association 

Juniors 

Angle Anderson President Freshman Cabinet 1945-46 

World Fellowship 1946-47 
Council 1947-48 

Easy Beale Council 1946-47 

El Boar Council 1946-47 

Splinter Board Council 1946-47 

Worship 1947-48 

Bobbie Cathcart Council 1946-47 

Betsy Deal Council 1946-47; 1947-48 

Nancy Dendy President Sophomore Cabinet 1946-47 

Secretary 1947-48 

Betty Jean Ellison _J Council 1947-48 

Kate Elmore Council 1947-48 

Nancy Francisco Council 1946-47 

Katherine Geffcken Council 1947-48 

Butch Hays Publicity 1946-47 

Treasurer 1947-48 

Jo Helms Council 1946-47 

Nancy Huey Council 1946-47 

Vespers 1947-48 

Lucy Motar Council 1947-48 

Dot Morrison Social Service 1946-47 

Chapel 1947-48 

Mary Price Council 1946-47 

Intercollegiate and Y. W. C. A. representative 1947-48 

Charlsie Smith Council 1947-48 

Willene Tarry Council 1947-48 

The following have been denominational officers : 
.lo Barron Martha Goddard Pinny Rogers 

Susan BowBng Margie Graves Frances Russell 

Sid Cummlngs , Nancy Huey Harrotte Winchester 

Ann Faucett Marguerite Jackson 

Katherine Geffcken Mary Frances Perry 

The following have been frosh or soph cabinet officers : 
Alice Crenshaw Nancy Huey Pinny Rogers 

Lee Cousar Dot Morrison Doris Sullivan 

Sophomores 

Jo Ann Christopher x* Council 1947-48 

Cama Clarkson Publicity 1947-48 

Betty Jean Combs Council 1947-48 

Cathy Davis President Soph. Cabinet 1947-48 

Mary Ann Hachtel Council 1947-48 

Jo Ann McCall Council 1947-48 

Patty Overton Council 1947-48 

Ann Pltte Council 1947-48 

Mary Louise Warllck Council 1947-48 

Ann Williamson Recreation 1947-48 

The following have been denominational officers : 
Helen Edwards Vlppl Patterson Mary Louise Wat lick 

Casey Chance Polly Anna Philips 

Cama Clarkson Sally lhompson 

The following have been frosh or soph cabinet officers : 
Cama Clarkson Mary Ann Hachtel Sally Thompson 

Helen Edwards Frances Morris Mary Louise Warllck 

Agnes Scott News 

Juniors 

EdItorHtl Staff: 

Betsy Baker Assistant editor 1947-48 

Lee Cousar . Feature editor 1947-48 

Reporter 1946-47 
Lorton Lee Assistant editor 1947-48 

Reporter 1946-47 
Billie Powell Copy editor 1947-48 

Reporter 1946-47 

Reporters: 

Mlml Arnold Reporter 1946-47 

Easy Beale 1 Reporter 1946-47; 1947-48 

Ann Carol Blanton Reporter 1946-47; 1947-48 

W eerie Durant Reporter 1946-47; 1947-48 

Nancy Francisco Reporter 1946-47; 1947-48 

MartlMk Goddard Reporter 1946-47; 1947-48 



Ruby Lehmann Reporter 1946-47; 1947-48 

Mary Price Reporter 1946-47 

Charlsie Smith Reporter 1946-47; 1947-48 

Mlm Steele Reporter 1946-47; 1947-48 

Doris Sullivan Reporter 1946-47 

Janet Qulnn Reporter 1946-47; 1947-48 

Cathy Phillips Reporter 1946- 17; 1947-48 

Martha Warllck Reporter 1916-47; 1947-48 

Angle Anderson Reporter 1947-48 

Edrlce Reynolds Reporter i 947-48 

Dorothy Allaln Reporter 1947-48 

Peggy Plttard Reporter 1947-48 

Carmen Shaver Reporter 1947-48 

Zora Hodges Reporter 1947-48 

Sidney Cummlngs Reporter 1947-48 

Betty Beddlngfield Reporter 1947-48 

Adele Lee Reporter 1947-48 

Sophomores 

Editorial Staff: 

Floss Hanson Sporta editor 1947-48 

Reporters : 

Norah Ann Little Sara Jane Campbell Annelle Cox 

Sue McSpadden Cama Clarkson Cathy Davis 

Pat Overton Alline Marshall Dot Floyd 

Charlotte Bartlett Dot Medlock B. J. Combs 

Sarah Hancock Mary Ann Hachtel 

Business Staff 

Juniors 

Mary Alchel Assistant business manager 1947-48 

Harriotte Winchester Assistant business manager 1947-48 

Alice Jean Caswell Assistant circulation manager 1947-48 

Bobbie Cathcart Assistant circulation manager 1947-48 

The following have been business assistants : 

Betty Beddlngfield Wllliene Tarry Betty Wood 

Marguerite Jackson Val von Lehe Edith Stowe 
Sophomores 

The following have been business assistants : 

Diana Durden Barbara Lanier Martha Stowell 

Ann Haden Joann Piastre Terrell Warburton 

Frances Howerton Virginia Skinner Jo McCall 

Silhouette 

Editorial Staff: 
Juniors 

Tilly Alexander Assistant editor 1947-4S 

Soph assistant 1946-47 
Charlsie Smith Assistant editor 1947-48 

Soph assistant 1946-47 
Billle Powell Class assistant 1947-48 

Soph assistant 1946-47 
Betty Jean Ellison Class assistant 1947-48 

Soph assistant 1946-47 
Bobble Cathcart Organizations assistant 1947-48 

Soph assistant 1946-47  
Nancy Francisco Organizations assistant 1947-48 

Soph assistant 1946-47 
Weesie Durant Sports assistant 1947-48 

Soph assistant 1946-47 
Betsy Deal Club assistant 1947-48 

Soph assistant 1946-47' 
Mlm Steele Faculty assistant 1947-4S 

Soph assistant 1946-47 

Mary Frances Jones Sports assistant 1947-48 

Fay Ball, Becky Lever Typists 

Business Staff: 

Mary Jo Ammons Advertising manager 1947-48 

Newell Turner Advertising manager 1947-48 

The following have been business assistants : 

Betty Blackmon Louise Lockhart Mlm Steele 

Harriet Lurton Jean Tollison 
Sophomores 

Ed. Assistants: 

Dot Medlock Norah Ann Little Jean Niven 

Barbara Young Sarah Hancock b J Combs 

Pblly Anna Phillips Mary Louise Warlick 

May Day 

Harriotte Winchester 1947-48 

Mary Alchel Business manager 1917- Martha Goddard 1947-48 

48 ; member 1946-47. Bettie D avison 1947.49 

Mlml Arnold 1945-46; 1946-47; 1947-48 i> inny Rogers 1947-48 

Nancy Parks 1946-47- 1947-48 Anne y Hayes 1947-48 

Doris Sullivan 1946-47 &?fi? e ^KSnoy 1947-48 

Nan Johnson 1947-48 Mary Pri 1947.4s 

\ Dot Morrison 1947-48 Edi( * | e e ^ 

Class Officers 

Juniors 

Tillie Alexander Vice-president 1945-46 ; 1946-47 

El Bear Secretary 1946-47 

Lee Cousar Secretary 1947-48 

Binky Stubbs Farrls Secretary 1945-46 

Reese Newton President 1945-46; 1946-47- 1947- IS 

Elizabeth Williamson Vice-president 1947-48 

Sophomores 

Casey Chance Secretary 1947-48 

Todd McCain Vice-president 1946-47 

Polly Harris President 1946-47 

Margie Major President 1947-48 

Vlppl Patterson Secretary 1946-47 

Vice-president 1947-48 

Lecture Association 

Juniors : 

Mlml Arnold Ushers 1947-48 

Butch Hays Publicity 1947-48 

Mary Frances Jones Day Student representative 1947-48 

S  rL* Freshman representative 1945-46 

Newell Turner Publicity 1946-47 

Sophomores 

Casey Chance Charge of Lecture Hall 1947-48 

Cama Clarkson Art 1947-48 

Aurora 

Editorial staff: 
Juniors 

Hunt Morris Sta f f memDer 1947.43 

^ anCy r>? arks Staff member 1946-47 ; 1947-48 

Mary Price \ staff member 1946-47 ; 1947-48 

bopnomores 

Frances Howerton staff member 1947-48 

Dot Medlock staff member 1947-48 

Business Staff: 

Juniors 

Willene Tarry 
Sophomores 

Joann Peterson 

Transfers 

Juniors 

Jackie Jacobs Sweet Briar, newspaper staff 

Anne O'Sulllvan Randolph-Macon, Y. W. C. A. orphanage committee 

Sophomores 

Anne Irwin University of Ga., Cabinet member of Voluntary Religious Ass'u. 

Laura Dell Parkerson Wesleyan, member of A. A. board 

Olive Partee Mary Washington, staff member of literary magazine 

Social Standards 

Juniors 

Mlml Arnold ChaTlotto Lea 

Johanna Wood Betty Blackmon 



6  THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS  Wed., March 3, 1948 

. - - 

Merry-go-Round 

By Mildred Cktire Jones 

Ever wish you were Aladdin? Then you could rub a little 
lamp and have all your dreams come true? It would seem 
that lots of people had Aladdin's magic touch this weekend, 
for besides 'The Mikado" and the shows, the campus buzzed 
with activity. 



White Roses 

The White Rose formal given by 
the Emory Sigma Nus at Peach- 
tree Gardens was a beautiful af- 
fair. Alta Lee Patch, Betsy Baker, 
Shirley Simmons, Virginia Kay, 
and Olive Partee were there. 

The Emory KA party at Mar- 
ietta Country club was popular 
too, with Lorton Lee, Margie Or, 
Marilyn Gorman, Val von Lehe, 
and Sally Ellis there. 

Seen at the ATO house were 
Jane Oliver, Dot Floyd, Grace 
Durant, Nancy Deal, Jo Heinz, 
and Olive Partee, while Susan 
Gauger, DoDo Martin, and Mar- 
garet Brewer went on the Phi 
Kappa Tau hayride, and Sarah 
Hancock went to a PiKA house 
dance. 

The SAE party at Tech found 
many of the Scott girls the cen- 
ters of attraction. They were Bet- 
ty Williams, Mary Louise Warlick, 
Margaret Hopkins, Claire Foster, 
Charlotte Evans, Ann Faucette, 
Splinter Board, Betty Bedding- 
field, Jean Tollison, Virginia Kay, 
Sara Samonds, Annelle Simpson, 
and Ruthie Grimes. 

People From Distant Realms 

Among the parents on campus 
for the operetta were Mary Beth 
and Norah Anne Little's parents, 
Helen Edwards' parents, B. J. 
Crowther's mother, Mary Gene 
Sim's mother, Sara Jane Camp- 
bell's parents, Jean Osborne's par- 
ents, Casey Chance's sister, and 
Jo McCall's parents. Katherine 
Davis visited in Boyd, and Jessie 
Paget visited in Cunningham. Bet- 
ty Asbill's mother and Jimmy were 
here. 

Saturday night Dean Morris, 
Pris Hatch, Liz Ragland, Jessie 
Carpenter, and Gretchen Reinartz 
went to a Shipwreck party at Em- 
ory, while Alice Davidson and 
Lou McLaurin went to a dance 
at the Athletic club. The KA par- 
ty at Tech was very interesting 
to Gin Vining, and Mary Mohr 
and Virginia Skinner enjoyed a 
Phi Delt house dance. 

Vanesse Orr, formerly in class 
of '48, visited Sheely Little, Can- 
dy Hollandsworth, and Ann Ez- 
zard. Julianne Coleman's John was 
here from the University of Geor- 
gia, and Beth Jones' Bill was here 
from the University of Georgia 
too. Nancy Parks' Frank was 
here. 

Lynn Phillips, Mim Steele, and 
June Driskill were seen at the 
Naval Air Station, while Jenn 
Payne was at the Paradise Room. 
Magie Carpet 

Those who were "Far from the 
reach" over the weekend were 
Mimi Arnold, Barbara Ann Fu- 
tral, Mary Chappell, and Andrea 
Dale in Griffin, Virginia Arnold 
and Mary Frances Perry in New- 
nan, Johanna Wood at Wesleyan, 
Liza Pollard and Nancy Brown in 
Columbia, S. C, Betty McClain 
and Joan Brown in Marblehill, 
Lee Cousar in Florence, S. C, and 



Robinson Cites 
Modern Trends 
In Olynthus 

Planned streets, blocks of ten 
houses similar to the Baltimore 
Blocks, an aquaduct carrying the 
water 10 miles and raising it 50 
feet, early mosaics, and yale locks 
are among the archaeological finds 
Dr. David M. Robinson cited as 
the most valuable in his excava- 
tions of Olynthus in Macedonia. 

Dr. Robinson, former Vickers 
professor of archaeology and 
epigraphy at Johns Hopkins uni- 
versity, gave an illustrated lec- 
ture Thursday on the history and 
his findings at Olynthus. Olyn- 
thus is the only fifth century 
Greek town ever uncovered. , 
, In 1928 when Dr. Robinson dis- 
covered the ruins there was noth- 
ing visible above ground. Refugees 
were camped on the spot, Dr. 
Robinson said, and it was through 
their scavaging that Olynthus was 
uncovered. 

t>r. Robinson was brought to Ag- 
nes Scott at the invitation of the 
recently formed Atlanta Chapter 
of the Archaeological Institute of 
America. 




McCain Will Talk 
To Boys High Group 

Dr. James R. McCain will speak 
to the student body of Boys High 
school tomorrow on communism. 

He plans to define the term fn 
theory and practice. Sources for 
his talk will be reports from 
Darby Fulton and others on com- 
munism as it is today in China, 
Africa and Palestine. 

The zeal of the communists, 
President McCain commented, is 
akin to that of early Christians 
and we need the same zeal for 
Christianity or we will be out- 
stripped. 

Dr. McCain will address the 
Napsonian Parent Teachers' asso- 
ciation March 9 on the place of 
the preparatory school in Atlanta 
today. According to him, the pub- 
lic school provides adequate train- 
ing but lacks superlative college 
preparatory work. 



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New York Bound Girls Meet; 
Discuss Program For Tour 

Visions of Fifth Ave., Radio City, Central Park, Chinatown, 
and other spots in the fairy land called New York City filled 
the heads of the girls meeting in Miss Roberta Winter's 
studio Monday afternoon. 

They met to discuss the program for the New York tour, 



Shorty Lehmann in LaGrange. 

Jessie Hodges took Dot Davis 
home with her to Rogersville, 
Term., and Mary Alice McDonald 
took Lil Lasseter home with her 
1o Columbus. Katherine Geffcken 
went to Dunvvoody, Pinky Pettit to 
Cartersville, Mildred Claire Jones 
to Thomaston, and Barbara La- 
nier to Chattanooga. Amanda Hul- 
sey took Virginia Henry, Flo 
Bryant, and Myrtice Mariani to 
Gainesville with her. 

This was an especially impor- 
tant weekend for three Agnes 
Scotters. Carroll Taylor has a 
beautiful Phi Delt pin and Gin- 
ny Andrews is wearing a huge 
ATO pin. And have you seen that 
gorgeous diamond Tissy Rutland 
has? Yes, some people really must 
know exactly the way Aladdin 
felt! 



the amount of baggage needed. 
The trip, which will last six days, 
will include three Broadway plays, 
operas, expeditions to museums, 
a ride on the Staten Island ferry, 
a visit to the Cloister and a round 
of all the foreign eating places de- 
signed to tempt jaded appetites. 

The home base of operations will 
be the Taft Hotel in downtown 
New York City. Miss Winter, of 
the speech department, and Miss 
Priscilla Lobeck, of the art de- 
partment, will be chaperones. 

New York bound are Reece New- 
ton, Lee Brewer and her sister 
Mary Jane, Charlotte Key, Car- 
men Shaver, Martha Cook, Fran- 
ces Howerton, Kate Thompson, 
Theresa Rutland, Mary Manly, 
Eleanor Reynolds, Harriet Re d, 
Margaret Anne Richards, Doris 
Maritzsky, Virginia Henry, Becky 
Bowman, and Margaret Brewer. 

Barbara Lawson will stay with 
the group, but is not going on the 
tour. 



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WINTER'S HIGHLIGHTS Evidence of the wealth of en- 
tertainment organizations have provided for campus con- 
sumption this quarter are the productions pictured above. 
Dance group produced "Swan Lake" with Pinny Rogers 
starring. The junior *lass' Diamond Jim's Jamboree featur- 
ed the freshman skit which walked away with the honors. 
To climax the quarter, Lecture association brought 
"Twelfth Night" to the campus. 



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THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS  Wed., March 3, 1948  7 



Chat With Sully Discloses 
Excitement of MB Tapping 

By Lorton Lee 

"Gosh, this ought to be fun. I've never been interviewed 
before," Doris Sullivan laughed, and immediately an in- 
terview with the future president of Mortar Board became a 
chat with*Sully. 

Beaming proudly she described her thrill when the Friday 

before Junior Joint two members 



A. S. To Honor 
Speech Group 

On Friday evening, March 6, 
Agnes Scott will honor on campus 
members of the Georgia Speech 
association, attending the Geor- 
gia Education association's meet- 
ings at the Atlanta municipal au- 
ditorium Friday and Saturday of 
this week.. 

Entertainment for the speech 
i;roup will include a banquet in 
the alumnae house, followed by 
three plays in Presser and a panel 
discussion. N 

Blackfriars will present one of 
the three plays, "The Great Dark" 
by Tutheruh. Barbara Macris, Jen- 
ny Wren, Martha Cook, Betty Jo 
Doyle, Bunny Brannan and Bil- 
lie Powell will compose the cast. 

Another play will be produced 
by the Henry Grady high school 
players and a third is to be given 
by the Edith Russell Children's 
theatre. 

Following the presentation of 
the plays several of the theatre 
workers will participate in a panel 
discussion. The discussion leaders 
will include Edna West of G. S. 
C. W., Harold Douglas of the 
Georgia Evening College, Dr. 
Frank Belyen of the Atlanta Thea- 
tre Guild and Jaquelin Gullatt of 
the Atlanta Civic theatre. 

The program is open to the pub- 
lic without charge. It will take 
place in Presser at 8 p. m. Friday 
evening. 



Juniors Plan Banquet 
Slated For April 17 

With an eye on spring quarter 
activities, the junior class discuss- 
ed plans for the annual Junior 
Banquet slated for April 17. 

Reese Newton, president, an- 
nounced that the decision of the 
class at the Monday meeting was 
in favor of formal dress but ruled 
out written invitations and flow- 
ers. 




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of Mortar Board asked her to ac- 
cept the responsibilities of presi- 
dent for the next year. "I went 
to the gym afterwards in a daze," 
she added, "and tried to concen- 
trate on the basketball to keep it 
from bouncing off my head." 

Sully admitted that she was 
having a hard time keeping her 
secret, especially during the fre- 
quent junior bull sessions on the 
subject, and she added with a grin, 
"Of course my friends will pro- 
bably die laughing when they find 
out." 

With a schedule including hours 
toward an English major, hockey 
or basketball practice, duties as 
secretary of Student government, 
and week-end fun, Sully finds lit- 
tle leisure for pastimes. Reminis- 
cing a bit, though, she recalls her 
poetry collecting days in high 
school. She corresponded with a 
girl in England and for a while 
they exchanged poems of modern 
authors. Of the two Sully says she 
prefers the English to the Ameri- 
can. 

Sully likes sports, appreciates 
but doesn't indulge in music, and 
most of all enjoys reading. 

"I collect after-dinner coffee 
cups, too," she commented, "main- 
ly because several people have 
given me one." 

Sully says she is honored and 
a bit awed that she was picked to 
be president of Mortar Board, 
but, refusing to take herself ser- 
iously, insists that her only out- 
standing points are her size 9% 
feet. 



Moore Speaks 
On SG Theme 

"Womanhood makes her best 
contribution by being true to her 
feminine nature," declared Mrs. 
Arthur Moore, and she continued 
"We must be before we can do." 

Mrs. Moore, who holds a Ph.D. 
degree in law from La Grange 
College, La Grange, Ga., spoke on 
"Woman's Responsibility in the 
New World Order" in Thursday's 
chapel program sponsored by stu- 
dent government. 

Explaining that being a vital 
Christian is our most important 
job, Mrs. Mocre followed Student 
government's theme, "Do as well 
as Dream," by urging that woman, 
the constructive and harmonizing 
member of any partnership, must 
not only have the ideals, but must 
get out and fight for those ideals. 



Frosh To Sing 
At Celebration 
For Rotarians 

Freshman Choir under the di- 
rection of Mrs. Rebekah Clarke, 
will present a 15 minute program 
of music for the Rotary club of 
Decatur Friday at 1:15 p. m. 

The meeting, to be held at the 
Candler Hotel? commemorates the 
tenth anniversary of the club. % 

Decatur's Rotary club was or- 
ganized 10 years ago by Dr. J. R. 
McCain, Alvin Foster and Dr. 
Estes. Mr. Foster heard the Foun- 
ders Day program presented over 
the air on February 20, and liked 
it so well that he asked the choir 
to present some religious numbers 
for the club. 

Dr. McCain and Mr. Foster, 
both charter members of the club, 
have special interests in the col- 
lege. Mr. Foster is the father of 
Betty Jane Foster, member of the 
choir group. 



Looking-Glass Reveals 
Wardrobe Renovations 



Job Guidance 

(Continued from page 1) 

jects of scientific, literary, and 
various art vocations April 5 at 
7:30 p. m. Six alumnae will speak 
about their own experiences and 
preparations for jobs. Tuesday 
night, April 6, the subjects under 
discussion will be educational, so- 
cial, and library work. 

The last night of the conferences 
discussions will be on jobs con- 
cerning business, public service, 
and languages. These discussions 
will last one hour only, but any 
one may stay afterwards for spe- 
cific questions or information. 

The week will conclude with 
skits in assembly written by col- 
lege students and directed by Miss 
Weaver. They will treat the ques- 
tion of how to approach an em- 
ployer for a job. The speakers for 
these discussions are being select- 
ed now for the Vocational Guid- 
ance committee headed by Miss 
Mary Green, '35. 

Other committee members are 
Mrs. Henry Newton, '16, Mrs. C. 
W. Dieckmann, '13, Miss Carolyn 
Strozier, '41, and Mrs Ora Muse, 
'37. 

Occupations to be discussed 
were chosen from answers given 
in student questionaires last 
month. 

Miss Weaver, who will direct 
the week of Career Conferences, 
will stay on the campus and ap- 
pointments for conferences with 
her may be made through the 
Alumnae office. 

The chief purpose of the con- 
ference is to help students decide 
on careers before they leave col- 
lege, Miss Hutchens said, and 
should be of interest even to those 
who have decided what sort of 
work they want to do. 



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By Dot 

A trip with Alice through the 
looking glass could reveal no 
stranger sights than the looking 
glass reflects on the campus at 
Agnes Scott. The world here, as 
seen in Alice's mirror, is a pink 
world of long skirts, ruffled petti- 
coats, and low heeled shoes. And 
just in the last two weeks the 
skirts have gotten longer, the 
petticoats more ruffled, and the 
low heels lower. All because of an 
idea for- a fashion show dreamed 
up by the Social Standards com- 
mittee. 

It all started with the selection, 
of the posture queens, and almost 
as soon as the announcements 
came out, girls began to "tuck in 
their hips" and "straighten that 
backbone." This made their cloth- 
es too loose, so while taking up 
the waist of last year's skirt, they 
decided to insert a band of the 
same material to give that old 
skirt the New Look. This spread 
from one skirt to another even, 
faster than the measles, and now 
the whole school looks like a page 
out of Glamour. 

Then came the sun! Ah, spring! 
With all her starched cotton 
dresses and frosty white blouses. 
(Well, maybe not quite yet, but 
spring's in the air, and those cool 
clothes won't be in the closet 
much longer.) Sunshine makes us 
think of shadows, and shadows 
makes us think of silhouettes, and 
of course silhouettes always turn 
our thoughts (and Heads) to suits 
- -dark suits with white blouses, 
and light suits, and suits and 
more suits. 

Suits that flare way out and 
suits that hang straight (until 
10 inches from the floor). Suits 
lead us to Easter and, who would 



Medlock 

think of Easter without thinking 
of a new hat. This year hats are 
even more out of this world and 
into the world of the looking glass 
than ever before. 

Pink and blue flowers and any- 
thing pastel will adorn milady's 
chapeau come March 28. And 
underneath those fluffy bonnets 
will be the newest, shortest hair 
that just barely peeks out. 

March this year brings Easter. 
It also brings winds to play a- 
round with our ballerina skirts. 
That's not bad though, that's good, 
because those petticoats salvaged 
from our Great Aunt Daisie's 
trousseau will be able to wink at 
some innocent male. 

Social Standards, the New 
Look, and a wistful glance at 
grandma's graceful pose in the 
family album, have caused a cam- 
pus wide awakening to the charms 
of style and "gracious living," 
not through the looking glass, but 
in the looking glass. 

Civil Rights 

(Continued from page 1) 

mittee will appoint a continuations 
committee to carry out the plans 
formulated at the conferences. 
The plans provide for the en- 
couragement of political action 
in favor of the F. E. P. C. bill and 
equal and joint education facilities 
in graduate and professional 
schools and opposed to segregation 
and discrimination. 

Agnes Scotters attending the 
conferences were Sister Davis, 
Pagie Violette, Jane Hailey Boyd, 
Lady Major, Jane Rushin Hunger- 
ford, and Martha Cook. 




SAY "HAPPY EASTER" 
with a Portrait in a Beautiful Easter Jacket 

No greeting could have more appealing warmth 
. . . more friendly charm! Friends and relatives 
will be delighted with a fine portrait of you, your 
children or your family. To make it perfect for 
Easter, we will furnish a special Easter jacket, 
complete with greeting, which folds over the 
mounting . . . slips off after the holidays to make 
a lasting gift. Call today to arrange a sitting. 

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307 Church Street DECATUR. GA. CR. 4453-3578 



It's Your Problem 

Interclass election whispers come out into the open for 
the first time with the publication by the News of "Here's 
What It Takes" and "Here's Who's Got What It Takes." 

There is a subtle change in the atmosphere as undercover 
campaigning begins. As the weeks slip by, the tension mounts 
and speculation booms as to whom will be elected to what of- 
fice. 

Before this mass hysteria of votemania gets under way 
we neeed a chance to use our gray matter in considering who 
is really eligible for office. It is for this purpose that Student 
government publishes in the News the offices and those 
eligible so far in advance. 

Now and not later is the opportunity to consider in 
an objective manner the qualifications for office and who 
best fits these qualifications. Now, before personal friend- 
ships, animosities, and long tongued rumors can enter the 
picture. Will it be the girl who always seems to be the life 
of every party and who greets you enthusiastically in the 
mail room? Will it be the girl who isn't so conspicuous in her 
public role on campus but who "someone" told you was do- 
ing a good job? Will it be the girl you think is so cute? Or 
the girl who has an efficient look? 

Any one or none of these above mentioned types may be 
the people's choice. But no one of the above types possesses 
an absolute key to success. What's wrong with going below 
the surface for a change? Is the efficient type really ef- 
ficient? Is the hail fellow well met variety anything more? 

Now, not the night before elections is the time to find out; 
to think through the problem for yourself. Be prepared when 
someone on the way to chapel says significantly, "You know 
who to vote for," to answer firmly, "Yes, I do." 



Ideas Cross Race Lines 



The interracial discussion of the Civil Rights report at At- 
lanta university on Feb. 27 and 28 has deep meaning for 
southerners, particularly southern college students. 

That issues such as segregation and educational, economic 
and political equality could be discussed open-mindedly in 
the South by Negro and white is significant; that southern 
college students of both races could as equals exchange ideas, 
learning in that stimulating interchange how fundamentally 
similar they are in intelligence, ambitions and interests is 
even more meaningful for us. 

Few of us have associated with Negro college students; we 
are accustomed instead to draw our judgments of that race 
from contacts with those whose opportunities are incon- 
ceivably below our own. 

The conference Friday and Saturday struck deep and hard 
at the judgments so based. It forced recognition that the al- 
most abyssmal gulf which has always separated Negro and 
white is the result of abyssmal difference not of intelligence 
but of opportunity, that where human beings have the same 
interests and equal training, whatever their race, they stand 
upon a broad firm plain where minds may meet, ideas flow 
freely, understanding form and expand. Such meetings as 
this one are vastly important in dissolving the barriers which 
we have so long allowed to stand. 

However those white students who attended the conference 
at Atlanta university were distressed to see how few of their 
own race were present. The represention from Emory, Mercer 
and Agnes Scott was only a token one; the meeting itself 
was given no publicity on campus and many students sincere- 
ly interested and eager to participate were prevented from 
attending because the college restricted representation. 

Our generation will largely have the responsibility of solv- 
ing the problems which the Civil Rights report summarizes. 
Educational institutions such as ours have the responsibility 
for nurturing liberal thought and open minds. 

In the future our administration and our students ought 
to have the courageous initiative to participate fully and 
openly in these interracial discussions where flourishes best 
the racial understanding so vastly essential now. 

Alice C. Davidson 
(Guest Editorial) 



Exhibit Sets   

Mood For THE AGNES SC0TT NEWS 

Editor HARRIET QREGORT 

k A  I Managing Editor ANNA CLARK ROGERS 

f^Jill^artrt Assistant Editors BETTY LOU BAKER, LORTON LEE 

ITIIIIOUV/ Feature Editor jjeb COlSA!: 

Sports Editor FLOSS HANSON 

 ~ m Society Editor MILDRED CLAIRE JONES 

By Cama Clarkson Copy Editor BrLLiE powell 

Editorial Assistant MARY BJBTH LITTLE 

In the mood of the Mikado is Photo ^ a P her mrs w. a. caloer 

the art exhibit for this month: a business staff 

Very full Collection Of Japanese Business Manager MARY ALICB COMPTON 

prints, quaint, exquisite as the fgSSSt^S!! ^^ W** AICHEL, ^<>^^g 

Setting for the operetta. Assistant Circulation Managers ALICE JEAN CASWELL, BOBBIE CATHCART 

Because Japanese art tradition- Published weekly, except during holidays and examination periods, by the students 

n,, ^ff vi.-^ of A K Qes Scott College. Office on second floor Murphey Candler Bulldln* Entered a* 

ally differs from the naturalistic second class matter at the Decatur, Georgia, postofflce. Subscription price per year 

illusionism of the West, one must $L50; slDgle copIes ' flve cent5 - 

look at it with this fact in mind. reporters 

This art Confines itself tO deCO- Weezle Durant. Martha Goddard. Norah Anne Little, Sue McSpadden Mary Mohr 

rative effects in one Dlan^ delib- T, at 0v ' erton ' Charlsle Smith, Martha Warllck, Marian Yancey, Ann Carol' Blanton. Rose 

rauve eiiecis in one piaru, aeilD Mary ^nffln, Angie Anderson, Charlotte Bartlette, Sara Jane Campbell. Grace Durant 

erately foregoing all means Of Carna Clarkson. Edrlce Reynolds, Dorothy Allain, Rose Ellen Gillam Allino Marshall' 

j . j. . . Peggy Pittard, Carmen Shaver, 

producing an immediate illusion Feature: Easy Beale, Lou McLaurin, Dot Medlock, Jackie Jacobs, Annette Cox, Cathie 

such as by shadowing and fore- Davis - 

Shortening Sports: Jane Alsobrook, Nancy Francisco, TeeToe Williams, E. Clairo Cuanlngham 

to * Margaret Yancey, Zora Hodges. 

Hokusai, Whose Comparative Society : Dot Floyd B. J. Combs, Sidney Cummings, Sara Hancock, Barbara Waugamau 

* . i   Mary Ann Hatcnel - Betty Beddlngfleld, Adele Lee. Betty Jo Doyle, Ann Hazard Both 

realism has been acclaimed in Jones, Ruby Lehman, Ellen Morrison, Catherine Phillips, Janet Qulnn MAraret Ann 

Europe, is well represented by Rlchards - charlien Slmms ' Mim steele - 

landsnanps and his famon* Wavp ^"V" 0 ^?. Assistants : Diana Durden, Anne Haden, Barbara Lanier, Jo Ann Piastre. Vir- 
lanascapes ana niS iamOUS Wave. g in la Skinner, Edith Stowe, Martha Stowell, Willene Tarrv, Terrell Warburton Frankie 

There are several prints by Shun- Howerton, Jo McCali. 

sho, the artist who was interested member 

in actors, known for his strength A  - ^ . 

of color and exciting patterns. ASSOCIOted Co l legiate PreSS 

Hiroshige is another celebrated 

artist in this group; his work in I \fm 

this collection illustrates his cap- K jlKKflni9C ^Y\f\ K fifH/TC 

able use of only a few well-blend- V UQWv) Oil VJ iXlliWS 

ed colors. 

The romantic moonlight series By Casey Chance, Cama Clarkson and Ann Sartain 

consists of eight prints of night < <TT , , . 

scenes of deep blue lit by tinges i Ialf ] V u y + {? P ^ half ^ a y down 1S a P lace wh ere I live 

of Oriental orange lanterns or and watch the other girls go out because I'm pinned; but, 

silvery moons. There is also a as th( ; ancients said, I cooked my own goose and now I'll 

series of three horses done in ha Y e to h * in lt 

black brush strokes, simply, ex- . A " f endl ess procession of buttons to button, seems to 

, ... , ' ' , straighten, necklaces to clasp and 

pressively outlined Among the tfa Qff ^ & stoccato ^ lick . round - on bridge floors and 

more modern and less typically Qf ^ ^ brugh clock faces. Eleven o'clock, and 

Oriental prints are some from the week , s cobwebs and tQ fm the single daters come back in 

original paintings by the artists. head ^ the ^ of . droves. (Spring rush on the new 

All these prints are for sale, plums _ figurative) at least privilege.) 

to the college community. The gatins ^ sequjns fe ^ The cast Qf ^ mkado 

house dances, the crepes and in  or rather the make-up drib- 

ffciTf 4 rhinestones to the officers' Club, ol es in, waging the cast behind 

^-^-B-M. 'MMm? the Gibson Girls to the moom it! (This new phenomenon, the 

^ MM 1 Pitchurs . . . but oh Zeus! Some- slant-eyed blonde or redhead, 

^Py HdOK body'd gotten halfway down with- ought to be referred to Mendel') 

* * out having ever decided between But spe aking of spring, What 

Prominent C. A. member con- the green shoes and the black. Had ho! Unseasonal freak of 'nature 

versing at the dinner table: "Gosh, to. come all the way back up when 0 r the real thing?? Frantic let- 

you really ought to see my dive!" she found herself compromising t ers home for cottons toes sur- 

with one of each on! reptitiously bared in the library 

A widely-felt exam-time senti- And speaking of shoes, a dis- or brazenly on the quadrangle 

ment was expressed well by the Patch hot from Main: The girl stack w j ndows flung wide and 

student who said recently that with the blind date can wear even a spectacle on the j^w, 

she thought "the 'sheltering arms' heels ; h o's a giant! Girls stopping field for the diversion of ^ 

were getting a little too close for to view the ensembles assembled wou i d _ be industrious- Two girls 

comfort." from closets of the whole dorm: wildly teaping up and d ^ 

the best dressed girl, the one with ing a kite> offered assi ^ tailce by 

Surprised comment upon see- the largest circle of friends! pro f on a mo torbike. 

ing the Red Cross banner hang- The last girl halloos from the signs of spring on faculty row: 

ing in the dining hall: "Look! porch to be signed out and the Youngster writing 500 times "I 

They're giving us first aid after byword changes to "Who wants to must not chew gum in school"' Dr 

meals now!" make a fourth?" The hands go Gar5er gardening witn the m of 

two infant yardmen. Miss Scand- 

k f^ rett scrutinizing scrubs  shrubs! 

I  IdS iDCCn A terr, p rar y bridlc to tnc ra - 
pant spr 

As a new day dawns, we take our feet from the desk, our omnipresent Tom Jones, 

i , p xu tvt j . , What a way with the ladies in 

personal effects from the News room, and our residence 2n , Cries of  T j Day  rend 

from Murphey Candler, exactly as we have done for enough the oppression in relays, with cor- 

weeks to fill three quarters. responding groans from those 

But this week there is something final in covering the "lucky" enough to have one more 

typewriters, stripping the copy hook, and rolling up the gal- d ^' s ^ acc - Friendships hang in 

ley proofs. This time News staff member 32 is taking its ^ bala ^ e as 

J - , - .  between those who finished papers 

policy from the wall and binding its brain children between weeks ag0 and those reaching thf , 

two pieces of leather to preserve them for posterity and just 600-page mark by Friday! The 

in case of libel. zero day is passed  for better or 

Old orders never like to pass, and the dawning of a new worse - < Wilh Pa?*" back and 
A . , , , 1ir , reps made or ruin t, this may not 

day finds us a trifle teary as well as bleary-eyed. We hope bQ l sq funny> huh?) 

that the News has pleased some of the people some of the Laurels left over from the Mi- 
time. We've tried hard to keep both labor and management kado: Posies for the principals, 
and the general public happy. Perhaps occasionally we've and the green-eyed monster lurk- 
succeeded in saying something. Anyway, we would not ing among the chorus girls. Atom- 
. , A . /? , , - . .  ic crushes on the Mikado. Tackle 
trade our nights at the copy desk for a Phi Bete key. boxeg ^ inverted by memories 

'Mid the echoes of our swan song, "Old Editors Never Die," G f Ko-Ko's antics and Pooh Ban's 

we make our journalistic exit, ungracefully, perhaps, but titles and elevation, 
dramatically, with the assistance of Shakespeare in this, our But pardon us! It's 11 p. rn. 

, again and we must tune in on the 

seventh age. colonnade! (Maybe this little plug 

"In second childishness and mere oblivion, will help keep down the noise 

Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything." next week-end!!) 



The Agnes Scott News 



Vol. XXXIII 



AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA. WEI?., APRIL 7, 1948 



Number itf 



'Friars' Trojan Women' Phi Beta KappaRecognizes 
Blends Ancient, Modern! Eight Seniors InCeremony 



The ancient glory of Greece, the 
drama and spirit of the Trojan 
War, the pathos of the conquered 
in the hands of the Greek con- 
querer, will be brought alive for 
a modern audience tomorrow 
night when Blackfriars present 
"Trojan Women," the war drama 
of centuries ago, written by Eu- 
ripides. The curtain will rise on 
the -classic columns of Greece at 
8:30 p. m. in Presser auditorium. 

The "Trojan Women" has 
been called the "most moving of 
all pacifist plays." At its first 
performance in 415 B. C. it was 
a prize winner and has since that 
occasion been revived for more 
modern audiences nu^meno-us 
times. 

This account of the tragedy of 
the Trojan women takes place 
during the post war period im- 
mediately following the Trojan 
War. The well known figures of 
Greek Myth and history are pro- 
minant in the action. Hecuba, 
widowed queen of Troy, played by 
Pat MacManmon and Andro- 
meche, widow of the Trojan hero, 
Hector are among the ill fated 
Trojan women who find them- 
selves in the grasp of the enemy. 
Familiar in Greek literature are 
the characters of Helen, who was 
allegedly the cause of the whole 
affair played by Mary Manly, and 
the goddess Athena, played by 
Polly Miles. 

In the Greek tradition, "Trojan 
Women" will boast a speaking 
chorus led by Barbara Macris. 
Members of the chorus include 
Billie Powell, Ann Windham, Em- 
ily Pope, Dot Quillian, Katherine 
Phillips, B. J. Brown, Martha 
Stowel, Dot Allain, Harriet Ann 
Maguire, Margaret Hopkins and 
Martha Cook. 

(Continued on page 3) 



C. A. Initiates 
New Officers 

In a traditional initiation ser- 
vice, present members of Christ- 
ian association commissioned five 
newly elected officers and eight 
cabinet members Tuesday in cha- 
pel. 

Members of C. A.'s '48-'49 cabi- 
net announced yesterday include 
Beryl Crews, recreation; Alline 
Marshall, vespers; Martha War- 
lick, chapel; and Anna da Vault, 
worship. Cornelia Hale will lead 
world fellowship work. Nancy 
Huey is in charge of religious re- 
sources; Angie Anderson, YMCA 
work; and Evelyn Foster, pub- 
licity. 

Following the personal com- 
mission and dedication ceremony, 
Mary Price, '48-*49 president, con^ 
eluded 'with a talk based on the 
Agnes Scott motto "Add to your 
faith, virtue, and "to virtue, know- 
ledge," as the guide to solving 
continuous perplexing doubts. 

Pris Hatch, '47-'48 president, 
and Mary Price led the procession- 
al of white-dressed C. A. officers 
and council members which open- 
ed the service. 



Mattison, Re'martz, 
Newton, Elected 

Adopting for the first time rules 
for elections patterned after reg- 
ulations of student body elections, 
freshmen, sophomores, and juniors 
chose officers to serve for the 
next three Quarters at special 
class meetings, Thursday and Fri- 
day. 

Mary Louise Mattison, '51, 
Gretchen Reinhartz, '50, and Reese 
Newton, '49, were elected presi- 
dent of their classes under this 
new system requiring written 
nominations posted a day before 
elections and a quorum before a 
vote can be taken. 

Assisting Mary Louise Mattison 
are Frances Smith, vice-president, 
and Tiny Morrow, secretary-treas- 
urer. Noel Barnes, Jenelle Spear, 
and Marjorie Stukes represent the 
class of '51 on Student govern- 
ment. 

