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ANNUAL REPORT

TO

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

MAY 25, 1923

DR. F. H. GAIXES

May 10, 1923.
The Board of Trustees :

By direction of the Executive Committee of the Board, I
have the honor to present the Annual Report of the College
for the session 1922-1923.

THREE OUTSTANDING EVENTS

There have been three matters of unusual importance in
the life of the College that have occurred since the last an-
nual meeting of our Board. Any one of these would be suf-
ficient to make the year notable, but the coming of all three
within the space of a few months will make it long remem-
bered. The most noteworthy event of the
Death of year is of course the death of Dr. F. H. Gaines

Dr. Gaines on April 14, 1923. The losing of his presence,
his personal influence, his executive force,
and his strong spiritual touch is no doubt the keenest blow
the College has ever had, though the passing of Col. George
W. Scott, Mr. S. M. Inman, Mr. G. B. Scott, and others has
taught us what loss means. This report is not the place for
a eulogy of Dr. Gaines or an attempt to summarize his
achievements; and a special committee has been appointed
from the Board to prepare a memorial paper. It is proper,
however, to record our gratitude that he was spared to us
so long. For nearly thirty-four years, his hand has been
largely guiding the institution, and this is several times the
length of service allotted to most college executives. Of the
original group who launched the institution in 1889, only two
survive Hon. C. M. Candler, who has been continuously a
Trustee, and Miss Nannette Hopkins, the first Principal and
still Dean of the institution. We cannot be too grateful for
these and other associates and co-workers whom Dr. Gaines
gathered around him, for one of his strong points was the
inspiring of others and winning their confidence and support.

On April 30, last, we lost through death Dr. J. D. M.
Armistead, for eighteen years the Professor and Head of the

English Department. He came to us dur-
Death of ing the first year of the life of the institu-

Dr. Armistead tion under its college charter, and he was

largely instrumental in building up the
high standard of Agnes Scott. We have perhaps never had
a teacher who was more beloved than he. Almost every girl
in Agnes Scott since it became an institution of college rank
has passed under his instruction, and his place will be hard
indeed to fill.

One of the most encouraging and stimulating events of
the year is the legacy of Miss Jane Walker Inman. In her
will probated August 2, 1922, she made Ag-
Miss Inman's nes Scott College her residuary legatee. It
Legacy is conservatively estimated that the gift

will at the present time amount to more
than $100,000 ; and her will created a life estate in $50,000
that will eventually come to the College. It is one of the
largest gifts ever made in the South by any woman for the
cause of Christian education ; and it is doubtless the largest
ever made by any citizen of Atlanta for the training of young-
women. The friends of the College are profoundly grateful
to this noble woman for her generous foundation ; and it is
all the more acceptable because it is to be a memorial of a
former Chairman of this Board, Mr. S. M. Inman, beloved
by every friend of Agnes Scott.

THE COLLEGE

Since the death of Dr. Gaines brings us face to face with
many new problems, and since we need the fullest co-opera-
tion and best thought of every member of our Board, it has
seemed to me wise to "take stock" as it were and let this
Report deal more with our general situation and conditions
than with the facts and figures of a single year to take
what former President Schurman of Cornell University used
to call "a perambulation of the institution."

The College would be listed by any educational expert as
one of the foremost colleges for women in the whole coun-
try. It has been a member of the As-
Position of Agnes sociation of Colleges and Secondary
Scott in the Nation Schools for the Southern States since
1907. It has been put on the approved
list of the Association of American Universities. Its gradu-
ates are at once eligible to membership in the American
Association of University Women. Our work is fully recog-
nized by ail the great universities. We have all the recogni-
tion that an institution may gain in academic matters ex-
cept a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, and we are now arranging
for our institution to be placed before the society at its next
meeting. We are fully qualified for membership, but we
have never made application.

There can be little doubt that Agnes Scott is the largest
and best recognized college for women under Presbyterian
control in the entire world. This fact alone
Place in the would not necessarily put us high in rank,

Presbyterian for Presbyterians in all lands have neg-

World lected education for women. Our position

gives us great opportunities and responsi-
bilities as a leader not only in our Southern church but wher-
ever Presbyterians are found.

The latest statistics show that Agnes Scott now dis-
tinctly leads every other Southern Presbyterian college in

material equipment and financial assets.
In Our Southern It is one of the great forces of the de-
Church nomination; and we have a wonderful

opportunity to aid the other institutions
of the church by supplying fine teachers, by setting a worthy
example, and by co-operating as fully as may be possible.

There is little doubt that Agnes Scott has an opportunity
to become the greatest college for women in the world of

any denomination. We are ideally located
Our near a large city, with ready means of ac-

Opportunity cess and with the best climate of our whole

country. We are four hundred miles from

serious competition. We are surrounded by a homogeneous
population and not with mixed races as in the East. We are
in the heart of the Anglo-Saxon peoples in America. Our
section of country stands largely for the separate education
of men and women rather than for the co-education that
dominates the West. Southern people furnish more ortho-
dox girls in religion than any other part of our country ; and
as an institution standing for pure religion we have a field
almost our own among colleges of our rank. Surely the
College needs our best thought and efforts.

THE TRUSTEES

Having noticed briefly our achievements hitherto and
our prospects for the future, we may review the resources
with which we may hope to make further progress ; and first
of all we should consider the Board of Trustees.

Our Board really constitute the College. In their offi-
cial capacity, the Trustees own all the property that has
been accumulated through the years; and
Constitute the theoretically at least they exercise all the
College powers of the institution. In most com-

mercial corporations, the Directors do not
own the entire business; and the Board of Directors is not
identical with the corporation itself. In many church insti-
tutions, the title to the property rests in the Synods or other
church courts. The Trustees of Agnes Scott have as full
powers and as great responsibilities as it is possible to grant
to a board.

In the best American colleges, the Board of Trustees
assume rather direct management of the
Manage the business affairs. The investment of money,

Business the care of buildings and grounds, and the

supervision of budget making are well rec-
ognized duties of Trustees.

The means for growth are essential to any live institu-
tion. In denominational colleges, the church or denomina-
tion usually looks after this. In state in-
Provide for stitutions, the legislature should provide

Growth the funds. In the relatively few independ-

ent colleges for men, like Washington and
Lee or Princeton, the alumni have generally assumed the
important task. In time to come the graduates of colleges
for women may be able to assist largely in this work, but at
present the Agnes Scott alumnae are too few and young as
a rule to assume leadership, though they are wonderful sup-
porters of the work. For this reason, a relatively young-
college for women is more dependent on its Trustees for
guidance and growth than any other kind of college.

Our new charter provides that the membership of the
Board may not exceed twenty-seven. Three of these possi-
ble members were to be chosen only on con-
Organization dition that either the Synod of Florida or
that of Tennessee should ask for represen-
tation on our Board. Since no action has been taken by
these synods, for all practical purposes now our maximum
number is twenty-four members. At present we have
twenty-one in service. Under our charter provisions, we
must rearrange our members into groups on the basis of
"Corporate" and "Synodical" and "Alumnae" Trustees, and
the groups also for the various terms of service must be
made. This will necessitate also some changes in our com-
mittee personnel.

Without changing essentially our self-perpetuating char-
acter or altering our general powers, we arranged last year

to have four representatives from the
Alabama Now Synod of Alabama. Those elected by us
Represented and confirmed by the Synod were Mr. W.

A. Bellingrath, Dr. Dunbar II. Ogden, Dr.
W. R. Dobyns, and Mr. H. C. Armstrong. The last named
found it impossible to serve, but the other three have been

active in their co-operation since the Synod confirmed their
election in October, and we are exceedingly fortunate to
have them as co-workers for Agnes Scott. At the coming
meeting, some one from Alabama should be elected instead
of Mr. Armstrong.

At the last meeting of the Synod of Georgia, a plan was
adopted whereby the Synod will have representation on the

Board in the same manner as Alabama.
Georgia To Be There must be chosen from the Synod of
Represented Georgia four representatives for our

Board. These do not have to be new ap-
pointments. We may select some of our own strong Georgia
members to especially represent the Synod also.

THE FACULTY

According to our Agnes Scott by-laws, the Faculty has
been given by our Board general charge of instruction, the
discipline of the College, and the general
Importance social and religious welfare of the institu-

tion. As we have noted, the Trustees are
the College; but in a sense the saying is true that "the fac-
ulty makes the college." The art of teaching is rare and dif-
ficult to attain, and the maintaining of a strong faculty is
no simple problem.

To meet the requirements for a place in Agnes Scott
necessitates a long and expensive training. The usual high

school and college courses are but the foun-
Qualifications dation. On top of that we expect from two

to four years of graduate study and at
least two years of successful experience. In addition we re-
quire membership in some evangelical church and the accep-
tance of the essentials of our faith ; such as, the deity of
Jesus Christ, the atonement as the way of salvation, and
the historicity of the Scriptures. People may accept these
tenets, however, without being very active in their faith,

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and hence we plan to interview personally every teacher be-
fore employment. Our religious qualifications cut out nearly
two-thirds of those whom we otherwise might consider and
make it very difficult to maintain our high scholastic re-
quirements. The increases in salary have helped, however,
in this matter.

There is hardly any problem before us that calls for as
much care as our faculty. A number of our best teachers

have only the M. A. degree. The Southern
Our Great Association is pressing for all heads of de-

Problem partments to have the Ph.D. We ought to

devise some way of helping these teachers
go on with their study. Some of them are not financially
able to take leave of absence without any pay. As soon as
our finances justify it, we ought perhaps to help them to
some extent. We need more men on the faculty. At least
half of our professors ought to be men. We need also more
married people so that there may be more homes on the
campus where students may go for friendly visiting and
counsel.

We have not been able as yet to fill the place of Dr. Armi-
stead. It is perhaps the most important place on the faculty,

and it will take time for a proper choice.
Changes in Prof. S. G. Stukes has been asked to assist

Faculty temporarily with the work of Registrar.

Miss Elizabeth Jackson, Ph.D., has been
chosen Assistant Professor of History to succeed Miss Lois
Gibbons ; Miss Mary Campbell of Vassar College will fill the
place of Miss Catherine Torrance in Greek and Latin for the
next session, as the latter has been granted leave of absence
for a year. Miss Margaret Phythian, M.A., and Miss Mar-
garet Bland, two of our graduates, will be instructors in
French for 1923-1924 instead of Misses Margaret Culberson
and Gwendolen Glendenning, who have resigned. Miss Stre-
thel Walton of the Conservatory of Toronto will assist in the
departments of Voice and Piano, taking the place of Misses

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Kathrine Sutphen and Eunice Curry, since our Music work
does not justify the two assistants. Miss Ruth Pirkle, one
of our recent graduates, will become Assistant in Biology
instead of Miss Fannie McCaa, who has resigned.

While Campbell Morgan is not one of our faculty, he has
suggested that he would be glad for his coming to the col-
lege to be an annual event; and we have secured him for a
series of addresses on Fundamentals during next November.

THE PRESIDENT

In American colleges, there is the greatest variety of
duties exercised by the President. In all cases he is the
executive officer in carrying out directions
Relations of the Board of Trustees, and in practically

all cases he has the responsibility of nomi-
nating the members of the faculty. There are a great many
other directions in which he may spend his energies.

The most inviting field of service for a president is in
providing spiritual leadership for the college. There can be

no finer work than that of helping splen-
Spiritual did young women to develop their spiritual

Leader natures and to find places of service and of

happiness in the Kingdom. Unless definite
efforts are made to permeate the college life with religious
interest, the so-called Christian institution may not be more
influential in spiritual things than state institutions.

The modern college should have constant contact with
the public, and one like ours should also be in close touch

with the church. An institution owes some-
Public thing to its constituency, and from it must
Representative gain its ultimate support. A very active

president may easily spend all of his time
in meeting the public, and his engagements might be helpful
to his institution and possibly also to the community and
the church.

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The function of securing funds for support and develop-
ment has been greatly emphasized in recent years, and it is

much deplored by educational experts. The
Money Carnegie Corporation recently expressed

Raiser the fear that its great gifts have perhaps

done more harm than good because they
have taken college presidents from their tasks of running
the educational work and made them field agents. The work
is very absorbing, and success in it means the devoting of
nearly all one's time to it.

The most important problem before the Board at the
annual meeting this year is the selection of a President for

the College, or the taking of steps looking
Agnes Scott's to this end. For the present at least, he or
Situation she will have to serve in the three-fold

capacity outlined above; but there is no
doubt that the work should be more and more concentrated
on developing the characters of our students. If we fail in
that, it will be of little use for us to gain money or reputation
or size. There is no hurry in making a selection. Things
are in very good shape temporarily. The position is one of
the best within the bounds of the Southern Presbyterian
church, and it will command almost any one who may be
called to it. There are no commitments in any way either as
to person or salary, and the field is entirely open for an un-
restricted choice.

THE STUDENTS

For the young women who make up our student body,
the College is run. Without them there
Importance would be no need of President, Faculty, or

Trustees. The quality of the student body
has a most important bearing on the output of our institu-
tion.

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If we consider our equipment and endowment as capital,
a reasonable assumption, and if we assume five per cent as

a fair rate of interest, each student costs
Selection us about $250 per year more than we

charge her. In addition she takes our time
and effort. We do not wish to waste either our time or
money ; and we cannot take all who apply to us, so it is very
important that we select only worthy students. We are not
promising any spaces before June 15th of each year, and on
that date we pick the best applicants from our list who are
registered. We are taking these only from schools which
are known to do good work. In addition we use the psycho-
logical tests to help us get the leaders for our students.
After all, we must depend largely on our friends, including
Trustees, patrons, and others, to help us find girls who are
worthy of our training.

Even with our rigid process of selection, we can see that
the time is approaching when we must take care of more

girls. We will soon be having excess appli-
Growth cations from girls of such quality that we

cannot afford to turn them away. This is
true of all the best colleges for women in our country, and
it will not be many years before we must face it. We are
in the heart of a rapidly growing city and community, and
we cannot afford to turn away fine girls from our very midst.

The past few years have been trying ones for those who
are striving to train young people. Post war conditions have

upset many moral and social standards.
Leavening Our We have fared remarkably well, and we
Student Body are thankful for it. The thing we notice

most is the tendency on the part of our
students to go into outside activities instead of concentrat-
ing on their studies ; but even this practice, mistaken though
it is in policy, is due largely to a desire to serve the commun-
ity rather than to the spirit of neglecting duty.

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BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

Many of our problems, while quite real, can wait for later

solution; but it is necessary that some

A Pressing questions concerning our grounds and

Matter buildings be decided promptly. The rapid

development of both Decatur and Atlanta

will soon make our situation grave unless we plan wisely.

Agnes Scott is very young as an institution of college
rank, and it has had a phenomenal growth. During the last

three years, we have considerably more
Vision than doubled our assets. No one can tell

Needed what is before us, but there is every reason

to believe that we have a wonderful future.
We ought to plan so that our own dreams and those of
Trustees to follow us may have opportunity for coming
true. Last spring some of us were thrilled with the sugges-
tion which came from our Northern friends of acquiring a
large site and building a fire-proof plant from the ground
up, with unlimited room for development. Since we could
not unite whole-heartedly on that plan, we ought to develop
our present location with our prospects and opportunities
fully in mind.

As all of the Trustees probably know, Dr. Ralph A. Cram,
of Boston, one of the best known architects in any country,

visited Agnes Scott last fall and has drawn
Dr. Cram's plans for our immediate needs ; and he has

Plans outlined, though not on paper, something

of what can be done for the future. He
believes that we can make a very attractive and serviceable
plant where we are at present, taking care of considerable
increase in attendance and expansion. His outline sketch will
be presented by the Committee on Buildings and Grounds
Dr. Cram advises us to get a fuller plan of development,
showing a bird's-eye view of the proposals, with details of
the various buildings and some estimate of their cost. This

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would enable us to approach prospective givers with some-
thing definite in hand. I believe this would be a good in-
vestment for us. Since we are not attempting a new plant
with its challenge to Atlanta, the church, and especially our
Northern friends, we need to work all the harder and to rely
more largely on our own forces our Trustees, Alumnae,
and more local friends. These resources are sufficient if we
can have hearty support of our plans.

The greatest single hindrance to progress where we are
is the Georgia Railroad, and that cannot be disposed of ; but

Dr. Cram thinks its inconvenience can be
For Immediate somewhat relieved. The next most diffi-
Action cult problem is the South Decatur car line ;

and the time seems ripe to try through the
City of Decatur to get it off our grounds and off Candler
street if possible. By operating with the city we can make
better terms than if we initiate proposals ourselves.

It has been more than ten years since we began any
building of major importance on the campus, and all our
competitors have been making substantial progress. A first-
class college ought to do some building every four or five-
years unless it is far better equipped than we are. We ought
to have a Gymnasium at once. Our present building is only
about 30% of what we need in point of size, and it is not
worthy in any way of our College. Another real need which
ought to have our prompt attention is a house for Day Stu-
dents. This is not a major undertaking in point of size or
expense, and a temporary building might serve the purpose
for the present. We have three times as many day students
as four years ago, and the number is increasing. We are
dependent on Atlanta and Decatur for much of our support,
and we need enthusiasm among the local girls, while at
present they are not thoroughly enough in touch with col-
lege life to be as happy and enthusiastic as they ought to be.
You will recall that last year they undertook to raise $3,000,
and we agreed to help them if they achieved this result.
They have about half of the amount in sight, but seem un-
able to go forward. I fear that a sense of failure and dis-

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couragement may be harmful to their esprit de corps if we

do not do something for them.

We must make it a part of our budget plan to save some
money each year for expansion. Most of the strong colleges
do this, and I will mention it later. At the
How Can We same time it is essential for us to find some
Build? friends who will appreciate our fine work

and our urgent needs and will assist by
putting up individual or memorial buildings.

FINANCES

Miss Inman's donation has been mentioned in an earlier
part of this Report. I understand that a considerable part
of the residuum coming to us will be in
Miss Inman's relatively unimproved land. As the Col-
Gift lege has to pay taxes on such an invest-
ment and as the income is disproportion-
ately small, the Finance Committee or some other one should
perhaps be authorized to dispose of the property if a satis-
factory price can be secured.

Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Lindsey, Decatur, Ga., have given
the College $2,000 worth of stock in the Lindsey-Beverly
Printing Company for a scholarship, and
Scholarship they guarantee the income to be sufficient

Gifts to pay the full tuition of a student, prefer-

ence being given to Decatur or Atlanta
girls. This is a most generous contribution and is already
being put to work. Mrs. Martha Wynunee Bergstrom of
Atlanta has also contributed $1,000 for a scholarship fund
on the annuity plan. At her death it will establish a memo-
rial for two of her children. The students of the College
are raising a fund to establish a memorial scholarship fund
for Miss Martha Bowen, one of our students who died this
spring. They are making good progress, but they have not
yet reached the needed amount.

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Our gross subscriptions from all sources amounted to
$858,151.50. Our total collections from all sources to date

are $642,851.61. We have had to cancel
Our pledges amounting to $6,364.02. leaving

Campaign yet to be secured in cash $208 935.82. Of

the last named sum, $55,840.69 is due by
the General Education Board provided we make correspond-
ing collections. We cannot afford to fail in these collections.
Too much is at stake for our future. During the fall and
early winter I gave a good deal of time and personal effort
to this work, and we made fair progress; but this spring it
has been impossible to do much at it on account of the pres-
sure of other things.

The Synod of Georgia has announced its purpose to raise
$1,000,000 for education. Our relation to this effort ought
to be carefully considered while the plans
Georgia Educa- are in a formative state. If the Board
tional Campaign can do this at the annual meeting, it
would be wise ; if not, it might be prac-
cable to authorize the Executive Committee or some other
that might be named to act for us. Whether we enter the
Georgia campaign or not, we will have to face the need for
enlarging our resources as soon as a strong effort is possi-
ble. Practically all our competitors already have endow-
ments ranging from $1,000,000 to $5,000,000, and nearly all
of them are laying plans' for further growth. Our endow-
ment at the present time is about $730,000.

On the whole we are having a good year. We are blessed
with fine business officers. Our collections to July 1st, 1923,
are already 100%. Provisions, coal, wages,
Current and salaries of teachers are all running-

Finances higher this year than last; and the pros-

pect is that our bank balance will not be as
large as last year. We think that it will show about $10,000,
a sum sufficient for ordinary repairs and improvements dur-
ing the summer, but not allowing for a large margin. This

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is the last year we shall have the annual gift of the General
Education Board of $13,750, and we are increasing salaries
to some extent next year to bring them to the Southern As-
sociation requirement, so that care will be needed for 1923-
1924.

If we are to clear any money on our yearly budget for
building purposes and for a margin of safety, we may con-
sider an increase of rates beginning with
Shall We In- September, 1924. Perhaps no action should
crease Rates? be passed now, but the matter may be
taken under advisement. We charge for
tuition much less than most other colleges and universities
of our class. If we advanced the price $50 per year, it would
probably not be felt by new students coming in ; but girls
already in college would likely regard the increase as bur-
densome. When other institutions make increases, they
sometimes allow the administration authority to grant schol-
arship help to worthy young wo:nen already in college as a
temporary expedient while the adjustment is being made.
If we should make some such arrangement, I think the in-
crease could be carried through without any friction or com-
plaint. I would like very much to see us have a surplus each
year of about $25,000. This would be moderate in com-
parison with many others. If this could be done regularly,
we would be in position every four or five years to put up
a building of major importance or to buy land that might
come on the market. From a business standpoint, this policy
would make for satisfied and happy Trustees, enthusiasm
among the alumnae and students, and steady progress in the
educational world.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

As this report is already long, and as it deals with mat-
ters of a general nature, it has seemed wise to add an Ap-
pendix for the listing of certain information that some may
wish to have, but which the whole Board may not care to
study.

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In view of our temporary organization, and of the effi-
ciency of our standing Committees, it has seemed wise for
me to make no formal recommendations, but to submit to
the appropriate Committees such matters as need definite
action at this time.

In closing I wish to express my sincere appreciation of
the help and co-operation which have been given by mem-
bers of the Board and by the Faculty and Students during
these trying days since the death of Dr. Gaines.
Respectfuly submitted,

J. R. McCAIN,

Acting President.

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APPENDIX

Our enrollment and average attendance have been the
largest in the history of the institution.
Attendance The distribution by states will be of in-

terest.

Georgia 270 Louisiana 2

Alabama 47 Massachusetts 4

North Carolina 29 Oklahoma 3

South Carolina 24 Texas 6

Virginia 15 West Virginia 3

Florida 14 Pennsylvania 2

Canada 1

Japan 2

Korea 1

Mississippi 14

Tennessee 13

Arkansas 8

Kentucky 7 465

Resident Students ... 339

Non-Resident 126

Total 465

It will be gratifying to know that we have now on our list
of applicants for next September many more than we can
accommodate in our buildings. Others will be applying later,
and we will have to turn away about the usual number no
doubt.

We have on our campus eight brick buildings and six-
teen frame structures twenty-four in all. We have acquired
three cottages since the last annual meeting
Buildings of the Board. Two of these are being used

by teachers, and the other is rented on a
commercial basis for the present. Since our buildings are
so numerous and scattered, it is expensive to supply heat
for them, and we are not able to furnish steam for several
cottages which really ought to have it. Our wooden build-
ings also require frequent painting and recovering, and these
items alone are verv large each summer.

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The engineer's topographical survey which we had made
last fall shows that we have just about twenty-five acres in

our campus. We need very much to have
Grounds improvements made in beautifying the

grounds and in planning more harmoni-
ously our systems of walks, drives, and flower beds. Mr.
Cram's plans will be of considerable help to us in these
matters, and perhaps no action ought to be taken until we
have accepted or rejected his program.

The Board will learn with interest and appreciation the
fact that Dr. J. D. M. Armistead in his will left his library
to Agnes Scott College. It will be a valua-
Library ble addition, especially to our English col-

lections ; and we plan to keep it intact for
the present at least in a separate room, but with an adequate
card index and cross references with the general index of
the Library.

We now have in the Library 11,740 volumes, 793 having
been added during the past year, and not including the gift
of Dr. Armistead. Our fund for purchases amounts to about
$1500 annually. This is small, but much better than it was
a few years ago. In Miss Genevieve White we have a most
efficient Librarian, and her monthly reports are most illumi-
nating. From the opening of college to the middle of April,
92,816 books had been charged to students, indicating the
incessant use of the library by our girls.

In addition to books and the regular small replacements,
we spent last year about $7,000 in new
Equipment equipment for laboratories, pianos, house-

keeping equipment, and class room furni-
ture. We ought to spend even more this summer, but will
not likelv have the funds available.

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During the past two years, the demand for scholarship
and loan aid has been very notable and pressing. We are

not able to take care of many worthy cases.
Scholarships We need very much some endowments that

would provide in large measure the en-
tire expenses of a girl here. At present the utmost
help that we can give any one is $150, and usually we give
about $75 to each. We give assistance only to those who
will prove worthy of our time and attention, and as a rule the
girls are about the best in college. Some of our own Trustees
have been leading in this fine work, but in the most quiet
and unobtrusive manner possible.

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J\gnrs JStatt (Eolkgc

Mecatur, Oieorgia

ANNUAL REPORT

TO

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

MAY 23, 1924

PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL REPORT TO THE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES

1923-1924

The Board of Trustees,

Agnes Scott College.

I have the honor to submit a brief outline of the work
of the College for the session just closing.

The members of the Board have been most helpful in
showing interest in the College and in co-operating for its
welfare. Many good suggestions have been
Trustees made by individuals, and practically every

member has given sympathetic consideration
to problems talked over by the President. Special acknowl-
edgment should be made of the work done by the Chairman
of the Board and by the chairmen of the various commit-
tees. Without their special labors, it would have been neces-
sary to call perhaps a half dozen meetings of the whole
Board.

At our meeting a year ago, we elected Mr. John H. Frye
of Birmingham as a representative from the Synod of Ala-
bama to serve until May, 1925. Mr. Frye was at first in-
clined to accept the place, but finally decided that he must
decline. This position is to be filled at the meeting on
May 23rd.

Attention is called to the fact that the terms of the fol-
lowing members will expire at this meeting : Mr. George E.
King as a corporate Trustee, Dr. W. R. Dobyns as a mem-
ber from Alabama, Mr. H. T. Mcintosh as a representative
of the Synod of Georgia, and Mrs. Harold B. Wey from the
Alumnae Association. The Committee on Nominations will
of course take care of this matter.

It was necessary to make twenty-one changes in our fac-
ulty last year, including- additions. Dr. Gaines had filled

about half of these before he died. Some of
Faculty the positions were very important. We are

grateful that the appointees have given ex-
cellent satisfaction; and all the faculty and officers have
been untiring in their efforts for the upbuilding of the Col-
lege. In a very real sense they "make" the institution, and
we are thankful for their self sacrifice and loyalty.

It is gratifying that no changes of major importance will
be needed for the next session, so far as we can now see.

Details of the changes made for 1923-1924 will be found
in the Appendix to this report.

By using the house of Dr. Gaines for boarders and by
making a recitation room out of the old Home Economics
dining room, we were able to take about forty
Students additional students this year. The enroll-

ment for the session has been five hundred
three. The increase in numbers has been needed to enlarge
our income, but it has given us satisfaction to be able to
take a few more of the fine girls whom we would have had
to turn away.

The work of the session has been unusually good. It
was the first year in which we have tried a strictly merit
basis for admission, including psychological tests, and we
are much pleased with the results. Our failures have been
reduced about fifty per cent. The proportion of upper class-
men in colleges is increasing, as should be the case ; but we
see that it will bring problems to us. The advanced elec-
tives are being crowded, and we will soon be facing faculty
increases in work where the cost is higher than in giving
work for Freshmen.

The students have shown a fine spirit of co-operation.

There have been very few cases of discipline. More serious-
ness of purpose is evident than a few years ago. Special
mention should be made of the excellent service rendered by
the leaders of the Student Government Association and of
the Young Women's Christian Association.

(See Appendix for additional details regarding stu-
dents.)

We have been pressing earnestly for the securing of
enough land to develop a really great College on our present

site. Since the last Annual Meeting of the
Grounds Board, we have bought six lots, each with a

residence on it. This property has cost about
$45,000, all of which has been paid except $5,000 in mort-
gages not yet due and which the mortgagees will not allow
to be paid off. In making these purchases, we used cam-
paign funds to extent of about $30,000, and the remain-
ing $15,000 we had to take from our current account. While
it is very expensive to purchase property at such rates, we
feel that it will never be cheaper, and we cannot afford to
be hemmed in too much. In planning for growth for twenty-
five years even, we are sure we ought to extend our hold-
ings to Dougherty Street between Candler and McDonough
Streets.

There are still a number of houses that ought to be event-
ually acquired in order to round out our holdings and pro-
tect us from commercial intrusion. There are four such
places on McDonough Street, one on College Place, and six
on Candler Street. It would probably take $125,000 to go
into the market and buy them now, as most of them are
held at inflated prices and we have not the money avail-
able ; but as they come on the market from the initiative of
the owners we ought to buy if the prices are right. Some
reserve fund is needed for such opportunities, but we have
not yet been able to arrange it.

We face perhaps our greatest need in the erection of a
gymnasium. Our present one was designed for about 200

students and we now have 500. Since it was
Gymnasium- built methods of teaching physical education
Auditorium have changed, and the arrangements are out

of date. The swimming pool is a joke among
the girls, and we are ashamed to take visitors to see the
building.

Another need of almost equal importance is a large audi-
torium. We have about 560 officers and students, and our
chapel will hold only 467. We have not sufficient room for
ordinary exercises and worship, and we cannot invite visitors
without fear of their having to endure discomfort.

It looks as if the time has come to build a gymnasium
and to so arrange it that it can be used as a temporary audi-
torium until a permanent one can be provided. We are in-
formed tht such a combination can be erected at a cost of
about $100,000. We have available about $70,000 which
can be financed without calling on the current treasury,
can be used for the purpose, and we have in sight interest
income or good pledges for $15,000 more by the first of
November. We believe that the erection and equipment
can be financed without calling on the current treasury,
and without borrowing, if we can get $15,000 subscribed.

There are other building needs which we must plan to
meet soon if we are to maintain our standards of efficiency.
The first of these is an Administration Build-
Other ing with plenty of room for recitation quar-
Building ters. It is needed almost as much as the
Needs gymnasium-auditorium ; but our plans call for
the location of the administration building
on the site of our present gymnasium and hence the latter
should be replaced first in some other location. The sum of
$250,000 will probably be needed for the erection of an ade-
quate building combining recitation class rooms and space
for administration.

Engineers tell us that our present heating plant and
power house cannot carry more than the proposed gymna-
sium-auditorium unit, and that it will have to be enlarged.
It cannot stay in its present location as it would prevent
the development of our plans for major buildings. It will
probably cost about $75,000 to move it to the corner of Col-
lege Place and Dougherty Street ; but we would gain in sev-
eral ways besides more room, heat, and power. We could
have gravity drainage in the proposed location and we could
also avoid the drayage of our coal by bringing it in car load
lots by trolley.

Still another improvement that should be planned for an
early date is a new Chapel. It is hard to maintain the
spirit of worship and reverence when our services are held
as now in a room used for all sorts of other activities. Agnes
Scott's strongest motive is religious, and hence we should
by all means provide a Chapel as soon as possible. It would
be most fitting if this building could be erected as a mem-
orial for Dr. Gaines. We are discussing this with some of
the Alumnae.

We are constantly pressed to take more boarding stu-
dents, and we believe that the Agnes Scott influence would
be a blessing to many of them ; but we ought not to plan
enlargement until the fundamental equipment needs men-
tioned above have been met.

In order to unify our campus, it is necessary that the
South Decatur-Stone Mountain trolley line be moved. After

a great deal of delay the City Commissioners
Moving' the have given their consent. The moving was
Street Car vigorously opposed by prominent citizens.
Line We tried earnestly to avoid inconveniencing

them by working out some other route, but
it was not possible, and hence we are paying for the re-
moval of the tracks from Ansley Street to Dougherty Street,
letting the line run on our own right of wav. To effect this

plan we had to purchase the property of Mr. H. E. Taylor
for $15,000, and we will have to pay out approximately
$10,000 more perhaps, but it will give us relief for the pres-
ent at least, and the last named expense will be met out of
the income from the next fiscal year.

A comprehensive plan of beautifying the grounds has
been prepared and about $400 has been spent this spring in
making a start on the work. The Alumnae
Campus are helping to plan this program and they

Improvements have been quite helpful in it. The interiors
of some of our buildings are also being im-
proved; for example, the parlors in Agnes Scott Hall. In-
come from the generous gift of Miss Jane Walker Inman
has been used in this way.

The proceeds of the legacy of Miss Inman have been paid
to the College during the last year. Mr. John A. Hynds, the

Executor, proved to be most capable in
The handling this, and we were pleasantly

Samuel M. Inman surprised to find that the amount was
Endowment Fund larger than anticipated. The total sum

was $144,389.92, including the real es-
tate on Harris Street. The latter is not producing much
income, but the remainder of the legacy is well invested,
and it is likely that we can make a good sale of the real
estate before long.

We ought to give some definite expression of appre-
ciation for this truly wonderful gift. I doubt whether we
are ready to make a permanent decision, but it would
be appropriate for Mr. Inman's name to be attached to two
departments of the College that are among the largest and
most popular. For example, we might establish "The Sam-
uel M. Inman Professorship in English" and "The Samuel
M. Inman Professorship in French." Those two chairs are
just now held by Miss Louise McKinney, our oldest profes-
sor in point of service, and by Miss Lucile Alexander, one

of our leading alumnae, both of them greatly beloved. These
two foundations would take $120,000 of the amount donated.
It might be appropriate to use the balance of about $25,000
to establish the "Jane Walker Inman Improvement Fund."
These suggestions are given by way of example.

On account of the enforced withdrawal by the General
Education Board of the annual appropriation they have

made for three years, we have faced the
Account need of strict economy this year. Thanks

Current to the fact that we closed last year

with a nice balance, we will finish the
current year with money in the bank, but the situation has
kept us anxious at times. We have had fine co-operation
and forbearance on the part of our whole staff. Special
mention should be made of the good business judgment and
faithfulness of Messrs. Cunningham and Tart in the busi-
ness office.

The increase of $50 per year in charges which has been
made for next year will keep us from the danger of a de-
ficit, but increasing expenses will quickly absorb most of
the larger income. Patrons have realized the justice and
need of the increase, and very few have found it necessary
to ask for additional scholarship aid. We may have to pay
out about $800 more than our endowed funds will produce,
but this will last only for next year, we think.

We were able to close out our first campaign account
with the general Education Board last summer; this was

the one requiring us to collect $325,000
Campaign in order to receive from them $175,000.

We are now laboring on the second
agreement with them, made in 1921, requiring us to collect
$150,000 in order to obtain $100,000. We have gotten about
half of what is necessary, and the Board has paid their pro-
portionate part of their pledges but we are having hard work

to get up the balance needed. We have the subscriptions,
but collecting is slow. We cannot afford to lose in this mat-
ter.

The campaign has been a great blessing to the College.
Our endowment is about .$850,000. While this is very small
in comparison with our competing institutions and with
our needs, yet it is so much larger than four years ago
that we are grateful for the growth.

I he officers of the College have co-operated with the
Finance Committee in checking our investments and an-
alyzing them. We are submitting in the Ap-
Investments pendix an outline showing our holdings in
various groups. Mr. J. C. Tart, Treasurer,
has been most valuable in this work as well as in keeping up
with investment conditions and in making suggestions.

This is the most active period religiously that we have
had in several generations. The running of a great college,

especially one that is alive to all intel-
Religious lectual movements, is peculiarly difficult.

Conditions Agnes Scott was founded for the glory

of God. We now have an unequaled
opportunity for witnessing a good confession of Him. Our
teachers and students are alive to all that is going on, but
they have been surprisingly loyal to the things of Christ.
The stand of the institution is becoming widely known, and
a large number of parents in applying for the admission of
daughters write that they choose Agnes Scott because the
faith of their children will be safe. We have never had so
great a demand for our graduates. The opportunities we
face constitute a great challenge that should knit our Board
and our other friends in a circle of prayer that we may not
fail to maintain our best ideals at this time.

In planning for the greatest service of our graduates
after they leave us, we feel the need of more definite train-

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ing of our students in religious edu-
Department of cation and in practical Christian work.

Religious We have a Bible course that is as good

Education as any outside the best theological sem-

inaries. If we can combine with the
thorough education we give and the excellent Bible train-
ing furnished nomething akin to the practical teachings
of the Assembly Training School in Richmond, we would
be able to furnish workers who would be of more value to
the Kingdom than the average preacher. We have not
the means for establishing this department as yet, but we
are hoping that it will come later.

No specific recommendations are needed in connection
with this general report, as they will be brought in by the
respective Committees of the Board.

Respectfully submitted,
J. R. McCAIN,

President.

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APPENDIX

Some of the more notable faculty changes for the session
1923-1924 are noted below:

Sanford M. Salyer, A.B., Ph.D., was selected as Profes-
sor of English to succeed Dr. J. D. M. Armistead.

Miss Mary Stuart MacDougall, Professor of Biology, was
given another year's leave of absence in order to complete
her Ph.D. degree, and Professor Woolford B. Baker, Emory
University, has been serving as Acting Professor for this
year.

Miss Catherine Torrance, Associate Professor of Latin
and Greek, has been given a year's leave of absence in or-
der to complete her Doctorate at the University of Chicago.
Her place has been filled by Miss Mary E. Campbell, B.A.,
M.A.

Miss Lois Gibbons, Ph. D., resigned as Associate Pro-
fessor of History, and her place has been filled by Miss
Elizabeth F. Jackson, Ph.D.

In the Romance Language Department, Misses Margaret
A. Culberson and Gwendolyn Glendenning resigned as In-
structors in French, and their places have been filled by
Misses Margaret Pythian, M.A., and Margaret Bland, B.A.

Mrs. Margaret 0. Fitzhugh resigned as Associate Pro-
fessor of Psychology and Education and Miss Emily S.
Dexter, Ph. D., has been elected in her place.

Miss Mary Elizabeth Goodwyn resigned as Instructor
in Latin, and her place has been supplied by Miss Janet L.
Brownlee, B.A., M.A.

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On acount of the expansion of our work it has been
necessary to employ some additional teachers.

Miss Laura Cooper, B.A., M.A., has been appointed In-
structor in History.

Miss Elizabeth Hoke, B.A., has been elected Assistant
in Mathematics and Physics.

Miss Marguerite McCampbell and Miss Carlotta P.
Mitchell have been added in the Departments of Physical
Education and Spoken English respectively.

In Biology Miss Ruth Pirkle, B.A., has succeeded Miss
Fanny McCaa ; and in Chemistry, Miss Philippa Gilchrist,
B.A., has succeeded Miss Sarah McCurdy.

In Music Miss Strethel Walton, a graduate of the To-
ronto Conservatory of Music, has been assisting in Piano
and Voice, as we did not have enough students in these
subjects to justify an assistant in each one of them.

On the Administrative side of the College, Professor
S. G. Stukes has been appointed Registrar, and Miss Elea-
nor Buchanan has been appointed assistant in his office.

II. Our 503 students may be classified in various ways,
as follows:

Seniors 60

Juniors 84

Sophomores 96

Freshmen 216

Irregulars 26

Specials 13

Graduate Students 3

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By States they are distributed as follows:

Georgia . 200

Alabama 43

North Carolina 31

Virginia 25

Florida 19

South Carolina 18

Mississippi 17

Tennessee 17

Arkansas 6

West Virginia 6

Massachusetts 3

Kentucky 2

Pennsylvania
New Jersey ..

Kansas

Louisiana

2

2

1

1

Texas .. 1

New York 2

District of Columbia 1

Japan 2

Korea 2

Canada 1

India 1

Total 503

The denominations have been represented among the
students as follows:

Presbyterian 207

Methodist 125

Baptist 94

Episcopal 24

Jew 15

Christian 10

Christian Science 5

Catholic 4

Unitarian 2

Congregational 1

Dutch Reformed 1

Lutheran 1

Not specified in application 14

Total 503

III. Investment groupings. Some of the investments
listed below are held in reserve for building or other emer-

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gency measures. The real estate left by Miss Inman is
not included, as it is regarded as a temporary investment
and as it is only slightly productive.

Per Cent of

Type of Security Amount Total

First mortgage loans $77,500 8.6%

Stocks (donated) 21,100 2.4

Oil bonds 50,000 5.8

Mining bonds 27 500 2.7

Shipping bond 2 000 .2

Foreign govt, bonds 52,100 6.

Canadian bonds 100,000 11.6

Public utilities bonds 95,000 11.2

Municipal bonds 5,000 .5

Industrial bonds 97,000 11.3

Railway bonds 347,000 39.8

Total par value $874,200

Average yield, 5.75%.

JVgnes jicoti College

^Becaiur, Ci^orgta

ANNUAL REPORT

TO

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

MAY 22, 1925

PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL REPORT TO THE

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

1924-1925

The Board of Trustees,

Agnes Scott College.

I beg leave to submit herewith my second annual report
as President of Agnes Scott College, covering the academic
year 1924-1925. There have been few notable features in
the regular work of the session. It has been marked by
improvement in the quality of scholarship, by earnest and
faithful work on the part of the students, and by loyalty
and unselfish devotion on the part of the officers and fac-
ulty. Since the educational and religious aspects of the
year have no special features, I am changing the usual
order of the report and am calling attention to a few of
the matters on the material side that need our attention.

The General Educational Board lacks about $35,000 of
having paid in full their pledge made in 1920. In order to

claim this remainder, it is necessary for us
The to collect a corresponding part of the

Campaign pledges made by other friends. It will take

approximately $51,000 in collections to
clear us with the Board by next February. We have
outstanding about $125,000 in subscriptions, but many
of our friends have already notified us that they cannot
pay by that time. As a matter of fact, we have been
collecting for the last two years only an average of $25,000
annually, and we have a definite problem before us. If we
pi ess our subscribers very hard, they will cancel their
pledges. By being patient we will likely be able to collect

rather well on this campaign and retain friends to whom
we can later go again. The General Education Board has
been more liberal with us than is customary, and we can
hardly ask for an extension of time.

When the College was closing the campaign of 1909, a
similar situation prevailed, and Mr. S. M. Inman bought the
outstanding subscriptions. By the use of tact and patience,
we understand that he collected enough from them to re-
imburse himself. If we come to the end of our days of
grace in this campaign, we may need to look for another
good friend or friends, but we are going to make an earnest
effort to close the campaign without having to resort to
this expedient. We would like for the Trustees to keep the
matter in mind and to make suggestions for hastening the
work of collections. The fact that we are considerably ahead
of other similar campaign funds in the per cent already
paid in is a compliment to the loyalty of our friends and
to the efficiency of our Treasurer, Mr. Cunningham, but
it will not be of much comfort if we should fail to realize
in full the generous offer of the General Education Board.

Work on the new Gymnasium-Auditorium was begun
about December 1st and has been progressing satisfactorily.

The contract calls for its completion by Sep-
Building tember 1st, and the prospects are now favor-

Plans able for that. We hope that each Trustee will

take time to examine the building thor-
oughly. It is a model of its kind, and it has attracted most
favorable comment from educators who have examined the
plans. We had hoped that it could be erected for $100,000 ;
but in order to get what we need now and to provide for
future growth, we found that the cost will be over $150,-
000. Some details of the work will not be finished now, and
the furnishings will have to be scanty for the present, as
nothing for them is included in the estimate above men-
tioned; but we believe by taxing our resources and using
careful economy we can see our way clear to its ultimate

completion without debt. We can realize something of the
size and kind of construction when we know that it will
cost, without equipment, more than any two other buildings
on the campus. We think it is a worthy unit of a larger
and better plant. I am happy to record that our students
voluntarily raised $7,500 to help us finish this building.

Edwards & Sayward, who are architects for the new
building, have voluntarily been working over plans for
future development that were prepared for us by Dr. Cram
two years ago, and they have submitted suggestions that
appeal strongly to us who are in the administrative work
of the college. We expect to have these plans on exhibit
at the annual meeting, and we will hope to have your sug-
gestions at that time.

We need immediately two additional units for our plant,
and our work will have to suffer in a vital way until we get
them. The first of these is a combination heating plant,
power house and laundry. We have outgrown our present
equipment, and we can barely heat the structures we have
by crowding our boilers. The laundry building has been
condemned and we have found it necessary to put in addi-
tional braces to hold it together temporarily. Besides, we
must have the land where our present plant stands for our
academic building. This unit will cost from $75,000 to
$100,000, we are told.

The other pressing need is for a recitation and admin-
istration building. No other college of my acquaintance
with the standing of Agnes Scott is so poorly equipped
for the conduct of our class work, which is at the heart of
our whole program. We cannot take more young women
either as boarders or as day students until we secure this
new unit. The cost is hard to estimate, but it will prob-
ably be from $250,000 to $300,000.

We are also anxious to have a Chapel that may serve
incidentally as a memorial of Dr. Gaines, but particularly

as the religious headquarters of the campus. Our present
chapel lacks 100 seats of being able to take care of our
faculty and students alone, without a single visitor from
the outside. The new building can be used for special occa-
sions, but not for daily use, as it would involve the con-
tinual moving of chairs and would interfere with the
gymnasium work. We ought to have a place that would
each day challenge the full attendance of all our college
community for the worship of God.

During the past year we have bought two more lots,
each having a residence, in the section between the College
and Dougherty Street. These cost $15,100.
Grounds We are not able to make additional pur-

chases just now, as our current account is
heavily taxed with other expenses, and as we have already
spent $35,000 more from the campaign account than was
contemplated by the General Education Board.

We have moved the car line from Ansley to Dougherty
Street. The cost was estimated by the Georgia Railway &
Power Co. at a little less than $6,000 before it was begun.
Their bill was for $8,400. As this seems to us quite exces-
sive, we are negotiating for a better adjustment. When
the bill is paid it will have to come out of our current
account.

We are negotiating with the City of Decatur for the
closing of Ansley Street and of College Place within the
limits of our property. The indications are that our peti-
tion will be granted if we will improve Dougherty Street
so as to make it a good thoroughfare. The city estimates
that this will cost about $6,000. While we do not see just
where the money will come from, we feel that it is essen-
tial that this improvement be made, as it is the only way
for us to have an adequate athletic field. The grading of
this field will also be an item of expense that we will need
to provide for in our budget of next year.

We have greatly improved the east side of our campus
by the widening and paving of Candler Street. This was
done at a cost of $5,000, but it certainly has added to the
attractiveness and value of our property.

