THE MROFMLE LX - Number 1 October A ~ K "- SCOTT COLLEGE - DECATUR, GEORGIA 30030 Black Cat - Oct. 12-14 bonfire, picnic, play, Stone Mt., dance, party by ANN FINCHER Black Cat, the traditional cul- mination of freshman orienta- tion to Agnes Scott, is fast approaching, and the weekend of October 12-14 already pre- sents a full calendar. The weekend festivities offi- cially begin at 9:00 p.m., Thurs., Oct. 11 when the campus com- munity assembles in the amphi- theatre for the bonfire and song competition. The bonfire pro- vides the official moment of re- velation of the freshman mascot. Friday is well named "Black Cat Day". A "field day" is scheduled from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. on the Hockey Field. The games and activities scheduled include the traditional hockey game with sister-class versus sister-class teams. Following the athletics, the Senior Class spon- sor a picnic. The event of the evening is the Black Cat produc- tion at 7:30 p.m. in Gaines. A by JOYCE McKEE Dale T. Luchsinger is the new head librarian of McCain Li- brary. The Wisconsin native re- ceived his B.S. from Wisconsin State College and his master's degree in library science from the University of Michigan. His experience includes work in the library at Sewanee Military Academy in Tennessee, a year teaching at Emory, and three years as an assistant librarian at the University of the South in Sewanee immediately before coming to Agnes Scott. Mr. Luchsinger is married to a librarian and the couple has a five-year-old daughter, Caroline. Mr. Luchsinger states that the goal of his first year at McCain Library is to become thoroughly acquainted with students, the college, and the library itself. It is necessary to become "well grounded," Mr. Luchsinger feels, before the renovation and air conditioning of the library which will, hopefully, be begun next year. Among changes made over the summer are the acquisition of new turntables for the record room on the first floor of. the reception will follow the spoof on life at Agnes Scott at a loca- tion to be announced. A picnic/playday, sponsored by the Board of Student Activi- ties, is planned for Sat., Oct. 13, from l I :UU a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Stone Mountain. Transportation, if needed, will be provided from the college to the mountain. The bring-your-own-picnic/playday features games, fun, and live en- tertainment. Dates are welcome, but not essential. Social Council is sponsoring the Black Cat Dance from 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. on the same Saturday at the Royal Coach Inn. The band is the Great American Showmen whose hits include "49-24-36." The band's repertoire includes goodtime r dance, and beach music. For the Black Cat Dance, the Great American Showmen will play a combination of contemporary music. library as well as a cassette play- er. A new collection, found opposite the circulation desk, of current fiction and bestsellers or "recreational reading" has also been started. Mr. Luchsinger estimates the library's collection at "fair to good," with the greatest strength in literature. The major faculty role in connection with the libra- ry is in the selection of new books and materials, Mr. Luch- singer comments. The policy of having a fresh- man orientation to the library has been continued this year, with a tour of 15-20 minutes. Mr. Luchsinger states that one goal of the library is to equip students to do graduate work in another library. He says that graduating students should be "sophisticated in their use of the library." Among new members of the McCain Library staff are Brenda Prichett, a technical services assistant, and an alumna, Mrs. L alia Griffis Mangin, who is working with periodicals and in the reserve room. A buffet of nuts, chips, dips and hors d'oeuvres will be served. Also a cash bar will be set up in the foyer of the inn; the standard price for drinks is $1.25 each. Dress is formal. Coat and tie are required. Tickets for the dance are on sale in the cafeteria for $5.00 per couple. Tickets may also be by SUSAN BALCH Anyone who has walked through a grocery store in the last few weeks has no doubt been amazed at how much it costs to feed a family of four or five. Multiply those costs a hun- dred times and one begins to see the problems encountered by Mrs. Saunders, the dietician in the dining hall of Agnes Scolt. Although many food items are less expensive when bought in large quantities, the dining hall has nevertheless been affected by both price increases and food shortages. Those who like raisins on their cereal at breakfast will have noticed that FACULTY WIVES' FAIR purchased from individual mem- bers of Social Council. Tickets are prenumbered and must be presented at the door of the ball- room where each person must also have his hand stamped. The stamp permits re-entry if an indi- vidual leaves the ballroom. A map providing directions to the Royal Coach Inn will appear in next week's Profile. The final event of the week- end is the Musical Sundae Party, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., Sun., Oct. 14 on the main quad. The Board of Student Activities is sponsoring this party which features a band and make-'em- yourself.sundaes. Students are urged to forego dessert at Sun- day dinner. the dining hall no longer has them. Difficult to find in gro- cery stores, raisins cannot be bought in the large quantities needed for serving institution- ally. A shortage which has received much public attention is the scarcity and rising cost of meat, specifically beef. As the main shortage took place over the summer, the dining hall was not affected by the difficulty most consumers had in obtaining beef. Mrs. Saunders stated that now as much beef could be bought as could be paid for. However, she added, due to the high price of steak, for example, steak will only be served on rare occasions. Chicken prices have doubled and while eggs remain the least expensive source of protein, the kitchen staff has difficulty in finding ways to serve eggs at lunch and dinner which suit the students' tastes. The kitchen freezer is fairly small and only a few days' supply of meat can be stored. Meat is not the only item which has increased in price, noted Mrs. Saunders. The cost of potatoes has doubled and is ex- (Continued on page 3) Faculty Wives suppport MLK Fund by MARENE EMANUEL Pots, posters, food, clothes. Airplane rides, orchids, cases of Coke. All this and more. On Tues., Sept. 19, in the Hub, the Faculty Wives' Club presented their wares, cuisine, and fun to the students of Agnes Scott. All proceeds from the fair are donated to the Martin Luther King, Jr. Fund. This scholarship, established in memory of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., gives financial aid to black stu- dents attending Agnes Scott. This year, $1,637.87 was raised in the one-day effort. The wives of male professors sponsor this event every year, contributing their handiwork, devising raffles, and meeting stu- dents. One of the earliest events of the year, the fair gives stu- dents an opportunity to meet new students, buy room decora- tions, and ease hunger pains. Price squeeze and shortages felt Luchsinger is new McCain librarian PAGE 2 THE PROFILE / October 5, 1973 / TjotQ get uppity Before I proceed with my back-to-school pep talk, I would like to tell new students and remind old ones of what the Profile is here for. It is here mainly to be used. Besides keeping the campus community informed about that which goes on at ASC and points elsewhere, this publication can serve as a means of sounding off to the whole college at once. No matter what it is that needs to be known, there's nothing like a newspaper to spread it around. This year the Profile will be published weekly in order to do a better job in covering both news and opinions. And now the pep talk. The point I wish to make is this: Scotties are for the most part too "nice". By this I do not mean courteous or polite in the superficial ways necessary to make things go smoothly in ordinary dealings with others. What I mean has a lot to do with the apathy you've all heard about. It appears to be decreasing, but it's far from gone. You don't have to be either ugly or petty in disagreeing with things you'd like to see changed. What we need is a firmness and a resolution to see things through to the end. We're too afraid to stepping on toes. One advantage of being a freshman is that you aren't fully enough acquainted with the system to know why some things are as they are. Thus absurdities are all the more glaring. Yet at the same time you still don't know how far you can go in any given direction. Try to learn your way around without getting accustomed to inconsistencies you may see. The big things, the important things which make Scott what it is are sound. Thus if you are discontented with the small things, there is no reason to be afraid to stand up against anything which detracts from the larger ones. Jan Fredrickson Editor THE MROFMLE AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE - DECATUR, GA. 30030 THE PROFILE is published weekly throughout the college year by students of Agnes Scott College. The views expressed in the editorial section are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the view of the administration or the student body. Permission is given to reprint if credited. Entered as first class mail at the Agnes Scott Post Office. EDITOR / Jan Fredrickson ASSOCIATE EDITOR / Joyce McKee BUSINESS MANAGER / Mary Jane Warren CIRCULATION MANAGER / Marianne Brinker STAFF: Susan Balch, Lucy Brockman, Rose Ann Clevehnd, Ann Fincher, Eva Gantt, Genie Laster, Angelynn McGuff, Patty Pear- son, Bonnie Pedersen, Eleanor Phelps, Christine Wilson. May 23, 1973 To President Wallace M. Alston Dean Roberta K. Jones The Profile As students who devoted a great deal of time, thought, and effort to an attempt to make student opinions heard on an issue of vital concern to the stu- dent body, we would like to register our extreme disappoint- ment at the disregard accorded the Student Services Committee's report on the infir- mary. We realize that major changes, particularly in person- nel, must be made carefully and thus - too often slowly. We can understand, therefore, the inability of the administration to act immediately on some of the sweeping suggestions made by the Committee on the basis of students' responses to our ques- tionnaire in May, 1972. On one particular point, how- ever, we are at a loss to compre- hend the administration's com- plete lack of positive action. The issue to which we refer is that of infirmary fees. On the student questionnaire, a sizeable propor- tion of the students responding expressed their objections to the fee system, many reporting that they were misled by the College Bulletin's statement that "ordi- nary infirmary service" is pro- vided without charge. Our committee, realizing that financial considerations would probably prevent the college's free provision of additional "or- dinary" service beyond examina- tions and accomodations in the infirmary, made what we con- sider to be a reasonable and valid suggestion that the catalogue statement in reference to fees be made more explicit as to what services are considered "ordi- nary." This recommendation was presented as a part of the Com- mittee's report on the infirmary in the fall quarter of the 1972-1973 session to the Office of the Dean of Students. The 1 973-1974 Bulletin, 'however, issued in May, 1973, carries the same ambiguous statement found in earlier issues. In our opinion, the retention of this statement after having its mis- informing effects called to the attention of the administration b. o. z. B.O.Z., the creative writing club for upperclassmen, is now accepting poetry and short stories as tryout material for club membership. Interested sophomores, juniors, and seniors may submit any number of poems and or stories to Box 45 1 . The deadline for submitting your work is Oct. 19. Join us. constitutes not only a show of disregard for the opinions of stu- dents but also a deliberate attempt to mislead future stu- dents. We ask for no explanation for this action or lack of action by the administration. We sim- ply express our regret and frus- tration in discovering that our efforts and the concerns of the students of this college have been absolutely ignored. Martha Foltz and Su^ :n Freeman, Co-Chairmen Judy Hamilton, Chairman of Subcommittee on the Infirmary THE STUDENT SERVICES COMMITTEE (1972-1973) Mug shots Stevens Studios from Bangor, Maine will be on campus Mon- day, Oct. 22, through Friday, Oct. 26, to take formal under- classmen portraits fro the Sil- houette. Pictures will be taken in the McKinney Room in Main. No sitting fee is required of un- derclassmen. Dress can be casual but, please, no halter tops or t-shirts. Seniors, for a charge of $.50, may have their pictures taken. They are urged to take advan- tage of this service many em- ployers require some kind of for- mal photograph. The Silhouette will not be using these pictures, so we are not able to provide the sitting fee. October 9, 10, and 1 1 there will be Silhouette staff members in the dining hall at breakfast, lunch, and dinner to help you make your appointment to be photographed. Please remember that you are responsible for this. Stevens Studios allows five min- utes for each senior sitting and two minutes for each underclass- man sitting. You are asked to be at the McKinney Room in Main ten minutes prior to your appointment. The Silhouette staff thanks you for your co-operation. We feel sure that you will be amply satisfied with Stevens Studios' work. * f Sow" on e*P e aoe d l nd P . THE PROFILE / October 5, 1973 ASC welcomes new blood by PATTY PEARSON Ellen Gilliam Perry Making a move is usually a major task, but Ellen Perry, Agnes Scott's new "First Lady", said that things could have been worse. Painters were invading the Perry's house and during the course of our chat (I afterwards decided that "interview" was such a cold term for such a Cafeteria (Continued from page J) pected to increase again. Due to the exportation of soybeans to Russia, a shortage of grains is an- ticipated. This involves rice, corn, and wheat. Bread and flour prices have already drastically in- creased. The few cake mixes used by the dining hall staff have become difficult to obtain. The manu- facturers of these mixes have en- countered the same problems that the consumer has faced in buying the ingredients they need. The kitchen staff is trying to stretch things a little farther. Be- cause oleo has jumped from 19 cents to 46 cents a pound, they are now using less oleo in cook- ing vegetables. Mrs. Saunders said that they had been surprised to see that al- though enrollment had dropped, the same amount of food was consumed at each meal as last year. She added that usually after fall quarter, the students begin to eat less and complain more about weight gain and starchy food. The suggestion was made by Mrs. Saunders that though the students should feel free to eat all they want, they should take just a little the first time and then come back. "If the student wants half a glass of milk, we would hope that she would just take half a glass instead of taking a full glass and leaving the other half to be thrown away." SHARP'S APPLIANCE STORE RENT A TV 12-inch Portable (black & white) Motorola $25 per Quarter Free Delivery & Pick-Up 523-4681 warm and lovefy person), Mrs. Perry received two phone calls. She suggested that perhaps we should "go up the chimney" to talk, but it was very homey in the library with all the bustle around. The faculty and staff, she said, were "marvelous" , and that no day went uninterrupted, so many interesting people dropped in for a visit. When the -Perrys saw all the bookshelves in Dr. Alston's vacated office, Mrs. Perry wished they hadn't given away so many books so that these shelves could have been completely filled. (With each successive move, Dr and Mrs. Perry have given away books from their own collection which they were certain they could find copies of in a library.) Her first impressions of Agnes Scott were made through the years in meeting alumnae. Mrs. Perry found ASC alumnae gener- ally "vital, interesting, and bright." Her first visit here last April impressed upon her the "friendliness and graciousness" of the campus community. One thing in particular she noted was a general lack of homesickness among students due to an open- ness on the part of other stu- dents to talk and to listen. Mrs. Perry has many "bouncy" ideas for and about Agnes Scott; she is still learning, however, the people to go through to transfer ideas to actions. She also feels that some ideas may be a little premature and that opportunities for ex- pression of ideas may later be- come apparent. She stated that she is vitally interested in stu- dent opinion. There were, though, a few specific ideas that Mrs. Perry shared. She said that she hopes our "woman power" holds up because she sees areas and organ- izations that Scott girls could improve in the Decatur/Atlanta area through their interest and enthusiasm. She also hopes that males might become involved with service projects in conjunc- tion with Scott, for to her it seems a better opportunity to meet the guys than an "artifi- cial" blind-date situation. Another idea Mrs. Perry ex- pressed was that perhaps news- papers, which would normally HAVE YOU TRIED KETTLE PANCAKES? Scotties Buy I order, get I free with this Ad. 2 I -I I our Service 7 Days a II eek w ft * KETTLE RESTAURANT SUBURBAN PLAZA 2555 N. Decatur Rd. 1 1 so Patronized by Emors' Students go in the trash, could be re- cycled to benefit various ASC organizations. Mrs. Perry and her daughter Betsy are both alumnae of Sweetbriar in Virginia. The Perrys' other daughter, Margaret, is spending a year in France. Mrs. Perry is becoming involved in Decatur community affairs and church functions. (The Perrys attend Decatur Presby- terian Church). Cochran Among new faculty members is Augustus (Gus) Cochran. The political science professor is a native of Athens and received his B.A. from Davidson College. His graduate study was begun at In- diana University in Blooming- ton, Ind. and completed last September when he received his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Mr. Cochran and his wife Martha have no children but do have a dog whose name they change periodically. Mr. Cochran states that he chose Agnes Scott because he was interested in "a small liberal arts college" that was "strong academically." Because of his in- terest in Southern politics, he preferred to remain in the South. The professor comment- ed that despite his interest in politics, he has no personal poli- tical ambitions. In the History and Political Science Department, Mr. Coch- ran teaches courses related to American government and politi- cal, thought while Mr. Orr han- dles international and compara- tive politics. Leonard \ jaunt to Manuels, an in- formal talk in his office, a good discussion in class, a field trip to the north Georgia mountains all these are situations where our new art instructor Charles Leonard looks to know his stu- dents better. Included in the reasons that he is attracted to Agnes Scott are the smaller classes and closer, more personal relationships. Again he wants the rapport which should exist between stu- dents and teacher. Therefore it is only fitting that the campus know of one of Mr. Leonard's chief pleasures riding a motor scooter. (Inter- ested parties are trying to per- suade him to race the 12:35 train.) Other pasttimes include cleaning up and overhauling the garden behind his house, taking his two-year-old son for a walk, and fiddling with flamenco gui- tar music. But of course, most of his time is put into his art. At present Mr. Leonard is ex- perimenting with films. Already he has made three educational films which are used at the Uni- versity of Tennessee, but he pro- duces less conventional works as well. Investigating the technical possibilities of the media, he has made films to be shown on three-dimensional shapes, films of animated objects, and films of press-on letters. Mr. Leonard received his B.S. degree from the University of Tennessee and his M.F.A. from the University of Georgia. Evans The new member of the Speech and Drama Department is William H.C. Evans. Mr. Evans received his B.A. from Transyl- vania College and his M.A. from Kansas University in 1963. He is completing a Ph.D. in theatre from Kansas University. Mr. Evans worked as a set de- signer for the Kansas University theatre from 1969 until coming to Agnes Scott. His specialty is set and costume design; he finds dress rehearsal one of the most exciting nights in the theatre. Agnes Scott is an ideal loca- tion for Mr. Evans because he wanted to be at a small, personal college in the South near a metropolitan area. He is especi- ally interested in quality theatre. Mr. Evans comments that he prefers educational theatre to the rat race of professional thea- tre. Among the responsibilities of educational theatre, says Mr. Evans, is an obligation to train professionals and a responsibility to the community to provide good theatre that might not be available elsewhere. Educational theatre provides an opportunity to work in an expressive art form and shares with the profes- sional theatre the responsibility of keeping good theatre alive. Mr. Evans' interests include art, art history, music, and weaving. Kelley Mary (Molly) Kelley joins the Agnes Scott faculty this fall as as assistant in biology. Miss Kelley, a native of San Diego, Calif., received her bache- lor's degree in biology from Randolph-Macon Woman's Col- lege earlier this year. She hopes to further her training in grad- uate school and perhaps in medi- cal school. As an assistant in biology, she helps with the taching of some laboratories and serves as lab assistant for upper-level courses. PAGE 3 Outside her work, Miss Kelley enjoys hiking and camping. Bao Mr. Benjamin C-P Bao has also joined the Agnes Scott fac- ulty as an instructor in the French Department and director of the language laboratory. Mr. Bao received his B.A. from Hope College in Holland, Mich, and his M.A. from Michigan State Uni- versity. Visiting Constance Anne Jones is a visiting professor in sociology for fall and winter quarters. Ms. Jones is currently a candidate for the Ph.D. from Emory Uni- versity. Monsieur Raphael Molho is a visiting professor in the French Department while Chantal Hupe has joined Agnes Scott to lead the French Hall and help with the French Table and French club. Ms. Jacqueline N. Hill is a visiting professor in the Psycho- logy Department. In addition to her teaching duties at Agnes Scott, Ms. Hill is a practicing child psychologist. Jogging All right, all you little fatties! Quit complaining! Spirit Committee is sponsoring a Jog- ging and Exercise Club from 7:30 to 8:00 a.m. beginning Monday, Oct. 1. Interested stu- dents will meet in the gym at 7:30 a.m. First is jogging for a mile (if you can!), and then comes the exercise. Tone up that flab come exercise! ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION Bake Sale for tennis court lights, Thursday, Oct. 11, 10:00-2:00. Camping & Canoeing meets weekly; first meeting 22 people; Monday, Oct. 1; interested people are invited; A. A. Room, 7:00. American Adventurers from Atlanta will present program. Sports Fall Preview of coming attractions: Hockey & Tennis singles are being played. Anyone interested contact sport head. New jerseys on order; Jackets, T-Shirts, Night Shirts in bookstore. PAGE 4 THE PROFILE / October 5, 1973 whATS hAppEninq in the city ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - LECTURES An informal program of music education consisting of pre- concert lectures and open rehearsals is being sponsored by the Women's Association of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. These are open to the public, with no admission charge. Lecture programs will be given by Exxon-Affiliate Artist Con- ductor, Elmer Thomas, Resident Conductor with the Atlanta Symphony. October 3, 1973 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM Open Rehearsal Symphony Hall Robert Shaw conducting Garrick Ohlsson, piano 12:30 PM- 2:00 PM Lecture PLAY REVIEW November 14, 1973 6:00 PM- 7:15 PM' Lecture 7:15 PM - 1 1:00 PM Open Rehearsal Robert Shaw conducting Berlioz: "Romeo and Juliet" February 13, 1974 6:00 PM- 7:15 PM Lecture 7: 1 5 PM - 1 1 :00 PM Open Rehearsal Robert Shaw conducting Hindemith: "When Lilacs Last in tne Dooryard Bloom'd" March 20, 1974 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM Open Rehearsal Robert Shaw conducting Lynn Harrell, violoncello 12:30 PM- 2:00 PM Lecture Rehearsal Hall Rehearsal Hall Symphony Hall Rehearsal Hall Symphony Hall Symphony Hall Rehearsal Hall The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra will present its second subscrip- tion program in the 1973-74 season Thursday, Friday and Sunday, October 4, 5, and 7 with Music Director Robert .Shaw conducting and pianist Garrick Ohlsson as guest artist. The Thursday and Friday concerts are at 8:30 p.m. with the Sunday performance at 2:30 p.m., all in Symphony Hall at the Memorial Arts Center. The program for the concerts will feature Symphony No. 34 by Mozart; Symphony No. 4 by Riegger and Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra by Chopin. Award winning pianist extraordinaire, Garrick Ohlsson, now in his mid-twenties, has established himself as one of the leading pian- ists in the concert world today. In 1970 he became the first Ameri- can to win the prestigious Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw. He has also been the winner of Italy's Busoni Prize and Montreal's International Piano Competition. Now performing more than ninety concerts a year, Ohlsson re- cently returned from a highly successful tour of Germany, England, Scotland and Japan. Ohlsson, born in White Plains, New York, began studying piano at the age of eight at the Westchester Conservatory of Music. At age thirteen, he became a pupil of Sascha Gorodnitsky at the Juilliard School and later studied with Olga Barabini, his present teacher. Tickets for the three concerts range from $2.60 to $7.30 and are on sale at the Atlanta Symphony Box Office at the Memorial Arts Center. For additional information, call 892-2414. THE HIGH MUSEUM OF ART - FRENCH FILMS Films by the great French director Robert Bresson are the subject of the High Museum of Art's Film Focus for Fall scheduled October 3-7, in the Museum's Hill Auditorium. The movies are in French with English subtitles. Au Hasard Balthazar, a compassionate, spiritual film encom- passing an awareness of man and the physical universe, runs for 95 minutes and will be shown Friday, October 5, and Saturday, October 6, at 8 p.m. Four Nights of a Dreamer, a color film of 83 minutes duration, is the selection for Sunday afternoon, October 7. Adapted from a Dostoevsky novella, White Nights, this film relates the story of a distraught young man and woman who meet as strangers in the city of Pans. Showings will be at 3 p.m. and at 5 p.m. Tickets may be purchased at the door of the High Museum before each showing or in advance in the Museum office Monday through Friday, beginning September 26. Donations are $2.00 for the general public, $1.50 for students (ID's requested); and $1.00 for Museum members. The films are presented by the Members Guild of The High Museum of Art. ' Tom Paine ' no pain by GENIE LASTER Paul Foster's "Tom Paine," under the direction of Kelly Morris, is currently being pre- sented at Kelly's Seed & Feed Theatre. Performances are at 8:00 on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday until October 7. "Tom Paine" is not typical biography. Basically a musical, the play is loosely and freely structured, incorporating sar- casm, imagery, and simplicity o.f design (props, costumes, etc.). Thomas Paine a man truly without a country; exiled first from his native Britain, later from America, the country he loves. The play deals essentially with Paine's struggles against the church, the military, and the state. The performance is especially excellent; the cast listing too long to mention all. Special notice should be given to Kelly Greene, who portrays Thomas Paine. The theatre is more or less Emory based. Morris, director of the theatre, is thirty years of age. He was educated at Exeter, Notre Dame, and Tulane. Morris directed at Emory for three years (1969-1972), and has pub- lished a book, entitled, Genet- lonesco: The Theatre of the Double (Bantam, 1969). Kelly's Seed & Feed Theatre is strictly a non-profit organiza- tion. Its purpose is to introduce and involve Atlanta in con- temporary theatre. It is in- formal, unstructured, and volun- teer. Admission is $1.00, Cokes still 10 cents. Everyone is invited to come and encouraged to be- come involved. 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Fields David Copperfield Marie Dressier Wallace Beery Mm and Bill Oct 31 Wed Boris Kartoff Frankenstein Bela Lugosi Dracula Nov 1 Thurs Bette Davis All About Eve Paul Douglas Letter To Three Wives Nov 2 Wed Laurel A Hardy Way Out West Laurel s> Hardy Sons of the Desen Nov 3 Sat 1 Fay Wray King Kong To Be Announced 1 Nov 4 Sun 1 Anton Walbrook Moira Shearer 1 The Red Shoes 1 Galina Ulanova 1 Prima Ballerina Nov 5 Mon Charlie Chaplin City Lights Charlie Chaplin King ol New York No 6 Tues Henry Fonda Grapes ol Wrath Spencer Tracy Boom Town Nov 7 Wed Johnny Weismueller Tarzan the Ape Man Claude Rains The Invisible Man Nov 8 Thurs Judy Garland Meet Me In St Louis Gene Kelly Singing in the Ram Nov 9 Fri Lon Chaney, Jr The Wolfman Dick Foran The Mummy's Hand Nov 10 Sat Humphrey Bogart Maltese Falcon William Holdeo Stalag 17 I Nov 1 1 Sun Ruby Keeler 1 Gold Diggers 1 Ol 1933 Jean Harlow 1 Red Dust Nov 12 Mon Gloria Swanton Sunset Boulevard Grela Garbo Camille Nov 13 Tues Lew Ayres All Ouiet On The Western Front Edward Arnold Diamond Jim Nov 14 Wed James Arness The Thing Slmone Slmone Cat People Nov 15 Thurs Leslie Caron Gig. Ethel Waters Cabin In The Sky Nov 16 Fr. W.C. Fields You Can t Cheat An Honest Man W.C, Fields Never Give A Sucker An Even Break Nov 17 Sal Clark Gable Mutiny on The Bounty Tyrone Power Mark ol Zorro 1 Nov 18 Sun 1 Charlie Chaplin 1 The Great Dictator 1 Charlie Chaplin 1 Circus Nov 19 Mon Alan Ladd Shane Henry Fonda Ox Bow Incident Nov 20 Tues Ronald Colman T ale ol Two Cities GreU Garbo Anna Crude Nov 21 Wed Mae Wesl She Done Him Wrong W.C Fields My Little Chickadee Nov 22 Thurs John Wayne Red River Humphrey Bogart Treasure of Sierra Madre Nov 23 ThufS Marten* Dietrich Morocco Gary Cooper Beau Goste Nov 24 Sat 1 Jack L em mon Some Like It Hot Kirk Douglas Paths of Glory V Nov 25 Sun 1 Charlie Chaplin 1 City Lights 1 Charlie Chaplin 1 King of 1 New York Nov 26 Mon Humphrey Bogart The Big Sleep Humphrey Bogart To Have And To Have Not Nov 27 Tues Gary Cooper High Noon Jose Ferrer Cyrano deBergerac Nov 28 Wed Ingrtd Bergman Gaslight Frede rich March Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Nov 29 Louise Reiner The Great Ziegfieid Newsreels Nov 30 Fri CharH* Chaplin Gold Rush Chart* Chaplin Modem Times Dec 1 Sat Busby Berkeley Footiight Parade Talluleb Bankheed Lifeboat 1 Nov 2 Sun Paul Muni 1 The Good Earth 1 James Cagney 1 Hard to Handle Nov 3 Mon Spencer Tracy Adam s Rib Lana Turner The Bad and The BeauMui Dec 4 Tues Charles Dickens Great Expectations W.C Fields it s A Gih Dec 5 Wed Orson Welle* Touch of Evil Fay Wray Four Feathers Dec 6 Thurs Man Brothers At The Circus Marx Brothers Big Store Dec 7 Fr, Errol Flynn Captam Blood John GarlVetd Sea Wolf Dec 6 Sat Charlie Chaplin Mon Verdoux Charlie Chaplin King of New fort Shown daily at The Peachtree Playhouse, 1150 Peachtree BUY COUPON BOOKS AND SAVE" 6 $1.00 Coupons for $5.00 Good anytime, anyhow For Information Call 252-8960 Make check payable THEATER OF THE STARS P O Box 11748 Atlanta Georgia 30305 Please send me S5 coupon books Name Address City Stl Schedule su>/ecf to last t>On ol film m shipping nule change due to condi THE MROFMLE Volume LX Number 2 News Briefs AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE - DECATUR, GEORGIA 30030, October 12, 1973 DR. PERRY REVEALS BSA practical courses by MARENE EMANUEL Know how to change a tire? How about checking your oil? For you who own a car, but depend solely on the gas station to keep it in repair, or for you who want to have something to talk about on that blind date, we have just the thing for you. On October 18th and 25th, BSA begins the first in a series of practical courses with a class in auto mechanics. The class, to be conducted by Mr. Henry Harris, will cover the basic fundamentals of car repair and safety. Mr. Harris, a teacher at Clayton Junior College, has previously taught a "Women on Wheels" course at the Atlanta YWCA. To be held in the Rebeccah' Reception Room at 7:30-8:30 p.m., the course promises to be both entertain- ing and informative for everyone. More of these classes, including consumer information and in- come tax courses, are to be sponsored by BSA during the entire year. Check upcoming issues of the Profile for details. Student artwork at High by MARENE EMANUEL Three Agnes Scott students have had their entries accepted at the semi-annual jury show held at the High Museum in Atlanta. Sept. 24, Ann Kerner, Margaret Williams, and Mary Anne Bleker submitted their work for judging. The following day, their designs were accepted by the jury. Any artist may enter his paintings and/or craftwork in the compe- tition held in the spring and fall of each year. All entries are con- sidered by the jury of artists and critics. Those accepted are put up for sale in the art shop at the High. Prices are set by the artists themselves before their work is judged. Accepted pieces may be offered for sale from three to six months. Anyone interested in buying a few new pieces or in seeing a display of fine artwork in which Scott is represented is encouraged to visit the art shop at the High Museum. Three profs released; enrollment the cause AAUP meeting All members of the Faculty are invited to attend the first meeting of the year of the Agnes Scott Chapter of the American Association of University Professors, on Tuesday, October 16, in the Faculty Club. There will be coffe at 4:30 before the program begins at 5:00. The program will be an informal exchange of views with President Perry concerning the role of AAUP on this campus. by JOYCE McKEE "In a time of below-average enrollments in many colleges, in- cluding Agnes Scott, the College has found it necessary to reduce by one member three of its largest departments," President Marvin Perry stated in an inter- view for the Profile. Agnes Scott rnft^t also maintain flexibility in the faculty. For these reasons, last year three members of the faculty were given terminal one- year appointments. They are: Martin Bordener, instructor in biology; David Robson, assistant professor of history; and Mark Siegchrist, assistant professor of English. The decision to make these three appointments terminal was made by former president Wallace M. Alston in conjunc- tion with Julia Gary, Dean of Faculty. Dr. Perry emphasized that this decision in no way re- flects a dissatisfaction with these faculty members nor does it sig- nal the beginning of wholesale cuts in the faculty. Dr. Perry al- so believes that course offerings by the History, Biology, and English Departments will not be adversely affected. Dr. Perry explained the rationale for the decision is two- fold. First, with decreased en rollment the student-faculty ratio has fallen to approximately 7:1. 10:1 is considered an excel- lent ratio. Also, over two-thirds Y^y/^x- Coa.c\a i h UOGTM AVE. he of the ASC faculty is tenured. Once an individual becomes ten- ured, he or she may not be re- leased except for "moral turpi- tude" or "gross incompetence". As more faculty become ten- ured, flexibility is lost. Student interests change and therefore some specialties are in greater demand. The ability to hire to fit changing academic interests is one advantage of having a fac- ulty that is not so highly ten- ured. Retiring from the faculty next year are: Florence Dunstan, professor of Spanish; M. Kathryn Glick, professor of clas- sical languages and literatures; and Roberta Winter, professor of speech and drama. Richard Wolters, assistant professor of philosophy, will also be leaving. Dr. Perry pointed out that re- placements are planned for these four departments. Dr. Perry expressed his inten- tion of improving faculty salaries and fringe benefits. He also stated that these changes in fac- ulty are being made in accord- ance with the procedure recom- mended by the American Associ- ation of University Professors. Dr. Perry also revealed that he and the Scholarship Commit- tee will be examining the work/ study scholarship program. Cur- rently, a student must accept work to receive a grant-in-aid. Also, each job is valued the same whether it is hostess duty, li- brary work, or switchboard duty, etc. The program which Dr. Perry and others will be considering in- volves paying each student di- rectly without hinging accept- ance of a job to receiving a grant-in-aid. Jobs would be graded with the pay scale deter- mined by the skills needed. Pre- ference would be given to scho- larship students, but any student could apply for a position which was left unfilled. This provision would help the college since more job hours are available than student service hours. Dr. Perry emphasized that Agnes Scott today offers any student financial help, commensurate with the need level set by the College Scholarship Service, so that no student need ever turn Agnes Scott down because of lack of money. Dr. Perry stated that Agnes Scott has a substantial and heal- thy endowment. With decreased enrollment, students are now paying less than half of what is needed to run the college. Dr. Perry stated that with full enroll- ment (around 750), students would account for "a fairer share of the annual Agnes Scott budget." A decision to raise tuition for the 1974-1975 school (continued on page 2) Dean Jones on current changes for work program One reason for examining the work/study scholarship program is the declining number of parti- cipants due to decreased enroll- ment: 1971- 1972 176 participants 1972- 1973 158 participants 1972-1974 131 participants To help alleviate the shortage, changes in allotment of student service hours were made. Each dormitory opens at 3 p.m. and guests may enter the lobby; however, the hostess desk is un- attended until 4 p.m. Another individual has been employed to cover the switchboard so fewer student service hours would be required; the bookstore has also hired a new person. In an interview with the Pro- file, Dean of Students Roberta Jones said the proposal for a re- vamping of the program merited serious considerations because of: 1) educational benefits as the student manages her money and her time 2) higher morale among those who do student service work 3) the possibility that more kinds of jobs could be opened to students 4) the possibility that fewer students would seek off- campus employment 5) enough students seeking jobs could fill all positions. Dean Jones also noted that the proposed change in system would increase the work of the Treasurer's Office in making the payroll. PAGE 2 THE PROFILE / October 12, 1973 A question of balance HERE AND NOW No department is eager to dismiss one of its members for simply economic reasons. There is of course no evidence of "gross incom- petence" or "moral turpitude" here; the story on page 1 makes clear the problems of inflation and low enrollment. In turn, no student is happy to find that there will no longer be someone to teach certain courses which she is interested in taking. Especially when they involve her major. Two of the affected depart- ments, though suffering definite losses, will be able to compensate for this without drastically reducing their offerings. In the biology department two positions will be combined in such a way that one person can do the work. In English there are two faculty members for almost every specialized field. By redistributing the course load the department can still offer a balanced variety of courses. It does not require a history major, however, to appreciate the degree to which the history department would be weakened by the removal of one half of the American history personnel. Prospective students, which we need to attract if we are to solve our basic problems, would be less than sufficiently impressed by the restric- tions in this area, particularly those contemplating a major in it. A proposed American studies program centered around history would be impossible, as well as plans for a fitting observance of the nation's bicentennial (if enrollment were still not large enough by that time). In short, the department would be seriously handicapped (even more so than the others) without someone to fill the position to be vacated. I. am not qualified to suggest alternatives as far as other departments are concerned. Perhaps there are non-academic corners which may be cut withless harm to the foundation of Agnes Scott's reputation. But the decision is not irrevocable. Yet without the expression of carefully considered opinion it might as well be. What is your reaction? You tell us, and we'll tell everyone else. jan Fredrickson Editor 1 SUBSCRIBE TO THE PROFILE Have it sent to family, friends, strangers, anybody. $2.50 per year. I NAME OF SUBSCRIBER I SEND TO. ADDRESS. I L Please return this form to Box 764. THE MROFiLE AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE - DECATUR, GA. 30030 THE PROFILE is published weekly throughout the college year by students of Agnes Scott College. Th views expressed in the editorial section are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the view of the administration or the student body. Permission is given to reprint if credited. Entered as first class mail at the Agnes Scott Post Office. EDITOR / Jan Fredrickson ASSOCIATE EDITOR / Joyce McKee BUSINESS MANAGER / Mary Jane Warren CIRCULATION MANAGER / Marianne Brinker STAFF: Susan Balch, Lucy Brockman, Rose Ann Clevehnd, Ann Fincher, Eva Gantt, Genie Laster, Angelynn McGuff, Patty Pear- son, Bonnie Pedersen, Eleanor Phelps, Christine Wilson. Is man's will really free? by ANGELYNN McGUFF Twentieth century man often does not know what to believe about what man is. But modern man's thinking on this subject can be divided into several classes of thought. One point of view (atheism) says that imper- sonal sources, plus time, plus chance, produced man. Because atheism gives no source which is adequate for making freewill in man, it leaves no room for be- lieving that man makes genuine decisions of 8ny kind. Another point of view (pan- theism) believes that God and the things in the universe are one and the same. God is non- personal an It instead of a He. An It cannot makes choices; therefore, It cannot be the source of anyone who can make choices. A third view (agnosticism) simply declines to answer, or be- Dr. Perry (continued from page 1) year has not yet been made. Dr. Perry, however, pointed out that if tuition is increased, the amount of financial aid available will also be increased. Among improvements which are planned for the physical plant and scheduled to begin this year are the addition of uniform signs for the buildings, improved lighting, the renovation of some walks and planting of shrubs and trees. Planned for the immediate future is the approximately $400,000 renovation of the li- brary including air-conditioning, some carpeting, and new, more comfortable furniture. Dr. Perry stated that he hopes Gaines Chapel and Maclean can also be air-conditioned to be available for conferences this summer. Using the college for conferences would keep parts of the physical plant in constant operation, give staff which are now without jobs in the summer an opportunity for year-round employment, and create oppor- tunities for people to become better acquainted with ASC. Hopefully, Dr. Perry com- mented, one of the larger dorms can also be air-conditioned to make the college even more attractive for summer guests. URGENT! TUCKER CADETTE GIRL SCOUT TROOP IN DESPERATE NEED OF CO-LEADER For further information call 942-4949 after 10. lieves that man is unabie to an- swer, the questions: who am I? what produced me? For this rea- son, agnosticism never answers the basic question about man: does man choose, or are man's choices illusions? The final view (Christianity) says that God is a Person a He, not an It. He is Spirit; He has a consciousness of His own exist- ence. As a Being, God can choose, and God created man (male and female) in His image so that they can choose. There- fore, man is someone; man has a consciousness; man is responsi- ble to Someone for his moral and intellectual decisions. Throughout histoty, man- made ethical systems are based on the belief that man can choose moral values; when peo- ple disagree, they act as if they can choose one ethical system over another. So the question is: why does man consistently believe in his own able-to-chooseness? The judaistic-Christian God, Who is a Person and Who can choose, is the only adequate answer for man with his able-to-chooseness. Non-personal sources - non- intellectual, non-moral sources are unlikely to produce man, who views himself as a choosing being an intellectual and a moral being. ASC grad students This list of the members of the class of 1973 in graduate school was prepared by Mortar Board. For further information on these schools and/or addresses of grads, contact Betty Binkley, Box 41. Art Bible Biology Chemistry English French History Math Music Philosophy Pat Carchidi Julia Coddington Karen Hamann Carolyn Hassett Carol MacKenzie Beth Winfrey Martha Jane Jones Betsy Watt Yee Chee Hor Susan Jones PriscillaOffen Lady Wornat Lennie Bussey Alice Faulkner Meg Lines Cindy Percival A. D. Coclin Karen Griffith Debra Williams Patty Bartlett Maureen Emmet Resa Harris Betsy Haynes Margie Richardson Martha Bell Lou Minor Laurie Gleason Jane Parsons b. o.z. B.O.Z., the creative writing club for upperclassmen, is now accepting poetry and short stories as tryout material for club membership. Interested sophomores, juniors, and seniors may submit any number of poems and/or stories to Box 45 1 . The deadline for submitting your work is Oct. 19. Join us. Cornell Medical School University of Louisville Penn. State University Va. Polytechnic Institute Emory University Med. School, Tulane Univ. McMaster University Univ. of Ala. Med. 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Write: George Holley PMB 94596 Atlanta, Ga. 30315 Ed Fallis PMB 33592 Atlanta, Ga. 30315 (U.S. Federal Prisoners) THE PROFILE / October 12, 1973 Martin to perform at Presser Hall Raymond Martin, professor of music at Agnes Scott, will give an organ recital on Tuesday, October 16, 1973, at 8:15 P. M. in Presser Hall. The first part of the program will be on the Schlicker Organ in MacLean and the second half on the Austin Organ in Gaines. The program will be only an hour in length and informal dress is en- couraged for students. The Music Department is trying to encourage students to attend music events on campus without feeling they have to dress up and lose a whole evening of study. PAGE 3 FIVE MINISTERIAL COUNSELORS PROGRAM NICOLAUS BRUHNS (1665-1697) Prelude and Fugue in E Minor Bruhns, a student of Dietrich Buxtehude, composed for chorus, strings and keyboard in- struments. He was a virtuoso performer on the organ, the violin and the vioi da gamba, and was fond of such stunts as play- ing the violin and accompanying himself on the organ pedals at the same time. Fritz Stein writes that "his compositions, though constructed in many sections with frequently changing measures, are held together by an audacious baroque-like fan- tasy which may have appealed to the young Bach who . . . was among those who took Bruhns' work as a model." W. A. MOZART (1756-1791) Andante in F (K. 616) In addition to Church Sona- tas for organ and instruments, Mozart wrote three composi- tions for a "flute clock," a small organ of flute pipes operated by clockwork, which was a popular mechanical device in 18th cen- tury Germany. The Andante was composed May 4, 1791, in Vi- enna, only a few months before his death. JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750) Sonata VI in G (S. 530) Bach wrote six trio sonatas for two manuals and pedals for his eldest son, Wilhelm Fried- man. Their charm lies in the melodies, the close and animated interplay of voices, and the ease and flow of the polyphony. Al- bert Schweitzer states that "for the connoisseur there is hardly purer aesthetic delight than to pursue these three contrapuntal lines so free and yet so bound by the laws of beauty through their delightful intertwining, to say nothing of the perfection of the themes." MARCEL DUPRfe (1886-1971) Magnificat V. He remembering his mercy hath holpen his servant Israel VI. Gloria (Finale) Celebrated all over the world for his brilliant playing and extraordinary improvisations, Marcel Dupre as a composer is known chiefly to organists, who appreciate his creative gifts as much as the audiences of Europe and America admired his play- ing. These two musical portray- als of texts from the Song of Mary, or Magnificat, are from the composer's Fifteen Pieces for Organ Founded on Antiphons, Opus 18, written in 1920. Schlicker Organ, 1970 INTERMISSION RICHARD STEWART (1942 -) Prelude for Organ and Tape The young composer was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and holds degrees from Baldwin - Wallace College and Union Theological Seminary. He is cur- rently Associate Professor of Music at Grand Rapids Baptist College and Seminary, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Mr. Stewart writes the following preface to the score of this interestingly constructed piece: "The sounds on the tape are all concrete (as opposed to synthesized) and are taken from small practice organs at Union Theological Seminary. The flute-like reverberating notes in the notes in the first, second, and last sections were made by drawing all Choir, Great, and Swell 8' Flutes, coupling Swell to Great, then holding the desired note or notes on the Swell while tapping them in steady rhvthm on the Great. Since the different pitches had to be made to fade in and out at different times by manipulating the recorder's volume control, four tapes had to be made and mixed together to produce the final result. The low notes in the third section were produced by dropping the recorder's micro- phone down 16' Bourdon pipes to gather a steady tone of the desired pitches, then turning this steady tone into repeated notes by operating the volume control during playback. The high tones were produced by recording rapidly-played 8' Principal tones, then increasing the tape recorder speed by four times." CESAR FRANCK (1822-1890) Grand Piece Symphonique A n dan tin o Serioso Allegro non troppo e maestoso Andante Allegro - Andante Allegro Franck's classes at the Paris Conservatory won for him the title of "Father of the Modern French School of Composition and Organ Playing." This symphonic suite demonstrates the exquisite harmonies and tonal colors of Franck. The opening theme is developed in sonata form. In the middle group a lyrical, chromatic melody is followed by a scherzo- like movement after which the lyrical melody reappears. Final- ly, a suggestion of each of the themes leads to a reappearance of the initial theme, reinforced by sounding in major key, and ending in a thrilling climax. WANTED Last reported to be roaming around campus rapping with stu- dents. Often sighted in the vici- nity of Room 3 Main (the last date parlor on the left as you walk down the hall toward the McKinney Room). Should be ap- proached without caution. Are armed only with a smile. and an open ear. Those students wishing to apprehend should hold up on sight. Reward posted is a time to talk, gripe, and unload your mind on five of the world's best listeners. Your reward can be claimed by appointment or by dropping in during these hours: MONDAYS: Caroline Leach, Presbyterian Chaplain / Hours: 3-5 in Room 3 Main. TUESDAYS: Dwight Pearce, Baptist Cha- plain / Hours: 3-5 in Room 3 Main, will be in the Dining Hall during dinner on alternate weeks. JOSEPH GEN I ESSE, Roman Catholic Chaplain; CAROLINE LEACH, Presbyterian Chaplain; BILL JOHNSTON, Presbyterian Chaplain; STAN McGRAW, Episcopalian Chaplain; DWIGHT PEARCE, Baptist Chaplain. WEDNESDAYS: Stan McGraw, Episcopalian Chaplain / Hours: 3-5 Room 3 Main, Communion at 5:20 in McKinney, Dinner at 6:00 in the Dining Hall. THURSDAYS: Joseph Geniesse, Roman Ca- tholic Chaplain / Hours: Lunch in the Dining Hall, Room 3 Main until 4:00. Bill Johnston, Presbyterian Chaplain / Hours: Will be on campus on Thursday evenings. Watch for him in the Dining Hall on Thursday nights. If you wish to make an ap- pointment, just drop a note sta- ting the time you wish in the box outside Room 3 Main. Teacher Exams scheduled College seniors preparing to teach school may take the Na- tional Teacher Examinations on any of the four different test dates announced by Educational Testing Service, a nonprofit, ed- ucational organization which prepares and administers this testing program. New dates for the testing of prospective teachers are: Novem- ber 10, 1973, and January 26, April 6, and July 20, 1974. The tests will be given at nearly 500 locations throughout the United States, ETS said. Results of the National Teacher Examinations are used by many large school districts as one of several factors in the selection of new teachers and by several states for certification or licensing of teachers. Some col- leges also require all seniors pre- paring to teach to take the examinations. The school sys- tems and state departments of education which use the examin- ation results are listed in an NTE leaflet entitled Score Users which may be obtained by writ- ing to ETS. On each full day of testing, prospective teachers may take the Common Examinations which measure their professional preparation and general educa- tional background and an Area Examination which measures their mastery of the subject they expect to teach. Prospective teachers should contact the school systems in which they seek employment, or their colleges, for specific advice on which examinations to take and on which dates they should be taken. The Bu/leting of Information for Candiadates contains a list of test centers, and information Academy Theatre needs ushers and box office help. Sorry, no pay, but you get to see the most exciting plays being done in Atlanta. Thurs- days, Fridays, and Saturday nights. Can volunteer for one night weekly only. Call 261-8550. HAVE YOU TRIED KETTLE PANCAKES? Scotties Buy 1 order, gel I free with this Ad. 24-Hour Service 7 Days a Week w * * KETTLE RESTAURANT SUBURBAN PLAZA 2555 N. Decatur Rd. 1 1 so Patronized by Emory Students about the examinations, as well as a Registration Form. Copies may be obtained from college placement officers, school per- sonnel departments, or directly from National Teacher Examina- tions, Box 911, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey 08540. Sign up for Duran competition For the second year in a row the Masland Duraleather Com- pany of Philadelphia, Pa., offers Agnes Scott students a chance to compete in the Masland Duran Cover Girl Program. "What's this?" you say. Just ask Mary Anne Shirley, national 1973 winner from Agnes Scott College. She can tell you about the $2,000 she won in scholar- ships, the experiences she had in the fascinating world of home furnishings and interior design, and the exciting trips she made across the entire U.S.A. Anyone here at Scott may en- ter. If you are interested sign up now in the Dean of Students' office for an interview to be given on Oct. 16 and 17. Further details are available in the Dean of Students' office. Remember, there will definitely be a winner from Agnes Scott and she may be you! We invited a few friends for dinner and they helped clean up the Genesee River. With the aid of a few thousand pounds of microorga- nisms, we're helping to solve the water pollution problem in Rochester. Maybe the solution can help others. What we did was to combine two processes in a way that gives us one of the most efficient water-purifying sys- tems private industry has ever developed. One process is called "activated sludge," developed by man to accelerate nature's microorganism adsorption. What this means is that for the majority of wastes man can produce, there is an organism waiting somewhere that will happily assimilate it. And thrive on it. The breakthrough came when Kodak scientists found a way to combine the activated sludge process with a trickling filter process and optimized the combination. We tested our system in a pilot plant for five years. ( At Kodak, we were working on environmental improvement long before it made headlines.) And the pilot project worked so well, we built a ten-million-dollar plant that can purify 36-million gallons of water a day. Governor Rockefeller called this "the biggest volun- tary project undertaken by private industry in support of New York State's pure-water program." Why did we do it? Partly because we're in business to make a profit-and clean water is vital to our business. But in furthering our own needs, we have helped further society's. And our business depends on society. We hope our efforts to cope with water pollution will inspire others to do the same. And, we'd be happy to share our water-purifying information with them. We all need clean water. So we all have to work together. Kodak More than a business. THE MROFMLE Volume LX - No. 3 AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE - DECATUR, GEORGIA 30030. October 19, 1973 Crime prevention forum to be held here by EVA GANTT Agnes Scott is hosting a five- part Crime Prevention Forum designed to "equip the business- man or the private citizen with information needed to protect himself, his personal property, and his business." Tutoring at Beacon School by ANN FINCHER Armed with two Superman comics, a box of reading flash cards, and a can of yellow acryl- ic paint (washable), a Scott stu- dent leaves the campus heading for Beacon Elementary School in Decatur. She is one of approx- imately seventy students who are participating in the Agnes Scott/Beacon School Program, an educational program spon- sored by the education depart- ment. The program allows Agnes Scott students the experience of "teaching" and provides fifth and sixth graders at Beacon with some individualized instruction. While tutoring by Scott stu- dents is not new, some changes have occurred this year. In the past, participants have worked in eight elementary schools in the Decatur area. This method of operation had disadvantages due to the inability to transport eas- ily lab materials from the educa- tion department and to the re- strictions put on the availability of department members, who had to divide their time among eight schools. Last spring, Marge Ammons, of the Education Department, discovered an unused wing in Beacon Elementary School and approached Dr. Vee Simmons, Assistant Superintendent of De- catur schools, about the possi- bility of consolidating the pro- gram. The possibility became reality, and during the summer the city of Decatur painted eight class rooms for the use of the Agnes Scott/Beacon School Pro- gram. (Continued on page 3) Two programs directed to- ward businessmen will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 23 and Tues- day, Oct. 30; those programs for private citizens will take place on Thursday, Oct. 25 and Thurs- day, Nov. 1. Each program, con- sisting of three twenty-minute presentations followed by a question and answer period, be- gins at 7: 1 5 in Gaines Chapel. Shoplifting and shrinkage, presented by businessman Buck Shaw; identification and bad checks, by businessman Bruce Potts; and confrontation, bur- glary and robbery, by Ray Tant and Charlie Staples of the De- Kalb police department, are the topics to be discussed at the Oct. 23 program. DeKalb Police Chief Dick Hand will preside, while Dr. William W. Weber, assistant professor of economics at Agnes Scott, will deliver the welcome. Businessman Hugh Buerke will discuss personal protection; James Whitford and Erick Moran of the DeKalb Police department will explore identification tech- niques; and Ray Tant will deal with property protection at the program on Oct. 25.' Business- man Tom Helton will preside and Dr. Augustus Cochran, Ag- nes Scott assistant professor of political science, will make open- ing remarks. At the programs on Oct. 30 and Nov. 1, businessman Len Wright wili discuss security systems; Charlie Staples will de- liver a presentation on the poly- gragh system; and Bill Olsen, le- gal advisor for the DeKalb police department, will explore the le- gal aspects of crime prevention. Businessman Burt Scott will pre- side at the Oct. 30 program, and Dr. Paul Mills, Agnes Scott asso- ciate professor of sociology, will give the welcome. Erick Moran will preside at the private citi- zens' program on Nov. 1, and Connie Jones, visiting professor in sociology at Agnes Scott, will open the program. Background of crime, pre- sented by Charles Ekinrode of the University of Georgia and Marvin Marcus of Georgia State University, and the corrections system, by Dr. Alan Ault of the Georgia Department of Correc- tions and Jim Henderson, war- den at the Atlanta federal peni- tentiary, were the topics covered at the opening program of the Crime Prevention Forum on Wednesday, Oct. 17. Dr. Marvin B. Perry, Jr., of Agnes Scott de- livered opening remarks, and P.K. Garmon of DeKalb Com- munity College presided. English Dept. publishes Donne by JOYCE McKEE That Subtile Wreath: Lec- tures Presented at the Quatro- centenary of the Birth of John Donne will be published in mid- November by Agnes Scott Col- lege. Margaret W. Pepperdene, Chairman of the Department of English, is the editor of the approximately 64-page, hard- cover book. The volume encompasses the entire program from the Donne symposium held in winter quar- ter of the 1971-72 school year. Dr. Wallace M. Alton's intro- duction is included explaining the James Ross McCain Lecture- ship which the celebration in- augurated. Mrs. Pepperdene has written a foreword which com- ments on each of the lecturers. That Subtile Wreath contains the lectures: "Formal Wit in the Songs and Sonnets," presented by Professor Frank Manley of the Emory University Depart- ment of English; "The Autobio- graphical Narrator," by Pro- fessor Patricia Pinka from Agnes Scott College; and "Donne's Anniversaries Revisited," by Pro- fessor Louis Martz from Yale University. The book is unique in that it includes an annotated biblio- graphy from Mr. Martz begin- ning with his first essay on the (Continued on page 4) News Briefs La Table Caree La Table Caree announces a party at 6:45, Tues., Oct. 23 at the home of Ben Bao, 21 1 Avery Street. Chantal Hupe, instructor in residence on the French Corri- dor, will sing and play the guitar, and Mr. Bao will show some slides of France. All 01 and 101 French students are invited. Mr. Bao has recently joined the faculty of Agnes Scott as an instructor in French and head of the language lab. voice recital Deanna Penland Ramsey, a soprano, will present her senior voice recital, accompanied by Elinor Perkins, Sun., Oct. 21, at 3:00 in Maclean. Immediately following the program is a recep- tion in Rebekah Reception Room. Deanna comments that this is her last quarter at the college and says, "I greatly look forward to being able to spend more time with my husband Richard and my little girl Rosemary who will be two in January." The public and college com- munity are invited. Molho to speak Monsieur Raphael Molho, visiting professor in the Depart- ment of French, will deliver a lecture, in French, entitled "Proust ou le Salut Par L'Ecri- ture" at 7:15 p.m. in Maclean on Mon., Oct. 22. Monsieur Molho is a professor of the history of French litera- ture and director of the French Department of the Universite de Paris-X. He has taught in France, Great Britain, West Germany, Canada, Israel, and the United States. His books include L 'Ordre et les tenebres. While at Agnes Scott, Monsieur Molho is teaching both Novels of Andre Malraux and French Romanti- cism. The campus community is in- vited to attend the lecture. Invi- tations have also been extended to professors and students of French in colleges and univers- ities throughout Georgia. Ma- dame Molho will also attend the lecture. sr. pictures An appointment list for Sen- ior pictures to be used in the Sil- houette has been placed on the Senior bulletin board in the mailroom. All seniors are re- sponsible for making their own appointments. In addition to making an appointment, each student should call the photo- grapher to make sure she is aware that you signed up and to tell her where the picture will be made. Fifteen minutes should be allowed for each appointment. For an off-campus picture, each student must provide her own transportation. Students who plan to provide their own photograph should make sure it is a high quality black and white picture. Snap- shots should be avoided if at all possible. The deadline for Senior candid shots is Nov. 1 3. UFW dinner A benefit dinner for the United Farm Workers will be held on Monday, October 22, 1973 between 5:00 and 9:00 p.m. at the Morningstar Inn lo- cated at 1451 Oxford Rd. N.E. The cost for the "all you can eat" vegetarian dinner will be $1 .50 per person. The proceeds will be used to help support 700 striking farm workers who have traveled to every major city across this country and Canada to work on the UFW's boycott of grapes and lettuce. The public is cordially in- vited. If you can't attend but would like to send a contribu- tion or would like more informa- tion contact the United Farm Workers at 325 Second Ave. S.E., Atlanta, Ga. 30317 or call 373-0201. PAGE 2 THE PROFILE / October 19, 1973 IF YOU CRAM IT IN ALL AT ONCE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK AT IT. Scholarship & cars why not? You may have noticed that campus parking lots aren't as full this year as they were last year. One reason is that the rule that students on scholarships are not allowed to have cars on campus is being enforced. At first glance this seems fair. Why should students have scholar ships when the money they spend on their cars could be used to pay tuition? Surely if someone is well enough off to pay for a car plus gas and insurance for it she can afford to pay her way to ASC if even without a car. But what about the student who buys a car at a relatively low price with her own hard-earned money? There seems little reason for denying her the fruits of her labor simply because her family is not able to afford the full cost of college expenses. A student who holds an off-campus job which requires automo- bile transportation may be able to earn enough to pay for the car that gets her there. If she is able to keep up with'her studies and do her scholarship work as well as hold down another job, she should be able to spend this extra money as she pleases (you can't do that with scholarship money). Whether or not she spends it on a car is her own business. It's not as if students don't work for what they're getting. The work students do saves hiring full-time employees who would be more expensive in the long run and who wouldn't be paying thou- sands of dollars to come here. Jan Fredrickson Editor THE MROFILE AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE - DECATUR, GA. 30030 THE PROFILE is published weekly throughout the college year by students of Agnes Scott College. The views expressed in the editorial section are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the view of the administration or the student body. Permission is given to reprint if credited. Entered as first class mail at Agnes Scott Post Office. EDITOR / Jan Fredrickson ASSOCIATE EDITOR / Joyce McKee BUSINESS MANAGER / Mary Jane Warren CIRCULATION MANAGER / Marianne Brinker PHOTOGRAPHY / Genie Laster STAFF: Susan Balch, Lucy Brockman, Rose Ann Cleveland, Ann Fincher, Eva Gantt, Angelynn McGuff, Patty Pearson, Bonnie Pederson, Eleanor Phelps, Christine Wilson. World Campus Afloat: Join Us! Sails each September & February. This is the way you've always wanted to learn . . . and should. Combine accredited study with a fascinating semester of travel to Africa, Austral- asia, the Orient, and the Americas. Over 8500 students from A50 colleges have already participated. Financial aid is available. Write now for free catalog WCA, Chapman College Box 1000, Orange, CA 92666 May 25, 1973 Miss Martha Foltz P.O. Box 194 Miss Susan Freeman P.O. Box 202 Miss Judy Hamilton P.O. Box 238 Dear Martha, Susan, and Judy: This is to acknowledge your letter of May 23 addressed to The Profile and to Dr. Alston and me, in which you register disappointment in our reaction to the report on the health ser- CHAPLAINS' CORNER vice. Both Dr. Alston and I regret your feeling that your efforts as well as the concerns of students have been ignored. We realize that many service projects do go unrecognized or unacknow- ledged. However, in the case of the 1972 study of the college health service, we can assure you that a great deal of time and de- liberation has been given to your report. Your statement on page 6 of the report regarding the "system of fees" and clarification of what is included in the "fee system" was given careful con- sideration at the time we were studying the report as well as when we revised copy for the catalogue. Your suggestion to clarify "ordinary" service was, indeed, a good one. However, after consideration it seemed un- wise to be more explicit in the catalogue. Certain examinations, routine nursing care, and certain drugs are usually considered "or- dinary," but there are also num- erous variations and exceptions. For this reason we decided to re- tain the more general statement. We know the weeks and months ahead will be challenging for you, and we wish you happi- ness and success in all your en- deavors. Sincerely, (Miss) Roberta K. Jones Dean of Students Need to look beyond halo effect by BILL JOHNSTON Edi tor's note Bill Johnston is Presbyterian chaplain for Agnes Scott students. The halo effect is a term used in management to describe a very common phenomenon. It is the tendency to evaluate some- body's contribution on the basis of whether or not we like them rather than on a more objective basis. Thus, we would note that often people do not learn any- thing from a certain professor, not because the professor has nothing of merit to contribute, but because they do not hold the professor in esteem. Or, Charlie's selfishness and imma- turity may be overlooked be- cause he is so handsome. Initially it might seem that this is a good thing for us, if we are blessed with personality or other factors that would add to our halo effect, and damaging only if we are not so blessed. However, regardless of where we most commonly find ourselves, the halo effect must be reckoned with because it robs us of what is essential for growth, the appli- cation of honesty. For eventually, even the most admiring young lady is going to have to face the true character of Charlie, though it may be painfully late. Or the 'girl who turns heads may find that she never developed anything else to give her life a deeper meaning. Or we lose what a professor may have to offer us, because we couldn't get beyond the halo effect. One thing that some of us have had to learn is that we need our critics every bit as much as we need our admirers, person- ally, professionally, and nation- ally. Though it may seem strange, we may learn more from our enemies than we do from our friends, if we can get beyond the halo effect. In my understanding of Christian theology, it is grace and not perfection that is essen- tial to my sense of relationship with God. I have often pondered th statement, "and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free," for it means that I can be free from both the positive or negative halo effect that prevents my growth. L 11 1 1 1 ITT I THEATER OF THE STARS # fl CO1rilKit<| lo h pubJx: pood TO DAY FRIDAY THE MARX BROS. DUCKSOUP 3:30 6:10 8:50 11 THE MARX BROS. COCONUTS 4:45 7:25 10:05 12:45 30 SATURDAY vlARLON BRANDO ON THE WATERFRONT 2:30 6:21 10:12 MARLON BRANDO VIVA ZAPATA 4:23 8:14 12:10.. MONDAY CHARLIE CHAPLIN LIMELIGHT 3:30 7:38 11:46 CHARLIE CHAPLIN GOLDRUSH 5:58 10:06 WEDNESDAY BORIS KARLOFF FRANKENSTEIN 3:30 6:06 8:42 11:18 BELA LUGOSI DRACULA 4:46 7:20 9:58 12:34 SUNDAY FRED ASTAIR GINGER ROGERS GAY DIVORCEE 2:30 5:50 9:10 12:28 JEAN HARLOW RED DUST 4:22 7:42 11:02 TUESDAY W. C. FIELDS DAVID COPPERFIELD 3:30 7:02 10:31 MARIE DRESSLER WALLACE BEERY MIN AND Bill 5:48 9:20 THURSDAY BETTE DAVIS ALL ABOUT EVE 3:30 7:33 11:36 JUDY GARLAND EASFER PARADF 5:45 9:48 THE MROFILE Volume LX - Number 5 AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE - DECATUR, GEORGIA 30030, November 2, 1973 Convocation Schedule November 7 informal session in Rebekah with President Perry November 14. Ms. Joan Crawford, managing director of Atlanta's Lord and Taylor, to speak on careers for women during National Career week November 21 free Thanksgiving holidays begin at noon November 28 Mrs. O.T. Clarke, an alumna, to speak on Decatur's sesquicentennial December 5 free - preregistration for winter and spring quarters birth/death seminar RENAISSANCE PHILOSOPHY TOPIC Georgia State lectures; P. O. Kristeller to speak The Renaissance scholar Paul Oskar Kristeller will deliver two lectures at Georgia State Univer- sity Nov. 5-6. * 4 Ethics in Renaissance Thought" will be the topic ot the Columbia University profes- sor's lecture at 8 p.m. Mon., Nov. 5 in the Recital Hall, Art and Music Building on the Geor- gia State campus. The 2:30 p.m. lecture of Tues., Nov. 6, entitled "Renaissance Platonism," will be given in Sparks Building. Mr. Kristeller, a German na- tive, received his first doctoral degree from the University of Heidelberg. When Hitler came to power, the scholar emigrated to Italy where he earned his second doctorate from the University of Pisa. With the outbreak of World War II, Mr. Kristeller emigrated to the United States, married a physician, was naturalized and joined the Department of Philo- sophy of Columbia University. For 34 years, Mr; Kristeller has taught at Columbia, the last fif- teen as Woodbridge Professor of Philosophy. The scholar is noted both for his understanding of the Renais- sance and his many books which make Renaissance thought acces- sible to students. His name is synonymous with Renaissance philosophy and scholarship. Professor Kristeller has been honored by membership in many learned societies of Ameri- ca and Europe. Three times has participated in the Institute for Advance Studies at Princeton University; he has been a Gug- genheim Fellow, and is a mem- ber of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has been honored by the British Aca< as recipient of the Serena r for Italian Studies. The Georgia State Student Government Association Ly- ceum is sponsoring Mr. Kristel- ler. His coming is due to the ini- tiative of the Departments of English, Foreign Languages, His- tory and Philosophy. by ANN FINCHER In a weekly, two-hour sem- inar entitled "Birth and Death," Paul Mills, Chairman of the Soci- ology Department, and five sen- iors are examining two traumatic cultural experiences - birth and death. The seminar focuses parti- cularly on the roles these two experiences play in American society. The seminar features exten- sive reading to establish broad perspective, and field trips to provide first hand experience. Thus far, the focus of the semi- nar has been death. Associated' field trips included participation in a conference on Sudden In- fant Death Syndrome held at Emory University. The confer- ence, sponsored by the local chapter of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, enabled participants to examine through workshops physiological, psychological, and religious aspects of the syn- drome. Mr. Mills pointed out that parents are also victimized by the syndrome, not only emo- tionally but sometimes legally. Mr. Mills cited cases in which parents of victims of the syn- drome have been arrested and even imprisoned for child abuse. The seminar members have also visited Our Lady of Perpe- tual Help Free Cancer Home. All the patients of the home are (terminal cancer patients who are unable to pay for care. The class spoke with patients and admin- istrators of the home. The pa- tients vary in age from a six year-old with a tumor of the spine, who has been in the home since two months of age, to a former student at Agnes Scott who is now over 80. One semi- nar member noted the value of the visit in observation of not only the patients' attitudes, but also the sisters' attitudes. All the patients are aware of their ter- minal condition, and there is em- phasis on strong emotional sup- port. Mr. Mills expresses home for other field trips including a visit to a funeral home and a crema- torium. The field trips planned for the birth section of the seminar are visits to natural childbirth classes and to La Leche League, an organization advocating breast-feeding of infants. The highlight of the birth study promises to be the observation of a birth at Northside Hospital. While the field trips provide first hand experience, reading (Continued on page 3) Music Club joins Symphony's board by EVA GANTT Agnes Scott's Music Club is working on plans to incorporate a chapter of the Atlanta Symphony's proposed college board. Publicizing symphony per- formances would be the main purpose of the board; the chap- ters, to be located on college campuses in the Atlanta area, would help coordinate ushering for concerts given by the symphony. Possible projects for the college board include selling tickets on the campuses and par- ticipating in the selection of pro- grams. Interested members of Music Club have been invited to an or- ganizational meeting on Nov. 30 for making further plans about the board. Janet Sarbaugh and Becky Miller represented the Ag- nes Scott club at a preliminary meeting on Oct. 1 9. Club president Diane Beeler is "excited about working with the Atlanta Symphony." She especi- ally encourages students inter- ested in music to join the club at this time. "We want to spark a real enthusiasm for music and to make music fun." Other officers of the club are Lou Anne Cassels, vice- president; Becky Jewell, secre- tary-treasurer; and Susan Balch, Arts Council representative. Assistant Professor of Music Theodore K. Mathews, faculty advisor for Music Club, will serve as advisor for the Agnes Scott chapter of the symphony's col- lege board. Working Blackfriars still need help Work proceeds on Lady from the Sea, the Blackfriars fall quarter production. Members of cast and crew report that remain for interested students and that no one is "unacceptable because of lack of experience." The Ibsen play will be 16, 17 in Dana. plenty of jobs still presented Nov. 15, PAGE 2 The twelve steps to obnoxiousness From St. Bernard of Clairvaux to St. Agnes of Decatur: How to be obnoxious in 1 2 easy steps. Step I. Be curious - about irrelevant details. Take up valuable class time with speculations as to things of no interest to anyone else that you can find out on your own. Preface your remarks with "Is it true that . . . Am I correct in assuming ... I may be wrong but . . ." because it usually isn't true and you usually are wrong. Step II. Be frivolous - compare yourself to others, whether they be more or less intelligent or studious than you. Try to calculate how much time others spend studying; or if you prefer, study how much time others spend calculating. The benefit of both is the same. Step III. Indulge in foolish mirth - laugh loudly and raucously at anything and anybody you can find. Remember, inanity is the cri- terion, even if you have to manufacture it yourself. Step IV. Be boastfuls, - announce to anyone who happenstobe around that you have done outside reading for the whole quarter, but lament the minus affixed to your A. Step V. Emphasize your singularity - surely you have more work to do and have done more of it than anyone else. When you have gone above and beyond the call of duty to the point of no return, you are in standard brown-nosing position no. 1. To get to position no. 2, just stay where you are, buy a copy of the professor's book and quote from it in class. Step VI. Show conceit - be assured that your position as a stu- dent entitles you to assume knowledge and wisdom beyond your years. Consider who is teaching whom and what, and how you can best impede the process. Step VII. Exercise audacity - do we not have freedom of speech? Should you not vent your every whim? Never waste time with re- spect or deference; loudness always gets results. Step VIII. Make a practice of excusing sins - proclaim the drudg- ery of your work, the amount and oppressiveness of it. Moan about its impossibility to those who assign it. How can you be expected to do it? What did you come here for anyway? Step IX. Make hypocritical confessions who can hold you guil- ty if you have done everything wrong? Admit it when you are not prepared for class - after all, you had to translate 50 lines of Swahili for your advanced course. Step X. Be defiant don't let* anybody make you do anything you don't absolutely want to. Think now - who's paying to come here? The system is for those who don't think they can get away with circumventing it, so why not pit your nimble wits against it? Step XI. Take advantage of your freedom to sin - if you are lucky, you won't get caught. And you already know that sin is what you decide it will be, for who is to say how crass is crass or how loose is loose? Step XII. Partake of habitual sinning - now that you've got the hang of it, see what you can do to make heads turn and eyes roll. Obnoxiousness is the art of displaying a maximum amount of rude- ness in a minimum amount of time. See if you can set a new record; the classroom makes an excellent battlefield. Petition posted The following petition is posted in the mailroom and in the din- ing hall. It will be presented to Dr. Perry in the near future. It was drawn up by students entirely independent from the Profile. We, the undersigned, call for a reconsideration of the decision to reduce the courses presently offered by the history department. Administrative planning calls for the release of one of the two pro- fessors who concentrate in the field of American history. This will mean that half of the American history courses now available will be eliminated. The decision will also affect studies in Soviet history and historical methods. Although this is of special interest to history majors, we feel it is a matter of concern for any student interested in maintaining the academic excellence of the college. PROFILE / NOVEMBER 2, 1973 THE MROFMLE AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE DECATUR, GA. 30030 THE PROFILE is published weekly throughout the college year by students of Agnes Scott College. The views expressed in the editorial section are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the view of the administration or the student body. Permission is given to reprint if credited. Entered as first class mail at the Agnes Scott Post Office. EDITOR / Jan Fredrickson ASSOCIATE EDITOR / Joyce McKee BUSINESS MANAGER / Mary Jane Warren CIRCULATION MANAGER / Marianne Brinker STAFF: Susan Balch, Marene Emanuel, Ann Fincher, Eva Gantt, Angelyn McGuff, Patty Pearson, Bonnie Pederson. The college experience for many young people represents an opportunity to demonstrate that they are sufficiently mature to handle the situations of an adult life without the reinforce- ments of parental or community opinion. This experience of inde- pendence and the strong feeling of self-respect it engenders are crucial to a large number of young adults in their college se- lection. Agnes Scott denies this speci- fic experience by a structure of parietal rules which imply an in- ability on the part of the stu- dents to distinguish right from wrong in social situations. Or even if this ability is acknow- ledged our capacity to stand up for our convictions in the face of adversity is doubted - this defi- nitely creates a somewhat "fugi- tive and cloistered virtue". Those students who are will- ing to forego their rights as adults because an excellent edu- cation is their top priority make up the student body of Agnes Scott. The academic education they hope to receive out-values the non-scholastic education col- lege often brings. For this reason it seems ironic that the administration has chosen to cope with the problem of declining enrollment with a cutback in professors. In doing so, it appears to me that the col- lege would be crippling itself in its only attractive feature. Respectfully submitted, Melissa Stretch Lester Maddox: Scott student gets first-hand information (Editor's note Celeste Cox in- terviewed Lt. Governor Lester Maddox Oct. 17 as part of a term paper for Political Science 32 J, State and Local Govern- ment.) Lester Maddox's desire to go into politics began at an early age. He grew up in Atlanta on the "wrong side of the tracks" but wanted to be a businessman from the age of seven or eight. Maddox started seeking office after watching people campaign at various political rallies in ball parks and masonic lodges before the days of TV and radio cam- paigns. He saw that candidates talked and acted differently while cam- paigning than they did after they were elected. Little effort was made to carry out campaign promises, programs, and plat- forms. He was moved to become a candidate himself out of utter- disgust at hypocrisy and dis- honesty. Lester Maddox is the only native Atlantan ever elected gov- ernor, the only one ever elected It. governor, and the only gover- nor ever elected It. governor. A high school dropout, Mad- dox did metallurgical research, worked as an apprentice dental technician at $4.50 a week, and for the Atlanta Steel Co. for $10.00 a week. His first busi- ness, selling peanuts on the streets of Atlanta, was started with a capital investment of $4.00. According to Maddox, the "in-group" doesn't find his con- troversial political style refresh- ing; however, "Anyone not somewhat controversial is not much of anything else." Maddox says that he didn't ignore his beliefs and convictions to go along with those who feel gov- ernment is by deal, but that he would have gotten more co- operation from the national media and the political establish- ment if he had. He feels that to get their support he would have had to abandon his convictions. He states that his conflict is not with individuals, but that he de- tests hypocrisy, dishonesty, and cover-up. He goes on to say that people see the inside as well as the outside and the good as well as the bad in government. Maddox says that there is no Democratic establishment as such in Georgia, but there is a strong Democratic Party among the majority of Georgians. He says that the Executive Circle doesn't always control the major- thrust of party power. Accord- ing to him, more people in Geor- gia are becoming Independents, drifting away to support a cause and the man who represents that cause rather than the party. As governor, Maddox claims he never used the Democratic Party or its officers to get some- one else elected, but that it is done today by Governor Jimmy Carter. He adds that as governor he never supported or opposed any candidate for statewide office or let anyone in his offices do that. Maddox says that he gets more favorable treatment today by the national media than ever before. He feels that t^e Atlanta Journal and Constitution are de- CHAPLAIN'S CORNER terrents to good government be- cause they want to be opinion makers, not fact reporters; be- cause of their own biases and prejudices they are unable to see the good in a person. He also says that they oppose what they can't control; once they control a person, they feel he can do no wrong. He cites three examples of this. 1. He was not against the rapid transit bill as such, but was opposed to the waste in it. He exposed the truth about the waste, and the governor and the news media said he was anti- rapid transit. He caught them asking for billions of dollars more than was needed, and this made him angry. 