Agonistic 1936 37

Y. W. Tea
Thursday

The Agonextra

Reception
Saturday

AGNES SCOTT COLL EGE, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1936 7^

Freshmen Invited
To Join Y.W.C.A.
In Year's Program

I really wish I could think of some
sparkling new word or phrase to say
what I want. Of course I could say
"We welcome you with open arms,"
or give you some advice on the "Gather
ye rosebuds while ye may" theme. I
might even dress such trite thoughts
in a "party" dress, or in one of these
new fall hats, so that you wouldn't
recognize them. But I'm afraid you'd
see through my disguise; so I shall just
assume you assume those sentiments of
mine.

I would like to say a few words
about the Y. W. C. A., however. First
let me warn you of its existence. I
hope you will come to the tea we give
you tomorrow afternoon. You will
probably get a vague idea of what we
are and do from chapel programs and
talks.

But why not do a little sleuthing on
your own? Discover that purpose that
we have too subtly hidden, I'm afraid.
If you will join our activities, and
share in our program, then I promise
you it will be worth your while. And
perhaps you will discover that a real
warning is pertinent, because funda-
mentally the Y. W. C. A. is a danger-
ous organization. It actually purports
to change people and things.

And of course if we can help you
in any way at all, call on us. We are
here for service.

In His Service,

Isabel McCain,
President of Y. W. C. A.

A. A. Recommends
Swimming, Tennis

Those of you who are coming back
to Agnes Scott know already the good
times in store for you as members of
the Athletic Association. To you who
are coming to Agnes Scott for the first
time we offer a sincere welcome and a
friendly invitation to join us in all of
our fun.

There's nothing like a good swim or
a swift set of tennis on our own courts
to dissolve registration line .quirks, and
a dance in the gym to connect all the
new people to names. The evening
sings in front of Main will smooth
away the lines, and a try at hockey
will leave you filled with the cooper-
ation and good sportsmanship so es-
sential not only for that most import-
ant stunt but also for all of your ac-
tivities.

A little play mixed with your work
is the very best recipe for getting the
most from your college life. So, if I
may, I'm going to leave your studying
to your conscience and urge you to
play with us as often, as wholehearted-
ly, and as well as you can.

Sincerely,

Julia Thing,

President of Athletic Association.

Record Enrollment, New Teachers
Mark Opening of 1936 College Term

Increased Number of Boarders
Necessitates Use of Boyd
For Dormitory.

With an enrollment of nearly 5 00
girls, Agnes Scott for the third conse-
cutive year has opened another dormi-
tory for additional space. In 1934,
Gaines was opened; last year, when the
greatest number of students since
1926 was registered, White House was
used; and this year, to help accommo-
date over 300 girls as compared to 2 89
last year, Boyd, formerly the home of
several faculty members, has been
opened.

Day student registration is less than
last year, with 117 old students and
61 new making a total of 178. Last
year there were 19 5. But the 180 old
boarders and 124 new ones make 15
more than last year and bring the total
enrollment up to 482. These figures
were compiled Monday; since then a
few changes may have taken place.

Departments of English, Biol-
ogy, Latin, French, Chemis-
try Get Instructors.

Changes in five departments and an
addition to the library staff bring
new faculty members to Agnes Scott
this year. Miss Helen Carlson is teach-
ing French while Assistant Professor
Margaret Phythian is on leave of ab-
sence; Miss Narka Nelson, of Califor-
nia, will teach Latin; and Mr. Ernest
Hocking Runyan, formerly of Welles-
ley, is replacing Mr. Thomas Whit-
taker, acting associate professor of
biology last year.

Miss Mary Linder Vardell, head of
the biology department of Flora Mac-
Donald, is replacing Miss Helen Miller,
who married this summer, as an in-
structor in biology. Also in this de-
partment is Miss Frances McCalla, '3 5.
Miss Lucy Goss, '34, and Miss Carrie
Phinney Latimer, '3 5, are in the Chem-
istry and Spoken English departments.

Miss Josephine Nunnally, of Wil-
liamsburg, has been appointed an as-
sistant librarian.

Lounges, Water Founts Dazzle

Prospective Library Patrons

Keats' "Stout Cortez," when he saw
the Pacific from Darien, could have
been no more thrilled or surprised
than "stout" (intellectually speaking,

of course) Agnes Scotters have been
upon viewing the transformation of
the campus during the summer
months. The library, a mere shell in
May, has become an architectural mas-
terpiece whose very comfort threatens
to be a menace to good scholarship.
To those who are endowed with moral
stamina the soft red and blue leather
lounges in the main reading room and
the orange and black umbrellas on the
terrace will make studying for exams
(even three times a year) a real pleas-
ure. For those to whom such luxuries
will be completely demoralizing,
"slump-proof" chairs conducive to
much diligence have been provided.

With Student Government func-
tioning so well in other activities, the
library offers new freedom in that
closed reserves have been abolished and
all students will have access to the

stacks (as well as to long-agitated-for
water fountains).

Surprisingly enough, the dark room
on the second floor is not a lethal
chamber for those who disturb the
tranquility of the library but a place
for microphotography and the show-
ing of lantern slides. The rooms, each
with large tables surrounded by chairs,
are to be used for seminars by per-
mission only, while the booths in the
stack room are to be used by faculty
members working on certain projects.

The old library, far from being dis-
carded and newly named for Murphy
Candler, with its glass enclosed bal-
conies, its kitchenette, and its attract-
ive green furniture is fast becoming
the student activities building.

Rebekah Scott Hall also offers its
surprises, for new lounges and love
seats, chairs, lamps, tables, and draper-
ies now adorn the lobby while the oc-
cupants of Main boast of new rose
draperies and an upholstered daven-
port, "all the better to get fraternity
pins, my dear!"

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'Things To Come'

Wednesday, September 23:

4:00 P. M. All freshmen meet in
chapel. Mr. McCain's talk and
moving pictures shown by Miss
Wilburn and Alberta Palmour.
8:00 P. M. Musicale Chapel.
Thursday, September 24:
8:00 A. M. Classes begin.
4:30-6:00 P. M. Y. W. C. A. tea

Alumnae Garden.
6:45 P. M. Vespers in the Chapel.
7:00 P. M. Dancing in the Gym.
Friday, September 25:

10:00 P. M. Floor party in Inman.
Saturday, September 26:

8:30 P. M. Reception in Main.
Dancing in Gym.

Sunday, September 27:

9:3 0 A. M. Mr. McCain's Bible

class for freshmen.
10:00 A. M. Church.
3:00 P. M. Tour of Atlanta.
Monday-Tuesday, September 28-29:
4:30 P. M. Handbook classes.
7:00 P. M. Handbook classes.
Wednesday, September 30:

10:00 A. M. Election of stunt

chairmen after chapel.
3:30 P. M. "How to Study" Mr.
Stukes Chapel.
Friday, October 2:

3:3 0 P. M. Handbook test for all

freshmen in Buttrick.
7:30 P. M. Athletic rally.

'Learn To Share' Is
President's Advice
To New Freshmen

A cordial welcome to you, Class of
1940, and to you, all other new stu-
dents.

Now that you are beginning to
catch a glimpse of the life behind col-
lege walls you surely have overcome
any fears you once had about college,
for you must have found that Agnes
Scott is a most friendly place, a place
where you can live quite naturally, a
place where each student shares in
making our college life go round.

You have already seen your sponsors
at work. Y. W. C. A. and A. A. have
been busy too, and here comes The
Agonistic with a special edition for
you. Student Government has also
been interested in your coming. Don't
you see how the old students have
learned to share! It is only through
giving of your time and energies when-
ever and wherever you are needed that
you can hope to enjoy many of the
finest things in college, especially those
things that aren't found in books.

Student Government asks you too,
to share in the responsibility of govern-
ment, to contribute to the community
life here at A. S. C, and to hold fast
to the fourfold ideal that Agnes Scott
sets for each girl. Help us help you to
make your stay at A. S. C. a most
happy one.

Alice Hannah,
President of Student Government.

Campus Activities
For Day Students

Through the foggy confusion of the
first days of a freshman there shines
one certainty: the freshmen are wel-
come. After the greetings from Y. W.
C. A., Student Government, and
Athletic Association, and the solicitous
utterances of the professors, another
enthusiastic "word of welcome" would
be as unappreciated as a knock-knock
heard for the fifth time. But notice
the efficiency of this college. You have
been here only three days and already,
overwhelmed with the fact of your
welcome, you see demonstrated a
principle valued by the psychology de-
partment, the effectiveness of repeti-
tion in learning.

You who are the new day students
have another lesson to learn. You
should begin at once to take such a
part in college life that your classifi-
cation as "day student" may become
as meaningless as possible. Agnes Scott
is not the high school you hastened to
escape from when classes were over.
Acquire the habit of studying at the
college. Do not hesitate to take part
in 4:30 hockey and other late sports.
And whenever an event here at night
attracts you, sign for a place in one
of the day student rooms and spend
the night. Never let the unimportant
detail of your not living at the col-
lege keep you from making your ca-
reer at Agnes Scott both exciting and
profitable.

Lucile Dennison,
President of Day Students.

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VOL. XXII

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 7, 1936

NO. 1

A.S.C. Hears Interest Heightens As Freshmen, Sophomores
Preachers in Make Plans For Stunts Behind Locked Doors

Chapel Talks

Dr. Buttrick, Mrs. Grace Over-
ton, Dr. Thompson, Represent
Preaching Mission

Jane Dryfoos Predicts Victory
For Sophomores in Annual
Class Contest

Commission Plans Initiation

Three representatives of the Na-
tional Preaching Mission, which was
in Atlanta October 1-4, spoke in the
Gaines chapel last week. Thursday
morning, Dr. George A. Buttrick, pas-
tor of the Madison Avenue Presby-
terian Church, New York, N. Y.,
spoke on the danger of world "dis-
memberment." Mrs. Grace Sloan Ov-
erton, chairman of the Marriage and
Home Department, National Council
of Federated Church Women, Harlan
Indiana, spoke Friday morning on the
creation of a new personality. The in-
vincibility of a diligent heart was the
topic treated by Dr. W. Taliaferro
Thompson, of the Department of Re-
ligious Education, Union Seminary,
Richmond, Va., in his address Satur-
day morning.

The National Preaching Mission is
a part of a co-operative church pro-
gram designed to launch a movement
to counteract the "irreligion which is
on the verge of destroying our civili-
zation." The group of fifteen inter-
nationally known ministers arrived in
Atlanta Thursday morning, prepared
to crowd sixty meetings into four
days.

Twenty denominations are partici-
pating in this national religious move-
ment. They spent eighteen months in
preparation before they launched their
first campaign in Albany, N. Y., on
September 13. Atlanta is the ninth
city which they have visited. Many
local churches are conducting enlarge-
ment campaigns this week as follow-
ups to the mission, which left Atlanta
for Birmingham Sunday, October 4.

Faculty to Enjoy

Annual Bacon Bat

Jane Dryfoos, sophomore stunt
chairman, and her committees are
working to maintain the reputation of
the class of '39 by keeping the coveted
Black Cat, won last year in the an-
nual freshman-sophomore contest. The
sophomore stunt committees, appo:n:-
ed by Jane, include:

Writing: Douglas Lyle, chairman;
Jean Bailey, Henrietta Blackwell, Lelia
Carson, Julia Sewell.

Setting and Decorations: Emmy Lou
Turck, chairman; Alice Chcescman,
assistant chairman; Martha Fite, Mary
Frances Guthrie, Elizabeth Shepherd.

Program: Mary Frances Guthrie,
chairman; Estelle Cuddy, Elizabeth
Furlow, Cora Kay Hutchins, Martha
Marshall, Amelia Nickels, Mamie Lee
Ratliff.

Costume: Jane Moore Hamilton
chairman; Adelaide Benson, Harriette
von Gremp, Marie Merritt, Mary Ruth
Murphy.

Finance: Sara McCain; dance: Helen
Kirkpatrick, Helen Moses; and cheer
leaders: Caroline Carmichael, Alice
Cheeseman.

The sophomore commission, whose
main duty it is to conduct the initia-
tion of the freshmen, is composed of
Annie Lee Crowell, Douglas Lyle, Jane
Moore Hamilton, Jane Dryfoos, Caro-
line Carmichael, Jean Bailey, Mary
Frances Guthrie, Sara McCain, Emma
McMullen, Esthere Ogden, Anne Pur-
nell, Emmy Lou Turck, Julia Sewell,
and Cary Wheeler.

Members of the faculty are prepar-
ing to "batter" better bacon at their
annual outing to be held Saturday at
the home of Miss Elizabeth Mitchell,
on Andrew's Drive. This traditional
outing is given annually by new fac-
ulty members of the preceding year in
honor of those recently added to the
staff. Hostesses on this occasion will
be Miss Laura Colvin, Miss Elizabeth
Mitchell, and Miss Alberta Palmour,
who will entertain in honor of Miss
Helen Carlson, of the French depart-
ment; Miss Narka Nelson, of the Latin
department; Mr. Ernest Hocking Run-
yan, and Miss Mary Linda Vardell, of
the biology department; and Miss
Frances McCalla, Miss Lucy Goss, and
Miss Carrie Phinney Latimer, of the
chemistry and spoken English depart-
ments.

A. S. Alumnae Plan
Radio Broadcast
About College Life

Fifteen-minute skits portraying the
life of three typical college girls form
the series of programs broadcast week-
ly by the Alumnae Association. The
third of these new programs will be
presented this afternoon at 5 o'clock.

A tomboy, a bookworm, and a so-
cial butterfly who discuss classes, pro-
fessors, dates, and the ever plentiful
campus gossip are the main characters,
portrayed by Betty Lou (Houck)
Smith, '3 5; Carrie Phinney Latimer,
'3 6; Frances James, '3 6; and Mary
(Freeman) Curtis. The programs are
under the direction of Ruth Moore,
'34, who collaborates with Edna Lee
in writing the script.

Librarian on Council

Miss Edna Hanley has been appoint-
ed a member of the committee on Li-
brary Architecture and Building Plan-
ning of the American Library Associa-
tion, for the year 1936-3 7. She was
appointed to this place at the Ameri-
can Library Association convention
held last May at Richmond, Va.

Y. W. Employs Nursery Rhymes

To Introduce Activity Groups

Preparing for registrations in Y. W.
C. A. activity groups, the Agnes Scott
cabinet of the association introduced
the groups in chapel yesterday.

With nursery rhymes as its theme,
the program was under the leadership
of Mother Goose, portrayed by Isabel
McCain, president. The chairmen who
presented their committees were Betty
Hollis, vice-president and adviser of
freshman cabinet; Frances Wilson,
programs; Winifred Kellcrsberger, de-
votionals; Martha Long, industrial

group; Jean Barry Adams, treasurer;
Primrose Noble, music; Hibernia Has-
sel, mission interest; Millie Coit, world
fellowship; Cary Wheeler, socials;
Douglas Lyle, publicity; and Nellie
Margaret Gilroy, social service.

Posters in the lobby of Buttrick
have advertised the work of thes?
committees during the past week.
Students should sign up for their
choice of the committees when regis-
tering for Y. W. C. A. membership
this week.

Marjorie Boggs Heads Freshmen
In Fight To Win Black Cat
From Rivals

Stunts To Be October 24

Jane Dryfoos, Marjorie Boggs

Sophomore Class
To Entertain at
Traditional Party

The one time when the sophomores
have the privilege of maintaining true
discipline over the freshmen is the
night of the freshman party, October
10. Caroline Carmichael, chairman
for the party, has the following com-
mittees:

Invitation: Esthere Ogden, chair-
man; Mary Wells McNeill, Bunny
Marsh, Mary Rogers.

Decoration: Emma McMullen, chair-
man; Mildred Coit, Flora MacGuire,
Selma Steinbach, Mary Ellen Whetsell.

Entertainment: Anne Purnell, chair-
man; Jane Carithers, Lucy Hill Doty,
Betty Price, Mary Eleanor Steele, Bet-
ty Ann Stewart.

Refreshment: Cary Wheeler, chair-
man; Mary Hollingsworth, Julia Por-
ter, Jeanne Flynt.

Competitive Exams
Offer Wider Choice

Notices of competitive examinations
permitting more freedom in choice of
subjects are being mailed this week to
high schools all over the United States.
About 200 girls will take the tests
next March 5, with the two making
the highest grades receiving the $700
and $5 00 scholarships offered. Evelyn
Baty of Birmingham won the full tui-
tion award given for this year.

The awards will be made on a basis
of 7 5 per cent for the examination
and 2 5 per cent for personal qualities
and activities. The examination itself
will be based on three subjects: Eng-
lish, a language, and a general elective.
The language may be either Latin,
French, or Spanish; and the elective
may be algebra, American history,
chemistry, or physics. This plan makes
the examinations much less strenuous
than they were when English, mathe-
matics, Latin, and one elective were
required; and it offers more freedom
than last year in that history and Span-
ish may be taken.

Agonistic Tryouts

Annual fall try-outs for work as
a reporter on The Agonistic are due
Saturday, October 17. Students
may submit either news or feature
stories. They may choose their own
subjects, or may apply to the staff
for subjects to be given them.

The articles may be given to
Laura Steele or Jane Guthrie, Mary
McCann Hudson, or Hortense
Jones, or they may be put in The
Agonistic box in Main.

Excitement increases as the night of
October 24 approaches, for the new
abode of the Black Cat will be then
determined by the outcome of the
freshman and sophomore stunts, held
in Bucher Scott gymnasium. Marjorie
Boggs, freshman stunt chairman, has
appointed the following committees:

Writing: Jane Salters, chairman;
Mary Dixon, Mary Winston Crockett,
lenn Hammond, Mary Matthews, V.
J. Watkins, Mary Louise Dobbs.

Stage Manager: Nettie Lee Green.

Properties: Bryant Holsenbeck,
chairman; Edith Stover, Anne Ansley,
Anna Margaret Bond, Antoinette
Sledd, Florence Sledd.

Scenery: Henrietta Thompson,
chairman; Carolyn Du Pre, Joan Fays-
soux, Marian Franklin.

Decorations: Elizabeth Alderman,
chairman; Sophie La Borde, Eva Gary
Copeland, Jane Knapp, Isabella Rob-
ertson, Annette Williams.

Program: Margaret Barnes, chair-
man; Frances Abbott, Margaret Ben-
nett, Mary Elizabeth Leavitt, Lutie
Filer Moore.

Finance: Jane Moses, chairman;
Charlotte Golden, Emma Jean Mit-
chell.

Costume: Ruth Slack, chairman;
Evelyn Baty, Joan Brinton, Anne En-
loe, Marjorie Gates, Martha Leipold,
Martha Moffett, Charlotte Newman.

Dance: Mildred Joseph, chairman;
Betty Ann Hubbard, Sara Lee, Lois
Sexton.

Cheer leaders: Nell Echols and
Mickey Warren.

Class Council of
Eleven in Charge
Of Senior Affairs

A senior council composed of the
three officers, four day students, and
four boarding students has been ap-
pointed to transact class business,
thereby making frequent class meet-
ings unnecessary. The members in-
clude Martha Summers, president;
Eloisa Alexander, vice-president; Dor-
othy Jester, secretary-treasurer; and
Kathleen Daniel, Mary Kneale, Brooks
Spivey, Cornelia Christie, Mary Lib
Morrow, Frances Steele, Pauline Moss,
and Frances Wilson.

When a council was appointed by a
senior president several years ago, it
was found that the business of the
class was managed much more effi-
ciently.

R. Runyan is Mascot

Ruth Runyan will serve this year
as mascot of the senior class, as the
result of an election held at a class
meeting last week. She is the three-
year-old daughter of Mr. Ernest Hock-
ing Runyan, acting associate professor
of the biology department.

A. S. C. Sends
Delegate to
Civic Forum

Herald-Tribune Invites Noted
Speakers To Sixth Meet
Held in New York

Agnes Scott was one of the few col-
leges invited to attend the New York
Herald-Tribune's sixth annual forum
on current problems, held at the Wal-
dorf-Astoria in New York last week.
Mrs. Dorothy Hutton Mount, former
alumnae secretary, represented the col-
lege. Outstanding women's clubs and
groups from all the states sent dele-
gates to hear such speakers as James
Farley, national chairman of the demo-
cratic party; John Hamilton, national
chairman of the republican party;
Charles P. Taft, Herbert Hoover, and
Lowell Thomas.

The delegates discussed "The New
Way of Living: from 1916 to 193 6 in
the American Home." By reviewing
20 years of pioneering to raise the
standard of living in the United States,
the conference took stock of the in-
fluence of science and engineering on
daily life and sketched the shape of
things to come in the next few years.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, who could
not attend the conference because of
illness, wrote a message on the social
conscience required, especially by or-
ganized women, to make the new way
of living an accomplished fact.

A. S. C. Has Booth

In Fair's Exhibit

An ideal college girl's room, fur-
nished in royal blue and red, is Agnes
Scott's contribution to the education-
al exhibit of the Southeastern Fair.
The college has a booth because, for
the first time, education is being
stressed as a main theme. The Agnes
Scott booth and those of other insti-
tutions are housed in the former auto-
mobile building on the fair grounds.
Miss Alberta Palmour and Miss Nell
Chamlce planned the room, which is
furnished by Davison-Paxon.

The fair is open from 9 a. m. until
10 p. m., October 4-11. During this
time the following girls are taking
turns representing Agnes Scott in the
booth: Mary Jane Tigert, Frances Bel-
ford, Martha Peak Brown, Anne Wat-
kins, Ellen Little, Sara Beaty Sloan,
Virginia Watson, Adelaide Benson,
Eliza King, Ann Worthy Johnson,
Catherine Ivie, Anne Thompson, Cary
Wheeler, Mary Hollingsworth, Susan
Bryan, Bee Merrill, Sara Carter, Betty
Ann Stewart, Miriam Sanders, Fannie
B. Harris, Florence Lasseter, Virginia
Tumlin, Tony Newton, Emmy Lou
Turck, Mary Ellen Whetsell, Peggy
Willis, Elizabeth Galbreath, Mary Gil-
lespie, Mutt Fite, Flora MacGuire,
Jean Chalmers, Kathryn Bowen Wall,
Frances Castleberry, Helen Moses,
Mary Elizabeth Moss, Flossie Wade,
Susan Goodwyn, Hayden Sanford,
Elizabeth Kenny, and Mary Ellen
Steele.

Du Bury Award Again Entices

All Book Lovers of Agnes Scott

The Richard du Bury award of
twenty-five dollars is to be offered
again this year to the Agnes Scott stu-
dent who has acquired the best selec-
tion of fifteen books during the year
193 6-37. The entrants must select
their books as an expression of their
interests and must be able to discuss
the contents of the books with the
judges, who are selected from the Eng-
lish department.

Julia Sewell was the winner of the
twenty-five dollar prize last year. The

object of the award, which is used by
the winner for some artistic interest,
is to stimulate ownership of books
through actual possession and through
knowledge of their contents. The
award is named after the author of
Philohiblon, the first book in English,
which describes the joys of reading.

All students interested in entering
the contest are requested to see Assist-
ant Professor Janef Preston, Professor
Louise McKinney, or Miss Ellen Ley-
burn.

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Library Inspires Respect

Hearing freshmen sing the Alma Mater in lit-
tle groups all over the campus reminds us of Mrs.
Overton's statement that we fail to realize how
fortunate we are in the possession of an Alma
Mater to "enshrine in our memories. " One of the
things of which our generation at Agnes Scott
may be most proud is the new library which rep-
resents the combined efforts of the administra-
tion, faculty, students, and friends. We, particu-
larly then, may call it our library ; for we had the
fine privilege of sharing in its erection. The
main reading room has been said to be the finest
in the United States. Certainly our pride is jus-
tifiable. But a still greater privilege lies before
the student body in making the library a place
for "beholding the bright countenance of truth
in the quiet and still air of delightful studies"
the privilege of increasing its beauty. The library
must be allowed to "grow old gracefully. " Leath-
er worn a bit by age has a comfortable look ; but
there is no point in making the lounges prema-
turely aged by throwing wet umbrellas, coats,
and raincoats on them. The cloak room to the
right of the entrance is more convenient, any-
way. Tables do not improve in beauty either by
having ink spilled on their lustrous surfaces;
again, there's no point in bringing ink bottles
into the library when ink is provided at the
charging desks, unless, of course, the student
takes particular delight in breaking rules. Some
people find reading a great deal more pleasurable,
it seems, when they have a bit of chocolate along
to munch between mental bites; but obviously
the library is not really the place for such read-
ing. Another temptation that seems to assail
some students is the desire to underline or other-
wise decorate library books; maybe a word to the
wise that library privileges are forfeited for this
practice will be sufficient.

Perhaps the greatest thing that may be added
to the satisfactoriness of the library is making
it as outstanding in the matter of courtesy as in
the matter of structure and equipment. The new-
system of open reserves is a splendid improve-
ment, but it cannot work satisfactorily if consist-
ent though tf ulness and consideration for others
is not practiced. All books should be signed for
by each student who uses them, so that any par-
ticular book may be found readily; none should
be kept unduly long when other students are
waiting for the opportunity of using them. Leav-
ing a \> <>k that is much in demand in a notebook
while one attends a class is hardly courteous, as
is taking more than one reserved book at a time;
and securing reserved books for one's friends who
are unable to get to the library at the beginning
of a period puts these hooks out of use for the
time and seems scarcely the fair thing to do.
Above all, courtesy must be observed in the mat-
ter of quietness if the library is to be what it
may with proper cooperation. Talking anywhere
in the building is inexcusable. The carrels in the
bookstacks are to be used by faculty members
and honor students. It is particularly necessary
that absolute quiet be maintained in the stacks;
Faculty members have office hours, and it is an
imposition upon them for students to disturb
them while they are using the carrels.

A complete list of library regulations may be
found elsewhere in this issue; every student is
obligated to acquaint herself with this in order
to know how to exercise thoughtful care of the
library and due courtesy in the use of the books.
So may we increase the beauty of one of the most
beautiful things on the campus.

A new library, a new student activ-
ties building, and new names for many
Agnes Scott alumnae mark the begin-
ning of the new school year. Alumnae
who have married in the past few
months are:

Margaret Alice Belote, '34, to Frank
Rogan Morse.

Mary Elizabeth Skeen, '34, to
Thomas Wiley Dawsey, of Atlanta
and Washington. They are now living
in Arlington, Va.

Anna Humber, '3 5, to Winston
Woodard Little.

Gene Caldwell, ex-'3 8, to Victor
Bain Dellinger, of Salisbury.

Elizabeth Grier, '28, to Rev. Leland
Edmunds, of Sumter, S. C.

Mary Boggs, '3 5, to Ordway South-
ard, of Birmingham.

Mary Eloise Gaines, '28, to Clifton
Benjamin Wilburn, of New York.

Louise McCain, *34, to Eugene Max-
well Boyce.

Norma Tucker, ex-'26, to Julian
Flad Sturtevant.

Frances Thurber Waid, '3 3, to
George Otis Taylor, Jr., of New Or-
leans and Atlanta.

Dorothy Bishop Cassel, '34, to Dr.
Havelock Frank Fraser, of Bellingham,
Washington, and Atlanta.

Mary Jane Evans, '3 5, to James M.
Lichliter, of Columbus, Ohio.

Gladys Burns, '3 5, to Broadus Wil-
lingham Marshall.

Martha Hall Young, ex-'3 6, to Reg-
inald Bell.

Betty Mathis, ex-'3 8, to Thad T.
Holt, Jr., of Atlanta and Birmingham.

And these have announced their en-
gagements:

Sarah Catherine Wood, '3 6, to Rev.
Peter Marshall, of Westminster Pres-
byterian Church, Atlanta. They will
be married in the early fall.

Raemond Wilson, '3 0, to Harden
Craig. Miss Wilson taught in the Eng-
lish department here two years ago.

Miss Daisy Frances Smith, '24, new-
ly elected president of the Alumnae
Association, and Mrs. D. B. Donald-
son, general alumnae secretary, were
hostesses Wednesday at tea in the
alumnae house for the members of the
executive committees. The tea was
part of an informal meeting to discuss
plans for the year.

Research Occupies
Faculty in Summer

While some of the faculty taught
this summer, as was announced last
spring, others did research work. Miss
Ellen Douglas Leyburn, instructor in
English, worked at Emory and at Yale
university; Mr. James Wright, profes-
sor of economics and sociology, in At-
lanta and Decatur; Miss Linda Var-
dell, of the biology department, at the
Mountain Lake biological station of
the University of Virginia; and Mr.
Schuyler Christian, professor of phy-
sics and astronomy, at Harvard. Miss
Frances K. Gooch, associate professor
of English, made the libraries of Co-
lumbia and New York her headquar-
ters for research during July and Aug-
ust.

The theme for research done by
Miss Annie May Christie, assistant pro-
fessor of English, was Georgia humor,
with special emphasis being given to
one of Georgia's outstanding humor-
ists, Charles Henry Smith, perhaps
better known as Bill Arp. Much of
Miss Christie's time was spent in read-
ing old newspapers and stories of early
Georgia to find the humor of that
period.

Miss Mary Stuart MacDougall, pro-
fessor of biology, did research work at
Mountain Lake, at the University of j
Virginia, and at Wood's Hole, Massa-
chusetts, the marine biological labora-
tory. She then spent a week at Har-
vard attending a scientific convention.

Sparkenbroke, by Charles Morgan;
I reviewed by Eliza King.

Indescribable in its beauty, depth,
and clarity of thought, and in the
perfection of its language and charac-
terization is Sparkenbroke, the latest
work of Charles Morgan, the author
of The Fountain. It is a book which
cannot be read once and forgotten. It
must be read over and over in order
to let the music of its words and the
magnificence and sublimity of its
ideas become part of one's conscious-
ness.

The author does not lay down a
series of dogmatic conclusions; rather
he allows the reader to share the
thoughts and actions of his characters
and to experience with them the de-
velopment of their principles and phil-
osophies of life and death.

George, a sane, normal country doc-
tor whose chief virtue is that he knows
when not to talk; the rector, who un-
derstands and translates many of
Sparkenbroke's thoughts into every-
day language; and Mary, who is
caught between the rapture of Piers'
love and the security of George's, are
among the main characters. However,
the book is dominated by Piers, Lord
Sparkenbroke, of w r hom the rector
said, "I feel with Piers as I should
feel if I saw an angel coming through
the gate with a telegram." He creates
an atmosphere of breathlessness, of a
certain urgency, a certain suspense,
and a sense of exaltation, which is
transmitted to the reader and holds
him to the end.

Singleness of Mind

Piers believed that supreme happi-
ness is perfect "singleness of mind,"
"a sense of being identical with his
expectation, as if he had been listen-
ing to the wind and was the wind, or
to footsteps and his were the foot-
steps," and he sought this ecstasy in
his writing, in love, and in death.
"These are (man's) three ecstasies, his
three deaths to this world that free
him from the living death of the body
. . . They are one death and one life,
one transcendance or ecstasy, the re-
conciliation of suffering and joy."
The story concerns these three phases
of Sparkenbroke's life his writing,
his love, and his death, his idea of
which permeates his whole being and
conduct. Writing tantalizes him with
hints and flashes of this ecstasy. The
development of the love of Piers and
Mary, whose beauty was so great that
"they gazed at her going, and, for the
fragment of time that gives a poet his
poem, after she was gone at the place
where she had been" the develop-
ment of this love is fascinating, and
the reader shares Piers' hope that in
this love he will find that peace and
happiness which he finds only in
death. Death here is beautiful and
desirable, for with it comes "an abso-
lute singleness exempt from the divi-
sion of forms."

One finds poetry as well as philos-
ophy in Sparkenbroke. Passages such
as the following appear throughout
the book: "and the air had music's
lilt, which upon its lightness bore a
melancholy that was the sea; and out
of the following hush . . . sprang the
arched remoteness of sky."

Morgan should know the happiness
of having realized his purpose in writ-
ing, which he gives in the words of
Sparkenbroke: "A story isn't good be-
cause it gives men pleasure or instructs
them or imposes an opinion on them
or leads to the reform of a moral or
social evil. And it isn't good because
it does a reader's imagining for him.

As Spain enters upon the third month of civil
war, the outcome of the struggle is still in doubt.
Victories so far are small, probably meaningless.
Although the cost has already been great in hu-
man life as well as in property, both sides seem
just to have begun to fight.

These sides consist of (a) the government, also
called Communists, Leftists, Reds, and Loyalists,
backed by the common people who brought it in-
to power in the February, 1936, election. Rus-
sia, nominally at least, is on the side of the Reds ;
and Mexico has abandoned neutrality in favor
of the loyalists also, (b) The rebels, Fascists, or
Whites include royalists, the army, and the
church, and are materially assisted by Germany
and Italy. The odds at present seem to favor the
rebels, aided from without by Hitler and Musso-
lini, from within by the trained army aristocracy
and the experienced Moors whom the army has
brought from Morocco. The main hope of the
government at present seems to lie in the dis-
taste of the strongly nationalistic Spanish peo-
ple for foreign intervention, and in the value
(however slight) that the legal and constitution-
al foundation of its power may have.

The rebellion actually began, after several
provocations and assassinations, on July 19 in
Spanish Morocco. It took a day for it to spread
from there to the Spanish peninsula. Early in
the struggle the loyalists at Toledo laid siege to
the famous Alcazar, the West Point of Spain,
and the training ground for the army. The siege
has been one of the most spectacular and useless
phases of the whole war. When finally the much-
advertised mines of dynamite laid under the
falls of that ancient fortress were exploded, its
occupants, uninjured, continued to fire at the
Reds from the ruins. After more than ten weeks
of occupancy, the young soldiers marched out of
their stronghold only to join the Fascist forces
which came down over the mountains to meet
them.

Meanwhile, the rebels had occupied what was
left of Irun after the retreating Reds fired it;
had besieged and finally taken San Sebastian;
and were marching on the nation's capital, Mad-
rid. General Francisco Franco, who started the
rebellion in Morocco, is in command of the White
army as it follows the same route to the city
used by Wellington in the Napoleonic wars. As
the opposing armies entrench themselves around
Madrid, commanders of both forces deny any de-
sire for truce; and the world waits.

Students' Strange Actions
Attributed to Bad Weather

One hardly knows whether to attribute some
of the unpredictable actions and inexplicable
statements of hitherto sober and rational young
women to the recent change in the weather, to
the cumbersome burden of intellectual pursuits,
or to the sudden denouement of the knock-knocks.
Whatever the cause, from reliable sources (in
fact, authorities) comes the report that one Isa-
bel McCain was not long since seen scrambling
down a rather uncertain looking telephone pole
with a thoroughly annoyed cat in one hand, wild-
ly yet triumphantly waving the other (which by
the way refers to hand, not cat) to the teeming
multitude below who were accompanying her by
no means ungraceful descent with cheers of ap-
proval*

Brooks Spivey's sense of the dramatic and the
spectacular was also exhibited in a performance
on that iron-clad vehicle, called by less euphuistic
personages the street car, last week during one
of the sudden downpours of rain (not Words-
worthian daffodillies). As fate would have it our
little heroine had on brand new shoes, hence her
long conference with the conductor on weather-
conditions, the latest style of footwear, and the
scarcity of life belts. Seeing that the street at
the front door is unnavigable, she dashes madly
to the back only to find the same street viewed
from another angle just as uninvit ing. Another
streak of lightning and Brooks is back at the
front with the conductor tactfully suggesting
that she cease vacillating. Another sprint to the
back. Now the entire car is in a huddle over the
situation. The conductor is faced with a situa-
tion. The conductor is faced with a dilemma.
It is good because it re-enables a man How shall he answer Brooks' baffling question
to imagine for himself." is It really ethical to wade? But wait it is too
late; for Brooksie has just completed a beautiful

Ao-nnktir FHitnrial Council swan dive and is fast n ' ac ' nin ^ r lh( ' curb stone by
Agonistic memorial council lmeans of a skilfu , ,, ark slrok( .

Even the charm girl, Alice Taylor, has not been
To keep the editorials of The Ago- I immune to whatever forces have caused the
nistic as representative of the student aforementioned incidents, for did she not make
body as possible, an editorial council th e anti-climatical statement in sociology that

has been appointed consisting of the
editor, the associate editor, Enid Mid-
dleton, and Mary King. The council
meets weekly for discussion

certain reasons are always there, usually which

is certainly no more amazing than Annie Laura
Galloway's profound revelation that everybody
lives somewhere. Which stories all go to'show
that "people have more fun than anybody."

THE AGONISTIC

3

Sociology Professor Is
Author of Recent Book

Freda Freshmen Begins College
In Whirl of Parties, Rides, Work

Registration, Opening Exercises, Handbooks, Commit-
tees Leave Freda No Chance For Homesickness
While She Seeks Knowledge

Freda Freshman, nominal descendant cf Callie Careless and
Connie Conference (who date from etiquette and conventions of
last year), began her college career this year in a whirl of teas,
parties, and receptions, which left her no leisure to weep for her
native heath.

After standing in endless lines
(which are not, as is popularly sup-
posed, the shortest distance between
two points) at doors behind which the
embattled committees stood, Freda
emerged on Tuesday, September 23,
completely exhausted and registered.
The following day she attended the
opening exercises at which Rev. Wil-
liam V. Gardner spoke. On September
24 classes came and English themes
did not. (After all, why did Freda
come to college?)

In rapid succession the Y. W. C. A.
tea, at which Freda wore a flowing
dress; the floor party in Inman, where
she wore pajamas; and the reception
in Main, where she wore a smile. Later
she carried her smile and her feet to
the gym where she danced to music
furnished by the Tech Ramblers. Sun-
day afternoon brought forth an infor-
mal but informative tour of Atlanta.

During the next two days Freda
was besieged by a sponsor, purple of
lace and handbook, who spoke at
great length of rules, ideals, and point
systems, all to the purpose that she
might pass the handbook test on Fri-
day. Having safely survived that cri-
sis, Freda unlike her alliterative and
illustrious foremothers, who sank into
the dignified oblivion of tradition
plans to spend her time seeking knowl-
edge, for has not Mr. Stukes told her
how to study?

Clubs Inaugurate

\\ ork of New Year

French Club
French club will hold its fall try-
outs on Friday afternoon, October 9.
The first official meeting of the year
will be on Monday afternoon, October
12, at 4:3 0 p. m. All old and new
members are invited to attend. The
club will study the literature and life
of the various provinces of France as
its project for the year.

Pi Alpha Phi

The members of Pi Alpha Phi are
invited to try out for participation in
the triangular debate between Georgia
Tech, Agnes Scott, and Emory Univer-
sity. Any member of the club is eligi-
ble, and the try-outs will be held on
Thursday night, October 8, at 7
o'clock. Six minute speeches and four
minute rebuttals may be presented on
the presidential election. The speak-
ers may uphold any party they choose.
The tentative date for this debate is
October 3 0.

Try-outs for club entrance will be
held on Thursday night, October 8,
at 8:30 o'clock. Subjects for debate
will be posted on the back bulletin
board in Buttrick Hall. Everyone [s
invited to try out except freshmen.

Blackfriars
The first meeting of Blackfriars was
held last night in Miss Gooch's studio
The officers of the club presented
Rehearsal by Christopher Morley. The
cast was as follows: Freda, Frances
Steele; Christine, Elizabeth Cousins;
Barbara, Mary Ann Kernan; Gertrude,
Lucille Cairns; Sonia, Myrl Chafin;
and Marjorie, Joyce Roper. The play
was directed by Miss Carrie Phinney
Latimer.

Cotillion Club
Cotillion club will hold try-outs on
Friday afternoon, October 9, from 4
to 6 o'clock, and on Friday evening.

R. E. BURSON'S SHOE SHOP
We Do Cement Work On Ladies'
Shoes
Call DEarborn 3353
We'll Do the Rest
307 E. College Ave. Decatur, Ga.

Professor Arthur Raper's lat-
est book, Preface to Peasantry,
($3.50), was released by thj
University of North Caro'im
press last week. The book is
based on this statement: "The
collapse of the Black Belt plan-
tation system is a preface to
peasantry."

Freshmen Display
Artless Curiosity
About College Life

A. S. C. Socialites

Enjoy Gay Season

Aileen Shortley, Strat Sloan, Mary
Rogers, and others attended the Anak
dance at Tech last Saturday night.

Julia Porter and Jane Moore Hamil-
ton attended a Sigma Chi buffet sup-
per.

Mary Hollingsworth, Cary Wheeler
Callie Carmichael, and Miriam Sanders
were present at a theater party given
by the Pi K. A.'s.

Myrl Chafin attended an A. T. O.
dinner Sunday.

Among those present at the Pi K. A
steak supper last Wednesday were:
Mary Smith, Bee Merrill, Douglas Lyle,
Cary Wheeler, Carolyn Carmichael,
Ellender Johnson, and Martha Alice
Green.

Mary Reed Hendrix, Carolyn Du-
Pre, and Jamie Hamilton had dinner
at the A. T. O. house at Tech Sunday
night.

Among those present at Columbia
Seminary open house were: Myrl Cha-
fin, Enid Middleton, Mildred Davis,
Isabel McCain, Nell Allison, Frances
Steele, Sara Groves, Sara Ward, Eleanor
McCants, Sophie Montgomery, Mary
McCann Hudson, Alice Taylor, Sara
Beaty Sloan, Louise Young, Kathleen
Daniel, Mary Gillespie, and Catherine
Ivie.

Sara Gray spent the week-end in
Columbia, S. C.

Sara Gray and Charlotte Golden
went to the K. A. house at Emory
Thursday night.

Strat Sloan will have lunch at the
S. A. E. house, Tech, Saturday noon,
and will attend a dance there Satur-
day night.

Miriam Sanders was an attendant in
her cousin's wedding in Anderson,

s. c.

Tony Newton's friends gave her a
midnight feast on her birthday.

Agnes Scott was well represented at
the S. A. E. rush party Saturday
night. Present were: Bee Merrill, Ola
Kelly, Martha Alice Green, Zoe Wells,
Virginia Stephens, Polly Moss, Char-
lotte Golden, Eloise Lennard, and
Grace Tazewell.

Rose Northcross and Nancy Moorer
went to the Quadrille Wednesday
night.

Helen Ramsey and Isabel Richard-
son attended a Theta Kappa Psi dance
Saturday night.

Caroline Armistead went to New-
nan for the week-end.

Rachel Kennedy and Martha Alice
Green attended the Pi Kappa Phi dance
Saturday night.

The intellectual curiosity of the
freshman class is fast making itself
evident. These sophisticated young
misses are not going to shun the truth
or seek to escape mechanisms. Why
only the other day one of the more
aggressive members of that body en-
tered the stately halls of the library
and after some time therein mustered
up courage and frankly asked where
the books were.

Another inquiring freshman, thor-
oughly petrified by Miss Cilley's soli-
loquy on the first day in Spanish class,
stood her terror as long as possible only
to break into Miss Cilley's talk with a
desperate "do you speak English?"
Miss Cilley hastened to assure her that
she did speak English slightly. "And
now," she added, "what would you
like me to say for you?"

The most penetrating question of
the week coming from the innocent
and unknowing freshmen was the
product of the perturbed mind of on:
who already finds herself in the slough
of despond because of her much work.
"Do you think," she asked, "that I'll
have to start studying in the after-
noon?"

Britain Wins Prizes
In A. A. Olympiad

England claimed the laurels at the
athletic rally Friday night as a result
of her vanquishing all Olympic sports
competitors in bowling, ping-pong,
goal-throwing, shuffle-board, and golf.
These "international" games were a
part of the program presented at the
annual athletic rally given by the Ath-
letic Association for the campus com-
munity.

This year the entertainment was un-
der the direction of Mary Kneale. The
gym was decorated for the occasion
with the colored flags of various con-
1 testing teams from each country.

Introducing the Olympics motif
was an interpretative dance of the
torchbearers, performed by Ann-
Thompson, Charline Fleece, Eloisa
Alexander, and Ruth Tate. Following
the featured Olympic competition, Lu-
cile Dennison and Marie Stalker pre-
sented a tap dance, and Ruth Tate
sang "The False Prophet."

A skit showing the athletic program
of the college revealed the "Athletic
Sketch Book." Taking part in it were:
Julia Thing, Jeanne Matthews, Fran-
ces Cary, Anne Thompson, Lucile
Barnett, Esthere Ogden, Frances Rob-
inson, Jean Chalmers, Elizabeth Black-
shear, Alice Taylor, Alice Hannah,
Mary Johnson, and Jane Dryfoos.

After refreshments were served in
the athletic board room, the evening
closed with dancing.

Those present at the S. A. E. dance
Friday night were Mary Smith, Bee
Merrill, Ola Kelly, and Zoe Wells.

Mary Willis went to Augusta for
the week-end.

Meet Me At

BAMES. I n <*

107 Peachtree Street
Opposite Piedmont Hotel

Headquarters for
RADIOS, VICTOR,
BRUNSWICK AND

DESSO PHONO-
GRAPH RECORDS

WALTER BALLARD OPTICAL CO.

DISPENSING OPTICIANS

Three Stores
105 Peachtree Street (Clock Sign)
Medical Arts Bldg. (382 Peachtree St.)
Doctors Bldg. (480 Peachtree St.)

ATLANTA, GA.

Plan of College Library
Recommended To Belgium

Showing the new library to visit-
ors and witnessing their enthusiastic
comments should prepare Agnes
Scott for the news that the build-
ing is regarded as so complete and
satisfactory that it has been recom-
mended to Belgium as a model for
a memorial library there.

Teachers Attend

Harvard Services

Miss Cilley Tells of Medieval
Customs At Portugal University

Bedels Lock Doors To Bar Late-Comers From Class;
Library With Solid Gold Inlay Work
Makes Studying Pleasant

Picturesque and classic ruins, reminiscent of the eld Roman
town of Aeminium, surround the University of Coiir:b:a, the na-
tional university of Portugal where Miss Melissa Cilley, assistant
professor of Spanish, faugh'; last summer. TI12 m3dieval customs
and costumes of the thirteenth century still prevail as students

attend classes wearing their traditional
academic robes consisting of black
suits with long Prince Albert coats,
white shirts, black ties, and capes vol-
uminous enough for a dozen people
to sit upon.

Guarding the classes of these stu-
dents are bedels who secure quietness
for lectures by locking knobless doors
on the outside to prevent late-comers
from rushing noisily in. Just before
classtime, the bedel announces eac'i
subject in front of the room in which
it is to be taught; five minutes before
the end of the period, he rattles the
door, opens it, bows gravely and silen;-
ly to the professor, and retires. The
lecture is then to be ended.

After all classes are over, the boys
return to dormitories bearing such
names as "Minerva," "This Housj
Runs Without Money" (written in
Latin), and "Unfinished Palaces." The
freshmen have to be especially careful
to go to their dormitories by 6 o'clock,
since failure to do so means that a
disciplinary group of upper classmen,
arming themselves with a club, wood-
en spoon, and shears, go about the
town seeking them. When found, they
may be clubbed, or made to propose
to a lady, or to tell her she is beau'i-
ful. The girls, however, are consid-
ered so docile that they are allowed to
do as they please in the home or pen-
sions where they stay. Old traditions
do not apply to them because girls did
not attend the university in the days
when medieval customs were estab-
lished.

Studying at the university is made
pleasant by a library so beautiful with
its solid gold inlay work that it vies
with the library at the University of
Vienna for being the loveliest in Eu-
rope. And when not using this library,
students like to walk back and forth
in the beautiful botanical gardens,
reciting their lessons aloud.

Last summer about 1 5 00 of these
students assembled from 12 different
countries to be taught by members of
the regular faculty and by visiting
professors from each country. The
summer session offered a curriculum
of modern languages only.

Representing Agnes Scott in the
Harvard Tercentenary, Dr. J. R. Mc-
Cain, Professor George P. Hayes, and
Professor Mary Stuart MacDougall at-
tended the three day celebration held
September 16, 17 and 18. About 5 50
colleges sent delegates to the session,
of which 161 were college presidents.
Dr. McCain, president of the Associa-
tion of American Colleges, represented
that organization. Guests from all
over the world assembled as speakers
and delegates.

The third day, climaxing the cele-
bration, consisted of morning and
afternoon programs, the former held
in a large amphitheater in the Har-
vard yard, and the latter in the San-
ders theater. For the morning session,
delegates were arranged in order of the
age of their institution, Agnes Scott
being in 187th place. John Masefield,
poet laureate of England, read origi-
nal verses composed for the occasion.
Robert Frost, an alumnus of Harvard,
who had planned to read original ver-
ses, was ill and unable to attend. The
afternoon speakers were the President
of the United States, the president of
Yale, and the chancellor of the Uni-
versity of Cambridge, whose speech
came from England by radio.

Each night of the Tercentenary, the
Boston symphony orchestra presented
a concert. As a finale for the last, the
orchestra played "Fair Harvard," com-
posed by Samuel Gilman, 1811.

DRESSES
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This particular frock is of trico crepe, and
can be had in sizes 12 to 18. It comes in navy
or black with red trimmings, or brown with
green. There are many other distinctive
new styles at $13.95.

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J. P. ALLEN

AND COMPANY

4

THE AGONISTIC

A. S. C. Party Finds Adventure

In Rollicking Tour of Europe

By Julia Sewell

With twenty-one new outfits and
forty-two new suitcases, we assembled
at high noon in the lobby of the Lin-
coln hotel in New York, and, in be-
tween licking stamps for last minute
post cards, and sticking Lincoln labels
on as yet undecorated luggage, tried
to realize that we were actually em-
barking on the "European Adventure."
It turned out, when the entire party
was gathered, that the majority of us
were from Agnes Scott. Besides Miss
Leslie Gaylord, Miss Carrie Scandrett,
and Miss Bee Miller, seven were full-
fledged alumnae; six were newly-grad-
uated: Nell White, Rosa Miller, Mar-
garet Cooper, Maxine Crisler, Sarah
Jones, and Elizabeth Strickland; and
one still a student myselL

After a great deal of businesslike
bustling and negotiating, we and our
forty-two suitcases were piled in taxis,
and set off for the Cunard White
Star Line pier, the Berengaria, and Eu-
rope!

Boarding the steamer turned out
not to be quite the romantic moment
we had always pictured it. Instead of
walking up the gangplank in a grace-
ful and assured manner, stopping mid-
way to wave easily to friends on the
shore, and touching the deck with an
accustomed step, we betrayed our-
selves as raw and unseasoned travelers
by running awkwardly up, rapping
our toes against each crossboard, and
stumbling onto the deck in a most un-
sophisticated manner.

Gym Department to
Offer New Sports

In addition to the regular fall sports,
the Athletic Association will offer
badminton for the first time this year.
The gym department has purchased a
complete set of equipment which will
be at the disposal of anyone interested
in learning the game. Badminton will
be part of the recreational program of
the Association.

An exhibition match last week in-
troduced the new sport to the campus.
Mary Johnson, Alice Cheeseman, Anne
Thompson, and Virginia Milner played
on a court lined off behind Rebekah
Scott dormitory.

The outing club has announced
that its project for the year will be
the construction of an outdoor stove
behind the campus. The school recent-
ly purchased two and a half acres of
land which will be used as a location.
The stove will, in a measure, replace
the condemned camping equipment at
Stone Mountain.

Fall plans for the gym department
as a whole reveal the annual tourna-
ments and interclass games. The mixed
two-ball golf tournament which
proved so popular last year will be re-
peated this fall. It was won last year
In Judith Gracey and Johnny Owens.
1 [ockey will feature six inter-class
games at the end of the season.

Sw i mining classes are open to begin-
ners, advanced swimmers, and divers
Try-outs for the swimming club will
be announced soon by Bee Merrill,
swimming manager. There is also a
tennis club, headed by Ellen Little, in
addition to the regular tennis classes.
The doubles tennis tournament is an
event of the fall, but the singles com-
petition does not come off until
spring.

We had gloriously fair weather, all
the entertainment the Cunard Line
could invent, and a congenial crowd
(the Yale Glee club, the Princeton or-
chestra, and some others). Our wait-
ers were our dearest friends. There
were George, a nice little cockney who
gained our sympathy because he was
too slow for particular people; and
"Spotsy," a solemn youth with rosy
cheeks and a perpetual wonder at the
antics of Americans. Most beloved,
however, was "Theophilus" (known
professionally as Theophile Rens), a
ittle middle-aged, rabbit-like Belgian
with a mustache and a kindly but har-
ried air, who served us everything on
the menu, regardless of what we or-
dered, and always gave us two help-
ings of ice cream.

Party Lands Safely

With carnival dinners, dancing,
movies, and deck sports, the voyage
passed quickly, our only complaint
arising from the loss of one hour every
night, as if there wasn't little enough
time for sleep anyway! At last we
landed at Cherbourg, with life, limb,
and property intact, went through the
customs, and boarded the train for
Paris.

We arrived in Paris at nine that
night, and first impressions were hazy
ones of hundreds of smoking engines
and screaming porters in blue smocks.
We ate our first interminable French
dinner in a very discouraged state and
went to sleep between courses. Next
morning we began the whirlwind of
activity known as "doing Paris": we
sightsaw under the guidance of a pom-
pous, rotund, and important gentle-
man whom we distinguished by the
name of "Papa," and we enjoyed our
first European coca-cola at Versaille.
We bought an appalling amount of
perfume and gloves and wasted a great
deal of time locking our keys in our
rooms. Our evenings we spent at side-
walk cafes, at the Folies Bergeres, and
"doing" the night clubs, and ended
by attending Faust at the opera house.

From Paris we went to Avignon,
where we very properly danced on the
bridge and sang "Sur le pont," besides
eating very American-looking ice
cream cones and attending "The Af-
fairs of Cellini" at the Cinema, which
we left in disgust at not being able to
understand the French.

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Librarian Reports
Hours, Regulation^
For New Library

Hours the library is open:

7:50-5:30 every day, but closed for
chapel from 10:00-10:30 a. m.

(Closed Saturday from 12:30 to
1:30.)

7:00-10:00 p. m. Monday, Tues-
day, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.

2:30-5:30 p. m. Sunday, reference
room only.

Injury to books will result in the
loss of library privilege of student re-
sponsible.

All books, except reserved books,
are to be charged at the loan desk on
the main floor whether for home or
library use.

Books not needed in the library in
connection with class use may be tak-
en out for a period of two weeks ex-
cept certain seven-day books.

Fourteen-day books may be renewed
for two weeks.

A fine of ten cents an hour is
charged for reserved books not re-
turned at proper hour. Two cents a
day is charged for two weeks books
not returned at proper time.

Any book is subject to recall and
must be returned at once if so recalled.
Books needed for class rooms, if not
returned within twenty-four hours,
are subject to the same fine as reserved
books.

Reference books marked "R" and
shelved in the reference room are not
to be removed from that room under
any circumstances.

No periodicals circulate.

Reserved books should be signed for
and the cards placed on the shelves
in boxes provided. These should not
be returned to the shelves after study,
but will be replaced by library assist-
ants. They should not be taken from
the reserve book room. Books con-
taining white or green cards may be
taken by day students at 4:3 0 p. m.
on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday, and Friday and must be
taken out by day students at 12:30
on Saturday. Boarding students may
take books out at 9:00 p. m. every
day except Saturday at which time
they may take them at 4:3 0 p. m.
These must be returned not later than
8:00 a. m. of the following morning.

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If you were at the Y. W. C. A. tea
Thursday before last and, in the gen-
eral scramble, happened to see a small,
black-haired, almond-eyed girl dressed
in Japanese costume; and if, sometime
this week, you have come upon two
students talking French at an unintel-
ligible rate in the middle of the quad-
rangle; and if you, one day, found
yourself talking to a day student with
a decided English accent then you
have seen or met or talked with four
of the most interesting personalities
on the campus this year. They are the
foreign students and represent five dif-
ferent countries England, France,
Switzerland, Mexico, and Japan. The
following thumbnail sketches are the
result of hundreds of questions fired
relentlessly at these students.

First, we cornered Mile. Renee Ger-
ard whom we found at home, hang-
ing out clothes on an improvised
clothes line in a most collegiate man-
ner. She did not come to Agnes Scott
directly from Paris, but from Mexico
City where she moved a year and a
half ago. She attended the American
School in Mexico City and received
there her first impression of American
young people, which, she says, was not
a very good one. But she thinks that
Agnes Scott has already erased a large
part of it. Renee likes American
clothes prefers French boys to Amer-
ican boys says American boys arc

A. S. Students Are

Camp Counselors

Agnes Scott supplied several camps
with experienced counselors this sum-
mer. Members of the student body
acted as instructors in all camp activi-
ties, ranging from swimming to danc-
ing.

Camp Civitania, the Girl Scout
camp near Atlanta, claimed the largest
number of Agnes Scott girls: Eliza-
beth Furlow, Julia Telford, Bryant
Holsenbeck, Frances Castleberry, Eliz-
abeth Warden, Nell Echols, Alice

too familiar has had a hard time get-
ting used to ankle socks and to carrot
and pineapple salad. She declares her
worst break at Agnes Scott, so tar,
was mistaking the physical examina-
tion for an examination in physics.

Our next conversation was with
Tamiko Okamura who hails from
Tokyo and whose name when short-
ened is pronounced like our American
Tommy. In talking of Japan, Tami
mentioned that the majority of young
people in Japan today are very much
against the militaristic inclinations of
the present Japanese government.

Although Peggy Everhart has re-
cently come from England to Agnes
Scott, she is, nevertheless, an Ameri-
can, having lived until 192 8 in De-
catur. While in Europe, Peggy attend-
ed schools in the German and French
parts of Switzerland and in Southamp-
ton, England. She says the hardest
thing to get accustomed to in Eng-
land, after having lived in the United
States, is the food.

Suzanne Audrain, whom everyone
calls Susie, comes from the gay city
of Paris. Since her arrival, she has
taken in as much of the United States
as has been possible, from dancing in
Harlem to exploring the Washington
monument. She likes American boys
who are so "jolly" is amused at the
bright clothes of Negroes likes celery
and American pastry and is especially
enthusiastic about Agnes Scott.

Cheeseman, and Jean Chalmers. At the
campfire girls camp at Toccoa were
Julia Thing, Kitty Printup, Mary
King, Mary Past, Zoe Wells, and Mar-
tha Crenshaw, '36. Lettie McKay, Lib
Burson, '3 6, and Eloisa Alexander
went to Highland; Virginia Watson
to Tallawanda; Florence Lasseter and
Miss Llewellyn Wilburn to Rockbrook;
Miss Elizabeth Mitchell to Nakanawa;
Ann Coffee, '3 6, to Transylvania;
Anne Thompson to Greystone; Mar-
tha Long to Camp Toledo; and Mich-
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THE AGONISTIC

5

Professor Studies
In French College

Miss Margaret Taylor Phythian, as-
sistant professor of French, has for the
past month been working at the Uni-
versity of Grenoble in France, under
the direction of M. Raoul Blanchard,
celebrated geographer. Her work con-
sists of ascertaining that the regional-
istic novelists of France are scientifi-
cally accurate in their mention of
places especially those in the Alpine
section.

Miss Phythian left America in Aug-
ust, and made a tour of Germany be-
fore taking up her studies at Grenoble.
While in Germany she visited the
home of Lucie Hess, who attended
Agnes Scott last year as an exchange
student. Miss Phythian reported that
she found the German people "cordial,
prosperous, and happy."

A.S.C. PARTY FINDS ADVENTURE
IN ROLLICKING EUROPEAN TOUR

{Continued from page 4, column 2)
Rome Seen in a Day

We then descended on Rome. Al-
though we knew that Rome was not
built in a day, we learned that it can
be seen in one. We saw literally all
Rome one blazing July day: ancient
Rome, medieval Rome, and modern
Rome. By afternoon we were in a state
of torpor, so deadened to beauty and
art that we ate ice cream cones in St.
Paul's Outside the Walls, and awak-
ened to the beauty of the Appian Way
only when we learned that coca-colas
were obtainable there.

When we were i3aving Rome and
waiting for the train to Naples, Nell
and Rosa, taking pictures in the sta-
tion, attracted the attention of four
or five young Italians who insisted on
their own pictures being taken, and
in return sent to our train an enor-
mous bunch of carnations.

After Naples, where Rosa innocent-
ly exclaimed, "This is Naples, but
where is Napoli?", we took a boat to
Capri. In the rush of embarking, Miss
Scandrett's small suitcase was smashed,
and the little man handling our lug-
gage, w h o seemed uncontrollably
amused at life, rushed gleefully up to
her to tell the tragedy and ended with
a hearty chuckle, "Ha, ha! We'll buy
you another one!" Whereupon Miss
Scandrett immediately chuckled back,
"Ha, ha! I'll take it!"

From Capri and Pompeii we jour-
neyed on to Florence, where we spent
nearly all our money on leathers and
linens, and did a little sightseeing on
the side. Venice turned out to be ro-
mantic not because of the canals
(which the unaesthetic Venetians use
as garbage cans) but because of the
lace shops, where two of our number,
one of them Sarah Jones, bought wed-
ding veils.

From Milan and Bellagio, we turned
to Switzerland. After losing Nell and
Strick and finding them on the wrong
train, we arrived at Interlaken. Next
day, after a thrilling drive over the
Alps, during which I lost my best
coat out the back of the bus, to the
advantage of some mountain goat, we
reached Lucerne. There just about
everybody bought watches except me,
and I bought a cuckoo clock.

Instruments of Torture

After Switzerland came Munich,
where Mutt bought a hat which she
carried in a band-box all the rest of
the trip. Then there was Nuremburg,
where we visited the castle with all the
ancient instruments of torture; and I
was so affected that I forgot and left
a dress in the closet of the hotel. Next
came Heidelburg, Mainz, and Cologne,
where we met a young man who had
just bought a wedding veil for his ut-
terly unknown future wife.

Our next stop was Brussels where
Mutt bought a wedding veil. After
visiting The Flague, we undertook our
first night journey to the Hook of
Holland, from which we crossed the

Fifteen States, Five Foreign Countries Send

189 New Students to Swell Enrollment to 488

One hundred and ninety-two day
students and 296 boarders, making a
total of 488 students, have en-
rolled for this term. Following are the
189 new students, who represent fif-
teen states and five foreign countries:

BOARDERS
Frances Abbot, Louisville, Ga.
Josephine Allen, West Point, Ga.
Carolyn Alley, Dalton, Ga.
Shirley Frances Armentrout, Golds-

boro, N. C.
Carrie Jean Ashley, Ellenton, S. C.
Suzanne Audraine, Courbevoie, Seine,
France.

Betty Banks, Winchester, Tenn.
Mary Jane Bannister, Charleston, W.
Va.

Marguerite Barnes, Ivy Depot, Va.
Francina Bass, Gadsden, Ala.
Ida Evelyn Baty, Birmingham, Ala.
Margaret Rose Bennett, Sanford, Fla.
Susie Cobb Blackmon, Anniston, Ala.
Marjorie Louise Boggs, Shreveport, La.
Artye Hill Boyd, Carrollton, Ky.
Joan Brinton, Bryn Mawr, Pa.
Barbara Louise Brown, Charleston, W.
Va.

Mary Virginia Brown, Winter Garden,
Fla.

Gretchen Bubenzer, Bunkie, La.
Eleanor Burns, Charles Town, W. Va.
Alice Caldwell, Bristol, Tenn.
Rachel Campbell, Mansfield, Ga.
Emily Carroll, East Point, Ga.
Helen Carson, Harriman, Tenn.
Ernestine Cass, Tifton, Ga.
Cornelia Coleman, Richmond, Va.
Ruth Crisp, Lenoir, N. C.
Mary Winston Crockett, University,
Va.

Margaret Currie, Mullens, W. Va.
Mary Elizabeth Dixon, Colum, S. C.
Eloise Donkle, Greenville, S. C.
Margaret Douglas, Davidson, N. C.
Lillie Belle Drake, Union City, Ga.
Rebecca Drucker, McCormick, S. C.
Carolyn DuPre, Gadsden, Ala.
Ann Stedman Enloe, Dillsboro, N. C.
Joan Fayssoux, Winnsboro, N. C.
Carolyn Forman, Birmingham, Ala.
Annette Franklin, Statesboro, Ga.
Marion Franklin, Swainsboro, Ga.
Renee Gerard, Mexico.
Mary Lang Gill, Salisbury, N. C.
Charlotte Golden, Columbus, Ga.
Sarah Alice Gray, Columbus, Ga.
Sarah Groves, Byromville, Ga.
Edyth Guinn, Ducktown, Tenn.
Eleanor Hall, Bluefield, W. Va.
Frances Hampton, Clearwater, Fla.
Polly Heaslett, Birmingham, Ala.
Mary Hendricks, Athens, Ala.
Jane Hurzfield, New York, N. Y.
Barbara Holland, Newnan, Ga.
Margaret Hopkins, Gainesville, Fla.
Elizabeth Home, St. George, S. C.
Anita Howard, Nashville, Ga.
Betty Ann Hubbard, Marion, S. C.
Emma Louise Hughston, Spartanburg,

S. c.

Georgia Hunt, Atlanta, Ga.
Eleanor Hutchins, Huntsville, Ala.
Virginia Johnson, Turin, Ga.

English channel to England. In Lon-
don we went on a shopping orgy the
like of which we had not indulged in
since Florence. Yardley's products,
tweeds, sweaters, and gentlemen's
gloves figured most prominently in
our lists. I, who always managed to
{Continued on page 6, column 1)

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Mildred Joseph, Jacksonville, Fla.
Ruth Kaplan, Savannah, Ga.
Frances King, Woodland, Ga.
Sophie La Borde, Columbia, S. C.
Sara Lee, Live Oak, Fla.
Martha Liepold, Jacksonville, Fla.
Eloise Lennard, Alexander City, Ala.
Mary Elizabeth Leukel, K e n n e t t

Square, Pa.
Eleanor Lewis, Orange, Fla.
Margaret Lipscomb, Clio, S. C.
Jane Luthy, Americus, Ga.
Eloise McCall, Marion, S. C.
Eleanor McCants, Winnsboro, S. C.
Mary Virginia McPhaul, Doerun, Ga.
Rebecca McRee, Trenton, Tenn.
Emma Jean Mitchell, Tullahoma,

Tenn.

Mary Mocquot, Paducah, Ky.
Martha Moffett, Kiangyin, Ku, China.
Sophie Montgomery, Hwaianfu, Ku,
China.

Lutie Moore, Barnesville, Ga.
Mary Frances Moore, Monroe, La.
Frances Morgan, Gadsden, Ala.
Julia Moseley, Limona, Fla.
Jane Moses, Lookout Mountain, Tenn.
Charlotte Newman, Spartanburg, S. C.
Tamiko Okamura, Tokyo, Japan.
Katherine Patton, Abingdon, Va.
Nellie Pinner, Suffolk, Va.
Marjorie Pressly, Belmont, N. C.
Mary Clay Price, Decatur, Ala.
Isabella Robertson, Concord, N. C.
Eleanor Rogers, Fort Smith, Ark.
Jane McClary Salters, Florence, S. C.
Samille Saye, Augusta, Ga.
Lucille Scott, Dallas, Tex.
Harriet Evelyn Sears, St. Louis, Mo.
Beatrice Sexton, Bessemer City, N. C.
Lois Sexton, Bessemer City, N. C.
Elizabeth Skinner, Augusta, Ga.
Ruth Slack, Decatur, Ga.
Martha Sloan, Columbia, Tenn.
Hazel Solomon, Macon, Ga.
Winston Steele, Ripley, Tenn.
Shirley Steele, Ripley, Tenn.
Harriet Stimson, Chattanooga, Tenn.
Ellen Stewart, St. Petersburg, Fla.
Grace Tazewell, Norfolk, Va.
Mary Templeton, Mooresville, N. C.
Julia Thiemonge, Birmingham, Ala.
Mary Louise Torrance, Sanford, Fla.
Grace W r ard, Selma, Ala.
Mary Ellen Ware, Greenville, S. C.
Elizabeth Warren, Monroe, N. C.
Violet Watkins, Nashville, Tenn.
Elizabeth Williams, Hickory, N. C.
Annette Williams, Lawrenceville, Ga.
Eugenia Williams, Washington, Ga.
Jean Williams, Hickory, N. C.
Willomette Williamson, Miami, Fla.
Jane Whitman, Asheville, N. C.
Florence Wynn, Live Oak, Fla.
Marjorie Young, Haines City, Fla.
Martha Zellner, Jacksonville, Fla.

DAY STUDENTS
Raline Adair, Atlanta, Ga.
Ruth Albion, Atlanta, Ga.
Elizabeth Alderman, Atlanta, Ga.
Anne Elizabeth Ansley, Atlanta, Ga.
Mary Elizabeth Arnold, Atlanta, Ga.
Roslin Arnold, Decatur, Ga.
Mary Oliver Auger, Decatur, Ga.
Betty Aycock, Atlanta, Ga.
Marguerite Baum, Atlanta, Ga.

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Ruth Ann Byerley, Atlanta, Ga.
Mary Elizabeth Chalmers, East Point,
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Margaret Christie, Decatur, Ga.

Jeanne Codding, Atlanta, Ga.

Cornelia Cook, College Park, Ga.

Ada Cordes, Atlanta, Ga.

Elizabeth Davis, Atlanta, Ga.

Mary Louise Dobbs, Atlanta, Ga.

Nell Elvira Echols, Atlanta, Ga.

Margaret Everhart, Bedford, England.

Ruth Eyles, Atlanta, Ga.

Mary Evelyn Francis, Clearwater, Fla.

Nettie Lee Greer, Atlanta, Ga.

Sam Olive Griffin, Decatur, Ga.

Wilma Griffith, Atlanta, Ga.

Penn Hammond, Atlanta, Ga.

Virginia Hill, Atlanta, Ga.

Hazel Hirsch, Atlanta, Ga.

Bryant Holsenbeck, Atlanta, Ga.

Betty Jones, Atlanta, Ga.

Lenora Jones, Decatur, Ga.

Jane Knapp, Atlanta, Ga.

Mary Elizabeth Leavitt, Atlanta, Ga.

Mary Caroline Lee, Atlanta, Ga.

Edna Lewis, Atlanta, Ga.

Mary Matthews, Smyrna, Ga.

Sarah Matthews, Lithonia, Ga.

Virginia Milner, Atlanta, Ga.

Nell Moss, Decatur, Ga.

Eva Anna Pirkle, Atlanta, Ga.

Mary Ann Pittard, Decatur, Ga.

Mary Reins, College Park, Ga.

Helen Rodgers, Atlanta, Ga.

Helen Simpson, Atlanta, Ga.

Antoinette Sledd, Decatur, Ga.

Florence Sledd, Decatur, Ga.

Marie Stockdale, Decatur, Ga.

Edith Stover, Atlanta, Ga.

Louise Sullivan, Decatur, Ga.

Mary Taylor, Atlanta, Ga.

Henrietta Thompson, Atlanta, Ga.

Myrtis Trimble, Emory University, Ga.

Emily Underwood, Decatur, Ga.

Eloise Weeks, Atlanta, Ga.

Evelyn Weinkle, Atlanta, Ga.

Elinor Wilkinson, Atlanta, Ga.

Martha Claire Wilson, Atlanta, Ga.

Faculty Works,
Plays in Summer

Professor Arthur Raper taught a
seminar on race relations at a Young
People's conference at Louisburg, N.
C, and one at Oxford, Ga. At the
annual meeting of the Council on a
Christian Social Order held at Lake
Junaluska, N. C, in July, Dr. Raper
was one of the platform speakers; later
he was a platform speaker at Nash-
ville, Tenn., for the School of Christ-
ian Living conducted by the woman's
missionary council of the M. E.
Church, South. He also made a ten-
day tour of the Mississippi delta and
East Arkansas looking over the share
cropper's situation. On this trip he
stayed at the Delta Cooperative Farm
at Clarksdale, Miss.

Miss Laura Colvin, assistant li-
brarian, spent two months abroad this
summer, visiting in England, France,
and Germany. While traveling in vari-
ous cities, she visited several libraries
among which were the Bibliotheque
Nationale in Paris, the library of the
University of Heidelburg, and the
Deutsches Museum. She reports that
the Deutsches Museum is the most
modern and has the most adequate
catalogue. She also visited the Ameri-
can library in Paris, which is a model
American library.

Professor Henry A. Robinson, of
the mathematics department, lectured
on the mathematics of sound-ranging
at Fort Bragg this summer. Practical-
ly everybody in this unit, of which
Mr. Robinson is a captain, must hold
advanced college degrees.

Since his return Mr. Robinson has
developed certain formulas hastening
the time for calculating the position
of the enemy on the battlefield.

Miss Emily Dexter, associate profes-
sor of psychology and education, wrote
an article entitled "Does Mathematics
Require Specialized Endowment?"
which was published in the August
issue of the Georgia School and So-
ciety.

Miss Dexter has recently been ap-
pointed to serve on the committee of
the Georgia Academy of Science for
awarding the Phipps and Bird prize.

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THE AGONISTIC

House Committee
Headed bv Willis;
Co it is Secretary

Faculty Pursue

Musical Interest

Mr. Dieckmann Presents An-
them; Mr. Johnson Sees Opera

Exchanges Reveal
Student Activities

Vogue Announces Clubs Get Rooms

Contest for Qirls for Meetings in

Fannie B. Harris Elected Senior
Representative On Executive
Committee of 11

Betty Willis, president of Rebekah
Scott, was elected chairman of the
house committee last week, and Fan-
nie B. Harris, president of Main, was
appointed senior class representative
on the executive committee. The ex-
ecutive committee is composed of Dr.
J. R. McCain, Dean Nannette Hop-
kins, Dr. Mary Sweet, Registrar S. G.
Stukes, Miss Carrie Scandrett, a fac-
ulty member, the officers of Student
Government, and a senior representa-
tive.

Laura Coit, secretary of Student
Government and president of White
House, is also recording secretary for
the house committee, which meets
every two weeks, and which is respon-
sible for keeping order in the dormi-
tories, reporting improvements that
could be made, discussing minor in-
fringements of the rules and imposing
penalties for them. Other members of
the committee are Anne Worthy John-
son, Mary Lillian Fairly, Fannie B.
Harris, and Mary Alice Newton,
house presidents of Gaines, Boyd, Main,
and Inman; Peggy Ware, proctor of
and Inman; and Elizabeth Williams,
proctor of Gaines; Gary Home, proc-
tor of Boyd; Julia Porter, Phyllis John-
son, Eunice Knox, Frances Belford,
proctors of Main; Peggy Ware, proc-
tor of White House; Letty McKay,
Martha Johnson, Jane Guthrie, Bee
Merrill, Joyce Roper, Frances Norman,
proctors of Rebekah Scott; and Mar-
jorie Boggs, Margaret Barnes, Shirley
Steele, Ellen Stewart, Eloise Leonard,
Caroline Alley, proctors of Inman.

A unison anthem composed by Pro-
fessor Christian Dieckmann will be

| given on the Organ Vespers program
of Joseph Ragan, organist and choir-
master of All Saints' Episcopal church,
at 5 p. m. on the last Sunday in Octo-
ber. The anthem, taken from John

IBunyan's "He Who Would Valian:
Be," is dedicated to Mr. Ragan and
the All Saints' choir.

Mr. Lewis H. Johnson continued
his musical activity during the sum-
mer by attending a week of rehearsals
and the featured performance of Gil-
bert and Sullivan's light opera The
Gondoliers, at Chautauqua, New York.
In company with Mr. Johnson was a
group of his voice students who will
be the soloists in this production on
the Agnes Scott campus.

Candle-Lighting Service
Marks Y.W.C.A. Vespers

Twilight candle-lighting services in
chapel last Sunday marked the recon-
secration and rededication vespers of
Y. W. C. A. Isabel McCain, president
of Agnes Scott Y. W. C. A., led the
devotional, emphasizing the theme of
this year's association, "Christ, the
Challenge."

Following special music by thz
choir, the Y. W. C. A. cabinet led the
students and faculty in a processional
to the quadrangle, where a friendship
circle was formed.

A.S.C. PART? FINDS ADVENTURE
IN ROLLICKING El ROPEAN TOUR

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get larger and more unwieldy things
than anybody else, acquired eleven
books, a toasting fork, and three can-
dlesticks.

From London we started an all-mo-
tor trip of England and Scotland in a
big green bus. On our trip northward
we passed Banbury, where we ate Ban-
bury cross buns, Warwick Castle, Ken-
il worth, and Stratford, where we
stayed in a fourteenth century inn
whose heating was so fourteenth cen-
tury that I had to keep my feet warm
with a sweater, which I left in the bed
next morning.

The next nights we spent in York,
Edinburgh, Glasgow, Ambleside, and
Chester. In Edinburgh we added to
our train a number of plaid scarfs and
tiny plaid bound copies of Scott and
Burns, and I characteristically pur-
chased a large Scotfield blanket and a
sword. In Ambleside we added to our
store three walking canes; and in Ches-
ter, our last stop, we spent the eve-
ning washing practically all our
clothes for the return voyage.

The return voyage on the Corinthia
was just the opposite of that on the
Berengaria* Finally after a ten-day
journey of fog, rough seas, and too
much to eat, we sailed into New York
harbor at seven o'clock on a bright
August morning, passed the Statue of
1 ilvrty and the magnificent skyline,
and up the Fludson to the Fourteenth
Street pier, where just two months be-
fore', we had scrambled so excitedly up
the gangplank. There we landed, look-
ing like so many immigrants, with
Italian cardboard suitcases filled with
purchases, gay Roman striped bags
packed with extra shoes, bundles,

packages, walking canes, and a sword

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Miss Omwake Works On Tests

Miss Katherine Omwake, assistant
professor of psychology and education,
served this summer on the committee
on aptitude tests of the Association of
American Medical Colleges. The na-
ture of her work, which was done in
Washington, D. C, at the office of
the secretary of the committee, was
learning the efficiency of the aptitude
tests which are required of all pre-
medical students.

REPORTERS

Nell Allison

Alice Cheeseman

Giddy Erwin

Nell Hemphill

Carol Hale

Cora Kay Hutchins

Sarah Johnson

Eliza King

Douglas Lyle

Enid Middleton

Mary Frances Guthrie

Frances Lee

Regina Hurwitz

Julia Sewell

Mary Willis

Mamie Lee Ratliff

Selma Steinbach

Anne Purnell

Marie Merritt

Alice Reins

Myrl Chafin

Louise Young

Mary Frances Kennedy

Henrietta Blackwell

Primrose Noble

BUSINESS ASSISTANTS
Rachel Kennedy
Anne Purnell
Jane Dryfoos

The presidents' council of Alabama
College is giving a course in parlia-
mentary law similar to the one spon-
sored last spring by the Agnes Scott
council and student government.

At Los Angeles Junior College, a
lost and found department to be op-
erated by NYA girls has been inaug-
urated in conjunction with the book
exchange. Here the Athletic Associa-
tion and Student Government operate
these departments.

A play writing contest with a first
prize of $5 00 is now open to students
of Mount Holyoke College. The con-
test is being sponsored by the Bureau
of New Plays, Inc., and the winning
play will be given a chance of produc-
tion on Broadway.

Improvements have been going on
at Salem Academy, Winston-Salem,
N. G.j as well as at Agnes Scott Col-
lege. A new gymnasium is nearing
completion and an administration
building founded in 1811 has been
refurnished to look as nearly like the
original building as possible.

Students of the Los Angeles Junior
College are planning a three ring cir-
cus complete in every detail to be
given this spring. Over 300 men wil
take part and the exhibitions will in-
clude everything from Arabian tumb-
lers to trapeze performers.

Ratting at Converse College this
year consists of plaited hair for the
freshmen, one-sided makeup, washrags
in place of handkerchiefs, and tooth
brushes for pennants. And sophomores
insist that all this is just to help them
become better acquainted with the
newcomers.

The Princeton cheering section rose
as one raccoon. Readers Digest.

HONOR ROLL
Announcement of students making
honor roll will be made in chapel next
Saturday.

Students To Nominate

Girls For Vacant Offices

Popular nominations for secretary
of Y. W. C. A. will take place to-
morrow after chapel if there is time.
Carolyn Elliott, who was elected sec-
retary last year, did not return to Ag-
nes Scott. The position is open to a
junior.

The day students are to elect a
treasurer to fill the vacancy left by
Cynthia Clegg, who is attending the
University of Georgia.

Don't Forget To
Sign Up For
Membership
In the Y. W. C. A.

COMPLIMENTS
OF

RUBIN'S

Fashion Quizzes, Thesis Re-
quired in Annual Contest

Activity Building

Of interest to all readers of Vogue
on the campus, and particularly to the
senior class, comes the announcemen:
that Vogue is about to start its second
annual Prix de Paris career contest.
Open to senior girls in any accredited
college or university in the United
States, the contest is conducted like a
course in fashions, with quizzes and a
final thesis. To girls who can write,
who have a flair for fashions and a
knack of clear presentations, it offers
excellent preliminary training toward
a career in publishing, merchandising,
or advertising, and a chance to test
their own qualifications for success in
these fields.

The awards will be paying positions
on the staff of Vogue and with other
organizations of importance through-
out the country. First prize carries
with it a year's employment with pay
by Vogue, at least half of the time to
be spent in the Paris office with all
travel expenses paid; the remainder in
New York. Second prize will be six
months' employment on the editorial
staff of the New York office. Other
girls showing unusual ability may be
selected for positions in other depart-
ments. Between 30 and 40 other op-
portunities to become identified with
the fashion departments of leading
stores, manufacturers of fashions mer-
chandise and cosmetics, newspapers
and advertising agencies will be ex-
tended other high ranking partici-
pants.

Vogue's first Prix de Paris ended
last May. Seniors from more than 190
colleges and universities of the coun-
try were entered. The winner was
Marjorie Field, of Albion College,
Michigan. Second prize went to Jose-
phine Heiskell, of Bryn Mawr College,
Pennsylvania.

Seniors interested in competing can
obtain contestants blanks from Mar-
tha Summers, president of the senior
class.

Mortar Board Studies Building,
Equipment ; Revises Plans
of Last Year

The 193 6-37 chapter of Mortar
Board has had to revise some of the
recommendations made by last vear's
chapter for the appointment of rooms
in the student activities building as a
result of a further study of the build-
ing and its equipment.

( 1 ) The main reading room is to
be used as a students' lounge with fire-
place, piano, comfortable chairs, and
radios. The campus organizations may
also use this room when necessary.

(2) The English room is still to be
used for Y. W. C. A., mission interest
group, and Bible club.

(3) The history room and upper
back balcony will be used for language
clubs, Pi Alpha Phi, Blackfrurs, and
current history forum. The erection of
a stage, which was in the original
plans for this room, is impossible be-
cause of the construction of the roof
there.

(4) The Latin room will be used
for K. U. B., Chi Beta Phi Sigma, Eta
Sigma Phi, and Lecture Association.

($) The German room will be used
for B. O. Z., Granddaughters club,
and poetry club.

(6) The French room will be used
for pen and brush club.

(7) The psychology room will be
used for the Silhouette and the Aurora.
This room was originally planned for
The Agonistic; but since the lights in
the student activities building will
not be on after 10:30, The Agonistic
staff will continue to use the room
in the basement of Main, which w ill
be furnished with heat this year.

(8) The Spanish room will be used
as a sitting room, as originally plan-
ned; and in addition this room will be
used by the freshman cabinet and hob-
by groups because Y. W. C. A. needs
more room.

(9) Miss Hanley's room is being
converted into a dressing room and
kitchen.

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October 17

VOL. XXII

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1936

NO. 2

Three Agnes Scott Students
Participate in Political Debate

Emory, Tech, Agnes Scott Have
Speakers For Three Parties
In Triangular Meet

Fairly, Spivey, Guthrie Talk

Mary Lillian Fairly, Mary Frances
Guthrie, and Brooks Spivey will repre-
sent Agnes Scott in the triangular de-
bate with Emory and Georgia Tech
on October 30, as the result of try-
outs held last Thursday. Following a
custom begun during the presidential
campaign four years ago, they will de-
bate the various phases of the politi-
cal question.

Each school will defend the Demo-
cratic, Republican, and Socialist par-
ties, one speaker from each school up-
holding each party. The Socialist par-
ty speakers will stay at their respec-
tive schools, the two other speakers
traveling, so that on the stage at each
institution, three parties and three
schools will be represented. Brooks will
defend the Socialist party at Agnes
Scott; Mary Lillian will speak for the
Democratic party at Emory; and Mary
Frances for the Republican party at
Tech.

Unlike most debates at Agnes Scott,
which are non-decisional, the debate
will be judged by the audience, who
will vote for the speaker presenting
the best debate.

In the debate four years ago, Agnes
Scott tied for one first place and won
two seconds. Katherine Woltz, speak-
ing in favor of the Democratic party
at Tech, tied with Bill Purdue of Em-
ory, the Socialist representative. At
Agnes Scott, the Democratic speaker,
Robert Elliott of Emory, was voted
the best, with Nell Brown, Republi-
can, second. Jimmy Carmichael of
Emory, upholding the Republican can-
didate at his college, was awarded first
decision, with Elizabeth Lightcap,
speaking for the Socialist party, sec-
ond.

Gilroy, Spivey Debate
In November, Nellie Margaret Gil-
roy and Brooks Spivey, president and
secretary, respectively, of Pi Alpha
Phi, will represent Agnes Scott in a
debate with Cambridge, to be held in
the Bucher Scott gymnasium. The
subject and definite date have not yet
been decided upon.

Last year Edith Merlin and Sarah
Catherine Wood debated Cuthbert
James McCall Alport and John Royle
from Cambridge.

"Sacrificial Living"
Is Vespers Topic

Continuing the theme of "Christ,
the Challenge," Y. W. C. A. has as
its topic for vespers next Sunday night
"Christ's Challenge to Sacrificial Liv-
ing." Louise Young is leader, and
Sara McCain, Mary Lillian Fairly, and
Sara Beaty Sloan are speakers.

Miss Mary Bailey Williams talked
on "Christ's Challenge to Joyful Liv-
ing" last Sunday. Miss Williams is a
worker among young people at Druid
Hills Presbyterian church and a for-
mer director of the girls' club at Mon-
treat.

Librarian Promises

Lamps for Library

Strikes, wrong fixtures, delayed
orders, and general misunderstand-
ings are the problems which Miss
Edna Hanley, librarian, has had to
deal with in getting the new library
ready for regular school work. The
floor lamps arrived but, having
wrong fixtures, could not be in-
stalled until last week. Ceiling
lights for the main reading room
were ordered October 9. And um-
brellas for the terrace are on their
way. To students who have been
inquiring every other day as to the
completion of the library, Miss
Hanley says, "Patience and courage.
The end is in sight."

Dr. McCain Plans
To Attend Series
Of College Meets

Dr. J. R. McCain, president of Ag-
nes Scott College and president of the
Association of American Colleges, will
attend the first of a series of regional
meetings of the Association of Ameri-
can Colleges on October 16 and 17 in
Jackson, Mississippi. According to Dr.
McCain, the three meetings at which
he is to be present are "in line with
the general policy of the Association
in holding meetings in different parts
of the country in order to discuss lo-
cal needs and local interests."

The specific purpose of the meeting
in Jackson is to discuss the college
curriculum. On the evening of Octo-
ber 16 Dr. McCain will speak on the
subject, "University Centers in the
South." He will discuss particularly
the development of cooperation be-
tween Emory University and Agnes
Scott College. The list of speakers for
the conference includes Dr. M. L.
Brittain, president of Georgia School
of Technology and Dr. R. H. Oppen-
heimer, dean of Emory University
School of Medicine.

The second regional meeting will be
held October 20 and 21 in Notre
Dame, Indiana. The theme of one of
the sessions is to be "The Survey Ver-
sus the Sample Course." The program
is to include also discussion of other
problems in connection with the type
of courses which colleges should offer.
Dr. McCain is to preside at the open-
ing session of this meeting.

On October 23 and 24 Dr. McCain
will be in Colorado Springs, Colorado,
for the third of the regional confer-
ences. The theme of this meeting is
college teaching. Dr. McCain will
speak on "The College Teacher."

About one hundred colleges are to
be represented in each of these meet-
ings. At a similar regional conference
in Atlanta last year there were around
two hundred colleges represented. All
the regional meetings lead to the an-
nual meeting of the Association of
American Colleges which will convene
this year in Washington, D. C. on
January 14 and 1 5.

Ten Students Represent College

In Piano Ensemble Next Month

Ten Agnes Scott students will play
a Chopin rondo in a piano ensemble
at the Erlanger theater November 12.
The girls are Nell Hemphill, Jean
Kirkpatrick, Carolyn Myers, Mamie
Lee Ratliff, Marie Merritt, Mary Ruth
Murphy, Mary Perry, Alice Hannah,
Tommy Ruth Blackmon, and Julia
Thiemonge. There are to be two per-
formances, at 2 and 8 p. m. Prices
will be found on posters in Buttrick
some time this week.

This is not the first time Agnes
Scott students have taken part in an
ensemble of this kind, but it is the
first time that such a large group has
participated. This year all ten girls
are to play at the same time. In speak-
ing of the ensemble Mr. Dieckmann
compared the difference between a
one piano performance and an ensem-
ble to the difference between one vio-
lin and an orchestra.

A. S. C. Plans
Meeting of Y
Here Oct. 17

Conference Will Be First of
Its Kind; Isabel McCain
Is President

Attempting the first meeting of its
kind among young people, Agnes Scott
Y. W. C. A. is inviting the presidents
of the Georgia Y. W. C. A.'s and Y.
M. C. A.'s to meet for a conference
here on October 17 and 18. Isabel Mc-
Cain, of Agnes Scott, is president of
the state association, and Jimmy
Webb, of Emory, is vice-president.
Eloise Ogletree, G. S. W. C, is secre-
tary, and Tap Bennett, University of
Georgia, is treasurer.

The meeting, recommended at the
state Y. W. C. A. and Y. M. C. A.
conference at Weslyan College last
fall, has as its purpose a strong stu-
dent Christian movement in Georgia
and in America. The impetus for this
movement is to arise from student
leaders united with a common pur-
pose.

Girls Stay Here
The leaders will meet on Saturday
afternoon, October 17, and the girls
will stay at the college through Sun-
day noon. The boys are to stay at
Emory. The program will include de-
votionals, social hours, a consecration
service, and discussions led by such
speakers as Jimmy May, Y. M. C. A.
secretary at Georgia Tech; Betty Hol-
lis, vice-president of the Agnes Scott
Y. W. C. A.; Jack McMichael, chair-
man of the national Y. M. C. A.; and
Miss Mary Jane Willett, regional sec-
retary of the Y. W. C. A.

Thirty-Eight Are
On '36 Honor Roll

The names of thirty-eight students
making honor roll for 193 5-36 were
announced by Dr. J. R. McCain last
Saturday. This number is exactly twice
that on the first honor roll ten years
ago, and is nine more than last year.
Expressing regret that all worthy ef-
forts could not be recognized, Dr.
McCain commended the following
students for their outstanding scholas-
tic records last year:

Class of '37: Kathryn Bowen Wall,
Frances Cary, Lucile Dennison, Eliza-
beth Espy, Nellie Margaret Gilroy,
June Matthews, Enid Middleton, Pau-
line Moss, Isabel McCain, Kathryn
Printup, Mary Fairfax Stevens, Rachel
Shamos, Mildred Tilly, Frances Wilson.

Class of '3 8: Elizabeth Blackshear,
Elsie Blackstone, Laura Coit, Mildred
Davis, Ruth Hertzka, Eliza King,
Mary Ann Kernan, Elise Seay, Jane
Turner, Anne Thompson, Zoe Wells.

Class of '39: Mary Frances Guth-
rie, Cora Kay Hutchins, Elizabeth
Kenny, Douglas Lyle, Marie Merritt,
Mary Ruth Murphy, Mamie Lee Rat-
liff, Anna Margaret Riepma, Barbara
Shloss, Aileen Shortley, Sarah Thur-
man, Mary Ellen Whetsell, Louise
Young.

Fourteen of the twenty-five juniors
and seniors who made honor roll this
year also made it last year.

Pi Alpha Phi Try-outs

Annual fall try-outs for Pi Alpha
Phi, Agnes Scott debating society, were
held Thursday, October 8, resulting
in the election of four new members:
Jane Carithers, Flora McGuire, Mar-
garet Douglas, and Helen Moses. They
will be initiated at the meeting of the
club tomorrow night.

Mortar Board Reception Opens
Murphey Candler Building

Freshmen Approve

A. S. Honor System

The majority of freshmen and
new students, according to the
handbook tests which they took on
October 2, proved to be in favor of
the double honor system as prac-
ticed at Agnes Scott. A few, how-
ever, objected to it because they
disliked the idea of reporting their
friends. "There was some construc-
tive criticism of the honor system,"
reported Mary Jane Tigert, chair-
man, "and the handbook tests as a
whole were very satisfactory."
Tests concerning general campus
rules were also given to day stu-
dents.

Glee Club Names
Leads, Choruses
For Comic Opera

The Gondoliers, last and most out-
standing of the Gilbert and Sullivan
comic operas, will be presented by the
Glee club in February and probably
during commencement week. Mr.
Lewis Johnson, instructor in voice,
will direct the performance which will
include, in addition to Agnes Scott
girls, male leads of former operas pre-
sented here.

The cast, including the leads and
understudies, is as follows: Gianuta,
Ruth Tate, Betty Lou (Houck) Smith;
Duchess, Amelia Nickels; Casilda,
Florence Lasseter, Jane Moore Hamil-
ton; Tessa, Mary Alice Newton, Vir-
ginia Kyle; Fiametta, Caroline Armi-
stead; Guilia, Virginia Wood; Marco,
Frank Sule, tenor; Guiseppe, Walton
Bobo, Don White; Duke, Dick Smoot;
Luiz, Gene Powell, E. Everitt; Don
Alhambra, Gene Traber, Leland Mack-
ey; Antonio, Jack Smoot. Frank Sule,
who has one of the masculine leads,
took the part of Frederick in the op-
erett, The Pirates of Penzance, pre-
sented at Agnes Scott last year. Wal-
ton Bobo, Don White, Dick Smoot,
Gene Powell, Leland Mackey, and Jack
Smoot also had parts in the operetta
given here last year.

The chorus of girls and Gondolieri
numbers forty-eight in all, and is com-
posed of Glee club members and men
of Decatur and Atlanta. The girls'
chorus is as follows: Jean Barry Ad-
ams, Lucille Cairns, Jane Estes, Mil-
dred Davis, Grace Duggan, Margaret
Hansell, Nell Hemphill, Rachel Ken-
nedy, Lettie McKay, Frances Morgan,
Helen Moses, Annie Houston Newton,
Mary Primrose Noble, Rose North-
cross, Mary Past, Mary Perry, Betty
Price, Frances Robinson, Sara Beaty
Sloan, Marie Stalker, Frances Steele,
Elizabeth Warren, Frances Wilson,
Martha Zellner.

Several of the soloists this summer
accompanied Mr. Johnson to Chautau-
qua, New York, where they attended
a week of rehearsals and the perform-
ance of The Gondoliers.

Organization Presidents Assist
In Entertaining College At
Wednesday Coffee

Formal Dedication Is Later

To mark the completion of the
Murphey Candler student activities
building and the transference of
Wednesday night coffee from Main to
the former library, Mortar Board will
entertain the college community at an
open house immediately after dinner
tonight.

Forming a receiving line will be
Fannie B. Harris, president of Mortar
Board; Mary Jane Tigert, vice-presi-
dent; Marie Stalker, secretary; Fran-
ces Cary, treasurer; and Eloisa Alex-
ander, quarterly editor. Dr. McCain,
Dean Nannette Hopkins, Miss Carrie
Scandrett, and Professor Davidson,
faculty advisers; and Julia Thing, Isa-
bel McCain, Laura Steele, and Alice
Hannah, other members of Mortar
Board, will assist in welcoming the
guests. Miss Florence Smith and Miss
Louise Hale, faculty advisers, will
pour coffee.

Presidents Serve

Presidents of various campus organ-
izations will serve. They are Florence
Lasseter, Elizabeth Espy, Barton Jack-
son, Martha Summers, Eliza King, An-
nie Lee Crowell, Lucile Dennison, Mar-
garet Hansell, Mary Kneale, Louise
Brown, Kathryn Printup, June Mat-
thews, Margaret Watson, Alice Tay-
lor, Frances Steele, Kathleen Daniel,
Charline Fleece, Zoe Wells, Nellie
Margaret Gilroy, Hortense Jones,
Frances Belford, and Betty Hollis.

The open house will be held in the
main room, which has been furnished
with eight green leather lounges, four-
teen tan leather chairs, a piano, and
a radio; lamps, tables, and rugs are to
be provided later. Alcoves leading off
the main room contain furniture for-
merly used in the lobby of Rebekah

(Continued on page 4, column 3)

Aurora Staff Plans
To Edit Six Issues

Six editions a year instead of the
usual four will be the project of the
Aurora, Agnes Scott literary quarter-
ly, as announced by Elizabeth Espy,
editor. The magazine, which publish-
es essays, short stories, poems, and
book reviews, has formerly appeared
on a quarterly basis, but demand for
more frequent editions has led to the
plan for six issues.

The positions of book editor and
assistant business manager, left open
by Anna Margaret Riepma and Rosa-
lind Richards, who did not return, will
be filled by Julia Sewell and Caroline
Carmichael.

The freshman section of the Aurora,
begun last year, will continue this
year, with freshman work published
in every issue. The first edition of
the Aurora is scheduled to appear
about the last of October. Material
should be placed in the Aurora box in
Buttrick by Friday, or should be given
to one of the staff members.

Synod Delegates Meet Thursday

For Lunch, Tour of Agnes Scott

The two hundred delegates to the
Synod of Georgia, which is meeting in
Decatur this week for a three day ses-
sion, October 14-16, will be the guests
of Agnes Scott for lunch tomorrow.
After lunch they will inspect the new
library and the Murphey Candler build-
ing.

Presiding officers of the Synod,
which is holding its meetings at the
Decatur Presbyterian Church and at
Columbia Seminary, are Dr. R. S.

Boyd, Columbus, moderator; and Dr.
A. L. Patterson, Savannah, clerk.

This is by no means the first time
that Decatur has entertained the state
Synod. It first met here in 1891, when
Main building was dedicated; and
later it was in session when Rebekah
Scott was dedicated in 1905. In 1929,
when the cornerstone of Buttrick was
laid, the Synod was again meeting here.
Last year it met at Athens.

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Last Call for Student Budget

As traditionally as school opens on Wednesday,
as sophomores and freshmen battle for the Black
Cat, so annually does an early edition of the
Agonistic contain an editorial "Pay Your Bud-
get." To many students this may at first glance
seem a mere matter of routine just another one
of those things that are done at Agnes Scott be-
cause they always have been done, and probably
always will be. However, one editorial a year
does not seem too many, does it, if by it you can
learn to invest fifteen dollars (payable in two
installments) and get in return an enjoyable
year?

Of course, the student budget is absolutely in-
dispensable if such important campus organiza-
tions as Student Government, Y. W. C. A., the
Agonistic, the Aurora, the Silhouette, and the
Athletic Association are to function with any de-
gree of efficiency. By paying your budget, you
not only contribute your just share toward the
upkeep of these organizations from which you
as a student of Agnes Scott reap the full bene-
fits, but you also receive a year's subscription to
the three student publications, and are entitled
to participate in all athletic events to say noth-
ing of all the other extra-curricular activities,
such as the stunt and Agonistic work. Of course,
you are not compelled to pay your budget. If
your name is on the Black List when it is tacked
up by the student treasurer, October 21, nothing
drastic will happen to you. Your roommate won't
move out, and your friends won't ostracize you
but you will have to sit on the sidelines while
they battle for the class honor in a fast, exhilar-
ating game of hockey or basketball or maybe
you prefer to walk; and you will actually be a
liability to any budget-supported club you join,
for an organization loses a certain per cent of its
money for each member on the Black List or
maybe you think the only benefits of college are
to be found between the two covers of a book;
and next May, when others are rushing to the
basement of Main to get their annuals, eager to
see who made beauty section, and to get the pic-
tures signed, you can sit around in your room
and wait or perhaps you don't care to have a
permanent souvenir of this school year and of
your classmates to show your friends at home.

Senior Coffee Fashion Notes

If the evolution from hoops to short skirts in-
dicated a practical change, so should a like evo-
lution from elaborate tea gow r ns to informal aft-
ernoon dresses for senior coffee. Setting a prece-
dent that should be easy to follow, the three of-
ficers of the senior class are beginning the series
of senior coffees next Sunday with simplicity as
a feature. Not only in the matter of clothes are
they making changes, but in the more important,
because heretofore so expensive, matter of re-
freshments.

Where once seniors and their guests, after the
usual large Sunday dinner, went straight to cof-
fee for macaroons, fudge squares, and two or
three other kinds of rich confections, they will
now go for coffee, mints, and light tea cakes.
And where once seniors found having coffee an
expensive and therefore sometimes impossible
pleasure, they will now find it a possible and
therefore an enjoyable one. They will also know
that their short dresses are correct for an hour
as early as 2:15 or 2:30 p. m.

Gone With the Wind, by Margaret
Mitchell. MacMillan and Company,
N. Y., 193 6. Reviewed by Elizabeth
Blackshear.

There are novels of the elegant south
in ante bellum days and in the deprav-
ities of the actual war such as So Red
the Rose; there are books of the hor-
rors the unspeakable dread of the re-
construction days such as The Tragic
Era; but none can equal the complete
and vivid picture of the charm of the
prosperous plantation life, the glory of
war, and the tidal wave of post war
limes painted by Margaret Mitchell in
her Gone With the Wind. With Scar-
lett O'Hara, Rhett Butler, Ashley
Wilkes, and his admirable wife Me-
lanie, the reader lives again the life of
:hat tumultuous century.

At Tara, the O'Hara plantation
near Jonesboro, Scarlett was spoiled
and petted in the rougher outdoor
pleasures of life by her tempestuous
Irish father; she was lovingly but seri-
ously trained in the delicacies of a
outhcrn gentlewoman by her elegant
French mother; and she was tenderly
and wisely taught the art of "beaux
catching" by her priceless negro mam-
my. A queer combination of her par-
ents, our heroine carelessly captured
all men and was disliked by most
women. She won even the heart of
Rhett Butler, the unscrupulously
charming stranger who came quite un-
expectedly into her life. But she lost
Ashley Wilkes, the handsome blonde
whom she thought she really wanted.
These events were in prosperous days.

Then came the pangs of war and
he horrors of the fall of Atlanta, the
death of Scarlett's husband married
for spite, and of her mother, and the
pitiful agony of starvation. Even then
her uncanny ability to put off until
another day such unpleasantries as
would make her present sun duck be-
hind a cloud, and her unfaltering be-
ief in herself, and her own future,
were forces from within which pro-
pelled her with irrisistible urgency.
The same powers enabled the green-
:yed heroine to marry a second time
or money and to balk against custom
by braving the unladylike realm of
he business world, and the perils of
reconstruction carpet baggers, and
free "Niggers/' alone.

In troubles, in joys, in war, in peace,
n widowhood, in marriage, the bru-
tally loving Rhett was at her side in
time of need. Whether it were with
dvice, money, or love, the dashing
Sutler was ready with a generous sup-
ply for Scarlett, unappreciative as she

Graduates Take Up
Varied Occupations

According to statistics recently
compiled, the members of the class of
'36 are following many and varied
pursuits. Some arc teaching, some are
taking business courses, some are doing
graduate work, others are married, and
still others are spending the winter
quietly at home. Here are the approx-
imate numbers of those in each group:

Teachers 3 3

Graduate students 1 1

Business course students 9

Secretarial jobs 19

Travelers 3

Stay-at-homes 17

Janet Gray is teaching classes in
COttl ersational English at La Rochelle,
France. Elizabeth Forman has a teach-
ing fellowship at the University of
Alabama. She has a class of college al-
gebra, which includes students of all
classes; she is also studying higher
math.

Teaching in Atlanta and vicinity
are several graduates of last year: Lita
Goss, Ernelle Blair, Mildred Clark, Re-
becca Whitley, Rosa From.

Loice Richards and Edith Merlin are
studying in New York.

Baptists Give Pa rl \

was. Within these two existed a tur-
moil, a warring of the flesh and the

pirit as great and as stirring as the
war which was fought in the open

Wth cannon and rifle. And with these
.wo, the reader is swept through the
war days to learn how the lovely ante

<ellum south has really "gone with the
wind."

A word about the author:

Perhaps because the charming At-
lanta authoress of this new epoch mak-
ng southern novel did not know until
he was twelve years of age that Gen-
:ral Lee was defeated by the Yankee
forces; perhaps because the atmos-
phere of her home was one of blind
oyalty Co the Confederacy and hatred
of the "damn Yankees," Margaret
Mitchell was able to picture Civil War
Jays so vitally. Her lawyer father and
beloved grandmother filled the girl's
young days with facts and fiction con-
cerning the glory and beauty that was
:he old South. One day all this knowl-
edge proved to be of great worth when
Margaret ten years ago took a dare
md began her momentous work. And
n a decade Miss Mitchell had stored
lozens of chapters in an old closet in
:er Eleventh Street home, and in a
ummer, these dozens of chapters have
made Gone With the Wind a best sell-
r and the spirit of the Confederacy
m mortal.

Other noteworthy books of 1936:

A Further Range, by Robert Frost;
Henry Holt and Co, N. Y.

The Lost Generation: a Portrait of
American Youth Today, by Maxine
Davis; MacMillan and Co., N. Y.

The Next Hundred Years, by C. E.
Furnas; Williams and Wilkins Co.,
N. Y.

We Soviet Women, by Tatiana Tch-
^rnavia, translated by N. Alexander;
E. P. Dutton and Co., Inc., N. Y.

End of Summer, a play in three
acts, by S. N. Behrman, Random
House, N. Y.

Students to Have
Tuberculin Tests

Because the rate of tuberculosis has
not decreased in girls of late high
school and early college years, Dr.
Mary Sweet stresses the importance of
giving them tuberculin tests. Agnes
Scott, which began these tests in 1931,
was among the first colleges to use
them.

The American Tuberculosis Associa-
tion is trying to have the tuberculin
tests actively employed in high schools
and colleges. The Mantoux intra-der-
mal skin test is the one most widely
used. A positive reaction to this test
does not mean that the patient has an
active case of tuberculosis, but that
an x-ray should be made as the final
test.

This Mantoux skin test consists of
two doses of tuberculin. The first dose
is slightly weaker than the second,
vhich is given only if there is a nega-
tive reaction to the first.

This year the Atlanta Tuberculosis
Association is giving the tests. The
first tests were given Tuesday; those
given the tests are to report tomorrow
to have the results recorded. Girls
showing a negative reaction will re-
ceive the second dose and will report
:o Dr. Sweet on Saturday, October 17.

Dr. Schenck of the State Board of
Health will make the x-rays of girls
who have shown a positive reaction to
the test on Tuesday, October 20. The
K-rays will cost only fifty cents.

The B. S. U. entertained the new
Baptist students with a string partv
Monday at the home of Mrs. Joel
DetittL The games were led by Marie
Simpson Rutler, '34.

Mr. Raper Makes Talk

Mr. Arthur Raper, acting professor
of sociology, outlined the conditions
of farm tenancy in the South at a re-
cent meeting of the Atlanta Rotary
club. He pointed out that there has
been a marked increase in farm ten-
ancy here in the last few years, add-
ing that the proportion of white peo-
ple in the tenancy group has increased
until at present approximately two-
thirds of the over 1,000,000 farm
tenant families belong to the white
race and one-third to the Negro.

By Lucile Dennison

In view of the abundant and increasingly
promiscuous application of the word "red,'' an
attempt at a definition of the term seems in or-
der. The front pages and even the editorial pages
of many papers would seem to be leading readers
into an unnatural notion of the predominance of
red in the spectrum.

The direct connection between red and com-
munism is unanimously recognized. It is with
the word "communism" that there comes confu-
sion. The communist doctrine propounded by
Karl Marx (who was not a Russian) interprets
history in the light of class-struggle, and pre-
dicts the overthrow of capitalism and the victory
of the proleteriat. Communism is based on a
dissatisfaction with the life imposed on a major-
ity of the people under the capitalistic system
and is a system, presumably fairer to the prole-
teriat class, under which all property is held in
common. The party, called the Third Interna-
tional, through its world-wide organization is ac-
tively preparing for "the revolution/' It has in-
ternational aims.

A socialist or an ordinary radical or an even
more ordinary progressive cannot be called a
red without offense to both parties involved. So-
cialism is also an attempt at a fairer organiza-
tion of society, but it is effected through govern-
ment control of economic activities. Its advo-
cates, generally characterized by pacifistic con-
victions, seek to bring socialism through a blood-
less and constitutional evolutional.

A communist, then, regards the peaceful social-
ist with an unconcealed scorn. These feelings are
reciprocated by the socialist. A mere progres-
sive, too, prefers to be called by the proper name.

A communist takes the international view, but
one who lacks a certain blind chauvinism need
not be a red. A communist concentrates on class
barriers, but one who is interested in race rela-
tions need not be a red. A communist opposes
the existing order, but one who can see room for
improvement in society today need not be a red.

Merry - Go - Round

One wonders whether she would blame the hil-
arity of the fair, the reality of the quarter sys-
tem or the horrible spectre of term papers for
the continuance of what that straw voting maga-
zine would call "slips that pass in the night."
Only a mixture of cotton candy and pink lemon-
ade could possibly have brought forth the enig-
matic remark of Virginia Watson when she
proudly exclaimed that she had read her lesson
to herself aloud. My, what a little food plus the
merry-go-round can do! Perhaps Mary Kennedy's
profound discovery that it is necessary for all
children to have parents was provoked by an un-
happy combination of hot dogs and Lindy loops.
A certain teacher of a certain language is sus-
pected of having enjoyed at least one ride on the
hair-raising Greyhound, for what other incident
could have prompted her to befuddle her gullible
and trusting pupils by the remark: 'There are a
great many of them, and yet they are not numer-
ous."

The stark reality of the quarter system has
worked as much havoc as the interesting mixture
of candied apples and the ferris wheel. Never
before have professors been so frank and candid
in their discussions. When Mr. Raper the other
day spoke of the meaningless convention of
laughing at professors' jokes he evidenced a
brave attempt to face the unadorned realities of
this veil of tears. Mr. Stukes also sees the value
of facing the stern facts and just to prove this
he confessed that there was a girl at Agnes Scott
once whom he never saw smile for the entire
slow misery of four years. "On second thought,"
he explained, "maybe she had good reason not
to." The subtle implications of this very apt com-
ment were left to the discerning minds Of social
psych, students.

Those students who spend a great deal of time
wondering whether it is better to be or not to be
are speechless at the queer turn in the profes-
sorial mind guiding them. His sheer delight in
the gory and gruesome can be explained perhaps
by his anticipation of three term papers instead
of the usual two. How else would one diagnose
the broad grins that such remarks as "You bot-
tled spider" provoke. The climax of this attitude
was exhibited last week when after shouting in
a most realistic fashion, "Chop his head off,
man!" Mr. Hayes quite gleefully added, "That's
an excellent remark!"

It may be a kindred feeling which has prompt-
ed a Latin teacher to have choice excerpts from
"Alice in Wonderland" transferred into correct
subjunctives and ablative absolutes. It is to be
hoped that admirers of the Red Queen will be
able to recognize her large green eyes in Cicer-
onian Latin. It is to be hoped also that these
linguists leave "The Jabberwock" to graduate
students.

THE AGONISTIC

3

Socially-Minded Collegiates Go
Through Week-End Festivities

Dances, Open House, Of f -Campus Visits, and On-Campus Visitors
Constitute Chief Factors in Week-End Remedy
For Banishing Week-Day Worries

Mr. Charles Cely and Mr. Henry
Elrod of Greenville, S. C, were visit-
ors of Peggy and Polly Ware this
week-end.

Mary Willis attended the Beta Kap-
pa dance Saturday night.

Dot Jester spent the week-end at
the University of Georgia with Fran-
ces Balkcom.

Mr. Bob Wilcox of Savannah visit-
ed Alice Taylor this week-end.

Francina Bass, Nancy Moorer, Ra-
chel Kennedy, Sara Lee, and Mildred
Joseph were present at a dance at the
Psi Omega house Tuesday night.

Mr. Bill Baker of Charlotte, N. C,
visited Margaret Lipscomb this week-
end.

Strat Sloan, Mette Williamson, Lib
Blackshcar, and Enid Middleton at-
tended the Anak dance Saturday
night.

Those spending the week-end at
Camp Highland were: Eva Gray
Copeland, Mary Dixon, Sophie La
Borde, Virginia Milner, Mary Evelyn
Francis, and Lettie McKay.

Martha Zellner had as her visitor
this week-end Lena Bischoff of Short-
er College.

Earnest Vance and Frank Petry of
Alabama visited Mary Venetia Smith
and Bee Merrill this week-end.

Exchange Students
Tell of Countries
At French Meeting

With the addition of eleven new
members, the appointing of commit-
tees, and the entertainment of the At-
lanta Alliance Francaise, the French
club has begun its year's work. Judged
by Margaret Hansell, president; Elise
Seay, vice president; Jane Turner, sec-
retary; and Adelaide Benson, treasurer,
the tryouts of the following people
were passed as satisfactory: Tommy
Ruth Blackmon, Martha Alice Green,
Mary Kate Burruss, Henrietta Black-
well, Lucy Hill Doty, Catherine Cald-
well, Ruth Eyles, Sara Corbitt, Mary
Elizabeth Leavitt, Evelyn Weinkle,
and Elizabeth Alderman. Committees
are composed of: program, Elise Seay,
chairman, Zoe Wells, Winifred Kel-
lersberger; publicity, Enid Middleton,
chairman, Josephine Bertolli, Mary
Johnson, Jane Turner; social, Prim-
rose Noble, chairman, Florence Wade,
Mary Ruth Murphy; music, Jean
Kirkpatrick, chairman, Amelia Nick-
els, Evelyn Wall. As its theme for
the year the club will study the life
provinces

of

and literature of the
France.

Suzanne Audrain and Renee Gerard,
French exchange students, made talks
at an informal social meeting of the
Atlanta Alliance Francaise and the
Agnes Scott French club last Monday.
Suzanne spoke on the educational sys-
tem in France and Renee discussed the
attitude of the Mexican-Spaniards to-
ward the Spanish situation. Renee has
lived in Mexico for the past year and
a half.

Suzanne has already received her li-
cense, which corresponds to the M.A.
degree. Renee, who is attending Ag-
nes Scott as a freshman, is the sister
of Marguerite Gerard, the first Agnes
Scott exchange student and a winner
of the Hopkins Jewel award.

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Ira Wood of New York visited Kit-
ty Jones.

Eloise Donkle and Frances Cary
went to Greenville, S. C, for the
week-end.

Beatrice Sexton, Ruth Anderson,
Rachel Kennedy, and Barton Jackson
were present at the Delta Sigma Delta
dance at the Dental College.

Anne Purnell went to a tea dance
Saturday at the Chi Phi House.

Emmy Lou Turck's mother visited
her this week-end.

Lib Blackshear attended the Xsi Psi
Phi dance.

Charlotte Golden went to a dance
at the K. A. house Friday night.

Carolyn Alley and Ruth Slack were
present at the Phi Delta Theta house
at Emory Friday night.

Mary Reed Hendricks and Rachel
Kennedy attended a buffet supper at
the Sigma Chi house Sunday night.

Ed Elliott of Augusta visited Sam-
ille Saye on Friday night.

Mrs. Ivie, of Greenville, S. C, vis-
ited Catherine this week-end.

Mr. and Mrs. DuPree of Gadsden,
Ala., came to see Carolyn this week-
end.

Sara Lee and Mildred Joseph attend-
ed Psi Omega open house on Sunday.

Kay Jones and Myrl Chafin went
home for the week-end.

Mary McNeil was given a birthday
feast by her friends on second Main
last week.

Mrs. J. V. Austin and Jane Austin
visited Jean over the week-end.

Beryl Spooner spent the week-end
at the University of Georgia.

Catherine Caldwell was the guest of
Amelia Nickels over the week-end.

Little Announces
Tournament Entries

The fall doubles tennis tournaments
will get underway this week when the
first round of play comes off Thurs-
day. Ellen Little, tennis manager,
closed the entry lists Saturday.

Among the girls who will play in
the tournament are: Jean Barry Ad-
ams, Nell Hemphill, Ruth Tate, Ellen
Little, Mutt Fite, Harriette von
Gremp, Frances Steele, Julia Thing,
Frances McDonald, Mary Kneale, Polly
Ware, Lorraine Quinn, Lois Sexton,
Anita Howard, Elizabeth Blackshear,
Anne Thompson, Alice Reins, Mary
Reins, Jeanette Carroll, Marjorie Boggs,
Jean Chalmers, Frances Castleberry,
Helen Carson, Lois Walton, Elsie West,
Sarah Beaty Sloan, Dorothy Graham,
Becky Love, Annie Lee Crowell, Sara
McCain, Martha Marshall, Cora Kay
Hutchins, Alice Adams, Lelia Carson,
Grace Duggan, Flora MacGuire, Ruth
Slack, Carolyn Forman.

HOTEL CANDLER
Coffee Shop and
Dining Room

Co liege Co m m u n i ty
Fails to Appreciate
Valuable Paintings

An Agnes Scott painting, like
the poor prophet, is not without
honor save in its own country. Few
students stop to appreciate the
Dickinson portraits in the Buttrick
day student room although Mr.
Dickinson is one of the leading ar-
tists of today, having recently won
the Altman art prize. The portraits
of Miss Hopkins and former Presi-
dent Gaines in Main were painted
by the outstanding woman artist,
Sophonisba Hergerscheimer. And
the mystery picture which hangs in
a state of perpetual darkness, and
which has been the salvation of
many a tongue-tied date this
painting was purchased for the sum
of $2,000 and presented as a gift
to the college.

Treasurer of Y. W.
Announces Budget

A budget for $ 1275, one dollar
more than last year's, was presented
in chapel yesterday by Jean Barry Ad-
ams, treasurer of Y. W. C. A. The
budget is as follows:

I. Our missionary (Miss Em-

ily Winn) $ 500.00

(1936-1937)

II. Contacts with other asso-

ciations and student
training:

A. National Student Coun-
cil 180.00

B. World Student Christ-
ian Federation 25.00

C. Training for service
student conferences:

1. State Cooperation
Wesleyan conference 15.00

2. Ail-Southern Confer-
ference Blue Ridge_ 12 5.00

3. National training
National Student As-
sociation 50.00

D. Deputations to other
schools and colleges 5 0.00

III. Christian life in our cam-

pus, week of services in

spring 100.00

1 1 1 1- Special services for stu-
dents:

A. Student handbook, Sil-
houette, and other print-
ing 100.00

B. Reception for all occa-
sions 50.00

C. Committees, incidental
expenses, books, and
emergencies 80.00

Grand total $1275.00

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Faculty, Student Body Reveal
Impressions About Each Other

Taylor, Johnson, Stalker Give Sage Opinions About Freshmen ;
Faculty Heartily Approves of New Students; Teachers
Amaze Freshmen

By Jean Chalmers
There being four hundred eighty-
eight students and some forty-odd fac-
ulty members who are destined to
work together for the coming year, it
seemed nothing short of a mental in-
spiration to investigate and to discover
just exactly what everyone thought of
everyone else. A great inquiry was
launched, therefore, and the resulting
statistics are now revealed.

First of all we decided to find out
how the seniors liked the freshmen.
Alice Taylor, when questioned on the
matter, sighed and said, "They look
younger to me, but I guess it's because
I am getting old."

Then right behind Alice we sighted
Sarah (Have - You - Paid-Your-Bud-
get?) Johnson who didn't know ex-
actly what she thought of the new-
comers. After a moment's concentra-
tion, however, she said in her mercen-
ary manner that she liked them very
much they paid their budgets so
promptly.

Marie Stalker was very violent in
her outburst. "They are noisier than
our senior class, and we're pretty noisy
ourselves. They are wild creatures!
Last Sunday we went over to see them

Bible Class Elects

Freshmen Officers

The freshman Bible class, which is
taught by Dr. J. R. McCain, has elect-
ed the following officers: president,
Josephine Allen; vice-president,
Sophie Montgomery; secretary- treas-
urer, Ruth Slack; music chairman,
Julia Thiemonge. The class meets
every Sunday morning at 9:3 0 in Mr.
Johnson's studio.

Five Attend Meeting

Five Agnes Scott students repre-
senting foreign countries have been
invited to attend an international
meeting of the Rotary club November
2. Suzanne Audrain, Renee Gerard,
Tami Okamura, Peggy Everhart, and
Winifred Kellersberger will go. Wini-
fred is to give a brief talk.

and nearly got killed. We thought
we'd never get out of one room alive."

In order to give the poor fresh-
men a chance, we next turned to Mar-
jorie Boggs, who said she was amazed
by the faculty's talent for remember-
ing names. Then Georgia Hunt, hav-
ing absorbed a Webster vocabulary,
said very simply, when asked how the
faculty struck her, "They struck me
with a blow. I was mentally stifled
by the heights of learning which they
have attained."

We caught a few of the teachers
also. Miss Laura Colvin, assistant li-
brarian, seemed reluctant to commit
herself about the freshmen, but she
finally said, "They are nice looking
children."

Miss Harn said, "With the new ar-
rangements they did awfully well, but
then they probably didn't know they
were new."

Miss Jackson's remark you may in-
terpret to your own taste: "I think
they are very attractive so far."

Mr. Davidson, as usual, was in a
terrific hurry and was caught in the
middle of a cross-campus dash. Con-
fronted with the weighty question he
looked flustered and muttered, "Lis-
ten, here, I've got academic procession
in five minutes! What do I think of
the freshman class? " And hav-
ing left us to answer our own ques-
tion he dashed onward.

After all these veiled remarks Susie
Audrain, the French demoiselle, re-
vived our faith in the good-will of
the campus by her enthusiastic praise.
"The faculty? Oh, they are nice! They
are very near us, you know, like part
of the family. And the girls are so
friendly like I have known them for
years."

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THE AGONISTIC

Clubs Inaugurate
Fall Programs at
Opening Meetings

Blackfriars
Blackfriars met on Tuesday night,
October 6, to revise their constitution.

Noted Balloon Pilot

Lectures At Emory

German Club
The fall try-outs for German club
will be held this afternoon at 4
o'clock. The first formal meeting of
the year will be held on Wednesday
afternoon, October 21, in Lupton cot-
tage. This meeting will be in honor of
the new members, who are cordially
invited to attend and enjoy the Ger-
man games and songs.

Granddaughters Club
Granddaughters club, composed of
those girls whose mothers attended Ag-
nes Scott, held its first meeting of the
year on Friday afternoon at the alum-
nae house. The following new mem-
bers were welcomed: Cornelia Cole-
man, Penn Hammond, Carolyn For-
man, Ruth Slack, Jane Moses, Mary
McPhaul, Margaret Douglas, Ellen
Stuart, and Sara Matthews.

Spanish Club
The first meeting of the Spanish
club will be held next Friday after-
noon, October 16. This is to be an
out-of-door meeting which all mem-
bers are cordially invited to attend.
Fall try-outs for Spanish club will be
held on Friday afternoon, October 30,
at 4:3 0 o'clock; all Spanish students
are eligible.

Eta Sigma Phi
Eta Sigma Phi held a short business
meeting on Monday, October 5, for
the purpose of revising the constitu-
tion and electing new members. Miss
Narka Nelson, of the Latin depart-
ment, was made an honorary member.
Plans for the joint meeting with Em-
ory were discussed, also.

K. U. B.

K. U. B. is holding an informal bus-
iness and social meeting today.

Citizenship Club
The first meeting of Citizenship
club was held yesterday, October 14.
A guest speaker discussed the coming
presidential election.

International Relations
International Relations club met on
Tuesday afternoon, October 6. Miss
Elizabeth Fuller Jackson, associate pro-
fessor of history, discussed "Inside Eu-
rope" by John Gunther.

( hi Beta Phi Sigma
The first meeting of Chi Beta Phi
Sigma was held on Monday night, Oc-
tober S, in the chemistry lecture room.
The constitution of the club was re-
vised, and Professor Schuyler Christian
spoke on "Fundamental Physics. 99

B. O. Z.

B. O. Z. will meet on Friday night,
October 16, at 6:45 o'clock in the day
student room in Main. After-dinner
coffee w ill be served, and several mem-
bers of the club will read. Try-outs
for B. O. Z. are due by Monday, Oc-
tober 19.

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Theaters. Atlanta

Capt. O. A. Anderson Describes
Stratosphere Flight Friday

Captain Orvil A. Anderson, pilot of
stratosphere balloon "Explorer II," will
give an illustrated lecture on his rec-
ord-breaking ascent into the strato-
sphere at the Glenn Memorial audi-
torium of Emory University on Fri-
day, October 16, at 8:15 p. m. The
dramatic stratosphere flight which oc-
curred last November 11 at Rapid
City, South Dakota, and was spon-
sored by the United States Army and
the National Geographic Society, was
two miles higher than man had flown
before. It was made in a balloon two
and two-thirds acres in area, inflated
with helium gas, with the most varied
and complete technical equipment ever
assembled for such a purpose.

Captain Anderson will not only give
an account of the dangers and trials
of the eighty-hour trip and its pur-
pose and accomplishment, but will
show moving pictures of the techni-
cal instruments, the inflation and rise
of the balloon, and strange views of
the curvature of the earth as seen
from the record height.

This is the first of a series of lec-
tures under the auspices of the Stu-
dent Lecture association. Season tick-
ets for the six programs are priced at
$2.00; single admission to Captain An-
derson's illustrated talk is 75c.

Transfers Asked
To Supper Party
By Mortar Board

A supper hike for thirty-two trans-
fer students will be given by Mortar
Board tomorrow evening at 5 o'clock.
Miss Carrie Scandrett, Miss Louise
Hale, Miss Florence Smith, and Mr.
and Mrs. Philip Davidson, faculty ad-
visers, will chaperone the party.

Girls invited are: Suzanne Audrain,
Francina Bass, Eleanor Burns, Alice
Caldwell, Rachel Campbell, Frances
King, Margaret Lipscomb, Tami Oka-
mura, Marjorie Pressley, Samille Saye,
Evelyn Sears, Beatrice Sexton, Eliza-
beth Skinner, Grace Tazewell, Eliza-
beth Williams, Roline Adair, Ruth Al-
bion, Rosalind Arnold, Betty Aycock,
Julia Bell, Jean Codding, Virginia Hill,
Lenora Jones, Ann Pittard, Helen Rod-
gers, Helen Simpson, and Eleanor
Wilkinson.

Cotillion Receives
23 New Members

Members of Casts
Chosen for Stunts

Try-outs for the casts of the stunts
to be given on October 24 were held
in Bucher Scott gymnasium last week.
The following girls won parts in the
freshman stunt:

Hazel Solomon, Shirley Steele, Geor-
gia Hunt, Mary Reins, Betty Boor-
stein, Eugenia Bridges, Harriet Stim-
son, Margaret Christie, Betty Alder-
man, Ruth Eyles, Hazel Hirsch, Jean-
ette Carroll, Renee Gerard, Elizabeth
Davis, Louise Sullivan, Nell Moss, Nell
Pinner, Eloise McCall, Helen Carson.

Those members of the sophomore
stunt chosen by Saturday include
Elizabeth Galbreath, Amelia Nickels,
Tony Newton, Kitty Caldwell, Anne
Purnell, Cora Kay Hutchins, Cather-
ine Ivie, Beryl Spooner. Practices be-
gan yesterday.

REPORTERS

Nell Allison, Alice Cheeseman, Gid-
dy Erwin, Nell Hemphill, Carol Hale,
Cora Kay Hutchins, Sarah Johnson,
Douglas Lyle, Frances Lee, Regina
Hurwitz, Julia Sewell, Mary Willis,
Mamie Lee Ratliff, Selma Steinbach,
Anne Purnell, Marie Merritt, Alice
Reins, Myrl Chafin, Louise Young,
Mary Frances Kennedy, Henrietta
Blackwell, Primrose Noble.

Business Assistants: Rachel Kenne-
dy, Emmy Lou Turck, Jeanne Flynt.

Annual try-outs for Cotillion club
resulted in the admission last week of
twenty-three new members: Elinor
Wilkinson, Betty Aycock, Jean Chal-
mers, Elizabeth Warren, Marie Stal-
ker, Mary Kneale, Helen Kirkpatrick,
Francina Bass, Martha Marshall, Grace
Tazewell, Frances Abbot, Nancy
Moorer, Susan Bryan, Tony Newton,
Miriam Sanders, Rose Northcross, Dor-
othy Jester, Helen Moses, Rebecca Mc-
Ree, Frances Robinson, Kay Kennedy,
Catherine Ivie, and Charlotte Golden.

Miriam Sanders, Mary Perry, Nell
Hemphill, Jean Kirkpatrick, and Ruby
Hutton played for the try-outs.

MORTAR BOARD RECEPTION

OPENS CANDLER BUILDING

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Scott. Prizes such as the Silhouette
cup, the Athletic Association health
cup, and the Agonistic class contest
cup will also be placed in the building.

The formal dedication of the Mur-
phey Candler building is expected to
take place some time in November.
The date depends upon the time when
Mrs. Candler, widow of the late trus-
tee, can be present. Mr. Candler, for
whom the building is named, died in
August, 193 5; he was a member of the
original board of trustees.

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Sophomores Have

Masquerade Party

Contests, Dancing and Amateur
Hour Provide Entertainment

Class Competition
To Mark Opening
Of Hockey Season

Mystery and gaity reigned jointly
at the freshman masquerade party
given by the sophomores under the di-
rection of Caroline Carmichael in the
Bucher Scott gymnasium Saturday
night, October 10. Clusters of blue
and yellow balloons, the colors of the
respective classes, hanging at intervals
in the gymnasium, and rosy apples,
dangling on strings, provided decora-
tions. The latter were useful as well
as ornamental; masqueraders profi-
cient in the art of biting the anything-
but-stationary tid-bits were rewarded
with the apples they bit.

Further entertainment, arranged by
Anne Purnell and her committee, con-
sisted of alley-tag, a costume contest,
an amateur program, and a dancing
contest. Those who took part on the
amateur program were Sara McCain,
Virginia Tumlin, Mary Elizabeth
Moss, Mary Eleanor Steele, Emmy Lou
Turck, and four unknown freshmen
picked at random for impromptu per-
formances.