Frances Morris was elected 
vice-president by the sophomores, 
and B. J. Crovvther is the new 
secretary-treasurer. Representa- 
tives to Student government and 
automatic cottage presidents are 
Sara Jane Campbell, Millie Flour- 
noy, and Sally Thompson. 

The juniors re-elected Elizabeth 
Williams vice-president, and Ann 
Faucette is secretary-treasurer. 
Representatives to Student gov- 
ernment and cottage presidents of 
White House and Gaines cottage 
are Roberta Cathcart and Willene 
Tarry. Reese Newton, who was 
unanimously elected, begins her 
fourth term as president of the 
class of '49. 



Chi Beta Phi 
Selects Six 

Ruth Slentz, president of Chi 
Beta Phi, announces six new mem- 
bers: Mary Jo Ammons, Bunny 
Brannan, Lee Cousar, June Davis, 
Butch Hayes, and Willa Wagner. 
The informal and formal initia- 
tions were held yesterday in the 
McKinney Room in Main. 

Chi Beta Phi is a national hon- 
orary fraternity for undergradu- 
ates excelling in science and math- 
ematics. 



Eight seniors were honored in chapel Saturday when the 
Agnes Scott chapter of Phi Beta Kappa announced its new 
members: Dabney Adams, Alice Davidson, Adele Dieckmann, 
Nan Honour, Mary Elizabeth Jackson, Sheely Little, Ruth 
Bastin Slentz, and Pagie Violette. 

Miss Mary Stewart MacDougall, 
biology professor and president 
of the Agnes Scott chapter, presid- 
ed over the program and introduc- 
ed the speaker, Dr. J. R. McCain. 
After a brief address by Dr. Mc- 
Cain on the development of the 
local chapter, Miss Ellen Doug- 
lass Leyburn, the chapter secre- 
tary, announced the new mem- 
bers. These members were chosen 
by the local chapter on the basis 
of academic standing, in accord- 
ance with the general regulations 
of the national society. 



Chi Beta Phi Sponsors Brown 
To Discuss Cancer Education 



Chi Beta Phi, in cooperation 
with the annual drive for funds 
of the Anierican Cancer society, 
will strive to make the campus 
"cancer conscious" through a 
series of programs on Wednesday, 
April 14. 

Dr. R. L. Brown of the Winship 
Clinic and assistant professor of 
medicine at Emory university will 
open the series in chapel with a 
talk on "What the Laymen Should 
Know About Cancer and the Sta- 
tus of Cancer Research." 

Chi Beta Phi will sponsor the 
showing of "The Intruder From 
Within," an antimated movie on 
cancer lasting 11 minutes Wed- 
nesday at 7:30 p. m. in room 103 
Buttrick. Dr. Brown concludes 
the series with a further discus- 
sion after the movie of cancer 
research and the present treat- 
continued on page 3) 



Date Book 

Wed., April 7  Cottages entertain 
at after dinner coffee in Mur- 
phy Candler, 7:15. 

Thurs., April 8  Blackfriars pre- 
sent "Trojan Women" in Gaines. 
Curtain rises 8:30 p. in. 

Fri., April 19, Mortar Board an- 
nounces new members in cha- 
pel. Banquet for new members 
at 6:30 p. m. in Silhouette Tea 
House. 

Sat., April 10  Minneapolis Sym- 
phony orchestra appears on All 
Star series at the Municipal au- 
ditorium, 8:30 p. m. 

Mon., April 12  Old and new exec 
members meet at Miss Scan- 
drett's house, 7:30 p. m. 



Parks, Price, Cuthbertson Take Over 
Top Student Posts For '48 - '49 Session 



Authority changed hands this week as '47-'48 officers com- 
pleted files and turned over campus responsibilities to the 
new officers elected in student meeting, last week. 

Heading the six major campus organizations are Nancy 
Parks, president of Student government, Mary Price, presi- 
dent of C. A., Marie Cuthbertson 



president of A. A., and Editors 
Tilly Alexander, Silhouette; Kath- 
erine Geffcken, Aurora; and Lor- 
ton Lee, Agnes Scott News. 

Hunt Morris was elected vice- 
president of Student government; 
Butch Hays, vice-president of C. 
A.; and Bunny Brannan, vice- 
president of A. A. Associate edi- 
tor of the Silhouette is Sue Dixon; 
of the Aurora, Charlsie Smith; 
and managing editor of the News, 
Betsy Baker. 

Newell Turner was chosen pre- 
sident of Lecture association and 
Chairman Mimi Arnold will super- 
vise the 1949 May Day. Betty 
Blackmon is chairman of Social 
Standards. 

Other senior representatives to 
Student government include Day 
Student Representative Dot Quil- 
lian, Orientation Chairman Easy 



Beale, Inman House President Ric 
Ramseur, Rebekah House Presi- 
dent El Bear, and Main House 
President Alice Crenshaw. Nancy 
Dendy will be C. A.'s freshman 
advisor. 

Handling finances are Mary Jo 
Ammons, business manager of the 
Silhouette; Dot Parker of the Au- 
rora; and Mary Aichel of the 
News. 

Sarah Tucker, Lower house 
chairman; Todd McCain, student 
recorder; Charlotte Bartlette, sec- 
retary; and Helen Edwards, treas- 
urer represent the class of '50 on 
Student government. C. A. sec- 
retary is Cama Clarkson, and 
treasurer is Ann Williamson. Jane 
Sharkey and Barbara Lawson 
were chosen A. A. secretary and 
treasurer. 

Assistant editors of the Sil- 



houette arc Sarah Hancock and 
Nora Ann Little and Casey Haff 
was ^elected assistant business 
manager. Dot Medlock and Floss 
Hanson are assistant editors of 
the News and Virginia Skinner 
and Mary Ann Hatchol, assistant 
business managers. 



Scandrett Entertains Exec 
As Old Bows Out to New 

The recently elected executive 
committee of Student government 
will meet with the 1947-48 com- 
mittee Monday at 7:30 p. m. at 
Miss Scandretfs home. 

Each year following spring elec- 
tions the old and new officers of 
Student government meet togeth- 
er so that the old committee can 
orient the new committee mem- 
bers into the duties of their new 
positions. 

The main topic of discussion at 
this meeting will be the date for 
spring retreat. 



Kuhn To Speak 
At MB Tapping 

Helmut Kuhn, professor of phil- 
osophy at Emory university will 
speak in chapel at Mortar Board's 
annual recognition ceremony Fri- 
day morning. His subject will be 
"On Reverence." 

An initiation banquet will take 
place at 6:30 p. m. that evening 
in the Silhouete Tea House. Guests 
will include old and new members 
of Mortar Board, faculty advisors 
and alumnae members. 

The Agnes Scott chapter of 
Mortar Board, granted its char- 
ter in 1932, selects its members 
each year from the rising mem- 
bers of the junior class. Selection 
is based on qualities of leadership, 
scholarship, and service. 

Mortar Board president for the 
coming year, Doris Sullivan, was 
announced several weeks ago in 
a ceremony which inaugurated a 
new policy of tapping this highest 
student officer before any other 
campus officer is chosen. 



Junior Class Selects 
Springtime Theme 
For Banquet April 17 

Flourishing a springtime theme, 
the annual formal banquet April 
17 will climax the juniors' major 
activities (n a gala evening of en- 
tertainment. 

Reesie Newton, junior class 
president, announced that the ban- 
quet will begin at 6:30 p. m. in 
the new dinir.g room. The class 
decided that although the affair 
will be formal no flowers will be 
sent to the girls. 

Immediately following the ban- 
quet, Mortar Board will entertain 
t!;e girls and their dates at a 
coffee in Murphey Candler. After 
the coffee, the Agnes Scott Glee 
club willl present a program at 
8 p. m. in Gaines chapel to which 
the entire student body is invited. 

The final phase of the evening's 
entertainment begins at 9 p. m. 
in Murphey Candler where the 
junicrs and their dates may either 
play bridge and other games or 
dance to the music Of the Combo 
from Oglethorpe university. 

Among those invited to the ban- 
quet are Mr. and Mrs. George P. 
Hayes, Dr. J. R. McCain, Miss 
Ellen Douglass Leyburn, Miss 
Charlotte Hunter and Miss Carrie 
Scandrett. 

Committees preparing for the 
occasion are Kate Elmore and 
Ric Ramseur, co-chairmen of dec- 
orations assisted by Marie Cuth- 
bertson, Harriot Lurton, Jean 
(Continued on page 3) 



THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS  Wed., April 7, 1948 



Gals  About 

By Billie Powell 

Highlighting the weekend's entertainment was the Old 
South Ball, given by the Emory KAs. Scarlett O'Haras danc- 
ed with their Rhett Butlers to the music of the Emory Aces 

at Peachtree Gardens. The decorations added much to tne 
spirit of the occasion. At one end of the dance floor stood a 
huge likeness of a Colonial Man- 
sion on the steps of which Barbara 
Waugaman, the Kappa Alpha 
Rose, was presented to the group. 

Other girls being entertained in 
truly Southern style were Pat 
DeFord, Frances Russell, Lyd 
Gardner, Ann Sartain, Dot Quil- 
lian, Val von Lehe, Sally Ellis, 
Mary Jo Amnions, and ,Lorton Lee. 

Donned Jeans 

The Emory ATOs gave a bar- 
becue at Fritz Orr's camp Satur- 
day afternoon and night. Agnes 
Scott girls donning their blue- 
jeans for the occasion were Em- 
ily Pope, Dot Floyd, Jane Oliver, 
Anne Hayes, Amanda Hulsey, 
Betzie Powers, Mary Carolyn 
Schwab, Dot Quillian, and Billie 
Powell. 

Those attending the Emory Sig- 
ma Chi hayride Saturday night 
were Nancy Anderson, Babs 
Young, and Jane Cook. Pris Hatch 
went to the Tech ATO formal. 
Many Agnes Scott girls attended 
the Tech SAE costume party Sat- 
urday night including Ann Miller, 
Mary Manly, Betty Williams, 
Mary Louise Warlick, Claire Fos- 
ter, Norah Anne Little, Dot 
Floyd, Mary Lou Hatfield, Lyd 
Gardner. Carolyn Wells, and Ann 
Green. 



Campus Complements 

Seen at the Tech Delta Tau 
Delta party Saturday night were: 
Libby Shontz, Mary Love Camb- 
bell, Sara Sammonds, and Vir- 
ginia Dunn, while Cissy Spiro, 
Marijean Alexander, June Harris, 
and Anna Da Vault enjoyed the 
Phi Kappa Sigma party. 

Visitors on campus this week- 
end were B. J. Ellison's Dwight, 
Polly Miles' Joe, and June Ir- 
vine's Alec. Lee Brewer's sister 

i 

came over from Birmingham and 
Cathie Davis' mother and friends, 
Sara Holloway were here. M. C. 
Jones' Cal was seen on campus, 
Sara Sammonds' Whit came down 
from Davidson, and Mary Louise 



Cox Record Shop 

NEXT TO PARAMOUNT THEATER 

Now Is the Hour 
I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf 
Clover 
Beg Your Parden 
But Beautiful 
Ballerina 
Baby Face 
Dickey-Bird Song 
The Saber Dance 
You Were Meant For Me 



Mattison's Frank from Clemson. 
Off to the Places 

Several girls were lucky enough 
to go home this weekend. Marg 
Hunt went to Griffin, Julia Mor- 
gan to Cedartown, Virginia Kay 
to Byron, Betty Blackmon to Co- 
lumbus, Steele Dendy to Pelzer. 
Charlien Simms went to Dothan, 
Ala., Beth Jones to Vinings, and 
Myrt Mariani to Bessemer, Ala., 
Flo Bryant took Amanda Hulsey, 
Clarkie Rogers, and Genny Henry 
home with her to East Point. 

The glamour of the opera at- 
tracted many Agnes Scott girls. 
Beryl Crews looked stunning as 
she left for the Fox Saturday 
night in a black off-the-shoulder 
ballerina. Frances Howerton wore 
a formal of blue net and white 
brocade. Mary Beth Little and 
Sally Jackson attended the Driv- 
ing club party given for the opera 
stars Saturday night. 



Cottages Entertain 
In Murphey Candler 

White House, Gaines, Lupton, 
Boyd, and Cunningham cottages 
will entertain at an after dinner 
coffee in Murphey Candler, to- 
night. 

Members of Social Standards 
in charge of the coffee are Vir- 
ginia Skinner, Johanna Wood, 
Susan Gauger, Virginia Rogers, 
and Marilyn Gorman. 



Russell Lectures 
To History Classes 

Dr. J. A. Russell, professor of 
ge:graphy at Syracuse university, 
lectured to history classes Friday 
on the influence of political and 
economic geography on the de- 
velopment of national physical 
and mental processes. 

Dr. Russell, who received his 
Ph. D. degree from the University 
:f Michigan, has served as geo- 
graphical consultant to the Ford 
Motor Company since 1940. In his 
capacity as consultant Dr. Rus- 
sell spent two field seasons in 
Manchuria, Japan, China and 
Malay Peninsula. He has also 
taken field trips to France and 
Switzerland. 

The University Center Com- 
mittee on Visiting Scholars has 
brought Dr. Russell to the cam- 
pus. 



Symphony Presents 
Louis Roney Sat. 

The Minneapolis Symphony Or- 
chestra under the direction of 
Dimitri Mitropoulos, internation- 
ally noted conductor, is scheduled 
for the All-Star Concert series, 
8:30 p. m. Saturday, at the Mu- 
nicipal Auditorium. 

Louis Roney Jr., Atlanta's lyric 
tenor, will make his professional 
concert debut at that time. 

Orchestral numbers will include 
"Overture, Leonore No. 3," by 
Beethoven; "Symphony in B-flat 
Major," by Chausson; and "Con- 
certo for Orchestra," by Morton 
Gould. 



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'Mademoiselle' Jobs Editor Leads 
Alumnae Vocational Guidance Talks 



Miss Polly Weaver, jobs and 
futures editor of "Mademoiselle," 
launched the Alumnae associa- 
tion's annual vocational guidance 
program, Monday, with an as- 
sembly discussion on- careers in 
general for women. 

Monday night Miss Weaver led 
the first of three nightly one- 
hour roundtables in MacLean cha- 
pel when Agnes Scott alumnae in 
various fields explained their 
work. The subjects for these 
roundtables were selected on the 
basis of results from a poll among 
students to determine which fields 
of work held the most interest. 

Miss Weaver also scheduled in- 
dividual conferences with stu- 
dents interested in magazine 
work. 



Alumnae association's career 
program will be concluded tomor- 
row morning in chapel with a 
skit on correct methods of job 
interviewing by Social Standards. 
Carolyn Hodges and Chalotte Lea, 
aided by Miss Weaver, are in 
charge of the skit. 



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Play By Play 

By Margaret Brewer 

With a long list of don'ts, and a sympathetic pat from the "Chief" 
culminating in a slight shove, a debutante of the Fourth Estate makes 
her bow to sporative society in this first issue of the News for the 
spring quarter. Three tempermental typewriters, several desks and 
chairs, filing cabinets, collection of old cuts and numerous framed 
awards'form the decorations for the hall popularly called the "press 
room." 

To make a successful debut in the newspaper world it is necessary 
to have the proper atmosphere. A sign with the suggestive title "Mill" 
is placed above the oldest typewriter in true journalistic fashion, 
while hours are consumed in selecting and scattering interesting 
iooking magazines on the desk to be read when the inspiration level 
is low. Several reams of paper must be carelessly brushed from the 
desk to the floor, providing inspiration for that classic sign  "Genius 
at Work." For the final touch a dim light and a battered eye shade 
is installed to provide a soft glow that is more conducive to sleep 
than creative works of art. 

Awakening several hours later from a refreshing snooze, the 
journalistic debutante finds herself staring into the face of that 
legendary haunt of all newspaper offices  the DEADLINE. With a 
quick dab of powder on her nose-for-news, and a mental picture of 
the slogan "Get it first, but first get it right," imitation Brenda Starr 
dashes out for the "latest" and collides with Jane Sharkey. Result? 
A tip that the golf tournament will be played at the American Legion 
course in Avondale. Entry sheets are posted in the Gym for those 
who would like to participate in the tournament. 

After scribbling this information down on a dog-eared envelope 
with a leaky pen, the breathless reporter hurries to the physical 
education department, it being the most likely source for the sports 
news she is supposed to be covering. Mrs. Lapp obligingly informs 
her that the Riding club will ride and have supper every Saturday 
from 4 to 5:30 in the afternoon. 

In search of the tennis class the reporter finds vivacious groups 
of ping pong players and several tables of bridge enthusiasts. It 
seems the rain has rained them in. 

In the badminton world the outcome of last quarter's finals found 
Emily Wright and Jackie Stewart victors over Marie Cuthbertson and 
Julianne Cook. 

Charlotte Evans, president of the Swimming club, announced that 
club tryouts will begin March 29 and run until April 9. 

With the DEADLINE almost up, the newspaperwoman hurries 
back to her "Mill" and beats out copy. When the press begins to 
roll she leans back and sighs as other members of the Fourth Estate 
have done before her  "Journalism  it beats working." 



A. A. Elects New Leaders; 
Appoints '48 - '49 Board 



Two members of the retiring A. 
A. board, Marie Cuthbertson and 
Bunny Brannan, ended their posts 
as secretary and treasurer in time 
to take over the offices of presi- 
dent and vice-president of the new 
board. Elected by the student 
body, they will fill positions va- 
cated by Sheely Little and Vir- 
ginia Tucker. Jane Sharkey and 
Barbara Lawson were elected 
secretary and treasurer. 

Sports managers chosen for the 
coming year are: Wilton Rice, 
hockey; Mary Louise Warlick, 
basketball; Gretta Moll, volley- 
ball; Mary Ann Ziegler, golf; 
Charity Bennett, outing; Julie 
Cuthbertson, archery; Julianne 
Cook, badminton; Harriet Lurton, 
riding; Jo Heinz, publicity; Mar- 
garet Brewer, News representa- 
tive; Betty Cole, swimming; and 
Martha Wililamson, tennis. 

The old and navv athletic boards 
met in Murphy Candler for a picnic 
supper Monday night to discuss 
plans for the new year. The re- 



tiring sports managers explained 
the duties and work of the of- 
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Lecture Asociation 
Concludes Series 
With Chaffee Talk 

By Sara Jane Campbell and 
Cama Clarkson 

"The ballet is the theatre par 
excellance, the exaggeration of 
natural movements developing 
from pantomime," explained Mr. 
George Chaffee, New York dan- 
seur and choreographer. Mr. 
Chaffee's lecture Wednesday night 
in Gaines chapel concluded Lec- 
ture association's series for this 
year. 

Mr. Chaffee mentioned as points 
of interest the wide influence of 
the French school of ballet, the 
excellent technique of the Italian 
school, and the increasing in- 
fluence of the American school, 
he expressed his own hope for a 
universal school rather than a 
national school of ballet. 

Some forms of the dance as 
'.hose practiced by Martha Gra- 
ham and Isadora Duncan, he 
>ointed out, have not been estab- 

shed as American schools of 

ince because of their personal, 

: mitable nature. 



dancer Conscious 

(Continued from page 1) 

ment, illustrating his talk with 
slides from his personal collec- 
tion or actual cancer cases. 

Chi Beta Phi will keep a booth 
in the front lobby of Buttrick for 
contributions to the society's 
drive. 



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THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS  Wed., April 7, 1948 

Sophs Defeat Jrs. 36-12 



Trojan Women' 

(Continued from page 1) 

Male parts for the presentation 
include Emory University stu- 
dents. Menelaus, Helen's hus- 
band, will be played by Ned Lu- 
kins; Talthybius will be portray- 
ed by Warren Roberts; and Jack- 
son McBride will take the part 
of Poseidon. Tiny Pennington, B. 
Y. Pennington, Stratton Story, 
and Marion Holmes will be Greek 
soldiers for the production. 



Junior Banquet 

(Continued from page 1) 

Harper and Frances Robjeson; 
place cards will be arranged by 
Anne Faucette, chairman, Charl- 
sie Smith and Pat McGowan. The 
guest list will be prepared by 
Bobbie Cathcart, chairman, assis- 
ted by Mary Frances Jones and 
Betty Blackmon. 

Members of the freshman class 
will serve at the banquet. 



Good teamwork and the invin- 
cible spikes of Jane Sharkey won 
the volley ball game 36-12 for 
the sophomores in their contest 
with the juniors Friday afternoon. 
Point after point was scored when 
the sophomore team set the ball 
up for Jane Sharkey, front cen- 
ter, who spiked the way to vic- 
tory. 

The game scheduled between 
the seniors and freshmen was for- 
fieted by the seniors when they 
failed to provide a complete team. 

The sophomore team was com- 
posed of Virginia Skinner, Jane 
Sharkey, and Mary Ann Hachtel 
playing net, Mary Louise Warlick, 
Katherine Dickey, and Cathie 
Davis on the center . line, and 
Genie Paschal and Barbara Law- 
son, backs. 

The junior line-up included net- 
men Bunny Brannan, June Davis, 
Weesie Durant, centers Patty Per- 
sohn, Reese Newton, Julianne 
Cook, and backs Katherine Geffc- 
ken, and Betty Blackmon. 



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k What are you going to do when you finish school any- 
way?" "Oh-h-h, I dunno; guess I'll get the degree then worry 
about that. Maybe I'll go to school somewhere, maybe I'll 
even get married. Oh -h-h-h, I dunno." 

And with these profound reflections and observations, far 
too many of us dismiss this, vital matter of the future and 
leave it to chance, luck, fate or what-have-you. 

Here we are, well on the way to obtaining one of the 
most helpful tools for creating a successful future  a col- 
lege education  and yet more than likely are neglecting the 
all important question of how to use it. Can you imagine a 
man armed with a stack of bricks, a supply of cement and 
the best steel construction material available, setting out to 
build a skyscraper with no idea of how the thing is to be 
done, no blueprints, as a matter of fact nothing but com- 
plete faith that with the best materials anybody ought to 
be able to build a skyscraper. Silly? Not much more so than 
the attitude many of us have toward our futures, the how 
of putting this tool we hope to have someday to its best use. 

Alumnae association has inaugurated a vocational guidance 
program this year for the purpose of helping us find out what 
can be done about this future's problem. The program has 
included talks by alumnae who are well established in their 
vocations, discussions by women who are leaders in their 
particular fields, tests designed to show vocational interests. 

Alumnae association is offering an opportunity to find the 
uses of this tool  this college education. We have the ma- 
terials; the vocational guidance program can help us draw 
up the blueprints. 



Points To A Purpose 

It is traditional. It is natural. It is part of our policy to 
state our purpose. 

This News staff, the 33rd, put "baby" to bed last night with 
the hope that she was properly headed toward positive and 
dignified growth. 

Our first aim is that of every paper; to turn out, not copy, 
but news; to present that news to the campus accurately, 
impartially, and as soon as possible. 

Next, we strive in our editorials toward positive action. 
We shall bring before the campus issues we feel are im- 
portant as well as discuss already controverseal points, let- 
ting facts guide our policy rather than policy, facts. 

Lastly, we are working toward a bigger paper through 
wider coverage of news and opinion. Only through the in- 
flux of new and varying ideas can a paper grow. And in 
all these we shall attempt to maintain the dignity of the 
press and of former staffs. 



THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS 

Editor LORTON LEE 

Managing Editor WCTTY LOT 11AKKK 

Iksslstftnt Editors .. ... floss hansox. dot medlock 

Feature Editor CATHIE DAVIS 

Sports Editor MARGARET BERWER 

Society Editor J^.**.^ BILLIE POWELL 

Copy Editor ^_-*,_ Wr .^_ r . PAT OVERTON 

Kdltorlal Assistant ._ , . LEE CO TSAR 

Photographer MRS. W A CALDER 

BUSINESS STAFF 

Business Manager MARY AICHKL 

\s- Mant Business Manager^ MARY A XX HACHTKL. VIRGINIA SKINNER 

Circulation Manager BOBRIK CATHCART 

Assistant Circulation Managers CASEY HAFF. JEAN NIVEN 

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, postoffice. Subscription price per year 
$1.50: single copies, five cents. 

REPORTERS 

Martha tauldard. Xorah Anne Little. Sue McSpadden, Charlsie Smith. Martha Warllck. 
Ann Carol Blanton. Rose Mary Griffin. Charlotte Bartlette Sarah Jane Campbell. 
Cama Clarkson Edrlce Reynolds. Dorothy Allaln. Rose Ellen Glllam. AUlne Marshall. 
Peggy Pittard. Carmen Shaver. 

Feature: Easy Beale. Lou McLaurln, Jackie Jacobs. Annellc Cox. 
Sports: Jane ANobrook. TeeToe Williams. E. Claire Cunningham, Zora Hodges. 
Society: Dot FInyd. B. * Combs. Sidney Cumralngs. Sara Hancock. Barbara Waugaman. 
Mary Ann Hatchel. Betty Beddlngf ield. Adele Lee. Betty Jo Doyle. Ann Ezzard. Beth 
Jones. Ruby Lehman. Ellen Morrison. Catherine Phillips. Janet Qulnn. Margaret Ann 
Richards. Charllen Slmms, Mlm Steele. 

Business Assistants: Diana Dnrden. Anne Haden. Barbara Lanier. Jo Ann Piastre. Vir- 
L-inla Skinner. Edith Stowe. Martha Stowetl. Wlllene Ta*\v. Terrell Warburton. Frankie 
Hovrerton. Jo McGall. 

M F M B E R 

Associated Collegiate Press 



Sophomoronity 



April Poors Day Furnishes 
Outlet For Sophomore Steam 



By Cathie Davis 

April Fool's has passed, and 
you're probably still trying to re- 
cover from the effects of it, if 
you happen to live in the upper 
regions of Rebekah. There, with 
over half of the possible contes- 
tants listening to the real life 
story of Carmen and Don Jose, 
pranksters had a field day. Now, 
it can be told that  

The scene of the first crime is 
laid in the room of Mimi Mitchell. 
It is night and to the darkened 
abode of Peter Pan steals an in- 
triguer, a long clothesline in hand. 
Minutes later the same line 
stretches across the corners and 
from it hangs every sheet and 
towel, well-knotted, that the poor 
victim owns. Next to her closet; 
the traditional pajamas are sewn. 
Other minor mis-haps greeted 
poor Mimi upon her return, but 
chairs and lamps out of place 
were not the worst of the damage 
done. 

Jean Edwards bore the brunt 
of the worst attack. Her room she 
found strung with shoes, a pair 
from every resident of the floor 
who was away for the evening. 

All that befell Jean Niven was 
an invasion of umbrellas. Hurry- 



ing to her comfortable bed she 
discovered in its place a brightly 
colored mushroom colony. 

In Frankie Howerton's room re- 
arrangement of the furniture 
seemed in order. At her, return to 
the dormitory her desk appeared 
more cluttered than usual. Atop 
it stood a washstand that was sup- 
porting the chair on which the 
lamps were balanced. Her rugs 
hung from the ceiling as back- 
ground for the pictures that had 
been rehung to make viewing them 
from the bed easier. 

By now perhaps Pat Buie un- 
derstands what happened to her. 
Anticipating the prowl jokers she 
locked her room before going off 
to "Carmen." Another key turned 
up and the temptation was too 
great for even her best friends. 
White curtains and sheets on her 
bed were interchanged. 

The highlight of the whole 
evening was prepared for all resi- 
dents of Rebekah who were greet- 
ed by trophies of the night's rev- 
elry. The halls were decorated 
for the return of late opera-go- 
ers with strings of bathtub stop- 
pers, and drinks from Scotch- 
taped water fountains were of- 
fered. 



Rebel Rubbernecks Tour N. Y; 
Revel In Broadway Glamour 



By Margaret Brewer 

"East Side, West Side, all a- 
round the town" - - "The Bowery, 
the Bowery, the things they do 
and the things they say," - "Yen 
you'll never get to see New York 
if ya gonna' stand around blockin' 
traffick all night,"  Lady if you 
mean Frankfurter say Frankfurt- 
er, not Hot D:g," - "Are you from 
the South? Tell me are the dog- 
wood trees in bloom?" 

These were snatches of the 
sidewalk symphony of "little old 
New York" when an Agnes Scott 
group from deep in rebel territory 
staged an invasion. 

Sophisticated New York- 
ers expect visiters to be rubber- 
necks and our group led by Miss 
Roberta Winter and Miss Priscilla 
Lobeck did not disappoint them. 
From the moment we stepped into 
the large glass-topped Greyhound 
touring bus all eyes looked up, up, 
and up, our necks quite compar- 
able to a swivel chair. 

Supper at the Italian restau- 
rant, "Del Pezzo," began the first 
night's activities, followed by a 
march through the world famous 
Times Square. We were just a few 
of the thousands of people and 
pigeons who crowded the Square, 
fascinated by the wondrous dis- 
play of neon lights. 

A little later we settled our- 
selves in choice seats just as the 
house lights dimmncd and the 
curtain raised on Judith Ander- 
son's portrayal of "Medea." It 
would have d no old Euripides' 
heart good to have heard the 
applause at the end of the per- 
formance. 

Up with the dawn and down to 
the Automat the second day's ad- 
ventures began. 

Radio City was our next des- 
tination. A smartly uniformed 
boy conducted us through the 
out-of-this-world studhs, demon- 
strated the tricks used for sound 
effects, and let those who dared 
stand in front of television screens 
while their companions in the oth- 
er room viewed their images on 
radio-television sets. A delight- 



ful -half hour of relaxation follow- 
ed when we settled back to listen 
to Fred Waring perform before 
our very eyes. 

Dashing from the radio studio 
through the black mirrored hall 
we arrived at the Music Hall 
where the chandeliers lower like 
elevators at the push of a button 
to be cleaned. This is the home of 
the world famous Rockettes that 
we saw a few moments later. 

Dinner at a Norwegian restau- 
rant stopping or visiting art gal- 
leries, and another play, the de- 
lightful "Brigadoon" finished an- 
other day. 

Saturday was a strenuous day 
for those who decided that no 
visit to New York would be com- 
plete without a visit to the Em- 
pire State building, or a first try 
at ice-skating, or, for some of 
the more artistically inclined, a 
visit to some of the museums. Six 
girls managed to squeeze in an 
extra play, "Oklahoma," that af- 
ternoon, and left the theatre just 
in time to enter another for "Man 
and Superman." Excitement over 
this play was intensified by the 
anticipation of meeting Maurice 
Evans. 

After a ^surprise ^serving of 
breakfast in bed Sunday morning, 
Miss Winter and Miss Lobeck 
gathered us together for a tour 
up Fifth Averue by Central Park, 
through Harlem, by the New 
York university, Riverside church 
and Grant's Tomb to the Church 
cf St. John the Divine, where 
some remained for services while 
others went to Saint Patrick's. 
After lunch in Greenwich village, 
a tour of the Bowery and of China- 
town, we returned to the hotel' 
in a state of exhaustion, only to 
have some suggest a ride on the 
Staten Island Ferry. Through the 
subway and onto the ferry ten 
hearty souls traveled to be en- 
closed by a fog so thick you 
could see your shadow, and noth- 
ing else but the faint glow of 
what we thought was Miss Lib- 
erty's torch. 



Jabberwacky 

By Lee Cousar 

Feeling the need for a head 
(for my column), I frantically per- 
used Milton, my 211 book, and 
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations. 
There I found nothing that seem- 
ed to carry the depth of thought 
I wished my column to contain. 
Finally, in desperation, I turned 
to some of the more profound 
writings of the ages hoping to 
encounter in them the needed in- 
spiration. There I found a poem  
Jabberwocky, by name  which 
moved me so that I chose it as 
the basis for our weakly thoughts. 
It seems to contain all the ideas 
that I want this column to con- 
tain. Let me quote you one or 
two of the more stirring stanzas: 
'Twas brillig and the slithy toves 
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; 
All mimsy were the borogoves, 
And the mome raths outgrabe. 

"Beware the Jabberwcck, my son! 
The jaws that bite, the claws that 
catch! 

Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun 
The frumious Bandersnatch!" 

Hoping that my readers may 
gather from these lines the theme 
and general trend that this col- 
umn is to take I will say no more 
of policy. 

Shoe Untied! 

As usual, April 1 brought forth 
its normal number of fools and 
fooled on campus. Scotch-taped 
faucets, manicured soap, and 
four-sthirty alarm clocks took the 
dormitories by storm. At break- 
fast we heard of Mr Hayes' sud- 
den trip to Chicago, resulting in 
a Milton cut. At lunch a pal told 
us about the two men who had 
called that morning, and for din- 
ner we had steaks. Then, too, we 
really had a time with our glasses 
that persisted in dropping and 
our loafers that would come un- 
tied! 

Bouquets 

Orchids, gardenias, and dog- 
wood to our newly elected wheels. 
Speaking earnestly  or should I 
say, Frankly  we're really look- 
ing for great things from Nancy 
next year and from all the other 
new officers. Who knows, perhaps 
even the proposed combination of 
Agnes Scott and Davidson into a 
co-cd college will be accomplish- 
ed. 

Huddles in the halls! Chatter in 
chapel! Jittery juniors! Reason 0 
the eternal man problem as seen 
in relation to next Saturday night. 
'Midst all the hustle and clatter, 
there runs one constant strain; 
"Thank goodness, it's Leap Year! 
Now I don't mind inviting thai 
date I had my freshman year." 



Campus Slips 

Style-synonymous Mary Beth 
Little pounded also as the artist-, 
of "La Boneme" beat their hands 
together for warmth. Her collasp- 
sible hoop refused and her formal 
for the performance Saturday 
night coveted adjoining seats for 
one act before literally giving in. 



A letter from Gretch Reinartx 
just before her entering "the in- 
ner sanctum" for an appendec- 
tomy bemoans her "butcher's" de- 
cision to vacation in Florida while 
they fattened her for the slaugh- 
ter. 



The .joke was on the News staff 
member who phoned first Boyd 
to see if ex-editor of this column. 
Lee Cousar, had any Copy Hook 
for the week. Thinking that she 
recognized Lee's voice she severely 
upbraided Mrs. Clarke for not 
having any pet story to add here. 



The Agnes Scott News 



Vol. XXXIII 



AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WED., APRIL 14, 1948 



Number 17 



Annual Junior Banquet 
Stresses Spring Theme 

Myriad ruffles, ribbons, powder puffs, and perfumes lie in 
wait for the big event of the season, according to junior class 
standards, the spring Junior Banquet this Saturday. 

Including dinner at 6:30 p. m. in the new dining room, a cof- 
fee in Murphey Candler, and a program presented by the col- 
lege Glee club in Presser audi- 



torium, the evening's festivities 
will conclude with entertainment 
in Murphey Candler, games and 
dancing. 

The springtime theme will ma- 
terialize in pastel decorations by 
Kate Elmore and Ric Ramseur, 
co-chairmen of decorations, and 
their committee, Marie Cuthbert- 
son, Harriotte Lurton, Jean Har- 
per, and Robby Robeson. 

Chairman Anne Faucette, as- 
sisted by Pat McGowan and Charl- 
sie Smith is designing place cards. 
Bobbie Cathcart is in charge of 
the guest list. Her assistants are 
Betty BJackmon and Mary Fran- 
ces Jones. Freshmen, sisters to 
the junior class, will serve at the 
dinner. 



Four To At fend 
SGConvention 

The Scwfltlnern Intercollegiate as- 
sociation of Student governments 
will hold its 1947-48 convention at 
the University of Florida in Tal- 
lahassee frcm April 15 - 17. 

Delegates from Agnes Scott are 
Amelia Davis, Nancy Parks, Hunt 
Morris and Sarah Tucker. 

The agenda is based on "Student 
Government as a Training Ground 
for Democracy," and will include 
discussion of topics of interest to 
college student governments. The 
convention offers a short training 
course in Parliamentary Law, and 
panel groups will meet separately 
for a more extensive discussion of 
their common problems. 

History Department 
Hears Dr. Spencer 
Of Ohio State Univ. 

Dr. Henry R. Spencer, chair- 
man of the political science de- 
partment of Ohio State university, 
spoke this morning to Mrs. Sims' 
9:30 a. m. and 12 noon history 
classes. 

Dr. Spencer is making a series 
of talks to history majors at Em- 
ory university, Agnes Scott, and 
the University of Georgia. Follow- 
ing the lecture he was a guest of 
the history department at lunch- 
eon in the Silhouette Tea House. 



Date Book 

ThurK., April 15  A. S. delegates 
leave tor S. G. convention. 

Tri., April 16  Mr. MeKenzie 
speaks in assembly. Stephen 
Spender lectures in Presser at 
8:Se p. m. 

Sat., April 17  Mr. Spender 
speaks in chapel. Junior Ban- 
quet bofritLs at 6:30 p. m. Choir 
Spring Concert starts at 8 p. m. 

Mon., April 19  First Aid class 
meets in Presser at 7:30 p. m. 

Tues., April 20  Folio meets at 5 
p. m. 



Sam MeKenzie 
To Urge Voting 

In an attempt to encourage 
Georgia students to register and 
vote in the November elections, 
the League of Women Voters is 
bringing to campus Mr. Sam Me- 
Kenzie, of the Junior Chamber of 
Commerce, who will speak in as- 
sembly Friday. 

Immediately following the as- 
sembly program a Fulton and De- 
Kalb county registrar will regis- 
ter any elegible students who have 
not previously done so. 

The need for making a means 
of registration possible for stu- 
dents became evident when a cam- 
pus poll conducted by the League 
revealed that 33 percent of the 
371 who replied are eligible to 
vote but have failed to register. 
Thirty per cent of these students 
registered voters and 33 per cent 
are not yet eligible. 

Students from DeKalb and Ful- 
ton counties now 18 or who will 
be 18 before the November elec- 
tion are eligible to register Fri- 
day. 



May Day Cast 
Begins Work 
On ^Legend 

April turns into May in the 
gym as Maxine Kickliter, chair- 
man of May Day, begins prepar- 
ations for the presentation of "A 
May Day Legend" by Nancy 
Parks. 

Yards of bright colored cloth 
are being made into gay costumes 
under the supervision of chair- 
man Mimi Arnold. With the ma- 
jor cast already chosen, practice 
for the dances is going full force. 



Betty Davison will represent 
the junior class in May Court. 
Other Junior attendants include 
Mimi Arnold, Betty Black- 
in on, and Julianne Cook. 



Holding leading parts are Mar- 
tha Long, January; Pagie Vio- 
lette, February; Barbara Quattle- 
baum, March; Gene Wilson, April; 
Mary Beth Little, Queen of May; 
Margaret Hopkins, June; Mary 
Jo Ammons, July; Charity Ben- 
nett, August; Anna Wells, Sep- 
tember; Sara Jane Campbell, Oc- 
tober; Anne Hayes, November; 
and Nancy Dendy, December. 

Nancy Parks plays the role of 
the Fairy; Barbara Hytken and 
Ann Miller, Holly; Dodo Martin 
and Cissie Spiro, March Winds; 
Charlotte Bartlett, Sun; Bettie 
Davison, Rain; Twig Hertwig and 
Newell Turner, the Hunters; Vir- 
ginia Henry, Regent; Norah Anne 
Little and Martha Ann Board, 
Pages; Dot Porter, King; and 
Olive Wilkinson is the narrator. 



Mortar Board Iniatiates 14 
For Leadership, Service 



Pagie Violette, out-going presi- 
dent of Mortar Board, announced 
in chapel Friday 14 new mem- 
bers for the coming year. Matilda 
Alexander, Louisa Beale, Eleanor 
Bear, Marie Cuthbertson, Nancy 
Dendy, Mary Hays, Hunt Mor- 
ris, Reese Newton, Nancy Parks, 
Dorothy Porter, Mary Price, 
Dorothy Quillian, and Annie 
Charles Smith are the new mem- 
bers selected by the present chap- 
ter on the basis of scholarship, 
leadership, and service to the col- 
lege. The new president is Doris 
Sullivan, tapped last quarter in 
a new ceremony. 

Dabney Adams, '48 member, 
placed second in the Katherine 
Wills fellowship award, sponsor- 
ed by the national chapter of 
Mortar Board. 

Dr. Helmut Kuhn, professor of 
philosophy at Emory university, 
gave the Mortar Board address, 
taking as his topic, "On Rever- 
ence." Bringing out the three fea- 
tures of reverence, "holy fear," 
"tender care," and "reverence as 
the courtesy of the heart," he 
said that "there is no learning 
without reverence" and that "the 
fear of God is the beginning of 
all wisdom." 

Dr. Kuhn concluded "Reverence 
has to kneel down, but in kneel- 
ing down, it may receive the 
crown of life." 

The old chapter honored the 



new members at a banquet in the 
Silhouette Tea House Friday 
night. Mrs. Sarah Till Davis, a 
member of HOA SC, the prede- 
cessor organization of Mortar 
Board, was initiated as a member 
of Mortar Board. 



Personnel Meeting 
Draws Scandrett, 
Hunter to Chicago 

Miss Carrie Scandrett, dean, and 
Miss Charlotte Hunter, assistant 
dean, returned to the campus last 
week from the Council of Guid- 
ance and Personnel associations' 
convention held at the Stevens 
hotel in Chicago. 

The theme of the convention, 
"Personnel Work as a Profession," 
was presented through addresses, 
round table discusssions, general 
sessions, and business meetings. 

Foreign students spoke to the 
assembly on the needs of Euro- 
pean students and the way in 
which America could help them. 

The groups represented at this 
convention included the Alliance 
for the Guidance of Rural Youth, 
the American College Personnel 
association, the National associ- 
ation of Deans of Women, and the 
National Vocational Guidance as- 
sociation. 



