Tenth Annual Catalogue and Announcement of the Agnes Scott Institute

TENTH

ANNUAL CATALOGUE

AND

ANNOUNCEMENT

OF

AGNES SCOTT INSTITUTE,

DECATUR, GEORGIA.

1898-99.

ATLANTA, GA.

The Frauklin Printing and Publishing Co.
1899.

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Institute Trustees*

BOARD OF TRUSTEES^

GEORGE W. SCOTT, -

F. H. GAINES, - - - -

CHARLES MURPHY CANDLER, -

JAMES G. PATTON, -

THERON H. RICE,

GEORGE B. SCOTT, -

MILTON A. CANDLER,

S. M. INMAN, . . . -

Decatur
Decatur
Decatur
Decatur
Atlanta
Decatur
Decatur
New York

ORGANIZATION OF BOARD.

President, GEO. W. SCOTT.

Vice-President,- - - - JAS. G. PATTON.
Secretary, F. H. GAINES.

Officers and Instructors*

OFFICERS OF GOVERNMENT AND
INSTRUCTION.

F. H. GAINES, D.D., President,
BIBI,E COURSE.

Miss N ANNETTE HOPKINS, Lady Principal,

mathematics.

Miss M. LULA McKINNEY,
english i^anguage and literature.

Miss NANNIE R. MASSIE,

FRENCH AND HISTORY.

Miss MARY D. SHEPPARD,

PHILOSOPHY, PEDAGOGY AND GERMAN.

H. B. ARBUCKLE, A.M., Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins) ,

PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES.

Miss MAUD MORROW, A.B. (Univ. Miss.),

LATIN AND GREEK.

Miss ANNA I. YOUNG,

ASSISTANT IN MATHEMATICS.

Officers and Instructors*

PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT.

Miss LIBBIE A. ALBY,

MATHEMATICS.

Miss MATTIE B. COOK,

HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY.

Miss M. MKLSON, A.B. (Univ. Nashville),

ENGUSH AND PHYSICAI. CULTURE.

Miss MARY J. BARNETT,
primary department.

Miss SHATTEEN MITCHEIvL,
elocution.

Miss IvUCII^E AI.EXANDER,
assistant in chemistry and biology.

Officers and Instructors.

SCHOOL OF MUSIC

JOSEPH MACLEAN, Director,

PIANO, THEORY, AND MUSICAL HISTORY.

THEODORE SAUL,

PIANO AND ORGAN.

Miss EDITH LESTER,

PIANO AND HARMONY.

Miss ALICE M. McILVAINE,

VOICE CULTURE AND SIGHT-READING.

Miss ANNA E. HUNT,

VIOLIN.

Miss MARY FRANK MORROW,

SUPERINTENDENT OF PRACTICE.

Officers and Instructors.

SCHOOL OF ART.

Miss EMMA G. BUCK,

PAINTING AND DRAWING.

W. S. KENDRICK, M.D.,

PHYSICIAN TO INSTITUTE.

MISS MARY APPIvEYARD,

(Trained Nurse.)

INTEND ANT OF INFIRMARY.

Miss REBECCA SMITH.

MATRON.

Miss ANNA L YOUNG,

LIBRARIAN.

Miss ANNIE GASH,

ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN.

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Calendar*

1899-00.

FAIvL TERM.
September 6th, 1899, to January 17th, 1900,

Christmas Houdays.
Begin December 2 2d ; end January ist, 1900.

SPRING TERM.
January iSthto May 30th, 1900.

CoMMENCEMKNT Sermon.
Sunday, May 27th, 1900.

Commencement Day.
Wednesday, May 30th, 1900.

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Agnes Scott Institute*

HISTORICAL.

THB Agnes Scott Institute began its career in
a rented building, September, 1889, under the
auspices of the Decatur Presbyterian Church.
The following spring Col. George W. Scott, an elder
of the church, generously proposed to give $40,000
to provide a permanent home for the institution.
The Board of Trustees at once gratefully accepted
this offer. Col. Scott immediately had plans drawn
for a commodious brick building 192 x 54 feet, four
stories high above basement, of imposing and beau-
tiful architecture, to be heated by steam and lighted
by electricity, and to be specially adapted to school
purposes. He then purchased an admirably lo-
cated lot containing five and one-half acres, and
personally superintended the execution of his plans
for the building. When completed he furnished it
throughout in the best manner. His books showed
that instead of $40,000.00, the sum he had at first
proposed to give, he had expended $112,500.00. In
the fall of 1 891 Col. Scott delivered to the Board of
Trustees deeds for this splendid property, and it was
dedicated to the cause of the Christian education of
young women, in the presence of the Synod of Geor-
gia. In recognition of his great gift the Board of
Trustees gave the institution the name of Col.
Scott's sainted mother, Agnes Scott. Since his
original gift he has added, at his individual expense,
a steam laundry, a pump-house with engine and

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other improvements, making in all an investment
in permanent improvements of about ^120,000.00.

OBJECT OF THE INSTITUTE.

Its great object fr 0771 the very first has been^ The
glory of God in the higher Christian Education of
young women. The founders of the institution be-
lieve that God in His Word has assigned to woman
a sphere, and given to her a work of inexpressible
importance to the welfare of church and state.
They also believe that to fit woman for the greatest
efficiency in her God-given sphere and work, she
needs the very best education an education which
carefully guards and promotes her ph^^sical develop-
ment ; which gives thorough mental training and
furnishing ; which gives that refinement and those
accomplishments which adorn womanhood ; and
which, above all^ forms and develops the highest
type of character.

HOW IT IS PROPOSED TO ACCOMPLISH THIS

OBJECT :

1. By having a liberal curriculum.

2. By making the Bible Course a part of the cur-
riculujn. It is confidently believed that the Bible
is essential to the >^/f^//^r education, and indispensa-
ble to the formation and development of the high-
est type of character.

3. By offering optional courses of sttidy. Recog-
nizing the fact that minds, tastes and future plans
differ, the Institute offers two Courses, Classical-
Scientific and Literary, with electives to suit all.

4. By havijtg the best teachers. The Board of
Trustees have endeavored to secure teachers who

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possess the highest qualifications for teaching ; who
have had a successful experience in their profession ;
who possess the highest type of character ; who are
in full sympathy with the objects and plans of the
school, and who will do all they can in and out of
the class-room to insure the largest success of the
institution.

5. By niaiiUaining a high standard of scholar-
ship. The Institute endeavors to do honest, thor-
ough work. No student will be promoted from
one class to another, much less graduated, who does
not come up to the prescribed standard.

6. By maki7ig the histitiUe a delightful Christian
horne^ and filling it with refining, elevating and
edifying influences.

While the above are the mea?ts by which the au-
thorities of the Institute seek to accomplish the
great object they have in view, yet the fact is dis-
tinctly recognized that after all they are only means ^
and that success must come from God. As in the
past, so in the future, they will earnestly plan and
labor in humble reliance upon Him.

ADMISSION TO THE COLLEGIATE DEPARTMENT,

Candidates for the Freshman Class will be re-
quired to take examinations on the following sub-
jects :

Mathematics*

{d) Arithmetic. Fundamental Rules, Common
and Decimal Fractions, Compound Numbers, Per-
centage, th^ Metric System, Square and Cube Root.

{p) Algebra. Least Common Multiple, Greatest
Common Divisor, Factors, Fractions, Equations of
First Degree, Involution and Evolution.

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English.

(a) Grammar. Including Analysis of Sen-
tences.

(h) Rhetoric. lyock wood's Lessons in English ,
or an equivalent.

ic) Composition. Of not less than thirty lines,
the subject to be assigned at the time of examina-
tion. This must be correct in spelling, punctua-
tion, use of capitals, and grammatical form.

Latin*

Tuell & Fowler's First Book in Latin, or its
equivalent, with some additional reading, prepara-
tory to beginning Caesar. The student must be
familiar with the grammatical forms of the lan-
guage, and with the principal rules of Syntax,
and be able to translate from Latin into English,
and from English into Latin. Latin will not be
required of a pupil w^ho elects a course of study
which does not include that language.

History,

Field's History of the United States, or an

equivalent.

Science*

Physical Geography and Physiology.

ADVANCED CLASSES*

Candidates for the higher classes will be exam-
ined on the subjects previously studied by the
class which they propose to enter.

SPECIAL STUDENTS*
Special students are permitted to elect any study
for which they give evidence of sufficient prepara-
tion.

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Course of Instruction.

COLLEGIATE DEPARTMENT.

This department is distributed into the follow-
ing Schools, each constituting a complete course
in the subject taught :

1. School of English.

2. School of Mathematics.

3. School of Physical and Biological Science.

4. School of the Bible.

5. School of History.

6. School of Philosophy.

7. School of Ancient Languages.

8. School of Modern Languages.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE.

Miss McKinney.

The aim of the English course is twofold, viz. :
to train pupils to write not only correctly, but also
clearly and impressively ; and to create in them a
desire to read and to know what is best in litera-
ture.

To gain the desired result in the former, pupils
are taught the principles which govern clear and
correct writing, and are frequently called upon to
put these principles into practice in essays upon
given subjects.

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Q)urse of Instruction^

As the first step toward gaining the object of the
Literature course, the student is required to study
carefully the works of such authors as will interest
and give insight into the times of which they are
representative. These masterpieces are carefully
discussed in class. As a second step toward this ob-
ject, at the end of each session a course of instructive
and pleasant reading, outside of regular class
work, is assigned to each class, to be reported
upon by the end of the following session.

As no English course is well rounded without
some knowledge of the history of the Language
and of Old English, these subjects have been in-
troduced into the course.

First Year.

(Three Hours a Week.)

1. Rhetoric. Genung's Outlines of Rhetoric.
Mastery of Materials, including the chapters on
Diction, Phraseology, and Special Objects in Style.
Much written work required.

Literature. Selections from the works of Irv-
ing, Scott, Keats, Tennyson and Lanier.

Essay Work. Six formal essays, subjects as-
signed ; weekly themes.

Second Year.
(Three Hours a Week.)

2. Rhetoric. Genung's Outlines of Rhetoric
Organization of Materials, including the chapters
on the Sentence, the Paragraph and the Whole
Composition. Some essay studied with reference
to sentence and paragraph structure. Exercises
in narration and description and other written
work.

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Literature. Careful study of the Prologue and
the Knight's Tale ; Faerie Queene, Book I. ; three
of Shakespeare's plays, Hamlet, King Lear, Mac-
beth ; Edward II. ; Paradise Lost, Books I. and
II. ; Lycidas and Comus, L'Allegro and II Pense-
roso.

Essay Work. Five formal essays ; weekly
themes ; book reviewing.

Third Year.

(Three Hours a Week.)

3. History of the English Language. O. F. Em-
erson.

Literature. Selections from Lamb, Burke, De
Quincey, Carlyle, Coleridge, Newman and Arnold .
The work of this year is devoted to the study of
English prose style.

Essay Work. Five formal essays ; book review-
ing ; exposition ; argumentation ; weekly themes.

"^ FouftI^Yeaf

(Two Hours a Week.)

4. {a) History of English Literature ; li-
brary work.

ib) Anglo-Saxon ; Bright's Anglo-Saxon Gram-
mar and Reader.

((f) Selections from the poetry of Wordsworth,
Coleridge, Robert Browning and Shelley.

For a certificate in this school all of the work
is required; for graduation years i, 2, and 3, and
any one of the studies in the fourth year.

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Course of Instruction^

REQUIRED READING FOR J899-I900.
First Year.

Goldsmith's The Vicar of Wakefield,
Johnson's Rasselas.
George Kliot's Silas MarJter.
Dickens's Tale of Two Cities.
Wallace's Ben Hiir.

Goldsmith's The Traveller and The Deserted
Village.

Second Year*

Shakespere's The Merchant of Venice^ Corio-
lanus^ A Midsummer Nighfs Dreajn.
Marlowe's The few of Malta.
Beaumont & Fletcher's Philaster.
Dowden's Shakespere ; His Mind and Art.
George Bliot's Romola and Daniel Deronda.
Blackmore's Lor^ta Doon.
Hawthorne's The Marble Faun.

Third Year. ..*

Defoe's History of the Plague in Lo7tdon.

DeQuincey's The Flight of the Tartar Tribe and
The Opium Eater.

Southey's Life of Nelson.

Mrs. Browning's Aurora Leigh.

Addison & Steele's The De Coverley Papers,

Carlyle's The Diamond Necklace^ and Essay on
Burns.

Pope's Iliad, Books L, VL, XXIL, and XXIV.

George Bliot's Felix Holt.

Thackeray's Vanity Fair^ or The Newcomes.

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Course of Instruction.

Fourth Year.

Life of Wordsworth, Life of Coleridge, Life of
Shelley (English Men of Letters Series.)

Life of Browning (Sharp.)

Mrs. Browning, George Eliot (Famous Women
Series.)

Studies in Literature (Dowden.)

SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS.

Miss Hopkins.
Miss Young.

The aim of this department is to cultivate habits
of clear and exact reasoning.

Pupils are required to be self-reliant and inde-
pendent in their w^ork.

First Year.

(Five Hours a Week.)

Algebra: Involution and Evolution, Radicals,
Quadratic Equations, Ratio and Proportion, Arith-
metical and Geometrical Progressions ; about tAvo
books of Geometry, with numerous exercises for
original solution. It is found necessary to empha-
size the fact that the preparation essential for this
course is a good knowledge of Arithmetic and of
Algebra to Involution, special stress being laid on
factoring.

The text-books used are HalFs Algebra and
Wentworth's Geometrv.

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Course of Instruction,

Second Year,

(Four Hours a Week.)