The winners in the costume contest
were Frances Abbot and Betty Jones,
cutest costumes; Mary Kate Burruss,
most realistic costume. Those who
were awarded prizes for the best danc-
ing were Jane Moses and Caroline For-
man.

The awesome Sophomore Commis-
sion then appeared to terrify the fresh-
men. In solemn tones the following
list of "Rat Rules" was read:

(1) Each freshman must cut bangs
to the bridge of her nose.

(2) Each freshman must wear no
make-up on one side.

(3) Each freshman must wear all
clothes wrong-side out, with no belts.

(4) Each freshman must carry all
books in tin pails.

(5) Due to the N. R. A. "No
Ratting Allowed" law at Agnes
Scott, and since it would be to the

Inter-class hockey competition w ill
begin this Friday afternoon at 5:30,
, when the seniors play the freshmen
land the junior team meets the sopho-
more. Miss Llewellyn Wilburn, head
of the physical education department,
(will referee the games. Hockey man-
agers are: Alice Taylor, school head;
Mary Johnson, senior; Elizabeth
Blackshear, junior; Jeanne Flynt, soph-
omore; and Frances Abbot, freshman.

The week following the first hockey
games is the date set for the junior
horse show, which will take place at
the Biltmore riding academv on Octo-
ber 24 under auspices of the Tallulah
Falls Young Matrons Circle. Jennie
Champion, '3 J, will be among the rid-
ers in the show, as well as several other
Agnes Scott girls whose names have
not yet been announced.

The first try-outs for the swimming
club took place Monday afternoon at
4:3 0 and will last throughout the
week. Results of the try-outs will be
announced next week by Bee Merrill,
swimming manager. Requirements for
membership in this club have been
posted on the bulletin board in the
gymnasium and in the pool room.

best interests of all concerned, the
rules just read will not be enforced or
obeyed. However, to unite the fresh-
men and to give the other students a
chance to associate each freshman's
name with her face, placards, with her
first name to be worn on the front
and last name to be worn on the back,
will be required of each freshman.

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Black Cat

Stunt

Saturday
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VOL. XXII

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1936

NO. 3

Current History Forum Plans Classes Complete
Campus Presidential Election plans for Stunts

Little, Gilroy, Fairly To Conduct
Campaigns For Candidates
Of Three Parties

Poll Tax Paid By Students

The Current History Forum will
sponsor a campus presidential election
on November 3, when the students
and faculty will register and vote for
the national candidate whom they pre-
fer. This will be the third such elec-
tion which has been conducted on the
campus, 45 0 people having registered
and voted in the school primary of
1932.

Chairman for the Republican party
is Florence Little; while Nellie Mar-
garet Gilroy will conduct the cam-
paign for the Socialists, and Mary Lil-
lian Fairly for the Democrats. The
chairmen will make campaign speeches
for their respective candidates on spe-
cified days, at which times voters are
urged to register. There will be a poll
tax of one cent.

The following oath, a parady of the
real one, will be taken by each voter:
"I do swear or affirm that I am a citi-
zen of the United States, that I am 15
years of age . . .; that I have been a
member of the Agnes Scott commun-
ity for at least one month preceding
the date of this oath; that I have paid
all taxes which have been required of
me; that I have the qualifications of
an elector, and that I am not disen-
franchised from voting by any reason
of any offense against the laws of the
state or the college."

Chairmen will nominate their can-
didates at a primary held in chapel Fri-
day morning.

Emergency Meet to
Aid Cause of Peace

An emergency peace program led
by Dr. Samuel Chiles Mitchell and
Dr. Clovis Chappel will be given Oc-
tober 2 8 at the Grace Methodist
church, 45 8 Ponce de Leon Avenue.
The all-day program consists of three
sessions: morning, 10 to 12; afternoon,
3:30 to 5; and evening, 7:30 to 9.
Luncheon, which will be 5 0 cents, will
be served from 12:30 to 2 p. m.

The four-fold purpose of the At-
lanta emergency peace campaign is:
To keep the United States from going
to war and to achieve world peace by
strengthening pacific alternatives to
armed conflicts, effecting political
and economic changes essential to jus-
tice and peace, uniting all organiza-
tions and persons actively opposed to
war, and acquainting peace-minded
people with the programs and policies
of peace organizations.

Further information may be ob-
tained from Rev. Robert Burns, pas-
tor of the Peachtree Christian church.

Another meeting has been planned
for February 2 8 with Bishop Paul
Kern as one of the speakers.

lihickfriars, BOZ
Will Hold Contest
For One-Act Play

To foster interest in playwriting
on the campus as another type of
artistic expression, Blackfriars and
BOZ are sponsoring a one-act play
contest, the entries of which are
due February 1, 1937. The winning
play will be presented in chapel.

Plays will be judged on the basis
of unity, characterization, dialogue,
and success in giving either the
comic or tragic effect. Books on
writing plays may be found in the
library.

Mme. Caro-Delvaille,
Acclaimed Speaker,
To Visit on Campus

Wife of Famous French Artist
To Discuss Foreign Colleges
At Joint Meeting

Madame Aline Caro-Delvaille, for-
mer French official lecturer of 1927-
1928, and general lecturer of 193 5,
will be the guest speaker at a special
meeting of the French club on
Wednesday, November 4, at 8:00 p.
m. in the chapel.

Madame Caro-Delvaille, the wife of
a well-known Parisian artist, comes to
Agnes Scott by courtesy of the Atlan-
ta branch of the Alliance Francaise.
The members of the Alliance gave
preference to Agnes Scott because
Madame Caro-Delvaille desired par-
ticularly to speak to college students,
with a view to attracting them to the
French universities. All students of
Emory University, Georgia Tech, and
Oglethorpe University who are inter-
ested in French culture are to be in-
vited to the lecture.

Various entertainments are planned
for Madame Caro-Delvaille, the first
of which will be the general reception
following the lecture, where she will
talk to any students interested in the
study of French or in attending school
in France. She is also to be enter-
tained by the college in the Anna
Young alumnae house, and on Wednes-
day evening will be the guest of Dean
Nannette Hopkins at dinner at Rebc-
kah Scott dining hall.

Madame Caro-Delvaille is traveling
throughout North America on an ex-
tended lecture tour which began the
first of October. Under the patron-
age of the Alliance groups, she has al-
ready visited northern New York,
Canada, and Massachusetts. Toward
the latter part of October she is to
leave for California by way of the
South, visiting the groups of Pennsyl-
vania, North and South Carolina,
Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, and
Arizona. She plans to arrive in Cali-
fornia in early November and to stay
in the West until February, visiting
northern California, Oregon, Wash-
ington, and later British Columbia.

Freshman Cabinet

For Y. W. Is Chosen

Sixteen girls, eleven boarders and
five day students, were chosen from
the freshman class to form the fresh-
man Y. W. C. A. cabinet for this
year. Betty Hollis, vice-president of
Y. W. C. A., as adviser of the group,
announced the membership consisting
of the following:

Frances Abbot, Margaret Barnes,
Marjorie Boggs, Ruth Crisp, Margaret
Currie, Nell Echols, Carolyn Forman,
Pcnn Hammond, Bryant Holsenbeck,
Mary Matthews, Martha Moffett, So-
phie Montgomery, Katherine Patton,
Ruth Slack, Henrietta Thompson, and
Grace Ward.

One of the chief projects of the
cabinet, that of the freshman hobby
groups, will be presented to the fresh
men at a meeting today.

On the day following the announce-
ment of the selection, the members of
the cabinet joined the freshman Y. M.
C. A. cabinet of Georgia Tech in a
weincr roast at Stone Mountain.

Y. W. Has Open House

Y. W. C. A. invites all students to
its open house every Sunday afternoon
from 3 to 5 p. m. in the Y. W. C. A.
room. Cary Wheeler is in charge.

As Contest Nears

Julia Thing

With freshman and sophomore stunt
casts completed, judges chosen, com-
mittees functioning, and cheer leaders
holding pep meetings, opposing classes
are completing preparation for the
impending struggle. Meanwhile the
black cat looks smugly from side to
side.

Those of the sophomores who will
enter the actual contest are: Lib Gal-
breath, Amelia Nickels, Tony New-
ton, Kitty Caldwell, Catherine Ivie,
Lib Williams, Peggy Willis, Cora Kay
Hutchins, Beryl Spooner, Anne Pur-
nell, Alice Adams, Hadyn Sanford,
Ella Hunter Mallard, Estelle Cuddy,
Mary Hollingsworth, Flora MacGuire,
Virginia Tumlin, Phyllis Johnson, Jane
Carithers, Kay Kennedy, Mutt Fite,
Eleanor Tyler, Mary Pennel Simonton,
Jeanne Flynt, Mary Wells McNeill,
Mary Eleanor Steele, Josie Larkin,
Virginia Hill. Cheer leaders for the
sophomores are Alice Cheeseman and
Caroline Carmichael, with Marie Stal-
ker and Rachel Kennedy, seniors, aid-
ing them.

Freshman Cast

The cast for the freshman stunt in-
cludes: Shirley Steele, Georgia Hunt,
Hazel Solomon, Mary Reins, Eugenia
Bridges, Martha Leipold, Winston
Steele, Betty Boorstein, Jeannette Car-
roll, Hazel Hirsch, Lois Sexton, Rcnee
Gerard, Betsy Banks, Ruth Eyles,
Helen Carson, Harriet Stimson, Sara
Lee, Mildred Joseph, Gretchen Buben-
zer, Eloise Lennard, Margaret Christie,
Eloise McCall, Eva Gary Copeland,
Sophie LaBorde, Polly Ware, Nell
Moss, Margaret Flopkins, Nell Pinner,
Fouch Brinton, Margaret Currie, Eliz-
abeth Davis, Ruth Crisp, Jean Wil-
liams. Freshman and junior cheer lead-
ers are Mickey Warren, Nell Echols,
Mary Venetia Smith, and Bee Merrill.

Judges are Miss Carrie Scandrett,
the freshman choice; and Miss Louise
Hale, the sophomore choice.

Miss Hanley to Attend
Southeastern Meeting

Miss Edna Hanley, head of the li-
brary staff of Agnes Scott, will attend
the conference of the Southeastern Li-
brary Association which will be held
at Grove Park Inn, Asheville, North
Carolina, October 2 8-30. Representa-
tives from libraries all over the South
will attend the conference to discuss
and consider major problems of li-
brary work.

Stuart Chase Will Lecture
At Agnes Scott November 13

Miss Gaylord Will
Speak to Seniors
At Annual Service

Ruth Runyan, Class Mascot, Will
Lead Procession in Chapel
On November 7

Assistant Professor Leslie Gaylord,
a senior class sponsor, will deliver the
address at the traditional investiture
ceremony to be held on November 7
in Gaines chapel. Ruth Runyan, three-
year-old daughter of Mr. Ernest Hock-
ing Runyan, acting associate professor
of biology, will serve as class mascot,
and will lead the procession of sopho-
mores dressed in white and seniors in
academic robes. Dean Nannette Hop-
kins will perform the capping cere-
mony.

Investiture, which was begun in
1908, is a ceremony unique to Agnes
Scott and is one of the most revered
traditions of the college. At this time
members of the senior class appear for
the first time as a group wearing the
academic gown. As each senior re-
ceives her cap from Miss Hopkins, she
is invested by the college with the full
privilege and dignity of seniorhood.

'Tittle Girl Day," on which the sen-
iors will for the last time don hair
ribbons and short dresses, will be ob-
served on Friday, November 6. This
occasion is also traditional to the sen-
ior class and is observed annually on
the day before investiture.

L. Young Named
Y.W.C.A. Secretary

Louise Young was elected secretary
of Y. W. C. A. for 1936-1937 as a
result of the vote of the student body
in student meeting on October 15.
The election was held to fill the va-
cancy in Y. W. C. A. cabinet left by
Carolyn Elliot, who was chosen secre-
tary in the spring elections, but who
did not return to Agnes Scott.

Louise's home is Soochow, China,
where her parents are missionaries. Al-
though she was a member of last year's
freshman class, she now has junior
standing because of her work during
the summer and of several hours to-
ward her degree which she received in
China before entering Agnes Scott.

A. Palmour To Make
Extended Field Trip

Miss Alberta Palmour, alumnae
field secretary of Agnes Scott, left
Sunday, October 18, for a two weeks
tour of North Carolina in the inter-
ests of the college. She will speak to
the students in many schools about
Agnes Scott, and will show the movies
of its college life.

On Wednesday, October 2 8, Miss
Carrie Scandrett, assistant dean, will
join Miss Palmour at Charlotte and
will accompany her on the rest of her
tour. They will meet with alumnae
groups in Charlotte, Winston-Salem,
Asheville, and Hendersonville, and
will return November 4.

Miss Palmour will speak at schools
in Raleigh, Rocky Mountain, Golds-
boro, Fayetteville, Southern Pines,
Rockingham, Hamlet, Salisbury,
Statesville, Concord, Monroe, and
Greensboro.

Dr. Stewart Talks Here

Lecture Association Sponsors
As First Speaker of Year
Noted Economist

Tickets To Be Usual Prices

Stuart Chase, economist and author,
will come to Agnes Scott on Novem-
ber 1 3 as the first speaker presented
this year by the Public Lecture Asso-
ciation. Called the most sought-after
speaker in the country today, Mr.
Chase is also known as the writer of
such books as Mexico: A Study of
Two Americas, and Rich Man, Poor
Man, the reading of which one critic
says should be required of all college
students. A meeting of the Georgia
Academy of Sciences and a debate with
Cambridge, both scheduled for No-
vember 13, have been postponed by
Professor Arthur Raper and Pi Alpha
Phi in order to enable more people to
hear Mr. Chase.

"The End of An Epoch" is the sub-
ject of the lecture which Stuart Chase
has been requested to give. In this lec-
ture he deals with the "impact of the
technical arts and goes on to somewhat
greater lengths to discuss the break-
down of traditional capitalism, the ex-
ploded saving-spending formula and
why we are now in a great transition
period akin to the period three centur-
ies ago when feudalism was giving way
to private capitalism."

Student tickets will be sold at the
usual rate of 50 cents for unreserved
seats and 75 cents for reserved. Gen-
eral admission will be 75 cents for un-
reserved seats and $1.00 for reserved.

The Lecture Association, which is
responsible for the appearance of Mr.
Chase, has for its student members
this year Charline Fleece, president;
Frances Wilson, Mary Jane Tigert,
Nell Hemphill, Anne Purnell, Mary
Malone, Jane Turner, Margaret Wat-
son, and Zoe Wells. Faculty represen-
tatives are Associate Professor Laney,
Associate Professor Hale, Assistant
Professor Christie, and Professors
Stukes, Christian, and Davidson.

Opera Star Opens
Music Club Series

The concert of Lotte Lehman, the
leading soprano of the Vienna Staat-
soper, Covent Garden, and the Metro-
politan Opera Company, opened last
week the series of the Atlanta Music
Club, which, with the all-star concert
series, will fill the winter and spring
with musical programs.

Miss Lehman presented selections
from Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert,
Wagner, and Schumann, closing her
program with a group of modern songs
by Gretchaninoff, Rachmaninoff, Ba-
logh, and Worth.

Following the presentation of the
famed soprano, the music club will
bring to the city: Roth's String Quar-

(Continucd on page 4, column 1)

Dr. Don Stewart, of England and
Chapel Hill, will speak tomorrow
morning at chapel.

Dr. McCain Will Fly
Back to Atlanta for
Black Cat Contest

In order not to miss the Black
Cat 'stunt, Dr. McCain is doing in
ten hours what he might have done
in four days. Fie plans to fly back
to Atlanta Saturday morning from
Denver, Colorado, where he will be
attending the third in a scries of
regional meetings of the Associa-
tion of American Colleges.

Dr. McCain left yesterday morn-
ing by plane for Chicago, flying
from there to Denver.

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Your Building Awaits You;
How Will You Treat it?

We've had a chapel; we've had a gymnasium;
we've acquired a new library; we've had class-
rooms with modern equipment ; the faculty have
had offices; but never before has Agnes Scott
had a building devoted entirely to student activi-
ties. This week the Murphey Candler building
will go into use to serve the purposes of unifying
student activity and providing convenient and
comfortable meeting places for student organi-
zations. This is not a part of a new deal at Ag-
nes Scott ; it is merely another step in the policy
of constant and consistent progress that has pre-
vailed in the development of the college from the
time of its founding.

The president of Mortar Board, Fannie B. Har-
ris, has been designated authority in the use and
care of the Murphey Candler building, but the
building belongs to the student body. Besides
this privilege of proud possession we have the
privilege of caring for it with the thoughtfulness
it deserves. The way in which we use it will in-
dicate the amount of appreciation we feel in hav-
ing a building all our own.

A Simplified Stunt Means
Additional Benefits for All

Progress should imply growth, but this growth
should never become uncontrolled. In keeping
with the policy of progress of Agnes Scott and
at the same time avoiding any semblance of un-
controlled growth, it seems that the current
movement toward a simplification of the Black
Cat contest should be heartily endorsed by the
students.

Former steps toward simplification of the
stunt have centered chiefly around the financing
of the project, the twenty-dollar limit of expen-
diture being imposed to avoid extravagance. In
its earlier days the stunt was presented on a
much smaller basis in Gaines chapel; with the
acquisition of the new Bucher Scott gymnasium,
however, the stunts became more elaborate; and
more and more time, money, and effort were
spent on them, often to the detriment of the two
classes involved.

If the limits of progress are to be overstepped,
a general simplification of the entire plan limit-
ing preparation of the stunts to a minimum, lim-
iting the expense to a sum always easily con-
trolled, and completing t he entire Black Cat pro-
gram early in the fall quarter ought to be
adopted so as to give real benefit to the scheme
without permitting it to be over-valued. Already
some steps are being taken to this end. The
sophomores this year planned their program
after school opened rather than before, as in
other years; and as a result the two classes com-
pete on a more even basis. The secrecy and gen-
eral spirit of contest surrounding the stunt might
indicate that an early completion of the entire
scheme would enable the students to concentrate
on more academic matters sooner.

The Preface to Peasantry, by Arthur
E. Raper, acting professor of sociol-
ogy at Agnes Scott; University of
North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill,
N. C, 1936. S3. 50. Reviewed by
Brooks Spivey.

Unusually significant in view of the
interest of the past few years in stabil-
izing and raising economic conditions
and in establishing a workable plan
for future progress is The Preface to
Peasantry. Along the lines of such in-
terests Mr. Raper presents in his book
the specific weaknesses of the southern
farming system and suggests lines of
improvement and rebuilding.

The Preface to Peasantry demon-
strates, from actual investigations in
Greene and Macon Counties of Geor-
gia, two typical Black Belt districts,
the collapse of the plantation system
through its own weaknesses; and at-
tempts to show the advisability of
abolishing rather than rejuvenating
this system to restore farming pros-
perity. In the ancient system now fol-
lowed, land is owned by the few and
worked by the many, either as tenants,
share-croppers, or wage-hands, under
control of the land-owning group.
Under such a system, Mr. Raper con-
tends, land and man's relation to it
are emphasized rather than man and
the land's relation to his needs and
progress. As a result poverty and de-
pendence abound in a country where
independent ownership could furnish
an abundance for all. With succinct
clarity the book traces the devastation
and poverty among the dependent,
non-owning class of farmers in Macon
and Greene Counties, where the aver-
age yearly income is often as low as
$301.26 for a white family of five
people and $150.74 for a negro family
of the same size.

Characteristic of the poverty-ridden
system is race prejudice which, states
Mr. Raper, penalizes the whites as
well as the Negroes because "since the
plantation system forces white tenants
and Negro tenants into competition,
there is but little possibility of either
group rising unless both rise." Race
discrimination is reflected in eco-
nomic, political, and racial barriers,
and in the allocation of school funds
in such a way that Negro schools
struggle along in hopelessly inadequate
shacks, spending $2.8 5 per pupil year-
ly as against $58.30 per white pupil
in Macon County. As a result of dis-
crimination the white and Negro child
are separated from the first by "the
assumption of innate difference." Such
innate difference will not be ques-
tioned, says Mr. Raper, "so long as the
two races go in opposite directions to

Club News

Pen and Brush Club
Pen and Brush club will meet to-
morrow evening, October 22, at 7
o'clock in the Murphey Candler build-
ing. The new members will be elected
at this time. Also, a vice-president
will be elected to replace Carolyn El-
liot who did not return to college this
year.

Pof.tr y Club
Poetry club met on Tuesday night,
October 20, at Miss Laney's apart-
ment. Members of the club read their
poems, and fall try-outs were dis-
cussed.

N. S. F. A.
Members of the N. S. F. A. discus-
sion group met on Tuesday afternoon,
October 20, for a discussion of the cut
system.

Eta Sigma Phi
Eta Sigma Phi initiated Elsie Black-
stone and Zoe Wells last week. On
Monday evening, October 26, at 7:30
o'clock, Ex-Governor Slaton will speak
to a joint meeting of the Emory Uni-
versity and Agnes Scott College chap-
ters of Eta Sigma Phi. All classical
students at Agnes Scott are invited to
attend.

recite their arithmetic tables, their
reading lessons, their creeds about a
loving Heavenly Father, their inten-
tion to emulate a Jesus who called no
man common or unclean."

Referring to efforts to resolve the
impasse of ambitionless tenants and
almost unattainable land ownership,
Mr. Raper points out that "neither
the Negro nor the white man can be
expected to devote himself whole-
heartedly to the maintenance and im-
provement of social and economic con-
ditions until he is made to feel that he
is a responsible part of the commun-
ity."

Improvement specifically, the book
concludes, involves economic reorgani-
zation to increase incomes and foster
independence not to revitalize the
outworn system, but to use the land
to serve the people who live on it.
With such a policy, human standards
of comfort in homes, schools, and per-
sonal relationship could be maintained.

Characterized by statistical analysis
and scientific fairness, The Preface to
Peasantry presents a graphic account
of present conditions .and a stimula-
ting conjecture as to the future and
its needs. Unflagging in interest, it is
a significant warning of our impend-
ing entrance into medieval peasantry
a warning that cannot be ignored
and should, if the essential fineness of
the book may be taken as indicative,
prove effective.

New attractions on the bookshelves:
Man The Unknown, by Alexis Carrel

(Harpers, New York, 1935).
Deep Dark River, by Robert Rylee

(Farrar and Rinehart, New York,

1935).

Not Built With Hands, by Helen C.
White (MacMillan & Co., London,

1935) .

The Mo l ies On Trial: The views and
opinions of outstanding personali-
ties anent screen entertainment past
and present, compiled and edited
by W. I. Perlman (MacMillan, New
York, 193 6).

The Anatomy of Personality, by H.
W. Haggard, M. D., and Clements
Fry, M. D. (Harper, New York,

1936) .

Alumnae News

Alumnae of Agnes Scott are en-
gaged in varied, interesting, and con-
structive activities.

Catherine Bates, '36, is now direc-
tor of religious education at the First
Baptist church of Norfolk, Virginia.

Rosalyn Crispin, '3 5, is working in
the complaint department of Sears-
Roebuck.

Mary Ames, '34, is studying at the
University of Texas Medical School.

Mildred Hooten, '3 3, is librarian at
the Darlington, S. C, high school. She
was assistant in the library at Agnes
Scott for a year.

Marguerite Morris, '34, is doing spe-
cial work in library science at the
University of North Carolina.

Dorothea Blackshear, '3 5, is now
with the WPA. She is in charge of
the recreation division in Decatur.

Ann Coffee, '36, is studying at
Washington University in St. Louis.

Tibby Bacthke, '3 6, is laboratory
assistant in the medical school at the
University of Georgia.

Ann Martin, '36, is teaching at St.
Mary's school, near Sewanee, Tennes-
see.

Alice McCallie, '3 6, is teaching his-
tory and arithmetic in the Girls' Prc-
paratury School, in Chattanooga, Ten-
nessee.

Senior Co Pfee S u <l a \

Martha Summers, president of the
senior class; Eloisa Alexander, vice-
president; and Dorothy Jester, secre-
tary, will serve coffee in the tea house
next Sunday for the seniors and their
quests. Each senior is invited to bring
one underclassman.

The international committee for non-interven-
tion in the Spanish war, which convened recently
in London, is a real effort of European powers to
prevent the spreading of the flame of war from
Spain. Twenty-seven embassies and legations are
I represented in this neutral gathering. Notably
I absent is Portugal, Spain's next door neighbor.
Even the usually strong influence of Great Brit-
ain in Portugal has not sufficed to make that
country sign the neutrality pact. Notably pres-
ent, on the other hand, have been Germany and
Italy, whose neutrality is questionable.

The most dangerous aspect of the meetings at
London has been the presentation by Russia of a
note threatening withdrawal from the neutrality
agreement if the Fascist powers do not cease aid-
ing the Spanish insurgents. Russia has present-
ed definite charges against Germany and Italy
specifying the form which Fascist aid to the reb-
els has taken and naming the dates and places on
which supplies for the Whites have been landed
by these powers in Spain. (The alleged interven-
tion of the Fascist countries is credible, if not in
fact proved ; and the sympathies of Italy and
Germany are surely with the White forces, who
have declared that they will give General Franco
absolute authority in the event of their winning
the war. This would be equivalent to a dictator-
ship such as that of Hitler or Mussolini.) Wheth-
er Russia's note to the committee was an ultima-
tum that might be followed by Russian interven-
tion in the war, or whether it was merely an idle
threat that would not be backed by force, was
not known in London.

Is a great European conflict, then, liable to
grow from Spain's civil war? The sentiment of
the stronger powers is, apparently at least,
against it. While there may be a similarity be-
tween 1914 and the present time in the align-
ment of country after country with the two sides,
still there was no such general organization for
the neutrality then as the present international
committee for non-intervention. In it and its sin-
cerity of purpose, the peoples of Europe hope.

Jaw Breakers

To be or not to be; that is the question
whether 'tis nobler of the mouth to suffer
the pulling and grinding in the dentist's chair
or to take up arms against these torturings
and by opposing end them.
Thus have many of the "shyning lyghts" of
the campus (to be Chaucerian), been soliloquiz-
ing for the past few days. The recent wholesale
exodus of students to that modern guillotine, the
dentist's office, is either due to the prevalence of
the "she was the belle of the ball until she
opened her mouth or sat down at the piano"
propaganda or to the belief that one pain coun-
teracts another. For example, one yank on the
part of the dentist cancels the terrific pain caused
by a fourth 'T don't know" in the same period
and incidentally to the same questioning profes-
sor. Whatever the cause, Isabel McCain, in spite
of the international currency controversy, defi-
antly (even to the point of being campused) con-
tinues to allow large quantities of gold to be de-
posited in her oral cavity. Heedless of King
Midas' tragic denouement she spurns the amal-
gom fillings which prohibit Julia Thing from
joining in the aquatic sports of the campus. The
latter's tooth puller-and-filler (mostly filler) has
carefully warned her that she, upon entering the
water, will sink. It was bad enough when our lit-
tle (two diamonds) Julia had weighty problems
on her mind, but now with heavy fillings in her
mouth one really becomes skeptical over her
chances of survival.

Alice Hannah is certainly taking her little or-
deal more seriously than the rest. So anxious is
she to accomplish the smile of health that, after
having been thoroughly ground by one of said
tortures, she immediately takes her weary way
to another. Alice, democratic president that she
is, firmly believes in and adheres to the check
and balance system. Just to show Blackfriars
what talent they have overlooked, Miss Hannah
the other day in that perilous seat commonly
known as the dentist chair exhibited her dra-
matic technique by swooning in a fashion which
would have made Tennyson's "Airy-Fairy Lil-
lian" turn green with envy.

Marie Stalker is giving Alice some keen com-
petition in the seriousness with which she brush-
es her teeth twice a year and sees her dentist
twice a day. Such an eager student is Marie that
-he. waked by the crack of dawn, is parked on
the dentist's doorstep (figuratively speaking) at
8 o'clock in the morning. One is inclined to think
that she actually revels in being a marytr to the
cause.

The fond mutual dream of each of these cul-
prits is to see her dentist in another dentist's
chair.

THE AGONISTIC

Agonistic Recalls
Youthful Days of
Dignified Seniors

Class of '37 Is Reminded of
Once Innocent Freshman
Activities

The reading of a bound copy of the
Agonistic for 193 3-4 has brought to
light a most startling truth. The mem-
bers of the senior class, on the very-
eve of investiture, are rudely remind-
ed that once they too were freshmen
and such freshmen!

The present efficient business man-
ager of the Agonistic, for example, be-
gan her career as a lowly goal guard
on the freshman hockey team, and on
the last line of the last column of the
last page of many an issue of the
time-honored weekly one still can find
the eloquent record preserved for pos-
terity: K. Bowen, g. g.

Brooks Spivey, now treasurer of Pi
Alpha Phi and varsity debater, wasted
no time, but tried out for Pi Alpha
the first thing. She did well to gain
admission with her first efforts, be-
cause she was debating under real dif-
ficulty. "I thought Mr. Hayes was
the electrician," she explains, "and I
was afraid he would turn out the
tights before I got through."

Frances Cary distinguished herself
by being made proctor in Inman; Lu-
cile Dennison studied history in the
library (Murphey Candler building to
you) every day instead of going to
lunch. "I thought people were sup-
posed to do their history," she con-
fesses. And Alice Taylor, following
instructions given by upperclassmen,
slammed down her window, wrapped
a wet towel about her head, seized a
water bucket in the hall, and dashed
madlv downstairs for her first fire-
drill.'

The class as a whole achieved one
triumph at least. It intimidated Mr.
Davidson. "But," records Giddy Gos-
sip, "he sensed the murderous thoughts
permeating his freshman history oass.
Wisely he stayed away and let an in-
nocent by-stander break the fearful
test to his class."

Tearing lest the trials of college
might have disillusioned the young
ones, the Agonistic made a valiant ef-
fort to restore confidence in human
nature with an editorial explaining the
reality of Santa Claus. "You might
as well not believe in fairies," the
freshmen were admonished, and so,
with their faith unimpaired, they went
bravely on and at last find themselves
"on the threshold looking out."

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other night, that her work began at
7 a. m. and ended around 10:30 p. m.,
we suggested that she must have the
temperament of an angel to stand it.
But she shook her head and said that
she really liked her work because, with
people coming and going, something
was happening all the time. However,
we suspected that our former sugges-
tion had some truth in it, for here we
were at five minutes to eleven on the
last and busiest day of the week, rap-
idly firing questions at our new tea
house hostess, and she was answering
them with the greatest composure
imaginable.

"Everything is much cheaper this
year," she said. "There is a special
lunch for twenty-five cents, special
steak dinners on Monday nights, and
chicken dinners as a Friday night fea-
ture. Also," she continued, "I am
working on some special sandwiches
for girls who prefer not to dress on
Wednesday night."

Mrs. Kerrison admitted that she
took great pride in her home-cooked
soups and special breakfast combina-
tions, and stated that she could pre-
pare banquets or parties for any num-
ber with any type of menu wished.

After all this talk about food, we
suddenly found ourselves famished and
so we sat down to eat.

Last week-end: Ola Kelly went
home; Mamie Lee Ratliff accompanied
Jeanne Redwine to Fayetteville. Susan
Goodwyn went to Newnan; Samille
Saye visited at the University of Geor-
gia; Tommy Ruth Blackmon went to
Cartersville with Martha Peek Brown;
Martha Johnson went home; Dot Cab-
iness went to Columbus; Mary Hol-
lingsworth, Carolyn Carmichael, and
Julia Porter went home with Cary
Wheeler; Mary Eleanor Steele went to
Elberton with Phyllis Johnson; Pau-
line Moss went to Royston; Charlotte
Newman and Joyce Roper went to
Spartanburg; and Sara Groves and
Mary Lang Gill went to Byromville.

Among those present at the fresh-
man-sophomore med dance Friday
night were: Susan Bryan, Rachel
Kennedy, Bee Merrill, Mary Smith,
and others.

Virginia Stephens, Martha Peek
Brown, and Rachel Kennedy attended
the Beta Theta Pi dance last Saturday
night.

Harry Graham of Greenville, S. C,
visited Catharine Ivie this week-end.

Mary Willis had as visitors this
week-end, Jefforey Moore and Walker
Harper of Davidson.

Those present at the social given by
the Decatur Baptist church were:

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Four hundred and twelve students
have signed up for their annual pic-
tures which Elliot's studio has been
taking October 12-24. Seniors are
having two poses in their academic
robes and three in drapes; while other
students have three poses in drapes.

The pictures are being taken in the
parlor across from Miss Hopkins' of-
fice. Elliot's studio also took the pic-
tures for last year's annual.

Ruth Crisp, Louise Baily, and Jean
Flint.

Frances Robinson's brother was
here for the G. M. A. game.

Martha Alice Green went on a steak
supper Thursday night.

Jeanne Matthews entertained at her
home for the Outing Club.

Ruth Slack, Strat Sloan, Mirian
Sanders, and others attended the Pi
K. A. dance at Emory Friday night.

Mette Williamson, Strat Sloan, and
Charlotte Golden attended the Anak
dance at Tech Saturday night.

Isabel Richardson and Mary Belle
Weir went to the Theta Kappa Psi
dance Friday night.

Anne Purnell attended an Anak
dance Saturday night.

Mrs. Gray and J. C. Rowe visited
Sara Gray this week-end.

Mrs. Hutchins spent Saturday night
with Eleanor Hutchins.

Eloise Lennard is going to the S. A.
E. house at Emory Saturday night.

Frances Morgan and Carolyn Du-
Pree went to open house at Brenau.

Classes Held for
Future Members
OJ Outing Club

First Aid, Fire-Building, Nature,
Outdoor Cooking To Be
Subjects Taught

Instruction classes for entrance into
the outing club will begin October 29
under the direction of Virginia Wat-
son, president of the organization.
Girls wishing to join the club will
study first aid, fire-building, week-
end planning, outdoor cooking, and
nature.

A committee of Miss Llewellyn
Wilburn, Virginia Watson, and Mar-
tha Long has started plans for build-
ing an outdoor stove in the recently
purchased land behind the campus.
The outdoor club has taken this con-
struction as a project for the year and
will continue to build up this location
for supper hikes and week-end trips.
The club made its first hike there on
October 12.

Miss Mary Linder Vardell, a new
member of the biology department,
has been made an honorary member
of the club.

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THE AGONISTIC

Students on Other Campuses
Win Cake Races, Write Poetry

Raymond Starr, columnist of the
Emory Wheel, bemoans the fact that
the marble steps of the library will
probably remain unheated this year.
Doubtless the steps are a popular bull-
session resort, or perhaps the star re-
porter has acquired cold feet on his
way up the formidable steps to inter-
view the librarian.

To know how to do the cake-walk
is one thing and to win a place in a
cake race is another. Bill Preston,
freshman at Davidson, son of Annie
Wylie Preston, (institute), brother of
Miriam Preston ('27), Shannon Pres-
ton Cummings ('30), and Florence
Preston ('34), nephew of Miss Janef
Preston, and cousin of Elizabeth War-
den, began his college career in the
right way by winning fourth place
in the annual freshman cake-race.

The Davidsonian.

Ode to Chemistry
Should I adorn
The Hall of Fame,
Make not my praise gigantic;
Merely write beneath my name
"Behold, he passed organic."

The Hornet.

OPERA STAR OPENS

MUSIC CLUB SERIES

(Continued from page 1, column 5)
tet on January 12, and Arthur Schna-
bel, pianist, on February 19. Under
the joint auspices of the club and the
Atlanta Philharmonic Society, the con-
cert series includes the following: Jan-
uary 16, Gladys Swarthout and Nino
Martini; February 2 5, Ballet Russe of
Monte Carlo; March 19, Lawrence
Tibbett; March 31, St. Louis Sym-
phony Orchestra, Vladimir Golsch-
mann, conductor, and Albert Spald-
ing, soloist; April 21, Philadelphia
Symphony Orchestra, Eugene Orman-
dy, conductor; and on May 1, Kirsten
Flagstad.

The persons officially heading the
programs are Mrs. Thad Morrison,
president of the Atlanta Music club;
Ernest Emmel, president of the Atlan-
ta Philharmonic Society; and Marvin
McDonald, president of the concert
series.

Adding to the interest of this year's
program are the twenty-first anniver-
sary of the Atlanta Music club and
the completion of Atlanta's remodeled
auditorium.

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Speakers at other colleges:

Carl Sandburg, America's "most
truly native poet," used his guitar and
chant to interpret his modernistic free
verse as part of his address at David-
son College, October 1.

Jack McMichael of Emory, who
gave a not-to-be-forgotten chapel talk
on peace here last spring, spoke at a
recent Vesper service of Georgia State
Woman's College.

Dr. T. Z. Koo, prominent Chinese
Christian speaker of the Atlanta
Preaching Mission held here recently,
spoke October 8 at Howard College,
Birmingham, Alabama.

The first woman to hold a public
office in Montevalla, Alabama, is Dr.
Hallie Farmer, head of the history de-
partment of Alabama College. Miss
Farmer was elected to the city council
to serve four years.

REPORTERS

Nell Allison, Alice Cheeseman, Gid-
dy Erwin, Nell Hemphill, Carol Hale,
Cora Kay Hutchins, Sarah Johnson,
Douglas Lyle, Frances Lee, Regina
Hurwitz, Julia Sewell, Mary Willis,
Mamie Lee Ratliff, Selma Steinbach,
Anne Purnell, Marie Merritt, Alice
Reins, Myrl Chafin, Louise Young,
Mary Frances Kennedy, Henrietta
Blackwell, Primrose Noble.

Business Assistants: Rachel Kenne-
dy, Helen Lichten, Florence Little,
and Jessie Williams.

Try-outs for the reporter staff of
the Agonistic were handed in last Sat-
urday; the names of those whose arti-
cles were considered satisfactory will
be announced in next week's edition of
the paper.

Famous Log is Given
To College by Mr. Orr

The battlefield of Chickamauga,
former Governor Joseph E. Brown,
and Air. J. K. Orr, chairman of the
board of trustees, are responsible for
the log standing in the Murphey
Candler building today. After the
Civil War, when a bayonet and
three different kinds of shell were
embedded in the wood, Governor
Brown gave the log to Mr. Orr,
who, after keeping it in his office
for the past forty years, has given
it to Agnes Scott.

Bible Club Gives
Tea Next Tuesday

The Bible club will entertain all
new students and all Bible students at
an informal tea next Tuesday, Octo-
ber 27, from 4:30 to 5:30, in the re-
ception room in Main building. The
officers of the club will have charge
of the tea. They are: Frances Cary,
president; Molly Jones, vice-president;
Mary McCann Hudson, secretary; and
Louise Young, treasurer.

Blackfriars Initiate Five

Anthropological measurements of
University of Kansas freshmen, com-
pared with those of a selected list of
other schools, recently revealed that
these men were taller, about the same
in weight, and less in girth of chest.

The Davidsonian.

The five new members initiated in-
to Blackfriars last night are: Jeanne
Redwine, Susan Goodwyn, Jean Chal-
mers, Martha Head, and Cornelia
Christie.

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K.U.B., Journalism Club, Serves
As Agnes Scott Publicity Agent

By Margaret Watson
K. U. B., the journalism club, has
served as Agnes Scott's publicity agent
for ten years or more, but since most
of the evidences of its work are not
seen by the students, a little publicity
for the club seems to be in order.

It was founded with the purpose to
help give the college favorable public-
ity in the Atlanta and Decatur papers,
to cooperate with the Agonistic, and
to support college activities and enter-
prises.

The club members now write the
Agnes Scott news for The Atlanta
Journal, and the DeKalb New Era, the
weekly Decatur paper. The home town
paper of each student is supplied with
a story whenever the girl is elected to
an office, or in any way achieves dis-
tinction on the campus. These stories
are "padded" with facts about the or-
ganization she is elected to, or some
college news so that interesting details
of campus activities are given wider

publicity. K. U. B. files contain a
record of the activities of all the stu-
dents throughout their four years, and
a story is written about each senior at
graduation.

The name of the club is derived
from "cub" signifying cub reporter.
It is open to all students who are in-
terested in journalism, and try-outs
are held each fall and spring.

Hockey to be Friday

The interclass hockey matches which
were to have taken place last Friday
will be played off this Friday, October
23, instead. The games were postponed
last week because of rain.

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VOL. XXII

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1936

NO. 4

Agnes Scott
Will Debate
Emory, Tech

Each School To Uphold Policies
of Three Major Parties in
Political Debate

Audience To Give Decision

With political speeches and rebut-
tals expounding the theories of the
three leading parties, Agnes Scott, Em-
ory, and Tech will hold simultaneous
triangular debates on next Friday
night, October 3 0, at 8 o'clock.

The group which will appear in the
Gaines chapel here includes: Brooks
Spivey, for the Socialist party; Jack
Tolbert of Emory for the Republicans;
and Ed Vinson of Tech for the Demo-
crats. At Emory, Mary Lillian Fairly
will set forth the ideas of the Demo-
crats; while at Tech, Mary Frances
Guthrie will support the policies of the
Republicans.

The decision of the debate will be
determined by the voting of the audi-
ence. After the debate the meeting
will be open to questions or remarks
from the audience. Following this a
reception will be held in Main for the
debaters.

Silhouette Heads
Will Attend Meet

Barton Jackson, editor, and Mary
Gillespie, business manager of the Sil-
houette, the Agnes Scott annual, will
attend the fifteenth annual conven-
tion of the National Scholastic Press
Association, which meets in Louisville,
Kentucky, on October 29-31.

This meeting is the largest and most
important gathering of college edi-
tors, business managers, and staff
members that is to be held in the
United States during the college year.
The convention will be divided into
sessions for the three groups: college
magazines, college yearbooks, and col-
lege papers. The speakers, the most
noted men of the press and of the
journalistic world, include such men
as John B. Kennedy, NBC commen-
tator; Herbert Agar, Pulitzer prize
winner; and Thurman Miller, publish-
er. Addresses, round table meetings,
luncheons, panel discussions, a ban-
quet, and a convention dance are fea-
tures of the program.

Last year at this convention in Chi-
cago there were 340 delegates repre-
senting 160 publications and 131 col-
leges and universities in 3 5 states.

The host for this year's convention
will be the University of Louisville.
All sessions will be held in the Brown
Hotel in Louisville.

Seniors to Serve Coffee

Alice Hannah, Frances McDonald,
and Martha Johnson will serve coffee
next Sunday after dinner in the Mur-
phev Candler building. Each senior is
invited to bring a guest.

Stuart Chase, First Lecturer of
Is Brilliant Economist*

Leading Figure On National
Scene Does Important
Federal Work

Stuart Chase, brilliant economist
and author who will lecture at Agnes
Scott on November 13, has been a
leading figure on the national scene
for many years. As a "certified pub-
lic accountant who is also something
of a poet and much of a Utopian re-
former," Mr. Chase has long held im-
portant governmental positions.

Born in Somersworth, New Hamp-
shire, in 18 88, he attended school for
two years at the Massachusetts Insti-
tute of Technology, where he special-
ized in mathematics and engineering.
He then registered at Harvard Uni-
versity, from which he was graduated
with a degree in science. He also stu-
died economics and statistics exten-
sively. After his graduation, Mr.
Chase was made a certified public ac-
countant in Boston.

In 1917 Stuart Chase went to Chi-
cago as a member of the Federal Trade
Commission, which was conducting a
general inquiry of meat companies.
The following year he was transferred
to the Food Administration board and
was placed in charge of the Control
of Packers Profit under wartime reg-
ulation of food administration.

Since 1921 Mr. Chase has been a
member of the Labor Bureau, a non-
profit making institution devoted to
the study of American labor problems.
He is the head of the accounting and
auditing department of that organiza-
tion. He has recently been engaged in
making a survey for the National Re-
sources board, and has also made an
extensive study of the costs of trans-
portation.

Community Invited
To Hear Lecturer
At French Meeting

Madame Aline Caro-Delvaille, the
distinguished French lecturer who will
speak at French club Wednesday, No-
vember 4, has announced her subject
as "French Universities and What
They Have to Offer Foreign Stu-
dents."

By courtesy of the central office of
French Tourism, Madame Caro-Del-
vaille can illustrate her lectures with
moving pictures showing picturesque
scenes of France. The college com-
munity is invited to attend her lec-
ture, to be held at 8 p. m. in the
chapel.

Among Madame Caro-Delvaille's
new and interesting subjects for lec-
tures are the following:

The literary movement of the year
1935-1936; the religious motif in the
contemporary novel; portraits by
themselves: three great contemporary
biographies Gide, Benda, Alain; and
history of the great world expositions
i of Paris.

Registration for Campus Election
To Begin Tomorrow; Voting Tuesday

Registration for voting in the cam-
pus presidential election, sponsored by
the citizenship club, will get under
way tomorrow, October 29, and will
continue through Saturday, October
3 1. Members of the college commun-
ity may register, sign the voter's oath,
and pay the penny poll tax in the lob-
by of Buttrick.

Friday night, in Gaines chapel, po-
tential voters may hear the platforms
and purposes of the three major par-
ties set forth in the triangular debate,

sponsored by Tech, Emory, and Agnes
Scott.

On Tuesday, November 3, balloting
will take place in room 106 in Butt-
rick, and Agnes Scott will voice its
opinion at the same time that the na-
tion makes known its choice. The poll
will open at 8 o'clock in the morning,
and will close at 3 o'clock in the
afternoon.

At 4 o'clock, the citizenship club
will meet to count the ballots. At this
meeting, Dr. McCain will make a short
talk on some phase of politics.

Consumers' Magazine
Founded b y Speaker

Stuart Chase took an active part
in the organization of the Consum-
ers' Research, which emerged from
a small group of private individuals
known as the Consumers' club.
From 192 8 to 1931 Mr. Chase was
an active member of the organiza-
tion, having served as its first presi-
dent.

He was co-founder of the Con-
sumers' Magazine, working with F.
J. Schlink, who is the present edi-
tor of that publication. They col-
laborated on a book, Your Money's
Worth, which b ased on the find-
ings of their Research was an ex-
pose of "tricks behind the trade
marks."

This Year,
Prolific Writer

Economic Research Provides
Fun For Internationally
Known Author

Dr. Lacy Will be
Speaker Here at
Religious Week

Dr. Benjamin R. Lacy, Jr., presi-
dent of the Union Theological Semi-
nary in Richmond, has accepted the
invitation of Agnes Scott to conduct
the week of religious services here next
spring. Dr. Lacy is remembered as the
pastor of Central Presbyterian church
in Atlanta from 1919-1926, when he
left to become president of the Theol-
ogical Seminary.

A clergyman and an educator, Dr.
Lacy has received degrees from such
institutions as Davidson College, Ox-
ford University in England, Union
Theological Seminary in Virginia,
Hampdon-Sydney College, and Duke
University. He is a trustee of Hamp-
don-Sydney College and is a member
of the two honorary fraternities, Phi
Beta Kappa and Omicron Delta Kappa.

Each year the college and the Y. W.
C. A. invite a speaker to conduct a
week of religious services on the cam-
pus. Last year the late S. D. Gordon,
author of Quiet Talks, was the speak-
er.

Miss Jackson is

Speaker at Meet

Associate Professor Elizabeth Jack-
son returned last week from a conven-
tion of the American Association of
University Women which was held at
Charleston, South Carolina. This was
the thirteenth state meeting of the
South Carolina division, and Miss
Jackson's first state meeting as a di-
rector of the South Atlantic section,
which includes Maryland, West Vir-
ginia, Washington, Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia,
Florida, Porto Rico and Argentina.
Miss Jackson spoke on "The Challenge
of the National Convention" which is
to be held at Savannah in March. Dr.
McHale, general director of the asso-
ciation, was also present.

The American Association of Uni-
versity Women is primarily an educa-
tional institution whose object is to
raise and keep the standards of wom-
en's education high. This association
carries on an adult educational pro-
gram among its members, and keeps
standards high in institutions to which
membership is accorded. There are
more than 700 colleges and universi-
ties that grant degrees to women, but
only 247 of them are recognized by
the association.

Furlow is on Committee

"Fun, to me, is economic research
and writing about it," Stuart Chase
has said of his prolific works. This
internationally-known lecturer, au-
thor, and economist has written num-
bers of books and articles dealing with
problems of social science, economics,
and industrial engineering.

Mr. Chase's books are at once excit-
ing and informing. They are written
with an encyclopaedic passion for facts
and a humorous fervor which make
them stimulating, shrewd, and arrest-
ing. They are characterized by vision,
scientific acumen, and a remarkable
sense of social justice.

Besides his numerous books, Stuart
Chase has published articles in many
current periodicals. The Forum, Har-
per's, The Journal, Bookman, The New
Republic, and Atlantic Monthly are
among those which have printed his
treatises.

Some of his best known books are:
Tragedy of Waste; Men and Machines;
Nemesis of American Business; Mexi-
co A Study of the Two Americas;
A New Deal; Prosperity; The Fight
to Save the Land; Economy of Abun-
dance; and Rich Land, Poor Land.

It has been said of his books that
there ought to be a congressional law
requiring everyone to read them. They
present, in terms that the layman can
understand, all the social problems of
our nation; and offer sane, practical
theories for solving them.

Elizabeth Furlow has been appoint-
ed day student representative on the
tea house committee.

Silhouette Receives
First Class Rating
In National Survey

The Silhouette of 193 6 received
first class honor rating in the class
of colleges of an enrollment of five
hundred in the sixteenth all-American
critical service for school yearbooks
conducted by the National Scholastic
Press Association. Shirley Christian
was editor of The Silhouette; and Sarah
Jones was business manager. They re-
ceived the comments of the judges last
week. The total number of high school
and college entries was seven hundred.

Annuals were judged on the follow-
ing points: plan, sections, editing,
make-up, mechanical considerations,
general effect, and financial status.
First-class rating was accorded those
yearbooks which were considered ex-
cellent; the award is a diploma.

The National Scholastic Press Asso-
ciation is an organization of 22 5 0
member publications established for
the purpose of furthering the interests
of all forms of scholastic and collegi-
ate journalism. Staffs whose yearbooks
are members submit copies of their
publication for an annual scrutiny by
the N. S. P. A. judges. N. S. P. A. is
the oldest and largest scholastic press
association in the country.

Mystery Play
To be Staged
November 25

Blackfr iars To Attempt Novel
Lighting, Trick Staging in
Presentation

Play Entitled 'Double Door ,

Trick stage effects and novel light-
ing are features of "Double Door,"
the three-act play which Blackfriars is
presenting November 2 5 in Buchcr
Scott gymnasium. The play, written
by Elizabeth McFadden, will be under
the direction of Miss Frances K.
Gooch, with Miss Carrie Phinney Lati-
mer and Kitty Printup as assistant di-
rectors. Elizabeth Cousins is publicity
manager, Joyce Roper is treasurer and
ticket agent, and Doris Dunn is pro-
gram manager.

The cast is as follows: Avery, a
middle-aged housekeeper, Mary Past;
Louise, a maid, Jeanne Flynt; Anne
Darrow, the bride, Kay Toole; Caro-
line van Bret, Victoria's sister, Myrl
Chafin; Victoria van Bret, Kathryn
Bowen Wall; Rip van Bret, Jimmy
Jepson. The other male characters, Dr.
John Sully; Lambert, the detective;
Mortimer Neff, the family lawyer;
Mr. Chase; and Telson, the butler,
have not definitely been assigned as
yet.

The play is a near-tragedy, with the
plot centering around the activities of
Victoria van Bret, who rules her fam-
ily with a maniac's firmness. Her sis-
ter, Caroline, is helpless before her.
Her half-brother, Rip, cannot stand
up against her. In a dark room that
has not been changed since her fat he-
died Victoria goes through her cheer-
less routine domination. She is more
cruel than ever when Rip is marrying
a girl who is not of his social standing.
Victoria senses a threat to the integ-
rity of the van Bret fortune. How
Victoria tortures the bride with stu-
died austerity and finally tries to mur-
der her, is the burden of the play.

Miss Carrie Phinney Latimer, Uldo
Thran, the play production class, and
Mary Anne Kernan, property man-
ager, will produce a new walnut-pan-
elled set with a secret spring door as
a unique and effective stage feature.

Transfer Students
Enjoy Supper Hike

Mortar Board gave a supper hike
for transfer students at Ice Cream
Springs last Friday evening. Fannie
B. Harris, president of Mortar Board,
was in charge of arrangements. Chap-
erons were Associate Professors Flor-
ence Smith and Louise Hale, and Pro-
fessor and Mrs. Philip Davidson.

Transfers who went on the hike
were Suzanne Audrain, Cornelia Cole-
man, Margaret Lipscomb, Tami Oka-
mura, Samille Saye, Beatrice Sexton,
Grace Tazewell, Elizabeth Williams,
Virginia Hill, Lenora Jones, Helen
Rodgcrs, Eleanor Burns, Alice Cald-
well, Frances King, Evelyn Sears,
Elizabeth Skinner, Julia Bell, Marlise
Torrance, and Sara Groves.

Isabel McCain is one of Participants

In he a d e r s h i /) T r a i n i n g Co a rse

Isabel McCain was one of the eight
participants in a panel discussion on
"The Adviser in Group Work" last
Thursday night at the Biltmore hotel.
The discussion, one of a series in a
girls' leadership training course, was
sponsored by all the group organiza-
tions in Atlanta. Many Agnes Scott
girls attended.

Miss Eva Hancock, executive secre-
tary of the Atlanta campfire girls and
instructor in a course in camp leader-
ship here last spring, was one of the

speakers; and Miss Eugenie Dozier, in-
structor in physical education at Ag-
nes Scott, helped with the dancing.
On the preceding Tuesday Miss Llew-
ellyn Wilburn, associate professor of
physical education, demonstrated the
place of the rhythmic in group work.
She led the young people in games,
folk dances, and square dances. At
the same meeting Miss Emily Dexter,
associate professor of psychology and
education, spoke on "The Adolescent
Girl."

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Flssoaoled Golieeide Press

Beyond Sing the Woods" is Tale

Of Lives of Norwegian Folk

Naomi Walford is Translator of Book by Trygve Gulbranssen;
Lyrically Beautiful Style Serves as Background for
Excellent Character Portrayal

Faculty Talks Politics

Laura Steele

Editor-in-Chief
Frances Cary

Associate Editor
Jane Guthrie
Hortense Jones
Mary McCann Hudson

Assistant Editors
June Matthews

Makc-V p Editor
Ruth Hertzka

Assistant Make-Up
Nellie M. Gilroy

Feature Editor
Mary Frances Guthrie

Exchange Editor
Mildred Davis

Book Editor

STAFF

Kathryn B. Wall
Business Manager
Elizabeth Blackshear

Advertising Manager
Mary Lib Morrow
Frances Belford
Doris Dunn
Nell Hemphill

Circulation Managers
Frances Wilson

Current History
Pauline Moss

Society Editor
Jean Chalmers

Sports Editor
Cornelia Christie

Club Editor
Elizabeth Warden
Alumnae Editor

Editor, Associate Editor, Enid Middleton, Mary
King, Editorial Council

Organizations INeed Dues

It is difficult to be subtle when demanding
money and it. is tactless to be obvious. Yet there
is no more effective way of getting it than by de-
manding it. So when we remind you that your
club dues are to be paid by November 4 if you
are not to lose your membership, and your budget
fee by the first week in November if your organ-
ization is not to lose fifteen percent of its allot-
ment, we are, in a roundabout way, avoiding the
worn-out "pay your club dues and your budget"
plea.

Even if your organization does not get money
from the student budget fund, it still needs your
dues. Most clubs have initiation banquets, na-
tional dues, subscription to the organization
magazine, Wednesday night coffee, and a page
in the annual. And now that the Murphey Can-
dler building has been provided for students,
there is additional demand for dues in order to
help furnish the club rooms.

Debates are Beneficial

Beyond Sng the Woods, by Trygve
Gulbranssen; translated by Naomi
Walford. G. P. Putnam and Sons,
193 6. Reviewed by Enid Middleton.

No more felicitous combination of
words could be found as a title for
Naomi Walford's beautiful translation
of this arresting novel by Trygve Gul-
branssen than these Beyond Sing the
Woods, for this stirring tale of the
changes wrought by half a century in
the lives of the Norwegian woodsfolk,
written as it is in a very distinctive
and unusual style, seems to be unfold-
ed to the accompaniment of the ma
jestic music of the virgin forests as
they are swept by the bracing winds
of the North. Such a lyrically beauti
M style serves as a fit background
indeed for the splendid portrayal of
the novel's dominating figure, that of
Old Dag Bjorndal, in whose subtle
and penetrating characterization lies
the greatness of the book. How Dag
changed from the vengeful master of
an almost feudal manor, whose pres-
ence brought cold fear into the hearts
of the inhabitants of Broad Lea when
he swept down from his forest strong-
hold in his sleigh drawn by dashing
black horses to Old Dag, the kind
old man who stood ready to help even
his bitterest enemy, and who flung
open the doors of his ancestral dining
halls with its heavy tables ladened with
every delicacy so that all might join
in the age-old festivities of the Christ-
mas celebration constitutes the cen-
tral theme of this absorbing novel. In
portraying the inner struggles which
accompany this evolution, the author
has written a soul study of unusual
depth and truth one which begins,
strangely enough, with the death of a
bear, gains impetus from a recklessly
daring sleigh race to Mass one Christ-
mas morning, and reaches its climax
with the imbedding of an axe-head so
deeply in the wooden beams of the
great dining hall at Bjorndal that even

after thirty years it remains as a sign
that vengeance is the Lord's and as a
line of demarcation between the old
and the new.

Though the reader's interest centers
chiefly in Dag, the other characters
will be found to be equally as vividly
and realistically portrayed. Old Dag's
sons young Dag, whose eyes had a
brilliance irresistible to women; and
young Tore, whose veins pulsed to the
very spirit of the great forests in
which he spent most of his time; the
gentle Jomfru Dorothea, entering
death as quietly as she walked through
life, and by her last words "One's
first duty is mercy" changing the
course of a whole life; Mistress Eliza-
beth von Gall, "a headstrong thor-
oughbred, with the strength of many
men and the weakness of many wom-
en," forever keeping her lips cracked
and bleeding in memory of the kiss of
the one man whose strength of will
equalled her own; the lovely Adelaide
Barre, "playing living music of light
and shade, and warm as blood," and
bringing a smile to the lips of all who
saw her matchless beauty; the aged
Ane Hamarraba, steeped in the cen-
tury-old traditions of her country, ut-
tering her mystic deathbed prophesy;
Captain Klinge, that "merry old gen-
tleman," who, by a single sincere
speech, made up for a lifetime of hy
pocritically polite agreement these
and many others equally as unforget-
table, united in an exciting, rapidly-
moving story that is written in a rare
and lovely style, make Beyond Sin"
the Woods a novel of absorbing inter-
est, unusual beauty, and deep spiritual
truth.

Noted Poet Visits
Verseforms Class

Alumnae News

There are times on Agnes Scott's campus when
it would be difficult to guess from student atti-
tudes whether or not the theory of isolation had
ever been exploded. Not being among those rah-
rah schools where intercollegiate athletics take
top place in interest, Agnes Scott confines its stu-
dent contact with other educational units to in-
tellectual fields such as college conferences and
intercollegiate debates. Since it is impossible for
even a minority of students to benefit directly
from the various inter-collegiate conferences ex-
cept through absentee representation, practical-
ly the only inter-collegiate contact from which all
students can benefit and to which all can lend en-
thusiastic support is debating. Pi Alpha Phi un-
dertakes to provide through such debates as the
triangular political debate on Oct >l>cr :>(>, the
British debate, and the spring triangular debate
not only contact but actual intellectual combat
with other colleges. Surely, loyalty to Agnes
Scott in her only intercollegiate contests should
demand enthusiastic attendance at debates.

But more than just abstract loyalty is involv-
ed ; for it can scarcely be denied that four years
spent in one atmosphere can be a great influence
to narrow our awareness of the existence of an
outside world and its problems, and especially of
the existence of a student world wherein our con-
temporaries work at the same studies and have
the same discussions with the same fervor that
we do. A debate symbolizes this unity of inter-
ests between two colleges by presenting a con-
flict of opinion on some current problem: and
cannot help but afford to the student audience
an insight into its own connection with other
student bodies as well as current topics of dis-
cussion, which We who race madly to eight o'clock
classes never seem to glean from our morning
newspapers.

.Moreover, entirely aside from demands of
loyalty and from educational benefits Agnes Scott
debates offer real entertainment and interest in
the wit and humor of participants from different
schools. Students who remain away from Pi
Alpha Phi debates which start with the political
debate Friday night are going to be missing the

Another set of Agnes Scott alum-
nae has announced marriages and en-
gagements:

Nancy Tucker, ex-'3 8, will be mar-
ried to Bruce Bayer, of Nashville, dur-
ing the last week in December.

Anne Hudson, '3 3, was recently
married to F. H. Hankins, Jr. The
couple is now living at Coral Gables,
Florida.

Sarah Glenn, '2 8, was married in
early October to Daniel Marcus Boyd,
Jr., of Hickory, N. C.

Margaret Ogden, '3 0, will marry on
October 29 Rev. James Walton Stew-
art, Jr., of Conyers, Ga.

Mary Elizabeth Cox, ex-'3 9, was re-
cently married to Oscar Carl House,
of Wellsville, Mo., and Atlanta.

There are a number of ex-'3 8's who
for various reasons are missing from
the campus this year. Some are study-
ing at other colleges, and some are
working:

Anne Cullum and Kennon Hender-
son arc at the University of Georgia.

Dot Kelly is at the University of
North Carolina.

Kitty Hoffman has a secretarial job
in Charlotte, N. C.

Anno Parlor is attending art school.
Lil and Lu Croft are working this
winter in Atlanta.

Connie Pardee is studying at Emory.
Frances Espy, '3 5, is studying at the
University of Alabama.

Jessie Lawrence is in charge of the
Braille library at the Victor Kriegsha-
ber Light House for the Blind in At-
lanta. She recently spoke before the
Atlanta club women.

Florence Preston, '34, is taking
graduate work in domestic science at
the University of Tennessee.

Mary Louise Schuman is on the staff

Spirit

entire intercollegiate aspect of Agnes Scott not | of the personnel office in charge of

to mention somr wrv
ami exciting sessions.

interesting, instructive,

the administration of the N. Y. A.
program at the University of Georgia.

By Nell Allison
Mrs. Isabel F. Conant, of Boston
nationally-known poetess and a most
interesting personality, came to Agnes
Scott last Friday, October 23. She re-
mained until the next day, being
entertained in the Anna Young Alum-
nae House by Miss Emma May Laney
and Miss Janef Preston.

"I am told that I am to read some
of my poems in Miss Laney 's verse-
forms class," said Mrs. Conant smil-
ingly, when questioned. The class was
open to visitors on Saturday morning,
and proved a delightfully informal
treat.

On Monday Mrs. Conant lectured
in Atlanta before the Atlanta Writers
club.

She has published many short Ivrics
m various periodicals, and recently
won the Savannah Barrow Prize, given
for a lyric poem. This piece has been
lately brought out by the yearbook of
the Poetry Society of Georgia.

Poetry writing seems to be a purely
spontaneous pleasure to Mrs. Conant,
for she says that no one should write
a poem uniess she simply cannot help
it.

She has had charge of poetry classes
at Lake Chautauqua and in Mt. Berry
Schools in Georgia, and has given short
courses in poetry-writing in Coker
College, Flartsford, S. C. "But don't
call me a teacher," said Mrs. Conant,
"for I'm not!" Evidently she regards
such work as anything but a routine
of duty.

Although Mrs. Conant is merely
passing through Agnes Scott on her <"'" V'**"" 11 * sn f e ?
-ay to Florida to spend the wmwrj!?^^!^
she seems to have formed an opinion,
for she said, very sincerely, "I think
Agnes Scott is a wonderful place!"

Presbj teriane Entertain

Your current history reporter this week turned
from the cold printed pages of magazine and
newspaper to the fresh and spontaneous words of
our own faculty to bring you the news of the
day. Several of the professors had the following
question popped them: For whom are you plan-
ning to vote in the national election, and why?
Herewith are the answers they managed to give,
after they recovered from the shock of being
on the receiving end of a question. We might
add that a couple of them begged time to think
over their answers, such slaves have they become
to the doctrine that outside preparation is al-
ways necessary before recitation.

While we were giving Mr. Robinson time to
improve upon his first answer that the reason
he votes the Prohibitionist ticket is to keep
Agnes Scott girls sober we invaded the song-
sters' sanctuary and forced ourselves upon Mr.
Johnson. He cautiously declared he'd have to ask
his wife before he could tell us how he planned
to vote. But confidentially he stated that Roose-
velt was his man, because "in California where I
come from it is the man who is of importance,
not merely the party."

Returning to Mr. Robinson, we found that he
really has serious reasons for sticking with a
minority party. As all good American history
students know, the support given such a group
often forces the major parties to incorporate the
chief planks of the minority in their own plat-
forms. Thus our canny math professor hopes to
influence the legislation of the next administra-
tion no matter who wins. Just in case you didn't
know it, there is a Prohibitionist candidate for
president of the United States. Colvin is the
name.

Miss Jackson is a staunch supporter of the Op-
position. Landon is her man. We had thought
she wore his sunflower only because yellow is her
favorite color, but she has much more scholarly
and less feminine reasons as well. She believes
the present national relief program and financial
program are unsound. She is following her
choice for president with a straight Republican
vote on her Massachusetts absentee ballot, be-
cause of the local situation in that state.

Finally, we approached Mr. Raper. He surely
couldn't be for Landon, we thought; not after ail
those attacks on Vested Interests and Entrench-
ed Monopolies. No, we found that to prevent the
Republicans winning, Mr. Raper is going to vote
for Roosevelt. After all, rationalizes our erst-
while staunch Socialist, Norman Thomas hasn't
a chance to win, and the next most progressive
candidate seems to be Roosevelt. "The liberal
vote, if turned toward him," says Mr. Raper,
"can keep Tugwell in the cabinet, and can con-
tinue the TVA." Using one of his illegible black-
board diagrams, our subject expounded on the
benefits which would result if Roosevelt extend-
ed the TVA to the distribution of milk or shoes,
for example, as well as electricity. "Of course/'
he cautioned, "I don't agree with him or any-
one entirely, but he may move in the right di-
rection."

of Agnes Scoil

Cornstalks, pumpkins, .ind autumn
leaves featured the harvest party gfcrcfl
by the young people of the Decatur
Presbyterian church Monday night.
Many Agnes Scott girls were present.

The revival of mob spirit on the campus as ex-
emplified in the political conventions and the
stunts has resulted in a peculiar but quite under-
standable reversion to behavior on the lowest
levels of instinct and feeling (to be socially psy-
chological). Surely the usual epitome of sobriety,
Frances Cary, had experienced such a relapse
when she found herself exceedingly tipsy and un-
certain on her feet after having innocently im-
bibed a coca-cola. One wonders if a similar physi-
cal and mental condition prompted Piggy Wheat-
ley to answer the question "How old is Henri-
etta Blackwell?" with a complacent "I don't
know how old she is, but she'll be nineteen next
year." Speaking of retrogression, Virginia Pop-
lin the other day proved to Miss Smith and the
American politics class that the old adage the
more you learn, the less you know, has real sig-
nificance. On being asked a question concerning
constitutional amendment said Miss Poplin con-
fessed in a desperate voice, "Really, Miss Smith,
I could have answered that question last year."

So much of her soul did Cora Kay Hutchins
pour into her classic rendition of hamburger-eat-
ing Wimpy that for days before the clash of wit
and ingenuity she could think of nothing else.

ion when having been asked
to tell about the tents in "Song of Roland," she
frantically replied, "Oh, it's all in the present
tense, Miss Laney."

The supreme example of what mob psychology
ha> done to student morale was very evident in
the two unspeakably queer creatures (dignified
seniors too, not to mention presidents of out-
standing organizations) who flitted in and out
freshman lines symbolizing sophomore spirit but
looking much more like a cross between the voice
of spring and a Decatur street junk shopall the
better to haunt you with, my dears.

THE AGONISTIC

Sophomores Retain Black Cat
With Stunt "Sophy Seemphony'

The Black Cat, won last year by
the freshmen, remains in the posses-
sion of the class of '3 9, having been
awarded the sophomores in the contest
with the freshmen on Saturday eve-
ning, October 24, in the Bucher Scott
gymnasium. The decision was made
by Miss Annie May Christie, Miss
Louise Hale, and Miss Carrie Scandrett,
judges, on a basis of such points as
plot, scenery, directing, costumes, and
acting.

The theme of the freshman stunt,
"Golden Apple-plexy," was the steal-
ing of the golden apple, which repre-
sented the winning of the stunt, by
the Soph-isto-cats and the heroic re-
covery of it by freshman rats; while
"Sophy Seemphony," the sophomore
stunt, dealt with the naughty actions
of the childish Fresh Pea and the pun-
ishment of her by the mighty Soph-
Eye.

The gymnasium was decorated on
the left side with the freshman col-
ors, blue and white, and symbolic sil-
houettes of Zeus, Athena, and a cat
kneeling to a Minnie Mouse. The
sophomores illustrated their stunt by
decorating the right side with their
colors, black and gold, and huge sil-
houettes of Pop-Eye, Olive Oyl, Sweet
Pea, Betty Boop, and one of the three
little pigs.

During the program the stunt
chairmen, Jane Dryfoos, sophomore,
and Marjorie Boggs, freshman, were
presented with tokens of appreciation.

The casts of the two stunts were as
follows:

"Golden Apple-Plexy": President
Zeus McCain, Shirley Steele; Miss Ath-
ena Hopkins, the dean, Georgia Hunt;

Miss Diana Scandrett, goddess of the
chase, Eugenia Bridges; Frances, the
Muse, Martha Liepold; Ceberus, the
watchman, Laura Winston Steele;
Sweet Dr. Hygeia, Hazel Soloman; the
Golden Apple, Mary Reins; and the
officious Rat, Betty Boorstein.

"Sophy Seemphony": Toar, the
night watchman, Lib Williams; Fresh
Pea, Lib Galbreath; Alice-the-Joon,
Tony Newton; Soph-Eye, Amelia
Nickels; Senior Oil, Kitty Caldwell;
Wimnae, Cora K. Hutchins; Big Bad
Wolf, Kay Kennedy; Mickey Mouse,
Mary Wells McNeill; Minnie Mouse
Mortar Board, Beryl Spooner; Betty
Boop, Jeanne Flynt; Ella, Peggy Wil-
lis; Horace-Horse, Catherine Ivie;
Whoo, Whoo, Anne Purnell; and three
little pigs, Florence Wade, Eleanor
Tyler, Mary Pennel Simonton.

Freshmen committee chairmen were
Jane Salters, writing; Margaret Barnes,
program; Henrietta Thompson, scen-
ery; Bryant Holsenbeck, properties;
Betty Alderman, decorations; Jane
Moses, finance; Ruth Slack, costume;
Mildred Joseph, dance; Nell Echols,
Mickey Warren, cheer leaders; Nettie
Lee Green, stage manager; and Elea-
nor McCants and Emily Underwood,
pianists.

Sophomore committee heads includ-
ed Douglas Lyle, writing; Emmy Lou
Turck, setting and decorations; Hay-
den Sanford, properties; Mary Frances
Guthrie, programs; Jane Moore Ham-
ilton, costumes; Helen Kirkpatrick,
Helen Moses, dance; Mary Ruth Mur-
phy, Phyllis Johnson, pianists; Cally
Carmichael, Annie Lee Crowell, cheer
leaders; and Mary Ellen Whetsell,

stunt treasurer.

Club News

Cotillion Club
Alice Taylor, Eloise Estes, and Mary
Ellen Whetsell, officers of the Cotil-
lion club, entertained the club mem-
bers at a dance last Thursday in the
Murphey Candler building. Billy Ow-
ens, pianist for the Tech Ramblers,
played.

Professors Attend
Wesleyan Service

Poetry Club
Poetry club try-outs are due on
Thursday; October 29, and may be
placed in the Aurora box in Buttrick
Hall.

Current History Forum
Mr. Carl Hartsell of the Georgia
Tech history department spoke to the
Current History Forum Tuesday on
the present Spanish situation. Inter-
na tonal Relations club was in charge
of the program.

Attending the Wesleyan Centennial
exercises in Macon last Friday were
Professor Mary MacDougall, repre-
senting Agnes Scott; Professor Philip
Davidson, representing the University
of Chicago; and Mr. R. B. Cunning-
ham, representing Citadel.

The day's program included an
academic convocation in the morning;
a luncheon at Rivoli and a colorful
pageant on the lawn of the main col-
lege at Rivoli in the afternoon; and
a banquet Friday night.

BOZ Takes in Five

German Club
German club met on Wednesday
afternoon, October 21, in Lupton cot-
tage. The members of the club played
German games, and Miss Harn told
something of the activities of Lucie
Hess since her return to Germanv.

Spanish Club
Spanish club try-outs are to be held
this Friday afternoon, October 3 0, at
4:30. All Spanish students are eligible.

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held Wednesday, October 20, five girls
were admitted to BOZ on the basis
of their try-outs. The new members
are: Nellie Margaret Gilroy, Virginia
Hill, Douglas Lyle, Mary Anne Ker-
nan, and Henrietta Blackwell.

Home-Town Exodus
Is Feature of
Week-End

Those who went home the past
week-end were: Betty Ann Stewart to
Winchester, Tenn.; Sara Beaty Sloan
to Belmont, N. C.; Fannie B. Harris
to Rome, Ga.; Aileen Shortley and
Strat Sloan to Columbia, Tenn.; Sara
Gray, Dot Cabaniss, and Charlotte
Golden to Columbus, Ga.; Mary Ear-
nest Perry to Nashville, Ga.; Helen
Ramsey to Darlington, Tenn.; Micky
McKee to Nashville, Tenn.; and Mir-
iam Sanders to Greenville, S. C.

Bee Merril, Susan Bryan, Barton
Jackson, and Grace Tazewell went on
a picnic Sunday night.

Frances Steele had dinner at the
Sigma Nu house Sunday.

Kathryn Goodwyn spent the week-
end with Susan Goodwyn.

Esthere Ogden went to New Or-
leans to attend her sister's wedding.

Lib Galbreath's mother came for
the week-end; Mrs. Brittingham of
Portsmouth, Va., visited Katherine;
Mrs. Stephens, of Augusta, spent three
days with Virginia; and Mr. and Mrs.
Blackwell, of Laurens, S. C, spent the
week-end with Henrietta.

Caroline Tumlin spent the week-
end with her sister, Virginia.

Jane Adams visited Phyllis Johnson
in Elberton this week-end.

Kay Jones went to a steak fry Sat-
urday night.

Caroline Carmichael had dinner at
the Sigma Chi house Sunday night.

Eloisa Alexander attended the wed-
ding of Elizabeth Colbert Saturday
night.

Isabelle Richardson and Mary Belle
Weir attended the Theta Kappa Psi
dance Saturday night.

Dot Newman of Augusta was the
visitor of Martha Alice Green this
week-end.

Dorothy Page of LaGrange, Ga.,
was the visitor of Adelaide Benson this
week-end.

Those attending the A. K. K. dance
Saturday night were: Nancy Moorer,
Mary V. Smith, Mary Catherine Mat-
thews, and Rachel Kennedy.

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That Their State is Happy One

Agnes Scott must indeed be popu-
lar with many families, for there are
now twelve sets of sisters pursuing
wisdom at this institution of higher
learning. We, who snooped around
the campus, and pounced on these un-
suspecting sisters at inopportune mo-
ments, found that they liked very
much coming to school with a mem-
ber of the family.

We found Mary Frances Guthrie
wistfully haunting the telephone, and
she mournfully admitted that she
adored coming to school with sister
Jane. "We don't room together be-
cause we have different friends and in-
terests; but when I get homesick, I
just go over to see her/' she explained.

Jean and Elizabeth Williams, whom
we halted precipitately for an inter-
view in the middle of a street,
breathed in concert, "Yes, we love it,"
and "No, there are no disadvantages."
Sophomore Elizabeth explained that
she exercised traditional authority over
freshman Jean. They both declared
that they never got homesick.

We next interviewed a large red ap-
ple, behind which Mary Matthews was
intrenched. "But I never see June,"
wailed the voice from the apple. And
sister June later replied in much the
same way, "I never see her at all. If
I meet her by chance on the campus,
it's like a reunion with an old friend."

Cornelia Christie, caught in those
few, frantic moments between the
first and second bells for a sociology
class, averred that she loved having
sister Margaret with her. "I have got-
ten to know her as an individual, with
a charming personality of her own,"
she explained.

Laura Coit, whom we halted as she
dashed out of the library, declared
breathlessly, "I like having Mildred
here with me, but if I were a younger
sister, I should never go to the same
college with my older sister. I should
want to go to a different school where

I could develop my own interests and
friends."

When we interviewed Margaret
Watson in chapel, she stated that hav-
ing Virginia here was good in that
she didn't get homesick; "But," she
added, "it is bad in that it cut in half
the number of letters I get from
home."

Cecilia and Genevieve Baird, stop-
ped just after a class, were all in fa-
vor of having a sister in college with
them. "We like coming to school to-
gether," breathed auburn-haired Ce-
cilia; and "we wouldn't have it any
other way," supplemented brunette
Genevieve. The Galloways, Annie
Laura and Mary Elizabeth, are also
enthusiastic about attending school
with each other; as are Polly and Peg-
gy Ware, Lydia and Cornelia Whitner,
and Beatrice and Lois Sexton. Antoin-
ette and Florence Sledd, whom we
stopped in the throes of a political ral-
ly, smilingly declared that they liked
being twins, and they liked coming to
school together; after which they
turned and gave fifteen vigorous rahs
for Norman Thomas.

Carol Hale, whom we interviewed
on how she liked not having a sister
in college with her, stated that it was
a sad, sad state because she didn't have
a sister to think of cute things for
her to say when she was interviewed
on not having a sister.

States Have Absentee Vote

In the approaching presidential elec-
tion of November 3, the following
states will allow citizens engaged in
activities outside of the state to vote:
California, Connecticut, Delaware,
Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kan-
sas, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan,
Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hamp-
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Ohio, Rhode Island, Vermont, Vir-
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THE AGONISTIC

Eleven Freshmen
To be Reporters
For Paper Staff

Eleven freshmen have been admit-
ted to the reporter staff of the Ago-
nistic following the fall try-outs.
They are: Mary Reins, Evelyn Baty,
Eleanor Hutchens, Hazel Solomon,
V. J. Watkins, Mary Louise Dobbs,
Virginia Hill, Eloise McCall, Louise
Hughston, Mary Lang Gill, and Eu-
genia Williams. This number increas-
es the reporter staff to thirty-three
members.

Regular reporters include: Nell Al-
lison, Alice Cheeseman, Giddy Erwin,
Nell Hemphill, Carol Hale, Cora Kay
Hutchins, Sarah Johnson, Douglas
Lyle, Frances Lee, Regina Herwitz,
Julia Sewell, Mary Willis, Mamie Lee
Ratliff, Selma Steinbach, Anne Pur-
nell, Marie Merritt, Alice Reins, Myrl
Chafin, Louise Young, Mary Frances
Kennedy, Henrietta Blackwell, and
Mary Primrose Noble.

Business assistants are: Rachel Ken-
nedy, Florence Little, Jesse Williams.

Additions to the staff this year are
Mary Frances Guthrie as exchange edi-
tor and Nell Hemphill as faculty cir-
culation manager.

State ConfereDce
Meets at College

Plans for missions, conventions, co-
operation with church student groups
and world peace were the result of
the joint conference of Y. W. C. A.
and Y. M. C. A. leaders held at Agnes
Scott October 17 and 18. Many Geor-
gia colleges were represented at the
conference, of which Isabel McCain is
president, and Jimmy Webb of Em-
ory, vice-president.

During this year the students plan
to stress missions, having a conference
in the spring in which student volun-
teers will be included. The conference
has formerly been held at Wesleyan;
it is as yet undecided where the meet-
ing will be this year.

Molly Jones Honors

Senior Class at Tea

Molly and Polly Jones entertained
Saturday afternoon, October 24, at a
tea from 4:30 to 6:00 at their home
on Clairmont Avenue. They were as-
sisted in receiving their guests by their
mother, Mrs. Edward Jones.

Mrs. Alma Sydenstricker and Miss
Mary Honiker presided over the beau-
tifully appointed tea table; others as-
sisting in entertaining were Frances
Bel ford, Isabel McCain, Mary Jane
Tigert, Frances Cary, Sara Traynham,
Isabel Richardson, Mildred Tilly, and
Mrs. Alvin Smith.

About 150 guests called during the
.li'tcrnoon. Among this number was
the senior class of which Molly is a
member.

Cover Prize Won
By Jane Guthrie

Miss Lewis Judges Entries For
Aurora Contest

Jane Guthrie is the winner of the
two dollar and a half prize offered by
Aurora for the best cover submitted
in its recent contest. Miss Louise
Lewis of the art department judged
the several entries.

The first issue of the Aurora will
appear the latter part of the week.
Among those contributing are Hor-
tense Jones, Henrietta Blackwell, Jane
Guthrie, Mary Winston Crockett,
Winifred Kellersberger, Carol Hale,
and Julia Sewell.

Mr. Raper Entertains
Sociology Students

The members of the sociology class
taking a course in the family met at
the home of Mr. Arthur Raper, act-
ing professor of sociology, for an in-
formal discussion around an open fire
last Thursday afternoon, October 22.
This meeting took the place of the
regular Thursday afternoon labora-
tory. In addition to the members of
the class there were present Mrs. Ra-
per and the three Raper children; Miss
Katherine Omwake, assistant profes-
sor of psychology; and Lulu Ames,
graduate of Agnes Scott in 193 6.

In the late afternoon the group
gathered around an open fire and en-
joyed hamburgers, peanuts, potato
chips, marshmallows, fruit, crackers,
and coca-colas. After supper they sat
on logs around the fire while several
members of the class reported on books
about the family in the Middle Ages.
Lulu Ames presented several interpre-
tations of typical family situations at
different periods of history, and Fran-
ces Belford and Sarah Johnson gave
book reports. The committee planning
the occasion consisted of the follow-
ing girls: Mary Gillespie, Annie Laura
Galloway, Lucile Dennison, and Bcttv
Hollis.

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Clubs Requested
To List Conventions

All organizations wishing to send
delegates to conventions this year
are requested to hand in a list of
the conventions with their dates to
Alice Hannah, president of student
government, by Thursday morn-
ing.

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Money Will Be Apportioned
Among Organizations

Abbot Will Head
Freshman Cabinet
In Yea r ' s W ork

Dr. Davidson Speaks
At Library Meeting

Professor Philip Davidson will ad-
dress the delegates to the Southeastern
Library Association conference this
Friday in Asheville, North Carolina.
He will speak on "Youth in a Modern
World"

Classes Compete
In Opening Game

Of Hockev Season

j

Starting off the hockey season with
close interclass competition, the sopho-
mores defeated the juniors 2-0 and
the seniors defeated the freshmen 1-0
in the games played Friday. The teams
are too newly organized to show
marked teamwork ability, but man-
aged to give an enthusiastic audience
an exciting afternoon.

As a whole the sophomores had the
best game. The members of their team
outclassed the others in playing their
positions. The freshmen, however, are
new at the game, and the juniors and
seniors were minus several players.

The line-ups were as follows:
Freshmen Seniors

Crisp R.W Jackson

Hammond I.R Belser

Brinton C.JF Fleece

Heaslett I.L Johnson

Forman L.W

Abbot R.H Kneale

Solomon C.H

Echols L.H Little (1)

Moffatt R.B Taylor

Thompson L.B

Cass G.G Cary

Substitutions: Huston, Eyles, Sim-
son, Minter, Watkins, Carson, Wil-
liamson, Hammond, Abbot, Echols.
Sophomore Junior

Benson R.W Smith

Drvfoos I.R L. Coit

McGuire (1) C.F Thompson

Purnell (1) I.L Bryan

M. Coit L.W Merrill

Murphy R.H

Crowell C.H Blackshear

Marshall L.H Tribble

Hamilton R.B Johnson

McMullen L.B Young

Kenny G.G Robinson

Substitutions: Furlow, Ivie, Dry-
foos, Purnell, Flynt, Farrar, Whetsell.

One freshman to watch is Helen
Carson, who has already attracted at-
tention with her strong tennis game.
She entered the hockey game during
the last few minutes, after having just
finished a two-hour tennis battle, and
played with the same speed which she
exhibits in tennis.

With only sixty-two failing to pay
their budget fee as compared to eighty-
seven last year, the student treasury
contains $4937 to be apportioned
among organizations during the first
week in November. Student Govern-
ment will receive 13%; Pi Alpha Phi,
5%; Agonistic, 16/2%; Aurora,
8 ! / 2 %; Silhouette, 36%; Athletic As-
sociation, 7 ft ; Y. W. C. A., 5 V ;
Mortar Board, 2%; May Day, 1%% ;
reserve, l%$ Lecture Association,
2 y 2 % ; and International Relations

club, y 2 %.

Sarah Johnson, treasurer, announces
that any organization having a mem-
ber on the Black List at the time when
the budget committee meets will lose
fifteen per cent of its allotment. Stu-
dents may still pay their fee.

Blackfriars To Have
Banquet With Emory

In the interests of more cooperation
and better acquaintance between the
two dramatic clubs, Blackfriars and
the Emory Players will hold a joint
banquet Wednesday evening, Novem-
ber 4, at Peacock Alley. George
Downing, president of the Players,
and Kitty Printup, president of Black-
friars, are in charge of arrangements.

It was largely due to Alice Taylor's
excellent defensive playing that the
freshman ball was kept away from the
senior goal. Handicapped by the ab-
sence of three players, the seniors put
up a strong fight to gain their 1-0
victory. Credit must go to Mary
Kneale for defensive work, and to
Charlinc Fleece for her two long pass-
es up center field.

The sophomore attack and defense
was led by Jane Dryfoos, Annie Lee
Crowell, and Millie Coit. The juniors,
playing without a complete team,
spent considerable energy preventing
sophomore goals. Elizabeth Blackshear,
Laura Coit, and Anne Thompson de-
serve mention for their hard playing.

Miss Llewellyn Wilburn and Miss
Frances McCalla, '3 5, were umpires.

With 189 freshmen signed up for
bot>by groups and officers of the cabi-
net elected, the freshman division of
the Y. W. C. A. has begun its active
work for the year. Frances Abbot, as
chairman, meets once a week with the
freshman cabinet and once a week
with the regular Y. \Y\ C. A. Hen-
rietta Thompson is secretary of the
cabinet; all the members help sponsor
the various hobby groups.

Eight freshmen have joined the cur-
rent events group, which is led by
Mildred Davis with Professor Arthur
Raper as adviser. Nell Hemphill and
Miss Elizabeth Mitchell, of the physi-
cal education department, are in
charge of the thirty-two girls who
make up the handcraft group. With
Mrs. Burruss, of the Decatur library,
as adviser, Jane Guthrie and Brooks
Spivey are heading the book group of
eighteen members. Charm group, the
largest of the four, has ninety fresh-
men; Alice Taylor, with Associate
Professor Louise Hale as adviser, is in
charge.

The major purposes in having the
freshmen cabinet are to develop lead-
ership and to get the freshman view-
point on different matters. Betty Hol-
lis, vice president of Y. W. C. A., has
general supervision over the cabinet
and the hobby groups.

Class Vespers Start
With Senior Program

Beginning the annual scries of class
vespers, the seniors, with Charline
Fleece as leader, will conduct vespers
next Sunday.

The subject of this program, carry-
ing out the Y. W. C. A. theme of this
year, is "Christ's Challenge in the
Classroom." Those taking part are
Mary Malone, Eloisa Alexander, and
Charline Fleece.

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Tonight
in Chapel

XXII

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1936

NO. 5

Stuart Chase

Courtesy of Dekalb New Era

Tickets on Sale for
Noted Author's Lecture

Stuart Chase will lecture at Agnes
Scott Friday, November 13. Trie ad-
vance ticket sale was in progress yes-
terday and today. Students may se-
cure regular tickets for fifty cents
and reserved seats for seventy-five
cents; others may buy regular seats
for seventy-five cents, and reserved
for one dollar.

Dean Will Cap
Senior Class

Miss Leslie Gaylord To Speak
As 84 Girls Are Invested
At Exercises

Eighty-four seniors will be endowed
with their full privileges when they
are capped by Dean Nannette Hopkins
at the traditional investiture ceremony
Saturday at 11:30 in Gaines chapel.
Miss Leslie Gaylord will deliver the
address on that occasion; and little
Ruth Runyan will act as class mascot.
Dr. R. F. Kirkpatrick, father of Jean
Kirkpatrick, will make the investiture
prayer.

Saturday's services will follow the
annual observation of "little-girl-day"
on Friday. The seniors will enjoy their
dolls, hair-ribbons, and suckers for one
day; after which they will put aside
their childhood to put on all the dig-
nity of their position.

Dr. James McCain
Addresses Meets
Of U. S. Colleges

As president of the Association of
American Colleges, Dr. J. R. McCain,
president of Agnes Scott, recently at-
tended three regional conferences of
the Association, held in the southern,
middle western, and Rocky Mountain
areas.

The first of these, held on October
16-17, met at Jackson, Mississippi,
and included states as far east as West
Virginia and Kentucky, and as far west
as New Mexico. The general theme of
this conference, "Trends in Curricu-
lum Changes/' disclosed the increas-
ing stress on the fine arts. Dr. Mc-
Cain spoke on "College Cooperation,"
illustrating his talk with the coopera-
tive system existing between Agnes
Scott and Emory.

The middle western conference, in-
cluding states east to Pennsylvania and
west to Iowa and Minnesota, met on
October 20-21, and was presided over
by Dr. McCain. The value of discip-
linary subjects, such as Greek, Latin,
and mathematics made up the general
theme, along the lines of which was
held a debate on the value of survey
courses.

Delegates from the Rocky Moun-
tain area met on October 23-24, at
Colorado Springs, Colorado; states
from Kansas to Oregon and Utah were
represented. As in the southern confer-
ence, the place of the fine arts in the
college curriculum was discussed. "The
College Teacher" was the subject of a
speech by Dr. McCain.

Jackson, Gillespie
Represent A. S. C.
At Press Meeting

Barton Jackson and Mary Gillespie,
editor and business manager of The
Silhouette, returned Sunday night from
the fifteenth annual meeting of the
Associated Collegiate Press, held at the
Brown hotel in Louisville, Kentucky.
The University of Louisville was the
official host.

Among the features of the conven-
tion were exhibits of newspapers and
annuals and talks on such subjects as
"Yearbook Layout and Design," "Mod-
ern Trends in Yearbook Editorial
Planning," and "Modern Photography
for the Modern Annual." The Louis-
ville Courier Journal and Times was
host at a luncheon, when special panel
discussions on "If I Were a College
Editor" were held. Important men
representing all cross sections of pro-
fessional newspaper opinion and the
average reading public took part.

At a joint meeting of the conven-
tion, John B. Kennedy, radio news
commentator, talked on world affairs.
Herbert Agar, author, Pulitzer prize
winner, and editor of the Courier
Journal and Times, also addressed the
delegates.

It is planned to hold the Associated
Collegiate Press convention in Miami
next year. Last year, when it was held
in Chicago, Shirley Christian and
Sarah Jones, of The Silhouette; and
Lulu Ames and Alice Chamlee, of the
Agonistic, were present.

Kitty Printup Has Poem
Reprinted in Magazine

A poem by Kitty Printup appears
in the current issue of The Baptist
Student, a monthly social and religious
magazine. The poem, entitled "Broth-
erly Love," has appeared in the Aurora
also.

Enthusiastic A. S. C. Faculty Finds Stuart Chase

Stimulating Individual, Awake to Soci >l Problems

VOL.

Student Body
Seeks System
Of Class Cuts

N. S. F. A., Executive Committee
Against Former System
of Excuses

Plans Are Being Studied

Student suggestions for cuts to re-
place the excuse system were present-
ed to the administrative committee
last week, and will be submitted to
the faculty committee on cuts for fur-
ther consideration. The faculty as a
whole will vote on the suggestions
when they meet the latter part of the
month. The administrative commit-
tee is composed of .he officers of the
administration, the officers of student
government, one member of the fac-
ulty, and one senior member of the
executive committee.

Following is the plan:

Because we have observed that dis-
cussions in Open Forum or any other
large group are often pointless, we, the
N. S. F. A. discussion group and a
committee from the executive com-
mittee of Student Government, have
carefully considered the problem and
would like to make the following sug-
gestions:

I. That a clearly defined cut system
replace the present excuse system,
for

A. The present system is not con-
ducive to honesty-

1. Day students are tempted to
abuse the privilege of sick ex-
cuses.

2. Boarders are tempted to fake
weddings, dentist's engage-
ments, etc.

II. That in planning the cut system
the following provisions be consid-
ered and, if possible, include:

A. Limited cuts for underclassmen.
One cut per hour per quarter for
freshmen and sophomores with
the provision that sickness is not
excused except in the case of ill-
ness of a week or more in which
case all absences of that week or
more shall be excused.

B. Unlimited cuts for upperclass-
men who are meriting all of their
work at the end of the quarter.

C. Limited cuts (as for underclass-
men) who have not merited all
of their work during the preced-
ing quarter.

D. Cuts before and after holidays
shall count double.

E. Grades shall be penalized in case
of overcutting.

III. That some form of cut system be
worked out and put into effect as
soon as possible.

Chemists Study
Cotton Oil Plan

The October meeting of the Geor-
gia section of the American Chemical
Society was held Friday at the Georgia
School of Technology. Dr. Frank K.
Cameron of the University of North
Carolina spoke on "Whole Cotton as
a Source of Oil and Alpha-cellulose."
The process which Dr. Cameron pro-
posed is of compelling interest because
of the profound influence it may ex-
ert upon the future of the cotton in-
dustry in the South.

His plan in brief is to sow cotton
like a field of grain, to harvest it at
maturity by mowing and boling, and
to use the entire as a chemical raw
material, obtaining the oil by solvent
extraction, and recovering cellulose
from the residue. This plan is backed
by some six years of experimental
work on the part of Dr. Cameron and
his associates.

Three Colleges
Debate Politics

Brooks Spivey Places First in
Triangular Debate at
Agnes Scott

The relative merits and faults of
the three leading political parties were
debated on the campuses of Emory,
Tech, and Agnes Scott last Friday,
October 30, in the triangular debate
sponsored by the three colleges. The
decisions, which were rendered by the
respective audiences, gave two first
places to Socialistic speakers, and one
to a Democratic advocate.

Brooks Spivey, who spoke at Agnes
Scott for Socialism, defeated Jack
Tolbert of Emory, who spoke for the
Republicans, and Ed Vinson of Tech,
who upheld the Democrats. Nellie
Margaret Gilroy, president of Pi Al-
pha Phi, presided over the debate.

At Emory, Nat McLane of Tech
and Mary Lillian Fairly of Agnes
Scott, who spoke for the Republicans
and the Democrats respectively, lost
to Jack McMichael of Emory, who
advocated Socialism. Ralph Jenkins,
member of the debate council of Em-
ory, introduced Mr. Charles Reid,
chairman of the state Democratic
committee, who presided.

The Democratic speaker, John Till-
man of Emory, won first place at
Tech, defeating Mary Frances Guthrie
of Agnes Scott and Arthur Lipsius of
Tech, who defended the Republicans
and Socialists, respectively. John
O'Callahan presided over the debate.

Aurora Announces
'3 5 Prize Winners

Three girls won prizes for the best
compositions in the Aurora contest of
last year, Elizabeth Espy, editor, an-
nounced last week. Mildred Clark's
Country Girl Sonnets won first place
among the poetry. Elizabeth Espy re-
ceived honorable mention for her
poem, To One at Home.

The prize short story was written
by June Matthews, and was entitled
Dear Sam. Lucile Dennison won first
prize in the non-fiction writing for
her article, Philosophers' Masquerade,
written about Thornton Wilder.

This is the third such contest that
the Aurora has sponsored. Lita Goss,
who edited the literary magazine last
year, submitted all the issues of the
Aurora to three outside judges, who
selected the composition in each group.

Campus Poetry Club Has
Six Additional Members

At a special meeting held Thursday
afternoon, October 29, poetry club ad-
mitted six new members on the ba-
sis of their try-outs. They are: June
Matthews, Elise Seay, Jane Turner,
Virginia Hill, Jane Guthrie, Shirley
Armentrout.

That Stuart Chase, who will lecture
at Agnes Scott on November 14, is a
stimulating individual who has uni-
versal appeal is the enthusiastic opin-
ion of our faculty. We who cornered
those oracles of wisdom and learning
to ask their views about the noted
economist found that without excep-
tion they considered him a challeng-
ing person and an extremely worth-
while lecturer.

President McCain, whom we stopped
just as hat in hand he was about to
beat a modest retreat, declared that
Mr. Chase's beliefs were so vital and
arresting that "whether you agree with

him or not, you have something to
talk about after you have heard him."
He expressed the hope that the entire
campus community should hear the
first lecturer because he is very inter-
esting and well worth-while.

We halted Mr. D avidson just be-
neath a clock which was indignantly
pointing out that the last bell for his
class had already rung. With histori-
cal nonchalance he made time and his
students wait for Stuart Chase, whom
he averred was a challenging and fas-
cinating individual. "He presents in
a stimulating way the profound tech-
nicalities of other economists. He em-

phasizes the social results and the hu-
man aspects of economics. "

Miss Jackson was merrily hieing her
way Buttrick-ward when we presented
ourselves as an obstacle in her path,
and propounded our question. No,
she had never heard Mr. Chase lec-
ture; but she felt that hearing him
would prove an invaluable experience.
"His book on Mexico is one of the
most fascinating I have ever read,"
she added.

We stormed the battlements of
Science Hall, and climbed three gruel-
ling flights of stairs to ask (with no
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School to Aid
In Furnishing
Activities Hall

Mortar Board Invites Campus
To Contribution Party
Friday Night

Rooms Will Be Decorated

To furnish the Murphey Candler
building more completely, Mortar
Board invites the faculty and students
to a contribution party there this Fri-
day night from 9:40 to 10:30. A list
of articles needed will be posted this
afternoon on the back bulletin board
in Buttrick so that guests may indi-
cate what contributions they wish to
make.

On the list are such items as end
tables, book-ends, pillows, records and
needles, magazine racks, candlesticks,
lamps, twin shades and an odd shade
for stands already there, a dozen tea
towels, soap, knives, big spoons, egg
beater, bowl, can opener, four aprons,
vases, potted plants, a twelve-foot
electric light cord, an eight foot elec-
tric light cord, magazines, books, two
yards oil cloth, linoleum rugs five or
six feet long, pictures, games, towel
rack, and clock. The list is to be
checked to avoid duplication of arti-
cles.

The various organizations having
rooms in the building are responsible
for getting curtains, rugs, and any
additional furnishings they may want.

Girls Participate
In Baptist Meet

Eleven Agnes Scott girls attended
the Georgia State Baptist Student Un-
ion convention held last week-end at
the Tattnall Square Baptist church on
the Mercer campus in Macon. Sarah
Johnson, Jeanne Flynt, Ann Howell,
Kitty Jones, Cary Wheeler, Cornelia
Coleman, Tommy Ruth Blackmon,
Alice Reins, Mary Reins, Eugenia
Bridges, and Eloise Weeks were the
Agnes Scott students who went.

"The Will of God" was the theme
of the convention. On the program
were Jeanne Flynt, who directed a
play in which Mary Reins and Tommy
Ruth Blackmon took part; and Cor-
nelia Coleman, who sang Sunday
morning.

At the same time that this conven-
tion was held in Macon, similar con-
ventions took place in other states in
the South. Last year the Georgia state
meeting convened in Atlanta.

Misses Scandrett,

Palmour Tour N. C.

Miss Carrie Scandrett, assistant
dean, and Miss Alberta Palmour,
alumnae field secretary, return today
from a trip through North Carolina.
Miss Scandrett left for Charlotte last
Wednesday to join Miss Palmour; they
attended a meeting of the alumnae liv-
ing in Charlotte.

On Thursday they visited High-
point, going on to Greensboro for
lunch. They attended a meeting in
Winston-Salem Friday, going from
there to Asheville, where they spent
the week-end with Miss Scandrett's
mother. Monday they met with alum-
nae and visited high schools of Ashe-
ville, and Tuesday they visited in Hen-
dersonville.

Mortar Board Has Party

Mortar Board gave an informal
Halloween party in the Murphev
Candler building for the honor stu-
dents Saturday evening at 8 o'clock.

THE AGONISTIC

&\)c Agonistic

PUBLISHED WEEKLY

Owned and published by the students of Agnes Scott
College.

Entered as Second Class Matter.

Subscription price, $1.25 per year in advance.
Single copies, 5c.

1<W Member 10 "J 7

ftssociofed Golleeiote Press

"Further Range", -Lost Generation"

Prove Interesting for Book Lovers

Beljiiu in Resumes Neutrality

By Margaret Watson

Robert Frost Shows Humor, In-
terest in Present Day in
Latest Book

Maxine Davies' Book Tells
About Bewildered Youth of
Present Day

Laura Steele

Ed it or -in- Chief
Frances Cary

Associate Editor
Jane Guthrie
Hortense Jones
Mary McCann Hudson

Assistant Editors
June Matthews

Make-Up Editor
Ruth Hertzka

Assistant Make-Up

\l .LLIE M. GlLROY

Feature Editor
Mary Frances Guthrie

Exchange Editor
Mildred Davis

Book Editor

STAFF

Kathryn B. Wall
Business Manager
Elizabeth Blackshear

Advertising Manager
Mary Lib Morrow-
Frances Belford
Doris Dunn
Nell Hemphill

Circulation Managers
Frances Wilson

Current History
Pauline Moss

Society Editor
J) w Chalmers

Sports Editor
Cornelia Christie

Club Editor
Elizabeth Warden
Alumnae Editor

Editor, Associate Editor, Enid Middleton, Mary
King, Editorial Council

Voters Show Interest

Glaring headlines in the daily papers, armed
forces on parade in the newsreels, news bulletins
flashed over a coast-to-coast network through-
out the entire nation all have combined to tell
us that the world has this day reached a crisis
in its history, and that the development of civi-
lization in the future is being determined by our
actions in the present. The progress of modern j
science has made it impossible for any nation,
however secure and isolated she may be geo-
graphically, to set herself apart from other
countries. Our nation today has need of intelli-
gent action on the part of her citizens a cate-
gory that includes, among the first, the college
students. Modern progress has definitely shat-
tered the old legend that a college is an institu-
tion devoted solely to book knowledge and en-
tirely secluded from traffic and intercourse with
the material world.

It is particularly gratifying, therefore, to dis-
cover that the students of Agnes Scott are con-
scious of the critical nature of the times in which j
they live, and that they are vitally interested in '
l inding out the course of action best suited to
the welfare of our nation and of the world at
large. That such an interest does exist on our
campus is shown by the encouragingly large re-
sponse to the straw vote held on the campus this
past week. Out of the 483 students enrolled at
the college, 416 registered and cast their votes
in the campus election. The result of the ballot-
ing is of only secondary interest compared with
the spirit that was shown. Judging by the unre-
strained rounds of applause and cheers following
every phrase and in many cases, each word
of the three speakers in chapel two weeks ago,
many might have been inclined to doubt the gen-
uineness of the interest. The fact, however, that
416 students an overwhelming majority of the
student body took the trouble to go to the elec-
;i n booth in the lobby of Buttrick, pay their
penny poll tax, and register to vote the following
Tuesday, seems sufficient evidence as to the
seriousness of the widespread student interest in
the affairs of the outside world.

Hockey Needs Support

The school as a whole seems to agree on the
point that studies on the campus need stimula-
tion more than athletics. At least, this is the
logical deduction reached from observing the fu-
rious studying of the freshmen and the careful
absences of upperclassmen from the weekly
hockey games.

Besides being the nearest and most convenient
means ol a needed recreation in between periods
Of study in the library, the hockey games every
Friday axe also interesting and often exciting,
and would probably be more so if the players felt
that someone besides themselves was interested
in whether or not a goal was made. It is most
uninspiring to play before bleachers less than
half full, and it's entirely hopeless when the
great majority of the few onlookers are dressed
in gvm suits ready to play themselves. A few
good cheers and a little interest on the part of
the spectators can make more goals than might
be thought possible.

A Further Range, by Robert Frost;
Henry Holt and Co., N. Y., 1936,
>2.5 0. Reviewed by Mary Anne Ker-
nan.

In this latest book of poetry, A Fur-
ther Range, his sixth volume of sep-
arate poems, Robert Frost shows those
qualities which have in recent years
placed him among the foremost poets
of America. There is much delightful
humor, a definite love of nature, an
appreciation of distinctly homely
things, a penetrating observation of
people, and a certain philosophical
subtlety in his works.

Outside of these usual characteris-
tics there seems to be a great interest
in present-day conditions as shown in
"The Lone Striker" and, particularly
pertinent to the political situation, in
' Build Soil A Political Pastoral," in
which he says,

Is socialism needed, do you think?
We have it now. For socialism is
An element in any government.

He then proceeds with an interesting
discussion of political theories. In this
poem too, Frost uses numerous touches
of humor, sometimes satirical, as, for
instance,

Were I dictator, I'll tell you what I'd
do

. . . I'd let things take their course
And then I'd claim the credit for the
outcome.

Aside from this interest in contem-
porary life, there is the ever-present
feeling for nature. This is shown in
"A Leaf Treader," which begins,

I have been treading on leaves all
day until I am autumn-tired.

We see this same joy in the beauties of
nature in "Leaves Compared with
Flowers" and "The White-Tailed Hor-
net." There is nature description too
in "Moon Compasses," which in its
perfect conciseness gives a picture of
exquisite beauty:

I stole forth dimly in the dripping
pause

Between two downpours to see what

there was.
And a masked moon had spread down

compass rays
To a cone mountain in the midnight

haze,

As if the final estimate were news,
And as it measured in her caliphers
The mountain stood exalted in its
place.

So love will take between the hands
a face ..."
Personality of Poet

A Fur/her Range is filled with a
wealth of admirable poetry, all of
which is colored by the personality
of the poet. These lines from "Thj
Lone Striker" seem to be so typically
Frost that they must be quoted,

1 Ee knew a path that wanted walking
He knew a spring that wanted drink-
ing

A thought that wanted further think-
ing;

Reading this latest of his volumes
was like having the poet on our cam-
pus again, so thoroughly does much of
his poetry reflect his personality. Here
we see a man who has a sympathetic
appreciation of people, and who while
saying of people looking out to sea,

They cannot look out far.
They cannot look in deep,

has himself penetrated further and
seen more than many of us, his read-
ers.

On the basis of this book and his
previous books, we are forced to con-
clude, in so far as we may judge con-
temporary work, that in Robert Frost
we have a poet of lasting worth.

The Lost Generation, by Maxine
Davies; The Macmillan Co., N. Y ,
1936. Re viewed bv Henrietta Black -
well.

Youth! We hear that word and im-
mediately there come to our minds
fire, enthusiasm, adventure, daring.
But is that the youth of today? When
we read Maxine Davies' The Lost Gen-
eration we begin to wonder.

Maxine Davies, in an old Ford car,
takes a leisurely trip over the United
States, seeing and talking with some
two thousand young people in every
part of the country, in every stratum
of society; and what she learns should
prove a revelation to old and young
alike. The predominant impression left
upon her by her trip is that the youth
of today has lost its natural zest for
living, its sense of direction, and has
become the victim of apathy, aimless-
ncss, and "a casual triviality masking
bewilderment." True, the younger
generation is gallant, honest to the
core, optimistic, and free from resent-
ment and cynicism. But the ominous
fact still remains that the dynamic
"push" which has brought America
where she is today, is lacking. Youth
sits, bewildered, and waits, or drifts
along with eyes half-shut.

Youth, Miss Davies tells us, has lost
faith. It believes in neither God nor
itself, but is reaching with grasping
hands towards anything that prom-
ises security. "This generation is stray-
ing aimlessly towards middle age. Soon
it will be altogether lost. Then we as
a nation will face a future dominated
by a defeated citizenry with nothing
to lose and willing to try anything.
It may be that there will be nothing
tor it to try. It will remain then a
decadent vitiated generation, a cancer
in the vitals of our people, rearing its
children in its own dun and dreary
twilight."

Alumnae News

The name of Agnes Scott seems to
be an "open sesame" to the doors of
the Atlanta Retail Credit Association.
Twelve alumnae, most of them recent
graduates, have clerical positions with
this company. Five of these are from
last year's class. They are Susan Heck-
er, '18; Elizabeth Cole, '2 8; Eugenia
Norris and Ora Craig, '3 3; Mary Mac-
Donald and Mary Sloan, '34; Anne
Harman, '3 5; Helen Ford, Catherine
Cunningham, Lenna Sue McClure, Ori
Sue Jones, and Augusta King, all of
the class of '3 6.

Elizabeth Alexander, '3 5, has re-
cently left the Retail Credit to begin
her training as a technician.

Myra Jervey is now head of the cos-
tume designing department of Stevens
College, in Columbus, Mo. After grad-
uation from Agnes Scott, she lived for
come time in Pans, where she studied
under the celebrated designer, Patou.

Mary (Roundtree) Cox has been
singing in a musical comedy in Wash-
ington, D. C. She has done concert
work in Georgia and New York, and
was soloist for a season for the George
Washington glee club in Washington.

Juniors to Give Play

For \ espers Sen ice

With the theme, "Christ's Chal-
lenge in Social Life," the junior class
will be in charge of Sunday vespers
on November 8. Myrl Chafin is to be
leader of the program.

The main feature of the service
will be an original playlet, in which
the roles are to be taken by Elizabeth
Cousins, Joyce Roper, and Winifred
Kellersbcrger. A special junior choir
under the direction of Primrose Noble
will be in charge of the music.

Vespers were in charge of the senior
class last Sunday, when Charlinc
Fleece, the leader, spoke on "Christ's
Challenge in the Classroom."

On October 15 King Leopold III of Belgium,,
speaking to his assembled cabinet, urged Bel-
gium to resume her historic neutrality and with-
draw from all entangling foreign alliances. At
the same time he recommended an increased and
improved Belgian army to help preserve an
armed neutrality. "This policy/ 1 the king said,
"is to prevent war. Our country's geographical
position compels us to maintain our military ma-
chine so as to dissuade any of our neighbors
from using our territory to attack another state
. . . We aim resolutely at placing ourselves out-
side the conflicts of our neighbors."

Informed sources assumed the king's state-
ment to mean these four things: (1) The repudi-
ation of the Franco-Belgian military assistance
pact made in 1920; (2) Belgium's withdrawal
from the Locarno treaty for collective European
security; (3) repudiation of her duties under the
League of Nations Covenant; (4) a serious blow
to present and future collective European secur-
ity.

Contrary to custom, no warning of the procla-
mation was given to any European foreign office
until it was made, and the stir it created in
diplomatic circles was enormous. France was
naturally the most perturbed. The military pact
she had with Belgium was generally regarded as
the keystone of her defense policy, and the pro-
posed abrogation of it was a severe blow. The
Paris press, which is opposed to the present gov-
ernment, blamed the government's foreign pol-
icy that is the treaties between France and
the U. S. S. R., France's failure to take decisive
action regarding the German remilitarization of
the Rhineland, and France's line of defensive
forts, which contrary to a previous understand-
ing, stopped at the Belgian frontier instead of
continuing to the sea. Outsiders think the proc-
lamation was brought on by a combination of the
above policies, increasing armament of all na-
tions, and the growing pressure for neutrality
exerted by Germany through propaganda.

Immediately after the announcement the
French foreign office dispatched a series of ques-
tions to the Belgian foreign office asking for an
interpretation of the proclamation regarding ex-
isting agreements. Before any formal reply was
sent P. T. T. Spaak, the Belgian foreign minis-
ter, assured France that no repudiation of any
existing international agreements was intended,
but later he said that Belgium would try to with-
draw from the pact with France, and would not
take part in any future discussions for a new
Locarno treaty for collective security.

Menial Whirls

The results of the "see-the-birdie" sessions
conducted in Main for the past several weeks
have revealed a startling and dismaying fact
Agnes Scotters are horribly and hopelessly con-
ceited. One girl satisfied with the revelation of
her "cameras don't lie" countenance is not to be
found. Whatever the picture resembles, the ve-
hement cry is "It just doesn't do me justice."

Speaking of resemblances, Isabel McCain was
mistaken for a Shakespearian sprite by a poet
who recently visited the campus. Isabel, dressed
in a green dress suggestive of meadows and rov-
ing woodland, suddenly popped into the room
where the poet was talking with a group of
poetic aspirants. Upon the green figure's en-
trance she gasped "Shakespeare ! You look
just like Ariel in 'Midsummer Night's Dream.' "
One wonders what her reaction would have been
to Frances Wilson's costume at the smarties'
party Saturday night an outfit which looked
suspiciously like a lamp shade, a garb which gave
the impression that its wearer was portraying
the spirit of midnight oil. It is rumored, by the
way, that Frances had a most difficult and em-
barrassing time including herself plus the above
mentioned costume in a closet with other mem-
bers of the intelligentsia while playing such a
prosaic and plebeian game as sardines.

The mental strain has become too much for
some of the smarties and even bobbing for ap-
ples brings little relief. For some of them just
will forget that the long-waited-for and n'or-to-
be-forgotten quarter system implies in some in
stances lour classes instead of the usual three.
Hence last Friday afternoon it was extremely
doubtful whether or not a certain psychology
class had a quorum present.

Just as human frailty caused this lapse of
memory so has it been working havoc in the new
archives of learning. Oh, what is so rare as a
day in June besides a beef steak or an A. S. C.
student who likes her annual pictures it is a
frequenter of the library who ALWAYS remem-
bers to hang her coat in the vestibule or to suf-
fer in silence.

THE AGONISTIC

Campus Belles Week-end With
Possum Hunts, Steak Fries

Henry Snccd of Chester, S. C. and
Bob Gctlys of Bamburg, S. C, visited
Jean Kirkpatrick and Kathleen Dan-
iels last week-end. May Miller, of
Greenville, was the guest of Frances
Cary; and Elizabeth Bowers of Wes-
leyan was the guest of Pauline Moss.

Friday and Saturday, Eleanor Lewis'
sisters, Judith Gracey's brother, Hay-
Jen Sanford's family, Joyce Roper's
father, and Isabelle Robertson's moth-
er also visited on the campus.

Those attending the Phi Delta Theta
dance at Emory Saturday were: Julia
Porter, Kay Kennedy, and Mette Wil-
liamson. At the Delta Tau Delta
dance was Mary Ellen Whetsell.

Saturday night Strat Sloan attended
the Phi Delta Theta dance at Tech;
Kay Toole, Sue Goodwyn, Mary Rog-
ers, Snooks Moss and others went to
the Pi Kappa Psi dance; and Anne Pur-
nell to the Delta Sig dance.

Caroline Armistead attended a buf-
fet supper at the Phi Gamm house Sat-
urday night, and Marlise Torrance

w ent to the Pi K. A. possum hunt.

Those present at the dance for the
freshmen and new students at Emory
were: Ola Kelly, Martha Alice Green,
Martha Moffet, Hariette Stimson,
Enid Middleton, Sara Gray, Catherine
Ivie, and others.

Jane Moore Hamilton, Kitty Jones,
Callie Carmichael, Frances Wilson,
Pcnn Flammond, and others attended
the Sigma Chi Halloween dinner-
dance Friday night; and Frances Steele
went on a Sigma Nu hay ride.

Girls who went home for the week-
end were: Ola Kelly to Monticello,
Ga.; Martha Alice Green, to Harlem,
Ga.; Kay Jones, to Winder, Ga.; Char-
lotte Newman to Spartanburg, S. C;
Caroline Du Pree, Francina Bass, and
Frances Morgan to Gadsden, Ala.;
Martha Summers to Atlanta, and
Mary Templeton to Atlanta.

Bee Merrill and Susan Bryan went
to Columbia, S. O, with Mary V.
Smith; Beryl Spooner spent the week-
end at the University of Georgia.

FACULTY ENTHUSIASTIC

OVER STUART ( HASE

[Continued from page 1, column 4)
breath, but staunch purpose) t he
opinion of Miss MacDougall. She has
read his articles with a great deal of
interest, and believes that he has
"keen insight and an analytical fac-
ulty which will make him an unques-
tionably valuable speaker."

Mr. Robinson was fleeing from the
outraged and accusing glances of stu-
dents to whom he was giving a quiz,
when we made a non-parallel bee-line,
knowing that our paths must inevi-
tably cross at some point in space.
They did; and we discovered that Mr.
Rubmson considers Stuart Chase a
"practical, non-technical economist,
who deals with realities, not just theor-
ies." He added that the lecturer has
a much broader vision than the aver-
age economist.

So anxious is Mr. Raper to have his
students hear Stuart Chase, that he
Openly admitted he would resort to
the bribery of cuts and better grades,
if necessary. He averred (sans dia-
gram!) "If there is anyone awake to
the social and economic problems
which confront the world today, it is
Stuart Chase."

Just as we espied Mr. Hayes and
were charging down upon him, he
popped into the elevator and ascended
to higher planes of life. We could
only hope that was indicative of rising
interest in Mr. Chase, because though
our spirit was willing our flesh
ouailed when confronted with three
more impossible flights of steps.

Believing that actions speak louder
than words, we shall allow the students
to express their opinion of Stuart
Chase on Friday, November 13, when
we shall all join the lecture association
in proving that we are not supersti-
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Reporters include: Nell Allison,
Alice Cheeseman, Giddy Irwin, Nell
Hemphill, Carol Hale, Cora Kay
Hutchins, Sarah Johnson, Douglas
Lyle, Frances Lee, Regina Herwitz,
Julia Sewell, Mary Willis, Mamie Lee
Ratliff, Selma Steinbach, Anne Pur-
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Chafin, Louise Young, Mary Frances
Kennedy, Henrietta Blackwell, Mary
Primrose Noble, Mary Reins, Evelyn
Raty, Eleanor Hutchens, Hazel Solo-
mon, V. J. Watkins, Mary Louise
Dobbs, Virginia Hill, Eloise McCall,
Louise Hughston, Mary Lang Gill, and
Eugenia Williams. This number in-
creases the reporter staff to thirty-
three members.

Business assistants are: Rachel Ken-
nedy, Florence Little, Jessie Williams.

Club News

K. U. B.

As a result of the fall try-outs, K.
U. B. admitted the following new
members: Evelyn Baty, Elizabeth
Blackshear, Catherine Caldwell, Cor-
nelia Cook, Kathleen Daniel, Mary
Dixon, Ellen Little, Marie Merritt,
Hayden Sanford, and Ann Watkins.

Bible Club
Bible Club met on Monday after-
noon, November 2, at 4:3 0 o'clock in
the Murphey Candler building. Rev.
William V. Gardner, who spoke a
short while ago to the students on
"The Punctuation Points of Life,"
was the speaker at this meeting. His
subject was "Impressions of Palestine."

Chi Beta Phi Sigma
A closed meeting of Chi Beta Phi
Sigma was held on Monday night, No-
vember 2, at 7 o'clock in the chemis-
try lecture room. Anne Cox present-
ed a paper, and Margaret Watson pre-
sented a play. Virginia Stephens was
hostess at this meeting.

Miss Cilley Writes
Articles on Coimbra

Assistant Professor Cilley, after
teaching at the University of Coimbra
this summer, has had published a series
of articles written about the summer
course at the Portuguese university,
national holidays in Portugal, and re-
gional affairs and customs. One arti-
cle appeared in the September edition
of Hispania; one in the Modern Lan-
guage Journal, published in Washing-
ton; and a third in the October South
Atlantic Bulletin. The fourth will ap-
pear in the fall edition of the Reiista
Hispania Moderna.

In listing his high school extra-cur-
ricular activities, one freshman at
Emory University noted that he was
elected the cutest boy in his class.

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The Ala bam /an.

A number of colleges over the coun-
try have been conducting straw votes
on the ensuing political election.
Mount Holyoke College is having a
week of political campaigning with
speeches each day. Other schools spon-
soring elections are the University of
Florida, Virginia Military Institute,
Davidson College, and Emory Univer-
sity.

At a meeting of the student body
of Converse College, it was decided
by a vote of 13 5 to 54 to abolish social
clubs in May, 1937.

Radcliffe College is offering three
lessons on how to wait on the table.
Only girls who take this course can
be called upon for waitress jobs in pri-
vate homes. The total cost of the les-
sons is twenty-five cents.

The Radcliffe News.

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Juniors, As Freshmen, Made
History Wiih Healthy Feet

"Those who, like the freshmen,
have healthy feet and who sleep eight
hours a night are scarce." With this
startling sentence (taken directly from
a 1934 Agonistic) the present day
juniors were introduced to the Agnes
Scott campus. For they first gained
the public eye by winning the 1934
health campaign and proving them-
selves the healthiest class in the school.

But they were acclaimed not only
as the healthiest, but also as the nois-
iest, the hardest working, and the most
versatile class. Many were the com-
plaints hurled by luckless faculty
houses in the neighborhood of Inman,
that year a year which added many
wrinkles and grey hairs to one Mary
Jane Evans, house president. For with
Third Floor staging a barnyard dance
every night, and Elsie West entertain-
ing Second Floor with "little Egypt"
performances, and with First Floor ty-
ing buckets of water over transoms,
Inman dormitory was anything but a
haven of peace and quiet.

It was through the stunt and Derby
Day that the junior class won the ti-
tle, "hardest-workers." They reared
skyscrapers and football heroes in an
effort to win the stunt and although
they lost, they lost with the smiles of
champions. Derby Day and the Vic-
tory Effort Drive owed much of its
success to the tireless energy of this
class. And people are still recalling
Inman lobby with its signs offering
everything from pedicures to German
waltzing lessons. Hard work was also
applied to the field of sports. Espe-

Ending a three-day venture which
observers said was perhaps the greatest
single step ever taken for the advance-
ment of tennis in South Carolina, en-
thusiasts, coaches, players, and Davis
Cup stars brought to a close P. C.'s
fall tennis clinic. Exhibition matches
were played by such skilled players as
Bitsy Grant, John Van Ryan, Mrs.
John Van Ryan, and Jack Stockton,
manager of Forrest Hills tournament.

The Blue Stocking.

Some people who try to get into the
swim merely get into hot water.

The Sal emit e.

cially noteworthy was the work of

Coit and Robinson in hockey, and

that of Blackshear and Thompson in
basket ball.

As proof of their versatility, the
1934 class of freshmen included ac-
tors, artists, poets, journalists, musi-
cians, debaters, socialites, executives,
and students.

Some of the outstanding dramatic
performances of the year were: Jeanne
Matthews as the sea turtle in the A. A.
water pageant, Lettie McKay and Ola
Kelly as Big and Little Dec in the
stunt, Ann Worthy as the hero Touch-
do uu in the same stunt, and Myrl
Chafin and Elizabeth Cousins as Bib-
lical characters in the Easter pageant.
To the field of art, the class offered
Zoe Wells and Jane Wyatt to the
field of poetry, Hortense Jones and
Winifred Kellersberger. Noted jour-
nalists were Nell Allison, Ruth Hertz-
ka, and Jacque McWhite; outstanding
musicians, Nell Hemphill and Tommy
Ruth Blackmon. Mary Lillian Fairly
was known even then as a debater;
Sue Bryan and Mary Venetia Smith as
socialites; Jean Barry Adams, Mary
Past, and Martha Long began their
executive careers then; and Mildred
Davis and Eliza King, their reputa-
tions as honor roll students.

On the whole, this junior class
seems to have had a more dignified be-
ginning than the present senior class.
However they were not without their
mistakes. For instance, remember when
some zealous proctor gave Miss Scan-
drett a knock at three o'clock in the
morning? And remember the time
that Joyce Roper calmly sat down to
dinner at the faculty table in White
House? And the time that Elsie West
brought an offering to chapel?

With such a beginning then, this
freshman class stepped into its sopho-
more and junior years hoping to bet-
ter its record each year and to win at
last that highest of all epithets, the
best class on the campus.

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Sixty-Five Guests

Freshman and Senior Teams Defeat

Sophomores and Juniors in Hockey

Each Wednesday afternoon at 5
o'clock the Agnes Scott Alumnae As-
sociation presents its weekly radio
broadcast from station WSB. The
programs, typical of college life, are
in serial form, with each week's pres-
entation developing from the preced-
ing program. The serial, "Three Girls
in a Room," is a story of three college
girls who room together; Betty Lou
(Houck) Smith, '3 5, plays the role
of a prom trotter; Frances James, '36,
takes the part of Ginger, a book worm,
and Mary (Freeman) Curtis is Pudge,
an athletic ace. Other character roles
are played by Ida Lois McDaniel,
'3 5, and Carrie Phinney Latimer, '36.
The episodes are written by Ruth
Moore, '34, who is at present on the
staff of the Atlanta Journal.

Blackfriars Name
'Double Door' Cast

The selection of the cast of "Dou-
ble Door," the play which Blackfriars
will present in the Bucher Scott gym-
nasium on November 2 5, has been
completed. The male characters are
as follows: Dr. John Sully, Marion
Camp of Atlanta; Lambert, the detec-
tive, Sam Hopkins of Emory; Morti-
mer Neff, the family lawyer, Tom
Wesley of Atlanta; Mr. Chase, George
Bush of Atlanta; Telson, the butler,
Udo Thran of Atlanta; and Rip Van
Bret, Jimmie Jepson of Atlanta.

The girls taking part in the play
are: Avery, a middle-aged housekeep-
er, Mary Past; Louise, a maid, Jeanne
Flynt; Anne Darrow, the bride, Kay
Toole; Caroline Van Bret, Victoria's
sister, Myrl Chafin; and Victoria Van
Bret, Kathryn Bowen Wall.

The Decatur Agnes Scott Club held
its regular monthly meeting Monday,
October 26, at the Anna Young
Alumnae House. The guest speaker of
the occasion was Dr. Raymond R.
Paty, dean of men at Emory Univer-
sity.

Dr. Paty spoke on the work of the
National Youth Administration and
the good which it has accomplished in
the past few years. Without govern-
ment help, he said, many students of
both public and private schools would
have been unable to attend. The W.
P. A. has cooperated with the N. Y.
A. in various ways, thus facilitating
the carrying out of its program.

College Girls Usher
For Peace Campaign

Eight Agnes Scott girls were ush-
ers at the Emergency Peace Campaign
which was held Wednesday, October
28, at 7:3 0. Dr. Robert Burns, pastor
of the Peachtree Christian Church,
presided at the meeting and intro-
duced the two out-of-town guests
who were speakers of the evening.

The Agnes Scott girls who attended
were: Nellie Margaret Gilroy, Lucile
Dennison, Anne Worthy Johnson,
Eliza King, Virginia Watson, Enid
Middleton, Mildred Davis, and Martha
Long. Miss Bee Miller, of the science
department, and Miss Florence Smith,
associate professor of history, were
chaperons.

Living up to a year's resolution not
to let the weather interfere with their
plans, the outing club braved the rain
Monday night, October 26, and enter-
tained sixty-five guests at a supper
hike. The program for the evening
took the form of progressive entertain-
ment.

Dividing into two groups, one un-
der Misses Helen Vardell and Bee Mil-
ler and the other under Miss Llewel-
lyn Wilburn, all the guests took a
hike through the woods. A supper in-
cluding hot dogs, apples, and coffee
was then served in the athletic board
room. After toasting "angels on
horseback" over a roaring fire built
behind the gymnasium, the guests
sang camp and school songs.

Honor guests for the occasion were
Miss Elizabeth Mitchell and Miss Har-
riet Haynes of the physical education
department. The committee on ar-
rangements consisted of: Jeanne Mat-
thews, chairman; Martha Johnson, Ola
Kelly, Martha Long, and Frances Mc-
Calla. Virginia Watson is president of
the club.

A. S. C. Faculty Club
Begins Year's Work

The Agnes Scott chapter of the
American Association of University
Professors inaugurated its year's activi-
ties at its first monthly meeting held
Monday afternoon, November 2. The
October bulletin was the topic for dis-
cussion; Mr. Arthur Raper was the
principal speaker.

Members of the Agnes Scott chap-
ter are: Miss Melissa Cilley, Mrs. Sam-
uel Inman Cooper, Miss Emily Dex-
ter, Mr. James Gillespie, Miss Frances
Gooch, Miss Muriel Harn, Miss Eliza-
beth Jackson, Miss Katherinc Om-
wake, Mr. Henry Robinson, Mr. Ar-
thur Raper, Miss Martha Stansfield,
Mrs. Alma Sydenstricker, and Miss
Catherine Torrance.

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jazz: "Jazz is to music what the car-
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Rotary Club Invites

Five A. S. C. Students

Five Agnes Scott girls were guests
of the Atlanta Rotary club at its meet-
ing held Monday, November 2. They
were Winifred Kellersberger, Tami
Okamura, Peggy Everhart, Susie Aud-
rain, and Renee Gerard.

At the meeting Winifred Kellers-
berger spoke on some phase of life in
the Belgian Congo. Five Tech and
five Emory exchange students also
were present at the meeting

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Freshman cheering was much in
evidence Friday afternoon when the
freshman hockey team defeated the
juniors 1-0 and the seniors conquered
the sophomores with a score of 2-1.
Both games were excitingly close and
showed greatly improved team work
since last week.

The freshman-junior game started
off with three minutes of play during
which the ball did not leave the junior
territory. And with the exception of
a long pass by Laura Coit, which
brought the ball into freshman terri-
tory in the last minute of the period,
the ball continued to be fought over
in the junior half of the field. The
features of the second half were a per-
sonal combat between Nell Allison
and Carolyn Forman, a freshman goal
made by Joan Brinton, and several ex-
cellent instances of goal-guarding by
Frances Robinson, winner of the
hockey stick last year.

In the senior-sophomore game, plav
was so concentrated in the sophomore
territory that the senior goal-guard
was left shivering in the breeze during
the whole of the first half, while her
teammates fought over the ball at the
opposite end of the field. Dorothy Jes-
ter's steady dribbling and strategic
playing were outstanding.

The second half of this game was
full of action, with three goals scored.
Helen Moses made a goal for the
sophomores soon after the half started.
Then a goal was scored for the seniors,
but for some mysterious reason no one

could discover who had hit the ball.
Miss Mitchell, who was one of the of-
ficials, said briefly, "It was a surprise
to us." After that doubtful remark
not one of the senior team would claim
having made the goal. Marie Stalker,
however, followed it with a second
senior goal, making the score 2-1 for
the seniors.