2. He exposed the retirement bill, but the papers never re- ported it. A number of judges were of retirement age and were told that if they retired by July 1, 1972 they would receive re- tirement funds of $24,000 a year for the rest of their lives. If they didn't retire then, they (Continued on page 3) Evangelistic zeal causes anxiety by DWIGHT PEARCE (Editor's note Dwight Pearce is the Baptist chaplain for Agnes Scott students.) I'd been on campus for less than a week when, unan- nounced, he bopped into my office armed with Bible, a note- book, and enough agenda to keep us both busy full time for the next six months. His thing was doing "the work of the Lord," and he set about trying to enlist me in his cause, steam- roller fashion. Somehow I managed to avoid being absorbed by him, suggest- ing there are diverse ways of ministering, each with some validity. He seemed to buy this idea, but as the quarter wore on, I sense some hostility from him. When I confronted him in an effort to deal with our apparent differences, he admitted that perhaps his method of approach was not what it should be. In his solo effort to evangelize the campus he had experienced some fierce resentment. In his zeal and uptightness he was turn- ing people off, and his increased anxiety had left him pretty im- mobilized. We talked together for a long time, and he had "ears to hear." Not just that he agreed with; rather, he was willing to acknow- ledge that self-discovery is not something we can earn com- pletely on our own. It must in- clude that gift from God, a sense of security which frees a person to be in charge of his life, to be able to establish his own priori- ties, to be able to relate to others in a healthy rather than in a manipulative way - yes, to be able to say no. PROFILE / NOVEMBER 2, 1973 Peace Corps/college degree program in math and science Cultural events in the big city PAGE 3 To many college students in our nation the biggest question is how they can use their college education to benefit others with- out having a Master's or Ph.D. degree. For those freshmen and sophomores interested in math and science, the State University of New York may have the an- swer. On the campus of the State University at Brockport there exists a unique program known as the Peace Corps/College De- gree Program. The program, the only one in the U.SA., was started at Brockport in 1967, for the purpose of training teachers in the math and science areas to be stationed overseas as Peace Corps volunteers for two years. The first five years of the pro- birth/death (Continued from page J) and class discussions pose such sociological dilemmas as the morality of plastic wombs and freezing bodies. If children can be produced in plastic wombs, will women abandon natural child-bearing? What is the status of a frozen person? Is the spouse legally widowed and free to re- marry? Birth and death are similar experiences, according to Mr. Mills. Both involve separation - one is separation from the womb; the other, a separation from life. Both experiences re- quire family adjustment to gain or loss, and both represent an unknown quality in the mystery which defies pinpointing at the time of either birth or death. Maddox (Continued from page 2) would only get $12,000 a year. The purpose was to get them out of the way so that the Demo- crats presently in office could appoint who they wanted. Mad- dox had press releases printed, but the news media refused to print these. 3. He defeated the salary in- crease bill for two years, but the news media never printed the fact that they saved the tax- payers $4 million. The bill was not published until it was passed, and the It. governor was blamed since he was President of the Senate. The papers said he should have blocked it; Maddox said Governor Carter signed it but could have vetoed it. Mem- bers of the House and Senate voted for it, although they could have blocked it, but again the papers blamed Maddox. Maddox lists several things as his proudest achievements dur- ing his years in office. He told people he would promote hon- esty and efficiency in govern- ment and says he has done this, including government by the people. gram were aimed at sending teachers to Latin America but the new emphasis is on Franco- phone Africa, especially Zaire, the former Belgian Congo. In fact the project director has just returned from a two year teach- ing tour there. The program, which lasts for 15 months, is geared towards training volunteers who have finished the equivalent of a two year program, 60 credits, with enough hours in their math or science major to finish in four semesters. The graduates, who minor in French, Zaire's official language, receive a Bachelor's Degree and provisional New York State Teacher Certifica- tion. The program begins in June, continues through the fall, the spring and a second summer. During the two summer sessions the students receive intensive training with special attention given to French, taught by an in- ternational staff. During the aca- demic year the trainess take a full load which includes the French courses taught by Pro- fessor Georges Hingot, who lived in Zaire before and after its inde- pendence. The French courses involve total immersion and are designed to give the students a working vocabulary so that they can teach in French by the sec- ond summer of training. During the spring semester the co-directors; Mr. Noble and academic director, Dr. Elaine K. Miller, hope to take the students to schools in French speaking Canada to give them the exper- ience of teaching in a franco- phone classroom. Mr. Noble reports that last year's group has finished its training and is now at schools throughout the Zaire. The pre- sent group of 26 will take up their assignments next August. Both Dr. Miller and Mr. Noble stress that there is a seri- ous need for trained teachers, one that Peace Corps is helping to fill, so if you qualify for this program and are interested in teaching in Africa, write to: Peace Corps/College Degree Pro- gram, 112 Hartwell Hall, SUC Brockport, Brockport, New York 14420. by SAPPHO Hi there, arts fans! It's Sappho here and I'm bringing you the pure, unadulterated news direct from the World of Culture. Johnny Mathis will be in At- lanta Nov. 2 & 3 along with Hen- ry Mancini and his orchestra. (That's good romantic music, girls!) For those of you who are artistically inclined, I've discov- ered that this is your last week to view The Dusseldorf Aca- demy and the Americans exhibi- tion at the High Museum. This exhibition of German and Amer- Scandanavian study Scandinavian Seminar is now accepting applications for its study abroad program in Den- mark, Finland, Norway, or Swe- den for the academic year 1 974-1 975. This living-and- learning experience is designed for college students, graduates and other adults who want to become part of another culture while acquiring a second lan- guage. An initial 3 weeks language course, followed by a family stay, will give the student oppor- tunity to practice the language on a daily basis and to share in the life of the community. For the major part of the year he is separated from his fellow Ameri- can students, living and studying among Scandinavians at a "Peo- ple's College" (residential school for continuing adult education) DICTIONARIES WEBSTER Library size 1973 edition, brand new, still in box. Cost New $45.00 Will Sell for $15 Deduce 10% on orders of 6 or more Make Checks Payable to DICTIONARY LIQUIDATION and mail to BOX 764 AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE C.O.D. orders enclose 1.00 good will deposit. Pay balance plus C.O.D. shipping on delivery. Be satisfied on inspection or return within 10 days for full refund. 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The price for all four nights is $8.00 for the general public. The other lectures will be given on Nov. 14 & 28, and Dec. 5. Last but not least on our cul- tural agenda for this week is a concert on Nov. 9 of music made famous by Glenn Miller. Be sure to keep an eye out for other unbelievable opportu- nities for cultural advancement which are listed on the Arts Council bulletin board. For further information please write to: SCANDI- NAVIAN SEMINAR, I00 East 85th Street, New York, N.Y. 10028. r 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 y t 1 1 1 1 DOUBLE DYNAMITE FLICKS * TO DAY BY THEATER OF THE STARS Different Double Feature Every day for a $1.00 FRIDAY LAUREL & HARDY WAY OUT WEST 3:30 5:53 8:16 10:39 LAUREL & HARDY BLOCKHEADS 4:40 7:03 9:26 (1:30 SATURDAY* FAYE WRAY KING KONG 2:30 5:43 8:56 12:00 W.C. FIELDS MAN ON THE FLYING TRAPEZE 4:15 7:28 10:41 m MONQA> CHARLIE CHAPLIN CITY LIGHTS 3:30 6:52 10:14 CHARLIE CHAPLIN KING OF NEW YORK 5:02 8:24 WEDNESDAY JOHNNY WEISMULLER TARZAN 3:30 6:30 9:30 THE MARX BROS. 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We helped set up a black enterprise program in downtown Rochester, and we've been experimenting with film as a way to train both teachers and students including some students who wouldn't respond to anything else. And we didn't stop with Rochester. Kodak is involved in 47 countries all over the world. Actively involved. Why? Because it's good business. Helping to clean the Genesee River not only benefits society. . . but helps pro- tect another possible source for the clean water we need to make our film. Our combustible waste disposal facility not only reduces pollution . . . but just about pays for itself in heat and power production and silver recovery. Our black enterprise program not only provides an opportunity for the economically disadvantaged . . . but helps stabilize communi- ties in which Kodak can operate and grow. And distributing cameras and film to teachers and students not only helps motivate the children . . . but helps create a whole new market. In short, it's simply good business. And we're in busi- ness to make a profit. But in furthering our business interests, we also further society's interests. And that's good. After all, our business depends on society. So we care what happens to it. Kodak More than a business. Natl Career Week planned Nov. 12-17 by MARENE EMANUEL Nov. 12-17 marks the eighth annual observance of National Career Week at Agnes Scott. It is sponsored by the National Voca- tional Guidance Association, comprised of some 10,000 mem- bers, including vocational and occupational counselors in pub- lic and private schools and col- leges; governmental and volun- tary agencies; governmental, in- dustrial, and private counseling centers; and those engaged in student personnel work. The theme for the week this year is "Experience the Future." The Dana Scholars and the Career Planning Office have planned numerous activities and lectures designed to acquaint all interested Scott students with the wide variety of career fields available, as well as offer practi- cal advice on getting both sum- mer and permanent jobs. Mr. Alan Neely, Personnel Of- ficer of the First National Bank of Atlanta, will conduct a work- shop on job interviews and resumes on Mon., Nov. 12, at 7:00 p.m. in the Rebekah Re- ception Room. The entire stu- dent body is invited to come and learn about this most important aspect of seeking and acquiring a job. On Wed., Nov. 14, Miss Joan Crawford, Managing Director of Lord and Taylor in Atlanta, will be the featured speaker of National Career Week. Miss Crawford's topic for the convo- cation will be "Retailing - An Experience in Itself." Miss Craw- ford has two remarkable firsts in her list of accomplishments. Lord and Taylor has seventeen branch stores, and Miss Craw- ford is the first and only woman serving as the managing director THE MROFMLE Vol. X- No. 6 AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE - DECATUR, GEORGIA 30030- November 9, 1973 of one of these stores. In addi- tion, Miss Crawford recently be- came one of the first women to be elected to the Board of Direc- tors of the Citizens and Sou- thern Bank. To round out the week's acti- vities, each evening during din- ner in the dining hall, consul- tants from a wide group of ca- reer fields will be at designated tables to talk informally with students about their careers. In this way, Miss lone Murphy, Di- rector of Career Planning, hopes to fulfill "our goal to place be- fore the student body some of the many options that our alum- nae and others have elected." Everyone is encouraged to table-hop and talk with as many of the representatives as she likes. "Experience the Future" on (Continued on page 3) A scene from the Crime Prevention Forum recently held on the Agnes Scott Campus. Blackfriars present play by EVA GANTT Changes in ticket prices and a door prize of two free tickets ac- company Blackfriars' fall pro- duction, Henrik Ibsen's Lady From the Sea, to be presented Nov. 15, 16, and 17 at 8:15 p.m., in Dana theater. Cast members include Bungi Harris (Ellida), Gus Mann (Dr. Wangel), Karen Lortscher (Bol- lette), Tom Kendrick (Arn- holm), Carolyn McKinney (Hilda), Alan Walker (Lyng- strand), Alan Thornton (Ballcs ted), Frank Bartucca (stranger), and Jamie Osgood and Randy Shepard (tourists); at press time, other tourists are still to be cast. The play centers around a wo- man "driven by experiences of her youth, her specific yearning for the sea, and the freedom it represents to her." Blackfriars will present a cos- tume review and scenery display followed by a question and answer period on Fri., Nov. 16, at 11:30 a.m. in the theater. A door prize of two free tickets to the play is to be given away at that time. Tickets will sell for $1 .50 for Thursday night's performance and for $1.75 for the balcony and $2.00 for the orchestra for Friday and Saturday nights' per- formances. "I lie box office in Dan^ i>> open every day through show time from 12 to 8 p.m. Reservations may be made by calling 377-1200 or by coming to the box office. Students may usher for the play on any night. Ushers receive a one-fourth price discount on the purchase of their tickets. Arts Council will host a re- ception in Dana lobby following the opening night performance. Social psychologist will lecture on "crowding" by JOYCE McKEE "The Effect of Crowding on People" will be the topic of a talk by social psychologist Dr. Jonathan Freedman of Columbia University Wed., Nov. 14 at 8:15 p.m. in Maclean Auditorium. Co-author of books on devi- ancy and a widely used textbook in titled Social Psychology , Dr. Freedman in recent years has concentrated his research on the effect of crowding on human be- havior and on the factors affect- ing compliance and helping. His book on human responses to crowding will appear within a year. Past experiments on attrac- tion performed by Freedman, Carlsmith, and Suomi show that attraction is increased by famili- arity even though person inter- action between subjects is se- verely limited. Pairs of unac- quainted subjects who sat across Boyd- Bowman to visit Peter M. Boyd-Bowman, Pro- fessor of Hispanic Linguistics and Director of the Center for Critical Languages at the State University of New York at Buf- falo, will be in Atlanta between Nov. 14 and 16. Dr. Boyd- Bowman will speak at the South Atlantic Modern Language Asso- ciation's annual convention and will be a visitor on the Agnes Scott campus. Born in Japan, Dr. Boyd- Bowman attended private schools in England, Switzerland, and Austria. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees (Continued on page 3) from each other liked each other more, the more often the pairs met. The subjects were not al- lowed to talk to one another. A 1 968 experiment per- formed by Freedman and An- thony N. Doob studied the phe- nomenon of scapegoating. Sub- jects were told that they were in a group with four nondeviant subjects and one deviant subject. When the subject was asked to pick by code letter members of the group to receive either re- wards or shock, he chose on the basis of similarity and difference from himself. He shocked those unlike him and rewarded those like him. In connection with studies on attitude change, a Freedman and Fraser experiment showed that prior commitment produces a tendency to resist a change in at- titude. Housewives were shown to be significantly more willing to have a large, ugly sign in their yards saying "Drive Carefully" when they had signed several weeks before a petition urging senators from California to sup- port legislation to encourage safe driving. 17% of the women who had not been contacted to sign the petition agreed to have the sign in their yard while 55% who had signed the petition were also willing to have the sign in their yards. Dr. Freedman's past work features study of attitude change, dissonance, concept for- mation, and cognitive processes. Dr. Freedman has been a pro- fessor of psychology at Colum- bia since 1969. He previously taught at Stanford University, Calif., in the psychology depart- ment. Professor Freedman is a graduate of Harvard University and received his Ph. D from Yale University in 1961 . Au revoir a Molho by ANN FINCHER Monsiuer Raphael Molho, visiting professor of French, left Agnes Scott Fri. Nov. 2. From here, Monsieur Molho was flying to Washington where he planned to deliver a lecture at Washing- ton University before returning to France on Monday. Monsieur Molho will resume his depart- mental chairmanship at the Uni- versity of Paris-X where he teaches history of French litera- ture. At Agnes Scott, Monsieur Molho taught two courses: the novels of Andre Malraux and French Romanticism. Monsieur Molho discussed differences in French and Ameri- can students, specifically Agnes Scott students. The essential dif- ference, according to Monsieur Molho, is one of "I'enseigne- ment" or instruction. In French universities studies are highly specialized, and the concept of "liberal arts" does not exist. The French student chooses a "ma- jor" as soon as he enters the uni- versity. Monsieur Molho empha- sized the lack of choice in this system and praised the American system which allows a delayed declaration of' major. Monsieur Molho stated that French univer- sities are in the process of adopt- ing the American "delayed dec- laration" which allows greater diversity in study. Monsieur Molho also noted "the system of life here exists in the life of the student." This attitude, he suggested, creates an atmosphere which is too pro- tected from "la vie real." Mon- sieur Molho commended the (Continued on page 3) CHAPLAINS' CORNER PROFILE / November 9, 1973 Antebellum belle sets example ''Harry, our little girl is home from college'' Feminism in context It is not particularly amazing that feminist sentiments do not veer toward the left at Agnes Scott. Recent exposure to the movement has left many of us with the feeling that rhetoric alone (and purely negative rhetoric at that) does little for it and possibly much against it. We already know of many areas in which there is discrimination against women. But circuitous oratory merely detracts from legiti- mate complaints against things which are wrong when what we need to know is just how to go about changing them. Some things are so monumental it takes a movement to alter them, but in order to become genuinely involved with a movement and not just swept along with it, you have to have a clear sense of your own identity. A movement can help you realize this, but no movement can give it to you. In order to be liberated, you have to be liberated from something. It's rather difficult to feel oppressed at ASC, but life in the "real" world is something else (so they say). So if we speak of ourselves as liberated women, we are probably thinking more in terms of inde- pendence from personal hang-ups which would prevent us from doing what we wanted to do. Consciousness-raising in general seeks to rid women of such hang- ups. It is doubtful that we would be here if we were not already reasonably secure in and confident of our abilities as people as well as women. We don't need to be told more than once that something has to be done and that we can do it. What we need as we begin life in the "jungle" is positive direction. If disillusioned and frustrated people want to air their grievances in front of us they have the right to speak their minds, but it is hoped that they are not setting the kind of example we would want to follow. Jan Fredrickson Editor by CAROLINE LEACH (Caroline Leach is Presby- terian chaplain for Agnes Scott and Georgia Tech.) This is the first time I have had a chance to write for the Profile, so I will be personal. Per- haps that is all I can be for now. My story has to do with me now - and so for you - for we are women who find this time in our lives full of limits and possibilities struggle and chance pain and joy. We (as religious beings) en- counter transcendence with the ambigious notion of our human- ness. Are we, as women, the darker side of good, or are we in fact good incarnate? Are we as the "perfect good" to be ever mindful of others to the exclu- sions of ourselves? Or, perhaps, shall we always be wantonly sul- ky to the exploitation of the other? Angelina Grimke Weld faced these questions as she grappled with her life as a "Southern belle". Born into a wealthy Charleston, South Carolina, fam- ily, she was raised with the insti- tution of slavery. Her journey in the I830's is ours. We have edu- cation, she had to go north to find it. So with her, we have minds and hearts which clash together to raise up grave doubts to acheive other than our "proper place". Angelina stood before acorn- THE MROFiLE AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE - DECATUR, GA. 30030 THE PROFILE is published weekly throughout the college year by students of Agnes Scott College. The views expressed in the editorial section are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the view of the administration or the student body. Permission is given to reprint if credited. Entered as first class mail at the Agnes Scott Post Office. EDITOR / )an Fredrickson ASSOCIATE EDITOR / Joyce McKee BUSINESS MANAGER / Mary Jane Warren CIRCULATION MANAGER / Marianne Brinker STAFF: Susan Balch, Marene Emanuel, Ann Fincher, Eva Gantt, Angclyn McGuff, Patty Pearson, Bonnie Pederson. mittee on anti-slavery of the Legislature of Massachusetts as the first woman to ever address a law-making body. In 1 838, con- troversial and exhausted from lecturing, she addressed the crowded hall as Queen Ester had so many years before. "Mr. Chairman, it is my privi- lege to stand before you on a similar mission of life and love ... I stand before you as a citizen, on behalf of the 20,000 women of Massachusetts whose names are enrolled on petitions which have been submitted to the Legislature . . . These peti- tions relate to the great and solemn subject of slavery . . . . . . And because it is a politi- cal subject, it has often taunting- ly been said that women had nothing to do with it. Are we aliens because we are women? Are we bereft of citizenship be- cause we are mothers, wives, and daughters of a mighty people? Have women no country - no interest staked in public weal - no liabilities in common peril - no partnership in a nation's guilt and shame? If so, then may we well hide our faces in the dust, and cover ourselves with sackcloth and ashes. This dominion of women must be resigned - the sooner the better; in the age which is approaching she should be some- thing more - she should be a citizen ... I hold, Mr. Chairman, that American women have to do with this subject, not only because it is moral and religious, but because it is political, inas- much as we are citizens of this republic and as such our honor, happiness, and well-being are bound up in its politics, govern- ment and laws. I stand before you as a sou- therner, exiled from the land of my birth by the sound of the lash and the piteous cry of the slave. I stand before you as a moral being and as a moral being I feel that I owe it to the suffer- ing slave and to the deluded mas- ter, to my country and to the world to do all that I can to overturn a system of compli- cated crimes built upon broken hearts and prostrate bodies of my countrymen in chains and cemented by the blood, sweat, and tears of my sisters in bonds." Angelina meant to challenge the God of men. She felt com- pelled to speak out against the obvious of all human abuse. Per- haps in 1973 we join her. Per- haps we don't identify with her struggle at all. Perhaps we are afraid - as she was - of isola- tion. But perhaps in her pain, and ours, we emerge as persons nei- ther exploited nor exploiting. We emerge to take our stand with the many who see a hew world. A world that allows all humans to dance free in our li- mits and possibilities, our pains and joys. Perhaps we are together. Per- sonally, I am afraid sometimes in my new steps. I need others you, perhaps. Photography contest slated; "people helping people" theme A new competition for ama- teur photographers with a "Peo- ple Helping People" theme has been announced by Eastman Kodak Company. The 1974 Kodak Community Service Pho- tography Awards will provide cash prizes for the best photo- graphs that show how people de- vote their skills, time and money to helping others improve the quality of their lives. The contest is divided into two categories black-and- white and color with equal prizes being offered in each. There will be eight Awards of Excellence at $100 each; eight Awards of Distinction at $75 each; eight Awards of Merit at $50 each; and Special Awards of $25 each, to be determined by the judges. Entries for the 1974 awards must not be postmarked later than February 1. Original slides or prints of any size are accept- able and all prints must be ac- companied by the original nega- tive. I his Awards program has been initiated to call attention to the value of photography in dramatically recording the hu- man aspects of a wide variety of community service projects in which people help people - such as programs for the deaf, mute, blind, retarded, handicapped; re- habilitation; day care; cultural enrichment; disaster service; youth development; family ser- vice; job training; health service. These are the types of activities that will offer subject matter for the competition. An informational brochure, including rules and official entry form, can be obtained by reques- ting Kodak Community Service Photography Awards (A3-77) from Eastman Kodak Company, Department 841, 343 State Street, Rochester, New York, 14650. For prompt reply, a self- addressed business size envelope (no postage necessary) should be included. DICTIONARIES WEBSTER Library size 1973 edition, brand new, still in box. Cost New $45.00 Will Sell for $15 Deduce 10 o on orders of 6 or more Make Checks Payable to I DICTIONARY LIQUIDATION and mail to BOX 764 AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE C.O.D. orders enclose I 00 good will deposit. Pay balance plus CO D. shipping on delivery. Be satisfied on inspection or return within 10 days for full refund. No dealers, each volume specifically stamped not for resale. Please add $1.25 postage and handling. PROFILE / November 9, 1973 Molho leaves ASC (Continued from page 1) easier separation from family which seems to accompany the atmosphere. In France the cam- pus community, in the American sense of the word, does not exist. Students live with their families or in apartments, and the college community is not as closely knit as the college com- munity Monsieur Molho has en- countered in the United States. Another distinguishing characteristic of American col- leges, and Agnes Scott particu- larly, is the rapport between pro- fessors and students. Monsieur Molho commented how much he enjoyed his teach of Agnes Scott students who are "more direct, spontaneous, and animated.' The one-to-one relationship Monsieur Molho has encoun- tered here is not as pronounced or as important in French uni- versities. Monsieur Molho also noted the atmosphere of friendship here. He said Agnes Scott stu- dents are "very, very serious, very nice, and very interesting." Asked if he might return to Agnes Scott, Monsieur Molho said he hoped so and added how much he has enjoyed his stay here. La Table Ronde sponsored a campus farewell party for Monsieur Molho on Wed., Oct. 31. Career week (Continued from page J) Mon., Nov. 12, with: Judy Scruggs, nurse; Pat Car- chidi, medical assistant; Faye Allen, medical technologist; Louisa Mcintosh, interior deco- rator; and a physical therapist from Georgia State (yet to be named). On Tuesday, Nov. 13, with: Sharon Jones and Gayle Daley, para-legalists; Sara Frances McDonald, lawyer; Tom Todd, graduate of Yale and prac- ticing with Alston, Miller and Gaines; Jeanette Wright, radio and television career; Bill Wal- lace, editor of Where, What, When and advertiser; Coquetie Slade, in the personnel field; and Kay Todd, Law Librarian. On Wed., Nov. 14 with: Dr. Penny Smith, of the med- ical psychiatric field; Dr. Nancy Duval, practicing psychologist; Ms. Taraboulla, art therapist; Mr. and Mrs. Dan McWright, coun- selors in mental health centers; Deborah Long, rehabilitation counselor; Nancy Bland, reading specialist; and Jeannette Ewing, learning disabilities teacher. On Thurs., Nov. 15 with: Martha Bethea, executive in business field who is assistant Vice-President of Federal Re- serve Bank in Atlanta; Marion Green, a systems analyst with IBM; Virginia Philip, industrial chemist; Beth Bailey, insurance actuary; and Linda Adams, bio- logical-psychological researcher. On Fri., Nov. 1 6 with: Cindy Perryman, an indepen- dent artist; and a representative from the buying and fashion co- ordinating field (yet to be named). Airing for ERA to be at Emory Georgians for the Equal Rights Amendment will sponsor an educational and organizing conference on Nov. 10 at the Church School Building on Emory Campus (1652 N. Deca- tur Road) from 10:00 a.m. - 8:30 p.m. ERA workshops will include: Education and Employment, Protective Legislation and Work, History of the Suffrage Move- ment, and Alimony and Child Support. Following the Conference a celebration rally will be held fea- turing women's music and art. The Morning Star Inn is dona- ting a benefit supper on the eve- ning of the conference from 4:30 to 7:00 for $1.50. Registration fee is $3.00. Non-human feline among residents at Agnes Scott by PATTY PEARSON One of the most noticeable male faces on campus (although any male face is rather notice- able!) is George, an extremely handsome and aristocratic cat who was named for George Washington Scott. George's story is actually a love story for he loves all of us as much as we love him. George appeared on campus for the first time last spring around the area of Rebekah. Being a tomcat, he lived up to his "prolific" tradition and fa- thered a litter of kittens who made their home under Rebe- kah. (He has since been neuter- ed.) The cat came to the attention of Miss Mary Virginia Allen, chairman of the French dept., who christened him George. During the summer, Miss Allen fed him every day in front of Rebekah. Miss Allen found out that Mrs. O'Kelley, who works with Mrs. Turner, wanted a good outdoor cat and George fit those qualifications, and so he became Mrs. O'Kelley's cat. Now, Mrs. O'Kelley lives on Memorial Drive just off of Ken- sington, near Treasure Island. George couldn't have asked for more he has a lovely place to live. In fact, he had his own house! George seemed perfectly happy. Well, the day the fresh- men came to Scott, George dis- appeared. After he'd been miss- ing for a while, Mrs. O'Kelley gave him up for dead. About one week later, Mrs. O'Kelley found George. He'd re- turned to "his girls" on the Scott campus! It's a good 4 miles from Mrs. O'Kelley's house to the Scott campus and traffic is very heavy around the whole 4 miles, so George risked pretty much to get back here to be with us. The amazing thing is not so much that he walked back to Scott just to be with us, but how did he know when we were coming? George is "a lovely cat, very intelligent," says Miss Allen. He's also very affectionate and responds very warmly to a little ML A scholar to visit (Continued from page 1) from the University of Toronto and later earned his doctorate in Romance Linguistics at Harvard University in 1950. Between 1944 and 1946, he served as a German interpreter for the Canadian forces in Europe. Since then he has taught at Harvard, Yale, and Kalamazoo College and has lectured all over the world. Among the many honors that he has received in the last seventeen years, Dr. Boyd-Bowman has been naned Fulbright Lecturer in Hispanic Linguistics by the Institito Caro y Cuervo, Bogota, and was listed in Who's Who in American Edu- cation in 1965. Spain also gave him the title of John Simon Guggenheim Fellow in 1956 for his research in the Archive of the Indies, Seville. The author of five books and numerous articles, this accom- plished educator has become in- volved with innovations in lan- guage teaching, especially in the field of self-instruction. He is also currently engaged in a com- puterized analysis of the lan- guage of Spanish colonial docu- ments aimed at establishing the chronology of dialect differences existing in Spanish America today. Dr. Boyd-Bowman will attend the convention on Nov. 15 where he will speak on "Innova- tions in Curricula" for the South! Atlantic Association of Depart- ments of Foreign Languages. Agnes Scott's own Dr. Florence J. Dunstan is the chairman of this department and arranged Dr. Boyd-Bowman's visit to Atlanta. Dr. Boyd-Bowman will visit Agnes Scott College Wed., Nov. 14 for lunch and a tour of the campus. There will be an infor- mal meeting with the professor in the Conference Room of But- trick at 1 1 :30 a.m. on the same day. Dr. Boyd-Bowman will be speaking on "The Trends of Lan- guage Teaching" mn i iiiti loving. (If you're ever depressed, George's soft fur and loud purr are very comforting.) Various students feed him and he makes his home around all of us. Miss Allen told people around the campus not to call the pound because, well, George is the "Campus Cat" and is there- fore much to dignified (and well loved) to become a biological ex- periment at Emory. Mrs. O'Kelley also has affec- tion still for her prodigal kitty and will feed him during Christ- mas holidays and during the summer. Music to host organist The Department of Music and the Agnes Scott College Organ Guild will present Dr. Vernon deTar in a master class on Tues., Nov. 13 from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. in Maclean Auditorium. Dr. deTar, a faculty member at the Juilliard School of Music and organist and choirmaster of the Church of the Ascension in New York, is one of the coun- try's most distinguished church musicians. Interested members of the college community are invited to attend all or part of the class at no cost. (There will be a $2.00 audit fee for those outside the college community). III I II I I TT1 DOUBLE DYNAMITE FLICKS * $00 ;to BY THEATER OF THE STARS Different Double Feature Every day for a $1.00 DAY FRIDAY LON CHANEY, JR. THE WOLFMAN 3:30 5:58 8:26 10:54 DICK FORAN THE MUMMY'S HAND 4:46 7:14 9:42 12:10 SATURDAY HUMPHREY BOGART MALTESE FALCON 2:30 6:20 10:10 WILLIAM HOLDEN STALAG 17 4:15 8:05 11:55 MONDAY GLORIA SWANSON SUNSET BOULEVARD 3:30 7:18 11:06 GRETA GARBO CAMILLE 5:25 9:13 WEDNESDAY JAMES ARNESS THE THING 3:30 6:20 9:10 SIMONE SIMONE CAT PEOPLE 5:02 7:52 10:42 SUNDAY RUBY KEELER GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933 2:30 5:40 9:08 WILLIAM POWELL THE THIN MAN 4:11 7:30 10:49 TUESDAY LEW ayreS ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT 3:30 6:58 10:26 EDWARD ARNOLD DIAMOND JIM 5:20 8:48 THURSDAY LESLIE CARON GIGI 3:30 7:14 10:58 ETHEL WATERS CABIN IN THE SKY 5:31 9:15 THIS PEACHTREE PLAYHOUSE yy |^ 1 1 50 P tree. 892-41 1 0 whATS hAppEninq Robert Shaw will conduct the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Chorus in Handel's monumental choral work, "Messiah" for two performances, November 9 and 10, 8:30 p.m. in Symphony Hall. The special event concert will be performed by the 65-member Chamber Chorus, and a chamber-size orchestra, which Shaw feels captures the "spirit" of Handel's original work. Shaw will base his interpretation of the classic on the May 15, 1754 version. Soloists will be selected from the Chamber Chorus, which is under the direc- tion of William F. Noll, III. The three part oratorio, to be performed in its entirety, reveals the prophecy and narrative of the Nativity; the story of the Passion and Resurrection, featuring the mighty Hallelujah Chorus, and the third part deals with man's hope for his own resurrection. Tickets for "Messiah" are on sale at the Atlanta Symphony Box Office in the Memorial Arts Center, phone 892-2414, scaled $2.60 to $7.30. Student Overseas Services offers summer jobs in Europe More and more American col- lege students are taking tempo- rary, student jobs in Europe. The trend is apparently because students realize that earning a trip to Europe can be profitable in more ways than one. Any stu- dent taking a temporary job in Europe is able to get out and see some of the world on a pay-as- yx>u-go basis, and earn some money besides. A wide range of temporary student jobs are now available in Switzerland, Austria, France and Germany. Any student may ap- ply through a mail application system. All jobs include free room and board plus a standard wage which ranges between $140 and $350 - depending upon the actual job, tips, etc. However, the free room and board are perhaps the best bene- fit for a student in Europe. Jobs, permits and other ne- cessary details are arranged on a non-profit basis by the Student Overseas Services - a* student run organization which has been assisting students for 15 years. SOS also conducts a 5-day orien- tation period in Europe to make certain everything goes smoothly in Europe and that students get off to their jobs, at the right time. Any student may obtain an application form, job listings and descriptions, and the SOS Hand- book on earning a trip to Europe by sending their name, address, educational institution and $1 (for printing, postage, addressing and handling) to SOS - Student Overseas Services, 22 Ave. de la Liberte, Luxembourg, Europe. Students interested in winter jobs in ski resorts should apply immediately. There's a special rate most airlines don t advertise. It's the Fm-sorry-sir-but-all- the-seats-are-taken-rate. If youre denied a seat on a flight for which you hold a confirmed reservation, and the airline can't get you on another flight scheduled to arrive within two hours of your originally scheduled arrival, you're entitled to immediate compensation. The airline must give you your money back and an amount equal to the value of the first flight coupon on your ticket, providing the coupon cost a minimum of $25 and a maximum of $200. In many cases that means double your money back. Deliberate overbooking is a deceptive practice used to insure a completely booked flight. If an airline does it to you ask for immediate compensation. If they refuse ask for a written explanation And send it to the Civil Aeronautics Board in Washington. D.C. Remember that, next time you have a hard time getting off the ground. Sponsored by Aviation Consumer Action Project P.O. Box 19029 Washington, D.C. 20036 Prepared by The Stern Concern THE MROFMLE Vol X - No. 7 AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE - DECATUR, GEORGIA 30030- NO PROFILE NEXT WEEK HAPPY THANKSGIVING! November 16, 1973 Rep changes sign-out Die Elisabethkirche. The "Elisabeth Church" in Marburg, Germany where the German Summer Program will be head- quartered. See story on page 3. A new sign-out policy was passed Nov. 6 by REP Council. If approved by the Administra- tive Committee, the RC will go into effect winter quarter. Whereas, students know they are capable of assuming the responsibility for leaving infor- mation where they can be reach- ed in case of an emergency by voluntarily signing out, and Whereas, students feel it is their own responsibility to sign out and not the responsibility of the college to see that they do, Trustees approve budget by JOYCE McKEE The Board of Trustees met Friday, Oct. 26, for their fall business meeting. After having lunch with selected students and board chairmen, the trustees met and approved an operating budget of $ 3,970,000. This budget operates from July 1973 to July 1974, and although it includes contingency funds, no money is slated for any of the proposed changes. The money for improvements must be raised from alumnae, gifts to the col- lege and private foundations. The trustees also approved the five-year Robbins Plan for campus improvement. A mini- mum of $250,000 is planned over the next five years to be spent on lighting the campus for safety and aesthetical reasons, graphics, shrubbery and trees. Clyde Robbins is an Atlanta firm responsible for surveying the campus and suggesting improve- ments. The trustees voted to move ahead with graphics and lighting but defer shrubbery and trees for a while. Estimates for air conditioning Gaines and Maclean, a large dorm and the library are also being taken. The trustees ap- proved this action as well as the taking of bids for renovation of the library. Ron Gellerstedt, vice chair- man of the board, was appointed Chairman of the Inauguration Committee. President Perry's in- auguration will be sometime in the spring when it can be held outside. The committee will in- clude trustees, faculty, adminis- tration, alumnae, and students. The college pays a share of the Blue Cross/Blue Shield and Major Medical Insurance plan for both contract and non-contract employees. For hourly workers who make less than twice the minimum wage, the college will now pay three/fourths of both these coverage policies. An individual must work at Agnes Scott for 90 days to be eligible for the plans. Coverage for the family as well as the individual is also available. President Perry also reported that he is working fall meeting on a retirement and pension plan for non-contract employees. In other action, the board heard reports from the deans, Mr. McCain, and Mr. Hannah, treasurer of the college. The board also voted a resolution of sorrow for the death of Mrs. Pendleton, Director of Alumnae Affairs. Resolved, that the present sign-out policy as stated in the Student Handbook be amended to read as follows: A. Fall Quarter Freshmen 1 . must sign out on their sign- out card at the hostess desk if planning to be out after 7 p.m., stating date, destina- tion, and expected time of re- turn; 2. must return by dorm closing hours; 3. must sign out on their sign- out card at the hostess desk when spending the night away from their own campus residences and supply the re- quired information; 4. must sign out on their card at the hostess desk for Thanksgiving and Christmas vacations. B. Upperclassmen and Winter and Spring Quarter Fresh- men 1. are STRONGLY URGED to leave information which would be helpful in locating them in an emergency situ- ation if they remain off cam- pus or do not return to their respective residences by dorm closing hour; 2. must sign out on their sign- out card at the hostess desk for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Spring, and Summer vaca- tions. C. If a student assumes the responsibility for signing another student out when sign-out is re- quired under the conditions cited above, the student as- suming such responsibility will be held accountable if she fails to do so. Be it further resolved that Interdorm, in conjunction with the Dean of Students' Office, will notify all parents and guardians of these changes at the earliest possible date Parking on campus Office of registrar, admissions to separate President Marvin B. Perry, Jr., has announced the separation of the functions of Registrar and Director of Admissions, effective July 1, 1974. "Since 1 957 Miss Laura Steele, who is a nationally recog- nized authority in the college ad- missions field, has discharged with great distinction the duties of both the Registrar and Direct- or of Admissions," said Dr. Perry. "The increasing responsibili- ties and pressures of these two offices, however," he continued, "have become more than one person should be expected to carry. Therefore, I am separating these two important offices ef- fective with the end of the cur- rent school year. Miss Steele will continue as Registrar of the Col- lege with appropriate staff as- sistance. "Mrs. Ann Rivers Payne Thompson, currently Associate Director of Admissions, will be- come Director of Admissions. Agnes Scott is most fortunate to have in Ann Rivers Thompson an experienced and capable officer who can succeed Miss Steele. Mrs. Thompson will have my enthusiastic support as she develops her staff here and undertakes the increasingly vital work of seeking out and attract- (Continued on page 4) by MARENE EMANUEL Over the years, the increasing number of students and faculty who drive has caused some park- ing problems at Scott. Last year, Dr. Alston appointed a Parking Committee to assess the parking facilities and make recommenda- tions to improve the situation. Mr. Wilde was named chairman of the group; the other members Sesquicentennial is convocation topic by PATTY PEARSON Mrs. Caroline McKinney Clarke will speak on the Decatur Sesquicentennial activities at convocation on Wednesday, Nov. 28, at 11:30 a.m. in Gaines. Mrs. Clarke is a distinguished alumna of Agnes Scott, having graduated in the class of 1927. She has been in public service, particularly in DeKalb County, for over 30 years. In 1931 Mrs. Clarke became involved with the American Legion Auxiliary and worked also with the Unemploy- ment Relief Agency. From 1934-42 she was National Youth Administration supervisor for Fulton, Rockdale, and DeKalb counties. In 1945 Mrs. Clarke became the Director of the De- partment of Public Welfare in DeKalb County, a post she held until her retirement a year ago. Besides her official post, she has worked with many other organizations in DeKalb County. In 1949 Mrs. Clarke was on the advisory committee for the child guidance clinic for Fulton and DeKalb counties and was also President of DeKalb County Community Council. She was the first vice-president of De- Kalb County Historical Society. In addition to being an alum- na, Mrs. Clarke is connected with Agnes Scott through "other ties. Her daughter is an alumna (Louise Hill Reaves, '54), and her aunt was Professor Louise Hill McKinney, who taught Eng- lish here for 46 years. include Miss McKemie, Miss Currie, Mr. Blackmon and two student representatives. The committee found that Scott's parking facilities were essentially adequate. Professors and day students may not al- ways be able to park as close to their offices and classrooms as they would like, but according to Mr. Wilde, the committee "doesn't plan to do anything about it" at this time, as there are plenty of spaces in the lots near Hopkins and the tennis courts. Boarders are encouraged to park their cars near their dormitories to leave more con- venient spaces open for day stu- dents and faculty. At present, there are very few parking regulations. Student and faculty cars must be registered. The only areas where parking is prohibited are at those spaces marked with yellow lines, load- ing zones, and the three spaces in front of Buttrick reserved for visitors; tickets are given for violating these rules and the Treasurer's Office is responsible for collecting fines. There are no reserved spaces on campus ex- cept those for Dr. Perry, Mr. Saxon, and dining hall em- ployees. The committee only acts now in handling complaints. There have been few problems, and at this time nearly everyone seems to be relatively satisfied with the parking situation. THE PROFILE / November 16, 1973 PAGE 2 Energy crisis It is common knowledge that the "energy crisis" may hit home this winter if steps are not taken to conserve fuel and electricity. Institutions use a great deal of both; as members of an institution, we can do our part to avert such a crisis here. A large amount of energy is wasted in overheating the buildings on campus. The waste becomes obvious when so many windows have to be opened that it seems as if Agnes Scott is heating outdoor Decatur as well. Dr. Perry has suggested that the laundry uses more steam than is justifiable for the volume it handles. If this is so, other arrangements might be made. The energy consumed would be someone else's, but less would probably be used in the long run. If the college is forced to drastically reduce heating, there are still a number of things which can be done by individuals to stay warm. The first idea that comes to mind is to wear more clothes. It has been proved that several layers of clothing conserve body heat much better than one or two. This principle applies also to blankets. Other things which can be done now as well as in an emergency are turning off lights, radios, etc., which are not being used, using only as much hot water as is needed, and shutting off radiators not in use (if you can). Hopefully, we will not have to take extreme measures. In the meantime we need to remember that little things add up, for better or for worse. Jan Fredrickson Faculty cutbacks still an issue Since the announcement in The Profile five weeks ago, students have voiced their views through an editorial, a letter to the editor, and a petition. By first editing the Profile article and by later com- menting during informal Wednesday convocation, Dr. Perry has sought to clarify his stance and reassure the student body. We re- main unconvinced. The decision to release one professor in each of the departments of English, history, and biology should be reversed. The consequences of the decision are undesirable. Overcrowding in freshman English with the resultant inability to give individual attention through personal conferences, a shifting of teaching re- sponsibility in the history department resulting in alternating courses and the squeaky start on a course after it lies fallow for a year, the division in the history department of 29 courses among four profes- sors, the loss of a professor in the traditionally strong English depart- ment which continues to draw the most majors, and the possible loss of the nation's bicentennial as the topic of the 1975-1976 McCain Lecture and of an American studies major certainly seem undesirable to us. That President Perry sees no problem, we must conclude after his remarks last Wednesday during the informal convocation. Should any unforseen difficulty arise, he says, it can neatly be solved by visiting professors. This attitude implies not a disregard of the academic excellence which is ours, but a failure to comprehend what that excellence means. That excellence demands a regard for the intellectual life and a dedication to maintaining (or improving) a faculty and program at least at its present level, before a "graphic" is put up, a sidewalk added or a shrub planted. The Robbins Plan for campus beautifica- tion is fine so long as we don't economize with our faculty, especial- ly by simply releasing untenured professors from the largest depart- ments. Because our greatest tradition is threatened, we are concerned. Because Agnes Scott has persuaded us that the liberal arts are vital and because we are witness to the difference a fine faculty makes, we seek a reversal. - Joyce McKee Associate Editor R THE MROFMLE AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE - DECATUR, GA. 30030 THE PROFILE is published weekly throughout the college year by students of Agnes Scott College. Jhe views expressed in the editorial section are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the view of the administration or the student body. Permission is given to reprint if credited. Entered as first class mail at the Agnes Scott Post Office. EDITOR / Jan Fredrickson ASSOCIATE EDITOR / Joyce McKee BUSINESS MANAGER / Mary Jane Warren CIRCULATION MANAGER / Marianne Brinker STAFF: Susan Balch, Marene Emanuel, Ann Fincher, Eva Gantt, Angelyn McGuff, Patty Pearson, Bonnie Pederson. Nov. 2, 1973 To the Editor: I had read with interest the article entitled, "The Twelve Steps to Obnox iousness. " Having attended a lecture the night of Oct. 31,1 could identify the subject with the speaker! Ti-Grace Atkinson had achieved the art of obnoxious- ness, that is, "the art of display- ing a maximum amount of rude- ness in a minimum amount ot time." She impressed me as being a very bitter and depressed woman who tried to impose her opinions on her audience. Her speech (a rambling one at best) was full of generalizations and lacked foundation. It was also apparent that the more shal- low statements of her speech were aided by heavy doses of vulgar words. These choice words did little to enhance her topic! In conclusion, I express my deep disappointment with the selection of Ms. Atkinson as a guest speaker for Agnes Scott College. I look forward to better speakers with more stimulating topics this year. Respectfully submitted, Sandra Saseen (EDITOR'S NOTE: The "Ob- noxiousness" editorial was writ- ten before Ms. Atkinson's lec- ture and without her in mind, but if the shoe fits . . .) Nov. 7, 1973 To the Editor: Regarding Freshman research papers, I think it was very poor planning on the part of the Eng- lish Department to have had these important papers due at relatively the same time for all classes. I realize from talking with other girls that there was some overlap with respect to the due dates, but it was not enough. Books of a certain type, desperately needed by girls in one class, had already been checked out of the library by another class, not to be returned for two weeks. Granted, board- ers can share books with one another, but even so there are some problems involved in this CHAPLAINS' CORNER arrangement. Someone always gets the short end of the deal. I offer as a suggestion to have either different topics per class, or staggered times for the papers to be due. The amount of re- search one can do for a two- week paper is slim enough as it is, and if several books are missing that directly concern one's paper, there is not much else to do but completely change one's topic, which brings me to my next point. As it stands now, the English Department has, in some ways, defeated its purpose in having the research paper. Research means just what it says: taking one into an unfamiliar territory. However, since the time allotted fpr these papers is so short, one hardly has the time. If, for example, one spent a week and a half on research alone, which is not long considering, and left only a few days to write, the paper will not be successful. For, as William Coyle remarks, a good research paper is not written "in a frenzied burst of energy" (William Coyle, cd., Research Papers [New York: The Odyssey Press, 1971], p. 54). English teachers: Get on the ball. Coordinate with your asso- ciates the dates your research papers will be due. If you are only allowing us the minimal amount of time in which to do these papers, give us a break in some other way. Frances Wickes What will you tell your kids about religion, church, etc.? Dear Profile Reader, "What Can We Tell Our Chil- dren?" (A sequel to "Why Do The Heathen Rage?") It may seem too early to talk about children and what we should tell them concerning reli- gion, church, values, etc. These thoughts do strike us once and a while, especially when we meet some guy who ,tums out to be sort of special. Most Agnes Scott young women are not here just to look for a husband - Ti-Grace not- withstanding - but when we think of "open marriage" and all the new ideas of how men and women relate together these days, sooner or later the subject of children enters into the pic- ture. "Am I going to perpetrate on these innocent darlings what was religiously done unto me church, Sunday School, etc.?" We are disturbed because the question serves to remind us that we don't think we can come up with an answer for this and other questions about religion that will both express our true feeling and, at the same time, not turn children against the church and religion in general. A very basic problem, of course, arises from the fact that a great many liberal-minded col- lege Ntudents have neglected the old theology which simplistically accounted for all contingencies. (God was responsible for every- thing that was good and the de- vil was responsible for every- thing that was bad. End of dis- cussion.) Yet they have not re- placed it with a comparable new theology, a comprehensive, co- hesive understanding of their faith which would enable them to satisfactorily answer not only their future children's questions, but their own as well. As a re- sult, they have little or nothing that they can straight-forwardly pass on to anyone with faith and conviction. "Let them grow up and de- cide for themselves," you say. Some parents do think this way, but I think it is a difficult posi- tion to maintain. In the first place, almost every Agnes Scott student has ties to some church (or churches) which run much deeper than theology. And des- pite your present problem with the church, you still consider yourself a Christian and would like your children to do likewise. You are hopeful that the confu- sion will eventually be sorted out and the church will evolve into an institution that you can support fully and with convic- tion. Secondly, if your children arc someday to reject your brand of Christianity, you would at least like them to truly know what it is that they are rejecting. And perhaps you just want them to believe in something. I suppose what I'm really say- ing is that to support a position whereby you feel in conscience that you can tell your children something about religion and church and all that stuff, you're going to have to know what you believe and how to verbalize it. What are the odds that you will achieve this ordered understand- ing of your faith while here at Agnes Scott? I await your reply. Sincerely, Father Gcniesse (EDITOR'S NOTE: Father Geniesse is the Catholic chaplain for Agnes Scott students.) B S A PR VCTIC VLCOl RSI CONS! MER INFORMATION Get the Most from your Christmas shopping ' Thursda) . Nov. 29 7:00 P.M. Watch for notices ' THE PROFILE / November 16, 1973 Foreign students add internat'lcharm toASC by ANN FINCHER The Class of 1977 has four foreign students. They are Lydia Bendeck, Olayinka Adejumake Edun, Jennifer Joanne Frank, and Susan Leong. All four stu- dents underwent rigorous testing before coming to Agnes Scott, particularly in English. Thus far the students seem to be enjoying their freshman year, and they all had comments to make about Agnes Scott. Lydia Bendeck is a native of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Central America. She is one of eight chil- dren, five of whom are now liv- ing in the United States. Al- though Lydia is a Honduran citi- zen, she is also an American citi- zen. She was born in Atlanta eighteen years ago when her mother was visiting some rela- tives in the city. Because Lydia's parents are Honduran, she has citizenship in Honduras, and be- cause her birthplace is in the United States, she has citizen- ship in the United States. Lydia has not had to choose between her citizenships and so far the dual citizenship has caused no problems. Lydia had an "American" education in Honduras. All her courses in her Honduras high school were taught in English and closely paralleled the curri- culum of United States high schools. When asked how she chose Agnes Scott, Lydia explained that a family friend in Honduras had formerly lived in Marietta. This friend praised Agnes Scott and wrote to the admissions of- fice requesting information be sent to Lydia. Lydia received this information and an applica- tion during her junior year in high school. At the end of her senior year, she was still undeci- ded about attending Scott. Then one month before the beginning of fall quarter, Lydia decided she wanted to come. After a hur- ried application and many con- versations between Laura Steele and her brothers, who were in Atlanta, her membership in the freshman class was settled. One month later Lydia was here. Yinka Edun comes to Agnes Scott from Igbobi Lagos, Ni- geria. Yinka became acquainted with Agnes Scott through the American Embassy in Nigeria. The embassy suggested several colleges to Yinka and praised the academic standing of Agnes Scott. Yinka applied directly through the admissions office and was accepted. At that time, one of the most concrete facts about Agnes Scott, for Yinka, was its all woman population. Yinka is also one of eight children. She attended Our Lady of Apostles High School in Ni- geria. She will be twenty years old in three months. Yinka's favorite comment about facets of Agnes Scott life - academic, social, and dorm is, "It is interesting." Yinka pointed out that adaptation is necessary and commented that the time change is particularly disorienting. When she is feeling lively in accordance with time in Igbobi Lagos, the rest of Winship is slumbering in accordance with eastern stan- dard time. Jenny Frank, like Lydia, was born in the United States, in New York City. However, the longest period she has spent here is a four-year stay in Georgia. Al- though her parents' current address is Spain, Jenny's orienta- tion is definitely German. Jenny spent the past seven years in Germany. She attended a Ger- man boys boarding school in the Black Forest and at this school Jenny met her fiance, who is also German. Jenny's decision to come to Agnes Scott was based on her mother's love affair with the col- lege. Mrs. Frank vacationed in Atlanta in February, 1972, and at that time visited Agnes Scott. She loved the college, imparted her enthusiasm to Jenny, and Jenny is now a freshman. She says she "can understand why her mother loves the college." Jenny plans to spend Christ- mas in Spain with her parents and sister, and New Year with her fiance and his family in Ger- many. Susan Leong, who comes from Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia, ac- The international set among the class of '77: Susan Leong, Lydia Bendeck, Jenny Frank, Yinka Edun, Vesna Turak. quired her orientation to Agnes Scott through her sister, who is a student at Mercer College in Macon. Susan's sister visited Lily Chan, an Agnes Scott junior, and was impressed with the campus, its friendliness, and the high aca- demic standing of Agnes Scott. She wrote to the admissions of- fice to obtain information for her sister, Susan. Susan has had English in school since first grade, so the language is not a great problem. She likes Agnes Scott and is not homesick. Susan said she. will not be going home for Christmas and probably not this summer either . . . probably the summer of her sophomore year will be Susan's first visit home. When Susan is not teaching her roommate how to say "shut up, you pig," in Cantonese (phonetically: mm ho cho lay chee), she is busy with classes and adapting to Americans - "they are so bubbly." Vesna Turak was born and raised in Santiago, Chile. Her parents are native Yugoslavians, but now hold Chilean citizen- ship. She has one younger sister, Tatigna. Vesna chose to come to Agnes Scott after investigating its recommendation by the wife of her minister in Ft. Valley, Georgia, where she spent the last three years. Vesna speaks Span- ish, Yugoslavian, and English flu- ently, and is interested in biol- ogy and linguistics. She has at- tended Catholic schools both in Chile and in the United States. Vesna likes Agnes Scott, but says the outlook on life is better in Chile. Moreover, Vesna adds, there are better job opportuni- ties in Chile. Vesna's mother holds a degree in dentistry. The five "international" stu- dents were unanimous in their response to the people of the United States. Apparently Americans have a reputation for being cold and technological. Lydia, Yinka, Jenny, Susan, and Vesna were surprised at the lack of coldness and pleased with the warmth they have encountered at Agnes Scott. see Lady from the Sea now playing Students plan German study in Marburg Another view of Marburg by SUSAN BALCH What's the best way to learn about a country? Total immer- sion in the life and language of the country. What's a great way to have fun during summer vaca- tion? Travel and see the sights in Europe. The German depart- ment, headed by Gunther Bick- nese, is offering a program in the summer of 1974 which includes both an exciting vacation and a great educational experience. On the 18th of June, about twenty students from Agnes Scott will arive in either Luxem- bourg or London to begin a ten- day tour. The tour will include both East and West Berlin, Dres- den, Prague, and hopefully Mu- nich. From Munich, the students will travel to Marburg where they will begin six weeks'of in- tensive study. Courses offered will include the full year of German 101, two quarters of German 201, a civilization course and possibly a conversation and composition course. The classes will be en- riched by lectures from profes- sors from the University of Mar- burg. The civilization course will also include several field trips. For example, if the class is cur- rently talking about city govern- ment, they might spend an after- noon at the city hall, seeing how it works. The students will finish up their classwork during the first week in August. They will then have the option of going directly home or staying for an addi- tional two-week tour of France, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, and southern Germany. Anyone who will have had a year of German is eligible to par- ticipate in this program. The cost will be about $1 100 and in- cludes round trip fare to Europe, room and board, field trips, and all fees. The optional two-week tour is expected to cost an addi- tional $200. There is no definite deadline for applications yet. The German department plans to have a booklet with the full details ready to distribute hefore Thanksgiving. PAGE 4 wNats hAppEninq FILM TO BE PRESENTED AT HIGH MUSEUM OF ART Painters Painting a remarkable film of encounters with some of the most celebrated contemporary painters will be screened at The High Museum of Art on four days in November. Jasper Johns, William de Kooning, Robert Motherwell, Bob Rauschenberg, Frank Stella, Andy Warhol, Helen Frankenthaler, Kenneth Noland, Barnett Newman, Larry Poons, Jules Olitski, and Philip Pavia are the artists interviewed and often seen at work in their studios - in the film. Conversations are had too with critics, curators, a dealer and two collectors. Works of the late Hans Hof- mann and Jackson Pollock are also included. The two-hour film is produced and directed by Emile deAntonio, filmmaker best known for Point of Order, In the Year of the Pig, and Millhouse. DeAntonio is well-acquainted with the artists and has been compiling the material for a number of years. Painters Painting is shot in color and in black and white and is devoted entirely to the painters talking about themselves and their work. The somewhat controversial film premiered in Washington, D. C., and was received with favor by critics and public alike. It has been shown to large audiences subsequently in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Baltimore, Buffalo, Toledo, New York and Stockholm. Painters Painting will be shown at the High Museum on Friday, Nov. 16, and Saturday, Nov. 17, at 8:00 p.m., and on Sunday, Nov. 18, at 3:00 p.m. All viewings will be in the Hill Auditorium. Tickets may be purchased at the door before each showing or in advance in the Museum office Monday through Friday. Donations are $1.50 for the general public; $1.25 for students ( I D's requested); and $ 1 .00 for Museum Members. ATLANTA SYMPHONY TO PERFORM BERLIOZ WORK Music Director Robert Shaw will direct the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus with soloists Elizabeth Mannion, John Stewart and Ara Berberian in performances of Berlioz' "Romeo and Juliet," a Dramatic Symphony, in subscription concerts Nov. 15, 16, and 17, at 8:30 p.m. in Symphony Hall. The concerts will mark the first Atlanta Symphony performances of the work. The 200-member Atlanta Symphony Chorus is under the direction of EXXON-Affiliate Artists Conductor, Elmer Thomas. Mezzo-soprano, Elizabeth Mannion, presently a professor of voice at the Indiana University School of Music, has scored wide success in opera roles, both in the U. S. and in Europe. She has also performed the Verdi "Requiem" and Beethoven's "Missa Solemnis" at music festivals under the direction of Robert Shaw. This will be her first Atlanta appearance. Ara Berberian, renowned basso, has recently completed his sixth consecutive season with the San Francisco Opera Company. He has sung more than 90 roles with U. S. opera companies, and is a fre- quent performer with major orchestras. During the 1971-72 season, he presented a series of concerts in Russia and Armenia. Berberian has performed regularly for NBC and CBS television, in several specials including the highly acclaimed "And David Wept," by Laderman. His performances are also available on RCA, Columbia and Poseidon Society records. Tenor John Stewart, featured last year with the Atlanta Symphony in Haydn's "The Seasons," performs with the New York City Opera Company and several other major companies. He was engaged by the Santa Fe Opera Company for the American premiere of Hindemith's "Cardillac." The mod Stewart once performed with Yale's famous "Whiffenpoofs" and earlier as a youngster with the Columbus Boy Choir. A backstage party will be given following the Saturday evening performance with a cash bar available. The Greenbriar committee of the Women's Association will host the informal affair, which is open to the audience. for arts fans lor collectors CHAGALL, BASKIN, R0UAULT, DAUMIER, MATISSE, PICASSO AND MANY OTHERS. AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE HUB STUDENT CENTER WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2S 1 1 :30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. PURCHASES MAY BE CHARGED FERDINAND R0TEN GALLERIES Hello dere arts lovers! It's an absolute must to go see the Blackfriars' first production of the year, The Lady from the Sea, by Ibsen. It will be present- ed Nov. 1 5, 1 6, and 1 7, so don't miss it! The High Museum is sponsor- ing several attractions. Tonight and tomorrow night at 8:00 p.m. the m ov i e Pain ters Pain ting will be presented in Hill Audi- torium. At 2:00 p.m. Sunday, there will be a tour of "High- lights from the Collection of Afro-American Art at Atlanta University," and at 3:00 the movie mentioned previously will again be shown. The lecture, "Introduction to Art History," will be given on Monday, Nov. 19, at 10:00 a.m. in the Hill Auditorium. At the same time and place on Wednes- day, Nov. 21, the lecture "Great Artists" will be presented. registrar/admissions (Continued from page J) ing to Agnes Scott the outstand- ing young women on whom the College's high reputation depends." Miss Steele, a graduate of Agnes Scott, began working at the College in 1938 as secretary to President James Ross McCain. She received her master's degree from Columbia University in 1946, and in 1948 was named Assistant Registrar, serving under Registrar Dr. Samuel Guerry Stukes. During the 1951-52 session she assumed the additional duties of Director of Admissions. Miss Steele con- tinued in this position when appointed Registrar in 1957 upon Dr. Stukes' retirement. Mrs. Thompson, also an Agnes Scott graduate, was named Associate Director of Ad- missions in June, 1972. She had served earlier in the Dean of Stu- dents Office, 1959-61. Later she was a caseworker in the Okla- homa Department of Public Wel- fare for a year and then served on the staff of Rochester State Hospital, Rochester, Minnesota, as a volunteer coordinator. From 1967 to 1972 she was Director of Admissions and Administra- tive Assistant at St. Margaret's School, Tappahannack, Va. AAUP to meet Henr\ L. Bowden will address the second AAUP meeting of the year on Tuesday, Nov. 20, at 5:00 p.m., in the Faculty Club, on some aspect of faculty tenure. He was a member of the Commission on Academic Tenure in Higher Education (jointly sponsored by the Ameri- can Association of Colleges and the American Association of University Professors, and fund- ed by the Ford Foundation), which has published this year a book entitled, Faculty Tenure. Mr. Bowden is an Atlanta attorney, of the firm of Lokey and Bowden, and is President of Emory University's Board of Trustees. All members of the faculty are invited to attend this meeting. There will be coffee at 4:30. ANNOUNCING CHESS CLUB for RANK BEGINNERS One Match per month - For more information, write Nancy Hutchinson, Box 33717, Ga. Tech, Atlanta, Ga. 30332. THE M itO FILE Vol. X- No. 8 .AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE - DECATUR, GEORGIA 30030. November 30, 1973 Freshmen class officers by LYNN WILSON The Freshman Class elected its Class Officers and Board Representatives in a class meeting on Monday, November 12. Elected from the slate of 101 candidates were: CLASS OFFICERS This building is: (a) for rent (b) for sale (c) condemned (d) not there any more (e) the local mosque (f) your home for the next week. Paper drive begun here Interested persons on campus have organized an ecologically motivated campue-wide paper drive. It will begin this week and will hopefully continue through- out the school year if there is enough interest and help from the ASC community. The plan works like this: a place on each hall and cottage will be designated for stashing old newspapers and magazines during the week - string will be provided. Every Wednesday these papers must be tied in bun- dles (each hall responsible for its own) and placed on the corner of Buttrick Dr. behind the Hub (inside the Hub if raining) no later than 2:00 p.m. for pick-up. It is hoped that everyone will pitch in and cooperate with the entire scheme so that it will truly be a campus project. For instance, on Wednesday every- one should pick up a bundle and drop it off on the way to class so that the entire responsibility will not rest with one person. Newspapers and magazines must be bundled separately. There is no designation for the money made on this project. This will be decided by the cam- pus community later. For fur- ther information, contact Miss Cox, Mr. Reinhart, or a member of BSA. Where endowment goes by EVA GANTT Income from endowment funds accounts for 36.5 per cent of Agnes Scott's budget for the 1973-74 year. Distribution of these funds is handled by the investment com- mittee of the board of trustees in conjunction with the Trust Company of Georgia. The trust company makes recommenda- tions as to how endowment funds should be invested, and the trustee committee must ap- prove these recommendations before action can be taken. At the end of each calendar quarter, new gifts are merged in- to a "pooled fund," and the col- lege's endowment assets arc eval- uated. 1 he trust company makes a report and recommendations to the investment committee at this time. According to the report of Sept. 30, 1973, 69.1 per cent of Agnes Scott's endowment funds is invested in common stocks, while the remaining 30.9 per cent is in bonds and preferred stocks. Common stocks are those that can increase rapidly in market value; bonds and prefer- red stocks, though they are fixed in value, yield a higher income than common stocks. Investment for increase in value as well as in income has been the policy of the invest- ment committee and the trust company; this policy is reflected in that common stocks account for the greater percentage of as- sets. The Sept. 30 report puts the total inventory value, the value of the securities when they were acquired, at about $36,945,000; the market value of these securities, as of Sept. 30, has increased to about $51,659,000. Members of the investment committee are William C. Ward- law, chairman; Wilton D . Looncy, j. R. Neal, A. H. Sterne, L. L. Gellerstedt, Jr., John C. Wilson, George W. Woodruff, and Hal L. Smith. Library hours extended The library will be open for extended hours before and during exams as follows: Friday, Nov. 30 Saturday, Dec. 1 Friday, Dec. 7 Saturday, Dec. 8 OPEN UNTIL 10:30 p.m. each evening. FIRE DRILLS PROPOSED President Cindy Hodges Vice President Audrey Grant Sec.-Treas. Kathy Oates Spirit Chairman Jan Barnes BOARD REPRESENTATIVES Arts Council Carol Piatnek Board of Stu- Christa Cline dent Activities Sandra Saseen Athletic Mary Crist Brown Association Joy Cunningham Christian Coile Estes Association Jet Harper Dorm Council Inman Anne Callison Walters Mary Ann Kruskamp Winship Dana deWitt Honor Court Lynn Wilson Social Council Renee Anderson Pat McWaters Rep Council Sylvia Foster Sally Shurley Alarm system explained by SUSAN BALCH In the past few weeks, the fire alarm system at Agnes Scott has come under discussion. Be- cause some of the campus build- ings are older and because the safety of a large number of peo- ple is involved, it is especially important to have a well-orga- nized fire-drill and fire-alarm system. The alarm system in each building is separate from the others and rings only in the building itself. Should an alarm be set off, the Decatur Fire De- partment must be notified by phone; currently, there is no alarm hook-up with the fire sta- tion. Most of the buildings are equipped with a heat-sensitive sprinkler system. Should the water-pressure go down or an ab- normal amount of heat be present, the system is automati- cally set off. Both Buttrick and Presser are equipped with hoses which pull out from the wall. The condition of these hoses is inspected frequently and they were all replaced this last sum- mer. There is no alarm or sprinkler system in the library at this time. This is due to the value of the books and other materials which would be damaged should a sprinkler system go off. In the renovation plans for the library is included a fire alarm system which would probably hook up with the Decatur Fire Depart- ment. All of the fire alarm and sprinkler systems are checked periodically by the fire depart- ment. In addition, the installers of the systems inspect them an- nually. During the summer, the fire department makes an inten- sive inspection. The firemen also use this time to thoroughly fa- miliarize themselves with each building on campus: its name, its location, doors, stairways, air- pockets, etc. Fire drills are currently held once a quarter in each dormi- tory. Rep Council recently passed a recommendation that fire drills be instituted in class- room buildings, the dining hall, and the library on a quarterly basis. This action was taken because students spend a large amount of time in these areas as well as in the dormitories. The Rep Council recommendation also proposed that the escape routes for these other buildings be posted and that alarm hook- ups be made with the Decatur Fire Department. Double concert planned to celebrate Christmas by MARENE EMANUEL Agnes Scott will observe the Yuletide season this year on Dec. 2, at 7:30 p.m., in Gaines Auditorium with the annual Christmas concert. This year's commemoration promises to be twice as exciting and inspiring, for it will be the joint effort of the Dance Group and the Glee Club. The vocal half of the perfor- mance will consist of a program of both light and heavy music a combination of religious mas- terpieces and well-known carols. These will include selections from The Christmas Oratorio by Bach, "Repcti sunt" by Handel, "Sanctus" from the Requiem Mass by Antonin Dvorak, "O Come, O Come Emmanuel," and (Continued on page 3) PAGE 2 PROFILE / November 30 TYPICAL STUDENT FINDS INNER SANCTUM IN WHICH TO PREPARE FOR EXAMS. Fire system doesn't make connection Is the Agnes Scott campus adequately protected in case of fire? The facts on page one indicate that what equipment we have is in good condition. But if it is ever needed, will a sprinkler system be sufficient to control a fire until someone is able to reach the fire department? Will anyone be there to pull hoses out of walls when and where they are needed? Although the nature of the contents of the library renders a sprinkler system unfeasible, it seems odd that there is no alarm, especially since special equipment would be needed to put out a fire there. A hook-up with the Decatur Fire Department would be a good way to protect the investment in the renovation of the library. For that matter, why not have all buildings on campus connected to the fire department? Granted, it may be expensive, but good insurance isn't cheap. Getting people out of a burning building is the most important thing, but every second counts when it comes to saving the building, too. Fire drills in buildings other than dormitories would be good if they could be made practicable. In any case, the minimum precau- tion ought to be the posting of escape routes on every floor of every building. As for dorms, fire drills once a quarter are sufficient practice for getting out of the buildings, but there is too little emphasis on how to use fire extinguishers. Once a year may be often enough for the mechanically inclined, but most of us have never had an opportunity to use them and might easily "freeze" in an emergency with an unfamiliar piece of equipment. Quarterly review might also include location of fire alarm boxes and what kind of extinguisher to use on what kind of fire. I would like to urge serious consideration of all proposals in the Rep Council recommendation printed below. Jan Fredrickson Editor Recommendations WHEREAS, the policy of fire drills in campus living units is ade- quate to insure the safety of students and protection of property in the event of fire, and, WHEREAS, a major portion of student time is spent in buildings other than living units, BE IT RESOLVED that the fire-drill policy include quarterly fire drills when buildings are occupied, alarm hook-ups to the Decatur Fire Department, and escape routes posted on bulletin boards, and this should be made uniform for all major buildings on campus, listed as follows: Dana Fine Arts Building, Buttrick Hall, Presser Hall, Campbell Science Hall, Bucher Scott Gymnasium, McCain Li- brary, Lctitia Pate Evans Dining Hall, and all living units. MR THE MROFILE AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE - DECATUR, GA. 30030 THE PROFILE is published weekly throughout the college year by students of Agnes Scott College. The views expressed in the editorial section are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the view of the administration or the student body. Permission is given to reprint if credited. Entered as first class mail at the Agnes Scott Post Office. EDITOR / Jan Fredrickson ASSOCIATE EDITOR / )oyce McKee BUSINESS MANAGER / Mary ]ane Warren CIRCULATION MANAGER / Marianne Brinker PHOTOGRAPHY / Genie Lastcr, Lynn Wilson STAFF: Susan Balch, Marene Emanuel, Ann Fincher, Eva Garni, AngcKnn McGuff, Patty Pearson, Bonnie Pederson. To the Editor: As an alumna who has long believed that the community, college and general, would bene- fit from Agnes Scott's involve- ment in the so-called "women's movement," I was glad to see the Lecture Association include a program in this area. However, some of us who are heavily in- volved in the efforts to eliminate sex discrimination in our soci- ety, against males as well as females, were startled, to say the least, that the program took the form of a poorly delivered, meandering statement of one person's personal views, which, CHAPLAINS' CORNER as clearly stated in the introduc- tion and reiterated by Ms. Atkin- son herself, do not represent ANYBODY but this one woman. I know no one who agrees with her position that to achieve equal rights for men and women, it is necessary to eliminate love and foster violence. Anybody who hates herself as much as Ti- Grace does must be very un- happy. I feel sorry for her, but wonder what gives her any credi- bility to speak (and for good pay yet!) as a leader or reliable re- porter of "feminism." The most constructive remark of the evening was the question, What are the areas in which ac- tion is needed? Now that the college has proved that it can deal with radicalism, I wish there were some opportunity for those on the campus and off who are interested in feminism (see Web- ster: "practices leading to equa- litv of the sexes; emancipation of women") to come together for another evening. Sincerely, Eliza Paschall Morrison (Past President, Agnes Scott Alumnae Association) Games not recommended (EDITOR'S NOTE: Stanley McGraw is the Episcopal chap- lain to Agnes Scott students.) by THE REV. STANLEY McGRAW All of us to some degree or another play roles or games in order to get our way, the pur- pose being to manipulate others into doing what we desire or ex- pect. This often occurs when the person who is overly helpful sud- denly demands in subtle ways that he or she be repaid in some even more subtle way. Another example is the person who always moans and groans about life in a "poor me" fashion so as to get sympathy. Then there is the person who ANNOUNCING CHESS CLUB for RANK BEGINNERS - One Match per month - For more information, write Nancy Hutchinson, Box 33717, Ga. Tech, Atlanta, Ga. 30332. creates disaster in his life and then screams that life is really unfair. Have you ever seen the college student or faculty mem- ber, or clergyman, who constant- ly claims to be overworked so as to draw praise and notice from others? Really, the problem is that he or she simply does not know how to use time. I suspect that the motive be- hind all these games is that we desire someone to reach out and touch us. We all seek someone to care for us and love us. The problem is that when we seek to obtain this touch of love by manipulative games, we get so lost in all the games that we never can accept love. Our life becomes a manipulative game which thwarts the very thing we desire. GET READY for MADRID! ! Spanish conversation, geared to various levels, will be offer- ed in the winter, rather than spring. Contact Prof. Shaw. DICTIONARIES WEBSTER Library size 1973 edition, brand new, still in box. Cost New $45.00 Will Sell for $15 Deduce 10 o on orders of 6 or more Make Checks Payable to DICTIONARY LIQUIDATION and mail to BOX 764 AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE [ C.O.D. orders enclose I 00 good will deposit. Pay balance plus C O D shipping on delivery. Be satisfied on inspection or return within 10 days for full refund No dealers, each volume specifically stamped not for resale. Please add $1.25 postage and handling. Maybe there is a better way to find acceptance and love that way being simply to say, "I am human and as a result I need to give and to receive love." There are always a few people around who are mature and human enough to accept that need. The love of one or two people like that is worth more than all the games a thousand people can play. PROBLEMS? EuroMed may oiler Rl via overseas training For the session starting Fall, 1974, Euromed will assist qualified Amer- ican students in gaining admission to recognized overseas medical schools. And that's just the beginning. Since the language barrier constitutes the preponderate difficulty in succeed- ing at a foreign school, the Euromed program also includes an intensive 12 week medical and conversational language course, mandatory for all students. Five hours daily, 5 days per week (1216 weeks) the course is given in the country where the student will attend medical school In addition. Euromed provides stu- dents with a 12 week intensive cul- tural orientation program, with American students now studying medi cine in that particular country serving as counselors Senior or graduate students currently enrolled in an American university are eligible to participate in the Euromed program For application and further information, phone toll free (800) 645-1234 or write. Euromed, Ltd. 1 70 Old Country Road Mineola NY 11 501 PROFILE / November 30 PROFS AUDIT COURSES PAGE 3 Taste of own medicine on other side of desk by ANN FINCHER Six Agnes Scott professors are experiencing role reversal this quarter. They are partici- pating in classes, not as profes- sors, but as students. Penny Campbell, Marylin Darling, Larry Hepburn, Dewey Kramer, Sara Ripy, and Margret Trotter are auditing courses. Ms. Campbell, ordinarily a history professor, is enrolled in German 101. Ms. Campbell took elementary German this summer at Georgia State. When she re- turned this fall, she wanted to continue her study of German and decided to audit the 101 course taught by Ms. Kramer. Ms. Campbell and Ms. Kramer both emphasized Ms. Campbell's wish to be treated as a student. According to Ms. Kramer, Ms. Campbell is an excellent pupil. She goes to the language lab, at- tends class regularly, and partici- pates actively. Mr. Campbell takes her student role seriously. Pippa, the German name her classmates call her, "quivers" as much as anyone when she must deliver a dialogue. Ms. Campbell said that she is studying German "so I can read the menu faster when I go to Zurich." She likes to travel and dislikes the feeling of being at the mercy of a for- eign language. Ms. Darling, who teaches dance, and Mr. Hepburn, a mem- ber of the education depart- ment, are both studying elemen- tary French under Mr. Bao. Ms. Darling is taking the French as a refresher course. She teaches bal- let, and French terms are found in the instruction. Ms. Darling does not attend the language lab, but she takes the tests, does the classwork, and participates in a "quiet" way. Mr. Bao said that Ms. Darling is helpful in pointing out areas of instruction that might need further explanation. Mr. Hepburn was a "special" student in his section of French 01 for several weeks. Since fresh- men largely make up elementary French, they wouldn't know Mr. Hepburn, who teaches upper level education courses and semi- nars. No one questioned his presence in the class, but the quarter was well established before a student recognized him as a member of the faculty. Mr. Hepburn explained that he is taking French because its lack is a deficiency in his education. He attends class regularly, partici- pates orally, does the home- work, and takes the tests. The only difference that Mr. Hep- burn's presence makes, accord- ing to both Mr. Bao and Mr. Hepburn, is providing a mascu- line example in grammar. Mr. Hepburn plans to continue his study of French next year, if he "gets a good grade" this year. Ms. Kramer, professor of Ger- man, is the only professor taking a non-academic course. She is taking dance. Ms. Kramer loves dance as a form of expression and is enjoying her course with Ms. Darling. Ms. Darling treats Ms. Kramer as a student and says that the professor's presence does not affect the class at all. Ms. Kramer's student identity is so strong that after two days of absence, Ms. Staven, pianist for the dance classes, asked Ms. Dar- ling, "Where is the girl who's so good?" Ms. Darling puzzled over the student's identity and then realized that Ms. Staven was re- ferring to Ms. Kramer. Ms. Ripy, professor of mathe- matics, is auditing Classical Mythology for "pure" enjoy- ment. Ms. Ripy explains that as an undergraduate, she had a classical civilization course which she enjoyed very much and that the classical mythology course taught by Ms. Glick had long interested her. Ms. Ripy does not orally participate in class and "reserves the right to plead the fifth amendment." She did not take the test although Ms. Glick gave her a copy and is "waiting to hear Ms. Ripy's com- ments." Ms. Margret Trotter, pro- fessor of English, is auditing ele- mentary Russian. Ms. Trotter her drama course and hopes that an understanding of the language will prove useful to her teaching the plays. She enjoys the class and her classmates, who are "very patient with me." Ms. Trotter believes that it is healthy for professors "to be on the re- ceiving end" and adds that "any- one who is a teacher is a perpe- tual student." One of Ms. Trot- ter's most traumatic experiences in her study of Russian was her first visit to the language lab. Ms. Trotter describes the lab as "ter- rifying" and the sound of her voice on tape as "disillusioning." Ms. Trotter does not receive grades for her work, oral or writ- ten. Monsieur Volkoff, her pro- fessor, believes that grading Ms. Trotter's performance would be "impertinent." He does correct her errors and sometimes enlists her aid in illustrating a point of English grammar. Monsieur Vol- koff says that Ms. Trotter is a "good sport" in class and does not "play the professor at all." An illusion is shattered: Ms. Ripy learns in Classical Mythol- ogy that Euclid and Pythogoras weren 't real after all . . . Alumna-trustee remembers past, looks toward future by JOYCE McKEE Mary Wallace Kirk is one of Agnes Scott's most active alum- nae. A graduate of the class of teaches some Russian plays in 1 91 1 , Ms. Kirk became a trustee Christmas concert (Continued from page I ) "Mary Had a Boy Child." Mr. Mathews will conduct the concert; Mrs. Deanna Penland Ramsey, Miss Debbie McBride, Miss Frazer Kennett, and Miss Susan Stigall will be featured as soloists. Pianists will be Kathy Oates and Elinor Perkins, with the help of Virginia Parker as or- ganist. Both the Glee Club and the Madrigals will perform. In addition, there will be several songs in which the audience may participate. In the second half of the pro- gram, the joy and excitement of Christmas will be rendered vis- ually by the Agnes Scott Dance Group. Each dance number will express the meanings of the sea- son: Be a Child at Christmas, choreographed by Becca James; Song of a Child, choreographed by Mary Frances Shine; and Joy- ous Spirit, choreographed by Denise Floyd and Cheryl Kit- chens. In Hymn, choreographed by Beth Budd, Camilla Brannen, Ann Conrad, Janet Sarbaugh, and Susan Stigall will provide the vocal background for the dancers. Pianist Evelyn Babcock and flutist Jayne Peterman will accompany the dancers in the presentation of Vessel of Faith, choreographed by Vicki Burgess. The Lord's Prayer, with Karen Lortcher as narrator, has been choreographed by the entire Agnes Scott Dance Group. Those participating in the performance will be: Margaret Cassingham, Cheryl Houy, Fran Lawless, Becca James, Patsy Hil- ton, Cindy Hodges, Mary Fran- ces Shine, Beth Budd, Vicki Bur- gess, Denise Floyd, Cheryl Kit- chens, Pam Braswell, Melanie Elder, Lucile Palmer, Josette Alberts, and Karen Hale. BSA CHRISTMAS PARTY t Walter's Basement t lm m ediately after Glee Club Dance Group Concert t RIBALDRY APPROPRIATE TO THE SEASON of the college in 1917. She and Mrs. Sam Inman, who was also elected to the board in 1917, were among the first female trus- tees of colleges in the South. Ms. Kirk is from Tuscumbia, Ala., where she lives in the house which her family has called home for the past 100 years. Her grandfather, a lawyer in Tuscum- bia, built the house. Ms. Kirk says that she is "conscious of the family" that has lived there be- fore but that no ghosts are present. Inman Dormitory, which was named for the wife of the Chair- man of the Board of Trustees, Mrs. Sam Inman, was built while Ms. Kirk was a student. The col- lege also conducted its first cam- paign to raise a million dollars, which was celebrated in Decatur upon completion. Ms. Kirk reminisced about the many changes that have taken place since she was a stu- dent. According to the view- point of a former student, the most obvious changes have been made in social policy. Also, Nanette Hopkins was then dean of everything - both faculty and students - and effectively deter- mined most social policies of the school. In its entire history, Agnes Scott has had only four presi- dents: Dr. Gaines, Dr. McCain, Dr. Alston, and Dr. Perry. Ms. Kirk states that it is "her privi- lege to have served as a trustee" during the administration of all four. Ms. Kirk was serving as Presi- dent of the Alumnae Association when the Alumnae House was built; Dr. Gaines was then the president of the college. Ms. Kirk served as head of alumnae for two consecutive terms be- cause, she explained, "I have a flair for organization." Ms. Kirk proudly points out that Agnes Scott's was the first alumnae house of a Southern college. The "nucleus of the college," Ms. Kirk states, has always been its "very fine faculty" who came to the college, stayed - often despite very low salaries - and then left their estates to Agnes Scott. Ms. Kirk claims that there is a "germ at Agnes Scott" that produces "dedicated people." Ms. Kirk states that she is aware of Agnes Scott's current financial and enrollment situa- tion. She says that the college's "conservative financial policy" of never building without first having the money to pay for the building has paid off, because Agnes Scott has a much better financial situation than many other private colleges. Decreased enrollment, Ms. Kirk feels, can be alleviated by presenting the college to young women to whom a liberal arts education appeals. She states that the college should "never lower its standards" and should always seek to "attract brilliant women" whose goal is to achieve "what their ambition and capa- city permit." Ms. Kirk, who has never mar- ried, says she doesn't regret it in the least; she never found "a man to fit the bill." She encour- ages young women to do what they want and ignore social pres- sure. 4 PROFILE /November p&sst:. .H6-Y &&T LOOKUP FOR i*?