We are making progress slowly but steadily in beauti-
fying the grounds. We put out shrubbery this spring
around Rebekah Scott Hall and the Colonnade at a cost of
several hundred dollars. We have also planted a large
number of dogwood trees and running roses along our
embankments.

As already indicated, and as the special report of the
Treasurer will show, we have had this year an unusual

number of special calls on our current in-
Current come. The present indications are that we
Expenses will show expenditures in excess of receipts

for the session. We feel sure that the money
spent has been wisely invested, and a number of the items
are for additions to our capital account; but we have found
it necessary to be economical until it hurts in a number
of ways, as we do not wish to incur debt.

All of our administrative officers have worked hard
to make the year a success. Special mention should be
made of the excellent service rendered by Mr. Cunningham,
Business Manager, and Mr. Tart, Treasurer. The latter
continues what I think is the unequalled record for collec-
tions in college circles 100 % each year.

The report of the Treasurer will show the amounts held
by our endowment fund and how these are invested. Mr.

Tart has done excellent work in checking the
Investments markets on all our holdings, investigating

carefully any proposed changes, and in mak-
ing recommendations from time to time to the Finance Com-
mittee. He is one of the best informed bond experts in
Atlanta.

A year ago the Board elected Mr. P. T. Shanks, Selma,
Ala., as a Synodical Trustee. This choice was promptly and

unanimously ratified by the Synod, and we
Trustees are pleased that he has accepted the work

and has already shown a fine spirit of inter-
est and co-operation.

The terms of the following members will expire at this
meeting: Messrs. J. T. Lupton and W. C. Vereen and Dr.
D. P. McGeachy as Corporate Trustees; Miss Mary Wal-
lace Kirk representing the Alumnae ; Dr. Neal L. Anderson
as a representative of the Synod of Georgia, and Mr. P. T.
Shanks from the Synod of Alabama. We have no more
valuable Trustees than these.

In order that membership on the Board may not be
burdensome, we have not called meetings through the year;
but we have had numerous occasions to call on individual
members for advice and help, and we appreciate greatly the
hearty response always obtained.

From two or three sources, we learn that the Synod of
Florida may wish to join in the ownership of Agnes Scott.
They had planned for affiliation with Rollins College, but
we understand that this has been abandoned. Our Charter
already makes provision for representation from this Synod,
if it is sought.

There have been relatively few changes in the staff of
the College for the current session, and we are grateful

for the loyalty of many teachers who could
Faculty have gotten more money by leaving but who

stayed with us in the belief that we are doing
here a great work in the development of an institution that
combines high standards and a definite Christian faith.

s

Professor John W. Good, A. B. of Erskine College, Ph. D.
of the University of Illinois, takes the place in the English
department formerly held by Dr. Salyer.

Miss Mary Stuart MacDougall, who has been absent for
two years for the completion of her doctorate, is with us
again. She has made quite a name for herself, and inci-
dentally for the College, by important scientific discoveries
she has made ; and she has been highly honored both in this
country and abroad. Her return has stimulated greatly
interest in Biology. Partly as a result of this increase of
interest, we have found it necessary to employ Mr. Eugene
S. Heath, A. B. of Ohio Wesleyan, A. M. of University of
Nebraska, as Acting Associate Professor of Botany.

Miss Ruth Pirkle has been promoted to become Instruc-
tor of Biology, taking the place of Miss Rothermel, who
resigned for advanced study. Miss Alice Brown, B. A., of
Goucher College, takes the place of Miss Pirkle as Assistant
in Biology.

Miss Coma Cole, B. A. of Duke University, M. A. of the
University of Pennsylvania, was chosen Instructor in His-
tory to succeed Miss Laura Cooper, resigned.

Miss Catherine Gault, Ph. B. of University of Chicago,
has been added to the Romance Languages staff as Instruc-
tor in Spanish.

Miss Cora Frazer Morton, B. A. of Agnes Scott, has suc-
ceeded Miss Elizabeth Hoke, resigned, as Assistant in
Physics and Mathematics.

Largely on account of expansion in our work, the fol-
lowing Assistants have been added during the year: Miss
Daisy Frances Smith, B. A. of Agnes Scott, in English and
Psychology ; Miss Frances Amis, B. A. of Agnes Scott, in
Spoken English; and Miss Carrie Curie Sinclair, student of
Teachers' College, in Physical Education.

The indications are that we will have a record this year
in the small number of changes necessary for completing
the organization for 1925-1926. We have again become out
of line on the salaries paid to certain groups of our teachers,
and after another year we will probably have to make some
advances, but for the present we are able to hold our excel-
lent staff.

During the year, we tried the experiment of having a
"resident poet" for a week. Our students have made quite
a reputation in the country for excellence in verse. We
brought Mr. DuBose Heyward, well known as a poet, and
Mrs. Heyward, almost as well known as a playwright, to the
College for a series of lectures and conferences; and we
found the experiment most stimulating and helpful. We
wish to repeat the plan again when we are able to afford it.

Dr. D. Clay Lilly conducted religious services for a
week during November, and he was most helpful both in
his public and personal ministry. The spiritual life of the
College has been distinctly good this year. For the Session
1925-1926, we have arranged to have Dr. G. Campbell Mor-
gan to conduct a week's services. He has been most stimu-
lating to us in the past.

Through the College Lecture Association, many other
distinguished men and women have been brought to give
messages on various topics of educational interest.

Our capacity for taking and teaching students is so
limited that we are failing in our best service to the South.

Our growing faculty take more rooms each
Students year, and this fact decreases the number of

boarders we can accommodate. This year
we rented the home of Miss Philo Sturges adjoining the
campus, but even with this additional room we have been
able to take only the number received last year; namely,
503 young women.

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We continue to increase the tests for admission and
try in every way to accept only the cream of the appli-
cants. We believe our methods of selection are superior
to those of any other institutions of which we know, and
the quality of our class work has definitely improved
this session.

Our 503 students may be classified in various ways,
as follows:

Seniors 84

Juniors 67

Sophomores 146

Freshmen 183

3rd Year Irregulars 2

2nd Year Irregulars 3

1st Year Irregulars 7

Specials 9

Unclassified 3

By States they are distributed as follows:

Georgia 282

Alabama 35

North Carolina 34

Florida 29

Virginia 24

South Carolina 21

Tennessee 18

Mississippi 13

West Virginia 8

Arkansas 5

Kentucky 5

Louisiana 4

Massachusetts 3

Pennsylvania 2

Texas 2

California 1

District of Columbia 1

Missouri 1

New Jersey 1

New York 1

Ohio 1

Oklahoma 1

Vermont 1

China 3

Korea 4

Canada 1

Cuba 1

India 1

New Mexico 1

Total 503

Resident Students 355

Non-Resident 148

Total 503

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The denominations have been represented among the
students as follows:

Presbyterian 218

Methodist 118

Baptist 75

Episcopal 35

Jewish 16

Christian 10

Christian Science 4

Catholic 4

Unitarian 2

Congregational 2

Dutch Reformed 1

Lutheran 1

Greek 1

Universalist 3

Not Specified 10

Total 503

As I have been with the College for ten years, though
as President only two, I think it is well for us to look back
through diagrams at some of the develop-
Some ments of the institution in order that we
Comparisons may have some basis for considering future
growth. I do not wish to draw any particu-
lar conclusions, but simply to present the general facts in
a few important matters.

Respectfully submitted,

J. R. McCAIN,
President.
May 1, 1925.

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Number

CHART 1.

Ten Years at Agnes Scott

Number of Faculty and Officers

1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1Q99 iqqq

1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 llfl S gg Jg

Years

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CHART 2.

Ten Years at Agnes Scott

Student Attendance

Number

soo

400

300

i.00

1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923

1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924

Years

14

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Ten Years at Agnes Scott
Total Income and Total Expenses

Dollars
3.50

2oo

i50

loo

1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923

1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924

Years
Total Expenses
Total Income

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Dollars

CHART 4.

Ten Years at Agnes Scott
Comparison of Tuition Income and Salaries

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Growth in Assets

Dollars

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1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923

1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924

Years

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ANNUAL REPORT

TO

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

MAY 21, 1926

PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL REPORT TO THE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES

1925-1926

The Board of Trustees,

Agnes Scott College.

In submitting my third annual report as President of
Agnes Scott College, I am glad that we can feel gratified at
the progress of the institution during the session of 1925-
1926. There have been no outstanding features but our
progress has been marked by several interesting steps which
will be noted later.

Educational Items

One of the most important educational events of the
current year, or of any year in our history, was the voting
of a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa to Agnes Scott last Septem-
ber at the triennial meeting of the Council of United
Chapters of this ancient honor society. As there are only
about one hundred institutions of the country so recognized,
it puts us in a select group. There are only nine colleges
distinctly for women on the list.

The installation of the chapter occurred on March 23rd
and was an interesting occasion, participated in by repre-
sentatives of twenty-one institutions of the Phi Beta Kappa
Fraternity.

The Faculty have worked even harder than usual in pro-
moting the educational efficiency of the college. The va-
rious committees have been studying the curricula of some
twenty of the best known institutions of the country and
we are trying to adopt the best plans of instruction as they
may be developed. Our faculty come from twenty-five dif-

ferent states and represent in their training degrees from
thirty-five of the best colleges and universities of the coun-
try so that we have an interesting variety of viewpoints
and of experience to help us in our planning. While the
whole faculty show excellent co-operation, I wish to call at-
tention particularly to the work of Miss Hopkins as Dean
and of Mr. Stukes as Registrar. They are most helpful
indeed.

In spite of the fact that our salaries are lower than the
average, as will be explained later, the faculty are very
loyal to Agnes Scott and relatively few changes are made.

One of the most valuable studies that has been made at
the college in some years has been conducted this year in
an effort to ascertain whether our students are over-
worked and whether their health is being endangered.
Questionnaires covering all phases of College life and work
were sent to all the students. We got a very satisfactory
number of replies and the students were evidently most se-
rious and co-operated in their efforts to help us with actual
facts. The study made evident the fact that some courses
are requiring too much time of the average student, and
steps have been taken to adjust this matter. We found that
some students are laboring under a sense of strain but we
were very much gratified to find that relatively few are
so troubled. As far as it exists this strain seems to come
from two sources : namely, a feeling at the end of any given
period that not all of the work which should be done has
been accomplished, and a certain constraint due to the fact
that in so large a crowd it is very difficult to have much
time to one's self. As to the first cause the faculty had to
admit almost unanimously that they, too, have a sense all
the time of not ever getting fully caught up on the multi-
tude of things which we would like to do. I imagine that
probably some of the Trustees are conscious of the same
difficultv. We regard it as not a bad sign for students

to have tasks that cannot be fully accomplished provided
they do not allow the matter to worry them unduly.

We found that most of the students who feel that they
have unfinished work are doing a great deal in connection
with extra-curricula activities. We are undertaking to pro-
vide for the students something more in the way of definite
recreational opportunities without the students themselves
having to provide the amusement. In this way we believe
that relaxation can be secured and consequent refreshment.

We have been very much gratified to find that very few
of the students are in poorer health than when they en-
tered. In the case of the great majority the health is either
as good as when they came, or better. No doubt our Com-
mittee of Health will analyze more fully some of the fea-
tures of this report.

Among the changes which are being made in the teach-
ing staff for next year, the following may be noted :

Professor W. W. Rankin, Jr., the head of the Mathe-
matics Department, has been called to Duke University. To
take his place we have secured Professor Henry A. Ptobinson,
who is taking his Ph. D. at Johns Hopkins University. He
has had very successful teaching experience and while he
is young he is very highly recommended.

Miss Mary E. Campbell has resigned to take a position at
Hunter College, New York City. To fill her place we have
secured Miss Gladys Freed who has her Ph. D. from the
University of Chicago. She will rank as Assistant Professor
of Latin and Greek.

Miss Alice Brown who has been an Assistant in Biology
has resigned and to fill her place we have gotten Miss Mary
Westall, Ph. D., University of Chicago, who will rank as As-
sistant Professor of Botany.

Miss Catherine Gault who has been Instructor in Span-
ish is leaving for a position in Chicago and her place will
be taken by Miss Roberta Hollingsworth who holds her
Bachelor's degree from Goucher College.

Miss Leslie J. Gaylord who has been studying Mathe-
matics at the University of Rome, Italy, will return to con-
tinue her teaching in the department next year.

Miss Harriette Haynes has also been on leave of absence
on account of illness. She will return to continue teaching
in Physical Education.

Under our arrangements recently made to encourage our
faculty to go on for further study, we have arranged for the
following to be on leave of absence for the next session:

Miss Emma May Laney, Associate Professor of English,
will study at Yale University. Her place will be taken for
this year by Miss Janef Preston who has been studying this
year at Columbia University.

Miss Isabel Randolph, Associate Professor of Physical
Education, will study at Teachers College, New York City,
and her place will be taken by Miss Llewellyn Wilburn, who
was formerly with us and is now teaching at Nashville, Tenn.

Miss Margaret Bland, Instructor in French, will study
at Yale University and her place will be supplied by Miss
Vivian Little, one of our graduates who studied last year at
the Sorbonne in Paris on a scholarship from the French
Government.

In this connection I think it worthy of note that each
summer we have some twenty or twenty-five members of the
faculty either travelling or studying in Europe, or taking-
advanced work in some of the Universities of this country.

Our average training is increasing quite rapidly and satis-
factorily.

One very interesting development during the current
session has been the installing of a department of Play
Writing in connection with the English Department. Miss
Nan B. Stephens, one of our former students, is in charge
of this and has done some notable work in teaching the
students to express themselves dramatically.

We have had this year the largest enrollment in the his-
tory of the college. Our five hundred and fifty-one (551)
students taxed the utmost capacity of our dormitories and
recitation rooms. We would not have been able to take this
number were it not for the fact that we cut up the old Gym-
nasium into class-rooms and thus made additional space for
day students. We have been very much pleased with the
quality of our students and feel that there is no finer group
studying in any institution. We are giving below certain
information about them by classes, by the distribution
among the various States, and by their denominational af-
filiations:

Seniors 80

Junior 101

Sophomore 136

Freshman 196

Third Year Irregular 1

Second Year Irregular 2

First Year Irregular 15

Unclassified 8

Special 1

Music or Art only 11

551

CHURCHES

Presbyterian

Methodist

Baptist

Episcopal

Jew

246
120
72
52
17
10

5

5

4

2

1

1

1

1

1
13

551

Columbus..

Christian

Christian Science

Catholic ...

Lutheran

Congregational

Dutch Reformed

Missionary Alliance

Unitarian

Universalist

Greek

Not Specified

SUMMARY I

Georgia 301

North Carolina 46

5Y STATES

Texas

District of
Maine

2
1

Alabama 37

1

Virginia 28

Michigan
Missouri
New Jersey
New York
Canada

China

Cuba

India

Japan

Korea

ts

1

Florida 29

1

Tennessee 23

South Carolina 21

1
1

Mississippi 13

West Virginia 9

Kentucky 7

Louisiana 6

Arkansas . 6

366

185

1
4
1
1
1

Massachusetts 2

Pennsylvania 1

Ohio 2

4
551

Resident Students ...
Non-Resident Studer

551

In connection with our students I wish to bear testimony
Co the excellence of our Student Government Association.
Each year they face some very difficult problems of dis-
cipline and they certainly do excellent work solving such
problems. In many institutions the Honor System as well
as Student Government has been under fire but we are more
pleased with both of them as the years pass.

Religious Life

Each member of the Board of Trustees is keenly aware
of the various religious crises facing young people during
these years. It has been several generations since there
were so many questionings in regard to faith and the Bible.
We believe that Agnes Scott has never had a finer oppor-
tunity than just now to bear testimony to the value of sav-
ing faith in Jesus Christ.

As a matter of fact there are a great many encouraging
things in regard to our work. The students are not carried
off their feet by the conflicting current though they are
alive to all that is stirring. Dr. James I. Vance of Nash-
ville, Tennessee, conducted our week of religious services
and he was most helpful to the College Community. He was
impressed with the girls and their sanity about religious
matters and preached a sermon on his experiences at Agnes
Scott since he returned to his own church.

The religious activity of the College community largely
centers in the Young Women's Christian Association. As
organized in our College it is very spiritual in its aims and
methods and a very definite effort is made to reach every
unsaved girl and to quicken the interest of those who have
already made a profession of their faith.

Trustees

Since our last Annual Report the Synod of Florida has
requested to have a part in the management of Agnes

Scott and this was ratified at a called meeting of our Board
of Trustees. Three strong representatives from this grow-
ing Synod will be of great assistance to us and we believe
that the College can be a great power for good in connection
with the work of the Synod.

Our Board now has its maximum number of twenty-
seven (27). Of this number eleven (11) represent the
Synods of Alabama, Georgia, and Florida, two (2) repre-
sent the Alumnae, and one (1) a member ex-officio. The
other thirteen (13) are elected without special reference to
any organization or geographical location.

It is of interest to note that we are very nearly a Pres-
byterian College in the technical sense of that word. We
meet all of the requirements of the General Assembly ex-
cept in the number of Trustees ratified by the various Syn-
ods. We have at present eleven (11) so ratified as men-
tioned above, and it would be necessary for eighteen (18) to
have the offcial endorsement of the Synods in order for
Agnes Scott to be fully recognized as a Presbyterian college.

The terms of the following members will expire at this
meeting of the board: Dr. J. S. Lyons, Mrs. C. E. Harman,
Dr. R. 0. Flinn, Dr. B. R. Lacy, Jr., Mr. J. J. Scott, Mr. W.
A. Bellingrath, Mrs. Harold B. Wey. It is a pleasure to tes-
tify to the helpfulness of each one of these in the work of
the college.

Physical Developments

The most noteworthy development on the campus since
the last annual meeting was the completion of the Bucher
Scott Gymnasium Auditorium. Its net cost was one hun-
dred fifty-four thousand three hundred twelve dollars and
eighty-six cents ($154,312.86). This does not include any of
the furnishings, nor does it include such matters as the

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moving of the Infirmary, the changing of the street car
line, or any other auxiliary activities. We are more than
pleased with this building. It has been a delight to the
whole college community and a source of favorable comment
to all who have been on the campus. We do not see how
we could have gotten along without it. The furnishings of
the building to date have cost about $5,000.00. It will prob-
ably cost twice as much more to put the building into first-
class permanent shape. We can get along for the present
without suffering, however.

To provide for future development we have purchased
the Chambers House on South McDonough Street, a lot of
vacant property from the George W. Scott Investment Com-
pany at the Corner of Dougherty Street and College Place,
and the residuary interest in the Sturges House on South
Candler Street which is only effective after the life interest
of Miss Sturges has been satisfied.

After considerable delay on account of weather condi-
tions we have succeeded in paving Dougherty Street from
South Candler to McDonough Street. This was in accord-
ance with our agreement with the City of Decatur when they
closed Ansley Street for us.

We have completed the grading of a splendid Athletic
Field and are trying very hard to get a good growth of grass
on it. This will add very much not only to the physical de-
velopment of the girls but to the general appearance of the
south side of the college grounds.

We have put out several hundred dollars worth of
shrubs around our buildings and are working on a definite
program for further development as soon as funds are
available. We engaged Mr. Warren Manning of Boston to
make the survey of our grounds and to give suggestions
regarding our drives and walks. Some definite plan in re-

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gard to these is very desirable and I hope that we may be
able to proceed with the work before very long.

It will be necessary for us to spend a good deal of money
next summer on the general up-keep of our buildings. Most
of them will need painting and some rather expensive re-
pairs may be necessary in some of the wooden structures.

Finances

It is pleasing to report that we were able this spring to
settle in full with the General Education Board and they
have paid their balance on their third pledge to us. The as-
sistance of this Board has been invaluable to the College. In
1909 they offered one hundred thousand ($100,000.00) dol-
lars on condition that we would raise two hundred fifty thou-
sand ($250,000.00) additional. In 1919 they offered one
hundred seventy-five thousand ($175,000.00) dollars if we
would raise three hundred twenty-five thousand ($325,-
000.00) dollars. In 1920 they offered one hundred thousand
($100,000.00 if we would raise one hundred and fifty thou-
sand ($150,000.00) dollars. Without these challenging offers
it would have been hard to stimulate our local and Southern
friends, but as a matter of fact we have had splendid co-
operation, and I am grateful to be able to report that our
endowed funds now amount to about a million ($1,000,-
000.00) dollars. While this is very far from meeting our
needs it is of splendid help to us every year.

Of these endowed funds, approximately seventy-five
thousand ($75,000.00) dollars is in scholarships so that the
income is not immediately available for ordinary college ex-
penses. We would like to get to the point where no schol-
arship funds would be counted at all in our endowment. An-
other item in the endowed funds is one of nineteen thousand
($19,000.00) dollars for houses occupied by some of the
officers. While the General Education Board approved the
counting of this as endowment when the settlement was
being made about 1913, we really ought to replace this item

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with actual cash and count the houses as a part of our build-
ings and grounds. With these two adjustments made our en-
dowment would be in most excellent shape as the accompa-
nying report of the Treasurer will show.

We have transferred all of our Endowment Funds that
have been held by Mr. Cunningham as Campaign Treasurer
to Mr. Tart as the actual College Treasurer. Mr. Cunning-
ham will continue to collect the subscriptions outstanding
but will from time to time turn them over to Mr. Tart to be
expended as the Board may direct. In this connection, I
wish to express my heartiest appreciation of the fine work
of these officers. They very considerably lighten the bur-
den of the President's office.

During the last few years there has been considerable
increase in the scale of salaries paid in Southern institutions
of our class. The average scale for full professors in the
best colleges of this section is about thirty-six hundred
($8,600.00) dollars, and other positions on the faculty in
proportion. Our scale averages some six hundred ($600.00)
dollars less. In order to get and to hold strong members of
our faculty who are really the heart of the college, I feel
that it will be necessary to make some increases another
year. Our finances will not justify making these increases
unless we at the same time advance our rates for either
tuition or board, or for both. I am giving below some in-
formation in regard to rates charged by leading colleges for
women.

Institution Tuition Board

Agnes Scott $185 $400

Bryn Mawr 300 700

Goucher 250 510

Mt. Holyoke 350 550

Radcliffe 350 500

Smith 400 500

Vassar 400 600

Wellesley 400 600

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I doubt whether our clientele would be able to stand such
charges as many of these institutions make. I do believe
that the average of our students would be able to pay one
hundred ($100.00) dollars more than we now charge with-
out its being a burden to most of them. The last time we
made an increase in prices the Trustees allowed the Presi-
dent to create a Special Scholarship Fund to prevent worthy
students from having to drop out of college on account of
the increase. Such provision should certainly be made if
we decide on an increase at this time. If we make the ad-
vanced prices, for the present there would probably be some
margin between our income and the actual operating ex-
penses. If there is such a margin it could be used for de-
velopment purposes as we find so very necessary at the
present. Before very long we would find that the mounting
cost of education would absorb the whole increase which we
may make.

Agnes Scott Needs

Lest we should feel that Agnes Scott has already at-
tained the growth and development which it needs, I am
giving some figures for other institutions for women with
whom we are in direct competition at all times for teachers
and for the cream of the young women in the United States
who wish the best education.

COMPARATIVE DATA FOR LEADING COLLEGES
FOR WOMEN

Name. Students. Facultv. Endowment. Other Assets.

Agnes Scott

550

50

$ 999,690

$ 950,000

Bryn Mawr

504

75

6,381,505

2,120,019

Goucher

1,100

76

1,300,000

2,370,000

Mt. Holyoke

1,024

112

3,178,587

2,589,254

Radcliffe

987

177

3,340,000

1,487,000

Smith

2,072

276

4,241,620

5,602,562

Vassar

1,150

150

7,347,102

4,913,917

Wellesley

1,548

150

3,053,000

4,250,000

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In comparison Agnes Scott seems very small and insig-
nificant. However, it is worth considering that no one of
these colleges in the last five years has made as rapid prog-
ress as we have. There is no institution that has naturally
so great a field for service as have we. We are located in
the heart of the section where the need is remarkable. The
homes from which we draw are largely Scotch-Irish or An-
glo-Saxon and they are the steady, conservative people who
make the backbone of our country religiously. We must
realize that Agnes Scott is destined to have an opportunity
to be the great college where earnest, simple faith and high
scholarship meet and both are recognized.

There is no question but what we have a very big task
ahead of us to realize this goal and it will take the whole-
hearted support of not only our Trustees but our whole con-
stituency. It is evident that we cannot take all the steps
needed at one time, but I think it is obvious also that we
ought to take some definite forward movement every year.
It seems to me that our first duty is to advance our physical
equipment to a higher state of efficiency.

Before we can develop further we must have a new
Steam Plant, Power House and Laundry. We should cer-
tainly make an effort to have this begun within a year. I
hope our Committee on Buildings and Grounds may have
some recommendations to present at this meeting of the
Board with regard to this matter.

Other very pressing needs are for an Administration
Building where we can have adequate teaching facilities, for
a Chapel, for a complete system of walks, drives and other
campus improvements, and for adequate quarters for the
day students.

One of the weaknesses of our college has been that we
have had relatively few wills made in our favor. The splen-

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did legacy of Miss Jennie Inman is of course a striking ex-
ception. So far as I am aware we have received only three
other legacies for relatively small amounts, two of them
from former professors. We have been working on this
matter and we know of at least five wills which have been
made in our favor for the future, but we do need the help
of every Trustee in getting disseminated the idea of re-
membering Agnes Scott. It is not always necessary that a
large amount of money be left for a will to be of great value.
A minister who leaves his library, or even a valuable set of
books, to the institution may make an impression on some
member of his congregation who can do vastly more. It is
the cumulative effect of expressing affection for the insti-
tution and confidence in its future that we need to have
disseminated among our people.

Respectfully submitted,

j. r. McCain,

President.

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ANNUAL REPORT

TO

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

MAY 27, 1927

THE PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL REPORT
TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

1926-1927

Board of Trustees,

Agnes Scott College.

I have the honor to submit herewith my annual report as
President of Agnes Scott College for the Session 1926-1927,
and I welcome the opportunity to lay before you the general
condition of the College.

Trustees

Since our last annual meeting, we have suffered a great
loss in the death of one of our members, Mr. L. C. Mande-
ville. While a committee of the Board has been appointed
to draft suitable resolutions for consideration at our meet-
ing, it seems appropriate to record here some facts regard-
ing the life of our friend.

LeRoy Clifton Mandeville was born September 21st,
1851, in Carrollton, Georgia. His father and mother were
pioneers in that section of Georgia, a remarkable and great-
ly beloved couple.

Mr. Mandeville was closely identified with his home com-
munity and was most active in its upbuilding. He founded
the First National Bank of Carrollton and was its president
until a few weeks before his death. He was also president
of the Mandeville Mills, which include a great variety of
enterprises. He was prosperous in business, and he shared
his prosperity with his associates.

He was very active in educational work, being a member
of the Board of Education of Carrollton and also for his

County. He was mainly responsible for the founding of the
Fourth District A. & M. School at Carrollton. He was not
only a Trustee of Agnes Scott, but also of Oglethorpe Uni-
versity, and he was actively interested in Nacoochee Insti-
tute, Thornwell Orphanage, Columbia Seminary, Berry
Schools, Montreat Normal School and others.

Mr. Mandeville was a deeply religious man. He was for
forty years an officer in the Presbyterian Church of Car-
rollton. He also served as teacher in the Sunday School and
later as Superintendent. He was most generous in the sup-
port of his local church and also of all the benevolent causes
of the General Assembly.

In 1876 he married Miss Carrie Richardson, and they
had five children. His wife and four of them survive. They
are Mrs. C. K. Henderson, Jr., Mrs. Camilla M. Newell, J. A.
Mandeville, and L. C. Mandeville, Jr.

Mr. Mandeville educated his three daughters at Agnes
Scott, and his interest in the institution was aroused in
that way. He was elected a member of the Board of Trus-
tees in 1906, just as its charter as a College was granted,
and so he was a Trustee throughout its collegiate history,
for twenty years. The Board never had a more faithful
member. During the entire period, the minutes show very,
very few absences and always accounted for by unavoidable
circumstances. He was deeply interested in the institution
and in all of its work. After the death of his daughter,
Mrs. Eugenia Mandeville Watkins, he established a scholar-
ship at the College in her memory ; and he kept in personal
touch with all the girls who shared its benefits. He never
thought of limiting his generosity to the mere income of
the scholarship, however, but gave of his private funds
every year. He was largely responsible for educating over
two hundred girls and boys. He was also generous in sup-
port of the College itself.

In his will he left to Agnes Scott twenty-five shares of

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stock in the Mandeville Mills, a gift greatly appreciated. It
is the first bequest ever made by a Trustee to Agnes Scott.

The terms of the following Trustees expire at this meet-
ing: J. K. Orr, C. M. Candler, F. M. Inman, Mrs. S. M. In-
man, D. H. Ogden, and Miss Mary Wallace Kirk. These are
constant in their interest in the College and in their effective
labors for it.

Rev. J. W. Jackson, Tallahassee, Florida, a recent, but
valuable member of the Board, has removed from the State ;
and at the last meeting of the Board Rev. J. R. Cunning-
ham, Gainesville, Florida, was nominated to the Synod to
fill his place.

Mr. Mandeville represented the Synod of Georgia on our
Board. To take his place, Miss Nannette Hopkins, Dean of
the College, has been nominated by the committee for the
consideration of the Board at this meeting.

Our Great Equipment Needs

As a rule, the President's Report deals first with the
educational aspects of the institution, but it seems to me
that the material problems loom so large that I shall deal
with them first.

This is the fourth time that I have found it necessary
to call attention to the urgency of our need for additional
buildings. Before his death Dr. Gaines had realized some-
thing of the situation and had mentioned it in one of his
annual reports. Our growth since his death has made the
problem more and more acute.

Our heating plant, laundry and power house are in great
need of replacement. Our boilers are of old type and they
have almost reached the limit of their usefulness. In order
to care for the many buildings which are heated from this

one unit it is necessary to fire the boilers rather regularly
and our neighbors have recently filed formal complaint of
the increasing nuisance from our smoke.

Before we can put up any other building this unit of
our new plant must be provided. We have an excellent loca-
tion for it on the southwest corner of Daugherty Street and
College Place. We have preliminary estimates showing that
probably it would take one hundred and twenty-five thou-
sand ($125,000.00) dollars to erect and equip the combina-
tion engineering unit and we should have endowment of at
least fifteen thousand ($15,000.00) dollars to provide upkeep
for the building.

Of greater importance, if possible, than the building of
the unit just mentioned, is the erecting of an adequate
Administration and Recitation Building. I do not believe
there is in the United States any other institution of our
rank that is as poorly provided with first-class recitation
rooms as we are. Our teaching is at the very heart of the
standards of the College, and of our purposes, and we ought
to provide facilities for adequate class-room work. The site
which we must use for this building is the one now occu-
pied by our heating plant and power house so that this would
be moved before we can begin work on the Administration
Building. It is estimated that this unit would probably cost
about three hundred thousand ($300,000.00) dollars and
at least fifty thousand ($50,000.00) dollars of endowment
should be provided to care for maintenance. This would
give us one of the best teaching buildings in the entire
South and we should not be satisfied with less.

We also need very much indeed a Chapel in which we
may hold our religious exercises. The students do remark-
ably well in trying to maintain a spirit of reverence in
the worship in our present quarters but we are not able to
have all of our students and faculty in the Chapel at any
given time and of course we are not able to bring our

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friends in for any special occasions unless we go to the
Gymnasium, the use of which is rather inconvenient. The
Chapel will cost about $125,000, and $10,000 endowment will
be needed for its upkeep.

We have been trying very hard for at least three years
to save some money to put into these three buildings. Every
time we get a little ahead by means of closest economy we
have found it necessary to purchase some essential land
that was just coming on the market, or we have been con-
fronted with paving requirements of the city or with
some other demand on our income so that we are not able at
present to show any money whatever for these improve-
ments.

Much as we hate to think of it, it does seem necessary
for us to consider some kind of campaign in order to raise
the money. All of us will agree that for the current year
this will not be practicable but we should look forward to
it as soon as financial conditions in this section improve.

Current Expense Needs

Sometimes we meet with an impression even among our
close friends that Agnes Scott has an adequate operating
income ; and I think we should squarely face the facts in this
matter. It is true that we do not run an annual deficit on
strictly current expenses, as the institution did for its first
quarter of a century. We can be thankful to our endow-
ment income, and to the recognition of the College which
enables us to charge and to collect more adequate fees than
formerly, for the progress which has been made. At the
same time, we are now able to provide only the meat and
bread, as it were, of a well-rounded educational diet.

Only a few things will be mentioned here as samples of
what we hopefully look forward to doing when we can possi-
bly find the means. They are only illustrative of several
times as many which the best colleges regularly have in

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their budgets. Recent educational experiments indicate
that in every strong college there ought to be a considerable
quota of tutors ; these may be used partly to assist students
who have a hard time, but more especially to make possible
the putting in of what is known as "honors courses" for the
brighter and more intelligent students. Such a policy
would call for the addition of perhaps a dozen additional
faculty members, but we have not the money. The fact
is that our salary scale now is quite below that of most of
our competitors for the teachers already employed.

We should like to furnish the means for faculty members
to have sabbatical leave of absence on full pay for study and
for getting fresh viewpoints on their work, but we cannot
do so yet. We would also like to have the professors attend
meetings of the learned associations bearing on their special
fields. For example, I would like to have our Biology
teacher at every meeting of the American Biological Asso-
ciation and to present a paper when there is an opportunity.
It would give us a chance to get before the educational
world; but it is too expensive to expect the teachers to go
regularly without help, and we are not able yet to send
them. Likewise we should be preparing to pension such
professors as stay with us a long time and find it needful
to retire. It is only fair and just to do this, but our budget
at present could not make provision for the policy.

In the Fine Arts, we need to make expenditures regular-
ly. We have no beautiful pictures or statuary and no provis-
ion for the purchase of them. We ought to have a policy of
getting at least one fine original painting each year, with
such other copies and auxiliary art supplies as possible. We
also need to put some money into a real museum. We
should be accumulating rare old books, first editions, at-
tractive bits of fine furniture, not to mention documents and
odd pieces of all kinds that are found in first class museums.

Most modern colleges and universities are spending con-
siderable sums in some forms of research. It is customary

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to participate in the support of such great laboratories as
at Woods Hole, Massachusetts, for example, or in the
archaelogical excavations in Palestine. We are invited every
year to join our sister institutions in these enterprises, but
we must each time regretfully decline. We should like to
have in our Library appropriations some provision for books
and materials for research, but these cost a great deal and
we must be content so far with only general text and refer-
ence works. From time to time we have work done by pro-
fessors and students which is well worth printing and dis-
tributing as "An Agnes Scott Bulletin," but we have that
also as one of the things yet to achieve.

There are a great many health services which we would
like to render our students if we had the means. We could
use the full time of two doctors instead of only one, and of
at least three nurses instead of two. We should then be
able to give frequent examinations to all students and to
provide individual exercise, treatment, and physical direc-
tion more effectively. At every examination period we
make some discoveries that we wish we could have caught
earlier.

If we could afford it, we would double our expenditures
on the upkeep of the dormitories and grounds. We would
greatly delight our girls if we could add attractive furniture
from time to time to some of the rooms that are now drably
furnished. We would like to have running hot and cold
water in the rooms instead of the old-time bowls and
pitchers. We would like also to put more shrubbery on the
grounds and to beautify the place in every way. Perhaps
we may be able to do it more effectively some day.

As mentioned above these are merely illustrative sugges-
tions of our needs from a current expense standpoint. The
President has them brought to his attention almost every
day. It is one of the painful duties of the office to be com-
pelled to say perhaps a thousand times a session something

to this effect: "NO, I am sorry we cannot do that. It is a
real need, and I hope we can get to it before long; but we
are trying to run the College without debt and we must
economize to do it." The only way I can see to get our needs
supplied is for every member of the Board of Trustees, all
the Faculty and the students and other friends to simply
tell the world, and our friends in particular, that we are a
growing institution with countless needs both for daily
existence, as just noted, and for the larger items of perma-
nent equipment. People of means will help us when they
really know the facts. We cannot be satisfied until Agnes
Scott College becomes the very best institution for women
in all the world not the largest or most showy, but sound
in heart, thorough in accomplishments, and beautiful in
our surroundings and especially in the lives of our students.

Physical Developments

The most evident change in the physical appearance of
the College is the building of a new driveway through
the campus. This is of the very best concrete construction
with combination curb and gutter of one color and the main
driveway itself darkened for the purpose of contrast. The
sidewalk has been laid the entire length of the drive and
also a concrete walk has been laid from the Candler
Memorial gate to Main Building. The entire campus has
been graded and worked over by expert landscape engineers
and planted in grass so that the general improvement is
notable.

Plans have been drawn for two gateways of brick and
stone construction for the end of the driveways. These will
add very much to the general appearance of campus and
they should be erected at once. We have not yet found the
money to put into them, but we hope to secure it soon. One
of these gateways is to be a memorial for Mr. L. C. Mande-
ville, a beloved Trustee who died in September, and the
other is to be a memorial for Dr. J. D. M. Armistead, who
was for many years Professor of English in the College.

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The Summer House, which covered the old well in. front
of Main Building has been moved to the west side of Re-
bekah Scott Hall and has been remodeled to make a very
comfortable Day Student Hut.

An addition has been made to the Infirmary so as to pro-
vide more porch room and also space for an additional con-
tagious ward if need be.

We have continued our policy of beautifying the grounds
by planting shrubbery. Most of our attention this winter
has been centered upon satisfactory planting about the
gymnasium, but we have also put out many dogwood trees
and large quantities of running roses.

In order to protect the College from the encroachment of
business on the east side we found it necessary to purchase
the home of Mrs. J. M. Worsham. This cost us nearly $26,-
000.00 and the price is far in excess of what we would have
paid on a purely investment basis. However, as the land
is essential to our best development in the future it was
purchased as a matter of protection.

The home of Mrs. Elizabeth Neel came on the market
because of her death and the College purchased it for
$15,000.00. It was the only tract lying between the original
campus of the College and Daugherty Street.

When the house has been put into condition it is very
likely that the most economical use of it would be for the
President to live there and to release the house he now
occupies for additional students. The Neel House is too far
away from the campus to be used for students, but the
house now occupied by the President would accommodate
two teachers and about sixteen students. It would require
very little remodeling to adapt this house for dormitory
purposes.

It will be necessary to spend a considerable sum of money

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during the summer in painting our frame buildings and in
making general repairs. Since our holdings now include 36
buildings including residences, of course the matter of up-
keep is becoming an increasingly large item in our expendi-
tures. We now employ a full time carpenter and a full time
practical engineer in addition to Mr. Rivers, who is in gen-
eral charge of our heating, lighting, and plumbing arrange-
ments. In an average year it will take more than the income
on three hundred thousand dollars of endowment to keep
our plant in reasonably good shape.

There is still a considerable amount of property adjoin-
ing the campus which the college ought eventually to buy.
On McDonough Street there are two houses and on Candler
Street there are three. It has been our general policy not
to initiate efforts to secure these holdings for we find that
the prices rise when it is known that the College wishes to
purchase. If this property comes on the market at a price
which seems within our reach, we have been making the
purchases. By following this policy eventually we will prob-
ably be able to acquire these other houses.

Finances

The report of the Treasurer, which has been mailed to
each member of the Board, will give details on most features
of our work. The officers of the College understand per-
fectly well the difference between normal operating expenses
and capital or permanent expenditures; but for practical
purposes we are not able to make much distinction. The
necessity for spending money for permanent improvements
comes almost as regularly as the salary accounts, and we
simply cannot choose but meet the absolute needs. This
accounts for the fact that with all the economy we exercise
by cutting the budget to the minimum we cannot save any
money for development. We will be obliged to rely on gifts
from friends to do any expanding or major development.

In putting into effect the increase in charges for the next

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year, we had only a single complaint from any patron, and
this letter was apologized for when the parent learned all
the facts. We have made it clear that we do not want the
increase to prevent any worthy girl from staying in College,
and we are planning to assist a large number of those who
have asked for help. We cannot tell yet just what the in-
crease will net us, but we do know that it will save us from
a deficit, for our operating account for 1927-1928 will be
considerably increased.

The increase in charges may have prevented some new
girls from applying, for we do not have as large a waiting
list this year as last spring; but we have more applicants
than we can possibly care for in the next session. So far
as I have been able to learn, Agnes Scott is almost alone in
Georgia in not being hurt as to attendance by the business
depression. We draw from such a wide area that so far we
have not felt bad effects.

We still have about $85,000.00 in unpaid subscriptions,
and we have made very little progress in their collection
this year. I am afraid that we may have to cancel many
of these. We have been waiting for better crops and more
prosperous general conditions before trying to bring
pressure in winding up the whole campaign.

Mr. Cunningham and Mr. Tart have continued their ex-
cellent work in handling the business affairs of the College.
Mr. Tart has been particularly active in helping the Finance
Committee with investments, and he has been successful for
the ninth consecutive year in making 100 per cent, collec-
tions of all amounts due the College.

Educational Progress

We regard the present session as the best year the Col-
lege has ever had from an educational standpoint. The
graduating class of 1927 is the first that we have had under
our careful selective, competitive admission program; and

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we believe it confirms the value of the plan. We have never
before graduated over 80 students. This year with practical-
ly the same size student body we have 105 candidates for
the degree. There will likely be some of this number who
may fail of graduation this year, but we ought to have at
least 100 degrees. We have been striving to hold our
students better to have a Senior Class, for example, not
greatly out of proportion to the Freshman ; and we are grati-
fied to see this coming to pass.

The health of the students has also been good, and there
have been relatively few who found it necessary to drop out
on account of illness. Dr. Sweet and her helpers are ex-
ceedingly careful to catch sickness in the earliest stages and
this is a great help in our educational program. She also is
careful to watch the work carried by students and to lighten
the load if it endangers health.

We have Faculty committees working on a number of
educational problems. One of these is the wisdom of giving
examinations for admission. We doubt the wisdom of hav-
ing the old-fashioned examination in each subject; but there
may be merit in the general comprehensive type now used
in a few places. We are investigating also the wisdom and
practicability of giving what are known as "honors courses"
for our strongest students. These matters are discussed
somewhat more fully under the section of this report en-
titled "Current Expense Needs."

In the "Appendix" we have also listed a number of items
that deal with educational interests. I would call special at-
tention to the various student activities there mentioned.
We have not yet come to feel, as some young people do, that
the most valuable part of education is that acquired outside
the class room ; but the many auxiliary educational ac-
tivities are valuable, and we believe they are as well organ-
ized and managed for helpful, constructive results in Agnes
Scott as in any other college in the country.

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Religious Life

The ultimate test of the value of Agnes Scott, as viewed
from the ideals of the founders, is the religious element.
We have a mission in preparing young people to fill worthy
places in life; we have a missionary program in raising the
standards of education in the South ; but we agree with the
founders that if our College does not make a vital contribu-
tion to the advancement of the Kingdom of God, there is
no need for the sacrifice and labor so many people are put-
ting into Agnes Scott. We believe that the results fully
justify all that has been invested here in either time or life
or money. Our girls are going out nearly 100 per cent,
active Christians, and the Alumnae are filling far more than
our share (so far as numbers go) of the positions of re-
ligious leadership in the Southern Presbyterian Church and
in other denominations also.

The problem of keeping the College actively Christian is
always with us. It takes more of the President's time than
any other one phase of his work. We have been passing
through a very critical period of religious history during the
last few years, and we are not entirely through with it yet ;
but there are signs that the hostility between Modernism
and Fundamentalism is being dropped from the area of
greatest attention in religion and that the actual practice in
daily life of Christ's gospel is getting again its proper em-
phasis.

During the year we have had a number of helpful re-
ligious meetings. Dr. W. R. Dobyns, one of our own Trus-
tees, preached for a week for us, and his leadership was
most valuable. Both faculty and students rejoiced to have
him and enjoyed his messages. Dr. William Evans also
conducted services for three days simply for the love of
getting the gospel message to such a group of leaders as our
girls, and we are indebted to him also for his gracious fel-
lowship in this work.

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Our Y. W. C. A. has been running through the year a
remarkable series of services on the "After-glow of God."
They have been trying to interpret all phases of College life
and experience in terms of what these ought to be as a
revelation of God and His will. The plan has been so unique
and well worked out that the National Y. W. C. A. Board
has asked permission to use the plan and program for gen-
eral distribution over the United States next year.

For the maintaining of the Christian life in our institu-
tion, I earnestly ask for the interest and prayers of each
Trustee.

Respectfully submitted,

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President.

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APPENDIX

I. Some of the more notable faculty changes for the
session 1926-1927 are listed below:

Henry A. Robinson, B. S., C. E., M. A., has been chosen
as Acting Professor of Mathematics to succeed Professor
W. W. Rankin, Jr., who was called to Duke University. Pro-
fessor Robinson has practically completed his work for the
Ph. D. degree at Johns Hopkins University and it is ex-
pected that he will be a full professor when this work is
finished.

Miss Emma May Laney, Associate Professor of English,
and Miss Isabel F. Randolph, Associate Professor of Physical
Education, have been granted leave of absence for the ses-
sion in order that they may do further work. Miss Laney
is studying at Yale University for her Ph. D. degree, and
Miss Randolph at New York University. Miss Janef Pres-
ton is carrying most of the work which Miss Laney taught
and Miss Llewellyn Wilburn has been Acting Associate Pro-
fessor of Physical Education.

A new appointment of considerable interest is that of
Miss Mary Westall, A. B., A. M., Ph. D., as Assistant Pro-
fessor of Botany. We have done very little work in this
field and as Miss Westall is peculiarly qualified to develop
the work it is hoped that we may soon have a strong de-
partment.

Miss Gladys Freed, A. B., M. A., Ph. D., has been elected
Assistant Professor of Latin and Greek to succeed Miss
Mary Campbell who was called to Hunter College.

Miss Margaret Bland, Instructor in French, has been
granted leave of absence for a year and is studying at the
University of North Carolina, where she expects to take her
M. A. degree in June. Her place is being filled by Miss

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Vivian Little, one of our own graduates who won a French
Government scholarship and studied for a year in France.

Miss Roberta J. Hollingsworth, A. B., has been ap-
pointed Instructor in Spanish to succeed Miss Catherine
Gault who resigned last spring.