The line-ups were:

Junior Freshmar

King R.W Hampton

Chafin IJR Hammond

Coit, L C.F Brinton

Smith IX Carson

Merrill L.W Forman

Noble R.H Abbot

Blackshear OH Moffatt

Tribble L.H Milner

Allison R.B Lewis

Johnson L.B Thompson

Robinson GG Cass

Senior Sophomore

Wall R.W Benson

Belser I.R McGuire

Johnson C.F Moses

Jester I.L Drvfoos

Stalker L.W Coit

Kneale R.H Marshall

Lasseter C.H Crowell

Little L.H Red wine

Tavlor R.B Hamilton

Wilson L.B McMullen

Gary G.G Kenney

Substitutions: Whetsell, F a r r a r,
Ivie, Merritt, Purnell.

The hockey varsity council, com-
posed of Misses Harriet Haynes, Fran-
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Robinson, and Llewellyn Wilburn will
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VOL. XXII

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1936

NO. 6

Stuart Chase Arrives Friday
For Lecture at Agnes Seott

English Debate Team

Lecture Association Receives
Praise Upon Securing
Famed Speaker

Tickets Are On Sale Now

Stuart Chase, who will speak at Ag-
nes Scott under the auspices of the
Public Lecture Association, will ar-
rive in Atlanta Friday, November 13,
the day of his lecture. Dr. Arthur
Raper, acting professor of sociology,
will meet Mr. Chase at the train and
will have dinner with him at the Bilt-
more Hotel, where the economist will
stay during his visit here. At 8:3 0
Friday night, in Bucher Scott gymna-
sium, Mr. Chase will give his lecture;
he will be entertained at a reception
immediately afterward.

That Agnes Scott is fortunate in se-
curing Stuart Chase for its lecture
program is proven by the congratula-
tory comments made by off-campus
people. Professor Ross W. McLean, of
the history department of Emory Uni-
versity, said, "I certainly congratulate
you, and I certainly envy you. I wish
we were having him."

Dean Clark, of Mercer University
in Macon, sent a special delivery letter
to Miss Emma May Laney, faculty ad-
viser of the lecture association, asking
if she thought there was any chance of
Mercer's getting Stuart Chase. Dean
Clark wrote, "He is the speaker of all
speakers I would like to have." Mr.
Warner Hall, editor of the DcKalb
New Era, and a member of the execu-
tive board of the Appalachian Trail
Club of Georgia, asked Miss Laney if
he might issue bulletins telling the
members of his organization of Mr.
Chase's coming to Agnes Scott. He
explained that the Trail Club had
tried three times unsuccessfully to
get Mr. Chase as one of its lecturers.

Tickets for the Stuart Chase lec-
ture will be on sale Wednesday, Thurs-
day, and Friday in the lobby of Butt-
rick; the prices are 5 0 and 75 cents
tor student admission and 75 cents
and $1.00 for general admission.

Musicale Offering
Varied Features
To be Given Here

Fourteen Attend
Sports Play Day

Fourteen girls will leave for Athens'
Saturday to represent Agnes Scott in
a "sports day" at which the Univer-
sity of Georgia will be hostess to
women's colleges throughout the state.
The Athletic Association at the uni-
versity has invited girls to participate
in hockey, swimming, tennis, and
dancing.

Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock
President Caldwell will entertain the
guests at a luncheon and will deliver
an address. In the afternoon the Ath-
letic Association will give a ten.

Agnes Scott girls who will attend
the sports day are: Bee Merrill, Anne
Thompson, Florence Lasseter, Julia
Thing, Ellen Little, Frances Robinson,
Jean Chalmers, Marie Stalker, Mary
Johnson, Mary Kneale, Alice Taylor,
Elizabeth Blackshear, Jeanne Flynt,
and Charline Fleece.

The girls and chaperons, Miss Har-
riettc Haynes and Miss Frances Mc-
Calla, will spend the night at the uni-
versity and return Sunday morning.

Seniors to Entertain
Sophomore Class With
Supper Hike Nov. 19

The seniors are entertaining the
sophomores with a supper hike to Ice
Cream Springs next Thursday; the
party is given in honor of the winning
of the Black Cat by the sophomore
class.

Presenting a varied program featur-
ing dances, songs, and violin composi-
tions, a musicale will be presented at
Agnes Scott on Wednesday evening,
November 18, at 8:30 in the Bucher
Scott gymnasium.

Among those who will take part on
the program are: Mrs. Frances Gilli-
land Stukes, who will sing; Mrs. Ag-
nes Adams Stokes, who, accompanied
by Mr. C. W. Dieckman, will play
the violin; Miss Eugenie Dozier, '27,
who will do two national dances, ac-
companied by Sarah Hamilton; and
Miss Harriette Haynes, who, accom-
panied by Miss Nell Hemphill, will
dance. Miss Dozier teaches at the col-
lege during the winter, is in charge
of May Day in the spring, and teaches
dancing at the Atlanta Conservatory
of Music.

The college community and any
outside guests are cordially invited to
attend this, the first concert of this
kind, given at the college. Members
of the dance club of last year will act
as ushers.

Book Exhibit is
November 28-29

The Agnes Scott College commun-
ity will observe Book Week Novem-
ber 2 8-29 for the first time since the
fall of 1934. The books to be dis-
played will be grouped around the
fire place in the main reading room
of the library, and will include a
number of the latest volumes of
poetry, drama, fiction, current prob-
lems, children's books, and some
cheaper editions of the classics. Davi-
son-Paxon's, Rich's, Miller's, and the
Macmillan Publishing Co.'s store in
Atlanta have permitted Agnes Scott
to use their books.

Book Week on the campus comes a
week later than National Book Week.

Landon Is Favorite

In Collegiate Polls

While Agnes Scott showed an over-
whelming popular vote for Roosevelt
in the campus election of last week,
results from the large presidential
preference polls conducted on over
forty campuses throughout the United
States indicate that Landon was a gen-
eral collegiate favorite. He received
13,208 votes; Roosevelt received 11,-
769; Thomas, 1,069; Brower, 860;
and Lemke, 13 1. At Agnes Scott, in
the election sponsored by the citizen-
ship club, 2 57 votes were cast for
Roosevelt, 5 5 for Landon, and 27 for
Norman Thomas. Of the twenty
states represented in the voting here,
twelve were Democratic, six were Re-
publican, and two were Socialist.

W. Pledged $1050
Toward $1275 Goal

Having received $105 0 in pledges
for this year, the Agnes Scott Y. W.
C. A. is continuing its drive toward
its goal of $1275. The campus is now
being canvassed by solicitors appoint-
ed by Jean Barry Adams, treasurer.

The budget, including support of
Miss Emily Winn, Agnes Scott's for-
eign missionary, memberships in na-
tional and state organizations, student
training, and conferences, was pre-
sented in chapel four weeks ago.

Spivey, Gilrov
Will Debate
English Team

League of Nations As Agency
of Peace Is Subject of
Discussion

Debate To Be November 17

G. R. YOUNG

LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS

ASHER SHEINFIELD

U. OF WALES AND BIRMINGHAM

Pop Party is Help
In Furnishing New
Activities Building

A successful donation party given
by Mortar Board, approximately
$160.00 left by last year's senior class,
and chairs and kitchen equipment fur-
nished by the administration have
combined to make it possible for the
Murphey Candler building to be a
more comfortable and satisfactory
meeting place for students.

The results of the pop party of
last Friday night include three pillows,
five lampshades, four aprons, two tow-
els, one water pitcher, book-ends,
books, magazines, games, electric light
cords and sockets, a knife, can opener,
two spoons, an egg beater and bowl,
six pictures, a vase and frog, two lamp
stands, a clock, and $8.3 5 in money.
Also, for recreation, the Athletic As-
sociation has given the building a ping
pong table and set which have been
placed in the basement. The Admin-
istration has supplied twenty-five wal-
nut chairs, two hot-plates, and one
sink.

Last year's senior class left approxi-
mately $160.00 to be used to buy a
piano for the Murphey Candler build-
ing; since there is one already there,
it is planned to use the money for
something else for the building.

For the benefit of students using
the building, an office has been es-
tablished on the first floor as an in-
formation bureau where schedules for
the different club meetings may be
arranged and rooms may be assigned.

Headed by Alice Reins, a group of
day students will work in the office
every afternoon. They will answer
the tube, direct the use of the kitchen,
and have general supervision of the
building.

Mortar Board Has
Official as Guest

College Has Ten
Pianists Play in
Georgia Ensemble

A group of ten girls will represent
Agnes Scott in the Georgia Piano En-
semble Thursday, November 12, at
the Erlanger theater. There will be an
afternoon and night performance at 2
o'clock and 8 o'clock at which the
group will play Chopin's Rondo, Opus
13, under the personal direction of
Mr. C. W. Dieckmann, head of the
music department of Agnes Scott Col-
lege. Those girls playing will be: Nell
Hemphill, Jean Kirkpatrick, Alice
Hannah, Mary Ernest Perry, Carolyn
Myers, Tommy Ruth Blackmon, Marie
Merritt, Mamie Lee Ratliff, Mary
Ruth Murphy, and Julia Thiemonge.
Practice for the ensemble was begun
last spring.

Other numbers on the program will
include the prelude to act III of Loh-
engrin, and a dance number to Caprice
Veinnois. A chorus of 5 00 high school
students, accompanied by nine pianos,
will sing the "Bridal Chorus" from
Wagner's Lohengrin. This group is
under the direction of Laurence G.
Nilson, director of music in the pub-
lic schools of Atlanta.

Other colleges sending representa-
tive groups to appear in the ensemble
are Brenau, LaGrange, Piedmont, Wes-
leyan and the Georgia State College
for Women.

Brooks Spivey and Nellie Margaret
Gilroy, supporting the affirmative for
Agnes Scott, will debate the National
Union of Students of England team op.
Tuesday, November 17, in the gymna-
sium. The English team, composed of
Asher Sheinfield of the Universities of
Wales and Birmingham, and G. R.
Young, of the London School of Eco-
nomics, will uphold the negative of
the question, Resolved, that the
League of Nations is a less effective
agency for peace than national pacts
for the peaceful settlement of dis-
putes. They will debate at 8:3 0.

Both visiting debaters have won
great distinction in scholastic and ex-
tracurricular activities.

Mr. Sheinfield attended the Cardiff
High School and University College
in Cardiff. Later he was graduated
from the University of Wales with
first class honors in economics, win-
ning several prizes. He specialized in
industrial relations, a topic of special
interest in Cardiff. When he attended
the University of Birmingham he be-
gan the study of medicine, and took
a prize for the best medical student of
the year. Finally, however, he aban-

Alumnae Association
Fetes New Students

Mrs. Hazel M. Richards, editor of
the Mortar Board Quarterly and for-
mer speaker at Agnes Scott, will be
the guest of the college chapter of
Mortar Board November 16-18. Mrs.
Richards was here in 1931 when the
local chapter house was installed as
a chapter of the national fraternity
Mortar Board. She was here again to
speak at the Mortar Board recognition
service in 1934.

Monday night, Mrs. Richards will
meet with the members of Mortar
Board; at 5:00 Tuesday afternoon,
she will be entertained at a tea to
which the junior class and all faculty
advisers are invited. That night she
will attend the English debate.
Wednesday at 12:30 a luncheon will
be given in her honor in the Anna
Young Alumnae House.

The annual party given by the Ag-
nes Scott Alumnae Association for all
new students will take place Friday,
November 20, at 4:3 0 o'clock in the
alumnae house. Those in the receiving
line will be Miss Daisy Frances Smith,
president of the Alumnae Association,
Dr. J. R. McCain, Miss Nannette
Hopkins, Mrs. Leland Baggett, and
Mrs. Fannie Donaldson.

Members of the executive board will
pour at the tea and coffee tables.
These are Mrs. J. C. Lammers, Miss
Margaret Ridley, Miss Ruth Moore,
Mrs. Harry Lange, Mrs. C. W. Dieck-
mann, Miss Martha Stansfield, Miss
Sarah Slaughter, Mrs. Fotte Brawley,
Miss Kenneth Maner, Mrs. Oscar Pal-
mer, and Mrs. Frances Dwyer.

Those assisting in the entertaining
will be Mrs. S. I. Cooper, Mrs. Henry
Newton, Mrs. J. M. B. Bloodworth,
Mrs. Dan Sage, Mrs. W. W. Anderson,
Miss Mary Carmichael, and Miss Car-
rie Phinny Latimer. They are the
members of the entertainment com-
mittee. Other alumnae will also be
present.

doned medicine for economics,
which he is now doing research work.

While at Cardiff, Mr. Scheinfield
was secretary and president of the
Union Debate society, president of
University Economics society; secre-
tary and president of the College
League of Nations Union and of the
International Relations club. In his
third week as a freshman he was
chosen to represent his college in an
inter-varsity debate. Since then he has
debated in nearly every university in
the country, besides speaking for the
National Union of Students in a tour
{Continued on page 3, column 1)

Dr. Davidson Talks
At Historical Meet

Professor Philip Davidson will speak
on "Jonathan Boucher, Loyalist," at
the Friday morning meeting of the
second annual conference of the
Southern Historical Association, held
in Nashville November 19-21. At the
invitation of Vanderbilt, George Pea-
body College, and Scarritt College, the
association is meeting together with
the Tennessee Historical Society and
the East Tennessee Historical Society;
headquarters are at the Hotel Hermi-
tage.

The Southern Historical Associa-
tion was organized in Atlanta in No-
vember, 1934; its objectives include
the promotion of interest and research
in southern history, the collection and
preservation of the South's historical
materials, the encouragement of state
and local historical societies in the
south to vigorous activity, the ad-
vancement of the teaching and study
of all branches of history in the south,
and the publication of The Journal of
Southern History. Mr. Davidson is a
member of the executive council of
the association, and is chairman of the
committee on nominations.

Y. W. Has Open House

\ . W. C. A. holds open house every
Sunday afternoon from 3:3 0 to 5
o'clock in the Murphey Candler build-
ing. The college community is invited
to attend.

THE AGONISTIC

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PUBLISHED WEEKLY

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College.

Entered as Second Class Matter.

Subscription price, $1.25 per year in advance.
Single copies, 5c.

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Associated Golle&de Press

Stuart Chase Urges Collective

PI a lining in Brilliant New Book

Students Want Peace

Laura Steele
Editor-in-Chief

Frances Cary

Associate Editor
Jane Guthrie
Hortense Jones
Mary McCann Hudson

Assistant Editors
June Matthews

Make-Up Editor
Ruth Hertzka

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Nellie M. Gilroy

Feature Editor
Mary Frances Guthrie

Exchange Editor
Mildred Davis

Book Editor

STAFF

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Business Manager
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Advertising Manager
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Frances Belford
Doris Dunn
Nell Hemphill

Circulation Managers
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Current History
Pauline Moss

Society Editor
Jean Chalmers

Sports Editor
Cornelia Christie

Club Editor
Elizabeth Warden
Alumnae Editor

Editor, Associate Editor, Enid Middleton, Mary
King, Editorial Council

Lecture Association

Answers Vital Need

Frequently in the past the charge, still a famil-
iar one, has been brought against campus life
that it too completely isolates students for a
number of years from the world of reality in
which they will eventually find themselves. It
has been said that the student who spends four
years within the narrow limits of an idealized
life such as that of a college community is un-
fitted to assume the duties of a citizen of the
modern world. Agnes Scott has answered this
challenge to prepare young women for living and
meeting adequately the problems they will face
after college years in a number of ways, among
which was the establishment of the Lecture As-
sociation. (Agnes Scott is one of the few south-
ern colleges which have been able to maintain a
successful volunteer student organization for
bringing prominent people to the campus.) In
1922 the Student Lecture Association was found-
ed for the definite purpose of broadening stu-
dent contacts.

Rich Land, Poor Land by Stuart Chase.
Whittlesey House, New York, Lon-
don; 193 6. $2.50. Reviewed by
Brooks Spivey.

With a sadness that springs from
great love of the country, Stuart
Chase traces the decline of an America
which was "perhaps the most bounti-
fully endowed by nature of all the
world's continents" to a continent of
"stinking rivers, charred forests, the
incomparable filth of cities, the
wretched shacks of tenant farmers
along Tobacco Road." In vivid de-
tail, Mr. Chase shows that unscientific
use of natural resources has wreaked
ruin and released ashes upon our heads.
Through careless destruction of for-
ests, grass, and soil vitality, water ero-
sion is yearly carrying three billion
tons of solid material from our soil to
fill the rivers and bring devastating
floods; and wind erosion fosters im-
mense dust storms with their heavy
tolls of dust pneumonia, devastation
and desert creation. One half of the
continent's original fertility has been
dissipated. Petroleum, copper, lead,
and zinc will be exhausted in this gen-
eration at the present rate of exploita-
tion. Finally outraged land and water
will cut off power and still forever
the great mines. Morris Cooke, once
chairman of the National Resources
Board, is quoted as asserting that "at
our present rate of soil erosion, this
country . . . has left to it less than a
century of virile existence. We have
two decades at the most to plan our
campaign."

To this problem Mr. Chase gives a
new perspective, rooting the trouble
in a philosophic background what he
calls the "American concept of infin-
ity." "The eye," he says, "could see
no end, and the mind leaped to the
conclusion that there was no end."
"What if a forest is leveled here or a

-The Great Waltz"
To Appear at Fox

Has Brought Noted

Speakers in Past

The Lecture Association has been continued at
Agnes Scott and presents this week the noted
Stuart Chase as first speaker of the year. But
the organization depends on the present student
body for its success; it has no resources except
those realized from the sale of tickets, primarily
on the campus. Our predecessors founded and
supported it, believing it the answer to a vital
need. We may show our willingness to continue
this very worthwhile organization and our ap-
preciation for the fine work done by its leaders
by giving it full support this week in buying
our tickets immediately.

Needs Student Support

Since 1922 the Lecture Association has
brought a large number of the world's great
writers and th inkers, important poets and scien-
tists. Among these have been such people as
Thornton Wilder, Edna St. Vincent Millay,
Richard Halliburton, Robert Frost, Louis Unter-
meyer, and Upton Close. Many of our predeces-
sors have felt that the Lecture Association fur-
nishes more intellectual stimulus than any other
one thing. From the last Alumnae Journal we
QUOte a former Agnes Scott student: "I still
think with delight of the Lecture Association at
Agnes Scott, and hope that it has been contin-
ued. The inspirational value of personal contact
with great people is inestimable, and I want my
children to remember their college years as being
full of good talk, good music, and good an."
These speakers, among the best appearing on
the lecture stage in our country, have appeared
at Agnes Scott through the Lecture Associa-
tion's contact with the national organization. It
is also through this cooperation that the Lecture
Association besides serving its immediate pur-
pose has brought to Agnes Scott from time to
time students from many other campuses to at-
tend lectures and has given the college much
favorable publicity. Ten colleges and six states
were represented at the Millay lecture.

Probably the most heralded musical
production in the history of the thea-
tre, "The Great Waltz/' will play an
engagement of two days, Friday and
Saturday nights, November 20-21,
with a matinee on Saturday, at the
Fox theater.

This play ran for two seasons at
the Center theater, Radio City, in
Rockefeller Center, New York, and
last season was a sensational success in
the nine key cities of the east and
middle west including a record-break-
ing run of fifteen weeks at the Audi-
torium, Chicago, when over 360,000
people saw it.

"The Great Waltz" is presented by
Max Gordon, the foremost producer
who has brought to the stage such
successes as "Dodsworth," "Pride and
Prejudice," "Roberta," "The Band
Wagon," "Jubilee" and many others.
The production was conceived and di-
rected by Hassard Short. The music
is from the immortal compositions of
Johann Strauss, father and son. Moss
Hart wrote the book and Albertina
K.isch is responsible for the dances.
The elaborate settings were designed
by Albert Johnson while Doris Zinkei-
sen created the costumes.

The story of "The Great Waltz"
concerns the musical rivalry of the
two Strausses, father and son, over
the title of "Waltz King" and the
love at fair of young Strauss with
Theresa (Resi) Ebescder, the charm-
ing and lovely daughter of a Viennese
pastry shopkeeper. Many theatrical
liberties have been taken in telling
the story, which, however, is founded
upon historical facts. The action of
the entire musical play is in old

Vienna.

The chorus of "The Great Waltz,

field gullied there? Move on, brother,
move on; the great open spaces beck-
on ... It is this spirit which looks
confidently for the corner to be
turned, the corner which has always
been there," but is there no more.

Since, as Mr. Chase points out, our
philosophic background has hurled us
into this chaos, what will get us out?
Only collective planning for the use
of resources under governmental con-
trol, says Mr. Chase, can conserve the
water to supply irrigation needs, can
rebuild the eroded soil to consume the
water, can revive the grass and protect
the forests to preserve the soil, and
can eliminate wastes in mineral ex-
ploitation. Certain steps have been
taken already, such as the T. V. A.
and the New Deal soil conservation
and public works program. But the
universal democratic planning for re
source use instead of profit will not
come, declares Mr. Chase, until belief
in the critical necessity of it comes
to the American people. "I suppose
that this is the reason why I am writ
ing this book. I want Americans to
believe in their grand, broad, beautiful
continent."

When this belief comes and action
follows there will be a new America
a virtually Utopian America but not
so Utopian after all, says Mr. Chase.
"Wish fulfillment? The picture would
fulfill perhaps my dearest personal
wish and that of thousands of others.
Are the desires of citizens never to reg-
ister in this democracy? it is the log-
ical end of work already begun. It is
the only way to reconcile the two
great realities which affect our lives.
It is the pattern for working with na-
ture while accepting the great gifts
of the power age."

Rich Land, Poor Land is as dynamic
and gripping and challenging as it is
simple and sensible. It comprises a
philosophy and a plan that dedicates
itself to progressive action. Perhaps
nothing so pertinent to the needs of
this fatalistic accepting generation can
be found than its insistence that "It
is your belief which must govern,"
and that men and men's beliefs alone
on cooperative lines of resource con-
servation can mould progress.

Club News

K. U. B.

K. U. B. will meet this afternoon
at 4:00 o'clock in the Murphey Cand-
ler building. New members of the
club will be initiated, and Miss Annie
Mae Christie, faculty adviser for K.
U. B., will speak.

Eta Sigma Phi
The next meeting of Eta Sigma Phi
will be held on Monday, November
16, at 4:30 o'clock in the Murphey
Candler building. Professor George
P. Hayes will speak to the club mem-
bers.

Citizenship Club
The Citizenship club met on
Tuesday, November 10, in the Mur-
phey Candler building. "Roosevelt's
Foreign Policy" was discussed by a
guest speaker.

Spanish Club
At the last meeting of Spanish club,
held November 5, the following new
members were initiated: Suzie Aud-
rain, Martha Alice Green, Ellen
O'Donnell, and Margaret Olsen. Mary
Johnson arranged an interesting pro-
gram ot Spanish games for the enter-
tainment.

Peace has been uppermost in the minds of
every Agnes Scotter today (we hope). Your re-
porter, for one, wondering just what convictions
some of our fellow students have on the topic,
asked some representative minds the following
questions: Do you believe ROTC has a place on
campuses? Do you believe student signing of
pledges not to engage in war is of any value?
Would you support war in any form?

Margaret Watson, our well-informed Interna-
tional Relations club president, is one of the ma-
jority who oppose war. Specifically, she is turn-
ing her opposition at present against the law
which Oregon voters are being asked to approve,
a law which would make ROTC training compul-
sory in every college in the state. To force such
training on the young men is unfair, Margaret
feels. She approves of students signing pledges
against war, but believes that such declarations
are of limited value. They indicate student opin-
ion on war and peace, but can't be expected to
hold the boys at home when the flags start wav-
ing and the drums beating, said she in a way
which led us to believe she knows her social psy-
chology.

Next we cornered the campus' budding radical,
Brooks Spivey. She was only too glad for a
chance to set forth the socialistic ideals of paci-
fism. No war, even for the most patriotic of
causes, will win Brooks' support, she declares.
On the campus, she is for more and better peace
demonstrations of all sorts. Although they, like
the Oxford pledges, may not influence the indi-
vidual when the critical time comes, they at least
show militarists some opposition. She is definite-
ly opposed to ROTC training in schools. With
logic worthy of Coach Hayes, she argued this
point: "If there isn't going to be any war, why
train the boys for it?"

To get the foreign attitude, we accosted Suzie
Audrain, who, with the help of friend Dottie, en-
lightened us considerably. Suzie is strongly in
favor of military training for defensive warfare.
"I think girls should have it too," she volun-
teered ! In France, we learned, every young man
of nineteen or twenty puts in two years of com-
pulsory military training. The only exceptions
are the physically defective. Students are not
exempted but are allowed to wait until their
studies are completed. On the subject of mili-
tary training Dottie Lee was torn between paci-
fism and the universal feminine failing. "After
all," she appealed, "A uniform's a uniform to us
girls, isn't it?"

Millie Coit, peace chairman of the campus
Y. W. C. A., decided to let the chapel speaker do
her talking on the larger aspects of the question.
She did give us a new point of view, though, by
recalling her well-known brother Robert's opin-
ion that the discipline of a training camp leads
the men to see the ugliness of war, rather than
foster militarism in them. Then Millie carried
peace to its individual implications. Roommates,
she said loud enough for Emma to hear, should
be strict pacifists in their relations with each
other. Since the conversation promised to de-
generate into something of a squabble, we left
to turn our minds again to international peace,
which may be easier to achieve after all.

"Sublime Somnambulists"

"I fane would lay me down and sleep" is the
plaintive wail of those seekers of knowledge who
last week burned ye ole midnight oil cramming
for quizzes, practicing the lost art of getting
down on the knee nearest the audience grace-
fully and without serious mishap, and learning
the complicated words of "shoo fly don't bother
me." Goudyloch (Giddy, to the mere rabble) Er-
win is the classic example of what happens to
eager students who burn their midnight oil at
both ends. Giddy, at a very crucial moment dur-
ing her Shakespeare test suddenly gave out of
ink and to her frantic amazement found, upon
her return, that the door, in spite of her frenzied
efforts, remained tightly shut. Having worked
with it for what seemed to her and her class-
mates (who for some unknown reason maintained
a "laissez-faire" policy throughout) an illimita-
ble amount of time, she madly dashed to the
only other means of entrance (except of course
the windows, but in spite of her term paper on
fairies Giddy isn't Peter Pan) to her deep
chagrin this door too stubbornly refused to yield.
The class so moved by this scene of pathos and
so fascinated by Giddy's gallant attempts was
rendered helpless by seething emotion. Needless
to say Giddy came through triumphantly as did
Cornelia Christie last Saturday when she acci-
dentally but unmistakably stepped into a flower

tions, and there are eleven former

members of the Metropolitan opera
is composed of two units ballet girls school.

and vocalists. The singing contingent Prices for the night performances basket and maintained her equilibrium in spite

will be: Orchestra, $2.75, $2.20, | of her professorial audience. Speaking of inves-
$1.65, $1.10; balcony, $1.65, $1.10, titure, June Matthews until she was a senior and
J5c; loges, $2.20. Saturday matinee: because she always sat in the back behind the
Orchestra, n2.20, $1.65, $1.10; bal- seniors was convinced that Miss Hopkins reached

is unusual, since every member has
either sung in grand opera or is a
graduate of grand opera school. Sev-
eral members of "The Great Waltz"
ensemble have actually been principals
I in secondary grand opera organiza- 1 $ 1 .65.

cony, $1.10, 83c, 55c; loges, $2.20,

into a box at her side and picked out a cap to fit
each girl.

THE AGONISTIC

3

Mme. Caro-Delvaille Discusses
Famous Universities in France

French Club Entertains Alliance Francaise and Many Students
at Reception in Reading Room of New Library in
Honor of Famous Lecturer

Madame Aline Caro-Delvaille, the
prominent French lecturer, spoke most
interestingly on a foreign student's
opportunities in the French university
last Wednesday evening in the chapel.
Sponsored by the French club through
the Atlanta Alliance Francaise, the
lecture was attended by many guests
and students.

Margaret Hansell, president of the
French club, introduced Miss Lucille
Alexander, professor of French, who
announced M. Loridans of the Alli-
ance to present Madame Delvaille.

Madame Delvaille began by express-
ing her pleasure at speaking to an au-
dience well able to understand French.
"After the war," she continued,
"Many of you Americans wanted to
go to France, but you found, through
the fault of the French people, that
their windows and doors were inhos-
pitably closed against intimacy with
foreigners. But now they have thrown
their homes wide open in welcome,
and are eager to become your friends.
So if by the close of this lecture you
do not really wish to go to France, I
shall have failed in my purpose."

She announced that she would
speak rather of the rest of France
than of Paris, which so many already
know. Beginning at the northwest
coast, Madame Delvaille first men-
tioned the University of Lille, near
Le Havre, where most incoming for-
eigners land. This institution holds a
summer session at Boulogne-sur-mer.
Next came Rennes, in Brittany,
whose summer session takes place at
the quaint old coast town of Saint-
Malo. Further south is the Univer-
sity of Poitiers, meeting during the
summer at Tours. This picturesque
section well deserves its reputation for
possessing the loveliest of the old
chateaux, such as that of Chambord.

SPIVEY, GILROY WILL

DEBATE ENGLISH TEAM

(Continued from page 1, column 5)
of the universities and colleges of Ire-
land.

With regard to public activities,
Mr. Shcinfield has had the honor of
an invitation to stand for the Labor
party in Parliament at the next elec-
tion.

G. R. Young, a native of Glasgow,
began his education at Aberdeen
Grammar school. In 1927 he stopped
and worked for one year in a tobacco
factory, after which he resumed study
at the King George V School in South-
port. Having finished there, he went
into business for a time, and then
taught in a private school. Finally,
in 193 2, Mr. Young entered the Lon-
don School of Economics. Here, work-
ing as well as studying, he took the
Intermediate B.S. examination in eco-
nomics, which resulted in his decision
to specialize in government. During
school he was active in the National
Union of Students, and other student
affairs. He was graduated with first
class honors in 193 6, after taking the
final B.S. examination.

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Next comes La Rochelle, on the At-
lantic. At the University of Bordeaux
one is aware of English tweeds and a
general atmosphere of London, so
strong is the British influence there.
Its summer session is held at beautiful
St. Jean de Luz, the haunt of many
sightseers.

When one comes to Toulouse, near
the Pyrenees, he is instantly charmed
by the warmth of the southern sun
and the corresponding genial, unhur-
ried warmth of the people. "We, too,
have a southern accent, a slow, de-
lightful drawl," said Madame Del-
vaille. It is here, in the neighboring
Pyrenees, that the distinctive Basques
live, in a land of lingering mountain
sunsets, absorbed in their spirited na-
tive dances and games, and very indif-
ferent to the fact that they are half
in France and half in Spain. They say
the devil himself cannot understand
their strange language.

Clermont Ferrand is in Auvergne,
that part of France which is most dis-
tinctly Gallic. Then come the Uni-
versities of Dijon and Nancy, and
nearby that of Strasbourg in Alsace,
long disputed by the French and the
Germans, but plainly French in ap-
pearance, with its elaborate Gothic
cathedrals. "In the University of
Grenoble," stated Madame Delvaille,
"They speak very fine French, with-
out any accent." The University of
Aix is in Provence, which is Roman
France, and still retains in places her
old tongue of Provencal.

After the lecture, Madame Delvaille
was entertained at a reception given
by the French club in the main read-
ing room of the library, where guests
and students were given the oppor-
tunity to meet her.

Reporters

Reporters include: Nell Allison,
Alice Cheeseman, Giddy Irwin, Nell
Hemphill, Carol Hale, Cora Kay
Hutchins, Sarah Johnson, Douglas
Lyle, Frances Lee, Regina Herwitz,
Julia Sewell, Mary Willis, Mamie Lee
Ratliff, Selma Steinbach, Anne Pur-
nell, Marie Merritt, Alice Reins, Myrl
Chafin, Louise Young, Mary Frances
Kennedy, Henrietta Blackwell, Mary
Primrose Noble, Mary Reins, Evelyn
Baty, Eleanor Hutchens, Hazel Solo-
mon, V. J. Watkins, Mary Louise
Dobbs, Virginia Hill, Eloise McCall,
Louise Hughston, Mary Lang Gill, and
Eugenia Williams.

Business assistants are: Rachel Ken-
nedy, Florence Little, Jessie Williams.

Various Activities
Make Week-End
Colorful

Girls who went home for the week-
end were: Sara Baskin to Sparta, Ga.;
Caroline Armistead to Rockingham,
N. C. ; Jane Moore Hamilton to Dal-
ton, Ga.; Selma Steinbach to Carroll-
ton, Ga.; Mutt Fite to Dalton, Ga.;
Peggy and Polly Ware to Greenville,
S. C.j Rachel Campbell to Mansfield,
Ga.; Eloise Donkle to Monroe, Ga.;
Lois and Beatrice Sexton to Bessemer
City, N. C; Carolyn Alley to Dal-
ton, Ga.

Elizabeth Galbreath, Lucy Doty,
Beryl Spooner, and Phyllis Johnson
went to spend the week-end with Kay
Jones in Winder, Ga.; Mary Ellen
Whetsell, Jane Carithers, and Ginger
Tumlin went to Covington, Ga., to
spend the week-end with Julia Por-
ter; and Mary Wells McNeill and Sara
McCain spent the week-end with Cora
Kay Hutchins.

Elizabeth Kenney, Adelaide Benson,
and her visitor, Mary Sugh, were
guests of Ruth Allison at a waffle
supper Friday night.

Mr. and Mrs. Dixon, and Rhett Har-
ten, of Columbia, S. C, were the vis-
itors of Mary Dixon this week-end;
Tade Merrill of Eufaula, Ala., visited
Bee Merrill; Betty Adams of Flor-
ence, S. C, came to see Sue Bryan;
Sara Steele of Auburn visited Frances
Steele; Mr. and Mrs. Lucius Tyler of
Florence, S. C, visited Eleanor Tyler;
Anna Lou Whiticher of Auburn vis-
ited Mary Frances Kennedy; Mr. and
Mrs. W. L. Anderson and Miss Vir-
ginia Holt of Anderson, S. C, visited
Ruth Anderson; Mary Woodall of
Blackshire, Ga., visited Frances Wood-
all; Owena Barringer of Florence, S.
C, was a visitor of Helen Ramsey;
and Helen Du Pree and Polly Du Pree
of Jacksonville, Fla., were visitors of
Pauline Moss.

Mary Frances Kennedy had dinner
at the Pi Kappa Psi house Friday night.

Jeanne Redwine attended a dance
at the Pi Kappa Sigma house Satur-
day night.

Francina Bass went to open house
at the Psi Omega house Sunday after-
noon.

Mickey Warren, Sue Bryan, Bee
Merrill, Tade Merrill, Susan Goodwyn,
Mary V. Smith, Mary Catherine Mat-
thews, Rebekah McCay and others
went on the K.A. hayride Saturday
night.

Giddy Erwin, Margaret Douglas,
Hibernia Hassell, Anne Thompson,
Laura Coit, Mary Lillian Fairly, Mar-
jorie Boggs went to Davidson for
homecoming this week-end.

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Caps at Investiture Service

Miss Leslie Gaylord, Class Sponsor, Uses Grin of Cheshire Cat
From Alice in Wonderland to Show Position of
Mathematics in World Today

Attaining recognition of their full
seniority, eighty-four seniors, preced-
ed by their sophomore sisters and the
faculty in academic procession, re-
ceived their academic caps from Dean
Nannette Hopkins at the investiture
service Saturday morning. The cap-
ping ceremony followed an address by
Miss Leslie Gaylord, class adviser, and
a prayer by Mr. R. F. Kirkpatrick,
father of Jean Kirkpatrick. Ruth
Runyan, daughter of Professor Ernest
Runyan, was the class mascot.

The address to the senior class, given
by Miss Gaylord, was built around the
framework of mathematics and its re-
lation to the life of the seniors. Its

Librarian Attends
Biennial Assembly

Miss Edna Hanley represented Ag-
nes Scott at the ninth biennial con-
ference of the Southeastern Library
Association held at Grove Park Inn,
Asheville, North Carolina, from Oc-
tober 2 8-3 0. The aim of the confer-
ence was to "improve the quality of
library service and to increase the
amount of book resources in the
southeastern area of the United
States."

This section, in comparison with
other territories, has a great lack of
coordinated library service. The main
theme carried out in all the addresses
and discussions was the development
of book learning through the improve-
ment of the university libraries.

Professor Philip Davidson talked on
"Youth and a Modern World," at the
book dinner given the last night. An
alumna, Miss Geraldine Le May, '29,
acted as chairman of the dinner.

One of the discussions conducted
during the morning session was on
the book, "Libraries of the South,"
given by Miss Tommie Dora Barker,
also a former student of Agnes Scott.

text was the vanishing Cheshire cat of
the story "Alice in Wonderland," it-
self written by a mathematician, Lewis
Carroll.

Members of the senior class who
were invested are:

Eloisa Alexander, Cecelia Baird, Lu-
cille Barnett, Frances Belford, Edith
Belser, Louise Brown, Mary Buchholz,
Dorothy Cabaniss, Lucille Cairns,
Virginia Caldwell, Frances Cary, Cor-
nelia Christie, Ann Cox, Kathleen
Daniel, Lucille Dennison, Elizabeth
Espy, Jane Estes, Charline Fleece,
Michelle Furlow, Annie Laura Gallo-
way, Mary Gillespie, Nellie M. Gilroy,
Judith Gracey, Alice Hannah, Mar-
garet Hansell, Fannie B. Harris, Mar-
tha Head, Elizabeth Hollis, Barton
Jackson, Dorothy Jester, Ellender
Johnson, Martha Johnson, Mary John-
son, Sarah Johnson, Catherine Jones,
Molly Jones, Rachel Kennedy, Mary
King, Jean Kirkpatrick, Mary Kneale,
Florence Lasseter, Dorothy Lee, Wayve
Lewis, Florence Little, Vivienne Long,
Mary Malone, June Matthews, Mary
C. Matthews, Katherine Maxwell, Enid
Middleton, Mary E. Morrow, Pauline
Moss, Ora Muse, Isabel McCain, Fran-
ces McDonald, Mary Alice Newton,
Rose Northcross, Ellen O'Donnell,
Virginia Poplin, Kathryn Printup,
Isabel Richardson, Marjorie Scott, Nell
Scott, Rachel Shamos, Brooks Spivey,
Marie Stalker, Frances Steele, Laura
Steele, Virginia Stephens, Mary Fair-
fax Stevens, Martha Summers, Lena
Sweet, Alice Taylor, Julia Thing,
Mary Jane Tigert, Mildred Tilly, Eula
Turner, Evelyn Wall, Katherine Bow-
en Wall, Margaret Watson, Jessie Wil-
liams, Betty Willis, Mary Willis, and
Frances Wilson.

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Many of the students have noticed
the insignia on the wall of the Library
but few, perhaps, know that they are
Printers' Devices (or as we would
say, trade marks) and that they all
have interesting backgrounds. There-
fore, Miss Edna Hanley, librarian, has
prepared short accounts of the back-
ground of each of the insignia, two of
which will appear each week.

The first device to be considered is
the one which is seen farthest to the
right as one enters the main door. (The
others follow around in a circle.)

(1) Johannes Antonius de Benedic-
tis, a member of an important family
of printers in Bologna, began printing
in association with his brother, Johan-
nes Jacobus de Benedictis. The earliest
known product of their press was the
Viaggio of Sir John Mandeville, which
was finished on July 18, 1492; but by
1499 we find him in business for him-
self, although it is not improbable
that he occupied the same premises as
his kinsmen who operated under the
name of "Vincentius et fratres de
Benedictis." The typography of Jo-
hannes Antonius de Benedictis is good
and his decorations tasteful, but in no
way are they outstanding. His device,
taken from the Confessionario of
Marco Veronese (1499), bears in the
upper portion his initials, "I. B.", and
in the lower part three letters, et F. C.
V.", the significance of which is un-
known. L. J. II;72.

(2) Aldus Pius Manutius, Manu-
zio, Bassanias (of Bassanio) after-
wards Romanus. Scholar.

This device of the Aldine Press is
very well known. The dolphin and
anchor first appeared among the il-
lustrations of Francesco Colanna's
"Poliphili hypnerotomachia," printed
by Aldus Manutius in December,
1499, and were soon afterward em-
ployed in his device. The design was
evidently copied from an old Roman
coin bearing the motto "Festina lente,"
or "Make haste slowly." In symboli-
cal language the dolphin stands for
swiftness and the anchor for stability.
The device continued in use through-
out the existence of the Aldine Press,
and was widely imitated and counter-
feited. L. J. L:9; Davies, p. 6 5 5.

Faculty Takes Trips

Several members of the faculty of
Agnes Scott made interesting trips the
week-end of November 1. Miss Har-
riette Haynes and Miss Llewellyn Wil-
burn, of the physical education de-
partment, and Miss Bee Miller, of the
biology department, went to Brevard,
North Carolina, Saturday, October
3 1. They visited Mr. and Mrs. H. N.
Carrie^ owners of Camp Rockbrook,
where the faculty members have served
as counsellors. They had picnic lunch
in the Pisgah national forest on Sun-
day morning, and returned to Decatur
Sunday night.

Miss Emily Dexter, of the psychol-
ogy department, took a mountain trip
with friends from Atlanta. The party
let i Decatur Saturday morning and
spent the night in Clayton, Georgia.
Sunday morning they motored to
Brison City; and returned to Decatur
Sunday night.

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Seven States Represented By
Week-End Visitors

Hockev Gaines are
Spirited Despite
Freezing Weather

Among out-of-town visitors of the
seniors during investiture week-end
were:

Mrs. B. A. Johnson, Lithonia, Ga.;
Rev. and Mrs. R. F. Kirkpatrick, An-
derson, S. C; Mrs. F. P. Gracey and
Robert Gracey, Augusta, Ga.; Mrs. R.
W. Jester, and Miss Polly McKenne,
Lynchburg, Va.; Mrs. E. W. North-
cross, Tupelo, Miss.; Mr. and Mrs. W.
L. Johnson, and Loyd Johnson, Wash-
ington, Ga.; Mrs. J. H. Morrow, and
Mrs. Wilson Smith, Albemarle, N. C;
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Weir, Douglas,
Ga.; Mrs. R. B. Willis, Augusta, Ga.;
Dr. R. M. Kennedy, and R. M. Ken-
nedy, Jr., Newberry, S. C; Mrs. L. H.
Cary, and family, Greenville, S. C;
Mr. and Mrs. J. Paul Stephens, Au-
gusta, Ga.; Mrs. R. H. Moss, Royston,
Ga.; Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Lee, Lithonia,
Ga.; Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Cairns,
Gainesville, Fla.; Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Steele, Anniston, Ala.; Mrs. B. B.
Jackson, Charlotte, N. C; Mr. and
Mrs. A. G. Estes, Gay, Ga.; Mrs. Neill
G. Stevens, Huntsville, Ala.; Mrs. R.
J. Middleton, and Avis Middleton,
Birmingham, Ala.; Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
Harris, Rome, Ga.; Mrs. Irene Jones,
Fitzgerald, Ga.; Mrs. John J. Tigert,
Gainesville, Fla.; Mrs. W. T. Belford,
Savannah, Ga.; Mr. and Mrs. W. M.
Furlow, Albany, Ga.; Mrs. A. S.
Richardson, Washington, Ga.; Mrs. I.
M. Espy and Miss Frances Espy, Do-
than, Ala.; Mr. and Mrs. C. W. New-
ton, Dothan, Ala.; and Mr. and Mrs.
B. R. Jones, Ballground, Ga.

Zero weather could not keep the
seniors from playing such an excellent
game of hockey Friday that they de-
feated the juniors 3-0. Almost equal-
ing the seniors for scoring, the sopho-
mores defeated the freshmen 2-0.

Juniors Send Off
Orders for Rings

The junior class sent orders last
week for class rings to be delivered
before Christmas. By class vote, the
design, made by Herff-Jones and
Company three years ago, will remain
unchanged.

Prices of the rings are $11.90 and
$11.20. The ring committee, Zoe
Wells, chairman, Jane Turner, and
Martha Alice Green, is in charge of
the orders.

A startling discovery has revealed
the solution to last week's "who-
hit - the - senior-hockey-goal" mys-
tery. The dark horse player turned
out to be one Mary Kneale.

It seems that it just "isn't done"
for a right half player to make
goals, so Mary was endeavoring to
keep it a deep secret. She said that
she merely stuck her stick into the
thick of a fight over the ball, and
all of a sudden she made a goal.

Truth will out.

The sophomore - freshman game
started off with three minutes of play
in the sophomore territory during
which the freshmen were not able to
score. As soon as the ball was passed
down into sophomore territory, how-
ever, Jane Dryfoos made an attack on
the goal and scored twice for the
sophomores. Freshman Caroline For-
man, and sophomore Flora McGuire
continued their accurate and speedy
playing. A great deal of undercutting
caused penalties for both teams.

A harder and more interesting game
was played by the juniors and seniors.
The junior forward line was not up
to par and allowed the senior team to
sweep down into junior territory most
of the game. Anne Worthy Johnson's
fast defensive work was the only thing
that kept the senior score from add-
ing up to more than three. Charline
Fleece was responsible for two of
these goals, and Julia Thing for the
other one. The whole senior team ex-
hibited good playing.

The line-up:
Senior Junior
McCain R.W Kins-
Thing; I.R Smith

Fleece C.F Robinson

Jester I.L Noble

Belser L.W Merrill

Kneale R.H Allison

Lasseter C.H Blackshear

Little L.H Tribble

Taylor R.B Johnson

BaVnett L.B Young-

Cary G.G Brittingham

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Planning For Week-End Trips
Is Subject of Talk

Miss Sarah Bowman, field captain
of Atlanta Girl Scouts, talked on
week-end planning at the second out-
ing club instruction class, which met
Monday afternoon, November 2. Girls
wishing to join this club have been
attending try-out classes.

The talk consisted of helpful "when,
who, how, what - to - do - and - take"
hints. Economy, planning, organiza-
tion, and correct equipment were
stressed as the most important factors
in any successful hike or trip.

Miss Bowman was president of the
Athletic Association when she attend-
ed Agnes Scott, and she later became
a member of the faculty of the biol-
ogy department. She was active in
the outing club when it had charge
oi the Stone Mountain camp and is
continuing outdoor work on the Girl
Scout program.

Substitute: Wilson.
Sophomore Freshman

Coit, M R.W Crisp

Dryfoos l.R Hammond

Moses C.F Brinton

McGuire I.L Williamson

Farrar L.W Forman

Marshall R.H Abbot

Crowell C.H Moffatt

Murphy L.H Echols

Hamilton R.B Thompson

McMullen L.B Lewis

Kenney G.G Cass

Substitutes: Sophomore, Hampton;
Freshman, Heslitt, Carson, Moses.

Miss Llewellyn Wilburn and Miss
Elizabeth Mitchell, of the physical
education department, were umpires.

Cotillion Club
Betty Aycock, Elinor Wilkinson,
Ellcnder Johnson, and Mary Catherine
Matthews were hostesses at the meet-
ing of Cotillion club held on Thurs-
day afternoon.

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The entire proceeds of the annual
Georgia Tech-University ot Georgia
freshman football game, to be played
in Atlanta on Thanksgiving Day, will
go to the Scottish Rite hospital for
crippled children. Because of the pro-
verbial rivalry between the two large
Georgia schools, the fact that each
freshman is working to achieve a posi-
tion on the varsity of his college, and
the excellency of former games be-
tween these opponents, this game was
selected as being one which would
draw an unusually large crowd. Tick-
ets are: reserved in the east and west
stands, $1.00; unreserved seats in the
south stand, SO cents.

The officials of the game, the ticket
takers and sellers, and all others con-
nected with, or contributing to the
sponsoring of this game, receive no
compensation for their work. Even the
individuals composing the bands, the
ushers, and those actually working in
behalf of the game must purchase
their own tickets.

In 1935., the Scottish Rite hospital
treated 321 handicapped children who
had no other source of help at a cost
of $45,472.82. This football game
must take care of a part of this ex-
pense. The average cost is $126.23
per day, which means that every day
each child costs approximately $2.13.

"Swing music" was heard on the
Davidson College campus for the first
time when the college band broke in-
to "London Bridge is hailing Dow n"
at the Citadel-Davidson game.

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In Gym

VOL. XXII

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 18, 1936

NO. 7

Artists Offer [Book Week Has
Songs, Dances \Opening Tues.

At Musicale Current Books, Cheap Editions

Will be Featured in
Library Exhibit

"Doubledoor" Mystery

Violin and Piano Compositions
Are to be Featured at
Recital Tonight

Program is First of Kind

A musicale, the first of its kind to
be presented at Agnes Scott, will be
given tonight at 8:30 in the Bucher
Scott gymnasium. Besides songs and
dances, violin and piano compositions
will feature the program.

Nell Hemphill will open the pro-
gram with a piano number Liebe-
straume, by Franz Liszt. She will be
followed by Miss Hariette Haynes,
who will dance to Walking by Beeth-
oven, and Two Preludes and Waltz by
Chopin.

Then Mrs. S. G. Stukes will sing
Es schrie ein Vogel by Sinding, Heid-
enroslein by Schubert, Nur wer die
Sehnsucht ketrnt and A Legend by
Tschaikowsky. Miss Eugenie Dozier,
dancer, will follow her with Japanese
Fans of Nimura. Next, Mrs. Agnes
Adams Stokes will present a group of
violin numbers: En Bateau by De-
bussy, and Schoen Rosmarin and
Uebesfreud by Kreisler. Miss Haynes
will then dance again to Roses of the
South by Strauss.

Mrs. Stukes will follow her with an-
other group of songs: My Lover Comes
o)i the Ski by Clough-Leighter, By a
Lonely Forest Pathway by Griffes,
When I Have Sung My Songs by
Charles, and Love's on the Highroad
by Woodman. Then Miss Dozier will
dance to the Sevilla of Cansino, and
Mrs. Stokes will end the program with
Schubert's Ave Maria. Mr. C. W.
Dieckman, Isabelle Bryan, Sara Hamil-
ton, and Nell Hemphill will accom-
pany the numbers.

Budget Committee
Apportions Money

The apportionment of the student
budget for this year was made Friday
afternoon at a meeting of the budget
committee, composed of the treasurers
and business managers of the various
campus organizations supported by the
budget.

They apportioned the budget as fol-
lows: Student Government, $657.41;
Pi Alpha Phi, $2 5 2.8 5 ; Agonistic,
$834.41; Aurora, $429.84; Silhouette,
$1820.52; Athletic Association,
$3 5 3.99; Y. W. C. A., $265.50; Mor-
tar Board, $101.14; May Day,
S 1 39.07; $139.07; Lecture Associa-
tion, $126.42; International Relations
club, $25.28; reserve, $50.57.

Total budget receipts for this year
amounted to $4987. Seventy dollars
left from payments made late in the
spring last year increased the amount
to $5 057. All but sixty students paid
their budget this year. The second
payment of five dollars will be due in
January or February for those who did
not pay the full fifteen dollars at the
beginning of school.

Opening Tuesday night, Novem-
ber 24, and continuing through Sun-
day, November 29, Book Week this
year will feature exhibits grouped in
the alcove around the fireplace on the
main floor of the library. Children's
books, cheap editions, and current
books will be emphasized; books will
also be sold for reasonable prices.

Only new books are to be on dis-
play, since old books are to be featured
throughout the year.

Miss Louise McKinney, professor of
English, and Miss Edna Hanley, libra-
rian, are in charge of the exhibit. They
are assisted by Miss Laura Colvin, as-
sistant librarian. Books are being fur-
nished by Rich's, Davison's, Miller's,
and Macmillan's.

Swimming Season
Begins Tomorrow
Night With Meet

The first swimming meet of the sea-
son will begin tomorrow night, No-
vember 19, at 8:00, with a free-style
thirty-yard dash. The program will
continue with formation swimming
executed by the members of the swim-
ming club. Participants include: Jean
Chalmers, Jane Moore Hamilton, Mary
Jane Tigert, Bee Merrill, Florence Las-
seter, Mary Johnson, Martha Peek
Brown, Anne Thompson, Carolyn
Forman, Virginia Milner, Nell Echols,
and others.

The third event will be a shuttle
relay race in which the side stroke, the
elementary back stroke, and the front
and back crawls will be combined.
This contest will be followed by div-
ing for form. To conclude the meet
a king pigeon race for endurance will
occur.

Those assisting in the meet are:
Miss Leslie Gaylord, official scorer;
Bee Merrill, general swimming man-
ager; the class managers: Virginia
Milner, freshman; Mary Ruth Mur-
phey, sophomore; Martha Peek Brown,
junior; and Florence Lasseter, senior.
Only students in the swimming classes
or members of the club are eligible
to enter the meet.

Student Committee

Has Peace Program

The ( T nited Student Peace commit-
tee held its first nation-wide radio
broadcast Saturday morning, Novem-
ber 14. at 9 o'clock Atlanta time. The
program came over the N. B. C. red
network.

The American Student Union asks
that all who heard the program send
letters to the N. B. C. telling them of
their interest in the program and a
desire to hear further broadcasts by
the Peace committee.

Athletic Associntion Entertains

In Activities Building Saturday

To celebrate the acquisition of lav-
ender and white curtains, couches, a
faultless ping-pong table, and other
furnishings, Athletic Association is
giving a housewarming this Saturday
at 7:3 0 o'clock in the A. A. room in
the Murphey Candler building. The
entertainment program, as announced
by Marie Stalker, will include a cootie
party from 7:3 0 to 8:30, an exhibi-
tion set of ping-pong by four faculty
members and refreshments, including

a candy pull, peanuts, and apples.
From 7:00 to 7:3 0 there will be the
first of the regular weekly ballroom
dancing classes sponsored by A. A.
this year, and instructed by members
of the Cotilhon club. The college
community is invited.

In addition to the ping-pong set,
the Athletic Association has given the
building victrola needles and twelve
records, including "T h e Harlem
Shout," "A Star Fell Out of Heaven,"
and "The Royal Garden Blues."

Agnes Scott
To Dedicate
New Library

Ceremony Will Take Place On
Saturday, December 12th,
in Gymnasium

Photo by Elliott's

Kathryn Bowen, as Victoria Van Bret, is on the point of shoving Kay Toole
behind the secret panel door in Blackfriars' mystery play.

Voice Off -Stage is Only Uncast

Part in Blackfriars Production

Blackfriars have now cast every
role but one for the next play,
"Double Door," to be produced Wed-
nesday night, November 2 5. That
role is the all-important off-stage min-
ister's voice, heard supposedly down-
stairs repeating a wedding ceremony.
Sometimes during rehearsals the
"Dearly beloved, we are gathered here
together" is distinctly feminine (Myrl
Chafin), and at other times it is the
masculine drone of Marion Camp's
WSB baritone or Gilbert Maxwell's
poetic tenor. Those three seem still to
be trying out for the part.

The cast is relieved to have the
parts of Rip and Mr. Neff settled. At
first there was blonde Jimmy Jepson
to come dashing in with Kay Toole as
Anne, his newly-wedded wife, and
then for some time Kay came in mar-
ried, but to no one. Now, with even
more dash than Jepson, Gilbert Max-
well ("an authentic poet," says Miss

President States
Summary of Rules

Alice Hannah, student government
president, has asked that the rules
concerning the breaking of campus be
made clear to all students. They are:

1. If a student is campused she must
go to the house president in order to
get permission to break the campus.

2. A student may break campus for
a previous engagement, but the en-
gagement must be reported to the
house president when the campus slip
is received.

3. A penalty of two extra days will
be given for breaking campus because
of previous engagements or if the stu-
dent's parents come.

4. A student may break campus to
go to the doctor, dentist, concert, or
to do scholarship work without being
penalized.

Students who live in the wing of
Rebekah directly over the chapel are
requested to be considerate and as
quiet as possible when there are pro-
grams in the chapel. Organizations
which use the kitchen in the Murphey
Candler building are asked to clean it
up after using it, and to lock the clos-
ets. If any organization disregards
this request, it will be penalized.

Laney, and a good actor, says his
stock-company experience) leads in
the bride. Mr. Neff's lines (the hawk-
eyed detective who tries to pin the
goods on Kay and blacken her in her
husband's sight) were at first taken
by Sam Hopkins, of the Emory Play-
ers. Sam, however, remembered that
he had a rendez-vous with a turkey at
home on the day after the play, and
so his Emory cohorts sent over Ed
Goddard, who stays on Kay's tracks
without detouring for turkeys.

The sliding panel-door behind
which Kathryn Bowen, as the austere
Victoria, thrusts Kay has not been
nearly so realistically perfected as
Kay's scream on being pushed in,
which brings many a helpful outsider
to the rescue.

As Tom Wesley says, everything
gets "all in a dither" when the set,
like a regular card house, has to be
put up again and again when other
users of the gym stage blow it down.
Then Udo Thran, the butler as well
as property man, goes in and out exits
during rehearsals with a hammer like
a regiment of drums to get it tight
again. Udo plays the butler now in
shirtsleeves, hammer in hand, from
wherever he happens to be; he will
wear tails.

The most vivacious member of the
cast is the smallest, Jeanne Flynt's lit-
tle black Scottie who plays Raffles
Raffles is shown only once, being
taken for a walk, and has only a few
lines, improvised at her discretion, but
she steals the scene.

Library Will Close
Saturday for Work

The room on the lower floor of
the library, where reserved books
are used, will be closed at 12:30
Saturday, November 21, in order
that work may be done there.
Boarding and day students may
take books out for the week-end
from 11:30 to 12:30.

Two Guests Are Speakers

Dedication services for the new Ag-
nes Scott library, in conjunction with
the Emory Centennial, will take place
on Saturday, December 12 at 3:30 in
the gymnasium. Dr. W. W. Bishop of
the University of Michigan, and Dr.
T. W. Koch of Northwestern Univer-
sity will speak at the exercises. Botli
Dr. Bishop and Dr. Koch have long
been interested in the library here, and
Dr. Bishop is head of the library school
from which Miss Edna Hanley and
Miss Laura Colvin, librarian, and as-
sistant librarian, were graduated.

Dr. Bishop will talk on "The Col-
lege Library and Teaching"; Dr. Koch
has given as his tentative subject a
stereoptican lecture on famous libra-
ries.

The two addresses by outside speak-
ers, and the delivery of the keys from
the architect to the college, will com-
plete the dedication.

M. Summers Attends
Science Convention

Martha Summers, president of Chi
Beta Phi Sigma, will leave next Wed-
nesday to attend the national biennial
convention of Chi Beta Phi and Chi
Beta Phi Sigma, held in Huntington,
W. Va. Martha will return to Agnes
Scott on the following Sunday.

Mortar Board Has
Service Saturday

Miss Ellen Douglas Leyburn, in-
structor in English, will speak at the
annual Mortar Board recognition serv-
ice to be held this Saturday in the
Gaines chapel. This service is tradi-
tional, and is an outgrowth of Mortar
Board's former custom of announcing
elections bi-annually once in the
spring, and once in the fall.

Preceding the service itself, there
will be an academic procession in
which Mortar Board alumnae as well
as active members will participate.
Active members of Mortar Board are:
Fannie B. Harris, president; Mary Jane
Tigert, vice-president; Marie Stalker,
secretary; Frances Cary, treasurer;
Eloisa Alexander, editor; Alice Han-
nah, Isabel McCain, Laura Steele, and
Julia Thing.

Bible Class Plans
Service at Farm

The freshman Bible class, which is
taught by Dr. McCain, will have
charge of the Thanksgiving devotional
service at the DeKalb county farm
Sunday afternoon, November 22. This
is an annual activity of the class.

The principal feature of the pro-
gram will be a Thanksgiving story
told by a member of the class. Also
the class will lead a song service for
the people at the farm. The class col-
lection for the last few weeks has been
set aside as a fund to be used as a
Thanksgiving gift to the farm resi-
dents.

Evelyn Baty is executive chairman
of the program, while Eugenia Wil-
hams is serving as financial secretary.

Freshman Thanksgiving Vespers

Features Special Music, Talk

The annual Thanksgiving vesper
service aranged by the freshman class
and sponsored by Y. W. C. A. will
take place on Sunday, November 22,
at 6:00, in Gaines chapel, according to
Katherine Patton, chairman of the
freshman committee for planning the
service. The main feature of the pro-
gram will be a talk by Ruth Crisp,
whom the class elected to speak. There
will also be special music by a fresh-
man choir.

The committee in charge of the
program was chosen from the fresh-
man Y. W. C. A. cabinet, and in-
cludes: Katherine Patton, chairman;
Ruth Crisp, Penn Hammond, and
Sophie Montgomery. Other freshman
committee chairmen are: Grace Ward,
music; Marjorie Boggs and Bryant
Holsenbeck, decorations; Henrietta
Thompson and Mary Matthews, pub-
licity.

2

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Single copies, 5c.

1936 Member 1937

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King, Editorial Council

Enjoyment Without Abuse

Book Week, an opportunity denied Agnes Scott
last year, is a privilege the entire college com-
munity can share in and enjoy this year. Begin-
ning with Tuesday night, November 24, and con-
tinuing through the following Sunday, the Col-
lege will observe Book Week. During this time
many new books will be on display in the alcove
around the fireplace on the main floor of the li-
brary. Hours will be so arranged each day, in-
cluding part of Thanksgiving day, that every stu-
dent and every faculty member can and should
take advantage of the opportunity offered. In
past years many book-lovers have shown their
interest in the book display, and it is hoped that
attendance at the exhibit this year will be as
good and even better.

Book Week brings with it many advantages
that should be utilized by everyone. Only new
books will be displayed so that students and fac-
ulty members may concentrate on current books
that can be on exhibit only at this time. Special
emphasis is to be placed on children's books. It
is also of interest to know that inexpensive but
good editions of books will be displayed and that
any book on display can, for the first time, be
bought on the campus.

Miller's Book Store, Davison-Paxon book de-
partment, Rich's book shop, and the Macmillan
Publishing Company are lending books for the
exhibit. In appreciation of this fact, if for no
other reason, we should remember that books
have personalities, contain the expressions of
mankind's own desires and experiences, and have
beauty. The book exhibit provides an excellent
opportunity for the college community as a whole
to show its appreciation and respect for this
beauty by giving close attention to the care and
use of these books that the Atlanta stores are
contributing for our own benefit and pleasure.

A New Use for the Budget?

With approximately two hundred dollars left
in the reserve fund after the exact percentages
of the budget allotment have been apportioned
satisfactorily t > the various organizatons, the
student treasurer is suggesting to the school that
all or a part of this surplus be used for furnish-
ing the Murphey Candler building or for the
Greater Agnes Scott campaign. Ordinarily this
reserve fund, some of which has accumulated
from last year, would be reapportioned to the Or-
ganizations. Hut since the further division of a
sum this small would result in a negligible
amount of money for each club, and since if left
intact it would give an amount large enough to
provide several useful additions to the activities
building, Sarah Johnson is recommending to the
budget committee this afternoon that they not
reapportion all the reserve. More students than
usual have paid their budget this year; the or-
ganizations have received larger allotments than
before, and are therefore less likely to need addi-
tional money.

Tomorrow in Open Forum the students will
give their approval, based on the decision of the
budget committee, as to the disposition of this
reserve. They are asked to consider carefully
where they believe it will be of most use.

Edna Millay and George Dillon

Translate Famous French Book

Security Act, Good or Bad?

Flowers of Eiil, from the French of
Charles Baudelaire: by George Dil-
lon and Edna St. Vincent Millay;
Harper and Brother, Publishers, N.
Y., 1936. Reviewed by Nell Alli-
son.

Flowers of Evil, recently translated
from Charles Baudelaire's famous
French Fleurs du Mai by Edna St. Vin-
cent Millay and George Dillon, is a
volume of old treasure that now be-
comes new again still reflecting "the
tortured and idealistic spirit of Baude-
laire himself."

"Poetry," says Miss Millay in her
sparkling foreword, "should not and
indeed cannot properly be translated
except by poets." She summarily dis-
poses of any translator who has not
the courage to represent with com-
plete faithfulness the lines which may
startle and shock a smug reading
world. In this collection, she and Mr.
Dillon have with infinite tenderness,
preserved even the original meter and
rhyme scheme in nearly all cases: it is
essentially the same beautiful passion-
ate poetry.

Flowers of Eiil was from the be-
ginning considered a dangerous chal-
lenge. On its first appearance in 1857
it was seized and suppressed by the
police, while startled Paris cried in
protest against the poet, "He is a mon-
ster!" Baudelaire wrote bitterly of
this to a friend, ". . . This cursed book,
of which I am very proud! I shall
bear for a long time the burden of
having dared to paint Evil with some
talent."

Flowers of Evil is an exquisite
blend of all shades of sadness. And
who can blame the poet for his sad-
ness? He has known "old sombre
Paris, so full of tarnished beauty and
heartbreak." He has seen around the

Librarian Speaks
Of Second Design

Continuing the series begun last
week are the following articles pre-
pared by Miss Edna Hanley, librarian,
giving the background of the insignia
on the wall of the library:

(3) Conr. Baumgarthen, Bomgar-
then. Working period: Danzig: 1499;
Oimutz: 1500-2; Breslau: 1503-6;
Frankfurt a. O.: 1 5 06-9; Leipzig:
1514.

Date of device: 1501 Apr. 22 from
i I. Institor, Adversus Waldensium.
From the second book printed by
Baumgarten at Oimutz, the second
press established there. Apparently
his first real or personal device. Al-
though the tilting or jousting shield
is in a sloping position the "bearings"
are vertical: here the tree baum and
the enclosure garten, both orchard.
The scroll might be taken as a sug-
gestion of mantling except that there
is no helmet.

(4) Engelhart Schultis (or Chul-
tis) is important not for his produc-
tions, which were few and of mediocre
quality, but for his probable connec-
tion with Gutenberg. He was probab-
ly, as Claudin (in his Histoire de l'im-
primerie en France au xve et au vxie
siecle, 4 v. Paris, 1900-04, TV, 3 15)
has pointed out, the son of Johannes
Schultheis, the carpenter who, in the
Dritzehem-Gutenberg trial, testified
that he had constructed for Guten-
berg his first printing press. Schultis
printed in Lyons in 1491, and prob-
ably in the following year also. The
mark of Schultis represents a twig
with the three acorns between the Ut-
ters "E. C." the initials of the print< .

gaming table "the unrest of hundreds
of white nervous fingers, stacking the
chips," and "aged courtesans, livid
and rouged," who "frantically sell
some remnant of their honor, their
beauty, or their wit"; he has waked
from dreams of bright, strange lands
to the dismal toll of bells over Paris,
shivering in a drab drizzle; he has
stood stupefied to see his sweetheart's
face amid the demoniac crowd that
jeers at him.

Yet a high joy and love can flower
from the very midst of the muck of
life. There is much to find lovely to
his poet's soul. In the cruel world of
men he is scoffed at like an albatross
plucked from the sky, that "cannot
walk for his unmanageable wings
But he has the art within his own soul

of calling back the springtime at
my own . . . free will.

At the darkest moments of his hatred,

The Voice comforts me: 'Guard,
fool, thy dreams.' The wise

Have none so beautiful as thou
hast!

Clinging with his whole strength
to his love of beauty, the poet pic-
tures supreme tragedy as that time
when

Time blots me out, as flakes on

freezing bodies fall;
I see the whole round world, with

every animal
And every flower, and every leaf on

every branch
And there is absolutely nothing I

like at all.

At the end of the book Edna St.
Vincent Millay has placed a splendid,
simple little "tragedy of Charles Bau-
delaire," where one meets the dramatis
personae, that moved through his som-
ber life, as they come alive again. His
great spiritual master, Edgar Allan
Poe; the hated step-father; the little-
understanding mother; the usurers
whose shadow was heavy over him;
and Jeanne, his lifelong mistress, who
appears so constantly in his poems.

Flowers of Evil, then, is so truly a
complete self-portrait of Baudelaire
that he asks appealingly, "Is it neces-
sary to tell you that into this book I
put all my heart, all my tenderness,
all my religion, all my hatred?"

Alumnae News

N r w Name for Building

Before the student activities build-
ing is dedicated, the college plans to
have "Murphey Candler Building"
carved on the entrance.

Louise Maclntyre, '3 6, has announc-
ed her engagement to Dr. Julius Cren-
shaw Hughes. The marriage will take
place on November 2 3. Mary Eliza-
beth Holloway, cx-'3 6, is engaged to
fames Anderson Hudson, of Salisbury,
N. C. They will be married on No-
vember 18.

Nell White, '3 6, is now government
typist in the offices of the Depart-
ment of the Interior in Washington.
Her new address is 1312 Sixteenth
Street, Washington, D. C.

Polly Gordon, '34, is now with the
medical division of the Metropolitan
Life Insurance Company in \e\\
York City. She is making report* and
doing research work of all kinds. She
is also going to Columbia night s .nool
ence a week. Virginia Heard, '3 3,
who did research work at Emory Jni-
versity last summer, is now at Vnn
Arbor, completing work on the nird
year on her Ph.D. at the Uni\ .rsity
of Michigan.

Juliet (Cox) Coleman, Ins ,iute,
has published a new book, X'hitc
Plume, She has published several nhcr
books, including Heart's Up las De-
cember. Her daughter, Corncli; is a
transfer at Agnes Scott this yc;..

Viviennc Trice Ansley, ex-'3/ an-
nounces the birth of a daupnter,
Elizabeth, on November 3.

Whether your father is an employee or em-
ployer, the much-discussed Social Security Act
will take a tax from him. It was passed over a
year ago, but became a subject of controversy
only during the recent campaign. The only class-
es to which the tax does not apply are agricul-
tural laborers, domestic servants, officers and
crews of ships, government employees,, and em-
ployees of non-profit charitable and institutional
groups. To the classes to which this act does ap-
ply, it takes the form of compulsory Federal old
age and unemployment insurance. Since the gov-
ernment will be doing your saving for you when
you begin earning a salary (unless you are a
teacher, social service worker, or employee of
some other non-profit organization), you may
want to know how it will be done.

There are three divisions of the Social Secur-
ity Act: old-age benefits, old age assistance, and
unemployment compensation. The fund for the
first of these is raised by a tax of 1% on the em-
ployers' total payroll, and 1% taken from the
employees 1 wages in 1937-38-39. By 1949, this
tax will be raised to 3% each on payroll and
wages. The employer sends this tax to the
United States Treasury, where Congress will ap-
propriate it into a reserve fund. Since it is esti-
mated that this fund will soon reach billions of
dollars, its disposal is a subject of controversy.
Opponents of the act say the possession of such
a reserve fund will lead to speculation, that its
investment by the government will lead to its
being spent twice, and finally leaving the pay-
ment of the pensions, for which the fund was in-
tended, to the public. Supporters of the act, on
the other hand, point to these workers' pensions
which will begin in 1942, and are payable to em-
ployees who have contributed to the fund, as they
reach the age of 65. Monthly for life, these peo-
ple will receive a certain percentage of the total
sum they have earned in the years since the act
went into effect. If the employee dies before
reaching 65, his family receives from the govern-
ment a lump sum of 3V->% of his total earnings.

The second part of the act provides for assist-
ance for needy people already over 65. There is
no special tax to procure this sum. The Federal
government merely agrees to match dollar for
dollar whatever amount the State law provides.
Your state sales tax goes for this pension.

The third part of the Social Security Act is a
form of unemployment insurance, which seems
to show that the government is recognizing the
fact that in the present economic system, unem-
ployment is not the fault of the worker. This
compensation, to be raised by a further tax on
the employers' total payroll, is paid to the unem-
ployed over a period beginning usually two weeks
after he becomes unemployed, and lasting not
more than sixteen weeks a year. It amounts to
about 50% of his average weekly wage. The tax
amounts to 1 ' { in 1936, rising to 3% by 1938.

"Water, Water Everywhere"

Water, water everywhere, plenty of drops to
drink,

Water, water everywhere, and how their hearts
did sink

would have been Coleridge's vivid description of
those not-to-be daunted espionage-rs who braved
the raging elements last Wednesday night in or-
der to hear those whom Emory termed as "The
Blundering Baritones from Britain." To travel
in a drenching rain is bad enough, but to sit in
one is another matter. Even Mary Lillian Fair-
ly's rain coat held at an unheard of angle and
Mary Frances Guthrie's huge umbrella were not
sufficient to shield four people packed into a one-
seated car whose brakes would not work, whose
windshield wiper would not operate, whose radi-
ator was sans water, whose top leaked unpity-
ingly, and whose gas tank was empty. Expect-
ing (almost hopefully, perhaps) to find them-
selves scattered along a railroad track at any
moment, the occupants of said vehicle uttered
not a murmur when Mr. Hayes, the driver, by
the way, mistook a bicycle for a truck or thought
that the bridge near Emory was a slightly over-
grown street car. They were scarcely surprised
when the awful revelation was made to them
that they were out of gas and there was nothing
to do but wait until a good fairy swam to their
rescue.

Their embarrassment at having to wring their
clothes out before entering the auditorium (a
half hour late) was almost as great as that ex-
perienced by Mr. Stukes and Hortense Jones the
other day when professor and pupil became so
involved and the other members so hilarious that
the class was dismissed ten minutes earlier than
usual. A jolly good formula by which to shorten
the periods, eh what?

N. B. That last outburst is the influence of
Asher and G. R., our English opponents.

THE AGONISTIC

3

Poetry Blossoms
On A.S.C. Campus

Students Rival Shakespeare in
Literary Efforts

It may be the particularly spring
like weather which lightly turns fan-
cies, or perhaps it is the invigorating
effect of the crisp autumn quizzes;
but, at any rate, Agnes Scott girls
have been moved to wax wondrously
poetic. To all the truly great, such as
Shakespeare, Agnes Scott girls, and
Mickey Mouse, everything in life is
grist for mills. Hence it is quite nat-
ural that our campus bards have turned
their genius to life as they meet it
every day in this institution of higher
learning.

For example, witness the subtle mix-
ture of realism and romanticism in
Charline Fleece's contribution to lit-
erature:

There in the star light they lingered

a moment,
Musing that time is but dew on the

grass,

When softly above them a window

was opened,
"Remember, my dear, you've an eight

o'clock class."

Then, for true depth of feeling,
there is this Elizabethan lament in-
spired by the photographer and our
annual proofs:

Why so pale and wan, fond student,
Prithee, why so pale?
If looking well won't fool the camera,
Will looking ill prevail?

For the true revelation of the frus-
tration of a bitter soul, Julia Thing's
agonized cry over an insect which
rivals time in its flight, is unsurpassed:

You can swat 'em alive,
You can swat 'em dead,
In the library
Or on your bed;
But the fact remains
That the college bane
Is endless flies
That never wane!

The following literary gem excels
in its strong appeal to the senses:

An odor of pungency wafts on the
breeze,

Assails me full-force as I pass;
It can't be the flowers, the birds, or
the trees,

Its wild onions; they're cutting the
grass!

Behind this next poem, there lies a
complicated story. It seems that Marie
Stalker in a recent interview, said of
the freshmen, "They are noisier than
our senior class, and we're pretty noisy
ourselves. They are wild creatures!
Last Sunday we went over to see them
and nearly got killed. We thought
we'd never get out of one room alive."
The following poem is written by a
freshman in answer to Marie:

Marie came over to Inman to visit;
Next day she was interviewed.
They asked what she thought of the
freshmen,

And, really, her answers were rude.
"Never in all my life," she said,

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Stuart Chase Predicts War^ Gives Creed

In Interesting Interview at Agnes Scott

"There's nothing like being smashed
up against a stone wall to become edu-
cated" was the characteristic way in
which Stuart Chase, in a much en-
joyed interview, described the method
by which the depression motivated the
awakening of social consciousness on
the American college campus. The
enthusiastic interest in economic and
governmental problems which Mr.
Chase has seen evidenced in his visits
to colleges and his attendances at all
night bull sessions at Harvard with
his son's companions is to him one of
the most encouraging signs of the day.
"When I was in school," he rather
jokingly commented, "there were but
two kinds of students the grand
guy? and the greasy grinds." He fur-
ther explained that he was indeed glad
that these distinctions had become less
clear today and that those who were
studious did concern themselves with
the problems of the hour as well as
with the plays of Euripides and
twelfth century French.

This very concern he believes will
have a profound effect upon the poli-
cies which the government will pur-
sue in the matter of war, for instance.
Although Mr. Chase firmly believes
that the youth anti-war element and
Wall Street (though not from the
same motives, however) will keep us
out of another war, he is firmly con-
vinced that European strife is inevi-
table. It will take another armed con-
flict to prove to the people that intense
nationalism will not work, is his be-
lief. When asked about the possibili-
ties of a Fascist coup d'etat in this

country Mr. Chase was infinitely more
optimistic. He advanced the argu-
ment that the very size of America
is her chief protection against the evils
of Fascism or the menace of Commun-
ism. Of course, Fascist elements may
become dominant in certain definite
localities, but people are too scattered
to lend themselves to the rigid organi-
zation that Fascism necessitates. Be-
sides there is no city symbolic of the
government upon which a leader might
march. "Imagine a seizure of Wash-
ington! All they'd get would be a
bunch of filing cabinets. By the way,"
he asked with a mischievous grin, "did
you know that Mussolini's famous
march on Rome was made in a Pull-
man car?"

Mr. Chase, in discussing the present
political situation, expressed great con-
fidence in Roosevelt. He feels, how-
ever, that the time has arrived for a
third party to be organized, a group
composed of the liberal parties and the
various farmer-labor groups. Unless
the Democratic party should become
definitely reactionary in 1940 how-
ever, this party will gain little head-
way. Nevertheless, its foundations,
according to Mr. Chase, should be set
now.

When asked about possible leader-
ship he expressed his opinion that La-
Follette of Wisconsin or even the
President himself might be considered.

Because many who heard his lecture
wished to secure a copy of his credo
Mr. Chase concluded his conversation
by graciously dictating it:
I accept Gallileo, Newton, Fairaday,

Watt, Steinmetz, Marconi, Einstein.
I accept Boulder Dam, Niagara Falls,
Muscle Shoals and 3 00 horsepower
turbines.

I accept a motor car for every family,
running water, telephones, steel
plants, glass plants, rayon plants,
photo-electric cells, tractors, com-
bines, electric milking machines, and
aero-biology.

I accept a potential minimum income
for every family in the United
States of $4,000 a year in consum-
er's goods and services.

I accept the substitution of inanimate
energy from coal, oil and falling
water for human muscle in doing
the dirty and toilsome work of the
world.

I accept the added leisure, added op-
portunities for cultural development
which the power age offers.

I accept the guarantee which the age
can give for the physical well being
of my children and my dependents
and in return

I accept whatever curtailments may
be necessary in my unbridled right
to demand income from property
which I have never used, often
never seen and for which often I
have never worked.

I will surrender cheerfully whatever
hopes I may have cherished of ob-
taining large segments of something
for nothing, by obstructing, monop-
olizing, and exploiting the land and
resources of America.

I appoint the government as my agent
to coordinate an age of plenty so
that it may work and I may work.

Athletic Week-End
Proves Enjoyable

Girls Participate in Hockey,
Swimming, Tennis

Miss Jackson Attends
Convention of College
Women in Washington

Associate Professor Elizabeth Jack-
son is attending a national executive
board meeting of the American As-
sociation of University Women in
Washington this week. Miss Jackson
is director of the South Atlantic sec-
tion of the Association, which includes
Maryland, West Virginia, Washing-
ton. Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Porto Rico,
and Argentina.

"Have I seen a class so alive.
In one room we visited on the third
floor,

I thought we would never survive."

The next day we freshies read all this
in print,

And I think 'twas my room she de-
scribed;

For that very week-end I'd received

a big box,
And, how that food she had imbibed!

So now you can see why she almost

succumbed,
'Twas food made her stagger home.
We want you to see that we really

aren't rough;
For that reason I write this pome.

Y. W. Industrial Group
Entertains Girls' Club

The Y. W. C. A. industrial group
of Agnes Scott entertained the Girls'
Industrial club of Atlanta and their
leader, Miss Cailiff, in the Murphey
Candler building on Saturday after-
noon, November 14, from 3:30 to
5:30. The meeting was an effort to
further between the two groups the
friendship and cooperation started
through the joint meetings on Mon-
day nights.

The Y. W. group, with about fifty
members under the leadership of
Martha Long, is trying to foster a
better understanding of industrial sit-
uations of Atlanta and of the nation.

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Athletic Federation
Plans Spring Meeting
At State University

Mary Kneale, who last spring was
elected president of the Georgia Ath-
letic Federation of College Women,
met Saturday with the other officers
of that organization to make plans for
the next meeting. This meeting will
take place at the University of Geor-
gia in March and will be attended by
representatives from many Georgia
colleges.

Girls returning from the sports
week-end at the University of Georgia
bring reports of excellent tennis,
hockey, swimming, and dancing.

Those able to leave before lunch
Saturday were present at the luncheon
given by President Caldwell. Later in
the afternoon Agnes Scott participat-
ed in tennis and hockey. Mary Kneale
and Julia Thing met some stiff compe-
tition in the Georgia tennis repre-
sentatives but put up a good game.
The hockey team from here played on
teams made up of girls from Agnes
Scott, Shorter, and Georgia.

After supper in the university
cafeteria the guests attended a dancing
program in the physical education
building. The Georgia class demon-
strated the building up and develop-
ment of dancing instruction as given
at the university. Armstrong Junior
College from Savannah then present-
ed several individual dancers.

The last of the sports program was
the swimming and diving exhibition.
Georgia girls presented a Japanese
lantern pageant and Agnes Scott gave
a series of floats. Diving and novelty
races completed the evening.

Girls stayed at sorority houses on
the campus and in one of the dormi-
tories. Miss Harriette Haynes and
Miss Frances McCalla chaperoned the
group.

Mr. Raper Talks at Emory

Dr. Arthur M. Raper, acting pro-
fessor of sociology at Agnes Scott,
discussed "The Problems of Farm
Tenantry'* before the Alpha Kappa
Psi commercial fraternity at Emory
this morning at 10:00. Dr. Raper's
address was the second in a series of
lectures which this fraternity is spon-
soring.

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THE AGONISTIC

Names of Entrants

For Book Prize Due

Students wishing to enter the
Richard du Bury Book Award con-
test are requested to hand in their
names to Miss Ellen Douglas Ley-
burn, immediately.

Alumna Married To
Astronomy Professor

A romance which began over twen-
ty years ago culminated last month
with the marriage of Ninuzza Sey-
mour, ex-' 15, to Mr. Charles Olivier,
the man whom Miss Hopkins sent, in
1913, to meet her at the train. Miss
Seymour, the daughter of an Ameri-
can consul in Sicily, attended Agnes
Scott for two years, completed her
work at the University of Chicago,
and entered Red Cross service. Mean-
while the man who met her at the
train, professor of physics and astron-
omy at Agnes Scott, left the college
to accept the position of head of the
Flower astronomical observatory at the
University of Pennsylvania. He mar-
ried and had two children. Then sev-
eral years after the death of his wife,
he met Miss Seymour in Washington
and they renewed their friendship.
They were married Thursday, October
22, 1936.

Sophomore Class Has
Vespers Program on
"Challenge in Sports''

"Christ's Challenge in Sports" was
the theme of the Sophomore vesper
service on Sunday, November 15. The
program, planned by Mary Ruth Mur-
phy, included talks by Sarah Thur-
man, Mary Frances Guthrie, and
Flora McGuire. June Harvey was
leader.

Musical features of the devotional
were a solo by Jeanne Redwine and
a special sophomore choir.

Messrs. Gunby, Joekel
Speakers in Chapel

An illustrated lecture on traffic
safety will be given by Mr. Eugene
Gunby, Atlanta lawyer, during the
chapel period Friday. Mr. Gunby is
interested in reducing the unfavorable
mortality rate in Atlanta.

Dr. S. L. Joekel, professor at Austin
Theological Seminary, Texas, spoke in
chapel Friday, November 13, on "Life
and Living It." He stated as the three
aims of college to learn to criticize,
appreciate, and select. His main dis-
cussion, however, was based on the
aims of life: to have, to know, to do,
to be.

Wheeler Elected Officer

Cary Wheeler was elected corre-
sponding secretary of the Georgia
Baptist Student Union convention
held in Macon recently. Eleven Agnes
Scott girls attended the conference.

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Visitors, Dances,
Trips Home Mark
College Week-End

This week-end Mary Willis and
Julia Cawell went to Davidson; Fan-
nie B. Harris to Rome; Pauline Moss
to Royston, Ga.; Jane Carithers to
Winder; Sara Grey to Columbus; and
Sara Carter to Bamberg. Mr. and Mrs.
Du Pree of Gadsden, Ala., visited Car-
olyn this week-end; Mr. Earle Wil-
liams of Gadsden visited Frances Mor-
gan; Frances Paris Hanna visited
Frances Belford Friday; Mrs. Carson
visited Helen; Mr. and Mrs. Lee vis-
ited Sara; and Mr. Zellner visited Mar-
tha.

Those who attended dances this
week-end were: Catherine Ivie, Anne
Purnell, Nancy Moorer, Rose North-
cross, Caroline Carmichael, Julia Por-
ter, Strat Sloan, Mette Williamson,
Eleanor Rogers, Mary Reed Hendricks,
Charlotte Newman, Carolyn Du Pree,
Rachael Kennedy, Jane Guthrie, Myrl
Chafin, Bee Merril, Sue Bryan, Grace
Tazewell, Marlise Torrance, Mary V.
Smith, Alice Taylor, Martha Marshall,
Aileen Shortley, Kay Kennedy, Mary
Bucholtz, Sara Gray, Jane Moore
Hamilton, Jane Dryfoos, Mary Hol-
lingsworth, Eloise Leonard, and others.

Club News

Glee Club
The Glee club entertained its new
members and the cast of the opera
on Thursday night, November 5.

German Club
German club will meet this after-
noon at 4:3 0 o'clock in Lupton cot-
tage. The members of the club will
sing German songs, and the following
girls will give short skits: Frances
Norman, Jean Chalmers, Frances
Castleberry, Mildred Davis, Elise Seay,
Martha Foster, and Edith Belscr.

B O Z

B O Z met on Friday evening, No-
vember 6. Nell Allison and Jacquelyn
Mc White read. The new members
were present for the first time at this
meeting. Hortense Jones and Carol
Hale were hostesses.

W ar Drama At Emory

Schedule of Exams
Posted This Monday

The schedule for the first quar-
ter examinations will be posted in
But trick Hall on November 2 3, ten
days before exams begin on Decem-
ber 2, Miss Hopkins has announced.

Cotillion Club Plans
Thanksgiving Danc e

Emorv Plavers to Give

j j

"Journey's End" Friday

The Emory Players will present
Journeys End, a war-time drama by
R. C. Sherriff, in the Glenn Memorial
auditorium Friday, November 20, at
8.3 0. Harold Fink will play the lead-
ing role of Captain Stanhope.

The scene of the play is laid at the
World War front. Dr. Garland G.
Smith, adviser to the Emory Players,
is directing the drama. Tickets may
be bought for thirty-five cents.

New Andirons, Lights
Are Library Fixtures

The latest fixtures which have been
installed in the new library are the
lights and andirons. Made of light-
weight aluminum, they were especial-
ly designed for the Agnes Scott library
by the architects, Edwards and Say-
ward, and were manufactured in St.
Louis by the Gouth Company.

The lights, designed in keeping with
the Gothic style of the building, furn-
ish ample light and add much to the
beauty of the library. The wrought
iron andirons were designed and made
by the Atlanta Iron Works, in accord-
ance with the suggestions of Miss
Edna Hanley, librarian, and the archi-
tects.

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A college for women that is widely recog-
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interesting character of its student activities

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

Reporters

Reporters include: Nell Allison,
Alice Cheeseman, Giddy Irwin, Nell
Hemphill, Carol Hale, Cora Kay
Hutchins, Sarah Johnson, Douglas
Lyle, Frances Lee, Regina Herwitz,
Julia Sewell, Mary Willis, Mamie Lee
Ratliff, Selma Steinbach, Anne Pur-
nell, Marie Merritt, Alice Reins, Myrl
Chafin, Louise Young, Mary Frances
Kennedy, Henrietta Blackwell, Mary
Primrose Noble, Mary Reins, Evelyn
Baty, Eleanor Hutchens, Hazel Solo-
mon, V. J. Watkins, Mary Louise
Dobbs, Virginia Hill, Eloise McCall,
Louise Hughston, Mary Lang Gill, and
Eugenia Williams.

Business assistants are: Rachel Ken-
nedy, Florence Little, Jessie Williams,
Jane Dryfoos, Jane Carithers.

The annual Thanksgiving dance,
sponsored by the Cotillion club, will
take place Thursday, November 2 6,
from 8:00 to 10:50, in the Bucher
Scott gymnasium, Alice Taylor, presi-
dent of the club, announced recently.

Committees to plan the dance are:
Decorations, Jane Dryfoos and Helen
Moses; entertainment, Mary Lib Mor-
row; refreshments, Mary Ellen Whet-
sel and Jane Moore Hamilton; lead-
out. Dot Cabanis and Marjorie Scott;
flowers, Eloise Estes and Doris Dunn.

The Tech Ramblers will furnish the
music. The college community is cor-
dially invited.

Dr. McCain is Presenl
At New York Meeting
To Plan Convention

Dr. J. R. McCain left yesterday for
New York to attend a meeting of the
executive committee of the Associa-
tion of American Colleges. The com-
mittee is making plans for the annual
meeting of the Association, to be held
'.n Washington this January.

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VOL. XXII

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1936

NO. 8

Thirteen on
Varsity Team
This Season

Senior Hockey Team Is Winner
Of Championship Over
Other Classes

Greenhouse is
Botany Project

Building To Provide Better
Place For Experiments
With Plants

Wins 4 Out of 5 Games

The hockey varsity council has an-
nounced the 1936-37 varsity team as
follows: Charline Fleece, Carolyn
Forman, Anne Thompson, Laura Coit,
Joan Brinton, Jane Dryfoos, Florence
Lasseter, Elizabeth Blackshear, Annie
Lee Crowell, Mary Kneale, Emma Mc-
Mullen, Alice Taylor, and Frances
Cary.

The subvarsity consists of: Millie
Coit, Ruth Crisp, Dorothy Jester,
Flora McGuire, Mary Johnson, Helen
Carson, Julia Thing, Florence Little,
Nell Allison, Martha Moffett, Frances
Abbot, Louise Young, Anne Worthy
Johnson, and Frances Robinson.

Selection of these players is the re-
sult of observations of the hockey
council at all the hockey games of the
season. The girls are judged accord-
ing to their skill in playing. Members
of each class team choose eleven girls
on all teams but their own who have in
their opinion done the best playing
throughout the year. The hockey
council tabulates these votes and
makes the final decision.

This year's hockey council was
composed of: Miss Llewellyn Wilburn,
Miss Harriette Haynes, Miss Frances
McCalla, Rachel Kennedy, Alice Tay-
lor, and Frances Robinson.

The senior team is school champion.
Out of 5 games this class has won 4.
The freshman team was the only one
to defeat the seniors during the sea-
son.

To provide a lighter and better
place for students to experiment with
plants, the botany division of the biol-
ogy department is having a green-
house built. Measuring twenty-two
and three-fourths by twelve and one-
half feet, the house will be attached
to the south wing of the science build-
ing.

Backed by Mortar Board, the mem-
bers of the economic botany class are
working to gain the students' interest
in the development of the campus.
They have discussed having a garden
to beautify the grounds. A garden
would furnish flowers for the Mur-
phey Candler building and for any
events at the college. The class has
talked of having all the plants of one
group in the garden so that the biol-
ogy students could make a compara-
tive study of them, and has studied
plants which it would like to intro-
duce on the campus.

The biology students will also have
another source of material. The col-
lege has agreed to let Mrs. T. R.
Crown cultivate the school property
which adjoins her land. Mrs. Crown,
in turn, will permit the students to
study the flowers which she raises on
the ground and will leave the land
cpen to students at all times.

Thanksgiving

Professor Returns
From Board Meet

Associate Professor Elizabeth Jack-
son returned last Thursday night from
Washington, D. C, where she attend-
ed the board meeting of the American
Association of University Women held
from Nov. 15-19. On the first eve-
ning was conducted the meeting of
the Washington branch of the Ameri-
can Association of University Women.
At this time the W. P. A. directors
of the four fields of art, painting and
sculpture, literature, music, and
theatrical production, presented a re-
sume of their work. During the next
three days, time was given exclusively
for the work of the board; and Miss
Jackson spent the last day attending
to the business of the South Atlantic
section, of which she is director.

One of the important projects of
the board at this meeting was the mak-
ing of plans for the program of the
national convention of the Association
of University Women to be held in
Savannah next March.

Play About China
Given at Vespers

"Operation at One," a missionary
play of modern China which was se-
lected as the best missionary drama by
a modern playwright last year at the
Quadrennial Student Volunteer con-
ference, will be the feature of vespers
Sunday evening, November 29.

The cast of characters includes: Dr.
Stafford (a young doctor), Bob Coit
of Atlanta; Eleanor Stafford (his
wife), Winifred Kellersberger; Knox
Fleming (young educational mission-
ary), Marion Bradwell of Columbia
Seminary; Mr. Ko (young Chinese
communist), Roger Enloe; Neny Elan
(Chinese nurse), Jean Barry Adams;
Amah (old Chinese woman), Joyce
Roper.

Miss Palmour Plans
Viewbook of Campus

A new viewbook containing pic-
tures of the exterior and interior of the
dormitories, the Murphey Candler
building, and the alumnae house is
being compiled and will be published
within the next few weeks. Miss
Alberta Palmour, alumnae field secre-
tary, has been in charge of the pho-
tography.

Library Has Proper Atmosphere

For Agnes Scott Book Exhibit

By Julia Sewell

A massive stone fireplace with great
iron fire-dogs supporting huge logs;
cheerfully colored leather chairs; tall
gothic windows, casting a mellow
light upon rows of book-filled cases
such is the atmosphere long-cherished
by book-lovers. This is the atmos-
phere afforded by the library for the
display of books, and this is the back-
ground for the Agnes Scott book ex-
hibit, which opened yesterday under
the supervision of Miss Louise McKin-
ney and Miss Edna Hanley, assisted by
Miss Laura Colvin.

All kinds of books are included:

modern books of every description,
classics in rare and inexpensive edi-
tions, and delightful children's bv^oks.
The many fascinating modern novels
include The Cradle of Life, by Louis
Adamic, the author of that powerful
book, The Native's Return; Sigrid
Undsets Gunnar's Daughter, and
Wal ter Edmond's stirring story Drums
Along the Mohawk.

There are also older novels, some in
new jackets John Galsworthy's One
More Rirer, uniform with his earlier
novels: Man of Property and The
Silver Spoon; Mary Webb's beautiful
English story, Precious Bane; James
(Continued on page 4, column 2)

Dance is Planned
By Cotillion Club
On Thanksgiving

The Cotillion club will entertain the
college community at its annual
Thanksgiving dance tomorrow eve-
ning from 8:00 to 10:30 in the
Bucher Scott gymnasium. The guests
will be received by Alice Taylor, pres-
ident; Eloise Estes, vice-president;
Mary Ellen Whetsell, secretary-treas-
urer; Misses Llewellyn Wilburn, Har-
riet Haynes, and Louise Hale, faculty
sponsors.

The Tech Ramblers will furnish the
music, and there will be a Cotillion
club leadout, Alice Taylor announced.
The Fox theater will provide dec-
orations with spotlights.

Freshmen Place
First in Contest

Freshmen took the honors at the
swimming meet Thursday night with
a score double that of the juniors, who
took second place. Freshmen had a
score of 16; juniors, 8; and seniors, 7.

The first event was a 20-yard dash.
Caroline Forman, freshman, placed
first with a time of 11 seconds. Vir-
ginia Milner, also a freshman, placed
second with a time of 11 1/5 seconds.
Mary Kneale's time was 12 1/5 sec-
onds, and Anne Thompson's was
12 3 5 seconds. In the relay race,
consisting of girls doing the elemen-
tary back, side, back crawl, and front
crawl strokes, the freshmen again
came in first. Seniors were second.
Diving events were won by the junior
class, followed by the freshmen, sen-
iors, then sophomores.

One of the features of the program
was a swimming formation done by
members of the swimming club. Per-
forming in this were: Bee Merrill, Julia
Thing, Anne Thompson, Jean Chal-
mers, Nell Echols, Mary Johnson, and
Marie Stalker.

The sophomores had a one-man
team for the evening. Emma McMul-
len was evidently the only member of
her class who felt moved to partici-
pate.

Fall Exams Disturb

Agonistic Schedule

Because of the exam arrangement
under the quarter system, there can
be no more issues of the Agonistic
until after the Christmas holidays.
The exams, beginning on one
Wednesday and ending the next,
break into the schedule of the pub-
lication of the paper for two weeks,
thus making it impossible for the
staff to get out another edition be-
fore Christmas.

Players Enact
Mystery Tonight

Blackfriars Feature Sliding Pan-
els, Novel Lighting in
"Double Door"

With secret sliding panels and novel
lighting effects, Blackfriars will pre-
sent their mystery drama, "Double
Door," tonight in the Bucher Scott
gymnasium. Tickets may be bought
for thirty-five or fifty cents.

Members of the club have succeeded
in gathering the various properties
necessary for their production; from
Davison-Paxon's comes the dark red
suite of furniture; and from Muse's
the girls' dresses. Claude S. Bennett,
jeweler, lends a gold dog; and Brown
Decorating company provides the
funeral urns and tapestries. Carpen-
ters and the play production girls have
constructed the set.

The cast of the mystery drama in-
cludes: Mary Anne Kernan, Jeanne
Flynt, Kay Toole, Kathryn Bowen
Wall, Gilbert Maxwell, Ed Goddard,
Tom Weslev, and Udo Thran.

Library Keys
Presented on
December 12

Speakers, Mortar Board Tea
Mark Dedication Day
For Building

Service To Begin At 3:30

Clubs to Present
"Le Cid" at Emory

In honor of the three hundredth an-
niversary of the first presentation of
Pierre Corneille's he Cid, the French
clubs of Agnes Scott and Emory will
collaborate in producing the famous
classical drama. They will present the
play at Emory some time in January;
the exact date has not been deter-
mined.

Agnes Scott girls who are included
in the cast are: Suzie Audrain in the
role of Chimene; Jane Turner as El-
vire, the governess; Winifred Kellers-
berger as Leonor, governess of L'ln-
fante; and Julia Thing as L'Infante.

German Club To Give
Play For Christmas

The German club is completing its
plans for its traditional Christmas
play and party, to be given this year
during the week after examinations.
The play, Es 1st ein Rose Entsprungen,
includes the following characters:
Joseph, Anna Katherine Fulton; Maria,
Anne Thompson; Der Wirt, Elise
Seay; Sprecher, Jean Austin; Shep-
herds, Jacque McWhite, Ann Worthy
Johnson, Emily Harris; Konigen, Jean
Chalmers, Martha Long, Jane Dryfoos;
Der Engel, Kathryn Bowen Wall.

Ethelyn Johnson, president of Ger-
man club last year, will read a Bible
story.

At the party on the Sunday before
the play, Miss Harn will entertain the
club with a Christmas tree, and with
the food and customs typical of a
German Christmas.

Addi tional plans for the dedication
of the library include a tea to be
given by Mortar Board from 5 to 6
in the Murphey Candler building on
December 12, the day of the dedica-
tory exercises. It is customary for
Mortar Board to give a tea for the day
students and their parents about this
time of the year, but because of the
large number of people on the cam-
pus December 12, all visitors are in-
cluded in the invitation.

The program for the day will be-
gin with inspection of the library
from 1:30 to 3:15, when the forty
student assistants in the library and
sixty other girls will show the visitors
around. From 3:3 0 to 5, the speeches
and dedication will take place in the
Bucher Scott gymnasium. At this
time, Dr. W. W. Bishop of the Uni-
versity of Michigan will speak on
"The College Library and Teaching"
and Dr. T. W. Koch of Northwestern
University will speak on "The Stu-
dent and the Library." The architect
will then present the keys of the
library to Miss Edna Hanley, librarian,
who will receive them for the col-
lege. The presentation will be followed
by the dedicatory prayer, given by
President H. W. Cox, of Emory.

On the morning of December 12,
certain members of the Agnes Scott
faculty will take part in the academic
procession of the Emory University
centennial program. Representing this
college will be Dr. J. R. McCain, pres-
ident; Professors S. G. Stukes, Philip
Davidson, Robert Holt, Mary Mac-
Dougall, and Lucile Alexander. As-
sociate Professor Emma May Laney
will represent Mississippi State College
for Women; Associate Professor Eliz-
abeth Jackson will represent the
American Association of University
Women; and Miss Narka Nelson will
represent Western College.

Dr. Sweet Attends
Medical Meeting

Dr. Mary F. Sweet attended the an-
nual meeting of the Southern Medical
Association in Baltimore from Tues-
day, November 16, through Friday,
November 19. There were about 4,000
physicians present, only about sixty of
whom were women.

The meeting included not only sci-
entific exhibits and speeches, but also
banquets and various other entertain-
ments. Although Dr. Sweet has at-
tended many such associational meet-
ings, this is the first time she has left
Agnes Scott during the school term.

Margaret Mitchell Tells of Trials

In Writing, Publishing Her Book

By Grace Duggan
"The little pitcher who had big
ears," and as a result wrote one of
the greatest historical novels of the
century, was sitting before me, her
feet propped under her, swallowed up
in a big arm chair. I was sitting on
a large over-stuffed divan, but I
wasn't very comfortable. When I
wrote her asking for an interview, it
was with little belief that I would
ever actually be in the presence of
Margaret Mitchell, the author of Gone
With the Wind. Yet here I was in
the midst of my first interview with
the memory of my few quickly col-
lected questions being swept away by

my interest in her amusing stories.

I gradually became more at ease as
with her engaging voice she related
experiences connected with the writ-
ing of her book and the unexpected
reaction of the public. She first ex-
plained why her chair, my divan, a
desk, and one or two small tables were
the only pieces of furniture in the
bright little room. During the few
years of writing the book, she had let
the furniture get in bad need of re-
pair. One of her first interviewers fell
right through a couch, and another
had fallen backwards in a rickety
chair. She had sent the furniture off

{Continued on page 3, column 1)

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Elizabeth Warden

Alumnae Editor

Editor, Associate Editor, Enid Middleton, Mary
King, Editorial Council

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Almost a century before the invention of the
printing press when, as Andrew Lang says,
everybody learned to read, Chaucer was an en-
thusiastic book collector. He spent long hours
after his work at the Customs in the "quiet and
still atmosphere of delightful studies," so that
he has come to represent the typical scholar who
loves his studies and loves his books as well.
Since Chaucer's day the printing press has made
it possible for almost anyone to have a well filled
library. The printing press, however, cannot
make it possible for everyone to have a well se-
lected library. The art of discrimination is still
as rare as it is admirable.

The Richard du Bury award at Agnes Scott is
given each year to the student who offers the
best selection of fifteen books acquired during
the year and who is best able to show that she
has made the books her own and possesses them
in the highest sense. The award serves three pur-
poses : the development of a love for books them-
selves, of good taste in the choice of books, and
of greater appreciation of their content.

A famous English essayist over a century ago
did without lunch three days of the week, as a
youth, because his way took him past a book
stall where often a second-hand volume of
Shakespeare might be had for a shilling. To
produce such feeling for books is the first pur-
pose of the du Bury award. However, the em-
phasis on the ability to select cannot be too
strong. With the presses turning out masses of
books each year this is increasingly important.
Some books deserve being read many times, some
once, and many not at all. But most important
of the purposes of the du Bury award is that of
encouraging students to "make books their own."
In medieval times books were rare; there were
no public libraries; the educated man assimilated
w hat he read. Today knowledge is indexed and
classified and lodged in public and private libra-
ries, and one is free to refer again and again to
any one source of it. We know that Shakespeare
may be found by looking for 822.33, but how
much do we know of Shakespeare?

The du Bury award should be a fine incentive
to students for starting personal libraries, and
the month before Christmas may offer a good
opportunity to suggest to your friends your
tastes in books.

The Wise and the (irummers

The student body of Agnes Scott is like unto
a great gathering of many virgins. And some
of them were wise and some were foolish. And
in December the dark clouds of exams gathered
Over the quadrangle and the sound of a hell was
heard throughout the campus calling the virgins
to come forth. Then all the virgins arose and
prepared their pens and their bright blue blanks.
They that were wise took with them rest of body
and peace of mind, as an oil to illumine their
path. But the foolish did not so. Their oil had
they carelessly burned at midnight and had cast
away their strength, with ceaseless fasting and
with cramming that lasted through the night
but, lo. the jitters comet h in the morning. There-
fore, when the exam arrived, the foolish were
unprepared, but those that were wise entered
rejoicing into their ivward.

At Mortar Board Recognition

Miss Leyburn Speaks in Chapel Election of President

With Miss Ellen Douglas Leyburn
as speaker, Mortar Board held its an-
nual fall recognition service last Sat-
urday. Preceding the talk was an
academic procession composed of the
faculty advisers, the nine active mem-
bers, and alumnae.

Following is Miss Leyburn's talk:
There is a degree of informality in
fall gatherings at college which is
precluded from spring meetings uy
the awareness of their finality. Just
as investiture is the familiar celebra-
tion of seniorhood and less solemn than
commencement; so the fall Mortar
Board chapel is a simpler occasion
than the time of announcements in
the spring. The sense of passing of the
old order and their honoring of the
new is upon us then, but this is a
season of beginnings, a time to sug-
gest ideas rather than to crystallize
them into some ultimate and complet-
ed form.

And so I should like to speak to
you quite informally this morning,
not as a member of your faculty, but
as an alumna, as one who has sat where
you are sitting in each of the four
ections of this ugly, beloved old
chapel, and has lived through the ex-
periences of a student at Agnes Scott.

There are certain beliefs about col-
lege life that have grown in me forci-
bly since those experiences have be-
come part of my past instead of the
life of the present; and these beliefs
I am encouraged to present for your
consideration because I have reason to
think that I share them with many
other Agnes Scott graduates.

I take as my point of departure the
creed of that eighteenth century phil-
osopher whose work has been called
the "wickedest, cleverest book in the
English language." Bernard Mandeville
maintained that all our actions pro-
ceed from selfish motives and that
private selfishness makes public gain.
His declaration that self love lay be-
hind all the good that was done in the
world struck consternation into the
breasts of his complacent contempo-
raries. But Dr. Johnson had the can-
dor to say that Mandeville opened his
views into real life very much. Since
the men of Mandeville's century had
hard work to deny that it is primarily
for his own relief that a person rescues
a child he sees about to be burned to
death, they promptly set about bol-
stering up their self respect by prov-
ing that such selfishness is not vice
but virtue.

Self-Esteem Needed

And it is the idea of valuable self-
ishness the resolution of Mandeville's
paradox: that private vice (or selfish-
ness) is public benefit, which I should
like to propose to you this morning.
It seems to me that nothing would so
benefit the whole collegiate body as a
little of the right kind of self esteem.
The college student needs to decide
what she most wants for herself from
college; and if she wants the right
things as an individual, the college as
a body will pretty well take care of
itself. What are the demands that we
should make for ourselves?

First of all, the student has a tight
to expect and to seek an education.
You smile and say "but of course and
how obvious that this is what our
fathers sent us to Agnes Scott for."
This is not a right that we have self-
ishly to guard. And yet I think the
chance for it is escaping some of you,
as it escaped me and many of my col-
lege generation, because of our ex-
treme busyness, a clutter of activities
oi the sort that we were pleased to
call our service to the college. I have
come to think that the best service
W can render Agnes Scott is that of
becoming, each of us herself individ-
ually a cultivated human being, a
being capable of the kind of rigoristic
thinking which was suggested to you
two weeks ago from this platform un-
der the guise of the grin of the Chesh-
ire cat. I think the very earthy physi-
cal body of the college cat which dis-
tracts most of us from the pure intel-
lectual pleasure of the grin is fruit-
lessly multiplied activities.

I suppose such a doctrine will sound

as silly to you as it did to me ten years
ago when I heard it from some of
those wise counselors who now sit in
the back of this room. I shall never
forget the shock with which I heard
it delivered in one of the few classes
which I did think as important as
those extra curricular, real activities
of college life. I had returned from a
convention, and was going through
the usual formality of presenting my
excuse for absences. The instructor
registered the excuse in her book and
said "Of course this is no real excuse
for what you have missed." I was
dumbfounded; but by the time I had
figured out what she meant, I had also
convinced myself that she was wrong,
that the contacts with actual people
gained from going about and doing
was an excuse for what I had missed
of the understanding of humanity to
be gained from the study of literature.
It took several years more of thinking,
after college was over, to bring me to
the realization of the truth of her re-
mark. I hope you will come to a more
mature sense of values while you are
still in college. If you choose what will
bring you to intellectual insight, a
true self esteem, lead you to a seeking
of the best in the realm of the intel-
lect for yourselves, you will have
rendered the college the service of
making it actually a place of the
mind.

This is far from being counsel to
become bookworms, to narrow the in-
telligence to the compass of books, but
rather to grow through them, to use
them as repositories of the materials
of thought, to learn to think and to
judge.

Value of Life Intellectual

Intellectual growth can come in
many ways outside the class room. It
may come, of course, through wisely
chosen campus activities. Certainly it
comes often out of the casually be-
gun talk. But it is a sense of the
value of the life intellectual, however
achieved, that I think the college stu-
dent needs in order to have a proper
self-gratification which helps both
herself and the college. I was happy to
see that much of the current program
for service of the organization which
brings us together today is concerned
with the fostering on the campus of
certain intellectual and cultural in-
terests. I submit to you that you can
best help them to encourage the spirit
of learning in our college by becom-
ing truly civilized students. Civiliza-
tion in mind would lead to civiliza-
tion in manners.

Just as the individual pursuit of
learning would make Agnes Scott a
center of mutual stimulation intellect-
ually, so a perfectly right kind of
self-seeking in the desire to be attract-
ive would make the whole social at-
mosphere pleasant. If we thought
much about how to appear at our
best before others, we should get rid
of such definite marks of ill breeding
as chewing gum in the presence of
other people and dropping our dis-
carded scraps of paper on the stairways
of Buttrick. If each person were try-
ing to make herself as attractive as
possible, we should all make each
other happier. There is a good meas-
ure of selfish shrewdness in the golden
rule.

The idea applies, I think, even m
our spiritual lives. The more we en-
rich our own spiritual natures, the
more valuable we are to the spiritual
life of the community.

And so it seems to me that in the
striving for something fine for our-
selves, we make Agnes Scott a finer
place, and it is for such service to the
college that Mortar Board really exists.
it is m words suggested to me by the
present chapter that I speak when I
sav that Mortar Board is not "an order
of merit for the recognition of past
service, but a league for the beginning
of service, " and a league in which the

The next president of the United States will
be elected in December and will take office in
January. The electors of each state, chosen by
the people at large in the so-called presidential
election of last November 3, will meet at the place
designated by the state legislature, to cast the
votes for president and vice-president. These
votes will then be sent to Washington to be
counted. National law formerly set the date for
the meeting of the electoral college in January,
but had to change it when the twentieth amend-
ment was passed providing that the new presi-
dent and vice-president take office on January
20 rather than March 4.

This amendment is in keeping with changes in
the country since the Constitution was framed.
It no longer takes two months for the executive
to be notified of his election and to reach Wash-
ington for the inaugural, so he takes office in
January instead of March. Similarly, the rea-
sons, valid in 1789, for voting by an electoral col-
lege instead of by popular ballot, are now out-of-
date. Voters are supplied, by modern methods
of communication, with adequate information to
make their own choice of president ; yet they still
have to delegate that choice to supposedly more-
informed electors. Because of these changes, it
seems likely that the next step in bringing the
Constitutional system of elections up-to-date will
be complete abandonment of the electoral college.

Fury in the Foruin

Not since that memorable day when a drive
was launched to put pencil sharpeners in But-
trick, water founts in the library, and waste
paper baskets under the bushes has there been
such a glorious open forum as the one held last
Thursday when the seniors, for the first time
since they were formally invested, forgot their
long-waited-for dignity. Frances Cary, Dorothy
Jester, and Frances Wilson were the first to for-
get their elevated position by providing a rare
treat for those who sit in the senior section with
something that strangely resembled a ferocious
reptile in spite of its habitat which was skilfully
disguised by a "salted peanuts" label. Frances
was almost as surprised and overcome by the
sudden revelation of this gruesome creature (the
possession of which Miss Cary glibly explains is
due to her little brother's birthday which one
must admit is a rather feeble attempt) as was
Marie Stalker at the unexpected outburst of
Alice Taylor who was so amazed at Marie's sub-
tle allusions to her charm group that she resorted
to throwing some of the most choice reservoirs
of knowledge at the struggling, dodging Marie.
In spite of the legitimacy of poetic license it
must be admitted that the wrathful Alice em-
ployed only one book and it was thrown from a
prosaic and almost sissy distance. Nevertheless,
the spirit in which it was sent was greatly ap-
preciated, and a good time was had by all, es-
pecially by those seekers of that elusive, palpa-
ble, but not tangible state of being or character-
istic called charm, those who try to keep well
Emily Post-ed and those who have long waited
for the establishment of such a precedent.

The militaristic combat (and so soon after Ar-
mistice day, too) waged between the two just
mentioned was nothing as compared with Julia
(Three Diamonds) Thing's heart rendering con-
fession "You all realize how unsatisfactory let-
ters can be!" Those with the psychological turn
of mind wonder whether or not Julia's telling
statement was prompted by anything that she
has received or whether she was just endeavor-
ing to identify herself sympathetically with those
in the audience who have grown weary of read-
teg between the lines. Whatever her motive, she
commanded the attention of her listeners as per-
fectly as if she had announced "America is in
peril." It is to be suspected that understanding
Julia will shortly be conducting one of those
"Dear Julia, I am twenty and considered very at-
tractive by my friends but" columns by popu-
lar request. One wonders whether her advice
will be the usual "give a small party." Perhaps
a premonition of this very thing prompted Mary
Jane Tigert's suggestion in this same hilarious
forum that the group entertain an idea to elect
an editor for the handbook. Realizing that Chair-
man Tigert was quite correct in using parliamen-
tary terminology, one is still inclined to wonder
what type of entertainment would be most suit-
able for an idea. Lecturers are given receptions,
Mortar Board visitors are introduced at teas, and
sophomores are subjected to supper hikes. But
the question as to what type entertainment would
be most proper for an idea, the question as to

aid of the whole student body h whether formal or informal attire should be

sought in making Agnes Scott a com-
munity of enlightened individuals. To
take a truth from mathematical
thought, the whole is equal to the sum
of all its parts.

worn, the question as to whether just smacks or
chocolate cookies or smacks and chocolate cook-
ies should be served are questions which would
not only baffle Aristotle and Plato but even Em-
ily Post and Alice Taylor.

THE AGONISTIC

Peculiar Fears are Prevalent
At A.S.; Nightwatchman Brave

Michelle Furlow Possesses Most Peculiar Fear; Marie Stalker,
Dorothy Jester Fear Death From Lock-jaw, Germs;
Alice Adams Talks in Sleep

There seems to be only one person
on this campus who is absolutely fear-
less and that is Mr. Jones, the night-
watchman, who, when asked along
with other Agnes Scotters about his
peculiar fobia, valiantly admitted that
as long as he had his gun with him he
"wasn't afraid of anything!" But, try
as we would, we could not find an-
other equally brave soul on the cam-
pus. Even Dr. McCain admitted that
he was always afraid that he wouldn't
remember some one's name whom he
was supposed to introduce. In fact,
the phrase, "I'm afraid. . . ." has been
heard so frequently in the last weeks
that a sort of poll was made of Agnes
Scott fears and the results were alarm-
ing. Here are some of the fears under
which our fellow students are labor-
ing. Maybe one of your pet ones is
among them.

Brooks Spivey told us that she lived
in eternal dread of dropping the col-
lection plate in church some day.
Alice Adams confided that she prac-
tically had insomnia from trying to
get rid of the habit of talking in her
sleep. She says that it wouldn't be so
bad if she told the truth at such mo-
ments, but that she always talked
about horrible things which were hard
to disprove upon awaking. Julia Thing
says that if anyone has noticed at
what a peculiar angle she carries her
head they would deeply sympathize
with her for she is always afraid that
her hair will come down suddenly at
church or at a dance.

Marie Stalker sat at breakfast the
other morning and ate so heartily and
with such gusto that all present won-
dered when she had had her last meal.
When someone timidly raised the ques-
tion, Miss Stalker calmly explained
that she thought this was the last meal
she would ever eat. It seems that she
lives in eternal dread of lock-jaw and

that every time she gets a scratch or
cut such as she has now she is sure
she will get lock-jaw and die. And
while we are on the subject of eating,
Dot Jester has what she terms a "germ
fobia." She says that ever since she
began getting educated and learned
about germs, she has not been able to
enjoy food and that she even washes
apples with soap and water. Mildred
Davis is afraid that she will give way
some time to suppressed desires which
she says are lurking within her. In
chapel, for instance, she often has the
wish to jump up and down and throw
hymn books, shout, etc. And Betty
Willis whispered to us that she has
Seen afraid of falling up stairs ever
since her freshman year when she
executed a similar feat and smashed
a box of home-made butter cookies.
The entire junior class, however, has
the same fear that of not being able
to get off the footstool at investiture
next year.

But, as possessor of the most spec-
tacular fear, we nominate Michelle
Furlow who now lives in apprehension
that she will forget who she is. It all
began one night at about the last ten
minutes of a very tiring telephone
duty. She says that she answered the
tube and that someone said, "May I
speak to Michelle Furlow?" and she
said "Just a minute. . . ." and that
she actually walked to the door of her
room before she realized that she was
she.

Well, you can see from this, that
the student body is in no condition to
begin exams. We suggest as a remedy,
an extra week of Christmas vacation
co rest up a bit. But then people would
probably be afraid that they would
have to make it up in June and then
we'd be in the same vicious circle
again.

Emory, Tech Draw
Agnes Scotters
To Dances

MARGARET MITCHELL

TELLS OF NEW BOOK

{Continued from page 1, column 5)
to be done over.

In telling me of her experiences she
answered most of my questions before
I could ask them. Since Miss Mitchell
wrote the book with no idea of pub-
lishing it, she did not bother to learn
whether her historical facts were cor-
rect. She said that she didn't know
the novel was an historical one until
she had sold it to a literary scout, an
official of the Macmillan Publishing
Company, who finally convinced her
that she had written not only a pub-
lishable novel but a very significant
one. When she realized that she had
sold for publication what should be

would have been worse if a Clayton
county family of the same name as the
undesirable overseer of the O'Hara
plantation had thought they were re-
lated to him. To prevent such things
from happening Miss Mitchell went
through the court house records of
two or three counties to make certain
that no person of the same name of
any of her characters lived in the vi-
cinity of Atlanta, Jonesboro, or Macon
about the time of the Civil War.

"I read three or four novels a day,"
she said. "Of course it takes longer
for history." At this rate it took Miss
Mitchell eight months to look up her
facts. All of this time she was hold-
ing up the publishers. She read a year
and a half of some newspaper of the

Those attending the intra-fraternity
dance at the Dental College Thursday
night were: Francina Bass, Beatrice
Sexton, Rachel Kennedy, Marlise Tor-
rance, and Barton Jackson.

Those attending dances Saturday
night were: Marlise Torrance at the
Beta Theta Psi house, Nancy Moorer,
Myril Chafin, and Jane Guthrie at the
A. T. O. house, Jane Carithers, Kay
Kennedy, and Bee Merrill at the A.
K. K. house, Mary V. Smith and Su-
san Bryan at the K. A. house, Isabel
Richardson at the Theta Kappa Psi
house, and Bunny Marsh at the Ar-
mory.

Friday night, Marlise Torrance,
Grace Tazewell, Mary Hollingsworth,
Kav Toole, Ann Purnell, Alice Tay-
lor and others attended the Scientia
dance; Jane Dryfoos and Helen Moses
attended the Taps dance; Eleanor Rog-
ers and Charlotte Newman went to
the Pi. K. A. house at Emory; and
Mette Williamson had supper at the
Phi K. A. house Friday.

Week-end visitors included: Carol
C abaniss, Martha Redwine, Tibby
Baethke, Eugenia Symms, Fidesah Ed-
wards, Lena May Willis, the mothers
of Micky McKee, Mary Reed Hen-
drix, and Frances Morgan, and the
lathers of Lucille Cairns and Wayve
Lewis. Henry Elrod of Greenville, S.
C, visited Peggy Ware; Lewis Henkle
of Florida visited Esthere Ogden, and
Bill Chambers of Florida visited Alice
Hannah.

Martha Alice Green spent the week-
end at her home in Harlem, Ga., and
Elizabeth Shepherd at the University
of Georgia. Grace Ward, Aileen
Shortley, and Phylis Johnson went to
Brenau to open house this Saturday
night.

books."

In spite of all Miss Mitchell's ef-
forts to make her book correct, people
have contested different historical
points. One woman questioned the
fact that the Union soldiers looted the
Southerners' graves. Miss Mitchell
proved they did. Some of the most
amusing objections and inquiries came
as a result of the people's failure to
realize that the characters and places
of Gone With the Wind are purely
ficticious. Miss Mitchell says that ac-
tually some lady, upon passing through
Atlanta, called her up to express her
indignation over having found a pet
shop where she had expected to see
Miss Pittypat's house!

Christmas Carols and Plays
Are Planned by Campus Clubs

Amelia Nickels, Virginia Wood to Sing Solo Parts in Glee Club's
First Presentation of Handel's "Messiah" ; Language
Clubs Practice Songs

Members of the Spanish club are
learning a number of old Spanish car-
ols and, on the last night before the
holidays, will entertain the college
community by singing them on the
campus. This custom is an ancient
Spanish tradition.

The club is also preparing a play
which will be presented on December
15, at 8:00, in the chapel. The plot
consists of a love affair between a
senorita and her senor, whom she has
never met. With the disapproval of
the parents and the heroine's passion
tor divinity fudge providing conflict,
the plot is highly entertaining.

The cast includes: Mary Johnson,
the mother; Josephine Bertolli, the
maid; Hibernia Hassell, the daughter;
Tom Scott, the father; Pete Lamas,
the suitor; and Ed Yancey, the night
watchman. The masculine roles are
taken by members of the Spanish club
at Emory. The play is directed by
Miss Cilley and Mr. Stipe.

The Agnes Scott College Glee club
has already begun its plans to usher
in the Christmas season with its an-
nual program of carols. Besides the
old favorites there will be several love-
ly new numbers. Moreover, a new and
particularly welcome feature this year
will be the rendition of several selec-
tions from Handel's "Messiah," intro-
duced by the playing of the Pastoral
Symphony by Mr. C. W. Dieckmann,
organist. This glorious oratorio which
so beautifully embodies the sacredness
of Christ's nativity is an especially fit-
ting expression of the true spirit of
Christmas. The solo parts will be tak-
en by Amelia Nickels, contralto, and
Virginia Wood, soprano. The director
is Mr. Lewis Johnson.

Announcements will be made later
as to the time of presentation.

Plans for the Christmas program
presented annually by the French club
have not been completed, the president
of the club said last week. Miss Alex-
ander, head of the French department,
and Margaret Hansell, club president,
are developing the program, which is
to consist of a short play and a talk
given by an outside speaker. Members
of the club will sing Christmas carols.

In celebration of the acquisition of
new furnishings for the Murphey
Candler building, the Athletic Asso-
ciation held open house last Saturday
night from 7:30 to 10:30. Entertain-
ment included ping-pong, dancing,
candy pulling, and cootie.

But despite the telegrams, letters,
and calls which Miss Mitchell has re-
ceived daily despite the commenda-
tions of the critics and enthusiasm of
the public, she can hardly realize that
this book of which she said, "It might
make a pleasant ripple among my
friends," has become the outstanding
book of the year.

Reporters

Reporters include: Nell Allison,
Alice Cheeseman, Giddy Irwin, Nell
Hemphill, Carol Hale, Cora Kay
Hutchins, Sarah Johnson, Douglas
Lyle, Frances Lee, Regina Herwitz,
Julia Sewell, Mary Willis, Mamie Lee
Ratliff, Selma Steinbach, Anne Pur-
nell, Marie Merritt, Alice Reins, Myrl
Chafin, Louise Young, Mary Frances
Kennedy, Henrietta Blackwell, Mary
Primrose Noble, Mary Reins, Evelyn
Baty, Eleanor Hutchens, Hazel Solo-
mon, V. J. Watkins, Mary Louise
Dobbs, Virginia Hill, Eloise McCall,
Louise Houghston, Mary Lang Gill,
Eugenia Williams, Grace Duggan, and
Jean net te Carroll.

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horrified. She thought of the thou
sands of things in the book that could
have been incorrect. Having written
the book absolutely without reference,
she knew that almost any of the de-
tails could be wrong. She told me how
she read memoirs, histories, diaries,
magazines, books on architecture,
newspapers, and court house records
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purpose seemed to be in protecting
from embarrassment the people of the
communities where the scenes of the
book are laid. "I thought," she said,
"that someone might get the idea that
Scarlett could possibly have been his
grandmother. Wouldn't that be
awful! I certainly wouldn't like to
think Scarlett was my grandmother
would you?" After assuring her that
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THE AGONISTIC

Reunion Friday by
Graduates of '36

Among the members of the class of
'36 who are expected to attend a re-
union Friday night are Lib Forman,
Dean McKoin, Shirley Christian, Mar-
garet Cooper, Sarah Spencer, Ellen Da-
vis, Lita Goss, Elizabeth Baethke, Eu-
genia Symms, Marie Townsend, Sara
Turner, Jane Thomas, Meriel Bull,
Mary Margaret Stowe, Frances James,
Lenna Sue McClure, Louise Jordan,
Elaine Ahles, Ori Sue Jones, Celia
Hoffman, Ellen Murray, Gertrude
Lozier, Mildred Clark, Sara Lawrence,
Virginia Coons, Kitty Cunningham,
Helen Ford, Myra O'Neal, Irene Wil-
son, Mary Snow, Alice McCallie, Vir-
ginia Gaines, Sarah Nichols, Jane
Blick, Mrs. Peter Marshall, Mrs. James
Walton, Sara Cureton, Mary Collier,
Floyd Butler, Rebecca Whitley, and
Mrs. Agnes McKoy.

Lulu Ames, class secretary, is in
charge of the arrangements; Ruby
Hutton, Carrie Phinney Latimer, and
Ethelyn Johnson are on her commit-
tee.

Librarian Continues
To Explain Devices

Following is the next series of ex-
planations of the printers' devices on
the library wall, as given by Miss
Hanley:

Meinard Ungut and Stanislaus Pol-
onus.

The printers' (device containing the
letters M S is taken from the book
first printed in Spain with music no-
tation, and is the device used by Mein-
ard Ungut, a German, with Stanislaus
Polonus, a Pole, who worked in Seville
from 1491 through H02. This is the
first time the shields are shown hang-
ing from an entire tree usually a
branch only is shown.

Johannes de Colonia.

This orb and cross device used by
Johannes de Colonia is taken from a
book dated in Venice in 1481. It is
one of the most striking devices, beau-
tiful in its simplicity and without os-
tentation.

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Hilton's Lost Horizon in a new edition
with odd and attractive illustrations;
and Axel Munthe's Story of San
Michele in a new blue and gold bind-
ing, illustrated with etchings and ac-
tual photographs.

The modern non-fiction comprises a
variety of types: essays, poetry, plays,
biography, travel, and books on
science. There is Alexander Woolcott's
ever popular While Koine Burns,
Agnes Repplier's In Pursuit of Laugh-
ter, and After All, by the irrepressible
Clarence Day. There is Yeats' Oxford
Book of Modern Verse, and Dorothy
Parker's Complete Poems. There are
the three last season Broadway suc-
cesses: Robert Sherwood's Idiot's De-
light, Laurence Housman's Victoria
Regina, and Sidney Kingley's Dead
End. There is Gilbert Keith Chester-
ton's recently published Autobi-
ography, and that uproarious story of
a travelling family, Around the World
in Eleven Years, by Patience, Richard,
and John Abbe.

Among the travel books are two
just published by Macmillan: London
and Paris, by Sidney Dark. These are
beautiful volumes, illustrated with in-
numerable etchings of the cities at all
hours of the day and night. There are

Best Sellers

Gone With tlje Wind, by Margaret
Mitchell; Macmillan. $3.00.

White Banners, by Lloyd C. Doug-
las; Houghton, Mifflin. $2.50.

Drums Along the Mohawk, by
Walter D. Edmonds; Little, Brown.
$2.50.

Whiteoak Harvest, by Mazo de la
Roche; Little, Brown. $2.5 0.

Anthony Adverse, by Hervey
Allen; Farrar and Rinehart. $2.00.

An American Doctor's Odyssey, by
Victor Heiser; Norton. $3.5 0.

Live Alone and Like It, by Marjorie
Hillis; Bobbs-Merrill. $1.5 0.

Man the Unknown, by Alexis Car-
rel; Harpers. $3.50.

Inside Europe, by John Gunther;
Harpers. $3.5 0.

also Wallace Nutting's England Beau-
tiful, Ireland Beautiful, and the States
Beautiful Series, illustrated with un-
usual photographs. The science books
include C. C. Curtis' colorfully illus-
trated ,4 Guide to Trees, and Fabre's
Book of Insects.

The selection of children's books is
varied, with many old favorites, and
quite a number of new publications.
A. A. Milne's universally beloved
Christopher Robin Verses wear a blue
and silver dress, with A. E. Shepherd's
inimitable drawings. There is a de-
lightful edition of Grimm's Fairy
Tales, translated and illustrated by
Wanda Gig, and Elsa Eingauber's Spin
Top Spin. Travers' Mary Pop pins
books are present in a new Christmas
set, along with Heinrich Hoffmann's
deliciously gruesome Slovenly Peter.

A great many classics are being ex-
hibited in inexpensive editions. Brown-
ing's Works, the Essays of Montaigne,
Anna Karenina, and Ibsen's Plays ap-
pear in the ever-popular Modern Li-
brary, while the leather bound Walter
Black edition includes Shakespeare,
Tolstoi, and Zola. The Cameo classics
offer Dickens' Christmas Carol and
Shakespeare's As You Like It, while
the Three Sirens' Press presents the
familiar Alice in Wonderland, Pepy's
Diary, Dickens' Oliver Twist, and
Hudson's Green Mansions in a new

Wake Up and Live, by Dorothea
Brande; Simon and Schuster. $1.75.