Spender to Talk 
On Poetry Trend 

Responsibility of Individual Today 
Topic For Saturday Assembly 

Stephen Spender, English poet and delegate to the Geneva 
"Peace Conference of Thought" in 1946, will lecture on "Mod- 
ern Poetry in a Modern World," 8:30 p. m. Friday in Gaines 
chapel. 

The modern poetry group will hear Mr. Spencer read from 
his own works Friday morning, 



and Mr. Spender will speak on the 
"Individual's Responsibility in the 
World Today" in Saturday assem- 
bly. A reception in ' Murphey 
Candler will follow his Friday 
night lecture. 

Spending this year in the 
United States as a member of 
the faculty of Sarah Lawrence 
college, Bronxville, N. Y., Mr. 
Spender comes to Agnes Scott on 
the English department lecture 
series. 




Born in 1909, Mr. Spender at- 
tended Oxford and has a back- 
ground of extensive continental 
travels. He took active interest in 
the Spanish civil war and in Spain 
began his friendship with Andre 
Malraux, the French novelist, and 
Jose Bergamin, the Spanish loyal- 
ist writer. 

Mr. Spender's works include 
"The Destructive Element," cri- 
tical work on Henry James, Yeats, 
Eliot, and D. H. Lawrence; "Burn- 
ing Cactus," a collection of short 
stories; and translations of the 
modern German poet, Rilke. Best 
knewn among his poetry are 
"Poems", first published in 1934; 
"The Still Center;" "Ruins and 
Visions; Poems, 1934-42;" and his 
latest publication "Poems of Dedi- 
cation." 

Honor students in humanities 
will lunch with Mr. Spender Fri- 
day and he will meet with Cre- 
ative writing groups for lunch 
Saturday. 



ChoirsToOffer 
SpringConcert 

The Agnes Scott Glee club, as- 
sisted by the Freshman choir, 
will present their annual Spring 
Concert in Gaines Chapel at 8 
p. m. Saturday. Mrs. Rebekah 
Clarke will direct. 

Music for the program is 
drawn from the classic through 
the modern periods, including De- 
bussy's impressionistic "II pleure 
dans mon coeur". Of special in- 
terest will be "List the Cherubic 
Hosts" in which the Glee club 
will sing, accompanied by William 



Exec. Appoints 
Committees 
For New Year 

The recently elected Executive 
council of Student government, 
held its first meeting at Miss Car- 
rie Scandrett's hoime Monday night 
to appoint committee heads and 
plan the year's activities. 

Emily Pope, elected in class 
meeting Monday, represented the 
rising junior class as junior day 
student member. 

Committees as announced by 
Nancy Parks, president, include 
Sara Jane Campbell, chairman of 
the Class Spirit Cup committee 
assisted by Charlotte Bartlett, 
and Margie Stukes. 

Jenelle Spear is the Student 
government representative to the 
kitchen and library; Noel Barnes, 
to the Tea House; El Bear, to the 
Agnes Scott News; and Margie 
Stukes, to Murphey Candler. 

Millie Flournoy will keep the 
Student government scrapbook 
and Sally Thompson will head the 
Clean-up committee. 

Senior Opera 
To Burlesque 
'La Boheme' 

Peeping frcm behind the iron 
curtain drawn around all Senior 
Opera plans, the writing commit- 
tee announced "Four Sharps In A 
Flat" as the title of the operatic 
parody they will present May 1 in 
Presser auditorium. 

A take-off on Puccini's "La 
Boheme", the opera concerns the 
life in Greenwich Village of four 
career seeking members of the 
class cf '48. Senior claims are that 
the opera boasts the most un- 
usual staging in Agnes Scott's 
history and will have the musical 
accompaniment of a full sym- 
phony orchestra. Secrecy still sur- 
rounds illustrious personalities in 
the field of music whose presences 
are promised in the performance. 

Singing in "Four Sharps in a 
Flat" Flat" will be Marybeth 
Little, Doc Dunn, Ruth Richard- 
son, Rosemary Griffin and Har- 
riett Reid. 



Calder, professor of physics, on 
the harp and Pete Harrower, who 
appeared as the Mikado, in the 
baritone solo. 

The concert will be held after 
Junior Banquet and is open to the 
campus community. 



2  THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS  Wed., April 14, 1948 



Gals  About 



By Billie Powell 

From all reports, the Tech ATO formal must have been a 
gala occasion. Peachtree Gardens, for that was the scene of 
the dance, was beautifully decorated with streamers of 
blue and gold, the fraternity's colors. Each ATO date was 
presented with an orchid and a lovely bracelet. Those Agnes 
Scotters that joined in the merry- 

Club News 

Pi Alpha Phi 

Pi Alpha Phi debating society 
has named for leadership Anne 
Carol Blanton, president; B. J. 
Sauer, vice-president; Dot Porter, 
debate manager; Marjorie Major, 
assistant debate manager; Hazel 
Berman, secretary; and Dot Da- 
vis, treasurer. 



making were: Dot Medlock, who 
wore lavender organdy; Joan Will- 
mon, in black taffeta; Jane Oliver, 
in black net over aqua taffeta; 
Mimi Mitchell, in white pique 
with a lavender cummerbund; al- 
so Floss Hanson, Charlsie Smith, 
June Irvine, Margaret Ann Rich- 
ards, Alice Jean Caswell, Eliza- 
beth Blair, Janet Quinn, and June 
Harris. Butch Hayes dated the 
president, C. I. Babcock, and led 
the lead-out with him. 

Rose Glows 

The Tech gym was decorated 
with flags representing various 
branches of the Army and Navy 
for the Military Ball Saturday 
night. Agnes Scott was well re- 
presented there by Margaret 
Brewer, June Harris, Sarah Han- 
cock, Margie Graves, Newell Tur- 
ner, Lyd Gardner, Diana Durden, 
Dot Floyd, Nora Anne Little, 
Claire Foster, Babs Young, Jean 
Osborne, Dot Davis, Dean Mor- 
ris, Nancy Brown, Liza Pollard, 
Gerry Keef, Terry Kieth, Ann 
Irvin, and Betty Williams. 

The Sigma Nu's at Tech also 
gave their Spring dance this 
week-end. It was held at the East 
Lake country club and was pre- 
ceded by a banquet. Those at- 
tending the White Rose formal 
were: Nancy Brown, Carolyn 
Wells, Joan Brown, Regina Can- 
trail, Sarah Tucker, Joanne Peter- 
son, Dot Floyd, and Mim Steele. 

Seen at the Emory Phi Delt 
party were: Nancy Geer, Harriet 
Reid, June Driskill, Joan Brown, 
and Kay Laufer. And Nancy Den- 
dy went to the Phi Delt picnic 
at the Walter Thomas estate. 

Margie Klein attended the Em- 
ory Delta Tau Delta formal Fri- 
day night. She wore aqua net. 
The Phi Kappa Tau party at 
Tech Saturday night attracted 
Margaret Brewer. 

Home Roams 

Home for the weekend were: 
Mimi Arnold, Betty Blackmon, 
Helen Christian, Mary Gene Sims, 
Beth Jones, Sally Bussey, Sister 
Davis, Frankie Francisco, and 
Tee Toe Williams. Betsy and Nan- 
cy Deal took Bill Bruce and 
Woody Weaver home with them 
to Forest City. And Robby Robe- 
son is the envy of all this week, 
tor she is enjoying a ten day trip 
to Arizona with her family. 



League of Women Voters 

New Officers for the League 
of Women Voters are Mary Fran- 
cs Jones, president; Janet Quinn, 
vice-president; Joyce Rives, sec- 
retary; and Mable Alice Burch- 
field, treasurer. 



I. R. C. 

The president of International 
relations club is Nan Johnson. As- 
sisting her will be B. J. Sauer, 
newly elected vice-president. The 
other officers will be elected at 
the next meeting. 



Chi Beta Phi 

President Harriot Winchester 
and Vice-president Lee Cousar 
will carry on the work? of Chi 
Beta Phi for the next three quar- 
ters. 



Folio Club 

Folio club, freshmen writing 
club, will hold its regular meeting 
Tuesday at 5 p. m. to read and 
criticize each other's writing. 



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C. A. Lays Plans 
For New Quarter 

Harrison Hut was the scene 
Monday night of an inspirational 
Christian association retreat. 

Members of Cabinet, with Mrs. 
Rebekah Clawke, instructor in 
music, advisor, and Marie Adams, 
assistant to the dean, as official 
chaperones, enjoyed a picnic sup- 
per and a period of fellowship, 
after Which they planned the 
chapel and vesper programs for 
the coming quarter. 

Students attending the Salem 
conference en Saturday and Sun- 
day presented a discussion pf the 
week-end's activities. 




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Critic Lauds Trojan Women' 
As Realistic Interpretation 



By Nora Anne Little 

Euripides, proclaimed by his 
own people of ancient Greece, re- 
ceived a modern ovation in Gaines 
chapel last Thursday when Black- 
friars presented "The Trojan Wo- 
men." 

Climaxing the play was the 
^ward of the Claude S. Bennett 
cup for the best acting during the 
year to Grace Durant. Reese New- 
ton won the runner-up prize, pre- 
sented for the first time this 
year. 

The beautifully tragic story of 
the women left after the war to 
be made slaves by the conquering 
Greeks was excellently interpreted 
by the Blackfriars under direction 
of Miss Roberta Winter, instruc- 
tor in speech. 

The atmosphere of the ancient 
theatre was sustained throughout 
the performance by the use of 
an open stage, the lack of a cur- 
tain, the continuous action, the 
realistic set depicting a section of 



DECATUR THEATRE 

WEDNESDAY 

"Capacabana" 

Starring Carmen Miranda 
THURS. - FRI. 

"Lady From China" 

With Loretta Young and 
Preston Foster 
SATURDAY 

"Ginger" 

With Frank Albertson and 

"Terror Trail" 

With The Durango Kid 
MON. - TUES. * 

"Green Dolphin Street" 

Starring Lana Turner and 
Van Heflin 
WEDNESDAY 

"The Sea Wolf" 

With Edward G. Robinson 
Ida Lupino 



the wall of Troy, and by the ao- 
tors themselves whose dramatic 
presentations were excellent. The 
audience received the impression 
of seeing an ancient performance. 

Pat McManmon as, Hecuba, 
queen of Troy, showed qlearly her 
deep grief for Troy and her des- 
olation through the complete un- 
derstanding of her character. It 
was evident to all that she felt 
and lived her part for her ges- 
tures and beautifully . modulated 
voice were sincere and sustained 
throughout. 

As Andromache, Grace Durant, 
the winner of the Claude S. Ben- 
nett Award, gave an excellent 
portrayal of a tragic figure. Many 
of the audience, because of her 
grace and tenderness toward As- 
tynax, shed tears in sympathy for 
her tragic situation and felt with 
her the loss of her child. 

As mad Cassandra, Reese New- 
ton, showed her great acting 
ability, which won for her the 
runner-up award. Her frenzied 
movements and impassioned 
speeches lent an eeriness and a 
feeling of the horror of war to 
the play. 

The action of the play owed 
much to the chorus of "Trojan 
women, members of Blackfriars, 
whose speeches and dances lent 
atmosphere and furthered- the 
plot. 



Cotillion Plans 
Outdoor Party 
For April 24 

Caroline Hodges announces plans 
for a Cotillion club barn dance 
April 24, fr m 5 p. m. to 11 p. m. 

The members and their dates 
will go out to Pleasant Hill for 
an afternoon of Softball, badmin- 
ton, and hiking. The girls will 
bring their own box suppers 
while the Cotillion club will fur- 
nish cold drinks and doughnuts. 
That evening there will be a caller 
for square dancing and records for 
popular dancing. The club will 
also put on a skit. 

Those in charge of the various 
plans for the party are Betty 
Blackmon and Betty Davison, en- 
tertainment, Charlotte Bartlett, 
decorations, Margaret Ann Rich- 
ards and Mary Frances Jones, 
chaperones, Jane Hungerford, 
food. Assisting Caroline Hodges 
in further plans are Margaret 
Ann Richards, Jane Hungerford, 
Mary Frances Jones, and Julianne 
Cook. 

The chaperones for the barn 
dance will be the club sponsors 
Miss Priscilla Lobeck, Mrs. Re- 
bekah Clarke, and Miss Llewellyn 
Wilburn. 

The production staff deserves 
credit for their unusual and ef- 
fective stage properties, the real- 
istic fire as Troy burned, and the 
beautiful lighting throughout the 
play. 



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Play By Play 

By Margaret Brewer 

This sports job is on the ball! Being a gentlewoman of the press 
automatically makes you a P. C. (Priviledged Character, that is  
not the Varsity's "Plain Chocolate"). Only five days after my ap- 
pointment the A. A. graciously extended an invitation to their picnic 
supper, April 5. Being a curious soul, and hungry too, this servant 
of the press arrived at Murphy Candler, staked out a choice seat in 
front of the then-in-use fireplace, and mapped a plan of advance tow- 
ard the kitchen before anyone else arrived. 

Soon the old and new members of the A. A. board were comfortably 
draped arcund the aforementioned fireplace, busily eating. One over- 
joyed soul squealed that "They COOK the hamburgers here," but re- 
fused to reveal who did NOT cook them. Talk then naturally turned 
to the art of cooking, and Doc Dunn stated, and we quote to avoid 
libel, "Anyone who eats my cooking will have ptomaine poisoning." 
The same could not be said of Bunny Brannan's culinary art ner 
slaw was .a "slash" hit. 

After introductions were made once by Marie Cuthbertson and 
again by Sheeley Little to make doubly sure everyone knew her 
neighbor, the talk centered on the ever popular topic of home towns. 
The prize for originality goes to Miss Margery Lyon from Punxsu;;.\\ - 
ney (you pronounce it, we can hardly spell it), Penn. 

During. Gxe course of the pa/ty the athletic cooks made several ap- 
peals to please cooperate by consuming more hamburgers. Bunny 
said we could help her best by eating a few raw ones, since they 
were more plentiful than the conventional 'burgers. 

But there is a limit, cv.n to athletic appetites, so Marie thoughtful- 
ly prepared several hamburgers of the "cooked" variety for the 
News crew wearily putting "baby to bed" upstairs. That's what we 
call a real sport! 

Jrs Defeat Frosh 35-24 

With "Captain Kate Elmore serving, thejuniors scored their 
first point toward a 35-24 victory over the freshmen in the 
first few seconds of the second volley ball game of the sea- 
son Friday afternoon. From then on it was a fast game of 
give and take, with the juniors doing much of the giving 
and the freshmen taking. 

Kate Elmore and Reese New- 
ton's smooth serves counted for 
eight points of the juniors' final 
score, While Val von Lehe's spikes 
brought applause from the side- 
lines more than once. Julianne 
Cook was another high scorer 
with eight points to her credit. 

The freshmen were no push- 
overs by any means. Liz Pollard 
threatened junior points many 
limes with her amazing spikes. 
Ann Brooke was another out- 
standing player with her quick 
pick-ups and strong volleys win- 
ning 1Z. points for her team. Cap- 
' tain Dolores Middour did ail 
right by the frosh by scoring eight 
points. 

Several times the sidelines were 
threatened by wayward balls, but 
the game moved fast with good 
teamwork evident on both sides. 

The junior lineup was: Reese 
Newton, center; Sally Ellis, left 
center; Bunny Brannan, Val von 
Lehe and Easy Beale, netmen; 
Kate Elmore and Betty Black- 
man, backs; and Julianne Cook, 
right center. 

The lineup for the freshmen in- 
cluded Dolores Middour, Ann 
Brooke, Punky Chard, Liz Pollard 
Nancy Brown, Susan Gauger, 
Petie Craze, and Freddy Hachtel. 



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Frosh, Soph Cabinet 
Display Talents 
At Spring Party 

Sophomores and Freshmen dis- 
played hidden talent in the enter- 
tainment field and in ability to 
eat weiners last Friday night 
when members of Freshman and 
Sophomore cabinets had their 
spring party at Harrison Hut. 
Following a supper, topped off 
with toasted marshmallows, the 
group enjoyed singing and indi- 
vidual skits. 

The presidents of the cabinets 
this year are Ellen Hull, freshman, 
and Cathie Davis, sophomore. 

In charge of the food were 
Betty Wilson, Mary Ann Hatchel, 
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THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS # Wed., April 14, 1948 

Scientists, Scientists - Elect 
Attend Meeting In Athens 



Mrs. H. C Forman 
Teaches First Aid 

The first in a series of classes 
in First Aid instruction was held 
last Monday night in Presser au- 
ditorium. The course, taught by 
Mrs. H. C. Forman, is the Stan- 
lard Red Cross First Aid course 
of 18 hours. 

At the completion of the course 
persons taking it receive a Red 
Cross First Aid card which qual- 
ifies them for giving first aid 
everywhere. The card is good for 
three years. The course is open 
to everyone over 15 years of age 
and meets every Monday and 
Thursday nights at 7:30 p. m. 



Diving Classes 
Now Offered 

For those who would be Es- 
ther Williamses, Sally Ellis and 
Miss Wilburn are teaching 
cliisses in diving every Thurs- 
day at 4 p. m. and Saturday at 
11 a. m. 



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A group of scientists and 
scientists-elect represented Ag- 
nes Scott at the annual meeting 
of the Georgia Academy of 
Science held at the University of 
Georgia last Friday and Satur- 
day. 

This ardent group consisted of 
the entire science faculty, two 
faculty members from the psy- 
chology department and seven 
senior chemistry students. The 
meeting proved enjoyable from 
the time the first grey beard was 
spied walking across the Athens 
campus until the end of the last 
paper, subjects varying from "The 
Treatment of Watermelon Seed," 
to "Social Behavior Among Dogs." 

Most of the Agnes Scott dele- 
gation attended a symposium on 
valence Friday morning. At the 
luncheon which followed the sym- 
posium, Agnes Berentzen amaz- 
ed the imposing Tech science pro- 
fessors sitting around her with 
stories of her favorite Norwegian 
sport, glacier-sliding. 



While Doc Dunn admired (at a 
respectful distance) the beauti- 
ful, long, curly, blonde beard at 
the meeting, Mary Ann Courtney, 
Ann Ezzard, and Bob Blair at- 
tended a lecture on the effects of 
radio-active ionization on chrom- 
osomes. Upon hearing of free ice 
cream given out at the university 
dairy, Miss Elizabeth Criegler, 
Jane Alsobrook, and Anne Tread- 
well immediately rushed over to 
make a purely scientific tour of 
the agricultural department, while 
all afternoon professors and stu- 
dents caught each other slipping 
out of the meetings to watch the 
tennis matches/ 

After spending a varied after- 
noon, the group met again to 
attend a lecture given by Dr. J. 
T. Bridgeman, a Harvard phy- 
sicist and Nobel Prize winner. 
The entire group was impressed 
with the careful work with high 
pressures he has pursued for 43 
years and the ingenious apparatus 
he has developed for use in his 
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Cued To Action 

In any battle of boasters Agnes Scott can win no-handed, 
for Euripides was here Thursday night, Blackfriars entertain- 
ing. 

Doubt of the success of "Trojan Women" pervaded the cam- 
pus everywhere before the performance, except in Presser 
where backstage crews and actors were too busy. Skeptics 
groaned at the waste of effort, well-wishers illuded to the 
experience gained, but the audience Thursday night marveled 
wept, and applauded. 

Blackfriars with each success attempts something more dif- 
ficult and offers a challenge as well as experience to its mem- 
bers. Blackfriars stands out as an organization with a pur- 
pose as well as points. 

Prove Our Claims 

Voting is an adult matter. It is not this idea that has been 
a change in provisions for 18 year voting. The only new idea 
involved is that today's 18 year old is an adult. 

Most of us as college students consider ourselves quite "of 
age" or at least well on the way to that goal. We writhe when 
our parents or other adults "treat us as children." We can't 
understand why anyone could doubt that even though we are 
not yet 21 we are mature enough to accept the responsibili- 
ties of citizenship. More than likely all that these "honest 
doubters" want is a little substantial proof of our claims. 

The League of Women Voters is bringing to campus a Ful- 
ton and DeKalb county registrar to register all eligible stu- 
dents from these two counties. We'll have a chance to prove 
to the "honest doubters" that in addition to our interest in 
Greek and science we have an interest in citizenship. It takes 
all three to make an adult. 



Lazy Lassies Drift Into Trance 
With Entrance of Spring 

By Gretchen Reinartz 

With the arrival of bees, birds, and bugs comes the pro- 
verbial epidemic which strikes annually, leaving its vic- 
tims with that "duh" expression on their countenances. I 
am referring, my lassies, to spring fever. Being at present 
in the throes of said malady myself, I speak of it with 
authority. 



Nature's Nerve 



Spring is sprouted, and. from the amount of watering na- 
ture is providing, should reach Sequoia size in May. The liquid 
sunshine, which comes pouring down on an average of all 
wcok long, must stop. 

The student body objects, the administration objects, and 
we, the Agnes Scott News, are voicing their complaints. 

Rains come paralizing sports and tossing Physical educa- 
tion teachers, class managers, and sports editors to the end 
of the lunch line. 

Upper classmen, striving to stretch raincoats to meet ri*ew 
hemlines, fail, causing vast deterioration of material and 
great personal embarrassment. Spring vacation tans fade, 
and mumps set in. 

Nature can't do this to us. We stand on our Agnes Scott 
Student government rights and demand that the new Execu- 
tive committee put nature in its place. 

THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS 



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Sports KcHtor 

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HETTY LOP HAKEH 

KLOSS HANSON. DOT MEDLOCK 

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Published wi.kh. except during holidays and examination periods, by the students 
f Agnefl Smtt College, Office on second floor Murphey Candler Rulldtng. Entered as 
second class mailer at the Decatur. Georgia, postofflge. Subscription price per year 
$ 1.50 ; single copies, five cents. 

REPORTERS 

Martha Qoddanl. Norah Anne Little. Sue McSpadden. Charlsle Smith. Martha Warllck. 
Ann Carol Wanton, Rose Mary Orlffln. Charlotte Bartlette Sarah Jane Campbell. 
Cama Clarksou Kdrlce Reynolds. Don. thy Allain. Rose Ellen Glllam. Alllne Marshall. 
Peggy Plttard. Canpen Shaver.  

Feature: Easy Heale. Lou MeLaurln. Jackie Jacobs. Annelle Cox. 
Sports: Jane Alsobrook. TeeToe Williams. E. Claire Cunningham. Zoia Hodges. 
Society: Dot Floyd, H i\ Combs. Sidney dimming*. Sara Hancock. Barbara Waugaman. 
Mary Ann Hatehel. Hetty Beddlngf leld. Adele Lee. Betty Jo Doyle. Ann Ezzard. Beth 
Jones. Ruby Lehman. Ellen Morrison. Catherine Phillips. Janet Qulnn. Margaret Ann 
Richards. Charlien Slmms. Mlm Steele. 

Business Assistants: Diana Durden. Anne Haden. Barbara Lanier. J<> Ann Piastre. Vir- 
ginia Skinner. Edith Stowe. Martha Stowell. WUlene Ta--y. Terrell Warburton. Frankle 
Howcrton. Jo McCall. 



The disease strikes without 
warning and once the "bug has 
bit" you're a goner. From the 
time March's lamb goes meekly 
out until April's showers bring 
May Flowers your character un- 
dergoes disgusting set-backs. Ac- 
tivity, both mental and physical, 
plunges to an amazing low. You 
are quite aware that you are the 
personification of energy-minus, 
but you don't even care. Your 
world is one of blissful lethargy 
and you love it. Studying is a 
good excuse to stretch out on the 
bed, eating is a bother (in ex- 
treme cases), and physical ex- 
ertion becomes absolutely un-styl- 
ish. 

Messy Masses 
The housewife who does spring 
cleaning must certainly be im- 
mune to the seasonal fever. It is 
tiring just to think of such a Her- 
culean task. Imagine what Mrs. 
Jones or Mrs. Smith would say if 
she could but see her darling 
daughter's humble abode come 
springtime. The closet bulges with 
laundry. Shoes and socks by the 
dozens peep out from under droop- 
ing spreads. The old, dirty saddles 
crouch in the corner with tongues 
hanging out, for they are choking 
with dust and f u z z y-wuzzys. 



Chairs groan under the weight of 
apparel cast off lo these many 
days. 

Bed-Aha 

And the bed-aha, the center 
of activity however slight. A 
visitor to your room knows she's 
really welcome if you move over 
and offer her a spot to recline. 
A host of visitors produces a 
muddle of scrambled eggs, but 
what does it matter? This fever 
must be pampered. 

As the days advance and the 
sun gets in on the fun, you begin 
to feel like you're really "your 
own grandmaw" and "looking 
over a four-leaf clover" is too 
much like work. Walking some- 
where is out of the question. The 
streetcar is way across the street, 
and it's too far out to the curb 
to get into a car; so you just stay 
home. 

Birds are disgusting because 
they get up too early and chirp 
too loudly. Flowers are all right 
because they offer a background 
for out-of-the-window gazing. In- 
sects are intolerable because they 
stay awake all night making hor- 
rible noises, and who cares what 
Katy-did anyway? Mother Na- 
ture may be crushed, but She has 
never had spring fever or she 



would understand.. 

Beware 

If your eye-lids start to d**v. 
And you must fight to keep on 
top, 

Beware, Scottie, beware! 

If you feel sort -of lazy, 

And your outlook gets all hazy, 

Take care, Scottie, take care. 

'Cause before too long Yll bet-ya; 
The spring fever's gonna - get-ya, 
And by then you will have struggl- 
ed all in vain, 
For you'll never know what hit 

ya, 

'Till the bad-bug's gone and bit 
ya, 

And you're driving friends and 
faculty insane. 



Art Exhibit Reveals 
Current Movements 

The new exhibit of guoache and 
watercolor, which opened April 
6 and will continue through April 
28, comes from the Museum of 
Modern Art in New York. 

It includes the work of artists 
whose paintings have recently 
been shown in New York galleries, 
but who are not yet widelj known 
throughout the country. Most of 
the 12 artists are relatively young 
and their work, still in tJie process 
of development, reveals varying 
degrees of influence from the cur- 
rent art movements of expres- 
sionism, realism, rommticism, and 
abstraction. 



Jabberwacky 

By Lee Cousar 

Another peaceful Saturday, and in the quiet of my own 
room I sat me down to write. As I took my pen in hand and 
attempted to set dow T n my thoughts I became aware of 
rhythmic thuds coming from somewhere in the house. 

Dashing across the hall I flung opn the door to the Dendy- 
Porter madhouse, and there I was 



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Associated Collegiate Press 



met by an astonishing scene: Ap- 
parently the two of them  Dot 
and Nancy  were playing a sort 
of glorified "Going to Jerusalem." 
In the middle of the floor was one 
chair which they both marched 
around with candles while Dot 
sang. When the music ceased, both 
tried for the chair and to the 
loser went the job of patting the 
winner on the back, shaking her 
hand, and wishing her much hap- 
piness in life. 

Athletic Antics 

Quitely closing the door, I 
started upstairs. Halfway up I 
jumped back in time to avoid a 
golfball that whizzed by my head 
and out the front door  via the 
glass pane. In the upstairs hall I 
found Marie hammering a tee into 
the floor, and with a kind smile 
she told me not to worry  she had 
another ball. 

Entering the nearest room to 
see if I could find out the cause 
for the general confusion I found 
El Bear very much concerned 
about her fountain pen. "It just 
won't fill," she explained to me as 
she plunged it into the ink and 
pulled the pocket clip on it out 
a fraction of an inch farther. 

Across the room sat Tilly giv- 
ing herself a good bawling out for 
having missed her Math class that 
morning. From her conversation 
with herself I gathered that when 
setting her alarm clock she had 
pulled out the winding stem in- 
stead of the alarm button  and 
the blamed old thing didn't even 
go off! 

Exam Ecstasy 

Despairingly. I left for Lupton. 



As I approached, I was startled 
by a shriek behind me and turned 
in time to see Nancy Parks run 
by screaming, "I get through my 
exams on Thursday, hallelujah!" 
I went on in, not knowing whet- 
her to break it to her that the 
winter quarter's schedule was 
still posted. 

While I was debating the issue, 
someone informed me that Hunt 
was on switchboard and wanted 
me to call her. After dialing zero 
I was somewhat startled when a 
very polite voice said, "I'm sorry 
but apparently she isn't it. Would 
you mind calling again later." 

At Cunningham, I was ushered 
out upon entering. It wasn't safe, 
they explained to me, since Easy 
hadn't gotten much sleep the 
night before. I found out later 
that Easy's lack of sleep was caus- 
ed by the four hours she had to 
take off of her regular six-hours 
sleeping time for the taking off 
and putting on of her numerous 
pins. 

In Main I found the Dean's of- 
fice in a puzzled state. It seemed 
that one Mary Hays had signed 
out for the summer holidays. 

Giving up, I went to the din- 
ning room for lunch w r here I found 
Charlsie presiding graciously, but 
I could not help noting the puzzl- 
ed expressions on the faces of 
many when they found no eating 
implements out but knives. 
Day Student Daffies 

I understand from various cir- 
culating reports that this general 
confusion also existed among the 
day students. It seems that Sully, 



Campus Slips 

Jenelle Spear stood sulyeying 
the contemporary spectacle as 
freshmen and sophomores at their 
joint party engaged in a strenu- 
out game of leap-frog. A particu- 
larly buxom sophomore at the 
back of the line invited her to 
join the fun. Still Jenelle stood, 
shaking her head and finally re- 
plied, "I just can't get over that!" 



The assignment was a paper de- 
scribing imaginatively the feelings 
of a Greek girl upon hearing the 
Apostle/ Paul. "Be original. Put 
yourself back into that Old Greek 
World," Dr. Cumming advised. 
However, he hardly expected the 
originality that came from Leila 
Walker, who put her paper back 
into that Old Greek language. 



Another pun-y funny slipped 
from the mouth of Ann Sartain. 
"I'm not sure I like it," fthe says 
of her new feather-bob, "but 1 
suppose it will grow on me." 



Knock-Knock 

The door to the News office a1 
Murphy Candler stands open. Op- 
portunity and you can now knock. 
Guest lists will appear on the mail - 
room's bulletin board. 

Sign up now for News staff try- 
outs. 



Reese, and Dot Quillian turned up 
with arms in slings and the third 
holding a steak to her eye. Their 
mumbled explanations had some- 
thing to do with trying to get to 
a telephone and Friday's chapel. 

All of this need not alarm you 
too much, however, because after 
talking to members of the psy- 
chology- department, I have found, 
for your information, that this 
is very normal under the circum- 
stances. The only treatment sug- 
gested is to smile understands g- 
ly at them and pat them on the 
heads. 



The Agnes Scott News 



Vol. XXXIII 



AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WED., APRIL 21, 1948 



Number t& 



Orientation 
Plans For Freshman 



Orientation committee began 
its program for the incoming 
freshmen when sponsor candi- 
dates met in assembly Monday to 
receive the sponsor pledge. Easy 
Beale, orientation chairman, an- 
nounced that the new members to 
serve on the committee are Soph- 
omore Ann Gebhardt, assistant 
chairman, and Freshman Jimmie 
Lee Cobble, secretary. 

Future juniors, who accept the 
job of sponsor will turn in the 
pledge which explains duties and 
qualifications of a sponsor, Fri- 
day. Orientation committee plans 
to use about 50 sponsors and 100 
sophomore heplers. At present the 
new committee is working on a 
freshman calendar for opening 
days and a handbook to send to 
the new freshmen during the 
summer. 

Sponsors will meet Monday to 
select sophomore helpers and dis- 
cuss qualifications for the job. Dr. 
James R. McCain, president, and 
Student Government President 
Nancy Parks will deliver inspira- 
tional talks May 4 in Presser au- 
ditorium at a first training meet- 
ing. The second training meeting, 
scheduled for May 6 in the May 
Day dell, will emphasize the prac- 
tical side of the sponsor's job. 



Tea Hour to Offer 
Music, Style Show 

Flowers, soft music, and lovely 
clothes will highlight the Tea 
Hour on April 27 from 4 p. m. to 
6 p. m. This preview of early sum- 
mer clothes, given at the Silhou- 
ette Tea House, is sponsored by 
Miss Betty Hayes, manager, and 
R-egenstein's Department store. 

Models for the occasion are 
Josephine Combs and Margaret 
Brewer. Miss Hayes announced 
that she hoped to establish the 
Spring Tea Hour as an annual 
Agnes Scott custom. 

Date Book 

Thurs., April 22  Eta Sigma Phi 
meets at Miss Katherine Glick's 

^ at 4 p. m. 7 p. m. Pi Alpha Phi 
debates in Murphy Candler. 
May Day cast rehearses at 7:30 
p. m. in the gym. Student meet- 
ing in assembly. 

Fri., April 23  Claire Kemper ap- 
pears in concert in Presser at 
8:30 p. m. Music and speech pro- 
gram in assembly. Phi Beta 
Kappa holds banquet and in- 
itiation. 

Sat., April 24  5 p. m. Cotillion 
members leave for barn dance. 
Student government planning 
council meets. 

Mon., April 26  Sponsors meet at 
5 p. m. in Main. 

Tues., April 27  2-4 p. m. Lost 
and Found sells all unclaimed 
articles. 3 p. m. Phi Alpha Phi 
holds v tryouts in "Y" room in 
Main. 1-6 p. m. Fashion show 
highlights Tea Hour at the Tea 
House. 



Price Announces 
New C. A. Council 
For Coming Year 

Mary Price, president of Christ- 
ian association announced the new 
members of C. A. council chosen 
at their retreat April 13 and in- 
stalled in a special ceremony 
Monday night. 

New members of C. A. commit- 
tees are Lee Cousar, B. J. Sauer, 
and Ann Sartain, Intercollegiate 
council; Willene Tarry, Dolores 
Martin, and Dot Morrison, Y. W. 
C. A.; and B. J. Combs, Libby 
Dunlap, Mary Hayes Barber, 
Sarah McKee, and Louise Arant, 
Negro mission. 

Nan Johnson, Charlotte Key, 
Betty Averill, Ellen Hull, Marie 
Heng and Jean Harper, will work 
at Scottish Rite; Mary Louise 
Warlick and Elizabeth Williams, 
on Children's parties; and Ann 
Faucette, Page Hutchinson, Julie 
Cuthbertson, Nancy Lou Hudson, 
and Sue McSpadden at Formwalt 
Street Mission. 

Splinter Bcaro, as president of 
Westminister Fellowship; Virgin- 
ia Skinner, as president of the 
Methodists; Martha Goddard, pre- 
sident of the Baptists; Katherine 
Geffcken, president of the Episco- 
palians; and Mary Ann Hatchel, 
president of the Lutherans will al- 
so serve on council. 

Christian association is sponsor- 
ing a display of booklets on sum- 
mer jobs in the mailroom. Paul 
Garber, professor of Bible, will 
supply information not covered 
in the booklet. 



Brown Leads 
Cancer Talks 

Chi Beta Phi's drive aiming at 
making the campus "cancer con- 
scious" raised a total of $16.29 
toward cancer relief. Tina Hew- 
son, chairman of the drive, an- 
nounced that the emphasis of the 
drive had not been financial but 
rather to make the campus aware 
of cancer as a disease and as a 
disease that must be conquered. 

A movie "Trator from Within," 
and a talk by Dr. R. L. Brown, of 
the Winship Clinic and assistant 
professor cf medicine at Emory 
university, concluded the series of 
programs which were part of the 
cancer drive. 

Dr. Brown explained the symp- 
toms of cancer and discussed the 
problem of being intelligently 
aware of them. He told of the 
cancer research and present met- 
hods of treating it, illustrating 
his talk with slides of the differ- 
ent types of cancer. A discussion 
period fallowed his talk. 



May Day Plans 
Near Reality 

With the cast chosen and yard 
up:n yard of material being trans- 
formed into colorful costumes, "A 
May Day Legend" is fast becom- 
ing a reality. 

Plans forge ahead with prac- 
tices scheduled for Thursday at 
7:30 p. m., Tuesday at 4 p. m., 
and Thrsday, April 29, at 4 p. m. 
in the gym. 

Miss Eugeni'e Dozier is instruct- 
ing the leads in their dances while 
Mrs. Harriette Lapp has charge of 
the gym classes who will take the 
supporting roles. 

May Day is an annual affair 
featuring , the crowning of the 
queen and the introduction of her 
court. 



Reporter Penetrates Secrecy 
Of Opera Rehearsals In Vain 



By Alary Alice McDonald 

It was Monday afternoon and I 
had to get in a story on Senior 
Opera, one of the iron-clad cam- 
pus secrets. Expert sleuthing 
would be necessary, I realized, as 
I crept over to Gaines to cracfr 
the story. 

A mumbled-jumble of murmur- 
ing voices floated out to me on 
spring-fevered air as I crawled 
d:wn a side aisle of the chapel. 
Finally reaching the stage and 
being unobserved this far, I de- 
cided on a daring and courageous 
bit of action. Stealthily I strode 
across the stage and parted the 
curtain. But wait, could it be pos- 
sible? No, not here at Agnes 
Scott! I rubbed my eyes and took 
another look. Yes, it was here.! 

A scene of confusion greeted 
my bewildered eyes, but out of 
the chaos which seemed to be 
reigning I spied Myrtice Mariani, 
Lee Brewer, and Mary Gene Sims 
in one dance ensemble; in another, 
Nancy Deal, Mary Manly, and 
Pagie Violette. Virginia Henry 
appeared, but before I could see 



how she wa s dressed I had to 
scurry for a hiding place as a 
uniformed (in black cap and 
gown) sentry passed by, brand- 
ishing a tommy gun. 

Later the same afternoon and 
still trying for a sccop, I staged 
a daring return. Once more peep- 
ing through the curtain I noticed 
that the set had been changed 
and this one was even more spec- 
tacular than the first. Applying 
all my reasoning power I came 
to an astounding conclusion  
there were going to be two sets. 

Nan Nettles bounded onto the 
stage with a baton in hand and a 
stack of music some four feet 
high. I wondered what she had to 
do with the orchestra. The sen- 
try was coming again, but it was 
too late. Caught in the act  I 
could do nothing but 'fess up. 

The guard dragged me before 
the Senior Opera Committee for 
the Preservation of Secrecy. I 
groaned; the chairman of that il- 
lustricus committee was none 
other than the honourable Betzie. 
(Continued on page 3) 



Poet Emphasizes 
Fusion Of Ideas 



By Floss Hanson 

"The duel aim of a poet is first 
to write poetry and second to put 
into it the experiences of the 
world in which he lives," stated 
Stephen Spender in his talk Fri- 
day night. Mr. Spender, noted 
English poet brought here by the 
English department lecture series, 
talked on "A Modern Poet in a 
M:dern World" Friday night and 
on "The Individual's Responsibility 
in The World Today" Saturday 
morning. 

Crisis In Poetry 

Mr. Spender emphasized 
throughout his lecture that these 
two conflicting aims should be 
fused and twisted into one mood. 
He illustrated his points with the 
poetry of Keats, Yeats, and Words- 
worth. He also spoke of the crisis 
that arose when reality broke in- 
to the poetic world which satisfied 
human needs in a realm of ideal 
beauty. "Slums, war, philosophical 
ideas are a challenge to the po- 
etic world. It must therefore be 
enlarged to take in these things." 

"Poetry is a branch of our 
spiritual life" he continued and 
immediately followed with the 
question "Does our spiritual life 
have sufficient strength to stand 
reality?" In answer Mr. Spender 
stated a poet must either create 
poetry of spiritual strength to re- 
ject the modern world or expand 
his poetry to include the preoc- 
cupations of the modern world. 
A Poet's Objective 

In conclusion Spender emphasiz- 
ed the poet's objective is to present 
a universal picture, to transform 
the particular into the universal. 
"A poet must take the problems 
of his time the way they are pre- 
sented to him and transform them 
into the poetry of his time. If he 
is able to imagine his thoughts 
clearly he can therefore deal with 
them and put them into the ex- 
periences of the whole world." 

In his lecture Saturday morning 
Mr. Spender brought out the fact 
that the world today is at the 
mercy of human nature in its 
most uninhibited and unrepressed 
forms, our only hope of survival 
being to change our will and the 
will of the people. "The individual 
today is more powerful now than 
he has ever been before." 

Out of the two alternatives civi- 
lization will be destroyed or civi- 
(Continued on page 3) 



Senior Violinist 
To Give Recital 

Claire Kemper, violinist, will 
present a recital Friday evening 
at 8:30 in Presser auditorium. 
Miss Isabel Bryan, of the music 
department, will accompany her 
on the piano. 

Claire, a member of the senior 
class, will be the first violinist to 
be graduated from Agnes Scott 
with a major in music. She is a 
member of the Young Artists' di- 
vision of the Atlanta music club, 
and of the first violin section of 
the Atlanta Symphony orchestra. 

In addition to her training in 
Atlanta, Claire studied at the na- 
tional music camp in Interlocked 
Michigan, and the Julliard School 
of Music in New York city. She 
is now a pupil of Miss Ruth Dab- 
ney Smith, head of the college 
violin department. 

The program will include "Son- 
ata in G Minor" by Tartini; the 
movements, "Adagio," "Non Trop- 
po Presto," "Largo," "Allegro" 
and "Commodo"; "Gavotte en Ron- 
deau," for violin alone, by Bach; 
"Concerto in E. Minor"; and "Al- 
legro Mclto Appassionato" by 
Mendelssohn. She will play selec- 
tions from "San Domingo" by 
Benjamin ; the "Macedonian 
Courting Dance," by Tajcevic- 
Herzog; "En Bateau", by Debussy 
and "La Gitana" by Kreisler. 



Turner Announces 
Lecture Committee 

Nevvell Turner, chairman of 
Lecture association, announced 
her committee this week. 

