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Alumnae Quarterly

NOVEMBER, 1931

Published by the

AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION

Decatur, Georgia

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The Agnes Scott Alumnae Quarterly

Published in Nov., Jan., April and July by the Agnes Scott Alumnae Association
Vol. X NOVEMBER, 1931 No. 1

Entered as second class matter under the Act of Congress, August, 1912

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Letter of Invitation 2

Llewellyn Wilburn, '19

General Agnes Scott News as Seen from the President's Office 3

Dr. J. R. McCain

Want a Second Helping, Alumnae? 3

In Memoriam 5

A Recent Book of Poems 6

Jean (Alexander) Bernhardt, '30

Garden Hints 7

Emm Pope (Moss) Dieckmann, '13

Through the College Gates 9

College Opening.
Campus Chat.

(Penelope Brown, '32)
Interesting Bits.

From the Alumnae Office 11

In the Good Old Days.

What Do You Do With Your Novels?

(Frances Charlotte (Markley) Roberts, '21)
Mrs. Sydenstricker Elected to Pi Gamma Mu.
Some Interesting Vacations.
Report of House and Tea Room Committee.
(Mary Knox Happoldt, '26)

Concerning Ourselves 13

Program of Alumnae Week-End Back Cover

November 1, 1931,

Dear Hottentots:

This is special invitation to every-
one of you to come back for the Alumnae Week-
end, November 27th and 28th. For a year now
your committee on Adult Education has worked
on this project. Further on in the Quarterly
and also in the enclosed folder, you can
read the plans in detailo

There will be work and play, lec-
tures and luncheon and dinner and tea and an
afternoon of sports and a chance to come
back to Agnes Scott when the college is in
full swing and you can once more feel that
you are in school, as is not possible at
commencement timeo Come back and meet old
friends among faculty and alumnae ! Come
back and meet new friends among the student
body! Come back and go to school in Buttrick
Hall and have the thrill of that perfectly
equipped building which most of us came too
soon to get !

Already word has come that many
alumnae are planning to return whom I know
you'll want to seeo They're arranging for
mothers or aunts to take the children, or
they're taking their vacation at this time
from the "jobs". Surely you will want to be
on hand for this first try-out of our Alumnae
Week-end,

We're expecting you!

Until Thanksgiving, then,

Llewellyzi Wilburn,
President of the Alumnae Association.

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GENERAL AGNES SCOTT NEWS AS SEEN FROM
THE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE

Our akimnae activities are a source of constant encouragement to us. Only a few
can be mentioned as illustrative of the things that cheer us. The alumnae clubs in
various cities did fine contact work with high school students, and we believe that the
scholarship awards were made with real success. The Atlanta Club sponsored a day of
entertainment for the local high school seniors, and very definite results have been seen.
We are enjoying the alumnae garden. It is a delightful addition. We believe the Alum-
nae Week-end at Thanksgiving is a step in the right direction and that it will stimulate
the intellectual life of our campus as well as of the alumnae. The industry of the clubs
m making money for their Alma Mater is greatly appreciated, as also the payment of
many pledges to the College when we know it means sacrifice to do it. We are sure
no college was ever blessed with a finer group of "those who have gone on before."

Our 43rd session has opened with the largest enrollment we have had for several
years. While the dormitories are not entirely filled, the extra number of day students
has more than made up for that deficiency. The location of Agnes Scott in a large and
active population center is always an advantage, but especially we feel it helpful in times
of depression as a source of students. We have never had as many calls for scholarship
and loan aid as this year. We estimated that it would take the income on over $3,000,000
to meet the requests actually filed with us. We have not been able to meet more than a
small per cent of the requests, and yet we have done more than twice as much as in
previous years, and it has put a heavy strain on our budget demands. We cannot simply
make reductions in tuition or board. Every award must represent real money gotten
from some source, and this year the Trustees made a larger appropriation than ever
from the current income.

For many years the faculty have spent their efforts in getting a well balanced cur-
riculum, and interesting courses in the more important fields. We think this work has
been rather well planned, if we do say it ourselves. Our attention has also been given
to the relatively few students we take who have difficulty with their work, and we have
arranged for lighter loads and for more personal attention to these. However, we have
as yet made no provision for the bright, capable young woman who can do far more
than the required work and yet who does not find full satisfaction in extra-curriculum
activities. This year we plan investigation and some experimenting to ascertain how we
can best provide for the brighter student. Just now we will probably arrange for reading
courses without college credit. The eventual solution will likely be something approxi-
mating the honors courses as a substitute for a formal major and related hours, though
we are not likely to rest our whole case on examinations as seems to be the tendencv in
some eastern colleges.

There is some agitation for chapel services that will be exclusively worship on three
days per week, and "assembly days" when announcements. Student Government meet-
ings, lectures, and stunts can be given on the other days. The faculty is studying the
question and will be glad to have alumnae suggestions on this or on any other matters
that concern the College.

J. R. McCain.

WANT A SECOND HELPING, ALUMNAE?

In all the recent issues of the Alumnae Quarterly, one and another of the Com-
mittee on Adult Education of our Association has been preparing you for the announce-
ment of our first Alumnae Week-end of educational lectures, offered to alumnae and their
friends, through the courtesy of Agnes Scott and its faculty and through the kindness
of some teachers of Atlanta and Decatur. The enclosed pamphlet will tell its own
<;tory of the speakers and the subjects and the time of lectures. Also, you will find the

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complete outline of the week-end courses given on the back page of the Quarterly. We
feel that when you see what is being planned for you and when you think that it is
to be given to you in the old-time setting of your college days, with your old-time class-
mates, it may be, sitting by yovir side, with no outside preparation, no fear of being
questioned about your assignment, no exams, no marks, with a chance to eat another
luncheon in the college dining room, and to have dinner in the Tea House, IS THERE
ANYTHING WHICH CAN KEEP YOU AWAY? CHORUS: NO!

Always at Thanksgiving time, the Alumnae Association has held what was called
Home Coming Week-end but except for the first class reunion of the last graduating
class, this year, 1931, of course with its attendant basketball game and reunion din-
ner, nothing has been offered for the other alumnae except the annual tea which has
been held on one afternoon of this week-end in the Alumnae House. But all that is
changed this year. There will be just as much planned for the special reunion of the
class of 1931 but all of this other program is to be given as a feature for all alumnae.
From Thanksgiving morning when the alumnae play the varsity until the last event
of Saturday evening, alumnae will have to run to keep up with the happenings!

Rooms may be had in Inman Dormitory at no expense, only the trouble of tuck-
ing a sheet, a pillowcase and a towel or so in your suit-case. Or if you care not for
expense, you may reserve space in the Alumnae House at fifty cents a night, and snap
your fingers at care, for everything is furnished you! There will be a luncheon in Rebekah
dining room on Friday, and also a dinner in the Alumnae House that night (this dinner
will be at the small cost of 60 cents per person), thei'e will be the Alumnae Association's
annual tea on Saturday afternoon, and an afternoon of fun with the athletic department
on Friday afternoon. Lectures will be held in Buttrick Hall Friday morning and Satur-
day morning, with speakers after luncheon and after dinner. An art exhibit and a book
exhibit will be arranged for your pleasure in Buttrick immediately after lunch on Fri-
day. And think of being able also to attend one of the feature lectures of the Lecture As-
sociation which, as an accomjnodation to the alumnae, has been placed on the Saturday
evening of this week-end! There will be no charge for any lectures, except this one,
which will be at the reduced price to alumnae of fifty cents, if tickets are purchased
from the Alumnae Office the regular price, except to season ticket holders is seventy-
five cents. Meals may be had in the Alumnae Tea Room all hours of the day; alumnae
are always welcome to the college dining rpoms and reservations may be made for these
through the Alumnae Secretary or you may just open the door and walk in! If you
have a spare minute, there is always shopping to do in Atlanta, and movies for out-of-
town visitors, as well as the chance to see old friends in Atlanta and Decatur. For near-
by alumnae, there is time to run home once in a while and see if the children are all right,
or to change a costume. Speaking of costumes, there will be no formal occasion, street
clothes, maybe one other afternoon dress for the Friday dinner and the tea. Or if the
sheets take up too much room, leave the extra dress out, for it's not the dress that makes
the alumna!

From the first day of September, the office began to hear from alumnae who wrote
with enthusiasm of the plans. One alumna said she had immediately engaged her aunt
to stay with the children for that time. Another wrote in from North Carolina that she
had not taken much summer vacation to save up five days for Thanksgiving. One.
alumna came all the way from China, well, maybe we can't make you believe that!
but anyway, since she is in this country, she will come from north to south to be here.
Really, we could fill the page with testimonials but we don't think there is any need
for them. This is the time and the place we'll be looking for you.

FILL OUT THE RESERVATION BLANK NOW AND RETURN TO THE
ALUMNAE OFFICE.

Jltt il^tttflnam

In the passing on June 5, 1931, of Miss Emily Elizabeth Howson, for
eleven years Professor of Physics at Agnes Scott, the alumnae feel that they
have sustained a great loss and wish to make acknowledgment of their love
for this beloved teacher and their deep sorrow in her death.

Emily Howson was born in Philadelphia, Pa., in August, 1887, her par-
ents being Henry and Emma Divine Howson. Both hsr father and her grand-
father were mechanical engineers, her great
grandfather being Headmaster of the Gig-
gleswick School of England. Miss Howson at-
tended the Friend's Central School at Phila-
delphia, graduating in 1905, later taking her
B.A. from Bryn Mawr in 1910, her Master's in
1912, which was followed by special work at
the LFniversity of Wisconsin. She was a con-
stant student in Mathematics and Astronomy
as well as Physics; for several years, she had
been studying and experimenting under Dr.
Mendenhall of the University and at the time
of her death she had prepared and forwarded
to him her thesis for a Doctor's Degree in
Physics, her subject being, "Temperature Ef-
fect on the Reflecting Power of Metals" and
was in hopes of receiving her degree this year.
She was admitted to the Georgia Academy of
Science at its last meeting.

Miss Howson accepted her position at
Agnes Scott in 1920 and had always entered
into the life and the work of the college with
her whole heart. She was a familiar figure, as one of the faculty marshals,
at the head of all the academic processions. For many years she had been a
member of the Admission Committee of Agnes Scott and was a faculty
member of Hoasc, also of the recent graduating class of 1931. Her interest
in the college took very concrete form in the gift of one thousand dollars
which she left to be used in the improvement of the library.

Lillian Dale Thomas of the class of 1930 has wi-itten and dedicated a
poem to Miss Howson, which so beautifully expresses the feeling of all the
alumnae that it is printed on this memorial page.

AN ASTRONOMER PASSES
(To the Memory of Miss Emily Howson)

You searched the Super-Galaxy that flashes from afar.

And delved into the mystery of space afar beyond a star.

Above the fierce Aldebaran, you sought the nebulae

Which with their shroud of purple cloud man cannot clearly see.

You gazed upon the living fire of Saturn and of Mars,

Found power in the firmament and truth beyond the stars.

And with a practised, eager eye, the Milky Way you scanned,

The telescopic splendor of the skies to understand.

Your soul, companionate with stars, has known also the earth,

Has walked the ways of common men, acknowledged human worth.

Yours was a sympathy as boundless as the sky;

Yours was a service which the world will not let die.

Your love, as vital as the sun, and constant as the stars.

At last has scaled the walls of time and burst the earthly bars.

Now you have gone the sacred way all mortal men must go.

And now you know those mystic things which you so longed to know.

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A RECENT BOOK OF POEMS

DREAMERS ON HORSEBACK
By Karle Wilson Baker

For those who love beauty of word, fanciful thought, and real depth of feeling, the
whole pricked with bits of twinkling humor. Dreamers on Horseback will be a joy. Into
this recently published volume of poetry, Karle Wilson Baker has put many of the best
of her poems that appeared previously in Blue Smoke, Burning Bush, Beauty's Hands Are
Cool, and Dreamers on Horseback (1929).

She has been prodigal with the charm of her own personality so that in reading her
works one has a delightful sense of intimacy with her. She tells us freely of her hopes
and anxieties as a mother in Apple and Rose: "My little daughter is a tea rose. . . . But
my little son is a June apple"; and in A Little Boy's Bath, which begins rather wistfully:

''You Tuoidd have thought he never would come clean,
Yet here he is, shining like a sea-shell."

Her appreciation of nature as a work of God extends our own appreciation, that we
may feel as she does: "To-day I have grown taller from walking with the trees." Con-
fidentially she tells us how the wanderlust gets her at the sight of names of distant cities
on Box-Cars, trains passing, views of far mountains, so that

"I imist xveight my mind as best I can to keep it close to earth
With chunky little platitudes, and bits of twisted mirth;
For dust tvill gather in the house, and shirts unmended lie
Unless you learn to keep your mind from gadding in the sky."

That she is thoroughly feminine is apparent in such poems as Dressmaker, Martha,
W anity, and The Housewife, But she rises to sheer beauty in The Mirrored Bird:

''The bird that flies under the water

lustrous breast and wing!
The bird that flies under the water,

1 wonder does it sing?"

And "There is room for ladies in a world that holds soft rain. . . ." One of her loveliest
poems, and one that gives us a pleasing glimpse of Mrs. Baker herself is her Let Me Grow
Lovely:

"Let me grow lovely growing old

So many fine things do:

Laces and ivory and gold,

And silks need not be neiv;
"And there is healing in old trees.

Old streets a glamour hold ;

Why may not I as well as these,

Grow lovely, growing old?"

There is a delicacy, a hesitancy in many of these emphasized by the strength and
spirit she infuses into Song of the Forerunners and sonnets on Some Towns in Texas.
These sonnets show her ability as a versifier; she adheres to the strict Italian form with

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rhythm that never gets monotonous, and well varied rimes. Most of her songs are simple
lyrics, varied with free verse that never runs to any great or tiresome length. Perhaps her
most completely delightful poem is her shortest one; Sutue Felloiv-Pocts:

"I love to sec them sitting solemnly,
Holding their souls like watches to their ears.
And shouting, every time they tick, 'A Poem!' "

Such as that commands respect.

And such as Karle Wilson Baker are doing much to bring attention and honor to
the south, as well as pleasure and deeper appreciation to poetry lovers everywhere.

Jean (Alexander) Bernhardt.

GARDEN HINTS

In one of the popular magazines for October the first two articles are entitled "Along
the Garden Path" and "What to Do in October!" while a third is headed "For the Spring-
time!" Now when a few details are added those borrowed captions have written this little
article on the Aliimnae Garden at Agnes Scott. They call to mind instantly the picture in

the July Quarterly, of girls grouped
around the beautiful pool in the
center of the garden. There are
reflections in the water, lilies float-
ing, and the little Goose Girl hug-
ging her goose in the middle of the
fountain as they send the spray of
water high in the air so that the
falling drops make ripples around
the lilies.

"But this is October," we recall,
"and time to think of all the plants
that are needed to establish a new
garden so that it will always be
beautiful for Agnes Scott." "For
in the Springtime!" of course that
is the time when all gardens seem
loveliest, and when Agnes Scott's in
particular must be its best with
daffodils and irises coming into
bloom to thrill all those who are away from their own home gardens. Roses must always
bloom for commencement, for graduates and returning alumnae. And masses of other
flowers must give color and variety and background and additional enjoyment.

Up to the present time the garden has been laid off under the supervision of Louise
Brown Hastings, according to the plans of the landscape architects who are developing
the campus. The pool was the gift of the Class of '31, the Bermuda grass in the plot
surrounding it a gift froon a garden where it is a pest, and the shrubs that could be
planted in the spring, together with hundreds of Rosy Morn petunias and ageratum, the
generous gift of Louise Hastings, who did everything she could to make the new garden
look pretty for Commencement. The Decatur Club, since it is "on location," voted to
sponsor the summer care of the garden, but Mr. Cunningham's campus man did so well
that in spite of this summer's dry, scorching, weather almost all the shrubs lived and
even the little petunias were still bright when college opened. The water lilies" bloomed
all summer, and the goldfish that were supposed to die as all goldfish usually do when

Miss Hopkins and some of "her girls" in the
Alumnae Garden, luhich was the scene of the tea
given to the college community by Y. W. C. A.
during the first tveek of school.

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put into a new cement pool, have filled the water with other goldfish all ready for the
opening this fall. The Charlotte, N. C, Club has voted to undertake the building of the
pergola to hold the climbing roses "along the garden path"; the Columbus, Ga., Club has
voted to contribute shrubbery; a Birmingham alumna, Eugenia (Thompson) Akin,
has offered a thousand iris bulbs from her garden; and a North Georgia alumna, Sarah
Tate, has already shipped several bushels of daffodils.

Now these last mentioned hints are some of the things to do in October, and, in
our climate, in November as well. This is the time to start perennials for next spring, or
to put out shrubbery and rose cuttings. Lots of abelia is called for in the architect's
planting lists, and it is very easily rooted. Pansies, larkspur, and columbine will be
welcome in the Alumnae Garden, as well as roots and bulbs of all kinds that may be
left when alumnae are transplanting and dividing in their own gardens this fall. If
some alumna happens neither to have a garden of her own nor to know a friend's garden
that she can raid, bits of money and papers of seed can be transformed into blossoms by
the Decatur Club. If anyone near enough to Agnes Scott to telephone will call the
Alumnae Office (De. 1726), or Mrs. C. W. Dieckmann (De. 2177-W), whatever is
offered will be planted; and in case a package is sent to the Alumnae Garden at the
Alumnae House, A. S. C, it will be gratefully received and lovingly cared for in the
garden. Then "in the Springtime," an entrancing picture at Agnes Scott!

Emma Pope (Moss) Dieckmann, '13.

Dr. McCain and two of the mem-
bers of the student body, a snap-
shot taken at the scene of the first
tea of the netv year, ^vhich was held
in the Aliunnae Garden.

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Through the College Gates

COLLEGE OPENING

September turns the thoughts of alum-
nae back to "Aggie" as regularly as the
leaves fall, and knowing that although
you were in many and different places all
over the world on September 16th, you
were in spirit in the chapel at Rebekah,
we would like you to know the program
of that day and the girls you would have
seen. As ten o'clock came on that open-
ing day, 470 girls poured into chapel, along
with faculty members, many local alumnae,
trustees, and parents and friends of the
girls. ,

Devotional exercises were conducted by
a group of Decatur ministers, with a beauti-
ful solo by Frances (Gilliland) Stukes, and
then greetings were given by Mr. George
Winship of the Board of Trustees, by
Llewellyn Wilburn, president of the Alum-
nae Association, and by Dr. McGeachy.
Then the principal address of the service
was made by Miss Florence Read, presi-
dent of Spellman College, who, in a very
easy and conversational way, brought the
thought of what it means to have the op-
portunity of a college education, since it
gives us the power of getting behind the
"obvious," of seeing the threads of the
story of life and progress rather than the
"close-ups," of appreciating other races
and customs, the joy of understanding
sympathy and fellowship with the world.

The registration for the coming year was
splendid, with girls coming to Agnes Scott
from thirty-five of the forty-eight states
of the union and representatives from
Germany, France, Japan, Korea, China,
Venezuela and Czecho-Slovakia. One hun-
dred and sixty-seven students are new
girls, that is, either of the freshman class
or transfer students from other colleges.

Few changes have been made in the
faculty this year. Dr. F. W. Cooke, a
graduatsi of William and Mary College in
Virginia, will be in charge of the physics
and astronomy, succeeding Miss Emily
Howson; Philippa Gilchrist, '23, who has
been away two years studying and has
returned with her Ph.D., will be in the
science department again, Mr. Phillip
Sturtevant will supply for Miss Mary Mc-
Dougall, who has leave of absence for a
year's study in Europe.

Did you know that Agnes Scott will this
year give a course in journalism under
the direction of Miss Anna May Christie?
Did you know that for several years now

the college has sponsored a course in type-
writing under Katherine Reid, an alumna,
who is head of a business school in At-
lanta? Did you know that a practice
course in school teaching is given to sen-
iors under the guidance of Rusha Wesley,
also an alumna?

To' alumnae the tea which was given to
the whole college community on Septem-
ber the eighteenth will be especially in-
teresting for it was held in the Alumnae
Garden just back of the Alumnae House
and the setting was lovely, with the lights
and shadows of the late September sun
over the grass and the pool, and when the
girls, in their colorful summer dresses,
filled the garden, ^well, it was worthy of a
scene in the movies! To the alumnae
present, there was something almost thrill-
ing in the thought that here was the very
concrete expression of alumnae interest in
the college and it was as though each of
the five thousand alumnae stood there
enjoying the gift herself!

CAMPUS CHAT

Penelope Brown, '32

"This world is full of change, change,
nothing but change" and it is this change
that makes life worth living and keeps in-
terest ever keen. Should you chance this
year to come out of the back door of the
Tea House, you would think yourself a
child again and back in fairyland, but,
no, it is the new Aluimnae Garden, a
lovely formal affair with rows of flow-
ers, a pool with blooming water lilies and
a fountain that really spurts water (the
class of '31 gave that and knowing their
effervescent nature, we expect much of
that fountain). Surrounded by such beauty,
how can one keep from thinking and being
beautiful? But speaking of beauty, just
peek in at White House dining room all
spick and span and white in fact, dressed
up "to the inch" for the Junior banquet.

Another thing that would delight your
soul is the library which this year has
been re-arranged. Miss Leatherman, Mary
Duike, and Dr. Hayes spent much time,
labor, and shoe leather this summer in
doing this. There are new shelves and
books are arranged so that you can really
find what you want, when you want it.
And that's something. Close to the_ "lib"
and shining in a new coat of paint is
Westlawn. It seems to say, "I found the

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Fountain of Youth. Just try and tear
me down a couple of hundred years more!"
We also have some changes in personnel.
The most noticeable is in the office of the
dean. Dick is showing us how grand she
is this year at Columbia and Dorothy Hut-
ton, '29, is taking her place. We certainly
do miss Miss MacDougal. She is studying
abroad and I expect by next year she can
make a tail grow on most anything. This
year, we have two foreign students: Suzel
Marie Triaire from France and Jaroslava
Bienertova "Yacka," to those who can't
pronounce words over ten syllables. Both
are very attractive, Suzel, very dark and
mysterious, and "Yacka," very fair and
frank. They tell the tale here that when
Peggy Link told her that the light would
be fixed in her room (it had gone out the
night before) she said in utter bliss, "You
will fix it so that it will not go out at
10:30. Yes?"

So although always at heart Hotten-
tots, and in name, students of Agnes Scott,
we strive ever for changes for better and
better things, and you'd be surprised at
what a little paint can do! See you at
Thanksgiving week-end!

INTERESTING BITS

With the opening of each college year,
announcement is made of the students
who have received scholastic honors during
the past year. In chapel, September 25,
Dr. McCain announced the honors for the
year, 1930-1931.

Those on the honor roll were: Class of
1932 Catherine Baker, Penelope Brown,
Susan Glenn, Virginia Gray, Ruth Green,
Irene Hartselle, Rosemary Honiker, Saxon
Pope, Elizabeth Skeen, Elizabeth Sutton
and Miriam Thompson; Class of 1933
Bernice Beaty, Margaret Belote, Elizabeth
Bolton, Mary D. Clarke, Bessie Meade
Friend, Virginia Heard, Cornelia Keaton,
Roberta Kilpatrick, Elizabeth Lightcap,
Eulalia Napier, Gail Nelson, LaTrelle
Robertson, Margaret Telford, and Sarah
Watson; Class of 1934 Pauline Gordon,
Lucy Goss, Elinor Hamilton, Mary Hamil-
ton, Margaret Martin, Marion Matthews,
Amelia O'Neal, Juliette Puett, and Louise
Schuessler.

Sara Wilson, of the class of 1933, has
been chosen as the student representative
of Agnes Scott who is to pursue her Junior
course of study abroad. Agnes Scott con-
fers this most coveted honor upon one of

its students each year since it is allied
with the nfovement that is being sponsored
by progressive liberal colleges throughout
the United States. Aside from having a
natural aptitude for foreign languages,
the aspiring student must have shown her
ability to meet the requirements that have
been designated by the Committee on For-
eign Study. She must have a ready knowl-
edge of the language, as well as a certain
fluency in speaking it, must have done a
reasonable amount of outside reading in
French literature and history. The can-
didate must also have strength of charac-
ter, excellent scholarship, health, adapt-
ability and a pleasing personality. She
must be willing to accept the supervision
of the Foreign Study Bureau in France
and pledge herself to use the French lan-
guage throughout the entire year abroad.

This fall the sports offered at Agnes
Scott are: swimming, hockey, tennis, golf,
archery, and horseback riding. Shades of
the past, when a nice long walk and little
basketball, well, maybe a little tennis and
hockey, constituted the year's program.

* * *

"Rat Week" has become so modified this
year that it is "rat day." The battle be-
tween the Sophs and Frosh has become
a much saner affair. Yet the Sophomores
of this year feel just as powerful over
the rats, worms, morons, or what have
you, as the Sophs of any other year; and
the Freshmen still show that same stoic-
ism -to endure all, because they'll get it
back next year.

* * *

Tentative program of lectures for Agnes
Scott is given as follows: November 3rd
Dr. Giovanni Macerata, of Venice, Italy,
lecturing on art; November 2Sth Dr.
Robert West, of the University of Wiscon-
sin, who will talk on "Man, the Animal
Who Talks." Dr. Roberts is head of the
Speech Pathology Department of Wiscon-
sin. The third event will be the play,
"The Far-Off Hills," given by the Abbey
Irish Players, the time to be decided later.
The fourth feature has not yet been

chosen.

* * *

Mary Rountree, a member of the stu-
dent body, competed in the annual contest
sponsored by the Julliard Graduate School
of Music in New York City. This school,
which is one of the most heavily endowed
of its kind, admits only students of music
who have won scholarships, the awards
being made by such judges as John Ers-
kine, Madame Semfrich, and Paul Reimers.

Agnes Scott

"IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS!"

Mary (Jones) Campbell, who attended
Agnes Scott from 1892 to 1893, was in-
terviewed the other week by an Agonistic
reporter for some early day-student doings,
for she came out to Agnes Scott when the
day students rode out from.Atlanta each day
on the train and were chaperoned at that!
"And," said Mrs. Campbell, "I guess we
needed it, for we were all between the ages
of thirteen and fifteen." The next years,
the day students rode in style on the
dummy which ran from the capitol in At-
lanta to Decatur, and they were un-
chapercned. The dummy was pulled by a
dinky little engine and had but one coach
(and oh! the cinders) and ran every hour.
The conductor knew all the girjs by
name, would immediately miss one if she
were absent. The road ran almost entire-
ly through the woods, and somewhere
along the road the sturdy little dummy
would have to stop to fill up its tank with
water and while this was happening, the
girls would get off to pick wild flowers.
When the dummy had drunk its fill, the
conductor called the girls by ringing his
bell and blowing his whistle and then con-
scientiously counted heads. Maybe we
were wrong in saying they were not
chaperoned on the dummy, the conductor
seems to have done a thorough job, even
though such rumors reached Miss Hop-
kins that one day she called a mesting
of the day students to beg them to re-
frain from flirting with the conductor! He
really should have been paid by the college
for his valuable ssi'vices, instead of being-
cruelly suspected! But somewhere along the
way he failed to do his duty as a chaperon,
for Mary Jones admits that it was on
the dummy that she met her future hus-
band, there among the cinders, when he
was a young surveyor going daily to his
work of surveying around East Lake.

She told of how each girl laid a brick in
the bay window of Main when it was erect-
ed. She said: "I have watched with in-
terest the other buildings being added, but
I feel that none embodies the feeling with
which these girls helped to build Agnes
Scott." And again she assures us that it
was not all play and no work, not with
Miss Hopkins and Miss McKinney in the
offing, not to mention Dr. Gaines, who one
day gave them the whole book of Deuter-
onomy for the next assignment in Bible.
"We took that as a compliment to our abil-
ity later," she added slyly.

WHAT DO YOU DO WITH YOUR
NOVELS?

What do you do with your novels, your
detective stories, your biographies, when
you've read them and they've gone the
rounds of your friends ? Wouldn't it be
amusing to think of Chinese students try-
ing to ferret out Van Dyne, or solving the
Crime Club's last January thriller? Per-
haps your last fall Book-of-the-Month
might make a new appearance on the new
book shelf of a Chinese university.

During the six months I'm home from
Shanghai I'm trying to gather some of
the newer fiction for the St. John's Uni-
versity libi'ary. Book budgets loom large
in Mexican silver dollars but when one has
to produce four and a half Chinese dollars
to make one American dollar it is easy
to understand why few of our library dol-
lars go into fiction. And the students do
read fiction as much as we have. It's
one of their ways of learning how things
are done in the west. Often I stop by
the fiction shelves to help my students pick
out something that will interest them. The
few mystery stories can rarely be found
on the shelves, and many of the more
modern novels are constantly on the move.

I've been teaching modern European his-
tory the past few years and I often think
the few novels some of them read give
more of a background than do the col-
lateral readings. (Novels with a back-
ground of the World War would be useful
in this course.) This coming semester,
when I get back, I'm hoping to give a
course in Russian history, and if any of
you have any Tolstoy, or other novel-
ists or Russian plays they'd be a boon.
Any of the present Russian novels, like
Ossergin's "Quiet Street," would be splen-
did. I guess it's too much to hope for any
of Anna Louise Strong, or Hindus, or the
"Autobiography of a Russian Princess"
but almost anything on Russia would sup-
ply me with material.

Books of travel or biography are very
popular among the students but I suppose
they are kept on the library table longer
than the others. However, any books
you're willing to give to the St. John's
library can be parcel posted directly to the
Librarian, St. John's University, Shanghai,
China. If you mai-k your parcel on the
outside, "books only," it is not necessary
to make out a customs declaration, and no
duty is paid in China. The postage on

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books to Shanghai is fourteen cents a
pound. If you'd like to ask any ques-
tions about sending your books, I'll be
glad to answer; if you can't send them di-
rect to China, I'll be in this country until
the end of December and I'll forward any
which come to me. (Address, 232 Yost
Ave., Spring City, Pa.)

Newspaper reports of China usually tell
of floods, of famines, of civil wars, of
bandits. It is good to remember that be-
side all of these things there is going on
a quiet and effective program of Christian
education. A book or two or three may
be but a small share in the work of a
school but if several dozen Agnes Scott
alumnae are interested in this project,
there will be a very real contribution. You
may know that your gift will be ap-
preciated.
Frances Charlotte (Markley) Roberts, '21.

MRS. SYDENSTRICKER ELECTED TO

PI GAMMA MU

Honor was conferred on another of our
faculty when Mrs. Alma Sydenstricker,
professor of Bible, and much beloved
teacher of many alumnae as well as pres-
ent students, was elected to membership
in Pi Gamma Mu, National Social Service
Society. Pi Gamma Mu holds a position
in the social science world similar to that
of Phi Beta Kappa in the literary and to
that of Sigina Xi in scientific study.

The award of membership which has
come to Mrs. Sydenstricker has been rich-
ly deserved and is also one of great honor,
for the roll of this society holds such il-
lustrious names as those of Jane Addams;
Irving Fisher of Yale; Florence E. Allen,
Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio;
Hon. Harry Flood Byrd, ex-Governor of
Virginia; Commander Richard Byrd;
George W. Crile; Frederick Starr, eminent
professor of anthropology at the Universi-
ty of Chicago; James H. Breasted, pro-
fessor of oriental history at Chicago, and
many others.

SOME INTERESTING VACATIONS OF
FACULTY

Miss Dexter spent the summer in Eu-
rope, visiting France, Italy, Germany, Hol-
land, and Switzerland, as well as England
and Scotland.

Miss Lillian Smith made a Virgilian
Cruise and Pilgrimage. The cruise in-
cluded all the main places mentioned by
Virgil in his works: Carthage, Sicily,
Crete, Delos, Troy, Mycenae, Delphi,
Olympia, and Pompeii. After the cruise.
Miss Smith spent several weeks in Italy
and southern France.

Miss Lewis studied at Harvard, taking
advantage of the art scholarship awarded

her last spring. She took courses in de-
sign, history of decoration and medieval
art.

Miss Harn was in Germany all summer.
While in Berlin, she visited Miss Mac-
Doug-all at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute,
where Miss MacDougall has been working
in the research laboratories. Together, they
visited Greta Steche, our German exchange
student in '29-'30. From there. Miss Harn
traveled to Naulburg, Thuringerin Forests
and then to Munich to attend operas at the
Wagner Opera Season, later returning to
Hamburg to visit friends before sailing for
home.

REPORT OF HOUSE AND TEA ROOM
COMMITTEE

The report from the House and Tea
Room Committee is necessarily very short
this year.

We are very fortunate in having Mrs.
Nisbet to return as hostess and manager
of the Tea Room for the coming year.

The activity of this committee has been
very little for the past year due to limit-
ed finances and misfortune.

We wish to acknowledge with many
thanks the lovely gifts presented to the
Alumnae House by Miss Jackson, Miss
McKinney, Dr. Sweet, Miss Phythian, Miss
Alexander, Miss Dorothy Hutton and Mrs.
Nisbet. Then at the Thanksgiving birth-
day party Mrs. Eagan, Mrs. Brown and
Mrs. Young gave gifts of mioney to the
Alumnae House to. be used where needed.

During the year $95.61 passed through
our hands, $54.06 being spent for dishes
and kitchen equipment. When the Decatur
Bank and Trust Company failed we had on
deposit, $64.68 which was being held to
buy silver for the dining room. $24.26, or
37V2% of this has been paid and this
was used to pay for four dozen plates, two
dozen teacups and three dozen glasses.

The committee puts in a plea. The Tea
Room is badly in need of a large ice box
and table linen. We shall appreciate any
suggestions as to how we are to secure
these.

Financial report of Tea Room from Sep-
tember, 1931-September, 1932:

Receipts $7,049.87

Disbui'sements 6,862.34

Profits 187.53

75', f Profits to Genei'al Association 140.65
20' r Profits to Mrs. Nisbet, Man-
ager 39.50

5'/f Profits to House Committee__ 9.38
Respectfully submitted,
MARY (KNOX) HAPPOLDT,
Chairman of House and Tea Room Com-
mittee.

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Entered as second class matter under the Act of Congress, August, 1912

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Snow Scene Frontispiece

Alumnae Week-end in Retrospect 3

Recent Alumnae Publications 6

Founder's Day . T^^l ,^..?/^>'^^. /^' \^'-'>.7'

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Through THE College Gates ^i^.' -V' '. ". ' If

Campus Chat
Faculty News

From THE Alumnae Office 13

A Great Granddaughter

Thanks for the Cap and Gown

Interesting Correspondence on Alumnae Week-end

Club News

Excerpt from Agonistic

Hoasc Alumnae at Initiation (picture)

Carnegie Foundation Art Gift

Glee Club Carols

Concerning Ourselves 16

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The cold ^vind doth blow and we

shall have snow at Agnes Scott!