\A AOTiCM P Field Enterprises, Inc., 1972 ^ C KERe's (\ H>& ...HEAD fOR V&M6Z0ELA- Or maybe you'd dig Liberia. Or how about Ethi- opia? Or Watts? If it's action you're looking for, we can give you plenty. Because we are ACTION a growing movement of volunteers out to help people help themselves. We're far away in the Peace Corps helping peo- ple in developing countries overseas. We're right down the street in VISTA helping our own poor get a decent shot at life. And we're even a group of college students in University Year for ACTION working on special com- munity projects while earning credits toward a degree. The Peace Corps. VISTA. University Year for ACTION. That's a lot of ACTION. And we need a lot more people. Our number is 800-424-8580. Why don't you give us a call. And make a date, today. DON'T CRAWL UNDER A ROCK. GET INTO ACTION. 800-424-8580 TOLL FREE. advertising contributed for the public good m THE K HO FILE Vol. LX - No. 9 AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE - DECATUR, GEORGIA 30030. January 18, 1974 Dr. Napier speaks for Focus on Faith Week Christian Association will sponsor its annual Focus on Faith on Jan. 20-23. This year the theme is "Choosing a Direc- tion Now for the Rest of Your Life." Dr. Davie Napier, President of the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, California will be the guest speaker. The son of missionaries, Dr. Napier received his early education in China and Japan. He later attended Samford, Yale, and Wesleyan Universities. Dr. Napier served as minister to several churches in Georgia and Connecticut and as chaplain to Alfred University and the University of Georgia. He has also been a professor at Stanford University, Yale Divinity University, and the University of Georgia. He has written many books and has been a con- tributor to several Christian journals. Many exciting activities have been planned during this week when the spiritual side of the student's life will be em- phasized. To start things rolling, a dessert will be given Sunday $1,000,000 ASC gets grants Agnes Scott College is the only southeastern institution among 16 colleges awarded a Carnegie Corporation grant of $290,000 to fund a new program of college and university administrative internships for young women. The two-year (1974-75 and 1 975-76) program isdesignedto encourage young women to undertake careers in college and university administration that have traditionally been largely restricted to men. According to a recent report of the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges, less than 2 percent of womentin academic ad- ministration are found in top- level positions at state universities and land grant colleges. If the internship program is continued as long as five years, it should add over 150 women to the pool of potential top-level ad- ministrators for colleges and universities in areas where women are grossly under- represented, such as financial and business affairs, ad- missions, financial aid, academic affairs, public relations and development. The 1 6 colleges cooperating in the program include 14 women's colleges and two former women's colleges whose student bodies are still predominatly women. . The women's colleges are Agnes Scott, Cedar Crest, Chatham, Goucher, Hollins, Mary Baldwin, Mills, Randolph Macon Women's, Salem, Scripps, Sweet Briar, Wells, Wheaton and Wilson. Elmira and Skid- more are the two coeducational colleges. The administrative interns must be young women under age 30 who are recent college graduates, (including the class of '74), or are completing programs leading to appropriate advanced degrees, or are young faculty members with an expressed (Continued on page 4) night so that the students can get a chance to meet the speaker. The party will take place at 7:00 in the Hub. On Monday morning at 7:30 in the Dining Hall, Dr. Napier will speak "On the Nature of Love" at a Prayer Breakfast. During (Continued on page 4) Pension increase "Shortly after coming to Agnes Scott College, I became aware of the generally low level of retirement benefits received by our emeritus faculty members, former colleagues who had served the college with distinction and devotion over many years," said President Marvin B. Perry, Jr., in a recent letter to these members. This situation existed because of the much lower faculty salary scales prevailing in earlier years and because the Connecticut Mutual retirement plan was not instituted until 1941 and the TIAA-CREF plan even later. The Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees has authorized the implementation of the following plan effective with the calendar year 1974. The plan assures each emeritus faculty member of an amount of (Continued on page 4) Contest begins for Writers' Festival Campus writers are urged to ready their works for submission in the contest to select those manuscripts to represent Agnes Scott at the Southern 'Literary Festival, to be held this year at the University of Southern Mis- sissippi. There are five divisions: poetry, short story, one-act play, formal essay, and informal es- say. The deadline for the cam- pus competition to select two manuscripts in each division will be Feb. 1. See the English Bulletin Board or Margret G. Trotter for details. The 1974 Agnes Scott Faculty and Council favor early semester calendar by DELLA McMILLAN At its Jan. 11 meeting the Faculty, in concurrence with the previous decision of the Academic Council, voted that at this time no . change in the exis- ting academic quarter system is advisable. This decision was made in view of a seven month study conducted by a specially appointed committee. The com- mittee submitted no recommen- dation regarding a calendar but endeavored to explore the feasibility of instituting at Agnes Scott an alternative calendar system the early semester. With an early semester system, the first of two sessions is completed before Christmas. At present some form of the semester calendar is used by more institutions than is any other. Many feel that the semester lends itself to a less pressured, in-depth approach to learning. In reckoning "feasibility" the committee recognized the primacy of the academic program and standards of the college. Consideration was also made of economic and fiscal operations, faculty teaching loads, number of faculty, costs of instruction, course offerings, and inter-college cooperation in the Atlanta area. In an early semester calendar there are three generally accepted systems of structuring curriculum and granting credit: (1) the traditional semester curriculum offerings, (2) the unit system, and (3) the varied-hour semester. (Continued on page 4) Writers' Festival is sponsoring a writing contest for students enrolled in public and private Georgia colleges and universities. Prize-winning short stories and poems will be awarded $25.00 each and be published in the AURORA, the Agnes Scott arts magazine. Winners will be announced at the third annual Writers' Fes- tival April 18 and 19 at Agnes Scott. The deadline for submitting manuscripts is Feb. 15, with no limit on the number of different short stories and poems sub- mitted by a contestant. All entries should be mailed to: Writing Festival Committee, Box 990, Agnes Scott College. All manuscripts must be typed, double-spaced, on one side of the paper. Each work should be accompanied by an envelope with only the name of the entry and its classification (poetry, fic- tion) on the outside. Inside the sealed envelope should be a card with the author's name and institution. If return is desired, a self -addressed, stamped envelope of suitable size should be supplied. Those wishing to enter both contests should so indicate on their entries. To simplify matters, all Agnes Scott poetry turned in for either contest will also be eligible for the Janef Newman Preston Poetry Award of $50.00. PAGE 2 Faculty violates Honor System During the last exam period, a professor casually inqu.red of a student picking up an exam, "say, when DO students havetoturn ,n .xams?" Other professors failed to follow the when, where, and how of exam procedure through .gnorance or deliberate disregard. Throughout the quarter, some professors do not bring before Honor Court those students who plagiarize while others grade tests that are unpledged or neglect even to check to see whether or not a test is pledged Many professors do not make clear if work is to be com- pletely original or if information from outside sources or fellow students may be sought. If it is possible for a professor to violate the Honor System, we believe the above are typical situations. We suggest that ad- ministration, faculty, and student body reexamine the provisions of the Honor System. If a regulation is outmoded or unfair, it should be changed; not ignored. The cavalier attitude of some professors toward the Honor System implies a disregard for it that may be infectious. Our system offers freedom and flexibility; it seems to us broad enough to handle all circumstances. If the Honor System is not sufficiently flexible, then it is the obligation of those who notice these flaws to offer amendments in procedure for the entire campusnot to develop new, personal systems. Students or professors who ignore some small regulation of the Honor System should not think that the "heart" or principle of the Honor System is left untouched; even a procedural violation is a violation. Allowed to continue, procedural violations may lead to a breakdown in the mutual trust between faculty and students that was once hopefully still is an Agnes Scott tradition. We propose that the provision that "the grade on any late written late" be either abolished, followed by all professors, or listed in the student handbook as falling under the discretion of each professor. Each professor would then be obligated to announce his or her policy during the first class meeting of the quarter. During the quarter, take-home tests should be distributed to students in sealed, white, legal-sized envelopes. Each test should state clearly all regulations; these regulations should be explained by the professor to the class before tests are distributed to provide students with the opportunity of clarifying all procedural questions when all members of the class are present. Further, take-home final exams should be abolished. Firstly, no need exists for exams with no time limits as some take-home exams are. Two and a half hours should be all any individual is expected to work on an exam. If the professor would like the student to have unlimited thinking time, he or she should an- nounce a prepared question for the exam. Also, many take-home exams might just as well be a paper in lieu of an exam. Should the student body, faculty, and administration decide that our system is so rigid that it needs the alternative of take-home exams, these exams should be distributed like take-hometests in sealed, white, legal-sized envelopes, not in brown exam envelopes. The entire college must begin now, under the leadership of Honor Court, to think about the privilege and responsibility inherent in our Honor System. This winter quarter is thetimeforthought before our most precious possession decays. THE PROFILE/Januarv 18, 1974 Joyce McKee Associate Editor THE MROFMLE AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE - DECATUR, GA. 30030 THE PROFILE is published weekly throughout the college year by students of Agnes Scott College. The views expressed in the editorial section are those of the author and do not neces- sarily represent the view of the administration or the student body. Permission is given to reprint if credited. Entered as first lass mail at Agnes Scott Post Office. EDITOR/Jan Fredrickson ASSOCIATE EDITOR/Joyce McKee BUSINESS MANAGER/Mary Jane Warren CIRCULATION MANAGER/Marianne Brinker PHOTOGRAPHY/Genie Laster STAFF: Susan Balch, Marene Emanuel, Ann Fincher, Eva Gantt, Angelynn McGuff, Delia McMillan, Patty Pearson, Bon- nie Pedersen, Lynn Wilson. (Editor's note: The Profile received this letter shortly after Thanksgiving, which did not give us time to publish it in the Nov. 30 issue.) To the Editor: The maids of the college were remembered at Thanksgiving by the nicest hams. These hams were given by the students of C.A. The maids didn't get to thank Debbie (Welch) when she brought them in Wednesday morning (Nov. 21). They deeply appreciated the gift and wanted me to express their thanks. We all appreciate C.A. so very much and what it means to the college and to me personally. Thank you girls again, God bless all the fine things you do. Sincerely, Dorothy H. Turner Supt. of Dormitories To the Editor: The Board of Student Ac- tivities, representative of Agnes Scott students through the ma- jor boards and various classes, would like to voice its dis- satisfaction concerning the location of the Campus-wide Christmas Party, Dec. 2, 1973. Although the party was successful in Walters Basement, we felt that it was the desire of the majority of students on campus to hold the party in the library. The reasons given for the impracticality of using the library were: 1 . that it would disturb those students who wished to study; 2. that there were not sufficient facilities in the library for wash- ing dishes; 3. that it would impose upon the library staff in that they would have to take their time in preparation for the party; 4. that it would render the library partially inoperative for several days before and after the party since the tables would have to be moved; 5. that the sockets in the floor in the main lobby of the library are considered a hazard. We feel that these problems could have been worked out easily and efficiently by the members of the Board. 1 It was the purpose of the Campus-wide Party and the hope of the Board that all students would attend this function. But, for those who did not wish to attend, there are various other places on campus in which they could study for .these few hours. The library itself explains its early closing hours with this same argument. 2. There was no need for any specific area in which to wash dishes as all cups and napkins were paper and very few trays were used 3 The members of the Board were more than willing to han- dle any and all preparations of the party without imposing on any member of the library staff 4 The entire Board was present to begin decorating for the party at 6:30 p.m. on the designated night. It took approximately one hour to complete all decorations for the party. With the help of the maintenance staff that we employed for that evening we feel that we would have been able to rearrange the tables and decorate the library in its en- tirety just as quickly. 5. It had already been planned that Spirit Committee would construct tall candy-striped poles to cover the floor sockets. The final overall reason against holding the party in the library was that it was not a proper place for a party. We feel that the library is one of the loveliest buildings on campus and should be known to the students as not only a place to work but also as a place to have fun. There is enough room to ac- comodate a large number of people without the feeling of en- closure, due to the high ceiling and many windows. The last two years the party has been held in the library and we remember it as one of the warmest and happiest com- munity functions we have known at Scott. In the future we would like to see the Campus Christmas Party in the library become and remain an Agnes Scott tradition. The Board of Student Activities: Sara Barrett, Chairman, B.S.A. Marie Newton, Secretary, B.S.A. Beth Budd, Chairman, Arts Council Karen Dick, President, Athletic Association Debbie Welch, President, Chris- tian Association Lily Chan, President, Chimo Lucy Brockman, Chairman, Honor Court Marty Rutledge, Chairman, Interdorm Teresa Lee, Chairman, Orien- tation Susan Skinner, President, Student Government Mary Gay, Chairman, Spirit Committee Eleni Papador, President, Social Council Mercedes Vasilos, President, Senior Class Susan Stigall, President, Junior Class Janie Sutton, President, Sophomore Class Cindy Hodoes, President, Freshman C.uoS Brandon Brame, Sophomore Member-at-Large Cile Fowler, Sophomore Member-at-Large Christa Cline, Freshman Member-at-Large Sandra Saseen, Freshman Member-at-Large (Editor's note: The Profile received a copy of this letter from an alumna to Dr. Perry.) Dr Perry: As a recent graduate (1972), I listened avidly to your thoughts about and plans for Agnes Scott at the October Young Atlanta Alumnae Club meeting I was especially interested to hear your plans for publicizing ASC, using the campus in the summer and involving the alum- nae more in recruitment, etc. However, I would like to draw your attention to an incident which happened yesterday, in wnich three alumnae and one professor and our hus- bands/wives were offended enough to make us question the value of our support to the college. Mr. Benjamin Bao of the French department invited several couples (consisting of faculty and alumnae people) to play touch football on Sunday afternoon, under the as- sumption that the athletic field was reserved for faculty use on Sundays as usual. When I arrived with my husband, Mr. Bao was the only faculty member among the group, but said the others had said they were coming. Also present on the field was a large group of students and children from the Mental Retardation Center hav- ing a game day. Mr. Bao spoke with the leader of that group who said they would not be us- ing the whole field and that we could stay, playing at one end. This was fine with us and ap- parently with them. We had been playing for about five minutes when Ms. Kate McKemie and Ms. Bertie Bond drove up and got out to watch. After another few minutes, Ms. McKemie walked over to us and asked one of the husbands to remove his shoes, since he was wearing rubber cleats. We disagreed with her that they tore up the field, but we said nothing and he took off the shoes. After another few minutes, she came up to me, saying I was the only one of the group that she recognized. I introduced her to Mr. Bao and she proceeded to tell us that the children's group had reserved the field through her, that in our group the guests outnumbered the ASC people, that, no, the alumnae did not count as ASC people, and that if they allowed this sort of thing, one ASC person could invite a whole Georgia Tech fraternity (God forbid, men at ASC!) to use the field. I have no personal vendetta with Ms. McKemie (and rather enjoyed her Recreation Leadership class several years ago), but I question her or Agnes Scott's policy, whichever it is, on the following points: 1 ) that anything but tennis shoes destroys the field - no one ever required us to wear tennis shoes for P E. classes, except on the tennis courts; also, ASC students jog and play on the field out of class, in anything they happen to want to wear on their feet and I know of no one's ever being reproached about it. 2) that ASC alumnae "don't count" - the exact conversation after Ms McKenie's statement that ASC people must out- number guests was as follows: Mr. Bao: You mean alumnae (Continued on page 4) THE PROFILE/ January 18, 1974 PAGE 3 News Briefs plays as movies D-Y-D Due to an oversight the results of Deck Your Dorm were not published last quarter. The winners are: Best Overall Dorm: Main Best Overall Cottage: McCain Best Dorm Room 215:Rebekah- Judy Thompson Best Cottage Room 6: McCain- Teressa Dew Congratulations to the winners and many thanks to the professors and day students who served as judges. observatory The Bradley Observatory at Agnes Scott College will be open to the public at no charge every other Wednesday night begin- ning Jan. 23 from 7:30 to 10. If the sky is overcast on a scheduled Wednesday, the observatory will be closed. The 30-inch reflecting teles- cope, which is one of the largest in the Southeast, will be placed Jan. 23 for observation of the comet Kohoutek and the planets Juprter, Saturn, Mars and Venus. Smaller telescopes on the observatory roof will also be available for viewing the planets. Dr. George Folsom, Agnes Scott assistant professor of physics and astronomy, and Agnes Scott astronomy students will manage the telescopes. paper drive The campus-wide paper drive has been going fairly well, so please don't let it fizzle out. It will be continued all year with pick-ups every Wednesday at 2:00 p.m., so please don't forget! If your hall needs string to bundle the papers and magazines (separately), contact Karen Dick. And remember! This project will succeed only if EVERYONE is concerned, and will be res- ponsible for themselves, their hall, and their environment! at-homes The Faculty At-Home Program, this year sponsored by Spirit Committee, enables students to get to know their professors on a more personal and informal basis by visits arranged with various profes- sors to take place on Sundays this winter quarter. The program begins Jan. 27. There will be a sign-up sheet in the dining hall. It is necessary to sign up because the number of students that can attend is limited, since these get- togethers are at the homes of the professors. If you sign up at the beginning of the week and dis- cover you cannot attend, take your name off the list before the end of the week or you will be expected to attend. Spirit Com- mittee wil attempt to find rides for those gatherings which are not in walking distance. Begun last year by Student Government, the program has interested many students. Duran girls Thirty-seven young women from Agnes Scott have been selected to represent the Masland Duraleather Company in its Annual Cover Girl Student Marketing Scholarship Program at the January Furniture Market in Atlanta. They are as follows: Beth Ab- bott, Blue Argo, Ann Baxley, Kitty Birely, Connie Bowen, Lucy Brockman, Vicki Burgess, Margaret Carter, Beth Davis, Denise Floyd, Susan Gamble, Karen Hale, Sally Harris, Sarah Harrison, Debbie Huband, Sherry Huebsch, Laura Johnson, Ellen Jordan, Anita Kern, Becky King, ;Leila Kinney, Susan Landham, Fran Lawless, Mary Margaret Mac Lauchlin, Ruth McManus, Fran Maguire, Betsy Middleton, Eleni Papador, Gayle Rankin, Debbie Reddic, Louise Roche, Melissa Schuster, Mary Frances Shine, Susannah Stevens, Lark Todd, Martha Watson, and Knight Webb. Catholics Father Joseph Geniesse, Roman Catholic chaplain for Agnes Scott and Emory, will celebrate Mass here on the Agnes Scott campus on Thurs- day afternoon, Jan. 24 at 5:00 in McKinney Date Parlor. Everyone in the campus com- munity is invited to attend. The liturgy will be that for the feast of St. Francis de Sales and the readings forthe Mass proper will be taken from the devotions of St. Francis. On Feb. 24 at 1 :00 at Durham Chapel, Emory, the local Catholic community is pleased to announce that Archbishop Thomas Donnellan, of the Atlanta Diocese, will be the celebrant at Mass there. Afterwards the Archbishop will be meeting with Catholic students in the area. Everyone interested is urged to attend. For further information see Father Geniesse who is available here on the Agnes Scott campus each Thursday from 1:00 to 5:00. Spirit Committee needs more members! if interested, please petition to Box 171. Am. Film Theatre continues Twentieth-century plays such as Harold Pinter's "The Homecoming" and Eugene lonesco's "Rhinoceros" are be- ing discussed in public sessions led by Agnes Scott College faculty through May 8. Sponsored by the Agnes Scott Alumnae Association's con- tinuing education program, the discussion sessions center on the American Film Theatre plays showing in metro-Atlanta movie theatres. The American Film Theatre consists of plays written for stage and transferred to film by American Express, Inc. in collaboration with filmmaker Ely Landau. The plays on film in- clude the best of Broadway and London's West End and are directed and performed by world-renowned actors and directors. The Agnes Scott sponsored public discussions are held on Wednesdays following American Film Theatre showings on Mondays and Tuesdays. All sessions are at 7:30 p.m. in the Community Room of the Decatur Federal Building on North Druid Hills Road across from the Toco Hill Theatre, which shows the American Film Theatre plays. Admission is $1.00 each ses- sion, payable at the door. All who have read or seen the play under discussion, whether on the live stage or on film, are in- vited to the discussion groups. The public discussions led by Agnes Scott professors are as follows: Jan. 23. Anton Chekhov's "Three Sisters" (directed by Sir Laurence Olivier and acted by the National Theatre Company of England forthe American Film Theatre) discussed by Assistant Professor of French and Rus- sian, Vladimir Volkoff; Feb. 6: Simon Gray's "Butley" discussed by Associate Profes- sor of English, B. W. Ball; March 13: Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson's "Lost m th > Stars" discussed by Assistant Professor of Speech and Drama, Elvena Green. April 10: Eugene lonesco's "Rhinoceros" discussed by Professor of French, Virginia Allen; May 8: John Osborne's "Luther" discussed by Assistant Professor of English, Mark Siegchrist. Rules published for Dana Dana is primarily a building housing teaching facilities for the departments of art and speech and drama. It is recognized that because of its at- tractiveness, location and facilities, it is a desirable place for other departments and organizations to hold functions. It is recognized also as a very hospitable atmosphere for guests to the campus. In order to facilitate decisions about the use of the building, the following guidelines have been formulated by the departments housed there in conjuction with the president of the college: Dalton Galleries A calendar of the shows to be hung in the galleries is prepared for the entire year. Other functions in the building should not be held during the Friday and Saturday when a show is being put up or taken down. 109 projection room This room and its equipment are not available except on special occasions. Only art faculty may operate the projec- tors. Requests should be made following the procedure outlined below. Theater Evenings When a play is in rehersal, the stage and the shop adjacent to it are in constant use. For the fourteen (14) days preceding the play (counted from the dress rehersal), no requests will be honored. The committee will consider requests for the use of the theater during the two weeks prior to the above restricted time with the possibility of asking the speech and drama department and Blackfriars to halt their work one evening during that span of time. These requests will be taken on a "first come, first served" basis. (The weekend in- cluding Friday are easiest times to the the theater available.) Daytime The theater is a classroom for courses taught in the speech and drama department. As any teacher recognizes, it is difficult to pick up and move a class from the location developed with aids for that particular course. However, the department is will- ing for the Committee on the Use of Dana to consider requests for class hours with the understan- ding that each request will be considered also by the instructor in terms of the class needs for the specific day. Chapel Requests for chapel time should be submitted at least two weeks prior to the date desired so that the committee may meet and reach a decision in time for the program to be listed on the weekly calendar Green Room Requests for the use of this room will be considered depen- ding on planned activities of Blackfriars and the speech and drama department. Classrooms Assignment of these rooms is made by the Assistant Dean of the Faculty. Specific requests should be submitted directly to her. Social Functions The person requesting a social function in the building (held in the area of the galleries behind the circular stairs) is res- ponsible for the following arrangements: 1. being sure thatallfurniture moved from seminar rooms, etc. is back in place for its scheduled function for the next day. z. completing cleanup of the of the kitchen and reception area (used cups, etc. are not to be left overnight.) The employees working in Dana have their own duties in connection with the building and are not expected to provide clean up for extra social functions. 3. securing extra janitor and maid help from the Business Of- fice. The organization spon- soring the event is responsible for paying these extra em- ployees. (Continued on page 4) SIGN-OUT POLICY This sign-out policy was of- ficially adopted in December, 1973. It is the one passed by Rep Council in November, and is reprinted here for your convenience. A. Fall Quarter Freshmen 1. must sign out on their sign out cards at the hostess desk if plan- ning to be out after 7 p.m. stating date, destination, and expected time of return. 2. must return by dorm closing hours. 3. must sign out on their cards at hostess desk when spending the night away from their own cam- pus residences and supply the required information. 4. must sign out on their cards at the hostess desk for Thanksgiv- ing and Christmas vacations. B. Upperclassmen and winter and spring quarter freshmen 1. are STRONGLY URGED to leave information which would be helpful in locating them in an emergency situation if they remain off campus or do not return to their respective residences by dorm closing hour. 2 must sign out on their sign out cards at the hostess desk for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Spring, and Summer vacations. C. If a student assumes the res- ponsibility of signing out for another student when sign out is required under the conditions cited above, the student as- suming such responsibility will be held accountable if she fails to do so. PAGE 4 THE PROFILE/January 18, 1974 Europe scoured for future Scotties by PATTY PEARSON Ann Rivers Thompson, new Director of Admissions, was one of 36 college representatives who travelled to England, France, Italy, Greece, Belgium, Germany, and Switzerland, Nov. 3-19 She visited various high schools and preparatory schools introducing Agnes Scott to overseas students and provided information about Agnes Scott to those interested. The representatives concerned themselves mainly with students of American parentage. These students were mostly located near large American armed force bases as in Heidelburg, Germany; large American -corporations, such as DuPont in Geneva, Switzerland; and cities where there are many Americans in foreign service, such as London. Mrs. Thompson cannot tell at this point how many applicants Scott will receive from this particular trip, but she felt that the greatest benefit was the large exposure that Scott got through the slide show and from the booklett prepared and com- piled bvy all the schools for this trip. In speaking to representatives from schools who had gone on the trip last year, Mrs. Thompson discovered that there was a greater student response to those schools the following year. The general format of the program that thge represen- tatives gave to each shcool was that of a typical college day. They presented the slide show at nights and the following day they talked to the students. "I was very pleased with the general response I felt we got," said Mrs. Thompson. Many people had never heard of Agnes Scott. Many of the interested students were impressed with the fact that Scott is located in vtlanta area Some students were concerned about the tuition; however, Mrs. academic calendar (Continued from page 1 The committee decided that the traditional 15-week semester limited curriculum offerings and was too bulky to accomodate before Christmas and to coordinate with other Atlanta area colleges' quarter calendars. The committee's inquiry revealed, however, that a 1 3 or 14-week semester plus an examination period could be ac- comodated with relative ease at Agnes Scott. A 14-week semester could be fit in prior to Christmas, the structure would not alter the present method of paying fees and board, and there would be no increase in cost to the college since students will actually be in residence a somewhat shorter period than now (except for those students taking courses at other colleges). If the fall session were begun in early September, when Emory and Georgia Tech are closed, the committee saw that certain ad- justments would need to be made in order to accomodate exchange students and other ac- tivities Social orientation would of necessity be postponed, but this was discounted by an early academic orientation and two weeks for the student to adjust to academic work. In view of plans now pending to encourage exchange of students with other colleges in the area (all of which use the quarter-system calendar), spr- ing semester could be adjusted to the other colleges' winter and spring quarters by having spring vacation coincide with their break between quarters. Arrangements would be made for Scott students who would have to stay on campus beyond closing in order to complete courses at other colleges. This proposed calendar for the spring semester would also ac- comodate students who transfer after one semester or one quarter at another college The committee then studied the various systems of curriculum structure. They dis- cussed the UNIT SYSTEM in which every course in the curriculum is taught the equivalent of 4 hours per week for 1 unit credit and the student takes an average of 4 units a semester. The system was evaluated by the departments and although generally quite popular because of its simplicity, it was dismissed as too rigid for some of them to use without reducing curriculum or raising faculty load. The committee then turned to the study of a more flexible system which might alleviate the problems found in the unit systemthe VARIED HOUR SEMESTER SYSTEM. Under this system, courses carry 1 -, 2-, 3-, or 4- (in a few instances 5, 8, or 1 0) semester hours credit ac- cording to the number of hours of class meetings per week dur- ing the 14-hour semester. Under this system the 8 weeks of the student teaching and the legislative programs could be followed by several short concentrated semester courses in various fields in or related to the student's major In order to reduce the teaching load the semester system would place on departmental faculty, cuts in the number of sections would have to be made in places that could afford them. Under the varied hour semester system it seems that no faculty member would teach more than 3 courses or have more than 3 preparations each semester. After studying these various alternative early semester calendars the committee con- cluded that 1 The committee believes that an early semester calendar is feasible for Agnes Scott 2. Under an early semester calen- dar, the committee believes that the varied hour system is the preferable system to follow Thompson pointed out that Frankfurt International School (u private preparatory school hav- ing a high academic standard) costs the equivalent of $6400 a year for strictly tuition, room, and board (no extracurricular ac- tivities included). Also, there was the stigma, as Mrs. Thompson put it, "about the southern girls' school which we would like to call a women's college." Many thought Agnes Scott is as it was 15 years ago and were surprised to discover differently. Some of the other schools rerpesented were: University of Denver, University of Miami, Fincher, Randolph-Macon, Hollins, LaFayette, and University of the Pacific. alumna voices discontent (Continued from page 2) don't count? Ms. McKemie: No. 3) that no sensitivity was shown, even if these guest-and-use rules are in effect, in that we had already arranged with the other group to stay out of their way. 4) that having guests use the field is somehow destructive to the ASC athletic program - of course, school functions should have precedence, but is this selfish isolation necessary? I feel that Agnes Scott is above many schools asfarasacademic quality goes, and I would like to ASC receives grants (Continued from page 1) interest in administration in higher education. A committee here at Agnes Scott wi II select up to three nominees from among Agnes Scott graduates who make application. Can- didates, nominated by the 16 colleges, will be screened by the program coordinator at Cedar Crest College and selected by a 5-member advisory board com- posed of the presidents of the participating colleges. In the 1 0-month program, one or two graduates from each institution will be assigned, following a two-week workshop, to work directly with a senior ad- ministrator at a cooperating college, and will undertake special projects to broaden their understanding of issues in college management. Each intern will receive a stipend of $6,875 for the 1 0-month period, of which the college will pay half. As part of the internship plan, a placement service will provide guidance and assistance to interns as they seek positions or further training. In addition, the interns will be listed on profes- sional rosters and their availability advertised in ap- propriate academic media. Cedar Crest College, Allen- town, Pa., will administerthead- ministrative internship program for the 16 colleges and is designated recipient of the Carnegie Corporation grant funds. Deadlines: Feb. 1 5, 1 974-Ap- plications due at each college. Mar. 1, 1 974-Nominations for "up to 3" candidates due in Coordinator's office. Mar. 15, 1 974-Screening completed by Advisory Committee. Apr. 1, 1974-lnterns and institutions notified. Agnes Scott (among 24 other colleges) has also received a grant of $250,000 to be matched by the College for four Dana professorships within three years. The terms allow complete freedom to choose any full professors from any field. A Dana professorship does not have to remain with one person, thus adding to the flexibility of the program. Dean of Faculty Julia T. Gary and others will help Dr. Perry choose the recipients. It is hoped that one or more Dana professors will be named by next year, though not all will be named at once. Income from this endowment will be used to supplement the four chairs and will help to raise the level of faculty salaries. The as yet unfilled Wallace M. Alston chair in Bible and Religion will bring thetotal of endowed chairs at Agnes Scott to nine. Other contributions totalling half a million dollars have been made as follows: $50,000 for biological equipment; $200,000 for campus improvements and purchase of surroknding property, both from anonymous foundations; and several con- tributions toward renovation of the library. Napier to speak (Continued from page 1) Chapel time that afternoon, he will speak "On the Time and the Person" in Maclean. The faculty is invited to meet Dr. Napier in the home of Dr. Perry for dessert at 7:30 in the evening. "On Brubeck and the Beatitudes" will be the topic presented Tuesday in Maclean during Chapel time. Between 2 30-5:00 that afternoon, he will be available for individual and group conferences in Walters basement In the evening at 7 30. a panel discussion is scheduled to be held in the Rebekah Reception Room. Members of the panel will in- clude three Agnes Scott students as well as the guest speaker. The students will be in- vited at that time to make any comments or to ask any ques- tions concerning any of Dr Napier's previous speeches. On Wednesday, January 23, Dr Napier will speak during con- vocation "On Unamuno, Wis- dom, and Faith." The individual and group conferences will be repeated again that afternoon. The final event will be a Com- munion service at 5.15 p.m. in the Rebekah Reception Room. support and further this. However, I and my husband and the other alumnae will not sup- port arbitrary rules and being made to feel we are not im- portant to the college. Granted, the money the few of us will have to give ASC in the next few years will not be substantial, but our verbal and moral support, as well as our influence on other alumnae, hopefully will cause some investigation into these policies. (I myself could pass this on to my mother, aunt, cousin, sister, three close friends and 2 co-workers who are all alumnae or students.) If this were the only insult I had received, perhaps I would be more calm about it, but there have been other things. People at ASC can be so caring and go beyond duty to help a student, while at other times, the pettiest things are brought up for reasons that just seem illogical. Thank you for hearing my complaints. I am very pleased with where you feel ASC will be going and hope this will maybe further that a little. Sincerely, Nancy Weaver Willson, '72 (Mrs. Patrick J. Willson) pension (Continued from page 1) retirement income based upon his or her years of teaching at Agnes Scott. The minimum will be$5.00 per month per year of service to the College. Thus the College will add to each emeritus professor's monthly retirement benefit the amount necessary to reach this level. For example, if a professor had taught forty years at Agnes Scott but is receiving today only $100.00 per month from the College, Agnes Scott will add another $100.00 per month to bring the monthly total to $200.00 All of these payments will be in addition to Social Security and Blue Cross/Blue Shield medical benefits. This will affect a dozen of Agnes Scott's emeriti. use of Dana (Continued from page 3) 4. paying overtime to the regular Dana employees if it is necessary to keep the building open beyond regular hours. 5. providing tablecloths, serv- ing trays, etc. Forms for filing requests are available in the Office of the Dean of Students and should be returned there. Please allow at least two weeks for the com- mittee to meet and reach a decision. THE M itO FILE Volume LX - No. 10 .AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE - DECATUR, GEORGIA 30030. February 1, 1974 News Briefs I Try-outs for one-acfs yearbook editor beO/D * 3 n/nVQ Feb. 9. The performance is scheduled for Symphony Hall, Memorial Arts Center, at 8:00 p.m. At its October premiere, the Philadelphia Daily News called American Genesis "a brilliant modern ballet swaggering with imaginiation and humor." The work, which was created in part for the bicentennial, draws loose parallels between the Biblical Creation and the founding of America. The music Infirmary services, free < otherwise Along with winter quarter comes the arrival of cold weather and illnesses. In order to assure the student that it is there to help, the infirmary has issued a report on which of its services are free and which of them are charged to the student. The following are free of Silhouette petitions due Wed. Petitions for editor of the SILHOUETTE are due by Wed., Feb. 13, in Box 506 or 765. Petitions are open to the cam- pus. It is hoped that the student body will take advantage of this procedure because it is the first time that the election of the editor has been open to everyone. 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MORGAN, 755 Park Road, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20010 charge: an infirmary visit, con- sultation with Dr. Peltz at the in- firmary during office hours, a consultation with the gynecologist, consultation with the psychiatrist (up to three times), the loan of equipment such as a heating pad, ice cap, or crutches, and treatments at the infirmary such as hot soaks, cool compresses, vaporizer, ice packs, minor dressings, or first aid. In-patient care in the in- firmary is also considered a free service; this includes overnight stays, special diets, and stock (continued on page 4) If you're not sure what's out there, how can you know where you're going or how to get there? The Christian Science Monitor can help. It keeps you squarely in the center of the bold and exciting, the im- portant trends of thought. It gives a firsthand, close-in view of the world's struggles and achievements. You see where you fit in things you can do. The Monitor doesn't do your thinking for you. In a quick readable style it gives you the facts to form your own decisions. News, commentary, the arts, politics, science, fashion, sports, business: the Monitor is an excit- ing daily newspaper (Monday - Friday). Less than 10C a copy on your special rate. Yes, I II invest S8.25 in my future, for 4 months of The Christian Science Monitor. i Payment enclosed ! Bill mu later Name Street City (Please print) Apt. State ZIP The Christian Science Monitor * Box 125, Astor Station Boston. Massachusetts 02123 ranges from Bluegrass to Bach. The Taylor Company is here as part of the Dance Atlanta program which sponsored appearances by the Ballet Repertory Company and Jose Limon Dance Company earlier this year. The Taylor dancers will give master classes at Georgia State University, Agnes Scott, and DeKalb Community College dur- ing their three day residency in Atlanta. Dance demonstrations (continued on page 4) Nominations today Popular nominations will take place in the Hub TODAY from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. Student teachers and others away from the campus during these hours may submit nominations tonight to Susan Skinner, Room 2, McCain Cot- tage. MED SCHOOL ADMISSION PROBLEMS? EiriMtl m iller Ml mi everseas iratning For the session starting Fall, 1974 Euromed will assist qualified Amer ican students in gaining admission to recognized overseas medical schools. And that's just the beginning. Since the language barrier constitutes the preponderate difficulty in succeed- ing at a foreign school, the Euromed program also includes an intensive 12 week medical and conversational language course, mandatory for all students. Five hours daily, 5 days per week (12-16 weeks) the course is given in the country where the student will attend medical school. In addition. Euromed provides stu dents with a 12 week intensive cul tural orientation program, with American students now studying medi cine m that particular country serving as counselors Senior or graduate students currently enrolled in an American university are eligible to participate in the Euromed program. For application and further information, phone toll free, (800) 645-1234 or write, Euromed, Ltd. 170 Old Country Road Mineola, N Y 11501 PAGE 4 inflation exacts increasing toll PROFILE/FEBRUARY 8, 1974 Higher education faces bleak financial future Many of the nation's colleges and universities are facing a dif- ficult financial future. The Carnegie Commission on Higher Education surveyed 41 colleges and universities since 1 970 and cound "a new depres- sion in higher education." A resurvey two years later in- dicated a "fragile stability" had been achieved, but there was no cause for optimism Now, according to Earl Cheit, professor of business ad- ministration at the University of California at Berkeley who did both surveys, "a lot of people are very, very nervous because in- flation is much worse." A number of institutions im- proved finances in the last two years by the most extreme measures: abolishing departments and research institutes and, in at least one case, an entire campus. Others temporarily solved their problems by freezing faculty salaries or failing to fill staff openings, and by postpon- ing maintenance and replacement of equipment and facilities. In addition to the cost of higher education instruction, which the Committee on Economic Development says rose at roughly twice the rate of in- flation during recent years, Student Overseas Service offers summer employment Luxembourg, Europe, Jan. , 1 4 There is a new and interes- ting way around the problem of scarce student jobs. Any student between the ages of 1 7 and 27 can obtain a temporary paying student job in Europe through a new mail application systems Jobs, working papers, room and board arrangements and other travel documents are processed in advance. Standard wages are paid in addition to the profitable ad vantage of free room and board which is provided with each hotel, resort and restaurant job. Most jobs are in Switzerland, France, Austria and parts of Alpine Germany in ski resorts during the winter months, and in lakeside and city resorts, hotels and restaurants durina the spring and summer months. As inflation and unem- ployment increase, so does the attraction of a temporary paying student job in Europe. Recently wages in Europe not only offset any dollar devaluation loss, but a few weeks work in Europe a personally broadening experience on its own repays most of the trip cost. A few more weeks work earns ample money for traveling around Europe. Most jobs do not require knowledge of a foreign language (but what an opportunity for language students!), and willingness to work, adaptability and maintenance of an open mind count more than experience. Applications should be sub- mitted in time to allow for processing the job, workinq papers, room and board arrangements and other travel documents. Students can cut Parents weekend (continued from page 1 ) the luncheon at 1:00 p.m. in honor of the parents . It will be followed by a dessert-coffee in the Winship terrace living room. President and Mrs. Perry will receive sophomres and their parents, and members of the faculty, and the staff. Dana Fine Arts Building and Campbell Science Building will be open at the regular times from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. There will be a pottery demonstration in Dana from 9:30-1 1 :30a.m., Saturday. During Sophomore Parent s Weekend parents are welcomed in all college classes, dormitory rooms (from 2;00-5:00 p.m.), and in student lounges. Infirmary (continued from page 3) medicines (where cost does not exceed fifty cents). The following services are charged by the infirmary: stock medicine that exceeds fifty cents jnd special prescriptions that are ordered from the pharmacy, involved dressings and special bandages, allergy injections, x- rays, lab work, special tests such as intestinal or stomach x-ray series, and emergency treatment at a hospital. Charges will also be made by specialists who are referred by Dr. Peltz. The student pays only the fees of the outside service. The in- firmary does not charge extra for its service in such cases. College insurance covers several of these fees. It generally pays for any medicines, prescriptions, x-rays, lab work, (except routine pap test), treatments and equipment not covered by the infirmary, and referred doctor's bills. It does not cover allergy injections, medicine that is taken routinely for a condition that started before the school year, or preventive medicine such as gamma globulin for exposure to hepatitis. It also does not cover eyeglasses or eyeglass pres- criptions and dental surgery, service or repair except when in jury to sound natural teeth oc- curs. processing time by obtaining and holding until requested, 3 passport size photos and a letter of recommendation from a teacher or former employer. Interested students may get an application form, job listingsand descriptions, and the SOS Handbook on earning your way to Europe by sending their name, address, name of educational institution and $1 (for postage, printing, handling and ad- dressing only) to either SOS- Student Overseas Services, Box 5173, Santa Barbara, Calif. 931 08, or to S O S. - 22 Ave. de la Liberte, Luxembourg, Europe. Shadow (continued from page 1) metro-Atlanta area. Many, however, because of their nature will involve stays in other locations. The approaching spr- ing break will provide excellent opportunities for programs that will involve travel. The Dana Scholars group felt that offerings needed to be made at various times rather than concentrated at one time. Forms were sent out for students to indicate their specific interests and desires to participate in such a program. These forms are being tabulated and investigated. Interested students who may not have filled these as soon as pos- sibleparticularly if the program must be arranged for the Spring break. Dance (continued from page 3) are scheduled for Price High School and the Lovett School. The Agnes Scott class is scheduled for the gymnasium at 7:00 p.m. on Fri. Feb 8 Dance Atlanta is sponsored by the Atlanta Arts Alliance and Georgia State University and has been funded by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Georgia Council for the Arts enrollments have begun to level off and have declined on some campuses. Colleges under the most financial pressure tend to be smaller, less well known and less prestigious, and depend on tuition charges for 60 to 90 percent of operating funds. Many of these are religious or mainly serve women or minorities and cannot raise tuition to a high enough level for support and, at the same time, remain competitive with other institutions, especially public colleges. While Ivy League and other "prestige" schools have not had declining enrollments, they must meet the same high costs. So must the public institutions. Despite state and local sub- sidies, which keep a ceiling on tuitions at taxpayer-supported schools, public institutions find it hard to secure expanded or even constant appropriations from state legislatures, facing increased demands on public funds for other purposes. Because there was no ad- vance budgeting for an energy crisis this winter, those institutions in difficult financial straits may not survive higher fuel costs, decreased corporate giving and lower return from en- dowments that may accompany it. It is too early to determine the full effect of the energy crisis on the nation's campuses. But Eldon T. Smith, executive as- sociate of the Association of American Colleges, says, "It will touch every facet of higher education, and add to the problems of the f inacially stable as well as those institutions already in trouble." Hesse exhibit (continued from page 1 ) special editions of his novels, and manuscripts. Hermann Hesse, German novelist, poet, and painter, has undergone a renaissance, which according to Herr Bicknese, began "about the same time as the hippie movement about 1966." This renaissance, Herr Bicknese added, has had more impact in the United States than in Germany, where interest in Hesse's work peaked immediately after World War II Herr Bicknese emphasized the interest in Hesse's work demonstrated by the young people of this country and suggested the probability of the rock group Steppenwolf's taking its name from Hesse's novel Steppenwolf Agnes Scott's German Department offered a course dealing with Hesse's works, and Georgia Tech offers a Hesse course this quarter. A reception will follow the opening ceremony. The financial crisis may worsen without more students. While an estimated 9.5 million students enrolled in U.S. colleges and universities this past September, a decreasing proportion of high-school graduates are entering immediately as freshmen. The decline is attributed to the en- ding of the military draft, a disen - chantment with the value of a college degreee that cannot guarantee a job, increased college attendance costs, and availability of job training programs. This comes at a time when birth rates are beginning to decline. Some experimentation with programs to attract non- traditional students to some of the 500,000 spaces on college campuses this year has begun. But many instituitions have yet to find ways to cope with extraordinarily high fixed costs of overbuilt facilities and large faculties the legacy of the 1960's when it was widely as- sumed that everybody should have the opportunity to go to college and that everybody would want to to. Approximately 60 percent of all accedited private four-year colleges are operating at a deficit. The estimated annual dificit of all institutions ranges as high as $158,000. Plays (continued from page 2) ching grant basis, to college theatres which wish to engage professional actors or directors for their productions. Judge for the competition is Sidney Kingsley, himself a prize- winning playwright, whose well-known plays include "The Patriots," which deals with the American Revolution. The David Library offers its full research facilities to all college playwrights entering the competition. In announcing the awards, Mr. Feinstone stressed that "the "plays must be based on truthful, authentic history. One of the purposes of the David Library isto dispel the myths that surround the founders of our country, and remind us that they were very real people as real as the 30,000,000 immigrants who came after them and helped build the country and carry on its traditions. We think young writers can help us all rediscover the drama of the years when our whole country was young and we were young in it." Next April (1 974) will markthe sixth anniversary of the American College Theatre Fes- tival, presented by the Kennedy Center Sponsors for the Fes- tival are Amoco Oil Company and American Airlines. Vol. LX-No. 12 Le Roi se meurt planned forMon. by ANN FINCHER Le Treteau, a French theatrical troupe, will present in French its interpretation of lonesco's Le Roi Se Meurt Mon., Feb. 25 at 8:1 5 p.m. in Presser. The production is directed by Jacques Meauclair, well known and acclaimed director/actor, and stars Olivier Hussenot as the King and Helene Due as his queen Marguerite. Monsieur Vladimir Volkoff, professor of French and Rus- sian, expressed his delight with Le Roi Se Meurt and his eagerness to see Le Treteau's presentation of the play, which contains elements of both comedy and tragedy. Monsieur Volkoff added that lonesco nearly destroyed traditional theater with his "nonsense" plays. Rhinocerous, currently featured in film by the American Film Series, falls into this nonsense category. Monsieur Volkoff continued that from this extremely nonsensical writing, lonesco finally achieved Trustees to see students The Board of Trustees Com- mittee on Student Affairs will be visiting the Agnes Scott campus on Tues., Feb. 26 to meet the students. Informing the Board of the students' opinions, this com- mittee is interested in getting ac- quainted and talking with students about anything that may be of concern to them. The trustees who will attend are Mrs. James D. Newsome, Jr., chairman of the committee, Mr. Neil 0. Davis, Dr. Harry A. Fifield, Mrs. Leonard E. LeSourd (Catherine Marshall), Mrs. Chester W. Morse, Dr. J. Davison Philips, and Mrs. Joseph C. Read. They will be in the Hub between 2:00 and 4:00 p.m. Since they represent the ideas of students to the board, it is im- portant that they know how the student feels. THE i .AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE - DECATUR, GEORGIA 30030. February 22, 1974 films and poems Frost in Feb. ; Le Roi se meurt features Olivier Hussenot as The King. excellence in Le Roi Se Meurt. The play is a study of one man, a king, faced with death. This king has two wives Marie, who is young and favored and Marguerite, who has "always been there." The development of the relationships among the characters and of the king's at- titude toward his inevitable death creates a universality of situation, and the king, ac- cording to Monsieur Volkoff, is (continued on page 4) by JOYCE McKEE "Frost in February. Films and Readings" will be presented in Rebekah Recreation Room Wed., Feb. 27 beginning at 1 2:30. The films are of Mr. Frost reading and discussing his poetry. Miss Lillian Newman, reference librarian for McCain Library, will comment on the films. Mr. Ralph Stephens, director of the University of Georgia Press, will read from Frost's poetry at 4:45. The program is planned in conjunction with the study of Frost's poetry in English 1 01 . For over 20 winters, Mr. Frost came to Agnes Scott, usually in February. 12:30 1:00 The poet Robert Frost dis- cusses his life and work with Bela Kornitzer, Hungarian-born Spain summer planned by art & Spanish depts. by DELLA McMILLAN The Art History and Spanish departments have announced their six-week Summer 74 program in Madrid, Spain. Living arrangements for the program will be in student residences similar in concept to the Italian convent used last summer, and in Spanish homes. The home situation provides an excellent opportunity for students who wish to improve their knowledge of the language. Most of the students have elected the residence which houses both native and foreign students. Marie Pepe and Constance Shaw-Mazlish will teach courses in Spanish Art History and Spanish. Three courses Spanish 200, 20th Century Spanish Literature (9 nr.); Spanish 360, Advanced Reading in Spanish Literature (5 nr.); and Art 360, Spanish Art (5 hr.) will be taught. Students may elect a maximum of ten hours, (continued on page 4) Miss Kaye here today author, at his farm home in Vermont. He recalls personal experiences as a mill worker, country school teacher, cobbler, small-town editor, and farmer that furnished the background for his poetry. Mr. Frost reads two of his poems, "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" and "A Drumlin Woodchuck." 1 :00 1 :30 Robert Frost discusses how and why he writes poetry, illus- trating his points with readings of his own poems, including "The Pasture" and "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening." He explains that prose has rhythm but that poetry is rhythm plus rhyme. It features a conversation with Dr. Jonas Salk, developer of the Salk polio vaccine. . 1:30 2:00 Robert Frost discusses the fundamental meanings of poetry, and reads, with explanatory comments, "The Runaway," "A Peck of Gold," "West-running Brook," "Birches," and other poems. He talks about the fun of writing, of listening to words, and of telling stories in poetry. 2:00 2:30 Robert Frost discusses what (continued on page 3) Staven featured in one-man show Dancer-mime gives class and performs U, C\/A OAMT-T Leland Staven, director of Dalton Galleries at Agnes Scott College, will be exhibiting his paintings at a one-man show through Mar. 31 , Presented by the Ann Jacob Gallery, his works will be on dis- play at the main office buildings of Crow, Carter & Associates at Northlake (2220 Parklake Drive) and Cumberland (2700 Cumberland Parkway) office parks. In April, 1971, Staven and Lamar Dodd were chosen as the two artists representing Georgia in the Painters' Choice Exhibition held in Milledgeville during "The Arts: The Eighth Decade, a symposium." His awards include purchase (continued on page 3) by EVA GANTT Meli Davis Kaye, dancer- mime, will appear in a lecture- performance on Fri., Feb. 22, at 8:15 p.m. in Dana Theater; on Fri. afternoon, she will lead a master class for the campus community in the gym from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. Miss Kaye, a native of Atlanta, has performed with the Pennsylvania Ballet Company, with the Philadelphia Orchestra, and at various schools and collegesinthe East. Sheappears often as a lady clown called "Mrs." She is a former member and soloist of the Doris Hum- phrey Dance Company. She has studied mime with the well-known Marcel Marceau in Paris. She has studied also with Jacques Le Coq and with Louis Gifford. She has studied dance with Martha Graham, Hanya Holm, Al win Nikolais, and others. She earned a bachelor of music degree with a major in dance from the University of Pennsylvania. Miss Kaye has taught at the University of Pennsylvania, Tyler (Continued on page 4) PAGE 2 PROFILE/FEBRUARY 22, 1974 What if you don't trust trustees? Does it seem to you as if the Board of Trustees is an august body made up of "The Powers That Be" somewhere up above us peons? It is true that their word isfinal in many matters, but they're concerned directly with students also. The Committee on Student Affairs is making an effort to show this by making its members available to talk with us in person. This is an excellent opportunity to meet some of these people you hear about and occasionally see without knowing exactly who they are or what they do. It's your chance to go straight to the top, so to speak. Trustees are not in a position to get much exposure around here; if you have questions to ask or ideas to express, now is the time to air them. Some general things you may want to find out are the kinds of things trustees must approve and the process by which this is done, as well as their opinions on specific issues. We tend to get so wrapped up inourown ideas about such things as parietals and drin- king on campus that we are apt to lose sight of ourselves as others see us. The trustees have the advantage of being close enough to know the college and have its best interests at heart, yet far enough away to be objective. They can give us a world s-eye view of Scott, and we can give them a Scott's-eye view of whatever is on our minds. I urge everyone to go to the Hub on Tuesday and listen for a while if nothing else. It's one of a number of things you can do to help close gaps in communication and maybe even credibility. Jan Fredrickson Editor THE MROFMLE AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE - DECATUR. GA. 30030 THE PROFILE is published weekly throughout the collegeyear by students of Agnes Scott College. The views expressed in the editorial section are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the view of the administration or the student body. Permission is given to reprint if credited. Entered as first class mail at Agnes Scott Post Office. EDITOR Jan Fredrickson ASSOCIATE EDITOR Joyce McKee COPY EDITOR Beth Wickenberg BUSINESS MANAGER Mary Jane Warren CIRCULATION MANAGER Marianne Brinker PHOTOGRAPHY Genie Laster STAFF: Susan Balch, Marene Emanuel, Ann Fincher, Eva Gantt, Angelynn McGuff, Delia McMillan. Patty Pearson, Bon- nie Pedersen, Lynn Wilson, Frances Wickes, Ruth McMullen. TO THE EDITOR: If we were to read in a foreign newspaper that Gone With The Wind, an English film was going to be shown, how would we react? Imagine my reaction when I read in our paper, "The Green Wall, a Spanish film with English subtitles will be shown. . ." The film is Peruvian, one of the very few Peruvian films that have been made. A Peruvian film is as Spanish as a U.S. film is English. The mistake was not due to a misinformation. The rest of the article shows an awareness that the film is Peruvian. I see the error as a reflection of a fallacious, often only subtly expressed concept that many of us tend to have: We have a tendency to view all the American countries where Spanish is the official language as comprising a monolithic "Spanish" culture. How often have we, personally, made this error; as when we call someone from one of these countries "Spanish"? Maybe it is time that we recognize that, in fact, these countries are independent from Spain, as well as from each other in the same sense, that the U.S. is independent from England and from English- speaking Canada. Sincerely, Nelly Jitsuya Ping pong and basketball tournaments being held by RUTH McMULLEN Ping pong and basketball tournaments are now in progress. Mary Crist Brown, a freshman, organized the ping pong competition. She has coordinated the matches that have taken place so far by arbitrarily pairing off the in- dividuals who have signed up. In each pair, the girls compete on their own free time and the winners play each other until a champion is determined. Four matches have been held so far; the winners are Evelyn Babcock, Mary Crist Brown, Susan Pirkle, and Beth Sandell. The list of players and winners is posted on the A. A. bulletin board in the mail room. The matches are held in the gym or the Hub. A change has taken place recently in the basketball competitions. The inter- dormitory games were a moderate success with Walters leading in victories. But a cham- pion dorm can't be named and some of the games couldn't be played because Main, Hopkins, (continued on page 4) BSA to sponsor practical course by PATTY PEARSON BSA will sponsor a practical course on contraceptives in Room 1 09 Dana from 7.00 - 9:00 p.m. on Thurs., Feb. 28. Dr. Freedman, one of Agnes Scott's consulting gynecologists, will be in charge of the course. II is not necessary to stay the entire two hours, but by staying as long as possible, the student would get more out of the course, (continued on page 4) Mass to be said Father Joseph Geniesse wil celebrate Mass on Thurs., Feb 28 at 5:00 p.m. in McKinneyj Date Parlor. Since this is the first Thursday following Ash Wednesday the liturgy will be; that of the Lenten season. Faculty, staff, and students of all 'denominations are invited. If nominated I will not run... Students nominated for office by the Nominating Committee, by popular nominations, or by personal petition MUST scratch if not wishing to run by 4:00 p.m. Wed., Feb. 27. The ballot will be posted in the mail room the week before exams begin, with NO designation as to whether the name appears as a result of nomination or petition. Candidates for major positions will make speeches in con- vocation Mar. 27. Voting will be conducted in the Hub all day Mar. 28. COLLEGE STUDENT'S POETRY ANTHOLOGY The NATIONAL POETRY PRESS announces its SPRING COMPETITION The closing date for the submission of manuscripts by College Students is April 10 ANY STUDENT attending either junior or senior college is eligible to submit his verse. There is no limitation as to form or theme. Shorter works are preferred by the Board of Judges, because of space limitations Each poem must be TYPED or PRINTED on a separatesheet, and must bear the NAME and HOME ADDRESS of the student, and the COLLEGE ADDRESS as well MANUSCRIPTS should be sent to the OFFICE OF THE PRESS NATIONAL POETRY PRESS 3210 Selby Avenue Los Angeles, Calif. 90034 PROFILE/FEBRUARY 22, 1974 PAGE 3 wIiat's hAppEninq Frost Plant show at mall Plants from all over the globe will be shown in the International Garden Show Feb. 25 - Mar. 2 at South DeKalb Mall. The Show will consist of six major islands of landscaped foliage, each 1 5' wide, 30' long. The geographic areas represented will be: 1. South Africa (Cacti & Succulents) 2. Polynesia (South Pacific native foliage) 3. South America (Bromeliads & foliage plants, mostly from Brazil) 4. The West Indies (With emphasis on ferns from the Caribbean area) 5. The Orient 6. Prehistoria (Living Fossils) Special features of each land area will be described in displays from representative tourist boards with educational literature available free to the public. The Show's hours will coincide with that of the Mall stores: 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., Monday through Saturday. The public may also register to win a free three-day cruise for two to the lush garden islandsof the Bahamas. Contest ends Sat., Mar. 2, 9:30 p.m. Atlanta Symphony Spanish pianist Alicia de Larrocha will be featured in subscription concerts with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra on Thurs. and Fri., Feb. 28 and Mar. 1, 8:30 p.m., and Sun., March 3, 2:30 p.m., at Symphony Hall. Robert Shaw will be conducting. The program includes Mozart's Overture to "The Marriage of Figaro," Falla's "Nights in the Gardens of Spain," with Miss de Larrocha, and first Atlanta Symphony performances of Ruggles' "Sun Treader" and Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 19 featuring Miss de Larrocha. Miss de Larrocha has been hailed by critics as a "queen of virtuosos" with special praise for her interpretation of the Spanish composers. She concertizes throughout the world, performing with major orchestras and giving recitals. This season she is performing 22 recitals and will be soloist with 14 U.S. and Canadian orchestras. Tickets for the concerts are on sale, scaled $2.60 to $7.30, at the Atlanta Symphony Box Office in the Memorial Arts Center, phone 892-241 4. Student rush line tickets go on sale one half hour before concert time and are priced $2.10 for best available seats. (continued from page 1) the reader gets from poetry, what the poet's favorite subjects are, what the components of poetry are, and what the con- fusions of modern civilization have done to teenagers. He defines poetry as a combination of tune and meter plus emotional and mental understanding, and suggests that teenage poets first keep a scrapbook of their thoughts and then practice expressing their thoughts poetically. 2:30 2:45 BREAK 2:45 3:15 Robert Frost discusses themes in poetry and his basic philosophy of writing. He em- phasizes the idea that we learn to think metaphorically because of poetry. He reads and comments on "Two Tramps in Mud Time," "A Considerable Speck," "Come In," "The Tuft of Flowers," "Birches," and other poems. 3:15 3:45 Robert Frost speaks informally about teaching poetry, the purpose of education, his philosophy of life, and his reasons for becoming a poet. He contemplates the world, criticizes it, and presents a tongue-in-cheek criticism of the way English teachers teach poetry. Mr. Frost around 1953. 3:45 4:25 "A Lover's Quarrel with the World" Mr. Frost reads the following poems: "The Outer Dark," "In Winter in the Woods Alone ..." "The Objection to Being Stepped on," "Provide, Provide." "Dust of Snow," "Forgive, O Lord," and "Reluc- tance." 