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Impact of War The Agnes Scott campus is probably as free from the strain and stress of war as any other place in our country. The activities of both faculty and students are largely routine. The session has been unusually free from war tragedies among the kinspeople of the college community. The students are very busy with their educational and social life and do not take much time for reading the newspapers or listening to radios. There are minor incon- veniences of all kinds which remind us that something unusual is in progress, and there are some difficulties as to travel ; but, on the whole, we have had a very quiet and peaceful year. We have been somewhat disturbed lest the students become too oblivious to international affairs and so we have had a series of discussions in chapel ; we have brought speakers from many war activity centers ; and we have had representatives of the WAC, WAVES, and other groups to offer enlistments to our students. Our religious services have also kept in mind the sufferings of people in other lands and our responsibilty for some type of ministry. The Agnes Scott faculty have been giving serious study to the impact of the war on our curriculum and on the College as a whole, and they have had more study groups among themselves this year than at any time since I have been connected with Agnes Scott. In other sections of this report, references will be made to some of the problems, that are involved ; but, on the whole, we feel deep gratitude to God that Agnes Scott has been so little burdened and so little upset by present-day world events. Post-War Problems We cannot foresee the specific difficulties or opportunities which peace may bring, but there are several tendencies concern- ing which we need to give careful attention. There has been in recent years a decided drift toward federal [3] support for education of all types, including private and denomina- tional colleges. This has. taken various forms. Agnes Scott shared, with some misgivings, in the National Youth Administration, which provided funds for needy students. None of this money came to the College, but it was indirectly being subsidized by the national government. During the present war, most private colleges for men have been in large measure supported through government contracts for military units.. Strong pressure is being exerted for the United States Government to continue such subsidies under various disguises. It is a very serious question as to whether our colleges can afford to expose themselves to the temptations of such support. We have hitherto enjoyed an independence and freedom which have made American education distinctive. We cannot receive government support without conforming to many requirements and limitations. I would like for us to feel at Agnes Scott that we will prefer to suffer some hardships and to reduce our program, if necessary, rather than to look forward to support through sub- sidies, when hard times come in the post-war period. It is expected that the Federal Government will undertake to give a college education to all men and women in the armed forces who wish to do some further college or university study after the coming of peace. It is thought that these young people will be interested primarily in vocational subjects or in quick preparation to take some kind of a job. Those of us who are accustomed to think of college planning look with apprehension on what may happen to the curriculum, to the general objectives, and to the practical adjustments, in many of our colleges where pressure will be exerted in this direction. 1 hope very much that Agnes Scott will not be swept by the urge to supply what may be temporary needs. We have never planned to meet the calls of "our day". We have always tried to think in terms of the long future and to establish programs which will be good for our children and our children's children, as well as for tomorrow or for next year. It may take some steadfastness of purpose to hold fast to our established program, but I hope that we may be able to do so. University Center Campaign As you have already learned informally, Agnes Scott College and Emory University have been able to report the completion of the objectives which we jointly undertook in 1939. As you will remember, this was featured in our institution as the Semi-Cen- tennial celebration. The results have been very gratifying. [4] It has been helpful to have the cooperation of Emory University and the other units of the University Center group in the difficult war days which are upon us, and I believe that all institutions have been more successful than they would have been if we were not cooperating so heartily. In raising the funds which Agnes Scott was required to show by way of collection during the current year, we were encouraged by several gifts which have been most useful and greatly appreciated. These include a $10,000 addition to the Frances Winship Walters Foundation, the adding of $5,000 to the Joseph Kyle Orr Founda- tion, another addition of $5,000 to the Asa G. Candler Library Fund, the collection of the balance of $2,500 from the estate of the late Mrs. Annie Scott Cooper (which was added to the Cooper Foundation), a gift from Mr. Thomas K. Glenn of securities valued at approximately $15,000 with which to establish the Agnes Raoul Glenn Foundation, and substantial additions to the Anna Irwin Young Fund and to the Mary Scott Scully Fund. All these gifts and many other smaller ones have been valuable not only in winning the campaign, but in helping to establish more securely the effective service which Agnes Scott can render to its students. We still have uncollected quite a number of subscriptions which are being paid and which will provide additional funds for the erection of Hopkins Hall. One of the interesting gifts which helped to complete our campaign was the royalty for the first year on the sale of "Betty A Life of Wrought Gold". This amounted to $350 and is to be used as the nucleus of a scholarship in memory of Betty Hollis. Mrs. E. R. Kellersberger (who was known to many of us as Julia Lake Skinner) arranged to donate any royalty for this purpose rather than to receive it herself. Any income from this source for the future will be used for increasing the scholarship. The Current Year There have been a great many problems which had to be faced during the current school year. The most difficult of these has been the securing of adequate Negro help for the operation of our plant. We usually have about 70 to 75 servants, and most of these through the years have been experierccd and almost veterans in the Agnes Scott service. It has been impossible for us to compete with the government programs about us, and we are not surprised that most of these trained and efficient people have left us for better jobs. As you have already learned, it became necessary for us to consider the unifying of our dining room program so as to eliminate the White House service of meals and to concentrate on [5] the Rebekah Scott dining hall and kitchen. Through the very earnest efforts of Mr. Tart and his assistants, we were able to secure cafeteria equipment and to set up our program so that all the students who live on the campus and all the faculty who wish meals in the dining hall can be served with reasonable comfort. We have not been able to do the entertaining which we have enjoyed in other years, and at the Commencement season we will not be able to have the formal alumnae luncheon as heretofore. If the Trustees stay for lunch on May 26th, as we hope you will do, you will probably share in the lowly cafeteria program. For the first time in our experience, we have used student help in the dining room, and the girls have really enjoyed the work. I think it has been the most popular branch of our student aid activities. For the next year, we are planning to ask each student who boards on the campus to give one hour per day of service to the College in whatever phase of work may be most needed. This plan has been accepted very loyally by our girls. It will involve a great deal of work on the part of the Dean of Students and her assistants because it is no easy matter to organize untrained helpers into satisfactory workers, but we think the experiment will be successful. Mr. Tart has been successful again in collecting 100% the current charges for students, and I think the record is an impres- sive one. On account of the added expenses for next year, we have found it necessary to increase the boarding charges by $25.00; but there has not been a single complaint from the patrons regarding this.. They really feel that we would be justified in charging a great deal more. Trustees When Agnes Scott is able to afford a department of research, I would like to assign as one of the first projects the summarizing of the activities of our Trustees. We certainly have a very busy and effective group. It would take quite a volume to tabulate the activities and achievements of our Chairman, George Winship, if he alone were considered. We appreciate the interest and loyalty of such busy people and we will try not to put any more burdens upon you than may be needful. The terms of the following Trustees expire with this meeting: H. T. Mcintosh, Scott Candler, Warner DuBose, Francis M. Holt, John A. Sibley, and Mrs. Crawford F. Barnett. We have had resignations from Dr. William M. Elliott, Jr., who has moved outside the bounds of the Synod of Georgia, which he [6] represented; and from Colonel W. J. Rushton, who is very much absorbed in war activities. All of these Trustees have been valuable to Agnes Scott in many ways. Faculty We have had a larger number of additions of major importance to our staff during the current year than in any other period of our history. We were blessed of God in being able to find strong people with high ideals who have been able to make contributions to the work of the College. Professor Walter B. Posey came to us from Birmingham- Southern College and is Professor of History and Political Science. Professor Paul Leslie Garber is the new Professor of Bible, succeeding Mrs. Sydenstricker. He came to us from the pastorate of the Trinity Presbyterian Church, Durham, N. C. Professor Howard Thomas has reorganized the work in Art and has been ably assisted in this, on a part-time basis, by Pro- fessor Lamar Dodd of the University of Georgia. Before coming to us, Mr. Thomas was the acting head of the department of Art at the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina. Dr. Johnnie Armstrong McCullough, a daughter of Dr. John I. Armstrong, formerly a professor at Agnes Scott, has served this year as College Physician and as head of the department of 1 hysical Education. Mr. Howard M. MacGregor, who was business manager of Queens College for several years, has taken the place of Mr. R. B. Cunningham here with the title Assistant Business Manager- Treasurer. He could hardly have come at a more difficult time, but he has proved to be an excellent addit'on to the administrative staff. Miss Margaret Ridley, the President of our Alumnae Associa- tion and for several years one of the strong teachers at Girls High School in Atlanta, has been added to our staff with the title of "Recorder". She will have general supervision of the records of the College and will assist in the office of Dean Stukes, particularly with the counselling with girls who wish some assistance. Other additions to our staff include Mrs. Laliah C. Runyon, in Biolo r y ; Miss Ruth Domincovich, in Spanish; Robert S. Low- rance, in Music; Miss Ruth Dabnev Smith, in Violin ; Miss Lewis [7] Lipps, in Biology ; Miss Abbie Rutledge, in Physical Education ; Miss Emma McGinty. in Chemistry ; Miss Joella Craig, in the bookstore; and Miss Helen Finger, in the business office. Students This has been a very active year in student affairs. There has. been some agitation to change our Student Government set-up and to experiment with something akin to political elections in the choice of our student officers. The students, themselves decided that the program which we have followed is the wisest one, and I think the entire campus is better satisfied since the issues have been faced and decided very much in line with previous custom. The enrollment for the current session is. somewhat larger than normal. The prospect for attendance in 19441945 is really embarrassing from the standpoint of boarders. We had so manv applications that we could have completed our list about February 15th. We have been trying and are still trying to make a selection of students who will be the very best possible and through whom the College may be able to render a greater service to the com- munities for which we have some special responsibilty. ( )ur students for this session may be classified in various ways as follows : Geographical Distribution Alabama 16 Arkansas 2 District of Columbia 2 Florida 34 Georgia 332 Indiana 1 Kentucky 13 Louisiana 3 Minnesota 1 Mississippi 8 Missouri 2 New Jersey 1 New York 8 North Carolina 26 Ohio 4 Pennsylvania 2 South Carolina 43 Tennessee 20 Texas 5 Virginia 23 West Virginia 6 Africa 2 Peru 1 Puerto Rico 1 Total 556 [8] Class Enrollment Seniors 100 Juniors 101 Sophomores 159 Freshmen 176 Special students 20 Total 556 Residence Boarders 339 Day students 217 556 Denominational Distribution Presbyterian 194 Methodist 107 Baptist 93 Episcopal 58 Jewish 19 Catholic 13 Christian 12 Greek Orthodox 4 Lutheran Christian Science Congregational Quaker 3 2 1 1 Army Protestant. . . . Brethren 1 1 Non-members . .. 27 Total . . . 536 * This does not include 20 special students. Religious Life The spiritual tone of the campus continues to be surprisingly satisfactory under present world conditions. In most parts of our country and among many institutions, the students have shown a restlessness and a tendency toward delinquency which have been alarming. We do not doubt that problems will arise on our own campus, but we feel that there is good leadership among both students and faculty in handling the religious life, and we hope [9] that Agnes Scott may prove to be a gr.eat power for good in stabilizing the thinking of our young people. We experimented this year with having a Sunday morning service on the campus in connection with our Investiture program. It proved to be very popular, and there are requests that it should be planned again from time to time ; but, on the whole, we feel that it is wiser for our faculty and students to attend the local churches in Decatur and Atlanta. Our Religious Emphasis Week services were held this year by Dr. Kenneth J. Foreman of Davidson College. He aroused much interest through both his public lectures and his discussion groups. We still have more non-church members in college than in the period before the war ; but, so far as we can tell, this is due to the lack of emphasis in such matters in Sunday Schools, churches, and homes in the communities from which the students come. It is a condition which gives us some concern and about which we have faculty and student groups organized for prayer and personal work. Respectfully submitted, ^. [10] THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT OF AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES JUNE 1, 1945 > C- THE PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL REPORT Decatur, Georgia June 1, 1945 Board of Trustees, Agnes Scott College. I have the privilege of presenting herewith my twenty-second Annual Report as President of the College. We are closing our fifty-sixth year as an institution. Frances Winship Walters Infirmary The most encouraging event of the current session has. been the gift of $100,000 by Mrs. Frances Winship Walters for the erection of a new infirmary. Last summer I sent to the Trustees a, brief statement regarding this. There are many features about it which are most satisfying. It will adequately meet one of the great needs of the College for a long time. It is. given by one of the best friends Agnes Scott has had, an alumna and a trustee. It came wholly as a surprise without any solicitation or urging of any kind. The funds are available for proceeding with the construction as soon as our government opens the way. The Trustees will recall that this is not the first gift which Mrs.. Walters has made. She first contributed $1,000 to begin the George C. Walters Scholarship fund, and subsequently brought that up to $5,000. She then contributed $50,000 in our Semi- centennial campaign which is used as the Frances Winship Walters Foundation in helping worthy young women, and she also gave $5,000 toward the erection of Hopkins Hall. These gifts place her along with Colonel George W. Scott and Miss Jennie D. Inman as the top individual contributors to Agnes Scott. It is planned for this new building to be erected across the driveway from our present infirmary. A picture of the general plan is on the opposite page of this report. The architecture will be in general keeping with our other new buildings and will be suitable for the purpose. We have had landscape plans made for a sunken garden on each side of the proposed building so that the outlook from any part of the infirmary will be interesting and attractive. We cannot immediately remove the houses adjacent on Candler Street, but it is planned that these will be taken down as soon as they can be replaced. The proposed building will have ample quarters for girls who may be sick and will provide for three or four contagious diseases to be treated at the same time. It will have ample quarters for the physician and trained nurses and for the handling of the whole health program of the College. There is no institution in this part of the country which has any building comparable to it in its attractiveness and adequacy. We hope very much that construction may begin on it in 1946. Other Gifts During the year we had a gift of $15,000 made toward the erection of a new dining hall. This brings the total of money accumulated for this purpose to approximately $80,000. So far as we are now able to judge, a new dining hall and kitchen of the type which we ought to have will cost approximately $300,000, so that we have yet a good deal of money to obtain for this purpose. As you will recall, this building is to be located on the site now occupied by Gaines and Ansley cottages. Our endowment funds were increased by several gifts, including a bequest from the estate of Mr. Ernest Woodruff of $6,750, an addition to the Asa G. Candler Library Fund of $5,400, an addi- tion to the Lindsey Scholarship Fund of $2,000, an addition of $200 to the Anna Irwin Young Fund, and of $600 to the Mary Scott Scully Fund. We had the rare experience of receiving $15,000 from an anonymous source for current funds, and also a gift from the General Education Board of $5,000 for the same purpose. I do not recall that in recent history we have had any gifts toward current expenses. They have nearly always been for endowment or permanent improvements. These particular gifts have been of unusual value, as may be mentioned later. We have also had an unusual number of gifts for current scholarships. This is not for the endowment of student aid, but for funds which can be used for the immediate session. Included in these gifts are $1,100 from two alumnae, $315 from Mr. C. Alison Scully, $250 from the Presser Foundation, and $1,150 from an anonymous source. In addition, we have received books on Old Testament litera- ture and Jewish history from the Hillel Foundation and the Jewish Publication Society, the cost of which would run into several hundred dollars. Only one of these gifts was actually solicited, and most of them came as surprises to us. In almost every case interest in Agnes Scott was aroused when we were having our last active campaign. The Alumnae Fund The trustees will remember that at the last meeting of the Board the alumnae requested that the College underwrite an 4 experiment which they wished to adopt in dropping charges and dues for membership in the Association in order to go on the plan for voluntary gifts. At that time it was voted that the College contribute $2,000 from our current funds and advance $3,000 from our campaign account, with the understanding that the latter item would be repaid by the alumnae from their gifts, if possible. From a financial standpoint the time is favorable for such a change, but no more difficult time in the history of Agnes Scott could have been found for reaching our alumnae. They are scattered over all the earth and are moving frequently and rapidly, and the mailing list is a very changeable factor. We regard the alumnae fund as a distinct success and we believe that the $3,000 which we advanced from the campaign fund will be repaid and that the alumnae will have a substantial sum for their own development. A full statement of this fund will doubtless be presented and a request that the College continue to underwrite the plan. I think there is no doubt about the wisdom of our encouraging the program for another year, with the details to be worked out somewhat later. Mrs. Holcombe T. Green (Katharine Woltz, 1933) is president of the Alumnae Association, and she will doubtless wish to speak on this subject at the meeting of the Board. Portraits For two years the students have been saving money with which to paint the portrait of Miss Carrie Scandrett, Dean of Students; and there have been numerous other requests from alumnae, faculty, and students that we have painted portraits of Dean S. G. Stukes, of Miss Louise McKinney, and of Mr. George Winship. At a meeting of the Executive Committee held in January, approval was given for making arrangements for this work. After consulting numerous authorities both in this section of the country and in the East, there seemed to be general agree- ment that Mr. Sidney E. Dickinson, who previously did some work for the College, is one of the best known and most depend- able portrait painters in America. He has recently been painting the portraits of the family of Mr. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. We were able to secure his services, and during the month of April he has been engaged in this work. The portraits are com- pleted and will be on exhibit during the commencement season. Funds for this work came from the students, from alumnae, and from the development fund. University Center The General Education Board, through whose generosity and encouragement the University Center in Georgia has been largely developed, has recently made available somewhat more than $40,000 to continue the activities of the Advisory Faculty Council and to provide funds for research which may be given to the faculties of the cooperating institutions. These are two of the most important phases of the University Center program, and they will be much more active and effective as soon as the present emergency has. passed. One of the interesting developments of recent months is an agreement between the University of Georgia, Emory University, Georgia School of Technology, and Agnes Scott for the training of teachers. This is one of the responsibilities which we have neglected at our own institution, and we have done very little to help the teachers already in service to improve their training and efficiency. Under the proposed plan, the University of Georgia will take the initiative in promoting the whole program ; but the other institutions will cooperate by furnishing faculty members for instruction and will also furnish students for the program. A good deal of the work, however, will be done during the sum- mer when Agnes Scott is not in session. It is proposed that Agnes Scott College and Columbia Theolog- ical Seminary cooperate in special training in the Bible. The Seminary is now giving the M.A. degree in the English Bible to those who have completed college work. It is felt that if these students have access to Bible work on our campus their program may be enriched and the Bible work of both institutions may be improved. We see no difficulties in the way of such an arrange- ment. We have felt that it would be advisable for us to secure a bus, if possible, so as to facilitate the transportation of our girls, to Emory or to other institutions involved in the University Center program. We have not been able to do this, and some of the activities which would go forward must be delayed until better transportation arrangements can be developed. Library Improvements Agnes Scott is blessed with an unusually fine library building. After using it for nearly ten years, we would make very few changes if it were to be rebuilt. I doubt whether any building in the country has had more favorable comment or regarding which there have been more requests for detailed plans, and specifications. At the same time, we have not been keeping pace with the first- class institutions of the country in the expenditures which we make for books and periodicals, and we are far behind on the total number of books which we have. The accompanying figures will indicate some comparative data : Annual Expenditures for Number of Volumes in College Books and Periodicals Periodicals Taken Library Agnes. Scott $4,000 175 42,062 Amherst 22,026 1,244 227,612 Bryn Mawr 18,382 788 166,000 Connecticut 11,939 587 83,341 Dartmouth 50,371 1,490 497,059 Haver ford 8,031 400 144,000 Mt. Holyoke 14,398 700 160,000 Swarthmore 15,000 690 115,000 Vassar 23,400 1,157 218,269 Wellesley 21,083 694 189,728 Williams 14,726 520 171,400 Agnes Scott is smaller than most of these institutions listed and does not offer any graduate work. It has decidedly improved in recent years. Twenty years ago it had only 9,500 volumes in the library, and its. budget for purchases was only $1,500 per year. Agnes Scott students do have access to the books and periodicals of twenty-one other libraries in this vicinity, though it is very inconvenient to make use of some of these materials. Some of our friends have realized our great need in this par- ticular, and two of the gifts recounted above for current expenses were made largely on this account. The result has been that we have had about $15,000 available for the purchase of books and periodicals, and our faculty and librarians have had a very exciting time in trying to decide what should be bought and how needful books may be obtained. Many of these are out of print and others are of European manufacture and cannot be imported at the present time. While the work is not yet complete either as to purchases or as to cataloging the books which have been bought, we have had a very stimulating and helpful experience in this field for all of our departments. Lectures Agnes Scott is. so blessed every year in having many speakers and lecturers that we have not undertaken to recount the names and subjects of those who come to entertain and instruct us. This year, however, has been quite unusual in the opportunities which we have had to bring distinguished people for a consider- able length of time. One part of the anonymous gift for current expenses was designated for bringing lecturers, who would be of special interest to the department of English. Our regular lecture association, under the leadership of Miss Laney, has always pro- vided unusual people. Through the collaboration this year of Professor Hayes in the English department and Miss Laney, we have had on our campus, usually for several days, the following: Professor Edwin Mims of Vanderbilt University, an authority in English ; Howard Mumford Jones, recently dean of the graduate school of Harvard University, an expert in American literature ; Mary Ellen Chase, professor at Smith College and an authority on the English Bible as. literature ; Robert Frost, the distinguished poet ; Theodore M. Greene of Princeton University, an expert in harmonizing the humanities ; Will Durant, author of "The Story of Philosophy" ; and Maurice Hindus, an authority on Russia. We have had many other distinguished preachers and speakers who came without remuneration. Post-War Plans A year ago we called to your attention some of the problems which may face colleges, particularly independent and denomina- tional ones, when peace comes again. Our faculty has been giving careful study to the situation as. it may affect Agnes Scott. From a curriculum standpoint, we feel that there need to be very few changes in order to carry on a successful program. There are almost innumerable needs and gaps in our educational offerings, but the war has not particularly affected these. Most of the Agnes Scott girls who have entered the armed services had graduated before they enlisted. There will be com- paratively few who will need to take work with us for the com- pletion of their degrees. Within the scope of our present regula- tions, we can handle such cases as may arise. We believe that there will be need for a considerable number of mature people who do not wish college degrees and yet who will need some type of special training. We think that the University Center group of institutions will be able to meet these specialized adult education programs jointly and that very likely Georgia School of Technology in the Atlanta area and the University of Georgia at Athens will be centers through which we may work. So far as. I am able to judge, the great danger in the whole field of education is that there will be a let-down in standards and in the fine quality of work. The pressure of numbers, the weariness of many faculty members who have been working overtime during the emergency, and the general looseness of enforcing standards which follows nearly all wars may tend toward poor educational performance. I regard it as a solemn duty for a small group of privately 8 controlled institutions,, and for Agnes Scott in particular, to stand out as pace setters in educational performance. Our faculty and officers recognize that this is an unusudl opportunity for us, and we expect to utilize to the fullest the resources which may he available for us. The Current Year Various aspects of this topic have been already mentioned. Some of the special grants already made have helped to develop an alertness, and enthusiasm among the faculty and students, and in many respects it is the best session which we have ever had. There have been fewer failures and generally a higher level of performance than at any previous time. We have had more applications for admission than in previous years. We were able to close our list for next September in February if we had been willing to do so, and we have a long waiting list that is really a problem to us.. We will certainly not be able to take all of them, and there are many very fine students among those who are not willing to register elsewhere as long as there is any chance to come to Agnes Scott. We are sure there will be some withdrawals between now and the opening of college, but we cannot tell how many. Last year we had some cancellations within two or three weeks of the opening of college, and it was so late that we were not able to fill the places without a great deal of difficulty. In order to obviate this problem, it has been decided to collect $100 from each boarding student on August 10th, and this is not refundable. We feel that this will bring to a final decision all who have paid registration fees. Mr. Tart has succeeded for the twenty-seventh consecutive year in collecting all fees from students before the end of the college session. We have found that the cooperative plan of having all boarding students to share in the work of the campus life has worked satisfactorily, and the students themselves feel that it ought to be continued for the coming session. It has required many extra duties in the office of the Dean of Students, but the staff has handled the details exceedingly well. Building Plans As the Trustees are well aware, we have important building needs and have been making careful preparation for construction as soon as the way may be clear. It is generally thought that it will not be possible to begin serious building plans during the current calendar year. We do hope that we may be able to start work during the spring of 1946 so that we may have the use of at least two structures hy September, 1947. You will recall that in 1941 we received a grant of $200,000 toward the erection of a science building. An enormous amount of study and work has been given by our faculty members, admin- istrative officers, and the architects, with a view to planning a building which will be distinctive and as near perfect for our purpose as possible. Quite competent experts, without any bias so far as we know, tell us that there is not anywhere in the world better buildings for their purpose in an institution of this size than our library, music building, and classroom-administration building. We would like for the proposed science hall to be one which will be widely imitated because of its efficiency and attrac- tiveness. So far as we can now make estimates, the building will cost $350,000 plus furnishings. By December of this year we will have earned $14,000 of interest on the donation which we have already received ; and this, with other funds in hand, will probably take care of the furnishings, besides the $200,000 of capital funds. This leaves us $150,000 yet needful for the completion of the building, and this is giving us real concern. As has been mentioned earlier in this report, the other building which we hope to begin is the Frances Winship Walters Infirmary, and we see no reason why there should be any delay of any kind in proceeding with our plans, so that it will probably be the first one of our new buildings to be occupied. The collections on the subscriptions for Hopkins Hall, the proposed new dormitory, have proceeded very satisfactorily, and we already have on hand more than the $100,000 which was orig- inally set as a goal f r the building. We believe that it will take more money than this and we think that additional funds will be forthcoming. We will not be able to erect this particular unit in our plans until the new science hall is erected and the old one can be dismantled, since the site of the latter is to be used for our new residence hall. As mentioned above, we have secured about $80,000 toward the building of a new dining hall and kitchen. Plans are being worked out for this much needed addition to our plant, and we hope that work can proceed on this project soon after building is permitted at all. It is only fair to say, however, that we do not know where the remainder of the money can be secured. I would like to remind the Trustees that we still have docketed the renovation and modernizing of Inman Hall and Rebekah Scott Hall, according to pre-war programs ; but this work will need to wait until we can secure much better material than is now on the market. 10 Plans for a New President In one more year I will attain the age of sixty-five and will automatically retire under our general program, unless the Trustees desire to re-elect me for a year at a time until the age of seventy. The College therefore has from one to a maximum of six years for making plans for a new president. This is one of the most important jobs which trustees can have, and responsi- bility for it cannot be shifted to any other people. We have had a remarkable continuity in the administration of Agnes Scott. As you realize, I am only the second president, and I had the opportunity of serving with Dr. Gaines for eight years before taking over my present responsibility. Miss Scandrett is our second dean of students, and she had the privilege of being associated for an even longer time with Miss. Hopkins, our first dean. Professor Strikes, our dean of the faculty, and Mr. Tart, our treasurer, were connected with Agnes Scott before I came thirty years ago ; and they, as well as quite a number of the faculty members, were closely associated with both Dr. Gaines and Miss Hopkins. These associations have resulted in a unity of purpose and a steadfastness in adhering to our early ideals which may be found in few other institutions. I would like very much to give to the person who will become president, whether man or woman, the opportunity of knowing something of the friends of the College, the sources of our possible support, both financial and otherwise, something of the projected plans, for the institution in the future, and a good deal of our heritage from the past. If a choice can be made in the near future, I think it will be advantageous ; and I hope that a special com- mittee of the Trustees may be appointed for a consideration of the matter. Each member of the Board may have his own or her own opinion of the sort of person to be needed, and I am making some suggestions purely from my own standpoint and not at all as representative of the Board or of other interested groups. When I became president, I felt that it was very important that our campus, be enlarged, a suitable building program inaugurated, increased endowment provided, wider recognition of Agnes Scott as a first-class institution obtained, and more contacts on a regional and national basis made. These objectives have been kept steadily in mind while we undertook to maintain on the campus a strong faculty and a well selected student group, with a view to main- taining our physical, intellectual, social, and spiritual activities, which have meant much through the years. So far as I can judge the future, I believe that the new presi- dent ought to be gifted in maintaining a strong spiritual atmos- 11 phere, since this is at the heart of our whole program and will be difficult to keep alive and to improve in quality. I think he ought to do more extensive work in personal relations with the students and in the development of the social life on the campus. I hope that it will not be necessary for him to give quite so much time to the raising of money and to the development of educational contacts. I hope that he will be able to give a good deal of time to working with the faculty in the development of the educational program on the campus. This matter has been talked extensively with the faculty, who naturally have a very keen interest in any change which is made, and also with alumnae groups. Various suggestions have been made in former meetings of the Board of Trustees, so that the matter has not been neglected during the past five years. Trustees The terms of the following Trustees expire with this meeting: Mr. George Winship, Dr. J. A. McClure, Mrs. Frances Winship Walters, Mr. Robert Strickland, Dr. D. W. Hollingsworth, Dr. S. Hugh Bradley, Dean S. G. Stukes. All of these have been quite valuable to Agnes Scott in many ways and all are eligible for re-election. The work of the current year has been carried on very largely through committees. Our Trustees are so busy that it is not fair to call them into group meetings unless there is something urgent. In spite of the unusual times, our program has worked rather smoothly and most of our business could be handled through the consultation plan. It may be necessary to have more frequent meetings as post-war problems develop and as building may be possible. Staff Changes Dr. Margaret V. Burns of Asheville, N. C., has replaced Dr. J. A. McCullough, last year's college physician who resigned to give full time to her private practice. Dr. Burns graduated at Duke University and has had extensive training in other insti- tutions. Miss Margret Trotter, Amelia, Ohio, has been added to the faculty as an assistant professor in English. She took her under- graduate work at Wellesley, received her M.A. degree from Columbia University and her Ph.D. from Ohio State. She has had extensive teaching experience. Miss Elizabeth Peeler and Miss Virginia Humphries have been serving in the library in the positions left vacant by the resigna- tions of Misses Emily Philips and Lucy Cline. 12 A new assistant in the physical education department is Miss Barbara Ames, Sheffield, Alabama. She replaces Miss Abbie Rutledge, who is working in the graduate school of Texas State College for Women. Because of the resignations of Misses Frances McCalla and Lewis Lipps in the Biology department, Miss Martha Aiken is serving as an assistant and Miss Betty Jo Davis, a senior, is serv- ing as a fellow. Three members of the class of 1944 have returned as assistants in various departments of the College : Miss Martha Ray Lasseter as secretary to the Dean of the Faculty ; Miss Anne Ward as secretary to the Dean of Students ; and Miss Katherine Philips, in charge of the bookstore. Two members of the present senior class who have already completed their degree requirements are assisting in laboratory work : Miss Jodele Tanner in Chemistry and Miss Eloise Lyndon in Physics. Visitors to the campus who really stay long enough to become acquainted nearly always comment on the fine cooperation which is evident among the members of our staff and the congenial atmosphere which prevails. This grows out of the fact that our faculty and officers are fine Christian people as individuals, and their love for the College and loyalty to it bind them closely to one another wherever its interests are involved. Students A fine spirit has prevailed on the campus this year, and it is due not only to good leadership among the girls, but also to the good quality of the individual members of the campus community. On account of the enlarged space for students in Main Build- ing, we have been able to take more boarders, this year than at any other time in the history of the institution. While the total enroll- ment is not the highest in our history, the College has certainly been full enough for the working out of our best plans. There has been a slight sense of being crowded. The applications for the next session indicate clearly that we will be able to secure as many students as we are willing to accept. Our enrollment for this session may be divided into various classifications as follows : 13 Geographical Alabama 22 Arkansas 5 Colorado 1 District of Columbia 1 Florida 31 Georgia 306 Indiana 1 Kentucky 15 Louisiana 5 Maryland 1 Minnesota 1 Mississippi 7 Missouri 2 Distribution New Mexico 1 New York 5 North Carolina 31 Ohio 1 Pennsylvania 2 South Carolina 43 Tennessee 20 Texas 4 Virginia 30 West Virginia 7 Africa 1 Total 543 Class Enrollment Seniors 94 Juniors 132 Sophomores 147 Freshmen 147 Special students 23 Total 543 (Note: The total number of seniors given above does not include five students who completed degree requirements last summer and who will receive their degrees in June. Two students now classified as juniors may also receive the degree.) Residence Boarders 343 Day students. 200 Total 543 Denominational Distribution Presbyterian 205 Methodist 106 Baptist 93 Episcopal 53 Christian 12 Jewish 9 Roman Catholic 7 Greek Orthodox 4 Christian Science 3 Lutheran 3 Quaker 3 Brethren 2 Christ Evangelical 1 Non-members 19 Total 520* * This total does not include 23 special students. 14 Religious Life We believe that the war and other serious world events have sobered our campus community perhaps more than in any other year. There have been many anxieties, and quite a number of casualty reports among members of families or close friends. Our religious services have been given careful study by the various groups conducting them, and they have proved to be helpful and interesting. Our voluntary basis for attending services has continued to prove very satisfactory. Our Religious Emphasis Week services were held this year by Dr. John A. Redhead of Second Presbyterian Church, Char- lotte, N. C, and they were stimulating and interesting. This year we have only nineteen girls who are not members of some denomination or religious group. Of these, two express no preference, one is inclined to the Unitarian church, one to the Christian Science, two to the Presbyterian, five to the Methodist, seven to the Baptist, and one to the Episcopal. Special Assistance Agnes Scott is so nearly a partnership that whatever is accom- plished here should go to the credit of almost all on the campus. For anything that I may seem to accomplish I am indebted to many students and faculty, but I would like to mention some of the administrative officers on whom I particularly rely. These are Dean Stukes, Dean Scandrett, Mr. Tart, Mr. MacGregor, Miss Ridley, Miss Hunter, and Miss. Steele. For all these I am very grateful in carrying on our work. Respectfully, *-^ 15 THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT OF AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES MAY 31, 1946 THE PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL REPORT Decatur, Georgia May 31, 1946^ Board of Trustees, Agnes Scott College. 