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ALUMNAE WEEK-END IN RETROSPECT

In the strange quiet of December first it seems hard to feel that the last week-end
was anything more than the most delightful and happiest of dreams. But then our
mind goes back to that first morning and even before that actual opening day and we
think of the thrills of seeing alumnae appearing on the campus and in the Alumnae
House, all the after days fade away and we live the week-end over again.

Let's begin with Thanksgiving. After the annual basketball contest between alumnae
and Varsity and some day we hope to win that game! came a general exodus for
Atlanta and shows and dates and reunions of friends. But evening saw alumnae and
students pouring back to hurry into their Sunday best for the Thanksgiving turkey; the
dining rooms were filled with alumnae, especially of '31, visiting friends on the campus
and there was a special table for alumnae, presided over by Llewellyn Wilburn and Janef
Preston. Of course, coffee was served, as the old Agnes Scott tradition is, in Rebekah
lobby and for the first time '31 realized its graduation to Faculty Coffee, as alumnae
guests.

But the official bell rang for the Alumnae Week-end at 10:30 o'clock on Friday and
since the last Quarterly carried all of the program, we won't take it bit by bit, but give
you a bird's eye view of it all. Suffice it to say that the first room in Buttrick Hall,
which seated around fifty, was immediately outgrown and, even before Dr. McLean of
Emory University began his talk on Europe, alumnae had to be moved into a very large
room across the hall, which was taxed to its capacity so that the crowd bulged out of the
doors into the hall. Miss Van Dusseldorp followed this lecture with her talk and then
the alumnae, over eighty strong, marched into Rebekah Scott where they were dmed
and "sung to and one peppy table of alumnae tried out their voices in a request to the
students to "Stand up. Students," which so astonished the students that they could hardly
get to their feet. And what shall be said of the pleasure we had in the Book and Art
Exhibits? The lovely east room on the second floor of Buttrick was filled with books of
recent publishing and editions of old friends, in both cheap and expensive editions, as well
as an intriguing table of some first editions and old books which were borrowed from
Mrs. Elijah Brown of Atlanta, and a case of book plates which are Emory's treasures.
Here in comfortable chairs and on lounges, alumnae and students met and read and talked
and forgot the world. And in another room in Buttrick, the wonderful collections which
the Carnegie Foundation has made possible to our art department were shown and the
beautiful cabinet, also a gift of this Foundation. Alumnae, especially, were wide-eyed as
we reveled in re-prints of old masters, in the textile prints and all the library of art
books.

And on Saturday morning when the school bell rang at 10:30 again, back came the
alumnae in the same numbers to hear Dr. White on "Psychology of Childhood" and then
Miss Laney on "The Anglo-Saxon Motif in Modern Poetry." Great was the enthusiasm
about both of these lectures and as for our own professor. Miss Laney, the listeners came
from her talk with the feeling that it had indeed been a privilege to think with her in
her field of beauty.

And as for our social program: the luncheon in Rebekah was the first of this and we
have told you of that; on Friday evening dinner was served to seventy-five alumnae and
friends in the Alumnae House. At two long tables, with a speakers' table connecting
them, in the soft candle light, with the yellow of autumn glowing in the decorations,
such a good time was had by all that when the time came for the after dinner talk by
Miss Jessie Hopkins of the Carnegie Library on "Books," we were loathe to stop our own
talk. But as soon as she began, she won us, with her rare wit, her clever discussions of
books, and her own attractive personality. Even a good alumnus who was at the dinner
admitted later of his own accord that it beat his college dinner of the week before,

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adding that he thought the idea of our Alumnae House as a setting was one of our
great advantages.

Our usual Alumnae Tea, held each year at Thanksgiving time, was the Saturday-
afternoon feature. From four to six, Dr. McCain, Miss Hopkins, Mary Warren and
Llewellyn Wilburn received the alumnae guests, also faculty and some of the outstanding
students presidents of classes and clubs and organizations on the campus while little
Anne Young Eagan assisted by meeting the guests at the door and the Granddaughters
Club, composed of the girls who are daughters of the alumnae and are now in college
themselves, served. This tea which is given in honor of the birthday of Miss Anna Young
for whom our Alumnae House was named has come to be the time when many friends
and alumnae make a gift to the House. We would make grateful acknowledgment here
of the following: Susan Young Eagan and Bessie Young Brown gave a beautiful silver
vase, with the monogram of our Alumnae House engraved on it; Miss McKinney,
Dr. Sweet, Miss Alexander and Margaret Phythian gave an exquisite breakfast cloth
and napkins; Leone Bowers Hamilton made a gift of two lovely rugs for one of the
bedrooms; Miss Lillian Smith's gift of pillow cases and Miss Elizabeth Jackson's
present of napkins made most welcome additions to the linen of the Alumnae House;
Frances Charlotte Markley Roberts brought from China one of the fine luncheon cloths
of that country. Margaret WTiitington gave two lovely lamps for one of the bedrooms
and also two dainty doilies. Janef Preston presented the Alumnae House with her gift of
a dainty cloth and napkins, as did Martha Stansfield.

On Saturday evening, the Lecture Association of Agnes Scott offered Dr. West of the
University of Wisconsin in his talk on "Man, the Animal Who Talks" as one of the
features of the Alumnae Week-end and with his masterful discussion, the program of our
first Alumnae Week-end closed and it became history.

The committee who planned for this "beyond-all-expectations" successful Alumnae
Week-end are very desirous of hearing from the alumnae, especially those who attended
the lectures and social affairs of this week-end, as to any criticisms or suggestions so that
next year's program may be benefited by the first experience. Address your answers to
Miss Adelaide Cunningham or the Alumnae Secretary.

The Alumnae Association wishes to express its deepest thanks to all our lecturers,
to the faculty committee, composed of Dr. Robertson, Mrs. Sydenstricker and Miss Hop-
kins, to the student committee with Louise Stakely, chairman, to Margaret Phythian and
her committee, Caroline (McKinney) Hill and Martha Crowe, who arranged the dinner,
to Frances (Gilliland) Stukes and her committee who were hostesses for the college lunch-
eon, to the alumnae committee, with Adelaide Cunningham, as chairman, which has
worked for a year in the preparation and in the carrying out of this first Alumnae Week-
end. Our thanks are rendered to Dr. McCain and the college for their hospitality, to all
of the faculty and student body for their friendly welcome to returning alumnae, which
made each alumna feel back home again. Miss Sinclair, who arranged the horse show
for our afternoon program, and Miss Lewis and Leone Bowers Hamilton and Miss Mc-
Kmney and Janef Preston deserve more thanks than we are able to express for their part
m making the afternoon program so entertaining. And to Mary Elizabeth Warren,
chairman of the entertainment committee for the tea and to the Granddaughters Club,
which assisted, grateful acknowledgment is made of their helpfulness.

Because we believe you would like to know who was there as well as what was there,
we are publishing below the actual registration list for the lectures; the names of many
alumnae may not appear on this, who were back for some other feature, such as the Fri-
day dinner or the Saturday tea and we will leave the '3 1 class to tell about its members
who were back for their own private reunion and dinner on Saturday evening. This
registration list will include a few names of guests other than alumnae, as they were most
welcome to the lectures.

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This list is given in the order of registration on Friday and Saturday mornings.

Mary Warren, '29

Mrs. William Cole Jones

Mrs. Allen Burrus

Miss Langford

Sarah Belle (Broadnax) Hansell, '23

Leila Jernigan

Lizzabel Saxon, '08

Adelaide Cunningham, '11

Ruth McDonald, '27

Lamar Lowe, '27

Kenneth Maner, '27

Mrs. J. W. Schuessler

Josephine (Schuessler) Stevens, '25

Mrs. F. H. Gaines

Frances (Gilliland) Stukes, '24

Frances (Freeborn) Pauley, '27

Mynelle (Blue) Grove, '16

Gladys (McDaniel) Hastings, '21

Reba (Bayless) Boyer, '27

Cai-oline Larendon, '18

Katie Samuel

Catherine Parker, '15

Annie May Christie

Annie (Bryan) Scott, '15

Augusta (Skeen) Cooper, '17

Marjorie New

Bessie Will Elrod

Mrs. L. A. Bailey

Isabelle (Leonard) Spearman, '29

Leone (Bowers) Hamilton, '26

Lucy (Reagan) Redwine, '10

Elizabeth (Flake) Cole, '23

Olivia (Fewell) Taylor, Institute

Ethel (Alexander) Gaines, '00

Eloise Gaines, '28

Josephine Walker, '28

Amelia (Alexander) Greenawalt, '17

Hallie (Alexander) Turner, '18

Gladys Austin, '29

Hilda (McConnell) Adams, '23

Mrs. T. N. Fulton

Susan Leonard

Sarah Fulton, '21

Louise (Brown) Hastings, '23

Mary Brown

Willie May (Coleman) Duncan, '27

Ethel Ware, '22

Frances (Markley) Roberts, '21

Betty Floding, '21

Helene (Norwood) Lammers, '22

Maurine Bledsoe, '27

Louisa (White) Gosnell, '27

Eugenia (Johnston) Griffin, '21

Carol (Stearns) Wey, '12

Mary Ben (Wright) Erwin, '25

Mary Palmer (Caldwell) McFarland, '25

Julia Pratt (Smith) Slack, '12

Eva (Towers) Hendee, '10

Mrs. Wm. Hutchinsoin

Theodosia (Willingham) Anderson, '11

Irene (Ingram) Sage, Institute

Estelle (Webb) Shadburn, Institute

Susan (Shadburn) Watkins, '26

Jennie Anderson, '10

Gertrude Willoughby, '31

Chopin Hudson, '31

Llewellyn Wilburn, '19

Fannie G. (Mayson) Donaldson, '12

Olive (Hall) Shadgett, '26

Lucile (Little) Morgan, '23

Margaret (McDow) MacDougall, '24

Cora (Morton) Durrett, '24

Louise Baker, '30

Julia Thompson, '31

Anita Boswell, '31

Dorothy Hutton, '29

Emily Spivey, '25

Isabel Dew, '17

Clare Hancock, Institute

Emma Recherman, '31

Harriet Smith, '31
Jane McLaughlin, '31

Lois Smith, '29

Louise Plumb, '27

Beulah Chamlee

Mary Franklin

Elizabeth (Dimmock) Bloodworth, '19

Ethel Reid, '06

Mrs. E. D. McDonald

Constance (Berry) Currie, Academy

Mrs. Berry

Hazel (Huff) Monaghan, '26

Eleanor Bonham, '30

Mr. W. T. Dent

Margaret (Brenner) Awtrey, '23

Allie (Candler) Guy, '13

Lora Lee DeLoach, '31

Ruth (Mallory) Burch, '30

Bettina (Bush) Carter, '29

Lillian (Ozmer) Ti-eadwell, Institute

Roba (Goss) Ansley, Institute

Mary Ansley, '31

Marian Lee, '31

Mrs. M. T. Toney

Mrs. W. W. Worcester

Mrs. H. R. Slack

Mrs. Kate Rawls

Miss L. M. Pierce
Katherine Burford

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RECENT ALUMNAE PUBLICATIONS

ALABAMA IN THE FIFTIES

(Minnie Clare Boyd, '19, "Alabama in the Fifties," a Social Study, Columbia Uni-
versity Press, N. Y., 1931, p. 242. This is Miss Boyd's Ph.D. thesis.)

The years just "before the war" in the South have a peculiar appeal both to the
student and to the general reader. We are all anxious to know the details of that civiliza-
tion which was so torn and changed by the ravages of war. In Alabama those years of
the fifties were particularly significant because "For thirty years, as a state, Alabama had
coped with the problems of the wilderness. . . . Then between the conflict with nature
on one hand and the clash of human arms on the other, there were these ten crowded
years a brief armistice during which there was an exciting undercurrent of impending
achievement, which, in retrospect, we view with a deep sense of frustration."

That this "exciting undercurrent of impending achievement" was justified is fully
presented by Miss Boyd in an elaborate account of the life of the people of Alabama
during these ten years their agriculture, manufacturing, travel and transportation,
homes, education, religion, skirmishes against disease and crime, activities of their public
men, and variety of social life.

The story of the place of cotton in Southern agriculture and of its dependence upon
the system of slavery is a familiar, though always important, part of the economic picture
of this period. On the other hand, not so many are acquainted with the fact that as
early as this, Alabama had made an encouraging beginning in manufacturing. Carriage
makers and cabinet makers of Huntsville and Montgomery advertised their wares. The
textile industry increased over 160 percent during the decade. In Mobile the ship-
building industry was thriving. The coal and iron industries were already pointing to an
important future.

As a man of the fifties travelled through the state on the railroads (which were
always clamoring for state or federal aid) or by stage coach over the roads heavy with
mud or improved with the favorite "plank roads" he saw homes of every variety. A
few would fit the dreams of the fiction writer of ante-bellum romances, but the majority
were of less magnificent appearance and many still bore evidence of the fact that the
state had not entirely passed beyond the pioneer stage.

The development of an organized public school system which took the place of
private schools during this decade is another evidence of the progressiveness of the state.
This was accompanied by much advance in higher education, though the difficulties
which Dr. Basil Manly had to face as president of the University show the effects of
sectarian rivalry of the denorhinational colleges.

Denominationalism was rampant in the fifties and an account of the religious affairs
of a state where Baptists and Methodists predominated must be full of picturesque and
interesting details of denominational debates, camp meetings, and the hard journeys of
domestic missionaries. It is disappointing, however, not to find more discussion of the
results of the split in these churches over slavery which had taken place during the
previous decade.

The account of life in Alabama before the war is brought to a close with a survey of
the activities of social-minded leaders who were working to stamp out disease and help
the state's unfortunates; of the editors and lawyers who were much concerned with the
paramount issue of "states rights"; and of how the people of the state played and were
amused at the races and theatres and of their interest in music and writing.

The materials from which Miss Boyd draws her facts for this detailed and enlightening
picture of ante-bellum Alabama are, of course, varied from census reports and college
catalogues to newspapers, letters, and diaries. Among the most interesting are manu-
scripts in the Alabama Archives such as the J. L. M. Curry papers and pamphlets, the

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A. J. Pickett papers, the Basil Manly papers, and the Journals of H. V. Wooten and
Mrs. Sarah R. Espy.

{The revieiv of this hook teas very kindly made for the Alnmiiae Quarterly by Miss
Florence E. Smith of the History Department of Agnes Scott.)

Miss Jimmie Deane and What Happened at Pleasant Meadows, by Rosa Belle Knox,
'99, is a worthy successor to her book, The Boys and Sally and has been keenly anticipated
since that publication. In her new book, as in Sally, Miss Knox tells the story of a
little Southern girl living on a plantation surrounded by a lovable family, happy care-
free slaves and this picture of life at Pleasant Meadows is so delightfully told that it ap-
peals to grownups as well as to children.

"This story of plantation life is charmingly written by one who spent most of her
childhood on the estate of relatives near Livingston, in Sumter County, Alabama. This
section was steeped in the romance and tradition of the Old South, where the flower of
Southern gentility enjoyed life in the fullest degree and from whence men and women
emerged to add their names to the illustrious Alabamians."

FOUNDER'S DAY FEBRUARY 22nd

And with one great home-coming just over for Hottentots, here comes the news of
the next one. And what a home-coming this one is! Gathered by the hundreds, in
groups or singly, to hear the radio program over WSB that will take each one of us
back to Agnes Scott in memory when we hear the strains of "When far from the
reach of thy sheltering arms, " opening the half hour of talks and songs from the
college. And as v/e sit and listen, we can picture all the girls we knew sitting around
radios or dinner tables at exactly the same minute, hearing exactly the same voices, think-
ing exactly the same thoughts. How much it adds to know our roommate in another
state or that best friend in some other city is with us "in the air."

Again the reminder of what it means to get your telegram back to the Journal
Studios, Atlanta Biltmore, WSB, a little before the program begins or immediately when
it begins, so they can be re-read over the radio as one of the most enjoyable features of
the half-hour. If your group is quite a distance away, can you plan to meet a little early
and compose that telegram before the actual half hour, for the time is almost too short
for most telegrams to reach the "WSB studios in the program time unless you do? And if
the telegram is out of the question and the telephone is not feasible either, then the
very best thing is to sit down as soon as the program is over and write to Miss Hopkins
or Dr. McCain or to the Alumnae Office and tell us how it came in to you and who
was with you and what you did and said. You probably remember that all telegrams
and bits from the letters are published in the next Quarterly and that other alumnae are
just as anxious as you to know who was in the audience that evening.

If you have a large group in your town, it would be wonderful to plan for a dinner
or some gathering on February 22nd to hear the program; if there are only a few, you can
have the best time of all by getting together in one home and tuning in. And if by
some chance you are the sole alumna of your community then you will not want to miss
tuning in with the many hundreds elsewhere to be again in the goodly company of
Hottentots. And it is the time to invite mothers of girls now at Agnes Scott and girls
and mothers of girls who may be considering coming to Agnes Scott next year to meet
with you and get a little taste of the college life. One alumna last year invited in six
high school girls and she, as the only alum of her town, was hostess to this group of
"prospects" and had the time of her life being hostess!

DON'T FORGET, FEBRUARY 22nd, 6-6:30 P. M. CENTRAL STANDARD
ATLANTA TIME, WSB THE VOICE OF THE SOUTH AT THE BILTMORE.

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TOWARD THE RISING SUN

("Spott" Payne won a trip to the Orient last summer, conducted by Mr. Upton Close,
by writing an essay in a contest in "The American Boy" on the subject of "Why I
Should Like to Visit the Orient." The following story of this trip has been written for
the Quarterly at the request of the editor that all alumnae might travel by proxy through
that story book land.)

Mary Spottswood Payne, 1917

For fifteen days the little "Arizona Maru" ploughed a choppy, grey Pacific under
a cold, damp sky; for fifteen days a smiling Japanese cabin boy pursued me with "Please
to come to tea"; for fifteen days and then suddenly land. With her unerring courtesy,
Japan greeted us with a crimson and gold sunrise, against which stood the first islands
of the archipelago, still a-twinkle with lights.

Japan is like her own beautiful prints come to life. I never quite got over the feel-
ing that I was at a play and was always surprised to see, as I looked from hurrying train
windows, that people were still bowing, smiling, serving tea, and pattering around in
picturesque kimonas, even when they didn't know that I was watching. There is a
queer mixture of old and new: perfectly equipped trains, hundreds of American-made
taxis, foreign straw hats atop the heads of kimono-clad males, fluttering prayer papers at
quiet Shinto shrines, deep toned bells telling Buddha that a prayer is rising to him.

To gain a better understanding of Eastern life and thought, we attended lectures at
the Oriental Culture Summer School conducted by the Imperial University at Tokyo.
Here Dr. Anesaki, dean of Japanese historians, who speaks Oxford English; Mr. Kawasaki,
secretary of the foreign office, who speaks Boston English, and several others, the
origin of whose English is not fixed, introduced to us Japanese art, religion, flower ar-
rangement, tea ceremonial, legal system, labor problems, and foreign policy for all of
these things were touched on. The lectures were followed every afternoon by a frantic
dash and Tokyo taxis know how to dash from one tea to another given in honor of
the foreign guests by such people as Baron Mitsui and Prince Tokugawa.

Tokyo, Yokahoma, big modern cities, and Kyoto, the aristocratic old capital, are
charming and thought-provoking; but the real thrill in Japan came from our days and
nights in little native villages off the beaten path of the tourist.

In Nikko a beautiful place, all tall cryptomeria trees, waterfalls, and temples we
were met at the station by a hotel boy who walked before us in the slanting rain carry-
ing a bobbing, golden lantern. All the attendants of the yadoya (inn) were waiting in
the "shoe-off place" to bow and giggle. Before going to bed, we all gathered in the
great room and, sitting on cushions before tiny, lacquer tables, drank a welcome cup of
delicious tea. And so to bed on mats on the floors, but not, I assure you, before we
had bathed. A Japanese host may fail to wash his linen, but he never neglects that little
attention to his guests.

One night we stopped at Bentenjima, a tiny village between Tokyo and Kyoto, on
the famous highway along which the Emperor's equipage passed in the days of feudal
pomp. As we were the first large group of foreigners ever to visit the place, the whole
population gathered at the station. Across the one street was suspended a banner like
the ones we put up for county afairs. On it appeared in big black letters "Wellcome."
Much to my sorrow when I arrived next morning, camera in hand, I found that some
enlightened soul had painted over the extra "L." But the greeting of Bentenjima, itself
so beautiful, should have had a spelling all its own.

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After a bath a social affair in Japan and a native dinner, the Americans, dressed
in kimonos and clogs, went to the beach for a lantern procession given in our honor. With-
out a sound the little fishing boats floated into view and drifted past us on the quiet
sea, each carrying at stern and bow a glowing lantern, the swaying lights followed by
long, wavering reflections. It was as unreal and beautiful as Venice.

Crossing the Yellow Sea, we landed at Shanghai. I felt exactly like a character in a
book when I walked about the Astor House or rode up and down the queer, narrow streets
in my rickshaw. Every traveler in Shanghai should go to the Chinese city; that is, if
he has a Chinese friend to take him. I shouldn't like going with onl)^ Westerners; in fact,
I didn't like going at all, but it is an experience very valuable when in the past tense.
Such filth and disease, such terrible temples filled with hideous gods! But I saw a boy
sitting on the dirt floor of his shop carving ivory, I heard hundreds of crickets chirping
in their tiny cages, and looked a long time at the Willow Tea House, familiar to us on
blue china plates. All of Shanghai was depressing to me. I have a very Chinese (or is
it American?) dislike for the foreign concessions; and the first sight of hungry, homeless
coolies sleeping on the paving stones, or straining at unthinkable loads, made me feel
that the situation was as hopeless as the "old China hands" represent it. But as we
moved north, stopping at the new Nationalist Capital, Nanking, my spirits rose. A new
day is coming for China, or perhaps it is the revival of an old day; nations, like people,
have to sleep now and then. But in its present state, the East has much to teach the
West.

After leaving Nanking, where we talked with Pearl Buck about "The Good Earth"
and where we took a sunrise ride to the tomb of Sun Yat-sen, our journey was interrupted
by the floods. When we reached a trestle completely submerged by the swollen Yellow
River, we scrambled from our train and into flat boats which carried us to dry land and
the train sent down from Peking. Where that waste of yellow water rushed and churned,
two days before a village of mud houses had stood. The flood came from two directions
suddenly in the night, and caught the villagers in a trap; hundreds were drowned. The
only relic of human habitation on that stretch of water was a corn stalk caught in the
telegraph wires, but along the tracks we saw refugees, stolid peasant women, brewing
their inevitable cup of tea and talking with the soldiers as if floods and sudden death were
part of their normal life as, indeed, they are.

That night two cars were put off at Taian-fu while the rest of the party rushed on
to Peking (now Peiping) . Fortunately Gen. Mah, then in conamand of the Shantung
district, is an old friend of Mr. Close, our conductor, and sent a military guard to
patrol the station to prevent an attack by bandits. The next day, when we returned
from Mount Tai, he invited all of us to a banquet at his headquarters, a banquet of forty-
two courses, including shark's fins and "ancient eggs." After the banquet, his army
went thru an intricate and beautiful knife drill and two teams in shorts and mono-
gramed jerseys, looking for all the world as if they belonged in American colleges, played
basketball.

But young. Western-minded China does not belong at the foot of Mount Tai, "the
Most Sacred Mountain."

"Space and the twelve clean xv'inds of heaven
And this sharp exultation, like a cry, after the slow six thousand steps of climbing!
This is Tai Shan, the beautiful, the most holy."

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We made the six thousand steps in sedan chairs swung over the shoulders of coohes,
while Chinese women with their poor, bound feet toiled up the irregular stairway on a
reverent pilgrimage. But I was reverent too, thinking how five hundred years before
Christ, Confusius stood once on this same spot and "felt the smallness of the world be-
low." And what a world all jade green rice fields, cut by the yellow river, stretching
away to the end of things!

Ten days we roamed about Peking, then started thru the Great "Wall to Mukden
deceptively peaceful in August and on to Korea, across the Japan Sea, up to the Japanese
Alps, down to the Pacific and the waiting steamer. Sailing is attended with great
ceremony in Japan. Hundreds of varicolored paper streamers, thrown from ship to
dock and back again, made a bright, kindergarten mat; the ship's band played the
National Anthem; everybody called "sayonara" to everybody else. There stood Fujiyama,
with the bands of the sunset behind her, watching us out of the harbor. Japan, with
her unerring courtesy, was saying goodbye.

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Through the College Gates

CAMPUS CHAT

Investiture was observed on November
7th before a chapel crowded with parents,
students, and friends. The procession be-
ginning the ceremony was led in the tra-
ditional way by the Sophomores, who form-
ed the line through which the faculty, in
academic attire, passed, followed by the
senior class with their caps in their hands,
and wearing the gowns, for the first time.
After Dr. Howerton's prayer and Dr. Mc-
Cain's simple explanatioin of what this time
had come to mean to Agnes Scott, Miss
Louise Hale made the address. In her talk,
she brought out the significance of In-
vestiture, when the senior class receives
official recognition and then discussed
ideals of Agnes Scott and the Seniors' re-
sponsibility for upholding these. And then,
each senior knelt, in turn, before Miss Hop-
kins and had her cap placed on her head,
as a sign of her seniority.
* * *

One of the interesting events of October
on the campus was the installation of Mor-
tar Board. Membership was granted last
June and Hoasc became a regular chapter
of Mortar Board at the services held over
the week-end of October 30th. Hoasc was
organized at Agnes Scott in 1916; its en-
deavor was to recognize unselfish service
on the campus and there were always two
announcements of new members, one in the
spring from the number of the Junior class
and one in the fall from the Senior class.
Mortar Board is a national Senior honorary
society for women, founded in 1918, at
Syracuse, N. Y. The purpose of this or-
ganization is to provide for cooperation be-
tween college societies organized along
this line, to promote college loyalty, to ad-
vance the spirit of service and fellowship,
in short, the object is sei^vice, leadership,
and scholarship.

On the morning of October 30th, Llewel-
lyn Wilburn explained, in the chapel meet-
ing, the aims and ideals of Hoasc and fol-
lowing her talk, Miss Katherine Kuhlman
talked on the history of Mortar Board and
its ideals. The initiation was held that
afternoon, when alumnae members of
Hoasc were received into membership, as
well as the present student members of
Hoasc.

The 1931 Silhouette was given All-
American Honor Rating by the National
Scholastic Press Association and because
of this rating will receive the cup given
by the Southwestern Photoprocess Com-
pany for the girls school in the Southeast-
ern section receiving the Ail-American
rating. This cup will be brought to Agnes
Scott, with Silhouette, 1931, Agnes Scott,
and the managing editor's name engraved
upon it, and placed in Buttrick Hall; if this
honor is won for three consecutive years,
the cup remains with the college. Shirley
(McPhaul) Whitfield, '31, was the editor
and Martha Tower, '31, had charge of the
financing of it. Our score for winning this
cup was 910 points out of a possible 1000
points.

* * *

A plan for projecting the motives and
interest in books which characterize Book
Week has been announced. Following a
scheme tried out at Swarthmore College,
there is offered at Agnes Scott a prize of
fifty dollars to the student who gathers on
her book shelf those volumes whose sub-
ject matter and content-ideas have awaken-
ed in her a love and joy for reading. Not
necessarily the full bookshelf but the
cherished one will win the prize. A com-
mittee will judge at the end of the year,
both on the number and also on the as-
simulation of her library by each collector.

* * *

Alumnae will probably not be able to
recognize the chapel services or the dining
rooms of the future, for word has gone
forth that no more reading or making of
announcements will be allowed in chapel
or dining rooms. A bulletin board is placed
in Buttrick Hall in the front lobby on
which all notices are posted and rules for
placing notices on this board read as if
space would be hard to get and harder to
keep, for notices have to be put up by the
dean's office and their stay there is a mere

twenty-four hours!

* * *

K. U. B. has recently become affiliated
with the Associated Press and now news of
Agnes Scott can be sent out to all parts of
the world. Mr. Caldwell, head of the As-
sociated Press bureau in Atlanta, ad-
dressed K. U. B. and also the journalism
class at the college in October, explaining
the organization of the Associated Press
and assisting the students in understand-
ing what constitutes news from this stand-
point.

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A group of the 1932 class on "Little Girl
Day" at A. S. C.

Wouldn't you like to know the number
of religious denominations represented on
the campus? At a recent chapel service,
Dr. McCain gave these fi-gures out: 184
Presbyterians; 106 Methodists; 90 Bap-
tists; 45 Episcopalians; 13 Jews; 5 Luther-
ans; 3 Reformed; 2 Christiam Church mem-
bers; 1 each of the following: Catholic,
Christian Science, United Brethren, Mor-
avian, Greek, Seventh Day Adventist,
Protestant. Three students are not church
members.

"It is important to notice," said Dr. Mc-
Cain, "that denominational differences do
not enter into or in any way influence
campus and group activities. Baptists,
Presbyterians, Greeks, Dutch Reformed,
etc., are indistinguishable in campus or-
ganizations."

^ ^ ^

Of intense interest on the campus is the
news that Dick Scandrett is now temp-
orarily assistant dean of Syracuse Uni-
versity, Syracuse, N. Y. She was studying
at Columbia and when this temporary va-
cancy occurred was offered the position.
Heir duties will be chiefly in the field of
academic and vocational counselloring of
women and as a special project she will
have work with a dormitory of seventy
girls, mostly fine art students. The pleas-
ure at having Dick win this honor is a mix-
ed one for the campus is also regretting
that she will not be in her accustomed
place in Miss Hopkins' office till next fall.
* * *

Anne Hopkins and Katharine Woltz com-
posed the Agnes Scott team which met the
Oxford University team on December 10th,
while Porter Cowles and Nelle Brown de-
bated Wesleyan College in December, up-
holding the affirmative of the question.

FACULTY NEWS

Mrs. Thomas M. Scruggs, who will be re-
membered by many alumnae as Miss Helen
Eagleson, has twin children, born on Sep-
tember 1; the son, Thomas, Jr., is a very
blonde baby, while little Helen Elizabeth,
Jr., is the contrasting brunette.
^ ^ ^

Miss Gladys Freed has been honored by
being chosen as educational director of
Pi Gamma Chapter of the Epsilon Sigma
Alpha national sorority and was installed
with the other newly elected officers, at a
banquet given in Atlanta recently.

^ !{S ^

Mrs. D. L. Strickland, whom we knew as
Miss Helen Legate, has a lovely family of
one little daughter and a son and in a very
interesting letter to an alumna, v^nrote of
her summer spent at their place at Cape
Cod and of the pleasure all were having in
it. Her friends will regret to learn of the
death of her father last May.

Grace Strauss, formerly mathematics
teacher at Agnes Scott, is now a teacher
in Pape School in Savannah, Ga.

* * *

Miss Leslie Gaylord is planning to con-
duct another European tour this next sum-
mer, which will have a very extensive
itinerary, including a motor trip through
England and Scotland and one by boat
on the Mediterranean, the tour lasting for
two months.

* * *

Dr. McCain and Mr. Stukes were dele-
gates at the conference of Southern Col-
leges held in -December in Montgomery,
Alabama.

* * *

Mr. Stukes gave the opening lecture at
Warm Springs in a series of lectures which
are being held under Governor Roosevelt's
plan for the residents there. Others of
the Agnes Scott faculty who vnll partici-
pate in this program at later dates are Dr.
Davidson, Miss Laney and Miss Lewis.

* * *

Miss Melissa Cilley of the Spanish De-
partment was one of the speakers on the
program of the South Atlantic Modern
Language Association conference. This
meeting was held at the University of
South Carolina in Columbia, S. C, on
November 27th and 28th and included
teachers of four states, the session being
divided into the separate language group.
Miss Cilley spoke to the session of Span-
ish teachers on the subject of "Spanish
Life and Thought as Revealed in Liter-
ature."

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From the Alumnae Office

A GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER

Barbara Watkins of the class of 1953 is
the ten months old daughter of Susan
(Shadburn) Watkins, '26, and the grand-
daughter of Estelle (Webb) Shadburn, '98.
So Barbara will be a member of the Great
Granddaughters Club of Agnes Scott when
she arrives at college; she is also the first
daughter born to a member of the Grand-
daughters Club of Agnes Scott, which has
been in existence only six years, her
mother being a charter member of this
club.

THANKS FOR THE CAP AND GOWN!

The thanks of the Alumnae Association are
is given to Laura Stockton (Molloy) Bowl-
ing, '20, for her cap and gown and hood,
which arrived this fall in time to be don-
ned by a very grateful senior. Every year
the Association rents its supply of caps
and gowns to the seniors and it has come
to be looked upon by the members of each
class as the service supreme. Many girls
feel that the expense of the cap and gown
is more than they can afford and others do
not care to put so much into the academic
costume for the very few times they wear
it during the year. Alumnae have been
very kind about sending in their caps and
gowns to be rented and never was a gift
more welcome, as it means an added in-
come to the Alumnae treasury as well as
very real accommodation to the senior
class. If any of you have a cap and gown
stored away and have to sun them and
pack them in moth balls yearly, please
save yourself this annual cleaning and
let one of next year's seniors sun them
for you!

INTERESTING CORRESPONDENCE ON
ALUMNAE WEEK-END

Mr. Wilfred B. Shaw, director of alumni
relations of the University of Michigan,
was delegated in 1928, at a conference of
college presidents and alumni officers, call-
ed under the auspices of the Carnegie
Corporation, to make a report upon efforts
made by American colleges and universi-
ties for alumni education.

Adelaide Cunningham, chairman of our
committee on this subject and one of the
most enthusiastic and untiring workers for
our first Alumnae Week-end in November
has been in close touch with Mr. Shaw
during the preparations and afterwards
and it is interesting to read paragraphs
from two of his letters.

This is from one writcen June 11th:

"Dear Miss Cunningham:

"It is a pleasure to receive your letter
and to know that you are making such
progress on your program for alumnae
education. You may be sure that I shall
be interested in following the results of
your efforts at Agnes Scott. My impres-
sion is, from the results obtained at the
other southern women's colleges, that you
will find a cordial reception for your pro-
gram. . . ."

This is from a letter of December 3rd,
following a letter from Adelaide Cunning-
ham to Mr. Shaw, telling him of the great
success of our Alumnae Week-end, both in
numbers attending and interest:

". . . You have had a very satisfac-
tory response to your efforts and that is
always a personal satisfaction, I know.
I shall keep your letter on file and hope
you will keep me informed as to other
plans you may have for further develop-
ment of the program.

"You will be interested in the bulletin
that I am just issuing for our alumni which
takes the nature of a report on the work
of this bureau for the past two years. I
think that the only difference between the
result that we have secured and yours
is simply that we have made experimental
efforts in more different fields than you
have made. In some respects I doubt if
we have had as satisfactory response as
you have had, considering our 70,000
alumni. . . ."

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CLUB NEWS
Birmingham, Ala.