Around the World in Eleven Years,
by Patience, Richard, and John Abbe;
Stokes. $2.5 0.

Jefferson in Power, by Claude G.
Bowers; Houghton, Mifflin. $3.75

Heads and Tales, by Malvina H^rT-
man; Scribners. $5.00.

A Prayer for My Son, by Hugh
Walpole; Doubleday, Doran. $2.5 0.

; Christmas binding.

There are certain books in the ex-
hibit which deserve special mention.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Sonnets
from the Portuguese is brought out by
Crowell in a soft rose and gold edi-
tion with delicately tinted illustrations
by Willy Pogany. Burns' Poems ap-
pear in Collins cheerful tartan binding
straight from Scotland.

The Heritage Press, a comparative-
ly new publishing house, has brought
out several Christmas editions of fam-
ous books, which are shown in the
Agnes Scott exhibit. Mark Twain's
Torn Sawyer is fittingly bound in
coarse tan cloth, with delightfully im-
pudent illustrations by Norman Rock-
well. Romeo and Juliet appears in a
slender volume whose blue cover is
traced in gold with the heads of the
lovers, and with daggers and castle
walls. Isaak Walton's Com pleat
Angler sports a large fish-strewn cover
with old and quaint etchings of
"Piscator" and "Venator" and their
sport.

With such a wide and intriguing
selection of books, and such a suitable
background for displaying them, lov-
ers of literature will enjoy browsing
among the varied volumes, and harass-
ed students will find themselves, even
in hurried glances, "beholding the
bright countenance of truth in the
quiet and still air of delightful stud-
ies."

Art Work Encouraged

For the benefit of those alumnae
who are interested in continuing their
work in art, the college has given them
the use of part of the third floor of
Buttrick Hall. The new project, which
is under the auspices of the Decatur
Agnes Scott club, is being directed by
Leone (Bowers) Hamilton.

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two parts: a series of six quizzes to be
answered by the entrants and graded
by the judges, and a thesis on a gen-
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May, will join Vogue's staff for the
following year, and will spend at least
six months of her time in Paris. The
winner of second place will be em-
ployed on a salary basis for six months
in Vogue's New York office.

Officials Make
Trip for College

Miss Carrie Scandrett, assistant
dean, and Miss Alberta Palmour, alum-
nae field secretary, will leave this Sun-
day for an extended tour of Georgia
and parts of Florida. While Miss
Scandrett contacts alumnae, Miss Pal-
mour will speak at the high schools,
showing the recently made moving
pictures of the library and of swim-
ming, archery, golf, and other cam-
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VOL. XXII

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1937

NO. 9

Milton's rr Comus" to be Given
As Play for May Day Festival

RELIGIOUS SPEAKER

Sorcerer, Nymphs, Fair Ladies
of Famous Masque to Form
Colorful Spectacle

Committee Makes Selection

Milton's famous masque CoMUS
will be presented on May Day, the
committee, headed by Eloisa Alexand-
er, decided at a meeting last Friday.
A fascinating pageant telling of a
great sorcerer's plot against the hap-
piness of innocent beings, Counts has
proved a successful performance from
its very first presentation at Ludlow
Castle in England, in the year 1634.
Its final scene of a village May cele-
bration makes it especially appropri-
ate for the occasion of May Day.

There will be some necessary
changes in the text of the masque,
such as the omission of the spoken
passages, leaving merely the colorful
spectacle itself.

The main characters of Comus are
to appear as follows: Comus, a sorcer-
er of the forest; the Attendant Spirit,
who opposes Comus; Sabrina, a water
nvmph; and the Lady and her two
brothers, lost in the wood. In addi-
tion to these are the attendant train
of Comus, shepherds, and village folk.

The May Day committee in charge
of the program are, faculty members,
Miss Eugenie Dozier, Miss Llewellyn

(Continued on page 4, column 3)

College Officials
Attend Convention

Dr. J. R. McCain, president, and
Mr. S. G. Stukes, registrar, will at-
tend the twenty-third annual conven-
tion of the Association of American
Colleges, which will meet Thursday
and Friday, January 14 and IS, in
Washington, D. C. The theme of the
session will be "Contributions to Lib-
eral Education in the College." Dr.
McCain is president of this organiza-
tion.

Besides reports, discussions, and
speeches, the program for the con-
vention features a tea, a dinner, ?.
round table discussion, and a tour of
the Federal Bureau of Investigation as
the guest of J. Edgar Hoover, direc-
tor.

Officers and members of the Wash-
ington chapter of the Association of
University Women will be the official
hostesses at the tea, which will be held
at the national headquarters of that
organization.

Many prominent educators will
:peak at the convention, among whom
are: Albert Mansbridgc, president of
the World Association for Adult Ed-
cation; James B. Conant, president of
Harvard University; Jonas Lie, presi-
dent of the National Academy of De-
sign; Meta Glass, president of Sweet
Briar College; and Harold G. Moul-
ton, president of the Brookings Insti-
tution.

Pres byte r i a n Ch u rch

Ce I eb rates Fo u nd i ng

A pageant celebrating the diamond
jubilee or seventy-fifth anniversary of
the founding of the Presbyterian
church will be presented in the Bucher
Scott gymnasium on Monday, Janu-
ary 18. Dr. D. P. McGeachy, pastor
of the Decatur Presbyterian church
and a trustee of Agnes Scott, wrote
the pageant which is an excellent de-
lineation of life seventy-five years
ago. Miss Frances Gooch, of the
spoken English department, will di-
rect students of Columbia Seminary
and Agnes Scott, who will participate
in the pageant.

Delegates Speak
Of Problems at
N.S.F.A. Meeting

After hearing the student discus-
sions at the twelfth annual Congress
of the National Student Federation
of America, Alice Hannah and Anne
Worthy Johnson concluded that
Agnes Scott does not have the prob-
lems which face most schools. They
report that, contrary to most
campuses, Agnes Scott has already es-
tablished its fundamental policies; its
chief need at present is an active in-
terest in national and international af-
fairs an interest which is stimulated
by such organizations as the N. S.
F. A.

Alice and Anne Worthy were the
representatives of Agnes Scott at the
congress, which was held in New
York City from December 2 8 to Jan-
uary 1. The School of Commerce of
New York University was official
host of the convention.

Among the many outstanding
speakers at the congress were: Dr.
Walter Kotschnig, of Smith and
Mount Holyoke Colleges, who spoke
on Peace; Dr. Ralph Harlow, of Smith
College, who discussed the value of
American college education; and Dr.
Homer Rainey, director of the Ameri-
can Youth Commission, who spoke on
the faults of modern liberal education.

Delegates to the conference were as-

(Confinncd on page 4, column 1)

Eta Sigma Phi Plans

Initiation For Five

Five new members are to be initiated
into the Agnes Scott chapter of
Eta Sigma Phi, national honorary
Latin and Greek fraternity: Mary
Virginia Farrar, Rebecca Lee Love,
Marie Merritt, Rachel Kennedy, and
Alice Hannah. The initiation will
take place tomorrow at 5:00 in the
parlor in Main.

Following the initiation there will be
a banquet in the Alumnae house at
which Dr. Preston H. Epps, head of
the classical department at Furman
University, will speak. The subject of
his address will be Virgil.

Field Secretary Plans Parties

For Entertaining High Schools

Miss Alberta Palmour, alumnae field
secretary, has announced the names
of the girls who will plan the en-
tertainment for a series of parties to
be given in February for Atlanta
high school students. The representa-
tives of the different high schools are
as follows: Ellen O'Donncll, Sacred
Heart; Jeanctte Carroll, Russell;
Winelle Myers, Fulton; Virginia Mil-
ner. North Fulton; Bryant Holsen-
beck, Washington Seminary; Penn
Hammond, North Avenue Presby-

terian; Henrietta Thompson, Girls
High; Barbara Lee Murlin, Druid
Hills; Ruth Slack, Decatur High;
Catherine Farrar, Avondale; Lucile
Dennison, president of day students.

Last year each school was enter-
tained separately, whereas in former
years students from all the schools
were entertained on one afternoon.
This year three separate parties will
be given, each on a Friday afternoon,
and will include two or more high
schools.

Dr. Benjamin Lacy
To Speak During
Religious Week

Dr. Benjamin R. Lacy, president of
Union Theological Seminary in Rich-
mond, will present a series of ad-
dresses in the Gaines chapel during the
religious-emphasis week which will be-
gin January 19 under the auspices of
the Y. W. C. A. On its winter re-
treat, Sunday, January 10, the Y. W.
C. A. cabinet completed its plans for
the week, which will center around
Dr. Lacy's speeches.

In addition to his talks in a length-
ened chapel period each morning dur-
ing the week of January 19-2 3, Dr.
Lacey will be available for private
conferences with students concerning
personal problems and questions.
Anyone desiring to take him to din-
ner in the Alumnae tea house or in
the dormitory may make arrangements
for this privilege through any cabinet
member. The college will bear the
expense of the visitor's meals.

Discussion groups with the fresh-
man cabinet and with the Y. W. C. A.
cabinet and morning watch conducted
for the college community by Dr.
Lacy are other items on the schedule
for religious-emphasis week.

To introduce the plans for Dr.
Lacy's visit to the Agnes Scott cam-
pus, Eloisa Alexander, Laura Coit,
Mary Lillian Fairly, and Betty Hollis
gave impressions of the speaker and a
summary of the purpose and history
of the annual week of religious inter-
est at Agnes Scott in a chapel program
on Tuesday, January 12.

Dr. Lacy is remembered as the pas-
tor of the Central Presbyterian
church in Atlanta from 1919-1926.
He has received degrees from such
institutions as Davidson College, Ox-
ford University, Hampden-Sydney
College, and Duke University.

Miss MacDougall Goes
To A.A.U.W. Meetings
To Award Fellowship

Miss Mary Stuart MacDougall, pro-
fessor of biology, will leave next week
for Washington, D. C, where she is
to attend the meeting of the fellow-
ship committee of the American As-
sociation of University Women. The
purpose of the committee is to award
fellowships to college women through-
out the country. The meeting will
take place January 22, 23 and 24.

The report of scientific results sent
by Miss MacDougall to a recent scien-
tific convention in Atlantic City was
read before the convention and pub-
lished in the current issue of the An-
atomical Surrey.

Dennison and Gilroy Chosen
As Candidates for Beck Award

Mr. G. Harrison Wills
Bequest to Colleges

Agnes Scott received a share in the
estate of the late Mr. George Harrison,
publisher of law books in Atlanta; Mr.
Harrison, after giving certain per-
sonal bequests, directed that his estate
be divided among Agnes Scott, Geor-
gia Tech, and the First Presbyterian
church of Atlanta.

Mr. Harrison's interest in this col-
lege began years ago when he and
his father gave a scholarship loan fund
of $1,000 for his sister, a Vassar grad-
uate.

A.S.C., Emory are
To Present Play,
"Le Cid," Thursday

The French club at Agnes Scott
College will cooperate with that of
Emory University in presenting Lc
Cid, by Corneille, tomorrow, January
14, at 8:00 p. m. This presentation is
in honor of the 3 00th anniversary of
the first production of this play of
Corneille, who is considered by many
as the leading tragedian of the French
theatre.

The role of the heroine, Chimene,
will be played by Mile. Suzanne
Audrain, French exchange student at
Agnes Scott. Other Agnes Scott stu-
dents who will take part in the pro-
duction are Jane Turner in the role
of Elvire, confidante to Chimene;
Julia Thing, as L'Enfante; and Wini-
fred Kellersberger as Leonore, confi-
dante of L'Enfante. The male leads
will be taken by Emory professors,
with M. Roger Harleppe, who was for-
merly of Strassbourg and who is now
a visiting professor of French at
Emory, playing the role of Rodrigue,
the hero, who is known as "Le Cid"
because of his brave deeds in the Span-
ish war against the Moors. Mr.
Strozier, also of the Emory faculty,
will play the part of the father of
Rodrigue. The other roles will be
taken by French students of the Uni-
versity.

This joint meeting with Emory on
the occasion of the play will take the
place of the regular meeting of the
French club, which customarily meets
on the first Monday of each month.

Means of transportation will be
furnished for all those desiring to at-
tend this performance of Lc Cid.

Thompson, Thiemonge
Represent Freshmen

Henrietta Thompson and Julia
Thiemonge will represent the fresh-
man class on student government, as
the result of recent elections.

Class officers, elected just before
Christmas holidays, are Ruth Slack,
president; Ruth Crisp, vice-president;
and Carolyn Forman, secretary.

Fellowship Will Be Given To
Student of Agnes Scott,
Tech, or Emory

Decision To Be Made Soon

The academic council of the facul-
ty has chosen Lucile Dennison and
Nellie Margaret Gilroy as the Agnes
Scott candidates for the Beck scholar-
ship, which is awarded annually to a
student of Emory, the University of
Georgia, or Agnes Scott. The win-
ner will be announced late in Janu-
ary by the committee of selections.

The scholarship provides a maxi-
mum sum of two thousand dollars
annually for graduate study in a uni-
versity in America, or in other
countries subject to the approval of
the board. It may be held for as long
as three years. The candidates must
be citizens of Georgia and members
of the present senior class or alumni
of two years standing or less; their
colleges must be Georgia institutions
that have chapters of Phi Beta Kappa
and standards approved both by the
Southern Association of Colleges and
Secondary Schools and the Association
of American Universities.

The Committee of Selections bases
its decision upon literary and schol-
astic ability and attainments; person-
ality and character; leadership and in-
terest in others; and physical vigor
as shown by interest in outdoor sports
or in other ways. Distinction in
character, personality, and intellect is
the most important requirement for
the decision. The scholarship is fur-
nished by a fund left for that pur-
pose by Mr. Lewis Beck, former pres-
ident of Beck & Gregg hardware
store in Atlanta. It was offered for
the first time in 1934, when Virginia
Heard, '3 3, won it.

Lucile Dennison is president of the
day students and treasurer of Pi Alpha
Phi; Nellie Margaret Gilroy is presi-
dent of Pi Alpha Phi, social service
chairman of Y. W. C. A. and feature
editor of the Agonistic. Both are
honor students.

Sophomores Elect
New Y. W. Cabinet

To offer new positions of leader-
ship and training in Y. W. C. A.
work at Agnes Scott, the sophomore
class elected a cabinet of seven mem-
bers last Friday. Amelia Nickels was
chosen chairman. The members of
the cabinet are as follows: Henrietta
Blackwell, June Harvey, Jack Hawks,
Eunice Knox, Flora McGuire, Amelia
Nickels, and Mamie Lee Ratliff. The
three sophomore members of Y. W.
C. A. cabinet, Millie Coit, Douglas
Lyle, and Cary Wheeler, will be in-
cluded in the meetings and work of
the sophomore cabinet, making a
membership of ten. The new cabinet
will begin work immediately.

School to Discuss Amendment

Of By-Laws About Electoral Plan

An amendment to the student gov-
ernment constitution by-law 4, af-
fecting the dates of nomination and
election of school officers will be
brought up tomorrow in Open Forum.
According to the constitution, nom-
inations and elections are to take
place the second and third weeks in
March; since the adoption of the quar-
ter system, examinations and spring
holidays come on those dates. The
proposed amendment will be to the
effect that popular nominations be
made on Thursday, March 2 5, two
days after the students return from

the holidays. These nominations,
along with those of the nominat-
ing committee, will be posted the
following A4onday, March 29. Elec-
tions will then take place Thursday
and Friday, April 1 and 2.

The nominating committee favors
the adoption of this amendment, feel-
ing that it is better for the welfare
of the students to have the elections
after examinations rather than to
have them immediately before. Also it
is not necessary to have them so early,
since school ends later than it did
last year.

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The HoDor System Again

It seems that most Agnes Scott students feel
that honesty is an individual thing and no more.
We are inclined to look after our own honesty
and there let the matter rest, as Carlyle: "Just
be sure that you are an honest man and there
will be one less rascal in the world." The great
majority of students, asked if they approved the
double honor system, said they signed the pledge
to report dishonesty in others only because of
compulsion. Is such an attitude justifiable, and
if so, why do we continue to sign a pledge which
we refuse to keep with the same integrity which
we adopt toward our own honesty?

Few students are actually faced with the
problem of reporting or failing to report a serious
offense of another student, but all of us
are faced with it theoretically. All of us are
faced with the possibility of such a problem, and
unless we face it in advance, when we are called
upon for action, in all probability we are in-
clined to compromise with our own standard. We
require less of others than of ourselves.

If real sympathy for the other student were
the cause of this attitude we might admire the
student who refused to report another. It is
not sympathy, however; it is indifference. Real
sympathy would find the knowledge of another's
dishonesty unpleasant, but would consider the
reporting of it a necessary means of correcting
the condition. Reporting would cease to be the
unpleasant task it is and become an indication of
kindness and care for another's welfare.

Student government has repeatedly expressed
its sympathetic interest in every student's prob-
lems and its policy of dealing with all cases
kindly and understandingly. If the student body
ceased to look upon student government as a
group of severe judges who mete out dire penal-
ties to pale offenders and began to cooperate
with their elected representatives, as a group
better fitted to deal with these cases than in-
dividual students, the double honor system would
become something more than a tradition and a
distasteful part of Agnes Scott life.

But there is still another consideration to be
taken into account. The double honor system
it' effectively supported would make us realize
our responsibility as "our brother's keeper." But
in addition to this, it would make us more care-
ful of our own honesty. The student who signs
the present pledge and does not report any in-
fraction of the rules of Agnes Scott is just as
dishonest as the violator of these rules. She is
not only guilty of not helping a fellow student
to correct a fault, but also of not being true to
her own pledged word. Again, a student not in-
clined to be too strict with herself is tempted
to be dishonest in comparatively trivial matters,
though she he strictly honest in more important
instances, if she feels that others share her
opinion against reporting. In other words, if
we begin to excuse others, we are inclined to
lower our own standards and excuse ourselves
as WeB of slight lapses in honesty.

The very fact that students feel hostile to-
ward a part of the pledge tends to make less
significant their "Pledge" appearing on exam-
ination blanks. Faculty opinion is pretty clearly
on the side of the double honor system. But it
is the student body which must make the honor
system effective in upholding the ideals of Agnes
Scott. It is the student who makes the word
'Tledvrt'" significant or insignificant.

White Banners, by Lloyd C. Doug-
las; Houghton, Mifflin Co., 1936,
$2.50; reviewed by Cornelia Coleman.

Once in a lifetime one may come
across a book at once charming, prac-
tical, and uplifting. Lloyd Douglas'
latest novel, White Banners, effective-
ly combines all three qualities. The
same delightful style and skilful
characterization which endeared this
author's two former novels, The Mag-
nificent Obsession and The Green
Light, to the public, are to be found
here in no less degree. A deep human
interest pervades the whole. One lives,
acts, breathes, the life and experiences
of each person presented. A universal
appeal is made by the practical solu-
tions of problems. The reader mav
make a direct application to himself in
each instance, and find the result alto-
gether satisfying and profitable. A
book should be judged mostly by its
power to transport the reader to a
higher plane of thinking and feeling.
This transportation is successfully ac-
complished by the introduction and
interpretation of Philip Raymond's
theory of conduct as set forth in the
life and works of the devoted Han-
nah.

The character of Hannah makes an
indelible impression on the mind and
the heart. Her spiritual strength is an
outgrowth of the love she bore to ths
memory of Philip and his method of
accomplishing any purpose without
strife. Her faith in him and in his
belief enables her to endure misfor-
tune, disaster, and heartbreak. It was
because of this power that she realized
a happiness few have ever known.
Through twenty-five years of service

We Think

Editor's Note: This column is conducted in
order that students may express freely their
opinions about campus affairs. The staff does
not assume responsibility for articles appear-
ing here.

We think (at last) that something
should be done now about a cut sys-
tem at Agnes Scott. For ar lea^t
three years now, there has been talk,
talk, talk about a cut system, and
from all appearances, that's at) any-
body is going to do for the next three
years.

Everybody students and faculty
agrees that the present system of ex-
cuses should be replaced by some sys-
tem which is fairer to the entire stu-
dent body, and students especially
feel that a new system should allow
some freedom in attending classes. As
the system is now, day students have
a distinct advantage over boarders,
even those few who feign a headache
every now and then in order to catch
up on sleep in the infirmary. It seems
to us that there exists in uur activi-
ties "a most ingenious paradox." As
far as assignments and un Jersvanding
of material studied are concerned, we
are expected to do comparatively ma-
ture work, we are supposed to develop
an appreciation of aesthetic values, we
are supposed to "grow up"; and yer
we are treated rather like irresponsible
children in being forced to attend all
classes, except when we are sick or
when we go through a long process
of getting excused, usually for a visit
to the dentist. A cut system would
eliminate all these technicalities ;,nJ
save trouble for students and for those
in the dean's office.

For a long time, students could not
agree on a plan to submit to the
faculty. Those endless and often
pointless discussions in Open Forum
proved that it was impossible for the
entire student body to come to a
unanimous opinion about the cut sys- \
tern; for this reason, it was considered
expedient for the question to be taken
up by the students most interested in
it, those composing the N. S. V. \.
discussion group. Last fall, this group
drew up and submitted to the faculty
what we considered to be a fair and I
intelligent cut system, providing for
a cut for every hour for underclass-
men and unlimited cuts for upper-
classmen meriting all their work. The
faculty has made no statemert. either
of acceptance or rejection of this phn.

We think that we are being entirely I

to the Ward household she guided
their affairs with an unswerving de-
votion. To all with whom she came
into contact, she gave something of
her strength, her very self.

In White Banners we find an in-

By Margaret Watson

Sit-down strikes, folded-arms strikes, and
lying-down strikes sound as if the labor unions
are adding calisthenics to their other activities,
but they are seriously making their greatest ef-

tangible sweetness penetrating each fort to organize all the workers in one of the
page, which both encourages the read- nation's biggest industries the manufacture of
er and rewards htm tor his task. One automobiles and access0 ry parts. Since General
learns in truth that not to hht back , . , .
and not to enforce rights is the surest M t0rS 18 the la ^ est company, the United Auto-
way to win in any battle. What is mobile Workers* Union is concentrating on bet-
more, "the personal power generated tering the conditions of the workers there and
by this passive attitude toward antag- ! i s meeting with strong opposition from the of-

onisms" gives an inward happiness fidafe of the corporation,
that is everlasting. TT .. . . . , .

The United Automobile Workers Union is a
part of John L. Lewis' Committee for Industrial
Organization, and has been suspended from the

Librarian Speaks

Of Oldest Devices American Federation of Labor for allying with

I the C. L 0. However, the C. I. 0. is wealthy and

influential in Washington, and the United Auto-
mobile Workers are probably better off with it
than with the American Federation of Labor.

Under the leadership of Homer Martin, their
president, the workers are striking for shorter
hours, more pay, and the right to bargain col-
lectively. Also they want the reinstatement of
union members whom they consider unjustly dis-
charged, seniority rules for promotion, and a
workers' board to advise and consult with the
management about labor's problems. In asking
for shorter hours the workers say the strain of
mass production is too great to enable them to
stand a long working day; they also complain
of the monotony of doing one little thing all
day. In reply the company officials say that
wages are higher than ever, hours shorter, work-
ing conditions good, and that they will not turn
over the plant to the workers according to their
demands.

More than 50,000 men are out of a job because
they are striking or the plant has been closed
to prevent a strike. The General Motors Cor-
poration has sixty-nine factories in fourteen
states, and unless a settlement is soon made, fa-
vorable to the workers, union officials say they
will call a general strike.

The Works Progress Administration in Wash-
ington says that strikers can get on relief, and
the 500,000 members of the C. L O. pay enough
dues to keep their treasury full, so workers ap-
parently won't suffer. But the automobile in-
dustry will it was enjoying a brisk business
until the strikes, and the company will have to
settle quickly to take advantage of returning
prosperity. It is unlikely that the workers will
get all their demands at once, but the power of
union has been demonstrated, and they will gain
something.

Miss Edna Ruth Hanley, librarian,
has prepared the following article on
two more printers' devices on the li-
brary wall:

Peter Schoeffer and Johgnn Fust

The first printers' device to be used
in a printed book was that employed
by Peter Schoeffer and Johann Fust
in the Psalter printed at Mainz in
August, 14 5 7. This was the earliest
book to contain the place and date of
printing and the first with the name
of the typographer. The device
used by Fust and Schoeffer shows two
shields suspended from a branch. The
arms on the sinister are those of
Schoeffer, and the two objects in the
saltire on the dexter shield may be the
arms or work of Fust.

Bemadinus Venetus de Vi tali bus

The device of the orb and cross
used by Bernardinus Venetus de Vi-
talibus in Venice in 1 5 00 is one of
the best of its kind. The vine orna-
ment no doubt has reference to the
name, Uatin, litis, a vine, 1/ talis, of
life.

reasonable in asking for such a cut
system. Any student of college age
and intelligence, and particularly those
at Agnes Scott, should be able to
judge whether two hours of continu-
ous work on one subject at a par-
ticular time would be worth more to
her than one hour spent on history
parallel and another hour in math
class, or whether she could afford to
miss certain classes to attend certain
meetings, for example of the annua!
Citizenship Forum at Emory, interview
a lecturer, or go to the Mardi Gras
celebration. We do not feel that a
week of cuts a quarter is too much to
ask for freshmen and sophomores, and
by the time a student has junior stand-
ing and is meriting all her work, she
should be able to do more or less as
she pleases. We think that the ma-
jority of students would use this pri-
vilege intelligently and discreetly, and
indeed, each student would probablv
feel more of a personal responsibility
for her academic activities and do bet-
ter work. Certainly it would be fairer
than the present system, and h would
allow for more initiative and would
be more challenging to the individual
student. As usual, there would prob-
ably be a few who would take advan-
tage of such a system, but the entire
student body should not be forced to
suffer for a small minority. Further-
more, college is the place for such
people to develop mature judgments,
and without responsibility and oppor-
tunities for choice, this is impossible.

Of course, we want a cut system as
soon as possible; it seems logical iKu
we should be able to have one by the
third quarter of this year, but evtfl
it it could not be put into effect
until next vear, we think some defi-
nite action should be taken HOW, It
the faculty do not approve of our
plan, it is only fair that they tell us
their objections and suggest a plan that
would be acceptable to them.

Other colleges seem to have been

"It Can't Happen Here"

To the age-old strains of "Ring Out the Old
Ring in the New" many on the campus have de-
clared rather definite and imposing resolutions
for 1937. Since, however, most individuals show
some reluctance in admitting their aspirations to
do better, it would seem legitimate for one to
speculate upon the probable nature of some of
these rules of conduct.

For instance, it is pretty likely that some-
where in his list Mr. Davidson included a firm
purpose to throw less chalk about his class-
rooms, nor would it be too impossible for Brooks
Spivey to have promised herself and her long
suffering professors that at least one of her
usual five-term papers this quarter will be less
than sixty pages in length. One wonders wheth-
er Giddy Erwin resolved to participate in one in-
telligent conversation this year sans the help of
her very expressive hands, especially the one
which she dangles so skillfully. One is inclined
to hope, especially if one is a student of the
classics, that Miss Latin Smith resolved, for the
sake of economy in regard to fugiting tempus
and the midnight oil, to permit students to read
good translations from now on. It is just barely
possible that Miss Jackson greeted the New
Year with a resolution to indulge her hislory
301 class henceforth in true-false and comple-
tion tests rather than the usual hair-raising and
chill-producing ordeals. Bigger and better night-
mares with white elephants replacing the age-
old pink octopus is a safe guess concerning An-
nie Lee Crowell's aspirations, while Dot Cabiness
probably has resolved to resort to longer, louder,
and more effective screams. The library, not to
able to work out effective cut systems, j be outdone by other aspirants, has resolved to ob-
and we see n> reason why Agnes Scott serve an open door policy in the future, where-
with its small student body, distinct- by both front doors will remain unlocked or one
lv above the average in intelligence, IB particular will be barred with consistency,
cannot put into effect, now, a cut sys- > Probably one of the most earnest resolutions
tem as much above the average in was from the heart of a well known alumna who,
standards mi efficiency as our honor because of repeated experiences in 1936, is de-
svstem. termined to stick to her own tooth brush.

THE AGONISTIC

Swarthout and Martini Open
All-Star Series Here Friday

Gladys Swarthout and Nino Mar-
tini, two of the most popular of the
Metropolitan stars, will appear in At-
lanta twice in a joint concert, open-
ing the all-star concert series in the
Georgia theater, January 15 and 16.
Miss Swarthout, often called the best
dressed singer in America, and Mr.
Martini are both distinguished stars
of concert, opera, radio, and more re-
cently of motion pictures. Their pro-
gram will include several duets chosen
from the most famous roles.

The opening of the all-star pro-
gram has been delayed this year, be-

Miss Cillev Talks
To Language Club

Miss Melissa Cilley, assistant pro-
fessor of Spanish, attended three mod-
ern language conventions during the
Christmas holidays. The first, that
of the Modern Language Association,
was held at the College of William
and Mary; most parts of the United
States and many sections of Canada
were represented.

Miss Cilley also attended the con-
vention of the South Atlantic Modern
Language Association at the Univers-
ity of Richmond, where she was on
the committee of reporting. Twelve
southern states were represented at
this conference.

At the last convention, that of the
American Association of Teachers of
Spanish, held at Duke University and
at the University of North Carolina,
Miss Cilley spoke of "Summer Fcs/ns
and the National Holidays in Portu-
gal." According to Miss Cilley, one
of the highlights of this convention
wis the message sent by Josephus Dan-
iels, ambassador to Mexico. He ad-
dressed his message to the teachers
of Spanish, mentioning particularly
the value of the Spanish language rnd
literature from a cultural viewpoint,
with special reference to the close re-
lationships between the eighteen South
American republics and the United
States.

cause of inability to secure a suffici-
ently large auditorium. The remod-
eling of the Atlanta auditorium, at
which all of the programs were to
have been presented, will not be com-
pleted until March.

Mr. Marvin McDonald, manager of
the series, has arranged to present the
first three concerts of the series in
the Georgia theater. Since the seat-
ing capacity is about half as large as
is necessary several programs will be
repeated on consecutive evenings.

Season tickets have been sold to
Agnes Scott students at the special
rates of $5.00 and $6.00. This will
include, in addition to this first con-
cert, Colonel de Basil's ballet Russe
at Monte Carlo, February 25; Law-
rence Tibbett, baritone, March 19; the
St. Louis Symphony with Vladimir
Golschmann, conductor, and Albert
Spalding, violinist, as soloist, March
3 1; the Philadelphia Symphony Orch-
estra, Eugene Ormandy, conductor,
April 21; Kirsten Flagsted, soprano,
spectacular and sensational in her re-
cent debut with the Metropolitan
opera, will bring to a close on May
1 the sixth season of the all-star con-
certs.

Club News

BOZ

BOZ will meet this Friday at 7
p. m., in the Y. W. C. A. room. Giddv
Erwin, Hibernia Hassell, Carol Hale,
and Jean Bailey will read, and Jane
Guthrie and Nell Allison will be
hostesses.

Pen and Brush
The Pen and Brush club will hold
its first meeting of the New Year
tomorrow night at 7:3 0 o'clock in
the Murphey Candler building. The
new members of the club will be ini-
tiated at this time, and the members
will sketch a model which is a part
of the club project for the year.

Friday Games Open
Bd sketball Season

Pi Alpha Phi
The next meeting of Pi Alpha Phi
will be held tomorrow night at 7:00
o'clock in Miss Gooch's studio. There
will be a debate by members of the
club.

Interclass basketball competition be-
gins this Friday afternoon, when the
seniors play the juniors and the fresh-
men play the sophomores. The game
will take place in the gymnasium at
3:3 0 instead of the scheduled 7:3 0.

Practices have been going on for
the past two weeks under the direc-
tion of the following class basketball
managers: senior, Frances Cary; ju-
nior, Ola Kelly; sophomore, Jane
Moore Hamilton; and freshman, Vir-
ginia Milner.

Palmour Takes Trip

Miss Alberta Palmour, alumnae field
secretary of Agnes Scott, left Monday
to make her annual tour of the im-
portant cities of South Carolina. Each
year Miss Palmour makes several trips
visiting various sections of the near-
by states to speak to high school girls
about the college. On this trip she
expects to visit Anderson, Greenwood,
Abbeville, Laurens, Clinton, Winns-
boro, Camden, Hartsville, Florence,
Marion, Sumter, Manning, Columbia,
Spartanburg and Greenville; she will
return to the college January 22.

K. U. B.
K. U. B. will meet this afternoon
at 4:3 0 o'clock in the Murphey Cand-
ler building. Harlee Branch Jr., an At-
lanta lawyer, will speak on "Libel
Laws."

Blackfriars
Blackfriars will meet on Tuesday
evening, January 19, at 7:00 o'clock
in Miss Gooch's studio. The club is
sponsoring a one-act play contest,
open to everyone. The plays are due
February 1, and may be put in the
Aurora box in Buttrick hall.

Alumnae Give Bridge
For Anna Young House

The Atlanta Agnes Scott club will
sponsor a benefit bridge Saturday,
January 16, at Rich's tea room. Betty
Lou (Houck) Smith, '3 6, is general
chairman. The bridge is being given
to raise money to help refurnish the
Alumnae House. Students interested
in attending can make reservations at
the alumnae office. Prices are fifty
cents a place, $2.00 a table.

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The following personal ap-
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published by some ten-year-old
Cartersville boys who received a
typewriter and hectograph for
Christmas:

This paper is glad to here about
a Cartersville girl who is now going
to school at Agness Scott Colleg,
Miss Ann Worthy Johnson, being
sent from her school as a delicate
to a Natinal Student Convention
in the Victoria Hotel in the big city
of New York. She is a cousin of
Harvey Howell who rote this ar-
ticle.

History Professor
Visits in Florida

Associate Professor Elizabeth Ful-
ler Jackson, of the history depart-
ment, made a tour of Florida during
the Christmas holidays, visiting ten
branches of the American Association
of University Women, in her official
capacity as director of the Southeast-
ern division of that organization. Miss
Jackson spoke to several of the chap-
ters and had conferences with the ex-
ecutive boards of others.

On Monday, December 21, Miss
Jackson was present at a meeting of
the executive board of the Orlando-
Winter Park branch, which she ad-
dressed on the subject of the national
convention of the A. A. U. W., to
be held in Savannah, March 15-18.
On Saturday, December 26, Miss
Jackson was guest of honor at a
luncheon given by the St. Petersburg
branch, where she spoke on the sub-
ject of study programs. That eve-
ning she met with individual mem-
bers of the Saratoga branch to dis-
cuss their local problems with them.

Miss Jackson attended a member-
ship tea given by the Tampa branch
on Sunday, December 27. The fol-
lowing day the Miami Beach branch
gave a luncheon in her honor and in
the afternoon she spoke to them on
the activities of the A. A. U. W., and
the challenge of the convention. On
Tuesday Miss Jackson met with the
executive board of the West Palm
Beach branch where she conducted a
clinic on local A. A. U. W. problems.
On New Year's day she attended a tea-
dance and bridge given by the Or-
lando-Winter Park branch.

On January 4, Miss Jackson was
guest of honor at a luncheon given in
Ocala by the executive boards of the
Ocala and Gainesville branches. That
evening she discussed local problems
with the officers of the Jacksonville
branch.

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Girls Invade Business World;
Find Gay Divorcees, Detectives

On the morning of December 19,
193 6, several Agnes Scotters descend-
ed upon the firm of Davison-Paxon
and Company to try their hands at
playing the role of the working girl.
How they fared, what they made, and
how much they saved, are only a few
of the questions which they have been
asked since the reopening of school.
And from their answers have sprung
curious tales of diffident men shop-
pers, gay divorcees, house detectives,
and suave floor-walkers.

Kitty Jones tells of an interesting
experience which she had one busy
morning along about 10 o'clock. A
slim, dark woman walked up to the
jewelry counter and asked to see some
cigarette cases. Kitty, with a newly
acquired nonchalance began opening
drawers and pulling out boxes. After
a time, both the supply and Kitty
having been well exhausted, the wom-
an left, followed closely by two men.
And it was with great surprise that
Kitty learned later that her difficult
customer was a professional thief and
her escorts, the house detective and a
policeman.

Nell Allison, working in the lingerie
department, had her share of excite-
ment, too. She had just made a sale
a three piece pajama suit of silk
patterned with small gold cigarettes.

"Very chic," Nell had said just at
the right moment and the customer
had agreed and bought it on the spot.
But a few minutes later the bill of
sale came back from the office with a
question beside the name of the pur-
chaser. Nell asked the woman if by
any chance she could have made a
mistake in signing . . . The woman
thought for a moment and then said,
"Oh, I know I've been divorced since
I placed my charge account here. Now
let's see what was that name . . . ?"
And Nell says that it was actually
several minutes before the woman
could think of her former name.

But sooner or later in these inter-
views the subject always comes around
to the section manager those tall,

Tennessee, Cuba Scenes
For Faculty Holidays

Mr. C. W. Dieckmann drove to
Nashville with his family to play at
the wedding of Nancy Tucker (ex-
'3 8) on December 29. While in Cuba
during the holidays, Miss Elizabeth
Mitchell attended the Auburn-Villa-
nova football game in Havana.

good-looking men who walk majestic-
ally up and down between the coun-
ters, stopping at times to sign, with a
flourish of their fountain pens, an ex-
change slip or two and who are
brought mysteriously into view by
tapping on a plate of chimes with a
little rubber hammer.

It seems that on the first morning
of work Josephine Larkins was set
down in the midst of the chaos
known as first floor and told to find
her section manager. You'll know
him when you see him she was
told. He's tall and has a white
carnation in his button hole. How-
ever, the only difficulty about
this lay in the fact that all the sec-
tion managers were tall and all wore
white carnations. By the process of
elimination, Josie says, she managed to
locate her manager and begin work.

Kitty Jones, put in the same situa-
tion, rushed around madly for some
time. Half way down a crowded aisle
she was surprised to hear a deep voice
behind her say, "Good morning "
Turning around she saw a fat old
man. Kitty started on with her head
in the air when the voice came again,
"Why don't you speak to me, young
lady?" This time Kitty said she was
really annoyed and that she gave him
a very freezing "Good morning" and
started to walk on again when the
man, to her horror, caught her elbow
and said, "May I help you, young
lady? I'm Colonel Paxon."

To speak now of the practical side
of the question. Do you make enough
to pay for your time? is the question
asked many times. Boarders who
worked at Davison's and stayed at the
college say that you break about even.
That is, you make enough money to
pay for your meals and car fare with
a little left over for Christmas pres-
ents. Day students, however, earned
this Christmas on the average of $9,
depending of course on the number of
hours worked a day.

All were paid twenty-five cents an
hour but if you sit down with paper
and pencil and figure it out, it doesn't
take long to see that the actual profit
came in experience and not in wages.

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THE AGONISTIC

Faculty Attend
Various Meets

Fraternity Gives
Miss Gooch Honor

Conferences Draw Professors of
Three Departments

Conventions and lectures are occu-
pying a large place in the interests of
the faculty during the winter quar-
ter. Mr. Henry Robinson, professor
of mathematics, attended meetings of
the American Mathematical Society
and the Mathematical Association of
America in Durham, N. C, during
the holidays; he is southeastern secre-
tary-treasurer of the latter organiza-
tion. Mr. Robinson read a research
paper to the Mathematics Colloquium
of Georgia Tech on January 18 and
will lecture to the Branch Army
School in Atlanta on January 20.

Mr. Arthur Raper, acting professor
of sociology, spoke at the Civitan club
of Atlanta on January 12 and will
speak on January 2 1 in Milledgeville
at the G. S. C. W. chapel. He ex-
pects to spend ten days of February
in Florida, where he will speak of
the Florida Missionary chain program.

Miss Catherine Torrance, professor
of Greek, is to attend the American
Association of University Women con-
vention, which will take place at Sa-
vannah in March, and a meeting of the
Classical Association at Nashville in
April.

Miss Frances K. Gooch, speech di-
rector, was honor guest of the na-
tional fraternity, Zeta Phi Eta, and
co-authoress of the constitution and
by-laws during the annual convention
of the National Association of Teach-

I ers of Speech, held at St. Louis, De-

. cember 3 1.

The constitution was to control the
new division of the American Edu-

I cation Theatre Association, which is
a coordinate branch of the national
federation. Work and experimenta-

! tion on the different phases of speech
occupied the major portion of the
round table discussion, Miss Gooch
taking an important part in subjects
under her instruction at Agnes Scott.

Alumnae News

DELEGATES REPORT

N. S. F. A. MEETING

(Continued from page 1, column 2)
signed to commissions on various sub-
jects of vital interest to the college
student, and after several private ses-
sions there was an open hearing for
each commission, attended by men ex-
pert in each field.

Alice Hannah, who was secretary
of the Commission on Religion, says of
its discussions, "We found that the
usual system of compulsory chapel at-
tendance tends to disintegrate and de-
tract from the full religious life on
the college campus. The Agnes Scott
cfaajpel system was considered by the
commission almost ideal."

"In the Commission on the Honor
System," Ann Worthy reports, "I
found the same thing to be generally
true. Most of the problems brought
before the commission had already
been solved here."

The report of the Commission on
the Honor System recommends that
each school define its system on the
basis of two divisions, academic and
social, and that it be student formed,
student controlled, and student en-
forced. Academically, the system is
defined as .in undertaking of the stu-
deitts, individually and collectively,
neither to give nor receive help in
examinations, or in any other work
that is to be used by the instructor
as the basis of grading. Socially, the
honor system is an undertaking of the
students to observe and abide by the
highest of social rules and obligations,
which include order, personal honor
and the rights and property of others.

The foil owing recommendations
arc made by the Commission on
women S Self-Government in its re-
port:

"We believe that the NSFA can
do more tor college women than has
hitherto been attempted. We feel
that women could be a more integral
part ot the organization, and that this
would strengthen the NSFA's contri-
bution to the community; we believe
that women's colleges and self-gov-
ernment groups are entitled to a great-
er share of the efforts of the NSFA

Nancy Lee Richardson, ex-'32, has
transferred to the Principia School in
St. Louis, Mo.

Mary Stipe, ex-'3 8, is attending
Emory University this year.

Hortense Norton, ex-'3 8, has re-
turned to St. Mary's School in Raleigh,
N. C, which she attended before
coming to Agnes Scott.

Betty Lee Anderson, ex-'3 8, is at
the Vanderbilt School of Nursing.

Theo Elmore, ex-'3 6, was married
to Sledge Tatum Newsom on Novem-
ber 7, in Montgomery.

Emily Gower, ex-'3 6, was married
in November to Gene P. Summers of
Atlanta.

Helen (Scott) Tierney, '3 3, has a
son, Lewis C, Jr., born in September.

Health Teachers
Go to \\ ashington

Professor Goes
To Convention

Buffet Supper, Trips,
Make \\ eek-End

Interesting

Girls who went home for the week-
end were: Mary Willis to Augusta,
Ga.; Frances Steele to Anniston,
Ala.; Julia Porter to Covington, Ga.;
and Elizabeth Skinner to Augusta
Ga.

Charlotte Newman's mother and
father visited her the first of the week.

Mrs. Groves spent the week-end
with Sara.

Joe Allen's sister visited her this
week-end.

Dot Piatt of Columbia, S. C, and
Rosa Wilder of the University of
South Carolina were visitors here for
the week-end.

Jane Moore Hamilton and Marlise
Torrance went to a buffet supper
Sunday night at the Delta Sigma
House, Dental College.

Miss Llewellyn Wilburn, associate
professor of physical education, and
Dr. Marv Sweet, resident physician,
attended the conference of College
Hvgiene which was held in Washing-
ton from December 28-31. This con-
ference, which meets every five years
and is attended by instructors from
many United States colleges, took j
place in Wardman Park Hotel.

Mr. Christian Will Speak To
Southeastern Meeting

Miss Barker Is Author
Of Book on Libraries

newest possessions is a copy of Librar-
ies of the South, by Tommie Dora
Barker, '10. The book is the result of
Miss Barker's five-year study of south-
ern libraries.

Mr. Schuyler Medlock Christian,
acting professor of physics and as-
tronomy, will attend the southeastern
meeting of the American Physical So-
ciety m Chapel Hill, N. C, at the
University of North Carolina. At
this convention, held February 19 and
20, Mr. Christian will probably make
a brief address concerning his summer
school work at Harvard for the past
three years.

At present Mr. Christian has in
process of publication in the Journal
of the American Chemical Societv two
papers dealing with scientific work.

than they have received to date.

"We, therefore, recommend the
following:

"We recommend that the executive
committee set aside a sum of money
in its budget to take care of infor-
mation to be sent out to women's col-
leges concerning women's activities in
college, the place of women in social,
political, and economic life, to repre-
sent NSFA on women's bodies, and
that one woman executive be made
responsible for the conduct of these
matters."

Mary Jean McKay, of Florida
State College for Women, was elected
vice-president for next year, and will
head the women's division of the
southern NSFA.

The next annual congress of the
XS1A will be held at the University
of New Mexico. Regional confer-
ences are scheduled to take place in
the spring.

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FOR MAY FESTIVAL

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Wilburn and Miss Harriette Haynes,
of the physical education department;
and Miss Catherine Torrance, Miss
Ellen Leyburn, and Miss Louise Mc-
Kinney. The student members are
Eloisa Alexander, chairman; Anne
Thompson, business manager; Julia
Sewell, scenario chairman; Kathleen
Daniel, Frances Steele, Jane Turner,
Hibernia Hassell, and Marjorie Rainey,
costume committee; Ruth Tate, June
Matthews, and Helen Moses, dances;
Tommy Ruth Blackmon, Jean Kirk-
patrick and Hayden Sanford, music;
Charline Fleece and Bunny Marsh,
publicity; Jane Wyatt, posters; and
Cecelia Baird, Nelle Scott Earthman,
and Flora McGuire, properties.

The committee wishes to express
its appreciation for the following
scenarios submitted in the contest:
The Dr\mh' Kiss, by Fannie B. Har-
ris, Florence Lasseter, and Mary Jane
Tigert; A Mexican Fiesta, by Kath-
leen Daniel; On An English After-
noon, by Edith Belser and Michelle
Furlow; and Marie and the SHi er Xnt-
Ctacker, by Ann Worthy Johnson,
Eliza King and Virginia Watson.

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Julia Sewell, Mary Willis, Mamie Lee
Ratliff, Selma Steinbach, Anne Pur-
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Eugenia Williams, Grace Duggan, and
Jeannette Carroll.

Business assistants are: Rachel Ken-
nedy, Florence Little, Jessie Williams,
Jane Dryfoos, Jane Carithers.

( lunuia Teaches Here

Miss Virginia Pretty man, '3 4, re-
turned to the campus last week to
take her place as temporary assistant
in the English department, during the
illness of Assistant Professor Preston.
While a student at Agnes Scott, Miss
Pretty man took an active part in stu-
dent activities. She was a member of
Poetry club and BOZ, and editor of
the Aurora.

Fa vo rite Sayings

Mr. Gillespie: The threefold pur-
pose is:

Mr. Wright: Sooner if not later.

Mrs. Sydenstricker: H a v e \ on
looked at the context?

Miss Gooch: Breathe in an idea.

Mr. Stukes: Let me repeat.

Mr. Davidson: Pre-ciseU !

Mr. Raper: Breadlines and million-
aires.

Mr. Hayes: So-o?
Miss Florence Smith: This is a
curious situation.

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VOL. XXII

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20. 1937

NO. 10

Blackfriars
Will Present
'Spring Dance'

Play Follows Junior Banquet
On Saturday Evening,
February 13

King Appoints Committees

Blackfriars Dramatic Club will pre-
sent its next play, $pring\Dance 9 by
Phillip Barry, immediately after the
junior banquet on Saturday night,
February 13. The banquet is given
each year in honor of the junior class
and their dates; the Blackfriars* play
is an annual feature of entertainment
at this time.

Eliza King, general chairman of the
banquet, has announced the follow-
ing committees: Dates Jane Turner,
chairman, Sue Bryan, Jean Barry
Adams, Elizabeth Blackshear, and
Nelle Scott Earthman; invitations
Dixie Woodford; entertainment
Mary Smith, chairman, Alice Reins,
Anna Katherine Fulton, and Marjorie
Rainey; decorations and seating ar-
rangements Ola Kelly, chairman,
Goudyloch Erwin, Beatrice Sexton,
Margaret Morrison, Genevieve Baird,
Samille Saye, Jean Chalmers, and Vir-
ginia Watson; place cards Jane
Guthrie, chairman, Jane Wyatt, Zoe
Wells, and Eloise Estes.

Spring Dance, which will follow the
banquet, is especially well-suited to
the occasion. Its setting is in a girls'
college where the sorority girls have
invited their best beaux down for the
spring dance. The plot centers
around the attempts of the students
to catch a man for one of their friends.
Miss Frances K. Gooch, head of the
spoken English department, will di-
rect the play; she will be assisted by
Miss Carrie Phinney Latimer, of the
spoken English department.

Candler Building
Has New Curtains

New draperies and chair covers, se-
cured through the money left by last
year's senior class, as a gift to be used
at the discretion of Dr. J. R. McCain,
president, were added to the main
room of the Murphey Candler build-
ing Friday, January 15. These
draperies and chair covers conform to
the Jacobean architectural design of
the building.

An advisory committee consisting
of alumnae assisted the members of
Mortar Board, who have been given
supervision of the building, in the
selection of the material used. The
draperies and covers are of a fine linen
texture of Jacobean design, with the
draperies hung on beautifully curved
wrought iron rods. This committee
also advised as to the furnishings of
the club rooms. It is planned to spend
the hundred dollars received from the
surplus fund of the student budget
on lamps, tables, and other furnish-
ings for the building.

Through the aid of Miss Emma
Miller, matron. Mortar Board secured
some used furniture which the mem-
bers refinished Saturday afternoon for
use in the building.

Dr. McCain Addresses
Convention in Macon

Dr. J. R. McCain, president of
Agnes Scott, will discuss the finan-
cing of colleges through difficult
times at the convention of the Asso-
ciation of Georgia Colleges, held in
Macon Friday evening and Saturday
morning, January 2 9-3 0. Mr. S. G.
Stukcs, registrar, who is on the state
high school commission for accredit-
ing high schools in the state, will ac-
company Dr. McCain to the con-
vention.

Lecture Association
To Present Sandburg
At College April 13

Noted American Poet to Read
Famous Work to Tune
of Own Guitar

Carl Sandburg, America's "most
truly native poet," will lecture at
Agnes Scott on April 13 as the sec-
ond in the series of outstanding fig-
ures whom the student lecture asso-
ciation is bringing to the campus this
year. Mr. Sandburg will present his
"synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits"
to the accompaniment of his famous
guitar.

Born in Galesburg, Illinois, in 1878,
Carl Sandburg grew up among the
scenes of quaint folk lore and vital
life which he later depicted for the
world in his inimitable poetry. At the
age of thirteen he left school and be-
gan roving. Later he worked his way
through Lombardo College in Gales-
burg. He saw active service in the
Spanish War, and during the World
War he represented a newspaper syn-
dicate in the Scandinavian countries.

Among Mr. Sandburg's best-known
works are Potato Face, T/ie American
Songhag, Good Morning, America,
Kootahaga Pigeons, Chicago Poems,
Smoke and Steel, Corn Huskcrs, and
his arresting new volume, The People,
Yes. He is now working on the sec-
ond part of his comprehensive study
of Lincoln, which will be a sequel to
"Abraham Lincoln The Prairie
Years."

Dr. McCain Presides at Meeting
Of American College Assembly

As president of the Association of
American Colleges, Dr. J. R. McCain,
president of Agnes Scott, presided
over its twenty-third annual meet-
ing, the most largely attended in the
history of the organization. The con-
vention, held in Washington, Janu-
ary 14-15, assembled representatives
from nearly 500 outstanding Ameri-
can colleges and universities.

Dr. McCain is the second southern-
er ever elected president of the asso-
ciation, the largest of the many col-
lege associations in America. He had
already served as vice-president and
member of the executive committee.
The new president for this next year
is Dr. James L. McConaughy, presi-

Alumnae Arrange
For Annual Meet
Here March 5-6

Woman's Club Has
Cornelia Skinner

Cornelia Otis Skinner comes to the
Atlanta Woman's Club Thursday,
January 21, in one of the most orig-
inal and delightful of her performanc-
es, The Wives of Henry VIII. This
six-part solo drama of Tudor Eng-
land has been received enthusiastically
from London to Los Angeles. Rich-
ard Lockridge in the New York Sun
has said of Miss Skinner, "few crowd-
ed stages are better worth watching
than that on which she walks." And
Edwin Schallert, of the Los Angeles
Times, has proclaimed this "her finest
and most individual achievement."

Tickets are on sale at Davison-
Paxon's for the two performances
a matinee and an evening perform-
ance, beginning at 8:30.

Miss Myra Jervey, '31,
Visits Here Saturday

Miss Myra Jervey, '31, stopped at
Agnes Scott Saturday on her way
to Ocala to the extension school of
the University of Florida, where she
is to give a two-weeks' lecture course
on the principles of dress. For the
past two years Miss Jervey has been
in the clothing and grooming depart-
ment at Stephens in Columbia, Mo.

In this month's Readers' Digest
there is an article by Miss Jervey,
condensed from one published in
McCalVs last summer. A recent
Progressive Education magazine car-
ries an article on problems in per-
sonal grooming that was also written
by Miss Jervey. In June of this year
Miss Jervey will talk to the clothing
division of the national convention
of home economics departments, to
be held in Kansas City.

Emory Presents Play

The Emory Players will present
Booth Tarkington's comedy, "The
Man From Home," Friday, March 5,
in Glenn Memorial auditorium.

The story deals with the attempts
of an American heiress to get a titled
husband, and is a sophisticated draw-
ing-room comedy. The cast has not
yet been announced.

Prominent educators, including Dr.
Harmon Caldwell, president of the
University of Georgia, and Dr. J. R.
McCain, president of Agnes Scott,
will be guest speakers during the
alumnae week-end, which will be held
Friday and Saturday, March 5 and 6.
The general theme of the session will
be the arts and sciences.

The program for the week-end in-
cludes such interesting features as a
display of etchings by Mary Wallace
Kirk, '11; a luncheon at which Dr.
McCain will speak; the dedication of
the Armistead Memorial room and of
the Hearon Memorial room in the Ag-
nes Scott library; and a musical pro-
gram by the string ensemble under the
direction of Mr. C. W. Dieckmann.

Other speakers are: Professor R. B.
Holt, of the chemistry department,
who will discuss recent developments
in the field of science; Dr. William G.
Perry, of the Georgia School oi Tech-
nology, who will speak on the modern
novel; Dr. Haywood J. Pearlc, of
Emory University, who has as his .sub-
ject, "The Treaty of Versailles in Re-
trospect." Dr. Caldwell will speak
on "Trends in Modern Language."

Parties Planned
By Mortar Board

The Agnes Scott chapter of Mortar
Board will entertain the boarding
freshmen at a series of parties in the
Murphey Candler building from Jan-
uary 2 6 through January 29.

Two members of the chapter will
be hostesses to about twenty-five girls
each night. The hostesses are: Tues-
day, Julia Thing and Mary Jane
Tigert; Wednesday, Eloisa Alexander
and Frances Cary; Thursday, Laura
Steele and Isabel McCain; Friday,
Alice Hannah and Marie Stalker.

Some juniors and seniors will assist
in the entertainment with some of
the alumnae members of Mortar
Board as chaperones. This custom of
introducing the freshmen to young
men was begun last year.

Isabel McCain to Head
State Y. W. Conference
At Georgia University

The state Y. W. C. A. conference
is to be held this year at the Uni-
versity of Georgia, from March 19-
21, according to Isabel McCain, pres-
ident of both the Agnes Scott and
the state Y. W. and Y. M. C. A.

Dr. R. A. Schermerhorn, of At-
lanta, and Dr. Arthur Raper, of Ag-
nes Scott, are to lead two of the dis-
cussion groups. The inspirational
speaker has not been selected as yet.

dent of Wesleyan University in Con-
necticut, and vice-president of the
association for the term ending this
January. Following the resignation of
Dr. Robert Kelly, Dr. Guy E. Snavely,
of Birmingham-Southern, was elected
executive secretary. Dr. McCain gave
a report which was a tribute to the
retiring secretary.

The theme of the convention was
"Contributions to Liberal Education
in the College." Among the dis-
tinguished speakers on the program
were Dr. Albert Mansbridge and Dr.
James B. Conant. Dr. Mansbridge, who
is president of the World Association
for Adult Education, London, and
former member of the Royal Com-
mission on the Universities of Oxford
and Cambridge, talked on "The Col-
leges of Oxford and Cambridge"; Dr.
Conant, president of Harvard Uni-
versity, spoke on "The American Col-
lege." Other speakers were William
Ernest Hocking, Harvard University;
Meta Glass, president of Sweet Briar
College and president of the Ameri-
can Association of University Wom-
en; Jonas Lie, president of the Na-
tional Academy of Design; and
Charles Judd, University of Chicago.

Dr. McCain and Mr. S. G. Stukes,
who accompanied him to the conven-
tion, met with fourteen alumnae in
Washington on Friday afternoon.

Dr. Ben Lacy
Arrives for
Chapel Talks

Y.W.C.A. Brings Noted Speaker
To Campus To Conduct
Religious Week

Has Personal Conferences

Thomas Will Give
Next Concert Here

John Charles Thomas, famous bari-
tone, will appear Monday, February
1, as the second artist presented in
the Atlanta concert series. Mr.
Thomas is a well-known star of
radio, opera, and musical productions.

He studied voice at the Peabody
Conservatory of Music, and made
his debut as Passion in the Savage
Company's production of Every
Woman. He later starred in Love
Letter, Peasant Girl, Apple Blossoms,
and other musical plays.

Mr. Thomas has appeared with the
Royal Opera in Brussels, with the
Metropolitan Opera Company, and
with the opera companies of Phila-
delphia, San Francisco, Los Angeles,
and Chicago. He began his concert
tours in 1925.

Atlantians were given the oppor-
tunity of hearing Mr. Thomas or
Lawrence Tibbet, who will appear in
a concert in March.

March 5 Set As Date
Of Competitive Tests

The registrar's office is completing
plans for the annual competitive ex-
aminations which will be given March
5 to high school seniors who want
scholarships to Agnes Scott. Appli-
cants from other cities will take the
exams under the supervision of their
local high schools; while applicants
from Atlanta and vicinity will be the
guests of Agnes Scott while they take
them.

One-hour examinations in three
r ubjects English, a language, and a
general elective will be given. A full
scholarship for one year ($700) will
be awarded the contestant receiving
the highest rating, and a scholarship
for $500 will go to the runner-up.
The decision will be based 75 per-
cent on the examination papers, and
2 5 percent on the personality of the
applicant and her interest in high
school activities.

Last year 200 girls took the exam-
inations with Evelyn Baty, of Birm-
ingham, winning the $700 scholar-
ship. .

Dr. Benjamin R. Lacy, president of
Union Theological Seminary, arrived
at Agnes Scott Tuesday morning to
begin his series of chapel addresses
which are the chief feature of relig-
ious-emphasis week, being sponsored
by Y. W. C. A., January 19-23.

During his five-day visit on the
campus, Dr. Lacy is holding morning
watch, discussion groups, and per-
sonal conferences with Agnes Scott
students. Each night he is speaking
at Central Presbyterian church in At-
lanta.

Following the week of services, Miss
Carrie Scandrett will summarize Dr.
Lacy's addresses in a discussion at ves-
pers, Sunday, January 24.

Charm Expert is

Guest of College

Miss Elizabeth Osborne, prominent
woman's charm consultant of New
York, will be the guest of Agnes Scott
during the week of February 9. Two
public addresses, one in chapel and one
in the evening, and personal confer-
ences will fill the schedule of her
week on the campus.

Miss Osborne, who has successfully
visited Smith, Mount Holyoke, and
many other leading women's colleges,
plans to spend the greater part of
her visit in personal consultations. In
these private sessions she will give ad-
vice to students concerning problems
of grooming, clothes, voice, make-up,
posture, skin, and hair. The fee for
a fifteen minute talk with Miss Os-
borne will be fifty cents.

Y. W. C. A., Student Government,
Athletic Association, Cotillion club,
Mortar Board, and the charm group
are sponsoring Miss Osborne's appear-
ance here, while the sophomore cab-
inet of Y. W. C. A. is in charge of
the details of the program.

A. A. Starts Drive
For Good Posture

Curved backs and slumped shoul-
ders will have no place on the Agnes
Scott campus the two weeks begin-
ning January 25, for the Athletic As-
sociation is launching a drive for good
posture. The drive is part of the A. A.
health program for the year.

Girls with good posture will be
marked by physical education in-
structors with purple and white tags.
Tags will be taken away, however,
if their owners arc seen slouching
across the campus or bending over
books in the library.

Posters are already broadcasting the
coming event, and announcements
will be made in chapel next week.

Founding Celebrated

By Colorful Pageant

A pageant celebrating the seventy-
fifth anniversary of the founding of
the Presbyterian church was presented
in the Bucher Scott gymnasium Mon-
day night. The pageant was written
by Mr. D. P. McGeachy, pastor of the
Decatur Presbyterian church, and was
directed by Miss Frances Gooch, head
of the Spoken English department at
Agnes Scott. Agnes Scott repre-
sentatives taking part were Marie
Stalker, Georgia Hunt, Betty Lou
Houck Smith, '3 5, and Miss Louise
Lewis, of the art department.

THE AGONISTIC

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PUBLISHED WEEKLY

Owned and published by the students of Agnes Scott
College.

Entered as Second Class Matter at Decatur, Georgia.

Subscription price, $1.25 per year in advance.
Single copies, 5c.

1936 Member 1937

ftssocided Golleeide Press

A.S.C. Library Acquires Movie
Version of 'Romeo and Julief

Nebraska Tries New Plan

Book, Attractive With Pictures,
Reveals Careful Work of
Adaptation

f A Motion Picture Version of Shakes-
peare's Romeo and Juliet Random
House, 1936, $2.00.

Laura Steele

Editor-in-Chief
Frances Cary

Associate Editor
Jane Guthrie
Hortense Jones
Mary McCann Hudson

Assistant Editors
June Matthews

Make-Up Editor
Ruth Hertzka

Assistant Make-Up
Nellie M. Gilroy

Feature Editor
Mary Frances Guthrie

Exchange Editor
Mildred Davis

Book Editor

STAFF

Kathryn B. Wall
Business Manager
Elizabeth Blackshear

Advertising Manager
Mary Lib Morrow
Frances Belford
Nell Hemphill

Circulation Managers
Frances Wilson
Current History

Pauline Moss
Society Editor

Jean Chalmers

Sports Editor
Cornelia Christie

Club Editor
Elizabeth Warden
Alumnae Editor

Editor, Associate Editor, Enid Middleton, Mary
King, Editorial Council

Official Ends Honorary Term

The expiration of Dr. McCain's term as pres-
ident of the Association of American Colleges
means the end of a period in which he has made
himself felt and heard in all parts of the coun-
try. In his capacity as head of the association,
Dr. McCain has presided over regional and na-
tional conferences from which have come echoes
of the effect that his sincerity, directness and
simplicity have had upon his hearers, who con-
sider him an innovation among educational
speakers.

Since his election last January, Dr. McCain's
activities as president have included attending
meetings of the executive committee in Febru-
ary, April, and November, representing the as-
sociation at the Harvard Tercentenary in Sep-
tember, and presiding over a series of regional
conferences taking place in October in Mississip-
pi, Colorado, and Indiana, and the national con-
vention held this month in Washington. He has
made talks, some of which have been published,
on such subjects as "College Cooperation," and
'The College Teacher."

Anyone who has seen the screen
version of Romeo and Juliet or who
is interested in screen technique, will
enjoy this book. Ideally, one should
read it before attending the produc-
tion, for the information concerning
I costumes and setting and the dif-
ficulties encountered in producing the
picture will make him more appreci-
ative of these factors as he sees it. Yet,
reading the book afterwards, he real-
izes why this first screen version of
a Shakespearean tragedy is successful.

The book divides itself into two
parts, which are in turn divided. Af-
ter a short introduction on the pic-
turization of the play, by Irving
Thalberg, producer, and a foreword to
the play, by William Strunk, Jr., of
Howard University, appears Romeo
and Juliet as Shakespeare gave it to
us. The rest of the volume is devoted
to facts about the screen production.
Immediately following the original
play is the scenario, including limited
filming directions. A comparison of
the two shows how carefully the mo-

tion picture version follows the
Shakespearean text, and with what
consideration the author was treated
in order that none of his spirit or his
beauty would be lost, yet that the
play might be successful as a picture.
At the end of the scenario are com-
ments on the production by actors
and members of the staff. From these
short sketches we learn what problems
this group faced and how they went
about solving them from cutting the
30 5 0 lines of the play to a reasonable
number for the screen production,
without losing anything necessary, to
costuming the cast according to paint-
ings of the period by such masters as
Botticelli, Benozzo, Gozzoli, Cara-
paccio, Bellini, Fra Angelico, and
others. The entire staff and cast
worked hard to make the production
as artistic, as representative of the
time, and as Shakespearean as pos-
sible. The last section of the book con-
sists of "A Preliminary Guide to the
Study and Appreciation of the Screen

Nebraska last week became the first state in
the union whose legislature meets as one body.
This reform, suggested in almost every state at
some time in recent years, was brought about
through the perseverance of Nebraska's veteran
United States senator, George W. Norris. Ac-
cording to him, the effects of a bicameral legis-
lature are that politicans could escape responsi-
bility by "passing the buck" to the other house ;
that the real work was done in committees of
five or six members, whose decision could be in-
fluenced if two were bribed: and that lobbyists
rather than the second house really provided the
"checks and balances" of the government.

Arguments in favor of the new unicameral
form are economy of operation, and responsibil-
ity. Both of the results are achieved by the small
number of legislators now elected. In place of
100 representatives and thirty-three senators,
there are only forty-three legislators. For their
salaries a lump sum of $37,500 has been set
aside, to be divided equally among them. They
will no longer receive additional pay for extra
sessions. Their responsibility will be greater be-
cause the scarcity of their members will put each
one more in the public eye.

The idea of a unicameral legislature is not new

Alumnae Describe
European Scenes

Think Before You Vote

Voting on motions that were made in Open
Forum last Thursday will take place next week
in chapel, when the student body decides
whether it wants to make possible a better
handbook by having an editor elected, to lessen
confusion by having nominations and elections
take place after spring holidays, and to have
the final decisions in the election of the editors
of the Aurora and the Agonistic by putting them
again on a popular basis.

In the case of dates of elections, an amend-
ment to the student government constitution by-
law 4 has been proposed, to the effect that pop-
ular nominations be made on March 25, two days
after the conclusion of spring holidays, and that
these nominations be posted, along with com-
mittee nominations, on March 29; elections will
then take place April 1-2. This amendment was
necessitated by the coming of the second quar-
ter examinations at the usual time for nomina-
tions, and was favored by the nominating com-
mittee because it feels that it is better for the
welfare of the students to avoid the confusion
immediately before examinations. An amend-
ment to by-law 7, that class elections take place
immediately after school-wide elections, has also
been proposed, and will be voted on tomorrow.

After these matters have been considered, the
motion that the editors of the Aurora and the
Agonistic be selected in the same way that other
officers are chosen will be voted upon. In both
cases, the editors, according to plans adopted as
experiments last year, can be elected by the
combined vote of the editor and business man-
ager, or staff, with the student vote meaning
nothing more than a futile indication of its
choice. This year's heads of publications, after
considering a board, rejected the idea, feeling
that W should have no responsibility in the
election of editors other than that entailed by
the indication of our choice through the commit-
tee nominee. Also we believe that the students
w ould prefer having more authority in the man-
ner of choosing the editors, and that the editors,
in turn, would like to know that the student
body is back of them.

Recent news from ex-Agnes Scot-
ters in France and Germany tells of
fascinating sight-seeing tours and
novel surroundings. Judging from
their enthusiastic letters, there is still
time and place for enjoyment in
Europe in spite of troubled political
conditions.

Mary Virginia Allen of the class of
'3 5 spent Christmas in the lovely old
German city of Stuttgart at the home
of Lucie Hess, former German ex-
change student at Agnes Scott. With
true German heartiness they enjoyed
a round of theatre-going and con-
certs, taking time, nevertheless, to
talk over old times at Agnes Scott
"until we got nearly homesick," Lucie
writes.

Mary Virginia tells of seeing Paris
from "Notre Dame to the Zoo," ex-
claiming over the Sainte-Chapelle and
the Chatres cathedral, feeling the ex-
citement of practice air-raids over
Paris, and making many French and
German friends. In Toulouse she per-
suaded the caretaker to let her climb
a fragile old tower dating from medi-
eval times, in order to look over the
old-fashioned roofs of the city.

Janet Gray of '3 6 left the Ecole
j Normale des Institutrices at La Ro-
chelle, a French coast city, to go south
to Nice, where she and Marcelle Cap-
patti, last year's French exchange stu-
dent, enjoyed a gay Christmas togeth-
er. Janet has the position of part-
time instructor in English, in addi-
tion to her studies.

Most colorful of all is the story told
by Miss Margaret Phythian, assistant
professor of French at Agnes Scott,
who has been studying this year at
| the University of Grenoble in Toul-
| ouse. Immediately after reaching

to the United States. Georgia, along with Penns-
Version of Shakespeare s Romeo and ylvania and Vermont, provided for only one
prepared by Max J. Herzberg house in its original constitution during the
pnmanly to be distributed among the American Revolution. In more recent years gov-
ernors have recommended the unicameral form,
constitutional conventions discussed it, and legis-
latures rejected it where it was not forced on

secondary schools of the nation, but
of interest also to everyone who sees
the picture.

The volume is attractively bound, j them by the initiative of the people, as in Ne-
I ustrated wuh scenes from the photo- , braska> At preS ent, about eighteen states have
play, and done m very readable print, j such bills pen ding. New York, New Jersey, Ohio.

Arkansas, and Kentucky in particular are study-
ing the Nebraska plan. Reforms of many state
constitutions depend on its success or failure.

But it seems to me that many more
people will be content to read it in
a library or borrow it from a friend
than will have or desire to have a copy
of their own. The interest in reading
the facts about filming the play lies
chiefly in the period immediately pre-
ceding or following the showing of the
production. So, the most of us will
read it now, and then return to our
own copies of Romeo and Juliet,
thrilling to its lines without forget-
ting the many memorable scenes from
the picture, but also without caring
to go again into the facts of pro-
duction.

(This book is to be found in the
Agnes Scott library.)

Gone But Not Forgotten

old cities of Aries and Les Baux in
the famous country of Alphonse
Daudet's tales. Here she was im-
pressed by the "mistral" the tearing
wind that Daudet describes, saying
that it was unlike any other wind she
had ever felt. Les Baux is in unshaded,
steep country, with narrow streets, a
quaint hotel where everyone huddled
about the one stove, and a little church
where every chair cost twenty francs.
A very impressive ceremony took
place here, during which there was
the offering of a lamb by shepherds
before a priest who held a sacred doll.
Christmas day was spent in Aries,
where, in triumph, they "celebrated
Christmas by taking a room with a
bath."

From Aries the party went to
Marseilles, and thence to Nice. In the
rugged mountains over Nice, they
scaled the dizzy heights over narrow
mountain paths that, as she explained,
kept her heart in her mouth.

Back in Toulouse Miss Phythian has
taken up skiing, as a challenging
sport. Her ski suit is complete with
bright cap and mittens, but she seems
to have found the skis themselves
tricky, complaining, "I'm sore from

' Europe last summer, Miss Phythian , sitting down so often and so violently,
joined a party of ten for a three but it is the surest way of stopping
weeks' tour in Germany, with a young when you get going too fast!" Winter
German as guide. They discovered \ in Europe would seem to be very
Germany in a delightfully novel way active and carefree.

closed to most tourists, keeping in the

small towns and entering the homes 1 Because of the menace of colds at
of their guide's friends as much more Mount Holyoke College, a "Cold
intimate guests than they could | Club" has been formed, whose mem-

otherwise have been,
people seemed happy

Although the
and prosperous,

bers sit together in the
with a special waitress

dining room,
(also a suf-

a tenseness in the very air suggested ferer) to serve them.

the war shadow, and Miss Phythian

tells of seeing miles of camouflaged The average freshman of the class

trucks. She found the new roads of 1940 of Mount Holyoke College is

built by Hitler delightful for travel, seventeen years and eleven months

In Stuttgart she was entertained by almost eighteen years. Four years ago

Mr. Hess, Lucie's father, who con- I the average age for the freshman was

ducted them personally to Heidelberg.

She spent Christmas vacation tour-
ing France, speaking especially of the

Sixteen years and nine months. The
depression is thought to be the rea-
son for this large difference.

Not only were Paradise Lost and Loves' La-
bours misplaced in days of yore, but even now
in this modern era with its fine instruments for
recovering lost radium, its G-Men for capturing
lost criminals, and its personal columns for re-
covering dogs, husbands, and knitting needles,
articles and objects are frequently disappearing.
For instance, even the most detecting minds were
and still are baffled at the rather unexpected dis-
appearance of a very necessary line from the
back page on the Agonistic last week. Anyone
knowing its whereabouts, by the way, should
notify the much embarrassed and highly mysti-
fied editor.

There are those also who are concerned over
the lost, strayed, or stolen Phi Beta announce-
ment for which a reward of membership in same
is offered, if found. A wide search for these
articles has been conducted with the result that
every barrel on the campus labelled "Private,
Do Not Look In" has been confiscated but to
no avail. It was felt by the posse that in the
hunt the twelve members of BOZ whose dough-
nuts were gluttonously consumed by the re-
maining six might also be recovered; the prize
for this capture is to be a coffee be-soaked (al-
ready dunked) doughnut. Speaking of food,
there is the little matter of the disappearance
of several generous handfuls of onions which
formerly beautified the campus green. The sus-
pects are a group of Muse Invokers including
Piggy Wheatley, Henrietta Blackwell, Lueile
Dennison and others who when last seen were
reclining upon the above mentioned vegetable
discussing the rather appropriate subject of
"Romeo and Juliet." If the onions in question
are returned, hamburgers will be furnished.

One is inclined to wonder whether or not some
soul too timid to complain has missed a coat-
hanger, since a group of freshmen became con-
vulsed with laughter last week when Betty Willis
strolled across the campus in all her presidential
dignity in a raincoat from which the hanger had
not been removed.

An object which the entire faculty and most
of the student body sincerely wishes has been
lost is a certain horn which stubbornly refused
to stop blowing for at least fifteen minutes Sat-
urday and which incidentally revealed in many
instances the reaction of the college professor
to an unexpected crisis. Said Dr. Raper in a
moment of exasperation "It looks as if anybody
with any intelligence could slip a piece of wire/'
Piped a voice from the back row, "Oh, but it's a
lady."

Speaking of ladies one may be sure that Annie
Laura Galloway lost her equilibrium the other
day in applied psychology when Miss Omwake
explained that the "He" to whom Miss Gallo-
way had been referring in her report was the
mother of eleven children.

With so many articles lost it would seem that
the best plan of recovery is to wait until next
week in Open Forum when everything will be
brought up.

THE AGONISTIC

Dr. McCain Writes
Salient Articles
About Education

University Women's Magazine
Commends Recent Paper
As Outstanding

An article stating that "one of the
outstanding papers at the annual
meeting of the American Council on
Education last May was the discus-
sion of 'Cooperation in Southern Col-
leges', by J. R. McCain," appeared in
the October issue of the Journal of
the American Association of Univer-
sity Women.

This discussion, published in the
July Educational Record, is concerned
with Dr. McCain's belief that our
great advances in education in this
country may be achieved in the field
of cooperation among schools and col-
leges. He stresses particularly the
seriousness of the problem of develop-
ing higher education in the seven
southeastern states of North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Ala-
bama, Mississippi, and Tennessee,
stating the chief obstacles as the race
problem, poverty, the handicap in col-
lege development caused by such ten-
dencies as the establishment of de-
nominational schools as mission enter-
prises rather than educational respon-
sibilities, and the constant draining
from the South of the best scholars
and most promising graduate stu
dents.

To improve the educational condi-
tions, regional centers are being de
vcloped to work out systems of co-
operation. In this connection, Dr.
McCain speaks of the plan whereby
Emorv, Tech, and Agnes Scott are
seeking to unify and improve the
work done by the respective institu
tions and to develop graduate work
\vhich would enable students to take
a strong Ph. D. degree.

Dr. McCain concludes with th<
statement that "If there may be ef
fectivc cooperation in certain cen
ters, if denominational schools wil
agree to merge, if the weaker schools
Gad be shown that they are not pro-
ducing results that will bear the light
of publication; if these things can be
gradually accomplished, then the out-
look for higher education in th
Southeast will be greatly lightened."

An article on "Colleges for Women
in the Southeast," in the October
journal of the American Association
of University Women, deals with
some of these same problems present-
ed above, and continues to discuss in-
fluences in raising the standards of
education for women in the South
through such organizations as the
Southern Association of College Wom-
en, the Southern Association of Col-
leges and Secondary Schools, and the
Association of American Universities.
Of the twenty-two colleges for wom-
en in these seven southeastern states,
Agnes Scott was the first member of
the Southern Association of College
Women, the first of the eight of
these to be on the approved list of
the Association of American Univer-
sities, and one of three where gradu-
ation may be had with Phi Beta
Kappa recognition.

Library Rules, T rashbaskets, Pencil Sharpeners,

Cut Systems Occupy Open Forum Through the Ages

Records of Open Forum for the
past eleven years reveal, among other
hings, that evolution is a slow proc-
ess. There have been requests for
verything from clean napkins to
smoking on the campus and there are
some favorites which reappear an-
nually. The library seems always to
ave been a source of legislation.
There are such motions as "that
something be done about the noise in
he library," and "that a committee
be appointed to consult the librarian
about problems in the library," and
he simple request, eloquent, in its
restraint, "that something be done
about the library."

Teachers who keep their classes
fter the bell rings have their place
in the records, too, and the secretary
for 1930 seems to have felt very
strongly on the subject for she re-
cords with emphasis: "Motion that
faculty be asked again to dismiss
classes as soon as bell rings."

The memorable meeting last year
when such weighty matters as pen-
cil sharpeners, water fountains, and
trashcans were discussed seems to have
been not without precedent. In Oc-
tober, 192 8, water was demanded in
the library and some of the cottages.

The secretary records that the re-
quest "will be granted in the fail."
She does not say which fall. The de-
velopment of interest in trashcans has
been more gradual. There was first
a modest request that they have cov-
ers over them, then a bolder demand
that they be painted, and finally the
climax last year with the suggestion
that there be one under every bush.
Requests for pencil sharpeners were
at first very specific, "A pencil sharp-
ener in the mail room in Buttrick."
Then, feeling perhaps that they had
been asking too much, the petitioners
modified their request to, "Pencil
sharpener in Buttrick." And finally
the plea became simply "Pencil sharp-
ener."

The questions of lights, meal tick-
ets, and times to town come up otten
and term papers of course we have
with us always. There are recorded
indignant requests that teachers must
announce them two months ahead of
time, that cuts should be given so
people will have time to write them
and that no one should have more
than three to write in any event.

These and other issues come up, are
discussed, and then forgotten but re-
curring throughout the records like
the chorus in a Greek drama is the

request for a cut system. It appears
first in a report "respectfully sub-
mitted by Ellen Douglas Leyburn,"
asking for "optional attendance of
classes for juniors and seniors." It
was decided that the cut systems of
other schools would be investigated
before any action was taken. But the
following month "the chairman an-
nounced that Mr. Stukes would not
make his report on the data he had
collected on the cut system as this
material was adverse to the cut sys-
tem." In another meeting the same
year they "talked again about a cut
system" but nothing further was
done and two years later they tried
it again, appointing a committee to
discuss the matter. The next year,
they appointed another committee
and the next year they got excited
about smoking on the campus
nothing more was
until April, 193 5,
plan was

cussed at every meeting throughout
the spring and begun again the next
fall. And very much in keeping with
the Greek drama idea the matter is
like many of Aeschylus' fragments
it has no end. It is still being dis-
cussed.

Agnes Scott Has
Interesting Past
With Wells,Co-eds

High-Top Shoes, Flannels, Were
Features of Institute
Before 1906

and

said about cuts
when a definite
submitted and was dis-

Miss Hanley Tells
Of Printers' Signs

JOHANN VELDENER

The design of Johann Veldener, the
first printer at Louvain, Belgium, is
composed of two shields suspended
from a branch. This device is copied
from the work "Fasciculus Tem-
porum" by Roleivinck, printed in
1475.

FlLIPPO GlUNTA
Second only to the Aides in the
annals of sixteenth century Italian
printing and publishing stands the
house of Giunta, a house which was
founded in the latter part of the fif-
teenth century by two members of
an ancient mercantile family of Flor-
ence, Filippo Giunta, whose mark has
been reproduced in the Agnes Scott
college library, and his brother, Lu-
cantonio Giunta.

In this design two children each
with a cornucopia support arms
above which is the Florentine lily in
an elaborated form.

Filippo Giunta specialized in editions
of the classics, and was successful, if
not always scrupulous, in the conduct
of his business.

Club News

Reporters

Granddaughters' Club
Granddaughters' club met on Fri-
day afternoon, January 15, at 4:3 0
o'clock in the Anna Young Alumnae
house. Plans for the banquet were
discussed.

German Club
German club will meet this aft-
ernoon at 4:30 o'clock in Lupton Cot-
tage.

Poetry Club
The last meeting of the Poetry club
was held last night, at 8 o'clock
in the Murphey Candler building. Jane

Turner
hostesses.

d June Matthews were

Cotillion Club
Cotillion club will entertain its
members at a tea dance tomorrow aft-
ernoon, January 21, at 5 o'clock in
the Murphey Candler building. Helen
Kirkpatrick, Martha Marshall, Jane
Dryfoos, and Helen Moses will be
hostesses.

Miss Vardell Has J
Remarkable Roll

"Methods in progressive education:
1. Present your material indirectly, by
examples." To ascertain, for example,
the class roll of Botany 3 0 3 -b, Local
Flora to you, Miss Vardell presents
the following key:

A. Over 30 __Miss Vardell

A. Under 30 _ B.

B. With spectacles C.

B. Without spectacles D.

C. Without shirt Suttenfield, V.

C. With shirt

c. Blue shirt Matthews, J.

c. Brown shirt__ Johnson, A. W.

D. Natural curls Hall, E.

D. Attempted curls Hannah, A.

(Note: For those who do not un-
derstand the process of methods in
progressive education, "B" refers to
the class in general, those members
with spectacles and without spectac-
les being "C" and "D" etc.)

Agnes Scott became a college in
1906. Before that it was an institute.

All pupils at first were day stu-
dents.

Boys used to be enrolled here.

Round House was formerly a well,
from which the college drew its water,
supposing that well-water was extra-
ordinarily pure. Later it was discover-
ed that several cases of typhoid were
due to the water.

The college catalogue used to state
i hat girls were required to wear high-
top shoes and flannels.

When Miss Hopkins suggested that
we organize a student government,
the students especially the seniors
objected strenuously on the grounds
that they had all the privileges they
wanted and none of the responsibili-
ties.

Most students used to go home
without having taken the final exams
in the spring, thus losing credit for
the term's work. They answered all
objections with, "But we're not going
to teach!"

Formerly there were no athletics
except a little calisthenics; all the
mothers wrote in asking that their
daughters not be forced to take the
horrid stuff.

Juniors used to embarrass seniors
by stealing their caps and gowns be-
fore they had worn them. So Miss
Hopkins instituted a simple service at
which the seniors first donned their
academic robes; and from that cere-
mony our Investiture has developed.

The stunt was suggested by Dr.
Sweet to replace a rather drastic form
of hazing known as "scratching it
out." The underclassmen took Dr.
Sweet's suggestion to stage a "battle
of wits rather than a battle of fists."

Advice to Girls
away from track men;

they

Founder's Day to
Be in Gymnasium

The annual Founder's Day banquet
scheduled for February 22 will be
held this year in Bucher Scott gym-
nasium. This arrangement has been
made since one dining room cannot
accommodate all the boarding stu-
dents and the large number of alum-
nae who are coming to take part in
the celebration.

Turkey will be served according
to the custom, and the senior class
will have charge of the entertainment.

Meet Your Friends at
Cox's Prescription Shop

Between Paramount and Grand
Theaters, Atlanta

Reporters include: Nell Allison,
Alice Cheeseman, Giddy Erwin, Nell
Hemphill, Carol Hale, Cora Kay
Hutchins, Sarah Johnson, Douglas
Lyle, Frances Lee, Regina Hurwitz,
Julia Sewell, Mary Willis, Mamie Lee
Ratliff, Selma Steinbach, Anne Pur-
nell, Marie Merritt, Alice Reins, Myrl
Chafin, Louise Young, Mary Frances
Kennedy, Henrietta Blackwell, Mary
Primrose Noble, Mary Reins, Evelyn

HOTEL CANDLER
Coffee Shop and
Dining Room

Baty, Eleanor Hutchens, Hazel Solo-
mon, V. J. Watkins, Mary Louise
Dobbs, Virginia Hill, Eloise McCall,
Louise Houghston, Mary Lang Gill,
Eugenia Williams, Grace Duggan, and
Jeannette Carroll.

Business assistants are: Rachel Ken-
nedy, Florence Little, Jessie Williams,
Jane Dryfoos, Jeanne Flynt.

The Evening Division of the Uni-
versity System of Georgia has received
national prominence through the out-
standing work of its two largest na-
tional commercial fraternities.

Pi Chapter of Alpha Kappa Psi and
Kappa Chapter of Delta Sigma Pi have
won first places in their respective ef-
ficiency contests for the school year,
193 5-3 6. This is probably the first
time in collegiate history that the most
efficient chapters of two leading fra-
ternities have been located at the same
university. Evening Signal.

Keep
are usually fast.

Never make dates with biology stu-
dents; they enjoy cutting up too
much.

The football man is all right; he
will tackle anything.

The tennis man is harmless; but
he has a racket.

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4

THE AGONISTIC

Girls Play Well
In Basketball

Juniors, Freshmen Win Over
Seniors, Sophomores in
First Games

Y. W. C. A. Will Hold
Open Forum Tuesday

To obtain student opinion and
suggestions concerning Y. W. C. A.
on the Agnes Scott campus the
Association will conduct an open
forum in chapel next Tuesday,
January 26.

Exhibiting the speed and enthusiasm
which promise excellent basketball as
soon as more teamwork can be de-
veloped, the four class teams opened
the season Friday afternoon, when the
juniors defeated the seniors 29-26
and the freshmen defeated the sopho-
mores 3 8-2 6. The two games were
plaved in the gymnasium, which will
be the scene of the remaining Friday
night basketball tifts.

Playing against tall senior guards,
the junior forwards proved their skill
by making up in agility for what
they didn't have in size. The Black-
shear-Thompson duet showed the
good results of two years of playing
together. Elizabeth Blackshear dis-
distinguished herself by dropping in
some beautiful shots and by getting
away from the guarding of Frances
McDonald, who out-lengths her half
a foot, by quick pivots.

The junior guards no doubt wished
that Senior Mary Kneale would stick
to her position as guard instead of
turning forward. The seniors, how-
ever, decided after the first quarter
that they needed some scoring, so Mary
was switched to the opposite end of
the court where she made four goals
within as many minutes. Marie
Stalker, playing forward, had a neat
little trick of looking concentratedly
at the basket and then passing the ball
sideways to a teammate without shift-
ing her eyes. Marie seemed to aban-
don that subtlety, however, after
passing the ball too near the ene-
my's hands a few times.

The sophomore-freshman game was
so noisy that the building fairly
shook. Here the Williams sisters must
receive first mention. Jean, on the
freshman team, appeared to have no
end of energy and no end of ability
to make goals from seemingly impos-
sible positions. The sophomore for-
wards wasted the first quarter of the
game with erratic goal-shooting which
resulted from their insistence on try-
ing for goals without pausing a min-
ute to get their balance and aim. With
the entrance of Elizabeth, however,
the second of the Williams outfit, the
score began mounting as a result of
hers and Mary Garner's good play-
ing.

Sophomore guarding was fine, es-
pecially that of Estelle Cuddy, but
with three forwards as consistent as
Virginia Milner, as good at long shots
as Ruth Slack, and as fast as Jean Wil-
liams opposing them, their afternoon
was strenuous.

Line-ups were:

Junior Senior

Blackshear (19) R.F McCain (2)

Coit L.F Cary (10)

Thompson (10)_C.F Stalker (2)

Robinson C.G Kneale (12)

Kintf R.G Taylor

Merrill L.G McDonald

Total: 29. Total: 26.

Substitutions: Tijrert, Thing, Lass-
etcr.

Freshman Sophomore

Slack (12) R.F._Carmichael (4)

Williams,J. (14) L.F.___ Garner (10)
Milner (12) ...C.F. Williams.E. (12)

Moses C.G Cudo\y

Thompson R.G Dryfoos

Keins L.G Steele

Total: 38. Total: 26.

Substitute: Ware.

Ola Kelly acted as scorer and Mutt
Fite as time-keeper. Miss Llewellyn
Wilburn and Miss Elizabeth Mitchell
refer eed.

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Browsing Corner
Has Latest from
Literary Circles

Those volumes which are grouped
on either side of the fireplace in the
main reading room of the library, and
which are known as the "seven-day"
books, form a varied and interesting
collection. They constitute what
might be called the "browsing" cor-
ner of the library. Ten long shelves
may be expected to hold a number of
books, yet the variety of types and
subjects included is surprising even
in such a large space.

The collection, comprised of books
published principally after 1930, is
increased constantly through the addi-
tion of new publications. It includes
literature of all countries. There are
American, English, French, German,
Italian, Spanish, and Russian authors,
many of the foreign ones in their own
language.

Among the novels there are such
recent favorites as George Santayana's
Last Puritan, Mary Ellen Chase's Silas
Crockett, and Thornton Wilder's
Heaven's My Destination. In the
drama there are collections of new
plays, new editions of the old ones,
and some collections of special inter-
est, such as the two editions of Caro-
lina Folk plays. Among the poetry
are English and American anthologies,
collections of Elinor Wylie, Emily
Dickinson, Robert Frost, W. B. Yeats
and Padraic Colum. Biography has a
wide range in this collection, includ-
ing Savonarola and Michelangelo, Louis
Pasteur and Samuel Pepys, Abraham
Lincoln and King George V, Adolf
Hitler and Mahatma Gandhi.

Among the letters there are those
of Coleridge, Austen, Byron, Carlyle,
and Galsworthy; while there are his-
tories of Rome and Sweden, of the
Anglo-Saxons and the Stuarts. The
books on art include histories of the
sculpture and paintings of different
countries, histories of music, and the
story of such men as Beethoven and
Gilbert and Sullivan.

In the scientific line there are his-
tories of science, stories of great scien-
tists, books on biology and astronomy.
In philosophy there are books on Plato
and Spinoza, and books of modern
philosophy. The student of econom-
ics finds books on Soviet Russia, his-
tories of capitalism, and books on the
depression and recovery in America.
One interested in education finds
books on vocations, on the relation of
college to life and on the education
of the negro.

There are also many miscellaneous
books, books of criticism, books on
correct speech, books on printing,
books on the history of costume, books
on book collecting in short, books
on every subject that could interest
a reader.

Society News

Phi Beta Kappa to
Be Announced Later

Announcement of Phi Beta
Kappa, scheduled to take place last
Saturday morning, has been post-
poned until Friday, January 29.
The speaker is unable to come be-
fore then.

Those who attended the buffet sup-
per at the Pi. K. A. house Sunday night
were: Mette "Williamson, Strat Sloan,
Lib Galbreath, Callie Carmichael,
Mary Hollingsworth, Julia Porter, and
Mary Ellen Whetsell.

Estelle Cuddy and Hayden San-
ford attended the K. A. dance Sat-
urday night.

Francina Bass, of Gadsden, Ala.,
and Shorter College, visited Marjorie
Pressly Friday and Saturday.

Isabel Richardson attended a Theta
Kappa Psi dance at Emory Saturday
night.

Marisue Olliver of Athens visited
Frances Steele Friday; Sarah Lee's sis-
ter and friend visited her this week-
end.

Tommy Ruth Blackmon, Martha
Peek Brown, and Martha Alice Green
spent the week-end in Monticello,
Ga., with Ola Kelly; Annette and
Marian Franklin went to Swaines-
borough, Ga., to attend the wedding
of Marian's sister, and Geraldine
Wisenbaker, ex-'3 8, spent Friday
night with Ruth Tate.

Those who went home for the
week-end were: Enid Middleton to
Birmingham, Ala.; Selma Steinbach to
Carrollton, Ga.; Sara Gray to Colum-
bus, Ga.; Annette Williams to Law-
renceville, Ga.; Judith Gracey to
Augusta, Ga., and Helen Friedlander,
Kay Jones, and Jane Carithers to
Winder, Ga.

Alumnae Groups
Send in Reports
Of Recent Events

Martini Thrills
A.S.C. Cousins

Shirley. Laura Winston Steele
Are Summoned From Box-
By Singer

Girls May Take
"The Upper Room"

The use of complimentary copies
of "The Upper Room," a book of in-
spirational daily readings and devo-
tionals, given by Y. W. C. A. to the
students in Rebekah Scott dormitory,
has brought numerous requests con-
cerning subscriptions to this quarter-
ly issue. Below is printed a coupon
to be filled in and handed in with
the money (.0 5 a copy, $ .20 a
year) to Winifred Kellcrsberger, Y.
W. C. A. worship chairman.

The Upper Room

Name

Home address (if desired
during summer)

Number of copies desired

Halls of the buildings at the Col-
lege of Mount St. Joseph on the Ohio
are now equipped with ink filling sta-
tions. A penny in the slot will release
ink for a fountain pen filling.

Waiting lines at registration have
now been completely abolished at the
University of Florida. Under the new
plan, students will be allowed to reg-
ister at any time throughout a period
of two weeks.

The various Agnes Scott clubs scat-
tered over the United States report
many different activities, both in their
own interests and those of the Alum-
nae Association. Most of the reports,
however, come from the southern
clubs.

The Atlanta club added to the fur-
niture of the Alumnae House a new
love seat and lamp for the living
room. It also gave a shower to replen-
ish the linen closet.

The Decatur club sponsored the
Colonial Relics exhibit in Buttrick,
during Alumnae Week-End last
spring. During this same week-end,
it was in charge of the party for alum-
nae children. This club also contrib-
uted to the linen supply.

The Charlotte, N. C, club was in-
strumental in bringing thirteen high
school girls to May Day last spring.
The Chattanooga, Tennessee, club did
the same for two high school seniors,
one of whom is now at Agnes Scott
as a freshman.

The clubs in New Orleans, La., and
Jacksonville, Fla., both made linen
contributions, and that in Tampa, Fla.,
promises to do the same.

(Condensed from the Alumnae
Quarterly, November, 193 6.)

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE

DECATUR, GA.

A college for women that is widely recog-
nized for its standards of work and for the
interesting character of its student activities

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

Madge York, '3 3 has a job as sec-
retary to Dr. Homer McMillan, who
is head of the Home Missions depart-
ment of the Southern Presbyterian
church.

Dot (Cassel) Frazcr, '34, is now
in Washington, doing research work
in a laboratory.

Dot (Dickson) Ripley, '34, an-
nounces the birth of a daughter, Dor-
othy Ann.

Polly Gordon, '34, spent part of
October in Bermuda and the West
Indies.

Marguerite Manget, '34, was mar-
ried to Richard Warr, of Ncwnan,
on November 2 8.

Louise Savior, ex-'34, was recently
married to Robert Pate Turner, of
New York.

Jennie Champion, '3 5, is taking
a technician course at Emory uni-
versity.

Virginia (Cheshire) Laugan, ex-'36,
announces the birth of a son at her
home in Cairo, Illinois.

It von were at the concert last
Friday night, perhaps you wondered
why Mr. Nino Martini kept looking
upward toward the left of the stage
and seemed to be singing all his songs
to one box. Some of the people on
this occasion, such as the occupants
of the box themselves, thought that
perhaps all great singers sang best
with their heads in that position, but
other more curious people examined
the box carefully through their lorg-
nettes and came to other conclusions.
Which conclusions were confirmed
when an usher suddenly appeared in
the box at the close of the first part
of the program, said a few words to
the occupants who promptly arose
with visible signs of flustration and
followed him out.

The occupants were none other than
Shirley and Laura Winston Steele, and
from here on the story, according to
these young Agnes Scotters, seems a
little confused. All that Shirlev re-
members is that Mr. Martini really
asked them to come see him in his
dressing room (and she has his auto-
graph to prove it). And Laura Win-
ston tells us how the singer, when
asked if he ever got stage-struck,
shrugged his shoulders in a very Ital-
ian manner and said, "Sometimes,"
and how he smiled when he told them
about his "slight toothache," and how
they had to run to get back to their
seats before the curtain went up again.

To these novices, Atlanta concerts
have proved an unexpected thrill.
"And we're looking forward to an-
other," they added, "even though you
have to ride a street car to get there,
which wouldn't be so bad if there
weren't so many limousines around
when you went to get off."

Ode

Sheets turned about, or tied in knots
Midnight meetings, diabolical plots
The clash of pans this is the manner
Of a night's entertainment for Miss
Alice Hannah.

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AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1937

NO. 11

Mr. Davis Is Speaker
For Phi Beta Kappa
Announcement Chapel

Educational Board Secretary Is
Important in Restoration
Of Williamsburg

Mr. Jackson Davis, secretary of the
General Education Board, will speak
at the semi-annual announcement of
Phi Beta Kappa, which will take place
this Friday, January 29, in Gaines
chapel.

Mr. Davis, who is largely responsi-
ble for the restoration in Williams-
burg, is closely connected with the
College of William and Mary in that
city. It is especially fitting that Mr.
Davis be speaker at this service since
the College of William and Mary is
considered the originator of Phi Beta
Kappa.

The Phi Beta Kappa announcement,
which was previously scheduled for
Saturday, January 16, had to be post-
poned because Mr. Davis was unable
:o be present at that time.

Watson Heads
Senior Issue
Of Agonistic

Junior, Sophomore, and Fresh-
man Editions to Appear in
Next Four Weeks

Witness to Tell
Of War in Spain

A native of Madrid and an eye-wit-
ness of the outbreak of the Spanish re-
bellion, Dr. Homero Seris will lecture
at Agnes Scott February 9 on his im-
pressions of the struggle, which is
still raging in his country. Dr. Seris
is the secretary of a Spanish school for
graduate study and a former profes-
sor at the University of Illinois.

The International Relations club
and the Current History Forum are
sponsoring the visit of Dr. Seris, who
has been lecturing at various Amer-
ican colleges since his arrival in the
United States this winter. The speak-
er was in Madrid when the civil war
broke out and remained there until
November 16, when he escaped
through the fighting lines and fled
*o Barcelona, where he embarked for
America.

Dr. Seris was secretary of the Span-
ish National Research Bureau, owned
and sponsored by the government for
graduate study, both for Spanish stu-
dents and for those of other nations.
In connection with his work with this
organization, Dr. Seris had under his
supervision all the exchange students.

Tickets for the lecture will be
twenty-five cents.

Mortar Board Has
Freshman Parties

Mortar Board is entertaining the
boarding members of the freshman
class at parties in the Murphey Cand-
ler building from January 26th
through January 29th. Each night two
members act as hostesses to twenty-
five freshmen and boys from the vari-
ous colleges in Atlanta and Decatur.

The following alumnae members of
Mortar Board are chaperoning each
night: Carrie Phinney Latimer, Ruby
Hutton, Frances McCalla, Mary Mc-
Donald, Margaret Bell, Lulu Ames,
and Alberta Palmour.

K. Jones Business Manager

With Margaret Watson as edi-
tor, and Kitty Jones, business
manager, the senior edition of
the Agonistic will appear next
Wednesday as the first paper

published in the annual Agonistic
class contest. The junior, sophomore,
and freshman editions will appear on
the following Wednesdays.

Five judges, one of whom is Assist-
ant Professor Annie May Christie,
teacher of journalism at Agnes Scott,
will rate the papers to determine the
winner of the cup. They will judge
them on such points as news, make-up,
features, and editorials, considering
the business management in their es-
timates. Last year, the class of '3 8
won the cup for the best paper, edited
by Hortense Jones and Frances Robin-
son.

The elected members of the regular
staff arc ineligible to work on their
class editions; however, they may give
instruction and advice concerning
news problems and financial difficul-
ties.

The senior staff includes, in addi-
tion to the editor and business man-
ager, Julia Thing, assistant editor;
Jean Kirkpatrick, club editor; Betty
Willis, alumnae; Lucile Dcnnison, cur-
rent history; Florence Lasseter, sport;
Alice Hannah, exchange; Elisabeth
Espy, feature; Frances Wilson and
Alice Taylor, society; Mary Jane Ti-
gert and Kitty Printup, make-up edi-
tors; and Brooks Spivey, book editor.
The regular staff will be in charge of
circulation.

Dr. Lacy Finishes
Series of Talks

After completing his week of in-
spirational addresses and personal con-
ferences during religious emphasis
week, Dr. Benjamin R. Lacy left Ag-
nes Scott College Saturday afternoon,
January 23.

Dr. Lacy's five chapel addresses
each morning from January 19-23 cov-
ered the following topics, in order of
their presentation: the perfect presen-
tation of ourselves to God, our own
condition as sinners, the remedy of sin
in the form of the cross, immortality,
the resurrection and our living of
Christ.

Miss Carrie Scandrett summarized
these addresses at Vespers last Sunday
evening.

During his visit here, Dr. Lacy was
entertained at a tea in his honor on
Tuesday, Jancary 19, in the Murphey
Candler building, at several meals in
the dormitories and the Tea House,
and at a luncheon given by Mrs.
Gaines.

To conclude his series of evening
services at the Central Presbyterian
Church in Atlanta, Dr. Lacy preached
there last Sunday.

Mrs. Dieckmann is Winner Again

Of Award for Best Criticism

VOL. XXII

Junior Class
Begins Plans
For Carnival

Colorful Floats To Carry Out
Theme of Advertising
At Mardi Gras

Festival To End With Ball

Featuring a queen, a king, and
gay floats, the traditional Mardi
Gras will reign supreme at Ag-
nes Scott during the festive sea-
son beginning Tuesday, Febru-
ary 2, and climaxing in a colorful cos-
tume ball on the night of February 6.
Sponsored by the junior class and
headed by Chairman Jean Chalmers,
Mardi Gras will center around the
general theme of advertising.

The activities will begin with the
presentation Tuesday night of skits in-
troducing the class kings, who will be
nominated at secret meetings as can-
didates for the high position of King
of Mardi Gras. The committee has
also requested the faculty to nominate
a potential monarch. Students will
vote on that evening and the evening
following, each vote costing a penny.
The King will then choose a Queen,
whose identity he conceals until the
night of the ball, which will be held
in the Murphey Candler building. A
float parade will accompany the ball,
one float being entered by each or-
ganization, bringing the Mardi Gras
season to a brilliant close.

At the masked costume ball, which
will feature an entertaining floor
show, tables may be reserved for five
cents per person; drinks and refresh-
ments will also be available.

Committees for Mardi Gras arc:
Decorations Virginia Watson, chair-
man, Mary Anne Kernan, Margaret
Lipscomb, Alice Reins, Martha Peek
Brown; publicity Ellen Little, chair-
man, Giddy Erwin, Frances Castle-
berry, Winifred Kcllersberger, Jean
Barry Adams; program Elizabeth
Blackshear, chairman, Elsie West,
Tommy Ruth Blackmon, Elizabeth
Skinner, Nell Hemphill; floats
Jeanne Matthews, chairman, Julia Tel-
ford, Lettie McKay, Gwendolyn Mc-
Kee; refreshments Mildred Davis,
chairman, Margaret Douglas, Anne
Thompson, Grace Tazewell, Marv Nell
Tribblc; tables and ushers Margaret
Morrison, chairman, Lydia Whitner,
Martha Long, Mary McCann Hudson.

Mardi Gras, which has long been a
tradition of Agnes Scott, was discon-
tinued in 1934, but was revived last
year by the senior class. Lib Forman
and Lavinia Scott were king and queen,
an honor which was also accorded
them in 1 93 3, when they were fresh-
men. Last year the theme was popu-
lar songs, with the language clubs'
depiction of Lazy Bones winning.

N.M. Gilroy Represents
A.S.C. at Scientific Meet

Nellie Margaret Gilroy will repre-
sent Agnes Scott at a scientific con-
vention held in the Baptist Tabernacle
on February 3; she will speak on so-
cial hygiene from the student's point
of view. Another speaker will be a
student from Emory University.

New furnishings, including a table,
lamps, and vases, have recently been
added to the main floor of the Mur-
phey Candler building. A massive,
rough, oak table, several table lamps,
and vases for the mantel were secured
last week through the aid of the alum-
nae advisorv committee; and smaller
tables and floor .lamps are to be added
soon. All equipment in the building
has been installed with the supervision
and advice of this committee and con-

K. Printup Will Play
Lead In Gay Comedy
Given After Banquet

Blackfriars' Club Will Present
Play About Man Hunt in
Girls' Dormitory

Kitty Printup will play the leading
role of Alex Benson in the three-act
comedy, Spring Dance, which Black-
friars will present February 13 in the
Bucher Scott gymnasium. The play
will follow the annual junior banquet.

Other members of the cast are:
Mary Past as Mildred; Marion Camp
ns Walter Beckett; Kay Kennedy as
Miss Rishie; George Downing as John
Hatton; Tom Wesley as Lippincot;
John Wilson as Buck Buchanan; Eliza-
beth Cousins as Mady Piatt, Susan
Goodwyn as Frances Fenn; Lucille
Cairns as Kate McKim, and Jeanne
Flynt as Sally Prescott. Parts which
have not yet been cast are Doc Boyd
and Sam Thatcher. The men of the
play are from Atlanta, Emory, and Co-
lumbia Seminary.

Spring Dance is a light comedy
that ran for two months on Broadway
last summer. The scene is laid in a
girls' college. The hilarious plot cen-
ters around the schemes the girls de-
vise to help one of their number, Alex
Benson, get her man, namely one Sam
Thatcher, a college senior who is about
to leave on a two years' adventure
around the world.

Professor Visits
Savannah Meeting

Associate Professor Elizabeth Fuller
Jackson, of the history department,
visited in Savannah last week in her
capacity as regional director of the
South Atlantic section of the Amer-
ican Association of University Wom-
en. The purpose of her trip was to
perfect plans for the national conven-
tion of the Association to be held in
Savannah in March.

She conferred with Mrs. Lowry Ax-
ley, president of the Savannah branch,
and with Mrs. Ben Barnes, an alumna
of Agnes Scott, who is general man-
ager of the convention. Miss Jack-
son spoke Friday at a luncheon given
in her honor.

Dr. R. Sockman is
Speaker at Emory

Dr. Ralph W. Sockman, well-known
minister, religious educator, and au-
thor, was the inspirational leader of
the religious emphasis services at Em-
ory University last week. Dr. Sock-
man presented both a morning and
an evening series of addresses during
the week in the Glenn Memorial audi-
torium.

Others taking part in Emory's re-
ligious week were Dr. and Mrs. R. H.
Edwards, of Cornell University, who
carried on the personal counseling ac-
tivities of the program. Dr. N. C.
McPherson, Jr., delivered an address
Wednesday to those interested in the
ministry or any other phase of religion
as a life's work.

forms to the building's Jacobean archi-
tectural design.

The Y. W. C. A. has made arrange-
ments for draperies of the same mate-
rial used in the lobby to be hung in
its room on the main floor; and the
room formerly occupied by Poetry
club and B. O. Z. has been assigned
to the freshmen, who have turned
over to these two clubs their room in
the middle front balcony.

Dinner, Ball
Planned for
February 22

Martha Summers, Isabel McCain
Are George and Martha
Washington

Function Honors Founder

In powdered wigs and satin,
Isabel McCain and Martha Sum-
mers, as George and Martha
Washington, will lead the min-
uet which will climax the tradi-
tional celebration of Founder's Day on
Monday, February 22, in commemora-
tion of the birthday of George Wash-
ington Scott. George and Martha, as
well as other colonial celebrities were
nominated by the senior council and
approved by the class.

The fete will be marked by a holi-
day and a brilliant banquet to be held
in Bucher Scott gymnasium at six-
o'clock. Isabel McCain, as George
Washington, will preside at the ban-
quet, and will introduce other colonial
figures, to whose brief speeches the
sophomore class will respond with
songs. After the banquet, members of
the senior class will dance the tradi-
tional minuet.

Famous colonials who will appear
at the festivities are: Marie Stalker
as Paul Revere, Alice Hannah as Dan-
iel Boone, Lucile Dennison as LaFay-
ette, Lucile Barnett as Betsy Ross, Nel-
lie Margaret Gilroy as Patrick Henry,
Charline Fleece as Lord Cornwallis.

Ladies who will dance the colorful
minuet are: Martha Summers, Lucile
Barnett, Rachel Shamos, Mary Malone,
Frances Steele, Rachel Kennedy, Eloisa
Alexander, and Mary Lib Morrow.
Their partners will be Isabel McCain,
Lucile Dennison, Charline Fleece,
Marie Stalker, Julia Thing, Kathryn
Bowen Wall, Frances McDonald, and
Cornelia Christie.

Queen of May Day
To be Nominated

Nominations for the Agnes Scott
May queen will take place January 29
through February 2. According to the
rules for voting, each nomination
must be signed. All seniors who get
fifteen or more votes are to be nom-
inees for the queen.

The election will be held from Feb-
ruary 3 through February The girl
receiving the most votes will become
the queen, and the other nominees will
automatically be members of the May
Court.

Author Offers Prize
To College Students
For Best Book Review

Benjamin A. Javits, author of The
Common wealth of Industry, has of-
fered prizes totaling $750 to college
students who give the best answer to
the question: Is the plan set forth in
The Commonwealth of Industry a
sound American program as opposed
to Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin ideas,
or not? Answers must not exceed
5,000 words, and should be mailed to
Mr. Javits before March 15.

The awards, which will be made by
May 1, consist of one prize of $400,
one of $100, and ten of twenty-five
dollars each. Furthermore, one hun-
dred dollars worth of books will be
given to the college of the first prize
winner. The books, which must be
publications of either Harper and
Brothers or Macmillan Company, will
be chosen by the college librarian.

The judges will be Ordway Tead,
of Harper Brothers; Stuart Chase,
economist; and the author of the book.

For the second time, Mrs. C. W.
Dieckmann has won the prize offered
by Little, Brown, and Company, pub-
lishers of the Atlantic Monthly, for the
best review of their prize book of
the year. Mrs. Dieckmann reviewed
Winifred van Etten's / Am the Fox.

Each year the Atlantic Monthly
publishes a $10,000 novel and non-
fiction book. Old fides was the non-
fiction winner for 1936; last spring
the company offered a prize for the
best review of this book. Mrs. Dieck-

mann received first place in the con-
test. Since this contest proved so suc-
cessful, the company announced a sim-
ilar one last summer for / Am the
Fox, their best novel of 193 6. Mrs.
Dieckmann won first place again.

Mr. Di eckmann, professor of music
at Agnes Scott, has written an an-
them, a setting of Blest Are the Pure
in Heart, which is being printed now
by the Theodore Presser Company of
Philadelphia.

Committee Chooses New Table,

Lamps, for Activities Building

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STAFF

Kathryn B. Wall
Business Manager
Elizabeth Blackshear

Advertising Manager
Mary Lib Morrow
Frances Belford
Nell Hemphill

Circulation Managers
Frances Wilson

Current History
Pauline Moss

Society Editor
Jean Chalmers

Sports Editor
Cornelia Christie

Club Editor
Elizabeth Warden
Alumnae Editor

Mary

Y.W.C.A. is Vital Force on Campus:

Four G roups Do Valuable Work

Chairmen of Industrial, Music, Social Service, World Fellowship
Committees Lead Students in Spiritual, Recreational,
Cultural Activities

Blue'

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Laura Steele

Editor-in-Chief
Frances Cary

Associate Editor
Jane Guthrie
Hortense Jones
Mary McCann Hudson

Assistant Editors
June Matthews

Make-Up Editor
Ruth Hertzka

Assistant Make-Up
Nellie M. Gilroy

Feature Editor
Mary Frances Guthrie

Exchange Editor
Mildred Davis

If the Y. W. C. A., with its many thing from "Rhapsody
various activities, should be done away arias from the mighty Wagnerian op-
with on our campus, then, for most of

us, Agnes Scott just wouldn't be Ag-
nes Scott, for the work of this or- 1

There are two sections to the world

ganization has helped to give our col- fellowship department the world fel-

Book Editor

Editor, Associate Editor, Enid Middleton
King, Editorial Council

Op

en Forum Voting Calls
For Careful Deliberation

.ege an atmosphere that is peculiarly
hers. Indeed, Y. W. has come to be
such a vital part of student life here
at Agnes Scott that its membership
s as universal on the campus as is
membership in the Student Govern-
ment Association. In order to reach
its high ideal of helping the students
"to realize a full and creative life
through a growing knowledge of
God," Y. W., headed by Isabel McCain
and Betty Hollis, has planned a wide
and varied program of activities, the
;arrying out of which is made possible
by the various committees into which
the main organization is divided.

Student members of Y. W. C. A.
belong to one of the four leading
groups: industrial, music, social serv-
ice, or world fellowship. The first of
these, the industrial, has been formed
for those girls who are particularly in-
terested in studying at first hand the
industrial phase of life in present-day
America, and has as its object the fos-
tering of "better understanding be-
tween workers and students." This
committee seeks to realize this aim by
bringing to its bi-monthly meetings
leaders of the industrial world, who
discuss the labor situation and other
pertinent problems of the day, and by
visiting large factories and plants in
and around Atlanta. One of the most
interesting phases of their activities is
the frequent joint meetings with the
industrial girls of the Y. W. C. A. in
Atlanta. Martha Long is in charge of

If tomorrow in Open Forum you intend voting
one way or another on the questions facing the
student body, it would be well for you to remem-
ber :

That the policies which are determined in part
by your vote are not temporary and unimportant
things, but will concern you personally and will
affect the school and its activities now and for
years to come.

That the progress which you want to see Ag- j this^ group this year,
nes Scott make and her lack of which you criti-
cize so relentlessly in your bull-sessions can only
come through your united student effort.

That the questions settled tomorrow by your
vote concern the whole student body vitally, the
change in the date of school and class elections
affecting the choice of delegates from Student
Government and Y. W. to the important national
conventions in the spring, and the change in the
method of electing the heads of the publications
involving the democracy of student voting.

Black List to be Posted

Within INext Three Weeks

Three weeks from today the Black List will be
posted containing the names of those students
who have failed to make their second student
budget payment of five dollars and of those who
failed to make their first payment of ten dol-
lars. Only 108 students have made the second
payment, and 152, who have already paid ten dol-
lars, still owe the remaining five. As yet the
student treasurer has received only $509 of the
$1,300 expected; and unless the fee is paid be-
fore February 17, the Black List will contain 152
new names and 56 old names that appeared on
the November List, a total of 208. If this hap-
pens, almost half the student body will not re-
ceive annuals at the close of the year, can not
participate in class athletic contests or in May
Day, and can not belong to organizations receiv-
ing money from the budget.

Editors Need Cooperation

In Agonistic ( lass Contest

The music group, under the leader-
ship of Primrose Noble, is not only in
charge of the vesper choir and the
after-dinner sings on the steps of
Main, but also sponsors a music ap-
preciation group. Its members meet
every Sunday night after vespers in
Room 3 3 in Main, where the beautiful
phonograph and collection of records
given the college by the Carnegie Mu-
sic Foundation are kept. Each pro-
gram is built around a central theme,
such as the works of a particular com-
poser, or a certain type of musical
composition; all requests, however, are
gladly played. Each student is sure to
find her favorites in the files, for the
Carnegie collection contains every-

Tamiko Okamura
Talks on Japan

Tamiko Okamura, Agnes Scott's
Japanese student, spoke to the jour-
nalism class Tuesday and Wednesday,
January 19 and 20, on "The Spiritual
Background of Japan," and "The So-
cial Life of Japanese Students of To-
day."

Tami pointed out that the greatest
contribution that Christianity has
made to Japan is individualism. In
regard to the social life, she deplored
the demoralizing effect of moving
pictures on the Japanese youth; "Be-
cause of unchristian backgrounds,"
she said, "there are many suicides
among Japanese youth."

lowship committee and the mission in-
terest group. The former seeks through
its activities to sponsor the cause of
world peace, by having discussions
and speeches on the campus, and by
keeping Agnes Scott in touch with
other collegiate and national peace
movements. The mission interest
group, affiliated as it is with the Na-
tional Student Volunteer Union, is pri-
marily interested in determining the
conditions of missionary work in the
world today, carrying out its program
not only through the missionaries it
brings to the campus, but also through
its constant contact with the Agnes
Scott missionary, Miss Emily Winn,
whose work in Korea is made possible
by student pledges to Y. W. Mildred
Coit and Hibernia Hassell are the stu-
dent leaders of these groups.

The members of the social service
committee have been organized into
four groups. One section visits the
Scottish Rite hospital one afternoon a
week to entertain the crippled chil-
dren with stories and games. Another
group works with the Red Cross, and
they are planning as their main fea-
ture for this year a series of construc-
tive talks for those girls who are inter-
ested in this type of work. The Syrian
Chapel group is composed of girls who
work in the slum districts around the
state capitol. Some of the members of
this group visit in the homes in this
district on Sunday afternoons, and
plans are being considered to have oth-
ers work in the afternoons with the
Girls' club and the Young People's
League which have been formed at
the Chapel. Still other social service
members work with the Girl Reserves
in Atlanta and Decatur. Nellie Mar-
garet Gilroy, chairman of the entire
committee, has announced that the
group as a whole will meet once a
month to hear authoritative speakers
discuss various phases of social work.
Y. W. programs are presented in chapel
every Tuesday. The theme that has
been chosen for their programs this
year is "Christ, the Challenge."

Other committees of the Agnes
Scott Y. W. C. A. include the spirit-
ual life committee, headed by Wini-
fred Kellersbcrger, which conducts
morning watch and plans worship pro-
grams for various Y. W. services; the'
social committee, under Cary Wheel-
er, which plans the opening teas, the
annual St. Patrick's Day celebration,
and the traditional picnic for the
freshmen; and the publicity commit-
tee, with Douglas Lyle as chairman,
that keeps the students on this and
Other campuses aware of the activities
of our Y. W. C. A.

Student Movements

Work of LS.IL

By Brooks Spivey

The days when students automatically fell
into one of two classes the "greasy grinds" or
the "rah-rah" collegians seem well behind us.
To testify to a general student awareness of the
outside world is the existence of national student
organizations such as the American Student Un-
ion and the N. S. F. A. organizations which
presume as a basis for existence a national bond
of identical needs and aims between all students
and a necessity for mobilization to achieve these
ends.

Most spectacular of national student move-
ments is the American Student Union. The
growth of the American Student Union, formed
just one year ago by liberal students from all
over the country, has been amazing. Its liberal-
ism forms a unique basis of attraction for stu-
dents convinced of the need for student co-opera-
tion in social improvement.

The A. S. U. program is non-political and com-
prises four points: Student security, academic
freedom, peace, and student racial equality, and
aims at student organization as a means of mob-
ilized progression to student ideals and opposi-
tion to Fascistic regimentation of education.

The A. S. U. pledges itself to work for student
security and democracy in education by support-
ing extension of educational facilities, "schools,
not battleships/' and student aid programs such
as the American Youth Act, co-operative houses,
restaurants, and social s^cunty legislation*

The fight of the A. S. U. for academic freedom
points at trustee and Hearst suppression of in-
tellectual freedom for reactionary motives, de-
fends academic independence, urges labor and
progressive representation on Boards of Trus-
tees and dedicates itself to educational democ-
ratization.

Urging vehement student expression against
war, the A. S. U. opposes militarism in education,
and supports making R. O. T. C. optional. It at-
tempts to reveal the underlying causes of war
as economic, imperialistic, etc., and mobilizes
anti-war action in an annual student peace strike,
stressing the Oxford peace pledge against war.

Asserting that racial discrimination in educa-
tion denies democratic belief in tolerance and
equal opportunity, the A. S. U. opposes racial
quotas in colleges, Jim Crowism, economic dis-
crimination in funds spent for negro and white
schools, and segregation as applied to any min-
ority group.

Most colorful of the A. S. U.'s year's work
was the sponsorship of the student strike
against war which united, on April 22, 1936, ap-
proximately 500,000 students in an unprece-
dented peace rally. Cases of violated academic
freedom were also occasions for mobilized stu-
dent protest.

The fact that so many colleges in one year
have set up A. S. U. charters in spite of great
opposition at times, indicates a strong sentiment
in certain institutions that the A. S. U. offers
something unique to the student movement.

Statistics

B.O.Z. Will Have Reunion
\i V.S.C. Friday Night

For the next month the Agonistic will be pub-
lished by members of the four classes, who are
competing for the cup awarded annually to the
staff editing the best paper. Five judges, well-
known in journalism, will work independently to
evaluate the papers.

This contest, which has been conducted for the
past few years, has proved to be of value both
for discovering new talent in journalism and for
arousing elass spirit. Since those members of
the regular staff who hold elected positions are
not eligible to work on their class editions, there
will be no unfair advantages for some classes.
But the members of the regular staff will be
glad to help the new workers if they care to con-
sult with them; and the new workers will also be hostesses for the occ.is

BOZ, the creative writing club on
the campus, will have a reunion on
[Friday night. January 29, at 7 o'clock,
in the Y. W. C. A. room in Main.
Among those expected to be present
arc the presidents of the club for the
i past three years, Misses Virginia Pret-
tvman, Edith Merlin, and Elizabeth
I rpy. Other alumnae who will attend
arc: Misses Page Ackerman, Lulu
Ames, Lita Goss, Mildred Clark and
Mrs. Agnes McCoy.

Betty Mollis and Elisabeth Espv will

and V

lr-

appreciate the much-needed co-operation of their
own classes.

ginia Hill, Nell Hemphill, Jean Bailey
and June Matthews will read.

WOMEN
Should married women work? This
question, in a nation-wide survey, was
answered as follows:

Total Men

Yes 11.9'.

No 47.7 S3. 8

No, unless they

need it 34.6 3 1.4

Don't know 2.6 2.9

It they should not work, why not

They take jobs that otherwise

would be filled by men 36.2' I

Healthier children and happier
home life if women don't
work 20.8

Woman's place is in the home 3S.3

Woman's labor is cheap labor
that brings down the stand-
ard of living 6.9

Don't know 0.8

Fortune Quarterly Survey*

Women
18.3 9!
41.7

37.7
2.3

Work of N.S.F.A.

In 1925 the National Student Federation of
America was formed to "achieve a spirit of co-
operation among- students to give consideration
to questions affecting student interests." The
N. S. F. A. is most active in two fields interna-
tional relationship of students and situations on
individual campuses in which the N. S. F. A.
strongly favors liberally constructed student
government. Parallels between campus and non-
student struggles as in the American Student
Union attitude toward racial equality are not
emphasized except in peace work.

Co-operating- again with the A. S. U. and other
student groups, the N. S. F. A. works in the
American Youth Congress, which favors liberal
industrial and economic measures, and which
originated the American Youth Act for student
scecurity on a more adequate basis than the N.
Y. A.

The Federation, however, is unique in student
movements of America because of its interna-
tional connections. It is a member of the Inter-
national Conference of Students for the promo-
tion of international understanding. Planned
student tours and international debates are an
important N. S. F. A. activity. N. S. F. A. co-
operates also with the International Student
Service in providing for foreign exchange stu-
dents and especially German refugee students.

On the whole, N. S. F. A. and the more mili-
tant A. S. U. serve different purposes on the
campus the former being more applicable ta
betterment of student government and interna-
tional association, and the latter to student alli-
ance with the non-academic world in militant
work for a better social and economic order. It
is this difference in ultimate purpose that has
permitted the existence of the two organizations
side by side on many campuses.

THE AGONISTIC

: 3

Book Droppers Reveal Nerves
Prevalent Here, Says Archie

Voice of Hannah Descends on
Startled Vespers Attendants

The psychologists may classify em-
barrassment as a feeling, but to those
who unexpectedly find themselves in
an inexplanable predicament it be-
comes a definite emotion (physical re-
action and all the trimmings). For
instance, not much speculation is
necessary to conclude that Alice Han-
nah experienced quite an upheaval last
Thursday night when her vehement
crys for Marie Stalker, trailing from
Rebekah lobby into the cloistered
chapel, furnished rather strenuous
competition for Mr. Holt, who was at
the moment praying for voices from
on high to be heard. One wonders
whether or not Hannah includes her-
self in the "choir invisible."

Almost as embarrassing as this ex-
perience of a would-be member of the
angelic host was that which Brooks
Spivey underwent last summer, when
she would have welcomed any relief,
even if it had been membership in
the celestial group toward which Han-
nah was evidently aspiring. One can
well imagine the reaction of the Emily-
Posted and Marie Rosed Brooks when
she discovered that not only had she
mailed a get-well-quick card to a cer-

Julia Sewell Has
English Editions
Among New Books

A blue and gold leather edition of
Sir James Barrie's Complete Plays, a
red Morocco copy of Chaucer's Com-
plete Poems, and two small pale blue,
Yates Shepherd illustrated volumes of
A. A. Milne's When We Were Very
Yo&Mg and Nou> We Are S/.v, are
among the thirteen new books collect-
ed by Julia Sewell, who won the Rich-
ard DuBury prize last year. Having
bought all but two in London this
summer, Julia speaks of her books with
a caressing accent on "English edi-
tion." The two American copies are
Andersen's Fairy Tales and Swift's Gul-
lii er*S Travels.

Barrie, of the blue leather with gold,
has two other books in the group, Mar-
garet Qgilvy and a tiny leather Cour-
age. Barrie and Milne, however, are
the only writers honored by more than
one selection. There are a Milton's
Complete Poems, a Goldsmith's Poems
ami Plays, a Scott's Short Stories, a
Shelley's Selected Poe?ns, and in true
English manner a BoswelPs Life of
Johnson*

Answering the question of why she
didn't buy any modern works with
simply that she didn't want any, Julia
was enthusiastic about the selections
she has made and about the fact that
it was fun getting them.

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tain English professor who on very
good authority had undergone some
head operation (removing Hamlet,
perhaps), and who in reality was en-
joying splendid health, but that also
to make matters much worse, in her
excitement she had failed to include
the proper amount of postage, with
the result that the puzzled but
amused professor PAID to secure a
solicitous greeting concerning his ill-
ness when he had never felt better in
his whole life.

Club News

Bible Club
Bible club will meet on Monday aft-
ernoon, February 1, at 4:30, in the
Murphey Candler building. Miss
C'Lena McMullen, '34, will be the
guest speaker.

Spanish Club
The last meeting of the Spanish
club was held on Thursday afternoon,
January 21, in the Murphey Candler
building. Betty Lou Houck Smith
and Jane Clark rendered a musical
program; the members of the club
sang Spanish songs and played typical
Spanish games.

Blackfriars
Blackfriars will meet on Tuesday
night, February 2, at 7 o'clock in Miss
Gooch's studio. A play will be pre-
sented by Group 4.

Starvation Supper Nets
$30.82 For Peace Drive

The sum of $3 0.82 was contributed
by the students to the Emergency
Peace campaign as the result of a
"starvation supper" on Armistice Day.
This supper and contribution, under
the leadership of the Y. W. C. A., took
the place on the campus of a student
"strike" as an expression of the na-
tion-wide college plea for peace.

Sara Louise Hearon, Martha Prince,
and Louise Commander, all of Con-
verse College, visited Lucile Barnett,
Jean Kirkpatrick, and Helen Moses
this week-end.

Micky McKee's father was here last
week, and Mrs. Espy and Frances vis-
ited Elisabeth.

Those who went home for the week-
end were: Annette Williams to Law-
renceville, Ga.; Philis Johnson to El-
berton, Ga.; Lorraine Guinn to Duck-
town, Tenn.; Jane Carithers and Helen
Friedlander to Winder, Ga.; Jeanette
Carrol to East Point, Ga. ; Pauline
Moss to Royston, Ga.; Susan Good-
wyn to Newnan, Ga., and Martha
Johnson to Lithonia, Ga. Ola Kelly
went to Monroe to attend the wed-
ding of Miss Clara Knox Nunnally.
Annie Houston Newton spent the
week-end with Virginia Tumlin in
Cave Springs, Ga. Grace Tazewell
spent the week-end in Rome, Ga. Jane
Estes went to Athens, Ga. Rose
Northcross visited Mary Pitner at
the University of Tennessee; and Dot
Jester spent the week-end with Fran-
ces Balkom at the University of Geor-
gia. Dorothy Cabaniss and Marjorie
Scott went to Quadrille Wednesday
night; and Eloise Leonard and Mary
Lang Gill attended the formal dance
at the Psi Omega House Friday night.

Jane Guthrie, Myrl Chafin, and
Helen Ramsey went to the A.T.O.
House, and Mary Venetia Smith and
Charlotte Golden to the S. A. E. House
Friday night.

Among those present at the Forest
Hill medical dance Friday night were:
Mary Rogers, Rachel Kennedy, Sue
Bryan, Bee Merrill, Callie Carmichael,
Isabel Richardson, Mary Catherine
Matthews, Jane Moore Hamilton, and
Mary Gillespie.

(a la Don Marquis)
dear mehitibal:

everybody around here surely must
be nervous or something you have no
idea what excitement can be caused
and has been caused by nerves why
just the other night as i was crawling
up the stairs to third floor rebekah
what do you think i saw i saw our
own alice taylor lying in the middle
of the floor laughing so hard that
tears were running down her face and
all about her stood the senior basket
ball team with cornelia coleman and
they were all yelling like everything
at that hour 12 o'clock at night and
three proctors and the house president
stood there and gave them knocks
everytime they opened their mouths
they still kept on cheering

but if you had wanted to see a
teacher with nerves you should have
been in the zoology class right after
that chapel where just at the dramatic
moment of a train wreck described by
the speaker a psalm book fell off the
pulpit and made everybody including
this science teacher jump well in this

Greenhouse

Owed to Anon.