Representing rising senior and 
junior classes are Treasurer Susan 
Bowling, Reception Committee 
chairman Charlsie Smith, Usher 
Committee Chairman Ann Sar- 
tain, and Poster Chairman Flor- 
ence Williamson. Future sopho- 
mores include Louise Hertwig, 
campus publicity and Charity 
Bennett, hsll preparations, and 
Day Students Anne O'Sullivan 
and Barbara Lanier. 



Denominations 
Elect Officers 
In Assembly 

New officers were elected to 
head the denominational groups 
during the coming year at a cha- 
pel assembly Tuesday. 

Martha Ann Board will head 
Westminister Fellowship while B. 
J. Combs, vice-president, and 
Mary Hayes Barber, secretary- 
treasurer, will assist her. 

Episcopalians selected Kather- 
ine Geffcken as president; Char- 
lotte Lea, vice-president; Cama 
Clarkson, secretary; and Betty 
Jane Foster, treasurer. 

Virginia Skinner, president ; 
Martha Williamson, v i c e-presi- 
dent; Joann Peterson, secretary; 
and Ellen Hull, treasurer, will 
lead the Methodists. 

Baptists chose Martha Goddard, 
president; Sally Thompson, first 
vice-president; Dot Morrison, sec- 
ond vice-president; Susan Bowl- 
ing, tmrd vice-president; B. J. 
Crowther, secretary. Dolores Mar- 
tin, will edit the "Radiator" 
while Jo Barron is deputation 
chairman and Henry Robinson, 
professor of mathematics is their 
faculty advisor. 

Mary Ann Hatchel is the new 
president of the Lutherans and 
Gretta Moll will serve as secre- 
tary for the coming year. 



2 # THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS  WED., APRIL 21, 1943 



Gals  About 

By Billie Powell 

Saturday night belonged to the juniors. Seventy-eight girls 
with their tuxedoed escorts enjoyed a banquet in an lvy- 
and-rose-bedecked dming room and then were entertained 
with a coffee and concert followed by the dance in Murphey 
Cancl cr. Among those girls who boasted out-of-town guests 
for the occasion were Newell Tur 



ner, Marie Cuthbertson, Juiianne 
Cook, J j Culp, Pat McGowan, 
Anne Hayes, Margie Graves, Jean 
Tollison, Bettie Davison, Sid Cum- 
mings, and Mimi Arnold. 

The Sigma Chi spring formal 
attracted several Agnes Scott 
girls: Leila Walker, Phyllis Nar- 
more, Margie Major, Margaret 
Hopkins, Dot Floyd, Janet Sow- 
ell, Charlotte Evans, Joann Peter- 
son, Mim Steele, Butch Hays, 
Margie Graves, Dot Quilian, Shar- 
ron Smith, Juiianne Hartrampf, 
Betsy Deal, Jo Culp, Dean Mor- 
ris, Mary Stubbs, and Elizabeth 
Williams. 

Camp Rutledge was the scene 
of the Emory SAE house party 
this weekend. The girLs rating 
invitations were Marg Hunt, An- 
nelle Simpson, Charlien Simms, 
Charlotte Bartlett, Lyd Gardner, 
Ann Green, and Diana Durden. 

Beryl Crews, Casey Chance, 
Cama Clarkson, and Jessie Car- 
penter enjoyed the Tech Engin- 
eers' Ball Saturday night, while 
Dot Floyd went to a weiner roast 
given by the Tech Chi Phi's and 
Jane Oliver, to the Emory ATO 
hayride and weiner roast at 
North Fulton Park. Jeanette Will- 
coxin attended a dance at the 
Emory Chi Phi house. 

Gretchen Reinartz' Walter and 
Sara Jane Campbell's Tom came 
down from Davidson this week- 
end. Gretchen is now the proud 
possessor of a mighty beautiful 
Sigma Chi pin. 

Kay Laufer also is sporting a new 
KA pin. 

Journeying home this weekend 
were Weezie Durant, E. Claire 
Cunning u am, and Mary Gene 



Cox Record Shop 

NEXT TO PARAMOUNT THEATER 

1 . . Mariana 

I. Now Is The Hour 

3. Looking Over a Four-Leaf 
Clover 

4. Beg Your Pardon 

5. But Beautiful 

6. Saber Dance 

7. Baby Face 

8. Di key Bird Song 

9. Too-le Yoo-le-Doo-le 

(Yoodle Polka) 
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Sims. Mildred Claire Jones, Nan- 
cy Deal, June Driskill, Pagie Vio- 
lette. Marybeth Little, and 
Mary Manly went to Dillon wun 
Lou McLaurin. Frankie Francisco 
t:ok Ivy Morris home with her 
to Columbus. Otte Winchester at- 
tended a Chi Beta Phi convention 
at Furman. And Mary Hanson 
Partridge flew up to Washington 
for the weekend. 

Mary Jo Ammons and Louise 
Tavel danced to the music of 
Tommy Dorsey at the University 
of Georgia. 



Club News 

Mortar Board 

Doris Sullivan, president cf 
Mortar Board, announced the of- 
ficers fcr the coming year Wed- 
nesday. Dot Quilian is the new 
vice-president; El Bear is the sec- 
retary; Dot Porter, treasurer; and 
CharLsie Smith, historian-editor. 

Pi Alpha Phi 

Pi Alpha Phi will hold tryouts 
on April 27, 28, and 29, in the 
"Y" room in Main, from 3 to 5 p. 
m. An exhibition debate is sche- 
duled for Thursday at 7 p. m. in 
Murphey Candler to give promis- 
ing debators an idea of the ac- 
tivity of the club. 

Eta Sigma Phi 

Eta Sigma Phi will meet Thurs- 
day afternoon at 4 p. m. at Miss 
Katherine Glick's home. El Bear 
will lead a discussion on Cicero's 
"Tusculan Disputation." 

Spanish Club 

The Spanish club elected of- 
ficers Thursday for the coming 
year. Carmen Shaver will head 
the club as president, assisted by 
Vice-president Pat Overton, Sec- 
retary Margaret Brewer; and 
Treasurer Helen Crawford. 

French Club 

New officers of French club are 
Irene McLeod, president; Jo Anne 
Christopher, vice-president; Lyn 
Phillips, secretary; and Patty 
Persohn, treasurer. 
Chi Beta Phi 

Harriotte Winchester, presi- 
dent of Chi Beta Phi, attendrd 
the National Convention of Chi 
Beta Phi, held at Furman uni- 
versity, Greenville, S. C. She serv- 
ed on the nomin?tirjg committee 
for next year's officers. 



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S G Convention 
At Tallahassee 
Draws Four 

Agnes Sc:tt was among the 47 
colleges and universities, and 102 
delegates representing these 
schools, gat. ered at Florida State 
university, Tallahassee, Fla., for 
the 30th annual conference of the 
Southern Inter-collegiate associa- 
tion of Student government, Fri- 
day through Sunday. 

Representing Agnes Scott were 
Amelia Davis and Nancy Parks 
and unofficial observers, Hunt 
Morris and Sarah Tucker. The Ag- 
nes Scott delegatkn reports that 
the conference gave them new 
ideas for a more effective point 
system, better regulation of quiet 
hours in the dormitories, and a 
more simplified, attractive hand- 
book. 

The conference had for its 
theme, "Student government as 
a training ground for democracy." 
Schools of similar size held dis- 
cussions of more detailed pro- 
blems. Agnes Scott was chairman 
of the Findings Committee on 
Parliamentary Law, and was ac- 
tive throughout the conference in 
both the opening forums and the 
panel discussions. 




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SATURDAY 

"The Meranders" 

And 

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MON. - TUES. 

"You Were Meant For 
Me" 

WED. - THURS. 

"Treasure of Surra 
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Starring Humphrey Bogart 



commttee, served as place cards. 

Dr. Jamas R. McCain, Miss Car- 
rie Scandrett, Miss Charlotte 
Hunter, Mr. and Mrs. George P. 
Hayes, Mr. and Mrs. Guerry 
Stukes, and Miss Ellen Douglass 
Leyburn chaperoned the banquet 
and the dance in Murphey Cand- 
ler. 



Cupids, Candlelight Spark 
Traditional Junior Banquet 

Silhouetted cupid beamed dowrrfrom the wall, ivy twined 
about the colonial columns, and roses blossomed from the 
center of the L-shaped banquet table as the juniors swished 
into the new dining room for their annual Junior Banquet 
Saturday night. " 

Seventy-eight juniors and dates 
dined by candlelight on rare 
steaks shrimp cocktail, and 
strawberry shortcake served by 
a corps of freshmen waitresses. 
Reese Newton, president of the 
class, opened the banquet with a 
welcoming toast. 

The stream of ruffles and din- 
ner jackets leaving Rebekah di- 
vided as couples disappeared into 
Presser to hear the Glee club and 
Freshman choir in concert. Others 
headed for Murphey Candler 
were the '47-'48 Mortar Board 
members entertained at a coffee. 

The Combos, Oglethorpe's five 
piece orchestra, held sway in 
Murphey Candler from 9 p. m. 
'til midnight. Couples glided 
waltzed, and rumbaed while others 
played bridge at tables set in the 
alcoves. Garden flowers decked 
the room and Mortar Board serv- 
ed punch and cookies. 

Decorations for the banquet 
hall, under the direction of Ric 
Ramseur, featured a silhouette 
sequence of a leap year romance. 
Miniture garden and top hats, de- 
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Play By Play 

By Margaret Brewer 

It may not be the most strenuous sport, but there is definitely 
a skill to playing ping-pong with a square ball! Just ask the group 
that attempted to do so in the recreation room last Thursday. 
The crowd of confusion enthusiasts descended upon the quiet room 
in Main, snatched paddles and balls with one swoop, and began a very 
unorthodox game wth more pongs than pings, using two cracked and 
thoroughly-deserving-retirement balls worn out from similar mis- 
treatment. 

Carmen Shaver started one malfoi'med ball rolling, if a previously 
round ball paddled square can role, but somehow the contrary thing 
missed the table entirely, and managed to lodge tself among the win- 
dow drapes. The second serve was more promising  it hit the table. 
Pat Overton stood in open-mouthed amazement, letting the ball 
thud out of sight. For a moment there was fear she had swallowed 
it. Melda Burdsall was handicapped by a hole in her paddle. She 
never failed to swing at the battered ball, but somehow the two 
never came in contact, and the ball went saling by, somewhat un- 
steadily, to come to rest behind the radiator. A fourth player merely 
made like the bridge partner whose hand is turned up for the other 
three to play from. 

Several spectators became bored at this point, and directed their 
attention to the radio beating out "Detour," or a reasonable fas- 
cimile, in the best hill billy fashion. This rather crushed the ping 
pongers. With the declaration that it was impossible to concentrate 
properly with that music going on, they laid their tools to rest. But 
in the minds of each was the question, "Does the Physical Educa- 
tion department have a course in ping pong?" 



More promising is the. news concerning the more sane sport par- 
ticipants on campus. Miss Margery Lyon of the Physical Education 
department has been invited by the American Red Cross to give 
swimming instructions this summer either at Pine Mountain in Chip- 
ley, Ga., or in Louisiana. 



The William Tells of the archery class will hold their tournament 
from May 7 to May 13. 



Horses and riders will prance in the horse show schedule for May 8. 



Lost and Found Sale 
Will Begin Tuesday 

You lose it  they've got it.  
Who? Lost and Found depart- 
ment. But they won't have it for 
long. Barbara Lawson, secretary 
of AA, announced that a sale be- 
gins Tuesday, April 27, from 2 p. 
m. to 4 p. m. You have just five 
days to claim lost " articles for a 
slight fee of ten cents. After that 
you will have to pay sale prices 
to recover your strayed posses- 
siens. 

The Lost and Found depart- 
ment is open every Tuesday from 
12:15 p. m. to 1:15 p. m.; Thurs- 
day from 3 p. m. to 4 p. m., and 
Friday from 12:15 p. m. to 1:15 
p. m. 



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Spender Speaks 

(Continued from page 1) 

lization will not be destroyed 
Mr. Spender took the latter and 
discussed the problems of survival. 
He spoke of a world g:vernment 
in which all nations must surren- 
der their sovereignty to some kind 
of over-nation, a world govern- 
ment for which the world's re- 
sources must be pooled and some 
nations must sacrifice their stand- 
ards" of living to help other na- 
tions. He pointed out in a start- 
ling statement that our present 
form of world government, the 
United Nations, is merely a sham, 
a debating place for nations who 
have fought and intend to fight 
again." 

In closing Spender emphasized 
the fact t v .at the individual must 
do his part in accepting the re- 
sponsibility to lead the world in- 
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Golf Tournament 
Gets Underway 

The golf tournament got under- 
way last week with several of 
the contestants playing off the 
first round. In- the group A divi- 
sion Jane Sharkey won over Mary 
Gene Sims. Jo Culp lost to Mar- 
jorie Major in the group B 
rounds. 

Partners f~r the tournament 
are Julianne Cook and Nelda 
Brantley; Marie Cuthbertson and 
Charity Bennet; and Mary Ann 
Zeigler and Jean Kline in group 
A. 

Betty Cole and Lady Major; 
Reese Newton and B. J. Ellison; 
Harriet Lurton and Ivy Morris 
are in group B. 



Secrecy Holds 

(Continued from page 1) 

I appealed the case, amid sobs 
and pleas for mercy. After hours 
of delibration the committeee 
reached its decision. 

The Powers came back in, re- 
viewed my case, reminded me of 
the seriousness of my case . . . 
She had already told the public, 
she told me with a warning smirk, 
that the coming opera was to be 
a take-off cn Puccini's "La 
Boh erne" and would be fittingly 
called "Four Sharps and a Flat." 
That magnificent production 
would feature outstanding celeb- 
rities in the field of music (not 
T. Dorsey, I was clued). It would 
boast of the greatest number of 
participants* in everything . . . 
celebrities "from all walks of life" 
a pun you don't get until you see- 
the opera so comic ,that even your 
dates would enjoy it. 

She had told all this and I had 
tried to uncover more. The gross- 
ness of my actions made me shud- 
der. Then she pronounced the ver- 
dict: The Committee recommends 
mercy . . and "Four Sharps and 
a Flat." 



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THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS  Wed., April 21, 1948  3 

Sophs Subdue Frosh55-20 

A determined sophomore team volleyed their way to score 
a 50-20 victory over the freshman eight Friday afternoon. 

With Miss Wilburn observing atop her chair by the net, 
and the officials readied for action, the freshman began a 
promising game by scoring the first point in the first few 
seconds of playing. But the sopho- 



mores refused to stand for this, 
and came back fighting  as the 
score proves. Jane Sharkey was 
up to her old spikes again, and 
Katherine Dickey really played 
that center back position.. 

June Harris was in there vol- 
leying for the freshmen with good 
pick ups and strong pushes. Fred- 
dy Hachtel skillfully returned 
many of the sophomore serves. 

Highlighting the game was the 
large number of long volleys. At 
times the ball seemed to forget 
to hit the ground. 

In the next court an enthusias- 
tic junior team practiced diligent- 
ly, and gave promise of offering 
this week's winners stiff com- 
petition next Friday. 

The freshman lineup was De- 
lores Middour, right back; Ann 
Brocke, right forward; Punky 
Chard, left center; Betty Wil- 
liams, left forward; June Harris, 
right center; Nancy Brown, left 
back; Freddy Hachtel, back; and 
Liz Pollard, center forward. 

The lineup for the sophomores 
included Barbara Lawson, right 
back; Cathy Davis, right center; 
Mary Ann Hachtel, right forward; 
Jane Sharkey, forward; Mary 
Louise Warlick, left center; Genii. 
Paschal, lifet back; Katherinf 
Dickey, center back. 



Library Exhibit 
Features Statuettes 
Jewelry of Mexico 

Miss Muriel Harn, professor of 
German and Spanish, Miss Katha- 
rine Omwake, assistant professor 
of psychology, and Miss Melissa 
Cilley, assistant professor of 
Spanish, presented a Pan- Ameri- 
can exhibit in the library this past 
week. The exhibit was located in 
the main reading room. 

The collection included pieces 
of pottery, tiny statuettes, and 
jewelry. The statuettes were of 
Spanish dancers, peasants, tor- 
eadors, and little woven cows. 

The jewelry collection featured 
an opal ring surrounded by dia- 
monds, and an assortment of sil- 
ver pins and rings. 



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EDITORIALS 



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With a fan-fare of chuckles we introduce a new member of the Nevvs 
staff, Agonie Scott. A figment of Jo Heinz's imagination we bring her 
from the campus as your roommate and mine, a spirit we all know, 
just pure Agonie. 



Extra Curricular Culture 

There are some people who would like to take advantage of 
opportunities that are offered them. It is a shame that these 
people don't always have the chance to do this. And then, 
there are some people who have the chance, but just don't 
take advantage of it. It seems that these two groups should 
change places. 

Agnes Scott is a place where one would expect to find a 
great number of cultural opportunities. Throughout the 
school year we are invited to hear lecturers, see educational 
movies, and visit art collections. But how many of us take 
advantage of these opportunities that are laid before us? 

When an auditorium is only half filled on the evening of 
a distinguished lecturer's appearance, the fact is clear that 
some people are missing out on an experience they will 
never be offered again. When will we learn that college life 
is not limited to the class room, but extends as far as a 
person's intellectual curiosity and search for knowledge will 
reach? D. M. 

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Soph Major Trials 
Defect; Effect 
Facing of Problem 

By Annelle Cox 

During the week of April 12-17, 
when sophomores decided on their 
major work, a problem of mo- 
mentous importance to all Ag- 
nes Scott students came into the 
limelight again. This problem has 
plagued girls since the erection of 
Buttrick hall and seems fated to 
vex them throughout eternity. 
Phrased as simply as possible, the 
question is this: How may a stu- 
dent amuse herself while sitting 
in a cramped position on the 
dusty floor outside a professor's 
office for two hours? 

Anyone at all familiar with 
conditions at Agnes Scott can 
readily see the magnitude and 
delicacy of such a many-sided pro- 
blem. At the same time a girl 
must abstain from awakening the 
sleeping figures around her, avoid 
annoying earnest teachers and dis- 
tracted students actually engaged 
in consultation, and, most impor- 
tant of all, provide genuine en- 
tertainment for herself. The tech- 
nique for this is usually perfected 
in April of the sophomore year. 
Joyless Stress 

The possibilities for recreation 
on the second and third floors of 
Buttrick are extremely limited. 
The art exhibt attracts a few 
artistic souls and those who can't 
bear to sit on the floor another 
minute. The water fountain en- 
ables a student to ^get exercise 
bending over it, as well as water. 
The securing of water, however, 
is an undertaking fraught with 
danger. There is always the 
chance that an exhausted person 
will just keep on going down un- 
til she is merely a crumpled heap 
on the floor. Talking with friends 
occupies a few minutes, of course. 
This is not very satisfactory, us- 
usally, because if their schedules 
are not planned, they tend to be 
morbid, and if their schedules are 
prepared, they are unbearably 
smug. On rare occasions girls find 
their soul-mates in strangers who 
wait with them throughout an af- 
ternoon. 

Leaving-Grieving 

The most popular amusement in 
Buttrick is a very simple one. A 
girl places her back against the 
rough, stimulating wall, stares in- 
to space, and either reviews the 
latest proposals for world feder- 
ation or counts the dust particles 
in the air exposed by a ray of sun- 
light. 

A wealth of activity awaits when 
a student finally leaves the build- 
ing. First, she must rearrange her 
schedule since it probably dis- 
mayed her major professor. Next, 
she must acquire a new notebook 
if she sat on hers while waiting. 
The two hours weight has probab- 
ly mangled it beyond all recogni- 
tion. Or was she without a note- 
book, there is her dress to be 
cleaned of the dust of the flood. 
Then her last problem is a mind 
to be cleared of the troubled 
memories of selecting a major. 



Business Staff Adds Seven 

The News added seven ad-get- 
ters to its business staff, Mary 
Aichel, business manager, an- 
nounced this week. 

,New members include M. C. 
Lindsay. Susan Gauger, Mary 
Louise Warlick, Betty Rawls, 
Anne Haden, Anne Griggs, and 
Joan Mahcney. 



Art Exhibit Shows 
Current Trends 
In Expressionism 



Jabberwacky 

By Lee Cousar 

Another campus triumph! At last the long visualized has 
materialized, the long wished-for has appeared. As a college 
we have just made our most important move since the build- 
ing of the science hall. No more will eyes close over books 
at 1 a. m. No more will we frantically dial for De. 1665 at 
10:29 p. m. The day of visiting 
friends with boxes frcm home has 
passed. As a college community, 
under the leadership of Kate Durr 
Elmore, we rejoice together over 
the latest and greatest move  the 
purchase of a coke machine. 

Many people viewing our new 
addition for the first time are most 
impressed by the brain behind 
the steel exterior. One person was 
known to have bought four cokes 
to make sure that she wasn't im- 
agining it when she got back four 
nickles and a coke after deposit- 
ing a quarter. Her greatest shock, 
however, was when her slug was 
returned to her. 

Jiving Juniors Convine 

'Mid shrimp, steaks, and men 
the junior class had their last 
big fling together as the junior 
class Saturday. Lovely springeven- 
ing dresses' fillec trie dining hall 
 in fact, filled it so completely 
that the dates felt somewhat like 
little black and white wooden 
penguins, shuffling instead of 
walking. The general feeling 
abroad after it was all over was 
best expressed by the four juniors 
who raised their right hands and 
vowed not to pass a subject this 
quarter  with the aim of attend- 
ing another Junior Banquet next 
year. 

Tactful Tactics 

A recent classroom discussion 
on communism prompted one of 
our noted profs to ask a rather 
startling question. The discussion 
had continued some time empha- 
sizing the similarity of the pos- 
sessions of people under a com- 
munistic regime, when, to illus- 
trate his point, the professor turn- 
ed to one of his students ( names 
withheld by request) and asked: 
"Now, Miss A, how would you 
like to have to come out every 
day looking like Miss B over 
there?" At which, the class roar- 
ed and Miss B quietly slunk away. 



Concert Features 
Religious Numbers 

The Glee club with the assis- 
tance of the Freshman choir pre- 
sented their annual Spring Con- 
cert last Saturday night in Pres- 
ser auditorium, under the direc- 
tion of Mrs. Rebekah Clarke, in- 
structor in music. 

The Glee club opened the pro- 
gram with a group cf religious 
songs, including "Praise We Sing 
to Thee" by Haydn; "O "Bone 
Jesu" and "Adoramus Te" by 
Palestrina, "E m i t t e Spiritum 
Tuum" by Scheutky, and "List 
the Cherubic Host" from "The 
Holy City" by Gaul. On the last 
number William Calder, profes- 
sor of physics, accompained the 
Glee club on the harp and Peter 
Harrower, of Georgia Tech, sang 
the baritone solo. 

The Freshman choir continued 
the program with a group of re- 
ligious, folk, and modern songs. 
This group consisted of "Lift 
Thine Eyes" from "Elijah" by 
Mendelssohn, "O Rest in the Lord" 
also from "Elijah," "How Beauti- 
ful Are the Feet" from the "Mes- 
siah" by Handel, "In These De- 
lightful Pleasant Groves," by 
Purcell, "Water Ripple and Flow" 
by Taylcr, and "Charlottown" by 
Bryan. 



By Cama Clarkson 

Thrilling, confusing, familiar, 
alien  according to the specta- 
tor  is the exhibit of water colors 
and gouaches now in 321 Butt- 
rick. Including representatives of 
the new movements in artistic 
work of expressionists, with their 
distortion of recognizable forms, 
of cubists, who dissect natural 
forms in order to re-shape them 
into a new reality, and of ab- 
stractionists, whose symbols must 
be accepted open-mindedly by tr 
spectator in order to convey their 
suggestions. 

Among the romantic expres- 
sionists with a purpose of enjoy- 
ment or a deeper desire to ex- 
press some strong sentiment are 
Dwight Marfield, whose adept use 
of the bamboo brush has pictured 
whimsical animals moving about 
in a dreamy world vaguely akin 
to reality; Claire Mahl, who paint- 
ted an oppressive New York City 
with its crowded designs of greys 
and browns; and Ben-Zion, who 
expressed quite openly his hor- 
ror at the Nazi atrocities inflict- 
ed upon the dignity of the Jewish 
race. 

Interested more by design and 
composition, art for art's sake, 
are Carreno, Rosenborg, Bearden, 
and Baziotes, whose paintings 
show a world remodeled by the 
artists' ideas of form and color. 

Adolph G:ttlieb and Attilio Sa- 
lemme must be mentioned apart 
from the other artists in this 
group. Gottlieb is leading an 
American school of art that ap- 
peals to the spectator through 
symbols, archeological in his "Il- 
luminated Crypt", supposedly de- 
riving from the artist's uncon- 
scious and speaking to the same 
in the spectator. Salemme grap- 
ples with a problem: "the delemna 
of isolated forms, apparently free, 
yet held fast by the tension be- 
tween them and the confines of 
a rigidly demarcated space." As 
his titles indicate, Salemme, fur- 
ther, deals with the drama of hu- 
man life. 

Including romanticism, expres- 
sionism, cubism, and abstraction- 
ism, this exhibit is widely repre- 
sentative of current movements 
among young artists of the United 
States. 



The Glee club concluded with 
a group of lighter songs. The 
works in this section were "Now 
is the Month of Maying" by Mor- 
lcy, "The Rain Falls on My 
Heart" by Debussy, "Russian 
Picnic" by Enders and "Moun- 
tains" by Rasbach. As an encore 
the ^lee club sang 'Take Joy 
Home" and a special arrangement 
of "Three Blind Mice." 

Peter Harrower. the guest so- 
loist, sang a group of familiar mel- 
odies, "Caro Mio Ben", by Giro- 
dani, and "None But the Lonely 
Heart." For an encore he sang 
"I Got Plenty of Nothing." 

Alice Crenshaw and Joann 
Wood were piano accompanists 
for the performance. 



The Agnes Scott News 



Vol. XXXIII 



AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WED., APRIL 28, 1948 



Number 21 



Beauties, Comedy To Sparkle On Saturday 

Queen Little To Reign 
At May Day Fairyland 



Sharps and Flats 

Seniorpolitan Corps 
Will Parody Puccini 

By Clarkie Rogers 

Curtain time for 'Tour Sharps and a Flat," the Seniorpoli- 
tan opera company's 1948 production, will reveal a post-grad- 
uation phantasy of drama, song, and dance. 

As an opening salvo for the endowment fund drive, tradi- 
tional senior opera, parodying Puccini's "La Boheme" this 
year, has acquired new importance 



for that opening curtain in Pres- 
ser hall, Saturday at 8:30 p. m. 

With the setting in little old 
New York's artistic haven, Green- 
wich village, prima donnas, Rose 
Mary Griffin, Marybeth Littlej 
Harriet Reid and Ruth Richard- 
son will exchange arias with the 
new singing sensation, Doc Dunn. 

Special features include the 
Overture, composed and arrang- 
ed by Nan Nettles, the especially 
executed scenery and dances, and 
the mystery orchestra in the sec- 
ond act. No identity has as yet 
been attached to the world fam- 
ous band leader appearing in the 
performance. 

Cast includes Lou McLaurin, 
Sister Davis and Virginia Tucker. 
Lee Brewer, Myrtice Mariani, 
Mary Gene Sims, Pagie Violette, 
Marmy Manly, Nandcy Deal, Vir- 
ginia Henry, Bob Blair, Tina Hew- 
son, Mac Compton, Harriet Greg- 
Air Line Representatives 
To Make Reservations 

J. W. Lockwood and Miss 
Miss Ellen WaJdrop, represen- 
tatives from Eastern Air 
Lines, will be in Buttriek lob- 
by Monday from 12 noon to 
4 p.m. to make arrangements 
with student for summer 
transportation by air. 

Phi Bete Initiates 
At Formal Banquet 

Eight new Phi Beta Kappa mem- 
bers held their formal banquet at 
the Tea House Friday night with 
Goodrich C. White president of 
Emory, the guest speaker for the 
occasion. 

Initiated in a secret ceremony 
earlier in the evening, at Mur- 
phey Candler the recently tapped 
members then attended the ban- 
quet along with other members on 
campus and alumae who are mem- 
bers. 



Jr. Class Elects 
Thomson to Office 

Juniors elected Kate Thomson 
class treasurer at their meeting 
Monday in Assembly. 

Reese Newton, president of 
the class, announced that Betsy 
Deal is in charge of the senior 
robes for graduation. The class 
discussed plans for a party in hon- 
or of the seniors and appointed 
Betty Blackmon to make the ar- 
rangements. 



ory, Martha Humber, Charlien 
Sims, June Irvine, and Caroline 
Hodges. 

Working with Betzie Power, 
chairman, are Dabney Adams, 
writing committee head, conduc- 
tor Nan Nettles, stage director, Pat 
McMannon, stage designer Anne 
Elcan, Ann Shepherd, chairman of 
costumes, and choreographer, Vir- 
ginia Henry. 

Make-up committee chairman is 
Betty Gesner, while Sara Cather- 
ine Wilkinson handles stage con- 
struction and June Driskill, sec- 
retary. Publicity manager Har- 
riet Gregory and Clarkie Rogers; 
lights, Jane Barker; advertising, 
Marian Yancey; and Martha Cook, 
props, are among committee 
heads. B. J. Brown is in charge 
of tickets, and Amanda Hulsey 
wil direct the ushers. Julie Anne 
Coleman and Sally Bussey are dis- 
tributing programs and Lady Ma- 
jor and Mrs. Rebekah Clarke are 
advisors. 



Future Frosh 
To Visit Here 

The freshman class will play 
hostesses to about 75 high school 
seniors Saturday. High School 
Day activities will begin with 
lunch and continue through the 
afternoon with a series of tours 
and entertainments. 

Before beginning an extensive 
tour of the campus, Dr. J.-R. Mc- 
Cain, president, Miss Carrie Scan- 
drett, dean, Guerry S. Stukes, 
dean of the faculty, and major 
Student government officers will 
welcome the guests. 

A tour of the campus will in- 
clude a back-stage inspection of 
the chapel, conducted by Black- 
friars; special-interest exhibits by 
the art and science departments; 
swimming and diving exhibitions; 
riding demonstrations; and special 
music by the Freshman choir. 

The group's tour will end in 
Murphey Candler with singing un- 
der the direction of Mrs. Rebekah 
Clarke, instructor in music, and 
punch and cookies served by the 
(continued on page 2) 



Mortar Board Calls 
Compulsory Chapel 

Motor Board will hold a compul- 
sory chapel tomorrow to get stu- 
dent reasons and suggestions a- 
bout the drop in chapel attend- 
ance. A student meeting to dis- 
cuss the point system will follow. 



Rejuvenated Inman Hall 
To Greet Class of '52 

After a summer spent in re-wiring, re-flooring, re-painting, 
and general re-vamping, a re-juvenated Inman hall will greet 
the class of '52 in September. 

Dr. J. R. McCain, president, verified rumors that Inman 
is scheduled for a beauty treatment when he announced this 
week that the interior of the 



freshman dormitory will undergo 
a 60,000 dollar renovation, in- 
cluding tile baths, hardwood 
floors, and sound absorbing ceil- 
ings. 

The administration has engaged 
seven contractors to begin work 
the day school closes on the wir- 
ing, lighting, and plumbing. They 
will install additional baths, show- 
ers, and a reception room for the 
faculty resident giving her an a- 
partment of a bedroom, living 
room and bath. Both halls and 
rooms will get new coats of paint 
in an attempt to lighten the gen- 
eral atmosphere. If paint is avail- 
able the bedrooms will be tinted. 

Funds for this re-modeling are 
furnished from the money raised 
in the 1940-44 campaign. The ac- 
tual work planned at that time 
was interrupted by the war. 

Arrangement of rocms will not 
change and the freshmen of next 
year will use the same furniture 
that is in the building at present. 
Proposed changes will take away 
the space of about 8 girls, limiting 
Inman's capacity to about 92 in- 



stead of the 100 it now holds. 

Plans for renovating Rebekah 
are in the offing, Dr. McCain said, 
but Rebekah must wait until the 
Inman project is complete. 



Exec Reviews 
New Requests 

Executive committee's planning 
council met Saturday night to 
discuss and decide upon the policy 
for next year, student suggestions, 
and committe appointments. 

Discussions centered about the 
17 different suggestions turned in 
through the suggestion box by 
75 students. Exec, either rejected 
or referred the suggestions to the 
proper authorities. 

Committee chairman appointed 
for the next year include Milly 
Flournoy, mimeograph, Hunt Mor- 
ris, registration, Alice Crenshaw, 
chapel, assisted by Willene Tarry, 
Bobbie Catheart, Sally Thompson 
and Noel Barnes. 



The king of fairies in all his regal splendor will lead his 
court of March winds and wood sprites to pay honor to the 
Queen of May Saturday afternoon. The royal processional 
through fairyland will begin at 5 p.m. in the May Day dell. 

The seasons, the sun, the rain, and the fairies who frolic 
among them will come to life on 



May Day green and pass in review 
before Queen Marybeth Little. 
Attending the queen in her revels 
in fairyland will be Nancy Deal 
as her maid of honor, June Irvine, 
Beth Jones, Mary Manly, Mimi 
Arnold, Betty Blackmon, Julianne 
Cook, Bettie Davison, Casey 
Chance, Cama Clarkson, Beryl 
Crews, Sally Jackson, and Louise 
Sanford. 

The senario, "A May Day Legend" 
which was written by Junior Nan- 
cy Parks, will feature a theme of 
May Day fantasy brought to real- 
ity by costuming under the super- 
vision of Costume Chairman Mimi 
Arnold, dancing directed by Miss 
Eugenia Dozier, and special musi- 
cal background. 

g 

The cast, led' by Chairman Max- 
ine Kickliter, is finishing last min- 
ute rehearsals for Saturday's per- 
formance. Principals include 
Martha Long, January; Pagie Vio- 
lette, February; Barbara Quattle- 
baum, March; Gene Wilson, April; 
Marybeth Little, Queen of May; 
Margaret Hopkins, June; Mary Jo 
Ammons, July; Charity Bennett, 
August; Anna Wells, September; 
Sara Jane Campbell, October; 
Anne Hayes, November; and Nan- 
cy Dendy, December. 

Other leading roles for the "Le- 
gend" will be taken by Dot Por- 
ter as the King, Nancy Parks the 



CA Seeks Opinions, 
Declares New Plans 
For Foreign Relief 

To aid five Agnes Scott alum- 
nae who are in Europe, Christian 
association plans to collect old 
clothing from students tonight at 
10. This plan is in response to a 
letter received by Dr. J. R. Mc- 
Cain, president, from one of the 
alumnae. 

A discussion is also under way 
for at least two starvation dinners 
to raise enough money to send 
two CARE packages to each of 
the alumnae's families. CA hopes 
by these packages to help sustain 
them through the summer and to 
send more help in the fall. 

Nancy Huey, chairman of re- 
ligious resources, presented a 
questionnaire to the student body 
in Tuesday's chapel. CA will tab- 
ulate the results and post them 
on the back bulletin board in But- 
trick. 

Mary Price, president of CA, 
announced that morning watch 
will no longer be held in Main, 
but in Miss Francis K. Gooch's 
studio in Rebekah hall at 7:55 a. 
m. When the weather permits, 
the group will meet on the front 
steps of Rebekah. 



Fairy, and Charlotte Bartlette the 
Sun. Barbara Hytken, Ann Mil- 
ler, Dodo Martin, Cissie Spiro, 
Twig Hertwig, Newell Turner, 
Virginia Henry, Norah Anne Lit- 
tle and Martha Anne Board will 
complete the cast. Olive Wilkin- 
son will narrate the legend. 



Chapter to Award 
Chi Beta Phi Key 

Dr. Eugenia Papageorge, as- 
sistant professor of biochemistry 
at Emory, will speak at the an- 
nual award in chapel Wednesday 
of the Chi Beta Phi key to the 
girl who combines a sincere in- 
terest in science and Chi Beta Phi 
affairs with high scholastic ability. 

A number of girls are nominat- 
ed by the faculty of the science 
department on purely a scholastic 
basis, and from these the mem- 
bers of Chi Beta Phi choose one 
girl to receive the honor. 

The key is presented by the na- 
tional chapter to one student in 
each of the schools maintaining a 
chapter in the science fraternity. 



Watercolorist 
To Lecture 

Don Kingman, noted New York 
watercolorist, will be on campus 
Wednesday and Thursday under 
the auspices of the University 
Center in Georgia. 

Mr. Kingman will give a lecture 
and demonstration, open to the 
public, at 2 p. m. Wednesday in 
321 Buttriek. He will assist in 
the practical work of the art de- 
partment on Thursday afternoon. 

Mr. Kingman teaches painting 
at Columbia university in New 
York, and has won two Guggen- 
heim fellowships and many ex- 
hibition awards. 



Date Book 

Thurs., April 29,  Compulsory 
meeting in assembly. 

Fri., April 30  Music and speech 
departments present a program 
in chapel. 

Sat., May 1  Annual May Day 
celebration 5 pjn. Senior 
Opera 8:30 p. m. High School 
Day begins 12 noon. 

Sun., May 2  Vespers led by Miss 
Margaret Hoyt of Atlanta in 
McKinney room in Main 6:30 
p. m. "Religion or Babbit's 
Foot" is the topic. 

Tues., May 4  J. D. Phillips, as- 
sistant pastor of First Presby- 
terian Church speaks in chapel. 



THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS  WED., APRIL 28, 1948 



r , . r l r* j. 'Pretty Look 7 Tops 

Countries Exchange Customs - New L r ook - Tue J ay 

At Fashion Show 



At International Folk Party 



By Charlsie Smtih 

Foreign costumes, candle light, 
checked gingham table cloths, 
piles of apples, popccrn, ginger- 
bread, the faithful coke, and a 
Latin American band provided a 
cosmopolitan atmosphere for the 
international folk party which at- 
tracted both faculty and students 
from Agnes Scott last Friday 
night. 

Held under the auspices of the 
Atlanta Rotary club, the party 
fostered a feeling of go:d will and 
understanding which would have 
made the United Nations jealous. 
Hearing a Korean struggle with 
the Czechoslovakian folk song 

Club News 

Glee Club 

Susan Bowling was elected 
president of the Glee club at the 
meeting held Wednesday 
Other officers who will serve with 
Susan during the 1948-49 season 
are Jean Osborne, vice president, 
and Vippie Patterson, secretary- 
treasurer. Pat Buie was elected 
librarian. 

Cotillion Club 

June Irvine, president of Cotil- 
lion, announced Thursday the 
newly elected officers of Cotillion. 
They are Mimi Arnold, president, 
Lydia Gardner, vice-president; and 
Margaret Hunt, secretary-trea- 
surer. Final plans for the outing 
party held Saturday were also 
made at the business meeting. 

Bible Club 

Betty Jean Combs was recently 
elected president of the Bible club. 
Nancy Lou Hudson, Freshman, 
will assist Betty Jean in the vice 
president's place . Sue C. Spad- 
den will serve as secretary. Bible 
club extends an invitation of mem- 
bership to anyone interested in 
joining. 

Mortor Board 

Miss Muriel Ham has been elect- 
ed as the new faculty advisor for 
Mortar Board for the next three 
years. 

Cabinets 

The freshmen and sophomore 
cabinets met together Tuesday 
afternoon at 5:15 in the Music 
room in Main. The meeting fea- 
tured a poetr yprogram, with 
Marybeth Little reading several 
poems from her new book, "Un- 
drside of Leaves." 

Eta SHma Phi 

Eta Sigma Phi elected officers 
and discussed plans for their an- 
nual party for Latin and Greek 
students Wednesday. 

Kate Durr Elmore is the new 
president; Mary Aichel, vice-pres- 
ident; Martha Stowell, secretary; 
and Shirley Simmons, treasurer. 

El Bear, Candy Hollandsworth, 
and Barbara Macris led a discus- 
sion of Cicero's "Tusculan Dispu- 
tations." 



Cox's Record Shop 

NEXT TO PARAMOUNT THEATER 

1. "Now Is The Hour" 

2. "Manana" 

3. "Saber Dance" 

4. "Beg Your Pardon" 

5. "Tomorrow Night" 

6. "Because" 

7. "Is It Too Late?" 

8. "Baby Face" 

9. "Shine" 

10. "Little White Lies" 



found on the song sheet, or seeing 
a Dutchman clad in the tradition- 
al wooden shoes, rhumba to the 
music of the Latin band with an 
American for his partner provid- 
ed the whole group with incom- 
parable entertainment, but at the 
same time gave the individual a 
rarely experienced sense of unity 
with the other peoples of the 
world. 

Perhaps the great success of 
the Cuban rhumba might be 
traced to the Tech Latin Ameri- 
can band which assisted in that 
phase of the dancing. After a 
waltzing contest for the benefit 
of the European guests, the danc- 
ing ended on a strictly American 
note with a round of square danc- 
ing. 

Attending the party from Ag- 
nes Scott were D. J. Cumming, 
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Forman, Miss 
Carrie Scandrett, Betsy Forman, 
Casey Chance, Nan Johnson, 
Mary Price, Agnes Berentzen, Dot 
Quillian, Marianela Segura, Car- 
men Shaver, and Charlsie Smith. 



Cotillion Club Dines 
Dances, Frolics 
At Pleasant Hill 

The Cotillion club party, last 
week, was a prelude to summer- 
time in its theme, atmosphere, 
and activities. At 5:30, Saturday 
evening Cottillion member and 
their dates met at Pleasant Hill 
to usher in the summer season 
with soft ball, picnic ^ supper, 
square dancing, and group sing- 
ing. 