The Birmingham Club met on October
24th with Mary Nelson Logan and Martha
Riley Selman, with eighteen present. The
decision of this club is to make it again
a luncheon club and their plan for financing
this luncheon is a means of adding to their
treasury. The president for the coming
year is Dorothy (Bowron) Collins, '23;
Mary Nel Logan, '29, is vice president, and
Pauline Willoughby, '30, is secretary.

Jacksonville, Fla.

The Jacksonville Club held its first fall
meeting with its new president, Anne
(Waddell) Bethea, '09, on October 17th
and made most enthusiastic plans for a
college day in the high schools, with a
speaker from Agnes Scott for this pro-
gram. Due to illness in the family of the
speaker, these plans had to be cancelled
at the last minute, much to the regret of
both the Jacksonville Club and the speaker.
"We ai'e planning to have a party for the
A. S. C. girls when they come home for the
holidays. Work has already been started
in securing data about prospects for the
scholarship to be offered to a Jacksonville
girl for next year " so writes Rachel
Paxon, '29, secretary of this club.

Atlanta, Ga.

The Atlanta Club has been increasing
monthly in size and interest and is in a
most flourishing condition. Augusta
(Skeen) Cooper, '17, is the new president
and has labored untiringly since taking
office to interest alumnae of Atlanta in
the meetings of this club and also in its
bazaar. Martha (Rogers) Noble, '14, first
vice president, Elizabeth (Snow) Tilley,
ex '26, second vice president; Elizabeth
Cole, '28, recording secretary; Sarah Belle
(Brodnax) Hansell, '23, corresponding sec-
retary, and Isabelle (Leonard) Spearman,
ex-'29, as treasurer, are the officers for
the new year.

In addition to the monthly meetings
which have been attended by around
seventy alumnae each time, with most
delightful programs, the club has been
planning all fall for its bazaar, which is
an annual affair on which it relies for
the most of its pledge money for the Cam-
paign. This bazaar was held on Decem-
ber 2nd in the Georgian Terrace Hotel and
was not only a great financial success,
clearing several hundred dollars, but was
a beautiful tea also, giving alumnae and
their friends the opportunity to gather
in a social time as well as a money raising
bazaar. The club has many plans for a
very active year.

Columbus, Ga.

The Agnes Scott Club here has held
monthly meetings under the leadership of
its new president, Louise Baker, '30. The
November meeting was held at the home
of Ruth Bradford, '30, and Martha Brad-
ford, '29, and at this meeting, Llewellyn
Wilburn, president of the Alumnae As-
sociation, and Fannie G. Donaldson were
guests and spoke on campus news and
alumnae activities. Many Columbus alum-
nae were present to greet these visitors
from the campus.

Decatur, Ga.

This club has held one meeting this fall,
the occasion being a very important one,
as new officers were elected: Emma Pope
(Moss) Dieckmann, '13, president; Marie
(Maclntyre) Scott, '12, vice president;
Frances (Gilliland) Stukes, '24, secretary
and treasurer. The hostesses for the
afternoon were Marie (Maclntyre) Scott,
Amelia (Alexander) Greenawalt, '17, and
Susan (Shadburn) Watkins, '26, who en-
tertained Avith a delightful tea in the
Alumnae House immediately following the
business meeting and the program of the
afternoon.

Baltimore, Md.

Florence Brinkley, '14, was hostess to
the Baltimore alumnae and six alumnae
who came over from Washington on the
invitation of this club to the Washington
alumnae to meet with them. Sterling-
Johnson, '26, the president, sends in the
following i-eport: "We asked the Wash-
ington alumnae to come up to our meet-
ing so that we might all get acquainted
and thinking, too, that they might be in-
spired to form a club there. According to
the directory, they have about twice as
many as we have in Baltimore. Six came
and several more hoped to. We are plan-
ning to ask them to join with us in a
Founder's Day Banquet. Those from Wash-
ington were: Janice Brown, '24; Helen
Snyder, '30; Lucia Murchison, '22; Mary
Donnelly, '10; "Weesa" Chandler, '31, and
Marguerite Russell, '27. I have learned
from the Quarterly that Georgia May
(Little) Owens, '25, and Elizabeth (Bla-
lock) Blackford, '25, have moved to Balti-
more. The next meeting will be held
sometime in December for election of of-
ficers and the planning for Febiniary
22nd."

New Jersey
Julia (Ingram) Hazzard, '19, writes:
"We have had two meetings since form-
ing this group; both meetings were at-
tended by five or six but as we live such

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distances it seems best to meet occasion-
ally rather than monthly. We are interest-
ed and will rise to the occasion when-
ever anything arises that we can be of
assistance in this part of the country.
Louise (Slack) Hooker, '20, will entertain
another meeting of the New Jersey group."

Richmond, Va. |

The Richmond alumnae met with Nannie
Campbell, '23, on November 14th, with
fourteen girls present. The group in Rich-
mond has been increased this year by sev-
eral students at the Training School and
two graduates of '31 and it is hoped that
much interest and enthusiasm will be
manifested in this organization this year.
Plans will be made for an evening meet-
ing, probably on February 22nd.

Excerpt from the Agonistic of Decem-
ber 2nd, under the title of "A. S. C. Wel-
comes Her Daughters":

"This is the first alumnae week-end
which has taken place in the midst of the
school session, the others having occurred
at commencement time when the large por-
tion of students have left and therefore do
not have the opportunity of renewing
friends.hips with alumnae or meeting those
they do not know. The students this year
have reaped rich benefits from their as-
sociations with the alumnae. Girls of yes-
terday arid today have found common
bonds in the traditions, ideals, and associa-
tions of their Alma Mater. Students have
found inspiration in talking with various
alumnae who represent many different vo-
cations and each of whom has carried
forth in her calling, be it business woman,
writer, missionary, homemaker, or any
other worthy profession in which Agnes
Scott gi-aduates are represented, the high
ideals of Agnes Scott.

Many of the alumnae are seeing for the
first time the initial stages of the creation
of Greater Agnes Scott. Many perhaps
felt a little strange at the new sights on
the campus, but they feel reassured when
they see the buildings which have stood the
test of time and serve as a "tie that binds"
between the Agnes Scott of yesterday and
that of today.

We hope that we have met the alumnae
with a "glad hello" and have given them
the welcome they so richly deserved. We
have been impressed with many things,
material and tangible, during their stay
here, but above all we have been impress-
ed with the type of women which our
alumnae are. May we, when we become
alumnae, embody the same ideals of our
Alma Mater, which do these alumnae who
have helped to make Agnes Scott what it
is today."

Hoasc alumnae back for Mortar Board
Installation. On the front row, from left
to right: Leone (Bowers) Hamilton, Ruth
(Hall) Bryant, Blanche Miller, Ellen Fain,
Janef Preston; back row: Helen Friedman,
Jean Grey, Elizabeth Woolfolk, Elizabeth
Lynn, Lois Eve, Llewellyn Wilburn, Flor-
ence Perkins, Rachel Paxon, Mary Ray
Dobyns. Others, not in picture: Anne
Ehrlich, Emily Spivey, and Dorothy Keth-
ley.

A series of samples of the history of tex-
tiles and on the history of printing are the
two most prized exhibits of the $2,500 col-
lection, the gift of the Carnegie Founda-
tion of New York to Agnes Scott, which
was displayed during Alumnae Week-end.
This collection comprises many beautifully
illustrated books on art and mounted
prints. The collection on the history of
textiles contains the material used for
dress, ranging from skins, the earliest ma-
terial used, to our modern printed silks.
The printing collection contains the orig-
inal wood-blocks taken from books printed
as early as the 15th century to Whistler,
the American master of etchings. The fil-
ing cabinet which contains portfolio spaces
for the picture collection was also the gift
of the Carnegie Foundation. This collec-
tion will be permanently placed in But-
trick Hall for the use of the art students.

The Glee Club inaugurated the Christ-
mas season with the Christmas carol serv-
ice on Sunday afternoon, December 6th, in
the chapel. Mary Ruth Rountree and
Kathleen Bowen sang solo parts in some
of the carols, which were groiups of songs
in French, English and Russian, and the
club was directed by Gussie (O'Neal) John-
son. Mr. Dieckmann played the beautiful
organ accompaniments and solos, while
Miss Florence Smith played a violin
obbligato.

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Entered as second class matter under the Act of Congress, August, 1912

TABLE OF CONTENTS

\GNES SCOTT SCENES Frontispiece

\LUMNAE COOPERATION 3

J. R. McCain, President

LHE COLLEGE AND WORLD AFFAIRS 4

Elizabeth Cheatham and Archie Palmer

GRANDDAUGHTERS' CLUB OF 1932 7

VIAY TIME! REUNION TIME! 8

:^OUNDER'S DAY RADIO PROGRAM 9

)OME ACHIEVING AGNES SCOTTERS 13

Dr. Ivylyn Girardeau, '22
Emily Daughtry, '27
Elizabeth Wilson, '22
Mildred Thompson, '10

DR. W. R. DOBYNS, TRUSTEE OF A. S. C, PASSES^ 15

FHROUGH THE COLLEGE GATES 16

Campus Chat
Faculty News
Did You Know That

FROM THE ALUMNAE OFFICE . 19

Club News

New Haven, Conn., Group (picture)

Turn Your Dial Again to WSB

World's S. S. Convention

Letter from a Penitent

Summer Vacation Course at Oxford

Appreciations to Our Art Editor

Gifts to Alumnae House

Tablet to Be Given as Howson Memorial

Resemblances Between Mother-Daughter Pairs

Necrology

CONCERNING OURSELVES 29

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"Do you "^F^memher'i

?

Wide swing her gates,
Waiting for You!
Shaded her walks,
Just for You!

Won't you come hack?
If just for a day,
Back to her arms,
Waiting for You!

The Agnes Scott Alumnae Quarterly 3

ALUMNAE CO-OPERATION

Among the cheering things that come across the President's desk, are reports of
Alumnae interest in behalf of our College. Hardly a day passes without some reminder
of the loyalty and devotion of those "who have gone on before." Among these activities,
none have seemed to bear better fruit than the contacts that have been made during
the past year with high school seniors. We would not have a larger attendance this ses-
sion than for several years if it had not been for students who came because they had been
won by our former students. All the clubs and many individuals have shown good co-
operation, but we have been particularly impressed with the work of those at Asheville,
Birmingham, Charlotte, Columbus, and Jacksonville.

The girls who were "Alumnae selected" have made a fine showing this year and
have done well not only in academic work, but also in the various student activities.

In mentioning special clubs above, we had reference to those at a distance from the
College. The work of the Atlanta and Decatur Clubs in organizing "High School Day"
locally is one of the notable achievements of the year. We had about 160 high school
seniors on March 4, the largest number of "prosspects" who ever visited the campus at
any one time, and they seemed to be much pleased with all they experienced. This
large number was secured and managed by representatives of the Atlanta Club, and the
Decatur group assisted in the entertainment and with refreshments. Such occasions en-
tail more careful planning and hard work than any one inexperienced could imagine, but
every detail this year was managed admirably.

Much good Alumnae work is being done also in spreading the news of the new
scholarships which we are offering to Freshmen for 1932. It has always been our dream
to have one scholarship at least that would pay the full expenses of a worthy girl as a
boarder. For the next session, we are to have the pleasure of making such an award,
the total amount being $700; and we are also privileged to offer a second scholarship of
$500. An immense amount of interest has been aroused in these all over the South, and
there will be many fine contestants. The Alumnae are helpful in giving the information
to the press in their local areas and in assisting us to find those who should be considered.

We are counting on the same co-operation to make this next Commencement a
notable occasion. We will have a strong Senior Class, and the speakers are well known
and will certainly be acceptable, Rev. Chas. F. Myers, First Presbyterian Church, Greens-
boro, N. C, being the baccalaureate preacher, and Prof. Edwin Mims, English Depart-
ment, Vanderbilt University, giving the address to the graduating class. However, we
are coming more and more to measure the success of Commencement by the number of
the "old girls" who return for our reunions; and we are eager for this year to be particu-
larly notable in that feature. We will hope to see you then.

J. R. McCain.

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THE COLLEGE AND WORLD AFFAIRS

Elizabeth Cheatham and Archie MacInnes Palmer

A test of the worth and usefulness of a college, a justification for its existence and
for the demands it makes on the public, is found in the benefit to the individual student,
not for selfish ends, but for the rendering of public service of the highest order.

The first college to be founded in the United States was designed to develop character,
foster learning and train educated leaders for church and state. The emphasis upon
training in civic affairs has not only persisted, but especially since the Great War
has notably increased. Today both in the curriculum and through a variety of other
campus activities college youth is acquiring a knowledge of world affairs and a habit of
thinking along international lines.

The college curriculum includes a great variety of offerings in those branches of
learning having to do with international questions. Such courses aim to develop scientific
interpretation, rather than to promote political convictions. The number varies from a
single course or two in some of the smaller colleges to as many as one hundred in several
of the large universities. Among the titles of these courses we find such as "International
Relations Before 1914," "Pan American Relations," "The Contemporary World Com-
munity of International Problems," Studies of Problems Before the League of Nations,"
"Hispanic American Civilization," "Current International Politics," "The League of
Nations," "Experiments in International Organization," "Labor Problems and Policies
Abroad," "Foreign Banking Systems," "Village Schools in Foreign Lands," "European
Education," "Latin American Education," "Comparative Education," and many other
titles quite as suggestive.

In a survey recently completed by the "World Peace Foundation, comparatively few
colleges of undergraduate rank in the entire country were discovered which did not offer
some instruction in international affairs, the major exceptions being technical schools and
theological colleges. To this undergraduate instruction are to be added the extensive
offerings by post-graduate faculties which in the past few years have grown enormously,
not only in the privately endowed universities but in state universities as well.

The study and teaching of international affairs is no longer confined, as was the case
a decade or so ago, to political scientists located at the larger universities. Teachers of
economics, geography, commerce, sociology, philosophy, biology and public health in
practically every type of college are now becoming increasingly aware of the ramifica-
tions of their subjects into the international field, and the college curriculum has changed
and is changing in response to this new influence.

The significance of these developments become apparent only when one recalls that
a generation ago courses dealing with international affairs hardly figured at all in under-
graduate instruction in the American colleges, and that in the graduate faculties they
could almost be counted on the fingers of one hand. Even the content of the courses in
the history of foreign countries has been largely changed, the emphasis being shifted to
correspond to the new interest in contemporary problems.

The colleges are not content merely with giving an opportunity to their students for
an understanding of world problems through the regular curriculum offerings. Several
hundred colleges and universities each year invite American and foreign specialists to
deliver lectures and to conduct discussions on various phases of international relations.
At several colleges special endowments have been established for providing free public
lectures on world peace.

Another influence in promoting sympathetic attitudes toward nations is the exchange
of professors. Exchange professorships with institutions of higher learning in other
countries have been established whereby foreign scholars have been brought to the United

The Agnes Scott Alumnae Quarterly S

States for periods varying from a month to a year. These scholars have, through teach-
ing in their chosen university, through lecturing at other institutions and before various
outside groups, and through personal contacts, offered an invaluable service.

Related to the exchange of professors is the exchange of students, involving in many
instances scholarships and other financial assistance. Foreign study opportunities for
American students do much to promote international good will through mutual under-
standing. Similarly, the presence of foreign students on the American campuses tend
very effectively to combat national and race prejudices which grow out of limit-
ed experience. To alumnae of a college which has both sent students abroad and re-
ceived foreign students on its campus, there is no need to emphasize the importance
of this feature. A number of Agnes Scott students and faculty members have at various
times studied in France, Italy, Germany in several instances as holders of scholarships;
while students from other countries have contributed toward broadening the sympathies
of the college community.

A valuable contribution is also being made through International Clubs, now to be
found on two hundred college campuses. The purpose of these clubs, which for nearly
a decade have been sponsored by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, is "to
stimulate and encourage the habit of serious and intelligent thought along international
Unes in the hope that it may become a life habit." The Endowment gives advice, out-
lines programs when desired, supplies a fortnightly summary of international events, pro-
vides lecturers, sends regular installments of selected books and pamphlets on international
questions, in this way enabling colleges to accumulate excellent specialized libraries on
international questions. Other groups of college students also are studying world peace
and kindred international problems. Departmental clubs and study groups, especially
in political science and history, devote a part of their problems to international relations,
as do Y. M. C. A., Y. W. C' A., and Cosmopolitan Clubs.

The swing of student interest toward the discussion of actual world problems has
expressed itself during the past five years in "Model Assemblies" of the League of Na-
tions, the constituent states being represented by delegates from different colleges and
universities. These serve to illustrate the idea that nations may solve their problems by
conference rather than by conflict, they instill a knowledge of the procedure followed in
international conferences, and they familiarize the students with the viewpoints of the
various nations. Last year 7,000 students from twenty-four states, representing 178 col-
leges and schools, participated in these international projects, and the Educational De-
partment of the League of Nations Association, which sponsors these activities, reports
a continuous and growing interest in them.

There is perhaps no more striking illustration of the part the college plays in mould-
ing thought on national and international lines than the development of what may be
called the "institute idea." Ten years ago the first session of an Institute of Politics was
held on the campus of W^illiams College. Since 1921 there has gathered each summer
at Williamstown a group of persons eager for enlightenment on international problems of
the day. Almost from the beginning the institute idea has been emulated by other groups,
and there are now a considerable number of well established institutes in different parts
of the country.

The object of the Institute at Williamstown, as defined in the preliminary announce-
ment, was "to advance the study of politics and to promote a better understanding of
international problems and relations," and "to aid in spreading throughout the length and
breadth of the land an appreciation of the facts of our relationship to other nations, and
of the consequent responsibilities that we must assvime." To this end, the program is de-
termined to a considerable extent by the current international situation. The Institute
has, indeed, been described as a barometer of conditions in the field of international

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politics. At the same time, it has attempted to throw light upon the broad factors under-
lying international relations, such as race antagonism, nationalism, economic imperial-
ism, and the formation and development of public opinion.

About ten years ago a Conference of Friends of the Mexicans was organized under the
joint auspices of Pomona College and the California State Board of Education. At first
a gathering of teachers, it later came under the direction of the Inter-American Founda-
tion and broadened its scope to include persons interested in the Mexican population in
the United States, It has become the largest conference of this kind held in the country,
and is recognized as one of the outstanding conferences on race relations held in the
United States. On the Pacific coast a number of institutes on international relations
have been held on university campuses. Under the auspices of the Los Angeles University
of International Relations, which is affiliated with the University of Southern California,
a series of semi-annual conferences on international affairs with specific reference to
Pacific and Oriental problems has been held on the campuses of the various western uni-
versities.

A number of our Southern Colleges and universities are notably promoting the in-
stitute idea. For the fifth successive year the University of Virginia has held an Insti-
tute of Public Aflfairs, emphasizing particularly the domestic problems of the United
States and providing for their discussion by men charged with the task of public admin-
istration. The issues discussed at the last session were: law enforcement, our Latin-
American relations, the plight of southern agriculture, problems of municipal adminis-
tration, religious education in the rural church, the chain store, the new industrialism of
the South, regionalism, anxl unemployment. Rollins College has conducted each winter
for the past three years an Institute of Statesmanship designed to provide a training field
for undergraduates of Rollins and other colleges, as well as for interested visitors. The
Institute has from the start dealt with subjects highly controversial: the topic for the first
year was "The Future of Party Government in the United States," and that for the past
year, "Our Changing Economic Life," as revealed in the progressive integration of Ameri-
can business and its apparently declining individualism. The University of Georgia has
held two-day Institutes of Public Affairs; Emory University, annual Institutes of Citizen-
ship; the University of Chattanooga, an Institute of Justice; Louisiana State University, a
Conference on Foreign Affairs and American Diplomacy. The University of North
Carolina, with the intention of bringing to the campus once in every college generation
a composite picture of current social and moral problems, has now held two quadrennial
Institutes on Human Relations, devoted to such problems as international relations and
government, human relations in industry, inter-racial and class relations. Last year the
University of Florida inaugurated an Institute of Inter-American Affairs, having for
its principal objective the fostering of better cultural relations between the United States
and the countries of Latin America.

In all sections of the country similar activities are to be found at Yale, at Prince-
ton, at Earlham, at Haverford, at MacMurray College (formerly the Illinois Woman's
College) ; and the list is still by no means complete.

The period through which mankind has been passing since the World War discloses
the danger of attempting a return to conditions of pre-war struggle or even maintaining
the present loosely conceived "internationalism." The need is now to develop an en-
lightened consciousness through substituting for the memory of the past which now
conditions the average mind a vision of a desirable, attainable, and dynamic future. In
bringing about this evolution in attitude toward world problems, the colleges are assum-
ing a leadership of increasing importance. The campus is no longer a cloister; it has
become a forum for the discussion of public affairs. .

The Agnes Scott Alumnae Quarterly

THE GRANDDAUGHTERS' CLUB OF 1932

The Granddaughters' Club is of especial interest to the alumnae for it is the or-
ganization on the campus which links the past with the present in very concrete form!
Here are the girls who are at Agnes Scott in the year of 1932 mainly because some years
ago their mothers were also Hottentots. Thirty strong are the Granddaughters
of Agnes Scott this year and of this club, Mary Duke, '32, is president, Mary Hamilton,
'34, is vice-president, and Martha Williamson, secretary and treasurer. In this picture,
taken on the colonnade steps, are:

First row, left to right:
Judy Blundell, '33 : whose mother was Adeline Schaefer, '00

-Genie Cousin, '00
.Lucile Faith, Institute

Estelle Webb, '02

.-Catherine Spinks, '05
Lucy Reagan, '10

Mary Duke, '32.

Elaine Heckle, '34

Sarah Shadburn, '32_.
Catherine Baker, '32_.
Martha Redwine, '35.

Second row. left to right:

Alberta Palmour, '35 " " " Mary Crenshaw, Institute

Elizabeth Hollis, '35 " " " Mamie McGaughey, Institute

Charlotte Reid, '34 whose guardian was Mary Hubbard, Academy

Isabelle Lowrance, '34 whose mother was Grace Hollis, '01

Sarah May Love, '34 " " " Louise Inglis, '97

Third row, left to right:

Lucy Goss, '34 " " " Lucie Durham, '97

Elizabeth Winn, '34 " " " Elizabeth Curry, '07

Florence Preston, '34 " " " Annie Wiley, '99

Mae Schlich, '32 " " " May Shepard, '04

Back row, left to right:

Mary Hamilton, '34 " " " Mary Carter, Academy

Eleanore Williams, '35 " " " Janie McBryde, Institute

Susan Turner, '35 " " " Annie Dowdell, '02

Not in the picture:

Jule Bethea, '33 " " " Fannie Brown, 'OG

Nancy Kamper, '34 " " " Vera Reins, '06

Martha Williamson, '32 " " " Lillian Phillips, '03

Octavia Howard, Special " " " Octavia Aubrey, Institute

Harriet Howard, Special " " " Octavia Aubrey, Institute

Edith Kendrick, '34 " " " Mary Neel, '94

Clara Morrison, '35 " " " Louise Read, Academy

Anne Scott Harman, '35 " " " Bessie Scott, '94

Jennie Champion, '35 " " " Sue Lou Hai-well, Institute

Harriett Dimmock, '35 " " " Edith Lott, '09

Eulalia Napier, '35 " " " Mary Lou Patton, Institute

Alice Frierson, '35 " " " Alice Wilburn, Institute

8 The Agnes Scott Alumnae Quarterly

MAY TIME! REUNION TIME! AGNES SCOTT!
May 27th-May 31st

Even as we write today, there is the softest breeze blowing through the lovely old
trees on the campus and the sunshine is making shadows on the grass, while jonquils
and flowering shrubs are beginning to show their yellows and pinks and there is the look
of Commencement everywhere. Wouldn't it be wonderful to once again see you back
at Agnes Scott? Wouldn't you enjoy locking your arm in that old friend's arm and
walking in a leisurely way down the old shaded paths, talking about the days of auld
lang syne? Isn't it the vacation you most wish from the day-by-day happenings of
home, office, of schoolroom or library?

There may be other times of the year that make you long for Agnes Scott but to
most of us it is the spring time: February 22nd, with George and Martha "Washington,
Junior banquet, May Day, down in the Glen, seniors parties, the daisy chain, and then
Commencement morning! Will you ever forget that queer little catch in your breath
when you walked across Inman veranda, and over the campus, with your sophomore
sisters bearing the daisy chain? Fond parents, friends and schoolmates seemed rather a
blur that afternoon as you walked with stately tread the path you wouldn't be using
again as a carefree girl. And don't you remember the stir of commencement morning?
Was it possible that in a few more hours you would be an alumna? Again, the thrill
of marching lines, the roll of the organ. Miss Hopkins, standing to change that tassel and
put on your hood, as the diploma for four years' labor was placed in your hands. Oh,
there is no time like May time at Agnes Scott! Even if it isn't the good old class of
your day, there will be a class going through the same experiences and the nicest part of
it all is that you can shut your eyes a minute and see the girls of your class in the place
of these youngsters of 1932 and grow younger every minute!

There'll be a great crowd of 'alums' back this year: '95, '96, '97, '14, '15, '16, '17,
'30 and '31. But that doesn't total the alumnae who are invited back by any means.
This may be the year that suits you best to come back, so remember that the invitation
to 'reune' is given to any and all alumnae! There are certain classes each year who have
a special interest in coming back that year but always there are many, many others who
come because they want to come back to A. S. C, and that is reason enough. The
college, with the Alumnae Association, wants you back this May, the more the merrier.
We'd like the Alumnae House full to the brim, with our wing in Inman Hall bursting
at the sides, and more of you staying with friends in Atlanta and Decatur. There will be
a very full program of happenings for alumnae, whether of reunion classes or otherwise;
but we have learned that there must be some time set apart for you to spend as you
wish; you'll love having the beautiful Alumnae Garden to sit in this year and marvel
over the happenings of the years with that old friend. You'll enjoy riding the elevator
in Buttrick and wondering what you would have been able to do with the equipment of
that new building for your use. You'll feel right at home as soon as you walk in Main
and see the same old halls and even if the rooms have a most unscholastic look, since their
change into 'date' parlors, you'll recognize them! And how young you'll be when Miss
Hopkins gives you a hug and calls you by name. And Ella, well, reunion time was made
for Ella. She is as excited as we are, when the alumnae begin coming back and you may
be sure of a warm welcome there.

The dates are May 27th, Friday, to May 31st, Tuesday. Come for all the time or
come for part. There will be the Trustees' luncheon on Saturday and a full program
Sunday, so if the week-end is all you can arrange, come for those two days, at least. Class
luncheons will be on Monday, May 30th, in the Alumnae House. There'll be teas, and
concerts, and baccalaureate sermon, and Children's party, and why, this is election year,
also, and you'll want to be sure to be here for the annual meeting of the Alumnae As-
sociation at 11:30 on Saturday morning, just ahead of the luncheon.

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FOUNDER'S DAY RADIO PROGRAM

Founder's Day may have been February 22nd to the students at Agnes Scott but to
the alumnae everywhere February 20th was the day for celebrations. So many alumnae
had expressed such a preference for Saturday as the best day of the week for gathering
their group members together, especially the business and teaching alumnae, that even
if Washington and Colonel George Washington Scott were born on February 22nd, it
seemed a good plan to change the date in favor of the nearest Saturday. So on Saturday,
February 20th, at 6:30 P. M., the announcer in WSB studios at the Biltmore, Atlanta,
Ga., said "This is the program of Agnes Scott College, given under the auspices of the
Alumnae Association in honor of its Founder," and away we went on our seventh an-
nual broadcast to listening alumnae everywhere. The Glee Club sang an adaptation of
'Auld Lang Syne' made for us by Mr. Dieckmann and then "The Purple and the White."
Dr. McCain, Miss Hopkins and Llewellyn Wilburn spoke and then Mary Ben (Wright)
Erwin, '26, and Martha Skeen, a student, gave the skit which Mary Ben wrote telling
of the changes 'back home at Aggie!' The songs of the Glee Club, under Gussie
(O'Neal) Johnson, '12, and the voices of old friends made the half hour pass like magic
to the alumnae and from many places came the messages of love and interest.

The stories of the club meetings and group gatherings are given under CLUB NEWS
under FROM THE ALUMNAE OFFICE heading farther on in the Quarterly. All tele-
grams and also short messages from individuals or from very small groups are printed
below for the enjoyment of all alumnae who may not have been able to tune in on WSB
the evening of the broadcast.

ALABAMA

Birmingham: Birmingham Club at banquet, awaiting broadcast, sends greetings.
Love to Miss Hopkins and Dr. McCain. Birmingham Alumnae.

Judson College: I'm sending my best to you (Miss Hopkins) and Dr. McCain and
Alma Mater. The voices came in as distinctly as could be and I surely enjoyed
all I heard. Cornelia Cooper.

Montgomery: We from Academy days till class of nineteen thirty send greeting.
Montgomery Chapter.

Opelika: Snatching with both hands, we are so hungry for Agnes Scott. Edith
McGranahan Smith T.

Troy: Tell Gussie for me that I especially enjoyed the Glee Club last night. Your
whole program was a great success. Some day I hope to attend the banquet
too. With love and best wishes for all your plans. Mary (Enzor) Bynum and
Frankie Enzor.

Tuscaloosa: Greetings and best wishes to Agnes Scott. Tuscaloosa Alumnae en-
joying program. Margaret (McDade) Dugins, Eva (Rushing) Ward, Janie
(Strickler) Denny, Eunice Tabor, Mary (Hooper) Holmes, Helen Friedman,
Julia (Nuzum) Morris.

Tuscumbia: Loving greetings to Agnes Scott and to the Alumnae scattered near
and far, from the Florence-Sheffield-Tuscumbia group. Martha (Nathan)
Drisdale, Margaret Rice, Lilburn Ivey, Mary Loyd (Davis) Johnson, Lucile
Sherritt, Mettie (Moody) Hyde, Mary (Lyons) Martin, Helen Martin, Martha
Bishop, Mary Wallace Kirk, Joy (Trump) Hamlet, Ruby Lee Ware, Charlotte
(Jackson) Mitchell.

York: Eagerly awaiting program and again the sound of familiar voices. Marguerite
(Edmonds) Stallworth, Georgia Mae (Burns) Bristow.

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ARKANSAS

Little Rock: Dozen Little Rock Alumnae listening in. Hazel (Brown) Ricks and
future Agnes Scotter, Nancy June Ricks, listening at Stamps. All join in
sending love and best wishes for Agnes Scott. Helen (Brown) Williams.

CALIFORNIA

Berkeley: Helen (Hall) Hopkins and I awfully homesick for Agnes Scott. Couldn't
hear Atlanta, but enjoyed letter, pictures and static. Greetings to all. "Jack"
Anderson.

Los Angeles: We regret that Founder's Day broadcast does not reach us here in
California. We are with you in spirit. Our love and interest in Agnes Scott
and you cannot be changed by time nor distance. Jane Maury Bernhardt, Eliz-
abeth (Walker) Hunter, Jane Walker, Mary (Brown) Cockrell, Eleanor (Col-
lier) Keenan, Stella (Austin) Stannard.

FLORIDA

Jacksonville: Charlotte having dinner party, we all send greetings hearty. Love,

Jacksonville Club.
Miami: In Miami Nunnally's we met to dine
Planning to hear your program fine.
Here we sit with coffee and pie
Wishing you all were singing near by.
When the radio brought us the sound of your voice
Ten little Hottentots did rejoice.
Marion A. Conklin, Frances (Dukes) Wynne, Marie (Bennett) Lane, Edyth
(Carpenter) Shuey, Amy Twitty, Margaret Brinson, Gertrude (Falligant)
Thompson, Ruth B. Taylor, Carolyn Essig, Lois Ions.
Tampa: Tampa group meeting. Thrilled to hear familiar voices. Program fine.

Blanche (Copeland) Gifford.
Winter Haven: Winter Haven Agnes Scott Club is eagerly awaiting the program.
Although the club is singular in number, it is plural in love and best wishes to
its Alma Mater. Sally Abernethy.

GEORGIA

Athens: We listened to the Agnes Scott radio program and it gave us a real thrill.
We think of Agnes Scott often and talk of the days we spent there. Elizabeth
Gregory, Laura Robinson.

Athens: Love and best of good wishes to everybody. The Athens Alumnae.

Atlanta: Sara Lou Bullock and Lenora (Gardner) McMillan extend congratulations
and are having a small re-union of their own at their home.

Columbus: Just before hearing program. Know will be big success. Love to Alma
Mater from Columbus Hottentots. Columbus Alumnae.

Eatonton: Founder's Day greetings to the Agnes Scott famil}"^ from the Eaton ton
Alumnae. Although we could hear clearly only a few words of the program,
we enjoyed thinking of you and looking at the beautiful new views of our
Alma Mater. We are looking forward to seeing you again at Commencement.
Eatonton Alumnae (Lillian Thomas).

Griffin: Greetings to Agnes Scott. Are enjoying your program. Elizabeth (Mc-
Dowell) Powell, Marguerite (Cousins) Holley, Fanny Willis Niles.

Woodstock: Program coming in fine. Best wishes. Marguerite Dobbs.
ILLINOIS

Chicago: Greetings and best wishes from the Chicago Alumnae. Meeting at home
of Martha (Brenner) Shryock for dinner. Charis (Hood) Barwick, Blanche

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(Ryan) Brim, Marjorie Daniel, Catherine Haugh, Eloise Lower, Janet Mac-
Donald, Martha (Eakes) Matthews, Lillian (Beatty) Schuhman, Martha (Bren-
ner) Shryock, Margaret (Sienknecht) Lotz, Janice Simpson, Reba Vinnedge,
Mary Catherine Williamson.

KENTUCKY

Lexington: Listening tonight. Hello class of '29 and Hottentot contemporaries.
Augusta Roberts, University of Kentucky.

Louisville: Love and greetings from the Louisville Alumnae. Ellie Mae (Archibald)
Haley, Katherine (Griffith) Johnson, Althea Stephens, Eliza Bennett (Young)
Heavey, Helen (Wayt) Cocks, Mary Esther Wallace, Ellen Davis.

LOUISIANA

Baton Rouge: Like LaFayette "We are here," waiting. The Baton Rouge Agnes
Scotters.

Minden: Eagerly awaiting program. Greetings to 1928, faculty, students. Lucy-
Mai Cook, Sarah McFadyen.

New Orleans: New Orleans Alumnae group listening to Founder's Day program.
Best wishes to our Alma Mater. Stuart (Sanderson) Dixon, Ruth (Pringle)
Pipkin, Margaret Weeks, Irene (Hart) Hurt, Eunice (Kell) Simmons, Grace
(Carr) Clark, Ruth (Hall) Bryant.

MARYLAND

Baltimore: Baltimore Club and Washington guests send greetings. Jane (Harwell)
Rutland.

MISSISSIPPI

Fayette: How homesick the familiar voices always make me. With every good
wish for Agnes Scott. Sarah (Till) Davis.