1 have the privilege of presenting herewith my twenty-third Annual Report as President of the College. We are closing our fifty-seventh year as an institution. Specific Needs This is certainly a great period for taking an inventory of what we have as an institution and for outlining the things which ought to be done very promptly. We have passed through similar periods during the life of the college, and it is interesting to look back and see how our needs have grown. We have met our specific objec- tives several times during the past years only to find that newer and better ones were lying ahead for us to undertake. Because prices and general conditions are very uncertain just now, it is impossible to make accurate estimates of our needs, but I am outlining some that seem very important to me, and which are listed on a conservative basis. Some of these items are as follows : New Science Hall $ 450,000 Infirmary 125,000 Hopkins Hall, Dormitory 225,000 Central Dining Hall and Kitchen 350,000 Faculty Apartments 100,000 Repairs on Inman and Rebekah Scott 100,000 President's House, when a new one comes. . . 35,000 Campus Improvements, Tennis Courts, May Day Grounds, Gateways 65,000 Additional Land 50.000 Total Buildings and Improvements $1,500,000 Endowment for Raising Salaries 750,000 Endowment for Additional Faculty 500,000 Further Scholarship Endowment 100,000 Most Important Needs at This Time $2,850,000 Some of these proposed objectives may need some additional details. We have on hand $350,000 for a Science Hall, but it evidently is not enough. Mrs. Walters generously gave us $100,000 3 for an Infirmary, and it ought to be an ample sum in normal times, but we believe that we should add at least $25,000 in order to get an adequate building now. During the Semi-Centennial campaign, the Alumnae contributed $100,000 for the erection of Hopkins Hall, but it is now quite evident that it will take more than twice that much in order to get the type of building which we need. A Central Dining Hall and Kitchen would add as much to the comfort and cultural education of the campus as any addition which we could make. We have very beautiful plans for the structure, but it will take a very large sum for the erection of a suitable building. Most of the faculty who live on the campus find it impossible to have more "than one room, and it is not possible, for faculty members to be comfortable under such circumstances. We need some apartments which would have at least two or three rooms in order to take care of some of our most valuable staff members. I think this apartment building would probably best be erected on McDonough Street where there is quiet, and where there is more room than on most parts of the campus. I think the other items on the list for buildings, additions, or improvements, will be sufficiently clear for no additional details to be needed. The Agnes Scott salaries are lower than those of any other college of our rank. We have excellent teachers and they deserve increased remuneration. Whenever a replacement is necessary, we are impressed anew at the devotion and sacrifice of those who have been staying with us through these years. Agnes Scott has a small faculty in comparison with most Phi Beta Kappa institutions. We need some important additions, and this is increasingly true if we are to fulfill our part of the Univer- sity Center agreement. Unfortunately it is necessary for us to increase our charges from time to time, and it is highly important that we have adequate scholarship funds to help us with worthy and needy girls so as to enable them to meet our financial requirements. A Campaign? Economic experts believe that we will have "good times" for two or three years while inflation is prevailing and while many people are relatively prosperous. We will certainly seem to miss an opportunity for presenting our needs, and getting some of them met. if we postpone until later a campaign for them. We ap- proached the Carnegie Corporation to see whether they would help us with a campaign for $2,500,000. and two of our Trustees visited both the Carnegie Office and the General Education Board. We have not received much encouragement for so large an objec- tive immediately, but we do feel that a smaller one might secure some aid from at least one of the foundations. I would recommend that we undertake as vigorously as possible the finding of some support from individuals or foundations with a view to formulating a little later the specific campaign objectives which we would be willing to announce to the public. We have had seven major campaigns for the college, all of them sparked by grants from the General Education Board, and we certainly do not wish to fail on any program which we present to the public. It is my personal feeling that perhaps $1,500,000 of new money might be obtainable during the next five years. This is perhaps the most important item which will come before the Board for consideration, and we hope that all members may be willing to express themselves frankly about it. Building Prospects We had hoped very much that with the ending of the war we might be able to proceed at once with the erection of the Frances Winship Walters Infirmary and the John Bulovv Campbell Science Hall. We secured tentative estimates on the Infirmary, for no firm bids were available. The estimates indicated a cost of about $212,000 with no guarantee of any sort as to the length of time which might be needed for erection. Since that time, the Govern- ment has sharply restricted the use of material for school build- ings, and it is evident that we must wait for a while in order to do our building. We hope very much that conditions will improve and that ma- terials will become more plentiful so that by June of 1947 we may be able to make a beginning. I am sure it has been wise for us to collect our money in advance, so as to have it immediately available when building progress may be possible. We are going ahead with the plans and specifications for other items as outlined earlier in the report. We hope to find some friends who will be interested in undertaking one or more of the projects on which we are working. Comparative Growth I think it is worthwhile for Trustees as well as Officers of the College to stand off, as it were, and look at the place of Agnes Scott in comparison with other institutions of our general class. With this end in view, we are presenting two diagrams and a table of statistics. I think these will indicate more clearly than words that we have much cause for thanksgiving and happiness over what has been accomplished, and at the same time a realization that there is yet a great deal which must yet be done if Agnes Scott AGNES SCOTT HAS GROWN Million 7 889 1899 1909 1919 1929 939 m The gronth of the College in recent years has been paced by condi- tional offers which challenged the support of local friends and alum- nae. JVe believe that such aid ivould again be fruitful at this time. AGNES SCOTT SHOULD STILL GROW Agnes Rad- Bar- Mount Bryn Scott cliffe nard Holvolce Mawr Smith Vassar Welies- ley Agnes Scott is smaller and younger than most of these, and it has made rapid progress during the last twenty years. In 1919 it had only $186,000 of endowment, and its entire assets were only one-ninth of the present figure. The supporters of the College take pride in its development. is to reach the top place of leadership among institutions for women in this country and in the world. Comparative Data for Colleges for Women (Compiled from 1945 "The Americana Year-Book") Institution Plant Endowment Books Sophie Newcomb $2,605,820 $2,727,187 370,000 Agnes Scott 2,186,748 2,427,958 41,000 Randolph-Macon 2.097,000 1,258.000 59,906 ( ioucher 2,515,946 2,132,660 80,310 Bryn Mawr 5,164,633 7,563,614 190,000 Barnard 4,301,598 4.920,646 65,080 Vassar 10,198.000 11,300,000 243,587 Wells 1,938.033 1,418,198 96.050 Smith 9,814,042 6,721,782 305.133 Alt. Holyoke 6,307.778 5,901,919 190,949 Welleslev 13,085,561 12,332.706 220,000 Radcliffe 3,338,402 5,552,699 95,000 Notes While Agnes Scott ranks near the hottom on this comparison, it has improved more rapidly than most of die others. In 1919 it had only SI 86,000 of endowment, and it has increased more than 1,200 per cent in 27 years. It had plant assets in 1919 of only $455,000, and has increased 380 per cent in that item. Recognition and Influence In preparing the material for the Carnegie Corporation, we had occasion to summarize a few points about the usefulness of Agnes Scott in the educational world, and I am taking the liberty of reminding the members of our Board as to some of the details. We believe that Agnes Scott is unusual among colleges of its size in the recognition given to it and in the influence exerted. It did not become a college, granting degrees, until 1906, and it was admitted to full membership in the Southern Association the very next year, showing unprecedented promptness and con- fidence in its work. It was placed on the approved list of the Asso- ciation of American Universities in 1922 on the record of its graduates without a formal inspection. It was a charter member of the American Association of University Women and also of the Southern University Conference. It was the first institution, of any size, to be awarded (in 1925) a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa on the "invitation" plan. Officers and faculty members of Agnes Scott have held impor- tant positions in educational organizations. In the Southern 8 Association, it has been represented for more than thirty years on such committees as the Executive, Standards (the present standards were drafted in their entirety by Agnes Scott faculty members), Reports on Members, or Admission. The College has been represented in all the offices of the Southern University Conference, and has held the presidency and vice presidency of the Association of American Colleges. For several years, it has been represented in the Phi Beta Kappa Senate and on the Phi Beta Kappa Foundation. For several years it has furnished a trustee for the General Education Board. It is represented on the boards of several Southern funds, including John Bulow Campbell Foundation, the E. Rivers Fund, and Student Aid Foundation. Its president is the chairman of the Board of Visitors for Presbyterian educational work. The College was the chief promoter of the University Center in Georgia, and has been active in helping the Negro colleges. Trustees The terms of the following Trustees expire with this meeting: Miss Mary Wallace Kirk, Dr. D. P. McGeachy, Dr. R. O. Fl'inn, Mr. J. J. Scott, Dr. E. D. Brownlee, Dr. William V. Gardner, and Miss Margaret Ridley. All of these have been quite helpful to Agnes Scott in many ways. The Trustees are always valuable to the college in lending their fine standing and prestige to the institution, and in this way con- fidence in the college has been built up through the years. This is quite aside from any active duties which vary a great deal from time to time. At this time, when changes in the life of the institution will be made in the next few years, it is particularly gratifying to have so many loyal and devoted men and women on our board of Trustees. Staff Changes Dr. Henry Chandlee Fornian is heading our Art Department this year instead of Mr. Howard Thomas, who went to the University of Georgia. Dr. Forman took his undergraduate work at Princeton and his Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania. He has written a number of important books and has had a great deal of experience in allied fields. We have added an instructor in Art, Mrs. Leone Hamilton, who gives special attention to the practical side of the subject. Dr. Walter B. Posey was absent during the first two quarters of the current session in order that he might teach in the American Universities operated by the United States Army in England and in France. During his absence, the work of the department was carried on satisfactorily by the other teachers. Dr. Henry A. Robinson has been away on military duty for several years. During the current session his place has been taken, in some measure, by Dr. J. F. Messick, who has retired from the Mathematics Department of Emory University, but who is still a very effective teacher. We are pleased that Dr. Robinson is to be back at Agnes Scott by September. Dr. L. D. Flaskew, who has been supervising Practice Teaching, both for Emory and Agnes Scott, has been on leave of absence for the session, and his place has been taken by Dr. Rachel S. Sutton, on a part-time basis. She is a member of the staff of the University of Georgia. Miss Margaret L. Buchner, who holds a Ph.D. degree from Johns Hopkins University, has been serving this year as assistant Professor of Spanish. Miss Anne Turner, who holds a Master's degree from Duke University, and has practically completed the work there for the doctorate, is instructor in Classical Languages and Literature, taking over part of the work formerly done by Miss Cobbs. Other instructors for the current session are Miss Claire Buckmaster, of the Eastman School of Music, who has been added to the Music Department, Miss Gertrude E. Natusch, from Radcliffe College, who is an addition in Economics, and Miss Marian H. Blair, a graduate of Wellesley College and Columbia University, who is an addition in English. In our Science Department, there have been some changes for the year. Mr. Hiden T. Cox, who will soon have his Ph.D. degree from the University of North Carolina, has come to take charge of Botany instead of Dr. Runyon, who has resigned. Miss May Lyons and Mrs. Ruth Gray Walker are assistants in Biology. Miss Martha Jean Gower has been added as an assistant in Physics. We have two new dietitians this year, Miss Florence B. Kitchin and Miss Mary Anne Lambert. Mr. J. R. McAuley, formerly of Queens College, has become the college engineer, instead of Mr. Armistead, who resigned. Other administrative assistants include Miss Betty Bowman, who is secretary to the Dean of Students, Mrs. Willis E. Binford, who is serving as secretary to the President, while Miss Laura Steele is on leave of absence, and Miss Elizabeth Carpenter, who is manager of the Book Store. 10 The Current Year We continue to have a very large number of applications for admission and these have been coming early in the session for the next September. We had enough applicants early in February to fill our dormitories for the next session. Dean Stukes and his associates are trying very hard to find the girls who are best suited for Agnes Scott and who can profit most by our program. We would be able to fill every space on the campus with the girls who would gladly pay the full charges, but we have found it de- sirable to help quite a number of students because we need the ideals and standards of many girls who would not be able to pay our entire fees. We regretted the necessity of increasing our charges for the next session so as to bring the total for boarders to $900.00 and for day students to $350.00. We are using some of the income from this increase for scholarship aid, and a good deal of it has gone, and will go, for increased living expenses. A part of the increased income will be used to raise salaries for our teachers, but we are disappointed in the proportion of it which can be used for this purpose. Last year it worked well to collect $100 each from the boarding students on August 10th so as to give us assurance of a stable registration. We are planning to continue this idea for the next year. Mr. Tart has succeeded for the 28th consecutive year in collect- ing all fees from students before the end of the college session. It is a remarkable record. Somewhat to our surprise the cooperative plan of having all boarding students to share in the work of the campus life is still popular with the girls, and the plan is really needed in order to carry on many of our activities. Servants are very scarce and not dependable. We have succeeded in buying the Hutcheson house on Mc- Donough Street, but it was necessary to pay a high price of $10,000 for the place. We will need it for one or more of our teachers when we can get possession of it. We have also pur- chased a vacant lot on South Candler Street where we hope that we can move a house from the campus when we are read}' to expand with our larger buildings. During the war when Emory University was in great need of civilian students and when transportation facilities were negligible, we ordered a bus which we planned to use for transporting our students to Emory and back. It took us more than a year to get delivery on the order, and when the bus arrived, veterans were so crowding the Emory campus that they do not need our girls. In the meantime we have been able to make arrangements with the 11 city of Decatur and with the Georgia Power Company for very satisfactory transportation facilities between Emory and Agnes Scott and other institutions around us so that we have been able to sell the bus without loss. All during the period of the war we have found it necessary to use the cafeteria plan of serving meals, and we are very unhappy over the results which may come if the plan is continued. We are hoping for the next session to take over the old chapel in Rebekah Scott Hall and to equip it as an auxiliary dining room, so that the evening meal, at least, can be served according to the Agnes Scott tradition. For the sake of convenience, we may continue the cafeteria plan for breakfast and for lunch. Students During the war period, there was some sense of strain on the part of many of our students because of the dangers to which loved ones were exposed and because of the uncertainties that seem to lie ahead. While there is still a reasonable concern about the making of a just peace, and about world and national condi- tions, the girls go about their campus duties much more happily than before. The fact that men are becoming more plentiful and that the customary social activities, such as the Junior banquet, for example, can be resumed, makes life more interesting for the students. We have fewer students who are not professing Christians than in recent years and there are quite a number of the girls who are thinking of full time Christian work. ( )ur enrollment for this session may be divided into various classifications as follows : Geographical Distribution Alabama 28 Arkansas 5 Colorado 1 District of Columbia. ... 1 Florida 28 Georgia 311 Indiana 1 Kentucky 12 Louisiana 5 Minnesota 2 Mississippi 7 Missouri 1 Xew Mexico 1 Xew York 3 North Carolina 38 Ohio 1 South Carolina 41 Tennessee 18 Texas 3 Utah 1 Vermont 1 Virginia 32 West Virginia 8 Africa 2 Total 551 12 Class Enrollment Seniors 118 Juniors 120 Sophomores 128 Freshmen 162 Special Students 23 Total 551 {Note: The total number of seniors given above does not include tzvo students who completed degree requirements last summer and who will receive their degrees in June. Four students note classi- fied as juniors may also receive the degree.) Residence Boarders 351 Day Students 200 Total 551 Denominational Distribution Presbyterian Methodist 224 109 95 50 7 6 6 5 4 Lutheran 4 Ouaker 2 Baptist Episcopal Christian Roman Catholic Jewish Creek Orthodox Christian Science Brethren Unitarian 2 1 Congregational Non-members Total 1 12 .... 528' * This total does not include the 23 special students. Services and Lectures This year we tried a new plan for the emphasis on Christian work. Instead of having a single minister to lead our services, we arranged for a team of five members to hold intensive services for three days. The program was directed by Dr. Harry G. Coodykoontz, director of student work for the Presbyterian church. Other members were Dr. Joseph M. Garrison, Presby- terian Church of the Covenant, Greensboro. North Carolina, Dean Martha S. Grafton, Mary Baldwin College, Secretary Wil- liam Hall Preston, Baptist Sunday School Board, and Dr. James A. Jones, Myers Park Presbyterian Church, Charlotte, North Carolina. As an experiment, we regard the Campus Christian 13 Mission as very interesting and helpful. 