LaGrange College BULLETIN LAGRANGE, GEORGIA Catalogue 1936 - 1937 Announcements 1937 - 1938 Entered as Second-Class Matter at the Post Office at LaGrange, Georgia, Under Act of August 24, 1912 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2013 http://archive.org/details/lagrangecollegeb19361937lagr Volume XCII Number 1 LaGrange College BULLETIN Annual Catalogue Lagrange, Georgia LaGrange College CONTENTS Page Admission of Students 22 Alumnae and Matriculates' Association 5-18 Art Department 36-37 Board of Trustees J 4 Bureau of Appointments _. 2 1 Calendar 3 Committees of the Board of Trustees 5 Committees of the Faculty 9 Courses of Instruction Outlined 26-42 Definition of Entrance Requirements 23 Discounts 46 Expenses 43-46 Faculty and Officers 6-7 Guests 20 History of LaGrange College 10 Information to Prospective Patrons 19 Loan Funds . 20 Music Department 39-42 Notes Regarding Expenses 45 Officers of Administration 8 Physical Education Department 42 Register of Students, 1936-1937 47-50 Reports 21 Requirements for Admission 22 Requirements for Degree 23 Scholarships 46 Speech Department 38-39 Student Activities 14 Student Officers 17 Student Publications . 14 LaGrange College 3 CALENDAR 1937 SEPTEMBER 14, Dormitories and dining hall open to students and faculty. SEPTEMBER 14, 15, Examination and classification of students. SEPTEMBER 16, First chapel exercises. NOVEMBER 25, Thanksgiving Day a holiday. DECEMBER 18, Christmas holidays begin Saturday morning. 1938 JANUARY 3, Christmas holidays end Monday night. January 27, End of fall term. JANUARY 28, Beginning of spring term. Spring holidays (dates to be announced) . MAY 28, Meeting of Alumnae Association. MAY 27-30, Commencement. 4 LaGrange College BOARD OF TRUSTEES C. V. TRUITT LaGrange, Ga. H. Y. McCord Atlanta, Ga. Rev. S. P. Wiggins, D.D Atlanta, Ga. Ely R. Callaway LaGrange, Ga. W. S. DUNSON LaGrange, Ga. Miss Mary Nix LaGrange, Ga. W. H. TURNER, Jr LaGrange, Ga. W. E. Thompson LaGrange, Ga. James W. Morton R. F. D., Athens, Ga. Rev. E. F. Dempsey, D.D Toccoa, Ga. Rev. R. C. CLECKLER East Point, Ga. Robert Hutchinson LaGrange, Ga. Judge John S. Candler Atlanta, Ga. Samuel C. Dobbs, LL.D Atlanta, Ga. J. J. MlLAM LaGrange, Ga. S. C. CANDLER Covington, Ga. Cason J. Callaway LaGrange, Ga. Thomas K. Glenn Atlanta, Ga. H. T. QuiLLlAN Rome, Ga. Rev. Wallace Rogers Oxford, Ga. REV. W. T. WATKINS Emory University, Ga. OFFICERS OF BOARD Samuel C. Dobbs, LL.D President REV. R. C. CLECKLER Vice-President Robert Hutchinson Secretary LaGrange College STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Finance Ely R. Callaway, Chairman; C. V. Truitt, H. Y. McCord, Cason J. Callaway, H. T. Quillian. Executive W. H. Turner, Jr., Chairman; Robert Hutchin- son, \V. E. Thompson, W. S. Dunson, Cason J. Callaway, J. J. Milam. Insurance C. V. Truitt, Chairman; J. J. Milam, W. E. Thompson. Laura Haygood Witham Loan Fund and Davidson Loan Fund C. V. Truitt, Chairman; W. E. Thompson, W. H. Turner, Jr. Endowment S. C. Dobbs, Sr., Chairman; T. K. Glenn, W. H. Turner, Jr. Building and Grounds W. E. Thompson, Chairman; Miss Mary Nix, Cason J. Callaway. The President of the Board is ex-officio a member of all committees. ALUMNAE AND MATRICULATES' ASSOCIATION President Miss Hallie Smith, Milledgeville, Ga. First Vice-President Mrs. T. G. Polhill, LaGrange, Ga. Second Vice-President Miss Margia Beard, LaGrange, Ga. Treasurer Mrs. J. T. Cobb, 2270 Piedmont Road, Atlanta, Georgia. Recording Secretary Mrs. Fletcher Culpepper, Grantville, Ga. Corresponding Secretary Miss Maidee Smith, LaGrange, Ga. Parliamentarian Mrs. Roy Dallis, LaGrange, Ga. LaGrange College OFFICERS OF INSTRUCTION 1936-1937 William E. Thompson, A.B. A.B., Emory College President Maidee Smith, A.B., A.M. A.B., LaGrange College; A.M., Northwestern University; graduate student, Union Theological Seminary affiliated with Columbia University, University of California, Emory Univer- sity, Candler School of Theology Professor of Religion Ernest Aubrey Bailey, A.B., M.S. A.B., University of Georgia; M.S., Emory University; graduate stu- dent, Johns Hopkins University and University of Chicago Dean and Registrar and Professor of Mathematics Weston LaFayette Murray, A.B., M.A. A.B., Denton Teachers' College; M.A., University of Texas Professor of History Lucie Billant, A.B., A.M., Brevet Superieur and Certificat d' Aptitude Pedagogique, Academie de Rennes, France; A.B., University of Indiana; M.A. University of Michigan ; graduate student, University of Chicago Professor of French James Bailey Blanks, B.S., M.A. University of Virginia; B.S., University of Richmond; A.M., Wake Forest College Professor of Education Jennie Lee Epps, A.B., A.M., Ph.D. A.B., Columbia College; A.M., Ph.D., University of South Carolina graduate student, Columbia University, Peabody College and University of North Carolina Professor of English LaGrange College Orilla Stotler Werner, A.B., A.M. A.B., Central College; M.A., University of Missouri Professor of Science Mary Frances Tenney, A.B., A.M., Ph.D. A.B., Oberlin College; A.M., Bryn Mawr College; Ph.D., Cornell Uni- versity; graduate student, Radcliffe College and University of Chicago Professor of Latin Rosa Muller Graduate of Leipzig Conservatory Teacher of Piano Amanda Watkins Diploma in Art, Galloway College; student, University of Colorado; diploma in Art, Chicago Academy of Fine Arts Director of Art Mary Louise Burton Graduate of Conservatory of Music, Ithaca, N. Y. ; student, Fon- tainebleau Conservataire, Fontainebleau, France; pupil of Frank LaForge, New York, and Richard Wilens, New York Teacher of Piano Mae Kinsland, A.B. A.B., Greensboro College; graduate of Curry School of Expression, Boston; graduate student, Columbia University Director of Speech and Physical Education Elizabeth Gilbert Pupil of Lucille Stevenson, Chicago; Richard Hagemann, Madame Guttmann-Rice, Frank Bibb, New York Teacher of Voice LaGrange College ADMINISTRATION AND OTHER OFFICERS W. E. Thompson, A.B President E. A. BAILEY, A.B., M.S Dean and Registrar ELLEN WHEELER Secretary to the President Carrie Fall Benson Librarian Julia Peacock Matron VALENA J. YOUNGBLOOD Dietitian Lucille Bryant JoHNSON___-M#r. Book Store and Post Office EMORY R. PARK, M.D College Physician STUDENT ASSISTANTS VIRGINIA ROUNTREE Undergraduate Assistant to Secretary MILDRED HOGG Undergraduate Assistant in Science FRANCES STEWART Undergraduate Assistant in English JULIA BROWN Undergraduate Assistant in Deans Office Phronia Twiggs Bell Monitor Betty Kiker ^ ELLEN COLE > ^Undergraduate Assistants to Librarian Marjorie Jackson ) Marie Bazemore Aileen Camp Dorothy Neville }... Telephone Attendants Elizabeth Richardson Sophia Stephens LaGrange College 9 STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE FACULTY Classification Professors Bailey, Werner, Murray, Epps. Anniversaries and Entertainments Professors Muller, Gil- bert, Blanks, Watkins. Social Activities Professors Kinsland, Burton, Tenney, Miss Peacock. Mrs. Johnson. Religious Activities Professors Smith. Murray, Epps, Kins- land. Alumnae Professors Muller, Smith, Watkins. Catalogue Professors Bailey, Blanks, Miss Wheeler. Library Professors Bailey, Billant, Miss Benson. Athletics Professors Kinsland, Murray, Werner. Student Publications Professors Epps, Tenney, Werner, Miss Benson. Stage Committee Professors Bailey, Muller, Kinsland. NOTE The President is ex-officio a member of all Standing Committees. 1 LaGrange College GENERAL INFORMATION HISTORY At the time of the founding of LaGrange College in 1831 1 , there were few institutions in the world devoted solely to the higher education of women. Even at that early date, however, LaGrange Female Academy was an institution of high grade. In 1847 2 the charter was amended by the Legislature of Georgia, changing the name to LaGrange Female Institute, with all the rights of "conferring degrees, honors, and other dis- tinctions of merit." In 1 85 l 3 the charter was again amended, changing the name to LaGrange Female College. After several years of prosperity often two hundred and fifty girls being in attendance the entire property was sold to the Georgia Annual Conference of the M. E. Church, South. In September, 1857, the college began its distinctive work of Chris- tian education. In the ensuing years it has received patronage from every section of the South. In 1859 it took precedence over all church schools in sending out the first resident graduate class in the South. Of this class, Mrs. Alice Culler Cobb, afterwards a successful teacher in Wes- leyan Female College, was an honored graduate. When well established in a career of ever-increasing usefulness, its work was arrested by a most disastrous fire on the 28th of March, 1860. The college property at that time consisted of a mag- nificent building, ample chemical apparatus, a complete equip- ment of costly musical instruments, a large and well-selected library, and the best dormitory furnishings in the State. It was said by one of the historians of Georgia that a small fortune was at that time consumed in the way of fine old mahogany and black walnut furniture. But fire was not to destroy this in- stitution which had been dedicated to the advancement of South- ern women. The friends of the college especially the generous- hearted citizens of LaGrange and Troup County rallied to 'Acts Georgia Legislature approved Dec. 26, 1831, p. 4. 2 Acts Georgia Legislature approved Dec. 17, 1847, pp. 120-121. :, Acts Georgia Legislature approved Dec. 26, 1851, p. 312. LaGrange College 1 1 the institution dear to their hearts. The Civil War again in- terrupted, and for four years the old college stood an appealing monument on the lofty hill that overlooked the desolate streets of the beautiful town of LaGrange. At the close of the war, its friends, with loyal perseverence and indomitable energy, succeeded in rebuilding, and the college started on a long and successful career. Since that time, under the presidency of some of the most prominent lay and clerical members of the M. E. Church, South, the college has sent forth from its halls hundreds of scholarly women who have occupied prominent positions in the various walks of life. In 1934 the charter was made perpetual and the name was changed to LaGrange College. 1 PURPOSE LaGrange College strives to provide for its students an atmos- phere permeated with the friendliness of congenial companions and enriched by association with sympathetic teachers; to bring them into contact with a type of scholarship which will arouse in them a desire for the culture which such scholarship imparts; to develop in them the highest and noblest impulses of Chris- tian womanhood, that they may become teachers of all that is beautiful in nature, best in books, and highest in character. LOCATION LaGrange College is located in the City of LaGrange, Troup County, Georgia. LaGrange is seventy-one miles from Atlanta, on the Atlanta and West Point Railroad, one hundred and five miles from Macon, and about half-way between Brunswick and Birmingham on the Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad. The College is situated on a hill, one-half mile from the busi- ness portion of the town. The campus, which is twelve acres in extent, is 832 feet above the sea level, in a region on the upper side of Pine Mountain, with natural drainage in all directions. The extreme cold of the higher mountains and the heat of the lower lands are both avoided. Mr. Sears, agent of the Peabody Fund, said: "I have traveled extensively in Europe and Amer- 'Superior Court, Troup County. Auprust 6, 1934. 1 2 LaGrange College ica, and I have not seen LaGrange equaled for beauty and adaptation." BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT The principal buildings of LaGrange College are the Audito- rium, the Oreon Smith Memorial, and the Harriet Hawkes Me- morial. The Auditorium Building is three stories high. It contains the Department of Music, the Art and Speech Studios, the Science Department, the Auditorium, and various class- rooms. The Oreon Smith Building contains Hardwick Hall, used for evening prayer, literary societies, student meetings, and Y. W. C. A. services; the college parlors, the social rooms, the Y. W. C. A. room, the dining hall, the infirmary, the post office, bookshop, and offices of the President, the Dean and Registrar, and the Secretary, on the lower floors. The entire upper floor is used for dormitory purposes. The Harriet Hawkes Building was completed in 1911. It contains the gymnasium, the library and reading room, and classrooms. The upper floors contain dormitory rooms, fitted with single beds and all equipment for two students each. The floors all have broad verandas. All buildings are electric lighted and steam heated. THE PRESIDENT'S HOME Through the generosity of Dr. S. C. Dobbs and family, there was built during the summer of 1929 a handsome brick bunga- low to be used as a home for the president of the college. This convenient and comfortable home, located on the northwest side of the campus a short distance from the administration building, was erected by the donors in honor of their distinguished kins- man, the senior Bishop of our church. A memorial tablet bears the following inscription: Warren A. Candler Cottage Erected in Honor of A Profound Thinker A Great Teacher A Noble Christian Statesman LaGrange College 13 GYMNASIUM AND ATHLETIC GROUNDS The gymnasium is located on the first floor of the Harriet Hawkes Building. To the rear of the gymnasium there is an athletic field, where provision has been made for tennis, soccer, team and track work, and baseball. LIBRARY The library contains about ten thousand volumes which rep- resent carefully selected reference books for the different depart- ments of the College. Newspapers and magazines for general reading are kept on the tables, and the students are encouraged to keep in touch with present-day events. LABORATORIES The Department of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology are each thoroughly equipped with apparatus and supplies for individual work. The chemistry laboratory is large, well lighted and airy, with supplies for a large number of students. The physics laboratory is well equipped with high-grade apparatus for accurate work. The biology laboratory is supplied with excellent micro- scopes, slides, and specimens. LECTURES AND ENTERTAINMENTS In addition to the frequent recitals given by members of the faculty and students of the special departments, provision is made for the students to attend lectures and concerts given by prominent artists and lecturers under the auspices of the college. 14 LaGrange College STUDENT ACTIVITIES THE SCROLL The Scroll, originally begun in January, 1922, as a news- paper, was changed at the beginning of the 1 933-'34 school year to a literary magazine. The purpose of the Scroll is to foster interest in literary activity among the students and to provide a medium for the expression of this interest. THE STUDENT'S HANDBOOK The Student's Handbook is issued by the Student Government Association. This is a manual of the student life of the College and a guide to daily conduct. THE QUADRANGLE The Quadrangle is the college annual issued near the close of the scholastic year. THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION The Young Women's Christian Association is developing among the students a zeal for the cause of religion at home and abroad. Besides conducting weekly meetings for prayer and re- ligious instruction, it promotes an intelligent interest in social and moral problems. Graduates of the College in both the home and foreign mission fields are a compensating evidence of inspiration from this organization. A number of Bible and mission study classes are carried on under the direction of the faculty and more mature students. There is an attractive Y. W. C. A. room on the first floor of the Oreon Smith Building. ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION An Athletic Association, composed of the members of the student body, under the supervision of the physical director, has control of outdoor sports. It assists in equipping the outdoor courts and track, formulates the rules for eligibility in class and college contests, and constantly encourages participation in all outdoor games, maintaining always a high code of honor and true sportsmanlike conduct in all forms of athletics. LaGrange College 1 5 dramatic club The Dramatic Club is for the purpose of studying plays, ranging from Shakespeare to modern comedies. Public per- formances are given at intervals throughout the year. THE QUILL DRIVERS' CLUB The Quill Drivers' Club is composed of students who have done outstanding work on the Scroll. Membership is intended as an honor and as an incentive to creative writing. THE GLEE CLUB The Glee Club gives annual concerts at Christmas and in the spring, besides taking part in the major anniversaries of the school year. THE ART CLUB The Art Club is for the purpose of developing art apprecia- tion through the study of masters and their works and by discussions regarding art and cognate subjects. The club is composed of the students in the Art department and meets once a month. THE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS CLUB The International Relations Club is made up of those stu- dents making history their major or minor subject. It has for its main purpose the study of international relationships. The programs include not only round-table discussions, but formal debates and lectures. STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION The Student Government Association, based on powers and laws granted it by the president and faculty, has control of all matters pertaining to the conduct and social life of the students. The life and work of the College is based on the honor system, and this system applies not only to the rules and regulations concerning conduct, but to midyear and final examinations, 1 6 LaGrange College monthly and weekly tests, and to all written work, such as note- books and themes. Upon entrance each student is furnished with the Student's Handbook, so that she may familiarize herself with the rules of the Student Government Association. SENIOR TRIP ASSOCIATION Each year the senior class takes a trip during the spring holidays. The students have formed an association with yearly dues, freshmen paying five dollars, sophomores, five dollars, juniors, ten dollars, and seniors, ten dollars. Certificates of deposit, given as receipts for these dues, can be redeemed in case of withdrawal from college before the trip is made. HONOR CLUB In January, 1924, the faculty recommended that an Honor Club be established. Eligibility to this club is conditioned upon the literary hours taken and the character and academic stand- ing of the student. Members are elected each year from a list of names submitted to the faculty for consideration. Election to the Honor Club is the highest distinction that can be con- ferred upon a student. The names of those who qualified for membership in the year 1935-1936 are given below: Adrienne Ayers, '38; Martha Bond, '37; Sue Hastey, '39; Betty Kiker, '38; Miriam Mitchell, '37; Frances Stewart, '37; Martha Jane Traylor, '36; Betty Watson, '38. LaGrange College 1 7 OFFICERS OF STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS 1936-1937 Student Government Association President, Evelyn Sum- mer; Vice-Presidents, Estelle Cox, Annie Laura Newell, Betty Kiker; Secretary, Elyzabeth Colquitt; Treasurer, Elizabeth Richardson. Y. W. C. A. President, Martha Bond; Vice-President, Julia Brown; Secretary, Ruth Gilbert; Treasurer, Henrietta Brown. The Quadrangle Editor-in-Chief, Mary Traylor, Assist- ant Editor, Betty Kiker; Business Manager, Betty Watson; Ad- vertising Manager, Lollie Traylor; Assistant Advertising Man- ager, Jane Howard; Literary Editor, Mary Turkington; Cir- culation Manager, Elizabeth Reed; Art Editor, Margaret Swift; Photographic Editor, Anne Bellinger; Typist, Virginia Roun- tree; Faculty Adviser, Mrs. Johnson. The Scroll Editor-in-Chief, Jean Linn Huguley; Associ- ate Editor, Virginia Rountree; Business Manager, Beverly Thomasson; Circulation Manager, Margaret Dodd; Advertis- ing Manager, Elyzabeth Colquitt; Assistant Advertising Mana- ger, Henrietta Thornton; Alumnae Editor, Betty Ragsdale; Ex- change Editor, Marjorie Jackson; Art Editor, Margaret Barrett; Faculty Adviser, Miss Epps. Quill Drivers' Club President, Jean Linn Huguley; Vice- President, Virginia Rountree; Secretary-Treasurer, Beverly Thomasson. Athletic Association President, Virginia Rountree; Vice- President, Betty Watson: Secretary, Elizabeth Richardson; Treasurer, Margaret Swift. Dramatic Club President, Betty Kiker; Vice-President, Phronia Twiggs; Secretary, Jeanne Johnson; Treasurer, Allene McLarty. Glee Ciub President, Mary Turkington; Vice-President, Phronia Twiggs: Secretary, Jeanne Johnson; Treasurer, Allene McLarty. Class Presidents Senior, Estelle Cox; Junior, Betty Wat- son: Sophomore, Susanna Hicks; Freshman, Frances Justiss. 1 8 LaGrange College ALUMNAE AND MATRICULATES' ASSOCIATION The object of the Association is to preserve and quicken the interest of the alumna? and former students, to keep alive girl- hood friendships, and to create a helpful relationship toward the College. The highest purpose of this organization is to keep intelligently informed of the needs and welfare of the institution and to seek opportunity to express this interest by voluntary services for the College. At the reunion in 1921, all matriculates were made eligible to membership in this Association. The dues are one dollar per year. All alumna? and former students are invited to. become actively identified with it. The general Association has given over five thousand volumes to the College library, over $2,000.00 in money for purchasing new books, several scholarships to students, and has done much toward beautifying the College campus. It is earnestly desired that in every place where as many as five alumna? or former students may reside a local chapter of the Association shall be formed and so report to the President of the Alumna? and Matriculates' Association headquarters. The annual reunion is held during Commencement each year, and all are warmly invited to return to the College for that meeting. In order that special reunions may be arranged for those classes who were associated in college, our alumna? have adopted the "Dix schedule" of class reunions. In 1937 the fol- lowing groups of classes are scheduled to meet in reunion: 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885 and 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904 and 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923. These meetings are co-incident with the usual general reunions at Commencement when all who can are expected to return. Please send to the College any alumna? news or changes in address that may be found incorrect in the catalogue. For officers of the Association, see page 5. LaGrange College 19 INFORMATION TO PROSPECTIVE PATRONS By enrollment with us, students pledge themselves to abide by the rules of the College. No student will be enrolled in any subject unless she presents a registration card properly filled out and duly signed. Parents desiring their daughters to come home or to visit elsewhere during the session must first send request to the president. Such request must not be included in letter to the daughter, but mailed directly to the president. Our experience has proved that visiting while in school is usually demoralizing. By request of parents, permission will be given to visit stu- dents living outside of LaGrange during the spring holidays and Christmas holidays. Students who keep money in their rooms do so at their own risk. Provision is made for taking care of the spending money of students. Books, sheet music, and stationery are sold in the Bookshop for CASH. Students must pay for damages done to college property. Students are required to attend the church of which they are members. Students are not permitted to spend the night out in town, except with parents. The College accepts as day students only those who are resi- dents of LaGrange or who are living with a near relative. HEALTH Upon entrance, students are required to stand a medical ex- amination by the college physician. A close supervision is exercised over the health of boarding pupils. All cases of sickness are required to be reported imme- diately to the nurse; in case of serious sickness, a physician is called. The perfect sanitary arrangement, good water, and elevation and freedom from malaria have prevented sickness to a degree unsurpassed by any similar institution in the state. 20 LaGrange College FURNITURE The College supplies the students' rooms with heavy fur- niture. Each student is expected to furnish her own hot water bottle, towels, pillow, sheets, blankets, counterpanes for single beds, napkins and napkin ring (plainly marked) , and any other articles desired for use in her room, as pictures, curtains, rugs, spoon, tumbler, knife, fork, etc. Students must not bring electric irons; these are furnished by the College. GUESTS Patrons and friends of the College are always welcome to its hospitality. As all visitors are guests of the College, and not of individuals, a student who wishes to invite a guest must consult the matron to know whether the guest room is available. Guests may be entertained only from Saturday afternoon until Monday morning. No charge is made parents and sisters of students. Payment is required for the entertainment of friends at the rate of one dollar and a half per day. All guests are ex- pected to conform to the dormitory regulations. LOAN FUNDS Students may be able to borrow from certain special funds of the College enough money to defray a large part of their expenses. This money loaned to a student begins to bear interest at six per cent at the end of the year in which it was used. Mr. William S. Witham, of the Board of Trustees, donated to the College the sum of $10,000.00 (which has increased to over $28,000.00) , to be lent to dependent girls. Mrs. J. C. Davidson, of West Point, Ga., as a memorial to her husband, gave $1,000.00 to be used as a loan fund. Circulars of information concerning these funds can be se- cured from the president. The decision as to who will be accepted is vested entirely in a committee of the Board of Trustees, to whom all applications will be referred. LaGrange College 2 1 BUREAU OF APPOINTMENTS The College, through the faculty, assists the graduates who wish to teach in finding positions. This service is rendered without charge. REPORTS Formal reports, based upon semi-annual and final examina- tions, together with the daily records of work, will be issued after the end of the first term and after commencement. Upon these the system of credits for work is based. ADMISSION OF STUDENTS Students may be admitted by certificate or by examination. Graduates of the accredited high schools are admitted with- out examination, provided entrance requirements are satisfied. Students from other than accredited schools are examined at entrance. All students entering the College must present fifteen entrance units, whether or not they expect to take the full amount of work leading to a degree. CERTIFICATES FOR ENTRANCE Every student who enters for music, art, literary work, or other course is expected to present a certificate from the last school attended, covering her work. This rule may be abated for students in speech, music, or art only, who do not enter the college dormitory and are not seeking any certificate. Students should secure from the College the blank certificate to be filled out and signed by the principal of the school they are attending. This should be sent in before the summer va- cation. Candidates will find it much easier to attend to this before their schools close for the summer. STATE CERTIFICATION Students who receive the Bachelor's degree and who have also completed the courses in education in accordance with State requirements will be given the Provisional College Certificate 22 LaGrange College by the State Board of Education. This certificate entitles the holder to teach for three years in the public schools of Georgia, and at the expiration of three years is subject to replacement by the Professional College Certificate. REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION For Entrance into Freshman Class. The applicant must offer sub- jects amounting to fifteen units. The units assigned to the subject indicate the number of years, with five recitations (of not less than forty minutes in length) per week that is, the total amount of time devoted to the subject throughout the year should be at least 120 "sixty-minute" hours. Of the fifteen units which the applicant must offer, seven and one- half are prescribed. The remaining seven and one-half are to be selected from the list of elective units given below. PRESCRIBED UNITS 7% Solid Geometry % English 3 Trigonometry % Foreign Language 2 Arithmetic Vz * Algebra _ IY2 History and Social Plane Geometry 1 Sciences 1, 2, 3, or 4 ELECTIVE UNITS 7i^ 5? ol ^ English 1 Chemistry Greek 1 or 2 g ene . ral Science - Latin 1, 2, 3, or 4 r ys ' cs n n 7 French 2 3 or 4 Physical Geography German "TrZ::.;:^', 3', or 4 Two y ears of Home Economics Spanish 2, 3, or 4 *Two units if two full years are given to this subject The two units of foreign language offered among the prescribed units must be in the same language. They may be in Latin, French, German, or Spanish. 1. Conditioned Students. Students graduated from accredited high schools with fifteen units and lacking two or less of the pre- scribed units may be admitted as conditioned students. All students, however, must present three units of English and two of mathemat- ics. All conditions must be removed before registering for the sec- ond year of college work. 2. Special Students. Teachers and other mature persons desir- ing special courses may be admitted without formal examination, upon satisfying the requirements of the departments they wish to enter. 3. Advanced Standing. Students who are prepared to enter classes higher than freshman can do so upon presenting satisfactory credits to the Committee on Classification. 4. No student may enter the sophomore class without having twelve hours of college credits. LaGrange College 23 DEFINITION OF ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS For definition of entrance requirements, reference is made to the definition by the Southern Association of Colleges and Sec- ondary Schools at the meeting in 1928 in Jackson, Mississippi. REQUIREMENTS FOR DEGREE The College offers one degree, that of Bachelor of Arts. The requirements of the degree call for a four years' course. The unit of work is the year hour. This means one recita- tion period a week for thirty-six weeks. A course calling for three recitations a week for thirty-six weeks has a value of three hours: a course calling for three recitations a week for one semester has a value of one and one-half hours. The minimum work required for graduation is sixty-two hours, two of which may be in physical education. The minimum year for freshmen and seniors is fourteen hours, exclusive of physical education. The minimum for sophomores and juniors is fifteen hours. The maximum year for freshmen is sixteen hours; sophomores, seventeen hours; juniors and seniors, eighteen hours. COURSE LEADING TO THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS FRESHMAN CLASS Biology 1 3 hrs. English 1 3 hrs. English 2 1 hr. Physical Education % hr. One of the following 3 hrs. Latin 1, or Latin 2, 3 3 hrs. French 2 3 hrs. Elective 6 hrs. Total 16% hrs. SOPHOMORE CLASS English 3 _ _ 3 hrs. Foreign Language 3 hrs. Physics 1 or Chemistry 1 3 or 4 hrs. Physical Education _.. M$ hr. Electives 5-8 hrs. Total 15%-17% hrs. 24 LaGrange College In addition to the above, one of the following is to be com- pleted before the end of the sophomore year: French 1 or French 2 3 hrs. Greek 1 3 hrs. Latin 1 or Latin 2, 3 3 hrs. Mathematics 1, 2 3 hrs. This is usually taken during the freshman year. Required work to be taken before the end of the junior year is as follows: Bible 1, 2 3 hrs. History 3 hrs. These are usually taken during the freshman and sophomore years. Required work to be taken before the end of the senior year: Two courses to be selected from Economics 1, Economics 2, Government 1, Government 2, Psychology 1, Psychology 2, Sociology 1, Sociology 2 3 hrs. These may be taken during the sophomore, junior, or senior year. JUNIOR AND SENIOR CLASSES Bible, or Bible and Religious Education 3 hrs. Physical Education 1 hr. Electives to make up a total of 62 hrs. REMARKS ON REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE If a candidate presents for entrance two or more units of Latin or French, or units in both languages, she will take nine hours selected from the following: Latin, three or six hours; French 1, 2, or 2, or 2, 3, three or six hours; Mathematics 1, 2, three hours. She will be required to continue in college one language pre- sented for admission. If she presents neither Latin nor French, she will be required to take nine hours of French and three of mathematics. A student is required to complete either French 3 or Latin 4. Credit will be allowed for French 1 only when it is followed by French 2. The following electives are open to freshmen: LaGrange College 25 Bible 1, Bible 2, History 1, French 1, French 2, Greek 1, Latin 1, Latin 2, Latin 3, Mathematics 1, Mathematics 2, Piano, Voice, Solfeggio 1, Harmony 1. Art. History of Art, Speech. A freshman taking Piano and Harmony, or Solfeggio, or Art and History of Art, will postpone English 2 to her sopho- more year. A freshman taking Voice, Harmony, Solfeggio and Piano will postpone Biology to her sophomore year. Before the end of her sophomore year, each student is to choose a leading subject. The head of this department will be the student's adviser in selecting her course of study for the following two years. A student's course must be approved by both her advisor and the dean. Candidates for the degree are allowed to concentrate in the following subjects: Art, Biology, Science, English and English Literature, French, Latin, Mathematics. Music, History and Social Sciences, Religion, Speech. No student will be granted a degree whose written or spoken English is markedly poor. No student will be classified as a junior or senior unless her written work is satisfactory. Toward the end of the senior year the student will be re- quired to take and pass a comprehensive examination in the general field of her leading subject. GRADES AND CREDITS Grades are as follows: A indicates superior work. B indicates work above the average. C indicates satisfactory work for the average student. D is the lowest passing grade. E indicates a condition. A conditioned student has the priv- ilege of re-examination. F indicates failure. A grade of F means that the work should be repeated in order to obtain a credit. At least half of the work credited must be of grade C or better. 26 LaGrange College COURSES OF INSTRUCTION Note to Freshmen Upon entrance, all freshmen are given a brief course called "How to Study." This helps the new student to find her proper bearings and relations to college aims, principles and methods of procedure. BIOLOGY Professor Werner Biology 1. General Biology 3 hrs. This course deals with a study of the principles of biology funda- mental to an understanding of life processes in plants and animals. During the latter part of the year special emphasis is placed on human anatomy and physiology. An attempt is made to help the student understand the principles underlying successful every-day living. Two hours of lectures, one laboratory period. Biology 2, 3. General Zoology 3 hrs. This course is intended to give the student a comprehensive idea of the animal kingdom. The most important structural features and the vital phenomena as expressed in the functions of the organs are studied in lecture and laboratory. An endeavor is also made to compare the animals of each phylum with those of the members of nearly related phyla, in order that the student may realize the utility as well as the variety of animal life. The first semester is devoted to Biology 2, Invertebrate Zoology, a study of the structure and adaptations of some of the more important groups of invertebrates, with dissection of types in the laboratory. During the second semester Biology 3, Vertebrate Zoology, is offered. This course begins with the simpler vertebrates and proceeds to the higher forms through study and dissection of types in ascending order of complexity. Prerequisite: Biology 1. Biology 2 is prerequisite to Biology 3. Two lectures and one laboratory period. Biology 4. General Botany 3 hrs. In this course an attempt is made to treat botany from the stand- point of general principles rather than individual species, and from a world point of view rather than a local one. The greater part of the course is devoted to morphology, physiology, and reproduction of the seed plants. Prerequisite: Biology 1. Two lectures and one laboratory period. Biology 5. Human Anatomy and Physiology _3 hrs. This course includes an elementary study of the gross anatomy and finer structures of the human body; the structure and functional activity of the different organs; the systems, their structures and functions, their relations to each other and to the organism as a whole; and developmental anatomy. Laboratory work consists of the dissection of the cat. Prerequisite: Biology 1 or Biology 2 and 3. Two lectures and one laboratory period. Not offered 1937-1938. LaGrange College 27 chemistry Professor Werner Chemistry 1. Inorganic Chemistry _ 4 hrs. A study in theoretical and descriptive chemistry as illustrated in non-metals and metals. Especial attention is given to the demon- stration of fundamental principles and the practical applications of the subject. EDUCATION AND PSYCHOLOGY Professor Blanks Psychology 1. General Psychology 3 hrs., 1st semester An introductory course dealing with human nature in its various aspects: its meaning and bodily basis, reflexes, instincts, habits, sen- sation, feelings and emotions, voluntary action, perception, recall, imagination and reasoning, personality, the laws of learning, the dominant human urges, motivation and adjustment. No particular school of psychology is emphasized to the exclusion of others. Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Psychology 2. Mental Hygiene 3 hrs., 2nd semester A course planned to provide a study of a normal life from infancy to old age according to cycles of growth and living in a timely man- ner. Stress will be placed upon conditions and events keeping human beings from attaining normality. It is to follow and be a continua- tion of Psychology 1. Prerequisite : Psychology 1 or junior classification. Psychology 3. Educational Psychology 3 hrs., 2nd semester A course dealing with children both within and without the school- room; the teacher and the homemaker in their relation to the learning process and the mental life of children. Prerequisite: Psychology 1 or junior classification. Psychology 4. Adolescent Psychology 3 hrs., 2nd semester A study of the age of adolescence and its characteristics. Circum stances keeping the young person from finding and establishing a use- ful and satisfying self will be considered. Open to juniors and seniors. Not offered 1937-1938. Education 1. Principles of Education 3 hrs., 2nd semester An introductory or survey course to aid the student in studying the possibilities of the field of education and a summary of the main divisions. Offered 1937-1938. Not offered 1938-1939. Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Education 2. Elementary Methods 3 hrs., 1st semester A general methods course for prospective elementary teachers. 28 LaGrange College Problems of curricula and management will be included. Open to juniors and seniors. Offered 1937-1938. Not offered 1938-1939. Education 3. History of Education 3 hrs., 1st semester A full treatment of education in our country, problems in the South, and a survey of important systems of the past and present. Open to juniors and seniors. Education 4. High School Methods 3 hrs., 1st semester A general methods course for prospective high school teachers. In addition to specific subject matter, problems of curricula, supervised study, and management will be included. Open to juniors and seniors. Not offered 1937-1938. Education 5. Observation and Practice Teaching 3 hrs. Through the courtesy of the superintendent of schools of La- Grange, the classes in Education do observation, participation, and practice teaching in the city schools. Students prepare for their observation work by reading reference assignments on organization, method of instruction, and material for curriculum. Notes are taken on all observations, and weekly con- ferences held with the students in class. Practice teaching begins in the second semester of the senior year, and is done under the supervision of the class teachers of the city schools and the Head of the Education Department of the College. Open to seniors. Attention is called to the following related courses, offered in other departments: Mathematics 10. Teaching of Mathematics. Religious Education 2. Child Study. Art. 7. Public School Art. Public School Music. Students who have had three hours of professional subjects and receive a Bachelor's degree receive also a Provisional College Certifi- cate from the State Department of Education. This entitles the holder to teach in the elementary or high schools of Georgia. After three years of experience, if the teacher has credit for nine hours of professional subjects, including Education 3 and 4 and Psy- chology 3 and 4, earned either at LaGrange College or in summer schools, she may receive a Professional College Certificate, authoriz- ing her to teach in the high schools of Georgia. If, after three years of experience, she has credit for nine hours of professional subjects, including Education 2 and 3, Psychology 3, and LaGrange College 29 Religious Education 2, she may receive a Professional College Cer- tificate, authorizing her to teach in the elementary schools of Geor- gia. This is based upon Georgia certification requirements for teachers in the 1936-1937 session, and is subject to changes as made by the State Department of Education. ENGLISH Professor Epps Professor Ten net Miss Kinsland English 1. Language and Composition 3 hrs. Exercises in grammatical analysis, study of the principles of out- lining, instruction and practice in the use of the library, exercises in creative writing and in composition based on reading. Supplementary reading a study of classical mythology, with classroom reports and discussions once a week during the second semester. Required of all freshmen. English 2. Oral English 1 hr. Training in reading and effective speaking. Required. English 3. Survey of English Literature 3 hrs. Emphasis on historical background, literary developments, and in- terpretative criticism, with a study of representative prose and poetry of the various types. Required of all sophomores. English 4. Advanced Composition 3 hrs., 1st semester Studies in various phases of journalism and extensive practice in writing by types. Required of all students majoring in English. English 5. Survey of American Literature 3 hrs., 1st semester A survey of our country's literature from the beginning to the present time, with special study of representative authors and reg- ional groups. English 6. The Short Story 3 hrs., 2nd semester A study of the short story as a type of literature, with emphasis upon its development in America. Not offered 1937-1938. English 7. The Drama 3 hrs. A rapid survey of the historical development of the drama, from the ancient Greek drama to the American drama of the present time, with extensive reading of representative masterpieces from Classical, English, Continental, and American authors. 30 LaGrange College English 8. The Novel 3 hrs., 1st semester A study of the historical development of the novel in England and America, with extensive reading of representative types. Not offered 1937-1938. English 9. Nineteenth Century Prose and Poetry .3 hrs., 2nd semester A study of selections from the major English writers during the Romantic and Victorian periods. English 10. Milton 3 hrs., 2nd semester A study of Milton's relationships to his times, and a careful read- ing of all the English poems and selections from the prose works. Not offered 1937-1938. Attention is called to the following related course: Greek 4. English Translations of Greek and Latin Classics. Requirements for a major in English: (1) A total of sixteen hours in English, including courses 1, 2, 3 and 4; (2) History 4. FRENCH Professor Billant French 1. Elementary French 3 hrs. Grammar. Careful drill on pronunciation; dictation; easy com- position; reading, conversation based on texts read. French 2. Grammar and Composition 3 hrs. More advanced work. Review of grammar and composition. Read- ing from outstanding French authors. Sight-reading. Prerequisite: French 1 or two high school units. French 3. General Survey of French Literature 3 hrs. Outline history of French literature; selections from authors of all periods; original themes; collateral reading. Prerequisite: French 2. French 4. The Seventeenth Century in France 3 hrs. The Golden Age of French literature. Special emphasis on the drama. Prerequisite: French 3. French 5. The Nineteenth Century in France _ 3 hrs. Study of the Romantic and Realistic movements, with special em- phasis on the novel. Prerequisite: French 3. Not offered 1937-1938. GREEK Professor Tenney Greek 1. Elementary Greek . 3 hrs. Foundation in the language. Relation of Greek and English words. Reading of simple selections from famous authors. LaGrange College 1 1 Greek 4. English Translations of Greek and Latin Classics . 3 hrs. A general reading course having no foreign language prerequisite. Throughout the course the bearing of Greek and Latin on English literature is considered. (a) Epic Poetry: Homer and Virgil 1st semester (b) Pastoral Poetry: Theocritus and Virgil; Greek Drama; Introduction to Plato; Lyric Poetry 2nd semester HISTORY Professor Murray History 1. General Survey of Civilization 3 hrs. Beginning with prehistoric civilization, the development of the dif- ferent types of culture is traced to the present time. Emphasis is placed upon the contributions of these civilizations to the present state of civilization, and the means of improving present civilization. Not open to seniors for credit. History 2. Europe from 1500 to 1815 3 hrs., 1st semester The Renaissance and the Reformation, the Renaissance to include not only the so-called ''Revival of Learning" in the latter half of the fifteenth century, but all the changes, political, religious, economic, and social, which made the transition from Mediaeval to Modern His- tory; the Reformation to deal with the Protestant movement in France, Germany, and England; the Counter Reformation; the evolu- tion of the political institutions of the nations of modern Europe. Class discussions, with occasional lectures. History 3. History of Modern Europe 3 hrs., 2nd semester England and France in the nineteenth century; the development of the nations in Central and Eastern Europe into world powers; the World War. Approved texts and original sources used in connection with occasional lectures. History 4. English History 3 hrs. A brief survey of Ancient Britain; the Norman Conquest to the present time; Imperialism; England in the World War. Class dis- cussions, with occasional lectures. History 5. Intei-national Relations 3 hrs., 1st semester A study of the policies which result in the clash of national inter- ests, as commerce, self-determination, labor, aspects of the drug and liquor traffic, the slave trade, foreign possessions; the methods of set- tling international disputes, as wars, alliances, armaments, world courts, and the League of Nations. Prerequisite: Junior classification and consent of the instructor. History 6. Europe Since 191U 3 hrs., 2nd semester The political, economic, social, and religious conditions in Europe since 1914; emphasis upon the effects of these conditions upon the United States. Prerequisite: Junior classification and consent of the instructor. 32 LaGrange College History 7. History of the United States 3 hrs. Colonial history, the War of Independence, the development of the Constitution, territorial expansion; the growth of the United States into a world power. Lectures, topical work, class discussions. Not open to freshmen. Not offered 1937-1938. History 8. Current Events 3 hrs. A study of the outstanding national and international political, social, and economic events that are occurring at this particular time, making use of magazines, daily newspapers, and radio reports as sources of information. Not open to freshmen. Not offered 1937-1938. LATIN Professor Tenney Latin 1. Virgil's Aeneid 3 hrs. For those who offer two or three units of Latin, excluding Virgil. Latin 2. Cicero's Essays: De Senectute and De Amicitia 3 hrs., 1st semester For those offering three units of Latin, including Virgil, or four units, or Latin 1. Latin 3. Hoy-ace's Odes and Epodes 3 hrs., 2nd semester Short poems on many topics. Relation to English literature stressed. For those who offer Latin 2, or (by permission of the instructor) Latin 1 or four units of Latin. Latin 4. Livy's History of Rome 3 hrs., 1st semester Open to those who have completed Latin 3. Not offered 1937-1938. Latin 5. Roman Comedy: Plautus and Terence 3 hrs., 2nd semester Open to those who have completed Latin 3. Not offered 1937-1938. Latin 6. Tacitus' Agricola, a Biography; Pliny's Letters 3 hrs., 1st semester Open to those who have completed Latin 3. Not offered 1937-1938. Latin 7. Roman Satire: Horace and Juvenal. ...3 hrs., 2nd semester Open to those who have completed Latin 3. Not offered 1937-1938. Latin 8. Lyric and Elegiac Poets: Catullus, Tibullus, Propertius, Ovid ._ 3 hrs. Open in either semester to those who have completed Latin 3. LaGrange College 33 mathematics Professor Bailey Mathematics 1. Plane Trigonometry 3 hrs., 1st semester A careful study of the properties of right and oblique triangles and their solution; trigonometric analysis. Mathematics 2. Analytic Geometry 3 hrs., 2nd semester The straight line, circle, conic sections, polar coordinates, higher plane curves. Mathematics 3. Differential Calculus S hrs., 1st semester Derivatives, maxima and minima, curve-tracing, Maclaurin's and Taylor's Series, indeterminate forms, applications to geometry and physics. Prerequisite: Mathematics 1, 2. Not offered 1937-1938. Mathemathics 4. Integral Calculus.. 3 hrs., 2nd semester Principal methods of integration, definite integrals, applications. Prerequisite: Mathematics 3. Not offered 1937-1938. Mathematics 5. College Algebra 3 hrs., 1st semester Review of quadratic equations, followed by complex numbers, logarithms, determinants, partial fractions, scales of notation, proba- bility, theory of equations. Prerequisite: Mathematics 1. Mathematics 6. Theory of Equations 3 hrs., 2nd semester A continuation of the study of theory of equations begun in Math- ematics 5. Mathematics 7. College Geometry ... ... 3 hrs., 1st semester Geometric construction, properties of the triangle, the Simson Line. Not offered 1937-1938. Mathematics 8. College Geometry __ 3 hrs., 2nd semester Menelaus' and Ceva's theorems, harmonic section, harmonic prop- erties of circles, inversion, recent geometry of the triangle. Not offered 1937-1938. Mathematics 9. Solid Geometry 3 hrs., 1st semester Planned for those who have not had solid geometry in high school. Not offered 1937-1938. Mathematics 10. Teaching of Mathematics 3 hrs., 2nd semester A study of the materials and methods of high school mathematics. Elective for sophomores, juniors and seniors who are taking math ematics as their major subject. Not offered 1937-1938. 34 LaGrange College PHYSICS Professor Bailey Physics 1. General Physics 3 hrs. An introduction to the more important phenomena and laws re- lating to the mechanics of solids and fluids, heat, sound, light, and electricity. Two lectures and one laboratory period. RELIGION Professor Smith Bible 1. The Life and Teachings