Laurel: Though listening by myself, am with you in thought. Congratulations.
Helon McLaurin.

NEW YORK

New York: Best wishes to A. S. C. Lois Combs.

New York: Three Hottentots of '31 can't wait to listen in. Baby Watson, Martha
Sprinkle, Knoxie Nunnally.

Syracuse: Not a word did we hear, but I assure you that Dorothea Keeney and I
sat with our heads in the radio as close as we could get. We thought about
you all the time and tried to imagine what was going on. "Dick" Scandrett.

NORTH CAROLINA

Chapel Hill: Emily Moore and I went around to Susan (Rose) Saunders' and enjoyed
the program tremendously. Raemond Wilson.

Charlotte: Founder's Day dinner here, waiting to hear broadcast. Hooray for Agnes
Scott. Charlotte Alumnae Club.

Davidson: Loving greetings to Agnes Scott friends everywhere. The Arbuckles.

Henderson ville: Greetings from all of us. The Hendersonville Alumnae.

Winston-Salem: Winston-Salem listening in. Love to Miss Hopkins and Dr. Mc-
Cain. Elizabeth (Norfleet) Miller.

OHIO

Cleveland: Margaret and Elizabeth Berry and Helen (Faw) Mull celebrating today.
Cleveland Hottentots.

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Cincinnati: Having all six Alumnae and two prospects for Agnes Scott to dinner
tonight. Best wishes for success of your dinner and love to all the faculty
who remember me. Jeanette (Craig) Woods.

PENNSYLVANIA

Philadelphia: Tried to hear the Founder's Day program but the Yankee stations
gave too much competition. I had Helen Fox and Jean McAlister over for dinner
and bridge so we did celebrate a bit. Miss Randolph was to come but was
sick in bed. Eleanore Albright.

SOUTH CAROLINA

Anderson: Listening in at Eunice (Dean) Major's home. Program fine. Kitty
(Burress) Martin and Juliet (Foster) Speer.

Camden: Can't wait to hear the program. Love to all. Carolyn Heyman.

Columbia: Founder's Day greetings. We will be listening in tonight. Columbia,
South Carolina, Alumnae.

Greenville: Greetings to all Hottentots especially those of the classes of twenty-
eight and twenty-nine. Virginia and Eleanor Lee Norris.

TENNESSEE

Knoxville: Program great. Congratulations to our Alma Mater on Founder's Day.
Knoxville Alumnae Club.

Nashville: Greetings from thirteen Nashville Hottentots listening in and dining
together at the "Rendezvous." Anna Marie (Landress) Cate.

Shelby ville: Enjoyed hearing your voices. Program was lovely. Love. Sarah
Marsh.

TEXAS

Austin: I enjoyed the broadcast so much, especially Miss Hopkins' voice. I didn't
get nearly everything she said, but I could hear her "Girls" just as distinctly
as if she had been in the room. Also some of the messages and a little of the
music. I couldn't hear Alma Mater, but that wasn't necessary. When 7
o'clock came, I knew it was on the air in most of the States in the Union, so I,
way off here in Texas, stood and sang it too. Best of love and happiness for
all at Agnes Scott. Gladys Gaines.

VIRGINIA

Charlottesville: Eagerly awaiting program. Esther (Boyle) Baptist, Ruth (Warner)
Stout, Barron Hyatt, Marion (Daniel) Blue, Jo Bridgeman, Ruth Worth, Lucile
Bridgeman, Mary Trammell.

Lynchburg: Enthmiastic greetings. Louise Williams, Gladys Brannan, Courtney
Wilkinson, Phyllis (Roby) Snead, Spott Payne, Catherine (Mitchell) Lynn.

Richmond: Eagerly awaiting program. Much love to each Hottentot. Mildred
McCalip, Mary Boyd, Jane Grey and Mary Alice Juhan.

Shenandoah: The Founder's Day broadcast rekindled my college memories and made
me more homesick than ever for Agnes Scott. I shall be visiting in Atlanta
during March and shall also see Agnes Scott again. No visit home could be
complete without that. Regards to everyone, Louise (McDaniel) Musser.

Staunton: Love and congratulations on Founder's Day. Enjoyed program Saturday
night. Martha Stackhouse.

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SOME ACHIEVING AGNES SCOTTERS

Dr. Ivlyn Girardeau, '22, now of the New England Hospital for Women and Chil-
dren in Boston, Mass., has this to say of her work:

"Doctoring is the most interesting work in the world, at least those of us who are
in it, think so. There's never a dull moment; in fact, things happen mvich too fast a
great part of the time. Doctors deal with all ages and all types and each patient has an

individual history to relate or interesting physical findings to
be elicited. From the negroes with their "pains in the side
that answer in the back" to the neurotic women with symp-
toms of all the known and unknown diseases, there are ever
present problems of diagnosis. And when a diagnosis proves
correct and treatment efficacious, the satisfaction derived is
most pleasant.

The question in your minds probably is, 'How is the
woman doctor received?' An interne's point of view may not
be a correct one but it is very satisfying. The patient seems
to feel that another woman can better understand and sympa-
thize with her troubles, and, as confidence is the keynote of
success in treatment, a big advantage is thus gained. The
children, too, are easy to win, and they are such good sports
it is a joy to work with them. So, we find that women are turning more and more to
the woman doctor with their own and the children's problems.

Of course, there is another side to it: patients do not always get well, and the re-
sponsibility and worr)^ over them quickly adds gray hairs to the doctor's head and
wrinkles to her face. The work is exacting and her time belongs to anyone who chooses
to claim it. Too, some patients are uncooperative; others ungrateful. However, I have
never been sorry that I selected medicine as a profession. And I'm more than glad that
I made my decision back in 1920 in time to take my premedical work while I was at
Agnes Scott."

Emily Daughtry, '27, who is now chemist for the Royal Baking Powder Company in
New York City, says:

"I suppose every one who has not worked in New York wants to know if a job here
is really as exciting as it seemed to us in our undergraduate days. My answer is emphatic-
ally yes. I have a job with the Royal Baking Powder Company that was just made for

me. Up in their research laboratory, I try to make Royal
Gelatine Dessert flavors so good that a housekeeper would
shudder to have any other brand on her table. A consulting
chemist (whom I privately term the 'H. T.," meaning 'heavy
thinker') puts me through all the tricks I learned in Mr.
Holt's organic class and a lot that I neglected to learn and
have to look up in books.

I know laboratories do not appeal to you history and
English majors so perhaps you had rather hear about the
lunch hour. "We all have luncheon together and then play
bridge. Everybody from the head chemist down to me joins
in a contract bridge duplicate tournament. We are almost
as strong for the Culbertson forcing system as we are for
Royal Baking Powder products.
Of course, not all firms provide bridge as midday entertainment but I am told that
most girls here find business highly diverting. So I hope that as soon as the depression

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is over, 'Hottentots' will invade the city in hoards and New York will have the strong-
est alumnae club outside Georgia!"

Elizabeth Wilson, '22, after some years experience in the journalistic side of the movie
world in New York City, has recently been made West Coast editor of Silver Screen, the
well-known magazine concerning filmdom and from this vantage point, she writes of
some of the interesting details of her work:

"Perhaps you have never read a movie magazine. Perhaps you have never been the
least bit curious about the mystery of Garbo, or the love life of Lupe Velez or the mar-
riage problems of Joan Crawford. But, fortunately for me, millions and millions of

people are curious, too curious. And they are not just
children and romance-starved shopgirls. Indeed not! At a
reception in New York once a well-known dean of an east-
ern college asked me, 'Now, my dear, what is Garbo really
like?' Miss Mary Cady, formerly a professor at Agnes Scott,
but at the time I knew her the general secretary of the New
York Y. W. C. A., used to invite me to dinner regularly to
hear about the escapades of Nancy Carroll. (Ah, there. Miss
Cady, you didn't have me fooled) . In fact, if you suffer
from lack of dinner invitations I advise you to become ac-
quainted with the stars. No quiet evenings at home with
a book after that. But don't let the popularity go to your
head. I was just about to send out the invitations once
when I discovered that the ardent young man merely wanted
an introduction to Clara Bow.

I suppose I should become a bit technical about this. Everybody wants to write.
And with garrets having passed out in favor of pent houses, everybody wants writing
to be as easy and lucrative and glamorous as possible. I am asked dozens of times each
month, 'How do you become a fan writer?' Fan magazines, in their own sweet way, are
just as exclusive and snobbish as the Conde Nast publications. You have not a chance in
the world to break into them unless you have the proper 'contacts,' unless you know the
Right People. There is no business more social. The Table plays aboiit as important a
part as the Typewriter. The usual system of breaking in is this: you meet the editor of
Screen World at a party (a night club is a good place to meet an editor too) and reaching
for a canape you ask him to let you do a story for him. He invites you to lunch the
next day (maybe) and gives you an assignment (maybe). With his editorial sanction
you then call the publicity department of one of the studios and request an interview with
a certain star. A week from Wednesday she invites you to tea. The story is accepted
and published with your by line. Now you have the entree to all the other editors and
the publicity departments and you are invited to the press teas and meet more editors
and publicity deparments. The press agents, eager for more publicity, invites you to
lunch. The star, eager for more publicity, sends you a bottle of perfume. You are now
a fan writer and probably have chronic indigestion. It sounds easy. Some people wander
around New York for years without ever meeting an editor.

I would like to tell you a lot more (in case you care to know) but my space is limit-
ed. Always a good alibi. Bvit anyway I am sure you would like to know the requisites
of being a fan writer. The stars love publicity, but they distrust and fear the press.
In fact, the word hate has often been used. My success in fan writing has been be-

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cause they do not distrust and fear me, they Hke me as a personal friend. They Hke me
because I am tactful and sympathetic (the poor darlings only make two or three thousand
a week so they need sympathy) , because I can play backgammon and bridge, but chiefly
because I have never betrayed a confidence. 1 do not eat and tell. I like them because
for the most part they are charming, amusing people, and because they offer me a way
to make a living in the most delightful manner possible."

And from an entirely different field, Mildred Thomson, '10, sends an interesting
account of her life in Minnesota:

"Supervisor of the Department for the feeble-minded! Quite a title, isn't it? The
department functions under the Minnesota State Board of Control as a part of the
Children's Bureau. The Board of Control may be made guardian of feeble-minded per-
sons of both sexes and of all ages, whether idiot, imbecile, or moron. This department
is the active guardian. At the present time, the wards number about 4,000, approximate-
ly 2,500 of whom are in institutions. Plans are constantly underway for bringing some
out of the institutions and placing others in. Supervision must be provided for the
several hundred morons who may become good citizens if the right assistance is given.

Efforts to adjust the high-grade girl who has charm, and wants all the thrills of life,
take most time but are most interesting. Lucile, pretty and attractive, is an example.
From the ages of twelve until seventeen, she was in the School for the Feeble Minded
and then outside with a group closely supervised. For five years, her story has been one
of seeming adjustment, then failure and Lucile lost for a while. Now for six months, she
has been maid in a home where her employer knows all and accepts part responsibility
for her free time. She seems to be 'making good.' How long will it last?"

4^.

DR. W. R. DOBYNS, TRUSTEE OF AGNES SCOTT, PASSES

On January 27th, Dr. W. R. Dobyns, for about ten years a trustee of Agnes Scott
and one of its most interested officers, died at his residence in Birmingham, Ala. Dr.
Dobyns had been in poor health for about a year but his death was a great shock to his
friends of the college community. Dr. Dobyns had been pastor of the South Highlands
Presbyterian Church for many years, also Moderator of the General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church for the year, 1929-1930; he had served on the Foreign Mission Board
of this church for many years, and was also a member of the Committee on the "Work
of the Assembly. Dr. Dobyns was considered one of the leading authorities on Bible
study in this country and had written several books on this subject.

Agnes Scott College is deeply conscious of the loss it has sustained in his death. He
was always present at the meetings of the Board of Trustees and had been one of the
speakers at one of our commencements, as well as the leader of one of the religious weeks
of the campus. Mary Ray Dobyns, '2 8, was the daughter of Dr. Dobyns and not only
through the registration of his own daughter at Agnes Scott but in many other ways.
Dr. Dobyns expressed his belief in and loyalty to this college. Our sympathies are ex-
pressed to his family in their bereavement and we assure them of our deep appreciation of
the service which Dr. Dobyns rendered Agnes Scott College.

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Through the College Gates

CAMPUS CHAT

Phi Beta Kappa, on February 23rd, an-
nounced the election of the following girls
to membership in the order: Penelope
Brown, Susan Glenn, Saxon Pope, and
Miriam Thompson. Dr. Jack of Emory
made the address, stressing the fact that
election to Phi Beta Kappa was not so
much an honor, but was a challenge to go
on. He gave as the idea of scholarship a
hundred years ago knowledge for knowl-
edge's sake, but "over against that I set
the real position of scholarship that
scholarship is intended primarily to secure
the public good." His talk itself was a
real challenge to each of us who heard it.

Founder's Day was observed this year
by a grand affair in the Bucher Scott gym-
nasium. Instead of each dining room cele-
brating the event, tables were put up in
the gym and the housekeepers and Mr.
Cunningham and. the seniors andi numerous
other "helpers" worked untiringly to dec-
orate the place and convert it into a patrio-
tic banquet hall where all the faculty, stu-
dents and local alumnae and friends as-
sembled at six-thirty February 22nd as
guests of the senior class. The seniors,
dressed in the most elaborate of colonial
styles, were seated at a long table across
the gym with George and Martha presid-
ing as usual. Many famous guests were
present^ and even Paul Revere managed
to schedule his historic ride so he could
attend. After the dinner the tables were
quickly removed and the students danced
to the music of the Cotillion Club orches-
tra while the alumnae and their friends
were entertained at coffee in the Alumnae
House as guests of the Decatur Club. The
whole College community was very en-
thusiastic over the success of the affair.

The Glee Club has begun work on "Pina-
fore," a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta,
which is to be presented Monday night of
Commencement week, with costumes and
stage effects. A number of men are as-
sisting in the production in both solo and
choruses, among them Dr. Hayes and Dr.
Davidson, of the Agnes Scott faculty. The
entire chorus of girls and men will num-
ber approximately fifty. The performance
will take the place of the annual spring
and commencement concerts.

Health week on the campus was very en-
thusiastically observed this year by the
inter-dormitory basketball games and the
"Miss Health" contest. Caree Lingle of
the junior class won the title "Miss
Health," and two cottages lived through
the exam weeks with a perfect score on the
health rules. As a reward for their ef-
forts, a crate of oranges was given to
Ansley and another to Surges. Rebekah
won the "Little Brown Jug" for having the
best basketball team.

There has been strong sentiment among
many of the students to get a new name
for the "Agonistic," mainly because of the
constantly occurring confusion of the pres-
ent name with the word "Agnostic." There
has been much discussion pro and con, and
several weeks ago a call was issued for
suggestions for a name. It was just be-
fore the contest between the classes for the
best issue of the paper, so when the senior
Aggie came out, it bore the title "The
Scott Scroll." "The Tom-Tommer" and
"The Tower" were the names given to the
junior and sophomore numbers, and the
freshmen chose "The Scottentot" as their
title. Nothing definite has yet been de-
cided upon, and it still remains to be seen
whether the Aggie will have a new name.
* * *

Pi Alpha Phi, having debated Oxford in
the fall, is now planning a very full pro-
gram of spring debates. On March 3rd
there will be a debate here with the
Goucher team on the subject, Resolved:
That Capitalism as a System of Economic
Organization Is Unsound in Principle.
Anne Hopkins and Elizabeth Lightcap will
represent Agnes Scott in the affirmative
and Augusta Dunbar, '31, will preside. In
April there will be two debates between
Sophie-Newcomb and Agnes Scott, one
being held in each college at the same time.
Then in May there is a debate scheduled
with Hampden-Sydney.

The Junior banquet proved to be as
great a success as ever this year. Of
course the juniors were the envy of all
the other students as they, in their very
best evening dresses, strolled the campus on
the arms of countless good-looking dates,
and then were invited to coffee as guests
of Miss Hopkins in Main. Afterwards,
Blaclvfriars gave Bernard Shaw's play,

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"Pygmalion," and it seems to be the gen-
eral opinion that this is the best play
that has ever been presented by the or-
ganization. Certainly we all thoroughly
enjoyed every bit of it from start to fin-
ish.

* * *

Can you imagine w^alking up to White
House some Tuesday afternoon about six-
fifteen and hearing strains of music is-
suing from the dining room ? Well that's
exactly what wouild happen, because now
the college orchestra plays one Tuesday in
one dining room and the next Tuesday in
the other dining room and we really have
"music while we eat." It is hoped that
this incentive will add a little more formal-
ity to the meal.

The high spot of the Lecture Association
program was reached when Will Durant
lectured here on February 12th. "A Pro-
gram for America" was the subject he
chose, and the entire audience thoroughly
enjoyed all that he had to say. He thrust
on the shoulders of the educated people of
America the task of piloting our country
out of the present crisis, putting more re-
sponsibility on the people with most edu-
cation.

Nell Starr has been elected by the stu-
dent body to preside as Queen over the
May Day Festival to be presented May 7th.
Nell, during her four years at Agnes Scott,
has been selected as a maid in the May
Daj'' court and has been in the beauty sec-
tion of the Silhouette each year. The plans
for the event have not as yet been com-
pleted, but the practices are already be-
ginning in the gym for the dances. "Spring
In Many Lands" is the title of the win-
ning scenario, submitted by Gilchrist
Powell, '33.

On March 4th, the seniors in the high
schools of Atlanta, Decatur and East Point
were invited to come out to spend the after-
noon at Agnes Scott and have dinner in
Rebekah Scott dining room. The Atlanta
Alumnae brought them in cars, as soon
after school as possible, to the Alumnae
House where they were served tea and
sandwiches. After a tour of the campus,
exhibitions of various sorts were put on
in the gym under the direction of the
Athletic Association, a play under Miss
Gooch's direction, a tea-dance in the gym
and then dinner concluded the day's pro-
gram.

Another attraction of the Lecture As-
sociation was the play, "Far Off Hills"
presented at the Erlanger Theater on
March 4th, by the Abbey Theater Irish
Players, directed by Lennox Robinson.

Business is on a sharp decline at the
infirmary, for fewer cases have been there
this past semester than ever before. This
decline has been going on for some time
and statistics show that the number of "in-
firmary cases" decreases about 50 each
year. In 1926 there were 537 girls who
stayed at the infirmary and in 1931 the
figures stood at 332. This year 191 girls
have spent a night or more in the infirm-
ary whereas the figures stood at 207 this
time last year. "Boxes of goodies from
home cause one-third of my troubles with
the girls," Miss Daugherty says.

Dr. Charles F. Myers, pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church of Greensboro, N. C,
will be speaker on Sunday morning. May
29th, when he will deliver the baccalaur-
eate sermon to the 1932 class. He is the
uncle of two seniors, Sara Lane Smith and
Martha Logan and Agnes Scott feels that
it has a very peculiar claim on him.

The talk on commencement morning will
be made by Professor Edwin Mims. He
is from Vanderbilt University and a very
interesting and pleasing speaker.

FACULTY NEWS

Miss Lillian Smith was honored at a
birthday luncheon Saturday, January 13th,
given in the Tea House dining room by
Miss Stansfield. The guests were: Miss
Smith, honoree. Miss Hopkins and Miss
Harn. The first party held in the pri-
vate dining room after the opening of the
tea room was given in honor of Miss
Smith's birthday.

Miss Lewis went to Warm Springs, Ga.,
on January 15th and gave one of a series
of lectures being sponsored by the Warm
Springs Association for the entertainment
and education of the people there who are
cut off from a regular community life. Mr.
Stukes, Dr. Davidson and Miss Laney have
also been there to lecture at various times.

* * *

Miss Mary Westall spent the Christmas
holidays with her parents in Woolsey, N.
C. Miss Katherine Wright, a student at
the college, accompanied her through the
country, spending the holidays with her
parents in Lake View Park.

* * *

Miss Lucile Alexander was the guest of
her sister, Mrs. P. R. Allen, in Asheville,
N. C, during the Christmas holidays.

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Mrs. Alma Sydenstricker gave a lecture
on "The Hebrew Religion and Literature,"
tracing it from its beginning down to mod-
ern times, at the meeting of the Pi Gamma
chapter of the Epsilon Sigma Alpha Soror-
ity, which met in Atlanta recently. Miss
Frances Freed is director of the chapter.

During "Book Week" at North Avenue
Presbyterian School, Miss Emma May
Laney, as guest speaker, talked to the stu-
dents, using modern poetry as the basis
of her message. The subject of the pro-
gram was "Round the World in Books."

Miss Florence Smith was a member of
the advisory committee and Dr. Philip
Davidson a member of the executive com-
mittee of the Institute of Citizenship held
during February at Emory University.

The alumnae will regret to learn that
Miss Emma Miller was called home the
last of February on account of the death
of her brother.

Miss Jennie Smith has been in bad
health for the past few months and is now
visiting her sister in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.,
where she will be for some time.

Dr. James M. Wright spoke to the
Spring Street School P.-T. A. recently on
the subject, "The Place of the Pre-School
Child in Society."

Dr. McCain spoke over WGST February
12th on a program sponsored by the At-
lanta Chapter of the D. A. R. His talk
was on Georgia.

Miss Frances K. Gooch attended a con-
vention of the Georgia Association of
Teachers of Speech at Wesleyan Conserva-
tory February 26 and 27. She gave a
talk on Summary and Evaluation in Cur-
rent Trend of Dramatics.

DID YOU KNOW THAT

proportionately, almost as many day
students as boarders participate in campus
activities, according to figures obtained
from Louise Hollingsworth, point record-
er? Approximately 42% of the day stu-
dents take active part in campus events
while the corresponding percentage for
resident students is 55.
Agnes Scott was the only woman's col-
lege asked by Governor Roosevelt to take
part in his educational project at Warm
Springs? Members of the local faculty
who have lectured there are Mr. Stukes,
who began the series. Dr. Davidson, Miss
Lewis and Miss Laney. More speakers
were selected from Agnes Scott than from
any other of the four institutions.
it will be possible next year to get six
hours credit in voice toward a degree?
the class of '33 may be graduated in a
new auditorium ? Agnes Scott has recent-
ly received $65,000 from the Presser
Foundation and the donors have expressed
the desire that the money be used at once.
At the spring meeting of the Board of
Trustees it will be decided whether or not
work on the Music and Fine Arts build-
ing can be started in September.
Agnes Scott was the first college in
America to own an Alumnae House?
there was once a table in the college
dining room solely for the men of the
faculty?

the street car line used to run directly
through Agnes Scott campus in front of
Inman Hall, Gaines and past the Science
building?

Mrs. Sydenstricker's niece. Pearl S.
Buck, wrote "Good Earth?"
the Agonistic may acquire a new name?

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From the Alumnae Office

CLUB NEWS
Birming-ham. Ala.

The Birming^ham Club has been having
unusually fine meetings this year under
the guidance of its president, Dorothy
(Bowron) Collins, with Mai'y Nel Logan,
Sallie Horton and Harriet Smith, as the
program committee. The meetings are
luncheon meetings, held on the third Sat-
urday of the month, with three hostesses
for each meeting, who furnish the lunch-
eons at such remarkable prices that the
cluib is putting away a tidy sum, as it
charges each alumna attending thirty-five
cents for her lunch. The attendance and
the luncheons have been fine. This club
has already presented Agnes Scott to all
the high schools of its city and is plan-
ning on the awarding of its scholarship.

The report of the Founder's Day meet-
ing has reached the Alumnae Office only
through hearsay, but it was from all ac-
counts a most delightful supper meeting,
with a fair radio reception, "at least, we
heard our own telegram read!" About
twenty-five alumnae were gathered to-
gether at Mrs. Thompson's (Eugenia
Thompson Akin's mother) beautiful home
and as on last Founder's Day, this alujmna
mother not only gave her home but also
generously donated to the menu. The din-
ner was served on the same "sound finan-
cial basis" as the monthly luncheon and
this club bids fair to make a million at
this rate!

Florence, Sheffield, Tuscumbia, Ala.

The newly-elected secretary of the Tri-
Cities Club has been instructed to report
to you the meeting of February 20th. You
know already that we met and heard the
program but our telegram did not include
the following details: the meeting was held
in Florence at the home of Margaret Rice,
the Florence group entertaining; the voices
of Dr. McCain, Miss Hopkins, and the
others came in clearly enough to give us
quite a thrill in spite of the fact that the
other programs on the same wave length
seemed determined to drown them out! We
were furious when the program was inter-
rupted on the stroke of seven but enjoyed
a postmortem of it during a buffet supper;
the news sheet you sent entertained us for
a long time, and then we settled ourselves
to the business of electing officers for an-
other year. They are: president, Mary

Loyd (Davis) Johnson, '27; secretary,
Lilburne Ivey, '22. We discussed ways of
presenting Agnes Scott to high school girls
of the section but arrived at no conclus-
ions; if you have any suggestions along
this line, our group will welcome them.
Those present were:

Sheffield: Helen (Hendricks) Martin,
'30; Mary (Lyons) Martin, ex-'26; Mettie
(Moody) Hyde, ex-'22; Martha (Nathan)
Drisdale, ex-'20; Martha Bishop, special.

Tuscumbia: Esther Joy (Trump) Ham-
lett, '22; Ruby Lee (Estes) W^are, '18;
Charlotte (Jackson) Mitchell, '14; Mary
Wallace Kirk, '11.

Florence: Lucile Sherritt, ex-'32; Mar-
garet Rice, '28; Mary Loyd (Davis) John-
son, '27; Lilburne Ivey, '22.
Cordially yours,

Lilburne Ivey.

Montgomery, Ala.

Did we ever tell you of the delightful
get-together in the shape of a tea Mrs.
Cantelou had when Dr. McCain and Mr.
Stukes were in Montgomery, and how Mr.
Stukes was the only honor guest who man-
aged to get there as Dr. McCain's com-
mittee had him "hung up" ? About twenty
alumnae came to that affair and a good
time we had, too.

Our dinner at the Jefferson Davis last
Saturday evening was delightful. We-
tumpka, Snowdown, Millbrook, and Mont-
gomery were all on hand in the persons
of Anne Shapard, Florence Graham, Walter
(Anderson) Graham, Kate Clark, Marion
(Black) Cantelou, Ruth Scandrett, Mary
Terry and I. The program came in clear-
ly in spite of static; that is, we under-
stood most of what was said. Getting the
telegrams was a thrilling experience. Mary
all but bounced up and down during that
part. We plan to be together another
Founder's Day and we even hope to meet
a time or two before that time.
Cordially yours,

Annie Will Terry.

New Haven, Conn.

Love to all at Agnes Scott. We went
for dinner with Flora (Crowe) Whit-
mire and listened in together for the pro-
gram. There were Flora (Crowe) Whit-
mire, Lillian White, Polly Stone, Rosaltha
Sanders, Jennie Lynn (Duvall) Nyman,
and Roberta Winter.

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This group includes Rosalthea Sanders,
'28; Roberta Winter, '27; Jennie Lynn (Du-
val) Nyman, '25; Polly Stone, '24; Lillian
"White, '28, and Flora (Crowe) Whitmire,
'10, all of whom were listening in to the
Founder's Day program on Feb. 20th.

Washington, D. C.

I want to tell you how much we enjoyed
going to Baltimore for the dinner with the
club there on Saturday. Six were able to
go from here: Virginia McLaughlin, Rachel
(Brock) Sullivan; Mary Virginia (Yancey)
Fahy; Mary Key Dolvin; Margaret Russell
and I. Weesa Chandler and Helen Snyder
could not go but were very noble about
helping Marguerite and me notify the
numerous Washington girls. All the peo-
ple I talked to sounded very much inter-
ested in a club here. Mary E. Donnelly
was very enthusiastic and helpful. Vir-
ginia McLaughlin invited the group to
meet with her on March 11 at 8 o'clock and
I am awfully pleased to have a definite
time fixed, a

The Baltimore secretary was planning to
write you the nice details about the lovely
dinner with Alvahn Holmes. We enjoyed
so much seeing the Baltimore group as
well as hearing Miss Hopkins and Dr. Mc-
Cain. While the Baltimore Club had its
business meeting, we went into a little hud-
dle and planned the time for our first one.

With best wishes to you and the college.
Janice Stewart Brown.

Jacksonville, Fla.

A small but very select group of the
club members gathered at Charlotte Buck-
land's home for a buffet supper Saturday
night. With a great deal of "collegiate"
enthusiasm we composed our telegram for
the WSB broadcast and sent it in, in time
to hear our poetic endeavors woefully mis-
interpreted when dear Miss Hopkins read,
"Charlotte having dinner party.
We all send greetings.
Hearty love."

(Of course our love is as hearty as can
be, but this time the adjective was a modi-
fier for the greetings. Honestly we were
so convulsed with laughter that several
of the following telegrams were lost on
us.) The program came through beauti-
fully and was greatly enjoyed. All of us
wished we could have been with you that
night and Monday night for the celebra-
tion, too. Give our love to Miss Hopkins
and Dr. McCain. We are all hoping and
wishing it were possible for us to come up
for Commencement. Heaps of love to you,
Lovingly yours,

Rachel Paxon, Secretary.

Miami, Fla,

It was amazing to learn that almost
thirty girls were here in Miami. No one
of us knew the existence of more than
three or four more, so I believe this must
be the first group meeting that has ever
been held in Miami. We are meeting to-
night at Nunnally's a charming place
here in the center of town with about the
best radio anywhere around so we are hop-
ing to hear every word and note of the
program, although it is quite difficult to
get WSB down here. We're having dinner
and planning for the program to come with
the dessert, and we will see just how much
enthusiasm we can raise for organizing an
Alumnae group. The group tonight will
include Marie (Bennett) Lane, Willie Bell
(Campbell) Marshburn, Edyth (Carpenter)
Shuey, Marion Conklin, Gertrude (Falli-
gant) Thompson, Lois Ions, Ruth (Law-
rence) McCaskill, Monica (Harris) Keenan,
Amy Ctirry Twitty, Frances (Dukes)
Wynne and Ruth Barker Taylor. Fendley
Dudley (Glass) Stewart couldn't leave her
new baby, who has just passed the sixth
birthday, numbered in weeks. Looking
forward to the program tonight, and
thanking you for giving us the details, I
remain.

Affectionately yours,

Carolyn Essig.

(Since receiving this letter, we have had
another telling us that the Miami group
is scheduled to meet March 4th to or-
ganize their club. Congratulations, Miami
Alumnae!)

Columbus, Ga.

Needless to say, our last meeting was
unusually enjoyable. The radio performed
beautifully, even in spite of the keen
competition of other stations. Miss Hop-
kins' voice was most natural of all and we
could believe we were actually in her
presence as it came so softly and clear-
ly. We swelled with pride while listening
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U. S. Just to hear the names of former
classmates honestly made us homesick for
campus life. Of course we immediately
started reminiscing: and some of the rem-
iniscences were a howl! I really think it
was the best program we've ever had. The
club letter added greatly to the general en-
joyment of the evening. We were par-
ticularly delighted with the notes from the
faculty members, they made us feel young
again. Greetings to all of them. We met
with Mary (Bradley) Cooper, the others
present being: Lillian (Eason) Duncan,
Antoinette (Blackburn) Rust, Hallie
(Alexander) Turner, Miriam Kaufman,
Louise Baker, Emilie Harvey, Myrtle
Blackmon, Martha Bradford, Ruth Brad-
ford and as guest, Mrs. Clements, who was
visiting Mrs. Rust. Hoping to see all of
you at Commencement,

We are sincerely,
Columbus Alumnae Club,
Ruth Bradford, Sec. & Treas.
(And right here we want to thank the
Columbus Club again for the generous
check for five dollars they sent to us in
January for the Alumnae Garden. You've
no idea how it helped!)

Chicago, HI,

The Founder's Day party that we had
was such a success and we had so much
fun getting acquainted as we have never
done before. The faithful ones who have
been to the two previous gatherings ar-
rived on schedule and we had about six
new ones with us. We couldn't get At-
lanta over the radio because of the Chi-
cago stations, but we read all the messages
you sent us and enjoyed the comments
made by the girls. . . . They arrived from
four in the afternoon 'till time for din-
ner. At dinner we told our life histories
and feel that we became really acquainted
with each other. After dinner we took a
flashlight picture and if it is any good you
shall have one immediately. The girls
who are at the University seemed to enjoy
the open fire and getting together in a
home. The ones who have homes all said
we would not wait a whole year before we
gathered together again, and they all ex-
pressed a desire to be hostess to the crowd
some time during the year, so before long
maybe we will have a real live Agnes
Scott group up here. ... It felt like old
times getting purpls candles, sweet-peas
and purple and white mints. All the happy
times at Agnes Scott came surging into
my mind, and I was every bit as thrilled
over this party as the ones I fixed for
in '15. Those attending were: Janet Mac-
Donald, Charis (Hood) Barwick, Martha
(Eakes) Matthews, Blanche (Ryan) Brim,

Lillian (Beatty) Schuhman, Margaret
(Sienknecht) Lotz, Catherine Haugh, Mar-
jorie Daniel. With lots of love to all
friends at Agnes Scott.

Sincerely,
Martha (Brenner) Shryock.

New Orleans, La.

The New Orleans Club met to listen in
to the broadcast on Saturday night, Febru-
ary 20th, at the home of Stuart (Sander-
son) Dixon. Those present were: Ruth
(Pringle) Pipkin, Margaret Weeks, Irene
(Hart) Hurt, Eunice (Kell) Simmons,
Grace (Carr) Clark, Ruth (Hall) Bryant.

With every good wish for Agnes Scott.
Yours sincerely,

Ruth (Hall) Bryant.

Baltimore, Md.

The February meeting of the Baltimore
A. S. C. Club was held at the home of
Miss Alvahn Holmes on Saturday night,
February 20th, to celebrate together
Founder's Day.

After dinner the hostess tuned in on
WSB and the club listened to speeches by
Miss Hopkins, Dr. McCain, and Miss Wil-
burn. After the singing of the Alma
Mater the meeting was called to order
by Mrs. J. W. Rutland, president. The
president welcomed the members of the
Washington Alumnae who met with us. In
the Washington group were: Mary Kay
Dolvin, Janice Brown, Mrs. M. X. Sullivan,
Mrs. J. C. Fahy, and Marguerite Russell.

The president announced the following
appointments to committee chairmanships:
Mrs. Chester Blackford, membership com-
mittee; Dr. Florence Brinkley, program
committee; Miss Alvahn Holmes, finance
committee; Mrs. Harry Wilson, entertain-
ment committee; Miss Mary Neal Barton,
constitution committee; Mrs. J. R. Hen-
derson, transportation committee, and Mrs.
Neal Owens, publicity committee.

The president reported a letter from
Mrs. Donaldson, suggesting activities and
goals specifically the buying of garden
furniture for the alumnae garden or a con-
tribution to the Student Aid Fund. She
asked us to make an effort to interest the
Baltimore high school students in Agnes
Scott.