Geometry, Plane and Solid. The working of
original exercises forms a very important part of
this course.

Text-books : Wentworth's Geometry supple-
mented by Phillips' and Fisher's Elements of
Geometry.

Third Year.

(Four Hours a Week.)

Plane and Spherical Trigonometry, followed by
a course in Higher Algebra, embracing the sub-
jects of Variation, Permutations and Combinations,
Undetermined Coefficients, Binomial Theorem,
Summation of Infinite Series, Exponential Equa-
tions, Exponential Theorem.

A good training in the original solution of Geo-
metrical problems is a necessary preparation for
this course.

Text-books : Wells's University Algebra, Went-
worth's Trigonometry.

Fourth Year.

(Four Hours a Week.)

Analytic Geometry.
Text -book : Wentworth.

Fifth Year.
(Four Hours a Week.)

Differential Calculus.
Text-book to be announced later.

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SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL

SCIENCES-

H. B. Arbuckle.

A. Chemistry.

I . Inorganic Chemistry. This course consists
of lectures, recitations, and laboratory work in in-
organic chemistry, using Remsen's Inorganic
Chemistry (briefer course) as basis of the work.
Laboratory work is essential. No student who is
not faithful and persevering in this branch of the
work will be allowed to pass. Many experiments
will serve as class demonstrations, but all except
the most difficult ones must be repeated by the
students in the laboratory. From time to time
students will be called upon to execute certain ex-
periments before the class, under the direction of
the instructor.

Monthly lectures will be given on industrial
chemistry, which are designed to explain the prin-
ciples of many important manufacturing processes,
such as glass-making, rubber manufacture, pot-
tery, tanning, dyeing, bleaching, etc.

A brief course of lectures on the simpler com-
pounds of carbon of the aliphatic and the aromatic
series will close this year's work.

This course is designed to give that general
knowledge of chemical facts and phenomena that
is the prerequisite of a liberal education and to
cultivate correct habits of observation and manip-
ulation.

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Recitations, three hours per week throughout
the year ; laboratory work, tw^o hours per week.

Text-books Remsen's Briefer Course in Inor-
ganic Chemistry and Remsen's Organic Chemistry.

Books of Reference Mendeleeff 's Principles of
Chemistry and Remsen's Inorganic Chemistry.

2. (a) Organic Chemistry. This class meets
twice a week throughout the year for a more ex-
tended study of the compounds of carbon, and reg-
ular hours of laboratory work will be required of
the students taking this course.

Text-book Remsen's Organic Chemistry.

(d) Qualitative Anai^ysis. This course offers
students the opportunity of acquiring a practical
knowledge of qualitative analysis. It is essentially
a laboratory course, seven hours per week being
required in the laboratory. This class recites once
a week.

Text-book Odling's Practical Chemistry.

3. (a) Quantitative Analysis. The most com-
mon methods of gravimetric and volumetric analy-
sis are studied in this course, and the students will
be drilled by the many practical analyses which
will be required. This year's work will be given
only to those students who have chosen the special
chemistry course. Laboratory work, seven hours
a week.

Text-book Cairn's Quantitative Analysis.

(d) Organic Preparations. A general course
in organic preparations is offered during the latter
portion of the last year to the students taking the

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special chemistry course. The work will be se-
lected from the books of lycvy and Gattermann on
Organic Preparations.

B. Physics.

There are two courses offered in Physics.

1. Introductory Physics. This class recites
three hours a week and meets in the laboratory
once a week. This course is elementary, and de-
signed to present the simpler laws and principles of ** '
Mechanics, Heat, Sound, Light and Electricity.

Text-book Gage's Elements of Physics.

2. Gknerai. Physics. This is a more extended
course, embracing a general study of Mechanics,
Sound, Heat, Light, and Electricity, and the solu-
tion of a large number of problems under each of
the branches named. The lectures and recitations
will be enforced by numerous demonstrations, and
regular time will be provided for in the laboratory.

The laboratory is being equipped year by year
with the necessary apparatus. During this year
several very valuable pieces of apparatus have been
added. Recitations three hours per week.

Text-book Avery's Principles of Physics.

Books of Reference Barker's Physics andGanot's
Physics.

C. Biology,

The Biological department is provided with very
fme compound microscopes, dissecting implements,
and sectioning and staining apparatus, and the stu-
dents are thus enabled to do a large amount of
practical work. There are three courses offered in
this department.

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G)urse of Instruction^

1. Generai, Bioeogy. This is a practical
course, which inchides a study of animal morphology
and physiology Zoology ; and a study of vegetable
morphology and physiology Botany.

This course will be elementary, and founded on
selected portions of Davis's text-book of Biology.
In connection with the lectures and recitations a
regular course of laboratory work will be maintained,
in which the lower forms of life, such as the amoe-
ba, the hydra, the yeast plant, moulds, etc., will be
studied under the microscope, and higher forms,
such as the oyster, the crayfish, the frog, the chicken,
etc., will be dissected. The object of this course is
to give the students a knowledge of the most im-
portant phenomena of animal and plant life.

During a part of the second term an elementary
course in the botany of flowering plants is given.
The various parts of a plant, such as seeds, roots,
stem, leaves, etc., are studied, and this is followed
by an examination and classification of the ordinary
native plants of the vicinity. This course com-
prises two hours a week of laboratory work, and so
much of field work as circumstances will allow.

This class will recite three times a week.

Text-books Needham's Lessons in Zoology,
Davis's Biology Part i, and Gray's School and
Field Botany and Manual.

2. Structurae Botany. Microscopic methods
are studied more in detail. Sectioning, staining,
and mounting of slides are put to practical use in
the study of the structure and relations of the dif-
ferent organs and parts of the plant. Recitations
two hours a week.

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Text-book Strasburger's Practical Botany.

3. Animai. Physiology. This course is de-
signed to give the student a thorough knowledge
of the functions of life as demonstrated in man and
the higher animals. It is largely an experimental
course in physiology, and so the student will carry
out many of the studies in the laboratory. In con-
nection with the work the dissection of a mammal
will be required. This class meets four times a
week.

Text-book Martin's Human Body.

Books of Reference Foster and Howell.

D. Geology.

I . (a) Mineralogy and Crystallography are studied
from a practical standpoint, resort being had to
previously acquired chemical knowledge for identi-
fication of minerals ; (d) Petrography will embrace
a study of the origin, physical properties, distribu-
tion and classification of rock structures ; (c) Dy-
namical and Structural Geology will explain the
forces which have been at work and are now at
work in determining the form and structure of the
earth ; (d) Historical Geology and Paleontology will
be included in the course, and application will be
made of knowledge acquired in Zoology and Botany
to the interpretation of the animal and plant life
represented in the fossil remains of the geological
ages of the earth's history.

This class recites three hours a week.

Text-book LeConte's Geology.

Book of Reference Dana's 'Mineralogy and
Geikie's Geology.

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Through the kindness and generosity of Mr.
N. P. Pratt, Dr. D. A. Shumate, Geo. W. Scott
and others, a mineralogical cabinet of over 300
choice specimens has been recently added to this
department, which will be of great value to the
geological students.

E. ^Astronomy,

This course in Astronomy is based on Young's
General Astronomy. A knowledge of Trigonome-
try and Analytical Geometry is necessary.

Though denied the use of the large and refined
instruments now at the command of wealthy insti-
tutions, photographs and stereopticon views of the
instruments now in use in the Yerkes and Lick
observatories will be presented and their working
described. The Institute has a small telescope,
which will add much interest to these studies.

Text-book Young's General Astronomy.

Reference Newcombe & Holden.

SCHOOL OF THE BIBLE.

Dr, Gainss,

This is a three years' course, beginning with
Sophomore year. It fonns a necessary part of the
graduate courses.

Objects.

I. To give a clear knowledge of Biblical History.
The facts of this history not only form the basis of
our religion, but have determined the history of the
race, and especially of Christendom.

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2. To give in some measure an adequate view of
the value of the Bible. While the Bible is theoret-
ically considered the greatest book in existence, yet
comparatively few have a true appreciation of the
ground of this claim.

3. To teach how to study the Bible. Much Bible
reading and even Bible study is unsatisfactory for
the lack of the best method of study.

How the Course Is Taught.

1. The Bible itself is the main text-book ; other
hooks are used only as guides or helps.

2. The Bible is taught systematically, i. e.^ ac-
cording to a plan. The plan used is to divide each
Testament into periods according to the epoch in
the history, and to study these periods in order.

3. The Bible is taught analytically. Each period
is carefully analyzed and the material orderly ar-
ranged. Then, as time permits, books and chap-
ters are analyzed.

4. The Bible is taught in the light of Biblical
Geography. The location of an event not only
makes it more real and helps to fix it in the mind,
but often enables us to understand it. The latest
Biblical Geography and the best wall maps are used.

5. The Bible is always taught as the inspired
word of God.

Tiie course is arranged as follows :

First Year,
(Two Hours a V^eek.)

I. From the Creation to the Kingdom ; Text-
books : The Bible ; Bible Course : Outline and

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f.

Notes (Gaines) ; Manual of Biblical Geography
(Hurlbut).

Second Year*

(Two Hours a Week.)

2. From the Kingdom to End of Old Testament ;;
same text-books continued.

Third Year.

(Two Hours a Week.)

3. The New Testament ; same text-books con-
tinued, with the following additional : Harmony of
the Gospel (Broadus) ; Evidences of Christianity
(Alexander).

Each student should be supplied with a good
copy of the Revised Version.

All students who do not take the regular Bible
course are required to recite one lesson a week
either in the Story of the Bible (Foster), Studies in
the Four Gospels (Hurlbut), or Blaikie's Bible His-
tory.

SCHOOL OF HISTORY,

Mfss Massfe.
\ Tw o ^<i^ri OLW ee/f . )

In this department effort is made to arouse in the
pupil enthusiasm and love for the study of History,,
and to teach the best methods of pursuing it, not
only for its own sake, but also as an essential to
the intelligent pursuit of other branches. The
course for the first two years is carried on by means
of recitations, topical work, both written and oral,,

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maps, chronological tables and outlines. In the
third year, in addition to the above, parallel read-
ing is assigned and essays required at intervals.

A reading-room, well supplied with the best
periodicals, enables the pupils to prepare them-
selves for a weekly discussion of topics of the day
and matters of general information.

First Year,

1. The history of the Eastern Empires, and of
Greece and Rome, Sheldon's General History, part I.

(a) The civilization of the ancient East and its
contribution to Greece ; the influence upon Greece
of its physical geography ; Greek political history
to the Roman conquest ; the characteristics of Greek
civilization ; origin and development of the Greek
drama ; several plays of ^schylus and of Sophocles
read.

(d) The history of Rome to the fall of the Em-
pire in the West ; the physical advantages of Italy ;
the growth of the constitution ; the rise of the Ple-
beians ; the internal weaknesses of the latter days of
the Republic and of the Empire ; the spread of
Christianity ; the barbarian invasions.

Mythology by topical study.

Reference books : Plutarch's lives, Mahaffey's
Social Life in Greece, Wilkins' Roman Antiquities,
Creasy's Fifteen Battles, Bulfinch's M^^thology and
standard historians.

Second Year.

2. Myers' Mediaeval and Modern History.

The settlement of the Teutonic Peoples, the
growth of the Christian Church, the Feudal sys-

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tern, the Crusades, the Rise of the Free Cities, the
Renaissance, the Reformation, are the leading
topics.

Reference books : The Epoch series of histories,
Guizot's History of Civilization, Fronde's Studies.

Third Year.

3. Myers' Mediseval and Modern History.

The rise of the^^modern kingdoms, the French
Revolution, the rise of the German Empire, united
Italy, are subjects of special study.

Reference books the same as for the above course.

Fourth Year.

4. (a) Montgomery's Leading Facts of French
History.

The Historv of France from the earliest times to
the French Revolution ; readings from Guizot's
History of France and History of Civilization ;
studies from the works of St. Amand ; Stephen's
Lectures on the History of France.

(3) Montgomery's Leading Facts of English His-
tory.

The Physical Geography of England, the Puri-
tan Revolution, the development of the English
Constitution and the History of the Nineteenth
Century are the leading topics of study.

Reference books : Green's Short History of the
English People ; Macaulay's Essays and History ;
McCarthy's History of Our* Times.

(c) One lesson a week in Civil Government in' the
United States.

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Course of Instruct&n^ ^

History of the United States reviewed.

Pupils who have not taken the History course
in the Preparatory Department of this institution
are required to pass an examination on some ele-
mentary History of England in order to enter this
class.

SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHY.

This school includes Psychology, Logic, Ethics
and Pedagogy. The First and Second years are nec-
essary to graduation in either Classical-Scientific or
Literary course. Pedagogy is elective and is de-
signed especially for those who desire to make
teaching a profession. While it is not claimed that
this subject as taught here will always make fine
teachers, yet it is believed that it will give true
ideas and inculcate the great principles underlying
the science of teaching.

First Year.

(Two Hours a Week.)

I. Psychology. This course is not taken up un-
til the Junior year. Besides recitations from the
text-books, collateral reading, class discussions, and
lectures are employed. The great object of the
course is to give a thorough grounding in a sound
psychology, and to enable the student to reason
clearly and correctly.

Text-books. Hopkins, with references to Com-
payre, Dew^ey, Porter, Dabney and others.

Logic. Poland, with references to Jevon-Hill,
Bcwen, Davis and others.

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Course of Instruction^

Second Year,
(Two Hours a Week.)