To colorfully change my name,
To some day sing a sweet refrain,
To sit upon my hair my aim,
Huh, well says Isabel McCain.

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"I hope that it will be finished be-
fore the members of the plant phys-
iology class have grandchildren." So
speaks Mr. Runyan when questioned
about Agnes Scott's slowly-developing
greenhouse.

When complete, this greenhouse will
be a real laboratory for plant study,
and will boast, in addition to its green-
ery, a fountain, several pools, and a
cement floor, and will provide a light-
er and better place for students to ex-
periment with plants. And even Mr.
Runyan sees a gleam of hope; the
work is almost ready for the glass now.

class after chapel it happened that
about three books were dropped by va-
rious students one right after the other
and there was a pause and then by ac-
cident of course there was three more
dropped and this teacher considering
herself a martyr to book droppers or
something stopped the lecture put her
hands on her hips and said well lets all
drop our books at the same time

this teacher wasn't the only one
with nerves that week either i heard
one of them say while i was nosing by
the door well class we will have that
yesterday and as i was wandering past
the american government class the oth-
er day i decided to go in as i am afraid
that my knowledge in that field is
pretty rusty so i crept in and hid by
the waste-paper basket and i heard the
teacher say now class when would the
presidential election be if november
came in on the first

well ive got to go down now and
speak to a friend of mine i was just
passing by and saw this typewriter and
thought id write you some of the news
that has been going around this college
in case you dont know what a college
is or what i am doing here i will ex-
plain to you later in a nether letter
this is some place to be in for news
people around here are so nervous
something is always happening take
care of yourself and dont get into any
difficulties with other cats because i
cant take the time to come help you
out this time

best regards to your kittens if you
havent drowned them yet,
archie

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THE AGONISTIC

Classes Plav
Close Games

Six Contestants
Seek Beck Aivard

Freshmen Down Junior Team;
Sophomores, Seniors
Fight To Tie

The junior- freshman basketball
game, which the freshmen won, 42-37,
held the spotlight for action Friday
night and was far superior to the sen-
ior-sophomore 16-16 tie. These two
games were the second of the season.

Both the senior team and the sopho-
more team suffer from a lack of for-
wards who can play easily together.
In spite of Jane Dryfoos' quick scor-
ing in the first quarter and Elizabeth
Williams' general basketball ability, the
sophomores just couldn't get started.
And the seniors, with only one bona
fide forward, wasted a lot of time
passing the ball in triangles. The sen-
iors, by the way, could use a little
help from their class. There was not
a single substitute available in case
one of the faithful six had been forced
to leave the game for fouls or a turned
ankle.

The junior-freshman game, however,
was a fight to the end. Both teams
are strong and unusually good, but the
freshmen had a double advantage of
having the larger players and of catch-
ing the juniors without one of their
first-string forwards, Anne Thompson.
Elizabeth Blackshear did a noble job
of scoring, however, making 26 of the
37 points, and Primrose Noble deserves
a flower for her performance. She
spent lunch hour learning the plays
so she could substitute for Anne and
then went in the game playing as fast
as the best of them. Her one free
shot couldn't have gone in the basket
mv more beautifully. The guards cer-
tainly held their own. Frances Robin-
son intercepted almost as many passes
as the freshmen threw, and Eliza King
and Bee Merrill did some tall chasing,
keeping the enemy away from the goal.

But the freshmen were too good
and finally won. They had trailed
the juniors 16-20 the first half, but
after keeping the score almost tied un-
til the very end, they put forward an
extra effort and dropped in some fast
goals the last few seconds of the game.
The freshmen have quite a few good
players, so substitutions were frequent.
Forwards Virginia Milner and Ruth
Slack continued their goal-making,
and Jean Williams lived up to her
reputation for spectacular playing.
Freshman guarding was also good,
though it could be a trifle less noisy
and rough. This freshman basketball
playing is just another example of the
class' outstanding athletic ability, for
they have already won a swimming
meet and have provided upperclassmen
with serious worries in hockey and
tennis.

Line-ups were:

Senior Sophomore

Cary R.F Purnell (4)

McCain (10) ^_L.F Williams (6)

Kneale (2) __C.F ___ Dryfoos (6)

McDonald C.G Cuddy

Stalker R.G Steele, Mary E.

Taylor (c) L.G Hamilton

total: 16. Total: 16.

Substitutions: McDonald (4), John-
son.

Junior Fresh tn an

Blackshear (26) RF Milner (8)

Coit (4) L.F__ Williams (22)

Noble (7) C.F Slack (10)

Merrill C.G _ Moffat

Robinson R.G Moses (c)

King L.G Heaslitt

Total: 37. Total: 42.

Substitutions: Carson, Forman,
Thompson, Eyles (2), Reins, Ware.

Miss Hi/aheth Mitchell was referee
and Miss Bee Miller the umpire.

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Competing with the Agnes Scott
candidates for the Beck Scholarship,
Nellie Margaret Gilroy and Lucile
Dennison, are Jimmy Tolbert and
Xorman Giles of Emory, and Robert
G. Stephens and Howard Brandon of
the University of Georgia. The schol-
arship, furnished by a fund left for
that purpose by the late Lewis Beck,
former Atanta merchant, provides a
maximum sum of two thousand dollars
annually for graduate study in any
American or foreign university ap-
proved by the board. The final deci-
sion, to be made within the next two
weeks, is based upon literary and schol-
astic ability and achievement, person-
ality and character, leadership and in-
terest in others, and physical vigor as
shown by interest in outdoor sports
or in other ways.

Jimmy Tolbert, former editor of the
Emory Wheel, is a member of Phi Beta
Kappa, D. V. S., O. D. K., Eta Sigma
Psi, the Players and A. T. O. He was
secretary of the Y. M. C. A., member
of the debate council, publicity agent
for the Glee Club, and represented the
graduate school on the Student Activi
ties Council. He is now teaching in
Tennessee.

The other Emory nominee, Norman
Giles, who has been a laboratory as-
sistant in biology for two years, is a
member of Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Sig-
ma Iota, Phi Sigma, A. E. U., the
Honor Council, and Kappa Alpha, and
is immediate past president of the At-
lanta Bird club.

Both of the candidates from the
University of Georgia are teaching
there now: Robert Stephens is an as-
sistant in history and Howard Bran-
don is an instructor in romance lan-
guages.

College Stands Lew
In Spelling Ability

In as much as the old spelling
bee is a thing of the past, it is fit-
ting and proper to employ this
medium to inform much befuddled
personages that Murphey is spelled
with an "ey," not "y," Dr. Lacy
without an "e," not "ey," and Re-
bekah Scott with a "kah," not a
"cca."

Reporters

Reporters include: Nell Allison,
Alice Cheeseman, Giddy Erwin, Nell
Hemphill, Carol Hale, Cora Kay
Hutchins, Sarah Johnson, Douglas
Lyle, Frances Lee, Regina Hurwitz,
Mia Sewell, Mary Willis, Mamie Lee
Ratliff, Selma Steinbach, Anne Pur-
nell, Marie Merritt, Alice Reins, Myrl
Chafin, Louise Young, Mary Frances
Kennedy, Henrietta Blackwell, Mary
Primrose Noble, Mary Reins, Evelyn
Baty, Eleanor Hutchens, Hazel So'o-
mon, V. J. Watkins, Mary Lou's;
Dobbs, Virginia Hill, Eloise McCall,
Louise Houghston, Mary Lang Gill,
Eugenia Williams, Grace Duggan, and
Jeannette Carroll.

Business assistants are: Rachel Ken-
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Jane Dryfoos, Jeanne Flynt.

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Miss Hanley Ends
Notes on Devices

Miss Edna Hanley, librarian, has
prepared the following article, which
will conclude her series of discussions
of the twelve printers' devices on the
wall of the library.

WILLIAM CAXTON

William Caxton, the first English
printer, established a press at West-
minster Abbey in 1477, where he
printed the Dictes and Sayings of the
Philosophers, which is the first dated
book printed in England. From this
time until his death in 1491 Caxton
was kept busy writing and printing.

His books have no title-page and
from 1487 onwards are usually
adorned with a curious device, consist-
ing of the letters W C separated by
a trade mark, with an elaborate bor-
der above and below.

JOHANNES ELZEVIR
The name of Elzevir has for more
than two centuries been a familiar
one to book collectors. These Dutch
printers of the seventeenth century
were able to associate their imprint
with publications of such distinctive
typographical excellence as to ensure
for the editions known as Elzevirs, a
prestige which has endured to the pres-
ent day. Their Greek and Hebrew im-
pressions are considered inferior to
those of the Aldi and Estiennes, but
their small editions in 12mo, 16mo
and 24mo, for elegance of design,
neatness, clearness and regularity of
type, and beauty of paper, cannot be
surpassed.

The device copied in the Library,
adopted by the Leiden Elzevirs in 1620,
consists of a tree, a fruitful vine and
a man alone, with a motto "Non so-
lus."

Recent Weddings
A mong Alumnae

Nell Pattillo, '5 5, was married, on
November 2 5, to Ernest Pope Kendall.
They are living at Emory University.

Madeline Race, '3 5, is studying at
Columbia toward her master's degree
in physical education.

Mildred Thompson, '5 5, was mar-
ried to Edgar L. Raven, Jr., on De-
cember 12. They are living in Con-
cord, Ga.

Margaret Kleiber, '32, was married
in June to Dr. Richard Lee Jackson,
of Newnan. He is assistant resident
surgeon at the Central Dispensary and 1
Emergency Hospital in Washington.

Virginia Petway, '32, has received
her doctor's degree, and is an interne
at Strong Memorial Hospital in Roch-
ester, N. Y.

Dee Robinson, '3 2, was married to
John R. Davis, of Dayton and Chat-
tanooga, on December 22. Her sister,
Frances, '3 8, was maid-of-honor.

Dot Seay spent part of last summer
at the University of North Carolina,
working on her M. A. in history.

Louise (Winslow) Taft announces
the birth of Joe, Jr., in Greenville,
N. C.

Katherine (Wright) Kren is work-
ing in the children's department of
the public library in New York.

Group Offers
Fellowships

Social Science Council Gives
Awards To Graduates
For One Year

Basketball Schedule

"Kaffe Kalas" is enjoyed every aft-
ernoon by the students and faculty of
Augusta College. Those funny words
mean rolls, rusks, and coffee on the
table. The spread is open to all stu-
dents, and the total cost is what you
put your hand on first when you reach
in your pocket.

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interesting character of its student activities

For further information, address
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ising students of the social sciences in
obtaining research training beginning
with the first year of graduate study,
the Social Science Research Council of-
fers for 1937-'3S a number of pre-
doctoral fellowships for graduate
study. Appointments will provide for
a stipend of $1,000 plus tuition and
an allowance for one round trip be-
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of study, which will be chosen bv the
committee, with consideration for the
candidate's preference.

These fellowships are open to men
and women, citizens of the United
States or Canada, who have received
the bachelor's degree or will obtain it
prior to July, 1937. They are not
open to graduate students of more
than one semester's standing. The
bases of selection will be full academic
and personal records of the candidates,
supporting letters from instructors
qualified to write of the applicant's
research promise, and written examina-
tions which will be offered through
the College Entrance Examination
Board during the third week in June,
1937.

Appointments will be for one year,
and requests for renewals will be con-
sidered on the basis of performance
during the first period of appointment.
The closing date for receipt ol the
applications is March 15, 193 7.

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VOL. XXII

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3. 1937

NO. 12

Skits Present
Class Rulers
Of Mardi Gras

Stalker, Kelly, Nickels, Williams
Will Contest for Throne
In Balloting

Floats Planned for Pageant

Accompanied by a wild burst of hil-
arity the four class kings for Mardi
Gras were presented to the college
community in amusing skits in chapel
last night. Marie Stalker, the senior
';ing, was presented the key of the
Royal Society of the Kings of Mardi
Gras with all the pomp and ceremony
of an academic procession. "Adven-
ture in Manhattan" introduced the
junior king, Ola Kelly, accompanied
by such well-known movie characters
as Theodora or the gorgeous hessy and
the magnificent brute. The identity
of the sophomore king, Amelia Nick-
els, was revealed in a third original
skit. The freshman took movies as a
theme again, as they presented their
king, Jean Williams, in an interpre-
tation of Romeo and Juliet.

From these kings the student body
will elect a King of Mardi Gras to
rule over the celebration Saturday
night in the gymnasium. Each vote
will cost a penny. Voting will con-
tinue until Thursday night.

Class chairmen were chosen in class
meetings last week. They are: Mary
Jane King, senior; Ann Worthy John-
son, junior; Jane Moore Hamilton,
sophomore, and Mickey Warren, fresh-
(CoiitnuteJ on page 4, coL 1)

Banquet in Gym
On Founder's Day

Reverting to a broken tradition the
annual Founder's Day banquet will be
held this year in the Bucher Scott
gymnasium instead of Rebekah Scott
dining hall. The traditional celebra-
tion will begin with a quarter hour
broadcast over WSB and will continue
through the banquet, coffee in the
Murphey Candler building, and the
colorful minuet to a formal dance in
the gymnasium given by the Cotillion
club. Senior day students will be
privileged to attend the gala event
this year.

Martha Summers, president of the
senior class, announces the following
changes among those taking part in
the festivities: Cornelia Christie will
appear as Lord Cornwallis and Julia
Thing as Benjamin Franklin. Alice
Taylor will be among the colonial gen-
tlemen in the minuet.

Phi Beta Kappa Sextet

Watson, Chalmers
Chosen Delegates

Margaret Watson, president of In-
ternational Relations Club, and Jean
Chalmers, secretary and treasurer,
have been elected to represent the
Agnes Scott club at the Southeastern
Conference of these clubs held in Au-
burn, Ala., February 19-20. Alabama
Polytechnic Institute will be host to
the conference which brings delegates
from eight states.

This conference is sponsored by the
C arnegie Endowment for Internation-
al Peace which sends several outstand-
ing speakers. Round table discussions
c:t international affairs are also fea-
tures of the program. The Agnes Scott
delegates have been asked to be chair-
men of one round table and to present
papers on the League of Nations and
the International Labor Organization.
Professor Philip Davidson, of the his-
tory department, will attend the con-
ference and serve as faculty chairman
of a discussion group.

Courtesy Atlanta Constitution.

Examining with interest the Phi Beta Kappa key to which they are now
entitled, are the newest members of the honorary society at Agnes Scott.

Front row: Frances Wilson, Rachel Shamos Mildred Tilly; back row:
Frances Cary, Lucile Dennison, and Isabel McCain.

Phi Beta Kappa
Elects Six Girls

Six members of the class of 193 7
were elected to Phi Beta Kappa at the
semi - annual announcement which
took place on Friday, January 29, in
Gaines chapel. They were Frances
Cary, Lucile Dennison, Isabel Mc-
Cain, Rachel Shamos, Mildred Tilly,
and Frances Wilson. They were initi-
ated at a banquet Saturday night, Jan-
uary 3 0.

Mr. Jackson Davis, associate direc-
tor of the Southern program of the
General Education Board with head-
quarters in Richmond, Va., made the
address and chose as his subject "The
History of Phi Beta Kappa and its In-
fluence." It was especially fitting
that Mr. Davis should be the speaker,
since he is now president of the Phi
Beta Kappa chapter at William and
Mary College, the parent institution
of the organization. Mr. Davis has
also helped in many ways in the resto-
ration of Williamsburg, Va., the home
of the College of William and Mary.
A good friend of Agnes Scott, Mr.
Davis has several times visited the col-
lege and has made recommendations
for grants to the college by the Gen-
eral Education Board.

The initiation dinner was held Sat-
urday evening at 6 o'clock in the An-
na Young Alumnae House. Among
the guests were Mr. Davis, Chancellor
S. V. Sanford, of the University of
Georgia; President H. W. Cox, of Em-
ory University; Dean Goodrich C.
White, Emory University; President
M. L. Brittain, of Georgia Tech; Pro-
fessor J. M. Richards, of Columbia
Seminary in Decatur; and members of
the Agnes Scott chapter of Phi Beta
Kappa which included alumnae.

Water Pageant
Takes Place
Thursday

Isabel McCain Is King

At "Feast of Lanterns"

A picturesque wedding celebration
of old Japan is the theme of the waiter
pageant, "A Feast of Lanterns," to be
presented Thursday night at 8:30 in
the gym. The story tells of the search
of a young Japanese king for a suit-
able bride and the elaborate wedding
of the king to the princess he finally
discovers.

Isabel McCain takes the part of the
king, and Tami Okamura is to be the
Japanese princess. The rest of the cast
includes: Mary Kneale, Marie Stalker,
Emma McMullen, Julia Thing, Doug-
las Lyle, Bee Merrill, Peek Brown, Ann
W. Johnson, Virginia Milner, Ann
Thompson, Jane M. Hamilton, and
Florence Lasseter as water carriers;
Ann Howell, Nell Hemphill, Barbara
Holland, and Lettie McKay as royal
messengers; Ola Kelly, Jeanne Math-
ews, Martha Zellner, Cary Wheeler,
and Jean Bailey as tumblers, and Jean
Chalmers, Nell Echols, Carolyn For-
man, Mary Ruth Murphey, and Mary
Vcnetia Smith, as divers.

The pageant is directed by Miss
Haynes, of the gym faculty, and Bee
Merrill, school swimming manager.

F i ve Se n i o rs Named
In College Who's Who
As Campus Leaders

Annual Founder's Day
Broadcast to Alumnae
Will Uv February 22

The Agnes Scott Founder's Day
Broadcast over WSB on February 22
from 6:00 to 6:15 p. m., C. S. T.,
will be the twelfth annual program
since the radio broadcast for the bene-
fit of alumnae was inaugurated by
Polly (Stone) Buck in 192S. Alum-
nae, individually and in widely scat-
tered groups, will hear messages from
Dr. ivicCain, Miss Hopkins, and Mr.
J. K. On.

Five Agnes Scott seniors are listed
in "Who's Who Among Students in
American Universities and Colleges."
Those chosen for their outstanding
qualities of leadership, scholarship and
character, are: Alice Hannah, presi-
dent of Student Government; Laura
Steele, editor of The Agonistic; Isabel
McCain, president of Y. W. C. A.;
Julia Thing, president of the Athletic
Association, and Barron Jackson, edi-
or of the Silhouette Only one per
cent of the student bod- is selected
for the book.

The directory is published each
year in March by H. Pet t us Randall
at University, Alabama. The students
who appear in it are picked by a com-
mittee at the college. On the Na-
tional Advisory Board are: Dr. George
Lang, national president of O. D. K.,
and Thomas Ncblctt, president of N.
S. F. A.

Four Seniors dominated to

Preside Over May Court

Professor Seris
Lectures Tuesday
On Spanish War

The advance ticket sale for the lec-
ture, Experiences in War Time Spain,
by Professor Homero Seris, will be held
Thursday morning in the lobby of
Buttrick from 9 until 12:30 o'clock.
Tickets will be twenty-five cents.
The lecture is sponsored by the Cur-
rent History Forum and will be given
on Tuesday evening at 8:30 in Gaines
chapel.

Professor Seris is coming to Agnes
Scott from Habana, Cuba, where he
spent the Christmas holidays with rela-
tives after he escaped from Madrid in
November. Before leaving Spain he
visited the government strongholds of
Valencia and Barcelona and became
convinced of the ultimate victory of
the Loyalist forces. From his intimate
knowledge of people and conditions in
Spain, Professor Seris will be able to
give a most accurate picture of the
civil war.

This lecture tour is under the super-
vision of the Institute of International
Education in New York City. From
Agnes Scott Professor Seris will go to
the University of North Carolina to
lecture on Wednesday night, Febru-
ary 10.

While on the campus he will be en-
tertained by the Spanish Club at a
tea on Tuesday afternoon. The Cur-
rent History Forum council will give
a luncheon on Tuesday, and Assistant
Professor Melissa Cilley, of the Span-
ish department, will be hostess at a
dinner for Mr. Seris Tuesday night in
the Anna Young Alumnae House.

Dennison, Malone, Steele, Wil-
son Chosen as Candidates
for Majesty

Voting To Be This Week

Lucile Dennison, Mary Malone,
Frances Steele, and Frances Wilson
were nominated for May Queen by
the student body in the voting held
last week from January 2 8 through
February 1. From these four seniors
the students will elect a queen to pre-
side over the annual May Day pag-
eant; the other three will automatical-
ly be members of her court.

Voting for the election of the
queen will begin the last of this week,
announces Eloisa Alexander, chairman
of the May Day Committee. Boxes
for voting will be placed in the dor-
mitories and the Murphey Candler
building. Underclassmen in the May
Court will be chosen by the May Day
Committee from popular nominations
to be made later.

An adaptation of Milton's Comns
provides the scenario for May Day this
year.

Annual Banquet
For Junior Class
On February 13

Citizenship Group
Meets at Emory

The Emory Institute of Citizenship
will hold its tenth annual session Feb-
ruary 8-11 on the Emory campus. The
program will feature round table dis-
cussions and speakers prominent in the
fields of history and social science.

Dr. Raymond Leslie Buell, president
of the Foreign Policy Association and
editor of several books on modern Eu-
ropean affairs, will speak on "Europe's
Crisis the Danger to America." Dr.
Edward S. Corwin, McCormick Pro-
fessor of Jurisprudence at Princeton,
will discuss the problems of the Su-
preme Court. He is the author of
Twilight of the Supreme Court.

Dr. Rupert Vance, of the Univer-
sity of North Carolina, will lead a
round table discussion on "Farm Ten-
ancy and the South." The round ta-
ble on foreign affairs will be led bv
Francis B. Sayre, a son-in-law of for-
mer President Wilson, at present of the
State Department in Washington.

President J. R. McCain and Asso-
ciate Professor Florence Smith, of the i the high school students of Atlanta

The annual banquet given by Mor-
tar Board honoring the members of the
junior class and their dates will be
held in Rebekah Scott dining hall on
Saturday night, February 13. Coffee
will be served in the lobby, and Black-
friar's play, Spring Dance, will be giv-
en in the Bucher Scott gymnasium to
complete the entertainment program.

Ola Kelly, chairman of the decora-
tions committee, has announced that
the color scheme will be red and white,
and that decorations will carry out the
Valentine motif. Bill Manly 's orches-
tra will play during the banquet.

Members of Mortar Board will serve
coffee immediately after dinner. In
the receiving line will be Fannie B.
Harris, president of Mortar Board,
Miss Hopkins, Dr. McCain, Eliza
King, president of the junior class,
Miss Harriette Haynes and Miss Ellen
Douglas Leyburn, faculty advisors of
the class.

One addition to the cast of Spring
Dance has been made. John Tillman,
an announcer at Station WSB, will
play the part of Sam Thatcher, the
hero.

College Entertains
High School Girls

The first of the series of parties for

history department, are on the Ad-
visory Board of the Institute. Com-
plete programs may be obtained from
Miss Smith or Mr. Stukes' office.

Faculty and Students
Subscribe to Red Cross

A total of S 3 0 vS 16 was contributed
to the college Red Cross flood relief
fund by faculty and students last
week. The faculty subscribed $2 5 9.0 5;
the students, $3 8.50, and S 10.64 was
made up anonymously.

Professor S. G. Stukes, chairman of
the DeKalb county Red Cross organi-
zation, was in charge of campus con-
tributions. Professor Henry A. Rob-
inson helped in collecting. Over
S3, 000 was turned in from the county
at large to the DeKalb fund, Mr.
Stukes reported.

will be given Friday, February 5, at
4:30, honoring girls from Russell, Ful-
ton, and Avondale high schools. Next
Friday, February 12, students of
North Avenue Presbyterian School,
Washington Seminary, Druid Hills,
and North Fulton will be guests. The
third group to be entertained Friday,
February 19, will consist of students
from Girls' High, Decatur High, and
.Sacred Heart.

After a general tour of the campus,
the students will have dinner in Re-
bekah Scott dining hall and then
dance informally in the Murphey
Candler building until time for a
swim in the pool of Bucher Scott gym-
nasium.

Miss Alberta Palmour, alumnae
field secretary, is in charge of these
parties and will be helped by members
of the freshman class.

2

THE AGONISTIC

Agonistic

PUBLISHED WEEKLY

Owned and published by the students of Agnes Scott
College.

Entered as Second Class Matter at Decatur, Georgia.

Subscription price, $1.25 per year in advance.
Single copies, 5c.

1936 Member 1037

Plssocided Colleeide Press

Review of Recent Aldous Huxley
Book Reveals Philosophical Art

THE FLOOD DISASTER

By Luc le Dennison

Margaret Watson
Eli tor -in -Chief

Julia Thing

Assistant Editor

Kathryn Printup
Makc-U p Editor

Elisabeth Espy
Feature Editor

Alice Hannah
Exchange Editor

Brooks Spivey
Eook Editor

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Current Histor\

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MERS.

: M. Willis, Stalker.

FREE EXAMINATION BOOKS
WOULD BENEFIT STUDENTS

When the faculty said that free examination
books given out to the students in the examina-
tion room would reflect unfavorably on our hon-
or system, most students were surprised. Their
surprise reflects favorably on the student body ;
to most of us, free examination books mean the
elimination of some expense, of the bother of
getting the books, keeping up with them, and
having enough on hand during the examination.
Ii' we do not have to bring our own books into
the examination room it will be practically im-
possible to bring prepared notes along; there is
the souvc? of the faculty comment, and most of
the students never even thought of that !

The primary concern of the students has been
the expense. Other colleges and high schools
furnish these books free. Our students are will-
ing to pay what they cost, if necessary; but they
do not understand why the college should make
a profit on them.

Moreover, our honor system is not perfect;
some girls probably cheat. Those who do, do not
realize what that act involves; if they can be
prevented by something that will benefit the
whole student body we are all for it.

SCHOLARSHIP AID QUESTION
CLARIFIED BY DR. McCAIN

A third statement about scholarships and the
obligations involved may be superfluous since we
have no new points to bring out, but we feel that
the subject will not suffer by repetition. The
terms of the scholarship contract signed by a
large percentage of the student body are quite
definite; in every case the college has fulfilled
it s peart of the contract. In those cases where the
student has flagrantly disregarded her obliga-
tions, Dr. McCain is perfectly right and justified
in withdrawing scholarship aid.

In his talk in chapel on last Wednesday, he
emphasized the fact that all students are equally
bound by the regulations of student government
and that the possession of a scholarship should
not affect the penalty imposed by the executive
committee. Both he and Alice Hannah, in her
talk on Saturday, placed the full responsibility
for the control of scholarships on the president.
The administration regards the scholarship girls
as a picked group and expects them to show, in
all phases of college life, those qualities which
brought them their scholarships.

No thoughtful student can fail to understand
and appreciate the attitude of Dr. McCain and
the administration. All of us realize that schol-
arships constitute a major problem on the cam
pus and agree with Dr. McCain that immediate

reform la necessary. We students think that too
much scholarship aid is given to girls who need
no financial help and whose marks do not justify
G "scholarship". We were glad to hear Dr. Mc-
Cain say that the number of scholarships is to be
reduced; it seems to us that the problem involved
will disappear when scholarships are given to
girls whose need and merit bring appreciation
of the college's generosity.

Eyeless in Gaza, by Aldous Huxley, , man-made institutions and

Harper Brothers, 1936, $2.50.

Aldous Huxley's newest novel. Eye-
less in Gaza, follows in the Huxley
.raditicn of unfailing brilliance. It is
a book remarkable for the precise
beauty of its prose, for the depth and
clarity of its philosophical background,
and for the sensual naturalism of its
love element.

The story of the novel concerns
people, who, like all their contem-
poraries, are "eyeless" in a world of
glaring foibles and errors. Through
their blindness Huxley portrays by
contrast the world as he sees it with
its superficialities, its falsified emo-
tions, its outworn institutions. Spark-
ling wit, sage observations, bold out-
line, and clear detail combine to pro-
duce a devastating satire on a life
which we accept through custom
rather than reason. The "blind" char-
acters, through whom the folly of an
over-institutionalized world is uncon-
sciously revealed, are led by Anthony
Beavis, a prominent sociologist, whose
ife has been an unending attempt to
live rationally, ignoring irrational
conventions and institutions and em-
phasizing the "free life." Opposite
Anthony is Helen, a young girl of pas-
sionate sensitivity, whose life has been
bitter disillusionment until she meets
the Communist, whose idealistic devo-
:icn to his cause gives integrated pur-
pose to her life. With unfailing clar-
ity and decisiveness, these characters
and many others are drawn for the
reader and skillfully analyzed in rela-
tion to their environment, heredity
and philosophies.

Through the writing of Anthony
Beavis in his diary his intellectual de-
velopment and interests are shown. As
a sociologist he discusses personal
freedom and reaches the conclusion
after brilliant analysis that man is in-
evitably a slave either to nature or to

break away from one slavery is but
to commit oneself to another. In mid-
dle age Anthony's life becomes zeal-
ously motivated by an overwhelming
interest in and conviction of the mer-
its of pacifism; and short but extra-
ordinarily deep dissertations on pacif-
ism are interspersed throughout the
book. It is seldom that one finds a
more logical defense of pacifism than
this by Aldous Huxley. It sustains
interest while offering convincing j

The flood is no accident. The lingering hor-
rors of death, destruction, and disease which the
that to Ohio and Mississippi rivers pour over their banks
in swirling waters are distressing enough. But
the fact that this flood, the droughts of the Mid-
west, the famous dust storms, the growing
American deserts, the soil erosion, the decreas-
ing fertility of the soil are all inter-related parts
! of one tragedy this is awesome.

This, the worst flood in history, is not the re-
sult solely of an unusually long rainy period.
There was a flood in 1927. Only 18,000 square
miles were covered. Only $236,000,000 was lost.
And it was the worst flood up to that time. Be-

proof of the effectiveness of pacifism. fore a another flood had broken a lower record.

Floods were comparatively mild when the Indian

Mr. Huxley's naturalism in Eyeless
in Gaza is somewhat startling. Sev-
eral of the descriptive passages are al-
most revolting, while the lurid love
life of the characters is rather dis-
gustingly sensual sensual, one feels,
perhaps merely for the sake of sensual-
ism. One presumes, however, that
Mr. Huxley means to infer by his ex-
cessive use of such material that man
is inevitably tied to earth by phvsical
bends and that the body in disease,
lust, or pain is always inescapable even
to the most sensitively and spiritually
minded.

The unique design of the book in
which key dates in the lives and rela-
tionship of the characters are inter-
mingled non-consecutively, although
at first a little difficult to follow, is
quite fascinating and very useful in
showing different stages of the action
:n view of other stages, occurring lat-
:r or sooner.

Eyeless in Gaza is so unique, so bril-
liant, so beautifully written and so
challenging in its philosophy that it
makes exceptionally good reading. In
pite of its extreme sensuality and
ugliness in spots, it deserves to be
praised for its splendid argument for
and defense of pacifism in a war-
threatened world and as such is not
altogether insignificant in modern lit-
erature.

Campus
Opinion

We can think of no better place to
bring up the matter of additional
privileges for the seniors than the
senior edition of The Agonistic. After
all, what privileges does a senior have
that no one else has? It is true that
she can use lights at her discretion;
she can come into the dining room
late without asking permission; she
can talk over the telephone after
lights. However, when one really con-
siders these privileges they seem un-
important. There really should be
Some extra privilege to distinguish
this class which in a few months will
be out on its own.

We think it is about time the sen-
iors were allowed to .stay out with a
date unchaperoned until twelve
o'clock. They already have permis-
ion to stay up until twelve or after
so why not stay out until twelve with-
out having to scare up a chaperon at
the last minute? We wonder what dif-
ference being out one more hour with
a date makes?

Furthermore we think the seniors
ought to be allowed to chaperon fresh-
men. Of course this would not bene-
fit the seniors as much as it would the
freshmen, but it really would be help-
ful. If a freshman doesn't have a rela-
tive or some close friend in Atlanta
she is out of luck most of the time,
for of course you aren't supposed to
pick up just anybody as a chaperon,
and it is very rare when you can find
la chaperon on the campus. Then, of
' course, when you realize that in a few
months the seniors will be acceptable
chaperons it seems that it would be
wise to let them go on and practice up
BQ they can really do the job well.

Of course the statement that the
seniors need some distinguishing privi-
'ege is not the real reason for asking
for these privileges. There arc these
| and other good reasons for having
them and we wonder what are the ob-
jections?

A lumnae Weddings,
Honors Announced;
Alumnus Pays Visit

worshipped the Mississippi 300 years ago.

Then progress came. We cut down nine-tenths
of the trees and broke up the sod so as to let
more water run quicker to the river, eroding the
soil without absorbing. We made hats of beav-
ers, says Mr. Chase, and forgot about dams to
slow the river. We straightened its path so it
could run faster. W T e pumped the artesian wells,
dried the swamps. Without reservoirs, we let all
the rain go to the sea. So, in the summer we have
dust and drought.

In 1927 we realized we had gone too far. We
had disturbed a balance and set the pendulum
swinging from one extreme of flood to the other
extreme of drought. The Jadwin plan of ap-
proach was inaugurated. Former natural meth-
ods of easing overflow and storing surplus were
imitated in huge dams, like Boulder Dam and
Norris Dam, in locks and spillways. Boulder Dam
held off a flood and its reservoir prevented a
subsequent drought in 1935. Reforestation, toe,
is in the flood-prevention program.

The projects to prevent floods are too few and
too new to be effective in such a wide-spread
crisis as the present. But if work in preserva-
tion of our natural resources, so forcefully urged
by Stuart Chase in Rich Land, Poor Land, con-
tinues, there may be hope for progressively
smaller and better floods.

A NIGHT AT THE OPERA

Wynunee McCamy, ex-'3 7, was
married on January 17 to Marius An-
derson. The wedding took place at
Wynunee's home in Middlcboro, Ken-
tucky, and the young couple are hon-
eymoon in i? in Florida.

Announcement was recently made
of the engagement of Carolyn Cole,
'3 5, to Bruce Gregory of Jacksonville,
Florida. The date of the wedding has
not been set.

A'bert Swanton, one of Agnes
Scott's mythical alumni, visited the
campus on January 24. Mr. Swanton
is living in Birmingham, Alabama. He
expressed an earnest desire to attend
an Agnes Scott Alumnae meeting in
the near future.

Evangeline Papageorge, '2 8, became
Emory University's first woman fac-
ultv member to hold the doctor of
philosophy degree when she received
the degree from the University of
M chigan last week. After taking an
A B. from Agnes Scott, Miss Papa-
george was awarded an M.S. at Emory
n 1929, and has since worked toward
her doctorate at the University of Chi-
cago and the University of Michigan
during several summers and the 193 1-
193 2 session.

The Business Girl's Club of Atlanta
held its November meeting at Black's
Coffee Shop; Congressman Robert
Ramspeck was the speaker. Lillian
(Clement) Adams, '27, announced
plans tor a class m contemporary lit-
erature, which is being given on the
campus once a week by Miss Emma
May Laney. Twenty-five members

Among the few occasions upon which the
nearby metropolitan populace is favored with the
assembled loveliness of the campus contingent,
concert nights rank not the least. The college
is admittedly a center of cultural and academic
attainment but such recognition may become at
times rather highly accentuated, to the implied
neglect of the gentler feminine arts. As if to
vindicate itself of such an implication the stu-
dent body turns out en masse on concert nights,
stylishly gowned, charmingly mannered, grace-
fully girlish. Juliet caps bow to coronation feath-
ers; suave satin murmurs to demure chiffon;
lustrous velvet flows around rich brocade; and
jewelled bags wink at chaste pearls.

The poor citizenry of Decatur returning home
upon the plebian seats of unchartered street cars
must surely eye with astonishment this lovely
group, captivatingly clustered beneath the un-
derpass.

The street car conductor of the Agnes Scott
Special, be it painfully confessed, will be faced
with a different prospect. Just prior to and im-
mediately upon the point of his arrival there is
a periodic transformation among the gathered
goddesses. Smiling serenity becomes turbulent
turmoil as the aforesaid ambrosials suddenly de-
velop some amazing Amazonic instincts.

Once aboard, however, there is a quick return
to feminity, save by a few standing graces who
vent most unmaidenly sentiments in highly dis-
gruntled tones. Nevertheless, this minor un-
pleasantness is graciously ignored by the fortu-
nate majority, and soon disappears. Then the
virgin voices are sweetly lifted to the strains of
such mellow ballads as "The Man on the Flying
Trapeze", "The Prisoners Song" and other old
favorites. Thus tempus fugits until the car is
gliding smoothly among the peering pedestrians
of Peach tree. Its lighted interior, with the slight
assistance of compacts and lipsticks, reveals the
glowing loveliness of the campus coteries. And
they descend into the dazzled presence of the
mere rabble.

Having appreciated duly all features of the
evening's entertainment the fair damsels sally
forth to bless the motley throng with one last
burst of glory. They loll languidly about lamp
posts and pirouette daintily about the street
corner awaiting the arrival of their fairy coach.
Upon its appearance, however, they all become

are enrolled in the class.

Miss Carrie Scandrett, '24, and Al- Cmderellas on a midnight rush. The beseiged

berta Palmour, '3 5, visited the clubs conductors battle valiantly but vainly. The mob

cf August.!. Savannah. Waycross, cheers from the sidewalk. The faculty chaperons

Asheville, Charlotte. I lendcTsunvillc, fIutter frantically, and at last the precious cargo

Raleigh, and W.nston-S.ilem during ls saivi y aboard and transported from Vanity

November and December. Fair to the haven of its cloistered halls.

THE AGONISTIC

The social spotlight was focused on
the campus last week as Mortar Board
introduced the Freshmen boarders to
some hundred young men of the town
at a series of parties Tuesday, Wednes-
day, Thursday, and Friday evenings in
the Murphey Candler building.

Going off the campus we found
Barton Jackson, Marlise Torrance, and
Ruth Anderson Thursday night at the
Dental College's Delta Sigma Delta
dance. And Friday we saw Bee Mer-
rill, Judith Graccy, Caroline Carmi-
chael, Rachel Kennedy, and Sue Bryan
among the guests at No. 1 Fraternity
Row when the Emory Sigma Chis en-
tertained at a tea dance. Friday night
Jan Garber was the drawing card.
Agnes Scotters who heard him were
Jean Barry Adams, Tommy Ruth
Blackmon, Ola Kelly, Frances Steele,
Marlise Torrance, and Nancy Moorer
with her sister, Mary, who was a week-
end visitor here. Looking in on the
Saturday night dances we found at
Druid Hills Barton Jackson and Mary
Malone, and at the Emory Pi K A
house the following: Strat Sloan,
'Mette Williamson, Mary Hollings-
worth, Cary Wheeler, Caroline Carmi-
chael. Lib Galbreath, Marlise Torrance,
Ellender Johnson, and Mary Catherine
Matthews.

Another popular entertainment that
night was the Junior League Follies,
which attracted Jane Dryfoos, Helen
Moses, Judith Gracey. Saturday, too,
found the Inman seniors entertaining
Mary Buchholz at a surprise birthday
dinner at the Ship Ahoy.

Still further from Decatur were
many Agnes Scotters this week-end.
Flcanor Lewis went to Tallahassee;
Lois and Bee Sexton went home to
Bessemer City, N. C, with Eloise
Donkle and Laura Coit as their
guests; Jean and Lib Williams went
to their home in Hickory, N. C;
Marv Ellen Whetsell, Adelaide Ben-
son, and Julia Porter to Converse;
Miriam Sanders, Betty Ann Stewart,
and Catherine Ivie to Greenville, S.
C; Tommy Ruth Blackmon and
Martha Peek Brown to the latter's
home in Cartcrsville, Ga.; Sara Gray
to Columbus, Jane Moore Hamilton
to Dalton, Sue Bryan to Reynolds,
Ga.; and Mary Willis as usual
home to Augusta.

Returning to the campus we found
Frances Steele having as a visitor John
Marshall Green from the University
of Florida, and Mary Smith entertain-
ing an out-of-towner whose name she
refuses to reveal. While Aileen Short-
le / went to Sewanee for the dances
this week-end, Frances Belford's broth-
er came visiting from there. No lon-
ger on the campus is Micky McKee,
whose parents moved to Decatur. Al-
ways with us, though, are those un-
fortunates (you supply the names)
who are campused.

Blackfriars
In Man-hunt
For Plav Cast

To Keep Straight

Each Campus Date

"Bun, I think maybe he's coming."

"Who,"

"Sam."

"So the oaf has finally condescended
to appear, has he?"
"I think he has."

"A major triumph, to say the least."

"My dear, I tell you, the male is
changing!"

"My Aunt Julia used to say, 'For
what are big men, after all, but only
little boys grow tall?"

"I tell you they're different now!
In just this last year there's been a
complete metamorphosis. 'Masterful
but manageable' was my ideal but
my dear! Here lately the little
things absolutely elude the grasp! One
of the things no girl should forget is
the nymph-like quality of the mod-
ern male."

Blackfriars members have expressed
the above sentiments in their new play,
Spring Dance, and about the play with
equal applicability. They hope the
juniors have not shared these difficul-
ties.

There were seven men to be gotten
for the cast; they were finally rounded
up from Emory, WSB, and the ever
faithful Old Guard. But for a long
time a real man to play Sam was as
elusive as Sam is to be.

Group Conferences
With Miss Osborne
To be Arranged

Those girls who wish to sign up
for an appointment with Miss Os-
borne, the charm expert, may do co
on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
Alice Taylor is in charge of arrange-
ments for Miss Osborne's visit which
will begin Monday, February 8.

The V. W. C. A., Cotillion Club,
Student Government, Athletic Asso-
ciation, Mortar Board, and the fresh-
man charm group are sponsoring the
appearance of this consultant on
charm.

Helpful criticism of clothes, hair
styles, and personality will be given
in private interviews by Miss Osborne.
A thirty-minute interview for six
girls will cost twenty-five cents.

Thursday, February 4

7:3 0 Pi Alpha Phi try-outs in
Gaines chapel

8:30 Swimming pageant, Feast of
the Lanterns, in the gym

Friday, February 5
4:30 Party for high school stu-
dents

7:3 0 Basketball games in the gym:
Seniors vs. Sophomores, Juniors vs.
Freshmen

Saturday, February 6

7:30 Mardi Gras in the gym
Monday, February 8

4:30 French club meeting in the
Murphey Candler building. Program
on Brittany in charge of Elise Seay

7:00 Chi Beta Phi Sigma initiates
new members

7:30 Dr. J. Sam Guy speaks to
members of Chi Beta Phi Sigma and
others who are interested

Tuesday, February 9
8:30 Professor Homero Seris lec-
tures in Gaines chapel on the Spanish
War

Chi Beta Phi Sigma

Adds Eleven Pledges

Eleven new members will be for-
mally initiated into Chi Beta Phi Sig-
ma, scientific sorority, on Monday
night, February 8, at 7 o'clock in the
Murphey Candler building. The pledges
are: Jean Austen, Regina Hurwitz,
Ann Worthy Johnson, Ola Kelly,
Elizabeth Kenney, Jeanne Matthews,
Frances Norman, Marjorie Scott,
Aileen Shortley, Elizabeth Skinner,
and Virginia Suttenfield.

Following the initiation ceremony,
an open meeting will be held at 7:30;
Dr. Samuel Guy, professor of chemis-
try at Emory, will speak. Dr. Guy
was instrumental in the formation of
the Agnes Scott chapter of Chi Beta
Phi Sigma in 1 933.

Freshmen Foibles Furnish Fun

For Those Time Has Taught

"The tumult and the shouting dies;

The family and the friends depart;

Still sad, the lonely freshman tries

To cheer us with unconscious art. yi
All of this "lest we forget" the be-
wildered beginner who timidly asked
if the Roman numerals I, II, III after
the dean's title in the signing out book
indicated respectively Misses Hopkins,
Scandrett and Bell. In the same book
another innocent calmly signed out
on the thirty-second day of the month,
while still a third wrote under the
church record a single affirmative.

Then there is the poor creature,
who, unable to enjoy her slumber for
the rowdy seniors next door ,and un-
able to complain because of what

might follow, gathered her bed clothes
like an Arab and silently stole down
the hall to the bathtub, where she was
fittingly discovered next morning by
one of her aforementioned neighbors.
Her roommate, upon having her date
announced one night by the maid,
tripped hastily over to Main, mounted
the broad front steps, rang the bell,
and was ushered into the parlor with
what she believed to be customary
ceremony.

And lastly, there is that patriotic
soul, who, when asked to pledge her
paper, wrote fervently: "I pledge my
allegiance to the flag of the U. S. and
to the republic for which it stands.
One nation indivisible, etc!"

"The Human Adventure"
To Be DeKalb Feature

Given the opportunity of voting for
a mythical all-star faculty of ten
members from all the history of the
world and from any field of knowl-
edge and work, faculty men and wom-
en of the University of Pennsylvania
selected: Dr. Albert Einstein, Socrates,
Plato, Aristotle, a Dr. Vinci, Shake-
speare, Galileo, Newton, Darwin and
Pasteur. Dr. Einstein is the only liv-
ing man included.

A Quiet Campaign has been
launched at Mt. Holyoke by the mem-
bers of Community Government.
Points of emphasis arc: Courtesy, con-
sideration of others who wish to sleep
or study; health, your own and oth-
ers' reaction to excessive noise; law,
passed because of the first two points.
Excessive commotion in the halls and
rooms after 10 o'clock is the main is-
sue in the Campaign.

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College students who endure the
dreary winter, thinking "What's the
use?" may find some hope in the per-
centage of United States Representa-
tives and Senators who attended col-
ege. Despite the fact that Henry
Ford and Abraham Lincoln and many
other notable Americans scaled the
heights of success without benefit of
college training, the cold fact is that
of the 441 national legislators who re-
cord their educational privileges in the
Congressional Directory, 3 58 attended
college. Thus it would seem from the
recorded facts that one's chances of
election to Congress are improved four
to one, if the aspirant is a college man
or woman. A. C. P.

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Pronouncing Proves
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But Perhaps Possible

In spite of my rough cough and hic-
cough, which had been with me
through the week, I fixed the dough
down for the rolls and brought enough
along with me in the brougham to
satisfy my doughty old uncle, who
ikes them so.

Though the drought makes the
fields dusty, where they plough, we
came by the lough because we like
to hear the breezes sough in the
bough of the tough elm trees along
the way. It was a slow drive for the
horse had cut his hough and was
lame. I was sorry I had bought such
an one and I ought not to have driven
him while the roads were so droughty.
(For pronunciation see page 4, col. 5.)

"The Human Adventure," a mo-
tion picture of the history of the
earth and mankind, will be shown at
the DeKalb Theatre Saturday morn-
ing, February 6, for the benefit of the
Fellowship Fund of the American As-
sociation of University Women.

The picture was produced under the
scientific direction of Dr. James H.
Breasted, historian, archaeologist, and
Director of the Oriental Institute of
the University of Chicago. It is a
panoramic review of the prehistoric
ages of earth and mankind.

The first showing of this picture
will be at 9 o'clock and the second at
10:3 0. Tickets may be obtained at the
ihcatre for twenty-five cents.

Citadel cadets bemoan the passing
of an old custom, the ''detail system,"
which has recently been abolished be-
cause such a system seemed to involve
hazing. Formerly a Freshman on en-
trance was "detailed" a Junior whom
he served for two years. The stu-
dents even the Freshmen are sorry
to see the system go out of existence,
for they maintain that discipline and
a sort of "learning the ropes" educa-
tion was as much a part of "detail-
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Freshmen and Sophomores, particu-
larly, are urged to try out for Pi Al-
pla Phi, the debating society, tomor-
row night in Gaines chapel. The club
is anxious to arrange a debate with the
freshman team of the University of
Florida and have Agnes Scott fresh-
men take part. Information about the
try-outs is posted on the back bulletin
board in Buttrick hall.

Jane Turner and Jean Austen have
been selected to debate a team from
Wesleyan College later in the spring.

Alumnae Member Is
Y. W. Vesper Speaker

Introducing a new series of Y. W.
C. A. vesper programs, Sara Catherine
(Wood) Marshall, '36, spoke last Sun-
day night, January 31. She discussed
the general outlines of Christ's chal-
lenge of world citizenship.

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THE AGONISTIC

Seniors Win First Victory

Over Undefeated Freshmen

The hitherto undefeated freshman
basketball team was conquered by the
seniors, 22 to 21, last Friday after-
noon in one of the most exciting
games of the season. The seniors, who
up to that time had no victories to
their credit, scored the one-point lead
in the last minute of play. Frances
Cary tossed the winning goal.

The freshmen showed their excel-
lent system of offensive guarding and
succeeded in intercepting many senior
passes. The closeness of the score
caused some wild playing and uninten-
tional fouls caught by strict referee-
ing.

The junior-sophomore game was
steadier, and less thrilling. The juniors
won by a score of 27 to 18. The zone
guarding technique of Estelle Cuddy,
sophomore, was outstanding and also
the work of her teammate, Jane Moore
Hamilton, who, however, was unable
to repeat her performance of last week
and hold her forward opponent score-
less.

Line-ups were:

Senior (22) Freshman (21)

Cary 4 R.F Stimpson

McCain 8 L.F___ ._ Milner J

Kneale 10 C.F Williams 14

Thing R.G Ware

McDonald L.G Moffett

Stalker C.G Moses

Substitutions: Freshmen, Reins,
Slack (2).

junior (27) Sophomore (18)
Noble 4 R.F Williams 6

Thompson 4 L.F Purnell 6

Blackshear 15 __CF Garner 6

Robinson - R.G Cuddy

King L.G Hamilton

Chalmers C.G Dryfoos

Substitutions: Juniors, Coit (4),
Allison, Castleberry; Sophomores,
Johnson, Flynt.

Referees, Miss Elizabeth Mitchell
and Miss Bee Miller; Scorer, Ola
Kelly; Timekeeper, Mutt Fite.

SKITS PRESENT CLASS

RULERS OF MARDI GRAS

(Continued from page 1, col. 1)
man. They will supervise all class ac-
tivities connected with the fete.

The theme for this year has been
changed from advertising, as was first
announced, to movies. In chapel last
Thursday Schnozzle Durante, Zasu
Puts, Greta Garbo, and Mae West an-
nounced their intention of attending
Mardi Gras.

The floats and programs will be
presented belore the kings and then-
chosen queens as they hold their royal
court in the palace of the gymn.Miim
decorated in accordance with the mo-
tion picture theme.

General admission will be five cents
and tables may be reserved for five
cents a person. Cake, candy and
drinks will be sold.

All guests are asked to come masked
and in costume. Prizes will be awarded
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Carnegie Donors
Give New Books
On World Affairs

Twelve new books on foreign af-
fairs have been given the International
Relations Club by the Carnegie Foun-
dation for International Peace. The
club has presented these books to the
library so that they can be used by
all the students.

The books this year are: "Sweden
The Middle Way," Marquis W. Childs;
"Propaganda and Dictatorship/' Har-
wood L. Childs; "A Place in the
Sun," Grover Clark; "American Di-
plomacy," B. H. Williams; "Liberty
vs. Equality," William F. Russell; "On
the Rim of the Abyss," James T.
Shotwell; "Can We Be Neutral?", Al-
len W. Dulles and Hamilton Fish
Armstrong; "Fascism and National
Socialism," Michael T. Florinsky; "The
Spanish Tragedy," E. Allison Peers;
"A History of the Far East in Modern
Times," Harold M. Vinacke; "World
Trade and Its Future," Sir Arthur Sal-
ter; "What the International Labor
Organization Means to America," ed-
ited by Spencer Miller, Jr.

Can dler Building
Hopes Augmented
B y Recent G i f Is

Received:

One ladder back chair

Handsome table lamps

Several odd tables

Two tapestries

Two Mexican pottery vases
One branched candlestick

Two Chinese brass chop suey
bowls

Wrought iron stands for ivy-
bowls
Expected:
Ivy bowls

Y. W. C. A. curtains

Poise, Personality, and Pep

Result front Posture Drive

Gail Nelson Honored
By Chi Beta Phi Sigma

Hale, Roper Will Head
Junior Agonistic Staff

Carol Hale and Joyce Roper were
elected editor and business manager,
respectively, of the junior edition of
The Agonistic at a class meeting last
Friday. The junior issue in the Agon-
istic contest will appear next Wednes-
day, February 10.

Other members of the editorial staff
arc: Mary Ann Kernan, assistant edi-
tor; Jane Turner, make-up editor;
Frances Lee, assistant make-up editor;
Nell Allison, feature editor; Jean
Chalmers, news editor; Giddy Erwin,
exchanges; Hibernia Hassell, book edi-
tor; Winifred Kellersberger, current
history column; Ann Thompson,
sports editor; and Nell Hemphill,
alumnae editor.

"The referee, umpire, and head lines-
man must make about 150 decisions
each game, and the field judge about
SO. It simply isn't humanly possible
for them to be right every time." Ma-
jor H. L. Griffith, Big Ten football
commissioner, believes they arc right
every time, depending upon the side
of the field from which they are |
judged. A. C. P.

The National Board of Directors of
Chi Beta Phi Sigma has honored the
local chapter by asking Gail Nelson,
'5 3, to be a member of the board. She
will have the title of Grand Historian
and her duties will include the col-
lection of data on the development of
the organization and expansion of the
sorority. This office was created at
the annual chapter convention held
last November in Huntington, West
Virginia.

Miss Nelson was a charter member
of the Agnes Scott chapter, which
was the first sorority chapter; it was
organized in 193 3. She is now doing
graduate work at Emory University.

Purple and white badges proudly
worn about the campus the past w eek
are evidence of the good posture cam-
paign that the Athletic Association
has been sponsoring to improve the
general posture of Agnes Scott stu-
dents. Miss Wilburn has presented
badges to those girls whom she has
noticed for outstanding and habitual
good posture while standing, sitting,
and walking.

The complete eradication of spine
sitters, shuffle steppers and slump
standers is the aim of this campaign,
in order to improve not only the phy-
sical well-being of students but also
their grades, their social poise and
grace, and, eventually, their ability to
secure and keep a position. What
teacher is impressed by the feeble in-
terest of a slouching student appar-
ently unable to hold up her head?
How can clothes look nice on a girl
with a hollow back and a sunken
chest? The alert, poised person, at

ease and graceful because of good pos-
I ture, also stands the best chance of
I getting a job.

"If vou would cut a figure
In business, sport, or school.
Just mind the posture precepts.
Obey the posture rule.

Don't thrust your head out turtle-
wise;

Don't hunch your shoulders so;
Don't sag and drag yourself around;
No style to that, you know.

Get uplift in your bearing,
And strength and spring and vim:
No matter what your worries,
To slouch won't alter them.

Just square your shoulders to the
world.

You're not the sort to quit.
'It isn't the load that breaks us
down.

It's the wav we carrv it.' "

Baptist Students to Go
To Bessie Tift Retreat

Baptist students from sixteen Geor-
gia colleges will meet February 13 and
14 at Bessie Tift College, Forsyth,
Georgia, for the annual spring retreat
of the state Baptist Student Union.
The majority of the delegates will be
members of local B. S. U. Councils.
Agnes Scott College will be represent-
ed by Cary Wheeler, Sara Lee, Mary
Reins, Anne Pittard, Miriam Sanders,
and Sarah Johnson, president of the
B. S U. on the campus. Dr. K. O.
White, pastor of the Kirkwood Bap-
tist Church of Atlanta, will be the
Principal speaker. The meetings will
be presided over by D. D. Hammond
of Georgia Tech.

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interesting character of its student activities

For further information, address
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Writer Speaks in Chapel

W. W. Chaplin, noted war corre-
spondent, will speak in chapel Friday,
February 5, about newspaper work as
a vocation. Mr. Chaplin, who writes
a column for the Hearst newspaper
syndicate, is in Atlanta for the cele-
bration of the twenty-fifth anniver-
sary of the Atlanta Georgian.

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VOL. XXII

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1937

NO. 13

Freshmen Win at Mardi Gras
In Colorful Cocoanut Grove

Gold Diggers and Good Earth,
Clever Movie Floats,
Capture Prizes

Williams and McRee Rule

"Cocoanut Grove," better known on
the campus as the gym, was the scene
of the Mardi Gras celebration last Sat-
urday night, February 6, with cos-
tumes, floats, and program carrying
out the general theme of movies. Jean
Williams, freshman class king, who
was elected ruler of Mardi Gras, and
her queen, Rebecca McRee, presided
over the festivities. They were at-
tended by a court composed of the
class kings and their queens: senior,
Marie Stalker and Alice Taylor; jun-
ior, Ola Kelly and Myrl Chafin; soph-
omore, Amelia Nickels and Miriam
Sanders; and freshman, Laura Winston
Steele and Shirley Steele.

The freshman float, "Gold Diggers
of 1937," was awarded first place for
beauty, with "Smilin' Thru," entered
by May Day, receiving second place.
Mortar Board's "The Good Earth"
won first place for originality and
cleverness, and "Death Takes a Holi-
day," the Agonistic's float, was sec-
ond. Eleanor McCants, Nell Echols,
and Boots Moore, dressed in attractive
gold suits and hats, took the part of
the Gold Diggers, and Julia Thie-
monge and Lucille Scott, in gold eve-
ning dresses, pulled the daffodil-
trimmed float. Anne Thompson, as
the groom on the May Day float, and
Ruth Tate, as the bride, smiled at each
other before an altar decorated with
ferns and white candles. "The Good
Earth" was a literal interpretation of
the title, a float covered with dirt
with a tiny sprig of spyrea in the mid-
dle, and on the Agonistic float, Death,
impersonated by Jane Guthrie dressed
in black and wearing a white false
face, enjoyed his holiday by reading
mystery stories and waving to the au-
dience.

Jean Chalmers, general Mardi Gras
chairman, was master of ceremonies
and announced the program, which
(Cant/ final on page 4, column 2)

Blackfriars Present
Drama by P. Barry

Male Cast in Comedy Shows
New Dramatic Talent
From Outside

With appropriate properties and cos-
tumes contributed by prominent At-
lanta firms, and with a cast recon-
noited not only from their own mem-
bers but also from Emory, Columbia
Seminary, and W. S. B., Blackfriars
will present the hilarious three-act
comedy, "Spring Dance," by Philip
Barry, on Saturday, February 13, in
the Bucher Scott gymnasium.

The members of the cast are: Alex
Benson, Kitty Printup; Mady Piatt,
Elizabeth Cousins; Frances Fenn, Su-
san Goodwyn; Kate McKim, Lucille
Cairns; Miss Ritchie, Kay Kennedy;
Mildred, Mary Past; Sally Prescott,
Jeanne Flynt; Sam Thatcher, John
Tillman, of Emory and W. S. B.; Lip-
pincot, Tom Wesley, of Atlanta; Mr.
Walter Beckett, Marion Camp, of At-
lanta; John Hatton, George Downing,
of Emory; Buck Buchanan, John Wil-
son, of Columbia Seminary; and Doc
Boyd, Steve Avery, of Atlanta.

"Spring Dance" is a three-act com-
edy, laid in a girls' college. Philip
{Con tin ued on page 4, column 3)

Research Bureau Head
Talks To Spanish Club

Spanish literature was the subject
upon which Professor Homero Seris,
head of the Bibliographical Research
Bureau in Madrid, spoke at the Span-
ish club meeting yesterday, February
9, in the Murphev Candler building.

Following the lecture, Miss Melissa
Cilley, Miss Muriel Harn, and officers
of the Spanish club entertained Pro-
fessor Seris and Professor and Mrs. W.
C. Salley of Georgia State College for
Women at dinner in the Anna Young
Alumnae House.

Also, the Spanish club gave, in hon-
or of Professor Seris, a tea. The
guests included Professor and Mrs.
Salley, Professor J. Gordon Stipe, Pro-
fessor John A. Strausbough of Emory
University, and Professor Campoamor
of Georgia School of Technology.

Swimmers Perform
Japanese Pageant

The wedding of a young king to
his princess was the theme of the Jap-
anese water pageant, "A Feast of Lan-
terns," presented in the Bucher Scott
gymnasium Thursday night, February
4. Isabel McCain and Tomi Okamura
played the leads in the pageant, which
was interspersed with lantern maneu-
vers, tight-rope walking, and juggling.
The cast included water carriers, royal
messengers, tumblers, and divers.

The physical education department
and the swimming club sponsored the
presentation, w i t h Miss Harriet
Havnes, of the physical education de-
partment, and Bee Merrill, school
swimming manager, acting as chief di-
rectors.

Dr. Raper Discusses

Agrarian Problems

Mr. Arthur Raper, acting sociology
Professor of Agnes Scott College, left
Friday, February 5, for a tour of Flor-
ida on the Florida Chain of Missions.
Those on the tour are going from city
to city to make a special study of the
conditions of tenant farming in the
various sections of the state. This
problem of tenant farming is one in
which Mr. Raper is particularly inter-
ested.

Charm Expert Emphasizes
Personality Culture in College

"College is a training-ground for
looks as well as for learning," says
Miss Elizabeth Osborne, who is now
visiting Agnes Scott to teach its stu-
dents, in a brief week of talks and
conferences, as much as possible about
that elusive quality called charm.

She denies however that charm is
actually her subject, for she says we
should first speak of the root of which
charm is the flower. "I made up this
work myself," she explains, "and it

ill began with two girls whom 1
helped to become overnight successes.
They disappointed me, however, by
marrying immediately afterwards, just
as I had prepared them for a good
time. But they seem to be very well
satisfied."

Miss Osborne, who was formerly
fashion editor of a leading magazine,
is now engaged in visiting various col-
leges as an adviser on charm and per-
(Con tinned on page 4, column 4)

Queen of Mav Day

L. Dennison
To Preside
At Mav Fete

Students Select May Queen
From Four Nominees
In Class of '37

Announcement on Monday

Lucille Dennison will reign as
Queen of the May at Agnes Scott on
May 7 at the presentation of Milton's
gay and colorful masque, Comus.
Mary Malone, Frances Steele, and
Frances Wilson, other nominees for
the honor, will automatically become
members of the May queen's court.
These four girls were selected as can-
didates from student nominations, held
from January 2 8 to February 1, in
which all girls receiving more than
fifteen votes would be nominees for
May Queen.

Lucille has been a member of the
queen's court on May Day since her
freshman year, when she was the only
freshman in the court. Last year Mc-
Clelland Barclay selected Lucille as
one of the eight girls to appear in the
beauty section of the Silhouette. He
said of her, judging by her picture,
"A grand gal to know a good sport."
Lucille is an outstanding senior on the
campus, being president of the day
students, vice-president of Pi Alpha
Phi, and a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
She was recently named as one of the
two candidates from Agnes Scott for
the Beck scholarship, which is award-
ed annually to a student of either Em-
ory University, the University of
Georgia, or Agnes Scott.

Science Club Enjoys
Speech and Initiation

Professor Guy of Emory University
gave a talk last Monday, February 8,
at a meeting of Chi Beta Phi Sigma
in the Murphev Candler building. The
meeting was a special one particularly
for the initiation of the new members
who were recently elected to the so-
ciety. At the conclusion of Dr. Guy's
speech, there was a short social hour.

Juniors Issue Invitations

For Class Banquet Feb. 13

Professor H. Seris
Lectures on Spain

Describes Present Condition
In War-Torn Country
Before Escape

Student Treasurer Plans
To Post New Black List

Time and the Black List wait
for no man. An end has come to
the many ominous warnings con-
cerning the payment of the student
budget. Sarah Johnson has an-
nounced that the fatal document
will be posted Wednesday, Febru-
ary 17. Pay your student budget
now.

Describing the Spanish situation
from the standpoint of an individual
who has been recently in the midst of
the conflict, Professor Homero Seris,
head of the Bibliographical Research
Bureau of Madrid, spoke last night,
February 9, in Gaines chapel on "Ex-
periences in War-Torn Spain."

His lecture, which was sponsored
by the Current History Forum and
the Lecture Association, was concerned
not only with graphic illustrations of
the present situation in Spain, but also
with comments on the political and
social aspects of the war, which served
to clarify the varied reports and to
define more accurately the issues in-
volved. Professor Seris, as a result of
his observations before his escape from
Madrid, is convinced of a Loyalist vic-
tory.

Phi Beta Kappa
Elects Officers

The Atlanta Phi Beta Kappa Alum-
nae Association met in Atlanta Tues-
day, February 2, to elect officers for
the following year and to discuss the
Tri-annual Council which will meet
in Atlanta in September. Officers
elected were: Dr. M. L. Brittain, presi-
dent of the Georgia School of Tech-
nology, president; Robert S. Forman,
vice-president; Mrs. Augusta Skeen
Cooper, formerly connected with the
chemistry department of Agnes Scott,
secretary. Also, the association elected
a council which included: President
J. R. McCain, Judge R. B. Russell of
the Supreme Court of Georgia, and
Mr. Ross McClarty.

Alumnae Entertain

High School Guests

The second of a series of parties
given annually for Atlanta high school
seniors will take place Friday, Febru-
ary 12, at 4:3 0, with guests from
North Avenue Presbyterian School,
Washington Seminary, Druid Hills,
North Fulton, and Sacred Heart
School. Entertainment for the after-
noon will include swimming and bad-
minton in the gymnasium, dancing in
the Murphey Candler building, and a
play presented by the Blackfriars.
Dinner in Rebekah Scott and after-
dinner coffee will follow.

Miss Alberta Palmour, who as
Alumnae Field Secretary is in charge
of these parties, and Agnes Scott stu-
dents from the high schools represent-
ed will act as hostesses.

Announce Names of Escorts;
Mortar Board Plans
For 150 Guests

Valentine's Day Is Motif

Latest developments in the plans for
the junior banquet, already announc-
ed as taking place Saturday night,
February 13, in Rebekah Scott dining
hall, are the announcement of escorts
for the occasion and further details
about decorations. Mortar Board has
invited 150 guests for the evening.

Red and white streamers will hang
down from the ceiling to the lights,
on each of which will be strung a
huge red heart. Tables will form a
"U". Officers of the class are to sit at
the closed end, facing the orchestra
which is to play during dinner.

The escorts invited are: Messrs.
Charles Montgomery, John Davis,
Jack Tolbert, William Henry Gallo-
way, Kearsley Seldon, Durward Rob-
erts, George Smith, Frank Eskridge,
Gene Miller, Ted Perry, Bill Carlson,
Holman Smith, Wellington McCon-
nell, Paul Castleberry, Heywood Hill,
Ben Stuckey, Lewis Harrison, George
Jennings, Harold Wager, William
Shelton, Charles Fulton, Martin Spear,
Jack Boyd, Charles Smart, Robert
Coit, Harris Chewning, Ed Home,
John Howard, Ralph Durham, Jimmy
Gibbs, John Barwick, Archie Means,
Lowry Davis, Bill Howard, Mac
Blumberg, Joel Lawler, James Davis,
Bud Lindsey, Tommy Barringcr, Owen
Tippin, P. T. Bynum, Jim Ward, Ed
Elliot, John O'Dell, Oliver Anderson,
Fred Allen, Phillips Bryan, Gene Tar-
ben, Leland Jackson, Ben Rose, Clif-
ton White, Emmett Barlow, Cemp
Garrison, Bob Pendley, Ray Behm,
Julian Way, Henry Earthman, Car-
lisle Robertson, Joe Boyd, Lephon Mc-
Nair, Wiley McGinty.

Famous Cartoonists
Demonstrate Comic Art

Cartoons of Blondie, Dagwood, and
Flash Gordon constituted the main
part of the chapel program given Fri-
day, February 5, by Mr. Chic Young
and Mr. Alex Raymond, famed car-
toonists, who were visiting Atlanta
along with many other well known
in celebration of the silver anniversary
of the Atlanta Georgian.

Mr. Joel Harris, of the Atlanta
Georgian, who introduced the visiting
cartoonists, explained that Mr.
Young's and Mr. Raymond's particu-
lar contributions to the comic section
are sent to countries all over the world
and are translated into thirty-two dif-
ferent languages.

They left directly after chapel for
the Georgia School of Technology to
the Georgia School of Technology.

Emory Institute of Citizenship
Presents Prominent lecturers

I Featuring a four-day series of
round-table discussions and lectures,
the Emory Institute of Citizenship is
holding its tenth annual session Feb-
ruary 8-12 on the Emory campus. Dr.
Harvey W. Cox, president of the Uni-
versity, is chairman of the institute.

Held for the purpose of training in
civic affairs and of studying various
phases of good citizenship, the insti-
tute offers a program which features
statesmen and scholars who are out-

standing in the social sciences.

Prominent speakers of Monday and
Tuesday included: Dr. Edwin S. Cor-
win, of Princeton University, who
-poke on "The Problem of the Su-
preme Court"; Dr. Thomas H. Reed,
of New York, who spoke on "The Im-
provement of County Government"
and the "Reorganization of Local Gov-
ernment"; and Mr. Murray Season-
good, of Cincinnati, who discussed
"Responsible City Government."

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Reporters: Mary Lillian Fairly, Eliza King, Prim-
rose Noble, Alice Reins, Elizabeth Warden, Vir-
ginia Watson.

Youth Congress Supports
Passage of A. Y. A.

The American Youth Act is now more than
ever before in the public eye because of the prox-
imity of the American Youth Congress. Yet
with all its immediate significance and direct in-
terest to young people, there are a number of
our student body who have not the slightest ac-
quaintance with the proposed bill.

The act itself has as its objective "to provide
vocational training and employment for youth
between the ages of sixteen and twenty-five; to
provide for full educational opportunities for
high school, college, and post-graduate students. ,,
These aims are much in line with the purpose of
the present N. Y. A. ; the proposed act, however,
is a substantial improvement over the N. Y. A.
in its broadening of benefits and policies.

The Congress convening in Washington Feb-
ruary 19-21 represents the mechanical organiza-
tion for achieving the speedy passage of the act.
The concerted effort of the Congress will be a
march to the White House to present to Presi-
dent Roosevelt a petition signed by over a million
young Americans requesting the adoption of the
act.

No matter what one's first opinion about the
American Youth Congress may be, he cannot
deny the fact that it is an articulate expression
of the youth of America, those in school, busi-
ness, and labor. The eagerness and determina-
tion of American youth united in a common
cause of urgent need cannot fail to accomplish
what to some may seem startling results. Per-
haps it is a good sign that in 1937 instead of
having a march of farmers, relief workers, or
bonus-seekers, we have the march of American
youth asking for a fair chance for education,
employment, and the development of their abili-
ties.

Regular Quarter System
Is Students' Object

Four months of experimenting with the new
quarter system have given us ample time to real-
ize some of its advantages and disadvantages as
compared with the semester system which it has
supplanted. Since it was evident last year that
the student body was in favor of the introduc-
tion of this new system, it is of value to analyze
the reasons for the dissatisfaction which appears
to be the keynote of student opinion in regard
to the present plan.

The transitional character of this half quarter-
half semester system seems to be the main ob-
jection to the plan. The four-hour classes of the
quarter courses necessitate more work in one
quarter than was originally required in one sem-
ester and yet, we receive only two-thirds the
number of credit hours for the course. Another
result of this mixture of two systems is the in-
ability to escape afternoon classes and the diffi-
culty Of finding time for preparing for an early
recitation the following day.

The ideal plan is not to return to the former
semester system, but is to adopt as soon as it is
practical the regular system, with three classes
five times a week.

A little woman with white hair,
blue eyes, and an English accent, Miss
; Amy Chadwick, spoke last Saturday
to the race relations class about her
! work here in Atlanta in a negro or-
phanage. Her interest in negro girls
began long ago back in England when
she saw pictures of "pickaninnies" in
the cotton fields, which farmers had
sent to her father, who was a cotton
buyer. She told her father then that
she was coming to America, and that
she was coming on her own money.
She did.

After attending an American mis-
sion school, Miss Chadwick visited
Spelman College. She was impressed
with the school, but her most vivid
impression was of three old army bar-
racks converted into an orphanage
just across from Spelman. There were
seven girls in the orphanage who were
about to be turned out, for it was
about to close because of lack of
funds.

Miss Chadwick could not resist the
temptation; she decided to take over
the orphanage herself. Her blue eyes
twinkled as she said, "The first thing
I did was to make a beautiful set of
rules which I tacked up on the wall
and immediately broke/'

Speaking of each one by name, she
told of those of "her family" who
have now grown up. One is now a
doctor, one a dietitian in Raleigh,
North Carolina. Gertrude, who was
her first little orphan, is now married
to a doctor in New York City. Miss
Chadwick gave her away in the mar-
riage ceremony. Little Miriam was also
a very interesting little personage. She
made her apperance on the doorstep of
the orphanage wrapped up in an old
copy of the Atlanta Journal. Later she
became an excellent pianist.

Miss Chadwick's orphanage is closed
now, but her interest in not only her
own girls but also in all negro children
has never lessened. In spite of her
smallness of stature, her heart is large
enough to love many more children
than the average mother, for she said
that she always had a "family" of
fifty or sixty.

ROAMING
ALUMNAE

Agnes Scott's newest alumnae, the
class of '3 6, are evidently not content
to stay home, for their wanderlust has
carried them to all points of the earth.
Marie W'agner is living in Manila,
Philippine Islands, while her class-
mate, Loice Richards, is in New York
City studying at the Katherine Gibbs
Business School. Coming farther
south, we find Catherine Bates direct-
ing young peoples' work at the First
Presbyterian Church in Norfolk, Vir-
ginia, and Elizabeth Burson teaching
school at Duluth, Georgia.

Augusta, Georgia, claims several
members of the class. Libby Baethke
is living there with Eugenia Symms
and is taking a technician's course.
Harriet Reed made her formal debut
to Augusta society at a tea dance
given during the Christmas holidays
at the country club.

Louisa Robert, ex-'36, has had two
triumphs recently in addition to her
swimming laurels. At the Atlanta
Junior League Follies, in which she
had a leading role, Louisa was chosen
"The Perfect American Girl." And
she leaves soon for New York, where
she will have further try-outs for a
role in the cinema production of
"Gone With the Wind."

Other alumnae have been occupied
with plans for their weddings. Vir-
ginia Merry, ex-'3 5, announced her
engagement last week to Robert Har-
rison Jones III of Atlanta. Margaret
Alston, ex-'37, was married to Paul
Refoulte, of Orleans and Paris, France,
on January 19.

On campus this week-end were
some former Agnes Scotters: Betty
Lee Anderson, ex-'3 8, who is studying
in the Vanderbilt School of Nursing;
Kitty Hoffman, ex-'3 8, who is work-
ing in Mount Holly, N. C; Alice
Chamlee, who is working for her
father at Canton, Georgia; and Mar-
garet Wright, ex-'3 8, who is studying
at the University of Chattanooga.

The faculty and student body of
Agnes Scott College wish to express
their sincere sympathy to Miss Car-
rie Scandrett in the recent death of
her mother.

Two Volumes of Poetry Appear

After Deaths of Famous Poets

Hons man, A. ., More Poems, Al-
fred A. Knopf, New York, 1936,
$2.00.

Poems with the subtle and delicate
beauty of A Shropshire Lad and the
poignant pessimism and the sombre
tone of Last Poems, are those in A. E.
Housman's recently published More
Poems* There is a novel and unexpect-
ed pleasure in finding these poems is-
sued after the author's death. We are
grateful to Laurence Housman for his
fine selection from his brother's un-
published work and for his sympa-
thetic editing of this volume.

All of his poems are short lyrics,
many of which leave an impression so
infinitely satisfying that one is fool-
ish to try to write about them. They
have what Christopher Morley calls
"the unmistakable look and feel of
classics." Such fragile bits of poetic
expression make one feel that Hous-
man approaches very closely a perfect
union of thought and form. The last
poem, the forty-eighth, has those qual-
ities which we inevitably associate with
Housman's art:

"Good-night, ensured release,
Imperishable peace,

Have these for yours
While sky and sea and land
And earth's foundations stand
And heaven endures.

When earth's foundations flee
Nor sky nor land nor sea

At all is found;
Content you let them burn,
It is not your concern.

Sleep on, sleep sound."

U n published Poems of Emily Dick-
inson, Little, Brown & Co., 193 6.

It is only very lately that Unpub-
lished Poems of Emily Dickinson have
been published, and only then because
the posthumous fame of the poet
made necessary the exhaustive exami-
nation of the Dickinson family pa-
pers. These poems were not written
for publication. They are spontaneous
expressions of the feelings of an indi-
vidual. And yet, with all their depth
of beauty, they are simple and straight-
forward.

Out of this group of a hundred and
forty-nine poems one can find some-
thing to suit every mood. There are
gay, bright, and charming little bits
such as the one about the flower that
grew tired of her incessant visitor and
told the bee that she was not at home.
There are tender poems of love, ex-
pressed with a haunting beauty. There
are quiet, yet not sad, reflections on
death. And running through most
of the poems there is a note of child-
like faith in God, which finds more
definite form in the last few lines of
the collection.

It seems that Emily Dickinson must
have been thinking of these last, un-
published poems when she wrote:

"I shall keep singing! Birds will pass
me

On their way to yellower climes;
Each with a robin's expectation,
I with my red breast and my rhymes.

Late when I take my place in sum-
mer,

But I shall sing a fuller tune;
Vespers are sweeter than Matins, Sig-
nor,

Morning, only the seed of noon."

Strong Labor Forces Reach
New Levels, Demanding
Bargaining Rights

"Disastrous Floods in the Labor World" so
might newspaper headlines read, now that the
attention of the public is centered on the General
Motors strike. Just as the wild Ohio-Mississippi
continues to rise and destroy the banks from
which the farmers draw their living, so the labor
forces of the United States seem, to the capital-
ists, to be rising to a record-breaking height in
their demand for bargaining rights.

There are several reasons why the laboring
class has been able to reach this new high-water
mark. One is the recent election, which has
proved that a presidency may rest upon the la-
boring vote. Another is Roosevelt's campaign
program, which quite frankly promised the sup-
port of the administration in bettering the work-
man's position in United States industry. Still a
third is the series of steps taken by the govern-
ment to better the status of laborer.

There is no "perhaps" to the power of leader-
ship displayed in the ex-college athlete and Bap-
tist preacher, Homer Martin. If he is typical of
the leadership which labor is beginning to find,
it is almost certain that it will not be long until
American labor, just as English labor, shall have
some settled organization for determining poli-
cies and settling just such crisis as these. Under
the direction of such men, labor seems in a fair
way to attain the aim of the strike: the settling
of the unemployment problem. The thirty-hour
week is one of the strong points in their program
to realize this purpose.

Many are claiming that the strike is a labor
versus labor struggle; for the union is only a
small minority of all General Motors workmen,
and the so-called anti-unionist demonstrations
have been many. But listen to the high-pitched
voice of a young woman, the wife of a striker,
as she speaks from the sound-truck used in giv-
ing instructions to the Unionists during the re-
cent fight in Flint, Michigan: "Stop shooting at
the workers!" she shouted to the police, "They're
members of your own class!" This does not sug-
gest a struggle among laborers, but rather among
classes.

In spite of the fact that it is still undetermined
what will be the outcome of the conferences
which Lewis; George Murphey, of Michigan;
Green, of the American Federation of Labor;
and Sloan, president of General Motors, have at
last been persuaded to attend we feel that the
same principle which must work in the preserva-
tion of the soil and control of future floods must
be brought to bear upon the plans for directing
and benefitting American labor. In what other
way can the rights of creative workmanship and
at least an average standard of living be guar-
anteed to the American laborer?

Did You Know That

Dancers' Devotion

"When Maria Tagioni, a ballet dancer, left
Russia for the last time, her belongings were sold
at auction. Her ballet slippers were purchased
for 200 rubles. These shoes were then cooked,
served with special sauce, and eaten at a dinner
arranged by ballet enthusiasts." Reader's Di-
gest.

Educational Experiment

"Cows attending W T est Virginia University
were fed two quarts of tomato juice daily to In-
crease the vitamin C content of their milk. The
experiment was a dazzling success, except for
the trifling fact that the milk was unfit to
drink." College Humor.
Soul-Mates Form er

"Many African tribes believe that a person has
tw r o souls, one within himself and one within
some animal, and whatever injures or kills one
will have a corresponding effect upon the other.
Not long ago in Virginia an Englishman was
fined $25 for causing the death, it was claimed,
of a very fat woman. A few days before she
died, he had shot her soul-mate a hippopotamus
in the vicinity of the village." Collier's.
Startling Statements

'There are two insults which no human will
endure; the assertion that he hasn't a sense of
humor, and the doubly impertinent assertion
that he has never known trouble" (Sinclair
Lewis) "If a woman has been loved, hated, and
envied, her life was worth living" (Akiko Yano-
giuara, one of the most talked-of women in pres-
ent-day Japan) "It is wonderful how much
news there is when people write every other day ;
if they wait for a month, there is nothing that
seems worth telling" "Over 100,000 people
were injured or killed in bath tubs in the United
States last year" (Tropolitan) .

THE AGONISTIC

3

Third Aurora Issue
To Appear Next Week

The third edition this year of
the Aurora will appear next
week. The editor, Elizabeth
Espy, has announced that it will
include a critical paper, several
short stories, and several poems.
Among these contributions of
the student body and the col-
lege magazine will be: a critical
discussion of "Ghosts" in Shakes-
peare, by Lucille Dennison; a
short story, "Next Wednesday
Afternoon," by June Matthews;
an Ode, by Evelyn Baty; an-
other short story by Hibernia
Hassell, entitled "Love is Color-
blind."

There will be a number of
poems among which will be
"Pedlar Rejected" by Virginia
Hill and a "Sonnet" by June
Matthews.

Boarders Receive Messages
From Homes in Flood Region

Relatives in Kentucky Tell of Situation in Flooded Cities;
Families Unharmed, Suffering Great Privation;
Relate Odd Experiences

Although the flood has taken a terrible toll in death and dis-
aster, families and friends of Agnes Scott girls have been singu-
larly fortunate in escaping its worst phases. Now that tension
has slackened somewhat, they are able to write almost cheerfully
about the strange things that have happened to them in the past

weeks.

"The most striking thing about the
entire flood scene," writes Jane Guth-
rie's mother, "is the deadly silence.
Louisville is now a city of utter quiet
with no radios, no street cars, and
few automobiles. The gentle lapping
of oars seems to have replaced the jolt-
ing, jangling traffic of a month ago."

Another odd thing is the way in
which ordinary places of business
have suddenly been transferred into
emergency relief units. Mary Frances
and Jane Guthrie tell interesting tales
about their father's church in Louis-
ville, which is being used as living
quarters for many stricken families.
The people sleep in pews and eat food
cooked in the church kitchen by vol-
unteers. Every night Reverend Guth-
rie conducts a community "sing,"
during which the refugees are able to
forget their sufferings and join in
heartily.

Paducah Conditions Bad

In Paducah, Mary Macquot says
th.u beauty parlors, filling stations,
restaurants, and school houses have all
been made into relief wards. Mary re-
ports that in one exclusive, elite road-
house, refugees are huddled around
stoves or on improvised cots where the
orchestra customarily performs, while
former dancers and society girls
whose intentions are better than their
cooking serve them soup and coffee.

An interesting thing happened in
connection with a Paducah school
house which is now being used as a
hospital. It seems that two young
boys friends of the Macquots were
rowing about in search of adventure,
when they saw a woman leaning from
an upper-story window, waving her
arms, and shouting wildly for help.
As the boys approached, she begged
them to take her to a hospital imme-
diately; so they bundled her into the
boat and began violently paddling to-
ward the erstwhile school house. Imag-
ine their surprise (when within six
blocks of the temporary hospital) to
hear a low cry in the bottom of the
boat and, turning around, to discover
there a tiny addition to the party!
Gas, Electricity Stopped

Even in their own homes, the fami-
lies and friends of Agnes Scott have
undergone unusual experiences. Al-
though they have not been forced
as many have to move up into tents
pitched on the roof (a house-to-house
canvas idea, more or less), their cus-
tomarily calm existence has been
greatly disrupted. Mary Macquot's
mother writes that she has been sleep-
ing in the attic with the cats, cob-
webs and heirlooms. Mrs. Guthrie
writes that she is cooking entirely with
gas now, since the electricity has been
cut off; on the other hand Elizabeth
Galbreath's mother reports that in
Frankfort the gas supply has been
stopped, and she has been cooking
everything including meats, vegeta-
bles, and breads by means of a waf-
fle iron, an electric toaster, and a cof-
fee pot!

However, the prize tale recounted
by anyone in the flood district is that
told by Reverend Guthrie about the
bell-boy in Louisville who caught a
fish in the lobby of the Brown Hotel.

Mile. Decharpin Is

Visitor On Campus

Mile. Madelaine Decharpin, who
holds the title of Mile. Paris as the
winner of the prix de beaute in a na-
tion-wide beauty contest held last year
in Paris, France, appeared on the cam-
pus under the sponsorship of the Ag-
nes Scott French club in Gaines chapel
Monday night at 8 o'clock. Friends
from Atlanta and Decatur were in-
vited by the club to hear Mile. De-
charpin whose only public appearance
during her visit in Atlanta was at the
college.

Mile. Decharpin was chosen official-
ly by the government as a representa-
tive of the feminine charm and beauty
of the French people. She is a beauti-
ful young girl of striking blond
coloring. She spoke in French of the
international exposition to be held in
France during the summer and fall of
1937. Mile. Germaine Johnson, who
as Mile. Decharpin's companion, is ac-
companying her on an extensive tour
of the United States, gave in English
a brief outline of the definite plans
for the French exposition and of the
arrangements made for tourists.

Mile. Decharpin's appearance at the
college was through an arrangement
with Mile. Madelaine Groleau of the
Alliance Francaise in Atlanta.

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Tree - Wheeling ....

Rumors have reached us about a
frantic search by a mysterious stalker
who interrupted an automobile ride in
a strange vicinity to peer stealthily
under every bush along the street.
We've heard Marie was looking for
her skates, but how did they get
there in the first place? Anyway,
we think a skate in the hand is worth
two in the bush.

Curious Conundrum ....

Certain heretofore dignified fresh-
men caused much gasping and lifting
of eyebrows in the dining hall when
they rose from the table and in true
courtly fashion backed gallantly from
the room. It has been rumored that
such surprising behavior completes a
magic sequence which was begun with
a wish made over a piece of pie just
a case of backing from her royal pie-
ness.

Tip To Teachers ....

Dr. McCain: "I do not keep up
very closely with members of the fac-
ulty."

The above, which was actually
overheard by our prying reporter, we
pass on to our pedagogical peers.

Loco Flora ....

We can't say it with flowers; mere
words must suffice to depict the har-
rowing experiences of the local Flora
class in their recent odyssey to Stone
Mountain: Su'tenfield reclined half-
way down the mountain, contemplat-
ing the peak from which she had just
precipitated, and sighed to herself,
''Without rubber soles man may not
defy the law of gravity" . . . Mr. Run-
yan had no nickle the class got hot
chocolate; he got algae . . . Ann Wor-
thy, whose jodphurs were contributed
by a very small person, got awfully
tired of standing up . . . Even the ride
home was breath-taking; Miss Vardell,
official chauffeur, could not drive for
glancing at that brilliant new bauble
on her third finger.

Doughnut Donater ....

Nell Echols is expressing bewildered
appreciation to the unknown donor of
the candle-bedecked doughnut which
she found in her mail box on her birth-
day. Such an original idea takes the
cake and so did Nell.

Famous Class Words ....

Miss Dexter: "A child at the crawl-
ing age is nothing more than an ani-
mated mop."

Miss Smith: "Everyone is here who

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Tattered Brown Math Book
Reveals Quaint Character

Great-Granddaughter of Agnes Scott Gives Book to Col-
lege Containing Signature and Poem On Inside
Cover Dated November 16, 1815

Among the donations to Agnes Scott College of the late Mrs.
Cooper, great-granddaughter of Agnes Scott and granddaughter
of George Washington Scott, is an old arithmetic book. It has a
torn brown binding which covers musty pages of mathematics,
but careless scribblings and careful insertions reveal many facts

otherwise unknown about

Atlanta Alumni Have
Banquet For Husbands

It is with interwoven joy and
sorrow that we report the fact that
the husbands of our alumnae have
become so accustomed to hot, tasty
meals at home that they have re-
belled against the cold dinners
which must be served if the alum-
nae banquet is to be in the gymna-
sium as originally planned. These
same husbands have hinted that
steaming dinners are often served
in Atlanta; therefore the banquet
will be held in Atlanta thus prov-
ing the sovereignty of husbands.

Following this change of plan,
the Founders' Day banquet of Feb-
ruary 22 will be in Rebekah Scott
dining room with reservations for
only the boarders.

is not otherwise occupied."

Mr. Christian, speaking of color
blindness of cats: "If you had a red
dress and met a cat, he would swear
it was gray."

Miss Omwake: "Does anvone in
here have access to a Fortune?"

Miss Dexter: "The policeman,
theoretically, is not a friend of the
criminal."

Mr. Stukes: "Some of us were just
born ugly. We can't do anything
about that. But just remember that
everybody looks good to somebody."

Miss Hale: "The reason most people
wear glasses is to improve their vi-
sion."

Mr. Raper: "I may be wrong but I
know I'm not." "They don and pass
laws to keep mules from talking."

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Cor. Peachtree and Cain Street
Phone Walnut 2897
Atlanta

its owner.
While Napoleon rocked the world
with the endless horror of war, little
Agnes Irwin sat in a school house in
Ireland and smilingly contemplated
the inside cover of her arithmetic book
which she had decorated more careful-
ly than correctly:

"Do not steal the book for fear of
shame

For under lies tfe owner's name.
The first is A, a letter Bright
The next is R in all men's Sight;
And if her name you chance to miss
Look underneath and then it is

Agnes I ruin, Nov. 16//?, 1815."

Or perhaps she blushed to read the
words with which the boy beside her
had boldly defied a mathematical
problem:

"Anna, my dearest dear. 1 ''

It is evident that Agnes Irwin must
have thought at times about her next
class recitation, for a half-finished
sentence on the title page of her arith-
metic book states that something is
"adapted to commerce of Ireland as
well as of Great Britain."

Such inscriptions depict a person
quite different from the awe-inspiring
portrait of Agnes Irwin Scott before
which the freshmen of Agnes Scott
Institute used to kneel. Would it
seem queer to suggest that if one
should study carefully a certain por-
trait in Main building, she would
probably see something new in the ex-
pression of the face the key to which
lies in an old arithmetic book?

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THE AGONISTIC

Juniors Lead Basketball Competition

After Defeat of Senior Class Team

Freshmen Win Game from Soph-
omores By Close Scoring of
36-35; Competition Close

By defeating the seniors 24 to 20
last Friday night the junior basketball
team took the lead in the inter-class
competition. The juniors stayed sev-
eral points ahead all through the game,
but they had to work hard to keep
that margin because the senior guards
were fighting hard and Mary Kneale
was putting the ball in the goal.

The freshman-sophomore game was
closer and more exciting than the
other, the sophomores winning 3 6 to
3 5. Meg Garner and Libba Williams
in the first half did some beautiful
passing and shooting for the sopho-
mores to pile up the score so that in
spite of the comeback the freshman
made in the second half, led by Jean
Williams' shooting, the sophomores
kept one point ahead to the end of the
game. The sophomores were handi-
capped by having no substitutes.

All the teams seemed a little wild
Friday night. The forward's shots
would not go in, and everybody was
fumbling. There was an unusual num-
ber of personal and technical fouls
caught by the referees, who were try-
ing to cut down on the roughness
that resulted from the excitement and
determination of the players.

Line-ups were:
Sophomore (36) Freshman (3 5)

Garner (16) RF Foreman

MacGuire (4) L.F Slack

Williams (16) _C.R_ Williams (24)

Steele R.G Moses

Cheeseman L.G Reins

Cuddy C.G Montgomery

Substitutes Freshman: Milner (7),
Carson (2), Ware.
Junior (24) Senior (20)

Noble (10) RJ - Cary (7)

Blackshear (12) L.F McCain (if

Thompson (2) _C.F McDonald

Merrill R.G. Stalker

King L.G Thing

Robinson C.G Kneale (12)

Substitutes Junior: Chalmers, Kel-
ly. Senior: Kneale and McDonald ex-
changed, Lasseter.

Referee and umpire: Miss Wilburn
and Miss Mitchell; Scorer, Lulu
Ames; Timekeepers: Mutt Fite and
Mary Johnson.

Badminton

Badminton is arousing more and
more interest on the Agnes Scott cam-
pus. To add to the set which was
bought last spring the athletic associa-
tion has gotten four new racquets and
some new birds. Now two games of
doubles can go on at one time.

The members of Miss Mitchell's
class in recreational games Monday,
Wednesday, and Friday, 1:30 to 2:30,

Dr. MacEachern
Talks in Chapel

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Dr. Malcolm T. MacEachern, of
the American College of Surgeons,
spoke in chapel Wednesday, February
3, on the subject, "Health and Your
Future." He began his speech with a
discussion of the great advance of
medicine in recent years. After com-
mending highly the health program
which Agnes Scott maintains, he stat-
ed that "organized medicine" is large-
ly responsible for this program.

The seven real "public enemies,"
according to Dr. MacEachern, are:
heart disease, cancer, kidney disease,
accidents, pneumonia, arterial disease,
and tuberculosis. He explained each
one of these diseases and stressed the
care which should be taken to avoid
them, especially in after-school life.

Dr. MacEachern is one of the sev-
eral surgeons who are lecturing at
various colleges on these particular dis-
eases. The purpose of their plan is to
present to students all over the coun-
try the necessity of protective meas-
ures against illness after they have
finished school.

Principals in Plav

Freshmen Win At Mardi Gras

In Colorful Cocoanut Grove

(Continued from Page 1)
consisted of impersonations of screen
and radio characters. Betty Boop,
Zasu Pitts, Greta Garbo, a Japanese
movie producer, Fred Astaire, Ginger
Rogers, Grace Moore, Martha Raye,
the Boswell sisters, and even Bob
Burns' cousins from Arkansas were
imitated on the program.

The Arkansas cousins also got first
place for the most original costumes,
and Fouch Brinton's costume of a
colonial lady was judged the prettiest.
Costumes were judged while the
guests danced and during the Grand
March, which was led by the king and
queen and the court.

stay to play badminton until they
are run out of the gym by the dancing
class which follows them. To give the
enthusiasts a chance to show their
skill Miss Mitchell is planning to start
a badminton tournament very soon.

Kitty I'rintup and John Tillman

BLACKFRIARS PRESENT

DRAMA BY P. BARRIE

(Continued from Page 1 )
Barry, the author, is a popular modern
playwright who is well able to write
such a play because of his own ex-
periences of college life gained at Yale
and Harvard Universities.

Hill, Hamilton Head

Sophomore Agonistic

The sophomore class last Saturday,
February 6, elected Virginia Hill edi-
tor and Jane Moore Hamilton business
manager of the sophomore Agonistic.
Virginia has selected Douglas Lyle and
Julia Sewell to be her assistant editors.
During her senior year in high school,
Virginia was editor of the Girls* High
Times, publication of the Girls' High
School in Atlanta.

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Pi Alpha Phi Announces Election

Of Fourteen New .Members to Club

Club Presents
II Bruit Court"

"Life in Brittany" will be the theme
of the program which members of the
French club will present at their reg-
ular monthly meeting this afternoon
at 4:5 0 in the Murphey Candler
building. The varied program will
feature a short play, a moving picture,
a peasant dance, and folk songs.

Those taking part in the dance are:
Jean Kirkpatrick, Mary Ruth Mur-
phey, Primrose Noble, Jacqueline Mc-
White, Nell Allison, Mary Johnson,
Mary McCann Hudson, and Henrietta
Blackwell.

The play, a short comedy entitled
// Bruit Court, will conclude the pro-
gram. The scene is laid in a small
Breton village, and the cast includes:
The mayor, Jean Chalmers; the con-
cierge, Ellen Little; the milk-woman,
Mary McCann Hudson; the postman,
Jacqueline Mc White; the town-crier,
Sarah Johnson; and the municipal
council. Primrose Noble, Martha Alice
Green, Mary Ruth Murphey, Tommie
Ruth Blackmon, Josephine Bertoli,
and Jean Kirkpatrick.

Dr. G. P. Hayes and Officers Se-
lect Debaters After Tryouts
In Chapel on Feb. 4

Charm Expert Emphasizes

Personality C ulture in C ollege

(Continued from Page 1 )
sonality. She adapts her suggestions
to meet the needs of each separate
group. "I speak first of physical
poise," she says, "and then of mental."

Open For Business With
Beautiful New

SPRING STYLES

164 "CONNIES" Peaehtree

Pi Alpha Phi elected fourteen new
members at the tryouts held Thurs-
day, February 4, in the Gaines chapel.
The new debaters are: Susie Blackwell,
Eugenia Bridges, Betty Boorstein, Lelia
Carson, Ernestine Cass, Mary Winston
Crockett, Mary Louise Dobbs, Nell
Echols, Margaret Hopkins, Eloise
Leonard, Virginia Milner, Kathryn
Patton, Mary Reins, and Evelvn
Weinkle.

Those trying out debated on the fol-
lowing subjects: the yielding of Gen-
eral Motors to the striking workers;
the quarter system versus the semester
system; and the abolishment of the
compulsory R. O. T. C. The debat-
ing council and Dr. G. P. Hayes act-
ed as judges.

Announcement has been made also
of the arrangement to send a team to
Macon, Ga., some time in March.

Valentines and Flowers at the
Same Old Place

Decatur Woman s Exchange
and Flower Shop

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AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1937

NO. 14

Stvident Body
Votes to Try
Revised Diet

Miss Osborne, Dr. Sweet Favor
Less Meat and Starch in
New Menu

Diet Provides 2500 Calories

Overweight Students May Use
Basic Diet Containing
1200 Calories

In response to recommendations by
Miss Elizabeth Osborne, personality ex-
pert, and to the unanimous vote of
the student body in chapel Friday, the
food committee is planning striking
dietary changes for the entire college
community. The new food program,
supervised by Dr. Mary F. Sweet, will
go into effect as soon as possible for
a trial period of one week, after which
it will continue if approved by the
students and the committee.

Caloric Value Adequate

The diet to be followed is not a re-
ducing diet, for it will provide from
2 500 to 3000 calories daily, the nor-
mal amount. The program will omit
most heavy foods, starches, all hot
breads, and some meat, particularly
pork. The diet is based upon the Hol-
lywood diet for physical fitness, but
with a great deal added, because the
Hollywood diet provides only 1100-
1200 calories per day. It is Dr. Sweet's
plan to post this diet for the benefit
of those who particularly wish to lose
weight, whereas others should eat the
entire college menu.

Basic Menu Announced

The basic plans for the daily food
program are as follows, although these
may vary or be increased.

Breakfast
Fruit juice or tomato juice
Eggs (not fried)
Toast

Coffee or milk

Lunch

Fruit salad or vegetable salad

Baked potatoes

Light bread with preserves

Milk

Dinner

Meat (chiefly beef, lamb, or
chicken)
Potatoes

One or two } c /c-5 c /< carbohydrate
vegetables (spinach, etc.)

One vegetable with higher carbo-
hydrate content (beans, peas, etc.)

Fruit, jello, or ice cream

TOASTMISTRESS

Isabel McCain who, in the role of

George Washington, will preside at

the annual Founders' Day banquet on
February 22.

Industrial Girls
To be W. Guests

Miss Gooch Lectures
At Georgia Association
Of Teachers of Speech

In connection with the series of
programs held by the Georgia Associa-
tion of Teachers of Speech, in Atlanta
February 12 and 13, Miss Frances K.
Gooch lectured at a meeting at Agnes
Scott on Saturday morning. Her sub-
ject was the value of records in teach-
ing Spoken English, and she illustrated
her talk with records made at Agnes
Scott by Spoken English students.

The Association held a meeting Fri-
day morning, February 12, at the Ans-
ley Hotel, at which there were discus-
sions, talks, and demonstrations on
dramatics and on make-up. At a ban-
quet given by the Association at the
Winecoff Hotel on Friday evening,
Gilbert Maxwell, the honor guest, read
some of his poetry.

To demonstrate the development of
dramatic art at Agnes Scott, Miss
Gooch invited the Association to at-
tend the Blackfriars play, "Spring
Dance," by Philip Barry, on Saturday
evening, February 12, at the college.

At a supper meeting Monday, March
1, the industrial group of the Young
Women's Christian Association, head-
ed by Martha Long, will act as host-
esses to the representatives of the At-
lanta Y. \V. C. A.

The joint meeting of the girls' in-
dustrial clubs will take place in the
Murphey Candler Building, and will
consist of a supper and a social hour
followed by a period of general dis-
cussion. The industrial girls from the
Atlanta association have visited the
campus coming during the fall, as
guests of the Agnes Scott industrial
group, for a tea and social hour. Mem-
bers of the college group make weekly
visits to the Y. W. C. A. building,
meeting every Monday night with the
Atlanta organization.

Form Week
To Follow Up
Charm Week

Mimeographed Sheets of Hints,
Fashion Show, and Skits
Stress Charm

Callie Careless Makes Visit

As a follow-up of Miss Elizabeth
Osborne's series of talks and confer-
ences on personal charm which came
to a close last Friday, February 11, the
Agnes Scott Chapter of Mortar Board
is conducting a "Good Form Week"
during February 16-20. During these
five days, programs and other activi-
ies are placing a special emphasis on
appearance and campus etiquette and
conduct.

Mimeographed sheets with "hints to
the wise and otherwise" on a great
many subjects were distributed among
the students on Tuesday to call atten-
ion to various points of behavior.
Miss Christie Gives Talk

This morning, as a part of the
;hapel program, Miss Annie May
Christie, of the English Department,
continued and completed her talk of
:he past school year on "Callie Care-
less." Another feature of the "Good
Form" program is the fashion show to
be given tonight during after-dinner
coffee in the Murphy Candler Build-
; ng. Mortar Board will continue the
drive with skits on two other chapel
programs during this week.

The plans for this campaign have
been borrowed from the Mortar Board
Chapters of Pennsylvania State Col-
ege and Pomona University, where
they have been carried out with suc-
cess in similar campaigns.

MAID-OF-HONOR

Wilson Wins
Second Place
In May Court

Runner-up Accompanies Queen
At Festival of "Comus"
On May Day

Malone and Steele in Court

Frances Wilson who received the
distinction of maid-of-honor to attend
the queen, Lucile Dennison, at Agnes
Scott's May Day this year.

A. S. Students To Hear
Mrs. Latady About Jobs

On Tuesday, February 23, Mrs. La-
tady, who is the employment mana-
ger at Davison Paxon's department
store, will give a talk at the meeting of
the Applied Psychology class. This
meeting will take place at 11:30
o'clock in Room No. 3 of Buttrick
Hall. All outsiders are invited as well
as the class itself, and any students
who are particularly interested in ob-
taining jobs, are urged to be present.
Attendance at the lecture, and a meet-
ing with Mrs. Latady may lead to an
opening for a position.

A talk by Miss Rannells, who is
the Personnel Manager of Rich's Inc.,
is planned, and is expected to take
place on Friday, February 19, at 2:30
o'clock. However, the arrangements
for the talk are not definite as yet,
and will be announced later.

Emory Sponsors
Peace Campaign
By Mass Meeting

As a part of the Emergency Peace
Campaign, Emory University will
sponsor on Friday, February 26, a joint
meeting of college students, a banquet,
and a mass meeting at Wesley Me-
morial Church. The speakers for the
evening will include Sherwood Eddy,
well-known author of books on foreign
and domestic situations; Dr. Maude
Royden, London preacher, and Bishop
Paul Kern.

Students of Emory University and
Agnes Scott College will assemble at
5:00 in the auditorium on the Emory
campus for a joint meeting at which
Mr. Eddy will give the address. Fol-
lowing the meeting there will be a
banquet, reservations for which may
be made at a charge of fifty cents.

At 7:3 0, Dr. Royden, Bishop Kern,
and Mr. Eddy will speak at a mass
meeting at Wesley Memorial Church,
in a connection with the purpose of
the Emergency Peace Campaign to
build up public opinion against war.

Juniors Celebrate
At Annual Banquet

The annual banquet at which Mor-
tar Board entertained in honor of the
junior class and their dates took place
in Rebekah Scott dining hall on Sat-
urday night, February 13. After the
dinner the guests proceeded to the
Bucher Scott gymnasium where Black-
friars presented Philip Barry's play,
"Spring Dance."

The dining hall of Rebekah was
decorated in the Valentine motif, fea-
turing red and white table decorations
with red crepe paper ladies holding
the place cards. The tables were ar-
ranged to form a "U". Officers of
the class, Eliza King, president; Jane
Turner, vice-president; and Mildred
Davis, secretary, sat at the closed end
of the "U", while at the other end was
Bill Manley's orchestra.

Members of Mortar Board served
coffee after dinner. Those in the re-
ceiving line were Fannie B. Harris,
president of Mortar Board; Miss Nan-
nette Hopkins, Dr. J. R. McCain,
Eliza King, Miss Harriette Haynes
and Miss Ellen Douglas Leyburn, fac-
ulty advisors of the juniors.

Ad Benson, '39, Speaks
At Jacksonville School

Adelaide Benson returned Monday
morning from a trip to Jacksonville,
Florida, where she represented Agnes
Scott at the annual College Day at
the Robert E. Lee High School there.
College Day is the only day on which
representatives from various colleges
may speak at that high school, and as
Adelaide graduated from there, she
was chosen as the Agnes Scott repre-
sentative. She made a five minute talk
on the activities, sports, organizations,
and college life at Agnes Scott.

College Community to Celebrate Founder's Day

With Annual Features; Broadcast, Banquet, Ball

From the radio broadcast to the
banquet, to the colonial minuet, and
through the formal ball, Agnes Scott
students will carry out the traditional
celebration of Founders' Day, Febru-
ary 22, to commemorate the birthday
of George Washington Scott.

The banquet, previously announced
to take place in Bucher Scott gymna-
sium, will instead be served in Re-
bekah Scott dining hall. Isabel Mc-
Cain, as George Washington, will pre-
side. During the time of the dinner
on the campus, which the boarders
and several day students participating
in the program will attend, the alum-
nae and their husbands will partici-
pate in the festivities by a banquet at

an Atlanta club.

Preceding the dinner, the twelfth
annual Founders' Day broadcast will
be on the air from 6:00 to 6:1) P. M.
on WSB. Speakers will include Dr.
J. R. McCain and Miss Nanette Hop-
kins.

At the conclusion of the banquet
the ceremonies will continue in the
Bucher Scott gymnasium with the
minuet to be led by Isabel McCain
and Martha Summers as George and
Martha Washington. Those dancing
the minuet are, ladies: Martha Sum-
mers, Lucile Barnette, Rachel Shamos,
Mary Malone, Frances Steele, Rachel
Kennedy, Eloisa Alexander, and Mary
Lib Morrow; men, Isabel McCain, Lu-

cile Dennison, Charline Fleece, Marie
Stalker, Julia Thing, Kathryn Bowen
Wall, Frances McDonald, and Corne-
lia Christie.

Other famous colonials taking part
are: Marie Stalker as Paul Revere,
Alice Hannah as Daniel Boone, Lucile
Dennison as LaFayette, Lucile Barnett
as Betsy Ross, Nellie Margaret Gilroy
as Patrick Henry, and Charline Fleece
as Lord Cornwallis.

Additional features of the holiday
program will be after-dinner coffee
served in the Murphy Candler Build-
ing and a formal ball given by the
Cotillion Club. This dance will close
the schedule of gala events of Found-
ers' Day.

Phi Beta Kappa and Glee Club
Show Maid of Honor's
Wide Activities

Frances Wilson, one of the three
runncrs-up for the position of May
Queen, will be maid of honor to the
queen, Lucile Dennison, at the per-
formance of Milton's Comus, which
will take place on May 7. The two
remaining candidates of the four chos-
en in the student nominations from
January 28 to February 1: Mary Ma-
lone and Frances Steele, will act as
members of the May Court. The May
Day Committee will announce the
complete list of the court, after a
meeting held Tuesday, February 16,
at which the votes will be counted
for the ten remaining members.
Artist's "Lops in Charm"

Frances, whose home is Washington,
D. C, is distinguished for her versa-
tility. Last year, McClelland Barclay
chose her as one of the eight most
beautiful girls at Agnes Scott, saying
of her, "She is my love of all the
girls, I would like to know her most.
She is top in charm and personality to
me." Frances is one of the six newly
elected members of Phi Beta Kappa,
having made the honor roll through-
out her career at Agnes Scott, and is
program chairman on the Y. W. C. A.
cabinet.

Outstanding for Activities

She has taken part in class activi-
ties, being particularly outstanding in
the stunts. In the Freshman stunt,
a parody of the story of Cinderella, she
was Sophia, the step-sister, and in the
sophomore stunt, Revere the Soph, she
played the part of "Why", the house
president. Her musical tendencies are
shown by the fact that she is in the
glee club, and sang in the chorus of
the light opera, "The Mikado," in her
Freshman year, and in the two per-
formances of "Pirates of Penzance" in
her sophomore and junior years.

Isabel McCain Leads
Pro grant to Introduc<>
Future Chapel Speakers

To announce the Y. W. C. A.
chapel speakers for the coming month
and to introduce the general subject
of Y. W. C. A. for the rest of the
year, "Christ's Challenge to World
Brotherhood," Isabel McCain con-
ducted a worship program in chapel
on Tuesday, February 16. This sub-
ject is a continuation of the one em-
phasized during the first of the year:
"Christ's Challenge in Personal Liv-
ing."

Social obligations and privileges of
Christians will be stressed in the fol-
lowing talks: Joe Jacobs on labor,
February 23; Dean Brazil on negro
education in Atlanta, March 2; Dr..
Arthur Raper on race relations,.
March 16; and Rev. Peter Marshall on
facing one's life work, March 3 0.

In keeping with this Y. W. C. A.
theme, Earl Brewer, a student at Em-
ory University, spoke at vespers Sun-
day evening, February 14. His sub-
ject was "Farm Tenantry in the
South."

Vesper programs in the near future
will feature as leaders Suzy Andrain,
Tami Okamura, Alpha Hulsey, and
Jack McMichael.

2

THE AGONISTIC

PUBLISHED WEEKLY

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Subscription price, $1.25 per year in advance.
Single copies, 5c.

Book Notes

1936 Member IQ37

Plssocided GoUe&ide Press

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Current History

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Society Editor
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Club Editor
Jane Dryfoos

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Circulation Managers

Reporters: Selma Steinbach, Cary Wheeler, Mil-
lie Coit, Jane Moore Hamilton, Jacque Hawks,
Mary Wells McNeil

The Luxury of Study

Contrary to youth's desire, imagination's de-
light, and poet's counsel, there is no wisdom in
burning one's candle at both ends. It is particu-
larly unintelligent of members of a college com-
munity, for we have professed a desire for study
as the background of our time. We have wished
for ourselves the opportunity of living four years
as students, yet in the midst of those four years,
or at the beginning, or almost at the end, we have
forgotten the word "student" except, it seems,
as it precedes the word "activities". It is in ac-
tivities that we have arrogantly lighted both
ends of our candle.

We do not dare to advocate a college with no
extra-curricular activities, though we venture to
imagine that such an institution would not be at
all uninteresting. We visualize it as a colony of
scholars, bound together, not by an infinite num-
ber of constitutions and meetings, but by the
understanding and respect that exists among
persons who are intensely interested in some-
thing, who are sure, as it were, of their destiny.
Such people would not make of their lives little
mosiacs, gay, but bizarre, and as disillusioning
as it may be trival.

We do not advocate such a college ; for we re-
cognize the obvious advantages of student
groups. We believe, instead, that the individual
must assume the responsibility of limiting her
activities, must remember that she has the priv-
ilege, with society's approval, of uplifting study,
mosiacs, gay, but bizarre, and, as disillusioning
as it may be, trivial.

Hoffman, Malvina, Heads ami Tales,
Charles Scribner's Sons, New York,
1936, $5.00.

"Have proposition to make, do you
care to consider it? Racial tvpes to
be modelled while traveling 'round the

consisting of cameras, tins of model-
ling clay, and tools. Their Odyssey was
'ong, covered much territory, and,
like all real adventures, was fraught
with many dangers not the least of
which was the hostile suspicion with

"Sound of Running Feet 9 '

We have long recognized the golden quality of
those splendidly-suspended intervals that com-
pose silence, but we are newly impressed when
the lack of those intervals creates disturbance.
There is a calm restfulness about the daily chapel
exercises that does not disappear even w T hen im-
periled by improper noises, by continued talking
and tdoving of books by those attending chapel,
and by the walking back and forth that reveals
itself in sounds from the ceiling; but the noises
annoy those who wish to participate in the chapel
program,

Nor are those, who know not how to observe
quiet, missing from the vesper program, but are
( videnl by the sound of rushing about, forgetful
of the Sunday evening services.

The projection of one's noisy self is likewise
unpleasant in persona] encounters. The tea house
Eg a pkwse tot relaxation and refreshment, but
not for complete abandon. The Murphey Candler
Building is even more of an escape from routine,
but an excessive amount of noise is able to inter-
rupt club meetings.

The most important place, however, which
n tee htaa invaded, is the library. A building of
usual quiet, the library accentuates even small
noises. The whispers that are not those of the
wind, are disillusioning to those enthralled in
studv. Hut the most disconcerting of noises are
the c licks of heels down the length of the library,
the "sound of running feet."

Once upon a time, not so very long
ago, a little Irish girl dreamed of a
onderful castle with golden towers
and silvery fountains and crystal
chandeliers and countless other exqui-
site qualities. Within the jeweled walls
of her dream castle there lived a
prince, a princess, and all their court,
reveling in the wonders of their fanci-
ful existence.

In reality, this little girl's fairy pal-
ace was only a crude doll house made
out of an old cigar box. But when
she "grew up" and began to earn her
own money as Colleen Moore, the ac-
tre c s, she was able to see the fulfill-
ment of her childhood dream. Now
in its final perfection Colleen's Doll
House is being taken around the world
so that other dreamers may see it too.
It will be on display at Rich's from
February 2 5 th through March 4th.
The admission fee of ten cents for
children and twenty cents for adults
is to be used for the benefit of the
Tallulah Falls Industrial School.

Nine years have been spent in as-
sembling this fairy castle at the cost
of nearly half a million dollars. It is
nine feet square and fourteen feet
high, and it has eleven magnificent
rooms, a lofty entrance hall, and a
magic garden.

The great central hall has a floor of
black onyx carved with tiny rose
vines that wind up the golden pillars
to the vaulted ceiling two stories high.
Here on the ceiling are painted the
fairy folk of Grimm and Hans An-
dersen. Diminutive ivory tables placed
about the hall support delicate carv-
ines of other heroes and heroines of
childhood. An aerial stairway floats
upwards in two graceful curves.

ines on every continent when they
wished to make "another man" like
the one posing for them.

Heads and Tales is an autobiogra-
phical travel book written in a whim-
sical style by a great American sculp-
tress, and has to recommend it, not
only the qualities of any good non-fic-
tion work, but also the "added attrac-
tion" of offering worthwhile and un-
derstandable information about sculp-
ture and racial types, supplemented
by numerous photographs as illustra-
tions.

world." That was the matter-of-fact, which they were regarded by Aborig-
almost curt message which gave Mal-
vina Hoffman an opportunity that
even Michelangelo might have envied.
Because she was one of the most out-
standing sculptors in America, she
was chosen by Field Museum in 193 0
for the thrilling task of making
bronze statutes of more than one hun-
dred racial types throughout the world
for the museum's Hall of Man. And
because she had courage, stamina, vi-
sion, and a spirit of adventure, she
accepted and made a success of her
commission.

Heads and Tales, as its title implies,
is her supremely interesting account
of the works of art she has created
and the fascinating tales of adventure
that accompanied their production.
Miss Hoffman tells of her early years
as an artist. She describes her years of
study under Auguste Rodin, and Ivan
Mestrovic, her friendship with Anna
Pavlowa and Paderewski, and her
work in the Balkans under Hoover
following the war. Her narration of
the hardships and sickness she under-
went in the carrying out of her work
is told in the humorous vein of a very
cane and unassuming American wo-
man rather than as the life story of a
r uffering genius. She has set forth
very clearly and amusingly the experi-
ences of herself and her husband as
they made their way into remote cor-
ners of the world with their strange,
cumbersome, and delicate equipment

Atlanta to See
Colleen Moore
Dream Castle

Frost, Robert, A Further Range.
Sandburg, Carl, The People, Yes.

The newest books of poetry which
are expected by the library, as well as
those already received, should afford
pleasure to poetry lovers, ardent book
collectors, and would-be poets alike.

The most interesting of the new ar-
rivals are A Further Range by Robert
Frost, and Carl Sandburg's The Peo-
ple, Yes. In a review published in the
Atlanta Constitution, Miss Emma
May Laney says rr The People, Yes by
Carl Sandburg, is the most American
book I have ever read. Its sweeping
rhythm gives us, in 2 86 pages, all of
America's unrest . . . Entirely different
is A Further Range. The closeness to
fact, the whimsical turn, the deep in-
sight of these poems are familiar to
Frost's readers . . .; they come from
a man to whom years have given a
serenity and a wisdom which contrast
strikingly with the troubled restless-
ness of The People Yes." We know
Frost; we soon shall know Sandburg.

But brief mention can be made of
the other books which follow these
leaders. There are Frost's From Snow
to Snow, Robert Grave's Collected
Poems 1930-1933, and Michael Rob-
erts' New Signatures. There are A.
E. Houseman's More Poems, Not So
Deep As A Well, by Dorothy Parker,
and Edna St. Vincent Millay's Wifte
From These Grapes.

These and other volumes equally
fascinating should bring ecstasy to the
poetry lovers, frenzy to the book col-
lectors, and inspiration to the poets.

Exchanges

This Collegiate World (by Associ-
ated Collegiate Press) :

"You can't Park Here" signs on
the campus of the Catholic Univer-
sity of America are going to be obeyed
or else!

Annoyed at the frequent parking
violations, the Chief of the Campus
Police Force has listed the following
dial ties: First offense: Air will be
let out of one tire; Second offense
Air will be let out of two tires; Third
offense: Air will be let out of all tires.

Rice Institute males battled for red-
headed women before a recent dance
for economic reasons.

Different prices were set on the
heads of the co-eds, depending on col-
or, and on the night of the shuffle
"hue-determiners" posted at the doors
judged the hair color of each incom-
ing female.

Fellows who escorted "Sorrel-top-
ped Susies" got two bits knocked off
their admission price. Less fortunate
I men who took brunettes got a fifteen

To the right of the hall is the living ccnt rct j uct ; on , an( j tnc least lucky

room with its murals depicting the who brought blondes got a ten-cent

story of Cinderella. This room, too, "down "

has a wonderful floor, one of rose

quart/ inlaid with gold and bordered The Prince's library, however, sur-

with carved ivory. It reflects the light passes all the other rooms in enchant-

from the crystal and diamond chande- ment. Its fireplace is a copper fish

lier whose electric light bulbs are net, and there are some andirons made

scarcely larger than a grain of wheat, like bronze anchors. Over the fireplace

The furniture here completes the in full relief Captain Kidd directs the

splendor of the room, being made of burving of his pirate treasure. Snails,

silver with the exception of the rose- shells, and seahorses lend their shape

wood grand piano. (Continued on page 3, column 2)

President Seeks Change

In Federal Court System

A thorough reorganization of the federal court
system was the demand of President Roosevelt
in his recent judiciary message which startled
the country. In order that better justice may be
secured he has recommended the following
changes:

1. That the President should have the power
to add a judge to any court in which there is a
present judge who has not retired within six
months after reaching seventy years of age.

2. That the Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court should have the power temporarily to dis-
tribute district and circuit judges to different
areas to avoid congestion.

3. That no decision, injunction, or decree on
any constitutional question should be promul-
gated by any federal court without previous no-
tice to the Attorney General of the United States,
so that he may be able to present the case of the
United States.

4. That there should be a direct and immedi-
ate appeal to the Supreme Court from any in-
ferior court which has decided a constitutional
question, and all other matters should be put
aside for such cases.

Obviously, the President hopes to improve the
courts in two ways. First, by injecting new and
younger ideas into the conservative opinions of
the court, he hopes to secure more cooperation
with the progressive ideals of his administration.
"Little by little," he said, "new facts become
blurred by old glasses, fitted, as it were, for the
needs of another generation; older men, assum-
ing that the scene is the same as it was in the
past, cease to explore or inquire into the present
or the future." Secondly, he hopes to secure 4
quicker and more effective justice by relieving
the present congestion of the district and circuit
courts, and by other "hurry up" measures.

The results of this move are not surprising, as
it has brought to a head the bitter constitutional
controversy of the last three years. First, the
position of the Supreme Court as a body com-
pletely aloof from political factions is threatened
and the attention of all is centered on it. Then,
Congress has been split into two bitterly opposed
factions which are not divided by party lines.
Many Democrats and other staunch supporters
of the New Deal, such as Senator Norris from
Nebraska, are among the opposition. But on the
other hand, support has also come from unex-
pected quarters. There are constitutional lawyers
who declare such legislation would be an advis-
able move.

The country is anxiously awaiting the action
of Congress and the Supreme Court. Will the
President be able to overcome the worn-out tra-
ditions of a century and a half or will "The Nine
Old Men" retain their present authority?

Kepertoire Book Suggests
Coming of Ballets Busses

Gray minarets rounded and pointed on top of
long pink and red and purple buildings against
a splashy blue are a suggestion of Colonel W.
de Basil's Ballets Russes, which will come to
Atlanta for three performances on Friday even-
ing, February 26, and Saturday afternoon and
evening, February 27.

The colored structures form the cover of a
repertoire magazine of the ballet. Inside are the
pictures of the choreographer and dancers in
portraits and in the intimate illustrations of
their ballets. There are scenery and the quite-
as-colorful story of the growth of the company.

Colonel W. de Basil's work has been predomi-
nantly among dancers. Selecting talented and
trained persons who might, at the same time, be
responsive to new developments in his ideas of
choreography, Colonel de Basil chose sonic chil
dren who were only twelve years old. Today,
while his advanced company is making tours, a
group of children from seven to twelve are re-
ceiving training in Paris for the future ballet.

Including (lancers, painters, ceo 1 posers, and
conductors, the ballel is an international under-
taking. Although there are a large number of
Russians, there arc also dancers from no less
than eight other countries, among whom are
English. Americans, and Japanese.

One of the most widely-acclaimed of the bal-
lets is "Le Beau Danube", a character ballet
based on the music of Johann Strauss and on the
choreography of Leonide Massine. The story of
a young soldier, a young girl, and a street dancer,
the ballet treats of love, jealousy, and reconci-
liation. Composed in 1923, "Le Beau Danube"
has continued to be included in the repertoire,
delighting audiences, sweeping them into the
gaity of the Vienna Waltz.

THE AGONISTIC

3

Ingenious Students Invent

New Facts About Y.W.C.A<

Though not exactly "The Voice of
a Thousand People," as one student
titled her sheet of answers, the recent
Y. W. C. A. questionnaire gave evi-
dence of the originality of 5 00 Agnes
Scott students.

The abbreviations of the associations
with which Agnes Scott Y. W. C. A.
is %i filiated offered numerous oppor-
tunities for our eager students to im-
provise answers. The W. C. S. F.
(Women's Christian Student Federa-
tion) was defined variously as "Wo-
man's Christian Suffering Federation"
and "Woman's Christian Southern
Federation." N. I. C. C. (National
Intercollegiate Christian Confedera-
tion) was christened by one the "Na-
tional International Country Council,"
\\ !uk it drew from another a surren-
der in the hopeless and well-worn
phrase, "Je ne sais pas."

A deficiency in the field of geogra-
phy revealed itself in the replies to
the question of where Miss Emily
Winn is a missionary. Though her
station is really Korea, numerous stu-
dents claimed that she carried on her
work in China, Brazil, Asia, and even
"Corea." Other dislocations occurred
in the answers to the inquiry as to
where the regional Y. W. C. A. con-
ference is held. Though some girls did
know that "Blue Ridge" was the
answer, others suggested Emory, Uni-
versity of Georgia, and Nashville.

Suggestions for chapel and vespers
were unusually numerous and ingen-
ious. Among the chapel speakers re-
quested were Peter Marshall (especial-
ly), William Lyons Phelps, Dr. Butt-
rick, Walter Pascal, and Ernest Rog-
ers, and "some ministers besides Pres-
bviemns." As for vespers, everyone
shouted for more music and more fa-
miliar songs and some for more lights
to see these hymns. "More attend-
ance" was another helpful suggestion.

Bursts of spontaniety hinted at the
original personalities of the questioned

CLUB NEWS

French Club
The French Club will meet this
afternoon at 4:3 0 in the Murphy
Candler Building.

German Club
The German Club will meet at
6:00 this evening with the German
Club of Emory. The two clubs will
have dinner together in the cafeteria
of the Emory campus, after which
there will be a meeting which will fea-
ture German songs and games.

Cotillion Club
Cotillion Club will meet Thursday,
February 18, in the Murphy Candler
Building at 5:00 with Jane Moore
Hamilton, Catherine Ivie, and Toni
Newton as hostesses.

B. O. Z.

B. O. Z. will meet Friday, Febru-
m \ 19, at 7:00 in the Murphy Cand-
ler Building.

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ones, and made the returned sheets
fairly sparkle with interest. When
asked about vesper music, one girl
answered, "I like two songs." Explain-
ing why she did not attend vespers,
another wrote, "I go home almost
every week-end." One of the strang-
est answers given at all was to the in-
quiry, "Are white and colored Y. W.
C. A.'s united?" The enlightening
answer was, "I'm white." "Barkis is
willing but I'm not over-anxious" was
the remark which one literary-minded
young lady wrote in reference to her
desire to participate in programs.

A crowning addition to one sheet
was a weather forecast, predicting
"fair and warmer." And to finish up
the originality and ingenuity displayed
in these questionnaires, one habit-en-
slaved young thing wrote at the bot-
tom of her page, "Pledge."

ATLANTA TO SEE DOLL HOUSE

(Con tinned from page 2, column 2)
for the extraordinary chairs. The book
cases are filled with volumes written
especially for the Doll House by such
famous authors as Louis Bromfield and
Hendrick Van Loon. Most of these
books are less than one inch square.

Connected to the library by a little
hallway is the chapel where a golden
organ fills the room with worshipful
music played through an elaborate
electric system via remote control.
There are more than a hundred keys,
none of which are more than a six-
teenth of an inch wide. Facing the
organ and behind the altar is a mural
of the Holy Night, a faithful copy of
Correggio.

By ascending the curving stairway
in the central hall, the Prince and
Princess reach their regal bedrooms.
That of the Prince is Russian in type,
done wholly in bronze with deep blue
as the prevailing color. Marble and
gold are used to decorate his bath. Two
golden lions guard his throne-like tub
while two reclining mermaids with
scales of pure gold pour water con-
stantly from their sea shells.

The Princess' bedroom is light and
dainty in comparison with the Prince's
suite. From the mother-of-pearl floor
and the cherubs floating upon the
ceiling in a sea of pink clouds to the
magic spinnet of carved ivory one
gets the impression of infinite delicacy
and charm. The Princess' bath is in
jade with etched glass walls, crystal
pillars, and silver cupids.

Outside in the garden are fountains
shooting streams of water towards the
branches of the mother-of-pearl trees
while a feathered nightingale blends
his notes with those of the mellow
organ within.

These are only a few examples of

"Comus" Inspires
Wealth of Color
In May Costumes

The vast variety of characters in
Milton's elaborate masque Com its gives
the May Day costume committee an
opportunity to revel in rich materials
and quaint styles
as well as to wor-
ry their heads
over period cos-
tume books and
tickle their imag-
inations over ap-
parel for such
outlandish crea-
rabble. The whole
in the England of
Charles I is represented in the masque,
with lords and ladies of the court, peas-
ants, shepherds, and shepherdesses, as
well as the supernatural elements aris-
ing from the superstitions of the time

tures as Cosmus
panorama of life

rabbi

e,

Comus and his bewitched
the nymphs, and the shades.

The young lady, who is the chief
figure in Comus, is to be dressed in a
rose satin gown
w i t h full skirt
and m o d if i e d
stomacher, wide
laced collar, and
full sleeves with
cuffs. She will
carry a hat which
she loses and her
brothers find when they are seeking
to rescue from the magician Comus.

These two brothers will wear gor-
eeous cavalier suits in dull blue and
dull rose, respectively. Their knee
breeches will be trimmed with bows
and their broad collars with lace, while
their tall hats will bear the plumes so
dear to the cavalier's heart.

The mother and father of this no-
ble trio, who receive them at Ludlow
town after their
escape from the
evils of the forest,
will be dressed
more soberly than
their children.
The mother will
wear a gown pat-
terned like h e r
(Continued on page 4, column 1)

the amazing artistry and imaginative
genius of the builders of Colleen
Moore's Doll House, but they are suf-
ficient to convince the most skeptical
person that here is a real thing of beau-
ty that the Doll House is truly "the
most exquisite toy in the world."

Meet Your Friends at

Cox's Prescription Shop

Between Paramount and Grand
Theaters, Atlanta

Good Food

IS

Good Health!

You Can Depend

On

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Carrots and Rulers Support
Renewed Search for Charm

Carrots Up!
Carrots to the right of us!
Carrots to the left of us!
What will become of us no-
body knows!

Charm has struck the campus and
we just can't understand the things its
ardent worshipers are doing. My dear,
if you see Laura Steele suddenly jerk
while poring over Directed History
in the library, you can be sure that her
ruler has done the trick. Now let us
undulate our liquid lines over to Butt-
rick, breathing deeply all the time.
Here we find stately Amelia Nickels
telling interested friends the results of
her interview. She modestly whispers,
"I'm all right," while Alice Taylor,
who is the very essence of charm her-
self, breaches disillusioned sighs, for
Miss Osborne informs her that she is
flat-chested.

Hark! That must be Hannah swal-
lowing another word. 'Tis rumored
she will never be a president of a club.
That must be the "refreshing" voice
of Stalker we hear resounding over
the quadrangle.

Please note that the glints in Betty
Willis' hair are the color of the chapel
chairs. Who would have thought it?
"Hottentottish" is the word that de-

RUBIN'S
Fashion
Corner

Peachtree
At Ellis

scribes Caroline Forman's hair. Quite
appropriate any way.

Not even the old graduates could
escape the critical eye. Bert was told
that since she had not graced her face
with powder, now was no time to be-
gin. Alas and alack her beige and
green dress would look simply stun-
ning on Ruby, who was also in earnest
pursuit of charm.

Miss Osborne is not only an author-
ity on this elusive charm, but she
knows the cure for Mutt Fite's rheu-
matism. It seems that Martha has been
neglecting her spinach.

Pardon us for going Walter Win-
chell on you, but who was the cour-
ageous male who ventured forth to
get the latest dope on charm in spite
of the derision of his fellow profes-
sors? Dr. Davidson says he has noticed
a change in Mrs. Davidson already.

Who knows but what we shall be
changed women too, as soon as the gro-
ceryman gets in some more carrots
and the freshmen get going on their
supply.

Meet Me At

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A college for women that is widely recog-
nized for its standards of work and for the
interesting character of its student activities

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

10 Day
Presentation

The Famous Houbigant
Pageant of Perfume

Designed and executed by that young artist,
Millard Sheets, of "Great Ziegfeld" fame . . .
displaying relics and museum pieces valued at
$150,000 ... Six windows and the entire Toi-
] etries Department will be devoted to it.

STREET FLOOR

RICH'S

4

THE AGONISTIC

Freshmen, Sophomores Win
Fast Game Vs. Upperclassmen

A. A. Welcomes Dorothy Fug-
gitt, Prominent Atlanta Ref-
eree, N. A. P. S. Coach

Again leading the field of inter-
class sports, the weekly basketball
games entertained a few enthusiasts in-
cluding Atlanta high school girls last
Friday afternoon at 3:30 in the gym.
With a close score, the freshmen de-
feated the juniors 39-3 3, and the
sophomores managed a victory over
the seniors by one point, the score
being 2 8-27. Both games began with
recklessness, but by the halves the
playing had calmed considerably.

In the first half of the junior-
freshman game, Robinson guarded un-
usually well, and Williams again made
a number of her brilliant goals. Car-
son made one of the neatest baskets
of the afternoon from the center
court before the second half. In the
last half the game was faster and more
accurate, with Blackshear's playing
outstanding. This game lacked the
competition that spectators enjoy,
there being too much "fight" in the
freshmen.

The senior-sophomore game began
with more pep, but with as much reck-
lessness, as the junior-freshmen game.
The sophomore guarding was keen and
confusing throughout to the senior for-
wards. On the other hand the senior
guarding was loose and defensive.
Kneale and Stalker took honors for the

senior team, Williams and Garner for
the sophs.

The latter game was close and the
score shifted rapidly, but the barren
balcony offered little inspiration for
the splendid playing of which all four
classes are capable. Basketball, as a
major winter sport should attract more
sports enthusiasts on the campus than
the balcony could accomodate. Here's
to more substantial crowds, and then
to better games!

Dot Fuggitt has come to the cam-
pus as a professional coach to referee
our weekly games. A graduate in
physical education from California,
she coaches the three-years-undefeated
N. A. P. S. team. Her rigid referee-
ing introduces welcome stimulation to
better playing.

Atlanta Peace Agencies
Present Three Movies
On Government Themes

COM US HAS GAY COSTUMES

{Continued from page 3, column 3)
daughter's, but in the more somber
shade of dark purple. The father will
wear a suit of black trimmed with I
white, in a style slightly less extreme
than that of his sons.

The peasant girls and shepherdesses
who add color and liveliness to the
sinister activity of Comus, will be at-
tired in the quaint peasant costumes of
the early seventeenth century. They
will wear full skirts and black bodices
laced over white puff-sleeved blouses.
The committee is still in doubt about
the aprons and are weighing carefully
the respective merits od 'kerchiefs and
milk-maid caps.

The peasants and shepherds will
wear rough leggings and long shep-
herds' smocks in dark shades, blending
with the brighter colors of their part-
ners' skirts.

The three companions of the lady,
who protect her from harm and cheer
Her spirits in the dark wood, will wear
flowing Grecian costumes, as will the
water nvmphs who free the lady from
the evil spell of Conuis.

Comus' rabble, people whom the ma-
gician has bewitched by making them
drink from his evil cup, are, by their
grotesqucness, the most striking fig-
ures in the masque. They will wear
snake-like costumes of iridescent ma-
terial, long and tight fitting, and on
their heads will wear the heads of va-
rious animals. In one scene of the
masque they will carry flaming torch-
es, and in another, sparkling wine-
glasses.

Comus, himself, the evil wizard who
endeavors to turn the high-minded

For the benefit of the local group
of the United Automobile Workers of
America the agencies and individuals
which are connected with the Emer-
gency Peace Campaign, presented a
series of three sound pictures at the
Fulton High School, in Atlanta, on
Thursday evening, February 11.

Subjects of the movies were varied
and far-reaching, covering the present
governmental, economic, and peace sit-
uations in the United States.

The first of the three movies was
a government picture, called "The
Plow That Broke the Plain," concern-
ing the conservation of the soil. The
second of the series, an animated car-
toon, was entitled "Why," and its
theme was the profit of the munitions
makers. The third of the pictures, the
title of which was "Millions of Us,"
was on the subject of unemployment
and the labor organizations.

The program was attended by a
large audience of five hundred people,
and Agnes Scott was well represented
by seven day students and three teach-
ers.

Read, Write Letters,
Chat With Friends
At Y. W. Open House

To have a friendly chat with
one's friends, to hear the latest gos-
sip, to get a bite of food, to sip a
bit of coffee, to read a thrilling
story, to dream of last night's date,
to enjoy the best of music, to dis-
cuss life's ups and downs, to settle
the most perplexing of the world's
problems, to enjoy being in inti-
mate little groups, to have a really
good time in a quiet way on Sun-
day afternoons that's what Y. W.
C. A. open house is for.

It has happened before; it hap-
pens every Sunday in the Murphy
Candler Building; it can happen to
you.

A. S. C. Publishes
19 3 7 Catalogue

With three of the year courses to
be divided into courses of three quar-
ters each, two to be given in two quar-
ters, and one to be supplemented by
two additional studies, the new 193 6-
j7 Agnes Scott catalogue has come
from the press.

Astronomy appears as "General
Astronomy," "The Solar System," and
"The Stellar System;" sociology as
"Social Problems," "Criminology,"
and "Social Pathology;" and physics
as "Properties of Matter: Mechanics,"
"Sound, Heat, Light," and "Magne-
tism and Electricity."

The biology department will offer
plant physiology in two quarters, as
will the English department give "The
History of the Novel."

The two additional subjects appear
in the Greek department as "Directed
Study in Greek Epic, Lyric, or Dra-
matic Poetry" and "Directed Study in
Greek History or Philosophy."

A. S. Club to Entertain
At Bridge on Feb. 22

If you can wiggle your ears, you
have a little of the ape-man in you,
says Professor H. R. Hunt of Michi-
gan State College. Pre-historic man
had to wiggle his ears to sharpen his
sense of hearing. Muscles employed in
this action are a definite inheritance
from him.

lady to sin by his magic, is so impor-
tant a character that the costume com-
mittee is still debating about his at-
tire. With so much thought upon his
costume, he will probably be a fearful
and a wonderful creature, completing
the pageant of beautiful and grotes-
que, colorful and sinister figures
which will dance into the May Day
Dell next May, to present that spec-
tacle which delighted the eyes of king
and court over three hundred years
ago.

Members of the A. S. Club will en-
tertain at a bridge for the college on
Monday afternoon, February 22, from
three to five o'clock in the Murphy
Candler Building. A general charge
of five cents will admit all pleasure
seekers to an afternoon of bridge and
other games, and also to the floor-
show in which torch singers and dan-
cers will perform.

With Compliments
LOUIS

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Badminton Gains Popularity
As Tournament Approaches

Similar to Tennis, Ancient Game
Began in East; Reached
U. S. in 1870's

The coming badminton tournament
on the campus has aroused unexpected
interest in the history and the method
of this newly popular game.

In the Orient, some centuries ago,
there existed a game similar to this,
which drifted through India by way
of enthusiastic English sportsmen into
England. Here it took the name of
badminton from Babminton, the seat
of the Duke of Gloucester. In the late
1870's, badminton reached the United
States, to be appreciated only in the
east until its recent appearance in ac-
tive sports. Authorities agree that this
unusual game now has a firm and per-
manent position of popularity in this
country, much to the delight of all
who have played it.

The equipment of badminton in-
cludes a very light, slender racket, a
feathered ball weighing about eighty
grams, and called a shuttlecock, and
a raised tennis net.

The rules are similar to those of its
sister sport, tennis. The court is much
smaller, though marked like a tennis
court. Enthusiasts of the game find
it easy to adapt tennis rules and scor-
ing, but a thorough review of the
rules is desirable. Some of the most
important rules in the way of "knotty
points," included in a badminton
pamphlet published by the General

Sportscraft Company of New York,
are:

An attempted serve, if missed*
doesn't count as a fault, yer it the
"bird" is touched, a faultv serve is
t h e re to re d e 1 i v e r ed .

M. Matthews to Edit,
E. Hutchens to Manage
Freshman ( lass Edition

Elected by a written ballot of their
class at a meeting held after chapel
Friday, February 12, Mary Matthews
and Eleanor Hutchens will be editor-
in-chief and business manager, re-
spectively, of the freshman edition of
the Agonistic. The paper, the last m
the series of the class issues, will conic
out Wednesday, February 24.

Mary has announced her editorial
staff as including, as associate editor,
Betty Alderman; as make-up editor,
Henrietta Thompson; as feature edi-
tor, Mary Louise Dobbs; for current
history, Louise Hughston; tor clubs.
Maty Reins; for book-notes, Evclvn
Baty; for alumnae, Margaret 1 [opkinSJ
for society, Frances Hampton; and
for sports, Ruth Eyles.

Mary graduated from the Girls'
High School in Atlanta, where during
her senior year she was president of
the student body and literary editor
of the school paper. Eleanor is from
Huntsville, Ala.

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VOL. XXII

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1937

Holiday
Hooray

NO. 15

Eight Players
Make Varsity
In Basketball

Four Sophomores Make Team;
Two Freshmen, One
Junior, Senior

To Meet Sub-Varsity Mar. 2

Receiving recognition for outstand-
ing work in basketball this year arc
the following members of the varsity-
team, chosen Tuesday, February 23,
by the varsity council: forwards
Elizabeth Blackshear, Jean Williams,
Elizabeth Williams, and Mary Evelyn
Garner; guards Estelle Cuddy, Marie
Stalker, Jane Moses, and Mary Eleanor
Steele. Members chosen for sub-var-
sity team arc as follows: forwards
Mary Kneale, Virginia Milner, Anne
Thompson, Primrose Noble; guards
Alice Taylor, Polly Ware, Frances
Robinson, and Jane Moore Hamilton.

Members of both teams are chosen
for their skill, interest in the game,
good sportsmanship, and team work.
At the last regular game on Friday
night, February 19, members of all
four teams voted for six girls who
were not on their team for varsity.
Then the varsity council, composed of
Misses Llewellyn Wilburn, associate
professor of physical education; Elisa-
beth Mitchell, assistant in physical
education; Elizabeth F. Jackson, asso-
ciate professor of history; Blanche
Miller, instructor in biology; Franc?s
Wilson, and Marie Stalker, voted on
them finally.

On Tuesday night, March 2, the
Y.irsiiv and sub- varsity teams will
pl.u i he final game of the season, ex-
cept for the "brown jug" contest to
be held March 5. Miss Frances Keller,
from the Y. W. C. A., will referee
the game.

Mr. Raper Speaks
About Exploitation

"We have failed to apply the Chris-
tian rule of 'Do unto others as you
would have them do unto you,' " said
Mr. Arthur Raper, Professor of Sociol-
ogy, when he spoke in chapel yester-
day. His talk on "Christ's Challenge
in Economic and Social Life" was one
of the features of Y. W. C. A.'s pro-
gram for this year.

In his discussion Mr. Raper empha-
sized the white race and exploitation.
One of his main topics was the ex-
ploitation of natural resources. "We
are taking out of the land more than
we put into it," he said. Among other
things that white people are using for
their own gain are: ideals, places, peo-
ple, and time. The wealthier nations,
especially, are selfish about their ad-
vantages, and refuse to help one an-
other. They arc even exploiting the
exploiters, by which he means that
there is extensive use of the "soak the
rich" policy.

If this dissension among the mem-
bers of the white race does not cease,
according to the speaker, the race will
be annihilated by floods, droughts,
and other distressing conditions result-
ing from exploitation.

Future Attractions and Distractions

Sir Herbert Ames
Speaks to Atlantans

Lecturer To Talk On Current
Events At Emory, Tech,
Agnes Scott

Sir Herbert Brown Ames, noted au-
thority on present social and economic
conditions, will visit Agnes Scott
campus March 24-2 5. During his
stay here he will conduct discussions
on current events in history classes
and will talk in the evening in chapel.

He has had experience in interna-
tional affairs as First Treasurer of the
League of Nations, 1919-1926, and is
a former member of the Canadian
Dominion Parliament. Since 1929,
Sir Herbert Ames has been connected
with the Carnegie Endowment for In-
ternational Peace as a lecturer.

During the week March 22-29 he
will visit the various colleges in At-
lanta, lecturing at Emory, Georgia
Tech, and Agnes Scott. The subjects
of his talks have not been announced,
but will probably be on some phase
of social and economic conditions.

Miss Carrie Scandrett
Attends Meet of Deans

Miss Carrie Scandrett, assistant
dean, was in New Orleans February
17-20 at the National Convention of
the Association of the Deans of Wom-
en, one division of the American
Council of Guidance and Personnel
Associations. The theme of the con-
ference was Looking Toward </ Perma-
nent Youth Adjustment Fragrant.

There were discussions of every
phase of student life, but Miss Scand-
rett was most interested in the prob-
lems of the sophomore year, mental
hygiene, and the abrupt change in cur-
riculum between high school and col-
lege. Among the speakers was Thom-
as F. Neblett, a member of the Na-
tional Advisory Committee.

I. McCain, M. Summers Preside
Over Founder's Day Festivities

Isabel McCain, presiding as George
Washington over the Founders' Day
banquet held Monday night in Rebe-
kah Scott dining hall, appropriately
decorated with red candles, hatchets,
and cherry trees, began the program
by introducing his dear wife, Martha,
with the following verse:

"To Edward YIll from Adam

Almost every man has had 'em

But no wife is so fine

As this Martha of mine.

Folks, I present the madam!"

After the audience became acquaint-
ed with Martha, George thus intro-
duced his famous contemporary, La-
fayette:

"Lafayette, our friend from France,
Becurled, perfumed, (pause) with

satin pants.
When we all proved skittish,
You routed the British
Now, save us from the ants."
Lafayette, alias Lucile Dennison, re-
plied:

(Continued on page 3, column 2)

Honor System
Will be Topic
For Assembly

Miss C. Scandrett, Dr. A. Raper,
Barnes, King, Carithers
Will Speak

General Meeting March 5-6

In a new kind of open forum which
will last two days, March 4-5, student
government will sponsor a general dis-
cussion of the double honor system.
Alice Hannah, president of student
government, says that the meetings
will give members of the faculty and
of the student body an opportunity
to express their opinions.

Miss Carrie Scandrett, assistant dean
of the college, and Dr. Arthur Raper,
acting sociology professor, will speak
on the value of the system in the eyes
of the faculty. Margaret Barnes, Eliza
King, and Jane Carithers will give
short talks discussing the student's
opinion on the subject. After these
speakers have presented their ideas,
questions or opinions for and against
the system will be brought up from
the floor.

Although the college handbook
tests in the fall asked for opinions and
suggestions on the subject, this meet-
ing will be the first open forum held
for a general discussion of the present
honor system, and Alice hopes that
through the participation of the whole
campus, student government will re-
ceive ideas for improving the system.

S w i m m er s Attend
Annual Conference

Attending the third annual Aquatic
Conference of the South, Anne
Thompson, Bee Merrill, Miss Harri-
ette Haynes, assistant professor of
physical education, and Miss Elisabeth
Mitchell, her assistant, spent February
18 through February 20 at the Uni-
versity of Alabama. The purposes of
the meeting were to foster good
sportsmanship and to encourage closer
cooperation.

The conference was divided into
two programs: administration and
student. On Friday night Miss Hayncs
r pokc on the subject Su im mifig Clubs.
On the same program Anne Thomp-
son made a talk on Swimming Clubs
from a Student's Point of Vieu .

Among the other features of the
program was an open discussion of the
possibilities for a federation of swim-
ming clubs.

May Day Aspirants
Try Out for Comus

Committee Judges Will An-
nounce Characters for Mask
by J. Milton

Aspirants to May Day careers as
water nymphs, shepherd and shepherd-
esses, tumbling clowns, dancers, Co-
mus, or a lady, met in the gym yester-
day afternoon at 4:00 o'clock to try-
out for these parts in the adaptation
of Comus, a mask by John Milton.
The members of the May Day Com-
mittee, with Eloisa Alexander as chair-
man, were judges in the tryouts and
will announce the characters as soon
as they reach a decision.

Among the leading roles in the per-
formance are: Comus, with his crew;
attendant spirit, afterwards in the
habit of Thyrsis; the lady; Echo; the
lady's two brothers; Sabrina, leader of
the nymphs; and the lady's father and
mother. The cast also includes a
group of clowns who do tumbling acts.
A large group of dancers will com-
prise Comus' rabble, shapes and shad-
ows, water nymphs, shepherds and
shepherdesses. The dances for the fes-
tival have been arranged by Ruth
Tate and June Matthews.

Noble Inaugurates New
Plan For Campus Sings

Inaugurating a new plan for cam-
pus sings, Primrose Noble, chairman
of the music committee of Y. W. C.
A., has announced that every Friday
night there will be a sing after ves-
pers in the Murphey Candler building.

Campus sings have previously been
held in front of Main building, in the
day student room in Main, and in the
chapel. The Murphey Candler build-
ing is a more convenient location since
there are a piano, many chairs, and a
great deal of room.

Glee Club Will
Give Operetta
On March 26

Nickels, Lasseter Take Leads in
Lively Venetian Drama
On March 5-6

Atlanta Soloists Have Roles

A duke and a duchess, two roman-
tic Venetian gondoliers, and a new
queen will visit Agnes Scott on the
stage of the Bucher Scott gymnasium
on Friday evening, March 5, and Sat-
urday, March 6, when the glee club
under the direction of Mr. L. H. John-
son will present "The Gondoliers," a
Gilbert and Sullivan opera. The glee
club's choice this year is considered
the best of all of Gilbert and Sulli-
van's light operas.

The girls taking the leading parts
on Friday or on Saturday are: The
Duchess of Plaza-Toro, Amelia Nick-
els; Casilda (her daughter), Florence
Lasseter and Jane Moore Hamilton;
Gianetta, Ruth Tate and Betty Lou
Houck Smith; Tessa, Virginia Kyle
and Mary Alice Newton; Fiametta,
Caro'ine Armistead; Vittoria, Jane
Moses; Giulia, Virginia Wood; and
Inez (nurse), Evelyn Wall. The male
characters are: The Duke of Plaza-
Toro (a Grandee of Spain), Richard
Smoot; Luiz (his attendant), Edwin
Everitt and Gene Powell; Don Al-
hambra del Bolero (the Grand Inquisi-
tor), Eugene Trabcr and Leland
Mackey; Marco Palmieri, Paul Over-
bey; Giuseppe Palmieri, Walton Bobo
and Don White; Antonio, Jack Smoot;
Francesco, Edwin Everitt.

Last summer five members of the
cast went to Chautauqua, New York,
with Mr. Johnson to see dress rehear-
sals and the actual performance of
"The Gondoliers" there. The party in-
cluded Amelia Nickels, Mary Alice
Newton, Evelyn Wall, Betty Lou
Houck Smith, and Jack Smoot.
(Continued on page 4, column 2)

Professor Returns
From Florida Tour

Dr. Arthur F. Raper, acting pro-
fessor of sociology, returned Thurs-
day, February 18, from a ten day
tour of Florida with the Florida Chain
of Missionaries Assemblies. Dr. Raper
spoke on the subject of farm tenancy
and race relations in Clearwater, Tam-
pa, and Tallahassee. At Tallahassee
he spoke to an Interdenominational
State Wide Young People's meeting.

The Florida chain of Missionary As-
semblies has for the past sixteen years
been bringing missionaries from for-
eign fields to speak in Florida, and it
is only recently that home missionar-
ies have been included in these tours,
which last about a month.

There were about ten others on the
same tour as Dr. Raper, the most
prominent of whom are: Miss Muriel
Lester, founder of Kingsley Hall, East
London; Mrs. Induk Pak, director for
fifteen years of woman's movement in
Korea, and graduate of Wesleyan Col-
lege; Dr. Herrick B. Young, of Teher-
ian, Iran (Persia) .

Gondoliers, Princes, Duchesses
Invade Agnes Scott Stronghold

The Agnes Scott campus will be
greatly excited on March 5-6 when
the entanglement of the love affairs in
The Gondoliers unravels to a dramatic
and highly entertaining conclusion.
In the opening of the operetta, two
jovial gondoliers select their wives
from a crowd of pretty girls by a
plan of chance, and laugh their way
off. Then the Duke, Duchess, and
their daughter appear. The Duke re-
veals his purpose for coming to Ven-
ice, namely, that his daughter as a

child was betrothed to the Prince of
Barataria and, because the King is
dead, is the legitimate queen. Great
is the maid's sorrow, for she secretly
shares a love with her father's aide.

The Grand Inquisitor, responsible
tor the young Prince's kidnapping,
had put him in the hands of a noble
family, where he became confused
with the family's son, and now only
the foster-mother can identify him.
While someone is sent to find her, two
(Continued on page 4, column 2)

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THE AGONISTIC

PUBLISHED WEEKLY

"1936 Essay Annual" Presents

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Owned and published by the students of Agnes Scott
College.

Entered as Second Class Matter at Decatur, Georgia.

Subscription price, $1.25 per year in advance.
Single copies, 5c.
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Educated Balance-Scales

Our college life is a balance-scale which has
student activities on one side and studies on the
other. If balanced skilfully, the pans of the scale
will swing in harmony; but, if one pan is over-
heaped, one side of the scale will become too
heavy for the other. We try to balance its pans
skilfully. We wish to establish the harmonious
relationship between studies and extra-curricular
activity. Therefore, realizing that our studies
cannot be tampered with, we must select activi-
ties which will demand our interest and develop
our talents but which will not outweigh our stu-
dies in value.

In order to select the outside activities which
will be most agreeable to our scholastic program
an intelligent understanding of the workings of
all the organizations on the campus is necessary.
We should be able to comprehend the relation-
ships that exist among the various organizations
on the campus. But do we have this understand-
ing? Recently the Connecticut College for Wom-
en decided to include the enlightenment of fresh-
men in its program of student activities. It was
proposed that a special meeting be held for this
purpose at the beginning of the year to acquaint
the freshmen with the workings of the clubs on
the campus. The student body of George Wash-
ington University was recently presented with a
program for the organization of undergraduate
activities that included in its purposes "explor-
ing the function of student activities in their re-
lation to university development and in their con-
tributions to the development of the life of the
student body."

If we could thoroughly understand the aim of
each organization on the campus, if we could
judge, somewhat, the extent of its success in
realizing this aim, if we were able to intelligent-
ly consider the part each organization might play
in the development of our own interest, if we
could determine to some extent, the relationship
that would exist between each activity and our
studies, then we could come nearer to determin-
ing that ideal balance between studies and extra-
curricular activity that makes for the most de-
sirable college experience.

Youth's

Future

A prominent American writer, in giving ad-
vice to his daughter on a proper attitude of mind
for youth today, stated that he really believed
that the greatest creations in every phase of
man's work are yet to come. If we accept his
idea, the college student of today may forget
that "youth has no future" and make one.

Whether this encouraging father had a basis
for his supposition or not, if we realize that what
he meant was that we need an ambitious, enthus-
iastic attitude, we will be capable of great crea-
tions. The advice given to old Miss Hepzibah in
Hawthorne's / ; Seven Gables may easily
apply to us in our youth. This wise counsel is:
"These feelings will not trouble you any longer,
after you are once fairly in the midst of your
enterprise."

Erich Q. Walter. 1936 Essay Annual.
Scott, Foresman and Company, Chi-
cago, Atlanta, Dallas, New York.
There is a little book about five
by eight inches on the right hand
side of the fireplace in the library; a
little book which no one has ever
taken out. It is covered with tan
cloth, and its gold letters on the out-
ride read "193 6 Essay Annual" When
we open it, we see that it is "A Yearly
Collection of Significant Essays, Per-
sonal, Critical, Controversial, and
Humorous." Turning another page,
we find that the author, Erich A.
Walter, of the Department of English
at the University of Michigan, has
chosen the material according to that
definition of an essay as "any piece of
non-fictional prose which definitely
reflects the personality of its author,
and which can be read at a sitting of
two hours or less." Here, then, is a
collection of the best in essays for the
past year. Our interest is aroused now
and we turn to the table of contents,
which we find divided into seven
parts.

The first is called "America and
the World," and includes four essays.
One that is particularly interesting
now is "Government by Law,"
Charles Howard Mcllwain's discussion
of the Constitution. He ends with a
real challenge: "Our problem, today,
in a word, is to make needed changes
in the laws, but always to keep them
law."

The second division bears the uni-
versally loved title, "People and
Places." Here the outstanding essay
covers scarcely two pages. It is Wal-
ter Lippmann's restrained, yet effec-
tive, praise of Jane Addams, she who
blended "sympathy with distinction."
Hers was a life of noble democracy,
stooping to help, yet never losing sight
of the things above.

"The Arts" come next. Two of the
six essays in this group we immedi-

G. Maxwell Shows
Taste for All Arts

The fact that Gilbert Maxwell fid-
dles, and reads While Rome Burns (by
Alexander Woolcott) in no way marks
him as a modern Nero. In fact, this
prominent young poet kindly received
three visitors from Agnes Scott re-
cently, talked to them at length on
poetry, and read several selections
from his next book.

He told of his friendship with Er-
nest Hartsock and Edna St. Vincent
Milky, and of his admiration for Ar-
chibald MacLeish. On his table was
a group of poetry collections by such
prominent modern writers as Countee
Cullen, Elinor Wylie, Lawrence Hope,
and Alan Seeger.

As a judge in the Aurora's literary
contest last year, he saw much of Ag-
nes Scott's writing ability. In discuss-
ing the Aurora he said, "I really be-
lieve that the Aurora is the best col-
lege literary magazine I have ever
seen." One reason for this very com-
plimentary remark is that he thinks
that the form of both the short stor-
ies and the poems is unusually good.
And speaking further on the subject
of verse forms, he said that such stu-
dent organizations as B. O. Z. and
Poetry Club are helpful to young
writers because they offer opportuni-
ties for practice and experience in the
technicalities of literary work.

Mr. Maxwell also believes that any-
one engaged in any kind of artistic
expression should be interested in and
know something about the other
fields of art. For example, his work
is poetry; but he knows something of
painting, music, and drama. In his
sitting room he has a painting of a
negro barber shop on Auburn Avenue,
which was a personal gift from the
artist himself, Harry Lee, of Atlanta.
Mr. Maxwell laughingly described his
musical career, which consisted of
violin study and efforts at playing a
piano. The music proved painful to
neighbors but beneficial to the rhythm
of his verse.

He read several selections from his
next book, which will be a study of
the South.

ately notice: Oscar James Campbell's
"Twain Versus Clemens," in honor of
the Mark Twain Centennial, and El-

( mer Davis' "The Imperfect Wagner-

| ire."

"Power," a discussion of C. C. Fur-
nas of the possible use of solar energv,
and "Docs Civilization Still Need Re-
'igion?" by William Ernest Hocking,
compose the section devoted to
"Science and Religion."

Probably the fifth division will be
the most popular of all, for in its five
essays we find "Humor." Every
movie-goer will delight in "The Ar-
liss Menace," in which Robert Sellmer
laments the fact that all historical
characters will look alike to the young-
er generation's mind, if George Arliss
continues to portray so many of the
well-known heroes.

The sixth section is concerned with
"The Press" and includes Paul Hutch-
inson's "Why Blame It On the Pa-
pers?" and Stanley Walker's "Our
Trivial Press." Mr. Walker defines
our newspaper problem thus: "The
problem, it would seem, is partly of
finding some way of presenting cool
facts in more orderly fashion, and
partly of getting away from the stig-
ma of special pleading and unreason-
able and exaggerated partisanship . . ."

The last group is especially inter-
esting to us as college students, for
its subject is "Education." Christian
Gauss gives us something to think
about in his "Why Don't College
Graduates Stay Educated?" He sug-
gests that perhaps the college grad-
uates were not educated in the first
place, not trained for a cultural ideal
or a feeling of responsibility. His idea
that we must get rid of our complac-
ency before we can have any real ad-
vancement is worth our consideration.

After presenting this stimulating
array of essays, the author adds a fit-
ting conclusion, "A Bibliography of
Outstanding American Essays Pub-
lished in American Periodicals: March
1, 1 93 5 -March 3 1, 1936." Thus he
ends one of the most delightful and
carefully chosen collections available
today.

Alumnae News

Sarah Nancy Cook, '3 5, of College
Park, Ga., married Herbert Hadley
Thompson on December 3 1, 193 6.

Helen Handt, '3 6, is teaching in
Greenwood, S. C.

Mildred Chandler, '3 6, is teaching
English and French in Grantville High
School, Grantville, Ga.

Loice Richards, '3 6, is teaching in
New York City at the Katherine
Gibbs School.

Elizabeth Perrin, ex-'37, was re-
cently elected to Cap and Gown, sen-
ior honor society, at the University of
Tennessee.

Gertrude Lozier, *36, will be mar-
ried on March 27 to Mr. Leonard Neal
Hutchinson of Atlanta.

Strike Decision

Work was resumed last week after the "sit-
down" strike in the General Motors plants in
Flint, Michigan, without a decisive victory on
either side. The strikers yielded their principal
contention that the Committee for Industrial
Organization should be accepted as sole repre-
sentative of all the employees in collective bar-
gaining; but the company consented to confer
with the C. I. 0., and for six months only with
the C. I. 0., about laboring conditions in the fac-
tories on strike.

The G. M. officials gave permission for work-
ers to wear union insignia and to discuss union
affairs on their own time on company premises;
the unionists agreed not to solicit members there.
Conferences on the details of the settlement have
begun between officials of both sides. The prin-
cipal demands of the strikers are: a plan for ar-
bitration boards to settle employees' grievances,
seniority rights, a 30-hour week and a 6-hour
day, a maximum speed for production, the rein-
statement of all employees "unjustly dis-
charged," and the adoption of a straight hourly
rate of pay. Already a tentative agreement con-
cerning arbitration boards has been reached, but
none of the details have been made public.

Leaders of the strike are jubilant because for
the first time a union has won recognition on a
company-wide basis from the corporation which
produces 45 per cent of all American automo-
biles. Nevertheless, G. M. officials succeeded in
maintaining their refusal to bargain exclusively
with the C. I. 0., and thereby retained open shop
which to some observers means failure of the
strike.

This was the first important application in
this country of the "sit-down technique," and
the courts have yet to prove their power to force
evacuation on the grounds of trespassing. The
strike was also the largest yet conducted under
the Committee for Industrial Organization, which
was suspended last year from the American Fed-
eration of Labor for organizing workers by in-
dustries instead of along craft lines. The partial
success of the General Motors strike is breeding
predictions of a clash imminent between the two
labor organizations.

Delta Farm Project

Hillhouse, Mississippi, which is located in the
heart of the Delta farm region, is the scene of a
new experiment in co-operative farming and
looks toward the replacement of the tenant sys-
tem as a possible solution of the planter-tenant
controversy in Arkansas and other southern
states. Under the direction of Sherwood Eddy,
national Y. M. C. A. leader, author, and social
worker, this 2,138-acre project was begun last
March.

The first members of the community were
twenty-four families, nineteen of which were
negro. The development has of necessity been a
slow one, including a system of supervised farm-
ing which will eventually include all industrial
activity.

At the present time the farm is held by a group
of five trustees. They include Reinhold Neibuhr,
John Rust, Sherwood Eddy, William R. Ander-
son, and Sam H. Franklin, Jr. The local admin-
istration is intrusted to a council composed of
five elected members, of whom not more than
three can be of one race.

The plan under which this Delta Co-operative
Farm is operated is new in southern farming,
and, since it is still subject to development, its
success cannot yet be determined.

Exchanges

Campus Controversies

Looking around we wonder if the
Hottentots have been meddling in
more than a mild form of magic.
Some of our fellow students arc cither
not with us as much as we imagine,
or are in several places at one time.

Campus comment from Mary Bald-
win College in Virginia informs us
that Hannah spent the week-end at
home and that J. Guthrie is out of
town. And a Sullins professor, M.
Gilchrist, was an honor guest at the
January birthday dinner partv.

Speaking of professors, Mr. Hayes,
professor of psychology at Mt. Holy-
oke, is interested in music and is the
third ranking tennis player of New
England. Could Dr. Hayes of Agnes
Scott be deceiving us?

The "Johnsons" have a word for it.
New members of the Y. W. C. A.
cabinet at Winthrop are Sara Johnson,
interest group, and Mary Johnson, so-
cial service. Ann Johnson of Wahon,
Massachusetts, was a visitor on the
campus during January, while Ann
Thompson is a freshman member of |
the Bancroft social committee.

Perhaps it's the continuous rain, or perhaps
it's just the "Spring in the air," at any rate the
present campus vogue seems to be feuds. These
feuds as yet are not as violent as the one between
the Martins and the Coys; but, who can tell, lit-
tle undercurrents sometimes head into big riv-
ers ; so it is best that these controversies become
well known.

Undoubtedly, the most easily "sensed" feud is
the Science Hall pungent-odor controversy. Mr.
Runyan, associate professor of biology, informed
Mr. R. B. Holt, professor of chemistry, that his
olfactory nerves rebelled against the smell of hy-
drogen sulphide coming from his laboratories.
Whereupon Mr. Holt replied that the smell of
the embalming fluid used by the comparative an-
atomy classes was enough to drive everyone from
the building. Advice: Don't go "nosing around"
to try to settle this feud !

Then, alas! Miss Osborne left behind the
means of a feud, uncharming though such an af-
fair is. It is the meal-time feud between the fat
and the lean. Because of their appetites the fat
are not content with lean alone, but must eat the
fat prepared for the lean ; whereas the lean, fear-
ing they will soon be fat, eat not the fat pre-
pared for them, but instead the lean, cooked for
the fat. Settlement: separate meals with fat for
the lean, and lean for the fat.

THE AGONISTIC

3

Hottentots Reveal Ideal Age
To Inquisitive Interviewers

Majority of Students Favor Carefree Life of Younger Years;
Faculty Members Differ in Their Opinions;
Mr. Robinson Selects Zero

Ponce de Leon, it seems, had noth-
ing on Agnes Scott students in his de-
sire for youth. When approached with
the question, "What age would you
like to be all your life, if you had to
choose?" half the students sighed for
bygone days. Strange to say, only
three out of thirty favored "sweet six-
teen." June Matthews reflected Vir-
ginia Milncr's view as well as her own
when she said, "Sixteen is young
enough to have fun and old enough
to have privileges." But Alice Han-
nah liked sixteen because she could
"go barefooted and not be dignified."

Many girls emphatically endorsed
the "ages of no responsibility." Laura
Steele expressed her desire to be six
months old so she would never have
to write another history paper. Ruth
Slack chose ten because there are no
worries connected, and Charlinc Fleece
echoed this sentiment, adding that at
ten one never worries about "such
things as whether dinner is ready."
Childish Capers

Jane Moses preferred eight years
old. "It's this way," she confided, "I
like to chase dogs and chickens." An-
toinette Sledd agreed with Jane, be-
cause at eight Antoinette "still be-
lieved in Santa Claus." Pride prompt-
ed the answers of Martha Summers
and Lucile Dennison, who wanted to
be four because "girls are so cute and
sweet then."

Mickey Warren said, "Seventeen is
grand." Harriet Fuller, too, bubbled
over with the joy of being seventeen.
"I'm having so much fun now," she
declared. Marie Stalker defended sev-
enteen by the statement that one is so
"young and innocent." Twenty-one
was considered best by Mary Mocquot
and Edith Stover because they'll need
"no more chaperoning." Margaret
Hansell chose the same age for a dif-
ferent reason. "You see," winked
Margaret, "I think I'll be married
then."

Faculty "Ideal Age"
The faculty, too, has its idea of an
"ideal age." Mr. Philip Davidson, an-
alyzing the question, decided he would
like to be mentally thirty-five, physic-
ally twenty-one, with the responsibil-
ity of fifteen. Miss Martha Crowe
voiced the opinion of several others
with her reason for calling twenty the
happiest age. "It's then," she said,
"that one is just out of college, full of
dreams, and certain of an infinite abil-
ity to set the world afire!" Misses
Helen Carlson and Bee Miller refused
to make a choice, on the grounds of
having seen too few years to judge
fairly.

A few Agnes Scotters expect their
happiness in the future. Florence
Sledd is anxiously awaiting the day
when she'll have white hair. Nellie
Margaret Gilroy made the astounding

statement that she would choose to be
one thousand so she could be an ar-
chaeological discovery. And Mr. Hen-
ry A. Robinson knocked all rhyme and
reason out of any answer. "Because,"
he explained with a mathematical
smile, "a person must be zero age to
stay the same- forever."

Sleepy Heads Miss
Oranges on Diet

Agnes Scotters Go Hollywood
With New Breakfasts
Minus Grits

"Tinkle, Tinkle." (That's in Re-
bekah Scott.) "Jangle, Jangle."
(That's in White House.) Chairs
scrape while girls with apologetic I-
just-got-up-two - minutes - ago - and-
didn't - have - time - to-wash-my-face
expressions sit down to breakfast.
White doors swing open and a long
line of triumphant waiters descend
upon the tables bringing to each per-
son an orange a whole orange two
halves of orange. Sleepy expressions
are gone now. Agnes Scott is going
Hollywood and this is the beginning.
Roommates, too sleepy to drag them-
selves down to a breakfast, were made
to feel that they had missed something
by not being on hand at this momen-
tous inauguration of the Hollywood
diet.

Meals have become interesting
things again. You can no longer pre-
dict that we will have liver on Tues-
day or soup on Wednesday. You now
approach each meal with a certain feel-
ing of suspense as an explorer groping
in the unknown.

KITTY ALLEN'S
School of Dancing
Tap - Toe - Ballet - Ballroom
\crobatic

139 Vi S>camore St. Decatur

WEIL'S 10c STORE
Has Most Anything You Need

R. E. BURSON'S SHOE SHOP
307 East College Avenue
Call DE. 3333 We'll Do the Rest!

Meet Your Friends at

Cox's Prescription Shop

Between Paramount and Grand
Theaters, Atlanta

I. McCain, M. Summers

Preside Over Banquet

{Continued from page 1, column 2)
"So sorry, Georgie
I must decline on ants
To make war Gee!
They beat us too in France!"
George then introduced the eloquent
Patrick Henry, otherwise Nellie Gil-
roy, who eloquently replied:

"Eight score and several years ago
In a curious situation,
I made a speech on George III
That rocked the entire nation.
Although my fame reached near

and far,
I failed, old Uncle Sam;
For when I cried, 'Give me lib-
erty!'

I forgot to move my diaphragm."
Then, last but not slowest, came
Paul Revere, Marie Stalker, who
thrilled the audience with:

Society News

Parties in Atlanta claimed Mary
Reed Hendricks, Carolyn DuPre, and
Myrl Chafin, who went to the A. T.
O. formal dance at Tech on Satur-
day; Bee Merrill and Mary Venetia
Smith, who went to the A. K. K.
dance at Emory, Saturday; Sue Bryan,
who went to the A. T. O. affair at
Emory. Strat Sloan went to the S. A.
E. house at Tech, Sunday, and to the
swimming party given by the O. D.
D.'s, Saturday. Mette Williamson,
Charlotte Golden, Marlise Torrance,
and Kay Kennedy went to the quad-
rille dance given by the Tech Gamma
Phi Delta's at Peachtree Gardens,
Wednesday.

Several girls spent the holiday at
other schools. Mildred Joseph went to
Converse College in Spartanburg, S.
C; Adelaide Benson visited at the
University of Florida; and Mette Wil-
liamson, Jane Luthy, Nell Pinner,
Mary McPhaul, Ellen Stuart, and
Martha Summers went to Athens to
the University of Georgia. The Mid-
Winter Dances at Davidson were at-
tended by Rebecca McCree.

J. Thing entertained M. L. Mor-
row, D. Jester, and P. Wheatley; C.
DuPre, F. Morgan and M. Reed; F.
Robinson, P. Noble; A. Howell, P.
Fairly, H. Hassell, J. Austin, M. Doug-
las, G. Erwin; M. A. Green, T. R.
Blackmon and M. P. Brown; C. A. G.
Tazewell; C. Carmichael, J. Porter,
C. Wheeler, M. E. Whetsell, and M.
Hollingsworth; F. Wade, E. Cuddy,
K. Toole, K. Kennedy, and S. Moss;
M. Willis, L. Cairns, V. Cadwell, C.
Fleece, E. Alexander, and M. Gilles-
pie; and F. Steele, J. Gracey.

"Down the road at breakneck speed
Rode Paul Revere on his trusty
steed.

Are the British coming; is there

some disaster?
No, he's gone to borrow a mustard

plaster!"

HOMEFOLKS' GRILL

"Your Home Away From Home"
The Best Place To Eat

119 E. Ponce de Leon Decatur, Ga.
Phone DE. 9275

BAILEY BROTHERS
SHOE SHOP

142 Sycamore St.

Decatur, Ga.

DRY CLEANING SPECIAL
3 for $1.00

DECATUR LAUNDRY AND DRY CLEANING CO.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE

DECATUR, GA.

A college for women that is widely recog-
nized for its standards of work and for the
interesting character of its student activities

For further information, address

J. R. McCAIN, President

Faithful Freshmen Finish;

Sacrificing Seniors Smile

Lack of Carrel Space, Work of Binders Baffle Freshmen; Fulton's
"College Life" First in Race; Miss Hanley
Ignores Rush

The day the freshmen add "finis"
to their last research paper will see
three groups of happy people the fac-
ulty, the upperclassmen, and the fresh-
men themselves. The faculty and sen-
iors will again have access to the car-
rels and second tier of books; the
freshmen will have passed one of the
milestones in their progress towards
those coveted first two letters of the
alphabet.

Balls, Basketball
Fill Gvm Floors

Beauties Show Brawn in Sport;
Stunts Share Stages
With Plays

Were Agnes Scott College a com-
plete community in itself, it could
have a no more ideal community house
than the Bucher Scott gymnasium.
That building is used for everything
from a "mess hall" to a ballroom. The
only thing it lacks, in fact, is a big,
open fireplace.

First, there are the ordinary uses,
for which the basement harbors the
swimming and individual gym classes,
and for which the main floor is filled
at one part of the day with grim bas-
ketball players, then with dainty nat-
ural dancers, and finally with rhyth-
mic tap dancers.

The gym was a "mess hall" when,
after the first hike this year, the girls
had to eat there because of rain, and
also during the junior banquet. It is
the auditorium for Blackfriar's plays.
Mardi Gras, with all its glamour, is
celebrated in the gym. There, fresh-
men and sophomore scenery commit-
tees carry on mysterious plans for the
stunt. And it is there that the bril-
liant reception, and Thanksgiving and
Founders' Day balls are held.

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Amusing and surprising have been
the experiences. Some got side-track-
ed, like Jane Knapp whom her friends
found reading an article called "Fac-
ulty Husbands." The freshmen stumb-
led into trouble in their last papers,
however, for many of the periodicals
were at the binder's. When she dis-
covered that the magazine most neces-
sary to her had been sent off, Henri-
etta Thompson immediately set out
for the Carnegie Library where she
heard, "I'm sorry, the Yale Rciicic
that you want is at the binder's."

Edith Stover was seen madly search-
ing for a certain book in the stacks.
"I've got to find that Literary Di-
gest," she moaned. "I didn't finish a
joke in it yesterday." And one bright
pupil spent two afternoons looking for
a certain volume which had been lost
two years. There is really a race to
the library to get those five precious
copies of Fulton's College Life. One
day Anne Ansley was lucky enough to
get one, but every time she started to
read someone punched her and said,
"Anne, is that Fulton's?" Finally
Elizabeth Davis saved the day by
printing: "I have a Fulton. It is
promised to three people." She pinned
it on Anne's back and Anne finished
her work in peace.

As for Miss Hanley, who considers
that the freshman class has done un-
usually well, research papers have not
claimed her time. Only a pet fern and
a stray yellow Persian kitten have
done that.

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Freshman Team
Defeats Seniors
For Championship

Sophomores Overcome Juniors
To Win Second Place
in Basketball

Club News

Winning from the seniors with a
score of 3 8-3 0, the freshman team
became the champion basketball play-
ers of the four classes Friday night,
February 19. The sophomores also
defeated the juniors in an overwhelm-
ing victory of 43-11 which leaves the
sophomores in second place.

The first quarter of the sophomore-
junior game was slow because of many
pauses for free shots won by fouls on
both sides. In the second quarter, the
sophomores played fast enough to
make up for the first, and carried the
juniors off their feet. Meg Garner's
long goals were particularly notewor-
thy.

The freshmen played their usual
good game with some very pretty
passes, but the seniors offered plenty
of competition to keep the game live-
ly. Virginia Milner made numerous
goals, scoring 22 points.

Miss Frances Keller, secretary in
charge of health education at the Y.
W. C. A., and recognized as one of
the best referees in Atlanta, refereed.

The game between the varsity and
sub-varsity teams will be played Tues-
day night, March 2.

Line-ups were:
Freshmen (3 8) Seniors (30)

R.F. Cary (1)

L.F. McCain (9)
C.F. Kneale (20)
R.G. Stalker (2)
L.G. Summers
C.G. McDonald

Pi Alpha Phi met with its new I Members of the local Alpha Delta
members Februarv 18 at 7:00 o'clock chapter of Eta Sigma Phi enjoyed the
in the Murphey Candler building. A reading of two interesting papers on
debate on the proposed change in the ; classical subjects at their monthly
Supreme Court was given by Mary meeting on Monday, February 15.
Frances Guthrie and Esther Byrns. j Miss Narka Nelson, assistant profes-
The initiation of new members was in ! sor of Latin, read a paper entitled
the form of debates in which each of "Dux Femina Facti," which told in
the girls had to represent a faculty an entertaining and enlightening way
member. of the part played by famous women
in Rome, particularly during the days

The Blackfriars will have a meeting of the Republic. Laura Steele then
March 2, at which group I, headed by | read an article in which the influence
Kathrvn Bowen Wall, and group II, cf the famous legend of Orpheus and
headed by Caroline Carmichael, will Eurydice was traced in subsequent lit-
present short plays. The plays to be j erature, art, and music.

presented by groups I and II respec-

tivelv are: "A Woman of Character" ~, & ft?

and ric china Pig." Secretary oj Lin tan

College Entertains
High School Girls
With Annual Party

Students From Decatur, Atlanta
Girls' High Participate

In Swimming

At a meeting of the Pen and Brush
club on Thursday, February 18, the
members sketched Betty Ann Stewart,
dressed in a taffeta evening dress and
a blue velvet cape. The club is plan-
ning to have a talk on art given by
Mis Louise Lewis and to hike to sev-
eral places that the members wish to
sketch.

B. O. Z. will meet Friday night,
February 2 6, at 7:00 o'clock in the
Murphey Candler building. Giddy Er-
win and Hibcrnia Hassell will serve.

Milner (22)
Williams (12)
Carson
Ware
Moses
Moffett

Substitutions

Freshmen, Slack
(4), Reins; Seniors, Taylor.
Sophomores (43) Juniors (11)

W illiams (18) R.F
Garner (22) L.F
( .umichacl ( 1 ) C.F.

Gondoliers Invade

Agnes Scott Campus

(Continued from page 1, column 5)
gondoliers rule in pompous state. Sud-
denly, one day, the Grand Inquisitor
appears to announce the Queen of Bar- live,
ataria. He also expresses his feeling
that one of the gondoliers is the king.
The horrified wives gasp. Who is mar-
ried then?

The gondoliers, the Queen, and the
wives start to discuss the curious sit-
uation. The foster-mother appears at
the critical time to disclose the true
king as the Duke's aide. The Duke's
daughter and the aide are united as
the King and Queen of Barataria,
much to the relief of the two puzzled
gondoliers and their pretty little wives.

Talks on Citizenship

Captain Arthur Cundy, of Bir-
mingham, Alabama, International Sec-
retary of Civitan, spoke informally in
chapel Thursday, February 18, on the
subject of citizenship. He particular-
ly stressed the importance discipline
plays, not only in military life, but in
every-day life.

Captain Cundy continued his speech
by asking a senior why she came to
college. Next, he pointed out Ann
Worthy Johnson, who replied that she
came to college to learn how to earn a
living. That answer, though wrong,
is, according to Captain Cundy, the
one generally given by students. "You
come to college," he said, "to learn to

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King
Allison
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mores, Purnell,

Cuddy R.G.
Steele L.G.
Chceseman C.G.

Substitutions Sopli
I 1. 1 mil ton.

Referees, Miss Frances Keller and
Miss Bee Miller. Scorer, Mutt Fite.
Timekeeper, Kathryn Patton.

Agnes Scott Glee Club

Will Present Operetta

{Continued from page 1, column 5)

Mr. Johnson says that the soloists
this year are the best group he has
worked with since they include the

He then spoke about the process of
becoming a citizen of the United
States, and pointed out that most na-
tive-born citizens did not know the
facts required of a foreigner. He il-
lustrated his point by asking the audi-
ence some of the questions asked him
(.n his citizenship examination.

That Agnes Scott has a definite
charm for Decatur and Atlanta Girls'
High is proved by the fact that about
80 of them braved the rain Friday,
February 19, to tour the campus and
become acquainted with the various
activities. Miss Alberta Palmour, Hen-
rietta Thompson, and Ruth Slack
planned the entertainment.

After Douglas Lyle, assisted by a
few freshmen boarders, served punch
and cookies in the Anna Young Alum-
nae house, the guests made a tour of
the campus under the guidance of
Mary Elizabeth Leavitt, Jane Knapp,
Katherine Patton, and Caroline For-
man. From 4:30 until 5:00 o'clock
they were entertained in the gym by
a swimming and diving exhibition
given by Carolyn Forman, Ruth Slack,
Mary Johnson, Virginia Milner, Ann
Worthy Johnson, and Nell Echols.
Marie Stalker acted as master of cere-
monies of the exhibition, after which
a few of the guests took a dip.

From 5:15 until 6:00 o'clock the
visitors entertained themselves in the
Murphey Candler building by dancing,
and playing ping-pong or pool. Be-
cause of the rain they ate informally

MIRROR of SPORTS

"Ha! Ha! Ha! You and me.
Little brown jug, how I love thee!"

That will be the campus refrain on
March 5 at 5:50, the time of the an-
nual basketball tournament between
teams of each dormitory, the faculty,
the alumnae, Decatur day students,
and Atlanta day students. The prize
for the winning team will be the fa-
mous "little brown jug," an acquisi-
tion which, though useless to a Hot-
tentot, is nevertheless m much coveted.
Last year, the Faculty- Alumnae team
won it.

According to Ellen Little, president
of the Tennis Club, there will be two
singles tournaments this spring. Be-
sides the usual school tournament,
there will be one between the members
of each class. The best players from
each class will be allowed to partici-
pate m the school tournament to de-
termine the school champion.

Registration for spring sports will
be held March 4, and 6. The sports
to be offered are archery, riding, golf,
tennis, swimming, and May Day prac-
tice. The new courses will begin al ter
spring holidays.

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been planned.

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White. Richard Smoot, who takes the
comic part of the Duke, has appeared
in similar roles in former operettas on
the campus.

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VOL. XXII

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR. GA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1937

NO. 16

Trial System
Of Class Cuts
Inaugurated

Administration Grants Privilege
After Students Agitate
For Ten Years

Plan Outlined By Faculty

After nearly
agitation, the

ten years of student
administration has
adopted as an experiment for next
quarter a cut system, the plan for
which was outlined by a faculty com-
mittee consisting of Dean Nannette
Hopkins, and Professors Lucile Alex-
ander, Mary Stuart MacDougall, Rob-
ert Holt, Philip Davidson, and S. G.
Stukes. Following is the committee's
recommendation, adopted by the fac-
ulty on February 23:

I. That students on the honor roll
be given the privilege of unlimited
cuts except that class attendance is
required at the last meeting of each
class before, and the first meeting af-
ter, a holiday. Excuses for absences
on these days will be granted only
( 1 ) upon presentation of a physician's
certificate of illness lasting a week or
more, or (2) for other providential
reasons.

Honor students who take cuts at
times mentioned above (unless ex-
cused automatically) lose the privilege
of unlimited cuts.

II. That all students be given the
privilege of one cut per credit hour
per quarter in each course, with the
following exceptions:

( 1 ) Students on the ineligible lists
for freshmen and upper classmen.

(2) Students who have been offi-
cially warned regarding their acade-
mic work.

III. Every absence shall count as a
cut except that excuses shall be accep-
ted:

( 1 ) Upon presentation of a phy-
sician's certificate of illness lasting a
week or more, or

(2) For other providential causes.
Attendance is required at the last

meeting of each class before, and the
first meeting after, a holiday. Excuses
for absences on those days will be
granted as above. Students who take
cuts at these times will automatically
lose the privilege of the cut system.
Attendance at a regularly scheduled
{Continued on page 3, column 3)

Mr. Davidson Has
Essay in New Book

Professor Philip Davidson, of his-
torv, has written an essay on Claude
Halstead Van Tyne, to appear in a
book of essays on American historians
which the University of Chicago press
is publishing.

Mr. Van Tyne, a Pulitzer prize win-
ner, was head of the department of
historv at Michigan from 1903 until
193 0, the year of his death. He wrote
five books on the American Revolu-
tion; the last one, which appeared in
1930, won for him the Pulitzer prize.

Noted Speakers, Art Exhibits? Musicales

Feature Sixth Annual Alumnae Week-End

Etchings and Concert Illustrate
"Arts and Sciences'
As Theme

An art exhibit, an illustrated dis-
cussion of etchings, and music by the
Agnes Scott string ensemble are added
features of alumnae week-end which
help carry out the theme "The Arts
and Sciences." The art program in-
cludes an exhibit to be held on the
third floor of the library, containing
works of Miss Louise Lewis, instructor
in art at the college, and both a dis-
cussion and display of etchings by
Miss Mary Wallace Kirk, past presi-
dent of the Alumnae Association.
Miss Kirk, a trustee of Agnes Scott,
has studied etching in New York un-
der well known teachers and has her
own studio in her home. Her special
subject is the tumble-down negro cab-
in of the south, now rapidly disap-
pearing. Since her home is in Ala-
bama, she has been able to get her ma-
terial from real life. The paintings of
Miss Lewis to be exhibited are done in
various media of water color, oil, and
tempera. The subjects range from
landscape to still life. Miss Lewis's
latest work will be shown here for the
first time.

The string ensemble, which is un-
der the direction of Mr. C. W. Dieck-
mann, professor of music at Agnes
Scott, is made up of fifteen members
from the faculty and student body.
Among others, the ensemble will play
two familiar selections, The Swan by
Saint Saens, and the intermezzo from
CaiaUeria rusticana, by Mascagni. Nell
Hemphill, accompanied by the string
ensemble, second piano, and organ,
will play the first movement of Schu-
mann's concerto.

The art exhibitions will be open
from 9:30-3:30 on Friday, and 9:30-
1:30 on Saturday. Miss Kirk will give
her lecture on "Etchings" Friday from
10:30-1 1:30. The string ensemble
will play Saturday morning from
10:00-10:30. Students are invited to
attend all these programs.

Speakers on Peace
Here for Program

Outstanding speakers, including
Miss Maud Royden, Bishop Kern, and
Dr. W. A. Smart, appeared in a series
of lectures sponsored in Atlanta by
the Emergency Peace Campaign Fri-
day and Saturday, February 26 and
27.

Friday afternoon at five-thirty, Dr.
W. A. Smart, of Emory, spoke at the
first meeting, which was held on the
Emory campus. He also spoke at the
meeting on Friday evening, which was
held at the Wesley Memorial Church,
and at which Miss Maud Royden, of
England, and Bishop Kern were also
featured speakers. Bishop Kern spoke
again at a meeting held Saturday.

Sherwood Eddy and Dr. Sam Frank-
lin, who were scheduled to speak at
these meetings, were unavoidably pre-
vented from attending.

Glee Club to Give "The Gondoliers"

Against (ray Venetian Street Scene

Beautifully painted, realistic scen-
ery of a Venice street, colorful cos-
tumes, gay Spanish dances accompan-
ied by castanets are outstanding fea-
tures of The Gondoliers, famous Gil-
bert and Sullivan light opera to be
presented by the Agnes Scott glee club
under the direction of Mr. Johnson in
the Bucher Scott gymnasium Friday
and Saturdav at 8:30 o'clock. The
scenery, which is unusually artistic,
was designed by Mr. Glen C. James;
and among the unique and interesting
properties is a real gondola.

The dazzling Italian costumes to be
worn by the entire cast, consisting of
5 5 people, were obtained from Van
Homes', in Philadelphia. The folk
dances, planned by Miss Eugenie Do-
zier of the physical education depart-
ment, are a gavotte and the cachuca.
Those taking part in the former are
Amelia Nicklcs, Tony Newton, Paul
Overby, and Walton Bobo; in the lat-
ter, Rachel Kennedy, Tony Newton,
Ruth Tate, Frances Steele, and Eliza-
beth Warren.

DR. HARMON CALDWELL

Courtesy Atlanta Journal

Committee Plans Program

Members of the committee on ar-
rangements for alumnae week-end are:
Misses Lucile Alexander, Florence
Smith, Carrie Scandrett, Louise Girar-
deau, Annie Lloyd Liggin, Lulu Ames,
Alice McDonald, Kenneth Maner, and
Mesdames E. K. Davis, B. R. Adams,
H. G. Edwards, W. B. Matthews, Ar-
mand Hendee, W. E. DuPre, C. D.
Fowler, J. A. North, Richard Seaborn,
F. L. Walker, and C. W. Hamilton.

Judges to Award
Agonistic Prize
To Best Edition

Copies of the four class issues of the
Agonistic were mailed last week to the
five judges who will base their deci-
sions on news stories, features, editor-
ials, make-up, originality, and busi-
ness management. The judges are Mr.
John E. Drewry, director of the Hen-
ry Grady School of Journalism, Uni-
versity of Georgia; Mr. William T.
Wynn, of the English department at
the Georgia State College for Women;
Mr. John D. Allen, professor of jour-
nalism at Mercer University; Mr. Ray-
mond B. Nixon, professor of journal-
ism at Emory University; and Miss
Annie May Christie, assistant profes-
sor of English and instructor in jour-
nalism at Agnes Scott.

The annual class contest, conducted
during the month of February, closed
last Wednesday with the publication
of the freshman edition, headed by
Mary Matthews, editor, and Eleanor
Hutchens, business manager. Editors
and business managers of the other
papers were: senior, Margaret Watson
and Kitty Jones; junior, Carol Hale
and Joyce Roper; and sophomore, Vir-
ginia Hill and Jane Dryfoos.

The Agonistic cup will be awarded
the editor of the winning paper as soon
as the decisions of the judges are re-
ceived. Last year the cup was won by
Hortense Jones, editor, and Frances
Robinson, business manager, of the
sophomore edition.

Elections Schedule

Popular nominations March 2 5.

Posting of popular and commit-
tee nominations March 29.

Elections April 1-2.

Nominations of class officers and
student government representatives
Saturday, April 3.

Flections Thursday, April 8.

Alumnae Revisit Campus For
Annual Reunion On
March 5-6

Alumnae will return to the campus
this Friday and Saturday to observe
the sixth annual alumnae week-end,
which features this year such promi-
nent guest speakers as Dr. Harmon
Caldwell, president of the University
of Georgia; Dr. William Gilmer Per-
ry, professor of English at Georgia
Tech; and Dr. Haywood J. Pearce, Jr.,
professor of history at Emory. Talks
by Professor Robert Holt, of the
chemistry department, and Dr. J. R.
McCain; exhibits of art works by
Miss Mary Wallace Kirk and Miss
Louise Lewis, of the Agnes Scott art
department; dedication of the Armi-
stead and Hearon memorial rooms in
the library; a program by the string
ensemble under the direction of Mr.
C. W. Dieckmann; and the perform-
ance of "The Gondoliers" by the glee
club form a part of the program. Mrs.
C. W. Dieckmann is general chairman.

Dr. Caldwell, who comes to the col-
lege for the first time as a speaker,
will talk on Saturday from 11:30 to
12:30 on "Trends in Modern Legisla-
tion." Since he was dean of the law
school at Georgia before being presi-
dent, Dr. Caldwell is particularly well-
fitted to speak on a subject that is so
pertinent at the present time.

Both Dr. Perry and Dr. Pearce have
spoken on former alumnae week-end
programs; they are returning this year
by special request. Dr. Perry, talking
on "The Modern Novel," will speak
from 11:30 to 12:30 on Friday; and
Dr. Pearce, with his subject "The
Treaty of Versailles in Retrospect,"
will speak from 10:30 to 11:30 on
Saturday.

Professor Robert B. Holt, head of
the chemistry department at Agnes
Scott, will talk Friday morning at
9:30.

May Court is
Selected for
Animal Fete

Committee Names Girls From
Nominations Made By
Student Body

Dancers Chosen by Try-outs

Mary Kneale Will
Preside at Meet

Mary Kneale, as president of the
Georgia Athletic Federation of Col-
lege Women, will head the athletic
conference of that organization at the
University of Georgia, March 5-7.
The theme of the convention is to be
"Stimulants in Athletics", and will
feature discussions on such subjects as
recreational games; tournaments and
meets; value received from national
conferences and sport camps; and
evaluation and analysis of one's own
college W.A.A.

Anne Thompson and Jane Dryfoos
are Agnes Scott's representatives from
the Athletic Association, and will be
in charge of the discussion of the value
received from national conferences and
sport camps.

Other colleges sending delegates to
the conference will be G. S.'w. C,
G. S. C. W., Statesboro, Shorter, Wes-
leyan, University of Georgia, and
Southwestern.

At a meeting yesterday afternoon
the May Day committee completed the
selection of the members of May Court
and the cast for the presentation of
John Milton's Comus, to be given on
Saturday, May 4.

The following girls were chosen for
the court: Eloisa Alexander, Susan
Bryan, Myrl Chafin,*Jane Moore Ham-
ilton, Rachel Kennedy, Martha Mar :
shall, Nancy Moorer, Mary Reins,
Aileen Shortley, Alice Taylor, Grace
Tazewell, and Kay Toole. They were
selected by the committee from nomi-
nations made by the student body.
Mary Malone and Frances Steele were
automatically included in the court as
a result of having been nominated for
May Queen. Attended by the court
and by Frances Wilson, maid of honor,
Lucile Dennison will preside as queen
over the festival.

The members of the cast were se-
lected on the basis of try-outs held
last Tuesday. Those included are:
Comus, Charline Fleece; the lady, June
xMatthews; attendant spirit, Ruth
Tate; the lady's two brothers, Marie
Stalker and Anne Thompson; Sabrina,
leader of the nymphs, Helen Moses;
the lady's father and mother, Julia
Thing and Martha Summers; Echo,
Kathleen Daniel; young ladies, Nell
Hemphill, Joyce Roper, and Marjorie
Rainey.

Forum Will Treat
Of Honor System

The time for the general discussion
of the double honor system, scheduled
to take place March 4-5, has been
changed to March 5 alone. Alice Han-
nah, president of student government,
will preside over the forum to be held
at a student meeting during the chapel
period Friday morning.

Mr. Arthur Raper, acting professor
of sociology, will express his opinion
of the system at Agnes Scott; and
Margaret Barnes, Eliza King, and Jane
Carithers will discuss the students'
opinion. These talks will be followed
by expressions from the floor both for
and against the system. Since this will
be the first open forum held for a
general discussion of the present honor
system, students are especially urged
to participate.

Dr. McCain Addresses
Ministerial Assembly

Dr. J. R. McCain addressed the
Baptist ministers Monday at their
monthly meeting at the First Baptist
Church in Atlanta. He discussed plans
for cooperation between Emory and
Agnes Scott and other educational
unions around here.

Mary Jane Tigert and Laura Coit

To Attend Convention at Converse

Mary Jane Tigert and Laura Coit
will be the representatives of Agnes
Scott at the convention of the South-
ern Intercollegiate Association of
Student Government to be held at
Converse College, Spartanburg, S. C,
on March 2 5-27. Mary Jane has been
asked to lead a discussion of the scope
of student government, and is now
making a survey of the subject.

The theme of the conference is stu-
dent government as a liberating force.
Many prominent speakers will be pres-

ent, and discussion groups are to be
held on various college problems. The
full program has not yet been an-
nounced.

Last year the convention was held
here during the spring holidays, and
Adelaide Stevens, president of student
government at Agnes Scott, was vice-
president of the association. Constance
Kennedy, of Randolph-Macon, was
elected president for this year and will
preside over the convention.

2

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1936 Member 1937

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Committee Nominations

Reveal Careful Thought

When nominations are posted March 29, the
nominating committee will probably feel itself
the most unpopular group on the campus. Its
nominations, although posted at the same time
as the popular, will have been made long before,
since the committee has been meeting for the
past two weeks.

The committee realizes that, as always, the
school will be surprised at some of the nomina-
tions made, and in many cases will criticize the
committee perhaps to the extent of accusing
its members of such unfairness as personal prej-
udices. What many in the school do not seem to
realize is that it is the group on this committee
that actually has worked with the girls eligible
for positions and therefore it is this group that
knows which ones have been most efficient and
cooperative. The fact that a girl may be very
popular with her class is no reason why she
should be the one best suited for an office in
some organization.

So the list as it appears on March 29 will indi-
cate the individual choices of the committee; it
will in no way limit the student voting, which is
scheduled to take place the following Thursday
and Friday, April 1-2. All officers of major or-
ganizations are elected by popular vote from a
ballot carrying the names of both popular and
committee nominees.

Cooperation Should Not

Stop With Chapel Skits

The familial' jingle "We need cooperation, we
need cooperation," has become so much a part of
the Agnes Scott repertoire that it is sometimes
questionable whether we ever realize that the
word "cooperation" has any significance outside
of its use in the lyrics of stunts and chapel skits.

For all of us, however, the establishment of
the cut system is an excellent chance to prove
that we do realize that cooperation, like charity,
begins at home, with each individual one of us.
After years of petitions and requests, we have
finally been granted the privilege of cuts as an
experiment. The one and only way we can keep
it is by cooperating in using it wisely and judic-
ially. *

K>r day students, cooperation begins at home
also in such matters as not piling books and
lunches on the radiator in the lobby of Buttrick.
Of course, most of us may not even notice it, as
we rush upstairs just a second before the last
bell, but to visitors a straggling mountain of
hooks and packages is not a sight calculated to
leave a favorable impression of our college.

V v boarders, cooperation can begin in consid-
ering others and not receiving phone calls after
lights, remembering that to the students who
are aroused from their much-needed sleep I he
janglinir of the phone sounds every bit as annoy-
ing and as unpleasant as the strident clanging
of an alarm clock so early in the morning.

Campus Activities Center Around

Friday Dances and Club Meetings

Many Students Go Home

Groups Hear Plays, Talks

I. L. O. is Helpful to

International Labor

Those present at the dances Friday Blackfriars
night were: at the Phi Chi Formal Blackfriars met last night in Miss
Frances Steele, Carv Wheeler, Rachel j Gooch ' s studio. Group 4, directed by
Kennedy. Callie Carmichael, Eliza- K ' nhrv " Bowen Wal1 ' and Grou P l >
beth Galbreath, Eloise Estes, Bee Mer-
rill, Mary Venetia Smith, Betty Ay-

directed by Carolyn Carmichael, pre-
sented plays.

cock, and Isabel Richardson. At the In-
ter-Fraternity Mary Hollingsworth,
Kay Toole, Mary Catherine Matthews,
Lucille Cairns, Ruth Slack, Aileen
Shortley, Julia Porter, Frances Wil-

International Relations
The last meeting of International
Relations club was held yesterday
afternoon in the Murphey Candler
building. Margaret Watson and Jean

son, Jane Guthrie, Myrl Chafin, Susan j Chalmers reported on the conference

Goodwyn, Strat Sloan, Mette William
son, and Nancy Moorer. At the A.
T. O. Ann Purnell.

Girls who went home for the week-
end were: Grace Ward, to Auburn,
Ala.; Jeanette Carroll to East Point,
Ga.; Susan Goodwyn to Newnan, Ga.;
Sarah Gray to Columbus, Ga.; Mary
Frances Kennedy to Grovetown, Ga.;
Annette Williamson to Lawrenceville,
Ga.; and Mary Willis to Augusta, Ga.

Bee Merrill and Mary V. Smith went
to Reynolds, Ga., to spend the week-
end with Susan Bryan; Mary Eleanor
Steele and Lois Ann Walton spent the
week-end in Elberton,Ga., with Phylis
Johnson; and Emma McMullen, Mil-
dred Coit, and Martha Peek Brown
spent the week-end in Americus, Ga.,
with Martha Marshall. Suzie Audrain
went to Alabama College.

held recently at Auburn, Alabama.

Paul Overbv To Be
Handsome Hero In
Operetta March 5-6

K. U. B.

K. U. B. will meet this afternoon at
4:3 0 in the Murphey Candler build-
ing. Miss Fancher will speak on "Fea-
ture Articles."

Chi Beta Phi Sigma
The regular meeting of Chi Beta
Phi Sigma was held on Monday night,
March 1, in the Murphey Candler
building. This was a closed meeting
at which reports were given by the
student members.

Cotillion Club
Cotillion club will entertain its
members at a tea dance tomorrow
afternoon, March 4, from 5 to 6
o'clock in the Murphey Candler build-
ing. Jean Chalmers and Frances Rob-
inson will be hostesses.

Neither a picture nor a description
of the typical tall dark and handsome
hero, but a real one, in the guise of
Paul Overby, will appear on the Ag-
nes Scott campus, March 5 and 6, in
the operetta, The Gondoliers. Twenty-
seven other men form a supporting
cast.

A preview of some of their enlight-
ening remarks, sung either by tenor,
baritone, or deep bass voices, gives an
idea of the spirit of the production.

Says Giuseppe, the leading man
(played by Paul Overby), "What's a
bachelor? a mere nothing he's a
chrysalis. He can't be said to live; he
just exists." And Dick Smoot, in the
role of the Duke, sings in his tenor
(and remember the scene is laid in
Venice), "But owing, I presume to an
unusually wet season, the streets are
n such a condition that equestrian
exercise is impracticable."

While Marco (Don White) in his
rich baritone gives his opinion of mar-
riage: "What a delightful institution
marriage is! Why have we wasted all
this time? Why didn't we marry ten
years ago?"

Jack Smoot, well-known to all of
Agnes Scott, adds much to the pro-
duction with his deep bass; while Pro-
fessor Robinson emphatically states
that he and the two other faculty
members taking part in the light opera
will promptly flunk any student un-
der them who misses seeing The Gon-
doliers.

Pi Alpha Phi
The next meeting of Pi Alpha Phi
will be held tomorrow, March 4, at
7 o'clock in the Murphey Candler
building. Frances Belford, Margaret
Douglas, Hibernia Hassell, and Jane
Carithers will debate.

Reporters

Reporters include: Nell Allison,
Alice Cheeseman, Giddy Erwin, Nell
Hemphill, Carol Hale, Cora Kay
Hutchins, Sarah Johnson, Douglas
Lyle, Frances Lee, Regina Hurwitz,
fulia Sewell, Mary Willis, Mamie Lee
R.ulitf, Selma Stcinbach, Anne Pur-
nell, Marie Merritt, Alice Reins, Myrl
Chat in, Louise Young, Mary Frances
Kennedy, Henrietta Blackwcll, M.uy
Primrose Noble, Mary Reins, Evelyn
Baty, Eleanor Hutchens, Hazel Solo-
mon, V. J. Watkins, Mary Louise
Dobbs, Virginia Hill, Eloise McCall,
Louise Houghston, Mary Lang Gill,
Eugenia Williams, Grace Duggan, and
fe.innette Carroll.

Business assistants are: Rachel Ken-
nedy, Florence Little, Jessie Williams,
Jane Dryfoos, Jane Carithers.

Telegrams Arrive
On Founder's Day

Telegrams from alumnae living in
all parts of the United States were
sent Miss Hopkins on Founder's Day
after the broadcast of the Agnes Scott
radio program. Among those sending
messages were Shirley Christian, Dean
McKoin, Helen Handte, and Ad Ste-
vens, all of '3 6; and Miss Mildred
Hooten, former assistant in the library.

Alumnae wired greetings from Lit-
tle Rock, Mobile, St. Petersburg,
Lynchburg, and West Point, Missis-
sippi. Many alumnae clubs in various
cities met to hear the program, on
which Miss Daisy Frances Smith, presi-
dent of the Alumnae Association,
Miss Nannctte Hopkins, Dr. J. R. Mc-
Cain, and Mrs. S. G. Stukes took part.
Groups sending telegrams included
the alumnae clubs of Athens, Birming-
ham, Charlotte, Chicago, Columbia,
Millbrook, Wetumpka, Montgomery,
Richmond, Staunton, Lexington, Troy,
Greenwood, Jackson, Waycross, and
Blackshear.

The Atlanta and Decatur alumnae
observed Founder's Day with a ban-
quet at the Capitol City club. Mrs.
Claude Lammcrs, president of the De-
catur club, presided; and Mrs. W. L.
Adams, president of the business girls'
club, and Mrs. Crawford Barnett,
president of the Atlanta club, gave
brief messages of welcome. Professor
Philip Davidson spoke on "Govern-
ment and Pursuit of Happiness."

By Jean Chalmers

Strangely enough, the League of Nations,
which most people admit has not done its best
work so far, receives a lion's share of publicity,
whereas its sister organization, the successful
International Labor Organization, is compara-
tively unknown among college students. The lat-
ter was included as Part XIII in the Treaty of
Versailles, but since that time has come into an
existence entirely independent of the treaty or
the league. For eighteen years the I. L. 0. has
been furthering the cause of world peace by im-
proving international labor conditions and bring-
ing about more satisfactory relations between
employers and employees.

In June of 1934 the United States, gathering
all its international courage, agreed to join the
I. L. 0. in spite of the fact that the organization
was vaguely connected with the League. For the
sake of opponents of the League, however, it
must be said that such a step in no way endan-
gered the United States' aloofness in regard to
the League, for the I. L. 0. is in no way connect-
ed with it except in a sincere determination to
bring about international peace and good will.
The United States now has an opportunity to co-
operate with other nations in bringing about such
labor reforms as: payment of wages adequate
to maintain a reasonable standard of life; adop-
tion of an eight-hour day where it has not al-
ready been obtained ; and adoption of a weekly
rest of at least twenty-four hours.

By recognizing differences of climate, habits,
economic opportunity, and industrial tradition,
the I. L. 0. is trying to raise working standards
in backward countries so that these lesser na-
tions may compete with their more progressive
neighbors without taking advantage of workers
in order to make profits.

Beck Fellowship is

Aunrdvil to V. Giles

Norman Giles, a senior at Em-
ory University, has been awarded the
Beck fellowship in accordance with
the decision of the committee, which
met Saturday, February 27. Mr. T. K.
Glen, chairman of the committee, an-
nounced the award, which is made an-
nual I v to a graduate of Agnes Scott,
Emory, or Georgia.

College Security AH

The more sensitive element of the campus,
those spirits who have always been motivated by
the selfless ideal, are deeply ashamed of the ego-
istic attitude of the student body which has been
displayed in nearly every open forum for the
past eleven years. They are humiliated because
in their eager desire for personal privilege un-
feeling souls have for lo these many years agi-
tated for a cut system not for the entire college
community, mind you, but just for the students.
If the professorial contingent whose attitude has
been somewhat akin to that "of patience on a
monument, smiling at grief" will forgive said sel-
fish aspirants, the formerly mentioned sensitive
element will do all within its feeble power to
realize a similar system for those who have been
overlooked and mistreated.

It is with such philanthropic and idealistic
motives that a system is herein formulated, a
system which will not only make life's fitful
fever in this veil of tears less irksome for the de-
positories of wisdom but will also make abundant
living more possible for the partakers of knowl-
edge. In the first place a cut system especially
designed for the faculty would greatly relieve
the nervous strain which would be the inevitable
result of the system if operating solely in student
circles. Under the proposed change faculty mem-
bers would no longer have to hope and pray that
none of their pupils would show up for classes,
for if some of the too eager students appeared,
the possessors of new rights could promptly dis-
miss them. Some fun, eh what? On the other
hand such a system would enhance higher moral
integrity among students for no longer would it
be necessary to hope that the teacher was sick
again today oh, not sick really, but just enjoy-
ing a long-needed rest. The system would pro-
vide for unlimited cuts for those teachers who
give long assignments and outside reading, and
who ask very annoying questions concerning the
lesson. No cuts at all would be given those who
draw interesting pictures on the board, who
never get to the lesson or even to the subject in
the allotted class period, and who encourage eat-
ing and sleeping in class. As is true of the stu-
dent system, special exceptions to the above rules
have been made. Unlimited cuts for all faculty
members the entire week before and after holi-
days are required. In view of the rather bother-
some nervous strain inevitable, compulsory cuts
will be necessary the day a test is to be an-
nounced and the actual day of the ordeal.

The responsibility for the success of this plan

Other candidates for the scholar-
ship were: Lucilc Dennison and Nel- depends upon faculty and students, for unless
lie Margaret Gilroy, from Agnes Scott; they Cooperate some morning a professor is go-
Robert G, Stephens and Howard Bran- ing to walk in and find oh, horror of horrors-
don, from Georgia; and Jimmy Tol- oh, cursed spite a class eagerly awaiting him
bert. from Emory. Or vice versa.

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High School Seniors to Undergo

Competitive Examinations March 5

Scholarships of $700 and $500
Are Awarded Each Year
For Best Papers

One hundred ninety-five high
school seniors from twenty-one states
will compete on March 5 for the $700
and $500 scholarship awards given an-
nually by Agnes Scott College. Each
aspirant must take three examinations
on the following subjects: English;
a choice of Latin, French or Spanish;
and the elective, algebra, science, or
American history.

Friday the seniors from the Atlanta
and Decatur high schools will take the
examinations and have lunch on the
Agnes Scott campus. Elsewhere ex-
ams will be given in local high schools
from New Mexico, Michigan, Maine,
Texas, New York, New Jersey to
those in Georgia and neighboring
states, according to Professor S. G.
Stukes, who is supervising the exams.

Twenty-five per cent of the awards
is based upon the individuality of the
student, while the other seventy-five
per cent is based upon the results of
the competitive examinations. This is
the fifth year that these scholarships
have been awarded. The first winner
of the seven hundred dollar scholar-
ship was Norma Lee, who entered as a
freshman in 193 2. Others who have
received first place are Frances Cary
'37, Eliza King '3 8, Cora Kay Hutch-
ins '3 9, and Evelyn Baty '40. The
winner of the sixth annual contest will
be announced this spring.

Plans Formed For
Candler Building

Foot Contest Held By
Athletic Association

The student whose feet are judged
most nearly perfect on the campus
will receive as an award a pair of
shoes donated by the gym departmenw.
The contest began Monday and is being
sponsored by the Athletic Association
as part of the year's health program.
The shoes to be given the winner are
now on exhibition in the gymnasium.

Miss Llewellyn Wilburn inspected
feet Monday and Tuesday afternoons
and will announce the champion this
Friday, The winner of the shoes will
be one who has strong longitudinal
and anterior arches and who does not
pronote the ankles when walking. She
will have toes which have not been
crowded by short and narrow shoes,
for the Physical Education depart-
ment stresses the wearing of low-
heeled, well-fitted shoes on the cam-
pus.

This contest for good feet is a pre-
lude to the final health contest to be
held in April, when "Miss Health" for
Agnes Scott will be chosen.

The work of two alumnae, Mrs.
Samuel Inman Cooper and Mrs. T.
Frazer Durrett, who have planned the
interior arrangements of the Murphey
Candler building, is being explained
this week to organizations having of-
fices in the building. After having
consulted an adviser about the Jacob-
ean style of the former library, Mrs.
Cooper and Mrs. Durrett selected the
draperies and had them made and
hung. Since that time they have ac-
quired for the building lamps, tables,
and vases that conform to the archi-
tectural style. All these furnishings,
with the exception of the Y. W. cur-
tains, have been paid for by money
available from funds at the college,
including a sum from the budget sur-
plus.

Since all purchases have been made
with the view of permanency, they
have been expensive. It is therefore
necessary for the various organizations
to decide whether they will help buy
the same kind of draperies for their
rooms and so make it possible for Mrs.
Durrett and Mrs. Cooper to continue
their work. The students themselves,
having neither the time nor the experi-
ence to decide on the furnishings, are
voting merely to back the alumnae in
their decisions.

Emory Gives Play,
"Man From Home"

Colorful flowers, a fountain that
actually plays, a stucco house which
isn't stucco, and a stone wall which
isn't stone, will make up the Sicilian
setting of Booth Tarkington's The
Man Worn Home, which the Emory
Players, assisted by Miss Carrie Phin-
ney Latimer, of the Agnes Scott Spok-
en English department, will present
in the Glenn Memorial auditorium at
8:30 Friday evening, March 5.

Marcus Bartlett will play the male
lead as Daniel Pike Voorhees, attorney-
at-law. Opposite him, Edith Strick-
land will take the feminine lead in the
role of Ethel Granger-Simpson, a
spoiled heiress who is looking for an
English title. Miss Carrie Phinney
Latfi .er will play the role of Madame
de Champigny.

Other members of the cast are: Pete
Lamas as Monsieur Le Blanc, Jack Til-
ford as the Earl of Hawcastle, David
Ponder as Georgeopolis, Hugh Embry
as Horace Granger-Simpson, Baxter
Jones as Ribiere, Eddie Gazelle as
Mariano, Speights Ballard as Carabin-
iere, and George Copcland as second
Carabiniere.

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Visitors are Invited
To Attend Open House
In Physical Education

The Physical Education depart-
ment is inviting the college com-
munity to attend its "open house"
which is being held today. The
schedule of gym classes which are
open for the visitors' inspection is:

9:00 a. m. Advanced tap-danc-
ing.

10:30 a. m. Folk-dancing.

11:30 a. m. Tap-dancing.

1:30 p. m. Finals of badminton
tournament.

2:30 p. m. Intermediate nat-
ural dancing.

4:30 Dance club.

Banquet is Given
By Granddaughters

The members of Granddaughters'
club and their dates will be enter-
tained at an informal banquet Fri-
day, March at 6:3 0 o'clock in the
alumnae tea house. After coffee,
which will be served by Mrs. D. B.
Donaldson and Miss Nelle Chamlee,
alumnae secretaries, the girls and their
dates will attend the light opera,
The Gondoliers, to be presented by
the Agnes Scott glee club in the Bucher
Scott gymnasium.

The chairmen of the committees are:
Caroline Armistead, date committee;
Margaret Douglas, decorations com-
mittee; and Mary Nelle Tribble,
seating committee. Kathleen Daniel is
president of the club.

Hearon, Armistead Memorial Rooms

To be Dedicated in New Library

Campus Sagacity
Rivals Aristotle

During the past week the campus
has been alive with profound remarks
remarks that would give Aristotle
or Gertrude Stein an inferiority com-
plex. Because of the democratic spirit
of this publication, discrimination in
the matter of recognition will be
avoided by the omission of names. A
certain history teacher who often
finds herself or the class or more often
the world itself in a "curious situa-
tion" recently made this astounding
revelation "Von Hindenburg lived
on and on until he died." Vieing for
first honors also was a similar remark
made by a certain student of the "to-
be or not-to-be" controversy. His sug-
gestion, "Notice how many friends of
yours will go mad because of love or
religion I have had friends of my
own ," provoked his touch surprised
students to answer in the words of
Horatio "Those are wild and whirl-
ing words, my Lord."

That statement which has aroused
the most sentiment was the one made
recently in chapel by a certain presi-
dent of student government a re-
mark profound in its disillusioning
intent "Your father is just another
man to somebody else."

CUTS INAUGURATED

(Continued from page 1, column 1)
test is mandatory except for illness.
Absence counts as a cut but the ab-
sence may be excused by the Dean on
a physician's certificate.

Absence from each laboratory period
shall count as two class cuts.

Note: Students on the ineligible list
will continue under the present excuse
system.

Students must make reports of ab-
sences at the Dean's office as soon as
possible after the absences. Full in-
structions will be given later.

For the present the cut system does
not apply to the physical education
department.

Compliments of
KING HARDWARE CO.

Secretary Returns

Miss Alberta Palmour, alumnae field
secretary, returned last week from a
trip through South Georgia. She vis-
ited Eastman, McRae, Statesboro,
Swainsboro, Fort Valley, Hawkinsville,
Abbeville, and Macon.

Alumnae To Officiate Friday At
Ceremony in Honor of
Former Professors

Marking the removal of their tab-
lets from the present Murphey Cand-
ler building, the dedication of the
Armistead Memorial Room and the
Hearon Memorial Room will take place
in the Library Friday afternoon at
1:30. Miss Daisy Frances Smith, prcsi-
of the Alumnae Association, will pre-
side.

Mrs. C. W. Dieckmann will reread
two memorials written to the former
English and history professors at the
time of their deaths. The tablets, given
by former students, were in the Eng-
lish and history rooms on the first
and second floors of the old library,
now the student activities building,
where were housed the private collec-
tion of books left the college by Miss
Hearon and Dr. Armistead.

Industrial Girls are

Visitors on Campus

The industrial girls club of the At-
lanta Y. W. C. A. met with the Agnes
Scott group on Monday, when Mr.
Arthur Raper, acting professor of
sociology, spoke on current industrial
problems. Following the talk, Isabel
McCain led a discussion group.

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THE AGONISTIC

Miss Jackson Will
Speak at Meeting

Several Professors Make Plans
To Attend Convention
In Savannah

"Cottage" Team Captures Little
In Traditional All-Union

Brotvn Jug
Basketball Meet

Professor Speaks
On Salt Solutions

Miss Elizabeth Fuller Jackson, asso-
ciate professor of history, and director
of che South Atlantic section of the
American Association of University
Women, will give the opening address
of welcome at the meeting of the As-
sociation in Savannah, March 15-18.
The convention, held twice yearly, is
a national one, and attracts delegates
from all the principal colleges of the
country. This year all the available
hotel space has been reserved for the
fifteen hundred delegates expected. In
addition to Miss Jackson, other Agnes
Scott faculty members attending will
be Miss Narka Nelson, representing
Western College of Ohio, and probab-
ly Miss Lucile Alexander, Miss Mary
Stuart MacDougall, and Miss Cather-
ine Torrance.

The theme for the conference is
"Education: The Foundation for So-
cial Organization. " At the opening
meeting, Mrs. Ruth Blue Bonds, gen-
eral convention manager, and cousin
of Lettie McKay, a junior here, will
preside. Among the noted speakers
during the three days will be: Dr.
Morse Cartwright, of the American
Association of Adult Education; Pro-
fessor William Hocking, from the
philosophy department of Harvard;
Dr. M. S. Fisher, of the social science
department at Sarah Lawrence Col-
lege; Mr. Frank Bane, executive di-
rector of the Social Security Board;
Mrs. Helen Lynk, a lecturer at Vassar,
and co-author of the book, "Middle-
town"; Mrs. Mary Beard; Dean Gil-
dersleeve, of Barnard; Dr. Marian Tol-
bert; Dr. Mary E. Woolley, President
of Mount Holyoke; Dr. Meta Glass,
president of the Association, and of
Sweet Briar College.

Ballet Russe is

Vivid Spectacle

Springing white skirts and splashy
reds and blues and yellows; delicate
music and swift, vibrant arrange-
ments; and movements that ranged
from the twinkling toes of "The
Dance of the Little Swans" to the
comic swaying of the "Snob," filled
the Georgia theater Saturday evening
as the Ballet Russe gave the last of its
three Atlanta performances.

"The Swan Lake," to the music of
Tschaikowsky, was a typical Russian
ballet, and its outstanding beauty
seemed to be in its group movements.

"The Fantastic Toy Shop" was a
delightful contrast which presented
the "Can-Can" dance and the dance
of the "Poodles," which were particu-
lar favorites.

The concluding number was the
lovely "Aurora's Wedding," of which
probably the most artistic of the dan-
ces was "The Blue Bird," presented
in shaded blue costumes by Tatiana
Riabouchinska and David Lichine.

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The little Brown Jug will
spend this year in possession of
the "cottages" as a result of Fri-
day's basketball games in which
the team from Boyd, White
House, and Gaines defeated
teams from the other dormitor-
ies, faculty, and day students.
Red, yellow, blue, and white
flashed from all corners of the
gymnasium, for the teams were
garbed in every style of gym
suits known to modern man.

Each group had its own style
of introducing its members to
the spectators. Girls from Main
dormitory strolled in eating car-
rots, which have so recently
come into their own on the cam-
pus. The Rebekah team, draped
in flowing silks which are ordin-
arily the property of the dance
groups, tripped in while Hannah
played a bit of spring music.
The day students went Rebekah
one better and wore spring flow-
ers (jonquils) in their hair while
they gracefully waved their
scarfs (bath towels). The sig-|
nificance of the broom episode
is still elusive. The athletes from
Inman and the cottages sang
songs which had a style all their
own, and the faculty brought up
the rear of introductions with a
woe-begone tale of how they
were doing well even to be there.

Preliminary games had to be
played two at once on the small
courts, so confusion was much
in evidence for an hour or so.
Rebekah defeated Main 12-4 and
the cottages defeated Inman 28-
6 in the first round. The girls
were so unaccustomed to playing
on the small courts that they fell
over each other every time any-
one tried to make a goal. Half
the time, the ball was out of
sight underneath a pile of hu-

manity. Helen Carson, however,
playing for Inman, thrilled the
spectators with her long shots,
and Laura Coit, on the cottages
team, did some of her best play-
ing.

The faculty - cottages game
turned out to be practically a
fight. Last year the Brown Jug
was carried off by none other
than the faculty. Their team was
somewhat crippled Friday, how-
ever, because Dr. Sweet refused
to allow Miss Wilburn, even if
she is head of the physical edu-
cation department, to play. The
teachers were going strong,
however, and were a serious
threat to their underlings. It
was very queer to hear Miss
Mitchell, when she wanted to
pass the ball, shriek out "Miss
Haynes, here!" Miss Mitchell
was in there trying to do triple-
guard duty on her half of the
court, but even she and Miss
Haynes couldn't keep the Wil-
liams sisters away from the
goal, so the cottages won 25-18.
Meanwhile, the day students

Mr. Runyon Plans
Garden of Local
Wild Bulbs, Ferns

Turner, Austin Debate
Wesleyan Team in April

Jane Turner and Jean Austin will
represent Agnes Scott in a debate with
Wesleyan on Friday, April 23, at Wes-
leyan. The subject is "Resolved, that
the extension of consumers' coopera-
tives would contribute to public wel-
fare."

Agnes Scott will defend the affir-
mative side of the issue. The debates
are to be ten minutes each, with a re-
buttal of five minutes.

This will be the first time in sev-
eral years that Pi Alpha Phi has sent
debaters to Wesleyan; two years ago
the two colleges met in a debate on the
Agnes Scott campus.

"We want a real wild flower gar-
den, filled with spring blossoms and
ferns,*' said Dr. Ernest Runyon, ex-
plaining the latest project of the bot-
any department. The plan concerns
the garden plot which has been laid
out in front of Science Hall, and
which will be filled with plants native
to this vicinity.

Although soil has been brought,
stone steps laid, and a few bulbs
planted, the real collection of flowers
has not yet been begun. Dr. Runyon
says the plants may be obtained from
two sources: from nurseries (in so far
as nurseries sell wild flowers), and
from field trips made by the local
Flora class (in so far as they do not
violate state conservation laws).

Alice Hannah is student chairman
of the wild flower garden project.

were defeating Rebekah 16-8,
with Virginia Milner and Mary
Evelyn Garner making the
points.

When the cottages and day
students met in the finals, the
two teams looked lost out on the
wide expanse of territory, for
the large court could at last be
I used. This was the third game
for the cottages, but the team
didn't seem tired, and it proved
its ability by defeating the day
students 30-22.

Line-ups were:
REBEKAH MAIN
Kneale (4) R.F. MacGuire (2)

Thompson (12) L.F. Purnell (2)
Noble (2) C.F. Johnson

Stalker C.G. Steele

Taylor R.G. Cuddy

Carv L.G. Hamilton

FACULTY INMAN
Vardell (8) R.F. Carson (2)

Miller (4) L.F. Slack

Carlson (6) C.F. Guinn (4)

Havnes C.G. Moses

Mitchell R.G. Moffett

Dyer L.G. Montgomery

DAY STUDENTS COTTAGES
Flynt (4) R.F. Coit (20)

Garner (20) L.F. Williams, E. 27
Milner (12) C.F. Williams, J. 36
McDonald C.G. Armentrout

Reins R.G. Ware

Thompson L.G. Crisp

Miss Bee Miller, Miss Elizabeth
Mitchell, Mary Eleanor Steele, and
Jane Moore Hamilton acted as ref-
erees. Mary Alderman and Mutt Fite
kept time. (Goals indicated are total
number each girl made for all games.)

Duke and North Carolina Are
Joint Hosts At Meet
Of Physicists

Professor Schuyler Christian, head
of the physics and astronomy depart-
ment, gave a report on "Electrical
Properties of Salt Solutions" at the
I physics convention which he attended
I last month. The convention was a
I joint meeting of the Southeastern sec-
tion of the American Physical Society,
the General American Physical Soci-
ety, and the American Association of
Physics Teachers. The hosts were Duke
University and the Universitv of North
Carolina.

Agnes Scott is particularly interest-
ed in this convention because the
Southeastern section of the American
Physical Society was begun here, with
Emory's assistance, three years ago
after Dr. Arthur Compton was pre-
sented in lecture on our campus.

The chief theme of the convention
was "The Internal Structure of the
Nucleus" which is the fundamental
interest of present day physicists. Con-
nected with this theme was the sub-
ordinated theme, "Methods of teach-
ing to help people appreciate physics. "

Economics courses are more popular
than any other courses given at the
University of California. A survey
shows that economics has reached a
new high in schools throughout the
| country.

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to recent estimations.

D r. Mc Co i n Delivers
Fo und er \s Day Speet : //

Dr. J. R. McCain, president of Ag-
nes Scott, will deliver the Founder's
Da)' address at Randolph-Macon on
March 12; he will speak on "Our
Job." Randolph-Macon was founded
in 1891, two years after Agnes Scott,
and was started as a college, whereas
Agnes Scott was a grammar school*

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VOL. XXII

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1937

NO. 17

Students are
To Have Cuts
In Gym Work

System Will Be On Same Basis
As That Used In Other
Departments

Honor Group Is Announced

Cuts in the physical education de-
partment will be on the same basis as
in the other departments of the col-
lege, that is, three cuts a quarter for
the three hour course in physical edu-
cation.

Unlimited cuts will not be given
those students who made the honor
roll, unless* they have also satisfied the
requirements for an honor group in
physical education. This honor group
requires courses in swimming and
dancing, a grade of B or above in
posture, good feet, (a student with
weak arches will be able to make the
honor group, if the gym department
is convinced that she is trying to im-
prove the condition of her feet), and
a grade of B or above in physical edu-
cation courses taken the year before.

If a student on the ineligible list is
doing a very good quality of work in
the department of physical education,
she will have the privilege of three
cuts. However, any student not doing
satisfactory work in physical educa-
tion may forfeit her privilege of gym
cuts. Slips are to be signed when cuts
are taken just as in regular classes and
placed in a box in the waiting room
outside Miss Wilburn's office.

Those students who have satisfied
the honor group requirements are:
juniors Ruth Tate, Anne Thompson,
Elizabeth Blackshear, Martha Peek
Brown, Laura Coit, Ann Worthy
Johnson, Ola Kelly, Ellen Little, Bee
Merrill, Frances Robinson; sophomores
Mildred Coit, Jane Moore Hamilton,
Helen Kirkpatrick, Douglas Lyle,
Flora McGuire, Helen Moses, and Har-
riet Von Grimp.

Miss Jackson is
A.A.U.W. Officer

Miss Elizabeth Fuller Jackson, asso-
ciate professor of history here, was
elected regional director of the Ameri-
can Association of University Women
at the convention held March 15-18,
in Savannah, Georgia. Miss Jackson
has for some time been acting in this
capacity.

Mrs. Ruth Blue Barnes, general
convention manager and an alumna of
Agnes Scott, presided over the con-
vention, which was opened with an
address of welcome by Miss Jackson,
representing the South Atlantic sec-
tion of the organization.

Sectional meetings were held to con-
sider adult education, international re-
lations, social studies, and arts. Many
prominent speakers presented various
current problems, and afterwards the
meetings were opened to discussion.
Dr. Marion Talbot, founder of the A.
A. U. W., spoke at an informal din-
ner of the South Atlantic section.
About three hundred members were
present.

Miss Smith is Present

At Classical Assembly

Miss Lillian Smith, professor of
Latin at Agnes Scott College, attend-
ed a meeting of the Classical Associa-
tion of the Middle West and South
Thursday, March 2^, at Nashville.
Members of the convention, who in-
cluded teachers of the classics in col-
leges and high schools from Michigan
to Louisiana, were entertained by a
banquet and lectures from well-known
authorities in the field of the classics.

Athletic Board
Gives Program

Thompson, Dryfoos Make Re-
ports; Thing and Thompson
Get Athletic Letters

Reports of Agnes Scott's representa-
tives at the Georgia Athletic Federa-
tion of College Women and the award
of athletic association honors were the
main features of the chapel program
Friday, March 26.

Anne Thompson reported on the
activities of the conference, including
college discussion groups, study groups,
and games. She summarized various
suggestions made by the delegates as
to individual recreation, team games,
and mixed competition.

Jane Dryfoos gave the purpose,
function, and organization of the G.
A. F. C. W. and the National Ama-
teur Athletic Federation. This year
was the eighth session of G. A. F. C.
W., an association among state college
athletic clubs founded by Miss Llew-
ellyn Wilburn, the head of Agnes
Scott's physical education department.

Athletic letters were awarded to
Anne Thompson and Julia Thing. Vir-
ginia Milner, manager, received the
basketball banner for this season in
behalf of the freshman team, of which
Jane Moses was captain. It was an-
nounced that Virginia had been chosen
to represent the freshman class on
A. A. board.

Julia Thing, president of A. A., pre-
sented the suggestion that the consti-
tution of the association be changed
to put the vice-president in charge of
all recreational activities instead of one
sport.

Soloist, Orchestra

In Concert Tonight

In Atlanta's first presentation of a
world renowned soloist and an inter-
nationally famous orchestra simultan-
eously, Albert Spalding will appear in
concert with the St. Louis Symphony
Orchestra at the Georgia Theatre this
evening at 6:45 and 9 o'clock. The
two performances are necessary to ac-
commodate all who hold tickets to this
program of the All-Star Series.

The featured part of the concert
will be Spalding's playing of Bruch's
Concerto in G minor, Opus 26. Other
selections will include: Bach's Toccato
in D minor, Prelude to Wagner's "Lo-
hengrin," Tschaikowsky's Overture-
Fantasia, "Romeo and Juliet," Debus-
sey's "L'Apres-midi d'un Faune," and
the Polka and Fugue of Weinberger's
"Schwands, the Bag-Piper."

Group Honors Miss Dexter

Associate Professor Emily Dexter,
who is well-known for her work in
psychology and philosophy, was elect-
ed a member of the Council of the
Southern Society for Philosophy and
Psychology at a meeting of the society
held in Columbia, South Carolina, Fri-
day and Saturday, March 26-27.

Junior Winners

Above are Joyce Roper and Carol
Hale, business manager and editor of
the junior Agonistic.

Juniors Receive
Agonistic Award
For Class Issue

Repeating its success of last year,
the junior class won first place in the
annual Agonistic contest; Carol Hale
and Joyce Roper were editor and busi-
ness manager of the prize-winning pa-
per. The senior edition, edited by
Margaret Watson and Kitty Jones,
placed second; and the sophomore, ed-
ited by Virginia Hill and Jane Dry-
foos, came third.

Three of the five judges gave first
place to the juniors; the other two
placed the senior edition first. Judges
in the contest were: Mr. John E.
Drewry, director of the Henry Grady
School of Journalism, University of
Georgia; Mr. William T. Wynn, of the
English department at the Georgia
State College for Women; Mr. John
D. Allen, professor of journalism at
Mercer University; Mr. Raymond B.
Nixon, professor of journalism at Em-
ory University; and Miss Annie May
Christie, assistant professor of English
at Agnes Scott.

Last year Hortense Jones and Fran-
ces Robinson were editor and business
manager of the winning paper.

Directors Headed
By Miss Wilburn

Miss Llewellyn Wilburn, associate
professor of physical education, was
elected president of the Southern As-
sociation of Directors of Physical Ed-
ucation for College Women for the
1937-3 8 and 193 8-39 terms. The
Southern Association is a division of
the National Association of Directors
of Physical Education for College
Women, of which Agnes Scott is a
member.

Canadian Peer
Visits College

Sir Herbert Ames Gives Series
of Lectures On European
War Situation

Sir Herbert Ames, the first ''world
treasurer" and a former member of
the Canadian Parliament, was visitor
and lecturer on the Agnes Scott cam-
pus the latter part of the week.
Wednesday morning he spoke to the
international law and relations class on
"Mr. Baldwin's Dilemma." Wednesday
night he lectured in Gaines chapel on
the subject "Does German Rearmament
Necessarily Mean War?" Thursday
morning, when he addressed the Euro-
pean history class, his topic was "The
Bubbling Cauldron of Central Eu-
rope." Saturday he spoke to them
about the Polish Corridor. His lectures
all contained a hopeful note concern-
ing the European war situation.

Sir Herbert has had long experience
in public service as a member of the
Montreal city council, representative
in the Canadian Parliament, honorary
secretary - general of the Canadian
Patriotic Fund during the World War,
and the financial director of the treas-
ury of the League of Nations. He is
now on a lecturing tour sponsored by
the Carnegie Endowment for Inter-
national Peace.

Psychology Teachers
Complete New Book

Miss Emily Dexter, associate pro-
fessor of psychology and education,
assisted by Miss Katherine Omwake,
assistant professor in the same depart-
ment, has just completed the tempor-
ary copy of her book, Introduction to
the Fields of Psychology. The book is
a result of nine months preparation
and is to be used as a supplement to
the introductory psychology course
given on the campus. It contains thir-
teen chapters, each dealing with a dif-
ferent field of psychology. An order
for fifty copies of the book has been
placed by a college in South Carolina,
and several of the leading publishing
companies have also requested copies.

Benches, Flowers
Improve Garden

Gilroy, Spivey
Will Debate
At Newcomb

To provide a more spacious and at-
tractive background for parties and
to add to the enjoyment of the com-
munity, the alumnae are sponsoring
the improvement of Agnes Scott's
alumnae garden. Worked from plans
created by Mr. W. L. Monroe, Atlanta
landscape architect and nurseryman,
the garden will have in it stone bench-
es, new oval beds of flowers, and
gravel walks.

The committee which is in charge
of the project includes: Mrs. Foote
Brawley, Mrs. Robert Holt, and Mrs.
S. G. Stukes.

Carl Sandburg, Next Lecturer at Agnes Scott,

Writes Poetry from a Varied, Interesting Life

By Virginia Hill

Carl Sandburg, who writes of the
many people, has himself lived the
lives of several men. So great has his
poetry been that each of the numer-
ous mere facts has gained significance
and color, so that a bare outline of his
experience is fascinating.

Born at Galesburg, Illinois, January
6, 1878, of Swede parents, he was first
Carl Johnson, until his father, both-
ered with the frequent mixing of pay
envelopes in his railroad gang, went
to court to have his name changed.
The subsequent boyhood of Sandburg

included the varied occupations of
milk-wagon driver, barber shop porter,
scene shifter, and truck driver in a
brick yard. At seventeen, in freight
and baggage cars, the boy set out for
the west, where he worked in wheat
fields, washed dishes in hotels, helped
carpenters, and went from house to
house painting stoves for food. When
he returned to Galesburg, he made
himself an apprentice to a house
painter.

At the outbreak of the Spanish-
American War, Sandburg became a
soldier, joining the infantry and serv-

ing in Porto Rico for eight months.
Here he met the friend who persuaded
him to go to Lombard College. En-
rolled there from 1898 to 1902, he
earned his expenses as "tutor, bell-
ringer, and janitor of the gymnasium,"
and was at the same time captain of
the basketball team and editor of the
monthly magazine and the annual.

After graduation, Sandburg travel-
ed, selling films for Underwood and
Underwood, and then went into news-
paper work in Milwaukee where he
married Lillian Steichen in 1908, and

{Continued on page 4, column 1)

F. B. Harris, M. L. Fairly, Will
Speak Here in Dual Meet
On April 16

Wesleyan Debate April 23

Agnes Scott's varsity debating team
will meet that of Sophie Newcomb
April 16 in a dual debate on the sub-
ject, "Resolved: that Congress should
be empowered to fix minimum wage
and maximum hour laws for indus-
try." Nellie Margaret Gilroy and
Brooks Spivey will go to the New Or-
leans college to uphold the affirmative
side of the question; while Fannie B.
Harris and Mary Lillian Fairly will
remain at Agnes Scott to take the
negative.

Each debater will speak ten minutes,
and each will have a five-minute re-
buttal. This debate will replace the
traditional triangular debate in which
Randolph-Macon usually participates.
The Virginia college was unable to en-
ter this year because the date conflict-
ed with her schedule.

Pi Alpha Phi will also send debaters
to Wesleyan on Friday, April 23, for
a debate on the subject, "Resolved:
that the extension of consumers co-
operatives would contribute to public
welfare." Jane Turner and Jean Aus-
tin will defend the affirmative side of
the issue, giving ten-minute speeches
and five-minute rebuttals.

This will be the first time in several
years that Pi Alpha Phi has sent de-
baters to Wesleyan; two years ago the
two colleges met in debate on the Ag-
nes Scott campus.

Awards Given for
Study in London

Miss Frances Gooch, head of the
spoken English department, has been
appointed to give twelve scholarships
to the Central School of London.
These scholarships are awarded by Miss
Elsie Fogarty, a distinguished British
educator.

The awards include tuition for six
weeks and are equivalent to about sev-
enty-five dollars. They are to be
awarded to those having a certain
amount of college training and a defi-
nite interest in speech. The American
Drama League, which sponsors the trip
to the Central School of London, pro-
vides the round trip expenses, which
are about $597, from New York to
New York.

More than half of the scholarships
have been awarded but others are to
be had by application. Girls interested
in the award are requested to see Miss
Gooch.

I. McCain Presides at
State Y. Meet atAthens

With Isabel McCain presiding, the
annual spring conference of the stu-
dent Y. M. C. A.'s and Y. W. C. A/s
of Georgia met at the University of
Georgia March 19-21. Over one hun-
dred delegates were present.

Among the Agnes Scott students
who attended the conference was
Alice Hannah, president of student
government. She was one of the stu-
dent speakers on the subject, "Christ-
ian Dynamic for Life," which was the
theme of the conference. Primrose No-
ble, Millie Coit, and Julia Moseley also
went from Agnes Scott.

New officers for next year elected
at the conference are: president, James
Webb of Emory University; vice-
president, Margaret Garbutt of G. S.
C. W.; secretary, Ed Vinson of Tech;
treasurer, Joe Quillian of Piedmont.

2

THE AGONISTIC

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PUBLISHED WEEKLY

Owned and published by the students of Agnes Scott
College.

Entered as Second Class Matter at Decatur, Georgia.

Subscription price, $1.25 per year in advance.
Single copies, 5c.

1936 Member 1937

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Associate Editor
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Assistant Editors
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Feature Editor
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Exchange Editor
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Book Editor

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Current History

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Sports Editor
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Club Editor

Elizabeth Warden
Alumnae Editor

Editor, Associate Editor, Enid Middleton, Mary
King, Editorial Council

Buy Lecture Tickets Early

With the announcement of Carl Sandburg's ar-
rival at Agnes Scott on April 13 comes the re-
minder that the Lecture Association always ap-
preciates it if students will buy their tickets
early. These tickets will be on sale in the lobby
of Buttrick Saturday, April 10, from 8:45 to
12:30; and Monday and Tuesday, April 12 and
13, from 8:45 to 12:30 and from 1:30 to 3:00.
Student prices are 75 cents for reserved seats
and 50 cents for unreserved; general admission
is $1.00 for reserved seats and 75 cents for un-
reserved.

Vote Tomorrow

Spirited discussions in Buttrick, at the table,
and in the dormitories proclaim that the nomi-
nations for student officers next year have been
posted. These nominees have been selected both
by the student body as a whole and by a special
committee composed of the present officers of
the various elective campus organizations. Per-
haps right now you are trying to decide whose
name to put on your ballot when you vote
tomorrow and the next day. Some of the can-
didates you know; some you don't. In many
cases you may even feel unqualified to decide
and may ask others for their opinions. Inevita-
bly you will hear some criticism certainly of the
committee and perhaps of the popular
choices, as having been made not according to
capability but according to individual likes and
dislikes. Remember, however, when you con-
sider the candidates, that the members of the
nominating committee, in suggesting girls for
the various offices, are not trying to dictate to
you in the matter. Their nominees merely repre-
sent those whom the majority of the group as
individuals who have worked side by side with
these eligible students have found peculiarly
fitted for certain positions, just as the popular
nominations indicate the preferences of the ma-
jority of the students.

Plan for Open Forum

Sometime within the next two weeks Student
Government will lead in an open forum a discus-
sion concerning the rules and regulations that
are not now clear to the students. A committee
composed of members of Student Government
has once or twice in the past years undertaken
a survey of all regulations in an effort to clarify
them to the students. This year a committee
composed of three members will make the sur-
vey, and. in addition, the students themselves
will haw the opportunity to introduce from the
floor a discussion of such misunderstood rules as
those concerning the number of dates allowed
each week and the proper way of signing out for
Sunday dinner. No changes can be made during
the forum, but the rules that are brought up will
be submitted by Student Government to the
dean's office for further consideration, that may
lead to changes. Because of the apparent misun-
derstanding of the rules it is of great importance
that students familiarize themselves with the
present regulations before the discussion period.

'Theatre Street' is Delightful Story-

Tamara Karsavina, Ballet Dancer

Of

The fortress of my heart can storm;

Gay, Novel Story of Hard Work My art alone there reigns.

Set in Picturesque Days
of Old Russia

THEATRE STREET
By TAMARA KARSAVINA
(Reviewed by Hi hernia Hassell)
These reminiscences of Madame Kar-
savina make one of the most delightful
and novel books ever written about
the theatre. To make it more re/nark-
able, she wrote it in English herself,
although there was a time when she
was dazzling London with the fact
that she could buy a pigskin bag and
boast that it was made of "real pork."

It is a gay and buoyant story of
hard work, set in a scene very strange
and picturesque to us, the splendid
building called Theatre Street, in St.
Petersburg, where the ballet learned
and still learns its art. It had always
been Karsavina's grand ambition to
be graduated in Theatre Street, and un-
til she met the man who later became
her husband, she kept this little verse
always before her:
No rhymes of languid poets,
No melting sighs of swain,

There are charming pictures of her
home life in St. Petersburg, as it was
then called. Although her father had
the position of mime and first dancer
at the Imperial Ballet, the family was
so needy that they were not always
possessed of the two handkerchiefs,
like those which went to make little
Karsavina's first lovely dress. He, like
so many actors, was determined that
his daughter should escape that calling.
On his side was the old "Dovniasha"
who never changed her opinions, even
after her mistress became a shining
name in Russia. She was sure that
the ballet dancers were all made soft
by a rule which ordered that by stages
their bones should be broken. The
mother was the heroic figure of the
family, keeping it together by varied
practical devices; it was because of her
that the child was allowed at last to
face the examiners.

After she had passed all the mental,
moral, and physical requirements to en-
ter Theatre Street, Karsavina devoted
herself to six years of rigid convent
life, and danced herself from the
brown frock to pink and from pink
to white.

Life in Theatre Street, despite its
rigour and hard work, was full of hu-
mor and incident. It was a rule in
the school that everybody must "adore"
someone, and as Karsavina does not
seem to have been very good at ador-
ing, the girls picked out a new master
for her, whom she at once obediently
"adored." To prove her devotion, they
dared her to drink glass after glass of
very tepid water until she was sick
and couldn't hold anymore.

A third of the book is devoted to
Theatre Street, and there follow many
pages about the famous Marinsky
Theatre, where we see her in brilliant
pictures dancing her way to the stars.
What the ballet meant in those days in
St. Petersburg is shown by these
words:

"To obtain a seat, a petition to the
Chancery of the Imperial Theatres had
to be filed . . . the seats were handed
down from father to son."

In the remaining third of the book,
when Diaghileff appears, the days of
splendor begin, with his bringing of
Miss Kirk finds the contacts tne ballet to Paris and London to

Miss Mary W. Kirk
Visits Agnes Scott

Back on the campus several weeks
ago for alumnae week-end was one of
Agnes Scott's most distinguished
alumnae, Miss Mary Wallace Kirk, of
Tuscumbia, Alabama. Interested in art
from her childhood, Miss Kirk took
up etching as a favorite pastime, and
is now well known in the South for
the lovely work that she does. She de-
scribed the involved process of making
the etchings, which closely resembles
that of engraving. When asked where
she found her subjects, she replied that
she took them from her own commun-
ity: the barn in the back yard, the
negro cabin just outside town, the
tumble-down shack of the tenant far-
mer. Such subjects, she said, are "in-
timately a part of the Southern envi-
ronment," and possess the "lowly
charm of the life that is lived in
them."

which she makes with various people
while sketching very interesting and
enlightening. Usually, those to whom
she speaks are delighted to have her
use their house or farm for a subject;
only occasionally does she meet oppo-
sition.

A few of Miss Kirk's etchings are
now in the alumnae house on display.
Among them are such titles as "Aunt
Frankie's Cabin," "Trees in Winter,"
"Tenant House," "Richard's House,"
"Old Stone Cabin," "Baptist Hill."
The last was taken from a scene
through her bedroom window, and
was praised by a small boy of six be-
cause "it is like it is; they always have
trash in the yard."

Court Plan Arouses Debate

Exchanges

The University of Washington is
placing blackboards and chalk in the
dormitory phone booths for those who
"doodle" while they talk.

An Atlanta ticket agent telephoned
the administration of this college re-
cently in search of some one who could
interpret Japanese. A Japanese who
wanted to buy a ticket to some place,
he thought, but he couldn't speak
English.

An "electric eye" detects late-com-
ers to physics classes at St. Thomas
College. Even while the professor's
back is turned, a person can't slip in
undetected, for he must cross the light
beam, and when he does, a gong clangs.
(ACP.)

Phlegmatic, crunch, flatulent, caca-
phony, treachery, sap, jazz, plutocrat,
gripe, and plump are the ten most un-
pleasant words in the English language,
says the National Association of
Teachers of Speech. (ACP.)

charm the western world. This is fol-
lowed by the return to St. Petersburg
to be among her people in the days of
the revolution, when her own servant
is one of the searchers of the house
to house committee; then comes Kar-
savina's thrilling escape from Russia,
where the much-changed Theatre
Street in some form still goes on.

(Tamara Karsavina appeared in the
Russian Ballet when it came to At-
lanta this spring, on the All-Star Con-
cert series.)

Reporters

Reporters include: Nell Allison,
Alice Cheeseman, Giddy Erwin, Nell
Hemphill, Carol Hale, Cora Kay
Hutchins, Sarah Johnson, Douglas
Lyle, Frances Lee, Regina Hurwitz,
Julia Sewell, Mary Willis, Mamie Lee
Ratliff, Selma Steinbach, Anne Pur-
nell, Marie Merritt, Alice Reins, Myrl
Chafin, Louise Young, Mary Frances
Kennedy, Henrietta Blackwell, Mary
Primrose Noble, Mary Reins, Evelyn
Baty, Eleanor Hutchens, Hazel Solo-
mon, V. J. Watkins, Mary Louise
Dobbs, Virginia Hill, Eloise McCall,
Louise Houghston, Mary Lang Gill,
Eugenia Williams, Grace Duggan, and
Jeannette Carroll.

Business assistants are: Rachel Ken-
nedy, Florence Little, Jessie Williams,
Jane Dryfoos, Jane Carithers.

Permanent jobs for college grad-
uates are now being offered in greater
numbers than in the prosperous years
of '28 and '29, says Herbert Williams,
director of the placement bureau at
Cornell University. Not only are per-
manent jobs becoming more available
now but many employers are hiring
undergraduate students for summer
employment, with the idea of train-
ing them for permanent positions
after graduation. (ACP.)

Roosevelt's plan for reorganizing the Supreme
Court started a battle which has been raging for
six weeks now. The president proposed that one
new justice be added to the bench for each of
those who reach the age of seventy, and that the
latter be allowed to resign if they see fit.

Upholding his proposal to the people of the
country by radio, the president said that we must
be ready to meet the crisis, similar to that of
1929, which is threatening in a year or two.
Roosevelt claims he objects not to the institution
of the court but to its personnel which is, he
says, "fearful of the future." He objects to the
policy-making decisions of the court, and declares
that branch of the government has set itself up
as a super-legislature. It has been claimed by
supporters of the president that the efficiency
of the court would be improved by increasing its
size. The chief justice himself replied to this.
He defended the present court's efficiency by
showing that the bench is not behind in render-
ing decisions on cases in its docket.

Those who oppose the suggested program are
not only the administration's usual opposition
the conservatives but also a vociferous group
of liberals who have previously supported Roose-
velt. They alarmedly attack the president for
thinking he alone knows what is for the coun-
try's good. Even the liberals are afraid of in-
creasing the executive's authority, lest the na-
tion's traditional freedom be endangered. Most
of the opposition witnesses called by the Senate
judiciary committee believe a change should be
made, but that it should be made by amending
the Constitution, thus giving the people of the
country a chance to pass on the plan. Roosevelt
promised before the election to use the amend-
ment method, it is claimed. Now the president
says amending is too slow a process, and he will
resort to it only if his present plan fails.

The Literary Digest calls the court reorgani-
zation program the "Great Issue of 1937." The
terminology seems apt, because feeling runs high
throughout the country on the subject. There
is at stake a part of our government which is
unique. In no other nation can the will of the
representative body be overridden by the courts.
The defense which this conservative body af-
fords existing institutions seems to some Ameri-
cans to be a bulwark against the establishment
of a dictatorship here, while others feel equally
sure that it retards the progress of the country.
Which group will triumph is still very doubtful,

Agnes Scott Girls Make

Names for Themselves

Juliet's "What's in a name? A rose by any
other name would smell as sweet" was evidently
the sentiment of many last week in the popular
nomination of student officials. Quite a number
of artistic souls, following the Shakespearean
tradition, sacrificed a more prosaic accuracy in
regard to spelling for the sake of a higher truth.
As a result of their endeavors many victims
found themselves with new and sometimes quite
euphonious names. Much variety was to be
found in the rendition of Amelia Nickels' sur-
name. Among those submitted were Nickols,
Nichols, Nilkols, Nicklas, and Nicholas. Winifred
Kellersberger, also, was the subject of much orig-
inality. Those new spellings bestowed upon her
name included Winifried, Winefied, Kellersberg,
and Kellsbarger. Callie Carmichael was another
name frequently mutilated with such variations
as Kelly and Kitty and with one ballot marked
simply Callie. The name of Virginia Watson,
known affectionately as "Gina," was presented
with curious interpretations such as Jhinna and
Jenner which, by the way, seem phonetically
more correct than the spelling upon which she
now insists. Interesting, too, were attempts to
make Hortense Jones' name more individual. Al-
though such efforts as Hortentz and Hortence
Joner were presented, by far the most compell-
ing was Hawkins Jones. Others who did not es-
cape this creative streak in those possessing the
franchise were Cora Kay Hutchins, who was
twice blessed with the name Cora Kay Kitchins;
Jane Guthrie, who was newly christened Jane
Gurthie and Gutherie; and Jane Dryfoos, whose
name spelled by some, Dryfus and Dreyfoss
while others prefer Dyptoos. Among other mu-
tilations were to be found Carol Hale's name
spelled Carrol Hail, Hibernia Hassell spelled Hy-
bernia Hassey, and Laura Coit spelled Laurra
Coyote.

There were those, however, who so strongly
feit the impulse of ''What's in a name" that they
didn't even bother to change the spelling, sub-
mitting their own preference in its place. The
result of one such motivation was the classic ex-
ample the ballot which simply read "Mary
Alice Newton's Sister."

THE AGONISTIC

3

Sir Herbert Ames Reviews
Life of Many Eventful Years

Famous Lecturer Names College Audiences, Switzerland, Canada
As Preferences and Terms United States Best
"Foreign'' Residence

Agonistics of Past Disclose

Features of Faculty History

Sixteen Years Ago Articles in College Weekly Told of Activity of
Student Officials Who Are Later to Become
Professors at Agnes Scott

By Jean Chalmers
"I am six feet one, will be seventy-
four my next birthday, and have two
feet and two hands," is the short and
pointed description of himself given
by Sir Herbert Ames, former treasurer
of the League of Nations Secretariat,
who stayed on the campus last week
and lectured at various schools in At-
lanta and Decatur. Agnes Scott is one
of twenty-five colleges at which he
is lecturing on his present southern
tour.

Hostesses at the alumnae house,
where Sir Herbert stopped, claim that
the first night the distinguished vis-
itor arrived, they heard a very noisy
clatter upstairs and upon investigation
found that Sir Herbert had rearranged
all the furniture. His explanation of
this procedure was that he always had
to move beds and tables in hotel
rooms, because they were never placed
to suit him.

A Canadian by birth, he prefers
the United States as the best "for-
eign" country in which to live and
makes his home in Boston, Massachu-
setts. In Europe, however, Sir Herbert
chooses Switzerland as the most desir-
able home. Praising it he said, "The
scenery is beautiful, and the climate,
with the exception of two months of
the year, is delightful. The people are
the best educated, from top to bottom,
in the world. They have a splendid
form of government, honestly admin-
istered. The only drawback is that the
cost of living is high, but one gets ex-
cellent service, even in the small ho-
tels." Sir Herbert lived at Geneva,
the seat of the League, for six years,
and has revisited the country several
times in his European travels. He add-
ed that, when he travels, he always
arranges to have the New York Times
sent him wherever he may be so that
he can get full international news, us-
ually so sketchily published in papers
abroad.

On his vacation, when he has one,
Sir Herbert "takes to the woods." His
favorite pastime is catching salmon
and trout on a fly rod in the Canad-
ian streams. "My wife and I have a
cabin," he said, "in the mountains
seventy- five miles north of Montreal
on a lake a mile long. At night the
only protection we need is mosquito
netting."

Miss Alberta Palmour f
Miss Llewellyn Wilburn
Return from Florida

Miss Alberta Palmour, alumnae field
secretary, and Miss Llewellyn Wil-
burn, of the physical education de-
partment, have returned from a trip
through Florida, having visited Mi-
ami, Coral Gables, West Palm Beach,
Lakeland, Lake Wales, Haines City,
Plant City, Orlando, Winter Park,
Winter Garden, and Gainesville. Miss
Wilburn contacted the alumnae in
these cities while Miss Palmour visited
the various high schools.

His traveling companion is Michael,
his Irish chauffeur, of whom he is
very fond. According to Sir Herbert,
Michael takes care of him and the
family as if he were one of them. Late-
ly Michael is always found reading his
copy of "Gone With the Wind." Sir
Herbert has not found time to read
the novel yet, but he says that he
knows that Michael can be discovered
any time of day curled up in the au-
tomobile with the book. He is now
reading the pages describing the fight-
ing around Decatur and has spent
most of his time locating the places
mentioned by Margaret Mitchell. He
even left Sir Herbert long enough to
visit the Cyclorama and remain
through two lectures there.

Before May 10 Sir Herbert will visit
schools in Florida, Georgia, North and
South Carolina, and Virginia. He says
he is "working north with the spring"
and on that date will end up in Wash-
ington, D. C. He finds that students
and faculties of colleges and universi-
ties are the most interested in world
affairs today and consequently more
enjoyable to talk to than any other
audience.

Emory Professor Talks
To Chi Beta Phi Sigma

Dr. W. B. Baker, professor of biol-
ogy at Emory University, will speak
at a meeting of Chi Beta Phi Sigma,
the honorary science society, on "Re-
search in the South," Monday, April 5,
at 7:3 0 o'clock. The college commun-
ity is invited. The lecture will be pre-
ceded by a closed meeting of Chi Beta
Phi Sigma at 7 o'clock.

Miss Emma May Laney
Lectures to Alumnae

Associate Professor Emma May
Laney is delivering a series of lectures
on contemporary poetry to a group of
about twenty alumnae, who meet
every Monday night in the Anna
Young Alumnae House. This project
is sponsored by the business group of
the Alumnae Association.

Phi Beta Kappas in moving pictures
are Franchot Tone from Cornell Uni-
versity and Eric Rhodes from the
University of Oklahoma.

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Chi Beta Pi-ii Sigma
At the last meeting of Chi Beta
Phi Sigma the following new officers
were elected: president, Elizabeth
Skinner; vice-president, Jeanne Mat-
thews; recording secretary, Frances
Norman; corresponding secretary,
Elizabeth Kenney; and treasurer, Ola
Kelly.

Pen and Brush

Pen and Brush club met last Thurs-
day night in the Murphey Candler
building. Miss Louise Lewis talked on
Leonardo da Vinci, and the members
of the club continued their sketching.

Poetry Club
Poetry club met on last Tuesday in
the Murphey Candler building. Eve-
lyn Sears and Shirley Armentrout were
hostesses.

Blackfriars
Blackfriars will meet on Tuesday
night, April 6, at 7 o'clock in Miss
Gooch's studio. The play production
class will present "Ever Young," di-
rected by Lucille Cairns. Those tak-
ing part in the play are Lena Sweet,
Dorothy Lee, Marie Stalker, and Joyce
Roper.

BOZ

BOZ met last Friday night in the
Murphey Candler building. Hortense
Jones, Henrietta Blackwell, Douglas
Lyle, and Mary Anne Kernan read.
Giddy Erwin and Hibernia Hassell
were hostesses.

German Club
German club meets this afternoon
at 4:30 in Lupton cottage.

Fashion Note

Carl Sandburg, the last of the trou-
badours, appears in any society wear-
ing heavy shoes with clumsy bulldog
toes.

According to the Agonistic of 1921,
which is as far back as the records go,
the year was very interesting. Miss
Janef Preston, a member of Hoasc,
contributed an article to the Silhou-
ette; Miss Carrie Scandrett was a re-
porter and a freshman representative
on the executive committee; and lights
went out at 10 P. M. Miss Martha
Stansfield was a member of the latest
organization at Agnes Scott, "what
is known as Pi Alpha Phi which,
being very freely translated, means
'honor to whom honor is due'." Miss
Alexander was made head of the
French department and was the first
Agnes Scott graduate to take an M.A.
degree from a large university within
a year's time. Miss Harn came from
Salem College to teach Spanish and
German.

Library rules for that year stipulated
that the building be closed at 1:30
P. M. on Saturdays. No books could
be taken out overnight before 9 P. M.,
and not more than three reserved books
could be taken for the week-end.
During the day, reserved books could
be used only two hours at a time, and
never more than three hours in a day;
at the end of a period for which a
book was reserved, it was to be re-

Botany Students Visit
Two Carolina Gardens

Miss Blanche Miller and Miss Mary
Vardell, of the biology department, ac-
companied five members of the local
flora class on a visit last week-end to
the gardens of Charleston, South Caro-
lina. The group, including, in addi-
tion to the instructors, Ann Worthy
Johnson, Eleanor Hall, Alice Hannah,
Jeanne Matthews, and Virginia Sut>
tenfield, visited the Cypress and Mag-
nolia gardens.

turned promptly at the ringing of a
bell.

The garden at Westlawn was a
source of pleasure to the faculty; in
fact, the Agonistic (usually referred
to as "Aggie"), reported that the
"bunch of white figures" seen in this
garden on a Saturday were Miss Alex-
ander and Miss Hale with new rakes;
Miss Lillian Smith with a trowell,
and Miss Lewis with a mattock.

On February 7, 1922, Miss Scan-
drett was elected president of the
sophomore class; in March she became
secretary of Student Government. Her
senior year she was president of Stu-
dent Government, a member of Hoasc,
and named one of the most popular
seniors. Also on May Day in 1924 Dr.
McCain was inaugurated as the second
president of Agnes Scott.

From an article in a 193 0 Agonis-
tic comes the news that Mr. Davidson
began his career as a banker, Miss
Harn wanted to be a trained nurse,
and Miss Haynes did social work until
she taught the children to crochet
backwards. A bit of news dishearten-
ing to the seniors who are about to
begin work on their opera comes from
the record of the following year.
Writes the reporter: "Miss Haynes lis-
tened for a goodly space the other
night to what she believed was senior
opera practice only to come to the
sudden and disconcerting realization
that she'd been reveling in the mellow
warble of a rooster."

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THE AGONISTIC

Wheeler Elected
B. S. U. President

The Baptist students of Agnes Scott
College have selected the following
girls to serve on the Baptist Student
Union Council next year: president,
Cary Wheeler; enlistment chairman,
Jeanne Flynt; social chairman, Eu-
genia Bridges; devotional chairman,
Ruth Crisp; secretary, Catherine Ivie;
treasurer, Frances Virginia Brown,
publicity chairman, Alice Reins;
magazine chairman, Mary Reins.

The new council will be officially
installed, together with those of the
other Atlanta colleges, at the annual
banquet in May. Meanwhile, construc-
tive plans are being made for the B.
S. U. work for next year.

Sarah Johnson is the retiring presi-
dent.

Y. W. Plans Conference
To be Held on Campus

The Agnes Scott Y. W. C. A. cabi-
net is making plans for a conference
to be held on the campus April 22 and
23. The program will include three
discussion or seminar groups with
prominent outside leaders and several
inspirational talks by a visiting minis-
ter.

SANDBURG COMES HERE

(Continued from page 1, column 4)
where, from 1910 to 1912, he served
as secretary to the mayor, it was in
1917 that he joined the staff of the
Chicago Daily News, leaving the next
year to be a correspondent from Nor-
way and Sweden, but returning to be-
come the editorial writer.