The boys, with the assistance 
of Paul Garber, set the stage at 
the beginning of the function by 
playing soft ball. Several home- 
runs rolled in as the girls cheered 
the players on from the sidelines. 
The girls then spread the picnic 
suppers which they had brought 
and everybody enjoyed cold chick- 
en, potato salad, sandwiches, 
doughnuts, and cokes. 

Popular dancing was in order 
inside the Pleasant Hill Barn un 
til callers came and led the group 
in square dancing. Dressed in 
colorful folk costumes, the cou- 
ple demonstrated and called six 
square dances. As an intermission 
Cotillion members and t' eir dates 
harmonized on some old familiar 
songs, under stars and a full moon. 
The dance concluded with a grand 



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By Mary Carolyn Schwab 

High fashion made its debut on 
the college campus this week at 
the fashion show sponsored by 
the Silhouette Tea House during 
the Tuesday afternoon tea hour. 

An attractive menu featuring 
the "Silhouette", plus a back- 
ground of soft music, appropriate- 
ly contributed to the occasion. 
Suspense and anticipation, created 
by the special feature of award- 
ing corsages to girls who drew the 
lucky numbers, lent festivity to 
the scene. 

Highlighting the affair was the 
fashion show itself. Miss DeJar- 
nette of Regenstein's, who super- 
vised the show, commented on the 
costumes as, the models descended 
the stairway, paraded through the 
dining rcom, and made a final 
turn around the tea room. 

New detail, new use oi fabrics, 
and a new touch of the exotic 
marked these costumes as origi- 
nals. The pretty look definitely 
overshadowed the much discus- 
sed "new look." The classic white 
two-piece dasher, modeled by Jo 
Combs was acclaimed to be a fa- 
vorite by many students. Those 
who preferred sophistocation ad- 
mired the blue lace frock modeled 
by Mrs. Tom Moskal. Margaret 
Brewer introduced two unusual, 
but very attractive outfits. 

Miss Priscilla Lobeck, instruc- 
tor in art, and Mrs. Dudley Fort, 
who donated the flowers, assisted 
Miss Betty Hayes, supervisor of 
the Tea HQUse, in producing the 
show. Miss Hayes in the future 
plans similar periodic events at 
which students may entertain 
their friends. 



square for all members. 

Chaperoning the event were 
Miss Llewellyn Wilburn, professor 
of physicial education; Miss Pri- 
cilla Lobeck, instructor in art; 
and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Garber. 



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Gals  About 

By Billie Powell 

For once, the week-end's big entertainment thrill did not, 
take place in Atlanta. The spotlight falls on a little college 
town called Davidson, N. C, and on the spring dances held 
there. Agnes Scott was well represented. by Sara Samonds, 
Gene Wilson, Jo Culp, Bobbie Cathcart, Anna Wells and 



Teeka Long 

The Theta Chi's Silver Anni- 
versary formal must have been 
fun. It was held at the Shrine 
Mosque and the music was sup- 
plied by Charlie Sorrells' orches- 
tra. 

Dancing with the Theta Chi's were 
Doris Sulivan and Joan Willmon 
who looked lovely in yellow net 
and black taffeta, respectively. 
June Smith and Sally Thompson 
were also there. 

SAE-Phi Belt Party 

Fritz Orr's camp was the scene 
of the SAE-Phi Delt party Satur- 
day night. And the sophomore 
class had quite a delegation; Ann 
Green, Charlotte Bartlett, Dee 
Durden, Jean Osborn, Dot Floyd, 
Lil Lasseter, Mary Lou Hatfield, 
and Harriot Ann McGuire. 

Seen at the Delta Sigma Phi 
picnic this weekend were Nancy 
Brown, Eliza Pollard, Dean Morris, 
Jo Ann Cobb, and Liz Ragland. 
Margaret Brewer went on an Al- 
pha Phi Omega hayride to North 
Fulton park. Mary Carolyn 
Schwab and Amanda Hulsey en- 
joyed the Medical school dance at 
Peachtree Gardens and Julianne 
Cook and Harriet Lurton, the 
Pi Kappa Phi formal at the A- 
merican Legion hut. Newell Turn- 
er danced at the Rainbow Roof. 



DEKALB THEATRE 

Wed. & Thurs. 
"The Secret of Sierra 
Madri" 

with Humphrey Bogart 
Fri. 

"Hit Parade ' 

with Eddie Albert 

Sat. 

'The Vigalontes: A 

Boom Town" 
"So Dark The Night" 

Mon. & Tues. 
"The Voice of the 
Turtle' 



Visiting Fella* 

Everybody's fella was here this 
week-end. Nancy Park's Frank 
came down from Davidson, and 
Nancy is now sporting a diamond. 
Susan Neville's Wilf came from 
Duke; Jo McCall's John was here; 
so were Ann Pitt's Joe, Isazel 
Truslow's Neel, and Beryl Crews' 
John R. 

Jessie Carpenter, Louise Tavel, 
Gregor Mitchell, and Betty Rawls 
traveled to Sewanee, Tennessee. 
Doris Maritzky visited friends at 
Brenau. Norah Ann Little and Lyd 
Gardner went to Athens as did 
Casey Chance. Martha Warlick 
took her room-mate, Jean Harper, 
home with her to Newton, N. C. 
And Zollie Saxon has just return- 
ed from a week's visit at home. 



High School Day 

(Continued from page 1) 
newly-chosen Mortar Board. May- 
Day festivities will climax the 
day's entertainment. 

Miss Charlotte Hunter, assis- 
tant dean, and Miss Betty Bow- 
man, secretary to the dean will 
assist the freshman class in plan- 
ning the day's program. 



DECATUR THEATRE 

Wed. 

'Dark Delusion' 

with James Craig 

Lucille Bremmer 
Thurs. & Fri. 
"Christmas Eve" 

with George Raft 
George Brent 
Randolph Scott 
Joan Blondell 

Sat. 

"Code of the West" 
"Hell Ship Moroan' 

with George Raft 
Ann Soul hand 
Mon. & Tues. 
"The Two Mrs. Carrols" 

with Humphrey Bogart 
Barbara Stan wick 
Aiexa Smith 



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THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS  Wed., April 28, 1948  3 



Play By Play 

By Margaret Brewer 

It is always gratifying to hear some reader's comment on the sports' 
column, even if it is a complaint, because it shows at least one person 
appreciates good literature. Ahem! (The "Chief" will probably strike 
out this lead as advertising matter.) Anyway, after a diligent search 
through the files of "How to play ping pong and survive," here is 
an answer to that crankpot who insinuated that "All people who play 
ping pong the way you described last week are morons." 

According to research data there are three ways to play ping pong 
the normal, abnormal, and subnormal or, the right way, the wrong 
way, and the way the fumbling four did last week. 

The normal way is to station two sane players directly across the 
table from each other with a round ball, holeless paddle and strong 
net. After pinging for first serve, the pingers calmly swat the ball 
back and forth until their arm gives way, or a gremlin joins the game. 
This is the style for the quiet, no strain-no pain sportswomen. 

Something with a little more "wim, wigor and witality" is the second 
method. For this you add two more players and paddles, and aim for 
your opponent diagonally across from you, whereupon she sends it 
back to the partner opposite her, who starts the vicious square again. 
For variety, add another ball and you get bedlam or a sore neck. 

But the most fascinating way of all is the one under the heading 
of "subnormal." One ball, one sturdy table, two paddles, and an un- 
limited number of subnorms are all that is needed. The proper posi- 
tion requires that one player take one side while all the others, the 
more the better, line up on the opposite side of the table. At exactly 
the right moment the leader in line serves, drops the paddle and races 
around one side of the table to take the place of the single player who, 
by this time has returned the ball and run around the other side to 
the end of the line. Each person in lines moves up to hit the ball once 
at a time. This keeps up until the players, or the table falls down. Of 
course, this explanation is about as clear as the method itself. If the 
complainant wishes a demonstration, we of the News Staff will be only 
too glad to comply, as we aim to please! 



Orphaned Jackets, Scarf, 
Doll Find Foster Parents 

Jackets, raincoats, scarves, foun- 
tain pens, an overnight case, and 
the memnant of someone's temper 
tantrum, a mutilated doll, have 
new owners after the Lost and 
Found sale this week. 

The sale was so successful that 
the Lost and Founders plan to 
have them next year at the begin- 
ning of each quarter. The pro- 
cedes will go to Athletic associa- 
tion. 



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Social Standards Coffee 

The new Social Standards com 
mitee, under the leadership of Bet- 
ty Blackmon, was in charge of 
the reception for Stephen Spender 
after his lecture Friday night. 

Miss Charjotte Hunter poured 
coffee, and Miss Bella Wilson act- 



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Phone DE. 1665 

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Recreation Leaders Sophs Slay JrS. 30 - 19 

Enjoy 'Childhood' 

By Nancy Deal 



Twice a week there's a "kid 
party" on campus! From Murphy 
Candler, the hockey field, or the 
volleyball court rings the spon- 
taneous laughter and the gay 
songs of the recreational leader- 
ship class. 

On Tuesdays and Thursdays 
Miss Llewellyn Wilburn leads the 
group in folk games, outdoor 
games, and some "quiet" games. 

The remainder of the quarter 
will be devoted to party-food plan- 
ning under the direction of Mrs. 
John Welcher, dietician, handcraft 
under Miss Pricilla Lobeck, in- 
structor in art, and nature study 
with H. T. Cox, associate profes- 
sor of biology. 

The group will "graduate" af- 
ter planning and leading a party 
for some other campus organiza- 
tion. 



Miniature Orchids, 
Hungry Alligators 
Greet AS Visitors 

Temporary bridges, malaria par- 
asite, a cantankerous car starter, 
baby aligators, and true Florida 
hospitality all add up to the biol- 
ogy department's trip to the Uni- 
versity of Florida for the Annual 
Southeastern Biological Confer- 
ence. Fifty-seven insitutions from 
11 southern states were represent- 
ed. 

Miss M. S. MacDougall, H. T. 
Cox, Miss Nancy Groseclose, and 
Miss B. J. Radford, all of the biol- 
ogy department, drove down last 
Thursday with car starter trouble 
and the flood as their only delays. 
Among the highlights was Miss 
MacDougall's paper on the male 
cells of the malaria parasite. 

Several excursions were arrang- 
ed for the delegates, one to the 
famous Marine land on St. Aug- 
ustine. They also stopped for a 
boat ride in the Okefenokee 



By Ellen Hull 

Last week sophomores again volleyed their way to a 30-19 
victory over a promising junior eight Friday afternoon. 

The sophs led the way from the time that Mary Louise War- 
lick sent the first serve soaring into junior territory until the 
sound of the final whistle. Both teams were equally sparked 
by an excellent front line. Those 

Ambitious Golfers 
Over-run Courses 
With Spring Vigor 

It's, not hockey but golf that at- 
tracts those crowds on the hockey 
field every Monday for inspections 
by Harold Sargent, professional at 
the East Lake country club, and 
lures them to the American Le- 
gion course in Avondale in their 
spare time. 

Last week each member of the 
record-breaking golf class of 54 
took advantage of the pretty 
weather to get in some good prac- 
tice. It was the first time out for 
the beginner class. Could be we'll 
have some Suggses and Kirbys 
before the year is over. 



who /manned the soph front were 
Mary Ann Hachtel, right forward; 
Jane Sharkey, center forward; 
and Gretta Moll, left forward. 
Juniors flipping back soph serves 
were Bunny Brannan, Irene Mc- 
Leod, and Lorton Lee. 

The game was highlighted by 
the enthusiasm with which each 
side played and the lovely spring 
day  regular "volley ball wea- 
ther." 

At the beginning of the second 
half the juniors picked up some 
points due to the excellent serves 
by Betty Blackmon and quick act- 
ion on the part of Reese Newton. 
This junior come back was not 
enough, however, to subdue the 
sophomore team. 

Soph lineup in serving order 
was Mary Louise Warlick, Miriam 
Mitchell, Mary Ann Hachtel, Jane 
Sharkey, Gretta Moll, Cathy 
Davis, Genie Paschal and Kather- 
ine Dickey. 

The Junior lineup included Kate 
Elmore, Julianne Cook, Bunny 
Brannan, Irene McLeod, Betty 
Blackmon, Lorton Lee, and Mary 
Hays. 



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Sara Jane Campbell, Jessie Car- 
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Hertwig, and Sally Thompson 
were assisted in serving by mem- 
bers of Mortar Board. 



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THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS  WED.; APRIL 28, 1948 



Jabberwacky 

By Lee Cousar 

Twas a gorgeous sunny day, and I, with visions of a lus- 
cious golden tan floating through my head, struck out for 
an hour on the "beach", laden with pillow, blanket, baby oil, 
and dark glasses. After rolling a few bodies to the right and 
left I finally secured a nice sunny spot in which to luxuriate. 

Plopping down, I prepared to 



absorb the sun. Hardly had my 
eyes squinted together before I 
was politely asked to move just 
a little since my left foot was in- 
truding on a bridge game. 

I moved, and again turned my 
face skyward. Hours passed dur- 
ing which I felt myself being slow- 
ly dehydrated. Feeling sure that 
after all this agony I must have 
a tan equivalent to that of Pagie 
or Ann Carol, I asked a beet-re- 
sembling neighbor for the time, 
only to find the "hours" that I 
had passed totaled twenty-five 
minutes. 

Solution Slaughtered 

Then a solution offered itself. 
Maybe the time would pass more 
quickly if I were asleep! I found 
that the suggested solution was 
idealistic, however, without the 
cooperation of the switchboard, 
for at three-minute intervals 
shrieking gals leapt over my head 
en route to the phones in White 
House and Inman. 

After forty-five minutes spent 
in this delightful manner I was 
struck by a startling thought. This 
was my first day in the sun! 
Hence, it was certainly danger- 
ous for me to stay longer! So, 
trailing my blanket behind me I 
returned home. 

The greatest encouragement to 
my efforts come, however, the next 
day when I appeared in my glor- 
ious new shade only to have a 
well-meaning friend suggest that I 



go out in the sun some day. 
Sly Student 

Hidden talents were really un- 
covered en masse in the Psych 
classes last week. Of course, there 
were those who, you might say, 
out-foxed the tests. For example, 
one of the intelligentsia figured 
out which group of questions 
showed house-wifely adeptness 
and promptly checked dish-wash- 
ing and floor-waxing as her fav- 
orite hobbies  giving her a grade 
of "A" on "home-managing tend- 
encies." 



Dr. Mims Discusses 
Mind's Treasures 

"Life is a building up of treas- 
ures in the mind," Dr. Edwin 
Mims, professor emeritus of Eng- 
lish at Vanderbilt college, stated 
in chapel Thursday. Dr. Mims 
came to campus as a special lec- 
turer representing the Associa- 
tion of American colleges and the 
United Chapter of Phi Beta Kap- 
pa. 

Dr. Mims emphasized that a 
good education includes a well 
trained mind which has developed 
the power of concentration and 
memory. He also added that a 
well educated mind must possess 
a developed imagination and an 
appreciation of beauty. 



Beauty, Ambition, Versatility 
Add Up To Marybeth Little 

By Mary Alice McDonald 

The way a May Queen looks as she glides across the dell 
here at Agnes Scott is as much a tradition as Black Cat stunt 
night or Junior Joint. This year Agnes Scott students can be 
especially proud of their May Queen, for she is Marybeth 
Little, whose name is synonymous with beauty, ambition, in- 
telligence, and versatility. 

Not too many years ago Mary- 
beth was a little girl, growing up 
in Wichita Falls, Texas, as other 
little girls have a tendency to do 
 tagging along with her doctor- 
father while he called on patients, 
wearing her first evening dress, 
going to her first dance, and fin- 
ally graduating from high school. 
These were years filled with sights 
to see  sights which caught her 
imagination and turned her pen 
to poetry. 

In the summer after her grad- 
uation from high school Mary- 
beth's first book of poetry, Silk 
from a Spool, was published. But 
this was only a beginning for the 
young Texan. Her four years of 
college have been full of activity, 
both here at Agnes Scott and 
"out in the wide, wide world." 

At Agnes Scott her accomplish- 
ments in the fields of leadership, 
scholarship, and service have tap- 
ped her into Mortar Board mem- 
bership, our campus's highest hon- 
or. And, in addition, she has a 
beauty which has spotlighted May 
Courts and Silhouettes since her 
coming to Agnes Scott, and musi- 
cal talent that brought a tremen- 
dous ovation for her performance 
in Glee club's recent production 
of "The Mikado." 

During her senior year Mary- 
beth has presided over Lecture as- 
sociation and has been poetry edi- 
tor of Aurora, editorial assistant 



of the Agnes Scott News, soprano 
soloist for Glee club and Special 
chorus, a member of B.O.Z., crea- 
tive writing club, of Poetry club, 
and of Cotillion club. 

After having served on the Col- 
lege board of Mademoiselle during 
her junior year of college, Mary- 
beth was a guest editor of that 
publication last summer. This 
year she has accepted a position on 
Vogfiie's magazine staff. 

A few weeks ago a full-page pic- 
ture of Agnes Scott's most talent- 
ed daughter appeared in the 
Southern Coach and Athlete which 
named her as the outstanding Co- 
ed of the Month. 

Agnes Scott students are cur- 
rently inquiring in local book- 
stores for copies of Marybeth's 
new volume of poetry, Underside 
of Leaves, which came off of the 
press this month and is dedicated 
to her sister, Norah Anne, and her 
Agnes Scott friends. 

But Saturday will be Mary- 
beth's Day. After reigning over 
the May Court she will change cos- 
tumes for her starring role in 
the Senior opera, "Four Sharps 
and a Flat." 

Marybeth Little has it in the 
words of the song she taught the 
student body this year "that 
Southern charm i deals plus 
brains and appeal and, um-um, 
personality!" 



Student President 
Outlines Program 

Nancy Parks, Student govern- 
ment president, stressed the im- 
portance of making suggestions to 
Student government at a meeting 
Thursday. She mentioned several 
suggestions already made by Ag- 
nes Scott students, and told of 
ideas presented by delegates at 
the Student government conven- 
tion at Tallahassee. 

Student government wants sug- 
gestions and has provided a sug- 
gestion box for them in the mail 
room; however all suggestions 
must be made properly, sne stat- 
ed. Nancy emphasized that no 
suggestions would be considered 
unless they have been signed. 

At present Student government 
is considering how to eliminate 
the long registration lines in the 
fall. Also under discussion is the 
possibility of doing away with all- 
night lights for freshmen in Sep- 
tember. In past years freshmen 
have been allowed to have all- 
night lights during the first week, 
but it has been suggested that 
lights be limited during this per- 
iod in order that freshmen will 
not become weary before the 
work begins. Nancy also said that 
several have suggested that smok- 
ing be permitted on the campus. 

Nancy discussed new ideas pre- 
sented by other Student govern- 
ments at Florida State university. 
One delegate stated that a hall 
council was organized at her col- 
lege to provide for better regula- 
tion of quiet hours in the dormi- 
tories. The Hall council first 
warned students who were mak- 
ing unnecessary noise. If the stu- 
dent continued to disturb others, 
she was campused. Radios were 
taken away from students who in- 
sisted on playing them loudly. 

Another delegate thought it ad- 
vantageous to have one or more 
faculty members in charge of the 
point system. At Agnes Scott this 
is the job of the student recorder. 

Delegates from Agnes Scott, 
Sister Davis and Nancy Parks, 
learned that in the big colleges 
and universities sororities play a 
prominent part in campus activi- 
ties, at some schools conducting 
the Student government elections. 

Nancy said that delegates at 
the convention were impressed 
with the success of Agnes Scott's 
cut system, honor system, and 
Mortar Board. 



EDITORIALS 



Chapel Features 
Music, Readings 

The music and speech depart- 
ment joined together to present 
a program in chapel Friday under 
the direction of Miss Frances K. 
Gooch, associate professor of Eng- 
lish. 

Hazel Berman began the pro- 
gram of music and reading with 
Mendelsohn's "Rondo Capriccio." 
Betty Asbill followed with a se- 
lection t from Tosti, "The Last 
Song." Rebecca Bowman, of the 
speech department presented a 
reading frcm Annie Trumbull 
Slasson's "The Boy Who Was 
Scared of Dying." 

Betty Harrel continued the pro- 
gram with Brahms' "Rhapsody in 
G Minor." Emily Ann Reid con- 
cluded the program with "The 
Flower Song" by Campbell Tap- 
ton and "Rural Song" by Dell 
Acque. 




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Gripe But Write 

We're asking for trouble. Like Student government and C. 
A. the News requests criticisms, suggestions, and above all 
letters to the editor. We print compliments, too. 

This paper is yours and you have a gripe-right against it or 
through it. Most new orders want a period of grace before 
criticitis sets in. We want it now before you, the typewriters 
or the printers get set in their ways. 

Student government suggestion box this week brought in 
77 suggestions showing 17 varied views, and the box stands 
in the mail room waiting for more. C. A. handed out ques- 
tionnaires yesterday for answers not scrap paper. Tomorrow 
Mortar Board holds a compulsory chapel to ge student opin- 
ions on chapel cuts. Our Gripe-Right head awaits a column 
to top. 

We challenge you to verbal action before Sunday's dead- 
line. Call your bull sessions, fill your pens, fuss, fume, flat- 
ter but write. 



THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS 

Editor t LORTON LEE 

Managing Editor r BETTY LOU BAKER 

Assistant Editors FLOSS HANSON. DOT MED LOCK 

Feature Editor CATHTJC DAVIS 

Sports Editor MAROABJCT BREWER 

Society Editor BILLEK POWELL 

Copy Editor FAT OVERTON 

Editorial Assistant LKB COUSAR 

Photographer MBS. W. A. CALDETt 

Cartoonist Jo }Mn7 

BUSINESS STAFF 

Business Manager MARY A J CHE L 

Vssistant Business Managers MARY ANN HACHTEL. VIRGINIA SKINNER 

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Assistant Circulation Managers CASEY HAFF, JEAN NIVEN 

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Peggy Plttard. Carmen Sharer, Meldu Burdsal. Louis Arant, Jo Ana Petereon, Helen 
Edwards. Ann Sartaln. 

Feature: Eawy Beale. Lou McLaurin. .Tackle Jacobs, Annelle Cox. 
Sports: ToeToe Williams. E. Claire Cunningham. Zora Hodge, Marie Cirtkberteon. 
Society Dot Floyd. B. J. Combs, Sidney Cummings. Sara Hancock. Barbara Waugaman 
Mirv Ann Hatrhel. Betty Beddlngf leld. Adele Lee. Betty Jo Doyle, Ann Eazard, Beth 
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AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WED., MAY 5, 1948 



Number 13- 



Chi Beta Phi Awards Key 
To Ruth Bast in Slentz 

Papageorge, Emory Science Professor, 
Discusses 'Science As An Art' 



Ruth Bastin Slentz received the 

Chi Beta Phi key for outstanding 

achievement in the field of science 

awarded by Harriotte Winchester, 

i 

president of Chi Beta Phi. 

Dr. Evangeline Papageorge, as- 
sistant professor of biochemistry 
at Emory, and speaker for the 
program, talked on "Science As 
An Art": She was introduced by 
Lee Cousar, vice president of the 
club. 

A member of the senior class, 
Ruth was 1946-1947 president of 
Chi Beta Phi, a member of Mor- 
tar Board and was recently tap- 
ped for Phi Beta Kappa. 

Chi Beta Phi awards the key, 
presented each year by the na- 
tional chapter, to the girl who 
combines a sincere interest in 
science and Chi Beta Phi affairs 
with high scholastic ability. 

Lecture Association Seeks 
Suggestions For Program 

Margaret Webster's produc- 
tion of Shakespeare's "Hamlet" 
has been contracted to come to 
Agnes Scott next January, but 
the rest of the year is open. 

Lecture Association wants re- 
quests for accompanying events. 
Newell . Turner, chairman, an- 
nounced that a suggestion box 
will be^ in the mailroom from 
May 5 through May 19. 



Senior Class Elects 
Life-Time Officers 

The graduating senior class 
held their final elections in class 
meeting Monday. Dabney Adams 
was elected life-time president of 
the class and Adele Dieckman, 
life-time secretary. 

Others elected were Marybeth 
Little, class poet and Betzie Pow- 
ers, class historian. The last will 
and testament of the seniors will 
be written by Lou McLaurin while 
Harriet Gregory will make a pro- 
phecy of their lives to be. 



Faculty Wives 
Plan Exhibit 

In order to help students in 
their springtime and summertime 
entertaining the faculty wives are 
decorating half a dozen or so ta- 
bles in Murphy Candler with un- 
usual and appealing flower ar- 
rangements and table settings for 
an informal exhibit and open house 
Wednesday afternoon, May 12, 
from 4 to 5:30. 

Flowers .silver, table settings, 
and centerpieces for springtime 
and summertime dinners ,teas 
luncheons, and parties will high- 
(Continued on page 3) 



Little Will Discuss 
Careers With Frosh 

Marybeth Little will speak on 
"Fashion Careers for Women," at 
Freshman cabinet Thursday night, 
immediately after vespers in the 
music room in Main. 

Marybeth will give some of her 
experiences from working on 
"Madamoiselle's" college board 
last summer. 

After her talk new officers for 
the coming year will be elected 
from the nominations of the last 
meeting. 



Walter R. Thomas 
To Give Senior Tea 

Walter R. Thcmas, prominent 
Atlanta jewler, will entertain Ag- 
nes Scott seniors Saturday at 2 
p. m. at his Broad Street store 
with cokes, cakes and silver. 

Mr. Thomas has honored each 
high school and college senior of 
the metropolitan Atlanta area 
and with a tea held in the "Ma- 
gic Attic" since the opening of 
the store two years ago. 

Each member of the graduat- 
ing class will receive a sterling 
silver tea spoon in the pattern of 
her choice. 



Seniors Slate 
Formal Party 
As Last Fling 

Climaxing four years of work, 
fun and frivolities the sen- 
ior class will fling their last at 
the formal senior party Saturday, 
May 15. 

The new dining room and the 
colonnade, both decorated in the 
spring nfotif, will be the scenes 
of a buffet supper followed by 
card games, group singing, and 
dancing. An orchestra will play 
for the dancing. Sophomores have 
promised special entertainment 
for their sister class. 

Clarkie Rogers, chairman in 
charge of plans for the party, an- 
nounced that Alice Davidson and 
Rose Ellen Armstrong will head 
the decorations committee. Rec- 
reation plans are under the lead- 
ership of Sister Davis and Virgin- 
ia Tucker. 

Flo Bryant, Amanda Hulsey, 
Myrtice Mariani are in -charge of 
that all-important item, food, 
while preparing the date list are 
Margaret Ann Richards, Marian- 
na Hollandsworth, and Barbara 
Waugaman. Jean and Jane da Sil- 
va will secure card tables, and 
Jane Hungerford will engage the 
orchestra. 

The class voted that the party 
be formal for both the girls and 
their dates, but that no flowers 
be sent. 

Mrs. George Knott of the Peach- 
tree Presbyterian church will ca- 
ter for the occasion, and mem- 
bers of the sophomore class will 
serve at the supper. 



Bok, Astronomer, 
To Speak Friday 

Dr. Bart Bok, professor of astronomy at Harvard and 
director of the Harvard observatory, will give an illustrated 
lecture on the "Milky Way" at 8:15 p.m. Friday in Maclean 
chapel. 

During the war Dr. Bok made it possible for persons in 
concentration camps and in oc- 



cupied countries to study astron' 
omy by publishing a circulating 
letter which the authorities al- 
lowed to go through the mails. 

Dr. Bok is the coordinator of 
Cooperative Research on the Mil- 
ky Way Bureau composed of 12 
colleges and universities in the 
United States. 

He received his doctorate de- 
gree from Leiden university, and 
now serves as coordinator of Inter- 
national-Exchange of Astronomi- 
cal Information. 



S. G. Committee to Give 
Class Spirit Cup Thurs. 

Student government will pre- 
sent the Class Spirit Cup in a 
chapel skit Thursday. A com- 
mittee of Sara Jane Campbell, 
chairman, Charlotte Bartlett, 
and Marjorie Stukes planned 
the chapel program. Judges will 
be Miss Margaret Phythian, 
chairman, William Calder, and 
Miss Marjorie Lyons. 




Emory Man Views May Day; 
Retreats To Realm of Realty 



By Rex Sheppard 

As I drove across the railroad 
tracks and headed for that school 
of higher learning affectionately 
known as "Miss Agnes", I had a 
strange sensation of expectancy. 

For years now, I had heard of 
these May Day celebrations but 
through some unforgivable over- 
sight on my part. I had never ac- 
quainted myself with the proceed- 
ings which take place at this an- 
nual event. Or, to be more spe- 
cific, I didn't know a doggone 
thing about the whole shebang. 

I drove up the drive very care- 
fully only to come face to face 
with a cop  uh  I mean a police- 
man. He was kind enough to di- 
rect me to a parking place only 
two miles from the campus, and 



after receiving a few curt words 
from my date I was hurried off 
to the amphitheatre. 

My first surprise was the size 
of the crowd. Now I began to 
feel even more ignorant. Here 
were several hundred people who 
had come to witness this affair 
and I didn't know what was tak- 
ing place. I hurried to my seat 
and immediately began looking 
for the man selling pillows but 
after several more uncomplimen- 
tary remarks from my "date", I 
sat down peacefully. This was go- 
ing to be a hard day in at least 
one respect. 

As the show started, I dropped 
into a long period of deep con- 
centration. Someone was giving a 
play by play account of the pro- 
ceedings over the P. A. system 



but that only added to my con- 
fusion. The first thing that caught 
my attention was the "person" 
(man or woman, I'll never know) 
playing pocket pool on the lawn 
with a sledge hammer. I was told 
that this "person" was supposed 
to portray insanity and I must ad- 
mit that it was one of the finest 
pieces of action I have ever seen. 

As the show continued, I be- 
gan to see where they got the 
idea for the calendar girl. Broth- 
er here they had a girl for ever 
hour in the year. At this point ,1 
was interrupted by the sound of 
a radio. Some uncouth of the day, 
was listening to the Kentucky 
Derby. I gave him a stern look 
and moved away. I was a bit wor- 
ried, though, about Citation in the 
back stretch. 

The show continued. There were 
the ice fairies wearing dresses that 
were a bit, shall we say, quaint. 
(Continued on page 4) 



Dramatic Club 
Selects Miles 

Blackfriars, dramatic club, 
elected officers for the coming 
year when they met last Thurs- 
day. Polly Miles will serve as 
the new president. Patty Per- 
sohn is vice-president; Harriotte 
Winchester, secretary; and Mar- 
garet Hopkins, treasurer. 

Billie Powell will be costume 
chairman. Henrietta Johnson 
will serve as stage manager; Willa 
Wagner, publicity chairman; 
Reese Newton, make-up chair- 
man; and Edith Stowe, property 
chairman. 

Polly Miles, newly elected 
president, announced that try outs 
for the club are scheduled for 
Monday May 10, 5 to 6 p.m. and 7 
to 8 p.m. and on Tuesday, May 
11 from 5 to 6 p.m. 

Material for tryouts and a 
sheet to sign up for tryouts are 
on the Blackfriar shelf in the 
reserve room of the library. 

All Star Program 
Features Symphony 

The Philadelphia Symphony, 
America's oldest touring sympho- 
ny Orchestra, under the direction 
of Mr. Eugene Ormandy will be 
presented on the All Star Concert 
Series, 8:30 p. m. Wednesday, at 
the Municipal auditorium. 

The scheduled program for At- 
lanta includes "Overture, Der 
Freischutz," by Weber; "Sympho- 
ny No. 3 in F Major," by Brahms; 
"Serenade for Flute and Strings," 
by Hanson; and "Suite, Der Ros- 
enkavalier," by Strauss. 



Date Book 

Wed., May 5  4:15 p.m. Eta Sigma 
Phi entertains in Mnrphey Cand- 
ler for classical students. 7:30 
p.m. Bus leaves for All Star 
concert, Philadelphia Symphony. 

Thurs., May 6  Cotillion club 
meets at 4:30 p.m. Marybeth 
Little speaks to Freshman cab- 
inet at 7:30. Negro glee club 
sings at 8 p.m. at Decatur high 
school auditorium. 

Fri., May 7  8:15 p.m. Dr. Bart 
Bok lectures in Maclean. 

Sat., May 8  2 p.m. Walter R- 
Thomas holds tea for seniors. 
Riders demonstrate horseman- 
ship 2-3 pjn. 

Sun., May 9  Mother's Dav. 6:30 
p.m. Freshmen class will pre- 
sent program on "Faith in Your- 
self" at vespers. 

Mon., Mav 10  3-5 p.m. Miss Mil- 
dred Snider will speak in art 
lecture room. 



2  THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS  WED., MAY 5, 1948 




Seniorpolitaris Prima Donnas 
Draw Outburst of Applause 



By Gretchen Beinartz 

Saturday was a memorable day 
from the first sun beam at dawn, 
to the last curtain call at the 
Soniorpolitan Opera House. Beau- 
ties and cuties danced in the dell 
till evening when Beauty changed 
costumes and Talent took the 
lead. Those of us who "came on 
in", found that the opera really 
was fine. 

The Four Sharps were perfectly 
cast and the Flat, too, looked con- 
vincingly reaL The plot, adver- 
tised as a take-off on "La Bo- 
heme", sounded suspiciously like 
4 'My Sister Eileen" down here at 
Agnes Scott, except for the music 
which added an operatic tone to 
the production. Frequent out- 
bursts of glee from the direction 
of the audience were proof posi- 
tive that the actors were giving 
the clever lines the expression they 
deserved. And last but not least, 
the costumes, especially of the 
animated members of the cast, the 
pink elephants and purple os- 
triches rated their own round of 
applause. 

The entire audience howled 
with delight over the music of 
Hot-lips Posey and his Two 
Shrieking Violets, Daddy McCain 
and Down Beat Hunter. The 



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Ensemble's contribution to the 
Senior Opera was good Sports- 
manship personified. In that same 
act, Virginia Henry's gleaming 
dance in the pitch dark caused 
quite a sensation, climaxing the 
act very well. 

Just as a variety of spices make 
a good cake, they add to the plot 
of a play. Spice in "Four Sharps 
and A Flat" was afforded by the 
plumbers and their plunge rou- 
tine, Lou McLaurin's rendition of 
the little man in the next room, 
Ruth Richardson's traditional 
"Louella", and Harriet Reid's cap- 
tivating wit. Then, too, there 
were the suave, romantic Mr. Wil- 
liams in the person of Doc Dunn, 
Rosemary Griffin, the lofty fiddler, 
and the incomparable Marybeth. 



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A trip to Jekyll Island! Sounds wonderful! And those 
girls who have just returned from the Sigma Chi houseparty 
there can tell you just how out-of-this-world it really is. 
Sunburned lassies that will be raving on for weeks to come 
about the thrill of being photographed by a Life photo- 
grapher, about beautiful Rocker- 



feller castles, and 11 mile long 
beaches are Mim Steele, Sharon 
Smith, Betsy Deal, Mildred 
Broyles, Dot Quillian, Pat Mc- 
Gowan, Sally Ellis, and Butch 
Hayes. 

The Beta Theta Pi's at Emory 
had a hayride Saturday night. 
Jackie Sue Messer, Catherine Mc- 
Cauly, Tery Keith, Virginia Fed- 
deman, Betty Esco, Vivian Ann 
Cruze, and Ann Gebhardt attend- 
ed. And Tech Delta Tau Delta's 
entertained with a costume ball 
Friday night. Those girls mas- 
querading for the occasion were 
Jerry Keef, Marie Heng, Sara 
Samonds, and Jimmie Ann Mc- 
Gee. 

Formals Draw Beauties 

The Chi Phi formal Saturday 
night attracted Margaret Brewer, 
June Harris, and Jean Henson, 
while Dot Medlock and Emily 
Pope went to the Tech ATO party. 
Mary Carolyn Schwab, Martha 
Warlick, and Nancy Dendy en- 
joyed the Xi Psi Phi formal at 
the Druid Hills country club Fri- 
day night and Virginia Vining, 
Mary Louise Warlick, Floss Han- 
son, Gene Wilson, Margaret Glenn, 
Nelda Brantly, Adele Lee, Julian- 
ne Hartrampf, Carol Equen, Lynn 
Phillips, Arm Miller, Alice Cren- 
shaw, and Bobbie Cathcart the 
SAE formal at the Biltmore. 

Attending an Emory Phi Delt 
picnic Friday were Sister Davis 
Charlien Simms, and Nancy Geer. 
Clarkie Rogers went to the Tech 
Phi Gam formal Friday night, and 
Frances Smith and Julia Penning- 
ton to a Tech Phi Delt party. 
Visitors View May Day 

May Day brought many visitors 
to our campus. Nancy Parks' 



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WEDNESDAY 

'Voice of *h T..,M e ' 

With Ronald Reagen 
and Eleanor Parker 

THURSDAY 

"Jezebel" 

With Betty Davis 
FRIDAY 

"Intriaue' 

With George Raft 
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"Body and Soul" 

With John Garfield 
and Lily Parker 



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'The Mark of Zorro" 

With Tyrone Power 
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'Riding The California 
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Starring Cisco Kid 

"To'l Timber" 

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mother, and grandparents, came 
down from Durham for the oc- 
casion. And Maxine Kickliter's 
family from Sarasota, Florida. 
Ruth Richardson, Norah Anne 
Little, Sara Jane Campbell, Donny 
King, Floss Hanson, Betty Averill, 
Sally Jackson, June Irvine, Bettie 
Davison, Jean Harper, and Mary 
Gene Sims entertained their moth- 
ers on campus this week-end. Ann 
Elcan's cousin was here from Vir- 
ginia and Katherine Geffken's 
sister came from Dunwoody. 

Everyone was glad to see Peggy 
Pat Home again. She visited Su- 
san Neville. Margaret Inman from 
Charlotte, N. C, visited Anna da 
Vault and Andrea Dale had a 
visitor, Carolyn Reynolds. 



Science Professors 
Meet With Chemists 

Miss Mary Stuart MacDougall, 
professor of biology, and W. Joe 
Frierson, professor of chemistry, 
attended the meeting of the 
American Chemical society in 
Milledgeville, Ga., Saturday. 

Dean Rudd, of the Medical col- 
lege of Virginia, was presented 
the Herty Medal, awarded annual- 
ly to the southern chemist who 
has made the greatest contribu- 
tion to chemical research during 
the year. 



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Club News 

Eta Sigma Phi 

Eta Sigma Phi will give a party 
this afternoon in Murphey Cand- 
ler at 4:15 for all those who are 
now taking Latin or Greek or who 
intend to next year. 

Kate Elmore, president, also 
said that the club is planning a 
banquet for the near future. 



Cottillion Club 

Cotillion Club will meet Thurs- 
day at 4:30 p.m. The nevr officers, 
headed by Mimi Arnold, the new 
president, will be in charge. 



Pi Alpha Phi 

Pi Alpha Phi, debating society, 
elected four new members who 
will be initiated Thursday. 

Mary Hayes Barber, B. J. Crow- 
ther, Barbara Caldwell, and Bar- 
bara Quattlebaum join the ranks 
of affirmative and negative de- 
fenders. 



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THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS  WED., MAY 5, 1948 # 3 



Play By Play 

Beware! There's a "disease" on campus that has reached epidemic 
proportions. It is extremely "catchable," and has the most horrible 
during-and-after affects. People suffering from IT are affected dif- 
ferent ways. For some IT pushes the head forward about two or 
three inches out of alignment with the spine  giving a turtle-like ap- 
pearance to its victim. Others become hump shouldered, and con- 
sumptive chested with the spine curved forward at the waistline as if 
the person were carrying home an arm load of books piled upon her 
by an unsympathetic teacher. 

Then there's what might be called "Lopsided Lucy." She's the one 
who carries books on one hip, causing that side to be smaller and 
lower than the other. Take the books away and what have you got? 
 A freak! 

And then there's the unfortunate victim whose abdomen abandons 
her for the wide open spaces. She's the type who has the "New Look" 
turned around. 

Of course, it's possible for one poor sufferer to have ALL these 
symptoms after a particularly severe attack of IT. Everyone is sus- 
ceptible to this scourge of humanity. Even YOU may be in its dread- 
ful grip at this moment, and haven't realized it. Your best friends  
your worst friends may have IT. 

Some victims are aware of the change that has come over them. 
You may have heard complaints of having that "Senior Slouch," 
"Junior Disjoints," "Sophomore Slump", or "Freshman Fall." But 
the scientific name is BAD-POSTURE-ITIS! 

There's only one known cure  will power. The will power to hold 
that tummy in, tuck those hips under, pull that chin in and shoulders 
back. 

Using that will power, imagine that your head is supporting a bas- 
ket of clothes in best primitive-woman fashion. This will help you 
achieve balance. Next, place the feet a few inches apart with toes 
straight ahead, knees relaxed, abdominal muscles in, chest up, neck 
rubbing the back of your collar. In other words "ATTENTION." 

Now DON'T get discouraged  nobody can do all this the first time. 

Pardon me  I must go take my second treatment for  you guessed 
it  BAD POSTURE-ITIS! 



Sports Scope 

On the sport's front the Nation- 
al Telegraphic Archery tourna- 
ment combined with the school's 
tournament is scheduled for May 
7-13. All those who know how to 
shoot are invited to participate. 



Golf tournament finals are be 
ing played this week by Jane 
Sharkey and Marie Cuthbertson. 



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\.A. to Give Skit 
n Chapel May 13 

A. A. will present a sports skit 
introducing the new Athletic 
Board in chapel, May 13. The 
board will hold its last meeting 
of the year May 10, with class 
managers of archery and mem- 
bers of the faculty as guests. 