1 think we would not wish to have it every year. Most of us felt that it would be more effective if it were continued over a longer period. The Agnes Scott Lecture Association has continued its excel- lent work under the leadership of Miss Emma May Laney, anu it has furnished a fine series of lectures, most of which were open to the public for a small charge. We have also had a gift from an anonymous friend of $2,500.00 for the providing of lectures which would be of special value to the English department. Professor Hayes and his associates have made good selections, and this series also, which has been entirely free to the public, has provided some very stimulating lecturers, most of whom have stayed on campus for a few days. All the departments and organizations bring speakers from time to time who are ordinarily not paid fees, but who come for stim- ulation and good fellowship. In the course of a year I think we would average a hundred outside speakers, and these make a real contribution to the college. It is impossible to express in this brief report the appreciation which we feel for the excellent service rendered by officers and faculty, as well as by our trustees, in the operation of the year's program. ( )ur people take responsibility and carry through all their activities with thoroughness and effectiveness and in fine spirit. Respectfully, *^ 14 THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT OF AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES May 30, 1947 THE PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL REPORT Decatur, Georgia May 30, 1947 Board of Trustees, Agnes Scott College. I have the privilege of presenting herewith my twenty-fourth an- nual report as President of the College. We are closing our fifty- eighth year as an institution. Trustees During the past year we have lost by death two of our very valuable trustees. Mrs. Samuel Martin Tnman was serving her thirtieth year as a member of the Board and had been for many years its vice-chairman. The College has never had a more loyal and cooperative trustee. Mr. Francis M. Holt, a distinguished lawyer of Jacksonville, Florida, had served as a trustee for more than thirteen years as a representative of the Synod of Florida. He gave freely of his time and thought for the College and never fa'led in any duties which were assigned to him. Memorials for both these friends will be pre- sented at the meeting. Announcement has been made in the papers that Dr. Ansley C. Moore, pastor of the Government Street Presbyterian Church, Mo- bile, Alabama, and a representative of the Synod of Alabama on our Board since 1944, has accepted a pastorate in Pittsburgh, Pennsyl- vania. This means that we will lose him as a trustee, though we can st 11 count on him as a friend and adviser. The terms of the following trustees expire with this meeting: Frank M. Inman, T. Guy Woolford, Mrs. George C. Walters, G. Lamar Westcott, Charles F. Stone, and Dr. John E. Bryan. All of these have been consistently helpful to the College in many ways. The responsibility of the trustees during the next few years will be very great, and it is earnestly desired by all who are connected fvith the administration of the College that each trustee keep as fully informed as possible about the work of the institution. Development Plans If I am to continue as President for four more years, elected an- nually, as the trustees at the last meeting indicated to be your pref- erence, I am very anxious that these years be productive and fruit- ful. If we are to lose ground in any phase of our work or even to stand still, I would feel it an injustice to the College to continue as President. Our greatest single need is for stable income. Since we are now charging as high rates as we ought to have, our only recourse for larger income is through annual gifts, sometimes called "living en- dowment," or through capital funds in real endowment. I much prefer the securing of permanent endowment if at all possible. It is true that interest rates are low and that few people can make large gifts, but endowment gives undoubted stability and inspires confi- dence on the part of future donors. I am hopeful, therefore, to in- crease our endowment substantially, perhaps by $1,000,000, within the next four years. It is an old story to you that we still have acute building and equipment needs, but we must keep these before ourselves and before our Agnes Scott supporters. It will take not less than $1,000,000 for these needs and possibly more. I will not amplify the discussion of building needs at this point in my annual report, but I do wish to give some further attention to specific endowment opportunities. Agnes Scott ought by all means to make a general increase in the salaries of our teachers. We have been able to make only nominal increases since depression days. Other institutions are taking forward steps, and there is a nation-wide movement for the improving of the salaries of teachers. I would like for our first increase in endow- ment income to be used for this purpose. It is hard to think about specific needs in departmental develop- ment, but I wish to mention a few items simply as illustrations of what we would like to do. A complete catalogue of our needs for the future would be too shocking at this time for even our loyal trustees. Our English department is the largest and has more majors than any other, and in that field we ought to have another instructor in freshman and sophomore work. Some of our class sections have more than forty students, and this is unreasonable in a college of our size. Some years ago our English department did a fine piece of stimulating students for creative writing. Our staff members have been so busy that this important phase of our English work has been neglected. We would like very much to bring some outstanding teacher in creative work for at least a period of years. Our work in Speech is done under the auspices of the English de- partment, and there is an increasing need of an additional teacher for this work. We would like to make it possible for all of our students to have some training in Speech, and for those with any speech defects to have individual and special attention. Agnes Scott should certainly take the lead for higher standards in this important field. A department as large as English ought to have a central office and some secretarial assistance. There should be a sharp increase in the books, periodicals, and supplies which are provided year by- year. It would take the income on at least $600,000 to provide fully for this one department, which is already good and regarded by many as well provided. We cannot expect to secure all that is needed in one four-year period, but I think we ought to keep constantly in mind that every department on the campus is in need of further de- velopment and equipment. In addition to our departments which are already well organized and doing good service, we need to expand our offerings in certain areas where we are doing very little or nothing at all. This would include Philosophy, which is an exceedingly important subject, Astronomy, Geology, Anthropology, Home Making, and perhaps others. Campaign? A year ago we raised the question as to whether it was advisable to undertake a financial campaign. No formal action was taken by the Board at that time. The advice of individual trustees and of some alumnae and faculty members is that a general campaign would perhaps be regarded as burdensome. Our joint University Center campaign with Emory University did not officially close until July 1, 1944, and we still have some unpaid subscriptions. This campaign was so widely publicized and so thoroughly presented that it may be too early to go to the public again with a general appeal. I think that we can proceed with our money raising in a quiet way without any formal announcement and without a specific objective on which we must stand or fall. Since 1944 we have received some encouraging gifts, and within recent weeks two items of considerable interest have developed. When Miss Jennie Inman died in 1922, she left to Agnes Scott the residuum of her estate for the establishing of the Samuel M. In- man Endowment Fund. This was in honor of her brother, who had been the distinguished chairman of the Agnes Scott Board of Trustees for many years. Miss Inman also left a life estate to her sister, Mrs. Emma Inman Bell, which was eventually to come to Agnes Scott. We have just received the principal of this addition to her original bequest, and it amounts to $47,819.13. This makes Miss Inman one of the largest individual donors Agnes Scott has had, and we are ex- ceedingly grateful to her. As was reported at the last meeting of the Board of Trustees, we have been making a special request for the General Education Board of New York to make us a substantial challenge offer for our raising additional funds. Our case was ably presented in person by Chairman George Winship and Mr. John A. Sibley. The General Education Board funds are very much reduced now, and they did not feel that they could make a large offer. They were very anxious to encourage the development of Agnes Scott and have offered us $50,000 on con- dition that we raise a total of $500,000. Their money may be used for the building and equipping of the proposed science hall if it is needed for that purpose. Shortly before the making of this offer to Agnes Scott, Dr. Albert R. Mann, who had been director of the Board, died suddenly. Almost immediately after the grant was voted, Dr. Jackson Davis, the new director, also died quite suddenly. Agnes Scott has never had better friends than these two officers of the General Education Board. Building Prospects As the trustees well know, we are very anxious to proceed with the erection of some new buildings; but the experience of others who have gone ahead with building plans is discouraging. Both archi- tects and contractors who would themselves profit by expensive build- ing costs advise that we wait for a while longer on actual opera- tions. Our own Mrs. Frances Winship Walters has been gracious enough to give us freedom in going ahead with the infirmary which will bear her name ; but we feel that we can get better materials and a better completed job by waiting until a little later. We are hopeful that we may be able to start on this building during the next school year. The John Bulow Campbell Science Hall and the Hopkins Dormi- tory can be started only during the summer, as our living arrange- ments and the moving of cottages which will be involved would be too complicated. It will not be poss ble, therefore, for us to con- sider actual work on these buildings until the summer of 1948. We have some funds on hand for the new dining room and kitchen, but we will need to raise additional money before detailed plans and specifications can be undertaken. I would 1 ke exceedingly well to see the building program as we have projected it actually constructed before my retirement, but at the present time I am not at all sure that this can be wisely done. Current Expenses For the first time since I have been President, Agnes Scott showed a deficit in its current operations, at the close of the fiscal year 1945- 1946. We did not go "into the red" because we had a balance left from the previous year, but we were sharply reminded of the fact that we need to watch our budget operations quite closely. Since we spend approximately $2,000 per day during our time of actual school operations, it is exceedingly difficult to forecast the necessities for the whole year. Our cash balance showed a decrease of $16,235.89, but our in- ventories, especially in the supply of coal, account for approximately one half of this amount. Our net loss was $8,129.20. We could have prevented th's from showing as a deficit if we had charged our new stokers (which cost somewhat more than $12,000) to permanent improvements and used money from our development fund to pay for them. This would have been the normal procedure for most colleges, but we have always tried to pay for such improvements out of current funds, if possible. The actual loss in our operations came through extra expenses in our dining room. As we checked up on this in detail, we found that during 1945-1946 we served 33,000 more meals than in any previous 7 year. Most of these were free meals, as we have encouraged our alumnae to return and stay with us as guests ; and we have allowed our students to bring in faculty members and oftentimes other guests without extra charge. In view of the greater expenses both for food and servants, we have omitted this year the free meals unless par- ticularly authorized for college guests. This has decidedly reduced our expenditures in that particular area. As our costs have continued to rise and as it was necessary to make some slight increase in remuneration for teachers, we secured the approval of the Finance Committee and of the Executive Com- mittee to increase our charges for next year. For a day student, the charges will be $400; for boarding students, they will be $1,000. These items seem very high, and they are much more so than we ever thought would be necessary ; but they do include a good many services for which extra charges are generally made at other colleges. For the current year, we have arranged to serve the evening meal with some formality on the family plan and with Negro servants. We still maintain the cafeteria program for breakfast and lunch. We feel that the change, while more expensive, is serving an educational purpose. Mr. Tart continues his fine record of collecting 100% all fees which are due the College. Graduate Record Examinations Agnes Scott has always earnestly desired to have its work tested in some objective way so as to be sure that the results are satisfactory. It has taken advantage of tests or examinations on a national basis when these might be available, and its students have always done quite well. Last year the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teach- ing offered to largely finance the taking by our seniors and sopho- mores of the Graduate Record Examinations. Forty-two other col- leges of liberal arts participated as to seniors and 28 other such insti- tutions for sophomores. Our girls made a fine showing. The tests given last year are very similar to those given for a ten-year period in graduate schools both in the east and in the mid-west, and so results are comparable to a considerable extent not only with the colleges in 1946 but with grades over a longer period in other institutions. Authorities agree that this testing is the best criterion now available for measuring ourselves by others. I believe the Trustees will be glad to have the accompanying charts on this subject. Comparative Grades Graduate Record Examinations Soc Fine Groups Involved Math. Phys. Chem. Biol. Stud. Lit. Arts Verbal Grad. Students in Eastern Universities Men 494 492 486 500 498 502 509 514 Women 423 383 408 464 454 522 531 513 Grad. Students in Mid-West Univs. Men 481 509 505 493 407 397 407 412 Women 381 373 396 461 388 449 457 427 Seniors at Eastern Colleges Men 474 472 466 460 443 431 437 423 Women 417 370 409 465 400 461 482 433 Sophomores at Eastern Colleges Men 501 483 493 458 403 410 402 394 Women 444 377 445 480 380 431 438 408 Results 1946 Edition Phys. Biol. Soc. Effec. Gen. Math. Sci. Sci. Stud. Lit. Arts Verb. Exp. Ed. Seniors at Agnes Scott ...499 501 518 510 554 549 538 537 536 Seniors at 43 Colleges ...500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 Sophomores at Agnes Scott ...491 517 521 468 523 517 489 541 512 Sophomores at 29 Colleges ...485 495 495 455 475 465 455 475 465 9 Staff Mr. Howard M. MacGregor, assistant business manager-treas- urer, resigned during the session, and his place has been filled by Mr. P. J. Rogers, Jr., for several years a member of the business staff at Georgia School of Technology. Since the retirement of Mr. Robert B. Holt as professor of Chem- istry, this position has been filled by Dr. W. J. Frierson, who came to us from Birmingham-Southern College and who previously taught at Hampden-Sydney College. Dr. Henry A. Robinson, who has been on leave of absence in the army for several years from our Mathematics department, returned last fall, but was not well and has been given leave of absence during the current session. His place has been taken by Dr. Floyd Field, formerly head of the Mathematics department at Georgia School of Technology. Miss Philippa Gilchrist, for many years associate professor in Chemistry, resigned in order to take a place at Wellesley College, and the position has been filled by Miss Elizabeth A. Crigler, who took her doctorate at Johns Hopkins University and has been teach- ing at MacMurray College. Dr. L. D. Haskew, who supervises our work in apprentice teach- ing, has found it necessary to be away most of the time this year, and the work has been carried on by Dr. Floyd Jordan of the University of Georgia and Dr. Karl C. Garrison of Georgia State College for Women. Dr. J. T. Gillespie, who has been associate professor of Bible for a long time, resigned in order to take a pastorate. His work has been carried on by Dr. Samuel A. Cartledge of Columbia Theological Seminary and Rev. Donald B. Bailey, pastor of Emory Presbyterian Church. Miss Isabella Wilson, who has been away for graduate study and for administrative work in the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina, has come back to us as Assistant Dean of Students. Other new staff members include Miss Elizabeth M. Barineau in Spanish; Miss Priscilla Lobeck in Art; Mrs. Rebekah M. Clarke in Music; Mrs. Isabel M. Bryan in Piano; Miss Louisa V. Heeth in the Library; Miss Lillian Douglas, Miss Mary Ann Courtenay, 10 and Mrs. E. O. Thomas in Chemistry; Miss Victoria Alexander in Biology; Miss Anne Register in the bookstore; and Mrs. Jemmie Wise Plowden in the housekeeping department. Students We continue to have a large number of applications for admission as boarding students. We probably could have filled our space for next September with applications which were available early in Janu- ary. However, students are enrolling in several institutions at one time with the fear that they may not be admitted to the college of their choice, and they wish to have alternative possibilities. Such en- rollment practices make for some confusion among the colleges, and it means that the withdrawals are likely to be heavier than under normal circumstances. In order to safeguard against this tendency, Agnes Scott has been requiring an advance payment of $100 after August 1st (increased to $150 for the coming session). This has been a very helpful provision in giving us a stable enrollment, but we are considering the possibility of advancing the date on which the payment is to be made. Probably it should be about July 1st. During the war period, our students have been most helpful and cooperative in doing without remuneration many of the services for which we could not find regular employees. It would have been im- possible for us to operate happily and effectively without this student aid. We are not requiring it for the next session, but we believe that the students themselves will probably suggest the carrying on of the cooperative program in at least some phases of student life. Our enrollment for this session may be divided into various classifi- cations as follows: 11 Geographical Alabama 28 Arkansas 5 California 1 Florida 28 Georgia 297 Illinois 1 Kentucky 12 Louisiana 4 Minnesota 2 Mississippi 10 Missouri 1 New Jersey 1 New Mexico 2 New York 3 Distribution North Carolina 38 Ohio 2 South Carolina 50 Tennessee 11 Texas 2 Utah 1 Vermont 1 Virginia 30 West Virginia 9 Wisconsin 1 Brazil 1 Canal Zone 1 Congo Beige 1 Total 543 Class Enrollment Seniors 112 Juniors 114 Sophomores 145 Freshmen 145 Special Students 27 Total 543 (Note: The total number of seniors given above does not include three students who completed degree requirements last summer and who will receive their degrees in June. Four students now classified as juniors may also receive degrees.) Residence Boarders 351 Day Students 192 Total 543 Denominational Distribution Presbyterian 205 Methodist 106 Baptist 92 Episcopal 60 Christian 10 Roman Catholic 8 Jewish 6 Lutheran 5 Christian Science . Greek Orthodox . . Associate Reformed Presbyterian . . . Brethren Congregational . . . Non-members .... 4 4 2 1 1 12 Total 516* *This total does not include 27 special students. 12 Religious Life The services of our week of special religious emphasis were led this year by Dr. Donald M. Miller of Union Theological Seminary in Richmond. They were helpful in every way. The Christian Association does effective work through student organizations and includes various denominational groups as integral factors in the religious life of the community. This year we had a new experience in religious emphasis. Through the generosity of the Hazen Foundation, Dr. Albert C. Outler of Yale University was brought to our campus for two days for the specific purpose of talking with faculty groups and with individual faculty members about the importance of religion in the life of the College. His services were helpful, and he expressed the belief that Agnes Scott is almost unique in its emphasis on simple religious faith along with high intellectual endeavor. A similar opinion about the unique religious life of Agnes Scott was expressed by President Emeritus Henry Noble MacCracken of Vassar College, who spent two weeks with us in February and who was particularly impressed by the general interest of our entire com- munity in the religious life. Appreciation We are very grateful to officers and faculty members for the ex- cellent work which is uniformly done through the year in all phases of our college life. I do not know of any college whose major officers and teachers work together more harmoniously and effectively than here. We are likewise grateful to every member of the Board of Trus- tees for interest and cooperation in the work for Agnes Scott. 13 THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT OF AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES MAY 21, 1948 THE PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL REPORT Decatur, Georgia May 21, 1948 Board of Trustees, Agnes Scott College. I have the privilege of presenting herewith my twenty-fifth annual report as President of the College. We are closing our fifty-ninth year as an institution. The Expansion Program As the trustees are aware, Agnes Scott has recently received a conditional offer of $500,000 for endowment. The donor wishes us to raise $1,000,000 as a matching fund, half to be used for endow- ment and the other half for general permanent improvements. The date for the expiration of the offer is December 31, 1949. Agnes Scott has been blessed more than any other college of my acquaintance in having had such conditional offers in the past. The first of these was for $100,000 in 1908 on condition that $250,000 additional be raised by December 31, 1911. The second was in 1919 for $175,000 if $325,000 additional could be collected by July 1, 1924. The third offer was in 1921 for $100,000, provided the college would raise $150,000 by March 31, 1926. Offer No. 4 was in 1929 for $300,000, provided an additional sum of $600,000 be raised by July 1, 1932. A fifth offer of $200,000 was also made in 1929 on condition that $400,000 be collected by July 1, 1934. A sixth offer was made in 1934 of $100,000 additional if the college would collect in full the outstanding pledges by July 1, 1935. An extension of a year had been given on this particular campaign because of the very strenuous economic conditions at that time. Our seventh offer was in 1939 for $500,000 on condition that Agnes Scott and Emory jointly collect $5,000,000 by July 1, 1944. Our part of that effort was $1,000,000. All of these numerous campaigns were successfully completed. The subscriptions were secured within the specified time, and the collec- tions were also made according to the terms of the offers. These previous experiences lead us to believe that we will be able to meet the offer which now lies before us. We have a comparatively short time within which to work. This may not be wholly bad for us, as it may bring to a climax the whole effort and thus keep it from being dragged out over a considerable period. It will be neces- sary for us to secure a few large gifts and a great many small ones. All of our previous campaigns have started on the campus with faculty and student subscriptions, and we are hoping that this may be possible again, perhaps in October. We hope that the alumnae will make a general response during the fall and winter; and it is our purpose to conduct a quiet campaign among our friends and patrons, not only in Atlanta, but wherever they may be located. We hope very much that the trustees will make suggestions as to how the program ought to be handled, will give us the names of prospects who should be contacted, will include our cause as a mat- ter for prayer, and will help in any other way that you may find possible. Twenty- five Years It was at the annual meeting in 1923 that the present incumbent was elected President of Agnes Scott, and of course twenty-five years have passed since that time. Five years ago, some comparisons were made between the audits of June 30, 1922, and of June 30, 1942, since these would reflect official figures for twenty years. At the risk of being very tedious, we are supplying for the record some comparisons between the audits of 1922 and 1947. We will have made considerable improvements during the current year, but it will still be some weeks before the audit of 1948 will be available. Our total assets in 1922 were $889,968. They are now $5,198,130. Our invested funds, including unrestricted endowment, scholar- ships, development funds, and funds subject to annuity, were $183,804 and are now $2,935,186. In 1922, there were twenty-one buildings of all kinds and approximately twenty acres of land. We now have forty-two buildings and forty-five acres. The values in 1922 were $551,731 for buildings, grounds, and equipment, and now are $2,144,347. As Decatur Female Seminary and later as Agnes Scott Institute, the school did not give degrees. It was in 1906 that the first B. A. awards were made. By June, 1922, we had 438 degree graduates. Through last commencement we had awarded a total of 2,720 degrees. Twenty-five years ago our total expenses for the year were $211,870. Last year they were $471,372. Our charges for a day student have increased during that period from $150 to $400; and, as a boarder, have increased from $550 to $1,000. Twenty-five years ago our attendance was 465 students, the largest in our history up to that period ; and now it is 550 and has been held to that number for a considerable period of time. In 1922 we had fifty-six white officers or faculty members, and now we employ eighty-one. Twenty-five years ago our volumes in the library numbered almost exactly 10,000. Today we have 54,400 volumes. In 1922 we had only one librarian, and now it is needful for us to employ five in order to care for the volume of our business. Many other comparisons might be made; but the statistics given are already tedious enough. The measurements of growth given above are largely in regard to material things. We feel that the intangibles and imponderables have also developed to a marked de- gree. The chief purpose of the college has always been to develop Christian women with interesting personalities and with a willing- ness to serve. We feel that steady progress has been made in the democratic ideals of student life. A much larger percentage of our girls go on for graduation now than was true twenty-five years ago, and they are more successful in the various professions or other lines of life work than was true of our earlier classes. Such progress as has been attained would not be possible without a high degree of cooperation on the part of our trustees, alumnae, patrons, students, and other Agnes Scott groups, and without the fine relations which we have with other institutions in our own community and throughout the South. Plans for the Future As has already been indicated, we have a very large assignment of work for the next two years in winning the campaign for expan- sion. If this is successful, as it surely must be, it will give quite an impetus to our progress in building and also in our educational and intellectual development. We are hoping very much that within the next few weeks it may be possible to let a contract for the Frances Winship Walters In- firmary. Three times in comparatively recent months we have taken tentative bids and have found that the cost was excessive. We have now modified our requirements so that I hope the figures will not be too discouraging, and yet at the same time we will have a very beautiful and attractive infirmary which will serve our purpose for at least another generation without enlargement. We need very much indeed a new dining hall and kitchen, a science building, a new dormitory, a president's home, and faculty apartments ; but these must wait until we receive more money or until prices become more reasonable. We are proceeding right away with the renovation of Inman Hall. Many of the trustees will remember for how long a time we have planned this. The costs are still very excessive, and yet we need the improvements so much that we are planning to go ahead on the very day that school closes. The cost will be at least $60,000 without any new furnishings or equipment, and this is more than the entire building originally cost. We will get an entirely new system of electric wiring and lights, new tiled bathrooms with modern equipment, new plumbing throughout the building, new hardwood floors, new acoustical ceilings, fresh painting throughout the building, improved quarters for the student counselor, and other improvements. We will lose space for at least seven students and thus reduce our income by $7,000 a year in addition to the direct expenditures for the work itself. If we are successful in our campaign, we certainly hope to increase the salaries of teachers as one of our important items of advance. We plan to set up a department of philosophy, which has been one of the greatest educational needs of the college for many years. We hope to expand other departments which could not be promoted because of our relatively small endowment. During the last twenty-five years, the influence of Agnes Scott has been extended a great deal on a national and international basis. We are very anxious that it be intensified in our own state and community and in the realm of our supporting synods. We feel that the election of a vice president will give an opportunity for this very important work. Trustees Since the last annual meeting of the Board, Agnes Scott has suf- fered the loss of one of its ablest and most faithful trustees Dr. Richard Orme Flinn. He died March 25, 1948. He was elected to membership on May 25, 1920, and for nearly twenty-eight years has been one of the most devoted trustees. He had been chairman of the Committee on Faculty and had served on numerous other important ones. A suitable memorial is being prepared for adoption by the Board of Trustees. The terms of Scott Candler, John A. Sibley, L. L. Gellerstedt, Mrs. S. E. Thatcher, Mrs. Annie Louise Harrison Waterman, and Mrs. Robert L. MacDougall expire this year. They have all proved to be helpful members of the Board and devoted to the best interests of the college. It is always important to have a board of trustees composed of able Christian men and women, but it is of particular importance to have one through the transition period between the close of one administration and the opening of another. I am profoundly thank- ful that we do have such a fine group of trustees for these next few years. Faculty Dr. William A. Calder has been elected professor of physics and astronomy to succeed Dr. S. M. Christian, who resigned. He is particularly interested in astronomy, and we are hoping to develop cooperative work between Agnes Scott, Emory University, and Georgia Institute of Technology in this field. Dr. Eugenia C. Jones has returned to us as college physician after an absence of several years. She is a mother as well as a physician and is able to render a very useful service. Mr. Floyd Hunter, executive secretary of the Community Plan- ning Council of Atlanta, has been serving as a part-time lecturer in sociology for the current session. The position has been filled on a permanent basis for next year. Dr. Daniel James Cumming has served as acting associate pro- fessor of Bible during his enforced absence from missionary work in Korea. He has proved a useful member of the department. Others who have served in the instructional department of the college include Miss Elizabeth Zenn, who has her doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania, in classical languages and litera- tures; Miss Nancy Groseclose in biology; Mrs. Lillian Rogers Gil- breath in piano; Mrs. Rebecca Heckard in chemistry; Miss Mary Landrum Johnson in French ; Miss Margery Lyon in physical edu- cation; Misses Betty Jean Radford and Genet Heery in biology; and Mrs. Eloise Lyndon Rudy in physics. We have been fortunate to have again on the campus Miss Eleanor Hutchens as director of publicity. She is also serving as executive secretary of the Alumnae Association. Others who have assisted in administrative work include Misses Marjorie Karlson, Phyllis Downing, and Virginia Dickson, and Mrs. Eleanor Calley Story and Mrs. Katherine Philips Long in the library; Miss Marie Adams in the office of the Dean of Students; Mrs. Christine H. Sanders, assistant dietitian; Mrs. Marie P. Webb, assistant to the supervisor of dormitories; and Miss Carroll Taylor, manager of the bookstore. The faculty have been interested in the improvement of teaching, the report of the President's Commission on Higher Education, the relation of our work to UNESCO, and numerous other problems in the realm of general education. We certainly have a very alert and cooperative faculty group. Our major officers, including Dean S. G. Stukes, Dean Carrie Scandrett, Mr. J. C. Tart, and their associates, are among the best leaders in southern education in their respective fields. We are hoping to announce before many weeks one of the most important administrative and faculty additions we have had in many years. I feel that this will give a notable impetus to all of our work. Students Our enrollment for the current session is gratifying. We have had so many more applications for admission than we were able to take that we have been able to make a very careful selection of students, and on the whole they are making good records. It is always gratifying when the senior class is a large one and when they have shown good leadership on the campus. We can give a good report for the class of 1948. Our students for this session may be classified in various ways as follows: Geographical Distribution Alabama 26 North Carolina .... 47 Arkansas 4 Ohio 4 California 1 Pennsylvania 3 District of Columbia . . 1 South Carolina .... 40 Florida 27 Tennessee 20 Georgia 294 Texas 6 Illinois 1 Utah 1 Kentucky 7 Virginia 32 Louisiana 6 West Virginia .... 5 Massachusetts 1 Brazil Minnesota 1 Canal Zone Mississippi 10 Congo Beige Missouri 1 England New Jersey 2 Mexico New Mexico 1 Norway New York 4 Puerto Rico Total 552 Class Enrollment Seniors 113 Juniors 125 Sophomores 124 Freshmen 168 Special Students 22 Total 552 (Note: The total number of seniors given above does not include one student who completed degree requirements last summer and who will receive her degree in June. Two students now classified as juniors may also receive the degree.) Residence Boarders 361 Day Students 191 Total 552 Denominational Distribution Presbyterian 197 Christian Science ... 5 Methodist 113 Greek Orthodox .... 4 Baptist 93 Asso. Reformed Presbyterian 2 Episcopal 61 Brethren 1 Roman Catholic . . . . 13 Community 1 Christian 11 Quaker 1 Lutheran 8 Unitarian 1 Jewish 7 Non-members , ... 12 Total 530* *This total does not include 22 special students Religious Life Since Agnes Scott was founded for the glory of God, we feel that the religious life on the campus each year is one of the acid tests of our success. On the whole, we have had a successful year from this standpoint, if we may judge from human standards. Fac- ulty and students have taken a commendable interest in the Christian life and Christian service. Our chapel attendance during the spring quarter has not been as gratifying as we would like, but we wish still to experiment with it on a voluntary basis before taking steps to make it compulsory. We have a great many services more than almost any other college of my acquaintance ; and I think they are generally profitable. We brought Dr. Donald G. Miller of Union Theological Sem- inary to the campus for a second consecutive time for our Religious Emphasis Week, and his messages were of a very high order and commanded the attendance and interest of almost all the college community. We would like to repeat the request which has been frequently made that we have the constant prayers of 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 glorified." Respectfully submitted, *-&< 10 THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT OF AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES JUNE 3, 1949 MRS. FRANCES WINSH1P WALTERS Her contribution of $180,000 made possible the beautiful new Infirmary which iv ill be dedicated on June 4th. THE PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL REPORT June 3, 1949. Board of Trustees, Agnes Scott College. I have the privilege of presenting herewith my twenty-sixth annual report as President of the College. We are closing our sixtieth year as an institution. Our Campaign As the trustees will remember, Agnes Scott has been earnestly trying during the past year to meet the terms of an anonymous offer of $500,000 for endowment. It was agreed that we would undertake to raise $500,000 for endowment and an additional $500,000 which might be used for general permanent improvements or for endowment. We have certainly had an interesting time since the last meeting of the Board of Trustees. Our own Mrs. Walters was of great assistance in the beginning by insisting that we go ahead with the erection of the Infirmary which she had planned, even though it would cost her $80,000 more than she had expected. This amount would, of course, be a credit on the campaign. Our effort was officially launched by a campus drive the 28th of last October. Some of you had the privilege of attending the inaugural luncheon at which the goal for the campus was set at $20,000. When the results were tabulated some ten days later more than $40,000 had been pledged. It was a wonderful achievement. The campaign was handled by a group of faculty members and students. The chairman for the faculty was Dr. Henry A. Robinson, and for the students Miss Doris Sullivan, president of Mortar Board. It has been customary for the College to grant a holiday if one of our campus campaigns reaches its objective, and this time we granted two holidays, much to the satisfaction of both faculty and students. By January 1st we had secured subscriptions for approximately half of our campaign total, but we had called upon most of our outstanding prospects and the campaign was dragging badly. Some of our even optimistic people felt that it would be impossible for us to secure the balance of the money. Just at this time our own Mrs. Waterman came to the rescue with a subscription of $100,000 which will eventually be applied for the development of the Speech Department. This help was not C/3 5 w I o J w w h < < P w Q w CO O Pu, o Plh We are planning the dining hall to accommodate nearly 500 people in the main room and to have two auxiliary rooms which may seat 50 persons each. The sketch which accompanies this report has been somewhat modified but gives a general idea of the type of building which we are going to erect. It is planned to have a basement in which vesper services may be held and where groups may assemble for small parties or picnic meals. It is hoped to have an open terrace on the north side of the building which will open on the alumnae garden and give a beautiful setting for outdoor gatherings or parties. It is hoped to have this building ready for use in September 1950. Observatory and Telescope For more than 25 years, Agnes Scott has had a good deal of interest in astronomy, and the classes have been large when courses were offered. All the institutions in the University Center in Georgia have felt that astronomy ought to be developed in this area, but that it was unnecessary to have it done in more than one institution. Last November it was officially voted to ask that Agnes Scott College undertake the securing of a first-class telescope and a suitable observatory. The plan was endorsed by the presidents of the cooperating institutions, and President Van Leer, the chairman of the Presidents' Council, and Dr. J. H. Purks, Jr., Executive Secretary of the University Center, were authorized to cooperate with Agnes Scott in trying to raise the funds. We have bargained for one of the best telescopes in the country. It was previously owned by Mr. Henry C. Gibson, a wealthy amateur in the vicinity of Philadelphia. On account of heart trouble he had to move to Florida and was willing to sell. The instrument was widely sought by institutions and by others who were interested in research. The Russian Government was a persistent applicant for it. Mr. Gibson agreed to let Agnes Scott buy it at a much lower price than others would pay because of the fact that this area needs development in astronomy and that several institutions would have the use of it here. It is a 30-inch reflecting telescope and it is equipped with a remarkable group of auxiliary instruments. The entire outfit was valued by competent scientists as worth between $55,000 and $60,000. Mr. Gibson agreed to let Agnes Scott have it for $20,000. The entire equipment has been transmitted to the noted telescope- M~ i 1 <* ; J THE SOUTH'S LARGEST TELESCOPE Agnes Scott has bargained for this 30-inch reflector, and it will soon he ready for delivery. It is important that the funds for it be provided. builders, The Perkin-Elmer Corporation, Glenbrook, Connecticut, who are making the whole outfit to look and serve as new and who will correct the latitude equipment for Atlanta, instead of Philadelphia. The telescope will be ready for delivery in the early fall. Plans are being drawn for an observatory which will be simple but adequate, and it is planned for this to be located about a quarter of a mile south of our main campus on one of the highest spots of land under our control. We hope to know just what this building will cost by the time the Trustees meet. We do not yet have the funds with which to make these im- provements, but the opportunity is so pressing and the interest of people in Atlanta as well as in the local institutions is so great that we feel that we must proceed as rapidly as possible with the providing of these excellent facilities. Rebekah Scott Hall After planning for a long time, we are at last arranging to do over the interior of Rebekah Scott Hall. This work will apply particularly to the second and third floors which are used for residence purposes. We are not sure at this time about the future use of the first floor, and it will not be much disturbed. We are planning to put hardwood floors on top of those already existing, to install entirely new electrical wiring throughout the building, and new plumbing and fixtures, to provide tiled bathrooms, to install sound-reducing ceilings, and to paint the interior. Before making these improvements it was necessary for us to build a new elevator shaft and to provide a new elevator. This will be used for freight only. With the heavier floors, bathrooms, and the like it will be necessary to have additional support for the building, and so we are arranging to use heavy steel beams to reinforce the present floors. We are trying again the plan which Mr. Tart used so successfully last year in regard to Inman. Instead of providing a single con- tractor to arrange all the details, Mr. Tart himself will serve as the coordinator, and separate contracts are being made with individual firms for the various services which will be required. This saved us last year at least $10,000 in the overall cost, and I think will be equally economical and satisfactory this summer. Science Hall? As the trustees have realized for a long time, it is highly im- 11 portant for us to erect a new and adequate science hall. The cost on this has seemed prohibitive. We are having careful studies made for a simpler and less expensive structure. You will find in this report a picture which illustrates the type of building which we are now considering. If the money which has been contributed for the building will be nearly sufficient for the construction of it, we will certainly hope to proceed with the plans later in the summer. It would necessitate the moving of at least four cottages, and it involves a good deal of expense other than that of the building itself. It may be a few weeks before we can have accurate estimates of what the cost may be. Smaller Items In the development of our grounds there are several improvements which are much needed. The new Infirmary occupies the place where our best tennis courts were located. We are proposing to build six first-class courts at the south end of the athletic field and to provide if possible an all-weather surface for these, so that our girls for the first time will have really adequate facilities for this interesting sport. It is necessary for us to do a good deal of grading and to build some new roads in connection with all the improvements which we are making. We will want to do this work on as economical a basis as will be at all satisfactory, and detailed plans are now being worked out so as to get a good estimate of the cost. We need to have attractive entrances for the front walk which leads to Main Building and for the entrances to our drives. We have had quite a number of suggestions as to how these can be arranged, but no plans which are entirely satisfactory have yet been submitted. We are hoping to make some definite plans regarding this program before the end of the current year. We are expecting to prepare the old infirmary for use as a dormitory for the next session. In the remodeling of Main, Inman, and Rebekah Scott, we have lost a good many student spaces because we have used these for improved comfort and facilities. The use of the old infirmary will not materially increase our number of boarding students beyond what it has previously been. We will need to buy new furniture for the old infirmary, and we need very much to replace some of our dressers, beds, and chairs in other buildings. Trustees The terms of George Winship, Mrs. Frances Winship Walters, 13 u CO < M 3 2 ^ ** Ph ^ J ? 2 PQ o -- Q CO C Ph o Ph ^ 2 -2 -a D. W. Hollingsworth, S. Hugh Bradley, S. G. Stukes, and M. C. Dendy expire this year. They have all proved to be helpful members of the Board, devoted to the best interests of the college. The support and the high standing of the members of our Board have been of the greatest value in the promotion of our campaign. To have such men and women in charge of an institution inspires confidence on the part of the public and is our best asset in gaining generous support. Faculty It has been a great satisfaction this year to have Dr. Wallace M. Alston as Vice-President and Professor of Philosophy. He has visited some 35 alumnae groups from Massachusetts to Texas, has gotten acquainted with most of the faculty and students, and is already becoming a valuable member of the faculty. On account of the retirement of Miss Lucile Alexander as Professor of French. Miss Margaret Phythian has been promoted to take this work. Miss Elizabeth Barineau has been transferred from the Spanish to the French Department since the latter is her major subject. Miss Lillie Belle Drake has been secured for work in Spanish, and Miss Mary Virginia Allen for assistance in the departments of French and German. On account of the illness of Dr. Eugenia Jones, our College Physician, we have employed this year Dr. Chester W. Morse on a part-time basis, and he has rendered very helpful service. Miss Laura Steele, who for several years has been secretary to the President, has been promoted to the position of Assistant Registrar, and her place has been taken by Miss Jane Bowman who also serves as secretary for the Vice-President. Miss Anna Greene Smith, who has her Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina, has been secured as Associate Professor of Sociology. On account of a late resignation in the Department of Bible, it was necessary to employ some part-time assistance, and the College has been very fortunate to have Dr. Felix B. Gear and Dr. Samuel A. Cartledge, from Columbia Theological Seminary, for this work. Others employed in administrative work include Miss Joyce Fryer as nurse, Mrs. Elizabeth Carter as secretary in the Office of the Dean of Students, Misses Lillian Newman and Susan Pope in the Library, Mrs. Jayne Conner as secretary to the Dean of the Faculty, Miss Jennings Payne as secretary to the Treasurer, Mrs. Marguerite Hornsby in the Bookstore. Other members of the teaching staff include Miss Helena Williams in Physical Education, Miss Anne Treadwell in Chemistry. 15 Dean S. G. Stukes, Dean Carrie Scandrett, and Mr. J. C. Tart have rendered conspicuous service this year. Miss Eleanor Hutchens as Alumnae Secretary and Director of Publicity has had an unusually busy and successful season. Every officer and faculty member subscribed to our Campus Campaign, and many of these did so on a sacrificial basis. Students Our enrollment for the current session continues to be gratifying. We have had many evidences of their loyalty and interest. Every student made a contribution to our Campus Campaign, and many of them have helped to secure donors both from their own families and from other sources. I think we will graduate this year the largest class that we have ever had. It is also a good one in quality, and we will miss very much the girls who leave us at Commencement. Our students for this session may be classified in various ways as follows: Geographical Distribution Alabama 32 Ohio 3 Arkansas 4 Pennsylvania 3 California 1 South Carolina .... 34 District of Columbia . . 1 Tennessee 24 Florida 20 Texas 3 Georgia 306 Utah 1 Illinois 1 Virginia 26 Kentucky 10 West Virginia .... 3 Louisiana 6 Canal Zone 1 Massachusetts 1 China 1 Minnesota 1 Germany 2 Mississippi 12 Greece 1 New Jersey 1 Korea 2 New Mexico 2 Puerto Rico 2 New York 3 North Carolina .... 43 Total 550 Class Enrollment Seniors 122 Juniors 110 Sophomores 137 Freshmen 161 Special Students 20 Total 550 (Note: The total number of seniors given above does not include one student who completed degree requirements last summer and who will receive her degree in June.) 16 Residence Boarders 358 Day Students 192 Total 550 Denominational Distribution Presbyterian 196 Methodist 116 Baptist 100 Episcopalian 51 Roman Catholic Christian . Lutheran . Jewish 11 13 6 9 Christian Science . Greek Orthodox . Quaker .... Asso. Reformed Pres. Congregational . Salvation Army . Non-members 3 5 1 1 1 1 16 Total 530* *This total does not include 20 special students. Religious Life Both faculty and students have given a good deal of study and thought to the ways in which we may best promote the religious life of the College. As the chapel attendance seemed to fall below the percentage which would be regarded as successful, the students themselves petitioned that attendance at chapel be made compulsory for a period of two weeks. This was arranged and supervised by the students themselves, and the results were quite remarkable. All of us hope that the chapel attendance may be retained on a volunteer basis, but it is gratifying that the students feel that this can be permitted only if chapel is ap- preciated and attended by good numbers. We had arranged for Dr. Peter Marshall to lead our Religious Emphasis Week in February. He died a short time before he was scheduled to come, and we were fortunate in being able to secure again Dr. Donald G. Miller, of Union Theological Seminary. This was his third consecutive year, and he proved to be a stimulating and helpful leader. We earnestly seek for the prayers of all our trustees for the best growth and development for our beloved College. Respectfully submitted, *-&< 17 THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT OF AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES JUNE 2, 1950 >^^ mi f a 1 3- THE PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL REPORT Board of Trustees, Agnes Scott College : I have the privilege of presenting herewith my twenty-seventh annual report as President of the College. We are closing our sixty-first year as an institution. Our Campaign When the Board of Trustees met a year ago, we were in the midst of a campaign to raise a total of $1,500,000. At that time we lacked approximately $225,000 of being able to claim a complete victory, and we were puzzled as to how the remainder of the money might be secured. We had already exhausted our list of donors for large contributions. The foundations whom we could enlist had already made their gifts. At this point the Husbands' Committee (which had been prom- ised in the beginning that they would not be asked to do campaign work) volunteered on their own initiative to organize teams of Atlanta business men and to present our cause to some 600 firms and professional men in Atlanta. It was necessary to wait until after the Community Chest Program had been completed, and so this phase of the campaign was initiated in December. About $65,000 was secured in this program. Another volunteer effort was headed by Mr. Thomas C. Law, Mr. Lawrence L. Gellerstedt of our own Board, and Mr. Harllee Branch, Jr. They wrote personal letters, signed by the three of them, to a number of friends and secured approximately $6,000 for helping to furnish the Infirmary. Early in December we got a splendid lift in our efforts when the W. C. and Sarah H. Bradley Foundation of Columbus, Georgia, contributed $50,000 for the endowment of cur observatory. This was really a life-saver just at that time. Our alumnae have always been a main stay in any time of need, and it was hoped that in this particular campaign we might ap- proach them in a "relaxed" attitude, so that there would be no feeling of pressure. Unfortunately, we found that we could not win without a real effort on their part. This program among the alumnae was ably directed by Miss Eleanor N. Hutchens, Alumnae Secretary, and Mrs. Bealy Smith, President. 3 As the 31st of December approached and it was realized that this was the very last day of the campaign, our friends were much in prayer and very active in work. Dr. Wallace M. Alston, who had been most active all the autumn campaign, in spite of a heavy teach- ing schedule, made a trip to Alabama and was able to bring back two subscriptions of the total amount of $11,000. An anonymous donor pledged $10,000 about noon of the closing day. More than 400 alumnae gifts came in that day, and by three o'clock in the afternoon the final goal was reached. It was a time of very great rejoicing on the part of all of us who had been working in the campaign. This was the eighth major campaign that Agnes Scott has had since 1909, and all of these have been entirely successful in getting the money pledged and in collecting each time the required amounts for complete victory. Special Funds As a part of our general campaign, we have had established sev- eral new trust funds, particularly for scholarships, and some increases in funds already established. Among these are The Kate Durr Elmore Fund of $25,000 ; The John A. and Sallie Burgess Schol- arship Fund of $1,000; The Annie Ludlow Cannon Fund of $1,000; The James Ballard Dyer Scholarship of $1,000; The Mary Livingston Beatie Scholarship of $5,375 ; The Augusta Skeen Cooper Scholarship of $2,000; The McKowen Fund of $1,000; The Lucile Alexander Scholarship of $1,500; Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Cun- ningham Fund, $1,500; Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Paulev Fund, $1,000; Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Lanier Scholarship, $1,000; Gallant-Belk Fund, $1,000; The J. O. Bowen Fund, $3,000; The Leonard and Katherine G. McMillan Bellingrath Memorial, $1,000; Jodele Tanner Memorial, $2,000; and increases for the Agnes Raoul Glenn Fund of $5,000 additional and the Anna Irwin Young Fund of $1,000 additional. All these are valuable not only for the money itself, but for the association with Agnes Scott through the years to come of names and of families who have been very dear to us. Frances Winship Walters Infirmary As many of the trustees will remember, this building was dedi- cated on June 4th of last year. On account of weather conditions, it had not been finished at that time. By the opening of school in September the building had been entirely completed and had been very nicely furnished. Thanks to Mrs. Walters and to quite a number of other friends, the furnish- ings are adequate and in good taste. Hundreds of visitors from all over the country have inspected this building and have expressed great satisfaction in its design and in its appointments. The health of the community has been unusually good this year, and it has not been necessary to use the infirmary to its full capacity, but the girls who have been sick have greatly enjoyed it. The grounds around the building and between it and the main driveway of the College have been developed into the "Winship Garden". This name has been used in honor of Mrs. Walters her- self and also in recognition of the fine services of our Chairman, George? Winship. The Garden will be increasingly used for recre- ation and relaxation. The Letitia Pate Evans Dining Hall The finest building to be erected on the Agnes Scott campus is now in process of construction and is to be named for Mrs. Lettie Pate Evans, of Hot Springs, Virginia. It is our new dining hall and kitchen. As you will realize, Mrs. Evans is our newest trustee. She has been interested in Atlanta institutions and in Agnes Scott for many years. In appreciation of what she has meant to this vicinity, some of her friends suggested the erection of the building, and its being named for her. At first she was reluctant to have this done, but she finally consented and has been most generous herself in helping to provide funds. The building with its furnishings will cost in excess of $500,000. We are planning to have completely new equipment both in the kitchen and in the dining rooms. We believe there will be no diffi- culty in having everything ready by the opening of college. The main dining room will seat approximately 500 people. On the south side there will be a faculty dining hall which will seat fifty. On the north side there will be a combination lounge and dining room which will take care of perhaps twenty-five. On the ground floor provision has been made for a banquet room which will take care of special occasions and will probably seat about 200. The banquet room will be used ordinarily for vesper services and will also serve for recreation purposes. On the north side of the building, an open terrace has been arranged which will provide good accommodations for outdoor par- ties and gatherings. - * =**: John Bulow Campbell Science Hall One of our major needs for a long time has been the improvement of our facilities for our important science departments. A recent gift of $136,130 toward the erection of a science hall will seemingly make possible the erection of this important addition to our plant. We now have on hand or in sight about $560,000 toward the building and equipment of the science hall. We feel that this will put up an excellent structure, but we will probably need to secure some additional funds in order to furnish the building in adequate fashion. It is to be named for Mr. John Bulow Campbell, who was for many years a trustee of the College and the chairman of the Finance Committee. The foundation which bears his name and the General Education Board have been our largest donors in providing funds for this purpose. In our annual report for 1949 a picture was shown of the build- ing as it was planned at that time. We finally decided that we could not erect so plain a structure on our campus in the midst of beautiful Gothic surroundings. The sketch which accompanies this report will show the revised program which we think will be quite satisfactory. The first floor of the building will be devoted to biology, the sec- ond to chemistry, and the third to physics. There will be joint fa- cilities and activities for the basement. Detailed plans and specifications are already being prepared, and it is hoped that we can let a contract for the building at some time during June. Bradley Observatory This building is now practically complete and its equipment is being installed. We have never had a development at Agnes Scott which aroused more general interest and enthusiasm at the College, in the Atlanta community, and among our friends in general, than the erection of this building and the installation of our big telescope. From various sections of Georgia and from outside the State, re- quests have come for visits from groups ranging from 5 to 200 people. As previously mentioned, the largest gift toward this project was made by the W. C. and Sarah H. Bradley Foundation and the building will bear the Bradley name. A bronze tablet will call attention to the philanthropic work of Mr. and Mrs. Bradley while they were living. The Beck Foundation in Atlanta donated $10,000 toward the purchase of the telescope, and it will have a bronze tablet in recogni- tion of the life and work of Mr. Lewis H. Beck, who for a long time was a resident of Atlanta. The Aluminum Company of America has donated the material necessary for the manufacture of the dome, and this Company will probably feature the dome in national advertising as a new use for their metal. A large part of the work in manufacturing and install- ing the dome has been donated by the R. D. Cole Manufacturing Company of Newnan, Georgia. The Research Corporation of New York has contributed $2,400 for a two-prism slit spectrograph and $700 for a photoelectric amplifier which will be used in connection with the telescope. Dr. Harlow Shapley of the Harvard Observatory has made a gift of the Henry Draper Catalogue and Extension, a monumental work of many volumes, largely due to the activities of the late Annie J. Cannon of the Harvard Observatory. Many others have made contributions of smaller items, and we are grateful to all friends who have helped. We do not have sufficient funds for the equipping of this build- ing, especially the class rooms and offices, but we hope that progress can be made before college opens. Rebekah Scott Hall The plans for the renovating of this building were outlined at the last meeting of the Board of Trustees. They were carried through with promptness and excellent results. Instead of letting one general contract for the whole job, it was decided to make ten separate and distinct ones, each under the gen- eral supervision of Mr. Tart. While this was quite a burden for him and his assistant, Mr. P. J. Rogers, Jr., the whole job was accomplished more promptly and economically than could possibly have been otherwise arranged. The cost was $74,425, distributed as follows: Steel girders $ 5,076 Plumbing 11,226 Electrical work 9,454 Ceiling 5,221 Elevator 6,111 Tile baths 7,370 Hardwood floors 11,728 Painting 7,915 Furniture 9,232 Shades 590 Milton A. Candler Memorial One of the strong friends of Agnes Scott in its early days was Col. Milton A. Candler of Decatur. He became a trustee in 1896 and continued until his death in 1909. At the time of his death the Trustees paid the following tribute: "Resolved, that this Board hereby expresses its high appreci- ation of Col. Candler as an able and faithful trustee. His interest in the institution was deep and abiding. As long as his physical condition permitted he was present at every meet- ing, and no sacrifice was too great for him to make to advance the welfare of Agnes Scott. He was a member of the first meeting held to establish the institution and one of the most liberal contributors. He drew its first charter and all the amendments thereto. From the very first up to the time of his death he continued one of its staunchest friends and supporters." In 1913 a group of his relatives and friends headed by his brother Judge John S. Candler provided funds to erect a memorial gateway for Col. Candler. This was very attractive and served quite effective- ly for more than twenty years. When College Avenue was widened about 1934, we expected to move the whole gateway about twenty feet to the south and keep it intact. We found, however, that rust had weakened the insides of the upright supports, and the structure could not be moved if the gates were to continue to operate. By 1936 none of the gates would swing freely, and that year the Board of Trustees voted to erect a more suitable entrance but to keep a memorial of Col. Candler. There was no difficulty in arranging with Judge Candler and other donors still surviving to name the main driveway in front of the campus for Col. Candler and to provide suitable markers to indicate the memorial. We have not had the money with which to erect an entrance, and we have had a great deal of discussion as to the type of markers w T hich might be used. These difficulties have at length been re- solved, and I believe that all will agree that a suitable and lasting memorial has been arranged. The gateway has been stored, and it is believed that we may be able to use the framework, without the heavy gates, as a ,very attractive entrance to our proposed Arboretum on the south side of the campus. College Avenue Entrance The funds for a new entrance have been provided by Mrs. Frances Winship Walters, who on her own initiative has so often helped us here at the College. The new entrance is suggestive of a famous one at Yale Univer- sity. The materials will be brick and limestone. The construction is already under way, and it is hoped that the entrance will be completed early in June. Individual Contracts for Minor Items In a rapidly developing program such as we have had this year, it is hard to realize how many individual contracts must be signed and administered. Simply for the sake of illustration, I am giving some itemized details of improvements which we have made during the past year. Winship Garden 13,414 Grading and terracing 5,951 Brick and stone work 6,250 Shrubbery 1,600 May Dav and tennis courts 14,230 Grading 2,300 Drainage pipe 3,000 Retaining wall 3,816 Driveway 1,814 South of Dougherty Street 13,938 Crossing Dougherty Street 1,635 Draining 2,745 Pipe 2,900 Grading College Place 2,792 Engineering 2,792 Moving Power Co. poles 1,184 Miscellaneous 14,500 Campus lighting 1,250 Moving Gaines Cottage 3,250 Moving three Cottages on Science Hall Site 10,000 10 A House for the President Agnes Scott has never had much social life on the campus con- nected with the home of the President. As an institution it has become so large and important that more attention to this aspect of our work should be given. Dr. and Mrs. Alston take a great interest in promoting social life, and they have real gifts in this field. It will be very advantageous for faculty, students, alumnae, and other friends if an adequate home can be built before Dr. Alston assumes his larger duties. We have made several efforts to secure the funds for this im- provement which we did not feel that we could include in the general campaign. We have made some progress in this direction, but we still lack a considerable sum of money before we can proceed with detailed plans and specifications. Trustees Since the last meeting of our Board, we have lost our oldest member in point of service. Mr. Frank M. Inman was elected to membership on January 26, 1915. It was on the same day and at the meeting that I was elected to come to Agnes Scott as registrar and professor of Bible. He had served more than 35 years at the time of his death. He served almost continuously on two of the most important committees of the Trustees, the Executive Committee and the Finance Committee. He served as chairman of both of these. A suitable tribute of appreciation will be presented at our meet- ing, but I do wish to express my own sense of loss at his passing. He was cooperative and helpful in all that concerned the welfare of the College. The terms of the following trustees expire this vear: Miss Marv Wallace Kirk, Dr. D. P. McGeachy, J. J. Scott, E. D. Brownlee, William V. Gardner, Wallace M. Alston, Mrs. Lettie Pate Evans, and Mrs. Walter G. Paschall. These have all been interested in the work of the College and helpful in many ways. In behalf of those of us who are active in the campus work, I wish to thank all of our Trustees for your interest and prayers in connection with our campaign. Your connection with Agnes Scott was a real factor in enlisting the interest and gifts of many people. As I will soon be laying down the responsibilities of my office and 11 as these will be assumed by Dr. Alston, both he and I appreciate having you to whom we may turn for advice and guidance in all that lies ahead. Faculty At the end of the current year two of our best known faculty members will retire. Professor Christian W. Dieckmann has been head of the Music Department for many years. He came to Agnes Scott in 1905 as a teacher of piano and so is completing forty-five years of continuous service. He was born near Columbus, Ohio, and received the principal part of his music education at the Cincin- nati College of Music. Mr. Dieckmann is best known as an authority in theory, harmony, and other theoretical music subjects; but the College Community loves him for his leadership at the organ of all chapel services for more than a quarter of a century. In addition to his administrative duties, he has given personal lessons in both piano and organ, and he has organized and directed the string ensemble. He is also an author of note. He is one of the relatively few Fellows of the American Guild of Organists in Georgia. He will be greatly missed by the entire College Community. Mr. Lewis H. Johnson came to Agnes Scott in 1910 and is com- pleting forty years of service. He is a graduate of the Pomona College of Music; studied at the New York Institute of Musical Art ; and had private lessons from distinguished teachers in New York, Boston, and Berlin. During his forty years at Agnes Scott, he has trained many singers who have become quite successful, and his glee club and choir work has been widely recognized. Both Mr. Dieckmann and Mr. Johnson married Agnes Scott alumnae, and their families as well as the individuals themselves are much beloved. There have been a number of changes in our faculty and staff, including some additions. Among the new members are those listed below. Dr. Margaret Vance is serving as College Physician and Professor of Physical Education. She is assisted in the Frances Winship Walters Infirmary by Mrs. Cleo B. Robertson and Mrs. A. D. Bray, who are trained nurses. 12 Miss Harriotte Brantley, who was formerly Alumnae Secretary here, has been made Assistant Dean of Students. Miss Molly Milan, a graduate of recent years, has also been Assistant to the Dean in that office. Miss Mary L. Boney, formerly Director of Religious Education at the Druid Hills Presbyterian Church, has been made Instructor in Bible. She has also proved to be a very helpful advisor in the religious activities of the College. Miss Doris Sullivan, of the Class of 1949, has been representing the College and the Alumnae Association in visits to churches, high schools, and alumnae groups in several states. Mrs. E. L. Hawthorne is Assistant to the Librarian, with special charge of catalogue work. Misses June Davis, Alice Flournoy, and Octavia Garlington have been Assistants in the Biology Department, and Miss Billie Wright in Chemistry. Miss Billie Mae Redd has been Instructor in Physics, and Miss Anne Webber an Instructor in Art. On the business side, Mrs. Ethel J. Hatfield is chief Dietitian, and Mrs. Helen Hooper is her assistant. Mrs. Johnny Flynn Stephens is Assistant to the Supervisor of Dormitories. Mr. Raymond M. Jones is now Engineer; Mrs. Barbara Scheeler Kimberly is Manager of the Bookstore ; and Miss Rebecca Willard is Secretary to the Registrar. Students Our enrollment for the college session is somewhat smaller than for the previous year. It is still larger than what we would regard as our normal quota. Our students show a fine sense of honor and of responsibility in the management of the affairs of the College. Excellent young women are elected to places of leadership in all the organizations. Students, faculty, and trustees may well be gratified at the mainte- nance of our honor system. 13 Our students of this session may be classified in various ways as follows : Geographical Distribution Alabama . . . Arkansas . . . Connecticut . . Florida . . . . Maryland . . Michigan . . . Minnesota . . Mississippi . . New Mexico . . New York . . North Carolina Ohio . . . Pennsylvania . South Carolina 25 4 1 19 1 1 1 9 2 3 39 3 1 36 Georgia 302 Illinois 1 Kentucky 9 Louisiana 8 Tennessee 23 Texas 2 Virginia 21 West Virginia 5 Canal Zone China Germany . Korea Puerto Rico Total 522 Class Enrollment Seniors 109 Juniors 112 Sophomores 130 Freshmen 141 Special Students 30 Total 522 (Note: The total number of seniors given above does not include three students who coinpleted degree requirements last summer and who will receive their degrees in June. One student now classified' as a junior may also receive the degree.) Residence Boarders 321 Day Students 201 Total 522 14 Denominational Distribution Presbyterian 158 Congregational .... 3 Methodist 122 Salvation Army .... 3 Baptist 88 Christian Science ... 2 Episcopal 43 Asso. Reformed Christian 16 Presbyterian .... 1 Roman Catholic .... 10 Church of Christ ... 1 Lutheran 9 Non-members .... 21 Greek Orthodox .... 9 Jewish 6 Total 492* *This total does not include 30 special students. Curriculum Study The academic life of a campus like that of Agnes Scott is never static. Our faculty represent in their degrees more than fifty leading institutions, and their training and experience lead them to work over the best methods cf good teaching and the best educatioinal pro- gram which we can offer. A good deal of attention has been given this year to the question of specialized study. Agnes Scott has been well known for requir- ing basic work in most important fields in order for a girl to graduate. On the other hand, we have permitted a good deal of concentration of study, so that a student might become a specialist in one or more fields. Our present tendency is to restrict the con- centrated work to one field or area of emphasis. Another subject for study has been the Department of the Home, which the Trustees authorized a good many years ago but which we have never established. Our investigations this year have been with a view to advising the Trustees about the extent to which homemaking should be credited toward the degree and the extent to which it ought to be elected as an extra-curricular activity. At some later time, it is likely that suggestions will be put into definite form. Religious Life There would be no excuse to maintain Agnes Scott as an institu- tion if it does not have a vital Christian atmosphere for its students. From the very first day of its organization, it has been dedicated to the Glory of God. Our services for Religious Emphasis Week this year were con- 15 ducted by Dr. John W. Rustin, pastor of the Mount Vernon Place Methodist Church, Washington, D. C. He was ably assisted by his wife, as soloist. She w T as the former Miss Jessie Watts, an Agnes Scott alumna. The chapel exercises and the discussion groups proved to be very helpful. Our Staff No President could be more fortunate than I am in having de- pendable and able associates to head our important divisions. Dr. Wallace M. Alston has many responsibilities as a teacher and yet he is ready at all times to take on administrative duties, however burdensome these may be. Dean S. G. Stukes also carries a heavy teaching and administrative load, and, in addition this year, he has been taking the responsibility of our entire University Center program. Both as Registrar and Dean he is invaluable. Miss Scandrett is responsible for student relations and the general social life of the campus. These duties take long hours and a great deal of personal attention. Mr. J. C. Tart combines the work of Treas- urer and Business Manager and is one of the most hard working members of our entire group. I cannot be grateful enough to all these and to their associates and helpers in making Agnes Scott a really great college. Respectfully submitted, -^ 16 THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT OF AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES JUNE 1, 1951 White House Agnes Scott College, under the name of "Decatur Female Seminary", started in this building in 1889. It was then known as the "Allen House", and it stood on the present site of Main Building. Later it was moved to the location it now occupies and was doubled in size, then being desig- nated as the "White House". It was rented for some years by Agnes Scott Institute and purchased by the College in 1906. When other storage space is available, this building will be torn down, and that area of the campus landscaped. THE PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL REPORT Board of Trustees, Agnes Scott College: I have the privilege of presenting herewith my twenty-eighth annual report as President of the College. We are closing our sixty-second year as an institution. Historical Development Since a change of administration is at hand, it seems an appropriate time to review some of Agnes Scott's growth through slightly more than six decades of service. No attempt is made to limit the study to the years of my own administration. The development of Agnes Scott is definitely the result of cooperation on the part of many people. Its leadership has never been limited to that of the President. The five men who have served as chairman of our Board of Trustees have done outstanding work. This has been shared by many other trustees, by officers and faculty members on the campus, by alumnae and many other friends. My own connection with Agnes Scott began on July 1st, 1915, when I came as registrar and professor of Bible. I served eight very profitable years, for me, under the presidency of Dr. Gaines who died in 1923. Since that time I have been President. Our institution started as Decatur Female Seminary in September, 1889. It had four teachers and sixty-three students, all of grammar grade rank, including seven little boys. Through the generous gift of a new building by Col. George W. Scott, the new school was organized as Agnes Scott Institute and it moved into its new building in 1891. It was now doing college preparatory work. By 1901 the graduates of Agnes Scott Institute were able to enter the freshman class of strong colleges for women, and prepara- tions were being rapidly made for changing the Institute into a college. By 1911 Agnes Scott College had been chartered and the B. A. degree had been recognized by the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools since 1907. Agnes Scott was the first institution in Georgia to receive membership in this Association. By 1921 the College had been put on the approved list of the Association of American Universities and had become a charter member of the American Association of University Women. By this time it had passed the other colleges for women in Georgia both in educational recognition and in financial assets. In 1931 a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa had been established in the College and also a chapter of Mortar Board. Both in prestige and in endowment and equipment Agnes Scott had moved to the front of Southern colleges for women. By 1941 the honors program had been initiated on the campus and was proving successful. By this time Agnes Scott had become the best known and the best equipped of all the institutions for women related to any of the Presbyterian denominations in this country or abroad. By 1951 there are only a half dozen colleges for women in the United States which outrank our own institution in financial strength and none have higher educational rating than our own college. With the support of our friends we think the time may come when Agnes Scott may be able to equal any colleges for women in the many areas of service in which we have yet to go. Growth by Decades In order to indicate graphically the financial growth of the Col- lege, we are giving herewith some compact information as displayed in charts. These indicate the growth and total assets in buildings, grounds, and equipment, in invested funds, in annual income, and in salaries. It will be noted that in all of these items the last ten years have been particularly fruitful, and this is largely due to the personal interest and loyal support of some of our own trustees and of local friends. AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE Total Assets $6,684,000 $3,865,000 $2,764,000 $822,000 $499,000 $113,000 . $ 150 ' 000 1891 1901 1911 1921 1931 1941 1951 AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE Buildings and Grounds $3,873,500 $2,117,000 $922,000 $445,000 $455,000 $85,000 $110,000 1891 1901 1911 1921 1931 1941 1951 AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE Invested Funds $2,766,900 $1,620,000 $1,200,000 $194,000 $84,000 $24,000 None 1891 1901 1911 1921 1931 1941 1951 AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE Annual Income $600,000 $351,000 $295,000 $230,000 $97,000 $45,000 $26,000 1891 1901 1911 1921 1931 1941 1951 AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE Salaries $298,000 $174,000 $152,000 $81,000 $31,000 $15,000 $17,000 1891 1901 1911 1921 1931 1941 1951 Campaigns Much of the progress in material things at Agnes Scott has been the result of a series of notable campaigns. The first of these was in 1909, and Dr. Wallace Buttrick of the General Education Board visited the College and on his initiative offered to the College $100,000 if it would raise $250,000 additional. Part of this would be for the payment of debt and part would be used for buildings and improvements. The balance would go for endowment. This was the first general educational campaign in Atlanta, and it was ably led by Mr. S. M. Inman and Mr. J. K. Orr. It was com- pletely successful. In 1919 the General Education Board offered $175,000 if we would raise $325,000 additional. It was just at the time when the boll weevil was quite active in the South, and it was a difficult campaign, but was completed with the aid of some twelve thousand donors, many of whom would not be able personally to send daughters to Agnes Scott. In 1921 the General Education Board offered $100,000 if the College would raise $150,000. It was the best proportion in the form of a conditional offer that the College had received, and the matching was promptly and effectively done. This particular amount was for the purpose of providing endowment to increase the salaries of teachers. In 1929 the General Education Board offered $300,000 if the College would secure $600,000, all of which would be used for endowment. Times were fairly good at the moment and the sub- scriptions were obtained without serious trouble. The Board then offered to give $200,000 additional if Agnes Scott would raise $400,000 more. This was in 1930 when times were quite hard, and this particular campaign was one of the most difficult we ever undertook. The subscriptions were finally secured in 1932, and the final payments were to be made by 1934. The depression had become so widespread and so discouraging that for the first time Agnes Scott was not able to collect in full and on time the supplementary sum which we were supposed to furnish. We proposed to the General Education Board that they give us an extra $100,000 if we should by 1935 collect in full the amounts which we ought to have. They graciously acceded to our request, and by July 1st, 1935, we were completely successful. This winning of such a battle during such times made a very great impression on our supporters. In 1939 the General Education Board offered to Agnes Scott 10 $500,000 and $2,000,000 to Emory University if the two institutions would jointly raise at least $5,000,000. This wonderful offer stirred Atlanta and other areas of our supporters, and a very impressive campaign organization was set up. Nearly two thousand workers participated in the soliciting, and more than twelve thousand people made gifts. The results were entirely satisfactory. Agnes Scott secured in the campaign more than $1,500,000, and we made many new friends. In 1949 a verv generous donor who wished to be anonymous offered $500,000 'if we would undertake to raise $1,000,000 for matching it. In all our campaigns we had launched the initial efforts on the campus with faculty and students and then extended the effort to trustees and alumnae and then to our friends and supporters in other areas and finally back to Atlanta for the con- cluding amount. This same program of enlistment was carried out, and somewhat more than $2,000,000 was added to the assets of the College in this latest campaign. In most of our earlier efforts, Mr. J. K. Orr was the official chairman of the campaign, and since 1938 George Winship, our present chairman, has headed most efficiently all of our drives. The College has tried never to oversell its constituency. All of our subscriptions have carried a proviso whereby any donor might cancel his pledge at any time. We are astonished to note how few have taken advantage of this wide-open opportunity for cancellation. We have never failed to get our subscriptions by the appointed time, and only in 1934 did we fail (and then only by the delay of one year) to secure in full the necessary payments by the appointed termination date. The success of our earlier efforts has been a great asset in later campaigns because our friends have had the confidence that the college would not undertake any program which could not be achieved. We cannot be grateful enough to our friends of the General Education Board and to those of other foundations who have helped in times of need. The Carnegie Corporation has assisted five different times. Buildings and Grounds When Decatur Female Seminary started in 1889 it had only a rented house and no land at all. When Colonel Scott erected Main Building he had bought the White House which then stood on that site and had moved it to its present location near the railroad. Before his death he had rented the White House to the College because it needed rooms, and had also bought for the institution 11 : West Lawn which then stood on the present site of Rebekah Scott Hall. At the time of his death a science hall was being erected and also a combination gymnasium and recitation building. These two structures stood in the middle of the quadrangle between Main Building and what is now Buttrick Hall. They have since been torn down in the development of the College. The old infirmary, now known as Mary Sweet Cottage, was purchased in 1904. It stood then on the present site of the Lowry Science Hall. Since then it has been moved four times and now occupies a site just east of the Science Hall and is used for students. Rebekah Scott Hall was an important addition in 1906. Funds for it were raised largely from the family of Colonel Scott and it was named for his wife. In the same year were purchased quite a number of other cottages and some additional land. These included the White House (which had been previously rented by the College), East Lawn, Gaines Cottage, and Cunningham Cottage. The period 1909-1911 was a very active one in the campus development. At that time Inman Hall, the Lowry Science Hall, and the old library were erected simultaneously. Three contractors were handling these buildings, and all three failed in their jobs, so that the buildings were completed with difficulty. Soon after this, a number of cottages on Candler Street were acquired, including Boyd, Lupton, Ansley, the home now occupied by Dr. Sweet, and the house now used by Mr. Tart. In 1922 the Anna Young Alumnae House was erected largely with funds pro- vided by the College, but including also some gifts from alumnae. This was the first such house on the campus of any college for women in the country, and it has served our own college exceptionally well. In 1925 the Bucher Scott Gymnasium was put into service and, to that date, was the most expensive building hitherto erected by Agnes Scott. It was the first building in which the faculty and students were very largely enlisted both for gifts and for planning. In 1928 the steam plant and laundry were modernized and the present substantial buildings provided. Immediately after that, Buttrick Hall was erected for administration and classrooms. It cost $300,000, and the total amount was provided by the General Education Board. In 1936 the new Library was completed, and it is perhaps the most used structure on the campus. It was largely planned by Mrs. Byers, our librarian, and we have had a great many requests for the plans used for it from institutions all over the country. Presser Hall, our music building, with Gaines Chapel and Maclean Auditorium, was dedicated in December, 1941. Both the Presser Foundation of Philadelphia and the General Education Board con- tributed liberally towards it. This building now houses the Protestant Radio Center at the courtesy of the College. Mrs. Frances Winship Walters, who has been a generous donor on many occasions, provided funds for our excellent infirmary, for the Winship Garden, and for the new entrance on College Avenue. The last two years have been exceedingly busy from the standpoint of our building program. The Letitia Pate Evans Dining Hall, the gift of Mrs. Evans and her friends, is one of the most attractive of all our buildings. The Bradley Observatory, with its 30-inch Beck Telescope, has created a great deal of interest in the entire community, and we are overwhelmed with visitors whenever we will open it for the public. At the present time we are in process of erecting the John Bulow Campbell Science Hall, which will be the largest and most expensive of all our buildings, and the President's Home on Candler Street. Both of these are to be ready for occupancy during the summer. The recounting of these steps of progress is somewhat tedious in reading, but it has been a very exciting program in actual operation. University Center Agnes Scott had a leading part in the organization of the University Center in Georgia. This is composed of Agnes Scott College, Emory University, Georgia Institute of Technology, the University of Georgia, Columbia Theological Seminary, and Atlanta Art Asso- ciation. While retaining their separate identities, these institutions are cooperating for the improvement of quality in education and for the extending of many educational services which they would not be able to provide separately. These institutions have provided a union catalog, showing more than 1,500,000 volumes. Agnes Scott or any other institution can requisition any of these books from any of the other libraries on short notice, and thus not find it necessary to purchase rare or expensive books ourselves. The University Center has provided extensive funds for our various faculty members that they may do research or that they may take refreshing courses in order to provide for better teaching. The institutions of the University Center have brought jointly dis- tinguished visiting scholars and they have also provided for joint training of teachers for Georgia and for other states. 14 ^;^M|!f L (/> hi JS *- u JJ JZ J3 o na C QJ rt a o t/i ,C C The united program has enabled all the institutions to raise funds individually, and grants have been made from several foundations for the University Center itself. This cooperative enterprise has been widely recognized throughout the United States as a forward and very encouraging sign toward better education. Faculty Service The faculty and officers of Agnes Scott number more than eighty men and women of unusual training and personal qualifications, revealing always a remarkable loyalty to the institution and for the ideals which it represents. They have received their academic training in nearly fifty colleges and universities and represent a variety of experience and training which gives a cosmopolitan spirit to the campus. The members of the faculty have received grants for research or further study from the Guggenheim Foundation, Rosenwald Fund, Rockefeller Foundation, Carnegie Corporation, Carnegie Peace Foundation, Columbia University, the University of Chicago, Yale, Harvard, Wisconsin, Michigan, Johns Hopkins, Cornell, the General Education Board, and the University Center in Georgia. Faculty or officers of the College have held important posts in regional or national education. In the Southern Association they have served on the Committee for the Admission of New Members, the Committee on Standards, the Committee on Reports, and others of similar nature. Agnes Scott was one of the organizers of the Southern University- Conference, which has accomplished much in the way of better standards for the South, and its officers have served as president and as secretary-treasurer for the organization. The College has been active in the Association of American Colleges, having a membership of about 800 universities and colleges, and its officers have held the vice-presidency and also the presidency of that organization. College representatives have served on the Senate of the United Chapters of Phi Beta Kappa and also on the Phi Beta Kappa Foundation. A College officer has served for some years as a trustee of the General Education Board and also as a trustee of the John Bulow Campbell Foundation. 16 Alumnae Activity More than 9,000 students have been enrolled at the College and have been drawn from all states of the Union, the District of Columbia, and twenty-six foreign countries. The great majority of the students are from the Southeastern states, but they are well distributed among these. The attendance of some of the nearby southern states would include the following : Alabama 851 South Carolina 835 Tennessee 763 Florida 778 North Carolina 760 Virginia 695 Mississippi 615 Agnes Scott graduates have been successful in more than sixty of the leading occupations and are found all over the United States and in many foreign countries, but their influence has been particu- larly significant in the South. It is impossible to secure accurate statistics about the numbers of alumnae who have been engaged in specific occupations, but careful estimates will give some general indications of the principal activities which have appealed to Agnes Scott alumnae. The figures will necessarily overlap considerably because some alumnae have had careers and have also married, and some have had experience in more than one career. More than 6,000 have married and established homes of their own. Approximately two-thirds of the graduates marry within ten years after leaving college. There has been a remarkably small percent of divorces or broken homes, and the percentage of children in the homes is rather large when compared with those of most colleges for women. About 2,560 alumnae have gone into educational work. Most of these have been teachers, but some of them continued graduate and research studies and others have been librarians. The third largest group have been attracted by social service in some of its various forms, including Y. W. C. A. employment, Red Cross positions, service with various governmental agencies in the humanitarian field and family welfare activities. These number more than 1,000. Approximately 800 have chosen business careers, including secre- tarial work, office management, advertising, personnel service, merchandising, insurance, and like occupations. 17 More than 350 have undertaken religious work of various types, including foreign missionaries in all the fields of the Presbyterian Church in the United States and in most of the stations of those fields, including also foreign missionaries for several other denomi- nations. This group will also include church secretaries, home mission workers in mountain mission fields, directors of religious education, teachers of Bible in the public schools, and other self-sacrificing positions. Professional careers have claimed a smaller number, perhaps 150, including physicians, lawyers, journalists, authors, technicians, and ireveral other callings. Agnes Scott alumnae have been very active and efficient in volun- teer, non-profit services of the Church and of the various communities in which they live. The Executive Secretary of the Women of the Church in the Southern Presbyterian denomination is an Agnes Scott graduate, and many members of the various church boards and committees as well as leaders in local groups received their training at Agnes Scott. In club work, civic life, social service agencies, garden clubs, and the like, representatives of the College have rendered cheerful and effective service throughout the country. Acquaintance with our alumnae has been the greatest single inducement for parents to wish their daughters to come to Agnes Scott. Spiritual Ideals In the very early days of Agnes Scott Institute, before it became a real college, the Agnes Scott ideal was formulated as follows: "1) A liberal curriculum fully abreast of the best institutions of this country. 2) The Bible a textbook. 3) Thoroughly qualified and consecrated teachers. 4) A high standard of scholarship. 5) All the influences of the College conducive to the formation and develop- ment of Christian character. 6) The glorv of God the chief end of all." In the early days also the following prayer covenant was signed by six trustees and two faculty members. "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. 18 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 prosperity 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 glorified." All who signed either the Agnes Scott Ideal or the Prayer Covenant have passed away, but other names have been added to the list and united prayer continues to be a fundamental part of the program of the College. In my judgment, the spiritual life of the campus has never been more satisfactory than at the present time. This does not mean that we have reached our spiritual objectives. This is far from true. It does mean that we draw students from homes which are seriously concerned with high moral standards and with Christian faith. It does mean that most of the girls who come to Agnes Scott are professing Christians. It does mean that we have a good proportion of those who participate actively in the religious life on the campus and go out into their various communities with a willingness to serve the Church and Christ. I would like to bear this testimony. I have had many opportunities to study efforts which have been made for wise philanthropic giving. For several years I was on the Executive Committee of the General Education Board (Rockefeller) and saw all kinds of applications for aid, local, regional, national, and international, and the ones which received gifts. For several years I served on the Gifts Committee of the John Bulow Campbell Foundation and had an opportunity to review hundreds of applications of all kinds in the South. I have served as chairman of the Stewardship Committee, of the Presbyterian Program of Progress, and of the General Council of our denomination. I am intimately acquainted with all the causes to which our gifts are made. In the light of all the informa- tion I have or have been able to get, I believe that an investment of life and of time and of money in Agnes Scott College will do more to advance the Kingdom of God than any other investment which can be made. I would like for our Trustees and all other friends of the College to believe with me that we are engaged in a truly great and important work. 19 Trustees I do not know of any college or university which has a stronger board of trustees than has Agnes Scott. Whether we are considering educational or spiritual or financial or other types of problems we have men and women who are accustomed to making important decisions and who can help us in all phases of college life. It is a great satisfaction to me that Dr. Alston will have this particular Board to whom to look for guidance and for inspiration as he will soon take over his duties. Terms of the following trustees expire this year: Mr. T. Guy Woolford, Mrs. Frances Winship Walters, Mr. G. Lamar Westcott, Mr. Charles F. Stone, Mr. George W. Woodruff, and Mr. John H. Henley, III. All of these have been much interested in the work of the College and helpful in many ways. There will be two vacancies on the Board. Mrs. Robert W. Woodruff, who was elected to serve the unexpired term of Mr. Frank M. Inman, was not able to accept. With my retirement, Dr. Alston becomes a member of the Board ex officio and so his unexpired term may be filled. Faculty Changes For the session 1950-1951 the greatest changes have been in the department of Music. Mr. Michael A. McDowell, Jr., former head of the Music department of the University of Georgia's Atlanta Division, is head of the department. Mr. Raymond J. Martin, former head of the department of Music at Brenau College, is associate professor here and in charge of Organ. Miss Roxie Hagopian, formerly of Southwestern University in Texas, is in charge of Voice. Mrs. Irene Leftwich Harris has been added in piano, and Mr. Chappell White is in charge of violin. Dr. Chester W. Morse, who has served with us previously, is the new head of the medical service. Mrs. Florence Bishop is Instructor in Art; Madame Adele Brot, in French; Miss Amelia J. Wier, in English; and Mrs. Neva Jackson Webb, in Speech. There have been two additions to the staff of the Dean of Students this year, Miss Anita Albright and Miss Nellie Scott. Misses Patty Overton and Hunt Morris are assistants in the Library. Miss Julia Goode and Mrs. W. W. Hatcher are assistants in Chemistry. 20 Mrs. Martha Ann Howell is in charge of the Book Store. Mrs. Clara C. Skelton is assistant to the Dietitian, and Mrs. Nada Rhodes Wynn is assistant to the Supervisor of Dormitories. Miss Betty Jean Smith is secretary to the Business Manager-Treasurer. STUDENTS Our enrollment for the college session is somewhat smaller than for last year. In common with nearly all other educational institu- tions, we may expect a somewhat smaller number of students during the next two or three years. Our students of this session may be classified in various ways as follows : Geographical Distribution 28 6 1 1 2 14 Georgia 284 2 1 Alabama .... Arkansas .... Colorado .... Connecticut . District of Columbia Florida .... Illinois Indiana . Kentucky . Louisiana . Maryland Michigan . Mississippi Missouri . New Mexico New York . . North Carolina . Oklahoma Pennsylvania South Carolina . Tennessee Texas .... . . 3 . . 36 . . 1 2 '. . 25 . . 21 . . 4 Virginia 13 . . 5 . . 1 . . 1 . . 1 . . 1 . . 1 . . 1 West Virginia Africa China . Korea . Malaya . . Puerto Rico . Scotland . Total 482 Class Enrollment Seniors 103 Juniors 112 Sophomores 115 Freshmen 132 Special Students 20 Total 482 21 Denominational Distribution Presbyterian 168 Congregational . Methodist 101 Lutheran . . . Baptist 84 Christian Science Episcopal 33 Salvation Army Christian 12 Protestant Roman Catholic ... 11 Church of Christ Greek Orthodox ... 8 Non-members Jewish 6 Total . . *This does not include 20 special students. 4 3 3 3 2 1 23 462 s Residence Boarders 320 Day Students 162 Total 482 For the Future While progress has been made at Agnes Scott and many things have been accomplished during its sixty-two years, we are now impressed more and more with things which have been planned and which we have not been able to do. In the physical plant we had hoped to provide many improvements which are yet to come. Among these will be the erection of Hopkins Hall, a dormitory in memory of Miss Nannette Hopkins. In our campaign about ten years ago the alumnae subscribed $100,000 for this purpose. We have since added approximately $25,000 and the total sum is being held as a reserve for this particular building. The plans call for its location on the site of Lowry Science Hall which is to be removed. We had earnestly hoped that modern faculty apartments could be erected before this time. The fact that we have not been able to get donations for the purpose, and the further fact that building costs are so high that we felt it unwise to do the work on an investment basis, caused the delay. Our general development program would call for this building to be on Candler Street where Cunning- ham Cottage and the residence of Mr. Tart are located. It would thus form a quadrangle with the Infirmary and the Gymnasium. We hoped that the Murphey Candler Building (formerly the library) might have been moved before this time. You will 22 remember that it is planned to locate it at the corner of Candler Street and our main drive so as to get it way from our big quadrangle. This should be done before Hopkins Hall is started. For many years we have considered the establishment of the Department of the Home. This could not be done until our new Science Hall might be erected and it cannot yet be done until we have a building of reasonable size for the department itself and endowment for the operation of the teaching program. This is an important development which still lies ahead. We have had tentative plans for an art gallery and a teaching program in art. This will presumably be located on McDonough Street just across the main drive from Presser Hall. We have been very anxious to get a fine collection of paintings and other art objects. We believe support can be secured for this development if and when we can bring it about. Land has been purchased and plans have been drawn to move seven of our residences which ought to be discarded on the main campus to a location on the east side of Candler Street just across from the new home for the President. It may be found that it is not economical to establish such a residence court, but it is well worth consideration. We have a fine area south of the campus for the development of an arboretum, and it has long been contemplated that this should be started. Small experimental beginnings have been made but not of great consequence. In this area we have a fine location for a lake which might be used for boating and perhaps for fishing. Plans for this will some day doubtless be drawn. At considerable expense we have laid foundations for the building of at least five first-class tennis courts with hard surfaces and also for the extending of our May Day grounds, perhaps fifty percent. I hope that these developments may come in the relatively near future. The Trustees have approved the tearing down of the White House and the landscaping of that northeast corner of our campus. We had hoped also to enlarge the Alumnae Garden so as to occupy all the space immediately east of Inman Hall. In this connection we have had dreams of beautifying the entire campus with shrubs and flowers so as to enhance the beauty of our natural surroundings. On the educational side of the College we have also dreamed of many developments which must come in the future. One of these has been the fixing of salaries on a really adequate scale. When I came to Agnes Scott in 1915, the best paid women were getting $1,000 per year and the best paid men $1,500. We have equalized salaries and improved them, but on a purely financial basis they 24 are still inadequate. There are still quite a number of ways in which we assist teachers in making ends meet. The rental on our rooms and houses and the charges for board are much lower than standard rates in Decatur. We do contribute toward two pension plans for our staff. For most of them who have applied, we have been able to get grants for research or for refreshing courses. We do have relatively short hours of work and remarkable freedom for teachers in planning and handling their work. We could pay higher salaries by requiring longer hours, by giving fewer electives, and thus reducing the size of our staff. 1 hope that this will not be necessary. We have presented to several of our friends the request that Agnes Scott be given a grant of $10,000,000 for endowment. This would enable us to do everything needful for teachers and staff, including sabbatical leave, retirement at earlier years, and many ether advantages. Such a grant of endowment would enable us to rank with many of the colleges for women in the entire world. There are certain areas of emphasis in our curriculum which we had hoped to make effective, but which will need to be studied for the future. The College is relatively weak in the educational offerings in political science, and in physiology, and we need offerings in geography, geology, and perhaps anthropology. We would like to enlarge the work in astronomy to such an extent that it may become a separate department, and then the work in physics would need to be extensively developed. We have not succeeded very well in our health education and instruction. A study is now in process to determine whether this work can best be done in the classroom or in supplementary extra- curriculum activities. In the field of community service we have plans for Agnes Scott to do more effective work than has been possible^ We have hoped to extend our influence into the high schools of Georgia and especially in the area of Decatur and Atlanta, so as to promote scholarship and to arouse an interest of the strong students in taking really first-class college work. We believe that this can be done and will help the College as well as the community. At the present time many Agnes Scott students serve in the churches of the community in Sunday School work, in choir activities, and in helping young people. We believe that church service may be extended and that the College may make valuable contacts both for the students and for the people served. For a great many years the College community has supported a missionary in the foreign fields. Jut now it is our own alumna, 25 Miss Emily Winn. We believe that the interest of the College in world affairs and particularly in furthering Christianity may well be increased. We are doing reasonably well in life enlistment, but in that field, too, there is yet much to be accomplished for the future. Personal There is no way in which I can give adequate expression of my gratitude for the friendship and support of the Trustees and of other Agnes Scott friends. This fine support has been evidenced through all the years, but has become more pronounced and perhaps more sympathetic as I have grown older. I am sure that the Trustees have often cooperated not because they were thoroughly convinced that the program must be carried out but rather because they wished to support the President who was advocating it. My feeling of inadequacy in expressing gratitude certainly culmi- nated in the recent celebration of my birthday. This was handled with a delicacy of feeling and with a heartiness in the expression of friendship that impressed all who were present. Most of the program was a surprise to me. I have been honored far beyond any possible deserving in having the library named for me and in having a library fund established also. The "books of remembrance" will be cherished through all the years to come. The beautiful car which is a personal gift to Mrs. McCain and to me will give us satisfaction for a long while. Every detail, including the program, place cards, the students' song, and the recording of the program for Mrs. McCain, was perfect. I am humbly grateful. I cannot close this report without making special mention of the major officers of the College who have served long years with me. They are Dr. S. G. Stukes, Miss Carrie Scandrett, and Mr. J. C. Tart. No president has ever been blessed with abler or more devoted friends and fellow-workers. One of the truly great blessings that has come to Agnes Scott during its sixty-two years is Wallace Alston, who will take office as president on July 1st. We expected him to be a good teacher and an able administrator, but he has exceeded our best expectations. He has shown fine leadership in every area of college life. It will be a real joy to turn over to him the leadership of the College, with the confidence that you will join with me in praying God's richest blessings on him and on Agnes Scott. Sincerely, *-&< President. A i