2. Ethics. The first part of the 3^ear is devoted
to the study of Theoretical Ethics as treating of the
Sensibilities, the Will, and Theories of the Ethical
Sentiments. The second part of the Course con-
siders Applied Ethics in which the First Principles
of Social Ethics are discussed and their connection
with the Individual, the Family, the State, with
Property, with Special Relations and Relations to
God. t -

Text-Books. Dabney's Practical Philosophy, and
Hopkins' Law of Love and Love as a Law. Refer-
ences are made to Jouffroy, Dewey and others.
Written exercises, including essays, reviews and
critical comparisons, are required throughout the
year.

Pedagogy. The most recent works on Edu-
cation are consulted as well as the writings of
Locke, Rousseau, Pestalozzi, Froebel, Page, Payne,
Compayre, Richter, Spencer, Goethe, Plato, and
many others.

Able lecturers engaged in educational work ad-
dress the students from time to time, and the classes
of the Institute and of the Atlanta Public Schools
are cordially open for observation work.

First Year.

(Three Hours a Week.)

I. Theory and Practice ; Methods ; Forms of
Desire ; Will ; Aim of Education ; Moral Strength
of Character; Observation Work; Lectures on
Pedagogy.

34

Course of Instruction^

Second Year.

(Five Hours a Week.)

2. Outlines of Educational Doctrine ; History of
Education ; School Requisites ; School Organiza-
tion ; School Ethics ; School Government ; Many-
sidedness of Interest ; The Doctrine of Appercep-
tion, Its Application to Pedagogy ; The Teacher ;
Methods ; Observation Work ; Lectures.

SCHOOL 'of ancient LANGUAGES.

LATIN.
Miss Morrow.

The first two years are given largely to the study
of forms and syntax and to their practical application
in translation and in prose composition. Sight-read-
ing and writing are insisted on, as this gives a facil-
ity hard to acquire otherwise. Frequent abstracts of
tra'nslated passages are made, and the geography and
history of the text studied. During the last two
years of the course less time is given to form and
syntactical work and more to the spirit and style
of the writers. The translations are not so literal
as in the early part of the course, though the use
of good English is, of course, required in all the
classes."

The Roman pronunciation is used. Students in
this department are required to take the course in
Roman History and Mythology given in the school
of History.

35

Course of Instruction^

The applicant for entrance must know thoroughly
Collar and DanielPs, or Tuell and Fowler's First
Latin Book, or an equivalent, and must have done
some reading preparatory to beginning Caesar.

First Year.

(Four Hours a Week.)

Text-books : Allen and Greenough's Latin Gram-
mar (used through the whole course) ; Caesar I.-IV. ;
Viri Romae for sight-reading ; Church's Story of
the Old World ; parallel reading ; DanielPs New
Latin Prose Composition.

Forms are reviewed and syntax is studied regu-
larly in the Grammar, and applied in daily black-
board work and in weekly written exercises in prose
composition.

Second Year.

(Four Hours a Week.)

Text-books : Cicero, Selected Orations, Vergil's
^neid, Books I.-IV. ; DanielPs New Latin Prose
Composition ; parallel reading, Church's Roman
Life in the Days of Cicero.

The prosody of the ^neid is studied, some pa-
pers on assigned subjects, sight-reading from easy
passages and some sight exercises are required.

Third Year.
(Three Hours a Week.)

Text-books : Horace, Selections ; Ovid, Selec-
tions ; Letters of Pliny, Junior, selected for sight-
reading ; Last Days of Pompeii, parallel reading ;
DanielPs Composition.

36

Gxirse of Instruction^

The study of meter is continued in connec-
tion with the poems of Horace and of Ovid. Some
sight exercises are required and some written trans-
lation with criticism of the author's style, manner-
isms, etc. Pupils are encouraged to make metrical
translation.

(Two Hours a Week.)

Text-books : Catullus, Propertius and Tibullus,
selections.

This class will study carefully Latin lyric and
elegiac poetry, noting the poet's personal character-
istics, his style, philosophy, mastery of the tech-
nique of his art, the influence of his surroundings
on him, his influence on the thought of his times,

etc.

Fourth Year,

(Three Hours a Week.)

Text-books : Livy, XXI.-XXII. ; sight reading,
Sallust; Tacitus' Agricola and Germania ; sight
reading, Caesar, V.-VI. ; Mackail's Roman Litera-
ture.

Papers on assigned subjects are required and
monthly sight exercises in prose composition.

(Two Hours a Week.)

Text-book : Vergil.

This class will study Vergil from a literary point
of view, reading all the ^neid with critical study
of it, and also reading largely from the Georgics
and the Eclogues. They will endeavor to gain a
comprehensive knowledge of the man and of his
work and influence.

37

Qnirse of Instruction*

SCHOOL OF GREEK.

Miss Morrow.

The methods of teaching will in this department
be substantially the same as are used in the school
of Latin. All pupils in Greek will be required to
study Grecian history and mythology as given in
the School of History.

Fir^ Year.

(Two Hours a Week.)

Text-books: White's First Greek Book, Cebes^
Tablet ; parallel reading, Hawthorne's Tanglewood
Tales and Wonder Book.

Second Year.

(Four Hours a Week.)

Text-books : Goodwin's Grammar (used through-
out) ; Xenophon's Anabasis, I.-III., Goodwin &
White ; Xenophon's Hellenica, I.-III. ; parallel
reading, Church's Story of the Iliad and Story of
the Odyssey. Sight-reading from the easier pas-
sages will be given with prose composition and some
easy sight exercises.

Third Year,

(Three Hours a Week.)

Plato's Apology and Crito, Dyer ; Thucydides'
Fall of Platea and Plague at Athens, from Books
II. and III., edited by Sutthery and Graves. First
term, Mahaify's Old Greek Life; second term,
Jebb's Literature Primer; parallel reading, Chap-
man's Homer's Iliad ; Greek Prose Composition
with sight exercises ; sight-reading, John's Gospel.

38

Course of Instruction*

Fourth Year.

(Three Hours a Week.)

^schylus, The Seven Against Thebes (Flagg) ;
Sophocles' Antigone (Jebb) ; Jebb's Classical Greek
Poetry ; sight-reading, Homer ; parallel work, papers
on assigned topics, prepared by different pupils and
read before the class. During this year Prosody
will be studied.

SCHOOL OF MODERN LANGUAGES.

FRENCH.
Miss Massey.

First Year*
(Three Hours a Week.)

I. La Fran9ais Pratique, Percy.

In this the elements of French Grammar are
studied, its principles being illustrated from easy
prose readings. Almost daily memorizing is re-
quired as a means of acquiring a good pronuncia-
tion and as an aid to conversation.

Second Year.
(Three Hours a Week.)

I. The more difficult principles of French Gram-
mar are studied in this class, exercises are written
and idioms carefully considered.
^ Reading of college plays, Daudet's Contes, dicta-
tion, memorizing and conversation.

39

Gnifse of Instftiction>

Thitd Year.

(Three Hours a Week.)

Macmillan's Third Year in French. Fortier's
History of French Literature. Corneille's Le Cid,
Racine's Athalie, Moli^re's L'Avare and I<e Mis-
anthrope, Selections from Victor Hugo. Exer-
cises in composition, dictation, letter- writing and

conversation.

Fourth Year.

(Four Hours a Week.)

lyiterature of the Nineteenth Century studied.
Instruction given exclusively in French.

Aside from the reading done in the class-room,
private parallel reading is required in this year,
and in the year preceding.

Throughout the whole course French is used, as
far as practicable, as the medium of instruction.

GERMAN.
Miss Sheppard.

First Year.

Deutsche Grammatik, Joynes-Meissner ; Studien
und Plaudereien, ist Series ; Bilderbuch ohne
Bilder ; Im Zwielicht, Part I. ; Conversation, with
Written Exercises ; Exercises Memorized.

Second Year.

Deutsche Grammatik, Collar's Eysenbach ; Stu-
dien und Plaudereien, 2d Series ; Im Zwielicht,
Part II. ; Immensee ; Undine ; Conversation and
Written Exercises ; Selections Memorized.

40

Course of Instruction^

Third Year.

Deutsche Grammatik ; Spanhoofd, Maria Stuart
or Jungfrau von Orleans ; Herman and Dorothea ;
Wilhehn Tell ; Iphigenie ; Poems Memorized.

The explanation of class directions in German is
given during the first few lessons of the study, and
the language is itself used in giving instruction.
This is more and more exclusively done as the
vocabulary of the pupils increases. Chief attention
is paid the first year to reading the language with
ease, and to acquiring a knowledge of the idiom.
Declension and conjugation forms are memorized.

The second year the aim is mostly translation
and composition. Declension and conjugation
forms are review^ed, and model sentences, embody-
ing difficult grammatical constructions, are mem-
orized. While committing vocabularies is not de-
pended upon entirely in securing command of the
language, it is used to the extent of learning the
vocabularies in the grammar.

The reading of the third year is combined with
a critical study of the language and its literature.

Throughout the course sight translation is a
prominent feature, and the material read in class is
made the basis of conversation.

Postgraduate Work*

Provision is made for postgraduate work in
German. During the fourth and fifth years of
study attention is giv.en to the Classics, as well as
to the works of the best modern German writers.
The nucleus for a German library has been donated
by Drysen and Pfeifier, of Nev/ York City.

41

Course of Instruction.

COURSES OF STUDY.

Two courses of study are offered, viz. : the Clas-
sical-Scientific and the Literary, which are outlined
on pages 43-46, showing the number of hours re-
quired in each year of each course. No student
will be granted a diploma who has not satisfactorily
completed the studies indicated in one of these
courses.

The I/iterary Course is designed to give to those
students who desire to make extended study of
Music or French and German an attractive field
of work ; and the Classical-Scientific Course is
planned for those students desiring a thorough
training in classical and scientific studies.

It will be seen that seventeen or eighteen hours
per week is required, according to the nature of the
studies in each course, and that the two courses
are fixed only in the Freshman and Sophomore
years. There are no elective studies in these years.
At the close of the Sophomore year, advisory com-
mittees from the faculty will endeavor to direct
each student into the special course best suited to
her tastes and ability.

In the Junior and Senior years only a certain
number of studies, as indicated, are reqiiired, the
rest being elective. These elective studies, as
shown in the elective groups on pages 43-46, de-
termine the character of the course pursued. Thus
the Institute is able to offer strong courses in Lati?t^
English^ History^ Modern Languages^ Science^
Pedagogy^ Art and Music,

42

G>ursc of Instructioiu

CLASSICAL-SCIENTIFIC COURSE.

Figures in parentheses refer to the years.

Freshman. Sophomore*

Hours Hours

per week. per week.

English (I) 3 English (2) 3

Mathematics ( i ) 5 Mathematics (2) 4

Latin or Greek (i) 4 Latin or Greek ( 2 ) 4

History (i) 2 French or German ( i ) 3

Biology (i) 3 Chemistry (i) or Physics (i) 3

Bible (I) 2

17 19

Junior* Senior*

Required. Required.

Bible (2) 2 Bible (3) 2

English (3) 3 Mathematics (3) 4

French or German (2) 3 History (2) or (3) 2

Psychology (1) 2 Ethics (2) 2

Electives 7 Electives JJ^

17 17

Elective Groups of the Classical-Scientific Course*

In addition to the required studies in the Junior and Senior
years, any one of the following groups may be chosen.

J* English Special.

Junior* Senior*

English (4) a 2 English (4) 3 2

Latin (3) 3 English (4) r 2

German or French (2) 3 Latin and Literature (4), or

German or French ( 3 ) . . . 3

( German, if French is elected ( German, if French is elected
in the Sophomore year, and vice in the Sophomore year, and vice
versa.) versa.)

43

G>urse of Instruction.

Elective Groups of the Classical-Scientific Course
Continued.

2, Latin ^Special.

Latin (3) 3 Latin (4) 3

Latin (5) 2 Latin and Literature (6) ... 2

Greek (3) or Chemistry (2) Greek (4) or Astronomy and

or German or French (2). 3 Geology, or German or

French (3) 3

(German, if French is elected (German, if French is elected
in the Sophomore year, and in the Sophomore year, and,

vice versa. ^ vice versa.)

3* Modern Languages Special.

Latin (3) 3 French and Literature (4) . 4

History or Chemistry (2) 2 or 3 German and Literature (4) . 3

German or French (3) 3

(German, if French is elected
in the Sophomore year, and

vice versa.)

4. Mathematics Special.

Mathematics (3) 4 Mathematics (4) 4

Physics (2) 3 Astronomy (i) 3

5. History Special.

History (2) 2 History (3) 2

History of Philosophy 2 History and Science of Gov-

Latin (3) or Geology (i) . . 3 emment (4) 2

French or German (3) 3

6. Pedagogy Special.

r Theory and Practice (i) . Lectures on Pedagogy (2) . 2

t Methods ( i) 3 History of Education (2) . . i

History (3) or (4) 2 Outlines of Educat'nal Doc-
Physiology (3) or Physics trine (2) i

(i) or Astronomy (i) and Methods (2) i

Geology (i) 3 English (4) a 2

7. Chemistry Special.

Chemistry (2) 3 Chemistry (3) 3

Biology (2) 2 Astronomy (i) and Geol.(i) 3

Physics (I) and Latin (3) . . 3 French or German (3) s

44

Course of Instruction*

Elective Groups of the Classical-Scientific Gjurse
Continued*

8. Biology Special.

Physiology (3) 4 Biology (2) 2

Physics (I) or Ivatin (3) . 3 Chemistry (2) or Astronomy

(i) and Geology (i) 3

French or German (3) 3

(Music or Art, one hour a week, is allowed as additional work
in each of the Groups of the Classical-Scientific Course.)

Literary Course*

Figures in parentheses refer to the years.
Freshman. Sophomore.

Hours Hours

per week. per week.