Miss Florence Edler, M. A., has been appointed In-
structor in History to succeed Miss Coma Cole, who was
married in the fall. Miss Edler has completed a large part
of her work for the Ph. D. degree at the University of Chi-
cago.

The following Agnes Scott graduates were appointed as
Fellows and are serving during the current session: Miss
Lucile Caldwell in Biology, Miss Sterling Johnson in History,
Miss Margaret Whitington in Chemistry.

II. Our 556 students may be classified in various ways,
as follows :

Seniors 105

Junior 99

Sophomore 131

Freshman 187

Third Year Irregulars 3

Second Year Irregulars 4

First Year Irregulars 7

Unclassified 4

Special 2

Graduate Students 2

Music or Art only 12

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is

By states they are distributed as follows :

Georgia 304

North Carolina 50

Alabama 33

Tennesseee 28

South Carolina 25

Florida 21

Virginia 20

Kentucky 12

Mississippi 12

West Virginia

Louisiana

Arkansas

Massachusetts
New York

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8
4
2
3

Pennsylvania 3

District of Columbia __ 2

Ohio 2

Indiana 1

Michigan 1

Missouri 1

New Jersey 1

China 7

Cuba 1

India 1

Japan 1

Korea 2

556

Resident Students 371

Non-Resident Students 185

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The denominations have been represented among the
students as follows :

Presbyterian 248

Methodist 122

Baptist 77

Episcopal 47

Christian 15

Jew 12

Lutheran 4

Congregational 4

Christian Science 3

Catholic 3

Dutch Reformed 2

Christian Alliance 1

Unitarian 1

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Universalist 1

Greek 1

Latter Day Saint 1

Morman 1

Alturian 1

Brethren 1

No Church Affiliation 1

Not Specified 11

556

III. It may be worth while to mention some of the stu-
dent organizations or activities that tend to keep College
life from being monotonous or idle. Only those of most
general interest are here noted.

Student Government Association includes all young
women attending college. It represents the highest achieve-
ment of students in legislating and in administering the
various laws and regulations. It is recognized to be one
of the most effective in any institution North or South.

Young Women's Christian Association. This organiza-
tion includes almost every student in college. Membership
is voluntary but many of the students who are not mem-
bers of evangelical Christian churches do participate as
Associate Members. It carries on its work through ten very
active and effective departments, and the religious life of
the college outside of the formal Chapel Services and the
Bible Department largely functions through this associa-
tion.

Athletic Association. This also is a very active group.
It supervises Basket-Bali, Tennis, Hockey, Swimming, Field
Day exercises, Baseball, Hiking. Also under the general
activities of the Athletic Association is the management of
the Agnes Scott Camp at Stone Mountain, and the home
very generously loaned by Mrs. Mason and Mr. Venable.

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Lecture Association. This group includes nearly all
members of the student body and also members of the facul-
ty. It brings each year to the College noted speakers who
stimulate intellectual thought and arouse an interest in
learning outside of our campus.

Fire Department. This is a well organized student ac-
tivity with a Chief for the whole campus, and Captains for
all of the various buildings. Alarms are sounded and
drills given with effectiveness every year.

Class Organizations. The Seniors, Juniors, Sophomores,
and Freshmen all have very live class units and the rivalries
of these different units make our intra-mural activities
very interesting indeed. For example the Black Cat con-
test between the Freshmen and the Sophomores which
comes early in each session is one of the very picturesque
and lively features of our social entertainment.

College Publications. The Aurora is a quarterly mag-
azine that seeks to foster and encourage literary effort and
appreciation among the students. The Agonistic (not
Agnostic) is a weekly paper published by the students which
aims to give the news of the College community and to
promote College spirit. The Silhouette is the College An-
nual and is edited mainly by members of the Senior Class.

Literary Clubs. Much of the activity of students out-
side of the class-room centers around Literary Clubs. Ad-
mission to these is by "try-outs" and of course they are open
to any student who can win a place by merit. B. O. Z.
Writers' Club composed largely of upper-classmen who are
interested primarily in producing short stories and essays.
K. U. B. is a Journalistic Club founded for the purpose of
aiding the College in publicity. It not only sends items to
the Atlanta papers but also furnishes information to the
home papers of girls who achieve distinction here. The
Folio Club is a literary organization composed largely of

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Freshmen who are interested in Short Story writing. The
Poetry Club undertake to promote the expression of the
students in verse, and the work of this group has been so
notable that we have at different times brought poets to
the college and kept them for a week in order to teach and
help young women interested in this subject.

Honor Societies. Phi Beta Kappa. This is one of the
newest organizations and it is composed of Faculty mem-
bers of the society and such alumnae and students as do out-
standing work. Emphasis in this club is put upon scholar-
ship. House is a club that emphasizes service to the College
as a primary quality for membership. It is composed very
largely of heads of the different organizations and of those
other outstanding girls who have been willing to sacrifice
themselves in order to serve the community unselfishly.

Entertainment Clubs. Blackfriars is a Dramatic Club
that undertakes three times a year to put on rather elab-
orate programs for the entertainment of the College com-
munity and friends. The Glee Club is composed of those
students in college whose voices are exceptionally good. It
furnishes several programs during the year on the College
campus and is in frequent demand for entertainment in the
city. It is one of the main factors in the Annual Found-
er's Day program on February 22nd. Pi Alpha Phi is the
debating society and it has been sponsoring the Inter-Col-
legiate Debate between Randolph-Macon, Sophie Newcomb
and Agnes Scott. In these debates we have won 4 of 7 con-
tests which we have had with Randolph-Macon and 5 of the
7 contests which we have waged with Sophie Newcomb.
The Cotillion Club is an organization which has for its purpose
the furthering of the social life of the College community
by providing dances for the girls only, and by stimulating
the highest ideals as to dancing in all social relations.

Departmental Clubs. There are a number of very active
departmental clubs which meet regularly and stimulate

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an interest in the different phases of departmental life.
Among these are the Art Club, the Bible Club, the Classical Club,
French Club, and a Mathematics-Science Club.

At Agnes Scott these various organizations mentioned
above take the place of the sororities or fraternities that are
common in so many other institutions. The summary given
above, however, does not cover by any means all of the
various activities of the campus. There are regularly held
receptions given by the faculty and members of the senior
class which bring together the college community and stim-
ulate acquaintance one with another. The Faculty mem-
bers also have "afternoons at home," and various state
groups find convenient opportunities for getting together.
Besides all this, the Alumnae Association, through the Anna
Young Alumnae House and through its own activities, help
very greatly to promote the social life of Agnes Scott.

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ANNUAL REPORT

TO

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

MAY 25, 1928

THE PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL REPORT
TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

1927-1928

Board of Trustees,

Agnes Scott College.

I have the honor to submit herewith my annual report as
President of Agnes Scott College for the session 1927-1928,
and I appreciate the privilege of laying before you the gen-
eral condition of the College.

Trustees

There has been no meeting of the Board of Trustees since
the annual one of May, 1927. Our men and women are so
busy that we hesitate to call a meeting unless there is some-
thing urgent. Our Committees are very efficient and most
of the business can be transacted through them. Individual
members of the Board have cheerfully given time whenever
called upon.

Miss Nannette Hopkins, Dean of the College, was nom-
inated at the last meeting of the Board to take the place of
Mr. L. C. Mandeville as Synodical Trustee from Georgia.
Her election was ratified at the last meeting of the Synod so
that she is now a full member. Since she was the very first
teacher employed by the school when it was started as De-
catur Female Seminary in 1889, and since she has been with
the institution either as Principal or Dean ever since, mould-
ing in large measure the ideals of the college, she will be a
most helpful Trustee.

Much to our regret, Dr. J. R. Cunningham, Gainesville,
Florida, has accepted a call in another State and his removal
from Florida automatically leaves vacant his place as a
Trustee. This has been brought to the attention of the

Nominating Committee. While Dr. Cunningham had never
been able to attend a meeting of the Board he always evinced
an interest in the College and a willingness to serve it in
any way.

The terms of the following Trustees expire at this meet-
ing: George E. King, G. Scott Candler, H. T. Mcintosh, W.
R. Dobyns, C. T. Paxon, and Mrs. D. B. Donaldson. All of
these have been of great assistance to Agnes Scott during
their entire service on our Board.

Development Plan

In the fall of 1925, after a careful survey of the college
needs for development, the Trustees adopted plans calling
for an expenditure of two million nine hundred twenty-four
thousand ($2,924,000.00) dollars over a period of ten years.
It was thought that this would cover the needs for buildings,
improvements, endowment and scholarships during that
period. The President of the College was directed to use his
best efforts in a quiet way to meet these needs through col-
lecting pledges, savings on current expenses, and seeking
new gifts. At the last meeting of the Trustees the same
general exhortation was renewed. The work has gone for-
ward somewhat slowly for conditions have not been favor-
able for campaigning.

During the two and one-half years that have elapsed
since the objectives were definitely defined, we have added
either in improvement, cash, or pledges about $350,000, to
our permanent assets. Other tentative pledges have been
made, but since they are not signed they are not included
in this list. Some of the subscriptions have been made on
condition that we have a total of five hundred thousand
($500,000.00) dollars subscribed by January 1, 1929.

The actual money spent toward achieving our objectives
during the period has gone for the following purposes:

Land and improvements $ 75,907

Paving, walks, etc 9,302

Additions or improvements to buildings 20,684

Permanent equipment 7,450

Athletic field 3,238

Additions to steam and sewer plant 8,040

Scholarship and Fellowship Endowment 40,000

General endowment 129,375

We have not been able to touch the larger items of our
building program, and these are needed so acutely that we
must make the best effort NOW to secure funds for their
erection. The President's time is so absorbed in various
duties that it is hard for him to give this matter consecu-
tive attention, and it seems necessary to secure some help
for the special effort. It does not seem practicable to employ
a firm of professional campaigners. The expense would be
large and conditions are not yet favorable for the type of
campaign they would wish to put on. If we can secure a
couple of capable Christian business men who have had some
experience in raising money it may be the best plan. The
consideration of this problem is one of the most important
matters to come before the Board at the approaching annual
meeting.

Some Campaign History

It has been nine years since Agnes Scott made a general
appeal either to the Trustees or the public. In 1919 the
General Education Board offered $175,000, if friends of the
College would contribute $325,000 to match it. The Trus-
tees under the fine leadership of Mr. J. K. Orr led this cam-
paign to success, and the Trustees themselves contributed
over $100,000 of the supplementary sum required.

In 1920 the General Education Board offered $100,000
more if the College would raise $150,000 additional. This
also was accomplished with great difficulty, but it was by
private solicitation of friends and not by a general campaign.

In 1921 the friends of Miss Anna Young, long beloved at
the College as a teacher, undertook to raise a memorial fund.
This was among the faculty and students and alumnae. The
money was used in part to erect the Alumnae House.

In 1923 a rather earnest campaign was carried on among
the College community friends, some alumnae, and a few
others to secure funds for the building of the new Gym-
nasium to cost about $150,000. It was a great temptation
to call on the Trustees to lead in this, and a few volunteered
some assistance; but we were able to win without a formal
campaign.

In 1924 when the contract was let for the Gymnasium,
it was found that there was not money enough on hand for
the swimming pool and the completion of the stage for
dramatic work. A whirlwind campaign among the faculty
and students was inaugurated and carried to a successful
conclusion.

As mentioned elsewhere in this Report, during the cur-
rent session a campus effort is being made to raise a me-
morial fund for Miss Cleo Hearon, and it gives promise of
success.

In every one of these campaign efforts, the faculty and
alumnae and students have shown wonderful self-sacrifice
and interest and college spirit. This is the tenth consecutive
year that those on the campus have been paying on pledges
for some of these causes. We have not felt that these ob-
jectives were big enough to challenge the real efforts of the
Trustees, but we believe that the time has come when we

should call for Trustee leadership in a great undertaking for
Agnes Scott. We ought to have in the next three years at
least $650,000 more than we now have in sight.

Bequests

During the past few years, the President has given con-
siderable time to seeking to interest people in remembering
Agnes Scott in wills. The tangible results are hard to esti-
mate, but it is a field where the College ought to sow and
reap through the years.

During the current year, we have received $3,000 from
the will of Mrs. E. C. Dugas, of Birmingham, Ala., the money
to be used for a scholarship in honor of her first husband,
Capt. James Cecil.

Also through the will of Mrs. Fannie W. Wilkins, made a
number of years ago, the College has this year come into
possession of a valuable house and three lots in the city of
Waynesboro, Ga. The property is variously estimated from
$10,000 to $20,000 in value. When it is converted into
money, the principal is to establish a memorial scholarship
fund in memory of Marie Wilkins, a former student of Agnes
Scott, a daughter of the donor and a wife of the late Judge
W. H. Davis in Waynesboro. For the present we have
rented the house until we can get favorable terms for selling.

Buildings and Grounds

Last July the President moved into the house which was
purchased from the estate of Mrs. Lizzie Neel on Candler
Street. This has been renovated, painted, and has had
steam heat installed, so that it makes a very attractive
home.

The house on Candler Street formerly occupied by the
President has been made into a dormitory, accommodating

two teachers and sixteen students. It has proved to be a
popular building among the students.

During the year the College purchased the house on the
corner of McDonough Street and Ansley Street from Miss
Marianne McClelland for nine thousand one hundred ($9,-
100.00) dollars. This will be used for a Professor's home.

Current Expenses

The increase in our tuition charges which became effective
this year has no doubt saved the College from running a
deficit. The operating account will show a fair profit. This
is not as large as we expected for two reasons: (1) The num-
ber of students was smaller than we anticipated, as ex-
plained later; (2) It was necessary to give scholarship aid
as authorized by the Board last year to quite a number of
girls.

It will be necessary to allow some scholarship aid and
loan funds to the students for next year, additional to the
income from endowed funds. A recommendation on this
subject will be made at the meeting of the Board.

For the tenth consecutive time Mr. J. C. Tart, Treasurer,
has been able to report one hundred per cent (100%) col-
lection. This takes hard work on his part, particularly as
a considerable part of our income is now contributed by in-
dividuals or groups for the aid of worthy girls and we can-
not insist upon as prompt payments from such givers as
when the patrons themselves are responsible for the ac-
ocunts.

Faculty

The College community has been saddened by the illness
and death of Miss Cleo Hearon, Ph. D., for ten years head
of the History Department.

Miss Hearon was a native of Mississippi and received
her education largely at the University of Chicago, taking
the Ph. B., the M. A., and Ph. D. degrees at that institution.
The last named degree was taken summa cum laude, and she
was elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa at the Uni-
versity.

Before taking her Doctorate she taught in various insti-
tutions in Mississippi and after receiving her degree she
was Instructor at Westhampton College, Wellesley College,
and Ripon. She came to Agnes Scott in 1918 and continued
in charge of the department of History until her death on
January 11, 1928.

She was a true scholar, a stimulating teacher, and an
active member of the faculty. At Agnes Scott she organized
and directed the Lecture Association and was Chairman of
the Debating Club. She served on several other important
Committees. She did much to stimulate Graduate work
among the Alumnae.

Outside of the College circles, Miss Hearon was also ac-
tive. She was a leader among Southern women in the Amer-
ican Association of University Women, and also in the
League of Women Voters.

In her will Miss Hearon left her library to the College.
This consists of several hundred well selected volumes and
these will be of great help to the community.

In appreciation of Miss Hearon, and of her work for the
College, the Students and Alumnae have furnished anew the
History room at the Library and are undertaking to raise a
Memorial Endowment Fund for the Library. As this fund
is much needed, and as it is included in the general develop-

ment plan of the College, the effort ought not to interfere
with our general campaign and we trust that it will be an
entire success.

Faculty Changes

Since the last meeting of the Board of Trustees there
have been a number of changes in the Faculty. Dr. J. W.
Good has resigned as the head of the English Department
and his place has been filled by Professor George P. Hayes.
B. A., Swarthmore, and M. A., Ph. D., Harvard.

Miss Jean Davis has resigned as Professor of Economics
and Sociology, and her place has been filled by Professor J.
M. Wright, B. A., William Jewel, M. A. and Ph. D., Johns
Hopkins.

Miss Florence Smith, B. A., Westhampton, M. A., Chi-
cago, has served as Acting Professor of History on account
of the continued illness and death of Miss Hearon.

Leave of absence has been granted to a number of our
staff including Miss Emily Howson, of the Physics Depart-
ment ; Miss Emma May Laney, in English ; Miss Louise Hale,
in French, and Miss Martha Stansfield, in Latin. Their places
have been satisfactorily filled during the year, and we antici-
pate the return of all these for the next session.

Other minor changes may be noted in the catalogue, a
copy of which has been sent to each member of the Board
of Trustees.

Students

The student-body is smaller this year than during the
session 1926-1927. To a considerable extent the explanation
of this is the fact that the Girls' High School of Atlanta did

not graduate a regular College Preparatory class last year.
The twelfth grade was being re-established in Atlanta and
the High School kept its students for one year more. This
school sends a large number of students to Agnes Scott
every year and we noticed very much the difference this ses-
sion.

At the same time we did not have as many boarders as
last year. This was partly due to the increase in fees. We
do not know to what extent this played a part, but we think
that the cancellations which occurred during the latter part
of the summer were due more largely to the general financial
depression in the South than to any special charges which we
made. The very rigid entrance requirements which we now
specify also make it difficult for many girls who want to
come to qualify for admission. We are not alone in the mak-
ing of the increase in fees because all of the colleges of our
class in the South have found it necessary to do likewise.
Even with the increase already made, we are several hun-
dred dollars behind the average charges of our competing
institutions in the East. We anticipate having a full student-
body for September of this year.

Our students for the year may be classified in various
ways as follows:

Seniors 103

Juniors 82

Sophomores 120

Freshmen 155

Fourth Year Irregulars 1

Second Year Irregulars 2

First Year Irregulars 1

Unclassified 9

Special 1

Graduate Students 3

Music or Art only 15

492

By States they are distributed as follows:

Georgia 235 Texas 3

North Carolina 49 District of Columbia 1

Alabama 43 Indiana 1

Tennessee 25 Maine 1

South Carolina 24 Missouri 1

Florida 24 New Jersey 1

Virginia 16 New Mexico 1

Kentucky 15 Oklahoma 1

Mississippi 10 China 6

West Virginia 7 Cuba 1

Louisiana 6 Japan 1

Arkansas 4 Korea 2

Massachusetts 3 Mexico 1

New York 3 Venezuela 1

Ohio 3

Pennsylvania 3 492

Resident Students 355

Non-Resident Students 137

"492

The denominations have been represented among the
students as follows:

Presbvterian 228

Methodist 104

Baptist 66

Episcopal 42

Christian 14

Jew 9

Lutheran 2

Congregational 4

Christian Science 3

Catholic 3

Dutch Reformed 1

Moravian 1

Ethical Culture 1

Universalist 1

Greek 1

Alturian 1

No Church Affiliation 1

Not Specified 10

492

Health

The College community has enjoyed good health this
year with the exception already noted of the continued ill-
ness and death of Miss Hearon. Careful examination was
made of the students and special treatment given to any
who seemed to need corrective work. If a student shows
any symptom of illness she is put in the Infirmary and kept
there until she is well, both for her own sake and for the
sake of the College Community. Dr. Sweet and our two
trained nurses have been thoroughly effective and we also
get a great deal of help from the Physical Education De-
partment.

We have been giving careful attention through the year
to the nourishment of the students; and each week the
menus for all the meals are planned ahead by a committee
consisting of the Dean as chairman, the Housekeepers, Col-
lege Physician, the Business Manager and occasionally other
officers who are interested.

Religious Life

The fact that the religious life is put last in this report
does not signify that it is a minor consideration at Agnes
Scott. It is the very soul of the institution. It occupies a
large part of the attention not only of the students, but also
of the Faculty and Officers.

At a recent meeting of the Faculty a round table dis-
cussion was held regarding the spiritual life of the institu-
tion for this session and it was the unanimous feeling that
conditions have been unusually satisfactory. We have not
had trouble with atheism, unbelief or even disputes regard-
ing orthodoxy. The main difficulty which we have is sim-
ply that of indifference on the part of some members of the
college community, as we find it in the various churches.

Dr. Frank C. Morgan led in religious services during the
early part of December and secured most excellent results.
At the request of the students themselves some of the offi-
cers of the college conduct voluntary Bible classes on Sun-
day morning, and of course the organized religious work of
the institution goes forward as usual.

In conclusion I wish to express my appreciation of the
excellent work which is done steadily and unostentatiously
by the Officers and Faculty of the College. Miss Hopkins
as Dean, Mr. Stukes as Registrar, Mr. Cunningham as Busi-
ness Manager, and Mr. Tart as Treasurer, make a team of
workers with whom the College may safely be left even if
the President is away for a considerable length of time. The
other Officers and the Faculty are likewise dependable and
most co-operative, and they are very largely responsible
for any success which the institution may attain.

Respectfully submitted.

President.

Agues ^Srott ffiollrgr

ANNUAL REPORT

TO

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

MAY 24, 1929

THE PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL REPORT
TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

1928-1929

Board of Trustees,

Agnes Scott College.
I have the honor of presenting herewith a Report for the session
1928-1929 with comment on the general state of the College.

OUR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
I. Is It Needed?

Some of our friends have asked whether this is really a necessary
campaign. They agree that it is desirable, but seem to think that it is
more or less a luxury. Such a view is based on the fact that we are
operating successfully and not running in debt, but it fails entirely
to take into account the changing educational conditions. In my
judgment, our need is sufficiently urgent to justify radical sacrifices
if necessary. If we cannot win otherwise, I believe the cause impor-
tant enough to call for giving up the family automobile, doing without
a cook, wearing old clothes, or even reducing the amount heretofore
contributed to Church causes.

At the risk of being tedious, I would like to explain some aspects
of the present educational situation. The facts have been furnished
me largely by the General Education Board of New York, or by the
Survey made by Dr. Henry H. Sweets and covering all of the educa-
tional work of the Southern Presbyterian Church.

The private or denominational college is facing a fight for its
existence not because it is being fought but by virtue of current
conditions. The following are only a few factors of this situation:

(1) The Rising Cost of Education.

This has more than doubled in the last dozen years and it will
increase steadily for several years more. Our denominational friends
are not able to stand this cost without some assistance. We are find-
ing it necessary to help more than two hundred of our girls in some

way at Agnes Scott, and this is ten times as many as when I first
became connected with the institution.

(2) The states are making wonderful provision for their colleges.
Georgia is more backward than some other states, but all of them in
our territory are improving their State Schools. I recently had
brought to my attention a comparison between Winthrop College in
South Carolina and Agnes Scott. Winthrop receives from the State
four hundred sixty-five thousand ($465,000) dollars for maintenance.
Our income from endowment is only sixty thousand ($60,000.00) dol-
lars. They have more students; but they can pay their teachers better,
provide more facilities, and charge far less than we can afford to do.
It takes seven hundred ($700.00) dollars here at Agnes Scott to carry
a girl through the year; but the Florida State College charges only
two hundred and sixty-five ($265.00) dollars for the entire session.

(3) The rise of the Junior Colleges is another problem that the
regular four-year institutions must face. These are promoted largely
by strong city school systems which add two years to the curriculum
and keep their students through the Sophomore year. All over the
South, schools that were formerly known as agricultural institutions
are trying to develop into Junior Colleges. There are about twenty
(20) Junior Colleges in Georgia, and some two hundred ninety (290)
in the whole territory from which we draw. They will absorb our
students if we do not offer something very unusual in equipment and
in our educational program.

(4) There has also been a decreasing emphasis placed by parents
and students on the spiritual character of the institution to be attended.
Many more Presbyterian boys and girls are now attending state insti-
tutions than go to denominational schools; and this is even more true
of Baptists and Methodists. A college must offer something clearly
above the ordinary level to induce people to pay twice as much for its
training.

(5) We are by no means as sure of the permanence of colleges
as we were a few years ago. In 1915 Dr. F. H. Gaines stated that in
his opinion Agnes Scott's future would be assured if it could secure

assets of one million ($1,000,000.00) dollars. In the light of that
day he was conservative, but so rapid have been educational changes
that while we now have assets of over two million ($2,000,000.00) dol-
lars, twice the sum mentioned by Dr. Gaines, we are frankly told
by Director Thorkelson, of the General Education Board, that we have
as yet no assurance of permanence.

(6) The general details which I have mentioned bear generally
upon private or Denominational Colleges as a class. The distinctly
Woman's College seems to have less chance than one for men. The
drift to co-education seems to be decided. In former years very few
women could gain admission to State Universities, but now practically
all such institutions accept them.

Of all the thirty (30) colleges connected with the Southern Presby-
terian Church, only Centre, Davidson, and Agnes Scott are able to
meet fully Southern Association Standards as at present listed; and
these are apt to be raised soon. The Texas colleges are already plan-
ning to merge. It will be surprising if out of our thirty institutions
more than one-third will be able to operate after a period of fifteen
(15) years.

In many respects Agnes Scott has foi'ged ahead nicely, but do
we realize that in equipment we have fallen behind most of our
denominational or private neighbors ? We have erected only one
building since the Aragon Hotel was the best in Atlanta. We have
only one fireproof building on our campus. During this period, Emory
University, Wesleyan, Shorter, Oglethorpe, Columbia Seminary, Rabun
Gap-Nacoochee, and other institutions have built entirely new, well
planned and fireproof plants that by contrast emphasize the fact that
our buildings are old fashioned.

In reviewing the situation as to the class of colleges to which we
belong, and as to Agnes Scott in particular, we are not pessimistic.
If our campaign should fail there would be grave reasons for discour-
agement; but I have the utmost confidence that Trustees and other
supporters will do all that is needful not only to perpetuate the Col-
lege but also to bring it into a position of increasing usefulness. It is
with this confidence that we have projected our campaign. With the
start made by Agnes Scott, and with its wonderful location, it should
become the greatest college for women in the whole world. This cam-
paign will not be sufficient to bring us to such a position as yec,
but it will keep us travelling in that direction.

II. How We Have Grown.

The accompanying diagram will show something of the progress
which Agnes Scott has made from time to time and will enable us
to see how rapid has been our progress in recent years. For example,
Mr. Orr has been Chairman of the Board for practically one-third of
our history, but during that time we have gained twice as much as
during the first twenty-eight years.

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III. How Agnes Scott May Grow.

The accompanying- diagram shows the comparative progress that
we will make if we successfully complete our campaign objective
within the next five years. We are trying to depict also something
of the order in which our improvements have been made, or will be
made, as the money comes in.

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IV. The Order of Expenditures.
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$1,500,000
Grand Total Sought

Further Endowment and
Scholarships

Further Land and Campus
Developments

$1,000,000

Auditorium and Fine Arts
Building

Dormitory and Dining
Room

Day Student Club House

Chapel

Administration and Recitation
Building

$500,000

Steam Plant and Laundry

Paving, Sewers, Equipment

Urgent Endowment and
Scholarships

Most Needed Land and
Improvements

V. Can the Job Be Done?

We are having difficulty with two classes of people as we press
our work. One of these consists of people who do not believe that
any campaign whatever can be successful while times are so hard.
Another class is sympathetic and wishes us well but does not realize
how really BIG the job is. They contribute on about the same ratio
as ten years ago when we were trying for only $500,000.00 one-third
as much money as we are now seeking. We are not able to see as
many people as we did in 1919. Prosperity is far less general than
it was then. Since we are trying for three times as large an amount
and the number of subscribers must necessarily be fewer, it does
place a responsibility on those of us who are trying to do the job.
By sacrificial efforts and by one hundred per cent co-operation we be-
lieve that we may be able to win. It may be necessary for us to take
quite a number of subscriptions on the Annuity plan. The College has
used this before in a small way. We are very conservative in our oper-
ation of the plan, and it does make an ideal arrangement for people
who will need their money while they live but can let the college have
it when they are no longer living.

The magnificent work done by the Faculty and Students in raising
approximately eighty-thousand ($80,000.00) dollars has been of great
assistance to us and has stimulated the interest and support of many
others.

Our Alumnae also have shown a genuine interest and a desire to
do their full share and more in developing their Alma Mater. When
we come to the general public we believe that the fine example of
these groups just mentioned will be most effective.

VI. Specific Details.

Since our campaign objective is a million five hundred thousand
($1,500,000.00) dollars I feel that we ought to consider just how we
may expect to find this large sum.

We have in sight at the present time approximately six hundred
thousand ($600,000.00) dollars. We are counting on getting from
the General Education Board five hundred thousand ($500,000.00) dol-
lars more. In order to complete the remaining four hundred thousand
($400,000.00) dollars, it seems absolutely essential that the Trustees
add to their gifts at least one hundred thousand ($100,000.00) dollars.
It does not necessarily mean that this must come from the Trustee
pockets, but I do not see how we can win unless the Trustees will
assume the responsibility for giving or getting that much more.

The President of the College is willing to assume personally the

raising of one hundred thousand ($100,000.00) dollars additional.
He will plan to get this money mostly outside of Georgia.

It looks as if we ought to be able to get at least two hundred
thousand ($200,000.00) dollars by a general campaign in Atlanta, De-
catur, and the outlying sections of Georgia. It is to be hoped in
each one of these cases that there would be an over-subscription so as
to allow for campaign expenses and for shrinkage.

VII. Expert Assistance?
The question has been raised as to whether we ought to secure
expert campaign assistance for the completion of our task. It would
probably cost in the neighborhood of twenty thousand ($20,000.00)
dollars to bring in a strong firm who would be able to raise the four
hundred thousand ($400,000.00) dollars. We have spent very little
indeed on what has been secured. Mr. J. C. Norton and Miss Polly
Stone have been valuable workers in helping the President, but none
of us are specially good at advertising. The principal advantage in
having experts to come would be in getting the college before the
public in a favorable light. We would hope in that way to secure
wills and later gifts to a greater extent than will be possible other-
wise. This is one question that ought to be seriously considered by
our Board when it meets.

TRUSTEES

There has been no meeting of the Board of Trustees since the
Annual one of May, 1928. Quite a number of matters have been
handled by our very efficient Committees.

I am very glad to report that our nomination of Dr. D. A. Dun-
seith, Clearwater, Florida, was approved by the Synod of Florida to
fill the unexpired term of Dr. J. R. Cunningham. We are very happy
also that Mrs. J. S. Guy upon our nomination was elected to repre-
sent the Alumnae Association to succeed Mrs. D. B. Donaldson.

The terms of the following Trustees expire at this meeting: J. T.
Lupton, W. C. Vereen, Miss Mary Wallace Kirk, D. P. McGeachy, Neal
L. Anderson, P. T. Shanks and D. A. Dunseith. All of these have been
of great assistance to Agnes Scott and are valuable members of our
Board.

FACULTY CHANGES

Professor Philip Davidson, Jr., B.A. University of Mississippi,
M.A., Ph.D. University of Chicago, has been elected head of the De-
partment of History to succeed Miss Cleo Hearon who died last year.

While Miss Edith Harn has been on leave of absence for a year,

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her place has been filled by Professor Alfred R. W. De Jonge, B.A.
University of Berlin, Ph.D. Columbia University.

During the leave of absence of Miss Margaret Phythian, who is
studying in Europe, her place has been taken by Miss Vivian Little
who is an Agnes Scott graduate and who has had one year at the
Sorbonne in Paris.

While Miss Leslie J. Gaylord has been completing her doctorate at
Chicago, Miss Anna May Baker, B.A. Randolph-Macon, M.A. Johns
Hopkins, has been teaching in the Department of Mathematics.

Miss Isabel Randolph who has done very successful work for
several years in the Department of Physical Education has resigned,
and her place has been taken by Miss Llewellyn Wilburn, B.A. Agnes
Scott College, M.A. Columbia University. To complete the staff of
the Physical Education group we have had to return to us after a
year of study on the part of each, Miss Harriette Haynes, B.A. Ran-
dolph-Macon, M.A. Columbia, and Miss Carrie Curie Sinclair, B.S.
William and Mary.

Miss Helen Eagleson, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Edu-
cation, has resigned, and her place has been taken by Miss Katharine
T. Omwake, M.A. and Ph.D. of George Washington University. An-
other addition to the staff of the same department is Miss Jane
Brown, B.A. George Washington, M.A. Columbia University.

Last year we tried the experiment of having an additional mem-
ber of our Bible Department, and Dr. Logan did such excellent work
that we have put in this year a full time Assistant Professor. Miss
Margaret L. Engle, B.A. New Windsor College, M.A. Johns Hopkins, is
filling this place.

Other minor changes may be noted in the catalogue, a copy of
which has been sent to each member of the Board of Trustees.

STUDENTS

The student body this year is somewhat smaller than during the
two previous sessions. So far as I can learn, every private college
for either men or women in this section of the country has been smaller
and the general explanation is the fact of "hard times." Along with
this is the large increase in Junior Colleges which has been previously
noted.

We confidently expect the waiting list, to which we have become
accustomed, to come back after this period of adjustment is over, and
particularly if we can make a success of the campaign. Nothing ad-
vertises a college so much as a successful development program.

Our students for the year may be classified in various ways as
follows:

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As to Classes:

Seniors 96

Juniors 90

Sophomores 96

Freshmen 155

Third Year Irregular 1

Second Year Irregulars 2

First Year Irregulars 3

Unclassified 3

Graduate Students 2

Music and Art only 9

457

By States thev are distributed as follows:

Georgia 220

North Carolina 46

Alabama 39

Florida 26

South Carolina 18

Tennessee 16

Virginia 15

Kentucky 12

Mississippi 11

Massachusetts

District of Columbia
Maine

Montana

New Jersey

New Mexico

Oklahoma

China

Arkansas

Louisiana

Texas

West Virginia

New York

Ohio

Pennsylvania _

.___ 2

1

1

1

.___ 1

1

1

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Japan 3

Korea 3

France 1

Mexico 1

Venezuela 1

Total 457

Resident Students 346

Non-Resident Students 111

Total 457

The denominations have been represented among the students as
follows:

Presbyterian 212

Methodist 97

Baptist 63

Episcopal 40

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Christian 6

Jew 6

Lutheran 7

Congregational 3

Christian Science 2

Catholic 5

Reformed 3

Moravian 1

Ethical Culture 1

Disciple 1

Alturian 1

No Church Affiliation 2

Not Specified 7

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EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS

The current session has been marked by very satisfactory progress
in educational work. We were disturbed somewhat by the number of
failures at the mid-term examination period, but this was very largely
due to interruptions because of Influenza. The faculty were consider-
ate in assigning work until the students could catch up, and we have
made a most excellent showing in recent months.

The College has been prescribing a little more than half of the
subjects to be taken, and this has been difficult for some students who
would not like all of the prescribed work. In line with many other
institutions, we have given more elasticity to our curriculum, requiring
fewer specific subjects and allowing a greater degree of concentra-
tion in fields where the students wish to specialize. These changes
have met with general approbation on the part of our students and on
the part of educators in the South generally.

BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

Every year we have been spending considerable money and quite
a bit of time in improving the appearance of our campus and grounds.
Mrs. Donald Hastings has been Chairman of the Alumnae Committee,
and through her influence the H. G. Hastings Company contributed
several hundred fine bulbs which have been planted along our walks,
drives and hedges.

It will not be long before we will need some expert lanscape work
done in connection with our campus growth.

Under authority previously granted by the Trustees, the Commit-

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tee on Buildings and Grounds have authorized the erection of a new
Steam Plant and Laundry. Robert and Company, Engineers and
Architects, are in charge of the general plans; and the Converse-
Myers Company of Atlanta are the contractors in charge. It is antici-
pated that the new plant with adequate steam connections through an
underground tunnel will be ready for operation at the opening of col-
lege. The improvements will cost approximately one hundred and
twenty-five thousand ($125,000.00) dollars, and will constitute one of
the first major developments of our new program. Parts of our old
plant are thirty-seven years old, and the life of such equipment is
supposed to be only about fifteen years. We have been uneasy for
several sessions about whether it would be possible for us to finish out
the year. We hope the new plant will be a great satisfaction to us.

In conclusion I wish to express my appreciation of the work which
has been clone by the Officers of the College this year. On account of
the almost continuous absence of the President unusual responsibilities
have fallen on Mr. Stukes, Miss Hopkins, Mr. Cunningham and Mr.
Tart. They are a great joy to any administrator. I feel that we are
unusually fortunate in having such an able and loyal staff. I wish to
express my appreciation also of the work of the faculty and other
officers. If we are to succeed it will be largely through the active
efforts of Trustees, Officers, Faculty and Students all working for the
best development of our college as a means of bringing in the
Kingdom.

Respectfully submitted,

J. R. McCAIN.

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Moody's Rate Par

Rating Security % Maturity Value

A Swift & Co., Debs 5 1932 11,000

AAA Texas & Pacific R. R., Eqpt 5 1939 5,000

A Texas & Pacific Ry. Co., G. & R 5 1977 5,000

A Texas & Pacific Ry. Co., G. & R 5 1979 5,000

A T. P.-M. O. P. Ter. R. R. of N. O., 1st 5V 2 1964 5,000

AAA Toronto (City of) 5V 2 1931 2,000

AAA Toronto (City of) 6 1949 4,000

AAA Toronto (City of) 6 1951 11,000

A U. S. Rubber Co., 1st and Ref 5 1947 6,000

AA Virginian Ry. Co., 1st 5 1962 10,500

A Wabash Ry. Co., Ref. and Genl 4V 2 1978 5,000

AAA Western Electric Co., Debs 5 1944 9,500

AA Western Maryland Ry., Eqpt 7 1931 10,000

AA Western Union Tel. Co., Debs 5 1951 10,000

A Wheeling Steel Corpn., 1st and Ref 4y 2 1953 9,000

AA Winnipeg (Water Dist.), Canada 5 1952 20,000

Total $839,600

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ANNUAL REPORT

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THE PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL REPORT
TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

1929-1930

Board of Trustees,

Agnes Scott College.

I have the honor of presenting herewith a Report for the
Session 1929-1930, with some comments on the general state
of the College.

General Education Board Offer

While we received notice of this gift before the annual
meeting of 1929, it was too late to be incorporated in the Re-
port of last year, and hence it is mentioned again. The
Board was generous to us beyond all precedent. It offered to
give us $500,000 on condition that we raise $1,000,000 ad-
ditional ; and that alone would have been a noteworthy prop-
sition. It went further, however, in permitting us to use its
money for the general purposes of our campaign, without
restricting it to endowment as had been the case with us on
other occasions and as has nearly always been true with its
gifts to others. The most remarkable feature of the offer
was that the Board allowed it to be divided so that we might
begin to collect on part of its gift before we actually get our
full amount pledged. We do not believe that this has ever
been done for another institution.

The officers of the General Education Board drew up the
two offers as follows: Pledge No. 409 for $300,000, condi-
tioned on our raising at least $600,000 by July 1, 1929; and
Pledge No. 411 for $200,000, on condition that we raise
$400,000 not later than July 1, 1931. In each case payments
from the Board would be pro rata for those collected from
other sources by Agnes Scott. All payments from the Board
would be forfeited if not fully met by July 1, 1934.

This appropriation of the General Education Board has
created a sensation in the educational world. Since 1922 it
has been generally known that the Board has discontinued
gifts to colleges. The fact that Agnes Scott has been made
an exception not only as to general policy, but also as to

the purposes for which the gift may be used and as to how
it may be paid, has aroused tremendous interest, and we
have been deluged with inquiries about it. As a matter of
fact, it is one of the most noteworthy commendations that
the College has ever had, and from the highest source.

Campaign Progress

A year ago we had actually in hand or pledged $565,000.
The pledges of the Board at once nearly doubled this amount,
and under the impetus of its interest we reached by July 1st
the required date a total of $600,000, which clinched
Pledge No. 409 so as to make that part of the contract bind-
ing. Our friends made a heroic effort in payments and we
were able to show collections totalling a little more than
$516,000. The Treasurer of the Board promptly made its
Pro rata payment of $258,029.20 quite the largest check
ever received by Agnes Scott !

We have never had a regular staff of workers. The
President of the College and three assistants continued the
campaign with fair success until about December 1st when
the stock market conditions made campaigning unwise ex-
cept among the Alumnae, who have special interest in the
College. Our subscriptions now total a little more than
$700,000 in addition to that of the Board, and we must raise
$300,000 more in order to claim the balance of the money
offered to us.

What Next?

The President is frankly much concerned about the
prosecution of the campaign to a successful conclusion. In
this matter, it will be necessary to have the best thought
and co-operation of all the Trustees. In general it seems
wisest to try to win the remaining $300,000 in a simultan-
eous effort in the fall. The Chamber of Commerce of At-
lanta through its Committee on Campaigns has given formal
approval for an Agnes Scott Drive during the first two weeks
of October. They will keep other efforts out of the way dur-
ing that time, and the Community Chest will be postponed
until November, if it puts on another campaign. This will

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give us an opportunity to rouse the public in the area of
Greater Atlanta, and at the same time we hope that the
friends in other sections may be co-operating so as to have
one big push for victory. If this should not be feasible, we
will have to employ individual solicitors and make a personal
canvass, but this is tedious and expensive. It will take some
fairly large gifts to win, for we have gotten our easiest
money.

Some Improvements

It is to be recalled that the campaign in which we are
engaged is a somewhat continuous one, and that it was really
started in 1925. The General Education Board was gener-
ous in this matter also in allowing us to count land pur-
chases, improvements, etc., already made as a part of our
showing to it. The following items were credited by them
in our July settlement:

General purchases and improvements $136,397.61

Endowment and scholarship additions 177,689.90

Total $314,087.51

Our Steam Plant, Laundry, and Tunnel System have been
completed and equipped since the last meeting of our Trus-
tees at a cost of approximately $130,000. This outfit in-
corporates the latest methods of engineering and ought to
be sufficient to take care of our needs for many years to
come. No college in this part of the country is better equip-
ped in this particular, and the buildings are artistic as well
as useful. The Laundry Building is really one of the pret-
tiest on the campus just now.

BUTTRICK HALL

Our greatest source of pride and satisfaction is that at
last we are to have a first-class Administration and Recita-
tion Building. This has been the greatest material need of
Agnes Scott for a long while. We have been ashamed to
show our quarters to visitors. The new building will be

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erected largely by money furnished by the General Educa-
tion Board and by vote of our Trustees will be named
Buttrick Hall in honor of the first President of the Board.
It is now in process of construction and is expected to be
ready by September 1st. It will be four stories in height
and will be large enough to take care of our class needs for
some years to come. It is built of concrete, brick, and lime-
stone and roofed with antique tile, with a somewhat slate
effect. It will contain the administrative offices, committee
rooms, faculty offices, space for student activities, the col-
lege book store, and about thirty class rooms.

It is planned to have a cornerstone laying for the new
building at 2:30 o'clock Friday afternoon, May 30th. The
time is set with a special view of having the Trustees pres-
ent. The exercises will be simple, but important for Agnes
Scott people. Hon. C. Murphey Candler, Chairman of our
Executive Committee, and a member of our Board of Trus-
tees from the beginning, will make the address of the oc-
casion on the subject, "The Development of Agnes Scott
College."

It is planned to have the building dedicated the latter
part of October. At that time we hope to have Mr. John
D. Rockefeller, Jr., to speak of the work of the General Edu-
cation Board in the South, especially as to Agnes Scott, and
President Trevor Arnett, of the Board, to give a brief sketch
of Dr. Wallace Buttrick. If these gentlemen will come, we
will invite the educational institutions from all parts of the
country to send representatives and will attempt to show
Agnes Scott's position in the nation's educational program.
We would plan for our Campaign efforts to culminate with
this occasion.

Other Needs

Among other things that need greatly to be done and
which we hope to secure through success in our campaign
are the erection of a Chapel, the building of a Day Student
Club House, providing an Auditorium and Fine Arts Build-
ing, adding another Dormitory, and largely increasing our
endowment and scholarship resources.

Trustees

There has been only one called meeting of the Board of
Trustees during the year, but there have been some import-
ant committee actions. We are blessed with members who
are willing to counsel with us and assist in every way possi-
ble.

We are gratified to report that Mr. John McMillan, Stock-
ton, Ala., accepted the nomination made at our meeting in
May and was confirmed by the Synod of Alabama as its rep-
resentative to succeed Mr. P. T. Shanks.

The terms of the following members expire at this meet-
ing: J. S. Lyons, Mrs. C. E. Harman, J. J. Scott, W. A. Bel-
lingrath, R. O. Flinn, E. D. Brownlee, J. B. Campbell, and
Mrs. J. S. Guy. All of these have been of great assistance to
the College and are valuable members of our Board of Trus-
tees.

Faculty Changes

While we are not able to arrange for regular sabbatical
leave for our faculty, we do grant leave of absence with some
compensation to those who wish to study or to do research.
During the current session, Dr. Mary F. Sweet, College
Physician, has been away ; and her place has been taken by
Dr. Ethel Polk Peters, for many years a missionary in China.
Prof. H. A. Robinson, in Mathematics, has been at Johns
Hopkins, and his place has been filled by Miss Anna May
Baker who was with us last year as a substitute for Miss
Gaylord. Miss Philippa Gilchrist, of the Chemistry Depart-
ment, is away this year taking her Ph.D. degree, and her
place is taken by Miss Margaret Whitington, B.A. Agnes
Scott.

We are very glad to have back this year Miss Muriel
Harn, who spent a year in Germany ; Miss Margaret
Phythian, who was in France during 1928-1929; and Miss
Leslie J. Gaylord, who spent last session at the University
of Chicago.

Miss Florence Edler, in History, was on leave of absence,
but later resigned, and her place has been taken by Miss

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Florence Smith, B.A. Westhampton College, Ph.D. Univer-
sity of Chicago, who was formerly with us for a year.

Miss Margaret Bland, of the French department, has re-
signed, and her place has been taken by Miss Martha Crowe,
B.A. Agnes Scott, who will take her M.A. at Columbia this
summer.

Miss Katharine Omwake, in Psychology and Education,
resigned to do research work, and her place was filled by
Miss Amy Chateauneuf, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania;
but Miss Omwake is now anxious to return, and it has been
agreed to interpret her absence as if she had gone on leave,
so that she will be back for 1930-1931.

Miss Genevieve White, Librarian, resigned last year, and
Miss Lois Bolles, B.A. Agnes Scott and graduate of Atlanta
Library School, was elected to take her place. The growth
of the library has necessitated the employment of another
full time person, and for this place Miss Clara May Allen,
B.A. Agnes Scott, M.A. Columbia University, and graduate
of the Atlanta Library School, has been chosen.

Miss Agnes Adams, B.A. Agnes Scott and graduate of
the Atlanta Conservatory of Music, has been placed in
charge of the Violin work of the College.