The president laid the resignation of
Sterling Johnson, treasurer, before the
meeting. After its acceptance a rising
vote of thanks expressed to Miss Johnson
the club's appreciation of the many things
she has done for the organization.

Mrs. Chester Blackford was nominated
to succeed her, the nomination seconded,
and the vote made unanimous.

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The frequency of meetings was discussed
and it was decided to hold them once a
month, and the next meeting date set for
the second Friday in April.

The program was then turned over to
Dr. Brinkley. A visiting Randolph-Macon
alumna, Mrs. Rowe, told us of the activi-
ties and programs of the Baltimore R.-M.
W. C. Club.

Miss Holmes suggested a benefit bridge,
actual planning for it being deferred until
the April meeting.

Members present at this meeting were
Dr. Florence Brinkley, Mrs. J. R. Hen-
derson (Florence Ellis), Alvahn Holmes,
Sterling Johnson, Mrs. Harris Kirk, Mrs.
Neal Owens (Georgia May Little), Doug-
lass Rankin, Mamie Shaw, and Mrs. J. W.
Rutland (Jane Harw'^ell).

Asheville, N. C.
The Asheville Alumnae who met with
me last night for the radio program enjoy-
ed it so much we wanted you to know. We
always look forward eagerly to hearing the
voices of Dr. McCain and Miss Hopkins,
and the greetings from the Alumnae. The
al'umnae who met together were: Ruth
McLean, Beth Taylor, Elizabeth Sanders,
Sarah (Shields) Pfeiffer and her husband,
and Betty Hanson's mother and father.
Aileen (Moore) Topping's baby was sick,
so she and her husband listened in at home
instead of with us. Please tell the faculty
that we enjoyed their letters quite as much
as the radio program, and that we send
them our love and greetings in return.
Wishing that we could be with you for the
program Monday night, and with our love
to Miss Hopkins and Dr. McCain.
Sincerely,
Maurine Bledsoe,
President Western N. C. Club.

Charlotte, N. C.

We had our banquet for Founder's Day
at the Arrowhead Tearoom, with cherry
trees and all. There were about 30 pres-
ent, including six high school seniors who
are interested in going to Agnes Scott.
Miss Alice Springs was an honor guest.
She taught at Agnes Scott in its infant
days. It was quite an occasion for her
all dressed up, her beautiful white hair
glistening, and wearing a corsage of gar-
denias sent to her by a niece in honor of
the occasion. Belle Ward Stowe was
toastmistress and as she promised in her
first toast she succeeded in bringing the
old times back to us. The table was dec-
orated with red, white and blue, and with
the cherry trees and hatchet place cards,
red and white mints and toasts in verse,
it seemed like "old times" sure enough.

We certainly enjoyed being together and
hearing the familiar voices over the radio.
They truly made us homesick for Agnes
Scott. We were able to get most of the
program except the first part of Miss
Hopkins' talk. We want to thank you
for the movie too. We enjoyed it just
lots. When I think of horseback riding at
Agnes Scott, I have to pinch myself to see
whether or not I am dreaming. Carolyn
Nash, N. C. state president, from Winston-
Salem, was visiting Belle Ward Stowe, so
met with the group for the Founder's Day
celebration. Here are the toasts Belle
Ward gave thought you might like to see
them:

We all remember very well
Our Founder's Day at college

When we all dressed up in hoops and wigs
And had a vast amount of knowledge.

Our guests were all quite famous
George Washington and Martha fair,

Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson
And Betsy Ross were there.

Our dinner was most plenteous.

The toasts were not a few.
So we are trying awfully hard

To bring the old times back to you.

We now look very modern

And hoops we haven't got.
But our guests are just as famous

As they were at Agnes Scott.

So let's join in conversation

And it really is a treat
To be with girls we used to know,

Now let's begin to eat!

Let's first drink to Miss Alice,

Who was in times gone by
A monarch o'er the halls of Main

And let words of wisdom fly.

She was a teacher of renown

Beloved by all the classes.
They looked to her with great esteem,

Those modest little lassies.

We're proud that she's from Charlotte,
We're proud we have her here.

We're proud she was at Agnes Scott
For we all hold her most dear.

Toast to Carolyn Nash:

She's travelled near she's travelled far.

And, girls, we really rate.
For we have with us here tonight

The alumnae president of the state.

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She's of the class of thirty

And her name is Carolyn Nash

She hails from Winston-Salem
And she's full of pep and dash.

We hope she likes our Charlotte Club

Most modestly we ask,
I think we're going to hear from her

If it's not too great a task.

Response:

Friends, Romans, Agnes Scotters,
What my pal has said is true;

And indeed it is a pleasure
To be feasting here with you.

Carolina has many alumnae

And all of them have spirit
But when I think of a perfect club

This one comes most near it.

I've enjoyed the pleasant company

The dinner is the best.
So for fear I'll miss some of it

I'll close my speech and rest.

In our choice of Alma Mater
We're oft times prone to boast

So to our future alumnae
I now propose a toast.

We have some girls from high school
Who look toward higher learning.

And when we look at them
We do so with a yearning.

For we know of all the fun and friends
And the things that lie in store;

For college life is best of all
With joys unknown before.

And we're hoping when the fall comes
round

And each girl her school must choose
That Agnes Scott has won first place

Will be the latest news.

Sincerely,
Frances Medlin, Secretary.

Hendersonville, N. C.

Due to the "depression," the Henderson-
ville and Asheville alumnae did not meet
together this year, as we have done form-
erly. The Hendersonville group met at
the home of Gladys (Lee) Kelly and as
there are only four of us in Henderson-
ville at present Mrs. Kelly, Laura (Can-
dler) Wilds, Polly Brown, and myself
we invited our loyal mothers and fathers.
They responded nobly; so in addition to
the four of us, we had Dr. and Mrs. J.
S. Brown, mother and father of Polly and
Mary Brown; Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Sevier,

mother and father of Virginia; Winona
Eubank's mother and father, and Mrs.
Kelly's husband and three daughters, three
fine prospective Hottentots. . . . The
static was kinder to us than it usually is
when we try to get Atlanta here; so we
heard the program fairly clearly. Miss
Hopkins and Dr. McCain sounded so famil-
iar that we could imagine ourselves back
in chapel listening to them. All of us
have been out long enough to let our
mouths flop open and to frown, "What is
the school coming to!" when we heard of
the changes that have taken place since
our days. Then we frankly admitted, "How
we'd love to be back and attend the Junior
banquet!" As the announcer was so rude
as to cut us off right in the midst of the
Alma Mater, Polly Bi-own sang it for us.
Then, with Mrs. Kelly accompaning, Polly
sang some of the other good old A. S. C.
songs. Mrs. Kelly had brought out 1911
and 1912 annuals to get the songs. You
can well imagine what happened. "Oh,
there is Miss Hopkins! Isn't that Miss Mc-
Kinney? And Dr. Sweet? Look at that
dress! Imagine playing hockey in that
costume! Look at this! The girls who
took men's parts in the plays had to wear
little skirts to their knees over their
pants." The Hendersonville alumnae and
friends enjoyed helping Agnes Scott cele-
brate another Founder's Day, and send
their congratulations and best wishes.
Sincerely,

Ellen Fain.

Raleigh, N. C.
Five of the Raleigh Alumnae gathered
with Elsie (Estes) Clark at her home in
Wilmont Park to hear the program from
WSB Saturday evening. Those present
were Mrs. Clark, whose husband is head of
t)ie English department at North Carolina
State College; Nellie (Stephenson) Gee,
Clare Bucher (Scott) Johnson, Daisy
Frances Smith and Miriam Preston. We
heard the program fairly well despite ac-
tive opposition from a jazz band. After-
wards we chatted and enjoyed refresh-
ments appropriate to the occasion. We en-
joyed the letter and the book of reviews
ever so much, and everyone reported a
jolly evening and expressed appreciation to
Mrs. Clark for the house, the radio and
the food.

Cordially yours,

Miriam Preston.

Anderson, S. C.

I have just returned from Eunice (Dean)
Major's where she, with her charming little
family, entertained all the Anderson

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Agnes Scotters who could be gotten to-
gether tonight only four of us. The other
two were Juliette (Foster) Spear and
Katherine Kirkpatrick, a freshman this
year. The program came in well and we
enjoyed the letter from the "Agnes Scott
Correspondent" so much. When I read
that even late comers to dinner were al-
lowed to nonchalantly "jazz" in to the
music of an orchestra, I wanted that then
for "Believe It or Not." How well do I
remember in the "good old days" we al-
most crawled in and the look we received
all but paralyzed us. But it's fine and I'm
glad that we can change.

With best wishes,

Kittie (Burress) Martin.

Columbia, S. C.

February twenty-second! To most peo-
ple this means the birthday of George
Washington, the immortal but to any
Agnes Scotter the date brings to mind the
birthday of our own George Washington
Scott!

Whether the 22nd of February had any
special significance for us before we enter-
ed Agnes Scott or not, we soon found that
it had a glory all it's own and ever since
the first time we experienced the thrill of
Founder's Day we have continued to cele-
brate the momentous occasion.

As long as we were together in college,
we donned our "best" and enjoyed the fest-
ive occasion now that we are outside the
gates of the "Sheltering Arms" we look
forward to a jolly get-together meeting to
celebrate with our Alma Mater, though
scattered far and wide.

This year, the alumnae of Columbia,
South Carolina, gathered at the home of
Jane Tucker (Fisher) Dana, and what we
lacked in numbers, we made up in interest
and enthusiasm. The radio behaved itself
nicely, and we thrilled with delight to hear
dear Dr. McCain and our own Miss Hop-
kins speaking. The program was even
better than usual and then came the inter-
esting news letter with its typical greet-
ings from our faculty friends.

Eva Wassum Cunningham read the mes-
sages, and by the time she had read the
very first line or two of each one, some
one of us would say, "Oh, I'll bet that is

from ; naming some professor,

and generally the guess was right. A most
enjoyable and enlightening little sketch
was presented by Rose Aubrey Gooding
and Geraldine LeMay when they finished
I'm sure we all felt that we had attended
Agnes Scott all too soon, for the many
wonderful changes of which they told us
sounded like a "dream come true."

And then over the tea cups, didn't we old
alumnae chat! Each telling of the cus-
toms in vogue when she was there.

What a lovely and inspiring custom is
this Founder's Day and how it does awaken
old memories!

More power to Founder's Day! Long
may the custom of its celebration endure,
and flourish!

Columbia, S. C, alumnae, who attended
Founder's Day at Mrs. Dana's: Mrs. H.
Gooding (Rose Aubrey), Miss Elise Cur-
rell, Mrs. F. J. Dana (Jane Tucker Fisher),
Mrs. Frank McGowan (Virginia Lancas-
ter), Miss Geraldine LeMay, Mrs, A. S.
Salley (Harriett Milledge), Mrs. R. B.
Cunningham, Jr. (Eva Wassum), Miss
Helen Wright, Mrs. G. F. Geiger (Kather-
ine Kirkland), Mrs. L. D. B. Williams
(Elizabeth Joiner, Cope, S. C), Mrs. L.
S. Maxwell (Elise Crouch, Johnston, S. C).
Love,
Helen Wright, Secretary.

Greenwood, S. C.

There are nine alumnae on the Green-
wood roll, but only four of us could meet.
Dorothy Lumley lives in Coronaca, a near-
by village, and Harriet Todd is teaching
in EUoree. Jean Gray and Louise Plumb
had gone to Agnes Scott for the week-end,
Estelle (Felker) Chipley had gone out of
town for the day, Bryte Daniel expected
to be with us but was unavoidably detain-
ed. The four of us who met were: Mary
Lynn (Hutchinson) Beck, Annie Anns-
paugh, Maude (Glover) Wilkinson and my-
self. Mr. Hooten, Mildred's father, and
Mr. Moorer were enthusiastically with us.
We had a picture of Miss Hopkins facing
us on the radio, and a drawing of "Greater
Agnes Scott" to help us visualize the
future of the dear old college which we
"Institute girls" think of as mostly a huge
"Main Tower." We had the words of the
Alma Mater and the Purple and the White
ready to sing when the half hour was up.
Every minute of the program was keenly
enjoyed by us, and the Glee Club choruses
and other songs made us proud of Agnes
Scott. The "reunion" was even beyond our
anticipations. Dr. McCain was fine and
Miss Hopkins well, that was just the very
best of all. The telegrams were thrilling
we didn't get together in time to get ours
off. If there's ever anything we in Green-
wood can do to show our love and loyalty
to our Alma Mater, be sure to call on us.
With sincere love to Miss Hopkins, Miss
McKinney and best wishes for the college
in all its interests.

As ever yours,

Emily (Diwer) Moorer.

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Knoxville, Tenn.

The Knoxville Alumnae of Agnes Scott
met with Emilie (Ehrlich) Strassburger
February 20th to listen to the Founder's
Day celebration. The program came in
well and it was delightful to hear the
familiar voices and the old songs. We had
the following alumnae present: Margaret
(Briscoe) McCallie, Charlotte (Gunby)
Rule, Margaret (Yaeger) Brackney,
Martha (Childress) Ferris, Mable (Dumas)
Crenshaw, Jean (Powell) McCrosky,
Frances (Stuart) Key, Mildred (Holmes)
Dickert, Emilie (Ehrlich) Strassburger,
Betty Preston and Elizabeth Moore. We
also had two girls who are thinking of
going to Agnes Scott. They are Sally Ann
Blanfeld, Hillvale and Josephine Berkley.
After the program we had a Dutch supper
and looked over the old annuals some of us
had brought. I know everybody had a
lovely evening and we are hoping we can
interest some other girls in going to Agnes
Scott.

Sincerely,
Martha (Childress) Ferris.

did. And, as I said before, I feel sure
that hereafter you can count on a group
meeting in Nashville on Founder's Day.
Cordially,
Anna Marie (Landress) Cate.

Nashville, Tenn.

Founder's Day celebration in Nashville
was a most enjoyable occasion for all of
us who could attend. We had thirteen
girls ranging all the way from Institute
days to an "ex-'30." Araminta (Edwards)
Pate, Catherine (Harris) Primm and Lois
(Bolles) Knox helped me call the girls, and
then at the last minute, Lois was sick and
unable to attend the dinner at the Rendez-
vous Tea Room. Others present were:
Olive Graves, Mary Frances (Hale)
Stringe, Julia Pearl (McCrory) Weather-
ford, Alma Metcalfe, Mary An Phelps,
Lavalette (Sloan) Tucker, Eudora (Camp-
bell) Haney, Caroline (Smith) Noell, Caro-
line Randolph, and Margaret (Leech) Cook,
who came in from Dickson, Tenn., to be
with us. We had a delicious dinner and
in the midst of it succeeded in hearing Dr.
McCain and Miss Hopkins and part of the
music, despite more or less static. Then
after reading and discussing the news and
letters from A. S. C. we told each other
about ourselves. Margaret (Leech) Cook
invited us all to come to Dickson this sum-
mer, so she may be overwhelmed before
the summer is over. We heard all about
the various husbands and children of the
married members. I believe that hereafter
it will not be difficult to get the Nashville
group together. In fact, everyone who
was called, with very few exceptions, was
enthusiastic. I hope that all the groups
had as enjoyable a Founder's Day as we

Lynchburg, Va.

In Lynchburg we had a fine time. The
six who signed the wire met at Gladys
(Camp) Brannan's apartment for tea. I
read your correspondence and we all
thrilled over the pictures of the new build-
ings. Louise (Wilson) Williams talked
about last Commencement and the changes
on the campus. She said that she was much
impressed by the thoughtfulness and charm
of the girls near where she stayed in In-
man. When someone asked her what she
considered the best thing on the campus,
without hesitation she said, "The stu-
dents." Isn't that the perfect compliment
for a college? She also spoke in glovdng
terms of the Alumnae House and the Sec-
retary. The annual election of officers re-
sulted as follows: Louise (Wilson) Wil-
liams, president; Gladys vCamp) Brennan,
secretary. You know we have been meet-
ing only on the 22nd of February, but this
year we are planning to meet during the
summer when Anne (Kyle) McLaughlin
and Lucie (Howard) Carter are at home
We want to do something about the Alum-
nae Garden too. What things are especial-
ly needed now ? With best wishes to you
all,

"Spbtt" Payne.

TURN YOUR DIAL AGAIN TO WSB!

Agnes Scott has "radio fever" since the
last Founder's Day broadcast in February
and cannot bear to let twelve months pass
without using the "mike." So on Thurs-
day, April 14th, at 5:30 p. m., central time,
under the planning of Janef Preston,
chairman of publicity in the Alumnae As-
sociation, a program of much interest to
the public as well as to alumnae will be
broadcast for a half hour. This program
will present some beautiful musical selec-
tions, instrumental and vocal solos, and
then an interview of Llewellyn Wilburn
by one of the students which will bring out
the athletic department activities of Agnes
Scott. The following month, another
phase of the work and play at Agnes Scott
will be presented through the courtesy of
WSB, Atlanta Journal, which has been kind
enough to welcome Agnes Scott to its
monthly schedule. Much thanks and con-
gratulations should be given to Janef Pres-
ton for her wonderful work in the field of
publicity for the college this year.

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WORLD S. S. CONVENTION, JULY 25-31

I am wondering if some of the "alums"
won't come to the World's Sunday School
Convention. I should like to ask you to do
me the favor of putting a suggestion or
reminder of the Convention in the Alumnae
Quarterly, and sending one to the "Agon-
istic," as some of the students might come,
too, the date is July 25 to 31. I have
not investigated, but feel sure that the
steamship companies will give special
rates. The Munson Line has a second
class which is perfectly comfortable, and
which our family prefers to first, though
deck space is limited. There is a Japanese
line which takes passengers to New Or-
leans and the western coast and is much
cheaper than the Munson or Prince Com-
panies and gives more ports of call. I
do hope that "Miss Agnes" will have a
good representation. Of the beauties of
Rio, you have all heard. The registration
fee for the convention is fifty mil reis (less
than four dollars at present exchange),
reservations should be made by May first,
but will be accepted later. One can get a
good room and meals in Rio for two dol-
lars or less a day. I want to urge any of
the girls who come not to limit themselves
to Rio and S. Paulo, but to come up into
the interior. Our mission stations are lo-
cated in good towns, and a hearty welcome
awaits the "Hottentots" in all of them,
specially Varginha, which is considered
the best of the group. Our guest room is
an uncertain quantity, but we have com-
fortable hotels and boarding houses, and
I think I could locate any who come in a
place where English is spoken. Lavras is
our center, and has a fine new hotel. We
will arrange for you to see a real Brazil-
ian fazenda, a typical small town, and any
who wish to see our "wild and wooly west"
could visit our mission to the Indians in
Matto Grosso (my sister-in-law, a Georg-
ian, lives there).

Reservations should be asked of Mr. B.
H. Hunnicutt, Caixa 260, Rio de Janeiro.
He is a member of our mission, a personal
friend, and a simon-pure Georgian, who
will be glad to do anything for you.

The Alumnae Quarterly is a joy forever,
and makes me feel that I am not so "far
from the reach of the sheltering arms"
after all.

With all best wishes for yourself and all
the "alums," I i*emain,

Hottentotly yours,
Elizabeth (Gammon) Davis, '17.

Are you a better alumna than I was?
Do you send in a change in your address
promptly? I hope you are and do!

While I was teaching and moved from
one place to another, I was just as in-
terested in Agnes Scott and what was hap-
pening on the campus, and coming back
for week-ends and all that sort of thing
as I could be. And the Alumnae Quarterly
was always a treat, but somehow the plea
in it to "keep us informed of any change
in your address" never did impress me so
very much. My Quarterlies seemed to fol-
low me so I didn't worry about HOW they
reached me!

For three months now, I have been help-
ing Mrs. Donaldson in the office and I'm
thoroughly ashamed of having let myself
be as much trouble as I now realize that
I was. It is appalling how much trouble
can come from one wrong address to say
nothing of a dozen or so. For instance, we
mail to Alumnae, four times a year, about
1,000 Quarterlies and no less than 25 or
so come back "lost," "unclaimed," "moved
left no address" or some similar reason.
And yet lots of those very Alumnae are
wondering why they have not received
their Quarterly. Then, of course, there
are letters of all kinds that go out and
are returned. You would be surprised at
the frantic searches that result from hav-
ing mail returned from wrong addresses.

Just think of trying to keep 5,000 ad-
dressses correct! Of course all 5,000 peo-
ple are not active members, but it does
seem as if it wouldn't be such a job to
keep the active mailing list of 1,000 right,
and yet it is almost impossible. Won't you
help us do it, and every time you teachers
go to a new town, or you business girls
take a new job, or you house-keepers move
into a new apartment, or any of you know
of a "moved" Alumnae, won't you write
your name on a postal card and send it
to us?

I am just to be in the office through
June, but my sympathy for the Alumnae
Secretary in her struggle with correct ad-
dresses has certainly Increased in these
few months and from now on won't you
do your part to lighten the ever-present
problem of keeping the Alumnae located?

Yours, in the chase for correct addresses,
Emily Spivey,
Assistant Alumnae Secretary.

A LETTER FROM A PENITENT!

Dear Alumnae,

As an "outsider" and an "insider" of the
Alumnae office, I want to write this brief
message to you all please read it!

A SUMMER VACATION COURSE AT
OXFORD

In July, 1932, a Summer Vacation Course
for American Women Graduates and
Teachers will be held for the third time
in Oxford. Those who attended the courses
held in 1926 and 1928 will know something

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27

of the special character of this Oxford
Summer School, organized by the four
Women's Colleges and the Society of Ox-
ford Home-Students. The students will re-
side for three weeks in the Women's Col-
leges; they will hear lectures by eminent
men and women, authorities in their sub-
jects; they will have opportunities for dis-
cussing the topics of the lectures with Ox-
ford University teachers, and they will
visit places of historical and literary as-
sociation in the countryside. Concerts and
plays and excursions of architectural in-
terest will also form part of the program.
It will be an object to give students an in-
sight into English life as far as possible,
and to bring them into contact with the
Oxford tutors.

The course will open on Thursday, July
7th, and close on Thursday, July 28th,
1932.

The subject will be "England in the
Eighteenth Century," and lectures will be
given on the literature, art, history, poli-
tics, and thought of the period.

The fee is $125 which will include full
board, residence in one of the Oxford
Women's Colleges, lectures, classes, ex-
cursions and concerts.

As the number of students who can be
accommodated is limited, applications can
only be received from teachers in approved
universities, colleges and schools, or from
graduates of approved colleges or universi-
ties, not necessarily engaged in teaching.
In exceptional cases applications will be
considered from undergraduates who hope
to take their degree in 1932 and who are
about to enter the teaching profession.

Preference will be given to those who
apply before March 1st, 1932, and candi-
dates are urged for their own sakes to ap-
ply as soon as possible to Miss Marion L.
Day, 39 West 54th Street, New York City.

APPRECIATIONS TO OUR ART EDITOR

The Alumnae Association has been very
fortunate this year in having the ad\ice
of Leone (Bowers) Hamilton, '26, in the
capacity of art editor. "Redd" has planned
and executed the drawings on the January
and April issues of the Alumnae Quarter-
ly and has helped with the color schemes
for these covers also. It has been felt in
this office for some time that there was
the greatest need for help along this line
in the editing of the Quarterly and the
many congratulations which have been re-
ceived from alumnae about the new covers
have made us realize that you felt this
need. All credit should be given to Leone
and we are hoping that the July Quarterly
will carry another one of lier designs.

GIFTS TO THE ALUMNAE HOUSE

Since our birthday party at Thanksgiv-
ing time, when gifts are always received
from alumnae for the Anna Young Alum-
nae House, there have been several other
donations, which we gratefully acknowl-
edge now. The ever present demand for
new towels was answered by lovely gifts
from Mrs. F. H. Gaines and Mary Waller
Shepherd, '28. Janef Preston, '21, made
a gift to the House of two dainty lunch-
eon cloths and Miss Westall of the Agnes
Scott faculty also gave us a beautiful
luncheon cloth.

TABLET TO BE GIVEN AS HOWSON
MEMORIAL

As a memorial to Miss Emily Howson, a
bronze tablet is to be placed in the new
Science library. Miss Howson gave money
to have the liljrary improved and remodel-
ed, and the work on it has recently been
completed. More book space, better light-
ing, new flooring, the addition of a mez-
zanine, and the closing of the basement
entrance were the main improvements. A
picture of Miss Howson given by her
father will be hung there and the bronze
tablet. Funds for this memorial will be
secured from Miss Howson's Agnes Scott
friends and students. The movement is
being sponsored by Mortar Board.

E. Kate Higgs, '24, has made a generous
gift toward the msmorial and has suggest-
ed the idea that probably all the Physics
majors will want to have a share in this
plan.

RESEMBLANCES BETWEEN MOTHER-
DAUGHTER AND SISTER-
SISTER PAIRS

(Miss Emily Dexter of the Department of
Psychology at Agnes Scott, wrote this article
for "Schools and Society," February 11th issue;
her comparisons were made using partly ma-
terial furnished by the members of our Grand-
daughters Club and their mothers, ivhere men-
tion is made of school A, and using another
college for material stated under school B.)

A good many studies have been made
showing correlations between academic
grades made by various members of the
family, fathers and sons, siblings, twins,
cousins and others. But the mother and
daughter relationship in that particular
has been relatively neglected.

The data for this study were obtained
from the records of two colleges for wo-
men. The alumnae officers of these schools
kindly furnished names of former students
whose daughters are, or have been, in at-
tendance, and their grades were secured
from the registrars. In some cases the
grades of the mothers are those of acad-

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emy rather than college rank, but since the
teaching in the academy was done largely
by college faculty members, it is reason-
able to assume that the standards were
comparable. However, the often observed
fact was very noticeable in both colleges,
namely, that grading used to be far less
strict than it is now. This makes the
mother seem "brighter" than their daugh-
ters or more industrious and in either
case might help to account for the glamor
of "the good old days." The median aver-
age for the mothers in school A was 88,
and for the daughters 82; in school B the
medians were, respectively, 92 and 79.

The groups are regrettably small, but a
very few more college generations will
remedy that condition. However, the find-
ings on these two colleges are very con-
sistent, and indicate that there is only a
slight tendency for daughters to resemble
their mothers in academic ability. For
school A a correlation of .287 was found,
and for school B one of .257. It may be
mentioned, though this paper is not deal-
ing with men's grades, that Schuster and
Elderton found a very similar correlation,
.31, between the grades of father and son,
Oxford honor men.

The question then arose as to how pairs
of sisters attending colleges for women
would compare in resemblance with sisters
attending other types of schools, so cor-
rslations were computed for groups of
sisters from the two institutions. These
figures were too inconsistent to permit of
any generalizations, being .645 for school
A, and .410 for school B. However, it is
usual to find a good bit of range in cor-
relations between siblings. In an earlier
study the writer found one of .53 between
pairs of sisters attending a state uni-
versity.

As a very minor by-product of the study,
the correlation was calculated for a group
of 8 pairs of twins, all but one pair identi-
cal, in College A. This was found to be
.92, about what one would anticipate from
other studies.

If a logical conclusion may be drawn
from a first study in the field it would
seem to be that there is considerably less
resemblance between academic ability of
mothers and daughters than between that
of sisters.

NECROLOGY

Mrs. Rebekah Candler Goodman. Re-

bekah (Candler) Goodman, ex-'ll, passed
away at her home on South Candler St.,
Decatur, Ga., on January 22. She was the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Murphey Can-
dler and the sister of Mr. Scott Candler.
She was educated at Agnes Scott, which
was founded by her grandfather, George
Washington Scott, and named for her
great-grandmother, Agnes Scott. She was
a devoted alumna and while the sympa-
thies of the Alumnae Association are ex-
tended to her family, we are at the same
time, deeply conscious of our own loss in
her death. Mr. Murphey Candler, her
father, is the oldest trustee of Agnes
Scott College in point of service, and Mr.
Scott Candler, her brother, is also a trus-
tee of the college.

Mrs. Minna Alford Redding. Minna (Al-
ford) Redding, Academy alumna, died in
an automobile accident which occurred in
January near Starke, Fla. Her home was
in Leesburg, Fla., and she and her husband
were driving through the country when
their car and another car had the fatal
collision. Her husband was seriously in-
jured but Minna's injury was fatal.

Mrs. Grace Baxter White. Grace (Bax-
ter) White, ex-'02, died of pneumonia dur-
ing January. She was an alumna of In-
stitute days and since her marriage, she
and her husband had been engaged in the
dairy business near Atlanta. She is sur-
vived by her husband and several small
children.

Miss Margaret Ferguson. Margaret
Ferguson, ex-'30, died in the Lakeside Hos-
pital in Cleveland. Ohio, on Thanksgiving
day of last year. She had been ill for two
years as a result of complications after an
attack of pneumonia which she suffered
at that time and although everything
humanly possible was done for her, in-
cluding a very serious operation and blood
transfusion, nothing could save her. The
alumnae deeply sympathize with her loved
ones in this loss.

Mrs. Elizabeth Somerville Woodbridge.

Elizabeth (Somerville) Woodbridge, ex-'21,
died in June of 1931. No details about her
death have reached the office and we re-
gret not to be able to better inform her
friends among the alumnae.

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Published in Nov., Jan., April and July by the Agnes Scott Alumnae Association
Vol. X JULY, 1932 No. 4

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Dr. McCain, Miss Hopkins, Dr. Mims ... Frontispiece

Reunion Time 3

As A Teener Saw Reunion 4

K Frances (Thatcher) Moses, '17

On Being An Alumna 5

Belle Ward Stowe, '30

Reunion Classes {Picture) 7

We Were There, Agnes Scott! 8

A Collection of Alumnae Verse 9

Compiled by Janef Preston, '21

Two Reunioners with Their Daughters 11

Study of Alumnae in Field of Public Service 12

HowsoN Memorial Library 13

Two Recent Alumnae Publications 14

Scenes During Reunion Time {Picture) 15

When '30 Sends Its Daughters to A. S. C 16

Three Clippings 18

Awards 19

Necrology ^ 20

Faculty Notes 20

Campus Chat 21

Club News 23

Annual Reports of Alumnae Association 27

Concerning Ourselves ^^

"We Shall Remember" Back Cover

Elizabeth (Cheatham) Palmer, '2 5

Dr. McCain, Miss Hopkins, and Dr. Edwin Mims, of Vanderbilt
University, Nashville, Tenn. This picture was made as the pro-
cession formed before the Commencement exercises, when Dr.
Mims delivered the address.

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REUNION TIME

The story of commencement time and reunions is one that even those who were
back at that time can hsten to over and over again and many alumnae, who wished
longingly to be here and could not, have asked to hear what happened, so here's just the
briefest story of what was a glorious time for those of us who were back. We'll start
with the weather, it was a week-end of sparkling sunshine, with the most delightfully
cool breezes, indeed, the question of supplying reunioners with blankets at night became
a very pressing one on Sunday night; it felt like a mountain resort most of the time and
everyone, as a result, was full of vim and vigor.

Beginning with the Executive Board meeting and the Council meeting on Thursday
afternoon. May 26th, the program was on! In fact, several of '30 reunioners came rolling
in on Wednesday afternoon and from that time on the crowd began gathering. Soon
the Alumnae House was full, and Inman Hall, especially the third floor, which was almost
solidly filled with 'alums' of the class of '30, became a second Alumnae House; even
Gaines Cottage was almost pressed into service at the last minute to accommodate the
returning Hottentots. The Tea House hummed from breakfast time till late in the
evening. The Alumnae Garden featured in many commencement events, from small
breakfast parties to teas.

Friday afternoon, the Decatur Agnes Scott Club, under Emma Pope (Moss) Dieck-
mann, as president, and Mary (Say ward) Rogers, as chairman, entertained the children
of alumnae royally. One of the local film companies gave and manipulated several of their
children's films, even making them 'talkies,' and when the children had had a wonder-
fully hilarious time with Mickey Mouse, they were given all sorts of little favors and then
enjoyed the 'party' of the party, ice cream! Everybody had the time of their lives
seeing whose baby was whose and what each one looked like and the consensus of opinion
seemed to be that nowhere in all the world could you find better looking children than
those with Agnes Scott mothers!

Of course, Saturday is always the day of days, beginning with the annual meeting
of the Alumnae Association, then Trustees' Luncheon. You should have been here to
hear the wit of those reunioners! When each class was called upon to stand at the
luncheon, each vied with the other to think up the cleverest verses or songs telling of
their glories. And if you didn't get to hear the stunt of "When '30 Sends Its Daughters
to A. S. C," turn over further in the Quarterly and read it, though that will never tell
you how funny Sara was as the mother and how chamingly Dot Cassels, with her red
head, played Sara's daughter. When lunch was over, we all adjourned by many devious
ways and with much conversation over to the Alumnae Garden where the Senior Class
laid the marker to commemorate its gift of shrubbery to the college. That afternoon,
numerous small teas were staged in the Alumnae Garden, which were managed by two
alumnae, Margaret Phythian and Caroline (McKinney) Hill. Of course. Phi Beta Kappa's
initiation and dinner interested especially the alumnae of the class of '17 from which the
alumnae members were chosen this year. Blackfriars closed the busy day's program.

Sunday began with breakfasts in the Alumnae House till just time to run for the
processional for baccalaureate services. Dr. Myers of Greensboro, N. C, the uncle of
two seniors, gave a most inspirational talk to the Seniors and friends at this time.
Alumnae always enjoy Miss Hopkins' after dinner coffee, M^hich follows luncheon on Sun-
day of commencement time and then several classes of the reunioners had little private
gatherings in the afternoon till time for Senior Vespers at six o'clock. Open House, held
usually in the Alumnae House, became a garden party this year and was a grand occasion
for alumnae, seniors, and faculty, when several hundred gathered for punch and sand-
wiches and good company. Later, a reel of campus scenes and activities was shown in
the Alumnae House, much to the enjoyment and, at times, acute amazement of alumnae.

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But Monday was Akimnae Day, for then the reunion classes held sway. In the Tea
Room for lunch that day, the classes of '14, '15, '16 and '17 held their luncheons, and
with talk and annuals, and letters and pictures thrilled to the memories of the past and
told stories of their "present" and showed pictures of their "future" Agnes Scotters and
their brothers. Dr. McCain and Dr. Guy were honor gvxests of '17, having been their class
teachers; '17 walked off with the reunion cup for the highest average present and '14,
'15, and '16 said they had a great time and would have even more back to win that cup
next time. That evening, '30 and '31, dressed in their loveliest, held their dinners in
the Tea Room, where under the soft glow of candles, they sang to each other and
felt as though they had never left "the sheltering arms." One unique reunion was the
one which 1903 and 1904 staged all of their own accord. Since Emily Winn, '03, was
in this country from Korea and would not be at the time slated for their reunion, '03 and
'04 had a reunion dinner that evening in the private dining room of the Alumae House
with twelve present and Miss Hopkins as special guest. And so much talk flowed from
this table that '30 and '3 1 had to sing to make an impression over the hubbub.