English (I) 3 English (2) 3

Mathematics (I) 5 Bible (i) 2

Biology (i) 3 Pliysics 3

Music, Art or French (i) . . 3 Music, Art or French (2) . . 3

German (i) or French (i). . 3 German (2) or French (2). . 3

Elocution I Elocution i

History (i) 2

18 17

Jtinfof. Senior.

Required. Required.

English (3) 3 English (4) 3

Bible (2) 2 Bible (3) 2

Philosophy (I) 2 Ethics (2) 2

Chemistry 3 Elective 10

History (2) 2

Elective 5

17 17

Elective Groups of the Literary Course.

In addition to the required studies in the Junior and Senior
years any one of the following groups may be chosen.

J, English Special.
Junior. Senior.

English (4) 2 English (4) ^ 2

French or German (3) 3 French or German (4) 3

History (2) or (3) 2

I^cgic 2

45

Course of Instfuction>

Elective Groups of the Literaty Course Continued*

2. History Special,

History (2) 3 History (3) 3

French or German (3) 3 French or German (4) 3

History and Science of Gov-
ernment (4) 2

Logic , 2

3. Modern Lai^uages Special.

French (3) 3 French (4) 3

German (3) .... 3 German (4) 3

English (4) 2

History (2) or (3) 2

4. Music ^Special.

Music 5 Music 5

French or German (3) 3

Knglish (4) d 2

5, Art Special.

Art 5 Art 7

French or German (3) 3

(Music or Art, one hour a week, is allowed in each group
of the Literary Course as additional work for students not
making music a specialty.)

48

Course of Instruction,

Schedule of Recitations Collegiate Department.

Hours

MONDAY.

TUESDAY.

WEDNESDAY.

THURSDAY.

FRIDAY.

8:SO-S

Chapel and

Chapel and

BI3LE.

Chapel ano

Chapel ano

Dictation

Dictation.

Dictation.

Spellinq.

English, I.

History, i.

English, I.

English, I.

1

! History, i.

Science, 3.

Mathe-

Science, 3.

Science, 3.

iMathe-

Mathe-

matics, 2.

Mathe-

Mathe-

( matics, 2.

9-10

matics, 2.

I<atin, 3.

matics, 2.

matics, 2.

I<atin, 3,

German, i.

English, 4.

German, i.

German, i.

English, 4.

French, i.

French, i.

French, i.

Science, 4.

Elocution.

Science, 4.

Science, 4.

Elocution.

Mathe-

Mathe-

Mathe-

Mathe-

Mathe-

matics, 3.

matics, 3.

matics, 3.

matics, 3.

matics, 3.

1 0- 1 1

French, 2.

Historj', 2.

French, 2.

French, 2.

History, 2.

German, 2.

I^atin, I.

German, 2.

German, 2.

lyatin, I.

I^atin, I.

lyatin, 1.

I<atin, I.

Pedagogy, 2.

Pedagogy, 2.

Pedagogy, 2.

Pedagogy, 2.

Pedagogy, 2.

Fnghsh, 3.

Bible, 2.

Enghsh, 3.

Enghsh, 3.

Bible, 2.

1 f 12

Mathe-

Mathe-

Mathe-

Mathe-

Mathe-

matics, I.

matics, I,

matics, I.

matics, I.

matics, I .

Science, 2.

History, 3.

Science, 2.

Science, 2.

History, 3.

Mathe-

Mathe-

Mathe-

Psychology, i

matics, 4.

Psychology, i

matics, 4.

matics, 4.

Bible, I.

12 1

Pedagogy, i.

Bible, I.

Pedagogy, i.

Pedagogy, i .

History, i.

English, 2.

History, i.

English, 2.

English, 2.

French, i.

French, i.

French, i.

French, 3.

Bible, 3.

French, 3.

French, 3.

Bible, 3.

German, 3.

German, 3.

German, 3,

1-2

English, I.

English, I.

English, I.

L,atin, 2.

tvatin, 2.

[yatm, 2.

lyatin, 2.

lyatin, 2.

Science, i.

science, i.

Science, 1. |

The years are indicated by figures.

47

Course of Instruction.

PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT.

An institution can maintain a high standard only
when adequately supported by good preparatory
schools. The object of this department is to give
thorough preparation for the collegiate work. The
course of study is so arranged as to give this prep-
aration in as short a time as is consistent with
thoroughness.

TEXT-BOOKS.

First Year,

Reading.

History. Gardiner's English History.
Arithmetic. Prince's Arithmetic by Grades,
(No. 4.)

Spelling. Ivippincott's Speller, Part II.

Geography. Maury's Manual.

Writing.

Drawing.

Story of the Bible. One lesson a week.

Physical Citlture.

English,

Language Lessons Daily exercise in composi-
tion.

The Children's Garland, selections from Tangle-
wood Tales, and stories by Mrs. Bwing and by
Mary E. Wilkins.

48

Course of Instruction^

Miscellaneous.

Additional poetry and prose for composition
work.

Required Reading.

At the Back of the North Wind, The Prince and
the Pauper, Little Lord Fauntleroy, and selections
from Arabian Nights.

Second Year.
Reading.

History. Yong^^'s History of England.
Arithmetic. Prince's Arithmetic by Grades.

(No. 5.)

Geography. Maury's Manual.

Spelling. Dictation Exercises.

Story of the Bible. One lesson a week.

Writing.

Drawing.

Physical Cultttre.

English.

Language Lessons. Daily exercise in composi-
tion.

The Children's Garland, selections from Ander-
sen's Fairy Tales, Bimbi, and The Legend of
Sleepy Hollow.

Miscellaneous*

Additional poetry and prose for composition
work.

Required Reading.

Jan of the Windmill, A Dog of Flanders, Hans
Brinker, Patsy.

49

Course of Instruction^

Third Year.
Reading.

History. Yonge's History of Greece.

Arithmetic. Prince's Arithmetic by Grades.
(No. 6.)

Review of Geography. Frye's Advanced.

Latin. Tuell & Fowler's First Latin Book, or
German or French.

Spelling.

Writing.

Draiving.

Physical Culture.

Bible. One lesson a week.

Geometry. Hunt's, for Grammar Schools.

English.

Advanced Language Work, Composition work
in class, and weekly themes.

Evangeline, Keramos, Snow Bound, and short
poems by American writers.

The Great Stone Face, selections from Alham-
bra, A Christmas Carol, and Southern Literature.

Required Reading.

Miles Standish, Hiawatha, Girls Who Became
Famous, My Summer in a Garden, Paul and Vir-
ginia, and Scottish Chiefs.

Fourth Year.

History. Field's United States.
Arithmetic. Prince's Arithmetic by Grades.
(No. 7.)

Algebra. Lyman Hall.

50

Course of Instruction.

Physical Geography (Maury's), Physiology and
Hygiene (Blaisdell).

Bible. One lesson a week.

Spelling.

Writi?tg.

Latin. Tuell & Fowler's First Latin Book re-
viewed and Gate to Caesar, or German or French.

English.

Rhetoric. Lockwood's Lessons in English.
(During this year the subjects of punctuation, er-
rors in English and figures are thoroughly studied.)
Composition work.

Literature*

Mosses from an Old Manse, Prue and I, Selec-
tions from Scott's Poems, and Masterpieces of Brit-
ish Literature.

Required Reading.

Kenilworth, Ivanhoe, The Talisman, Dream Life
and The House of Seven Gables.

51

<]ourse of Instruction*

PRIMARY DEPARTMENT.

TEXT-BOOKS.

First Year.

Reading. From the blackboard, Cyr's First
Readers. Stepping Stones to Literature.

Arith^netic. Mental and written exercises with
small numbers.

Drawing.

Writing.

Bible. One lesson a week.

Physical Culture.

Second Year. *

Reading. Stepping Stones to lyiterature with
supplementary reading.

Spelling. Stickney's Word by Word, Primary.

Arithmetic. Prince's Arithmetic by Grades.

Drawing,

Science. One lesson a week.

Bible. One lesson a week.

Writing.

Physical Culture.

Third Year.

Reading. Stepping Stones to Literature with
supplementary reading.

Spelling. Stickney's Word by Word, Advanced.
Language. First Book in Language.
Geography.

52

Cou rse of In str uction^

Arithmetic. Prince's Arithmetic, by Grades.

Drawing.

Science. Weekly lesson.

Writing.

Bible. One lesson a week.

Physical CultzcT'e.

Fourth Year,

Readijig. Stepping Stones to Literature, with
supplementary readings.

Spelling. Stickney's Word by Word, Advanced.

Language. First Book in Language.

Geography. Frye's Primary, with map draw-
ing.

History. Montgomery's First Steps in Ameri-
can History.

Arithmetic. Prince's Arithmetic, by Grades.

Drawing.

Science. One lesson a week.

Writing.

Bible. One lesson a week.

Physical Culture.

r

3

Course of Instruction.

SCHOOL OF MUSIC.

'The work of this department embraces instruc-
tion in piano, organ, violin, voice culture, art of
singing, harmony, mandolin, guitar, theory of mu-
sic, history of music, sight-reading and chorus sing-
ing. Only experienced teachers of special talent
and training are employed ; there are no tutors or
assistants. Pupils in piano, organ, violin and
voice-culture have two lessons a week of half an
hour each. Harmony, theory, sight-reading, etc.,
are taught in classes, which meet twice a week.
Each pupil is expected to perform the part assigned
her in frequent recitals. Piano pupils in the pre-
paratory grade are expected to practice one hour
daily ; more advanced pupils, two hours. Pupils in
voice culture will practice one hour a day. Special
students can arrange for more time.

Attention is called to the advantages to be en-
joyed in Atlanta, greater, perhaps, than in any
other Southern city, of hearing artists of the first
rank. During the past year the Atlanta Concert
Association gave two piano recitals each by Rosen-
thal and Bloomfield-Zeisler, besides concerts by such
artists as Max Bendix, Geraldine Morgan, Ger-
trude May Stein, B. Merrill Hopkinson, and four
by the Theodore Thomas Orchestra.

54

Course of Instruction*
PIANO.

Preparatory Grade.

Rudiments, position of hands and muscular de-
velopment ; simple studies ; major scales and
chords ; easy pieces ; Sonatinas.

Intermediate Grade.

Rhythmical scale studies; major and minor
scales ; arpeggios ; finger studies to be transposed
into every key; wrist studies; studies in phrasing
and expression ; trill studies ; study of polyphonic
music begun ; easy sonatas ; pieces by modern com-
posers ; playing at sight (pieces for four and eight
hands) ; playing from memory.

Advanced Grade.
Technical studies continued ; study of standard
sonatas ; concertos and pieces of modern composers ;
systematic study of works of the great composers,
together with reading of musical biography, analy-
sis, etc. ; ensemble playing.

ORGAN.

At least one year's study in piano playing is nec-
essary before undertaking the organ.

This course is planned especially to meet the
needs of those preparing themselves for church
choir work.

Studies. Stainer's Organ Primer ; Whiting's
First Six Months ; D. Buck's Pedal Phrasing ;
Rink's Four Books ; Bach's Preludes and Fugues ;
Church Music by Best, Smart, Merkel, etc.

The Institute has a two-manual organ for the use
of pupils.

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Course of Instruction.

VIOLIN.

First Gtsidc*

Hermann Violin School, Book i. Schradieck,
Technical Studies. Scales.

Second Grade*
Hermann School, Book 2. Mazase, Op. 36,
Dancla, Bcole du Mecanisme.

Third Grade*
Dont, Op. ^y^ Kreutzer, 42 Etudes ; Sitt, Scale
and Arpeggio Studies.

Fottrth Grade.

Fiorillo, Capricen ; Sitt, Seal, Studies in Double
Stopping ; Select Pieces from various composers.

Fifth Grade.

Rode, 24 Caprices ; Concertos by Rode, Kreutzer;
Sonatas by Mozart.

Sixth Grade.
Gavinies, 24 Etudes ; Concertos by Sitt, De Be-
riot ; Sonatas by Beethoven.

Seventh Grade.
Dancla, Op. y^ ; Pieces by Vieuxtemps, Leonard,
Godard, Wienlawski ; Sonatas by Bach ; Concertos
by Sitt, Spohr, David.

VOICE CULTURE AND ART OF SINGING.

Preparatory.

1. Breathing exercises.

2. Exercises in tone-production with a view to
rendering flexible the muscles of the throat, and
holding the mouth and tongue in proper position.

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3. Exercises in tone-production, and in the tak-
ing of intervals for the equalization of tones of dif-
ferent pitch. Scales.

Vocalises. Concone and Marchesi with Italian
words.

Intermediate*

Breathing exercises. Exercises in tone-produc-
tion. Exercises in the proper use of the diaphragm.
Exercises in different intervals. Scales, Arpeggios,
Vocalises, Bordagni, Panofka, Henschel, Marchesi
and others. English ballads with special attention
to articulation. Easy French, Italian and German
songs.

Advanced*

Breathing Exercises. Exercises in tone-produc-
tion. Minor and chromatic scales. Arpeggios.
Exercises in the trill.

Vocalises chosen from various composers. Arias
from Italian and French operas, with especial
study of Mozart.

Songs by Schumann, Rubinstein, Schubert and
other German composers. Study of Oratorio and
Church Music. Selected portions from the Wagner
Operas.

In connection with the above course, there are
sight-reading and chorus classes, open to all the
pupils of the school. All pupils in the vocal de-
partment will be required to attend these classes.

MANDOLIN AND GUITAR,

Instruction is given on the mandolin and guitar
according to latest methods.

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Course of Instruction.

THEORY.

The staff ; notation ; rhythm ; major and minor
scales ; slurs ; syncopation ; triads ; appoggiaturas ;
ornamentations, etc.

HARMONY.

First Grade.

Preliminaries ; intervals ; triads and their inver-
sions ; seventh-chords and their inversions.

Second Grade.

Altered chords ; modulation; suspensions; organ-
point ; passing tones and chords.

Third Grade.

Part-writing for two, three and four voices ; har-
monic-accompaniment to give melody.
Text-books Emery and Chadwick.

MUSICAL SCIENCE.

Phenomena of Sound, in their relation to Music
and Musical Instruments. (This is included in the
regular study of Physics.)

HISTORY OF MUSIC

First Division.

General History from Earliest Times to Present
Day, especially since death of Palestrina.

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Second Division*

Special study of different epochs, with particular
attention to the development of the Sonata and
other forms. Musical Analysis and Criticism.

Text-books. Filmore's Histories ; Parry's Evo-
lution of Music; various treatises for reference.

CERTIFICATES

will be given pupils in piano playing and voice
culture.

Requisites for Certificates*

Recognizing the necessity of a broad and liberal
culture in every department of study, it is required
that candidates for a certificate in this department
shall have a training in English commensurate
wnth the Second Year's course in the Collegiate
Department. In addition :

In piano-playing Ability to give a public recital
(mostly from memory), the program to include a
movement from a standard piano concerto, and
pieces of varied styles ; to pass satisfactory exam-
inations in playing at sight and in full course of
theory, and a good general knowledge of musical
literature.

In voice-culture. Ability to give a public re-
cital, to be advanced to at least the Intermediate
grade in piano-playing, to pass satisfactory exam-
ination, in sight-reading, and in the full course of
theory and a good general knowledge of musical
literature.

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Course of Instructio n*

Literary Course with Msic as a Leading; Study*

To meet more fully the needs of an increasing
number of young women who wish to acquire at
the same time a liberal literary as well as musical
education, there has been arranged a course with
music as a special study (see page 46). This
course includes study of a solo instrument or sing-
ing, together with the full course in Harmony,
History of Music, and Musical Science, offering to
the student broad musical training, which may
serve as the basis for the practical work of a spe-
cialist, in musical criticism and in music in the
public schools.

The library is well supplied with standard books
of reference, histories, biographies, collections of
letters, critical and historical essays, theoretical
works, etc. The leading musical periodicals are
also received.

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Course of Instruction.

DEPARTMENT OF ART.

The aim of this department is to give a system-
tic course of study which shall be both thorough
and inspiring, cultivating the eye to quick observa-
tion and the hand to facility of touch.

The regular art course is divided into four
classes.

U Elementary Class.

Drawmg. Elementary casts, parts of human
figure.

Clay Modeling. Ornament, casts of foliage,
parts of human figure.

Perspective. Theory, drawing from groups of
solids, etc.

2, Preparatory Antique Class.

Drawi7tg. Fragments and masks from the an-
tique.

Painting. From still-life in oil colors.

Sketching. Time-sketches in pencil or charcoal,
outdoor sketching in pencil.

3. ^Antique Class.

Drawing. Busts and full length figure.

Painting. Studies in oil or water color.

Sketching. In pencil, charcoal, or pen-and-ink
from still life, outdoor sketches in drawing or
color.

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4 Life Class.
Drawing. Full length figure from antique, head
from life, from draped model.

Painting, Head from life.

Sketching. Outdoor sketching in color.

Students cannot enter an advanced class without
passing an examination on the work preceding.

Excellent opportunity in the way of good mod-
els and thorough instruction is offered those desir-
ing to study china painting, tapestry, and other
lines of decorative painting.

Pastel and photo-crayon also are taught.

A sufficient knowledge of drawing will be re-
quired before entering upon the study of these
branches.

Instruction in free-hand drawing is given to the
pupils in the Primary Department without extra
charge ; also to all other students for one hour a
week during one session.

ART HISTORY.

Students in the Freshman year of the Literary
Course, taking Art as an elective branch, will have,
in connection with it, the study of Art History.

There will be an hour lesson once a week, the
study extending over a two years' course. Excellent
illustrations will be provided to aid in the interest
and profitableness of the study. Reference will
also be made to literature in its connection with Art-
Other pupils of the school may, with permission
of the President, be admitted to this class. All
studio pupils are expected to study Art History if
so advised by the teacher of the department.

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Course of Instruction,

ELOCUTION,

Miss Mitchell.

The method aims to develop strong, graceful and
natural speakers and readers, to do away with all
superficial work, and to teach how to interpret the
highest and best forms of literature with simplicity
and truth. Pupils are carefully trained in vocal
technique, in the preparatory work of breathing,
articulation, pronunciation, and correct voice-pro-
duction. They then have a systematic course in
the higher work of literary interpretation, compris-
ing the principles of formulation, discrimination,
emotion, volition, the musical properties of speech,
literary analysis and recitation as an art.

Text-books : Preparatory Study, " Elocution
and Action," Southwick ; Advanced Course, " Prin-
ciples of Vocal Expression," Chamberlain and Clark.

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Examinations.

EXAMINATIONS.

In addition to frequent reviews, two general ex-
aminations are held each year.

While these examinations are thorough and com-
prehensive, they are not of such length as to be
irksome and injurious.

The final grade and promotion of the pupil is de-
termined from the record of daily recitations and
examinations, and thus the student is stimulated to
thorough preparation for the class-room, and also to
a permanent acquisition of knowledge.

A grade mark or percentage of at least 80 in each
class must be obtained to pass a pupil from a lower
to a higher class.

REPORTS.

A permanent record of attendance, deportment
and class-standing is kept, from which reports are
made and sent to parents and guardians six times
during the school year.

THE BLUE LIST.

^ For the information of parents and friends of
pupils, there is distributed on commencement day
The Blue List.

This list is in the nature of a roll of honor, and
contains the names of all pupils who have obtained
an average mark of 80 or more on their year's work
in their respective classes, and are consequently
passed to the higher classes.

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Those pupils whose average is above 90 are dis-
tiiigttished^ and their names are printed on The
Blue List with numbers preceding which indicate
the order of their class standing, and they also re-
ceive certificates of distinction. The others are
placed in alphabetical order.

The Blue List also contains the names of all grad-
uates, medalists, etc.

The member of the graduating class who has
made an average of 95, or above, on the entire course
will be awarded the First Honor. The member of
the class whose average on the entire course is above
90 and less than 95 will be awarded Second Honor.

CERTmCATES AND DIPLOPIAS.

Certificates of Distinction are given to those
pupils whose yearly average is 90 or more.

Certificates of Proficiency are given to ' those
pupils who complete satisfactorily the course of
study prescribed in any school.

DIPLOMAS,

A pupil who completes satisfactorily either of
the two courses of study, viz. : Literary or Classical-
Scientific, receives a diploma with the title
Graduate.

SCHOLARSHIPS AND MEDALS,

The Board of Trustees offer the followino-
scholarships for the next session :

For General Excellence in Collegiate Department,

Tuition in the Institute for the next session will
be given to the student, in any class below senior,

Examinations*

who makes the highest ge7teral average above 90,
In order to compete for this prize the student must
pursue a regular course. The scholarship is not
transferable and is only good for the session immedi-
ately succeeding the one for which it was awarded.

For General Excellence in Pfeparatory Department

Tuition in the Institute for the next session will
be given to the student who makes the highest gen-
,eral average above 90, under the same conditions
as above.

English.

In order to stimulate and encourage the study of
English, a special prize is offered to the student in
the Junior or Senior class who presents the best
essay on the subject assigned by the teacher of
English. Conditions under which this prize will
be awarded:

1. The student must have made an average of
90 or above in the previous English course.

2. The essay must be correct in spelling, punctu-
ation, use of capitals and paragraphing, and must
be neatly and plainly written.

3. It must be original, and accompanied by a
certificate to that effect signed by the writer.

4. It must be handed to the President by April
1 5 unsigned but accompanied by certificate referred
to above.

Music.

Two Scholarships are given; one in piano play-
ing, and one in voice culture. They are awarded
on commencement day to those pupils who, after a

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year's faithful study, pass the best examination be-
fore a committee of musicians.

Another is given by the Polymnia Club.

Art.

Tuition in the Art Department of the Institute
for the next session will be given to the student
who does the best piece of work from cast or nature.

No one can compete for this scholarship who has
not been a diligent student in the Art Department
for the entire session.

The Laura Candler Medal.

This medal is awarded to the student of the
Junior or Senior class who makes the highest aver-
age for the year in Mathematics, provided the aver- ,
age is above ninety.

In awarding all scholarships, distinctions and di-
plomas, attendance, deportment, and punctuality
are considered.

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General Information.

GENERAL INFORMATION.

Location*

The Institute is located so nearly upon the crest
of a commanding ridge that the rain from one side
of the roof, following the natural watershed, finds
its destination in the Gulf of Mexico, and from the
other side flows on to the Atlantic.

The elevation of the main building is, approxi-
mately, 1,050 feet above sea level, and from its cen-
tral tower may be seen the peaks of the North
Georgia mountains and those of the Blue Ridge.

The climate is bracing, the drainage naturally
perfect, and the water, the purest freestone, is un-
contaminated by sewage.

Decatur is six miles northeast of Atlanta, imme-
diately on the Georgia Railroad. It is also con-
nected with the city by two electric lines with 20-
and 30-minute schedules. The Georgia Railroad
runs frequent passenger-trains, all of which stop at
Decatur, thus making it quite convenient for all
those living between Lithonia and Decatur, as well
as between Atlanta and Decatur, to attend the In-
stitute.

The accessibility and nearness of Decatur to the
city of Atlanta, with its system of railways reach-
ing every portion of the South Atlantic States,
places the Institute within convenient reach of
every section.

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The situation of Decatur, sheltered from the cold
winds of the more northerly section by the Blue
Ridge range of mountains, and yet at an altitude
far beyond the malarial lowlands of the South At-
lantic and Gulf States, gives to the Institute many
of the pleasant and beneficial effects of a delightful
health resort. Persons residing in South Georgia,
Florida, South Alabama, Mississippi and other Gulf
States, will find here an atmosphere invigorating
and bracing, but 7iot severe ; while others resident
in more northerly sections will escape the severities
of a rigorous winter climate without encountering
malarial or enervating influences.

The town has excellent telegraphic, telephonic,
postal and express facilities.

Presbyterian, Methodist and Baptist churches
have regular services and resident pastors. There
are also weekly services at the Episcopal chapel.

The Donald Fraser High School for boys, a pre-
paratory school of high grade and superior manage-
ment, is located here.

The society is educated and refined, and charac-
terized by an unusually high moral tone. The
founders of this school believe its location to be an
ideal one.

Buildings*

The Main Building, completed and occupied for
the first time in the fall of 1 891, is a massive edi-
fice, simple in architecture, yet not lacking in im-
pressiveness.

It is constructed of brick, granite and marble; is
one hundred and ninety-four feet long, fifty-four
feet wide, and four stories high exclusive of base-

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ment. The engine-room, electric light plant, steam
laundry and kitchen are apart from the main build-
ing.

The entire building is heated and ventilated by
the indirect steam method, and lighted by electricity.

Chapel, parlors, office and class-rooms occupy the
iirst floor ; the sleeping apartments, the second and
third floors of the building. All of these rooms are
thoroughly ventilated by outside windows and over
500 feet of wide halls.

The chambers are unusually large, arranged so
as to admit abundant sunlight, and in their con-
struction especial attention was given to securing
perfect ventilation. The furniture and appoint-
ments are homelike and comfortable, and the build-
ing is carpeted throughout. While luxury has not
been studied, every convenience necessary for health
and comfort has been supplied. In this respect few
homes in the country are more complete.

The School of Music and the Art Studio occupy
the entire fourth floor.

Each floor is supplied with water, bath and toilet
rooms, electric bells, and ample hose and fire buckets.
The buildings and grounds are abundantly supplied
with pure freestone water from a large spring near
the Institute, from which the water is pumped into
a cistern, and thence into a large tank in the tower,
and from this distributed through the buildings and
grounds. Drinking-water is supplied from an ex-
cellent well in the grounds.

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A watchman is on duty all night, and his numer-
ous stations throughout the building and around
the premises are registered by an electric watch-
man's clock.

The Institute Home.

Every effort is made to give the Institute the
character of a Christian home. Teachers and pupils
constitute one household. Care is taken to render
the home life of the student not only attractive, but
conducive to the cultivation of those graces of char-
acter which mark refined women. Only such re-
strictions are thrown around the pupils as are consid-
ered important for their health, safety, and improve-
ment. Importance is attached to the cultivation of
that considerate regard for the wishes and feelings
of others which leads to courteous deportment.

A student who persists in disobedience or disre-
spect, or even neglect of duty, and who is evidently
gaining no good herself and hindering others, is not
permitted to remain in the Institute. Pupils are
not allowed to leave the grounds without permis-
sion, or unaccompanied by a teacher. Frequently
during the school year instruction in manners and
etiquette is given by the Lady Principal.

The rooms of the Institute are carpeted and com-
fortably furnished, and are thoroughly warmed and
ventilated. The occupants of each room are re-
quired to keep it in order, and all rooms are daily
inspected.

The rooms are never crowded ; they are constructed
for two and three occupants, and in no instance will
they be crowded beyond their capacity for health
and comfort.

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General Infofmation>

Rooms are assigited m the order of application-^
for entrance.

The intendant of the Infirmary is in special charge
of the dormitory floors. She will at all times rig-
idly inspect the rooms of the pupils and see that
they are neatly and properly kept in order, report-
ing any dereliction to the Lady Principal.

Outfit.

Bach boarding pupil must furnish two pair of
sheets, two pair of pillow-cases, six table-napkins,
napkin ring, six towels, two laundry bags, gossamer,
umbrella, and a pair of rubber shoes. The pillow-
cases should be 35 by 22 inches.

All articles, including trunks, must be plainly
and durably marked with the name of the owner.
Failure to comply with this requirement causes
confusion and loss.

It is urged upon parents not to burden their
daughters with the care of valuable jewelry or an
expensive wardrobe. Bach outfit should contain,
besides school dresses, one street suit and wraps of
light and heavy weight. A simple evening dress,
high-necked and long-sleeved, will be found conve-
nient, but not necessary. Pupils will not be per-
knitted to wear low-necked dresses.

Health and Physical Training*

In pursuing a course of study good health is of
the highest importance. There is in this institu-
tion a close and intelligent supervision over the
health of the boarding pupils. The best medical
advice is secured and a trained nurse provided.
All the conditions of proper sanitation are carefully

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GLIMPSE OF INFIRMARY.

General Information.

observed. The Institute has a superior system of
sewerage, and an abundant supply of the purest
water. From basement to attic much care is ex-
ercised to maintain cleanliness and healthfulness.

A suite of rooms, including bedroom, sitting-room
and nurse's room, in a retired section of the build-
ing, on the second floor, has been set aside and is
used exclusively as an Infirmary. The Infirmary
will be in charge of a trained nurse. Thus every
provision has been made for taking the best and
most skillful care of girls when sick.

Dr. W. S. Kendrick, the Institute physician, is in
telephonic communication, visits the school periodi-
^cally, and in case of illness is summoned promptly.

Parents are urged to communicate freely with the
Principal concerning the physical condition of their
daughters at time of their entrance, and to state
whether their daughters have any special weakness
or tendency to disease, or idiosyncrasies of constitu-
tion.

The Trustees feel that they can conscientiously
assure parents that, in cases of illness, their daugh-
ters will receive prompt and skillful medical atten-
tion, faithful and tender nursing, and in every case
of serious illness they will be promptly advised.

P

hysical Culture.

The Trustees, appreciating the importance of
physical exercise and training as conducive alike to
health and grace of carriage, have provided a regu-
lar and systematic course in physical culture.

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General Information.

The Institute Gymnasium contains the best ap-
paratus, including Horizontal and Vaulting Bars^
Horse, Flying-rings, Chest- weights, Clubs, Wands,,
Dumb-bells, Rings, Hoops, etc.
r All the work is under the supervision of a com-
petent teacher, and the greatest care is taken that
no one overtax her strength. All students, unless;
excused by the proper authority, are expected to
exercise daily in the gymnasium, for which no extra
charge is made. When the weather permits, exer-
cise out of doors is frequently substituted for work
in the gymnasium. Two tennis courts and a cro-
quet ground furnish opportunity for healthful and
bracing outdoor games.

Each pupil is expected to supply herself with a
suit of blue flannel blouse and divided skirt and
gymnasium shoes.

The Physical Culture suit may be obtained in
Decatur at a total cost of about three and a half
dollars for material and making.

Library and Reading-Room,

The Library now contains about i,ooo volumes,,
selected with care and with a view to the needs of
pupils. It includes v/orks of history, standard fic-
tion, biography, travels, essays, and treatises upon
literature, the classics, Biblical and miscellaneous
topics. The Sunday-school library has been selected
with extreme care, and is much read by the pupils.

It is the intention of the Trustees to add such
reference books as will keep the departments fully
abreast with the advancem^ent made in the different
lines of study.

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SECTION OF STUDY HALL.

SECTION OF DINING-ROOM.

General Information^

^ The Reading-room is supplied with a large selec-
tion of choice periodicals, and receives regularly
the following magazines and papers, to wit :

Harper's Monthly, Century, St. Nicholas, Har-
per's Bazar, Art Amateur, China Decorator, Eclectic
Magazine, Etude, Current Literature, Literary Di-
gest, New York Observer, Popular Science Monthly,
Chautauquan, Scientific American, Werner's Maga-
zine, Youth's Companion, Southern Presbyterian,
Christian Observer, Christian Index, Christian Ad-
vocate, Churchman, Music Courier, Art Inter-
change, Biblical World, Educational Review, Fo-
rum, Ladies' Home Journal, Music.

A number of lectures upon a variety of topics,
such as Literature, Science, etc., are given at inter-
vals throughout the school year.

These lectures are open to all the pupils of the
Institute, and are delivered at intervals of three or
four weeks.

The boarding pupils, invariably under charge of
members of the faculty, have frequent opportunity
of attending lectures, concerts, recitals, etc., in At-
lanta. The nearness of Decatur to the city, and the
frequent and convenient schedules on the electric
and Georgia railroads, make attendance thereon easy
and pleasant. Pupils are thus able to enjoy rare
advantages in this direction to be found only in
large cities. Such visits are not permitted to inter-
fere with school duties, and the utmost care is exer-
cised as to the character of the entertainment.

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SOCIETIES,

Mnetnosynean Society

is a literary society organized in October, 1891, and
has a large and active membership. The object of
this organization is to foster a taste for polite litera-
ture and to acquire on the part of its members fa-
miliarity with standard authors, musicians and
artists. Readings, recitations, discussions, essays
and musical numbers constitute its program. The
members are actively and successfully engaged in
accumulating a library of standard books.

The Pfopylean Literary Society

was organized in May, 1897. Its object is " to pro-
mote the intellectual and social interest of its mem-
bers, and to prove a nucleus of culture in the school
of which it is a part." For the attainment of its
end, regular meetings are held once a week, when
programs, consisting of readings, debates, and musi-
cal selections along special lines interesting and in-
structive, are rendered. That its members may
keep up with the times, programs consisting of
topics and literature of the day are frequently pre-
pared. Besides the constitutional object, the So-
ciety intends working with the Institute by con-
tributing to its library.

The Polymnia Club,

composed of the teachers and most of the pupils
of the Music Department, was organized in the
spring of 1895, and has grovvm steadily in interest
and usefulness.

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Its regular meetings are held every two weeks, at
which instrumental and vocal numbers, and read-
ings or essays upon musical subjects are rendered.
Since its organization this club has donated about
sixty volumes of musical works to the School
Library, known as the " Polymnia Collection."
During the current year they have maintained two
scholarships in the Music Department, one in voice
and one in piano.

Scholarships.

The W. A. Moore Scholarship. Under the will
of the late William A. Moore, a Ruling Elder of
the First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta, the
Institute received, in 1892, a legacy of ^5,000.

The will of Mr. Moore provides that " this sum
shall be held as a permanent fund or endowment
for the education at this Institute of worthy girls of
Presbyterian parents, who are unable to provide a
collegiate education for their daughters," the same
to be permanently invested, and only the interest to
be used.

Scholarships under this fund are annually awarded
by the Trustees, as directed in Mr. Moore's will.

The W. P. Paitillo Scholarship. This is a day
scholarship, for which Mr. Pattillo, of i\tlanta, has
generously sent us his check for $60.00 for the past
five years.

The Ahtmnce Scholarship. The Alumnce have
caught the spirit of helpfiilness which characterizes
their Alma Mater, and, although comparatively a
small band, have nobly resolved to maintain a
scholarship. For several sessions they have given
a day scholarship.

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The Polymiiia Scholarship in Music. This club
has arranged to offer one scholarship for next ses-
sion in Piano under Director ($60.00). For infor-
mation address Prof. Joseph Maclean, Decatur.

The Mjte^nosynean Scholarship. Awarded by
the Mnemosynean Literary Society. This scholar-
ship pays $60.00. The beneficiary is chosen by the
society, the preference always being given to de-
serving members. If no member is in need of the
aid, the society still reserves the right of nomina-
tion.

No institute scholarship or medal will be awarded
until all charges have been satisfactorily arranged.
All dues must also be arranged before graduation.

Religiotis Features,

The formation and development of Christian
character constitute one of the great objects of this
Institution. The religious features of the school
have, therefore, been very carefully considered.

The daily sessions are opened with religious ex-
ercises held in the chapel.

The Bible is a text-book, and the Bible Course
made necessary to graduation.

The Sabbath is considered the most important
day in the week for spiritual culture, and it is the
constant effort of the Faculty to make it the most
delightful and profitable.

A Sabbath-school is conducted by the resident
teachers in the Institute chapel, and all the board-
ing pupils are expected to attend.

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The Agnes Scott Christian Band,

made up of the boarding pupils and teachers, meets
every Sabbath evening. Its object is Christian
edification and usefulness. The exercises are con-
ducted by the members according to a program
previously arranged by the Devotional Committee.

Membership in the Band is entirely optional, but
nearly all the boarding pupils are members.

A weekly prayer-meeting, conducted by members
of the Christian Band, is also held every Thursday
afternoon.

All boarding pupils are required to attend church
at least once on Sabbath, when not providentially
hindered.

CHARGES.

It has been the earnest desire of the Board of
Trustees to furnish the best advantages and take
the best care of the young ladies in the Institute,
at as near cost as possible. In the effort to do this
it has been found that the charo-es heretofore made

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of the institution. Hence, a slight advance has
been made to cover actual cost of advantages pro-
vided. While the charges given below have been
made for the term or half-session, yet no pupil will
be admitted for less than the entire session, unless
otherwise specially stipulated on entrance.

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<jeneral Information^

FOR TERM OR HALF-SESSION.

First term, payable September 6th; Second term, January J 8th.

Boarding Pupils.

Board, including furnished room, light, heat,
incidental fee, library fee, medicine fee,
servant's attendance, and trained nurse,
in case of sickness, .... $gS oo

Laundry (i8 plain pieces a week), . 9 50

Tuition in Preparatory Department, includ-
ing all studies except those under head
Special^ . . . . . . 20 00

Tuition in Collegiate Department, including
all studies except those under head Spe-
cial^ . . . . . . 25.00

Physical Culture and Free-hand Drawing
free to all.

Total for Boarding Pupil in Preparatory

Department for term, . . . . 127 50

Physician's i^^for the session^ payable on

entrance, . . . . . 5 00

^132 50
Total for Boarding Pupil in Collegiate De-
partment for term, . . . . 132 50
Physician's fee for session^ payable on en-
trance, ...... 5 00

$137 50
DAY PUPILS.

First term, payable September 6th; Second term, January J 8th.

Collegiate Department, Freshman and Soph-
omore, $25 00

90

General Information^

Collegiate Department, Junior and Senior, 30 00

French or German, ....

Preparatory Department,

Primary Department, ....

Incidental Fee, same to all.

Library Fee to all using Library,

Special.

Piano, under a Professor,
Piano, under a Lady Teacher, .

Organ,

Private Vocal Lessons, ....

Violin, ......

Private Lessons in Harmony and Theory,

Mandolin and Guitar,

Harmony in Class, .....

Theory in Class, ....

Musical History and Lectures free.
Use of instrument for practice two hours
Qaiiy, .......

Use of instrument for practice each extra

x^oux, .......

Class Elocution, .....
Private Elocution, .....
Greek in Class of five or more, .

Laboratory fee, for Scientific Students only^
Diploma, .......

All of the above charges are made for a half-
session, except the Physician's fee, which is for the
entire session, or any part of it. The total charge,
therefore, for a boarding pupil in Preparatory De-

5

00

, 20

00

15

00

I

00

I

00

30

00

25

00

30

00

30

00

30

00

30

00

30

00

5

00

. .';

00

5 00

^ 25
5 00

25 00
5 00

25 00
2 50
5 00

91

General Information^

partment for the session is $255, and the medi-
cal fee, making $260. If the pupil be in Col-
legiate Department, add |io, making ^270. In all
cases expenses for session are double the above
charges, except that the Physician's fee is all paid
on entrance.

By employing inferior teachers, and using an
ordinary building without any modern improve-
ments, and without any special equipment; by
providing fewer comforts in the home department,
and making no special provision for caring for
pupils in case of sickness, the above charges could
doubtless be reduced. But the best advantages and
home comforts cannot be furnished at a lower price.
The Institute does not hope or desire to do more
than to maintain the school at its present high
state of excellence.

The e7itering of a pupil in this Institttte shall be
deemed a formal and explicit contract for her to i^e-
main U7itil the close of the school year. The insti-
tution obligates itself to furnish board, instruction,
and all the advantages it offers for the scholastic
year^ while the patron upon his part, by entering
his daughter, or ward, obligates himself to send her
for the entire session. In no other way can a school
without endowment be maintained, since all en-
gagements with teachers, and other provisions for
conducting the school must be made in advance for
the entire year. Patrons can, therefore, understand
why no portion of the fees will be refunded in case
of withdrawal, unless such withdrawal is recom-
mended or approved by the Institute physician on
account of sickness.

92

General InformatioiL

The charges for first term are due on entrance;
for second term, January i8th. Patrons who may
find these terms inconvenient will be allowed to pay
quarterly in advance (except the physician's fee,
which is always payable on entrance), by applying
to the President. The first quarterly payment for
boarding pupil in Preparatory Department is
^^3-75 ^^^'^ physician's fee; in Collegiate Depart-
ment $66.25 ?2^ physician's fee. Pupils matricu-
lating during the first two weeks of the term are
charged as from the first day; afterwards from date
of entrance.

The physician's fee secures the services of a
prominent Atlanta physician for the entire session,
except in cases of protracted or aggravated illness.
This arrangement is made entirely in the interest
of our patrons. The Institute does not receive one
cent of these fees, but pays the entire amount to
the physician. The economy of the plan is seen
in this that the attendance of the physician y&r the
session is secured for an amount charged by an At-
lanta physician for a single visit to Decatur.

No deductions for afty cause will be allowed pu-
pils withdrawing after the middle of the second
term.

All drafts, checks and money orders should be
made payable to F. H. Gaines, President.

Discounts*

When two or more boarding pupils are entered
from the same family, a discount of five per cent,
on their total bills is allowed.

93

General Information^

To ministers regularly engaged in their calling
the following rates are given : Board, tuition in
Iviterary Department, including heat, light, physi-
cal culture, for school year, $180.00.

Special studies, physician's fee and laundry at
regular rates. Also regular incidental, library and
medicine fee each $2.00 per session.

To ministers regularly engaged in their calling^
who send their daughters as day pupils, a discount
of ten per cent, will be given on tuition in lyiterary
Department. Branches under the head Special at
catalogue rates. Incidental and library fees of
$2.00 each for the session will be charged as in
other cases.

Patrons will notice that, with two exceptions, all
discounts have been discontinued. This has been
done because rates were already at cost.

Suggestions to Parents or Guardians.

The success of pupils in their school work de-
pends largely upon the co-operation of the parents
with the faculty. Parents or guardians who place
their daughters in this school are understood to ac-
cept the conditions as defined in the catalogue.

Every expressed wish of parents is met so far as
is consistent with the genera.1 good.

Parents will find it to the interest of their daugh-
ters to confer frankl}^ with the President or I^ady
Principal concerning anything in the management
of which complaint is made.

Parents are urgently requested not to interfere
with the studies of their daughters by withdrawing
them during the session to spend a week or so at

94

General Information^

home. PARENTS ARE ALSO REQUESTED
NOT TO WITHDRAW THEIR DAUGHTERS
UNTIL AFTER COMMENCEMENT, EXCEPT
FOR URGENT REASONS. Such withdrawals
seriously interrupt the progress of the pupil, are
positively injurious to the classes, and tend to dis-
tract the whole school.

Parents ca^inot give their daughters permission
to do what is prohibited, nor to omit what is re-
quired by the rules of this Institute, and they apply
alike to every inmate of the school.

Parents are requested to consult with the Presi-
dent or Lady Principal before excusing their daugh-
ters from examinations, or advising them to make
any change in their course of study.

Our table is abundantly supplied with
wholesome food, and boxes of eatables are
FORBIDDEN. Placing before your daughters
A temptation to eat rich food at all hours

IS A MOST EFFECTUAL MEANS OF DEFEATING ALL
THE ENDS FOR WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN SENT TO US.

Pupils will not be allowed to go to Atlanta of-
tener than is absolutely necessary for shopping pur-
poses, and then only when accompanied by a
teacher.

Pupils are not allowed to receive callers on the
Sabbath.

Visitors will not be received during school or
study hours: 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., and 7 p.m.
to 9 p.m.

Young gentlemen are not received unless they
bring letters of introduction from parents or guar-
dians to the President or Lady Principal, and then
only at their discretion.

95

General Information*

Parents are expected to furnish lists of persons
with whom they wish their daughters to correspond.

Money for books, music and incidental expenses
cannot be advanced ; a deposit of ten or fifteen dol-
lars should be made at the beginning of each term,
an itemized statement of the expenditure of which
will be rendered.

Books, sheet music, art materials, etc., will be
supplied to boarding pupils only at actual cost ;
day pupils are convenient to the book stores and
must supply themselves.

Dentistry should be attended to before leaving
for school.

Punctuality is indispensable to progress. If
possible have your daughter present on the first
day of school.

For repeated violations of the rules parents will
be requested to take their daughters home.

The proper address for telegrams and letters is in
care Agnes Scott Institute, Decatur, Ga.

All letters on business, concerning the admission
or dismission of pupils, concerning any of the de-
partments of instruction, concerning the general
management and conduct of the institution, or ap-
plication for catalogues, should be addressed to the
President.

Remittances of money should be by post-ofiice
order, registered letter, New York draft, or express,
to the President, Decatur, Ga., or payments may be
made to him in person.

Letters concerning the pupils personally, prog-
ress in their studies, health, rooms, roommates, etc.,
should be addressed to the Lady Principal.

96

Register of Pupils.

REGISTER OF PUPILS.

Name.

Alexander, Lucile
Alexander, Ethel
Allison, Margaret D.
Anderson, Lottie
Anderson, Essie M.
Anderson, Estelle
Anderson, Dora
Arnold, Addie
Arnold, Nellie
Askew, Thyrza
Ansley, Alice Mae
Ausley, Gertrude
Baker, Essie M.
Barker, Mary
Barker, Meta J.
Barnett, Mary
Barry, Mrs. R. E.
Barry, Mae B.
Barry, Ruth
Bates, Mary
Battey, Mary
Baxter, Grace
Bethel, Sibyl
Bidwell, Agnes
Binder, Lillie F.
Booth, Margaret

Parent or Guardian. State.

Rev. J. H. Alexander, Georgia.
Rev. J. H. Alexander, Georgia.
Rev. J. Y. Allison, Louisiana.
J. P. Anderson, Georgia.

T. E. Anderson, Georgia.
Mrs. F.H.Anderson, Georgia.
Clifford L. Anderson, Georgia.
W. B. Arnold, Georgia.

W. B. Arnold, Georgia.

Mrs. Laura E.Askew,Georgia.

F. J. Ansley, Georgia.
J. C. Ausley, Georgia.
B. H, Baker, Georgia.
Mrs. Dora L. Barker, Georgia.
Mrs. Dora L. Barker, Georgia.
Mrs. E. H. Barnett, Georgia.
R. E. Barry, Georgia.
R. E. Barry, Georgia.
R. E. Barry, Georgia.

E. E. Bates, Georgia.

G. M. Battey, Georgia.
A. L. Pitts, Georgia.
L. W. Bethel, Florida.
Mrs. C. B. Bidwell, Georgia.

F. H. Binder, Georgia.
Henry Booth, Alabama.

97

Register of Pupils*

Name.

Parent or Guardian.

Bowie, Jeannie P. James P. Bowie,
Boyd, Addie J. S. Boyd,

Braswell, Bonnie Lynn W. W. Braswell,
Braswell, Clio B. W. W. Braswell,

Braswell, Eloise
Brown, Myrtice S.
Brown, Carrie E.
Brown, Mattie L,.
Brown, Willie C.
Bucher, Mary R.
Bucher, Marion
Burwell, Fannie M.

W. W. Braswell,
J. G. Brown,
J. G. Brown,
W. J. Brown,
W. J. Brown,
R. A. Bucher,
J. C. Bucher,
Mrs. M. W. Burwell,

Caldwell, Amanda S. Dr. J. ly. Caldwell,

Caldwell, Daisy
Caldwell, Laura B.
Calhoun, Nettie
Calloway, Carrie C.
Campbell, Stevie
Candler, Ruth
Candler, Lucy
Candler, Laura B.
Candler, Rebekah
Candler, Eliza
Carlton, Delia
Chambers, Ina May
Chivers, Bernice
Cloud, Mrs. O. L.
Cohen, Mollie
Cole, Lucie,
Collier, Sarah
Colmery, Lorine
Cook, Mary E

Mrs. E. E. Caldwell,
Mrs. E. E, Caldwell,
W. L. Calhoun,
Mrs. J. C. Burnett,
J. A. Campbell,
M. A. Candler,
A. G. Candler,
C. M. Candler,
C. M. Candler,
Mrs. Nellie Candler,
J. E. Carlton,
J. E. Chambers,
Mrs. R. M. Brown,
O. L. Cloud,
O. E. Cohen,
Mrs. M. D. Cole,
H. L. Collier,
J. S. Colmery,
Jas. F. Cook,

state,

Georgia.

Georgia.

Georgia.

Georgia.

Georgia.

Georgia.

Georgia.

Georgia.

Georgia.

Pennsylvania.

Georgia.

N. Carolina.

Arkansas.

Georgia.

Georgia.

Georgia.

Georgia.

Georgia.

Georgia.

Georgia,

Georgia.

Georgia.

Georgia.

Georgia,

Georgia.

Georgia,

Georgia.

Georgia.

Georgia.

Georgia.

Mississippi.

Virginia.

98

Register of Pupils.

Name.

Gotten, Corinne
Gotten Margaret
Gousins, Eugenia
Gowles Maury I^ee
Gox, Maud
Gox, Eula
Gox, Juliette
Gox, Katherine
Graig, Jeanette
Graig, Lena
Grane, Virginia
Grane, Georgia
Gubbedge, Angie

Parent or Guardian.

State.

Mrs. L. Gotten, Georgia.
Mrs. L. Gotten, Georgia.
Mrs. J. W. Gousins, Georgia.

G. A. Gowles,
L. F. Gox,
L. F. Gox,
A. H. Gox,

A. H. Gox,
W. G. Graig,
W. L. Graig,

B. S. Grane,
B. S. Grane,

E. W. Gubbedge,

Banner, Venetia N. A. G. Banner,
Banner, Mary V. A. G. Banner,

Baum, Anna
Bavant, Ethel
Bavis, Willibert
Bavis, Rose S.
Bennis, Lucile

Georgia.

S. Garolina.

S. Garolina.

Georgia.

Georgia.

Mississippi.

Georgia.

Georgia.

Georgia.

Georgia.

Alabama.

Alabama.

Georgia.

Tennessee.

Georgia.

Georgia.
Georgia.

J. Baum,

James S. Bavant,

A. L. Hawes,

E. B. Bavis,

J. L. Bennis,
Bowdell, Annie Kirk Br. A. G. Bowdell, Alabama.
Buncan, Mary Lu Mrs. R. P. Buncan, Georgia.
Bunnington, Margaret B., F. P. Bunnington, Virginia.
Bunwody, Katie J. B. Bunwody, Georgia.
Bu Pre, Ida F. F. Bu Pre, Georgia.

Ehle, Gora Blanche, W. F. Ehle, Georgia.

Farnsworth,GlioMcB.Mrs. S. A. Taylor, Georgia.
Farrar, Annie P. Mrs. J. M. Farrar, Georgia.
Fitzgerald, Mary I. Mrs. T.G.Fitzgerald Alabama.
Furlow, Eugenia B. G. F. Furlow, Georgia.

Gamble, Eulalie R. L. Gamble, Georgia.

Gammon, Rosa K. W. M. Gammon, Georgia.

99

Register of Pupils.

Name.

Gash, Annie
George, Louise
Gill, Grace Ethel
Gilmore, Nannie
Glass, Dolores
Goetchius, Marie
Goetchius, I^ucy
Goss, Ruba
Green, Lottie T.
Green, Margaret
Green, Rebecca
Gress, Marie
Hager, Alice
Hall, Marion
Hamilton, Ida C.
Hamilton, Isabel
Hannah, Grace
Harralson, Kate
Harris, Bessie D.
Harwell, Ruth
Heiskell, Maiden B.
Hentchel, Annie
Hervey, Annie
Hervey, Ida
Hill, Julia
Hill, Patty
Hill, Edna
Hocker, Alice
Howard, Mattie C.
Hoyt, Fanny E.
Hull, Eliza
Hunter, Susie

Parent or Guardian.

F. L. Gash,
W. H. George,
W. C. Gill,
S. D. Gilmore,
C. R. Glass,

state.

Georgia.
Georgia.
Georgia.
Georgia.
Alabama.

Dr. G. L. Goetchius, Georgia.
Dr. G. Iv. Goetchius, Georgia.
Dr. J. H. Goss, Georgia.
Mrs. A. Iv. Green, Georgia.
Dr. J. H. Green, Georgia.
Dr. J. H. Green, Georgia.
G. V. Gress, Georgia.

F. D. Hager, Georgia.

G. C. Hall, Georgia.
C. A. Hamilton, Georgia.
C. A. Hamilton, Georgia.
Dr.G.W.T.Hannah,Georgia.
Mrs. M. Harralson, Georgia.
I. P. Harris, Georgia.
W. O. Harwell, Alabama.
Mrs. J. M. Heiskell, Tennessee.
G. Hentchel, Georgia.

S. B. Hervey, Mississippi.

S. B. Hervey, Mississippi..

T. P. Hill, Georgia.

T. P. Hill, Georgia.

T. P. Hill, Georgia.

W. A. Hocker, Florida.

J. W. Howard, Georgia.

J. P. Hoyt, Connecticut.

Joseph Hull, Georgia.

Mrs. Iv. K. Hunter, Georgia.

100

Register of Pupils.

Name.

Hunter, Clifford
Hunter, Jule B.
Hunter, Eddie K.
Hurt, Marietta
Jarnagin, Mary B.
Jewett, Mabel h.
Johnson, Maud
Johnson, Ruth
Johnson, Lois

Parent or Guardian.

state.

Mrs. L. K. Hunter, Georgia.
Mrs. L. K. Hunter, Georgia.
Mrs. ly. K. Hunter, Georgia.
H. W. Flinn, Tennessee.

Mrs. A. W. JarnaginTennessee.
Dr. H. R. Jewett, Georgia.

J. h. Johnson,
J. ly. Johnson,
J. L. Johnson,

Jones, Mary Elizabeth H. C. Jones,
Jordan, Lizzie Mrs. A. T. Gray,

Kelley, Pearl
Kerr, Laurene
Killian, Julia
King, Sarah Hull
King, Lillian E.
Kingsberry, Rosa

Georgia.
Georgia.
Georgia.
Georgia.
Georgia.
Georgia.
Georgia.

J. T. Kelley,

J. S. C. Kerr,

Mrs. A. B. Killian, Georgia.

C. W. King, Georgia.

George E. King, Georgia.

C. S. Kingsberry, Georgia.
Kirkpatrick, Mary E. J. A. Kirkpatrick, Alabama.
Kirkpatrick, Emma Mrs. K. W. Kirkpatrick, Georgia.
Kirkpatrick, KathleenMrs. K. W. Kirkpatrick, Georgia.
Kirkpatrick, Lizzie W.Mrs. K. W. Kirkpatrick, Georgia.
Knox, Rosa Belle Mrs. J. F. Rogers, Georgia.

Dr. Geo. W. Kyser, Alabama.

E. S. Lathrop, Georgia.

J. P. Lawton, Georgia.

J. P. Lawton, Georgia.

J. P. Lawton,

Mrs. S. C. Leslie,

T. S. Lewis,

Joel Mable,

Joel Mable,

Joel Mable,

Kyser, Georgia
Lathrop, Lillie O.
Lawton, Mabel E.
Lawton, Ethel C.
Lawton, Eulalie
Leslie, Sadie F.
Lewis, Ruth
Mable, Katherine
Mable, Cleo
Mable, Cliff

Georgia.

Alabama.

Georgia.

Georgia.

Georgia.

Georgia.

101

Register of Pupils.

Name.

May, Edna N.
Mandeville, Nellie
Mason, Ethel
Mead, Florence
Miller, Octavia
Miller, Ollie May
Mixon, Bessie
Montgomery, Olivia
Morrisette, Carrie
Mc Arthur, Elizabeth
McClain, Loula
McClelland, Katie
McClellan, Marianne
McCleskey, Lillian
McConnell, Clare h.
McDaniel, Maude
McGill, Lillian
McGinnis, Frankie
McLendon, Sallie
McMillan, Lettie
McPhaul, Jennie B.
Nash, Lois,
Norman, Mollie
Oliver, Sallie G.
O'Neal, Luelle
Parry, Sadie
Patton, Clemmie
Patton, Anna
Patty, Katherine
Payne, Mary E.
Penniman, Ellen F.
Perry, Rose

Parent or Guardian.

State.

Maj. H. J. May, Georgia.

L. C. Mandeville, Georgia.

Mrs. M. A. Mason, Georgia.

E. N, Mead, Georgia.

W. C. Miller, Georgia.

W. C. Miller, Georgia.

W. B. Sheppard, Georgia.

E. C. Montgomery, Louisiana.

F. S. Morrisette, Alabama.

Georgia.

T. B. McClain, S. Carolina.
Mrs. E. A. McClelland Georgia.

J. G. McClellan, Georgia.

J. R. McCleskey, Georgia.

N. O. NcConnell, Georgia.

Georgia.

Daniel McGill, Georgia.

C. B. McGinnis, Georgia.
J. S. McLendon, Georgia.
W. B. McMillan, N. Carolina.
J. G. McPhaul, Georgia.

S. S. Nash, Georgia.
Mrs. Mary Norman, Alabama.

D. Oliver, Alabama.
Mrs. C. O'Neal, Georgia.
H. L. Parry, Georgia.
J. G. Patton, Georgia.
J. G. Patton, Georgia.
H. M. Patty, Georgia.
Miss A. E. Payne, Georgia.
W. F. Penniman, Georgia.
R. J. Perry, Florida.

102

Register of Pupils,

Name.

Ponder, Clyde
Ponder, Mabel
Ragsdale, Louise
Ramspeck, Evelyn
Ramspeck, Charlotte
Ramspeck, Jean
Rankin, Valeria
Rich, Rose
Robins, Ezra
Robinson, Lola
Rogers, Willie Mae
Rogers, Louise
Routzahn, Madeline
Sams, Julia Dagmar
Scales, Harriet
Schaefer, Hilda
Scott, Bessie H.
Scott, Louise
Seay, Amy
Shipp, Miss M. L.
Showalter, Tenney
Smith, Bessie C.
.Smith, Clara May
Smith, Lilla A.
Smith, Alice G.
Smith, Henrietta
Snook, Harriet
Stevens, Annie M.
Strong, Daisy
Stubbs, Edna
Subers, Olga
Swanton, Eleanor

Parent or Guardian.

state.

Mrs. M. I. Ponder, Alabama.

Mrs. M. I. Ponder, Alabama.

W. M. Ragsdale, Georgia.

T. R. Ramspeck, Georgia.

T. R. Ramspeck, Georgia.

G. A. Ramspeck, Georgia.
Mrs. F. L. Rankin, Georgia.

Daniel Rich, Georgia.

J. Robins, Alabama.

C. T. Robinson, Alabama.

W. A. Rogers, Georgia.

A. L. Rogers, Georgia.
Mrs. A. G. Whitehead Georgia.

H. D. D. Sams, Georgia.

H. P. Scales, Georgia.

E. Schaefer, Mississippi.

G. W. Scott, Georgia.

G. B. Scott, Georgia.

Mrs. C. D. Seay, Alabama.

Georgia.

A. G. Showalter, Georgia.

Mrs. T. E. Smith, Georgia.

P. F. Smith, Georgia.

J. B. Smith, Georgia.

S. S. Smith, Georgia.

S. S. Smith, Georgia.

P. H. Snook, Georgia.

E. H. Stevens, Georgia.

Mrs. C. G. Strong, S. Carolina.

Mrs. E. C. Stubbs, Georgia.

W. C. Subers, Georgia.

Mrs. J. B. Swanton, Georgia.

103

Register of Pupils.

Name.

Tarver, Ivucia H.
Tate, Eva N.
Thomson, Lucy
Thomson, Edith
Thornton, Wayne
Thornton, Genie
Tilley, Mattie U
Trotti, Annie E.
Tuggle, Mamie
Vereen, Jennie
Vereen, Jessie
Watson, Agnes
Weatherbe, Annie
Wesley, Emma
Wesley, Rusha
Westberry, Florine
Whitehead, May
Williams, Cora A.
Williams, Juliette
Williams, Edith
Winn, Emily A.
Winn, Nannie
Wright, Mattie W.
Young, Susan
Young, Bessie E.

Parent or Guardian.

W. B. Tarver,
S. C. Tate,
John Thomson,
W. S. Thomson,
J. F. Hirt,
J. M. Thornton,
J. S. A. Tilley,
Mrs. E. E. Trotti,
J. P. Tuggle,
W. C. Vereen,
W. C. Vereen,
Thomas E. Watson,
ly.J. S. Weatherbe,
R. J. Wesley,
R. J. Wesley,
J. S. Westberry,
James Whitehead,
R. Williams,
W. F. Williams,

P. P. Winn,
J. J. Winn,
Dr. T. R. Wright,
Dr. S. Young,
Dr. S. Young,

state.

Alabama.

Georgia.

Florida.

Georgia.

Tennessee^

Alabama.

Georgia.

Georgia.

Georgia.

Georgia.

Georgia.

Georgia.

Minnesota.

Georgia.

Georgia.

Georgia.

Georgia.

Georgia.

Georgia.

Georgia.

Georgia.

Alabama.

Georgia.

Georgia.

Georgia,

Boarding Pupils - 9^

Day Pupils i45

Total 245

104

Register of Pupils>

Summary by States,

196

Alabama .-- 21

Georgia

Tennessee 2

Virginia 2

Arkansas i

Pennsylvania i

Connecticut
Minnesota - -

Florida 7

South Carolina 4

Mississippi 3

North Carolina 2

I^ouisiana 2

Classification of Pupils*
Collegiate Department*

Bible Course 43 Greek _ .

Blaikie's Bible Hist.. 26

English 93

Composition 84

French 43

German 24

Mathematics 54

Elocution 17

Private Elocution 6

Primary and Preparatory Departments

Latin - - -

Philosophy

Pedagogy

History _

Civil Government __

Science

Art

39
26

13

n

4

59
16

Arithmetic 117

Algebra 45

Bible 113

Composition 106

English 118

French 12

Geography 56

History 87

Department of Music.

Piano -. - 88 Violin.-.

Voice 26 Harmony

Total, 136.

Latin 4^

Reading 44

Science 49

Spelling 166

Writing 104

Physical Culture 10 1

Drawing 88

3
19

105

Graduates.

GRADUATES.

Session J893.

Scientific Course

Mary Josephine Barnett.-. Atlanta, Ga.

Mary Mack Fort Mill, S. C.

*

Session (894*

Classical Course
fMary Mel Neel Griffin, Ga.

Session J 895.

Classical Course

Florence Olivia McCormick Bessemer, Ala.

Orra Hopkins Warm Springs, Va.

Sallie Allen Watlington Dayton, Ala.

Winifred Quarterman Marlow, Ga.

Margaret F. Laing Atlanta, Ga.

Anna Irwin Young Atlanta, Ga-

Session J896.

Classical Course

Martha Edwards Cardozo Lunenburg, Va.

Mary Ethel Davis Decatur, Ga.

Olive Laing Atlanta, Ga.

Mary Ramsey Strickler Richmond , Va .

Scientific Course
I Leonora Augusta Edge Beuna Vista, Ga.

*Mrs. Benjamin Ardrey.
fMrs. W. J. Kendrick.
JMrs. T. It. Williams.

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Graduates.

Session 1897.

Scientific Course

Caroline Haygood Atlanta, Ga.

Lillie Wade I^ittle Macon, Ga.

Cora Strong Walhalla, S. C.

Literary Course
Julia Palmer Whitfield Monticello, Fla.

Session 1898.

Classical Course
Mary Eugenia Mandeville Carrollton, Ga.

THE ANNUAL.

This is a handsomely printed and illustrated
publication gotten out by the student body, en-
titled Aurora. Besides much interesting historical
matter, it gives a full representation of student
life at Agnes Scott in its various phases.

NEEDS OF THE INSTITUTE.

The institute was founded for a great purpose ;
The Glory of God in the Higher Christian Educa-
tion of Woman. For the accomplishment of this
purpose more than $125,000.00 has been contrib-
uted in grounds, buildings, equipment and support.
But the advance in female education has been so
great in recent years that now equally as fine ad-
vantages are demanded for our daughters as for
our sons. If this institution is to meet this de-
mand, and most fully and successfully accomplish

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Needs of the Institute *

the great purpose for which it was founded, it yet
has great needs.
Some of these are :

1. An Additional Building. There is now
urgent need for a new building which would supply
larger chapel, art studio, library, gymnasium and
additional dormitories.

2. Endowment. At present the institute has
no endowment. There are many reasons why this
is needed. It is needed to secure and retain the
best teachers ; to keep up the buildings and equip-
ment; to provide suitable library and apparatus;
to guard against contingencies; to offer the best
advantages at a minimum cost ; to insure the
highest efficiency and permanency of the Institute.
This endowment may be made either by a general
endowment fund to be used for the Institute at the
discretion of the Board of Trustees, or by endowing
professorships or scholarships.

3. Scholarships. ^We often have applications
from worthy young women for aid in securing an
education. While we are always glad to do what
we can our ability is limited. There is great need
both for endowed scholarships and annual scholar-
ships. The sum of $5,000.00 will endow a scholar-
ship for a boarding pupil; or $1,000.00 for a day
pupil. The sum of $250.00 will procure a scholar-
ship for a boarding pupil for one year ; or $50 for
a day pupil.

Any who may desire to aid in this great work
are requested to correspond with the President.

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The Alumnae Association*

Form of Bequest or Devise*

The Agnes Scott Institute is a corporation created
by, and existing under, the laws of the State of
Georgia, and a proper form of bequest would be as
follows :

"To The Agnes Scott Institute, I give and

bequeath the sum of Dollars,

(or I devise a certain tract or parcel of land, etc.,)
to be used by the Trustees for the use of said
Institute, as provided for in its charter."

The Alumnae Association*

During the Commencement of 1895, the Agnes
Scott Alumnae Association was organized. The
object of the Association is to strengthen the in-
terest of those who have been connected with the
school in each other and in the Institute, to place
them in a helpful relation toward it, and to arouse
and quicken interest in Christian education. For
three successive years a day pupil has been main-
tained in school by the Alumnae, and during the
past year over two hundred dollars have been
collected by them toward the establishment of a
permanent scholarship fund. By securing small
contributions from a great number it is hoped that
the interest, sympathy and prayers of many will be
enlisted for those who would otherwise be unable
to secure an education.

Donations to the fund will be gratefully received,
sacredly guarded and faithfully used.

Any money for this cause will be received and
receipted for by the President of the Institution.

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Index.

INDEX.

Admission 13

Agnes Scott Institute 11

Annual 107

Alumnse Association 109

Ancient Languages, School of ... . ^s

Art, Department of 61

Board of Trustees 5

Blue List 64

Buildings 71

Bible, School of 28

Calendar 10

Classification of Pupils 105

Certificates . 65

Collegiate Department ...... 15

Courses of Study 42

Courses of Study, Tabular Statement of . 43

Charges 89

Diplomas 65

Elocution 63

Examinations . 64

English, School of ...:... . 15

Entrance to Advanced Classes .... 14

General Information 68

Graduates 106

History, School of 30

Health and Physical Training . . . 76

Institute Home 75

Library and Reading-room 80

Location 68

Mathematics, School of 19

Modern Languages, School of ... . 39

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Index.

Music, School of 54

Piano 55

Organ 55

Violin 56

Voice Culture 56

Mandolin and Guitar 57

Theory 58

Harmony 58

Musical Science 58

History of Music 58

Certificates 59

Literary Course, with Music as an

Elective 60

Needs of the Institute 107

Officers and Instructors 6

Object of the Institute 12

Outfit 76

Philosophy, School of ^^

Preparatory Department 48

Primary Department 52

Physical Culture 79

Physical and Biological Sciences, School of 21

Reading Courses for '99-'oo 18

Reports 64

Religious Features 88

Register of Pupils 97

Schedule of Recitations 47

Scholarships and Medals 65

Scholarships 87

Societies 84

Special Students 14

Suggestions to Parents 94

Trained Nurse 79

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