The question is sometimes raised as to whether we em-
ploy too many of our graduates, and "inbreeding" does need
to be watched in educational work ; but we have been rather
careful in distributing our faculty. Our staff represents de-
grees from 43 first class universities or colleges, and they
come from 25 different states.

Students

The student body this year is about the same as during
the last session. The prevailing "hard times" are a factor
in the difficulty which all colleges are having in keeping up
the maximum number of a few years ago. We are more
careful than any other institution of our acquaintance in the
South in the choice of students.

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NEW STEAM PLANT
This attractive plant was completed in September, 1929. It is equipped with the
latest steam heating devices, including two 3 50-horsepower water tube boilers, auto-
matic stokers, and automatic regulation of practically all other machinery.

Our enrollment may be classified in various ways, as fol-
lows:

Our students for the year may be classified in various
ways as follows :

Seniors 96

Juniors 67

Sophomores 101

Freshmen 170

Second Year Irregulars 3

First Year Irregulars 3

Unclassified 5

Special 1

Music, Art, Spoken English, only 14

460
By States they are distributed as follows:

Georgia 215 District of Columbia 2

North Carolina 48 Massachusetts 2

Alabama 38 Michigan 1

Florida 29 Missouri 1

South Carolina 20 New Jersey 1

Tennessee 19 Ohio 1

Virginia 19 Texas 2

Kentucky 18 China 2

Mississippi 13 France 1

Pennsylvania 6 Germany 1

West Virginia 6 Japan 2

Arkansas 4 Korea 1

Louisiana 4 Mexico 1

Oklahoma 3 Venezuela 1

460

Resident Students 344

Non-Resident Students 116

Total 460

The denominations have been represented among the
students as follows :

Presbyterians 215

Methodist 94

Baptist 70

Episcopal 35

Jew 8

Christian 4

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Lutheran 4

Reformed 3

Catholic 3

Moravian 2

Congregational 2

Evangelical Reformed 1

No Church Affiliation 4

Not Specified 15

460
General Impressions

As we view the Session 1929-1930 in comparison with
others, it does seem to be really, not conventionally, "the
best" we have had. The first test we apply to our results
is on the spiritual basis. Agnes Scott has no excuse for
existence unless we maintain a strong Christian atmos-
phere. This year we have enjoyed fine leadership in all our
religious activities among the students, and the results are
gratifying. Dr. W. Taliaferro Thompson, of Union Theolog-
ical Seminary, led our week of special services, and these
were most helpful.

In educational matters, the year has been characterized
by earnest work on the part of both faculty and students.
We have had fewer interruptions on account of sickness than
for several years ; and our Freshmen, for example, show
more merit grades and fewer failures than any other class
that has ever entered.

Our financial difficulties keep us humble and mindful
of what is needed yet in order to run Agnes Scott on a basis
equal to that of the best institutions for women in the
country, but we manage to stay out of debt and we do with-
out things until we find the money to pay for them. Since
it costs nearly $1,500 for every school day the College runs,
it takes no small care to plan for a debtless year when our
budget must be made up twelve months ahead.

This session we have installed typewriting equipment
and have arranged to provide stenographic lessons for girls
desiring to get better preparation for going into business.

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This step has aroused interest and is appreciated. We have
also arranged with the City Schools of Atlanta to provide
supervised observation and practice teacher training. This
will enable our graduates to secure better positions.

The administration of the College is simple and pleas-
ant because of the remarkably efficient staff which Dr.
Gaines gathered around him years ago and which continues
with us. I do not believe that any institution in the South,
or perhaps anywhere else, has a more capable, experienced,
loyal, and well-co-ordinated group of officers than ours, with
such key people as Miss Nannette Hopkins, Dean; S. G.
Stukes, Registrar; R. B. Cunningham, Business Manager;
and J. C. Tart, Treasurer. If Agnes Scott is well run and
successful, a very large part of the credit is due to them.

Respectfully submitted,

President.

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THE PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL REPORT
TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

1930-1931

Board of Trustees,

Agnes Scott College.

I have the honor to submit to you my Annual Report as
President of Agnes Scott College for the session 1930-1931,
and I welcome the opportunity to lay before you the general
condition of the college.

Development Campaign

The most absorbing matter since the last meeting of our
Board has been the campaign for further development. A
year ago we reported that three hundred thousand dollars
more would be needed to complete our objective of a million
and a half dollars. Although conditions were very bad in-
deed, as every one knows, we felt that it was imperative to
make the effort to secure the needed subscriptions. While
we did not limit the territory over which we would conduct
our efforts, there was a concentrated appeal to the Atlanta
area. We were fortunate in securing Mr. George Winship
as General Chairman of the Campaign, and he proved to be
most effective. The real general of the campaign, as well as
one of the most active workers, was Mr. J. K. Orr, the Chair-
man of our Board, who has been a great leader in all previous
drives. Under the leadership of Messrs. Orr and Winship
there was organized a group of one hundred and twenty men
and another of ninety women, exclusive of the campus or-
ganization.

The faculty and students, who opened our campaign in
1928 with subscriptions totaling about eighty thousand dol-
lars, requested the privilege of initiating this final effort

with a campaign to increase their subscriptions to a total of
one hundred thousand dollars. The Campus Campaign
closed on October 17th, the same day on which the general
city wide effort opened. We had a banquet in the Gymnas-
ium in which the whole College community gathered with
the general campaign workers and at this time the Faculty-
Student pledges were announced. They had gone fifty per
cent beyond their objective and brought the whole amount
pledged by them to somewhat more than $110,000.00.

It was not easy to secure pledges in the Atlanta area, but
our teams held together remarkably well, and on the evening
of October 27th we were able to show a total of $1,468,000
toward our $1,500,000 objective.

Since that time we have secured some $15,000, but as
we now check over the whole situation and allow for expenses
and for absolutely certain shrinkage we estimate that it will
take $51,000 more really to enable us to say to the General
Education Board with a clear conscience that we have met
their requirements. We must make our final report to them
on July 1st, and we are exceedingly anxious to get the bal-
ance of this money cleared up so as to keep our hundred
per cent record with them for meeting their requirements
on time.

Future Progress

Our Campaign has been beneficial from many stand-
points besides the financial one. We have made friends
through the publicity that was given, and the College work
has been brought to the attention of people far and near.

It is more and more evident, however, that we will not be
able to build a greater Agnes Scott by having an occasional
campaign. It will be necessary for us to have better bases
for our growth. There seem to be two principal sources to
which we may look. One of these consists of the great

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Foundations like the General Education Board, The Carnegie
Corporation, The Rockefeller Foundation, The Rosenwald
Fund, The Presser Foundation, The Juilliard Foundation and
the like. Our location in Atlanta and the fine record which
we have made in the past are in our favor as we approach
such friends. The fact that this is the greatest center of
Negro education in the world, and that our College can have
some influence at least in working out race problems, is an-
other factor in our favor.

The second and more important source of our develop-
ment for the future must lie in our getting Agnes Scott into
the wills of its friends. We will need to get an Agnes Scott
clause as a sort of habitual thing in Atlanta and Southern
wills. Even though the gift be nothing more than a picture
or a set of books, it is worth while for the College to be men-
tioned. We need the help of our Trustees particularly in the
development of this aspect of our program. If we ourselves
are convinced as to the soundness of our achievement, and
the worthwhile quality of our graduates, it will help us to
win the support of others.

Buildings and Grounds

It would be hard to exaggerate about the tremendous
impression which has been made on our friends and on the
public in general by Buttrick Hall, our new Administration-
Recitation Building. Its splendid appearance and its most
unusual arrangements and equipment have been a delightful
surprise to almost all campus visitors. The building was
dedicated on December 5th, 1930, with representatives of
nearly two hundred institutions in attendance. For the first
time since Agnes Scott became a college, do we have room
enough for all our classes and for adequate administrative
work.

While Buttrick Hall is the supreme achievement of the
college in a building way, costing from two to ten times as

much as our other major buildings, there have been quite a
number of other developments on our campus since the last
meeting of our Board of Trustees. One of the most im-
portant of these is the beautification of the campus. This
includes quite a bit of landscape work, the putting in of a
new driveway in front of Buttrick Hall, the laying out of
walks all over the campus, the elimination of our previous
light and telephone wires, the installation of a White Way
S\ r stem, the putting out of a great deal of shrubbery, and
other allied developments. These various improvements
have cost about forty-five thousand ($45,000.00) dollars,
but they are permanent and add almost as much in value as
a new building in the general improvement of the campus.

The transformation of Main Building, or Agnes Scott
Hall, as it is sometimes called, has perhaps made almost as
great an impression on the students as the erection of our
new building. The old class rooms and dingy offices have
been transformed into most attractive parlors, and these
have added tremendously to the social life and enjoyment on
the campus. We have also put down a number of new floors
and have erected two new entrances at the rear to cor-
respond to the architecture of Buttrick Hall. While these
changes have cost only about ten thousand ($10,000.00)
dollars, they have been splendid investments. Since this
building is to be the social center of the campus and since it
is being made into one of the most attractive halls, there
have been several suggestions that we ought to name the
building for Col. George W. Scott. It has never been given
a definite name. Since it was the gift of Col. Scott and since
he supervised personally its erection, and because it will
always be our keystone, or main building, th^re io a good
deal to be said in favor of its bearing the name of the
Founder of the College.

Under the leadership of the Alumnae Association we are
trying to develop a formal garden between Inman Hall and

the Alumnae House. This will be a very beautiful and in-
teresting addition to our campus.

Finances

The report of the Treasurer which accompanies this
statement will show the general developments of the past
year. In common with all other educational institutions we
have faced many difficulties. While our student enrollment
is practically the same as last year, we have found it neces-
sary to grant more scholarship and loan aid, and the pro-
portion of our students who find difficulty with their
finances has increased.

We are using the strictest economy in the operation of
the college, and so far have not found it necessary to re-
duce salaries. Unless conditions do improve within the next
year it does seem likely that we will be forced either to re-
duce salaries or to cut down the number of our staff. We
are determined that the College shall not run into debt.

This has been a hard year from the standpoint of the
keeping up of our investments. Mr. J. C. Tart, the
Treasurer, has done an immense amount of work in check-
ing week by week all the securities which we hold and in
making recommendations as to changes that ought to be
made. We do not believe that any list of any educational
or even banking house will show fewer unfavorable develop-
ments among the securities than ours. Even at the present
low prices, our whole list shows appreciation over the pur-
chase prices.

Trustees

While we have had no regular meeting since last May,
our Trustees, particularly the local ones, have been called
on for a great deal of service. It is a genuine satisfaction

to have those associated with us who are so willing and
prompt to co-operate.

The terms of the following Trustees expire at this meet-
ing: J. K. Orr, C. M. Candler, F. M. Inman, Mrs. S. M. In-
man, D. H. Ogden, Miss Mary Wallace Kirk, and Miss
Nannette Hopkins. These have been helpful and effective
throughout their connection with our Board. As Dr. D. H.
Ogden, who represented the Synod of Alabama, has with-
drawn from that State, he has presented his resignation.

Educational Progress

We regard this session as one of the most successful in
our history from an educational standpoint. We have never
had a Freshman Class which showed such a good combina-
tion of preparation, ability and industry. The proportion of
failures in this class is the lowest we have ever had.

We are holding a larger per cent of our students for
graduation than do most other institutions, and a larger
percent than we ourselves formerly secured. Were it not
for the financial pressure, it would be still easier to graduate
a large percent of those who enter.

We have made very few changes in our faculty. The
Bible Department has been strengthened by the coming of
Dr. James Thornwell Gillespie who takes the place of Miss
Margaret Engle, here for two years on temporary appoint-
ment. He has his A. B. degree from Davidson, his Master
of Theology from The Louisville Presbyterian Seminary, and
his Ph. D. from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Miss Melissa A. Cilley, B. A. University of New Hamp-
shire, M. A. University of Wisconsin, has been chosen As-
sistant Professor of Spanish to replace Miss Roberta Hol-
lingsworth, who resigned.

Miss Marian Leatherman, A. B. Cornell University, B.
L. S. University of Illinois, A. M. L. S. University of Michi-
gan, has replaced Miss Lois Bolles, who resigned as
Librarian.

Miss Katharine T. Omwake, who was away from the col-
lege for a year, has returned to continue her work in psy-
chology and education.

Miss Frances Rainey, B. A. Agnes Scott College, M. A.
Emory University, has been appointed temporarily to take
the place of Miss Augusta Skeen, Assistant Professor of
Chemistry, who resigned.

Our students may be classified under various headings,
as follows:

Geographical

Alabama 32

Arkansas 5

California 1

District of Columbia 2

Florida 21

Georgia 234

Indiana 1

Iowa 2

Kentucky 15

Louisiana 1

Maryland 1

Michigan 2

Mississippi 13

Missouri 4

New York 1

North Carolina 37

Distribution

Ohio 1

Oklahoma 2

Pennsylvania 6

South Carolina 20

Tennessee 14

Texas 3

Virginia 18

West Virginia 10

China 2

France 1

Germany l

Japan 2

Korea 1

Mexico l

Venezuela 1

455

Resident Students 328

Non-Resident Students 127

Total 455

Denominational Affiliation

Presbyterian 209

Methodist 98

Baptist 72

Episcopalian 37

Jewish 6

Lutheran 5

Congregational 3

Reformed 3

Protestant 2

Moravian 2

Catholic 2

Church of Christ 1

Christian Science 1

Seventh Day Adventist 1

Christian 2

None 2

Not Specified 7

455

Class Standing

Senior 78

Junior 84

Sophomore 119

Freshman 156

Irregular 1

Graduate 3

Unclassified 3

Specials 14

455
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Religious Life

The ultimate test of the value of Agnes Scott, as viewed
from the ideals of the founders, is the religious element. We
have a mission in preparing young women to fill worthy
places in life ; we have a missionary program in raising the
standards of education in the South ; but we agree with the
Founders that if our College does not make a vital contribu-
tion to the advancement of the Kingdom of God there is no
need for the sacrifice and labor so many people are putting
into Agnes Scott. We believe that the results fully justify
all that has been invested here either in time, or life, or
money. Our girls are going out nearly one hundred per cent
active Christians, and the Alumnae are filling far more than
our share (so far as numbers go) of the positions of re-
ligious leadership in the Southern Presbyterian Church and
in other denominations also.

A week of special religious exercises was conducted in
February by Rev. W. M. Anderson, D. D., of Dallas, Texas,
and the spiritual life of the College seemed to be greatly re-
vived as a result.

For the maintaining of the Christian life in our institu-
tion we earnestly ask for the interest and prayers of the
Trustees.

Staff

No President has ever been blessed with a more faithful
and effective staff of officers and teachers than we have at
Agnes Scott. Miss Nannette Hopkins as Dean, Prof. S. G.
Stukes as Registrar, Mr. R. B. Cunningham as Business
Manager, and Mr. J. C. Tart as Treasurer, are due special
mention, for they go far beyond what may be reasonably
expected of such officers in advancing the interests of the
College.

Respectfully submitted,

J. R. McCAIN.

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Agnes jicott College

ecahir, Gieorgia

IS

ANNUAL REPORT

TO

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

MAY 27, 1932

THE PRESIDENTS ANNUAL REPORT

TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

1931-1932

Board of Trustees,

Agnes Scott College.
I have the honor to present herewith my annual report as
President of Agnes Scott College for the Session 1931-1932,
and I welcome the opportunity to lay before you general facts
that concern the College.

Trustees

Since our last annual meeting, we have suffered a great
loss in the death of one of our members, Dr. William Ray
Dobyns. While a committee of the Board has been ap-
pointed to bring in suitable resolutions for adoption at our
next meeting, it seems appropriate to record here some facts
regarding the life of our friend.

Dr. Dobyns was born in Columbus, Mo., May 17, 1861. He
took his B.A. degree from Westminster College, Fulton, Mo.,
and his B.D. from McCormick Theological Seminary in Chi-
cago. He received the D.D. degree from his Alma Mater,
Westminster, in 1901, and the LL.D. degree from Austin
College in 1924.

His principal pastorates were in Chicago, Marshall, Mo.,
St. Joseph, Mo., and in Birmingham. He was greatly be-
loved as a pastor, and he was noted for training his people
in evangelism and in stewardship. He was in great demand
for Bible teaching. In one year he received more than 100
invitations for such work. He was the author of several
books dealing with Bible study, among them "Outline
Studies of the Scriptures" and "The Book in the Light of
the Books."

Dr. Dobyns was a trusted leader in the Southern Presby-
terian Church. Among the many positions of honor which
he held were Moderator of the Genei-al Assembly, member
of the Committee on the Work of the Assembly, member for
many years of the Foreign Missions Committee, representa-

tive of the church at the World's Council of Presbyterians
in Liverpool, England, and Trustee of Agnes Scott College,
of the Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Louisville, of
Southwestern in Memphis, and of the School of the Ozarks
in Missouri. He also served on many inter-denominational
committees and in civic affairs.

Dr. Dobyns was one of the leaders in the movement in
Alabama that resulted in bringing Agnes Scott into closer
relations with the Synods of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia ;
and he was elected a member of the Board on October 9,
1922, being confirmed that autumn by the Synod of Ala-
bama, so that he was serving his tenth year as an Agnes
Scott Trustee. He was a model member, always present,
always alert and interested in the work of the Board, fre-
quently visiting the institution and keeping up with its
work, very often writing to make suggestions, representing
it before church courts, recommending it to prospective
students, sending his own daughter to the College for her
education, and praying for it daily. He will be greatly
missed.

Two new members will be welcomed to their first meet-
ing of our full Board today. These are Messrs. George
Winship and W. J. Rushton. Mr. Winship succeeded Mr. W.
J. Vereen as a Corporate Trustee, as we desired that the
latter serve also as a representative of the Synod of Georgia
instead of the late Dr. Neal L. Anderson. Mr. Winship
served as our very efficient Chairman in the recent Cam-
paign, and he endeared himself to all Agnes Scott friends.
He is the President of Fulton Supply Co. and also of the
Morris Plan Bank. He is an officer of the Central Presby-
terian Church of Atlanta.

Mr. Rushton is Vice-President of Birmingham Ice and
Cold Storage Co. and also of The Rushton Co. He has been
very active in the civic and religious life of Birmingham.
He is a Deacon in the First Presbyterian Church of that
city. He succeeds Dr. D. H. Ogden as representative of the
Synod of Alabama.

The terms of the following members expire with this
meeting: Mr. George E. King, Mr. H. T. Mcintosh, Capt. G.

Scott Candler, Mrs. B. R. Adams, and Mr. C. T. Paxon. All
of these have been of great assistance to the College.

As there have been no unusual problems to necessitate a
called meeting of the Board, the work of the past year has
been done through committees, some of which have been
quite busy.

Faculty

Since the last meeting of the Board, the College has lost
through death one of its important professors, Miss Emily
Elizabeth Howson. A brief sketch of her life seems ap-
propriate.

She was born in Philadelphia, Pa., August 10, 1887, her
parents being Henry Howson and Emma Reed Divine How-
son. Several of her immediate ancestors were mechanical
engineers, and she seemed to inherit an interest in Physics
and kindred subjects.

Miss Howson graduated from the Friends' Central School
in Philadelphia and then took her B.A. and M.A. degrees at
Bryn Mawr College. She studied also toward the doctorate
at Johns Hopkins University and at the University of Wis-
consin. At the latter she had completed all her required
work for the Ph.D. degree except the final approval of her
dissertation, and this had been sent to the University at the
time of her death.

She taught at Roland Park School of Baltimore and at
Lake Erie College before coming to Agnes Scott in Septem-
ber, 1920, continuing with us as Professor of Physics and
Astronomy until her death on June 5, 1931, having com-
pleted eleven years of work.

As a scholar Miss Howson was highly esteemed, being
accurate, painstaking, and logical. Her research was recog-
nized by the educational world. She was a member of the
Georgia Academy of Science, of the Optical Society of Amer-
ica, and of the American Physical Society.

As a teacher she was effective both with the bright and
with the unpromising students. She inspired many to major
in the difficult fields in which she taught, and she was sue-

cessf ul in winning the love and confidence of the entire facul-
ty and of the student body. She was an excellent worker
on committees, and carried a full share of extra-curriculum
activities.

As an individual, she had a pleasing personality, made
friends readily, and was an earnest Christian.

She was thoroughly devoted to the College, and in her
will she left to it her books and scientific apparatus and
$1,000 to be used in improving the Library in Science Hall.
This room will be made into a memorial to her, and a tablet
in her honor will be unveiled during the commencement sea-
son.

To succeed Miss Howson, Prof. F. W. Cooke, B.A. College
of William and Mary, M.S. and Ph.D. University of Illinois,
has been appointed. This is the only new appointment of
major importance.

Prof. Mary Stuart MacDougall, of the Biology Depart-
ment, has been on leave of absence, holding a Guggenheim
Fellowship for the current session. While she has been
away, part of her work has been conducted by Acting Prof.
Harwell P. Sturtivant of Emory University.

Miss Carrie Scandrett, Assistant Dean, has been absent
on leave this session, and her place has been ably filled by
Miss Dorothy Hutton, who will be Secretary of the Alumnae
Association next year.

While the Alumnae Secretary is not a College officer, the
work of the Association is closely related and valuable, and
we wish to express hearty appreciation of the fine services
rendered by the retiring Secretary, Mrs. D. B. Donaldson.

The Faculty have shown the finest co-operation possible
during this period of financial difficulty, voluntarily offer-
ing any reduction in salaries that may be necessary and help-
ing to save expense in many ways. It was not necessary
to cut salaries for the current session, but contracts have
been made for another year with the understanding that
whatever cut may be required to keep the budget balanced
will be made, estimated at probably 10 per cent.

Educational Work

It is the general testimony of colleges that during the
last two years better class work has been done than for a
decade or two. We have certainly found this to be true. Our
Freshman and Sophomore classes have been of good natural
ability, not much above the average; but there have been
many more than is usual to make "merit" grades on all their
courses and fewer to fail on their work.

We have been experimenting this year on some of the
newer devices in education. There have been many oppor-
tunities to test our students and their training on a compar-
ative basis with those of other institutions. Foremost among
these tests was one administered to Sophomores in leading
institutions all over the country. The test covered two full
days, a total of six and one-half hours. There were some
3,500 questions, including every phase of knowledge. As a
rule our students have made a fine showing. We will not
know the comparative results of this particular examination
for some weeks.

We are also experimenting in "honors courses" methods.
There is a marked tendency in some institutions to allow
bright students to withdraw after the Freshman or Soph-
omore year from regular classes and from the regularly
prescribed requirements for the degree, and to specialize in
a limited field, studying privately under the direction of a
tutor or selected faculty member. We have not felt that
it is wise for students to begin specialization in such a con-
centrated manner in undergraduate work. We are allowing
some students to cover the ground of particular courses
without requiring that they attend classes, but we are
continuing the requirement of a broad distribution of work
for the degree with a view to making culture our chief aim.

Spiritual Development

Many of our students report that they feel that the re-
ligious life of the campus is more earnest and effective than
at any previous time. The attendance on chapel exercises,
which has not been compulsory, has been better than at any

time in our history on the part both of the faculty and of the
students.

Most of our student activities in the religious field are
exerted through the Young Women's Christian Association.
At times during the past years, we have been apprehensive
of the general influence of the National Y. W. C. A. in vital
spiritual life ; but there has been unquestioned improvement
in the student organization at least, and we feel no bad in-
fluence at all on our campus. We are concerned that at
Agnes Scott religion be evangelistic and a vital force in
every day living.

A week of religious services was conducted this year
in February by Dr. F. Crossley Morgan, and it proved to be
quite helpful and stimulating.

Buildings and Grounds

The campus has been enlarged by approximately an acre
during the last year. One of our subscribers to the cam-
paign designated that $2,500 of his gift be used for the pur-
chase of a lot from Mrs. E. H. Wilson at the southeast corner
of Dougherty Street and College Place. The deed has been
delivered to the College. The donor, who desires that his
name be not known, had in mind the developing of a park,
possibly including a lake, on the south side of the campus ;
and this particular corner is essential to such a plan. There
is no doubt that such development will be of the greatest
importance to us when we can afford it.

Our thirty-five (35) acres have been acquired by more
than forty (40) separate purchases over a period of forty-
two (42) years. A map is attached to this Report indicating
the years in which our principal purchases have been made.
It has been a tedious and an expensive undertaking to ac-
quire the property necessary for our future growth, and
there are still four lots that we would like to have; but we
have secured all that we are obliged to have. The land it-
self, not counting the cost of buildings on it when purchased,
has cost about $200,000.

We have made no major improvements in buildings dur-
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changes, and the general upkeep of the plant has been main-
tained in good order.

The next unit to be erected under our development pro-
gram is the Auditorium-Music Building. Toward this ad-
dition to the plant, the Presser Foundation of Philadelphia
has pledged one-half of the building cost $65,000 of an
estimated $130,000 and the General Education Board has
allocated $32,500, leaving us an equal amount to provide in
addition to the furnishings of the building. As the cost of
construction is very low, and as our friends in the East
would like to see us proceed with the work as soon as we
are able to do so, we have been getting the plans perfected ;
but we do not yet have enough money in hand to justify our
letting any contract at this time.

It has has been suggested that one or two changes in
our general development program be made. The gift of the
Carnegie Corporation of $15,000 for new books has empha-
sized anew the inadequacy of our Library, and this unit is
receiving much more attention from educational authori-
ties than ever before as perhaps the most important in any
college plant. The suggestion is that instead of building
soon a new dormitory, as is planned, the money be used for
a larger fireproof Library Building and that the present
structure be used for social and recreational purposes and
for general student activities. This would relieve in some
measure the need for new dormitory quarters.

Another suggestion is that when the Auditorium is com-
pleted the room now used as a chapel be converted into an-
other dining room. It could be served from the Rebekah
Scott kitchen and thus make unnecessary the maintenance of
the White House dining room and kitchen. This would be
more economical and might make it easier for the girls to
become acquainted with each other than in two far sep-
arated eating places.

It may not be necessary for final decisions to be made at
this meeting of the Board, but we ought to discuss the
various factors involved.

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Current Finances

When we realize that we must spend about $1,500 for
every school day that we operate, the making of a budget for
a year ahead is always a difficult task. Our procedure is
simple enough, for we lay down as a first principle that we
will not spend more money than we receive, and the problem
is that of addition to or subtraction from the items of the
preceding year. We have not run any deficit for the last
fifteen years, and we will close the present session without
indebtedness of any kind.

There is a real problem for next year as it is very hard
indeed to estimate income. We are reducing all our items of
outlay to minimum proportions except salaries, and we have
arranged that the balancing of the budget be guaranteed by
such salary adjustments as may be necessary, as has been
mentioned earlier in this Report.

It is proper that particular attention should be called to
the amazing record of Treasurer J. C. Tart in collecting in
full before the close of the session the money due from
patrons. This is the 14th consecutive year that he has been
able to show this record. This was by far the most difficult
session we have ever had for such results. It was necessary
to allow more than 1,000 notes for deferred payments, and it
has taken more than 2,500 letters or notices to get all the
collections in. Mr. Tart has handled all this correspondence
without any secretarial or stenographic help, writing all
the letters himself, in addition to his other heavy duties.
I do not believe a like record has been made by any other
Southern college official. No student has had to drop out
of college on account of the non-payment of her account;
but, as in past years, it has been necessary in a number of
instances to get friends or organizations to come to the
help of girls whose parents simply could not meet their obli-
gations. Our record for collections in past years is a big
asset now in making patrons feel the necessity of co-oper-
ation and in getting help from other friends who want to see
us maintain the good record.

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The greatest burden that the President of Agnes Scott
has is having to say "No" to hundreds of requests for aid
from fine girls who would like to attend the college. We
estimated last year that it would have taken the income
on $3,000,000 more endowment than we now have to meet
the requests which were received, and the requests this half-
year have already far exceeded any previous whole year.
We are finding it necessary to arrange for a great deal of
assistance in order to keep some of our best girls, and we
wish to record our gratitude to some of the organizations
that are helping us; such as, Knights Templar Loan Fund,
Presbyterian Student Loan Fund, Student Loan Fund of the
Georgia Federation of Woman's Clubs, and many others.

We have been exceedingly fortunate in our investments,
as only two issues in which we have small investments are
in default as to interest and none as to principal. In common
with all others, our securities show deprecition in market
value; but we have seen personally the investment lists of
every Southern college or university of approved rank, and
the lists of many banks and insurance companies, and we
have nothing to be ashamed of in comparison with any one
of them.

Campaign

Of our total $1,500,000 subscriptions for the Develop-
ment Fund, we still have uncollected about $550,000. The
two larger pledges in this sum are from the General Educa-
tion Board about $175,000 and the Presser Foundation $65,-
000. In order to collect these, we must get the smaller sums
from individuals. We have until June 1, 1934, to make the
collections ; but it is evident that many of our friends, how-
ever loyal and co-operative, will not be able to make full
payments by the required date. We must, therefore, antici-
pate securing some new funds before the expiration of our
campaign period. It is no time at present to start a supple-
mentary effort, but we may as well face the necessity. In
all our previous relations with the General Education Board,
we have never had to ask for any extension of time or modi-
fication of the terms of their grants; and it is one reason

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why they have been generous to us far beyond their custom
in dealing with colleges in general. We are very eager to
live up to our past records with them.

Student Enrollment

Our students number 481 this year as against 455 for
the preceding session. The increase is largely due to our
location in a metropolitan area which furnishes many local
students. In prosperous times, some of these will go away
to college ; but in periods of depression they attend institu-
tions that are near at hand. Our boarders are somewhat
fewer in number this session, but it is more than counter-
balanced by the increased proportion of day students.

The attendance may be classified in various ways, as fol-
lows:

Residence

Boarders 305

Day students 176

Geography

Alabama 25

Arizona 1

Arkansas 3

California 1

Delaware 1

District of Columbia 3

Florida 19

Georgia 281

Illinois 3

Kentucky 11

Louisiana 4

Maryland 1

Michigan 2

Mississippi 11

Missouri 2

North Carolina 39

New York 2

Ohio 1

Oklahoma 1

Pennsylvania 4

South Carolina 22

Tennessee 14

Texas 3

Virginia 13

China 2

West Virginia 7

Czechoslovakia

France

India

Japan

Korea

Total 481

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SERIES 30 NUMBER 6

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE BULLETIN

ANNUAL REPORT

TO

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

MAY 26, 1933

Entered at the Post Office in Decatur, Ga., as second-class matter.

Agnes Scott Progress

Chart I
TOTAL ASSETS

$2,764,000

$822,000

$499,000

$113,000

$150,000

1892 1902 1912 1922
[2]

1932

THE PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL REPORT

TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

1932-1933

1 of Trustees,

Agnes Scott College.

I have the honor to present herewith my annual
as President cf Agnes Scott College for the Session 1932-
1933, and I welcome the opportunity of laying before you
general facts that concern our institution.

Ten Years of Progress

This year marks the tenth anniversary of the death of Dr.
F. H. Gaines who started the College in 1889 and was its
only President until he passed away on April 14, 1923. His
influence is still strongly felt in the life of the institution.
All our major officers now were selected by him and served
with him long enough to gain something of his spirit. Many
of the faculty also worked with him and received the im-
press of his emphasis on high standards and a deep spiritual
life for the campus. In a very real sense, the development
of the College since he left us is simply his program in
process of fulfillment.

It seems appropriate to record briefly a few of the
changes that have come during the decade of my adminis-
tration. It is not an attempt to show what I have done
personally, for it would take very little space to record that ;
but it does summarize some of the blessings that have come
to us through the cooperation of all and the good hand of
our God upon us.

We are using charts to indicate some phases of our
growth, as these can most easily show relative figures.
When I became President and began to take stock of what
we then had, it was necessary to use the audit of 1922, the
latest available. The audit for the current session has not
yet been made, and so for purposes of most comparisons we
are using the dates 1922 and 1932. This is helpful also, for
it was in 1892 that we got our first Main Building occupied
and began work definitely as Agnes Scott Institute, so that
we can show four decades on a comparative basis.

As the charts indicate, perhaps our most notable de-
velopment has been in material things. Our general assets
have increased from $822,000 in 1922 to $2,764,000 in 1932,

[3]

Agnes Scoff Progress

Chart II
ENDOWMENT

$194,000

$84,000

824,000

81.200,000

1892

1902

1912
[4]

1922

1932

and as a matter of fact have increased also in a gratifying
way during the present session. Our endowment has grown
during the same period from $194,000 to $1,200,000, and our
investments in buildings have increased from $455,000 to
$922,000. Buttrick Hall, the Gymnasium, the Steam Plant,
and Laundry are the largest recent investments.

While we are not using a special chart to indicate it, the
general equipment of the College has had a growth equally
as notable as the endowment or the building assets. The
value has increased from $81,000 in 1922 to $244,000 last
year. For example in the Library, we have spent nearly
twice as much for books in the last decade as in all the
previous years.

When Dr. Gaines died we were in the midst of collecting
the proceeds from the campaign of 1919-1922, and a con-
siderable part of that effort shows in the above growth. We
have also had the advantage of the notable legacy from Miss
Jennie D. Inman. We are not listing in the above assets our
outstanding subscriptions to the recent $1,500,000 cam-
paign, as we count only the cash assets or investments.
There is still to be collected on that campaign the sum of
about $450,000.

On account of the general financial condition and the
necessity of giving more scholarship and loan aid than here-
tofore, our current income has not shown as great an in-
crease as have our permanent funds, but it has grown from
$230,000 in 1922 to $295,000 last year. Another factor in
the amount of income is the great increase in the number of
day students. We now have about three times as many as
ten years ago, and they pay $300 each as against $700 for
a boarder. While our income is not as large as we would
like, we still live within our means and incur no deficits or
debts.

During the ten-year period, the campus has been enlarged
nearly fifty per cent and much improved by drives, walks,
and shrubbery. All our wires have been put underground
and a very attractive system of lighting installed. Campus
improvements are the things most mentioned by returning
friends as particularly noticeable.

During the last decade, the student body has not increased
as much as might have been expected. We have not enlarged
our dormitory capacity because we have preferred to stay
relatively small. The increase of students from 435 in 1922
to 481 in 1932 has been largely due to more day students

[5]

$85,000

Agnes Scoff Progress

Chart III
BUILDING VALUES

8445,000

$110,000

8922,000

$455,000

1892 1902

1912
[6]

1922

1932

from Atlanta and Decatur, as above mentioned. At times
during recent years, it would have been possible to more
than double our boarders without writing a single letter of
invitation, if we had desired an increase in numbers. The
most notable thing about our students is the proportion of
them that graduate now. The chart shows that in the last
ten years we have graduated far more young women than
during the entire preceding history of the institution.

The number of faculty and officers has grown from 53
in 1922 to 62, but their training is very much stronger in-
deed. Ten years ago we had 9 of the faculty with the Ph.D.
degree against 22 now. Then we had 11 others with the
M.A. as against 17 at present. Then there were 33 with only
the B.A. or a certificate, and the number has now been re-
duced to 23. The salaries of our staff have shown steady
growth, from $81,000 in 1922 to $152,000 last year. They
have been reduced for the current session. When they were
at their best, they were not up to the average for institu-
tions of our class.

An earnest effort has been made during the last ten
years to stimulate our Alumnae in taking further study.
Not one of them had completed the Ph.D. degree in 1922
and very few had taken the Master's degree. Since that
time 9 have completed the doctorate and about 70 the"'
master's work, and many others are nearly ready for both
degrees.

In the field of educational recognition, there has been
little more that could be done as Dr. Gaines during his life-
time had done a great deal in the matter. However, in 1926
the College reached the pinnacle of educational approval
when a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa was installed by the
United Chapters of that great society. The College has also
been given unusual recognition and responsibility in the
Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and
in other similar groups.

During the last ten years, the College has come into
close relations with the Synods of Alabama, Florida, and
Georgia, and now nominates from these groups 11 of our 27
Trustees for confirmation by them. This gives us a very
helpful affiliation without sacrificing the control of the in-
stitution by our own Board.

During the period 1922-1932, Agnes Scott has had fre-
quent occasion to be inspected and visited by many repre-
sentatives of educational and philanthropic organizations,

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Agnes Scott Progress

Chart IV

ACRES IN CAMPUS

11

24

35

1892

1902

1912
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1922

1932

and they have been cordial in their approval. It is particu-
larly appreciative of generous gifts from the General Edu-
cation Board, the Carnegie Corporation, and the Presser
Foundation.

While much of the activity of the administration has
been centered on material growth and development, we have
striven to maintain the spiritual emphasis of the college and
to remember that its chief end is the glory of God. There
has been no more difficult time in educational history than
the last ten years. During that time, the young people have
been beset with every kind of temptation known in past
years and with many others of recent origin that are both
subtle and dangerous. We believe that in spite of these
difficult currents of life our students are as fine as in any
previous period, and that they are able to combine high
scholarship with simple Christian faith, a combination not
easy to achieve. In every one of the results accomplished,
we feel that God's direct blessing has been manifest and that
the praise should be His.

In addition to the Divine aid, as mentioned above, we
have had cooperation among several human elements. I
have referred to the work of Dr. Gaines. Others who laid
foundations on which it has been easy to build were. Col.
Geo. W. Scott, Mr. Samuel M. Inman, (who was responsible
for the fine legacy from his sister) , Mr. G. B. Scott, to men-
tion only a few who have passed on. Our present Trustees
have been entirely cooperative in every step of progress.
The leadership of our Chairman, Mr. J. K. Orr, has been a
powerful factor in every campaign. In the charts which ac-
company this Report, the growth of the last two decades
will indicate roughly the almost unbelievable gains of the
College under his chairmanship. Other Trustees, especially
the chairmen of our active committees, have been most help-
ful in winning our strong financial position. The faculty, of-
ficers, alumnae, students, and the general public have been
steadfast in their loyalty and labors, and each and all de-
serve our sincere gratitude.

The Session 1932-1933

Some aspects of the current year have already been dis-
cussed, but there are other phases which should have brief
mention. The educational work has been unusually satisfac-
tory and encouraging for this session. The students have
given good attention to their duties, and the results are
gratifying for all the classes. We will have the third largest
graduating class in our history.

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Agnes Scott Progress

Chart V
ANNUAL INCOME

$25,000

845,000

$97,000

$230,000

$295,000

1892 190^

1912 1922 1932
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The religious work also has been gratifying. The attend-
ance on religious services, the voluntary Bible study classes
both among freshmen and upper classes the Y. W. C. A.
program, and the mission interest group, have all proved to
be quite above the average.

Our current finances have been watched with unusual
care. We were sorry to make a 10 per cent reduction in our
salaries, but we could not otherwise have avoided a deficit.
We have omitted every unnecessary expenditure. There is
some important repair work and painting which ought to be
done during the coming summer, but we may have to post-
pone at least part of it for another year.

Mr. Tart, our Treasurer, has worked unceasingly on the
difficult problem of collecting, and it is yet not certain as
to whether he can maintain his fine record of 100' <. He
has done far better than we could reasonably expect.

We have attempted no major building during the cur-
rent session, and have made only routine campus improve-
ments. Mr. Cunningham, our Business Manager, has been
working earnestly to get our lawn into good shape and
steady progress is being made from year to year.

Development Program

A year ago we were considering the possibility of start-
ing our Music building and auditorium during the current
session. On the request of the Presser Foundation of Phila-
delphia, who are furnishing half the money for its construc-
tion, we have postponed for the present the work on this
building. It is anticipated that it will go forward as soon
as it is convenient for the contributing Foundations.

Our collections during the last twelve months have been
rather light, amounting to about $54,000. We can easily see
that it will be necessary to raise some new money in order
to finish the campaign successfully. July 1, 1934, is the of-
ficial time for the completion of our collection.

Trustees

Since our annual meeting, we have suffered the loss of
one of our members, Mr. Charles Thomas Paxon, of Jack-
sonville, Florida. We are giving a few facts as to his life.

Mr. Paxon was born at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in
1879. He moved with his parents to Jacksonville, Florida,
in 1883 and lived there for fifty years. After finishing his
education in the public schools of the city he engaged in

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Agnes Scoff Progress

Chart VI
SALARY LIST

$15,000

$17,000

$31,000

$81,000

$152,000

1892 1902 1912 1922 1932
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business, becoming a partner in the real estate and insurance
firm of James and Paxon, with which he was associated until
the time of his death. While he was a hard worker in his
business, he found time to serve in the City Council for eight
years as representative of the Sixth Ward, and he was an
active participant in the political and civic affairs of his city
and county.

In fraternal circles, Mr. Paxon was a member of Temple
Lodge No. 23, F. & A. M., serving at one time as worshipful
master. He also held membership in the Florida Consistory
as a thirty-second degree Mason, and was a member of the
Morocco Temple of the Shrine.

While active in the matters above mentioned, he was even
more concerned with religious work and Christian service.
He was a charter member of the Springfield Presbyterian
Church, and served as the first superintendent of its Sun-
day School. He was an elder in that church and was influen-
tial in building it up to its present position in the city. For
a long time he taught a class of young men in the Sunday
School, and only gave it up when illness overtook him.

Mr. Paxon was quite active in the movement which
secured for the Committee on Christian Education and
Ministerial Relief the Graham Building in Jacksonville, and
he was the active manager of that building for the Com-
mittee for a number of years. He was also a leader in the
laymen's missionary movement of the Southern Presby-
terian Church.

Mr. Paxon became interested in Agnes Scott when his
daughter came as a freshman in 1925, and he was elected a
trustee in 1926. He has served continuously and has been a
helpful member. He has been active in promoting the inter-
est of Agnes Scott in Jacksonville, and has cooperated in
every way possible for the welfare of the College.

He is survived by his widow, by Miss Rachel, his daugh-
ter, who graduated here in 1929 and by his second daughter,
Miss Ruth Paxon. They have the sincere sympathy of all
the Agnes Scott friends.

The election of Dr. Warner DuBose, of the Government
Street Presbyterian Church, Mobile, Alabama, was con-
firmed by the Synod at its last meeting and he will be wel-
comed to his first meeting with our Board. We feel sure he
will bring to us a real blessing.

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Agnes Scoff Progress

Chart VII
NUMBER OF STUDENTS

481

292

435

339

239

1892

1902

1912
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1922

1932

The terms of the following members expire with this
meeting: J. T. Lupton, W. C. Vereen, Miss Mary Wallace
Kirk, D. P. McGeachy, D. A. Dunseith, John McMillan end
George Winship. All of these have been of great assistance
to the College.

As there have been no unusual problems to necessitate a
called meeting of the Board, the work of the session has been
done through committees, some of which have been quite
busy. We have missed a great deal this year the pres
of Hon. C. M. Candler, Chairman of the Executive Conij
tee and also of that on Buildings and Grounds. He has been
absent on account of his health and that of Mrs. Candler, bur
we are pleased that they are both better and we hope for
their return to Decatur soon.

Faculty and Officers

Since the last meeting of the Board the College has lost
through death two of its efficient officers, Misses Marian
Leatherman and Frances Calhoun. It seems appropriate to
give a brief sketch of each.

Miss Marian Leatherman came to Agnes Scott as Libra-
rian in September, 1931, and served two years in this posi-
tion. She came at an unusually difficult period because we
had just received an offer of $15,000 from the Carnegie
Corporation for the purchase of books and it was necessary
to give special time and attention to the work in order that
a wise investment of the fund should be made. She was most
successful in accomplishing this task. Her love of books, her
unusual executive ability, and her cooperative spirit made
her administration notable at Agnes Scott.

Professionally, Miss Leatherman was well equipped for
her position at Agnes Scott. She was a graduate of Cornell
University and took her technical training in library work
at the Universities of Illinois and Michigan. She had im-
portant experience at the University of Illinois, Princeton
University, Drake University. Pennsylvania State College,
and at other places.

Her sudden death due to illness of very short duration
was a shock to the whole College community, and she left
a place which was particularly important and hard to fill.

Miss Frances Calhoun, who died on December 18, 1932,
had been connected with the College for twenty-three years
as Housekeeper or Matron. She was first appointed as a
member of the administration in 1909 when she assumed
the duties of Housekeeper in Rebekah Scott Hall. Later she

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Agnes Scoff Progress

Chart VIII
TOTAL NUMBER OF GRADUATES BY DECADES

834

366

98

44

1893-1902 1903-1912 1913-1922 1923-1932

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served in the same capacity in the White House Dining
Room. For the last years of her life she was one of the col-
lege Matrons.

She brought to her work a dainty, attractive appearance
and the qualities of rare good breeding, dignity and poise, in
addition to her outstanding loyalty and cheerfulness in
service.

In spite of failing health over a period of several years,
she was faithful in the performance of duty and ever ready
to help either the students or faculty.

There have been relatively few changes in our faculty
for the current session. Dr. Arthur Raper has been giving
half time to our Department of Sociology and is rendering
good service in getting this work organized. He took his
B.A. and Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina and
his M.A. at Vanderbilt. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

Miss Edna Ruth Hanley was secured just at the opening
of College to take the place of Miss Marian Leatherman
whose death we have already noted. Miss Hanley has her
degree of B.A. from Bluffton College in Ohio, and in
Library service from the University of Michigan. She has
gotten fine results in spite of the handicaps under which she
has labored in coming to the position so late in the season.

Miss Gwendeline Miller, who has her B.A. and B.A.L.S.
from the University of Michigan, is serving as Assistant
Librarian instead of Miss Clara Mae Allen who resigned to
get married.

Miss Annie May Christie, of the English Department,
and Miss Ruth Janet Pirkle, of the Biology Department, are
away on leave of absence studying for their Ph.D. degrees.

The return of Miss Carrie Scandrett, after leave of ab-
sence, to serve as Assistant Dean and the employment of
Miss Andrewena Robinson as Secretary to the Dean have
given some needed relief to Miss Hopkins, and have enabled
her to work out a much better program for service than ever
before.

An interesting development of the administrative work
has been the employment of Miss Penelope Brown, of the
Class of 1932, to serve as Field Secretary of the Alumnae
Association, in visiting high schools and alumnae groups.
We feel that this is a very effective means of publicity as
she has carried with her our moving pictures and has shown

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them in more than a hundred high schools throughout the
South.

Student Enrollment

Credit for the good attendance this year is due in a
measure to Prof. S. G. Stakes, our Registrar, and to his
associates who have the responsibility for correspond
with new students. Much credit is due also to Miss Hopkins
and her associates who have conflict with the students al-
ready in college and who are very influential in keeping
them satisfied and happy.