Faculty Wives' Tea 

(continued from page 1) 

light the exhibit which the 
ladies are giving at the request of 
Social Standards Committee. 

The group in charge of the 
open house consists of Mrs. W. B, 
Posey, Mrs. P. L. Garber, Mrs. S 
G. Stukes, Mrs. L. H. Johnson 
and Mrs. W. J. Frierson. Mrs. W 
A. Calder will make photographs 
of the table decorations. Refresh- 
ments will be served. 



Are You a Victim 
Of Bad-Posture-ltis 

She may have poise and "per- 
sonality", but does that Agnes 
Scott girl have the third ingre- 
dient  good posture? 

The Physical education depart- 
ment, A. A., Social Standards and 
Cotillion club are sponsoring a 
back-to-better-posture movement 
from now  on. 

Take a look in the mirror plac- 
ed in Buttrick. Do you like what 
ycu see? Probably not  and nei- 
ther does anyone else. Nothing is 
so depressing as an utterly de- 
jected frame, and the worse part 
of it is that its just like stutter- 
ing or whispering  stay around a 
stutterer or whisperer long 
enough and you'll be doing the 
same thing. But this power of sug- 
gestion can be put to good use. 
Observe the girl with good pos- 
ture, use a little will power and 
before long "BAD-POSTURE- 
ITIS will vanish. 

Some students who have al- 
ready banished the "slump" are 
Easy Beale, Genie Paschal, and 
Charlsie Smith noticed on the 
Volley ball court. Susan Bowling 
and Todd McCain displayed beau- 
tiful posture in the riding ring 
last week. Golferettes Julianne 
Cook and Jeanne Kline's grace- 
ful movements chased BAD-POS- 
TURE-ITIS away. Emily Wright's 
pleasing carriage was noticed in 
diving class. Martha William- 
son's erectness stands out in rec- 
reational leadership meetings. 
Like truly Christian soldiers Pol- 
ly Miles, Mary Louise Warlick 
and Reese Newton walk unbend- 
ingly toward chapel. Seniors minus 
the "slouch" are Pagie Violette, 
Lee Brewer, Harriet Gregory and 
Mary Manly. 



Mermaids, Clowns 
Make Big Splash 
In Swimming Exhibit 

With a front dive, jack, back 
jack and back dive performed by 
Cookie Miller, the swimming 
and diving exhibition for High 
School Day got underway before 
a packed-to-capacity crowd Satur- 
day afternoon. 

Molly Milam executed a series 
of graceful dives including the 
swan, back pike, pike half gainer 
and forward somersault. 

Zollie Saxon followed with a 
front dive, swan and jack half 
twist. 

Participants in the water bal- 
let were Charlotte Key, Frances 
Hale, Pat Hampton, Charlotte 
Evans, Barbara Evans, Barbara 
Lawson, and Zollie Saxon. 

Another feature was the comic 
team composed of June Davis and 
Kate Elmore, who performed with 
their coach, Jessie Hodges. The 
dives of June and Kate showed a 
new form which the other divers 
had not been able  of wanted 
to achieve. While Jessie coached 
from the edge of the pool her 
"talented" team presented what 
it called a "Water Ballet" while 
reading water-soaked funny pap- 
ers. 



Herring St. School 
To Give Musical 

The Decatur Exchange club is 
sponsoring a Negro musical 8 p. 
m. Thursday at the Decatur high 
school auditorium. 

The all-Negro cast consists of 
students from the Herring Street 
school, Decatur's Negro public 
school. 

The Exchange club hopes to 
purchase a piano with the pro- 
ceeds. 



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To Determined Jrs. 

It looked like the freshmen 
might win the volley ball game 
Friday when Dolores Middour 
served a beautiful ball that scored 
first point, but the juniors charg- 
ed in to win by 35 points  the 
final score being 50-15. 

The players seemed to have 
spring fever. The game was not 
its usual get-up-and-go self. Bun- 
ny Brannan was high scorer for# 
the juniors with a total of 14 
points. Hunt Morris was runner- 
up with six points. 

Dolores Middour scored five, 
points for the freshman eight. 

The junior lineup was Julianne 
Qook, Betty Blackman, Bunny 
Brannan, Irene McLeod, Charlsie 
Smith, Bobbie Cathcart, Hunt 
Morris and June Davis. 

The freshman lineup included 
Dolores Middour, Nancy Lou Hud- 
son. Nancy Brown, Liza Pollard, 
Punky Chard, Sara Samonds, 
Petie Cruze and Freddie Hachtel. 



Riders Prepare For Show 

Agnes Scott's equestriennes will 
don their riding habits, Saturday, 
for the spring horseshow which 
will be held at the riding ring 
from 2 to 3 p.m. 

Mrs. Harriet Lapp, riding in- 
structor, and Harriet Lurton, rid- 
ing manager and Riding club pres- 
ident, announced that the show 
will include competition in horse- 
manship for the beginner, inter- 
mediate, and advanced groups. 

The cup awarded by Mrs. W. 
P. Andrews each year will go 
to the girl who has shown the most 
improvement during the year. 




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Chapel Slips 



A problem which has silently grown for the last few quar- 
ters has finally "busted out all over". The problem  the drop 
in chapel attendance. 

The administration gave Agnes Scott students another 
adult responsibility when chapel attendance was made volun- 
tary but it took on itself perhaps an even greater one. It 
made the chapel situation one like all others which involve 
free choice and selection, where the student is allowed to 
look over what is being offered her and on the basis of what 
4 she finds make her own selection. The activity of her choice 
can then be considered the one she has honestly deemed most 
worthy of her time, more so than if there is no choice in- 
volved  only a compulsory ruling. 

The argument that students perhaps do not know what is 
best for them seems inconsistant in this case, for chapel pro- 
grams during religious emphasis week, outside speakers who 
are kngwn to be worthwhile, special student meetings, or 
class participation programs, draw numbers of even the most 
"disinterested" students. It is more logical to say that the 
Agnes Scott student is overly discriminating in her tastes. 

It seems therefore that the fault is not wholly with the 
chapel goer. If the student could expect that each time she 
attended a chapel program a worthwhile and interesting pro- 
gram would be offered to her rather than an on-again off- 
again schedule, regularity of attendance would be encour- 
aged. 

If there are only ample resources for as few as 3 meetings a 
week  then this number ought to be the rule. 

Compulsory chapel attendance is a sure bet for full chapel 
seats but never for full chapel interest. 



Kitchen Clean-up 

"Is this your lipstick?" 

This is one of the cracks heard on sitting down to any meal 
at Agnes Scott. None of us enjoy drinking out of a glass with 
lipsticked edges or eating with a smudged and unclean fork. 

While a humorous crack on this score has livened up many 
an otherwise dull table conversation we are not highly in 
favor of our two-toned glasses, and polishing silverware can 
not be called our favorite pastime. 

We all like visitors at mealtime but it's very embarrassing 
to have to ask them to wipe off their utensils. We'd much 
rather be able to smile indugently at such an action from a 
guest. Let's make this possible by having a kitchen clean-up. 

F.H. 



Spiked Points 



We're in favor of spiking rumors and we appreciate it when 
the administration supplies us with sharp and accurate points 
for ammunition. 

A Tech student broke into Inman last week and before 8:30 
classes began as many versions as there were students telling 
the tale were circulating around campus. Friday the Atlanta 
papers picked up the story and each reader coined his own 
version and passed it on as non-counterfeit. 

Friday afternoon Miss Scandrett called a meeting of the 
entire student body and explained what actually happened. 
We now know the facts and we have the best answer for wor- 
ried mothers, curiosity seekers and the "Um-what-weVe- 
been-hearing" characters, the straight story. 

We are proud to have an administration with such a straight 
forward policy. 



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Gripe-Right 

Now that this bunch of seniors 
Has trudged the weary way 

We'd like to have you listen 
As we say our little say. 



First of all, what is it 
That makes one spend four 
years 

Taking math and soc. and psych 
and lit. 
'Midst agonies and tears? 

Will you learn to speak a lan- 
guage? 

Or make Einstein look less 
bright? 
Or even follow Spenser 
And set the world aright? 

Four years" is a long time 

To study and discuss. 
Would travel be more worthwhile, 

On sea, or air, or bus? 

This little carpool averages 

Twenty miles a day. 
That's three thousand, eight hun- 
dred and forty 
From September to the end of 
May. 

With four years in which to travel 
To Agnes Scott and back, 

We could have gone around the 
world, 
But, oh alas, alack! 

We look back now with wonder. 

Was the time here well spent? 
"We couldn't have done any bet- 
ter," 

Is our one and last comment. 

An Outgoing Carpool 
Susan Daugherty, 
Corresponding secretary 



Campus Slips 

News staff members are still 
smiling over an incident that be- 
fell assistant editor Hanson. Jean- 
clad Flcss was dashing wildly 
from the News room to answer 
the downstairs Murphy Candler 
telephone when a CA cabinet 
member, failing to notice the ab- 
sence of white dress, thrust a 
candle into her hands and thrust 
Floss into the installation service 
for new CA council members. 



Her French classmates were 
amazed at Jeanne Kline's skill; 
she was breezing along in trans- 
lation. Then came the crux. Jean- 
ne paused for a moment over the 
word "pensee" (which  for the 
benefit of Spanish students  
means "pansy"), thought to her- 
self, "That must come from the 
verb 'penser' (to think)," and 
read glibly on about the man who 
planted a garden of thoughts. 



Charlotte Bartlette, passing 
through the Dean's Office from 
an exec meeting Monday night, 
approached the hostess desk where 
sat one feature editor, frantically 
asking all standers-by for Campus 
Slips. The latter breathed a sigh 
of relief, and remarked to a sym- 
pathetic onlooker, "Thank Good- 
ness! Here comes Charlotte. She'll 
know something for my column." 
It was amazing! Charlotte threw 
an envelope down onto the desk, 
and, sure enough, bold letters on 
it said "Campus Slips." The en- 
velope was snatched up and al- 
most ripped open before a start- 
led Charlotte finally requested 
that the little package be put in 
local mail for Tuesday morning. 



Jabberwacky 

By Lee Cousar 

High school students found college life very interesting  or, 
perhaps, startling during their Saturday visit. Some of 
those who were visiting friends on campus arrived early 
enough to attend some classes  fortunate souls! And if they 
took advantage of this golden opportunity they may have had 
the good fortune to hear a lecture 



on the sociological significance of 
"The Early Worm", which lecture, 
we understand, had a very broad- 
ening effect in that it also con- 
tained some excellent advice on 
music appreciation. 

Mystery of the Seats 

All of these visitors did not at- 
tend classes, however  some pre- 
ferring to observe them the pane, 
or painless, way  but many of 
them did go to chapel. Here a 
sense of eagerness and expec- 
tancy prevailed among the visitors 
as they waited to see why the first 
ten rows of seats were reserved 
and for whom. Rumors galore 
flew suggesting answers to the 
question. Some insisted that the 
faculty marched into chapel each 
day; others thought a senior pro- 
cessional was in order, and still 
others were sure that those seats 
were saved for the engaged stu- 
dents. Disappointment was regis- 
tered on innumerable faces when 
the service ended and the seats 
still remained vacant. 

Traditional Track Meet 

Those who attended twelve-to- 
one classes had an experience 
which somewhat unnerved them 
for, as the bell clanged the hour, 
they were rudely jerked from 
their seats by their hostesses and, 
with hands clutching their arms, 
they were flung down a flight of 
stairs, hurled through a lobby, 
and once in the open air found 
themselves contestants in a track 
race to beat all time records in 
history. The most puzzling thing 
about all this was the question 



Bible Study Group 
Offers Movie, Talk 

Miss Mildred Snider, assistant 
to Rev. Jack B. McMichael and 
head of the Executive Committee 
of Religious Education for The 
Synod of Ga., will be the speaker 
for the Bible study group Monday, 
May 10, from 3 to 5 p.m. o'clock 
in the art lecture room. 

Miss Snider's lecture will be of 
special value to all who are inter- 
ested in teaching in Vacation Bible 
schools. 

A presentation of moving pic- 
tures related to the subject will 
acompany the lecture. 1 



Members to Fete 
Past Mortar Board 

The new members of Mortar 
Board will entertain for the '47- 
'48 chapter and their sponsors at 
a weiner roast on Wednesday, May 
12, at Harrison Hut. The plan was 
initiated by the Mortar Board 
members last year and will be 
continued as an annual event. 

Blue jeans are in order for the 
occasion which will be very in- 
formal. Butch Hays is in charge of 
the entertainment consisting of 
group singing and games. 

The sponsors for the '47-'48 
chapter are Miss Emma Mae 
Laney, associate professor of Eng- 
lish, and W. B. Posey, professor 
of history, both of whom served 
last year, and Miss Muriel Ham, 
professor of Spanish and German, 
who is replacing Miss Mary 
Stuart MacDougall, professor of 
biology. 



of the purpose behind the mad 
rush. It was finally concluded 
that the lunch menu must change 
a certain number of minutes after 
the hour, and that these shrieking 
tracksters must be trying to meet 
the deadline. 

In the dining room at last, a 
spasm of pity crossed the faces of 
many of the visiting students. For 
before them they beheld deluded 
creatures who, thinking them- 
selves still in the classrooms, sat 
with their hands waving wildly 
in the air during half of the meal. 
Chained Chairs 
A tour of the various campus 
buildings after lunch proved very 
impressive for the most part. One 
student was especialy awed by the 
fact that the chairs were locked 
to the tables in the library  until, 
upon exerting a little more effort, 
she loosed the chair, and the feet 
of the absorbed student across the 
table dropped to the floor. 

More impressive, however, than 
the buildings, classes, meals, or 
students, upon our Saturday visi- 
tors was the scene that presented 
itself to them on the first floor 
of Main at 4:45 Saturday after- 
noon. On viewing the quantity of 
visiting men, the supreme com- 
pliment was payed by one visitor 
who sighed, "Honest, this looks 
even better than high school!" 

May Day Review 

(Continued from Page 1) 

There was Charlotte Bartlett as 
the sun. There was Nancy Brown 
as rain. There were Dolores Mar- 
tin and Celia Spiro as the winds, 
and there were the snow fairies. 
Pneumonia was setting in fast. 

I still did not understand the 
story entirely and I tried asking 
several of "Miss Agnes's" girls 
to help me, but I always got the 
same answer "Well, it's very 
simple uh you see uh well, 
just wait and I'll explain it later." 
Later they were gone. 

The show continued. There was 
dancing, dancing and more danc- 
ing. I would not begin to describe 
it but maybe I can say it this 
way. It was sort of a cross be- 
tween a ballet and a conga. Now 
this is my own personal opinion 
and does not in any way express 
the views of this newspaper. 

Finally came the main event of 
the day. A Greek goddess in the 
person of Marybeth Little came 
forward to be crowned as queen. 
Some little girl hopped out with 
the crown and hopped back. I 
think maybe she had been hang- 
ing around that "mad man" a lit- 
tle too much. The Queen was 
wearing a dress that was a bit 
"full" but that girl would look 
good in a suit of armor. 

The Grand March recessional 
was then formed and the cast 
shoved past my goggled-eyes to 
the rear of the theatre. 

As I walked away I was cer- 
tain that I had never seen so 
many beautiful girls together in 
one spot. No one could deny that 
the players were beautiful, the 
dancing was graceful and the set- 
ting was perfect. Everything was 
combined to make it a perfect 
May Day for "Miss Agnes." 

In fact, everything would have 
been great, except for one thing. 
I still don't get the point. 



The Agnes Scott News 



Vol. XXXIII 



AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WED., MAY 12, 1948 



Number 23 



Seniors' Farewell Fling To Feature 
Buffet Supper, Skit, Dancing, Games 

The senior party will be in the form of a formal buffet 
supper Saturday night at 7 p.m. The party will feature a 
springtime theme and music by Perry Bechtel and his three 
piece orchestra for dancing. 

In the way of entertainment for their sister class, the sopho- 
mores will put on a skit. The  



dancing will be by program and 
there will also be bridge, table 
games, ping pong, and group sing- 
ing. Among the guests will be 
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Posey, Dr. J. 
R. McCain, Mr. and Mrs. H. T. 
Cox and Mr. and Mrs. W. Calder. 

Clarkie Rogers is in charge of 
plans for the party while helping 
her are Alice Davidson and Rose 
Armstrong, decorations, Sister 
Davis and Virginia Tucker, rec- 
reation, Flo Bryant, Amanda Hul- 
sey, and Mytrice Mariani, food, 
Margaret Ann Richards, Marianna 
Hollandsworth, and Barbara Wau- 
gaman, date list, Jane and Jean 
da Silva, card tables, and Jane 
Hungerford, orchestra. 

The caterer for the party will 
be Mrs. Edward Knott. 

Drive Raises Funds 
For 8 CARE Boxes 

Mary Price, president of C. A., 
announced that through the co- 
operation of students and facul- 
ty in the recent drive for food and 
clothing to be sent to needy alum- 
nae and their families in Ger- 
many and Japan the drive was a 
success. 

By means of the two meatless 
dinners on May 3 and 10, enough 
was saved to send two CARE 
packages to each of the four fam- 
ilies, three of which are in Ger- 
many and one in Japan. The 
Freshmen cabinet sponsored 
clothing drive resulted in 19 regu- 
lation size boxes containing shoes, 
coats, skirts, sweaters, and rub- 
bers. 

Date Book 

Wed., May 12  Alumnae asso- 
ciation honors seniors at tea, 
4-5 p. m. 

Thurs., May 13  Abnormal psy- 
chology class leaves for Milled- 
geville, 6 a. m. 4 p. m. last I. 
R. C. meeting of the quarter. 
Glenn Rainey will speak. 

Pri., May 14  6:30 p.m. Eta Sigma 
Phi banquet at the Candler Ho- 
tel coffee shop. Phi Alpha Phi's 
picnic at Glenwood. Decatur 
Piano Ensemble presents con- 
cert in Presser 8:30 p. m. 

Sat., May 15  Senior party, 7 p. 
m. 

Sat., May 29  1 p. m. Trustee's 
luncheon for the alumnae and 
the senior class followed by the 
annual meeting of the alumnae 
association. 4:30 p. m., class 
exercises. 8:30 p.m., program by 
the speech department. 

Sun., May 30  11 a. m. Baccu- 
laureate sermon delivered by 
Rev. John Chester Frist, Mobile, 
Ala, After dinner coffee in Mc- 
lean. 6:30 p.m., desert-coffee, 
Alumnae garden. 

Man., May 31  10 a. m. Address 
to the senior class by Chancel- 
lor Raymond Ross Paty of the 
University System of Georgia. 
Conferring of degrees. 



Freshmen Cop Cup 
For Best Display 
Of Spirit For '47 '48 

The freshman class floated off 
with the Student government 
"Class Spirit" cup on their bal- 
loons of merit in a presentation 
skit under the direction of Sara 
Jane Campbell, sophomore repre- 
sentative and Charlotte Bartlett, 
secretary. 

Each class president collected 
balloons representing the times 
they exhibited unusual amounts 
of spirit, and Tech-capped Char- 
lotte Bartlett awarded the cup to 
the freshman class who returned 
the greatest number of balloons. 
The award was based on attend- 
ance at college and inter-class 
activities, and class spirit in gen- 
eral. 

Judges for the presentation of 
the cup were Miss Margaret Phy- 
thian, associate professor of 
French, W. A. Calder, professor of 
physics and astronomy, and Miss 
Margery Lyons, assistant in phy- 
sical education. 



The News will publish a spe- 
cial graduation issue available 
May 31. Lists will be on the 
But trick bulletin boards for 
subscriptions. 



Alumnae Members 
To Entertain Seniors 

The Alumnae association will 
entertain four groups of seniors 
at informal teas at 4 p.m. and 
5 p.m. this afternoon in the Anna 
Young Alumnae House, ending a 
series of teas which began Mon- 
day. 

The ten groups entertained are 
permanent groups decided upon 
in class meeting Monday. Each 
group has a permanent leader who 
will keep in touch with the mem- 
bers of her group after they leave 
school. 

During the get-togethers Ele- 
nore Htuchins and other members 
of the Alumnae staff will explain 
the association, its organization, 
and its functions. 



'Psychologists 7 
To Visit Clinic 

Fifty-four future psychologists 
of Agnes Scott will make a trip 
to the Georgia State Hospital in 
Milledgeville Thursday, leaving at 
6 a. m. They will attend clinics 
both in the morning and afternoon 
in which they will observe pa- 
tients and methods of treatments. 

Miss Katherine Omwake, pro- 
fessor of the abnormal psychology 
class, announced that E. B. Bol- 
ton, head of the psychology de- 
partment at G. S. C. W., invited 
the group to attend a tea at the 
old Governor's Mansion. 



Questionnaire 
Finds Chapel 
Uninteresting 

Blaming uninteresting pro- 
grams for the drop in attendance, 
the student body polled its opin- 
ion of chapel in a Mortar Board 
questionnaire. 

Tabulations, released by Mor- 
tar Board President Doris Sulli- 
van, showed that 217 students at- 
tend chapel regularly, 231 irreg- 
ularly, and 28 never. A variety 
of reasons for lack of attendance 
ranged from smoking and eating 
to last minute studying, but the 
most general opinion was that 
the average chapel did not hold 
student interest. 

Music Rates First 

Voting for the most preferred 
program fell into two groups. Mu- 
sic and speech department pro- 
grams rated first, inspirational 
speakers second, and musical, 
choir, and organ, third. Voting 
was close between these top three. 
Next in line were speakers on 
secular subjects, devotionals, and 
current affairs. 

The programs cited as actually 
attended most regularly were stu- 
dent meetings by 200, class meet- 
ings by 193, and C. A. programs 
by 101. Faculty chapel and Sat- 
urday Thanksgiving services rated 
last. 

In answer to the question 
whether the longer chapel period 
this year affected attendance, 65 
students said yes but 350 wrote 
no. Four hundred and thirty-nine 
prefer to know the program in ad- 
vance, 31 do not, and 311 said 
knowing affected their attendance 
while 137 said it does not. 

Monday chapel .initiated this 
year, got the approval of 272 stu- 
dents, 132 of them freshmen, who 
attended the Orientation pro- 
grams. This left upperclass- 
men in favor of Monday chapel 
seven votes behind those who 
thought it unprofitable. 

Suggestions Conflict 

Comments and suggestions in- 
cluded requests for fewer out- 
side speakers and complaints that 
there were not enough. Some sug- 
gested that the careers programs 
be given in chapel instead of at 
night for the benefit of day stu- 
dents. Many wanted more inspira- 
tional speakers. Some suggested 
trying to keep students from stu- 
dying in chapel and to get them 
from sitting only in the back. 
From many came the suggestion 
that programs should have more 
preparation and individual 
thought. 



Student Vote Approves 
One Drive For '48'49 

A majority vote of the stu- 
dent body approved the sug- 
gestion of Representative coun- 
cil that next year one drive in- 
clude all philanthropic drives, 
instead of having individual 
drives for each cause. 

Nancy Parks, president of 
Student government, announced 
that the details of the drive 
will be worked out at a later 
time. 



R.R.Paty To Deliver 
Graduation Address 

Trustee Luncheon, Senior Class Day, 
Dessert-Coffee To Preface Graduation 



Recently disclosed graduation 
plans name Raymond Ross Paty, 
chancellor of the university sys- 
tem of Georgia, to deliver the com- 
mencement address May 31, and 
the Reverend John Chester Frist, 
of Mobile, Alabama, to preach the 
Baccalaureate sermon, May 30. 

Commencement festivities will 
begin Friday, May 28, when Adele 
Dieckmann, Mildred Claire Jones, 
and Marybeth Little will present a 
concert at 8:30 p.m. Adele, or- 
ganist, will play Tocatto in Fugue 
D Minor by Bach, Dreams by 
McAmis and Humoresque by Pie- 
tro Yon. Mildred Claire, pianist, 
will play Grieg's A Minor Con- 
certo, and two Chopin Etudes, 
Marybeth, soloist, will sing Pace 
Pace Mio Dio, and Ave Maria by 
Verdi, a German group by Shu- 
bert and Schuman, and a group of 
light art songs. 

Saturday, May 27, the trustees 
of the college will give a luncheon 
for the senior class and alumnae. 
Later in the day at 4:30 p.m. sen- 
ior clas day exercises will be held 
in the Mayday dell. That night 
the books will be burned and the 
day's activities wil be ended with 
a program presented by the speech 
department at 8:30 p.m. 

The annual campus church ser- 

Corry To Perform 
In 'Dance Fantasy' 

Pittman Corry and Karen Con- 
rad will present their "Dance Fan- 
tasy" May 21 and 22 in Presser 
hall at 8:30 p.m. 

Pittman Corry, featured dancer- 
actor in Broadway musicals, and 
Karen Conrad, formerly psrima 
ballerina of Ballet Theater, are 
the directors and choreographers 
of the production and will dance 
in each scene, heading a cast of a 
hundred children, teen-agers and 
adults. 

Mr. Corry danced in the male 
lead of the Ballet group's perfor- 
mance of "Swan Lake", February 
14. 



Decatur Group 
To Play Friday 

The Decatur Piano Ensemble, 
sponsored by the Decatur boys' 
choir, will present its annual 
tenth piano concert in Presser 
hall Friday. 

The Ensemble consists of Deca- 
tur musicians and is under the di- 
rection of Mrs. Lillian R. Gil- 
breath. 

Numbers to be played by the 
pianists are "Suite in D Major", by 
Bach; Beethoven's Turkish March 
from the "Ruins of Athens"; 
Tschaikowsky's "March Slave"; 
a polonaise and waltz by Chopin; 
Debussy's "Petite Suite"; and a 
group of Greig's compositions in- 
cluding "Morning", "Ase's Death", 
"Anitra's Dance", and "In The 
Hall of the Mountain King." 



vice will be held Sunday morning 
at 11 a.m. At 1 p.m. there will be 
an after dinner coffee in Mclean 
At 6:30 p.m. that evening the 
Alumnae association will give a 
dessert-coffee for member of the 
senior -class, their parents, faculty 
member, and alumnae. At 10 a.m. 
Sunday morning, climaxing the 
activities of the week-end, will be 
the address to the senior class by 
Mr. Paty and the conferring of 
degrees by Dr. J. R. McCain. 

Five Seniors Obtain 
Scholaships To Do 
Graduate Study 

Five members of the senior 
class obtained scholarships to do 
graduate work in their respective 
fields next year. 

Dabney Adams will go to Van- 
derbilt university, where she will 
work toward a master degree in 
English. Mary Alice Compton, 
after six weks study at University 
college in Southampton, England, 
will study English history at the 
University of Pennsylvania. Adele 
Dieckmann will do her work in 
Latin at Wellesley. 

Tina Hewson will be at the Uni- 
versity of Cincinatti, studying bio- 
chemistry, and Billie Mae Redd 
will work urider a graduate schol- 
arshap in the mathematics depart- 
ment of Emory university.\ 

Lecture Budget 
Shows No Debts 
For Past Season 

Lecture association's financial 
statement for the year 1947-48, 
issued by Treasurer Harriet Reid, 
shows all debts accounted for and 
a balance of $4.23 remaining in 
the treasury. 

Starting with $138, Lecture as- 
sociation added $1435.10 given 
from the Student budget and door 
receipts of $924.30 totalling 
$2497.40. Of this amount $500 
went for the Schuschnigg lecture; 
$239.77 for Vera Dean; $682.60 
for "Twelfth Night"; and $500 
for Chaffee. 

Receptions, entertainment of 
lecturers, tax, printing, and other 
miscellaneous charges cost $491.- 
10, leaving a total of $84.23 on 
hand with an indebtedness of $80 
to be paid toward expenses of 
Frost's lecture. 



Gumming Resumes Work 
For Foreign Mission 

Mr. D. J. Cumming, acting as- 
sociate professor of Bible, will 
not return next year as planned. 
The Foreign Mission Board of 
the Presbyterian church has 
called Mr. Cumming from his 
furlough to duties in Nashville, 
Tennessee. 



2  THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS # May 12, 1948 



Gals  About 

By Billie Powell 

Well, Dooley has had his frolics for 1948 and has been laid 
to rest again until next year. Agnes Scott is very proud be- 
cause he chose as his queen to reign over the Frolics our own 
Diana Durden, who is the ATO sponsor. He must have had 
a great deal of trouble making up his mind because he really 
had lots of lovely girls from which 

ior the week-end. Joan Lawrence 
visited Katherine Davis at the 
University of Georgia. Bev Gordy 
went to Shorter for their May Day 
celebration. Betsy Powers at- 
tended dances at the University of 
Florida, and Nancy Huey enjoyed 
the Tech ATO houseparty at Sky- 
lake. Teeka Long and Anna Wells 
had visitors from Davidson. 

Club News 

B. O. Z. 

At the last meeting of B.O.Z. 
Frances Howerton was elected 
president of the club. Admitted 
to the group this quarter were 
Marie Woods and Nancy Anderson, 
members of the freshmen class. 



to choose. Among them were 
Jackie Jacobs, Phi Delt sponsor, 
Charlotte Bartlett, SAE sponsor, 
and Barbara Waugaman, KA 
sponsor. 

The theme for the costume ball 
Friday night was the typical 
American scene. This theme was 
carried out in the lawn decora- 
tion on fraternity row as well as 
in the costumes. Tobacco Rhoda's 
who were the ATO dates for the 
occasion were Dot Floyd, Jane Oli- 
ver, Pris Hatch, Patty Hampton, 
Anne Hayes, and Hanna Wood. 

KA circus queens were Margie 
Major, Terrell Warburton, Dot 
Quillian, Kay Laufer, Joanne 
Wood, Sally Ellis, and Val von 
Lehe. Dating SAE Indian braves 
were Lyd Gardner, Beryl Crews, 
Harriot Ann McGuire, Jean Os- 
borne, Floss Hanson, and Liz Rag- 
land. Others who attended the 
Frolics were Norah Ann Little 
Carolyn Wells, Jane " Cook, Babs 
Young, Margaret Hopkins, Joan 
Mahoney, Ann Gebhart, Virginia 
Gogers, Tillie Alexander, Margar- 
et and Marion Yancey, Jeanne 
Kline, Tung Hertwig, Juiianne 
Morgan, Betsy Baker, Ann O'Sul- 
livan, Polly Miles, Maryanne 
Broun, Amanda Hulsey, Barbara 
Franklin, Harriet Lurton, Ivy 
Morris, Hanson Partridge, Frankie 
Francisco, Betty Wood, Lady Ma- 
jor, Barbara Lanier;, Margaret 
Brewer. Martha Cook, Sarah 
Hancock, Olive Partee, Maggie 
Kline, and Jenny Wren. 

Many Agnes Scotters went 
home this week-end to celebrate 
Mother's Day. Bobbie Cathcart 
and Barbara Stainton went to 
Anderson, Edith Stowe to Char- 
lotte, Jo McCall to Easley, Cathy 
Davis to Liberty, S. C, Casey 
Chance to Athens, Rebecca Lever 
to Winder, Virginia Vining to Dal- 
ton, Jean Edwards to Saluda, S. 
C, Vivienne Patterson to Chester, 
S. C, Emily Ann Reid to Chatta- 
nooga, Betty Beddingfield to 
Vienna, Jo Heinz to Columbia, and 
Kate Elmore to Montgomery. 

Dean Morris journeyed to Duke 



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Eta Sigma Phi 

Eta Sigma Phi is planning a 
banquet Friday at the Candler 
Hotel to mark the closing of this 
year's activities. All members 
and faculty advisors may attend. 



IRC 

Glenn Rainey, professor of Eng- 
lish at Georgia Tech, will speak 
at IRC's last meeting, Thursday 
at 4 p.m. 

Mr. Rainey will discuss "Con- 
structive Peace Policy." 



Pi Alpha Phi 

Pi Alpha Phi, debating society, 
will end the year of club activity 
this Friday afternoon when club 
members and their dates go to 
Glenwood for a swimming party 
and supper. The picnic date was 
changed to Friday because of the 
Senior party Saturday. 




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Sea -Going Frosh 

Freshmen boarded the S. S. 
Agnes Scott, manned by C. A. 
crewmen, for a Bon Voyage party 
on the little quadrangle, Tuesday 
afternoon at 5:30. 

Guests of distinction were Ad- 
miral McCain, Captain Scandrett, 
and Ship's Chaplain Garber. Dec- 
orations carried out the nautical 
theme. 

After a supper of fried chicken 
with all the trimmings, furnished 
by Ship's Cook Whelcher, the party 
heard a talk by Miss Leslie Gay- 
lord, retiring advisor to C. A.; 
songs by the "Clod Hoppers" from 
the S. S. Columbia Seminary; and 
played games led by members of 
the recreational leadership class. 

In charge of the party were. En- 
signs Nancy Dendy and Beryl 
Crews. 

C A, Halo 

The Christian Vocation Con- 
ference will open at Salem Friday 
evening and end Sunday. Arrange- 
ments can be made through Angie 
Anderson or Mary Price. 



An inspirational service led by 
Jane Hungerford will close C. A. 
chapel for the year. 



Harriot Ann McGuire will speak 
on "Faith In Man" at vespers 6:30 
p.m. in Maclean chapel Sunday 
night. 

The first in this series of four 
talks on faith led by the four clas- 
ses, "Faith in Yourself" by Mar- 
tha Stegar, freshman leader, em- 
phasized the capabilities that God 
has given us and the strength that 
we can obtain from Him to use 
them to their fullest. 



DECATUR THEATRE 

WEDNESDAY 

"The Unsuspected" 

Starring Joan Caulfield 

and Claud Rains 
THURSDAY & FRIDAY 

"The Corsican 
Brothers 1 

With Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. 
and Ruth Warrick 
SATURDAY 

"Pride Of The Turf" 

Starring Guy Kibbee 
and 

"Three on the Trail" 

Starring Hop-along Casidy 
(William Boyd) 
MONDAY & TUESDAY 

"Voice of the Turtle" 

With Ronald Regan and 
i Eleanor Parker 
WEDNESDAY 

"Always Together' 

Starring Joyce Reynolds and 
Robert Hutton 



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WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY 
Elizabeth Taylor in 

"Cynthia" 

FRIDAY 
Ann Sothern as 

"Undercover Maisie' 

MONDAY & TUESDAY 
Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake in 

"Saigon" 

Also the Academy Award 
Winning Short 

"Power Behind The 
Notion' 



Familiar American Characters 
Gather For Dooley Weekend 

By Floss Hanson 

Typical, familiar American scenes from the Puritan land- 
ing at Plymouth Rock through the 18th century era and up to 
our modern age were all blended into one gala evening of 
merrymaking Friday night at Dooley's Frolics. The week-end 
of fun and fancy was climaxed Saturday night when Dooley 

fancy, even to the point of waltz- 
ing on the band stand with Krupa's 
vocalist. Having chosen his lovely 
queen, Dooley's gleeful reign end- 
ed when Dean Rece revengefully 
put a bullet through his brain. 
Dooley's friends sorrowfully load- 
ed him into a coffin till next year 
when he will again turn Emory 
into a festive, hilarious carnival. 



took for his queen Diana Durden, 
A.T.O. sponsor and sophomore at 
Agnes Scott. 

The opening Masquerade ball 
brought into one room a vivid 
Conglomeration of costumes and 
antics. In one corner savages 
held their tribal war dance while 
not 50 feet away an elaborately 
costumed king and queen presided 
over the festive Mardi Gras. 
Bronzed and painted Indians 
waltzed wfijth Hollywood stars. 
Apparitions from the backwoods 
of Kantuck danced with a queen, 
and Puritans cut a fancy rug, all 
to the syncopated rhythm of Gene 
Krupa and his famous drums. 

Highlights of the evening were 
the introduction of the fraternity 
sponsors running for queen, the 
awarding of the prizes for decora- 
tions and costumes and the drum 
solos which stopped the dance and 
brought the crowd down to the 
band stand in a burst of wild ap- 
plause. 

A half-hour concert by Mr. 
Krupa again held th.e crowd 
breathless at the tea dance Satur- 
day afternoon in the Emory cafe- 
teria. The breakneck pace of 
the week-end ended with a formal 
Saturday night at the city auditor- 
ium. Dooley was at his height 
swapping dates all over the dance 
floor, kissing girls at random and 
any thing else that struck his 



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THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS  WED., MAY 12, 1948 



Play By Play 

By Margaret Brewer 

FOUND! Two energetic and courageous sports writers who saw our 
ad a few weeks ago, and were not afraid to answer  although one had 
the suspicion that it might be just a joke. With all the pomp and cere- 
mony possible we welcomed and initiated June Harris and Charlotte 
Key into the Fourth Estate by extending them an invitation to visit 
the News room last Monday night, when the paper went to bed for 
the last time this year, to see how the worse half lives. Just think, 
they may "grow up" to be that tyrant of the newspaper office  the 
editor-in-chief, I'm just teasing, Lorton,  or they could bud into a 
budding columnist  one of those creatures who has to be on the manic- 
depressive or schizophrenic side to be successful. 

Could be we might need a new managing editor if the love bug 
doesn't stop biting the one we have! 

When the enthusiastic hopefuls arrived, this is what they found as 
a typical example of what a news room ought not to be. 

We begin with no light, no pencils, no galleys (proofs of printed 
matter) and no staff. Eventually the editor, managing editor, as- 
sistant editors, feature editor, society editor, copy editor, sports editor 
and anybody else who happens to be around and wants to come along, 
stumble up the stairs to the slave factory. The sides of the room are 
bulging, if there's no important test the next day to keep some of the 
staff away  or any other plausible excuse they can think up. 

As the proof readers proof read, the "Chief" sneaks out a non-coke 
looking bottle and two "jiggers," and we happily sip window polish to 
put us in the journalistic frame of mind. Those with weaker tummies 
merely smell it. 

Then we start reviewing the' news. Sometimes there is absolutely 
nothing to write about  but we can't let our readers know it. Per- 
sonally I think four pages of white space would be very novel, but 
the "Chief threatens to fire me for laziness. She generously offers 
to jump out the window to provides news, but as I help her out a 
sentimental managing editor yanks her back. 

About that time a shriek from the proof readers pulverizes the 
rest of us. It seems someone left a blank space for an unknown name 
in a news story, and the printer had taken the trouble to set in type 
"  a dive performed by  'somebody, I'm no mind reader.' " Quickly 
we race to the phone to fine out who "somebody" is before the printers 
strike. 

There are a few other bright spots in the course of proof reading, 
such as the misspelling of PLAY BY PLAY as PLAY BY PLOIY, or 
lopsided as "popsided," or R,ex Sheppard as Rev. Sheppard, or golfers 
as gophers, and so on into the night. 

Into the night is right, About a.m. Lorton scoops us off the 

floor, and sends us home. Another Monday is over, the paper will 
probably come out, the room is knee deep in paper, and Dot Medlock 
is singing to the moon. 

But we love every hour of it, and are looking forward to torturing 
you next year. Until then  Hasta Banana  Au Reservoir! (For Sale! 
One mangled Sports Editor  Ed.) 



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A. A. entertained participants 
in archery, tennis, golf, Outing 
club, volley ball and swimming 
last Friday afternoon at a tea in 
Murphey Candler. 



Experts Battle 
In Tennis Fray 

By Charlotte Key 

Zoom! Crash! Bang! no, it's 
not target practice, it's just the 
tennis tournament. Perhaps you've 
been down to see some of those 
matches  and have been in the 
infirmary afterwards with stiffitis 
of the neck from watching the 
balls whiz back and forth. It's 
worth it, though, to see the ex- 
perts dashing around over the 
courts. I say experts, because the 
expertest expert has not won her 
crown yet. 

Only three matches have been 
played. Mary Louise Warlick de- 
feated Jenelle Spear, 6-4, 6-1. 
Noel Barnes downed B. J. Crow- 
ther, 6-2, 6-1, and Martha Wil- 
liamson was victorious over Jes- 
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Sharkey Announces 
Varsity, Sub-Varsity 

By June Harris 

During the half of the Volley 
Ball game Friday in which the 
sophomores beat the freshmen 29- 
22, the sportswomen who made 
varsity and subvarsity were an- 
nounced. 

Those who made varsity are: 
Betty Blackmon, Katherine Dick- 
ey, Barbara Lawson, Irene Mc- 
Leod, Dolores Middour, Gretta 
Moll, Reese Newton, Jane Shar- 
key, and Mary Louise Warlick. 

The sub-varsity members are: 
Anne Brooke, June Davis, Sally 
Ellis, Kate Elmore, Mary Ann 
Hatchtel, Genie Paschal, Virginia 
Skinner, and Val von Lehe. 

Friday, the varsity will play 
the boys from Columbia Semin- 
ary. 



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McCain Captures Honors 
With Expert Horsemanship 



A record-breaking crowd watch- 
ed Todd McCain ride off with 
three first prizes in the annual 
horse show last Saturday after- 
noon. This expert horsewoman 
won the Championship ribbon, the 
first prize in the advanced exhibi- 
tion, and first place in the Riding 
club showing. 

Willa Wagner ran Todd a close 
race, winning the Reserve Cham- 
pionship ribbon, second place in 
the advanced class and Riding 
club showings. 

Other winners are Marge Felder, 
who was awarded the improve- 
ment cup and first place in the in- 
termediate class, followed by 
Phyllis Narmore and Joan Peter- 
son in second and third places in 



the intermediates. Henrietta 
Johnson, Leila Terry Walker and 
Carolyn Wells won first, second 
and third place in the beginners' 
class. Cathy Davis galloped off 
with third place in the advanced 
class, and Tillie Alexander made 
third place in the Riding club ex- 
hibition. 

Miss Katherine Glick officiated 
as judge, and Marie Cuthbertson 
served as announcer. 