4:45 READINGS FROM FROST BY RALPH STEVENS, DIRECTOR, UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA PRESS Staven shows art (continued from page 1) awards from the Association of Georgia Artists and the Fourth Annual Callaway Gardens Show; First Prize, Contemporary Southern Art Exhibition and Southeastern Painting of the Year, Hunter Annual, Chat- tanooga. He was appointed by the State Legislature to serve on the Georgia Commission on the Arts from 1967-72. Staven has participated in such exhibitsas Georgia Artists I and II at the High Museum, Atlanta and the San Francisco Art Associates' Festival of Arts. His works will be on display at the Cumberland and Northlake buildings daily from 9 to 5 through March 31, 1974. Acfoms gives violin concert on Tues. Mr. Staven putting one of his works on aispiay. Violinist John Adams ac- companied by Michael McDowell will perform Tues., Feb. 26, at 8:15 p.m. in Gaines Auditorium. Mr. Adams will play two Beethoven works for violin, "Romance in F Major, Opus 50" and Sonata in C Minor, Opus 30, No. 2. He will also perform Max Bruch's "Concerto in G Minor, Opus 26." The "Romance in F Major," together with its companion, the "Romance in G, Opus 40," is ac- tually for solo violin with orches- tral accompaniment. Thus it is assumed that these short pieces were used by Beethoven to try out ideas prior to writing his great masterpiece the "Concerto for Violin, Opus 61." This Romance seems almost operatic in thematic concept and in echo effects. Although the "Sonata in C Minor" is overshadowed by such works as the "Spring Sonata" and the "Kreutzer Sonata," it too seems to try out ideas, such as the key and the motive found in the more famous Fifth Symphony. Beethoven frequen- tly reworked or rewrote motives, or even changed duple to triple meters to get just the right feeling. He also felt that certain keys represented certain colors. Bruch's melodies have roots in German-Jewish folk songs. If you're not sure what's out there, how can you know where you're going or how to get there? The Christian Science Monitor can help. It keeps you squarely in the center of the bold and exciting, the im- portant trends of thought. It gives a firsthand, close-in view of the world s struggles and achievements. You see where you fit in things you can do. The Monitor doesn t do your thinking for you. In a quick readable style it gives you the facts to form your own decisions. News, commentary, the arts, politics, science, fashion, sports, business: the Monitor is an excit- ing daily newspaper (Monday - Friday). Less than 10C a copy on your special rate. Yes. I ll invest $8.25 in my future, for 4 months of The Christian Science Monitor. j Payment enclosed Z Bill me later Name Street (Please print.) ~ ~ApT City State ZIP The Christian Science Monitor I J Box 125, Astor Station Boston, Massachusetts 02123 E PAGE 4 PROFILE/FEBRUARY 22, 1974 The Era: Where is it? "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex." By Jo Ann Levine Staff correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor New York "Turn down, turn around" is not a new dance step: It is a political exercise which is mak- ing the Equal Rights Amendment big and strong as it heads toward ratification. Turned down at first by Mon- tana, Maine, and Connecticut, the ERA was ratified when these states turned around as the amendment came up a second time. In Connecticut, for exam- ple, 1 7 legislators switched their votes from "No" to "Yes." "On the original vote, I really didn't have the information and I didn't quite understand what the amendment was intended for or exactly what it was doing, or what it was going to ac- complish," said Rep. Ernest Nic- kols (R) of Bridgeport, Conn "During the time between the first and second vote, I read up on it." "This is not only a bill for the equality of women, but it also gives certain rights to men," decided Sen. William Mathers (R) from Miles City, Mont "It was the first time in eight years that I changed my vote on the floor," said Senate President Kenneth P MacLeod (R) of Brewer, Maine. Favorable report wins In Vermont, the amendment did not get out of committee the first time, but was ratified last year after Rep. Paul Graves (R) of South Burlington, Vt., chairman of the ERA summer study com- mittee, changed his opinion and turned in a favorable report. "At first I wasn't soldon it," he said, "I didn't think it was needed until I heard some of the testimony: the problems women have in obtaining credit, getting jobs, being accepted into colleges Our state medical school said they wanted men because women would get married, and it was really dif- ficult for a girl to get into medical school." Ohio may follow the same pattern as Vermont The three Democratic senators who kept the bill in committee last year have this year turned around Sen. Robert O'Shaughnessy of Columbus, Ohio was one of them "A survey done in my dis- trict by a group of women primarily from the NOW organization (National Organization for Women) showed that 69.2 percent of the people who lived in my district are in favor of the amendment. I feel that when the people speak, the least I can do is to listen,'' he said Labor endorsement Legislators are not the only ones participating in the turnaround. The 1 3.2-million- member AFL-CIO, which at first was negative on the ERA gave its unanimous endorsement at its convention last fall. "The only reason we changed our minds is that most of the protective laws in the states (such as the number of hours a woman can work at night) were being invalidated by Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act," said Evelyn Dubrow, legislative representative of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU). AFL-CIO spokesman said they turned around primarily because of the turnaround by its members in the ILGWU and the Amalgamated Clothing Workers. And in addition, it was noted that the AFL-CIO was not comfortable keeping company with the opponents of the ERA groups such as the John Birch Society. Six more states must ratify 38 are required to add an amendment to the Constitution of the United States. While few believe that the six states will be added in 1974, few doubt that they will not be found by 1979. States such as Wisconsin and New Mexico are so sure of the final passage of the ERA that they already have changed their state laws to conform. The year 1975 is set as the target year for the amendment to clear 38 states. Common Cause says that in 1 974, it expects the ERA to be ratified by Ohio, Florida, and Louisiana, while it expects Missouri and Virginia to vote it down. In Illinois, the amendment already has passed the Legislature by a majority vote, but there is a three-fifths clause in Illinois. A court case now is challenging the constitutionality of that clause. Georgia being watched Georgia, where the ERA was turned down last month, is seen bysomeasa case study for those interested in watching the turnaround process. "I think that the men really feel they are protecting us from ourselves," said Jean Ca hill, chairperson of the Georgia Com- mission on the Status of Women. "As one legislator put it, he wanted to keepour women sweet, precious, and dainty.' There were 70 votes for the amendment, but 91 votes are re- quired for ratification. At least we know now what the targets are," she added "There is more interest in the ERA now than before the vote. All of those who have been ac- tive in the coalition for the pas- sage of ERA a re suddenly getting lots of invitations to talk about ERA " In Georgia, Jean Cahill said that just after the ERA was defeated in her state, the Legislature "quickly passed a law which prohibited sex dis- crimination in the granting of credit in the state. They thought that would pacify us. As one said, I hope this will make the ladies happy.' They really don't understand, that's all. We hope to change this." Le Roi (continued from page 1) every man. Tickets are $3.50 for students and $4.50 for non-students and may be obtained by calling 872- 121 1. mime (continued from page 1) School of Fine Arts at Temple University, and Ambler Institute of Boston University at Tanglewood. She conducted a school of modern dance and mime in Philadelphia for several years. sports (continued from page 2) and Rebekah never organized representative teams. Now the competition is between classes. The first two games were held Feb. 12 and 14. The last game, which will pit sophomores against juniors and freshmen against seniors will be held on Tues., Mar. 5. Q&A BSA (continued from page 2) BSA emphasizes that this course is not open only to students faculty, staff, fiances, and others are urged to come. There will be a time when the floor will be open for questions. Spain (continued from page 1) Courses will make use of local museums and teaching facilities. There are two trips currently planned during the program, one to the north, to the region around Salamanca, and one to the south. Other informal excursions and trips will be planned by the group once they arrive. Most weekends will be free and students can arrange their own side trips. Flights are being arranged in conjunction with a group from Emory. The group will take off from New York on June 1 1 Beyond July 30, students are free for independent travel. Students may return from Paris on either August 9 or 29. Cost for the program is set at $1250 inclusive of planned excursions, overseas flights to Madrid and from Paris, and room and board. Two things are expected to happen after the ERA passes: Laws which are truly beneficial would be extended to protect both sexes; laws which are truly restrictive and discriminatory would become null and void, notes one organization working for its passage, the National Federation of Business and Professional Women (BPW). "Despite progress in recent years, persistent patterns of sex dis- crimination continue to permeate our national life," notes the BPW. "Changing each specific law would mean hundreds of court cases, hundreds of dollars, hundreds of years." In 1 971 the U.S. Supreme Court struck down any law which dis- criminated against women (although the 14th Amendment to the Constitution guarantees "equal protection of the laws"). Yet the burden of proof is still on each woman to prove that there has been sex discrimination. Canceling some fears about the ERA, the BPW answers the following questions: How will the ERA affect homemakers? Husbands and wives will not be required to contribute equal amounts of money to a marriage. There is no law requiring anyone to take a job, and the ERA would not change this. . Who works out- side the home will be decided by the individuals involved. What about alimony and support? Under the ERA alimony and support would be based on economic dependency or relative ability to provide for needs, already the case in many states today. Child custody would be awarded to the parent who can better care for the child, another increasingly common oc- currence. Will the right to privacy remain? Yes. Because "equality" does not mean "sameness." The ERA will not require that men and women be regarded as identical. The ERA must harmonize with other constitutional rights. The constitutional right to privacy recognized by the Supreme Court in Griswold v. Connecticut would permit a separation of the sexes in such places as public restrooms and sleeping quarters of public institutions. What about the ERA and the military? The ERA will permit men and women to volunteer for military service on an equal basis. They will be assigned according to their qualifications and the services' needs. Both men and women will have equal access to the benefits of the military, such as the Gl educational bill, medical care, veterans' preference for jobs, etc., as well as the training provided by the service. Will the ERA invade states' rights? No. Under the federal system of the United States, the power to act and enforce a constitutional amendment lies with the states. States will continue to maintain that right with regard to the ERA. Section 2 of the ERA reads: "The Congress shall have the power to enforce by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article." Following ratification, Congress will legislate any changes needed in federal laws. Revisions of state laws will be controlled within the states by state legislators. All that is required by the amendment is that at both levels, state and federal, the laws enacted be consistent with the principle of equality of rights under the law for men and women. Will 'protective' labor laws need changing? Women are often denied real benefits because of the so-called protective labor laws which restrict working hours, set weight-lifting limits, or prohibit employment in certain occupations. Manyof these laws which once did protect women from exploitation but nowactas barriers to advancement are being struck down under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Under the ERA, state legislatures are expected to eliminate "protective" laws which are restrictive On the other hand, some laws which provide meaningful protection can be extended to men, who often are denied benefits they need and deserve New laws can thus be designed to take into account the capacities, preferences, and the abilities of the individual male and female What about social security benefits? Social -security benefits will be available to men and women on an equal basis A widower will be allowed, as a widow now is, to draw on his wife's benefit without showing that she provided more than half of his support. The ERA would also require changes to permit a man to draw on his wife's social security just as any wife draws on her husband's account THE MROFMLE Vol. LX-No. 13 AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE - DECATUR, GEORGIA 30030. March 1, 1974 SGA votes on drinking Pro V Phi Beta Kappa Eccles fo speak by SUSAN BALCH Sir John C. Eccles, Dis- tinguished Professor of Physiology and Biophysics at the State University of New York at Buffalo, will be visiting Agnes Scott Mar. 4-6. His visit is part of the Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Program. Sir John will spend several days lecturing and meeting informally with students and faculty. He will also give an evening lecture on Mon., Mar. 4. Sir John's research has been (continued on page 3) Nader and Udall to speak on land use Claire Owen, chairman of the committee which drew up RC 165, said that having two or three RCs for various dorms or halls had been considered, but that the resulting non- uniformity would lead to more violations. Thus one com- prehensive system would be easier to regulate. She pointed out that students choose dorms according to where their friends are, saying that if one person didn't drink and her friends did, she would live with them where alcohol was present anyway. If drinking were restricted to private rooms, the rights of others would be respected since common areas such as halls would be free from it. Permission to drink in lounge areas except dorm lobbies would have to be renewed each year. A room in the Hub might also be set aside for drinking. Having alcohol in these places would be voted by students and approved by the Dean of Students. Students would be on their honor to obey the policy decided upon. Claire cited two problems which would arise if drinking were allowed in dorm rooms. First, if one roommate drankand (continued on page 3) by JOYCE McKEE National Land Use is the topic of the second Atlanta En- vironmental Symposium which will beheld here on Wed, Apr. 3. Ralph Nader and Stewart Udall are among the speakers. Russell W. Peterson, chairman of the Council on En- vironmental Quality, will speak on "The Politics of Land Use" in the morning. He will be followed by consumer advocate Ralph Nader speaking on "Corporate Land Practices." Also scheduled for the morn- ing session is Ian McHarg, professor of landscape architec- ture and regional planning at the University of Pennsylvania and author of Design with Nature. Mr. McHarg will speak on "Urban Land Use " The afternoon events will feature Stewart Udall, former U.S. Secretary of Interior and en- vironmentalist, and Alfred Heller, author of the California Tomorrow Plan. Mr. Heller will explore the topic, "Toward a Georgia Tomorrow Plan." A panel of local developers and interested citizens will con- clude the events of the day. Like last year's Environmental Symposium, this Symposium is planned by Professors Robert Leslie and David Orr. Providing financial support for the Symposium are Citizens and Southern National Bank, The First National Bank of Atlanta, The Trust Company Bank, Fulton National Bank, Decatur Federal Savings and Loan Association, Phipps Land Company and several student body organizations. RC 165. "Policy Regarding the Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages on Campus," was spoken for and against by Claire Owen and Susan Skinner at a campus-wide meeting on Mon., Feb. 25. The opinions expressed were not those of Rep Council, but of the respective speakers. There will be a meeting on Mon., Mar. 4, at 11:30 a.m. in Gaines Auditorium to vote on the proposal. The purpose of this vote is to give Rep an adequate idea of student opinion. RC165 WHEREAS, the majority of Agnes Scott students are 1 8 years or older, and WHEREAS, a college atmosphere should lend itself to student res- ponsibility in both academic and social policies; therefore, RESOLVED, that the Agnes Scott College "POLICY REGARDING THE USE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES" as stated in the Student Handbook, shall be amended as follows: The college system should make available to students an at- mosphere that will create a sense of responsibility on the part of each student. The use of alcohol by students should be done in moderation and with respect for the rights of others. Students should comply with Georgia and Decatur laws regarding the consumption of alcoholic beverages as follows: Georgia 1The legal age for purchasing alcoholic beverages is 18. It is against the law in Georgia either to sell or furnish alcoholic beverages to minors. 2. It is illegal to appear in an intoxicated condition or to evidence boisterous or vulgar behavior on any public street, in any public place, in any private residence otherthan one'sown, oron anymode of public transportation. Decatur 1 . It is unlawful to drink in automobiles parked or moving on the streets, highways, or alleys of the city. Consumption of alcoholic beverages on campus will be limited to: 1. Students' private rooms. 2 Any public lounge within a residence hall except dormitory lob- bies as decided by a vote of dormitory residents 3. Other locations and at campus social functions as approved by the Dean of Students. The serving of alcoholic beverages at a cam- pus social function must be approved by the Dean of Students one week prior to the event. Only a student over 18 years of age may serve the alcoholic beverage and a comparable non-alcoholic beverage must also be served. No student government funds may be used for the purchase of alcoholic beverages at campus social functions. Students are on their honor to obey campus policy when purchasing drinks at social functions. All beverages transported between designated areas should be in a bag. Violations of this policy include drinking in undesignated areas, falsification of ID to purchase alcoholic beverages, purchasing alcohol by those over 1 8 years of age for a minor, and the possession of alcoholic beverages by those students under the age of 18 Misuse by a student of the Policy Regarding the Use of Alcoholic Beverages involves: 1 . Endangering the reputation of the college. 2. Infringing on the rights of others. 3. Disrupting the life of the community. Colleges consulted before RC written To arrive at RC 1 65, the Drin- king Committee wrote to the Deans of Students of 30colleges like Agnes Scott to ask for a des- cription of their regulations governing the use of alcoholic beverages. Replies were received from 17; all of which had drinking policies more liberal than the current policy of Agnes Scott. Each featured either drinking on campus restricted to one or (continued on page 2) Con Susan Skinner said that there was a time when drinking was a moral question, but that it is not so today. She went on to say that this is a crucial time which will determine the future of Agnes Scott. "This is first and foremost an academic community" which must be "flexible without suc- cumbing to every social and academic fad of the moment." Susan stated that students must strive for excellence both as in- dividuals and as a community. Freedom carries with it res- ponsibility for those around oneself; the inconveniences of day-to-day living may be magnified if there were freedom :o drink on campus. Other colleges have liberalized their drinking policies, but "Agnes Scott doesn't need to go this route." According to Susan, liquor on campus would lead to a decline in standards. Logistics present other problems such as increased regulations, penalties, en- forcement, and there is also the danger of infringing on the rights of others and endangering the life of the community. "Is having drinking on campus the primary question?" "No," she said, "it is the environment in which to promote res- ponsibility." This responsibility extends to others involved with Scott as well as to ourselves. Susan said that Agnes Scott standsto lose much in the way of financial support from trustees and alumnae if drinking were to be allowed on campus. She also stated that unlike many colleges, Scott is located near places which offer opportunities for social life. "We must recognize our res- ponsibility and not just our selfish desires." Every student was urged not to "bend to social and peer pressure from either side of the issue, but to make an individual decision, one that will greatly influence Agnes Scott College. * * Vote! + t I :Mon., 11:305 Gaines PAGE 2 PROFILE / MARCH 1, 1974 Here we stand, feet planted firmly in the 19th century. Mature young women at Agnes Scott College are just now debating an issue which was resolved by the rest of the world decadesago. We thought we'd won a great victory last spring when we could finally drink at off-campus social functions. But that, ladies, is the thin edge of the wedge. Drinking is drinking no matter where it's done. We're talking about doing something new which may therefore be dangerous; what we are considering is extending the area in which this same thing may be done. What good can it be doing us to preserve an artificial en- vironment here? We joke about how out of touch Agnes Scott is with the rest of the world, but the joke is on us. There is nothing to indicate that the college would no longer receive financial support from disapproving trustees, alumnae, and others. If this were going to be done, it would have been done with the first step not this late. We can talk forever about abstract concepts and the kind of place Agnes Scott is, could, and should be, but to assume that the college community will fall into a "puddle and sink'' of academic, social, and moral decay is absurd. Emotionalism has blurred things to the point where drinking has been connected with our "Christian background" in such a way as to equate pious attitudes with solid morality and RC 1 65 with the decline andfall of Agnes Scott College. Attention has been drawn to the possibility of infringing on the rights of others by obnoxious behavior on the part of those who get drunk and throw loud parties. Surely we are matureenough andfeel a strong enough sense of community to respect these rights. People already come in at all hours disturbing those around them. While it is true that people who are intoxicated are not always in control of their actions, it does not necessarily follow that if they did their drinking here they would be in this condition more often or in greater degree. It is ironic that we have for so long chosen not to let each one of ourselves choose whether or not she may do something which is legal, something she is capable of doing in a mature, responsible manner Jan Fredrickson Editor THE tttOFMLE AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE - DECATUR, GA. 30030 THE PROFILE is published weekly throughout the collegeyear by students of Agnes Scott College. The views expressed in the editorial section are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the view of the administration or the student body. Permission is given to reprint if credited. Entered as first class mail at Agnes Scott Post Office EDITOR/Jan Fredrickson ASSOCIATE EDITOR/Joyce McKee COPY EDITOR/Beth Wickenberg BUSINESS MANAGER / Mary Jane Warren CIRCULATION MANAGER /Marianne Brinker PHOTOGRAPHY/Genie Laster STAFF: Susan Balch. Marene Emanuel. Ann Fincher. Eva Gantt, Angelynn McGuff. Delia McMillan, Patty Pearson, Bon nie Pedersen, Lynn Wilson, Frances Wickes, Ruth McMullen. To the Editor: Due to the fact that I have received - strong criticism because I expressed a personal opinion, I find it necessary to explain, not defend or apologize for, my action Robert's Rules of Order states under "Privileges" that the President has the right "to debate motions before the house, if essential, but must surrender the Chair." I think that we all realize the added responsibility of being an elected officer or representative It is necessary that the President remain impartial while serving in her official capacity unless she relinquishes the chair However, before being the President of Student Government, I am a participat- ing member of the Agnes Scott community. There comes a time when our responsibility to the college should make us all stop, think, and question before readily accepting a new proposal. For this reason, I felt it necessary, as an individual member of the community, to present the con side of the drin- king issue. I hope that we do not allow matters to slip out of perspec- tive. The proposed drinking policy is of major concern and we must keep action and at- titude with the better i nterests of the college in mind. I respect all of those who have expressed criticism, advice, and praise that is what will continue to make Agnes Scott a working way of life. Sincerely, Susan Page Skinner To The Student Body: As many of you know, this year there is a cooperative program sponsored by the Decatur Public Schools and Agnes Scott College. For two quarters we have staffed this program at Beacon School with some volunteers, but largely with students enrolled in courses in Psychology, Physical Education and Education However, during the spring quarter, those courses are not offered; thus, we will need to depend upon volunteers to maintain the program during the next quarter. A student may spend as little as one hour per week at Beacon, or as much time as she wishes. The time only needs to be con- sistent from week to week. We welcome any student who is interested, whether or not she plans to becomea teacher or has had courses in Education. Mr Hepburn and I will be glad to help in any way we can, either in the curriculum lab or at Beacon. If you have the time and are interested in joining us in this program, please leave your name, the number of hours per week you would like to spend at Beacon, your spring quarter schedule, and your access, or lack of, to a car, in my office as soon as possible. If you have questions, please make an appointment with Mr. Hepburn or with me. Margaret Ammons Chairman, Department of Education The Devil & Agnes by Father Joseph Geniesse The film The Exorcist has caused sleepless nights, fainting at movie theaters, much conversation, and even an oc- casional phone call to me here at Newman House. I'm usually relieved when I cantellthe caller that I haven't seen the movie or even read the book. All I can go on, I affirm, is what I read about the Devil and evil spirits in my nowquite musty theology books More people, certainly, are as- king about what the Church teaches with certainty on the existence and activity of Satan. I operate under the assumption that we should be conservative in our claims about what the Bible teaches about the existence of a supernatural, personal agent of evil and corruption Biblical references to demons might be understood as literary expressions of evil and disorder in the lives of men and in the life of society Anyway, I don't wish to debate the point in print see me in the dining hall on Thursdays if you want a further development of this subject What I would like to say is Man's basic relationship to God his redemption, his reception of God's love and support, his destiny are not subject to the control of a personal evil spirit If Satan exists, his power over men has been conquered by Christ Furthermore, I don't see that it makes a whole lot of difference whether "the devil makes us do it" or whether our evil springs from our own dark inclinations We are responsible for plenty of evil: e.g., nursing long-standing grudges, finding respectable ways of leaving our claw marks on others, resentment and envy of those who accomplish more, who are more gifted. There are all those subterfuges we use to avoid seeing the needs of others, to route ourselves around the opportunities to provide the help they need. We are expert at finding reasons why we should not get involved. (I suspect that many of us need a personal Satan for the same reasons that we look for fiendish conspirators to explain the problems of society.) We try to avoid the complex, the con- fusing, the self-revealing answer to our problems. Many of our confrontations with day-to-day evil in our lives can be suitably combated with a regular dose of prayer, sacrifice, and good works. Lent, you all know, is big on this sort of thing or at least, it was in my childhood. Ash Wednesday is the kick-off date not "Mardi- Gras." Anybody wishing to lose a pound or two or better wishing to improve their relationship with fellow humans and God him/her-self, could try periodically a little "on their knees therapy" for about 40 days. Look for me around Easter: I'll be a changed man (with God's help, of course!) Colleges consulted (continued from page 1) several central locations, drin- king only in individual rooms and approved social functions, or drinking virtually unlimited on campus. The colleges replying were Salem, Winston-Salem, N C , Mary Baldwin, Staunton, Va.; Sweet Briar, Sweet Briar, Va , Hollins College, Hollins College, Va ; Randolph-Macon College, Lynchburg, Va ; Mills College, Oakland, Calif., College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, N Y . Wheaton, Norton, Mass , and Scnpps College. Claremont, Calif Also replyingtothecommittee were Cedar Crest. Cedar Crest, Penn.; Goucher College, Towson, Md.i Wilson, Chambersburg, Penn ; Elmira College, Elmira, N Y Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, N Y Chatham College, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Russell-Sage, Troy, N Y; and Wells College, Aurora, N Y Of course all Seven Sisters colleges have drinking policies more liberal than that of Agnes Scott, although they were not consulted since their enrollments are much larger than ASC's Claire Owen, chairman, Nancy White, Eleni Papador, Pedrick Stall, Sally Shurley, and Susan Skinner, ex officio were members of the committee which wrote RC 165. PROFILE / MARCH 1, 1974 PAGE 3 Get internat'l student ID card here by ANN FINCHER A special aid to Agnes Scott students travelling in Europe or Asia during 1974 is the International Student Identity Card available through Miss lone Murphy in the Vocational Office. This identification card, spon- sored by the International Student Travel Conference, is one of the most widely accepted proofs of student status in Europe and Asia. This student status often allows students to Latin America Dr. James R. Kelley, of the Department of History at Georgia State University, began a series of lecture-discussions on 22 Latin American countries on Tues., Feb. 26, which will continue thereafter every Tues- day through Apr. 16. The meetings will be held in Room 201 of the General Classroom Building of Georgia State University at 7:30 p.m. The series, called "Latin America Past and Present," is designed to acquaint Atlantans with the history, culture and present-day status of those member countries of the Organization of American States which will be represented at the OAS General Assembly when it convenes in Atlanta Apr. 19 - May 1 . take advantage of special rate, privileges, and opportunities such as free or reduced ad- mission to museums, theaters, cinemas, concerts, and places of cultural or historical interest. The card also makes available money-saving student travel services offered by member organizations of the International Student Travel Conference inexpensive student hotels and restaurants, low-cost international student tours, and student charter flights MORGAN and ASSOCIATES is a professional staff designed to help people with the pursu- ing issues of life. Do you have a problem? Are you lonely? Are you adjusting to a collegiate environment? Are you having difficulty talking to your parents, your friends, your instructors, your counselors, etc. Let MORGAN be your confidant and help you solve the pursuing complexities of life. Ask any question... Love, Sex, Marriage, Birth Control, Children, Parents, Alcoholism, Drugs, Medical, Legal, Business, Finance, Scholarships, Employment, etc. Our student rate is $3.00 per question to accompany your request. REQUEST BY MAIL ONLY... WRITE TODAYMICONFIDENT1AL REPLYIIISATISFACTION GUARANTEED! 1 1 MORGAN, 755 Park Road, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20010 all over Europe and Asia and to specified points in Africa at savings of 50% and more. "This student ID program is not new," stated Miss Murphy, "and now that there are so many programs abroad, we can make it available to Agnes Scott students through this office." In the past students desiring the International Student Identity Card had to obtain it through a New York office of the International Student Travel Conference. This process was sometimes long and com- plicated. Nowtha: Miss Murphy has the authority to issue the cards, she feels students can more readily take advantage of the identification cards. Miss Murphy emphasizes that she has authority to issue cards to Agnes Scott students only. The International Student Identity Card costs $2.00 and is valid for up to fifteen months depending upon the date of is- sue. Only full-time students under the age of 30 are eligible. To obtain the identification card through the Agnes Scott vocational office, bring to the of- fice one vending-machine photograph (1 V2" x 1 V2") and an application fee of $2.00. Eccles (continued from page 1) primarily concerned with com- munication in the vertebrate nervous system. In 1 963, he was awarded a Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine for his discoveries of the nature of excitatory and inhibitory synap- tic action on nerve cells. For the last ten years he has been inves- tigating the function of the cerebellum in the control of movement. Sir John has also lectured and published on philosophical problems deriving from brain science, bringing his ideas together in the book Fac- ing Reality. A native Australian, Sir John received a degree in medicine from Melbourne University, then continued his studies at Oxford University. He has been recognized by a number of scien- tific organizations including be- ing named Fellow of the Royal Society, London, and Foreign Associate, National Academy of Sciences. In addition to his four earned degrees, Sir John also holds nine honorary degrees. Sir John's schedule is: Mar. 4 8:15 p.m. Lecture: "Cultural Evolution vs. Biological Evolution" Presser Hall Mar. 5 4:00 p.m. General Seminar: "Brain and Conscious Experience" 207 Campbell Hall If you're not sure what's out there, how can you know where you're going or how to get there? The Christian Science Monitor can help. It keeps you squarely in the center of the bold and exciting, the im- portant trends of thought. It gives a firsthand, close-in view of the world s struggles and achievements. You see where you fit in things you can do. The Monitor doesn't do your thinking for you. In a quick readable style it gives you the facts to form your own decisions. News, commentary, the arts, politics, science, fashion, sports, business: the Monitor is an excit- ing daily newspaper (Monday - Friday). Less than 10C a copy on your special rate. Yes. I'll invest $8.25 in my future, for 4 months of The Christian Science Monitor. [ Pa\ment enclosed L Bill me latei Name (Please print) Street Apt. City State" _ ~ZTP The Christian Science Monitor^ j Box 125. Astor Station Boston. Massachusetts 02123 Hans Bhalla has exhibit in Dana Agnes Scott is featuring a print exhibit by Hans Bhalla Feb. 24 through Mar. 28. Mr. Bhalla is a member of the art faculty at Spelman College. His works have been presented in national and international printmakers' exhibitions, including numerous colleges and Atlanta galleries. All students and visitors are welcome to see his prints in the Dalton Galleries in the Dana Fine Arts Buildina. Pro-drinking (continued from page 1) the other didn't, it is assumed that they would be mature enough to reach an agreement as they would about smoking or playing loud music. Second, in- coming freshmen who did not want to be assigned a roommate who drank could indicate so on their applications the way they do now if they want one who does not smoke. Claire gave the following reasons in support of the RC: 1 . The present policy creates a dangerous situation by neces- sitating driving or walking to and from places where drinking is allowed. RC 1 65 would increase safety by removing these hazards. 2. Drinking on campus would encourage social life here instead of forcing it all to be en joyed elsewhere. 3. The present policy limits personal freedom; it is more of an imposition on drinkers than non-drinkers because the former have no choice while the latter do under any circumstances. Drinking policies at other colleges like Agnes Scott have been studied. Claire sees no degeneration in these colleges; in fact, Mills is considering broadening its policy. It is believed that academics will remain the first priority among students at Agnes Scott. Furthermore, it is seen as unfair that the morals of a small group dictate those of the student body. NEW PERSONALIZED AD- VICE AND INFORMATION SERVICE What they do in Germany in Feb. by JENNY FRANK (Second in a series by members of Chimo, Scott's international students' group.) The month of February in the southern parts of West Germany is a month of celebrations and frolic. "Fastnacht" or "Fashing," as it is also called, is like Mardi Gras. It officially starts on Nov. 11, at 11:11 a.m. But not until Feb. are masquerade parties given. "Fashingsbaelle" and street dances are the dominat- ing social events for the Germans. Schools have their own activities: class parties or dances, where disguises are mandatory. Most profs are very understanding about hangovers and undone homework and even participate in class parties. Feb. 26 brings "Fashing" to a close. The colorful parades in Mainz and Cologne, two cities especially well known for their "Fashing" activities, are presented on television on this day. Many young people and children roam the streets, dis- playing their costumes and celebrating this last day of merry-making until midnight. Northern parts of Germany do not join in on this fun. In cities like Hamburg or Hannover, "Fashing" is not celebrated. An explanation for this might be that the North is still mainly Protestant, whereas the South is predominantly Catholic. Only the Catholics observe a time of festivities, such as "Fastnacht," literally translated as "night before fasting." Then on "As- chermittwoch," Ash Wednes- day, Feb. 27th, they begin their "strict" fasting after they recover from their hangover. 1 A career in law without law school. What can you do with only a bachelor's degree? Now there is a way to bridge the gap between an undergraduate education and a challenging, respon- sible career. The Lawyer's Assistant is able to do work traditionally done by lawyers. Three months of intensive training can give you the skills the courses are taught by lawyers. You choose one of the six courses offered choose the city in which you want to work. Since 1970, The Institute for Paralegal Training has placed more than 500 graduates in law firms, banks, and corporations in over 40 cities. If you are a student of high academic standing and are interested in a career as a Lawyer's Assistant, we'd like to meet you. Contact your placement office for an interview with our representative. We will visit your campus on FRIDAY, MARCH 29 The Institute for Paralegal Training 235 South 17th Street. Philadelphia. Pennsylvania 19103 (215) 732-6600 PROFILE / MARCH 1, 1974 THE MROFMLE Vol. LX No. 14 AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE - DECATUR, GEORGIA 30030. March 8, 1974 Rep Council turns down RC CLASSES YES NO Freshmen 45 81 Sophomores 56 68 Rep Council voted 12-12 on RC 165, the Drinking RC Tues. night. The vote stood at 11-11 when a breathless Marianne Bradley rushed in to cast a vote in favor of the proposed change. President Skinner then voted "no" to tie the Rep Council at 1 2- 1 2. (In cases of a tie vote or when YES Lib McGregor Mary Gay Morgan Robbie Goodall Nancy White Rose Ann Cleveland Betty Binkley Mary Margaret MacLauchlin Alice Lightle* Kay Teien Clare Owen Margaret Williams Marianne Bradley NO India Culpepper* Pedrick Stall Ann Christensen* Lucy Turner Sherry Heubsch Margaret Robison* Glenn Hodge Fran Franklin Pam Hamilton Sylvia Foster Sally Shurley Susan Skinner* her vote can cause a tie, the Chair may vote.) The tie vote is equal to a refusal. RC 165 may not be brought before Rep Coun- cil again. Five Rep Council members failedto vote inthe roll call asthu majority of their constituents voted. OFFICE SGA vice-president SGA treasurer SGA secretary junior class rep junior class rep senior class rep senior class rep sophomore class rep Hopkins rep Main rep junior class rep senior class rep OFFICE junior class rep sophomore class rep senior class rep sophomore class rep sophomore class rep Rebekah rep Winship rep Inman rep Walters rep freshman class rep freshman class rep SGA president * voted against majority of constituency. The position of Cottages rep became vacant this quarter and was not filled. Summer grants Scholarships are available for gifted Georgians age 1 5-21 who are interested in research or exploration. The scholarships cover expenses for summer study, scientific exploration and work with outstanding scientists under sponsorship of the Educational Expedition International of Belmont, Mass., the Explorer's Club of New York City, Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Model Cities Program and private foundations through the U.S. Office of Education. This year the majority of the scholarships will be awarded to students to follow study in archaeology, ecology and earth sciences. About two thirds of the Winners will be selected solely on the basis of merit Deadline for applying for the scholarship is Mar. 15. The ap- plication form and additional details may be obtained through a request to Ms. Margaret Bynum, Georgia Department of Education, Atlanta 30334. Acting workshop The University Center in Georgia is sponsoring an Acting Workshop Sat., Mar. 9, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. in the Dana Theater. Scenes by groups from the member institutions will be critiqued by Professor Jack Brooking from the University of Kansas. Assistant Professor Jackson Kessler from the University of Georgia will give a group demonstration of period dances in costume. Those attending will participate in one of the dances. Students and faculty from each of the member campuses are in- vited, as well as the general public. See page 2 for letters and comment id needed Due to unforeseen circumstances, the money donated toward lights for the tennis courts will have to be used for something else Athletic Association is open to suggestions for a new project. If you have an idea, contact any A. A. member. Votes in favor of RC 165, "Policy Regarding the Con- sumption of Alcoholic Beverages on Campus," barely outnumbered votes against it in Rep Council's student referen- dum on Mon., Mar. 4. Results of Monday's votes are as follows: Juniors Seniors TOTAL 58 61 34 27 220 210 Total number of students able to vote Total number who did vote 430 534 DORMS Walters 38 55 Winship 35 51 Main 39 16 Rebekah 36 25 Inman 26 43 Hopkins 12 5 Cottages 28 8 Day students 6 6 Cottages for rent Cottages will be available for rental to Agnes Scott students this summer. According to President Perry, rent will be reasonable since this is "not a commercial venture." There must be a minimum of 10 oc- cupants per house; formal arrangements will be an- nounced later. Problems which may arise in- volve taxes and previous com- mitment to conference groups which may need the space. Interested students should sign up in the office of the Dean of Students. Doing so will not com- mit anyone finally, but will in- dicate approximately how many people are to be planned for. The rumor that some present cottage residents will be moved out after this quarter is untrue. If the college had had to sharply decrease heat this winter, the cottages would have been cut off first The fact that Sturgis and Hardeman Cottages will not be used next year may have added to the confusion. committee to help pick dean President Marvin B. Perry, Jr. has assembled an advisory com- mittee to assist him in the search for a new dean of students following the resignation of present dean Roberta K. Jones. Although Dr. Perry will appoint the new dean himself, he will consider the advice of this com- mittee as well as suggestions from the campus community at large. Dr. Perry said that he is start- ing now to send notice both here and away in a "careful, wides- pread search" for a new dean. The top candidates will come to Scott for interviews. Members of the committee from the administration, faculty, and students respectively are: Assistant Dean of Faculty Mildred L. Petty and Director of Admissions Ann Rivers Thompson; Professor of Psychology Miriam K. Drucker and Assistant Professor of Economics Edward C. Johnson; Charlotte Gillis, Mary Gay Morgan, and Win Anne Wan- namaker. Student reports on Washington semester by LOUISE HUFF When asked to relate some of my experiences as a student of the Washington Semester, I found the task rather dry. Perhaps I could best start with an explanation of the program. The Washington Semester, sponsored by The American University, solicits participants from colleges and universities throughout the United States. This fall, there were 180 participants divided into units, each of about 30 students. Three units studied the federal government system, one concentrated on urban studies, another on foreign policy making in the United States, and the sixth on international politics. Each unit was directed by a professor at the American University who coordinated seminars, led interpretation ses- sions and offered counsel for our independent research projects. My unit was one that studied the federal government. The ma- jor portion of our study was a series of seminars about four per week. These were divided into five groups: Congress, Parties, Pressure Groups and the Press; the Executive Branch; Policy-Making; and the Judiciary. Through her personal connections, our unit director was able to obtain some very prominent speakers. The format of the seminars was a twenty to thirty minute introduction by the speaker followed by an interminable period of questions and answers. We were en- couraged to be aggressive and unyielding in the pursuit of con- troversial issues with our speakers. One seminar, with Senator Bill Brock (R-Tenn.), proved to be nearly explosive. Partisanship became aggravating during a seminar with Tip O'Neil (D'Mass ), the House Majority Leader, and one seminar with Senator Charles Percy (R-lll.) was undoubtedly a trial run of (continued on page 3) PROFILE MARCH 8, 1974 Representation?? There was widespread if not unanimous surprise at the closeness of the student vote on the proposed drinking policy. As the statistics on page 1 indicate, most juniors and seniors are for it, and most freshmen and sophomores are against it. This is reflected by thefact that dorms with mostly upperclassmen in them tended to vote for it, while the others voted against it. Should such a small margin have obligated Rep Council to pass RC 1 65? The referendum was not a mandate, but was designed to find out as nearly as possible exactly how students felt about the proposal. The results were close, but no matter what they had been, they should have been taken more seriously. This brings up the question of representative responsibility. Five members voted against the vote of the people they represent . Three voted against their class, one against her dorm, and one against the student body. These were not doing their job. They were not elected to represent their own feelings, but those of their constituents. These represen- tatives do not merit the confidence of those whose interests they do not serve. No one on Rep was required to vote as her class did, but the purpose of the referendum was utterly defeated when this was not done. Since certain representatives did not personally agree with the majority of their classes, it was to be expected that they would attempt to influence opinion on the issue. But to take advantage of their power after opinion was expressed was unfair both to their constituents and in principle. Elections will be held at the beginning of spring quarter. Keep in mind what was done on this occasion before you rush to circle names on the ballot. Anyone you vote for will have opinions of her own, but will she circumvent the wishes of her electors? Represen- tatives, if their consciences will not allow them to represent their constituents, should find other outlets for their personal beliefs. R Jan Fredrickson Editor THE MROFMLE AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE - DECATUR, GA. 30030 THE PROFILE is published weekly throughout the collegeyear by studentsof Agnes Scott College. The views expressed in the editorial section are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the view of the administration or the student body. Permission is given to reprint if credited. Entered as first class mail at Agnes Scott Post Office. EDITOR/Jan Fredrickson ASSOCIATE EDITOR/Joyce McKee COPY EDITOR/Beth Wickenberg BUSINESS MANAGER /Mary Jane Warren CIRCULATION MANAGER/Marianne Brinker PHOTOGRAPHY/Genie Laster STAFF: Susan Balch, Marene Emanuel, Ann Fincher, Eva Gantt. Angelynn McGuff, Delia McMillan, Patty Pearson, Bon nie Pedersen, Lynn Wilson. Frances Wickes, Ruth McMullen To the Editor: I have served as a member of Rep Council for three of my four years here, and during that time, I have staunchly defended Rep and what I believed to be a true desire on the part of most of its members to represent student opinion in a mature, responsible manner. On Tues., Mar. 5, I was deeply disappointed when severa I members of Rep chose to ignore the majority of the constituency which had elected them, and thus cast their votes on the drinking proposal, RC 165, according to their own personal beliefs in spite of a straw vote from the student body which had been taken in orderto let Rep members know how the persons they represented really felt. I am especially disappointed with the actions of the President of Student Government As- sociation. I have no argument with her right to cast her vote in order to tie the vote 12-12 and thus defeat it. However, I do question her wisdom in undertaking such an action. A vote of 12 for and 1 1 against as the vote stood prior to her vote was clearly indicative of the straw vote of the student body and would have served as an effective indicator of student feeling to the Administrative Committee. The fact remains, however, that the student body voted in favor of the proposal, and Rep did not. In my opinion. Rep Council has lost face. This is an extremely serious matter, and I would hope that the student body would recognize that they will have no voice in future policy-making if the current trend of Rep members voting according to their own personal beliefs, with little regard for the feelings of those whom they represent, continues. Lib McGregor Vice-President, Student Government Assn. To the Editor; In response to Susan Skinner's letter which appeared in last week's Profile, I felt a need to "explain, not defend or apologize" the "strong criticism" voiced against her ac- tions at a recent meeting of the Student Body. Many of us became concerned that not all of us do "realize the added responsibility of being an elected officer." By a vote of con- fidence, the students of Agnes Scott vest in one person the privilege and responsibility of representing the students. When the other members of Rep Council learned of Susan's intention to personally present the Con side of RC 165, there was a mass appeal for her to reconsider. The efforts of our other elected officials merely resulted in a token relinquishment of the chair during the meeting. If there had been no one else in the student body of Agnes Scott who was willing and qualified to present the Con argument, the actions of our President would have been justified. Susan, however, neither sought out another speaker, nor did she seek the advice of her other SGA officers. Many of us then became concerned that the SGA Presidency was used as a personal soapbox! If Susan found it impossible to be responsive to the majority opinion of the elected represen- tatives of the students, one must wonder whether or not she can be responsive and sensitive to the desires of an entire student body. Neither RC 165, nor Robert's Rules of Order was the object of debate. The issue at hand lies in a concern that the student body cannot expect our President to participate in the framework of Representative Government which gives her the respect of the entire student body. With that respect rides an awesome responsibility to remain responsive to the desires of the majority. Sincerely, Susan Stigall To the student body: Has "the rule of the jungle" become the rule of the dining hall? Is it true that "if you borrow something long enough, it's yours?" Apparently, this is the case because glasses, silverware, and dishes are con- tinually being replaced at OUR expense. The dining hall doesn't purchase place settings to sup- ply individuals with their own personal plates, glasses, or silverware, nor to furnish these items for the dorm kitchens. Abuse of our dining hall system will lead to stricter surveillance. The drain of permanent dining hall items no matter how you rationalize it can only be con- sidered stealing and MUST be stopped. It's time for us to realize that the presence of shiny spoons is not just to mark a great occasion at Agnes Scott, but indicates a problem that is our own res- ponsibility to correct Sincerely, Honor Court YMCA plans trip to Eastern Europe For the seventeenth consecutive year the Georgia Tech YMCA is sponsoring a non- profit summer tour to the USSR and Eastern Europe. The tour is open to Agnes Scott students and alumnae. The YMCA tour is different from commercial and other university tours in that most itinerary decisions are made by the group and that the.cost is ao- proximately one half that of a commercial tour Instead of subscribing to a pre-planned tour, participants in the YMCA tour are able to plan their trip around their own interests. The size of the group will be limited to eight to fourteen people in order to foster group decision making. At this time, the preliminary cost estimate for the tour is $1 ,- 500.00 for each person. This is for the approximately 50 days of guided tour and covers transportation from New York, accommodations, guides, most meals, and a flexible return trip to New York sometime after the end of the formal tour. March 15 is the deadline for accepting ap- plications People interested in further information about the tour should call either Carlton Parker at the Tech YMCA (894-2590)or Larry Keating at the City Plan- ning Department, Ga Tech (894-2351) PROFILE/MARCH 8. 1974 PAGE 3 wIiat's hAppeninq Academic Common Market: grad school at in-state rates High Museum of Art museum towns Historic Museum Towns lecture series continues at The High Museum of Art with the next topic Greenfield Village and the Henry Ford Museum on Mar. 13 and 14. This community near Dearborn, Mich., was created in 1929 by Henry Ford who had been collecting American antiques and buildings for almost two decades. Guest speaker for this presentation on Wed., Mar. 13 at 8 p.m., and on Thurs., Mar. 14 at 10:30 a.m. is Robert Wheeler, Vice President of Research and Interpretation of the Henry Ford Museum. A donation is requested at the door. W. D. Bannard An exhibition of paintings by Walter Darby Bannard, one of today's leading artists in the area of color painting, opened at The High Museum of Art on Sun., Feb. 24, and will be on view through Sun., Mar. 31. This Walter Darby Bannard exhibition is the first to provide a com- prehensive view of Bannard's work, and it includes early paintings never before exhibited as well as examples of his more recent work. The show has been organized by the Baltimore Museum of Art where it was exhibited in the fall. This, the first comprehensive Walter Darby Bannard exhibition will be on view during regular Museum hours. Tours by trained Museum guides are available Monday through Friday at 1 :30 p.m., and for groups by appointment. The exhibition and the tours are free. Man Ray Photographic work by Man Ray, well-known American artist who participated in the Dada and Surrealist movements of the earlier 20th century and who is still active in his Paris atelier today, will be on view at The High Museum of Art through Sun. Mar. 31. The exhibition is free. Man Ray: Photo Graphics is an exhibition of over 150 Rayographs and photographs executed from 1 91 7 to 1 949. Theyare from the private collection of Arnold Crane, a Chicago lawyer who has been a major collector and archivist of photographic materials for many years. The exhibition is organized by the Milwaukee Art Center and is traveling to a number of museums in the country. Several related events are scheduled in connection with the exhibition on the opening day, Mar. 3. These include "Rayograms,"a program of Dada and Surrealist works in words, and performance pieces presented by Kelly's Seed and Feed Theatre under the direc- tion of Kelly Morris. This will take place in the exhibition area from2 to 4 p.m., free to the public. "Rayograms" will be presented also on Sun., Mar. 24. Atlanta Symphony Orchestra schedule change The joint production with the Atlanta Ballet and the Atlanta Symphony, scheduled for Mar. 15 and 16, 8:30 p.m., in Symphony Hall has been cancelled. Replacing this event will be a special concert conducted by Michael Palmer and featuring TV's Felix of "The Odd Couple," Tony Randall as narrator. This evening will feature Rossini's Overture to "The Barber of Seville," with Randall narrating Saint-Saens "Carnival of the Animals" and William Walton's Facade. It will take place Mar. 1 5 & 1 6, 8:30 p.m., Symphony Hall. Tickets are scaled $2.60 to $7.30 and are available at Symphony Box Office, 892-2414, Memorial Arts Center. 74-75 season The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, preparing to celebrate its 30th anniversary season, has announced its 1 974-75 subscription series at Symphony Hall, expanding the number of concert programs for the season from 18 to 20. Music Director Robert Shaw will conduct the season's opening concert on Sept. 1 9 with an all-orchestral program and will close the season on May 17, 1975, conducting a major choral work. Sharing conducting duties with Mr. Shaw and Michael Palmer, Associate Conductor, will be 10 young, international conductors. Sixteen instrumental soloists, representing the largest selection of performing artists ever presented in Atlanta during a single season, have been scheduled. These include nine pianists, five violinists and two cellists. Three choral programs, to be conducted by Mr. Shaw, will complete the season. Students in several Southern states can now enroll on a resident-tuition basis in selected graduate programs in other states. The arrangement, which will become effective this fall, is made possible through the Academic Common Market, a project of the Southern Regional Education Board. The interstate agreement provides for the reciprocal sharing of academic graduate programs. Students from participating states will have access to master's or doctoral degree work in such varied fields as African history, home economics, radio astronomy, water pollution ecology or nuclear engineering. Thus far, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mis- sissippi, South Carolina and Tennessee have joined the Market. The participation of Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia is tentative but expected in the next several weeks pending, in some cases, only the almost certain ratification of the agreement by state legislatures or boards of trustees. The programs in which residents of a participating state can enroll depend upon their state's arrangement. Under the Common Market agreement, each member state puts a number of its programs in a "market pool" and then arranges for its residents to have access to out-of-state programs not offered in its own institutions. The number of out- of-state programs is thus made available at in-state rates. On the other hand, by offering highly specialized programs to out-of-state students at in-state rates, participating institutions will increase enrollments in such "uncommon" programs which, in many cases, have the capacity for additional students. As a result of the Common Market, additional education op- portunities will be available to many students and existing programs in the Southern region will be more efficiently utilized all at a savings to the students, institutions and taxpayers. Georgia'sstate coordinator for this program is Dr. James E. Boyd, Vice Chancellor for Academic Development, University System of Georgia, 244 Washington Street, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334. Washington semester in review (continued from page 1) his campaign speech for the 1976 Presidential nomination. Though it was exciting to meet and discuss issues with congressmen, lobbyists and bureaucrats were far more stimulating. About once a week, our unit director conducted a formal interpretation session typing together the seminars with our background reading about two or three books each week. In retrospect, I believe some of the better seminars were with Les Janka, Assistant to Secretary Henry Kissinger; Lewis Engman, the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission; and District Court Judge Gerhard Gesell who has been involved with the Watergate trials. Two that stand out as very disappointing were one seminar with Robert Strauss, the Chairman of the Democratic National Committee and another with Supreme Court Chief Jus- tice, William Douglas. I believe the most worthwhile part of the Washington Semester was the informal dis- cussions, the spontaneous interaction of politically interested students. Our living together was perhaps the best asset to the program. Often we'd begin to argue over dinner (a communal arrangement where forty people shared a three- burner stove) through Walter Cronkite, and far on into the night. Though there was a vast geographical cross-section of participants from California to Iowa to Texas to Maine, most everyone was extremely liberal politically. The erratic climate of Washington last fall provoked lengthy discussion, fostered many jokes and greatly enhanced my participation in the Program. Each day, most of us would spend a few hours in the galleries of the House or Senate, at Committee hearings and at the Watergate investigation not to mention the weekly impeachment rallies. 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Pennsylvania 19103 (215) 732-6600 PAGE 4 PROFILE MARCH 8, 1974 awaits Administrative Committeeapproval RC 1 64 could change dorm councils Editor's note: Rep Council has requested that this RC be printed. Its passage by the Ad- ministrative Council is pen- ding; if it is passed, the res- ponsibilities of Dormitory Council members will change. RC 164 Whereas, under our Honor System, our present three-tiered judicial structure is, by and large, separated into areas of jurisdiction according to the severity of a given violation, and Whereas, an attempt should be made to distribute and assign jurisdiction in a manner ap- propriate and relevant to the nature of each judicial body within the Honor System, and Whereas, a reorganization of Dormitory Council, involving a reduction in size and con- solidation of authority, would in- crease the responsibility of the individual councils, enabling them to handle all dormitory- related matters more efficiently and effectively, Therefore, be it resolved that the constitutions of Dormitory Council, Interdormitory Council, and Honor Court be amended to read as follows: Article VIII Dormitory Councils Section 1 Members of the Dormitory Council-Duties and Powers A President of the Dormitory Council 1. 2 To present appeals from the Dormitory Council to the Interdormitory Council. 3 To present referrals from Dormitory Council to the Honor Court. 4 To assemble material for cases and to work with in- dividual cases. 5. To serve as a liaison between the Interdormitory Council and the Dormitory Council 6. To call and conduct house meetings. 7. To serve as a member of the interdormitory Council. B C. Section 2 Duties and powers of the Dormitory Council A. To decide such policies within the framework of college regulations as are necessary for the functioning of the residential ' unit. B. Judicial Powers 1. 2. To refer to Honor Court cases in which Honor Court has primary jurisdiction. 3. To constitute the court of appelate jurisdiction in cases in- volving appeals of automatic penalties. 4. a. When the penalty of social probation for violation of social regulations is ad- ministered by the Dorm Council, it shall be the duty of the Dormitory President to inform the Administrative Committee. jobs in Europe b. When the penalty of suspencion of expulsion is recommended by the Dormitory Council, the case shall be referred to the Administrative Committee for approval Section 3 Quorum A. A quorum shall consist of two-thirds of the members of the individual dormitory council. B. When the penalty of social probation, suspension, or expulsion is recommended, there shall be no more than one negative or one abstention. Section 4 Organization and Membership A. B. 1. 2. 3. Additional Dormitory Council Members, the number of which shall vary according to the residential unit as follows: a. b. c. lnman-3 d. Main-2 e Rebekah-2 f. Walters-4 g. Winship-4 4. C D. E. Section 5 Meetings A. B. If a council member has more than two unexcused absences in any given quarter, the position will be declared American Student Service Job opportunities in Europe this summer . . . Work this summer in the forests of Germany, on construction in Austria, on farms in Germany, Sweden, and Denmark, in hotels in Switzerland. There are these jobs available as well as jobs in England, France, Italy and Holland to American university students coming to Europe the next summer For several years students made their way across the Atlanta through A. E.S. -Service to take part in the actual life of the people of these countries. The success of this project has caused a great deal of en- thusiastic interest and support both in America and Europe. Every year, the program has been expanded to include many more students and jobs. Vacation-Work Ltd College students and other young people looking for an exciting and low cost way to explore Europe have an op- portunity to do this by joining the Summer Jobs in Europe program Participants can work in a hotel in France, on an archaelogical dig in Britain or with a family in Italy. In all there are seven job categories available for periods from five to nine weeks Summer Jobs in Europe offers a job, a four-day orientation program in London, documentation and full back-up- service for only $1 29. Vacation-Work Ltd , who arrange the program, have seven years' experience of fin- ding jobs for Americans. Although based in Oxford, England, Vacation-Work has an office in Cincinnati. Placement can be made through May. Jobs offered have been particularly selected so that students will be in close contact with other young people. To give increased flexibility, travel can either be arranged by the individual or by joining special flights of BOAC Students can receive a free "Summer Jobs in Europe" brochure with details of available jobs by sending a long, stamped return envelope to Vacation-Work Ltd., 266 Ludlow Ave , Cincinnati. Ohio 45220 Already, many students have made application for jobs next summer. American- European Student Service (on a non-profitable basis) is offering these jobs for students for Germany, Scandanavia, England, Austria, Switzerland, France. Italy and Spain. The jobs consist of forestry work, child care work (females only), farm work, hotel work (limited number available), construction work, and some other more qualified jobs requiring specialized training. The purpose of this program is to afford the student an op- portunity to get into real living contact with the people and cus- toms of Europe In this way, a concrete effort can be made to learn something of theculture of Europe. In this return for his or her work, the student will receive his or her room and board, plus a wage. However, the student must keep in mind that they will be working on the European economy and wages will naturally be scaled ac- cordingly The working con- ditions (hours, safety, regulations, legal protection, work permits) will be strictly controlled by the labor ministries of ihe countries involved vacant until filled by a special election by the student body. Article VII Interdormitory Council Section 1 Officers-Duties and Powers A. Chairman of Interdormitory Council 1. 2. To assemble material for cases and to. work with in- dividual cases 3. To serve as a liaison Section 2 Duties and Powers of the Interdormitory Council A. Executive Powers 1 . To coordinate and con- solidate the activities of the residential units and the Dormitory Councils within the framework of college regulations. 2. To serve as a forum for the discussion of problems within the residential units and to maintaincommunication with the Dean of Students staff, the Supervisor of Dormitories, and the Business Office. B. Judicial Powers 1 . To constitute the court of appellate jurisdiction in cases of appeals by students of decisions of dormitory councils. 2. Interdormitory Council shall vote on appeals subject to the following procedures: a. b. c.When the penalty of suspension or expulsion is recommended, there shall be no more than one negative or two abstentions. d.When a decision of a dormitory council is not upheld by Interdormitory Council, the case shall be referred back to the Dorm Council with a recommen- dation for further consideration Article VI The Honor Court Section 3 Duties and Powers A. Areas of primary juris- diction 1 . In matters injurious to the interests of the College, in- cluding, but not limited to the following: a. Academic dishonesty b. Stealing c. Lying d. Abuse of regulations, placing the welfare and/or property of others in jeopardy. 2. Violation of the drug policy. 3. In all questions regarding the constitutionality of the ac- tions of any organization of the Association. B. Refer ra Is from the Dormitory Councils. Section 5 Meetings A. The Honor Court shall meet every week as is necessary. B. If an Honor Court member has more than two unexcused absences in any given quarter, the position will be declared vacant until filled by a special election by the student body. Women in science Cambridge, Mass. (I P.) The myth that women are not interested or competent in science has been exploded, states Harvard University physicist Margaret E. Law Another myth, said Dr. Law, is that women who get a good science education lose their skills after marraige and pregnancy and female res- ponsibilities such as motherhood also make women undesirable for science. Research on the science and mathematics competence of females, said Dr. Law, has shown that they are probably equal or superior to males in scientific competence when they have equal educational op- portunities. Many schools of science, and the men running them, are prejudiced against women in science, she said. "One obvious thing that happens is that a higher percen- tage of women leave college with a master's degree instead of continuing (for the Ph.D.). Various studies have shown that the attrition rate in graduate school is higher for women than men, and the major reason for this is family responsibility " Often science research re- quires long and demanding hours. During crucial times of family responsibility, part-time work may be the answer "As with undergraduates, there are several ways in which some of the special problems of women graduate students could be ap- proached. It should become routine for a student with other responsibilities to continue her, or his, education on a part-time basis with equivalent financial aid and with full university benefits," she continued. "Maternity leaves of reasonable length should be allowed with guaranteed read- mission and resumption of financial aid. In the same way, it should be routine to admit to graduate school qualified older women who wish to continue their education after raising a family." "But in addition to helping the women graduate student already enrolled, we must also encourage more able undergraduates to apply to graduate school. There is evidence that discrimination in admission exists. It appears that women need higher grade point eges than men to be admitted to graduate school. And, on they are less likely to receive adequate financial aid." One study, which she cited, has shown that 91 percent of women Ph D.s continue to be ac- tive in their field, 80 percent without interruption. THE MROFMLE Vol. LX-No. 15 AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE - DECATUR. GEORGIA 30030. March 26, 1974 sga 1To what specific changes in school policy or regulations do you think Rep Council should address itself? MORGAN: Ideally the Representative Council should be a reflector of student opinion as well as a group of leaders in student affairs. Therefore, Rep Council should be an instigator of changes, while at the same time it should be extremely sensitive tothetypesandtheextent of change the student body would allow. Specifically, in light of what happened to RC 165, Rep should begin work immediately on another recommendation this time one in which drinking would be allowed in a designated area and/or at on-campus social functions. Rep should also begin an extensive program to let the student body know the specific pros and cons of open dorms. We are a woman's college and not a girls' school. It is absurd that our library closes at 1 0:20 p.m. on weekdays. It should be open at least one hour later. For two years now Rep has politely requested this. It now is time for this problem to be addressed forcefully. These are three easily pinpointed problems to which I would give immediate and if necessary prolonged attention. STIGALL: Foremostin my mind during this election is the real need for students to have a voice in deciding school policies. I believe that the student body has grown tired of being "ineffective." Now more than ever we need to appeal to the Administration for an active voice in our government. With the addition of two more students to the Administrative Committee, we the students of Agnes Scott have an opportunity to determine the role of SGA at our school. Are we to make moves to initiate an energetic, effective Student Government Association, or will we allow SGA to exist merely as a decorative element at Scott? SGA must become a realistic and representative voice of student desires if it is to carry any weight with the administration. STRETCH: I do not feel that specific recommendations on changes in school policy or regulations to be considered by Rep Council are appropriate. While I have many personal opinions, I feel the initiative in these matters should come from the students themselves. No one can accurately guess the priorities or viewpoints of all of us. Rep Council should address itself to those ideas which are presented by the students or to determiningthrough other methods where students wish to see change. I think three major decisions of the past year evoked a great deal of discussion and response on the part of the entire student body. I am hopeful and confident that when these issues are resolved, student involvement will continue in other areas. 2. With what specific problems in the academic and social life of this campus would you like to see Rep Council concern itself? MORGAN: The problems which should be addressed can be summed up under a heading of academic and social morale. I am glad that you asked me about academic problems, although it is not easy to specify them. At the present time intellectual excitement seemsto be waning on our campus. There are many possible reasons for this,andtheyaretightly interwoven. Rep must serveasa thermometer of academic morale, anda liaison between faculty and students. Rep must be vocal on matters such as the reduction of our two largest departments. I would like to see a very active Committee on Academic Problems reporting to Rep every two weeks. I would like to see Rep members or members of the Student Body serving in advisory positions on faculty committees concerned with matters of curriculum and Mary Gay Morgan candidate for president of SGA calendar. I would also like to see Rep members actively concerned with the academic problems of the people they represent. Members should also pursue solutions, whether they be in the form of suggestions to the faculty, or to the Honor Court, or to students themselves. As for social life, I think we need more activities on campus and more opportunities for students to meet a variety of guys both here and wherever the guys are to be found. This I see primarily as the responsibility of Social Council. I would also like to engage Rep, Social Council, and the Student Body in a joint effort of looking into any problems which arise in social morale. STIGALL: An air of helplessness and hopelessness seems to have permeated the campus and brought with it an inevitable feeling of frustration and discontent. A lack of communication among students has resulted in factionalism. Ironically, both "factions" have been striv- ing to unify the campus community, but the unity is mis- sing. I feel that open forums which make the Student Government Representatives available for questions concerning vital school policies is essential to the existence and maintenance of a representative SGA. The Profile can also serve as an effective vehicle for Rep proceedings. As always, the close correlation of academic and social standards at Agnes Scott will be brought forward for re-evaluation. The drinking issue along with the question of parietals will be presented to the student body for consideration. On these and all proposed RC's, Rep must be responsive to student desires. There is ob- viously discontent with the present policy and Rep must seek an acceptable compromise, but at no time must the personal views of Rep be substituted for the student body majority. STRETCH: I feel that problems in these areas, as those in policy and regulations, should be the responsibility of the students to name, and not their president. However, whether as president of the Student Body or an in- dividual community member there are some situations I intend to raise discussion about. Foremost of these is in the area of academic and career counseling. A major cause of discouragement here, I think, is in not knowing what the effort put in leads to. Many students are asking, "What can I do with this major? Where and how do I apply to grad school? What opportunities are there for me for interesting summeror full-time jobs?" But few of us are able to get encouraging answers to these questions. Many of us are uneasy see- ing recent graduates in jobs where a college degree is meaningless. Some of this is due to current job shortages, and there are some parts of the career plan- ning program here that are helpful. I feel, however, that much could be done to make it more effective. 3. Discuss any changes in the organization of the Student Government committees you would like to see implemented. ELECTION ISSUE This is the Election Issue of the PROFILE. Itcontains questions directed to the candidates for the major of- fices, their answers, and their pictures. All candidates were contacted in order to have their pictures taken but some did not respond. Thus the omission of pictures of some candidates is not due to editorial bias. Speeches will be made by some of the candidates in Convocation tomorrow at 11:30 a.m., Gaines Auditorium. On the front and back of the last page of this paper is the OFFICIAL BALLOT on which you vote. Check by the Hub on Thurs., Mar. 28 between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. to find out any changes or corrections in the ballot. After you vote, you are to bring the ballot back to the Hub (within these same hours) to be validated and turned in. We hope this issue will help you choose a candidate and that it will encourage you to VOTE! MORGAN: The committee structure we have now is, in theory, fairly good. We do not have as many standing committees as there have been in the past. This year most of the work has been done through ad-hoc com- mittees composed of members of Rep and students at large. I would like to see each Rep member serving on at least two committees. The problem now is one of com- mitment. I think there are many people in the student body, and many candidates for Rep, who would like to be active on committees. I hope these people will be brought forth. STIGALL: Student Government committees offer the President of SGA a means of utilizing valuable student energy for the campus community. Like any committee system, this one divides responsibility among more than the handful of elected officers. Properly used, these committees focus on all facets of student life: academics Committee on Academic Problems; day-to-day Student Services; and enrichment Lecture and Con- vocation Committees. Through these committees, the President can handle far more areas of student interest than would be possible if left up to a single student. STRETCH: Perhaps Rep Council could be enlarged for greater access. Every student should know, and feel free to discuss her thoughts with, at least one Rep member. Were there a member from each dorm floor this, while not making the Council too large to be effective, might encourage students to communicate their ideas more. The most important need of the Student Government committees is to involve all interested persons by in- forming them as to what is going on in their particular areas and encouraging students to participate. To make this campus what we want it to be we need a very well- organized and active student body. 4. The president of S G A. is one of the two student members on the Administrative Committee. Evaluate your function on this committee. MORGAN. As president of SGA I would be a member of the Administrative Committee for one reason because I would be an elected representative of the Student Body. Therefore, on any matter in which I knew what student opinion was, as in the case of an RC, I wouldcome to the AC as the spokesman for the RC and/or student opinion. In those cases in which I would be called to give an opinion and there was not a clear mandate from Rep or students, I should hope I would be so attuned to students' views as to represent all of them adequately. STEALL: The SGA President's function on Ad- ministrative Committee is non-negotiable. It is her duty (continued on page 2) PROFILE/MARCH 26, 1974 honor court Susan Stigall candidate for president of SGA (continued from page 1) to relay to the faculty and administration the feelings of her constituency, and to effect those changes desired by her constituency. STRETCH: The Administrative Committee is the im- portant policy-making body of this campus. I feel it is crucial that the students take full advantage of their two seats on this committee. In many ways it is the students themselves who know what is best for the college, and our perspective must bear full weight in deliberations about its welfare. We cannot afford to allow this privilege and power to become meaningless. If chosen to be part of the channel for student input, I intend to firmly and clearly present the student opinion. 5. In a larger context, what do you consider to be the responsibility of the president of SGA. as a represen- tative of the student body? MORGAN: First of all I think that as a candidate I should reply to any questions asked and make my views known through this paper, the speech, and through individual conversations. Knowing that students were aware of my opinions, if I were elected, I could assume that they were in agreement with the general direction I sought for SGA. After elected, my personal views on specific issues would be of the same importance as anyone else's no more, no less. Nevertheless, because of the weight of my office, I would have an advantage over other students in voicing my personal opinion. I believe it would be unfair to other students to use my position for the projection of personal beliefs. I would be, above all, a representative. Where there was a decision made by the student body or Rep, that decision would be my major concern. I want you to know before the election what I think and what I would work for as President. If I am elected I will not totally suppress my personal views. But you may be assured that I will exercise care as to when and where I will express them. STIGALL: As a representative of the student body, the President of SGA is obligated to present all sides of student opinion, both on and off campus. Whether meet- ing with the Administrative Committee, the Board of Trustees, alumnae, prospective students, or the present student body, the SGA President must maintain an energetic and concerned attitude regarding all student- related policies. Personal approval naturally encourages a drive for action, but equally important isthe cultivation of a driving force initiated by the student body. Namely, a President must lead as well as be guided by her constituency. STRETCH I am very concerned about a tendency to minimize student input in the affairs of this college. Many of us feel, rightly, that we have ideas which would help in making the most of Agnes Scott's great potential. Many of us feel we are the most capable to pinpoint the causes of declining enrollment. Yet often our opinions do not receive the respect they deserve as intelligent and adult concerns. This stems in part from an underes- timation of the students' enthusiasm for, and ability to intelligently perceive, what is best for thecollege. Also it stems from a timidity, as well as uncertainty on how to go about expressing views on our part We must realize that the student Government is our most effective means, and accept the responsibility of using it to our ut- most This body and its president must be energetic and firm in asserting the student concerns 1 How should Honor Court deal with the student who does not feel that the regulations under the honor system coincide with her personal beliefs and so breaks the regulations? GILLIS: The implications of this question are those of an Honor System based on a selective choosing of which regulations will or will not be upheld by each individual. Selective honor is a weakness that undermines and deteriorates a working Honor System such asours. With our decision to attend Scott, we assumed the res- ponsibility of living in a community that functioned within a framework of certain regulations and stan- dards. As long as these regulations exist, I do not feel that Honor Court can condone their intentional breakage either on the premise of personal disagreement or any other. 2. Do you see any areas presently under the juris- diction of Honor Court which should not be? Any not included which should be? GILLIS: I feel the jurisdiction of Honor Court as it stands now is 'relevant to the nature of the body " 3. If RC 164 is passed by the Administrative Com- mittee, how would you implement the changes in the constitution of Honor Court? GILLIS: If the changes are approved, it seems that their implementation would automatically follow as a result of the procedures outlined in the new constitution. Honor Court would then be required to carry out these new changes. However, as a result of the overall changes in the constitutions of Dorm Council and Interdorm, I would like to have meetings with these two councils. These meetings would be for the purpose of clarifying and em- phasizing the degree of increased responsibility the changes would delegate to individual Dorm Council and Interdorm members. 4. Explain the responsibility of each student underthe honor system. How can Honor Court encourage a student to accept this responsibility? GILLIS: As Honor Court has stated before, our Honor System is based on the concept of dual responsibility. This responsibility requires an integrity that is com- munal as well as personal. To be explicit, the res- ponsibility involves upholding all the standards and regulations of the Honor System yourself and seeing that those people around you do the same. There can be no Honor System unless it is initiated and maintained by each individual. One of the important functions of Honor Court, in my opinion, is to emphasize the benefits we gain from the Honor System. Our job should not be only to criticize or punish violators, but also to interact with fellow students in a positive, beneficial way; to establish a better rapport so that they feel free to discuss aspects of the Honor System with individual board members. A greater em- phasis (especially with freshmen) on the unique lifestyle we enjoy as a result of our Honor System hopefully would instill in students an increased desire to assume their responsibility in order to insure the continuation of this life style. 5. The chairman of Honor Court is one of the two student members on the Administrative Committee. Evaluate your function on this committee. GILLIS: As a voting member of Administrative Com- mittee, my function is to not only represent student viewpoints but first of all to represent Honor Court and the Honor System. My first priority is to assess the effect on the Honor System of any matters up before the Com- mittee. After this I must also weigh and consider the viewpoints of Honor Court and the students. When a vote is taken, my own decision will be the result of a com- bined consideration of all of these viewpoints. interdorm 1 . What have Dorm Council members actually done this year, and what will you expect them to do next year? TISON: Throughout the year, Dorm Council members served as liaisons between Interdormitory Council and the students as well as being judiciary representatives for dorm-related cases. Specific activities of dorm coun- cil members were helping the Dorm Presidents prepare the dorms during the retreat before fall registration for incoming students, conducting freshmen hall meetings to go over school rules and handbook, posting notices and announcements, constructing bulletin boards, and checking to be sure any reported hall problems were taken care of. Next year I will expect the members to continue these activities in order to perpetuate the sense of helpful com- munity present at Agnes Scott. If RC 1 64 is approved by the Administrative Council, Dorm Councils will be smaller and hold more case-oriented responsibilities. I think it should be stressed that if such a situation occurs, I expect the Dorm Councils to be even more conscious of the seriousness of their judicial power and thus of their ability to help keep dorm life functioning smoothly at this most basic level of day-to-day living. WALL The function of Dorm Council members is to help make dorm living more bearable by seeing to it that the rules which are made to protect the rights of the students are enforced, and to take action when these rights are abused The specific duties of a Dorm Council member change in accordance with the rules, but the essential function remains the same 2. Do you think the new sign-out policy is working well so far? Do you anticipate any further changes be- ing necessary? TISON I feel the new sign out policy is working quite well It has helped to impress upon the students their in- dividual responsibility and has eliminated the picky Interdorm and Qorm Council case arguments over points which were so prevalent before At present I anticipate no changes. WALL: It's difficult to judge something that's been in effect only one quarter, but I do think that so far, the new sign-out policy is much more effective than the old one because it operates the same way the students operate, i.e. leaving word where you'll be, or at least who you'll be with. As far as changes go, I don't foresee any right now. I think eventually the sign-out for holidays will go, but we've got to see how this policy works before we move on to that. 3. If RC 1 64 is approved by the Administrative Com- mittee, how would you implement the changes in the constitution of Interdorm? TISON: Due to the higher individual and judicial status which will be bestowed upon Dorm Councils if the Ad- ministrative Committee approves RC164, understan- ding and communication between Interdorm and Dorm Councils must be closer than ever before in order to as- sure coordination and consolidation of the activitiets of the residential units and the Dorm Councils within the framework of college regulations. I feel this com- munication can be handled through the regular weekly Interdorm meetings and, if need be, occasional meetings between Interdorm Executives and the individual dorm councils. With Interdorm's power of appellate juris- diction under RC 1 64, the road of dissention is left open in case a student feels her verdict has been reached un- fairly. WALL That's a moot question now, but I don't believe any changes would be necessary. A drinking policy should be handled like any other dorm rule. I don't see why a violation of a drinking policy should be any different from a violation of quiet hours or of the key policy. 