The 480 young women whom we have enrolled thi -
be classified in various ways as follows:

Residence

Boarders 259

Day Students 221

Geography

Alabama 19

Arizona 1

Arkansas 5

California 1

Connecticut 1

District of Columbia 2

Florida 15

Georgia 297

Illinois 1

Kansas 1

Kentucky 9

Louisiana 3

Massachusetts 1

Maryland 1

Michigan 2

Mississippi 9

Missouri 1

North Carolina 26

New York 1

Ohio 1

Oklahoma 2

Pennsylvania 4

South Carolina _ 26

Tennessee 18

Texas 2

Virginia 10

West Virginia 11

Wisconsin 2

Africa 1

China

Czechoslovakia

France

Germany

Korea

Total 480

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Denominations

Presbyterian 197

Methodist 110

Baptist 96

Episcopalian 38

Jewish 14

Associate Reformed Presbyterian 3

Lutheran 4

Catholic 2

Greek Catholic 1

Christian 3

Congregational 3

Christian Science 2

Reformed 1

Disciples of Christ 1

Seventh Day Adventist 1

United Brethren 1

None 3

480

Classes

Seniors 99

Juniors 89

Sophomores 102

Freshmen 159

Irregulars 6

Unclassified 4

Special 19

480

Appropriate recommendations for dealing with the
various matters listed herein will be prepared by the various
committees and submitted for the annual meeting.

Respectfully submitted,

President.
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AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE

DECATUR, GA.

ANNUAL REPORT

TO

Board of Trustees

MAY 2 5, 1934

THE PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL REPORT
TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

1933-1934

Board of Trustees,

Agnes Scott College.
I have the honor to present herewith my annual report
as President of Agnes Scott College for the session 1933-
1934, and I welcome the opportunity of laying before you
some details as to the general conditions of our College.

Trustees

Since the last meeting of our Board we have lost two of
our Trustees, John Thomas Lupton of Chattanooga, Ten-
nessee, and George E. King of Atlanta. Memorial sketches
will be presented at our meeting today, but I wish to record
briefly the connection of each of these members with Agnes
Scott College.

Mr. Lupton was elected to membership on our Board of
Trustees in the spring of 1914, and he served for somewhat
more than nineteen years, being one of our oldest members
in point of service. You may recall that only last May he
was re-elected for a term of four years.

He was a very busy man, and so far as I know he never
attended a meeting of the Board, and yet he was a very
valuable Trustee. He had a remarkable gift for reading and
interpreting reports, and he was most faithful in keeping up
with what we were doing. He was always ready to confer
with the officers of the College, and he had as full under-
standing of the work and problems of the Institution as
many of our members who are regular attendants on our
meetings.

Mr. Lupton was a generous supporter of Agnes Scott. He
was either the first or among the first to subscribe in every
campaign. He supplied the money for the purchase and re-
modeling of the residence on Candler Street that is known
as "Lupton Cottage." In the last campaign he gave a single
check for $50,000, the largest one the College has ever re-
ceived from an individual.

He will be sorely missed, both for his sympathetic coun-
sel and for his sharing with the College the blessings which
he had received.

The connection of Mr. George E. King with Agnes Scott
dates back to his early business days when his efficiency

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and courtesy enabled him to supply to the Institute (as it
then was) many of its equipment needs. He was a merchant
with whom people enjoyed doing business. His next rela-
tionship to Agnes Scott was as a patron of the College, send-
ing to it as students several daughters and at least one
granddaughter.

He was elected a Trustee on April 4, 1919, and he had
almost completed fifteen years of service at the time of his
death. On account of his health, he was not able to attend
all of the meetings of the Board, but he was interested in
keeping up with the development of the College and always
welcomed its officers and advised wisely as to many matters.
He was never too busy for an interview about Agnes Scott.

Mr. King was also a generous contributor to the College
in proportion to his means, and he never failed to partici-
bate when we were making any appeal for funds.

Mr. King's membership on the Board was worth a great
deal wherever he was known simply because of the implicit
trust the people had in him personally, the general attitude
being "whatever George E. King is connected with must
be all right." In his death the College has sustained a great
loss.

The terms of the following members expire with this
meeting: Dr. J. Sprole Lyons, Mrs. C. E. Harman, Dr. R. 0.
Flinn, Mr. J. J. Scott, Mr. W. A. Bellingrath, Dr. E. D.
Brownlee, Mr. J. Bulow Campbell, and Miss Llewellyn Wil-
burn. They have all served faithfully and effectively and
hold the love and esteem of all connected with the College.

We would like for the Trustees to participate in the ac-
tive affairs of the Institution just as fully as you are wil-
ling to do. We try to make service on our Board as slightly
burdensome as possible, and so we usually have only one
meeting per year. The committee work falls more heavily
on some members than on others, and yet we reduce to a
minimum these duties. The Board and the committees in
times past have followed well defined policies, and the of-
ficers have simply been trying to carry these out. If we are
erring in making Trustee duties light, please do not hesi-
tate to let us have your views.

Occasionally some member of the Board intimates that
he or she may not be needed because not rendering ac-
tive service for the Institution. This is far from true. We
have a smoothly running organization because our major
officers are so capable and experienced. Miss Nannette

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Hopkins, the Dean, Mr. S. G. Stukes, the Registrar, Mr. R.
B. Cunningham, the Business Manager, Mr. J. C. Tart, the
Treasurer, have all been with the College for more than
twenty years, and their superiors are not to be found in the
South, at least. However, in the life of every college crises
arise from time to time, and it is extremely necessary that
Trustees who are experienced in the life of the institution
and who know its purposes and ideals be prepared to judge
as to its best interests in the light of their own knowledge.

Faculty

Ever since the time of Mark Hopkins, it has been con-
stantly recognized that a faculty is an important item in
college efficiency, but the trend of recent times is to give
even more emphasis than heretofore to this factor. For ex-
ample, the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary
Schools has had 18 standards for testing the worth of an
institution, including entrance units, size of endowment,
strength of the library, degrees of faculty, salaries of em-
ployees, etc. It is now experimenting on whether a college
may not adequately be measured by the performance of its
teachers as shown in the result of the written work of a
semester plus an inspection of the faculty work by a strong
committee of visitors. This new program tests the stu-
dents, of course, but as the selection and retaining of stu-
dents rest ultimately with the faculty, the latter must bear
any stigma or credit that the work of the students may
indicate.

The Agnes Scott College faculty makes a strong showing
by whatever test the measurements are applied. The Presi-
dent of the College is Chairman of the Committee in the
Southern Association that is doing the experimenting above
mentioned, and is able to judge of the relative effectiveness
of our work in comparison with others. He is glad to realize
that our faculty ranks high among the 130 colleges and
universities that make up the membership of the Southern
Association, and that the quality of our academic work does
not suffer by comparison with that of any section of the
country so far as it has been tested.

Our faculty and officers have had to bear the brunt of
the depression so far as Agnes Scott is concerned. Salaries
make up the larger part of our budget so that any reduc-
tion in expense is obliged to touch our salary scale severely.
The increase in scholarship aid given for the last two years
has, in the last analysis, been given by our staff. The en-

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dowment income used to help students would have been
available for the payment of salaries if a cut had not been
made, and yet neither officers nor teachers have complained
about this, showing a fine spirit of cooperation.

We have made very few changes in our staff during the
last session. Miss Annie May Christie is still on leave at
the University of Chicago, studying for her doctorate in
English ; and Miss Ruth J. Pirkle continues to study at
Cornell University for the Ph.D. degree in Biology. Miss
Edna Ruth Hanley, our Librarian, has been away for the
second semester on a grant from the Carnegie Corporation
in order to complete her degree of Master of Arts in Library
Science.

While no major places on our teaching staff have been
filled during the current session, there have been some very
helpful additions to our staff of assistants, including the
following: Miss Mary Auten, Ph.D., Ohio State University,
in Biology; Miss Lois Combs, Ph.D., New York University,
in Latin and Greek ; Miss Ada Page Foot, B.A.L.S., Emory
University, and Miss Mildred Hooten, B.A., Agnes Scott, in
the Library, and Miss Page Ackerman, B.A., Agnes Scott, in
Physical Education.

We have never been able to establish any pension plan
or retirement allowance. A number of our staff are getting
to the age when we may need to face the problem of need,
and, as soon as we have an opportunity, I feel sure that
we ought to take some steps in this direction.

Students

The enrollment for the current session has been slightly
below normal, and the proportion of day students has been
larger than is customary. There is one advantage in hav-
ing a considerable number of day students. They no longer
regard themselves as "red-headed stepchildren" as formerly.
They enter into the life of the College, and are filling many
of the major positions on the campus. Our 441 students
may be classified in various ways, as follows:

Geographical Distribution

Alabama 18 Connecticut 1

Arkansas 5 Florida 11

California 1 Georgia 287

Colorado 1 Illinois 2

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Kansas 1 Pennsylvania 2

Kentucky 4 South Carolina 36

Louisiana 3 Tennessee 15

Massachusetts 1 Texas 1

Maryland 1 Virginia 8

Michigan 1 West Virginia 8

Mississippi 6 Wisconsin 1

Missouri 2 Africa 1

China 1

Germany 1

Korea 1

North Carolina 18

New York 1

Ohio 1

Oregon 1 Total ._441

Class Enrollment

Senior Class 86

Junior Class 80

Sophomore Class 121

Freshman Class 135

1st Year Irregulars 4

2nd Year Irregulars 3

Unclassified Students 5

Special Students 7

Residence

Boarders 210

Day Students 231

Denominational Distribution

Presbyterian 177

Methodist 111

Baptist 78

Episcopal 33

Christian 5

Congregational 2

Jewish 13

Associate Reformed Presbyterian 3

Catholic 5

Greek 2

Seventh Day Adventist 1

Christian Science 5

Lutheran 3

Plymouth Brethren 1

Non-members 2

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As indicated in the above classification by religion, we
have only two students who are not identified with some
denomination. There are only seven on the campus who do
not profess church membership. One difficulty we find is
that there seems to be so little distinction in life and charac-
ter between professing Christians and those who have not
taken this stand.

The public press has had numerous articles recently
which reflected on our students as a group, giving the im-
pression that they have been pressing for the privilege of
smoking and that they were contentious about it. There was
some discussion in the "Agonistic," our weekly newspaper,
but it represented a relatively small group, and we have had
no real difficulty with the subject. Our Executive Com-
mittee has been very faithful in enforcing our regulations.

Agnes Scott Ideals

When Agnes Scott was founded as Decatur Female Sem-
inary in 1889, it had very definite objectives. These were
early set forth in what was known as the Agnes Scott Ideal,
as follows:

1. A liberal Curriculum fully abreast of the
best institutions of this country.

2. The Bible a text-book.

3. Thoroughly qualified and consecrated teach-
ers.

4. A high standard of scholarship.

5. All the influences of the College conducive to
the formation and development of Christian char-
acter.

6. The glory of God, the chief end of all.

This brief statement of purpose has been of great help
through all the years in letting faculty, students, and patrons
understand about the type of college which we intend to be.

The founders of our College were believers in prayer and
felt that only by depending on God might they build a truly
great college. Not long after the establishment of the school,
a prayer covenant was drawn up, and was signed by some
of the outstanding people of the South. Most of the orig-
inal signers have "gone on before," but other individuals
have taken their places, and there is still effective the fol-
lowing:

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"We, the undersigned, believing the promise of
our Lord concerning prayer (Matt. 18:19), and
having at heart the largest success of the Agnes
Scott Institute in its great work for the glory of
God, do hereby enter into covenant with each other
to offer daily prayer in our closets for the follow-
ing specific objects: (1) For each other in our work
in and for the Institute. (2) For the Board of Trus-
tees and the Faculty. (3) That God would convert
every unconverted pupil before leaving the In-
stitute. (4) That He would baptize the Institution
with the Holy Spirit, and make it a great fountain
of blessing. (5) That He would give it so much of
prosperity and endowment as He sees would be for
His own glory. (6) That He would have the Insti-
tution constantly in His own Holy care and keep-
ing, that His name may be glorified."

A small group of those who are now participating in the
covenant meet weekly for united prayer. We will be greatly
pleased to have any of our Trustees who would like to do so
to join very informally in this service for the College.

This is my nineteenth year at Agnes Scott. During that
period we have had changing currents in world forces beat-
ing on the consciousness of young people. Most of the girls
in college now were not born when I came to the College.
In many ways, it is a new world. There were few automo-
biles then, only one telephone on the Agnes Scott campus,
no radios, either here or elsewhere, and the changes are
too innumerable to mention. Is it possible to keep up our
standards of forty -five years ago? Many of our friends are
asking whether it is not wiser to yield to the times and to
follow the multitude.

We do not believe that we ought to give up any really
worth-while standard. The general quality of our students
has improved. They come with better preparation in aca-
demic work. We are giving them vastly better training than
a few years ago. It takes more sacrifice on the part of par-
ents to send them. We feel that it is more important than
ever to stand for the highest and best things, and that be-
havior be not simply a matter of keeping rules. We are
earnestly trying to follow a program of life rather than a
system of laws.

As you know, we have four very simple objectives, name-
ly: (1) The first is very high intellectual attainment. As
shown by tests, comparative scores, debating results, and

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other criteria, we have made much progress m this direc-
tion, and we are headed toward further achievements. (2)
The second emphasis is simple religious faith. We are seek-
ing- an attitude that is not childish, but child-like. The in-
tellectual attitude does not oppose our religious impulses ;
but it tends to absorb our energies, and it takes careful
thought as to our campus life to keep this purpose from
being overshadowed. (3) The third objective of the Col-
lege is physical well being. I feel strongly the importance of
this, and one of the first acts of my presidency was to urge
the erection of our present gymnasium. We are anxious that
neither intellectual nor religious pursuits keep our students
from developing healthy, comfortable, and happiness-mak-
ing bodies. (4) A fourth purpose is the development of
charming personalities. It is hard to define just what is
meant here. It includes attractive appearance, poise, dig-
nity, restraint where proper, frankness, simplicity, avoidance
of extremes and of loudness of manner. We are trying to
accomplish these results not by rules or legislation, but
largely by the natural expression of good taste and of the
best breeding.

I would like very much for the Trustees to face squarely
the question as to whether we are on the right line of action.
We are anxious that our material prosperity and growing
academic recognition not harden our hearts. Under our
system of administration, all such issues put the responsi-
bility upon the President of the College. I am perfectly wil-
ling to accept this responsibility and to stand squarely by
my own convictions, but I would like very much for the
Trustees to advise frankly in all these matters.

Current Finances

In order to balance our budget, as it is an invariable
policy for us to do, we found it necessary to reduce salaries
ten percent from what they were for 1932-1933. This makes
a total cut of approximately nineteen percent. With rising
prices, it makes a severe hardship for some of our faculty,
as intimated above. We are now below the recognized stand-
ards of what salaries ought to be, and it is most important
that we return to normalcy as soon as possible : but even to
accomplish this very desirable purpose, we do not feel that
we can go into debt.

The report of the Treasurer will deal with finances in
general, but I may point out the difficulties with which we
have had to deal during the past session. Collections have

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been exceedingly difficult, and it is remarkable that Mr.
Tart has been able to work out his hundred percent record
without requiring any students to withdraw from college.

We have been very much pleased with the showing of
our investments so far as their being safe and productive
are concerned. The Finance Committee have been in such
great doubt as to what investments ought to be made that
they have made very few changes indeed. On the initiative
of the Treasurer, we have had our holdings checked by sev-
eral world famous investment houses, but they have rarely
made any suggestion at .all.

There has been unprecedented need for scholarship and
loan aid, and we have been able to meet only a small propor-
tion of the requests which have come to us.

Development Fund

As is well known, the General Education Board of New
York helped us in the launching of our $1,500,000 campaign
by offering to give one-third of it. Other Foundations have
been quite helpful. We have just received from the Carnegie
Corporation a gift of excellent musical equipment valued at
$2,500. Only twenty-one sets were distributed among col-
leges and universities in the United States and Canada, and
we regard ourselves fortunate to be included in the group.
We have also received this year the balance of the $15,000
which the Carnegie Corporation offered recently for ad-
ditional books for our library. Mention has been made earlier
in this report of the gift for the training of our Librarian.
In very recent years they assisted us in buying a valuable
collection of Art materials, and for two years they con-
tributed toward special study by our Art teacher at Harvard
University. The College should, and does, appreciate the
consideration of the Corporation. The total gifts from Car-
negie sources run beyond $120,000. Their friendly and cor-
dial interest is also worth a great deal.

The Presser Foundation of Philadelphia is another or-
ganization whose interest and support we appreciate. They
have promised to give us $65,000 toward the erection of the
Presser Building, particularly for music, on our campus.
They are hoping that they can begin payment on this early
in the next year.

The expiration date for the securing of cash on our
pledges is July 1, 1934. We have yet to collect approximately
$400,000. Of this one-third will be given by the General Edu-

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cation Board in proportion as we collect the other two-thirds
from other sources. We have about 1800 subscribers with
pledges not fully paid, and these amount to approximately
$276,000. We would need to secure out of this amount $266,-
000 in order to win in full. Very few people have cancelled
their pledges, and nearly all are making sacrificial effort to
help as far as possible. We know that it will be absolutely
necessary for us to get some new money if we are to meet
with full success.

The officers of the General Education Board encourage
us to feel that they will allow one year in the extension of
time for payment. They are not permitted by their regula-
tions to grant a longer time than this. We will need to work
very earnestly during the next twelve months because it will
be a calamity if we do not win in full from the Board. We
have never failed before to meet all requirements at the ap-
pointed time. We are hoping that some of our friends who
do not feel able to give outright gifts may help us through
our annuity program.

Revision of Development Plans

As we face the possibility of not completing in full the
collection of our pledges, we should consider the expendi-
tures that may most profitably be made. We are committed
to the erection of a Music Building to be called Presser Hall.
As explained above, the Presser Foundation expect to give
$65,000 or approximately half of the cost. We can secure
from the General Education Board $32,500 more, which will
leave us to provide $32,500 for the building, plus the cost of
the furniture and equipment.

In this building we had planned an auditorium to seat
1,000 people and a smaller one to accommodate approximate-
ly 250. We now have a chapel seating 500 and a gymnasium
that can provide room for about 1700.

In planning our development program, we included $140,-
000 for a chapel which we proposed to erect in memory of
Dr. F. H. Gaines, the beloved first President of the Institu-
tion. We requested our alumnae to subscribe the money.
They pledged about $100,000, though almost none of it was
designated specifically for the purpose. The alumnae were
generous-hearted and pledged in some cases beyond their
means. We are further behind in collections on the alumnae
pledges than on those of any other group. There seems to
be slight chance indeed of realizing enough to erect a chapel
from that source as planned.

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We had thought of Gaines Chapel as a building in which
Ave would have only devotional services. We have these only
three times a week. On the other days, we have a very brief
devotional period and student assemblies.

If Gaines Chapel were erected as a separate building, and
if we should maintain our thought of holding in it only
strictly devotional meetings, it would be used for a half hour
per day only three days per week. It would seemingly be
a very expensive investment even for so fine a purpose.

It has been suggested that it would be more economical
and practical to combine our auditorium facilities rather
than to have the large number mentioned above for so small
a student body. The suggestion is that the auditorium in
Presser Hall be designated as the Gaines Chapel. It is our
understanding that this would be acceptable to the Presser
Foundation. We would need to make very few changes in
the plans which have been drawn for that building. We have
found that Emory University has used with great success
such a combination building. They draw a very heavy cur-
tain across the stage and create successfully the appear-
ance of a church when the building is used for religious pur-
poses. When it is to be used for plays, concerts, or other
purposes the curtain is drawn back and a regular auditorium
is available.

Such a combination would be economical not only in
building costs, but in making it unnecessary to buy more
than one new organ and more than one set of expensive seat-
ing apparatus. Also students would not need to become ac-
customed to going to two different buildings, one for wor-
ship and one for general assembly.

As approved by the Board some years ago, we plan to
use the present chapel in Rebekah Scott Hall for a second
dining room to replace the one in White House, so as to
provide only a single kitchen and to bring the students into
closer contact with one another.

These various changes would still leave us well provided
with assembly rooms and would enable us to save perhaps
$125,000 in expenditures.

While we need very much a new library building and r
new dormitory, as originally planned for our development
program, we may find it wise to postpone the erection of
these until a later time and to use most of the other funds
which we may collect for endowment purposes. The smaller
rate of interest and the increasing need for scholarship in-

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come have proved that we should certainly have a larger
endowment than we had previously estimated.

We believe that all of the changes above suggested will
meet with the general approval of our friends, both north
and south, who are cooperating in this enterprise.

Buildings and Grounds

During the past summer we decided that it would be in
the interest of economy to paint most of our campus proper-
ty, and we did arrange to paint 35 of our 40 buildings. It
has made the campus very much more attractive, and it will
doubtless save us money on upkeep and repairs.

Since the last meeting of our Board, we have been able
to buy the Lawshe property on Candler Street, adjoining the
Sturges Cottage. It consists of a lot approximately 60 by
200 feet, and a large two-apartment house. It gives us a
very much better entrance at the rear of the campus in ad-
dition to other advantages which the purchase provides. By
arranging to pay for the house on an annuity basis, it was
not necesary to make any cash expenditure.

This purchase leaves us two houses on Candler Street
and one on McDonough which we need to secure eventually
to round out our real estate holdings. There is no hurry for
us to acquire these additional houses.

Great Educational Center

Last year we called attention to the general plan of closer
cooperation for educational forces of the Atlanta area with
a view to much greater development. The appropriation of
$5,000 by the local Beck Foundation for a study of the sit-
uation has enabled us to pursue the investigation of the
possibilities.

In January of this year a remarkable group of educa-
tors spent three days in visiting the institutions and in
gathering data. The Committee was composed of Dean
George A. Works, University of Chicago, General Chairman ;
President L. D. Coffman, University of Minnesota; Dr. E.
E. Day, General Education Board; President Robert M.
Hutchins, University of Chicago ; President Edwin R. Em-
bree, Rosenwald Fund ; Dr. W. F. Ogburn, Chairman of the
President's Committee on Social Trends; and Dr. R. M.
Lester, of the Carnegie Corporation, though he was unable
to be present at the meeting.

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Representing the local interests, there were gathered
Chancellor Philip Weltner of the University System of
Georgia ; President S. V. Sanf ord of the University of Geor-
gia at Athens ; President H. W. Cox, Emory University ;
President M. L. Brittain, Georgia School of Technology : and
J. R. McCain, of Agnes Scott.

The Committee was much impressed with the possibili-
ties of development. They thought there ought to be located
here an excellent graduate school, a school for training social
workers, much greater development in the fine arts, and
a general stimulation of undergraduate study. There seems
to be a reasonable expectation of support from the large
Foundations. There are difficulties, but we hope that these
can be worked out. In this whole matter, the attitude of
Agnes Scott has been unselfish, our principal aim being to
provide for the community, for Georgia, and for the South
excellent facilities for study.

Appropriate recommendations for dealing with the var-
ious matters listed in this report will be prepared by the
various committees and submitted for this meeting.

Respectfully,

*-<.

J. R. McCain,

President.

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AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE

DECATUR, GA.

ANNUAL REPORT

TO

Board of Trustees

MAY 2 5, 1935

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THE PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL REPORT

TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

1934-1935

Board of Trustees,

Agnes Scott College.

I have the honor to present herewith my annual report
as President of Agnes Scott College for the session 1934-
1935, and I am glad to lay before you quite a number of
items in connection with the present status of the College.

Development Fund

As explained in the Annual Report of last year, it was
impossible for us to complete our Development Program
calling for $1,500,000 by July 1, 1934, when the subscrip-
tions were really due. The General Education Board very
readily agreed to extend the time for one year, but they ex-
plained that their general regulations prevented them from
granting the two-year extension which we had requested.

In the early fall of 1934 it became apparent that we
would have great difficulty in collecting our funds unless
the Presser Foundation of Philadelphia would pay the $65,-
000 subscription which they had made. I visited them in
September and laid before them the urgency of our situa-
tion. They are interested in helping and gave definite as-
surance that their money will be forthcoming, but not by
July 1, 1935.

In view of the disappointment in this matter and of the
generally difficult times, I went to New York to talk again
to the General Education Board about extending the time
beyond July 1, 1935. As this seemed out of the question, I
then proposed that they should give us an extra $100,000
for a science building in the event we might be able, by
heroic effort, to complete our campaign. The replies to this
suggestion were most disappointing and discouraging. How-
ever, in less than a week afterwards, one of the officers of
the General Education Board came to the College and went
carefully over our situation, and was convinced of our real
need. He permitted us to make a formal application to the
Board for the extra $100,000, but could give no assurance
that it would be granted. A little later the President of the
Board came himself to check over our situation, and on
December 13, 1934, a formal offer of $100,000 as a bonus
for complete success was given to us.

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The plan under which we now work in connection with
this matter is practically a new set-up which has as its goal
$450,000. This would be divided as follows:

Library Building $200,000

Science Hall 100,000

Endowment Scholarships 100,000

Improvements and Permanent Equipment. 50,000

Total $450,000

As a part of the whole development, we are anxious to
extend the paved drive in front of Buttrick Hall straight
through to Candler Street. We hope then to connect the
front drive and the rear one so as to give accessibility
through the campus and a much more satisfactory approach
to the rear of Main Building. It seems likely that it may
be wise to move West Lawn, the cottage where Miss Hop-
kins lives, to a position on College Place. It is hoped in a
number of respects to improve the general landscaping
around the rear of our campus.

Progress of the Campaign

When we undertook to secure $233,000 in cash before July
1, 1935, we realized that it would be a difficult undertaking;
but we had no idea at that time of the real magnitude of the
task. The getting of subscriptions would not be so diffi-
cult, but cash is very hard to get even from people suppos-
edly wealthy.

Just when things were looking most discouraging, the
faculty and students on the campus undertook to raise $15,-
000 so as to give an impetus to our efforts. The faculty
and students had already pledged Eighty Thousand
($80,000) in the beginning of the campaign and $20,000
more in the whirlwind effort to complete our subscriptions.
It seemed therefore a very difficult undertaking to get $15,-
000 additional in the face of all the generosity already
shown.

When the gifts were tabulated on April 19th, it was
found that the total was almost exactly $25,000. Every
student, every officer and teacher, and every organization
on the campus had contributed to make the results one
hundred percent representative of the love and loyalty of
these groups. It is a tremendous testimony as to the value
which those at the very heart of the Institution place upon
its worth and growth.

At the present time we have in sight approximately
$123,000 of the amount needed. This leaves $110,000 yet

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to be secured. We have gotten some of our easiest gifts.
It is going to take some large gifts in order to complete the
campaign successfully. It will also take many small ones.

Fortunately, the General Educational Board allows gifts
taken on an annuity basis to count in this effort. While
we have always been very conservative in the annuities
which we pay, this is a helpful opportunity because it en-
ables the giver to retain the income during life and to estab-
lish afterwards a permanent memorial.

It would be impossible for us to carry on this campaign
without admirable cooperation from the officers of the Col-
lege. Messrs. Stukes, Tart, and Cunningham, and Mrs.
Curtis and Mrs. Ansley are carrying the brunt of the reg-
ular college work while I give my time almost exclusively to
field work. We have only one paid worker on the campaign
staff, and she is visiting largely those who have made sub-
scriptions and have been unable to pay them.

Aside from the importance of winning this campaign
from the standpoint of the buildings and other improve-
ments which will be available, it is most important to show
to the General Education Board and to our other friends
that the Agnes Scott supporters are loyal and devoted to
the interests of the College. We believe that success now
will mean other important gifts in the future, whereas
failure at this time would make later gifts exceedingly
difficult.

Development for Other Years

In order that we may keep our perspective through the
years, I would like to remind all our friends that the cam-
paign in which we are now engaged will not by any means
complete the needs of the College. We will wish to erect,
as soon as possible, the Presser Building with emphasis on
music and other fine arts and with a very beautiful memorial
auditorium to be known as "Gaines Chapel." We would like
to transform the present chapel into an attractive dining
room. We need very much a faculty house with well ar-
ranged small apartments for those who wish to do
light housekeeping. One of our greatest needs is for a
modern dormitory which will be thoroughly well equipped
from every standpoint. We will soon have outgrown our
infirmary, and ought to look forward to having a modern
hospital. The outdoor amphitheatre which we use for May
Day and other events needs to be fully developed with am-
ple permanent seating and with an arboretum and possibly
a lake adjoining these grounds. We need attractive gate-

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ways for all of our entrances, and extensive planting of
trees and shrubs. Most of all, our endowment needs to be
increased, both for general purposes and for scholarships.

These items are listed as a reminder that we are a grow-
ing college with the accompanying needs of an active or-
ganization. It is not our purpose to recommend that we
start at once on any campaign to achieve these. I think
we will all wish to take a breathing spell before undertak-
ing another big drive for money. We do hope that through
wills and individual gifts some of these needs may be met
from time to time.

Development of a University Center

The idea of cooperation among the local institutions,
with a view to providing better facilities in Atlanta and the
adjoining areas, seems to be gaining favor. It is such a
large and such an important matter that it is necessary to
work somewhat slowly. The faculties of Agnes Scott and
Emory have held numerous joint meetings and have been
very enthusiastic about the possibilities of closer work.
Emory has re-arranged its summer school so as to take
care of any students whom we wish to recommend for study
when we are not in session. They have suggested that as
plans develop further they will cease to take any women
who are not definitely registered at Agnes Scott. We are
seriously considering operating on a quarter basis instead
of on a semester plan in order that our work may fit in more
definitely with the course at Emory so that we may ex-
change teachers, though no plan is yet considered for any
exchange of students except as our girls may go to Emory
for summer work.

It is planned that our libraries be jointly catalogued so
that books in either institution may be available for use by
students in the other institution, and so that we may avoid
the necessity of duplicating very expensive sets of books
and magazines.

Some negotiations have been carried on with the admin-
istrative officers at Georgia School of Technology, at the
Atlanta Conservatory of Music, and at the High Museum
of Art as to the possibility of cooperation with them also;
but it will be necessary to bring any such steps to the at-
tention of the Board at some later time.

We are joining Emory University in petitioning the Gen-
eral Education Board for a grant to establish a Graduate
School of Social Work at Emory which will be of very great
assistance to our graduates who wish to do social service

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work and which would strengthen also our Department of
Economics and Sociology.

The success of Agnes Scott College in finishing the par-
ticular campaign in which we are engaged will have con-
siderable bearing on whether or not the Foundations will
take interest in the larger university plan here in Atlanta.
I think our success would be a distinct encouragement to
the Foundations to do something in a large way.

Trustees

Since the last annual meeting, the elections of Messrs.
Bellingrath, Brownlee, and Campbell, and of Mrs. Durrett
have been confirmed by their respective organizations. We
have never had a nomination of our Board auestioned by
either the Alumnae Association or by any of the Synods.

The College Community has been concerned about the
serious illness of Honorable C. M. Candler who is complet-
ing his forty-sixth year of service on our Board of Trustees.
He is the only member of the original Board as it was or-
ganized, and he has been active in the service of the College
throughout its history, being at the present time Chairman
of the Executive Committee and also Chairman of the Com-
mittee on Buildings and Grounds.

The terms of the following Trustees expire at this
meeting: C. M. Candler, J. K. Orr, F. M. Inman, Mrs. Sam-
uel M. Inman, Miss Mary Wallace Kirk, Miss Nannette Hop-
kins, W. J. Rushton. These have been of invaluable
service to the College throughout their years of service.

Through a gift of a friend of the College, we have been
able to have painted the portraits of Mr. Samuel M. Inman
and Mr. J. K. Orr. This painting has been well done by
Mr. Sidney E. Dickinson, of New York City, who also painted
a portrait of the President of the College with funds pro-
vided by the students, faculty, and alumnae of the In-
stitution.

Mr. Inman was Chairman of the Board of Trustees from
1903 to 1915 at a very trying period when the Institution
was passing from the field of secondary work into that of
a real college and when the interest of the General Educa-
tion Board was first enlisted.

Mr. Orr has been Chairman of the Board from 1915 to
the present time, during which period the College has had
its most rapid growth and expansion in all fields.

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Faculty

There have been relatively few changes in the staff dur-
ing the last session. Miss Mary Westall, of the Department
of Botany, has been on leave of absence, and has tendered
her resignation. Her place is being filled for the present
by Acting Associate Professor Thomas W. Whitaker who
took his B.A. work at the University of California, and his
Ph.D. at the University of Virginia.

Miss Annie May Christie who has been on leave of ab-
sence for two years, studying toward her Ph.D. degree, is
at her usual work on the campus again.

Miss Raemond Wilson, who has been helping in the Eng-
lish Department, resigned ; and her place has been taken
by Miss Ellen Douglas Leyburn who took her B.A. degree
at Agnes Scott, her M.A. at Radcliffe College, and her Ph.D.
at Yale University.

Other additions to the staff or substitutions in minor
places have been Miss Eugenie Dozier in Physical Educa-
tion, Miss Marion Vaughan in Spoken English, Miss Thelma
Richmond in French, Miss Margaret Bell as Secretary to
the Dean, Miss Elinor Hamilton as Field Secretary of the
Alumnae Association, Miss Nancy Rogers as Fellow in Bi-
ology, Miss Nelle Chamlee in the Book Store, and Miss
Emilie Thomas, as Assistant Nurse.

The faculty and officers have shown a degree of loyalty
and of love for the College that excels anything that I have
ever found or heard of in any college. Both in time and in
the giving of money and in real sacrifice, they make a group
for whom we cannot be too grateful.

We were able this year to eliminate the second cut in
salaries which was made last session, but we are still ten
percent below the very modest normal amount which we
really should pay. We have been making a careful study
through the year of some possible plan of pension, but we
have not yet been able to devise any which would not be
burdensome at this time, both for the individual faculty
member and for the College.

On March 16th, of this year, Miss Jennie E. Smith passed
away after an operation at Emory University Hospital. She
was in the service of the College for nearly twenty-five
years, being the only Secretary employed by the College for
considerable part of that time and serving both the Presi-
dent and other administrative officers.

She was a woman of fine character, and she won the love
and respect of the College Community. She gave herself

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most generously to the support of her family and to the
work here at the College.

Three and a half years ago Miss Smith developed can-
cer, and has been a continuous sufferer since that time. The
College has helped in various ways to give her the needed
support and medical attention. With her going, the College
loses a faithful employee and a loyal friend.

Students

The enrollment this year has been considerably better
than for the last several sessions, and the increase is doubt-
less due in large measure to the active service of Mr. Stukes
in the Registrar's office and to the activity and friendly
interest of Miss Hopkins and Miss Scandrett of the office
of the Dean. Our 495 students may be classified in various
ways, as follows:

Geographical Distribution

Alabama 23 Ohio 1

Arkansas 5 Pennsylvania 1

Connecticut 1 South Carolina 44

District of Columbia-- 1 Tennessee 20

Georgia 294 Virginia 15

Florida 20 West Virginia 6

Illinois 2 Wisconsin 2

Kansas 1 Africa 1

Kentucky 9 ^f^; \

Louisiana 3

Massachusetts 1

China 1

France 1

Michigan 1 Germany 1

Mississippi 8 Philippine Islands 1

New York 5

North Carolina 25 Total 495

Class Enrollment

Senior Class 87

Junior Class 101

Sophomore Class 115

Freshman Class 166

First Year Irregulars 4

Second Year Irregulars 3

Third Year Irregular 1

Unclassified Students 4

Special Students 14

Total 495

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Residence

Boarders 277

Day Students 218

Denominational Distribution

Presbyterian 194

Methodist 134

Baptist 92

Episcopal 37

Christian 8

Lutheran 3

Roman Catholic 5

Greek Catholic 1

Jewish 12

Congregational 2

Plymouth Brethren 1

Christian Science 4

Non-members 2

The student body has been fine in every way this year.
They have done their work in a gratifying manner, have
cooperated for the best interests of the College in many
ways, and have evinced constructive thinking and planning
in regard to various aspects of our work. Student leader-
ship on the campus has been very effective.

The Session 1934-1935

We have continued to operate on a balanced budget, and
expect to close the year without a deficit. It is necessary
to do without innumerable items of equipment and of com-
fort which are suggested by various departments and which
we would like to get, but- for which we -do- not feel that.it is
worth while to incur indebtedness.

The problem of scholarship aid for our fine girls is in-
creasingly difficult. We are giving all the assistance which
the College can afford to render, and we are trying to do it
in a discriminating and helpful manner. The Government
aid through F.E.R.A. channels provided help at the aver-
age rate of $15 per month for fifty-one of our girls. This
has been of very great value, and we are hoping that the
plan of Government aid will be continued next year.

Our Treasurer, Mr. Tart, continues his unbroken record
for many, many years in collecting one hundred percent of
the fees due from students. This policy has not brought
any burdensome pressure on our patrons, but it does take
a great deal of care in making the financial arrangements

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and constant vigilance and determination in bringing the
matter to their attention if there is any indication of
negligence.

It is increasingly difficult to know what investments are
safe from the standpoint of a college of our character. The
matter is given very earnest consideration by the officers
of the College and the various members of the Finance
Committee, but we are glad to have suggestions from any
members of the Board at any time on this or any other
subject.

The educational accomplishments for the session are
gratifying. Our class work is thoroughly done, and both
faculty and students have shown an interest in intellectual
life and in educational development which makes us very
grateful.

The religious life of the School has also proved to be
encouraging. The attendance at chapel, vespers, and other
many religious services has been larger than for several
years in spite of the fact that we make it largely voluntary.
The Y.W.C.A., the Mission Interest groups, and other or-
ganizations have worked both through groups and individ-
uals, and we had stimulating religious services led by Dr.
Edwin McNeill Poteat, Jr.

The various committees will doubtless bring in recom-
mendations dealing with many of the matters herein
presented.

Respectfully,

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President.

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AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE

DECATUR, GA.

ANNUAL REPORT

TO

Board of Trustees

)

MAY 2.9, 1936

BOARD OF TRUSTEES
(In order of appointment with date term expires.)

(1) C. M. Candler, Decatur 1939

J. K. Orr, Atlanta 1939

W. C. Vereen, Moultrie, Ga 1937

J. S. Lyons, Atlanta 1938

F. M. Inman, Atlanta 1939

Mrs. S. M. Inman, Atlanta 1939

Mrs. C. E. Harman, Atlanta 1938

Miss Mary Wallace Kirk, Tuscumbia, Ala 1937

D. P. McGeachy, Decatur 1937

R. 0. Flinn, Atlanta 1938

H. T. Mcintosh, Albany, Ga 1936

J. R. McCain, Decatur Ex-Officio

J. J. Scott, Scottdale, Gz 1938

W. A. Bellingrath, Montgomery, Ala 1938

G. Scott Candler, Decatur 1936

E. D. Brownlee, Sanford, Fla 1938

J. Bulow Campbell, Atlanta 1938

(2) D. A. Dunseith, Clearwater, Fla 1937

Miss Nannette Hopkins, Decatur 1939

John McMillan, Stockton, Ala 1937

W. J. Rushton, Birmingham, Ala 1939

George Winship, Atlanta 1937

Warner H. DuBose, Mobile, Ala 1936

Francis M. Holt, Jacksonville, Fla 1936

Mrs. J. F. Durrett, Atlanta 1936

(1) Died August 7, 1935.

(2) Died February 12, 1936.

THE PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL REPORT
TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

1935-1936

The Board of Trustees,

Agnes Scott College.
I have the honor to present herewith my annual report
as President of Agnes Scott College for the session 1935-
1936, and I am bringing to your attention a number of items
in connection with the present status of the College and its
plans for the future.

Trustees

Since the last meeting of the Board, we have lost by
death two of our members, Honorable C. M. Candler and
Dr. D. A. Dunseith. Committees have been appointed to
bring in memorial sketches for these, but a brief mention
concerning their activities in connection with Agnes Scott
College seems appropriate.

Mr. Charles Murphey Candler was a member of the or-
ganization group which started the College under the name
of "Decatur Female Seminary." He was a member of the
original Board of Trustees, and served continuously for a
little more than forty-six years. Shortly before his death
he had been reelected for a four-year term which would have
brought his service to the half century mark if he had been
able to complete it.

No trustee has been more active in the operation of the
College than he. For more than twenty years he has been
Chairman of the Executive Committee. For fifteen years
he has been Chairman of the Committee on Buildings and
Grounds.

In the early days of the Institution, he looked after many
details of administration, conducted correspondence with
prospective students, and ai-ranged for the enrollment of
applicants. He was responsible for the awards of scholar-
ships. In times of emergency, he even hauled trunks and
kindled fires.

His interest in the College and his devotion to it never
wavered. All through the last year of his illness, his
thoughts and conversation centered largely about the Col-
lege and its welfare. The Board of Trustees, and the In-
stitution itself, have suffered a great loss in his passing
away, but we have a great deal in connection with his mem-
ory for which to be thankful.

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Dr. D. A. Dunseith was elected a trustee in May, 1928,
to fill the unexpired term of Dr. J. R. Cunningham. For
many years he had been a friend of many supporters of the
College, and he himself had sent a daughter to the Institu-
tion as a student.

In spite of his long distance from Agnes Scott and the
inconvenience which the trip necessitated, he was a regu-
lar attendant at the meetings of our Board of Trustees, and
was cordial and cooperative in all of the work of the Col-
lege. He gave much time and effort to the question of try-
ing to find wealthy friends who could contribute to the up-
building of the Institution. He was also constantly inter-
ested in sending to the College young women who might
profit by its program of education. While his term of
service was relatively short, he will be greatly missed.

The unexpired terms of Messrs. J. T. Lupton, George E.
King, C. M. Candler, and D. A. Dunseith will be brought to
the attention of the Nominating Committee. This Com-
mittee, of which Mr. J. K. Orr is Chairman, will be glad to
receive any suggestions from any member of the Board.

The terms of the following members expire at this meet-
ing: H. T. Mcintosh, G. Scott Candler, Warner H. DuBose,
Francis M. Holt and Mrs. J. F. Durrett. All of these have
been loyal and helpful members of the Board.

Since our Trustees are widely scattered, and it is very
inconvenient to have frequent meetings, the officers of the
College have followed the general policy of consulting in-
dividual members of the Board about various matters of
interest and relying on committee service for the solving
of most of the problems.

Development Program

As the Trustees are already aware, we were able by the
first of July, 1935, to complete our campaign for $1,600,000.
It was necessary to get some of this money underwritten
by friends, and we have not yet gotten sufficient collections
on the subscriptions to pay the underwriters in full. It is
extremely important that these subscriptions be paid by the
first of July.

With the money available from the campaign, the Col-
lege has proceeded to make improvements in line with the
directions of the Board at its last meeting.

The most important item of our improvement is the new
Library Building. This will be a very large structure, and
perhaps the most beautiful one on the campus. A grant

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of money was made by the Carnegie Corporation for the
special study of plans for this building, and expert librarians
and also architects were consulted in working out the
details.

For the first time in American history, so far as I am
aware, an institution is building a library which will accom-
modate at one time every student in college.

On the main floor, there is to be a large reading room,
equipped informally with davenports, easy chairs, floor
lamps, and other devices for comfort and enjoyment while
the students read. Books will be in evidence everywhere;
and, on cold days, an open fire place will give an added touch
of comfort and of cheer.

On the floor below, there will be a room of equal size,
though the ceiling will not be so high, and this will accom-
modate nearly two hundred young women with regulation
tables and chairs which will be convenient for study and
note-taking.

On the south side of the building will be arranged an
open, outdoor reading terrace which can be used most of
the year. This will be equipped with outdoor furniture,
awnings, umbrellas, and the like, and will be accessible only
from the library itself and not from the outside.

On the second floor of the building, there will be a num-
ber of seminar rooms which will be available for small
groups of students who wish to study together or to have
informal conferences between faculty members and student
groups. There will also be carrels in the stacks for faculty
members or for advanced students who have special inves-
tigations to make.

The third floor of the Library will be arranged for a
museum. This may not be used immediately, as we do not
have funds for the putting in of an elevator at this time.
When this can be installed, the Museum ought to be of great
value as it will be an attractive room and lighted in ap-
proved museum style.

The stack room will have a capacity of more than one
hundred thousand volumes. It will be six floors in height,
but we are equipping only two floors with actual shelving
at this time as this will be ample for our present number
of volumes. We have approximately thirty-five thousand
books now.

Another item of the Development Program will be the
remodeling of the present Library Building for a Student
Activities Building. It is planned that this building will

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be used exclusively for students and will accommodate most
of the clubs, publications, and other organizations which
have been so largely homeless in previous years. The main
reading room will be an ideal recreation place for students
who wish to get together either in large or small groups.

A third item of development has been the removal of
the Infirmary and West Lawn to new locations on the cam-
pus. This is the fourth location in the history of the In-
firmary, and the third of West Lawn. Both of these build-
ings are very attractive in their new positions and more
useful than ever before.

A fourth improvement which has added greatly to the
value of the campus is the opening up of the driveway be-
tween McDonough Street and Candler Street, and the con-
necting of this road with the driveway in front of the Col-
lege. For the first time it is now possible to drive through
our grounds and see all of the buildings without alighting
from automobiles.

A fifth item in the Development Program has been the
purchase of approximately four and a half acres of land
just south of our present campus which may be available
for the building of a lake, in case we wish to have one in
the future, and for a general park and improvement pur-
poses.

A final item of our development activity has been the
adding of $121,000.00 to the endowment of the College
through the gift of the General Education Board. The
Board elected to give this amount in stocks and bonds, but
these were of good quality and have actually appreciated
in value since we received them.

Semi-Centennial Objectives

We are now completing the forty-seventh year of Agnes
Scott history. In 1939 we will be ready to celebrate the
semi-centennial of the Institution. It seems wise that we
should begin to think of the objectives which we should at-
tain, either by that time or as a result of the activities of
that occasion. I am venturing to call your attention to
some items which seem to me very important.

1. An Auditorium and Fine Arts Building. _$ 150,000

2. A New Dormitory 125,000

3. Modernizing our Present Dormitories 100,000

4. New Science Hall 125,000

5. May Day Grounds, Lake and Landscaping 50,000

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Department of the Home, Building and

Endowment 150,000

New Infirmary 50,000

Additional Endowment

Library $150,000

Upkeep of new buildings- _ 300,000

Faculty salaries 670,000 1,120,000

$1,870,000

So far as I can see, every one of these items is necessary
for the operation of the College on a high class basis. There
are many items which I would like to include: such as, an
apartment house for teachers, a separate art museum, and
many items of additional endowment; but I see no possi-
bility of getting funds for those purposes in the immediate
future. In fact, I do not see where the money may come
for the items which are outlined above, but I have the great-
est faith in securing whatever funds may be necessary if
our friends understand the situation and believe that our
needs are reasonable. It is going to be increasingly im-
portant to be remembered in wills as a source of progress
because individuals are not going to be allowed to accum-
ulate wealth for special gifts under our present Government
program.

University Center

Steady progress is being made in closer cooperation be-
tween Emory University, Agnes Scott College, and various
units of the University of Georgia System. It is absolutely
necessary that we keep definitely in mind that our program
does not call for coordination or merging or any close or
integral relationship. The word "cooperation" expresses
the extent to which we feel that our institution ought to
participate.

It is not planned, for the present at least, that there will
be any exchange of students between the institutions unless
we should decide that we would like to have our Practice
Teaching or some other professional element of the curric-
ulum done at Emory rather than to try to carry on the work
here. However, in the rearrangement of our program on
a quarter basis, in the facilities with which we can exchange
teachers where classes are small, in a joint library cata-
logue for all of the institutions of the community, in plan-
ning for summer work, and in other particulars, we feel
that progressive and yet conservative ideas are being work-
ed out.

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Emory University is celebrating its centennial this year,
and is planning to put on a campaign for $6,000,000 for the
development of its Graduate School. We are endorsing the
application of the University to the great Foundations, and
will help in any way possible to make its local campaign a
success, because a Graduate School would be a great assist-
ance to the Agnes Scott work as well as to that of Emory.
We would not undertake any responsibility for the opera-
tion of it, but our influence would be felt in the standards
that are maintained.

Current Expenses

The report of the Treasurer will give needful informa-
tion in regard to this topic. We find it necessary to econ-
omize in many ways in which it would be comfortable to
spend more money. There are unexpected items of expense
which come from time to time, such as the repairs to our
trees from the damage done by the ice storm at Christmas.
We had more than 265 fine campus trees seriously injured,
but we have gotten these into very good shape. The col-
lection of all student accounts for the session before May
1st is quite a factor in our being able to meet our bills
promptly and protect our excellent credit. This is the
eighteenth consecutive year that Mr. Tart has been able to
make this fine showing.

Faculty

There have been no important changes in the Faculty
during the past year. Miss Gwendeline N. Miller, Assist-
ant Librarian, resigned ; and her place has been filled by
Miss Laura C. Colvin who holds her B. A. degree from the
College of William and Mary, and her B. A. L. S. from the
University of Michigan. She gives her principal attention
to catalogue work.

Miss Sarah Bowman resigned as Instructor in Biology,
and her place has been filled by Miss Helen Mar Miller, B.
A., Goucher College, Ph. D., Johns Hopkins University.

Miss Helen Page Ackerman resigned as Assistant in
Physical Education, and her place has been taken by Miss
Elizabeth Mitchell, B. A., Alabama College.

The entire Faculty have shown faithfulness and coope-
ration to just as full an extent as could be asked or expected.
They gave sacrificially in our Campaign last year, and the
pledges have been paid promptly in spite of the fact that
the normal salaries are still reduced ten percent. We are
very anxious indeed to restore this cut as soon as possible.

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We have made a thorough investigation of possible pen-
sion plans for Faculty and Officers, but it does not seem
reasonable to undertake a program of this sort until sala-
ries can be restored to the normal amounts.

Agnes Scott is particularly blessed in having a staff of
administrators who are not only efficient but who have the
interest of the College at heart. In this connection, I would
like particularly to mention Dean Nannette Hopkins, Reg-
istrar S. G. Stukes, Treasurer J. C. Tart, and Business Man-
ager R. B. Cunningham. All of these officers have been
at the College for a longer period than I have been con-
nected with the Institution, and their work is excellent.

Students

Our enrollment this year has been practically the same
as for the last session, but there has been an increase in
the number of boarders; and all of our dormitory rooms
were filled. It was necessary to reopen and recondition
The White House in order to take care of the extra number
of applicants.

Our 496 students may be classified in various ways, as
follows :

Geographical Distribution

Alabama 19 Ohio 1

Arkansas 5 Pennsylvania 1

Connecticut 1 South Carolina 49

District of Columbia 1 Tennessee 21

Florida 20 Texas 3

Georgia 288 Virginia 14

Illinois 2 West Virginia 5

Kansas 1 Wisconsin 1

Kentucky 7 Africa 1

Louisiana 4 Argentina 1

Michigan 1 Chile 1

Mississippi 9 China 1

Missouri 1 France 1

New Jersey 1 Germany 1

New York 3

North Carolina 33 Total 496

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Class Enrollment

Senior Class 107

Junior Class 92

Sophomore Class 116

Freshman Class 161

First Year Irregulars 3

Fourth Year Irregulars 1

Unclassified Students 2

Special Students 14

Total 496

Residence

Boarders 297

Day Students 199

Denominational Distribution

Presbyterian 192

Methodist 114

Baptist 90

Episcopal 48

Christian 12

Lutheran 4

Roman Catholic 10

Jewish 14

Congregational 2

Christian Scientists 6

Plymouth Brethren 1

Reformed 1

Union Church 1

Non-members 1

Total 496

The students have been very cooperative this year in
their various activities as well as in the academic class work.
The student leaders are concerned that the high ideals of
the College be maintained, and we can always count on their
using their influence in the right direction.

Extra-Curriculum Activities

The religious life of the College has been very quiet and
satisfactory through the session. We had Mr. S. D. Gor-
don, the noted author and lecturer, to conduct a special se-
ries of services for a week, and his ministry was quite help-
ful. The Y. W. C. A., the Mission Interest Groups, and

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other organizations have contributed to the religious life
and spiritual impress of the campus.

Our Lecture Association always brings to the campus
some stimulating speakers in the realm of literature or pub-
lic affairs. This year we have had Robert Frost, perhaps
the outstanding poet of America at this time ; Thornton
Wilder, the well known novelist; and Sir Arthur Willert, the
well known publicist and authority on international affairs.

The All-Star Concert Series in Atlanta always attracts
a great deal of interest on our campus. The Manager has
each year made special concessions to Agnes Scott students
so that they could get good seats at less than half the given
price. This year approximately 375 of our students took
advantage of the reduced rates and participated in the note-
worthy concerts.

The various committees will doubtless bring recommen-
dations dealing with many of the matters herein presented.

Respectfully,

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TRUSTEE COMMITTEES

Executive

J. K. Orr, Chairman; J. S. Lyons, W. C. Vereen, F. M.
Inman, E. D. Brownlee, W. J. Rushton, and the President.

Finance

F. M. Inman, Chairman; J. K. Orr, W. A. Bellingrath,
J. B. Campbell, John McMillan, George Winship, J. J. Scott,
and the President.

Buildings and Grounds

J. J. Scott, Chairman ; J. K. Orr, Mrs. S. M. Inman, Mrs.
C. E. Harman, J. B. Campbell, George Winship, Scott Can-
dler, and the President.

Faculty

J. S. Lyons, Chairman ; D. P. McGeachy, R. 0. Flinn, Miss
Nannette Hopkins, Mrs. J. F. Durrett, and the President.

Nominations

J. K. Orr, Chairman ; R. 0. Flinn, H. T. Mcintosh, F. M.
Holt, Warner DuBose, W. C. Vereen, and the President.

Health

Miss Nannette Hopkins, Chairman; Mrs. S. M. Inman,
Mrs. J. F. Durrett, Miss Mary Wallace Kirk, Scott Candler,
and the President.

Scholarships

J. R. McCain, Chairman; D. P. McGeachy, Miss Mary
Wallace Kirk, John McMillan, and F. M. Holt.

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THE PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL REPORT

TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

1936-1937

June 4, 1937.
The Board of Trustees,

Agnes Scott College.
I have the honor to present herewith my annual report
as President of Agnes Scott College for the session 1936-
1937.

Trustees

Since the last meeting of the Board, we have lost by
death two of our members Mrs. Bessie Scott Harman and
Mr. William A. Bellingrath. Committees have been appoint-
ed to bring in memorial sketches for these, but a brief men-
tion concerning their activities in connection with Agnes
Scott College seems appropriate.

Mrs. Harman has been connected with the College prac-
tically all of her life. She attended Agnes Scott when it was
an Institute and made a good record in her work, particu-
larly in English and History. She was elected a Trustee on
October 17, 1917, and for twenty years has been an active
and efficient member of the Board. Both of her daughters
received their education at the College, and through all the
years she has been a loyal and active member of the Alum-
nae Association.

She assisted personally many of the girls who have at-
tended the College from time to time, and she raised all of
the funds for the first Korean student who came to Agnes
Scott. She certainly carried on well the spirit of her father
who was the founder of the College and of her grandmother
in whose honor it was named.

Mr. William A. Bellingrath was elected a Trustee of
Agnes Scott College on October 9, 1922, and served continu-
ously until his death on March 11, 1937. During this period
of fifteen years, he showed his interest in many ways. He
contributed generously for the financial support of the In-
stitution. He was ever ready to give time and effort for
its advancement, and he was an unusually wise and helpful
counsellor on all important affairs. He was pleased that his
oldest daughter became an Agnes Scott graduate, and be-
fore his death he arranged for his youngest daughter to
enter here.

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The fact of Mr. Bellingrath's connection with the Col-
lege was a distinct recommendation of the Institution to a
great many people in Alabama and helped to win support
and patronage for the Institution. He will be greatly missed.

The unexpired terms of Mrs. Harman and Mr. Belling-
rath will be brought to the attention of the Nominating
Committee, of which Mr. J. K. Orr is Chairman.

The terms of the following members expire at this meet-
ing: Mr. W. C. Vereen, Miss Mary Wallace Kirk, Dr. D. P.
McGeachy, Mr. John McMillan, Mr. George Winship, and
Dr. J. A. McClure. All of these are loyal and helpful mem-
bers of the Board.

On account of the fact that our Trustees are very busy
people and widely scattered, it is not possible to have fre-
quent meetings. The officers of the College do appreciate
greatly the opportunity of consulting with individual mem-
bers from time to time and of working through Committees
of the Board. The Trustees often do not realize that their
connection with the Institution gives a degree of prestige
and confidence on the part of people who are acquainted
with the individual Trustees and who may become patrons
or supporters of the College.

Buildings and Grounds

The most significant event since the last meeting of the
Board of Trustees was the opening of our New Library and
its dedication in December. The building has proved to be
all that we expected and hoped for, and it has created wide-
spread interest and comment.

It was dedicated at the same time that Emory Univer-
sity was celebrating its Centennial, and we had the oppor-
tunity of bringing to our campus for the occasion the most
distinguished group of educators from all parts of this coun-
try and Canada that we have ever had on our campus at
one time. These included representatives of nearly three
hundred institutions of high rank.

By vote of the Executive Committee, the building for-
merly used for a library was completely remodeled and
equipped and named in honor of Honorable Charles Murphey
Candler, Sr., who was for forty-six years a devoted and an
effective Trustee of the College. This building was dedicated
in April, and it is proving to be one of the most valuable
assets of the College. It is in great demand by student or-
ganizations, and has become the center of the student life
of the campus.

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During the last year, the College has been able to acquire
seven lots fronting on College Place and Hancock Street.
These lots are heavily wooded, and the College was anxious
to protect the original forest trees against developments
that might not be satisfactory. It is the hope of the Ath-
letic Association to erect a hut and an outdoor kitchen in
the woods thus acquired so that our students may have a
very convenient retreat for conferences and for recreation.

The College has also been able to acquire the house and
lot on the corner of South Candler Street and Dougherty
Street. The house is being remodeled, and will be occupied
by Professor S. G. Stukes. This lot is quite large, and there
is ample room on it for the development later of an apart-
ment house for teachers whenever this seems to be prac-
ticable and desirable.

The enlargement and beautifying of the Alumnae Gar-
den has been a very interesting and attractive development
on the campus during recent months. The Alumnae have
been of great assistance to the College in this work, in the
equipping of the Murphey Candler Building, and in numer-
ous other activities.

Faculty

Miss Margaret T. Phythian has been on leave of absence
this year for the purpose of completing her doctorate in
French at the University of Grenoble in France. She finds
that it will be necessary to continue this study for another
year, and an additional leave of absence has been granted
for this purpose. The College is most gratified that the Gen-
eral Education Board has awarded a fellowship to Miss
Phythian for the purpose of enabling her to continue this
study. The amount of the fellowship will be approximately
$2,000, and is a distinct honor to the College as well as to
Miss Phythian herself. During her leave of absence, her
work has been carried on by Miss Helen Carlson, B.A. Grin-
nell College, M.A. Columbia University, who has almost
completed her Ph.D. work.

In the Biology Department, we had resignations of Dr.
Thomas W. Whitaker, Miss Helen Mar Miller, and Miss
Carol Griffin. Their places have been filled by Ernest H.
Runyon, Ph.D. University of Chicago, Miss Mary Linda
Vardell, B.A. Flora Macdonald College, M.A. University of
North Carolina, and Miss Frances L. McCalla, B.A. Agnes
Scott College. The Departments of Latin and Greek have
been strengthened by the addition of Miss Narka Nelson,

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B.A. Western College, M.A. Smith College, Ph.D. Univer-
sity of California.

The opening of our New Library has necessitated the
enlarging of our staff, and we have added Miss Josephine
Nunnally, B.A. Westhampton College, B.S.L.S. Columbia
University, and Miss Elena V. Greenfield, B.A. Agnes Scott
College, B.A.L.S. Emory University.

In Chemistry, Mrs. Margaret Whitington Davis resigned
as instructor, and her place has been taken by Mrs. Lucy
Goss Herbert, B.A. Agnes Scott College, M.S. Emory Uni-
versity.

On account of the illness of one of the teachers in the
English Department, Miss Virginia Prettyman, B.A. Agnes
Scott College, has been serving as Assistant in the Depart-
ment during the last two quarters of the session.

While the staff of the Alumnae Office are not chosen by
the College, yet they do mean so much to the well-being of
our Institution that we are always concerned with the per-
sonnel of that staff. Miss Dorothy Hutton, who has been
the Alumnae Secretary, resigned ; and her place has been
taken by Mrs. Fannie G. Donaldson, B.A. Agnes Scott Col-
lege, who formerly served very effectively in this work,
and Miss Nelle Chamlee, B.A. Agnes Scott College, has been
transferred from the Bookstore as Assistant Alumnae Sec-
retary. Her place in the Bookstore has been taken by Miss
Ruby Hutton, B.A. Agnes Scott College.

The College is greatly blessed in its officers and faculty
who work together with unusual devotion to the Institution
and with harmony among themselves. The President of the
College has been connected with the Institution twenty-two
years, but all of the major officers, including the Dean, the
Registrar, Business Manager, and Treasurer exceed the
President in their length of service with the College. Their
experience and loyalty make for smooth administration and
a very effective college organization.

The Faculty have been operating this year on the quar-
ter basis instead of the semester program. This division of
the year was adopted in order to cooperate more closely with
the University Center program of the Atlanta institutions.
On the whole, it has proved to be very satisfactory. There
are some aspects of the schedule which will need to be im-
proved and refined, but there are fewer difficulties than we
anticipated.

The Faculty is also experimenting with a "cut system"
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so as to regulate the attendance on classes by the students.
While the plan is purely experimental in its present state,
it is anticipated that probably it will be made permanent.
The system was requested by the students, but the faculty
have felt that it will not interfere seriously with the work
of the classes in view of the strict limitations which are
imposed.

Students

All the dormitory rooms were filled this year, and it was
necessary for us to take over the Sturges Cottage for fac-
ulty members and to use Boyd Cottage for students so as
to take care of the number who were applying for admis-
sion.

Our 491 students may be classified in various ways as
follows :

Geographical Distribution

Alabama 26 South Carolina 43

Arkansas 3 Tennessee 23

Florida 28 Texas 3

Georgia 272 Virginia 18

Illinois 1 West Virginia 8

Kentucky 6 Foreign Countries

Louisiana 5 Africa 2

Mississippi 4 China 5

Missouri 1 England 1

New Jersey 1 France 1

New York 2 Japan 1

North Carolina 31 Mexico 1

Ohio 1

Pennsylvania 4 Total 491

Class Enrollment

Senior Class 88

Junior Class 92

Sophomore Class 133

Freshman Class 162

First Year Irregulars 5

Second Year Irregulars 1

Unclassified Students 2

Special Students 8

Total 491

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Residence

Boarders 309

Day Students 182

Denominational Distribution

Presbyterian 199

Methodist 114

Baptist 86

Episcopal 40

Jewish 16

Christian 11

Catholic 8

Christian Science 3

Congregational 2

Church of Christ 2

Lutheran 1

Ethical Culture 1

Plymouth Brethren 1

Union Church of Manila 1

United Brethren 1

Unknown 4

Reformed 1

491

The various organizations on the campus have cooper-
ated well this year in maintaining the ideals and high stand-
ards of the College. Student Government Association has
made unusual efforts to emphasize and interpret individ-
ually the Honor System of the College.

Current Expenses

The report of the Treasurer will give general informa-
tion in regard to this topic. The increase in the cost of liv-
ing has been very noticeable in the purchases which the Col-
lege makes. It is becoming a definite factor with which we
must reckon in making up the budget for the year. This
fact is a matter that also concerns the faculty, officers, and
other employees of the Institution. There should be some
increase in the remuneration for these groups, but it is un-
certain as yet as to whether or not any increase may be
made for the next session. This will have to be determined
when we can tell more accurately the prospective income
for the session 1937-1938.

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The emphasis on Social Security which is manifest
throughout the country reminds us afresh that we have not
been able as yet to establish any pension plan for our staff.
It will be unquestionably necessary for us to do this in the
near future. Important as it is, we feel that it must wait
until we are able to restore, to some extent at least, the sal-
ary cuts which were made previously.

Semi-Centennial Plans

All friends of Agnes Scott should keep in mind the fact
that in 1939 we will be ready to celebrate the Semi-Centen-
nial of the College. The Board of Trustees will doubtless
wish to appoint at this meeting a Committee to make defi-
nite plans for that occasion. We have already adopted some
general financial and material objectives, and these will
need to be refined and elaborated.

We are anxious for the occasion to mean fully as much
in the mental and spiritual growth of the Institution as in
its financial well-being. All these matters will need the
careful attention of the Trustees, and it is hoped that each
member will be ready to make suggestions in regard to this
and other matters that will be presented.

The various Committees will doubtless bring definite
recommendations which may be a basis for discussion and
final action.

Respectfully,

^g'.

President.

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J^gnes jicoti (EallegE

Beratur, (Georgia

The President s Annual Report

To The

Board of Trustees

f+jk

June 3, 1938

NOTE

We are enclosing as a part of this Report a Development
Plan for Agnes Scott, indicating the items that we need
most at this time. The Report of the Treasurer is sent as
a separate brochure.

PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL REPORT

June 3, 1938.
Board of Trustees,

Agnes Scott College.

I have the honor to present herewith my annual report
as President of the College. It is the fifteenth such report
that I have had the privilege of making. You will remember
that we are closing the forty-ninth session of the institu-
tion.

University Center Developments

For several years we have seemed to make relatively lit-
tle progress in cooperation between Agnes Scott, Emory
University, Georgia Tech and other institutions of the
vicinity. The last few months have seen a great deal of
activity in the subject. This is partly due to the fact that
we are beginning to overcome some of our local difficulties,
but there are also some other events which have hastened
our activity.

Last winter the General Education Board decided to ap-
point a Southern Advisory Committee for this year, and I
was requested to serve as a member. It seemed important
for our local institutions to make their petition to the Gen-
eral Education Board before I should become active on the
Committee because I would feel some hesitancy in pressing
our claims after my semi-official relations should begin.
Accordingly Emory and Agnes Scott requested the officers
of the Board for an opportunity to present our case. This
was granted and April 8th was set for the date. We had an
excellent opportunity to tell our whole story and present
such maps, statistics, and other data as might be desired.
We received a most cordial and friendly reception, though
there was a very distinct understanding that the Board
might not make any contribution at all and was very likely
not to make a grant of such size as we were requesting.

We have also felt encouraged because the General Educa-
tion Board invited a group of representatives from the vari-
ous institutions around Atlanta to go at the Board's expense
to visit Cornell University, Rochester University, and To-
ronto University, all of which have developed along lines

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which may be suggestive and helpful to us. This generous
action on the part of the Board likewise was with the full
understanding that it would not necessarily lead to any gift.

We also had interviews with the Carnegie Corporation,
the Rosenwald Fund, the office of Mr. E. S. Harkness, and
others who may be friendly if our program develops in an
encouraging way.

It has become increasingly evident that to develop a great
university we will need the cooperation of all our forces in
this part of the state. It is particularly worth while for the
University of Georgia, Georgia School of Technology, Co-
lumbia Seminary, and perhaps other institutions in the
general vicinity to unite in eliminating unnecessary compe-
tition and in providing resources for meeting needs that
have as yet been scarcely realized.

For your information we are giving here a summary of
the report which Agnes Scott made to the General Educa-
tion Board in presenting our case:

Letter

You have shown such continuous and vital interest in
Agnes Scott College that we are encouraged to lay before
you now some of the opportunities and responsibilities
which seem to lie immediately before us. May we recount
briefly the grants which you have made us?

Conditional Offers

1. No. 044. October 27, 1908. An offer of $100,000
provided $250,000 should be pledged as a supplemental
sum by December 1, 1909, with a final limit of collec-
tions December 31, 1911. The terms of the grant were
very unusual for that day and most generous in the
wide scope of service for which the money might be
expended.

2. No. 174. June 25, 1919. An offer of $175,000
provided a supplemental sum of $325,000 should be sub-
scribed by December 1, 1921, with a final limit of col-
lections July 1, 1924. All of this was for endowment.

3. No. 200. January 26, 1921. An offer of $100,000
provided a supplemental sum of $150,000 be subscribed
by January 1, 1923, with a final limit for collections

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March 31, 1926. The whole sum thus provided was to
be used for increases in salaries for teachers. It was
quite unusual for the Board to make a second offer
before an outstanding one had been met, but an excep-
tion was made in our case.

4. No. 409. June 24, 1929. An offer of $300,000
provided a supplemental sum of $600,000 be subscribed
by July 1, 1929, with a final collection date of July 1,
1932. This grant was very unusual in several ways.
It was made after the general policy of grants to col-
leges had been severely curtailed. It was accompanied
by another offer to run concurrently. The purposes of
the expenditures for the total sum were most varied
and generous.

5. No. 411. September 18, 1929. An offer of $200,-
000 provided a supplemental sum of $400,000 be sub-
scribed by July 1, 1931, with a final date of collections
July 1, 1934. This grant was also particularly helpful
in that the purposes allowed were varied and flexible.

6. No. GI-2298-B (A modification of No. 411). De-
cember 13, 1934. An offer of an additional $100,000
on condition that the supplemental sum required under
Grant No. 411 be collected in full by July 1, 1935. On
account of the economic conditions in the country an
extension of time from July 1, 1934, to July 1, 1935,
had been previously allowed by the Officers of the
Board.

Value of This Aid

When the General Education Board began its aid, Agnes
Scott was a new and weak college, with high ideals and
severe standards as its main assets. Its total financial re-
sources were less than $325,000, with a considerable debt.
No one can possibly estimate the benefits that have come
from the repeated offers of the Board. They have provided
a definite stimulus for the other friends of the Institution.

The Board has contributed $975,000 ; but the College has
been able to secure from others more than $2,000,000 addi-
tional, very largely indeed on the strength of the conditional
gifts of the Board. The College has been able to meet on
time the requirements as to securing the subscriptions for
the supplemental sums; and, except in 1934 when an exten-
sion of one year was asked, it has been able to show on time
the collection in full of those sums. Agnes Scott's friends
have taken pride in helping to meet promptly the oppor-
tunities offered to the College.

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When the Board made its first conditional grant, there
were in the South at least a score of private colleges for
women that had stronger financial assets than Agnes Scott
and perhaps equal educational recognition. The aid received
has enabled the College to take the lead in financial strength
of all such institutions between Baltimore and New Orleans,
though far from being adequately provided.

Perhaps the greatest contribution of the General Educa-
tion Board to Agnes Scott College has not been the money
given, but rather the confidence which the Officers of the
Board have shown in the College and the constant encour-
agement that has meant more than anything merely ma-
terial could stimulate. The Board has been by far our great-
est partner in the educational task which we are trying to
accomplish ; and your approval has been more valuable than
you can realize.

Need for a University Center

The Board is well aware of the general conditions in the
South. The remarkable book by Howard W. Odum entitled,
"Southern Regions of the United States," has shown condi-
tions in many fields so clearly that there is no need of repe-
tition here. In order that there may be improvement, we
are convinced that there must be cooperation by states and
by educational institutions and by group agencies and by
individuals. We feel sure that better standards of educa-
tion are essential. In the University Center Program which
we are trying to establish in Atlanta, these two objectives
are combined and emphasized.

Emory University is setting forth in its presentation the
need of a Graduate School. We believe that this is the most
pressing obligation which the University Center can meet ;
but we agree with Emory and with the group of distin-
guished educators who made a study of the situation in
Atlanta and in the South that it is unwise to try to build
a graduate school until the "under-pinning" college program
is improved and well supported. As one of the colleges upon
which the superstructure of graduate work is to rest, Agnes
Scott realizes keenly its need for strengthening.

Agnes Scott's Responsibilities

As a cooperating unit in the University Development of
the Southeast, Agnes Scott feels that its first responsibility
is to set and to maintain high standards of intellectual work.
It is hard to realize how difficult this is in the South. Agnes

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Scott had last year nearly 2,700 inquiries about freshman
admission. Not all of these could have been secured if the
College had wanted them, but possibly 500 would have come
if they had been accepted. After a thorough sifting of the
group, the College finally took only 174. We think these are
far above the average for most colleges in the South, and
we can understand something of the problem that a State
school must have when it feels obligated to take the "run
of mine" graduate into its Freshman Class. More than any-
thing else, in our judgment, our section of the country needs
an insistence on quality and the discipline of thorough work.

While Agnes Scott is an earnest seeker after quality in
its students, and while it draws its faculty from more than
25 states and from more than 40 universities or colleges in
an effort to get breadth of experience and of understanding,
it falls short of being a first class institution. The profes-
sors, with one or two exceptions, receive only $3,500 or less.
The College does not have any retirement plan or arrange-
ment for sabbatical leave. It is not able to subsidize research
or to finance many investigations which it would like to
make as to its own program. It has never had sufficient
sums for the purchase of works of art or of adequate books
for the library.

The College is even further behind on its living quarters
for students and faculty than on its academic facilities. It
wishes to emphasize the value of residence on the campus
rather than having a large number of day students; but its
dormities are further out-of-date than those of any other
college^ in the state.

In the allocation of duties in the University Center plans,
Agnes Scott has been charged with the working out of im-
provement in the Fine Arts for the whole southern area.
Very little has been done in this field around Atlanta. The
offerings in Music, Art, Architecture, Sculpture, and the
like are very scanty and not well organized. It is felt that
the Fine Arts ought to be developed from three viewpoints :
(1) For college students who may count the work as a part
of their degree programs; (2) For the adults who do not
care for degree credit, but who may profit by the training
and culture that may be made available; and (3) For those
who plan to use the training for vocational or professional
purposes. Not all of these emphases can be provided at
once, and it is felt that the offerings for the undergraduate
college students are the most important just now.

Another item in the allocation of responsibilities for Ag-
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nes Scott is the development and promotion of training for
Home Making not the customary department of Home
Economics, but a comprehensive Department of the Home.
This would gather together from the curriculum many im-
portant courses or parts of courses that have bearing on
the modern home ; such as, the physiology of human beings,
the coming of children, child psychology, elementary educa-
tion, dietetics, budgeting, home decoration, household archi-
tecture, and the like.

Semi-Centennial Plans

In September of 1939, Agnes Scott will be fifty years of
age; and it is hoped that this anniversary may be used for
concentrating efforts on meeting some of the responsibili-
ties above outlined. The Board of Trustees has made a two-
year study of particular needs and objectives for this occa-
sion ; and these are herewith summarized :

Fine Arts Building and Auditorium $ 150,000

Additional Science Hall 200,000

A New Dormitory 150,000

Modernizing Present Dormitories 100,000

Faculty Apartments 50,000

College Infirmary 50,000

Additional Land and Improvements 90,000

Equipment, Art, Music, Laboratory, etc 85,000

Additional Endowment:

Department of the Home $150,000

Upkeep of Buildings 300,000

Better Salaries 675,000 1,125.000

TOTAL $2,000,000

Agnes Scott has a remarkable record for achieving its re-
sults within the budgets or estimates made. However, it
will certainly be true that some adjustments as to amounts
for particular items may be advisable from time to time.

The Agnes Scott Request

The College authorities believe that, in a general public
campaign for the University Center Development, special
emphasis should be given to the need of Graduate Work to
be centered primarily at Emory University. This will neces-
sarily restrict the constituency to whom Agnes Scott may
appeal. In our last general campaign, there were more than
12,000 individual contributors. It is hoped that we may be
able to enlist many more than that number for the whole

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Emory project, but the Agnes Scott list would be relatively
small in number.

Another factor about raising money for Agnes Scott is
that the friends of the College have very recently been sub-
scribing over a period of years, and they likely will feel that
they have had a very brief period of respite. We cannot
afford to press too hard those who have stood by us loyally
through the depression days.

We believe that we ought to be able to raise $500,000,
after making due allowance for the factors just mentioned.
That means that we are more dependent than heretofore on
a gift from the Board if we are to attain our carefully
studied objectives.

We are confident that the General Education Board de-
sires to help us, that you believe in the sincerity of Agnes
Scott and in the contribution to education that we are mak-
ing in a strategic center, and that you realize that the
development of a University Center in Atlanta would serve
the South most effectively.

May we submit for your consideration two requests:

1. That you give us outright the sum of $1,000,000, to
help us in our present program, somewhat by matching what
the College has done in raising funds under the first six
conditional offers from you.

2. That you offer us an additional $500,000 on condition
that we raise an equal amount.

If you choose to make such awards, we believe you will be
raising Agnes Scott to a place where it may not only be a
sound integral unit of a University Program, but a really
first class college for service particularly in the South. We
would not completely attain the objectives as listed, but we
believe that we can get the balance needed through legacies
or special gifts within a brief period.

We are fully aware that such donations are not within
the regular program of your Board, and that they could be
easily declined by rule; but in the past you have been able
to make some exceptions to your rules in order to help us
with special opportunities, and we hope the way may be
found to do this just now.

As we proceed with further plans, it is evident that it
will be wise for Emory University to discontinue the tak-

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ing of women in undergraduate work unless they are reg-
istered at Agnes Scott. It is likewise important that they
make it possible, in theory at least, for women to attend
their medical school.

Considerable progress has been made in getting rather
large gifts for Emory ; and some plan ought to be worked
out so that gifts, large or small, which may be contributed
to the University Center project, may be divided among the
institutions on some agreed ratio.

We have certainly never had a more interesting problem
on which to work. There are great possibilities for good.
We are determined that Agnes Scott will maintain its status
as an independent institution and safeguard its character
as a Christian school of high standing. We believe that by
uniting our efforts with those of other institutions a greater
service may be rendered to our section and to the South.

Semi-Centennial Plans

As you are already aware, Agnes Scott will complete fifty
years of service at commencement of next year. We are
very anxious indeed that our semi-centennial may be cele-
brated in a way that will be a blessing to the College itself
and to all who are associated with it. The very able com-
mittee which was appointed by the Board last year have
been studying the situation and have formulated some gen-
eral ideas. It is their thought that probably commencement
of next year will have some references to our celebration,
but that these will be of an introductory nature.

It is thought that at the opening of College in September,
1939, at a home coming celebration in the fall of that year,
on Founder's Day (February 22nd) in 1940, at May Day,
and again at commencement of 1940. we may have interest-
ing celebrations or events which will keep up a degree of
interest throughout the entire year.

We are getting out this year a complete directory of all
the students who have ever attended the College with their
present addresses, and we are hoping to publish a brief story
of the College which will bring up to date some of the ma-
terials previously gathered.

One very interesting feature of the celebration will be the
collecting of as many mementos as possible of Mrs. Agnes
Scott and of Col. George W. Scott. Since we now have fire-
proof buildings in which we can safely keep relics, we are
hopeful that we may get from the family and other friends

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many articles of great value from a historical standpoint.
We will be glad to have as many of these as possible as gifts,
but we will be glad to keep for the family as loans any other
articles which may be available.

We are very anxious to have a celebration of such a na-
ture that all the friends of the institution can participate
in some way. Suggestions from the trustees or from others
who may be interested will certainly be welcome by all mem-
bers of the Committee.

Financial Program

In comparison with the earlier clays of the institution,
Agnes Scott has made rapid progress during the last decade,
but it still has a great deal to attain in order to rank in
resources with the outstanding colleges for women in our
country. I am listing herewith the latest comparative stand-
ing of Agnes Scott with the "Seven Sisters" in the East
who have been making very good progress indeed in the
development of their institutions :

Endowment, Build-
Institution ings, Grounds

Barnard $ 9,526,000

Bryn Mawr 10,450,000

Mt. Holyoke 8,821,000

Radcliffe 6,342,000

Smith 13,262,000

Vassar 16,800,000

Wellesley 16,699,000

AGNES SCOTT 3,345,000

We should not be discouraged, but at the same time we
must realize our comparatively lowly position.

I do not feel that we are yet ready to announce a formal
campaign. The objectives which we presented to the Gen-
eral Education Board I think we may well pursue. If we
can secure a conditional offer, it would assist us very much
in determining the size of campaign which should be pro-
jected, provided it is deemed wise to have one at all. We
believe that some money can be raised. For the first time
in our history, we have a program which is sufficiently im-
portant to invite large givers to form a partnership with us
rather than to make donations to us. I hope we can make
a real distinction just there in the presentation of our cause
in connection with the whole university center project.

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Progress in our development can be promoted greatly
through wills that are made in favor of the College. Agnes
Scott was named along with the Georgia School of Tech-
nology and the First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta in the
will of Mr. George W. Harrison, Jr. We will receive ap-
proximately $20,000 as our share of the estate. It is thought-
fulness and cooperation of this kind which will enable us to
go forward steadily.

If I were to name the greatest single need at the moment
in the development of the College, I would list a new dormi-
tory and dining room. Our facilities in this field have been
long outworn, and all of us in the administrative work of
the College feel that it is extremely important that we make
improvements here. It will be economical and likewise edu-
cationally helpful if we can have one attractive dining room
which will house all of the college community. It will cer-
tainly be more economical also if we can serve our whole
group from one kitchen.

As a part of this report we are enclosing a development
program in colors which I hope will indicate some of the
improvements which we hope to make.

Current Finances

The year has been a very satisfactory one though not
spectacular in any sense. Mr. Tart, our Treasurer, has col-
lected his accounts 100 ' < , and is due the hearty congratula-
tions of the Board. There are many expenditures which
have been requested and which we need, but which we have
had to deny in order to live within our budget.

Much of our equipment is badly out of date. Almost our
entire lot of pianos will soon need replacement. This sum-
mer we will renew a considerable part of our insurance.
Many of our buildings need painting and quite a number of
our steam lines will need replacing. Since we do not charge
depreciation against these various items, we offset this plan
of procedure by making these replacements or improve-
ments out of current expenses. I have mentioned only a
few items as illustrations of things which would be done
immediately if our income were not strictly limited.

The 1937-1938 Session

The current college year has been one of the most satis-
factory which we have ever had. The health of the com-
munity has been generally good, and we have had very few
cases of serious discipline.

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The religious life of the College has been unusual this
year in its interest and effectiveness. We have had two
series of religious meetings. The first of these in the fall
was led by Rev. Wallace M. Alston. The second, which came
in February, was under the leadership of Dr. Robert E.
Speer. Both were helpful to the entire college community.

We have been interested and yet somewhat concerned at
the organization of denominational groups on the campus.
The Baptists, Presbyterians, and Methodists now have such
organizations. There are distinct values in these, and yet
there is a danger that the religious leadership of the cam-
pus will be drawn apart and their energies divided. In order
to tie our various groups together, we have organized The
Christian Association of Agnes Scott College which replaces
the Y. W. C. A. and which is particularly planned to bring
in the denominational groups as integral factors in the
whole campus religious life. A special committee of the
Christian Association will keep in touch with the national
Y. W. C. A. so as to conserve any helpful suggestions or
activities, but we will not have it as our official organiza-
tion.

Board of Trustees

We have had so quiet a year with so few problems and
so little necessary in the way of changes that we have not
taken much of your time. We know that all the Trustees
are fully occupied with personal matters, and we hesitate
to call on you unless it is very important. As you will see
from the foregoing suggestions in this report, the approach-
ing meeting will be very significant indeed, and it will be
a great help if we may have your advice and cooperation
in the various matters that come before us.

The terms of the following members expire this year:
Dr. J. Sprole Lyons, Dr. R. 0. Flinn, Mr. J. J. Scott, Miss
Mary Wallace Kirk, Dr. E. D. Brownlee, Mr. J. B. Campbell,
and Mrs. Frances Craighead Dwyer. They have all shown
continued interest in the College, and the fullest possible
cooperation in every matter affecting the Institution.

Faculty

The Faculty are giving a good deal of attention this year
to curriculum reorganization and to a careful study of the
requirements for the degree. A great many changes have
taken place in high school curricula, and these are reflected
in the preparation of the students who apply to us for ad-

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mission. Since we have more than forty first class univer-
sities or colleges represented in the training of our faculty,
we are able to profit by many viewpoints and experiences
when we undertake to study situations or to consider
changes.

The loyalty of the Faculty to the College and their co-
operation for its welfare and the interest which they take
in the students help the Institution to maintain its stand-
ards and yet to show a kindly spirit in dealing with students
and with patrons.

Miss Nannette Hopkins, our beloved Dean, has had a re-
markable health record. During the last nine years she has
not missed a day until the beginning of this session. During
the current college year she has not been able to carry on
her regular office routine, though she has contributed to
the work of the College through duties which she could per-
form in her room ; and she has showed remarkable interest
and cooperation in all that has occurred on the campus. She
is completing her forty-ninth year in the service of the
Institution. We are hoping very much that she will be able
to be in her usual good health for next year. During her
absence from the office, Miss Carrie Scandrett, Assistant
Dean, has handled the work quite effectively, and in this
she has had the loyal and effective aid of the other assist-
ants in the office.

While Dr. Mary F. Sweet has retired from regular ser-
vice, we have retained her in an advisory capacity. The active
part of her duties have been carried on by Dr. Florence L.
Swanson, B.S., University of Oregon; M.D., University of
Washington. The work of Miss Louise McKinney, who has
become Professor Emeritus of English, has been carried on
by Miss Virginia Prettyman, who was an Assistant in the
English Department last year.

Miss Margaret Phythian is completing the work for her
doctorate in France. Her dissertation has been so highly
recommended by the University that the General Education
Board has furnished the money for its publication. During
her continued leave of absence, Miss Helen Carlson has
handled her duties. Miss Martha Crowe, of the French De-
partment, has been on leave of absence this year, and her
place has been temporarily filled by Miss Virginia Gray,
a graduate of Agnes Scott, who has been teaching in the
Belgian Congo for the last three years.

Miss Laura Colvin, Assistant Librarian, has been on leave
during the session for further study, and her position has

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been filled temporarily by Miss Laura Cummings, B.A.,
Toledo University ; B.A.L.S., University of Michigan. Mrs.
Sarah Rodes Graham, B.A., Western College; B.A.L.S., Co-
lumbia University, has been added to the Library Staff.

In Biology, Miss Mary Linda Vardell resigned at the close
of the last session, and her place has been filled by Miss
Mary Ann McKinney, B.A., Agnes Scott College, M.A., Co-
lumbia University ; M.D., Tulane University. Miss Lucy
Goss resigned as an Assistant in Chemistry, and her place
has been taken by Mrs. Mary Walker Fox, B.A., Agnes Scott
College.

In Music, we have attempted to work out some coopera-
tion with the Atlanta Conservatory by having the Director
of that organization give our work in violin. He is Mr.
Georg Lindner. We have also added Miss Mary Evelyn
Wall, B.A., Agnes Scott College, as an accompanist in Voice.

Students

Our dormitory rooms were filled rather early this year,
and they have stayed as full as practicable through the ses-
sion. The indications are that we will have a capacity en-
rollment for the session 1938-1939.

Our students may be classified in various ways, as fol-
lows:

Geographical Distribution

Alabama 29 Pennsylvania 6

Arkansas 3 South Carolina 45

Connecticut 1 Tennessee 22

Delaware 1 Texas 2

Florida 26 Virginia 22

Georgia 245 West Virginia 8

Illinois 2 Africa 2

Kentucky 12 China 3

Louisiana 5 District of Columbia- __ 1

Maryland _ 1 France 1

Massachusetts 1 Germanv 1

Mississippi _ s j ___:::::::::::: i

Missouri ^ - -i

New York 4 Mexico _ ^1

North Carolina 31

Ohio 3 Total 489

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Class Enrollment

Seniors 87

Juniors 96

Sophomores 120

Freshmen 174

First Year Irregulars 2

Second Year Irregulars 1

Unclassified Students 3

Special Students 6

Total 489

Residence

Boarders 324

Day Students 165

Denominational Distribution

Presbyterian 196

Methodist 116

Baptist 82

Episcopal 39

Jewish 22

Christian 11

Roman Catholic 6

Congregational 2

Church of Christ 2

Unitarian 2

Christian Science 2

Moravian 1

Lutheran 1

Evangelical 1

United Brethren 1

Reformed 1

Non-members 4

489

The various committees will doubtless bring definite
recommendations which may be a basis for discussion and
final action in regard to most of the points mentioned above.

Respectfully submitted,

President.
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JVgites jitoit College

jBezatuv, (Georgia

The President s Annual Report

To The

Board of Trustees

June 2, 1939

THE PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL REPORT

June 2, 1939.

The Board of Trustees,
Agnes Scott College.

I have the privilege of presenting herewith my annual
report as President of the College. It is the sixteenth such
report that I have presented. You will remember that we
are closing the fiftieth session of the institution.

Trustee Losses

The current session is memorable because of the loss of
two outstanding Trustees. These are: Mr. J. K. Orr, a
member of the Board for thirty-four years and its Chair-
man for nearly twenty-four years ; and Miss Nannette Hop-
kins, a member of the Board for eleven years and an out-
standing officer of the College throughout its entire his-
tory. Resolutions of love and respect have already been
adopted by the Board of Trustees ; and some account of the
services of these leaders has been given in "The Story of
Agnes Scott College," which is a part of this Annual
Report.

Attention has already been called to the fact that Octo-
ber 4th, 1938, Mr. George Winship was elected Chairman
of the Board of Trustees. He is the fifth such officer that
Agnes Scott has had during its fifty years, and he is al-
ready proving himself a worthy successor of the remark-
able group who have been leaders of the Board through a
half century.

The terms of the following Trustees expire at this meet-
ing: Mr. F. M. Inman, Mrs. S. M. Inman, Mr. W. J. Rush-
ton, Mr. T. Guy Woolford, Mrs. George C. Walters. All of
these have rendered fine service to the College, and their
connection with the institution gives it valuable prestige
and helps to win friends for us.

University Center Developments

The last twelve months have proved to be very interest-
ing and important in the development of plans for a Uni-
versity Center. The following general agreement has been
signed by Agnes Scott College, Columbia Theological Sem-
inary, Emory University, Georgia School of Technology,
High Museum of Art, and the University of Georgia.

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Agreement

We, Agnes Scott College, Columbia Theological Sem-
inary, Emory University, High Museum of Art, and
the University of Georgia System (the University of
Georgia and the Georgia School of Technology), wish-
ing to cooperate more effectively toward the end of
making a greater contribution to the educational
development of Georgia and of the South, and, specifi-
cally, for the purpose of establishing a University Cen-
ter in Georgia, agree upon the following points, subject
to the laws of the State of Georgia and the regulations
of the Board of Regents of Georgia and of the other
authorities concerned.

1. It is understood that our principal efforts will
be centered on the development of graduate work
of a high order so that the Ph.D. degree may be
offered under conditions of high efficiency. For
this purpose, we realize that there may need to be
exchange of students as well as of faculty.

2 We will seriously undertake to make available
for one another as many of our resources and
facilities as may be practicable including an ex-
change of library books, laboratory equipment,
faculty services, and the like.

3. In order that there may be a continuous study
of admissions, curriculum problems, advanced
standing, educational costs, and the needs of stu-
dents, we hereby set up An Advisory Faculty
Council, with representatives from each of the co-
operating institutions, and with the responsibility
of making suggestions and recommendations.
However, it is clearly understood that such will
not be binding on any institution.

4. An earnest effort will be made to avoid needless
overlapping and duplication of effort and of ex-
pense. To this end, we agree to give careful study
to the programs of study now in operation among
our group, and to study our own offerings in the
light of what our neighbors are attempting.

5. Realizing the need for a Joint Committee from
the Boards of all the cooperating institutions to
consider the broader aspects of joint undertak-
ings, to promote the idea and spirit of cooperation,
to bring the need for higher education before the

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State and the South, to assist in raising funds for
particular needs, and to distribute undesignated
gifts, we agree to appoint representatives to such
a joint committee. It is understood that this com-
mittee, which will have advisory powers only, may
associate with itself other distinguished people
not now officially connected with any of the co-
operating institutions.

3. It is definitely understood that no attempt will
be made to merge the institutions involved. Each
is to maintain its identity ; each will operate under
its own regents or trustees or directors ; and each
will keep separate and distinct its own assets of
every kind.

Mutually agreed to this 15th day of October, 1938.

Of considerably more significance in the whole program
and for Agnes Scott in particular is the agreement signed
between our institution and Emory University. You will
notice that it goes considerably more into details and parti-
cularly arranges for Emory to discontinue competition with
us in the taking of women. The full agreement is as fol-
lows:

Agreement

This agreement, entered into on the date below
named, between Agnes Scott College and Emory Uni-
versity, both institutions chartered under the laws of
the State of Georgia, and located in DeKalb County,
Georgia,

WITNESSETH, as follows:

I.

OBJECTIVES

It is intended that the joint efforts of the two con-
tracting institutions shall accomplish some very def-
inite results, namely :

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1. The strengthening of the basic work at the
undergraduate level in each institution.

2. Economy in operation through the elimination
of duplicate courses and the combining of other
courses with very small enrollments.

3. Economy through a general exchange of ser-
vices between the institutions, including faculty
and students.

4. The elimination of competition as far as pos-
sible.

5. Augmenting the facilities for graduate work at
the higher level with a view to raising educational
standards in the Southeast.

6. Improving the quality of work in the profes-
sional schools now operated by Emory University.

7. The combining, merging, or eliminating profes-
sional schools within the State so as to have only
one medical school, one law school, and one engi-
neering school.

8. Creating opportunities for professional training
of a high order in fields where such is now not
available, including business administration, social
service, the fine arts, and possibly others.

9. A very distinct emphasis on quality in higher
education and a joint effort to secure funds for
the maintenance of quality work in the Southeast.

II.

SPECIFIC STEPS ALREADY TAKEN OR APPROVED:

1. The change of the Agnes Scott calendar to cor-
respond to that of Emory.

2. The organization of the Agnes Scott work on
the quarter basis so as to fit in with the Emory
program.

3. The adoption of the Emory Summer School by
Agnes Scott on an official basis, and the giving
to it a unique status so that it is the only summer
school of any institution whose credits Agnes
Scott will accept at par, or count for "merit"
grades.

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4. Emory accepts the Agnes Scott student for
summer work without a matriculation fee and for
such programs as are arranged by the Agnes Scott
faculty and committees. The reports are sent
directly to Agnes Scott.

5. Both institutions have appointed a joint Faculty
Committee on Summer School Work so as to con-
solidate and unify the programs, and to make pos-
sible fuller offerings for students.

6. Emory University is discontinuing the enroll-
ment of women for undergraduate degrees, and all
of these must matriculate at Agnes Scott College
to be eligible for Emory courses.

7. The closest cooperation has been arranged by
the library committees of the two institutions
with particular reference to purchases, inter-insti-
tutional loans, joint catalogue plans, and free use
by the students of either institution of the facili-
ties of the other.

8. Both institutions will push as rapidly as possible
the securing of a union catalogue for all the libra-
ries in the Atlanta area.

9. The giving to Emory and Agnes Scott faculty
members the same financial consideration for the
education of their children that Emory now per-
mits to its faculty, and an effort to work coopera-
tively, providing for both faculties hospital insur-
ance and retiring facilities.

10. The appointment by both institutions of a joint
Faculty-Student Committee on extra-curricular
activities and student organizations. It is intended
that there be inter-student privileges and oppor-
tunities on both campuses for such organizations
as the Lecture Association, the Glee Club, the
Dramatic Club, and others.

11. The continuance of joint sponsorship by Agnes
Scott, Emory, and the Georgia School of Tech-
nology for the Institute of Citizenship, which for
a long time Emory sponsored alone.

12. The assumption by Emory of the responsibility
for developing a graduate school of a high order,
capable of giving the Ph.D. degree on a sound

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basis. It is understood that, while this responsi-
bility is centered at Emory, Agnes Scott will use
its resources as far as possible to make the
development a success.

13. Agnes Scott accepts the responsibility for plan-
ning developments in the Fine Arts on an under-
graduate basis on the Agnes Scott campus, with
the understanding that Emory University stu-
dents may share in the facilities provided ; and the
College further agrees to promote, when funds are
available, a Fine Arts program which may include
several institutions of the vicinity and which
would be open to others besides the regular under-
graduate students.

14. For allocation of emphasis on undergraduate
subjects, it is tentatively agreed that Emory will
give particular attention to Archaeology, Eco-
nomics, Geology, Journalism, and Philosophy.
Agnes Scott will give emphasis to Latin, Greek,
French, Education, and the Fine Arts. It is under-
stood that both institutions will undertake jointly
the promotion of other departments not specifi-
cally named herein.

15. In undergraduate work, it is agreed that the ob-
jective will be to give the individual student the
program most nearly conforming to his or her
individual need (in accordance with sound educa-
tional policy), regardless of the institution in
which the particular courses are offered.

16. Both institutions will encourage the work of the
Joint Faculty Committee, with a view to the devel-
opment of continuous cooperation within the de-
partments as well as between the institutions in
general.

17. Agnes Scott agrees to accept a division of 20 '"<
for itself and 80% for Emory in the case of gifts
that are undesignated , provided the resulting ef-
forts will make possible the very much desired
graduate school of a high order.

18. Both institutions will seek to promote a hearty
spirit of cooperation not only between themselves
but also with the University of Georgia, Georgia
School of Technology, Columbia Theological Sem-
inary, and the High Museum of Art.

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19. It is definitely understood that no attempt will
be made to merge the two institutions. Each is to
maintain its identity. Each will operate under its
own Board of Trustees. Each will keep separate
and distinct its assets of every kind and such
affiliations as have hitherto been maintained.

In token of the acceptance of both institutions of
the terms above outlined, the signatures of the presi-
dents of the institutions are herewith attached, and
the seals of the contracting parties are herewith af-
fixed, this 15th day of October, 1938.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE

President
EMORY UNIVERSITY

President

It is to be noted that the educational program of the
University Center idea is to be carried on by a Faculty Ad-
visory Council. Dean S. G. Stukes and Professor Philip
Davidson are the Agnes Scott representatives on this Coun-
cil, and they have rendered notable service. Professor
Davidson is the Secretary of the Council and he has had
a greater opportunity than any other person connected with
it in smoothing out difficulties and in unifying the pro-
grams of the various cooperating institutions.

The General Education Board have recently appropriated
a special grant of $22,500 to finance the Advisory Council
for a period of three years. During this time, we believe
that it will prove to be of great service and will advance
greatly the cooperative idea in the South.

The agreements also provide for a Joint Committee of
Trustees. We have been so occupied with the educational
aspects of the development that we have not as yet had
time to organize the Committee. Agnes Scott will probably
be requested to have two representatives on it, and we
hope very much that it will be organized and ready for ac-
tive service by the opening of the next school year.

As we have previously notified the Board, our efforts to
interest the General Education Board of New York in the

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local development finally bore a happy fruitage. The Board
offered Agnes Scott College $500,000 and Emory Univer-
sity $2,000,000, on condition that the two institutions
raise, either jointly or severally, $5,000,000 for the general
purposes of the University Center. The money given by the
General Education Board is to be used for endowment. The
funds which we raise may be used for any of the objectives
which have been outlined in our Semi-Centennial program.
It is a very remarkable offer, and gives to the local institu-
tions a great challenge. Since Emory is doing the expen-
sive training in graduate and professional schools, it re-
ceived the larger offer and will, therefore, be expected to
take the lead in raising the additional funds ; but Agnes
Scott certainly expects to do its part.

The Agnes Scott financial objectives are the same which
the Board of Trustees has approved for the last two years
as our Semi-Centennial program. The principal items are
as follows:

Fine Arts Building and Auditorium $ 150,000

New dormitory and dining room 200,000

New Science Hall 200,000

Modernizing present dormitories 100,000

Department of the Home (building and

endowment) 150,000

College Infirmary 50,000

Additional land and improvements 90,000

Faculty apartments 50,000

Equipment and furniture 85,000

General Endowment 1,425,000

Total $2,500,000

One of our most needed additions to the plant is the
Auditorium with the addition of music facilities which are
contemplated. The Presser Foundation of Philadelphia now
seems ready to proceed with its contribution toward this
purpose, and a form of contract between the College and the
Foundation will be submitted for approval at this meeting
of the Board. We hope very much that the other funds may
be available so that we may begin this building in Septem-
ber and have it ready by the opening of College in 1940. It
will be the initial step taken by Agnes Scott in the promo-
tion of the Fine Arts as requested by the other institutions
in the University Center development. Even when this
building is erected, we will be able to promote the Fine Arts

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only on an undergraduate basis. It will take considerably
more endowment and a much larger teaching staff than
we now have in prospect to do much inter-institutional pro-
motion or to organize adult work in the Fine Arts.

One of our most urgent needs at Agnes Scott is the fur-
nishing of better living quarters for our students. Very
properly, through many years, we have placed the emphasis
on good equipment for academic work and for educational
purposes ; but we cannot longer postpone improved living
quarters. Patrons and prospective patrons who visit the
College are unhesitating in their expressions of surprise
that we have so long delayed the improvement.

We are very eager, indeed, to begin the erection of the
new dormitory which is to be called Hopkins Hall, in mem-
ory of our beloved Dean, Miss Nannette Hopkins ; and we
have been hopeful that we might be able to begin this fall
so as to have the building ready for occupancy in Septem-
ber of 1940, but the way does not yet seem clear. It will
evidently be necessary for us to raise additional funds be-
fore we can proceed with this.

Our Science quarters are badly crowded, and the equip-
ment for this part of our educational program is not up to
the standard which we have set for other phases of our
work. In 1934, you may remember that the General Edu-
cation Board offered to allow us to use $100,000 of the
money they were furnishing for the erection of a Science
building. Partly because the sum was not large enough to
put up the building which we need and partly because oper-
ating funds for the additional expenses which were involved
would not be available, we persuaded the Board to let us
use the money for general endowment. We still have an
implied obligation to the Board, as well as to our own inter-
ests, to secure this building as soon as possible.

As soon as the offer of the General Education Board was
made public, our faculty and students became interested in
taking the lead for raising such funds as Agnes Scott would
need to provide. In February of this year, the campus cam-
paign was organized under the general leadership of Pro-
fessor Philip Davidson for the faculty and of Miss Amelia
Nickels, President of Mortar Board, representing the stu-
dents. An objective of $40,000 was set for faculty and stu-
dents, and the results of the ten-day campaign showed
$52,202. It was a very enthusiastic and impressive endorse-
ment of the whole University Center and Agnes Scott's

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Semi-Centennial objectives from the standpoint of those
who are closest to the work and who are the most ardent
believers in it.

We hope to be able to organize a general campaign to be
put on early in 1940 which will undertake to secure the
remainder of the money necessary. In all of the steps to
be taken, it is necessary for Agnes Scott to work in close
harmony with Emory. The joint campaign is much more
difficult than one for our institution alone, but we believe
it is going to work out successfully.

Semi-Centennial Celebration

As is explained in "The Story of Agnes Scott College,"
our official celebration of the developments of fifty years
will be very simple. The home-coming plans for the alum-
nae are working out nicely, and we believe that there will
be a record attendance on Saturday, June 3rd, at the lunch-
eon which the Trustees give for the alumnae and senior
class. The musical and dramatic features of the Commence-
ment program promise to be the most interesting for sev-
eral years and are all arranged without charge for our
visitors.

During the session 1939-1940, we will have many im-
portant events and quite a number of prominent visitors
on our campus. All details are being arranged by the very
competent Semi-Centennial Committee which was ap-
pointed two years ago by the Board of Trustees.

We hope that our celebration may culminate at Com-
mencement 1940, when we may lay the corner stone of the
Fine Arts Building and Auditorium and possibly of Hop-
kins Hall. We hope by that time, also, we may be able to
give some definite account of the progress of the campaign
for meeting the offer of the General Education Board.

The 1938-1939 Session

The College year has been an active one from the stand-
point of campus improvements. We have forty-one differ-
ent buildings, and some of these are rather old, so that the
general upkeep and maintenance are serious problems.

Most of our buildings are heated from a central steam
plant. Some of our lines had become worn out and so last
summer we expended $12,000 in renovating and modern-
izing our entire heating system. We think we will secure
some returns for the investment in lower fuel costs.

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We bought ten new upright pianos for practice purposes,
and find that this has added considerably to the satisfac-
tion and efficiency of our Music department. Our cooking
ranges for both dining rooms were too much worn for re-
pairs, and we bought eight new gas ranges, which will be
very satisfactory when we erect a new dining room and
kitchen.

In accordance with instructions from the Board of
Trustees last year, we have been making intensive investi-
gations as to the best fire protection for our large dormi-
tories. Through the years we have been anxious as to the
safety of our students in case of serious fire in one of these
buildings. At a recent meeting, the Committee on Buildings
and Grounds authorized the installation of the Grinnell
Sprinkler System in each of the three large dormitories.
Work is in progress, and the installations will be completed
by the opening of College in September. The total improve-
ments above mentioned represent an expenditure of ap-
proximately $35,000, but there will be some benefits in re-
duced insurance rates and in added efficiency for doing a
thoroughly good job.

The current expenses have been under a considerable
strain on account of the improvements already outlined and
will be heavily taxed during the next session to complete
the payments which will fall due in the autumn. Our stu-
dents and patrons feel that there are a number of improve-
ments which ought to be made, but we cannot go beyond
the money that is actually in sight.

Mr. Tart, our Treasurer, has collected his accounts 100
percent again, and this fact contributes to the sound financ-
ing which we have followed. He is completing 25 years of
hard work for the College.

Reverend John McSween, D.D., conducted the exercises
of our religious week and was very helpful in his ministry
both in the pulpit and in personal conferences. The reli-
gious life of the campus has been very satisfactory, though
we have an increasing number of young women who are
not professing Christians. It is rarely that a student leaves
the College without an active membership in some church,
but occasionally it does happen.

The indications are that we will have a capacity enroll-
ment of boarding students for the session 1939-1940 and
that the day student group will be quite satisfactory as to
size and as to college preparation.

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Faculty

During the current session, the faculty have kept up
their remarkable record of loyalty and generosity. In the
campus campaign, they subscribed more than $20,000. The
students were an entirely new group. Most of the faculty
have been paying subscriptions to the College over a long
period.

Considerable pressure is now being brought by members
of Congress for including in the Social Security program
all independent and church-related institutions, so as to
provide for old age and unemployment on the part of all
people connected with the colleges. The matter was first
proposed a few years ago when I was President of the Asso-
ciation of American Colleges ; and at that time the Execu-
tive Committee of the Association was unanimously op-
posed to any taxation from the United States Government,
however alluring might be the benefits proposed. I still
feel that it would be a great mistake for us to go into any
Social Security program ; but it does mean that we must
take care of our own faculty and employees voluntarily
because they deserve it, and because sooner or later there
will be pressure for it. We have a committee of the faculty
studying now the best plan for retiring employees, and we
hope by the next meeting of the Board to have some pro-
posal that will be the result of careful study.

The College was unfortunate enough to lose Miss Martha
Stansfield by death last summer. She took her B.A. degree
at Agnes Scott and returned almost immediately for service
in the Latin and Greek department and had been an effec-
tive teacher and officer for several years. Her death came
quite unexpectedly, and she is greatly missed by the entire
College community.

Miss Mildred Mell, B.A., University of Wisconsin, M. A.,
University of Georgia, Ph.D., University of North Caro-
lina, is a new Professor of Economics and Sociology, taking
over the work which has been done for several years on a
part-time basis by Dr. J. M. Wright and Dr. Arthur Raper.
Miss Mell was formerly Principal of Lucy Cobb Institute in
Athens and, more recently, Dean of Shorter College.

Miss Kathryn Glick, B.A., Franklin College, and M. A.
and Ph.D., University of Chicago, is taking the place of the
late Miss Martha Stansfield.

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Miss Margaret Phythian, who has been studying in
France for two years, having received a fellowship from the
General Education Board, has completed her Doctor's de-
gree and has returned to her position in the French depart-
ment, which was filled last year by Miss Virginia Gray.

Miss Laura Colvin, who studied last year for her Master's
degree at the University of Michigan on a scholarship from
the Carnegie Corporation, has returned to her position as
chief cataloguer for the Library. Miss Josephine Nunnally
has resigned her position in the Library, and her place has
been filled by Miss Evelyn Houck, a graduate of Alabama
College and Emory University.

Miss Charlotte Hunter, B.A., Agnes Scott 1929, who has
been recently teaching in Charlotte, North Carolina, is As-
sistant to the Dean, doing in part the work handled last
year by Miss Alberta Palmour, but having the freshman
class as her particular responsibility.

After long and faithful service, Mrs. Jennie D. Finnell
and Mrs. Lena Davies have retired from service as the
heads of the dining rooms. Miss Jessie Harriss has been
placed in general charge of this work on the whole campus,
being assisted by Miss Mildred McElreath and Mrs. J. W.
Hartsook. Misses Harriss and McElreath are both gradu-
ates of Georgia State College for Women.

The housekeeping arrangements have been supervised
for many years by Miss Emma Miller, who resigned this
year, and the work is now supervised by Mrs. Annie Mae
F. Smith, a graduate of Florida State College for Women.
Mrs. Lena Davies is assisting her.

Miss Gladys Rogers, who has been Secretary for the
President, resigned in order to be married, and her place
has been filled by Miss Laura Mayes Steele, an honor grad-
uate of Agnes Scott.

Other recent graduates of the College who have been
brought back are: Miss Ann Worthy Johnson, to have
charge of the College book store, and Miss Jeanne Mat-
thews, an Assistant in Biology.

Heavy responsibilities for the operation of Agnes Scott
always rest on Dean Stukes, Dean Scandrett, Business Man-
ager Cunningham, and Treasurer Tart, all of whom are
most efficient ; and next year they will have heavier duties,
as the President will be campaigning to meet the General
Education Board offer.

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Students

Last year, on a voluntary basis, the members of Mortar
Board experimented with the faculty in taking comprehen-
sive examinations. The results indicated that probably it
would be unwise to require such examinations of all gradu-
ates; but we are continuing the experiment this year by
requiring all who hope to graduate "with high honor" to
take such examinations.

The various student organizations have been unusually
cooperative and effective this year, particularly the Stu-
dent Government Association, Christian Association, and
Mortar Board.

Our students may be classified in various ways as fol-
lows:

Geographical Distribution

Alabama 32 New York 6

Arkansas 1 North Carolina 25

California 1 Ohio 3

Delaware 1 Oklahoma 1

Florida 27 Pennsylvania 3

Georgia 253 South Carolina 45

Illinois 1 Tennessee 26

Kentucky 11 Virginia 16

Louisiana 4 West Virginia 12

Maryland 1 China 5

Massachusetts 1 France 1

Mississippi 7 Brazil 1

Missouri 1

New Jersey 5 Total 490

Class Enrollment

Seniors 94

Juniors 96

Sophomores 124

Freshmen 168

First Year Irregulars 1

Unclassified Students 1

Special Students 6

Total 490

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Residence

Boarders 323

Day Students 167

Total 490

Denominational Distribution

Presbyterian 184

Methodist 108

Baptist 78

Episcopal 35

Jewish 20

Christian 13

Roman Catholic 8

Congregational 3

Church of Christ 2

Unitarian 2

Christian Science 1

Moravian 1

Lutheran 1

United Brethren 1

Union Church of Manila 1

Reformed 1

Non - Members 31

Total 490

Committees

Most of the work of the College is done by its officers
under the direction of the various committees of the Board
of Trustees. These committees will doubtless bring definite
recommendations which may be a basis for discussion and
final action in regard to most of the points above men-
tioned.

Respectfully submitted.

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President.

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JVgnes ^>coit (College

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The President's Annual Report

to the

Board of Trustees

May 31, 1940

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THE PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL REPORT

May 31, 1940.
The Board of Trustees,
Agnes Scott College.

I have the privilege of presenting herewith my Annual
Report as President of the College. It is the seventeenth
such report that I have presented. You will remember that
we are closing our fifty-first year. I trust that you will feel
that we are making a good start on our second half-
century.

The Campaign

As the Trustees are aware, our chief efforts this year
have been concentrated on a vigorous effort to raise money.
We have thought of this effort as the culmination of our
first years of growth, or as the celebration of our begin-
ning a second half -century, or as an evidence of the reality
of the University Center idea. It is proper that all of these
implications may be included.

From a human standpoint, it would not have been pos-
sible for us to inaugurate this campaign without the gener-
ous and stimulating offer from the General Education
Board. Agnes Scott owes a great debt of gratitude to this
Board. Mr. S. M. Inman first told the story of Agnes Scott
College to the General Education Board officials in 1908.
It was largely due to his enthusiasm and to his personal
prestige that a beginning of interest was established here,
and the offer which we now have from the Board is the sev-
enth which they have made to Agnes Scott. I do not know
of any other institution in the United States which has
had so many grants and such continuing interest.

We have recently had visits from Mr. John D. Rockefel-
ler III, Dr. W. W. Stewart, Dr. A. R. Mann, Dr. Jackson
Davis, and Dr. Stacy May, all of whom are connected with
the General Education Board and with the Rockefeller
Foundation. We certainly hope to justify their confidence
and their expectations.

Another factor which is always most important in the
conduct of any campaign is the history of the institution
itself and the influence of the leaders whom we have had
in other days. We have had so many splendid people con-
nected with Agnes Scott through the years, and their serv-
ice has been based on such high ideals, that we find the

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public to be responsive to such connections and to be inter-
ested in perpetuating the standards which have been estab-
lished.

As you are aware, Agnes Scott College and Emory Uni-
versity have been making a united appeal for $5,000,000 in
order to qualify the institutions for $2,500,000 from the
General Education Board. Under our general agreement,
Emory would receive 80 '< of undesignated gifts and Agnes
Scott, 20' i . It would seem to be a rather one-sided division
of money, but the ratio was proposed by Agnes Scott itself
because of the expensive graduate and professional work
which Emory has been undertaking to do. As a matter of
fact, every contributor had the right to designate the insti-
tution which would receive his money or the proportion of
it which any institution might have.

So many of the large gifts that have been made to the
enterprise were from donors primarily interested in medi-
cine and who specified all of their work for hospitalization
or for medical education that, as a matter of fact, Agnes
Scott has not received its proportionate part of the sums
which have been subscribed. We have received more than
the 20%' from the average donor of relatively small means;
but the larger contributors, with rare exception, have not
given us a share. As a matter of fact, to date we have re-
ceived in subscriptions only about $600,000, and we still
need to obtain $400,000 more in order to carry out our part
of the proposed program and to feel that we have had a
100'- campaign. We hope to push very energetically among
individuals the results so as ultimately to obtain from our
friends the $1,000,000 which we set out to secure.

During the last six months, our efforts have been con-
centrated very largely on the Atlanta area objective, which
was set for $1,300,000. We have had a remarkably success-
ful campaign in this part of the project. On May 15 we
were able to report a total subscription of $1,322,000. Some
of the larger gifts were for hospitalization, and I believe
the General Education Board will not likely count them.
Also included in this total were some funds specifically
designated for Hopkins Hall and also other funds desig-
nated for the Emory alumni enterprise. There will still
need to be some money raised in Atlanta for the whole sum
of $1,300,000 to be realized; but it was a very fine and
stimulating effort, and it created a great deal of en-
thusiasm.

Mr. George Winship, Chairman of our Board of Trustees,

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and Mrs. S. M. Inman, our Vice-Chairman, have been active
leaders in the Atlanta area and have rendered splendid
service. A great many of our other friends have been en-
listed. There were a total number of approximately 1,000
people who participated in the general effort, and the
money raised was the largest sum ever subscribed for any
purpose in Atlanta.

The American City Bureau of Chicago was the expert
agency which advised in the general direction of the cam-
paign ; and Mr. Walter S. Edmund, the director in charge,
has won the esteem and confidence of all our friends, as
have also his associates in the work.

Perhaps the most interesting part of our whole cam-
paign effort has been the work among our alumnae. As
you are aware, the Alumnae Association asked for the
privilege of subscribing the money for the erection of Hop-
kins Hall, the fine new dormitory which we hope to have
in the near future. It will be named for Miss Nannette
Hopkins, the beloved Dean for nearly fifty years. Mrs.
Sam Inman Cooper (Augusta Skeen, class of 1917) has been
the efficient director of the alumnae campaign and has done
a remarkable piece of work. Associated with her have been
Miss Llewellyn Wilburn of our Physical Education depart-
ment, Miss Blanche Miller of our Biology department, and
a large group of other workers, both among the alumnae
at a distance and among those here in Atlanta. An Execu-
tive Committee has been set up of which Mrs. Murdock
Equen (Anne Hart, class of 1921) has been Chairman.
Associated with her on this committee have been Mrs. John
J. Eagan, Vice-Chairman, Mrs. S. M. Inman, Mrs. D. B.
Donaldson, Mrs. J. F. Durrett, Mrs. Clark Howell, Sr., and
Mrs. Sam Inman Cooper. While the alumnae campaign has
been somewhat slow in getting under way, it is now in ac-
tive operation, and we are very hopeful that a full $100,000
may be secured.

You will recall the general objectives for which our cam-
paign is being waged, and these will be more fully discussed
in a later section of this report dealing with buildings and
grounds.

We appreciate very much the aid which our Trustees
have given in the carrying on of the campaign to date, and
we bespeak your interest and assistance in finding friends
to help us in the completion of the total objectives.

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University Center Progress

While the immediate emphasis of the University Center
idea has been on raising money, it is by no means the prin-
cipal result of our cooperation to date. The whole idea has
made a great deal of progress during the last twelve
months. We are encouraged to feel that, if no money what-
ever were involved in the enterprise, we would still find it
highly profitable for the six institutions to be associated.

The Advisory Faculty Council has been making a thor-
ough study of all the departments of the six institutions
involved and has made numerous suggestions as to how ef-
fective cooperation may be secured. We find that suspi-
cions and jealousies which might be expected have not de-
veloped, and mutual understanding and respect have been
greatly promoted. Professor Philip Davidson, of our His-
tory department, has been serving as Secretary of the Ad-
visory Council, and much of the progress which has been
attained has been due to his fine understanding and leader-
ship.

The union catalogue, which will embrace perhaps twenty-
two libraries in the Atlanta-Athens-Griffin areas, is already
being compiled under the direction of Miss Laura Colvin,
of our own library staff, as all the institutions agreed that
she would probably be the best person to coordinate the
work on this project. She has been loaned for two years
for the purpose.

During the next session, we are hoping to carry out a
great deal of cooperative activity among the various insti-
tutions, particularly Agnes Scott, Emory, the University
of Georgia, and Georgia Tech in the field of music. Full
details in regard to this will be available somewhat later.

In the realm of student activities, a great deal of progress
has also been made in the University Center program.
Emory students and Agnes Scott girls have cooperated in
Glee Club work, in dramatic performances, in publications,
and in numerous other ways.

Semi-Centennial

About four years ago the Board of Trustees appointed a
committee for the making of arrangements to celebrate our
Semi-Centennial. Dean S. G. Stukes has been the able
Chairman of this Committee, and he and his associates have
done a very successful piece of work. Full details in regard
to this will be made available at the meeting of the Board;

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but I wish to pay tribute here to the variety of activities
which were directed by this Committee and the fine rela-
tionships which were worked out between the College and
the community.

Among- the various emphases which were employed may
be mentioned the Alumnae Week-End activities for 1939-
1940, the Founder's Day programs for the two years,
the very successful Home-Coming program for the alum-
nae a year ago, the splendid Lecture Association series
which was offered free to the public this year, the unique
May Day celebration of the current session, and the finan-
cial campaign which has previously been mentioned.

Trustees

The Board of Trustees has been greatly strengthened
during this year by the addition of several members who
have already shown their interest and cooperation. The
new members are Mr. George W. Woodruff, Davtona Beach,
Florida ; Mr. C. F. Stone, Atlanta ; Mr. G. L. Westcott, Dal-
ton, Georgia; Dr. William M. Elliott, Jr., Atlanta.

The time is drawing near when the charter of Agnes
Scott College will expire, and an application should be made
for a renewal of it. It is customary for such educational
charters to be granted in Georgia for a term of twenty
years.

One section in the present charter reads as follows: "The
Board of Trustees shall consist of not exceeding twenty-
seven members, who shall be members of the Presbyterian
Church of the United States, except the two Trustees here-
inafter designated as Alumnae Trustees may be members
of any evangelical church. The President of the College
shall be ex-off icio a member of the Board and counted as a
Corporate Trustee."

So far as I am aware, Agnes Scott is one of the very few
institutions in the United States which requires all of the
men on its Board of Trustees to be members of a single
denomination. I think the Board may well consider whether
it may not be sufficiently protective for us to designate
that two-thirds or three-fourths of the members be South-
ern Presbyterians. Action on such a question could not be
taken without a year for consideration, but I am mention-
ing it now so that the matter may be given some study.

It has been suggested that a memorial fund, to be known
as the J. K. Orr Foundation, be established in honor of our

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late Chairman. The plan has met with much enthusiasm
among those who have discussed it, and we believe it will
be a very appropriate way in which to perpetuate his mem-
ory. Such endowed funds are already established in honor
of Colonel George W. Scott and Mr. S. M. Inman, and you
will recall that a memorial chapel in the Presser Hall is to
be dedicated soon to the memory of Dr. F. H. Gaines.

The terms of the following Trustees expire at this meet-
ing of the Board: Mr. Henry T. Mcintosh, Captain Scott
Candler, Dr. Warner DuBose, Mr. Francis M. Holt, Mr. John
A. Sibley, Miss Daisy Frances Smith. All of these members
have been cooperative and helpful in the work of the Col-
lege.

Faculty

For some years the Board of Trustees has been concerned
that we have no retirement plan for faculty and officers.
This has been under discussion at frequent meetings, both
of our Faculty Committee and of our whole Board.

For several years Congress has been seriously consider-
ing the requirement that private and denominational col-
leges come under the operation of the Social Security Law.
We have resisted such a requirement because we believe it
would lead to taxation and eventually to control by the
Federal Government, but we must acknowledge that there
is merit in the proposed suggestion of Congress unless che
institutions themselves will voluntarily set up retirement
plans. Even though it is difficult for us to make such ar-
rangements and though it may prove to be a heavy burden
financially, I think we must certainly undertake such a re-
sponsibility.

All of the current session we have had a faculty com-
mittee working on a possible retirement plan, and the fol-
lowing suggestions have been tentatively made by this
Committee. I am submitting them in turn to the Trustees
so that you may think of them and be ready to make criti-
cisms or suggestions.

Resolution Relative to a Retirement Plan
For Agnes Scott College Employees

1. PARTICIPATION. A retirement plan is hereby estab-
lished which shall apply to those eligible employees
who have completed two years of service on the effec-
tive date of inauguration of this plan. Eligible persons
include all members of the teaching staff of rank of

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instructor or assistant librarian, or higher, and admin-
istrative or service employees on a permanent salary
basis.

Participation shall be required of eligible persons em-
ployed after the effective date of this plan upon the
completion of two years of service. Participation is
optional for those in service at the inauguration of
this plan.

2. RETIREMENT. Except as provided in Section 3, all
staff members who are participants in this retirement
plan shall retire at the end of the academic year in
which they attain normal retirement age as herein de-
fined :

Retirement age related to age when plan is inaugurat-
ed (Age last birthday on July 1, 1941) :

Normal Retirement Age

67-70 (Inclusive) 70

64-66 69

61-63 68

58-60 67

55-57 66

54 or less 65

3. EXTENSION OF SERVICE. By special vote of the
Board of Trustees extensions of service beyond normal
retirement age may be made for definite periods, but
no such extension shall postpone retirement beyond the
end of the academic year in which age 72 is attained.

4. CONTRIBUTIONS. Each participant in the plan shall
contribute to the nearest dollar b'/< of his salary as
premium for a retirement annuity contract issued by

the on his life; Agnes Scott College

shall deduct monthly such contributions from salary
payments, add equal amounts as its contribution and

forward these combined sums to the

as premiums on the above mentioned retirement an-
nuity contract.

5. LEAVE OF ABSENCE. During leave of absence on
part pay Agnes Scott College will continue contribu-
tions on the basis of full salary providing the partici-
pant does likewise.

6. CONTRACTS. Each retirement annuity contract writ-
ten in accordance with this plan will be the property
of the individual participant; the contract is between
the participant and the insurance company.

7. SUPPLEMENTARY BENEFITS. Upon, or before, re-

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tirement at normal retirement age of a participant who
had passed age thirty-five on the effective date of this
plan, Agnes Scott College shall supplement the an-
nuity by 1'' of all salaries received prior to the effec-
tive date of this plan, plus an additional l'< for sal-
aries received after age fifty.

AMENDMENT. Except as may be otherwise provided
in its contracts with individuals, Agnes Scott College
reserves the right to discontinue this retirement plan
at any time.

Effective date of plan is September 15, 1940.

There have been relatively few changes in our staff for
the current session. Professor S. M. Christian of the de-
partment of Physics and Astronomy received a grant from
the General Education Board to enable him to do some re-
search work and is absent during the spring quarter. Miss
Loetta Willis is assisting him for this year and is carrying
the work this quarter during his absence. She has her B.A.
from the Woman's College of the University of North Caro-
lina and her M.A. from the University of North Carolina.

On account of the strenuous activities which Professor
Philip Davidson has had in connection with the Advisory
Faculty Council of the University Center, Mrs. Catherine
Strateman Sims, B.A., Barnard College, Ph.D., Columbia
University, has been employed as a part-time lecturer in
History.

Miss Roberta Winter, B.A., Agnes Scott College, M.A.,
New York University, has been made Instructor in Speech
and has been very active in dramatic work and in the super-
vision of the Agnes Scott radio broadcasts.

On account of the absence of Miss Virginia Prettyman,
who is studying for her doctorate, Miss Thelma Albright,
B.A., Greensboro College, M.A., Duke University, has been
serving as Instructor in English.

On account of the resignation of Mrs. Sarah Rodes Gra-
ham in the library, Miss Agnes Lytton Reagan, B.A., Uni-
versity of Arkansas, M.A., B.A.L.S., Emory University, has
been employed as an assistant ; and Miss Mary Pennel Sim-
onton, B.A., Agnes Scott College, has also been employed
for specialized work in the library.

Miss Mary Ellen Whetsell, B.A., Agnes Scott College, has
been serving as Fellow in Biology instead of Miss Jeanne
Matthews, who resigned.

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In the administrative work, the following additions to the
staff have been made: Miss Lou Pate, secretary to Dean
Stakes ; Miss Isabella Wilson, secretary to Dean Scandrett ;
Miss Amelia Nickels, a secretary in the campaign office ;
Miss Mildred Hagy, resident nurse ; Miss Ruth Bastin, as-
sistant nurse; Mrs. Lillie F. Appling, housekeeper. While
the Alumnae Association is not directly connected with the
College in the operation of its affairs, we always are inter-
ested in the personnel of its staff; and Mrs. Nelle Chamlee
Howard and Miss Mamie Lee Ratliff are now in charge of
the alumnae office.

Our faculty and officers show remarkable enthusiasm for
the College and cooperation in all of its affairs. During the
past ten years, I have had an opportunity to know rather
well the 135 universities and colleges that compose the
Southern Association and I have also had occasion to know
institutions in other parts of the country. I believe that
our faculty rank well with those of most other institutions
in scholarship and in ability, but I am sure that they would
lead the list in their loyalty and cooperation for the good
of the institution.

The administrative officers, particularly Dean Stukes.
Dean Scandrett, Treasurer Tart, and Business Manager
Cunningham, carry a very heavy responsibility as the insti-
tution develops ; and they have had a particularly heavy
burden this year since most of my time has been occupied
with campaign work. We appreciate very greatly, indeed,
their devotion to the College and their leadership in its
behalf.

Students

A great deal of the success of Agnes Scott College de-
pends on the students and the homes which they repre-
sent and the ideals which they bring to the College. We
are always gratified with the results which they show in
academic work, in student affairs, and in leadership outside
the campus. They may be classified in various ways as
follows :

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Geographical Distribution

Alabama 28

Arkansas 3

California 1

Delaware 1

Florida 26

Georgia 253

Illinois 1

Indiana 1

Kentucky 10

Louisiana 6

Maryland 1

Massachusetts 1

Mississippi 8

New Jersey 2

New York 10

North Carolina 26

Ohio 2

Oklahoma 1

Pennsylvania 1

South Carolina 38

Tennessee 22

Texas 3

Virginia 12

West Virginia 11

Wisconsin

Brazil

China

France

Korea

Philippine Islands

Total 480

Class Enrollment

Seniors 99

Juniors 103

Sophomores 130

Freshmen 137

Irregular 1

Unclassified students 2

Special students 8

Total 480

Residence

Boarders 312

Day Students 168

Total 480

Denominational Distribution

Presbyterian 179

Methodist 96

Baptist 79

Episcopalian 39

Catholic 15

Christian 14

Jewish 13

Congregational 3

Unitarian

Church of Christ-
Lutheran

Christian Science
United Brethren .

._ 3

__ 3

2

1
1
Non-Members 32

Total 480

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Building Plans

We have hoped that our current campaign might provide
sufficient funds to erect several needed buildings. It is too
early to know what may be possible about the building pro-
gram, but I am making a few comments.

Presser Hall is making very satisfactory progress since
the extreme cold weather which retarded the schedule of
work nearly two months. We hope that the structure will
be complete by the opening of college. It is going to be a
very beautiful and impressive building and will be the sec-
ond largest on the campus, ranking next to Buttrick Hall
in size and in cost. We think the Gaines Memorial Chapel
will be a very satisfying feature of Presser Hall and will
provide comfortable and attractive quarters for religious
exercises, lectures, or other college events.

We have arranged to get a new four-manual Austin or-
gan, which is regarded by experts as a fine instrument, and
we are also having completely remodeled and electrified
our present Moller organ for the small auditorium in Pres-
ser Hall.

The Presser Foundation, which is contributing $65,000
towards the erection of our new building, has been very
prompt and cooperative in providing its share of the money ;
and we are sure that the Foundation will be very much
pleased with the results of its investment.

We are in very great need of the proposed new Dormitory
which is to be called Hopkins Hall. The alumnae have not
yet subscribed enough money for the erection of it. From
other sources, we have enough subscribed to erect the build-
ing, but our invariable rule is to start no expenditures until
a sufficient sum of money is in hand to complete the enter-
prise. When Presser Hall is completed and furnished, we
will have approximately $50,000 in cash from campaign
sources. It will take at least $125,000 to build and equip
Hopkins Hall. It is possible that some payments may be
made on the subscriptions which will enable us to begin
work in the late summer or early fall so as to have the
building ready for occupancy in September, 1941 ; but we
are not at all sure that this will be the case. It is possible
that we may simply have to wait until the further subscrip-
tions of alumnae and payments on pledges can be advanced.

We have been very anxious to erect our Dining Hall and
Kitchen unit at the same time that Hopkins Hall may be
built. The two units would really make one complete build-

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ing, and we feel that nothing we could do would add more
to the campus life and to the development of our student
body and faculty consciousness than the dining room. So
far as we can now see, it must wait for a while ; and it
looks as if the dormitory should be erected without waiting
for the other development. It will certainly be a disappoint-
ment if this must be true.

The General Education Board officers have consistently
stated that the erection of our proposed Science Hall is the"
number one need for Agnes Scott. Those of us who have
been closely associated with the life of the campus have
felt that the living quarters are of prior significance. At
the same time, we realize that Agnes Scott can never ful-
fill its real part in the University Center program unless
the Science Hall is erected ; and it certainly will not be able
to establish the Department of the Home until that is ar-
ranged.

While it is a very small matter in comparison with the
building items mentioned above, I feel that we should have
a new gateway opposite the underpass, in front of Main
Building. The iron gates there were in memory of Captain
Milton A. Candler. They are badly out of date, and one of
the gates is seemingly beyond repair. We are not likely to
have money enough in the immediate future to build gate-
ways for our two important drives, but I would like to have
the Trustees consider a brick and stone entrance which
would continue the memorial feature now carried by our
gates.

Current Funds

Our fifty-first session has required careful attention from
a financial standpoint. The report of Mr. J. C. Tart, the
Treasurer, will accompany this statement which I am send-
ing and will indicate the fact that we will break even on
the session, but we will not have much margin. We are not
making as extensive replacement in our furnishings as
would be desirable, and there are other needed improve-
ments in the general upkeep of our numerous buildings
which would be desirable if our funds were plentiful. We
are very thankful to be able to operate without any deficit
and to carry on the ordinary activities of the College ses-
sion without serious anxiety, in spite of the fact that it
costs approximately $1500 per day for each twenty-four
hours that our College session lasts.

Our various departmental heads and responsible authori-
ties in the making of purchases are very considerate and

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clear through our Business Manager all details, so that we
may know from month to month exactly how our program
of expenses is developing.

Religious Life

If Agnes Scott College is to have any real excuse for
existence, we will probably all agree that it must be based
on a sound religious program first of all, and must be sup-
ported by high standards of performance in academic work
and in character development. The faculty, officers, and
student leaders try to keep in mincl this main objective of
the institution. The prayer life on the campus is a distin-
guishing feature of much of the organized work, and the
faculty and student leaders spend many hours every week
in planning for the worship programs and for religious
study groups.

This year Dr. R. C. Long, pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church, Greenwood, South Carolina, conducted a week of
religious services and was very helpful in leading discussion
groups in vital themes.

We have had an unusual opportunity in the presence on
our campus of distinguished religious leaders from various
parts of the world, and we have devoted many chapel
periods to talks on spiritual themes.

We are looking forward with a great deal of pleasure to
the new Gaines Memorial Chapel, which we hope will make
more worshipful the programs which are rendered.

It was twenty-five years ago that I came to Agnes Scott
as Registrar and as Professor of Bible, and it has been a
great privilege to be associated with the institution during
this quarter of a century. I am very grateful for the splen-
did cooperation which has been given by the Board of
Trustees.

Respectfully,

MS".

President.

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JVgttos jSroii College

Becaiur, (Georgia

The President's Annual Report

to the

Board of Trustees

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May 30, 1941

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THE PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL REPORT

May 30, 1941.

Board of Trustees,

Agnes Scott College.

I have the privilege of presenting herewith my eighteenth
Annual Report as President of the College. We are closing our
fifty-second year as an institution.

The Campaign

Our efforts to complete the $7,500,000 fund with which to
inaugurate in a formal way the University Center plan have
been exerted during this year in a quiet way. A little more
than a year ago, we completed successfully the Atlanta phase of
the campaign. At that time, we were approximately $1,000,000
short of the final objective. During the past twelve months we
have been able to raise approximately $450,000 for Emory
and or Agnes Scott, so that now we lack about $550,000 of
being able to meet the conditions of the General Education
Board.

The gifts to Emory University, particularly for medicine,
have exceeded in proportion, as well as in total amount, the
funds subscribed to Agnes Scott. Of the $550,000 yet to be
raised, the Agnes Scott part should be at least $250,000. We
do not know just how or where this money can be raised, but
we believe that it will be secured during the next twelve
months.

The alumnae campaign for the erection of Hopkins Hall as
a memorial to our late Dean Hopkins has been going forward
steadily under the efficient leadership of Mrs. Samuel Inman
Cooper (Augusta Skeen), and we hope that it may be success-
ful in securing the $100,000 which was set as an objective from
this group.

In some of our former campaign efforts it has been necessary
to press vigorously our cause among trustees, alumnae, and
other groups; but we have felt that, under present conditions,
any high pressure methods should be strictly avoided. I feel
sure that the money which has been subscribed comes as nearly
on a voluntary basis as could be well arranged.

Presser Hall

On account of the disturbed business conditions in this coun-
try, it was not possible for us to finish our new music building

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in time for the opening of college. We were able to occupy it
on November 1 and have enjoyed very much the excellent
facilities which it affords. The dedication exercises for the new
building were held on November 30, and we had as speakers
for the occasion President James Francis Cooke of the Presser
Foundation and Dr. John L. Haney, president of Central High
School. Philadelphia, who is secretary of the Presser Founda-
tion.

Gaines Chapel, which is a memorial of former President
F. H. Gaines, has proved to be a very useful and attractive fea-
ture of the building. It is attractively furnished; and, for the
first time in our history, we have comfortable seats. It is possi-
ble to arrange for perhaps I 100 people, but there are only 900
permanently installed chairs. The acoustics are remarkably
good. We have had some difficulty with the air conditioning,
but adjustments have been made, so that we think all noises
have been eliminated.

Gaines Chapel was dedicated on January 12, at which time
Dr. Henry H. Sweets, of Louisville, Kentucky, spoke on the
place of the Christian college in the modern educational pro-
gram; and Dr. Walter L. Lingle, president of Davidson Col-
lege, spoke specifically on the part which Dr. Gaines played in
Christian education.

One of the very attractive features of Presser Hall is the
small auditorium which seats 300 people. It is fully equipped
with an organ, grand piano, and other equipment. It is used
for Sunday vesper services and for numerous group gatherings,
including informal recitals and plays. This auditorium has been
named for Professor Joseph Maclean, who for twenty-five
years was head of the music department at Agnes Scott and
who rendered notable service. An informal dedication of this
auditorium will be a part of the commencement program this
year, having been arranged for Saturday evening, May 31.

Presser Hall is next to the largest building on the campus;
and its expensive heating, lighting, and janitor service have
added approximately $2500 a year to the cost of operating our
plant. We hope that the members of the Board of Trustees
may have an opportunity of inspecting this building.

Music

The erection of a new music building has created a great
deal of interest in music study and music appreciation, not only
on our own campus, but throughout the Atlanta area. The
University of Georgia at Athens and Agnes Scott College have
united in furnishing on our campus each Friday evening a con-

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cert of a high order which has been entirely free to the public.
Professor Hugh Hodgson, of the University, and Professor
C. W. Dieckmann, of Agnes Scott, have arranged the pro-
grams, and they have proved to be exceedingly popular. It was
necessary to turn away people from some of the Friday evening
concerts, but during the spring the attendance has been some-
what smaller because of the multitude of other things which
come in the campus and community life. We regard the experi-
ment as distinctly valuable and worth while.

We have wished to make our music facilities available for
the entire community as far as time will permit, and we have
arranged concerts for a number of organizations not immedi-
ately connected with the College. The Atlanta Philharmonic
Society has used Presser Hall three times; the Atlanta Guild of
Organists, the Atlanta Music Club, the Georgia Conservatory
of Music, and other similar groups have used our auditoriums
and equipment with excellent effects.

It may be remembered that Agnes Scott undertook in the
University Center program to emphasize music. There is still
much to be accomplished, but we believe that this year has
made an excellent start.

Music Events, 1940-1941

November 30 The Atlanta Philharmonic Society

December 10 Organ recital by Virgil Fox

December 15 Annual Christmas carol service, with college
choir

February 1 Chamber music program (Roth String Quar-
tet)

February 17 The Atlanta Philharmonic Society

April 1 St. Paul Oratorio, sponsored by Atlanta Music
Club

April 7 Gounod s "Redemption, by Atlanta Opera-Ora-
torio Society and Agnes Scott Choir

April 18, 19 Gilbert and Sullivan's "Pinafore, given by
glee clubs of Agnes Scott and Georgia Tech

April 29 Georgia Conservatory and Music Center pre-
sented Dr. Samuel Gardner of the Juilliard
School of Music

May 20 Atlanta Philharmonic Society

In addition, there have been numerous student recitals and
the Friday evening music appreciation hours.

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Building Program

The erection of Presser Hall proved to be a more expensive
undertaking than had been originally estimated. In 1938, plans
were drawn according to the picture which was printed in the
Annual Report to the Board of Trustees for 1940. After the
University Center development had been planned and it was
determined that Agnes Scott would play a much more important
role in music, practically every dimension in the original plan-
ning was doubled, and the completed building is much more
impressive than was originally planned. The cost was prac-
tically doubled, also. It was thought that we might secure it
for $130,000; but the building as erected and equipped repre-
sents an investment of nearly $276,000.

It was hoped that we might begin Hopkins Hall, the new
dormitory which is so much needed, during the next summer.
Plans and specifications have been worked out and estimates
on the building have been secured. Tentative figures a year
ago indicated that probably the dormitory might be erected for
$125,000. When the detailed specifications were ready and
more complete and final estimates were made, it was indicated
that now it would probably cost $226,000 to erect the building.
We feel that conditions are not satisfactory for building and
we do not have as much as $226,000 available. Also, the alum-
nae, who are planning to put $100,000 into the building, have
not yet finished their subscriptions and of course have not made
their payments.

Under the circumstances, it seems best for us to turn next to
the improving of our present dormitories, which are far from
satisfactory. W^e have had tentative improvement plans drawn
for Main Building. Inman Hall, and Rebekah Scott Hall. It
seems unlikely that we would be able to get material and labor
to complete the improvements needed in one summer for all
these buildings, and we would be afraid to get them torn up
for repairs lest it be difficult for us to open in September.

As Main Building seems to be in most need of renovation,
we are recommending that extensive changes be made, and
details for this will doubtless be furnished by the Committee on
Buildings and Grounds.

Our older dormitories will need a great deal of work,
whether or not we can secure soon a new dormitory, and hence
time will not be lost or money poorly invested, we think, in
following this plan.

While the new dormitory is the most needed of all our im-
provements, there are two others which we are most anxious
to secure as soon as possible. One of these is a central dining

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hall which will be attached to Hopkins Hall and will really
make a complete unit for living and dining quarters. The other
greatly needed building is a science hall. By such authorities
as the General Education Board, it is listed as a No. I need.

We have had plans drawn for entrance gates, as proposed
in the Annual Report of last year, but the funds have not yet
become available. We feel that the campus will be much im-
proved when we can erect them.

Permanent Funds

Since our last annual meeting, five permanent trust funds
have been set up, and all of these will prove to be most helpful
to the College.

Joseph Kyle Orr Foundation. This was previously approved
by our Board of Trustees and at present amounts to $7500.
though other funds are being added from time to time. The
income will be used to strengthen the administrative work of
the College.

John Bulow Campbell Fund. The first subscription made to
the Semi-Centennial Fund of the College was $100,000 given
anonymously by Mr. John Bulow Campbell, who was then
chairman of our Finance Committee. It has been paid since his
death by the Foundation which he established, and the fund
has been set up as a memorial for Mr. Campbell. While the
fund, both principal and interest, may be used in any way
which the trustees may prefer, the income for the present is
used to assist worthy young women who could not otherwise
come to Agnes Scott.

Asa G. Candler Library Fund. This endowment fund has
been named by the trustees in honor of Mr. Asa G. Candler
of Atlanta, who was a benefactor of the institution during his
life time and who was one of the chief promoters of Christian
education in the South. The income on the fund is used to pur-
chase additional books for the library. It amounts to slightly
more than $5000 at present, but is to be supplemented later.

Margaret McKinnon Hawley Scholarship $3400. This was
established through a bequest of the late Dr. F. O. Hawley,
Charlotte, North Carolina, in memory of his wife, a former
student of Agnes Scott Institute.

Hugh L. and Jessie Moore McKee Fund $3000, established
by Mrs. Jessie Moore McKee of Atlanta. The income is loaned
to worthy young women, bearing no interest while they are at
Agnes Scott and none on any part of the loan that is repaid
within one year after leaving college. Preference in loans is

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given to girls from DeKalb and Fulton Counties. Mrs. McKee,
the donor, is a daughter of Mr. William A. Moore, who gave
the first scholarship ever established at Agnes Scott.

We have made an arrangement with the Trust Company of
Ceorgia whereby that institution has become the custodian of
our bonds. Officers of the Trust Company clip the coupons and
remit to Mr. Tart, our Treasurer, the income from month to
month. They make suggestions as to changes in investments
which ought to be considered, but a decision in regard to all
these matters is left in the hands of our own Finance Com-
mittee. Because the Trust Company has become the custodian
of our principal endowment items, the Finance Committee are
not checking our securities for a report to the Board at this
time. This is the first annual meeting in more than twenty-five
years at which such a report will not be made. The securities
will be thoroughly checked by college officers in connection
with the annual audit of our business affairs.

Current Funds

With the rising costs in many fields and with the necessity
of making some provision for faculty retirement, the only solu-
tion seems to be the increase in charges for living to the extent
of $50.00 for the session. It seems not to be wise to make any
increase in day students' fees, as they are relatively higher
than those for boarding students. We regret to make any
change in prices; but we are lower than most other strong col-
leges for women, and even the proposed increase will leave us
at a lower rate than Randolph-Macon. Sweet Briar, Hollins,
Mary Baldwin, and several other southern colleges, and a great
deal lower than the outstanding eastern colleges for women.

The increased fees for boarders will not give us any margin
for luxuries or even for replacement of furniture and equipment
which ought to be handled from year to year.

It is gratifying that Mr. Tart has continued his unbroken
record for many years for collecting 1 00' r all of the student
charges for this year.

Trustees

The death of Mr. John Bulow Campbell last summer is a
severe loss to Agnes Scott College. A memorial for him was
adopted at a called meeting of the Board of Trustees and, as
previously noted, a trust fund in his memory was set up. Few
of us realized, until after his passing, how much time and
thought he gave to the College and how valuable his services
have been.

Mr. George W. Woodruff, who has succeeded Mr. Camp-
bell as chairman of the Finance Committee, accepted the re-
sponsibility at a particularly busy time; but he has provided
enthusiastic and capable leadership, and we believe that some
helpful adjustments have been made.

The terms of the following trustees expire at this meeting:
Dr. D. P. McGeachy, John McMillan. George Winship, Dr.
J. A. McClure, Mrs. George C. Walters, and Dr. William M.
Elliott, Jr. All of these have proved to be most cooperative and
helpful in the work of the College.

The trustees will remember that there is docketed for con-
sideration at the next meeting the following resolution: "That
the charter of the College be amended so as to require that at
east three-fourths of the members of the Board be members of
the Presbyterian Church in the United States, it being under-
stood that all shall be members of some evangelical church and
sympathetic with the fundamental principles of the Christian
religion. "

Faculty

The faculty changes for our current session have been rela-
tively few. Professor Henry A. Robinson, of the department
of Mathematics, has been called to military service and has
been put in charge of the Intake Department at Fort McPher-
son, where he ranks as captain. While he has been able to give
some general advice and assistance in connection with the de-
partment, we have brought Mrs. Blanche C. Badger, B.A.
Winthrop College, MA. University of Tennessee, to assist
with the work in Mathematics. It is probable that Professor
Robinson will be held during the duration of the emergency.

Dr. Florence L. Swanson, who has been college physician
and head of the physical education department, resigned to
accept a place in New York, and the position has been filled by
Dr. Eugenia Cuvillier Jones, B.S.. M.A.. and M.D. George
Washington University, D.Sc. Johns Hopkins University.

Professor Hugh Hodgson of the staff of the University of
Georgia has been employed part time as a member of the
Agnes Scott music faculty, because he is doing some teaching
in addition to arranging for the Friday evening programs.

Miss Martha Crowe, who had been absent for three years
on leave from the French department, has returned to her
duties.

A special grant from the General Education Board to assist
in the cataloguing of our library has enabled us to have an

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additional worker for the current session, and we have
employed Miss Margaret Kate Weir, B.A. Georgia State
Woman's College, B.A.L.S. Emory University.

The following graduates from the class of 1940 have been
brought back for various services: Miss Carolyn Forman, as
Fellow in Biology; Miss Evelyn Baty, as Fellow in English;
Miss Eleanor Hutchens, as secretary to the Registrar and an
assistant in Public Relations; Miss Grace Ward, in charge of
the bookstore; and Miss Jane Moses, as an assistant secretary
for the Dean of Students.

Miss Emilie Thomas, who has been assistant resident nurse
and a student in the College at the same time, graduated last
June, and her place has been taken for the current session by
Miss Ruth Bastin, who is a graduate nurse from Grady
Hospital.

We feel that the time has definitely come when Agnes Scott
should undertake to plan for some type of retiring allowance,
and I hope very much that the Committee on Faculty will
present a plan which can be discussed and possibly adopted by
the Board of Trustees.

Students

The enrollment of students for the current session is the
third largest in the history of the institution. The increase this
year is partly due to the large number who are taking music
only. This was true, however, during the other years (1927
and 1928) when our attendance was at the highest peak. Dur-
ing those years, we allowed students to board with neighbors
and friends in the college community rather than to live in the
dormitories exclusively. We did not find the plan of allowing
girls away from Atlanta to live outside the dormitories to be
satisfactory, and hence we no longer permit it.

Our 532 students for this year may be classified in various
ways as follows:

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Geographical Distribution

Alabama 17 Ohio 4

Arkansas 2 Pennsylvania 3

Delaware 1 South Carolina 43

Florida 22 Tennessee 15

Georgia 309 Texas 4

Illinois 3 Virginia 8

Kentucky 8 West Virginia... 1 1

Louisiana 4 Wisconsin 1

Maryland 1 Brazil 4

Massachusetts 1 China 6

Mississippi 12 Congo Beige 2

Missouri 1 Cuba 2

New Jersey 4 France 1

New York 12

North Carolina 31 Total... .532

Class Enrollment

Seniors 100

Juniors 103

Sophomores 1 13

Freshmen 165

Special students 2(?

Students taking opera only 31

Total 532

Residence

Boarders 321

Day students 21 1

Total 532

Denominational Distribution

Presbyterian 193 Congregational 3

Methodist 103 Lutheran

Baptist 70 Church of Christ

Episcopal 56 Unitarian

Catholic 18 Ethical Culture

Jewish 13 Greek Orthodox

Christian 6 Non-members 3

Christian Science 3

Total 501

*This total does not include the 31 opera students.
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Religious Life

The addition of Gaines Chapel and Maclean Auditorium
and the fine new organ equipment which has been installed
have made possible more worshipful religious services than in
any previous year. The interest in spiritual things on the cam-
pus has been gratifying, and we feel that the religious and
moral tone of the students and faculty will compare favorably
with any period in the life of the institution, unless during the
very earliest days when there were very few faculty members
and students. We can hardly make a real comparison with that
period.

Dean E. C. Colwell of the Divinity School of the University
of Chicago led our devotional services during Religious Em-
phasis Week and was very helpful to all the college com-
munity. He married one of our own Agnes Scott graduates
and has an understanding of the religious ideals and purposes
for the College.

Suggestions

We have a college organization that has served together
for quite a number of years, and we have some particularly
able and loyal members, such as Dean Stukes, Dean Scandrett,
Mr. Tart, Mr. Cunningham, and many others, both among the
officers and the faculty. At the same time, we feel the need of
suggestions about various parts of our material, educational,
and spiritual programs. We have plans for getting rather sys-
tematic suggestions from faculty, officers, and students, but we
would like very much to have frequent suggestions from the
trustees. We hope that each member of the Board will feel
willing to make suggestions about the institution at any time.

Respectfully submitted.

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THE PRESIDENTS ANNUAL REPORT

May 29, 1942

Board of Trustees,
Agnes Scott College.

I have the privilege of presenting herewith my nineteenth
Annual Report as President of the College. We are closing
our fifty-third year as an institution.

University Center Developments

Through letters or informal reports you have already
received general information about the financial campaign)
which Agnes Scott and Emory University brought to a close
on December 31; but it seems wise to have the Annual Report
summarize the important events of a session, and so I am
taking the liberty of repeating some of the details at this time.
It was in January, 1939, that the General Education Board
of New York offered Agnes Scott $500,000 and Emory
$2,000,000 if together we would secure $5,000,000 additional
for certain specified developments. As you will recall, we
worked quietly for about a year while we were organizing
groups of alumnae or alumni and preparing for leadership in
our Atlanta and in national efforts.

It was two years ago this spring when the whole matter
was brought to a focus by the Atlanta campaign, and we
raised the largest sum of money locally that had ever been
raised in any city in the South in any general campaign.
However, we still needed at least $700,000 more to complete
our objectives for the specific purposes designated by the
General Education Board. We had been allowed until July 1,
1942, to complete the securing of subscriptions; but the war
clouds were gathering so rapidly that we felt it was absolutely
necessary to close the campaign by December 31, 1941. Under
great difficulties, particularly after Pearl Harbor, our program
was persistently presented. We were not able to secure an
average of more than one gift out of ten approaches, but
during the closing days we received some very fine gifts and
were able to complete the campaign.

When the final count was made, the results showed a total
subscription of $10,027,000. In addition to the $2,500,000
pledged by the General Education Board, six other founda-
tions contributed $2,890,000. The sum of $4,637,000 was
subscribed by more than 7,000 individuals whose gifts ranged
from ten cents to $1,000,000.

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One of the gifts which helped to make this showing was
the presentation to Emory University of the Crawford Long
Memorial Hospital, which was valued at approximately
$900,000; and another item included was an even larger sum
contributed in cash for the development of this Crawford Long
Hospital, while there were numerous smaller gifts for hos-
pitalization or medical service. All these were fine gifts and
are valuable to Emory and to the community, but they could
not be counted in matching funds with the General Education
Board. When all deductions had been made for such special-
ized contributions, we still had in the clear more than the
required $5,000,000 subscribed.

We have until June 30, 1944, for the payment of the pledges
which have been given. Our collections have been quite good
to date. We realize that they are going to be increasingly
difficult as war economy develops, and we may have troublous
times in securing the total funds from the General Education
Board. They pay in proportion as we collect. It would cer-
tainly be a very splendid thing if we might make our collec-
tions in full by January 1, 1943, but I am afraid this may not
be possible. We will certainly do our best. The Agnes Scott
quota for this University Center effort was $1,500,000. We
barely got it subscribed because the large gifts in the cam-
paign, even excluding hospitals and hospitalization, were
principally for medical development or buildings; and it takes
people of real understanding and vision to realize the values
and needs of a quiet liberal arts program such as Agnes Scott
develops.

Other Institutions Helped

While this particular campaign was waged by Agnes Scott
and Emory, the other institutions in our general University
Center program have also received some substantial gifts
during this period. Columbia Seminary has been given more
than $200,000. A bequest has been made for the Atlanta Art
Association which ought to yield more than $700,000. The
University of Georgia has received through bequests and
gifts perhaps $800,000, and the Georgia School of Technology
has received more than $100,000.

The program of cooperation among the six institutions has
been severely tested by economic changes, world difficulties,
and pol tical considerations in Georgia; but they have cer-
tainly gone forward in a very encouraging manner when all
these interruptions are taken into account.

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The University Center in this state has attracted wide and
favorable attention throughout this country and Canada, and
we have received hundreds of inquiries about it.

Aid for Science Hall

One of the really great gifts of our entire Agnes Scott
history came during the closing days of December and really
"put us over" in raising the Agnes Scott quota. Humanly
speaking, we could never have accomplished our part without
this fine contribution. It was a check for $200,000 which may
be used toward our very much needed Science Hall. The
thing which I appreciate most about the gift is that it came
without seeking on our part, constituting one of the very rare
experiences which I have had, because we have been rather
persistent, some people think, in pressing the Agnes Scott
cause.

The gift is anonymous, but it comes from real friends whom
we value for what they are as well as for what they have
done. The check for $200,000 will provide approximately
two-thirds of the cost of the Science Hall (which will include
working quarters for the "Department of the Home"), and
we are permitted to use any interest which may be earned on
the fund to help in furnishing the building when it is com-
pleted. Plans for the building are well advanced, and we are
hopeful that we may be able to have in hand sufficient funds
to proceed at once with the construction, as soon as our
government may clear the way for such activities. We would
like very much to have this as a memorial building, and I
believe the way may become clear in due time for this to be
arranged. For a long time, competent visitors on our campus
have said that this is our greatest single need.

Hopkins Hall

One of our most important items in the semi-centennial
objectives, and also in our University Center campaign, has
been a new dormitory to be named for Miss Nannette Hopkins
and which may represent particularly the affection and loyalty
of the alumnae for both Miss Hopkins and the College. Under
the very able leadership of Mrs. Sam Inman Cooper (Augusta
Skeen), a campaign for $100,000 toward the erection of this
building has been vigorously prosecuted, and I am pleased to
announce that it has been fully subscribed.

As plans for the building have been developed and as we
have realized that it ought to be one of the most beautiful and

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attractive of our rather notable group, we find that the cost
will be approximately $150,000, besides furnishings. I am sure
our Board of Trustees would not wish to ask that the alumnae
take on this additional sum, but we will welcome gifts which
our "old girls" may choose to make and will be applying all
of these toward Hopkins Hall and its equipment unless they
are particularly designated for some other purpose.

Because we are putting up a more expensive building than
was originally contemplated, it is going to be more important
than ever that the alumnae subscriptions be paid in full so
that we may have as small an amount as we can arrange for
the supplementary sum.

Main Building

At the last meeting of our Board of Trustees, permission
was given for the administrative officers to proceed with the
renovation of Main building. The Committee on Buildings
and Grounds gave serious thought about the possibility of
fire-proofing the building, but it seemed quite an expensive
undertaking and one which would prevent our having the use
of the dormitory for an entire session. Besides, building
materials were already becoming scarce in the early part of
last summer, and so it was decided to make the basement fire
resistant as far as possible, and to depend on our automatic
sprinkler system for general protection.

The building was renovated at a total cost of nearly $75,000,
including the furnishings. It has been the joy and pride of
the students, who have talked about it more than even the
addition of a new building like Presser Hall. The changes
were really very considerable, and the cost was almost the
same as when the building was originally erected.

All the plumbing and lighting installations were taken out
and new equipment provided. Hardwood floors were laid on
three levels, and concrete floors in the basement. An elevator
was put in, and the entire building decorated. New offices
were provided on two floors, and the bedroom furniture was
provided on a new and up-to-date basis. We feel that it has
been a very good investment.

It was intended that similar treatment might be given to
Rebekah Scott Hall and Inman Hall, but we could never have
gotten so many buildings completed, and so their renovation
must wait until times become more normal.

Current Funds

There has rarely been a time in my forty years of educa-
tional experience and administration when there have been
anything like so many difficulties in making plans as now. As
each Trustee from his own or her own experience is daily
meeting with the conditions, there is no need to recount them
in detail. For a large "family" like ours, we know that there
will be complications in getting table supplies of a quality and
variety to which we are accustomed. If the problems of a
small family are multiplied many many times, you can realize
something of what our administrative officers will face.

We have had more difficulty this session than during any
other year in securing competent servants. In various phases
of our work, we employ about seventy Negroes. Many of
these have been offered twice as much as we pay for employ-
ment elsewhere, and we have not felt that we could justly ask
that they stay with us; and we are quite sure that we will not
be able to compete in prices wth wages paid by many govern-
ment activities.

The problems that grow out of rationing travel and tires
and gasoline and other items can hardly be estimated just now.
They may involve the attendance of both boarders and day
students. At the present time, our enrollment prospects for
next year are about as usual, though we have somewhat more
applications for aid than during the past two years.

We are keeping in very close touch with all educational
and government groups so as to protect ourselves and our
patrons as fully as possible.

Mr. Tart has made another 100% collection record, and he
and all the administrative officers share with the President the
responsibilities that come, and they make a very wonderful
group of cooperating friends.

Agnes Scott's War Council

Even before Pearl Harbor, our entire college community
had been organized under the leadership of a joint committee
known as "the Agnes Scott War Council." Miss Scandrett,
Dean of Students, is chairman of the Committee; and it is com-
posed of both faculty and students.

With the hearty cooperation of all members of the com-
munity, including students, faculty, officers, and even servants,
plans have been made to assist our country in every possible

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way for the winning of the war. A great deal of study has
been given to the background of the present struggle and the
conflicting ideals which control the belligerents. Lectures and
study classes have been well attended and have been a real
educational factor on the campus.

Both faculty and students have enrolled in classes in First
Aid, Advanced First Aid, Instructors' First Aid, Nutrition,
Home Nursing, and the like. A large number of the faculty
and officers and some students have qualified as Air Raid
Wardens, taking the full program which has been outlined.
Provisions for black-outs both in dormitories and in air raid
shelters have been arranged, and every student on the campus
has an assigned place in the basement of Presser or of the
library where she is to go immediately on notification of any
danger.

The sale of stamps and bonds has been promoted. Enroll-
ment centers have been provided for the enlistment of volun-
teers for civilian defense, for rationing sugar and other arti-
cles, and for any other purposes which may be needed.

A large number of our students are cooperating with gov-
ernment agencies and will go into government service as soon
as they graduate.

The contrast between present campus activities and organi-
zations and those which prevailed during the first world war
is very marked. The students and faculty at this time have
gone far beyond anything that could be imagined twenty-five
years ago.

Trustees

The terms of the following Trustees expire at this meeting:
Dr. J. Sprole Lyons, Miss Mary Wallace Kirk, Dr. D. P.
McGeachy, Dr. R. O. Flinn, Mr. J. J. Scott, Dr. E. D. Brown-
lee, Mr. George W. Woodruff, and Mrs. Murdock Equen.
All of these have rendered fine service to the College, not
only during this year, but during their whole connection with
the institution.

During the last month, it has been my privilege to study, in
behalf of the United Chapters of Phi Beta Kappa, forty-two
colleges or universities which rank quite well in the United
States. I have given minute study to seven of these. One of
the interesting points of my investigation has been the Board
of Trustees for each institution involved. After the study, I
came home with a great feeling of thanksgiving for our Trus-

tees, for what you represent in the communities where you
live, and for the harmonious and cooperative associations
which we have had together.

Under present world conditions, we need the advice and
suggestions of all our Trustees. I hope you will feel free to
make them individually or in committees or in groups.

Faculty

In accordance with the resolutions passed at the last meet-
ing of our Board, the officers of the College arranged with the
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company to inaugurate a
plan for building up retirement allowances. For this year, we
felt able to include only teaching members of the staff and
those who are major officers. We feel that all the employees
of the College should be included, both white and black. In
view of the fact that it seems practically certain that the
United States government will apply social security rules to
colleges like ours, we feel that it is best to wait for the present
until we can ascertain what the requirements of the govern-
ment may be.

In order that the training of teachers may be better carried
on in this vicinity, the General Education Board has made a
grant to Agnes Scott and to Emory on a two-year basis for
the employment of Dr. L. D. Haskew as an Associate Profes-
sor of Education. He gives part time with us and part time to
Emory. He took his B.A. at Emory and his Ph.D. at the Uni-
versity of Georgia.

On account of the expansion of our demands for Spanish,
Mrs. Florene J. Dunstan, M.A. Southern Methodist Univer-
sity, Ph.D. University of Texas, has been employed as an
instructor.

In view of the need for more work in music, Miss Nell
Hemphill, B.A. Agnes Scott, with a certificate in Piano, was
added to the staff. She was married this spring, and we were
not able to fill her place for the remainder of the session.

Miss Narka Nelson, Assistant Professor of Latin and Greek,
resigned, and her place has been supplied by Miss Susan Par-
ker Cobbs, B.A. Randolph-Macon Woman's College, M.A.
New York University, Ph.D. University of Chicago.

Miss Thelma Albright, instructor in English, was elected
Dean of Queens College, and her place has been taken by

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Miss Clara Morrison, B.A. Agnes Scott, M.A. Emory Uni-
versity.

On account of the continued absence of Dr. Robinson of the
Mathematics department (who is with the army), we have
had this year Miss Ann Vann, B.A. Salem College, M.A.
Columbia University, as instructor in Mathematics.

On account of the resignation of Mrs. Mary W. Fox, Mrs.
Margaret W. Davis, B.A. Agnes Scott, has served this year
as an instructor in Chemistry.

We have found it desirable to bring in two of the Emory
staff in the department of Business Administration, Messrs.
}. L. Campbell and Lloyd Alkema, to give some courses in
Statistics which the present emergency has made important
both in Economics and in Mathematics.

Other new members of the staff include Misses Carolyn
Hewitt and Caroline Dunbar, resident nurses; Louise Will,
assistant dietitian; Beverly Coleman, assistant to the librarian;
Elizabeth Kendrick, in the bookstore; Beryl Healy, fellow in
Biology; Grace Walker, fellow in English; Mrs. Pearl H.
Ashley, assistant housekeeper; and Mrs. L. A. Hunt, assistant
to the dietitian.

The Agnes Scott faculty and staff give unstinted loyalty to
the institution and are generous in giving time and strength to
the College or to individual students.

Dean Stukes and Dean Scandrett should be particularly
mentioned for their able leadership, not only on our campus,
but in the broader fields of education.

Students

The enrollment of students for the current session is some-
what larger than normal. A number of these have been taking
music only, as has been true in all of the years when our total
registration passed the 500 mark.

Our 520 students for this session may be classified in vari-
ous ways as follows:

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Geographical Distribution

Alabama 12

Arkansas 5

Delaware 1

District of Columbia 4

Florida 23

Georgia 321

Illinois 1

Kentucky 3

Louisiana 1

Mississippi 8

Missouri 1

New Jersey 2

New York 9

North Carolina 27

Ohio .

5

Pennsylvania .

5

South Carolina

Tennessee

42
19

Texas

5

Virginia

11

West Virginia

Wisconsin

7
1

Brazil

1

China

4

Cuba

1

France

1

Total 520

Class Enrollment

Seniors 94

Juniors 81

Sophomores 134

Freshmen .=.. 158

Special students 17

Students taking music only 36

Total 520

Residence

Boarders 296

Day students 224

Total 520

Denominational Distribution

Presbyterian 177

Methodist 92

Baptist 72

Episcopal 59

Jewish 18

Catholic ..: 18

Christian 10

Congregational ...: 4

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Non-members 27

Unitarian

Christian Science
Church of Christ-
Greek Orthodox..
Lutheran

Total..... 484 1

:! This total does not include the 36 music students.

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Religious Life

We feel that there is no excuse for the existence of an insti-
tution like Agnes Scott unless it may have a real spiritual life.
We are pleased at the attitude and development during the
current session.

Under the leadership of Dr. William M. Elliott, Jr., who
is a member of our ov/n Board of Trustees, we had a week of
special services. Both faculty and students feel that it was
unusually helpful and fruitful. Without any pressure of any
kind, four of our students made profession of faith and ap-
proximately 150 expressed a re-dedication of life and service.

We believe it is a time when all who are connected with
Agnes Scott, whether as trustees, officers, faculty, students,
alumnae, patrons, servants, or friends, ought to unite in
prayer, individually and in groups, for these days in which
we live.

Respectfully submitted,

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The President's Annual Report

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Board of Trustees

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May 28, 1943

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THE PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL REPORT

May 28, 1943.
Board of Trustees,
Agnes Scott College :

I have the privilege of presenting herewith my twentieth An-
nual Report as President of the College. We are closing our
fifty-fourth year as an institution. I was elected President at the
annual meeting of the Board of Trustees on May 25, 1923.

Part I. A REVIEW OF TWO DECADES

When Dr. F. H. Gaines, first President of the College, passed
away suddenly in 1923, he left a strong organization with which
a new President might begin his work with confidence. Mr. J. K.
Orr was Chairman of the Board of Trustees, and all members of
the Board were devoted to the institution and ready and willing
to assist in any way possible.

Miss, Hopkins, the Dean ; Mr. Stukes, who was to become
Registrar; Mr. Cunningham, the Business Manager; and Mr.
Tart, the Treasurer, had been with the College for quite a num-
ber of years and were able to carry on their duties with loyal
enthusiasm.

During the thirty-four years of Dr. Gaines' connection with
Agnes Scott, a plant valued at more than a half-million dollars
had been provided and endowment of nearly $200,000 had been
secured. A constituency of a very high order had been enlisted,
and fine ideals of intellectual and spiritual achievement had been
set forth.

During the last twenty years, earnest efforts have been made
to maintain and to promote the intellectual and spiritual em-
phases ; but attention has been given, also, to the physical develop-
ment of our students and to their development of Christian
personalities, including attractive appearance, poise, dignity, re-
straint where proper, frankness, simplicity, and the avoidance of
extremes. We feel that progress has been made in the develop-
ment of the democratic ideal of student life.

So far as the institution as a whole is concerned, an effort has
been made to secure adequate buildings, grounds, and equipment
for a first-class college, and to provide sufficient endowment to
insure the permanence of the College on a sound basis. Much
attention has been given, also, to extending the influence of Agnes
Scott so that it might be recognized as of national and interna-
tional importance.

The accompanying pictures and diagrams will show something
of the material progress which Agnes Scott has made during two
decades.

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GROWTH IN TOTAL ASSETS

440 Per Cent Gain

( These figures are from the official audits. In both years, col-
lections from campaigns were in progress, but the audits show
only items which had been officially entered on the College books.)

5,000,000

$822,162.14

4,000,000

$4,451,877.31

June 30, 1942

3,000,000

2,000,000

1,000,000

June 30, 1922

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INVESTED FUNDS

1,140 Per Cent Increase

(This includes unrestricted endowment, scholarships, develop-
ment funds, and funds subject to annuity.)

2,500,000

2,000,000

1,500,000

1,000,000

500,000

$2,282,926.29

$183,804.55

June 30, 1922

June 30, 1942

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BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, AND EQUIPMENT

274 Per Cent Gain

(In 1922 there were 21 buildings of all kinds, and approxi-
mately 20 acres of land. In 1942 there were 42 buildings and 45
acres.)

2,500,000

$551,731.52

$2,064,913.49

2,000,000
1,500,000

June 30, 1942 j

1,000,000

500,000

June 30, 1922

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B. A. GRADUATES

400 Per Cent Increase

(As Decatur Female Seminary, and later as Agnes Scott Insti-
tute, the school did not give degrees. It was in 1906 that the first
B.A. awards were made.)

2,500

438

2,000

2,213

June, 1942

1,500

1,000

500

June, 1922

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Specific Details

Shortly after the death of Dr. Gaines, Agnes Scott was granted
a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the best-known honor society in
the United States. Much of the groundwork of this success had
been laid by the late Dr. J. D. M. Armistead, Professor of English
at the College for many years. A chapter of Mortar Board, na-
tional honor society for women in the field of service, has been
more recently established.

Agnes Scott officers and faculty have participated very actively
in the educational work of the United States. For several years
the College has been represented on the Senate of the United
Chapters of Phi Beta Kappa and also on some of the other impor-
tant committees.

In the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools,
Agnes Scott has held the chairmanship of the Committee on
Standards, of the Committee on New Members, and of the Com-
mittee on Member Reports.

Agnes Scott was one of the organizers of the Southern Uni-
versity Conference, which promises much in the way of better
standards for the South ; and its officers have ranked high in the
leadership of the Conference, serving as president, secretary-
treasurer, and on the Executive Committee.

The College has been active in the Association of American
Colleges ( having more than 600 universities and colleges in its
membership ) , and its officers have held the vice-presidency twice
and the presidency once. It has also been represented in the im-
portant work of the American Council on Education.

For many years it has been represented on the important com-
mittees of the American Association of University Women.

One of the most significant honors that has come to the College
is to be represented in the membership of the General Education
Board of New York.

The faculty and officers of Agnes Scott number more than SO
men and women of unusual training and personal qualifications,
revealing always a remarkable loyalty to the institution and to the
ideals which it represents. They have received their academic
training in more than 45 first-class colleges and universities and
represent a variety of experience and training, which helps to
give a cosmopolitan spirit to the campus.

Our representatives have been very active in the promoting of
the University Center program in Georgia and have been unselfish
and effective in carrying on its responsibilities.

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Building Progress

In 1923 Agnes Scott was poorly equipped with buildings for a
strong educational program. In 1925, through the efforts of fac-
ulty, students, and alumnae, funds were raised for the Bucher
Scott Gymnasium at a cost of approximately $165,000.

In 1928 a modern steam plant and laundry were erected. The
steam plant is capable of supplying adequate heat and hot water
for an institution at least twice as large as our present status. The
cost of this new equipment was $135,000.

The greatest single addition to the Agnes Scott building pro-
gram to date has been the erection of Buttrick Hall, which serves
as an administration-recitation building. It cost slightly more
than $300,000, and is one of the important educational structures
in the South. It was erected in 1930.

In 1936 the new library was secured at a cost of $240,000, and
it has proved to be one of the most interesting and satisfactory
of our investments. Institutions all over the United States and
even abroad have written for the building plans of the library
and have followed some of its interesting features. As soon as it
was opened, the former library building was remodeled for stu-
dent activities and was named in honor of Honorable Charles
Murphey Candler.

In 1940 Presser Hall, one of the most impressive and successful
music buildings in the South, was completed at a cost of $280,000.
Included in it is a very beautiful chapel named in honor of Dr.
F. H. Gaines, and a delightful auditorium named in honor of Mr.
Joseph Maclean, former head of the Music department.

The latest building activity on the campus has been the remod-
eling of the interior of Main Building and the providing of new
equipment for it. This was done at a cost of $75,000 and has
proved to be a great satisfaction to the entire campus community.

During the last twenty years the College has purchased 20 cot-
tages in the vicinity of the campus and about 23 acres of land.
This was done at a cost of more than $200,000. It now has the
land which may be needed for the development of a much larger
institution if the trustees should decide in the future to increase
its size.

The annual audits for the 20-year period make an interesting
exhibit of progress, and they are available if any trustees care to
see them.

It is impossible to express adequate appreciation for what the
friends of the College have done. In the financial development,
the General Education Board of New York has meant most. Dur-

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ing the twenty years, it has contributed of its own funds about
$1,200,000, and its confidence in Agnes. Scott has stimulated other
givers. The Presser Foundation and Carnegie Corporation have
assisted liberally. Mr. John Bulow Campbell and the Foundation
which he established have been most generous. Mrs. Frances
Winship Walters, Mr. George W. Woodruff, and the late Air.
J. T. Lupton have helped notably.

We could never have succeeded in our efforts if Mr. J. K. Orr,
Mr. George Winship, and other trustees had not given of their
time, means, and leadership through all the years. They have had
at all times the whole-hearted support of faculty, officers, alumnae
and students.

Part II. PLANS FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS

While great progress has been made in the equipment of the
institution during the last twenty years, we still lack some impor-
tant buildings in the rounding out of an adequate plant.

The n;< st important of these deficiencies is a science hall, and
we were very fortunate in December of 1941 to receive a gift of
$200,000 toward the erection of this building. We have drawn
careful plans for the proposed development and find that it will
take approximately $325,000 to build and to equip a really ade-
quate structure for our rapidly developing science department.
The proposed science hall will be the largest building on the cam-
pus and one of the most attractive. We deem it of the utmost
importance to complete the raising of the money for this need so
as to begin work immediately when our present emergency is
over. It is planned for this unit to be located just south of
Buttrick Hall and Presser Hall so as to make a very beautiful
quadrangle between these academic structures.

A second very important building which should be erected at
the earliest possible moment is a dormitory. Alumnae and other
friends have pledged approximately $150,000 which may be used
for this building. Somewhat more than one-third of the money
is yet to be collected, but we hope that it can be fully paid in so
as to proceed with the erection of the dormitory at an early date.
Since it is to be located on the site of our present science building,
it will be necessary for the new science hall to be completed and
in operation before we can make way for Hopkins Hall, as the
new dormitory will be named.

A third important item in the development of our physical
equipment will be the new dining hall. It was originally intended
that this should be attached to Hopkins Hall, but it is now thought
best that it be an entirely separate building which would be large

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enough to care for the resident students and faculty. The kind of
building can be noted in the general plan for future development,
but the detailed drawings are not yet available.

A fourth item which ought not to be postponed long will be a
new infirmary. It is proposed that this be located on Candler
Street just east of the present gymnasium. It is hoped that we
may develop services for the community through clinics which
may be handled by our college physician and nurses, and we
would hope to have an entirely separate entrance into the building
for such activities. The principal part of the building would be
devoted to a first-class hospital for the health services of the
campus.

Other items for future development will include a practice
home for the Department of the Home, faculty apartments, a
president's home, improved facilities for student activities, and
the remodeling of the interiors of Rebekah Scott Hall and Inman
Hall. It is desirable that additional faculty houses be constructed
on or near the campus.

In order to do even a reasonably good educational job, we have
found that it is necessary to secure one dollar of endowment for
every dollar of permanent improvement which we make. We can-
not go forward with increased building and equipment facilities
without at the same time making provision for stable income for
the support of these enlarged activities. Among the colleges of
the South, such a ratio has been about the best which could be
expected; but, if we are to compete seriously with the strong col-
leges of the East, our endowment should be three or four times
as great as our fixed assets.

Educational Needs

The Agnes Scott faculty have no desire to see the institution
develop into a university. We do not care to have a great deal of
stress on vocational training. We are anxious to make it one of
the very best small colleges in the country.

I think we can conservatively state that the College has done
creditable work in the traditional courses and that the faculty and
students have handled well classwork and the usual activities. We
have done a better-than-average job in promoting the welfare and
interests of the student who has difficulty with her work.

Our greatest immediate need seems to be further stimulus for
the girl of unusual promise and ability. We have never advertised
in our catalogue a program of honors work, but we have been ex-
perimenting with it for several years ; and former President
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such training in this country, has commented very favorably on
our program. This needs to be enlarged and developed so that a
greater number of our good students can have the advantage of it.
It is an expensive program, but I think Agnes Scott is the best
situated college in the South for expansion in this field, and we
are anxious to do it.

In Music, Art, and Speech, Agnes Scott ought to have quite a
substantial development as soon as possible. We do not anticipate
trying to make professional musicians, artists, or dramatists ; but
we are anxious for all of our students to become well acquainted
with Music and Art from a cultural standpoint and for the whole
student body to improve in its use of speech.

Spiritual Growth

It is not possible to tabulate the development in spiritual things
during the last twenty years or to set specific goals for the years
that lie ahead. From its earliest days, the College has been dedi-
cated to God, and it has no real excuse for existence if it does not
fulfill this high mission. We feel that religious objectives are best
reached through careful selection of faculty, officers, and students.
The planning of the curriculum is also a contributing factor.

All indications are that we are coming to a great period of
moral decadence and of spiritual laxness. We are very anxious
that Agnes Scott College be a great power for good in standing
for the highest things.

Part III. CURRENT SESSION
Trustees

Since the last annual meeting of the Board, Agnes Scott has
suffered the loss of one of its ablest and most faithful trustees,
Dr. J. Sprole Lyons. He died July 11, 1942. Dr. Lyons had served
continuously as a trustee since 1914 and had rendered conspicuous
service in many of the important activities of the College. He will
be greatly missed. Resolutions of appreciation were adopted by
the Executive Committee and a copy was sent to the family.

The terms of the following trustees expire at this meeting:
F. M. Inman, Mrs. Samuel M. Inman, W. J. Rushton, T. Guy
Woolford, Mrs. George C. Walters. G. L. Westcott, C. F. Stone.
All of these have taken a great interest in the work of the College
and have been valuable to the institution in many ways.

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University Center Campaign

During the current session Agnes Scott has collected somewhat
more than $150,000 toward its total objective of $1,500,000. The
largest item was from the General Education Board, amounting
to $72,976.30. The next largest was from the Carnegie Corpora-
tion, and was a gift of $30,000. Both of these donations have
been added to our endowment fund. We may note in passing that
we have not included most of the collections for this year in the
tables previously exhibited in this report, since we have listed
there only items which have shown in the official audits. These
additions will appear in the audit of June 30, 1943.

It will be necessary for Emory and Agnes Scott to raise slightly
more than $508,000 between now and July 1, 1944, when the offer
of the General Education Board expires. While the institutions
jointly have enough subscribed to cover this amount, we are quite
sure that some of our friends, will be unable to pay in full on
account of the present emergency. It seems practically certain,
therefore, that we will need to secure funds from some other
source or sources in order to collect on time from the General
Education Board.

We have never had a campaign in which our subscribers were
more cooperative than in this one. Even though it is evidently im-
possible to do any building at this time, many of our friends have
continued their gifts toward our building projects, and others who
were not able to pay immediately have told us that they expect to
do so when it is possible.

One of the brightest spots in the entire University Center
campaign has been our Agnes Scott alumnae effort among the
former students for Hopkins Hall. This phase of the campaign
has been under the able leadership of Mrs. Sam Inman Cooper
(Augusta Skeen of the class of 1917).

The total alumnae gifts for all purposes reach the gratifying
figure of $171,024.07. In quite a number of cases special designa-
tions were made for gifts, and the amount actually available for
the erection of Hopkins Hall is $109,346.73. Payments on these
subscriptions are coming in in a gratifying manner. It will be nec-
essary to supplement from other sources the funds for the erection
of this building, as the present estimates indicate it will cost per-
haps $150,000 in addition to the furnishings.

A gift which we appreciate very much has been made by Mr.
C. Alison Scully of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, of $1,000 to estab-
lish the Mary Scott Scully Fund in memory of his mother, a
grand-daughter of the original Agnes Scott for whom the institu-

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tion is named. The Scott family is certainly well represented
among the memorial gifts which have been made through the
years.

Current Funds

We believe that we will finish the year with a small balance
from the current session. We have not run a deficit during any
year that I have served as President. This has been an unusually
difficult one from a budget standpoint. We have found sharp
increases in costs in many of our fixed operations, and we are
finding it necessary to face a considerably larger budget for the
next session.

The Finance Committee has authorized an increase in charges
for 1943-1944 of $30 for boarding students and $10 for day stu-
dents. We hope that these increases will cover the necessary rise
in prices. We cannot be sure of it. It is increasingly important
that all of our endowment be productive in order that we may
have as large an income from that source as possible.

For the twenty-fifth consecutive year Mr. Tart has collected in
full all the charges which have been made against students. This
is a remarkable record.

Faculty

We have had relatively few changes in our staff in comparison
with what most institutions have suffered. Professor Henry A.
Robinson continues on leave of absence for military service and
Professor Philip G. Davidson, Jr., has resigned as professor of
History in order to become Dean of the Graduate School of Van-
derbilt University. During the current session, we have secured
the services of Dr. Bingham Duncan and Dr. James Harvey
Young, of Emory University, for courses in our History de-
partment.

Tn the library there are three new assistants : Misses Carolyn
Black, Mary Lucy Cline, and Emily Susan Philips.

Several members of the class of 1942 have been brought back
for special services at the College. These include Miss. Claire
Pureed, in the bookstore ; Miss Alta Webster, assistant in Physical
Education ; Miss Jane Stillwell, fellow in Biology ; and Miss Ann
Gellerstedt, fellow in English.

Students

The enrollment of students for the current session is somewhat
larger than normal. A number of these have been taking Music

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only, as has been true in all of the years when our total registra-
tion passed the 500 mark.

This has been one of the best sessions in the history of the
College from the standpoint of student cooperation and helpful-
ness. A larger proportion of our present students are registering
for 1943-1944 than ever has. been true in any previous year. This
is gratifying to us because it indicates that the students have been
doing satisfactory work and have been happy.

Our students for this session may be classified in various ways
as follows :

Geographical Distribution

Alabama 13

Arkansas 6

District of Columbia 3

Florida 27

Georgia 327

Illinois 1

Kentucky 9

Louisiana
Maryland . .

Michigan . .
Mississippi .
Missouri . . .
New Jersey
New York .

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7

4

1

10

North Carolina 27

( )hio 4

Pennsylvania 5

Rhode Island 1

South Carolina 41

Tennessee 19

Texas 5

Virginia IS

West Virginia 4

Wisconsin 2

Puerto Rico 1

Peru 1

China 1

Total

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Class Enrollment

Seniors 79

Juniors 98

Sophomores 132

Freshmen 189

Special students 19

Students taking music only 24

Total

541

Residence

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Denominational Distribution

Presbyterian 182

Methodist 108

Baptist 76

Episcopal 59

Jewish 22

Christian 13

Catholic 11

Congregational 3

Christian Science 3

Church of Christ 1

Lutheran

Unitarian

First Community

Quaker

Greek ( )rthodox

Brethren

Army Protestant

Non-members 32

Total

517 ;

*This total does not include the 24 music students.

War Council

The activity of our War Council, which is composed of faculty
and students, has been very gratifying. Under its leadership, the
community has cooperated in all of the various campaigns and
conservation programs. There seems to be no doubt but what both
faculty and students have enjoyed the sacrifices which have been
made and have been pleased to have even a small part in the total
war effort.

Both curriculum and extra-curriculum studies which grew out
of war conditions, or are affected by them, have been welcomed ;
and bi-weekly lectures have been given in chapel about the
changing conditions and the issues which are involved.

The sale of stamps and bonds has been promoted. War cas-
ualties have come to the families of a number of our girls, and
these have served to draw the entire community closer in the
bonds of sympathy.

Religious Life

The spiritual tone of the campus has been very satisfactory.
Attendance at all of our religious services is voluntary, and at
times we feel that it falls below what we would like to have. At
the same time we do have an average attendance of two-thirds of
our student body for five days per week, and we feel that this is
much better than that of most congregations.

Under the leadership of Bishop Arthur J. Moore, of Atlanta,
we had a week of special services in February. Without any pres-
sure, there were four professions of faith, and 262 signed re-
dedications of life and service.

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We earnestly request the prayers 01 all our Trustees for the
institution.

The following Prayer Covenant was drawn up and signed by
some of the most influential Trustees and faculty members in the
very early days of Agnes Scott Institute :

"We, the undersigned, believing the promise of our Lord
concerning prayer (Matt. 18:19), and having at heart the
largest success of the Agnes Scott Institute in its great work
for the glory of God, do hereby enter into covenant with each
other to offer daily prayer in our 'closets' for the following
specific objects:

1. For each other in our work in and for the Institute.

2. For the Board of Trustees and Faculty.

3. That God would convert every unconverted pupil before
leaving the Institute.

4. That He would graciously build up in the faith, and
prepare for highest usefulness, all who are His.

5. That He would baptize the institution with the Holy
Spirit, and make it a great fountain of blessing.

6. That He would give it so much of endowment and pros-
perity as He sees would be for His own glory.

7. That He would have the institution constantly in His
own holy care and keeping, that His name may be glori-
fied."

Respectfully submitted.

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