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4  THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS O May 12, 1948 



Bok Conducts 
A S Audience 
Thru Space 

By Miscie 

Speaking to a near-capacity 
audience in Mclean auditorium 
last Friday night, Dr. Bart Bok 
of Harvard ' College Observatory 
took his listeners on a lively, con- 
ducted tour thru interstellar space. 

From photographic slides pro- 
jected by a tempermental lantern, 
we made swift but certain nodding 
acquaintance with planets, star 
clusters and spiral nebulae, and 
astronomically speaking, were put 
in our proper place in that vast 
stretch of the Milky Way. Dr. Bok 
told us, our sun is only a dwarf 
member, and our' busy exciting 
and turbulent Earth is as nothing, 
invisible except as we might re- 
flect our sun's light to some puz- 
zled astronomer on another plan 
et. 

To further deflate our ego, Dr. 
Bok explained the extent of this 
newly acknowledged neighborhood 
by saying, "If you were able to 
go around our equator at the rate 
of seven times in one second, it 
would take you, at this rate of 
speed, 100.000 years to traverse 
the entire Milky Way." 

In spite of the weightiness of 
his subject, Dr. Bok made it not 
only easily grasped but most in- 
teresting and also managed sev- 
eral down to earth puns. Dr. Bok 
told us new knowledge was being 
gained continually about the end- 
less space around us, and that he 
hoped he would be invited back to 
tell of other solved stellar myster- 
ies a few years hence. 

Kingman Instructs, 
Criticizes Art Work 
In Visit To Campus 

By Cama Clarkson 

A crowd like a soap box orator's 
gathering stood on the quadran- 
gle surrounding an insignificant 
little oriental figure, Dong King- 
man, professor of art at Colum- 
bia university. Mr. Kingman 
visited the -campus last week and 
lectured to students in the art 
department. 

Instead of orating, however, he 
was painting a brilliant concep- 
tion of Main building while bal- 
ancing precariously on a small 
camp stool and explaining to his 
intent audience the technique of 
watercoloring for which he is well 
known. 

Mr. Kingman instructed the art 
classes and criticized their work 
Wednesday and Thursday after- 
noons. His work has been pro- 
foundly influenced by his early 
training in the Chinese schools. 
In demonstrating the use of the 
Oriental bamboo brush, Mr. King- 
man strove to explain to the stu- 
dents the importance of control 
and adeptness of brush strokes as 
well as interest of composition. 

Encouraging to aspiring artists 
here and instructive in the tech- 
niques of painting, Mr. Kingman 
was also delightful with his Chin- 
ese accent  to which he often re- 
ferred as "Me and my English." 



News Makes Correction 
In Numbering of Issues 

The News wishes to note  
OOfffeettOB. The issues this quar- 
trr are misnumbored. The April 
7 pa-per was the 18th instead 
of the 16th as stated. This is- 
sue is the 23rd. 



Jabberwacky 

By Lee Cousar 

Warpaint and feed sacks! Dazzle and glamour! All blended 
together made Agnes Scott's frolicers last Friday night. 
Main resounded with war whoops and reeked of corncob pipes 
at this strange assortment of creatures assembled to set out 
for Dooley's frolics. 



Indians held numerical predom- 
inance in the group, and with their 
genuinely savage appearances con- 
vinced by-standers that time had 
moved back several hundred years 
to the before-Columbus days. In 
fact, some kept their eyes glued 
eagerly on the door, hoping Chris- 
topher would come with his Eng- 
lishmen. 

Burlap material was the mode. 
One squaw was attractively at- 
tired in a croker sack, made in a 
very plain style, and bearing on 
the back the clarifying inscription, 
"dog feed". 

Saturday night's queen of the 
Frolics would hardily have been 
recognized as the regal type as 
she left Friday night in her at- 
tractive burlap bag with its lovely 
cord belt and scalloped skirt. Al- 
so attired in feed sacks were three 
seniors who created for themselves 



clever little poke bonnets and ac- 
quired a genuine look of what 
type we don't know. 

Gypsies, Tobacco Roaders, movie 
stars, and Gay Nineties bathers 
joined, too, in this pageant of A- 
merican life, past and present. 

From Inman came none other 
than the great Ingrid Bergman 
as Maria of "For Whom the Bell 
Tolls". If her costume resembled 
drapery material in any way, it 
was purely because it was made of 
her neighbors's curtains. 

A day student, according to 
rumor, really merited the prize for 
originality in taste. She and her 
date appeared at the Frolics  not 
as squaw and brave, and not as 
Clark and Lana  but as a pair of 
dice. To be absolutely honest, we 
didn't see these rolling stones, but 
some fairly honest people solemnly 
vow that it's the truth. 



Confused Scheduler Demands 
Study In Unique Techniques 

By Jackie Jacobs 

What is the procedure necessary to introduce a new sub- 
ject into the curriculum of Agnes Scott? I've searched the 
stacks, taken sidewalk symposiums, and even thought deeply 
about the matter, but to no avail. WeVe all heard that it is 
extremely difficult to introduce a subject unless demanded by 
social neceessity, but anyone who 

classmen in order to "look" before 
they "leap". 

Special instructions should be 
given in order to explain the dif- 
ferent functions of the widely dis- 
cussed blue, pink, and yellow cards 
 their ports of embarkation and 
designated points of arrival. The 
last quarter of instruction should 
be devoted to oral drill on the lo- 
cation of faculty offices and time 
of office hours. 

Schedule 303, the more advanc- 
ed junior course, should begin with 
particular aspects of schedule pro- 
blems and constructive approach- 
es to their solution with special 
emphasis on the avoidance of Sat- 
urday classes. The old-fashioned 
method of an abundance of five 
hour courses has been outmoded. 

Only one of the many possible 
solutions to be discused in Sche- 
dule 303 is an ingenious arrange- 
ment with all your three hour 
courses on Monday, Wednesday 
and Friday, leaving Tuesday and 
Thursday free as well as Saturday. 
(Just think a three day school 
week! John L. Lewis himself 
couldn't ask for more.) Of course, 
the inevitable search for crip 
courses should be carried on more 
completely here, but the ideal sit- 
uations are not presented until 
the pupils reach Schedule 404. 
Class Clash 
This course is to place special 
emphasis on the avoidance of Sat- 
urday classes, late afternoon clas- 
ses, and early morning classes. 
Now don't get the false notion 
that Schedule 404 encourages the 
avoidance of all classes. After all, 
it is an intellectual course for ser- 
ious-minded girls. The basic the- 
ory recognizes the value of late 
morning classes, as long as they 
do not interfere with securing a 
desirable place in the lunch line. 
The "9:30 and ll.TO's only" club 
could be a stimulating influence 
to the student body. The one dif- 
ficulty is-er-how to get in 180 
hours this way. This problem will 
be carefully discussed in class. 



has survived the last weeks of 
"schedulephrenia" will doubtless 
confirm the fact that courses in 
"Schedule and Applied Techni- 
ques" is a dire necessity. 

This course should be designed 
to cover four years of college work- 
and constitute a survey of broad 
aspects of Schedule including his- 
tory (professors' idioscyncrasies), 
economics (percentages of those 
previously failing the course), 
psychology (avoidance of person- 
ality clashes with the instructors), 
English (the corect spelling and 
wording of schedule blanks and 
philosophy (historical systems of 
thought and their applications to 
current schedule problems) in re- 
lation to the catalogued courses. 
Woeful Warning 

Schedule 101, the . freshmen 
course, should be an introductory 
study, including the basic princi- 
ples of scientific avoidance of all 
traps lying in wait for them be- 
tween the mysterious covers of 
the catalogue. A safe procedure 
for the teacher would be a subtle 
persuasion of the freshmen to 
take the most difficult subjects a- 
vailable. When, or if, they sur- 
vive the first year, no schedule 
could seem of satisfaction a good 
investment? Lab hours would 
be of special value to freshmen. 
The student should have as her 
project for the year the drawing 
up of every conceivable schedule 
combination and its possible solu- 
tion in order to acquaint her with 
this fascinating study. 

Soph Specialty 

The sophomore course, Schedule 
202, should receive special atten- 
tion because of the all-important 
question confronting them in the 
spring  the scheduling of a major 
subject. Observation of the gen- 
eral state of mind of various jun- 
iors and seniors in relation to the 
majors they have elected should 
be singularly valuable. The stu- 
dents should be urged to arrange 
private conferences with upper 




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Case Of Catastrophe 

We suspect sabotage. Last week the News sent out to the 
coke machine for a drink to give us that second wind so badly 
needed by a dead-head staff. Catastrophe  no cokes. 

Despondancy hit an all time high, laying us lower than 
a New York subway. We pictured a Wednesday without the 
News, a Science hall without late studiers, and a math major 
minus her student aid. 

Sending out our super sleuths we found evidence piled up 
in empty cases against the student body. We charge you and 
ourselves with negligence. Miss Betty Hayes, manager of 
the Tea House, stated that about five cases of bottles fail to 
return each week and she drew us an epigramatic picture of 
the future, "No bottles  no cokes  no machine." 



They Took It 



The frosh copped the cup and to the applause of sopho- 
mores, juniors, and seniors, the News adds a hefty cheer and 
a small but fragrant bouquet for personal reasons. 

The frosh copped the cup for spirit. "Spirit," the News 
commented after the Black Cat Stunt, "can be built or broken 
by defeat . . .The challenge of "Can you take it" is before every 
vanquished class. Freshmen have showed us their spirit; now 
they must prove it is the right kind." 

The News thrives on facts. WeVe "gotta be shown". We 
issued a challenge to "show us" to the freshman class and the 
facts have shown us as well as the judging committee for the 
spirit cup. 

Freshmen, we've got to hand it to you. You've proved you 
can take it. 



Gripe Right 



"It seems therefore that the 
fault is not wholly with the chapel 
goer." This was the criticism of 
the editors in last week's News  
that if chapel programs were 
worthwhile and interesting, a bet- 
ter attendance might be expected. 
This is, of course, quite true, but 
one wonders just what a "worth- 



while and interesting" program is 
when she sees the small attend- 
ance at one of the most informa- 
tive lectures of the year, Dr. 
Cumming's talk on the political 
situation in Korea. I would like 
to suggest that the chapel goer 
give good programs a chance. 

. .Naacy Parks 



THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS 

MEMBER 

Associated Collegiate Press 



The Agnes Scott News 



Vol. XXXIII 



AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA, MON., MAY 31, 1948 



Number 24 



Little, Philips, Honour Receive Top Awards 

+ + ':.:  '. .,.+ + 

Wallace Alston to Succeed McCain as President In '51 

College Awards 114 Diplomas; 
Nine Graduate With Honors 




DR. WALLACE McPHERSON ALSTON 

Dr. Wallace McPherson Alston, pastor of Druid Hills Pres- 
byterian church, has been elected vice-president and profes- 
sor of philosophy, with the understanding that he will suc- 
ceed Dr. J. R. McCain as president by July 1 ,1951. George 
Winship, chairman of the Board of Trustees, announced Sun- 



day that the new vice-president [ 
will take over his duties at the 
college September 1. 

Upon the retirement of Dr. Mc- 
Cain, head of the college since 
1923, he will become the third 
president of Agnes Scott since it 
was founded in 1889. 

Dr. Alston holds the B.A. and 
M.A. degrees from Emory univer- 
sity, where he specialized in phil- 
osophy; the B. D. from Columbia 
Theological seminary; and the 
Thi. M. and Th. D. degrees from 
Union Theological seminary in 
Richmond, Va. 

He has tfone additional graduate 
study at Union Theological semi- 
nary in New York, at the College 
of the Bible, Lexington, Ky., and 
at the University of Chicago. 
Hampden-Sydney college confer- 
red on him the honorary degree 



Fourteen Reporters 
Swell News Ranks 

Eleven new reporters join the 
ranks of the News for the coming 
year. Those girls chosen are Mary 
Carolyn Schwab, Vippi Patterson, 
Jenelle Spear, June Harris, Mabe 
Burchfiel, Frankie Howerton, Eli- 
za Pollard, Jerry Keef, Anne 
Broke, Barbara Caldwell, and 
Martha Ann Stegar. 

Cathie Davis, feature editor, 
also announced the new feature 
writers; Gretchen Reinartz, Cis- 
sie Spiro, and Mary Alice Mac- 
Donald. 



of D. D.; and Davis and Elkins 
college, of LL. D. He is a mem- 
ber of Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron 
(Continued on page 6) 



Alumnae Hear NY Editor 

Mr. William G. Avirett, edu- 
cational editor of the New York 
Herald Tribune, spoke to the 
Alumnae association in Presser 
hall before their annual meet- 
ing Saturday afternoon. 

Mr. Avirett, who is now 
working on a story about south- 
ern campuses chose for his top- 
ic, "Colleges for Women in 
1960/' 



Morris Cops 
Book Award 

Hunt Morris, of Newborn, N. 
C, was proclaimed book lover of 
the year this morning at com- 
mencement exercises when she 
receives the McKinney Book 
Award. Martha Stowell, oi; De- 
catur, Ga., received honorable 
mention. 

The McKinney award is given 
annually on the basis of interest 
and discrimination with which the 
contestant chooses the books for 
her personal collection. The books 
judged, are those collected dur- 
ing the past year. 

Hunt, a junior, is vice-president 
of student government and serv- 
of Student government and serv- 
past year. She made the Honor 
roll her freshman year and was a 
member of Folio, freshman writ- 
ing club. 



Marybeth Little was awarded the Hopkins Jewel, Polly 
Anna Philips, the Colegiate scholarship, and Nan Honour, 
the Laura Candler prize in mathematics at the commence- 
ment exercises this morning which saw gradauted 114 sen- 
iors, two with high honor, and seven with honor. Sixteen 

seniors made honor roll for the . 

Scholarship of $400 went to An- 
nie Charlsie Smith for future 
promise as indicated by character, 
personality, and scholarship. Dr. 
McCain announced the award in 
chapel last week. 

The Hopkin Jewel given by the 
college in honor of Miss Nan- 
nette Hopkins, former dean, is 
awarded by the committee of the 
(Continued on page 8) 



1947-48 session. 

Martha Ann Stegar received 
the Rich Prize of $50 given an- 
nually by Rich's of Atlanta to 
the member of the freshman class 
making the best record for the 
year. Frances Morris, sophomore, 
won the Piano scholarship for 
the second time, and Reese New- 
ton, winner for the past two 
years again received the Speech 
scholarship. 

Dabney Adams, and Adele 
Dieckmann graduated with high 
honor, and Martha Beacham, 
Alice Caldwell Davidson, Nan 
Honour, Mary Elizabeth Jackson, 
Mary Sheely Little, Ruth Bastin 
Slentz, and Anne Page Violette 
graduated with honor, based on 
the work of all four years. 

The Jennie Sentelle Houghton 



Dr. John Chester Frist Finds 
Knowledge Guides Purpose 

"Life must have sincerity of purpose, but it must be a pur- 
pose guided by knowledge." This was the main point of Dr. 
John Chester Frist as brought out in his Baccalaureate ser- 
mon, Sunday. 

Taking his message from the text in Luke 9:15 "He pro- 



ceeded with fixed purpose to go to 
Jerusalem," Dr. Frist expressed 
his hope that our college gradu- 
ates would meet their oncoming 
crises and face them with the 
same singular determination and 
sincerity of purpose with which 
Christ chose hardships and the 
cross. 

He went on to describe our gen- 
eration as a "merry-go-round gen- 
eration making much ado about 
nothing, playing a lively tune as 



we whirl around, but after all end- 
ing up just about where we start- 
ed out. Too many men and wom- 
en have no driving power of a 
definite purpose guiding their 
thoughts and actions and shoving 
them onward to new achieve- 
ments." 

Dr. Frist emphasized that our 
purpose must not only be sincere, 
but that it must be guided by 
(Continued on page 6) 



Dr. Raymond Paty Emphasizes 
Post Commencement Culture 

Emphasizing the importance of continuing education on a 
personal level after completion of formal education ,Dr. 
Raymond Paty warned seniors in a commencement address 
this morning of the danger facing college graduates of becom- 
ng lost in the drabness and practical affairs of everyday life, 
and neglecting the broadening 



cultural influences which per- 
vade college days. 

Speaking on a personal and in- 
formal level, Dr. Paty, who is 
Chancellor of the University sys- 
tem of Georgia, further warned 
that these practical affairs of 
life may make Qvertones upon 
our lives. The years spent in col- 
lege, he said, in concentration 



upon art, music, history and the 
sciences tend to exert a broaden- 
ing influence upon our personal 
lives. The graduate .however 
when involved in the hurry and 
complication of the outside world 
is apt to stall in his personal de- 
velopment. 

He stressed the fact that the 
graduate must concentrate upon 



carrying the college influence be- 
yond graduation day and making 
college experience a means of en- 
riching her personal life. 



The News Dedicates 

For their simple dignity, 
ceaseless service, and inspira- 
tional guidance we dedicate 
this issue of the Agnes Scott 
News to Dr. J. R. McCain and 
Miss Lucille Alexander. 

Dr. McCain celebrates his 
25th year as president of Ag- 
nes Scott, and Miss Alexander 
retires at the end of this ses- 
sion, after 45 years of service 
to the college. To them we give 
this small token of thanks. 



L Alexander 
Leaves A. S. 

Miss Lucille Alexander, profes- 
sor of French, retired at the end 
of the 1947-48 session with a rec- 
ord of 45 years of service to the 
college. Miss Margaret Phythian, 
associate professor of French, will 
succeed her as head of the French 
department. 

George Winship, chairman of 
the Board of Trustees, commends 
Miss Alexander in a letter of ap- 
preciation from the Board for her 
tireless service, her efficient tea- 
ching, and the Christian example 
she has set to the generations of 
classes. 

Associated with Agnes Scott 
(Continued on page 7) 



College Appoints 
Seven Members 
For New Faculty 

Seven new faculty members 
will take their places in the de- 
partment of economics and sociol- 
ogy, physical education, Bible, 
and Spanish for the 1948-1949 ses- 
sion. 

The Administration announced 
that to date these are the only 
additions. 

Miss Anna Green Smith will be 
an associate professor of econo- 
mics and sociology. Miss Smith 
received her B. A. degree from 
Cumberland university in Leban- 
on, Tenn.; her M. A. degree from 
George Peabody college for tea- 
chers in Nashville, Tenn.; and her 
Ph. D. from the University of 
North Carolina. She comes to 
Agnes Scott from Meredith col- 
lege, Raleigh, N. C. 

Miss Helena Williams will take 
over as assistant in physical edu- 
cation, replacing Miss Margery 
Lyons She is a graduate of the 
Woman's college of the University 
of North Carolina. She has taught 
in the physical education depart- 
ment of Chatham Hall, Chatham. 
Va. 

Dr. S. A. Cartledge and Dr. Fe- 
(Continued on page 6) 



2  THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS  MON., MAY 31, 1948 



Seniors Plunge Into the Unknown Leaving Legacy Behind 



By Louise McLaurim 

When in the course of college events, it becomes necessary 
for one class to dissolve the humble bands which have con- 
nected it with others, and to assume among the powers of 
the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of 
Agnes Scott and an A. B. degree entitle it, a decent respect to 



the opinions of faculty and friends 
requires that it should declare 
the causes which impel it to the 
separation and the nature of those 
belongings it wishes to leave be- 
hind. 

We hold these truths to be self- 
evident  that all classes are crea- 
ted equal; that they are endowed 
by the administration with certain 
inalienable rights; that among 
these are life, liberty and the pur- 
suit of knowledge; if the members 
of any one class become so im- 
bued with learning, it is their un- 
questionable right to leave the 
college forever  to plunge into 
the vast unknown before them de- 
termined to conquer new worlds. 
Amen 

We therefore, the components 
of the class of '48, in general meet- 
ing assembled, appealing to the 
administration and faculty for the 
rectitude of our intentions do in 



at 8:45 to Charlotte Lea and her 
car pool. 

I, B. J. Brown, out of the kind- 
ness of my heart, insist that Pat- 
ty Persohn take a foot of my 
height so that she will be as tall 
as I am. 

I, Nan Nettles, bequeath to B. 
J. Crowther, my energetic vim 
and vigor. 

I, Ruth Richardson, do readily 
will and bequeath my dulcet voice 
to all raucous dorm alarm clocks 
so that students will no longer 
wake up screaming. 

I, Billie Mae Redd, do leave to 
Mary Ann Hachtel my deep love 
for early rising, and to Freddie 
Hachtel my love of science. 

We, Betty Kitts and June 
Smith, for Ric Ramsuer's sake, 
sorrowfully bequeath our quiet- 
ness to the incoming freshman 
class. 

I, Claire Kemper, do leave to 



the name and bv the authority of a]1 P e P le unable to carr y a tune > 
the remaining classes of this m V violin    at least the y can 



school solemnly publish and de- 
clare this, our last will and test- 
ament. 

In the name of Agnes Scott Col- 
lege herein located at Decatur, 
Georgia. . .amen! 

We, the members of the class 
of '48, after four years of hard 
labor, being of rather question- 
able faculties and emaciated bod- 
ies, acting under duress, having 
now reached the ripe old age of 
four years, born in the year of our 
.Lord, 1944, do thoughtfully and 
tearfully, revoking all other wills 
hitherto written, make, publish 
and declare this to be our last will 
and testament. Rest in Peace! 

I, E. Claire Cunningham, do 
thoughtfully bequeath my hockey 
stick to Kitty McKoy with the 
profound hope that it will help 
her build up her muscles. 

I, Margaret Ann Richards, with 
a heartfelt yawn, regretfully give 
up my bed to Margie Graves, hop- 
ing that she will take excellent 
care of it. 

Library Laughter 

I, Mac Compton, with a chuckle, 
do will to Kate Elmore my inevit- 
able laughter in the library. 

We, Jenny Wren, Grace Durant, 
and Pat McManmon, realizing 
our inferiority, do surrender our 
place in the spotlight to those up 
and coming perfolrmers, Daddy 
McCain, Hotlips Posey and Down- 
beat Hunter. 

I, Tissie Rutland, prefer to take 
with me my natural ability to 
answer "Yes", to the question "Is 
there a doctor in the house?" 

I, Susan Neville, give, with no 
hesitation, the key to the dry 
cleaning room to Mary Hayes 
Barber and Jessie Hodges; more- 
over, I leave my week-end jaunts 
to Todd McCain and Patty Over- 
ton. 

I, Rose Ellen Armstrong, after 
much thought and deliberation, 
part with my melodious singing 
voice to Norah Anne Little in or- 
der that she mav someday be 
able to sing as I do. 

I, Martha Beech am. will my 
abilitv to guard with one hand (in 
basketball, that is) to Rebecca 
Lever to help her to save her ener- 
gy. 

We, Jane Campbell, Carol 
Equen, Mary Humphries, Jean 
Henson, Rebecca Scott, and Emi- 
ly Wrieht, relinquish our right 
to pant gracefully into our 8:30's 



carry that. 

I, Anne Treadwell, solemnly 
leave behind my field hockey 
goalie uniform to some unseason- 
ed freshman who knows no better. 

I, Maxine Kickliter, sadly will 
to Jenelle Spear my short hair 
since she likes that style too. 
Poise Plus 
We, Joanna Gee, Betty Gesner, 
and Rose Mary Grffin, do will 
r.nd bequeath to Sara Jane 
Campbell and Beryl Crews our 
calm ajr of self-assurance. 

We, Sheely Little, Tattie Mae 
Williams, and Mariana Hollings- 
worth, mournfully depart from 
dear third Main, willing it to all 
who seek a mainstay in life. 

I, Anne Shepherd, will and be- 
queath all my worldly Gaines to 
Willene Tarry. 

I, Beverly Gordy, give my night 
life to anyone capable of stand- 
ing the pace. 

We, Margie Klein and Jean 
Loney, surrender our ardent as- 
piring after the Mell Bell to soci- 
ologically minded Ellen Katz. 

I, Liz Jackson, dejectedly re- 
linquish my "Si, si, Senior!" to all 
Spanish lovers. 

We, Ruth and Elizabeth Blair, 
do leave the "sister act" to Nena 
and Fritz Hale. 

I, Martha Humber, do jdisjoint- 
edly give up my co-ordination in 
dancing to Marie Heng. 

I, Nancy Geer, do hereby de- 
oart with my scholarly approach 
to studies in order that Mim 
Steele may be thus endowed. 

We, Amanda Hulsey and Myr- 
tice Mariana, sadly bequeath to 
\r\n Hayes fine Arts 101 and the 
art Professor at Emory. 

I, Bob Blair, do leave Rebekah, 
both of us slightly worn and dis- 
heveled, to El Bear, and I do leave 
the sophomores . . . 

I, Alice Davidson, willingly re- 
Mnquish my carrel to Hunt Morris 



THE BOOTERY 

117 E. Court Square 

DECATUR, GA. 

Shoes for the Entire Family 
X-Ray Fitting by Specialist 



in the hope that she will use it as 
much next year as she did this 
year. 

I, Lida Walker, having stated 
the motion, seconded it, and called 
for the question, do herewith, 
herein, and therefore, solemnly 
leave to Reese Newton my use of 
parliamentary procedure. 

I, Ann Ezzard, do charitably 
will to Barbara Franklin my sun- 
lamp so that she too may acquire 
that rugged outdoor look. 

We, Lady Major and Doc Dunn, 
after due thought and considera- 
tion have decided to leave our 
manhole experience to anyone in- 
terested in the underworld. 
Hayes Blessing 

We, Helen Goldman, Susan 
Pope, Zollie Saxon, Suzanne Wil- 
son and Sara Catherine Wilkin- 
son, do helpfully bequeath to J3et- 
sie Baker, Jenelle Spear, Jane 
Lamaster and Mari jean Alexander, 
our obvious ability to transcend 
all obstacles and see at parades. 

I, Lee Brewer, abandon my pink 
elephant suit to anyone who is 
able to find a companion for it. 

I, Lulu Croft, do refuse to leave 
but will take with me, Dr. Hayes 
blessings. 

I, Ginny Andrews, do forfeit 
my Spanish accent to Marianela 
Segura! 

I, Beth Jones, do freely sur- 
render Bill's thumb to Casey 
Chance so that she can have manv 
free trips to Agnes Scott from 
Athens next ye-r. 

We, B. J. Doyle and Lora J. 
Payne, do readily sacrifice four 
years of hard labor to any eager 
beaver who wants them. 

I, Charlien Simms, do will and 
bequeath to the entire student 
body my weekend trips to bright- 
en their Monday morning blues. 

I, Virginia Drake, do relinquish 
to Steele Dendy my volatile eye- 
brows hoping that she will be able 
to use them as well as I did. 

We, Sue Meaders and Jane 
Boyd, give our benign blessings 
to Weezie Durant and Donnie 
King. 

I, Dabney Adams, do sorrow- 
fully yield to Marie Cuthbertson 
my outstanding prowess in athle- 
tics. 

Chemical Capers 

I, Jane Alsobrook, leave my I 



ability to create atmosphere and 
a chemical formula for the mardi 
gras atmosphere of New Orleans. 

I, Martha Cook, abandon the 
U. N. to Nan Johnson. 

I, Jane Barker, do herewith will 
and bequeath to Tillie Alexander 
my stargazing, curricular, and 
otherwise. 

I, Louise Cousar, do leave to 
second floor Main specific in- 
structions on the art of paper 
writing from 2 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. 

We, Nan Honour, Barbara 
Macris, Pat ' McManmon, and 
Dot Stewart, give up a generous 
share of our poise and sophistica- 
tion to Kathryn Geffcken. 

I, June Irvine, will my ability 
to sit coolly on hot radiators to 
Mimi Arnold. 

I, Caroline Hodges, gleefully be- 
queath to Mary Ann Broun my 
infectious laugh. 

I, Julianne Coleman, leave all of 
my vivacious energy to Charlotte 
Bartlette. 

We, Edith Feagle and Ann Hen- 
derson, relinquish our long hours 
in the science hall to Henrietta 
Johnson. 

I, Jane Rushin Hungerford, do 
leave my pressure cooker with full 
instructions to Nancy Parks. 

I, Mary Gene Sims, give up my 
ostrich feathers to Dorace Maritz- 
ky who never sees me without 
thinking about them. 

I, Mildred Claire Jones, leave 
with absolutely no regrets, three 
flights of stairs in Inman to Easy 
Beale. 

I, Virginia Tucker, give all of 
the Mortar Board calendars to 
any other book lover who wishes 
to start a collection. 

I, Harriet Reid, abandon muh 
southe'n accent to Gretchen 



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I, Evelyn Puckett, leave all of 
my political rallies to Wallace. 

I, Ruth Bastin Slentz, bequeath 
to the Alumnae garden pool, all 
of my fascinating guppies. 

I, Ginny Henry, do leave to Bar- 
bara Quattlebaum my battered 
dancing slippers. 

We, Nancy Deal and Mary Man- 
ly, with loud keening leave to the 
Dean's office a new supply of sign 
vat slips. 

I, Flo Bryant, do will my ex- 
periences in Mexico to Dr.' For- 
man. 

I, Pris Hatch, leave my gulli- 
bility and martyr's life to anyone 
with an iron constitution. 

We, Clarkie Rogers and Har- 
riet Gregory, joyfully give up to 
Lorton Lee and Betsie Baker, our 
Sunday and Monday night dates 
with Mr. Welborn. 

I, Amelia Pavis, will and be- 
queath to Nancy Parks one large 
bottle of aspirin. 

We, Caroline Hodges, Susan 
Daugherty, and Barbara Waugh- 
aman, leave our fond friendship 
to Casey Chance and Cama Clark- 
son. 

I, June Driskill, will to Patty 
Hampton the ability to look cute 
with my hair rolled up. 

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To The Graduates: 
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Full of Success In 
Your Every Undertaking: 
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4  THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS  MON., MAY 31, 1948 



Prophetess Divulges Premonitions of Future Predicaments 



By Harriet Gregory 

Now is- the time for forward- 
looking young women to look for- 
ward, to survey what will be the 
contemporary scene along about 
1968. It is necessary to know what 
the struggle availeth, because 
then and only then can we decide 
whether or not we shall struggle. 

Individual fates are here re- 
lated as instances of a great 
truth, the truth concerning how 
liberal can the arts get in twenty 
years, or how many of the class 
of '48 will gain riches, fame, hap- 
piness, and husbands? 

Peering into the gray mists of 
the future, the first vision I catch 
is of a bevy of classmates perch- 
ed upon a mountain peak of suc- 
cess. They survey the surround- 
ing populace with beatific smiles, 
the same smiles which lesser 
classmates were wont to term 
smug in the first bright days of 
frat pin and engagement notices 
in the News. Edna Claire Cun- 
ningham, Mildred Claire Jones, 
Jean and Jane DeSilva, Betty Jo 
Doyle, Edith Feagler, Jean Hen- 
son, Betty Kitts, Beth Jones, 
Sheely Little, and Roberta Mac- 
Laghan emanate the same rosy 
glow which suffused the campus 
of yore. Jubliantly waving spark 
ling left hands from the same 
general vicinity are B. J. Brown, 
Jane Barker, Mary Gene Sims, 
Lida Walker, Margaret Ann Rich- 
ards, Tissie Rutland, and Ellen 
Morrison. They speak of numer- 
ous husbands, rose-covered cot- 
tages, and problems of the nur- 
sery, kindergarten, and adoles- 
cent phases. Time and space pro- 
hibit what would otherwise prove 
a fascinating listing of names, 
ages, and behavior patterns of off- 
spring. Suffice it to say that 
Granddaughters club has a big 
membership potential, and Emory 
and Tech should have some hec- 
tic rush weeks. 

To prove that there are other 
pennacles of success, Rose Ellen 
Armstrong, Mary Mohr, and 
June Driskill took the road less 
traveled by, and after twenty 
years, they were willing to de- 
clare that that has made all the 
difference. Mo, and June and 
Rose Ellen work as adjustors in 
a personnel department. They re- 
adjust psychology students to the 
world outside abnormal psychol- 
ogy class and Milledgeville ob- 
servations. They say the job main- 
ly consists of guiding psych ma- 
jors in the diagnosis of their own 
symptoms, and in the cure of 
persecution complexes developed 
in pop quizes. 

Sally Bussey has become an 
mily Post in party etiquette. Her 
best seller on "Partie's Attitudes 
toward, during and after," is still 
bringing in royalties. She's busy 
writing another book entitled 
"The Party Girl's Handbook," the 
sequel to the "Agnes Scott Hand- 
book." 

Fame definitely came to Dot 
Stewart, Carol Equen, and Betty 
Gesner . . . They're the faces 
that launched a thousand Sears 
and Roebuck catalogues. Seems 
that the future is simple when 
one's face etc. are one's fortune. 

Betzie Powers has reached the 
apex of success in her chosen 
field. She whirls around furiously 
busy as always and hard to catch, 
even in a vision. She is manag- 
ing public relations for Fellow, 
\\v only White House dog to serve 
six terms. Betzie bills Fellow as 
me dow-wow with a smiie. 

Martha Cook, June Smith, Bet- 
ty Kitts and Rebecca Lacy have 



collabroated on a book of histor- 
ical research, and the Agnes Scott 
library has bought one for the 
reserve room, an indication of the 
book's esoteric quality. The name 
of the book is "Posey Particulars 
of Political Party Palaver," or 
"Four Years Before the Task." 

Jane Alsobrook, Julia Ann Cole- 
man, Bob Blair, and Tina Hew- 
son are doing scientific research 
in the field of chemistry. They 
have made amazing discoveries 
concerning the human T-zone 
That's T for taste, and T for 
throat. They have made great 
strides in the experimentation 
considering their lack of vocation- 
al training, which proves the val- 
ue of a liberal arts education. Be- 
lieving that no sacrifice is too 
great for science, they act as 
their own guina pigs for the T- 
zone testing. 

Lou McLaurin's fifty-first art 
exhibit is drawing record crowds 
and laudatory, If confused, com- 
ments from the critics, Lou calls 
this exhibit, "She also serves who 
only stands and doodles." 

Devoted to a life of enlighten- 
ment and service to the fellow- 
man are Sister Davis and Adele 
Dieckmann. They are on the is- 
land of Yap, that's in the Pa- 
cific, instructing the natives in 
the beauties of self-discipline and 
the joys of clean living. 

Nan Nettles, Elizabeth Blair, 
Grace Durant, and Claire Kemper 
formed an orchestra. They call 
themselves the Cornettes and 
play biannually in Carnegie Hall. 
Mary Beth Little sings with them 
and writes poetry using the in- 
spiration gained. Her newest book 
is called "Tin Pan Hollow." 

Mac Compton is teaching his- 
tory at Agnes Scott. It seems 
that all the students rush to 
register for her course in the 
Near West. Mac stayed in Eng- 
land so long that she developed a 
beautiful English accent that real- 
ly sends the history majors. 

Jenny Wren is the Broadway 
hit of the season. She's playing 
Harvey in the play of the same 
name and has won much acclaim 
as the only Harvey in history who 
can be seen by every body in the 
audience. 

Pat McMannon finally forsook 
the stage and she has already 
copped a couple of Oscars for her 
performances in the movies. At 
this point, however, she has be- 
come a little bored with it all and 
intends to take a position at Ag- 
nes Scott. She will conduct speech 
conferences for Speech 105 stu- 
dents. 

Barbara Macris and Betty Jo 
Doyle have climbed to stardom 
via another medium. You can hear 
them five times daily as John's 
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niving to become John's fifth wife. 

Ann Elcan has made quite a 
brush stroke in the world of art. 
Her murals have made the Hunt 
Room, the Taj Mah, Jennings 
Rose Room, and the Stork club 
meccas for all who thirst after 
the finer things. Interior decorat- 
ing has been a medium of expres- 
sion for Maxine Kickliter too. 
Maxine has bent all her efforts 
toward brightening dull corners 
like penthouses with her famous 
motif, known as the "triple ul- 
tra." 

Clarkie Rogers is still in the 
Senate where she is known as 
the "Filabusterin' Fillie from 
Kentucky." Harriet Reid accom- 
plished the political feat of the 
era when she swayed the south 
into solid republicanism. She at- 
tributes her success to techniques 
learned while a student through 
observation of local politics and 
various courses in history and 
political science. 

Pagie Violette is president of 
the United Nations Federation of 
Woman's clubs organized to pro- 
mote bigger and better organiza- 
tions. 

Jane Campbell sureales draws 
the comic strip, "Lil Aggie," bas- 
ed on a college girl's life in inter- 
planatary space. Emily Wright 
writes the copy for it in blank 
verse which has certain Shakes- 
perian flavor. 

Evelyn Puckett, Myrtice Mari- 
anni, Ann Henderson, Nan Hon- 
our ,and Billie Mae Redd have 
rocked the mathematical world 
with their formulas for deriving 
derivations. They are now work- 
ing in concert on the possibility 
of fifth dimension. 

What Sally Rand did for the 
bubble, Ginny Henry has done 
for phosphorus with her dances. 
Mary Manly is the model mother 
who smiles from toothpaste ads 
and the winsome little one in the 
same ad is Mary Jr. 

Alice Davidson has pitched a 
tent in the Colosseum and she 
sends lovely eye-witness accounts 
of activities then to the Atlantic 
Monthly and the Alumnae Quar- 
terly. 

Mary Humphries and Jackie 
Stewart have covered themselves 
with glory rn the world of sports. 
Mary was captain of the hockey 
team which won world's champ- 
onsl ip and Jackie has success 
c ully defended her tennis singles 
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Nancy Deal has established a 
kindergarten in remotest Arkan- 
sas. She teaches the kiddies atom- 
ic physics, and she employs Mae 
Comer Osborn, Liz Jackson, and 
Jean Loney to instruct them in 
the liberal arts. 

Doc Dunn is the queen of the 
crooners. They say that she is to 
the jell what Sinatra was to the 
pink. Lula Croft handles her pub- 
licity. 

Charlien Simms, Martha Hum- 
ber, Caroline Hodges, and June 
Irvine are the highest kicking, 
fastest moving, and most general- 
ly personable Rockettes in the 
line. 

Few equal the unique achieve- 
ments of Virginia Tucker and 
Amanda Hulsey. Tuck is the most 
effective speaker the W. C. T. U. 
has ever sponsored. All she does 
is go into her D. T. Smith act 
and everybody in the house takes 
the pledge. Mandy is the most 
frequently married member of 
the class. She found a world pop- 
ulated with many Diamond Jims 
and has out Mandvilled Tommy. 

As a member of the faculty in 
the Agnes Scott English depart- 
ment Dabney Adams has made 
some world-shaking innovations. 
One of them was to have foot- 
notes at the top of the page in 
research papers and the relative- 
ly unimportant items at the bot- 
tom. She also outlawed the out- 
line which move secured for her 
the Silhouette dedication for the 
year. 

Martha Beacham, Alice Lyons, 
Margie Klein, and Helen Gold- 



man have retired to Africa chant- 
ing "Bongo, Bongo, Bongo." They 
are trying to establish the exact 
meeting place of Stanley and 
Livingston. Having done so they 
will probably split the Nobel prize 
four ways. 

The most pastoral existance is 
Flo Bryant's and Ginny Andrew's. 
They returned to Mexico where 
they live in an adobe hacienda and 
write articles for the Mexican 
equivalent of "Child Life." 

Lee Brewer is south of the bor- 
der also. She raises horses to 
compete with Lady Major's in the 
Decatur Handicaps. But Lady's 
horses are the only ones who 
can neigh the Quartet from "Rig- 
oletto." 

Nancy Geer is house mother for 
a chapter of Phi Delts somewhere. 
Beverly Gordy and Zollie Saxon 
tied 'for first place in a regional 
contest to select a girl to repre- 
sent the Southeast at UNESCO 
as the typical southern belle. 
Their personal characteristics and 
behavior patterns will be record- 
ed and compared with those of 
other young women. 

Susan Daugherty is organizing 
I. R. C.'s in grammar schools 
across the nation and Virginia 
Drake has retired to the Florida 
Everglades to teach the Seminoles 
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Poet Little Speaks For Class; 
Tuts Away Childish Things 7 



By Mary Beth Little 

Hush the tinkling music box 
Where yet the child-heart sings; 
We are women now, we put 
Away our childish things. 
Days, dust, and new ways gather. 
What most secret shall we 
shelter? 

Scarlet leaves and October skies 
Teasing the student out of doors 

and mind; 
Squirrels flaunting nimble 

freedom; 
Envelopes bridging two familiar 

spheres; 
Faded flowers, yellow ribbons, 

ticket stubs; 
Stunt-night programs, clippings 

underlined; 
Shadows and criss-cross colors 
Splashing: the hockey field; 
Laughter alive with sunlight; 
Sleepy girls discussing life 

and ultimates 
While outside lamplight illumines 

casual darkness. 
Magnolia leaves cupping snow, 
Redbrick sharp in winter 

brightness, 
Strict tower pointing to the sky; 
Tedious hours, sensing tentative 

growth, 
Being lost to find; 
An easel with November gropings, 

April skill; 



A microscope, and a strange 

Exciting world unguessed; 

The rush of blackness after light, 

And light again: and a new world 

On a by-day-simple stage; 

Dim raine? days, umbrella 

blossoms; 
Shining streets reluctant to 

relinquish 
Mirrored images of those who 
Meet and disappear. 
Dogwood more breathless white 

each spring; 
Leaves too green 

For looking at through windows; 
Slender girls in white, 
Holding slender candles, 
Whispering hopeful vows 
Greater than themselves; 
Intimate talk about the stars, 
Leaping computation to 

silvered awe; 
A sudden book like sacred flame, 
Dazzling the beholder; 
Calendar pages too swiftly 

fluttering, 
Hurrying tomorrows to the 

winds; 

A young moon tangled in the 
pine, 

Suddenly breaking free and 

beautiful. 
Hush the tinkling music box 
Where yet the child-heart signs; 
We are women now, we put 
Away our childish things. 