4. What can be done about problems in dorm living with quiet hours, phone co-op, hostess duty, fire drills, etc.? State what you consider problems and give possible solutions. (continued on page 3) PROFILE/MARCH 26, 1974 PAGE 3 (continued from page 2) TISON: The best possible solution to any problem in dorm living with quiet hours and phone co-op is the stress of consideration for your neighbor. Whether to have phone co-op or not is voted by each hall. Where many students have private lines, phone co-op has no longer seemed necessary. Quiet hours and noise levels are hard to enforce with infractions, though they are helpful in quieting flagrant offenders. The best solution seems, again, to be consideration for other dorm members. Also, when someone (either a dorm council member or a neighbor) asks an offender to quiet things down, she should do so without taking the request as a personal affront. Noise levels naturally rise from time to time, but continuous running screaming, blaring of stereos, etc., do not make for pleasant living conditions. People sleeping through fire drill has been a problem but the buddy system instigated this year seems to be help- ing eliminate this problem. WALL. Problems concerning quiet hours, phone co-op and hostess duty are all simply the results of living in close quarters with a large number of people. Handing out infractions can help to a degree, but the only real solution is for all of us to be mature enough to have con- sideration for the people we live with. The fire drill situation here is ludicrous. There is no guarantee that a fire will only break out between the hours of 1 2 and 2 p.m. on a week night in a dorm. I'd hate to think what would happen if there was a fire in Buttrick at 1 0:00 a.m. I f we must have fire drills, they should be real drills. They should be timed, and they should be held at different times and in various places. bsa 1 . Should BSA be like a regular board, sponsoring its own activities, as well as working to coordinate and publicize the activities already planned by the other boards? McMILLAN: BSA's major function is to coordinate and publicize activities of the various boards. I feel that its commitment to coordinate also entails a responsibility to focus campus interest inoependently. BSA's membership of all the major groups and boards on cam- pus enables it to be extremely sensitive to campus needs and desires as well as to mobilize the existing sources for achievement. Many of the activities of BSA as a board, especially and the practical courses, have answered perceived needs in areas which other boards did not cover. BSA's primary function should not be "to do." It should represent a leadership in campus activities which can focus, direct, and when necessary initiate them. NEWTON: I feel that BSA is a regular board. A board has a need for unity, and BSA unifies all the boards. BSA's membership is composed of other board chairmen, class presidents, and members-at-large from the freshman and sophomore classes. This means that every student on campus is represented by at least one person. The coordination and publicity of campus activities is neces- sary in order to avoid conflicts between different groups. I do think that certain activities need to be sponsored by BSA when they don't pertain to any specific board. This also keeps any board from being overloaded with ac- tivities in addition to those it normally sponsors. I deally, as BSA plans an activity, the different chairmen should return to their boards and involve their members in one small facet of the overall activity. This would prevent a work overload for an individual or one council. WEAVER: As a board of "student .activities ," I strongly feel that it should act on its own as a regular board of the college. Certainly a very important facet of the board isto coordinate and publicize the activities of the other boards and classes. However, these activities are often limited to specific categories of people, for example, "Sister Class" parties, dorm games and projects, in- dividual class activities, ; orientation sponsors and helpers, etc. I would like to see more activities planned by B.S.A. to encourage a greater mingling of people of different classes and with different major area concen- trations. 2. If so, what kinds of things would you like for BSA to sponsor? If not, why not? McMILLAN: I feel that activities such as the practical courses should continue especially in the fields of practical business and finance. I also fee that there is a Marie Newton, Becky Weaver, Delia McMillan candidates for chairman of BSA strong need for coordinated programs of stimulating but informal on-campus entertainment good movies, concerts, etc. Activities of this sort have always been sponsored by various boards and I would like to see them on an increased, more regular, and coordinated basis. I feel that BSA could sketch a campus orientation towards this for the various boards. NEWTON: First, I think BSA should sponsor activities that the students are interested in and that are elevant to this time. I feel that Practical Courses meet these stipulations, and therefore I want to continue having them. Needs and desires of the students do change, so I am open to any ideas concerning changes in the format or in courses offered. For example, I would like to have a course in self-defense (which we wanted this year but couldn't work out), because I think young women need some practical knowledge in this area. It would be great if this could be held off-campus, perhaps at the YWCA, in order to get the proper atmosphere. This goes for other courses too getting off campus during the week really could help morale. I would propose not having a Drug Seminar next year because I think almost everyone here has made her decision concerning drugs and knows the facts about them. Some type of Sex Seminar is needed, though, because every girl here wants the answers to certain personal questions. I would also like to see, in the spring, a big weekend similar to Black Cat, which perhaps could be planned in conjunction with the spring dance. 1 How would you handle academic orientation? What kinds of things would you plan in order to acquaint newcomers with the academic life at Scott? DAWSEY: To be sure, a balance should be maintained between social and academic orientation. One way, then, to acquaint newcomers with academic life at Scott is to ask that they read books of current interest the summer before coming to school in the fall. It is my opinion, however, that this is a waste of the student's time if those books are not going to be used in the freshman English classes. While the liberal arts panel provides some follow-up, I feel the students would participate and enjoy the panel more having discussed some of the material in class. Therefore, if the English classes are going to use the books, require them to be read; if not. I see no sense in them. Library orientation is necessary, I think, but it should encompass only a library tour of about 15 minutes for which the students sign up. Moreover, some type of map of the library enclosed in the orientation packet might also be helpful. Furthermore, faculty advisors are not only necessary, but can be very helpful. Chosen on the basis of interests as indicated on forms sent to freshmen during the summer, the faculty should also indicate that Because it would be sponsored by BSA, every board would be invited to participate. WEAVER: The practical courses, an overwhelming success due to this year's board's hard work, should definitely be continued, in my opinion. Not only are they a good breakfrom studying butalsothey offer knowledge and skills in areas which we as students feel a need. I would also like to see a day set aside in the spring with activities planned in which everyone can relax and have fun. Something such as a picnic to Stone Mountain, like the one at Black Cat, would be fun. 3. Campus activities often suffer from poor atten- dance. Is there any way BSA can stimulate more interest in these events? McMILLAN: Participation in activities cultural as well as entertaining should stem from the natural curiosity that a liberal arts education endeavors to engender Curiosity should encompass a broad spectrum of interests. I would like to see both campus boards and students envision a well-rounded aim for activities which necessitates spontaneous rather than obligatory attendance. Cultural as well as entertaining activities have their place in the integrated whole. NEWTON: I really feel that students will attend those events they are interested in and that are relevant to them. This was evidenced fall quarter at several lectures and chapels. Because of the easy access to Atlanta's cultural events, perhaps some activities are not needed as much in 1 974 as in prior years. But, BSA must always work to instigate new programs, lectures, and gatherings pertinent to the needs and interests of Agnes Scott. With regard to those activities which are held, BSA's purpose is to coordinate and publicize events. This publicity is a great way to let people know about what's going on!! If posters are interesting, people tend to look at them; and word-of-mouth as always is the best advertisement. Those who mention activities to others should be excited about them, too. And in order for BSA to promote excitement, the individuals on BSA must be fired up! Of course, not everyone is interested in the same things, but BSA has the power to delegate responsibility to different boards. There should always be at least one board enthusiastic about a current project. As an exam- ple, for music recitals, Arts Council would probably be interested and could easily publicize them. In order to cause others to attend events, it is up to BSA to stimulate the initial momentum. WEAVER: I think that B.S.A. can work more along the line or coordinator of different activities by all the boards not only in the area of coordinating our own campus functions but also keeping in mind those activities (concerts in particular) of Georgia Tech and Emory which would draw attendance from A.S.C. functions. I believe that stressing to the members of B.S.A. the importance of talking about the activities of the college to their various boards and in turn among the students can stimulate interest in the student body towards those ac- tivities. they would like to be advisors. Certainly, the luncheon with the advisors puts the freshmen more at ease and allows them to know the faculty advisor as someone more than the initials on a course card. FINE: The importance of academics at Scott should be stressed, but an overload of academic orientation could be frightening rather than helpful. No one can orient a freshman better than another student. The liberal arts panel, led by seniors representing the major areas of study, should be the main focus here. I feel that outstan- ding sophomores and juniors should be added to the panel. Many freshmen have not decided their majors, and the sophomores and juniors may be able to give better clues to studying than seniors who are used to concentrating in one area. Library orientation is necessary, but should be con- fined to a brief tour (with no "busy-work" tests afterwards.) I see no real value in summer reading lists. Freshmen faculty advisors should be chosen with great care. I would also like to see the advisor groups meet in a more informal situation than in the past. The professors need encouragement in this area. (continued on page 4) orientation PAGE 4 PROFILE/MARCH 26, 1974 (continued from page 3) 2. Are freshmen hit with two much too soon or is the present schedule of activities good? Elaborate. DAWSEY: It is my opinion that the present schedule of activities for freshmen is good. While I realize that there is a great deal going on the first weeks of fall quarter, it seems that these activities are necessary and helpful in acquainting freshmen with the opportunities and organizations around Scott and the Atlanta area in general. While encouraged to do so, a student is not re- quired to attend all of the activities but often is left to decide for herself as to whether she would like to participate or not. I think most girls come to school excited about its newness and prospects so that the adjustment comes not to being so busy at first, but rather to the somewhat slower pace of activities that occurs after Black Cat. Moreover, while the number of orientation activities does slow down, the workload soon begins to increase after the first few weeks: a fact that would hamper many girls from attending those activitiesthat they might have engaged in otherwise. FINE: When the freshmen arrive at Scott, they are un- questionably confronted with a hectic schedule, but I do not feel that it is "too much too soon." The times of the activities have usually been well-planned there is time for rest and privacy between the most important and/or mandatory activities. Under the guidance of capable sponsors, a freshman can choose which of the activities are necessary or valuable to her as an in- dividual. There is no coercion to attend every event. The first weeks or months at Scott are primarily a time to become adjusted to a new environment, make friends, and find one's own pace for academic work. I, as a freshman, did not want to spend weeks on end in orien- tation. We must remember too that a little (or a lot) of homesickness is almost unavoidable. I feel that the present schedule helps alleviate this problem, and can actually make these first weeks more exciting. 3. Detail any specific changes in Orientation you would like to make. DAWSEY: The changes I would like to make basically concern the Orientation procedure with regard to transfers. As transfers wish to be involved more with their own classes, and understandably so, I feel it would be beneficial for each class to have a class meeting dur- ing one of the first few weeks of the academic year in order to introduce and talk with the new members of the respective classes. This way the girls would be recognized as being a sophomore, junior, or senior rather than assumed to be a freshman simply because her face is new to the campus. Moreover, since the needs of transfers are somewhat different from those of freshmen, I feel it would be most helpful if girls who, having transferred to Scott in their sophomore or junior year, would be sponsors during their junior or senior year of a group of incoming transfers. Having been a transfer herself, she would know what these girls needed to hear about the campus and courses more than someone else. FINE: This year's Orientation Council and its chairman in particular did an excellent job. I do, however, see a need for the following changes: (1) The class of 77 has exhibited great enthusiasm and a strong sense of res- ponsibility. I would like to give this class, as sophomores, more responsibilities than the sophomore "helpers" have had inthe past (and call them sophomore sponsors, rather than "helpers ") (2) Orientation Council needs to work more closely with Social Council in coordinating social orientation, in order to improve the Ga. Tech rush panel, and to expand the functions to other schools as well. (3) The freshmen need the opportunity to really know their upperclassmen. This aspect of orientation has been lacking in the past With the small number of Scott students, the "Sister Class" idea could feasibly be put on more of a one-to-one basis, with Orientation Council coordinating on- and off-campus activities throughout the year (4) The professors need to be encouraged tc attend the non-academic functions planned with their freshmen. There is still too little enthusiasm on then part. (5)There is an overwhelming need for improvement in the orientation of transfer students I would like to see a member of the Council specifically in charge of transfers' orientation, to treat it apart from that of the freshmen Many upperclassmen are not even aware of transfers in their classes. Nancy Oliver candidate for president of CA ca 1 . How can CA serve as a unifying force on campus? What would you do to encourage a sense of fellowship among students of all denominations? OLIVER: The organization of CA can be a vital unifying force when it ceases to be just that: an organization. CA is the reference frame for Christian activity on this cam- pus and its unifying value comes when we recognize that as Christians we are still individuals with specific spiritual needs. It is the responsibility of CA to discover those needs and to meet them in meaningful, creative ways. The emphasis needs to be on an identifiable body of Christ on this campus where there is a sense of com- munion with Christ and commitment to one another. I would suggest bi-monthly large fellowship meetings where there is a place for Christians to come and simply enjoy each other. I would also liketosee regularstudent- led prayer breakfasts where we participate in a time of prayer and sharing together. 2. Do you think CA should emphasize service projects, religious programs, or both? Anything else? OLIVER: Faith is something easily held on to as a personal belief but faith matures when it is translated into service. CA can't help but emphasize service if it isto be dedicated to the goal of meeting the spiritual needs of the campus. But perhaps that emphasis must first be placed on what it means to serve each other here on our campus. I would like to see projects such as the fielddays with the retarded children developed to give op- portunities on campus to share our time and love. 3. What specifically that CA has done this year would you like to see continued next year? What additional programs would you like to see begun? OLIVER: It is easy to dismiss Christianity as the "religious opiate of the people" something not quite intellectually sound. I would like to see CA move in the direction of offering speakers, discussion groups and Bible studies which look at this question and see if the Christian faith is intellectually viable. Scott is an academic community dedicated to the search for truth. If one is to be fair to oneself in that search, one must be willing to be confronted with the truth of Christ A coordination of complins campus-wide to really dig into such issues as the historicity of Jesus and the validity of his claims might be of value. A theme of the reality of Christianity for individuals in today's world might be a quarter long basis for Focus on Faith. There needs to be a reevaluation of freshman orientation to see how CA can best meet the needsof in- coming freshmen. Above all, CA must become liberated from the rigidity of programs and traditional methods to become a tool that God can use to provide many diverse and exciting ways of meeting Jesus and to help us learn to care deeply for each other. aa 1 . How do you intend to increase student participation in the various sports here (both as spectators and as participants)? WHITE: I believe that student participation and spec- tation of sports is a very vital part of college life at Agnes Scott. I realize that students have different degrees of athletic ability and have different interests, but I do believe that it is important for A A. to realize these facts and offer the widest variety possible of different types of activities. I also think that publicity of activities could be em- phasized so that students would at least be aware of the variety of activities being offered to them. I am sure that if the students that did participate enjoyed themselves enough, they could serve as an important form of publicity by encouraging others to participate. So, one of my goals would be to make participation and spectation of sports more enjoyable and desirable. 2. Do you feel there is a need for Scott to participate in sports on an intercollegiate basis? WHITE: This past year we have competed on an intercollegiate basis in basketball and field hockey. I feel that these activities have proven very successful and by all means, should be continued next year. Intercollegiate competition serves a very importantfunction of stimulat- ing feelings of pride and loyalty for our school which I believe is definitely needed. The spirit of sportsmanship is also experienced which helps students get along with each other. A.A. should be open to other areas of intercollegiate activities such as tennis, track, swim- ming, and volleyball if enough students show interest and enthusiasm. A.A.'s main purpose is to serve the needs of the students. Nancy White candidate for president of AA 3. What ideas do you have for ways in which to use the money originally intended for tennis court lights? WHITE. Even though this year's board is responsible for the decision of how the money previously planned for the tennis court lights will be used, I believe that whatever project is chosen, it should serve the interest of the students. A.A. is open to any ideas, preferably related to athletic activities. A.A. would likethisgift to be what the students want and need. 4. What do you want A.A. to accomplish under your leadership? WHITE: Most students have a misconception concerning the goals of A.A A.A. is a service organization as well as an organization to promote athletic activities. For exam- ple, A.A. was a key initiator with the campus paper drive and sponsored the Blood Drive. I believe that emphasis should be placed on both of these goals serving the community as well as serving the students. I plan to tackle the job of A.A. President with en- thusiasm and with a creative mind open to all types of ideas. New ideas and the promotion of enthusiasm are my two main goals for A.A. next term. PROFILE/MARCH 26, 1974 Joyce McKee candidate for editor of the PROFILE profile 1. What do you think the students expect from the PROFILE? McKEE: I think students expect a concise, well-written newspaper to inform them of campus events and op- portunities in the Atlanta area, to entertain them by focusing on the unusual, and to provoke them with editorials and student opinion about campus problems, activities, and the world at large. Students also expect the newspaper to provide a forum when they wish to express a particular viewpoint. 2. What do you think the paper should emphasize? McKEE: The paper's first responsibility is to report news accurately. This news should include an emphasis on upcoming events on and off campus. The reader is better served by a notification of an event so that she may participate or attend than by a synopsis of what happened in next week's issue. A newspaper is also res- ponsible for providing perspective a large framework within which single events can be viewed. This is one function of the feature article, a form well suited to the format of the PROFILE. 3. As editor, you will be able to communicate your views to the students. How do you intend to use this responsibility? McKEE: In editorials, the editor of the newspapershould be, at one time or other, a spokesman for creative, meaningful change, a voice of sanity, an exhorter, a campus conscience, and sometimes, the editor should be silent. No editor is always right or even sure which role, is the one most needed by the campus at that particular time. The editor's responsibility is to think, to choose carefully the role to play or stand to take, and to retain a sense of humor and an ability to accept criticism. 4. What role should the PROFILE play in allowing the campus community to express opinions? McKEE: The editorial page of the paper is designed to air views. Although I feel that the editor should adopt a stand on important campus issues, a diversity of opinion is also desirable. These opinions can be expressed through guest or dissenting editorials, letters to the editor, and columns. This facet of the newspaper's overall responsibility is especially important as Scott is in a period of reassessment of both academic and social goals and regulations. social council 1 . How should Social Council work with orientation in planning social activities for the freshmen? Which ones do you think should be continued? Which new ones should be added? JORDAN: As far as Orientation is concerned, I feel that we should eliminate all mention of social activities for fear of destroying the academic atmosphere so sacred to the Agnes Scott community. We wouldn't want our freshmen to get the wrong idea. MAGUIRE: Social Council has a place in helping Orien- tation Council plan social activities for the freshmen; however, I strongly feel that the scope of Social Council's responsibilities in this area could and should be widened. Currently, Social Council is responsible for sponsoring an orientation tea on the day that the freshmen arrive. I feel that this activity should be con- tinued, because by giving a new girl who is somewhat unsure of what awaits her, an opportunity to meet and talk with some upperclassmen helps to make her feel at , home. The tea also gives freshmen an opportunity to meet other freshmen. Social Council is also currently responsible for provid- ing some type of activity on the first weekend of school for those freshmen who do not wish to attend rush parties. This activity is usually a movie, which has proven to be very successful in the past, and which I am n favor of keeping. The lastthing on which Social Coun- cil works with Orientation Council is the Black Cat Dance. I am strongly in favor of keeping the dance, providing that the calibre of the dances of the past year can be retained. There are two other activities currently concerning only Orientation Council that I believe should also concern Social Council. These activities are the rush panel with the fraternities, and the street dance held with the Georgia Tech facet groups. The reason that I think Social Council should work with Orientation Coun- cil on these two issues is that Social Council is traditionally responsible for organizing social activities both on and off campus. PARKER: I believe Social Council should work not only with Orientation Council, but also with the Student Government Association, the Faculty, and the Ad- ministration to plan a totally correlated schedule of orientation activities so that there would be a major social experience for a new student to look forward to each day and night. While an objective of all planning groups should be to have a program of events in- troducing the new student ot a positive perspective in achieving academic success, the Orientation program should also attempt to accommodate the emotional trauma of a girl's leaving home. Forthis reason, I believe more emphasis should be placed on the social aspects of Orientation. All social occasions planned need to have a goal-directed reason. One such goal-directed function which Social Council has sponsored in the past and which should be con- tinued is the Faculty-Freshmen informal reception dur- ing which the professors and administration are in- troduced to the new students. The registration tea is also important in welcoming new students to our college. Additional night parties in dorms with skits in- dicating what to expect in dorm life or dating "dos and don'ts" would enlighten freshmen to certain aspects of college life before the upperclassmen arrive. 2. Do you think the big dances are worth the time, ef- fort, and money? Do they effectively unify the campus community? PAGE 5 JORDAN: I strongly support school-sponsored dances. However, I would propose a few minor modifications principally, a return to the extensive use of dance cards at all ASC dances. This would enable everybody to mingle with a large number of people, thereby unifying the campus community. A re-institution of staglines would allow those girls to attend who couldn't take time out from their studies to invite someone. It also seems a pity not to utilize our gym more often as it lends itself so beautifully to decoration! MAGUIRE: The big dances Black Cat and the Spring Dance do involve a great deal of time, effort and money; however, it is easy to see from the dances of the past year that the means have definitely been justified by the end results. The end results consist of campus unity brought about in an enjoyable manner. As a current member of Social Council, I can say from past experience that the preparations for the dances are undertaken by each member of Social Council willingly. No one minds working for something that leads to so much enjoyment for the entire campus community. PARKER: Believing that there is always the place for the formal social occasion, I consider the big dances to be highlights of our college year. Thus far they have proven to be successful and have increasingly unified our cam- pus community by involving all segments of the college population. 3. Detail the programs that you think Social Council should sponsor. How can Social Council encourage students to take advantage of these programs? JORDAN: The highlight of my social calendar wouldbea campus-wide "spend-the-night-party" in the gym with free Cokes (and Tabs) and popcorn and all-night cartoons as an added bonus. Other programs I would suggest in- clude "Twilight Zone," "Soul Train," and "The Brady Bunch" in order to appeal to all factions. Once fully im- plemented, these programs will stimulate widespread enthusiasm on their own merit, and further measures to promote attendance will prove unnecessary. MAGUIRE: In answer to this question, I want to say that in my opinion, Social Council should continue with the programs of the past year. These are the Orientation Tea, the first-weekend entertainment for freshmen, mixers with both fraternity and independent men at Georgia Tech, Emory, and Georgia State, various other activities given for the enjoyment of the students (such as date dinners and folk singers), and of course the big dances and the winter-quarter activity. The board members, especially Eleni and the other senior members, have all worked together in such a way that it's really hard to thinkof anything newthat could improve Social Council. I hope that students will feel freer next year to express their opinions and suggestions about Social Council ac- tivities to Social Council members, because student participation and enthusiasm is what Social Council is all about. The only way in which Social Council can en- courage students to participate in activities that we sponsor is to communicate to them the enthusiasm that we feel whenever we plan activities. Social Council really has a great potential for bringing students together. The only way in which this potential can be carried out is for the students to support Social Council sponsored activities. The means for entertainment and social activity are in the handsof the council. The results (or how a social activity is supported and received) are in the hands of the students. PARKER: As in the past, I believe Social Council should sponsor the dances, date-dinners, mixers, and possibly additional recreational days at the beach, lake, or Stone Mountain. Social Council should consider its major res- ponsibility as the "caretaker of campus morale." While it cannot and should not attempt to create a state of social euphoria built around social occasions, it should concern itself with a year's schedule of preplanned ac- tivities including occasions varied for girls of all social types. Success of such events depends on greater participation and involvement of all the classes. I believe a survey should be made by the elected officials of Social Council before the end of this year in an effort to determine exactly what activities are most desired by the campus community. With this important information, Social Council would be able to make planned social oc- casions more relevant to expressed desires. I should then hope that relevancy of these suggested activities will encourage greater participation. PAGE 6 PROFILE/ MARCH 26, 1974 1 . What can Arts Council do to encourage students to take more advantage of the cultural opportunities in the Atlanta area? CLARK: To encourage students to take more advantage of the cultural opportunities in the Atlanta area, I believe that Arts Council should work on the areas of publicity and arranged transportation. There is some publicity for the metropolitan cultural events on the Arts Council bulletin board but for those students who forget to look, this is of no help. Perhaps these events could be an- nounced in convocation briefly (for those who attend). To try and get all of the other students aware of things that are happening in the Atlanta area, signs could be placed in dorms and in the cafeteria. Most important about these signs is, they should include a brief explanation of the event, such as what type of art work, what sort of music, etc. for those who are unfamiliar but might be interested. Once a person is interested she needs a way to get there. Car pools should try to be arranged. If there is a great deal of interest shown (by a list of names perhaps) a van or even a bus might be secured. SCHUSTER: Primarily more broadcasting of what is go- ing on in the area. Our main problem is that we have a communications breakdown between here and the Atlanta community; we have need of an effective com- munications system. Arts Council should arrange transportation to cultural affairs off-campus such as symphonies, plays and exhibits around town. TEIEN: Because of the wide variety of cultural op- portunities open to students in the Atlanta area, I feel strongly that everyone should become more aware of just what is available. As an art major, I find it necessary to look for outside activities at museums or other institutions. I contend that the majority of students, not just those who are arts majors, feel the need for this cultural knowledge and entertainment. Information should be made available to the campus. Since students often do not see an Atlanta newspapet or hear about special events, Arts Council can be an effec- tive source for supplying our campus with this in- formation. The Profile has functioned as a source for publicizing such events as exhibits at the High Museum, plays around town, concert dates and more. The booklet being put out by Arts Council should prove a valuable key to keeping all of us informed. Also, I suggest that by plan- ning group activities (providing transportation, etc.) students will be encouraged to seek out activities of interest when otherwise, they might be discouraged to go on their own. WILLIAMS. In my opinion, Agnes Scott should "broaden her horizons" and get out into the Atlanta community as much as possible and, if possible, to participate in off- campus workshops, productions, activities, etc. Bringing ASC to Atlanta and Atlanta to ASC and thereby creating a reciprocity between the two communities would be a primary concern. The main problem, of course, is the limitation of a student's time imposed by the proverbial "paper chase" or "academic crunch." Unfortunately, Arts Council can do little to relieve this limitation. However, the council can be more efficient in com- municating to the students just what opportunities are immediately, or not so immediately, available. All facets of the artistic life of Atlanta should be offered to the attention of students. Students are varied and, certainly, their interests would be varied. Arts Council would have the responsibility of offering a channel for cultural enrichment to any and all. After in- suring student awareness, the council should devise a more efficient system of transportation and negotiate prices with off-campus concerns. Finally, Agnes Scott should participate in the Free University system and co- operate more fully with the other Atlanta area schools in the endeavor to explore and revitalize the arts. 2. What can Arts Council do to encourage students to attend cultural events here on the campus? CLARK To encourage students to attend cultural events on campus there needs to be greater publicity as well as more familiarity with the groups themselves For those who miss the bulletin boards in Buttrick or don't pick up a copy of the weekly calendar there need to be plenty of signs around campus and they need to be stressed in convocation. Having these various groups perform or speak in convocation will familiarize new students as well as upperclassmen who have missed out on previous events Also, having teachers, whose classes are related to the various groups, mention upcoming events with a small explanation would be helpful Perhaps if there is a member of the class who is in one of the group, her arts council explanation would be helpful and encourage students to attend these on-campus activities. Our own en- thusiasm, pride, and personal willingness to tell others will be a great help in encouraging students to attend cultural events on campus. SCHUSTER: Arts Council sponsors on-campus activities and informs the campus community of these activitiets, but what can they do to abolish apathy? They have offered so much, and if interest would increase, they could give so much more. Arts Council can go only so far, then it is the responsibility of the individual student to respond! We should take advantage of what we have. TEIEN: Despite the extensive cultural activities open to all of us on campus, regular and widespread attendance is not a common habit of the student body. I do not feel that apathy is the reason for any lack of attendance by some students but rather an attitude that school work, above all, should come first at all times. Thisattitude can and should be changed so that everyone might feel free to follow events of particular interest. I feel that the faculty often encourages their students to attend lec- tures, plays, symposiums, etc. pertaining to courses, and this encouragement should apply to all events. Perhaps Arts Council could play more of a part in urging everyone to take advantage of valuable experiences and entertainment while they are so close at hand WILLIAMS: Again, there is the unavoidable problem of time limitations. Fortunately, however, there is not the problem of transportation and should not be the problem of finances. Better communications through campus publications and any other channels could only help in encouraging students to attend campus activities. Com- munications should be more informative attention to the facts is of course necessary, but subjective ap- praisals, background information, etc., would serve to create interest and excitement comparable to the interest and excitement felt by the students directly in- volved in the activities. Primarily, there should be an effort to increase co- operation between the social sphere and academic sphere on campus. Teachers could take a valuable part by encouraging classes to attend campus events. Recep- tions and fireside discussions would make events more attractive and help the students get the most from what they attend. It is very important that more students become involved in campus activities; there are few enough students so that each could and should play a valuable part in some area of artistic expression on cam- pus. 3. What specific activities of Arts Council do you want to continue? What additional programs would you like to see begun? CLARK: Since I am a junior transfer student this year, I have not been here to see a whole year's Arts Council ac- tivities, such as the Arts Festival in the Spring quarter This activity sounds like one that should definitely be continued. It tries to join and interrelate all of the fine arts groups on campus for the students as well as for the public. The theatrical productions, musical productions, dance productions of our own campus are excellent as are productions brought from off campus to be enjoyed by the student body as well as the general public. I feel that there is already a good deal of enthusiasm and participation of the student body in on campus cultural events. As a new program I would like to see the fine art groups interrelated with their related classes more. I think that if these groups demonstrated or performed for classes the students would become more informed of the responsibilities and functions of the groups as well as perhaps being encouraged to join the groups and become actively involved themselves SCHUSTER There is a lot of talent on our campus, un- fortunately we rarely get to see much of it. More of this should be exposed: on-campus Glee Club concerts, a continuation of Dance Group's performance, more concerts with Tech and Emory. B.O.Z should be brought more into the light. Any program that exposes us to the talents of other Scotties should be activated. TEIEN: The print sales held several times during theyear offer opportunities for students to see artists' work and to obtain reproductions. Films, some of which will be shown this spring, will provide opportunities which are ordinarily offered off campus. The involvement of Agnes Scott arts groups, namely the Music Club, with the Atlanta Symphony will surely prove to be profitable. Moreover, the booklet now being prepared by Arts Coun- cil will be an informative source of events on campus and in the city. I strongly feel that this booklet shouldbecon- tinued. Other programs that could be developed include organized field trips or simply available transportation for special events. Also, speakers might be invited mon- thly to lecture or demonstrate various fields of the arts. Thirdly, I suggest that at some point during the year Arts Council sponsor a competition among students in the form of a symposium. Not only would each field of Arts Council be represented, but the entire scope of events could widen and Arts Council's purpose would be fully exercised. WILLIAMS: The sponsoring of the Spring Writer's Fes- tival and of lectures by visiting authorities would be con- tinued; events of this nature help in strengthening our contact with the artistic life off-campus, which is valuable from the standpoint of our own enrichment and also from the standpoint of increased community atten- tion to the productivity of ASC as an indispensable part of Atlanta culture. The opportunity to usher at various events in Atlanta is valuable for the same reasons. Receptions for on-campus events should becontinued and increased because they enable participants and spectators to share opinions and ideas with oneanother. In my opinion, the greatest contribution of any arts coun- cil would be to encourage creativity on the part of each and every student and to let those who already have the inclination to creatively find the proper channel or channels for her ability. Programs encouraging new and varied participation whether they be in the form of workshops, discussion groups, readings, sessions, etc., would be attempted. Personally, I would like to see a stretchingof oldboun- daries in the arts to include such events as film ap- preciation workshops, interpretative dance sessions, and campus-wide writing workshops. The possibilities are limitless. 4. Discuss the possibilities of overlapping the various arts on campus. Do you see any need or advantage in doing this? CLARK. Each art should be worked at diligently until a desired degree of perfection is reached. In this striving for perfection I believe that the various arts should definitely be mingled and overlapped. The advantage to overlapping the arts is a greater understanding of each art in relation to other arts. In seeing how dance is related to music, dramatics to dance, or art to music, one can derive more pleasure from all of them. Also, in view- ing one's particular art with others the imagination is stimulated as to many different ways to interpret the arts. On campus the various arts could be overlapped by presenting programs with several of the fine arts groups involved. These groups should not merely perform in an isolated way by themselves but share in their produc- tions with other groups. The Dolphin Club or Dance Group could perform to the musical groups or an artist could strive to produce the same mood of a dancer in paint. There could be various ways to have the various arts interrelate and harmonize with each other SCHUSTER If other areas of the campus arts could be utilized together, they should. Perhaps the production by Blackfriars of B.O.Z. work or the promotion of art shops on campus could be done. Again, the individual student must make an effort or all programs and activities go unattended Arts Council could do so much if given a chance or interest. TEIEN. Arts Council combines each specific field on cam- pus into one group. I feel that this unity among organizations is advantageous Contact among the groups allows an awareness of what activities are taking place on campus and in the Atlanta area and enables the organizations to work as a whole for the student body. I have no doubt, however, that two or more individual groups could work together beneficially For example, Dance Group and Music Club can successfully and cooperatively work together to stage (continued on page 7) PROFILE/MARCH 26, 1974 PAGE 7 sga official ballot NOTE: Corrections or changes in the ballot will be posted in the Hub; therefore, if you do not fill out the ballot in the Hub, check by there first to get the changes. After vot- ing you must bring the ballot back to the hub for validation. CIRCLE only ONE name for each office unless otherwise designated. PRESIDENT, SGA Mary Gay Morgan Susan Stigall Melissa Stretch CHAIRMAN, HONOR COURT Charlotte Gillis CHAIRMAN, INTERDORM Ann Darby Tison Betsy Wall CHAIRMAN, BSA Delia McMillan Marie Newton Becky Weaver PRESIDENT, CA Nancy Oliver PRESIDENT, AA Nancy White PRESIDENT, SOCIAL COUNCIL Nell Jordan Fran Maguire Virginia Parker CHAIRMAN, ARTS COUNCIL Debbie Clark Melissa Schuster Kay Teien Joanne Williams CHAIRMAN, ORIENTATION Louise Dawsey Allyn Fine (continued from page 6) better productions. Lecture committee working with the art students might succeed in inviting more speakers connected with art. Even more inter-relation and cooperation would increase interest on campus and would be more advantageous to the groups themselves. WILLIAMS: Certainly, there would be an advantage in "overlapping the arts." Such an overlap would en- courage reciprocity and co-operation between the varied arts on campus. Hopefully more students, especially those who normally remain on the "sidelines, "would have the opportunity to participate. Think, for example, of the interesting events that could result from an overlapping of the arts of writing and dancing, dancing andmusic, writing andtheplasticandvisual arts . . the possibilities are infinite. Also, the more comprehensive productions would better reveal to the Atlanta community the range and vitality of the artistic facet of our campus life. We could become as valuable to the community as it is to us; in- novation and vitality in the arts would be of interest and importance to those who follow the arts. Old veins need new blood. If an overlapping could help facilitate the flow of "new blood" into the "old veins" of ASC and of the Atlanta cultural establishment, I'm all for it. PROFILE EDITOR Joyce McKee SPIRIT CHAIRMAN Ann Fincher Ellen Phillips Mindy Rapp Patti Pearson VICE-PRESIDENT, SGA Rose Ann Cleveland Robbie Goodall Beth McFadden Joyce McKee VICE-CHAIRMAN, HONOR COURT Debi Belt Charlotte Gillis Knight Web Joanne Williams Linda Woodward VICE-CHAIRMAN, INTERDORM Tomlyn Barnes Ann Darby Tison Linda Weizenecker VICE-PRESIDENT, CA Anna Case Sally Turner VICE-PRESIDENT, AA Linda Duke Nancy White VICE-PRESIDENT, SOCIAL COUNCIL Marene Emanuel Susan Gamble Fran Maguire Virginia Parker Susannah Stevens June Thompson Knight Webb SECRETARY, SGA Lucta Allen Sherry Huebsch Janie Sutton TREASURER, SGA Alice Lightle SECRETARY, HONOR COURT Anne Walker SECRETARY, BSA Katherine Akin Lucy Burch Cile Fowler Frazer Kinnett Melissa Mills Pedrick Stall SECRETARY, CA Lucta Allen Jane Brawley Cathy DuPree Henny Leland Bonnie Pedersen Pedrick Stall TREASURER, CA Henny Leland Peggie Miller Melissa Mills Bonnie Pedersen Karen White SECRETARY-TREASURER, AA Polly Crook Cheryl Kitchens SECRETARY, SOCIAL COUNCIL Lisa Banks C. J. Beysellance Lee Ann Grimes Ginny Maguire Betsy McDaniel Mary Price Polky Tarwater Jill Worthy Barbara Wyche PAGE 8 PROFILE/MARCH 26, 1974 TREASURER, SOCIAL COUNCIL Lee Ann Grimes Julie Jordan Betsy McDaniel Jennifer Rich Lyn Schellack Win Anne Wannamaker Barbara Wyche SECRETARY, ARTS COUNCIL Susan Balch Brandon Brame Liz Hornsby Marty Howell Frazer Kinnett Jane Maas Debbie McBride Beth Meaney Eleanor Phelps Mary Price Martha Smith Denise Westbrook Jill Worthy TREASURER, ARTS COUNCIL Susan Balch Denise Floyd Liz Hornsby Marty Howell Beth Meaney Eleanor Phelps Mary Price Lyn Schellack Nita Whetston SR. MEMBERS, HONOR COURT (vote for 2) Tomlyn Barnes Debi Belt Charlotte Gi II is Debbie Harris Marie Newton Nancy Oliver Margaret Robison Becky Thompson Sally Turner Joanne Williams Linda Woodward JR. MEMBERS, HONOR COURT (vote for 2) C. J. Beysellance Lucy Burch Lee Davis Beth DeWall Roslyn Fretwell Harriet Graves Cheryl Kitchens Henny Leland Diana Lipscomb Peggie Miller Janet Norton Jennifer Rich Polky Tarwater Lark Todd Anne Walker Win Anne Wannamaker Barbara Williams SOPH. MEMBERS, HONOR COURT (vote for 2) Coile Estes Jane Fraley Jet Harper Cindy Hodges Rhett Jones Toni Meador Susi Pedrick Susan Pirkle Sandra Saseen Linda Shearon Ginny Singletary Susan Smith Lynn Wilson DORM PRESIDENTS Main Janey Andrews Tomlyn Barnes M.A. Bleker Marianne Brinker Linda Duke Ellen Phillips Christi Roberts Betsy Wall Rebekah Lyn Satterthwaite Walters Connie Bowen Denise Hord Cottages Marene Emanuel Winship Jayne Peterman Beth Wickenberg Inman Hopkins DORM COUNCIL SECRETARIES Main Rachel Alexander Ann Galloway Betsy McDaniel Jennifer Rich Karen White Cheryl Kitchens Inman Lee Davis Lisa Banks Rebekah Ann Patton Cottages Ginny Maguire Winship Diana Lipscomb Polly Crook Walters Jeanne Jones Cheryl Kitchens DORM COUNCIL MEMBERS Main (vote for 3) M. A. Bleker Kay Griner Beth McFadden Mary Pender Catherine Pugh Mary Frances Shine Shelley Tapp Marsha Thrift Fran Maguire Katherine Akin Rachel Alexander Alice Cromer Ann Galloway Julie Jordan Melissa Mills Lark Todd DeeDee Morton Diana Casten Walters (vote for 6) Denise Hord June Thompson Eiaine Williams Genie Laster Vernita Bowden Martha Watson Winship (vote for 6) Melodye Brown Toni Meador Sandra Saseen Lee Ann Grimes Janet Norton Rebekah (vote for 3) Susan Smith Cottages (vote for 3) Lily Chan Beth Boney Ginny Maguire Candi Oslund Inman (vote for 4) Hopkins (vote for 1 ) THE MROFMLE Vol. LX-No. 16 AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE - DECATUR, GEORGIA 30030. [March Mr Land Use: Georgia and the Nation Gaines Chapel April 2-3 PAGE 2 PROFILE MARCH 29, 1974 Symposium probes land use Regional planning expert and landscape architect Ian McHarg will kick off the Atlanta En- vironmental Symposium Tues., Apr. 2 at 8:15 in Gaines Chapel. The two-day symposium is the second annual one and centers this year on "Land Use: Georgia and the Nation." Mr. McHarg's topic is "Design with Nature and the Urban Setting." Mr. McHarg, chairman of the department of landscape architecture and regional plan- ning at the University of Pennsylvania, is the author of the revolutionary Design with Nature. He has done studies for Interstate Highway 95 routes, ecological studies for major U.S. cities such as Minneapolis-St. Paul and landscape plans for Washington, D.C. On the program as a commen- tator with Mr. McHarg will be Atlanta architect and regional planner Alastair Black, a former student of Mr. McHarg's. Russell W. Peterson will begin the morning session on Apr. 3, speaking at 9:1 5 on "The Politics of Land Use." Mr. Peterson spent 26 years with the DuPont Co. where he led research on "Dacron" polyester fiber. He left DuPont in 1969 to become governor of Delaware. Curren- tly, Mr. Peterson is chairman of the President's Council on En- vironmental Equality. Bobby Rowan, gubernatorial candidate, will serve as commentator with Mr. Peterson. Ralph Nader speaks at 1 1 a m on "The Corporation and Land Use." The consumer advocate graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University in 1955 and then took his law degree at Harvard Law School. Mr. Nader first received public notice in 1965 with the publication of Unsafe at Any Speed, an account of the designed-in dangers of American automobiles. Since then, Mr. Nader has organized young professionals, dubbed "Nader's Raiders," into groups researching public interest is- sues ranging from air and water pollution to soil and food con- tamination, to abuses of health and safety to corporate monopolies. Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs) are local student consumer groups with a nationwide membership of over 400,000, whose foun- dation Mr. Nader has en- couraged Stewart Udall, former Secretary of the Interior and author of 1976: Agenda for Tomorrow and The Quiet Crisis, will speak at 1 p.m. on "Eastern Wilderness and the Wilderness System." The conservationist has stated, "We have elected to become a con- sumer society which measures its success by the fulfillment of private 'wants' . . . and we have, in the process, neglected those common necessities that build healthy, balanced com- munities." Mr. Udall will be followed at 2 p.m. by Alfred Heller, author of the California Tomorrow Plan. This plan explores what action California would have to take to insure the quality of life there in the future. Mr. Heller will speak on "Comprehensive Planning and Citizen Action." Earl Starnes, director of the Florida Division of State Plan- ning, will speak at 3 p.m. on "The State as Planning Agent." The director of Georgia's Department of Natural Resources, Joe Tanner, will comment. The Symposium will conclude with remarks by James Mackay, program moderator. Wi2 \ Conservationist and former Secretary of Interior, Stewart Udall. Needed: new value system Consumer advocate, Ralph Nader photo Terry Arthur by Robert Leslie Historically, comprehensive planning for the use of land in America has been minimal. This can be attributed to several characteristics of our national and regional personality. Private Ownership First, we have always accepted the principle of private ownership of property and land. Hence, restrictions on land use typically are seen as in- fringements on the right to private property. ...Americans have thought o' these rights as coming from the land itself "up from the bottom" like minerals or crops. As a result, land-use regulations have been viewed as restrictions on each landowner's pre-exis- ting rights rather than as grants of rights he did not have before. 1 Right of Mobility In addition, Americans value the right of mobility, which some would argue is restricted when communities, regions and certainly states begin to plan for development or for the limitation of it (The Supreme) Court long ago recognized that the nature of our Federal Union and our constitutional concepts of personal liberty unite to re- quire that all citizens be free to travel throughout the length and breadth of our land uninhibited by statutes, rules or regulations which unreasonably burden or res- trict this movement 2 Community Rights Modern arguments point out that these rights are still valid; but due to nationwide changes m population densities, the development of large cities, the decrease in open land and the large scale inter relationships between regions of peoples, community and regional rights now exist. Community rights of some sort are well established in almost all parts of our nation, for communities make zoning laws which determine to some extent the way certain land is to be used. And communities do exercise the right of emminent domain in taking certain properties for a better use by the community. Why regulate? The questions to be answered are: Why create land use regulations at all? and then, In what form and to what extent should they be applied? The crux of the matter is actually the answer to the first of these ques- tions. Briefly, it might go like this. Laws are written to reflect the values and principles of a society values and principles which are of such importance to deserve codification. As these values and principles evolve, the legal statutes change ac- cordingly. Land use legislation is possible only if society judges regulation to be desireable and necessary. Problems Proponents of comprehensive land-use planning commonly mention a new value system which includes protection of national and state forests and parks, coastal and mountain areas, and desert and lake regions; and which provides for planned development of urban areas This new value system fails to mesh with the economic orien- tation of our society Almost everyone attributes some value to our lend resources and feels that governments should move f o protect these areas, however, in terms of dollars, it is difficult to assess the monetary value of a swamp, beach or tidewater zone. How much do we value our sites of historical significance? What is the dollar value to society of such intangibles? Both as individuals and as a society we are unaccustomed to answering such questions. There is no market place for the exchange of goods like swamps or rivers. Yet these dollar values are necessary, at least in American society as we know it today, for development (dams, highways, housing, etc.) can directly affect the existance of such items. In the trade-off that inevitably occurs, if the development is judged to be of greater economic value than that which it replaces or adversely affects, the development will proceed. Possible Solutions Developing methods of ac- counting which substitute a monetary index for intangible values may be one solution. Another may be articulating the new value system. Ian McHarg thinks we need a change in outlook toward land and its use. He says, We have but one explicit model of the world and that is built upon economics. The present face of the land of the free is its clearest testimony, even as the Gross National Product is the proof of its success. Money is our measure, convenience is its cohort, the short term is its span, and the devil may take the hindmost is the morality. 3 This year the Atlanta En- vironmental Symposium seeks to discover how we value the land and how we may cope with changes that our values imply. William K Rerfly editor The Use of Land (Thomas Y CroweMCo. 1973). p 140 'Ibid , p 99 'Ian L McHarg Design with Nature (Doubleday and Co 1967). p 25 PROFILE/MARCH 29, 1974 PAGE 3 Advice to a Prophet When you come, as you soon must, to the streets of our city, Mad-eyed from stating the obvious, Not proclaiming our fall but begging us In God's name to have self-pity, Spare us all word of the weapons, their force and range, The long numbers that rocket the mind, Our slow, unreckoning hearts will be left behind, Unable to fear what is too strange. Nor shall you scare us with talk of the death of the race. How should we dream of this place without us? The sun mere fire, the leaves untroubled about us, A stone look on the stone's face? Speak of the world's own change. Though we cannot conceive Of an undreamt think, we know to our cost How the dreamt cloud crumbles, the vines are blackened by frost, How the view alters. We could believe, If you told us so, that the white-tailed dee r will slip Into perfect shade, grown perfectly shy, The lark avoid the reaches of our eye, The jack-pine lose its knuckled grip On the cold ledge, and every torrent burn As Xanthus once, its gliding trout Stunned in a twinkling. What should we be without The dolphin's arc, the dove's return, These things in which we have seen ourselves and spoken? Ask us, prophet, how we shall call Our natures forth when that live tongue is all Dispelled, that glass obscured or broken In which we have said the rose of our love and the clean Horse of our courage, in which beheld The singing locust of the soul unshelled, And all we mean or wish to mean. Ask us, ask us whether with the worldless rose Our hearts shall fail us; come demanding Whether there shall be lofty or long standing When the bronze annals of the oak-tree close. -Richard Wilbur Reprinted from The Poems of Richard Wilbur A "prophet" according to the Oxford English Dictionary is one who "predicts or foretells what is going to happen" or is the "ac- credited spokesman" for some group or cause. The word is from the Greek, meaning "before-speaker" and carries the same force in the Wilbur poem. The prophet, whether ancient or modern, speaks to the "before" of our lives - - what istocome and what is lasting rather than to the surface and to the transitory. Each of the men who speaks during the Environmental Symposium is a prophet - - each will talk about thefuture; hopefully, each will address things more lasting than transitory and values more rooted than shallow. As Wilbur's poem states, we see human experience reflected in the natural world about us. As the rose or horse or singing locust of the natural world mirrors us, we see the reflection, speak it, and see the world and ourselves afresh. The image turns constantly back on itsetf - - constantly fresh because it is self-renewing - - both to itself and to ourselves. The experience is a spell, and it is far more fitting that the poet speak to its mystery than one who knows only numbers, whether the numbers be statistics or dollars and cents. For to be a prophet, as Gloucester says in King Lear, is to "see it feelingly." The prophet who knows clearly in the way in which knowledge and being are inseparable does not speak as if numbers were the sole measure of being; he cannot because they are not. Our hearts are "unrec- koning," incapable of toting up the facts and figures of existence. Neither numbers nor the inconceivable "death of the race" approach the core where one's life matters and matters deeply. It is clear throughoutthepoemthattheprophetcannot "proclaim" but must speak and tell and ask and demand. The prophet can con- vince noone; we can only convince ourselves. Whatever the prophet asks, the answer is within us; we can only call it forth with "that live tongue." If that mirror is lost, then we have lost our way of response to poet or prophet; we are diminished. The function of the poet/prophet is to remind us over and over again of what mannerof men we are. As the scop retells Beowulf's story before the old king goes to fight the dragon, so must we have a mirror to hold before ourselves. We hope prophets and not proclaimers come tothe Environmental Symposium and that sometime during that day anda half, a mirror is held before us, that we may see "all we mean or wish to mean." Somewhere, among the technical jargon of "sophisticated cost-ac- counting systems" andcatch-all phrases like "thequality of life," we hope to hear someone speak to those values which are transcendent - - which make us what we are. Then we will count the Symposium a success. Joyce McKee Editor To the Editor We feel that it is unfortunate that those supporting a new drinking policychose, "Maturity, Responsibility, and Represen- tative Government," to sum- marize the defeat of RC165. Because there was not an overwhelming majority, only a plurality, we feel that the students who did not support the RC are entitled to representation by both the Student Government Association and student publications. The freshmen and sophomore classes have a greater number of students than the juniors and seniors, but less representation in Rep Council; therefore, the student body vote according to classes seems ac- curately represented by the tie in the Rep Council vote. Businesses and students ore sponsors Mr. Leslie and Mr. Orr found businesses willing to finance the Symposium this year as they did last year. These firms include: C & S National Bank, Decatur Federal Savings, The First National Bank, Fulton National Bank, The Georgia Conservancy, Phipps Land Company, Standard Federal Savings, and Agnes Scott College. New sponsors for the Symposium were found among student organizations. By appealing to boards and clubs on campus, Mr. Orr and Mr. Leslie raised over $1200. Those con- tributing were: Arts Council, Athletic Association, Aurora, Blackf riars, Board of Student Ac- tivities, Chimo, Christian As- sociation, and the Classes of '74, 75, 76 and 77. Also, Honor Court, Interdorm, Mortar Board, Orientation Coun- cil, Profile, Rep Council, Social Council and Spirit Committee. The budget for this year's En- vironmental Symposium was around $8,000. Georgia Tuition grant continued In the tuition equalization grant program, for Georgia residents attending private or independent colleges in Georgia, groundwork was laid for increasing the annual grant in the future, but funds were ap- propriated for continuation of the program at the $400-per- year-per-student level. For the first time since the beginning of the program, all undergraduate students at private colleges in the state who are residents of Georgia will be eligible for the tuition equalization grant The main arguments sup- porting RC165 have been the recognition of maturity and the acceptance of responsibility by all the students, but both are questionable when Honor Court finds it necessary to ask the students to leave their silverware and dishes in the din- ing hall, on the same page where the above slogan appeared: "It can only be considered stealing and must be stopped." With maturity and res- ponsibility comes the ability to respect the rights and opinions of others, including the right of an officerto vote as she feels will benefit a corporate body, not just one faction of the community. Sincerely, Lucy Burch Beth Sandell Editor's note: The Profile stands by its editorial page of March 8. The paper is obliged to print all news about students of interest to students, limited only by space, staff, and lack of knowledge. We are happy to print opinions that differ from those expressed by us on the editorial page; however, it is not our obligation but the obligation of those who dissent to write letters or draw cartoons wnich reflect their views. That "students who did not support the RC are entitled to represen- tation by ... student publications" is true only when they actively seek such representation. We print our views; to dissent is your res- ponsibility; we hope you will do so. The Editor. Symposium Schedule April 2: 8:15 p.m. Ian McHarg, chairman department of landscape architecture and regional planning University of Pennsylvania. Author Design with Nature "Design with Nature and the Urban Setting" Comments: Alastair Black, Dougherty Associates April 3: 9:15 a.m. The Honorable Russell Peterson; chairman, Council on Environmental Quality; former governor of Delaware. "The Politics of Land Use" Comments: Bobby Rowan, gubernatorial candidate 1 1 00 a.m. Ralph Nader, public advocate "The Corporation and Land Use" 1 .00 p.m. Stewart Udall, former Secretary of the Interior "Eastern Wilderness and the Wilderness System" 2:00 p.m. Alfred Heller, author of The California Tomorrow Plan "Comprehensive Planning and Citizen Action" 3:15 p.m. Earl Starnes; director, division of state planning (Florida) "The State as Planner" Comments: Joe Tanner; director, Georgia department of natural resources Concluding Remarks: James Mackay, lawyer, founding member, Georgia Conservancy. THE MROFILE AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE DECATUR, GA. 30030 THE PROFILE is published weekly throughout the collegeyear by students of Agnes Scott College. The views expressed in the editorial section are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the view of the administration or the student body. Permission is given to reprint if credited. Entered as first class mail at Agnes Scott Post Office. EDITOR/Joyce McKee BUSINESS MANAGER/Mary Jane Warren CIRCULATION MANAGER/ Marianne Brinker PHOTOGRAPHY / Genie Laster STAFF: Susan Balch, Marine Emanuel, Ann Fincher, EvaGantt, Delia McMillan, Ruth McMullen, Patty Pearson, Bonnie Pedersen, Frances Wickes, Lynn Wilson PAGE 4 PROFILE/MARCH 29, 1974 Junior Jaunt gives money to charity agnes COLL by Ann Fincher Junior Jaunt, the traditional junior class sponsored activity to raise money for charity, is scheduled for Thurs. and Fri., April 4-5. The theme for the two days of activity is "nostalgia." The first event is a talent show in Gaines Chapel at 7:30 p.m., Thursday evening. Senior Sara Barrett will emcee the show which will feature the talents of both professors and students. Admission is 250. Following the talent show, there will be a "Malt Shop" offering for purchase ice cream cones, malteds, sundaes, and shakes. The location of the shop will be announced later. The events planned for Friday are an Open-Air Fair and a ban- quet. The Fair will be held on the quad from 2-4 p.m. and will in- clude rides, refreshments, games of skill and chance, performing professors, purchasable art work, and a fortuneteller. The banquet will be held in the dining hall from 5-6 p.m. Ad- mission is 500. Members of the sophomore class will serve as waitresses during the banquet. Starting at 5:30 p.m., members of the freshmen class will offer their services in the Freshman Harvard Glee Club atASC The Harvard Glee Club, the oldest college chorus in the United States, performs at Agnes Scott College Friday, April 5, at 8:15 p.m. in Presser Hall. The Agnes Scott Glee Club will also perform, and together the two choruses will sing Joseph Haydn's "Te Deum." Admission will be $3.00, and tickets may be purchased in ad- vance by calling 588-0300, extension 237 Slave Auction. Everyone is eligible to bid at the auction, and neighboring university fraternities have been notified of the auction. Following dinner, the drawings for raffle winners will occur. The objects being raffled range from roses to "home- baked" cakes to dinners with professors. Tickets may be purchased any time prior to the drawings and vary in price. All the proceeds from these activities will be donated to the recipient decided upon by the student body in a vote before Thursday. A committee was es- tablished by the junior class to investigate worthy projects. Based on the research of this cdmmittee, the junior class narrowed the choice to two potential recipients: a day center for multi-handicapped children and a Saigon hospital for children awaiting surgery made necessary by napalm bombing by American troops. at Mississippi State Pepperdene to speak Margaret W. Pepperdene, chairman of the department of English, will speak twice at Mis- sissippi State University in Starksville, Miss, on March 28- 29 Mrs. Pepperdene's first lec- ture will follow a banquet for honor students of the College of Arts and Sciences. Prospective students from throughout the state are also invited. Her speech, entitled "A Place for the Genuine," from the poem by Marianne Moore, is "about poetry," she said. Mrs. Pepperdene will lecture the morning of Mar. 29 to the English Department and its ma- jors on "'Alas, Alas, that ever love was sin' Comedy in the Wife of Bath's Tale." wIiats tiAppEninq Atlanta Symphony The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Robert Shaw, will present a free family concert, Sun., Mar. 31 , 3:00 p.m. at the Civic Center. The concert is made possible by a grant from the City of Atlanta The program includes Berlioz Overture to "The Roman Carnival", Bizet's "Carmen," Suite No 1; Falla's "Nights in the Gardens of Spain"; Bernstein's Overture to "Candide"; Rossini's Overture to "William Tell"; Brahms' Hungarian Dance No. 5; Dvorak's Slavonic Dance No. 1, Sibelius' "Finlandia," and Sousa's "Semper Fidelis" March William Noll, pianist and choral administrator for the Atlanta Symphony, will be featured as soloist in performing "Nights in the Gardens of Spain " Tickets for the concert are available through the Atlanta Symphony Office, 1 280 Peachtree St., NE. Atlanta, Ga 30309. Re- quests for tickets received later than March 26 will be held on reserve at the Civic Center and may be picked up at the box office the evening of the concert The front sheet of the invitation Mortar Board issued to prospective students. Applicants arrive Thurs. for weekend at Agnes Scott by Delia McMillan The Agnes Scott campus com- munity is hosting its annual Ap- plicants Weekend April 4-6. The weekend furnishes a unique op- portunity for applicants to visit the campus and get a glimpse of college life by living in a dorm, attending classes, talking with professors, and engaging in a variety of planned activities. Under the auspices of Mortar Board, the event proved a tremendous success last year. Of those who attended the 73 weekend, 87% entered Agnes Scott as freshmen this year. Students will be met as they arrive by train, car, or plane on Thursday. After supper in the dining hall, they will be entertained at the Junior Jaunt Talent Show and the Blanket Concert on the Quad (for entire community) that follows. Friday activities will enable applicants to attend classes and to have appointments, if desired, with various members of the faculty. Chapel will be selected portions of the Sophomore Creative Arts program from the Parents Weekend. After lunch, conferences with department chairmen will be held from 2:00- 3:30. For most of the afternoon, students will be free to tour the campus and Decatur. That even- ing they will be able to choose from several planned activities including shopping in Atlanta, Wildfire in the south. There's no future in it. In the South, woods arson destroys nearly half a billion trees a year This kind of senseless destruction is our major cause of forest fires If you see signs of arson, get involved report it uMtf ,t) U tcd Or he pubirf itood tgr Help Prevent Forest Fires in the South going to the Atlanta Symphony, seeing Underground Atlanta, and hearing the Agnes Scott- Harvard Glee Clubs in joint concert on our campus. Saturday morning, applicants will attend a program in Dana at which they will be introduced to Dr. Perry, representatives of the Dean of Students' Office, the dean of the Faculty's Office, and the newly elected heads of SGA, Honor Court, and Orientation Council. After coffee there will be a Dramatic Arts Show by the various groups on campus. The weekend will end after lunch on Saturday. Mortar Board has mailed 241 invitations. Agnes Scott students will have an op- portunity to participate in the weekend by serving as hostesses and providing transportation to and from the campus. Students who cannot serve as hostesses or provide transportation may offer their extra bed for an applicant to use during the weekend. Mary Margaret MacLauchlin, who is co-ordinating the ac- tivities for the prospective students, emphasized that student contacts and visiting on the campus make the College more attractive to applicants. Help asked Soviet author The following text is an appeal for help from Andrey Sakharov, the champion of civil rights in USSR. "Yesterday's official article in Pravda "The way of treason" concludes with the words: "Solzhenitsyn has received that for which he strove, the fate of a traitor, from whom every honest man can only turn away in anger and contempt " However all those who know Solzhenitsyn's book, which has provoked such anger on the part of the leading politicians of US- SR, know that his "treason" consists in having revealed to the whole world and with amaz- ing force, monstrous crimes perpetrated in the USSR in a recent past. Tens of millions of innocent people, communists and non communists, atheists and believers, members of the intelligentsia, workers and peasants, have become the vic- tims of a terror adorned with the slogan of social justice. We demand: 1 That "The GULAG ARCHIPELAGO" be published in the USSR and made available to every citizen 2 That the archives and other material giving a complete image of Cheka, GPU, NKVD and MGB, be published. 3. That an international collec- tive court of justice be created to examine the crimes which have been committed. 4. That Solzhenitsyn be protected against persecution and be permitted to return to his country In advance, we reject any attempt to declare that an international collecting of signatures under this appeal would amount to interfering in the interior affairs of USSR, since not only the citizens of USSR have become the victims of terror, but also hundreds of thousands of citizens of other countries. All men on earth need to know the truth about what happened in USSR. We ask that our appeal be dif- fused by all information media. We also ask all cultural, social and religious organizations to create national committees for collecting of signatures below the enclosed appeal. Signed Andrey Sakharov, Elena Bonner, Vladimir Maksimov, Mikhail Argurskiy, Boris Shragin, Pavel Litvmov, Yuny Orlov, Rev Sergey Zheludkov, Anatoliy Marchenko. Students interested in helping should contact Miss Herbert or Mr Volkoff THE MROFILE Vol. LX-No. 18 AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE - DECATUR. GEORGIA 30030 April 5. 1974 announced by Miss Gary Faculty appointed Dogwood Festival Dogwood frames several official guests of the 1973 Atlanta Dogwood Festival as they visit the gold-domed capitol building. For Festival details, see page 4. senior residents retire by RUTH McMULLEN Several faculty appointments for the 1974-75 academic ses- sion have been made, Julia Gary, dean of the faculty, revealed. In the chemistry department, Miss Marylu Benton will replace Miss Alice Cunningham who will be on leave during 1 974-75 session. Miss Benton graduated from Agnes Scott in 1971 and obtained her doctorate in chemistry at the University of Texas in Austin. She will be a lecturer. Mrs. Claire Hubert of the by ANN FINCHER Mrs. Virginia Hall, assistant to the dean of students, will be retiring at the end of the 1973- 74 session. The Profile has also learned that the dean of students, Roberta K. Jones, has informed Mrs. Concepcion Leon and Mrs. Mary Queen of their retirement at the end of the 1 974-75 session. The retirement policy for the college at this time is retirement at age 65 with the option of yearly extensions. These exten- sions, which may be granted by the Board of Trustees on the recommendation of the President, are for a period of one year and may be granted up to age 70. The policy, according to Miss Jones, is not new. see page 2 for comment The policy was given a new interpretation three years ago with which Dr. Perry concurs. Miss Jones stated that her as- sistants who reside in the dormitories have been informed of this policy and added that she feels in her "particular area the age 65 is preferable." She Cost selected for Blithe Spirit by PATTY PEARSON The cast has been selected for Blackfriars' spring production, Blithe Spirit, which opens May 2. Bungi Harris portrays Ruth Condomine; Ray Sparenburg, Charles Condomine; Ruth McManus, Madame Arcati; Sarah Brooke, Elvira; Kate Kus- srow, Edith; Carolyn McKinney, Mrs. Bradman; and Dave Bryant plays Dr. Bradman. Blithe Spirit is "an im- probable farce" in 3 acts. Written by Noel Coward, this play is not as sophisticated as many of his other works, but is considered one of his funniest. Charles Condomine is a novelist writing a book on the occult and wants to learn the jargon for his book. He calls in a medium, Mme. Arcati, to give a seance. In addition to his wife, Ruth, he also invites his friends, Dr. and Mrs. Bradman. Condomine wants to prove Mme. Arcati a hoax, but the tables are turned when Mme. Arcati calls up the spirit of Condomine's first wife, Elvira, who tries to kill Charles so that he can live in ghostly hap- piness with her. Elvira kills Ruth instead and they both haunt their ex-husband. As always, Blackfriars welcomes help for set construc- tion. Help is also needed with the costumes, which will be designed by Ruth McAliley, and are dated to the late Thirties, when the play was first performed. Shop days are 3:30- 5:30 every afternoon. recalled Dr. Alston's statement at the time of his retirement that he did not wish to put "the stamp of age on the college." Dean Jones continued that the senior residents, upon her recommen- dation to the President and his to Board of Trustees, may be offered the option of accepting a one-year appointment following the academic year in which the sixty-fifth birthday occurs. Dean Jones, in response to questioning about the possibility of more than one annual "ap- pointment" following age 65, stated that at this time she has no intention of recommending additional appointments after age 66. She added that her successor will determine at her discretion any recommen- dations for additional one-year extensions. Miss Jones emphasizes that the policy being exercised eliminates "value judgments" by putting "everyone in the same basket." Mrs. Hall, Mrs. Leon and Mrs. Queen are all retiring at the same age. The search for someone to replace Mrs. Hall has begun ac- cording to Miss Jones. She explained that in this search there are no specific criteria although applicants over 60 years of age are generally not considered. There is "no minimum age," and Dean Jones stated that she has one applicant who will be obtaining her undergraduate degree this year and will be doing her graduate work at Ga. State next year. The Dean of Students emphasized that "the options for the position are open." and pointed out other campuses with graduate program students as residents. French department will spend next year studying in France. Mrs. Frances Calder, former as- sistant professor in the Agnes Scott French department, will fill Mrs. Hubert's position for the year. Miss Gary stated that "before she left, Mrs. Calder was a valuable member of the faculty and a splendid French teacher." Mrs. Calder, who obtained her doctorate from Yale, is returning to Agnes Scott in a parttime capacity. Mrs. Dunstan is retiring from the Spanish department and will be replaced by Mrs. Margaret Norris. Mrs. Norris obtained her master's degree from Stanford University and iscurrently a can- didate for her doctorate from Duke University. Mrs. Norris will be a lecturer parttime in the Spanish department. Her hus- band, an attorney, will be work- ing for an Atlanta law firm. Mrs. Pepe, professor of art, will be on leave during 1974-75 session. Miss Evelyn Mitchell, as lecturer, will fill the vacancy in the art department. She ob- tained her master's degree from Howard University and will be teaching a new course dealing with the art of black cultures. Miss M. Kathryn Glick, chairman of the Department of Classical Languages and Literatures is retiring at the end of this academic session. Join- ing the department is Miss Gail Cabisius who completed her undergraduate work at Smith (continued on page 3) Mortar Board to tap new members by BONNIE PEDERSEN The annual Mortar Board tap- ping will take place on Tues., Apr. 9 at 8.30 in the quadrangle. Members of the Class of '75, newly elected to this national senior honorary society, will be announced at this time. All juniors are encouraged to attend. Mrs. Woods, professor of English, will be the convocation speaker at the announcement of the 1974-75 officers of Mortar Board on Apr. 10. The purposes of Mortar Board are "to provide for the cooperation between senior honorary societies for women, to promote college loyalty, to ad- Council plans date dinner Social Council is sponsoring a date dinner and concert Wed., Apr. 10. There will be no extra charge for dinner although dates will, of course, have to pay the usual price. A raffle will be held; the tickets, to various Atlanta res- taurants, cost 25C. Social Coun- cil has planned a special menu for that night. Folk singer Joel Osner will sing in Rebekah Reception Room from 7-9 p.m. Admission is 250 per person. vance the spirit of service and fellowship among university women, to maintain a high stan- dard of scholarship, to recognize and encourage leadership, and to stimulate and develop a finer type of college women," as stated in the College handbook. Members are selected on the basis of service, scholarship, and leadership by the junior class and faculty and are voted on by Mortar Board. Publications Elections for the Aurora Editor and Assistant Editor, the Profile Assistant Editor, and the Silhouette Assistant Editor will be held Thursday, April 11. Anyone who is interested in these positions should submit a petition to Box 506 by 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 10. The deadline for submitting material to the spring Aurora is Mon., Apr. 8. Short stories, poems, and informal essays should be submitted to Box 451 or Box 768. Those students with art work to contribute should contact Blue Argo. Along with those poems sub- mitted last quarter in the Writers' Conference competition, all poems sub- mitted by Apr. 8 will be con- sidered in the annually awarded Janef Newman Preston Prize. PAGE 2 THE PROFILE/ APRIL 5, 1974 Unjust retirement Conservation groups attack Nixon environmental policy The Dean of Students Office affirms that its retirement policy isthe same as other areas of the College: "The calendar year in which the sixty-fifth birthday comes is the retirement year, and after that an employee may be elected a year at a time until the seventieth year." Yet in practice, the supposed uniformity does not appear - - at least not regarding our senior residents. The statement of retirement policy tothe senior residents does not imply the possibility of election to age 70 on an annual basis. This separation and difference which distinguishesthe retirement policy for the senior residents seems particularly unjust in that the policy with its elimination of "value judgements" by "putting everyone in the same basket" discounts the individual. Agnes Scott College has always chosen the individual rather than the "basket," and this choice has been a source of pridefor members of the college The senior residents have much to offer us in their experience and individuality. Dean Jones, commenting on the retirement policy, quoted President Alston's statement at the time of his retirement. Dr Alston declared that he did not want to put the "stamp of age on the college." Dr. Alston's decision may be exemplary, but it is not ab- solute. Vitality is difficult to measure chronologically. For some members of our campus the vitality seems ageless, for other members the vitality has never been born. The current retirement policy of the area of Dean of Students seems to operate like a computerized labeling system which turns out labels reading "age 65 - - used up, finished - - DISCARD " This premise that all faculties collapse at age 65 seems faulty. Age dis- crimination is an inequality which should b be as offensive to us as any inequality we decry, and we must accord our senior residents the same individuality in retirement accorded other members of our campus. Ann Fincher Editorial policy It is the policy of the Profile to print all news of the campus and hopefully to bring Agnes Scott into contact with the outside world from time to time. Letters to the editor are encouraged; we hope students and faculty will feel free to express their views in the newspaper. The deadline for each issue appearing on Friday is the Monday before, e.g. the deadline for this issue was Mon., Apr. 1 . Letters should be put in box 764 before 5 p.m. any Monday to appear in the Friday edition. The newspaper accepts only signed letters although names may sometimes be withheld upon request. We hope that each student in our academic community will feel free to express her opinion and accept responsibility for it. Letters will be subject to normal editing (spelling, punctuation, etc.) and should not exceed 1 Vi typed pages (375 words). Letters from the same individual will not be printed in consecutive weeks. This will allow for healthy exchange on the editorial page but is intended to prevent monopolization by any single individual. As always, our staff needs enlarging. Reporters, typists, anyone interested in doing movie or book reviews, and fledgling columnists to provide humor and/or cover the political scene are all needed. We are especially anxious to recruit a cartoonist and someone interested in doing reviews of books or movies. Staff meetings are Tuesdays at 1 1 :30 in the Pub. No experience necessary. Joyce McKee Editor THE MROFILE AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE DECATUR, GA. 30030 THE PROFILE is published weekly throughout the college year by students of Agnes Scott College. The views expressed in the editorial section are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the view of the administration or the student body. Permission is given to reprint if credited. Entered as first class mail at Agnes Scott Post Office. EDITOR/Joyce McKee BUSINESS MANAGER Deb. Belt CIRCULATION MANAGER/ Marianne Brinker PHOTOGRAPHY / Genie Laster STAFF: Susan Balch, Marine Emanuel, Ann Fincher. Evr Gan Delia McMillan, Ruth McMullen, Patty Pearson. Be Pedersen, Frances Wickes, Lynn Wilson Lynn Summer Washington, D.C. (March 21) The six largest membership conservation organizations in America today denounced reported plans by the Nixon Ad- ministration to undermine the Clean Air Act and exempt all "energy-related" projects from provisions of the National En- vironmental Policy Act (NEPA). Leaders of the National Wildlife Federation, Sierra Club, National Audubon Society, Wilderness Society, Izaak Walton League of America, and the American Forestry As- sociation appeared together in a press conference held at the National Press Club and mounted a coordinated defense against environmental attacks waged by spokesmen for in- dustrial and commercial interests, members of the congress, and some officials within the Administration. They declared that the nation can Garrett Class of '76 will sponsor a Garrett lost and found sale on Tues., Apr. 9, from 10 a.m. -2 p.m. in the McKinney room in Main. Bids will be taken for very valuable items. Articles to be sold include watches, rings, and earrings. Grab bags of miscellaneous items will be on sale. Some clothes and a few books will be sold. Correction The admission price of $3 for the Harvard and Agnes Scott Glee Clubs concert as an- nounced in last week's Profile is in error. Students, faculty and participants in Applicants' Weekend will receive free ad- mission. All others will be charged $3. develop essential additional energy resources and still have a clean environment. In a joint statement, the spokesmen said they "will op- pose by any means legally available to us any attempt to sacrifice public health and en- vironmental quality on the altar of the energy crisis or for excess corporate profits." "Conservationists have always contended that the cost of preventing pollution and preserving the landscape must be built into the price of products, including energy," the group emphasized. "As everyone knows, the prices of coal, crude oil, and petroleum products have skyrocketed. The margins of profit are now more than adequate to cover the costs of preventing pollution and, in the case of coal mining, to res- tore the land which has already been stripped and prevent future damage. To sell out the en- vironment would constitute a monstrous fraud upon the public. "Environmentalists have leaned over backward to be cooperative while America ad- justed to energy shortages that came as no surprise to us," the cooperating organizations declared. "Our only surprise was that Government was caught with its pants down. We have welcomed and supported energy conservation measures because we knew they were necessary for the future welfare and stability of the American economy regardless of what the Arab nations do. However, we strongly oppose any long-term variances. Apparently, our moderation and cooperation have been mistaken as agreement to weakening of our basic environmental protection laws." "We call upon President Nixon and his advisors to start listening to the public instead of solely to those who would exploit the land and its resources at the expense of the public," the conservation leaders declared. 