Carl Sandburg's publications began
with a private pamphlet entitled hi
Reckless Ecstacy. In 1914 he won the
Levinson prize for his Chicago and
published in 1916 his volume, Chicago
Poems. Since then Sandburg's works
have included his well known poetry,
his compilation of ballads in The
American Songbag, his series of Roota-
baga Stories for children, and his biog-
raphies.

Today Sandburg, who is the father
of three girls, lives in Harbert, Michi-
gan. That is, he lives there when he
is not on one of his frequent lecture
tours.

It is of his appearance on these tours
that Harry Hansen writes: "When
Carl Sandburg talks to you, he seems
to have a bit of a stoop, to lean for-
ward as he speaks; but before an au-
dience he stands erect and seems much
taller than he is."

His voice gives a significant quality
to his poetry. Mr. Hansen says: "His
voice is a rich, deep monotone and he
draws out his words slowly, which
heightens the effects of his reading."

This poetry that Sandburg reads,
this poetry that has arisen from a
spirit much-lived, but forever wistful,
much-thought, but never irreverent
enough to be irrevocably certain of
his thoughts, this poetry of a nature
different I mm other poetry of his day,
this is the poetry of modern America.
Oi it, Newton Arvin writes: "In the
midst of sharper and sharper conflict
between Che principle of subordination
and the principle of equality, this
poetry is an eloquent and sometimes .i
passionate reasscrtion of the dignity,
the fortitude, and unweariable creat-
ivencss, the historic and unrelinquished
hopes of the laboring many."

Such a quality is present in great
poetry alone, and comes from a great

person, from a Carl Sandburg, experi-
encing many lives in one.

Committee, Popular ^Sominations Posted

For School Voting Thursday and Friday

Society

Committee Nominations
Student Government
President Laura Coit.
Vice-President Ann Worthy John-
son.

House Presidents Rebekah Scott,
Tommy Ruth Blackmon; Main, Mary
Lillian Fairly; Inman, Nell Hemphill.

Secretary Jean Bailey.

Treasurer Mary Ellen Whetsell.

Student Recorder Eliza King.

Day Student Representative Mary
Anne Kernan.

Handbook Editor Mildred Davis.

Student Treasurer Ellen Little.

Student Treasurer June Harvey.

Fire Chief Mary Past.

Y. W. C. A.

President Winifred Kellersberger.

Vice-President Primrose Noble.

Secretary Douglas Lyle.

Treasurer Amelia Nickels.
Athletic Association

President Jean Chalmers.

Vice-President Frances Robinson.

Secretary Jane Moore Hamilton.

Treasurer Jane Dryfoos.

Agonistic

Editor Hortense Jones.

Associate Editor Jane Guthrie.

Associate Editor Mary McCann
Hudson.

Assistant Editor Mary Frances
Guthrie.

Assistant Editor Marie Merritt.
Business Manager Elizabeth Black-
shear.

Assistant Business Manager Jane
Carithers.

Silhouette
Editor-in-Chief Virginia Watson.
Business Manager Joyce Roper.
Advertising Manager Ann Wat-
kins.

Aurora
Editor Carol Hale.
Assistant Editor Julia Sewell.
Business Manager Ola Kelly.

French Club Has
Ten New Members

The ten new members of the French
club, who were admitted to member-
ship in the organization following the
regular spring try-outs, presented two
original plays on campus life as part
of their initiation ceremonies at the
March meeting of the society. The
new members are Evelyn Baty, Suzie
Blackmon, Sara Joyce Cunningham,
Rebecca Drucker, Peggy Everhart,
Jeanne Flynt, Ruth Kaplan, Douglas
Lyle, Carolyn Myers, and Julia Thie-
monge.

Following the initiation, there was
presented a program on Paris, featur-
ing the works of the famous Parisian,
Saint-Sacns. To carry out still further
the theme of the program, pictures
and posters of monuments and other
well-known landmarks of the French
city were attractively displayed.

Miss Dexter Makes Talk

Miss Emily Dexter, associate pro-
fessor of psychology and education,
speaks today to the Girl Reserve ad-
visers of the Y. W. C. A. in Atlanta.
Her subject is the "Psychology of the
Adolescent Girl."

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Student Government

President Laura Coit, Ann Wor-
thy Johnson, Mary Lillian Fairly,
Eliza King.

Vice-President Ann Worthy John-
son, Laura Coit, Mary Lillian Fairly.

Secretary Emma McMullen, Jean
Bailey, Flora MacGuire, Mary Ellen
Whetsell.

Treasurer Jean Bailey, Emma Mc-
Mullen, Mary Ellen Whetsell.

House President, Rebekah Mary
Lillian Fairly, Eliza King, Tommy
Ruth Blackmon.

House President, Main Mary Lil-
lian Fairly, Eliza King, Mary Past.

House President, Inman Nell
Hemphill, Mary Lillian Fairly, Eliza
King.

Student Recorder Martha Long,
Virginia Watson.

Day Student Representative Zoe
Wells, Jean Chalmers, Mary Anne Ker-
nan, Jane Turner.

Handbook Editor Mildred Davis,
Virginia Watson, Joyce Roper.

Student Treasurer (Senior) Ellen
Little, Ola Kelly.

Student Treasurer (Junior) Ade-
laide Benson, June Harvey, Amelia
Nickels.

Fire Chief Mary Past, Goudyloch
Erwin, Sara B. Sloan.

Cabinets Present
Easter Programs

Easter sunrise and vesper services
presented at Agnes Scott last Sunday,
March 2 8, were under the supervision
of the freshman and sophomore Y. W.
C. A. cabinets. A sunrise service at
5:4 5 a. m. in the Murphey Candler
building was a project of the sopho-
more cabinet. The program included
Easter hymns to the accompaniment
of piano and violin; a Scripture read-
ing by June Harvey, and a solo by
Amelia Nickels.

The vesper service given in the cha-
pel by the freshman cabinet featured
a play, "The Light in the Window,"
by Dorothy Clarke Wilson. Members
of the cast were Julia Thiemonge,
Frances Hampton, Mary Dixon, Vir-
ginia Milner, Jane Moses, Ruth Slack,
Katherine Patton, and Ruth Eyles.
Mary Winston Crockett led the serv-
ice, while Harriet Stimson, Henrietta
Thompson, and Evelyn Baty acted as
committee chairmen for music, stage,
and costumes. Joyce Roper directed
the production of the play.

Candlelighting vespers at 10:00 p.
m. in the Agnes Scott chapel was the
Good Friday observance sponsored by
the sophomore cabinet*

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President Winifred Kellersberger,
Jean Barry Adams.

Vice-President Jean B. Adams,
Winifred Kellersberger, Primrose No-
ble, Martha Long.

Secretary Mildred Coit, Douglas
Lyle, Amelia Nickels.

Treasurer Mildred Coit, Amelia
Nickels, Douglas Lyle.

Athletic Association

President Anne Thompson, Fran-
ces Robinson, Jean Chalmers, Bee
Merrill.

Vice-President Anne Thompson,
Frances Robinson, Bee Merrill, Jean
Chalmers, Ellen Little.

Secretary Jane Dryfoos, Caroline
Carmichael, Jane M. Hamilton.

Treasurer Caroline Carmichael,
Jane Dryfoos, Estelle Cuddy, Emmy
Lou Turck.

Agonistic
Editor Hortense Jones, Jane Guth-
rie.

Associate Editor (2) Jane Guth-
rie, Mary M. Hudson, Hortense Jones.

Assistant Editor (2) Julia Sewell,
Mary F. Guthrie.

Business Manager Elizabeth Black-
shear.

Assistant Business Manager Jane
Carithers.

Silhouette
Editor Virginia Watson, Elsie
West, Mary Smith.

Business Manager Joyce Roper,
Mary Smith, Ellen Little.

Advertising Manager Jane M.
Hamilton, Ann Watkins.

Aurora

Editor Carol Hale, Nell Allison.

Assistant Editor Julia Sewell,
Douglas Lyle, Caroline Carmichael.

Business Manager Ola Kelly, Nell
Allison.

Freshman Class

Honors Juniors

The freshman class is giving a treas-
ure hunt for the junior class tomor-
row afternoon at 5 o'clock. Commit-
tees for the party are: entertainment
Henrietta Thompson, chairman,
Marjorie Boggs, Grace Ward, Penn
Hammond, Mildred Joseph, and Mary
Reins; refreshments Carolyn For-
man, chairman, Anne Enloe, Lorraine
Guinn, Gary Home, Barbara Lee
Murlin; invitation Frances Plamp-
ton, chairman, Shirley Steele, Lib Da-
vis, Rebecca Drucker, and Ruth Kap-
lan.

Misses Carrie Scandrett, Helen Carl-
son, and Blanche Miller have been
asked to chaperon the party.

A combination of Easter and the
new cut system took away much of
the campus this past week-end. Girls
who went away were: Carolyn Alley
to Dalton; Carrie Gene Ashley to El-
lentons; Betsy Banks to Sherwood;
Lucille Barnett to Sumter; Edith Bel-
ser to Sumter; Mary Virginia Brown
to Raleigh; Susan Bryan and Mary
Venetia Smith to Reynolds; Rachel
Campbell to Mansfield; Caroline Car-
michael to McDonough; Laura Coit to
Converse and Montreat; Mildred Coit
to Americus; Annie Lee Crowell to
Americus; Rebecca Drucker to Mc-
Cormick; Jane Estes to Gay; Michelle
Furlow to Birmingham; Jane Moore
Hamilton to Dalton; B. Hollard to
Newnan; Mary Hollingsworth to Cov-
ington; Martha Johnson to Coving-
ton; Phyllis Johnson to Elberton;
Katherine Jones to Winder.

Winifred Kellersberger to Mt. Ber-
ry; Betty Ann Stewart to Winchester;
Mary Jane Tigert to Converse; An-
nette Williamson to Lawrence ville;
Mary Willis and Judith Gracey to Au-
gusta; Ernestine Cass to Greenville;
Polly Ware to Greenville; Ola Kelly
to Monticello; Kathleen Kennedy to
Winchester; Frances King to Newnan;
Josie Larkins to Philadelphia; Martha
Marshall to Americus; Julia Porter to
Covington; Jeanne Redwine to Fay-
etteville; Evelyn Sears to Mansfield;
Elise Seay to Macon; Frances Steele to
Anniston; Florence Wade to Cornelia;
Selma Steinbach to Carrollton; Eliza-
beth Skinner to Mt. Berry; Mary Nell
Tribble to Toccoa; Catherine lvie to
Greenville; Ann Purnell to Spartan-
burg; Dorothy Cabaniss to Columbus;
and Grace Tazewell to Emory.

Those who attended dances were:
Sigma Chi dance, Wednesday night:
Mary Venetia Smith, Bee Merrill,
Frances Wilson, Ellender Johnson, Ra-
chel Kennedy, Gretchen Bubenzer, and
others. A. T. O. dance, Thursday
night: Bee Merrill, Mary Venetia
Smith, and others. S. A. E. dance Sat-
urday night: Bee Merrill and Cornelia
Whitner. Pi K. A. dance, Saturday
night: Cary Wheeler, Ellender John-
son, and Frances Wilson.

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VOL. XXII

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7. 1937

NO. 18

Science Meet
Is Attended
By Faculty

Papers Read By Mr. Runyon,
Miss MacDougall; Speaker
Is Dr. Carl Fritsche

Eleven From A.S.C. Present

Several members of the Agnes
Scott faculty attended the fifteenth
annual meeting of the Georgia Acad-
emy of Science April 2 and 3 at the
Georgia Experiment Station in Grif-
fin. Mr. Ernest Runyon, acting as-
sociate professor of botany, read a pa-
per on "Leaf Deficit"; and Miss
Mary Stuart MacDougall, professor
of Biology, presented by title, "Gy-
tologicai Notes on Chlamydodonti-
dae." The rest of the biology depart-
ment, consisting of Miss Blanche Mil-
ler, Miss Frances McCalla, and Miss
Mary Vardell were also present; Miss
Emily Dexter and Miss Katherine
Omwake represented the psychology
department; and Mr. Henry Robin-
son, Miss Phillippa Gilchrist, Mr.
Robert Holt, and Mr. Schuyler Chris-
tian also attended the meeting, which
was the first to be held at the Geor-
gia Experiment Station.

The program included a joint meet-
ing of those interested in science from
an organic viewpoint and of those
working with the inorganic elements;
separate meetings, where papers were
read to each group; the annual ban-
quet, at which Dr. Carl B. Fritsche,
the director of the American Farm
Chemurgic Council, was the guest
speaker; and a business meeting of the
Academy, which is a closed corpora-
tion made up of a limited member-
ship.

{Continued on page 4, column 1)

Senior Opera is
Planned for May 8

Under the direction of Lucile Den-
nison, plans for the senior opera are
advancing, with the appointment of
Florence Lasseter as assistant director
and of the chairmen who will head the
various committees. The opera will be
presented on Saturday evening, May 8,
at 8:3 0 in the Bucher Scott gymna-
sium.

Lena Sweet will serve as lighting
manager. Settings will be directed by
Lucile Barnett; while Mary King will
be in charge of the properties. Frances
Steele will design the costumes, and
Mary Lib Morrow will plan the dan-
ces. Kitty Jones and June Matthews
will act as joint chairmen of the pro-
gram committee. Mary Malone will
handle the publicity of the produc-
tion; and Cornelia Christie will be in
charge of the tickets. The chairmen
will appoint their own committees.

Nellie Margaret Gilroy is head of
the writing committee. The other
members are: Julia Thing, Alice Han-
nah, Laura Steele, and Isabel McCain.

Last year the senior opera was
"Phoughst," in which Augusta King,
Loice Richards, and Adelaide Stevens
played the leads. The opera is an an-
nual event staged by the senior class
to raise money. This year the money
will be used for the class gift.

Blackfriars Society-
Admits Ten Members

The following girls were admitted
to Blackfriars, campus dramatic club,
after try-outs held last week: Alice
Checseman, Evelyn Sears, Shirley
Steele, Winston Steele, Nettie Lee
Greer, Georgia Hunt, Jane Moses,
Margaret Hopkins, Jane Dryfoos, and
Sara Beaty Sloan.

Agnes Scott To Send
Five To New Orleans
Convention, April 8

Student Government, Publica-
tions, Will Be Represented
At Joint Meeting

Meeting in New Orleans for the
second time in three years, the third
combined convention of the Southern
Federation of College Students and
Press representatives is scheduled to
open in the Roosevelt Hotel at 12:30
p. m. on April 8 and continue until
the afternoon of April 10. Agnes Scott
will be represented at the conference
by Laura Coit, president of student
by Alice Hannah and Laura Coit,
president and newly elected president
of Student Government; Ann Worthy
Johnson, vice-president; Virginia Wat-
son, editor of the Silhouette; and Hor-
tense Jones and Elizabeth Blackshear,
editor and business manager of the
Agonistic. Tulane University is host.

The convention will meet as four
distinct groups except for opening
and closing sessions, meals and social
functions. The four divisions are:
men's student government, women's
student government, college newspa-
pers, and college annuals.

The program for the session includes
business meetings, talks by student,
faculty, and guest speakers, a ban-
quet, a dance, and other entertain-
ments. Among the prominent speak-
ers will be Lyle Saxon, famous New
Orleans author, and Mayor Robert S.
Maestri of New Orleans. The conven-
tion was held last year at Memphis,

B. S. U. Members
Attend Retreat

A group of eighteen Baptist students
from Agnes Scott attended the annual
spring retreat of the Atlanta Baptist
Student Union held at Camp High-
land, March 27-2 8. They left from
Rebekah Scott Hall at one o'clock Sat-
urday and returned late Sunday after-
noon. Students from Georgia Tech,
Emory University, Georgia Evening
School, and the Georgia Baptist Hos-
pital also attended, making a total of
150 delegates.

The representatives came into At-
lanta for Sunday morning services at
the First Baptist church. Study cour-
ses and recreation were enjoyed at the
camp, and devotional talks were given
by several prominent speakers, among
whom was Miss Mary Nance Daniel,
who spoke in chapel today.

Agnes Scott girls who attended the
retreat were: Louise Hughston, Cary
Wheeler, Kitty Jones, Alice Reins,
Mary Reins, Sarah Johnson, Ruth
Crisp, Catherine Ivie, Jeanne Flynt,
Anne Pittard, Sarah Lee, Sarah Groves,
Martha Johnson, Eugenia Bridges,
Nelle Chalmers, Virginia Brown,
Mary Virginia McPhaul, and Tommy
Ruth Blackmon. Dr. Robinson, facul-
ty advsier, also attended.

Agnes Scott To Fast
For Peace Campaign

Agnes Scott will take part in a
national peace program sponsored by
the Emergency Peace Campaign on
April 22. The campus program will
be under the direction of Mildred
Coit, World Fellowship chairman of
the Y. W. C. A.

The main feature of Agnes Scott's
program will be a fast which will be
observed during the lunch period. At
that time a guest speaker will address
the college community on the subject
of world peace.

As another feature of the program,
Eliza King will speak in Atlanta on
the subject, "Does United States
legislation point to a defensive or of-
fensive policy of armament?"

Carl Sandburg Will Lecture
On Poetry Next Tuesday Night

Tickets Will Go On Sale Saturday, April 10; Reception To Be
Given Following Lecture

Carl Sandburg will discuss his
ideas about poetry next Tuesday
night when he comes to Agnes
Scott as the second lecturer pre-
sented this year by the Lecture
Association. Sandburg will illus-
trate these ideas by playing and
singing on the guitar.

Arriving here from Milledge-
ville on Tuesday afternoon, the
poet will remain at the college
for his lecture that night and
will leave the next morning for
Charleston. He is to be enter-
tained at a reception immediate-
ly following his lecture ; the col-

193 7-38 Chapter
To be Announced
By Mortar Board

The 1937-3 8 chapter of Mortar
Board, national senior honorary so-
ciety, wall be announced Saturday,
April 17, in the Gaines chapel. Pro-
fessor Philip Davidson of the history
department will speak on leadership,
which is one of the three ideals of
Mortar Board. Following his talk and
the announcement of new members,
the active chapter will sing the ode;
the entire school will join in the sing-
ing of the Alma Mater.

Fannie B. Harris, president, stated
that the new members were elected
last month from the junior class. They
were chosen on the basis of the three
ideals: scholarship, leadership, and
service.

Members of the present chapter of
Mortar Board are: Eloisa Alexander,
Frances Cary, Alice Hannah, Fannie
B. Harris, Isabel McCain, Marie Stal-
ker, Laura Steele, Julia Thing, and
Mary Jane Tigert.

| lege community is invited to at-
tend.

Tickets are to be on sale in
Buttrick lobby Saturday, April
10, from 8:45 to 12:30; and
Monday and Tuesday, April 12
and 13, from 8:45 to 12:30 and
from 1:30 to 3:00. Student
prices are 75 cents for reserved
seats and 50 cents for unre-
served; general admission is
$1.00 for reserved seats and 75
cents for unreserved.

The Lecture Association,
which is responsible for bring-
ing Carl Sandburg to Agnes
Scott, has for its student mem-
bers Charline Fleece, president;
Frances Wilson, Mary Jane Tig-
ert, Nell Hemphill, Anne Purnell,
Mary Malone, Jane Turner, Mar-
garet Watson, Zoe Wells, and
Martha Moffat. Faculty repre-
sentatives are Associate Profes-
sor Laney, Associate Professor
Hale, Assistant Professor Chris-
tie, and Professors Stukes,
Christian, and Davidson.

Y. W.C.A. Selects
Cabinet Members

Headed by Winifred Kellersberger,
president, and Jean Barry Adams, vice-
president, the 1937-3S Y. W. C. A.
cabinet is composed of Primrose No-
ble, program chairman; Martha Long,
social service chairman; Mildred Davis,
industrial group chairman; Mary Hol-
lingsworth, social chairman; Mamie
Lee Ratliff, music chairman; Mildred
Coit, spiritual life; and Julia Moseley,
publicity. Henrietta Blackwell and
another girl, as yet undecided upon,
will be chairmen of the world fellow-
ship and missions group.

Dr. Robinson Will
Speak at Meeting

Professor Henry Robinson, head of
the mathematics department, will at-
tend the annual meeting of the south-
eastern section of the Mathematics
Association of America in Nashville
on April 16 and 17. Mr. Robinson,
who has been secretary and treasurer
of his section and the publicity di-
rector since 1933, planned the pro-
gram and contacted the speakers for
the meeting, which will be attended
by approximately 2 50 mathemati-
cians. Dean R. D. Carmichael from
Illinois will be the guest speaker for
the occasion. Among the twenty-
eight research papers to be presented
is Mr. Robinson's "A Case of Planar
Motion." The object of his paper is
"to determine what curve a circle
must roll upon in order that some
fixed point in the plane of the rolling
circle traces out a circle in the plane
over which it glides. 5 '

Activities Hall
To be Dedicated

Dedication of the Murphey Candler
building is scheduled to take place
April 19 at 4 o'clock; the program
will include a brief address on the life
of Charles Murphey Candler, given by
Mr. William D. Thomson, a friend of
Mr. Candler's, and a prayer of dedica-
tion to be offered by one of the trus-
tees.

The late Charles Murphey Candler,
for whom the student activities build-
ing is named, was for forty-seven
years a trustee of the college. Chair-
man of the executive committee and
of the committee on buildings and
grounds, he drew up the charters for
this school as the Decatur Female
Seminary, the Agnes Scott Institute,
and finally, Agnes Scott College.

Students Of Speech
To Go To Nashville

Several members of the Spoken Eng-
lish department of Agnes Scott will
attend a convention of the Southern
Association of Teachers and Workers
in Nashville, Tennessee, April 22-24.
The representatives will give a play,
some choral reading, and some solo
reading while there.

Those taking part in the play,
Achillas Heel are: Betty Lou Houck
Smith, Kathryn Printup, Jeanne Flynt,
Elizabeth Cousins, Jean Bailey, and
Hugh Embry of the Emory Players.
The play will be given Thursday
night.

Friday and Saturday nights will be
devoted to poetry. The members of
the cast of the play with some other
Agnes Scott girls will give choral
readings. Kathryn Printup will do
some solo reading.

On Saturday night, April 17, the
entire program will be given for Ag-
nes Scott students in the gymnasium.

Dr. McCain is Appointed
To Social Security Board

As a member of the newly organ-
ized social security board, Dr. J. R.
McCain will serve on the committee
from DeKalb county. All the coun-
ties in Georgia have similar commit-
tees consisting of five members each.
The board will not begin to function
until assistant members can be ap-
pointed.

Dr. J. Tigert
To Speak at
Graduation

Father of Mary Jane Tigert
Will Address Seniors At
Annual Exercises

Is Well - Known Educator

Dr. John J. Tigert, president of the
University of Florida and father of
Mary Jane Tigert, will address the
senior class at the commencement ex-
ercises on June 8.

Dr. Tigert, who has been head of
the University of Florida since 192 8,
is a well-known American educator.
A graduate of Vanderbilt, he is the
first Rhodes scholar from Tennessee
and a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Among the offices he has served in
are those of president, in 193 5, of the
Southeastern (Athletic) Conference,
and member of the executive commit-
tee of the Southern University Con-
ference. Prior to his presidency of the
university he was United States com-
missioner for education.

Seniors Invited
To A.A.U.W. Meet

The Atlanta branch of the Ameri-
can Association of University Women,
composed of about 15 0 active mem-
bers, will meet at 3:30 in Gaines
chapel on April 21. Seniors are invit-
ed to attend the meeting and the tea
to be given afterwards in the Murphey
Candler building.

Associate Professor Elizabeth Ful-
ler Jackson, regional director of the
Association, will speak on the general
question of fellowships, the theme of
the program, and Professor Mary
Stuart MacDougall, member of the
fellowship committee of the A. A. U.
W., will discuss the awarding of fel-
lowships.

Members of the Agnes Scott facul-
ty who belong to the A. A. U. W. are,
in addition to Miss Jackson and Miss
MacDougall, Miss Catherine Torrance,
Miss Lillian Smith, Miss Narka Nel-
son, Miss Edna Ruth Hanley, Miss
Lucile Alexander, and Miss Phillipa
Gilchrist. Miss Jackson and Miss Nel-
son, representing Western College of
Ohio, attended the A. A. U. W. con-
vention held in Savannah last month.

New Officers on Campus
To be Installed Soon,
Taking Over New Duties

The new administration of the vari-
ous organizations on the campus is
soon to go into effect. The installa-
tion of the new officers of Y. W. C.
A. will be April 18. They will work
with the old officers before and after
this date and will assume full respon-
sibility next fall. The freshman cabi-
net will continue to operate as before..

The new officers of Student Gov-
ernment Association will be installed
May 1. The new committee begins
work next week with the old commit-
tee and will take over the entire re-
sponsibility next fall.

There will be an athletic banquet in
May for the formal initiation of the
new officers of athletic association.
They will begin real work in the fall
of next year.

The last two issues of Aurora this
year will be issued under the direction
of the old staff, assisted by the new
one. As is customary, the new staff
of the Agonistic will begin work with
the next issue, to be published the lat-
ter part of April. The old staff will
edit the commencement edition.

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Lecture Association Asks

Early Purchase of Tickets

The old adage about experience should prove
very helpful next Saturday, Monday, and Tues-
day when the tickets for the Sandburg lecture
will be on sale. Perhaps the people who sat in
windows, stood, or were turned away from the
door at the Stuart Chase lecture will remember
to buy tickets early this time. Certainly we can-
not expect Lecture Association to be able to pre-
pare adequately for us if we do not respond to
their request for cooperation in this matter. It
seems very little more than ordinary courtesy
and appreciation for an organization which
brings so many distinguished persons to the cam-
pus to let them know in advance what size au-
dience they may expect.

The committee not only provides unusually in-
teresting speakers but has been able to offer the
lectures to students at surprisingly low cost. Al-
though student tickets are practically one-half
the rate for outsiders, the association centers its
attention on the campus in an effort to encour-
age intellectual interests among students. With
all of the many extra-curricular activities at Ag-
nes Scott there are really only two that are pure-
ly intellectual debates and lectures. These two
highly deserve the support and enthusiasm of
the whole student body. Lecture Association
will greatly appreciate your buying tickets for
yourself and friends Saturday, Monday, and
Tuesday, April 10, 12, and 13.

Lack of Self Control is

Evident on the Campus

Already this year we have spoken of the neces-
sity for student cooperation in such matters as
talking in the library and keeping the campus
clean. But with cooperation evidently offering
little appeal as a plea, we are forced to use a
more personal argument and request individual
self-control and discipline. The increasing amount
of disorder in the library and the daily proof of
carelessness about the appearance of the campus
make us doubt that we do have self-control and
wonder whether, after all, w r e have come to Ag-
nes Scott to be educated.

If we would each ask ourselves the question,
"Is this what I should like to see myself doing?"
it is probable that wo should go to the Murphey
Candler building instead of to the library to do
our talking, and throw our trash in the waste
paper basket instead of on the library floor or
the campus, and stop disregarding the morning
chapel service. Through such self-control we
should earn the gratitude of those who wish to
study in quiet or to enjoy the beauty of the cam-
pus. And certainly we should begin really to be
educated one of our aims, we say, in coming to
college.

Eat More Pawpaws 93 Is Poet's Motto
In Campaign for Neglected Fruit

American Labor Streamlined

By Margaret Watson
A poet endeavoring to make people
appreciate paw-paws is something
closely approaching, if not really
something new under the sun. Carl
Sandburg is the poet, conducting a
vigorous campaign in behalf of this
hitherto neglected fruit. The humble
pawpaw tree grows throughout the
Southern states, and Mr. Sandburg is
growing it with success on his farm in
Michigan. It is a distant cousin of
the widely publicized papaya of Flor-
ida, Hawaii, and points East. Pawpaw
is one of those words which sound fa-
miliar to most people and which can
be identified by very few; some think
it's an animal, and to others it means
a pet name for one's father. But not
for long will The People continue in
such abysmal ignorance; Carl Sand-
burg with characteristic energy and
activity intends to change all that. In
a recent interview he said, "First, my
fellow-workers and myself wish to im-
prove the breeding of the pawpaw, and
second, we are definitely making plans
to make America conscious of this de-
licious fruit." One of these fellow-
workers is Lloyd Lewis, of Illinois, au-
thor of Sherman, the Fighting Prophet.
According to Mr. Sandburg, Lewis is
chairman of the Pawpaw Growers As-
sociation Board.

Miss Gooch Reads
Drink water's Plav

Miss Frances K. Gooch, head of the
department of Spoken English, read
John Drinkwater's play, "A Man's
House," last Wednesday afternoon at
the home of Mrs. John M. Slaton.
Miss Gooch was presented under the
auspices of the Woman's Auxiliary of
St. Luke's Church.

Emory Glee Club to
I ppear in Concert

The Emory Glee Club, of Emory
University, will give its annual At-
lanta concert this evening, April 7, at
8:3 0 o'clock in Glenn Memorial Au-
ditorium, Dr. Malcolm H. Dewey, di-
rector, announced this week. Agnes
Scott girls who wish to buy tickets
are asked to see Nell Hemphill, third
floor Rebekah.

The Emory singers, only recently
returned from an extensive winter
tour that took them through Florida,
will be making their final public ap-
pearance of the season and their only
public evening concert in Atlanta
since last spring.

The season just ending, described by
Dr. Dewey as one of the most success-
ful in the club's 20-year history, has
included the annual Christmas Carol
program of the "South's Sweetest
Singers" and numerous appearances
during the ten-day Emory Centennial
celebration, in addition to the winter
tour.

Highlight of the Florida trip was
the club's appearance before a full
house at the Miami Biltmore Hotel in
Coral Gables. Concerts in six other
Florida cities were also included on the
2,000 mile jaunt.

The complete program for tonight's
concert, as announced by Dr. Dewey,
is as follows:

1. a. Minuetto, Scarlatti; b. Maid-
en Fair, O Deign to Tell, Haydn.

2. a. Great and Glorious, Haydn;

b. Tencbrae Factae Sunt, Palestrino;

c. Hospodi Pomiloi, Lvovsky; d. Pil-
grim's Song, Tschaikowsky.

3. Two Guitars, Gypsv Melodv
(Violin Solo).

4. Negro Spirituals, Selected.

5. a. Away to Rio, Sea Chantey; b.
L'Heure Exquise, Hahn; c. O Caesar
Great Were Thou.

6. Daniel, Enders.

7. Alma Mater.

Family rivalry is also responsible
for Sandburg's enthusiasm it supplies
an ulterior motive to spur the poet on.
His brother-in-law is Edward Steichen,
the famous portrait photographer, who
has just been elected president of the
American Delphinium Society; greater
pawpaw promotion followed immedi-
ately. Eat-more-pawpaws is the slo-
gan, and Carl Sandburg, author of the
book The People, Yes, is doing his part
to make them say yes and boost the
pawpaw.

Georgians could do so with ease be-
cause the pawpaw is one of its oldest
inhabitants and seems to grow almost
anywhere. The tree ranges from ten
to thirty feet in height and has big,
broad leaves, half as wide as they are
long. It blooms in the spring, and the
flowers are dark red and about two
inches across. The fruit gets ripe in
the autumn; it is sweet and shaped
like a banana.

Exchanges

Being tested on current events, a
freshman English class at the State
Teachers College in Alpine, Texas,
gave the following answers to the
question: "What is 'Gone With the
Wind?' "

Dust. A modern phrase meaning
"lost or thrown away." An expres-
sion farmers use referring to their
crops. Gulf gasoline.

Cadets at John Tarleton College
have rebelled against paying out money
to have their washing done. To elimi-
nate the expense of "nine cents a shirt"
they are going to give a play, and
with the proceeds from it they intend
to buy a washing machine.

When women graduates of Grinnell
College marry, they stay married. Sta-
tistics released from the alumni office
show that only one divorce has oc-
curred since 193 0.

The Art club of Alabama College
is offering a twenty-five dollar prize
for the best design of a flag symbolic
of the college.

Main reasons why students go to
certain universities, as found by a
rurvey taken at the University of Ne-
braska by Dr. S. M. Corey, professor
of educational psychology:

Recommendation of high school
teachers and administrators.

Proximity of the university to the
student's home.

Family influence.

Economy.

Availability of desired courses.

Influence of friends.

"Of the seven students who gave
'influence in athletics* as their reason,"
says Dr. Corey, "five rank in the low-
est psychological test and none in the
highest."

Associate Collegian Press.

By Margaret Watson

The suggestion to reduce the acreage of dis-
cussion of the president's Court Plan is also pro-
posed for application to the sit-down strikes. In
spite of the continued viewing with alarm by our
orators and writers, the strikes, to many people,
are now on a par with tree-sitting contests and
dance marathons. Lawyers for each side still
flounder around in technicalities involved in this
conflict of workers and property rights, the
workers sit, and the owners fume.

In the earlier days of union organizing, strikes
were violent and were bloodily quelled by hired
thugs. Labor leaders were rabble-rousers, un-
educated, and rather on the thuggish side them-
selves. By a gradual process sometimes hindered
by growing pains, the American Federation of
Labor developed into a respected and influential
body. It is a rather loosely joined federation of
many unions organized on the basis of era Its. In
recent years there have been no particularly vio-
lent upheavals until John Llewelyn Lewis of the
bushy eyebrows and militant ideas organized his
Committee for Industrial Organization. The Com-
mittee started with the United Mine Workers
Union which has almost 1,000,000 members: it
is trying to join together all workers and secure
collective bargaining rights, supervised by union
leaders, for them all. Its different basis for or-
ganization and vigorous efforts to attain its aims
have caused the American Federation of Labor
to "sever relations" with those unions allied with
the Committee for Industrial Organization.

The committee's sponsorship of sit-down
strikes began when automobile industry owners
would not comply with the demands of the Unit-
ed Automobile Workers' Union. These strikes
are financed by the dues C. I. O. members have
paid, and they have cost no small sum.

It has adopted the methods of its arch-enemy
big business. Bright young college men, tech-
nical experts, statisticians, skilled orators and
organizers are employed to meet employers on
their own ground and lure more employees into
the fold by the most improved modern methods.
They use the radio, movies, and printed matter
of every description. Workers who are war vet-
erans are encouraged to wear their uniforms or
caps when doing picket duty and gain other vet-
erans' support. Intelligent, well-educated speak-
ers make talks to women's clubs and other civic
organizations on behalf of the C. I. O. Experts
gather information to enable union leaders to
match the arguments of industry leaders. One
writer calls it "streamlining the labor front."

Whatever the method and results may be, the
present activity is making American labor more
conscious of itself as a separate class and a force-
ful political unit.

Cass and Alice Hannah

Professor Gels

National Honor

Miss Katherine Omwakc, assistant
professor of psychology and educa-
tion, has recently been elected to the
list of American Women, comparable
to "Who's Who in America." Miss
1 Hopkins, Miss Torrance, Miss Harn,
] Miss Dexter, and Miss MacDougall
were put on the list in 193 5.

Miss Omwake is co-author with
Miss Dexter of a newly published
book, Introduction to the Fields of
Psychology.

Mary V . Mini Receives

Academic Honor-

Mary Virginia Allen, '3 5, who was
awarded a French government fellow-
ship to the University of Toulouse
for this year, has received the certifi-
cate of etudes superieures. Mary Vir-
ginia was one of the nine foreign stu-
dents who passed the final examina-
tions and one of the two who won
honors.

A haven of rest and unsophistication that
would rival Bob Burns' Van Buren or Judy Can-
ova's Unadilla is Miss Hannah's city (if it could
be called such with a population of 900) of nativ-
ity Cass, West Virginia. In this thriving me-
tropolis the main center of business is to be found
in the general store which includes, of course,
the usual filling station, drug store, post office,
bank, millinery, grocery, jewelry, hardware and
furniture departments. The most scenic spot in
the community is what is commonly known as
the cow pound a vacant lot behind the city jail
(on a street which like all of the others has
never been blessed with a name) where stray
cows are confiscated until a fine is paid by the
owner. Through political pull, however, both the
sweet milk and the buttermilk cows of the Han-
nah family have thus far escaped such degrad-
ing humiliation. The tranquility of the spot is
insured by such happenings as the closing of the
phone office at 9 p. m. and the pulling of the
main light switch at 10 p. m. (that is, when elec-
iricity is low). The sole train that visits these
parts goes up at noon and leaves after lunch in
this era of prosperity. In the days of the depres-
sion, however, so seldom was a railed vehicle to
be seen that once everybody got up at three
o'clock in the morning to see a freight train
descend upon the hamlet. Of much interest is
the county newspaper, a sheet which is artistic-
ally decorated with front page advertisements
and with such screaming headlines as "Fox
Sighted Last Week in Hannah Alley" or "Deer
Seen At Ridge On Dirty Street."

But by far the most intriguing fact concern-
ing this community is the custom of having
flower girls at all funerals as well as weddings.
Miss Hannah has, however, by exhibiting cow-
ardice and poor citizenship and by hiding under
the bed as a result of these unadmirable atti-
tudes always escaped participation in such pro*
ceedings. In spite of these peculiarities, how-
ever, Cass according to its chief press agent,
Alice Hannah, is a wonderful place especially
to go barefooted in.

THE AGONISTIC

3

Election Winners
Willingly Explain
Recent Successes

Weak Arches, Seven Sneezes,
Environment, Heredity,
Vie For Honors

Carl Sandburg is Great and Versatile Author

Of Poems, Stories for Children, and Biographies

Because of the surprising scarcity of
baby-kissing and cigar-giving in the
recent election everyone is asking the
candidates to what they attribute their
success. Did they take correspondence
lessons because people laughed when
they sat down at the piano? Did they
read books on how to win friends and
influence people, or did they receive
notes from Marie Rose instructing
them in the development of personal-
ity? Though each of them (remem-
bering the truest test of woman's
worth and the surest sign of noble
birth) in answering these queries mod-
estly asserts that she had nothing to
do with her election, upon being duly
pressed she confesses that perhaps there
was some event or some attitude which
had its influence. Thus, Laura Coit
explains her success in terms of weak
arches, while Ann Worthy Johnson
thinks that she must have been a vic-
tor because, in the words of Oliver
Goldsmith, (page Miss Leyburn) f, I
am a happy spirit; there is no harm in
me." Zoe Wells is confident that she
has attained merely because she gets
along "zoe" well, while Douglas Lyle
heartily declares that she owes it all
to Ipana tooth paste. Slightly differ-
ent is Hortense Jones' explanation;
leaning toward the heredity side in the
age-old controversy, she has decided
(after much self psycho-analysis, of
course) that she is the new Agonistic
editor because her mother read the
papers before she was born. A strict
adherent of the environmental school
is Pixie Fairly who is confident that
she was triumphant because she not
only goes to breakfast every Sunday
morning but also she dropped her
alarm clock at the beginning of school
(the moral of which still remains to
be seen). According to Eliza King of
the blond locks, the sure way to be-
come a successful candidate is to take
Bible 20 5 before Bible 101. On the
other hand) her roommate Gina Wat-
son would advocate sound and undis-
turbed sleep in the presence of one's
guests as a certain means to popularity
and hence election.

Carol Hale's individual and inter-
esting habit of always sneezing seven
times in a row is, according to her in-
terpretation, the sole reason for her
majority vote, while Jean Barry Ad-
ams replies in an inevitable tone "I
owe it all to the avoirdupois gained
during my college career in spite of
Osbornean treatments." In answer to
the question to what she attributes her
success Winifred Kellersburger mod-
estly declares "I haven't discovered
the reason for my election, and even
mv best friends won't tell me!"

By Virginia Hill

A survey of the works of Carl Sand-
burg can give little of their spirit,
while one or two of his poems read
can suggest almost everything; for
Sandburg is so inspired a person, so
much imbued with whatever it is that
imbues him, that Sandburg is always
present, not as a single, singing man,
but as a great impersonal, living soul.
Being that, he is, of course, versatile.
Though all of his works are essentially
poetry whether or not he intends
them so he has written, besides his
poems, a series of Kootabaga Stories
for Children, and biographies.

The names of his poetry books are
interesting: Chicago Poems, 1916;
Corn Hiiskers, 1918; Smoke and Steel,
1920; Slabs of the Sunburnt West,
1922; Selected Poems, edited by Re-
becca West, 1926; The American
Songbag, ballads, 1927; Good Morn-
ing, America, 1928; Early Moon,
poems for children and some lyrics,
1930; and The People, Yes, 1936.

The profound combination of the
most vulgar America with the most
exquisite dreaming, of what Sandburg
calls "the synthesis of hyacinths and
bisquits," has come from a poet who
"appears to be as nearly unconscious
as a poet can be and still remain a
creator." He is a creator, though, who
has written:

Curves of fire, the rough scarf women
dancing,

Dancing out of the flues and the
smokestacks flying hair of
fire, flying feet upside down.

who has seen:

An undertaker humming a lullaby and
throwing his feet in a swift
and mystic buck-and-wing, and
now you see it and now you
don't.

CARL SANDBURG

Sandburg is the lover of al
sufferer for all:

and the

Finders in the dark, you Steve with a
dinner bucket, you Steve
clumping in the dusk on the
sidewalks with an evening pa-
per for the woman and kids,

Reporters

"Moor-Born" Given
By Blackfriars

A tragedy centered around the life
of the Bronte sisters is the theme of
Moor-Bom, to be given May 22 as the
third and last presentation of Black-
friars for this year. Kathryn Printup
w ill take the part of Charlotte; Kath-
ryn Bowen Wall, of Emily; and Eliza-
beth Cousins, of Anne.

The male cast has not yet been de-
cided upon, but those who will prob-
ably take parts are Gilbert Maxwell,
Marion Camp, and Ira Lykes.

Reporters include: Nell Allison,
Alice Cheeseman, Giddy Erwin, Nell
Hemphill, Carol Hale, Cora Kay
Hutchins, Sarah Johnson, Douglas
Lyle, Frances Lee, Regina Hurwitz,
Julia Sewell, Mary Willis, Mamie Lee
Ratliff, Selma Steinbach, Anne Pur-
nell, Marie Merritt, Alice Reins, Myrl
Chafin, Louise Young, Mary Frances
Kennedy, Henrietta Blackwell, Mary
Primrose Noble, Mary Reins, Evelyn
Baty, Eleanor Hutchens, Hazel Solo-
mon, V. J. Watkins, Mary Louise
Dobbs, Virginia Hill, Eloise McCall,
Louise Houghston, Mary Lang Gill,
Eugenia Williams, Grace Duggan, and
Jeannette Carroll.

Business assistants are: Rachel Ken-
nedy, Florence Little, Jessie Williams,
Jane Dryfoos, Jane Carithers, Jeanne
Flynt.

you Steve, with your head won-
dering where we all end up
Finders in the dark, Steve; I hook my
arms in cinder sleeves; we go
down the street together; it is
all the same to us; you Steve
and the rest of us end on the
same stars; and we all wear a
hat in hell together, in hell or
heaven.

Being great in love of man, he is
great in his knowledge of the hope of
man:

It is early,

I shall yet be footloose.

Sandburg knows his destiny. Be-
neath it he hopes to become "the great
nail holding a skyscraper through blue
nights into white stars."

It is from these white stars, perhaps,
that Sandburg took his stories for chil-
dren; or perhaps from the three girls
whose father he is. Whatever the in-
spiration, the results are "vigorous and

Alumnae News

Helen DuPree Park, ex-'37, has
moved to Decatur and is planning to
resume her studies here next fall.

Gregory Rowlett, '3 6, will be mar-
ried on April 21 to Henry Sheip
Weidman, in Tampa.

Gertrude Lozier, '3 6, was married
on March 27 to Leonard Neal
Hutchinson, of Decatur.

Shannon (Preston) dimming, '30,
announces the birth of a son, Fair-
man Preston, on March 4.

Cary Strickland, ex-'37, was mar-
ried to Jesse Reid Home, of Vienna,
Ga., on January 29.

Augusta King, '36, is the new head
of the Youth Administration in Co-
lumbus.

subtle and merry." Sandburg, telling
his stories, is said to be like an over-
grown little boy. Sandburg, writing
them, must be the same; for the fan-
tastic adventures on the prairies are
as if he had lived them. The blowing
away of the Village of Cream Puffs,
"the light little village on the upland
corn prairie many miles past the sun-
set in the West," is plausible. It was
tragic to Sandburg, too, for he lets
the village wave high up on a string,
then return after the wind is through
playing with it.

Sandburg is not too trivial in these
stories. If he were, children would not
like them. "They are told," writes
Grace Conkling, "in rhythmical prose
as highly organized as Mr. Sandburg's
poetry. Very often they are poetry
. . . Rhythms carry the mood and fas-
cinate the ear . . . They have the pre-
cise folk quality of many lives lived
and much wisdom gathered and spent."

This same quality of "many lives
lived" enabled the writer of poems
and children's stories to become a biog-
rapher. The comments of his Abra-
ham Lincoln: The Prairie Years, may
be summed up, as in one instance:
"The first volume of this huge work,
it seems to me, comes close to being
a masterpiece; the second is less good,
and in parts, indeed, very bad." The
explanation of this is that Sandburg
is "a poet rather than a psychologist."
He loved the young Lincoln, rising
from the earth, as hard as the earth,
as teeming as the earth. He did not
understand as well the older Lin-
coln, the man who had left the earth
and become, not the essence of all men
of the earth, but an individual person-
ality. Sandburg tells unsparingly the
facts of the shrewd man, but he does
not quite comprehend them.

It is the first book, then, that es-
tablishes Sandburg as a biographer of
Lincoln and as a man very like him.
"He gets dignity into it and a fine
flavor of simple poetry."

Even to describe his biographies, the
word "poetry" is used; for Sandburg
is the poet. It is the poet that his
friends find him. Sherwood Anderson,
one of them, writes: "In Chicago news-
paper local rooms he is spoken of as
John Guts . . . The poetry of John
Guts doesn't interest me much ... As
for the other Sandburg, the naive,
hesitating, sensitive Sandburg among
all the poets of America he is my
poet."

Classes to Vote
On New Officers
For Coming Year

Freshmen, Sophomores Elect
Executive Members For
Next Year

Officers for the upcoming senior,
junior, and sophomore classes were
nominated Saturday and will be voted
on Saturday in chapel.

Nominees for president of the senior
class are: Ola Kelly, Jane Turner,
Anne Thompson, and Mary Anne Ker-
nan. For vice-president, Anne Thomp-
son, Jane Turner, Martha Peek Brown,
Elise Seay, and Ruth Tate are nomi-
nated. Elsie West, Mildred Davis,
Hibernia Hassell, Primrose Noble, and
Mary Anne Kernan are nominated for
secretary- treasurer.

The upcoming junior class has nom-
inated: for president Jane Moore
Hamilton, and Mary Hollingsworth;
for vice-president Adelaide Benson;
for secretary-treasurer Ruth Mur-
phy, and Harriette Von Gremp. Junior
nominees to the executive committee
are: Emma McMullen, Flora McGuire,
and Cora Kay Hutchins.

Nominated as president of next
year's sophomores are: Katherine Pat-
ton, and Eleanor Hutchens. Marjorie
Boggs, Polly Heaslett, and Frances Ab-
bot are up for vice-president. Ruth
Crisp, Carolyn Forman, Penn Ham-
mond, and Lutie Moore are running
for secretary - treasurer. Sophomore
nominees to the executive committee
are: Henrietta Thompson, Julia Thie-
monge, Ruth Slack, Carolyn Forman,
Ruth Crisp, and Lutie Moore.

That there has been a growing in-
terest in recent years among Ameri-
can students in summer study abroad
is illustrated in an announcement from
Exeter College, England, of a summer
course especially designed for Ameri-
can students. The course is offered
during the latter part of July and the
month of August, and covers a special
study of the English language and con-
temporary English life.

Anthem Published

Mr. C. W. Dieckmann's anthem
for mixed voices, Blest are the Pure in
Heart, was published last week by the
Presser Publishing Company; it was
chosen from a long list of composi-
tions waiting for publication.

Change

Is Made
In May Day Dell

Improvements in the seating ar-
rangement in the May day dell will
enable 13 00 spectators to see the May
day pageant this year. The slope lead-
ing down to the dell has been terraced,
and the bleachers can now be placed
each at a height of six inches above
the other, thus enabling every one in
the audience to see the performance
more easily.

Within the near future a sidewalk
leading to the dell will be laid between
the library and the gymnasium.

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THE AGONISTIC

Quenelle Harrold
Award Not to be
Given This Year

No Quenelle Harrold award will
be made this year since the rates are
so low that interest on $10,000 would
amount only to about $3 50, whereas
formerly it amounted to over $600.
The award will be made next year in-
stead.

Mrs. Thomas Harrold, of Ameri-
cus, Georgia, established the Quenelle
Harrold Foundation in honor of her
daughter, who was graduated from
Agnes Scott in 1923. The income
from the $10,000 she contributed
finances a fellowship each year for a
senior or an alumna of not more than
two years standing. The award is
made on the basis of qualifications for
research and promise of leadership.

Classical Group

Sends Delegates

Club Meetings

Frances Cary and Zoe Wells will
represent Agnes Scott at the national
convention of Eta Sigma Phi, honor-
ary Latin and Greek fraternity, to be
held at Birmingham-Southern Col-
lege, Birmingham, in the latter part
of April.

The Agnes Scott chapter of Eta
Sigma Phi will meet on Monday, Ap-
ril 19, to elect officers for next year.
Term papers for Latin 203 will be
read, and the official delegates to the
convention will be appointed.

SCIENCE MEET IS

ATTENDED BY FACULTY

{Continued from page 1, column 1)

Dr. Fritsche's talk concerned the
discovery of industries which can
profitably be introduced into the
South and which will thus broaden
its economic resources:

( 1 ) Since the discovery that
slash pines, from which paper can be
made, will grow in the South in 25%
of the time it now takes the spruces
used in the northern paper industry,
paper manufacturing is peculiarly
fitted for the South.

(2) The Rayon industry will pros-
per in the South because of the per-
fecting of a practical method of ob-
taining starch, which is the basis of
rayon manufacturing, from agricul-
tural products grown by southern
farmers.

(3) Oils for paints will no longer
have to be imported from China
since botanists have learned that the
tung tree from which the oil is taken
will grow in the southern states.

(4) "Agrol," a process of fermen-
tation of agriculture products to
make a fuel comparable to the inor-
ganic fuel, gasoline, has been in-
vented.

Miss Dexter, associate professor of
psychology, who is a member of the
committee for awarding the Phipps
and Bird prize, will meet with the
rest of the committee to render the
decision. The award is made for the
best research paper presented at this
meeting.

The University of Illinois reports
onlv one per cent of its co-ed grad-
uates are old maids. Eighty per cent
ftarry within three years after grad-
uation and IS per cent within the
next three vc.irs.

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German Club
German club met on Wednesday
afternoon, March 31, at 4:3 0 o'clock
in Lupton cottage. Two letters from
Lucie Hess were read, and a part of
the German Easter service was given.

Bible Club
The last meeting of the Bible club
was held Monday afternoon in the
Murphey Candler building. Dr. Pat-
rick H. Carmichael of Columbia
Theological Seminary spoke to the club
on ''Religious Education."

International Relations
International Relations club met
yesterday afternoon in the Murphey
Candler building.

French Club
The next meeting of the French
club will be held on Monday after-
noon, April 12, at 4:30 o'clock in the
Murphey Candler building. A pro-
gram on one of the French provinces
will be presented and officers for the
coming year will be elected.

Glee Club
The Agnes Scott College glee club
presented a musical program at the
Pattillo Memorial Methodist Church
last Sunday morning.

BOZ

Try-outs for BOZ are due Monday,
April 12, at 6 P. M. Requirements
for try-outs may be found on the bul-
letin board in Buttrick Hall.

Spanish Club
Spanish club will meet on Tuesday
afternoon, April 13, at 4:3 0 o'clock
in the Murphey Candler building. An
exhibition of Spanish manuscripts, cos-
tumes, and other things which arc
characteristic of Spain will be shown.
New officers for the coming year will
be elected at this time.

Pi Alpha Phi
The next meeting of Pi Alpha Phi
will be held tomorrow night, April 8,
at 7 o'clock in the Murphey Candler
building. Jean Barry Adams and Nell
Hemphill will debate against Frances
Norman and Ernestine Cass.

Cotillion Club
Cotillion club met last Thursday
afternoon in the Murphey Candler
building. Mary Venetia Smith, Susan
Bryan, Bee Merrill, and Martha Peek
Brown were hostesses.

Chi Beta Phi Sigma
The last meeting of Chi Beta Phi
Sigma was held Monday night at 7
o'clock in the Murphey Candler build-
ing. Dr. Baker of Emory University
spoke on "Research in the South."

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Students Attend
Birmingham Tea

Alice Taylor announced her engage-
ment to Ensign Robert Wilcox, U. S.
Coast Guard, Sunday, April 4. The
wedding is to take place in June.

Dancing t/jis week: Frances Wilson
attended the dances at the University
of Virginia last week-end. Marjorie
Scott went to Quadrille Wednesday
night, and to the Intra-Fraternity
dance at Georgia Saturday night. Grace
Tazewell also attended the Georgia
dance. Caroline Carmichael, Rachel
Kennedy, Mary Gillespie, Aileen Short-
ley, Martha Marshall, Grace Ward,
and Cary Wheeler attended the O. D.
K. formal Friday night, and Frances
Steele, Jane Moore Hamilton, Caro-
line Carmichael, Rachel Kennedy, and
Strat Sloan attended the Phi Chi
dance Saturday night.

Week-enders: Carolyn Du Pre, Mary
Reed Hendricks, Frances Morgan, Shir-
ley Steele, Mary Simonton, and
Eleanor Rogers went to Brenau for
the week-end. Annie Lee Crowell vis-
ited Martha Marshall in Americus,
Ga. Margaret Currie, Eloise Donkle,
Gary Home, Beatrice Sexton, and Lois
Sexton spent the week-end in Besse-
mer City, N. C. Annie Houston New-
ton visited Virginia Tumlin in Cave
Springs, Ga. Others going away were
Fannie B. Harris to Rome, Ga.; Betty
Ann Hubbard, Marjorie Scott, and
Grace Tazewell to Athens, Ga.; Vir-
ginia Johnson to Turin, Ga.; Kay
Jones, Jane Carithers, and Helen Fried-
lander to Winder, Ga.; Mary Frances
Kennedy to Grovetown, Ga.; Martha
Leipold to Barnesville, Ga.; Ellen Lit-
tle to Gainesville, Fla.; Judith Gracey,
Mary Willis, and Elizabeth Skinner to
Augusta, Ga.; Frances Abbot to
Barnesville, Ga.; and Josie Larkins to
Conley, Ga.

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A group of five students from Bir-
mingham attended a tea there Satur-
day given by the Birmingham Alum-
nae club in honor of high school
seniors. Julia Thiemonge, Carolyn
Forman, Enid Middleton, Sophie Mont-
gomery, and Evelyn Baty motored to
Alabama with Miss Elizabeth Mit-
chell; Miss Carrie Scandrett, assistant
dean, and Miss Alberta Palmour,
alumnae field secretary, were also
present at the tea.

Air. K. Weisiger Will
Discuss Personality

Mr. Kendall Weisiger, personnel di-
rector of the Southern Bell Telephone
Company, will speak on "Enlarging
One's Personality" at 7:45 o'clock Fri-
day evening in Gaines chapel. His
talk is another in the series on the At-
lanta Public Forum.

As a part of the Atlanta Public
Forum discussion, Assistant United
States Attorney I. K. Hay spoke on
"Law Enforcement" last Friday night
in the Gaines chapel. He stressed par-
ticularly liquor and counterfeiting.

Two Agnes Scott
Professors Will
Speak to Groups

Two members of the faculty, Mr.
Arthur F. Raper, professor of sociol-
ogy, and Mr. Philip Davidson, profes-
sor of history, will attend conventions
at which they will be featured speak-
ers.

Mr. Davidson is to talk to the Geor-
gia Federation of Women's clubs on
"Cordell Hull and South American
Reconciliation" at Macon on April 14.
On April 16 Mr. Raper will speak to
the Georgia Educational Association
in Savannah and on April 2 1 to the
Southeastern Congregational churches
in Jacksonville, Florida. Recent 1\ he
presented a paper at the Southern
Sociological meeting in Birmingham,
the title of which was "Gulleys and
What They Mean." This evening he
will speak in Aberdeen, Mississippi.

Mrs. Alma Sydenstrickrr
Lectures on Pearl Buck

Mrs. Alma Sydenstricker, professor
of Bible, discussed the life of Pearl
Buck at the Atlanta Agnes Scott club
meeting on March 3 0. Mrs. Buck, au-
thor of such best sellers as The Good
Earth) Sons, and The Exile, is Mrs.
Svdcnstricker's niece.

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NO. 19

Peace Fast Will be Observed;
Miss Leyburn to Make Talk

A. S. C. Joins National Drive;
Thirteen Students Speak
In City Churches

During the luncheon period on
Thursday Agnes Scott students will
observe a fast to demonstrate their en-
thusiasm for the Peace Program spon-
sored by the Emergency Peace Cam-
paign. Miss Ellen Douglas Leyburn,
instructor in English, will give an ad-
dress in Gaines Chapel at that time.

Agnes Scott in this observance joins
students in colleges and universities
throughout the United States in show-
ing their interest in the cause of peace
and in the principles of the campaign.

No solicitation will be made on this
campus, but an opportunity will be
given to those who wish to contribute
to the campaign. All students wish-
ing to participate in the fast are re-
quested to sign up on the bulletin
board in Buttrick.

Another phase of the college peace
program will be a series of talks which
students will make in Atlanta church-
es this week. On Thursday night,
April 22, Eliza King, '3 8, together
with other students from colleges in
the environs of Atlanta, will make a
talk on peace.

Emory and Agnes Scott will have
charge of the programs of various
Baptist, Presbyterian, Methodist, and
Episcopal young people's meetings.
On April 2 5 the girls who are to speak
are: Brooks Spivey, Nellie Margaret
Gilroy, Alice Hannah, Marie Stalker,
Martha Long, Hibernia Hassell, Prim-
rose Noble, Flora MacGuire, Cary
Wheeler, Esthere Ogden, Lelia Carson,
and Mildred Coit.

Blackfriars to Give
Convention Plays

Blackfriars Dramatic Club present-
ed two plays and a selection of choral
readings last Saturday night in the
Buclier Scott Gymnasium. The plays
were Achilles? Heel by Carolyn Pierce
Dilliard and Ever Young by Alice
Guerstenburg.

Those taking part in the first pro-
duction, a folk play, were: Kitty
Printup, Elizabeth Cousins, Jeanne
Fiynt, Jean Bailey, Betty Lou Houck
Smith, and Hugh Embry.

The choral readings which followed
were Song for Saint Cecelia's Day by
Drydcn; The Two Listers, anonymous;
When I Was One and Twenty by A.
E. Housman; Velvet Shoes, Elinor
Wylic; and Daniel Jazz, Vachel Lind-
say. Readers were Joyce Roper, Jean
Bailey, Elizabeth Cousins, Kitty Print-
up, Jeanne Flynt, Susan Goodwyn,
and Carrie Phinney Latimer.

Ever Young, another one-act play,
had for its cast the following girls:
Myrl Chafin, Frances Steele, Lucille
Cairncs, and Mary Past. Kitty Printup
also gave a reading, "Ben Jonson En-
tertains a Man From Stratford" by
Edwin Arlington Robinson.

Achilles' Heel will be repeated dur-
ing the Convention of the Southern
Association of Teachers of Speech
which meets on April 22-24 in Nash-
ville. The choral will also be given.

April Y.W.C. A. Conference
Postponed till INext Year

The Agnes Scott Y. W. C. A. Con-
ference, scheduled for April 22-23,
will not be held this year, according
to Isabel McCain, president. Circum-
stances required that the date be
changed to a time when it would be
impossible for the speakers to be
present. However, the Y. W. C. A.
plans to conduct a similar conference
next year.

Service Dedicates
Murphey Candler
Building April 19

Mr. William D. Thomason Gives
Address; Musical Program
By Agnes Scott Choir

In a simple program, consisting of
an address, music, and prayer, the
Murphey Candler Building for student
activities was formally dedicated on
Monday afternoon, April 19, at four
o'clock. The main feature of the pro-
gram for the occasion was an address,
"Hon. Charles Murphey Candler" by
Mr. William D. Thomason. Following
the speech, the college choir gave a
brief musical program, and a dedica-
tory prayer by the Rev. Mr. Richard
Orme Flinn closed the exercises.

Murphey Candler, for whom this
building was named, died about two
years ago, having served on the Board
of Trustees of this college for more
than forty-six years. It is especially
appropriate that this building be
named for him, because in the build-
ing of it the first construction com-
pany failed, and it fell to him as chair-
man of the Committee on Buildings
and Grounds to supervise its construc-
tion afterwards. Mr. Candler was very
active in the operation of the college.

Newcomb Debates
With Agnes Scott

A simultaneous debate was held Fri-
day night, April 16, between Agnes
Scott and Sophie Newcomb at the two
colleges on the subject, Resolved: That
Congress Has the Right to Regulate
Minimum Wages and Maximum Hours
Laws for Industry. This debate re-
placed the annual triangular debate
with Randolph-Macon, Sophie New-
comb, and Agnes Scott.

Brooks Spivey and Nellie Margaret
Gilroy composed the Agnes Scott af-
firmative team, which went to New
Orleans. Fannie B. Harris and Mary
Lillian Fairley, campus negative team,
debated here against the affirmative
team of Sophie Newcomb, Charlotte
Hawkins and Dorothy Barker. Mary
Frances Guthrie was the alternate for
Agnes Scott.

Mrs. Peter Marshall, '3 6, the presi-
dent of Pi Alpha Phi debating society
last year, presided over the debate.

Instructor Writes Paper

'The Translations of the Mottoes
and Quotations in the Rambler," a
paper by Miss Ellen Douglas Leyburn,
instructor in English, is to be pub-
lished in the Review of English Stu-
dies, an English learned journal. Miss
Leyburn did research work on this
paper last summer.

New Chapter of Mortar Board

Pictured above are the newly-elected members of Mortar Board : Jean Barry Adams,
Elizabeth Blackshear, Jean Chalmers, Laura Coit, Mildred Davis, Mary Lillian Fairly, Anne
Worthy Johnson, Hortense Jones, Winifred Kellersberger, Eliza King, Primrose Noble, Anne
Thompson, and Virginia Watson.

Press Heads
Elect Staffs
For 1937-'38

Agonistic, Aurora, Silhouette
Editors, Business Managers
Name Assistants

The editors and business managers
of the three campus publications, the
Agonistic, the Aurora, and the Silhou-
ette, have chosen their staffs for the
1937-3 8 session. Following an Agnes
Scott tradition, the new Agonistic
staff has already assumed its duties,
and the new Aurora staff will edit the
last issue of this year. The Silhouette
staff will begin work next year.

The Agonistic editorial staff headed
by Hortense Jones, editor, is as fol-
lows: associate editors, Jane Guthrie
and Mary McCann Hudson; assistant
editors, Mary Frances Guthrie and
Marie Merritt; feature editors, Hiber-
nia Hassell and Giddy Erwin; current
history editor, Mary Anne Kernan;
book editor, Elizabeth Warden; society
editors, Mary Venetia Smith and Bee
Merrill; exchange editor, Mary Reins;
sports editor, Alice Cheeseman; alum-
nae editor, Jeannette Carroll; club edi-
tor, Eugenia Williams.

The business staff of the Agonistic
is composed of Elizabeth Blackshear,
business manager; Jane Carithers, ad-
vertising manager; Frances Castleber-
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P. Patterson Wins
First Scholarship

Brumby, Atlanta, Places Second;
Applicants From 24 States
Enter Contest

Turner to Head Seniors;
Forman Sophomore Head

Elections were recently held for
next year's class officers.

Those elected for the incoming
senior class are as follows: Jane Tur-
ner, president; Anne Thompson, vice
president; and Mary Ann Kernan, sec-
retary-treasurer.

The incoming sophomore class offi-
cers are: Carolyn Forman, president;
Penn Hammond, secretary-treasurer.
The nominations for the sophomore
vice president are Polly Heaslett and
Frances Abbott.

A CALL TO FAST
Youth Peace Creed: We recognize the increasing threat
of war and accept our responsibility for creating and sup-
porting an aggressive peace policy through a nation-wide
demonstration of solidarity for peace.
By fasting on strike day we will:

Meet the criticism that the Peace Strike is a prank to
avoid class work.

Dedicate the funds ordinarily used for one day's food
costs to strengthening the peace cause.
Testify, by this voluntary denial of our bodily needs, that
these bodies are dedicated not to the military machines
ot the world, but to efforts for world peace

1.

2.

Pattie Patterson, 419 Clement Ave.,
Charlotte, N. C, a senior in Central
High School of that city, is winner of
first place in the competitive exami-
nation for this year which was held
on March 5th; Sabine Brumby, 1101
St. Charles Place, Atlanta, Georgia,
senior at North Avenue Presbyterian
School, won second place. In award-
ing the scholarships, which are $700
and $5 00 respectively, seventy-five
percent of weight was attached to the
grades of the examinations and twen-
ty-five percent to personal qualities,
activities in school and community,
and the like. It happened this year
that the awards go to those who made
the highest grades. Two hundred and
twenty-three applicants from schools
in twenty-four states took the com-
petitive examination.

Winners of the $700 scholarship
for the past four years are Frances
Cary ('37), Eliza King ('38), Cora
Kay Hutchins ('39), and Evelyn Baty
('40).

L. Coit to be Officer

In Student Federation

Laura Coit, incoming president of
student government, was elected sec-
retary of the Southern Federation of
Student and Press Representatives,
which held its sixteenth annual con-
vention in New Orleans April 8-10.
Laura took an active part in the stu-
dent government round-table and
committee work of the conference.
The Federation will hold its session
next year in Memphis.

Davidson Band to
Play Here April 27

The Davidson College Band of for-
ty pieces will give a concert here in
the Bucher Scott Gymnasium on Ap-
ril 27 at 8:15 p. m. The musicale will
be sponsored by the House Decora-
tions Committee of the Alumnae As-
sociation, of which Mrs. Granger Han-
sell is chairman.

The three local clubs of the Alum-
nae Association, the Atlanta and De-
catur clubs and the business girls'
club, will help sponsor the band and
will serve coffee at the reception which
will be held in the Alumnae House
after the concert. The Davidson band
also played here last year under the
auspices of the Alumnae Association.
Tickets for the concert will be sold
for thirty-five cents.

Mortar Board
Gives Scrolls
To Thirteen

Professor Davidson Makes Talk
On Leadership Qualities
Of Girls Elected

Members Are Versatile

Comprising one of the largest
groups ever to be elected at Agnes
Scott, thirteen juniors received their
Mortar Board scrolls when Fannie B.
Harris, who presided over the exer-
cises held in the chapel Saturday, Ap-
ril 17, announced the 1937-3 8 chap-
ter of the national honorary society.

The girls who received the honor
are: Jean Barry Adams, Elizabeth
Blackshear, Jean Chalmers, Laura
Coit, Mildred Davis, Mary Lillian
Fairly, Ann Worthy Johnson, Hor-
tense Jones, Winifred Kellersberger,
Eliza King, Mary Primrose Noble,
Anne Thompson, and Virginia Wat-
son.

Jean Barry has held several positions
on the college Y. W. C. A. She was
president of the Freshman Y cabinet,
the music chairman of the Y. W., the
treasurer of the Y. W., and the vice
president of that organization for the
next school year. Elizabeth is an
Honor Roll student, a member of the
varsity hockey squad, and the new
business manager of the Agonistic. She
has also served as the president of the
sophomore class and as the advertising
manager of the Agonistic.

Jean, recently elected to be the pres-
ident of the Athletic Association, has
been active as the junior student treas-
urer, the sports editor of the Agonis-
tic, and the secretary-treasurer of the
International Relations Club. Laura's
activities have varied from being the
house president of White House, a
member of the varsity hockey team,
and an Honor Roll student to her new
position as president of Student Gov-
ernment.

Mildred won the Collegiate Scholar-
ship for this year. In addition to this
honor she has been the vice president
of Eta Sigma Phi, and she will edit
the handbook for next year. Mary
Lillian is especially outstanding for
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Threat of Narcotics
Revealed in Chapel

Lecturing in chapel Friday morn-
ing, Mr. E. A. Rowell presented a
startling picture of the threat of nar-
cotics to America today. Mr. Rowell,
an authority on the illicit drug traf-
fic, has spent some ten years in inves-
tigating it. He is now engaged in
making for the government a four
year survey of narcotics in relation to
crime, prostitution, white slavery, and
other evils.

The trade, which he terms "the
largest illegitimate underworld crime
business on the whole globe," is high-
ly organized for production, selling*
and extension, according to Mr. Row-
ell. He demonstrated ingenious meth-
ods by which opium, cocaine, and
other dangerous drugs are smuggled
into the United States and distributed.

He stated also that the use of nar-
cotics is not simply a habit, but a
disease. Lack of the customary drug
produces suffering great enough to
make addicts commit any crime which
may bring money for obtaining relief.
Once procured, the drugs are taken in
various ways, some Oriental in origin,
some originated here.

In conclusion Mr. Rowell declared
that eighty per cent of American drug
addicts acquire the habit before they
are twenty-five; consequently, the
menace is directed chiefly against peo-
ple of high school and college age.

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THE AGONISTIC

&l)c Agonistic

PUBLISHED WEEKLY

Owned and published by the students of Agnes Scott
College.

Entered as Second Class Matter at Decatur, Georgia.

Subscription price, $1.25 per year in advance.
Single copies, 5c.

1936 Member 1937

Flssociofed Golleeide Press

STAFF

Hortense Jones

Editor
J w e Guthrie
Mary McCann Hudson

Associate Editors
Mary Frances Guthrie
Marie Merritt

Assistant Editors
Giddy Erwin
Hibernia Hassell

Feature Editors
Mary Anne Kernan

Current History
Elizabeth Warden

Book Editor
Question
Marks

Society Editors

Elizabeth Blackshear
Business Manager

Jane Carithers

Ad ver Using Manager

Frances Castleberry
Vera Marsh
Jeanne Redwine
Alice Reins

Circulation Managers

Alice Cheeseman
Sports Editor

Mary Reins

Exchange Editor

Jeannette Carroll

Alumnae Editor
Eugenia Williams

Club Editor

Born to Gas Masks

Throughout history men and women have tes-
tified to their convictions by voluntarily deny-
ing themselves their basic necessity food. By
fasting they have forfeited immediate values in
order to assert their convictions about greater
values. Tomorrow we join the other students
and youth organizations all over America in a
national peace fast a concerted, sincere testi-
mony of our conviction of the sinfulness and fu-
tility of war.

We are seeking to develop, in ourselves, a gen-
eration which will be immune to the intoxicating
fever of brass bands, and which will steadfastly
refuse to take up arms against fellowmen. We
deny the charges of spineless cowardice and dis-
loyalty to our country. It is not that we are the
less Americans, but the more human beings.

The world has scarcely wiped the blood from
the last war off its boots ; yet it has plunged
headlong into an armaments race which pres-
ages a war unrivaled in horror by any previous
conflict. Gas masks are provided for children
even before they are born. The whole earth
bristles and glints with the sleek, steel efficiency
which modern science has perfected for the
game of slaughtering humanity. Those who ad-
vocate rearmament assure us that the way to
get peace is to prepare for war. We can only
answer them that the best way to get to heaven
is not to prepare for hell.

It is, then, with sincere ardor that we take
part in the national peace fast. The rapidly de-
veloping war crisis in the world imposes upon us
a duty to think clearly, to act courageously. No
legitimate technique can be too dramatic to em-
phasize the urgency of this issue nor too com-
manding in terms of personal self-discipline. Let
us, then, firm in our purpose to uproot this
wholesale butchering, war, fast for peace.

A Statement of Policy

In accordance with Mr. Davidson's statement
in chapel that creative leadership must clearly
define its ideals, the new Agonistic staff, as it
assumes its duties, would like to outline its pur-
poses in order to get the fullest cooperation in
its work. In the task of building a newspaper
and making it breathe, we have certain very
definite aims.

The first is to make the paper an organ of the
student body filled with student news, activi-
ties, ami opinion. We ask your cooperation in
giving us your news, but even more we ask for
your opinion (about any subject on or off cam-
pus) through the now almost defunct column,
W e Think. Does no one think at Agnes Scott?

Our second purpose is to cooperate with the
administration and with the heads of other or-
gani/aiions in sponsoring any progressive move
which they may undertake. We shall seek to de-
\elop a socially intelligent student opinion, with
special emphasis on peace, academic freedom,
and social justice.

Thr thiW ami last aim w hich \vr have set our-
selves is that of making the Agonistic a history
of the development and progress of Agnes Scott.
Our news may not be news in the strictest sense,
but it is selective a week-by-week record, care-
fully and accurately kept for future reference, of
the more important aspects and events in the
life of our college.

Quotable Quotes

"During the last 2 5 years, hazing
has been disappearing from colleges.
This is due largely to the fact that
students are devoting their energies to
other activities and have little time
for such trivialties." Raymond E.
Manchester, dean of men at Kent
State University, thinks students are
almost past the prankish "Rover-boy"
days.

"No great civilization ever has de-
veloped leisure and lived. There are
few, if any indications, that America
will be any exception. Given leisure,
man will go to sleep that is, he will
let down, get soft, become an onlook-
er, cease to be vigorous and thus lose
initiative." New York University's
Dr. Jay B. Nash, professor of educa-
tion, believes America will perish if
people don't adopt hobbies.

"There are two broad avenues to
follow the avenue of escape and the
avenue of fulfillment. The man who
follows the avenue of escape does not
come to terms with life at all. He
either loses himself in activities fever-
ish but unsubstantial, or falls into
lethargy. Those choosing this path
are not real adults." Cocooned ad-
ults take a spurring from President
Harry M. Wriston of Brown Univer-
sity.

Advertising Work Youth Prepares for Peace

Interests Alumna The stirring beat of drums and the appeal of

vigorous propaganda which formerly summoned
Agnes Scott, reading the papers on youth to war are now being replaced bv serious
Mondays, can look with pride upon talk and thoughtful planning for peace bv the

the Rich s ads, because thev are wnt-

The United States Peace

ten by one of her own alumnae. Helen
Ford of the class of '36 is now in the
advertising department at Rich's and
writes the ads for the Monday papers.

Interests of other alumnae have be-
come involved in a more romantic
way. Mary Summers, '3 5, sister of
Martha Summers, '37, has announced
her engagement to Dr. Curtis Lang-
horne, professor of psychology and
assistant registrar at Emory, while
Willie Lou Sumrall, '3 6, is now Mrs.
Jack Peugh and is leaving for Califor-
nia in June, where her husband is an
officer in the Coast Guard.

Symphony Offers
Atlanta Concerts

Concert enthusiasts at Agnes Scott
were looking forward to the appear-
ance on the Atlanta All Star Concert
Series of the Philadelphia Symphony
Orchestra under its new conductor,
Eugene Ormandy.

There were double concerts on
Tuesday night, April 20, one at 6:4 5
and the other at 9 o'clock. Two en-
tirely different programs were ren-
dered.

The first program listed "Jesus, Joy
of Man's Desiring," Bach-Cailliert; the
Brahms' "Symphony in D Major, No.
2," three poems for orchestra on tra-
ditional Aramic Hebraic themes, by
McDonald and Shite; and "Firebird,"
Stravinsky.

The second program offered "Ov-
erture to Freischutz," Von Heber;
Beethoven's "Symphony in A Major,
No. 7;" and "Pictures At An Exhibi-
tion," Moussorgsky-Cailliert.

Headlines
Of the Past

Three years ago this week Alberta
Palmour, then president of student
government, was elected treasurer of
the Southern Intercollegiate Associa-
tion of Student Government.

Two years ago this week The
Greater Agnes Scott campaign ended
with a total subscription of $24,-
741.12, which far surpassed the origi-
nal goal of $15,000.

One year ago this week Agnes Scott
participated in a national peace dem-
onstration with a chapel program at
which Sarah Catherine Wood spoke
and Loice Richards played taps.

Reporters

Reporters include: Nell Allison,
Alice Cheeseman, Giddy Erwin, Nell
Hemphill, Carol Hale, Cora Kay
Hutchins, Sarah Johnson, Douglas
Lyle, Frances Lee, Regina Hurwitz,
Julia Sewell, Mary Willis, Mamie Lee
Ratliff, Selma Steinbach, Anne Pur-
nell, Marie Merritt, Alice Reins, Myrl
Chafin, Louise Young, Mary Frances
Kennedy, Henrietta Blackwell, Mary
Primrose Noble, Mary Reins, Evelyn
Baty, Eleanor Hutchens, Hazel Solo
mon, V. J. Watkins, Mary Louise
Dobbs, Virginia Hill, Eloise McCall,
Louise Houghston, Mary Lang Gill,
Eugenia Williams, Grace Duggan, and
Jeannette Carroll.

Business assistants are: Rachel Ken-
nedy, Florence Little, Jessie Williams,
Jane Dryfoos, Jane Carithers, Jeanne
Flynt.

Life History of Laughter is Theme

For Stimulating Series of Essays

"In Pursuit of Laughter" Agnes
Rcpplier, Houghton Mifflin, N. Y.,
1936. Reviewed by Mary Jane King.

/// Pursuit of Laughter is a stimu-
lating series of essays with a strong
continuity which binds them into a
sort of history, delightfully irresistible
history because it is a chronoligcal and
accurate account of the life, death,
and subsequent pursuit of laughter; ir-
resistible because it is presented with
a real understanding of the comic
spirit and is immersed in the life of
the people of each age it depicts. The
author has all but written a drama a
tragi-comedy paradoxically enough
whose hero is the Englishman.

In the bright morning of his youth,
the twelfth and thirteenth centuries,
the ring of his laughter echoes in "in
even hole and corner where human
life exists." Plague, and poverty, and
war, and ignorance, and oppression are
all alike powerless to silence his laugh-
ter; not even the medieval church for
all its efforts succeeds in doing so. For
laughter has nothing to do with any
of these; it is the "uill to liic" found-
ed on the belief that "life is worth the
living." The devil of the Middle Ages
wis a fascinating fellow who "conde-
scended to play fantastic pranks in the
law courts and monasteries." And
"God was not the irritable Deity of
John Knox." Laughter was the very
thread of which life was woven.

The magnificent period of Eliza-
beth's reign is the exciting force in the
drama; it is the first step in the "si-
lencing of laughter" and, therefore, in
the "pursuit of laughter." The English-
man at the dissolution of the guilds
and the beginning of modern indus-
trial life finds himself questioning for
the first time his belief that "life is
worth the living." Against a reaction
against such questioning he first be-
gins the pursuit of the lost art of
laughter. But each succeeding genera-
tion, though it brings its jesters
Charles II, Hogarth, Sheridan, Sydney
Smith, Hood or Artemus Ward only
heightens the tragedy that laughter
"can never be again."

And so the drama has no climax;
for it will never have an end. "Ever
and always the ill-organized pursuit
goes on:

I cry a reward for yesterday,
Now lost, or stolen, or gone astray,
Wlttl all the laughter of yesUTilav."

No better explanation of the mod-
ern mental attitude of insecurity and
hard seriousness can be found than
here no clearer pointing of the way
toward recapturing "the stoutness of
human composition" which enables
man not in spite of but because of suf-
fering to believe that "life is worth
the living."

younger generation.
Committee has announced important plans for a
nation-wide observation of demonstrations for
peace. This committee includes most of the im-
portant student groups in the United States,
such as the youth section of the Emergency
Peace Campaign, X. S. F. A., Y. M. C. A.. Y. W.
C. A., and Fellowship for Reconciliation. These
various groups are uniting in a concerted expres-
sion against war.

An immediate and enthusiastic acceptance by
youth of the plans and ideals of the Committee
is urged in its forceful statement of creed: "We
recognize the increasing threat of war and ac-
cept our responsibility for creating and support-
ing an aggressive peace policy through a nation-
wide demonstration for peace."

Tomorrow, April 22, has been designated as
the day for decisive and impressive indication
of a vigorous student sentiment for peace. The
United States Peace Committee has suggested a
strike against war, in which the cooperation of
colleges and youth groups is asked. This form
of demonstration will be tremendously effective
on certain campuses, while mass meetings, ral-
lies, and parades may be more suitable to other
campuses. Whatever form the demonstration
may take, the purpose is the same ; it is to be an
audible protest against war.

This large general purpose has several parts
consisting of specific demands or statements of
policy. The main divisions of the primary ob-
jectives are: the demand that colleges and uni-
versities be demilitarized through passage of the
Nye-Krale amendment, opposition to the pro-
posed billion dollar war budget for the United
States, recognition of the validity of the Oxford
pledge, defense of civil rights and academic free-
dom as a safeguard against Fascism, and the re-
solve to keep America out of war.

With these definite aims in view the United
Student Peace Committee is asking the coopera-
tion of the youth of America in successfully
demonstrating its concern in the problem of pre-
venting war and its conviction that a united ef-
fort of this kind has actual value. The results
of tomorrow's activities are yet to be seen, but
the fact of sincere consolidated effort on the part
of young America to voice its ardent protest
against war cannot be overlooked. This expres-
sion of public opinion is important; the efforts
of the United Student Peace Committee merit
the attention of all those interested in the estab-
lishment of peaceful relations among the peoples
of the earth.

Agnes Scouting

Although somewhat handicapped by the fact
that they were unable to procure the microphone
employed at the Carl Sandburg lecture (it seems
that the talented troubadour has hired it perma-
nently to furnish his accompanist) ye faithful
Agnes Scouters are at present in a mood to
broadcast choice items from our low-down-laden
campus. The most delightful episode seems to
be that one in which senior-opera author Nellie
Margaret Gilroy was musically benefiting ves-
pers with her philosophical song, "Purity Always
Pays," until she discovered rather abruptly that
Dr. McCain disapproved (of the song, of course).

The newest mecca for the Agnes Scott four
hundred is the mystic den of Mrs. Framshon. the
fortune-teller on Washington Street. According
to her predictions, both Ellen Stuart and Mary
Bucholz will be married within a year; Nelle
Pinner has not yet met her first mate, although
there's smooth sailing ahead; and Annette Wil-
liams will take an exciting trip this summer.

We'll admit we're not up on Robert's "Rules of
Order" (page V. J.), but, madam chairman, we
would like to raise the following questions: What
freshmen were heard rendering "Moonlight and
Shadows" to certain juniors at 12:45 the other
midnight? (Must have been trying to sing like
the Boydies!) Were they the same ones who
wanted to put the frog in the bath tub all in the
interests of science, of course? Who is the au-
thor of the mysterious letter received by five
juniors recently elected to prominent positions?
Have you seen Martha Long and her long friend
fold themselves into his Austin? Have you un-
raveled the mystery surrounding Mary Winston,
Annie Lee, Margaret, and the others at Eugenia
Williams' weird house party?

Spring shots: Martha Leipold in eulogistic
testacies after D. C.'s visit . . . Miss ITarn look-
ing for four-leaf clovers . . . Martha Moffett in
a fever over Carl Sandburg's remark that she
looked like a figure on a Grecian vase.

THE AGONISTIC

3

Delegates to N S. F. A. Conference

In Deep South Had Gala Week-end

Hannah, Blackshear, L. Coit, Jones, Johnson, and Watson Tell Of
Ferry Boat Rides, Chicken Gumbo, Aisles Of
False Teeth, And Dances

It seems that our delegates to the
N. S. F. A. Conference in New Or-
leans last week-end learned a little bit
about everything from Chaucer to den-
tistry. Laura Coit, on the train going
down, met up with a delightful old
man who recited passages from Chau-
cer and talked in many different lan-
guages, and who turned out to be Dr.
McBride, professor of English and dean
of the graduate school at Tulane, soon
after her arrival.

Gina Watson made an interesting
acquaintance, too. He was a delegate
from Nacodochus (?) Texas, one
Bugger Red by name, and thought the
girls from "Mary Frances Scott, so
civilized." Hannah, however was much
too busy exploring the hotel to talk
to anyone. Her room was on the
twelfth floor and she spent her time
riding up and down on the elevators.
"They don't have things like this in
Cass," she explained.

Hortense it must be her nose for
news was surrounded by reporters at
the convention dance. Later she was
seen riding the ferry back and forth
across the Mississippi whether over-
come by the reporters or by the beauty
of the river, no one knows.

Ann Worthy and Lib concentrated
on the favorite foods of New Orleans.
They sampled the chicken gumbo, the
pralcnes, and drank black coffee, and
even brought back a loaf of pumper-
nickel with them which they divided
in the Terminal Station.

Besides these various activities, they
all inspected with great interest the
displays of the dental convention held
in the same hotel. They walked up
and down aisles of false teeth, accept-
ed dentyne and tooth paste samples
and overheard such phrases as "notice
the delicate tracings on this upper
plate, sir," ... or "and then I gave
her a little more gas and . . ." etc.

All in all, the delegates agree that
the convention was a great success
and when Laura, Gina, Ann Worthy,
Lib, Hannah, and Hortense say so, it
must be so!

Blackfriars Elect
Cousins President

Eight new officers assumed their
duties in Blackfriars as a result of
elections which were held on April 6.
They are: Elizabeth Cousins, presi-
dent; Mary Anne Kernan, vice-presi-
dent; Myrl Chafin, secretary; Caro-
lyn Carmichael, treasurer; Jeanne
Flint, publicity chairman; Mary Pen-
nel Simon, program chairman; Helen
Moses, costume chairman; Alice
Cheeseman, property chairman.

As a farewell gesture, the old board
presented a skit, after which the new
members were initiated. Today the
new officers will be installed, and the
group which is going to Nashville will
present the play which is to be given
there, "Achilles' Heel," by Carolyn P.
Dillard.

Social Flashes

(Being the inside dope on all social
activities of the week as reported by
two anonymous campus snoopers.)

On

the moonlight night of Friday
sixteenth, our little Nell ascended

the sixteenth, our little
the steps of Rebekah Scott and whis-
pered a deep dark secret to only three
people. And the next morning the
whole campus knew that Nell was en-
gaged to Charlie. Congratulations,
Nell!

MORTAR BOARD GIVES

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her debating, being a varsity debater
and a past vice president of Pi Alpha
Phi debating society. She is to be the
new house president of Rebekah Scott.

Ann Worthy has held such offices
as those of the sophomore stunt chair-
man, the secretary of the French Club,
the treasurer of Student Government;
and she has just been elected to serve
next year as the vice president of Stu-
dent Government. Hortense, the new
editor of the Agonistic, has been the
president of the Poetry Club, a mem-
ber of BOZ, and an assistant editor of
the Agonistic. She edited the winning

paper in the Agonistic contest her
sophomore year.

Winifred's activities have included
being a sponsor, a member of the Poe-
try and Granddaughters' Clubs, and
the president of the Y. W. C. A. for
next year. Eliza has been the presi-
dent of the junior class, a member of
the Silhouette staff, the chairman of
the junior banquet, and the new stu-
dent recorder. Primrose has served as
a Y. W. cabinet member, as one of the
junior hockey squad; and she has re-
cently been elected to be the president
of the French Club.

Anne has been prominent in ath-
letics, having served as the treasurer of
A. A., and as the business manager of
May Day. She is a member of the var-
sity hockey and the sub-varsity bas-
ketball squads. Virginia, the editor of
the Silhouette for next year, was the
president of the Outing Club, and a
member of Sophomore Commission.

Prior to the announcement of the
elections, Professor Davidson, of the
history department, gave a talk on
leadership, "The Union of a Compell-
ing Personality and a Compulsive
Ideal," in which he discussed the lead-
ership qualities of girls elected to Mor-
tar Board.

Certain members of the sophomore
class, including Susan Goodwyn, Anne
Purnell, and Tony Newton, turned
pirate last Thursday evening and at-
tended a dance at Peachtree Gardens
in patent leather boots, pink pants,
and everything.

PRESS HEADS ELECT

NEXT YEAR'S STAFF

{Continued from Page 1, Column 3)

ry, Alice Reins, Jeanne Redwine, and

Vera Marsh.

Virginia Watson, editor-in-chief of
the Silhouette, announces her staff as:
feature editor, Elsie West; assistant
feature editor, Aileen Shortley; photo-
graph editor, Ellen Little; faculty edi-
tor, Ola Kelly; athletic editor, Eliza-
beth Williams; art editor, Jane Wy-
att; kodak editor, Adelaide Benson;
assistant kodak editor, Flora Mac-
Guire; class editor, Marjorie Boggs;
organizations editor, Hayden Sanford.

The business manager of the Silhou-
ette, Joyce Roper, is assisted by Ann
Watkins, advertising manager; Fran-
ces Robinson, Martha Peek Brown,
Mary Hollingsworth, Catherine Ivie,
Emily Underwood, Nell Pinner, Jane
Luthy, and Sara Lee.

The editorial staff of the Aurora
has not yet been completed. It now
consists of Carol Hale, editor; Nell Al-
lison, associate editor, and Julia Sew-
ell, assistant editor.

The business manager of the Aurora
is Ola Kelly, and her business assist-
ants are Grace Tazewell and Caroline
Carmichael.

Other sophomores and some juniors
were seen flitting at the Pi Kappa Al-
pha formal at Tech. While Ann
Thompson, Bee Merrill, and Frances
Wilson seemed to be getting their
share of punch at the Emory A. K. K.
formal.

For some unknown reason everyone
decided to take advantage of their cuts
this week-end and as a result the cam-
pus was almost forsaken. Phyllis
Johnson took Estelle Cuddy, Lois
Walton, and Hayden Sandford home
with her. Tommy Ruth Blackmon
and Margaret Hopkins went to Gaines-
ville. Enid went to Birmingham to at-
tend the dances and Mildred David
went with her.

The only other outstanding event
that needs clearing up is that New
Orleans trip . . . but we'll leave that
to your own snooping.

Economics courses are more popular
than any other courses given at the
University of California. A survey
shows that economics has reached a
new high in schools throughout the
country.

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only one per cent of its co-ed grad-
uates are old maids. Eighty per cent
marry within three years after grad-
uation and 18 per cent within the
next three years.

Alumnae Entertain
Senior Class With
Teas, April 15,16

The Agnes Scott Alumnae Associa-
tion entertained the members of the
senior class at tea on April 15 and 16
at 4:30 o'clock in the Alumnae House.

Mrs. L. G. Baggett, chairman of the
entertainment committee; Miss Daisy
Frances Smith, president of the asso-
ciation; Mrs. D. B. Donalson, execu-
tive secretary, and Miss Lulu Ames,
'36, received.

The senior class was divided, some
members coming on Thursday and
some on Friday. Those alumnae who
assisted in the entertainment Thursday
were Helen Ford, '3 6, Jane Blick, '3 6,
Kathryn Bishop, '3 6, Gertrude (Lo-
zier) Hutchinson, '3 6, Vella Marie
Behm, '3 5, Mary Summers, '3 5, Mar-
garet Ridley, '3 3, Nell Chamlee, '34,
and Alberta Palmour, '3 5. The alum-
nae who served Friday were Virginia
Williams, '3 6, Mary (Vines) Wright,
'3 6, Ruby Hutton, '3 6, Frances James,
'3 6, Sara Kathryn (Wood) Marshall,
'3 6, Betty Lou (Houck) Smith, '3 5.

As a conclusion to the reception,
Miss Ames, Miss Chamlee, and Miss
Palmour gave talks on the meaning
and the function of the Alumnae As-
sociation.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE

DECATUR, GA.

A college for women that is widely recog-
nized lor its standards ol work and lor the
interesting character ol its student activities

For further information, address

J. R. McCAIN, President

DATE GETTING
INTEREST . . .

You don't have to stand in any line
at any window to get this interest.
When you are wearing MANGEL'S
prom clothes you are sure of that
extra heart beat value. In this collec-
tion are dance frocks that have the
definite spot light quality and yet
this is coupled with real purse con-
sideration. It seems mighty easy
to interest "Him" in MANGEL'S
prom clothes.

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THE AGONISTIC

Chalmers A iid ounces New Board:

Formulates Plans for 1937-'38

Sporting

This is a friendly column. An in-
formally explanatory column of sports
information, purposing to forecast, to
review, and to comment on current
and coming activities of the athletic
world as we see it. Here we shall ad-
vertise tournaments, announce games
and meets, as well as praise and en-
courage deserving teams and individ-
ual athletes. And, as the ambiguous
title, Sporting, indicates, we mean to
enjoy our busy little column and we
hope you will. It's all just for fun.

Today the campus is concentrating
on May Day, exactly seventeen days
in the future. Miss Haynes and Miss
Dozier are drilling rabbles and shep-
herds, Mrs. Blodgett is tearing yard
after yard of brilliant cloth into cos-
tumes, the financially handicapped
participants are searching frantically
for the dollar bill due, and May
court is already beginning to primp.

But right now this afternoon at
3:00 on the gym courts there will be
a tennis exhibition in which Mrs. E. T.
Cohen, Mrs. Dorothy Vogel, Mrs. T.
Berge, and Mrs. M. Pollard will play.
These women are representative of the
city's best tennis artists, and they
bring to the campus an excellent ex-
ample of a fast, smooth game.

And as we speak of tennis, let us
urge those in the current tennis tour-
nament (who are still a bit backward
about playing off matches) to be alert
to their duty play off your games in
a peppier fashion and you'll, help El-
len make the tournament peppier. And
then, as a tender tribute to Stalker,
don't you think we can find some-
body to play off Mutt in the current
(!) Ping-pong tournament? But on
second thought, that's a rousing,
speedy contention and we'd better
not rush it too much. We'll get Mutt
excited.

And now tonight the annual health
contest will attract us to the gym at
7:00. All the contestants, each repre-
senting a campus organization, have
arched their feet and brushed their
teeth for the competition. Last year
Jane Dryfoos was chosen "Miss
Health," and her two predecessors
were Helen Handte and Nell White.
Here's to "Miss Health" of 1937!

Being tested on current events, a
freshman English class at the State
Teachers College in Alpine, Texas,
gave the following answers to the
question: "What is 'Gone With the
Wind?' "

Dust. A modern phrase meaning
"lost or thrown away." An expres-
sion farmers use referring to their
crops. Gulf gasoline.

The Art club of Alabama College
is offering a twenty-five dollar prize
for the best design of a flag symbolic
of the college.

Judges To Select
"Miss Health 95 In
Contest Tonight

Tonight at 7:3 0 in the gym the
members of the physical education de-
partment will choose the healthiest
girl in A. S. C. from a large number
of representatives in the annual health
contest. Girls elected from the four
classes and all the campus organiza-
tions will be judged according to
points allowed on posture, feet, car-
riage, and general health condition,
and the contestant highest in score
will be "Miss Health."

For the senior class, Judith Gracey
and Martha Summers; junior class,
Primrose Noble and Ruth Tate; fresh-
man class, Ruth Slack and Ruth
Crisp; day students, Kitty Printup
and Nell Echols; Athletic Association,
Mary Kneale, Estelle Cuddy, and Alice
Taylor; Student Government, Emma
McMullin; Y. W. C. A., Frances Ab-
bot and Jean Barrie Adams; Mortar
Board, Julia Thing; Eta Sigma Phi,
Nell Allison; Chi Beta Phi Sigma,
Aileen Shortley; Bible Club, Ruth An-
derson and Penn Hammond; Citizen-
ship Club, Nell Scott Earthman and
Florence Little; International Rela-
tions, Jean Chalmers and Alice Tay-
lor; May Day, Anne Thompson; Sil-
houette, Jane Moore Hamilton and
Bee Merrill; Aurora, Grace Tazwell;
Agonistic, Mary Reins and Frances
Steele; French Club, Tommy Ruth
Blackmon and Margaret Hansell; Ger-
man Club, Emily Harris; Blackfriars,
Dixie Woodford; B. O. Z., Douglas
Lyle; KUB, Joyce Roper and Elsie
West; Cotillion Club, Catherine Ivie;
Glee Club, Frances Steele and Flor-
ence Lasseter; Lecture Association,
Martha Moffett; and for Poetry Club,
Evelyn Sears.

Classics Club Reads
Papers at Meeting

Eta Sigma Phi met in the Murphey
Candler Building Tuesday afternoon,
April 20, at 4:30, to choose the offi-
cial delegates to the national conven-
tion in Birmingham and to elect offi-
cers for next year.

The program, consisting of papers
written and read by members of the
club, included: "Some Phases of Re-
ligion in Virgil" by Sarah Johnson,
"Dido and Medea" by Kathryn Bowen
Wall, and "Prominent Women of the
Aeneid" written by Enid Middleton
and read by Mary Jane King.

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Bible Club Elects
L. Young President

Miss Ingram Speaks At K.U.B.;
P. Noble Heads French Club;
Other Clubs Meet

The Bible Club officers were the
first to be elected this year. On Mon-
day, April 5, Louise Young was elect-
ed president; Myrl Chafin, vice-presi-
dent; Mary Past, secretary, and Miilie
Coit, treasurer. The Bible Club will
begin the year by presenting a pro-
gram at the Sunday vesper service
with "Bible Study" as the subject. The
two talks will be made by Sara Beatty
Sloan and Carolyn Forman.

Those who passed the Murphey
Candler building Monday, April 12,
about five o'clock, heard French songs
being sung by the whole French Club
and especially by the newly-elected
officers. To a keen ear, the voices of
Primrose Noble, president; Jeanne
Flint, vice-president; Adelaide Benson,
secretary, and Betty Alderman, treas-
urer, were heard with a "presiding"
accent.

The Pen and Brush Club found in-
spiration for their art in the lovely
garden at the home of Zoe Wells,
where they held their meeting on Ap-
ril 21.

Miss Ingram, from Rich's, will
speak to K. U. B. in their meeting to-
day.

The Cotillion Club, in their new
spring frocks, danced with spring
rhythm at the tea, April 15. The hos-
tesses were Nancy Moorer, Rose
Northcross, Marjorie Scott, and Dor-
othy Cabaniss.

Reports of N. Y. A. projects from
Wabash College feature the white-
washing of the gym. The whitewash-
ing is admittedly non-political.

N. S. F. A.

Co-eds of the University of Wiscon-
sin use enough lipstick annually to
paint four large size barns, according
to recent estimations.

Emorv and ^\ eslevan
To Debate Agnes Scott

Pi Alpha Phi forensic society has
made arrangements for debates to be
held this week between some of its
members and two Georgia colleges.

Tonight the society will conduct a
duel debate between its freshmen neg-
ative and affirmative teams and those
of Emory University in Atlanta on
the question of labor unions. The af-
firmative team of Agnes Scott, com-
posed of Kathryn Patton and Mary
Louise Dobbs will face the Emorv
negative team at Emory, while Agnes
Scott's negative team, composed of
Margaret Hopkins and Ernestine Cass,
will remain here to oppose the affir-
mative team from Emory.

Friday night Jean Austin and Jane
Turner, upholding the affirmative of
the question of consumers coopera-
tives, will meet the Wesleyan College
team at Wesleyan in Macon, Georgia.

The Evening Division of the Uni-
versity System of Georgia has received
national prominence through the out-
standing work of its two largest na-
tional commercial fraternities.

Pi Chapter of Alpha Kappa Psi and
Kappa Chapter of Delta Signa Pi have
won first places in their respective ef-
ficiency contests for the school year,
193 5-3 6. This is probably the first
time in collegiate history that the most
efficient chapters of two leading fra-
ternities have been located at the same
university. Evening Signal.

N. B.

Daylight saving time will go in-
to effect at Agnes Scott Saturday
night, April 25. The clocks will be
set up one hour.

Cuddy To Manage Basketball:
MacGuire To Head Hockey;
H. Carson, Tennis

Staff Includes 12 Members

Jean Chalmers, the incoming presi-
dent of the Athletic Association, has
announced the A. A. Board for the
session 1937-3 S. The new members in-
clude: Estelle Cuddy, who will man-
age basketball; Flora MacGuire, hock-
ey; Virginia Milner, swimming; Caro-
lyn Forman, hiking; Helen Carson,
tennis; Adelaide Benson, Outing
Club; Bee Merrill, social; Mary Past,
singing; Lou Pate, archery; Frances
Castleberry, posters; and Alice Cheese-
man, publicity.

These girls, in cooperation with
Jean Chalmers, president; Frances
Robinson, vice president; Jane Moore
Hamilton, secretary; and Jane Dry-
foos, treasurer, will lead the associa-
tion next year and will further the
purpose of A. A., that of encouraging
wholesome participation in seasonal
sports.

Cadets at John Tarleton College
have rebelled against paying out money
to have their washing done. To elimi-
nate the expense of "nine cents a
shirt" they are going to give a play,
and with the proceeds from it they in-
tend to buy a washing machine.

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VOL. XXII

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1937

NO. 20

Agonistic Will Give Luncheon
For Retiring Staff Saturday

J. Guthrie, Chairman, Plans For
Entertainment To Be In
Alumnae House

Both Staffs Are Invited

Members of the new Agonistic
staff will entertain the retiring
staff at the annual press lunch-
eon, which will be held in the
Anna Young Alumnae House on Sat-
urday, May 1, at 1:30 o'clock. Jane
Guthrie is chairman of the luncheon.
Her committee includes: Mary Mc-
Cann Hudson, invitations chairman;
Mary Anne Kernan, finance chair-
man; and Alice Cheeseman, place
cards chairman.

The guest list for this annual cele-
bration includes both the old and the
new editorial, business, and reportorial
staffs. The 1937 staff included:
Laura Steele, Frances Cary, Jane Guth-
rie, Hortense Jones, Mary McCann
Hudson, June Matthews, Nellie Mar-
garet Gilroy, Mary Frances Guthrie,
Mildred Davis, Pauline Moss, Kathryn
Wall, Elizabeth Blackshear, Mary Lib
Morrow, Frances Wilson, Frances Cas-
tlebury, Jean Chalmers, Cornelia
Christie, Elizabeth Warden, Enid Mid-
dleton, Mary Jane King, and the re-
porters. The 193 8 staff includes:
Hortense Jones, Jane Guthrie, Mary
McCann Hudson, Mary Frances Guth-
rie, Marie Mcrritt, Mary Anne Kernan,
Giddy Erwin, Hibernia Hassell, Eliza-
beth Warden, Elizabeth Blackshear,
Jane Carithers, Frances Castleberry,
Bunny Marsh, Jeanne Redwine, Alice
Reins, Alice Cheeseman, Mary Reins,
Jeanette Carroll, Eugenia Williams,
and the reporters.

Coit Will Preside
At Installation of
Student Officials

Alice Hannah, Outgoing Student
President, V/ill Talk At
Chapel Service

Wall, Printup, Cousins
To Portray Brontes

Kathryn Bowen Wall, Kathryn
Printup, and Elizabeth Cousins will
take the leading parts of Emily, Char-
lotte, and Anne, respectively, in Moor-
Bom, a play presenting several dra-
matic incidents from the lives of the
Bronte sisters to be given on May 22
by Blackfriars. Marie Stalker as Tab-
by, a maid, Mary Anne Kernan as
Martha, Marion Camp as Rev, Bronte,
with one exception, complete the sup-
porting cast; the person to portray
Branwcll has not yet been chosen.

Moor-Born is the last of the three
plays presented by Blackfriars this
year. The winner of the cup awarded
the member making the best perform-
ance of the year, will be announced
immediately after the play. Carrie
Phinney Latimer ('36) won the cup
last year; Myrl Chafin received hon-
orable mention.

Saturday morning in Gaines Chapel
the new officers of the Student Gov-
ernment Association will be formally
installed by the new president of the
organization, Laura Coit. As part of
the ceremony, talks will be made by
Alice Hannah, the out-going presi-
dent, and Laura Coit.

Those officers who are to be in-
stalled are as follows: Laura Coit,
president; Ann Worthy Johnson, vice-
president; Mary Lillian Fairly, house
president, Rebekah; Tommy Ruth
Blackmon, house president, Main; Nell
Hemphill, house president, Inman;
Jean Bailey, secretary; Mary Ellen
Whetsell, treasurer; Eliza King, stu-
dent recorder; Zoe Wells, day student
representative; Mildred Davis, hand-
book editor; Ellen Little, student
treasurer, senior; June Harvey, stu-
dent treasurer, junior; and Mary Past,
fire chief.

Tomorrow night the committee
will go on a weiner roast. Miss Carrie
Scandrett will speak to the group.

Davidson College
Band Plays Here

The Davidson College Symphonic
Band, hailed by critics as one of the
nation's outstanding college musical
organizations, appeared in concert last
night at the Agnes Scott Gymnasium
under the auspices of the Atlanta and
Decatur Alumnae Clubs of Agnes
Scott College. The concert marked
the second appearance of the band on
this campus, the group having played
to a highly appreciative audience here
last year.

The band, composed of fifty splen-
didly trained college musicians, has
the distinction of being the first or-
ganization of its kind in the south.
In addition to appearances on the Da-
vidson campus, the group has been
presented in regular broadcasts over
the Columbia Broadcasting System
and over outstanding radio stations at
weekly intervals for the past several
years. It has also been in great de-
mand for concerts throughout the
south and has appeared this year be-
fore audiences in more than fifteen
cities.

The concert at Agnes Scott was one
of the outstanding engagements on
the band's third southern tour.

May Day Plans Presentation of

Milton's Comus Saturday, May 8

Plans for this year's May Day pro-
duction, Comus, by Milton, scheduled
to be given on May 8 at five o'clock
in the May Day Dell, arc nearing com-
pletion. Dress rehearsals will be held
May 5 and 7 at 4:15 p. m. Arrange-
ments have been completed for the
flowers, and most of the costumes
have been made. The music will in-
clude a great deal of that which Hen-
ry Lawes wrote for the original.

The members of the cast are:
Comus, Charline Fleece; the lady,
June Matthews; attendant spirit,
Ruth Tate; the lady's two brothers,
Marie Stalker and Anne Thompson;
Sabrina, leader of the nymphs, Helen
Moses; the lady's father and mother,
Julia Thing and Martha Summers;
Echo, Kathleen Daniels; young ladies,
Nell Hemphill and Joyce Roper, and

1 Marjorie Rainey.

The committee in charge of the
program are: faculty members, Miss
Eugenie Dozier, Miss Llewellyn Wil-
burn, and Miss Harriette Haynes,
and Miss Catherine Torrance, Miss El-
len Douglas Leyburn, and Miss Louise
McKinney. The student members are:
Eloisa Alexander, chairman; Anne
Thompson, business manager; Julia
Sewell, scenario chairman; Kathleen
Daniel, Frances Steele, Jane Turner,
Hibernia Hassell, and Marjorie Rainey,
costume committee; Ruth Tate, June
Matthews, and Helen Moses, dances;
Tommy Ruth Blackmon, Jean Kirk-
patrick, and Hayden Sanford, music;
Charline Fleece and Bunny Marsh,
publicity; Jane Wyatt, posters; and
Cecelia Baird, Nellie Scott Earthman,
and Flora McGuire, properties.

Class Presidents For 1937-'38

Courtesy of Atlanta Constitution.
Pictured above are Jane Turner, Mary Hollingsworth, and Carolyn Fonnan, presidents of
the upcoming - senior, junior, and sophomore classes, respectively.

Rev. Elliot is
To Preach to

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nior

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as

Graduating Class Helps Choose
Baccalaureate Speaker
For First Time

Exercises To Be On June 6

The Reverend Mr. William E.
Elliot, Jr., pastor of the Druid
Hills Presbyterian Church in
Atlanta, will preach the bacca-
laureate sermon to the graduating
class of Agnes Scott College on June
6 in Gaines Chapel.

For the first time the members of
a senior class have been given the
privilege of choosing the speaker, and
Mr. Elliot received the majority vote.
Since his coming to Atlanta six years
ago, Mr. Elliot has kept in close con-
tact with this college, and has spoken
here several times in chapel periods
and at vesper services.

Ministers who have delivered the
baccalaureate address in the past two
years have been Rev. Wallace Alston
and Dr. Frank Crossley Morgan, in
193 5 and 1936, respectively.

Austin, Turner Debate
Atlanta Law Students

Association Gives
Financial Account

The Lecture Association, headed by
a faculty committee of six: Associate
Professor Laney, chairman, Associate
Professor Hale, Assistant Professor
Christie, and Professors Stukes, Chris-
tian, and Davidson, has the following
financial report to make:
Paid for Stuart Chase lecture_$3 50.00
Received from ticket sale 3 39.80

Deficit $ 10.20

Paid for Carl Sandburg

lecture $225.00

Received from ticket sale 320.50

At the meeting of Pi Alpha Phi
debating society on Monday evening,
April 19, at 8 o'clock in the Murphey
Candler Building, the Atlanta Law
School met this college in a debate on
the question of consumers coopera-
tives. Jean Austin and Jane Turner
represented Agnes Scott, upholding
the affirmative of the question.

Students Here Discuss
Present Honor System

The present double honor svstem
was under discussion by the students
in an open forum on Thursday, April
22, during the chapel period. The
student meeting was presided over by
Alice Hannah, president of Student
Government. In opening the discus-
sion, she said, "Honor applies to every
phase of our college life, social and
otherwise." Expressions from the
floor followed her introduction, in
which opinions both for and against
the system were heard.

$ 95.50

Expenditures

Advertising $ 21.72

Flowers 6.95

Receptions, etc. 115.10

Silhouette 20.00

Tickets 3.80

Chase deficit 10.20

Paid for lectures 575.00

Total $652.77

Income

Budget $159.17

Chase 339.80

Sandburg 320.50

$819.47

Expenses 652.77

Cash on hand $166.70

Hannah, Perry
Have Leads in
Senior Opera

Annual Senior Performance Of
Burlesque Opera Will Be
Given May 8

L. Dennison Is Director

Alice Hannah, "Mezzo - So-
prano, " and Mary Erneste Per-
ry, "Dramatic Soprano," will be
the hero and heroine of the

senior opera, to be given in the Bucher
Scott Gymnasium, Saturday evening,
May 8, at 8 o'clock. The rest of the
cast includes Frances Wilson, Marie
Stalker, Margaret Hansell, Mary Alice
Newton, Mary King, Mary Jane Ti-
gert, Julia Thing, and Sarah Johnson.

Seniors taking part in the choruses
are as follows: Frances Cary, Frances
Belford, Annie Laura Galloway, Flor-
ence Lasseter, Evelyn Wall, Edith Bel-
ser, Jessie Williams, Rachel Kennedy,
Katherine Maxwell, Florence Little,
Martha Summers, Mary Johnson, Jane
Estes, Martha Head, Wayve Lewis,
Faxie Stevens, and Margaret Watson;
while those in the dances to be given
are: Alice Taylor, Betty Willis, Mar-
jorie Scott, Dorothy Jester, Ora Muse,
Vivian Long, Sarah Johnson, Kitty
Daniels, Mary Kneale, Mary Willis,
Barton Jackson, Lucille Cairns, Mary
Gillespie, Martha Johnson, and Enid
Middleton.

That the light opera is dark with
pathos, "grim with weeping and wail-
ing and gnashing of teeth, and full of
germs and daisies" were the only hints
forthcoming from the writing com-
mittee as to the subject matter of the
comic opera. The title will be an-
nounced Monday, May 3.

The burlesque, a traditional per-
formance of the senior class presented
the night of May Day, has been writ-
ten this year by a committee headed
by Nellie Margaret Gilroy. Lucille
Dennison is director of the opera and
Florence Lassiter is assistant director.

Dr. Sewell Presents Talk
Here on Math Research

Dr. W. E. Sewell, mathematics in-
structor at the Georgia School of
Technology, was entertained on the
Agnes Scott campus on April 20 by
Dr. Henry A. Robinson, professor of
mathematics.

Dr. Sewell at that time spoke to the
advanced mathematics class on his re-
cent research work. During the past
eighteen months he has done more re-
search work in the field of mathe-
matics than any other one person.

Dr. Robinson and Dr. Sewell were
fellow students in graduate school be-
fore Dr. Robinson began his work as
a professor.

Y.W.C.A. Cabinet for Coining Year

Was Installed by W. Kellersberger

The installation of the 1937-3 8 Y.
W. C. A. cabinet comprised the Ves-
per Service Sunday, April 18. Offi-
cers for the coming year who were in-
stalled arc Winifred Kellersberger,
president; Jean Barrie Adams, vice-
president; Douglas Lyle, secretary, and
Amelia Nickels, treasurer; those mak-
ing up the rest of the cabinet are
Primrose Noble, program chairman;
Millie Coit, mission interest; Martha
Long, social service; Mildred Davis, in-
dustrial group; Mamie Lee Ratliffe,
music; Henrietta Blackwell, spiritual
life; Mary Hollingsworth, social;
Julia Moscley, publicity; Katherine
Patton, world fellowship; and Laura
Coit, ex-officio.

Isabel McCain, retiring president,
gave a brief talk, passing on the Y. W.
C. A. challenge to the new cabinet,
after which she presided over the white

candle ceremony. As she read an ap-
propriate verse each new member
lighted her candle from the flame of
her predecessor, symbolizing service
rendered by the outgoing cabinet and
opportunity for service given the new.

In the inspirational talk which fol-
lowed, the recently elected president,
Winifred Kellersberger, emphasized
the importance of Christ in the inner
life of the individual, and the bound-
less resources of faith in Him.

The retiring cabinet, headed by Isa-
bel McCain, president; Betty Hollis,
vice-president; Louise Young secre-
tary; and Jean Barrie Adams, treas-
urer, includes Nellie Margaret Gilroy,
Millie Coit, Cary Wheeler, Hibernia
Hassell, Frances Wilson, Douglas Lyle,
Primrose Noble, Martha Long, Fran-
ces Abbott, Amelia Nickels, Winifred
Kellersberger, and Alice Flannah.

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Dobbs, G. Duggan, M. L. Gill, N. Hemphill, L.
Houghston, E. Hutchens, C. K. Hutchins, R. Hur-
witz, F. Lee, E. McCall, P. Noble, A. Purnell, M. L.
Ratliffe, A. Reins, H. Solomon, S. Steinbach, V. J.
Watkins, M. Willis, L. Young.
BUSINESS ASSISTANTS: J. Dryfoos, J. Flynt.

Your Brother's Keeper?

The open forum on the honor system reopened
a question which has long been the source of
much student discussion and dissent. We believe
that the cause of the irritation lies not in our
honor system itself, but rather in the fundamen-
tally fallacious terminology, "double honor sys-
tem/'

Honor can never be "double" ; it has a single-
gleness of purpose, concept, and scope which is
all-inclusive. In seeking to make our honor sys-
tem effectively extensive, we have placed an un-
fortunate emphasis on a doubled honor, imply-
ing that it is composed of two separate entities
either of which we can omit without incurring
dishonor.

This misconception has arisen from our well-
meant attempts to impress upon ourselves a two-
fold responsibility: First, for our own honor, and
second, for that of our fellow students. These
two phases do not as the term "double" im-
plies denote two separate systems of honor;
they, rather, represent the complete application
of one system and without that extensiveness
our honor is no longer honorable.

No one enjoys the unpleasant task of tale-
bearing. We are inclined to claim that each
girl's honor is personal and subjective her own
affair and, consequently, is of no concern to
us. How many of us will admit that these fine-
sounding phrases are merely excuses (which
somehow do not excuse) for our own cowardice?
We have not the courage to report persons who
violate the code which we yet rigidly enforce
upon ourselves. We cannot face the possible un-
popularity which might result.

Instead, we rationalize our cowardice with in-
dignant expostulations about "a higher code of
honor to our friends." There is no higher, no
lower, no double code; honor is one unlimited
and indivisible. Broken up, it loses its signifi-
cance. We do not see that when we lower our
standards as they are applied to our fellows, we
render valueless our own adherence to those
standards.

The trouble lies in the fact that we are look-
ing at the matter purely from an individualistic
viewpoint a sort of this-for-you-that-for-me at-
titude. We have lost sight of the fact that we,
as freshmen, signed a pledge to support Agnes
Scott's honor system. Individual codes are, there-
fore, submerged in and transcended by the in-
stitutional code, which must be applied to all
members of the institution if it is to be effective.

The matter resolves itself to that question
which evasive man has flung at a grieved Divin-
ity throughout all time: "Am I my brother's
keeper?" The answer has infallibly been "Yes."
We are as genuinely responsible for our fellows'
honor as for our own. Nor does this truth con-
stitute a separate supplement of honor; it is an
inherent part of the system to which we have
pledged our support. Honor cannot be split into
double codes. We are either completely honor-
able, or we are dishonorable.

Through The Mail

Reports of a work holiday on May
26, a May-Day Child Health program,
an "old time fiddlers' convention,"
and a public square dance, make of
the Skyline Farm News, which is ed-
ited and printed by and for the people
of cooperative farm community in
Jackson County, Alabama, an inter-
esting and unusual paper.

The story of the Spring Festival
(which will take place on the work
holiday) recounts a program which
includes pie-eating contests, softball
games, races, a may-pole dance, high
jumps, and a tug o' war. The evening
will be taken up with an open air pub-
lic square dance.

The paper also reports the activities
of a community N. Y. A. library, a
local theater, a baby clinic, and week-
ly first-aid classes, all of which are
operated and participated in by mem-
bers of the community. At a recent
community rally the director of the
Sand Mountain Experiment Farm Sta-
tion at Crossville, Alabama, spoke on
the sociological advantages of home
ownership, soil conservation, and land
building.

Editorials on "Scientific Farming,"
"Home Ownership," and the "Need
for Christian Homes," show the pro-
gressive and mature interests of the
young editor of the paper.

Headlines
Of the Past

Three years ago this week Martha
Skeen, representing Agnes Scott, won
first place in the reading contest of
the Poetry Festival held in Birming-
ham.

Two years ago this week the race
relations class and Professor and Mrs.
Arthur Raper, and Assistant Professor
Katherine Omwake visited the Tuske-
gee Normal and Industrial Institute.

One year ago this week student gov-
ernment officers were installed when
Adelaide Stevens officially presented
the gavel to Alice Hannah in chapel.

Among the Agnes Scott alumnae
who will be married in the future are
Marjorie Tindale, '34, and Grace Rob-
inson, '3 5. Marjorie will become Mrs.
Loven Joseph Clark and her marriage
will take place May 16 at the Peach-
tree Road Presbyterian Church in At-
lanta. Grace will wed Howard Wynn
in June.

Norwegian Soprano
Closes Opera Season

Kirsten Flagstad, probably the
greatest living soprano, will bring to
a close the sixth season of the all-star
concert series of Atlanta when she ap-
pears at the Georgia Theater on Fri-
day and Saturday evenings, April 30
and May 1, at 8:30 o'clock. The Nor-
wegian prima donna has received wide
acclaim since her debut at the Metro-
politan Opera House two seasons ago.

Until three years ago, Miss Flag-
stad's concerts had been limited to the
Scandinavian countries entirely. Her
singing at a festival in Bayrueth in
the summers of 1934 and 193 5 won
for her the leading soprano roles in the
Wagnerian operas at the Metropolitan.
Since then her concert appearances
have been a succession of triumphs.

With the close of the season comes
the announcement of the concerts for
next year. The Atlanta Ail-Star Con-
cert Series will present Rosa Ponselle
in October; Yehudi Menuhin in No-
vember; Lily Pons in January; the
Joos European Ballet in February;
Nelson Eddy in March; and Josef
Hofmann, soloist, with a symphony
orchestra in April.

Spain Makes World History

By Mary Anne Kernan

Another "first" has been written in the his-
tory of war and peace. A blockade of neutral
ships and men is surrounding Spain in an at-
tempt to prevent the shipment of munitions and
I volunteers to either side in the civil war. This
is the first time that such extensive internation-
al cooperation has been carried out in an attempt
to stop a conflict. The borders of Spain, both
coastal and inland, are outlined by patrols of
ships and officers authorized to inspect for con-
traband all ships, trucks, automobiles, etc., en-
tering Spain.

The plans for this procedure, known in inter-
national law as an effective blockade, were made
by the International Non-Intervention Commit-
tee and went into effect April 20. This organi-
zation of 27 admittedly neutral European na-
tions has as its purpose in this new development,
according to the Christian Science Monitor, "to
confine forcibly a war within stated geographic
limits." This object, certainly commendable in
itself, is especially important because it repre-
sents the first definitely constructive action
which the Committee has taken since its forma-
tion early last fall.

Quotable Quotes

"I do not regard college as an in-
tellectual filling station where you
can go to take on a certain number of
gallons of education." DePauw Uni-
versity's President Clyde E. Wildman
explains that a trained mind, respect
for others, social imagination and
ability to discriminate between the
values of life comprise a college edu-
cation.

"Americans adore me, though I
have insulted them for their own
good as long as I have been writing."
A modest statement from England's
George Bernard Shaw to the Univer-
sity of North Carolina's Prof. Archi-
bald Henderson.

"Is it not better preparation for
American citizenship to solve prob-
lems of governmental regulation of
industry or credit buying than it is to
solve problems concerning equilateral
triangles?" Dr. J. Stanley Grey, psy-
chologist at the University of Pitts-
burgh, believes Pythagoras, Horace
and the Babylonians should be shelved
in favor of social studies for high
school students.

South Carolinian Novel Portrays

History of Old Plantation Family

"The Tides of Malvern," Francis
Griswold, Grosset and Dunlap, 193 0.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Furlow.

The heavy scent of magnolias, the
deep blue of a Carolina sky, the beau-
ty of a plantation these are the fac-
tors which combine to give the peace-
ful background of Francis Griswold's
novel of South Carolina, the "Tides of
Malvern." "The Tides of Malvern" is
the intriguing and ever-absorbing
story of the Shelden family. Its clan-
nishness and pride, its gentility, its
humaness, its passionate loves and sor-
rows all are portrayed with a reality
which holds the reader spellbound.

Each character is individual, a sep-
arate and real person, but each has an
indefinable something which is Shel-
den. Gilbert, the founder of the fam-
ily and builder of Malvern, we
sec not only as a proud, earnest
youth, but later as a responsible
head of a family. Then, finally, he is
the venerable and beloved patriach
whose life slips peacefully away one
April day, even as he is watching his
spirit being renewed in the "Sprmg ,,
of his grandson's life. After his death
it is his third wife, the invincible old
Eliza, who rules the family and directs
the destiny of his favorite great-
grandcoild, Mark. She sees in him the
spark of a Shelden and does all she
can to mold it and develop it before
she leaves him, to rejoin her beloved
Gilbert.

From then on, the history of the
family progresses. Each generation is
seen in the earnest and idealistic hopes

of its youth, their fulfillment or dis-
appointments in middle life, and final-
ly the stark, beautiful phase of old
age. Each generation has its loves and
sorrows, its fears and delusions but
each one finally triumphs because of
that invincible something that is
Shelden.

This essence of the Shelden family
is exemplified by the old house at
Malvern. The beautiful Georgian
mansion is inextricably bound up with
the life of each member of the fam-
ily. It represents the high hopes of its
builder, Gilbert, and the ethics of its
last owner Hugh.

Behind this story of a family is the
story of a nation. The history of Caro-
lina and the United States is followed
from Colonial days to the present.
Each important phase is the back-
ground of some crisis from which the
family comes out, triumphant.

The style of the author is admirably
suited to the story. The atmosphere
of peace and quiet is well conveyed
by his beautiful presentation of plan-
tation life. In lovely descriptions he
shows each phase of the beauty of
Carolina smooth waters and clear
nights, spring with its jasmine and
magnolia.

"The Tides of Malvern" is a novel
indeed worth the while of those who
are interested in Carolina and its his-
tory and life. It would be enjoyed by
those who like stories of a family with
its joys and sorrows, its heartaches
and hopes. But most of all, it would
appeal to any who love beauty.

Although there has already been some criti-
cism of the blockade, its purpose and general
regulations seem to be sound. British, French,
Italian, and German ships comprise the coastal
blockade, with around 60 ships stationed at
strategic points along the Atlantic and Mediter-
ranean. The land frontiers are being patrolled
principally by officers of the nations participat-
ing. There are at present some 265 officers from
the English, Danish, Dutch, Swedish, Belgian,
and Turkish armies assigned to watch the French
and Portugese borders, as well as Gibraltar.

A number of control ports where ships sailing
for Spain are asked to call and declare their cargo
have been established in the North Sea, along
the French coast, and the Mediterranean. At
these ports neutral observers go aboard and
check the cargo, sailing with the ship if neces-
sary. However, the only course in case contra-
band is found is for the observer to report such
illegality to the government of the offending
ship. Further action naturally is not possible un-
der the limitations of the Committee.

Whatever the limitations of this plan and
whatever inefficient features there may be, the
blockade is significant as a decisive and possibly
a progressive step in the effective control of a
civil war threatening to become international.
The International Non-intervention Committee
of 27 interested European nations has finally
made an important and unique move ; it is to be
hoped that this action will hasten the conclusion
of the Spanish war. In any case the blockade is
memorable as the first of its kind in the history
of international cooperation.

We Think

(Editor's Note: The We Think column is for the purpose of giv-
ing an outlet to student opinion. The staff is in no way responsible
for what is printed in this column and it is by no menus to !>< taken
as the editorial opinion of the paper.)

On last Thursday during- the lunch period
around 250 students maintained a fast in conse-
cration to the principle of peace and in militant
expression against future wars. There were
many who understood and more who hoped that
the money which the college saved by the fast
was to go to the Emergency Peace Campaign for
use in peace education. Inexplicably Agnes Scott
refused so to donate the money, thereby profit-
ing itself by the sacrifice of half its population
for what it apparently regards as an unworthy
cause.

As far as appearances can be judged it would
seem to us that Agnes Scott is either hostile or
indifferent to the idea which led the fastens to
deny themselves. The inconsistency is self-evi-
dent. Obviously an institution dedicated to the
education of young women for useful service in
the community can hardly regard war or the
war spirit as conducive either to the health, hap*
piness, or usefulness of such young women. If
women do not yet have to fight in our wars, at
least they are not also apart from the grief, the
disillusionment, the spiritual wickedness^ the
financial depressions that follow war.

Agnes Scott's action in refusing to give the
money to the campaign is just as inconsistent
with the college's proudly Christian principles.
The idea of passive Christian organization has
of late years been supplanted by a conception
that organized Christianity exists in part to fur-
ther through organization the means of making
active the principles of Christ. As we see it, the
first of these principles is the sacredness of hu-
man personality encompassed by the love of a
universal God. Surely any institution which
seeks to train young women in the principles of
Christ in giving even passive support to war,
denies the essence of its leader's message. Sure-
ly such an institution cannot consistently fail to
give strong support to peace activities and the
actual attainment of peace on earth, good will
to men.

THE AGONISTIC

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Over Worked Seniors Give Opinions

Of Funniest Events Of Four Years

Hilarious Tales Of Fidessah's Cat-skins, Toothbrush Mix-up,
First Fire Drills, Medicine-Flavored Fudge
Make Senior Girls Chuckle

Seniors already depressed by term
papers and rejected job applications,
seemed to find another burden this
week when they were called upon to
answer the question, "What is the
funniest thing that has happened since
you have been at Agnes Scott?" For
some strange reason, this question in-
variably brought a gloomy and harrass-
ed look to the face of the questionee.
Many of the victims answered with
Florence Lassiter, "The funniest thing
is that I can't think of anything fun-
ny that has happened!"; or with Fran-
ces Wilson, "I know lots of funny
things, but they arc unfit for print."

However, after much earnest
thought, some seniors came through
triumphantly. Brooks Spivey thinks
Fidessah's saving the cat-skins from
biology lab to make a fur coat takes
first honors; while Nellie Margaret
Gilroy gives top ranking to the occa-
sion upon which Laura Steele called
Mr. Stukes "Mother." Alice Hannah
says the funniest thing she has heard
on the campus was the mix-up in
which Bert Palmour inadvertently ap-
propriated Miss Laney's toothbrush.
Also she feels that our retiring editor
should again receive honors for the
valiant way in which she defended
her barricaded room against the en-
trance of Margaret Bell, on the as-
sumption that Marie Stalker and Isa-
bel McCain were staging the attack.

Frances Steele gives a hilarious ac-
count of the way in which Frances
Balkom was deceived into wrapping
her head in wet towels, rolling herself
in a drenched blanket, and throwing
her tennis balls out the transom
when the first fire-drill was held
her freshman year. Kathryn Bowen
Wall chuckles reminiscently over the
time Brooks Spivey was going to a
reception in the tea house, but entered
the wrong door and was greeted by a
cordial "So nice to have had you, my
dear," as she was walked politely out.
Enid Middleton still laughs when she
recalls the incident in her freshman
stunt when, dressed as a page, she
knelt to the queen and found herself
muttering the blessing.

Marie Stalker gives first place to
Lucile Barnett's rendition of "Lady
Looey Filloo" at four a. m. in the lob-
by of Rebekah when six girls were
trying to sleep on the couches there.
However, Julia Thing offers the most
delightful contribution as she recounts
with mixed chuckles and sighs the
time she and a group of girls flavored
their chocolate fudge with Absorbine
Jr. instead of vanilla and ate it!

J. Sewell, C.K. Hutchins
Are Admitted to BOZ

Julia Sewell ('39) and Cora Kay
Hutchins ('39) were selected from
the thirty girls who tried out for
BOZ, the creative writing club on the
campus, at a meeting April 23 in the
Murphcy Candler building.

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Federal Theatre's
Project Sponsors
Contest for Plavs

The immediate inception of a col-
legiate playwriting contest under the
joint sponsorship of the WPA Federal
Theatre Project and its newly-formed
National Collegiate Advisory Com-
mittee was announced today by Hal-
lie Flanagan, national director of the
project.

The contest is a feature of the com-
mittee's campaign to stimulate stu-
dent interest in the American drama.
Other plans call for the establishment
of a central college play bureau and
student sponsorship of Federal Thea-
tre productions.

Any regularly enrolled student in
an American college may submit an
original full-length script. There is
no restriction of theme but the direct
observation of contemporary Ameri-
can life will be preferred.

The WPA Federal Theatre guaran-
tees a production of the prize winning
play for at least one week. However,
if attendance warrants, the run will
be extended. The usual WPA Federal
Theatre rental rate of fifty dollars a
week will be paid the winning play-
wright.

Judges of the contest will be Mrs.
Flanagan; Hiram Motherwell, chair-
man, Play Policy Board, Federal Thea-
tre Project; Francis Bosworth, direc-
tor, Play Bureau, Federal Theatre
Project, and two representatives of
the National Collegiate Advisory
Committee to the WPA Federal Thea-
tre Project, to be announced later.