And have you heard about "Pinafore," given by the Glee Club, under Gussie
(O'Neal) Johnson and Mr. Johnson? Well, some of the alumnae couldn't believe their
eyes when they saw the male chorus of some twenty men, including old friends among
our own professors. Many were the compliments which this performance won, with its
splendidly trained choruses and actors and excellent dancing and stage settings. This
production closed the Monday program and nothing remained for alumnae but to once
again watch the commencement procession and then suddenly remember that they had
husbands and children and jobs and start a feverish packing and saying good-bys. And
we venture to think that even now those reunion girls are dreaming over the days spent
back here in May and remembering how this girl looked and what another one said and
again weaving a beautiful fabric of memories of Agnes Scott and friends of college days
and the years of bright and shining youth.

AS A 'TEENER SAW REUNION

Teeners returning! Animated antiques of the '14 through '17 era! Time has wrought
some changes but none in the love and appreciation of these old timers for their Alma
Mater.

From the moment we whizzed up the broad drive and dauntlessly entered the hal-
lowed front door of Main till we parted damp-eyed after commencement, the intervening
years dropped away and we Teeners recaptured the happy past, reliving our experiences
of "long ago." With Miss Hopkins' loving pat and Dr. McCain's pleasant greeting to
Miss Mary or Miss Jane, we slipped back into student days while friend husband and
little Johnnie and Susie became dim realities infinitely remote.

We suffered none of the disillusionment that sometimes follows our return to child-
hood haunts, when grandma's huge house and yard turn out to be only a moderate sized
establishment and the neighboring forest dwindles to a mere woodlot! Everybody and
everything at Agnes Scott was the same only more so, if that cryptic statement may be
tolerated. You may lay it to change in style or the impaired vision of age but no one
seemed a day older or more sober and the beauties of the college were even lovelier than
memory had painted them. Gratifying indeed to the Ponce de Leon dream of every
woman were the exclamations and protestations of class and faculty friends when some
sizeable offspring was introduced. Only the differential courtesy of a sophomore usher
asking if you wished a seat reserved for the parents of the graduates served to recall one
from positive juvenility!

As for the changes and progress in all lines since our day, we gloried in them. Most
of us had already tasted the genuine hospitality of the Alumnae House but we were
quite unprepared for the quiet beauty and charm of the Alumanae Garden, so admirably

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conducive to informal gatherings and friendly chats. Its loveliness almost obliterated
the memory of the unsightly back fence which in our day separated Inman from the
houses on Candler St. Another such inviting but hidden spot on the campus was the May
Day Dell, a sylvan glade surrounded by arching trees, lending itself alike to lovely twi-
light vespers, Class Day ceremonies, and May Day festivities.

The transformation of Main from class rooms to a series of tastefully furnished 'date
rooms' had rather a breath-taking effect on us of the old guard but along with the won-
derful gymnasium and expert instruction in golf, horseback-riding, swimming, and ten-
nis, it goes to prove that good times at Agnes Scott have held pace with high scholastic
standards. And Buttrick Hall seen across the trim beauty of the inner quadrangle almost
startled us, the brick and mortar and stone realization of a glorious dream. What a
thrill we received as we viewed its architectural beauty and 'its practical adaptation to all
the present and future class room and administration needs for years to come. How good
to know that big foundations and "the powers that be" in the educational world recognize
the true worth of our modest Alma Mater who has exemplified the claim that:

"The truest test of tvovian's xuorth,
The surest sign of gentle birth,
Is Modesty."

How our hearts swelled at the sight of the dignified academic processions and the
sweet ceremonies of baccalaureate sermon and commencement address. With thankful
hearts we old "grade" noted that all of these progressive changes and wonderful gifts have
not by one iota spoiled the simple atmosphere of the Agnes Scott we knew. Refinement of
mind, heart, body, soul, scholarly appreciation of all that is best in life and the ideals of a
Christian life and service are blended to make Agnes Scott atmosphere in which our own
young daughters will blossom.

Frances (Thatcher) Moses, '17.

ON BEING AN ALUMNA AND ITS ADVANTAGES

BY A 1930-ER

when I was a freshman at Agnes Scott, I learned in biology that certain parts of
nature have followed a distinct evolution since they were first created. Now, as an exalted
alumna, it seems that I can apply that very theor}^ to myself. As a freshman, I was
decidedly green, terribly silly (here's hoping I have changed a little!), afraid to speak
to an upper classman, and consumed almost the whole year by a most unimportant and
down-trodden feeling. My sophomore year brought drastic changes. I became quite
lordly and overbearing, venting my newly acquired superiority on the meeker incoming
class. As a junior, I enjoyed a rather contented frame of mind. I had outgrown my
supercilious "sophomorishness" and I had not attained my senior dignity. All went along
smoothly and I enjoyed college life in general. The next year was the supreme culmina-
tion of my four years of struggling. I was at last a senior; I had privileges that were
particularly my own; I could wear a cap and gown (alas; mine was never becoming,
but that really didn't matter since the effect of prestige was gained regardless!) I could
go into the dining room long after the bell had stopped ringing; I was monarch of all I
surveyed and I just loved being it!

And so, in accordance with all very sensible stories, I suppose mine should begin
here, with me energetically gripping my diploma ready to face the grand old problem
of life. But this hasn't been the height of my college career at all. As an Alumna, I've
attained the supreme exaltation of my ego. I feel I am a being apart, far above the com-
mon herd. With a truly inspired expression of rapture on my upturned countenance, I
find myself waiting to hear the crowds whisper, "Ah an alumna!" And thus I journeyed
to Agnes Scott for commencement.

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During my junior and senior years I had led a very he -. Hfe in one of the cottages
with eleven other dear little girls; they were all coming bac'' to the reunion; so for weeks
and weeks, yea, verily, for months and months, we had (_. anted on a very gay time
together in five rooms on the third floor of Inman. They Came we Had it, being just
as cute and collegiate as we had been in those beloved bygone days of our youth! It
was glorious being together, for some of us hadn't seen each other since our own com-
mencement; so the whole week-end was one prolonged 'bull-session' with intermissions
to go to little Dec and the Tea House and time out for Blackfriars and Pinafore, and
commencement exercises.

Of course, the very nicest part of the reunion for us was being with our own class
again; but a second thrill was seeing all the faculty and counting off, one by one, those
who remembered us and thoSe who didn't. It was an awful blow when dear Miss Hop-
kins greeted me with, "And how are you, Virginia?" But I have rationalized it beautifully.
Either my looks have improved to the extent that she thought I was Virginia Sears, or
else, my excess avoirdupois gave her the idea that I was Virginia Shaffner. (No, Virge
hasn't gotten fat, but at least she is taller than I am!)

Our banquet was a huge success. We had about thirty there and very swell red and
white decorations. I am still marveling how the Tea House roof stood our lusty choruses
of "We are the loyal soldiers of the Count de Luny" and "Oh, my friend, why you come?"
taken in case you've forgotten from that very remarkable senior opera of ours, "111
Flows the Gore." Then, we played the usual game of "What are you doing now?" and
found out all about our dear old college chums. Zoti Woolford and Virginia Sears had to
run around the table, since they had decided to take the fatal step of entering matrimony;
and the rest of us looked on hoping rather spitefully that they would stump their toes
or that we would be able to do the running next reunion.

We were given a lovely tea in the Alumnae Garden, which is positively enchanting,
with its lily pond and gold fish; and we saw a grand movie of Agnes Scott celebrities and
campus activities.

The whole reunion was for me a very, very happy time. I only hoi>e that all the
other alumnae enjoyed themselves as much as I did and are as proud that Agnes Scott is
their Alma Mater as I am. It's wonderful to go back so, if you haven't had the experi-
ence yet, do try it next reunion and I guarantee you'll love it!

Belle Ward Stowe, '30.

OFFICERS OF THE ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION FOR 1932-1934

President Cora Fraser (Morton) Durrett, '24

First Vice President Marion (Black) Cantelou, '15

Second Vice President Nell (Buchanan) Starcher, '22

Secretary Frances (Gilliland) Stukes, '24

Treasurer Rita (Schwartz) Aronstam, '17

Chairmen of Standing Committees:

Publicity Janef Preston, '21

Preparatory Schools Vallie Young (White) Archibald, '17

Curriculum Mary Ben (Wright) Erwin, '2 5

House and Tea Room Caroline (McKinney) Hill, '27

Local Clubs Emily Spivey, '25

Beautifying Grounds Louise (Brown) Hastings, '23

Entertainment Mary (Sayward) Rogers, '28

Student Loan Hattie Lee (West) Candler, '07

Constitution and By-Laws Patricia Collins, '28

P^'^.UNION CLASSES

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WE WERE THERE, AGNES SCOTT

The names of out-of-town alumnae who were back for commencement week-end
is pubhshed, with regret that lack of space prevents puWishing the names of the many
alumnae of Atlanta and Decatur, who were back at this time. There may be some omis-
sions from the out-of-town list, if the alumnae did not register at the Alumnae House.

'26

Rosalie (Wootten) Deck, East Point, Ga.

'27
Frances (Chambers) Wing, Roswell, Ga.
Mildred (Cowan) Wright, Doraville, Ga.
Marcia Green, Corinth, Miss.
Helen Lewis, Maxwelton, W. Va.
Elizabeth (Norfleet) Miller, Winston-
Salem, N. C.

'28
Leila Anderson, Berkeley, Calif.
Sally Abernethy, Winter Haven, Fla.
Nell Hillhouse, Augusta, Ga.

'29

Mary Nel Logan, Birmingham, Ala.
Edith (McGranahan) Smith T, Opelika,

Ala.
Martha Riley Selman, Birmingham, Ala.
Susanne Stone, Oxford, Ga.

'30

Mary Cope, Savannah, Ga.

Emilie Harvey, Columbus, Ga.

Mildred Lamb, Rockwood, Tenn.

Mary McCallie, Rome, Ga.

Lynn Moore, Morristown, Tenn.

Carolyn Nash, Winston-Salem, N. C.

Sallie Peake, Churchland, Va.

Virginia Sears, Mobile, Ala.

Virginia Shaffner, Winston-Salem, N. C.

Belle Ward Stowe, Charlotte, N. C.

Dorothy Smith, Savannah, Ga.

Mary Terry, Millbrook, Ala.

Mary Louise Thames, Charleston, W. Va.

Lillian Thomas, Eatonton, Ga.

Sara Townsend, New York City.

Missouri Woolford, Soffolk, Va.

'31

Anita Boswell, Eatonton, Ga.
Sara Lou Bullock, Villa Rica, Ga.
Ellen Davis, Louisville, Ky.
Marjorie Daniel, Chicago, 111.
Ruth Dunwody, Butler, Ga.
Ruth Etheredge, Idabel, Okla.
Marion Fielder, Villa Rica, Ga.
Carolyn Heyman, Camden, S. C.
Chopin Hudson, Ware Shoals, S. C.
Elizabeth Kelly, Claxton, Ga.
Laura Robinson, Athens, Ga.
Laelius Stallings, Newnan, Ga.
Margaret Weeks, New Orleans, La.
Gertrude Willoughby, Gainesville, Fla.
Elizabeth Woolfolk, Ft. Valley, Ga.

'32

Florence Graham, ex-'32, Snowdown, Ala.

Institute

Laura (Candler) Wilds, Hendersonville,

N. C.
Mary (Crenshaw) Palmour, College Park,

Ga.
Eileen Gober, Marietta, Ga.
Emily Winn, Chun Ju, Korea.

'12

Cornelia Cooper, Marion, Ala.

'14

Ruth (Blue) Barnes, Savannah, Ga.
Bertha Adams, Pineapple, Ala.
Beth Duncan, Elberton, Ga.
Linda (Miller) Summer, Cordele, Ga.

'15

Mary (Kelly) Coleman, Barnesville, Ga.

Henrietta (Lambdin) Turner, McDonough,
Ga.

'16

Nell (Frye) Johnston, Jacksonville, Fla.

Malinda Roberts, Canton, Ga.

Mary Glenn Roberts, Canton, Ga.

Maryellen (Harvey) Newton, Louisville,
Ga.

'17

Agnes Scott Donaldson, Colorado Springs.
Colo.

Mary (Eakes) Rumble, Athens, Ga.

Janet Newton, Jacksonville, Fla.

Jane (Harwell) Rutland, Baltimore, Md.

Regina Pinkston, Greenville, Ga.

Virginia (Scott) Pegues, Greenville, Miss.

Frances (Thatcher) Moses, Chattanooga,
Tenn.

Sarah Webster, Norcross, Ga.

Georgiana (White) Miller, Chattanooga,
Tenn.

Vallie Young (White) Archibald, Birming-
ham, Ala.

'19

Marguerite (Watts) Cooper, Rome, Ga.

'20

Lulie (Harris) Henderson, Guntersville,
Ala.

'22
Hallie (Cranford) Daugherty, Spartan-
burg, S. C.
Lula Groves (Campbell) Ivev, Charlotte,
N. C.

'23
Louise (Brown) Hastings, Lovejoy, Ga.
Mary White Caldwell, Scottdale, Ga.
Josephine (Logan) Hamilton, Appalachia,
Va.

'25
Sarah Tate, Fairmount, Ga.

The Agnes Scott Alumnae Quarterly

A COLLECTION OF ALUMNAE VERSE

The Quarterly is indebted to Janef Preston for assembling this interesting selection
of verse written by our alumnae.

IMAGE

Thou art
A water lily
On the dark
Lacquered surface
Of a cool
Sheltered pool.

Mary Cope, 30.

SWAMP MIST

Swirling up from the poison slime
Like the frozen breath of ghouls
Clothing with clinging clamminess
Over stagnant pools
How can you turn to loveliness
In the light of the rising moon?
But I feel your chill
And I fear you still,
And the moon sets soon so soon.
Mary Cope, 30.

TO SLEEP
Lay the balm
Of your
Cool palm
On my eyes.
Heart content,
Sacrament.

Mary Cope, 30.

ANNIVERSARY

Pierce not my spirit with the fiery pain
Of deep-loved memories; but let them die
As dies the rainbow, fainting in the sky.
Let haunting light nor after glow remain.
Nor svidden shaft of sun recall in vain
Those burning beauties; fading let them lie
In gray oblivion; let no futile sigh
Awaken life that cannot live again.
Shatter not these thin and brittle walls
Of peace at length and hardly won;
This fragile calm, this dreamless house of

glass
Wherein, all memories blurred, lost years

forgot
No murmur of a grieving heart may pass,
Nor long-dead echo on the spirit falls.
Frances Harper, '22.

EXILE

She has the reticence that clings to those
Accustomed to live inwardly. She came
To us a breath of pungent bay; her name
Had that same fragrance. Still as sifting
snows

In cold blue twilight is the way she goes
Clad in her loneliness; yet all the same
She warms her hands at some inner flame
Whose fire the wandering wind of memory
blows.

She told me once that thoughts of hill-dusk

trace
A thread of smoky shadow through the

dream
She fashions from her empty days. I know,
Silent before the longing of her face,
All exiles did not weep beside the stream
Of Babylon vague centuries ago.

Alice (Jernigan) Dowling, '30.

PROMISED LAND

I shall return to Canaan one far day.
Some for a fleeting moment only stand
On Jordan's banks, nor ever pass that way
Again. I shall possess my Promised Land.
Some folk there are who live their lives

away
In vague still rooms where only shadows

move.
As one long weary prelude to the day
Of their return unto the land they love.

One does not soon forget the fishing fleets
Of Gloucester, nor the blue birch-shadowed

hills
That guard the peace of still elm-patterned

streets
Where staid white houses dream. New Eng-
land wills
Her children homeward; that is why I say
I shall return to Canaan one far day.

Alice (Jernigan) Dowling, '30.

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THE PAVEMENT THAT BLOSSOMED

WITH GOLD
The gutters are filthv with last month's

snow
In the street where things are sold.
But I cross in puddles of muck and mud
To a pavement that blossoms with gold.

In front of the shop for groceries and meats
Are daffodils twelve for a dime;
I barter a moment, and hurry on,
Having stolen a march on time.

For the weather man says it is winter still;
But in my hands I hold

Potatoes and beans and twelve bits of
spring

From the pavement that blossomed with
gold.

Grace Augusta (Ogden) Moore, '26.

TO MY DAUGHTER ON HER FIRST
BIRTHDAY

Today you have had a cake with a candle,
Dolls that cry, and trains that run.
But your laughter has hushed and your eyes
grow heavy

Sleep has come in the midst of the fun.

So I kneel beside your crib and whisper:
"These are the gifts I would give my own.
I tuck them here beneath the covers.
Hiding them safe till your needs have
grown."

"These little secret, shining wishes
Gather them close in your chubby hands.
An April breeze that will call you to

wander;
Ships that sail to foreign lands."

"An August moon and vows 'forever.'
Stone that is fire; a tiny home
With breakfast nook for two; and some-
day
Baby girl curls to brush and comb."

Grace Augusta (Ogden) Moore, '26.

IRONY

The fairy quite forgotten entered late;
Uninvited to his christening and birth,
She came to bring him gifts in angry mirth.
Officiously made known that she was Fate,
And laughed aloud and fawned to hide her
hate.

She gave to him an ugly body first,
And, then because she wished him doubly
cursed.

She gave a love of beauty far too great.

And now a careless mocking word or jeer
Can stab him quick and cleanly like a blade
And leave him trembling with a wound
more deep

Than friends can know who only see his
queer

Dull face and awkward form and not the
shade

Of beauty's holiness his heart can keep.
^Margaret (Bland) Sewell '20.

PORTRAIT

Life must have sealed her lips, and locked

her heart
When she was very young, for now from

those
Who would be friends, she stands as one

apart,
And, if she dreams or suffers, no one knows.
Strange beauty must have touched her

youth, for still
Her eyes hold memories, proudly still her

head
Is lifted but her dominating will
Seems tense as if to bury years not dead.
The students marvel at her quick, keen

mind.
Her sense of justice that at any cost
Will rule. They fear her, for, though she

is kind,
Her coolness touches them like sudden

frost.
Once did she love? 'Tis idle to surmise
And yet those silent dreams still haunt her

eyes.

Margaret (Bland) Sewell '20.

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PORTRAIT OF A GIRL
Hers is no wisdom won by bargains driven
With crabbed Time, the hard tight-fisted

churl,
A grain of gold for scores of long years

given:
Time is confounded by this untried girl.
She has no need of years to make her wise,
Who sees the shaken leaf where no winds

pass,
And feels upon her head the crushing skies.
And hears a soundless sighing in the grass.

Sharp in her own heart is the sword in

Lear's,
Young Deirdre's sorrow, and far Deor's

fate,
The woe of Hecuba, too old for tears.
The grief of Iseult when she came too late.

She is not Time's, nor ever will be his.
Because she knows the timeless verities.
Janef Preston, '21.

A PROUD LADY SURRENDERS

I meant to win you with a queen's proud

ways,
To pour my golden largess out like wine.
And carelessly receive as right divine
A cloak to walk on or a sonnet's praise.

So well had I rehearsed my haughty part
Of sovereign with a scepter and a crown
That I could mask behind my royal frown
Your most adoring slave within my heart.

But sick of this disguise now have I

grown.
This mumming of majestic unconcern.
This false and bitter farce, who fiercely

yearn
For bended knee and neck to be my own.
I cannot act the play out. Let it cease:
The slave in me has won her hard release.

Janef Preston, '21.

TWO REUNIONERS WITH THEIR DAUGHTERS TAKEN
AT COMMENCEMENT

Vallie Young (White) Archibald, '17, and Martha (Rogers) Noble, '14, with their
attractive daughters, who enjoyed the reunion program as much as their mothers. They
formed a luncheon party all their own for the Monday of reunion luncheon. Frances
(Thatcher) Moses, '17, also had her high school daughter with her for part of the time
and the photographer regrets that she failed to get their picture to add to this unique
group.

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AN INTERESTING STUDY OF ALUMNAE OF AGNES
SCOTT IN THE FIELD OF PUBLIC SERVICE

Following a very fascinating suggestion of Mr. Archie M. Palmer, Associate Secretary
of the Association of American Colleges, the Alumnae Office undertook a research into
the activities of its alumnae along the lines of public service, restricting the field of teach-
ing to those who are or were on college faculties, as Mr. Palmer requested. The alumnae
records would show a great number of teachers, if the count had been made of all en-
gaged in this profession; also, no record was made of the number of office workers,
unless they qualified in certain fields, such as advertisers, etc., otherwise this number
would be almost limitless, also.

This list is the result of a very thorough search of the records in this office, but it is
not by any means as complete as could be wished as in the years of our early organization,
valuable information often failed to be reported to this office or was sometimes un-
recorded, if it reached here.

It was found that 121 alumnae of Agnes Scott, both graduates and non-graduates,
have been or are now connected with the faculties of institutions of higher learning in
some capacity, ranging from teaching fellow to president. The list of colleges and uni-
versities on whose faculties graduates or former students of Agnes Scott have served or
are now serving, together with the number on the faculty of each institution, is given

below: No. on

Institution Factilty

Agnes Scott College, Ga 3 5

Alabama State Woman's College, Ala. 2
Alabama State Teachers' College, Ala.

Allison-Janes School, New Mexico

All Saints College, Miss

Americus Normal College, Ga

Anderson College, S. C

Atlanta Normal, Ga.--

Banner Elk Junior College, N. C

Blue Springs College, Miss

Buffalo Seminary, N. Y

Chevy Chase Junior College,

Washington, D. C

Chicago Normal, 111

Clark University, Mass

Columbia Institute, Tenn

Crichton's Business College, Ga

Davenport College, N. C

Duke University, N. C.

Emory University, Ga

Flora McDonald College, N. C

Florida, University of

Florida State College for Women

Georgia Agricultural College

Georgia, University of

Girls' Preparatory School, Tenn

Goucher College, Md

Gulf Port Academy, Miss

Hood College, Md

Hua Nan College, China

Hunter College, N. Y

Illinois, University of

Judson College, Ala

Institution

Junior College, Fla.

Junior College, Miss.

LaGrange College, Ga

Lander College, S. C

Louisiana, University of

Lucy Cobb, Ga

Mansfield College, La

Mary Baldwin College, Va.

Mercer University, Ga.

Michigan, University of

Middle Georgia College, Ga

Miller Institute, N Y

Miss. State Teachers' College

Montreat Normal, N. C

National Bible Institute

National Park Seminary,

Washington, D. C.

New York Teachers' College

North Carolina, University of

North Georgia Agrciultural College .

Peace Institute, N. C

Penn. State Teachers' College

Queens' College, N. C.

St. Johns' University, China

Salem College, N. C.

Stephens' College, Mo.

Syracuse University, N. Y

Virginia, University of

Ward-Belmont, Tenn.

Washington-Lee University, Va.

Westlake School for Girls, Calif

West Virginia State Teachers' College
Winthrop, S. C

No. on
Faculty

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On the records were found five lawyers, seven doctors, twenty graduate nurses, and
the splendid number of 83 engaged in some type of social service work (this number are
salaried workers, as the number of our alumnae engaged in this type of work as volun-
teers would be a much greater number) .

In the field of religious work, there are twenty-four foreign missionaries, eleven
home missionaries, and thirteen others who are holding salaried positions in the work of
the church, ranging from the head of all the Woman's Work of the Southern Presbyterian
Church through the various branches of religious education and work of the churches.

In the wide range of the field of writing, Agnes Scott alumnae seem to have been
particularly active; 5 1 are engaged in some form of publicity work, under which head
have been grouped the writers of advertisements, news reporters, along with editors and
publishers of papers and magazines. The authors of books or verse amount to the number
of 22. Though not entirely in this grouping but closely related are the 60 librarians who
are engaged in library work all over the country, in city libraries, hospital libraries, scien-
tific and public schools libraries, and also in the government libraries at Washington.

Some interesting facts about the alumnae who are in the world of scientific en-
deavor were revealed: there is one anaesthetist, five dietitians, six research chemists, two
X-ray technicians and fifteen laboratory technicians.

In the field of the arts, the alumnae records reveal an architect, a mural painter,
three commercial artists, a landscape architect, and five interior decorators. There has
been one theatrical producer, three theatrical playwrights, and five actresses.

Many other interesting phases of work in which alumnae are or have been engaging
were shown in this search of the accomplishments of the Agnes Scotters but since these
were so varied and in most cases done by one or two alumnae, they are not listed in this
article. It is a thrilling thought, especially to those interested in Agnes Scott, to realize
how the college through its alumnae is touching the world in almost every phase of cul-
tural and religious and educational endeavour and carrying the high ideals of our college
into all branches of the world's work.

HOWSON MEMORIAL LIBRARY

Monday afternoon, May 30th, after the Senior Class Day exercises, the dedication of
the Howson Memorial took place in the Science Hall. Miss Emily Howson, professor of
Physics and Astronomy, came to Agnes Scott in 1919, and during the eleven years she
was here, endeared herself alike to faculty and students.

Before her death, she made a gift to the college of one thousand dollars, having
previously subscribed most generously to the campaign fund. This gift was to be
used for the improvement of the Science Library. Miss Howson and Mr. Holt had
often talked over the changes needed, and in the remodeling and changing of the library,
Miss Howson's wishes have been carried out.

The floor space was enlarged in two ways, first by removing the stairs to the base-
ment, and second, by the addition of the adjoining cloak room. A small mezzanine floor
was built and the valuable bound volumes of the chemical journals put here. Adequate
book cases were built, new tables put in with improved lighting, and the whole room
done over generally. In addition to these things, Miss Howson's own books were added
to the collection and all the books were properly catalogued. The library holds the mathe-
matics books, those on physics and astonomy, and several sections of chemistry books.

Her father, Mr. Howson, has been greatly interested in the work and has given his
full cooperation. He presented the department with a beautiful, enlarged picture of Miss
Howson which hangs just above the bronze tablet given by students in college and
alumnae who were pupils of Miss Howson.

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This tablet and the picture of Miss Howson were unveiled during the dedication
services and since many alumnae contributed toward placing this memorial in Science
Hall, it is not out of place here to thank them for Agnes Scott for their interest and
gifts. It is a matter of regret to all that in the confusion of several organizations
handling contributions, an accurate list of givers was not kept and for that reason no
mention can be made of the many friends of Miss Howson whose love for her expressed
itself in this gift. The tablet of bronze has at the top a circle, just inside this, eleven
stars, the years of her service at Agnes Scott. Under that is engraved in the following
manner:

Miss Emily Howson

August 10, 1887

June 5, 1931

Professor of Physics and Astronomy

FOR Eleven Years

"Teach Trie your mood, O patient stars!
Who climb each night the ancient sky.
Leaving on space no shade, no scars.
No trace of age, no fear to die."
Emerson.

TWO RECENT ALUMNAE PUBLICATIONS

Glory. By Nan Bagby Stephens. The John Day Co. A very complimentary com-
mentary on this first novel of Miss Stephens appeared in the Boston Evening Transcript
and the following quotation from this article gives an excellent idea of this work.

"But the inevitable price that all glory exacts? That Miss Stephens reveals in this
her first novel, w^ith a power of commingled humor and pathos, and with an artistry
which will make its readers await eagerly successive novels under her name. Herself a
Georgian (she is founder of the Drama Workshop in Atlanta, and director of Dramatic
Writings for Agnes Scott College) and ably instructed by 'Uncle Remus' in negro dialect,
she has caught perfectly the mellifluously picturesque sj>eech of the negroes of the Black
Belt. She has penetrated also their childlike faith, unconcealed emotions, abysmal ignor-
ance, and their irradicable belief in those superstitions brought from African jungles,
sentient with the muffled throbbing of drums mysteriously broadcasting the tribal news
of each day through the vine-tangled wilderness. ... In her study of Cicero Brown,
Miss Stephens' character analysis reaches its keenest subtlety. ... As we closed the
book came back to us something Ashton-Wolfe, the great criminologist, once wrote: 'Let
no man vaunt himself upon his immunity from flagrant wrong-doing. Within every
human soul lie the pK>tentialities of every human crime. Circumstances may never evoke
them; but they are there.' "

Arthurian Legend in the Seventeenth Century. By Roberta Florence Brinkley. Johns
Hopkins Press. This recent book, a study of Arthurian and British material in the
seventeenth century, reveals that the Stuarts continued the Tudor tradition in the political
use of British matter. "Though the trends in literature follow the shift of interest from
British to Saxon according to the ascendancy of the king or of Parliament, much of the
evidence of the situation is drawn from the political and historical writings of the period.
. . . The investigation of seventeenth century histories, many of which are somewhat
rare and difficult to secure, makes the book of value to those interested in history as well
as to those interested in literature. To scholars in the Arthurian field the account of
these, as well as the discussion of out-of-the-way literary sources, should prove useful."

SCENES ON THE CAMPUS DURING REUNION TIME

Louise Stakely, president of the senior class, presenting Dr. McCain with a check
for the shrubbery in the Alumnae Garden, the gift of this class to the college.

Little Hottentots, the guests of the Decatur Club, at the annual Children's Party, held on
the Friday afternoon of Commencement Week-end for children of alumnae. After a delight-
ful session with Mickey Mouse andKrazy Kat, they enjoyed the"real party, "as you can see!

Agnes Scott Donaldson, Regina Pinkston, Georgiana (White) Miller, and Janet
Newton, all of '17 enjoying Sunday morning breakfast in the Alumnae Garden.

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WHEN '30 SENDS ITS DAUGHTERS TO A. S. C.

{This ska, written for the Trustees'
Luncheon, on May 2Sth, by Belle Ward
Stowe, '30, -was acted by Sara Townsend,
'30, and Dorothy Cassells, a student at A.
S. C. now. Several alumnae suggested that
it be published so that all alumnae Tnight
enjoy its prophecies. It was based on ma-
terial furnished by authorities, so if it seems
beyond your tvildest dreams, don't blame
ns!)

1948:

Oh, girls, I'm so excited

That I just can hardly wait!
No, I haven't really lost my mind
And it's not just another date.

But my mother's on her way here

To see our Alma Mater.
She's just the cutest thing at all

And another Agnes Scotter.

She was here in the dim dark ages,

1930 was her class.
And now she's coming back to see

What the years have brought to pass.

1930:

Well, hello, my darling daughter,

At last I've gotten here.
I feel as if it's just a dream,

The place is all so queer.

Such luxury, such splendor!

My dear, I'm overcome.
And if you've any smelling salts.

You'd better give me some.

1948:

Why, mother what's the matter?

Don't you like it any more?
I thought you'd be enchanted

By your college days of yore.

1930:

"Enchanted" cannot half express

My feelings right this minute '

I just can't believe it's Agnes Scott
And that I'm really in it.

I'm crazy to see everything,

But I'm hungry as a bear.
Before our extensive tour begins

Let's taste the White House bill of fare.

1948:

White House? I can't remember

Just a minute, let me see
Our new dormitory and dining room

Are where that ancient relic used to be.

Right above it is our chapel.

Where your beloved Gaines once stood.
Cottage life must have been just great;

But I wouldn't change now, if I could.

For the chapel is so lovely.

So serene and calm.
That to think of something in its place

Would the meekest souls alarm.

And wasn't there another cottage?

I think Lupton was its name
Well, our most exalted faculty

Has brought to it the greatest fame.

For where it used to stand

They now delight to be.
For their Club House is a place of note

For wisdom with your afternoon tea.

1930:

I can't believe my eyes and ears

But tell me more and more.
Does Blackfriars still take on the gym

As it used to do before?

1948:

Mother, dear, don't be archaic.

The Gym's no place for plays
Our auditorium's far better

For the things we do these days.

1930:

Pardon me, my modern maiden.

Where is this noted place?
I've never felt so really dumb.

My ignorance is a disgrace.

1948:

Oh, it's over back of Buttrick

With the Fine Arts Building near.
That's a very remarkable place
From all the tales you hear.

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Close by is the dormitory quadrangle
Where we all have hopes of abiding

Quite ritzy and most up-to-date,
Where all the elite are residing.

And now, my dear, it's quite a treat

For us all to be ailing
We just run down to the new "infirm"

And then it's easy sailing.

It's on the spot where in your day
Was the house of Dr. Sweet

And its most palatial portals

Command a view of Candler Street.

1930:

Now, rest a minute, darling.

If it's not too great a task.
I've got an important question

I'd really like to ask.

What's happened to the May Day Dell
Where we tripped the light fantastic?

Don't tell me it's supplanted now
By something new and drastic?

1948:

It's there and just as pretty

But it's a mere dell no longer
We call it our amphitheatre

To make its prestige stronger.

We've also got a garden

That's known as the Arboretum
Its paths, its trees, its flowers

There's nothing that can beat 'em.

This back to nature movement

So full of vim and vigor
Has brought a series of joining lakes

That each day are growing bigger.

Down beyond the power house,

Below the street car line,
All this lovely outdoor part

For our summer school is fine.

1930:

A summer school? At Agnes Scott?

Will wonders never cease?
But what studies do you have there?

Tell me all about it please.

1948:

Why, a girl forgets her regular course

And more socially she serves
In Red Cross, Family Welfare,

Case work and Girl Reserves.

She learns more of life's poblems
And the place she's here to fill.

The whole world comes right to her door.
And she meets it with a will.

1930:

This all is very, very nice;

But I'm a little worried
You look like such a settled girl

And almost too un-flurried.

Your eyes appear so calm and still
Their light is quite majestic.

To tell the truth, my darling.
You're looking well domestic.

Don't tell me you have fallen

For some college lad's attractions

And are now preparing for a home
In peace without distractions.

1948:

Oh, mother, you're so funny.

But this change is nothing new
It's the result of my Home Course

That I've just gotten through.

I've learned right in a nut-shell
What every girl should know

I could raise a dozen children

And make the smallest budget go.

Mr. Cunningham and Mr. Tart
Long since have had to roam

For where they once resided

Is our Department of the Home.

But, Mother, we must hurry.

We dont want to miss the plane.
My room-mate would be furious

And so would Dot and Jane.

They all went down to Macon
To a college dance last night

We've just got time to see them land
If this watch of mine is right.

This is one of our newest additions
A hangar, and landing field, too.

So that girls can commute very easily
And really a lot of them do.

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My dear, I've never really had

A revelation so inspiring
I'd think that school was one big thrill

And never dull or tiring.

Agnes Scott don't you just adore her?

She is still the same to me
Regardless of these changes

That everywhere I see.

But her spirit never changes
And her atmosphere divine.

I'm glad she's your Alma Mater
And I'm glad that she is mine.

THREE CLIPPINGS FROM "THE AGON-
ISTIC" OF INTEREST TO ALUMNAE
A Peep Into the Print Room

Was there ever any one who did not de-
light in pictures and picture books! There
seems to be magic in the word picture
a magic which is still potent even for the
oldest person, for one cannot grow too old
or worldly wise to be charmed by pictures.
One can never see all the lovely subjects
which master craftsmen have preserved for
the pleasure of their posterity. Agnes Scott
has a veritable treasure house in her "print
room." The prints and books were the gift
of the Carnegie Foundation.