'The real question the public should ask our policy makers is why we can- not have both orderly and well- planned growth and development and a good natural environment as well. We do not have to be placed in the position of choosing either orderly growth and development or a clean environment. We can have both. Parry chosen for Princeton seminar by LYNN WILSON Richard Parry, professor of philosophy, has been selected to attend a seminar, "The Moral and Social Philosophy of Socrates and Plato" to be held this summer at Princeton University. The seminar is one of several sponsored by the National En- dowment for the Humanities, which provides the funds for those holding PhD degrees in liberal arts colleges to study with people of consequence in their fields. Nationwide, twelve people were chosen on the basis of their background, interests, and the courses they teach to attend this particular seminar. It will be taught by Professor Gregory Vlastos, one of the nation's top Plato scholars. The seminar will last two months and each participant will study with the group as well as com- plete an independent project. the real world by Lynn Summer Secretary of State Henry Kis- singer andSoviet Leader Leonid Brezhnev unsuccessfully con- cluded conferences in Moscow on the limitation of U.S. - Soviet nuclear weapons. The whereabouts of John Patterson, kidnapped U.S. at- tache to Mexico missing since March 22, is still unknown. Henry Kissinger and Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Dayan, meeting in Washington, dis- cussed plans for the disengagement of Syrian and ;rae!i troops in the Golan ' M :tS The wife of Russian novelist Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn left the Soviet Union Friday with their two children to join her exiled husband in Switzerland. A Federal grand jury in Cleveland, Ohio, indicted eight National Guardsmen on charges of violating students' civil rights in the shootings at Kent State University in May, 1970. Price controls were lifted this week from over 150 industries. A bill setting the minimum wage at $2 30 an hour was ap- proved by Congress and sent to the White House for the signature of the President. The White House met the deadline set by Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski for turning over additional Watergate - related documents. Publisher Randolph Hearst placed four million dollars in es- crow for the release of his kid- napped daughter, Patricia. Senate hearings investigating oil companies revealed that Aramo, jointly owned by Amaco and several Arab nations, in- creased profits by 350% in 1 973 Two United Nations ceasefire observers were taken hostage by Syrian troops THE PROFILE/ APRIL 5, 1 974 PAGE 3 SGA completes spring elections by MARENE EMANUEL Mary Gay Morgan was elected SGA president for 1 974-5 in the student body elections con- ducted on March 28. Robbie Goodall will serve as vice- president, with Janie Sutton as secretary and Alice Lightle as treasurer. Other results of the elections are as follows: Honor Court Chairman, Charlotte Gillis; Interdorm Chairman, Anne Darby Tison; BSA Chairman, Marie Newton; Chairman of Christian Association, Nancy Oliver; Chairman of Social Council, Virginia Parker; Chairman of Arts Council, Melissa Shuster; Orientation Council Chairman, Allyn Fine; editor of The Profile, Joyce McKee; and Spirit Committee Chairman, Ann Fincher. Linda Woodward will serve as vice-chairman of Honor Court, with Tomlyn Barnes as vice- chairman of Interdorm, Sally Turner, vice-chairman of CA, Fran McGuire, vice-president of Social Council. Other officers include: Lucta Allen, secretary of CA; Melissa Mills, treasurer of CA; CJ Beysellance, secretary of Social Council; Barbara Wyche, treasurer of Social Council; Brandon Brame, secretary of Arts Council; Susan Balch, treasurer of Arts Council; and Polly Crook, secretary-treasurer of AA. Margaret Robison and Becky Thompson were elected as senior Honor Court members, with Win Anne Wannamaker and Barbara Williams, junior members, and Jet Harper and Lynn Wilson representing the rising sophomore class. New dorm presidents are: Rebekah, Lyn Satterthwaite; Walters, Denise Hord; and Cot- tages, Marene Emanuel. New dorm council secretaries are: In- man, Lisa Banks; Rebekah, Ann Patton; Cottages, Ginny McGuire; Winship, Diana Lipscomb; and Walters, Cheryl Kitchens. June Thompson, Elaine Williams, Vernita Bowden, Martha Watson, and Mary Ann Kruskamp were elected dorm council represen- announcing. . Anyone who is interested in the Summer Study Abroad Program in England during the summer of 1975 is invited to attend a meeting in the Faculty Club Thurs., Apr. 1 1 at 7 p.m. The United Farm Workers of America AFL-CIO have written to the Profile thanking the students for their support of the Gallo wine boycott and asking that Gallo Wine, Eden Roc, Boone's Farm, Spanada, Paisano, Ripple, Thunderbird, Andre, Carlo Rossi, Tyrolia and all wines from "Modesto, California" be boycotted. These are all the wines produced by the Gallo Corporation. Dr. Robert E. Kaske, professor of English at Cornell University, wil 1 speak on "Hrothgar's Sermon in Beowulf" at Emory University, Mon., Apr. 8at4p.m. in Room 103, Gambrell Hall. Professor Kaske previously taught at the University of Illinois, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Pennsylvania State University and Washington University. Now you can protect yourself against muggers, rapists and worse with this amazing new whistle. 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Results of Class Elections are as follows: SOPHOMORE CLASS President: Cindy Hodges Vice-President: Kathy Oates Secretary: Christa Cline Treasurer: Rhett Jones Representatives: Sylvia Foster Audrey Grant Sally Shurley Susan Smith JUNIOR CLASS President: Gay Blackburn Vice-President: Peggy Miller Sec.-Treas.. Katherine Akin Representatives: Cathy Dupree Harriett Graves Sherry Huebsch Nancy Leasendale SENIOR CLASS President: Howell Hampton Vice-President: Vicki Burgess Sec.-Treas.: Betsy Wall A revote was held Mon., Apr. 1, for President of Main and senior representatives. Results will be posted in the mailroom. Committee positions open; petitions requested by Tues. Mary Gay Morgan, newly- elected president of Student Government Association, has released the positions which are available to students through petition. Petitions are due in Box 430 by Tues., Apr. 9 and should include name, class, and position. You may petition for more than one position. Student Government Com- mittees: Budget Committee New faculty (continued from page 1 ) and graduate work at Bryn Mawr. She currently teaches at Boston University. David Behan will teach as an assistant professor in the philosophy department. He ob- tained his master's degree at Yale and his doctorate at Vanderbilt. Mr. Behan has taught at Vanderbilt. Mrs. Petty, assistant dean of the faculty, is taking a year's leave to work on her doctoral dissertation. Mrs. Petty's replacement for the year will be Mrs. Gue Hudson, an alumna of Agnes Scott. As a student at Agnes Scott, Mrs. Hudson served as chairman of Honor Court. She has also studied at Emory University and has taught for several years at the secon- dary level. Several teaching ap- pointments have not yet been made in the Departments of Psychology, Biology, and Speech and Drama. Interviews for these positions are being conducted. STUDENT PHOTOGRAPHERSl NEEDED Agnes Scott News Office to hire student photographers who own roll fi|m, adjustable cameras. If interested in photographing campus scenes and events, see Miss Helms, News Director, in the Public Relations Office, Buttrick Hall, first floor. Convocation Library Publicity Student Services Student-Faculty Committees: Lecture Committee Committee on Academic Problems Faculty Committees: Alumnae Affairs Bookstore Independent Study Library Dormitory Council Positions: Presidents: Winship Inman Hopkins Dorm Council Members: Winship Rebekah Inman Hopkins Walters Arts Council: One Representative from each class Athletic Association. Vice President Sports Managers: Hockey, Basketball, Volleyball, Camping Miscellaneous Business Managers: Sales, Equipment Campus Projects Coordinator BSA: 2 Sophomores-at-large Christian Association: Chairmen for: Chapels, Focus on Faith, Interfaith, Orientation, Publicity, Service Projects, World Awareness, Evangelism Orientation Council: Vice Chairman Secretary Treasurer Chairmen: Academic, Rush, Publicity and Social Social Council. Five representatives each class from PAGE 4 THE PROFILE / APRIL 5, 1 974 by EVA GANTT Atlanta's 1974 Dogwood Fes- tival, a week-long celebration in- cluding both new and traditional events, begins Sat., Apr. 6, at 2 p.m. with a colorful parade down wbATS hAppEninq Womansong theatre Womansong Theatre will perform Thursday April 4th and Friday April 5th at the Unity Church, 1 21 5 Ponce de Leon (Near corner of Moreland/Briarcliff). Performance begins at 8 p.m. Donation at the door is $1 .50. Womansong is a feminist role-liberation theatre. The all-woman troupe performs a feminist revue that is called funny, shocking, satirical and tender, which explores the roles of women, men and children. The group celebrated its second anniversary with two recent performances for the Georgia Equal Rights Amendment Benefitand the Social Welfare Conference. Atlanta symphony Korean violinist Korean-born violinist, Miss Kyung-Wha Chung, will be featured in subscription concerts with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, April 4,5,6, at 8:30 p.m., at Symphony Hall in the Memorial Arts Center. Associate Conductor, Michael Palmer, conducting his third program of subscription concerts this season, directs the program of Haydn's Symphony No. 43, "Mercury," Vieuxtemps' Violin Concerto No. 5, and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6, "Pathetique." Miss Chung, at the age of 25, is critically acclaimed as one of the world's finest violinists. The youngest daughter of one of the most prominent musical families in the Orient, she attracted worldwide attention in 1967 when she tied for first place with Pinchas Zukerman, in the Leventritt International Competition. Her European debut in 1970 with the London Symphony under Andre Previn, brought her dozens of concert bookings and a long- term recording contract with London-Decca. She has appeared in recitals and with major orchestras in the United States from coast to coast. Miss Chung began the study of the violin at the age of 6, and after immigrating to this country in 1961, became a student at the Juilliard School of Music. Complete hot buffet dinners held in the Members Room of the Memorial Arts Center, are offered to concert-goers prior to all subscription concerts at Symphony Hall. Sponsored by the Women's Association, the dinners begin at 6:30 p.m. Reservations are re- quired by noon, a day in advance, and may be made by calling 892- 3600, Ext 252 Tickets for the concerts are on sale, scaled $2 60 to $7.30, at the Atlanta Symphony Box Office in the Memorial Arts Center, phone 892-241 4 Rush line tickets are offered to students with I.D.'s a half hour before concerts, priced $2.10 for best available seats. Bach Mass The Bach "B Minor Mass,'' under the direction of Robert Shaw, will be performed by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Chorus, assisted by five soloists, in special event concerts Friday and Saturday, April 12 and 13, 8 p.m. at Symphony Hall. Soloists for the monumental choral work will be Betty Turner Boone and MaryAnn Busching, sopranos; Florence Kopleff, con- tralto, John Aler, tenor, and Thomas Paul, bass. Concertists, selected from the Chamber Chorus, will be Nola Frink, soprano; Charles Redmon, tenor, and John Cooledge, bass. The work will be performed by a fifteen-member orchestra and the 55 voice Chamber Chorus, prepared for the concert by the Orches- tra's Choral Administrator, William Noll and resident EXXON-Af filiate? Artist Conductor, Elmer Thomas. Bass Thomas Paul, discovered his vocal talent while performing with the U S Army Chorus during his military service. He had earlier pursued studies in violin and conducting. Tickets for the two performances, scaled $2 60 to $7 30. are on sale at the Atlanta Symphony Box Office, phone 892-2414. in the Memorial Arts Center. Atlanta Dogwood Festival Peachtree Street; the parade features the 1974 Dogwood Queen and her court. Interesting new features of the annual festival include a balloon rally and an antique car auction, both taking place on Apr. 13 and 14. The Peachtree City Hot-Air Balloon Rally in- cludes competition among fifteen balloonists. An International Antique and Clas- sic Car Auction to be held at the Royal Coach Inn involves valuable automobiles from throughout the world. Three week-long events focus on historically important crafts. The Chastain Park Spring Spree, sponsored by the Atlanta Department of Parks and Recreation, demonstrates rug- making, copper enameling, batik, pottery, and other crafts. The Country Fair at Lenox Square features a country store and skills such as quilting, metal working, jewelry making, and painting. TheTullie Smith House, an 1 840's plantation restored by the Atlanta Historical Society, provides demonstrations of can- dle-dipping, blacksmithing, spinning, and open-hearth cooking. EUROPE- ISRAEL- AFRICA Travel discounts year-round. Student Air Travel Agency, Inc. 201 Allen Rd. Suite 410, Atlanta, Ga. 30328 (404) 256-4258 The annual Dogwood Special, sponsored by the Atlanta chapter of the National , Railway Historical Society, is a round-trip steam locomotive ride to Gainesville. Another annual event is the Egleston Tour of Homes, to take place Apr. 6 from 1 1 a.m. - 5 p.m. and Apr. 7 from 1-6 p.m. The tour, including ten attractive residences, benefits the Henrietta Egleston Hospital for Children. Several events center around music and art. A Fine Arts and Music Festival takes place at Bulloch Hall, the home in Roswell of Theodore Roosevelt's mother. A Spring Arts and Crafts Festival at Roswell Square exhibits pottery and painting, among other crafts. The Atlanta Public Schools' annual show of student work is displayed at the Gas Light Tower in Peachtree Center. Special exhibits at the High Museum of Art in the Memorial Arts Center include works by Kurt Kranz and art of Southeast Asia. Northlake Mall offers a program of barbershop quartets. The choir of St. Luke's Episcopal Church sings classical religious American students placed in RECOGNIZED OVERSEAS MEDICAL SCHOOLS through Euromed! 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The traditional downtown Easter sunrise service, featuring familiar Easter hymns, takes place on Apr. 14. Stone Mountain is the site of an Easter sunrise service and an Easter egg hunt on Apr. 14, as well as a horse show, dog shows, and other events during the festival. Flower arranging with gems and minerals and a competitive jewelry exhibit are features of the Festival of Gems and Minerals. An Antiques Fair, sponsored by the Baron DeKalb chapter of the DAR, takes place at Pritchett Hall in Decatur on Apr. 5-8. The fair includes an- tique furniture, jewelry, silver, dolls, and linens. Fashion shows include Regenstein's annual spring show at Stouffer's Atlanta Inn on Apr. 9. Atlanta's Leading Ladies, sponsored by the J. C. Singles, recognizes ten women at a fashion show and dinner on Apr. 6. The event benefits the Georgia Easter Seal Society. Selection of The Outstanding Young People of Atlanta, spon- sored by Southern Bell, takes place in Underground Atlanta on Apr. 1 1 . 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Massachusetts 02123 THE MROFMLE Vol. LX No. 19 Knight to join staff to recruit applicants Marcia Knight, Class of '73, will join the admissions staff July 1 as assistant to the director of admissions, who is Ann Rivers Thompson. Marcia, an art major, has worked this past year as fashion coordinator at Rich's Green- briar. She is replacing Clare Hodge, who left the staff in mid- February. Each was chairman of Honor Court while she was a student here. Next year, travelling for the admissions department will be Angie Jarrett, Marcia Knight, and Melissa Holt. Judy McGuire will work in the Atlanta area. All are assistants to the director of admissions except Angie Jarrett AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE - DECATUR, GEORGIA 30030 April 12, 1974 Poets, prizes, and critics to be at Writing Festival who is assistant director of ad- missions. Mrs. Thompson praised the recent Applicants' Weekend in which Mortar Board and the campus hosted 95 applicants. Applicants seemed impressed by the contact between students and professors. by ANN FINCHER The Agnes Scott College Writ- ing Festival will be held April 1 8 and 19 on this campus. The critics at the festival will be Georgia poet Larry Rubin and poet-novelist Hollis Summers. Events of the two-day festival include workshop discussions of poetry and short stories published in Aurora, the Agnes Scott literary magazine. Mr. Summers will conduct the workshop discussion of short stories Thurs., Apr. 18 at 2:30 p.m. in Rebekah Reception Room. Mr. Summers will also present a lecture-reading Thurs- days evening at 8:15 p.m. in Maclean Auditorium. A recep- tion in Rebekah Recreation Room will follow the presen- tation. Larry Rubin will conduct the workshop discussion of poetry Fri., Apr. 19 at 2:30 p.m. in Rebekah Reception Room. Mr. Rubin will read some of his own poetry that morning at 11:30 a.m. in Maclean Auditorium. Copies of the poetry will be available for the audience to read with Mr. Rubin. The Agnes Scott Writing Fes- tival was open to all students of Georgia colleges and universities. Entries were from both graduate and undergraduate students and came from more than fourteen Georgia institutions. Individuals whose work appears in the Writ- ing Festival issue of Aurora have the opportunity to confer with Mr. Summers and Mr. Rubin during the festival. Judges of the material published in Aurora included selected members of the Agnes Scott English department and student judges. Hollis Summers and Larry Rubin will select the prize short story and the prize poem. These winners, which will be announced Friday at the close of the poetry workshop, will each receive $25 Larry Rubin is the author of two books of poetry, The World's Old Way and Lanced in Light. He has published in several periodicals including Poetry, The Sewanee Review and Harper's and received the 1 973 Annual Award of the Poetry Society of America. Mr. Rubin is a member of the English department at Georgia Institute of Technology. Hollis Summers, of the English department of Ohio University, has served on the (continued on p. 3) Himmelfarb talks Perry to speak Phi B eta Kappa taps seniors on Victorians bv BONNIE PEDERSEN At the Phi Beta Kappa Con- vocation Wed., Apr. 17, members of the Class of '74 who have been newly elected to the chapter will be announced. President Marvin Perry, a member of Phi Beta Kappa, will speak on "Keats. The Heart's Debate." Members are elected by the chapter in accordance to the chapter's by-laws. Composed of faculty who are members of Phi Beta Kappa, the chapter may elect up to (but no more than) 1 2 1 /2% of the senior class. To be eligible for membership, a student must have accumulated a grade point ratio of 2.40 and have maintained this minimum level of grade average for the last six quarters in residence. She must also have been on the Honor Roll at least oncethe last two sessions in residence. The following courses are omitted when the grade point ratio is determined: Education 304, 305, 306, 310, 402, 404; and Music 330, 332, 345. A committee of the chapter gathers all the above data. If a student meets the above qualifications, she is recommended to the chapter who then votes. It takes 4/5 of the members present with favorable votes in order for the student to be elected. Phi Beta Kappa was es- tablished in 1776 as the first honorary fraternity in the U.S. for liberal arts colleges. Agnes Scott College, where the Beta Chapter of Georgia was installed on March 23, 1926, is the second of three Beta chapters in Georgia. It promotes scholarship and brings scholars to the cam- pus; e.g. it was responsible for bringing Sir John C. Eccles to Scott this year. Dr. McNair, secretary of the Phi Beta Kappa Chapter said that it is not what the chapter does but what it is "it isthe honorof being elected to the most dis- tinguished chapter in the coun- try." Greek art in Italy is archaeologist's topic by RUTH McMULLEN Dr. Brunhilde Sismonds Ridgway, professor of archaeology at Bryn Mawr College, will give a slide lecture entitled "Greek Sculpture from Magna Graecia (southern Italy)" Wed., Apr. 17 at 8:15 p.m. in Maclean. Dr. Ridgway's lecture will in- clude discussion of metopes (parts of a freize) from Selinus and Himera, Sicily, with some emphasis on the peculiar mode of architectural decoration and unusual temple plans in Sicily and southern Italy. Some un- conventional buildings such as the Temple of Zeus Olympios at Akragas and Temple G at Selinus will also be discussed. An Italian by birth. Dr. Ridgway obtained her first degree, an Italian doctorate of letters, at the university in Mes 1 sina, Italy. She then came to the U.S. and obtained her master's and doctorate at Bryn Mawr. Dr. Ridgway, a member of the Archaeological Institute of America, ledthe Institute's 1 971 summer st udv tour of Sicily. Also in 1 971 and earlier in 1 967, she was director of the summer ses- sion at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens. Professor Ridgway has written Severe Style in Greek Sculpture and the January '74 issue of The American Journal of Archaeology carried as its leading article one written by her. Miss Zenn, classics professor, states, "Agnes Scott is honored and lucky to have such a fine scholar in the field of archaeology speaking here." by BONNIE PEDERSEN Social historian Dr. Gertrude Himmelfarb will speak on "Eminent Victorians: Private Lives and Public Virtues" Tues., Apr. 16 at 8:15 p.m. in the Dana Fine Arts Building. Sponsored by the Lecture Committee, the speech will be followed by a reception in Dana. A professor of History at City University of New York since 1965, Dr. Himmelfarb is the author of several books and articles. The books include Vic- torian Minds, Darwin and the Darwinian Revolution, and Lord Acton: A Study in Conscience and Politics while her more recent articles are "The Culture of Poverty," "The Writing of Social History," and "Bentham's Utopia." Dr. Himmelfarb has been the recipient of numerous awards which include the Rockefeller Foundation Award, 1962-63, the Guggenheim Fellowships, 1 955-56, 1 957-58, the National Endowment for the Humanities Senior Fellowship, 1968-69, and the American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship, 1 972-73. She is a member of the American Historical Association Conference on British Studies and was named to Who's Who of American Women in 1968- 69 and 1970-71. A graduate of Brooklyn College, Dr. Himmelfarb received her doctorate at the University of Chicago. Besides being a professor at the City University of New York, she has also taught at Brooklyn College. Eli slated to play for spring dance Agnes Scott's 1974 spring dance featuring the band Eli will be held in the Sheraton Hall of the Sheraton-Biltmore Hotel in downtown Atlanta on Sat., Apr. 20, from 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. Attire for the dance will be formal. A photographer will be on hand to make both formal and candid pictures. There will be a cash bar set up. Price of drinks was not known at press time. Tickets for the dance are $5 per couple They are on sale in the dining hall at lunch and dinner every day through Apr. 19. Eli, a band from Tallahassee, Fla., plays contemporary dance music including rock and soul music. Page 2 PROFILE/APRIL 12, 1974 Ph THE MROFILE AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE - DECATUR, GA. 30030 THE PROFILE is published weekly throughout the collegeyear by students of Agnes Scott College. The views expressed in the editorial section are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the view of the administration or the student body. Permission is given to reprint if credited. Entered as first class mail at Agnes Scott Post Office. EDITOR/Joyce McKee ASSOCIATE EDITOR/Eva Gantt BUSINESS MANAGER /Debi Belt CIRCULATION MANAGER/ Marianne Brinker PHOTOGRAPHY / Genie Laster STAFF. Susan Balch, Marine Emanuel, Ann Fincher, Eva Gantt, Delia McMillan, Ruth McMullen, Patty Pearson, Bonnie Pedersen, Frances Wickes, Lynn Wilson Lynn Summer Rep's agenda The new Rep Council took office Monday night and held their first full fledged meeting Tuesday night. We propose that the campus, led by Rep, began now to turn its attention to several issues with the view of taking action by the end of the quarter. First, while the memory of the latest elections fiasco is still fresh in our minds, Rep needs to redefine and standardize its policies to prevent unfairness. We at the Profile regret our own role in treating some candidates unfairly by not printing pictures of all the can- didates. Rep should reconsider the time of elections and set them a week later in spring quarter or during the final week of winter quarter. Rep should again consider drinking on campus although soneth- ing less than drinking in dorm rooms would obviously be more accep- table to the 210 students who voted against RC 1 65. A compromise between drinking in dorm rooms and no drinking on campus we hope will be found. Eventually drinking in dorm rooms will probably come to Agnes Scott, but if the student body prefers to take its alcohol in slow doses, then that is certainly the course Rep should adopt. Toward the end of winter quarter, Rep discovered $3,000 squirreled away in a savings account This sum with some added monies from Rep or campus boards could best be spent on a Volkswagen mini-bus. This bus would be available to all students in the following priorities. 1 ) educational uses, e.g. a class would liketo visit the High Museum because "A French Way of Seeing" is on exhibit, 2) extracurricular activities, e.g. Arts Council could reserve the bus to transport students to the Atlanta Symphony on Sunday afternoons or the Tennis Team could travel to away matches, and 3) personal use, e.g. transportation to Stone Mountain for a picnic, to the movies, etc. Within the above categories, use would be on a first come, first serve basis. This idea is not original Dr Perry reports that Goucher had a mini-bus and it was so successful, they got another. We also hope Rep will revitalize the Committee on Academic Problems and consider the priorities we as students would set for our College. Joyce McKee Editor To the editor: Concerning the Atlanta En- vironmental Symposium held on this campus April 2 and 3, the following students would like to express their appreciation to Mr. Orr and Mr. Leslie for coordinat- ing this program in hopes that it will be continued in the future. We feel that the educational value that students receive from such programs is an invaluable supplement to the classroom. Thank you, Mr. Orr and Mr. Leslie signed by approx 400 students (editor's note: this letter plus all signatures will be sent to Mr. Orr and Mr. Leslie.) Announcing. . . All members of the faculty are invited to attend the AAUP meet- ing Tues., Apr. 16 in the Faculty Club with coffee at4:30p.m. and the program at 5 p.m. Julia Gary, dean of the faculty, will speakon "Where are we going? Map- ping a Route." Newspapers collected during the winter quarter paper drive have been sold and have netted $153. AA plans to continue the paper drive. The money has been placed in a special account; suggestions for a project on which the money might be spent should be turned in to Marie Newton, Box 436. Five freshmen participated in the Apr. 6 pledge walk spon- sored by the Fulton-DeKalb- Clayton County Chapter of the National Foundation March of Dimes. Charmie Hamilton, Ann Elliot, Bonnie Japling, Karen Greene, and Sandra Saseen walked 20 miles to contribute $200 to the fight against birth defects. Students are invited to Emory to participate in a noncredit course on "The Neurosciences: A Study of the Mechanisms That Make Us Feel, Think, and Move." The free course, designed to in- troduce undergraduates to current work in the life sciences, will meet on Thursdays from 8 to 9:30 p.m. Apr. 18 - May 23 in Rm. 128 of the Anatomy- Physiology Building. For more information, call 377-241 1 , ext. 781 1 or 7806. The real world by LYNN SUMMER French President Georges Pompidou, 62, d.ed of cancer on April 2 in Paris. Buried Thursday in a funeral service attended only by family and close as- sociates, mass was celebrated in his memory Saturday in Notre Dame Cathedral. President Nixon flew to Paris Friday to attend the special mass, later meeting brief ly with several of the one hundred world leaders also in Paris for the oc- casion. Elections for Mr. Pompidou's successor are scheduled for May 5. Monday Syrian troops in the Golan Heights claimed to have shot down an Israeli plane, the first since the October 1 973 war, while Israel maintained the crash resulted from ^technical difficulties. Tornadoes ripped through parts of the south, midwest, and Canada Wednesday night leav- ing 330 persons dead. The President declared nine states disaster areas. Former presidential ap- pointments secretary Dwight Chapin was convicted Friday on two counts of lying to a federal grand jury. Mr. Chapin plans to appeal the decision. On a tape recording given to the Hearst family by the Symbionese Liberation Army, Patricia Hearst stated her inten- tion to join the SLA as Tanya X, although she maintained that the choice of freedom was presented to her by the SLA. President Nixon signed a new minimum wage bill of $2.00 an hour effective May 1 . The Washington Post reported that former Nixon lawyer Herbert Kalmbach testified to the Senate Watergate Com- mittee in a closed session that Charles (Bebe) Rebozo loaned part of a $100,000 Howard Hughes campaign contribution to Mr. Nixon's brother Donald and Rosemary Woods, the President's secretary. A Federal judge ordered the integration of the Denver school system by this fall, while some 20,000 Bostonians demonstrated protesting planned busing to achieve racial intergration. Before a crowd of 50,000 spectators in Atlanta stadium, Henry Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hit homerun number 71 5 to break Babe Ruth's long-stan- ding record of 714. 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Family Jewels Ltd. 3431 We* V.llard Avenue Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53209 .ZIP_ PROFILE/APRIL 12, 1974 Page 3 What is the impeachment process ? The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on Rep meets The newly elected Rep Council held its first working meeting Tues., April 9 at 6:1 5 p.m. Sherry Huebsch was elected parliamentarian. The purchase of a mini-bus by Rep Council for use by the student body was discussed. Rep's committees were also adopted: they include the Com- mittee on Drinking, Committee on Parietals, Committee on Academic Problems (student- faculty), Library Committee, Judiciary Committee (to work with Homor Court and Interdorm on proposed changes in judiciary set-up) and the Committee on Admission Policies. The members are as follows: Drinking: Cathy Dupree, Rose Ann Cleveland, Susan Stigall and Margaret Williams; Parietals: Audrey Grant, Fran Franklin, Nancy Leasendale and Alice Lightle; Library: Audrey Grant, Janie Sutton and Susan Smith; Judiciary: Margaret Robison, Margaret Williams and Jeney Andrews; Admissions Policies: Allyn Fine, Glenn Hodge, Sally Shurley and Janey Andrews; and Committee on Academic Problems: Sylvia Foster and Harriet Graves. Festival (continued from p. 1 ) staff of several writers' conferences and has published both poetry and fiction. His fic- tion includes How They Chose the Dead and The Weather of February. Publications by Mr. Summers and Mr. Rubin will be exhibited in the McCain Library. The conference is open to the public. For Fine Handmade Quilts- old and new Call, mornings and evenings 233 3853 EUROPE- ISRAEL- AFRICA Travel discounts year-round. Student Air Travel Agency, Inc. 201 Allen Rd. Suite 410, Atlanta, Ga. 30328 (404) 256-4258 Impeachment for, and con- viction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors. Constitution of the United States Article II, Section 4 Impeachment means the formal majority vote in the House of Representatives that accuses a public official, such as the president, of having com- mitted impeachable offenses (what is an impeachable offense: clearly crimes for which one could be indicted, and perhaps misconduct which is not, in itself, criminal). The House Judiciary Com- mittee, chaired by Peter Rodino, has been empowered to inves- tigate impeachment. If grounds for impeachment are found, articles of impeachment will be sent to the floor of the House. The impeachment resolution would take priority over all other business of the House. After debate, each article and proposed amendment would be voted upon individually. The House would then vote for or against impeachment. If the House votes to impeach President Nixon, the dominant role in the process shifts to the Senate where all business except emergency legislation would stop. Chief Justice Warren E. Burger would preside. He and all senators would swear to "do im- partial justice." Although Burger would rule on evidence or procedure, any senator could appeal a ruling to the entire Senate; a simple majority vote would overrule the Chief Jus- tice. To convict the president, a two-thirds majority of the Senate is required. If acquitted, the proceedings could be re- opened only if new evidence were found. The House impeaches; the Senate acquits or convicts. If the President is impeached and found guilty, he would only be removed from office; no fines or imprisonment can be meted out by the Senate. However, if impeached and convicted, it is generally agreed that Mr. Nixon could then be indicted and tried in the regular court system. In the history of the United States, only 12 high Federal of- ficers have been impeached with only four convictions. President Andrew Johnson was impeached by the House but es- caped conviction in the Senate by one vote. How Scott students feel about impeaching Nixon by DELLA McMILLAN and MARENE EMANUEL How do U.S. citizens feel about the President, and would they favor his impeachment? In a poll for Newsweek, The Gallup Organization took a nationwide questioning of 546 on March 13. The results (taken directly from the Mar. 26 issue): 1 .Would you be for or against your congressman voting for the Senate to hold a trial on whether President Nixon should be removed from office because of charges relating to Watergate? FOR AGAINST UNDECIDED ALL ADULTS 60% 30% 10% REPUBLICANS 33% 57% 10% DEMOCRATS 74% 18% 8% INDEPENDENTS 61% 28% 11% 2. Do you think that the President has been telling the truth about his role in the Watergate affair, or do you think he has been withhold- ing important information? TELLING WITHHOLDING DON'T THE TRUTH INFORMATION KNOW ALL ADULTS 23% 68% 9% REPUBLICANS 45% 45% 10% DEMOCRATS 13% 79% 8% INDEPENDENTS 24% 67% 9% 1 Would you be for or against your congressman voting for the Senate to hold a trial on whether President Nixon should be removed from office because of charges relating to Watergate? FOR AGAINST UNDECIDED 54% 35% 11% 3. Do you think that the President has been telling the truth about his role in the Watergate affair, or do you think he has been withhold- ing important information? TELLING WITHHOLDING DON'T THE TRUTH INFORMATION KNOW 15% 61% 24% 4. Do you think the press, radio and television have been paying too much attention to Watergate, or too little, or about the right amount? TOO MUCH TOO LITTLE RIGHT AMOUNT DON'T KNOW 45% 3% 46% 6% 5. Do you think it would help or hurt the country more if the House of Representatives voted to impeach the president? UNDECIDED HELP HURT 1 9% 26% 55% The poll may also be considered with respect to each class. The results: 1. 3. Do you think the press, radio and television have been paying too much attention to Watergate, or too litflp nr about the right amount? TOO MUCH ALL ADULTS 47% REPUBLICANS 72% DEMOCRATS 29%% INDEPENDENTS 54% TOO LITTLE 8% 8% 10% 7% RIGHT AMOUNT 41% 19% 54% 37% DON'T KNOW 4% 1% 7% 2% SENIOR JUNIOR SOPHOMORE FRESHMAN 4. Do you think it would help or hurt the country more if the House of Representatives voted to impeach the President? 2. SENIOR JUNIOR SOPHOMORE FRESHMAN DEMO 56% 30% 30% 21% FOR 74% 52% 48% 43% NOT REPUB INDEPEND REGISTERED 22% 20% 2% 36% 32% 2% 30% 38% 2% 25% 1 6% 38% AGAINST 20% 36% 38% 50% HELP HURT UNDECIDED ALL ADULTS 43% 47% 10% 3. REPUBLICANS 18% 75% 7% DEMOCRATS 56% 33% 11% SENIOR INDEPENDENTS 41% 49% 10% JUNIOR The implications of this poll are obvious. Demanding special atten- tion, however, is the discrepancy in the totals of questions 1 and 2. 60% of those polled were for a Senate trial on whether the President should be removed from office (the definition of impeachment), while the majority believed that impeachment would hurt thecoun- try. How do the Agnes Scott students feel about the questions? To find out, The Profile conducted their own survey of the entire student body. 233 students responded and these are the results: For the overall student body: 1 . You are a registered DEMOCRAT: 35% REPUBLICAN: NOT REGISTERED: 13% SOPHOMORE FRESHMAN TELLING WITHHOLDING THE TRUTH INFORMATION 6% 82% 5% 63% 12% 61% 16% 55% 27% INDEPENDENT: 25% SENIOR JUNIOR SOPHOMORE FRESHMAN 5. SENIOR JUNIOR SOPHOMORE FRESHMAN TOO MUCH 42% 43% 39% 59% HELP 36% 36% 18% 16% TOO LITTLE 8% 2% 0% 2% HURT 40% 47% 60% 64% RIGHT AMOUNT 42% 46% 52% 34% UNDECIDED 6% 12% 14% 7% DON'T KNOW 12% 32% 27% 29% DON'T KNOW 8% 9% 9% 5% UNDECIDED 24% 17% 22% 20% Page 4 PROFILE/ APRIL 12, 1974 whAT's hAppEninq Gamble is Duron girl Kelly's Theater Kelly's Seed and Feed Theater plays host to the Bread and Puppet Theater as the group performs "Stations of the Cross" on Apr. 12, 13, and 14 at 8 p.m. each night. Admission to the shows is $2. Reservations may be made by calling 525-3962 between 12 noon and 5 p.m. High Museum 'ond India Bey< Professor Roy C. Craven of the University of Florida, guest curator for the Beyond India exhibition at the High Museum of Art, will present a slide lecture at the museum's Hill Auditorium at 3 p.m. on Sun., Apr. 14. The exhibit, a collection of works from Southeast Asia, includes objects representing the major historical dynasties which flourished in Indochina and Indonesia from theearly centuries of the Christian era. Admission is free to the lecture as well as to the exhibit, which will be at the High through June 16. Donee film "Lives of Performers," a film about Yvonne Rainer, one of New York's major avant-garde dancers, will be shown at the Hill Auditorium at 8 p.m. on Thurs., Apr. 18. There is no charge for ad- mission. SE Music Hall Playing at the Great Southeast Music Hall through Sun., Apr. 14, is an act called Henry Gross. Tickets are $3.50 for Friday and Satur- day nights and $2.50 for Sunday night. B. W. Stevenson will appear at the Music Hall on Apr. 15 with tickets selling for $3.50. Country Joe McDonald, accompanied by guitarist Barry Melton, and Barry Manilow, pianist and arranger for Bette Midler, will perform at the Hall Apr. 1 6-21 . Tickets are $4 for Friday and Saturday nightsand$3forallother nights. Shows attheMusic Hall areat8:30 and 1 1 p.m. each night. Conduit to be laid for air-conditioning of campus buildings Susan Gamble will receive one of the nine $1,000 Cover Girl Student Market Scholarships awarded this year by the Masland Duraleather Co. of Philadelphia. Masland Duraleather, one of the country's largest producers of vinyl upholstery fabrics, has awarded a total of $43,000 in scholarships to date in their an- nual scholarship awards program, now in its sixth year. Susan, a junior English major was named a 1974 Cover Girl regional scholarship winner for her work as a Duran represen- tative in the showroom of Berkline of Texas furniture in the Atlanta Furniture Market last January. She, along with the other regional winners, will receive her scholarship at a reception in Chicago during the Chicago Furniture Market in June. Oneof these nine regional winners will be selected as the National Duran Cover Girl in April and will receive an additional $1,000 in scholarship money. The Cover Girl Program enables young women from colleges across the country to take a "behind the scenes" look at the furniture industry while earning money and competing for scholarships. Over 800 coeds sign up for the Program each year, and approximately 175 of them are chosen to present a DANA V "-0> - " The dotted lines in the map indicate where electrical conduit is to be laid this spring. It is hoped that trie air-conditioning of Gaines and Maclean auditoriums, the library and Winship can be completed by early summer Several areas of the campus are to be more ade- quately lighted and the current lights replaced with mercury lamps on dark bronze-finished posts Other campus improvements scheduled for this summer include clearly marking the buildings, streets, driveways, and parking lots for the benefit of campus visitors. Duran Cover Girl merchandising and advertising program in manufacturers' showrooms at the furniture markets. Scholarship winners are chosen on the basis of academic standing, attitude, poise, and ability to present the Cover Girl merchandising program to retailers at the various furniture markets. As a Masland Duran Cover Girl, Susan will attend furniture markets and visit furniture retailers during the next year to demonstrate new Duran vinyl upholstery fabrics. Special student election held In a special election held Mon., Apr. 1, Agnes* Scott students voted for Main and cot- tages dormitory council members and senior Represen- tative Council members. M. A. Bleker will serve as president of Main during the 1974-75 session; Denise Floyd, as secretary of Main; and Beth McFadden, Catherine Pugh, and Marsha Thrift, as dorm council members in Main. Lily Chan was elected cot- tages dorm council member for the upcoming school year. Senior members of Rep Coun- cil will be Janey Andrews, Rose Ann Cleveland, Susan Stigall, and Margaret Williams. Several names were omitted when the results of the Mar. 28 election were printed in last week's Profile. Nancy White has been elected president of the Athletic Association, Anne Walker will serve as secretary of Lecture monies returned The history department which has been granted the McCain Lectureship for 1974-75 has returned the lectureship to the College. The lectureship, founded to honor the second president of Agnes Scott, James Ross McCain, has been granted to the history department to develop a program on the bicentennial of the United States. Mr. Brown, chairman of the department, stated that the money was returned because the department had lost Mr. Robson, whose specialty was early American history; because of the involvement of Miss Meroney, who will begin teach- ing two courses in that period, with a program in Florida; anc* because of Mr Brown's possible absence for a quarter. The McCain Lectureship was inaugurated with the Donne Celebration in the 1971-72 term. Honor Court in 1974-75; and Frazer Kinnett will be secretary of the Board of Student Ac- tivities. Tennis team will play Sewanee Agnes Scott's tennis team will play the University of the South at Sewanee in its first match of the season, Wed., Apr. 10 at 1 p.m. A second home match, with Brenau College, has been scheduled for 2 p.m. on Apr. 23. Some members of the team also hope to represent Scott at the Georgia Intercollegiate Tennis Championships for Women in Macon May 3, 4, and 5. 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MORGAN. 755 Park Road, N.W., Washington, DC 20010 THE MROFMLE Vol. LX No. 20 , AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE - DECATUR, GEORGIA 30030 April 19, 1974 Calendar 1974 September 8 Meeting of new students, 7:30 P.M. September 9 Registration of new students, 9 A M September 10 Registration of returning students, 2 P.M September 12 Classes begin, 8:30 A.M. October 9 Honors Day Convocation, 1 1 A.M. November 2 Senior Investiture, 10 A.M. November 21 Fall quarter examinations begin, 9 A.M. November 26 Christmas vacation begins, 4:30 P.M 1975 January 6 Winter quarter registration 49 class days; 1 0 exam periods. January 7 Classes resumed, 8:30 A.M. February 19 Founder's Day Convocation, 11:15 A.M. March 15 Winter quarter examinations begin, 9 A.M. March 20 Spring vacation begins, 4:30 P.M. April 1 Spring quarter opens, 8:30 A.M. 44 class days; 7 exam periods (seniors) 10 underclassmen. May 31 Spring quarter examinations begin, 9 A.M. June 4 Senior examinations end, 1 1 :30 A.M. June 5 Spring quarter examinations end, 4:30 P.M. June 8 Baccalaureate service, 11 A.M. The Eighty-sixth Commencement, 6:30 P.M. Dance concert here by MARENE EMANUEL The Spring Dance Concert will be held Apr. 25 and 26, at 8:1 5 p.m. in Presser Hall. The concert is performed annually at no charge by the Agnes Scott Dance Group under the direction of Mrs. Marilyn Darling. The program features a variety of dance from jubilant square dancing to emotional ballet; members of the Dance Group will not only perform these selections, but have choreographed many of them as well. The presentation will include: Underture, choreographed by Melanie Elder. Based on the theme that each person has a potential, an awareness, which can be developed and expressed within the confines of a limiting society, it is an abstract dance using natural body rhythms and emotions. Las Mujures de Asturias, choreographed by Polky Tarwarter. Using Jose Iturbi's Spanish piano music and em- phasizing rhythm and vitality, an arousing Spanish atmosphere is created through the lyrical movements of Josette Alberts, Melanie Elder, Karen Hale, and Nancy White. Hoedown, choreographed by Cheryle Kitchens, is basically a dance containing abstract square dance movements. Mary Ann Barlow, Pam Braswell, Beth Budd, Denise Floyd, and Cheryl Kitchens are the dancers. Germinating Souls choreographed by Liz Hoy and Becca James, is a dance evolved from the quotation, "Moving of the earth brings hearmes and feares." A reverse shadow effect is produced by one dancer on stage and another on film in the background. The film is produced and filmed by Bill Young and Bill Head of the Emory Photographic Services. Lines, choreographed by Margaret Cassingham. It is a study of lines with curved and straight movements. Margaret Cassingham, Ann DeRosa, Melissa Elder, and Cheryle Kit- chens are the dancers. The Fury and the Aftermath, choreographed by Karen Hale. An experiment involving emotional portrayal and content within the medium of body movement, the dance involves an exploration and abstraction of the passionate emotions rage and despair. Contrasts, choreographed by Marylin Darling. An attempt to juxtapose modern and ballet dance forms; this dance is also a juxtaposition of emotions rang- ing from jubilance, to earnest re- joicing, to satire and wit. The dancers include Josette Alberts, Beth Budd, Fran Lawless, and Lucile Palmer. Folk Song, choreographed by Marylin Darling, is a suite of dances choreographed to old American Folk Songs composed by Aaron Copland and sung by William Warfield. Nightcry, choreographed by Marylin Darling. It attempts to reflect today's environment and society in abstract form, through the medium of dance movement. Course changes made by departments for 74- 75 by ANN FINCHER Editor's note: This article on course changes will be completed in the next edition of the Profile. Julie Gary, dean of the faculty, has revealed some curriculum changes for the 1974-75 academic session. According to Miss Gary, these changes, which include course deletions and additions, changes in course format and structure, changes in titles, are "in large part initiated by the departments." When a department, motivated by somebody "drop- ping a hint within the department . . . interests and special training of departmental faculty ... or student desire," proposes changes of the department curriculum, these proposals are presented by the department chairman to the Curriculum Committee. The current committee consists of the dean of the faculty, chairman; the registrar, secretary; eight faculty members elected for two year rotating terms, and the president of the College as an ex officio member. The Curriculum Com- mittee examines and discusses proposed curriculum changes and may veto the proposal or return it for refinement to the department where it originated, or the committee may accept the proposal. If the Curriculum Com- mittee approves the change, the proposal is sent to the Academic Council, consisting of all department chairmen, the president of the College, dean of the faculty, dean of students ex officio, and registrar. The coun- cil usually accepts the recommendation of the Curriculum Committee, and if the council approves the change, the proposal goes into effect. The course changes for 1 974- 75 are: In the Art Department, Art 270 and 272 will be dropped and replaced by Art 273 entitled "Three Dimensional Design." A new offering in the department is Art 316, "Arts of Africa," a five-hour course to be taught by Mrs. Evelyn Mitchell. Mrs. Mit- chell will replace Mrs. Pepe, chairman of the department, who will be on leave spring quarter. Miss Gary emphasized that this course may be offered only once. There are no prere- quisites for the course. An- nother addition to the art department is a five-hour seminar fall quarter taught by Mrs. Pepe. The seminar is forart majors and will deal with "Art History and Criticism." The topics for the seminar will vary from year to year; the topic for the '74 seminar is "Survival of Classical Antiquity in Medieval and Renaissance Art." Two new five-hour courses have been added to the economics department: Economics 311 and 312, "Ac- counting and Economic Decision Making." The courses, which are scheduled for fall and winter, will be taught by a person "not presently on our faculty." Economics courses 201, 301 and 302, currently "basic" economics courses, have been dropped and will be replaced by Economics 202 and 203. As- sistant Professors Johnson and Weber will teach these courses. Credit hours are variable. Effective 1974-75 the English department will offer a new ma- jor entitled "English and Creative Writing." Courses in the new major will include the present English 201 and several new courses. English 201, "In- troduction to Narrative Writing," will be offered for three or six hours credit fall and winter and will be taught by Professor Trotter and Associate Professor Ball. Two new English courses for this major are English 202 and 203. Miss Trotter will teach English 202 "Introduction to Writing Poetry" for three hours credit winter quarter and English 203 "Introduction to Writing Plays" for three hours credit spring quarter. There are no prerequisites for these courses. Miss Trotter will also teach English 340, a "Writing Workshop." The prerequisites for this five-hour fall quarter course are English 201 or 202 or 203 or permission of the instruc- tor. Either Miss Trotter or Mr. Ball will direct English41 5, "Ad- vanced Creative Writing," which may be taken for three or five hours credit. Miss Gary em- phasized that a major in "English and Creative Writing" must be "a mixture of creative writing and literature as pres- cribed in the catalogue." (to be continued next week) Faculty appointments announced by dean by JOYCE McKEE Since tne Apr. 5 issue of the Profile, more faculty ap- pointments have been made and the Profile has learned of several errors in the original article which should be corrected. Miss Cox, who teaches physical education, has resigned her position, effective at the end of this year. That position as well as the positions in the psychology and biology departments remain unfilled. Mr. Martin will be on leave fall quarter and organ will be taught by Mr. Lee Suitor and Mrs. Dean McKee, both organists and music directors at large Atlanta churches. Mrs. McKee, a Scott alumna, is the former Adele Dieckmann. Her father, Profes- sor Dieckmann, wrote the music for the Agnes Scott hymn. Elizabeth Zenn will begin next year serving as the chairman of the classics department. Constance Shaw-Mazlish has been appointed acting chairman of the Spanish department. Philip Reinhart will serve as ac- ting chairman of the physics and astronomy department except for winter quarter when he will be on leave. Then, George Folsom will be acting chairman. Mary Lou Benton will be an instructor in the chemistry department next year, not a lec- turer as the Profile earlier reported. She is a doctoral can- didate at the University of Texas in Austin. Frances Calder who was formerly an associate professor of French will return as visiting associate professor, not as- sistant professor as was reported. Mrs. Calder is an Agnes Scott alumna. Mrs. Evelyn Mitchell, not Miss Mitchell, will fill in for Mrs. Pepe during her leave spring quarter. Miss Cabisius, joining the classics department, has her PhD from Bryn Mawr. David Behan received his BA from Yale University and PhD from Vanderbilt. Mr. Behan was dean of Morse College at Yale and is currently a post-doctoral fellow at Yale. He is joining the philosophy department. PAGE 2 HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT IMPEACHMENT? WRITE YOUR CONGRESSMAN! Campus solutions I have been at Agnes Scott three years and have not yet experienced the college which Mr Reinhart describes in his letterto the editor found in this issue. Even if his description of the College and the state of mind it produces were true, his solution never solved anything. It is true that this College is about teaching and learning, but anyone who expects better teaching through more ad- ministration is taking a roundabout and probably nonexistent route. However, Mr. Reinhart's solution was overshadowed by what he views as the problem - -the current condition of Agnes Scott I sympathize with anyone who must work under such terrible con- ditions and suffer constantly and unremittingly. Some on this campus do not see the College in the same light. I have spent time in the past several weeks with seniorsand juniors- - both out-going and incoming officers. I am enormously cheered by their attitude - -their loyalty and concern for Agnes Scott, their desire to maintain the College firmly in the liberal arts tradition, their feeling that members of the faculty who care deeply for the College are available to help - -not to dictate but to advise when their advice is sought. To these individuals, the College does not seem to be in such dire straits. Of course, Agnes Scott has problems. I wish we didn't have dit- ches on campus that look like we are digging mass graves, I wish there were no enrollment problems, I wish the students could arrive at some reform of the drinking policy that would be acceptable to ma- jorities of the student body and the Administrative Committee before 1984, I wish some members of the faculty would respect their students enough to prepare before they enter class to teach, I wish the concern of our students would lead them to action of the cam- pus instead of grumbling over the dinnertable. I wish, I wish, I wish - - -each of us could make a long list of all the "I wish" es possible, but that doesn't mean that the College is disintegrating or that the issues we confront today are any greater than those the College has faced in the past. It means simply that we must work to realize the ideal of Agnes Scott after we first try to verbally shape that ideal. I myself prefer a small liberal arts college for women located near a metropolitan area dedicated to teaching and learning - -the development of the student as person in all of the ways a College like Agnes Scott makes possible. Joyce McKee Editor THE ttlOFlLE AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE - DECATUR, GA. 30030 THE PROFILE is published weekly throughout the college year by students of Agnes Scott College. The views expressed in the editorial section are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the view of the student bodv, faculty or ad- ministration. Letters are welcome and should be no longer than one and a half typed pages and should be signed. Names may be withheld upon request. All letters are subject to normal editing. Permission is given to reprint if credited. Entered as first class mail at Agnes Scott Post Office. editor / Joyce McKee associate editor / Eva Gantt business manager j Debi Belt STAFF: Susan Balch, Marene Emanuel, Ann Fincher, Nell Jordan, Jane Maas, Delia McMillan, Patty Pearson. Bonnie Pedersen, Lynn Summer. Lynn Wilson. PROFILE/ APRIL 19, 1974 Dear Agnes Scott: Never send to know for whom the ditches are being dug; they are being dug for thee. Leila Kinney Eleni Papador To the editor: In the past five years Agnes Scott's enrollment has dropped significantly. Apparently students, prospective students and parents are increasingly not convinced that an Agnes Scott education is worth the money, effort, and time. Many percep- tive people are also concerned about the lack of distinctiveness in our curriculum, the poor quality of our teaching, and the unhealthy psychological and emotional atmosphere around the college. An enthusiastic, motivated faculty is essential to the solution of these fundamental problems. Higher salaries would help, but would necessitate a rethinking about affordable faculty size and about the concept of tenure. More im- portantly, the assignment of a full-time administrative person, skillful in interpersonal relations, to work with, motivate, and facilitate the efforts of faculty could dramatically transform the college's prospects. Yours truly, Philip B. Reinhart, assistant professor of physics At the recent Mortar Board Convocation Ms Woods dis- cussed the growing withdrawal of students from Agnes Scott community life. She felt this to be exemplified by the growing choice of single rooms, the in- creasing selection of off-campus jobs, and the minimal and unen- thusiastic faculty sponsorship of student activities. It seems then that the boarding students have begun to experience what the day students had come to accept as reality. For the day students of Agnes Scott isolation from the campus community has been main- tained by meetings, conferences, and similar ac- tivities scheduled in the late afternoons or evenings. Such activities often cannot be attended by day students due to their jobs and their heavy res- ponsibilities at home. The day students' lack of attendance, however, is not attributed to their responsibilities, but rather to their lack of interest and unwillingness to participate. These contentions are unfair and unfounded. Day students should be recognized as viable members of the Atlanta community. They cannot nor should they be expected to join the same organizations or to participate in the same activities as boarding students. They can be expected, however, to contribute their talents and service toward the representation of Agnes Scott in the Atlanta community. The day When the White House did not comply with the April 9 deadline set by the House Judiciary Corn- students themselves have recognized their potential. Exemplifying this realization is the recently instituted program for day students to recruit poten- tial Scotties from their local high schools. This is only the begin- ning of the contribution that day students can make. Cognizant of their new-found talents, the day students have accordingly re-organized their government to provide more participation among themselves through various committees. These committees offer positions to all classes, as well as an equal opportunity to express grievances and to suggest changes. As chairwoman of this new day student government, JoAnn Williams brings not only an abid- ing interest in the problems of day students, but a strong interest in the Agnes Scott com- munity as well. JoAnn Williams represents leadership among the day students, and she also contributes her time to Agnes Scott life, exemplified by her recent election to Mortar Board. Thus, the growing withdrawal of day students from the Agnes Scott community life has ceased. With the increased participation it is hoped that the question, "Do you go here?" will become wholly unnecessary. Sincerely, Jill Johnson mittee for turning over specific Watergate-related tapes, the Committee voted 33 - 3 to sub- poena the tapes. The precedent- setting decision allows the White House until April 25 to release them. President Nixon flew to Xenia, Ohio Tuesday to survey the tornado-stricken area. Later in the week, he campaigned in Michigan for Republican congressional candidate James Sparling. The Cost of Living Council lifted price controls from wholesale and retail industries. Lt. Governor Edward Reinecke of California was arraigned in Washington on charges of lying in the Senate Judiciary Com- mittee hearings in 1972 on the confirmation of Richard Klein- dienst as Attorney General. He pleaded not guilty. Nine people are dead in Mis- sissippi and Louisiana as a result of torrential rains and flooding, and over 1,000 are homeless. Eyewitnesses claim that Patricia Hearst was among those robbing a San Francisco bank Monday in which two people were shot. The FBI has identified two of the robbers as members of the Simbianese Liberation Army the real world Editor's note: please see editorial for comment. To the editor: On behalf of the admissions staff, we would like to thank Mortar Board for its initiative and leadership in planning and carrying out the myriad details of applicants' weekend, and the entire campus community for its enthusiastic support and participation. We feel this weekend will be most helpful to applicants as they make their final decisions. Last year 88% of those who attended applicants' weekend decided to enroll here. Applicants appreciate the op- portunity for personal contact with students. If any of you wish to contact applicants (friends, acquaintances, or someone from your community), we will be glad to give you their ad- dresses and/or telephone numbers. Sincerely, Laura Steele Ann Rivers Thompson To the editor by LYNN SUMMER Golda Meir, Israeli prime minister since 1969, resigned from that office Wed., Apr. 1 0; at present it is unknown whether her Labor Party government, now seriously weakened, will remain or whether a new coalition will be formed. Palestinian guerrillas raided the Israeli town Qiryat Shmona Friday, killing eighteen inhabitants. Retaliating within forty-eight hours, Israeli forces attacked six Lebanese villages, claiming that Lebanon harbored the guerrillas responsible for the raid. Fighting in the Golan Heights, heaviest since last year's Oc- tober War, continued this week between Syrian and Israeli forces. The United Nations held a special conference last week to discuss future development of raw-material producing nations and their relationship to the world's industrialized countries. The government of Niger, a West African nation suffering from months of draught and famine, was overthrown Mon- day in a coup staged by the Army Chief of Staff. PROFILE/APRIL 19, 1974 PAGE 3 The challenges of community (Editor's note: Mrs. Linda Woods spoke at the Mortar Board Convocation last Wednesday . She is a Scott alumna and was a member of Mortar Board.) A cliche of theme in modern American literature, as every student of our contem- porary prose and poetry knows, is that of the failure of community: the decreasing sense of context, the misery and terror of the individual who feels severed from any community of values, detached from the possibilities of shared, communal purpose. To their reader's chagrin and pain, sometimes, countless modern artists from Eliot, Fitzgerald, and Faulkner to Agee, Albee, and Updike observe and deplore the dis- solution of community and its results the destructive anonymity of a rootless, mobile society, the insidious erosion of values, the isolation of the self-absorbed and solipsistic spirit. These sensitive literary interpreters of our time often portray in their works a panicky and undirected individual, who is frantically, hopelessly at odds with his environment. In the throes of this annihilating conflict between the individual and his world exist extremes of the modern dissociated personality, familiar portraits of characters like Eliot's Prufrock and Faulkner's Quentin who "cannot bear too much reality"; these fragmented souls find the world as we now know it hostile and life- denying and so awake from deep sea dreams to drown. Increasing complexity, outlandish size, unwieldy heterogeneity these are just a few very general explanations for the loss of community of which our contemporary writers are intensely aware a modern phenomenon I cannot attempt any longer to define but can only stipulate IS. Perhaps Henry Adam's metaphor of the dynamo is provocative here the image the pessimistic Adams used in the earliest years of the 20th century to describe and anticipate the increasingly destructive, fracturing processes of industrialization and mechanization in the modern world. He took the image of the dynamo, remember, that same mockery-of-God machine that has appeared in various avatars in the fiction of very recent decades in novels like Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, for instance, or Ellison's Invisible Man and he contrasted that dehumanizing monstrosity, somewhat sentimentally perhaps, with a nostalgic image of the Blessed Virgin. Unlike the dynamo's effect of dispersal, explained Adams, the unifying force of the Holy Mother gave impetus, focus, and strength to the common European laborers of the Middle Ages, who were, Adams contended, more united in spirit and in purpose than any group of human beings our Western World would likely see again. In this kind of unity, he argued, in this kind of working communion, is human fulfillment. What has all this literary distress to do with present education, with Agnes Scott, with Mortar Board, you may by now be relieved to hear me ask rhetorically. I discuss the generalized fragmentation our so-called modern predicament to insist that there is nourishment in its opposite, in community; we can support this not-too-amaz- ing assertion by simply noting the havoc which results when the spirit of community disappears in our country, in our families, in our lives. It occursto me and I never was too quick that a small liberal arts college namely Agnes Scott has an extraordinary opportunity and obligation in a disparate and dissociated world to preserve an example of the collective resources of community, which I conceive of as the sense of personal support which each of us derives from a mutuality of interests, from the dependability of well studied and well formulated institutional objectives, and from the immense relief which results from experiencing definition on at least one front of our divided existences. This College or certainly my ideal version of it is one of a very few places left, probably, where for several years anyway a young student can struggle to define herself within a fairly reliable context of predicated values, con- sistent yet adaptable principles which she can help reshape and reinterpret as the perspectives of new generations require. Here she can know that the professed aim of the College (even if it is not always realized) is to help her assert her separateness and individuality and to respect and value her personhood above all else. Paradoxical, perhaps, but that is what, in my judgment, a vital spirit of community accomplishes. If an academic institution if Agnes Scott isto continuetoprovidethis vanishing sense of community of which I speak, it certainly must be more than a place of catalogued classroom course work no matter how effective the courses; for any nighttime commuter college can fulfill certain obvious requisites of education and fulfill them very well. And such colleges or at least their daytime equivalents are currently proliferating, even as small residential liberal arts colleges are fading like old soldiers. However, it is ironic, but probably not surprising, that another trend among institutions of higher education seems to be emerging. With great excitement (as well as naivete, methinks), Lyle Thompson reports in the winter issue of the AAUP Bulletin on Johnston College, a detachment of just over 300 undergraduate students and teaching fellows within the much larger complex of the University of Redlands in California. This group has been engaged in rediscovering the merits of a humanized approach to learning within the supportive environment of a small and similarly motivated community. Thus they seek the advantages of community in negative reaction to the concept of the giant university with its bureaucratic, computerized animus. So it seems to me that in one sense they are resurrecting the basis for the collegium of the Middle Ages; for these first colleges were, in the words of historian George Schmidt, "family group(s) within the larger university guild of intellectuals . . . small groups which might inhabit one building, endowed perhaps by a bishop or nobleman, where they would have their meals in common, exchange ideas, say masses in the chapel for their benefactor's soul, and eventually come up with a set of rules for all who wanted to share the common life." Given time, doesn't everything seem to come full circle? If an ideal of community is to be defined for Agnes Scott, it may be necessary to return, however cautiously, to the more recent past for inspiration to the original conception of the liberal arts college in America as a residential community which sponsored and support a way of life which engaged mind, body, and spirit. Here is revealed our legacy of commitment to the "whole woman," as we are fond of saying here our founding emphasis on genuine interaction and cooperation between what is learned in the classroom and what is contributed by non-curricular aspects of student life. Not that I have any desire to summon up even the ghost of Cotton Mather's austere prescriptions for what he called a "collegiate way of living" his stiuplations for "manners and morals and activities and studies, all of a relatively consistent integrated pattern" but we might profitably note that in the early years of our nation's colleges, there was no divergence between curricular and extra-curricular activities The collegiate experience was of a piece. However, for the better part of a hundred years, there has been in America a certain amount of tension in student life between the strictly, "legitimately" academic programs the high intellectual pursuits we are challenged to consider our first purpose and the suspiciously labeled "extra-curricular" activities, which are intended, so college catalogs argue, to enrich the student's collegiate adventure. The balance keeps shifting, the desirable mean somehow rarely present. In a fairly con- sistent pattern from the latter part of the nineteenth century, students increasingly (and sometimes absurdly) stressed non-academic areas as fraternities prospered, beauty contests prevailed, and campus politics flourished (that is, everywhere but at Agnes Scott where it wasn't decorus to admit to actually wanting an office one had to await the voter draft!). In the mid and late sixties, as you know, we had an un- precedented switch as students, overwhelmed by their outrage at war and injustice, refused to be contained by the campus at all. In the seventies, students seem to have retreated to their private rooms with or without companionship of the opposite sex, determined to create there a separate if artificial peace. They have been sum- moned out only recently (and probably temporarily) by the gay abandon of the streaking craze. This last reaction of self-imposed isolation is understandable, especially if we go beyond the superficial opposition of credit and non-credit activities to see in the student situation a type of the dilemma which confronts all women today whether energetic adolescents, frenzied young marrieds, or clairol matrons with understan- dably sluggish blood. (Men, of course, have similar problems, but you'll forgive me if I consider women the first sex today.) The demands upon our time and our psyches are multitudinous even insane as you and I and Alvin Toff ler know! And the ten- sion between what we might wish to do for ourselves purely, blissfully, selfishly and what we struggle to do for others whether generously or grudgingly can put us in a "torture of equilibrium" analogous to the paralytic stasis of John Crowe Ran- som's "Equilibrists," two lovers who perish alien and unfulfilled because they cannot fuse the dicotomies of their dispersed beings intoa life-affirming union. And so, asour contemporary poets and novelists in their various voices keep insisting, we often withdraw from community flee communal responsibility altogether even escape reality and take our souls and head for our "snow-occluded" house of safety. But these are suffocating, inwardly-focused retreats where threats to personal vulnerability are minimal yes but where loneliness and emptiness even paranoia fill the vacuums of our lives. Thus the big cop-out: the "flying Frederic Henry type leap," as one of my students put it last quarter, out of a too cluttered, too disillusioning world. In bringing this point to bear on life at Agnes Scott, let me quickly note that I have never been too troubled by the particular prosaic conflicts that arise as a student juggles her time between her formal studies and the demands of these various "enrichment" activities; and I suppose, if pressed, I would admit that in my role as teacher I emphatically regret the bleary-eyed faces and dosing minds thatt>ccasionally confront us in the classroom during times of seemingly relentless preparation for local campus events such as the Mortar Board-sponsored Black Cat celebration in the fall. And I trust I know that on this campus few concessions are made for outrageous suppliants who plead for special consideration on academic deadlines because they are innundated by demands from this other sphere. First things, first and thank goodness, few seem to dispute the generally well-entrenched priorities at this college even when they opt personally for another standard. In fact, the benefits of participation in campus activities seem newly convincing to me in view of what I have been describing for myself and for you as "the great cop-out." Some individuals must and should concern themselves exclusively with their studies, but I suspect that many have detached themselves from the communal spirit for other than academic reasons. The growing isolation of individuals on this campus worries me. I see it manifested in the increased desirability of single rooms in dormitories, in the somewhat jaded responses of students towards campus offices and college organizations; in the highly understandable but to my mind regrettable interest in off-campus jobs; in the diminished support of faculty for student programs, performances, and projects; in the contentiousness of faculty, students, and ad- ministration in their relationships with each other. One might say. in modest understatement, that something at the center may not be holding. Mortar Board has on some campuses become a strictly honorary organization, capitulating to the insistence of pressured and disengaged students who wish to shoulder no additional burdens of responsibility in their senior years. However the original conception of Mortar Board still prevails on our campus with this tapping: that is, our purpose is to pay tribute to some of the individuals among us who embody the ideals of scholarship, leadership, and service as the organization specifies arid io observe that much is expected of this group in the year ahead I urge these new members, as I encourage you all, to consider the challenges which confront our sense of community at this college and to endeavor to contribute more than before to the health of its communal spirit. In 1 943, Ellen Douglas Leyburn addressed the Mortar Board convocation She spoke impressively of the Nazi menace which posed with its insistent totalitarianism a terrifying threat to this college as a liberal arts institution. Less dramatic, but almost assuredly just as threatening are the present insidious challenges to our identity as a college. The threats which we face now, moreover, are as much from within as without. Nonetheless, I have persistent faith in the individuals who constitute this college community and I trust and pray that we can work together to preserve a very precious legacy: our sense that we are (generically speaking) brothers all In honour, as in one community Scholars and gentlemen. PAGE 4 PROFILE/APRIL 19, 1974 Reviews Gatsby by NELL JORDAN Released in the wake of one of the largest promotional cam- paigns in recent memory, The Great Gatsby proves to be the most shattering disappointment to American moviegoers since Rudolph Valentino attempted his first talking picture. The violence done to the Fitzgerald novel from which this screen- play is adapted far exceeds its PG rating. Mia Farrow as Daisy Buchanan languishes her way from one frame to the next look- ing less like a femme than a diseased fatale, while Robert Redford struggles desperately to maintain that reputation as an actor which he acquired in Butch Cassidy and the Sun- dance Kid. In all fairness to Farrow, one basic problem lies in the improbable nature of the character she portrays. The renowned Fitzgerald heroine is fundamentally a literary phenomenon whose fragile charm is an intellectual one. Any literal interpreation is apt to become as insipid and finally disgusting as Zelda Fitzgerald, the original golden girl, often appeared. Particularly in today's feminist atmosphere, Daisy's complete inability to cope and her endless vacillation are inexcusable. Nevertheless, Mia Farrow's performance reveals a total lack of insight and an insen- sitivity to the complexities of her decidedly difficult role. Her spiritless portrayal is very much inferior to that of the young ac- tress who appeared in the television special "The Last of the Belles" this past fall. The character is essentially the same For Fitzgerald conceived his ideal and then rewrote her in all of his stories; the difference lies solely in the actress. Sam Waterston, who recently appeared in the widely ac- claimed television version of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, is consistently splendid as Nick Carroway. There are even times when one gets the distinct impression that Nick's delicate disgust stems not only from the careless world of the idle rich but also from the disintegration of the film itself. Undeniably, there are some fine moments in the film, but as a whole it is a tedious process by which the tender and exquisite beauty of the Fitzgerald classic is smothered beneath a conglomeration of camera Photo courtesy Paramount Pictures Mia Farrow and Robert Redford in The Great Gatsby equipment, lights, scenery, cos- tumes, diamonds, society extras, and meaningful glances. It is conceivable that someone who is totally unacquainted with the novel or the novelist's work may be entertained to some degree. And, undoubtedly, Mid- dle America will enjoy it as they enjoyed Magnum Force and all the rest. But that is small con- solation to those who will con- tinue to weep into their buttered popcorn over the deplorable dearth of aesthetic sense in the movie industry today. As Fitzgerald most poignantly put it at the conslusion of his Great Gatsby, "So we beat on, boats against the current. . . ." Musketeers For those who courageously continue the search for their three dollars worth at a movie, The Three Musketeers is an excellent investment and a delightful way to spend an evening. This production is an extremely modern look at the ab- surdity of those chivalrous times without a trace of the cynical superiority that backward glances so often fall err to. Like a well-turned pun, the movie is a crisp and clever commitment to a low form of humor which is surprisingly satisfying. The success lies primarily in its creative approach. The movie is a fine example of a novel which has been freely adapted to accommodate the elements peculiar to the film medium. All of the performances, from Richard Chamberlain's to that of Raquel Welch, are executed with such relish, that we will eagerly await the promised se- quel to this divine movie. Our Town When Our Town first opened on Broadway in February of 1938, Brook* Atkinson of the Matches played here Agnes Scott's tennis team played some close matches on Wed , Apr 10. when it met Sewanee on the Scott home courts. Nine singles and four doubles matches were com- pleted. Harriet Graves, playing the number one position for Scott, lost to Ginny Ennett in a close 7-5, 7-5 contest Some highlights of the matches were Pam Hamilton's 6-2, 6-1 win over Ann Armor; Lynn Wilson's close 6-4, 4-6, 6-7 loss to Vicky Johnson, and Susi Pedrick's 6-2, 7-6 comeback. Other players for Scott were Terri Keeler, Pedrick Stall, Rhett Jones, Glenn Hodge, and Henny Leland Doubles teams were Graves-Wilson, Jones-Keeler, Hodge-Staff, and Hamilton-Leland. New York Times en- thusiastically wrote that "Our Town is, in the opinion of this column, one of the finest achievements of the current stage. "Today, when much of the original luster has been rubbed away in countless high school productions of Thornton Wilder's classic about "the good life" in Smalltown, USA, we may find some enduring significance in Atkinson's remark. A startling innovation in its own day, Our Town will remain as an interesting period piece long after its homespun philosophies have been pronounced hopelessly passe. The play stands as the instigator of a creative trend which has spawned, in less than 40 years, such a masterpiece in free expression as Candide, the current Broadway smash which completely eliminates all of the traditional distinctions between player and audience. Wilder, with his actors speak- ing from the audience, his constantly open curtain, and his tremendous reduction of scenery, makes one of the earliest attempts to break the confines of traditional realistic theater and to introduce a freer and more imaginative form. In the light of all that has come after, Our Town is something of a landmark in American theater. Though the plot grows sometimes oppressively sen- timental, its technical aspects rescue the play from artistic oblivion. How much this merits its permanance on the contem- porary stage isanotherquestion. Though the wisdom in their selection of a play is dubious, the performance of the Alliance Theater Company is adequate, and the production is an accep- table, if unchallenging, evening's entertainment. There have been better, but there have been much, much worse. Admissions position The Admissions Office is accep- ting applications for an ad- ditional member of its traveling staff Applications may be ob- tained from the secretary in the Admissions Office An ap pointment is to be made with Mrs Thompson whATS hAppEninq "Architecture in America Then and Now'' is the subject of an exhibition sponsored by the Atlanta chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) to honor the Organization of American States meeting here this month; the exhibit will be on display in the lobby of 1 00 Colony Square from Apr. 1 9-28 between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. daily. Two exhibitions honoring the Organization of American States (OAS), Homage to Picasso and David Alfaro Siqueiros, open at the High Museum of Art on Sat., Apr 20. Both exhibitions are sponsored by the Adelante Atlanta Com- mittee. Admission is free to the two exhibitions, which will be on view through Sun., May 19. The 1 974 Decorators' Show House, sponsored by the Junior Com- mittee of the Women's Association of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, will open at 1080 West Paces Ferry Road, N.W., on Sat., Apr. 20. Tickets are $3.50 at the door, $3.00 advance sale, and $2.50 for groups of fifteen or more. Ticket information may be obtained by call- ing Mrs. Summerour at 355-4736, the Symphony Women's As- sociation office at 892-3600, ext. 252, or the Memorial Arts Center Box Office at 892-2414. Proceeds go to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Walter Susskind, music director of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, will be guest conductor of the Atlanta Symphony for subscription concerts on Fri., Apr. 1 9, at 8:30 p.m. and on Sun., Apr. 21, at 2:30 p.m. at Symphony Hall; the program features Haydn's Symphony No. 104, "London" and Bruckner's Symphony No. 9. Tickets for the concerts are on sale, scaled $2.60 to $7.30, at the Atlanta Symphony Box Office in the Memorial Arts Center, phone 892-2414. Student rush line tickets for best available seats are offered one half hour before concert time for $2.10. Activities planned for Alumnae Day by SUSAN BALCH The Agnes Scott Alumnae Luncheon and Annual Meeting will be held here Apr. 19-20. Agnes Scott alumnae will have the opportunity to visit in- formally with retiring faculty members on Friday evening. Saturday morning will be spent in registration, an alumnae- faculty meeting and student- faculty lectures. The morning activities will conclude with a speech by Dr. Marvin B. Perry, followed by the luncheon and alumnae meeting. A bus tour of four Atlanta homes, sponsored by the Atlanta Alumnae Club, will be offered Saturday afternoon, while the evening has been set aside for class reunion functions. Faculty who will participate in the informal visit with alumnae Friday night include Josephine Bridgman, professor of biology; Florence Dunstan, professor of Spanish; Kathryn Glick, profes- sor of classical languages and literatures, and Roberta Winter, professor of speech and drama. Topics of the student-faculty lectures are from throe fields: biology, English and psychology. Miss Bridgman and Patricia McGuire, a senior biology major, will give a lecture entitled "A Study of the X Chromosome in Four Species of the Genus Drosophila," while Patricia Pin- ka, assistant professor of English will provide the alumnae with comments on the recent publication That Subtile Wreath, in her lecture on John Donne "Like Parents, Like Daughters?" is the title of the lecture to be offered by Lee Cop- pie, associate professor of psychology, and senior Paullm Ponder. The agenda of the alumnae meeting includes election of of- ficers and committee chairmen for the Executive Board of the Alumnae Association and con- sideration of two proposed changes in the alumnae constitution. Merry-Macs by MARENE EMANUEL Sick of "Lethal Plate" gastric upsets and bored with the "P by C Alternative"? Rejoice fellow gourmets! Home-style cooking lives on at Merry-Macs Tearoom! Located at 224-8 Ponce de Leon Avenue, Merry-Macs offers meals that would rival Mom's and an atmosphere to match. You and a friend can dine on one of a large choice of en- trees, two vegetables, and a basket full of scrumptuous bread for less than $5. The food is not only delicious, but better for your tummy. And the place is good for your head as well there's no hassle: you fill our your own order; the friendly waitresses are on the ball; and the whole place, including freaks and families, seems to smile. Those of you who like to im- bibe occasionally will be pleased most of the bar delights are only 75C. But don't despair, teetotalers, there is something for everyone: all students get a 10% discount on their meals. Take your I D Do something nice for yourself. Go to Merry-Macs. It is open Mon. Fri. from 1 1 a.m. 