Scripts must be submitted to the
Education Section, WPA Federal
Theatre Project, 122 East 42nd Street,
New York City, by September 1,
1937. Further details are available at
the same address.

M. Elliott, '34, Wins
French Fellowship

Through her application through
Agnes Scott College, Martha Elliott of
the class of 1934 has been awarded a
fellowship to the University of Lyons
in France.

Martha, who double-majored French
and English in college, took her mas-
ter's degree in French at Columbia
University in 193 6. While at Agnes
Scott she was president of the French
Club and a prominent figure in vari-
ous French plays. During the past
year she represented Agnes Scott at
the annual banquet of the Alliance
Francaise in New York City.

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Social Flashes

(Being the inside dope on all social ac-
tivities of the week as reported by two
anonymous campus snoopers.)

Dogwood . . . spring fever . . . late
hours . . . this was a gala week-end,
featuring the Emory spring dances,
two formals at Tech, and several vis-
itors on the campus. Everybody was
lucky who had a chance to swing to
the music of Carl Ravell's band, and
harken to the warning of the torch-
singer that "the love-bug will bite
you if you don't watch out!"

The gayest freshmen were seen to
wax cool and far-awayish when the
strains of "In a Sentimental Mood"
floated out amid the blue and yellow
streamers; and even the most stoical
of the seniors perked up and stomped
to the tune of "Goon-a-Goo!" Strat
Sloan sported a giant-sized bow in her
hair, and Barton Jackson, having rolled
up her bangs, had to take a Shakes-
peare book along to prove she wasn't
a freshman.

Virginia Caldwell celebrated by
having her mother down for the
week-end, along with a young male
delegation from Center College in
Danville. Mary Nell Tribble's mother
was also on hand to nurse daughter's
broken ankle through a strenuous
week-end.

Visiting from the University of
South Carolina were Jimmy Thomas
(to see Mary Ellen Whetsell) and
Dorothy Piatt.

Mysterious Missives on Telepathy

Confuse Bewildered Recipients

University Women
Convene at A. S. C.

The annual meeting of the Ameri-
can Association of University Women
was held at Agnes Scott on Wednes-
day, April 21, at 3:30.

After the conduction of the busi-
ness, which included the election of
officers for next year, the program
was presented. Miss Elizabeth Fuller
Jackson, who is chairman of the Fel-
lowship Fund Committee, spoke on
the history of fellowships and ex-
plained the difficulty in choosing
eleven out of 108 applications for fel-
lowships. Miss Mary Stuart MacDoug-
all is chairman of the National Com-
mittee of Fellowship Awards.

Following the program the group
met in the Murphey Candler building
for a social hour.

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Such puzzling letters have recently
found their way to Agnes Scott that
neither the college postoffice nor
those receiving the strange missives
can solve their mystery. One of the
letters was mailed from the Federal
Penitentiary and was addressed to
Jean Chalmers, Laura Coit, Winifred
Kellersberger, Ann Worthy Johnson,
and Gina Watson by a picture of them
cut from the paper and pasted across
the front of the envelope, just above
"Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Geor-
gia. " The letter read:

Telepathy proven and made
profitable.

Will be given the world via
radio. You are invited.

Girls, I am a little confused on
the association I think though
the fact different hair arrange-
ments and different clothing in
your photograph is significant in
that it refers to an item I read
that I believe was written by Dr.
De Ovies. If I kept his item I
can't find it . . .

Nellie Margaret Gilroy and Brooks
Spivey received a similar missive with
the letter "E" engraved on the top
left hand corner of the stationery. The
letter began with the exact words of
the above:

Telepathy proven and made

profitable.

Will be given the world via

radio.

You and your boy friends are
invited.

"Ace" is significant in that it
refers to the "Buick" ad the
lead is yours with this act to play.
I can't be bothered with bridge
but anyway that reference is to
A. C. Edmonds and the San Fran-
cisco Bay bridge. The latter in-
formation came from the per-
sonal columns of the Atlanta
Constitution.

Hortense Jones was surprised by an

equally strange letter. Typewritten
and decorated with pictures of bicy-
cles, it read:

Dear Sir or Madam: Faculty and
Students:

Illustrations show my six-speed,
long-distance bicycle built to
your measure and guaranteed to
fit.

Please be careful to follow in-
structions exactly so your mount
will fit perfectly as you want
every comfort and efficiency for
many long and successful tours:

(1) Stand in your stocking
feet with distance exactly 12 in-
ches between them and measure
the exact perpendicular distance
from the bones on which you sit
to the floor.

(2) Stand in a corner and
measure from finger tips along
the wall with both arms out-
stretched to fullest extent.

(3 ) State your sex.

(4) State your weight with
clothing.

(5) State sex of bicycle.

(6) If you are ordering a tan-
dem, give above data for each
rider in detail.

Seniors Enjoy Third in
Series of Alumnae Teas

The third in the series of teas given
by the Agnes Scott Alumnae Associa-
tion for the members of the senior
class took place on Wednesday after-
noon, April 21, at 4:30 o'clock in the
Alumnae House. The other two teas
were given on April 15 and 16.

The entertainment, as arranged by
Mrs. L. G. Baggett, general chairman,
included talks by Miss Daisy Frances
Smith, president of the association;
Miss Alberta Palmour, alumnae field
secretary; and Miss Lulu Ames, '36.

The alumnae of the classes of 1936
and 1937 served.

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THE AGONISTIC

\A. A. Will Sponsor
Final Swim Meet

From a long row of high arches,
white teeth, shiney curls, and strong
backs all dressed in graceful bathing
suits, last Wednesday night there
emerged a little girl whose excellent
physical condition earned for her the
title "Miss Health" a reward for
careful living. Little Miss Forman re-
ceived the little silver cup from the
dashing Dryfoos and had her picture
taken the next day. The next day was
"fast-for-peace day." And Caroline
had her picture taken with a quart of
milk and an apple, which made the
bystanders a mite uncomfortable. But
aside from this complaint against her
inconsideration for hungry pacifists,
there is no other grudge against Lib's
baby sister; we heartily congratulate
you, "Miss Health."

The newest tournament on the
campus to vie with the mad dash of
ping-pong is the golf tournament.
And it is going off with admirable
zip at Forrest Hills with a round ev-
ery Tuesday. Judith Gracey, defend-
ing champion, is busy against the
competition, which is certainly of a
keen sort. You'll find the tally of
scores near by. There is planned a con-
solation flight in which the losers in
the first round will play. Personally
we'd find that divinely consoling
even though we don't know what sort
of flight a consolation flight is. Miss
Wilburn claims it's an accepted term
in the golf world.

And as to this tennis racket the
exhibition games last Friday can't be
matched (!) for pep and style. Mrs.
Coyne and Mrs. Vogle illustrated to
the congenial knot of Hottentots
leaning on the bank that a singles
game can be tricky and skillful as
well as fast. And Mrs. Pollard and
Mrs. Berge gave a like illustration of
excellent form and speed in a doubles
match with the aforementioned ladies.
And we all learned so much at these
games. Representative of this fact,
there was Mutt, a pending champ her-
self, avidly gathering pointers to im-
prove her ping-pong game. (Mutt's
got the right spirit.) All in all the
afternoon was a pleasant help to ev-
eryone, and we thank A. A. for mak-
ing possible the experience.

And now if you missed that treat,
don't under any circumstances over-
look the swimming meet tomorrow
night in the gym. This meet will be
the final aquatic contest of the year
and it will be quite worth your while.
Of particular interest will be Miss
Mitchell's exhibition of the crawl,
which will precede events of advan-
tage for intermediates and beginners
as well as diving for the advanced
swimmers. Anyone now taking swim-
ming is free to enter these events.

There's a good reason why we
shouldn't miss this meet: next year,
Milner rigorously declares, there is to
be activity along the lines of water
polo; to get wrater on the brain (and

perclunce on the knee) this early is
ut distinct advantage. At least the
plan isn't all wet as far as Milner is
concerned her cause has been sight-
ed, and it is to put water polo "on the
map."

And so, we'll sec you at the swim-
ming meet.

At 8:00 sharp Thursday night in
the gymnasium A. A. will sponsor the
final swimming meet of this year. A
varied program and a representative
group of swimmers will present exhi-
bitions of all grades of swimming and
diving, ranging from elementary to
the most advanced sorts. Miss Mitchell
will demonstrate the crawl.

Members of the swimming club and
members of this season's swimming
classes are expected to participate.
The college community is cordially in-
vited.

Spanish Club Has
Exhibits; Chorus
Sings At Banquet

Spain in miniature came to Agnes
Scott on Tuesday, April 13, when the
Spanish club viewed sixty Spanish ex-
hibits and several of its members who
were garbed as picturesque senoritas,
and enjoyed real Spanish food. Offi-
cers for the coming year elected at
this meeting of the club are: Jose-
phine Bertoli, president; Elsie Black-
tone,, vice-president; 'Louise Bailey,
secretary and treasurer; and Martha
Peek Brown, social chairman.

A special chorus from the Glee
Club sang at the Civitan Banquet in
the Candler Hotel on April 19; and
at the dedication of the Murphey
Candler Building on Monday, the
Glee Club gave several numbers.

Mr. Sams, of the Georgia legisla-
ture, spoke at the Current History
Forum Tuesday, April 27. The Citi-
zenship Club had charge of the pro-
gram.

Agnes Scott was well represented at
the Eta Sigma Phi convention in Bir-
mingham by Frances Cary, Zoe Wells,
official delegates, and Marie Meritt.

Recently elected officers of Eta Sig-
ma Phi are: president, Elsie Black-
stone; vice-president, Nell Allison;
recording secretary, Marie Merritt;
treasurer, Frances Lee, Pylonos, and
Miss Narka Nelson, advisor.

Fellows who honk horns in front of
sorority houses, who ignore opinions
of girls qualified to give them, and
who wear dirty cords or neckless
sweaters without ties are the peeves
of co-eds at Oregon State College.

There may be no connection in
items but in the 1937 Summer Session
catalogue of the University of Wis-
consin under "courses for Men and
Women," the first course listed is
"Social Dancing" and the second,
"First Aid to the Injured."

Hitch-hiker W. W. Westbrook, a
student at Louisiana State University,
got quicker service than he expected.
Four airplane salesmen picked him up,
took him to the airport and whisked
him to New Orleans in 20 minutes.

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Carolyn Forinaii
Named Healthiest
Girl at Agnes Scott

Thing Wins Second; Entrees
Are Judged On Posture,
Walk, Health

Long, Johnson, Dryfoos, Forman

Are Victors in Golf Round

Jane Dryfoos Awards Cup

Once again the freshman class
proved that its girls are the healthiest
in the campus when, in the health
contest held last Wednesday night in
Bucher Scott Gymnasium, Carolyn
Forman, representing the Pen and
Brush Club, was awarded the first
prize for the healthiest Agnes Scott
student. Second place went to Julia
Thing, representing Mortar Board.
Those who tied for third place were:
Ruth Slack, Miss Freshman Class;
Ruth Tate, Miss Junior Class; Kitty
Printup, Miss Day Students; and Jud-
ith Gracey, Miss Senior Class.

After being introduced by Frances
Robinson, the chairman of the Health
Week, the twenty-eight contestants,
representing various campus organiza-
tions, walked before the judges. Miss
Wilburn, feet; Miss Haynes, posture;
Miss Mitchell, walk, and Dr. Sweet,
general health, were the judges. Fran-
ces McCalla acted as the scorer.

The cup was awarded to Carolyn
by Jane Dryfoos, '39, last year's Miss
Health.

All those competing in the contest
were: Miss Senior, Judith Gracey;
Miss Junior, Ruth Tate; Miss Sopho-
more, Mary Ruth Murphy; Miss
Freshman, Ruth Slack; Miss Student
Government, Emma McMullen; Miss
Y. W. C. A., Jean Barry Adams; Miss
Athletic Association, Ellen Little;
Miss Bible Club, Nell Echols; Miss
Cotillion, Catherine Ivie; Miss Ger-
man Club, Emily Harris; Miss Poetry
Club, Evelyn Sears; Miss May Day,
Anne Thompson; Miss Lecture Asso-
ciation, Martha Moffett; Miss Chi
Beta Phi Sigma, Aileen Shortley; Miss
Silhouette, Jane Moore Hamilton;
Miss Blackfriars, Dixie Woodford;
Miss Glee Club, Frances Steele; Miss
French Club, Tommy Ruth Black-
mon; Miss Agonistic, Mary Reins;
Miss Aurora, Grace Tazwell; Miss K.
U. B., Elsie West; Miss Day Students,
Kitty Printup; Miss Eta Sigma Phi,
Nell Allison; Miss Pi Alpha Phi, Mary
W. Crockett; Miss Pen and Brush,
Carolyn Forman; Miss International
Relations Club, Jean Chalmers; Miss
Mortar Board, Julia Thing; and Miss
Citizenship Club, Nell Earthman.

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Dr. C. Clewell Gives
Employment Advice

Many seniors qualified to hold po-
sitions fail to land them because they
bungle the first interview with their
might-have-been employer.

For this reason, Dr. Clarence E.
Clewell, director of the University of
Pennsylvania's placement service, and
his assistants advise seniors what not
to say:

"I am willing to accept any job
you offer me.

"Explain what you have done, can
do and want to do. Should the ques-
tion of salary arise, do not respond
that you are willing to work for prac-
tically nothing, for the employer will
judge you worthy of no more. State
the minimum wage acceptable. "

Some other suggestions for over-
coming negative impressions are
these:

"Sincerity, modesty and good man-
ners are most essential. Avoid per-
sonal inquiries and crude curiosity,
such as attempting to read corre-
spondence or other papers lying on the
interviewer's desk, listening to his
telephone conversation or interrupting
another speaker.

"Look the interviewer in the eye
while conversing; sit erect; be alert,
pleasant, consistent and determined,
but do not take too much of his
time."

Gracey, Fite, Moses Compete;
Tennis Tournament Is
Nearino- Finals

In the spring golf tournament being
played at the Forrest Hills Golf
Course, beginning April 20 and con-
tinuing into May, the scores after the
first round stand as follows:

Judith Gracey, defending cham-
pion, drew a bye.

Martha Fite and Helen Moses, by
default.

Martha Long defeated Flora Mac-
Guire, 4-2.

Mary Johnson defeated M. L. Fair-
ly, 5-4.

Jane Dryfoos defeated Virginia
Cofer, 5-3.

Caroline Forman defeated Eliza-
beth Galbreath, 5-3.

The last round played in the cur-
rent tennis tournament has advanced
the following players to the fourth
round:

Ruth Slack, who will meet either
Frances Steele or Lorraine Gumnc;
Julia Thing and Caroline Forman,
who are matched in this round; and
Mary Nell Taylor who will meet
either Ruth Tate or Mary Kncale. the
defending champion.

Promptness is still urged in meeting
these matches.

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VOL. XXII

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1937

NO. 21

College Entertains Rotarians
With Luncheon in Rebekah

200 Members Of The Atlanta
Club Dine With Students,
Inspect Campus

Mortar Board Has Program

Agnes Scott entertained between
175 and 200 members of the Rotary
Club of Atlanta at a luncheon on
Monday, May 3, in Rebekah Scott din-
ing hall. After a blessing by Winifred
Kellersberger, Mortar Board presented
a brief program, consisting of the
whole group's singing of "America";
an address of welcome by Ruth Slack;
introduction of the visitors by Eliza
King; the Sunshine Report by Annie
Lee Crowell; songs by a special chorus;
a discussion of the Club by Nellie
Margaret Gilroy and Joyce Roper; and
a skit by Alice Hannah and Mary
Erneste Perry.

For a number of years, the Agnes
Scott daughters of Rotarians have
been invited to the Club once during
the year to take lunch and to present
a program. This year, the members,
through Mr. George Winship, an Ag-
nes Scott trustee and chairman of the
program committee of the Club,
agreed to accept the invitation of the
College to return the visit.

Evelyn Harris, president of the Ro-
tary Club, is the son of the late Joel
Chandler Harris, writer of "Uncle
Remus" stories, and an inhabitant of
Atlanta. Another son, Joel Chandler
Harris, Jr., is state governor of the
Georgia Rotarians.

Tazewell, Davis Head
Lecture Association

The new student representatives for
the Lecture Association that were an-
nounced last Thursday, April 29, are:
Grace Tazewell, president; Mildred
Davis, secretary-treasurer; Ola Kelley,
senior representative; Anne Purnell,
junior representative; Martha Moffett,
sophomore representative; Elizabeth
Blackshcar, publicity chairman; Jane
Turner, day student representative;
and Zoe Wells, poster chairman. These
students compose an advisory commit-
tee of the Lecture Association, which
is the faculty organization responsible
for bringing such speakers as Edna St.
Vincent Millay, Sir Arthur Willert,
Robert Frost, Thornton Wilder, Ar-
thur Compton, Stuart Chase, and Carl
Sandburg to the campus.

Associate Professor Emma May
Laney, chairman, stated that the Lec-
ture Association appreciated the stu-
dent body's response to its request for
suggestions and will try to arrange the
lectures for next year accordingly.

In last week's Agonistic the state-
ment that the Association spent
$115.00 for receptions should have
read $15.00.

Dr. R. L. Long Stresses
Need of Thinkers in
Modern World Today

Sophomores Fete
Senior Class With
Luncheon May 29

Miss Hopkins, Dr. McCain, Class
Sponsors To Be Escorted
By Hostesses

The annual luncheon given for the
members of the senior class by the
sophomore class will be held on May
29, with the time and place yet to be
decided by the business managers for
the luncheon. Contrary to tradition,
the luncheon will be enlivened by a
surprise program.

Dean Nannette Hopkins will be es-
corted by Annie Lee Crowell, sopho-
more class president, and President J.
R. McCain, by Douglas Lyle, vice-
president of the sophomore class.
There will be special escorts, also, for
the senior and sophomore class spon-
sors, Miss Leslie Janet Gaylord and
Miss Louise Hale, and Miss Martha
Crowe and Dr. Robert B. Holt, re-
spectively. Each senior will be the in-
vited guest of a certain sophomore.

Sophomores appointed to serve as
business managers for the occasion
are: Jane Dryfoos, chairman; Adelaide
Benson, Jane Carithers, Lib Galbreath,
Mary Frances Guthrie, Elizabeth
Wheatley, Caroline Carmichael, Helen
Kirkpatrick, and Charlotte French.

The transportation committee is
composed of: Mary Hollingsworth,
chairman; Carolyn Myers, Catherine
Farrar, Cora Kay Hutchins, Helen
Lichten, Betty Aycock, Amelia Nick-
els, Martha Foster, Harriette von
Gremp, Emily MacMorland, Ann Pit-
tard, Virginia Cofer, Elizabeth Fur-
low, and June Harvey.

The following make up the decora-
tions committee: Jean Bailey, chair-
man; Mary Rogers, Esthere Ogden,
Virginia Hill, Ruth Anderson, Alice
Cheeseman, Sarah Thurman, Helen
Moses, Flora MacGuire, and Mary
Frances Thompson.

Those on the place cards commit-
tee are: Betty Auberry, Mamie Lee
Ratliff, and Elizabeth Williams,
chairmen; Grace Duggan, Mary Pen-
nel Simonton, Selma Steinbach, Emmy
Lou Turck, Evelyn Sears, Lou Pate,
Emma McMullen, Mary Eleanor Steele,
Florence Wade, Betty Anne Stewart,
Catherine Caldwell, Dorothy Graham,
Mary Elizabeth Moss, and Josie Lar-
kins.

Poetry Club Admits Four

As a result of Poetry Club's spring
tryouts, which were judged Friday,
April 3 0, four girls were admitted to
the organization. These new members
are: Mary Winston Crockett, Cora
Kay Hutchins, Eloise Lennard, and
Vera Jane Watkins.

Senior Class
Is to Present
Annual Opera

Perry And Hannah Take Leads
In "La Tragic Ardor" ;
Dennison Directs

Production To Be May 8

"La Tragic Ardor," written and di-
rected by the senior class, will be pre-
sented by the Seniorpolitan Opera
Company Saturday night, May 8, at
8:3 0 in the Bucher Scott gymnasium.
The production is under the direction
of Lucile Dennison.

The cast includes:

I'm-ille Mary Ernest Perry.

Ah! Men Alice Hannah.

Bess Fren Mary Alice Newton.

Count Meout Margaret Hansell.

Ou-la-la Frances Wilson.

Poppa Marie Stalker.

Smith Brothers Julia Thing and
Sarah Johnson.

Two undivulged characters Mary
Jane King and Mary Jane Tigert.

Music for the performance will be
furnished by the Plaster Planks, with
Guy Lumbago and a torch singer.

The story of "La Tragic Ardor" is
based on Verdi's "La Traviata." Li-
brettos and refreshments will be sold.
The prices for tickets are: fifty cents,
reserved and box seats; thirty-five
cents, orchestra seats; and twenty-five
cents, balcony.

Glee Club Gives Operetta

On Saturday night, June 5, the Ag-
nes Scott Glee Club probably will
again present "The Gondoliers," the
Gilbert and Sullivan operetta given
early in March. This performance of-
fers another opportunity for Gilbert
and Sullivan or Paul Overby enthusi-
asts to hear this operetta.

Senior Class Will be Honored
During Commencement Week

Hannah Installs
1937-'38 Student
Officials On May I

Outgoing Executive Reviews
Year's Work; Coit States
New Policies

The installation of the new officers
of Student Government on Saturday,
May 1, in the chapel, began with the
processional, in which the new Execu-
tive Board entered with the outgoing
members. The assembly remained
standing while Alice Hannah, this
year's president of Student Govern-
ment, led in prayer, after which all
joined in a hymn.

Alice Hannah, in her message, ex-
pressed the appreciation of the Execu-
tive Committee for the cooperation of
the students, administration, and fac-
ulty. "We, the Committee, have en-
joyed our work," she said. The main
part of her speech was an elaboration
of the points that she used last year.
In closing, she urged the students to
be active in Student Government and
to observe individual honor, and
thanked again the administration and
faculty for their advice and help. The
desire of this year's committee she ex-
pressed as one "to maintain the ideals
of the College," intellectually, physic-
ally, and spiritually.

Laura Coit, newly elected president,
repeated the pledge to uphold the aims
of Agnes Scott, and received the presi-
dent's handbook and gavel from the
out-going president. She then installed
the other members of the new Execu-
tive Board: Ann Worthy Johnson,
vice-president; Mary Lillian Fairly,
house president, Rebekah; Tommy
Ruth Blackmon, house president,
Main; Nell Hemphill, house president,
Inman; Jean Bailey, secretary; Mary
Ellen Whetsell, treasurer; Eliza King,
student recorder; Zoe Wells, day stu-
dent representative; Winifred Kellers-
berger, president, Y. W. C. A.; Flora
MacGuire and Emma McMullen, jun-
ior representatives; Ruth Slack, Julia
Thiemonge, and Henrietta Thompson,
sophomore representatives.

In her speech, Laura expressed the
hope that "Student Government isn't
run," for it is a "thing to live," de-
pending for its source on two groups:
the students as the individual force
and the Executive Board as represen-
tatives of the student body.

Biology Staff Makes Tour

Under the conduction of Alice Sill,
'3 9, the members of the Biology De-
partment of Agnes Scott recently
went on a tour, inspecting the green-
houses of Alice's father, who is a hor-
ticulturist, and the lovely wild flower
garden of her mother. The biological
staff also saw the many types of iris
of which Alice's brother has made a
specialized cultivation.

Speaking from the viewpoint of a
distinguished minister who is vitally
interested in the work of young peo-
ple and who has visited many colleges
over the country, Dr. R. L. Long, pas-
tor of a Presbyterian church in To-
ledo, Ohio, and father of Martha
Long, '3 8, addressed the Agnes Scott
students in chapel Friday, April 3 0.
He stressed the need of the modern
world for thinking, since a rich intel-
lectual background adds to contacts,
human experience, and the Bible mean-
ing not discernible by those who have
not been "transformed by the renew-
ing of their minds."

Gaiety, Color Will Distinguish May Day Costumes

For Presentation of Milton's Masque "Comus

All the beauty and glory of the ear-
ly seventeenth century, all the variety
and splendor of the time of Charles I,
that time of the height of cavalier
sentiments and tastes, that last out-
burst of glory before the advent of
the sober, stern Puritan rule, are rep-
resented in John Milton's Comas,
which is to be the subject of the Ag-
nes Scott May Day festival of 1937.
In this masque are blended varied ele-
ments the natural and the supernat-
ural, the good and the evil, the high
and the low estates, the serious and the

amusing.

These widely separated factors lend
themselves to gorgeous and varied cos-
tuming, and the resulting spectacle is
colorful and glittering. Leader among
the different group of spirits in the
masque is the attendant, or guardian
spirit, who appears, now as a heavenly
being in loose, shimmering sky robes
of rainbow silk, now as a humble shep-
herd in sober brown. The three com-
parisons of the wood wear softly col-
ored, flowered garments, and the
shapes and shadows which haunt the

forest are clad in dark, mysterious,
flowing robes. The little stars which
come out at twilight wear pale blue
silk sprinkled with silver stars, and
Sabrina on her nymphs, the spirits of
the stream, are costumed in shimmer-
ing and blue green. Echo, who mocks
the call of mortals lost in the wood,
appears in soft yellow chiffon.

Comus, the wicked magician who
haunts the forest and entices mortals
to destruction with his fatal cup,
wears a green and cream shepherd's

{Continued on page 3, column 3)

June 4 Is Named As Date Of
Commencement Week's
Official Opening

Juniors Will Give Banquet

With the meeting of the Board of
Trustees scheduled for Friday, June 4,
and with the annual party for the
children of the Alumnae to take place
on the same day in the quadrangle,
Commencement Week for the class of
1937 will be officially opened at Ag-
nes Scott.

On that night the junior-senior
banquet will be held, and at noon on
Saturday the seniors and alumnae will
be feted at a luncheon given by the
trustees. Saturday night the Glee Club
will repeat its performance of "The
Gondoliers," a Gilbert and Sullivan
operetta.

The program for Sunday will in-
clude the baccalaureate sermon, which
will be delivered by the Rev. Mr. Wil-
liam E. Elliott, of the Druid Hills
Presbyterian Church of Atlanta, and
the Vesper Service, which will be con-
ducted by the Seniors. After vespers
Dean Nannette Hopkins will be hos-
tess at a reception for the parents and
friends of the senior class.

The sophomore class will begin the
activities for Monday by giving a
breakfast for the seniors. On Monday
afternoon will come the senior class
day exercises with the reading of the
class history, the last will and testa-
ment, the class poem, and the class
prophecy. Then, too, the traditional
carrying of the daisy chain by the
sophomores and the planting of ivy
will be followed.

After a program for the seniors by
students of the Spoken English De-
partment on Monday night, the sen-
iors will hold the annual book-burn-
ing of their unpopular textbooks. The
graduation exercises will take place on
Tuesday, June 8, with Dr. John J.
Tigert, president of the University of
Florida and father of Mary Jane, a
senior, as the speaker.

Evelyn Wall Will

Give Vocal Recital

Mary Evelyn Wall will be present-
ed in a vocal recital by Mr. Lewis H.
Johnson in Gaines chapel on Friday
evening, May 7, at 8:30 o'clock. She
will be assisted by Virginia Wood and
accompanied by Alice Hannah. The
program is as follows: Duet, "Quis est
Homo" (Stabat Mater), Rossini; Aria,
"Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix" (Sam-
son et Delila), Saint-Saens; "O Ces-
sate di Piagarmi," Scarlatti; "Sapphis-
che Ode," Brahms; "Nur wer die Seb-
nsucht kennt," Tschaikowsky ; "Sun-
set," Russell; "In the Luxembourg
Gardens," Manning; "Morning
Hymn," Herschel; "Clouds," Charles;
"Iris," Ware; "Song of the Open," La
Forge (Miss Wood); "When I Have
Sung My Songs," Charles; "Persian
Serenade," Ware; "Minor and Major,"
Spross.

Former Librarian of
Agnes Scott Visited
Campus Last Friday

Mrs. Robert McCreary, nee Gene-
vieve White, former librarian of this
college, visited on the campus last
Friday and Saturday, April 3 0, and
May 1. Mrs. McCreary was enter-
tained at dinner in Rebekah Scott din-
ing hall on Friday evening by Dean
Nannette Flopkins, and after dinner
coffee was served in her honor to a
group of friends in the Alumnae Tea
House by Miss Harriette Haynes, as-
sistant professor of Physical Educa-
tion.

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A Year of Experiment

After a year of experiment with the quarter
system, we feel in somewhat of a position to take
stock of our observations, to determine what we
consider the advantages and disadvantages of
the plan.

We believe that, in general, students approve
of the new system. We are highly pleased over
the fact that exams come before our Christmas
and spring holidays, leaving us free to enjoy our
days of respite. We also feel that taking two-
hour exams three times a year is not so devas-
tating as taking three-hour exams twice. Fur-
thermore, we have found that three divisions of
our year have eliminated the deadening slump
which used to accompany the last interminable
month of each semester.

However, we have met certain disadvantages,
too disadvantages which we feel could be reme-
died. The source of the trouble seems to lie in
the hybrid nature of our plan. We understood
that the standard quarter system consisted in
taking three subjects which had classes every
day. Our plan of taking five or six subjects
three or four times a week seems to necessitate
more work without actually giving more credit.

We consider the "fourth" afternoon classes a
bane and a blight. We personally can perceive
little good in an hour in which an over-worked
teacher tries to get response from a sleepy and
frankly unprepared class. Furthermore, after
those afternoon classes, we do not have time to
prepare for the next elass which conies on the
following morning.

Another source of irritation lies in that old,
old sore, the interminable term papers. We real-
ize that in this matter the long-suffering faculty
is as tired of hearing our hue and cry as we are
of raising it. Perhaps we are lazy, but we find
it strangely difficult to be intellectually curious
or academically interested in one paper, when
there is fifteen to twenty-four hours' reading to
be done on each of three or in extreme cases
four other papers.

We appreciate the fact that the majority of
the faculty has been so lenient and cooperative
in this matter. Some have given us cuts; some
have let us hand in our papers at times less busy
than the end of the quarter; some have even let
us road and report orally, eliminating the writ-
ten paper. However, there are a few of our
teachers whom we do not consider to have coop-
erated; for example, the one who increased the
number of term papers required in one of his
year courses from two to three. That we do not
appreciate !

We believe that the inauguration of the regu-
lation quarter system, in which we would take
three courses a quarter, would help the term-
paper situation. Then at least we could have
only three papers a quarter.

We, of course, realize that this year has been
one of transition. Hut transition implies a prog-
ress to something different. In light of that fact,
we do not understand why thfi catalogue for next
year does not provide for any changes in this
sort of hybrid hash which is our quarter system.

Editors of college publications
would make excellent archeologists -f
judged by their digging up of pecu-
liar characteristics of students on their
campuses.

At Florida State College for Wom-
en, the big problem is this: whether
the side seams of the students' skirts
should be split as a result of hoisting
their legs over the fences that have
recently been placed on the campus or
whether they should continue to be
trail blazers. Students had previously
proved their thrift in saving time and
footwear by self-made paths across
corners and grassy plots. Now, be-
cause of the far-sightedness of certain
officials who can visualize a net-work
of paths covering the grounds in the
future, fences are daily being con-
structed across the most popular
trails.

The Auburn Plainsmen reports that
after scribbling three pages during an
exam, a weary Marquette student de-
cided to prove that his teachers do not
read exam papers. He, therefore, de-
voted the remainder of his five-page
article to a description of a basketball
game. He received an excellent grade.

Women at the University of Cali-
fornia, Los Angeles, are more fashion-
ably dressed than those on any other
campus, explains a noted style author-
ity, because men at the university fre-
quently date girls in Flollywood.

Corn-husking and hog-calling were
featured at the "hick" dance of the
freshman class at Southern Methodist
University. Boys had to pay an ad-
mission of one cent for every inch
they measured around the waist.

(Editor"s Note : The We Think column is for the purpose of giv-
ing an outlet to student opinion. The staff is in no way responsible
for what is printed in this column and it is by no means to be taken
as the editorial opinion of the paper.)

Forum Honors Alumna

At the last meeting of the Poetry
Forum of Atlanta, Sunday, May 2,
Agnes Scott was well represented. The
honor guests were the winners of the
monthly contests of the past year
sponsored bv the forum, and among
these was Mildred Clark, '3 6.

The weddings of two other alum-
nae should be of interest to the stu-
dent body. Peg Waterman, '3 5, who
was a statistician in the Bell Labora-
tory, is now Mrs. Meredith O'Hara
and is living at 300 N. Euclid Ave-
nue, West Field, N. J. Gregory Row-
lett, '36, was married to Henry Shiep-
weidman, April 21, in Tampa, Fla.

the Fighting Angel, Pearl Buck.
Reynal and Hitchcock, N. Y., 1936.
Reviewed by Louise Young.

"You might have seen him walking
along the street of any little Chinese
village, a slightly stooping American.
I have a picture of him in Chinese
clothes, his large American feet in
Chinese shoes which made Chinese
women laugh as they cut the soles.
But the Chinese shoes, the Chinese
rose, the little round black Chinese
hat with its red button none of
these made him look in the least
Chinese. The spare, big-boned frame,
the big, thin, delicate hands, the nob-
ly shaped head with the large features,
the big nose, the jutting lower jaw,
the extraordinary pellucid blue eyes,
the reddish fair skin and slightly curl-
ing dark hair these were purely and
simply American."

This is the Fighting Angel, the
father of Pearl S. Buck. He was made
of the strong, unbending mettle of
which warriors are made. "God's will
led him along the line of battle all his
life. He waged continual war bat-
tle and skirmish, but no retreat."

The "Fighting Angel" is the twin
book of "The Exile," in which Pearl
Buck, with a loving hand, paints the
picture of her mother. One can hard-
ly love the Fighting Angel because
he did not seem to desire love, but one
can hardly help admiring him. He was
burning with the zeal of God to con-
vert souls and save them from Hell-
fire.

His life was one fraught with dan-
ger. There was the time when he was
caught by bandits:

" 'Weren't you afraid?' we inquired
of him.

" 'There was,' he admitted, 'a nasty
moment when one of the young ban-
dits had a knife at his stomach and
was making unpleasant screwing mo-
tions. But it was certainly very nice
afterwards,' he said. 'They sat so nice-
ly and listened they were really very
nice men, in spite of their unfortunate
calling.' "

We extend

deep

sympathy to

Marie Stalker

in the

recent death

of her brother.

(The editors are gratified and somewhat breathless at
the response to their request for student opinion. Not
only an answer to last week's "We Think," but also an-
other statement from the author of the original article,

I answering criticisms she has heard of her stand, found
their way to the Agonistic box this week.)

In this column last week the college was severely criti-
cized because the money which was saved by the peace

I fast was not given to the Emergency Peace Campaign.
It is a pity that student opinion is often synonvmous
with student ignorance. Some of us who have a more

i thorough insight into the whole situation feel that it is
only fair to students and to the administration to present
the facts as we know them.

In the first place, the author said "it would seem that
Agnes Scott is either hostile or indifferent to the idea
which led the f asters to deny themselves." As a matter
of fact, one of the greatest incentives on the campus to-
\\ aid any efforts for peace has been the support giv en In
the administration and faculty. It was in recognition of
this cooperation that Miss Ley burn was asked to make the
talk for the lunch meeting. It was a "college" fast and
some of the acult\ were present. It was because they
were vitally interested in peace that the administration
allowed the fast and meeting to take place at all.

We would also like to question another charge. "Agnes
Scott" was charged with pocketing the money saved by
the fast, and "thereby profiting itself by the sacrifice of
half its population for what it apparently regards as an
unworthy cause." Is there not a little confusion in the
mind of the author between a capitalistic business enter
prise run for profit, and a college run for the service ot
the students? The college "makes" nothing from the
students. Whatever money was not given to the I hht
gency Peace Campaign was certainly used elsewhere lor
our benefit, not to increase the pay checks of Dr. Mc-
Cain or the faculty.

Of course, even if the money had been given to the
cause suggested, the amount would have been negligible.
Lunch is a light meal; even if no one had eaten, the
amount would have been small. As it was, the entire
kitchen had to function, and only a small cost in food
was saved.

As a matter of fact, the real reason the college did not
see fit to give the money is because of just such suppers.
Complaints from mothers about enforced starvation have
actually come to the college. Although it is a pity, it \&
true, that some students (not administration officers) are
hostile to peace, and choose to complain outside of things
they lack the courage to vote against.

The administration explained its position satisfactorily
to those of us who went to ask them if the donation
could be made. If those who are so ready to critiei/e had
been so ready to understand the whole situation, the last
would have been much more effective, and dissatisfaction
on the part of students and administration would not
have been aroused.

England Prepares for Traditional

Spectacle of Coronation Ceremony

By Mary Anne Kernan
England is ready for her first coro-
nation since 1911; everything is in
order for the traditional spectacle of
the crowning of King George VI and
Queen Elizabeth. Outwardly all seems
calm; the Duke of Norfolk has ap-
proved all plans for the procession and
ceremony. Excitable English horses
have become accustomed to blaring
bands and waving flags, the Earl Mar-
shall has specified the proper dress for
peers and peeresses, stands have been
erected along the six mile procession
line. Westminster Abbey has been ren-
ovated, and the English people are
thoroughly prepared to crown their
new monarchs properly.

The procedure followed will be the
traditional coronation service presided
Over by the Archbishop of Canterbury
who will preach the sermon and ac-
tually crown their majesties.

The importance of the coronation
to the British Empire is tremendous.
The existence of a king whose life
from birth to death is simply one long
traditional ceremony, seems now to be
the only tangible thing uniting vari-
ous parts of the Empire and Common-
wealth in a common allegiance. Par-
liament and the Cabinet no longer
have any real control over the Domin-
ions. For this reason it is important
to the security of England that some
bond of unity be preserved among the
widely scattered parts of the Empire.

This is especially necessary because
ot the recent uneasiness caused by the
abdication of Edward the Eighth. On
the surface the stir created then seems
to have quieted considerably. How-

ever, the rumors of the marriage of
Mrs. Simpson and the Duke of Wind-
sor on May 12 and the recent publica-
tion of a book about the former King
by Geoffrey Dennis, chief of the Doc-
ument Service of the Secretariat of the
League of Nations, are sufficient to
cause a certain nervousness in diplo-
matic and political circles. The for-
mer King Edward, as stated in Cur-
rent History, "was the only monarch
of his time who had attained an abso-
lute popularity." There is perhaps
still doubt as to all the reasons for his
abdication, the first voluntary one in
English history.

England is deeply concerned with
the future of her nation. It is essen-
tial to her best interests that the Simp-
son affair be disposed of as quietly as
possible, that the new king and queen
be accepted whole-heartedly, and that
that policies of the government, under
the probable leadership of Neville
Chamberlain be judiciously formulat-
ed and executed. While the United
States with a business-like attitude,
opens a museum of "Wall\'s" life at
her old home in Baltimore, England
prepares to crown the successor of an
uncrowned king.

King George himself has, of course,
provoked numerous comments. Aside
from rumors of epileptic fits and pos-
sible mental incompetency, the opin-
ions of him seem complimentary. In
the long run it does not really matter
what his health or I. Q. is as long as
George VI is willing to wear the pur-
ple and ermine of the hereditary mon-
archy. The coronation is important as
a svmbol of the force uniting the
British Empire.

In answer to certain criticisms that have reached our
ears concerning our last week's "We Think," we think
that for the sake of clarity, some amplification, although
tedious, may not be amiss.

These criticisms seem to us to rest on two unfortunate
misconceptions. The first is that the article meant to as-
sert that the administration is /// purpose hostile to peace
activity. On the contrary, the article meant that the
administration had in action failed to practice its high
ideals and to guard against inconsistency.

The second misconception is that student gratitude lor
permission to fast should place any criticism in bad taste.
If such opinion infers that censorship is so well enforced
at Agnes Scott as to be practically self-imposed we would
neither disagree nor relieve the students themselves of re-
sponsibility for so anaemic a condition. We cannot see
that truly-conceived gratitude for a granted right of
self-expression relieves us cither of the duty of critical
estimate of the college's actions or deprives us of the fur
ther opportunity of expression of such estimates. And
no true gratitude can blind us to the fact that an educa-
tional and Christian institution is inconsistent in falling
back before the courageous sacrifice which we are not
ignorant that peace expression demands.

We, the music students of Agnes Scott College, think
that our school should give a major and minor in music
as well as in other subjects. A survey of the music de-
partments of other colleges has been made; and it w.is
found that every standard woman's college in the United
States, with the exception of one, gives a major and minor
in music. The one school that does not give a major do s
give a minor. In all these colleges music is treated as any
other college course, and may be chosen as a major under
the same rules. The courses m Theoretical Music are Opel]
to all students without regard to previous musical knowl-
edge; they count toward the B.A. degree and are subject
to no separate tuition fee. At Wcllesley College, there
ne as many as fifteen three hour courses given in music.
They have twelve music teachers, four of whom teach
theory onlv. It is the same at Vassar; and at Mt. Holyoke,
eleven courses are given with three out of their seven
music professors teaching theory alone.

We think that Agnes Scott, with the high standards
which she upholds, should realize the low place which
she occupies in the very important field of music and
should do all m her power to improve the appalling con-
ditions ot the music department here. It is probably not
realized that several of our outstanding students are being
forced to leave Agnes Scott in preference to a school
which allows a major and minor in music.

THE AGONISTIC

3

Boisterous Pranks Of Naive Freshmen Emory Players to Outing Club Enjoys Trip

Arouse Gales Of Laughter In Dorms i Give Mystery Play

Faculty to Teach,
Travel in Summer

Inman Hall Runs Wild With Hilarity Over Peculiar Pie-Beds,
Fishpond Fights, Vesper Voices, Alarm Clock
Alarums, And Plaintive Pleas

When confronted by the same question which the seniors were
asked last week "What is the funniest thing: that has happened
during your Agnes Scott career?" the freshmen were as baffled
as their predecessors. However, their humorous incidents were a

great deal more boisterous in nature
than those of the seniors. Perhaps this
indicates a subtle difference in the
tastes of the two classes or maybe it
is just a discrimination between high
comedy, low comedy, and farce (page
Mr. Hayes) .

The inimitable Georgia Hunt (alias
Miss Hopkins) was discovered in a
corner of the library reading Emily
Post; consequently, her first reply to
the question was, "Oh, indeed! It
would be a breach of etiquette for me
to tell you the very funniest thing
that has happened, so I'll have to
think of something else!" Then in a
library tone of voice interspersed with
hushed giggles she described the de-
lightful effects upon Hazel Solomon
of a pie-bed manufactured by Ann
Enloe, Helen Carson, and herself.

Shirley Armentraut's funniest inci-
dent was likewise rather boisterous, as
she gave a hilarious account of the
time that Eleanor Lewis, Jean and
Lib Williams pushed each other into
the fishpond to the mutual delight of
everyone concerned.

Evidently, Eloise McCall is a prac-
tical joke lover, too, for her humor-
ous contribution was a description of
the wa\ in which a practical joke
turned out to be impractical to Mickey
Warren and herself. It seems that one
night Eloise and Mickey playfully im-
planted alarm clocks set for 3 A. M.
on the outside window ledges of sev-
eral rooms on first floor Inman. The
alarms went off in proper fashion, but
Eloise and Mickey have not seen their
clocks since that day.

Eleanor Hutchens chuckled as she
told of something that happened in
Vespers. Everybody was quiet as Mr.
Holt prayed for a "voice from heaven
to direct us in our ways," when sud-
denly Hannah's voice sailed down
from somewhere on third floor Rebe-
kah! Ernestine Cass was equally sur-
prised when she got a telephone call
from Miss Jackson one night. In a
plaintive voice Miss Jackson asked
that Ernestine tube the maid in Main
to come and unlock the day student
phone booth and let her out.

A range of activities wide as their
interests and varied as their personali-
ties will occupy members of the Ag-
nes Scott faculty this summer.

Dr. Arthur Raper, Acting Profes-
sor of Sociology, is planning a crowd-
ed program. Lie will take his family
to the beach in the early summer, teach
graduate courses at Atlanta Univer-
sity, and spend the month before col-
lege opens in making an observation
tour of government resettlement proj-
ects. He plans to travel through the
dust bowl, taking an estimate of the
value of rural rehabilitation work.

Miss Carrie Scandrett, Assistant
Dean, is chaperoning a group of Ag-
nes Scott girls on a European tour.
When interviewed, she gave all credit
for the idea to Mary Jane Tigert and
Alberta Palmour, who, she said, was
the originator of it.

Miss Narka Nelson, Assistant Pro-
fessor of Latin and Greek, although
she remains on this continent, will be
almost equally far from Decatur, for
she intends to spend her vacation at
La Jolla, California. La Jolla, situated
near San Diego, is an ideal place for
the holidays, according to Miss Nel-
son.

M. L. Fairly to Preside
Over '38 Mortar Board

The newly elected members of the
193 8 chapter of Mortar Board held
their first meeting last Wednesday
night in a joint session with the 1937
members. Five officers for next year
were chosen. They are: president,
Mary Lillian Fairly; vice-president,
Anne Thompson; secretary, Eliza
King; treasurer, Mildred Davis; and
Quarterly editor. Hortense Jones.

Rated by the New York Times as
"an uncommonly light-footed mystery
with originality," "Whistling in the
Dark," the latest production of the
Emory University Players, which will
be given on Friday night, May 7, at
8:40 in the Glenn Memorial Auditor-
ium, promises to be a thrilling and ex-
citing play.

The leading characters in the play
are Wally Porter, a crime novelist,
played by George Downing; and Toby
van Buren, Wally's fiancee, played by
Myrl Chafin of A~nes Scott's Black-
friars.

GAIETY, COLOR WILL DISTIN-
GUISH MAY DAY COSTUMES

(Continued from page 1, column 4)
garb to distinguish his evil self from
the unsuspecting lady. In his own
character, he wears a gorgeous, sweep-
ing silver cloak lined with scarlet.
Comus' grotesque crew are clothed in
bright, garish colors with collars and
cuffs of silver, while upon their heads
are the weird heads of animals, with
which their yielding to Comus' temp-
tation has endowed them.

The mortals in the spectacle include,
first of all, the lady, guarded by the
attendant spirit, enticed by Comus,
frightened and cheered by the bad and
good spirits, she makes her way
through the forest. A lady of rank,
she wears a gold satin gown with tight
waist and long,full skirt. The dress
is trimmed with broad white satin col-
lars and cuffs, and the lady carries a
gold satin bonnet with long ribbons.
The two brothers who accompany the
lady on the way to meet their father
and mother at Ludlow town, wear rich
suits in different colors, trimmed with
wide, white, lace-edged collars and
cuffs. The father wears a like suit of
gray, and the mother is clothed in
rose satin, with lace edged collar,
while her cap is of white lace.

The rustic characters in the spec-
tacle are numerous. The shepherdesses

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THE STYLE CENTER OF THE SOUTH

In accordance with their custom,
the Outing Club of Agnes Scott and
the Appalachian Trail Club of Deca-
tur went together on their annual all-
day trip in the mountains of north
Georgia on Sunday, May 2.

who dance on the village green at the
return of the wandering trio, wear
dresses of shimmering silk in blue,
pink, green, or yellow. They have
puffed sleeves and square necks, and
the skirts are looped into panniers
with bunches of real flowers tied with
gauze ribbon. The tumblers, or clown-
ish jesters, wear suits of dark green
with enormous collars and cuffs made
of strips of different bright colored
materials. Their caps are dark green
and close-fitting, with vari-colored
cockades. Their garments are hung
with bells at every possible point, and
their antics are much enlivened by the
gay jingling. The three sets of May
Pole dancers dance in circles around
the flower decked pole, and each set is
dressed differently. The girls of the
outermost group wear yellow dresses
with blue-dotted white panniers, while
their partners are dressed in yellow
smocks with blue collars and bows.
The girls of the next group are cos-
tumed in bright colored skirts with
pepl umed blouses in a variety of prints.
Their caps match their skirts and tie
in the back with saucy bows. The
boys of this group wear brown knee
trousers and brown coats with large
white collars. In the innermost group,
the girls have full green skirts with
bright appliqued flowers, black laced
bodices, and white blouses. Their caps
are white lined with the pink of their
skirt flowers.

In this lavish presentation of Mil-
ton's Comus, one may find, if not the
philosophy of the spoken version, cer-
tainly all the beauty and variety of
that first presentation at Ludlow Cas-
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For "Famous" Girls

According to Ruby Laney, Jane
Turner, Carolyn Forman, Mary Hol-
lingsworth, and Marjorie Boggs, the
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girls was inspired to reach this conclu-
sion by interesting events that have
happened in connection with their re-
cent appearance in print. Ruby Lan-
ey's adventures began last week when
she was hailed rather unceremoniously
by the Atlanta Journal snooping re-
porter. It seems that he wanted to
know if she was acquainted with a
"good, inexpensive hobby that is real-
ly different."

"My hobby is," smiled Ruby, "col-
lecting beautiful pieces of cloth. I've
been doing it since I was a child."

"If I can just get a piece of real
Chinese silk and a scrap of bark cloth
from the South Sea Islands, I'll be
happy."

Imagine Ruby's thrilled surprise the
next morning when she was called to
the day student telephone to hear a
sweet voice say, "I read about your
hobby in the paper, my dear; and I've
a piece of Chinese silk I want you to
have."

No less interesting was the experi-
ence of Jane Turner, Carolyn For-
man, and Mary Hollingsworth. The
day after the pictures of the three
class presidents appeared, each girl re-
ceived an anonymous grinny, glary
cartoon from an Emory medical stu-
dent.

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THE AGONISTIC

Down the long, long trail a-winding

A Monday night ago,
Ten active girls and Mutt

A-hiking we did go.
Oh!

Yes, yes to Coffee Hill with a cof-
fee pot and buns trailed these wealthy
girls (wealthy to the extent of 20
cents which hindered so many) and
Miss Wilburn. Hot dogs, apples,
equestrian-angels, and remarkable cof-
fee were enjoyed by all, not to men-
tion the simple mathematical riddles
enjoyed by all but Pussy, and which
we won't even mention for Pussy's
sake. However, the most delectable
events were rather obscure because
they happened at the old country well
when Flora and a companion fetched
the water for the coffee and
brought the well up in the bucket.
Likewise ludicrous was the enthusias-
tic pup following Mef and the same
companion Flora was ashamed of. The
pup was enjoying the synthetic scents
of sauer-kraut and condensed milk
while the two hungry, haggard hikers
labored vainly to throw his cute little
trail. A very funny sight to see.

Right under our aquiline noses is the
event of the year May Day. This
very day there's a big rehearsal and
everybody's going. (Most everybody's
in it, n'est-ce pas?) And here's a tip:
if you want to be in style on this
Comus set in fact, if you want to be
popular at all down there you'd bet-
ter have your costume ready and your-
self inside it. Anything else will be
inappropriate and completely scorned,
no matter how chic or new. Comus
Fleece is slinging a mean stick in May
Day Dell, and everybody's stepping to
his tune. But, y'know, as the story
goes "it Matthews nothing to June,"
and when she smiles her pure and
wholesome smile, Comus is crushed
and he Fleece.

And, now, before we leave you
let us ask you: if you hear anything
about the A. A. banquet, please let us
know. To be a great big affair, it has
the most obscure details available, vie-
ing with those of the ping-pong tour-
nament, which, for some obscure rea-
son, has become unusually quiet of
late. Yes, just recently. What's the
matter Stalker? O, we're so sorry;
you did ask us to remind you to pep
it up a bit, didn't you? We just for-
got.

And, O, yes, Stalker, accept unfath-
omable gratitude for assisting us with
the mite of verse at the top there. And
Mutt fo'gives all. She knows how dif-
ficult meter can be sometimes.

Meet Your Friends at

Cox's Prescription Shop

Between Paramount and Grand
Theaters, Atlanta

Seniors Register
For Instructing,
Commerieal Work

K.U.B. Elects Four
As New Officers

The seniors are being faced by
many important questions these days.
Besides examinations and engagements
and graduation, there is the question
of what to do next year. Most of
them are busy laying plans and decid-
ing what they really want. About
fifty have registered with Mr. Stukes
and talked over prospects of jobs with
him. Of these, sixteen want to go in-
to the business world, and fourteen
listed business as their first preference
and teaching as their second. There
were twelve who declared their pref-
erence for teaching only. These num-
bers are significant and seem to mark
a trend in employment. Up until re-
cent years, a majority of the graduat-
ing class who wanted jobs registered
for teaching, and there were very few
who preferred business. During the
past few years things have been
changing. At present many Agnes
Scott graduates work with the Retail
Credit Company and Southern Bell
Telephone in Atlanta. Others have
gone into some phase of advertising.

Only one girl wants to do social
service work, because the field for this
has become much smaller since the
government has stopped much of its
relief funds. Four girls are hoping to
go into some kind of church work,
preferably of a secretarial nature.

Two members of the senior class
have rather individual ideas of what
they hope to do next year. One is
still holding to her ambition of four
years standing. She wants to be an
archeologist and do research work in
the Indian Mounds below Macon.

National Classics Society
Honors Marie Merritt

In the thirteenth annual convention
of Eta Sigma Phi, honorary classical
society, held in Birmingham, Ala.,
April 22-24, Marie Merritt, treasurer-
elect of the Agnes Scott chapter, was
chosen national recording secretary of
the organization. She will fill the du-
ties of this office at the 193 8 conven-
tion in Columbus, Ohio, and will act
also as a member of the national ex-
ecutive committee during the coming
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K. U. B. elected the following as
officers for the coming year: Eliza-
beth Blackshear, president; Evelyn
Baty, first vice-president; Elsie West,
second vice-president; Marie Merritt,
secretary-treasurer. Birmingham seems
to be "the winner" in the K. U. B.
contest: Evelyn Baty and Enid Mid-
dleton tied for the five dollar prize
awarded for the best article written
to the home-town paper about the ac-
tivities of some student. Miss Chris-
tie, the faculty advisor, awarded the
prize.

Fifteen girls went with Betty Hol-
lis Sunday, April 26, to the woods be-
yond Clairmont on a Freshman Y. W.
C. A. retreat.

All the members of Bible Club were
present at the last meeting of Bible
Club of this year, which was held in
the Murphey Candler Building Mon-
day, May 3, at 4:30. Dr. J. R. Fan-
cher was the speaker.

Cotillion Club, with Nell Hemphill,
Frances Abbott, Charlotte Golden, and
Grace Tazewell as hostesses, entertains
tomorrow, May 6, in the Murphey
Candler Building.

Following is a corrected list of the
Eta Sigma Phi officers which was in-
correctly given in the last issue:
Prvtanis, Zoe Wells; Hyparchos, Elsie
Blackstone; Grammateus, Nell Alli-
son; Epistolographos, Mildred Davis;
Chrysophylax, Marie Merritt; and Py-
loras, Frances Lee.

Professor Entertains at Tea

Miss Catherine Torrance, Professor
of Greek, will give a tea at her home
on Clairmont Avenue on Friday, May
14, in honor of those seniors who are
Greek majors or minors. The guest of
honor for this year's tea will be Dr.
Gertrude Smith, acting head of the
Greek department of the University of
Chicago, who will visit with Miss Tor-
rance for several days.

Broadway Revue. Impromtu Speeches

Divert Agonistic Luncheon Guests

Those who attended the Agonistic
luncheon Saturday are still talking
about the peculiar behavior of three
very dignified seniors when called up-
on for impromptu speeches. After
several minutes of enthusiastic shouts
for the retiring editor, Laura Steele
rose and said simply, "The editor has
retired . . La belle esprit, Nellie
Margaret Gilroy, overcome by hunger
or timidity offered these few words,
"Having been duly fed ... I have
nothing to say." And June Matthews,
when called upon, actually crawled
under the table and stayed there for
the rest of the time.

However, members of the new staff
showed no such cowardly hearts. Hor-
tense Jones waxed poetical and gave
this toast to her predecessor:
"An editor who was named Laura
Asked for stories on time, to her sor-
row;

The reporters in chorus

Responded, 'you bore us;'

We'll get them in on tomorrow!"

Marie Merrit followed suit with
this toast to Kathryn Bowen Wall:
"Hear the plight of Kathryn Wall;
Aggie stock has had a fall;

Even this manager's good business
head

Couldn't keep Aggie from being
well-read!"

Mary McCann Hudson toasted
Frances Cary with:
"Frances Cary

Quite contrary

Tell how your paper appears

With features cute

And columns astute.

But alas! It has no ears!"
And Mary Frances Guthrie, not to
be outdone, turned to June Matthews
with this:

"Roses, commencement, and June
Can't make up for the lack of this

boon;
A big bold Bodoni
W hose count isn't phoney
That's all that Matthews to June!"
The last of the entertainment con-
sisted of a Six Star Revue direct from
Broadway. Its three acts consisted in
a burlesque tap number by the "Love
Boyds," Hassell and Erwin; a French
torch singer from Paree, Suzy Aud-
rain; and a dramatic interpretation of
the Highway Man (with sound ef-
fects) by Stalker, Kneele, and Taylor.

Harper's Bazaar Holds
Snapshot Contest to
Discover Style Tastes

Eager to know what college girls
think about fashions in general and
college fashions in particular, Harper's
Bazaar is staging a contest, closing
June 18, for the best snapshots of col-
lege fashions. These snapshots will be
printed in the August issue of the
magazine, and the winner will be
awarded an Eastman Kodak Bantam
Candid Camera. The next four prizes
are Kodak Vallenda Candid Cameras.
There is no limit on the number of
snapshots that may be submitted by
each student.

Dr. Christian U ill Study
At Harvard University

Dr. Schuyler M. Christian, Profes-
sor of Physics and Astronomy, will
spend the summer at Harvard Univer-
sity, continuing the study of elect i l-
eal properties of solution which he lias
pursued during the past three sum-
mers, as research assistant to Professor
Grincll Jones. Their most recent find-
ings have just been published in the
Journal of the American Chemical
Society, the article being entitled:
"The Viscosity of Aqueous Solutions
of Electrolytes as a Function of the
Concentration. V. Sodium Chloride. M

Mrs. Christian and Sarah will ac-
company Mr. Christian to Cambridge.

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VOL. XXII

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1937

NO. 22

Rev. W. M. Elliott, Jr., Speaks Dr. McCain Awards Dr. J.J. Tigert Discusses Place

At Baccalaureate Ceremony

Delivered by
REV. W. M. ELLIOTT, JR.,
Pastor, Druid Hilk Presbyterian
Church, Atlanta, on
Sunday, June 6.

Text: rr Dai id sen ed his own gen-
eration by the will of God." Acts
13:36.

Can you imagine anything finer
than that being said about anybody?
Is there anything you'd rather have
some historian say about you? You
see, David served his generation. He
did not merely pass through it. He
made his own peculiar contribution
to it. Edna Ferber, in her novel Cim-
arron, makes one of her characters
say that some people make the world,
and the rest just come along to live in
it. How is it with you graduates?
Are you going to serve your genera-
tion, or are you just going to live
in it? Ate you sincerely wanting
to put back into life a little more
than you take out?

One thrills at the thought of what
the thousands of young people grad-
uating this summer from college
could mean to this generation. Minds
well disciplined, tastes and apprecia-
tions heightened, skills developed,
idealism running high my soul! if
we could harness all that, think what
it could mean!

It may be that some of you have
no thought of serving your genera-
tion. You expect to feed on it; to
squeeze out of it all the sweetness you
can. You intend to cash in on your
college training and be a private suc-
cess. Most of you, however, believe
that opportunity creates responsibil-
ity, that he who has freely received
should freely give, and so, you have
made it the ruling passion of your
lite to serve well your generation.

But this you cannot do effectively
until you have ascertained what your
generation supremely needs. You will
agree, I think, that it does not need
more mechanical devices. We have
more of the scientific means of living
now than men know what to do with.
Dr. Halford Luccock says that we
might well rewrite our Stevenson
thus: "The world is so full of a num-
ber of things, I'm sure we should all
watch out lest they cave in on us and
smother us." No, our generation does
not need more things, but it is starv-

{Con tinned on page 4, column 1)

W. M. ELLIOTT

Phi Beta Kappa
Recognizes Five

Commencement
Honors

-Courtesy Atlanta Journal.

Scribe Draws Up
Will for Seniors

The principal awards of the forty-
eighth commencement exercises were
as follows:

The Hopkins Jewel, in honor of Miss
Nannette Hopkins, given to Julia
Thing, of Asheville, N. C.

Collegiate Scholarship Full tuition,
given to Mildred Davis, Orlando,
Fla.j for the second time. Honorable
mention for Miss Elsie Blackstone.

Rich Prize Fifty dollars from
Rich's of Atlanta for the freshman
making the best record:

Given to Eva Ann Pirkle, Atlanta.
Honorable mention: Antoinette Sledd
and Florence Sledd.

Art Scholarship Given
Wyatt, Easley, S. C.

Piano Scholarship Given
Hemphill, Petersburg, Va.

Voice Scholarship Given
ginia Kyle, Charleston, W. Va.

Speech Scholarship Jeanne Flynt,
Decatur, Ga.

Richard DeBury Book Award Eliz-
abeth Warden, Decatur, Ga.

Laura Candler Prize in Mathemat-
ics Mildred Tilly, Decatur, Ga.

Morley Medal in Mathematics Lou
Pate, Newbern, Tenn.

Graduation With High Honor
Based on full college record:

(Continued on page 2, column 3)

to

to

Jane
Nell

Vir-

Of Women in Past and Present

Announcement of the election to
Phi Beta Kappa of Elizabeth Espy,
June Matthews, Enid Middleton, Julia
Thing, and Kathryn Wall was made in
chapel last Friday. Professor Philip
Davidson, president of the local chap-
ter, made the announcement.

Initiation of the new members was
held Saturday; afterwards there was a
banquet in the Alumnae Tea House.

By Laura Steele
We, the senior class of Agnes Scott
College, in this the year of our Lord,
nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, be-
ing of sound enough mind to receive
the approbation of the faculty for
graduation, being of skeptical enough
mind to suspect their unanimous agree-
ment, and being of disposing enough
mind in accordance with this agree-
ment to join the Alumnae Association,
do make this our last will and testa-
ment, hereby revoking and annulling
all others, by us heretofore made.

1. We desire and direct that our
memory be preserved in a decent,
Christianlike manner, provided we do
not stumble on the footstool at Com-
mencement tomorrow.

2. We desire and direct that our
spirit of humanitarianism, guided by
Alice Hannah, be remembered through
Out recommendation that the next
Greater Agnes Scott campaign contain
provisions for the housing of the lean
and hungry cats which roam at will
through Rebekah Scott.

More specifically, we, the individ-
ual members of the class, do bequeath
the following:

I, Eloisa Alexander, do give and bc-
Iqueath to Winifred Kellersberger my
unsuppressed desire to go to sleep dur-
ing Mortar Board meetings.

1, Frances Belford, do give, be-
queath, and devise to Mutt Fite and
Flora McGuire the air they let out of
my tires.

I, Michelle Furlow, and I, Faxic
(Continued on page 5, column 1)

Pate Scores 427
In Archerv Event

The Agnes Scott College archery
team placed fortieth in the eighth an-
nual inter-collegiate telegraphic tour-
nament entered by eighty-eight college
teams this spring. Lou Pate led the
Agnes Scott team with a national A
rating score of 427, the highest score
that has ever been made on the cam-
pus; Frances Cary and Emma McMul-
len were given C ratings with scores
of 3 12 and 319 respectively. The
other members of the team are Eliza-
beth Davis, Winifred Kellersberger,
Man Rogers, Ailcen Shortley, and Es-
telle Cuddy.

College Receives
Resignations of
Fo u r Professo rs

Resignations of Miss Louise McKin-
ney, professor of English; Dr. Mary
Sweet, resident physician and profes-
sor of hygiene; Mrs. Lucy Goss Her-
bert, instructor in chemistry; and
Miss Mary Vardell, instructor in biol-
ogy, have been announced by Dr. Mc-
Cain, to go in effect this next term.

Miss McKinney, who is retiring from
active service, will be professor of
English emerita; her work is to be
taken over by Miss Virginia Pretty-
man. Dr. Sweet will be professor of
hygiene emerita and will serve here in
an advisory capacity. Taking her place
as resident physician, and acting as
associate professor of hygiene, is Dr.
Florence L. Swanson, staff physician
at the Pratt hospital in Baltimore for
the past three years. Dr. Swanson took
her bachelor's degree at the University
of Washington and her medical degree
at the University of Oregon.

Miss Mary Walker, '3 6, is to fill the
vacancy left in the chemistry depart-
ment.

Miss Martha Crowe, instructor in
French, is taking a year's leave of ab-
sence; her place is to be filled by Miss
Virginia Gray, a graduate of Agnes
Scott. Since her graduation, Miss
Gray has studied at the University of
Illinois, and for the past three years
has been teaching at a mission school
in the Belgian Congo.

J. J. TIGERT

Courtesy Atlanta Journal.

Class Looks Back
On Eventful Past

By Lucile Dennison and
Mary Elizabeth Morrow

Whereas we eighty-five remain the
sole survivors of four years of intense
strain and activity;

Whereas we stand black robed, clear
eyed, with daisies in our hands eager
to meet the world;

Whereas it is customary for those
approaching the cross roads of life to
indulge in tearful reminiscences;

Whereas we wish to perform out-
last service to those who follow in
our foot-steps;

Therefore, we, the class of 1937,
hereby dig up and divulge our past
that we may be shining examples of
what to be, or not to be. We hereby
rattle our skeletons at you. Let us
consider in true historical fashion the
record of this class politically, eco-
nomically, socially, and culturally.

Our political development has been
accomplished under the administration
of two capable leaders Isabel McCain
and Martha Summers, who remains as
our life president. We were early
forced to combine as a party to meet
the traditional two party system of
Freshmen vs. Sophomores. Our astute
and wily opponents tried to win us
over by proposing a bill for alleviating
the suffering of the lower classes
that well known N. R. A. bill, No
Ratting Allowed. But we continued
unappeascd a struggle which reached
its climax in the contest for the Black
Cat. The product of our innocent and

(Continued on page 5, column 4)

Gilroy, Being En Route to Vie in Olympic Games ,

Discloses Fates of Her Daring Fellow Classmates

By Nellie Margaret Gilroy
Dearest "Try-try-again":

Through that exceedingly effective
though rather undependable process of
the grape-vine method it has come to
my attention that you are at present
faced with grave disaster that like
America, according to all of the debat-
ers and chapel speakers of 1934-3 5-36
and 37, you are in peril My dear,
just because your teachers insist upon
cutting their classes, don't give up the
ship. As to your other worries, I am
confident that your term paper on "to
see or not to sec" or "what price tele-
vision?" is going to be Brooksonian in

length, Wright-ous in eloquence, and
as unique as the new 5th dimension
special chapeau which I hear Miss
Jackson has substituted for that most
celebrated headgear which in another
day proudly bore the fifty-seven vari-
eties and which constituted the moti-
vating force for one of the most heart-
rending arias ever formulated by the
human soul. Perk up, old deah, in
spite of the double quarter system, in
spite of Miss Smith's dismal diagnosis
of your case that yours is a curious
situation, be confident with her that
as is true of the problems of history,
both ancient and modern it will work
itself out. Of course you're going to

graduate! Don't let delusions of fail-
ure (see Conklin, Introduction to Ab-
normal Psychology, for a comparison
and contrast with delusions of perse-
cution and grandeur) consume you.
Look to the past for inspiration to go
on.

Surely you remember the case of
Anna Brooks Spivey, the girl who al-
ways attended receptions via the back
door and who is now having said pain-
ful affairs conducted throughout the
countrv in her honor as the celebrated
author of a 160,000 word volume, the
first installment of a serial fascinat-
ingly titled "Wake Up and Write a

(Continued on page 2, column 1)

Delivered by
DR. J. J. TIGERT,
President, University of Florida,
Gainesville, Fla., on Tues-
day, June 8.

tr Love gilds the scene and women
guide the plot." Sheridan.

From the inception of human rela-
tions man's welfare, from the cradle
to the grave, has depended upon wo-
man. True manhood, great and gen-
erous, has always acknowledged this
fact. There is scarcely a towering fig-
ure of history who does not attribute
his success to woman either to
mother, wife, sweetheart, or friend.
Naturally, the mother comes in for
the lion's share of acknowledged cred-
it. Lincoln and Lee, the two trans-
cendently great figures of our Civil
War period the former in civil af-
fairs, the latter in military affairs
by strange coincidence made almost
identical statements. Said the Great
Emancipator, "All that I am and all
that I ever hope to be, I owe to my
sainted mother." Said the illustrious
Leader of the Gray, "All that I am, I
owe to my mother."

It is true that man, in his baser mo-
ments, may forget the source of his
life, happiness and success, and in his
selfishness may sometimes perpetrate
the grossest atrocities even upon wo-
man. Nero became the symbol of all
that is hellish and foul by ruthlessly
taking his own mother's life. The
frailty of man sometimes leads him
to vaunt his own self-sufficiency and
pass his failures to the shoulders of
the weaker sex. Adam inaugurated
this vogue in the Garden of Eden.
When upbraided for his sins, by his
Creator, he replied: "The woman

(Continued on page 3, column 1)

New Regulations
To be in Effect

Senior chaperonage on dates, revised
under-classman social privileges and ex-
tension of time limit for dates at night
from 11:00 to 11:45 are some of the
more important regulations made at
the final meeting of the Administra-
tive Committee, May 24.

Before spending the night off cam-
pus a student must have filed in the
Dean's office an invitation from her
hostess, preferably in writing, but if
necessary, by telephone to the Dean's
office.

Juniors and seniors may ride to and
from a destination unchaperoned with
a date until 11:4$ p. in. every night
except Sund.n .

A limited number of seniors will be
chosen as chaperons. They may chap-
eron only on dates.

Students may return from dances
on Saturday night until 12:30. Sen-
iors and juniors may return with dates.
Freshmen and sophomores must be
chaperoned.

No allowances will be made in time
limit, such as the extra twenty min-
utes from Atlanta or five minutes
from Decatur, but time limit will be
set definitely each week and students
will be expected to return at the exact
hour specified.

Freshman and sophomore social
privileges have been revised along a
graduated system, privileges increasing
each quarter.

Seniors Elect Summers
And Kin**; as Officers

Martha Summers was elected life
president of the senior class and Mary
King, secretary, at a recent class meet-
ing. Martha has been president for the
past two years.

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THE AGONISTIC

Agonistic

Laura Steele Editor-in-Chief Kathryn Wall. Business Manager

Frances Carv

June Matthews
Editorial Staff

Enid Middleton

Rachel Kennedy Mary King

A & i ertisin 2 Solieitors

Assistants

ENHANCES W ilson, Sarah Johnson, Alice Hannah, Cornelia Christie,
Ruth Slack, Mary McCann Hudson, Caroline Carmichael, Letty
McKay.

Visitors From Many States
Attend Commencement Events

The stream of Commencement vis-
itors began to trickle across the cam-
pus Friday when Mr. and Mrs. G. H.
Cairns, of Gainesville, Fla., arrived for
Lucille's graduation; and Mrs. J. L
McCain, of Due West, S. C, came for
her granddaughter, Isabel's. Saturday
saw Mrs. R. B. Belser, of Sumter,
S. C; Mrs. T. M. Espy, Frances,
Robert, and Collier, from Dothan,
Ala.; Mrs. U. H. Hannah, Mary Ann,
and Margaret, from Cass, W. Va.;
Mrs. Victor Hollis and Janie, from
Sautee, Ga.; the Buchholzes from
Gainesville, Fla.; Mr. and Mrs. A. G.
Estes, of Gay, Ga.; Mrs. Royston Jes-
ter, of Lynchburg; and Mrs. J. Paul
Stephens, of Augusta.

Sunday the stream increased in vol-
ume as the following parents and
friends of graduates arrived: Mr. and
Mrs. F. P. Gracey, Sarah Bright, and
Robert, from Augusta; Mr. and Mrs.
C. M. Britt, from Asheville; Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Morrow and Jimmy, from
Albemarle, N. C; Mr. and Mrs. H. H.
Willis, Hugh, Cornelia, and Alice,
from Culpepper, Va.; Mr. and Mrs.
W. L. Johnson and Sarah's grandmoth-
er, Mrs. W. T. Johnson, Sr., from
Washington, Ga.; Mr. and Mrs. B. B.
Jackson, from Charlotte; Mrs. J. J.
Tigert and Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Tigert,
Jr., coming from Miami; Mrs. W. T.
Belford, Lee, Robert, William, and
Harold, from Savannah, as well as
I ranees' aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs.

J. T. Barnett, from Jonesborough, Ga.

Monday came Mrs. P.. F. Kirkpat-
rick and Jean's sister, Mrs. A. M. Hen-
derson, from Anderson, S. C; Mrs.
Harry L. Watson, Louise, and Eliza-
beth, from Greenwood, S. C; Mr. and
Mrs. M. E. Perry and Mary's aunts,
Mrs. J. H. and H. A. Dorsey, and her
cousins, Elise and Geraldine Dorsey,
from Nashville; Mr. and Mrs. A. S.
Richardson, from Washington, Ga.;
Mrs. L. H. Cary, Mary, Henry, and
Frances' aunt, Mrs. W. N. Miller, from
Greenville; Dr. and Mrs. R. M. Ken-
nedy, of Newberry, S. C; Mr. J. Paul
Stephens, of Augusta; Mr. and Mrs.
Neill G. Stevens, of Huntsville, Ala.,
with Faxie's brother, Neill, and her
friend, Martha Moore.

Tuesday the stream of out-of-town
visitors thinned as only Mr. and Mrs.
W. M. Furlow, of Albany, Ga., and
fathers arriving at the last minute
Dr. Tigert, Mr. Kirkpatrick, and Mr.
Jester arrived.

Commuters for graduation events
throughout the week-end included not
only Atlanta friends and relations but
also Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Johnson and
Ben, of Lithonia. Mrs. O. F. Wilson,
Frances' mother, came from Rockford,
III., to sec senior opera and May Day
and remained here for commencement.
She has been commuting every day
from her room on South Candler.

Prophet Foresees
Fu t u re Surprises

{Continued from page 1, column 4)

Term Paper" or "Flow to Influence
Professors with a Sixty-Page Dis-
course." Her popularity is said to
equal that of that exponent of charm
and personality, Miss Alice Taylor,
whose admonition to consume more
and better radishes, a reported retalia-
tion to her lively competitors the ad-
vocates of raw carrots are daily
bringing bet in more fan mail than is
delivered to Mary Perry, the Garbo of
our era the woman whose cough,
like the shot at Bunker Hill, has been
beard 'round the world, and to Dotty
Lee, the Mane Rose of modern jour-
nalism the one upon whose altar the
aspirations of young hearts are poured
out and the one who because of the
fifty-seven calls that were never re-
ported to her, knows the unfeeling
knocks of the hard cruel world. And
to what docs Miss Spivey attribute her
success not to cocoa malt, not to
whe.n ies, not even to correspondence
lessons but simply to the fact that Kofi
accomplished her irksome duties and
graduated fully conscious that all good
things must come to an end even
term papers, believe it or not.

My truest test of woman's worth,
my surest test of noble birth almost
prohibits me from adding the personal
touch here, but I do feel that .in ap-
preciation of my own predicaments
will aid vou in taking the bull by the
horns or whatever you do with the ex-
ceedingly nasty things. Surely you
realize the fact that it was the last
week of my college career that put me
w here I am today. As Lincoln would
saw all that 1 ever was or ever hope
to be 1 attribute to my swimming.
Had I not, after four years of dreaded
phobias and obsessions concerning pink
octopi and wicked Syllabi (not the
Bible 101 Variety, however), at long

last (to use a phrase that is fit for a
king) by a sheer force of will plus the
gentle but firm persuasions of a legi-
timately annoyed gym department,
grappled with the deep, learning the
back stroke in fifteen minutes, I would
not be pursuing the brilliant aquatic
career that has since been mine. As
you know, I've been all wet ever since,
and now, as a result of my endeavors,
1 am spending this week representing
America at the Olympics in Istanbul,
the name of which Laura Steele, the
now renowned torch singer whose ren-
ditions of "Good News" and "That's
the Sweetest Story Ever Reported"
have made her the toast of Broadway
a real and threatening rival to that
hot-cha harmony team the sisters of
the frying pan, composed of Michelle
Furlow and Faxie Stevens, whose in-
terpretation of the "Star-bangled Ban-
ner" as it was originally produced in
the humble beginnings of the pair on
third Rebekah is so stirring that even
Annie Laura Galloway, the frivolous
dolly, is moved to tears, tears which
would be more profuse only by the
addition of the equally lyric voice of
one Isabel McCain, who is quite fre-
quently the star attraction of Popera
comique (for pronunciation of which
take French 2 5 7) as I said before in-
terrupting myself with the comment
upon contemporary civilization 1 am
in Istanbul, the name of which Laura
once defined on a European history
test as "the Sultan of Morocco"
which only goes to show that even the
great have had humble beginnings.

To get back to the point, if anv. I.
as a result of my aquatic endeavor in |
that trying week of May 28-June 8, |
1937, am now having a wonderful
time here at the Olympics. My trip on }
the way over was most interesting. My 1
first experience with the ocean brought
a frequent companionship and hence
mutual admiration society between
me and the ship's doctor Dr. Willis,
an individual whose hair was the color

dr. McCain awards

commencement honors

(Continued from page 1, column 3)
Frances Cary, Greenville, S. C.
Lucile Dennison Atlanta, Ga.
Elizabeth Espy, Dothan, Ala.
Isabel McCain, Decatur, Ga.
Enid Middleton, Birmingham, Ala.
Pauline Moss, Royston, Ga.
Kathryn Printup, Atlanta, Ga.
Rachel Shamos, Atlanta, Ga.

Mary Fairfax Stevens, Huntsville,
Ala.

Mildred Tilly, Decatur, Ga.
Frances Wilson, Rockford, III.
Mrs. Kathryn Bowen Wall, Atlanta,
Ga.

Graduation With Honor Based on
full college record:

Louise Faye Brown, Atlanta, Ga.

Anne Cox, Atlanta, Ga.

Charline Fleece, Atlanta, Ga.

Nellie Margaret Gilroy, Atlanta, Ga.

Sarah Johnson, Washington, Ga.

June Matthews, Atlanta, Ga.

Marv Elizabeth Morrow, Albemarle,
N. C.

Brooks Spivey, Atlanta, Ga.

Laura Steele, Atlanta, Ga.

Martha Summers, Atlanta, Ga.

Julia Thing, Asheville, N. C.

Senior Honors Based on the record
of the session 1936-1937 only:

Frances Cary, Greenville, S. C.

Ann Cox, Atlanta, Ga.

Lucile Dennison, Atlanta, Ga.

Elizabeth Espy, Dothan, Ala.

Nellie Margaret Gilroy, Atlanta, Ga.

Sarah Johnson, Washington, Ga.

Jean Kirkpatrick, Anderson, S. C.

June Matthews, Atlanta, Ga.

Enid Middleton, Birmingham, Ala.

Pauline Moss, Royston, Ga.

Isabel McCain, Decatur, Ga.

Rachel Shamos, Atlanta, Ga.

Brooks Spivey, Atlanta, Ga.

Laura Steele, Atlanta, Ga.

Marv Fairfax Stevens, Huntsville,
Ala.

Julia Thing, Asheville, N. C.
Mildred Tilly, Decatur, Ga.
Frances Wilson, Rockford, 111.
Mrs. Kathryn Bowen Wall.

of the chapel seats and who was fre-
quently to be seen scurrying about the
decks with coathangers as yet unre-
moved from her sweater. One of the
happiest of my boat experiences was
my acquaintanceship with four very
delightful maiden ladies whose com-
mon bond seemed to be some bitter
cynicism involving the opposite sex.
These rather thwarted individuals,
who, although they became such close
friends with me that I was soon quite
nonchalantly calling them Charline,
Mary Alice, Margaret, and Frances
Mac, never revealed the source of their
complexes to me, but from casual con-
versation guided by my prying spirit
and analytical mind, I gathered that
oh horror of horrors I don't know
whether I should make such a damn-
ing revelation to one so young and un-
disillusioned they, to use the language
of the streets, had been jilted. Pitiful
to relate, I found out later from the
ship's gracious hostess, Nell Scott, that
this trip was their last mad fling be-
fore retiring to a nunnery to exhibit
their grief and therein to devise a suit-
able vendetta.

Sharing my interest and curiosity in
these derelicts of humanity was the
representative of the southern division
of the A. A. P. A. A. U. W., the
American Association for the Preven-
tion of the American Association of
Universuv Women, Miss Mary Jane
Tigert, who except for occasional un-
intelligible mutterings concerning V.
f. and Robert's Rules of Order, had
quite a gay time entertaining all of us
in parties, a custom she retained from
her college days when she once in her
hospitality went so far as to entertain
an idea for the editor of the handbook.
What some people will do for popu-
larity's sake! At one of these frolic- i
some affairs, I had the occasion to meet
a real blue-blood, my deah, an honest-
to-goodness one of the old nobilitv
Count Me In, no other than the direct
descendant of Ah-men's famous rival,'
Count Me Out. As charming as his
talk of the gondoliers and moonlight
and the scent of fresh Italian flowers
was that of his wife, a former Miss |
Sarah Johnson, whose interest in the
President's recent efforts to balance
the budget was extraordinary. From

Engagements are Announced
At Annual Trustee Luncheon

The following engagements and
marriages were announced last Satur-
day at the trustees' luncheon:
Faculty

Mary Linda Vardell, to Ellison
Smythe, of Lexington, Virginia, on
August 12.

1926

Helen Hermance, to William James
Kilgour of Winston-Salem, June 11.
1930

Alice McDonald to Al Barton Rich-
ardson of Atlanta, June 26; Raemond
S Wilson, to Hardin Craig, Jr., of Stan-
ford, Cal.

1931

Ruth Peck, to William Anderson
Smith, this summer.

1932

Judy Blundell, to Eric Adler, of
New York City, in June.

1933

Catherine Happoldt to Jimmy Jep-
son of Decatur, in July; Sarah Hew-
lett, to William Thomson Johnson, in
June; Jura Taffar, to George Cole, of
Decatur, June 19; and Eugenia Nor-
ris, to Robert S. Hughes, of Greer, S.
C, in August.

1934

Johnnie May York, to Douglas
Rumble, of Atlanta, June 26.

1935

Grace Robinson, to Howard Wvnn,
of Avondale Estates, in June; and
Marv Summers, to Dr. Curtis 1 ang-
horne, of Emory U., June 3.

1936

Bazalyn Cole\ , to Clyde Howard
Myatt, ot Atlanta, this summer; Helen
Handte, to Lt. Jack Morse, of the Air
Corps, U. S. N., June and Marx

'Walker, to William C. I'ox, of \tl.m-
ta, July.

1937

Charline Fleece, to James Haver-
stadt, of Atlanta, July 10; Margaret
Hansell, to James Potter, of Atlanta,
no date; Mary Alice New ton. to I lis -
tace Bishop, of Decatur, October; and
Alice Taylor, to Ensign Robert Wil-
cox, U. S. Coast Guard Squad, June

19.

1938

Jacqueline McWhite, to Joseph IV
James, of Gainesville, 1 la., June S.

all I could gather, the Count goes in
for gold diggers, since he seems to
have been quite enamoured of one Dot
Jester, another exponent of pecuniary
interests a girl who now, in the face
of the failure of her European trip as
far as practical results go, is setting
| up, they tell me, a rival establishment
to Lloyds of London, employing as
her chief accountants the mathemati-
cal, logarithmical Florence Little, Eu-
la Turner, Jessie Williams, Mildred
Tilly, and Jane Estes.

The romantic atmosphere for the
party was set by the count and by
beautiful aesthetic dancing rendered
by the renowned Martha Johnson and
Ellen O'Donnell, of the Ballet Russc,
whose talents along the lines of grace
and poise were first exposed in a dar-
ing daisy chorus of which they were
both an integral part. A counter-act-
ing air of the intellectual was fur-
nished by the presence of Mary Willis,
the eminent Shakespeare scholar, who
is, by her startling research in the
Elizabethan material, fast prompting
the critic to exclaim, "Who was that
guy Stoll, anyway?"

Stimulating discussion which re-
sulted almost in blows was instigated
by Edith Belser, the proud possessor of
intellectual curiosity who insisted that
Hamlet was suffering from manic-de-
pressive psychosis. The quarrel be-
tween the scholar and the psychoanaly-
sist was soon settled, however, by the
intervention of a citizen of Cass, West
Virginia, who, because she, at the ten-
der age of seniorhood in college, was
told by a charm lady that she could
never be president of her club, decided
to compensate for this by giving her
life to the field of international coop-
eration. Accompanied by an expert on
conversational Spanish, Mary Lib Mor-
row, and Evelyn Wall, a student of
French, Miss Hannah was planning to
tour the countryside of Europe, mak-
ing the hills resound with her cry of
"we need cooperation."

Not only were the people in the
boat interesting but some of the fa-
cilities, particularly the library, were
certainly gratifying. The keepers for
the sanctuary of the spirits were two
charming girls, Rose Northcross and
Dot Cabiness, who, it is said, from
their early college days, showed .in in-
satiable love for such procedures as
keeping chairs in place, collecting tees
from glaring and insulted individuals,
dusting books, and above all keeping
the tranquility of the spot intact. So
eager are the two to maintain .i spirit
of neatness that they have improv ised
a system whereby all coats and lunches
must be kept in the outer cloak room
and to see that this rule is effective
they have employed the services of
Katherinc Maxwell, another intense-
lover of library technique.

\l\ deah, you'll never guess whom
1 saw down in the annals of the library
whose walls, by the way, were painted
cither by Leonardo da Vinci or the
immortal Lucile Barnett, 1 couldn't
decide which. Whom should I behold

but two old friends of college years,
Frances Cary and Rachel Kennedy,

Frances, unencumbered with social
reports, strangely enough, was fairly

reveling with unholy glee m a dust
covered economics document. So chal-
lenged had she been by the compelling
statistics of Mr. Wright's course that
she had resolved at all costs to give
her life to the study of the psycholog
Leal and statistical business cycle m

volved in the scientific manufacture
and consequent sale of fingernail pol
ish to deaf and dumb people. 1 ler e\-
roommatc sat near her desperately out-
lining a lecture on "How to Look and
How To Be Looked At" which she
was planning to give the ship's wall
flowers missionary society meeting to

be held in the stateroom of Mary

Kneale, a pitiful little invalid who was

going to Europe in order to regain the

fortitude that was hers before she
roomed with Mane Stalker.

Equally as thrilled was I when I
found that the book of the week on
display was The Aurora So What?
published by the famous Kitty Jones
Corporation and written by Elizabeth
Espy, a poet who puts Mill.n ami Rob
inson in the class with senior opera
lyricists a poet whoso letters to her
friend, Mary Buchhol/, .i rising trans
lator of such stirring phrases as "Whan
that Aprille with his shoures Mite,"
etc, will rate with those ot the Keats
and Shelley collections, letters over
which Mary Johnson, who invariably
wept during the reading of tragic-
books in freshman English, will shed
gallons of tears.

Well, I Suppose you think th.it the
boat must have sunk or something,
but I really did get to the Olympics
after so long a time. 1 was not sur-
prised to sec that Fannie B. 1 Ian is, an
efficiency expert of the first order,
was managing affairs quite beautifully
with the help of Margaret Watson,
who in her publicity endeavors, seemed
to spend much time calling down
curses upon that tribe of humans
known as photographers and her most
efficient journalistic co-workers, ( or
nelia Christie, I'm id Middleton, and
Martha I lead.

Really, "Try-try-again," you would
have been thrilled to the very marrow
if you could have seen the ability, the
skill and the spirit which the partici-
pants showed in the actual games.

Cecelia Baird was .i most graceful
sprinter, while the football of hale and
hearty Frances Wilson and Enid Mid-
dleton certainly equalled their ment.il
gymnastics of college days. The game
of' hopscotch w hich I en.i Sweet played
was nothing short of phenomenal while
Julia Thing's dexterity at Tiddlcdi-
wmks was breath-taking. Isabel Rich
ardson, without the slightest display
of effort, captured .ill honors in the
field of fast talking and Lucile Denni-
son surpassed all her competitors in
her loudness and longness of laugh
The climax ot the spectacle occurred
when amid wild cheers from the tccm-
(Con tinned <tn jni^e 5, (olumn 3)

THE AGONISTIC

3

Speaker Attributes Leadership in Home, School, Church to Women

{Continmd from page L, column 5)

whom Thou gavest to be with me,
she gave me of the tree, and I did
eat."

It is true that poor Eve passed her
responsibility to the serpent, but this
did not excuse the ungenerous ego-
tism and cowardice of Adam in at-
tempting to place his own sin upon
the Creator and the woman who had
been given him as his helpmate.
Strickland Gillilan has said: "Ego-
tism is the anesthetic that nature
gives to deaden the pain of being a
fool. The most egotistical man that I
ever heard of was the man who sent
a telegram to his mother on his birth-
day congratulating her."

In our modern life we commonly
recognize the home, the church, and
the school as the most important un-
its in our social order and welfare.
By nature, temperament, and every
other condition, woman has borne the
major responsibilities of making, pre-
serving, and enriching the home. She
has not always been able to control
the size of the family, the place or the
resources which shall be available for
homebuilding, but nevertheless she
has gone, usually without complaint,
about her tasks to give, to protect,
and to foster the life of her offspring.
But woman's responsibility has not
been discharged alone in the home,
the most elemental of our social in-
stitutions, but in America she has
borne and bears more and more the
major burden of responsibility for the
church and the school. It is a matter
of common observation and com-
ment, attested by ministers, clergy-
men, and churchgoers everywhere,
that women are the most numerous
and constant attendants and partici-
pants in church activities.

Women Lead Education

The dependence of the school upon
woman is evidenced on the one hand
by the character of our teaching per-
sonnel, and on the other hand by the
kind of cooperation which the school
gets from the home. Of nearly a mil-
lion teachers in the schools of Amer-
ica, five-sixths of the elementary
teachers and two-thirds of the secon-
dary teachers are women. As a usual
thing the mother is much more inter-
ested in the progress, condition, and
results of the children's education
than the father. The sum total of in-
formation concerning a c h i 1 d's
schooling which the father often pos-
sesses is limited to the fact that the
child is in school. Some fathers know
more about the education, habits, and
character of the chauffeurs who drive
their cars than they do about the
teachers who teach their children.
Some things might be said in extenua-
tion of the father in that he is gener-
ally absorbed in the great task of
commercial or professional pursuits,
whereby the sustenance of the home,
the school, and the church is pro-
vided. Not infrequently absorbed in
the exciting and stimulating game of
making money or pursuing the will-
o'-the-wisp of public fame and power,
the father and the husband is indif-
ferent to the claims that our funda-
mental institutions legitimately have
upon him.

In the last years, the problems of our
institutional life have become more
difficult and complex. All institu-
tions have been subjected to the ne-
cessity of readjustment amid acute
and changing social and economic
conditions. Consider the home, for
example; one of my age can recall a
very different kind of home from
that which is common in America
today. In the American home of for-
mer days, it was unusual when the
family did not all sit down together
at mealtime and the absence of one
member was always keenly felt. In
the evening, father, mother and chil-
dren gathered about the fireside,
where much old-fashioned dogma
was dispensed and children were gen-
erally anchored in the security of pa-
rental influence. Today, it is seldom
that a family of any size is found
seated simultaneously either at the
table or in the evening by the fireside.

The glory of the great white way,
the lights of the cafe, the lure of the
motion picture, the speed of modern
living, have all conspired to disrupt
the old-fashioned American home.

The church also has suffered in the
changing social and economic order.
The motion picture, in the large city
especially, allied with the automobile,
the golf course, and other diversions
has conspired to undermine attend-
ance upon the church and has con-
verted a day, which was formerly
quite meditative and sometimes almost
lonesome, to one of great social activ-
ity and even noise and confusion. The
peaceful Sabbath, inherited by the
American from his British ancestors,
is being converted into the conti-
nental European Sabbath of pleasure
and activity.

Schools Face C risis

Finally, the school finds itself fac-
ing serious problems in a rapidly
changing society, though it has not
suffered in the same proportion as the
home and the church. In recent dec-
ades school attendance has multi-
plied at a greater rate than at any
similar period of our history and re-
markable strides have been made in
many directions. But the future of
the school is eternally and intermit-
tently threatened because of funda-
mental difficulties in financing. In
times of abundance, extravagance
does not run to schools. In periods of
depression and retrenchment, invari-
ably the schools are the first to feel
the pinch of economy.

Let me suggest how American wo-
men can be helpful amid such trying
conditions. It is futile to expect that
the old conditions will return. The
old American home will never come
back. The world will not stand still.
We are faced with constantly new
problems of adjustment. The auto-
mobile and other modern inventions
have had serious and deleterious ef-
fects upon our social and moral order
but they are here to stay until science
and discovery supersede them with
something still more efficient. There
are three avenues through which wo-
men may attack the manifold evils
that now beset us:

First, by organized effort.

Second, by full exercise of their
political and property rights.

Third, in some instances, by enter-
ing upon commercial, professional
and public careers.

Those women who happen to be
wives or mothers need not abandon
their primary obligations to the fam-
ily or seek careers if they are to con-
tinue as influential in the present sit-
uation as they were in the old-fash-
ioned home, but they must needs pool
their efforts. In the readjustment
which is taking place, it seems to me
that we shall have to organize to
make the community of the future
as safe as was the home of the past.
The world has been shrinking so fast
in recent decades that it is now
smaller than some of the larger na-
tions were at one time, and the com-
munity is relatively a smaller unit
than was the home in the old social
order. The formation of various wel-
fare and civic organizations by wo-

men, men, boys and girls can make
the community as wholesome and safe
as was the home in days gone by.
Those evils and forms of vice which
are a menace to social welfare have
become highly organized. Witness
the rapid rise of rackets and the wide-
spread growth of crime.

Let me illustrate by the motion
picture. The average person gets
nearly ninety per cent of his knowl-
edge through the eye. The celluloid
film is probably the most powerful
agency for social education which has
yet been devised. Had it been used to
inculcate morals and portray only de-
sirable and finer elements of life, it
is impossible to estimate what its
beneficient effect upon society would
have been. It is reported that the
weekly attendance at the motion pic-
ture theatres of this country is sev-
enty-five million. Of this number,
fifteen million are children. Through
personal contacts with leaders in the
motion picture industry, I can say
that it has been a definite policy of
the producers that interesting and
well made motion pictures shall not
be available to schools, churches and
clubs. It is apparent to all thoughtful
persons that pictures which have been
available to the public oftentimes
have tended to break down the moral
sanctions, undermine respect for the
marriage tie, and exert unwholesome
influence in many directions, not to
speak of the actual suggestion of
crime. There have, of course, been
pictures which have made powerful
appeals in behalf of the better in-
stincts. Unquestionably, they have
done much to improve an apprecia-
tion of the beautiful and occasionally
we see and hear a picture sermon as
eloquent as ever has been delivered
from a pulpit. Unfortunately, the
salacious and destructive type has
been more general. Perhaps, the re-
sponsibility for this rests finally upon
the American people and a failure to
patronize the better things.

Movies Show New Taste

One of the results of the highly or-
ganized nature of motion pictures is
that all theatrical entertainment is
now national. At a time, when the
stage was occupied by stock compan-
ies and traveling troupes, a different
type of show was found in the large,
congested centers and in the small
communities. Many of the latter
never had shows at all. Now the peo-
ple living in the most remote ham-
lets and wide-open spaces are fed
upon the same entertainment pabu-
lum as the densely populated areas
along Broadway, or in the Bronx, or
Harlem.

Under the system of blockbooking
and blind selling, owners of theatres
and exhibitors have little opportunity
to make a choice of pictures. They
are required to contract for the pic-
tures before they are made. Block -
booking and blind selling have been
made illegal in Great Britain. Under
the system now in vogue in the
United States exhibitors must accept
blocks of pictures in toto and sight
unseen. If rejected, they are faced
with cut-throat competition. The de-
plorable situation has been consider-

ably improved recently by organized
effort. In many towns and communi-
ties, women's organizations, particu-
larly, have undertaken to pass upon
the type of pictures which are exhib-
ited there. Obviously, if a sufficient
number of communities taboo pic-
tures of a peculiarly obnoxious type,
the time will come when pictures
which have been made to appeal to
elements in certain localities will not
be forced upon every community.
This is only one of many fields in
which organization is gradually being
met by organization.

Help lul Clubs Increase

The neglect of schools is being ef-
fectively approached through organi-
zation. Fifteen years ago, the national
membership of the Parent - Teacher
Association was less than one hun-
dred thousand. Today, this organiza-
tion alone numbers considerably more
than a million and there are few lo-
calities in which it is not actively at-
tempting to improve school condi-
tions. This year, the public schools
of Florida are receiving nearly twice
the financial support which they have
previously received from the state.
There is a deepened public interest
and concern for the schools. Organi-
zations like the American Legion,
which have actively sponsored the
cause of the schools have collaborated
with the Parent-Teacher Association,
women's clubs and other organiza-
tions in bringing about this improved
situation. There is no hope for our
schools that shines brighter than the
increasingly effective efforts of bod-
ies of women whose love, loyalty
and devotion to childhood will not
permit their being sacrificed on the
altar of greed and selfishness.

Woman has hardly begun to real-
ize rhe new power which has been
given to her. The dawn of the modern
era found her practically without
political, professional or property
rights. Woman's suffrage, first estab-
lished in New Zealand and Australia,
has now spread over northern Earope,
England and the United States. The
conquest of the ballot was accompan-
ied by professional recognition and
vastly enlarged property rights. Wo-
men became active for new liberty

even in the unprogressive parts of
Europe and Asia.

Statistics on elections reveal that a
very small minority of the women
who have the right, ever exercise the
suffrage. In many elections, the num-
ber is not over five per cent of those
eligible. One readily appreciates the
reticence with which some women
who have been sheltered from the
crudities and disillusionments of pub-
lic life approach the ballot box and
other public responsibilities. The
strongest argument for women's right
to vote was that it would purify the
ballot and elevate the plane of public
service. Under the methods now
used, unless the mass of home-loving
and idealistic women overcome their
repugnance to participation in public
affairs, the comparatively small num-
ber of vicious and unworthy women
will serve to pollute rather than pur-
ify the ballot. Ignorant and unedu-
cated women are today wielding a
larger influence than those who have
education and intelligence. There is
no more important suggestion than
that w omen graduates overcome
whatever aversion they may have to
plunging in politics and public af-
fairs and form the habit of regularly
voting in local, state and national
elections.

Women in All Fields

I have called attention to the fact
that some women will exert influence
by entering upon commercial, profes-
sional and public careers. This does
not necessarily mean that home mak-
ers will be less devoted to the quieter
and equally important tasks in the
family. An increasing host of women
are entering the commercial and pro-
fessional pursuits. It is probable that
a still larger percentage will become
their own bread-winners in the years
that are ahead. They have now en-
tered some of the most exacting and
most hazardous vocations. They are
not retarded by hard work or danger.
Whether we approve or not, they have
been drawn into these pursuits both
because of economic pressure and be-
cause no doubt of the love of inde-
pendence and adventure. In aviation
they are playing a prominent part.
Speaking, a year ago, at the com-

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Spivey, Primup Given Seniors, Alumnae, Faculty are Guests

Debating, Acting Cups

Awards made recently for the best
debating and individual acting of the
year include the Quenelle Harrold cup
given to Brooks Spivey, varsity debat-
er and secretary of Pi Alpha Phi, and
the Claude S. Bennett cup to Kathryn
Printup, former president of Black-
friars.

At Social Events on and off Campus

State Classical Group

Meets at Agnes Scott

The members of the graduating 4:00 by the Decatur Agnes Scott Club Lillian Smith did the entertaining.

Rev. Elliott Talks

(Continued from page 1, column 1)

ing for the right kind of persons.
More than young people who are
wanting to do something for the
world, it needs young people who are
willing to be something in the world.

Let me try to describe the kind of
person this generation needs. To begin
withy this generation needs persons
who are willing to be and do more
than society demands of them. Peo-
ple who acquiesce in things as they
are, who accept the status quo do not
serve their generation; they only live
in it. We need young people today
who do not merely reflect public
opinion, but create it; young people
who will say with the delegates to the
Jerusalem Conference: "We believe in
a Christlike world. We know of noth-
ing better; we can be content with
nothing less."

Jesus was constantly emphasizing
the necessity for this kind of person.
Listen to Him: "Whosoever shall
compel thee to go one mile, go with
him two." "When ye shall have done
all the things that are commanded
you, say, We are unprofitable serv-
ants; we have done that which it was
our duty to do." That is to say: re-
spectability is not enough; for re-
spectability is simply conformity to
conventionalities adopting the pre-
vailing standards of goodness and
service and never going beyond them.

There is a story connected with the
British landing at Gallipoli which il-
lustrates what we have in mind. On
one of the barges being used by the
landing party were two chaplains, one
a Wesleyan, the other a Roman Cath-
olic. As the men on the barge disem-
barked and were wading to the shore,
one of them was shot down. The
Wesleyan started to go to his assist-
ance. His fellow chaplain sought to
dissuade him, saying, "You must
not think of it. It is sheer madness.
You are going to certain death."
But the Wesleyan broke away from
the other's grasp. "I have got my or-
ders," he said. "They came from a
higher command than yours." Ah,
that is what we need: people who
are taking their orders from a
"higher command" than the con-
temporary conscience; who are com-
pelled, not from without, but from
within.

The people who have really suc-
ceeded in making this a better world
have had to obey unenforceable laws.
There was Prances Willard. She lived
and worked in a day when a woman's
entrance into public life met with
sharp disapproval. She had to face
daily the cheap and vulgar criticisms
of low-grade politicians and the hate
03 the brewery-controlled press. But
her marvelous courage carried her
through all hardships and dangers,
and she dealt the legalized liquor traf-
fic a blow from which it will never
wholly recover. Did the social con-
science ot her day demand that of
Miss Willard? One thinks about
I ranees Willard in a day like this
w hen many college women are drink-
ing whiskey just because it happens
to be respectable and within the law.

And there was Jacob Riis saying,
"I cannot sleep for the burden of the
city's children with their hunger for
pla\ and their playground only the
Btreet, beset with danger to body and
soul." Did Kns' public demand that
ot him? There was William Booth
gathering up the broken human frag-
ments from the slum streets of Lon-
don What Act of Parliament ever
asked that of William Booth? And
there was Martha Berry getting to
get her a little group of illiterate
mountain children and teaching them

class of 1937 were the guests of the
sophomores at a luncheon on Saturdav,
May 29, at the Druid Hills Golf Club,
and on Monday, June 7, they returned
this courtesy by entertaining their
sister class at a breakfast held at the
Atlanta Athletic Club. The seniors,
in the morning and early afternoon
on Friday, June 4, enjoyed a class pic-
nic at Glenwood Springs, and were
that night honored by the juniors at
a banquet at the East Lake Country
Club.

One of the most interesting events
of the commencement week-end was
the children's party given on the
Quadrangle on Friday afternoon at

for the children of the alumnae. Other having as her dinner guests at the tea
interesting events were the reunion house Latin majors and the one minor,
luncheon yesterday for the Institute, Saturday, May 2 9, at the tea house

again, the English majors wined and
dined their ten professors.

and the classes of '15, '16, '17, and
'18; and the dinner last night for the
classes of '34, '3 5, and '36.

Professors on the campus have en-
tered the social spotlight recently
through dinners given for them by
seniors majoring in their departments.
French majors started the procession
by dinner at the Tavern Monday, May
24, for Misses Alexander, Hale, Crowe,
and Carlson. The same place Tuesday
night received mathematics majors
and professors as its guests. The tables
were turned Wednesday when Miss

Festivities were delayed through the
next week 'till Wednesday, June 2,
when the end of exams was celebrated
by Spanish majors at noon; history ma-
jors with Miss Jackson and Mr. and
Mrs. Davidson at the Tavern at 6:3 0,
by a Latin dinner at the Candler Ho-
tel, and Psychology at Peacock Alley.
Thursday found the wind-up of Chem-
ists at the Tavern at noon, and Soci-
ologists and Biologists at the Frances
Virginia in the evening.

to read and write, and to love God.
Where on the statute books of Geor-
gia will you find a law that requires
that of anybody? These people went
"the second mile" because the world
needed what they had to give.

// / have strength , / owe the sen ice

of the strong,
If melody I have, 1 owe the world a

song.

If I can stand when all around my

post are falling;
If I can run with speed when needy

hearts are calling,
And if my torch can light the dark of

any night,
Then, J must pay the debt I owe with

living light.

In the second place, this generation
needs persons who are morally inde-
pendent. The average modern Ameri-
can is a slave to the tyranny of the
crowd. And one is made to feel today
that he must do what the crowd does
however wrong or however stupid it
may be. Douglas Woodruff says that
most Americans do not mind dying,
for that means joining the great ma-
jority. Chester T. Crowell wrote an
article in 1931 in which he said, "In
New York City if 'everyone's buying
it' whatever it happens to be, and
though the price is too high and the
goods worthless then, 'you gotta.'
If smallpox were reported to be quite
the fad of the moment, I can easily
imagine New Yorkers standing in
long lines, each waiting for his packet
of germs, and saying sadly, 'You
gotta.'

What Mr. Crowell says is happen-
ing in other realms is certainly hap-
pening in the moral realm.

The world needs desperately young
people who know how to say "No" to
anything and everything that is
morally wrong or that in any way
cheapens personality. If our genera-
tion is to have any moral stamina at
all, it must have more men and
women who possess an unconsenting
conscience; who are not for sale; who
will do right though the planets fall.

Have you of the graduating class
any rock-ribbed moral convictions,
and have you the courage to be true
to them? Have you the nerve to be
different to stand alone against the
moral drift of this age? If you have;
if you are not the easy victims of
every moral fad, you are prepared to
serve this generation.

// you can go to church when all

about you
Are going anywhere but to the house

of prayer;
If you can travel straight when others

u abble

And d<> not teem to hare a righteous
care:

If you can face the surge of things

about fOM
And keep your moral balance in life's

whirl,

then, you are the kind of person this
generation needs.

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Finally, this generation needs per-
sons who possess a i ital Christian
faith. Our present-day secularism and
materialism are threatening to engulf
us. There is, however, one heartening
fact: multitudes of people seem to be
growing tired of their humanistic
philosophy. Their "mounting mood
of self-confidence" has collapsed, and
they are discovering that they cannot
go on without a stalwart faith in
God.

his book,
says that

Dr. Henry C. Link, in
The Return to Religion,
years ago he ran across a line in one
of Ibsen's plays which has never es-
caped him. "Without a fixed point
outside myself," exclaims one of
the characters, "I cannot exist!" Dr.
Link says that when he first read that
he thought, "What infantile non-
sense!" But now after endeavoring to
help hundreds of people as a practical
psychologist, he thinks it is not "in-
fantile nonsense" at all, but the most
needed kind of reality.

When Thackeray was writing Van-
ity Fair he wrote in a note to his
mother, "What 1 want to make is a
set of people living without God in
the world," and then he added these
significant words: "only that is a
cant phrase/ 9 Of course it is! Man
is the "upward-looking creature." He
"shall not live by bread alone, but by
every word that proceedeth out of the
mouth of God."

This life's too dull
but suicide.

I must have God.
without,

Too dull for aught

What's man got
To live for else? Yd murder some one

just

To see red blood. Yd drink myself

blind drunk
And see blue snakes if I

look up
And see blue skies and

speaking through
The silence of the stars.

could not

hear God

If, in the midst of all our brazen
paganism, there is this growing hun-
ger for God, then the person who
would serve effectively this generation
must go fortified with a first-hand ex-
perience of God in Christ which he can
share with his fellow-men. Our day
needs young people who have some
great beliefs, who know how to pray,
and to whom God is a personal, realis-
tic fact. An unreal faith blown to you
from your father's time will not suf-
fice. It must be a faith that is person-
al and individual; not something bor-
rowed, but something possessed. It
must be a faith so intimately your very
ow n that you can no more be parted

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from it than the fragrance can be sep-
arated from the flower. Our generation
needs college graduates to whom reli-
gion is no academic affair, nor a mere
set of theological dogmas, nor a
vague emotionalism, but who can say
such words as these and mean them:
"I know Him whom I have believed."
"O God, thou art my God."

I am pleading today for real faith.
Spiritual uncertainty will not help
our confused, baffled and "fed-up"
generation. There is a striking sen-
tence in James Gray's ncvel, Shoul-
der the Sky, which all of us need to
take to heart. The story deals with
the emotional problems of two young
married people. They had failed to
make a go of their marriage, and as
they were parting the husband said,
"Our shared doubts have been the
only thing we had in common. They
were not enough." Shared doubts are
never enough. We must have shared
beliefs.

I am not forgetting that doubt is
normal for most college young people.
I have myself passed through that
"storm and stress period" of academic
life. There was a time in my senior
year when my faith seemed to col-
lapse. But the point I'm making is
that we must go beyond our doubts.
Skepticism must not be allowed to
become the dominant and permanent
mood of the soul. Doubt must not be
allowed to settle down into confirmed
unbelief. We may come in our
mental and spiritual pilgrimage to the
Doubting Castle but we do not
need to build ourselves a home there,
and go on living in it. It is time our
college trained young people had
pressed home to them the fact that
agnosticism and cynicism are no balm
for Gilead. Our age is sick with doubt
now. It needs faith radiant, con-
quering faith! Here is the attitude
we must all win: "Lord 1 believe; help
thou mine unbelief."

God has a work to do for our gen-
eration and the only reason He does

The Georgia State Committee on
the Present Status of Classical Educa-
tion, a branch of a National Commit-
tee appointed by the Classical Associa-
tion of the Middle West and South to
study the situation and suggest im-
provements in methods and curricula,
held its first meeting recentlv at Ag-
nes Scott College. Professor Catherine
Torrance and Assistant Professor Nar-
ka Nelson are on this committee.

not do more for the world is just that
He does not have enough dedicated
personalities in whom He can richly
live and through whom He can do
His mighty work.

There is a sentence in the Book of
Judges which, translated literally,
means: "The spirit of Jehovah clothed
himself with Gideon." God always
carries out his gracious purposes in
every generation through men and
women like ourselves. "Onh through
men does he speak to men; dumb
must He be apart."

God clothed himself with Moses
and delivered the Israelites from
Egypt. He clothed himself with
David and compacted the I lebrew
nationality. He clothed himself with
Paul and gave the Gospel to the Gen-
tiles. God clothed himself with
Luther and broke the fetters of a cor-
rupt Papacy fro m Europe. 1 le
clothed himself with John \\ eslc\
and George Whitfield and saved ISth
century England from spiritual bank
ruptcy. He clothed himself with
William Wilberforce and stopped the
slave trade. He clothed himselt with
Mary Slessor, a little factory girl in
Aberdeen, and brought love and sal
vation to Calabar. God clothed him-
self with Elizabeth Ft) and minis-
tered to the women prisoners at New-
gate. He clothed himself with Jane
Addams and brought hope and cleans
ing to neglected Halstead Street. Great
social changes come, when they do
come, through personalities who know
God, and have felt the "mights ordina-
tion of the pierced hands." My heart's
desire and prayer to God is that each
of you graduates might leave these col-
lege halls saying,

Almighty Lord, icith one aaord,

We offer Thee our youth,
And pray that Thou would'st give u\
no w,

The uar fare of the truth.

Let fall on every college hall

The luster of Thy cross,
That love may dare Thy w
share

And count all else but loss.

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Alone Thy will to seek,
And when we find Thy blessed mind.
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5

Graduates Designate Heirs

For Treasured Possessions

(Continued from page 1, column 2)

Stevens, do give and bequeath, provid-
ed we do not decide to go on the stage,
our ability to perform as a singing and
dancing team to Giddy Erwin and Hi-
bcrnia Hassell, whose progress as tap
dancers we have noted this year.

% Nellie Margaret Gilroy, do give,
bequeath, devise, and defy anyone to
take my aquatic agility at swimming
the length of the pool, provided that
at this time in the year of our Lord,
193 8, there is no senior whose gradua-
tion is threatened by inability to swim.

I, Mary Elizabeth Morrow, having
found five birthdays an insufficient
and unsatisfactory number for an Ag-
nes Scott senior, do give, bequeath and
devise, the bequest to be in effect in
the year of our Lord 1940, the date
of February 29 to Emmy Lou Turk.

[, Fannie B. Harris, do give, be-
queath, and devise to Mary Lillian
Fairley the presidency of Mortar
Board and all that goes with it, in-
cluding my unknown admirer, John L.

I, Florence Little, do give, and be-
queath to Mary Nell Tribble, Grace
Duggan, and Henrietta Thompson my
perfect feet, hoping that they will les-
sen the number of crutches on the
campus next year.

I, Isabel McCain, do give, bequeath,
and devise to the Spoken English de-
partment my original pronunciation
ot vita] a&d title as "vite-al" and
"tite-aP; I also give, bequeath, and
devise one meeting every Monday,
Tuesday, and Wednesday nights, and
two on Sunday, to be apportioned
among the junior class and the sopho-
mores, should there be any of these
meetings to spare.

I, Mary Erneste Perry, do give, be-
queath, and devise to Caroline Armi-
stead, in the event that she partici-
pates in senior opera, my bare black
feet which created such a sensation in
the death scene this year.

I, Mary Jane Tigert, do give, be-
queath, and devise to my successor,
Ann Worthy Johnson, V. J. Watkins,
to be used exclusively for reference in
procedure in Open Forum.

I, Alice Hannah, do give, bequeath,
and devise to my successor, Laura
Coit, the tradition for presidents of
student government to live in room 9,
second floor Rebekah; I also bequeath
and devise to said Laura Coit all the
furniture in said room, with the hope
that she can get in there too. I fur-
ther bequeath to said Laura Coit my
ability to stand on my heels with my
feet crossed when leading chapel.

1, Betty Hollis, do give, bequeath,
and devise unto my successor, Jean
Barry Adams, Inman Dormitory to be
cared for as she sees fit. I also give
and bequeath unto Jeanne Flynt and
Julia Telford approximately 45 0
chapel slips to be collected at the door
every Saturday morning.

1, Martha Summers, do give, be-
queath, and devise to Catherine Ivie
my ability to receive red roses on or-
dinary occasions. I also give, bequeath,
and devise unto Jeanne Matthews the
12,5 03 flies that I counted in Genetics
this year.

I, Kathryn Wall, do give, bequeath,
and devise unto Primrose Noble my
unused cuts in Latin prose; I also give,
bequeath, and devise to next year's
Latin prose class, provided there is
one, my translation of Alice in Won-
derland and King Edward's speech.

I, Brooks Spivey, do give, bequeath,
and devise to the library all my term
papers to fill the empty shelves so de-
plored by an Atlanta paper; in the
event that there are any left over they
may be given to the Emory Univer-
sity library. I also bequeath to Jean
Chalmers and Mary Anne Kcrnan my
unused conferences in directed history.

I, Betty Willis, being possessed of
glowing red hair the shade of the

Class Poem

chapel seats, do give, bequeath, and
devise to Ann Watkins all my blue
dresses, hats, and shoes, they being the
color Miss Osborne finds wrong for
me.

I, Dorothy Jester, do give, bequeath,
and devise my refreshing interest in
secrets I shouldn't know to Hortense
Jones, feeling that, as editor of the
Agonistic, she will need to be conscious
of every rumor.

I, Frances Cary, do give, bequeath,
and devise to Carolyn Forman, pro-
vided she still takes Latin, my ninety
footnotes for a ten-page paper; I also
bequeath my puns to Alice Cheese-
man, with the provision that she not
overuse them; I also give, bequeath,
and devise to someone, preferably an
acrobat, my ability to take two classes
at the same time.

I, Elizabeth Espy, and I, June Mat-
thews, do give, bequeath and devise to
English majors all our right answers
in nineteenth century, contemporary
poetry, European classics, and Shakes-
peare.

I, Annie Laura Galloway, and L
Jessie Williams, and I, Katherine Max-
well, do give, bequeath, and devise to
Frances Lee, Gwendolyn McKee, and
Virginia Suttenfield, the tract of ter-
ritory between Atlanta and Decatur
known as the Decatur carline.

I, Margaret Watson, do give, be-
queath, and devise unto Elizabeth
Blackshear one wisdom tooth, guaran-
teed to ache most persistently for two
days before every modern European
history exam; I also give, bequeath,
and devise unto said Elizabeth Black-
shear the comforting knowledge that
time and patience will remove the pain.

I, Rachel Kennedy, and I, Kitty
Jones, and I, Mary Gillespie, do give
bequeath, and devise to Jane Carithers,
Ola Kelly, and Joyce Roper our suc-
cess in getting ten inch ads from peo-
ple who never advertise.

I, Julia Thing, knowing that she is
afraid of this and yet wishing to leave
with her a most vivid memory of my-
self do give, bequeath, and devise to
Elizabeth Wheatley my happy uncon-
cern at being late everywhere; my gig-
gle, which I treasure highly, 1 shall
take with me wherever I may be.

I, Marie C. Stalker, do give, be-
queath, and devise to Jane Moses,
knowing that she will make the best
of it, the "C" and all the accompany-
ing letters of the alphabet which go
to make up my middle name.

I, Mary Kneale, and I, Alice Tay-
lor, and I, Mary Johnson, do give, be-
queath, and devise to Anne Thompson
the guardianship of the A. S. C. club,
hoping that she will realize the trust
put in her to continue alone such a
worthy organization.

I, Barton Jackson, do give and be-
queath to Tony Newton and Frances
Norman my task of collecting six nap-
kins from every new arrival, and my
post at the door of Rebekah lobby.

I, Frances Steele, do give and be-
queath unto my successor, Ruth Tate,
one Gilbert and Sullivan opera to be
presented next year.

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By Elizabeth Espy
Treading calmly the quiet colonnade
Of cloistered years, sweet in the Muses'
shade

(Patterning youth's bright wonder

with their own)
Pillared with triumph, from the stub-
born stone
Of failure hewn, now 'mid the gen-
tle hum

Of eager voices, steadily we come,
Pausing to look long down that col-
umned aisle
Of misty memorable days, and smile.
So now the dear sequestered way is
done.

Its arch above our heads, here in the
sun,

Shelters our unaccustomed eyes to
stand

The sudden splendor of the strange
new land

Whose unsure paths our ready feet

must know.
Serene we come, serenely let us go.

We hereby constitute and appoint
Nelle Chamlec the sole executrix of
this, our last will and testament, and
we expressly confer upon her power
to publish in the Alumnae Quarterly
news of our future activities, so that
we may be perpetuated in the memory
of this our meeting place for the last
four years.

(Signed) The Senior Class,

Laura Steele, Scribe.

Signed, sealed, declared and pub-
lished by the senior class of 1937 as
its last will and testament, in the pres-
ence of us, the undersigned, who with
no hesitation subscribe our names
hereto in the presence of said testators,
after they had signed their names
thereto, and at their special instance
and request, and in the presence of
each other.

This seventh day of June, 1937.

MlSSELANEY

E. Fuller Bull

The Soles of I'mille and Ah-men

Members of Class of '37 Say
History is Made at College

(Con finned from page 1, column 4)

FUTURE FORESEEN

(Continued from page 2, column 5)
ing multitude Marie Stalker finally
staged her ping pong tournament, the
prize for which was won by Judith
Gracey, who insisted upon her natural
right as defended by Rousseau to use
a golf club instead of the usual paddle.

Occupants of the peanut were,
among several thousand others, Ora
Muse and Vivian Long, who, from the
rumors found in the Decatur Molly
Jones Gazette, were enjoying a rather
Bohemian sort of existence while
working jointly on the Chemistry of
English or the English of Chemistry
or, maybe, it was Greek. Whatever
the nature of the outcome, the two
harbor a desire for it to be published
by the meticulous hand of Mary King,
provided she can tear herself away
from her imitation appearances. Sit-
ting near them I noticed Kathryn
Bowen Wall, who is evidencing an
ability to combine marriage and a
career. K. Bowen is the founder and
(Continued on page 6, column 4)

untutored minds, He Came, She Saw,
He Conquered ', was no match for the
scintillating stunt of the Sophomores.
Undaunted, the next year we returned
to try again and were triumphant
against the protegees of our former
rivals through the merits of our mas-
terpiece, the riotous, rollicking, and
rare "Revere the Soph." We demon-
strated our appreciation of the aid of
our allies, the Seniors, in our party
battles by taking part in their Investi-
ture Ceremony, and by sacrificing our
lily white hands, our good disposi-
tions, and two nights of sleep in the
fabrication of their daisy chain. At
the end of our third year of trials, re-
ward came in the form of Mortar
Boards to nine who had showed devo-
tion to the planks of our platform.
With our own Investiture we reached
the position of greatest importance.
During our supremacy the fury that
reigned in the forum (including the
flinging of books by the most charm-
ing of people) brought many progres-
sive achievements the most notable
of which was that through the exer-
tion of all our powers we persuaded
the faculty and administration to pass
the cut system, a triumph that has
been a boon to the carefree and a trial
to the conscientious. It is with a feel-
ing of regret that upon the reception
of our diplomas we are to retire from
the political scene of A. S. C.

Among all the petty balancing of
class budgets one brilliant period of
economic activity stands out in our
career. Our Junior Chocolate and
rummage sales were insignificant be-
side our stupendous accomplishment in
the building campaign of our Sopho-
more year in which we made the
largest pledge of any class. The class
of 1937 looks with maternal pride on
many a brick in the new library- Turn-
ing from brick work to bridge work
many Agnes Scott seniors have recent-
ly gone on the gold standard, assisted
by certain local dentists.

Our social history has been varied
and profitable. During the day we
knocked the ball, threw the basket,
and conquered the waves with such
dexterity that we have merited four
members of the tennis club, hockey
and basketball championships our
freshman year, and the athletic ban-
ner our Sophomore and Junior years.
In the afternoon we have graced Alum-
nae and A. A. U. W. teas, class tea
dances, and picnics. But our real his-

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omores we made our debut at the Mor-
tar Board parties where we were intro-
duced to Atlanta's eligible young men.
To provide for the resulting increase
in our popularity we were granted the
new and progressive privilege of rid-
ing unchaperoned until time limit and
of having more social engagements a
week. The social event of the next
year was the long awaited junior ban-
quet with all its formality and excite-
ment, Mortar Board again being our
hostess. We cleverly and generously
delegated the revived Mardi Gras to the
succeeding class so that we enjoyed the
event doubly because we had avoided
the accompanying labor. We were
thus enabled to give Founder's Day
our undivided attention, producing a
masterpiece of colonial atmosphere.
Our butterfly careers have ended in a
flurry of functions, formal and infor-
mal, to which we have gaily flitted
these past two weeks.

We have distinguished ourselves
along cultural lines, compensating our
lack of quantity, numerically speak-
ing, with our quality. We made a
brilliant beginning when our Freshman
English placement tests averaged high-
est of all Georgia colleges. We were
threatened with comprehensives, but
that cloud passed, and we basked in
the glory of our victory in the class
Aggie contest. History repeated it-
self when our journalistc efforts again
directed by Laura Steele and Kathryn
Bowen Wall brought another triumph
our Sophomore year. In the quiet and
beauty of the new library we were
stimulated to further mental endeavors
which resulted in the election of eleven
of our members to Phi Beta Kap-
pa, and the whole class attained the
intellectual achievement of having
taken more exams than any previous
class not because of our unquench-
able thirst for knowledge but as a re-
sult of the imposition of the new quar-
ter system. Our final contribution to
the cultural development of this col-
lege was the sweet and solemn opera
La Tragic Ardor, which gave a melo-
dic representation of the model life of
a maid and a man in a pastoral scene
where lambs gamboled amid the daisies
and charm-lady carrots.

Time marches on and since present
conditions are chaotic and future de-
velopments uncertain we leave their in-
terpretation and documentation to fu-
ture volumes (and volumes in the
best traditions of Brooks Spivey) which
we hope to contribute to the archives
of history.

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mcncement of the Florida State Col-

lege for Women, I mentioned the
possibility that women might be
found in the trenches in future wars.
Since that utterance, this possibility
has been realized and women are now
in the trenches in Spain.

More education and higher stand-
ards are constantly being demanded
for success in the professions. In the
business world, the college graduate
was once regarded with contempt.
This situation has changed. Business
and professional success are now gen-
erally built upon training and educa-
tion. Reliable statistics indicate that
the college graduate has a thousand
chances to succeed where the unedu-
cated has but one. Under these con-
ditions it is fortunate that women
now have opportunities which are
practically on a parity with men. In
spite of certain prejudices and dis-
criminations that exist, educational
facilities for women have developed
in a most extraordinary way. College
education in America was first offered
to women about a hundred years ago.
All state universities excluded them
until Michigan admitted them in
1870. Mclver, in North Carolina,
established a separate state institution
for women which was comparable to
the better institutions for men. Edu-
cational opportunities for. women on
the higher level have developed so
rapidly through coeducation and the
establishment of institutions designed
exclusively for women that there are
now more higher institutions open to
women than to men and the numbers
of men and women enrolled in our
colleges and universities are approxi-
mately the same. It would be super-
fluous to offer statistics and argu-
ments to show the rapidly enlarging
fields into which college prepared wo-
men are going. The proportion of
women attending college, listed in
Who's Who In America, has been rap-
idly increasing and we find college
trained women attaining prominence
in considerably larger numbers than
those who have been denied this op-
portunity. A study published in The
Scientific Monthly indicates that col-
lege education is much more impor-
tant for the success of women in cer-
tain vocations than in others. For
example, larger numbers of women
succeed as artists, actresses, and musi-
cians without college training than in
most other callings. The author of
the study concludes that education is
constantly increasing in its impor-
tance for the success of women and
states "that women of the future will
find it more and more difficult to
compete for a place among the emi-
nently successful without a thorough
college training as a background for
their work."

This is not a time to be dismayed
by the cnormitv of the difficulties
and the complexities of the problems
that confront us. It is undeniable
that millions of persons in this coun-
try are without employment and
other millions are on relief rolls. Col-
tege graduates are numbered among
both. A careful estimate of the situa-
tion and the study of economic cycles
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of great economic activity which will
possibly transcend the high mark of
the last decade. Bank deposits have
increased many billions of dollars in
the last year or two. During one
month recently automobile produc-
tion reached a new all-time high level.
The output of steel has increased
from about 15 % during the depres-
sion to as high as 75 ( ( capacity
within the last year. We can all see
the awakening that is taking place in
the building trades. All signs point
to a new era of industrial and eco-
nomic prosperity.

The gravity of our social and poli-
tical situation is a challenge to ability
and a special opportunity for those
who are willing and able. It is true
that we have suffered disillusionment
and ideals of democratic government,
peace, and law are being shattered or
violently tested. Fascism and Com-
munism, twins in tyranny, very
largely overspread Europe. Unques-
tionably, heroic battles will have to be
fought at these points on American
soil. Lord Macaulay prophetically
described present conditions in a let-
ter which he wrote to a friend in
New York nearly a hundred years
ago. He described Communism and
other forms of dictatorship that have
arisen. He gave an accurate picture
of the domestic difficulties now con-
fronting this country. He predicted

Miss Margaret Phythian, assistant
professor of French at Agnes Scott

; College, has been awarded a fellowship
by the General Education Board and

1 an extension of her leave of absence to
continue work on a Ph.D. degree at
the University of Grenoble at Tou-
louse, France.

that the Twentieth Century would
provide the real test of our experi-
ment in government, when the cheap
lands were gone and the social and ec-
onomic pressure increased in intensity,
j He ended with a pessimistic predic-
tion: "America, like Rome, will be
destroyed by vandals, but the vandals,
will not come from without, they
will come from within, bred from
your own institutions."

It is true that criminal activities in
this country have reached a propor
tion beyond all other civilized nations
and that local agencies have displayed
a strange incompetency in meeting
the situation, but all law-abiding citi-
zens will take great courage from re-
cent occurrences. The success of the
Federal Government in rounding up
conspicuous public enemies and prac-
tically making a clean-sweep of the
kidnapers lends hope that such rack-
ets as kidnaping can be destroyed.
It is interesting to note that the war-
den of Sing Sing Prison recently
stated that about half the criminals
who have been confined there left
school before the sixth grade. Less

Sister-Graduates on Voyage

(Continued from page 5, column 3)

present president of the Association for
the Extinction of the Latin Language,
a co-worker with Rachel Shamos, who
is figuring out mathematically and
chemically a la test tube fashion the

than one-fifth had finished grammar
school; about one in twenty-three had
finished high school; and only one
out of a hundred had graduated from
college. The crime bill of this coun-
try is still about five times the cost
of schools. Further, we are told that
the legitimate expenses for crime,
such as courts, police, prisons, et
cetera, are supplemented by an enor-
mous illegal levy made upon us by
racketeers and other elements which
amounts to 2 5 r \ of our living costs.

Yes, we have grave problems which
give pause to thoughtful and patri-
otic Americans but we have faith
that the dauntless spirit of our people
can and will meet these obstacles.
Great opportunities and able leader-
ship develop in critical times. The ob-
stacles which faced the founders of
the Republic were greater than those
that confront us today. Imagine the
prostration of the Southland follow-
ing the War between the States. In-
comparably, our possibilities are
greater than ever and conditions are
better today than they were in some
other critical eras.

effects of such a purge upon posterity.

Speaking of posterity, the most
heartening sight that 1 beheld while in
this far country other than the fish
net with whieh thev finally draped
me out( but of course, that is another
story a rather gruesome one in fact)
was the presence of a portion of the
more tortunate 67 \ < of Martha
Summers with her brood ot potent ul
architects and life presidents, of Ann
Cox, who reads Darwin's Origin of the
Species to her five-year-old and who
is encouraging her four-\ ear- old to
draw Protozoa instead of the usual
Baby Ray pictures, upon which Moth-
er Bettv Hollis stubbornly insists*} and
last of June Matthews, who not only
is the proud producer of a stirring
novel but the equally proud possessor
of a house in Charlotte with a tenee
and other little things running iround
it.

W ell, "Try-and-trv again," 1 sup-
pose that I have prettv well exhausted
you with this prattle but 1 would like
to, m true Aesopian fashion point a
moral my sweet, prosperity has
turned that elusive corner. In mv en-
tire travels, I did not meet a single
school teacher.

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I now maintain a longed for silenee.

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