In the book collection there are many
very interesting and beautifully illustrated
copies of art histories, biographies of art-
ists, outlines of the techniques and pro-
cesses involved in the various branches of
art, and guides to a general intelligent ap-
preciation of art per se.

Among the most interesting books in
the collection is a series of German vol-
umes which begins with the earliest pic-
torial attempts of man and proceeds
through the various developments and
schools to our own modern schools. The
illustrating prints many of which are
colored are unnumbered and considered
among the best. For more condensed study
and reference, there are shorter general
histories and a series of histories of the
various schools such as the Italian, Flem-
ish, and Spanish.

Then there are the beautifully illustrated
biographies, the craft studies, and the print
collection itself. Who is there who would
not delight in a life of Velasquez, Rem-
brant, Peter Paul Reubens, or Renoir?
There is a series of such biographies by
Derkunst in the collection.

Had fairies peopled this little room they
could not be more varied and entrancing

than the print collection. These prints,
which are perhaps as good as can be found
anywhere, include representative photo-
graphs and prints of the work of the
world's artists, sculptors, and architects
from the beginning of history. If you like
the shimmering, vibrant quality of Manet,
you can delve into his work and dream of
summer sunshine as warm and as vital as
his. But if the stately majesty of the Ital-
ians is more interesting, you will find rep-
resentatives of their loveliest and most
stately work. Then there are the quiet yet
vivid scenes of home-life depicted by the
Dutch and Flemish schools. It really does
not matter what you prefer, for it is sure
to be represented in some measure in the
collection.

Since art is the living expression of a
people's inmost feelings and ideas, since it
is the interpretation of ages past and pass-
ing, it behooves us to learn to enjoy and
understand a little at least of the vast
wealth of expression which past ages have
bequeathed us.

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Sara Wilson Is Interviewed in Spain

Sara Helena Wilson, Agnes Scott stu-
dent, who is spending her junior year at
the Sorbonne in Paris, went with a party
of American boys and girls to Spain for
the Easter holidays and lately sent the fol-
lowing interesting letter to her father, Mr.
W. C. Wilson, in Anniston.

"We got to Barcelona Sunday night at
10:30. We were met at the station by the
mayor and a small delegation who wished
us well (in Spanish). Then we had dinner
at the hotel. We were starved and the food
was marvelous chocolate ice cream even.

"Everybody was simply lovely to us
the next morning we went sightseeing. We
saw the place where all the bull fights
are held two young toreadors were prac-
ticing while we were there.

"Next we went to the University. About
two hundred boys stopped classes and fol-
lowed us, talking to us in French, Spanish,
German, and even English. The whole
crowd marched in to the president's office
to say 'How do you do' then we got back
into the autocars with the whole Uni-
versity running along cheering behind us.

"Then we went to the city hall where
we were received by one of the most fam-
ous revolutionary politicians. Each of us
was presented a huge bouquet mine was
made of jonquils, white camelias, purple
hyacinths, and a big bunch of purple vio-
lets in the center. Then we were taken to
the big dining room and served punch and
Spanish cakes. It was delicious. The of-
ficial secretary of the governor was very
nice to me and asked me if I didn't want to
meet a journalist. So I said 'sure.' He

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brought over one of the journalists, who
asked me if I wanted my name in the
paper. So I said 'sure' again, and I think
he's going to quote me as saying Barcelona
is the loveliest town I've seen. I'm not
quite sure, because the secretary had to
translate the whole conversation between
us into Spanish. Anyway it was fun.

"Barcelona is really quite modern
wide streets, a lovely cathedral, lovely
homes, a subway system, and automatic
street lights, which even Paris hasn't yet.
Everything is far cheaper than in France.

"We got here Monday night. Sitges is a
quiet little town of 3,000 people ^the hotel
is right on the beach there are lovely
mountains all around, and a perfectly dear
little white stucco Spanish village. I
haven't even been in swimming. Somehow
haven't wanted to go I lie for hours on
the beach just thinking and resting. There
are some cunning little children in rags
with whom I play, feeding them fruit and
teaching them English.

"We have been here three days now and
I feel equal to anything that may await
me at the Sorbonne."

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"Inner Workings" of Our Dining Rooms
Told by Mrs. Davies

"No wonder the girls at Agnes Scott
are so sweet, they eat 100 pounds of sugar
every three days," said Mrs. Lena Davies
during a recent interview concerning gen-
eral information about the dining rooms.

The substance of her talk on the "inner
workings" of our dining rooms follows:

"A few more figures will show how well
we really are living. In Rebekah Scott din-
ing room alone we consuimed 16 pounds of
butter a day, and 120 pounds a week in-
cluding that used in cooking; 20 loaves of
bread daily, 30 if toast is served for break-
fast; 50 pounds of flour a day, or 5 barrels
a week; 15 pounds of lard daily; 2 pounds
of coffee for each breakfast; 1 to 1^/2 gal-
lons of preserves a day, or 9 gallons a
week; 20 quarts of sweet milk and 5 quarts
of buttermilk daily; one package of salt
a day; and 20 pounds of cake or 26 pies
for a meal," said Mrs. Davies.

"All of the foodstuffs are bought by Mr.
Cunningham every Monday Wedriesday,
and Friday from the different Atlanta
wholesale firms.

"Every week the food committee, com-
posed of Miss Hopkins, Dr. Sweet, Mrs.
Finnell and Mrs. Davies, pass on the menu
for the ensuing week. Each menu is care-
fully planned so the meals will be as bal-
anced as possible. All comments heard
from the girls concerning the meals are
discussed and every effort is made to have
the dishes they especially like," said Mrs.
Davies.

AGNES SCOTT SOPHS LEADERS IN
U. S. SCHOLARSHIP

Agnes Scott sophomores are 26 per cent
more proficient in scholarship than the
average second-year student in American
colleges. In a contest with students in
Pennsylvania, by which the average is set,
students at Agnes Scott scored a total of
127 points more than the Pennsylvanians.
Only in general science were the Eastern
college students i-anked higher than the
southern women students.

Revelation of the high standards at
Agnes Scott came as a result of the under-
taking of a comprehensive survey by the
American Council on Education, and exam-
inations were given sophomores in 150
leading universities and colleges in the
country on May 3rd and 4th.

Agnes Scott scored a grand total of
599.29 to 472.62 for the Pennsylvanians,
with a decided advantage in nins of the
ten tests given. The examinations con-
tained 3500 questions, required about six
and one-half hours to complete, and cover-
ed mental ability, knowledge, judgment
and other education criteria.

HOPKINS JEWEL AWARD

The Hopkins Jewel, given by the class
of 1922 for the fourth time to the student
who has most nearly met the ideals for
which Miss Hopkins has stood, including
conspicuous loyalty, ideals of service, abil-
ity to cooperate, physical fitness, poise and
graciousness, was awarded this year to
Andrewena Robinson. This member of the
senior class has held the responsible posi-
tion of the presidency of student govern-
ment this year and has won the admiration
of the campus in the execution of the
duties of this office, as well as by her
splendid personality.

QUENELLE HARROLD SCHOLARSHIP
AWARD

This fellowship given by Mrs. Thomas
Harrold of Americus, Ga., in honor of
Quenelle Harrold of the class of 1923, is
given to a senior or an alumna who is
deemed most worthy of pursuing gi-aduate
work in some large university. This
scholarship has been given in the past to
Mamie Shaw, '27; Frances Brown, '28;
Miriam Preston, '27; Lois Combs, '30; Eliz-
abeth Hatchett, '29. The award this year
goes to Marjorie Daniel, Senoia, Ga., who
has spent the past year in gi'aduate woi-k
at the University of Chicago and will use
this award in continuing her studies there.

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COMMENCEMENT AWARDS

Betty Hanson, Asheville, N. C, won the
piano scholarship for the year '32-'33;
Florence Magis, New York City, and Mar-
i.yn Tate, Banner Elk, N. C, tied for the
voice scholarship and it was divided be-
tween them. Judy Blundell, Yazoo City,
Miss., was awarded the art scholarship for
the second time; Martha Skeen, Decatur,
Ga., also won the Spoken English scholar-
ship for the second time; Gail Nelson, At-
lanta, Ga., won the college scholarship for
the following year.

Rich's award of fifty dollars made each
year to the member of the freshman class
making the best record, was divided this
year between two girls, Eva Poliakoff,
Abbeville, S. C, and Isabel Shipley,
Greensboro, Ga.

The award, given this year for the first
time, to the student making the best col-
lection of books for her own library this
year not in the number especially but in
the intellectual ownership of her collection,
was won by Virginia Prettyman, Charles-
ton, S. C, who also made the highest aver-
age in the sophomore competitive exam-
inations.

Much interest was shown in the two
scholarships, one of $750 and the other of
$500, which were given this year for the
first time, on a competitive examination
basis plus certain other qualifications.
Norma Lee of Memphis, Tenn., won the
first and Shirley Christian of Chattanooga,
Tenn., the second.

Two mathematics awards were made:
the Laura Candler prize, given by Mrs.
Nellie Candler each year, was won by
Susan Glenn for the best work done in this
department; the Frank Morley prize, given
by Dr. Robinson of the department, was
awarded to Mary Hamilton for the most
original work done in this subject.

WE WON THE CUP, '17!

The cup for the best average attendance
of a reunion class was won this year by
the class of 1917, with a percentage of 40.
The cup which remains in the Alumnae
House will now have the numerals of this
class added to those of winning classes for
the past few years. We could add how
deserving this class was of winning the
cup, not only in numbers but also in noise,
-but they heard so much of their reputa-
tion in that line, we are afraid to mention
it again! A great time was certainly had
by this class during those few hectic re-
union days.

NECROLOGY

Marion Cawthon. Marion Cawthon, of
the class of 1921, died on May 14th, at
Johns Hopkins, following an operation.
Marion had been in ill health for over
a year and had been sent to Johns Hop-
kins by her physicians for two operations,
one for mastoid and the other for sinus
thrombrosu^. Marion had been teaching
for several years at Ketterlinus High
School where she was very popular with
faculty and students in St. Augustine, Fla.
Her many friends among the alumnae will
learn with deep regret of her passing and
extend to her family their sincere sympa-
thies.

Mrs. Clifford West Stewart. Katharine
(Dean) Stewart, '08, passed away at her
home in Opelika, Ala., in April. No details
of her death have been received. Our
sympathies are given to her relatives in
their grief.

FACULTY NOTES

Dr. McCain was one of the visiting edu-
cators at the inauguration of Dr. Ander-
son at Wesleyan College in Macon on
April 8th.

Miss Martha Crowe has been awarded a
scholarship for one year's graduate work
at the University of Lyons, Lyons, France,
this scholarship being one of forty-two of-
fered annually by the Minister of Public
Instruction and the Universities of France
to American students and awarded through
the Institute of International Education,
distributed geographically among the ac-
credited universities and colleges of Amer-
ica.

Dr. Philip G. Davidson has been elected
to honorary membership in Phi Beta
Kappa chapter at Agnes Scott and Miss
Florence Smith has won alumna member-
ship in the chapter at her Alma Mater,
Westhampton College, of the University of
Richmond.

Miss Gladys Freed has been awarded the
Ryerson fellowship in Archaelogy. Al-
though no definite plans have been made,
it is probable that she will study at the
American Academy in Rome. This is an
unusual honor, as the fellowship is not
usually given to anyone not directly con-
nected with the University of Chicago.

Miss Frances K. Gooch was elected presi-
dent of the Southern Association of Teach-
ers of Speech at the third annual conven-
tion, held in Asheville, April 15th. Four-
teen states were represented at the con-
vention, which was held at Battery Park
Hotel.

Dr. Mary Markley, of Washington, D. C,
once a member of the faculty of Agnes
Scott, now secretary for women students

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of the United Lutheran Church in America,
is continuing her work among students,
having been a recent visitor on the campus
of the University of Michigan, and at Au-
gustana College in Illinois, according to a
clipping which came to the office.

Dr. Arthur F. Raper, research secretary
of the Southern Commission on the Study
of Lynching, will hold the professorship of
sociology at Agnes Scott next year. Dr.
Raper replaces Dr. Wright, who has won
a fellowship for next year. Dr. Raper,
graduate of the U. of N. C, with Phi
Beta Kappa rank, received his Ph.D. at
North Carolina in 1931, and has done much
work with the Institute for Research in
Social Science and with the Interracial Co-
operation.

Dr. James M. Wright has been awarded
a fellowship by the Social Research Coun-
cil and will make a special study of the tax
situation in Atlanta and will lecture at
Agnes Scott only in economics.

Mrs. Sydenstricker's niece, Pearl Buck,
has won the Pulitzer prize of $1,000 with
her book, "The Good Earth," as the best
novel published by an American author
during the year.

Miss Catherine Torrance was one of the
speakers on the program for the conven-
tion of the Classical Association of the
Middle West and South, held in Cincinnati,
March 24th. Miss Torrance's paper was on
the subject of "Some Observations on the
Hippias Major."

Miss Elizabeth Jackson was elected sec-
retary and treasurer of the South Atlantic
section of the A. A. U. W. at the bi-an-
nual meeting of the association at Shorter
College, April 9th, where representatives
from all the Southern states met.

Miss Haynes, after attending the Ran-
dolph-Macon commencement, met two of
her friends from Bryn Mawr and sailed for
Salzburg, Austria, on June 15th from New
York. The three will attend the Isadore
School of Dancing and in August they are
looking for Miss Harn to pay them a visit
and they'll have a regular reunion. Miss
Harn is going to tour Europe and visit
Salzburg for a music festival in August.

Miss Gaylord is again taking a party to
Europe, and Lucy Goss, one of the Agnes
Scott students, is going with her.

Miss Omwake and Miss Dexter have got-
ten the "travel bug" too. They sail from
New York about the 28th of June for
France. After spending several weeks in
this country, they will go to England and
tour that country extensively.

Miss Alexander is to spend the summer
in Asheville, N. C, with her sister.

CAMPUS CHAT

Phi Beta Kappa announced its alumnae
members in the early spring, the choice
being made this year from the class of '17
and they were: Augusta (Skeen) Cooper,
India (Hunt) Balch, Janet Newton, Kathar-
ine (Lindamood) Catlett, Margaret Pruden,
May (Smith) Parsons, and Frances
(Thatcher) Moses. In addition to these
alumnae members. Dr. Philip Davidson,
professor of history at Agnes Scott, and
Mr. W. Cole Jones, editorial writer of the
Atlanta Journal, were elected to honorary
membership in the Beta chapter, Agnes
Scott. Miss Florence Smith, history pro-
fessor, was elected to membership in her
own college chapter at Westhampton Col-
lege, Virginia, and Dr. Henry Robinson
was elected to membership in the chapter
at Georgia University, Dr. Robinson is the
professor of mathematics at Agnes Scott.
In addition to the four students chosen in
February, whose names were given in the
April Quarterly, six others are elected
from the class of 1932, bringing the class
total to a splendid number of ten Phi Beta
Kappa members. The names of the last
girls chosen are: Virginia Gray, Union, W.
Va.; Ruth Green, Louisville, Ky.; Irene
Hartsell, Lakeland, Fla.; Rosemary Hon-
iker, Decatur, Ga.; Elizabeth Skeen, De-
catur, Ga.; Elizabeth Sutton, Charlotte,
N. C.

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Mortar Board, the senior honorary so-
ciety, rewarded ten leaders of the junior
class for three years of service on the
campus by announcing their membership
into the local chapter, Hoasc, one Saturday
morning in April. Sara Lane Smith, presi-
dent, presided and introduced Miss Gay-
lord, one of the faculty advisors, who gave
a talk on the ideals and aims of the or-
ganization, emphasizing scholarship, serv-
ice, and leadership. Two important factors
in this year's elections were announced by
Sara Lane Smith: that a certain scholar-
ship standard is required and that choice
of new members is made before student
elections. Formal initiation was held and
a beautiful dinner given to the initiates in
the Alumnae Tea House and at that time
the following girls were received into
Mortar Board: Maud Armstrong, Margaret
Bell, Bessie Meade Friend, Virginia Heard,
Carolyn Lingle, Margaret Ridley, Laura
Spivey, Mary Stutevant, Douschka Sweets,
and Katherine Woltz.

* * * *

Debating has been one of the campus'
best sports this year, the teams of Agnes
Scott having won over Goucher and Hamp-
den-Sydney, having lost in the dual debate
with Sophie Newcomb, while debating a
non-decision debate with Oxford University
and Wesleyan College.

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Alumnae, especially editoi-s of former,
years, will be interested to know that after
a year's agitation about changing the name
of "The Agonistic," it was decided by the
student body to retain the old name,
though the award for the best name sug-
gssted was won by the Sophomores, which
winning class edition carried the name of
"The Tower." Virginia Ptettyman, editor
of the Sophomore issue, received the tra-
ditional loving cup, which will bear the
numerals "1934" engraved below the four
"1931's" which show the journalistic prow-
ess of that class during its four years on
the campus.

Basketball, volley ball, tennis, baseball,
archery, swimming, and posture contests
filled the afternoon's program for the high
schools of Atlanta and Decatur when they
came as the guests of the Athletic Depart-
ment of the college to take part in the an-
nual "Play Day," which is the time when
"play for play's sake" is the theme and
that spirit in athletics is taught. A picnic
dinner in the gym wound up a very suc-
cessful afternoon's program of play.

The requirement of a major and a minor
is to be substituted next year for the re-
quirement of a major and related hours.
The minimum requirement will be a major
of twenty-four semester hours and a minor
of eighteen. In making out a curriculum
two factors must be considered distribu-
tion and concentration. The former system
in many cases led to so wide a distribution
that the student had a thorough knowledge
of only one subject. The change is made to
provide more definite concentration in two
subjects. The student will be given more
freedom, as formerly the major professor
selected the related hours, and now the stu-
dent selects her own minor, which may be
diverse or allied to her major.

Just a few lines about several interest-
ing students: Elena Greenfield will have
five lyrics published in the next "Anthol-
ogy of Georgia Poets." Upon submitting
some of her work to the "Poetry World,"
she was requested by its publisher, Mr.
Henry Harrison, to send also a selection to
the "Anthology." Elizabeth Lynch's fea-
ture story, "Boy Evaporates in War," ap-
peared recently in the magazine section of
the Atlanta Journal, a story based on let-
ters written to two other students at
Agnes Scott by their brothers and sisters
in Shanghai. This happened to be the third
feature story which had been accepted
from this author by "The Journal." Martha
Skeen won the girls' prize in the poetry
reading contest, in which representatives
of seven states participated, which was a

feature of the annual convention of the
Southern Association of Teachers of
Speech, held recently in Asheville, N. C.
Margaret Ridley, student government
president for next year at Agnes Scott,
was elected president of the Southern In-
tercollegiate Association of Women's Stu-
dent Government for 1932-1933, being the
second Agnes Scott student government
president to hold this place, the other being
Martha Stackhouse, '30.

Here's the list of student officers for
some of the most important offices for
1932-1933 at "Aggie": Margaret Ridley,
student government president; Margaret
Bell, president of Y. W. C. A.; Laura
Spivey, president of the Athletic Associa-
tion; Caroline Lingle, editor of "The Sil-
houette"; Elizabeth Lightcap, editor of The
Agonistic; Gilchrist Powell, editor of "The
Aurora"; Lucile Heath, president of the
senior class.

May Day celebrations characteristic of
Greece, Old Mexico, France, Spain, Ire-
land, Norway, Hungary, Japan, Germany
and Russia were portrayed in the dances
of this year's May Day fete, held in May
Day dell, May 7th. Gilchrist Powell wrote
the scenario and Nell Starr and her court
of beautiful maids presided over the affair.
Mary Lillias Garretson, as the Spirit of
Spring, called in nations from all parts of
the earth to celebrate in dance the com-
ing of spring. The May Day itself was a
beautiful one, with not a cloud in the sky,
and the dell was a lovely looking spot of
changing sunshine and shadows.

And another triumph was added to the
long list of Senior Operas when 1932 gave
its "My Nun," a parody on "Manon." The
plot followed that of the French opera, in-
terspersed with songs from this opera and
several others, not to mention some popu-
lar numbers. The cast was a fine one, but
especial praise was given the heroine, My
Nun, played by Clyde Lovejoy, and Chev-
rolet de Luxe, the hero, played by Julia
Grimmett; the villians were "plenty" vil-
lianous and the choruses were many and
choice, so all's well for another year in the
Agnes Scott operatic record.
* * * *

"Pinafore" was presented on the Mon-
day night of commencement week-end. May
30th, by the Glee Club, assisted by twenty
men from Atlanta and Decatur, directed
by Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Johnson. This was
a splendid performance and added much to
the enjoyment of the many alumnae and
visitors who were on the campus for com-
mencement.

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Club News

JACKSONVILLE, FLA.

At the opening meeting of the club in
the fall, all of the members were delight-
ed to learn that our past president, Par-
ris Davis, was following in the Agnes Scott
traditions and had taken unto herself a
husband. We are sorry that she moved to
Pensacola.

The days pass so swiftly in our heavenly
land of Florida, that before we realized it,
Christmas was almost upon us, and soon
our Agnes Scott girls would be at home
for the holidays. A Christmas party was
given in their honor at the home of Mrs.
J. H. Ross (Gertrude Briesenick) and all
of us enjoyed reminiscing over our days at
Aggie as the returned students told us
choice bits of campus gossip, and regaled
us with college chat. Someone frankly re-
marked that they thought that the alum-
nae were far more collegiate than the
students themselves. We trust that this is
no sign that any of us are approaching
our dotage!

The Christmas festivities were scarcely
over when we were charmed to have Penny
Brown make a visit to us and talk at all
the high schools in the endeavor to inter-
est some of the girls in trying for the
scholarship which is awarded every year.
Our only objection to this visit was its
brevity. We hope that next year our visitor
will stay longer with us.

Of course you know how quickly after
the holidays Founder's Day comes prancing
up. This year we all gathered at the home
of Charlotte Buckland for a lovely ban-
quet and listened to the Agnes Scott broad-
cast, each of us wishing that we could
actually be back at Aggie curtseying in our
Martha Washington costumes. Some of the
members dressed in costumes to lend a
note of reality to our celebration.

Our greatest achievement for the year
was the annual tea held out at the Party
House complimenting the juniors and sen-
iors of the Jacksonville high schools who
are eligible to compete for the scholar-
ship, and the respective deans of these
schools. As the girls arrived they were
greeted by Mrs. Bethea, our able president,
and a card was pinned on each girl. Then
some alumna took her over to a couch and
began showing her issues of the Agonistic,
or Aurora, or programs of the Glee Club
or Blackfriars. This gave a background
for the talk which Rachel Paxon made
later in the afternoon, in which she tried
to show a thumb nail picture of Agnes
Scott and why we love it so much because
of its Spirit and Ideals. After the pro-
gram, delicious refreshments, in which the

Agnes Scott colors were carried out, were
served. We always feel that when girls
know about our Alma Mater they will love
it too, and make every effort to attend.
Our scholarship was awarded to Alice
Culp, daughter of the dean of girls at
Robert E. Lee High School.

At the final meeting of the year, the
election of officers took place. Since our
meetings are held alternately in the after-
noon and evening, and there are some
members who cannot attend both months,
we have instituted the plan of having co-
presidents for the next year. The officers
are as follows:

Co-presidents Mrs. Robert Morrow,
Miss Janet Newton.

Secretary Rachel Paxon.

Treasurer Ellen Colyer.

Former Board Member ^Mrs. J. H. Ross.

New Board Member Mrs. Frank Gam-
mon.

Chairman Scholarship Committee Mrs.
Arthur Murphey.

We have thoroughly enjoyed the month-
ly letters from the Alumnae Office this
year and admire the wit and chattiness of
the reporter. All of the club members send
greetings and best love to Dr. McCain and
Miss Hopkins and wish we might return
for commencement in a body.

Respectfully submitted,

RACHEL PAXON,
Secretary Jacksonville A. S. C. Club.

QUINCY, FLA., GROUP

The Quincy alumnae met for the
Founder's Day program at the home of
Louise (Inglis) Love and as the report of
this meeting missed the April Quarterly
it is included in the dub news of this is-
sue. Those present were: Attie (DuVal)
Lamar, Mary (Love) Ellis, Ola (Shaw)
Key, Pearl (Trogden) Love, Helen (Bar-
ton) Claytor, Sallie Key, Mary Colley, Eu-
genia (Perkins) Harlow and Ermine Du-
pont Malone. These alumnae had a most
delightful time listening to the radio pro-
gram and talking over their own college
days.

TALLAHASSEE, FLA., GROUP

Another Florida Founder's Day group
reported just too late to make the April
Quarterly and here's "Lib" Lynn's account
of the meeting: "The party turned out to
be a buffet supper and we had just started
eating when the program came in so it
was quite fortunate that evei'ything was
cold to start with because plates were set
aside until the radio refused to give glow-
ing accounts from our Alma Mater. I tried
to get in touch with all the Agnes Scot-
ters within a radius of 40 miles of Talla-
hassee and was successful in assembling

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only seven of us but of such good quality
that I'm sure we'll pass. Mrs. Scandrett,
Lenora Smith, Nellie (Redding) Fennell,
Louise Yerxa, Clauzelle Whaley, Estelle
Bryant, and I managed to fill up our living
room very well. We did enjoy the program
and I'm so glad I was asked to be hostess.
I have spent two week-ends at camp and
one at Daytona Beach so the report is
awfully tardy."

NEW ORLEANS, LA.

Mrs. Willis Pipkin (Ruth Pringk) in-
vited all the alumnae to a delightful tea
at her house on March 18th and at this
time an informal organization took place
with Grace (Carr) Clark elected as presi-
dent, and Carmen (Graves) Sarre as secre-
tary. We are not going to have any set
program and for the present plan to meet
four times a year unless something spe-
cial comes up. Fundamentally, the group
will meet just for the pure pleasure of
being together and talking about things of
vital concern to us which would bore other
friends to tears -Agnes Scott happenings
and what> we would like to see done there,
various trends in college education gener-
ally and kindred subjects. Several of us
have a number of daughters and it will be
only eleven years before the oldest of them
will be entering college, so we must be in-
formed.

We are also constituting ourselves a
committee for disseminating information
about Agnes Scott. The president and sec-
retary are going to visit high schools and
preparatory schools to tell them that they
are available to supply information to in-
terested individuals or to be speakers
themselves if the schools desire them. We
will have our next meeting later in the
spring.

Cordially,
CARMEN (GRAVES) SARRE.

An addition to this report follows:
We found we had started too late to get
the necessary appointments, etc., in the
schools. However, we did distribute lots
of interesting literature the college had
sent us and received encouraging response.
So we felt that a step toward doing some-
thing more next year had been taken. The
club is to meet with me on May 20th and
at that time, we plan to begin a study of
recent trends in the field of education. We
hope to have some sort of program at each
meeting, that will be broadening for the
members and helpful to the club as a
whole. Perhaps this time next year there
will be much more to tell about. With best
wishes for our Alma Mater.

Most sincerely,
GRACE (CARR) CLARK, President.

WASHINGTON, D. C.

The Washington, D. C, Club was organ-
ized March 11th at the home of Virginia
McLaughlin and has held monthly meet-
ings since that time. The officers elected
were: Janice Stewart Brown, president,
and Peggy Whitteraore, secretary and
treasurer, and Mary Donnelly, publicity.
At this meeting those present were: Ros-
amonde (Neisler) Clark, Rachel (Brock)
Sullivan, Bess McConnell, Irene Garretson,
Peggy Whittemore, Virginia McLaughlin,
Janice Brown, Vera (Hickman) Buitts, and
Mary Donnelly. The April meeting was
held with Mary Virginia (Yancey) Fahy in
her darling little grey bungalow out in
Chevy Chase. The girls present then were:
Virginia McLaughlin, Weesa Chandler, Vir-
ginia Stokes, Irene Garretson, Eva Moore,
Mary Key Dolvin, Vera (Hickman) Butts.
Mary (Harris) Younge, Helen Snyder, Al-
media (Sadler) Duncan, Rachel (Brock)
Sullivan, Peggy Whittemore, Mary Vir-
ginia (Yancey) Fahy, and Janice Brown.
The May meeting was held at the home of
the secretary, and there is one more sched-
uled before vacation time.

We are all so pleased over the response
by the alumnae here, about twenty being
interested and we hope that with the re-
sumption of the meetings in the fall, others
will decide to join us. It has been such fun
talking over our days at Agnes Scott and
the campus letters have been thoroughly
enjoyed. We shall be thinking of you at
commencement time and wishing we were
there.

Sincerely yours,
PEGGY WITTEMORE.

ATLANTA, GA.

The Atlanta Agnes Scott Club has ex-
perienced an unusually successful year
under the able leadership of Mrs. Samuel
Cooper, who assumed the duties as presi-
dent in September, 1931, at a lovely tea
given by her at the Piedmont Driving Club.

The annual bazaar, under the direction
of Mrs. Paul Potter took place December
2, at the Georgian Terrace, lasting from
two until ten o'clock. This affair was in
the form of a tea, refreshments being serv-
ed and a delightful program rendered, con-
sisting of dances, musical numbers and
readings. The total amount cleared by the
bazaar was approximately $325, which was
given to Agnes Scott in payment of the
endowment pledge.

Another splendid accomplishment of the
club was the organization of the Atlanta
Agnes Scott Business Woman's Club which
gives the girls, who cannot attend the
meetings of the local clubs, a chance to
enjoy a club of their own. The meetings
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place the third Wednesday of each month
from twelve until two at some convenient
down-town tea room.

This year, instead of having a dinner
of their own, the Alumnae were invited to
celebrate Founder's Day with the stu-
dents and the faculty in the Gymnasium,
and enjoyed a most interesting program.

A campus party, with Mrs. Francis
Dwyer as chairman, was given March
fourth for the local high school seniors
eligible for admission to Agnes Scott. It
was a fine success, and gathered together
the largest number of prospects ever seen
on the campus at one time.

One of the most outstanding achieve-
ments of the club was the large benefit
bridge party given at Druid Hills Golf
Club on April second, with Mrs. Granger
Hansel! and Mrs. Donald Hastings as
chairmen. The party was beautifully man-
aged, each committee functioning to the
best of its ability. More than 150 tables
were sold, at $2.00 a table, and a net profit
of $260 was made which was immediately
sent to the Agnes Scott Endowment fund.

The club has also made money during
the year by the sale of roses donated by
Mrs. Donald Hastings, also by commissions
on stationery orders, and the sale of va-
nilla.

The speakers at the various meetings
have been most interesting, including: Dr.
McCain, Mrs. D. B. Donaldson, Miss Gay
Shephei"son of the State Board of Public
Welfare, Miss Ramsey, representative of
the Community Chest, Dr. Rhodes, Profes-
sor of Biology at Emory, Dr. Stewart Rob-
erts, Miss Lillian Smith, of the Agnes Scott
faculty, Mrs. Paul Seydell and Judge Mar-
vin Underwood.

A fine spirit of co-operation is manifest
in every undertaking, and promises a
bright and successful future^ for the club.
Mary Gladys (Steffner) Kincaid,

Secretary.

CHARLOTTE, N. C.

The Charlotte Club was reorganized a
year ago last fall by Louisa Duls; she act-
ed as president for that year. The first
meeting of this year was held at her house
last October. At that time the following
officers were elected; Belle Ward Stowe,
president; Irene Lowrance, vice-president;
Frances Medlin, secretary, and Mrs. Milton
Candler, treasurer.

Our club is a very large one, about sixty
members in all, and because of that, and
the fact that there are so many other club
activities in Charlotte, it was decided that
we limit our meetings to four a year; two
in the fall and two in the spring.

We had a most enjoyable meeting on
Founder's Day a banquet, to which we
invited six prospective Agnes Scotters. Our
state president, Carolyn Nash, was also
present. We had G. W. decorations and
speeches and toasts and everything went
off beautifully, including the radio pro-
gram (which usually comes in all static)
and the athletic '"reel," which thi-illed us
all to chills with scenes of horse-back rid-
ing.

Our club has undertaken one definite
project: the giving of a rose trellis to the
Alumnae Garden. All available funds and
dues ($1 each per year) go toward this ex-
pression of our love for Agnes Scott and
our wish to help beautify the campus.

Louisa Duls is very active in interest-
ing high school girls in attaending Agnes
Scott. She has individual and group con-
ferences with prospects, makes announce-
ments and sponsors an exhibit of A. S. C.
material in the school library. Several
scholarships have been offered to Charlotte
graduates and she is chairman of the com-
mittee to award these.

We are quite proud of our many "alums"
in Charlotte and we have good reason to
be; they are outstanding in all sorts of
activities. Mrs. Frank Sims was awarded
the prize for the best short story this
spring in the Writers Club. Mrs. Francis
Clarkson has just been elected president
of the Little Theatre Group. These two
honors are sufficient to our pride for years
to come.

And I believe that's about all the gossip
I'm good for, as Giddy used to say, so
give cur greetings to everybody at com-
mencement time. Wish we could be there
en masse, but Belle Ward will represent
us and we couldn't ask for a better repre-
sentative!

So until another year, good luck and
best wishes, from the Charlotte Club.

IRENE LOWRENCE.

WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

The Western North Carolina Club at-
tempts to include all the alumnae in con-
venient motoring distance of Asheville or
Hendersonville, but has found this a little
difficult to achieve. The girls in Asheville
and Hendersonville are the only active
members in our club. Our first meeting
this year was for the Founder's Day pro-
gram, each group meeting separately, as
this was a more convenient arrangement.
The mothers and fathers of alumnae and
students are invited to this meeting, and
form an interested and greatly appreciat-
ed addition to the group. Mrs. H. B. Kelly
(Gladys Lee, '11) was hostess for the
Hendersonville meeting and Maurine Bled-
soe for the Asheville one.

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On March 5th, a business meeting of
all the alumnae was held at Ruth Mc-
Lean's, in Asheville. At this meeting' the
matter of the scholarship was discussed,
and committees appointed to work on the
matter. The following officers were elect-
ed: Aileen (Moore) Topping, president;
Polly Brown, vice president; Ellen Fain,
secretary; Ruth McLean, treasurer; Maur-
ine Bledsoe, corresponding secretary;
Sarah (Shields) Pfeiffer, publicity chair-
man.

Two of the alumnae presented a program
for the senior girls at the Asheville High
School, and a committee of alumnae are at
work on the scholarship, formal announce-
ment of the award to be made the night of
graduation. As a summer activity, the club
hopes to have a tea for all prospective stu-
dents, visiting alumnae, both local and at

Montreat, and students now at Agnes
Scott. If any alumnae are planning to be
in Western North Carolina during the sum-
mer, please let the Asheville and Hender-
sonville alumnae know, as we want to see
you.