Powers Chronicles Senior Recollections 
Perpetuates Trials Of 1948 Survivors 



Agnes Lends Bit of Norway; 
Pictures Pre- American Days 



By Cathie Davis 

Interviewing Agnes Berentzen 
for this story was like reading a 
feature on present-day Norway. 
Modestly Agnes told me, "I just 
can't think of anything interest- 
ing about me/' However, upon 
seeing my disappointment she 
quickly added, "But I love to talk 
about my country." Her love for 
Norway is perhaps her most out- 
standing characteristic. This is 
to present Agnes, the Norwegian, 
who has become one of the most 
interesting parts of the Agnes 
Scott campus. 

Hill Skill 

Agnes grew up in her native 
Oslo enjoying many of the same 
amusements that keep American 
children happy. She was not one 
of the tomboys who enjoyed play- 
ing the boys at their own games, 
but she does try her skill at win- 
ter sports. 'We all ski and ice 
skate in the winter. The hills in 
Norway are steep and good for 
that  sometimes too good!" she 
iaughed. 

Another custom which interest- 
ed me was her celebration of Nor- 
way's holiday which compares 
with our July fourth. When she 
was a senior in high school they 
were in the midst of final exam- 
inations about the time that May 
17 rolled around. Agnes told me 
how thev painted all the old model 
strip-downs they could find a 
bright red and then, riding around, 
did the same for the town. "Red's 
the color in Norway," she smiled; 
"I mean for cars, not Commun- 
ists." 

Ednoation Notation 
I asked Agnes to compare Nor- 
way's educational system with 
ours. She went first to a grade 
school for seven years and after- 
wards to a high school that she 
considers a little harder than our 
preparatory schools. Six days a 
week for five years the students 
studv English, German, math and 
physics  to mention a few of the 
harder courses. Everyone who 
wants to go to the university must 
be able to study in both English 



and German because their text- 
books are imported. 

The girls learn how to sew and 
cook well and the boys take some 
sewing in addition to carpentry. 

During the war, Agnes said, 
Norway's only university, the one 
she attended at Oslo, was closed 
and whatever male students who 
could not escape to Sweden or 
England were put in concentra- 
tion camps. The Germans at- 
tempted to mobilize the girl stu- 
dents also and Agnes spent most 
of her time traveling around to 
keep them from finding her. 
Holler-ship and Scholarship 

"At V-E Day," she recalled, "we 
simply went wild! There were 
400,000 Germans left in our coun- 
try, but we celebrated anyway, 
and fortunately they didn't do 
anything to us before the Allies 
arrived to occupy the country." 

Rotary International awarded 
Agnes the scholarship which 
brought her to this country and 
to Agnes Scott. By now she has 
completed three years of college 
and has just four more to go. She 
explained that their college educa- 
tion requires seven years, but 
their degree is something between 
a master's and a doctor's. 

Soon after her arrival in South 
Georgia last fall Agnes saw her 
first American football game 
(which differs from European 
football) and later has seen sever- 
al baseball games. She prefers 
baseball, but the best thing about 
either to her is seeing the crowds. 



By Betty Bayne Powers 

We, the Class of 1948, the last 
one hundred fourteen survivors 
on the campus of the past four 
years of blood, sweat and tears 
feel it is our duty to record our 
harrowing experiences for poster- 
ity. Furthermore, whereas it is 
the ancient custom beginning with 
the Greeks that dying people in 
their last moments of breath be 
allowed one final harangue; 
whereas, secondly, it is purely 
American custom that youth tol- 
erate their elders in their dotage 
one last period of nostalgia and 
reminiscence; whereas, it is lastly 
our bounden duty for the improve- 
ment of the Agnes Scott race to 
present our trials and errors for 
you, to repeat if you think them 
worth it or shun them if they 
too greatly horrify you. 

Tear Gazing 

Therefore, standing before you 
today illustrious in our academic 
robes of black, tearfully gazing 
back at the past four years and 
fearfully gazing out at ithe future, 
we here, now and forever, remove 
from the closets of these hallowed 
halls our skeletons. In true his- 
torical fashion we shall deal with 
the survival of our clan in chron- 
ological order. 

Proudly displaying purple and 
white ribbons and wilted corsages 
we jumped from trains, buses, and 
planes into the waiting hands of 
the C. A. representatives on that 
fateful day of September 15, 1944. 
We got our first view of Atlanta 
peering around hatboxes, tennis 
rackets and stuffed animals in 
the taxi going out to Decatur. On 
the way we passed numerous 
trolleys hurrying back and forth 
but failed to recognize their vital 
significance. Inman looked bleak 
and homej( and the height of 
the ceiling only added to our awed 
feeling of decreased stature. 
Dean Ordeal 

More ribbons, the first sacred 
meeting with Miss Scandrett, a 
real Dean, and the ordeal of wait- 
ing for roommates kept us from 
being homesick. The glamour of 
college f reshmanship quickly 
evaporated in the long waiting 
lines, and tired feet and dazed ex- 
pressions took its place. Those 
first few days remained as a dim 
Kaleidioscope now; actually seeing 
a college president eating hot 
dogs, the imposing age of the 
Seniors, professors calmly walk- 
ing around the campus, and COL- 
LEGE! 

The pieces suddenly quit re- 
volving madly and settled with a 
sudden hint of doom as the first 
day of classes arrived. There we 
had to do what we hadn't learned 
in high school, and then we learn- 
ed what we couldn't do that we'd 
done in high school in handbook 
classes. The rules weren't so bad 
when looked at philosophically, 
1 after all there were no men in 



war-time Atlanta to complicate 
our allocation of the two precious 
dates each week, and early to 
bed and early to rise proverbially 
was destined to make one healthy, 
wealthy and wonderfully wise. 

Suddenly we became aware of 
traditions. And just as suddenly 
our orientation helpers became 
our deadly enemies as Black Cat 
stunt time arrived. Scenery, cos- 
tumes, pep meetings and the hush- 
hush of secrecy occupied our days, 
but the bell for our "For Him the 
Bell Told" or "A Puss with a 
Purr-puss" was worth it. Dabney 
was variously in or out of the in- 
firmary from the strain and we 
were radiant in victory. We em- 
erged a class with our own Al- 
ma Mater besides. 

Tech Treat 

Life settled down into hours in 
the stacks, Wednesday chapels 
learning of the outside world from 
Mrs. Sims, the ever-present billet 
doux from Mrs. Smith, and hur- 
ried orders from Threadgills to 
tide us through our precious light 
cut. Every groan of torture from 
fundamentals accompanied each 
movement that we made. Mortar 
Board gave us a chance to see a 
real Tech man in the flesh and 
we found out to our joy that there 
were also tall-dark-n'-handsomes 
a lot closer at Emory. 

We elected Dabney to guide us 
through the year and concerts, 
hockey, and E. Claire with the 
stick, labs and themes made the 
days fly. Only sixty-five, no only 
thirty, just ten more days! Exams 
came and passed and so did we 
and we were home for Christ- 
mas  adult college freshmen! 

A new calendar year and hopes 
for more dates and better grades. 
We emerged from war activities 
and Lawson sobered, from the 
freshman shoe-shine shop daubed 
and smeared, and from second 
quarter exams triumphant ! 
Spring quarter we elected Nancy 
and Rusty to the May Court, Lou 
"Peanut Butter" as our next pre- 
sident and agonized over how best 
to distribute our points among all 
the wonderful clubs. 

And then it was over and a 
whole year was just a memory, 
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Green, Will Durant, Edwin Mims, 
John Redhead and our beloved 
Robert Frost, and somewhat tar- 
nished . by campus slips, flunk 
slips and slips in general. But the 
summer was coming and we could 
show the Annual and our own 
cartoon book to our friends, brag 
a teeny bit and exaggerate a lit- 
tle more, and then it would be 
almost September again. 

Back again and Sophomores! 
We had almost forgotten that 
there were such things as tele- 
phone duty, co-op and schedules, 
and we missed the ones of us who 
thought the fields were greener 
elsewhere. We worked as Sopho- 
more helpers but mostly we just 
acted important. Again we tri- 
umphed in Black Cat, this time 
the gold bell for "Rat-ical Futu- 
rum" under the direction of Lida 
Walker. 

Soph Solemnity 

We cheered madly as Dr. Mc- 
Cain named thirteen of the luck- 
ier ones to the honor roll, un- 
limited cuts! Then the frantic 
pressin gof white dresses and the 
solemn moment as the Seniors 
marched aown to Investiture be- 
tween our aisle of knocking knees 
and excitement-wet eyes. 

Then it was time for the direc- 
tory to be published, no more ex- 
cuses for not knowing where peo- 
ple lived, or what was worse, 
when their birthday was. And 
here it was Christmas again and 
we went home carrying vestiges 
of the ever-present flu and the 
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Carnegie Found 
Grants To Facu 

S. G. Stukes, chairman of the 
Faculty Council cf the University 
Center of Georgia, announced that 
four members of the Agnes Scott 
faculty will receive grants for 
further research in their fields of 
study during the coming summer 
months. 

Miss Emma May Laney, asso- 
ciate professor of English; Miss 
Melissa Cilley, assistant professor 
of Spanish; Miss Florence Smith, 
associate pr:fessor of history and 
political science; and H. T. Cox, 
associate professor of biology, will 
study under this program. 

Miss Laney is planning to spend 
part of v her summer in New York 
city studying in the Columbia 
University library and the New 
York city library. Her topic for 
research is, "Symbolism in the 
Poetry of Yeats and Dylan Thom- 
as." 

Also studying in New York city 
this summer will be Miss Flor- 
ence Smith, who will do research 
work in the Columbia University 
library, the New York city lib- 
rary, and the Metropolitan Mu- 
seum. She will prepare "A Study 
of the Life and Work of Pietro 
Torrigiano, a Renaissance Sculp- 
tor". 

Miss Cilley will develop the 



Alston Will Succeed 

(Continued from page 1) 

Delta Kappa, college leadership 
society; Tau Kappa Alpha, foren- 
sic honorary organization; Pi Del- 
ta Epsilon, journalistic order; and 
Alpha Tau Omega, social fraterni- 
ty. His chief field of study has 
been the philosophy of religion. 
Books by him are "The Throne 
Among the Shadows," published 
in 1945, and "Break Up the 
Night," 1947. 

Before becoming pastor of 
Druid Hills Presbyterian church 
Dr. Alston directed young people's 
work for the entire Presbyterian 
church, U. S. He is a contributing 
editor of "The Presbyterian Out- 
look" and is a member of the 
church's Executive Committee 
of Religious Education and Pub- 
lication. He is one of' six mem- 
bers composing the Joint Commit- 
tee on Student Work, which over- 
sees the student program of the 
church. 

Born in Decatur and reared 
near the Agnes Scott campus, the 
new vice-president was principal 
of Avondale Estates High School 
for two years and before com- 
pleting his graduate work for two 
years taught Greek at Columbia 
Theological Seminary. He was 
licensed -by the Atlanta Presbv- 
tery at LaGrange, Ga., in 1931 
and ordained in the Decatur Pres- 
byterian Church. Serving his first 
pastorate at the Rock Spring 
Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, 
from 1931 to 1933. he went next 
to the Maxwell Street Presbyter- 
ian Church in Lexington. Ky., 
whore he was pastor for two and 
a half years. After three years 
in Richmond as director of young 
people's work for the whole de- 
nomination, he went in 1938 to 
Charleston. \V. Va. He assumed 
the Druid Hills pastorate in 1944. 

Dr. Alston has had lifelong con- 
nections with Acmes Scott. His 
mother. Mrs. Robert A. Alston of 
Decatur, is an alumna of the col- 
lege, as is his wife, the former 
Madelaine Dunseith of Clearwa- 
ter, Fla. In 1946 he became a 
member of the Board of Trustees, 
on which he still serves. 

Dr. and Mrs. Alston and their 



ation Awards 
Ity Members 

subject of "The Influence of the 
Portuguese Poet, Luiz de Camoes, 
on Modern Thought in Present 
Day Portugal and Brazil", and will 
obtain her information from t w e 
library of Congress in Washing- 
ton, D. C, and the library of the 
University of California. 

Mr. Cox, who will study in the 
Missouri Botanical gardens, the 
Chicago Natural History museum, 
and Highland Biological station in 
New York city, will prepare "Stu- 
dies in the Comparative Stem An- 
atomy of the Ericales and Related 
Groups of Plants." 

The Carnegie Foundation for 
the Advancement of Teaching is 
giving approximately one million 
dollars, over a period of five years, 
to institutions in the south for re- 
search. The University of Geor- 
gia is one of the group of institu- 
tions sharing in this grant. 

Since Agnes Scott College is 
a member of the University Cen- 
ter, its faculty members are eli- 
gible for grants. Last year, five 
grants were presented to the Ag- 
nes Scott faculty. 



two children, Wallace, Jr., 13, 
and Mary McNall, 5, will live on 
the Agnes Scott campus, at 255 
South Candler Street. 

Dr. McCain has headed Agnes 
Scott for 25 years, having joined 
its faculty in 1915 and become 
president in 1923. He has been 
president of the Association of 
American Colleges, of the South- 
ern University Conference, and 
of the Association of Georgia Col- 
leges. From 1937 to 1946 he was 
senator of the United Chapters of 
Phi Beta Kappa, and from 1940 
to 1946 a trustee of the General 
Education Board of New York. He 
founded the Darlington School in 
Rome, Ga., and was its head from 
1905 to 1915. 

A practicing attorney before 
he entered the field of education, 
he has for many years been a lead- 
er in the Presbyterian Church. 
U. S. He is now chairman of its 
Committee on Stewardship and 
of its Board of Visitors to educa- 
tional institutions, and he has 
been moderator of the Synod of 
Georgia and the Presbytery of 
Atlanta and president of the Pres- 
byterian Education Association of 
the South. 

He is at present a member of 
the Committe on Cooperation and 
Union, the Committee on War Re- 
lief, the Campaign Committee or 
the Program of Progress, the 



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Faculty Vacations 
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To Mexico, Europe 

Travel will take Agnes Scott 
faculty and students through 
countries so long closed to them 
during the war. Miss Edna Ruth 
Hanley, librarian, plans a trip 
down to Mexico, and Miss Mary 
Ann Courtney, assistant in chem- 
istry, and Miss Priscilla Lobeck, 
instructor in art, will leave for 
Europe with a group of hostel 
members for a bicycle tour of 
the countries of Europe. Mary 
Alice Compton will study at Uni- 
versity college at Southhampton, 
England. 

To satisfy an interest in the 
ancient customs of the natives 
around Mexico City, Miss Hanley 
will drive .through the country- 
side, accompanied by several of 
her friends. She plans to leave 
on July 1 and stay for a month, 
spending her time sight-seeing on 
the way. 

Miss Courtney and Miss Lobeck 
will sail June 3 on the "Marine 
Tiger", a converted Marine boat 
now used as a student transport 
vessel. On board the ship they 
will take 1 orientation courses, 
learning the language and cus- 
toms 1 of the countries they will 
visit. Landing at Le Havre, they 
will continue to Holland, Bel- 
gium, France, and Switzerland, 
spending ten weeks on the trip. 

Mac Compton sails for Eng- 
land, July 1, on the Queen Eliza- 
beth. She is among a group of 
about 650 students offered a 
course on Contemporary Britain. 
The study will last six weeks and 
Mac will spend the two following 
weeks touring and seeing all she 
can of England. 



Athletes Win 
A. A. Awards 

The winners of the A. A. awards 
received recognition in the special 
program at chapel not long ago. 

Betty Blackmon and Marie 
Cuthbertson earned A. A. pins; the 
sophomore class captured the vol- 
leyball plaque; Martha William- 
son was the tennis champion; 
Jane Snarl ey won the golf cup; 
and the junior class walked off 
again with the A. A. cup. 

SpeciaJ Committee on Montreat, 
the Committee on Unity with the 
Associate Reformed Presbyterian 
Church and the Advisory Commit- 
tee on Christian Education. 



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A poet, an English professor, 
a sociologist, and a Shakespeare 
production are promised for 1948- 
49. 

Miss Emma May Laney, asso- 
ciate professor of English and 
faculty advisor of Lecture asso- 
ciation, announced that Lecture 
association has invited T. S. Eliot 
to speak on campus. He has not 
officially accepted yet. 

On January 22 of next year 
Lecture association will present 
Margaret Webster's production of 
"Hamlet". This production will 
be the same as the one which Miss 
Webster is presenting on the 
New York stage. 

George P. Hayes, professor of 
English, revealed plans to enter- 
tain Professor Douglas Bush, of 
the English department of Har- 
vard university, under the Uni- 
versity center plan with Emory 
university. Dr. Bush, who takes 
17th century English literature 
as his special field and has re- 

Faculty Additions 

(Continued from page 1) 

lix B. Gear of Columbia Theologi- 
cal seminary will be visiting pro- 
fessors in the Bible department. 

Miss Lillie Belle Drake, a 1940 
graduate of Agnes Scott, will in- 
struct in Spanish. Miss Drake 
has done graduate work at Mid- 
dlebury college, the University of 
Chicago, and the University of 
Mexico. 

Miss Lillian Newman is to be 
the new assistant in the library. 
She will receive her B. S. in li- 
brary science from George Pea- 
body college for teachers this 
June. 

Mrs. Marguerite Hornsby, 1947 
graduate of Agnes Scott, will 
manage the book store. 



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cently written a book on the sub- 
ject, will visit and speak here and 
at Emory for two or three days. 

In February Emory and Agnes 
Scott hope to have in Atlanta, 
under the University center sys- 
tem, Dr. Wendell. H. Stephenson, 
chairman of the social science di- 
vision of Tulane university and 
editor of the "Mississippi Valley 
Historical Review." W. B. Posey, 
professor of history, said that de- 
finite plans for the lectures will 
be announced later. 

Miss Melissa Cilley, assistant 
professor of Spanish, said that she 
hopes to entertain visitors from 
South and Central America on 
campus. 



Baccalaureate Talk 

(Continued from page -1) 

knowledge. "Sometimes even col- 
lege graduates are just as foolish 
in wasting expensive and costly 
college training because of not 
using knowledge in chosing a 
purpose for their lives." In choos- 
ing this purpose intelligently he 
suggested following the example 
set by Jesus who steadfastly chose 
to serve his fellowmen and to 
link His life with God's eternal 
purpose. 

Once the purpose is chosen he 
says that we can succeed only as 
we recognize a partnership with 
God in this task. "If we as 
Christians work in harmony with 
God nothing can defeat us." 

Dr. Frist closed the sermon 
with the thought that while there 
are many phases of our college life 
that we cannot take with us when 
we graduate we can take the 
consciousness that our life can 
mean much to the world of our 
day as we unreservedly throw our- 
selves, our talents, our acquired 
knowledge, into the task of work- 
ing hand in hand with God in 
making our turn, our day, a day 
to bring God's Kingdom into a 
world of chaos. 



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Gals  About 

By Billie Powell 

What did the members of the graduating class do on their 
last two weekends at college? They really did the town. 

Tech's I.F.C. dances drew lots of them; Maxine Kickliter, 
June Irvine, Jane Alsobrook, and Ginny Andrews. Mary 
Manly went to the Phi Delt formal. Nancy Geer and June 
Driskill attended a party given 



by the Emory Phi Delts and 
S.A.E.'s. E. Claire Cunningham 
enjoyed a Y. Banquet at Tech. 
Mae Comer ( Osborne danced at 
the Paradise room and Zollie Sax- 
on traveled to Athens to a wed- 
ding. 

Two more seniors with beauti- 
ful engagement rings, and plans 
for the near future, Lida Walker 
and Margaret Anne Richards. And 
Jean daSilva has a lovely Chi Phi 
sweetheart pin! 

And now for the social life of 
frosh, sophs, and juniors  Mem- 
bers of these classes were well 
represented at the I.F.C. 's. You 
should have seen our girls in the 
leadout, including Dot Quillian 
who dated Ben Brown, I.F.C. 
president, and Gin Vining, Cama 
Clarkson, Catherine McGauley, 
Willa Wagner, Libby Shontz, Bar- 
bara Lawson, Susan Bowling. 
Also seen there were Bettie Davi- 
son, Newell Turner, Joan Law- 
rence, Mim Steele, Butch Hays, 
Jo Culp, Carolyn Galbreath, 
Mary Stubbs, Julie Morgan, Mary 
Hayes Barber, Esther Cordle, Sal- 
ly Thomason, Sally Jackson, Wil- 
ton Rice, Mary Louise Mattison, 
Jerry Keef, Andrea Dale, Ruthie 
Grimes, Betty Harrell, Marg 
Hunt, Annelle Simpson, Gene Wil- 



Prophetess Reveals 

(continued from page 4) 

the mechanics of English compo- 
sition. 

Susan Pope is in Florida too. 
She raises citrus fruit and man- 
ufactures fruit cocktail, most of 
which she ships to Suzanne Wil- 
son, who now plans the meals 
and manages the dining room at 
Agnes Scott. Suzanne made up 
the proverbial deficit in a month, 
during which time Sue Meaders 
made enough money with the Tea 
House to add a wing on the Alum- 
nae House and to expand the fish 
pond. 

Margaret Yancey has taken 
over the editorship of "Holiday." 
Marian and her husband give her 
all her tips on ritzy places to va- 
cation. 

Rosemary Griffin is the voice 
you hear now instead of Bonnie 
Baker's She sings about chew- 
ing gum, toothpaste and other 
products for home and industry. 

Ruth Richardson has become 
famous as the College Avenue 
hillbilly, and Pris Hatch tells bed 
time stories to soft music for 
children in their twenties. They're 
both naturals for television. 

Marianna Hollandsworth is Da- 
vidson's first woman dean, and 
Susan Neville is G.M.A.'s first 
woman president. Another big 
wheel in academic circles is Jen 
Payne, the prize prof of Emory 
theologs. 

Jane Hailey Boyd, Jane Rushin 
Hungerford, Lucy Grovenstein 
McNeill, and Ruth Bastin Slentz, 
are living, breathing testimonials 
to the true greatness of Mrs. 
Overton and Mrs. Wilson. They 
all attained perfect martial bliss 
and all their children are on the 
Mortar Board-Phi Bete level. 

Sara Catherine Wilkinson is 
with the department of internal 
revenue where she has won dis- 
tinction as the human adding ma- 
chine. She's the only person who 
can figure up income tax returns 



son, Mary Louise Warlick, Char- 
lotte Evans, Claire Foster, Jean 
Osborne, Pat McGowan, Mimi 
Mitchell, Mary Jo Amnions, Han- 
na Wood, Ruby Lehmann, Easy 
Beale, Teeka Long, Anna Wells, 
Nancy Brown, Susan Gauger, Dot 
Porter, Ginny Skinner, Cissie 
Spiro, and Joan Brown. 

On a houseparty in Henderson- 
ville, N. C, were Margaret Hop- 
kins, Mary Louise Warlick, Mar- 
gie Major, and Joann Peterson. 
Also housepartying were Dot 
Floyd, Gin Vining, Nan Ford, 
Alice Crenshaw, and Claire Fos- 
ter who went to Lake Raburn 
with the Tech S.A.E.'s. And Leila 
Walker and Isabel TrusloW at- 
tended a Theta Chi houseparty at 
Rutledge. 

Seen at the Phi Delt formal 
Friday night were Lyd Gardner, 
Ann Green, Diana Durden, Har- 
riet Ann McGuire, Pat McGowa, 
Charlotte Bartlett, Dot Floyd, 
Carolyn Wells, Nancy Dendy, and 
Jean Tollison. Barbara Hytken 
and Gregor Mitchell attended the 
spring frolics at Sewanee. Celes- 
te Barnett went to Washington 
for a weekend. Amy Jones had a 
houseparty in West Point the 
weekend of the 15th and 16th and 
invited Tina Hand, Sally Thoma- 
son, Terry Keith, Sue Yarborough, 
and Jimmy Ann McGee. Virginia 
Arnold took Betty Finney home 
with her to Newnan. 

Pagie Violette, Edith Stowe, 
and Jeanette Wilcoxon took in 
the June Week at Annapolis. 
Hm-m-m, lucky girls! And Mil- 
dred Claire Jones had a most at- 
tractive visitor down from Citadel 
graduation weekend, her Cal. 



in her head. 

Anne Treadwell is teaching the 
Navajos how to weave baskets, 
and Tee Toe Williams, Anne Shep- 
herd, Ruth Blair and Louise Cou- 
sar are running a home for de- 
linquent girls. Barbara Wauga- 
mann has published a book of 
their findings. . It's been quite 
a sensation, and it's entitled "The 
Waugamann Report on How De- 
linquent Can a Girl Get." 

The scientific magazines are 
giving Ann Ezzard a big play. 
She has recently discovered the 
YZ-ray and is confident that she 
will find a use for it soon. 

Thus the vision hath it. Twen- 
ty years from now we shall all 
be very happy, filthy rich, and 
exceedingly famous. We take 
many devious routes to success, 
but isn't it lovely that we all get 
there? 

As the prophet of the class of 
1948 who has seen more things in 
heaven and earth than are dreamt 
of in vocational guidance tests, I 
nominate this year's graduating 
class as the class most likely to 
succeed. I don't see how we can 
miss. 



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Juniors bid formal farewell to 
the senior class on the little quad- 
rangle with a supper seasoned 
with a floor show of junior dis- 
covered and dormitory talent. 

The Junior Joint chorus opened 
the show with their medley of fa- 
miliar "Nineties" songs, followed 
by Dot Porter's rendition of the 
class history in the style of Butch 
Hayes and Easy Beale. Kate 
Durr Elmore produced her imita- 
tions and by request Willene 
"Stafford" Tarry gave her ver- 
sions of "Onions." 

Miss Charlotte Hunter and W. 
B. Posey, class sponsors, refreshed 
tired seniors at an after-rehearsal 
party on the little quadrangle Fri- 
day. 

The Alumnae association enter- 
tained the seniors, their guests, 
faculty, and alumnae at the tra- 
ditional party Sunday in the 
Alumnae garden. Punch and 
French pastries were served from 
tea tables set with lace clothes 
and arrangements of magnolia 
blossoms. 



Alexander Retires 

(Continued from page 1) 

since she graduated from the In- 
stitute in 1899, Miss Alexander 
was its first honor student and 
winner of the mathematics prize. 
When Agnes Scott began award- 
ing the B. A. degree, Miss Alex- 
ander received her second degree 
from the college in 1911, gradua- 
ting with highest honor. She was 
the first Agnes Scott alumna to 
gat an advanced degree, receiv- 
ing her M. A. from Columbia uni- 
versity in 1913. 

Miss Alexander taught mathe- 
matics when she first started in- 
structing in 1903. Later she tran- 
sferred to French and became 
head of the department. Miss 
Alexander is a member of Phi 
Beta Kappa, an honorary member 
of Mortar Board, and a college 
marshall. She has served on the 
Admissions committee and has 
taken an active interest in the 
college activities. 

The Alumnae association honor- 
ed Miss Alexander at their an- 
nual banquet Saturday. 




Seniors dance in lantern festooned dining room after their 
Senior banquet on the colonade. 

Last Senior Party Features 
Music, Program Dancing 

Soft music and swaying Japanese lanterns lent glamour to 
the Senior class party, held in the new dining room and on 
the colonade of Rebekah Scott, May 15. 

A formal buffet supper, the party featured dancing by pro- 
gram, bridge, table games, ping pong, and group singing. 
Entertainment was furnished by 



the sister sophomore class in the 
form of a skit. Seniors and their 
dates sat at individual card tables 
on the porch during the supper 
and went into the new dining room 
for dancing to the music of Perry 
Bechtel and his three piece orch- 
estra. 

Special guests of the seniors 
were Dr. J. /R. McCain, Mr. and 
Mrs. W. B. Posey, Mr. and Mrs. H. 
T. Cox, and Mr. and Mrs. W. A. 
Calder. 

Clarkie Rogers was in charge of 
plans for the party assisted by 
Alice Davidson and Rose Ellen 
Armstrong in decorations, by Sis- 
ter Davis and Virginia Tucker in 
recreation, by Flo Bryant, Aman- 
da Hulsey and Mytrice Miariani 
for food, Margaret Anne Richards, 
Marianna Hollandsworth, and 
Barbara Waugaman with the date 
list, Jane and Jean da Silva with 
card tables and Jane Hungerford, 
music. 



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Senior Testament 

(Continued from page 2) 

I, Anne Elcan, do hereby will 
and bequeath my art talent to 
Dr. Forman. 

I, Adele Dieckmann, sadly com- 
mit my lovely red cap to its ar- 
dent admirer, Kate Elmore. 

I, Tina Hewson, leave my four 
foot T-shirt to anyone brave 
enough to wear it. 

I, Marybeth Little, do herein 
will to Sally Jackson my unique 
ability to run everywhere at top 
speed in high heel shoes with only 
one or two stumbles. 

We, Roberta Maclagan and Mae 
Comer Osborne, do leave to the 
next occupants -of our salon our 
private after dinner coffees for 
the faculty. 

I, Betzie Powers, do generous- 
ly leave $10.00 to Ann Windham 
to help her purchase her Phi Bete 
key when the time comes. 

I, Lou McLaurin, do herewith 
will and bequeath my handstands 
on the third floor bannisters to 
Ibby Wilkinson. 

I, Pagie Violette, leave my stack 
of jokes to Mr. Stukes confident 
that he will appreciate them. 

We, Sally Bussey, Mary Mohr, 
and* Ellen Morrison, do leave 
Agnes Scott. 




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Jabberwacky 

By Lee Cousar 

Seniors are the strangest creatures! "Hallelujah, I'm 
through!'' they scream as they march out of Presser, and, 
flinging their arms around the nearest thing, pour forth a 
flood of tears and lamentations. Inability to bear their grief 
and inability to believe their good fortune are all blended in 
However 



Graduation Awards 

(Continued from page 1) 
faculty to the member of the sen- 
ior class who most nearly meas- 
ures up to the ideals of Miss Hop- 
kins as the committee can in- 
terpret them. They include con- 
spicuous loyalty to the Agnes 
Scott ideals of service, ability to 
cooperate, physical fitness, poise, 
and graciousness. 

The Collegiate scholarship is 
presented by the faculty to the 
student in the junior, sophomore, 
or freshman class who makes the 
best all-round record for the year. 
It covers tuition for the next ses- 
sion. 

Members of the senior Honor 
Roll are Dabney Adams, Martha 
Ellen Beacham, Barbara Blair, 
Alice Caldwell Davidson, Adele 
Dieckmann, Joanne Gee, Chath 
ryn Anne Henderson, Katherine 
Anne Honour, Mary Elizabeth 
Jackson, Marybeth Little, Billie 
Mae Redd, Ruth Richardson, An- 
na Clark Rogers, Ruth T3astin 
Slentz, Anne McRae Treadwell, 
and Anne Page Violette. 



their glad-sad voices, 
we who are about to become sen- 
iors  the professor willing  feel 
a faint twinge of understanding, 
as we watch the parting woes of 
our toughest competitors and 
closest friends. 

On sign-out slips in the dean's 
office we find the graduation joy 
expressed without the tragic ele- 
ment. The frame of mind of the 
seniors who stated in bold black 
capitals that their time of ex- 
pected return was NEVER is not 
difficult to ascertain. 

In fact, there were several in- 
teresting purposes and times of 
expected return. One recently- 
ringed senior stated that her pur- 
pose was "to teach school, etc.", 
with the "etc." underlined three 
times. Another has no particu- 
lar purpose at present other than 
to go "home to recuperate." 

The time of expected return of 
one senior was very expressively 
stated in the short ejaculation 
"ha!", and another plans to return 
for "an alumnae meeting". One 
of the most interesting things ob- 
served on these sign-out slips, 
however, was the chaperon of one 
of the departing students. Some 
wore going by car, some by train, 
some with uncles, some with par- 
ents, and some with friends, but 
this individualist evidently prefer- 
red her four-footed friends. She 
had as her chaperon a grey- 
hound! 

FILLER 

In a recent Agnes Scott class- 
room discussion the students were 
speculating on some of the big 
problems of all-time  namely, 
good and evil. The professor had 
succeeded in guiding the discus- 
sion to some other field when a 
hand was raised in the back of 
the room: 

N. Dendy: I'd like to get back 
to evil, if you don't mind. 

Miss Glick: (sorrowfully): Well, 
we really do hate to see you go. 



Powers Chronicles 

(Continued from page 5) 

blow to parents that the tuition 
was to be raised. 

Second quarter stands out for 
its suffering over majors: "which 
will make me a better wife," 
"what do they need in New York," 
or more frequently, "which is the 
easiest?" And it seemed at times 
that even Pair-a-dice and phone 
calls couldn't ease the agony of 
211, 215, and life! We ordered 
rings, discussed the honor system, 
waited anxiously as always for 
letters, and wrote to our war or- 
phan Eric. 

Suddenly we became politicians 
and after fitful campaigning we 
felt mighty satisfied with our re- 
sults: Adele, sec. S. G., Sister, 
treasurer, Dabney, recorder, Lou, 
lower house and Lida as president 
along with the other victorious 
sophomores in every club! When 
we elected Mary, Marybeth and 
Nancy to May Court we realized 
that the year was almost over. 
And so it seemed was the war. 
Dr. Posey and Dr. Robinson were 
back and so were men enough 
to fill Tech, Emory, and our date 
books. The last year we had de- 
cided that our lecturers couldn't 
be beaten but this year we listen- 
ed with excitement to Tucker 
Brooke, Marquis Childs, Will 
Howe. Howard Lowry, Robert 
Frost, Emile Caillet, Reinhold 
Niebuhr and John Mason Brown. 

Juniors, fponsors, upperclass- 
men! Even now that we spent al- 
most more time off campus than 
on, fifteen of the more prudent 
of us made honor roll again. 
Everyone was busy and everyone 
it seemed, had an office. We spent 
our sleeping moments divided be- 
tween Rebekah. Main, Lupton, 
Boyd and White House. Dancing 
on campus, pins, rings, Miss Os- 
borne's talks on charm brought 
delighted applause from us all. 

We were becoming "uncampus- 
ed at last, the political situation in 
Georgia had us on our toes, 
speakers in all fields kept us up 



to date with the help of mealtime 
snatches at the news in Mortar 
Board's reading room, and best of 
all everyone was journeying far 
from the reach to conventions, 
tournaments, or just for more 
glorious week-ends at universities. 

"Club Scherezade" proved how 
glamorous the gym and even we 
can look and netted a staggering 
sum for War Council from Junior 
Joint. Dreamland reigned for one 
night and memories of it carried 
us on clouds until Junior Banquet. 
Dates and dresses and dancing 
on campus! Elections came and 
now we knew that we were 
really running the school. The ex- 
citement over Mortar Board end- 
ed happily when Pagie, Dabney, 
Adele, Sister, Marybeth, Marian 
and Margaret, Ruth, Lou, Tuck 
Pris and Sheely were tapped. 

Our class never looked prettier 
than when Nancy, June, Mary- 
beth and Mary represented us on 
May Day. Screams and shouts 
and ecstacy followed the an- 
nouncement that we had won the 
Class Spirit Cup. We puffed up 
with pride when we heard that 
Agnes Scott would be represented 
by Marybeth on Mademoiselle. 
Shellbound ended hilariously a 
year that had brought to the cam- 
pus Donald Miller, Herbert Agar, 
Carl Sandburg, Louis Lockner, 
Grace Overton, Henry Noble Mac- 
Cracken, Robert Frost, Raymond 
Mojley, Yashuo Kuniyoshi, and 
Helen C. White. 

This September we practically 
arrived garbed in our gowns and 
carrying the precious sheepskin 
Soon we were disillusioned by our 
short skirts in contrast to the 
freshmen's stupendous "new look" 
by 400 courses, and worries of 
adulthood. But with achieved 
nonchalance we managed to look 
bored, unimpressed and impresi- 
sivc through it all. Rides in the 
cars of the Senior-elect erased 
even the worries of jobs in June. 

Little Girls' Day brought echoes 
and reverberations of a problem 

childhood which immediately sob- 
ered with the arrival of families 
for Investiture. Shaking, seized 
with nervous giggles, scared and 
proud at the same time, we all 
managed to kneel in front of Miss 
Scandett sans collapse and disas- 
ter. Dr. Posey spoke to us in- 



THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS 

MEMBER 

Associated Collegiate Press 

Gripe Right 

To The Editors, 

For her generosity of time ana 
energy, for her flawless work ana 
cheerful assistance to the Agnes 
Scott community, we, as represen- 
tative of our organizations and on 
behalf of Agnes Scott, wish to ex- 
press our appreciation and heart- 
felt thanks to Mrs. W. A. Calder. 
She has made unforgettable for u? 
all memorable experiences and 
scenes. "Thank you" to our Agnes 
Scott photographer. 

Doris Sullivan, MB 

Marie Cuthbertson, AA 

Mary Price, CA 

Lorton Lee, News 

Nancy Parks, SG 

Tillie Alexander, Sil. 

Reese Newton, Pres. Juniors 

Gretch Reinartz, Pres. Sophs 

Mary Lou Mattison, Pres. Frosh 



I would like to make a request 
that no more of the feature stor- 
ies use a parody on the lines 
"Twas the night before Christ- 
mas" and "while visions of sugar 
plums danced through my head." 
In the past two years everything 
from term papers, dances, the 
New Look to luscious suntans 
have danced through the heads 
of the feature writers. Please 
find a new quotation. 

Jane H. Campbell 



(By request of the seniors 
we publish this poem written by 
Easy Beale and Butch Hayes 
for the junior-senior party.) 



spiringly on "A Re-assessment of 
Democratic Ideals", and then Sun- 
day morning Dr. Albert conduct- 
ed our church service in Presser. 

Being full fledged seniors we 
wanted to do something impres- 
sive and decided to elect Sister, 
Dabney, Lida, Pagie, Adele, Pris, 
Sheely, Marianna, Margaret and 
Gregory to Who's Who in Ameri- 
can Universities. Everyone at- 
tended marriage classes, anfl the 
silver displays and rings helped 
make us envious of our more for- 
tunate friends with their career 
problems already solved. The last 
visit to Dr. Jones in angel robes 
marked the beginning of the end. 

Worries of the necessary one 
hundred eighty hours were push- 
ed into the background with the 
arrival of May Day. Marybeth 
looked beautiful as Queen, as did 
Nancy, her maid of honor, Mary, 
Beth, and June. That night we 
moved to Presser for the Senior- 
politan presentation of a take- 
off of La Boheme, "Four Sharps 
and a Flat" which inaugurated 
the college endowment drive. 
Feeling proud we patted ourselves 
on the back even harder after 
the stupendous, colossal and mag- 
nificent senior party. 

When Dabney, Alice, Adele, 
Nan, Mary Elizabeth, Sheely, 
Ruth and Pagie made Phi Beta 
Kappa we all wondered if we 
shouldn't have studied a little 
harder ourselves. A serious mo- 
ment past, we raced headlong into 
the series of graduation parties, 
teas and showers, emerging worn 
and insolvent but indestructable. 
We concluded the years of elections 
by choosing Dabney to serve as 
life-time president and Adele as 
secretary. The year seems even 
more impressive when we look 
back on Kurt von Schuschnigg, 
Eugene Curti, Virgil Fox, Vera 



Tell me not in mournful 

numbers 
These four years are dead and 
gone 

We've our date books to remind 
us 

And our scrapbooks linger on. 
Life was real; life was earnest 
Graduation was our aim 
Frosh toward senior ever 

yearning 
Marking off each hour with pain. 
Remember thru those ice cold 

mornings 
Ere the feeble sun was riz 
On the radiator sat we 
Read our lessons; nearly friz. 
Came the challenge of the 

Black Cat 
Shivering in our loafers, stood. 
Found that we had been 

victorious 
Now who'd-a-ever tho't we 
would ? 

How the profs were down upon us 
Fail 'em, fail 'em was their cry  
But we countered Hail 'em, 

hail 'em , 
A re-exam before we die. 
We re-examed, achieved our 

soph-hood, 
And then were we sophisticated 
Studies were our smallest worry 
And the cat we reinstated. 
Pins and rings became the fashion 
And for those less fortunate 
Reared the ugly thought. Career! 
Saturday night in Centra! 

Bagdad 

Was for Junior Joint our theme 
Gilded bathrobes were our 

costumes 
Sheherezade ' was our queen. 
Then we built a better mousetrap 
Conjured our class spirit up  
Rallied round with songs and 

rah-rahs 
Made off with the spirit cup. 
Came last fall we were the 

seniors 

Ah! the joys contemplated 
One by one we filed thru Presser 
Found ourselves Investurated. 
Before into the homeward stretch 
We made the final plunging jump 
We up and gave a final spree 
To show we had no senior slump. 
Thru three weary quarters toiled 
 we 

Wrinkles soon gave place to bags 
Now with two weeks left before 

us 

Just look how our foots we drags. 
Words of our alumnae bid us 
Not to use a gun or knife 
If you have an education 
To heck with strife, live your life, 
be a wife, play a fife. 



Micheles Dean, George Chaffee, 
Spender and Robert Frost. 

The Alumnae Association invit- 
ed us to become members and 
senior exams- were upon us. The 
few hours of terror after each 
exam waiting for the fateful 
phone call of regret and then our 
academic days were over. The last 
trip to Atlanta, the last date, and 
the last shoe in the trunk and 
we are ready to leave four years 
that we loved. The last page is 
torn off the calendar and the 
story, the birth and metamor- 
phoses of the Class of 1948 is 
transformed today from ancient 
history into .current events.