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. 8 p.m. and closed all day Saturday and Sun- day. Committees and boards appointed By EVA GANTT Positions on a number of student government committees and campus boards have been filled through petitions taken during the period following cam- pus elections. Members of the convocation committee are Joyce McKee, chairman, Lucy Burch, Nancy Leasendale and Coile Estes. The library committee includes Susi Pedrick, chairman, and Susan- nah Stevens. The publicity com- mittee consists of Patty Pearson, chairman, and Beth DeWall. Debbie Harris, chairman, and Vicki Baynes are members of the student services committee. Delia McMillan will chair the lecture committee. Other members include Betsey Wall, Melodye Brown, Patty Pearson and Anne Paulin. Students from the campus at large have been added to several of the Rep Council committees mentioned in the Apr. 12 issue of the Profile. Liz Hornsby will chair the Committee on Academic Problems, and Nell Jordan will serve on the com- mittee. Delia McMillan will be a member of the admissions com- mittee. Additional members of the judiciary committee are Barbara Williams, Anne Darby Tison and Charlotte Gillis. Mary Jones will serve as president of Hopkins dormitory; Lee Davis, as president of In- man; and Rachel Alexander, as president of Winship. Connie Bowen has been named president of Walters to replace Denise Hord, who has resigned frpm the position. Dorm council members include the following: Ruthie McManus, Hopkins; Renee Anderson, Debbie Capelle, Kandace Fitzhugh and Carol Corbett, Inman; Jane Maas and Alice Cromer, Rebekah; and Scotty O'Kelley, Walters. Class representatives to Arts Council are Becky Weaver, senior; Betty Anne Kelahan, junior; and Kate Kussrow, sophomore. Catherine Pugh has been chosen as vice-president of Athletic Association and Cathy Pirkle, as business and equipment manager. Sports managers are Diana Lipscomb, hockey; Gail Tatum, volleyball; Joy Cunningham, basketball; and Mary Crist Brown, tennis and other sports. Coile Estes and Sandra Saseen are sophomore members of the Board of Student Activities. Christian Association chairmen are as follows: Lisa Heatly, chapels; India Culpepper and Mary Anne Barlow, Focus on Faith; Deedee Morton and Bonnie Pedersen, interfaith; Ruth Jowers and Patty Pearson, orientation; Pedrick Stall and Jan MacDonald, service pro- jects; Susi Pedrick, CA represen- tatives coordinator; Susan Grier, publicity chairman; and Glenn Hodge, social chairman. Orientation Council will in- clude Louise Dawsey, vice- chairman; Beverly Nelson, secretary; Patty Avery, treasurer; Debbie Harris, academic chairman; Lark Todd, publicity and social chairman; and Gail Tatum, rush chairman. Senior class representatives to Social Council are Angie Rushing, June Thompson, Susannah Stevens, Susan Gam- ble and Mary Pender. Junior representatives include Ginny Maguire, Beth Boney, Patty Pearson, Jody Melton and C. J. Beysselance. Sophomore members will be Sue Jinks, Julie Poole, Anne Paulin and Carol Piatnek. Spirit Committee will consist of seniors Karen Hale and Knight Webb; juniors Ann Galloway, Martha Smith and Susan Balch; and sophomores Joy Cun- ningham and Debbie Smith. THE MROFILE Vol. LX No. 21 AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE - DECATUR, GEORGIA 30030- April 26, 1974 Perry's inauguration to be May 1 8 by PATTY PEARSON President Marvin Banks Perry will be inaugurated at 1 1 a.m. May 18 in the quad between Presser and Buttrick. The ceremony will be followed that night by an inaugural ball in the Saratoga Ballroom of the Executive Park Motor Hotel, las- ting from 9-1 . Dress will be black tie optional; that is, a man does not have to wear a tuxedo. The inauguration of a college president is a "high occasion" in academic circles, according to Dean Jones. Invitations have already gone out to a large number of schools. These in- policy announced vitations go to the school's president; however, if the president cannot attend, he usually sends a dean or dis- tinguished alumnus or alumna from the area. There will be an academic procession and all delegates will be in full academic regalia. The delegates will line up in the order of their school's founding. Harvard is always first in the U.S., for example. In addition to delegates from various schools, represen- tatives from professional and learned societies that Agnes Scott faculty and administration deal with have been invited. These delegates will line up in Cottages open for summer ; no men or alcohol allowed alphabetical order. At 8:30 the morning of May 1 8, there will be a registration of delegates. At 9 a.m. there will be a worship service primarily for the Perry family, although anyone is welcome. At 10:30 there will be the official "lining up" with our faculty heading up the procession. At 1 1 a.m. the ceremony will begin. If it is sun- ny, students are welcome, but if it rains, only those with tickets will be able to attend. The Chairman of the Board of Trustees will administer the oath and former Agnes Scott president, Wallace M. Alston, will offer a prayer. Dr. Perry will make the major address at the ceremony. Throughout the week, however, before the ceremony, Dr. Perry has asked three women who are prominent in arts, public life, and academia to speak at various times as a prelude to the inauguration. The names of these speakers will be an- nounced later. In addition to the planned speakers, a musical program is scheduled which will include not only our own students and faculty, but also musical groups from other institutions in the area. Every student and every em- ployee at Agnes Scott will receive an invitation to the Inaugural Ball. The Dean Hud- son Band will play. Students are encouraged to come and bring dates. Admission is free. There will be a cash bar. Although primarily local people will attend the ball since many of the delegates will be returning to their respective schools that same day, Governor Carter, the Mayor of Decatur, presidents of Atlanta and Georgia Colleges and universities, alumnae, faculty and administration will be in attendance. Agnes Scott College will make available a limited number of residence spaces in the summer of 1974 in response to several inquiries from currently enrolled students who plan to work or study in the Atlanta area this summer. The summer housing program will be in cottages operated by the college. The details of the summer housing program are outlined below. 1 . Eligibility. Students enrolled at Agnes Scott College during 1973-74 are eligible for the summer housing program. 2 Dates. The housing will be available from 12:00 noon on June 1 2 through 1 2:00 noon on August 31 . 3 Cost and payment schedule. The cost for the summer period is $150. Ap- plications for the program must be accompanied by a $50 non- refundable deposit. The remain- ing $1 00 is payable by June 1 1 . There-^e-4oajrionthly or weekly rentals in the summer program. 4. Applications and as- signments. Completed ap- plications, with the $50 deposit, should be forwarded to the Of- fice of the Dean of Students. The college will, to the degree pos- sible, make housing as- signments according to the rooming preferences shown on the application blank. Cottage assignments will be made on the basis of applications received by May 10, and any remaining spaces will be assigned after that date on a "first-come first served" basis. Regulations and services ap- plicable to the summer housing program are as follows: 1. College regulations ap- plicable during the regular academic year will also apply to the summer housing program. 2. Cooking facilities in the cot- tages are very limited and, in most cases, do not include a range and oven. Because of limited electrical capacity, the college cannot authorize the use of portable ovens, etc. Students applying for the summer hous- ing program should be aware of these limited facilities. 3. Because of limited electrical capacity, room air conditioners cannot be authorized for installation in the cottages. ' 4. The college will have no food service, or infirmary service available during the summer months. Coin operated washers and dryers in Main Hall will be available when the building is open. Glee Club/Choraliers plan to sing Tues. by RUTH McMULLEN Agnes Scott Glee Clubandthe Emory Choraliers will present a concert Tues., Apr. 30 at 8:15 p.m. in Gaines. The concert will feature selec- tions from classical twentieth century music and romantic music of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Represen- tative composers are Beethoven, Joseph Haydn, Debussy, Michael Haydn, Newberry, Thompson and Nelson. Selec- tions include "Ave Maria" by Bruckner, "Rejoice in the Lamb" by Benjamin Britton, and a finale taken from "Die Meistersinger" by Wagner. The Agnes Scott Glee Liub will begin the concert followed by the Emory Choraliers. After an intermission, the groups will sing several selections together. Commenting upon the concert, Theodore Mathews, as- sistant professor of music and director of the Agnes Scott Glee Club, said, "This will be one of the rrjost demanding yet interes- ting and rewarding endeavors we have undertaken. We an- ticipate that the audience will find it fulfilling also." The concert is open to the public. PAGE 2 PROFILE/ APRIL 26, 1974 Teaching I want to believe that at the center of Agnes Scott College there is something immutable. Faculty, students and administration may change, but among them, always, are found individuals willing to give their strengths to maintain the immutable core of Agnes Scott. This giving is not a painful submission to the duties of student or professor but a living expression of the force of the idea around which this College was built. Agnes Scott College is consecrated to providing a liberal education for women, and its ideal is in its motto, "For this reason make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge" (II Peter 1:5). This dedication has long been the core of this College, but it is slip- ping on the fringes, and if we do not move to recover that which we have lost, we will lose all we have ever had. And if we lose, the memory of the challenge Agnes Scott once presented to its students and faculty will be bitter the then current travesty reminding us of what was and could have been. Today, Agnes Scott is holding in the center, but it will not be next year or the year after unless we begin to focus our vision on the clas- sroom. We need to critique our faculty not in a ten-minute check list from the Educational Testing Service but in a carefully con- sidered, written evaluation. More than evaluations, students need to feel free to go to any professor when they need help. Students should not allow profes- sors to make them feel as if students are an imposition on theirtime, for this is not the attitude of teachers but academic robots. Students should also take their opinions, pro and con, to the department chairmen and the dean of the faculty who have no other way of knowing anything about the quality of instruction. I am not advocating a witch hunt among the faculty. I have been taught by so many that I cannot help but recognize the debt I owe to them. The core of Agnes Scott has been strong and its remaining strength is dependent upon the respectful relationship between a class and its teacher. Hollis Summers, here for the Writing Festival, came to Agnes Scott 1 5 years ago for another writing conference. He remembered our students as "tough but courteous." I hope we will demand quality from this College; that we will be tough because we must in- sist that we be able to take pride in our College and its degree, and that we will be courteous because courtesy is the mark of the liberal person who respects himself and his fellows Joyce McKee Editor THE MROFILE AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE - DECATUR, GA. 30030 THE PROFILE is published weekly throughout the college year by students of Agnes Scott College. The views expressed in the editorial section are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the view of the student body, faculty or ad- ministration. Letters are welcome and should be no longer than one and a half typed pages and should be signed. Names may be withheld upon request. All letters are subject to normal editing. Permission is given to reprint if credited. Entered as first class mail at Agnes Scott Post Office. editor / Joyce McKee associate editor / Eva Gantt business manager / Debi Belt STAFF: Susan Balch, Marene Emanuel, Ann Fincher, Nell Jordan, Jane Maas, Delia McMillan, Patty Pearson, Bonnie Pedersen, Lynn Summer, Lynn Wilson. Jane Maas, Susan Pirkle Sandra Saseen mail circulation SGA can help To the Student Body: Many times during the week students express concern over various aspects of college policy. This may be in reaction to a recent speech (such as Mrs. Woods' speech for Mortar Board convocation), to an editorial in this paper, or to a problem of which students are aware. It is good that people are concerned and talk with each other at dinner and in the dorms. The fruit of this, though, is somewhat doubtful simply because students do not know where to go with the problem after it has been hashed out at dinner. I would like to request that when you have a concern, you write it down and put it in box 430. If you have a solution, that will be even better, but do not let the lack of one prevent your expression of concern. SGA is presently learning the channels we need to go through in order to make ourselves heard and in order to make changes. We will be glad to hear your ideas and to funnel them if you wish. Three weeks ago an article appeared in the Profile on the forced retirement of some of the Senior Residents. There was also an editorial onthis matter. If you are concerned about the fact that your senior resident is being asked by the college to retire, would you please let me know. I will take your comments and ideas to Dean Jones and Dr. Perry. As always you are free to sign your name or not to sign it. From time to time I will be re- questing your opinion on a specific matter. Please do not let this limit you if you have other concerns. Thank you, Mary Gay Morgan two-for-one specials To the editor: Course selection week loom- ing in the not-too-distant future, the time seems to me especially appropriate for voicing my 'Concern about a change made in course requirements last year which, as of this writing at least, shows every sign of remaining with us indefinitely. I refer to the so-called "innovation" by which a student may substitute a foreign language course above the intermediate level for sophomore English, thus fulfill- ing her literature requirement. I find this possibility disturbing for two reasons. First of all, I seriously question the adequacy of a foreign language course as a substitute for a literature course in one's native language, lamall for learning other languages and coming to know and appreciate different cultures; I've had four years of Latin, I'm taking French, I'd like to learn Italian someday, and I even know a little Sumerian. But to slight the English language in the process of studying others is ridiculous. English isan integral part of both our collective and individual heritages; moreover, the fact that in sophomore English a student has going for her some twenty or so years' familiarity with the tongue makes possible a uniquely in-depth study of the literature and in this context the word "uniquely" cannot be overstressed. Such a familiarity allows, for example, a special sensitivity to the connotations, associations, tones, and aurasof particular words an important part of all literature and a major part of many works. I do not see how anyone could envision a liberal arts education of real quality without a course of this type. The second thing I find dis- turbing about this course option is that in some cases it would allow a student to use one upper level foreign language course to fulfill both her literature and her language requirements. I do not know why English and the languages were singled out for such treatment; comparable overlap is not possible in other areas. One can, for instance, count astronomy towards the math requirement but cannot use it as a lab science, although that might make a kind of shallow sense; and this prohibition is as it should be. Two-for-one specials are fine for canned goods in grocery stores, but they do not belong in Agnes Scott's curriculum. The whole point of a liberal arts education is breadth of knowledge and experience, and giving short shrift to both English and languages by permitting a doubl- ing up on requirements runs directly counter to such a philosophy of education. I do not think that this single aspect of the curriculum will br- ing about the destruction of Agnes Scott; one or two clauses in the catalogue do not spell doom. But they do have a mes- sage, and an important one. This matter is symptomatic of a kind of carelessness in dealing with academic standards, a neglect that can only be malign. Just as surely as a multitude of small germs can build to a staggering infection, the subtle and not-so- subtle instances of this malign neglect and carelessness are ap- proaching a level of very real crisis, and we must not ignore them just because no single problem is fatal in itself. The ideals of this college are becom- ing endangered species. When in a few years my younger sister makes her college choice, I hope I will be able to recommend Agnes Scott to her, but as things stand now I cannot be sure. In closing I askthe curriculum committee to reconsider this (continued on page 3) The real world by LYNN SUMMER At a meeting in Atlanta Satur- day of the Organization of American States, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger outlined his country's new "good partner" policy toward its Latin American neighbors. Kissinger, however, did not foresee a resumption of U.S. diplomatic relations with Cuba. The death toll of five years' violence in Northern Ireland rose to 1000 Saturday. Earlier in the week, British Prime Minister Harold Wilson visited the capital of Northern Ireland in support of its coalition government. Israeli and Syrian forces engaged in their first air battle since the October War in 1973, as the -Middle East crisis worsened. Ground fighting con- tinued on the strategic Mt. Hermon in the Golan Heights. Voting by secret ballot April 22, the Israeli parliament elected Labor Party member Rabin to succeed Golda Meir as prime minister. Rabin was the Army Chief of Staff in 1 967 dur- ing the Six Days War. Globe-trotting diplomat Henry Kissinger is expected to visit the Middle East within ten days. While the San Francisco police were conducting the most massive manhunt in the department's history in an effort to track down the "Zebra" killer, another victim was claimed in the bizarre series of slayings. The number now stands at twelve in those murdered on the streets by an unidentified as- sailant. In the first quarter of 1 974, the cost of living rose 1 .1 %, and con- sumer prices increased dramatically by 10%. Con- currently, the gross national product declined unfavorably 5.8%, the largest decrease in 1 6 years. President Nixon appointed federal energy chief William Simon to be Treasury secretary; Simon's former office will now be held by his chief assistant, John Sawhill. The Republican party suffered its worst loss in this year's* congressional elections as Democrat Robert Traxler defeated Republican candidate James Sparling in Michigan's Eighth District. For the first time in 42 years, the district's citizens chose a Democrat for the House seat, despite the President appearing in Michigan to cam- paign personally for Sparling. The Republican loss was interpreted as a setback to Mr. Nixon. Secretary of Army Howard Callaway mitigated Lt. William Calley's 20-year prison term by reducing the sentence to ten years; Lt. Calley was previously convicted of the murder of 22 My Lai civilians while serving in Viet Nam. PROFILE/APRIL 26, 1974 PAGE 3 Curriculum changes made The newest get-rich-quick business sell yourself out for hostess duty at $5 a shift. You could get the business of Sally Whysitme who suddenly has to go home because her goldfish have contracted chicken pox. Alice Doeslittle would also give you her business because she has to go to the Omni to participate in the hiccupping marathon. With all the hostess desk wheeling and dealing that goes on, you could make a fortune going from dorm to dorm taking shifts. And the job is exciting. Picture this scene: (Blind date comes up to desk and asks for Sadie Applebee) RIIINNNGGG! "Second Winship!" "Would you tell Sadie she has a guest in the lobby?" "HOLD IT!! What does he look like? Is he cute? Can you talk? Tell me SOMETHING! ... OK if he's cute, say 'the linoleum needs cleaning' but if he's a real bomb, say 'the light is blinking on and off.' " (After a good, long look) "Uhh, the linoleum is blinking on and off Oh! (cheerfully) that's just our codeword so they'll know this is really the hostess desk calling and not some prankster." Blind dates will believe almost anything. In addition to presiding over blind dates, the hostess com- mands the television. She, and she alone, decides whether to watch the Marry More Tailors Show or Starchie Chunker. This requires the ability to rule wisely, for ruling the television is only one step below ruling the world, as President Nixon has often pointed out. Another major qualification for this job is the ability to lie with a straight face. Again: RRIINNNGGG! "Third Inman" "Tell Mabel she has a guest in the lobby." "STOP Is he tall with dark hair and glasses?" "Yes." "I'm not here! Tell hir anything, but I don't want to se that creep tonight!" "She's not here. Her room- mate says she's taking her mother, who is sick 0 f the Florida Panhandle Skin Rust to Plum Nelly to see Dr. Horace Freckle, the Florida Panhandle Skin Rust specialist, who is vacationing there. We don't know when she'll be back but I'll take a message." So take inventory of yourself. If you can wield power and have absolute control over your facial muscles, you may be the one. Who knows someday you may incorporate! Letters (continued from page 2) alteration in what were sound and sensible requirements, and I respectfully remind them that all change is not progress. Any students who might be affected I urge not to exercise this option just because it is available or because at first glance it may look like a "good deal." Sophomore English is uniquely valuable and deserves better than getting lost in the shuffle of course selection; as for the two- for-one proposition well, one never really gets anything worthwhile for nothing. Sincerely, Liz Hornsby (Editor's note: This is the final installment in a two-part article dealing with curriculum changes for next year.) by ANN FINCHER Other course changes in the English department include a new interdepartmental major "History-English Literature." The major is "designed much like the 'Art History-English and American Literature' interdepartmental major with attention to historica I periodicals." The "Art History- English and American Literature" interdepartmental major has been retitled "Art His- tory-English Literature." Miss Gary explained that the former title was redundant with its "American" since all the courses in the English department are taught in the English language. Additional changes in the department of English are drop- ping English 316, drama other than Shakespeare and revising the format for English 211 "In- troduction to English Literature." Effective 1974-75 English 211 may be taken for either nine hours or six hours credit. Students electing the course for six hours credit must take English 212 "Studies in Modern English Literature" spr- ing quarter for three hours credit. English 212 will have three sections centered around different topics. Associate Professor Bradham will teach a section entitled ' 'The Wasteland"; Associate Profes- sor Nelson will teach a section entitled "The Integrated Self"; and Assistant Professor Pinka will teach a section entitled "The Quest." Miss Bradham will also con- duct a five -hour seminar dealing with science fiction winter quarter. Permission of the instructor is requisite. The history and political science department is dropping several courses and adding several new courses. Courses being dropped are History 304 "The Soviet Union," History 307 "Intellectual History of Modern Europe," History 316 "Old South to 1 850" and History 31 9 "Diplomatic History of the United States." The history courses 351 "Expansion of the Western World into Africa, Asia," 352 "Africa and Asia in the 20th Century" and 353 "Modern India" have been dropped and replaced by the courses 355 "Sub-Saharan Africa" in the fall, 356 "South and Southeast Asia to World War I" in the winter and "South and Southeast Asia in the 20th Century" in the spring. All three courses are for five credit hours and have no prerequisite. Another new course is History 322 "Intellectual History of the United States to 1865" for five hours credit fall quarter. As- sociate Professor Gignilliat will teach this course. New political science courses are Political Science 323 "Is- sues of Public Policy" and Political Science 338 "Topics in Comparative Politics." Assistant Professor Cochran will teach 323, and Assistant Professor Orr will teach 338. Both courses are for five hours credit and will be taught fall quarter. Mr. Orr will also teach Political Science 348 "Studies in World Order"winter quarter for five hours credit. The mathematics department will feature a new course Mathematics 345 "Topics in Mathematics." The course "basically for math majors" has a prerequisite of permission of the chairman of the department and will be taught spring quarter for five hours credit. The topic for spring 1975 is "Number Theory." A third year course in Russian For Fine Handmade Quilts- old and new Call, mornings and evenings 233-3853 EUROPE- ISRAEL- AFRICA Travel discounts year-round. Student Air Travel Agency, Inc. 201 Allen Rd. Suite 410, Atlanta, Ga. 30328 (404) 256-4258 NEW PERSONALIZED AD VICE AND INFORMATION SERVICE MORGAN and ASSOCIATES is a professional staff designed to help people with the pursu- ing issues of life. Do you have a problem? Are you lonely? Are you adjusting to a collegiate environment? 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Speech and Drama 202 "Costuming" will be taught for three credit hours winter quarter, and Speech and Drama 203 "Lighting and Sound," replacing 216 and 217 "Play Production I and II," will be taught for three hours credit spr- ing quarter. Another addition to this department is Speech and Drama 311 "Basic Design" with Speech and Drama 201 prere- quisite and Speech and Drama 154 "Introduction to the Theater" prerequisite or core- quisite. Economics 311, "Accounting and Economic Decision- making," will be offered in the winter, with 31 2 being offered in the spring, ratherthan in winter. Also, the econom ics department will offer two ad- ditional new courses: Economics 316, "American Economic History and Development," to be taught by Mr. Johnson in spring quarter, and Economics 317, "Theories of Economic Organization," to be taught by Mr. Weber in fall quarter. Wildfire in the south. There's no future in it. Nearly half of all forest fires in the South are set on purpose. By woods arsonists -kids out for a thrill or grown men carrying out a grudge with matches If you'd like to hpip prevent arson repc ;1 t 1 Help Prevent Forest Hres in the South PAGE 4 PROFILE APRIL 26, 1974 Jack Mason opens ort exhibit here by ANN FINCHER Jack Mason, professor of art at DeKalb College, will open an exhibit of paintings, pottery, and suspended sculpture in Dana Fine Arts Building Sun., Apr. 28. The exhibit will continue through Mon., May 6. There will be an opening reception from 2- 5 p.m. in Dana on Sun., Apr. 28. The exhibit will consist of large, brightly-colored paintings, suspended sculptures and pottery. The paintings and sculptures are made of shaped canvas, wood and styrofoam, and are painted with acrylics. This exhibit, according to Mr. Mason, evolved from the idea of Drama professor is named; club conducts business kites. Mr. Mason acquired his BA at McPherson College, his MS at Kansas State Teacher's College and his MA at Ohio State University. He has taught for seventeen years in the states of Kansas, Ohio and Georgia, and is presently teaching at DeKalb College. Mr. Mason's major shows in- clude exhibits at the High Museum of Art, the Smithsonian Institute, the Atlanta Arts Fes- tival and the Mid-South Show in Tennessee. The exhibit is open to the public. Alumnae affairs director is named Virginia Lee Brown McKenzie, 47, has been appointed director of alumnae affairs; she assumed her duties Apr. 10. The post has Publications Board elects new editors Publications Board, made up of the staffs of Aurora, the Profile, and the Silhouette, held elections on Thurs., Apr. 1 1 . New editor of Aurora is Ann Fincher; associate editor is Anne Loden. Eva Gantt was elected associate editor of the Profile. Ruth McMullen will serve as as- sistant editor of the Silhouette. Silhouette positions Petitions for positions on the Silhouette staff are now being accepted. Any member of the student body may petition to be a staff member or photographer; noexperience is necessary. Turn in petitions by Apr. 30 to box 765. been vacant since th'e death of Mrs. Barbara Pendleton last fall. Under the direction of the College president, the director of alumnae affairs works with the executive board of the alumnae association and the vice president for development in planning and administering the phases of the alumnae relations program at Agnes Scott. Mrs. McKenzie was active as a Scott student and was a student aide to Laura Steele, who was then secretary to President McCain. She has twice been president of the Atlanta Agnes Scott Club and was a team cap- tain in the seventh-fifth an- niversary capital funds cam- paign. Mr. McKenzie, associated with Stein Printing Co. in Atlan- ta, and Mrs. McKenzie have four children, one of whom is a 1 970 graduate of Agnes Scott. Jack Brooking has been ap- pointed visiting professor and acting chairman of the Department of Speech and Drama for the 1 974-75 session; he will direct the Blackfriars fall production. Brooking is currently profes- sor and Artistic Director of the Theater at the University of Kan- sas. He received his B.A. degree from the University of Iowa, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He earned his M.A., M.F.A., and Ph.D. degrees at Case Western Reserve near Cleveland, Ohio. Box office Blackfriars will present Noel Coward s Blithe Spirit, an "im- probable farce in three acts" on May 2, 3, and 4, in the Dana Theatre at 8:15 p.m. Tickets are $1.50 Thursday night, and $2.00 Friday and Saturday (balcony seats $1.75). Reservations may be made by calling 377-1200. Box office hours are 12-8 p.m. daily. Newofficers Blackfriars elected officers for the 1974-75 sessions at its meeting on Thurs., Apr. 1 1 . Ruth McAliley has been elected president of the drama club. Other new officers are Ruth McManus, vice-president; Elizabeth Knight, secretary; Anne Walker, treasurer; and Sarah Brooke and Debbie McBride, publicity co-chairmen. Five new members were initiated into the club at the Apr. 11 meeting. Fran Brodnax, Sylvia Foster, Karen Green, Anne Paulin, and Patty White have completed the re- quirements for membership in Blackfriars. Two students place in writing contest JoAnne DeLavan Williams and Blue Argo have won first prize in formal essay and honorable mention for short story, respectively, in the annual Southern Literary Conference, held at the University of Seniors are named to Phi Beta Kappa by LYNN WILSON The Beta Chapter of Georgia of Phi Beta Kappa held a formal convocation at Agnes Scott Wed , Apr. 17. Dr. Marvin B. Perry spoke to the assembly and the names of the newly-elected members of Phi Beta Kappa were announced. The president of the chapter, Sara Ripy, introduced Dr. Perry, whose topic was, "The Heart's Debate: Keats in His Letters." Dr. Perry spoke on John Keats' life and career and presented Keats as a poet and man by read- ing excerpts from several of his letters. Dr. McNair, secretary of the Beta Chapter, then announced the election of the following persons from the Class of 1974 to membership-in-course: Betty Lynn Binkley, Marianne Bradley, Lucile Eve Brockman, Ivey Beth Budd, Tania Maktogine Gumusgerdan, Marta Powell Harley, Calie Lucile Jones, Martha Stephenson Kelley, Leila Wheatley Kinney, Mary Margaret MacLauchlin, Kate Elizabeth McGregor, Paullin Holloway Ponder. Southern Mississippi in Hat- tiesburg. JoAnne won $25 for "Spiders in the Attic: A Suggestion of Synthesis in the Poetry of Emily Dickinson." The essay deals with the poems "The Spider holds a Silver Ball" and "A Spider Sewed at Night." Her es- say will be published by the conference as well as in the spring Aurora. Blue Argo's story "Red Dust" which was published in the Writing Festival edition of Aurora received honorable mention. Agnes Scott has traditionally received honors in the Conference which is open to all colleges and universities in the South. Last year, Debbie Garfield, Class of '74, won first prize for formal essay while Alice Faulkner, Class of '73, won second place for her short story. Categories are short story, poetry, formal essay and in- formal essay. Binkley receives Rotary Club award Betty Binkley has received the Rotary. award which each year Mortar Board elects officers for 74-75 by LYNN WILSON The 1974-75 members of Agnes Scott's Mortar Board Chapter were tapped in a can- dlelight ceremony held in the Quad Tuesday night, April 9. A special Mortar Board Con- vocation was held Wednesday morning. Mortar Board President Betty Binkley announced the names of the officers chosen by the newly-elected board They are: Rose Ann Cleveland President Margaret Robison Vice- President Indy Culpepper Secretary JoAnne Williams Treasurer Becky Thompson Editor-His- torian Members of the 1974-75 Board are: Ann Fincher, Charlotte Gillis, Robbie Goodall, Howell Hampton, Joyce McKee, Mary Gay Morgan, Nancy Oliver, and Cathy Pirkle. goes to an outstanding Agnes Scott senior. Betty was presented with an engraved gold watch Mon., Apr. 15 at a luncheon given by the Atlanta Rotary Club which she attended with Dr. Perry. Seniors from Georgia State, Emory, Georgia Tech, Morehouse, and Oglethorpe were also recognized. The Rotary Club presents the annual award to a senior whom the College recommends. SENIORS Do something meaningful! Please send me current information and an application Single I I Married Name Permanent Address City State Graduation Date ACTION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20525 OFFICIAL BUSINESS Major FOLD POSTAGE & FEES PAID ACTION Lecture Committee Lecture Committee has an- nounced its 1 974-75 calendar of sponsored events. The program will bring three large events to the campus in theater, music, and politics. Philadelphia's Guarneri Str- ing Quartet will again be on campus. Oct. 14. The National Players of Catholic University in Washington will present Shakespeare's Henry IV Part I, Jan. 28. The series will be concluded Apr. 9, with a debate between journalist Max Lerner and Reid Buckley. VISTA/PEACE CORPS Parts of ACTION ATTN. OFFICE OF RECRUITMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS WASHINGTON, D. C. 20525 l J THE MROFMLE Vol. LX-No. 22 AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE - DECATUR, GEORGIA 30030. May 3, 1974 Leslie Frost, Wilbur & Brooks to attend centennial in Oct. The Robert Frost Centennial will be held Oct. 15-16, 1974, Mrs. Margaret W. Pepperdene, chairman of the English department has announced. The poet, Richard Wilbur; the critic, Cleanth Brooks; Mr. Frost's daughter, Mrs. Leslie Frost Ballentine; and Mr. Frost's host at Agnes Scott for many years, Dr. Wallace M. Alston will speak. Mr. Brooks, with Robert Penn Warren and others, founded "new criticism" and made Understanding Poetry and Understanding Fiction stan- dard texts in many freshmen English courses. Although Mr. Brooks has never lectured on Frost's poetry, he has agreed to prepare a paper on Frost for the Centennial, which Mrs. Pepperdene judged, will be "a contribution of enormous value." Mrs. Ballentine will lecture on Scholarship honors retiring professor The M. Kathryn Glick Scholarship Fund has been es- tablished by the Alpha Delta chapter of Eta Sigma Phi, the national classics fraternity, Patty Hughes, chapter president, has announced. The chapter, beginning last fall, wrote to the approximately 200 former members of Eta Sigma Phi (since Miss Glick joined the faculty in 1937) as- king for their financial support to "a lasting gift" to the College "which would honor Miss Glick." The chapter received over $2,849 in gifts for the scholarship. Patty explained that the scholarship would be annual since the College will spend only the interest and not the prin- ciple. Although preference will be given to students interested in classics, any student may receive the scholarship. It is hoped that the scholarship will grow each year through new contributions. Miss Glick learned of the Glick Scholarship Fri., Apr. 1 9 at a party for Eta Sigma Phi, given before the reception honoring retiring faculty. Current members of Eta Sigma Phi are Camilla Brannen, Mary Wade, Anna Case, Sally Echols, Anne Walker, Karen White, Susi Brinkley, and Beth Meaney. Frost on the afternoon of Oct. 1 5, and Mr. Brooks will present his paper that night. A music program and reminiscences about Frost at Agnes Scott will highlight the celebration of Frost's 1 00th year on the morning of Oct. 1 6. That afternoon, Mr. Wilbur and Mr. Brooks will simply talk about Robert Frost's poetry. Mrs. Pepperdene noted how generous and how willing both men are to have this conversation, which will be taped. Richard Wilbur, the noted poet who teaches Milton at Wellesley College, will read that night from his own poetry a particularly appropriate tribute to another poet, Mrs. Pepperdene stated. Adele Cunningham, a Scott alumna, who first suggested the Frost Centennial and wrote to both Mrs. Pepperdene and Dr. Perry, died nearly a month ago. Mrs. Pepperdene walking with February visits to the College. Mr. Frost during one of his Modern pointers featured in Notional Gallery films by ANN FINCHER Agnes Scott College presents a National Gallery of Art series of 45-minute color films entitled Pioneers of Modern Painting. Steele reveals statistics on high school class rank n- Editor's note: Laura Steele, Director of Admissions, has given the Profile the following formation: I have become aware of a rumor that the present freshman class is less well qualified for Agnes Scott than previous freshman classes a rumor that has surfaced periodically over the years. Before an unchecked rumor damages freshman morale and pride, I would like to presentsome in- formation about the class of 1977 in comparison with the classes of 1974, 1975 and 1976 as entering freshmen (current seniors, juniors, and sophomores). This information concerns the high school rank in class, recognized nationally and at Agnes Scott as the most important single item in predicting a student's performance in college. As is noted in the chart below, 37.83% of this year's freshmen ranked in the upper 5% of their high school classes, as compared with 27.90% of the freshmen who entered in 1 970, 32.06% of those who entered in 1971 , and 31 .39% of those who entered in 1 972. High School Rank in Class (reported cumulatively) Top 5% Top 1 0% Top 1 5% Top 20% Top 25% Top 30% Top 50% Not ranked Class of 1974 27.90% 50.69 60.00 68.37 76.27 82.32 92.55 4.18 Class of 1975 32.06% 49.45 60.86 69.56 74.45 78.80 88.58 4.89 (continued on page 4) Class of 1976 31.39% 50.58 61.62 72.09 77.32 81.97 92.44 2.90 Class of 1977 37.83% 52.70 62.83 71.62 79.05 83.10 88.51 4.05 The six-part series, which is written and narrated by Lord Kenneth Clark, will be shown over a six-week period, begin- ning Apr. 23 and extending through May 28, and will feature weekly showings on Tuesdays at 5:15 and 8:15 p.m. in room 109 Dana. There is no charge. The series covers the lives and works of six leading artists of the late nineteenth and early twen- tieth centuries. These artists are Edouard Manet, Paul Cezanne, Claude Monet, Georges Seurat, Henri Rousseau and Edvard Munch. These men, according to Lord Clark, are "pioneers of what we still call modern pain- ting." The series premiered in the U.S. at the National Gallery in May, 1972. Most of the films were made in France with the exception of the film dealing with Edvard Munch. This film was made in Norway, Munch's native country. The film series, which was produced through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, is distributed without charge to colleges and universities with enrollments under 2000 through the National Gallery's Extension Service. Through this service Agnes Scott also was able to present the Civilisation series last year. The National Gallery offers such series to qualifying colleges through the President of the College rather than through the art history or humanities departments. This sponsorship by the President emphasizes the availability of the series to the whole student body. As a recipient of the service, Agnes Scott must present two showings of each film one for the College and the other for the general public. Kenneth Clark, author and narrator of the series, served as art director of the National Gallery, London (1934-45), was Slade Professor of Fine Arts, Oxford University and chaired the Arts Council of Great Britain from 1953-60. He has written many books on art and for his Civilisation series is the recipient of the National Gallery of Art's Medal for Distinguished Service to Education in Art. The films dealing with the lives and works of Edouard Manet and Paul Cezanne were shown Apr. 23 and 30 respec- tively. The schedule for the remaining films is as follows: May 7 Claude Monet May 14 Georges Seurat May 21 Henri Rousseau May 28 Edvard Munch PAGE 2 PROFILE MAY 3, 1974 Student quality Our thanks to Miss Steele for the information she has provided which appears on page 1 of this issue. We, like everyone else, are aware of rumors about declining student ability but had the im- pression that the rumors concerned all of us (not just the Class of '77), for we all entered Agnes Scott during a period of declining enrollments. We request that Miss Steele or the office of the Dean of the Faculty (which ever is appropriate) furnish the student body and faculty through the Profile with class grade point averages (GPA) and the average number of hours earned per student during the freshmen year for the past ten years Agnes Scott, like almost all other colleges, does not consider failed courses when determining grade point average. For example, if you take 5 courses, fail one and make four A's, your GPA is 3.0, just as it would be if you had made five A's. The failed course still appears on your transcript although it is not reflected in the class GPA. Dropping a course does not penalize a student when hergrade point average is computed. Also, freshmen are sometimes allowed to take lighter academic loads of 12 or 13 hours. It is expected that each freshman earn 45 hours 1 5 hours per quarter. If more courses are being or were failed by those of us who are current students at Agnes Scott, or if lighter academic loads are being taken by more students; it would not be reflected in the class GPA but would in the average number of hours earned per freshman. Further, a ten year period would be more helpful in determining long-term trends. Our thanks to Miss Steele for her cooperation; we hope rumors will be laid to rest, too. Joyce McKee, Editor Campus changes Nearly every one of us has complained at one time or another that Agnes Scott is behind the times. Now that changes are being made both in our curriculum and on the campus itself, we lament the corruption of the "liberal arts" and the disfiguring of our beautiful grounds. We fear that our "academic standards" may be declining, and our fears become centered around the construction work underway on campus. We protest that money is being used to air condition the library instead of to buy more books for it. We must stop blaming "ditches and drinking," among other scapegoats, for what we consider to be too drastic changes in our curriculum. We must also realize that more flexible course re- quirements do not necessarily reflect lower standards. There are now several relatively new studies open to us, and our modified area requirements enable us to be exposed to a wider range of knowledge. We cannot deny that the pure sciences andthesocial sciences are as much a part of a liberal education today, as are the subjects com- monly classed as the "humanities." Those of us who prefer the more traditional studies can still concentrate on those studies if we choose; but how ironic it would be for our "liberal" curriculum to be "bound" by tradition. Eva Gantt, associate editor THE MROFILE AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE DECATUR, GA. 30030 THE PROFILE is published weekly throughout the college year by students of Agnes Scott College. The views expressed in the editorial section are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the view of the student body, faculty or ad- ministration. Letters are welcome and should be no longer than one and a half typed pages and should be signed. Names may be withheld upon request. All letters are subject to normal editing. Permission is given to reprint if credited. Entered as first class mail at Agnes Scott Post Office. editor / Joyce McKee associate editor / Eva Gantt business manager / Debi Belt STAFF: Susan Balch, Marene Emanuel, Ann Fincher, Nell Jordan, Jane Maas, Delia McMillan, Patty Pearson, Bonnie Pedersen, Lynn Summer, Lynn Wilson. Jane Maas, Susan Pirkle off campus circulation/ Sandra Saseen, manager; Bonnie Jopling, Frances Wickes Summer housing To the Editor: When first informed of the decision to rent the cottages this summer I was extremely en- thusiastic. My enthusiasm con- tinued until the policies concerning the rental were an- nounced, and now I am disap- pointed almost to the point of anger. The price, payment schedule and the regulations are absolutely atrocious, and if I were the only person holding this opinion, this letter would not be written. However, I have heard no positive comments concerning the policies and many negative arguments. I consulted Miss Jones about the committee's decisions as to policy, and when pressed about what factors determined the decision of $ 1 50 for 77 days oc- cupancy, she avoided the issue, saying she did not know, although she had been a member of the committee. Most students had been under the im- pression that the college would make little or no profit from the rental; that only costs were to be recovered. 13 occupants in one cottage would net the college $1 950. This is not a paltry sum, and certainly is more than enough to pay utilities, rent and maid service on one house for less than three months. Perhaps the cost of salaries of employees to run the steam plant to provide hot water had to be considered. I had understood that college em- ployees were paid for the summer period when not ac- tively working. And with conven- tions going on, many will be working anyway. In addition to this, the cottages at this point cannot economically compete with out- side sources. An apartment with roommates rivals the cottages in price, and a private room, often including carpet, private en- trance, kitchen privileges, and sometimes even television and telephone is only $1 2-$1 8 more per FULL month. On the subject of payment schedule, few students have $1 50 now, nor will they have it by June 1 1 . The whole point of staying in Atlanta for the summer is to earn money to live on not spend it before a job can be found. Also, rental deposits are not uncommon, however paying the entire rental fee before occupancy is, at least to my knowledge. As for the policy concerning social regulations, certainly the college is within its rights as lan- dlord to impose on its tenants any regulations it desires. However, how will the rules be enforced? Will the occupants elect a Dorm Council 7 Will Interdorm be called into session mid-summer to pass judgment on a secious infraction? Of course by living elsewhere the restrictions will not apply, and individuals can have all the personal liberties they can stand or impose on THEMSELVES Perhaps the administration fears granting the liberal changes so long talked about by students, even if only for a summer. Once granted privileges are difficult to rescind. Is the administration afraid to see that such changes might work? Aside from all the above men- tioned points, however, comes the one that most concerns me. Many students have agreed, and I fear it may be true that the ad- ministration is simply too lazy to hassle with the details of the&m- traditional rental of facilities. Therefore they make it so im- practical and expensive that no one will want to live there. And Miss Jones emphasized to me that the college did not solicit renters. If this is true, it is certainly sad it shows that a virtually irreparable gap has grown between students and administration, creating an at- mosphere permeated by dislike, suspicion, and mistrust. Karen E. Hale Reinhart supporters To the editor: Concerning the letter sub- mitted to the April 1 9 issue of the Profile by Professor Reinhart, we would like to say that we believe you to be extremely naive in your editorial comment, misinterpreting the content of Mr. Reinhart's letter. In our opinion he is stating what he considers a very real problem that exists at Agnes Scott the lack of encouragement and motivation felt by many members of the faculty. Also, we believe that he is not suggesting that there be more ad- ministration as a solution to the problem, rather better ad- ministration. There needs to be better interpersonal relations between administration and faculty thereby benefiting the students. These relations should be fostered through the office of the Dean of the Faculty. If the faculty is motivated, then the possibility of students being motivated is greatly increased. In essence, Mr. Reinhart is not saying that Scott is disintegrat- ing quite the opposite. He seems to be genuinely concerned about itsfuture and is suggesting a specific solution to a specific problem which he feels (and we are inclined to believe that many others feel) exists on this campus. The editorial comment, in my opinion, not only misinterpreted the essence of Mr. Reinhart's letter, but the last paragraph (concerning ditches and wishes) was entirely unrelated to his letter Your defensive stance appears to be an overreaction to what we believe Mr. Reinhart was trying to say. We must recognize our weaknesses in order to combat them and not cover them up with such trivia as ditches and drinking. We believe that the enrollment will in- crease, in part, with the advent of better faculty-administration relations which in turn would provide a more stimulating basis for learning. As you stated, the "college is about teaching and learning," but all problems must be confronted and not hidden or overlooked as you and others have chosen to do. Sincerely, Sara Barrett Lucy Brockman Editor's note: "The lack of en- couragement and motivation felt by many members of the faculty" is a problem within the individual teacher. Good teaching, it seems, like Milton's virtue is its "own reward." Library hours To the student body: One of my concerns this year as Librarian at Agnes Scott College is the hours that our library is open for use. Some students are adamant about having the library open longer hours in the evenings. The value of a library may be measured in various ways in- cluding the quality of the book collection, the number of volumes in the collection, the quality and training of the staff, and the services available to its clientele. We are fortunate to have a sizeable collection of books and other materials that are generally of high quality, a staff with experienced librarians, anda library schedule which permits adequate time for students to use its resources. Presently the library is open 88.5 hours per week when classes are in session. Also, dur- ing the period preceeding and during exams, the library isopen 95 hours per week until exams are completed. Next year we plan to add 2 hours to the Friday schedule so that the library will be open until 10:30 p.m. on Fri- day evenings. Whenever possible we try to have a librarian in charge of the building. It is unfair to expect a student assistant to provide the level of guidance to another student seeking information than would be provided by a librarian. Professional library as- sistance is available most of the hours that the library is open. Also, because of possible emergency situations that would require the presence of a librarian, it is unwise to leave one or two students in charge of the building at night. Since April 4, we have been counting the number of women students in the library at 9:50 p.m., Mondays through Thursdays. We have found that an average of 21 women or ap- proximately 4% fo the student (continued on page 3) PROFILE/MAY 3, 1974 Letters Blackfriars is presenting the play Blithe Spirit tonight and tomorrow night at 8:1 5 p.m. in Dana theater. Tickets are $2 for orchestra seats and $1 .50 for balcony seats. The real world (continued from page 2) body are using the library at this time. Probably a more detailed study including a computer analysis could be made of library use. However, it appears that light use is made of the library at this time of the evening. It would be nice to have the library open until 12:00, seven nights a week. It would be nice to compensate faculty, staff, and administrators with a 10% cost of living increase to meet rising costs of living. It would be nice to maintain sizeable teaching departments despite a declining student enrollment. However, administrators must make decisions on how funds are allocated to meet the many needs and demands of a college. Part of my responsibility is to make recommendations on library hours to meet student needs. Presently, I believe our hours are generally adequate to meet real needs. We will con- tinue to carefully watch the library use patterns. One further note we are beginning serious planning of how areas of the library will be utilized when the building is renovated. At the meeting of the Library Committee last Friday, the two new student members of the Committee, Susi Pedrick and Susannah Stevens expressed little interest in my suggestion that a smoking lounge be planned in the library. If you agree or disagree with this feeling, it would be helpful for me to know soon. If there is little interest in a smoking lounge, we will probably eliminate it from the plans. Sincerely, Dale Luchsinger Bookstore sale To the editor: This year, due to the papershortage crunch, we will not have our "Everything Goes 20% discount" sale. Instead we plan to have items on the two For Fine Handmade Quilts- old and new Call, mornings and evenings, 233-3853 EUROPE- ISRAEL- AFRICA Travel discounts year-round. Student Air Travel Agency, Inc. 201 Allen Rd. Suite 410, Atlanta, Ga. 30328 (404) 256-4258 center islands (display units) for sale at discounts that will be 50% or what the market will stand. We will be adding more items as space allows, so check those islands from time to time for the weeks ahead. The Buyer will be on campus Tuesday June 4 to buy your used books. We appreciate the cooperation and cheerfulness shown by you students. This is a difficult time to sell textbooks with shortages, advancing prices, and unstable class enrollments; it is hard to give the service that we feel you not only expect but deserve. On the behalf of our student aides, Mrs. Booch, Mrs. Doerp and myself, we say a heartfelt "Thank You." Sincerely, Verita Barnett, Manager, college bookstore Team beats Brenau by LYNN WILSON The Agnes Scott netters took a convincing 7-3 win over Brenau College of Gainesville lastTues., Apr. 23. Playing on the ASC home courts, Lynn Wilson, Terri Keeler, Kay Lawther, Rhett Jones, and Susi Pedrick took singles wins. Two of the most exciting and crucial victories were Kay Lawther's 6-3, 3-6, 7- 5 battle and Rhett Jones' 3-6, 8- 6, 6-3 comeback. Doubles wins were captured by the teams of Harriet Graves and Glenn Hodge and Terri Keeler and Henny Leland. Members of the team travel to Macon for the Georgia Women's Intercollegiate Tennis Tournament Fri., May 3. 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MORGAN, 755 Park Road, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20010 by LYNN SUMMER President Nixon announced Monday night during a nationally televised speech from the Oval Office that the was sen- ding transcripts of subpoened tapes to the House Judiciary Committee which is inves- tigating impeachment. Gen. Antonio de Spinola promised "freedom of thought, (Editor's note: Received from CAP chairman, Liz Hornsby.) If you have complaints or comments about any aspect of academics at Agnes Scott, the Committee on Academic Problems would like to hear from you. C.A.P. provides a forum for the expression of student and faculty opinion; it may also act on the matters thus brought to its attention. If you have a problem or proposal regarding academics, submit a write-up in- cluding all pertinent information to C.A.P., Box 264. Or, if you prefer, put in a request (also to Box 264) to present your Miss Gary, dean of the faculty, has announced that by Wed., May 15 professors must make clear to their classes what is the remaining written work of the quarter tests, papers, final exams, etc. and when the work is due. The final date for turning in written work is Fri., May 31 at 9 a.m. Miss Gary strongly recommends that students turn in their work to the dean of the faculty's office if their professor has not arrived. She pointed out the hazards of loss if work is turned in to professors' mailboxes or slipped under doors. Student Government As- sociation will meet Tues., May 7 speech and action" Thursday night after a nearly-bloodless coup d'etat was staged by Portugal's military to overthrow a 42-year-old dictatorship. The Andes region of southern Peru was struck Thursday by a powerful earthquake causing great landslides which buried two villages and blocked a river, resulting in a third village being destroyed by flooding. thoughts at a C.A.P. meeting, and appropriate arrangements will be made. Student and faculty input is vital to C.A.P.; C.A.P. can be an effective tool for constructive ac- tion, but it cannot function by and of itself. Its erratic track- record is eloquent testimony to this fact. In some years CA P. has been very active, initiating such programs as optional pass- fail grading, but in other years it has been largely or completely forgotten and so accomplished little or nothing. C.A. P. 's success rests with the mouths of students and faculty it will be what you choose to make it. at 1 1 :30 a.m. in Gaines to vote on proposed amendments to the SGA Constitution. SGA President Mary Gay Morgan urges all students to attend. If anyone did not receive an in- vitation to the Inaugural Ball, the committee regrets the oversight and requests that you contact Vernita Bowden. Ralph Nader will appear on an Atlanta college campus for the second time this year speaking Mon., May 6 at 8 p.m. in Emory's Glenn Memorial. The rising junior class will receive their ASC rings Tues., May 7. The Board of Student Ac- tivities will sponsor a seminar on breast and uterine cancer Wed., May 15 in 109 Dana. Secretary of State Henry Kis- singer flew to the Middle East Sunday to confer with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat Western travelers reported that a Soviet airliner crashed Saturday night shortly after take-off from the Leningrad airport, killing an estimated 100 passengers. Guenther Guillaume, a close personal aide to West German Chancellor Willy Brandt, was among the six persons arrested on charges of spying for the East German Communists. Spandau prison's only inmate, Rudolph Hess, marked his 80th birthday Friday. Hess, a former deputy to Adolph Hitler, was in- carcerated in 1948 after con- viction of war crimes in the Nuremberg trials. A $5.18 billion foreign aid proposal was sent to Congress Wednesday by President Nixon. If approved, the bill would be a 72% increase in foreign aid allotment for the 1975 fiscal year. The money is to be aimed at helping nations in the Middle East and Indo-China. The Franklin National Bank in New York raised its prime len- ding rate to an unprecedented 1 1% on Friday. Security analysts announced that the nation's largest oil com- pany, Exxon, increased its profits in the first quarter of this year by 118%, not the 39% reported by the company, thus totaling the firm's gains to over a billion dollars. While a San Francisco grand jury continued its investigation of the bank robbery in which Patricia Hearst allegedly took part, a federal court injunction was issued forbidding police to continue their stop-and-search tactics used in tracking down the "Zebra" killer. The 15-count indictment in the John Mitchell - Maurice Stans "influence-peddling" trial was turned over to the jury for deliberation on Thursday after dramatic summations by the defense and prosecuting at- torneys. announcing. . . CAP comments PAGE 4 PROFILE MAY 3. 1974 whAT's hAppEtiinq P ero Week is held here ww B beautiful and cruel princess in compositions. A young g Atlanta Symphony The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Associate Conductor Michael Palmer, will perform its last family concert for this season Sun., May 5, 2:30 p.m. at Stone Mountain Park Amphiteater. The concert is made possible by a grant from DeKalb County. The program includes Berlioz' Overture to "The Roman Carnival"; Bizet's "Carmen," Suite No. 1; Bernstein's Overture to "Candide," Rimsky- Korsakov's Capriccio Espagnol; Rossini's Overture to "William Tell"; Brahms' Hungarian Dance No. 5; Dvorak's Slavonic Dance No. 1 ; Sibelius' "Finlandia," and Sousa's "Semper Fidelis" March. Michael Palmer joined the Atlanta Symphony in the summer of 1967 as Assistant Conductor. In 1972, he was ap- pointed Associate "Conductor by Robert Shaw. A native of In- dianapolis, Indiana, Palmer became interested in conducting when he was only 1 2 years old. At age 14, he organized a youth symphony in Indianapolis, then went on to study piano and con- ducting at Indiana University. He conducts many of the Young People's Concerts at Symphony Hall, has conducted three of this season's subscription concerts and frequently conducts the Atlanta Symphony on tour. A 1 974 season park sticker is required for entry into Stone Mountain Park and may be purchased at the gate for $2.00. Tickets for the concert are available through the Atlanta Symphony Office, 1280 Peachtree Street, NE, Atlanta, Ga. 30309. Mail requests must be accompanied by a self-ad- dressed, stamped envelope. Leonard Pennario Performs with Atlanta Symphony Renowned pianist, Leonard Pennario, will perform with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in subscription concerts, Thurs., Fn. and Sat., May 2, 3, and 4, at 8:30 p.m. in Symphony Hall. Robert Shaw will conduct the program which includes Mozart's Symphony No. 40, and first Atlanta Symphony performances of Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 2 and Leonard Bernstein's Symphony No. 2, "Age of Anxiety," both featuring Mr. Pennario. Tickets for the concerts are on sale, scaled $2.60 to $7.30, at the Atlanta Symphony Box Of- fice in the Memorial Arts Center, phone 892-2414. Student rush line tickets are offered one half hour before concert time for $2.10 for best available seats. Music Hall Buffy St. Marie will appear at the Great Southeast Music Hall on Fn , Sat. and Sun., May 3, 4 and 5. Tickets are $4.50 for Fri- day and Saturday nights and $3.50 for Sunday night. Jazz flute player Tim Weisberg will-be at the Hall on Mon., May 6, with tickets selling for $3.50. Performing at the Hall from May 7-12 will be Hoyt Axton, writer of the Kingston Trio's "Greenback Dollar," Steppenwolf s "Snowblind Friend," and Three Dog Night's "Joy to the World ." Appearing with Axton will be the London group Orphan. Tickets will be $3.50 for Friday and Saturday nights and $2.50 for all other nights. Goose Creek Symphony will play at the Hall on Mon , May 13. Tickets for the performance are $4. Banjo player Eric Weissberg, noted for the theme from Deliverance, will be at the Hall from May 14-19. Tickets sell for $3.50 for Friday and Saturday nights and $2.50 for all other nights Judith Blegen as Sophie in Strauss' "Der Rosenkavalier." by SUSAN BALCH The Metropolitan Opera will be in Atlanta May 6-11 to present the 64th Atlanta Opera Season. The annual event is conducted under the auspicesof the Atlanta Music Festival As- sociation, Inc., in cooperation with the Atlanta Junior League. Operas to be performed include works by Verdi, Puccini, Rossini, Strauss, Offenbach and Mozart. Opera Week will begin Mon., May 6, with Verdi's I Vespri Siciliani. The opera, a new production for the Metropolitan Opera Company, is set in Palermo during the Middle Ages and involves royal romance and intrigue. The second opera, also a new production for the company, is Les Contes d'Hoffman, by Jacques Offenbach. There is a prologue, which takes place in a tavern, followed by three acts and an epilogue, again set in the tavern. Each of the acts is a story of one of Hoffman's un- successful attempts to find love. Soprano Joan Sutherland will have a leading role in this opera, which will be presented Tuesday night. Mozart's famous Don Giovanni will be performed Wednesday evening. The story, briefly, concerns a libertine who, after several amatory episodes, is confronted with his sins and, failing to repent, is damned. Sherrill Milres has the title role. Turandot, by Giuseppe Puc- cini, is a fairy-tale opera about a Class rank (continued from page 1) The following list contains the average freshman quality point ratio earned in the past five years: Class entering in 1968: 1 44 Class entering in 1969: 1 .44 Class entering in 1970 1 47 Class entering in 1 971 1 .55 Class entering in 1 972 1 59 How the present freshmen have performed for their first session here cannot be known until their grade point averages (quality point ratios) are determined after final grades are available China. Puccini died shortly after he finished the rough draft for the final act, and the work was completed by a friend, Franco Alvano. This three-act opera will be performed Thursday. Friday evening, the opera Der Rosenkavalier will be performed. This light comic opera by Richard Strauss takes place in Vienna during the reign of Maria Theresa. Marion Lippert plays the aging heroine who surrenders her young lover to a younger woman in a work full of disguises, love, and waltzes. L'ltaliana in Algeri, the Satur- day matinee, is another new production for the Metropolitan Opera. Marilyn Home will sing in Rossini's two-act opera set mostly in a palace in Algiers. The Atlanta Opera Season will conclude Saturday evening with another work by Giuseppi Puc- cini, Madama Butterfly. This work, which took three years to compose, is said to be the work Puccini valued the most of all his Enrico Di Giuseppe as Lindoro in Rossini's "L'ltaliana in Algeri." compositions. A young geisha marries an American sailor who deserts her shortly after the wedding. After she has waited faithfully for three years, during which time she bears his child, the sailor returns with his American wife. Madame Butterfly agrees to let them adopt the child and, at the close of the opera, commits suicide. The Atlanta Music Festival presented an "Opera Sampler" in early April. They provided summaries of the stories and musical excerpts from each of the operas scheduled. After opening night, an After-Opera party will be sponsored by the Atlanta Music Festival and the Atlanta Junior League. Art awards to be given to students by DELLA McMILLAN The final judging for the Dalton Art awards will take place Fri., May 1 7, at 3 p.m. This year's entries will be judged by Edward Ross, noted Atlanta artist and teacher at Atlanta College of Art. Four awards will be made. For two dimensional artthere will be a $50 purchase prize, as well as $20 and $10 merit awards. Winners will be announced at Honors Day convocation on the following Wednesday. The win- ning works will be seen in a student art exhibit, especially featuring works of seniors, May 26 June 9. The Dalton awards are given annually to the College by Harry L. Dalton, contributor of the Dalton Galleries and the Dalton art collection. All entries must be in by noon May 17. Harvard professor at philosophy meet Dr. Stanley L. Cavell, a native Atlantan and Harvard University philosophy professor, will lec- ture Sat., May 4, at Agnes Scott before a joint meeting of the Georgia Philosophical Society and the Philosophy Section of the University Center in Georgia. Dr. Cavell will speak on "Criteria and Privacy" at 10a.m. in Rebekah Reception Room. The day before, May 3, he will lecture at Georgia State University on "A Reading of 'Philadelphia Story'" (film showing and commentary) at 8 p m. in the General Classroom Building, Room 200G Both lec- tures aro open to the public, free of charge. The Walter M Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and General Theory of Value at Harvard, Dr. Cavell is considered to be a foremost commentator on the works of 20th century linguistic philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein and, in his own right, a well known writer on aesthetics. He is author of The Senses of Walden (1 972), Must We Mean What We Say? (1 969) and The World Viewed: Reflec- tions on the Ontology of Film (1971). A graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, Dr. Cavell earned his doctorate at Harvard. He has been a fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studiesat Princeton and has taught at the University of California at Berkeley. THE MROFMLE Vol. LX-No. 23 announcing. . . AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE - DECATUR. GEORGIA 30030. May 10, 1974 Cancer Detection Seminar A cancer detection seminar is being sponsored by the Board of Student Activities Wed. May 1 5, 7-8:30 p.m. in 109 Dana. The DeKalb Chapter of the American Cancer Society will show two films: the first about uterine cancer, and the second on self-examination of breasts. This is the last of the practical courses BSA will sponsor this year. Pioneers of Modern Painting Georges Seurat is the subject of the film series Pioneers of Modern Painting Tues., May 14. Showings will be in 1 09 Dana at 5:15 and 8:15 p.m. The six-part series is narrated by Kenneth Clark and is open to the public. Notification Deadline Professors must notify their students by Wed., May 1 5 of all the remaining written work of the quarter tests, papers, exams, etc. Independent Presented Studies Mortar Board is sponsoring a program for the campus to meet and talk with those who have done independent study this year on Wed., May 1 5, 2:30-4:30 p.m. in Rebekah Reception Room. SGA meets The Student Government As- sociation will meet Thurs., May 16 at 11:30 a.m. in Gaines to vote on proposed changes in the SGA constitution. Students are urged to attend by Mary Gay Morgan, president of the as- sociation, since business cannot be transacted without a quorum. Course Selection Week New catalogues arrived Tues., May 7 for course selection, which will begin Tues., May 14. Explanations of procedure will be made in class meetings at chapel time Mon., May 13. Students will have a week to fill in their course cards and major cards, if they have a major. Conferences with major profes- sors and faculty advisors should be scheduled for this week. Fund and theatre re-naming honor the retiring Winter by EVA GANTT A speech and drama fund has been established, the Blackfriars Theater has been renamed, and a portrait has been presented to the College to honor Roberta Winter, chairman of the Department of Speech and Drama, who retires at the end of this session; Ruth McAliley, president of Blackfriars, an- nounced the creation of the fund and unveiled the portrait of Miss Winter in ceremonies following the final performance of Blithe Spirit on Sat., May 4. Blackfriars sent letters to over 1000 former members of the drama club and friends of Miss Winter, the letters requesting contributions to the fund. Almost $1500 has been received in response to the letters. The Board of Trustees will add another $2000 to the fund. The Board is giving this amount to each of the four departments from which a professor is retiring this year. The Roberta Powers Winter (continued on page 4) w This photograph was used for the portrait of Miss Winter which will hang in Dana. Lectures, music, and boll ore highlights of fourth inougurol by PATTY PEARSON Inaugural festivities for President Perry begin Wed., May 1 5 at 11:15 a.m. in Presser with a lecture by Josephine Jacobsen, poetry consultant to the Library of Congress. She will be followed by Dr. Jeanne Ad- dison Roberts, an Agnes Scott alumna, who will speak on Fri., May 1 7, at 1 1 :1 5 a.m. in Presser. That same night at 8:15, the Agnes Scott music faculty and glee club, along with the glee clubs of Spelman and Georgia Tech, will present a musical program. Listed in "Who's Who of American Women," Josephine Jacobsen has just published her sixth volume of poetry. Among her other works are Marble Satyrs (1928), Let Each Man Remember (1940) for which she won the Louise Imogen Clark Award, and The Animal Inside (1966). She was appointed poetry consultant to the Library of Congress in 1 971 and in 1 973 was appointed Honorary Con- sultant in American Letters to the Library of Congress for a period of six years. Mrs. Jacobsen was the first woman since Elizabeth Bishop (1949- 50) to be named Consultant in Poetry and the fourth woman since the inception of the position 37 years ago. In 1973, she also received a Residency Fellowship with the McDowell Writers, and in 1974, she was awarded an honorary doctorate in Human Letters from the College of Notre Dame in Maryland. Mrs. Jacobsen was born in Coburg, Canada to American parents and was educated by private tutors. She and her husband, Eric, have one son. Dr. Jeanne Addison Roberts, whose lecture topic will be "Shakespeare's Prince Hal as a Model for Career Women," graduated from Agnes Scott in 1 946 and got her Ph.D. from the University of Virginia in 1964, where she received a Danforth Grant from 1962-63. From 1952-56, Dr. Roberts taught at the American Bi-National Center in Bangkok, Thailand and from 1956-60 taught at Beiruit College of Women where she eventually became chairman of the English Dept. In 1960 she became associate professor of English at American University where she now holds the position of Dean of Faculties and Professor of Literature. Her specialties are Milton, Shakespeare, and Elizabethan drama and she belongs to the Modern Language Association of America and Shakespeare As- sociation of America. In 1 959 Dr. Roberts published Language through Literature. Her name is listed in "The Directory of American Scholars." The program Friday evening is entitled "Invitation to Music." The Scott, Tech, and Spelman glee clubs will be conducted by Theodore Matthews of Agnes Scott. There will be faculty performances by violinist John Adams, pianists Jay Fuller and Michael McDowell, and organist Raymond Martin. An intermis- sion will follow the faculty performances before the glee take place on Saturday with Alex clubs perform music by Debus- sy, Haydn, Randall Thompson and others. The concert will be at 8:1 5 p.m. in Gaines. The inauguration itself will Gaines, Chairman of the Board of Trustees officiating. An Inaugural Ball will be given that night. (For a map, please see page 4.) Schedule of Events for Saturday 9 a.m. Inaugural Chapel Service, Maclean Auditorium 11 a.m. Inauguration Ceremonies, Little Quadrangle Instrumental Prelude The Processional Invocation, Wallace M. Alston Greetings Georgia, Gov. Jimmy Carter; Decatur, Mayor Wiley Ansley; alumnae, Mary Curtis Tucker, president of the alumnae association; the students, Mary Gay Morgan, president of the student body; the faculty, M. Kathryn Ghck; the trustees, Hal Smith. Induction Fanfare Address Marvin Perry, Jr. Benediction Wallace M. Alston 1 p.m. luncheon for delegates and special guests; students are asked to eat in the LDH. 9 p.m. Inaugural Ball PAGE 2 PROFILE/MAY 10, 1974 Responsibilities For an entire year, Agnes Scott has discussed the viability of a liberal arts college and the intrinsic worth of the liberal arts. The sub- ject has been pursued publicly in speeches from Miss Matfeld for Honors Day, Mr. Leyburn for Founder's Day, Mrs. Pepperdene for Sophomore Parents Weekend and with Rep Council, and Mrs. Woods for Mortar Board Convocation. The Trustees Committee on Student Affairs has turned again and again to the question as have students and faculty in private discussions. The majority have con- cluded that the liberal arts have a continuing vitality This vitality we find very difficult to put a name to or label on. The "intellectual at- mosphere" is a poor description of the joy of attending a college like Agnes Scott, but it seems to be the label most often used. Attendance Whatever we call the peculiar and particular quality of this college, it is maintained, at least in part, by our acceptance of three res- ponsibilities. First, we ought, for our own sakes, support the public activities of the College. This spring, Dr. Himmelfarb, a dis- tinguished historian and Dr. Ridgway, a noted archaeologist, have lectured here. Programs like the Writing Festival and Glee Club concert with the Candler Choraliers have been sponsored. The attendance at these events can best be described as miserable. For us to plead busyness is a poor excuse, since these are the events for which one makes the time. The lectures and events are planned for us, often by us, and it seems we miss a major part of our life at college if we neglect these special activities. Academics Secondly, the student has a responsibility for her classes. The strength of the academic program of the College is dependent upon faculty and students. The Committee on Academic Problems has in the past often served as a means for students to consider and comment on the way of life at Agnes Scott. Although fallen into disuse over the past two years, the interest of the student body would revitalize CAP and make it a useful forum again. Service Our third responsibility seems to me to be service. The College needs a variety of talents. In every task, there is drudgery, but there is a pleasure and satisfaction that outweigh the mechanical efforts that accompany our creative ones. We come to a College built, main- tained and strengthened by those who served "with a willing heart." We remind ourselves of this service as we go to convocation in Gaines Chapel, use McCain Library, or plan to attend a Blackfriars' production in Winter Theater. Their lives serve as inspiration more than example. Our choice of Agnes Scott is our assumption of these res- ponsibilities. There are others which I have not mentioned. Reading what I have written, it sounds extremely moral andas Miss Glickhas pointed out, being moral is out of fashion. I am not berating anyone as much as I am reminding myself, and perhaps you, of what it means to be a student here. Joyce McKee, editor R THE MROFILE AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE DECATUR, GA. 30030 THE PROFILE is published weekly throughout the college year by students of Agnes Scott College. The views expressed in the editorial section are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the view of the student body, faculty or ad- ministration. Letters are welcome and should be no longer than one and a half typed pages and should be signed. Names may be withheld upon request. All letters are subject to normal editing. Permission is given to reprint if credited. Entered as first class mail at Agnes Scott Post Office. editor / Joyce McKee associate editor / Eva Gantt business manager j Debi Belt STAFF: Susan Balch, Marene Emanuel, Ann Fincher, Nell Jordan, Jane Maas, Delia McMillan, Patty Pearson, Bonnie Pedersen, Lynn Summer, Lynn Wilson. Jane Maas, Susan Pirkle Off campus circulation / Sandra Saseen, manager;Bonnie| Jopling, Frances Wicks To the editor: As Chairman of the Board of Trustees Student Affairs Com- mittee, I want to express genuine gratitude to the students who have helped us feel the pulse of the Agnes Scott community by their attendance at the February and April meetings with members of the committee. It was a privilege to have the opportunity to be with all of you in a very informal, relaxed atmosphere and to listen to your thoughts and concerns about the campus. Your pride in the campus and your zealous en- thusiasm for its continuing excellence is obvious to us. I speak for the other members of the committee who were in attendance . . . Mr. Gaines, Dr. Philips, and Mrs. Read ... in say- ing that Agnes Scott is certainly one of our top priorities, and we realize that the strength of all of Agnes Scott's tomorrows is to be found in the quality of com- mitment now of all those in- volved in this great community ... students, faculty, ad- ministration, alumnae, and trustees. . . . With God's guidance may we continue to unite in offering to Agnes Scott our very best resources to keep it a vibrant, vital academic com- munity. Sis Newsome In the real world by LYNN SUMMER In the world's largest art theft, 1 9 masterpiece paintings valued at $20 million were stolen from millionaire owner Sir Alfred Beit in Blessington, Ireland and recovered undamaged 200 miles away in County Cork eight days later. Police suspect the outlawed Irish Republican Army's Provisional Wing to be responsible for the theft, which included works of Rubens, Vermeer, and Goya. The drawing of a demarcation line in the Golan Heights between Israeli and Syrian forces was the subject of Secretary of State Henry Kis- singer's talks with Middle East leaders over the week-end. After conferring with Jordanian and Syrian officials, he returned to Jerusalem where it was an- nounced that Soviet leader Gromyko would meet with Dr. Kissinger Tuesday on the island of Capri to further discuss disengagement plans. Socialist Francois Mitterrand and Conservative Giscard d'Es- taing were chosen by French voters Sunday as candidates for the French presidency, to be determined on May 1 9 in a final run-off election. Exxon employee Victor Samuelson, held captive for 5 months by Marxist Argentine guerrillas, was released Monday April 30, six weeks after Exxon paid an unprecedented $14.2 million ransom. Fierce rioting erupted Sunday between Hindus and Moslems in New Delhi in which 5 persons were killed and an unknown number wounded; border security forces were called in to Inauguration attendance In informal convocation Wednesday, Dr. Perry re-af- firmed his wish that students take an active part in the inaugural ceremonies and enjoy the many events planned on campus. He stated that in the event of rain, priority will be given to students in the seating in Gaines, after the invited guests He stated that there should be ample room with space available in Maclean to watch the ceremony over closed-circuit television. aid police, while the army was put on alert. In a meeting Wednesday which lasted until midnight, the House Judiciary Committee voted 20-18 to charge President Nixon with noncompliance in supplying the Watergate tapes requested in its subpoena. Although deciding the edited transcripts released by the President Monday were inade- quate, the Committee did not cite the President for contempt of Congress. This week, the House Judiciary Committee commences an intensive inves- tigation of the documents and tapes already in its possession. A report will then be made of its findings to the House, which in turn will decide if grounds for impeachment exist. A New York jury acquitted former Nixon cabinet members John Mitchell and Maurice Stans on all 1 5 counts of perjury, conspiracy, and obstruction of justice. Supermarkets and drugstores are experiencing a flood of personal hygiene materials. Do you realize that most of these are soaps? Why does one need so many cleansers? In pioneer days they used only one soap for everything. We use different products for clothes, dishes, body, hair and teeth. They really aren't necessary. Recently, on a morning after the night before, Gloria Drinkstoomuch got con- fused with all the soaps. She washed her hair with Flab and did her laundry with Dose-up. There was no noticable difference although she did wonder why her athletic socks had that minty green smell. It is probably a plot of Lockedher and Scrambled. A typical interview for a job in their research lab goes like this: Well, Mr. Plentysud, the most important qualification for em- ployment