Under the able leadership of our new
president, plans are already under way for
club work next fall, when we expect to
have a program of interest to the alumnae,
and devise ways to appeal to the high
school girls, and so spread "the name and
fame of Agnes Scott."

Our club is most grateful to Dr. McCain
and the alumnae office for the interest
and cooperation which has made our club
and activities possible.

MAURINE BLEDSOE,
Corresponding Secretary,

Western N. C. Club.

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ANNUAL REPORTS OF ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION

MINUTES OF THE EXECUTIVE COM-
MITTEE OF THE AGNES SCOTT
ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION,
MAY 26, 1932.

The meeting of the Executive Commit-
tee of the Agnes Scott Alumnae Associa-
tion was called to order by the president,
Miss Llewellyn Wilburn on May 26 at 2:30
o'clock in the Alumnae House.

After the reading of the minutes, re-
ports were made by the General Secretary,
the Treasurer and the Committee on House
and Tea Room, Beautifying Grounds, Cur-
riculum, Entertainment, Preparatory
Schools, Constitution and By-Laws, Stu-
dent Loan and Publicity. All reports were
accepted.

The president expressed her apprecia-
tion of the cooperation of the members of
the Executive Board and urged that this
spirit of cooperation be kept alive as a
stimulus to the incoming Executive Board
in an effort to further the interests of
the Agnes Scott Alumnae Association.

The meeting was adjourned.

Respectfully submitted,

MARTHA CROWE,

Secretary.

MINUTES OF THE AGNES SCOTT

ALUMNAE COUNCIL,

MAY 26, 1932 .

The Alumnae Council of the Agnes Scott
Alumnae Association met on May 26th at
4 o'clock in the Alumnae House, with Miss
Llewellyn Wilburn, President, presiding.

The minutes of the last meeting were
read and approved.

Miss Janef Preston of the Publicity Com-
mittee reported the accomplishments of her
committee since the last meeting of the
Council. More advertising in Atlanta and
local communities has been made possible
through K. U. B. and Miss Willa Beck-
ham, representative of the Constitution,
through the state presidents who have act-
ed as disseminators of news of general
interest and through the use of the radio.
Appreciation to this committee on publicity
was expressed for the marked improve-
ment in this field.

Following this report, reports from the
students were heai'd. Miss Andrewena
Robinson, president of Student Govern-
ment, explained the change in the rule
regarding chaperons, plans for freshman
orientation next year, and reported the
success of the sophomore parties and of
teas in the alumnae garden in the way
of increasing the social life on the cam-
pus. In connection with this report, Mrs.
Charles Harmon emphasized the need of
interesting the day students in campus ac-
tivities.

Miss Diana Dyer, president of the Y. W.
C. A., spoke of the recent comprehensive
examinations taken by the sophomores and
of their fine showing in comparison with
the students of the Pennsylvania schools.
Miss Dyer reported the inauguration this
year of College Play Day, the changes
in the chapel schedule and the success of
the new system of faculty advisors and
student groups in stimulating a friendly
feeling between faculty and students.

Miss Mary Duke reported changes in the
day student organization in an effort to
better cooperate with the boarding stu-
dents.

Dr. McCain announced that by way of
relief for Miss Hopkins, Miss Carrie Scan-
drett and Miss Andrewena Robinson would
assist next year in the dean's office. Dr.
McCain also stated that an educational
program with Miss Penelope Brown as field
secretary was being planned for next year
in an effort to acquaint high school stu-
dents with the college point of view.

On motion duly made and seconded, the
meeting was adjourned.

Respectfully submitted,

MARTHA CROWE,

Secretary.

MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL MEETING
OF THE ALUMNAE ASSOCIA-
TION, MAY 28, 1932.

The annual meeting of the Agnes Scott
Alumnae Association was held on May 28th
at 11:30 o'clock in the chapel with Miss
Llewellyn Wilburn, president, presiding.

Minutes of the last meeting, and the re-
ports of the General Secretary and the
Treasurer were read and approved. The
annual reports of the following standing
committees were then read and approved:
Tea-Room, Curriculum, Beautifying House
and Grounds, Publicity, Preparatory
Schools, Entertainment, Local Clubs, Stu-
dent Loan, Constitution and By-Laws.

The President announced the gift of $800
to the Alumnae Association from the trus-
tees. In response to the need for more con-
tact with the high schools and general pub-
lic all over the country, the president stat-
ed that the appointment of a field secre-
tary as an aid to the General Secretary had
been made. Miss Penelope Brown, the ap-
pointed field secretary for next year, was
then introduced to the association.

Following the casting of ballots for the
election of officers of the Alumnae As-
sociation, Mrs. Carol Stearns Wey, chair-
man of the nominating committee, reported
the following results:

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President Cora Fraser Morton Durrett,
'24.

First Vice President Marion Black Can-
telou, '15.

Second Vice President Nell Buchanan
Starcher, '22.

Secretary Frances Gilliland Stukes, '24.

Treasurer Rita Schwartz Aronstam, '17.

Chairmen of standing committees:

Publicity Janef Preston, '21.

Preparatory Schools Vallie Young
White Arcribald, '17.

Curriculum Mary Ben Wright Erwin,
'25.

House and Tea Room Caroline McKinney
Hill, '27.

Local Clubs Emily Spivey, '25.

Beautifying Grounds and Buildings
Louise Brown Hastings, '23.

Entertainment. Mary Sayward Rogers,
'28.

Student Loan Hattie Lee West Candler,
'07.

Constitution and By-Laws Patricia Col-
lins, '28.

There being no further business, the
meeting was adjourned.

Respectfully submitted,

MARTHA CROWE,

Secretary.

REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT

The year has been an interesting one.
With Mrs. Donaldson and Emily Spivey in
the Alumnae office and splendid commit-
tee chairmen, we have been able to start
some projects which should make for
growth in the Alumnae Association.

I feel, however, that there are oppor-
tunities before our association which have
not yet been fully realized. The next few
years will necessarily be hard ones for all
colleges. Whereas girls have been kept in
college this year by the savings of their
parents ^next year, in many instances,
there will be no savings. If we know of
high school students who should go to col-
lege let us use our influence to get them
there. Or perhaps we may have an op-
portunity to secure scholarship aid for
worthy students from individuals or or-
ganizations with which we come in con-
tact.

The knowledge that the Alumnae are in-
terested enough to keep informed about the
college and stand by will mean much to the
administration.

Respectfully submitted,
LLEWELLYN WILBURN.

REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE
SECRETARY

The report of the work of the year is es-
sentially similar to those of other years
for the Alumnae Office has a very defin-

ite routine of work throughout each year.
One of the unique events of the year 1931-
'32 was the realization of our dream of
an Alumnae Week-End, but the report of
this successful adult education movement
will be fully covered in the report of the
curriculum committee, which, under the
able leadership of Adelaide Cunningham,
planned and executed this new feature of
our year's program. Another very new
venture which is also thoroughly reported
upon in Louise (Brown) Hastings' sum-
mary of her committee work, is that of the
Alumnae Garden. Nothing which could be
said could give you any idea of what the
garden has meant this year to the campus
and to the college community. Praise has
been given by faculty and students; May
Day tea parties were held in this garden,
as is the plan for this Saturday afternoon,
also; Open House will also be staged in
the garden on Sunday evening. From the
first tea of the fall held in this garden,
it has proved a veritable godsend in the
realm of social events on the campus. The
third distinctive happening of this year was
the Founder's Day celebration on the cam-
pus which for the first time included the
local alumnae among the guests. Several
hundred guests assembled in the Gym to
enjoy a delightful dinner and program
given under the auspices of the senior class
and as a result of this change, the alumnae
of Atlanta and Decatur and near-by towns
are unanimously in favor of a repetition
next spring.

The regular events of the year in the
work of the Alumnae Office have been
carried out: the Thanksgiving reunion for
the class of '31; Founder's Day broadcast;
group teas for the senior class when the
work of the Association is explained to
them and the invitation to join is given;
the work on reunion plans which begins in
the fall and increases in intensity through-
out the spring months.

Much correspondence was carried on in
the Alumnae Office, with club presidents,
committee chairmen, state presidents, class
secretaries, and with many other alumnae
for various reasons and requests and with
many outside organizations interested in
our organization or in some statistics
available only through this office. Four
issues of the Quarterly will have been
printed by the first of July; and, of course,
the collection of dues is a task that is
never ended.

It is a very great pleasure to report that
the five files master, geographic, mar-
ried, class, and paid membership are in
excellent shape, having been completely
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made possible through the generosity of
the college which gave us the salary for
an assistant, Emily Spivey, during the lat-
ter part of this year and for the assistant
of former years, Dorothy Hutton.

The Alumnae Office has had such pleas-
ant contacts with the student body this
year, especially the senior class which
mads possible the occasion of the local
alumnae meeting for the college Founder's
Day dinner and program, and which has
also shown its interest in the alumnae pro-
gram by making a gift of three hundred
and fifty dollars to purchase the shrub-
bery for the Alumnae Garden. The Grand-
daughters' Club, composed of daughters
of alumnae who are now students at Agnes
Scott, has a membership this year of thir-
ty, and inaugurated its year's meetings
with a formal dinner in the Alumnae
House, with dates, on Stunt Night last fall.
Splendid cooperation was given by the
students during Alumnae Week-End in
making alumnae feel very welcome and in
the publicity for the local papers, both
at that time and throughout the year.
Countless incidents of student contact
could be given, such as the Alumnae Col-
umn of the Agonistic, work done with K.
U. B., the journalistic organization on the
campus, etc. Since every student is a
prospective alumna, this establishing of
contacts, making the alumnae work real
to them, is most worth-while.

This report would never end, if the
thanks of the secretary could be adequate-
ly made to the faculty and administrative
officers who have helped time and time
again, to the students, to the alumnae,
both in clubs and individually, who have
cheered us with their cooperation and let-
ters, especially to the untiring chairmen of
committees and class secretaries, and to
the general officers. I feel I must especial-
ly mention our president, Lllewellyn Wil-
burn, who has guided and supported every
plan and work of the Association and has
given so generously of herself and her
time.

As my service draws to its close and
Dorothy Hutton, ably fitted for this posi-
tion and with splendid experience, comes
into office next fall, I can wish for her no
greater joy than that she may duplicate
the many happy experiences which have
befallen this secretary in this work. My
affection and my interest will always be
pledged to the Alumnae Association.

Respectfully submitted,
FANNIE G. MAYSON DONALDSON,

Executive Secretary.

TREASURER'S REPORT

From June 1, 1931, through June 16,
1932.

Receipts

Dues $1,119.08

Tea Room Bent 400.00

Gift from College 750.00

Room Rent (House) 256.75

Tea Room Profits (1930-31) 140.65

Miscellaneous (Rent for Cap and

Gowns, Tolls, etc.) 47.77

10 Per Cent of Old Checking Ac-
count paid by Decatur Bank &

Trust Company 30.48

Total Receipts for 1931-32 $2,744.73

Received from E. Papageorge

June 1, 1931 248.96

Total $2,993.69

Disbursements

Secretary $ 900.00

Maid 144.00

Dues 32.50

Entertainment 58.48

Travelling Expenses 5.48

Printing, Postage, Office Supplies,

etc. 1,105.14

House Operating Expenses 222.63

Furnishing and Upkeep of House 163.65
Miscellaneous

Bank Charges $ 2.94

Films 1931 8.00

Loan for Hopkins Jewel__ 19.00
Com. on Beautifying Gr. 25.00
Gift for Mrs. Donaldson-- 15.00

Loan to Decatur Club 4.00

73.94

Total Disbursements $2,705.82

Balance in checking account in
First National Bank of At-
lanta, Decatur Branch, June
16, 1932 $ 287.87

Receipts for Life Membership Ftind for
1931-1932

One Life Membership $ 50.00

10 Per Cent of Old Savings Ac-
count paid by Bank 158.23

Received from E. Papageorge

June 1st, 1931 593.35

Total in Savings Account, June

16, 1932 $ 801.58

(Savings Account with Fulton National
Bank of Atlanta, Decatur, Office.)

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Proposed Budget for June, 1932, to June,

1933

Receipts

Dues $1,100.00

Tea Room Rent 400.00

Gift from College 800.00

Room Rent (House) 150.00

Tea Room Profits (1931-32) 100.00

Miscellaneous 45.00

Total $2,595.00

Disbursements

Secretary $ 900.00

Maid 144.00

Dues 32.50

Entertainment 60.00

Travelling Expenses 100.00

Printing, Postage, Office Supplies 975.50

House Operating Expenses 195.00

Furnishing and Upkeep of House_ 155.00
To Committee on Beautifying

Grounds 25.00

Miscellaneous 8.00

Total $2,595.00

Respectfully submitted,
MARGARET WHITINGTON,

Treasurer.

REPORT OF THE PUBLICITY COM-
MITTEE

The Publicity Committee has tried this
year to get worthy publicity for the
college through the use of the press and
the radio.

In securing the dissemination of col-
lege news through the newspapers, the
committee has sought the cooperation of
K. U. B., the campus journalism club, of
Miss Willa Beckham, the efficient student
reporter employed by Atlanta newspapers,
and the chairmen of the state clubs.

Through the work of the campus pub-
licity agencies, college news has been re-
ported in Atlanta newspapers with increas-
ing frequency and prominence; and many
of the important events of the college year
have been featured in the rotogravure sec-
tions. Through its connection with the As-
sociated Press, K. U. B. has given valuable
help in distributing college news of general
interest throughout the country. It has
also helped the committee arouse interest
in Agnes Scott by reporting the col-
lege activities of students in their home
papers. Feature articles about outstanding
students, accompanied by pictures, have
been sent out.

The state chairmen also have been used
as distributing centers for news of gen-
eral interest. Several letters, concerning
such items as the installation of Mortar

Board and the national honor won by The
Silhouette, were sent to them with the re-
quest that, if possible, they secure news-
paper space for this news.

The use of the radio for publicity is one
of the committee's youngest and most
promising activities. Through the courtesy
of the Atanta Journal, the committee be-
gan in April to broadcast over WSB a
series of monthly, half-hour Agnes Scott
programs, which will continue throughout
the summer. The object of these programs
is to put Agnes Scott before the public in
a popular way. The first program consist-
ed of music by Agnes Scott students and a
playlet on college sports; the second con-
sisted of music and a dramatic dialogue;
and the June program will be made up of
selections from "Pinafore," sung by the
Glee Club, assisted by men of the faculty
and Decatur. Aside from the programs
over WSB, there will be during the early
summer an interesting Agnes Scott pro-
gram presented over the Columbia Broad-
casting System by the Union Central Life
Insurance Company of Cincinnati as a fea-
ture of their advertisement of educational
insurance. Dr. McCain's statement of the
value of a college education will be quoted,
and several well known alumnae will be
mentioned as examples of the value of such
education.

The committee believes that the cooper-
ation of student publicity agencies and of
radio stations is making possible more ex-
tensive publicity for the college.

Respectfully submitted,

JANEF PRESTON.

REPORT OF BEAUTIFYING GROUNDS
COMMITTEE

The Beautifying Grounds Committee
begs to submit the following report of ac-
tivities and accomplishments for the past
year.

Practically the entire effort of your com-
mittee has been to further the progress of
the alumnae garden, and it is with a great
deal of pleasure that we are able to re-
port remarkable headway due to the great-
ly appreciated generosity of so many kind
friends of the college.

The outstanding gift of the entire year
was that of the present senior class which
has enabled us to go ahead with the plant-
ing of practically the entire background of
beautiful and substantial evergreens and
flowering shrubs to the value of $350 (for
which we all are deeply grateful), while the
Decatur Club and many Atlanta alumnae
have contributed many dollars worth of

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flowering plants and bulbs that have been
so effectively used in the beds.

Mrs. Samuel Inman and Mrs. Phinizy
Calhoun, together with the Columbus Club,
have each donated $5, all of which went to
the purchase and planting of hundi'eds of
bulbs that will multiply and become more
beautiful and effective each year.

Letters were v^ritten to several other
clubs and responses have been gratifying.

The Charlotte Club has begun payment
on a rose arch or pergola that we hope to
build this fall.

We especially wish to thank the Decatur
Club for accepting the responsibility for
the garden's care to see that it is weeded,
worked and watered throughout the sea-
son. This is a most important task because
the success of the project depends on them.
We all know that neglect will spell the
waste of many hours of hard work in mak-
ing the garden what it is, so we are doubly
grateful to these real friends of the gar-
den.

We are particularly anxious for the
alumnae groups everywhere to know that
this undertaking is really what its name
implies "Alumnae Garden," that it belongs
to and should be enjoyed by us all.

Too, if it is to be such in fact, then all
of our alumnae should have some part,
great or small, in its completion.

There is yet much to be done to make
it a complete garden many more plants,
bulbs and seeds to be planted as well as
attractive outdoor tables, chairs and other
accessories to be placed all of which mean
so much to the finished project, as well as
to the convenience and comfort of the
visiting alumnae who may seek to enjoy
this pleasing and lovely realization of their
devotion.

Your committee has enjoyed its work
this past year and is happy that it can re-
port this further progress in this inspir-
ing plot.

LOUISE (BROWN) HASTINGS,

Chairman.

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON
CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS

The Committee on Constitution and By-
Laws begs leave to submit the following
report:

During the current year the committee
has not found it necessary to consider any
alterations or changes in the constitution
or by-laws. During the latter part of May,
however, two suggestions were brought to
the notice of this committee, with the pro-
posal that these be discussed and put in
the form of a recommendation to this or-

ganization, provided the committee thought
this advisable.

Due to the fact that the committee car-
ries on most of its deliberations by corre-
spondence, we do not feel that these sug-
gestions should be put in the form of
recommendations at this time, since they
came to our hands too late for adequate
discussion. Rather it is thought wise to
present them to the incoming committee
as unfinished business. The committee sub-
mits that there will be no inconvenience
caused by the delay since one of the pro-
posals deals with nominations, which we
will not have for another two years, and
the other deals with the status of past
presidents of the association, and the
change is not imperative at the present
time.

Respectfully submitted,

JANET MACDONALD,

Chaii'man.
By Patricia Collins.

REPORT OF THE LOCAL CLUBS
COMMITTEE

Under the section of Club News in the
July Quarterly, a detailed report of many
of the organized clubs will be given, and
for that reason this report will not at-
tempt to go into the work of the various
clubs. The Association now has clubs in
Atlanta, Columbus and Decatur, Ga.; Balti-
more, Md.; Birmingham, Montgomery and
the Three-City Club of Tuscumbia, Shef-
field and Florence, Ala.; Charlotte, Win-
ston-Salem and the Western North Caro-
lina Club, including several cities in that
part of North Carolina; Columbia and
Greenville, S. C; Jacksonville and Miami,
Fla.; Knoxville and Memphis, Tenn.;
Lynchburg and Richmond, Va.; New Or-
leans, La.; Washington, D. C.

Not only has there been much activity in
the older club organizations, but this year
has seen the beginning of four new clubs:
Washington, D. C; Miami, Fla.; New Or-
leans, La., and the Atlanta and Decatur
Business Alumnae Club, all holding regu-
lar meetings and with most promising
futures. Many thanks should be given to
alumnae in these cities for the splendid
work done in laying the foundation for
club work in their cities.

The especial service that many of the
clubs have rendered the college this year,
has been that of presenting Agnes Scott
to high school students. In several places,
scholarships have been awarded under the
auspices of the clubs. Columbus brought
seven of its most promising high school
girls to the college for the May Day week-
end; Atlanta and Decatur did magnificent
work in entertaining several hundred high

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school girls at the college for an afternoon
and evening this spring. Jacksonville has
done some splendid work also in this most
valuable field of alumnae work. In many-
other places, talks were made in the high
schools and the students interested.

The Founder's Day meetings were de-
lightful occasions in the social program of
the various clubs, many giving dinners at
that time. Other clubs have been most
helpful to the Garden Committee, Charlotte
has already paid part on its gift of the per-
gola for the garden which will be erected
this fall. Other clubs have made gifts
of money which are most appreciated.

Some of the old clubs are putting on new
life, too. The Baltimore Club recently held
a benefit bridge and raised quite a sum of
money which they are planning to give to
Agnes Scott. Not only have those "moving
spirits" with whom the committee has cor-
responded been unusually responsive, but
several volunteers have written for in-
formation on how to start a club, or at
least get suggestions for a Founder's Day
get-together. The Greenville, S. C, Club
has gotten four possible Hottentots inter-
ested in trying for some of the scholar-
ships, and, although at this date we don't
know the outcome of the examinations they
have stood, we have high hopes of having
some more Greenville girls at Agnes Scott
next year. Some of the New York alumnae
are still trying to form a club there, and
we hope that next year we will be able to
say that they are really organized. Chi-
cago is also showing promising signs.
Respectfully submitted,

VIRGINIA NORRIS,
Chairman Local Clubs Committee.

REPORT OF THE ENTERTAINMENT
COMMITTEE

The Entertainment Committee wishes to
submit the following report for the year
1931-32. Only the regular duties of the
committee came under its activities with
the exception of what help it could render
during Alumnae Week-End. The annual
Alumnae Tea, which was given the Satur-
day following Thanksgiving, attracted a
large number of Decatur and Atlanta
Alumnae with the visitors here for the
week-end.

For commencement, posters of alumnae
activities were made and posted, decora-
tions for the trustees' luncheon were ar-
ranged and an Open House, for which sand-
wiches, cookies, and punch were prepared,
was held on Sunday evening in the Alum-
nae Garden.

Respectfully submitted,
MARY (WARREN) READ.

SECONDARY SCHOOLS COMMITTEE

The report of the secondary schools com-
mittee for the year 1931-32 is far from
being as complete and encouraging as the
report for the year 1930-31 for three
reasons. In the first place, the chairman
has been kept so busy with her work at
the Emory University Library School that
she has had very little time to devote to
the work of the committee; in the second
place, the college has been unable this
year to send anyone to speak to the various
high schools as it sent Dorothy Hutton last
year; and in the third place, the ever-pres-
ent depression has affected the work of
this committee because there are not so
many girls going away to school these
days, especially when they can get col-
lege work in their home towns. In view
of these facts, I beg to submit the follow-
ing report.

ALABAMA:

Birmingham Talks were made by sev-
eral alumnae in each of the three large
high schools, once during each semes-
ter, when announcement was made of
the offering of two $200 scholarships
and one $700 one. There were no ap-
plications either time for the $200
scholarships and only one for the $700
one. An examination was given to de-
termine the winner of the $700 scholar-
ship among nearly one hundred appli-
cants all over the south, and no an-
nouncement has yet been made as to
the winner.

Bay Minette Georgia Mae Burns Bris-
tow talked to the Junior Study Club
girls.

York Georgia Mae Bums Bristow talk-
ed to a group of high school girls.

FLORIDA:

Jacksonville A tea was given at the
Party House complimenting the jun-
iors and seniors of the high schools
who were eligible for the scholarship
offered. The girls were shown copies
of the Agonistic and other college pub-
lications, and Rachel Paxon talked to
them about Agnes Scott. The refresh-
ments carried out the college colors.

GEORGIA:

Atlanta and Decatur 180 girls from
the high schools of Atlanta, Decatur,
and Fulton county spent the after-
noon of March 4 on the campus. They
were first entertained at tea in the
Alumnae House and were then taken
on a tour of the campus, where they
saw various athletic activities. After
this they were invited to a tea-dance,
and were then entertained at dinner

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by the college in the Rebekah dining
room.

Columbus Sent seven girls from Co-
lumbus High School to be the guests
of students on the campus for May
Day and Senior Opera. They are also
awarding a scholarship.

LOUISIANA:

New Orleans The New Orleans Club
was organized too recently to be able
to get time given to them in the high
schools for the program they wanted
to put on. They expect to do some
good work next year.

NORTH CAROLINA:

Charlotte Louisa Duls is the chairman
of the committee on awarding scholar-
ships and is very active in interesting
girls in Agnes Scott. She holds indi-
vidual and group conferences with
those who are interested and has put
on exhibits of A. S. C. material in the
high school library.

Western North Carolina Two alumnae
spoke at the Asheville high school.
They are working on plans for a
scholarship which is to be awarded at
commencement.

SOUTH CAROLINA:

Greenville^ Several girls are interested
in coming to Agnes Scott and are tak-
ing the examinations for the $700
scholarship.

TENNESSEE:

Memphis Has had no luck so far, but
hopes eventually to make a dent.

We would like to remind the alumnae in
general that any efforts of this committee
must remain fruitless unless we receive co-
operation from the local clubs in arousing
interest. We realize that the correspond-
ence method is unsatisfactory and inade-
quate, but we haven't the funds to try
anything else at present. A great deal can
be done, however, where the local groups
are interested and willing to co-operate,
and we hope that the report for next year
will far surpass this one.

Respectfully submitted,
MARY RAY DOBYNS,

Chairman.

Debit
Loans made_l $125.00

REPORT OF THE STUDENT LOAN

COMMITTEE

Credit

Balance in hand $ 78.35

Interest .95

Repaid on loans 162.50

Gift of Baltimore, Md., Club 25.00

On hand $141.80

Loans have been made during the year
1931-32 to five students, and of this num-
ber four have already been repaid in full.

On oldsr loans $50.00 has been repaid.

Letters have been written during the
year to all the girls who have already
graduated asking them to make a payment
as soon as possible. In some cases Dr.
McCain has written letters.

The unpaid loans at this date amount to
$917, $600 of this being owed by girls who
have already graduated, $317.50 by girls
still in school.

Respectfully submited,
CAROLINE (McKINNEY) HILL.

$266.80

REPORT OF CURRICULUM
COMMITTEE

The constitution of the Alumnae As-
sociation says that the "curriculum com-
mittee shall have three members and shall
keep informed as to the curriculum offer-
ed by the college and changes or advance-
ment; shall also keep informed as to the
curriculum of other standard colleges and
the progress of education for women.
Whenever deemed advisable, this commit-
tee shall present to the Association recom-
mendations regarding the curriculum of
the college."

The curriculum committee for 1930-1932
has consisted of three members in addition
to the chairman: Betty Floding, 1921;
Rusha Wesley, 1900, and Ruth Pirkle, 1922,
who is a member of the college faculty.

In the fall of 1930 this committee began
its work by studying the present curricu-
lum of the college and comparing it with
the curricula of other colleges. Eighteen
catalogues were obtained from American
colleges and two from foreign universities.
In regard to this phase of the work, the
present committee recommends that a
suggestion of the president of the college
be carried out by the incoming committee:
namely, that representative alumnae be
questioned as to what particular courses in
the college curriculum benefited them most
in their life-work, and asked for sugges-
tions in regard to changes in the present
curriculum.

Your committee was requested by the
executive secretary of the association to
sponsor an alumnae week-end. In prepar-
ation for the enterprise, letters were writ-
ten to American colleges who have already
conducted programs for their alumnae. The
answers to these letters, together with data

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obtained from the Carnegie library, have
been compiled in a report which covers the
work of twenty-four colleges and uni-
versities. One copy of this report was sent
to the president of the college; another
copy is on file in the Alumnae Office.

By a happy coincidence, the national con-
ference of alumni secretaries met in At-
lanta in April, 1931. Your chairman had
the opportunity of studying the exhibits
of literature concerning alumni confer-
ences and also of securing an interview
with Mr. Wilfred B. Shaw, director of
alumni relations at the University of
Michigan. Mr. Shaw was commissioned in
1928 by the Carnegie Corporation to make
a report upon alumni education in Ameri-
can colleges, and his advice, which has
since been continued by correspondence,
has proved of great help and encourage-
ment to the committee.

By way of advertising the proposed
alumnae week-end for Agnes Scott, a
series of articles on adult education ap-
peared in the Alumnae Quarterly. Alumnae
were asked to write their own ideas for
the program. These suggestions were pub-
lished in the quarterly and were followed
in the program which was launched at the
Thanksgiving week-end, 1931.

In addition to the printed programs
mailed to each alumna with the November
quarterly, individual contacts were made
through the class secretaries, and letters
written to out-of-town alumnae.

Since it was decided by the alumnae
council to open the lectures to outsiders,
the alumnae week-end was advertised in
Atlanta. Through the cooperation of the
journalism class at the college, press not-
ices appeared in the daily papers of At-
lanta and Decatur. These included photo-
graphs and editorials. Through the court-
esy of the superintendent of Atlanta high
schools, a letter endorsing the week-end
was mailed to sixty Atlanta schools with
copies of the program for the faculty bul-
letin-boards. Two articles on the subject
were published in the "Atlanta Teacher."
An invitation was extended the Atlanta
branch of the American Association of
University Women.

More than one hundred alumnae and out-
siders attended the 1931 week-end. The
lectures were given in the class-rooms of
Buttrick Hall. The program included six
lectures on the following subjects: child
psychology, current history, social case-
work, current literature, and oral English,
by a member of the Agnes Scott faculty
and five visiting speakers. An art exhibit,
a book exhibit, and an athletic exhibit were
conducted by four members of the Agnes
Scott faculty and their students. Social

features included a luncheon for alumnae
and students, a dinner for alumnae and
their escorts, and the annual alumnae tea.
The luncheon was held in the dining-room
of Rebekah Scott; the dinner and tea in
the Anna Young Alumnae House.

In concluding this report the chairman
wishes to give especial thanks to the mem-
bers of her committee for their loyal sup-
port; to the alumnae secretary, Fannie G.
Donaldson, for her splendid work in
launching this first alumnae week-end at
Agnes Scott; to Dr. McCain, the president
of the college, without whose encourage-
ment the idea would have died in this era
of depression; to the faculty committee:
Miss Hopkins, the dean of the college,
whose hospitality and marvelous memory
of the "old girls" serve as a magic mag-
net to draw us back to the college halls, to
Mrs. Sydenstricker, to Dr. Robinson who
engineered the printing of the programs;
to the members of the faculty who lectur-
ed and put on the exhibits. Miss Laney,
Miss McKinney, Miss Lewis, and three of
our own alumnae, Janef Preston, Leone
Bowers Hamilton, and Llewellyn Wilbum,
president of the alumnae association.
Thanks are due also to Miss Christie of
the college faculty for publicity, to Louise
Stakely, president of the senior class, who
headed the student committee; to the mem-
bers of the Atlanta and Decatur Clubs who
opened their homes to out-of-town alum-
nae; and to the presidents of these clubs,
Augusta Skeen Cooper and Emma Moss
Dieckmann, who spoke enthusiastically of
the week-end meetings of their clubs.

For the incoming committee we make the
following recommendations, several of
which have been suggested by the alumnae
council:

1. That there be a larger proportion of the
Agnes Scott faculty as lecturers.

2. That more letters be written to out-of-
town alumnae, urging them to attend.

3. That Atlanta and Decatur alumnae in-
vite out-of-town alumnae to visit them.

4. That Thanksgiving is the best time for
the week-end.

5. That outsiders be again admitted to the
lectures.

6. That a permanent committee on alum-
nae education be appointed by Dr. Mc-
Cain from the faculty.

Respectfully submitted,

ADELAIDE CUNNINGHAM, '11,

Chairman.

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REPORT OF THE HOUSE AND TEA
ROOM COMMITTEE

The following report doss not include
the financial report of the committee since
it is impossible to secure an accurate state-
ment of the funds till after commencement.
The complete financial report will be pub-
lished in the fall Quarterly.

In the fall, the committee went right to
work and began improvements in the
Alumnae House. The work started in the
college guest room, the college taking care
of the expenses. The floor was re finished,
new draperies put up, a chair re-upholster-
ed, the desk out-fitted with a lamp, pen,
letter opener, an autograph book, and a
Bible, the gift of Dr. McCain. A new bed-
spread was bought, the radiators covered
and a number of minor improvements
made. Leone (Bowers) Hamilton gave a
much needed footstool.

In the front room upstairs, originally
furnished by the class of '21, the old lamps
were replaced by two new ones the gift
of Margaret Whitington. Mrs. Hamilton
gave new curtains and drapes and two
rugs. Mrs. Donaldson contributed a foot-
stool.

Downstairs in the reception room, tidies
for the chairs were bought, the chairs
cleaned, a pane of glass replaced in the
French doors, a supply of candles pur-
chased and two lace pieces for the tables
added the latter being the gift of Miss
McKinney,

The committee arranged to get the or-
der blanks for the Tea Room free; sent
ads about the Tea Room to the new stu-
dents; secured free health examinations
for the cook and maids, and at present
have the improvement of the ventilation in
the kitchen under way. The problem of
a refrigerator became such a pressing one
that $15 was given by Miss Jackson, Mrs.
Nisbet and Dorothy Hutton, and a gift of
$5 by an annonymous person toward the
purchase of one gifts most welcomed by
the committee.

Mrs. J. J. Eagan and Mrs. Paul Brown
gave a beautiful silver vase, with the mon-
ogram of the Anna Young Alumnae House
upon it, on the birthday of Miss Anna
Young. Dr. Sweet, Miss McKinney, Miss
Alexander and Miss Phythian gave an ex-
quisite cloth and napkins for the private
dining room; Miss Lillian Smith's gift of
pillow cases and Miss Jackson's present of
towels, as well as the gift of towels by

Mrs. F. H. Gaines and Mary Waller Shep-
herd, and two luncheon cloths by Miss
Preston and Miss Westall were welcome
additions to our linen supply this year.
Mrs. Donald Roberts (Frances Charlotte
Markley) brought from China one of the
lovely luncheon cloths of that country and
Miss Stansfield also gave a dainty cloth
and napkins.

At the last meeting of the year, Mar-
garet Whitington reported that the amount
due the Tea Room Committee as budgeted
for the year could be paid to it now from
the general treasury of the association and
the committee voted to install the venti-
lator for the kitchen at a cost of $20 and
to use the remainder toward a refrigerator.
A committee composed of Margaret Whit-
ington, Imogene Allen and Leone Bowers
Hamilton were authorized to investigate
the possibilities about a new refrigerator.
Mrs. Nisbet was again chosen as house
hostess and Tea Room manager at the
same salary and the Tea Room rent to be
paid to the general association was voted
as the same. The Tea Room Committee,
after much discussion, agreed that all re-
quests for Tea Room equipment should
continue to be made to this committee and
bought on its approval. In regard to credit-
ing students in the Tea Room, the commit-
tee voted to have a form printed, to be
signed by each girl at the opening of the
Tea Room in the fall, this form stating
that this account would be closed thirty
days after presentation of the bill, if not
paid; and that the names of the girls with
closed accounts be kept at the cash regis-
ter always.

Accounts

Cash in hand September, 1931 $ 1.13

Check in hand September, 1931

(Tea Room profit) 9.38

Total from chairman $10.51

Cash from Association in October 15.00

Decatur Bank payment 6.00

Total cash receipts $31.51

Expenditures (miscellaneous items
such as cup and hand towels, tidies
for chairs, cleaning sewing ma-
chine, dinner cloths, cups and

saucers, etc., etc.) $32.04

Respectfully submitted,
LEONE (BOWERS) HAMILTON.

For Reference

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