in our lab is creativity. What new products can you en- vision? Sir, soap has always been my field. I have found thatthe nailof the left big toe benefits from a mild lye soap. If you employ me, I will develop this product. Good Marvelous! I've always thought the big toe needed a special soap and that will go well with our new dandelion left ankle wash We've got most of the body taken care of now . . . Hmm . . . Do you think we can scent it tomato? We are promoting the vegetable garden smell now. You know our slogan "Beat the artificial blahs Smell like a garden!" Sadie N. Needosomething tried Lockedher and Scram- bled's new line of skin products. They did leave her clean and fresh smelling, but there was one problem. She attracted every insect within a two-mile radius. Spirits of the past Editor's note: Spirit Committee by JOY CUNNINGHAM On a lonely night in the library, if your mind is boggled by books and numbed by the day's drilling, take a quick study break and get a few laughts from past issues of The Profile and its great- grandmother The Agonistic. Perhaps there we could find solutions to some of the problems that seem to be nagg- ing our campus. The sophomore class of '26 '27 cherished a concept of a liberal arts education that perhaps could be revived. The sophomores, in has contributed the following: order to uphold their Alma Mater, pledged to teach in- coming freshmen "the housewifely duties so dear to a maiden's heart such as sweeping, bed-making, etc., and to show her the simple manner of a school girl. " (The Agonistic, Sept. 29, 1926) Moreover, the erudite sophomores forbade freshmen to boost their beauty with any sort of cosmetic so that "their natural physiognomy" could be "rightfully discerned." Ah, those were the days when we were all united as the "plain- faced sisteren" of Agnes Scott. PROFILE/MAY 10, 1974 Arts Festival opens here by ANN FINCHER Arts Festival of Atlanta, Inc., will present the twenty-second annual Arts Festival of Atlanta in Piedmont Park May 12-19. The Festival is open to the public. The Festival, one of the oldest municipal outdoor art shows in the nation, is a non-profit organization that encourages southern artists and provides cultural stimulation for the Atlanta community. This stimulation includes exhibits of paintings, sculptures, photography and handicrafts, performing arts, and lectures and demonstrations by nationally known artists. The 1974 exhibition will feature 200 pieces from a variety of art media, including African Bobo and Dan masks, a Dufy watercolor "Flowers" and a limited edition, handsigned Miro lithograph. These works will be sold in addition to jewelry, tapes- try and pottery. The festival also serves as a showcase for many performing groups. Last year during the eight-day festival, more than 250,000 people enjoyed performances of the Atlanta Romeo and Juliet is disappointment by SUSAN GAMBLE For those who were captivated by the Franco Zeffirelli produc- tion of Romeo and Juliet five years ago, the Alliance Theater Company's presentation, directed by Fred Chappell, proves to be a keen disap- pointment. Although the cos- tumes are splendid, the music, staging and lighting authen- tically Elizabethan, the essential tragedy of the play is lost by weak character portrayal on the part of most of the company. To begin with, Romeo and Juliet are hampered by physical considerations which make them appear almost ludicrous: the "star-crossed lovers" are, further "crossed" by their heights. As far as Juliet is concerned, her tragedy is that of a child; but the diminutive K. T. Baumann, although she possesses the right sense of character, looks more like a pixie sprite than a love-struck classic heroine. Romeo (Davis Hall), also singularly small in stature, swoons and lurches about the stage so much that he begins to look as if he has the falling sickness instead of a love- smitten heart. Their essential failure, however, lies in the lack of that "intangible genuineness" which simply draws the line between a fine actor and a fair one. If we are fair-minded enough to attribute our disappointment with the hero and heroine to pre- conceived notions due to past laudable performances, we say, "Ah, butthereare still the nurse, Friar Lawrence, the Capulets and Montagues and all the rest to which Shakespeare gave so much potential." Alas, our hopes are doomed here also. The Capulets (Mitchell Edmonds and Mary Ann Hearn), and the Mon- tagues (John MacEachron and Deirdre Owens) are merely satisfactory; Tybalt (Brad Blaisdell), Benvolio (Gary Deaton), and Paris (Howard Brunner) do little to distinguish themselves. Dana Ivey's portrayal of the nurse exudes the proper spark and vitality Shakespeare so artfully gave her, but Friar Lawrence (Arthur Hammer) commits the most fatal faux pas I have ever seen done in a production of Shakespeare: his Batman-like exclamation in the second act will appall the purist, although it does remain con- sistent with the insipidness and half-hearted seriousness he upholds through his entire performance. If the play has but one saving grace, it is Mercutio. Those who remember his highly acclaimed performances in ATC's Count Dracula and Tobacco Road will once again be captivated by Philip Pleasants' spirited ban- dying as the ribald Mercutio. He plays this many-faceted character to its robust limit: from the smutty jokes to the hot- headed pride which leads to his destruction, Mercutio runs away with the show. Regretfully, the play loses whatever momentum it was gainingthrough Mercutio's ram- bunctious quarreling upon the death of this gentleman in the beginning of the third act. It is (continued on page 4) Symphony Orchestra and 120 musical, dramatic and dance groups including the Atlanta Ballet, Theatre Atlanta, the Kruger Sinfonietta, the Southern Ballet, the Youth Symphony of Atlanta, the Alliance Theatre and the Atlanta Children's Theatre. The Festival also features open-air workshops and demonstration groups in which artists share their talents with the public. During the 1973 Festival, seven nationally known judges lec- tured. The Atlanta Arts Festival began as a two-day art exhibit of seven artists in a studio courtyard in the fall of 1954. The following spring the Arts Festival, with the cooperation of Atlanta's Parks and Recreation Department, moved to Piedmont Park so that more citizens could enjoy the Festival. Since 1954 attendance has multiplied ten times. The Arts Festival of Atlanta, Inc., the agency which sponsors the Festival, is a non-profit civic and educational corporation supported financially by dues- paying members, business firms and the city of Atlanta. Two events held prior tothe May Fes- tival contribute to the funding. An Art Auction was held at Phipps Plaza in March, and Sammy Davis, Jr., gave a benefit performance in Atlanta in April. All proceeds from both the Art Auction and the Sammy Davis, Jr. Special Event will be used to finance the Arts Festival. During past years, both merit prizes and scholarships and grants have been awarded to selected participants in the Arts Festival. Prize money is available through the contributions to the Festival and the proceeds from sales at the auction and in the Park. Purchase awards make possible the permanent collec- tion of the Festival. Blithe Spirit lacks polish by BARBARA WILLIAMS The Agnes Scott Blackfriars closed their 1973-74 season with an entertaining but un- polished performance of Blithe Spirit, a farce by the dis- tinguished British playwright Noel Coward. Although Blithe Spirit is one of the Blackfriars' most successful ventures in the realm of comedy, the production was marred by several players' apparent unfamiliarity with their lines. The momentum of the show lagged and the audience fidgeted while these actors stumbled, mumbled, and omitted parts of the script. Fortunately, the other performers knew their lines and were able to brighten the otherwise tedious dialogue. Ruth McManus both saved and stole the show with her exuberant portrayal of Madame Arcati, the aging medium called in to conduct a seance. With her jingling bracelets, flea-bitten fur cape, and inimitable manner, Madame Arcati dominated the play from her first appearance on stage to her last exit. Other memorable performances in- cluded Carolyn McKinney as Mrs. Bradman and KateKuss- row as Edith, a rather obtuse but lovable maid. The technical aspects and special effects of Blithe Spirit were remarkably well done and quite effective. With minor exceptions, make-up, costumes, and set design were also well planned and executed. Details such as the wearing of platform heels with a bath robe and the hodgepodge of furniture styles and accessories certainly weren't aesthetically pleasing, but they didn't seriously affect the overall impact of the play. PAGE 3 wIiats hAppEninq Academy Theatre Two psychological thrillers, Lanford Wilson's Home Free and Olwen Wymark's Stay Where You Are, will be presented by the . Academy Theatre tonight, tomorrow and next Friday and Saturday (May 17 and 18). Lanford Wilson is author also of The Hot'l Baltimore, The Rimers of Eldritch and (with Tennessee Williams) the recent TV special, The Migrants. In Home Free he sets in motion a brother and sister living and dreaming together in their private, sequestered world. Martha Rush plays Joanna, the sister who ventures outside, and Jeff Woodward is Lawrence, who doesn't dare. Agenteel young woman helps a rubbishy old woman home in Stay Where You Are, and ends up doing just that: staying, ensnared without strings, caught by her fear of losing control. Gay Griggs plays Ellen, the trapped young woman; Yvonne Tenney is Nina, the manipulating old woman; Bob Moyer plays Teddy, Nina's cohort; and Larry Larson is David, Ellen's lover. All performances begin at 8:30 p.m. Admissions Friday and Satur- day are $2. Reservations can be secured by calling 261-8550. Seed & Feed Theatre Kelly's Seed and Feed Theatre will present Bertolt Brecht's Baal, a powerful and brutal study of the Bohemian personality, every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, tonight through June 2, at 8 p.m. Baal, a traveling musician, is boorish, ugly, and amoral, but his exuberant sensuality is perversely attractive. He constantly lusts for "something with the face of a woman" but callously discards those he seduces. Kelly Morris has rewritten the play for the production at the Seed and Feed Theatre. Original songs with lyrics by Tom Cullen and music by Jack Ames, who also plays Baal, are interspersed throughout nineteen short scenes. Performances are at 166 Garnett Street. Reservations may be made by calling 525-3962 between noon and 5 p.m. Prater's Mill Fair The Prater's Mill Country Fair, an arts and crafts show with a coun- try fair atmosphere, will be held on May 1 1 and 12 at the historic Prater's Mill near Dalton. Some of the crafts to be represented and demonstrated are scrim- shaw, the ancient art of etching on whale bone, metal sculpting, charcoal portrait sketching, wood turning on a hand-operated lathe, leather tooling, custom sign making, quilting and potting. Entertainment at the fair includes local bands andcountry andfolk singing groups. For children there will be pony rides and a covered wagon pulled by four miniature mules, as well as a petting zoo of small farm animals. Country food is a specialty of the Prater's Mill Country Fair. Ladies from the area offer homemade vegetable soup, cornbread made from the mill's freshly ground meal, churned ice cream and baked items such as cakes, breads and cookies. Relishes and hoop cheeses are also available. There will be an old-fashioned candy counter with such favorites as rock candy, licorice, horehound candy, taffy, jawbreakers andcin- namon sticks. The Prater's Mill Country Fair will be open from 10 a.m. -6 p.m. on Sat., May 11, and from 12 noon - 6 p.m. on Sun., May 12. Admission is 500 for adults and children under 12 free. All proceeds go toward restoration of Prater's Mill and Store. Architecture in Atlanta "Architecture in Atlanta," the get-to-know-your-city free tour program sponsored by the Atlanta Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, features two churches on Sun., May 1 2, from 2-5 p.m. Episcopal Cathedral St. Philip, 2744 Peachtree Road, is designed in traditional Gothic style with high vaulted ceilings, stained glass and stone masonry. The Central Congregational Church, 2676 Clairmont Road, NE, is contemporary, tailored into the lay of its natural site. The area of worship with its 26-foot high hand-hewn cross is surrounded by tinted glass walls providing a background of trees. Bette Davis films The first two in a series of eight Bette Davis films will be shown at the High Museum's Hill Auditorium on Thurs., May 16, beginning at 8 p.m. All This and Heaven Too, with Charles Boyer, is a romantic drama (continued on page 4) PAGE 4 PROFILE/MAY 10, 1974 wNats hApptninq Mop (continued from page 3) recounting the scandal of a French aristocrat who kills his jealous wife and takes up with the governess of his children. The Letter, directed by William Wyler, is the story of a wife who is on trial for murdering her lover and who must retrieve a letter in- criminating her. The film features Herbert Marshall. Tickets are $1 for Museum members, $1 .50 for students, and $2 for the general public. Reservations may be made by calling 892- 3600, ext. 302. Tickets may be purchased at the door before each showing or in advance in the Museum office Mon.- Fri. from 1 0 a.m. - 5 p.m. beginning Mon., May 13. Winter (continued Speech and Drama Fund will be used to buy needed equipment for the newly named Winter Theater, to sponsor guest lec- turers and performers, and generally "to promote the dramatic arts program on cam- pus." President Marvin B. Perry, Jr., accepted the portrait on behalf of the College and revealed the Board's contribution to the fund and the renaming of the theater. When the portrait was presented, Miss Winter received a standing ovation. The painting from page 1 ) will hang in the lobby of Dana. Miss Winter was honored at a formal reception Saturday night. All those receiving letters from Blackfriars had been invited to the play and the reception. Miss Winter has directed 49 major Blackfriars productions. She has published a play, Bridal Chorus. She was graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Agnes Scott in 1927 with a degree in mathematics. She held several male roles in Blackfriars produc- tions during her years as a student. to Ball To the right is shown the map of Executive Park. The ball room is located under the parking lot which is heavily outlined. Dr. Perry emphasized in informal convocation that students with or without dates are welcome to the ball. Music will be provided by the Dean Hudson Orchestra who also played for the '40's Dance sponsored by Social Council. The ball will conclude inauguration festivities that begin Wednesday. Profs make summer plans Demo candidates speak at Scott by MARENE EMANUEL Rep. George Busbee and Ms. Kate McKenzie, representing Sen. Bobby Rowan, were on campus April 29 for a gubernatorial forum sponsored by the Young Democrats. Both Busbee and Rowan are Democratic candidates for Governor of Georgia. Busbee stated the main thrust of his plans for the state would include ethics, consumer rights, and improved education. Busbee calls himself a "workhorse" and promises "common sense government" if he is elected. He emphasized the need for future disclosures on sources of cam- paign contributions and how the money is spent. He proposed to take stronger steps for con- sumer protection through the state Consumer Protection Agency. Inthe area of education, Busbee stressed the importance of correcting deficiencies in the system and providing more money for improvement saying, "more money for the education, more education for the money." When questioned, Busbee said he would abolish the office of the Lt Governor or give it more power. In addition, Busbee defended the Atlanta Police Department, opposed any legislation of drugs, and defended the right of citizens to bear arms (except hand guns) for their own protection Ms McKenzie spoke for Sen. Rowan, calling him a "practical, effective, popular politician." Rowan's main areas of interest, said Ms McKenzie. are in men- tal health, conservation of natural resources, and education. His plans include a mental health bill of rights for patients, and an extended program of rehabilitation for former patients. In education, Rowan is in favor of an early childhood development program, and more concern for special education. by MARENE EMANUEL Have you ever wondered what your professors do during summer vacation? Here are some of the answers The Profile received when it posed the ques- tion to the faculty at Agnes Scott. Miss Ammons: plans to write a paper on "goal setting" in curriculum planning at the re- quest of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. She also will begin her part of a book on elementary physical education. Mr. Bicknese: will direct the Agnes Scott Summer Study Program at Marburg from June 27 to August 12. Mr. Volkoff: will be writing, writing, writing; also, fencing and fencing. Mr. Westervelt: will teach non-credit summer workshops in "Stoneare and Raku Pottery" for four-and eight-week ses- sions beginning June 17. Ms. Campbell: will either goto YEAR-ROUND Vinings Ridge Ski Area . . . overlooking Atlanta skyline . . . artificial snow surface that skis just like real snow . . . 500 ft. slope . . . lift . . . rac- ing program . . . lessons . . . bar with beer, wine & specialty drinks (Easy Rider, Snow Bird, etc.) . . . open year round . . . day & night - - 12 noon to 10:30 . . . 432-9563 India for 8 weeks to study Gan- dhi's strategy of non-violent op- position, or will study German at The Goethe Institute in Boppard, West Germany. Ms. Kramer: will finish her dissertation on Reinhold Schneider at the University of Texas in Austin. Mr. Weber: teaching a couple of coursesat DeKalb Community College, and working on a research project dealing with the role of the arts in human development, in which he is particularly interested in the relationship between learning and expressive activity done in conjunction with learning ac- tivities. Mrs. Pepe: will teach in the ASC Program in Spain June 12 August 9. Mr. Siegchrist: work on articles on Joyce, Matthew Arnold, and Browning in Vermont. On Aug. 1, he will begin teaching at Marquette University in Milwaukee. Mr. Brown: is going to England NEW PERSONALIZED AD- VICE AND INFORMATION SERVICE MORGAN and ASSOCIATES is a professional staff designed to help people with the pursu- ing issues of life. Do you have a problem? Are you lonely? Are you adjusting to a collegiate environment? Are you having difficulty talking to your parents, your friends, your instructors, your counselors, etc. Let MORGAN be your confident and help you solve the pursuing complexities of life. 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Even the tomb scene, fraught with so much dramatic possibility that even the most hardened of hearts will often shed a tear, leaves us cold. No one's strife seems to be buried and it is with a nostalgic sense of longing that we slowly saunter out of the theater dissatisfied with this "two hours' traffic of our stage." For Fine Handmade Quilts- old and new Call, mornings and evenings. 233-3853 EUROPE- ISRAEL- AFRICA Travel discounts year-round. Student Air Travel Agency, Inc. 201 Allen Rd. Suite 410, Atlanta, Ga. 30328 (404) 256-4258 THE MROFILE Vol. LX-No. 24 Lighting and sign changes revealed AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE DECATUR. GEORGIA 30030 May 17. 1974 by DELLA McMILLAN This summer there will be an over-all reorganization of Agnes Scott's lighting marking part of a projected five year plan for cam- pus improvement. There have been many complaints over the years about the difficulty in fin- ding one's way around the cam- pus, Dr. Perry has noted. It has also been noted that adequate and safe lighting has not been expanded with additions. A five-year improvement program of the current campus has been formulated by the Trustees Buildings and Grounds Committee in conjunction with landscape architect Clyde Rob- bins. It was decided to first concentrate on development of the campus lighting and marking systems. In a February meeting, Mr. Robbins presented the plans to an informal group of faculty, administration, alumnae, and students. The plans were reviewed and approved. Further opinions were sought at various plan-viewings held outside the President's office. Originally it was hoped to con- tinue the present system of lighting. The old posts, however, are no longer reasonably available. It was discovered that thirteen different outdoor fixture designs are already used on campus. The Board decided to change to a uniform lighting system of mercury-vapor lamps. Additional architects and designers were consulted on the project. The basic campus lighting decided upon will be an eighteen inch bronze acrylic globe on an eight foot tapered bronze pole. The globes will be a darker, more smokey color than those in use at the Emory Law School and presumably will be less noticeable. The lights throw an effective but softer light than the current incandescent ones. In less visible areas there will be arms of lights mounted on square tapering poles. Most of these especially those that light large areas will in daylight be hidden by the foliage. These lights will be mounted in single, double, and quadruple groupings. Wiring for the light system is being placed during the construction now underway. There will also be numerous magnolia green signs with white lettering put up around campus and Decatur. There will be five entrance signs, thirteen in- dicating parking areas, three campus maps, and nineteen special direction signs of varying sizes. There will also be several small signs giving directions to the college placed in town. The signs will all carry the same (continued on page 3) AGNES SCOTT Con. est D*n, Well c A A Basic campus lighting, single and triple groupings also. B Area lighting with varying numbers of lighting groups, especially in large areas, around shrubbery, and signs. C Basic design of campus signs. White lettering on dark magnolia green background. Four students to study in D.C by BONNIE PEDERSEN Four Agnes Scott students will attend the American University next fall for three of its Washington Semester programs. Becky Thompson and C.J Beysselance will participate Science library collection named in Bridgman's honor by PATTY PEARSON The biology library in Campbell Hall was renamed in honor of the retiring Josephine Bridgman on April 19. A plaque with the library's new name has been received and will be placed upon the door. In addition to the new name, the library will be rearranged to make room for reference books for the biology classes. New shelves, a round table and chairs, and a new rack for journals will also be added. The biology book collection, not simply the room, has been named for Miss Bridgman in case of reorganization and the collection has to be moved to another room. All alumnae that graduated with biology majors since Miss Bridgman came to Agnes Scott were contacted and had a part in bestowing the honor. in its original Washington semester which concerns itself with the study of the American government in action. Jill Johnson will study under the International Developmental Semester while Nancy White will take part in its new economics program. Not only does the American government program give in- sight to the student on governmental procedures and activities but it also enables the student to become familiar with sources for studying specific governmental problems. Becky Thompson is planning to do a project on "the inter- bureaucratic struggle between the Law Enforcement As- sistance Administration (which funds local law enforcement) and the Federal Bureau of Inves- tigation." C. J. Beysselance, a junior next year, will do research on the committees' role in Congress with focus on a particular committee. Receiving one course credit, each student decides whether he will take a course or be an intern for a semester. The elective is chosen from the regular curriculum of The American University while the internship is arranged by the student and his advisor with an appropriate legislative, ad- ministrative, or political office. Both political science majors, Becky is undecided right now about an elective while C. J. is undecided about whether to tak an elective or to do a internship. The Internationa Development Semester prograr is located in Washington, D.C. i order to let the student get a firs hand look at activities of th many governmental international and privat organizations as they concen themselves with th development of countries. Also political science major, Ji Johnson's topic is Developmen in Africa "the search fo solutions to problem economically, politically, an< geographically which an preventing development." Sh will receive one course credit fo her paper. The Washington Urbai Semester which will not hav any Agnes Scott representative next year emphasizes researcl on the urban environment and . knowledge of sources for th< study of specific urban problem and the urban political system While the other programs an under the one title - Washington Semester Program the Washington Economi Policy Semester is not it i only administered by it. And tlx Washington Economic Polic Semester is also not a study ii economics but rather a study o government policy as it relates U the economic system It is tin (continued on page 3) PRO FILE /MAY 17, 1974 AGE 2 Communications The current "operative" definition of "communication" seems to iclude only prompt notification of the student body after a decision as been made. A better, more effective notion would be to include udents in the decision-making process from the very beginning. A new president and new administrator of business affairs Dupled with a physical plant that needs improvements will, by ecessity, produce change. We recognize this. Many of us are Dncerned with these changes and others such as in the daily :hedule, academic program, college calendar and possible location of bookstore and mail boxes. These areas concern [udents, and students should be involved in the decision-making efore announcement time arrives. We do not advocate student participation where it is improper. The stirement policies for faculty and non-contract employees which /ill be printed in next week's Profile are not areas in which students ave sought to be involved. However, many changes with which tudents may legitimately concern themselves come as surprises to le student body. These surprises have two unfortunate consequences: 1) student nd administration frustration as shown in the last informal con- ocation and 2) the number of rumors which the College has enerated this year. Student frustration, it seems to us, is fostered /hen the students learn of changes only after the decision is made, hey are denied any valuable contribution, and any commenttends ) be praise or carping not constructive input to the vital decisions yhich daily influence all our lives. We feel frustrated because our in - olvement is always after the fact. Rumors are the second evidence of lack of constructive com- munication. Vergil characterizes rumor in the fourth book of The veneid: Rumour, the swiftest traveler of all the ills on earth, Thriving on movement, gathering strength as it goes, at the start A small cowardly thing, it soon puffs itself up A terrible, grotesque monster, each feather upon whose body- Incredible though it sounds has a sleepless eye beneath it, And for every eye she has also a tongue, a voice and a pricked ear. lumor has certainly not reached these proportions on our campus, ut it seems to us that an inordinate number of newspaper articles nd informal convocations have been devoted to laying certain umors to rest. We are pleased that the administration recognizes hat rumors are unhealthy and has tried this year to correct misap- .rehensions quickly. But it would be far better if rumors never tarted. We would suggest that failure to include students in making lecisions leads to rumors about the decisions which are soon to be >ronounced. However, students should not be included in decision-making imply to stop the rumor factory ortocreatea senseof trust between idministration and students, but rather, because students have a ireat deal to offer the College. The attitude that our love and concern or the College is appreciated but that our lack of "expertness" saves us unqualified to speak is creeping professionalism inap- >ropriate in a liberal arts college. Of course, we recognize the im- >ortance of expert advice in changes in the physical plant, but we vould rather that matters of taste be voted by the enti re student body ind faculty, or by a committee with members from the student body ind faculty, than decided by lighting engineers or architects whose :ontact with Agnes Scott is limited to blueprints and a few campus ours. Further, the students certainly qualify, along with thefaculty, is experts on the academic program, college calendar, and life at the College. We would offer the plan used for the selection of the new dean of ;tudents as the model. Like many other students, weappreciate both >pportunities to talk with candidates for the position, and the students members of the search committee to whom we may reflect )ur views. Open administration is the most effective kind because it creates in atmosphere of trust, provides a forum for all opinions and ideas, ind reflects what Agnes Scott should be a partnership of students, faculty and administration trying to realize common goals. Joyce McKee, editor In the real world THE MROFILE AGNES SCO TT COLLEGE - DECATUR, GA. 3003G editor / Joyce McKee associate editor / Eva Gantt business manager j Debi Belt STAFF: Susan Balch, Marene Emanuel, Ann Fincher, by LYNN SUMMER West German Chancellor and Nobel Peace Prize-winner Willy Brandt resigned from his office Monday as his governing Social Democratic Party was shaken by revelations of high-level es- pionage conducted by the East German Government. Mr. Brandt appointed Finance Minister Helmut Schmidt, known for his pro-American views, as his successor. While fighting between Israel and Syria continued in the troublesome Golan Heights, Secretary of State Henry Kis- singer again met with the Israeli cabinet Saturday to receive disengagement proposals. The proposals were then delivered to Damascus Sunday by Dr. Kis- singer. Possibilities for a peace settlement this week are con- sidered slim. Washington was besieged this week-end by rumors of an impending Presidential resignation. The President, however, in an address delivered at the Oklahoma State University commencement, vowed he would "never give up." Although he was generally well-received and given a stan- ding ovation at the conclusion of his speech, Republicans on Capitol Hill increasingly applied pressure last week for his resignation. In a closed-door session Thursday the House Judiciary Committee began a thorough investigation of evidence related to the Watergate break-in and its subsequent attempted cover-up. The inquiry's purpose is to determine whether grounds for presidential impeachment exist based upon the facts. Other areas of presidential activity are also to be considered. The transcripts released by President Nixon last week are available in paperback editions published by Dell and Bantam for $2.45 and $2.50 respec- tively. Committee reports RC 1 67: policy for alcoholic beverage use on campus Nell Jordan, Jane Maas, Delia McMillan, Patty Pearson, Bonnie P*d*r*en, Lynn Summer. Lynn Wilson Susan Pirkle off campus circulation / Sandra Saseen manager; Frances To the editor: The members of the Rep Com- mittee for revising the policy regarding alcoholic beverages would like to inform the student body of our progress. With ad- vice from the Office of the Dean of Students and after examination of past policies, the committee has proposed RC 167 printed below. The straw vote taken last quarter in- dicated that a large number of students desire a change in the policy regarding alcoholic beverages. But the vote also in- dicated that RC 165 is not the answer at this time. In an effort to revise the present policy, the committee is summarizing our past work and asking for sugges- tions from the student body. A "guidance" box will be placed in the mailroom where student opinions can be deposited. As the RC states, the proposed policy allows the serving of alcoholic beverages at on-cam- pus social functions. Such ac- tivities must be approved by the Board of Student Activities and the Dean of Students. The entire campus must be invited. Prior to the event, a form will be com- pleted to show that money other than SGA funds is to be used. Other details such as clean-up, storage and designation of the area of the function will also be specified on this form. The Judiciary Committee in conjunction with Honor Court will work out details regarding infractions and penalties. Mr. Henderson, who was contacted about storage of alcoholic beverages on campus, feels that details can be handled. If adopted, this RC will be automatically reviewed one year after taking effect. The RC may be rescinded at any time by the Administrative Committee In view of the trial basis of this policy, the committee expects students to enforce regulations voluntamy and iesponsibly Sincerely, The Committee Regarding the Alcoholic Beverage Policy: Rose Ann Cleveland, Cathy DuPree, Susan Stigall, Margaret Williams RC 167: AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE: POLICY REGARDING THE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ON CAMPUS WHEREAS, the majority of Agnes Scott students are 18 years or older, and WHEREAS, a college at- (continued on page 3) It was a moment of glory for Agnes Scott. In a fit of analytical ac- tivity, Miss Sarah Flippy, chairman of the math department, dis- covered a new number bleen. This integer falls between six and seven in its value. As expected, the consequences of this discovery were staggering: Miss Flippy held night classes for first-grade teachers from the Atlanta area to teach them how to count with bleen. According to Miss Flippy: "And I thought teaching them the old New Math was dif- ficult! OK teachers, let's count one more time one, two, three, four, five, six, BLEEN, seven, eight, nine, ten. . . The hardest part isto retrain them not to count on their fingers." Emory and Georgia Tech had to get all their computer experts together for a massive reprogramming of their computers to include bleen. This way their accounts and grade point averages would be up to date. Agnes Scott accomplished the same thing by playing a tape recording of Dr. Perry counting to bleen-hundred in the background of the Treasurer's and the Recorder's office. All members of the ad- ministration were also -given cassette tapes to play while sleeping. Above many professors' desks appeared this sign THINK BLEEN IT'S KEEN. Big Bird came to interview Miss Flippy and receive special instruc- tions for making the changeover on Sesame Street. The President of the United States called to congratulate her on "marvelous teamwork. Your game plan was outstanding." Astrologers were sent into a fury trying to find the significance of bleen. People had started to name bleen as their favorite number and somewhere there had to be significance. Naturally, awards came flocking to Miss Flippy. The SGA sent her bleenteen red roses. The Association of Mathematics Book Publishers gave her a cut into the profits from reprints of every mathematics textbook. The Septagenarians Club gave her a Health-o-matic bicycle for giving them a seventeen year lease on life but little Michael Bonver sent her an obscene lollipop because she made him need one more year to be seven when he could have a puppy. The Georgia legislature became so upset over the number of laws requiring change that they passed a motion making bleen unconstitutional But her crowning glory was sitting beside Sen Sam Stirving during the next space launch Ten, nine, eight, seven, bleen, six, five, four three, i*o. one . BLASTOFr * PROFILE/MAY 17, 1974 PAGE 3 Security chief to retire after 39 years by ANN FINCHER Mell Jones, chief security of- ficer at Agnes Scott College, will retire June 9, 1974 after 39 years of service to the college. Mr. Jones began work as the only security officer at Agnes Scott College, Sept. 1 4, 1 935. At that time he was 25 years old and was considered by the business manager "too young to look after 350 women." President McCain, however, ap- proved the employment of Mr. Jones. Some of the older faculty, Mr. Jones confided, thought "Dr. McCain was going off the beam" hiring such a young man. At the time of Mr. Jones', hiring, there was no organized security force on campus. He worked alone seven nights a week for 1 1 years. He came on duty at 6 p.m. and went off duty at 6 a.m. Sunday was the excep- tion to this schedule then Mr. Jones came on duty at 4:00 p.m. This 86 hour work week was interrupted by an annual ten nights of freedom one week of vacation and three nightsduring Christmas vacation. Dr. Alston added a second security man and reduced this work load. Reminiscing about Agnes Scott, Mr. Jones commented that he lived through four attempted panty raids and one streaking. He added that he prefers the streaking because "the boys don't try to get in the buildings." Mr. Jones said there has been little criminal activity on the campus, and he has used his gun only once in his 39 years of duty. This incident was when a peeping torn was peeping in the window of Gaines Cottage, which stood where the Letitia Pate Evans Dining Hall now stands. In apprehending the peeping torn, Mr. Jones shot him in the leg. This episode was the excep- tion rather than the com- monplace in Mr. Jones daily routine. That routine included patrolling a campus consisting of four dormitories: Rebekah, Main, Inman, and the White House. The White House, Mr. Jones explained, stood where Hopkins now stands. It housed students on the upper floor and EUROPE- ISRAEL- AFRICA Travel discounts year-round. Student Air Travel Agency, Inc. 201 Allen Rd. Suite 410, Atlanta, Ga. 30328 (404) 256-4258 one of the two campus dining halls on the lower floor. The other dining hall was located in Rebekah. Mr. Jones recalled also the dormitory life of yesteryear when at 10 p.m. nightly he pulled a master switch and ext- inguished all dormitory lights except for exit signs and the bathroom lights. Students had to be in their dormitories by 1 1 p.m. on week nights and by 12 mid- night on weekends. There was no key policy sincethe dormitory residents, who were the as- sistant deans, manned the hostess desks "until every girl was in." A student returning to campus with her date was allowed to sit in the car with him for ten minutes. After ten minutes, Mr. Jones gave the couple the option of entering a dormitory or of leaving the campus. Date parlors in Rebekah did not exist nor did the current date parlor policy. Mr. Jones recalled a time when doors of the date parlors in Main were left open . . . "at all times." He also recalled the location of the music practice rooms on the fourth floor of Main and the location of the art department on the fourth floor of Buttrick. Mr. Jones' duties also in- cluded meeting students, "especially freshmen," at bus terminals and train stations when they were coming to Agnes Scott. He had close con- tact with the students then because everybody stayed on campus. Mr. Jones commented that he believes the students "are much better now that they have more privileges." Mr. Jones supervised campus security for the two days of film- ing on campus of the movie A Man Called Peter. The basis of the movie is a novel written by Agnes Scott alumna and trustee COLLEGE GRADUATES Do you have a job waiting for you upon graduation? Did you know that one million students will graduate from colleges and universities in June? Approximately three million will grad- uate from trade and high schools Would you like to have an advantage over your competition by knowing where to apply, how to prepare a pro- fessional brief or resume, and what to say while being interviewed? Then invest $10.00 in your future by en- closing a Money Order or Certified Check with this coupon and mail today for your booklet to: RESUME P. 0. Box 3331 South Wilson Station Wilson, North Carolina 27893 Name Address City State Alcohol policy RC Catherine Marshall LeSourd. The movie stars Jean Peters Classes were in session during the film, but students and fans formed crowds which Mr. Jones controlled. Students were also employed as extras. At the end of the filming session, the director gave Mr. Jones $5.00 for "a case of beer." Mr. Jones has three children and eight grandchildren. His eldest granddaughter is a senior at the University of Tennessee. His hobbies are hunting, pain- ting and raising cattle. When he retires, Mr. Jones plans to farm in Walton where he raises Black Angus cattle. Mr. Jones said leaving Agnes Scott "will be lonesome, but I want to go while I'm in fairly good health ... it's seemed like home." At this time Mr. Jones' successor has not been ap- pointed. Lights and signs (continued from page 1) general green and white scheme with white lettering and arched 'ASC The dark green of the signs is intended to blend with the dominant green foliage on campus. Zip NEW PERSONALIZED AD- VICE AND INFORMATION SERVICE MORGAN and ASSOCIATES is a professional staff designed to help people with the pursu- ing issues of life. Do you have a problem? Are you lonely? Are you adjusting to a collegiate environment? Are you having difficulty talking to your parents, your friends, your instructors, your counselors, etc. Let MORGAN be your confidant and help you solve the pursuing complexities of life. Ask any question... Love, Sex, Marriage. Birth Control, Children. Parents. Alcoholism, Drugs, Medical, Legal, Business, Finance, Scholarships, Employment etc. Our student rate is $3.00 per question to accompany your request. REOUEST BY MAIL ONLY... WRITE TODAYMfCONFIDENTIAL REPLY! I IS ATIS FACTION GUARANTEED!!! MORGAN. 755 Park Road. N.W., Washington. D.C. 20010 (continued from page 2) mosphere should lend itself to student responsibility in both academic and social policies; therefore, RESOLVED, that the Agnes Scott College "POLICY REGARDING THE USE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES," as stated in the Student Handbook, be amended as follows: The college system makes available to students an at- mosphere which creates a sense of responsibility on the part of each student. Alcoholic beverages are thereby permitted on the Agnes Scott campus only at campus-wide social functions coordinated and evaluated by B.S.A., as approved by the Dean of Students Office. Students should comply with the Georgia and Decatur laws regarding the consumption of alcoholic beverages as follows: Georgia: 1 . The legal age for purchasing alcoholic beverages is 18. It is against the law in Georgia either to sell or furnish alcoholic beverages to minors. 2. It is illegal to appear in an in- toxicated condition or to evidence boisterous or vulgar behavior on any public street, in any public place, in any private residence other than one's own, or on any mode of public transportation. Decatur: It is unlawful to drink in automobiles parked or moving on the streets, highways, or alleys of the city. No college or Student Government funds will be used for the purchase of alcoholic beverages at any function held off or on campus and sponsored by the college or any organization within the college. Only a student over 18 years of age may serve the alcoholic beverage, and a comparable non-alcoholic beverage must also be served. Alcoholic beverages are not to be transported away from the immediate area of the social function. Other violations of this policy include falsification of ID to purchase alcoholic beverages, purchasing alcohol by those over 1 8 years of age for a minor, and the possession of alcoholic beverages by those students under the age of 18. Students are on their honor to obey cam- pus policy when attaining drinks at campus functions. The student at approved cam- pus functions is responsible for exemplifying a high standard of conduct so that her behavior will not be detrimental to herself, her fellow students, or to the college. Hostessing boards are similarly responsible for in- suring that guests are aware of the expected standard of con- duct. As always in matters of student policy, the Ad- ministrative Committee has the right to rescind this priviledge at any time. One year after this policy takes effect, the Ad- ministrative Committee will automatically review and reevaluate it. Washington (continued from page 1 ) first time that this program has been offered to anyone and it is concerned with international as well as domestic economic policy. Nancy White, an economics major, will be taking a graduate course in public finance. /Klin YEAR-ROUND Vinings Ridge Ski Area . . . overlooking Atlanta skyline . . . artificial snow MA , surface that skis just like real snow . . . 500 ft. slope . . . lift . . . rac- ing program . . . lessons . . . bar with beer, wine & specialty drinks (Easy Rider, Snow Bird, etc.) . . . open year round . . . day & night - - 12 noon to 10:30 . . . 432-9563 PAGE 4 PROFILE MAY 17, 1974 Summer workshops here Non-credit summer workshops in oil and acrylic painting, stoneware and Japanese Raku pottery and conversational French will be offered here June 15 Aug. 3 for all interested public. The painting course in oil and acrylic will meet for eight consecutive Saturdays from 10 a.m. 12 noon in Dana. The class will be limited to 20 students and is open to both beginning and advanced students who wish to work with still life and landscape subject matter. Instructor for the painting The Department of Economics and Sociology is sponsoring a Labor Seminar on Mon., May 20. Two papers will be presented by students Sara Barrett, Beth Budd, Louise Dowsey and Virginia Parker. The Seminar will run from about 1 :30 to approximately 4 p.m. Interdorm will be conducting room-drawing on Mon., May 20. All students who will be living on campus next year should plan to attend the meeting in Gaines at 6:45 p.m. Henri Rousseau will be featured in the six-part Pioneers of Modern Painting film series Tues., May 21 . Thefilms, written and narrated by Kenneth Clark, are being shown each Tuesday in 109 Dana at 5:15 p.m. and again at 8:15 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public. Awards Convocation will be held on Wed., May 22. Winners of various prizes, honors and awards will be announced at this time. Dr Perry will preside The campus community is in- vited to the annual Athletic As- sociation picnic on Wed.. May 22 The event will be preceded by volleyball and tennis course will be art instructor Charles Leonard, whose work has been included in state and regional exhibitions throughout the Southeast. Visiting artist George Cress, chairman of the art department at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, will conduct a special session during the eight weeks. Cress's works are among collections of the High Museum of Art. To register for the painting course, call Mr. Leonard at 373- 2571 , extension 327. Tuition for the eight-week painting course is $75.00. The summer workshop in tournaments. Also featured will be games for the faculty and students and for the faculty children. Athletic and spirit award winners will be an- nounced at the picnic as well. B.O.Z., the creative writing club at Agnes Scott, invites all rising sophomores, juniors and seniors to try out for membership. The club meets regularly throughout the year and the meetings usually consist of students reading original work and discussions. Interested students in any dis- cipline may submit prose or poetry to box 1 52 by May 20. All works will be anonymous; an envelope with the title of the work and the author's name en- closed should be attached to the work when it is submitted. Barbara Faris has been named dorm council secretary of Hop- kins for the 1974-75 school year. Athletic Association is now accepting petitions for two of its Board positions: publicity chairman and sports managers for tennis and misc sports. Anyone interested should sub- mit her petition to Nancy White, Box 637. by 5 p m. on Mon. stoneware and Japanese Raku pottery will be taught by Robert Westervelt, associate professor of art. The course will deal with wheel-thrown pottery design, glazing and firing techniques and exploration of the Japanese Raku process. Four-week and eight-weekcoursesat beginning and advanced levels will be offered in classes limited to 10 students each. The four-week pottery classes will meet Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. - 1 2 noon, and eight-week sessions will meet from 1-4 p.m. on Monday and Wednesday for beginners and on Tuesday and Thursday for advanced students. All pottery classes will meet in Dana. Tuition for the pottery courses is $125.00, which includes all materials. A $35.00 deposit will be required at registration. To register, call Mr. Westervelt at 373-2571, extension 330. The conversational French course is for beginners and those wishing a refresher course. Classes will meet for eight consecutive Saturdays beginning June 1 5 from 9 a.m. - 12 noon in Dana. Tuition is $60.00 The French course will be taught by French instructor Ben- jamin Bao, who previously taught at Emory University. To register, call Mr. Bao at 373-2571, extension 335. Swim meet is won by juniors by LYNN WILSON The junior class squeaked past the freshmen to win Agnes Scott's intramural swim meet by 2 points Tues., May 7. The juniors totaled 43 points, the freshmen came through with 41 points and the sophomores earned 12 points. The senior class was not represented. Agnes Scott's freestyle cham- pion is Pam Edwards and the runner-up is Ruth Jowers. The winner of both the breaststroke and the butterfly championships wasKathy Oates. Susan Gamble took second in breaststroke and Mary Jones was runner-up in butterfly. The back crawl cham- pion is Carolyn Sigman and the runner-up is Nancy White. Juniors Pam Edwards, Mae Logan, Nancy White and Connie Bowen took the freestyle relay and another group of juniors, Connie Bowen, Mary Jones, Susan Gamble and Ellen Philips, splashed their way to first in the medley relay. Other events in- cluded a candle race, a ping- pong race and adog paddle race In overall results, the freshmen took 5 firsts and 3 seconds. The juniors captured 4 firsts and 4 seconds. The juniors won in the final tally of points since they took both relays, which were worth more points than any other event Scott's new Art Club plans activities by MARENE EMANUEL For the first time in 20 years, Agnes Scott will have its own Art Club. Open to all art students and anyone interested in art, the club plans to offer members a way to share art appreciation and interest informally; it will also provide students with the opportunity to show and sell their work, as well as organize trips to the High Museum and other places of interest. Shelby Cave has been elected president of the club, with Kay Teien as vice-president, Martha Smith as secretary-treasurer, and Kate Kussrow as publicity chairman. Mr. Leonard and Mr. Westervelt will serve as faculty sponsors. Activities are already planned for the remainder of this year. The club hopes to renovate two rooms in the Hub converting one into an Art Shop for the dis- play and sale of student art work and using the other as a meeting room and lounge for the members. On May 23-24 from 1 1 a.m. -4 p.m., the club will sponsor a Sidewalk Art Show and Sale in front of the Hub (in case of rain, inside the Hub). Student work will be featured; there will be edible goodies and plants for sale as well. Shelby emphasized that "any interested students are welcome." announcing. wNats hAppeninq Southern Ballet Southern Ballet of Atlanta has scheduled two spring concerts at the Alliance Theatre on Sun., May 1 9, at 3:30 and Mon., May 20, at 7:30. The programs will feature several favorite ballets from the repertoire as well as five new ballets. Christopher and Corday Corry, alumni of the regional company, will be seen in two pasde deux. Thefirst is "Per Second," an abstract modern work set to an electronic score, with choreography by Thomas Andrew; the second is the classic favorite "Don Quixote" to music of L. Minkus and arranged by George Chaffee after Petipa. "Grand Tarantella" and "Transitions 1974," two new works by director Pittman Corry, will be given for the first time. Set to a score by Richard Strauss, "Transitions" was selected by adjudicator Lila Zali for the Gala Performance of the Southeastern Regional Ballet Festival in Jacksonville, Fla. "Psalms," also by Mr. Corry, will be repeated from last year's spring season. The work, a religious pageant, is set to the music of Leonard Bernstein in a choral setting. Costumes for both ballets are by Janet Borum. Three young choreographers are being given opportunities this spring, in accordance with the policies of the company. "Three Es- says" is the work of Jerry Bowers, Melissa White and Coby Grossbart; the first two essays use the music of Glazounov and Shostakovitch, and the third is staged to traditional Americana themes. All seats to the spring concerts are reserved and may be obtained by calling the box office at 266-21 97 or 394-2274. Prices are $4 for adults and $3 for children. Music Hall Eric WeissbeFg, known for the theme from Deliverance, iscurren- tly appearing at the Great Southeast Music Hall. Tickets are $3.50 for tonight and tomorrow night and $2.50 for Sunday night. Melissa Manchester and Martin Mull will be at the Hall from May 21 -25. Admission is $3.50 Friday and Saturday nights and $2.50 all other nights. In an unprecedented national tour, Firesign Theater will perform at the Hall from May 28 - June 2. Tickets will sell for $4 on Friday and Saturday and for $3 on other nights. Music Hall shows are at 8:30 and 11 p.m. Reservations can be made at 261-8643. Academy Theatre Now playing at the Academy Theatre is Fisheyes and Butterflies, by Rebecca Ranson. It will continue May 23-25 and May 30-June 1 . Arising from the inherent poetry of prisoners, Fisheyes and Butterflies was first produced by inmates of the Orange County, N.C., Unit of the State Department of Corrections. The Academy production involves stylized choreography and rhythms in sharing the song of vulnerability and trust. The all-male cast includes Danny Combes, Sam Jackson, Larry Larson, Earl Miller, John L. Smith and Jeff Woodward. Rebecca Ranson, a University of Georgia alumna, is presently a graduate student in playwrighting at Chapel Hill. Five of her plays have been produced, and she is the recipient of numerousawardsfor fiction. All performances begin at 8:30 p.m. Admissions Thursday are $1, Friday and Saturday are $2. Reservations can be secured by calling 261-8550. Davis films Six Bette Davis films will be shown at the High Museum of Art this weekend. Elizabeth the Queen, with Errol Flynn, and Juarez, about thecon- f lict between Mexico's Indian liberator and the Hapsburg prince and his wife, will be shown beginning at 8 p.m. tonight. The second film features Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland and Vincent Price. Tomorrow night's offerings are The Corn is Green, a film adap- tation of the Emlyn Williams play about a school teacher who finds meaning in her life through one of her students, and Dark Victory, with Humphrey Bogart, in which an heiress learns she has only ten months to live because of a brain tumor. The showing begins at 8 p.m. Watch on the Rhine, with Paul Lukas, in which an anti-Nazi leader comes to the U.S. with his American wife and children and finds himself blackmailed, and Jezebel, a film about a Southern belle who loses her fiance, will be offered on Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m. The second feature, for which Miss Davis won her second Academy Award, stars Henry Fonda and Fay Bainter. Tickets are $1 for Museum members, $1 50 for students and $2 for the general public. Reservations may be made by calling 892- 3600, ext 302 Tickets may be purchased at the door of the Hill Auditorium before each showing or in advance in the Museum office Mon.-Fn fro/n 10 a.m. - 5 p m THE MROFMLE Vol. LX-No. 25 , AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE - DECATUR GEORGIA 30030> May 24, 1974 Promotions & appointments for faculty announced Library fund begun for Latin American studies Aspecial library fund has been established to honor Florene Dunstan, chairman of the Spanish department, who retires this year. Income from the fund, which will become a part of the College's permanent en- dowment, will be used to purchase books for the library in the field of Latin American studies. The fund is being established by the Board of Trustees and by friends of Mrs. Dunstan on and off campus. Mrs. Dunstan has been listed in Who's Who in the World, as well as in other publications of the same type. She was, Atlan- ta's Woman of the Year in Education in 1963. The Board of Trustees has taken several actions affecting faculty members and other college employees. Faculty appointments have been made in the departments of biology, physical education, and psychology. Harry E. Wistrand will serve as Assistant Professor of Biology. He received his B.A. from Austin College, his M.A. from North Texas State University, and his Ph.D. from Arizona State University. He is currently a postdoctoral fellow and teaching assistant at Yale University. Ann E. McConnell will be an instructor in the Department of Physical Education. Robert S. Miller will join the faculty in the psychology department. He received his A.B. from Amherst College. He is currently a doctoral candidate and teaching intern at Dartmouth College. Several faculty promotions effective next year were an- nounced at Awards Convocation on Wed., May 22. Margaret P. Ammons has been promoted from Associate Professor to Professor of Education. Miss Ammons is chairman of the department. Myrna G. Young was promoted from Associate Professor to Professor of Clas- Baccalaureate Steimle to speak June 9 by LYNN WILSON Edmund Steimle, Brown Professor of Homiletics at Union Theological Seminary, will deliver the Baccalaureate sermon for Agnes Scott's 1974 graduating class at 1 1 a.m. June 9 in Gaines. Professor Steimle, a native of Allentown, Pennsylvania, earned his B.A. at Princeton University, his M.A. at the University of Pennsylvania, and his B.D. at Lutheran Theological Seminary. He received honorary degrees from Wagner College, Muhlenberg College, Roanoke College, and Gettysburg College. Professor Steimle has taught at Lutheran Theological Seminary and has served as pastor of the Lutheran Church of Our Saviour in Jersey City as well as the University Lutheran Church in Cambridge, Mass., where he worked with students from Harvard, M.I.T., Wellesley, and Radcliffe. Professor Steimle has published 3 volumes of sermons: Are You Looking for God?, Disturbed by Joy, and From Death to Birth. He edited Renewal in the Pulpit and has submitted articles to various religious publications. The Class of '74 will graduate at 6:30 p.m. June 9. President Perry will preside. sical Languages and Literatures. Linda L. Woods has been promoted from Assistant Profes- sor to Associate Professor of English. The Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees has recommended that Ingrid Wieshofer, Associate Professor of German, be granted tenure effective in 1 974-75. The action was taken in accordance with a recommendation from President Perry. Two more administrative staff appointments have been made. Mary Kathryn Owen Jarboe, who has her B.A. from Agnes Scott, will serve as an ad- ministrative assistant in the Of- fice of Admissions. Gloria Wyatt, member of the Class of '74, will be Assistant to the Registrar. The Board of Trustees has ap- proved alterations and additions to the college's staff benefit programs. These new programs feature the introduction of a retirement plan for the maintenance and service em- ployees of the College and new life insurance and long term disability insurance programs for all employees. The programs may be sum- marized as follows. 1 . Long-term disability in- surance. Effective July 1 , all full- time faculty and administrative personnel are eligible to enroll in this program, the entire premium to be paid by the College. Z. Group life insurance. Effective July 1 , all full-time em- ployees will be covered by a new group life insurance program. The College will provide, at no cost to the employee, one unit of term insurance. 3. Retirement program. One significant change has been made in the retirement program for faculty and administrative personnel. Effective July 1, em- ployees participating in TIAA- CREF will be able to treat their own five percent retirement con- tribution (plus any additional amount up to the legal limit) as deferred taxable income. President Perry has an- (continued on page 2) Bioethics topic of Nov. symposium Drr-Steimle ft o*t ^ by SUSAN BALCH A Conference on Bioethics will be held at Agnes Scott College Nov. 6-8. The conference is designed as an exchange of ideas among scien- tists and non-scientists on technological capabilities in genetics and bioengineering and the resulting ethical, social and legal problems. Several major speakers and panelists will participate in the conference, which is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The conference will open Wed. evening, Nov. 6, with a welcome by Dr. Marvin B. Perry. He will also introduce the conference moderator, C. Ben- ton Kline, former dean of faculty at Agnes Scott and currently president of Columbia Theological Seminary. A lecture by Bruce Wallace, professor of genetics at Cornell University, will follow. He will speak on current technological capabilities in genetics. Dr. Jonas Robitscher, profes- sor of law and behavioral sciences at Emory University, will lecture Thursday morning. His topic involves abilities in prolonging death and the rightto die. Thursday afternoon is reserved for a session on human experimentation. Plans are still being finalized. That evening, Daniel Callahan, director of the Hastings Center, will talk about the ultimate concern of human values. The Hastings Center is part of the Institute of Society Ethics and Life Sciences, a private institution. The session will close at noon Fri., Nov. 8 after Dr. William J. Curran of the Harvard School of Public Health lectures on legal problems in formulating public policies. His remarks will be followed by a summary and comments by the moderator, President Kline. Following each lecture, there will be an opportunity for ques- tions and discussion. Panels of local experts will discuss the lec- tures and the possibility of divid- ing into small discussion groups is being investigated. There is no registration fee and the conference is open to the public. Chemistry professor Alice Cunningham, biology professor (continued on page 4) PAGE 2 PROFILE/MAY 24, 1974 The effects of ceremony This academic year, almost over, finds many in the student body and the faculty exhausted and ready for the summer vacation. We on The Profile, even if we had the time, lack the will to make another is- sue. Our exhaustion is not that of despair as much as the natural rhythm which brings us to the close of a quarter and a year. It istime to stop. This year seems to have been a time of putting our lands in order. Though we have not finished the literal task, hopefully we havecom- pleted the imaginative one and will return next fall eager and able. The inaugural ceremony reminds us that this college exists in a framework larger than the present. We are one among many places dedicated to the education which equips and perfects. It is also the effect of ceremony that we realize that the College is not dependent upon one individual but on all of us. We have the ability, if we have the will, to achieve that which we want for the College. But first we have earned a time for rest. T. S. Eliot reminds us in "The Rock," We are children quickly tired: children who are up in the night and fall asleep as the rocket is fired; and the day is long for work or play. We tire of distraction or concentration, we sleep and are glad to sleep, Controlled by the rhythm of blood and the day and the night and the seasons. And we must extinguish the candle, put out the light and relight it; Forever must quench, forever relight the flame. Therefore we thank Thee for our little light, that is dappled with shadow. We thank Thee who hast moved usto building, tofinding, to form- ing at the ends of our fingers and beams of our eyes. And when we have built an altar to the Invisible Light, we may set thereon the little lights for which our bodily vision is made. And we thank Thee that darkness reminds us of light. 0 Light Invisible, we give Thee thanks for Thy great glory! We return next fall to light those candles our candles have been lighted every fall. which Joyce McKee, Editor After one year I have admiration for the individual student at Agnes Scott. Almost every day I meet someone new who impresses me, or learn of some honor an old friend has received. I believe Agnes Scott's student body is a group of outstanding women. I came to Scott thinking, perhaps too idealistically, that this college had retained a particular unity and warmth which encouraged student-faculty-administration rapport, student involvement, spirit, and enthusiasm, and a unified support for college functions 1 whether intellectual or spiritual, cultural or athletic. Yet, in the last year, I have been troubled by ac- tions and attitudes within the student body and faculty which speak differently. Of course, many have spoken in support of this elusive "sense of community"; I particularly recall Mrs. Wood's address to the Mortar Board Convocation. She set forth a worthy goal, but only the student body, faculty and administration has the power to build or detract from this feeling of unity, responsibility, and trust. Next year will challenge our community. If this goal is a meaningful one, we must endorse it wholeheartedly and take positive action to see it fulfilled. Lynn Wilson THE MROFiLE AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE - DECATUR, GA. 30030 editor / Joyce McKee associate editor / Eva Gantt business manager j Debi Belt STAFF: Susan Balch, Marene Emanuel, Ann Fincher, Nell Jordan, Jane Maas, Delia McMillan, Patty Pearson, Bonnie Pedersen, Lynn Summer, Lynn Wilson. Susan Pirkle off campus circulation / Sandra Saseen, manager; Frapces Wickes, Bonnie Jopling Hub with cash bar To the editor: There are some advantages in converting part of the Hub into a Lounge with a cash bar: 1 . More frequent informal communication among students, faculty, and ad- ministration would be facilitated. 2. Guests could be easily entertained. (It would be like a mid-campus Everybody's.) 3. The college would gain a more realistic, real-life at- mosphere. 4. It would change the image of the college. Phil Reinhart Ingrid Wieshofer Tom Hogan Fine arts required To the editor: Through talking with several people on campus I have become aware of the possibility of a re- quirement in the Fine Arts being instituted. Afterthe first reaction to balk at the idea of another requirement, I realized that there is a very real need for it indeed, for several reasons. First and foremost, the Fine Arts music, art, drama, and creative writing are essential to a liberal education. Culture, or whatever it is that we receive from these subjects (perception? sensitivity? appreciation?), and academics go hand in hand, as it were. These areas in the fine arts, unlike training courses in practical fields, would enhance the academic program rather than corrode it. As freshmen we were advised to take as many requirements as we could as early as possible. Most of us signed up for five academic courses in broadly separated areas. This program is fine, but there is no reason why it should discourage taking courses in the fine arts. It is dif- ficult to get involved in a major while feeling that you are already a year behind by begin- ning work in a department dur- ing the sophomore year. The idea in having a requirement would be not to force students into the areas, but to provide an opportunity for a student to feel as though the time involved was well spent. For instance, I might not be inclined to take a music course that was purely elective, but if it fulfilled a requirement, it might seem a wise choice. Another reason is purely psychological. With the ad- justments of the freshman year, there is a place for a course in which you can learn by doing, rather than by listening or reading. A fine arts course would offer a chance to constructively "let off steam," to vary a course schedule, and perhaps to find a stimulating outlet for creativity, a quality in a student which is increasingly shoved aside. Another positive point would be the low-pressure opportunity of participation without having to commit oneself to a particular organization. With a course as an "excuse" to participate, a student would not have to feel "cornered" by a time-con- suming hobby. Such a course would give an automatic in- troduction to the field. Rather than missing out on an activity because you do not know anyone sharing the particular interest, you could meet a kin- dred spirit through the clas- sroom. Especially for freshmen, who are not necessarily situated according to common learnings, there is the possibility of interest without companions, .deterring those not bold enough to venture into an unknown club or organization (which is a large majority). Finally the fine arts on this campus need active support. Their contribution to our well- roundedness is great, but if a feasible chance for participation is not offered say a 3-hour re- quirement in studio art, choral or applied music, theatre art or drama, or creative writing we may, for the sake of getting our requirements taken, neglect the arts and thus neglect ourselves. Sincerely, Anne Walker Faculty (continued from page 1) nounced the establishment of a retirement plan and life in- surance plan for hourly paid em- ployees, these plans to become effective July 1. All costs of these new programs will be paid by the College. Employees will be eligible for the retirement plan after five years of continuous full-time service. If an employee has had ten years or more of continuous full- time service when he retires, the college will guarantee that he receives at least $2 per month for each year of service, in- cluding his regular retirement plan benefits. A life insurance policy will be provided to employees after 90 days of service to the college. A new scale of faculty salaries has been approved for 1974-75. New figures and those effective during 1973-74 are as follows: Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Instructor 1973-74 $14,500-$1 7,500 12,000- 15,500 10,500- 13,000 8,000- 10,000 1974-75 $15,000-$1 9,500 13,000- 16,000 11,000- 14,000 9,000- 11,000 For three ounces of brightly colored plastic, it packs quite a wallop. Every dorm has experienced the effects of one or more of these devastating devices. One student with one water pistol can wreak havoc on an entire studious hall. Water pistols are now available in many new and im proved varieties. One of the better mode-Is has "Magnum" clips separate water chambers which can be changed in mid-battle. As Dirty Harriet knows, this can be a crucial ad- vantage. Water pistols can be extremely dangerous when writ- ing the ten page paper due tomorrow. The comment of the professor may run like this: "This paper has its good points but you may have treated Hal's change from a boy to a man a lit- tle too emotionally. Your language is passable but the TEARDROPS are a little much!" The strategy for a battle can vary. One of the most effective positions is by the bathroom. Dodging in and out will draw your adversary's fire thus run- ning her out of water. Then, making sure your gun isfull from the sink, you attack your now defenseless enemy. However, watch out for she may have stored an auxiliary supply in a Coke bottle. She can be especially dangerous if she shoots the water straight from the bottle instead of filling her pistol. Now that's wet! One of the most shocking uses of the water pistol comes at bathtime. Little can ruin your relationship with your room- mate quite as effectively as squirting ice water over the wall into her hot, soaking shower. The screams would shatter crystal. Water pistols have one saving grace. All the coolness of a summer breeze can be condensed into a single fight. After laying out in the sun, a good water fight provides refreshing relief from exhaus- tion at the broiling point. PROFILE/MAY 24, 1974 PAGE 3 Instructor chosen for French Hall by ANN FINCHER According to Mary Virginia Allen, chairman of the Department of French, plans for the 1 975-76 French Corridor are now in the final stages. The French Corridor will be located in the north wing of Inman, and Francoise Chaze, a native of Cachan, France, has been em- ployed as the "French person in residence." The French Corridor, which is currently completing its first year, offers participants the op- portunity to live a language. On the premise that immersion in a language provides the student a fuller comprehension of that language, residents of the French Corridor ideally com- municate only in French. Participants are expected to greet each other in French, converse in French and should the occasion arise, curse a stubbed toe or broken fingernail in French. Miss Chaze, aged 22 years, comes to Agnes Scott after three years of study in Paris. She ob- tained her "License" in English at the Sorbonne and is now working on her master's thesis at Ecole Normale Superieure I'Enseignement Technique in Paris. Her thesis topic is William announcing. Francoise Chaze Faulkner and southern literature in the U.S. According to Miss Allen, Monsieur Raphael Molho, visiting professor in the French department fall quarter, was "instrumental in the search for the right person to live on the French corridor." Miss Chaze's duties include speaking French at all times on the French corridor, sitting at the French table at lunch, assisting in the organization of activities for the two French clubs, and tutoring students in French. Residents of the French Corridor must have completed French 101. Students interested in participating in the program should apply immediately to Miss Merrick or Miss Allen. In the real world by LYNN SUMMER Palestinian terrorists belong- ing to the Popular Democratic Front seized the village school in Ma'alot, Israel, Wednesday and held 85 children hostage, demanding that 23 fellow terrorists incarcerated in prison be released by the Israeli government. When Israeli forces stormed the school, the guerillas opened fire on the children, kill- ing 20 and seriously wounding others ; the terrorists themselves were slain. Following the grisly Ma'alot massacre and Israeli retaliatory bombing raids on Lebanese refugee camps, Syria and Israel agreed to the conditions of Secretary of State Henry Kis- singer's troop disengagement compromise. Conditions of the plan are not specifically known yet, but a cease-fire agreement is expected to be signed by the end of this week. India dramatically demonstrated its new status as a nuclear power when it exploded underground an atomic bomb for the first time Saturday. Although Prime Minister Indira Gandhi pledged to "remain duly com- mitted to the peaceful use of atomic energy," the United States announced its regret over the explosion. Until this time, only the U.S., China, Russia, France, and Britain have possessed atomic bombs. Valery Giscard d'Estaing, 48, defeated Socialist Francois Mitterand by a narrow 1.5% margin in Sunday's elections to become the twentieth president of the French republic. The one- time finance minister of the former Gaullist government is expected to seek improvement in U.S. -French relations. A major emergency plan was effected in Dublin this week as three bombs exploded in the heart of the city during rush hour, killing at least 1 9 persons. The IRA is suspected of being responsible. The bizarre sequence of events related to the SLA and its hostage/member Patricia Hearst reached climactic proportions this week-end. In a shoot-out involving scores of policement Friday, six SLA members, including "Marshal Cinque," the acknowledged leader, were killed. Miss Hearst was not found in the house. Sunday night she was charged, along with William and Emily Harris, with violation of federal firearms regulations, and a mas- sive search for the fugitives is underway. The prime lending rate reached an all-time high of 1 1 .75% this week. The House Judiciary Com- mittee listened to a tape of a Sept. 15, 1972 meeting of President Nixon with John^Dean and H. R. Haldeman which revealed the President's wish to retaliate against the Washington Post for its thorough investigation of the Watergate affair. The library will be open until 10:30 p.m. on May 24-25 and May 31 -June 1 . All library books are due May 29 but can be checked out for exams as needed. The United Farmworkers AFL- CIO will hold a benefit barbecue picnic in Grant Park on Sat., June 8, from 2 - 6 p.m. The event will include entertainment, speakers and a hot barbecue plate. Tickets are $2.50 for adults and $1.50 for children under 1 2. All proceeds will go to the United Farmworkers' Union. The barbecue is sponsored by the Atlanta United Farm Workers and the Atlanta Strike Support Committee. For more information, call 525-2922. Bungi Harris, Elizabeth Knight, and Ruth McAliley were tapped for membership in Alpha Psi Omega at the May 9 meeting of Blackfriars. Alpha Psi Omega is a national honorary dramatics fraternity. Students must exhibit an interest in the theater both on and off the stage in order to qualify for membership in the organization. The Student Services Com- mittee is an at-large committee of Student Government. One of its functions is to serve as a forum for student comments and suggestions concerning In- firmary and Dining Hall Service. Any student with a comment or suggestion relating to these services is strongly encouraged to submit it in writing to Debbie Harris, Chairman, Box 253. Please be sure to include any specific information which would be helpful in carrying out a follow-up of your suggestion. The new Agnes Scott Art Club will hold a Sidewalk Art Sale in front of the Hub May 23-24. From 1 1 a.m. to 4 p.m., students will be able to buy original art work, baked goods and plants. If it rains, the sale will be moved into the Hub. Judging for the Dalton Awards will begin at 3 p.m. on Fri., May 24. Ed Ross, a professor of pain- ting at the Atlanta College of Art, will be evaluating the works. Award winners will be an- nounced at the conclusion of the judging and winning works will be on display at the student art exhibit in the Dalton Galleries of Dana. The work of senior art majors will be featured in the student art exhibit which opens Sun., May 26, and runs through June 9. Both two- and three-dimen- sional works will be exhibited. Spirit of the past (Editor's note: brought to you by Spirit Committee.) by JOY CUNNINGHAM While skimming through some old Agonistic's, I noticed that listed under "Editorial Staff," was a joke editor. One joke, included in a 1933 article about new smoking rules, main- tained that smoking was "con- trary to one of the four ideals at Agnes Scott, the development of a pleasing personality." The most amusing was a com- parative study of "evolution of the college student": Fresh.: "May.l.go out tonight, m'am?" Z Soph.: "I'm going out tonight, be home at ten." Jr.: "I'm going out tonight." Sr.: "So long. I'll bringthe milk in." Honor Court Exam procedure reviewed (Editor's note: Honor Court has provided the following sum- mary of exam procedure.) With the rapid approach of the last set of finals, each student at Agnes Scott needs to recall the details of exam procedure. It is very important that each of us is very clear on every particular in order to avoid any doubt as to the validity of our work. The procedure may seem difficult or complicated, but the rewards from following it carefully self-scheduled exams are certainly worth the effort. Each student will receive a copy of the examination procedure in her box the week prior to exams and is responsible for knowing all regulations on it and those found in the handbook. This article merely emphasizes some of the im- portant points on the sheet. (1)lf at any time a student realizes she has failed to comply with any of these regulations she must report this failure at once to the Dean of Faculty or a member of Honor Court. If she has questions about the actions of another student, she should talk to this student and en- courage her to turn herself in if exam procedure has been violated in any way. Only if every member of our community accepts this responsibility, can we at Agnes Scott continue to enjoy the freedom of self- scheduling. (2) Examinations will be taken in Buttrick, Campbell, and Dana Fine Arts; however, exams are not to be taken in any place other than rooms announced for a particular period. Students who are required to use books and notes during their exam should use only Room 5 or Room 12 Buttrick. There should be no books or notes in any other rooms. (3) Exams should betaken only in intact blue books (do NOT remove pages), and NOT on the scratch paper provided. When the student completes the exam, she must seal the envelope con- taining the blue book, copy of exam, and all scratch paper BEFORE leaving the exam room. Likewise, an exam envelope should not be opened until one is in the exam room. (4) Lastly, each student is bound by her own honor not to ask for or give information before or after taking an exam. Exams should not be discussed in any way with anyone. ANY discussion is a violation of the Honor System and this rule is in effect until the end of the exam week. This applies to scheduled exams even though every student may have taken the exam. This brief summation does not in any way attempt to cover all exam regulations. It is very im- portant that each student read the exam sheet before the exam period begins. Afew momentsof thought and review will benefit each of us; it is our responsibility to be prepared to support the system if we wish to enjoy its benefits. PAGE 4 whATS hAppeninq Atlanta Symphony The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Robert Shaw, will perform a revised program of works by British composer Sir William Walton in closing its regular subscription season on Thurs. and Fri., May 23 and 24, 8:30 p.m., and Sun., May 26, 2:30 p.m., at Symphony Hall. Tickets for the concerts are on sale, scaled $2.60 to $7.30, at the Atlanta Symphony Box Office in the Memorial Arts Center, phone 892-2414. Student rush line tickets are offered for $2.10 for best available seats one-half hour before concerts. The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra will open its five-week summer series, "SummerSound 74," on June 11. The orchestra will offer Promenade Concerts on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings at Symphony Hall and "Pops" Concerts Friday evenings at Chastain Park and Sunday afternoons at the Stone Mountain Park Coliseum. Season tickets for the series of summer concerts are now on sale through the Atlanta Symphony Box Office in the Memorial Arts Center, phone 892-2414. High Museum Antwerp's Golden Age, an exhibition of paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture, medals, rare books and bookbindings, produced in Antwerp in the 1 6th and 1 7th centuries, opens at The High Museum of Art on Sun., May 26. The almost 200 objects which form the exhibition have been selected from major Belgian museums, galleriesandchurchesby Dr. L Yoet of The Plantin-Moretus Museum, Antwerp. Fourteen pain- tings, chosen to give an idea of the art school in Antwerp, are in- cluded as are drawings and engravings. Among the primary artists represented are Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony Van Dyck, Jacob Jordaens, the Breughels and David Teniers. In addition to tracing the growth of the Renaissance and the elaboration of the Baroque in the Northern countries, Antwerp's Golden Age also offers a cross-section of Antwerp book production focusing on Christopher Plantin, acclaimed the greatest printer of the latter part of the 16th century, and on his successors, the Moretuses. Avondale Festival Avondale Estates will celebrate its third annual Spring Festival on Sat., May 25, at Lake Avondale on Lakeshore Drive from 10:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. English tea, complete with scones, jam tarts, Scotch shortbread, and cucumber sandwiches will be served at the Avondale Com- munity Club, located beside the lake, from 2:00 to 4.00 p.m. Ad- mission for the tea will be one dollar, and group reservations may be made with Mrs. Roy Freeman, 294-5279. A special Christmas booth will feature pine cone and nut decorations, handmade and hand painted salt dough ornaments and other types of ornaments. Included in the special entertainment will be bagpipe music from the Atlanta Pipe Band, directed by Ian McFarland, an Avondale resident. LOST from the Reserve Room of the Library: 2 looseleaf notebooks of Xeroxed readings for Mr. Hogan's general psych classes. If found, please return to the Library. EUROPE- ISRAEL- AFRICA Travel discounts year-round. 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MORGAN, 766 Park Road, N.W., Washington, DC. 20010 AAacLauchlin joins staff Mary Margaret MacLauchlin, Class of 74, has been appointed assistant to the director of ad- missions. She will begin work July 1. Mary Margaret has served this year on Rep Council and the Inaugural Committee. She is a Dana Scholar and member of Mortar Board. Recently, she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Mary Margaret is a psychology major. Among her duties as a member of the admissions staff will be travelling to high schools and participating in college night programs to interview prospec- tive students. There are now four members of the staff who travel and one who will work primarily in the Atlanta area. All members of the admissions staff are Agnes Scott alumnae. PROFILE/MAY 24. 1974 Bioefhics (continued from page 1 ) Sandra Bowden, and philosophy professor Richard Parry are the directors for the conference. Mrs. Bowden commented that they hoped "to draw an audience from the medical and legal professions and from the academic com- munity throughout the Atlanta metropolitan area and Georgia." The National Endowment for the Humanities, which is provid- ing funds for the conference, was founded in 1 965 and encourages research in higher education and reinforces the teaching of the humanities. They provide grants, loans, and fellowships for research and programs which "foster understanding and appreciation of the humanities." Be a workhorse for George Busbee Work an hour. Work a week. Work whatever part of your summer you'd like. Help put George Busbee in the governor's office. He has the interests of youth at heart: he has two sons and two daughters of his own. George Busbee has worked hard to get more money for education. He's worked to get more education for the taxpayer's dollar. His efforts in the vocational school field earned him a lifetime membership in the Georgia Vocational Association. He's authored major bills to remove pollution from streams and air in Georgia. Last session he was the author and sponsor of the Pure Water Bill, which passed the Legislature. George Busbee is a workhorse. A man of integrity. He needs your help. Volunteer now to spend some of your time in a George Busbee headquarters in your section of the state this summer. Yes! I want to be a workhorse for George Busbee. I pledge my time to George Busbee for Governor. N2 *ame College. City . Address .State- .Zip. Home Address City .State. .Zip. My Telephone Number is George Busbee for Governor P.O.Box M Albany, Georgia 31 701 A lUi PAID POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT