_^r 

^V^ontsfic 

VOL. XI AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1934 NO. 12 

Mortar Board Brings Richards 
To Address Students Thursday 

Quarterly Editor Will Speak at 
Chapel Tomorrow 

Mrs. Harold Richards, editor of the 
Mortar Board National Quarterly, will 
be the principal speaker on the chapel 
program tomorrow morning, which 
will be in charge of the Agnes Scott 
chapter of Mortar Board. Mrs. Rich¬ 
ards arrives on the campus tonight to 
be the guest of Mortar Board until 
Friday morning. 

Mrs. Richards will explain the sig¬ 
nificance of the Mortar Board ideals of 
Service, Scholarship, and Leadership, 
which make up the motto of the or¬ 
ganization and the qualifications for 
membership. She will also give the his¬ 
tory of Mortar Board, which is a senior 
honorary society. The local chapter, 
formerly known as Hoasc, was founded 
in 1916. It was installed as the fifty-
second chapter of National Mortar 
Board, in the fall of 1931. At that 
time Mrs. Richards was on the campus. 

Mrs. Richards will be entertained at 
breakfast Thursday morning at the 
Alumnae House by Miss Haynes. Miss 
Scandrett will have as her guests at 
luncheon Mrs. Richards, Dr. McCain, 
Miss Hopkins, and the faculty advisers 
of Mortar Board, Miss Haynes, Miss 
Gaylord, Dr. Davidson, and Dr. Hayes. 
The members of Mortar Board will en¬ 
tertain Mrs. Richards at dinner Thurs¬ 
day night. 

Mrs. Richards comes here on a tour 
of inspection of the chapters through¬ 
out the United States. She goes to 
Tuscaloosa, Alabama from Agnes Scott. 

AGGIE CONTEST 

TO BEGIN SOON 

The annual class Agonistic contest 
will begin with the next issue. Martha 
Elliott was elected editor of the senior 
edition, and Rossie Ritchie, business 
manager; Mary Boggs was chosen edi¬ 
tor of the junior edition and Mary 
Green, business manager. The other 
classes will hold elections in the near 
future. Every year this contest, in 
which each class puts out an edition of 
the Agonistic, is sponsored by the 
paper, and a cup is awarded to the win¬ 
ner. Last year the class of '3 3 won and 
the year before the class of '34. 

The class issues are judged on news 
stories and style, feature articles, edi¬ 
torials and general make-up. The 
judges for this year have not as yet all 
accepted but they will probably con¬ 
sist of Elizabeth Lynch, editor of the 

Agonistic last year, a member of the 
journalism department at Emory, and 
a member of the staff of the Georgian, 
the Atlanta Journal and the Constitntion. 


Founder's Day Plans 
Made By Seniors 

Committees for the Pounder's Day 
banquet, which is to be given on 
Thurslay night, February 22, in the 
gymnasium, have been appointed by 
Rossie Ritchie, president of the senior 
class. Seniors to take the roles of his¬ 
torical characters were nominated in a 
class meeting yesterday morning and 
will be voted on tomorrow morning in 
chapel. 

The committees are: decoration, 
Margaret Friend, chairman; Louise Mc¬ 
Cain, Virginai Fisher, Dorothy Cassel, 
Flora Young, Frances O'Brien; minuet, 
Elinor Hamilton, chairman; Caroline 
Waterman, Plant Ellis; costume, Helen 
Boyd, chairman; Louise Schuessler; 

{Continued on page 3, column 3) 

Work Started 

On May Day 

The May Day Committee began def¬ 
inite work on February 1 in planning 
dances and developing the French 
theme chosen for the 1934 May Day 
celebration. "La Fete du Mai," the 
winning scenario, which was written 
by Mary Boggs and Anna Humber, was 
chosen from five complete plans sub¬ 
mitted in the 193 3 fall contest. An¬ 
nouncement of the selection was made 
recently by Mary Virginia Allen, 
chairman of the committee. 

"La Fete du Mai" offers a festival 
entirely different from other May Day 
celebrations at Agnes Scott. The story 
is built around historical French peas¬ 
ant customs ans is a typical "fete du 
mai" of all classes in a French province 
from the latieres to the troubadours. 

The queen is chosen from her com¬ 
rades as the most beautiful of the peas(
Continued on page 3, column 5) 

A. A. C. WILL CONVENE 
IN ATLANTA IN 1934 

The Association of American Col¬ 
leges will meet in Atlanta next year 
from January 17 through 19 as the 
guest of local colleges it was decided at 
the convention January 17-18 in St. 
Louis. At this meeting Dr. J. R. Mc¬ 
Cain, president of Agnes Scott, was 
elected as a member of the executive 
committee of the association. This 
committee is made up of the officers of 
the association and one representative 
from the South, one from the east, one 
from west, and one from the far west. 
Dr. McCain will represent the south. 

The association is made up of about 
500 institutions. 

The executvie committee will meet 
on February 20 in Cleveland, Ohio, to 
make further plans for the year. Some 
of the topics it will consider this year 
are: the study of music, and its place 
in the curriculum; the effect of the 
depression on higher education; the 
tenure of office for faculty members; 
and programs for testing students and 
the work that they are doing. 

NEW COURSES WILL BE 
GIVEN THIS SEMESTER 

New courses offered this semester 
are French Conversation, Christian 
Evidence, Roman Topography, Astron¬ 
omy, and Nineteenth Century Prose. 
Journalism will be offered at the open¬ 
ing of the 1934-3 5 school year. 

French Conversation, taught by Miss 
Lucile Alexander; Christian Evidence, 
taught by Dr. J. T. Gillespie, and Ro¬ 
man Topography, taught by Miss 

{Continued on page 6, column 5) 

Dr. Glasgow Is 

Y. W. Speaker 

The religious week speaker, sponsor¬ 
ed annually by the Y. W, C. A., will 
be this year Dr. Samuel McPheeters 
Glasgow, of Savannah. His first speech 
will be February 13 and the chapel 
periods of this week through February 
17 will be devoted to Dr. Glasgow's 
talks. 

At present Dr. Glasgow is pastor of 
the Independent Presbyterian Church 
of Savannah, but was at Knoxville, 
Tenn., and Charleston, W. Va., for a 
number of years. He is very well 
known to most of the young people 
of our churches for a great many of 

his books, and articles for church 
papers have been written on the prob¬ 
lems of young people today. He has 
been to many conferences, including 
Smyrna, Montreat and others. 
Each year the Y. W. C. A. brings 
prominent religious workers to the 
campus for a week's service. In the 
past such speakers as Dr. Bill Anderson 
of Dallas, and Dr. Frank Morgan of 
Augusta have been brought. 

Faculty Members 

Will Present Play 

The faculty, under the direction of 
Miss Gooch, will present on Saturday, 
February 10, a revival of "Ladies of 
Cranford," by Mary Barnard Horn, 

with an all-feminine cast. The play 
was presented here fourteen years ago. 

The members of the faculty who 
were in the original cast and will take 
the same parts again are: Miss Lucile 
Alexander as "Pale", Dr. Mary Sweet 
as "Mrs. Forrester," Dr. Catherine 
Torrance as "Betty Barker," Miss 
Llewellyn Wilburn as "Martha," Miss 
Louise Lewis, who formerly played 
"Mary Smith," will be the "Hon. Mrs. 
Jameson." Those who will take parts 
for the first time are: Mrs. Alma 
Sydenstricker as "Miss Mathilda 
Jenkyns," Miss Raemond Wilson as 
"Mary Smith," Dr. Mary MacDougall 
as "Miss Purkis," Miss Carrie Scan¬ 
drett as "Peggy" and Mrs. S. G. Stukes 
as "Miss Jessie Brown." 

The first two scenes are laid at the 
home of Miss Mathilda Jenkyns and 
the third at Miss Betty Barker's card 
party. The time is 1840, a period of 
ruffles, plumes, flowers, and hoop-
skirts. Cranford is a town in England 
inhabited largely by women of the 
gentle rank only. All the men ex¬ 
cept those of the working class have 
migrated to larger cities. The period 
is characterized by prim, precise, and 
dainty deportment. 

The proceeds from the play will go 
toward the purchase of a recording 
machine for Spoken English classes. 
Other members of the faculty are as¬ 
sisting the production and Blackfriars 
is sponsoring the play. 

Nelson Writes Account 
Of Science Club's Work 

An extensive account of Agnes 
Scott College and of the activities of 
the Alpha chapter of Chi Beta Phi 
Sigma, national science sorority, writ¬ 
ten by Gail Nelson, appeared in the 
December issue of the Record, month¬ 
ly publication of the society. Gail is a 
graduate of Agnes Scott, a member of 
the class of 1933, and is now work¬ 
ing at Emory University on her M.A. 
degree as a Fellow in Bacteriology. 

The growth of Agnes Scott was 
traced from the small church school 
founded in Decatur in 1889 to the col¬ 
lege which today is one of the twelve 
leading educational institutions for 
women in America. An illustrated 
description of the campus was given. 

An account was given of the in¬ 
stallation of the local chapter of Chi 
{Continued on page 5, column 5) 

Vanderbilt Poet Will Talk on 
Education in Quality 

Mr. Donald Davidson, professor of 

English at Vanderbilt University, will 

speak at the announcement of the 

members of the present senior class who 

will be taken into the Agnes Scott 

chapter cf Phi Beta Kappa Saturday at 

the chapel hour. He has chosen as his 

subject, "Education in Quality." 

Mr. Davidson, a graduate of Vander¬ 
bilt with B.A. and M.A. degrees, served 
in the army for two years before be¬ 
coming a member of the Vanderbilt 
English department. During his lit¬ 
erary career there, he has been one of 
the leaders of a group of poets called 
the Fugitives. At one time he served 
as editor of their journal, The Fugitive. 
In addition, he has edited for a number 
of years the book review pages in the 
South for the Nashville Tennessean. In 

Miss Gooch Is 

Highly Honored 

Miss Frances Gooch, associate pro¬ 
fessor of English at Agnes Scott Col¬ 
lege, was elected to the office of first 
vice-president of the National Associa¬ 
tion of Teachers of Speech, which met 
from December 27 t 29 in New York. 
Miss Gooch is the first real southerner 
who has ever been elected to the execu¬ 
tive board of the association. 

The National Association of Teach¬ 
ers of Speech is about twenty-five years 
old. It is composed of about 3,000 
members who are teachers of correct¬ 
ive speech, interpretation, debating, 
dramatic and public speaking, and 
every phase of work which deals with 
speech. The association meets once a 

year in the form of a convention. It 
has always met in New York or Chi¬ 
cago with three exceptions, once in 
Chicago, Los Angeles and Detroit. It 
will meet in the South for the first 
time next year during the Christmas 
{Continued on page 3, column 2) 

DANCING CLASS WILL 
PRESENT RECITAL 

The dancing classes of the Depart¬ 
ment of Physical Education will give a 
recital on Tuesday night, February 20, 
at 8 o'clock, in the gymnasium. The 
program has not been fully completed 
as yet, but there will be groups for 
each class of dancing. The recital is an 
annual presentation of the Dance Club 
and the classes, and is one of the im¬ 
portant features of the winter season. 
It is directed by Miss Harriette Haynes. 

Members of the Dance Club are: 
Mary Jane Evans, Dorothy Cassel, 
Anna Humber, Mary Hamilton, Betty 
Lou Houck, Elaine Heckle, Marguerite 
Morris, Hester Anne Withers, Alae 
Risse Barron, Caroline Waterman, Eliz¬ 
abeth Young, Kathryn Bowen, Ruth 
Shippey, Loice Richards, Martha Skeen, 
Marjorie Tindall, Elizabeth Heaton, 
Elizabeth Johnson, Mary Virginia 
Allen, and Virginia Prettyman. 

HYMNS TO BE SUBJECT 
OF VESPERS SUNDAY 

The vesper program for February 11 
will be on "Hymns." The stories of 
the writing of the familiar ind loved 
old hymns will be discussed. 

Davidson To Speak Saturday 
At Phi Beta Announcement 

1924 and 1927, respectively, his two 

volumes of poetry appeared, An Out


land Piper and The Tall Men. It is 

hoped that Mr. Davidson will be on 

the campus several days and will be 

able to speak to the Poetry Club. 

The subject for Mr. Davidson's talk 

at Agnes Scott embodies the spirit of 

Phi Beta Kappa. This national scho¬ 

lastic honorary society has as its pur¬ 

pose "to reaffirm to modern society the 

love of a wisdom which is the guide 

and inspiration of life." The Agnes 

Scott chapter of Phi Beta Kappa was 

established in 1926, and the faculty 

members at present include: Dr. J. R. 

McCain, Miss Lillian Smith, Mr. S. G. 

Stukes, Mr. Robert Holt, Miss Mary 

MacDougall, Miss Lucille Alexander, 

Dr. James Wright, Dr. George P. 

Hayes, Dr. Catherine Torrance, Dr. 

Muriel Horn, Dr. Philip Davidson, Dr. 

Emma Mae Laney, Dr. Mary Westall, 

and Dr. Henry Robinson. This body 

forms an academic procession introduc¬ 

ing each announcement program. 

Phi Beta Kappa makes two an¬ 
nouncements of election of undergrad¬ 
uate members each college year, one 
after the January mid-semester exami¬ 
nations and a second at the end of the 
school term. In 1932-33 the following 
student members were elected: Mary 
Clark, Virginia Heard, Elizabeth 
Lightcap, Eulalia Napier, Gail Nelson, 
Margaret Telford, Maude Armstrong, 
Willa Beckham, Margaret Belate, Anne 
Flindmon, Roberta Kilpatrick, Martha 
Walker, and Sara Wilson. 

A. S. FROSH TOP 

LIST IN TESTS 

Agnes Scott was the only Georgia 
college above the national average in 
the English tests given to college fresh¬ 
men all over the state the beginning of 
the fall session. The test was given to 

the students before their college work 
had begun. The average made by 
Agnes Scott freshmen was 157, while 
the national average was 146. The 
average for the State of Georgia as a 
whole was 98. 

The standards for grading this test 
were set by the results obtained by giv¬ 
ing the test to 3 500 freshmen in col¬ 
leges all over the country, including 
University of Minnesota, University of 
Michigan, Louisville Park College, 
Millsaps College, Saint Mary-in-the-
Wood College, Sarah Lawrence College, 
Bradford Junior College, Columbia 
College, Seth Low Junior College, and 
Barnard College. 

Dr. J. R. McCain, president of 
Agnes Scott, attended the meeting in 
Atlanta of the Association of Georgia 
Colleges, Saturday, January 27. Dr. 

{Continued on page 5, column 2) 

Jeritza and Geiseking Star 
In Joint Recital Feb. 15 

The All Star Concert Series will pre¬ 
sent Maria Jeritza and Walter Geisering 
in a joint recital on Thursday eve¬ 
ning, February 15 at the city audi¬ 
torium. 

Jeritza sang first in Metropolitan 
opera in November, 1921, and since 
then she has received world wide recog¬ 
nition. Miss Jeritza is no longer with 
the Metropolitan. 

Walter Geisering, pianist, appeared 
in Atlanta two seasons ago, substitut¬ 
ing for Paul Kachanski, violinist. 

The Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo 
will conclude the All Star Series for 
this year. The Ballet will be presented 
March the first instead of the date stat¬ 

ed on the tickets. 

65957 


Tiii; Agonistic 

WE SEE BY THE PAPERS

<ll)c ^^onistic 

Subscription price, SI.25 per year in advance. Single copies, Sc. 
PUBLISHED WEEKLY 
Owned and published by the students of Agnes Scott College. 
Entered as Second Class 'Matter. 

STAFF 

Mary Hamilton EditorMAKY Ames Business Manager 
Loice Richards Assistant EAYorNELL Patillo_ AssL Business Manager 
Margaret Rogers--Make-Up Editor 

EDITORIAL STAFF 

Martha Elliot Feature Editor Eva Constantine 
Mary M. Stowe Society Editor Assistant Make-Up Editor 

„ „ j. , n/•, Frances O'Brien Sports Editor

Rosalyn Crispin, Exchange Editor

__ 
Lulu Ames 
a Elizabeth Moore 
Exchange Editor Doris Batsell 
Club Editor 
Giddy Gossjp 
Isabel Shipley Alumnae Editor Plant Ellis ]oke Editor 
Elizabeth Hickson Book Bits Isabel Lowrance 

Nell White Asst. Feature Editor Key to Current History 

BUSINESS STAFF 
Alma Brohard Circulation Manager 

BUSINESS ASSISTANTS 

Jacqueline Woolfolk 
Assistant Circulation Manager Vera Pruet 
Elizabeth Thrasher Myra O'Neai 

Kitty Cunningham

Day Student Circulation Managers 

REPORTERS 

Alice Chamlee Mildred Clark Lola Phillips 
Fidesah Edwards

Emily Rowe Mary Adams 

Sarah MooreIda Lois McDaniel Alice Dunbar 

Florence Preston 

Frances Balcom Lucille Cairnes 

Catherine Swaringen 
Catherine Jones Betty Willis Augusta King 

AGNES SCOTT'S PLACE IN THE COMMUNITY 

The influence of Agnes Scott should be felt in Atlanta and 
Decatur. We should not allow ourselves as students of our college 
to forget obligations and overlook privileges which are ours in 
this larger area outside the campus. Every opportunity to become 
a part of the community life which comes our way should be 
used. We believe Agnes Scott could perform a greater service in 
the life of the town and we know that closer contact with the 
town would benefit us. There are specific numbers of ways by 
which this closer contact can be accomplished. Agnes Scott holds 
to religious ideals for its students. We could practice these 
through the activities in the young people's organizations of the 
churches. Because we are away from the home church or our 
parents does not relieve us of our duty to the local church nor to 
our college. Young people's groups have church athletic teams 
to which Agnes Scott students could add their own presence 
and service and at the same time gain much more than they 
give in the new acquaintances. 

The Agnes Scott Y. W. C. A. in its social service department 
encourages college girls to be advisors to high school clubs of Girl 
Reserves, Girl Scouts, anr Camp Fire Girls. The number who can 
serve as advisors is limited by the number of such clubs but other 
girls can help by accepting invitations to be on the younger 
girls' programs. After a program presented by some Agnes Scott 
girls for a Girl Reserve Club, one of the high school girls said, 
"I didn't know Agnes Scott girls were like that, they are so cute! 
Agnes Scott must be loads of fun." Agnes Scott is loads of fun 
as well as hard work. Let's all cooperate with all people and all 
clubs where contacts have been made and make Agnes scott a 
vital part of this community. Mary Ames. 

STUDENT INTEREST IN CAMPUS ACTIVITIES 

This year the interest of the student body in campus activities 
has greatly increased. At one time there was danger of the stu¬ 
dents' losing all their interest in the college organizations and 
ceasing entirely to participate in them. This was evidenced re¬ 
peatedly by the lack of class and school spirit. This year, how¬ 
ever, there has been a revival of interest in student activities. The 
participation of the students in the election of the May Court, 
which was voted for at a recent student government meeting, is 
an example of this. 

The final test of this renewed interest in campus life will 
come in the spring during elections. Last year and several years 
before, only a small portion of the student body attended elec¬ 
tions and took part in the choosing of the leaders for the coming 
term. This year, with the change that has been made in elections, 
it should be possible for the entire student body to participate. 
Before this elections have come late in the afternoon and lasted 
interminably. Now a new system of having two extended chapel 
periods for elections will be tried. There can now be no excuse 
for failure to take part in student elections. The officers and 
leaders of the school should represent the entire student body. It 
remains for the students to cooperate. 

A Key to Current 

History 

By Gretchen Kleybecker 

The question of disarmament, al¬ 

though it has been pushed somewhat 

into the background of world affairs 

for the moment, has been, and still is, 

a vitally important one. It is one of 

those world problems whose solution 

seems to be very difficult to find. 

Some attempts to achieve a concrete 

reduction and limitation of armaments 

were made before the World War by 

separate agreements. And under the 

Peace Treaties of 1919, the defeated 

states, Germany, Austria, Hungary, 

and Bulgaria, accepted an immense re¬ 

duction and rigid limitation of their 

armed forces. The Treaty of Versailles 

stated that the defeated powers must 

accept this "in order to render possible 

the initiation of a general limitation of 

armaments of all nations." The Coven¬ 

ant of the League of Nations also 

placed specific obligations, with regard 

to disarmament, on all its members, 

and provided that the Council of the 

League should formulate plans for the 

reduction of the arms of all nations. 

The Disarmament Conference, which 

held its first session February 2, 1932, 

was called by the League of Nations 

largely because of the insistance of 

Germany that the clause in the Treaty 

of Versailles, which was the reason for 

her disarmament (as stated above), be 

carried out. However it adjourned 

temporarily on July 23, 1932, without 

making much headway. Then because 

of Germany's threat to withdraw from 

the Conference on December 11, 1932, 

the Five Power Agreement was signed, 

saying that any disarmament treaty 

would grant Germany "equality." 

In February, 1933, the full confer¬ 

ence reconvened. But, due to the fact 

that Hitler's government was just 

coming into power, any agreement was 

difficult. However, by June of that 

year, the Conference had worked out 

a temporary plan which all agreed 

upon; but again, upon the ground that 

time was needed to work it out, and 

because of the World Economic Con¬ 

ference, they adjourned on October 6. 

In the meantime, Arthur Henderson, 

president of the Conference, was 

authorized to carry on conversations in 

the various capitals. 

During all this time, France's de¬ 

mand for "security" and Germany's 

demand for "equality" had been the 

widest gaps to bridge. And when the 

talks between the leading nations be¬ 

gan, Germany's demands were not only 

for "equality," but for actual rearm¬ 

ament. France, Great Britain and Italy-

then suggested a trial period of four 

years, for a system of supervision of 

armaments, before making a reduction 

in existing weapons. 

However, all came to naught when 

Germany suddenly withdrew from the 

League on October 14, two days be¬ 

fore the Conference was to convene 

again. When the Conference met it 

decided to adjourn again until De¬ 

cember 4. All of the leading European 

powers were afraid to abandon the 

work altogether, for such a step would 

give Germany an excuse to claim that 

she no longer was bound to the dis¬ 

armament terms of the Versailles 

Treaty. Italy and Great Britain favored 

direct conversations, but France want¬ 

ed all discussions held at Geneva. 

Nevertheless in November, after desul¬ 

tory discussions among European states¬ 

men, it was decided to postpone the 

meeting of the Conference until Janu¬ 

ary, 1934. 

This last decision has been followed 

by a series of talks, in which Hitler has [ 

taken the lead, and which France has , 

stubbornly insisted should be held. 

Hitler has been firm in insisting that 

Germany must be regarded as a first 

class power. In the last part of De-) 

cember he made an offer to France 

to sign a non-aggression pact for a 

period of ten years, and also to ac¬ 

cept a system of international control 

of armaments if it should be applied 

equally to all European nations, but, in 
i addition, Germany must be allowed to 
I build up her army from 100,000 men 
1 to 400,000 men, and to add to her 
defensive armaments. But France firm¬ 
ly refused this offer. Great Britain and 
Italv, who stood behind France at first, 
(Continued on page 5, column 5) 

In World Outside 

Pancho Villa, son of the old-time 
Mexican bandit, who had been hired to 
play the role of his father in a picture 
based on Villa's life, was committed 
to an insane asylum because he refused 
to wear clothes.—Time. 

Eighteen German University pro¬ 
fessors exiled by the Hitler govern¬ 
ment are teaching in the United States 
this year. This means that probably 
eighteen more American professors will 
join the great army of the unemploy¬ 
ed.—Wheel. 

The failure to place football under 
a code may be due to the fact that the 
government can handle no more kick¬ 
ers.—Detroit Free Press. 

After what prohibition has done to 
the country it is increasingly difficult 
to expect repeal to hurt it enough to 
notice it.—Lexington Herald. 

Changing from last year's series of 
radio programs featuring Bing Crosby 
and Ruth Etting, Chesterfield pro¬ 
grams now turn aesthetic. Beginning 
November 2 8, they started a new 
series of programs given by expensive 
Leopold Stokowski and 6 5 members 
of his Philadelphia Orchestra.—Time. 

In Cincinnati's zoo last week Super¬ 
intendent Sol A. Stephan examined the 
inflamed gums of his two-month-old 
hippotomus Zeeko, got her an old 
automobile tire to use as a teething 
ring.—Time. 

Air express aids not only industry 
and commerce but the farmer as well. 
The Railway Express Agency reports 
this incident. Spraying machinery at 
Burley, Idaho, broke down and 700 
tons of sugar beets were jeopardized. 
Repair parts were rushed by United 
Air Lines and the shipment arrived on 
the farm 2400 miles from New York 
in 24 hours. The crop was saved.— 
Scientific American. 

ALUMNAE 

Jean Shaw, '32, is principal of the 
school in Morbin, Ala. 

Margaret Bell, '3 3, is taking a busi¬ 
ness course at her home in Shelbyville, 
Ky. She is also teaching a Sunday 
school class and helping with Girl Re-

Mary Clarke, '3 3, is alumnae secre¬ 
tary for the North Avenue Presby¬ 
terian School in Atlanta. 

Ora Craig, '3 3, is selling Bible 
stories for little children. 

I.ouella Dearing, '3 3, is with the 
Welfare Association in Jacksonville, 
Fla., doing relief work. 

Flelen Etheredge, '3 3, is taking a 
business course in Atlanta. 

Eugenia Norris, '3 3, now has a job 
with the Retail Credit Company in 
Atlanta. She is also taking a business 
course. 

On Other Campuses 

At Washington college the co-eds, 
having been granted permission to 
smoke in classes, ambled into psychol¬ 
ogy class sporting corn cobs. The 
professor retained his composure but 
ordered that all the windows be kept 

tightly closed. In a short time the class 
fled. 

Surely vengeance is embodied in the 
public speaking instructor who flunk¬ 
ed the student with the cryptic re¬ 
mark: "So you won't talk, huh?"— 
Oklahoma Daily. 

Friday before Homecoming game at 
Carolina was a dangerous dav for all 
hapless males that passed by the co¬ 
ed "domicile" wearing a white shirt; 
every man so attired was stopped and 
the shirt removed either by force or 
persuasion. A crowd soon gathered to 
watch the fun, contemplating on 
whether the co-eds weie planning a 
shirt-tail parade. As this was being 
considered, a streamer, made out of a 
clothes line of shirts, was flung from 
a window, each shirt bearing a letter 
which when hung out made a slogan, 
"Welcome Alumni."—Davidsonian. 

Securing academic freedom for pro¬ 
fessors has been outlined as one of the 
objectives of the Southern California 
chapter of the American Association 
of University Professors. This idea has 
long been dangled temptingly before 
the eyes of the pedagogues of this country. 


Too often the policies of a univer¬ 
sity and its board of trustees control 
the utterances of the instructors in the 
classrooms. In fact, each professor is 
made aware of the policy of the uni¬ 
versity and is expected to pass it on 
to his students in a deletable form. 
Personal beliefs of each man hold no 
place in his academic life and each year 
lectures become more stereotyped in 
pursuance of university policy.—Duke 
Chronicle. 

Gilchrist Powell, '3 3, is working as 
an aide for a district visitor in the 
Jefferson County Department of Wel¬ 
fare in Birmingham, Ala. 

Margaret (Smith) Kingdon, '33, 
and her husband spent the Christ¬ 
mas holidays in Atlanta with Mar¬ 
garet's family. 

Marlyn Tate, '3 3, is getting an M.S. 
at Emory in bacteriology. 

Virginia Wilson, '3 3, is teaching 
French and English at Cranberry Con¬ 
solidated High School, seven miles 
from Banner Elk, N. C. 

Kitty Woltz, '33, is teaching at Belmont, 
N. C. 

Lucile Woodbury, '3 3, is doing re¬ 
lief work in Birmingham. 

Amelia Wolf, '3 3, is working in her 
father's florist shop in Savannah. 

Sara Mac Love, ex-'34, is staying at 
home this winter and keeping house. 

(Continued on page 4, column 5) 

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE 
DECATUR, GA. ' 

A college for women that is widely recog¬ 
nized for its standards of work and for the 
interesting character of its student activities 

For further information, address 

J. R. McCain, President 


THE Agonistic 

WE THINK

Mortar Board To Have Charge of Chape 

(Editor's note: The We Think column is 

for the purpose of giving an outlet to student 

opinion. The staff is in no way responsible

for what is printed in this column and it is by 

no means to be taken as the editorial opinion

of the paper.) 
(With Apologies to Eugene O'Neill) 
Scene: Living room in Mrs. LongSufferer's 
house. 

Characters: 
Mrs. T. O. Long-Sufferer 
Nell Imposer 
Olive Obtruder 
As the curtain rises Mrs. Long-Suf¬ 

ferer is standing alone and looking out 
the window. 

Members of 1933-34 Mortar Board who will be in charge of the chapel Mrs. L.: Oh, there are those girls 
services tomorrow. again. I guess they are coming to pay 
a call, because they had dinner here last 
RUSSIAN SCHOOL SYSTEM the Technical school, c. Klishin has no night. I enjoy having them with me— 

IS EXPLAINED BY STUDTNT fear of being left unemployed or but four times in two weeks— 

thrown into the noisy town street but (Knocking on the door.) 
What is the life of our Russian stu¬ 

a bright life of a pedagogue of the Oh, come in Nell—and Olive. How 
dents? For example, let us consider a 

Polytechnical school full of exploits is are you? So glad to see you. Aside: 
female student of the second course 

awaiting her. I'm afraid I'm a hypocrite. 
Klishin, Yarvara Akimovna. She is the 

The Director of the Technical Nell-, (kissing her) Sweet Mrs. 
daughter of a peasant and has entered Long-Sufferer, how are you today? We

school, the local party, Young Com¬ 

the Technicum after having finished did enjoy that dinner last night—di¬

munist League and professional organi¬ 

vine peas. Aside: If I have many morethe 7 years of public school, first stage. 

zations are taking care of the welfare 

like it I won't live to tell the tale—butShe has been granted the State scholar¬ of each student. Considering we are poor Mrs. Long-Sufferer is the only

ship for 65 roubles monthly and lives carrying out a great building of a new 

person I know in D .

community we can in no way be indif¬

in a student's home in the court here, 
ferent as to whether c. Klishin leaves Olive: Yes, we had such fun. You 

room N15. For her room comrade know our dates took us to a show.

the Technical school in good health or

Klishin pays 1 rouble 96 copecks. Be¬ Aside: I wonder if that show was

feeling ill, a literate or an illiterate 
sides, she has her dinners in the refec¬ pedagogue. The country needs her as worth all the trouble. 
tory of the Technicum and buys her Mrs. L.: Do sit down, girls. It's al¬

well as all her colleagues—future peda¬

products in the buffet to the extent of ways nice to see you. You must come

gogues. Therefore, the care of the liv¬ 

60% of the total scholarship. In the to dinner again before Christmas holi¬

ing human being is one of the prin¬

yard of the Technicum there is a stall days. Aside: But for the sake of my 
in which c. Klishin buys her allotment ciples of our Director's work as well grocery bill, not too soon—and please, 
of products. Besides, c. Klishin receives as of the social organizations of our my dears, let me do the inviting next 
her theatre tickets at a reduced rate. In Association as a whole. time. 
case of illness c. Klishen has a right to The public refectory is meant for Nell: That's so sweet. Isn't it lovely 
a number of privileges foreseen by the weather? Aside: I hate to ask her if

students. They receive 17 dinners with

Code of law of labor. She is protected we can come again tomorrow night

meat, 7 with fish and 6 vegetarian

by the members of the Professional for dinner. 

monthly. A dinner comprising one dish

Union of education to which she be¬ Olive: Yes, lovely—the sky is so 
longs. After having graduated from costs from 40 to 50 copecks. The blue—it's lovely. Aside: I wish Nell 
would hurry up and ask her.

scholarship is granted to 3 85 students 

Pause

in the total sum of 21,615 roubles, 

Mrs. L. (fidgeting with handker¬ 

which makes half of the monthly

CANDLER BEAUTY chief) : Well, how is college? Aside: 
SHOPPE budget of the Technicum. In the stu¬ That subject is about thread-bare bydent's home we have 200 men and this time.

Candler Hotel girls; the remainder living with their Nell: Just grand. At least, as wellDearborn 9243 

family or their relations. The norm as could be expected with the restric¬ 
('Continued on page 4, column 4) tions we have. Oh, Mrs. Long-Sufferer, 

They're Loves! Pastel Tweed 

Spring Suits 

.95

$ 
18 

Wear them with sweater for school! With 
blouses for dress! The new trotteur suit is 
the big moment in Spring's fashion life . . . 
the swagger suit . . . and a swanky masculine 
style is smartness personified! 

the trotteur coat is fingertip! 

swagger coat is three-quarter! 

masculine suit three-quarter! 

Third Floor 

RICH'S 
INCORPORATE D 

Paul Robeson, Negro, by Eslanda 
Goode Robeson, Harper & Brothers, 
New York, 1930. 

This book is not the biography of an 
educated negro, nor is it a treatise on 
the American race problem. It is the 
story of a well-rounded man, and a 
genius. Paul Robeson is first of all a 
negro, and he is proud of his race. He 
is a great actor and a noted singer, and 
has won loud acclaim both here and in 
Europe. His wife, in writing his bi¬ 
ography, has disguised nothing, but has 
proudly related the life story of this 
negro graduate of Rutgers, and of Co¬ 
lumbia Law School, who achieved fame 
in Eugene O'Neill's Emperor Jones and 

in Shakespeare's Othello both in Amer¬ 
ica and on the continent. The bi¬ 
ography, though written by a near rel¬ 
ative of the subject, succeeds in keep¬ 
ing an unbiased viewpoint. Eslanda 
Robeson has left herself out of the 
story as far as possible, and has con¬ 
centrated all her attention on her gift¬ 
ed husband. Incidentally, she has pre¬ 
sented a strata of American life that is 
as alien as if it existed in another land 
and not in the heart of the largest of 
all American cities. 

Ann Martin. 

Life of George Eliot, Emilie and 
George Romien. 

In the preface to this biography the 
authors have stated their aim: "Our 
ambition was less to catalogue the 
facts, to analyze the works, than to 
efoke a remarkable woman and for the 
space of a few hours, restore to her 
the breath, the warmth, the movement 
which are the elements of life. It be¬ 
came our duty then to assign a more 
important place to the pulsings of her 
heart, the throbbings of her thought, 

I—that is, we—-would like to go to a 

picture show tomorrow night and won¬ 

der if we might come for dinner? 

Aside: If we could leave at 8 o'clock 

without a chaperone we could do sev¬ 

eral more hours of study. 

Olive: I hate to have to invite my¬ 

self again, but you understand—Aside: 

There's nothing else we can do—I cer¬ 

tainly won't ask anyone to stay up un¬ 

til eleven or twelve o'clock just to 

chaperone us home. 

Mrs. L.: Why, certainly girls. I 

should be delighted. Aside: Oh, dear, 

and John and I had planned to go out 

for dinner, but this is the only way the 

poor things can get out, and they need 

some diversion, so I cannot do anything 

but let them come. 

Nell: I guess we had better be go¬ 

ing. Thank you so much for letting 

us come for dinner. 

Girls together: Goodby, we certain¬ 

ly appreciate it. 

Mrs. L. (as girls walk down the 

street) : It seems a shame that after 

three years at Agnes Scott a senior is 

not considered, by the faculty, as cap¬ 

able of taking care of herself—And all 

the girls are from nice families, too. I 

just can't understand the ruling of 

such a college which should be so in¬ 

telligent in these modern times. 

Quality Shoe Repairing 
We Call For and Deliver 
All at N. R. A. Prices 

We Appreciate Your Business 

R. E. BURSON SHOE SHOP 
307 E. College Ave. DE. 3353 

L. D. ADAMS & SON 

"As You Like It" and 
Humming-Bird Hose 
Munsing Wear 
Dress Goods, White Goods, 
etc. 

Next to First National Bank 
DECATUR 

and the vibrations of her soul than to 
outward manifestations." 

The result is an interpretative his¬ 
tory of the soul of Mary Ann Epans— 
its awakening, its fulfillment and des¬ 
olation, its final loneliness and peace. 
The child is revealed under the subtle 
influences of the simple rustic life with 
her family in Griff House; the girl, 
sensitive and earnest, is overwhelmed 
temporarily by a religious enthusiasm 
which deepens but restrains the out¬ 
flowing of her personality; in the 
young woman comes the virile out¬ 
growth of a strong and sensitive in¬ 
telligence which leaves her a broken 
but intensely sincere apostate. Into the 
loneliness and desolation consequent to 
her deep convictions and intellectual 
superiority comes George Lewes, fam¬ 
ous journalist, in whom she found ulti¬ 
mately the support, the encourage¬ 
ment, the completion which made pos¬ 
sible the outflowing of her genius. 
Their love, faithful, courageous as it 
was in its defiance both of fate and 
convention, brought to Mary Ann 
Evans all the acute suffering of insult 
and coldness from her dearest friends, 
but it also made possible Adam Bede 
Mill on the Floss and Silas Marner. In 
it she realized the great propensities of 
her nature and talents. Without it she 
was desolate, and after seeking a temp¬ 
orary warmth in her inexplicable mar¬ 
riage with John Cross, she died and was 
buried beside Lewes in Highgate. 

This is essentially the story of a 

woman, vividly and penetratingly told, 

but as a life of George Eliot somehow 

incomplete. She was author as well as 

woman, George Eliot, as well as Mary 

Ann Evans, and the portrait is only 

half-done when the relationship of the 

two is not revealed nor the significance 

of the latter. But the authors have 

achieved their end: they accept her 

without analysis as "a genius, a lofty, 

beautiful soul," and they reveal her as 

"above all, a woman." 

Mary Boggs. 

John Ferguson, by St. John G. Er-

vine. 

John Ferguson is a tragedy of grim 

proportions which takes place among 

the peasant folk of a Scottish village. 

The pivotal figure is the old farmer, 

John Ferguson, who, in an almost Job¬ 

like fashion, clings to his faith in a 

divine providence in the midst of over¬ 

powering misfortune. His farm, which 

he loves as a child is mortgaged; his 

daughter seduced by Witherow, who 

attempts to foreclose on him; and, fin¬ 

ally, his own son, Andrew, in a fury of 

righteous indignation, murders the as¬ 

sailant of his sister. As Andrew goes 

away to deliver himself to the sheriff, 

Ferguson's faith breaks for a moment, 

and his parental love cries out tri¬ 

umphant over his staunch principles, 

but as the door closes he turns back 

in an agony of blind reconciliation to 

his Bible and reads aloud "Absalom, 

my son, my son!" as the curtain falls. 

The drama, simple in its tragic 

starkness, is powerful in its presenta¬ 

tion of character in the throes of evil 

circumstance. There is Hannah, who 

is torn between her love for her old 

father and her hatred of James Caesar, 

whom she must marry to save him; 

James Caesar, a weakling and a brag¬ 

gart, who cowers selfishly before his 

duty; Sarah, the wife, who lacking the 

perspective penetration of her hus¬ 

band's faith is blindly rebellious to the 

bitterness of her lot. All these are 

caught fatally in the web of adverse 

circumstances and only John Fergu¬ 

son himself emerges spiritually whole, 

though torn to the depths of his being. 

In them, the author realizes his high¬ 

est ambition: to present, not dimmed, 

but vital human beings in the realms 

of experience to which all mankind is 

heir, and to leave his audience in a 

state of pride . . . "proud that they 

are human and of the same species as 

the tragic figures." 

Mary Boggs. 


T H Agonistic 

X.S.F.A. Delegates Talley to Present 

Report Conference Recital Sunday 

Mary McDonald and Alberta Palm-Marion Talley, who returned to the 
our, as representatives of Agnes Scott, concert stage last fall after an absence 
attended the annual meeting of the of four years, will be heard in Atlanta 

National Student Federation of Amer¬ next Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock at 
the Capitol Theater. Miss Talley comes

ica which was held in Washington, D. 

as a feature of the Celebrity Series ofC., December 27 through 31. The N. 

the Alkahest Bureau of Atlanta. Tick¬ 

S. F. A. holds as its purpose the pro¬ ets were put on sale this morning at 
motion of cooperation among the stu¬ the Cable Piano Company. 
dent bodies of the various institutions This concert marks Miss Talley's 
of higher learning throughout the first appearance in this part of the i 
United States. country since her return to the stage. 
The 193 3 conference developed the Her program will include classic arias, 
theme of more participation in govern¬ German lieder, opera arias from both 
ment by students, and better interna¬ German and French schools, and songs 
tional relations between students. This by American composers. 
theme was particularly suitable since Critics who have heard Miss Talley 
the conference was held in Washington sing since she returned to the stage 
where many good speakers were avail¬ say she has now an even finer voice 
able. than when she retired four years ago. 
Among the important speakers who They say that a girl with a marvelous 
appeared before the Federation were voice sang before, but today it is a 
Speaker Rainey of the House of Rep¬ woman who gives a richness and a 

resentatives, Senator Fess, and Senator power to her notes that the girl of 
Elmer Thomas, who explained the cur¬ twenty-two could not achieve. 
rency inflation process. Miss Talley was starred with the 

At one important meeting Mr. Mc-Metropolitan Opera Company before 
Call, Assistant Secretary of Commerce, her retirement. Last fall she made her 
outlined a plan for a laboratory college return appearance with the Chicago 
to train students especially for govern¬ Civic Opera Company. 
ment positions. The college would be 
held in Washington for about one 

Pan-American Building. Talks weremonth during January or February. It made by the Minister from Panama, a 
was suggested that as each phase of the Mexican student, and a United States 
government is studied, the head of that student, all of whom spoke of develop¬
department should make a talk explain¬ ing better relations between Pan-Amer¬
ing the department and its work. A 

ican colleges and those in the United

committee was appointed to work on States. A conference of students from

the plan for this college, which will these countries was suggested.

probably be organized next year. 

Open discussion groups on such mat¬

One of the most interesting meet¬ ters as publications, athletics, the honorings of the conference was held in the system, and national and international 
affairs occupied much of the confer¬ 
ence time. From these discussions the 
delegates of various colleges learned 
what others are doing and how they 
might improve their own colleges. 

The N. S. F. A. conference secured

Try Our 

a C. W. A. allotment of money for

❖

❖ 
new buildings and equipment for a 
number of institutions. Georgia Tech

SANDWICHES 

and the University of Minnesota were 
among those who received allotments.

We Make Them Right 

Representatives at the conference

❖ 


were much pleased with the work of 
John Long, the president, and Elizabeth

LAWRENCE'S 

Read, the vice-president. Both of these 
officers were re-elected for another

PHARMACY 

term. 
During their stay in Washington the 

Phones De. 0762-0763 conference members were entertained at 
the White House by Mrs. Roosevelt, 
who made the statement that she hopes 
the young people will use their imag¬ 
ination in finding something new to 

Coordinate your make-up 

with your costume 

ElfxalH'tli Arden 
says, "Any woman can wear any color, but her 
make-up must be selected in relation to the shade of 
her gown and then there will be coordinated harmony 
in her attire." Below is a color chart for one of the 
new Spring shades—for other information consult our 
Toiletries Department—Street Floor. 

STARLIGHT BLUE 
American Beauty Rouge Blue Azur Eye Sba-Jo 
Viola Lipstick Dark Blue or Black 
Lysetta Powder Cosmetique 
UAmour Perfume 
Evening—Poudre de Lilas; Dark Blue Cosmetique 

tte0ei\steii\s 
^eACHTRee • STwe 

Close Speaks On Student Volunteers 

Lecture Series Plan to Meet Here 

The inevitability of a showdown be¬ Agnes Scott and Emory are to be 
tween the United States and Japan was joint hosts for the conference in At¬ 
emphasized by Upton Close, well-lanta during the week-end of March 
known speaker, journalist, explorer, 9-11. This young peoples' conference, 
and poet, in his talk at Agnes Scott sponsored by the Georgia State Union 
last Wednesday evening. Mr. Close was of Student Volunteers will have as its 
the third feature of the Agnes Scott leaders, Mr. Kirby Page, of New York, 

Lecture Association. He spoke on the editor of The 'World Tomorrow, Dr. 
Japanese situation instead of "Close W. A. Smart, professor of Bible and 
Calls," the subject which was an¬ theology at Emory University and 
nounced. Mr. Close's real name is Mrs. Rose Aggrey of Africa. Mr. PageJoseph Washington Hall. who has had much experience with 

Mr. Close gave a new angle to the young peoples' leadership will be the 
question of America's recognition of principal speaker while Dr. Smart, who 

Russia by saying that it was caused by has been a leader at Blue Ridge and 
the United States' fear of Japan, for other conferences, will also take a largeshe is the enemy of both Russia and part in the meetings. Mr. Aggrey, the 
America. wife of "Aggrey of Africa," the well-
To emphasize the predominant place known missionary in South Africa, will 

the Pacific is gaining in world affaris, lead the devotionals in this gatheringhe reviewed history to show how the where several different races will be 
Mediterranean was once the center of represented. As hosts of the confer¬ 

the world. Then Spain by her explor¬ ence, Agnes Scott and Emory are plan¬
ations and power and England by her ning to entertain the delegates on the 

Empire made the Atlantic the interna¬ 

respective campuses. Since this confer¬ 
tional lake. Now, Mr. Close pointed 

ence is to be held in Atlanta, opportun¬ 
out, the Pacific is becoming the main ity is offered to all the colleges in At-

arena of world events. "The Pacific 'anta to attend. 

era is now coming in," he emphasized, 
and its beginning is marked by the RUSSIAN SCHOOL SYSTEM 
rise of Japan." EXPLAINED BY STUDENT 
Further, a great war with the East 

(Continued from page 3, column 2)
is unavoidable, he believes, with the in¬ of the living area is 4.5 square meterdustrial, educational and commercial per student. 

progress of Japan fast gaining world The pleasure of our working life is 

supremacy. America, he declared, like 

the theatre in which the young stu¬

old Spain, grows rich and carelessly dents act and which is soon going to sure of its power, of which before long 
celebrate its first anniversary. It com¬

nationalistic Japan, like England, will prises several sections; actors, chorus,rob us. 

concerts, and two groups playing windAfter the lecture an informal recep¬ instruments in which 140 students are

tion was held in Main. 

taking part. We are working now very 
hard at staging "The Forest"—a clas¬IN THE WORLD OUTSIDE 

sical piece by a Russian writer, Ostrov{
Continued from page 2, column 2) sky; further we are preparing to stageThe girls who act as stewardesses 

the former and modem life of ourfor the Chicago-Pacific Coast division Technicum. Later on the theatre willof United Airlines must not weigh be inculcated more and more into our 
over 120 pounds. Their duties include 

existence and help us to fight for aserving luncheons, answering questions, higher quality of work and a consciousproviding reading and writing mater¬ 

discipline of labor; but this will beials for the passengers, and maintain¬ done by our own scenic means, i.e.,

ing their morale when it sinks low un¬ means of an artistic self-expression.

der influence of strange surroundings. 

There is one side more which is the 
adornment of our Technicum life, i.e.,

Of 3,724 people lynched in the 

the model post of defense which has

United States from 1889 through 1930, been opened recently. We have agreedfour-fifths were negroes, less than one-

to attend it assidiously and to study allsixth of whom were accused of rape. 

the means of defense in case any im¬

It might be said, parentretically, that 

perialistic country should attack us.

in such cases the law rarely delays in We are fulfilling houorably as all thatsettling the account. Many lynchings 

which has been conquered by ourhave occurred after due conviction of fathers will never be given to anyone.

the offender.—Literary Digest. 

—N. S.F.A. 

do. A banquet and several dances The original "Wolf of Wall Street," 
were among the other entertainments whose origin and real name are un¬ 
provided for the delegates. known, died penniless of heart failure 

Next year the conference plans to in New York. His life was an endless 
develop a more efficient method of succession of law suits, but he served 
local work in order to make the N. S. only two terms. His funeral was paid 

F. A. mean more to the individual stu¬ for by friends—just a burial because 

dent bodies. no one knew his religious faith.—Liter¬ 
ary Digest. 

•>J« »*««$» »*« ♦$» tj*«£» •$»»$♦ 
«J» «$»«5»•$» 
In this age of slogans, George Young 
of Glencoe submits this: "Formerly our 
$ WEIL'S 10c STORE coin slogan was—"In God We Trust.' 
Flereafter, with the new dollar it may 

Has Most Anything You Need * be—T Hope That My Redeemer Liveth.'" 
— Chicago Journal of Com-

The depression, statisticians report, 
has resulted in fewer marriages—it is 
harder than ever for the ordinary

H. E. WILSON 

young man starting out in life to sup¬ 
port the government and a wife on one

Clock and Jewelry 

income.—Norfolk Virginian-Pilot.

Repairing 

Expert Watchmaker 

Reasonable Prices 

DECATUR WOMAN'S 
Quick Service EXCHANGE 
DeKalb Theater Bldg.

127 East Court Square 

Don't Forget Valentines 
DECATUR Suitable for Everyone 

L. CHAJAGE 
220 PEACHTREE ST. 

Expert Remodeling 
DIXIE'S LEADING FURRIER 

Student Body Will 

Name May Court 

The method of selecting members of 
the May Court has been changed as a 
result of the student vote taken in 

chapel last Thursday. Members of the 
court will be nominated by the stu¬ 
dents and finally selected by the May 
Day Committee. A student vote was 
taken after Mary McDonald read the 
report of the Committee and submit¬ 
ted two plans. The first plan was that 
the May Day Committee should serve 
as a nominating committee and nom¬ 
inate nine students to be in the court. 
The students should then also nominate 
by popular nomination nine students to 
be in the court. These two lists should 
be posted together on Thursday, and 
voted upon the next Tuesday in chapel. 

The second plan which was the one 
adopted was that each student nom¬ 
inate nine people to be in the May 
Court, the May Day Committee to 
take the fifteen girls receiving the 
highest number of nominations, and 
from those make a choice of the final 
nine. 

Polly Gordon explained the first plan 
to the students, and Mary Virginia 
Allen explained the second plan. These 
to girls, together with Mary McDon¬ 
ald, Martha Skeen, and Mary Green, 
made up the committee appointed to 
investigate the move made at a prev¬ 
ious student meeting that the May 
Court should be elected by the student 
body. 

Before this the May Day Committee 
has selected the entire May Court with¬ 
out any nomination from the students. 
The queen has always been elected by 
popular vote, however, and the three 
other members of the senior class who 
received the most nominations for 
queen have automatically become fembers 
of the court. The election of May 
Queen will take place in the middle 
of February. 

ALUMNAE NEWS 
{Continued from page 2, column 5) 
Helen Mowry, ex-32, married No¬ 
vember 18, Cecil Gordon von Kaenel. 
They live at 1148 24th Ave. N., St. 
Petersburg, Fla. 

Louisa (White) Gosnell, '27, has re¬ 
cently been seriously ill, but is better. 
She is president of the Atlanta Agnes 
Scott Alumnae Club. 

Dorothy Garrett, ex-3 5, is living in 
Miami, Fla., this winter. 

Nina Hammond, '31, has recently 
got an appointment with the Carnegie 
Library in Savannah. 

Ethel Smith, ex-'34, was married 
Januazy 14 in Boston, Mass., to Mr. 
Leonard Laconte. 

Nancy Jane Crockett, '31, was mar¬ 
ried December 27 to Rev. Charles Ray¬ 
mond McCarty in Presbyterian church 
at Highlands, N. C., where Mr. Mc¬ 
Carty is pastor. 

Louella Dearing, '3 3, was married 
December 23 to Mr. Jackson D. 
Hunter of Decatur. Mr. Hunter is at¬ 
tending Medical School at Emory. 

Dorothy Jane Allen, ex-'31, married 
December 24 Mr. Guy Weatherly, who 
is in the naval stores business in Hazlehurst, 
Ga. 

Betty Knox, ex-'31, was married to 
Mr. Glen Passmore of Galveston, 
Texas, January 4. 

Margaret Sanford, ex-'3 3, was mar¬ 
ried on December 18 to Mr. William 
Hodges Douglass, who is connected 
with the Ardade Printing Company in 
Chattanooga, Tenn. 

Mary Felts, '3 3, married December 
18 Mr. James Steadman. They are liv¬ 
ing in Washington, D. C. 

Penny Brown, '32, and Dorothy 

Hutton, '29, returned February 3 from 

a month's visit to Florida. During that 

time they visited many high schools 

giving talks about Agnes Scott. They 
l met with alumnae groups in Jackson¬ 
ville, Miami and Tampa. 


The Agonistic 

Ellen Davis's mother was here for 
the week-end. 

Josephine Jennings, Alma Brohard, 
Sara Jones, Rebecca Cashion, Nell 
White, Lavinia Scott, Oveida Long, 
Martha Edmnds, Virginia Williams, 
Elizabeth Strickland, Frances Miller, 
Meriel Bull, Caroline Waterman, and 
GeorgAnne Lewis attended the Tech 
Pan-Hellenics. 

Barbara Hertwig spent the week-end 
with her aunt, Mrs. J. A. Craig, in 
Druid Hills. 

Trellis Carmichael spent last week¬ 
end at Wesleyan. 

Polly Gordon's father was at the 
Piedmont Hotel in Atlanta part of last 
week. 

Martha Ann Rodgers' mother came 
Friday to spend a few days at Agnes 
Scott. 

Alma Brohard attended the Tech 
Pan-Hellenic dance Thursday night. 

Virginia Williams spent the week¬ 
end with her sister, Mrs. J. D. Knox, in 
Atlanta. 

IVhen your roommate has a birth¬ 
day 

Or your family blows in town 

Or your best beau needs some 
boosting 

Or your morning mood's dark 
brown; 

Aiid the last bell caught you nap¬ 
ping. 

Come and settle down— 

at the 

SILHOUETTE 

TEA ROOM 

Hours: 

7:30-2:00 — 4:00-7:00 

10:00-10:30 

Carolyn Clements attended the Pan-
Hellenic tea dance at Tech Saturdav 
afternoon. 

Sara Jones was the week-end guest 
with her aunt, Mrs. P. A. Boykin in 
Atlanta. 

Sara Frances McDonald spent the 
week-end with Helen Richardson in 
Atlanta. 

Sara and Pauline Cureton went to 
their home in Moreland, Ga., for the 
week-end. 

Mary Cornely spent Thursday night 
with Elaine Aries in Atlanta. 

Sara Forester spent Thursday night 
with Mrs. R. B. Mundorf in Atlanta 
and attended the recital given by 
Josef Hoffmann. 

Mary Jane Tigert's father was here 
for the week-end. 

Kitty Printup spent the week-end 
with Katherine Bowman at her home 
in Atlanta. 

Ida Buist, Marjorie Scott, Frances 
Espy and Louise Preas attended the 
Pan-Hellenics at Tech Thursday night. 

Gladys Burns spent the week-end at 
her home in Macon, Ga. 

MISS GOOCH HIGHLY HONORED 
(Continued from page 1, column 4) 
holidays at New Orleans. 

The Atlanta Constitution, in report¬ 
ing Miss Gooch's election, says, "Miss 
Gooch is the first and only Southerner 
elected to a national office in this or¬ 

ganization, and she succeeds to the 
position from that of director of the 
Southeastern region, which she has 
most capably filled for the past two 
years. Her election is a well-deserved 
honor, for Miss Gooch is an outstand¬ 
ing figure in cultural circles of the 
South and one of the state's best known 
teachers of speech." 

H. L. Eubanks, of the University of 
Wisconsin, is president of the associa¬ 
tion. 

Miss Gooch appeared on the program 
prepared for the convention. Miss Polly 
Vaughan, a member of the class of 
1933, attended the convention with 
Miss Gooch. 

Iron Tonic 
Doctor (to sword swallower): 
"Now remember: no more cavalry 
swords, no more daggers; just some 
small dessert knives to keep your 
strength up." 

STUDIO STYLES 

designed by Orry Kelly starred 

in Warner Bros, films may be 

seen in Atlanta only at Muse's 

Do Come In! 

Fifth Floor 

George Muse 

Clothing Co. 

Close Ridicules U. S. 

In Recent Interview 

America is a ridiculous picture, ac¬ 
cording to Mr. Upton Close, some¬ 
times known as Mr. Joseph Washing¬ 
ton Hall, who recently lectured at 
Agnes Scott on relations existing be¬ 
tween Japan and the United States. 
The renowned explorer, reporter, ob¬ 
server, poet, and lecturer, born in 

Washington state, 
educated in Washing¬ 
ton, D. C., and an 
"earth dweller at the 
present only through 
necessity," looks at 
the young nation of 
the United States 
through cosmopoli¬ 
tan if not oriental 
eyes. "As a study, 
America is the craz¬ 
iest country in the 
world—one of amazing paradoxes, a 
country of hypocricy, where crap 
shooting is forbidden and Wall Street 

represents financial business." The 
United States, he says, concerns itself 
with the small and the unimportant, 
using its law courts for heart balm 
cases instead of for suppression of gang¬ 
sterism. Of abundant natural resources 
above and below and with fairly good 
people to work with, the nation has 
made itself merely ridiculous—a coun¬ 
try not ready for the democracy which 
it professes and of which it does not 
know even the meaning. It presents 
the phenomena of a very young and 
childish nation—a show unless one gets 
too near it. 

Education in America, however, says 
Upton Close is the worst of the coun¬ 
try's evils. It is the same system of 
1776 seen through the same colored 
glasses. These lovely United States do 
not deal in realities, and do not pic¬ 
ture the world in which the modern 
youth lives. 

Mr. Close says that he will publish 
shortly a book which will show whether 
or not America is a good country— 
whether a country can be good where 
one out of every three years is a panic, 
one a semi-depression, and one a boom. 

LTptos Close seems in many ways to 
belong more to Japan, to China, to 
the East than to the United States. 
He has spent years in travel and ob¬ 
servation among the oriental nations 
and peoples. His experiences with them 
;.re many. Some of them include being 
arrested by a Chinese military governor 
for working with the governor's rival; 
falling ill of the cholera and reviving 
after doses of opium and kerosene have 
been administered; fighting in the 
front rank of a Chinese army; being 
accused as a Russian spy and being 
freed by a policeman with whom he has 
played poker; being lost in the Arabian 
desert for several weeks during the 
flood season starving for over a week 
in Damascus during a war between the 
French and Arabs, and being saved by 
an American friend on the top of Mt. 
Lebanon; riding to Joppa across the 
sand just as the Mediterranean starts in 
at flood tide. Mr. Close cites these as 
a few "close calls" but holds them not 
as miraculous as many that happen to 
men in automobiles in large cities or 
to women sitting on their front 
porches. 

"The Japanese women are the most 
charming in the world," according to 
Mr. Close. They are trained to be 
happy, to be artists, especially in their 
dress. Very lovely to look at, they 
are the "best trained breed of men's 
women in the world." Although they 
have never been given the vote, they 
are very free, and, unlike the Amer¬ 
ican women and girls who invariably 
look dour, are always smiling. In the 
"moth eyes" of the bamboo ladies lies 
one of the greatest marks of beauty 
in oriental woman. 

When asked what the result would 
be if America and Japan should enter 

JOSEPH SIEGEL 
Diamonds, Watches, Jewelryand Clocks 
Watch, Clock, Jewelry Repairing 
All Work Guaranteed 
111 East Court Sq. DE. 4205 
Decatur, Ga. 

<5t d dg 

Giddy, darling— 

My dear, in all this time we've been 
apart more things have been happen¬ 
ing! The young man so lovingly 
known as Dan C decided that February 
14 was far too far away, so he just up 
and came to Agnes Scott ahead of 
time. We've got a marriage to our 
credit, and no less than three brand 
new, openly admitted engagements. 
Right well, my love, for a pre-spring 
season. 

And that one of us who is best in¬ 
formed concerning all the sayings and 
innermst thoughts of one Dr. Davidson 
reports that in addition to all his other 
accomplishments, Dr. Davidson is quite 
well known in culinary circles. Some 
mention was made of vulgar spinach, 
but the really important item is that 
the Doctor himself admits that one's 
success in life depends on one's ability 
to concoct French dressing. All of 
which seems to indicate that the thing 
for us to do, my love, is to abandon 
the paths of history and hie us away to 
a cooking school. 

Giddy, darling, doesn't Miss McKinney 
have the oddest ways of recogniz¬ 
ing people? She told a class the other 
day to be sure to sit in the same places 
they did last semester because she 
would know them by their seats. Well, 
really., my dear! 

CLUBS 

The Poetry Club met at Miss Louise 
McKinney's home Friday night at 7 
with Miss McKinney as hostess. Poetry 
was read by the members of the club. 

The German Club had an informal 
meeting in the German room at 4:30 
on Thursday afternoon. Games were 
played. 

The Cotillion Club will have its 
regular tea-dance on Thursday. Mary 
Hamilton and Gussie Rose Riddle will 
be the hostesses at this time. 

The Citizenship Club will meet on 
Friday afternoon with Miss Florence 
Smith. 

The monthly meeting of Chi Beta 
Phi Sigma was held in the Science Hall 
Monday evening, January 11. The 
meeting was presided over by Lucy 
Goss, president. Virginia Heard and 
Gail Nelson, members of the class of 
1933, spoke on their research work at 
Emory. Refreshments were served 
afterwards by Mary Summers and 
Sarah Cook. 

FOUNDER'S DAY PLANS 
MADE BY SENIORS 
(Continued from page 1, column 1) 
Verse, Isabel Lowrance, chairman; Mar¬ 
garet Rogers; music, Lillian Herring, 
chairman; Gussie Riddle; publicity, 
Elizabeth Winn, chairman; C'Lena Mc-
Mullen. 

into a war, Upton Close prophesied a 
war of attrition in which the first two 
years will be spent in destroying Amer¬ 
ica's trained forces. According to him 
there will be a movement toward state 
socialism after a great economic rev¬ 
olution. After the first two years of 
war, he says, since the United States 
are too unprepared for a military strug¬ 
gle, fate will decide the conflict, and 
it remains to be seen whether with the 
Spring thaw Japan will concentrate on 
Russia or on pacifistic America. 

Upton Close has no accent, has been 
trying to learn English all his life, and 
knows only enough Japanese to get him 
into trouble. In Japan he wears a beige 
kimona with brown feather fans print¬ 
ed on the back. He writes poetry— 
sometimes with his friend "Jimmy" 
Auslander—and is extremely fond of 
Feneloso and the free verse movement. 
His philosophy is based on beauty—of 
women and of trees, and on the belief 
that there is always^ .'another range to 
be crossed." 

(Sfl a stp 

I always suspected that Frances 
Balcom was a logical soul, and know 
I know. She explains that the reason 
she wears glasses is because when her 
eyes got grown, they just wouldn't 
stop growing! A woman with that sort 
of mind should be employed to ex¬ 
plain away the mysteries of the uni¬ 
verse, don't you think? 

And among other things ,Giddy, I 
suppose I'll always wonder why the 
gentleman who was dancing with 
Chub said that he was going to call 
her "Maud Muller" because her feet 
were made that way, and just why 
Martha Elliott found it expedient not 
to have breakfast with Mr. Upton 

And among other things, Giddy, I 
Close, as he so kindly suggested. 

Along with the tragic moments of 
examinations — though just off-hand 
you might never suspect it, my dear— 
there are the lighter things in life. Dr. 
Sweet learned from one of those ducky 
little blue books you heard so much 
about not long ago that a focal infec¬ 
tion was an infection of the focal 
chords. How true that medicine is ever 
pushing frward into the darkness of 
ignorance! 

Goodbye, darling. I'll be with you 
again ere long. 

Aggie. 

WORK STARTED ON MAY DAY 

(Continued from page 1, column 2) 
ant girls. She in turn selects the mem¬ 
bers of her court. 

Dances, music and costumes will be 
as nearly authentic as possible. While 
many of the dances will be original, a 
number of peasant dances will be used, 
including the Farandole, Stir le pont d' 
Avignon, Rondeau, and Tambourin. 
Authentic French songs also will be 
used. The Committee is making a spe¬ 
cial effort to have better accompani¬ 
ment for this year's pageant. The cos¬ 
tumes will be designed from the plates 
which Miss Lucile Alexander, head of 
the French Department, has displayed 
in the French exhibit in Buttrick Hall. 

A special committee is working out 
details of the scenario. The members 
are: Mary Virginia Allen, Mary Boggs, 
Anna Humber, Martha Skeen, Eliz¬ 
abeth Johnson and Ruth Shippey, As¬ 
sisting the May Day Committee in the 
selection of the scenario was a faculty 
committee, which consisted of Miss 
Louise McKinney, Miss Janef Preston, 
Dr. Catherine Torrance, and Miss 
Llewellyn Wilburn. 

More complete plans will be an¬ 
nounced later. 

KEY TO CURRENT HISTORY 

(Continued from page 2, column 3) 
are getting impatient for some agree¬ 
ment, and diplomatic circles in Europe 
are anxiously waiting to see which side 
they will take, or whether they will 
remain "on the fence." 

When the League of Nations' Coun¬ 
cil opened its seventy-eighth session at 
Geneva January 14, one of its most 
important problems was the future of 
the much-postponed Disarmament 
Conference. It was immediately de¬ 
cided, however, to postpone it again 
until February or possibly the middle 
of April. Germany and France are still 
carrying on negotiations and all the 
nations are hoping they will come to 
an agerement some time very soon. 

NELSON WRITES ACCOUNT 
OF SCIENCE CLUB'S WORK 
{•Continued from page 1, column 3) 
Beta Phi Sigma, which took place last 
May, conducted by Dr. Guy of Emory, 
who was formerly a member of the 
faculty of Agnes Scott. "It is the pur¬ 
pose of the Alpha chapter," says Gail, 
"to make the organization so strong 
that any college will consider it a dis¬ 
tinct honor to be granted a chapter." 

In 1732 co-eds at Salem College 
could take baths only by special per¬ 
mission and times indicated by in¬ 
structors. 


T H Agonistic 

Seniors and Sophs 

Win in Basketball 

The seniors and the sophomores were 

the winners of the first basketball 

games since the Christmas holidays. The 

seniors won from the juniors by a score 

of 23 to 11, and the sophomores from 

the freshmen by a score of 27 to 20. 

The line-ups were as follows: 

Seniors—Forwards, Hamilton, Bar¬ 

ren, Massie; guards, Ames, Schuessler, 

Tindall; substitute, Preston. 

Juniors—Forwards, McCalla, Young, 

F. Espy; guards, Spenser, Richards, 
Green. 

Sophomores — Forwards, Handle, 
Larimer, Stevens; guards, Burson, Arm¬ 
strong, S. F. Estes; substitutes, Tomlinson, 
Coffee. 

Freshmen — Forwards, Kennedy, 
Gary, Wdker; guards, Stalker, Mc¬ 
Cain, Forrester; substitutes, Kneale. 

ON OTHER CAMPUSES 

(Costinued from page 5, column 4) 

All students living in fraternity 

houses at Marquette University, Mil¬ 

waukee, have their names, characteris¬ 

tics, and peculiarities listed with the 

police. 

A student at Ann Arbor says they 
have only two rules. The first, that 
they shall not set fire to any of the 
buildings and the second, that they 
shall not kill any of the professors.— 
Phoenix. 

The Bull Session, long popular pas¬ 

time among the students of Georgia 

Tech, has at last received official recog¬ 

nition by one of the members of the 

faculty. In a class discussion in his 

tory, one of the professrs gave voice to 

his opinion of the custom of a group of 

students holding a discussion on topics 

of the day. 

"I think the bull session is one of the 

most educational of institutions at 

Technology," were the words of the 

professor in praise. 

Among other fines imposed upon 
undergraduates at Union College, 
Schenectady, is a fine of 6 cents if 
caught wearing hats within the walls 
of the college. 

A Floly Cross freshman refused to 
take a train at the Union Station be¬ 
cause his grandfather had been a con¬ 
federate general. 

A student who was digging around 
the old files at Heidelberg college re¬ 
cently found a paper that convinced 
him that students will sign anything. 
At one time most of the undergrad¬ 
uates signed a petition which would 
have resulted in their death. The peti¬ 
tion, which bore the names of seventy-
five per cent of the student-body, ask¬ 
ed that there be no school on Wash¬ 
ington's birthday, but that the day be 
spent in quiet decapitation."—Phoenix. 

Harvard has abolished Yale locks 
from the campus. In retaliation Yale 
has blacklisted the Harvard classics. 

At the LIniversity of Southern Cali¬ 
fornia the "Tapping Method" was sug¬ 
gested to enforce the honor system in 
examinations. Tapping to expose 
cheating is a method of warning stu¬ 
dents who are trying to evade the 
rules. Observers of the violation stop 
it by tapping their feet upon the floor. 
This is taken up by the whole class 
and the result is cessation from cheat¬ 
ing.—Phoenix. 

New Flavcn, Conn.— (IP) —The 
Sterling Memorial Museum at Yale 
University is displaying an exhibit of , 
modern and ancient playing cards. 

Cards from all parts of the world 
are included in the collection, among 
them some engraved in Nuremburg, 
Germany, between 1420 and 1488, 
and some made of the skins of their j 
enemies by the Apache Indians. 

The collection includes cards used 
in China. Japan, Germany, France, 
Italv and Russia for educational as 
well as gaming pursuits. There is one ! 
set used for fortune telling in Persia. 

One collection is of cards with ■ 
which soldiers have amused themselves | 
in the various wars down through his-j 
torv. 

Oranges Are Won 

By Seven Halls 

Seven crates of oranges were awarded 

in chapel Friday morning to the seven 

wings in Rebekah and Inman having 

perfect records in the recent health 

campaign, sponsored by the Athletic 

Association. 

The requirements for each individual 

were: to have seven hours sleep each 

night; to eat three meals a day on ex¬ 

amination days, two on other days; and 

to get one-half hour exercise each day. 

The captains of the wings that had 

100 per cent in Rebekah were Margaret 

Rogers, Margaret Friend, and Claire 

Ivy and in Inman, Frances Balckom, 

Rachel Kennedy, Martha Norman, and 

Elizabeth Perrine. 

This contest has been conducted 
during Mid-term examinations ever}' 
year for the past four years by the 
Athletic Association. This is the first 
year that so many wings have had 
perfect scores. The first two years a 
cake, instead of a crate of oranges, was 
given to the wing having the highest 
percentage. Formerly the requirements 
were more difficult, and the award 
was made to the one wing having the 
best score. 

A. S. FROSH TOP LIST IN TESTS 
(Continued /row page 1, column 5) 
McCain, with Dr. Harvey W. Cox, 
president of Emory University, and 
Chancellor Philip Weltner of the Uni¬ 
versity System of Georgia, spoke of 

higher education in the state. 

The educational standards of Geor¬ 

gia, Dr. McCain reports, are below 

those of the nation. In the last test of 

college freshmen the low standards of 

Georgia were evident. 

Two solutions to the situation were 
proposed at the meeting. The first is 
that of consolidation which is advocat¬ 
ed by Dr. McCain and Dr. Cox. By 
combining private institutions and 
church schools, and by consolidating 
the state schools the quality of educa¬ 
tional standards could. be improved, 
they say. The results of the freshman 
tests in Agnes Scott which were ten 
points above the national average, tend 
to prove that if more time and effort 
were spent on each student the results 
would be of a higher quality. Accord¬ 
ing to Dr. McCain, Agnes Scott 
spends about four hundred dollars an¬ 
nually, on each student while the aver¬ 
age in Georgia is only one hundred 
dollars. 

The second proposed solution is that 
supported by Chancellor Philip Welt¬ 
ner who advocated the spreading 
rather than the merging of colleges. 
He placed emphasis on accessibility 
rather than quality. 

"The Last Round-up," which has in 
it the real spirit of the cowboy of the 
West and Southwest, was written by a ; 
Massachusetts boy who got a liking for 
cowboy songs when he was touring the 
west in a smalltime dance orchestra at 
the age of eighteen. He has also writ¬ 
ten the popular "Louisville Lady" and 

'Have You Ever Been Lonely?", 
among others. The now famous 
"dogie" means a yearling and is pro¬ 
nounced "doe-gie."—Time. 

* BANQUET SERVICE j 

| FRANCES VIRGINIA | 

| TEA ROOM | 

% LUNCHEON DINNER * 
?? 
Bridge Parties—Private Rooms 

Collier Bldg.—Peachtree at Ellis 
T (Elevator Service) X 

NEW COURSES M ILL BE 
GIVEN THIS SEMESTER 
(Continued from page 1, column 2) 
Lillian Smith, are listed in the cata¬ 
logue but have not been offered for 
time. Astronomy,

SPORTS EDITORIAL Mode of Selecting some Practical 
taught by Dr. Schuyler Christian, is 

Varsity Is Changed

By Harriette Hayxes offered for the first time. The mathe¬ 
Science has discovered and is dis¬ 

A new method of electing the var¬ matics course previously required is no 
covering many wonderful things to 

ious varsity teams was decided upon by longer necessary, and the course is now 
promote health. Laboratories are often 

the Athletic Board at its meeting last 

purely descriptive, without the tech¬

indirect agencies where these discover¬ 

Tuesday night. The former method 

nical and mathematical features. Nine¬

ies take place, and often each individ¬ 

was considered to be undemocratic and 

ual can be her own laboratory. If one teenth Century Prose, taught by Dr.

to be placing too much responsibilitywould but stop to think, one would G. P. Hayes, has not been offered since

on the coaches and president of A. A. 

find that it is much more interesting 

who composed the committee. Miss Annie Mae Christie left Agnesand profitable to conduct one's own 

The new method allows each mem¬ Scott to resume advanced academic 
research rather than to be entirely de¬ 

ber of the class teams to nominate her 

studies.

pendent upon others' discoveries. 

candidates for varsity at the end of the 

Great discoveries may be made by 

season; the nominations will be sub¬ 

AT THE THEATRES

the individual concerning poise. These 

mitted to a varsity council, elected 

may be along the lines of mental as 

each season by the board, and com¬ 

well as physical poise. Posture, as the 

posed of the sport coaches and two or 

physical aspect of poise has been called 

three proficient non-participants of LOEWS GRAND 
by many, often indicates to the world 

that particular sport, who will watch 

Now Playinga great part of a person's character. 

the last three games for varsity ma¬

"Sit straight," and "hold your should¬ 'ROMAN SCANDALS"

terial and will choose the varsity from

ers back" are phrases that are familiar, with

but at the same time irksome. If one class team nominations. These nomina¬ 
EDDIE CANTOR

could but forget them and strive, tions will be based on sportsmanship in 
rather, for a certain amount of ease and 

play as well as on skill. Starts Friday

grace in moving and sitting, and a cer¬ 

The basketball varsity council was 

"EMPEROR JONES" 
elected as follows: Page Ackerman, Eugene O'Neill 

tain amount of mental steadiness, one 

would find oneself better able to cope 
with any situation that might arise. coach; Miss Blanche Miller, and Betty With An All Negro Cast 
The discovery of the need, the desire to Harbison. 
experiment, the conclusion reached The volleyball varsity council is 
whether to be alive or static, lies en¬ of two coaches,

composed the Page

tirely within the scope of each individ¬ 

Ackerman and Margaret Massie, and BEGINS FRIDAY, FEB. 9th

ual. 

THE LAFF HIT OF THE

Miss Miller, Betty Harbison, and Mar¬ 

YEAR!

Time was, and not so long ago, garet Friend. 

"6 OF A KIND"

when the baseball player who knew 
with

how to cut third base while the um¬ D. W. Griffith, ex-screen director, Charlie Rugglespire was watching the play at first, or 

Mary Boland

big business, and

the football player who was skillful loathed once told W. C. Fields 
at holding the opposing player with¬ Henry Ford that he was "making cars Allison Skipworth 

and airplanes to get everybody some¬ George Burns andout being detected by the umpire, was 
Gracie Allen

to that degree a greater athlete and a where else, but nobody knew where 

they wanted to go and why, and that Jimmy Beers

bigger hero. Cheating, taking unfair 
advantage, beating the gun, then were anybody who could persuade one man Organlogue jL 

News—Shorts

all elements in athletic proficiency. A to sit still and write four lines of last¬ 
ing poetry would be doing more good."

story is told of the big league base¬ 

—Literary Digest.

ball manager who said to his squad at 
the conclusion of the first reading of iiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiMNiiimiiiiiiiimiiiiimiiii 
the rules: "Now the purpose of this nificant in relation to progress and Now Playingmeeting is to consider how we can beat proficiency in these activities. By 

"CONVENTION CITY"

the rules." common consent the football player 
For many years professional and who dawdles away his time in aimless with 

Joan Blondell—Dick Powell

amateur athletes alike reflected such a pursuits, and who invariably appears Guy Kibbee—Adolphe Menjou

spirit. Bullying and cheating were all late to practice lacks interest in the Frank McIIugh—Mary Astor 
too common in every form of sport. game or is trying to avoid some of the 

Starts Friday

Baseball, boxing and many of our com¬ hard work. The runner who becomes 
mon sports trace their origin to the discouraged after a defeat, or the EDM'. G. ROBINSON 
common people who possessed no code golfer who gives up when he is two in 
of honor. On the other hand golf and down and three to go, is said to lack "DARK HAZARD" 
tennis, historically gentlemen's games, courage or aggressiveness, and his at¬ with 

GENEVIEVE TOBIN

have come down to us so interwoven titude is known as a tendency to "fold 

high that GLENDA FARRELL

with a code of honor we up" or quit. Best beloved of all teach¬ 
have been forced to accept the code ers and followers of sports is the in¬ 
along with the game. dividual for whom difficulty or defeat j CPammount1

' TH E ATRE

Now it is the code that comes with is only a challenge to greater efforts,, 
the gentleman's games that is triumph¬ who carries the battle to the opponent iimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiii 

ing. It is universally recognized that with all his waning strength, whose i 
participants in sports and athletics head is ever unbowed and who makes 
differ widely in the attitudes they dis¬ all his plays in a clean honest way.— 
play. It is generally agreed also that Adapted from The Athlete in the 
these differences in athletics are sig-Making, by Williams and Nixon. Thursday and Friday f 

"The Way to Love" * 

DeKALIJ THEATRE ? 

S & W Cafeteria "Berkeley Square" ❖ 


Monday and Tuesday * 

Atlanta 

•*❖❖ 
*444444444444444444 

Asheville 

i CAP IT OL f 

Raleigh * t

*"** NOW !—hirst Run Pictures with 

* Stage Shows £ 

Knoxville 

♦> On the Stage— J* 

£ "Rhapsody in Fun Revue" T 
Charlotte 4 4

.j. On the Screen— ❖ 
£ "The Last Round-up" £ 
Roanoke 

X Next Meek 4 
J "Sensation Hunters" 4 
Chattanooga 4 —with— % 

The Joe Franklin and Geo. Mont-4 
.j. rose Vaudeville Revue f 
The Biggest Show Bargain Xin America 4

189 Peachtree Atlanta A

Balcony 15c Orchestra 25c 4

3c Orel 

4

ANY TIME 

4

* *5*

44444444444444444444444444 


(£1)0 ^VgoniBtic 

VOL. XIV AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1934 

NO. 13 

Dr. S. M. Glasgow Conducts 
Annual Devotional Week 

"The Premier Life" Subject 
Of Chapel Addresses 

Interest this week is centered on Dr. 
Samuel M. Glasgow who has come to 
us from Savannah to lead a series of 
religious services. Dr. Glasgow has 
chosen as the theme for his chapel 
talks, the "Premier Life," taking up on 
the successive mornings its Sources, 
Motive, Secrets, Values, and Issues. 

On Tuesday morning Dr. Glasgow 
spoke on the Source of the Premier 
Life, analyzing Christian character, 
and the fine courage which it requires, 
and the basis for this courage as found 
in Christ. He said "As the face of 
Jesus is clear and real in our lives, is 
courage born and character made." 

This morning, in speaking of the 
motive of the Premier Life his subject 
was "What Love Can Do." Illustrating 
the transforming power of love in the 
parable of the Prodigal Son, Dr. Glas¬ 
gow traced the sequence of desire from 
selfish "give me," to humble "forgive 
me," and finally to "make me." 

The subjects for the remaining three 
services will be Life's Secret, Life's 
Values, and finally Life's Issues. | 

A reception is to be held this after¬ 
noon at 4:3 0, at which time the col¬ 
lege community is invited to meet Dr. 
Glasgow.' ! 

Citizenship Ass'n 

Meets at Emory 

The seventh annual session of the In¬ 
stitute of Citizenship is being held this 
week, February 12-16, at Emory Universty 
under the direction of Cullen B. 
Gosnell. The theme for this year is the 
New Deal, and its relation to various 
phases of every day life. Some of the 
lectures that have been given are: "The 
New Deal in Agriculture," "The New 
Deal in Industry," "The New Deal in 
Banking." Tonight there will be a de¬ 
bate: "Resolved: That the United 
States Should Return to the Gold 
Standard." Tomorrow night H. Pierre 
de Lanux speaks in the Glenn Memor¬ 
ial Church on "What Europe Thinks 
of the New Deal." Friday night's ad¬ 
dress will be made by Hon. Chester 
McCall who will speak on "Youth and 
the New Deal." At eleven and three 
o'clock, daily round table discussions 
are being held in the theology chapel 
and the Glenn Memorial Church. 

Agnes Scott is represented on the In¬ 
stitute Advisory Board by Miss Flor¬ 
ence Smith and Dr. McCain, and mem¬ 
bers of faculty and student body of 
the college are attending the meetings. 

QUENELLE HARROLD 
APPLICATIONS DUE 

Applications for the Quenelle Harrold 
Fellowship must have been made 
to Mr. S. Guerry Stukes, Registrar, by 
February 15. 

The fellowship is open to members 
of the senior class and to alumnae of 
three years standing. It is provided by 
the income from a $10,000 foundation 
which Mrs. Thomas Harrold of Americus, 
Ga., established in honor of her 
daughter who graduated from Agnes 
Scott in 1923. The fellowship may be 
applied to any field of graduate study, 
but cannot be used for professional 
training. It may also be used in any 
school approved by the trustees of the 
fund, or may be applied as partial pay¬ 
ment for study abroad. Selection is 
made on the basis of qualification for 
research and promise of leadership. The 
last award was made to Mary Sprinkle, 
ex-'31, of Marion, Va., who is now 
studying in France. 

Juniors Will Hold 

Banquet March 10 

The Junior Banquet sponsored by 
Mortar Board will be held Saturday 
evening, March 10, at 6:3 0 in Rebekah 
Scott dining hall. Miss Nanette Hop-
I kins will entertain at coffee for the 
juniors and their dates after dinner in 
the day students room in Main build¬ 

ing. 

Martha Redwine has been appointed 

general chairman for arrangements and 

the committees in charge of the plans 

banquet are as follows: date and in¬ 

vitation, Betty Lou Houck, chairman; 

Dorotrea Blackshear, Alsine Shutze, 

and Mary Jane Evans; entertainment, 

Leonora Spencer; seating, Anna Hum


ber; place cards, Rosalyn Crispin; dec¬ 

orations, Alice Dunbar, chairman; Nell 

Patillo, and Frances McCalla. 

After the banquet at 8:30 in the 
gym Blackfriars will present Once 
There Was a Princess by Juliet Wilbar 
Tompkins. The play, a comedy in 
three acts and a prologue, concerns the 
return of an American woman to her 
home in Indiana after she has been liv¬ 
ing in Europe as a princess. Because of 
her simplicity she is mistaken for a 

(Continued on page 4, column 5) 

Dance Classes 

Plan Recital 

The dance recital given by all of the 
dancing classes, is planned for Tuesday 
night, February the 20th, at 8 o'clock. 
The program is as follows: 

Gluck, "Apollo and the Muses." 

"Walking," Bach—The Dance Club. 

"Running," Schumann — Beginners 

Dancing Class. 
"Skipping," Airs in Dancer—Begin¬ 
ners Dancing Class. 
"Polka," Strauss — Intermediate 
Dancing Class. 
"Greeting," Schubert — Beginners 
Dancing Class. 
"Waltz Study," Schubert—Begin¬ 
ners Dancing Class. 
"Ocassoisin," Schubert — Intermed¬ 
iate Dancing Class. 
"Waltz Study," Schubert—Inter¬ 
mediate Dancing Class. 
"Gigue," Corelli—The Dance Club. 
"Roses of the South," Strauss—The 
Dance Club. 
'Marche Militaire," Schubert—The 
Dance Club. 

LIBRARIAN TO CONTINUE 
STUDIES FOR DEGREE 

Miss Edna Ruth Hanley, Agnes 
Scott's librarian, left last week for Ann 
Arbor, Mich., to resume her work at 
the University of Michigan. She re¬ 
ceived an eight hundred dollar scholar¬ 
ship from the Carnegie Foundation 
which enabled her to complete the 
work necessary to receive her M.A. de¬ 
gree in library science in June. Miss 
Hanley is also making a study of 
library methods and buildings, the ma¬ 
terial to be used in planning a new 
library, which is to be part of "Greater 
Agnes Scott." Enroute to Michigan 
Miss Hanley visited libraries at Ran-
dolph-Macon Woman's College, Sweetbriar, 
University of Virginia and the 
Congressional Library in Washington, 

D. C. During the absence of Miss 
Hanley, Miss Gwendolyn Miller is in 
charge of the Agnes Scott library. Miss 
Hanley will resume her position as head 
librarian here next year. 

Program Planned Four New Phi Beta Kappa 
On February 22i Members Are Announced 

Founder's Day Banquet, given an¬ 

nually on February 22, will be held this 

year in Rebekah Scott dining room. 

According to the tradition of the day, 

there will be a program sponsored by 

the Senior class and consisting chiefly 
of toasts proposed by members of the 
class representing famous characters in 
early American history. These charac¬ 
ters are: 

George Washington — Mary MacDonald. 
Martha Washington—Elinor Hamil¬ 

ton. 

Betsy Ross—Dorothy Cassel. 

Patrick Henry—Martha Skeen. 

Lafayette—Martha Elliott. 

Daniel Boone—Margaret Rogers. 

Benjamin Franklin—Mary Ames. 

Members of the sophomore class will 

reply to these toasts. After the ban¬ 
quet, there will be a minuet in the 
gym, participants in which are to be 
(Continued on page 3, colnmn 2) 

Nomination Open 

For May Queen 

The nominations for May Queen will 
be held February 14 through 17. The 
names of the nominees will be posted 
on Tuesday the twentieth, and the elec¬ 
tion will be held from Wednesday the 
twenty-first to Saturday the twenty-
fourth. The nominations and votes are 
to be placed in a box in the lobby of 
Buttrick Hall. 

Fifteen nominations are required to 
put a senior's name on the list of nom¬ 
inations to be voted on. The queen will 
be selected from these and the remain¬ 
ing girls will be members of the May 
Court. 

All students are urged to vote that 
the May Queen may be truly represen¬ 
tative. 

Moliere Comedy 

Will Be Given 

Les Precieuses Ridicules by Moliere 
will be the interesting presentation of 
the French club in honor of the Al¬ 
liance FranQaise of Atlanta, March 8, 
at 8 P. M. in the chapel. 

This delightful satire on the customs 
and manners of Moliere's times will be 
under the direction of Miss Lucille 
Alexander and Miss Margaret Phythian. 

The play centers around two lovers, 
LaGrange and DuCroisy, who come to 
woo the daughter of Monsieur Gorgibus. 
The two young ladies, being en¬ 
grossed with the very fastidious no¬ 
tions of les precieuses, disdain their 
suitors as lacking sufficiently fine man¬ 
ners. The suitors determine to teach 
the young ladies a lesson, and the plot 
is worked out in an interesting fashion 
around the masquerade of Mascarille, 
the lackey of LaGrange, the deception 
of the young ladies, and the complete 
satisfaction of the young men who are 
wooing them. 

The cast includes: 

Mascarille—Miss Martha Crowe. 

Gorgibus—Miss Margaret Phythian. 

Jodelet—Martha Elliott. 

LaGrange—Margaret Rogers. 

DuCroisy—Anna Humber. 

Magdelon—Betty Fountain. 

Cathos—Dorothy Bell. 

A cordial invitation to the play has 
been extended to the entire college 
community. Seventeenth century cos¬ 
tume and a minuet in the play are two 
features which are expected to prove 
particularly attractive to the audience. 
Mile. Berthe Landru, of Paris, the 
guest of Miss Phythian, will be honor 
guest together with the Alliance 
FranQaise at a social hour in the Alum


(Continued on page 4, column 4) 

1 

"The Mikado" Will 

Be Given in May 

The Glee Club, under the direction 

of Lewis H. Johnson, and assisted by 

a number of male voices from Atlanta 

will give two presentations of the 

humorous Gilbert and Sullivan opera, 

The Mikado. The first presentation is 

to be in the early part of May (date 

undecided) and the second, Monday 

night, May 2 8. 

The Mikado is said to be the most 
popular of all the Gilbert and Sullivan 
operas, and it tells in a clever way 
the story of Nanki-Poo, the son of 
the Mikado of Japan, who flees from 
his father's court disguised as a wan¬ 
dering minstrel to escape the wiles of 
Katisha, an elderly lady who wishes to 
marry him. While thus disguised 
Nanki-Poo meets Yum-Yum and falls 
in love with her. The plot becomes 
more complicated when we learn that 
Yum-Yum is preparing to wed Ko-Ko 
Lord High Executioner and Yum-
Yum's guardian, although she returns 

Nanki-Poo's love. The audience is 
kept in a state of excitement. The hero 
narrowly escapes execution. Yum-Yum 
is nearly buried alive. There is, how¬ 
ever, a happy ending with the double 
{Contimied on page 3, column 4) 

Jeritza To Sing 

On February 15 

Maria Jeritza, of the Metropolitan 
Opera Company, and Walter Geiseking, 
pianist, will be heard in a joint recital 
at the City Auditorium tomorrow eve¬ 
ning, February 15, at 8:30 o'clock. The 
presentation is under the auspices of 
the All-Star Concert Series. 

Mme. Jeritza, a native of Austria 
and member of the Imperial and Royal 
Opera of Vienna, made her American 
debut in 1921 at the Metropolitan 
Opera House as "Marietta" in Die Tote 
Sfadt. Success such as few personalities 
achieve has surrounded her from the 
beginning of her career, and has fol¬ 
lowed her through appearances in the 
opera houses of Europe and America. 
Fler voice is outstanding for its power 
and brilliance. 

Mr. Geiseking, who comes to At¬ 
lanta in place of Paul Kochanski, vio¬ 
linist, was bom in France, but is Ger¬ 
man by blood, temperament and train¬ 
ing. He made his American debut in 

1921 and since then has been widely 
acclaimed as a master of the pianoforte. 

ASS'T DEAN TO ATTEND 
ANNUAL CONVENTION 

Mss Carrie Scandrett, assistant Dean, 
will attend the annual meeting of the 
National Association of Deans of 
Women to be held in Cleveland, Ohio, 
February 21-24. Because Founder's Day 
has always been in conflict with the 
time set for the annual meeting of the 
organization, this year is the first year 
that Agnes Scott will have been rep¬ 
resented. Miss Scandrett goes in place 
of Miss Hopkins, who will be a speaker 
on the Founder's Day broadcast, Febru¬ 
ary 22. 

The convention, which is held the 
week of the meeting of the National 
Education Association, will be attended 
by the deans from all types and grades 
of schools. The discussion will be di¬ 
vided into groups such as trends, finan¬ 
cial crises, religious problems. Dr. Ogburn 
will lecture one night on "The 
Outlook for the Trained Woman." 

i 
| 

Gordon, Goss, Matthews and 
Prettyman Are Honored 

Four new members were announced 

by the Agnes Scott chapter of Phi Beta 

Kappa Saturday, February 10, in 

chapel. The following seniors were 

honored: Polly Gordon, Lucy Goss, 

Marion Matthews and Virginia Pretty-

man. 

The speaker, Dr. Donald Davidson 

of the English department of Vander


bilt University, was introduced by Dr. 

Hayes, president of the local Phi Beta 

Kappa chapter. Professor Davidson has 

been one of the leaders of a group of 

poets called the Fugitives, and at one 

time was editor of their journal, The 

Fugitive. He has published two vol¬ 

umes of poetry, An Outland Piper and 

The Tall Men, and has contributed to 

the anthology Til Take My Stand. 

"Education for Quality" was the 
subject of Dr. Davidson's address. He 
brought out the devotional aspect of 
Phi Beta Kappa to an ancient cause 

forever new." Phi Beta Kappa, whose 
quality standards are opposed to the 
quantity standards of "tumultous 
America," is devoted to the humani¬ 
ties, all the cultural subjects dealing 
with the human quality of our life. 
The question arises "how our devotion 
may attach itself to an intangible 
cause" in an America devoted to "sheer 
ponderosity." 

Dr. Davidson stressed the failure of 
the American educational system 
which, intending to make us wise, did 
not control the vulgarity of the 1920s 
or the depression of the 193 0s. This 

(Continued on page 4, cohmil.A) 

Fairchild Machine 

To Be Purchased 

Agnes Scott is purchasing a Fairchild 
Electric Transcription Apparatus, to 
be installed in the studios of Miss 
Gooch and Mr. Johnson. The machine, 
which the faculty feel is now suffi¬ 
ciently perfected to make advisable its 
purchase by the college, records on 
aluminum discs and will be useful for 
singing, modern languages, ancient 
languages, and spoken English. A 
microphone and loud speaker will make 
possible radio program practice, and in 
this connection the college is consider¬ 
ing offering a course in radio speaking. 
Discs of various sizes are to be obtain¬ 
able: three minute discs for fifty cents, 
six minute discs for one dollar, and 
ten minute discs for one dollar and a 
half. The proceeds from the presenta¬ 
tion of Home's "Ladies of Cranford," 
given by the faculty Saturday night, 

will be used in the purchase of the ma¬ 
chine. 

A. S. FINE ARTS IS 
BOOKLET SUBJECT 

A booklet on Fine Arts at Agnes 
Scott was published last week in re¬ 
sponse to the many inquiries which 
have been made recently concerning 
this phase of the curriculum. A short 
foreword outlines the development of 
the departments of Fine Arts in the 
college. Chapters on music, art, ana 
spoken English give information con¬ 
cerning the different departments and 
describe advantages offered by the loca¬ 
tion of the college and by its affilia¬ 
tion with national associations, notably 
the Presser Foundation, the Carnegie 

Corporation of New York, and tht 

'General Education Board of New York. 
jThe booklet also contains a description 
j and a sketch of the proposed Presser 
I Music Building, to be erected here at 
; an early date. 


The Agonistic 

NEW BOOKS 

Exchanges

(&l)C Agonistic 
The Native's Return, by Louis 

Education in Nazi Germany

Adamic. 

Germany has decided that only 15,! 
The Native's Return is something 
000 students will be permitted to enter 
| between a travel diary and a guide 

Big headlines announce a riot in Germany universities next year. Only

book. In it Louis Adamic tells of his

i

j France, the fall of Daladier's cabinet, one woman for every ten men will be

exciting homecoming when he returns 
j Little do we realize the human story permitted to matriculate.

to his native town in Jugoslavia after 

j behind the blaring news, Thus Germany hopes to solve the

nineteen years in America.—Time. 

j On the very scene, Place de la Con¬ problem of jobless possessors of doc¬ 

corde, where the guillotine functioned 

tor's degrees.

The Two Franklins: Fathers of Amer¬

during the trying days of the Revolu¬ 

tion, the tragic crowd of the rioters ican Democracy, by Bernard Fay. 

The evolution of a college man isskirmished from the late afternoon of The two Franklins of the title are shown as follows:

February 7, until 2 A. M. of the fol¬ 

Benjamin Franklin and his grandson, Freshman—Embarrassed silence.

Subscription price, $1.25 per year in advance. Single copies, 5 c. 

lowing morning, trying to cross the 

Benjamin Franklin Bache. Dr. Fay Sophomore—I don't know.

Pont de la Concorde to the Chamber of

PUBLISHED WEEKLY deals chiefly with the latter and brings Junior—I'm not prepared.

the discredited Deputies.

Owned and published by the students of Agnes Scott College. Senior—I don't like to venture an

Discontent was aroused by a succes¬ in the grandfather for "background." 

opinion until I know more about thesion of financial scandals which have The biography deals with the life of

Entered as Second Class Matter. subject.—The Crimson-White.

ruined the small investors. These scan¬ a young journalist, educated in Geneva, 

dals, in the limelight since 1930, have in the hotbed of Calvinism and Raus-What a college graduate is supposed

at last brought on an overdue explos¬ seanism, who returned to America, full 

to know, according to The Brackety


(Newspaper( ;)Member) ion. It seems that scandal sheets, which of Democratic ideas when Washington Ack. 

rightly or wrongly have implicated and the Federalists were governing the correct use of the

1. A mother-
men prominent in financial schemes, country and the Jeffersonians had no tongue.

brought the smoldering discontent to need of a new newspaper. "Benny" as 2. A working knowledge of some 

STAFF the exploding point. The most vituper¬ Dr. Fay calls him, established his own foreign tongue.

ative of these papers is the royalist paper, succeeded in obtaining the treaty 3. An appreciation of the beauty of

Martha Elliott Editor-in-ChiefKossiE Ritchie Business Manager journal, L'Action Francaise. It de¬ which John Jay brought home from the world, whether in literature, art,
Virginia Prettyman Assistant EditorDcn: Cassel Advertising Manager nounces deputies who are on the pay¬ England and which Washington would 

music or other pleasures which make

Polly Gordon Make-up Editor roll of financiers, who after they are not divulge, and created the public life worth while. 

elected forget their duties to the peo¬ opinion which made Jefferson the third 4. A knowledge of the Bible and re¬ 

EDITORIAL STAFF ple. The accumulative effect of these president of the United States. ligion.

denunciations, the doubt that they Benny died at the age of twenty-5. An understanding of history, the

Elinor Hamilton Key to Cwrrcw/MARGARET Friend Sports Editor create are most dangerous. nine, but in his short life he influenced 

epic of mankind.

H/s^oryELiZABETH HicKSON-Asj/riaw/1 Make-Last month the mysterious shooting American history, according to Dr. 

6. A knowledge of government andElizabeth Winn FeatureEditor UpEditor of Stavisky, a promoter who while Fay, as much as his grandfather, Benja¬ citizenship.

Plant Ellis Society Ei/riorlsABEL Lowrance Club Editor wanted by the police raised 200,000,-min Franklin.—The American Mer¬ 

7. The use of correct social manners.

Elizabeth Hickson-Exchange EditorAlma Lrohard Giddy Gossip 000 francs with bonds issued on pawn¬ cury. 

No, you don't go to college to learn

Martha Skeen Alumnae £<//7orFRANCES O'Brien Neiv Books ed goods which have disappeared, 

was how to make money.—The Cadet. 

the immediate cause of the rioting. This Cossack Girl, by Mariana Yarlova. 
BUSINESS STAFF scandal, flaring up among a populace This autobiography, though highly "The Institute of Geographical Ex¬ 

hit hard by tariff-boosted prices, miners colored, pales before the photographs ploration at Harvard University per¬

Gussie Riddle Joke EditorCAKOLYN Russell Asst. Circulation 

out of work, poor farmers, and serv¬ that illustrate it. Gory snapshots of formed a wonderful feat in making an

Frances O'Brien-. Circulation Mgr. Manager 

ants furious over wage cuts, could not corpses cluttering the snow, of men air map of Massachusetts, the first 
ADVERTISING STAFF be merely passively criticised as the dead or dying stand out as the most state to be completely covered. The 
other scandals were. ghastly pictures yet published in any area of 8039 square miles was the larg¬

Frances Adair Virginia Fisher are clamoring effi¬

The people for war book.—Time. est ever surveyed in this fashion."— 

ciency in government, for an end to Scientific America. 

REPORTERS corruption. The war veterans are in¬ 

ALUMNAE 

Sara Austin Isabel Lowrance Isabella Wilson dignant at the dismissal of Chiappe, Forty of the most brilliant high 
Mary McDonald Nell Chamlee C'Lena McMullen popular police chief who is believed by school and prep school students enter¬

The marriage of Elaine Jacobsen,

Flora Young Lillian Herring Alma Groves socialists to be connected with the ing Temple University from Philadel¬

'29, to Mr. Forest Lee Lewis, Jr., took

Mary Ames Stavisky scandal. Some see an oppor¬ 
at noon phia and vicinity this year have been

place Saturday, February 11,

tune time for a Royalist demonstration. 

put in an experimental group, relievedin the Anna Young Alumnae House.

The only course for the government 

of most of the regular college student 

"EDUCATION FOR QUALITY" is a quick vote of confidence to restore Mary Ray Dobyns, '2 8, was the only routine. No definite course of study

attendant.

order immediately. The tension was will have to be taken by the group;

In his Phi Beta Kappa address on the subject, "Education for 

relieved when Daladier resigned be¬ 

no credits earned; no marks given; class 
es¬ Judy Blundell, '3 3, who is studying

Quality," Professor Donald Davidson emphasized the great need cause the government refused to attendance will not be compulsory.

tablish martial law for quelling the art in New York, has recently had her The first two years will be devoted to

of the American college of a reversion, at least partial, to the 

work on exhibition.

uprisings. President Lebrun called upon 

study of world problems and how to 

study of the humanities. Pie acknowledged the vitality of the Doumergue, 71 year old former presi¬ 

solve them. The last two years will beMary Louise Robinson, '3 3, visited

dent, to try to form a cabinet. There

relationship between the sciences and the broader humanities, devoted to specialization in the field of

lona Cater recently. Mary Lou teaches

is some joking about his possible ex-the student's choice.and observed that quality can not exist where either is excluded. premier cabinet, but in any case he mathematics in her home high school 

in Florida, near Plant City.
The widespread domination of the arts and letters by practical plans a non-party cabinet, one of ex¬ 

! Mildred Hall, '3 2, is teaching Eng


perienced veterans. Former Premiers

science constitutes the greatest problem of today in regard to Elizabeth Brand, '3 0, who is work¬ 1 lish, typing and shorthand at Com¬

Tardieu and Herriot will serve as min¬ 

ing in Washington, D. C., has been mercial High School in Atlanta.

subject matter in the modern college. isters without portfolios. Doumergue 
elected a provisional member of the

accepted his responsible task with the

Professor Davidson did not speak of the other great evil which 

Tampa Junior League. Cecile (Mayer) Pearlstine, '3 3, is re¬

understanding that martial law would 

is so universal a stumbling block in education for quality—that covering from an appendix operation in

be enforced. He is calmly planning to 

Margaret Glass, '3 3, recently refused Charleston, S. C., where she is now

of unintelligent methods in study. please the people and avert further in¬ 

an assistant's position in zoology at the living.

ternal crises.

A plea for concentrated study is a chord too often struck University of Georgia that she might

Immediate danger lies only with dis¬ 

without any appreciable effect. Concentration does not mean or contented miners from Lens region stay this year at her home in Rich¬ Mary Frances Torrance, '3 3, is work¬ 
mond, Va. ing as a personal shopper in a Cleve¬

imply a constant struggle with intellectual problems, nor does it who might march on Paris. 

land department store. 
mean such application that no amount of exterior tumult or Mary Belle Evans, '3 3, is teaching

CLUBS 

Latin at Cox College and is studying Datha Wilson, '3 2, is doing graduate

noise may disturb the student. It rather means a calm mental 

pipe organ. work this winter at the University of 

Spanish Club

application which will inevitably lead to an interest in the book Arizona. 

On Tuesday, March 13, a play di¬

before one. Libraries, originally halls for concentration, have Bobbie Hart, '33, recently returned 

rected by Nell Pattillo and Miss Me¬ 

to her home in Jacksonville, Fla., after Shirley (McPhaui) Whitfield, '31, is 

very often in the American College lost this meaning, and have lissa Cilley will be presented at Span¬ 

spending sometime in the Poconos teaching in Miss Lovett's School in At-
become book-lined rooms for conversation. The quiet which ish Club. The leading characters in Mountains and in New York City. I lanta. 
"Uno de Ellos lebc Casare" will be:

reigns in America's most beautiful and most complete library, 

Luisa—Elinor Hamilton.

the Library of Congress, furnishes an example which might well 

Tia Maria—Fidesah Edwards. 

be followed by every college library. 

Diego—Cornelia Christie. 

Another difficulty in the college method of study is that of Juan—Margaret Rogers. 

K. U. B. AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE 

the student's working unconsciously for an itinlerstandnig of a 

subject rather than for a knou ledge of it. The modern American 

There will be an open meeting of K. 

student, studying as he docs with little concentration, falls hap¬ U. B. today at 4:30 at which time Mr. DECATUR, GA. 
pily upon a logically explained problem, comprehends it, nods his Ralph Newton, state editor of the At¬ 
lanta journal, is to speak.

head knowingly, and proceeds to the next problem. There re¬ 

A college for women that is widely recog¬

Preceding the open session, K. U. B.

mains when the subject is mentioned at the end of two days only 

will hold a brief business meeting, at 

a vague comfortable feeling totally divorced from knowledge. 4:10, a nized for its standards of work and for the

to select nominating commit¬ 
The present task is to impress the student with the fact that rare¬ tee, and also to make plans for the 
interesting character of its student activities

ly can even the most retentive and agile minds assimilate a printed luncheon to be given in the near 
future.

page at a glance. Mental application and review are the two fac¬ 

tors which render perception, true knowledge. 

For further information, address 
As Professor Davidson observed in his address, "education can Marv Catherine Williamson, '3 2, ac¬ 
result either in our salvation or our degredation." That quality companied by Mr. C. W. Dieckmann, 
will be presented in a voice recital on J. R. McCain, President 

German Club 

which is our salvation and which education seeks to confer can be 

February 26 at 8 o'clock in the chapel.

American colleges of the

had only by the purgation from our This interesting program is being plan¬

existing evils resulting from too great an emphasis on science, and ned bv the German Club, and Miss 

a too small one on concentration and actual knowledge. (Continued on page 4, column 3) 


The Agonistic 

Fanny Describes Long 
Career In Infirmary \ 

Giddy, dearest— ing "If any of you want to order a 
You'll be telling me next that this copy of this book, come up to see me 
isn't February 14 just because "he" 

sometime"? I'm sure you can see the 

sent you only one five pound heart of point to this sentence even if it is 

so 

candy. If that isn't just like you subtle. I get subtle every now and 
women who've lived around! All I can 

then. And you know Mr. Strikes—yes, 

say is there's more romance and pure 

that's the one that can't stand true false. 

happiness than meets the eye in the 

He got excited the other day (you've

quiet country around here amid na¬ 

heard tell of the way he chuckles) and 
ture and Mr. Cunningham's chickens. 

he exclaimed: "That's instinct that's all 

If you weren't my pal, Giddy, I'd it is. Why, that's the reason squirrels 
say you were just plain dumb—to ask get nerfs." Oh, Giddy, alas! I feel my 
about the freshies' intellects. That happy days coming to a close when 
mob in Inman is so dumb that they get dignity is trampled in the mire. 
in one room and play hide the orange— 

Of course you know, Giddy, that if

most notably Mary Jane Tigert and 

you are giving a party you serve yourJane Buchholz. But wait 'till I tell you 

guests first. Well, you see this letter isabout Frances Balkcom—oh my! oh 

something like that. I'm mentioningme!—wot a freshy, wot a freshy. 

my own senior children last. Remem¬
You've heard how nice and informal ber that Mary Hamilton who youthe dining rooms are sometime—-well thought was so funny looking (She'sone day Frances crawled under the table improved by the by), well, Marion(and she wasn't joining a frat). Maybe Talley was singing and you can quote

she thought she was a poodle of the me on this: "This certainly is an in¬

Middle Ages. If all this foolishness 

formal concert. There sits a man inabout ignorance and joy is true that four pluses." Youre right, Giddy, she'sgirl certainly must have made that a math major.

table shake. 
Well, pal. Valentine's day comes but

Giddy, dear, when you were at Miss 

once a vear but that's nothing—so doesPinch's School in New York, did they 
April Fool. Let me end with my little

make you keep mum about the facul¬ 

pet aphorism it means small, harmless,

ty? Let me know right away so's I 

intellectual animal): "A rolling stonewon't be doing a 'fox pass." But just 
is worth two in the bush."

to continue a bit about the history of 
All my lurve,

Dr. Hayes—that English teacher— 
Feature him innocently, mind you, ask¬ Senior Aggie. 

PROGRAM PLANNED

Of all forms of publicity for Nazi¬ 
ON FEBRUARY 22

dom the dispatch of "Hitler tickets" 
is proving the most effective. German-(Continued from page 1, column 3) 
born Anton Karthausen lately com¬ chosen by the gym department from 
plained to Chancellor Hitler that his the senior class. Following this, there 
hand-made dresses and skirts did not will be a dance given by the Cotillion 

sell well in Brownsville, Texas. Joy¬ Club. All members of the student bodyously last week Herr and Frau Karth¬ are invited. 
ausen and child were hurrying back to 

The alumnae program for Founder'sthe Fatherland on tickets sent them by 
Day will be broadcast from WSB

Hitler.—Thae. 
Thursday, February 22, at 3:30 
o'clock. The program will consist of

• *4*4** *❖ 
**4**•:*** 

short talks by Miss Hopkins and Dr. 

| JOSEPH SIEGEL 

McCain and of several selections by anDiamonds, Watches, Jewelry

!£ and Clocks alumna quartette under the direction 
Watch, Clock and Jewelry of Mr. Johnson. The Atlanta and De¬ 

Repairing catur clubs will hold their regular

All Work Guaranteed 
February meetings at this time, as will

* 111 E. Court Sq. DE. 4205 

X Decatur, Ga. the 2 5 organized clubs throughout the 
country. 

A New FRILL in the 

World of Fashion . . 

FRILL BOUCLE 

DRESSES 

.75 
10 

Boucles are frilled, and we are thrilled; be¬ 
cause these new 2-piece suits are so flatter¬ 
ing. So are their colors of Sea Blue, Maize, 
Pink and White. Notice the sashes are lacy 
too. Sizes 14 to 20. 

Street Floor 

The person to whom the name Fanny 
means nothing is necessarily one of 
those rare beings who have never suf¬ 
fered from a cold, a cough, a case of 
measles or any of those ailments which 
commonly beset frail human-kind—a 
person, in short, who has never been 
to the infirmary. While such a per¬ 
son may be deemed fortunate in many 
ways, she has, nevertheless, missed one 
of life's experiences and has failed to 
make the acquaintance of one of 
Agnes Scott's most unique traditions. 
For the benefit of the uninitiated, it 
wll be explained that Fanny is the 
"dark angel" who presides over the 
culinary regions of the building known 
as the Infirmary. It is Fanny who 
comes shuffling in, in the cold gray 
dawn to place before one one's egg, 
cocoa, and toast. Incidentally, one is 
honor-bound to eat the egg because 
Fanny's distress is so manifest if the 
egg is not consumed in toto. It is 
Fanny who brings the inevitable bowl 
of soup (accompanied by more toast) 
when noon-day approaches; and it is 
Fanny, again, who bears lovingly the 
now familiar toast, cocoa and egg as 
the shades of twilight gather. Only 

those who have known the intensity of 
infirmary hunger pangs can realize the 
joy with which a visit from Fanny is 
hailed. Not only are the allotted ra¬ 
tions brought, but Fanny has even been 
known to secure an extra and forbid¬ 
den piece of toast when properly urged. 
"You sho it won't hurt yuh, honey?" 

Fanny's private history seems to have 
been quite uneventful. She grew up in 
Rockdale and came to Agnes Scott 
many years ago, before the Daugherty 
regime, when Miss Rebekah Scott was 
still a patron of the college. In fact, 
the exact date of Fanny's arrival is so 
remote that it is shrouded in the mists 
of the past, and Fanny herself is un¬ 
able to recall it. Ever since that time, 
however, she has been at the Infirmary 
except for a few years when she strayed 
away to "raise" a family of white 
"chillun" in Decatur. Her whole exist¬ 
ence, apparently, has been tied up with 
the place, and she has spent her days 
and years cooking toast and eggs for 
sick and "ailin' " girls. In regard to the 
infirmary menu, Fanny rather sheep¬ 
ishly confesses that she can't think of 
anything else to fix to save her life. 
But she tries hard to "please the girls 
and to be sweet and kind." Those who 
are homesick "and don't want to tarry 
here long are 'soled and comforted" by 
the ever-faithful Fanny, for she is 
"crazy about her girls.' The patient, 

* 

»}* Compliments of

*> 

t WEIL'S TEN CENT STORE | 

t TryOur %

►> *1* 

| SANDWICHES ! 

| We Make Them Right % 

I LAWRENCE'S I 

» 

I PHARMACY 1

♦*» 

| Phones De. 0762-0763 I 

X— 

nr t pty 

Nntp0 

Miss Mary Barr from Trov, Ala., Barton Jackson spent the week-end 
was the guest of Miss Alice Dunbar 

in Conyers, Ga. 

last week-end. 
Billy Turner had as her guest for the 

Rosa Miller spent last week-end with 

week-end Lula Callawav of Veslevan.

her aunt, Mrs. V. F. Smith. 

Sara Conlin's mother and father of

Virginia Turner spent last week-end 

Warrenton visited her Sunday.

with Elizabeth Johnson. 

Mallie White, ex-'34, arrives today

Gladys Nix from Woman's College 

in Montgomery, Ala., and Mildred to spend several days with Carolyn 
Caraway from East Point spent last Russell. 
week-end with Mary Neil Ventress. 

Adele Moses had Sunday dinner with 
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sercy spent the Mrs. J. M. Alexander of Atlanta. 
week-end in town and had as their 
guest Miss Anne Walker. Peggy Raysor and Frances Belford 
spent the week-end with Virginia 
Miss Martha Elliot will spend next Sauls. 
week-end at her home in Marietta. 
Kitty Printup was at home in At¬ 
Trellis Carmichael spent last week¬ lanta over the week-end. 
end at her home in McDonough, Ga. 
Frances Gary visited her home in 
Isabelle Lawrance and Rossie Ritchie Greenville, S. C., over the week-end. 
had dinner with Dorothy Seay Sunday. 
Ida Buist attended the Biltmore 
Amy Underwood spent the week¬ Hotel dance Saturday night. 
end with Mrs. S. A. Alles. 
Nancy Moorer and Sara Forester 

Miss Laney entertained at tea last spent the week-end in Atlanta with 
Saturday afternoon for Mr. Donald Miss Mary McCants. 
Davidson, who made the Phi Beta 
Kappa address in chapel. Those at¬ Carolyn Clements attended a Sigma 
tending were the members of Poetry Chi part)-at the Avondale Country 
Club and B. O. Z. Club on Saturday night. 

Nell Patillo entertained the Spanish Dr. and Mrs. F. H. Richardson of 
Club at her home last Wednesday. New York City spent several days 
with their daughter, Mary Richardson, 

Catherine Jones and Cornelia on their way to Florida last week. 
Christie spent the week-end with 
friends at Shorter, in Rome, Ga. Martha Norman had as week-end 

guests at her home in West Point 
Elizabeth Allison and Kathryn Wal¬ Frances Espy, Mary Alice Newton, 
lace spent the week-end with Fannie Elizabeth Espy, Dorothy Dickson, and 

B. Harris at her home in Rome, Ga. Carolyn McCallum. 

THE MIKADO WILL 

PSYCH. DEPARTMENT 

BE GIVEN IN MAY 

COMPLETES TESTS

('Continued from page 1, column 4) 

marriage of Yum-Yum and Nanki-The psychological experiments that 
Poo, and of Ko-Ko and Katisha. 

Miss Omwake and Miss Dexter have

The cast for the opera has not been 

conducted on the campus during the

selected but those working on the dif¬ 

fall months have come to an end. Miss

ferent parts are: 
Betty Lou Houck—Yum-Yum. Omwake and Miss Dexter have had as 
Peep-Bo—Alice Chamlee and Mary their purpose to find the inter-relations 
Lou Schumann. 

of certain physiological measurements

Pitti-Sing—Jane Clark and Shirley 

and aspects of personality, and they

Christian. 

have given a variety of tests to a select¬

Katisha—Gussie Riddle and Ruth 

Shippey. ed group of students, ninety-two in all. 
The Mikado—Edwin Anchors. The tests were for metabolism, blood 
Ko-Ko—Dick Smoot. 

pressure, pulse rate, scholastic average,

Nanki-Poo—Perry Hay. 

general intelligence, extroversion, and

Pooh-Bah—Jack Bagwell. 

introversion. The group to whom the

Pish-Tush—Charles White, Jr. 

The accompaniment for the opera tests were given showed a normal dis¬ 
will be furnished by the Agnes Scott tribution; the majority were not con¬ 
string ensemble. 

spicuously extrovert or introvert but 
monotonous life of the infirmary irks ambivert. The tests showed no rela¬ 
her not at all. In her own words, tionship between physiological traits 
"everything down heah is quiet and 

and introversion and extroversion, and 

easy and luverly." Even those of us 

no correlation between the pulse rate

who may disagree with this description 

and scholastic average and intelligence.

must admit that the contributions 

which Fanny makes to infirmary life They found, however, an interesting 
go far towards making the place "easy negative correlation of minus thirty 
and luverly." between pulse rate and campus activi¬ 
ties. This means that there is a tend¬ 
How can anyone say that absence ency for people with a high pulse rate 
makes the heart grow fonder? to be relatively inactive in campus af¬ 
"I guess," said Massie, "that means fairs. A higher pulse rate also showed 
the absence of the third party."—Log. lower self-sufficiency and dominance. 
There was a slight tendency for a 
higher blood pressure to indicate a 
higher scholastic average. The con¬

RO XY'S 

clusions drawn from these experiments

DEPARTMENT STORE 

was that physiological tests, with few

Anything in Shoc>3. Dry Goods 

exceptions, bear practically no relation

or Ready to Wear 

to the various aspects of personality.

13!) Sycamore Street 
Decatur, Ga. 

3\ hy not eat at the Clairmont 
Delicatessen? 
CLAIRMONT DELICATESSEN 

L. CHAJAGE Invites You Always 
220 I'EACHTREE ST. 

Famous Sandwiches and Italian 

J. IP. AILILICN & CO. Spaghetti with Roman Cheese 

The Store All Women Know 

Expert Reinodeling 112 Clairmont Ave. *•*

❖ 


DIXIE'S LEADING FURRIER Decatur,Ga. ❖

❖

❖ >:•** ***4.4.4.4.4,4,4.4.4



The Agonistic 

Basketball Games Underclassmen Win 
Draw Big Crowd ATHLETIC NEWS Volleyball Game 

An unusually large and enthusiastic 
audience witnessed the defeat of the 
senior and sophomore basketball teams 
in two of the best games of the sea¬ 
son. The steady shooting of Kennedy 
and Walker amassed 25 points for the 
freshmen, while their guards held the 
seniors to only 12 points. Both teams 
played exceptionally good basketball. 

The sophomores gave the juniors 
some strong opposition, losing by a 
score of 2 5-23. McCalla scored 15 
points for the juniors, while Stevens, 
who was back in the game for the 
sophomores, scored 14 points. 

The line-ups were as follows: 

Seniors Freshmen 

Massie, f. Walker, f. 

Barron, f. Kennedy, f. 

Hamilton, f. Gary, f. 

Schuessler, g. Stalker, g. 

Austin, g. Peeples, g. 

Tindall, g. Kneale, g. 

Substites: seniors—Ames; freshmen, 
Leman, Thing, McCain. 
Juniors Sophomores 
Spencer, f. Handte, f. 
McCalla, f. Stevens, f. 
Young, f. Tomlinson, f. 
Simpson, g. O'Neal, g. 
Espy, g. Estes, g. 
Richards, g. Armstrong, g. 
Substitution: sophomores, Burson. 

FOUR NEW PHI BETA KAPPA 

MEMBERS ARE ANNOUNCED 

(Continued from page 1, column 5) 
system has almost completely banished 
the humanities. All subjects have be¬ 
come coldly utilitarian and we are 
taught that "we are the prey of 
anonymous economic forces in whose 
path we lie paralyzed.' Even English 
literature threatens to come under the 
test tubes, to become unintelligible and 
unreachable in the present situation. 
How, Dr. Davidson asked, can one ex¬ 
plain to the "emancipated youth" of 
today the beauty of the pastoral poem, 
Lyciilas. Applied science has reigned in 
America, yet has not saved us from 
the economic distress or "social deg¬ 
radation and bewilderment." 

In this sense the South, slow in in¬ 
dustrial development, is not thoroughly 
Americanized. The South's elusive tra¬ 
dition of loyalties, beliefs, manners, 
customs, offers powerful resistance to 
the "new march to the sea" which is 
"far from complete." Up to 1860 
humanistic learning, blended with life, 
refined Southern life without weaken¬ 
ing it and though this time is passed, 
the Southern tradition survives and has 
something to offer the changed condi¬ 
tions of today. We are headed toward 
the abyss, but we have not gone too 
far and there is still time for self-
analysis. 

There has been a thoughtless drift in 
southern educational policies, set up on 
an imitative pattern without regard for 
southern conditions. We are consider¬ 
ing the quantity instead of the quality. 

Education can equally be the instru¬ 
ment of our salvation or our degrad¬ 
ation. The quality of education is de¬ 
termined by the purpose which, in 
turn, is determined by the life it in¬ 
tends to foster. Colleges must be an 

Soccer Is Feature 

Of Spring Season 

Spring season is the Gym Depart¬ 

ment will start on March 2. Although 
the full program for the season has not 
1 yet been planned, several new features 
! in sports have been announced. Base; 
ball, heretofore the major spring sport, 
I has lost popularity in recent years and 
Athletic Boaid hopes to substitute soc¬ 
cer for it this year. The latter sport, 
which resembles hockey in lineup, is 
popular on many campuses, and discus¬ 

sion concerning its adoption here has 

been very favorable. 

Water polo, which was omitted from 

the whiter schedule, is to be a minor 

sport this season. Other minor sports 

are riding, golf, tennis, archery, and 

hiking. The usual singles tennis tourna¬ 

ment will be held later in the spring. 

organic part of the living world, "not 

a place for negligent parents to park 

their troublesome children." 

Dr. Davidson said the tendency of 

older education has been to take away 

the sense of location, to make us "citi¬ 

zens of a shifting nowhere." However, 

he said, different sections of the United 

States with their local traditions do not 

have to be uniform, and now there is 

a tendency toward regionalism, toward 

importance of local culture. Now the 

approach to be the subject matter of 

culture is changing. The first object 

of education should be to make people 

feel at home and understand their 

home. "The loyalty of the home dwel¬ 

ler should be substituted for the rest¬ 

lessness of the pioneer." We need to 

look closer at hand for the material of 

our culture, but should not limit our 

education. Our progress can be through 

the local and sectional to the national 

and international. 

Dr. Davidson urged a turning away 

from imitation in our educational sys¬ 

tem and a restoration of humanistic 

studies: "We have taken Greek and 

Latin out of our education, but Greece 

and Rome cannot be subtracted from 

history." 

Old schoolmates greeting each other 

iter many years separation. 

'Why, Mary, you have grown so 
fat I would hardly have known you." 
"Well, Helen, dear, I wouldn't have 

known you except for your coat." 

-►j*♦$» ♦$* «£» ♦£» ♦$» »$♦♦j*♦$» "X** 
❖

❖

Compliments of 

BALLARD'S 
OPTICAL CO. 

»♦,.j. .J..J..J. 4•I*•!*4*!* 4**•4* 

❖❖ 
•> ❖❖❖ 
❖ 
4* >:•* **:* ❖ 
* *:•> ❖ 
❖❖ 
❖J


4* Meet Your Friends at 4* 

% COX'S PRESCRIPTION * 
4* , 4*

4-Between Paramount and Grand •> 

4-*4«4-4-4-4-4-4'4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-44-4-4-4-4-4-4<4' 4*4-4-4-4-4«4* 4-4-£ 

MARY'S MENDING SHOPPE 
llemstitiliinK and Covered Buttons a Specialty 
East Court Square DECAI UR, GA. 
4*4<4«4* 4-4-4* 4« 4-4*4'4*4*4-4-4*4-4*4-4*4-4-4*4'4'4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4*4-4'4*4-4-4*4-4*4-4-4*4-4-4*4-4-4


-l* 'I* 'I* ❖❖ 
'I* "I* "v* 'I*

❖ 
❖

❖

❖

* 

❖

❖

❖

❖

❖

❖

* 
* 

* 

*1*

❖

•2*

•2*

♦2',*2,*2**5**S*,2* 

**4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4*4-4*4-4-4-4-4-4-4* 

Compliments of 

SENIOR CLASS 

.;..y.y+.y4..y***-I-•>* ❖ 
-I-*•&»> ❖❖ 
-I-❖❖ 
*❖ 
************** 

A. A. EMPHASIZES 
COLD RESISTANCE 

The Athletic Association, in prepar¬ 
ation for the election of "Miss Health," 
which will be held in March, is featur¬ 
ing every second week some phase of 
health which will be considered in the 
judging of Agnes Scott's healthiest girl. 
Correct walking, good posture, and 
general health are points which have 
been stressed during the past two 
months. Freedom from colds will be 
featured next week. 

HIKING SQUAD IS CHOSEN 

Rosa Miller, hiking manager, an¬ 
nounces the following squad, the mem¬ 
bers of which have completed five or¬ 
ganized hikes, eight unorganized hikes, 
and one ten-mile hike during the fall 
season: 

Sarah Austin, Corrie Blair, Jane 
Blair, Frances Gary, Anne Coffee, Mary 

L. Deason, Fidesah Edwards, Helen 
Ford, Elizabeth Forman, Mardie 
Friend, Michelle Furlowe, Helen 
Handte, Martha Johnson, Dorothy Lee, 
Frances McCalla, Dean McKoin, Rosa 
Miller, Marie Simpson, Nokie Spencer, 
Marjorie Tindall, Virginia Turner, 
and Anne Walker. 

CLUBS 
(Continued from page 2, column 3) 
Williamson's selections will be a group 
of German songs by famous composers. 

Eta Sigma Phi 

There will be a call meeting of Eta 
Sigma Phi to vote upon the election of 
the Latin and Greek students who are 
eligible for membership in Eta Sigma 
Phi. The initiation ceremony and ban¬ 
quet in honor of the initiates will be 
held on February 23. 

International Relations 

Helen Boyd, Elinor Hamilton, and 
Dr. Philip Davidson will represent In¬ 
ternational Relations Club at the con¬ 
ference of International Relations 
Clubs to be held February 22-23 in 
Hattiesburg, Miss. 

■4-4«4*4'4«4<*4'*X-4*4"4"4-4«X'4«4«4«4H-4*4-4«> 
4* J' 
t ORIGINAL WAFFLE SHOP % 

♦> t
♦> Famous for Fine Foods *;*


4* :

♦♦♦ *** 

4» Where Agnes Scott Girls Meet 4* 

4* Compliments of 

| ELITE TEA ROOM 

•> 

Tests to Be Held 

By Outing Club 

Outing Club announces classes in 
preparation lor tests which will be con¬ 
ducted by the present members of the 
Outing Club throughout a period of 
six weeks, after which try-outs will be 
held and membership announced. Ad¬ 
mittance into the club will not be 
based on attendance to these classes, 
but on the individual's practical knowl¬ 
edge of the subjects taught. 

The four subjects of the classes are: 
outdoor cooking, taught by Mary 
Green, Marjorie Tindall and Sara 
Austin; nature study taught by Mary 
McDonald, Nokie Spencer and Isabelle 
Wilson; first aid, taught by Sarah C. 
Wood and Mardie Friend; a study of 
camp craft, taught by Margaret Mas¬ 
sie, Frances McCalla and Virginia 
Fisher. 

Miss Bee Turner, Scout field captain 
of Atlanta, came to the campus yester¬ 
day afternoon and gave special instruc¬ 
tions in First Aid to the Club, and 
Saturday afternoon, club members 
hiked to the woods to renew their 
knowledge of these subjects before 
starting classes. 

MOLIERE COMEDY TO BE GIVEN 

{Continued from page 1, column 3) 
nae House following the play. Miss 
Alexander and Miss Phythian will en¬ 
tertain, and the members of French 
Club are invited to meet the guests of 
honor. 

MARTIN BEAUTY SHOPPE 
Character Wigs 
Rented for Plays 

Phone Dearborn 2671 

Silhouette Tea Room 
HOURS: 
7:30-2:00 
4:00-7:00 
10:00-10:30 
VN »*
*♦« «*»»♦<»♦» «.+»»♦» AAAAAAA*
AAAAA.

VVVVV ♦ 
VVVVVV * V ♦ 
vVVVV* 

»5» »*■» «J» ♦*« »*4 >*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4* 

■* Greetings and Felicitations to 

J Agnes Scott Seniors 

I MARGARET WAITE 

j: BOOK SHOP 
119-121 Peachtree Arcade 

<■ 
•t-<**❖* **>:•** *-t* *;• *•:« 

*:• 

| MAISON ADOLPHE % 

£ Coiffeurs 

#$» »*■» *** »*♦ 
»j» «j» »j» »£» «$» •$» ♦$»«j»♦$»4* !

t. Biltmore Hotel 

❖ 


t Telephone He. 6835 i 

Don't Forget to Do Your Ijl Bring Your Hair Problems % 
Shopping in Decatur £ to Adolphe's % 
Flowers and Cards 

*1* 
Special Prices to College J 

DECATUR WOMAN'S 

Students %

EXCHANGE 

The freshmen and sophomores show¬ 
ed exceptional ability in volleyball by 
defeating their more experienced op¬ 

ponents. The final scores were soph¬ 
omores 41, juniors 18, and freshmen 
24, seniors 19. Talmadge, for the soph¬ 
omores, was high scorer of the after¬ 
noon. 

The line-ups were: 

Juniors Sophomores 
Woolfolk Townsend 
Spencer Talmadge 
McCalla Coffee 
Dickson Lawrence 
Palmer Coley 
Young Whitley 

Cooper 
Clark 

Seniors Freshmen 
Massie Stalket 
Tindall Wilson 
Talmadge Kneale 
Maness Osborne 
Russell Walker 

Sandfer 
Baker 

JUNIORS WILL HOLD 
BANQUET MARCH 10 

; (Continued from page 1, column 2) 
seamstress. She plays this role in order 
not to ruin the idea of a princess that 
was held by her former friends. Finally 
the truth is revealed along with the re¬ 
vival of a childhood love affair. 

AT THE THEATRES 

❖ 
❖

❖

❖

! CAPITOL 

❖ 


| FIRST RUN PICTURES t 

❖ 


$ and 
% BIG STAGE SHOWS 

❖ 


^ Balcony 15c 

•4*4 

4 Orchestra 25c

♦I* 
❖ 
On the Screen 

f "THE AVENGER"

4*4 

❖ 


X On the Stage

4*4 

❖ 
The Franklin and Mentrose 
% Vaudeville Revue 
.j..j..j..y.j..y.j., 

❖•J*<?••?«• 

❖ 
Thursday and Friday * 

| "SITTING PRETTY" | 

| DeKALB THEATRE f 

4*4 X 

| Monday and Tuesday j 

| "THE INVISIBLE MAN" t 

.4;44;44*44*4 4*44*4. 

imiiimiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimimii 

STARTS SATURDAY 

"HI, NELLIE" 
wit h 
PAUL MUNI 
GLENDA FARRKLL 

NED SPARKS 

Now Playing— 

EDW. G. ROBINSON 
in 
"DARK HAZARD" 

CPammount 
KS TH EATRE 

►I**»>*> ♦> *> *> *1* »> *1* *!* *> <• *1* ♦> »> ♦> *!* »> *> ►>•>*j ,■> -y!1111 (111111111111111111111111! 1111111111111111111 

•> *1* *1* *1* *1* *1* *1* -I* •I* *5* *5* *5* *1* •I* •2* *2* *2* *2* *2* *2* *2* »2•, *2* *2* *2* *2* *2* *2* *2* *2* *2* *2* *2* *2* *2* *2* *2* *2* *2* *2* *2* •** *2* *2'* *2* »2'* *2* *2* *2* *2* *2* *2* 

•2-'2* *2* *2* *2* *2* *2* *2* *2* *2* *2* *2* *2* *2* *2* *2* *2* *2* *2* *2* *2* *2* *2* *2* *2* •2* *2* *2* *2* *2* *2* *2* *2* *2* *2* *2* *2* *2* *2* *2* *2* *2* *2* *2* *2* *2* *2* *2* 

4* 

I 
The whole world 
is returning to quality 
MUSE'S"never left it! 

♦2* *2*•>*2**2**2**2**2**2**2**2* *2**2**2**2* *2**2**2-^*2**2**2**2**2**2**2**2**2* -I**2**2**2**2**2* *2**2* *2**2**2**2**2**2* *2**2**2**2**2* ❖ 
*2* *2*

•2*

4*4 -l* 4*4 «.*« 4*-. 4$. .*. 4*. 4*4 4*4 »> 4*4 4^4 .N .J. .J. .J. 4*4 ►J..J» 4*.4*44*.4^44^4 •*•.J.4*4.J.•*• 4$.4J4.♦«.J. 4^4.J4 4*4»>.J..>»*. ►J.4J.% 4^4»J..*. ►J. r 

A (ireat Laugh Story— 

Dressed Like a Million! 

"FASHIONS OF 1934" 
Wm. Powell—Bette Davis 

Veree Teasdale—Hugh Herbert 
Frank .Mcllugh 
10 Great I.augh Stars! 
200 Gorgeous Girls! 
60 Beautiful Models! 

Jimmy Beers 
Organlogue 
News—Shorts 


©!)£ ^Kgonistic 

VOL. XIV AGNES SCOTTCOLLEGE, DECATUR~ GA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21. 1<)34 

NO. 14 

Student Government Develops 
New Projects From N. S. F. A. 

Practical Ideas Applied On 
Agnes Scott Campus. 

Student Government will attempt 
this year to carry out many of the 
plans which were suggested at the 
National Student Federation of Amer¬ 
ica, attended at Washington, D. C., 
during December by Mary MacDonald 
and Alberta Palmour, who made re¬ 
ports yesterday in chapel according to 
Mary MacDonald, president of the 
executive committee, the chief aim of 
these plans is to connect our student 
organizations more definitely with the 

N. S. F. A. and to derive benefit from 
our association with it. 

The following projects will be at¬ 
tempted during the spring by Student 
Government: 

1. A shelf will be used in the library 
to display various information about 
the work of the N. S. F. A. 
2. Speakers will be invited to come 
out frequently during chapel to speak 
on current topics, particularly on stu¬ 


dent movements in other countries. 

3. Information will be obtained and 
distributed concerning government 
projects for summer work to students 
and graduates. 
4. Two delegates will be sent to the 
meeting of the southern division of N. 


S. F. A. to be held in Birmingham, Ala., 
near April 1. 

5. An honor drive will be sponsored 
to stimulate more interest in our pres¬ 
ent honor system and to discover the 
status of student opinion concerning it. 
6. Definite programs will be dis¬ 
cussed concerning the training for an 
honor system in various high schools of 
the state. 
7. Information about our system of 
student government will be sent to 


BLACKFRIARS 

PRESENT PEAY 

"Once There Was a Princess," by 
Juliet Welbor Tompkins, is to be given 
Saturday, March 10, at 8:3 0 p. m. in 
the gymnasium. The play, the second 

one to be presented by Blackfriars this 
year, is to follow immediately after 
the Junior Banquet. It is the first 
American play that has been given 
here in several seasons. In continuance 
of the idea so successfully adopted in 
the last Backfriars play, "Hay Fever," 
men will again play the male roles. 
Jimmy Jackson and Bob Gillespie, of 
Decatur ,who made such a success in 
that play will again be seen. The girls 
for the leading roles have been chosen 
for their ability to roll their "r's," and 
those Southern girls not so naturally 
endowed will, in the next few weeks, 
attempt to acquire the accent and 
colloqualisms of mid-western speech. 
With such considerations in mind the 
tentative cast is as follows: 

Signor Moroni—Jimmy Reece. 

(Continued on page 4, column 2) 

AGNES SCOTT FACULTY 
AGAIN PRESENTS PLAY 

In response to popular request, the 
faculty are repeating the play, Ladies 
of Cranford, which was given here two 
weeks ago. This second presentation 
will be given at eight-thirty tonight, 
February 21, in the gymnasium. 

The play, which is a dramatization 
of Mrs. Gaskell's novel made by Miss 
Mary Barnard Horne, was put on at 
Agnes Scott fourteen years ago. At 
that time Miss Anna Young, in whose 
honor the Alumnae House has been 
named, had the leading role and five 
of the present cast were also in the 
original list of characters. 

the national headquarters of N. S. F. 

A. in Washington, D. C., for sugges¬ 
tion or revision. 

8. Information concerning the edu¬ 
cational emergency loan fund of N. 

S. F. A. will be obtained with the hope 
of opening loans to Agnes Scott stu¬ 
dents. 

9. An effort will be made to de¬ 
velop interest in national and interna¬ 
tional affairs among students. This 
was the theme of the congress this year 
and the keynote of the speech of the 
Flonorable Chester McCall, Assistant 
Secretary of Commerce, as reviewed by 
Alberta Palmour. 

These projects will be carried on un¬ 
der the auspices of the N. S. F. A. com¬ 
mittee, consisting of Charlotte Reid, 
chairman; Mary Jane Evans, Barbara 
Hertwig, Ursula Boese, Sarah Spenser, 
and Laura Buist. 

Debating Team 

Is Announced 

The Agnes Scott debaters for the tri¬ 
angular debates will be: affirmative, 
Elizabeth Winn and Sarah Katherine 
Wood; alternate, Mary Jane Evans; 
negative, Marian Calhoun and Mildred 
Cohen; alternate, Edith Merlin. 

The debates, between Randolph 
Macon, Sophie Newcomb, and Agnes 
Scott, will be held on Friday evening, 
March 23. The Randolph Macon de¬ 
baters will come here; Agnes Scott de¬ 
baters will be at Sophie Newcomb. The 
subject for debate is one of deep in¬ 
terest at present: Resolved, That the 
fundamental principles or purposes of 
the NRA, constitutionality cancelled, 
should be adopted in the United States. 

These debates are of singular signifi¬ 
cance in that they revive an old tradi¬ 
tion abandoned only in the past few 
years. For years the triangular inter¬ 
collegiate debates were the event of 
the college year. Feeling ran high over 
the decisions, not only on the campus 
but in the Atlanta alumnae organiza¬ 
tions of the three colleges. This year 
Agnes Scott renews debating relations 
with Randolph Macon. Sophie New¬ 
comb, it will be remembered, debated 
here in the fall on Fascism. 

Alternates have been selected this 
year for the first time in several years. 
The judges will be representatives from 
the Atlanta alumnae associations of 
Randolph Macon and Agnes Scott, and 
disinterested persons not yet determ¬ 
ined. 

RECENT MEMBERS OF 
PHI BETA HONORED 

The annual Phi Beta Kappa banquet 
honoring its four newly-elected mem¬ 
bers was held in the Silhouette Tea 
Room Saturday evening, February 17, 
at 6:15 P. M. In a short, formal initia¬ 
tion program preceding the banquet, 
the Agnes Scott chapter members wel¬ 
comed Pauline Gordon, Lucy Goss, 
Marion Mathews and Virginia Pretty-
man into the honorary society. 

After the initiation the guests were 
directed to the dining room where a 
banquet was served. Dr. G. P. Hayes, 
of the English Department, president 
of the chapter, presided during the 
evening. Many alumnae members were 
present. 

EXPERIMENT TO BE HELD 

An experiment will be conducted in 
chapel on Saturday, February 24 by 
Miss Emily Dexter, assistant professor 
of psychology. This experiment will 
supplement the series of psychological 
and physiological tests which have been 
given during the fall. The students 
are asked to be present and to bring 
pencils. 

Queen Nominees 

Are Announced 

The May Queen nominees are Char¬ 
lotte Reid, Martha Skeen, and C'Lena 
McMullen, who were chosen by student 
nominations held from February 14 

through February 17. Two hundred 
and sixty students participated in the 
nominations. The election for May 
Queen will begin today in the lobby of 
Buttrick Hall and will continue 
through Saturday mornnig, February 

24. The two nominees who are not 
elected will be automatically members 
of the May Court. Ballot boxes have 
been placed and students are requested 
to sign votes. 

According to a plan recently adopted 
by the student body, the May Court 
this year will also be chosen by popular 
election rather than altogether by the 
May Day Committee as formerly. 
Each student will nominate nine people 
to be in the May Court and the fifteen 
names receiving the highest number of 
votes will be presented to the May 
Day Committee which will choose 
from them nine attendants to the queen. 
The election for the court will be held 
during the first two weeks in March. 

Program Given 

By German Club 

The German Club will present Miss 
Mary Catherine Williamson and Mr. C. 

W. Dieckmann, professor of organ, in 
a program of German songs on Monday 
evening, February 26, at 8:30 in the 
chapel. 

Miss Williamson, accompanied by 
Mr. Dieckmann at the piano, will sing 
the following groups of songs: 

1. 

"She Never Told Her Love," Haydn. 

"My Mother Bids Me Bind My 
Hair," Haydn. 
2. 
"Gute Nacht," Robert Franz. 
"Aus Meinen Grossen Schmerzen," 
Robert Franz. 
"Widmung," Robert Franz. 
"Es hat die Rose sick beklagt," 
Robert Franz. 
3. 
"Die Lotosblume," Robert Schu¬ 

mann. 
"Widmung," Robert Schumann. 
"Weylas Gesang," Hugo Wolf. 
'Anakreon's Grab," Hugo Wolf. 

"Er ist's'" (Frulingslied), Hugo 
Wolf. 

4. 

"Wiegenlied," Johannes Brahms. 

"Meine Hied ist Griin," Johannes 
Brahms. 
"Von Ewiger Lieb," Johannes 
Brahms. 

5. 

"Zuneigung"—Johannes Brahms. 

"Standchen," Richard Strauss. 

"Der Sandstragen," August Bungest. 

"Morning Hymn," Georg Henschel. 

After the program, coffee will be 

served in Main. The entire college 
community and their friends are in¬ 
vited to be present at the meeting and 
the reception afterwards. 

ENSEMBLE TO PLAY 

The Agnes Scott String Ensemble 
will broadcast over WSB on Wednes¬ 
day evening, February 28, at 6:00 
o'clock, on the weekly Agnes Scott 
program which is arranged by Miss 
Mary Catherine Williamson. 

The program to be played is as fol¬ 
lows: 

1. Alma Mater. 
2. Hungarian Dance No. 5, Brahms. 
3. Largo, Handel. 
4. The Last Spring, Grieg. 
5. Hungarian Dance No. 6, Brahms. 


Louis Untermeyer Completes 
Lecture Series In March 

Founder's Day 

Banquet Held 

The annual Founder's Day Banquet 
in honor of the birthday of Colonel 
George Washington Scott will be given 
tomorrow night, February 22, in the 
dining room of Rebekah Scott hall. 
The program, according to custom, 
will be under the auspices of the senior 
class, who will present certain famous 
figures of Revolutionary history. These 
will be: 

George Washington—Mary Mac-
Etonald. 
Martha Washington—Elinor Hamil¬ 

ton. 

Betsy Ross—Dorothy Cassel. 

Patrick Henry—Martha Skeen. 

Lafayette—Martha Elliott. 

Daniel Boone—Margaret Rogers. 

Benjamin Franklin—Mary Ames. 

These characters will propose toasts 
which will be answered in song by the 
sophomore class. After the banquet, 
there will be a minuet in the gym¬ 
nasium, in which Mary Hamilton, 
Martha Elliott, Ruth Shippey, Dorothy 
Dickson, Polly Gordon, Elizabeth 
Winn, C'Lena McMullen, Margaret 
Friend, Mary MacDonald, and Elinor 
Hamilton will participate. 

The final event of the evening will 
be a dance sponsored by the members 
of the Cotillion Club, who have en¬ 
gaged Warner Heston and his nine-
piece orchestra to play for the occasion. 
The college community is cordially in¬ 
vited. 

Announcement Made 
Of Agonistic Judges 

The Agonistic announces the three 
judges for the Agonistic contest this 
year. They are Elizabeth Lynch, of St. 
Petersburg, Fla., editor of the paper 
last year; Julian Harris, of the staff of 
the Constitution, and James Pope, city 
editor of the Journal. Two other judges 
will probably be chosen at a later date. 

The contest, in which each class puts 
out an edition of the Agonistic, is an 
annual contest sponsored by the paper; 
the winner is rewarded with a cup. The 
editions are judged on the basis of news 
stories and style, feature articles, edi¬ 
torials, and general make-up. 

The editors of the sophomore edition 
were elected February 13. They are 
Lulu Ames, editor-in-chief, and Doris 
Batsell, business manager. 

ALUMNAE MAKE TRIP 

Penelope Brown, '32, and Dorothy 
Hutton, '29, have just returned from 
an alumnae field trip in Florida. Their 
itinerary covered thirty-six hundred 
miles on the east and west coasts of 
Florida, and several inland cities of 
note. They visited countless alumnae 
and gave illustrated talks at twenty-
five high schools and junior high 
schools during their four weeks tour. 

'Glory of the Commonplace' 
Subject of Address. 

Louis Untermeyer, noted American 

poet, critic, anthologist, will lecture on 

' The Glory of the Commonplace" on 

March 16 at 8:3 0 p. m. in the gym¬ 

nasium, under the auspices of the Lec¬ 

ture Association. 

Mr. Untermeyer, called by Amy 

Lowell, "the most versatile genius in 

America," has achieved a notable dis¬ 

tinction in the fields of poetry, parody, 

and criticism. He is probably Amer¬ 

ica's most widely read poet in Europe 

where his collections have sold by the 

hundreds of thousands, and he is recog¬ 

nized in America as one of the out¬ 

standing poets of his generation. His 

works in verse include: Challenge, 

Roast Leviathan, These Times, The 

New Adam,Collected Parodies, Burning 

Bush, and the recently published Food 

and Drink. Among his anthologies, 

which have become standards in Am¬ 

erica, are Modern British Poetry, Mod¬ 

ern American Poetry, and the Book of 

Living Verse. 

His volume of essays, Heavens, has 

been acclaimed as an outstanding work 

of American criticism, interesting for 

its curious blend of irony and idealism, 

and The Donkey of God introduces 

him with merit into the field of juve¬ 

nile writing. 

As a lecturer, Mr. Untermeyer has 
been received with enthusiasm in many 
American cities. His lecture series in¬ 
cludes What Americans Read—and 
Why, Why We Write—and Hoiv, 
New Languages for the New Genera¬ 
tion, and A Critic's Half-Holiday. In 
his address here on "The Glory of the 
Commonplace," Mr. Untermeyer will 
outline the history of wholly native lit¬ 
erature, emphasizing the poetry of ev¬ 
eryday and the richness of ordinary ex¬ 
perience with illustrations from every


('Continued on page 4, column 1) 

DANCE RECITAL 

HELD TUESDAY 

A dance recital, sponsored by the 
members of the dancing classes, was 
given in the Agnes Scott gymnasium 
last night, February 20, at 8 o'clock. 
The participants were selected from all 
'the classes—beginners, intermediate, 
and the Dance Club. A program of 
varied numbers was given, ranging 
from Schubert's "Waltz Study" to his 
"Marche Militaire." Costumes in keep¬ 
ing with the spirit of the music and 
the dance were worn. 

The complete program was as fol¬ 
lows: 
Gluck, "Apollo and the Muses"; 
"Walking," Bach—The Dance Club. 
"Running," Schumann — Beginners 
Dancing Class. 
"Skipping," air in danses—Begin¬ 
ners Dancing Class. 
"Polka," Strauss — Intermediate 
Dancing Class. 
"Greeting," Schubert—Alice Chamlee, 
Shirley Christian, Frances Farr. 
(Continued on page 4, column 5) 

FASHION SHOW IS GIVEN 
BY THE COTILLION CLUB 

A fashion show will be sponsored b 
the Cotillion Club tomorrow afternooi 
February 22, from twelve to two-thii 
ty o'clock in Rich's tea room. TI 
latest spring dresses will be show: 
The models are to be the officers c 
the club, Plant Ellis, Nina Parke, an 
Nell White, and several member: 
Betty Lou Houck, Laura Whitne 
Elinor Hamilton, Emily McGahee an 
Marguerite Morris. The college com 
munity is cordially invited. 


Key to Current WE SEE BY THE PAPERS

(&l)C Agonistic 

Subscription price, S1.25 per year in advance. Single copies, 5 c. 

PUBLISHED WEEKLY 
Owned and published by the students of Agnes Scott College. 

Entered as Second Class Matter. 

(Newspaper C ) Member) 

STAFF 

Editor-in-Chief Mary Boggs Business Manager Mary Green 
Assistant Editor Anna Humber Ass't Bus. Mgr. Elizabeth Thrasher 
Make-Vp £dAor__MARY Jane Evans 

EDITORIAL STAFF 

Feature Editor. Mary Virginia Allen Club Editor Betty Fountain 
Exchange Ed. Hester Ann Withers Book Bits Editor Frances Espy 
Society Editor Marguerite Morris Giddy Gossip Margaret Robins 

Sports Editor Marie Simpson 

BUSINESS STAFF 

Circulation Mgr Alice Dunbar Day Student Circulation Manager 
Ass't Circ. Mgr._JosEPHiNEJennings Sarah Davis 

ADVERTISING STAFF 

Vera Pruet 

Elizabeth Alexander Elizabeth Young 

REPORTERS 

Suzanne Smith Nina Parke Frances McCalla 
Elizabeth Alexander Amy Underwood Leonora Spenser 
Marian Calhoun Trellis Carmichael Elizabeth Young 
Katherine Hertzka Alberta Palmour Eleonore Gullion 
Eva Poliakoff Jacqueline Woolfolk Isabel Shipley 
Mary Adams Caroline Long 

N. S.F.A. 

Participation in the work of the National Student Federation 
of America has heretofore had only a superficial significance in 
student government at Agnes Scott. The interest awakened on 
the campus by the annual conferences of the Federation has not 
been sustained throughout the year, and consequently, the real 
benefit which could be gained from vital contact with other 
student organizations is lost, and our conception of the scope and 
meaning of student government remains static. 

The judicial phase of student government is exaggerated in 
our campus opinion to the practical eclipse of its social and con¬ 
structive phases. The Executive Committee is regarded, un¬ 
fortunately, by the majority of students as a sort of honorary 
police force which stretches out its tentacles in all directions to 
discover and penalize infractions of social or academic regula¬ 
tions. The more significant work of the Committee in freshman 
orientation, in social adjustment, and in promoting vocational 
guidance is forgotten in the legal trivialities of certain cases, or 

lost in petty discussions of minor social regulations. As a result 
of this feeling, we have come to consider student government 
from an external viewpoint as a machine which we regard 
with a cold and indifferent eye rather than as a social organiza¬ 
tion of which each student is an active member, and which is 
invested with power for the promotion of student interests. 

This somewhat stiff and narrow attitude of the student mind 
toward its most significant campus organization stands definitely 
in need of remedy. We need a softening and a broadening in¬ 
fluence to pervade our whole conception of student government. 
Such an influence is found potentially in our association with the 
National Student Federation of America. By intelligent contact 
with the student leaders of other colleges, through the reading of 

N. S. F. A. literature and the attendance at conferences, we may 
find new paths of development both in the structure and the 
activities of our student organization. Our program, then, will 
be progressive instead of static, and we can depart from the 
beaten tracks of present opinion. Our participation in student 
affairs resulting from this influx of new ideas will become cre¬ 
ative, instead of mechanical and we can build up a strong 
centrally-motivated force of student opinion which will per¬ 
meate the whole of campus life, instead of tolerating the diffuse 
and prejudiced group conception which has hitherto dissipated 
the significance of student government. Furthermore, by allying 
ourselves with other student bodies, we will come to a realization 
of that larger student life which is developing in the world today, 
our connection with it, and our responsibilities as students in the 
affairs of this nation and the world. 

This metamorphosis of our inner conception of student gov¬ 
ernment through the influence of the N. S. F. A. can be effected 
only by mental and social cooperation of the student body. If we 
would achieve this larger aim, if we would be progressive in our 
student life, we must avail ourselves of the material at hand, and 
strive to awaken an intelligent force of opinion which will, first, 
broaden our own student life and secondly, establish a vital con¬ 
nection with our social and intellectual contemporaries. 

History 

By Mary Jane Evans 

"If Dolfuss is unseated by the present 
rioting, things will get worse immedi¬ 
ately and the three powers (England, 
Italy and France) should act to protect 
Vienna without losing a moment, if 
necessary by an international armed 
force. If not, it will be the end of the 
League of Nations and the beginning 
of war in Europe." The importance 

of the situation in Austria is summed 

up in this way by Monsieur Henry 

Berenger, chairman of the Senate For¬ 

eign Affairs Committee in France. 

On February 13 and 14 the friction 
between the Dolfuss government, 
backed by the Heimwehr party and the 
Socialist party, culminated in civil war. 
The Heimwehr demanded that Dolfuss, 
dictator of Austria, carry out his pro¬ 
gram of (1) an attack on the Social¬ 
ists and (2) the abolition of all parlia¬ 
mentary government in Austria. 

The Socialists saw immediately the 

destructive intentions of the govern¬ 

ment and in retaliation declared a gen¬ 

eral strike throughout Austria. For a 

short time the business and traffic in 

Vienna were at a standstill, but the 

effectiveness of the strike was hindered 

by lack of Socialist leadership, organ¬ 

ization and cooperation. It was im¬ 

possible for the Socialists to spread the 

command quickly enough since their 

newspapers and party organs for ex¬ 

pression had been suppressed. 

The government troops stormed the 

Socialist headquarters at Linz, the city 

hall which had long been a Socialist 

stronghold and the Karl Marx Court. 

The latter is the Socialist experiment 

in Vienna where 60,000 families live in 

modern tenements practically free. 

The government's troops were better 

equipped and organized so that on 

February 15 civil war was stopped; 

not, however, before 400 to 500 

Austrians had been killed or seriously 

wounded. Dollfuss appealed to the 

Socialists for complete surrender and 

promised them amnesty if they did so 

in a specified time (this offer did not 

include the leaders). 

The Socialist uprising against the 

Dollfuss government greatly alarmed 

the Central European countries. For 

to them Chancellor Dollfuss, though 

only four feet eleven inches high, is the 

bulwark against Hitler and Nazi pow¬ 

er, and consequently, his overthrow 

would have meant a considerable and 

powerful gain for the Nazi faction. 

WE THINK 

If there is one especial lack in our 

college life, I think it is this—the lack 

of intellectuality. It is, personally, my 

great disillusionment in college. When 

I graduated from high school, I felt 

my ignorance, but had an assurance 

that after I had been in the crux of 

college for four years, had had its stim¬ 

ulating and intensive as well as com¬ 

prehensive intellectual forces seared in¬ 

to me, I would emerge a being with a 

disciplined mental life that would be 

rich and wise. 

And lo, I find that the "intellectual 
forces" of college are almost nihil. Oc¬ 
casionally stimulating—we stumble on 
a book that makes articulate our fumb¬ 
ling ideas; or perhaps a professor, off 
guard, lets us glance for a breathless 
moment into far horizons. But the 
most generally stimulating force is left 
uncultivated—conversation. Here it 
is upon topics eminently momentanee 
—the last night's date, and a faculty 
member's latest foible. When, rarely, 
it turns upon subjects bigger than the 
campus—a philosophy of life or even a 
j trend in modern world movements— 
; the poor Hottentot, with no vocabu¬ 

lary for such rarified realms, has to \ 
: turn to a vague gesture and a "you1 know what I mean." 

No more is it intensive. This is the i 

great era of "getting by." The oppor¬ 

tunity for intensive work is gingerly 

handed us, but we are not in a habit 

of it; we are so accustomed to skim-; 

ming that we don't quite trust efforts 

at anything more. 

The course here could be compre¬ 

hensive; but few of us leave, I think, 

with a set for "seeing life steadily and 

seeing it whole." Through hasty and 

(Continued on page 4, column 1) 

In World Outside 

In Durham, N. C., one night last 
week a committee of Duke University 
students dispatched the following tele¬ 
gram to two of their trustees: 

"We, the undersigned men, backed 
by fourteen national fraternities and 
four local fraternities, feel that the 
conditions on Duke campus at the pres¬ 
ent time are such that you should come 
at once to see for yourself that student 
opinion means nothing to the present 
administration. We feel that we are 
treated like children, not men. Real 
universities do not treat student opin¬ 
ion with contempt. For thorough in¬ 
vestigation we suggest that you do not 
communicate with any members of the 
administration. Wire when you will 

The spark which touched off the 
long smouldering revolt was a ruling 
the week before by Dean Wannamaker. 
Because he had not been present to pre¬ 
side, he had voided the trial of a stu¬ 
dent offender by the students' Pan-
Hellenic Council. Next day the cam¬ 
pus rumbled ominously. Just before 
midnight some 1,500 students clumped 
grimly into the university gymnasium. 
—Time. 

A psychology professor, after a thor¬ 
ough investigation at Colgate, an¬ 
nounced that chewing gum improves 
a student's pep about eight per cent.— 
Swarthmore Phoenix. 

A professor at Wisconsin State Col¬ 
lege recommends the old institution of 
cramming because it represents con¬ 
centration of the highest order. He also 
asserts that modern psychologists be¬ 
lieve knowledge gained more rapidly 
will be retained longer and more fully. 
—The Crimson and White. 

A junior in the college of engineer¬ 
ing at the University of Nebraska ac¬ 
cumulates enough revenue repairing 
watches to put him through school.— 
Johnsonian. 

BOOK 

The Last of the Vikings, Johan Bojer, 
Century Company, New York, 1923. 
Translated from the Norwegian by Jes¬ 
sie Muir. 

The Last of the Vikings is a stirring 
story of love of the sea. In a typical 
Norwegian fishing village, fisherfolk 
lead their adventurous lives wth calm 
acceptance. Although realizing the 
practical certainty of ultimate death at 
sea, Kristaver, the hero, sets out unquestioningly 
in his tiny fishing boat; 
and Marya, his wife, after escaping in¬ 
land from this precarious life, finds 
herself longing for the noise of the 
sea. They are the last of the Vikings. 

For with the coming of the indus¬ 
trial revolution all is changed. "The 
neighborhood was the same, the fjord 
was the same, the mountains stood as 
they always had; it was the people who 
were different." The modern fisher¬ 
man worked in a motor boat and was a 
member of a trades union. The ro¬ 
mantic period passed with the last of 
the Vikings. 

Marbacka, by Selma Lagerlof, 
Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1929. 

In Marbacka, Miss Lagerloff, winner 
of the Nobel Prize, has mirrored her 
childhood. Her home, Marbacka, was 
cobwebbed with legends. The myths 
which enshroud the Scandinavian coun¬ 
tries were a vital part of the lives of 
Selma and her brothers and sisters. 
They are an integral element of the 
book, which gives a most interesting 
picture of farm life in the Varmland 
hills. The customs of the peasants, and 
even of the higher classes, which 
change so slowly in the delightful 
country—Sweden—are in Marbacka. 

Best Russian Short Stories, translated 
from the Russian. Compiled by Thomas 
Selter. 

Seltzer says of Russian literature, 
"Everything is subordinated to two 

On Other Campuses 

When a people grow disgusted with 
their parliament, Fascism is the most 
obvious alternative. Correspondents in 
Paris last week promptly discovered an 
organization of French Fascists who 
wear funny shirts and black berets, is¬ 
sue mouth-filling pronunciamentos, 
and in a play on words like to call 
themselves Les Francists. A form of 
Fascism may come to France, but the 
odds are heavily against the Francists 
having much to do with it.—Time. 

The great contribution which Mr. 
Roosevelt's "New Deal" has made in 
American politics has been a tre¬ 

mendous expansion of the area in which 
his government is prepared to accept 
responsibility.—Scribner's. 

Americans have observed the strong-
arm young Brown Shirts in Germany, 
the Black Shirts in Italy, and what the 
Pioneers and the Union of Youth have 
done in Russia; but as yet the students 
have not united to take the initiative. 
It is not the desire, however, that Am¬ 
erican youth should engage in a radical, 
revolutionary movement, but that they 
should begin to take an interest in po¬ 
litical and economic affairs, forming 
conclusions and ideas of their own in¬ 
stead of relying entirely upon the opin¬ 
ions of their parents and professors. 
There are few proofs that the youth in 
America will, in the near future, form 
even a peaceful youth movement. The 
college students, who would be the 
leaders of such a movement, know very 
little about current affairs, and seem to 
be entirely indifferent to them. The 
students have been hailed as the poten¬ 
tial leaders but their indifference seems 
to deny their leadership.—The Sun 
Dial. 

Twelve miles above the north pole, 
proverbially a cold place, it is twenty-
five degrees warmer than at the same 
height over the equator, according to 
Dr. G. C. Simpson, director of the 
British meteorological office.—Literary 
Digest. 

BITS *3 

main requirements — humanitaria: 
ideals and fidelity to life." This state 
ment is remarkably true of his collec 
tion of Best Russian S/x)rt Stories. Th 

understanding approach of the Russia: 
author to the mental life as well as ma 
terial position of the poor is quite dif 
ferent from the attitude of conde 
scension and pity in English winters 
Moreover, these short stories, like al 
most all Russian literature of the pas 
few decades, are marked by truth am 
simplicity. Nothing is exaggeratec 
dramatized, or imaginatively colored 
Like Katherine Mansfield's stories, the 
seem to be without beginning or end, 
momentary glimpse into the continuin; 
life of real people. 

The Ugly Duchess, Lion Feucht 
wanger. Translated by Willa and Ed 
win Muir. 

The Ugly Duchess is the story o 
Margarete, Duchess of Corinthia. It i 
a story of royal families, their friend 
ships, their quarrels, their intrigues 
their jealousies, and would be especial 
ly interesting to those who enjoy work 
of a historical nature. The book i 
peopled with interesting characters, th 
most fascinating of whom is Margaret 
with her "misshapen mouth, her flabb1 
cheeks, and all her wretched ugliness.' 

Kristin Tavransdatter, by Sigrii 
Undset. Translated from the Nor 
wegian. 

Kristin Tavransdatter is composed o 
three volumes: The Bridal Wreath, Th 
Mistress of Ilusaby and The Cross 
These volumes deal with the life of : 
Norwegian girl of medieval times. Shi 
is pictured successively as mistress 
wife, and mother. In her old age she i 
bereft of two of her sons, deposed fron 
the management of her estate, and a: 
length is forced to enter a convent 
where she dies of the plague. Thi: 
trilogy is epic-like in its presentation oi 
a woman s life. 


The Agonistic 

SOCIETY Mr. Orr Has 

GIDDY GOSSIP 

Hester Ann Withers spent the week¬ Martha Edmonds attended the Psi 77th Birthday 

Giddy, My Dear: latest descent from dignity.

end with her aunt, Mrs. W. C. Sat-Omega house dance Friday night. 

What is /his world coming to? But You've heard of Phi Beta Kappa go¬

"I have always been thankful that

terthwaite in Atlanta. maybe you didn't hear Miss Omwake's ing to people's heads, Giddy, but have 
I wasn't born a day later, because if comment after a perfectly respectable you ever heard of it going to their feet?

Ella Kirven spent Thursday night 
I had been I would be in the class of list of dementia praecoxes or what After the Phi Beta announcement inVera Frances Pruet went to a dance at the home of Betty Roache in At¬ 
have you, "Of course you're all familiar chapel Dr. Robinson was walking

those who can never tell a lie," twink-

at the S. A. E. fraternity house lanta.

at with delirum tremens that you have sedately down the colonnade and then

lingly commented Mr. J. K. Orr, long¬

Emory Friday night. after excessive drinking." That and all of a sudden he wasn't walking. He 

time chairman of the Board of Trus¬

Miss Virginia Gaines spent the week¬ the ink on amendment to the eigh¬ was sitting. Personally, I've no ob¬ 
Mary Lib Squires spent the week-end tees of Agnes Scott College, who cele¬ teenth amendment hardly dry yet. Just jection to such little eccentricities of

end at her home in Atlanta. 

brates his seventy-seventh birthday to¬ imagine, Giddy! Pul-ease! the faculty members as sitting in thein Atlanta at the home of Mrs. F. A. 

By the by, have you heard about middle of the colonnade,

day, February 21. even if it is

Doughman. Mrs. T. M. Espy is vsiting her Dickens new novel? If you're inter¬ covered with ice, but really my dear,

By the older members of the Board,

daughters, Frances and Elizabeth, for a ested—and really my dear you should don't you think there's a thing for all 

Mr. Orr is greeted everywhere he goes

Miss Ruth Humphreys from Fernan-few days. take an interest in the worthwhile times and a time for all things? 
dina, Fla., spent Friday night here with with a "Howdy, Grandpa," not only things — ask Flora Young about the There are ways and ways of getting 

because he is having birthdays every novel he wrote called "Blessed Event." husbands, Giddy, but have you ever

Flyta Plowden. Gladys Burns went to her home in 
Do you think by any chance she could thought of buying one at the bookstore?

February 21, but because he has been

Macon, Ga., for the week-end. 

have meant "Great Expectations"? Miss Omwake was heard to remark lastto Agnes

Ida Buist, Alma Brohard, Peg Water¬ a "jolly good grandfather" Still speaking of worthwhile things, did week, "Be sure to bring your Husbands

Scott for so many years.

man, Isabel Lowrance, Lavinia and Frances Steele spent Sunday at the you hear about Marguerite Manget, to class tomorrow. If you don't have 
Marjorie Scott, Oveida Long, and Betty home of Frances James. His achievements for Agnes Scott who came in all a-twitter the other day one you can buy one at the bookstore 
are varied and of long standing. Be¬ saying, "I just got a prescription to a for $2.30." Soon after that, a sweet

Lou Houck attended the Delta Artists' ginning his work as chairman of the new magazine?" Prescription indeed, young thing yelled across the campus,
Ball at the Shrine Mosque Friday night. Jane and Sara Frances Estes and 

Board in 1913, he began immediately Giddy! "Can I borrow your Husband tonight?"

Peggy Kump spent the week-end at the consolidation of buildings and acre¬ My dear, we have a new blond in our Giddy, my smelling salts!

their home in Gay, Ga.

Dorothy Walker spent the week-end age. By 1919 such progress had been midst. Maybe Sally McCrae reads those Now a word of warning. Don'tmade that he was able to push through

in Atlanta with Mrs. P. H. Parker. gentlemen-prefer-blonds things. Any¬ ever sit down when visiting on third

Mallie White was the guest of Helen an extensive building campaign which way, she washed her hair in a special floor Rebekah. They have the most

Boyd and Carolyn Russell for a few resulted in the existence of the gym¬ kind of shapmoo—just to get a few peculiar chairs—collapsible chairs,Rosa Miller, Mary Vines, and Vir¬ days. 

nasium. Buttrick Hall, the most beau¬ tints in it you know—and now it's all Giddy, when asked to have chair,

a

ginia Turner spent the week-end at tiful building on the campus, the pow¬ over tints. Just like Harlow or Miriam be nonchalant, and take a table.

Martha Eskridge, '3 3, and Helen

Virginia's home in Summerville, Ga. er plant, and the laundry were a prod¬ Hopkins. But don't go away to buy Muches love,

Scott, '3 3, spent February 8, 9 and 10 uct of the campaign of 1930. His lead¬ yourself any until I tell you about our 

—Junior Aggie.

Sara Jones spent the week-end at her in the Alumnae House. ership has been a powerful factor in 
the success of the campaigns; under his

home in Canton, Ga. 

guidance the college has made such

Dr. and Mrs. J. R. McCain enter¬ CLUBS 

Mr. L. A. Christian from Chatta¬ gains that its building values have in¬

tained at dinner at their home for creased during his chairmanship from Dr. J. F. Preston will give an illus¬ act play, The Slave With Two Faces,nooga, Tenn., was in Atlanta last week¬ Dr. S. M. Glasgow, who has just fin¬ $445,000 to $922,000. 

trated lecture by Mary Carolyn Davies, was present¬

end to visit his daughter, Shirley Chris-ished a series of devotional addresses on Korea, Friday, Feb¬ 

To Mr. Orr, the purpose of this col¬ 

on the campus. ruary 23, at 4:30 o'clock. Dr. Preston ed under the direction of Miss Eleonore

The guests included lege, as well as of all women's colleges, 
took the pictures himself and had them (Peg) Gullion. The personnel of the

Miss Nanette Hopkins, Dr. and Mrs. should be to equip girls for life— 

Mary Braselton from Brenau College D. P. McGeachey, Mrs. English Mc-whether it be a business or a home life. tinted by a Japanese artist. The col¬ play was as follows: Martha England, 
was the guest of Sara Frances McDon¬ 

Geachey, Mrs. F. H. Gaines, and Dr. "Office equipment is good for every lege community is urged to come. Vera Frances Pruet, Carrie Phinneyald last week-end. and Mrs. J. F. Preston, of Korea. girl," he observed. "Typing and short¬ Latimer, Ida Lois McDaniel, Ruth 
hand should be stressed more. If the 

B. O. Z. will meet Friday, February Shippey, Nell White, Peg Gullion,

girls are allowed to stay in business,

The President of the University of

❖ 
HEWEY'S DRUG STORE 23, at 4:30 p. m. in Miss Preston's Betty Fountain.

they will be well equipped for their

❖ 
Southern Californa says that a col¬

Prescriptions tasks; if they are forced out of busi¬ apartment in Ansley. Mary Boggs, After the play, committees were an¬ 

lege freshman has only about one-half Mary Hamilton, and Elaine Heckle will

❖ 
Drugs—Soda—Candy ness, they will be well prepared for nounced for the play to be given March 
Sandwiches the vocabulary of the common laborer. read.

leisure." 10 following the Junior Banquet. 
4-Quick Delivery. De. 0640 "Swell," he says, "is used to describe His famous poem, which will prob¬ 
4,972 situations." ably soon be included in the hand¬ 

There will be a regular Glee Club The regular meeting of the Frencl

book, is, alas, not original! A confes¬ 

practice this afternoon from 4:3 0 to Club took place Monday afternoon a•$»•$» > ♦ 
sion was wrung from him that the

t «$» »*•» *J» «J» »$» *J» »*♦ 
«.*•» «$» *£» +*+ «J» ♦♦♦ 
♦« **4 «$» $»«$» ♦Jt 

lines were found on the dedication page 3:3 0. The club as a whole is practicing five o'clock (instead of last Wednes

H Don't Forget to Do Your ♦>t t

<2* Shopping in Decatur X t MARTIN BEAUTY SHOPPE ❖ 
of a little book of verse, and that, al¬ special songs for chapel. They are hop¬ day). At this time Miss Lewis of th 
*•* Flowers and Cards though he doesn't remember any of the ing to work up a sufficient repertoire 

Art Department gave a talk on severa

DECATUR WOMAN'S f Character Wigs X poems in the book, he still admires and of sacred songs to sing them for some

❖ 
EXCHANGE ❖ 
phases of French Art. She illustrate:

❖ 
X Rented for Plays X strongly recommends the lines: of the Atlanta churches. 

EASTER CORSAGE CARDS $ g. her talk with some new and very in

❖ 
"The truest test of woman's worth,

GIFTS FOR MOTHER f X Phone Dearborn 2671 X 

The surest sign of gentle birth, A regular meeting of Blackfriars was teresting slides. Also, Miss Berth

AND FRIENDS % .J,

**..*• V.»3»-J.♦J,fcj,»*.*2* »$».J,-J..J..J. .J.yt,yjy 4*4**•*•*4*4*4*4*4*4*4**'*'*^4*"y*4*4*4*4*4*4*4*4*4*4*4*4* Is modesty." held Tuesday, February 20th. A one-Landru of Paris, France, spoke on sev 
eral fascinating places and customs n 
Paris. Previous to the talks refresh 
f THREADGILL PHARMACY * ments were served the club and it

Ponder no longer, my lassies 

4* Decatur's Leading Druggist 4* guests. 
X Phone Dearborn 2181 X 
Jj Quick Delivery X '4*4"i,4>4*4,4,4*4,4'4,4<4*4'4,4-4<4-4-4-4-4-4<4.4.4. 

4* ThankYou 4* 

| JOSEPH SIEGEL * 

4-4*44-4'44444-4'44-4'44* 4<4'44-4-44-*4> 

X Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry X

X and Clocks X

«$» ♦*» «$» ♦*» «$♦ 
<£4 ♦£» »*4 ♦$»»$♦ 
4J4«J4 4J4 4*4 4J4 »*♦ 
tj* «$» *** 4*4 

X Watch, Clock and Jewelry 4*

RICH'S 

f i4* Repairing X

A/ 4J4 V 

MAISON ADOLPHE $ 4. All Work Guaranteed * 
/ v f X 111 E. Court Sq. DE. 4205 ❖

/q. '"V A\ 

t Coiffeurs % ❖ 
Decatur,Ga. X

4. 4«

♦J* 4J4

has 4»4*4*4* 4*4*4*4*4*444*4*4* 4-4*4* 4*4*4*4*4*4*4* 4'4*4* 

% Biltmore Hotel f 
X Telephone He. 6835 ❖ 
4.4.4.4.4,4.4.4..j.4.4.4.4,4,4.4.4,4,4,4,4,4,^,4,4,4, 

4- .4 
everything X Bring Your Hair Problems Xi * 
X toAdolphe's Xt x

4* Compliments of X

4* 4.

X x

X Special Prices to College X

you need X WEIL'S TEN CENT STORE X

X Students f 

X X

X X

❖♦> ❖ 
Y

' •J* *J» "t* **+ ♦5»**♦ 
4* *t***♦♦J**1* ♦J* ♦V* ♦J»4*4 4*4 4*4 «$» 4*4 4*4 <£» «$» **•» •$»«$»*♦$.*<$» ♦$. ♦♦♦ 
♦*»* **1+ ♦£.♦$» ♦J, ♦$,^^ 
for 

Spring 

Yourself 
i 
In a dainty photograph 

Dresses! Coats! Silk Undies! 

GV^xSVh Size 

Sweaters! Skirts! Slips! Gowns! Colored in Oil 

New Envelope Mount 

At a price that will appeal to every 
schoolgirl's budget 

ELLIOTTS' Peachtree Studio 


DANCE RECITAL

OUTING CLUB 

HELD TUESDAY 

CLASSES BEGIN 

('Continued from page 1, column 5)

ATHLETIC NEWS 

Eloise Alexander, Lilv Weeks, Frances 

The Outing Club classes for those 

McCalla. 

wishing to try out for the club this "Waltz Study," Schubert — Begin¬
spring were begun last Friday with a 

SPORTS EDITORIAL ners Dancing Class.

Scores Given for Final Volleyball

class giving instruction in fire building 

"Ecossaisen," Schubert — Eleonore 
under the supervision of Mary Green. Basketball Games By Page Ackerman Scores Are Given Gullion, Mary Hutchinson, Betty 
The next class will probably be one The old idea that Physical Educa¬ Harbison. 
"Waltz Study," Schubert—Inter¬

in first aid as the Outing Club is to The sophomores defeated the seniors tion for women was a combination of The final scores made by the volley-
mediate Dancing Class.

have Miss Bee Turner of Atlanta 26-16 in a closely contested game on calisthenics and advanced dumb-bell ball teams Friday night, February 16, "Gigue," Corelli—Elizabeth Young,
speak on this subject Tuesday at the Friday, February 16, before an en¬ drill has been abandoned. Most of the 
were Freshmen 26, Juniors 7, and Dorothy Cassel, Mary Jane Evans. 

regular meeting. thusiastic audience of faculty and stu¬ civilized world has come to realize that "Roses of the South," Strauss—Ruth

Sophomores 24, Seniors 15. Both teams 

The instruction classes will be held dents. The stellar guarding of Ames physical education has been of inesti¬ Shippey, Hester Anne Withers, Martha

played good volleyball and look for¬ Skeen, Elaine Heckle, Alorese Barron,about once a week and announcements proved an asset to the seniors, while mable value to women in giving them 

ward to next Friday night when the Margaret Morris.
will appear on the bulletin board as to Handte, with 16 points for the soph¬ necessary physical exercise and in ad¬ 

last game of the season takes place. "Marche Militaire," Schubert — 
the time. There was a large number omores, was exceptionally good. vancing the principle of good sports¬ 

The line-ups were as follows: Alorese Barron, Page Ackerman, Car¬ 
of students present for the first class The freshment added another game manship and the idea of play for play's olyn Waterman, Katherine Bowen,

Juniors Freshmen 

and it is hoped that these students and to the won column at the expense of sake. But there is one advantage that Augusta King, Marjorie Tindall.

McCalla Stalker at

others will continue to come to the the Juniors, 27-20. Featuring the game the college woman gets from her par¬ Young Wilson Mrs. Claude Hamilton was the 
classes and will try out this spring as piano.

was the sharpshooting of Lemon, who ticipation in sports that can not be Palmour Kneale 

the Outing Club is one of the rising 

shot 14 points for the freshmen. over-emphasized. Spencer MacDonald

organizations of the campus. 

Walker AT THE THEATRES

Richards guarded well for the losers. Such activities as archery, tennis, Woolfolk 

golf, swimming, and horseback riding Edwards SandferWE THINK The line-ups were as follows: 
are as much a part of preparation for Deason Baker 

('Continued from page 2, column 3) Sophomores Seniors 

later life as French or English. Every Sophomores Seniors 

capricious planning of our courses we 

Tomlinson, f Hamilton, f normal individual spends some part of Townsend Massie 

utterly miss correlation. 

Stevens,f Massie, f his life in outdoor activities, and it is in Talmadge Tindall 

But we are none the less busy. And 

Handte,f Barron,f the moments of leisure that the tennis Coffee Talmadge

at what? Not at the great ideal that or golf learned in college stands him in Lawrence Maness Now Playing 4* 
brought us here, to get knowledge and Estes,g Ames,g 

good stead. It isn't necessary to be Coley Russell 

with all our getting, to get understand¬ Burson, g Scheussler, g 'FOUR FRIGHTENED %

championship material to get a lot of Forman Ames 

ing. That is soon subordinated—to Hart,g Tindall,g PEOPLE" %

fun out of a sport, but a knowledge Cooper Friend 

4*

class spirit that takes us to hockey Substitution: Sophomores—Latimer, of the fundamental rules of good form Clark Starts Saturday * 
games, long and exhausting; to new Armstrong; Seniors—Austin. 

is a great boost to one's self-confidence. 

"BELOVED" I

ideas of campus leadership that are sub¬ Freshmen Juniors 

Often when a lady plays against a gen¬ Margaret Massie and Frances Mc¬

stituted for the old ideal. It is not that Walker,f Espy,f with £

tleman it is pleasanter for all concerned Calla have been chosen by the Ath


these things are unworthy; they are Gary,f McCalla,f JOHNBOLES t

if the gentleman wins, but even a gen¬ letic Board to represent Agnes Scott

excellent and probably essential; but Lemon,f Young,f 4*

tleman doesn't get much pleasure out at the Georgia Athletic Conference for

they are by nature secondary, and we Peeples,g Green,g College Women.

of beating a dub. The conference will

lay waste all our powers upon them. Kneale, g Richards, g 

Granting that the social advantage be held from March 2 through March

The great forces of the college, far Stalker, g Spenser, g 

gained by a respectable performance in 4 at Valdosta, Georgia and innovations

from being intellectual, are athletic and Substitution Freshmen — Thing, Begins Friday, February 23 

some field of outdoor activity is great, in athletic programs will be discussed. I don't want the applause ofsocial. Wilder, McDonald. 

it is obvious that the four years of col¬ crowds. I want the love of ONEI wish something could be done 

lege is the best time to get a funda¬ MAN. 

about the situation; that we studied BLACKFRIARS PRESENTS My lips were made for kisses . . .

mental knowledge of any sport. Never 

more enthusiastically, not regarding PLAY My ears were made for sweet

again will one be required to spend Silhouette Tea Room ❖ 
My heart was made

study as a drudgery we turn to at (Continued from page 1, column 1) whispers . . . 

even three hours a week merely in HOURS: for romance . . . because— night, tired from an afternoon's meet¬ The Old Princess—Ida Lois Mc


learning how to play. So it might be a 7:30-2:00 4* "I AM SUZANNE!"

ings; that we talked more freely of Daniel. 

good idea to seize the opportunity at 4:00-7:00 with

bigger things; that we all embraced Mrs. Boyd—Ruth Moore. LILIAN HARVEY

hand, choose one or two sports that 10:00-10:30

what seems, at present on the campus, Joe Boyd (her husband)—Jimmy Gene Raymond—Leslie Banks

will carry over into later life, and stay 4> 

a lost cause—scholarship. Reece. Jimmy Beers

with them until they too can be count¬

Mrs. Purrington—Claire Ivy. Organlogue STESjt

ed in one's list of social assets.

.GUIS UNTERMEYER COMPLETES Mrs. Seaver—Gussie Rose Riddle. News—Shorts * 
.ECTURE SERIES IN MARCH Ruby Boyd—Vera Frances Pruet. 

.j..j.4. *>4'4*4*4* 4*4*4*4* *>4*

(Continued from page 1, column 5) Aunt Meta Trimble—Eleonore Gull


4* . 
lay speech as well as with readings ion. 1111111M111111111111111111111111111111B11111111111

«| -I-4»4-4-4-4-4>4*4-*<-4-4*4'4*4<4-*•>4-£ 

rom Robert Frost and other contem-R. Phil. Lennox—Jimmy Jepson. 

X i4'4'4>4'4'4*4<4'4,4'4,4,4'4,4'4'4,4'4'4*-A 4' Try Our

>orary poets, including himself. Milton D'Arcy—Bob Gillespie. A * 

CPammount

Aside from, his literary work, Mr. Admission will be fifty cents. The > TH EATRE

♦> BANQUET SERVICE * 

Jntermeyer has been until recently a college community is cordially invited. 

$ I Now Playing

veil known designer and manufactur-,.y**4.*4.***4*►>❖❖*** *:> SANDWICHES 
ng jeweler. In 1928 he became theX i*| FRANCES VIRGINIA | "HI, NELLIE" 
>ossessor of a large farm in the Adi-t ORIGINAL WAFFLE SHOP ❖ 
We Make Them Right with 

X 4* I TEA ROOM I

ondack Mountains where he now PAUL MUNI

4« Famous for Fine Foods *£ 

pends most of the year, continuing % ❖ 
GLENDA FARRELL 
lis work as poet and critic. A Where Agnes Scott Girls Meet v X LUNCHEON DINNER A LAWRENCE'S 

NED SPARKS

$ I 

4> Bridge Parties—Private Rooms 

.A->.aAAAAAAAAAA PHARMACY Starts Friday

•VVVVVVVVVVVVVV 
X Collier Bldg.—Peachtree at Ellis A FREDRIC MARCH

Why not eat at the Clairmont 

i* (Elevator Service) X SYLVIA SIDNEY

Delicatessen? 4* Shorthand, Typewriting, Filing, Phones De. 0762-0763 
CLAIRMONT DELICATESSEN Bookkeeping, Mimeographing, 
Invites You Always Dictaphone, etc. 

"GOOD DAME'

Cor. Plaza Way and Pryor St.

Famous Sandwiches and Italian CRICHTON'SSpaghetti with Roman Cheese 

BUSINESS COLLEGE -> IIIIMtlllMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

4.•>4.** *4-4-4-4-4-4*•

112 Clairmont Ave. ****** *•$» ************ 

19 Years in AtlantaDecatur, Ga. Catalog On Request *4<4-4-4-4.4<• 
4-4-4'*4*4-4*4-4-4* 
Friday 

L. CHAJAGE 'Girl Missing" 
220 PEACHTREE ST. 

Expert Remodeling 

DeKALB THEATRE 

DIXIE'S LEADING FURRIER 

MuSE'S 

Monday and Tuesday 

Announces the Presentation of 

% "Jimmy and Sally" * 
A A

** 
Beau Monde Shoes 

************************** 

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE 

^^**^**»K..>***^^*******^^**

Fine Brooklyn Handmade Footwear ❖ 
* 
DECATUR, CA. 

forWomen x CAPIT0L 

! 
*;* Now Showing

A college for women that is widely recog¬ STYLE SHOES $12.50 s

PUMPS $10.50 

X Dan Fitch's t

* 

nized for its standards of work and for the Fourth Floor ••• F lashes of F'un * 

* 

* The Best Stage Show Since O)ur X

interesting character of its student activities 

* 

v* * Change of Policy ** 
*;* On the Screen *••

George Muse

For further information, address 

X "FYonlier Marshall" X 
A The Biggest Thrill of the Year X

Clothing Co. 

t t

J. R. McCain, President X Coming—"Manhattan Revue" *;*

* ♦J*

* Balcony loc Orchestra 2r»c

* * 
X^^4.<-»4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4'4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-* 

* 

************************** 


<P)e Agonistic 

^nplinmnn? iEiittinn 

VOL. xi* AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1934 NO. 15 

CHARLOTTE REID ELECTED MAY QUEEN 

MORTAR BOARD MAKES 100 IN NATIONAL TEST 

A. S. C. Observes 

Members of Agnes Scott Executive Member To 
Founder's Day 

According to tradition, students and

Have Perfect Papers Preside Over May Day

faculty gathered in the Rebekah Scott 
dining room at six o'clock, on Thurs¬ 
day night, February 22, to celebrate the 
First Time in History of birthday of George Washington Scott, Other Queen Nominees Are 

School. the founder of Agnes Scott College. Court Members.

LOUIS UNTERMEYER 
Mary MacDonald, as George Washing¬WILL SPEAK HERE 
ton, acted as toastmaster and intro¬ Charlotte Reid was elected MayFor the first time during its threeduced 
the prominent Revolutionary

year history at Agnes Scott, the Hoasc Mr. Louis Untermeyer, on the Queen by a large majority of the votes 

figures whose parts were taken by other

chapter of Mortar Board made an aver¬ 

evening of March 16, will bring polled during the election held from

members of the senior class. After each

age of one hundred per cent on the to a close the lecture series for February 21 through noon of February

response, the sophomore class sang orig¬

national tests which they took last De¬ 
1933-1934 He will talk on "The inal songs suited to the personality of 24. Martha Skeen and Carrie Lenacember, according to word received 
the characters. Later in the course of McMullen, the other nominees forhere by Elizabeth Winn, local presi¬ Glory of the Commonplace." 

the program, the seniors and soph¬

dent. These tests are required by the Mr. Untermeyer is one of the queen, became automatically members 
national board of all chapters, this year most popular contemporary poets omores sang songs to each other pledg¬ of the queen's court. The rest of the

ing anew their loyalty as sister classes.

only five out of the fifty-five chapters 

both in America and abroad, and court will be selected by popular nom¬

The banquet was brought to a closethroughout the United States made a 
he has edited several anthologies by the singing of the Alma Mater. ination before the middle of March.

perfect score. 

Preceding the annual Founder's Day Charlotte is vice-president of the Stu¬of American and British poetry.

Mortar Board is a national fraternity 

dance in the gymnasium, sponsored by dent Government.

for women, the membership for which 
is based on three requirements: scholar¬ 
ship, leadership, and service. The pres-
est members, elected last Spring, are 
Elizabeth Winn, Mary Hamilton, Mary 
Ames, Elinor Hamilton, Louise Mc¬ 
Cain, Mary MacDonald, Carrie Lena 
McMullen, Margaret Friend, Margaret 
Massie, and Pauline Gordon. 
Martha Skeen is chairman of 
the Lecture Association under the 
auspices of which Mr. Unter¬ 
meyer is to appear at Agnes 
Scott. 
Dr. Dexter To 
the Cotillion Club, the following 
seniors danced the minuet: Martha 
Elliot, Ruth Shippey, Mary Hamilton, 
Dorothy Dickson, Elinor Hamilton, 
Polly Gordon, Elizabeth Winn, Carrie 
Lena McMullen, Margaret Friend, and 
Mary MacDonald. 
The Alumnae broadcast their ninth 
Founder's Day program over WSB at 
three-thirty o'clock, Thursday after¬ 
Charlotte Reid 
Ballet Dances 
May Day is an annual celebration of 
Agnes Scott held on the first Saturday 
in May. This year it will be "La Fete 
du Mai." 
The Sunday editions of the Atlanta 
Constitution and the Atlanta Journal 
carried Charlotte's picture and the an¬ 
nouncement of her election. 
Dr. Raper Returns 
From Baton Rouge 
Dr. Arthur F. Raper, acting profes¬ 
sor of Sociology at Agnes Scott, re¬ 
turned on Friday, February 23, from 
Baton Rouge, La., where he was in 
conference with Dr. Charles W. Pipkin, 
of the graduate school of the Louisiana 
State University, in regard to the 
project of the effect of the New Deal 
on the Negro, which is being financed 
by the Rosenwald Foundation. 
The three points of this project are: 
to find out what is being done in the 
field of agriculture through conferen¬ 
ces with its leaders; to analyze the in¬ 
dustries of meat packing and steel in 
order to see what steps can be taken to 
increase the employment of Negroes; 
to establish an observation and record¬ 
ing system which will register and 
interpret the effects of the New Deal 
on the Negro. 
Dr. Raper, in his capacity of Execu¬ 
tive Secretary for Georgia of the Com¬ 
mission on Inter-racial Cooperation, is 
directing the work set forth by the 
third point. 
Publish Paper 
Effect of Fatigue and Boredom on 
Teachers' Marks is the title of a paper 
by Dr. Emily S. Dexter, which is to be 
published in the Journal of Educational 
Research sometime within the next few 
months. Dr. Dexter is associate pro¬ 
fessor of Psychology and Education at 
Agnes Scott. 
In order to get material for the 
paper, Dr. Dexter used students in her 
own classes as subjects for experimenta¬ 
tion. Each student wrote the same 
thing for three hours; the scoring of 
the first hour showed a marked con¬ 
trast with that of the last in regard to 
mistakes and variation of script. Thus, 
Dr. Dexter said, it is true of teachers 
who sit down before a stack of test 
papers; at first they mark accurately, 
but as the novelty of the answers wears 
off, they tend to be careless, the effect 
of fatigue and boredom. 
Dr. Dexter has conducted numerous 
experiments with Agnes Scott students. 
Her most recent one is that held in 
chapel on Saturday, February 24, the 
results of which she is not yet able to 
disclose. 
noon. The program, under the direc¬ 
tion of Miss Dorothy Hutton, in¬ 
cluded: 
The Purple and the 'White—Alum¬ 
nae quartet. 
Announcement of the Program— 
Dorothy Hutton. 
Sylvia—Alumnae quartet. 
Greetings to the Alumnae—Miss 
Nannette Hopkins. 
Long, Long Ago—Mrs. S. G. Stukes. 
Message from the President—Dr. J. 
R. McCain. 
Reading of Telegrams from Alum¬ 
nae Groups—Miss Nannette Hopkins. 
Alma Mater—Alumnae quartet. 
A. S. ALUMNA SINGS 
BEFORE FIRST LADY 
Mrs. Marion Cox of Summit, Ga., 
formerly Mary Ruth Rountree, sang in 
Washington before the Woman's Pan-
Hellenic Council at a luncheon at 
which Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt was 
the honor guest. Mrs. Cox sang the 
solo parts with the George Washington 
University Glee Club. She will be fea¬ 
tured with this organization in other 
appearances throughout the season. 
Mrs. Cox is the daughter of Mr. and 
Tomorrow Night 
The Monte Carlo Ballet Russe, fresh 
from glorious success in Paris, London, 
and lastly New York, where the season 
was even longer than had been expect¬ 
ed, will appear in Atlanta tomorrow 
night as the final number of the 193 334 
concert season. 
No feature of the New York thea¬ 
trical season has aroused more favor¬ 
able comment in journalistic and artis¬ 
tic circles. A combination of drama, 
comedy, music, dance, painting, and 
poetry—the ballet has been called by 
Gilbert Seldes, his "greatest thrill in ten 
years." The artistry and youth of the 
ballerinas, several of the most promi¬ 
nent being only sixteen years old, have 
no small part in determining the suc¬ 
cess. They require the presence of five 
mothers and one complete set of par¬ 
ents as chaperons. Tamara Toumanava, 
only sixteen, has been especially lauded. 
The artists of Atlanta will have the 
opportunity to judge the company in 
(Continued on page 3, column 2) 
Dr. McCain Returns 
From Cleveland, 0. 
Dr. J. R. McCain returned Thurs¬ 
day, February 22, from Cleveland, 
Ohio, where he had attended an Execu¬ 
tive Committee meeting of the Associa¬ 
tion of American Colleges. The com¬ 
mittee discussed plans for the annual 
meeting to be held in Atlanta in Janu¬ 
ary, 1935. This is the second time 
the Association has met in the South; 
the other time was years ago in Chatanooga, 
Tenn. 
The Association of American Col¬ 
leges is made up of about 500 of the 
leading colleges of he country. Its 
purpose is to unify education through¬ 
out the United States. 
The general theme of the annual 
meeting next year is to be the im¬ 
provement of the quality of teaching. 
In addition to the three main sessions 
at which prominent leaders in the edu¬ 
cational world will speak, there will be 
five sections of discussion groups and 
round-tables at which individual prob¬ 
lems, such as the financing of small 
(<Continued on page 4, column 2) 
Mrs. J. Leonard Rountree, of Summit. 
Our Youth Is Not Going To She has been in Washington for only a 
few weeks, having appeared at the 
Women Make Better Reporters 
The Dogs---Dr. Cadman opening of Congress with her husband, Than Men---Mr. Brisbane 
Marvin Cox, who is secretary to Con¬ 
"The youth of today are not going 
to the dogs. They are better than ever, 
if anything. Of course they do discuss 
things that their grandmothers, raised 
their eyebrows at, but that's good for 
them. It's much better than allowing 
things to fester in the mind. The youth 
are candid, too, and far more conserva¬ 
tive than the elders," runs the opinion 
of Dr. S. Parkes Cadman, pastor of the 
First Congregational Church of Brook¬ 
lyn, New York. "Youths have not 
turned traitor; they have experimented 
a lot but as soon as they've discovered 
how matters are, they have returned to 
the real thing." 
Poor colleges, as a rule, have a finer 
grade of students. But a student cannot 
be judged by his college career alone; 
a great deal depends on the home en¬ 
vironment. A student who has had to 
work to get to college and finally gets 
to one that is not heavily endowed and 
does not have much of earthly goods 
is the student who will make a mark 
in life. The student of today knows 
that, many times with the teacher, 
it is a case of the "blind leading the 
blind." The student puts honest ef¬ 
fort on her work because she realizes 
that she will have to work when she 
gets out of college and she wants to 
offer something worth while to the 
world; it is clear to her that out of 
nothing comes nothing. 
College is the wrong time to "fiddle 
away time"; any student, boy or girl, 
should decide as soon as possible what 
his objective is to be and he should 
(Continued on page 3, column 4) 
gressman H. C. Parker. Mrs. Cox at¬ 
tended Agnes Scott in 1931 and 1932; 
she studied voice for years under Mr. 
Lewis H. Johnson, head of the voice 
department of the college; she was 
soloist for the Agnes Scott Glee Club. 
"Women make better reporters than 
men, and middle-aged women do better 
than younger ones," were among the 
first words Mr. Arthur Brisbane of the 
Hearst Newspapers Organization said 
as he sank into a leather chair in the 
office of Mr. Herbert Porter, manag¬ 
ing editor of the Atlanta Georgian, Fri¬ 
day morning. "The two best reporters 
I ever knew were both women; one 
was Nellie Blithe, who is dead now, 
and the other was Dorothy Dix whom 
you know through her column of ad¬ 
vice to women and young girls. Women 
are better because they feel more in¬ 
tensely than men and they're willing to 
express on paper their feelings. When a 
woman is fifty, her mind is better than 
it ever has been or ever will be again; 
but, take a man of fifty—why he's as 
cold as . . ." here Mr. Brisbane clutched 
for the right word to describe the mid¬ 
dle-aged members of his sex, ". . . he's 
as cold as cream cheese." 
College and high school papers he 
regards as a necessary though a danger¬ 
ous part of the school life; necessary 
because a paper trains the young mind 
in accdracy and dangerous because 
the enthusiasm of youth is hard to 
curb. He stressed the importance of 
the reporter's "feeling" the article he is 
writing if he wants his readers to get 
a thrill. 
Mr. Brisbane began newspaper work 
when he was nineteen, as a "cub" re¬ 
porter for the New York Sun. A few 
months later he decided that the edi¬ 
tors did not appreciate the "real work 
I was doing for them, at least, they 
(Continued on page 3, column 1) 


; 

The Agonistic 

i 
(£l)e Agonistic WE THINK 

EXCHANGES 

Subscription price, S1.25 per year in advance. Single copies, 5c. 

PUBLISHED WEEKLY 
Owned and published by the students of Agnes Scott College. 

Entered as Second Class Matter. 

*3* iMr •>-.

^Newspaper (r) Member) 

STAFF 

Editor-in-Chief Lulu Ames ~E>usincss Manager Doris Batsell 
Assistant Editor Ann Berry Adv. ManagerKitty Cunningham 
Make-Up Editor Dean McKoin 

EDITORIAL STAFF 

Sports Editor Rosa Miller Feature Editor Edith Merlin 

a

Club Editor Mary Vines -Rebecca Cashion

Exchange Editor Lena Armstrong

Alumnae Editor Frances James Aggje the D/r/ sleuth 
Book Editor ShirleyChristian Mary Gray Rogers 

BUSINESS STAFF 
Circulation Mgr Helen Ramsey Asst. Cir. Mgr Elizabeth Burson 

ADVERTISING STAFF 
Mary Potts Frances James 
Augusta King Ellen Davis 

Myra O'Neal 

REPORTERS 

Alice Chamlee Nell White Lib Moore 
Alice McCallie Mary Margaret Stowe Jane Thomas 
Sarah Spencer Sarah Nichols 

FROM THE STUDENT'S POINT OF VIEW 
The faculty in most colleges may be divided into three groups: 
those teachers who do not effect the student in any way, either 
for bad or good; those who, through an unsympathetic attitude, 
alienate the student from them; and those whose effort is directed 
toward discovering the person within the student. 

Little can be said of the instructor in the first group. His 
classes are dull, but successful to the naked eye. The dullness of 
the class is due, in many cases, to the fact that the teacher lacks 

the ability to transfer his own interest to the student; the student 
strives to inject manufactured interest into the class period and 
the net results are not successful. 

The teacher in the second group is, fortunately, in the minority. 
This instructor becomes easily exasperated at the human slowness 
with which the average student mind grasps many new ideas at 
one time; exasperation leads to sarcasm and in this atmosphere, 
the student becomes reticent about asking questions or expressing 
original ideas. It is he, too, who has interest in the student only as 
a Student. The student finds friction always ready to spring into 
what should be normal class-room intercourse; therefore he avoids 
the edges between personal opinion and "book" opinion and falls 
back on the "book" to quote something he may not believe. 

Fortunately, the third group predominates. The instructor 
from this group treats the student as an individual possessed of 
personal opinions and attitudes of some worth. He encourages 
the expression of these opinions and attitudes, be they relative to 
class work or personal matters. The student makes the teacher 
his friend and talks frankly to him; in return he receives interested 

and courteous advice. There is a mutual admiration between stu¬ 
dent and professor that can be gained only from a sympathetic 
understanding, on the one hand and a respectful freedom, on the 
other. 1',^ 

Soon in after-college years the teachers of the first two groups 
are forgotten by the student. Not so those of the third group, for 
it is from this group that the Masters come—the Masters whose 

counsel, ideas, and devotion are apt to follow the real student 
through life and to urge him on to greater heights of mental 
attainment. 

IN DEFENSE OF SCHOLARSHIP 
Scholarship at Agnes Scott is not a "lost cause." Nor is intel¬ 
lectuality. 
We admit there is a great deal of ambition on the part of the 

student to "get by" but there are surprisingly few instances of 
her success. Agnes Scott, resting on a foundation of high ideals 
in scholarship, leaves few loop-holes for the superficial student. 
After selecting her freshmen from the upper third of high school 

graduating classes, Agnes Scott justly expects a reasonable 
amount of sincerity of purpose and honest desire for learning. 
The degree to which a student receives knowledge depends on the 
student alone. As there always has been, so is there yet at Agnes 
Scott a fountain of profound wisdom from which the student may 
taste or drink deeply as she wishes. The sincere professor stands 
ever willing to guide the inexperienced foot-steps of the potential 
scholar on that endless path toward true learning. 

Agnes Scott is recognized as a college of high standards scholastically. 
Surely it is not asking too much of us as students to 
regard her in the same light as a matter of simple loyalty if not 
of sincere belief. 

(Editor's note: The We Think column is 

for the purpose of giving an outlet to student 

opinion. The staff is in no way responsible

for what is printed in this column and it is by 

no means to be taken as the editorial opinion

of the paper.) 

From actual statistics, we find that 
two-thirds of the girls in one dormi¬ 
tory smoke, and of the one-third that 
does not smoke, only one girl stated that 
she thought that smoking should not 
be allowed here on the campus. We 
feel that this is representative of the 
campus as a whole, since the girls were 
from all classes. We do not base the 
fact that we want smoking on the 
Agnes Scott campus on personal pref¬ 
erence, but on the fact that our smok¬ 
ing embodies a number of other morals, 
which we feel are much more impor¬ 
tant than smoking itself. In order to 
smoke, it is necessary to leave the cam¬ 
pus and go into some private home— 
which in itself is embarrassing to us 
and very inconvenient for the hostess. 
If, at Agnes Scott, one room were set 
aside for smoking, the girls would stay 
here on the campus instead of leaving 
at every possible moment to do some¬ 
thing which they are allowed to do in 
their own homes. 

It seems inconsistent that a broadminded 
institution like Agnes Scott 
should still hold smoking for women 
as a moral in the class with drinking 
when it has been accepted by the pub¬ 
lic, and is now a matter of personal 
preference. 

It seems that one of the main argu¬ 
ments against smoking has been that 
none of the dormitories is sufficiently 
fireproof to warrant the risk of fire. 
This argument could be done away 
with by designating a room from one 
of the fireproof buildings on the cam¬ 
pus (we have several), and allowing 
smoking only in that place. 

Since, through a census, we have 
found that the student body as a whole 
feels the same way about smoking, we 
think that the time has come for 
smoking to be seriously considered by 
the administration and some steps 
taken to better this issue now before 
the student body. 

AGGIE AXIOM 

Notice: The very ones who 
gripe the most about over-organ¬ 
ization on the campus are the 
ones who stretch themselves to 
join everything. 

ALUMNAE 

Letitia Rockmore, '3 3, has recovered 
from an appendix operation. 

Cecile Mayer Pearlstine, '3 3, is in 
Miami, Fla. 

Margaret Telford, '3 3, is teaching in 
Canoe, Ky. She plans to visit Agnes 
Scott in March. 

Judy Blundell's, '33, address is 129 

E. 5 5 th St., New York, N. Y. 

Mildred Hooten's mother has recent¬ 
ly visited her. Mildred, '3 3, is an as¬ 
sistant in the Agnes Scott library. 

A certain professor at Princeton, re¬ 
puted to be the prize campus wit, was 
interrupted in his lecture one day by 
the appearance of a dog in his class¬ 
room. "Will someone kindlv take the 
animal out?" he asked. After a short 
pause during which he casually glanced 
over the class, he added, "After all, 
we have to draw the line somewhere." 

Contractors expect to complete by Just to make Turkish citizens real¬ 
early spring of 1937 the 75,000,000 ize the necessity for "early to bed and 
dollars San Francisco-Oakland Bay early to rise" in carrying out Mustapha 
Bridge that will span San Francisco bay Kemal Pasha's program for the 5-year 
between the two cities.—Scientific industrial plan, the government has 
American. provided that the nation go to bed 
early during the month of Romcezan 

Eastern Air Transport now offers and all other months as well.—Literary 
sleeper berths on its run between New Digest. 
York and Atlanta, ni the large Curtiss-

Condor planes. The interior of the No country in the world publishes 
transport plane resembles a Pullman as many books as Soviet Russia, claims 
sleeper. The only difference is that The Soviet Union Revinc. In 1932 
instead of three or four sleeper nights books issued reached a total of 1,300,


across the continent one will be the 000 copies. 
limit.—Scientific American. 

After fifteen United States concerts 
Gus Gennerich, body guard and per¬ Ruth Slenczynski, chubby nine-yearsonal 
attendant of the president, last old pianist, sailed for Paris last week 
week got a 5 5 ft. steel box installed in with a cabin full of books and flowers, 
the east basement of the White House, a string of pearls given her by the San 
as a range for pistol target practice by Francisco Orchestra Association, a dia¬ 
secret service men and members of the mond brooch which an excited New 
Roosevelt family, including Mrs. York lady had pinned on her for luck, 
Roosevelt who is a good shot.—Time. and a $75,000 contract for next season. 

—Time. 

For eight years, fun-loving Prince 
George has held the humble rank of Far and away the best-liked dog 
lieutenant in the British Navy. As a type in the United States is the terrier. 

reward for good intentions and hard There were 766 at the Westminister 
work the Admiralty sent him an extra Dog Show last week, headed by 146 
gold stripe for his cuff, made him a wire-haired foxes, 13 8 Scotties.—Time. 

commander.—Time. 
Thirty years was the time Stanford 
On the day of the fire of Istanbul's University's president Ray Lyman Wil¬ 

law costs building last December, a bur, M. D. gave doctors to begin keep¬ 
cashier had two melons left over from ing man well instead of curing him. 
lunch. He put them in the safe. The 
fire melted the iron, exploded the mel¬ William W. Durban, president of 
ons. They dissolved into a thick juice the International Brotherhood of Ma¬ 
that covered what was beneath them. gicians, has a responsible position in the 
Last week salvagers found 3 6,000 U. S. Treasury. Well, that's where we 

Turkish pounds ($2 8,000) preserved need our magicians.—Boston Elerald. 
in melon juice.—Time. 
At the eclipse of the sun in 193 6 the 

Investigator Sanders in examining zone of totality will cross Russia. By 
the hand-writing of 234 pairs of iden¬ permission, we suppose, of the Soviet 
tical twins, found that 5 per cent government.—Punch (London). 
wrote the same hand. Other pairs 
wrote enough alike to deceive a bank Giving every family 400 squareteller completely, to make experts hes¬ yards of garden, by building ten houses 
itate.—Time. to an acre, the whole population in the 

United States could be housed comfort¬ 

Testing automobile drivers with a ably in Kansas and have the rest of the 
reaction-timing device, M. 1. T. engi¬ country to play in.—New York 
neers announced that women take 25 Herald Tribune. 
per cent longer than men to apply the Chicago's Century of Progress closed 
brake after a red light flashed.—Time. its doors last month, with an enviable 

record of achievement. Twenty mil¬ 

Justice of the Peace McGraw, of lion admissions created a new record 
McGraw, N. Y., who sentenced four and brought in eight million dollars in 
dogs to death for attacking and muti¬ revenue; concessions yielded half of 
lating a 6-year old girl, has been bom¬ their investments, when they probably 
barded with telegrams from all parts had considered it a gift to their city.-—■ 
of the country pleading that he spare Review of Reviews. 
their lives. At the formal trial, how


! ever, his townsfolk applauded his sen-The Parenthesis Club, unique or¬ 
] tences and even the four dog defend-ganization at the State Teachers Col¬ 
j ants present barked with excitement.— lege in Trenton, N. J., is only open 
i Literary Digest. to bow-legged men.—DaviJsonian. 

BOOKS 

A book that is frequently seen on selling in the 3 00,000's—a grippin 
the desks of Agnes Scott girls is After story with finely delineated character 
Such Pleasures by Dorothy Parker. Its of the eighteenth century—character 
popularity here is indicative of its pop¬ whose feelings and reactions are uni 
ularity all over the United States. It versa!. 
is a series of short stories of different 
slants on everyday American life by a 

Books with timely interest are the 
woman who is considered by some as recently recommended by Literary D 
"the superior of Ernest Hemingway 

gest:

added to Ring Lardner added to Aldous War Unless by Sisley Fluddlesto 
Huxley added to Rebecca West." 

An analysis of the lurking danger ar 

Each brief sketch, usually a dia¬ its logical solution. 
logue or more often a monologue, is L Affaire Jones by Hillel Bernstei 
characterized by its penetrating irony A rollicking tale satirizing France 
and scrutinizing observation, without, fear of spies. 
however, being top-heavy with it. The Padereivski-. The Story of a Mode) 
stories, ranging widely in plot and char¬ Immortal by Charles Phillips. The mi 

acters, are all told in such accurate sician, patriot, statesman memorializi 
detail that the reader experiences the in a substantial biography. 
feeling that Miss Parker has been in the My Russian Friends by Alexand 

place of each of her characters. She Wicksteed. An intimate picture ( 
must know life well to be able to por¬ everyday life in Russia by an EnglisI 
tray in equally clever phrases an old-man who has been working for tl 

maid trained nurse "tall, pronouncing Soviet Government for the past tc 
of bone" and a sought-after Don Juan years. 
who "kissed easily"; an embarrassed Women a7id Repeal by Grace ( 
young bride looking "as new as a peeled Root. An account of the way womei 
egg" and the New York lady "so nau¬ especially Mrs. Sabin, organized t 
seated she could yip." bring about repeal. 

Our Starving Libraries by R. I 
One who has a penchant for power¬ Duffas. The effect of the depression : 

ful description in which beauty and illustrated by conditions in public 1: 
reality are exquisitely bound, an ad¬ braries of ten large cities. 
miration for a broad outlook on life, After the Great Companions b 
and a general store of information, Charles J. l inger. The experiences fror 
would like Hervey Allen's Anthony the author's boyhood in the land o 

Adverse, a 1120 page novel. It is now books. 


The Agonistic 

SOCIETY 

Ursula Boese is going to Athens for Ella Kirvin spent the week-end at 
the week-end. her home in Columbus, Ga. 

Florence Lassiter, Barton Jackson, Helen Ford spent the week-end at 
and Katherine Wallace spent the week¬ her home in Atlanta. 
end in Lithonia, Ga. 

Mary Vines, Sally McCrea, Frances 

Frances Steele, Martha Sue Laney, Paris, Marjorie Scott, Oveida Long, 
and Kathleen Jones spent the week-end Louise Preas, Elinor Hamilton, Dot 
at the home of Eloise Alexander in Walker, Muriel Bull, GeorgeAnne Lew¬ 
Atlanta. is, Elizabeth Strickland, Virginia Tur¬ 

ner, Nell White, and Rebecca Cashion 

Mallie White and Hazel Turner attended the Bernie Cummings dance 
Kump (juniors last year) spent a few Saturday night. 
days last week with Peggy Kump, 
Helen Boyd, and Carolyn Russell. Bertie Brohard and Peg Waterman 

attended the Phi Sigma dance Friday 

Carolyn Russell attended the Re¬ night at the Shrine Mosque. 
serve Officers Ball last week at the 
Brookhaven Country Club. Jo Jennings spent the week-end at 

her aunt's, Mrs. Sibley, in Atlanta. 

Billie Turner with her sister, Hazel 
Turner Kump, spent the week-end at Marion Derrick spent the week-end 
her home in LaGrange, Ga. at home in Clayton, Ga. 

Marie Adams, Claire Ivy, and Bunny Virginia Gaines spent the week-end 
Bashinski attended the Phi Chi dance at home in Atlanta. 
Friday night at the Druid Hills Club. 

Betty Fountain spent Sunday in 

Jane Cassels and Trellis Carmichael Chattanooga. 
spent the week-end at Trellis' home 
in McDonough, Ga. Madeleine Race's mother visited her 

last week. 
Amy Underwood spent the week-end 
at her home in Colquitt, Ga. Mary Margaret Stowe spent the last 
week-end with Myra O'Neill. 

Frances Miller Ruby Hutton and 
Meriel Bull are going to the Co-Op Carrie Phinney Latimer is planning 
dance at Tech Friday night. to visit at home next week-end. 

WOMEN MAKE BETTER DR. McCAIN RETURNS 
REPORTERS THAN MEN FROM CLEVELAND, O. 

(Continued from page 1, column 5) {Continued from page 1, column 5) 
didn't pay me in proportion," so, institutions, the effect of the depres¬ 
"youngster-like" he left that job to go sion on salaries, the matter of student 
abroad to study. When he was twenty, loans, and the relation of the federal 
however, he re-affiliated himself with government to college education, will 
the Sun as foreign correspondent sta¬ be brought up. 
tioned in Paris. "That was a good job The committee meeting which Dr. 
for an older man, but for me it wasn't McCain attended was one of a number 
so good. I had to work only on Sunday of educational meetings now being held 
and that left me six days to make a in Cleveland in conjunction with the 
fool of myself—-which I did thorough-National Education Association, in¬ 
ly" cluding the Conference of College 

Mr. Brisbane concluded the inter¬ Deans at which Miss Carrie Scandrett, 
view by expressing all confidence in the assistant dean of Agnes Scott, was 
future for women in journalism. "If a present. 
woman honestly likes journalism, there 
are no heights to which she cannot BALLET DANCERS 
climb. Get her a bunch of husky men TOMORROW NIGHT 
to run the errands, save her for the big {Continued from page 1, column 4) 
stuff, and you'll have a fine news¬ the three numbers—Les Sylpbides, a 
paper." reverie to the music of Chopin, Suola di 

Mr. Brisbane was in Atlanta Friday Ballo, a comedy with setting in an Ital¬ 
on his way from Athens, Ga., where he ian dancing school, and Le Beau Dan¬ 
delivered the Washington Day address ube, a picture of Vienna in the 1860's 
to the Georgia Press Institute on to Johann Strauss' music. 
Thursday night, to Miami, Fla. He was 
the guest of the Georgian, a Hearst WOMAN EDUCATOR HERE 
newspaper, while he was here, his pro¬ 
gram of entertainment, which included Miss Mary Abell Watson, of the Na¬ 
luncheon with Governor and Mrs. tional Association of Principals of 
Eugene Talmadge, was in charge of Schools for Girls and the National 
Mayor James L. Key, of Atlanta. Association of Deans of Women, in¬ 

terviewed the members of the Senior 

During the last six years more than class yesterday in regard to work in 
two billion pounds of commercial ex¬ private schools. 
plosives have been transported over the 
railroads of the United States and Agnes Scott is the only college in 
Canada without the loss of a life and this section that is a member of the 
with a total damage of only $213 in Associations which Miss Watson rep¬ 
value.—Scientific American. resents. 

L. CHAJAGE 
220 PEACHTREE ST. 

Expert Remodeling 
DIXIE'S LEADING FURRIER 

->4 -X'•;«4•>»;•>;• 4-•>4* *44*>;*** <•*4**4** *<*44-•>** * *4«4K44*4*T4 
COMPLIMENTS AND BEST WISHES OF 

Alpha Tau Omega Phi Delta Theta 
Chi Phi Pi Kappa Alpha 
❖ 
Delta Tau Delta Sigma Chi 
t Kappa Alpha Sigma Nu 
❖❖ 
Sigma Pi 

EMORY UNIVERSITY 

Can You Spell That 
Without Any R's? 

"Is receive spelled 'ie' or 'ei'? Is dyed, 
'died' or 'dyed'? Is seine 'siene' or 
'seine'? Agnes Scotters asked themselves 
frantically on Saturday, February 24, 
in chapel. The psychology department 
was giving a test to the whole school 
during chapel period and Miss Dexter 
was presiding. The first two questions 
weren't so bad: merely to write "Mary 
had a little lamb" twice in one's normal 
handwriting and with normal speed, 
the first words in the spelling test. It 
It was noticed, however, that all of the 

first words in the spelling test the 
first had "ie's" and "ei's" in them. 
When the words began piling up, 
though, and every word had a 
catchy combination of vowels, things 
began to get decidedly worse. Words, 
the letters of which had form¬ 
erly been perfectly well-balanced be¬ 
gan, suddenly to jump around and look 
queer, until one wasn't at all sure 
which order was the right one. Later 
on in the list there came the perplex¬ 
ing questions of double letters in words 
like quarreling, and by the time the 
end of the test had been reached, every¬ 
one had recognized some of the words 
about which she never felt quite sure, 
and now felt even less sure than ever. 

That, however, was only the begin¬ 
ning. There came the question of the 
color of the eyes of Miss Scandrett, 
Miss Wilburn, Dr. Sweet, and others; 
and strangely enough, when you tried 
to picture the person in question, every 
detail was perfectly clear except the 
color of her eyes, which was quite in¬ 
determinate. And as for the number of 
steps leading up to Buttrick, the num¬ 
ber of towers on Main, the direction 
in which the doors of the library open¬ 
ed, the number of windows in the Tea 
House and columns on the colonnade 
there was simply no determining these 
things. The picture was all clear ex¬ 
cept for the details desired. 

To those who had been studying psy¬ 
chology, there came to mind a state¬ 
ment from a psychology text-book: 
"We cannot observe facts in the image 
of a thing that we have not observed 
in the actual presence of the thing . . . 
and those whose images are vivid and 
realistic are little better off in this re¬ 
spect than those whose images are dim 
and vague." 

The moral to this story is: count 
steps as you go up them, look straight 
in the eye of people to whom you talk, 
count towers instead of sheep when you 
can't sleep—and maybe next time the 
question is almost sure to be, "How 
many stars are there in the patch of 
sky above Main?" or, "How many 
kinds of candy do Lawrence's sell?" 
So-o-o-what! 

Silhouette Tea Room 
HOURS: 
7:30-2:00 ❖ 
4:00-7:00 
10:00-10:30 

f THE VERA f

❖

4*4 ❖+J4 

❖ 
In the Masonic Building ❖ 
% Decatur %

❖❖ 


*:••:«4-*44-4 *44-**4* *! 
|| 

, ♦J*

♦> Complimentsof ♦> 

f f 
f WEIL'S TEN CENT STORE 1 

** 

* t

♦♦♦ 
«$♦

♦J* »$* 4*4 4J4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 «$4 4*4 4J44*4 4*4 4*4 •£> 4*4 
4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*44*4 4^4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*44*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4^4 4*44*4 4*44*4 4^4 

❖ 
Victor-Brunswick and |

♦> 4*4 
t Columbia Records t 

PORTABLE I 

t RADIOS I 

t * 

I BAME'S | 
❖ 
107 Peachtree Street % 

aggie the dirtsleuth 

gentle reader 
while i am still practically ennervated 
from pushing snow around on the back 
campus i find thunder making hey hey 
with the lightning in the rain on 
the front acreage of the 
institution all of which 
means gentle reader that it is 
once more the season when a young 
man s fancy lightly turns 
to what the young girl has been 
thinking about 
all year 
exclamation point 
well it looks kiddo as if the 
man has bitten the dog at 
last on the agnes scott campus mildred 
cohen sprained her ankle while 
running down a hall in 
buttrick were you ankling to a history 
conference says i no says she with 
an unhappy leer in her eye but without 
the 
professional history hyphen slinger 
dispersed anywhere in the 
vicinity i wonder palsy walsy 
why the scurrying why the tumble 
indeed 
moreover why the crutch dost follow 
interrogation mark 
castles crumble likewise 
dreams slither away although himself 
a chronic devotee of liberty and screen 
lore 
found at lawrence s not to mention 
the home circle dr hayes 
has just disclosed the fact that 
he has unexpectedly ponderous 
expectations as to what the well 

OUR YOUTH ARE NOT 
GOING TO THE DOGS 
{Continued from page 1, column 2) 
strive toward htat end while he is still 

in college. The student who is drift¬ 
ing shows his indecision in the way he 
employs his leisure time. When a per¬ 
son is at work he naturally is intelli¬ 
gent, careful, and astute; but when he 
is at play, he is acting natural and 
doing what he likes. One can see 
whether a person is easily captured by 
"second rate things" or whether he is 
earnest by his moments of play. 

hyphen read 
young girl of twenty hyphen one 
should know what does he anticipate 
for the nominal sum 
of a five hyphen cent piece 
interrogation mark 
ursula gentle reader 
has once more crashed through 
with a suggestion which places 
her on the prime hyphen mind 
level she would solve 
the eager student problem by 
instituting 
a system of fines as penalty 
for anyone asking more than two 
questions 
in a lecture course 
parenthesis applause parentheses closed 
meadows fetch in the laurel wreath 
somehow in the rush of editing 
papers and stuff it must have 
escaped lulu ames s notice that 
founder s day gentle reader 
has to with mr scott s birthday 
rather than with the founding of 
this illustrious female seminary because 
she said to me the other 
day quite innocently she said what a 
darned fool time of the year to found 
a school 
sometimes twirpy wirpy mine i 
find myself wondering if 
it was worth the 
trouble with sincere apologies to 
archie the cockroach 
my beloved master allow me 
to bid you an affectionate 
honky hyphen tonk 

aggie 

With only thirty-five minutes to 
catch his train for St. Petersburg and 
with yet a wet taxi ride over rain-
flooded streets to the station before 
him, Dr. Cadman ended the chat by 
saying, "Just to get a spicy note into 
the whole, say that I consider a well-
dressed woman a social necessity. 

Dr. Cadman, who is president of the 
National Council of Churches of 
Christ in America, spoke in Atlanta 
Sunday afternoon, as one of the Celeb¬ 
rity Series. He was the guest of Dr. 
Louie D. Newton, pastor of the Druid 
Hills Baptist Church. 

CLUBS 

Blackfriars will hold its regular I Pi Alpha Phi will hold its regular 
spring try-outs on Friday night, March

meeting on Tuesday, March 6. At this 
2, in Mr. Johnson's studio from seventime 'Op o' Me Thumb, a play by Senn 
to eight. The subjects were posted Mon¬
and Pryce, will be presented. The cast day, and all students, including fresh¬ 

consists of the following: men, are eligible. Each girl must select 
Madame—Augusta King. one subject, and develop one point of 
Celeste—Buford Tinder. one side in a five minute speech. The 
Amanda—Ann Berry. committee of judges will include Dr. 
Clem—Virginia Turner. George P. Hayes of the English depart¬ 
Rose—Carrie Phinney Latimer. ment, Elizabeth Winn, president, and 
Horace—Loice Richards. three other members of Pi Alpha. 

The Outing Club met Friday, Feb¬ B. O. Z. announces that it will hold 
ruary 23, at which time the group its spring try-outs on Wednesday, 
engaged in nature study. The meeting March 14; all articles must be given 
proved to be most interesting and edu¬ to Anna Humber or put in the Aurora 
cational. box in Main before that date. All stu¬ 

dents are eligible. 

The Glee Club will have its regular 
meeting this afternoon. The club met The Eta Sigma Phi banquet, which 
last Tuesday instead of Wednesday be¬ was set for Thursday, March 1, has 
cause of the holiday. been postponed indefinitely. 

-4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4^4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 

| SENIOR CLASS—DRY CLEANING AGENT 
❖ —for — 

♦> 

I Decatur Laundry & Dry Cleaning Co. 

•K44T44T44744: 'VvvV 

4.44.44.4 4.4 4.44.44.4 

Yourself 

In a dainty photograph 

GVoxS1/^ Size 

Colored in Oil 

New Envelope Mount 

Specially Priced $5.75 

ELLIOTTS' Peachtree Studio 

»:• •;« **:■ 
•>•;**1**>* -i*'?••i*•>**i-❖ 
*•i*-I-**>•>-*t-*5*** **>>>•I-**•<* •:<<• *>•;<-i* >;• >;» 


The Agonistic 

Glee Club Plans 

Indian Leader Is 

Concert in Atlanta 

ATHLETIC NEWS Speaker at Vespers 

The college glee club under the di¬ 
rection of Mr. Lewis H. Johnson, has 
been working during the past month to Volleyball Varsity 
perfect a number of religious songs 

Is Announced

which will constitute the program to 
be presented at one of the large 
churches in Atlanta some time in The volleyball varsity, announced in 
March. chapel this morning, is as follows: 
The program so far consists of sev¬ Lawrence 
eral very lovely compositions including 

Stalker 

Rossini's "Sabbath Mother." Mrs. Viv¬ 

Tindallian Bryant Thompson, who was pre¬ 

Massie

sented to the college community last 
fall in a joint recital with Mr. Johnson, McCalla 
will be the soloist for the occasion and Young 
will sing the soprano obligato in the M. TalmadgeRossini selection. Miss Betty Lou 

WalkerHouck and Miss Virginia Wood have 
Townsend

the incidental solos in "I Waited for 
the Lord," one of the club's most pop¬ This selection was made by the 
ular numbers. volleyball varsity council which is 

The entire club will participate and composed of Margaret Friend, Mar¬ 
looks forward to the occasion as a garet Massie Betty Harbison, Miss Page 
privilege and a pleasure. Ackerman, and Miss B. Miller. They 

based their decision upon technique, 
One per cent of Germany's popula¬ form, and sportsmanship. 
tion is Jewish. Thirty Germans have 
been awarded the Nobel prizes in VOLLEYBALL GAME 
various fields, eight of them, or more 

ENDS THE SEASON 

than 25 per cent were Jews.—Literary 
Digest. 

The Senior and Freshmen teams were 
the victors in the final volleyball 

♦> games. The Juniors lost nobly to their

♦> 

superior class, 21-34. The Freshmen

Austin's Beauty Shop %
❖ 
fought a closer battle with Sophs, but 

| SHAMPOO SET defeated them, 24-19. Massie played

❖ 
<*

❖ 


exceptionally well for her winning

MANICURE

❖ 


team. 
The line-ups are as follows:

All for One Dollar 
Sophomores Freshmen 

Townsend A. Walker

East Court Square 
Talmadge Wilson 
❖ 
Edna Helen f Lawrence Neale 
Colby Stalker

«£» ♦J* 

Clark McDonald 
From Soutter 

.*$»«!»«2»•$»♦{» *|**$» *{* «$» »|»»$♦♦•$» •$» ►j* «$**$* 4**5* 

Whitley Jester

♦>

❖❖ 
Forman Baker

4* *> 

Juniors Seniors 
McCalla Massie

t 
Spencer Talmadge

Try Our 

Palmour Friend 
Woolfolk Ames 
❖ 
Edwards Tindal

SANDWICHES 

Deason 
Richards

% We Make Them Right 

Green 
•> This was one of the games at which

❖ 


LAWRENCE'S all the members of the volleyball vars¬ 

ity council was present to discover 
PHARMACY 

varsity material. 

Phones De. 0762-0763 The age limit for applicants as sten¬ 
ographers and typists in government 
service has been raised from 40 years 
to 53 by the Civil Service Commis¬ 
sion.—World Tomorrow. 

Greeting Cards Picture Framing 

Art and Frame Shop, Inc. 

Pictures, Novelties, and Gifts of All Kinds 

99 PryorSt. Near the Grand 

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE 

DECATUR, GA. 

A college for woineit that h widely recog¬ 

nized for its standards of work and for the 

interesting character of its student activities 

For further information, address 

SPRING GYM SEASON 
STARTS TOMORROW 

Spring gym season will start this 
year on March 1. The program is 
about the same as of former years, 
except that soccer will be substituted 
for baseball this year. This is the first 
time it has been offered. There will be 
classes in swimming for beginners, in¬ 
termediates, and advanced students. 
Also water polo will be offered as a 
minor sport this season. 

In tennis there will be classes for 
beginners and advanced. A special class 
for seniors will be offered on Tuesday 
afternoons at 2:10. There will be two 
archery classes, one in the morning and 
one in the afternoon. Riding is again 
to be given this spring and the riding 
classes will be on Tuesday and Thurs¬ 
day afternoons. The members of the 
golf class will play one afternoon at 
Forest Hills Country Club golf course 
and practice at hours to be scheduled 
here at the college. Practices for May 
Day will begin soon and all the stu¬ 
dents desiring to participate this spring 
are urged to register for it as soon as 

possible. 

ATHLETIC ASS'NS TO 
MEET IN VALDOSTA 

The Georgia Athletic Conference of 
College Women will meet this year at 
Georgia State College for Women in 
Valdosta, March 2 through March 4. 
Agnes Scott will be represented by 
Margaret Massie and Frances McCalla. 

The program of discussions has been 
arranged to include the following top¬ 
ics and their leaders: 

1. How can the women's athletic 
associations function more in the lines 
of college freshmen and hold their in¬ 
terest throughout college life?—Uni¬ 
versity of Georgia. 
2. Should small schools try to include 
all sports in their program or play a 
few sports well?—Wesleyan. 
3. Teams—Honorary Title s— 
Awards—Agnes Scott. 
4. The Method of Conducting a 
Tennis Tournament in the Most Effi¬ 
cient Manner—Brenau. 


The purpose of The Georgia Athletic 
Conference of College Women, organ¬ 
ized on the Agnes Scott campus in 
193 0, is to bring together college wo¬ 
men of Georgia for an interchange of 
ideas and problems confronting their 
athletic associations. 

Basketball Varsity 

Is Announced 

The basketball varsity for the season 

1933-34, announced in chapel this 

morning is: 

Forwards Guards 

Massie Stalker 

Tomlinson Burson 

A. Walker Spencer 
Handte M. Ames 

The team was selected by the Varsity 

Council, made up of Betty Harbison, 

Miss B. Miller, and Page Ackerman, 

based on their selections on the nomina¬ 

tions by class teams, the number of per 

sonal fouls, and the number of points 

scored. 

Of the varsity, three are sophomores 
two are freshmen, two are seniors, and 
one is a junior. 

FINAL GAMES OF 
SEASON EXCITING 

A large and enthusiastic crowd wit¬ 
nessed the victory of the Freshman and 
the Senior basketball teams last Friday 
night. The Freshmen defeated the Soph 
omores, 28-26 in, according to many, 
the fastest game of the season and by 
far the most exciting. Stevens did ex 
cellent playing for the Sophs as did 
Tomlinson and Burson. Walker seemed 
always to have the ball and made the 
Frosh score 13 points higher. It was 
a very close game of good basketball. 

The Senior-Junior game was also a 
close game, but the Seniors won 9-8. 
The Juniors, with Young and McCalla 
shooting well gave the Seniors strong 
opposition. 

The line-ups were as follows: 

Sophomores Freshmen 
Stevens, f. Kennedy, f. 
Handte, f. Lamson, f 
Tomlinson, f. Walker, f 
O'Neal, g. Stalker, g 
Burson, g. Peeples, g 
Armstrong, g. Kneale, g 

Substitutes: Freshman — Christie, 
Thing, McCain. 

Senior Junior 
Austin, f. Young, f. 
Massie, f. Richards, f. 
Hamilton, f. Green, g. 
Ames, g. McCalla, f. 
Tindal, g. Spenser, g. 

Substitutes: Senior—Ritchie, Baron. 

The woman shorthand champion's 
speed is 240 words a minute. Few 
speakers could keep up with her.— 
Punch (London). 

Allen's "Check-Up" 

on the Prince of Wales 

Checking up on the Prince of Wales, 
we find the check and plaid vogue can 
be laid at this royal gentleman's feet. 
He had his tailors dashing to Scotland 
snatching first a "gun club" check and 
then a plaid with the English Fair Sex 
frantically waiting their turns to use 
these fabrics after his royal release is 
placed upon them. And now with even 
Atlanta women gone so completely 
"tweedy" and British, Aliens presents 
numbers and numbers of Suits and 
Coats in checks and plaids with lines 
that smack of H R H himself. 

Floor 

Mr. Parekh, a Christian Hindu and 
friend of Gandhi, was the speaker at 
the Y. W. C. A. service last Sunday 
night. He spoke of his spiritual expe¬ 
riences and of how he came to know 
Christ. It was during a serious illness 
that he began to realize the existence 
of a living God; and not until he had 
read hi Imitation of Christ by Thomas 

A. Kempis did Jesus become his Mas¬ 
ter, although he had never heard a 
Christian teacher. When he was in 
his second year at college, he decided 
to devote his life to the Kingdom of 
Christ and for the religious and social 
uplift of India. For twenty-eight years 
he has been in this service, but belongs 
to no church or organization. He con¬ 
cluded by pleading that we dedicate 
our lives now to the Kingdom of God 
that we may live full, rich, and worth¬ 
while lives. 

Brine, with a density of salt five 
times that of the Black Sea, has been 
found to underly the city of Moscow. 
Chemical analysis of this liquid re¬ 
vealed the deposit to be somewhat 
similar to the world-famous brine de¬ 
posits of the northern Urals.—Scien¬ 
tific American. 

His Burning Heart Demanded Fresh

Beauty For His Dance of Life . . . and

Love! --Ask the lovely women he

crushed in his rise to fame . . . and

they would tell you that his arms held 

ecstasy . . . and heartbreak ! 
GEORGE RAFT 
CAROLE LOMBARD 

'BOLERO" 

SALLY RAND

The originator of the fan

dance doing her sensa¬

tional creation for the FOX

first time on any screen. 

Thurs. and Fri. 

"DUCK SOUP" 

The Four Marx Bros. 

♦> 

❖

❖ 


DE KALB 

❖ 


THEATRE 

Mon. and Tues. * 

Joe E. Brown | 

"Son of a Sailor" f 

.t. . <$» •;«$* ►j. 4. 4*4-l*4»4»4» 4-4 

STARTS FRIDAY « 

BERT WHEELER | 

and £ 

ROBT. WOOLSEY j 

in 

| "HIPS, HIPS, 

| HOORAY" | 

f The Side-splitting Epic * 

% of the Season!!! % 

| NOW FLAYING | 

I SYLVIA SIDNEY | 

? FREDRIC MARCH

4* vt 

* in % 

| "GOOD DAME" | 

J. IP. AILILICN & CO.

J. R. McCain, President 

'The Store All "Women Know 

! Gparcunount |

•j. kS theatre .j. 
i 4*4*4* 4*4*4*4* 4*4*4*4*4*4*4*4*4*4*4*4*4*4*4* 4*4*4* 4* 


££> ^/is* f 

iFrralnttan Oitiun 

'Once There Did She 
Was a Marry the 
Princess' ©I)e ^Vgontsfic Page? 

vol. xr AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1934 

Administrative Board Grants 

Privilege of Non-Chaperonage 

Seniors Eligible for Privileges Mortar Board Plans 
Must Be Without Censure 
and With Merit. Sophomore Parties 

Girls Have Dates Until Eleven 

Carrying out the St. Patrick idea, 
Mortar Board plans to present dur¬

Obtaining a privilege never before ing the week of March 12-17 its an¬
granted, Agnes Scott seniors who ful¬ nual spring series of parties for thefill certain requirements specified by 

sophomore boarders. Different mem¬

the administrative committee have bers of Mortar Board will entertain onsecured the right to ride unchaperoned 

successive nights with four parties in

with young men at night. At the same the day student parlor in Main. Thetime the student body as a whole has 

sophomores will be divided into fourbeen allowed to have dates at the col¬ groups, one for each party.

lege until 11 o'clock, instead of 9:50. 

The object of the entertainment isThe privilege of non-chaperonage was to introduce young men of Atlanta

extended the seniors as the result 

to Agnes Scott sophomores.

of a meeting held on March 2 when 
Mary McDonald, Charlotte Reid, Al¬ 
berta Palmour, Mary Green, and Isa¬ Agnes Scott Gives Above is the cast appearing in "Once There Was a Princess." From left 
bel le Wilson, representatives from the to right are: Ruth Moore, Gussie Rose Riddle, Vera Pruet, Bob Gillespie,

Frances James, Claire Ivy, and Jimmy Jepson.

executive council of student govern¬ Competitive Tests 
ment, met with Dr. J. R. McCain, 
Miss Nannette Hopkins, Dr. Guerry For Scholarships 

College Alumnae

Junior Class

Stukes, Miss Carrie Scandrett, and Dr. 
Mary Sweet, members of the adminis¬ Girls from Local High Schools Fete Local Senior 
tration. Last fall the student body re¬ Stand Three Examinations Makes Plans 
quested the privilege at open forum. at This College. High School Girls 

Committee Adopts Motion 

For Banquet

The motion adopted by the admin¬ On March 2, girls from Greater 

Miss Dorothy Hutton Supervises

istrative committee is as follows: Atlanta high schools came to Agnes Dinner Will Be Saturday Night 

Program By Important

"Moved that seniors who meet the Scott to take competitive examinations at 6:30, March 10; Juniors 

College Activities.

specified standards of scholarship and in mathematics, English, and Latin. Will Have Escorts. 
of conduct be allowed to ride at night This same day seniors of high schools Members of the senior academic

Martha Redwine Is Chairman

with young men unchaperoned to or all over the United States underwent 

classes of ten Atlanta and Decatur

from approved destinations, with the similar tests for Agnes Scott scholar¬ 

high schools will attend an all-day

understanding that plans and destin¬ ships for next year. Each year the col¬ Plans for the junior banquet, which campus party given on March 17 byations be explained to the dean or her lege gives competitive examinations is to be held Saturday evening, March 

the Atlanta Agnes Scott alumnae club

assistants, and with the limitation that for $700 and $500 tuition scholar¬ 10, at, 6:3 0, in Rebekah Scott dining and the college. The purpose of thethe plan be followed for the remainder ships. 

hall, are completed, according to reception is to acquaint with the cam¬of the season as an experiment without 

This year, for the first time, seniors pus the girls who plan to enter college

Martha Redwine, general chairman.

commitment for the future." 

of neighboring high schools under¬ next year.

Seniors to be eligible for this priv¬ Juniors and their escorts are:

went their tests here, instead of at Miss Dorothy Hutton, alumnae sec¬

ilege must be free from censure or Mary Adams with Charles May,

their own schools. They arrived at the retary, is in charge of the program,

punishment by the executive commit¬ college Friday morning, took Latin Elizabeth Alexander with Holcombe and will be assisted in entertaining the

tee, and must have had as many as 

and English tests, were entertained in Green, Mary Virginia Allen with Bob visitors by Mortar Board, Blackfriars,sixty merit hours at the beginning of 

Rebekah Scott at lunch, and had the Gillespie, Vella Marie Behm with Dr. Cotillion Club, and the physical edu¬i r.c fall semester of this session. 

mathematics test in the afternoon. cation department. The program for

M. C. Langhorne, Dorothy Bell with 

The girls who came were from Girls Young, Mary Boggs with Jack the day includes registration at the

Paul 

French Club Gives High in Atlanta, Girls High in De-Anna Young Alumnae House, a cam¬

Sullivan, Marion Calhoun with J. G. 

catur; North Avenue Presbyterian, pus tour, demonstrations by the physi¬

Murray, Jr., Trellis Carmichael with

Play By Moliere North Fulton, Russell, and Druid Hills cal education department, lunch at

D. P. Cook, Jr., Carolyn Cole with

High Schools. Rebekah Scott, a play by the Black¬

Van Schlietett, Mary Lillian Deason

In honor of the Atlanta Alliance friars, swimming, and a tea-dance.

with John Wimbcrly, Helen DerrickFrancaise, Le Cercle Francais of Agnes with Harry Precht, Caroline Dickson

Scott presents Moliere's brilliant satire, Eta Sigma Phi Has 

with James Green, Alice Dunbar with 

Triangular Debate

Les Precieitses Ridicules, at 8 o'clock 

Henry Robinson.

Initiation Banquet

on Thursday evening, March 15, in 

Fidesah Edwards with G. Thomas Will Be March 23

the college chapel. Preceding the per¬ Preer, Frances Espy with Marion Hes¬Dr. W. D. Cooper, of the Classicalformance, Miss Louise Hale will dis¬ ter, Mary Jane Evans with Judson Elizabeth Winn and Sarah Cather¬ 

cuss briefly Moliere's familiar modern¬ Department of the University of 
upholding the

Strickland;, Betty Fountain with ine Wood, affirmativeGeorgia, will speak at the Eta Sigma

ism. 

James Hamilton, Mary Green with side; and Marian Calhoun and MildredTaking part in this glamorous seven¬ Phi banquet which will be held to¬ 
Wadley Kirkland, Coral Griffin with Cohen, the negative, will replresent

teenth century play are the following: night, March 7, at 6:15, at the Elite 
on March 23

Edgar Morrison, Anne Scott Harman Agnes Scott in the tri¬Tea Room in Decatur. Several of theGorgibus, Miss Margaret Phythian; (Continued on page 4, column 1) angular debate scheduled among Ran-
LaGrange, Margaret Rogers; Du alumnae members of the chapter are 
dolph-Macon, Sophie Newcomb, andexpected to attend. The banquet is

Croisy, Anna Humber; le Marquis de Agnes Scott. They will debate on theMascarille, Miss Martha Crowe; le Vin-given in connection with the initia¬ Pi Alpha Phi Has subject: "Resolved, that the funda¬tion of new members into the society,comte de Jodelet, Martha Elliott; mental principles of the N. 1. R. A.

which will take place prior to the

Cathos, Dorothy Bell; Madelon, Betty Five New Members 

should be permanently adopted in thebanquet.

Fountain; Marotte, Kitty Printup; United States." 

porteurs de chaise, Mary Virginia The seven members to be admitted Tryouts held by Pi Alpha Phi on The Randolph-Macon, Agnes ScottAllen and Ann Baker; incidental music are Janie Norris, Bazalyn Coley, Dor¬ Friday evening, March 2, resulted in debate will be he held here; the 
from Lulli by Dean McCoin and othy Lyons, Gertrude Lozier, Mildred the admission into the debating club Agnes Scott, Sophie Newcomb in New 
Rachel Kennedy, violin, and Lillian Clark, Lira Goss, and Elizabeth For-of Frances Balkcom, Dorothy Lee, Orleans; and the Sophie Newcomb,
Herring, piano. In one scene the four Brooks Spivey, Lena Sweet, and Louise Randolph -Macon at Lynchburg.

leading characters will dance a minuet Tipton. Subjects given them for de¬ Judges will be selected in each city byarranged by Miss Flarriet Haynes. 

bate were: (1) a course in Oriental alumnae representatives of the three

Miss Scanclrett Is 

history should be given at Agnes colleges. 
Meeting Delegate Scott; (2) women get more out of 
Autograph Seekers life than men; (3) Sunday movies 

Y.W. C.A.To Have

Grow More Hopeful should be abolished in Atlanta; (4)

Miss Carrie Scandrett, assistant the powers of the President have been

Autograph-seekers at Agnes dean of Agnes Scott, returned on Vocational Talks

too substantially increased.

Scott are advised, if they are not 

Monday, February 26, from Cleve¬ Each person who tried out chose 
too easily disappointed by de¬ As a result of the slips filled out

land, Ohio, where from February 21-one side of one these questions, list¬

stroyed hopes, to anticipate an recently in chapel by the student

ing all the points on that side and24 she attended the eighteenth an¬

autograph from Mr. Louis Un-developing one. body, Y. W. C. A. has prepared a 

nual meeting of the National Associa¬

termeyer, poet and editor of an¬ series of interesting vocational talks 

tion of Deans of Women.

thologies, when he comes to the designed to meet these requests of the 
college on March 16 to speak on The general topic of the conven¬ Alumnae Secretary students. The first of these talks was 
"The Glory of the Common¬ tion was, "How Are the Present Crises given on February 27 by Dr. Lila Bonplace." 
If Mr. Untermeyer will in Education Being Met?" With this Goes North on Trip ner Miller, Atlanta physician, who 
consent to autograph his books, as the theme, there were study groups spoke on woman's place in medicine. 
Rich's plans to send some out to which discussed the current problems. Miss Penelope Brown, field secretary March 13, Miss Rhoda Cauffman, 

be sold to lecture-goers. "The underlying idea of the confer¬ of the alumnae association, left March well-known Atlanta social service 

Mr. Untermeyer's talk will ence," said Miss Scrandrett, "was that 5 on an extended tour of private pre¬ worker, will speak on that field of 
conclude the lecture series pre¬ an individual must no longer be edu¬ paratory schools in Philadelphia, Pitts¬ work. 
sented this year by the Lecture cated in relation to himself, but rather burgh, and New York. These visits Y. W. plans to sponsor in April two 
Association of Agnes Scott. must be educated in relation to so¬ are made in order to contact private talks on advertising and journalism by 

ciety." schools of the north with Agnes Scott. Atlanta women. 

NO. 16 

Blackfriars 

Give Comedy 

As Next Play 

Cast of Twelve Is to Appear in 
"Once There Was a Princess," 
A Modern Play. 

Admission Will Be 50, 35 Cents 

"They don't walk on their feet, 
Aunt Meta. They got wings," says 
Joe Boyd in regard to princesses, 
expressing the opinion of most 
of the characters in Once There 
Was a Princess, the comedy which 
Blackfriars will present in the gym at 

8:30 Friday and Saturday, March 9 
and 10. 

But not all princesses have wings, 
and these simple mid-western people 
are very nearly disillusioned. The prin¬ 
cess discovers their anticipation before 
it is too late, however, and plays the 
royal role so well that Mrs. Purring-
ton, one of the natives, says, awe-
stricken, "Ain't it wonderful to be so 
helpless!" The princess finds her child¬ 
hood sweetheart, who is "waiting for 
a girl who's willing to live in a barn," 
and they are both able to say, in the 
end, "The dream held! The dream 
came true!" 

Admission to this, the second of the 
Blackfriars' presentations this year, 
will be fifty cents for the general pub¬ 
lic and thirty-five cents for students. 

Cast Includes Men 
The cast, which again includes men, 

is as follows: 
Signor Moroni—Mar Jargenson. 
Old Princess—Ida Lois McDaniel. 

The Princess—Vera Frances Pruet. 
Kate Boyd—Ruth Moore. 
Joe Boyd—Mat Jargenson. 
Hazel Boyd—Dorothy Cassel. 
Ruby Boyd—Frances James. 

(Continuned on page 4 column 5) 

College Entertains 

Conference Group 

Agnes Scott will be hostess next Fri¬ 
day and Saturday night, March 9 and 
10, to a group of delegates to the 
Student Volunteer State Conference 
to be held at the Peachtree Christian 
Church in Atlanta. Representatives of 
Student Volunteers, a national associa¬ 
tion for young people interested in 
mission work, will be present from all 
the Georgia colleges; the girls will be 
entertained at Inman dormitory, 
Agnes Scott, and the boys will be the 
guests of Emory University. 

The conference will hear talks and 
discussions by Dr. W. A. Smart, of the 
School of Theology at Emory; Dr. 
John King, president of Atlanta Uni¬ 
versity; and Kirby Page, of New York 
City, editor of The World Tomorrow. 

All Agnes Scott students are cord¬ 
ially invited to attend the conference. 
The registration fee is one dollar. 

Blackfriars Use Men; 
Men Use Blackfriars 
Last fall Blackfriars renounced 
tuxedos and called in young men 
to supply them. Thinking along 
somewhat the same line, the 
Georgia Tech Marionettes have 
flung their high heel slippers at 
the departing ghosts of former 
feminine frolics, and have invit¬ 
ed some Blackfriars to partici¬ 
pate in their next play and re¬ 
lieve them of the indignities of 
womanhood. 
Mary Hutchinson, Augusta 
King, Margaret Stokey, and Vir¬ 
ginia Byers, Blackfriars, will take 
part in Lord Dabs, to be given in 
March by the Marionettes. 


Oilje Agonistic 

Subscription price, S1.25 per year in advance. Single copies, Sc 

PUBLISHED WEEKLY 
Owned and published by the students of Agnes Scott College. 

Entered as Second Class Matter. 

(Newspaper ^ "'^jgpT"" C ) Member) 
^Dssoa^ 

STAFF 

Editor-in-Chief Laura Steele Business Manager—Kathryn Bowen 
Assistant Editor June Matthews Asst. Business Mgr—Mary Gillespie 
Make-Up Editor Kitty Printup 

EDITORIAL STAFF 

Thing

Sports £(///ors__.J'JULIA Feature Editor 

Eloise Alexander 

Nellie Margaret Gilroy 
Club Editor Frances Wilson ^ocjefy Editor Frances Balkcom 
Alumnae Editor Isabel McCain g g Mary King 
Key to Current History „ _ „ ,w 

Sara Forester Book Editor Betty Willis 

BUSINESS STAFF 

■s DayStudent

Faxie Stevens \arcu[a/jnn Managers Circulation Mgrs. 
Ora Muse J MarthaSummers 

Mary Malone 

BUSINESS ASSISTANTS 

Eloise Alexander 

Louise Preas Mary King 

Lucile Dennison 

REPORTERS 

Catharine Jones Lucille Cairnes Mary Garland 
Margaret Watson Dorothy Peacock Frances Paris 
Elizabeth Espy Eloise Alexander Frances Gary 
Rachel Shamos Mary Elizabeth Morrow Brooks Spivey 

TAKE YOUR CHOICE 

An alumna, recently asked what she remembered most vividly 

about her life at Agnes Scott, replied with little hesitation that 

she remembers Agnes Scott as a place where everybody is always 

in a desperate hurry, and where nobody ever has time to do any¬ 

thing. 

This is rather an alarming reputation for a college to have, 

yet when one considers the concerts and lectures which are avail¬ 

able to the college community, the plays and entertainments 

given on the campus, the studying and reading which necessarily 

accompany a liberal arts course—when one considers all these 

things, such a reputation does not seem surprising. 

But, however easily explained, this trait is not one to be de¬ 

sired. No sane person should be willing to be, for four years of 

her life, so busy that she never has time to do anything. The solu¬ 

tion to this problem is quite simple—so simple, in fact, that it is 

strange that more people have not discovered it and put it into 

practice. It is this: out of all the dozens of things which we may 

enjoy on the campus, let us choose those which interest us most; 

limit ourselves to those things which we really want to do; do 

them well; and let everything else go. 

Then, when we are remembering our college days, our recol¬ 

lection will be not of a hopelessly unorganized scramble, but of 

several very definite benefits and pleasures. 

FROM THE FRESHMEN 

To a freshman, college opens vast possibilities. It may mean 

studies, associations, activities—any number of numerous things; 

it may also mean loneliness. But no matter what we think it 

may mean to us later, a great many of us enter college expecting 

to be treated as very young freshmen. 

It is, then, a pleasant surprise to find that the sophomore 

class is not going to punish us, but entertain us; that the profes¬ 

sors arc not going to awe us, but help us. Those were two of our 

main fears in coming to college. Then, a few weeks after our 

entrance we found ourselves working together in the Black Cat 

Contest, with the juniors helping us. We lost to the sophomores, 

but we had a great deal of enjoyment in doing so. Now we find 

ourselves in a responsible position—that of editing an issue of the 

Agonistic. We are very doubtful of our success as journalists, 

but we have enjoyed working together again as a class, and we 

arc sure that the Agonistic has succeeded in the purpose of its 

contest: to promote class spirit and arouse an interest in jour¬ 

nalism. 

Taking part in these various activities has given us an insight 

into the pleasures that the college can offer through its associa¬ 

tions. Those pleasures probably most of us expected to find at 

some time during our four years here, but certainly not during 

the first six months. As a result, we feel more loyal to Agnes 

Scott, and to ourselves as freshmen. We now feel that we know 

the college better, and consequently are more eager to uphold her 

ideals. Certainly we know that we know each other better, and 

are now increasingly anxious to work together. We have dis¬ 

covered that it is quite possible to like college our freshman year, 

and surprisingly, that it is quite possible for the college to make 

us feel that it likes us. 

The Agonistic 

An event of world-wide interest 
was the coronation of Henry Pu Yi, 
the "Boy Emperor" of China, as Em¬ 
peror of Manchukno on February 2 8th. 
The ceremony was observed with orien¬ 

tal pomp and dignity. It cncerned not 
only the people of that state, but also 
those of many nations. At the same 
time Japanese troops were on their way 
to the border, and there is more than a 
possibility that there will be a war be¬ 
tween Russia and Japan, because Man¬ 
chukno borders on Russian territory. 
Manchukno may be wiped out of ex¬ 
istence as a state if these two countries 
come into conflict over it. 

The dispute over Manchukno began 
in September, 1931, when the Japanese 
attacked the Chinese in Manchuria. 
Japan had long wanted that province, 
so when several Japanese officers were 
accidentally killed by Chinese soldiers, 
she turned the affair into an excuse to 
begin fighting. Two years of warfare 
followed, and at the end of that time 
Japan was in control of Manchuria, 
which she renamed Manchukno. Henry 
Pu Yi, who had lost his Chinese throne 
in a rebellion, was made the chief 
executive of the state. 

The League of Nations, sitting at 
Geneva, Switzerland, then took up the 
matter. The Lytton Commission in¬ 
vestigated the situation, but when it 
submitted its report Japan refused to 
accept it, saying that the people of 
Manchukno desired independence and 
that as China could not maintain peace 
and order, the territory should not be 
returned to her. The matter was then 
referred to a special committee called 
the Committee of Nineteen, which 
made an even more thorough investi¬ 
gation. Japan announced her intention 
of withdrawing from the League. On 
the authority of the committee's re¬ 
port, the League refused to recognize 
or to have political dealings with Man¬ 
chukno because it had been taken from 
its rightful owner by force. 

Japanese control of Manchukno 
means that Russia and Japan, in ef¬ 
fect, border each other for hundreds of 
miles, for Russia still owns Siberia. 
Russia also has commercial interests 
which may come into conflict with 
those of Japan. She fears that the 
Chinese province of Mongolia (which 
borders Siberia, land owned by Russia) 
may soon be threatened by the aggres¬ 
sive nation of Japs. 

What will be the result? Will it be 
war between Russia and Japan? And, 
if so, will other nations be forced into 
the conflict? We do not yet know. 
Japan is primed for war. Her troops 
are well trained; her output of muni¬ 
tions and supplies increases daily. Fur¬ 
thermore, Japan wants and needs more 
territory. The attention of the whole 
world at present is centered on the Far 
East. 

Jr.Vlumnae News 

Christine Gray, ex-'32, is doing 
fashion sketches for the Birmingham 
News-Age Herald. 

Etta Mathis, '32, is teaching mathe¬ 
matics at Cox College. Hetty Mathis, 
'3 2, is teaching in Barnwell, S. C. 

Margaret Ridgely, '32, appeared in 
Michado, a play given in Atlanta, 
March 2 and 3. 

Polly Cawthorn, '32, spent Christ¬ 
mas in Florida. She is now teaching 
in Murfreesboro, Tenn. 

Margaret Sanford, ex-'3 3, married 
William Hodges Douglass, December 

14. They are now living in Chatta¬ 
nooga. 

Marjorie Woodward, '32, spent a 
week with Mary Elliot, '32, in De 
Funiah Springs, Fla., Christmas. 

Ethel Smith, ex-'34, married Mr. 
i Leonard LaConte in February. They 
are now living in Raymond. N. H. 

Margaret McCoy, ex-'31, married 
Mr. Willis Thomas Gayle, Jr., of At¬ 
lanta, January 2 5. They are living at 
2285 West Peachtree Street. 

nmms 

«C>SSiP 

t 

Darling Giddy— 

At last the inevitable remedy has 
been found by Dr. Hayes. Don't ask 
me what the remedy remedies; for I 
positively don't know. But according 
to that illustrious member of the fac¬ 
ulty, public speaking is the remedy. 
Ah! what a speech; it made us want 
to join Pi Alpha Phi forthwith didn't 
it, my love? But did you notice! He 
proclaimed that the subjects were 
simple and insignificant—ah! a twelve 
year old child can work them by 
pressing a button. But Giddy, he for¬ 
got his concrete material. Tsk, tsk, 
and teaching poor freshmen! In his 
embarrassment he pretended that the 
subjects were too trivial to mention. 
But worst of all, my dere, he inti¬ 
mated (mind I don't vow he actually 
said it) that the debating club was 
low-brow! 

Having mentioned a twelve year 
old child, I must tell you, Giddy, 
that one, of those tender years, has 
invaded our intellectual atmosphere. 
My dere, we were informed, and by 
good authority, that our own dear 
Kitty Printup was nothing more than 
an infant toddling from class to class. 
It just goes to show that we must 
watch our company even here. 

In spite of the persistence of the 
freshmen in discussing profound sub¬ 

jects, I fear me our intellectuality is 
doomed, dearest Giddy. The other day 
at Chemistry1 lab, a Science Jmajor 
boldly asked a freshman how to spell 
"catalyst"! And that isn't all by 
any means. Mr. Holt has been weep¬ 
ing all year because some beautiful 
but dumb creature spelled "amount" 
with two "ni"s. It makes us wonder 
if we selected the right liberal arts col¬ 
lege after all, when, on top of that. 

Miss Latin Smith actually catches 
Isabel McCain, H. M., T. E. Jr. say¬ 
ing "kimistri"! My dere, how can the 
poor child expect to learn Latin? 

Ah, Giddy, I always did simply 
adore des galants hommes. Did you 
hear how courteously Dr. Robinson 
excused himself from orchestra prac¬ 
tice the other night? My dere, he said 
in his most urbane tones, "Will you 
pardon me a moment? My house is 
on fire. Just a moment." Perhaps, 
Giddy, to be cultured we must all 
take Trig. 

Well, my fair one, I suppose if you 
just must leave, you must leave. Come 
again sometime and I'll tell you about 
the time when Dr. McCain called Mrs. 
McCain his better eighty-five per cent. 

Much love, 

Freshman Aggie. 

Book Bits Exchanges 

A number of new books have been Catnip Support 
acquired recently by the college li¬ 

A student at Marshall College is pay¬
brary, and from these a most interest¬ ing his tuition by embalming cats to 
ing collection has been placed on the sell to anatomy students. That is what

customary shelves for new books. 

is known as a catastrophe.—Colon¬

God's Trombones, a slim gold and 

nade.

black bound volume by James Weldon 
Johnson, is a fascinating collection of 

Pass the Thermometer

seven old-time negro sermons in verse. 
The book is an attempt, and a very The President calls for temperature 
successful one, to portray the orator)' as the dry, or alleged dry, days have 
of the talented old-time negro preacher passed. He believes in temperature al¬ 
who, in sermons of rhythmic, trom¬ 

though the prohibition amendment hasbone-like eloquence, inspired his audi¬ 

been cast aside.—Stillwater, Minn.,

ence with his convictions of surcenocgh 
heaven and red-hot hell. One Jiaper; Literary Digest. 
of the most striking sermons, "The 
Creation," portrays the Great, Good Maybe It's Intuition 
God stooping beside a river bed to pick The fact that women arc poorer 
up a handful of clay from which to reasoners than men but better hint-
fashion man. 

takes, with the result that they mayThe poems are a really fine collec¬ 
more nearly approach the achievements

tion imbued with the true spirit of 
the old negro preacher, but, thankful¬ of men, was the conclusion drawn from 
ly, lacking the dialect which the a scries of reasoning tests given 3 84 

author purposely omitted because students at the University of Michi¬ 
negro dialect has become a synonym 

gan. One-half of the students was 

for either humor or pathos. The senti¬ 

given hints on how to work certain

ment which he wishes to convey in 
problems; the other half was given the

God's Trombones is neither of these, 
problems without suggestions. It de¬but the deep reverence and far-reach¬ 
veloped that although the women'sing power of the old negro preacher. 

reasoning power unguided was poorer

E. F. Benson's Charlotte Bronte is 

than men's, they raised their solvingan excellent biography which has as 
averages much higher than the men

its ultimate aim the picturization of 

did when given suggestions.—Scientific

the true Charlotte, not only "the 
American.

golden image of the goddess, but also 
her feet of clay." The main basis of 

Round-the-World Debaters

the biography of the nineteenth cen¬ 
Robert K. Burns and Lyle M.

tury writer are her own letters which Spenser, University of Washington, '3 3,tend to give a more complete picture 
started on February 8th a round-

of her than any other source possibly 

the-world tour with the aim of meet¬

could. The book, besides being the 

ing students of other countries, on theauthentic account of the life of the 
debate platform and off, and discussingauthor of Jane E.yre, is initeresting. 

with them the serious economic and

It is written in a clear style which is 

political problems which at present arc easy to read, and is from the point 

confronting the world. Among theirof view of a biographer who seeks platform topics are cancellation of in¬truth rather than golden fiction. 

ter-allied war debts, advantages of dic¬Sinclair Lewis' Ann Vickers is prob¬ tatorship over democracy, and aban¬

ably one of the most widely read and donment of the policy of Economicdiscussed novels by this much-dis¬ 
Nationalism. The debaters go undercussed author. The novel is the realis¬ 
the sponsorship of the National Stu¬tic portrayal of an independent and 
dent Federation and other agencies.— 

masterful woman who comes out of a 
In/ercollegian.

small western town into the crux of 
life as a social worker. She meets life 
proudly and bravely, depending only bold, vivid style, the book is one which 
on herself for guidance until she final¬ bears the reader on to its inevitable 
ly meets Barney, another as strong as j end. To Sinclair Lewis fans Ann Vick¬ 
herself, and they decide to meet life' ers has been and will continue to be 
together. Written in Sinclair Lewis' . another great success. 


The Agonistic 

Agnes *Scoff Invades Atlanta'Amos'ri'AndySee May Day Brings French Elan 

2653rd Broadcast

Plant Ellis and Nina Parke spent j Florence Lasseter had as her guest La Fete du Mai, the May Day scen¬ save the poor disgruntled husbands 
and Mast

the week-end with Martha Lee week Toby Dickson of Fitzger-ario for this year, is based on authentic

The president of the Fresh Air Taxi-who have scolded their wives through¬

Margaret Bowman in Atlanta. cab Company; his colleague, Amos; French customs, handed down since out the year, and now must pay for 

the kingfish of that great fraternity, the Middle Ages. The scenes of the 

their ill humor by digging the hole

C'Lena McMullen, Michelle Fur-Fannie B. Harris's mother spent the The Mystic Knights of the Sea; and play include the complete festivities of 
week-end with her. on for the May tree.

lowe, and Marjorie and Lavinia Scott Lightning, still trying to "borrow two a French village May Day from 
dollars 'til Saddy," are here in At¬ dawn till dusk. The gnomes awaken Then the May queen, the most

attended a Laurel Falls Camp reunion Marjorie Scott attended the Pi lanta this week with their creators, Mr. the spring morning with a dance to beautiful girl of the village, enters

at the Biltmore Saturday. Kappa Phi dance at Emory Friday Mother Nature. From the chateau

Freeman Gosden and Mr. Charles Cor


with her court. All do homage to her

night. rell. high above the village the watchman 

and prepare for the planting of theMary Boggs and Anna Humber In talking over their radio experi¬ comes down to welcome the dawn. The tree before her throne. Now the hus¬

spent the week-end with Mrs. J. D. Frances Gary spent the week-end ences, Mr. Correll (Andy) said that in peasants awake and begin their joyous 

bands must dig. The tree is brought

Sullivan in Atlanta. with Elizabeth McClary in College the 2,653 times that they have broad¬ celebration. They dance together with in and set firmly in the new, spring

Park. cast as Sam 'n' Henry and later as the shepherds and shepherdesses who 

soil. The weavers follow and twine

Kathleen Jones' father will spend Amos 'n' Andy, they have always per¬ have left their flocks for the day and their soft, white garlands around it.

next week-end with her in Decatur. Ann Baker spent Friday night with formed in person—never substituting have come to join the merrymaking. 

At dusk the peasants from all the sur¬

Kathleen Daniell in Decatur. a phonograph record. These two per¬ Knights and milkmaids play together. 

rounding provinces begin to stream in.

Betty Lou Houck, Kathryn Bowen, Everyone is gloriously, carelessly happy

formers have never allowed an audi¬ Each group dressed in its native cos¬

Caroline Russell, Helen Boyd, Frances Kitty Printup spent the week-end ence, not even their families, because tume, holding high its ducal banner,

Miller, Ruby Hutton, and Muriel Bull with Laura Steele and Kathryn Bowen they cannot see the effect of their comes gaily in to join the celebration.

attended the Co-Op dance at Tech in Atlanta. jokes in the absolutely quiet studio. Tragic Interview And the day ends amid the color and

Friday night. 

The script, written each day at noon, 

happines of their combined rejoicing.

Is Disillusioning

has been composed in Pullmans, hotels,

Big Bad Fire Eats

Martha Elliott spent the week-end 

and even in a barn on one occasion. At 

at her home in Marietta, Ga. "But," she thought, "perhaps the

Professor's Green twelve o'clock,, noon, regardless of 

rain on Sunday necessitated study and

what either is doing, he excuses him¬ 

Alma Groves' sister visited her last And Purple Suits self and prepares the program. Andy 
Recently a freshman reporter with rest." With this stimulation she timid-
week. her plan of attack strategically map¬ ly asked :f there was ever any marked

types the script while Amos paces the 

ped out interviewed Dr. Sweet in the increase in sickness. Dr. Sweet's an¬

At about five o'clock in the after¬ floor, dictating as he thinks. 

hope of writing a clever story upon swer to this inquiry was a startling

Georganne Lewis spent the week¬ noon of Tuesday, February 27, a fire During their stay in Atlanta, the 

the increase of colds and headaches on and an amazing revelation. Most cases

end with Charlotte Reid in Decatur. started in Dr. Henry Robinson's bung¬ radio programs have continued as 

blue Monday. Here was a chance to of illness occur over the week-end!

alow, behind Buttrick Hall, from the usual. The organ plays in Chicago, 

moralize upon the effects of the week¬

Dorothy Lee spent Sunday with same cause that most fires do: from and Bill Hay, three-fourths of a mile ends, and the inevitability of a sudden

Doris LaCrone in Morningside. nobody knows what. The flames away, makes his announcement. Two 

pain on Monday. DECATUR WOMAN'S

caught in the back of the house, seconds after his "Here they are," the Since it was Monday, she knowingly EXCHANGEElizabeth Slaton spent the week¬ causing most damage to the interior. strains of Amos' "Is I Blue," or 

asked how many girls were in the in¬ Easter

end with her sister in Atlanta. We to the big badhesitate accuse Andy's doleful "Oh Me!", or "Love is firmary. Dr. Sweet's answer of three GIFTS—FLOWERSwolf, except that he got hold of the wonduful, gentlemen," are heard from 

was a crushing blow. But worse, these Mrs. Cooper

Virginia Prettyman's parents spent seats of Dr. Robinson's green and pur¬ Atlanta. 

slightly sick people were suffering DeKalb Theatre

the week-end with her. ple suits, entirely consuming them, 
from colds caught before the week¬and that he ate up almost everything Student Christian Movement 

end.

Jo Jennings attended the A. T. O. in the house, leaving only some furni¬ "The United States needs a Stud-
dance at Emory Saturday night. ture the The damages, Now Playing

and sfilver. dent Christian Movement inclusive of 

The Champ Nuts

covered by $1,000 insurance, Dr. all denominations and sects loyal to LUCY WALKER BEAUTY 

Anne Walker spent the week-end WHEELER

Robinson estimates at $1,700. Jesus Christ," says Fay Campbell, not¬ SHOPPE 

with Margaret Merts in Atlanta. On account of a delay in placing ed student leader. ". . . The world Featuring Rudema for and 

WOOLSEY

the call, the firemen were retarded in needs Jesus Christ, and it is begin¬ Face and Hair 

In the Goofiest Picture of

Nell White attended the Biltmore Come to 226 Yz Peachtree St.

putting out the fire. Rumor has it ning to turn to the educated groups

dance Saturday night. (Opposite Norris Bldg.) the Year

that Dr. Robinson was so cordial in for men and women who can tell about Phone Main 8118

asking everyone in to see the fire that Him and who incarnate His truth in "Hips, Hips, Hooray" 
Helen Ramsey had as her guest last the guests got in the firemen's way; it Starts Saturday

their lives."—Intercollegian.

week Margaret Craft and Dot Barger was also said that, as head of mathe¬ EDMUND LOWE 
of the University of Kentucky. matics, he insisted upon counting the VICTOR McLAGLEN 

Quality Shoe Repairing —in—

number of buckets of water used, so ORIGINAL WAFFLE SHOP 
Peggy Kump, Billy Turner, Buford as to form a basis for computing fire We Call For and Deliver "No More Women"

All at N. R. A. Prices Famous for Fine FoodsTinder, Johnnie Mae York, Caroline extinction by water. 

We Appreciate Your Business

Russell, and Helen Boyd spent the The professor's little son, Henry, was Where Agnes Scott Girls Meet Cparamount 
week-end with Mrs. Cy Kump in La-playing with his automobiles when his R. E. BURSON SHOE SHOP kJ -TH E ATRE 

Grange, Ga. 307 E. College Ave. DE. 3353

crying and nervousness attracted the 
maid's attention to smoke in the room, 
and to blazes in the rear of the house.

Protests in Class 

The maid called the next-door neigh¬ Girdles and Brassieres

H. E. WILSON 

bor, Mrs. S. Guerry Stukes, who turn¬ WEIL'S 10c STORE for the College Girl

May Thwart Fires CLOCK AND JEWELRY REPAIRINGed in the alarm. EXPERT WATCHMAKER EAGER & SIMPSON

Has Most Anything You Need

Complaints about the monotony of Reasonable Prices—Quick Service 

24 Cain St.

having fire drills always at the hour 127 East Court Square 
of 10:45 P. M., and protests on the MORGAN CLEANERS DECATUR 
improbability of anybody's waking up 

409 Church Street

if a fire came at any other hour, 
voiced by Anne Baker in Miss Fancy's L. CHAJAGE

Dearborn 1372

English class, must have had some ef¬ 220 PEACHTREE ST. 
fect. Fire drills in Inman and Rebecca 
were postponed until 12:01 o'clock Expert Remodeling 
last Wednesday night. DIXIE'S LEADING FURRIER 

L. D. ADAMS & SON 

Try Our

"AS YOU LIKE IT" and HUMMING¬ 
BIRD HOSE MUNSING WEAR 
Next to First National Bank 

Decatur 

SANDWICHES

On the Stage 
Broadway Vanities 
With 8 Big Acts Straight We Make Them Right 
from Broadway Thursday and Friday 

Muse'S

On the Screen 
BROADWAY THROUGH

"He Couldn't Take It" 

LAWRENCE'S 

A KEYHOLE Announces the Presentation of 

Starting Sunday 

PHARMACY 

DEKALB THEATRE Beau Monde Shoes

Phones De. 0762-0763

On the Screen 
"Orient Express" Fine Brooklyn Handmade Footwear 
Mon., Tues. & Wed. 

Balcony 15c, Orchestra 25c 

LITTLE WOMEN 
PUMPS $10.50 STYLE SHOES $12.50 
Why Not Eat at the Clairmont 

Delicatessen? 
CLAIRMONT DELICATESSEN Fourth Floor

MONEY FOR HOME OWNERS

Invites You AlwaysFamous Sandwiches and Italian AND THOSE THAT ARE PLANNING TO BUILD 

Spaghetti with Roman Cheese INVESTIGATE OUR EASY MONTHLY PLANCold Dutch Plates 

112 CLAIRMONT AVE. $3,000.00 LOAN, REPAYABLE $30.00 PER MONTH 
$4,000.00 LOAN, REPAYABLE $40.00 PER MONTH George Muse 
$5,000.00 LOAN, REPAYABLE $50.00 PER MONTH 

Payments Stay the Same Lbitil Paid in Full—Simple Interest 

Clothing Co.

WOCO-PEP 

Call for Representative to Explain—Prompt Closing 
Depot Service Station 

JEFFERSON MORTGAGE CO., Inc. 
CORNER COLLEGE AVENUE 

Loan Agents for Investors Syndicate

AND CANDLER 

1110 Standard Bldg. WA. 0814 


4 The Agonistic 
Clubs Are Engaged Nurseryman Gives 
In Many Activities ATHLETIC NEWS Talk To Students 

Pen and Brush Club members are 
working on soap carvings to enter in 
the National Soap Carving Contest 
sponsored by Procter and Gamble Soap 
Company. The contest closes May 26. 
The regular meeting of the Pen and 
Brush Club was postponed from March 
to March 1 5 because of the concert 
on the former date. 

Cotillion Club's regular bi-weekly 
tea-dance was held Thursday after¬ 
noon, March 1, in Mr. Johnson's stu¬ 
dio. Hostesses were Carolyne Clem¬ 
ents, Augusta King, Laura Whitner, 
Jane McMillan, and Edith Kendrick. 

Citizenship club has been invited 
to hold its March meeting with Mrs. 
Wellington Stevenson, president of the 
Georgia League of Women Voters, at 
her home in Decatur. 

The Agnes Scott Glee Club present¬ 
ed a program of sacred songs before 
the Decatur Presbyterian Young Peo¬ 
ples meeting last Sunday evening. 
Their numbers were follwed by an ad¬ 
dress by Dr. W. A. Smart of Emory 
University. The Glee Club program 
included "I Waited for the Lord," by 
Mendelssohn; Shelley's "God Is Love;" 
and Beethoven's "God in Nature." 

Tryouts for membership in B. O. Z. 
Club will be due Tuesday night, March 
13, instead of March 14 as formerly 
stated. They may be short stories, 
sketches, or essays. Discussions for the 
new members will be made March 14 
and 15. 

Mary Adams and Louise Schuessler 
represented the International Relations 
Club at the Southeastern Students 
Conference on International Relations, 
held February 22, 23, 24, at the Mis¬ 
sissippi State Teachers College and at 
the Mississippi Woman's College in 
Hattiesburg, Miss. 

PLANS FOR BANQUET 

ARE NOW COMPLETE 

(Covtinned from page 1, column 3) 
with John Maseldin, Elizabeth Heaton 
with Clyde Chandler, Betty Lou 
Llouck with Puloski Letheridge Smith, 
Anna Humber with Ellis Sullivan. 

Josephine Jennings with John Kidd, 
Caroline Long with Elarry Lee Knox, 
Frances McCalla with Ross Lynn, Jule 
McClatchey with Leroy Watson, Ida 
Lois McDaniel with Roger Allen, 
Marguerite Morris with Albert Neal, 
Nina Park with Will Smith, Nell 
Pattillo with Ernest Kendall, Eva 
Poliakoff with Dr. Harry Parks, Vera 
Pruet with Lewis Jones, Martha Red-
wine with Milton Camp. 

Margaret Robins with Jimmy Jep-

Service With a Smile 

ROGERS 

Quality Cleaners 

109 Clairmont Ave. 

"Pleasing You Means Suc¬ 
cess to Us." 

GEORGIA 

STARTS SATURDAY 

On the Stage! 

AMOS 'N' ANDY 

Also 

Ozark Mountaineers 

Plus! 

Complete Screen Program 
Feature 

"Hold That Girl" 

"The Marvels of Nature" was the 
subject which Mr. Andrew Auten,

SPORTS EDITORIAL Day Students Win

Gym Acquires Two 

landscape architect, discussed before 
the biology department at 4 o'clock

Interesting Games By Llewellyn Wilburn Little Brown Jug 
Friday, March 2, in the chemistry lec¬

So much has the idea of participa¬ 
The gym department has recently Cheered on by enthusiastic specta¬ ture room.

tion in sports been stressed that the 
bought a shuffle board set and also tors, the day students defeated the In-Mr. Auten, a nurseryman of wide¬

"mere spectator" is apt to be frowned 
a paddle tennis game to be used in man Indians 16 to 4 in the finals of spread note and a botanist for more

upon. According to Sir Farquhar Buz¬ 
the gym on Saturday nights. The zard, the eminent professor of medi¬ the basketball tournament on Tuesday, than sixty years, used as his theme the 
department is planing to entertain at cine at Oxford, "the role of the under¬ February 27, winning the Brown Jug quotation from the Bible, "The works 
standing spectator is not be de¬

an "open house" some Saturday night to for the second successive season. of Jehovah are great." Presented bv 

spised." We, at Agnes Scott, have the

in the near future for the purpose of In the preliminaries the Inman In¬ Miss Mary Westall of the biology de¬

opportunity not only to see some of the 

introducing the students to these two dians defeated Rebekah Scott, while partment, he discussed his introduction

"top-notchers" in such activities as 
games. A short skit in which girls golf, tennis, and riding, but to learn the day students won their game to nature, its manifold practical and 
will model sport costumes of the past something of sports about which we against Main. material aspects, and finally the mental 

will be a feature of this program. do not know so much. Atlanta has and spiritual wonders, the studv of 

long been known as a city where

Shuffle board, a game which is play¬ Atlanta. For the last few years the which he believes results in self-con¬ 

sports are encouraged, and from the sciousness and self-improvement.

ed so much on board ships, is played Atlanta Horse Show has been an out¬

time that Bobby Walthour rode his 
by pushing with a pole provided with bicycle to fame such names as Alexa standing event in May when fine 
BLACKFRIARS GIVE COME¬ 
a somewhat triangular base, wooden Stirling, Bobby Jones^ Ed Hamm, horses and skillful riders offer thrills 
DY AS NEXT PLAY

discs along a wooden run-way. The Bryan Grant, and many others have and the best horsemanship in the coun¬ 
object of the game is to make a high been outstanding in the sport world. try. This year the Horse Show will be (Continued from page 1, column 5) 

On March 9th, 10th, and 11th, the Aunt Meta Thimble—Peg Gullion. 

score by being able to push the discs held May 24th, 2 5th and 26th.

first Atlanta Metropolitan Open Golf Mrs. Purrington—Claire Ivy.

Other sports popular in Atlanta areinto the numbered squares which are Tournament will be staged. It will be 
Mrs. Seaver—Gussie Rose Riddle.

arranged at each end of the run-way. held at East Lake and will be an event trap shooting and skeet, bowling, 
Skill is required to know just how which will draw people from far and squash, and polo. The Capital City Phil Lennox—Jimmy Jepson. 
near. Six former national open champ¬ Gun Club offers us the opportunity Milton D'Arcy—Bob Gillespie.

hard to push the discs. 

ions have already entered and many to see trap shooting. The second an¬ 

Paddle tennis is a great deal like ten¬ 

players famous the world over will nual Southern tenpin meet is to be held "A freshman went to Hades once, 
nis and ping-pong. The balls resemble play—Johnny Farrell, Jim Barnes, this week at Blick's Bowling Center; A few more things to learn; 
tennis balls, and the paddles resemble Willie McFarlane, George Sargent, squash is played at the Piedmont Driv¬ Old Satan sent her back again, 
Paul Runyan, Tommy Armour, Denny ing Club and the Atlanta Athletic She was too green to burn."

ping-pong paddles except that they 
Shute, etc. In tennis, an event of in¬ Club, and polo at Fort McPherson. ■—Entre-Nous.

are square instead of oval. 

terest will be the exhibition match of 
Tilden and Cochet about April 7th.

FRESHMEN WIN BANNERS 
There will be an Invitation Intercol¬Banners for championship in basket¬ 
legiate Tournament at Georgia Tech

ball and volleyball were awarded to 

Let These Spring Frocks

on May 10th, 11th, and 12th, and laterthe freshmen in chapel on Wednes¬ 
on both the Southern and the Southernday, February 28. Sophomores won 
Junior Tournaments will be held in Breeze Into Your Lifesecond place in these two sports. 

son, Alsine Shutze with Ed Brown, 

Martin's Beauty Shoppe

Marie Simpson with Tom Kethley, 
Suzanne Smith with Roby Robinson, 153 Sycamore Street 
Leonora Spencer with Will Palmour, Dearborn 2671 
Mary Elizabeth Squires with Tom Character Wigs Rented for 
Doughman, Margaret Stokey with Earl Plays 
Jairelle, Elizabeth Thrasher with Berry 
Baldwin, Amy Underwood with Wal¬ 
lace Howell, Margaret Waterman with 

Starts Friday

Meredith O'Hara, Laura Whitner with 
Hugh Dorsey, Jack Woolfolk with "WONDER BAR'' 
Marshall Lawrence, Elizabeth Young with 

KAY FRANCIS

with Ben Hargrove, Martha Ann 

DICK POWELL

Rodgers with Charlie Turbyville, 

DOLORES DEL RIO

Peggy Gullion with Harvey Hill, and 

AL JOLSON

Virginia Wood with Steve Raines. 

RICARDO CORTEZ 
HAL LEROY 
GUY GIBBEE 

MIDDLETON'S BAKERY HUGH HERBERT 
RUTH DONNELLY

121 E. Ponce de Leon Ave. 

FIFI D'ORSAY 
We Specialize in the Home-
Made Things You Like 

FOX 

Don't Neglect Your Eyesight 

A thorough eye examination by a competent oculist (Eye 
Physician) is the first step in securing correct glasses. 
When the prescripton for glasses is given it should be 
filled by a skilled Optician. Prints! 
Ask your Oculist (Eye Physician) about our reliability 
and dependable service. 

Solids! 

WALTER BALLARD OPTICAL CO. 
Dispensing OpticiansTHREE STORES 

Ruffles !

105 Peachtree St. Medical Arts Bldg. Doctors' BuildingClock Sign 382 Peachtree St. 480 Peachtree St. 

Ruchings ! 

Push-Up 

Sleeves! 
AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE 

DECATUR, GA. Pleated 

Trims ! 
A college for women that is widely recog¬ 

nized for its standards of work and for the 

When a dress knows how much sophistica¬ 
tion it can get away with . . . and then adds

interesting character of its student activities 

a youthful frill to set you off. . . . It's the 
perfect dress for your spring wardrobe! 
Third Floor

For further information, address 

J. R. McCain, President 

RICH'S 
INCORPORATE D 


Hear 
Untermever ®l)c ^Vgonistic 
VOL. XIV AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1934 NO. 17 

Final Eleven are Chosen 

To Appear In May Court 

Skeen, Champion, Stevens Fandango: Loice Richards, Aloe 
To Appear in Solo Dances; Risse Barron, Ruth Shippy, Augusta 
Other Dances Are Chosen King. 
Vieilleur: Elizabeth Foreman.

The selection of the eleven maids 
Gnomes: Dot Cassel, Elizabethwho will accompany the queen in May 
Young, Mary Jane Evans, Kitty

Day was made Monday afternoon by 

the May Day 'Committee. 'The eleven Printup, Kathleen Daniel, Elizabeth 
were chosen from the number of can¬ Espy, Frances Miller, Helen Ford. 
didates nominated by the students last 

Children: Arm and Helen Hayes,
week. Those who will appear in solo Henry and Ann Robinson, Adelcdances and who will participate in the 

group dances were also named. Dieckmann, Mildred McCain, Marjorie 
Stukes, Page and Sonny Davidson.

The May Court is as follows: Naomi 
Cooper, Marguerite Morris, Virginia Fhiteurs: Elizabeth Thrasher, Vela 
Turner, Betty Lou Houck, Lucille Marie Behm, Mae Duls, Frances James, 

Dennison, Laura Whitner, Betty Mary Elenderson, Mildred Talmadge. 
Harbison, Vera Frances Pruit, Ger¬ 

Shepherds: Kathleen Bowen, Eliz¬ 
trude Lozier, Frances Espy, Caroline 

abeth Strickland, Mary Ames, MarieLong, Carrie Lena McMullen, and 
Stalker, Margaret Robins, Marie Simp-Charlotte Reid, who was selected 
(iContinued on page 4, column 1)

queen. 
Solo dancers will be as follows: 

Nt W ELECTION

Lily Maid, Martha Skeen; Marian, Vir¬ 
ginia Champion; Robin, a troubdaour, 

PLANS TRIED

Ad Stevens. 
The group dances will be: 

Student elections of the officers for 
Laiferes: Hester Ann Withers, Anna student organizations and publications

Humbcr, Alice Chamlee. 

for next year will be held during pro¬ 
longed chapel periods March 22 and 
DR. J. R. McCAIN 

23. The first day will be given over 
VISITS LOYOLA to the officers of the organziations, 

and the second to the editors and busi¬ 
Dr. J. R. McCain, president of 

ness managers of the publications. 
Agnes Scott, returned recently from a 

A revised method for electing stu¬ 
trip to New Orleans which was made 

dent officials is being tried this year. 
to inspect Loyola University. During 

In previous years the student elections 
the past year Dr. McCain has made 

have been held later in the spring, and 
several trips similar to this one for 

covered a period of approximately two 
the Southern College Association. It 

weeks; and the final voting took place 
is the aim of the association to ob¬ 

at an afternoon hour. 
tain a detailed account of many of the 

Tomorrow morning at the chapel 
smaller universities and colleges 

hour, Mary MacDonald, president of 
throughout the South. Dr. McCain 

Student Government, will explain the 
was accompanied by Dr. W. P. Few, 

various phases of the plan to the stu¬ 
president of Duke University; Dr. D. 

dent body. She will designate which 

M. Key, president of Millsaps; Super¬ classes are eligible for the offices and 
intendent C. A. Brown, of the Bir¬ 

will pass out nomination blanks. On 
mingham public schools; and M. C. the following Saturday, popular nom¬ 
Huntley, secretary of the Association. inations will be turned in. These nom¬ 

inations, together with those of theLast week Dr. McCain also spoke to 
nominating committee, will be posted

the seniors of the Charlotte (N. C.) 

on Monday, March 19. The nominat¬

High School. His subject was the 

ing committee is composed of the pres¬

value of going to college. 

idents and vice-presidents of the stu¬ 
dent organizations, the editors and 

French Club Prsents Play 

business managers of the publications, 

Before Atlanta Alliance the student recorder, and the president 

of the day students. This year these 

The French Club will present Mol-include: Mary MacDonald, Charlotte 
iere's Prccieuses Ridicules, tomorrow Reid, C'Lena McMullen, Louise Mc¬ 
night, at 8 o'clock in the chapel. This Cain, Margaret Massie, Mardie Friend, 
March meeting of the club will be in Elinor Hamilton, Polly Gordon, Virhonor 
of the Alliance Frangaise of At¬ (Continued on page 4, column 5) 
lanta. 

The cast includes: MORTAR BOARD GIVES 

Mascarille—Miss Martha Crowe. SOPHOMORE PARTIES 

Gorgibus—Miss Margaret Phythian. 

The parties which are sponsored an¬

Jodelet—Martha Elliott. 
nually for boarding members of the

LaGrange—Margaret Rogers. 
Sophomore class are taking place this

DuCroisy—Anna Humber. 
week. The parties are given by mem¬

Magdelon—Betty Fountain. 
bers of Mortar Board, senior honorary


Cathos—Dorothy Bell. 
society, assisted by other upper-class¬

The entire college community is 
men. Various games are played. Ice

invited to the play. 

cream, cake, and coffee furnish the re¬ 

freshments, which with the decora¬

K. U. B. HAS TRYOUTS 

tions carry out the theme of St. Pat¬ 

rick's day.

Try-outs for K. U. B. will be due at 

Tonight C'Lena McMullen, Eliz¬
six o'clock Saturday. All articles may abeth Winn, and Mardie Friend will 

be placed in the club box in Main. entertain a group. They will be 

as¬ 

The try-outs may be in the form of sisted by Dot Cassel. Tomorrow night 
an article on a student for her home Mary MacDonald and Margaret Massie 
town paper, a story for an Atlanta will be hostesses, assisted by Betty 
paper, concerning a prominent visitor Harbison. 
here, or a news or feature story for Pauline Gordon and Elinor Hamil¬ 
the Agonistic. ton had the party last night. Lucy 

The judges, who are the officers of Goss and Plant Ellis assisted them. 
the club, consider the articles on the Monday night Mary Hamilton, Mary 
basis of accuracy, skill in handling Ames, and Louise McCain entertained, 
material, and previous experience in assisted by Florence Preston, Nancy 
newspaper work. Rogers, and Nina Parke. 

Quenelle Harrold 

Award To Be Made 

The winner of the Quenelle Harrold 
Scholarship for this year will be de¬ 
cided upon March 26 and announced 
in chapel the next morning. 

The Quenelle Harrold Foundation 
was established by Mrs. Thomas Har¬ 
rold, of Americus, Georgia. Mrs. Har¬ 
rold contributed $10,000.00, the in¬ 
come of which is used for graduate 
study. The contribution was made in 

honor of Mrs. Harrold's daughter, 
Quenelle Harrold, who graduated 
from Agnes Scott in the Class of 
1923. The scholarship is open to mem¬ 
bers of the senior class and alumnae of 
not more than three years' standing. 
As quoted in the Agnes Scott cata¬ 
logue it is awarded to "some alumna 
who is well qualified for research and 
who gives promise of leadership." 
Thse students who wished to be con¬ 
sidered by the faculty for it handed 
in application blanks several weeks 
ago. 

Last year the Scholarship was award¬ 
ed to Mary Sprinkle, '31, who used it 
for studyr in France. 

Miss Sprinkle was a French major 
at Agnes Scott and president of the 
French Club. 

Formerly the announcement of the 
award was made at the commencement 
exercises, but for the last two years it 
has been announced directly after the 
faculty reached a decision. The Quen¬ 
elle Harrold award is one of many 
scholarships offered to Agnes Scott 
girls; however, it is the only one which 
is given for graduate work. It may be 
used for study abroad or for graduate 
work in an American university. 

Bureau Invites 

A. S. to Join 

Agnes Scott has been asked to par¬ 
ticipate in a college service for women 
which is being formed in Chicago. The 
service is a continuation of the one 
carried on at the World's Fair last 
summer. It will be conducted at the 
Fair again this year until it closes, 
after which it will have its permanent 
headquarters in Evanston. About a 
dozen women's colleges have been ask¬ 
ed to join, including Mount Elolyoke, 
Smith, Vassar, Randolph-Macon, and 
others. The purpose of the service is 
to give information concerning the 
colleges to high school students desir¬ 
ing it. It will keep on file annuals and 
catalogues of the colleges which be¬ 
long to it. Miss Edith M. Lewis, who 
was at the head of the service at the 
Fair, will remain in charge. 

Agnes Scott is also a member of a 
similar service in New York, operated 
by the Woman's Cooperative Bureau 
for teaching. Agnes Scott is the only 
Southern college which belongs to this 
bureau. Its purpose is to place teach¬ 
ers and also to give information to 
high school stcdents. 

(Continued on page 4, column 1) 

WORK IS STARTED 
ON SENIOR OPERA 

The committees for Senior Opera, 
the burlesque opera put on annually 
by the senior class the night of May 
Day, have been appointed as follows: 
General chairman, Frances O'Brien; 
writing committee, Margaret Rogers 
(chairman), Alma Brohard, Virginia 
Prettyman, Gussie Riddle, Mardie 
Friend; publicity, Polly Gordon 
(chairman), Elizabeth Winn, Mar¬ 
guerite Jones, Frances Adair; proper¬ 
ties, Ruth Moore (chairman), Mary 
MacDonald, Florence Preston, Lucy 
Goss; lighting, Elaine Heckle, Ruth 
Shippey; advertising and printing 
(libretto and program), Mary Ames 
(chairman), Dorothy Cassel, Nancy 
Rogers; ushers, Charlotte Reid (chair¬ 
man), Mary Hamilton, Dorothy Dick


(Continued on page 4, column 4) 

New GracKiate Scholarship 
To Be Offered in Georgia 

Agnes Scott, Georgia, and 
Emory Only Colleges That Are 
Eligible for Beck Scholarship 

The Beck Scholarship, which offers 
graduate study in any university in the 
world, is being offered this year for 
the first time. It is only for th^ Geor¬ 
gia schools, and Agnes Scott, Emory, 
and the University of Georgia are 
the only ones at present which 
have a Phi Beta Kappa chapter, one 
of its requirements. Two candidates 
from each of these schools, either 
members of the present senior class or 
alumni of two years standing or less, 
will be chosen by the faculties. The 
two students to which the scholarships 
will go will be selected from these six. 
Eligibility is judged by literary and 
scholastic standing, personality and 
character, and physical condition. The 

MUSIC FACULTY 

GIVES RECITAL 

A two piano program will be pre¬ 
sented by Miss Eda Bartholomew and 
Mr. C. W. Dieckmann in the chapel, 
March 20 at 8 P. M. Mrs. Agnes 
Adams Stokes will assist with violin 
numbers. Miss Bartholomew, in ad¬ 
dition to being a faculty member at 
Agnes Scott, is the organist at Saint 
Mark's Methodist Church. Mrs. Stokes, 
an alumna of Agnes Scott, besides 
being a faculty member here, has 
taught at the Atlanta Conservatory of 
Music for several years. Mr. Dieck¬ 

mann, professor of music, is also a 
prominent composer. 

The first part of the program will 
be the Canon-suite, Opus 65, of Arensky, 
the Russian composer. Arensky's 
numbers are sharp and require clear 
thinking in order to catch the intri¬ 
cate patterns, according to Mr. Dieck¬ 
mann. They are as follows: Praetudium, 
Aria, Scherzino, Gavotte, Elegia, 
Romanze, Intermezzo, Alia Polacca. 

After these selections Mrs. Stokes 
will give a group of violin numbers. 
Following these, Miss Bartholomew 
and Mr. Dieckmann will play a set 
of Variations by Rheinberger on the 
theme of Mozart. 

Mrs. Stokes will give another group 
of violin selections and the final num¬ 
ber will be the two piano arrangement 
Scherzo from, the piano Concerto, 
Opus 32, by Xaver Scharwenka, a 
teacher at the Conservatory of Ber¬ 
lin. 

The college community is invited. 

BLACKFRIARS GIVE 
THREE-ACT COMEDY 

"Once There Was a Princess," a 
three-act comedy by Juliet Wilbur 
Tompkins, was presented by Black-
friars on Friday and Saturday evenings 
in the Gym. The cast, which for the 
second time in the history of Black-
friars included men, was: 

Signor Moroni—Matt Jorgenson. 

Old Princess—Ida Lois McDaniel. 

The Princess—Vera Frances Pruit. 

Kate Boyd—Ruth Moore. 

Joe Boyd—Matt Jargenson. 

Hazel Boyd—Dorothy Cassel. 

Ruby Boyd—Frances James. 

Aunt Meta Thimble—Peg Gullion. 

Mrs. Purrington—Claire Ivy. 

Mrs. Seaver—Gussie Rose Riddle. 

Phil Lennox—Jimmy Jepson. 

Milton D'Arcy—Bob Gillespie. 

On Saturday night, the members of 
the junior class and their dates at¬ 
tended the play after the junior ban¬ 
quet, which took place in the Rebekah 
dining hall at six o'clock. 

scohlarship covers expenses up to $2,


000. 

The scholarship is furnished by a 

fund left for that purpose by Lewis 

Beck, former president of the Beck & 

Gregg hardware store in Atlanta. Mr. 

Beck also left a fund which is used to 

help students go through many of file 

Georgia colleges. The awarding of the 

scholarship is decided by a committee 

which has as its chairman this year 

Preston y\rkwright, the president of 

the Georgia Power Company. The 

scholarship may be kept by one stu¬ 

dent for more than one year depend¬ 

ing on the quality of work he is doing. 

Leadership, and integrity of charac¬ 
ter are stressed as qualities in the 
candidates. An agreeable personality 

and skill in athletics, especially because 
of the moral qualities sports develop, 
are also desirable. 

Announcement of the two Agnes 
Scott candidates will be made at an 
early date. 

HIGH SCHOOL 

DAY PLANNED 

Four hundred girls from the senior 
classes of nine Atlanta high schools 
have been invited to spend next Satur¬ 
day on the Agnes Scott campus, as the 
guests, of die College and the Alumnae 
Association. Representatives will in¬ 
clude students from Druid Hills High 
School, Decatur Girls High, Avondale 
High School, Atlanta Girls High, Ful¬ 
ton High, North Fulton High, Russell 
High School, North Avenue Presbyte¬ 
rian High School, and Washington 
Seminary. 

Members of the Alumnae Associa¬ 

tion will call for the girls at 10:30 

Saturday morning at their respective 

high schools and bring them to the 

Alumnae House, where they will have 

the opportunity of meeting Miss Hop¬ 

kins, Dr. McCain, Mrs. J. F. Durrett, 
President of the Alumnae Association, 
(iContinued on page 4, column 2) 

Alumnae Phi Beta Kappa 
Elections to Be Held 

The election of alumna members to 
Phi Beta Kappa for this year will be 
announced in chapel March 20. The 
alumna members for this year are 
chosen from the class of 1919. Each 
year they are selected from the class 
which graduated fifteen years before. 

The Agnes Scott chapter of Phi Beta 
Kappa was founded in 1923; after 
members have been chosen from all 
classes previous to that year, it is still 
possible to elect alumnae who have 
distinguished themselves in their work 
after college if they have been out for 
fifteen years. However, not more than 
twenty-five percent of the total col¬ 
lege alumnae may ever be taken in. 

MISS ROWLAND SPEAKS 

Wilemina Rowland, the traveling 
secretary of the Student Volunteers, 
spoke at vespers Sunday night. The 
subject of her talk was the life of 
Albert Schweitzer, musician and mis¬ 
sionary to Africa. Miss Rowland was 
on the campus in connection with the 
Student Volunteer Conference which 
was held in Atlanta last week-end. 


C^l)e Agonistic 
'YD

BOOK BITS 9j>

Subscription price, $1.25 per year in advance. Single copies, 5c. 

PUBLISHED WEEKLY 

What of the Air Mails?

Owned and published by the students of Agnes Scott College. Torn-Tom by John W. Vandercook. Book notes from the New York

There has been so much discussion 

Among the many interesting new Times.

about the recent action of the admin¬

Entered as Second Class Matter. The first annual award

books in the library is Tom-Tom, by for a novel

istration annuling the contracts of all 

or play which contributes most to theprivate operators of the air mail that John W. Vandercook. As stated in the 

cause of world peace will be given to

it seems timely to gather some facts preface the book is a description of 

"Peace on Earth," a play by George(Newspaper (r)Member) about the case. African civilization—"an attempt to Sklar and Albert Maltz. The prize,

'^2'lSSOa!^' Prior to 1925 the Army and Navy show some part of its curious loveli¬ which is a plaque known as the Annie

flew the airmail. In this year the gov¬ 

E. Gray award, is giv

ness and wise serenity." This tragic en bv the 

ernment awarded its first airmail con¬ 

Women's Peace

world, so little known by those of Society.

STAFF tract to a private operator. Then in 
1926 came the Air Commerce Act and other continents, is generally regarded Old Books Are New, Too

Mary Hamilton Editor Mary Ames Business Manager 

the beginnings of an airway system. with contempt by peoples of so-called Karl Lewellyn of the Columbia

Loice Richards Assistant Editor Nell Patillo_Ass/. Business Manager 

Landing fields were built, beacons were civilized countries. Missionaries carry 

University School of Law has a sugges¬

Margaret Rogers--Make-Up Editor set up, "Slim" Lindbergh made his the gospel of Christ to those men "ad¬ tion. "Books of the Times," he wrote,
flight across the Atlantic, and aviation mitting in their every act and thought 

"ought to mean 'books, which, in the 
EDITORIAL STAFF stocks soared. A network of airlines their own inferiority." The civilized times, have meaning.' Why not, once 
stretched out over the country. Post¬ negro has little respect for his "heath¬ a tackle old-timer?

Martha Elliot Feature Editor Eva Constantine week, an Why 
master General Brown encouraged en" brethren in Africa, no regard for not, e. g., instead of merely mention¬

Mary M. Stowe Society Editor Assistant Make-Up Editor 

^RANCES mergers. the wonderful lore of the great philos¬ ing Chaucer's 'Prologue' and 'TheRosalyn Crispin . Exchange Editor V* During the week of February 12, ophies, "which," says Mr. Vandercook, Wife of Bath' review the prologue to

_ . _ Elizabeth Moore Club Editor

Lulu Ames Exchange Ed,tor Doris Batsell Giddy Gossip President Roosevelt ordered the an¬ "rank the jungle negroes' civilization 'The Wife of Bath's Tale,' in conjunc¬ 
Isabel Shipley Alumnae Editor pLANX Ellis Joke Editor nulment, effective February 19, of as the equal, and in many respects the tion with the tale itself? I know 
superior of any way of life that is nothing

Elizabeth Hickson Book Bits Isabel Lowrance every one of the government's twenty-to more Rooseveltianly modern 

Nell White Asst. Feature Editor Key to Current History six domestic airmail contracts, the be found anywhere in the world, than that combination of hard-headed 
Army to carry the mails "during the whether among white or yellow peo¬ realism and romantic drive for the 
present emergency." What constitutes ple, black or red." Tom-Tom is the Something that the world must hold. 

BUSINESS STAFF "the present emergency," and what is result of actual visits and experiences I think 'Othello' is the other face of 
Alma Brohard Circulation Manager the cause of the present situation? in the jungle world and contains many lynching. I think Machiavelli's The

BUSINESS ASSISTANTS

Jacqueline Woolfolk There was a Senate committee's in¬ interesting photographs. "It is a black Prince has modern implications. I 
Assistant Circulation Manager Vera Pruit vestigation of ocean and airmail con¬ world, a foreign world, a weird and think Pepys lived in 1934. I think the 
Elizabeth Thrasher Myra O'Neai tracts which resulted in charges of: sometimes fearful world. But it is Njals-Saga tells more of the nature

Kitty Cunningham their own."

Day Student Circulation Managers favoritism by Brown in awarding con¬ of 1aw, of old law and of new law, 
tracts; and, collusion by operators in Bella Wilson. than any modern law book." 
REPORTERS bidding on them. Not every airline 
was indicted, but there seemed to be

Mildred Clark Augusta King 

much corruption throughout. WE SEE BY THE PAPERS 

Katherine Hertzka Lucille Cairns 

Arguments, concerning the admin¬ 
istration's move, have been advanced On Other Campuses meeting of the conference at Davidson 
on both sdies. Farley charged: next year will mark the organization's

EDITORIAL 

1. It was illegal for the Post Of¬ As a result of a new ruling passed twelfth annual meeting. State Teachers 
What of comprehensive examinations? There has been some fice Department to extend old airmail at the University of California, stu¬ College and Mississippi Woman's Col¬ 

discussion on the campus lately of the system of comprehensive contracts, tide over potent contractors dents may receive credit on a course lege at Hattiesburg, Miss., were joint 
until the Watres Act could be passed by merely passing the examination, it hosts at the recent meeting which was

examinations which many schools now employ. Would it be ad¬ 

in April, 1930. not being necessary that they attend held February 22-24.

visable to inaugurate such a system at Agnes Scott? What are 

the class.

2. It was illegal to award big route

its advantages, and what its disadvantages? Already six students of both the Princeton, N. J., (IP)—If nothing

extensions without competitive bid¬ 

graduate and undergraduate divisions else, it will be a distinction to become

At first sight comprehensive exams look like an impossible ding. 

of the school have taken examinations, a graduate of the New Institute for 
and rather absurd thing which will drive everyone crazy and 3. It was illegal to permit collusion 
and applications for examinations to Advanced Study at Princeton, of 

among the hand-picked operators who

not acomplish any appreciable good. Let us limit in the begin¬ be taken after registration have been which the most prominent faculty

met at the Post Office Department in

ning our discussion to only senior comprehensives in major sub¬ received from many more. member is the German scientist, Al¬

May-June, 193 0, agreed among them¬ 

bert Einstein.

jects. What could be gained by them? There is no doubt that selves what routes they would and 

Such things as pop quizzes and note The new university "for scholars

they would be a great strain on the student and would necessi¬ would not bid for. 

takings are unknown to the students exclusively" has only twenty students, 

tate a great deal of work and preparation. Consider these points Farley also complained that prefer¬ of the University of Mexico. The only and most of them are holders of ad¬ 
as disadvantages; do we find enough in their favor to approve of ence had been shown to certain com¬ time they are required to attend classes vanced degrees at other colleges or 

them at Agnes Scott. panies while other good companies is for the final examination. universities. 
were frozen out. 

Before the examination the students So many countries are represented at

In short the advantages are these. Lirst, comprehensive ex¬ 

Certain facts were offered in an¬ buy the textbooks, written by the pro¬ Cornell University that the students 
aminations would help the student correlate her work. Without swer to Farley as follows: fessor, and study them. This method have formed clubs comprised entirely 
them, she sticks her little pieces of knowledge in separate pigeon¬ 1. The Kelly Law of 192 8 gave the enables the students to work while of students from their own countries. 
Postmaster General to "ex¬ they acquire their education. these Japanese,

holes in her brain and does not make an attempt to relate the authority Among are Arabian, 

tend" mail contracts. This was in no Filipino, Chinese, and Flindustan so¬

work of one course with another—even in her major subject. 

way superseded by the Watres Act. Davidson College was chosen as the cieties. 

There are, of course, a few exceptions to this; but this in general meeting place of the Southeastern Stu¬

No one except Postmaster General Far¬ 
is the case. A comprehensive exam would make it necessary for ley thought Mr. Brown had violated dents International Relations Clubs at Co-eds of the University of Michi¬ 
the student to unify and correlate her work, for it would most the letter or spirit of the Watres Act the closing session of a conterence at gan answering to the name of Helen 
probably contain a set of general questions upon the subject as by his geographical extensions for Flattiesburg, Miss., February 24. The have formed a "Troy" club. 

which the bill makes full provisions.

a whole. A unified view of one's major subject with every 

2. The Post Office Conferences in 

the Lindbergh-Roosevelt disagreement. better prepared and equipped.

course and all the outstanding facts of each placed in their proper 

May-June, 1930, on air mail contracts 

Feelings have run high. What are the The President, in a letter of March

relationship is a highly desirable thing. were no secret. The Post Office De¬ 

prospects for the future? The Neiv 7, to Senator McKellar of the Com¬

partment had even put out a press re¬

In the second place, comprehensive examinations would elim¬ York Times for March 8 carried the mittee on Postoffices and Post Roads,

lease on them. No evidence had yet

inate the wholesale process of forgetting which follows each set heading—"Roosevelt Urges Return of gives definite suggestions, urging

been adduced that Mr. Brown was in¬ 
of semester examinations. At present, after a final is taken in formed of the enter-company deals Mails to Air Companies Under Strict prompt action, "really competitive" 

Safeguards." This would seem to be bidding, encouragement of industry,

a subject the material learned in that class is almost instantan¬ leading up to a redistribution of con¬ 
a direct retrenchment on the part of maximum flying hours with wages not 

eously forgotten. Girls work intensively directly before the tracts. below a certain minimum, and safe¬

the Administration probably due in

3. Concerning legality of contracts,

exam with the absolute intention of learning only for the date of part to casualties, graphic facts of guards against evils of the past, at the

all had been approved by Comptroller

the exam, and—we may truthfully add—of forgetting it all im¬ which have been carried in all news¬ same time encouraging "the sound de¬

General McCarl, guardian of the na¬ 
mediately after that date. If, on the other hand, these same girls tional purse. papers; shortage in delivery; expenses; velopment of the aviation industry." 
a feeling that the commercial lines are page 4, 1)

knew that at the end of their senior year they would be required 4. From 1929 to 1933 compensa¬ (Continued on column 
tion paid to airmail carriers by the Post

to stand another examination including the same material, they 

Office Department

would learn with this in view—they would acquire permanent was reduced from 

$1.09 to 42c per mile. 

knowledge. 

5. If Mr. Brown did attempt to re¬ 

In the third place, comprehensive examinations would give duce ruthless competition among air¬ 
lines, he was doing no more than is the

the student a better background for her work after college. This 

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE

Administration under the N. R. A.!

is especially true for those who are planning to teach. As an 

Point 4 was in answer to Farley's

example: a math major goes out to a small high school to teach DECATUR, GA.

complaint that excessive amounts had 
while she has not had any course at all related to the subjects she been paid 1930-1933 since the subsidy 

will be called upon to teach in several years. She had algebra was based on space rates instead of A college for women that is widely recog¬ 
poundage.

as a freshman, but in her last two years certainly she has studied 

Before a Senate Committee, includ¬ nized for its standards of work, and for the

advanced courses that have no bearing on high school mathe¬ 

ing Senator Black, Witness Brown per¬

matics. This holds true for every subject. Also, comprehensive 

sistently declared that "there 

was interesting character of its student activities 

exams would give the future teacher a chance to organize her nothing clandestine or secret" about 
work and select the important from the unimportant. But it is the operators' conferences. "We don't 

put mail on railroads by competitive

useful to have a unified idea of the subject one has chosen to For further information, address 

bidding," he said. At no time would

major and is therefore most interested in, whatever one's voca¬ 

he admit that he had violated the 
tion will be. Watres bill as passed. 

J. R. McCain, President

Much investigating, many accusa¬

Because of the reasons mentioned above, and other similar 

tions and resolutions have passed since 

ones, we feel that it would be advisable to install a system of 

the Administration's announcement on 

•■'mior comprehensive examinations in major subjects at Agnes 

Februan,-9. Much excitement was 
Scott. aroused throughout the country over 


Giddy, darling— one of those ducky little "Beware!" 
Really, my dear, I almost feel hes¬ notes, always signed with classic sim¬ 
plicity—A FRIEND. Only I don't

itant about spreading the dirt this 
feel like dipping my paw in the redweek, what with your being practical¬ ink today.

ly a total stranger to me by this time. 

You know, I think it would be love¬ 

But even with my delicate sensibili¬ 

ly to be in Dr. Wright's class, my

ties rushing to the fore, and all, I must sweet. Never a dull moment, I hear. 

Dexter's She

tell you about Miss rat. And the other day the doctor waxed so 

named it Nature, you know. What? 

enthusiastic and what not that Dr. 

You don't mean to say you can't guess 

Davidson had to stop his own class 

u>by! She puts it in the maze, my love, 

across the hall, and just wait for the 

and lets "Nature" take its course. 

noise to calm. Or, on second thought,
I don't know a thing about it, my¬ 

perhaps I'd rather be in Dr. Davidson's 

self, but I have heard—through the 

class, for after all, there's reallybumblings of the bees and the mur¬ nothing like a suspended class for sheer 

murs of the seas, so to speak, and as 

enjoyment, is there, angel?

'twere—that the fair damsel on the 

I can't tell you the names of the 
campus who is known to most of ns conspirators, my dear, because they 

as "Energetic Ignorance" is going to were wickedly plotting to ride up to 
have a small sized lynching or some¬ third floor Buttrick on the elevator. 

thing on her hands if she doesn't stop The one, more cautious than the other,
rmplorhig Miss Gaylord to "give us a suggested that they walk down to the 
lot more problems, and please, please basement and catch the elevator there. 

send us to the board oftener!" This, 

The other, with great lack of criminal 
in case she reads it, may be regarded as foresight, failed to perceive that the 
general idea was to avoid being seen 
entering the forbidden ground and 
brilliantly queried: "Why? Is it down 
there?" 

All of which goes to prove, my love, 
! that the Junior Banquet was a dread¬ 
ful strain on the whole community, 

Try Our or perhaps, on the other hand, it proves 
that examinations will be abolished 
next year, or possibly—oh well, I 
didn't like it much myself.

SANDWICHES 

Thousands of love, 
Aggie. 
We Make Them Right 

Mary Lib: "How can anyone say 
that absence makes the heart grow 
fonder?" 

LAWRENCE'S 

Tom: "I guess that means the ab¬ 
sence of the third party."

PHARMACY 

►J» «$♦♦Jt ♦$* «$» ♦J* 

4» ♦> 
Phones De. 0762-0763 

❖

Silhouette Tea Room ❖ 
HOURS: 
7:30-2:00 
4:00-7:00 
10:00-10:30 

Spring Cleaning for your 

complexion 

Elizabeth Arden's C.T.S. Method 

The three essentials to beauty. 

C—Cleansing, use Cleasing Cream and 
Skin Tonic. 

T—Toning, use Spotpruf Lotion. 

S—Soothing, use Yelva Cream or 
Grange Skin Food. 

The correct treatment of Spring Cleaning will 
be outlined to you in our Consultation Room, 
by Mrs. Rees, Elizabeth Arden Consultant. 
A courtesy to Agnes Scott girls. 

The Agonistic 

Trustee Candler 

Celebrates 76th 

Birthday 

"Yes! I was a trustee of Agnes 
Scott even in the days when it was 
co-educational," said Dr. C. M. Can¬ 
dler, the only member of Agnes Scott's 
present board of trustees who was also 
on the first board. Dr. Candler, who 
celebrates his seventy-sixth birthday 
Saturday, is a son-in-law of Colonel 
George W. Scott, the founder of Agnes 
Scott. His father was a trustee of the 
college, as is now his eldest son. 

Born in Decatur near the Court¬ 
house Square in 1 85 8, Dr. Candler has 
lived his entire life in four houses, all 
of which are within one mile of Decatur's 
Square. His father, Milton A. 
Candler, came from Carroll County to 
Decatur in 18 57. His mother's fam¬ 
ily came to Georgia from South Caro¬ 
lina. His father and grandfather were 
members of Congress under the Buch¬ 
anan and Hayes administrations. Dr. 
Candler attended Decatur Academy, 
Kirkwood High School, and the Uni¬ 
versity of Georgia, from which he was 
graduated in 1877. In Decatur and At¬ 
lanta, he devoted himself to the prac¬ 
tice of law, thus following the voca¬ 
tion of his grandfather and his father, 
and setting an example which his two 
sons have followed. 

Dr. Candler remembers very vivid¬ 
ly the year when Decatur Female Sem¬ 
inary opened its doors, with an enroll¬ 
ment of fifty-five, five of whom were 
small boys, and two of whom were 
boarders. White House was the school, 
dormitory, and dining hall, and in 
early years Dr. Candler used to go over 
to help about the house, especially with 
the huge trunks the girls brought. 

The donation by Colonel George W. 
Scott of thirty or forty thousand dol¬ 
lars gave the great impetus to Agnes 
Scott's growth, and culminated in the 
erection of Main Building in 1892. So 
many girls wished to attend the school 
that, said Dr. Candler, "we had to 
rent a stone house across the railroad 
tracks, into which we put twenty 
girls." He smiled and continued, "I 
shall never forget being over there (at 
Agnes Scott) the boom year ( 1893). 
One large room—in the tower—had to 
accommodate five girls, and I was del¬ 
egated to persuade the families that 
the best number of girls in a room was 
five." Miss Hopkins, a "wonderful 
factor in aiding Scott;" Miss McKinney, 
and Miss Massie, said Dr. Cand¬ 
ler, were all very young and very pret¬ 
ty, and they constituted for the most 
part the faculty. Dr. Gaines, who 
liked Virginia very much, had selected 
all these young ladies from Virginia, 
and only the music and art teachers 
were from Georgia. 

"Since its opening day," concluded 
Dr. Candler, "Agnes Scott has grown, 
but its spirit is very little changed." 

Dr. Candler is remarkably young, 
with steel gray hair and blue eyes. He 

res a 

Meriel Bull spent Saturday night 
with Mary Snow in Atlanta. 

Sara Frances McDonald and Martha 
Edmonds attended a dance Saturday 
night at Druid Hills. 

Kathryn Fitzpatrick of Austell, Ga., 
spent last week-end with Sara Cure-
ton. 

Sally McCrea visited Virginia Chesh¬ 
ire in Atlanta last week-end. 

Naomi Cooper was at her home in 
Columbus, Ga., for Saturday and Sun¬ 
day. 

Ovieda Long and Lavinia Scott 
spent last week-end with Norma Har¬ 
rison in Decatur. 

Martha Redwine was in Atlanta 
with Mrs. B. H. Barrett for the week¬ 
end. 

Trellis Carmichael and Jane Cassels 
went to the former's home in McDonough, 
Ga., for the week-end. 

Hyta Plowden visited her aunt, Mrs. 

H. W. Martin, in Atlanta, Saturday 
night. 

Plant Ellis drove to her home in 
Macon for the week-end with Miss 
Leslie Gaylord. 

Margaret Waterman spent the 
week-end in College Park with Mrs. 
Thomas Fagan. 

Frances Passmore from Fayetteville 
visited Betty Lou Houck last week¬ 
end. 

Margaret Guillion and Vera Frances 
Pruit spent Saturday night with Ruth 
Moore in Atlanta. 

Betty Lou Houck and Elizabeth 
Alexander had dinner at the latter's 
home in Atlanta Friday night. 

Ellen Davis spent the week-end at 
her home in Columbia, S. C. 

Adele Moses spent Sunday with her 
cousin, Mrs. C. A. Alexander, in At¬ 
lanta. 

Frances Belford's mother visited her 
in Atlanta last week. 

is happy that no one would believe 
that Saturday gives him one year over 
three-quarters of a century of living, 
and no less than forty-five as a trus¬ 
tee of Agnes Scott College. 

Frances Steele was the week-end 
guest of Eloisa Alexander at her home 
in Atlanta. 

Helen Hays, a student of LaGrange 
College, spent the week-end with Dor¬ 
othy Lee. 

Kitty Printup spent the week-end at 
her home in Atlanta. 

Vivienne Trice visited Mrs. W. S. 
Ansley in Decatur last week-end. 

Martha Norman went to her home 
in West Point, Ga., for Saturday and 
Sunday. 

Helen Dupree attended the dance 
at the Candler Hotel in Decatur Sat¬ 
urday night. 

ALUMNAE 

Martha Ransom, ex-'31, is to be 
married March 21 to Mr. William 
Johnston in Littleton, N. C. 

Frances (Murray) Hedberg, '31, is 
now in Easton, Penn. Her address is 
Box 53. 

Louise Wise, '32, has been visiting 
Harriotte Brantley, '32, at Harriotte's 
home, The Oaks, in Blackshear, Ga. 

Pat Kimble, '32, is teaching Latin 
and Spanish in the Americus High 
School. 

Tot Smith, '32, is head of the cos¬ 
metic department of Bullard's in 
Greenville, Miss. 

Kitsy Wright, '3 2, is working for 
her father in Asheville, N. C. 

Olive Weeks, '32, is assistant tech¬ 
nician at the Harbin Hospital in Rome, 
Georgia. 

Virginia Gray, '32, is spending the 
winter at home in Union, W. Va. 

Datha Wilson, '32, is studying ro¬ 
mance languages at the University of 
Arizona. 

Elizabeth Moore, ex-'33, is now liv¬ 
ing at Wellington Apartments, Spartanburg, 
S. C. 

Susan Watson, ex-'3 3 is studying 
in France this year. 

"Love letters speed up the males. 
Log. 

Special Invitation 

to Every 

Student 

Who is interested in being smart¬ 
ly and individually dressed—for 
a minimum cost to fit the school 
girl budget! Drop in Leon's next 
time you're in town and see the 
new Spring Models—$16.75 and 
up. 

^Oft^rbKirv 

Tte0ei\steii\s 

22S-27 

^eACHTRee•STORG 


The Agonistic 

New Ruling Passed 

Eta Sigma Phi Has 

For Senior Robes ATHLETIC NEWS 

Initiation Banquet 

The seniors will only wear their 
robes to chapel one Saturday in the 
Posture Contest

month and on Saturdays when there 
is an academic procession from now 

To Be Held Here 
on, it was decided at the class meet¬ 
ing after chapel Saturday. The motion The annual posture contest, which 
was made because at present only a will close the year's health program, is 
very small percent of the seniors wear to be held on Thursday evening, 
their robes, and because it is hard for March 22, at 7:3 0 in the gymnasium. 
day students to bring theirs. At this time Miss Health will be pre¬ 
sented with the health cup. 

FINAL ELEVEN ARE CHOSEN Up until this year, the posture con¬ 
TO APPEAR IN MAY COURT test has been the only way of choosing 
Miss Health, but this time the health

{Continued from page 1, column 2) 
records of each candidate will be look¬ son, Mary Summers, Trellis Carmied 
up before the contest, and will be 

chael. 

counted in the scoring.
Shepherdesses: Caroline Clements, 

ast year Betty Lou Houck was 
Eloisa Alexander, Caroline Russel, selected Miss Health, while Caree 
Mary Boggs, Virginia Fisher, Mad Lingle was chosen in 1932. The con¬ 
test is sponsored by the Athletic As¬

Race, Mary Green. 

sociation.

Jongleurs: Mardie Friend, Virginia 
Gaines, Vivian Long, Jane Thomas, HIGH SCHOOL DAY PLANNED 

Beverly Peeples, Isabel Shipley, Eliz¬ 

{Continued from page 1, column 5) 
abeth Hickson. and Mrs. Francis Dwyer, President 
pro tern, of the Atlanta Agnes Scott

Farandoles: Hetty Harkness, Dean 
Club. After registering in the Alum¬McKoin, Esther Soutter, Jane Blaire, nae House, the visitors will be shown 
Corrie Blaire, Bazalyn Coley, Frances 

over the campus by members of Mor¬ 
McCalla, Elizabeth Heaton, Fannie B. tar Board. From 11:45 to 12:30 they 
ITarris. will be entertained by the Physical Ed¬ 
ucation Department, and lunch will

Tambourine dance: Louise McCain, 

be served them at 12:3 0 in the Re-
Martha Ann Rodgers, Sarah Turner, 

bekah Scott dining room. 
Ethelene Johnson, Virginia Williams, 

Under the direction of Miss Frances

Flelen Phillips, Frances McCalla, Mary 

K. Gooch, associate professor of Eng¬
Snow, Martha Sue Laney, Jane Mat¬ lish, a one-act play, sponsored jointly 
thews, Flora Young. by Blackfriars and the Spoken English 

Dretagne dance: Janet Gray, Muriel Department, will be presented at 1:30. 
Bull, Frances Adair, Mary Winterbot-From 2:00 to 3:00 the Physical Edu¬ 
tom, Mildred Clark, Fidesah Edwards, cation Department will again entertain 
Margaret Stokey, Laura Steele, Gladys for the visitors, this time a dance re¬ 
Pratt, Peg Kump, Elizabeth Allison, cital being the special feature. Imme¬ 
Martha Johnson, Frances MacDonald, diately afterwards, those, who so de¬ 
Ovieda Long, Mary Lillian Deason, sire, will be given the opportunity of 
Florence Preston. going in swimming in the college 

Crochety husbands: Catherine swimming pool. To bring the program 
Swarengen, Anne Walker, Rachel Ken¬ to a close the Cotillion Club will be 
nedy, Mary King, Virginia Byers, Mar¬ hostesses at a tea-dance in the audi¬ 

ian Calhoun, Louise Tipton. torium of the gym from 3:00 to 4:3 0, 

Garland bearers: Mary Virginia at which Graham Jackson, well-
Allen, Virginia Prettyman, Caroline known pianist and radio entertainer, 
Dickson, Betty Fountain, Elizabeth will play. 
Johnson, Nina Parke, Marjorie Tind-

This entertaining of the seniors of 

all, Sarah Nicholls. 

the various local high schools has for 

Knights: Sarah Jones, Myra O'Neal, many years been one of the regularLaura Hart, Man' Malone, Peg Guil


programs of the Atlanta Agnes Scott 
lion, Isabelle McCain, Helen Derrick, Club. Last year 140 girls visited the 
Martha Elliott, Ruth Moore, Kitty college at this time. 

Cunningham, Mary Gillespie, Eliz¬ 
abeth Burson. 

Back from the jungles of Guatemala 
Joan Lowell {The Cradle of the Deep)BUREAU INVITES A. S. TO JOIN 
brought a 6-year-old half-Indian boy{Continued from page 1, column 3) named Marino Valdez. She averredMiss Penelope Brown, traveling sec¬ that hostile Indians had capturedretary of the Alumnae Association, Marino Valdez, cut off his right handwho is now in Philadelphia speaking because he was an "infidel" (or be¬
to high school students about Agnes cause, they wanted to prevent his everScott, is, during her stay there, work¬ bearing arms), abandoned him to theing in connection with the New York jungle, where she found him whilebureau. 

shooting films. She plans to adopt him 
legally in Manhattan.—Time.

KEY TO CURRENT HISTORY 
{Continued from page 2, column 5) 

Meanwhile, until definite plans can 
be worked out for returning the air ELLIOTT'S PEACHTREE 
mail to the commercial lines President 

STUDIO 

Roosevelt has ordered temporary cessa¬ 

fi'ixS' z Oil Colored Photo¬

tion of the mails being flown. This 
period of non-flying will probably be graph, $5.75 
ended today or tomorrow. 

L. CHAJAGE 
220 PEACHTREE ST. 

Expert Reinodeling 
DIXIE'S LEADING FURRIER 

SwnggtM* Suits 

Newest and smartest swagger suits that 
Agnes Scott girls like . . . and in all the 
bright shades for Spring. 

$16.75 $19.75 

George Muse Clothing Co. 

Tennis Tournament A. A, Will Sponsor 

To Begin Tomorrow Annual Play Day 

The spring singles tennis tourna¬ The high school play day, sponsored 

ments will begin tomorrow. There will annually by the Athletic Association, 
has been planned for Saturday after¬

be a beginners tournament as well as 

noon, April 14. Several weeks ago rep¬

one for the advanced players. 

resentatives from the various Atlanta 

This year the tournaments are to be 

and Decatur high schools met at the 
conducted under a new plan. Each Y. W. C. A. in Atlanta and made 
person who wins a match will thereby plans for the play day. It was de¬ 
cided that each school should send fif¬

win a point for her class. These points 

teen students instead of the usual ten.

will be added up, and the class which The increased number will necessitate 
wins the greatest number of points 

a broader program of sports. A pic¬
will win the tournament whether the nic supper will be served following 
winner of the final match is of that the sports. 
class or not. Therefore, there will be Frances McCalla is chairman of the 

! 

committee working on the play daya winning class as well as a school 
with Mary Ames and Elizabeth Bur-champion. 

son as the other members.

For those players who are defeated 
in the first round, there will be a con¬ WORK IS STARTED 

solation flight, for which an award ON SENIOR OPERA 

will be given. 

{Continued from page 1, column 3)
The poster to sign up for the tour¬ son; tickets, Elinor Hamilton (chair¬
nament has been up for the past three man), Plant Ellis, Marjorie Tindall;
days, and the chart will be posted to¬ people to sell candies between acts,
night. 

Louise Schuesser (chairman), Mary 
Winterbottom, Jane MacMillan, Vir¬ 
UNTERMEYER SENDS ginia Fisher, Laura Buist, Betty Harbi¬ 

LETTER TO COLLEGE son; Orchestra, Margaret Massie. 
Work has already been started by 

The following letter from Louis the writing committee, and a name has 
Untermeyer, well-known poet, critic, been chosen, which, according to the 
and lecturer, who will speak here Fri¬ custom, must remain secret. 
day night, was received last week by Last year the seniors gave a take¬ 
Dr. Catherine Torrance, chairman of off on The Student Prince, The Stew¬ 
the Agnes Scott Lecture Association: ed Prince. The class of '32 gave My 

"Dear Miss Torrance: Nun, a parody on Manon. Senior Opera 

"According to my schedule, I will has been a tradition since 1916. 
leave Berea, Ky., the night of the 
15th, arriving in Atlanta at 12:08 the class in literature and answer any ques¬ 
following day, I am not sure just what tions which may have been roused by 
transportation will bring me to De-the gaps I promise to leave in my lec¬ 
catur, but I imagine there must be a ture." 
bus, a trolley car, a taxi, a plane, or Mr. Untermeyer will speak on "The 
roller skates to get me to Agnes Scott Glory of the Commonplace" in the 
College, within an hour or so. This gym at eight-thirty Friday night. He 
will give me the rest of the 16th in appears as the final feature of this 
which to autograph books—and if the year's lecture series. 
stacks are too high for me to finish be¬ 
fore the lecture, I can devote the 17th A Rough Retort 
to the more-than-agreeable task, since Jeff: "Golfing is pie for me." 
it appears I shall be on your hands the Mutt: "I've noticed you take plenty 
17th as well. of slices." 

"It would give me great pleasure to 
attend either a supper before the lec¬ 
ture, or reception after (or both) on 
one condition: that I will not be ex¬ 

WEIL'S 10c STORE

pected to eat cucumber sandwiches. 
Otherwise I will be happy to partici¬ 

Has Most Anything You Need 
pate in any affair or eat any food you 
may have planned. If properly ap¬ 
proached, I might even attend a 

New Colorful 

KI. tJSitS 

In Allen's 

SPORT 

SHOP 

$2.98 

We have a wide selection of color¬ 
ful blouses to brighten your suit— 
silk, taffeta, or cotton. They come 
in a variety of colors, prints, or 
stripes, ail for this low price. 

J. IP. AILILICN & CO. 

The Store AH Women Know 

The annual Eta Sigma Phi banquet 
was held on the evening of March 7 
at the Elite Tea Room in Decatur. It 
was in honour of the new members, 
who before the banquet were initiated 
in the Y. YT. cabinet room. The 
speaker for the evening was Dr. YYL 

D. Hooper, head of the Latin Depart¬ 
ment at the University of Georgia. 
He was introduced by Elizabeth Hick-

son, president of the club. The sub¬ 
ject of his talk was "Clasiscal Studies 
in the German Universities." 

NEW ELECTION PLANS TRIED 
{Continued from page 1, column 2) 
ginia Prettyman, Elizabeth Hickson, 
Mary Hamilton, Mary Ames, Betty 
Harbison, and Marjorie Tindall. 

AT THE THEATRES 

Thursday and Friday 

ONE MAN'S JOURNEY 

DEKALB THEATRE 

Monday and Tuesday 
THE BOWERY 

Something Entirely New 
and Beautiful in Mov¬ 
ing Pictures 

"AS THE EARTH 
TURNS" 
with 
JEN MUIR 
DONALD WOODS 
EMILY LOWERY 
DAVID LONDON 

Now Playing 

CparamountTH E ATRE 

SBSiSS&SBS&EiEEfiEiXSSaHBHnBMBK! 

RIALTO 

HELD OVER SECOND 

MEEK 

CLARK GABLE 
CLAUDETE COLBERT 
—in— 

"IT HAPPENED 
ONE NIGHT" 

GEORGIA 

Now Playing 

"EASY TO LOVE" 
with 
ADOLPHE MENJOU 

GENEVIEVE TOBIN 

ALL SEATS 25c 

Begins Fri. Meh. 16 
FOX 
I'RE 1)R FC 
MARCH

.1 im my

ISvors —in— 
Business Is "DEATH 

A Pleasure 

TAKES A

Paramouni 
News HOLIDAY" 

Dangc;ous! . . . Faseinating! A 
lover tasting the joys of mortal 
emotion for the first time . . . 
while the world stood still and 
waited for it to be over! 


<P)e ^Vaonistic 

VOL. XIV AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1934 

NO. 18 
AGONISTIC CUP GOES TO FRESHMAN CLASS 

Lists Give Names 

of Nominees For 

Various Offices 

35 of Committee Nominations 
Are First Popular Nominations 

Of the committee nominations for 
the student offices for next year thir¬ 
ty-five received first popular nomina¬ 
tions. The committee nominations 
were made by a committee which in¬ 
cluded all the presidents and vice-presi¬ 
dents of the major organizations, edi¬ 
tors and business managers of the pub¬ 
lications, the day student president, 
and the student recorder. The popu¬ 
lar nominations were made in chapel 
Saturday morning by the student body. 
Both sets of nominations were posted 
Monday morning. The student offi¬ 
cials for the organizations will be vot¬ 
ed on in chapel tomorrow, those for 
the publications in chapel Friday. The 
nominations are as follows: 

Committee nominations: 

Student Government: 

President—Alberta Palmour. 

Vice-president—Mary Green. 

House presidents: Rebekah Scott, 
Mary Boggs; Main, Nina Parke; Inman, 
Mary Jane Evans. 

Secretary—Frances James. 

Treasurer—Adelaide Stevens. 

Student treasurer — Amy Under¬ 
wood. 
Student recorder — Vella Marie 
Behm. 

Y. W. C. A.: 
President—Martha Redwine. 
Vice-president—Caroline Dickson. 
Secretary—Sara Spencer. 
Treasurer—Lena Armstrong. 
Silhouette: 
Editor-in-chief—Caroline Long. 
Assistant editor—Rosa Miller. 
Business manager — Betty Lou 

Houck. 

Assistant business manager—Ellen 
Davis. 

Aurora: 

Editor—Anna Humber. 

Assistant editor—Lita Goss. 

Business manager—Mary Virginia 

Allen. 
(Confruited on page 4, column 3.) 

NEW SILVER SERVICE 
GIVEN TO COLLEGE 

A silver service for the college has 
been bought by the executive com¬ 
mittee of the Student Government. 
The set includes two urns, two trays, 
and two cream pitchers and sugar 
bowls. It is in the colonial pattern, 
which, being a standard pattern, may 
be added to at any time. 

The service was brought with some 
of the money returned to the commit¬ 
tee by the Decatur bank which failed 
several years ago. Another portion of 
the money was added to the fund set 
aside for a portrait of President J. R. 
McCain. Eifty dollars will be used to 
furnish a day student room in Inman. 
Files for the executive room were 
bought with the remainder. 

NEW MEMBERS ELECTED 
BY CHI BETA PHI SIGMA 

Chi Beta Phi Sigma, science fra¬ 
ternity, at a call meeting on March 
12 elected the following pledges: 

Ann Coffee, Gladys Pratt, Virginia 
Fisher, Sara Nichols, Mary Snow, 
Martha Allen, Virginia Nelson, Mary 
Walker, Caroline Long, Florence Pres¬ 
ton, Lorraine Smith, Carol Griffith, 
Laura Whitner, Jennie Champion, and 
Ann Martin. 

They will be initiated at a banquet 
which will take place the Friday after 
spring holidays. 

Phi Beta Names 

Seven Alumnae 

The election of seven alumnae to 
Phi Beta Kappa was announced this 
morning in chapel. They are members 
of the class of 1919. The following 
were named: Minnie Clare Boyd, of 
Hartford, Ala.; Mary Lois Eve, of Augesta, 
Ga.; Margaret Leech (Mrs. Wil¬ 
liam Collier Cook), of Dickson, 
Tenn.; Louise Marshburn (Mrs. H. W. 
Riley), of Miami, Fla.; Frances Cary 
Shedd (Mrs. John Withers Blake), of 
Monticello, Fla.; Dorothy Thigpen 
(Mrs. Edmund Brooks Shea), of Mil¬ 
waukee, Wis.; Margaret Watts (Mrs. 
Fredrick Stanley Cooper), of Rome, 
Ga. 

Each spring elections of alumnae 
members to Phi Beta Kappa are made 
from the class which graduated fif¬ 
teen years before—the members1 of 
this year were chosen by the advisor)' 
board of the Agnes Scott Chapter of 
Phi Beta Kappa last night. 

New Plans Made 

For Ring Design 

Because of a request made by three 
classes last year, the Agnes Scott ring 
will be changed. 

The face of the ring is a black 
onyx, on which are engraved the let¬ 
ters A. S. C. The degree and year of 
graduation appear on the shanks. The 
type, shape, and size of the stone, and 
the intaglio method of engraving are 
decided innovations, the ring being the 
first of its kind to be designed for 
a southern woman's college. It com¬ 
bines the newest trends in college rings 
and jewelry designs, which have turn¬ 
ed completely from the styles used in 
the past. 

(Continued on page 4, column 5.) 

DR. ROBINSON TO GO 
TO MATH CONFERENCE 

Prof. Henry A. Robinson, head of 
the mathematics department of Agnes 
Scott, and Martha Allen, a member of 
the junior class, will attend the con¬ 
ference of the southeastern section of 
the Mathematical Association of 
America, to be held March 30-31, at 
the University of Alabama. 

Dr. Robinson is the secretary of the 
southeastern section and is in charge of 
the program. Twenty important speak¬ 
ers have been secured, including Dr. 
Arnold Dresden, president of the 
American Mathematical Association. 
Martha North Watson, a graduate of 
Agnes Scott in the class of 1931, who 
has received her M.A. degree in mathe¬ 
matics, will also read a paper. 

A number of entertainments have 
been planned for the delegates, who in¬ 
clude the members of the mathematics 
departments of Georgia, Tech, and 
Emory University. 

U. of Georgia Students 
Have Charge of Chapel 

The Y. M. C. A. of the University 
of Georgia had charge of the chapel 
program here Tuesday morning. 

E. L. Secrest, who is in charge of 
the religious activities at Georgia had 
charge of the program. David Powell, 
a graduate student, sang and was ac¬ 
companied by E. Shelton; Virlyn B. 
Moore, a senior at the Universitv spoke 
on "Passing the Buck", and Billy Maddox 
spoke on "The New Deal in Stu¬ 
dent Thinking." 

Miss Agnes Highsmith, the assist¬ 
ant of the Volunteers Religious As¬ 
sociation of the University of Georgia 
also addressed the students. 

Randolph -Macon 

Debaters Will 

Come Here 

Agnes Scott to Be Represented 
By Lib Winn and Sara Wood 

The two Randolph-Macon students 
who will debate Agnes Scott in the 
college gymnasium Friday evening at 

8:3 0, will be Frances Davis and Mary 
Lou Klaver. They will uphold the 
negative of the question, "Resolved, 
That the purposes and principles of the 
N. R. A. should be permanently adopt¬ 
ed by the United States." Elizabeth 
Winn, president of Pi Alpha Phi de¬ 
bating club, and Sarah Catherine Wood 
will defend the affirmative. The same 
evening Marion Calhoun and Mildred 
Cohen will debate the negative of this 
question with Sophie Newcomb in 
New Orleans, while Sophie Newcomb 
will meet Randolph-Macon in Lynch 
burg. 


These debates are a revival of the 
former triangular debates which were 
held annually among Agnes Scott, 
Sophie Newcomb, and Randolph-
Macon until several years ago. This is 
the third intercollegiate debate spons¬ 
ored by Pi Alpha Phi this year. The 
first one was a dual debate with 
Sophie Newcomb last fall; the second, 
a triangular debate with Tech and 
Emory. 

The judges for the debate at Agnes 
Scott will be: Mrs. J. O. Sanders, 
(Continued on page 4, column 1.) 

New Election 

Plans Given 

A revised method for electing class 
officers was voted on and passed at a 
Student Government meeting in chapel 
Thursday, March 15. According to the 
revised procedure, the chapel period of 
the Tuesday after spring holidays will 
be devoted to class elections. Each 
class will make its nominations, which 
will be posted on the bulletin board in 
Buttrick. Two days later these nom¬ 
inations will be voted on during the 
chapel period. 

The juniors will hold their class 
meeting in Mr. Johnson's studio, the 
sophomores in the day students' room 
in Main, and the freshmen in the 
chapel. 

MISS R. KAUFFMAN TO 
DISCUSS SOCIAL WORK 

A discussion group on social service 
will be led by Miss Rhoda Kauffman, 
of the Family Welfare Society of At¬ 
lanta, this afternoon at three o'clock 
in the Y. W. C. A. cabinet room. 
Members of the social service group 
and all girls interested in the subject 
are invited to attend. Miss Kauffman 
spoke recently in chapel on her work 
in Atlanta. 

Last night a discussion group on in¬ 
dustrial problems was led by Miss 
Mary Hilyer, an international industrial 
worker, in the cabinet room at seven 
o'clock. Miss Hilyer has traveled ex¬ 
tensively in America and in foreign 
countries, studying conditions and in¬ 
dustrial problems. 

B. 0. Z. HAS ELECTION 
OF NEW MEMBERS 

B. O. Z. tryouts were held Thurs¬ 
day, March 15, and the new members 
were elected. They are: Loice Rich¬ 
ards, Elizabeth Espy, Martha Sue 
Laney. 

Jap Professor 

Suggets Plan 

The project of sponsoring a cor¬ 
respondence between Japanese stu¬ 
dents and Agnes Scott girls is being 
undertaken by the Y. W. C. A. as 
the result of a letter received by Dr. 

J. R. McCain, from Dr. T. Hasegawa, 
of Tokyo, Japan. Girls who are 
interested are requested to give their 
names to officers of the association. 

Dr. Hasegawa in his letter says: "If 
there are any among your professors 
and students who are interested in the 
Orient I shall be glad to have their 
contributions to our magazine, for 
example, under the title 'About 
Women's Education' or anything like 
that and so much more grateful if you 
take trouble to arrange it. Also if 
some of your students want to cor¬ 
respond with young women of Japan 
I wish to have their names and classes 
which they belong to. I shall make 
ours write first." 

A. S. Delegates 

To Be Chosen 

Two delegates will be chosen Mon¬ 
day night by the Executive Commit¬ 
tee to represent Agnes Scott at the 
annual conference of the Southeastern 
Region of N. S. F. A., and the Na¬ 
tional College Press Association to be 

held at the University of Alabama, in 

Tuscaloosa, March 29, 3 0, and 31. 
This will be the first time women's 
colleges will have representatives at 
this conference. The girls will be 
guests of the sororities and the boys 
the guests of the fraternities. Charles 
Bennett, of the University of Florida, 
is president of the Southeastern Region 
of N. S. F. A. and will preside at the 
conference. 

UNTERMEYER CLOSES 
, A. S. LECTURE SERIES 

The Americanization of American 
poetry was the theme of the lecture 
given by Louis Untermeyer, poet, 
critic, and lecturer, in the gymnasium 
Friday night. Mr. Untermeyer stated 
that in both form and content the 
poetry of this country is at best be¬ 
coming American. As illustration of 
his subject, "The Glory of the Com¬ 
monplace," he read several of his own 
poems which included Prayer and 
Caliban of the Coal Mines. 

Friday afternoon Mr. Untermeyer 
spoke to the Chaucer class. After 
the lecture Friday night a reception 
was given in his honor in the day 
students' room in Main. He was 
entertained at lunch Saturday by mem¬ 
bers of Poetry Club and B. O. Z. writ¬ 
ing club. 

Delegates to Be Chosen 
To Go To Tennessee 

Two delegates will be chosen after 
elections to represent Agnes Scott at 
the Southern Intercollegiate Associa¬ 
tion of Student Government Confer¬ 
ence to be held at the University of 
Tennessee, in Knoxville, April 5, 6, and 

7. Each college that is a member 
of the association has dispatched a 
telegram to Mrs. Franklin D. Roose¬ 
velt asking her to address the dele¬ 
gates. Mildred Reynolds, of Hollins, 
is president of S. I. A. S. G. and will 
nreside at the conference, which is for 
women only. Margaret Ridley and 
Mary MacDonald represented Agnes 
Scott at the conference last year in 
Lynchburg. 

Freshman Issue 

Awarded Cup 

By Judges 

Judges Award Seniors Second 
Place in Annual Class Contest 

The freshman edition of the Agonis¬ 

tic was awarded first place by the 

judges in the recent class contest. The 

cup was given to Laura Steel, fresh¬ 

man editor, in chapel this morning. 

Katherine Bowen was business mana¬ 

ger for the winning paper. 

Mr. Lucius Pope, of the Atlanta 
Journal, let his staff vote on the papers 
submitted to him and because of their 
vote gave first place to the freshmen. 
Mr. W. F. Caldwell, of the Southern 
Division of the Associated Press, se¬ 
lected the freshman editor because the 
make-up was "especially attractive 
with a good news picture on the front 
page and heads that compare favorably 
with the best newspapers." Mr. Cald¬ 
well thought the front page well bal¬ 
anced with a variety of news matter. 
He also considered that the freshmen 
editors showed originality in the paper. 
Mr. Julian Harris, of the Atlanta Con¬ 
stitution, cast his vote for the fresh¬ 
men, because of the make-up and 
choice of type, the variety shown in 
the editorials and the feature articles. 
Mr. Harris also liked the freshman edi¬ 
tion because it "announced itself, 
while it was difficult to select at a 
glance the sophomore or junior or 
senior edition." 

Second place goes to the senior class. 
Elizabeth Lynch, editor of the Agon¬ 
istic last year, gave first place to the 
senior edition. From the other judges 
it received one second place and one 
third. Miss Lynch granted second place 
to the freshmen. The junior edition 
won three third places; the sophomore 
was voted second by two of the judges. 
Of the sophomore paper, Mr. Caldwell 
said: "The two feature interviews 
given two-column heads at the bottom 
of the front page attract the eye." He 
thought that the inside make-up of 
the senior issue compared favorably 
with that of the other editions. 

NEW Y. CABINET TO 
GO TO CONFERENCE 

The new cabinet of Y. W. C. A., 
with the new officers to be elected to¬ 
morrow, will attend the annual Y. W. 

C. A. and Y. M. C. A. conference to 
be held at Wesleyan College in Macon 
this week-end, March 2 3 through 
March 2 5. This is the first time in 
several years that the conference has 
not been held at Camp Wilkins on 
the University of Georgia campus in 
Athens. 

The freshman cabinet of Y. W. C. 

A. will have charge of the program 
for vespers next Sunday night, March 

2 5. Instead of the traditional Easter 
pageant, a worship service has been 
planned to be led by Fannie B. Harris. 
Rev. S. R. Oglesby spoke last Sun¬ 
day night on "Peter." Miss Florence 

Smith will play Schubert's "Ave 
Maria" as a special musical selection. 

"WAR BRIDES" PRESENTED 
FOR HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS 

"War Brides," the play given by the 
Play Production class for high school 
seniors on Saturday was repeated at 
the Blackfriar meeting Tuesday night. 
The cast for the play was: 

Martha Skeen—Hedwig. 

Eleanor Gullion—Mother. 

Marian Calhoun—Amelia. 

Flester Ann Withers—Mina. 

Gussie Rose Riddle—Arno. 

Bob Gillespie—Captain Flerty. 

Jimmy Jepson—Lieut. Hans Hoff



(&l)c Agonistic 

Subscription price, $1.25 per year in advance. Single copies, 5c. 

PUBLISHED WEEKLY 
Owned and published by the students of Agnes Scott College. 

Entered as Second Class Matter. 

r) Member) 

STAFF 

Mary FIamilton Editor Mary Ames Business Manager 
Loice Richards Assistant Editor Nell Patillo-Ass/. Business Manager 
Margaret Rogers ... Make-Up Editor 

EDITORIAL STAFF 

Martha Elliot Feature Editor Eva Constantine 
„ • , ci.. Assistant Make-Up Editor

Mary M. Stowe SocietyEditor / ,

Frances O Brien Sports Editor 
Lulu Ames Exchange Editor Elizabeth Moore Club Editor 

Isabel Shipley Alumnae Editor Doris Batsell Giddy Gossip

Plant Ellis Joke Editor 

Elizabeth Hickson Book Bits IsABEL Lowrance 

Nell White Asst. Feature Editor Key to Current History 

BUSINESS STAFF 

Alma Brohard Circulation Manager BUSINESS ASSISTANTS

Jacqueline Woolfolk 
Assistant Circulation Manager Vera Pruit 
Elizabeth Thrasher Myra O'Neai 

Kitty Cunningham

Day Student Circulation Managers 

REPORTERS 
Frances Balcom Emily Rowe 
Ann Baker Sarah Frances Estes 

EDITORIAL 

Because we want the editorial column of the Agonistic to be 
always open to the current campus issues, we feel that a discus¬ 
sion of the question of smoking regulations at this time is neces¬ 
sary. The paper carries this week two We Thinks on the sub¬ 
ject—anonymous contributions which give adequately the points 
for and against smoking. Let us consider some of these points 
again here. Let us look at them squarely and try to arrive at a 
definite conclusion concerning them. 

Those who support the rules against smoking emphasize the 
fact that girls who smoke do not have to come to Agnes Scott. 
There arc many colleges, which permit smoking, that they might 
attend. This is true. However, it is a pity to deny the privileges 
which Agnes Scott undoubtedly offers to girls who have been 
unfortunate enough to acquire the habit of smoking. 

We feel that ninety per cent of the student body are proud of 
the high ideals of Agnes Scott and strive to live up to them. And 
yet the majority of this ninety per cent do not consider that 
smoking would in any way lower these ideals. Why? It is be¬ 
cause standards which involve only social customs do not remain 
fixed. At one time smoking by women seems to have been almost 
a moral question. What could have possibly made it such we do 
not know—unless it was the crinoline conventions of the Victo¬ 
rian Age. Later it was considered merely as bad taste. Now, 
in the last ten years, times have changed again, and women who 
enjoy smoking smoke and those who do not, don't, at their pleas¬ 
ure. We feel that those opposed to the abolition of smoking rules 
have failed to recognize this change and still regard smoking as 
it was regarded in the latter part of the nineteenth century. 

"The old order changeth, yielding place to new." It would 

be foolish to ride behind a horse as our grandfathers did when 

cars are available. The social customs have been revolutionized 

as violently as the methods of transportation. It is almost impos¬ 

sible to keep as a part of one's ideals a convention which the 

world no longer regards as such. 

THE VALUE OF EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES 

With this issue of the Agonistic the 193 3-34 staff ends its 

career. We of the staff are grateful for the experiences the work 

on the paper has given us. We have not always succeeded in 

doing what we wished, but there has been enjoyment in trying. 

The value of extra-curricular activities lies in the practical 
experience they afford and the many contacts with the off-cam¬ 
pus world they offer. This alone is worth-while enough to make 
their existence almost a necessity. 

WE THINK 

(This column is entirely devoted to the ex¬

pression of student opinions. Ail of the contri


butions are anonymous and the contents are

•.o be in no way interpreted as the editorial

opinion of the paper.) 
IN FAVOR SMOKING RULES 
In a recent letter to the student 
body Dr. McCain based his objection 
to smoking on the statement that it 
is contrary to one of the four ideals 
of Agnes Scott, the development of a 
pleasing personality. The entire letter 
is, I believe, based on this aspect of the 
question. That ideals of personal con¬ 
duct and appearance are of great value 
is a fact recognized universally, but 
there are several inconsistencies in the 
founding of the Administration's attitde 
solely upon this point. 
In the first place, the idea that the 
typical Agnes Scott girl does not smoke 
has become a false one because of the 
fact that the majority of students here 
does smoke despite the constant stu¬ 
dent government legislation which at¬ 
tempts to cope with the situation. I 
cannot believe that the Administration 
realizes the prevalence of smoking here, 
for with the knowledge of the facts of 
the condition it could not be content 
to cling to an "ideal" which is shat¬ 
tered daily and publicly by so large a 
number of students. With an under¬ 
standing of the situation it could not 
claim the existence of an ideal so pat¬ 
ently not upheld. Only two steps 
would be open to it. It could take 
more vigorous measures to control the 
public actions of students, or it could 
amend its rules to suit the consensus of 
opinion of the students, in whose 
hands, as Dr. McCain has stated, the 
reputation of the college has so far 
been safe. 
The executive committee of student 
government, as the highest representa¬ 
tive of the student body, is the logi¬ 
cal organization to compile accurate 
information on the smoking question 
for the benefit of the Administration. 
An accurate census of the number of 
students who smoke, the number of 
those who approve of smoking priv¬ 
ileges, and the number of those who 
object to them, would, I believe, be 
(Continued on page 4, column 1) 

AGAINST SMOKING RULES 

The Administration has definitely 
and forcefully made known through a 
letter from Dr. McCain its feeling and 
the reasons for its feeling on the sub¬ 
ject of smoking at Agnes Scott. The 
argument of those in favor of smok¬ 
ing, that practically all other good 
women's colleges in the country allow 
smoking, was clearly met in this let¬ 
ter. Agnes Scott is not merely trying 
to keep up with other colleges; it is 
our desire to stand first. Other schools 
act as incentives for us, not as goals. 

Those in favor of having smoking 
privileges here set forth the argument 
that since so many girls smoke, the 
evasion of smoking rules is lowering 
the college in the eyes of the com¬ 
munities of Decatur and Atlanta. To 
combat this bad impression, they say 
we should have campus smoking priv¬ 
ileges. These people are overlooking 
the unassailable point brought out in 
Dr. McCain's letter: the rules about 
smoking at Agnes Scott are made clear 
to each applicant for admission. When 
a girl enters Agnes Scott knowing the 
rules beforehand, by her entrance she 
pledges her approval or at least her 
agreement to uphold the rules. Per¬ 
haps some altruistci souls came here, 
disapproving of the smoking regula¬ 
tions, and with firm intent to reform 
these rules for the good of the coming 
generations of Agnes Scott students. 
Not being a student of human nature, 
the writer is hardly able to answer the 
question: are these individuals prompt¬ 
ed by pure altruism in working for the 
school's good or does their personal 
desire to smoke enter into the matter 
somewhat? 

The Administration's feeling about 
smoking here has been clear to every 
student from the time her application 
was accepted. This recent letter has 
reasonably and clearly reiterated the 
Administration's view. In view of the 
fact that the Administration, which 
has the final say in such matters, is 
definitely opposed to smoking, we 
think the sensible way to avoid the 
stigma on Agnes Scott caused by evas¬ 
ion of smoking rules is to co-operate 
with the executive committee in up¬ 
holding the regulations. 

The Lyric South, edited by Addison 
Hibbard, Book League of America, 
New York, 1929. 

Altogether interesting is Mr. Hibbard's 
anthology, "The Lyric South," 
from the point of view of its in¬ 
clusion—and its exclusions; its plan of 
arrangement; and its theme, which is 
not altogether satisfying but is es¬ 
pecially interesting in view of our 
two recent visitor-poets. 

Of the poets included, only Hervey 
Allen is a surprise; but he was in¬ 
fluential in the development of organ¬ 
ized interest in poetry in the South, 
and while m Charleston wrote poetry 
filled with local color and legends. 
Donald Davidson and John Crowe 
Ranson are there, but no Merrill Moore. 
Georgia is unrepresented except for 
Roselle Mercier, Montgomery. Indeed, 
the anthology is made as little geo¬ 
graphical and political as possible. 

Its division and arrangement is unusal. 
Instead of running through the 
authors alphabetically and giving the 
works of each of them in a lump sum, 
Mr. Hibbard divides the book into 
various sections such as "People and 
Portents," "The Searching Spirit," 
"The Negro," and "The Fever Called 
'Living,' " in which he puts the proper 
poems regardless of authorship. It is 
an arbitrary but interesting arrange¬ 
ment, and, in view of the theme of the 
book, an excellent order. 

Having studied Southern poetry 
and compiled this anthology, Mr. Hib¬ 
bard reaches a conclusion concerning 
this poetry which makes it unsatis¬ 
factory to him, or to Mr. Donald 
Davidson, or to Mr. Untermeyer. The 
burden of his opinion is this: that 
southern poetry is conventional—he 
almost says sentimental—Its preoc¬ 
cupation with the classics he approves; 
its orthodoxy, its substitution of emo¬ 
tion for idea, and the great importance 
it attaches to "the beauiful," he is 
impatient of. "It it," he says, "a lyric 
South concerned with beauty and emo¬ 
tional ecstasy almost to the exclusion 
of anything like actuality." 

To Mr. Hibbard, then, Southern 
poetry has not enough northern ele-' 

ments in it. To Mr. Untermeyer, it 
must be unsatisfactory, according to 
his theory of it, because not southern 
enough, that is, not indigenous, not a 
truly native form, but imitative. And 
to Mr. Davidson this opinion must be 
disheartening, because Mr. Hibbard 
finds hope for southern poetrv, already 
pretty enough but not real, in the 
fact that American industrial ideas, 
humanitarian philosophy, and sceptic¬ 
ism and doubt are beginning to perme¬ 
ate the south. 
Anna Humber. 

The Tragic Empress, by Maurice 
Paleologue, Thornton Butterworth, 
Limited, London. 

A poor dethroned sovereign who 
has known the pain and humiliation of 
great reverses, is the Empress Eugenie 
who appears in Maurice Paleologue's 
book The Tragic Empress. Paleologue 
gives, through conversations, the last 
period of the life of Eugenie and does 
not deal at all with the peak of her 
career as an Empress. 

He brings out clearly the decided 
contrasts in her life and through them 
he reveals her character. We get a pic¬ 
ture of the Empress as a ruler, intense¬ 
ly interested in the political situation 
of France, but without the influence 
which she had in her younger days, 
and as a human being—an old woman 
continually, comparing a glorious 
youth with the present, in which she is 
franctically trying to rectify the mis¬ 
takes made by Napoleon III. 

The book is a series of intimate con¬ 
versations between the Empress and 
Paleologue during the period of her 
life from 1901-1911. Although the 
conversations deal mainly with the 
political strategy of Napoleon III, they 
are of more value as biographical ma¬ 
terial than as documents which throw 
light on history. 

The book is interesting in that it 
gives a side of Empress Eugenie's life 
which is often ignored. A thorough 
knowledge of the historical back¬ 
ground of the period is necessary in 
order to fully appreciate the book. 

{Continued on page 4, column 5) 

WE SEE BY THE PAPERS 

ON OTHER CAMPUSES 

(NSFA)—Optional attendance at 
classes has been granted to students 
with a B average at Southwestern 
College, Winfield, Kans. The experi¬ 
ment will be tried during the second 
semester with the possibility of mak¬ 
ing it a permanent part of the system. 
—Southwestern Collegian. 

(NSFA)—The lucky girl who can 
write the best essay on "Why I wish 
to Attend Dartmouth Carnival" will 
win an invitation from an outstanding 
upperclass man of the men's college 
to attend their leading social func¬ 
tion of the year. Students in the prin¬ 
cipal women's colleges in the East are 
competing. 

A remarkable collection of old 
whiskey bottles is now on exhibition 
in the East Campus Library of Duke 

{Continued on page 4, column 4) 

IN OUTSIDE WORLD 

Figure it out any way you like—but 
the Paramount Westerns and Mae 
West made more money for that lot 
than any other productions last year.— 
Photoplay. 

According to her cameraman, Katherine 
Flepburn can change her expres¬ 
sion more times to the minute than 
any other actress on the screen. Here 
is the siurprisfing explanation Miss 
Hepburn gives for her gymnastic fea¬ 
tures: Her hair is very fine, snarly 
and curly. Since she was a little girl, 
she has always made faces in the mir¬ 
ror while her hair was being combed. 
—Photoplay. 

Colored business men in Augusta, 
Ga., are issuing a one-page medium, 
known as the Business Builder. It has 
a circulation of 4,000 copies.—The 
Crisis. 

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE 
DECATUR, GA. 

A college for women that is widely recog¬ 
nized for its standards of work and for the 
interesting character of its student activities 

For further information, address 

J. R. McCain, President 


The Agonistic 

Untermeyer Proves 
To Be Versatile 

d tii y 

Dearust Giddy— 

I don't wonder, my love, that even 
after all the weary years which have 
trudged by since 1919 men still malce 
derogatory remarks about the madness 
and obscure method of women's vot¬ 
ing, if last week's nominating spree 
was in any way indicative. It is said 
that Mary Ames—a senior, in case you 
hadn't heard, sweet, and the big shot 
of the Aggie on the business end, my 
dear—was blandly nominated (as a 
junior) for the assislant business man¬ 
agership of the cuniticd. Some one, I 
fear, does not have the proper amount 
of faith in our Mary's ability to grad¬ 
uate. As I say, it's little wonder that 
strong men weep in the face of such 
flights of fancy. 

Sarah Jones requests, Giddy, that 1 
retract my remarks about the mathe¬ 
matics class. The lady in question, they 
say, is Ann Baker. However, someday 
when you're feeling particularly agile 
of mind, you might ask Sarah about 
her perpetual motion theory. The 
greatest trouble, she explains, is that 
it is only 87 per cent efficient. This, 

ALUMNAE 

Amelia Lee Barlow, '3 3, spent sev¬ 
eral weeks in December with Augusta 
King. 

Louise Farley, ex'3 3, is doing relief 
work for the government in Moultrie, 
Georgia. 

Evelyn Campbell, '3 3, has a perma¬ 
nent position at the Pryor Street 
School, Atlanta, where she is teaching 
the low third grade. 

Mary Clarke, '3 3, is working in 
hrculation department of the Carnegie 
.ibrary in Atlanta. 

Evelyn Gilbreath, '3 3, has an¬ 
nounced her marriage to Mr. Paul 
Garrison. They are making their home 
in St. Augustine, Fla. 

Born a poet, reared a musician, and 
a critic only through an easily explain¬ 
Olnasty ed necessity, Mr. Louis Untermeyer, 
who lectured at Agnes Scott last week, 
represents one of those rare person¬ 
ages whom we insist upon calling "well 

of course, might make one of weaker 

rounded," or perhaps "three cornered,"

stamina doubt the practicability of the 

and as a justification for this epithet

theory, but Sarah, dear one, is made 
of sterner stuff. we take his ability to water a rose bush 

Floyd MacRae Butler is just too in addition to his talent for writing 
poetic for words. She simply loves all exceedingly agreeable verse. However, 
those delightful Seventeenth Century i Mr. Untermeyer is even more rare than 
poets that 212 has been reading of late. j most of the gifted for he dares to have 

"But," says she in a shocked and puz¬ ! no opinions on certain subjects and 
zled tone, "don't you think that Mr. indulges in other pursuits besides that 
Waller almost overstepped the bounds of "committing poetry." 
of delicacy when he wrote that little Mr. Untermeyer loves music, was 
number called "On a Girdle"? brought up on it, and only stopped 

It's an old story, love, but it seems rewriting Schubert, Schumann, and 
to be effective every time it comes to other masters when he discover¬ 
pass. This time it was Alice McCallie ed that decomposition instead of 
who, in the midst of midnight revelries composition resulted. From the ages 
with a box from home, screamed out of sixteen to twenty he produced 
into the darkness: "Knock and take a much music some of which has been 
knock!" And it was Dee Robinson, published. He says that his love of 
this time, who walked in. As I've al¬ rhythm has probably furnished his dis¬ 
ways said, Giddy, it is just such an like for free verse. He believes that 
event that breaks the monotony of America, for the most part imitative 
existence. up to now in the realm of music, is 
Get out your soap box, darling, and becoming enfranchised through the ef¬ 
prepare for the political fray— forts of such men as George Gersh¬ 
Ever thine, win whom he considers the greatest 
Aggie. composer the country has ever pro¬ 
duced. Of jazz Mr. Untermeyer ap¬ 
proves because in its syncopated

Ora Craig, '3 3, has recently accept¬ 

rhythm it is America's "one native

ed aC.W. A.job. 

music idiom." 
Mr. Untermeyer professes to beKathleen Hope, '3 3, married Janu¬ 

learning to chew tobacco, the joys of 

ary 6, Mr. Frank R. Fling of Atlanta. 

which he first tasted recently in Ken¬ 
tucky. He believes in it heartily, and 

Alma Earle Ivy, '3 3, is teaching expects to achieve a greater skill, and 
English in the West Point, Miss., high an individual technique when he re¬ 
school. turns to the Adirondacks. 

Negro poetry, as represented in 
Cornelia Keeton, '3 3, has been visit¬ Countee Cullen, Sterling Brown, and 
ing Helen McLaurin Berry, '3 0, in Laughton Hughes, is, according to Mr. 
Laurel, Miss. Untermeyer, excellent, in the fact that 
it is becoming more and more an ex¬ 
Vivian Martin, '3 3, is working in pression of a race consciousness. Its 
the reference department of the Car¬ profound sincerity gives it a power 
negie Library, Atlanta. which is not to be found in the amus¬ 
ing, pleasing poetry of the transitional 
Margaret Bell, '3 3, visited Bobbie negro. Mr. Untermeyer is very fond 
Hart in Jacksonville, Fla., recently. of negro spirituals, of which he has 
ten books, and he finds very vital the 

Frances Oglesby, '3 3, is working native rhythm which is a result of 
with the Retail Credit Co. in At¬ combined hymn tunes and African 
lanta. chants. 

A 

Complete 

Selection 

of 

Easter 

Suits 

and Smart Coats 

on the third floor at 

ICH'S 

Frances Steele spent the week-end 
with Mrs. J. L. Newton in Atlanta. 

Kathleen Jones spent Sunday with 
her aunt, Mrs. J. F. Franklin, in At¬ 
lanta. 

Fannie B. Harris spent Saturday 
night with Cornelia Christie in De-

Meredith Crickmer attended the 
Northwestern alumni banquet at the 
Piedmont Hotel Thursday night. 

Elizabeth Allison visited Martha 
Head Saturday night. 

Marjorie Scott attended a dance at 
Emory Friday night. 

Kathryn Wallace spent the week¬ 
end at her home in Rutledge. 

Carolyn Clements attended the Zip 
formal dance Friday night. 

Elizabeth Webb, a student of Uni¬ 
versity of Georgia, visited Catharine 
Jones last week-end. 

Mary Louise Schuman, Mary Grist 
and Peggy Kump spent the week-end 
with Carolyn Russell at her home in 
Winder, Ga. 

Eva Constantine spent the week-end 
with Chrysanthy Tuntas at her home 
in Atlanta. 

Born in New York and a resident 
there for the most part until 1923, the 
poet loathes the city. He avoids it 
whenever possible, and stops there only 
to see' his publisher, dentist, and 
"what's left of his banker." He likes 
Europe but since "that portion of the 
world is going to be in conflagration 
and there will soon be no Europe," he 
confines his choice of cities of resi¬ 
dence to three: Boston, Cleveland, and 
New Orleans. New York, he admits, 
contains everything, but he hates to go 
there except to visit his mother who 
lives in an apartment hotel, loves the 
city, and can endure his Adirondacks 
for no more than a week at a time. 

Mr. Untermeyer is not an admirer 
of generalities, because they are so 
often the products of pigeon-hole 
minds, and hence are often fallacious. 

Gardening is appropriately the poet's 

favorite hobby, and as a second Mr. 

Burbank he admits he is an immense 

failure. His return to the mountains 

is always marked by pockets bulging 

with different varieties of seeds which 

he always plants and of which eighty 

to ninety percent never come up. 

However, his great horticultural 

achievement is an indirect one, and is 

found in the skill which his hired man 

has learned from his enlightening, 

disheartening failures. 

Try Our 

SANDWICHES 
We Make Them Right 

LAWRENCE'S 
PHARMACY 

Phones De. 0762-0763 

Frances Espy spent the week-end 
with Dorothea Blackshire in Atlanta. 

Kitty Printup spent the week-end 
with June Mathews at Smyrna. 

Edna Heard of Atlanta spent the 
week-end with Mary Neil Ventriss. 

Marguerite Morris and Caroline 
Long were the guests of Mrs. J. H. 
Smith of Barnesville, Ga., for the 
week-end. 

Rosa Miller spent last week-end in 
Atlanta with her aunt, Mrs. W. F. 
Smith. 

Helen Handte spent Sunday night 
with Ann Coffee. 

Meriel Bull and Sara Jones attended 
the Briarean Club dance at Peachtree 
Gardens, Friday night. 

Sara Jones' sister, Peggy, visited her 
last week-end. 

Virginia Gaines spent the week-end 
at her home in Atlanta. 

Mary Hines spent the week-end 
with Mrs. J. K. Surst. 

Isabel Lowrance attended the Briare¬ 
an dance Friday. 

Alma Brohard and Betty Lou Houck 
attended the Linthead Ball at Peachtree 
Gardens Friday night. 

CLUBS 

Blackfriars 
Blackfriar tryouts will be held Mon¬ 
day night, March 26, in the chapel. 

K.U. B. 
Miss Barbara Baker, feature writer 
for the Atlanta Constitution, spoke 

to K. U. B., journalism club, at their 
meeting last Wednesday. 

Poetry Club 

Miss Vivian Martin, who graduated 
from Agnes Scott last year, entertained 
the Poetry Club at her apartment on 
Eighth street on Friday, March 9. 

German Club 

Miss Muriel Harn entertained the 
German Club at her house last Thurs¬ 
day. Ursula Boese gave a talk on 
Goethe and read some of his poems. She 
also read some short monologues of 
Faust. Refreshments were served and 
the members of the club discussed a 
new project which is to be begun this 
week. This new project is to have 
short plays for the club by members of 
the club and others who are inter¬ 
ested in it. 

Pen and Brush Club 

The Pen and Brush Club will meet 

tomorrow night at 7:30 in room 59 

Main with Sara Spenser. Every mem¬ 

ber is reminded to bring an original 

drawing with her. 

A poll taken by The Literary Digest 
as to radio preferences shows that 
crooners are disliked by 9,63 6 and 
liked by 64, which would seem to in¬ 
dicate that 64 crooners voted.—West0)
i (Ore.) Leader. 

j DECATUR WOMAN'S 

j EXCHANGE 

= DeKalb Theatre Building 

! —for— 

! Homemade Candies, Cards, 

j Flowers for Easter 

BAILEY BROS. SHOE SHOP ! 

142 Sycamore St. ! 
Decatur f 
Bring Your Shoes to Us to Be )
Slicked up for Spring j 


The Agonistic 

WE THINK 
(Continued front page 1, column 1) 
both enlightening and surprising. 

In regard to public opinion about 
the smoking or not smoking of the 
Agnes Scott girl, the Administration 
has overlooked one very important 
point. Rules which not only allow but 
make probable surreptitious smoking 
off-campus have injured the standards 
of the college in the eyes of many 
Atlanta and Decatur people. 

But even more unfortunate than 
this effect on people outside is the ef¬ 
fect of the whole situation on the stu¬ 
dents themselves. There is being de¬ 
veloped a false attitude toward author¬ 
ity which gives the situation a moral 
significance not contained in the pure¬ 
ly social question of smoking. I do not 
believe that the harm done in ths way 
to the student and to her attitude to¬ 
ward the institution is outweighed by 
the value of adherence to an ideal 
which has come to be more apparent 
than real. 
In this discussion I have referred to 
non-smoking as an "ideal," but I feel 
that the word is misused in this con¬ 
nection. True ideals change very slow¬ 
ly, while social customs like smoking, 
which may or may not have some 
minor bearing on the subject, cannot 
be expected to be as static as moral 
laws. Less than half a century ago 
America was unsophisticated enough to 
be shocked (and crude enough to ex¬ 
press 'this feeling publicly) by the 
fact that continental women smoked, 
and had been smoking for years while 
America had been too busy farming its 
backwoods to think very much of so¬ 
cial usages. In the course of a few 
years the continental attitude toward 
smoking has established itself in this 
country to such an extent that women 
now smoke not only in the "first familes" 
of Boston and Virginia, but in 
the families of the industrial classes, 
and in the family which is considered 
representative of the nation, that of 
the President of the United States. 
Students of our generation have grown 
up with this feeling about smoking as 
a part of the intelligent and tolerant 
attitude which they are encouraged to 
develop in social thought. They resent 
being told that "nice people" do not 
smoke, for they have never felt it 
necessary to apologize for a loss of 
standing occasioned by the smoking 
habits of their mothers, aunts or sis¬ 
ters. 
I have tried to explain an attitude 
which is shared by many students here, 
some of them leaders in campus activi¬ 
ties, girls! with qdalities of leader¬ 
ship and character whch any college 
would welcome. A number of the 
students most eager for change in the 
smoking rules are girls who do not 
smoke and who have no desire to do so. 
This fact may be accounted for, I 
believe, by the admirable loyalty which 
the college inspires by the height and 
honesty of its intellectual standard. 
All of us recognize the advantages of¬ 
fered by Agnes Scott, and prohibition 
of smoking causes none of us to trans¬ 
fer to another college, for our pri¬ 
mary aim in attending college is an 
intellectual one. The serious student 
attempts through participation in stu¬ 
dent government to modify by-laws 
which prevent loyalty to and pride in 
any standard of her school. 
I feel that the condition brought 
about by the present smoking rules is 
dangerous to the jmoral welfare of 
many students. I feel strongly that 
even if smoking were not desirable for 
its own sake it is too inconsequential a 
social usage to be prohibited if such 
a prohibition undermines really vital 
elements of our college ideal. 

RANDOI.l'H-M ACON DEBATERS 
{Continued from page 1, column 3) 
president of the Atlanta League of 
Vomen Voters; Judge Edgar Pomeroy, 
judge of the Fulton County Superior 
Court, and Professor Paul E. Bryan, 

professor of constitutional law in the 
I amar School of Law at Emory Univcrsitv. 


LISTS OF NOMINATIONS 

To Debate Here Friday BOOK BITS 

ON OTHER CAMPUS 

{Continued from page 2, column 5)
Agonistic: The Great Romantic, by E. BarringEditor—
Loice Richards. ton. 

Make-up editor—Eva Constantine. From the squalid, pleasure hunting 
By Rosa From Assistant editor—Lulu Ames. background of the English Restoration 
Congress, in Roosevelt's opinion, Business manager—Nell Pattillo. 

emerges the gay, fashionable, diary-

should end this, its seventy-third ses¬ Assistant business manager—Doris writing Samuel Pepys, whose greatestsion, by the middle of May. Since the 

Batsell. 

pardonable error was his marriage with

convening of Congress on January 3, 
much has happened in Washington. Athletic Association: the beautiful French Elizabeth. In Tlx 
Indeed, the U. S. News stated: "Keep¬ President—Frances McCalla. Great Romantic Miss Barrington por¬ 
ing track of events in Washington . . . Vice-president—Leonora Spencer. humored,

trays vividly the good in¬ 

was as difficult and absorbing as the 

Secretary—Anne Coffee. dulgent, near-sighted lover who adoresgoings on in a three-ring circus, with Treasurer—Alice McCallie. Elizabeth Winn and Sara Catherine his wife but has the capacity to enjoyso many activities and developments 

at the White House, the Capitol, and Fire Chief—Mary Margaret Stowe. Wood, who will debate her against with equal relish company other than 
the N. R. A." Since it is somewhat Popular nominations: Randolph-Macon Friday evening at hers, and whose business management 
easy to confuse the separate develop¬ Student government: 8:30. enables him to die in great wealth. 
ments of these three activities, it President—Alberta Palmour, Mary Elizabeth, the French importation,
would perhaps, be appropriate to sum In Outside World charming, lovely, impetuous,

Boggs, Mary Green. spoiled, 

up at this time the important bills of {Continued from page 2, column 3) finally succeeds in gaming a power

Vice-president—Mary Green, Mary

the present Congress. University. The Duke Chronicle says over him by deciphering his diary.
Boggs, Alberta Palmour. that the bottles should be especially

The Liquor Tax Bill was one of Restoration London with all its 

House presidents: interesting to a generation that has al¬

the first important bills passed by vices, its drinking, its plagues, is a pic¬ 

ways seen its whskey in ordinary fruit

Congress. This bill, which naturally Rebekah — Jacqueline Woolfolk, turesque setting, and consequently, 

grew out of the repeal of the Eigh¬ Mary Jane Evans, Amy Underwood, jars or flasks. The bottles have on The Great Romantic adds a new note 
teenth Amendment, provides a levy of them varied designs, including busts of glamour to the books of E. Barring-

Mary Boggs. 

of George Washington and Jenny

two dollars a gallon on spirits, and ton.

Main—Mary Jane Evans, Jacque¬ Lind.—Emory Wheel.

from ten cents to a dollar and ten Martha Elliott.

line Woolfolk, Nina Parke.

cents a gallon on wines. 

The hygiene classes at Mary Baldwin

The Liquor Control Bill for the Inman—Mary Jane Evans, Alberta RINGS CHOSEN 

College, Staunton, Va., presented a

District of Columbia is also a result Palmour, Eva Constantine. {Continued from page 1, column 2)

play during chapel, which they called

of the repeal amendment. It provides No rings are being made with silver,

Secretary—Dean McKoin, Frances 

for a licensing system for Washing¬ "The Three Little Pigs." One little but they may be obtained with a silver 

ton. Under this system liquor may James, Alice McCallie, Adelaide Ste pig was the girl who is fat and lazy; inlay, not altering the external ap¬ 
be dispensed by the drink at hotels vens. the second pig was the girl who is pearance but reducing considerably 
and restaurants but not over bars. Treasurer—Adelaide Stevens, Sarah tired because of lack of sleep; and the the price of the all-gold ring. 
The Reconstruction Finance Corp¬ Catherine Wood, Dean McKoin, Eliza third piggie was the "picture of The new ring will replace the orig¬ 
oration Bill extends the R. F. C. until health." The "big, bad wolf" was bad inal ring used here for the past sev¬

Student Treasurer—Amy Under health. When attacked by the wolf,

February 1, 193 5. It also increases its eral years. A change was requested 

lending power $850,000,000 to en¬ wood, Mary Green, Vera Frances the first two piggies ran to the third by the three classes at a meeting last 
able the corporation to carry on its Pruit. pig for counsel and help. fall. Since that time a ring commit¬ 
work which is principally concerned Student Recorder — Vella Marie tee, representing all of the classes, has

"Among industries now operating

with extending aid to closed banks. Silhouette: been working on the design and make¬

under the NRA are viscose extrusion,

The Devaluation Act or Gold Bill up of the ring. Members of the com¬

Editor—Caroline Long, Mary Boggs, transparent materials converters,

has been the cause of a great deal of mittee are: Loice Richards, chairman;

Assistant editor—Rosa Miller, Shir¬ wooden insular pins, and fresh-water

discussion because of the effect it has Mary Jane Evans, Alberta, Palmour,

ley Christian. pearl buttons." Why, recovery's in the

had on the dollar. Congressman Snell juniors; Alice McCallie, sophomore,

bag!—Detroit Ncivs.

expressed his opinion on the matter Behm, Betty Fountain, Marie Simpson, and Isabel McCain, freshman. 
when he said, "About 10 per cent of Mary Virginia Allen, Anna Humber, 

Business manager — Betty Lou AT THE THEATRES

the members know what effect this Nina Parke. 

Houh, Nell Pattillo.

gold bill will have and not more than Assistant business manager—Ellen

5 per cent can make an intelligent Begins Friday, March 23rd

cellation of air mail contracts, which Davis, Shirley Christian.

statement in regard to it." The main 

have interested the citizens but with Athletic Association:

points of the bill are: George Here!

which Congress has had little to do. President—Frances McCalla, Leonora

1. To have the treasury take all White's Now!

Also, various committees in Congress Spencer.

the gold ($3,567,000,000) in the 

have carried on stimulating investiga¬ Vice-president — Leonora Spencer, SCANDALS AtFederal Reserve Banks and give to 

tions. The N. R. A., instituted in the Frances McCalla, Elizabeth Young. with Last!

the Federal Reserve, in exchange, gold 
special session last summer, has caused Secretary—Helen Handte, Ann Cof¬ JIMMY DURANTE

certificates. 200 

great deal of discussion, also, but fee, Elizabeth Burson, Lena Arm¬ RUDY VALLEE Beautiful2. To revalue the dollar between 50c 
these activities are now under the con¬ strong. ALICE FAYE Girlsand 60c. 

Treasurer — Anne Coffee, Helen 6 New Song

trol of committees formed for this GEORGE WHITE

3. To set aside $2,000,000 from Hits!

Handte, Lena Armstrong, Elizabeth and Atlanta's Ownprofit of devaluation to be used by purpose. 

Burson.

the treasury to control the dollar's Dixie Dunbar

Agonistic: 

FOX

foreign exchange value. I don't mind okra with sand, Editor — Loice Richards, Mary

The Naval Construction Bill, which Or Rubinoff with his coffee band; 

Boggs.

is also known as the "big navy" bill But I can't endure Make-up editor—Eva Constantine,

and the Vinson-Trammell bill, brings The attempted lure Thurs. & Fri.

Marion Calhoun, Loice Richards.

the navy up to treaty agreements. This Of, "Oh, you nasty man." 

Assistant editor—Lula Ames, Doris MR. SKITCHbill authorizes a seven-year building —The Log. 

Batsell. 

program for the navy. The program 
Business manager—Nell Pattillo.

provides for approximately one hun¬ Elmira College, strictly feminine for 
dred new destroyers and submarines, 78 years, decided to become co-ed to Assistant business manager—Doris 

Batsell, Catherine Cunningham, Lula DEKALB THEATREmore than a thousand airplanes and accomodate the men who would 

Ames.

one aircraft carrier. The bill requires otherwise be unable to go away to 
that the government build one-fourth school next fall.—Ring-Turn Phi. 

ifr «{•«$»«$»«$•

of the thousand airplanes and allows Evolution of a college stude: + 

Mon., Tues. & Wed.

imitations on private contract profits. Frosh: "May I go out tonight, 

Silhouette Tea Room +

A number of other measures have mama?" + FLYING DOWN TO RIO 

HOURS: * 

caused a great deal of discussion but Soph: "I'm going out tonight, I'll +

7:30-2:00 +have not been passed. Only last Wed¬ be home at ten.' 

* 

4:00-7:00

nesday the Senate rejected the St. Jr.: "I'm going out tonight." + 

10:00-10:30 * Lawrence Waterway Treaty which Sr.: "So long. I'll bring the milk 

CParamount

President Roosevelt has fought for in."—The Flor-Ala. 

wittm : t:; • t: i! f 11111 if 

-THEATRE * 

since he was Governor of New York. 
The Independent Office Supply Bill, Starts Friday 
which concerns salaries of government Every Girl's Dream 
officials and the bonus for War Veter¬ "COMING OUT 
ans, was again revised by the House 

PARTY" 

last Wednesday. The President, at the S & W Cafeteria with 
time, threatened to veto the bill. There FRANCIS DEE 
is also a proposed bill in Congress GENE RAYMOND 

ALISON SKII'WORTH

which would place the stock market 189 Peachtree 

HARRY GREEN

under government control. 

See What It Takes to Make 

There have been some activities of a Debutante 
the Administration, such as the can-Will Feature a 

Candle Light Supper GEORGIA

WEIL'S 10c STORE 
Starts Sunday

Has Most Anything You Need In Person

Saturday Night, March 31st 
WEAVER BROS, 

and ELVIRY 
With Company of

Music—Easter Decorations 

25—Home Folks—25 

Plus!

L. CHAJAGE 

Special Menus JOAN BLONDELL

220 PEACHTREE ST. 

w it h 
Expert Remodeling-Subdued Lights T've Got Your Number' 
SHORT SUBJECTS

DIXIE'S LEADING FURRIER 

NEWS 


MAY 5th 

SlK ^V^onisfic 

VOL. XIV 

"Mikado" to Be 

Presented Mav 12 

The Mikado, a Japanese comic opera 
in two acts, by Arthur Sullivan will 
be presented for the first time Satur¬ 
day night, May 12, in the gymnasium 
by the Agnes Scott Glee Club. It will 
be given for the second time the night 
before commencement. The production 
is under the direciton of Mr. Lewis H. 
Johnson, director of the Glee Club and 
voice instructor. 

All the feminine roles will be played 
by members of the Glee Club, and the 
male roles will be taken by students 
from Emory and Georgia Tech, a num¬ 
ber of whom are voice students of Mr. 
Johnson. Included in the members of 
the choruses will be men who took lead¬ 
ing parts in The Mikado, when it was 
recently presented in Atlanta. 

The cast is as follows: 
The Mikado of Japan—Eugene Trabor. 
Nanki Poo, the Mikado's son, dis¬ 
guised as a wandering minstrel, in love 
with Yum-Yum—Perry Hoey. 
Koko, Lord High Executioner of 
Titipu—Dick Smoot. 
Pooh Bah, Lord High Everything 
Else—Jack Bagwell. 
Pish Tush, a Noble Lord—Charlie 
White. 
Yum-Yum, Pitte Sing, Peep Boo, 
three sisters, wards of Koko—Betty 
Lou Llouck; Shirley Christian, and 
Jane Clark; Alice Chamlee, and Mary 
Louise Shumann. 
Katisha, elderly lady in love with 
Nanki Poo—Gussie Rose Riddle. 

Golf Tournament 

Begins Today 

Thirty-seven golfers begin match 
play in the Spring Golf Tournament 

today at Forrest Hills. Two champions 
of previous tournaments will take part, 
Betty Lou Houck and Virginia Pretty-
man. Twenty-two of the players have 
played before this season while fhe 
others are coming out for the sport for 
the first time. 

The pairings for the first round are 
as follows: 
Houck, McDonald; Caldwell, Mc¬ 
Clelland; Moorer, Lewis; Alexander, 

M. Scott; Perrin, Raysor; Kirven, 
Smith; O'Brien, McConnell; Rouch, 
Bates; Cooper, Ellis; Corbin, M. Ham¬ 
ilton; Prettyman, Rowe; Wood, Ed¬ 
monds; Carmichael, McClatchey; Gor¬ 
don, Long; E. Hamilton, Cunning¬ 
ham; Forman, Friend; Mclntyre, L. 
Scott; Turner, McCurdy; Crickman. 

DR. JACKSON GOES 
TO CONVENTION 

Dr. Elizabeth Jackson, associate pro¬ 
fessor of history, and secretary-treas¬ 
urer of the American Association of 
University Women, attended the an¬ 
nual meeting of the South Atlantic 
section of the association which was 
held the week-end of April 13 at Spartanburg, 
S. C. This division is com¬ 
posed of graduates of grade "A" col'
eges and universities. 

Two speakers of especial interest 
were Mrs. Chase G. Woodhouse, of 
North Carolina, Director of the Insti¬ 
tute of Women's Professional Relation¬ 
ships, and Dr. Brunuer, of Washing¬ 
ton, D. C., International Relations 

Secretary. 
Dr. Jackson left Agnes Scott for 
Spartanburg Friday afternoon. 

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1934 

MORTAR BOARD WILL

Classes Elect Palmour Made 

ANNOUNCE MEMBERS 
Officers For Treasurer of

Mortar Beard announcements will 
Next Year be made in chapel tomorrow morning. S. I. A. S. G. 
Elizabeth Winn, president of the 

Alberta Palmour, president-elect ofThe elections of class officers for Agnes Scott chapter will preside. 

the Student Government Association,

1934-3 5 were held on Thursday, April Mortar Board is the national senior was elected treasurer of the Southern 

12, by the present freshman, soph¬ honorary organization. The local 

Intercollegiate Association of Student 
omore, and junior classes. Isabel Mc¬ chapter, known formerly as Hoasc and Government at the annual conference 
Cain will head the sophomore class organized in 1916, was installed as a which met in Knoxville, at the Uni¬ 
chapter of National Mortar Board in versity of Tennessee, April 5-7. Agnes

next year, and Mary Boggs the seniors. 

Scott was represented also by MaryThe election for president of the junior 1931. Its motto and qualifications for 
MacDonald, president of Student Gov¬ 

class resulted in a tie between Augusta membership are scholarship, leader¬ ernment this year. 
King and Elizabeth Forman, which is ship, and service. Many important measures were dis¬ 
being run off. Other officers are: cussed and passed at the conference. 

Among the resolutions presented forSophomores: Julia Thing, vice-presi¬ A. A. Sponsor consideration was one providing for 
dent; Dorothy Jester, secretary; Eliz¬ greater cooperation between students

Annual Play Day

abeth Allison and Frances Wilson, rep¬ and faculty through definite channels 
resentatives to Executive Committee to be established for this purpose. It

The annual Agnes Scott Play Day 

passed by a comfortable majority.

of Student Government. 

was held Saturday, April 14, under the 

As part of the social program plan¬

Juniors: Frances Miller, secretary; direction of the Athletic Association. 

ned for the delegates, a "power" ban¬ 
Alice McCallie and Dean McKoin Frances McCalla was in charge of the quet was held Thursday night. The 
Executive Committee representatives. program. Seventy-five students from dining hall was strung with electric 
wires which were attached to a picture

Seniors: Frances Espy, vice-presi¬ the Atlanta and Decatur high schools, 

of Norris Dam, the site of the Ten¬ 
dent; Eva Constantine, secretary; Car-Washington Seminary, North Avenue 

nessee Valley Association. 

olyn McCallum, member of Executive Presbyterian School, and Druid Hills on the

In commenting conference, 

Committee. High School, participated in the sched¬ 

both delegates agree that it was as 
ule of games outlined for them as en¬ nearly perfect as a "serious conference 
tertainment throughout the afternoon. can get."

DR. RAPER TALKS 
The girls were divided into four 

AT CONVENTION 

color groups: Mary MacDonald cap¬ A. S. C. TO ENTER 
tain of the Greens, Nancy Rogers of 

ARCHERY TEST

Dr. Arthur F. Raper, Research Sec¬ 

the Reds, Alberta Palmour of the

retary for the Commission on Inter¬ 
racial Cooperation and professor of Blues, and Marie Simpson of the Yel¬ Agnes Scott College is participating 
in the fifth annual women's Inter-

Sociology at Agnes Scott, spoke be¬ lows. After a half hour of dancing 
Collegiate Archery Tournament spo>


fore the state convention of the Negro the the were

in gymnasium, groups

Teachers Association Friday night on sored by the National Archery As¬ 

welcomed by Dr. J. R. McCain, presi¬ 

sociation being held from April 15-22.

existing conditions in education. 

dent of Agnes Scott, and by Margaret The team is made up of eight girls

He stressed the need for nationaliza¬ 
Massie, president of the Athletic As¬ selected for their previous high scores.

tion of the resources of public schools. 

In the tournament those making a

"There is no reason," Dr. Raper said, sociation. 

score of over 42 5 will be given a class"why a Georgia child, because he lives The games and sports played during 

A rating; a score between 3 50 and 42 5

in one of the poorer states, should not 

the afternoon were arranged on a com-

is worth a class B rating; and a class C

have as good an education as a child 

petetive basis between the four groups. 

rating goes to the scores lying betweenliving in wealthy New York. The Isabel McCain was in charge of the 300 and 349. Individual awards willpresent inequalities in Georgia by coun¬ 
basketball; Marjorie Tindall of volley¬ be given to those contestants whoties and by urban and rural conditions 
make any of the three ratings and

in counties and by racial inequalities ball, and Florence Preston of archery. a 

team trophy will be awarded to thecan be dealt with satisfactorily and Marie Stalker managed the baseball 
team making the highest team score.

effectively only when we have worked 

games; Helen Handte the tennis 

The Archery Club is sponsoring theout a system of education that will do 

matches, and Ann Coffee the swim¬ team in this tournament, and is pay¬

away with the present disadvantages. 

ming meet and diving. A posture con¬ ing all the expenses. The results of the

Public schools vntst be made public." 

The Georgia Negro Teachers As¬ test, under the direction of Margaret shooting will be sent by wire to the 
National Archery Association and a

sociation met April 11-14 at the Big Massie, ended the competition. The 
complete report of the telegraphicBethel Church in Atlanta. Greens scored the greatest number of 

match will be published in the Bulletin 
points. of the National Archery Association. 
MISS GOOCH GOES TO Supper was served on the hockey 
ANNUAL CONVENTION field to the visitors, the group lead¬ Y. W. C. A. INSTALLS 
ers, and the sport managers. Mary NEW PERSONNEL 
Miss Frances K. Gooch, head of the 

Ames was in charge of the arrange¬
Spoken English department, and The new officers and cabinet of the

ments and the food. 

Martha Skeen, are representing Agnes Y. W. C. A. were installed at a service

The purpose of Play Day is to show 

in the chapel on Sunday night, April

Scott at the fifth annual convention 

the high school students of the city 

8, at the traditional white candle cere¬

of the Southern Association of Teach¬ 

one phase of Agnes Scott's activities. mony. Brief talks were made by 
ers of Speech now in session at the 

C'Lena McMullen, retiring president, 
Thomas Jefferson Hotel in Birming¬ C. RUSSELL PRESENT and Martha Redwine, the incoming 
ham, Ala. entered the president of the association. The mem¬

Martha Skeen AT VOTERS' LEAGUE 

bers of the new cabinet, are as follows:

preliminary poetry reading contest 
Tuesday. The finals are to be held to¬ Carolyn Russell, president of the Martha Redwine—President. 
night. Citizenship Club, represented Agnes Caroline Dickson—Vice-President. 

The convention itself will convene Scott at the meeting of the DeKalb Sarah Spenser—Secretary. 
on Thursday and on Friday Miss Gooch League of Women Voters, on Friday, Lena Armstrong—Treasurer. 
will speak to the group, discussing a April 6, at the DeKalb Countv court Carrie Phinney Latimer—Program. 
laboratory experiment on some possible house. The meeting was held to arouse Sarah Johnson—Music. 

causes of different qualities and pitch an interest in registering to vote in the Lois Hart—World Fellowship. 
of the voice in speaking. coming elections. Carolyn stated that Barbara Hertwig—Industrial. 
The Southern Assciation of the Agnes Scott offers ample opportunity Marie Simpson—Social Service. 
for its students to become informed

Teachers of Speech is affiliated with Mary Malone—Publicity.

about political and governmental af¬

the national organization; it met last Ruby Hutton—Social.

fairs, if they so desire. Peggy Kump 

year in Berea, Ky. Alberta Palmour—Ex-Officio.

was also at the meeting as a representa¬ 
tive of the College. Adelaide Stevens—Ex-Officio. 
TRYOUTS FOR AGONISTIC Governor Eugene Talmadge, the 
ARE DUE SATURDAY main speaker of the meeting, talked 

DR. AND MRS. A. F. RAPER 

on the advisability of voting, giving 

ANNOUNCE BIRTH OF SON 

The Agonistic announces tryouts with his information on voting little 
for reporters, open to members of the personal anecdotes about the old days A boy, christened Arthur Jarrell,
junior, sophomore, and freshman before prohibition and before he was 

was born to Dr. and Mrs. Arthur F.

classes, to be turned in by six o'clock governor. Mrs. Wellington Stevenson, 
Raper on Saturday morning, March

Saturday night to Loice Richards or president of the Georgia League of 
Lulu Ames, or placed in the Agonistic Women Voters, was present and Mrs. 24, at Wesley Memorial Hospital. The 
box in the staff room in Main. Try-Augustus Roan, president of the De¬ child weighed six pounds and eleven 
outs may be news articles or features. Kalb League, presided. 

ounces at birth. 

NO. 19 

Opera to Be Given 

By Senior Class 

The senior class will present the an¬ 

nual senior opera on Saturday, May 5, 

in the gymnasium. Serving on the 

opera committee with Margaret Rogers, 

who is chairman, are Virginia Pretty-

man, Alma Brohard, and Margaret 

Friend; Gussie Riddle will be the pian¬ 

ist. Isabella Wilson is director of stage 

settings; Elinor Hamilton is chairman 

of the scenery committee; and Polly 

Gordon is handling the publicity. 

Rehearsals started Monday under the 

general direction of Frances O'Brien; 

working under her are Nelle Chamlee 

as director of the choruses and Alae 

Risse Barron as manager of the dances. 

Although the title and the names of 

the characters have been withheld, the 

following seniors have been announced 

as the cast: Elizabeth Winn, Helen 

Boyd, Ruth Moore, Florence Preston, 

Mary Louise Schumann, Mary Grist, 

and Marguerite Jones. 

Senior Opera is always a take-off on 

Grand Opera; the music is of the 

popular vein with words composed by 

the committee. This year, as in years 

past, as many of the details of the 

opera as possible are being kept a secret 

until the night of its presentation. 

Agonistic Staff 

Has New Office 

A new staff room and office for the 

members of the staff of the Agon¬ 

istic, planned and arranged by Mary 

Ames and Mary Hamilton, retiring 

business manager and editor of the 

publication, has been opened in the 

basement of Main. The first meeting 

of the new staff was held there last 

week. 

All activities of the paper are to be 

carried on through this office, includ¬ 

ing editorial and advertising make-up, 

financial transactions, circulation, and 

the maintenance of files of business 

records, correspndence, and copies of 

the paper. At present the files of the 

Agonistic are almost complete for the 

years 1921-1924, and 1929-1934. The 

Agonistic cup, which was won this 

year by the freshman edition, will be 

kept in this room. 

The equipment includes a new filing 
cabinet, desks and chairs, typewriters, 
lamps and curtains, and all the ma¬ 
terials and supplies necessary for the 
composition of the paper. A color 
scheme of blue and brown is carried 
out in detail. The office is located in 
the room used formerly by the Silhoueite. 


As the result of a resolution passed 
unanimously by members of the staff, 
the Agonistic takes this opportunity 
to publish an expression to those who 
made the office possible, and particu¬ 
larly to Mary Ames and Mary Hamil¬ 
ton. 

MR. STUKES TALKS 
AT G. E. A. CONENTION 

Mr. S. G. Stukes, registrar, spoke 
Friday at the Georgia Education As¬ 
sociation convention on the subject, 
"How May the Private College Best 
Cooperate in the Problem of Teacher 
Training?" A number of Agnes Scott 
alumnae were here to attend the G. 

E. A. conference which was held at 
the auditorium in Atlanta. Miss 
Frances K. Gooch, of Agnes Scott, also 
addressed the convention on Friday; 
her subject was "Phonetics As An Aid 
to Pronunciation." 


Qi,l)C Agonistic 

Key to Current 

EXCHANGES 
History The Parenthesis Club, unique organ¬

Subscription price, S1.25 per year in advance. Single copies, 5c. An International News Service dis¬ 

ization at the State Teachers College patch from Cristobal, C. Z., this week 

PUBLISHED WEEKLY In Germany Hitler has claimed an¬ that thousand pennies col¬

of Trenton, N. J., is open only to bow states ten 

other distinction for himself and his

Owned and published by the students of Agnes Scott College. lected by children of the Canal Zone,

legged men.—Suartbmore Phoenix.

officers. The four-noted automobile 

were dispatched by a Pan American 

Entered as Second Class Matter. sirens spoken of in the United States Airways plane to President Roosevelt 
as "Gabriel Horns" are to be used ex¬ Massachusetts Institute of Technol¬ 

at Washington. The ten thousand pen¬
clusively by Hitler and his cohorts. ogy, none of whose classes are a cinch, nies, or $100.00 was raised for the 

There was a time when only the cars is considering going on a five-dav benefit of the Warm Springs Founda¬ 

(Newspaper )Member) belonging to Kaiser Wilhelm sounded week. It is thought that this would tion founded by the President.—The 

the siren. Then came war and the allow the faculty more time for re

^%45S0C\^ Warm Springs Mirror. 

Gabriel Horn sunk to the level of use search study, development and recre¬ 
by the masses. Now once more it as¬ ation. We wonder if the professors, The best seller in detective fiction in 

STAFF cends to the rank of dignity and themselves, suggested the first reason England is Miss Dorothy L. Sayers. 
power. —The Sun Dial, Randolph-Macon.

Loice Richards Nell Pattillo Even the records of Edgar Wallace 

Among important matters to come up

Editor-in-Chief Business Manager and A. Conan Doyle have been eclipsed

before the League of Nations in May is Sorority polo teams, which have been by her latest book The Nine Tailors,

Lulu Ames Doris Batsell 

the ever unsettled question of disarm¬ 

formed by the women at the Universi which sold 100,000 copies in seven

Assistant Editor Advertising Manager ament. Germany goes steadily ahead ty of Southern California, is the latest weeks. Educated at Somerville Col¬

Edith Merlin Eva Constantine 

with the drilling of 2,000,000 storm 

in co-ed sports.—Collegiate Digest, lege, Oxford, she describes herself asFeature Make-Up troops while England valiantly sup¬ Duke Chronicle. "a scholar gone wrong."—Literary Di¬ 

Mary Boggs Alice Chamlee ports plans of the Disarmament Con¬ 

gest.

Book Notes Assistant Make-Up ference. In this connection the Brit¬ The students at Ohio State, after 

ish Government refused the sum of

Vera Pruet Elizabeth Thrasher considerable research, pointed out that In an article in the current number 
Society Circulation 200,000 pounds offered by Lady Hous¬ chemistry's greatest gift to humanity of McCall's, Morris Markey analyzes 

Laura Steele Kathryn Bowen ton to strengthen the British army and is blondes.—Siearthmore Phoenix. the relationship existing between the 
navy and offered again later for a spe¬

Ahimnae Business Assistant President and his people. The article he 

cial air defense of London. When a 

An anti-pun society has been organ-, calls "Dear Mr. President." In de¬

Frances Balkcom Kitty Cunningham 

third offer was refused a short time ized by the students at Stephenson In¬ scribing the type of letter Mr. Roose-

Club Business Assistant 

ago, Lady Houston indignantly with¬ 

stitute of Technology for those who .'elt receives, Mr. Markey quotes from

Elizabeth Espy Laura Steele drew it. 

advocate the lowest form of humor. CWA letters, fanatics' letters, andExchange Business Assistant In the pond of politics once so wide¬ This is certainly a good opportunity children's letters. The letters from the 
Lucille Cairns Kitty Printup ly stirred by a Boston tea party Wil¬ afforded to those with hitherto un¬ millions of crippled children all over 
Exchange Sports liam A. Wirt, superintendent of the recognized talent.—Florida Flambeau. the country write to the President in¬ 

Gary School, stirred up a faint ripple

Margaret Robins Celia Hoffman timately and explain how much his 
Current History Jokes by his account of a Virginia dinner Students at Marshall College, Hunt-fortitude in his physical condition has 

party. Wirt came before a special 

ington, W. Va., recently published a helped them along. From these letters 
house committee on April 10 to relate manual telling professors how to be Mr. Markey refuses to quote; he feels

REPORTERS 

his story, Senator Reed of Missouri ap¬ courteous in the class room.—The Ca¬ that it would be "an impertinence, a 
Mary Adams Lola Phillips pearing with him as counsel. The din¬ det, V. M. 1. grievous impertinence" to the children.

Catherine Jones

Dorothy Cassel Betty Willis ner took place, he stated, on Friday —McCall's.

Frances Balkcom

Alice Dunbar Brooks Spivey evening, September 1, 193 3, at the Eight o'clock classes have been 
Katherine Hertzka Sarah Moore Lucille Cairns home of Miss Barrows. During the abolished at Rochester University on Jesse O. Thomas, southern field sec¬ 

dinner discussion that ensued, the main the theory that the students will be retary, National Urban League, and 
topic of conversation, according to better off sleeping in their beds than Roscoe Dunjee, editor of the Oklahoma 
INTERCOLLEGIATE CONSCIOUSNESS Wirt, was a movement on foot to in their classes. . . . Thus, they will Black Dispatch, recently completed a 
bring about a change in the establish¬ 

enjoy sleeping in comfort during part of cities

From the several conferences attended during the past few statewide tour the principal

ed order in the United States. Roose¬ 

of the day anyhow.—Swarthmore and towns of Oklahoma for the pur


weeks by representatives of various campus organizations, the velt was called the "Kerensky" of the Phoenix. (Continued on page 4, column 1)
revolution, later to be replaced by a

Student Government Association, the Y. W. C. A., the Athletic 

"Stalen." At the close of his hearingAssociation, the Agonistic, and others, one outstanding observa¬ Wirt specified that the overthrow was 

CLUBS 

to be social rather than governmental.

tion has been brought back. Among the delegates at conferences 

He freed Congress and the President Cotillion Club Blackfriars 

and among the student leaders at colleges they represent, there 

from blame, keeping his charge against The members of Cotillion Club were New members elected to Blackfriars 
is rapidly developing a the "brain trust" and its satellites, in¬ a Thursday

mutual understanding of problems and entertained at tea-dance on the basis of poise and dramatic abil¬ 

cluding his fellow guests in the latter

a fine cooperation in solving them, with the increasing need and afternoon in Mr. Johnson's studio. The ity shown in skits presented at try-

class. Those implicated in his testi¬ 
desire for a great national students union. Most of the students mony have ridiculed the charge. Miss hostesses were Virginia Coons, Alae outs include: Louise Prcas, Martha Sue 
Taylor labeled the charge "pish and Risse Barren, and Loice Richards. Laney, Louise Tipton, Lucile Denni-

at their particular colleges, however, possess an appalling lack of 

piffle," Dr. Howe as "All bunk." Miss Rosalinde Richards was guest pianist. son, Marian Derrick, and Kathryn

interest in intercollegiate affairs. We are quite satisfied with our 

Kneeland, chief of his informants, stat¬ 

Bowen. The annual Blackfriars' ban¬ 
own importance; it makes no difference that our difficulties ed from Chapel Hill, "I've never talk¬ 

Pen and Brush quet was held in the tea house on April

ed to the gentleman or anything con¬

and interests are entirely individual; we are pleased with our Pen and Brush Club met Thursday 10, at which time the new members

nected with this." 
very complacence. However fairly or unfairly, this criticism (■Continued on page 3, column 1) night in the Faculty Parlor of Re-were welcomed into the club. They 

bekah Scott. Each member brought presented a three-act play, "Ye Olde 
has been made openly of Agnes Scott. We have been called a original drawings which were discussed Mellowdrammer," written by Lucile 
smug, self-contained, intolerant college. While we doubt the BOOK NOTES and criticised by the club. Dennison. 
excellence of the choice of words of such a critic, and the actual 

Chi Beta Phi Sigma

The Barretts of Wimpale Street. Ru¬ 

K.U. B.

truth of the sentiment as representative, we feel that there is New officers of Chi Beta Phi Sigma

dolph Besier. A comedy in five acts 

In the spring tryouts held recently were elected recently. They are: Mary

prevalent among a large number of the student body just such 

which presents in a unique and charm¬ six new members were admitted to K. 

Summers, president; Anne Coffee, 
an attitude. It shall be the purpose of those students who have ing way the romance of Robert Brown¬ U. B. They are: Mary Walker, Mere¬ vice-president; Elizabeth Young, cordith 
Crickmer, Catherine Jones, Mary

had the opportunity of realizing the extent of intercollegiate ing and Elizabeth Barrett. resiponding secretary; Carol Griffin,

Lib Squires, Sarah Nichols, and Lita 

recording secretary, and Sarah Cook,

correlation, and the universality of problems, pleasures, and Goss. The new officers of the club 

treasurer.

Deidre of the Sorrows. J. M. Synge. 

Smith, Mary

sympathies among various schools, to supplant any tendency are: Suzanne president; B. O. Z.

A mystical drama of the Irish school 

Margaret Stowe, Sarah Cook, vice-B. O. Z. met Friday afternoon in

toward narrowness and egotism on our campus with a full com¬ based on the ancient Gaelic legend of presidents; Buford Tinder, secretary, 

Miss Preston's room in Ansley, at 
prehension of our shortcomings, an active desire to overcome Deidre and the three sons of Usna. The and Brooks Spivey, treasurer. which time the new members were

play is distinctive by its vigorous yet

them, a sincere pride in our ideals and opportunities, and a grow¬ welcomed. They are: Martha Sue

magical poetry of style and its weird Poetry Club Laney, Elizabeth Espy, Loice Rich¬

ing interest in regional and national student affairs: a policy yet luminous atmosphere which only Poetry Club will meet tomorrow ards. Hostesses were Doris Batsell and 

can create.

which the Agonistic is proud to adopt. an Irish imagination night in the tea-house with Miss Rae-I ulu Ames, and Ann Martin and 
mond Wilson and Miss Page Acker-Mary Virginia Allen read.

The Letters of Clara Schumann and 

man. (Continued on page 4, column 2)

fohannes Brahms. Dr. Berthold Litz-

CONCERNING SMOKING 

mann. A correspondence which pre¬

lu tiiisu er to the numberless questions and speculations about 

sents by the intangible intimacy of the 
the policy of the new staff on the subject of smoking, we wish letter the unique friendship of the 

immediately to take a stand. We are in favor of smoking privil¬ composer and the virtuoso, and opens 
the inner circle of the intellectual and

eges at Agnes Scoff. Such privileges arc to be obtained, however, 

artistic elite of the period.

only through the Administrative Committee of the College and AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE 
the Student Government Association. The Agonistic has ;;o in¬ 

Charlotte Bronte. Rosamond Lang-DECATUR, GA. 
tention of working in defiance of these bodies; rather to the con¬ bridge. A psychological study of the 
trary; consequently, this publication will sponsor no further novelist in the attempt to explain the 

A college for -women that is widely recog¬

origin of her work in the emotional

agitation on the subject. 

complexities and thwarted aspirations

/Is the weekly publication of the college, as a mirror of cam¬ of her life. It is written also with the nized for its standards of ivork and for the 
pus activities, as a voice of student opinion, we hope to live up aim of criticising the idealized Char¬ 
lotte Bronte presented by Mrs. Gaskell. interesting character of its student activities

to the expectations and meet the highest requirements of a col¬ 
lege newspaper, but we do not propose to continue a movement 

fane Austen: Her IJfe and Art.

which is defeating its own purpose in attempting to effect a 

David Rhyddereh. "This is not merely For further information, address 
change irrespective of the groups under whose jurisdiction smok¬ a point of view, a personal criticism, a 

ing comes. \W wish, here and now, to condemn any future in-literary exercise; it is a picture of the 
essential Jane Austen built up with i

citation independent of the Administration and of Student Gov¬ J. R. McCain, President 

manifold touches from the indications |

ernment. Facts will be reported when action is taken, but as 

scattered through her letters and the ! 

to editorial comment, anonymous letters and further discussion, 

parallels discoverable in her novels."— j 
the subject is closed. Leonard Huxlev. i 


The Agonistic 

SOCIETY Are You Weary GIDDY GOSSIP 

There was a time, back in the 
"nickelodion days," when going away 
to school meant something like mak¬ 
ing an expedition to the South Pole. 
Fond good-byes were said: "Grand¬ 
mother, I'll knit you a shawl in my 
free hours, and Father, you some 
socks." And then out by the lilac 
bush: "Good-bye, George, dear. Take 
care of my little white kitten for me 
and watch to see how large our initials 
grow on the old birch tree. . . . Of 
course not, silly goose! I'll never even 
see a boy, except maybe at church. 
And I'll write to you every night." 
Lucky Georgie! 

But now, well,—things are differ¬ 
ent. It's "Hi, George! Be with you 
in a minute. Gotta sling some clothes 
into a bag. I'm leaving for school in 
half an hour, you know. . . . S' long, 
old boy. Be good to yourself. . . . Of 
course not, silly goose! There's only 
Jack and Bill and Pete. Oh, yes,—and 
Ben and Charlie. I'll drop you a card 
at the intermission of a dance some 
time." 

And here's the proof on our campus: 
Ida Buist, Sarah Spenser, Meriel Bull, 
Nell White, Rebecca Cashion, Virginia 
Williams, and Lavinia Scott attended 
the Sigma Chi tea-dance at Tech Sat¬ 
urday afternon. Carolyn Clements and 
Josephine Jennings attended the Pi 
Kappa Alpha dance last Friday night 
at Tech. Virginia Williams was at 
Tech, too, at the A. T. O. dance. 
And Martha Redwine went to Augusta 
to enjoy the Alpha Lambda Chi dance 
there. 

And back-at-home George, did you 
think we spent our week-ends sitting 
quietly in our rooms and remember¬ 
ing sweet memories of you? Well: 

KEY TO CURRENT HISTORY 

(Continued from page 2, column 3) 

On April 2 Samuel Insull, Chicago 
utilities magnate charged with grand 
larceny and embezzlement, was arrest¬ 
ed by Turkish authorities. He pleads 
bad health. The room in which he 
awaits deportation is described as con¬ 
taining a single barred window, a 
chair, a table, and an iron bedstead. 
His imprisonment put an end to two 
weeks spent as a refugee on the high 
seas aboard the Maiotis. Personal free¬ 
dom gone, he continued to wage a legal 
battle by employing an English bar¬ 
rister to appeal his case to the Turkish 
Supreme Court. After five days word 
came that President Roosevelt had 

Elizabeth Perrin, Eleanor Lemmon, 
Rosa Wilder, Lucille Burnette, Mary 
Pitner, Julia Thing, Sarah Forrester, 
and Virginia Caldwell were in La-
Grange Sunday, the guests of Billie 
Turner. 

Mary Vines, Sally McRee, Hyta 
Plowden, Peg Gullion, and Ann Baker 
were week-end guests in Atlanta. 

Mary Cornely spent the week-end in 
Abbeville, S. C. Martha Edmonds was 
in Lawrenceville, and Elizabeth Strick¬ 
land in Concord, Ga. 

A few of the Georges do get re¬ 
membered once in awhile. The follow¬ 
ing girls went home for the week¬ 
end: Virginia Gaines, Martha Ed¬ 
munds, Martha Johnson, Dorothy Lee, 
and Carolyn Russell. 

Guests on the campus during the 
past week have been: Dr. Frank Rich¬ 
ardson, Mary Richardson's father; Miss 
Isabel Love, of Montevallo; Miss Mary 
Davis, of Birmingham. 

Dr. Hayes' parents, Mr. and Mrs. J, 
Carroll Hayes, visited him and Mrs. 
Hayes last week. Dr. and Mrs. David¬ 
son gave a dinner in their honor, and 
Miss Laney, a luncheon at which Miss 
MacDougall also was present. 

Mrs. Jessie Daniel Ames and her 
party, composed of Nancy Rogers, 
Doris Batsell, Lulu and Mary Ames, 
and Dr. and Mrs. George P. Hayes, 
spent Easter week-end at Tuskegee In¬ 
stitute, Alabama. 

signed a warrant for Insull's arrest, or¬ 
dering the vice cunsel in Turkey to 
bring Insull back to Chicago for trial. 
An amusing sidelight was the arrival 
of Mme. Conyoumdjoglon, his friend 
and ally, who had gone to Roumania 
to seek refuge there for him. When 
she returned too late to aid Insull 
further there was a dispute as to 
whether or not she should go ashore 
to him. Wrenching away from one of 
the Turkish officials who was seeking 
to prevent her going ashore, Mme. 
Conyoumdjoglon toppled over back¬ 
wards into the harbor and had to be 
fished out with a large boathook and 

carried dripping to her cabin. 

"The Line Is Busy 

We mean the "clothes line"! Be¬ 
cause everything this year is Cot¬ 
ton . . . Cotton . . . Cotton . . . And 
they will wash and wash and wash 
with not a dress in a carload that 
will shrink! . . . These new chic cot¬ 
tons at Allen's will keep your line 
busy all Summer, and keep you as 
fresh and cool and chic as you could 
possibly wish. Come see our Cot¬ 
tons for every occasion. 

J. IP. ALLEN & CO. 

"The Store AM ^omen Know 

Of Living? 

Many were the Agnes Scott students 
shocked during the last few weeks by 
a deep, mysterious voice asking them 
apropos of nothing whatsoever, "Are 
you weary of life?" And many and 
varied were the answers given. Many 
of the faculty were approached with 
that selfsame question. In fact, their 
name was Legion (though probably 
none of them would answer to it). 
Again and again the question was put. 
"Are you weary of life? If yes, why? 
If no, why?" 

Finally the votes were all taken. 
Fancy the general surprise when the 
numbers were impatiently counted and 

the results compared—and it was 
found that five out of every eight 
girls asked at Agnes Scott were weary, 
terribly weary of life; that one out of 
every eight was neutral; and only two 
were feeling the least bit-satisfied. 
Fancy the further surprise when it was 
found that every member of the facul¬ 
ty asked was perfectly happy, content¬ 
ed, and, as one put it, "full of wim, 
wigor, and witality." Who would have 
thought, when glancing over the spa¬ 
cious halls, snow-capped hills, and fra¬ 
grant valleys of Agnes Scott that these 
halls and this campus were thronged 
with world-weary disillusioned girls 
and exuberant, enthusiastic teachers? 
But so it is, by their own confession! 

Another startling fact was revealed 
by the survey: Agnes Scott is approx¬ 
imately twice as weary of life before 
lunch as it is after. Not one student 
could be found immediately preceding 
lunch who could under any circum¬ 
stances have been persuaded that life 
was either real or earnest; yet, after 
lunch, there was found a disconcert¬ 
ing number who thought that after all, 
since it was Spring, etc., etc., and even 
etc., they might give life another 
chance. In fact it was quite astound¬ 
ing to see that one of our most world-
weary who was asked again had chang¬ 
ed her mind completely on the subject. 

Day students are considerably wear¬ 
ier of life than boarders are. Perhaps 
street cars have something to do with 
that. Pehaps it is the prospect of going 
home soon. Freshmen are not as weary 
as the other classes. But then, the little 
dears, they really know so little about 
Life! 

Any observant reader will inquire 
immediately, "What is the cause of this 
disillusionment at Agnes Scott?" The 
main reason at the moment seems to 
be term papers. Another reason is 
exams. Things in general was an oft-
repeated reason. Rosalyn Crispin said 
indigestion was the sorrow of her life, 
while Mary Winterbottom and Mary 
Sloan uttered in an elegaic chorus, 
"Cheese." Upon investigation it be¬ 
came known that since February the 
two Mary's have analyzed cheese seven¬ 
teen times in the chemistry laboratory 
and have not yet been successful in 
the experiment. A number of wouldbe-
hopeful-but-just-can't-quite-makeit 
individuals blame it all on spring 
fever! 

The reasons for not being weary of 
life range from love to the many joys 

Try Our 

SANDWICHES 
We Make Them Right 

LAWRENCE'S 
PHARMACY 
Phones De. 0762-0763 
»«$» «{»«j»«2» ♦$»*j»«J 

Darling Giddy— 

So nice to have meeting you, my 
dear. It came on to rain since Spring 
Holidays, and not a copsie in sight 
wherein to shelter, so I must needs to 
inform you that the campus is simply 
delirious (as am I) with D. T.'s. Rawther! 
And indeed Righto! But not 
yet Cheerio! Are you there? 

If you are, you are quite out-ofplace 
but don't worry—there is al¬ 
ways Lib Winn, the gracious and 
gentle, to guide and direct you. Sat¬ 
urday, Giddy, when the high school 
girls came to see a great large slice of 
life in the raw at the Alma Martyr, this 
pride and our joy beamed on two nice, 
elderly ladies (who were in the city 
for the G. E. A. convention) with a 
"Howdyedo? And what schools do you 
represent?" She takes the cake, liter¬ 
ally! Zounds, what capacity! 

If you need to be guided in an in¬ 
tellectual way, though, there is Mardie 
Friend or Nancy Rogers—death on 
definitions! Ask Mardie sometime 
what is a mule, and Nancy what is a 
elf that flits and flights? Either one 
or both will tell you the truth too! 
Really, I mean. 

Truth is to believe in it, Giddy-love, 
so don't be skeptical when I tell you 
what one enterprising reporter would 
have us know about our president and 
Play Day! "After special dancing and 
a word of greeting by Dr. J. R. Mc¬ 
Cain. . . . etc., etc." Now she doesn't 
go on to say was it tap or toe or ballet 
or maybe the Carioca even, so I don't 
know, but I'll bet you it was wunnifil, 
whatever it was. (I would say some¬ 
thing about the terpisko-rean artist he 
is, only I can't spell it). 

While on the subject of surprises, 
did you know the latest? Now I'm 
just an innocent country lass as you 
know, without any pretentions or 
nothing, so when I was asked to trans¬ 
late hors d'oeuvres I was blithe and 
quick and said, "Work horse!" But 
the surprise is, Giddy, I was wrong. 
It is a depression-term and means "out 
of work." Live and learn; learn to 
live! (I'm of a philosophical mind to¬ 
night, as you see). 

That Richards gal gets all the Lucky 
breaks and still she hasn't come out of 
the fog! Ever since spring holidays, 
and the University of Alabama, she 
has been wandering around with that 
Elsie-at-the-Gatepost look in her eye, 

and pleasures of eating, drinking, and 
being merry. Nelle Chamlee professes 
love and Sarah Lawrence clings to the 
principle expressed in the latter cate¬ 
gory. Anne Martin insists that the 
world is lovely, the birds are blooming, 
the flowers are singing. Polly Vaughan 
simply has no time in which to be 
weary of life. 

This is but one piece of advice that 
can be offered to those for whom the 
world is not "getting more and more 
marvelous every day" (as it is for 
Irene Wilson). Dear Children, go to 
your teachers, sit at their feet, absorb 
some of their exuberance and vitality. 
They will bring your youth to you 
again—and the youth will make you 
free! 

H. G. Wells says the age of insecur¬ 
ity will come to an end about 1990. 
We can hardly wait.—Atlanta Jour¬ 
nal. 

muttering strange sounds like, "Picolo, 
Chippso, Gillie-the-Goon, Erstyer Bay, 
Mala (« like in arm), Java (a like in 
black), Barrishters' Brawl 'yg^I^/g^jce" 
—and so, on and on. It would seem too 
that there were any number of celes¬ 
tial personnages floating around: the 
archangel Gabriel, and a Greek God, 
and Rev. Martin Luther, and Oscar the 
patron saint, and the All-Mighty Ala¬ 
bama Ail-American—all ready to waft 
her away. The part that bothers me, 
Giddy, is that through it all she re¬ 
mained demurely reckless and wicked¬ 
ly chaste, and true to her Delt back 
home. Nice work, "Agnes"! 

I hate to be anonymous but 1 prom¬ 
ised not to give the name of one or 
my fondest secrets. It's a good story, 
anyway. The telephone number or 
first floor Inman is De. 9167, y'know, 
but somewhere it is listed as 916is, 
because that's the number given to one 
of the chaming voices on the campuo. 
Well she called, and it seems the num¬ 
ber belongs to a pharmacy up the way, 
with a deep, thrilling voice that an¬ 
swers with, "Hello, darling." Now 
this voice (feminine) knew this voice 
(masculine) didn't belong on first floor 
Inman, and being inexperienced but 
willing she investigated and found ro¬ 
mance waiting for her, all tied up in 
a package six feet tall with brwn 
curly hair. She's that four-leaf-clover, 
pick-up-the-horse-shoe, right-end-ofthe-
wishbone gal, if you know who I 
mean. Well, Giddy, life is a good 
enough friend to the merry and the 
gallant. 

Which reminds me of Dr. Raper's 
own account of his experiences as the 
expectant father. If I don't have all 
the facts straight, at least this is the 
spirit of the story. There were other 
fathers-to-be in the waiting room at 
the hospital—five or so of them when 
a nurse came into the room and Dr. 

R. asked hopefully, "Well, how are 
things coming along?" To which she 
replied smiling, "Two already." "Ye 
. . . and little fishes," exclaimed oure 
deare teacher, "am I the father of 
twins?" 

And now, angel darling, I must bid 
you a fond farewell but it won't be 
long until I'll be a-seeing you again. I 
think you're the berries, plunk! plunk! 
In the meantime—cheerio! 

All love and sich, 
Aggie. 

ALUMNAE 

From New York come several in¬ 
teresting news items brought by 
Penelope Brown, who has returned re¬ 
cently to the college from a trip east: 

Clyde Lovejoy, '32, has returned 
from New York, where she has been 
studying, to her home in LaGrange, 
Georgia. 

Mary Sturtevant, '3 3, and Margie 
Ellis, ex-'3 3, spent a week-end in New 
York with Penelope Brown and Sara 
Townsend, '30. 

Mrs. Archie Palmour, nee Elizabeth 
Cheatham, '23, of New York, is re¬ 
covering from a recent operation. 

Two engagements have been an 
nounced: Helen Freedman, '31, t 


The Agonistic 

Dr. Davidson's 

Paper Reviewed 

An article on "Whig Propaganda of 
the American Revolution," by Dr. 
Philip G. Davidson, appears in the 
April number of the American Histor¬ 
ical Review. This article should be of 
especial interest to Agnes Scott stu¬ 
dents. All of us are familiar with the 
tremendous influence of propaganda 
during the World War, but most of us 
are surprised to learn of the indispen¬ 
sable part it played before and during 

the Revolution. 

The article begins with a clear and 
forceful definition of the purpose of 
Revolutionary propaganda. The most 
important of the propagandists are dis¬ 
cussed and their contrbutions pointed 
out. Professional patriots, press agents, 
politicians, 'preachers, and writers are 
shown to have had a part in this funda¬ 
mental work. William Livingston is 
described as the typical Revolutionary-
propagandist and a more detailed ac¬ 
count is given of the forces which in¬ 
fluenced his thought and of his con¬ 
tributions. A quotation from one of his 
addresses is compared with World War 
propaganda. After a necessary descrip¬ 
tion of the crisis of 1778 and the con¬ 
sequent defeatist movement, which 
threatened the morale of the Whigs, 
Dr. Davidson points out the necessity 
for a tremendous effort on the part of 
the convincing agents of the Revolu¬ 
tionists and their adequate response to 
this necessity. The closing paragraphs 
of the article describe this culminating 
effort of the propagandists and its ef¬ 
fect on the last years of the war. 

As a whole the article is concise and 
clear. It is made real and vivid by ap¬ 
propriate selections from the propa¬ 
ganda of the period. The organization 
is simple and apparent enough to elim¬ 
inate unnecessary effort on the part of 
the reader and yet does not detract 
from the smoothness nor interfere with 
the interest of the article. The work 
is not punctuated with that sort of 
uninteresting paragraph which we 
usually skip because it makes no ma¬ 
terial addition to the whole. It shows 
not only careful research but careful 
thinking on the part of the author and 
the style admirably reflects the per¬ 
sonality of the Dr. Davidson that we 
know here on the Agnes Scott campus. 

Margaret Telford. 

EXCHANGES 
(Continued from page 2, column 5) 
pose of securing for Negroes the bene¬ 
fits of the recovery program.—Oppor¬ 
tunity. 

Dr. George Washington Carver, 
Negro scientist, known widely for his 
experiments with the common, every¬ 
day peanut and its oil, has recently dis¬ 
covered an oil which he believes will 
be beneficial to victims of infantile 
paralysis. So far he has four grades 
of oil varying in degree of thickness; 
many more grades will be necessary, he 
says, because the skin and the oil must 
match perfectly. Dr. Carver has his 
laboratorv and home at Tuskegee In¬ 
stitute, Alabama; there he receives and 
treats his patients who come from all 
over the country. 

When Your 
eye specialist says: 

WHO'S YOUR OPTICIAN? 

Proudly tell him "Dod.stadcr'i". 
And he'll give 
you credit for rare judg¬ 

ment and good taste. 
We have an enviable repu¬

tation for "Good-Looking

Glasses Perfectly Kitted." 
Come in—we'll prove it to 
you. 

SPECIAL DISCOUNT TO 
AGNES SCOTT STUDENTS 

DOCKSTADER'S 
16 Peachtree St. 
1st Natl. Bank Bldg. at Points 

Seniors-Juniors Win Soccer Won By 

In Water Polo Seniors-Sophs. 

In a swift victory of 7-5 over the By a score of 2-1 the senior-soph¬ 
freshman-sophomore team, the seniors omore team, in the first soccer game 
and juniors swam away with the third ever played at Agnes Scott, beat the 
water polo game of the season at 8:30 junior -freshman chargers on the 
o'clock on Friday night, April 13. This hockey field last Friday afternoon, 
was the first game the freshman-soph¬ April 13. The zig-zag track of the 
omore combination has lost. ball and thudding kicks made the 

The outstanding work on he win¬ game exciting to the group of athletic 
ning side was done by Gordon, for¬ instructors present, including Mary 
ward, with five goals. The seniors Ames, Margaret Massie, Blanche Miller, 
were fortunate in their long-arm pass¬ Page Ackerman, Ann Coffee, and Miss 
ing between Gordon and Reid. The Flaynes and Miss Wilburn. 
fastest swimming in the game was Outstanding playing was done by 
done by Coffee, center, the best in¬ Cary, freshman goal guard, who could 
terception by Lasseter, guard, and the kick or pass halfway down the field, 
stoutest goal-guarding by Forman. and by Burson of the winners, who 

The line-up for the games was: with fast running and swift kicking 

Senior-Junior Freshman-Sophomore made the only goals for her team. 
Waterman, Ames, r.f. Johnson, (4)r.f. Other good work was done by Ken¬ 
Reid, (1), l.f. Scott, Jackson, (1), l.f. nedy, freshman center, and Talmadge, 
Gordon (5), c. Coffee, c. guard on the winning team. 
Fountain, g.g. Forman, g.g. The line-up was: 
Ames, Russell, r.g. Lasseter, r. g. Senior-Sophomore Junior-Freshman 
Palmour, 1. g. Jackson, Richardson, l.g. Maness, r.w. Clark, r.w. 

Hart, r.i. Young, r.i. 
CLUBS Burson (2), c. Kennedy (1), c. 
(Continued from page 2, column 5) Rountree, l.i. Wilder, l.i. 
Spanish Club Wilson, 1.w. 
Tomlinson, r.h. Kneale, r.h.

The new officers of the Spanish 
Crenshaw, c.h.

Club, elected at the regular monthly 

Talmadge, Armstrong, l.h. Stalker, l.h. 
meeting held Tuesday, April 10, are: Harbison, r.f. Soutter, r.f. 
Lois Flart, president; Cornelia Christie, McKoin, l.f. Johnson, l.f. 
vice-president, and Mary Louise Lati-Lawrence, g.g. Gary, F., g.g. 
mer, secretary-treasurer. 

Why Not Eat at the Clairmont

German Club 

Delicatessen?

Members of the German Club are 

CLAIRMONT DELICATESSEN

working on two German plays to be Invites You Alwayspresented for the club at the May Famous Sandwiches and Italian 
meeting. Miss Louise Lewis, head of Spaghetti with Roman Cheese 

Cold Dutch Platesthe Art department, will speak in 

112 CLAIRMONT AVE.

German about some phase of art, at 
the regular meeting to be held tomor¬ 
row. Plans are being made for a ban¬ 
quet to be given the latter part of *;* Magic Supplies and Tricks 

Toys—Souvenirs *

April in the tea house. 

4* Party Favors—Greeting Cards 
t TRICK NOVELTY CO. %

Outing Club 

4* N. Borowitz 

Final tests for Outing Club will be % JA. 9198 82 N. Forsyth St. 4; 

held tomorrow. Those girls who are ♦J* »£♦♦$» <%* ♦J* ♦£♦♦J*♦$* ♦$»»$♦ 
planning to take the tests will please 
meet in Board Room exactly at 4:10. 

International Relations 

AUSTIN BEAUTY SHOP 
Mr. George Griffin, of Georgia 
E. Court Square

Tech, spoke on "Disarmament" to the 
members of the International Rela¬ Decatur, Ga. 
tions Club, at the meeting Friday night 
in the Y. W. C. A. Cabinet room. 

French Club 
French Club tryouts will be held 

Girdles and Brassieres

this afternoon from four-ten to six 

for the College Girl

o'clock in the chapel. Requirements 
for membership are posted on the EAGER & SIMPSON 
bulletin board on second floor But


24 Cain St.

trick Flail, with suggested plays for 
tryouts. 

************************** 
i * 

H. E. WILSON 

* Silhouette Tea Room I 

CLOCK AND JEWELRY REPAIRING 

| HOURS: |

EXPERT WATCHMAKER 

❖ 7:30-2:00 ❖

Reasonable Prices—Quick Service 

| 4:00-7:00 *

127 East Court Square 

| 10:00-10:30 *

DECATUR 

♦J* 

»> ❖ 
•!*& ❖ 
•5* ❖ 
-I-*> ♦> ❖*❖ 
* ❖❖•S»* 

Don't Neglect Your Eyesight 

A thorough eye examination by a competent oculist (Eye 
Physician) is the first step in securing correct glasses. 
When the prescripton for glasses is given it should be 
filled by a skilled Optician. 
Ask your Oculist (Eye Physician) about our reliability 
and dependable service. 

WALTER BALLARD OPTICAL CO. 
Dispensing OpticiansTHREE STORES 

105 Peachtree St. Medical Arts Bldg. Doctors' BuildingClockSign 382 PeachtreeSt. 480 Peachtree St. 

L. CHAJAGE 
220 PEACHTREE ST. 

Expert Remodeling 
DIXIE'S LEADING FURRIER 

Seniors Go With 

Miss Brown 

Miss Penelope Brown is being ac¬ 
companied by Martha Skeen during 
her field trip to Birmingham this 
week, and will be accompanied by 
Elinor Hamilton on her trip to South 
Carolina next week. These seniors will 
give to high school students with 
whom Miss Brown makes contact 
something of the undergraduate view¬ 
point of college life and of Agnes 
Scott. 

When students steal pencils from 
the library at the University of Ore¬ 
gon, they are deprived of their shoe 
laces which are then used to tie the 
pencils to the desk. They must have 
difficulty if the object of theft hap¬ 
pens to be something more obstreper¬ 

ous, such as a horse or a cow.—The 
Florida Flambeau. 

Handsome Dan II, Yale's square-
jawed bulldog mascot, has been the 
center of much attention for the past 
few weeks following his abduction 
from New Haven at the hands of Har¬ 
vard Lampoon editors. The "dognapping" 
is said to have been an attempt 
to retaliate for the disappearance of 
the Harvard Lampoon's famous Ibis 
bird some years ago.—Literary Digest. 

j BAILEY BROS. SHOE SHOP 
142 Sycamore St. = 
Decatur I 
Serving the Students of j

A. S. C. for 30 Y'ears j 

Get the Classics 
of the 
JACKET LIBRARY 
15 Cents 
from 
WOMAN'S EXCHANGE 
Theatre Bldg. 

************************** 

* Decatur's Leading Druggists * 

* * 

f THREADGILL PHARMACY *

*1* 

* Phone Dearborn 2181 4* 
Quick Delivery * 

* 4*

»*■» ♦J* «J» >*♦♦J*«.*.»**4 «.t»4*44*44*4 4*44*44*44*4 »*« «£♦ 
«}» 

MORGAN CLEANERS 

411 Church St. 

Dearborn 1372 

MUSE'S 

has just the 

gown for that 

Sunday Date. 

May we show' 

it to you? 

FIFTH FLOOR 

AT THE THEATRES 

GEORGIA 

Starts Saturday 

STAN LAUREL 

OLIVER HARDY 

with 

CHARLIE CHASE 

in 

"SONS OF THE DESERT" 

News—Comedv 

ALL SEATS 25c 

FOX Starts Friday! 

LAN NY ROSS 

Singing Star of "Maxwell 

House Show Boat" 

in 

"MELODY IN 

SPRING' 

with 

The Comedy Team 

CHARLIE RUGGLES 

MARY ROLAND 

Plus! The first sensational pic¬ 
tures of the great undersea 
voIcano, "KRAKATOA"! 

SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN 
TWO WOMEN SAY— 

"THIS MAN IS MINE" 
with 
IRENE DUNNE 
RALPH BELLAMY 
CONSTANCE CUMMINGS 
KAY JOHNSON 

Now Playing 

Cpammount 

-TH E ATRE 

Thurs. & Fri. 

AS HUSBANDS GO 

DEKALB THEATRE 

Mon. & Tues. 

GALLANT LADY 

CAPITOL 

Starting Thursday 

"The House of Mystery" 
with 
Ed Lowry—Verna HilFe 
Brandon Hurst—Liya Joy 

On the Stage 
"VANITIES OF 1934" 
25 People, 8 Big Vodvil Acts 

Starting Sunday 
Zasu Pitts 
Slim Summerville 
in 
"Love Birds" 
On the Stage 
"The Lewis Scandals" 
Balcony 20c; Orchestra 25c 


Qtf)e Agonistic 

VOL. XIV AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25,1934 ~ NO. 20 

Athletic Association Holds 
Annual Banquet Friday 

Important Notice 

The World Fair Placement 
Bureau of Chicago, 111., requests 
that the Agonistic publish the 
following notice: 

College students desiring work 
at the World's Fair this summer 
address M. B. Johnston, 1737 
University Avenue, Chicago, 111. 
Please be sure to enclose a stamp¬ 
ed self-addressed envelope. 

Dr. Lapsley to 

Give Address 

Dr. R. A. Lapsley, Jr., of Roanoke, 
Va., will deliver the baccalaureate ser¬ 
mon at Agnes Scott on Sunday morn¬ 
ing, May 27, at 11 o'clock in the 
Bucher Scott gymnasium. Dr. Blanche 
Colton Williams, head of the English 
department of Hunter College, New 
York City, will be the commencement 
speaker. 

Dr. Lapsley, who is the pastor of the 
First Presbyterian Church of Roanoke, 
Va., is the father of Janie Lapsley, a 
member of the senior class. She was 
recently named alternate for the Que¬ 
nelle Harrold Fellowship, and is an 
honor student of the college. 

Dr. Williams will speak Tuesday 
morning, May 29, in the gymnasium 
at 10 o'clock. The Agnes Scott Glee 
Club will furnish music, and Miss 
Kathleen Bowen will appear as guest 
soloist. 

Results Are Given 

Of Archery Test 

The results of the scoring of the 
Agnes Scott archery team, which is en¬ 
tering the fifth annual Women's In¬ 
tercollegiate Telegraphic Archery Con¬ 
test, are as follows: 

First—Nina Parke, score 151. 

Second—Margaret Massie, score 139. 

Third—Vivienne Long, score 13 6. 

Others who shot were Isabel Mc¬ 
Cain, Sarah Cook, Florence Preston, 
Ora Muse, and Laura Whitner. The 
total score for the team is 957 which 
was wired to national headquarters by 
Florence Preston, archery manager. 

Jr.-Sr. Banquet 

Plans Started 

The Junior-Senior Banquet will be 
held on May 2 5 at 6:30 o'clock. Ar¬ 
rangements have not yet been com¬ 
pleted, according to Caroline Dickson, 
chairman of the Banquet Committee. 

The sub-committees working under 
her direction are: decorations, Alberta 
Palmour, chairman, Mary Jane Evans, 
Frances McCalla; transportation, Nell 
Pattillo, chairman, Elizabeth Thrasher, 
Alsine Shutze; invitations, Hester 
Anne Withers; placement, Marguerite 
Morris; place cards, Betty Fountain, 
chairman, Mary Green, Loice Richards. 

The Junior-Senior Banquet is one of 
the many social affairs that mark the 
end of the academic year. 

DEBATERS MEET 
WESLEYAN TONIGHT 

Martha Redwine and Marian Calhoun, 
representing Agnes Scott, will 
debate Wesleyan College, tonight at 
Macon, on the question, Resolved: that 
the United States should adopt the 
fascist form of government; Agnes 
Scott will uphold the affirmative. 
There will be no decision. 

The debate with Hampden-Sidney, 
originally scheduled for next week, 
has been postponed indefinitely be¬ 
cause of lack of agreement as to the 
question to be debated. 

All Activities Brought to Close; 
Winners Will Be Announced 

AWARDS TO BE MADE 

The Athletic Association will con¬ 
clude the year's activities with a ban¬ 
quet to be held Friday night at six 
o'clock in the dining room of Rebekah 
Scott Hall. The athletic banner will 
be awarded to the class having won the 
greatest number of points in the com¬ 
petitive sports this year; class banners 
for team games and individual awards 
also will be made. Day students are 
being invited to the banquet this year. 
Leonora Spencer and Lena Armstrong 
are in charge of all arrangements. 

The theme of the banquet is Old 
King Cole and his Court, with Mar¬ 
garet Massie, president of the Associa¬ 
tion, acting as the king. Invitations, 
place-cards, and decorations will carry 
out the motif, and the various sport 
managers will give in nursery rhymes 
an account of their work during the 
year. 

At the banquet letters and sweaters 
won by girls who have earned 1600 
points or more will be given. The arch¬ 
ery cup and the tennis shield, and ban¬ 
ners for water polo and soccer also 
will be presented. Varsity teams in 
these shorts will be announced as will 
the names of the girls who made hik¬ 
ing squad. 

The awards made in the fall season 
also will be reviewed. The hockey ban¬ 
ner and the basketball banner were 
won by the freshmen; the sophomores 
won the swimming award; Mary Ames 
and Margaret Massie won the tennis 
doubles tournament; Betty Lou Houck, 
the fall golf tournament; Doris Bat-
sell, the archery contest; and Lucy 
Goss, the title of "Miss Health." 

Members of all the athletic teams 
and those who have taken part in com¬ 
petitive sports will attend the banquet. 

Seniors To Be 

Guests at Tea 

The members of the senior class will 
be honored at a tea this afternoon when 
the faculty members of the American 
Association of University Women en¬ 
tertain the Atlanta chapter of the so¬ 
ciety in the Day Students' room in 
Main. The seniors will be the guests of 
Dr. Elizabeth Jackson, associate profes¬ 
sor of history here, and sectional secre¬ 
tary-treasurer of the Association. 

Miss Louise Lewis will lecture on 
"Modern Painting" in Buttrick Flail 
before the tea. A short, regular month¬ 
ly business meeting will conclude the 
program. 

Since seniors will be eligible for 
membership after their graduation in 
May, this invitation to them is to ac¬ 
quaint them with the Association and 
to stimulate their interest in it. 

SOPHOMORES NAME 
FORMAN PRESIDENT 

Last week, in a run-over election, 
the sophomores elected their officers 
for next year. Elizabeth Forman is the 
new president; Carrie Phinney Lari¬ 
mer, the vice-president, and Frances 
Miller, secretary. The final election of 
these officers came after a tie between 
Elizabeth Forman and Augusta King 
for the presidency. 

M. Skeen Comes 

First In Contest 

Martha Skeen, representing Agnes 
Scott, won first place in the reading 
contest of the Poetry Festival held last 
week in Birmingham. The Festival pre¬ 
ceded the conference of the Southern 
Association of Teachers of Speech. 
Martha, who is a member of Black-
friars, read "The Misses Poar Drive to 
Church," by Josephine Pickney, "The 
Mountain Woman," by Dubose Hey-
ward, and an excerpt from "John 

Brown's Body," by Stephen Vincent 
Benet in the poetry contest. 
Miss Frances K. Gooch, of the 
spoken English department of the 

College, and first vice-president of the 
National Association of Teachers of 
Speech, accompanied Martha to Bir¬ 

mingham and remained for the confer¬ 
ence, April 19-21. Miss Gooch read a 
report on the problem of the change of 
pitch in the speaking voice. 

Changes Made in 

Music Courses 

The music courses offered at Agnes 
Scott are to be changed next year, ac¬ 
cording to Prof. C. W. Dieckmann, 
head of the music department. The 
changes are not recorded in the new 
catalogue since all the plans are not as 
yet complete, but the effort is being 
made to make the courses less technical 
and of more general interest. 

Courses in theory and harmony will 
be extended to two hours a week, with 
charges eliminated, and with more 
emphasis being placed on the apprecia¬ 
tive study than the technical. A 3-hour 
course in the history and appreciation 
of music will be offered, in which the 
equipment given to Agnes Scott by 
the Carnegie Foundation will be used 
more extensively than it has been this 
year. 

The music department is working 
toward a system of courses similar to 
those of the literary departments, 
wherein a general survey course will 
be followed by studies of particular 
phases, composers, and types of music, 
including popular ballads and spirituals. 
These will be the first steps in a pro¬ 
gram planned to make the study of 
music broader and of more widespread 
interest without its losing any of the 
facilities of practical training for pro¬ 
fessional life. The aim of the train¬ 
ing shall be "to cultivate a more in¬ 
telligent appreciation of the art, to un¬ 
derstand its structure and its rich and 
varied literature, to know the history 
of its development, its place in the 
general history of culture, and to de¬ 
velop the power of interpretation." 

SCHOLARSHIP WON 
BY ELIZABETH KING 

The Agnes Scott Scholarship of 
$750 was awarded, this year, to Eliz¬ 
abeth King, of Columbia, a student at 
the University High School there. The 
scholarship is awarded annually to the 
girl who makes the highest grade in a 
series of competitive examinations in 
Latin, mathematics, English, and history, 
given to high school students 
throughout the country. 

According to Dr. J. R. McCain, the 
papers turned in this year in the con¬ 
test were the best the College has ever 
received. 

Mortar Board Announces 
Newly Elected Members 

Dr. RapeFs Class 

Takes Field Trip 

Tomorrow Dr. Arthur F. Raper, 
acting professor of sociology at Agnes 
Scott, is chaperoning a group of stu¬ 
dents from his sociology classes on an 
excursion to Milledgeville, Georgia, 
where they plan to go through the 
Georgia State Penitentiary, including 
the division for women, and the state 
convict camps. 

This trip is the second of unusual 
field assignments which Dr. Raper has 
given his class. On Thursday, April 
20, students from the class in Ad¬ 
vanced Sociology spent several hours 

at the afternoon session of the annual 
general meeting of the Commission on 
Interracial Cooperation which was held 
at Atlanta University. There they 
listened to reports and speeches made 
by both negro and white leaders in 
this field. 

In addition to his position at Agnes 
Scott, Dr. Raper is research secretary 
for the Interracial Commission. 

Staffs Named 

For Publications 

The editors and business managers 
of the Aurora and the Silhouette, Anna 
Humber and Mary Virginia Allen, 
Caroline Long and Betty Lou Houck 
have announced their staffs for the 
following year. 

On the Aurora staff are: 

Anna Humber—Editor. 

Lita Goss—Assistant editor. 

Mary Boggs—Book editor. 

Edith Merlin—Essay editor. 

Frances Espy—Poetry editor. 

June Matthews—Exchange editor. 

Mary Virginia Allen—Business man¬ 

ager. 

The members of the editorial staff 
of the Silhouette are: 
Caroline Long—Editor. 
Rosa Miller—Assistant editor. 
Virginia Gaines—Kodak editor. 
Elizabeth Alexander — Photograph 

editor. 
Shirley Christian—Athletic editor. 
Betty Fountain—Art editor. 
Eloisa Alexander—Associate editor. 
Martha Sue Laney—Associate edi¬ 

tor. 

The business staff is headed by Betty 
Lou Houck, business manager, and 
Ellen Davis, assistant manager. Other 
members are Mary Gillespie and 
GeorgAnne Lewis. 

The editors, assistant editors, and 
business managers of both publications 
are chosen by the student body in the 
general elections. Other members of 
the staffs are named by these officials. 

FRESHMAN CLASS 
HONORS JUNIORS 

On Friday, April 21, the freshman 
class entertained the juniors at a pic¬ 
nic in the woods just off Clairmont 
Avenue. A large group of girls from 
both classes, together with the spons¬ 
ors, spent the later afternoon tramp¬ 
ing through the woods and wading 

branches. Afterwards, the freshmen 
served supper, picnic fashion, consist¬ 
ing of wieners, angels-on-horseback, 
pickles, and ice cream. 

This is the first of the series of en¬ 
tertainments which the sister classes 
give each other each year just before 
the rush of commencement begins. 

Miss Gaylord Speaker 
At Chapel Services 

BANQUET FOR MEMBERS 

The announcement of ten new 
members to Mortar Board was made 
Thursday morning, April 19, at the 
recognition service in chapel. Miss 
I.eslie Gaylord, assistant professor of 
mathematics and one of the faculty 
advisors of the Agnes Scott chapter 
of Mortar Board, was the speaker. She 
was presented by Elizabeth Winn, 
president of the chapter, who was in 
charge of the ceremony and who made 
the announcements. 

The new members were elected from 
the junior class on the bases of scholar¬ 
ship, leadership, and service. They are: 
Mary Boggs, president of the senior 
class of next year; Mary Jane Evans, 
house president of Inman; Mary Green, 
vice-president of the Student Govern¬ 
ment Association; Anna Humber, edi¬ 
tor of the Aurora; Caroline Long, edi¬ 
tor of the Silhouette; Frances McCalla, 
president of the Athletic Association; 
Alberta Palmour, president of the Stu¬ 
dent Government Association; Nell 
Pattillo, business manager of the 
Agonistic; Martha Redwine, president 
of the Y. W. C. A., and Loice Rich¬ 
ards, editor of the Agonistic. 

The ceremony this year differed from 
those of previous years in the manner 
of recognition of the newly-elected 
members. As the names were an¬ 
nounced each girl came to the front 
of the chapel, where she received from 
one of the old members a scroll. 

The initiation services were held 
Thursday afternoon in the Y. W. C. 

A. cabinet room at 4 o'clock. The 
new members were entertained at a 
banquet at the Alumnae House Thurs¬ 
day night at six-thirty. The guests in¬ 
cluded Dr. J. R. McCain, Miss Nannette 
Hopkins, Dr. George P. Hayes, 
Dr. Philip Davidson, Miss Leslie Gay¬ 
lord, and Miss Harriette Haynes, facul¬ 
ty advisors, and eleven alumnae mem¬ 
bers of Mortar Board, besides the old 
and new chapters. 

Mrs. Fincher Is 

Chapel Speaker 

Mrs. E. F. Fincher, personnel di¬ 
rector for Rich's, spoke in chapel, 
Tuesday morning, April 17, on "Per¬ 
sonnel Work as a Vocation for 
Women." 

By clever illustrations from her own 
experience in personnel work, Mrs. 
Fincher made clear the attitudes, the 
trials, and the joys of personnel workers. 
She stressed the need for special train¬ 
ing in this work. In conclusion, Mrs. 
Fincher named the various departments 
of a large store classified in this cate¬ 
gory. 

This is the second in a new series 
of chapel programs under the direction 
of the Y. W. C. A. Miss Rhoda Kauffman, 
of the Family Welfare Society of 
Atlanta, was the first speaker; she dis¬ 
cussed social work and its relation to 
the student. 

DAY STUDENTS 
CONDUCT VESPERS 

The day students had charge of the 
vesper service Sunday evening, April 

15. The program was devoted to the 
history of five well-known hymns. In¬ 
teresting facts about the composer of 
each hymn and about the composi¬ 
tion itself were reviewed before the 
hymn was sung. 

Evelyn Wall furnished the organ 
music for the program. 


The Agonistic 

©l)e Agonistic 

Key to Current 

EXCHANGES 

Subscription price, $1.25 per year in advance. Single copies, 5 c. 

PUBLISHED WEEKLY 
Owned and published by the students of Agnes Scott College. 

Entered as Second Class Matter. 

(Newspaper Member) 
■^-ISSOQ^^ 

STAFF 

Loice Richards Nell Pattillo 
Editor-in-Chief Business Manager 
Lulu Ames Doris Batsell 
Assistant Editor Advertising Manage; 
Edith Merlin Eva Constantine 
Feature Make-Up 
Mary Boggs Alice Chamlee 
Book Notes Assistant Make-Up 
Vera Pruet Elizabeth Thrasher 
Society Circulation 
Laura Steele Kathryn Bowen 
Alumnae Business Assistant 
Frances Balkcom Kitty Cunningham 
Club Business Assistant 
Elizabeth Espy Laura Steele 
Exchange Business Assistant 
Lucille Cairns Kitty Printup 
Exchange Sports 
Margaret Robins Celia Hoffman 
Current History Jokes 

REPORTERS 
Mary Adams Lola Phillips

Catherine Jones

Dorothy Cassel Betty Willis

Frances Balkcom

Alice Dunbar Brooks Spivey 
Katherine Hertzka Sarah Moore Lucille Cairns 

LET THERE BE FROTH 

An unadorned assault on the "grim reality" of the creative 
writing of the campus, as contained in the Aurora, and on the 
seriousness of content of the Agonistic, is published this week 
in the "We Think" column of this publication. The feature 
article in the last issue answers the question "Are You Weary of 
Living?" with the statement that a majority of Agnes Scott stu¬ 
dents find Life both dreary and harsh. How pathetically burden¬ 
ed we are, how Life has wrung and crucified us on cheap little 

crosses, how we have suffered! Yet we feel that beneath the 
trenchant conciseness of these attacks there is a dangerous fact 
which is neither theoretical nor imaginary. Too many of us are 
forgetting to laugh. 

One part of the purposes held by the Agonistic and the 
Aurora, as of any standard college publication, is developing a 
taste for good journalism and good literary production by pub¬ 
lishing the best of student contributions along those lines. Thus, 
any lack of vitality which may characterize them lies as much in 
the minds of the students who contribute to and receive them 
as in the papers themselves. The fault of overseriousness, we 
maintain, is not limited to the publications named, but extends 
to the mental set of the college population. 

In some instances this sobriety is the result of a worthy, pur¬ 
poseful outlook; in others, of overworK, strain, and personal 
worries: complexities which cannot be dealt with here. Such 
cases we feel to be the exceptions. 

As to the rest of us, the weary, grave attitude which is charac¬ 
teristic of many seems rather to be a disguised nothingness than 
any profound dignity. Others are calmly nonchalant or coldly 
intellectual or forcedly witty, while lacking completely in all 
that broader base of humor and spontaneity which aims at truth 
and sincerity. In our conversations, in our thoughts, more ob¬ 
viously in our writing, there are all the appearances of stagnancy. 
We can only generalize here, yet the application is fairly uni¬ 
versal. "We conform to mechanical standards, we suppress in¬ 
genious freshness and originality, we are almost blankly serious. 

Since the publications are interested in the literary expres¬ 
sions of the student body, we shall concern ourselves with them 
in this discussion. Among some writers on the campus there is 
a degree of individuality which carries with it a suggestion of 
possibilities—possibilities they might attain if they would turn 
from what appears to be a studied attitude and write with a real 
instead of a strained sincerity. In most of the poems, essays, and 
stories, published and unpublished, there is too much tragedy, 
too much that is morbid and melodramatic, no more convincing 
than a little boy playing bogey-man. Even the work that is really 
well done rarely possesses any facility, any light playing with 
emotions; it must be strong and deep enough to endure thought, 
or be fantastic and highly-colored. Those others of us who dab¬ 
ble at literary efforts are fervidly romantic or somberly morose 
to a ridiculous degree and we stop with baffling incompleteness 
which approaches a cheap attempt at being enigmatic. More 
often than not, in the more mechanical writing, dignity falls 
into cut and dried stiffness. 

(Continued on page 4, column 1) 

History 

The new German budget carries an 

increase over last year of $3 57,000,000 

for military expenditure. The purpose 

of the increase is to enable the Ger¬ 

man Government to connect the long


term army into a short-term army and 

to give Germany an air defense. This 

is important because it signifies that 

Nazi forces no longer consider Part II 

of the Versailles Treaty binding upon 

the Reich. Part I explicitly states that 

the armed forces of Germany must not 

contain military or naval forces. When 

questioned, the German Foreign Office 

sent out the following statement: 

"How the German Reich disposes of 

its means is its own affair." 

In consequence of the German move 

France is keeping an apprehensive eye 

upon her neighbor and refuses to lay 

down a single gun if Germany is per¬ 

mitted to continue with her plans. 

Britain has issued "white paper" giv¬ 

ing the history of a futile effort at dis¬ 

armament and disclosures of an ap¬ 

proaching danger of war. Unless some¬ 

thing drastic is done, the general opin¬ 

ion is that the purpose of the arms con¬ 

ference at Geneva will be defeated be¬ 

fore the conference meets and a wild 

scramble for bigger and better arms 

and armies will take place. 

Stepping into the limelight and into 
the consideration of the League of Na¬ 
tions along with Hitler is our old 
friend Mickey Mouse. The Child Wel¬ 
fare Committee of the League is pre¬ 
paring a bill which will give Mickey 
entrance into any country belonging 
to the League, without entry duty. 

The month of April is to see the 
close of the C. W. A. In the four 
months of its duration 4,000,000 men 
and women have been employed and 
the sum spent for materials and wages 
totals $1,000,000,000. Its conclusion 
is being brought about because more 
money was being consumed by the 
program than was planned for it and 
because it was too difficult for the or¬ 
ganization to be directed from Wash¬ 
ington, its management having become 
"political football" in more places than 
one. As W. W. Parrish says in the 
Literary Digest, "it was like holding a 
bear by the tail with the bear getting 
more vicious all the time." Looking 
back on its accomplishments Mr. Hop¬ 
kins stated, "It was a grand thing. 
They said we couldn't put 4,000,000 
men to work and then they said that 
we couldn't demobilize them. Well, 
we put them to work and now we have 
demobilized them." 

In place of the C. W. A. has risen 
the F. E. R. A.—Federal Emergency 
Relief Administration. The F. E. R. A. 
will grant money directly to state re


(Continued on page 4, column 5) 

CLUBS 

Poetry Club 
Poetry Club met Thursday night at 
Miss Raemond Wilson's home in Decatur 
where Miss Wilson and Miss 
Page Ackerman were joint-hostesses. 
The club welcomed Mary Logan and 
Rebecca Whitley as new members. 

French Club 

In the spring tryouts held recently, 
eleven new members were admitted to 
the French Club. They are Frances 
Cary, Julia Thing, Anne Walker, 

Hester Anne Withers, Elizabeth Perrin, 
Amy Underwood, Anne Berry, 
Isabel Shipley, Naomi Cooper, Dean 
McKoin, and Elizabeth Forman. 

Cotillion Club 

New officers of the Cotillion Club 
were elected Thursday. They are: 
Nina Parke, president; Nell White, 
vice-president; and Cirolyn Clements, 
secretarv-feasurer. 

Blackfriars 

Blackfriars held its alumnae meet¬ 
ing recently, with Elaine Heckle wel¬ 
coming the alumnae and the new mem¬ 
bers. Among the alumnae were Miss 
Andrewena Robinson, Miss Raemond 
Wilson, and Miss Page Ackerman. j 
Poems were read by Ruth Moore, Mar-j 
ian Calhoun, Vera Pruet, Louise Tip-| 
ton, Carrie Phinney Latimer, and Vir-j 
giniaTurner. : 

"Of all tastes, I think none com¬ 
pares to these three—the light tang of 
cinnamon, the brown crust of cold 
fried chicken, and the zip of very 
young onions."—O. O. Mclntyre. 

"If I were running the world I 
would have it rain only betwen 2 and 
5 A. M. Anyone who was out then 
ought to get wet."—William Lyon 
Phelps. 

In Chesterfield's day the London 
streets were without the pavements of 
today, and the man who "took the 
wall" had the driest footing. "I never 
give way to a scoundrel," growled a 
man who met Lord Chesterfield one day 
in the street. "I always do," said Lord 
Chesterfield stepping with a bow into 
the road.—William R. Inze. 

Lay Thoughts of a Dean 

A statistician has decided that foot¬ 

ball is not a strenuous game. For, out 

of the full 60 minutes of a football 

game, only from 8 to 12 are occupied 

by actual play. The remainder of the 

time is taken up in calling signals and 

getting into position. In the Pitt-

Nebraska game a year ago there were 

only 11 minutes and 5 3 seconds of ac¬ 

tual play.—The Sportsman. 

Insurance against kidnaping is 
growing in the United States, but par¬ 
adoxically, no American company is 
allowed by its charter to write it. It 
is being taken out in England, a coun¬ 
try that has never had a case of kid¬ 
naping for ransom in all its history.— 
Collier's. 

Joan Blondell's action of using her 
married name on the screen has recalled 
the real names of other screen person¬ 
alities: Jean Harlow—Harlean Carpen¬ 
ter; Lila Lee—Angasto Apple; Sally 
O'Neill—Chatsy Norman. — Ah Y. 
Evening Post. 

Social tact is making your company 
feel at home, even though you wish 
they were.—Reader's Digest. 

ALUMNAE 

Government positions, teaching, and 
library work are among the most popu¬ 
lar occupations for recent Agnes Scott 
graduates. The C. W. A. and the N. 

R. A. have provided work for Molly 
Childress, Dorothy Kethley, and Har¬ 
riet Smith, '31; Tot Smith, '32, and 
Ora Craig, '3 3. 

Even more popular than govern¬ 
ment work is educational, however, 
for many graduates are teaching in 
various schools throughout the coun¬ 
try. Some of those from the class of 
'3 1 are: Margaret Askew, in the Avon-
dale Grammar School, Atlanta; Car¬ 
olyn Heyman, Camden High School; 
Eunice Lawrence, Chamblee High 
School; Elizabeth Simpson, Fitzgerald, 
and Laelius Stalling:, Newnan. Re¬ 
becca Christian is teaching and study¬ 
ing at Emory for her Matter's degree 
at the same time. 

Teachers from the class of '32 are 
Mary Eliot, DeFuniak High School; 
LaMyra King, Y'ickliffe; Pat Kimble, 
Americus H-gh School; Eugenia Mc¬ 
Donald, Kirkwood School; Mickey 
Decaver, Tampa Junior Fligh School; 
and Jean Shaw, Marvin, Ala. 

Bernice Beaty, '3 3, is teaching from 
the fifth through the eleventh grades 
in Port St. Joe, Fla. She is also basket¬ 
ball manager and the heroine in a 
faculty play. 

Evelyn Campbell, '3 3, has a perma¬ 
nent position at the Pryor Street School 
in Atlanta, where she is teaching the 
low third grade. 

Alma Earle Ivy, '3 3, is teaching 
senior English at the West Point High 
School, Mississippi. 

Four alumnae are librarians: Nina 
Hammond, '31, is on the Carnegie 
Library staff in Savannah; Mary Clark, 
'3 3, is working in the circulation de¬ 
partment and Vivian Martin, '3 3, in 
the reference department of the Car¬ 
negie Library of Atlanta. 

Madge York, '3 3, is working in the 
library of the State of Georgia, and is 
also studying voice. She was one of 
the alumnae quartet that sang on the 
Founder's Day program. 

' The Kentucky Kernel has offered a 
very good reason for the co-eds having 
taken up polo—it is for the same pur¬ 
pose that led their mothers to take 
up rolling pin throwing contests. 

The science students at the Uni¬ 
versity must be very delicate animal 
dissectors, for, according to The Ken¬ 
tucky Kernel, a rabbit was seen to rush 
hurriedly from the administration 
building toward the science hall. How¬ 
ever, he might have just been anxious 
to get through with the job in a hurry. 

Chant of the Phi Beta Kappa: 
Great and small 
Admire you, 
But none at all 
Will hire you. 
—The Duke Chronicle. 
Perhaps this is another case of more 
truth than poetry. 

According to The Jchnicnian of 
Winthrop College, investigators find 
that success depends on a good vocabu¬ 
lary. This is especially true of mule 
drivers. 

Students studying in the law library 
at Louisiana State University, accord¬ 
ing to The Reveille, have a practice of 
tapping on the desk when the would-
be-lawyers become too noisy. In case 
those talking are deaf, then—they let 
the lawyers tell it to the judge. 

Some professor, according to the 
Purple and White, has suggested that 
a chair of humor be established in the 
universities and colleges of the coun¬ 
try. Don't tell us that they have at 
last found a professor with a sense of 
humor.—Florida Flambeau. 

A new musical instrument, which is 
a combination of the saxaphone and 
the bagpipes, has been announced bv 
the Oxford Eagle.—Florida Flambeau. 

Perhaps the inventor was in deed of 
a weapon more than an instrument. 

BOOK NOTES 

Blessed Spinoza-—Lewis Browne. An 
interpretive biography of the German 
philosopher by a discerning and ap¬ 
preciative author who says of him: 

". . . Clearly enough the career of 
that outcast philosopher has had little 
appeal for the tellers of tales. It con¬ 
tained too little of physical storm to 

lend itself to dramatic writing, too 
little of blood and bluster and tears. . . . 
He was excommunicated in his youth 
and separated from the world in which 
he had been reared; his company was 
shunned, his writings were proscribed, 
his very life was menaced. Yet, with 
a supernal aloofness, he rarely trou¬ 
bled to fight back. . . . Not that he was 
dead to such all-too-human emotions; 
on the contrary, they surged in him 
throughout his life, and with such 
urgency that cnce and again he was 
compelled to give vent to them. But 
he made his mind the sovereign of his 
being anci by dint of intellect so re¬ 
strained his passions as to rid his life 
almosi completely of that element of 
conflict which is the warp and woof 
ofdrama" . . . 

. . "His unflagging love of the 
contemplative life, his utter disinter¬ 
estedness in fame or fotune, his forti¬ 
tude in face of wasting disease, his 
patience under relentless persecution, 
his sweetness, gentility, and superlative 
tolerance—these were virtues which 
none could deny in him. Not until 
centuries later did his romantic admir¬ 
ers begin to describe him as the 'holy 
outcast' and the 'God-intoxicated 
man.' But even at the time of his 
death his barber already spoke of him 
as 'Mr. Spinoza of the blessed mem¬ 
ory.' " 

Ka!eidoscope—Stcfan Zweig. 

A collection of thirteen novelettes 
and short stories, executed with a deft, 
concise art in creating mood and draw¬ 
ing character. 

Anthony Adverse—I lervey Allen. 

A Victorian novel, strong in charac¬ 
terization, broad in scope, and inter¬ 
esting in its romantic yet realistic nar¬ 
rative. 


The Agonistic 

SOCIETY WE THINK 

This column is entirely devoted to the ex¬ 
Time, yoti old Gypsy Man, And here's the news we have been pression of student opinions. All of the con¬ 
contents

Will you not stay, waiting for: what with a slender moon tributions are anonymous and the 

Put up your caravan are to be in no way interpreted as the edi¬ 

—that never touches grits for break¬ torial opinion of the paper.

Just for one day? 

fast, yet already has a fine glimmer¬ The condition of literary effort on

I've term papers, quizzes and books 

to review; ing thread completing the circle of her the Agnes Scott campus is deplorable. 

A wave of pseudo-tragedy has sweptThose notes I must copy and get some and outlining that future shadow, and 
over the inspired—a wave that is al¬

ads, too. the little birds singing side by side, and 

most impossible to overcome. Each

There's May Day to practice, a cos¬ the trees bursting with pride into their quarter the Aurora is filled with poemstume to make, 

new green—the saps. Yes, this is what and stories, all sad.

Some club meets tomorrow, and for 

we've been waiting for. Gretchen Kley-The poems are impossible to under¬gosh sake, 

stand—poems made by linking prettyTime, you old Gypsy Man, becker, Naomi Cooper, and Margaret 

words together in an effort to gain a

A dance tonight— Cooper went on a picnic—an A. T. O. 

pretty effect. Without a doubt theWon't you please grant me picnic. We'd like some particulars. effect is pretty. The campus reads and

A little respite? 

Then there were whole week-ends, comments and wonders. But is not

"Respite" the Agnes Scotter pleads 

taken in a lump, with a great deal of true genius always to be wondered at? 
and old Pere Time must have heeded Then, perhaps, we have embryonic

pleasure by Sarah Jones, Sarah Frances 

the little lass. A certain geniuses in our midst. Unrequited

McDonald, Jane Cassels, Trellis Car-

love makes fine fabric for a first-classgroup of young men from Georgia michael, Marian Calhoun, Marguerite 
second-rate movie; for

Tech tied their ties with extra care Morris, Martha Redwine, lona Cater, but a college 

girl! All the throb and passion and

Isabel Lowrance, Ovieda Long, Doris

when Mary Lou Schumann, Elizabeth emotion dumped into a space the

Batsell, Ella Kirven, Mary Lillian

Strickland, Nell White, Rebecca Cash-name of a college freshman, sophomore,

Deason, Virginia Gaines, and Carolyn

ion, Lavinia Scott, and Virginia Turner junior, or even a senior, leaves an im¬

Russell. 

(getting in the Gypsy Man's good pression of unreality. Why not live

Others preferred just the last bite of 
graces) consented to dance a little "up¬ the lump: Alice Dunbar and Frances normally in college; then throb when 
town merry" with the Civil Crew at Steele went out for Sunday night. the degree is safely put away and there 

Peachtree Gardens, Friday night. And And that's not all the people who is time to record the throbs on paper 
Friday afternoon at tea time (it must squeezed extra minutes out of Father in due order of palpitations? There is 
be their Technique), Laura Buist, Re¬ Times beard. Lucille Cairns was the a place, I suppose, even for throbby 
becca Cashion, Lavinia Scott, and Nell luncheon guest Saturday of Mrs. Louis poetry. But that place is definitely not 
White danced with the Phi Kappa in the literary publication of the col¬

A. Menzel. Plant Ellis atended a bridge 

lege. What is a throb more or less?

Sigmas. party given by Henrietta Gunn in At¬ 

even lotus tree?

And there was fun at Emory Satur¬ lanta Saturday afternoon. Ella Kirven or a or destiny? Per¬ 

haps the campus poets would do well

day night: Carolyn Clements attend¬ was a guest at Kate Jenkins' wedding 

ed the Sigma Chi dance there, Vivienne Wednesday night. Dorothy Lee attend¬ to leave poetry alone and devote them¬ 
Trice the Chi Phi one, and Peg Gul-ed the Young People's Conference at selves to writing verse. 
lion and Mae Duls were with the Theta Camp Smyrna, in Congress, Ga. As for the stories—surely in the 
Kappa Psi's. darkest days of the history of man

Welcome guests on the campus dur¬ 

The Biltmore dance Saturday night ing the past week were: Eleanore Wil¬ Grim Reality did not stalk abroad 
claimed Frances Paris, and there were liams, ex-'3 5, of Washington, D. Q, more openly nor lure more so-called 
Barton Jackson, Carolyn Clements, Martha Wilson of the University of sprouting minds on to a clinch. These 

Ellen Davis, and Lilly Weeks at the Georgia, Shirley Christian's father, and stories, sad because of love, hopeless 

Delta Sigma Delta formal at Druid Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Laney, the parents because of death, forcedly cheerful in 
Hills Wednesday night. Elizabeth of Martha Sue Laney. spite of a physical handicap—-all these 
Heaton and Mary Cornely know an¬ My candle burns at both ends. pessimistic brain-creatures are turned 
other group of Greeks, the Tau Beta It will not last the night, loose from the pens of well-fed, happy, 
Sigmas, and enjoyed their formal dance Put ah, my foes, and, oh, my friends— healthy girls who enjoy picture shows 
Friday night. I hope this column's right. and parties and dates and other normal 
pleasures. That is, so long as they are 
not living on paper. When they be¬

A psychology professor at New 

come inspired to compose, they create

College Students Desiring 

York City College is trying to teach a horrible situation, develop it to a

Work at the World's Fair 

students while they sleep. If he is suc¬ still more horrible climax, and lable

This Summer 

cessful, the class rooms will be provid¬ the whole "stark realism." It must beAddress B. M. JOHNSON, 1737 ed with beds.—Florida Flambeau. sad for the girl who has reached eigh¬

I'niversity Avenue, Chicago, 111. 

Please be sure to enclose a Either the students or the profes¬ teen and cannot recall one single happy 

etamped self-addressed envelope. sors, one, must be abnormal to require thing that has happened to her in the 
beds to make them sleep in class. whole endless string of her eighteen 

CUTE DRESSES 

go smartly to 

every exciting 

spring festivity! 

#13.95 

Pleats! Frills! Bows! 

Prints! Solids! Pastels! 

Spring-is here and there's something thrilling going on 

every week . . . that is sure to call for a new frock! Here's 

the darlingest group of perky frocks we've seen in a coon's 

age . . . they're honeys! 

Third Floor. 

'* 

GIDDY 

Giddy, ol' gal, ol' pal, 

So much has happened it hardly 

seems possible it's only been a week 

come on since last I wrote you but 

then of course there are almost no lim¬ 

its on what a really energetic person 

can do, on account of wasn't the whole 

world created in just six days? 

And these six days have been hec¬ 

tic. Murder Board announcements 

were made and, Giddy, I was scared to 

death I was gonna get in. Now that 

I'm not it's such a relief just to lean 

back and relax and be natural again, 

and not to be a Spirit of the Campus 

that gets Inspired and Urged to Ac¬ 

cept the Challenge because the Impres¬ 

sion one makes is so Significant. (Gosh, 

I got 'em all in). 

Some of the girls feel different on 

the subject, of course, but then variety 

is the very joy of living. (I could say 

the spice of life, but that would be 

plajia . . . plaga . . . that wouldn't be 

very original, would it?) Everybody 

was rushing around laughing and cry¬ 

ing and embarrassing ... oh dear, I 

mean embracing . . . isn't it funny how 

I get those two words mixed up? I 

guess they're sorta synonymous . . . 

each other and getting very personal, 

which is much the best way to get—it 

speeds things up so. 

It was right in the midst of it all 
and in the middle of the colonnade 
that two of the girls, with misted eyes 
and husky voices, buried their heads in 
each other's shoulder, and put their 
arms around in various places, and 
sobbed aloud to each other, "Oh I'm so 
proud of you and so glad you're a 
member." Then they looked up into 
each other's eyes and there they were 
—two Seniors in caps and gowns, pres¬ 
ent campus leaders. Chust imachine! 

Anna Humber, the iconoclast, rush¬ 

ed right down to the telephone and 

wired her mother, "Made Mortar Board 

Stop!" Now there's a girl with power. 

And after their first meeting the Red-

wine maiden was heard to remark 

meaningfully, "I think this is a cute 

club," to which A. Palmour replied 

meaningfully, "Yes, I'm glad I joined." 

To go from the sublime to the more 
sublime, that younger Rogers simply 
knows no bounds. Being a sweet child 
she answers the telephone dutifully 
at all hours. The other night a Tech 

years! Sad? It must border on the 
impossible to bear! Yet never does the 

girl turn out to be in love with the 
hero; or the boy to be normal as the 
girl has been led to believe. Realism 
is the mode of the Agnes Scott cam¬ 
pus: Happy Things are not Real be¬ 
cause Life is not That Way. 

One explanation has been offered for 
this situation—Youth. That one word, 
Youth, has been used to solve so many 
modern problems that its force has 
been entirely lost. It might, however 
serve once more in this case. Youth 
is inclined to regard itself seriously. 
That is because Youth has no perspec¬ 
tive of the whole. Youth feels that 
Love is deathly serious; that Death is; 
that Life is. Therefore, since Life is 
serious and one is to write stories about 

WEIL'S 10c STORE 

Has Most Anything You Need 

Graduation Gifts Class Rings 

Sorority Pins Club Pins 

A complete line of College 
Jewelry — Expert Watch 
and Jewelry Repairing 

THE 

Emblem Jewelry Shop 

127 Peachtree Arcade. WA. 1462 

GOSSIP 

gigolo called one of the Main belles 

and the Rogers answered the phone. 

Apparently she forgot to call her, but 

went on back to her room to her noc¬ 

turnal duties, whatever they are. Some 

twenty minutes later she passed the 

telephone booth, saw the receiver off 

the hook, and remembered! Dirous cir¬ 

cumstances! But was she unpoised? 

Not our Mary Gray. In her doviest 

voice she cooed into the telephone, "Oh 

I forgot to tell you, you're supposed 

to hold the line." 

Poise is a great attribute, my sweet. 
Dr. Robinson has it, great long strings 
of it. You simply can't fourplus him 
—I mean nonplus—oh well, anyway 
the other day somebody found some¬ 
thing outside his window (it's about 
3"x% (6xa—■7y) x '/j: 8b and it's 
glass and flat sortof, with a smallish 
neck and it fits in hip pockets—oh 
how smart you are to guess). Well, 
the professor denied nothing. He 
doesn't work for the W. C. T. I., he 
says (Women Can't Take It). He 
even passed the bottle around in one 
of his classes and let the girls smell of 
it. Now there's a man after mine own 
heart—generous to a fault. 

Speaking of classes, one of our pros¬ 
pective professors was holding her 
class in practice teaching last week 
and was administering discipline in 
that voice like a nicicle dipped in 
sugar as she said, "Now children, I 
want you all to get so quiet you could 
hear a pin drop." Everything got nice 
and calm for a minute and then a little 
boy in the back of the room called out, 
"All right, teacher, let 'er drop." 

I must be up and away, beluffed, 
but before I leave do let me write for 
you my latest favorite. It says so much 
better than mere prose all that I feel 
this week. 

Spring Poet 
The tedder leabs are tudig greed, 
The yug buds dow udfold— 
The widt blows geddly o'er the— 
kerclxol 
(I've caught adother code!) 
Sprig, Sprig, beaudilnul Sprig! 
Away with Widter's sdow— 
I wish that Sprig would ever stay, 
Ad this dab code would go! 
Ever thide owd, 
Aggie. 

Life, one must write seriously. And if 
Love or Death, or both, should come 
into the scheme—Well, there is the an¬ 
swer to the grimness of the Aurora 
contributions. 

Another explanation may be that 
unhappy things are easier to write 
about than happy things. 

The faculty attitude toward the sit¬ 
uation is almost as impossible. The 
Aurora has not dared levity yet, but 
the staff of the Agonistic sometime last 
fall courageously published a feature 
article which set forth the reading hab¬ 
its of the to-be-revered members of 
Mortar Board. The whole was treated 
lightly and not too cleverly, and some 
mention was made of "ruffled nighties" 
—which are not obsolete. The issue 
was not sent from the office because 
of that feature. Surely if the Agonis¬ 
tic cannot find its light moments in 
life without fear of certain suppres¬ 
sion, how can the Aurora be expected 
to forge ahead and leave a blazing trail 

Continued on page 4, column 3) 

AUSTIN BEAUTY SHOP 

E. Court Square 
Decatur, Ga. 

❖ 
Silhouette Tea Room t 
4*
* 
HOURS: 
7:30-2:00 
4:00-7:00 
10:00-10:30 
❖❖
❖
*>❖❖
* * «$» ♦> «$» «$♦ 


i#£. 
\L. 
RICH'S 
INCORPORATE D 
L. CHAJAGE 
220 PEACHTREE ST. 
Expert Remodeling 
DIXIE'S LEADING FURRIER 


The Agonistic 

NEW BOOKS REVIEWED 

A Modern Tragedy—Phillis Bentley. 

A strongly-woven story of social 

deterioration under economic depres¬ 

sion; the slow disintegration of a mod¬ 

ern English family, entangled in the 

corrupt economic stratagems of the 

Yorkshire Mills. 

The Mother—Pearl S. Buck. 

The sordid life of the Chinese peas¬ 

ant woman lives in this story, told in 

a simple, almost Biblical manner. "In 

The Mother, her (Pearl Buck's) meth¬ 

od of stripping away unique character¬ 

istics, and concentrating on 'Uni


versals,' such as mating, birth, deser¬ 

tion, death, is carried to the logical ex¬ 

treme; the characters are not even 

named, the happenings have as few 
special characteristics as possible, every¬ 
thing is broad, general, abstract,"— 
American Mercury, April. 

"... I am inclined to think that the 
best way of estimating contemporary 
writers is by extracting from the 
whole body of fiction some evidence of 
what its lasting qualities are. . . . One, 
and the principal, is the creating of 
characters which so force us with the 
sense of their reality that we talk of 
Anna Karenina, Becky Sharp, the 
Pere Goriot, and Tess, as of real peo¬ 
ple whom we have known and lived 
with; and the other is the art of re¬ 
lating these characters to whatever 
general law of human experience made 
the novelist choose to tell their tale 
rather than another."—Edith Wharton 
in Saturday Revieiu of Literature, 
April 7, 1934. 

The Tournament of Roses commit¬ 
tee of Pasadena, Cal., omitted its usual 
invitation to lynch-loving Governor 
James Rolph, Jr., sent one to Herbert 
Hoover instead.—Time. 

LET THERE BE FROTH 

('Continued from page 2, column 1) 

And why? All this artificial seriousness seems to be one of 
two things: a confession of our inexpressiveness or a fear of 
being natural while critical eyes are upon us; we believe it to be 
the latter. Apparently there has grown up a false conception of 
what the standards of the college demand of us. However con¬ 
servative may be its principles, however lofty its ideals, surely 
in no way does the college wish to suppress in its students the 
very vital qualities of humor, individuality, and unaffected 
naturalness. The fault then lies partly with the publications for 
failing to encourage writing in a lighter vein; partly with the 
students for attacking and criticising this failure without mak¬ 
ing any constructive efforts towards its correction. This latter 
is, of course, a trait characteristic of all human nature; we are 
not vain enough to believe that we can change that by editorial 
comment. But, by correcting our own failure, is it too much to 
hope that at some time some few may lay aside the masks of 
sternness, or indifference, or drollery, and break into genuine 
smiles? Is it too much to expect now and then a wholesome ex¬ 
pression of real humor—neither keen nor subtle nor clever—but 
something sweet and light and utterly youthful? 

We cannot and do not deny the justice of the written and 
verbal-attacks on the college publications. We only hope that 
without sacrificing anything of the utility or official character 
of the paper, we may through the Agonistic encourage and 
provide for the expression of a type of writing which is sincerely 
genial, amusing, and even "frothy." Perhaps we may brighten 
the cold gray walls of commonplaceness against which so many 
sensitive young souls are flinging themselves; perhaps we may 
even provoke an occasional smile. 

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE 

DECATUR, GA. 

A college for women that is widely recog¬ 

nized for its standards of work and for the 

interesting character of its student activities 

For further information, address 

J. R. McCain, President 

ATHLETIC NEWS 

Soccer Won By 

Freshmen-Juniors 

The freshman-junior line-up won 
the soccer game played here Friday, 
April 20, by scoring the one and only 
goal of the afternoon. Kennedy, fresh¬ 
man center, made the scoring play 
after a long drive halfway down the 
field; equally outstanding was Young, 
junior wing, in blocking drives and 
kicking passes. 

Both teams were under disadvantage 
on account of the recent rain which 
caused a loss of practice last week and 
a slippery field. Notwithstanding the 
number of falls, there were a number 
of brilliantly successful plays: Burson's 
long passing, Thing's interception, 

Harbison's interception and field 
drives, and Young's follow-through 
kicks. 

The line-up was: 
Senior-Sophomore Junior-Freshman 
Clark, w. Walker, c. f. 

| Rountree, 1. Kennedy (1), 1. i. 
Burson, c. Forrester, r. i. 
Hart, r. i. Thing, r. w. 
Talmadge, w. Young, 1. w. • 
Crenshaw, 1. h. Wilder, c. h. 
Lawrence, r. h. Stalker, 1. h. 
Armstrong, c. h. Kneale, r. h. 
Townsend, 1. f. Soutter, r. f. 
Harbison, r. f. Johnson, 1. f. 
Stevens, g. g. Vary, g. g. 
Referee: Page Ackerman. 

Mr. Theodore Roosevelt demands 
that the government balance its bud¬ 
get. Or we might all join hands 
and play we never noticed the depres¬ 
sion.—-San Diego Union. 

Athletic Board 

Is Announced 

The Athletic Board for next year as 

announced by Frances McCalla, presi¬ 

dent-elect for 1934-3 5, who with the 

vice-president, secretary, and treasurer, 

was elected by popular vote in the 

spring elections, will include the fol¬ 

lowing girls selected by the officers 

as managers of the various sports. 

Frances McCalla—President. 

Leonora Spencer—Vice-president. 

Ann Coffee—Secretary. 

Helen Handte—Treasurer. 

Nina Parke—Social chairman. -• 

Frances McDonald—Publicity chair 

man. 

Helen Handte—Lost and found. 

Julia Thing—Tennis 

Ann Walker—Hockey. 

Alice McCallie—Archery. 

Frances Gary—Hiking. 

Leonora Spencer—Basketball. 

Elizabeth Burson—Swimming. 

Marie Stalker—Soccer. , 

Sarah Catherine Wood—Volleybally 

Leonora Spencer—Song leader. 

Sarah Catherine Wood—Camp man 
ager. 

WE THINK 

{Continued from page 3,' column 5-) " 
of broken literary tradition st-umbring 
along behind? ^ 

The Agonistic, as the college week¬ 
ly, should devote some of its editorial 
space to Lighter Moments and . Froth. 
It should reduce its Momentous Issues 
by half, and go cheerfully on, editor¬ 
ializing on Spring, the greenness of the 
grass, President's Day, or even Mother's 
Day. It should lend a hand to its sister, 
the Aurora, and encourage revaluation 
in Atirora ranks by setting Agonistic 
examples. 

Must the world -at large know how 
morbid we at Agnes Scott are? 

ICE CREAM SODA 

FREE 

APRIL 25—APRIL 30 
with each purchase of 
25c or more 

Cash and Carry 

HEWEY'S DRUG STORE 
"Little Dec" 

Freshmen-Sophs 
Win Polo Game 

By a score of 6-5 the freshman-

sophomore team won the fourth water 

polo game of this year held on April 

20, making the score in games 3-1 in 

their favor. Both teams were fighting 

hard with brave splashes; this game 

was undoubtedly the closest and fast¬ 

est game played this spring. 

Coffee and Gordon, opposing for¬ 
wards, were well matched in speed and 
in number of goals, shooting three 
teach. Noticeable playing was done by 
Cassel and Handte in sprint-swim¬ 
ming, and by the winning team in 
their successful long passing. 

Varsity and team material will be 
scouted for definitely in the last game 
to be played on April 2 5. 

The line-up: 

Senior-Junior Freshman-Sophomore 
Gordon, r. f. (3) McCallie, r. f. (1) 
Ames, 1. f. Jackson, 1. f. (2) 

sse^ c. (2) Coffee, c. (3) 
Smith, g. g. Richardson, g. g. 
McMullen, r. g. Forman, r. g. 

Long, 1. g. Printup, 1. g. 
Senior-Junior substitutions were-
Fountain, Preston, and Palmour; for 
the other team, Handte. Referee, Miss 
Haynes. 

Try Our 

SANDWICHES 
We Make Them Right 

LAWRENCE'S 
PHARMACY 
Phones De. 0762-0763 

Elizabeth Ahbeivs 

team. 

Large pores detract from even the most classical 
features, while an exquisite skin and a joyous 
expression can make even the plain woman truly 
beautiful. Elizabeth Arden's Pore Cream smooths 
and refines the texture of the skin. A filmy layer 
is spread over the face at night and works for 
your beauty while you sleep! SI.00. 

TOILETRIES—STREET FLOOR 
Consultation Room—Second Floor 

Re0ensteir\s 
^eACf+TRee • STORG 

KEY TO CURRENT HISTORY 

{Continued from page 2, column 3) 

lief organizations to be distributed 

locally by them. The same general 

types of project will be carried on. 

On his return to Washington Presi¬ 

dent Roosevelt was greeted by en¬ 

thusiastic representatives and senators 

to the tune of "Happy Days Are Here 
Again," played by the Marine Band. 
To celebrate the occasion he made a 
speech in which he said: "I expected on 
this trip to get some good publicity 
about the fish I was catching, but 
couldn't in view of the fact that here 
in Washington apparently you good 
people have been going from Wirt to 
Wirt." 

AT THE THEATRES 

Friday 

MY LIPS BETRAY 

DEKALB THEATRE 

i* 

Mon. & Tues. 

ALL OF ME 

^Paramount 

v -TH EATRE * 
Now Playing 

BARBARA STANWYCK 

in 

"GAMBLING LADY" 

With 

JOEL M'CREA 

PAT O'BRIEN 

F O Starts Friday! 

You've heard him on the 

radio, now see him on the 

screen. 

BING CROSBY 

in 

"WE'RE NOT DRESSING" 

with 

Carole Lombard 

6 New Song Hits 

GEORGIA 

Now 

Richard Barthclmess 
with 
Jean Muir 
in 
"A MODERN HERO" 

News—Shorts 

ALL SEATS 25c 


(^V^onisfic 
VOL. XIV AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1934 NO. 21 

Seniors Present 

"T'Ahsk'Er," May 5 

Entering its thirteenth season with 
much enthusiasm and optimism, the 
Seniorpolitan Opera Company will pre¬ 
sent "T'Ahsk'er," in the gym on Satur¬ 
day, May 5 at 8:30 o'clock. The prices 
of admission are fifty cents, general 
admission, sixty cents for reserved 
seats, and seventy-five cents for the 
boxes. 

Springing at some remote date from 
the great Italian opera "La Tosca," 
"T'Ahsk'er" writhes through three acts 
of passion and pain, humor and fun, 
slapstick and drama; it has two ballets 
and a singing chorus which stays on 
the stage through most of the action. 
The peak of the action and the interest 
is said to be reached when dainty 

Demy Tassey, the shy little maiden of 
the play, commits suicide. The "Fly¬ 
ing Trapeze Ballet" is reported to be 
the epitome of grace and charm and 
feminine loveliness. The following, all 
stars in their own rights, unite their 
talent in the cast: 

Caviar Ossie—Helen Boyd. 

Any Lotus—Florence Preston. 

Demy Tassey—Elizabeth Winn. 

Scorpion—Ruth Moore. 

Lady Fora Day—Mary Grist. 

Two Henchmen—Gussie Riddle, 
Alma Brohard. 

Butler—Marguerite Jones. 

Maid—Dorothy Cassel. 

The name of Elizabeth Winn as the 

heroine, Demy Tassey, in "T'Ask'er," 
recalls to the minds of the upperclassmen 
her brilliant portrayal of the 
frightened little Eastern girl out in the 
Wilds of the Bad West in the 1932 
sophomore stunt. 

All roles and ballets of the show are 
shaping up well, according to Frances 
O'Brien, who is in charge of the pro¬ 
duction. The company will go into 
dress rehearsals on Thursday night. 
The opera for this year was created by 
the writing committee composed of 
Margaret Rogers, chairman; Virginia 
Prettyman, Alma Brohard, Gussie 
Riddle, and Margaret Friend. 

The Seniorpolitan Company was first 
organized in 1922; that year the grad¬ 
uating class presented "William Fell" 
in three operations. Each spring since 
then the seniors have gone mad on the 
subject of culture for the college. Last 
year "The Stewed Prince" was the 
offering. If all the advance publicity 
of "T'Ask'er" is partly true, this year's 
opera is likely to outshine those of all 
the preceding years. 

Dr. W. A. Smart 

To Speak May 8 

Dr. W. A. Smart of Emory Univesity, 
will be the final speaker on the 

Y. W. C. A. chapel prgrams. Dr. 
Smart will speak Tuesday morning, 
May 8, at the morning chapel exer¬ 
cises. Miss Laney, who was the last 
of the Vocational Guidance speakers, 
spoke recently on the subject of "Writ¬ 
ing As a Vocation." 

The junior class has charge of the 
vesper program for Sunday night. 
Hester Anne Withers is general chair¬ 
man and Caroline Dickson will be the 
speaker. The general theme for the 
class vespers is "What Shall I Do With 
My Life." The junior class subject is 
"I Must Look In"; the sophomore sub¬ 
ject is "I Must Look Out"; and the 
freshman speaker will discuss "I Must 
Look Up." The last vesper program 
will be conducted by the esnior class. 

Rev. Dick Gillespie spoke on "The 
Fundamental Qualities of a Christian" 
at the vesper service Sunday night in 
the chapel. Y. W. C. A. retreat was 
held Sunday afternoon in the Round 
House on the campus and Miss Hale 
led the discussion of the plans for next 
year's work. 

New Professor 

To Come Here 

Dr. T. W. Whitiker, instructor in 
Arnold Arboretum, and in the Re¬ 
search Plant Laboratory, at Harvard 
University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 
will be acting assistant professor of 
botany here next year, according to 
Dr. J. R. McCain. He will fill the 
place left by Dr. Mary Westall who 
will be gone on a leave of absence 
during the session 1934-3 5. 

Dr. Whitiker holds degrees from the 
University of California and from the 
University of Virginia. For the past 
three years he has been at Harvard in 
the Teachers and Research Division. 
Dr. Whitiker and his family will oc¬ 
cupy one of the cottages on the cam¬ 
pus. „ 

SPONSORS ARE 

ANNOUNCED 

The fifty-one Freshman Sponsors, 
selected by the Student Government 
Association to head freshmen groups 
next year, are announced today. More 
significance is being attached to the 
position than formerly. Because of the 
importance of the work and the 
amount of time which will be neces¬ 
sarily spent in carrying out the duties 
of a sponsor, the position will carry 
eight permanent points, and onlv upperclassmen 
of good standing and high 
abilities are selected. 

Mary Green, vice president of Stu¬ 
dent Government, is chairman of the 
sponsor group. There are sixteen sen¬ 
iors and thirty-five juniors in the num¬ 
ber chosen fo next year, of which 
twenty-fiv are boarders and twenty-
six are day-sudents. Carefully outlin¬ 
ed plans are being prepared for their 
work next year, and the sponsors are 
woking on a definite progam of ac¬ 
tivities. The first meeting was held 
Monday afternoon at four-ten in But-
trick Hall, at which time Miss Car¬ 
rie Scandrett, assistant dean, spoke of 
the plans for the sponsors and the re¬ 
sponsibility they assume when they 
take the position. 

The sponsors are: seniors, Vella 
Marie Behm, Trellis Carmichael, Jane 
Cassels, Alice Dunbar, Betty Foun¬ 
tain, Katherine Hertzka, Josephine 
Jennings, Vera Pruet, Mary Summers, 
Marie Simpson, Elizabeth Thrasher, 
Amy Underwood, Hester Anne With¬ 
ers, Elizabeth Young, Jule McClatchey, 
Laura Whitner. 

Juniors, Mary Beasley, Anne Berry, 
Margaret Brand, Meriel Bull, Elizabeth 
Burson, Alice Chamlee, Carolyn Clem¬ 
ents, Martha Crenshaw, Catherine 
Cunningham, Sarah Cureton, Helen 
Ford, Virginia Gaines, Janet Gray, 
Helen Handte, Jean Hicks, Ethelyn 
Johnson, Augusta King, Gretchen 
Kleybecker. 

Sophmores, Gertrude Lozier, Louise 
Maclntyre, Dean McKoin, Sarah Nich1s, 
Myra O'Neal, Lorraine Smith, Mary 
Snow, Helen Stanley, Mary Margaret 
Stowe, Jane Thomas, Sarah Tuner, Vir¬ 
ginia Turner, Mary Walker, Sarah 
Frances Estes, Ida Buist, Magaret 
Cooper, Naomi Cooper. 

CHI BETA MEMBERS 
TO ATTEND MEETING 

The Georgia Division of the Amer¬ 
ican Chemical Society will hold a con¬ 
ference at G. S. C. W. on May 5 and 

6. Several members of the local chap¬ 
ter of Chi Beta Phi Sigma, national 
science fraternity, are planning to at¬ 
tend the convention, including Anne 
Coffee, junior, vice president of the 
fraternity; Sarah Davis, and Virginia 
Nelson, seniors. 

S. G. A. Officers 

To Be Installed 

Installation of the new officers of 

Student Government Association will 

take place tomorrow morning, May 3, 

in the chapel. 

The ceremony will begin with a 
processional of the old officers of the 
association, wearing caps and gowns, 
and the new members, dressed in white. 
Mary MacDonald, retiring president, 
will speak of the work and ideals of 
the organization, and will administer 
the oath of office to Alberta Palmour, 
the new president. She will, in turn, 
administer the oath to the new com¬ 
mittee, after which she will speak of 
the pt^ns of the new officers for next 
year. The Alma Mater and a reces¬ 
sional will conclude the service. 

The old officials ^will continue to 

serve as the judicial committee of Stu¬ 

dent Government, while the new of¬ 

ficers ■ 
assume the executive duties, and 

make plans for future work. 

Members of the new executive com¬ 
mittee include the newly-elected of¬ 
ficers of Student Government Associa


\ 

"tion and class representatives as fol¬ 
lows: Alberta Palmour, ^president; 
Mary Green, vice president; Frances 
James, secretary; Adelaide Stevens, 
treasurer; Carolyn McCallum, senior 
representative; Alice McCallie and 
Dean McKoin, junior representatives; 
Frances Wilson and Elizabeth Allison, 
sophomore representatives; Mary Jane 
Evans, Marian Calhoun, and Jacqueline 
Woolfolk, house presidents. 

A. A. Announces 

Final Awards 

Athletic awards and varsities were 
announced by Margaret Massie, presi¬ 
dent of the Athletic Association, Fri¬ 
day night at the banquet which 
brought to a close the year's activities. 

The water polo varsity is: D. Cassel, 

M. Johnson, forwards; A. Coffee, cen¬ 
ter; C. L. McMullen, F. Lasseter, K. 
Printup, guards; E. Forman, goal 
guard. The water polo banner was 
awarded to the freshman-sophomore 
team. 

The soccer varsity includes R. 
Wilder, E. Burson, E. Harbison, F. 
Gary, M. Stalker, R. Kennedy, E. 
Young, E. Soutter, M. Crenshaw, and 

J. Thing. 

Those who made the spring hiking 
squad are: A. McCallie, M. Stalker, E. 
Soutter, M. Friend, V. Turner, R. 
Miller, M. Furlow, D. Lee, F. Edwards. 

The finals in the tennis tournament 
for singles champion of the college will 
be played sometime this week between 
Gladys Vallebuona and Margaret Mas¬ 
sie, defender of the title. Because of 
the weather, the golf tournament has 
not gone further than the first round; 
one round is to be played every week. 
The archery cup was awarded to Nina 
Parke, with Margaret Massie runner-
up. Letters were awarded at the ban¬ 
quet to Helen Handte, a sophomore, 
and to Margaret Friend. 

OFFICERS OF BOARD 
VISIT COLLEGE CAMPUS 

Two officers of the General Edu¬ 
cation Board of America who visited 
at Agnes Scott Sunday were Dr. David 

H. Stevens, vice president, and Mr. 
Jackson Davis, assistant director of the 
denartment of education. They are 
making an inspection tour of southern 
colleges and were particularly interest¬ 
ed in seeing Buttrick Hall, which was 
made possible through funds given by 
the board. 

A. S. to Debate 

Emory Friday 

Edith Merlin and Mildred Cohen are 

to represent Agnes Scott in a no-de¬ 

cision debate with Emory University 

at the Emory auditorium, on Friday 

evening, May 4, at 8 o'clock. The sub¬ 

ject is, Resolved: That the purposes 

and principles of the N. 1. R. A. should 

be permanently adopted by the United 

States. Agnes Scott will uphold the 

netrative. 

Those renresenting Emory are Robert 
Elliott and William Purdue. Mr. 
Elliott, who is a second-year law stu¬ 
dent at Emory, has just returned from 
a most successful debating tour in the 
east. Last year he was a member of the 
Emory team which participated in the 
annual triangular debate between 
Tech, Agnes Scott and Emory. Mr. 
Purdue is a senior at Emory this year. 

Both Mildred and Edith were on the 
freshman team which debated against 
Tech last spring. In March this year, 
Marian Calhoun and Mildred defeated 
the Sophie Newcomb debaters on this 
same question. 

DR. J. R. McCAIN 

RETURNS 

Dr. J. R. McCain, president of 
Agnes Scott, returned Saturday, April 
28, from an extended trip in the east 
where he visited Philadelphia and New 
York City in the interests of the col¬ 
lege. 

While he was in Philadelphia he con¬ 
sulted the Presser Foundation in regard 
to the money for the Fine Arts build¬ 
ing to be placed west of Buttrick Hall. 
As the plans now stand, Dr. McCain 
states, Agnes Scott will receive the 
necessary funds in January, 193 5. 

Dr. McCain saw the General Educa¬ 
tion Board during his stay in New 
York. From this body he got an ex¬ 
tension of time for the payment of the 
campaign money; the entire sum will 
be due in July, 1935, instead of this 
July. Dr. McCain also met with com¬ 
mittees to arrange plans for the meet¬ 
ing of the Association of American 
Colleges to be held in Atlanta next 
year. 

Dr. McCain expressed his pleasure at 
being back on the campus and in his 
office; he has been away for so long, 
he said, that he is rather "rusty" on 
campus matters. 

Music Department 

Presents Concert 

A concert in recognition of National 
Music Week, which begins Sunday, 
will be given Tuesday night at 8 
o'clock in the college chapel. This con¬ 
cert is an annual event of Music Week. 

The program included selections 
from Handel, Bizet, Mendelssohn, 
Chopin, and DeBussy. Those who will 
take part are Miss Florence Smith, of 
the history department, Mrs. Henry 
Robinson, Misses Evelyn Wall, Kath¬ 
leen Bowen, Dean Kirkpatrick, Sarah 
Johnson, Lena Armstrong, Dorothy 
Walker, Lillian Herring, and Sarah 
Forrester. 

Mr. Christian W. Dieckmann, pro¬ 
fessor of music at Agnes Scott, will be 
in charge of the concert. 

DAY STUDENTS ELECT 
OFFICERS FOR 1934-35 

The day students elected officers 
yesterday morning in chapel to head 
their organization next year. They are: 
Vella Marie Behm, president; Sarah 
Turner, vice president; Mary Gillespie, 
secetary-treasure; and Kathryn Bowen, 
representative to Student Government. 

May Day to Be 

This Saturday 

The annual May Day festival at 

Aenes Scott, on Saturday, May 5, this 

year will typify the joyous celebra¬ 

tions of the French peasant of the Mid¬ 

dle Ages. Mary Boggs and Anna Hum


ber, both juniors this year, wrote the 

scenario, La Fete dn Mai, for the oc¬ 

casion this spring. 

The scene of the performance is near 

an old chateau in Lorraine. The dances 

of the fete are typical both of the 

old French peasant dances and of the 

seasonal celebration. Group dances will 

include those of the gnomes, the chil¬ 
dren, Shepherds and Shepherdesses, 
Jongleurs and Milkmaids. The climax, 
the decoration of the tree, comprises 
several dances: the Hole-Diggers, the 
Garland Weavers, the Tambourin, Fan¬ 
dango, and Farandole dancers of the 
Pays-Basque and of Provence. The 
queen, as the fairest maid of the neigh¬ 
borhood, will, with the maidens of her 
court, rule over the festival. She will 
be crowned by the Lily-Maid. 

Charlotte Reid is to be the queen of 
the festival. Louise Brown will take 
Carrie Lena McMullen's place in the 
court, since C'Lena must attend a con¬ 
vention in New York next week-end. 
Martha Skeen, as the Lily-Maid, is the 
only solo dancer; Jennie Champion, a 
shepherdess, and Adelaide Stevens, a 
troubadour, dance a duet; Anna Humber, 
Alice Chamlee, and Hester Anne 
Withers are in the milkmaid dance, 
and in the fandango are Loice Rich¬ 
ards, Ruth Shippey, Alae Risse Baron, 
and Augusta King. 

The costumes of the queen, the 
court, and the dancers are, as nearly 
as possible, reproductions of those on 
the plates which Miss Lucile Alex¬ 
ander has had on exhibition in But¬ 
trick Hall. The queen will wear white 
taffeta, and the court members various 
shades of taffeta. 

This year, according to tradition, 
the celebration of May Day will take 
place in the May Day Dell at 4:3 0 
o'clock. The price of admission will be 
twenty-five cents. 

Mr. C. W. Dieckmann, head of the 
music department of Agnes Scott, is 
arranging the music for the pageant. 
He will be at the piano, and will be 
assisted by members of the Atlanta 
Philharmonic Orchestra. 

A. S. Delegates 

Attend S. C. C. S. 

Frances James and Alberta Palmour 
renresented Agnes Scott at the meet¬ 
ing of the Southern Conference of Col¬ 
lege Students held at Emory Universi¬ 
ty, April 26-28. Up until this year, 
when delegates were present from 
Brenau, Florida State College for 
Women, Alabama State College, and 
Agnes Scott, the Conference had been 
made up entirelv of representatives 
from colleges and universities for men. 

The purpose of the conference is to 
suggest possible changes in student 
governments and to discuss those prob¬ 
lems which are peculiar to the south¬ 
ern college. Discussion groups were 
held on Friday and Saturday at which 
the questions of the constitution, the 
extent of the jurisdiction of the as¬ 
sociation, and the ways by which to 
cope with some of its problems were 
brought up; there was some discussion, 
also, on the problem of financing the 
college publications. 

The Conference moved to hold its 
meeting next year at Tulane Universi¬ 
ty, in New Orleans, in conjunction 
with the conventions of the National 
Student Federation of America and the 
Southern College Press Association; by 
this combination and concentration of 
activities, the Southern Conference of 
College Students will eliminate the ex¬ 
pense of holding its meeting separately. 


The Agonistic 

<&l)e Agonistic 

Key to Current EXCHANGES 

Subscription price, S1.25 per year in advance. Single copies, 5 c. 

PUBLISHED WEEKLY 
Owned and published by the students of Agnes Scott College. 

Entered as Second Class Matter. 

STAFF 

Loice Richards Nell Pattillo 
Editor-in-Chief Business Manager 
Lulu Ames Doris Batsell 
Assistant Editor Ad vertising Manager 
Edith Merlin Eva Constantine 
Feature Make-Up 
Mary Boggs Alice Chamlee 
Book Notes Assistant Make-Up 
Vera Pruet Elizabeth Thrasher 
Society Circulation 
Laura Steele Kathryn Bowen 
Alumnae Business Assistant 
Frances Balkcom Kitty Cunningham 
Club Business Assistant 
Elizabeth Espy Laura Steele 
Exchange Business Assistant 
Lucille Cairns Kitty Printup 
Exchange Sports 
Margaret Robins Celia Hoffman 
Current History Jokes 

REPORTERS 
Mary Adams Lola Phillips

Catherine Jones

Dorothy Cassel Betty Willis

Frances Balkcom

Alice Dunbar Brooks Spivey

Sarah Moore

Katherine Hertzka Lucille Cairns 

THE "EAGER" STUDENT 

Education perfected and specialized is scholarship. And how 
long, pray, has scholarship needed a defender? Yet the really 
intensive and often sincere student, referred to at Agnes Scott 
as the "eager" student, needs some defense, we feel, and deserves 
some justification and tribute. 

There has grown up on the campus, for no apparent reason, 
an attitude of derision toward the girl who devotes nearly all of 
her time, energy, and interests to intellectual pursuits. It is al¬ 
most incredible that any one could squander golden hours poring 
over books and serious magazines instead of going to picture 
shows, sitting in a drug store reading movie magazines or gossip¬ 
ing, or taking an active part in athletics, clubs, and other extra¬ 
curricular activities; that one could think of applying her efforts 
to work not required for, and perhaps not closely related to her 
regular assignments; even that she should waste time in prepar¬ 
ing well and carefully those assignments! 

Perhaps much of our ridicule results from a more or less care¬ 
fully concealed sour-grapes attitude. Not every girl possesses the 
ability to concentrate continuously and apply herself intensive¬ 
ly to the intangibles and imponderables of scholarship. We de¬ 
velop our personalities in other lines, less demanding and less re¬ 
strictive, and scoff at the girl of superior intellect. 

Others, completely self-absorbed, are too narrow to visualize 
the satisfaction another can get from any activity different from 
their own. Is it too impossible to concede to a girl as much pleas¬ 
ure from mental as from physical and social development; in¬ 
tellectual achievement as from making an athletic team; in 
making honor roll as in belonging to a number of clubs; in mak¬ 
ing Phi Beta Kappa as in heading a campus-wide organization? 

Many of us mock because it has become the thing to do. 
Without pausing to realize that we are completely unjustified in 
our attacks we follow mechanically a campus trend, thereby be¬ 
traying our own weakness and lack of individual thought and 
judgment. 

Seldom, we are the first to admit, does the "slave to study" 
give herself to intensive endeavor because of any purely selfless 
love of scholarship. Sometimes it serves, consciously or uncon¬ 
sciously, as an outlet of thwarted desires for popularity on the 
campus or with boys; sometimes, as a substitute for eminence in 
other lines—sports, social recognition, leadership in music, art, 
dramatic, or dancing clubs, or in major organizations and publi¬ 
cations; sometimes, as the expression of an otherwise colorless 
personality; sometimes it provides a means of securing prestige, 
envy and glory: explanations which can form endless and varied 
combinations. No one of these reasons, or of the many others 
which might explain the "eager" student, deserves any censure 
or reproach. Rather a girl who finds expression for these per¬ 
fectly normal desires in so exacting and so lofty a field as scholar¬ 
ship merits the highest praise. 

Always it is difficult to write of intangible elements and 
vague subjects; usually it is pointless because it is apt to be value¬ 
less. Yet scholarship, however illusive and undefinable, is recog¬ 
nized as one of the finest contributions of the past, one of the 
richest fields of endeavor of the present, one of the noblest ad¬ 
ventures of the future. Who of us is so sublimely superior that 
she may scorn the girl who dares to follow, whatever her reasons, 
the really worthwhile calling of academic attainment and in¬ 
tellectual advancement? 

History 

During the passage of 111 U. S. 
Navy vessels through the Panama 
canal, which took place last week, 
heavily armed guards of soldiers pa¬ 
trolled the locks. Their presence was 
due to reports received from the army 
intelligence service that a plot had been 
formed to thwart the transit. In spite 
of the threat a swift passage was com¬ 
pleted in 48 hours to the satisfaction 
of Commander-in-Chief D. F. Sellers 
Hereafter, however, guards will be 
stationed at the formerly unprotected 
locks. 

"I am a tough guy," President 

Roosevelt warned Congressmen as¬ 

sembled to greet him when he return¬ 

ed to resume his duties at Washington. 

Suiting his action to his words, he 

promptly rejected the McLeod Bill, 

which congressmen were hopefully 

sponsoring with an eye toward ap¬ 

proaching reelections, and/ advanced 

two proposals of his own. One of these 

is the appropriation of about $1,500,


000,000 to be split among the various 

federal relief projects. H. L. Hopkins, 

Administrator of Federal Relief, gave 

out the statement that from February 

to March the number of persons on re¬ 

lief jumped thirteen percent, partly 

because of the demobilization of CWA 

employees. 

Presidential activities during the 
first year of the New Deal include an 
unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the 
white bow tie, "symbol of men's for¬ 
mal dress.' On his recent fishing trip, 
clad in roughing togs, the President 
poked fun at the spotless white suits 
of newspaper men on board for the 
purpose of interviewing him, and de¬ 
clared that he would like nothing bet¬ 
ter than to attend the approaching 
Gridiron dinner in his bathing suit. 
According to the Literary Digest, the 
presidential leaning toward informality 
of dress was early impressed upon a 
certain New York banker and a lead 
ing Democratic senator, who visited 
at Hyde Park during the presidential 
campaign of 1932. On this memor¬ 
able occasion the worthy gentlemen in 
their best attire sat upon the grass in 
their pin-striped trousers and ate out 
of paper plates, accompanied by Roose¬ 
velt in his shirt sleeves. 

(Continued on page 4, column 1) 

Lo! Pi Alpha Phi 

Is Renovated 

A famous man once made the since-
become famous statement that what 
America needed was a good five-cent 
cigar. At a meeting of Pi Alpha Phi 
recently the discovery was made and 
loudly heralded that what Agnes Scott 
needed was a club wherein students so 
minded could gather together and dis¬ 
cuss to their hearts' content current 
political, social, and cultural ques¬ 
tions. 

It has been the policy of the debat¬ 
ing society of Agnes Scott for some 
years now to have at the meetings of 
the club only light, frivolous debates 
which take no time at all to prepare 
and were supposed to amuse the mem¬ 
bers. The serious debating was left to 
the intercollegiate debaters. The re¬ 
sult of the policy, inevitably, was that 
only the students who made public de¬ 
bates got any practice at all in the 
art of debating, and that the debates 
instead of being clever became sillier 
and sillier. 

The remedy for this situation was 
considered at the last meeting of Pi 
Alpha Phi, and a decision was reached. 
Pi Alpha Phi will henceforth be a 
combination of a debating society and 
an informal discussion group. Serious 
debates (that is, serious in subject) 
will be undertaken by the students 
who feel that it will be worth the ex¬ 
tra work. After the debate the club 
will discuss the question informally. It 
was felt that this policy would stimu¬ 
late interest both in the club and in 
topics of the day. 

With this change in program Agnes 
Scott expects to send forth from her 
portals in addition to loyal wives and 
mothers, self-sacrificing teachers, and 
idealistic social service workers, also 
eloquent (though honest) politicians, 
representatives, senators, and—who 
can tell—perhaps someday a president. 

Then there is a little lady in Holly¬ 
wood who raises spiders and rents them 
to the movies for web-spinning. When 
a script calls for an old cellar or a 
haunted house, the spiders are put to 
work and in a few days there are webs 
all over the place for the hero to grope 
his way through. — Independent 
Woman. 

After a stiff fight over smoking at 

Washington College, the co-eds were 

granted the permission to smoke in 

class. Thereupon, several came to class 

with corn-cob pipes. The professor 

said nothing, only ordering that all 

windows be kept closed. In a very 

short time the fair wenches began to 

excuse themselves rather informally. 

The infirmary immediately became co¬ 

ed conscious.—The Dai'idsonian. 

We wonder if the professor was 

there, also. 

(NSFA)—The Colorado School of 
Mines has a ruling which prevents 
sophomores from paddling freshmen. 
The sophs get around the rule by 
making the frosh paddle each other.— 
The Alabamaian, Alabama College. 

The Mississippian notes that in 

speaking of faithful canines, the best 

of them all is the good old hot dog. 

It doesn't bite the hand that feeds it, 

but feeds the hand that bites it.—The 

Florida Plantbeau. 

It seems as if they are somewhat 

turning the tables, so to speak, on the 

nize doggie. 

Many Chinese and Japanese still do 
not use written or lettered signatures. 
They "sign" their letters, documents, 
manuscripts, and works of art by 
stamping them with little seals which 
bear their names ,a method of identi¬ 
fication that was devised centuries ago. 
—Colliers. 

The hog-raisers have only them¬ 
selves to blame—instead of looking to 
Henry Wallace to show them how to 
make money out of pigs, they should 
have looked to Walt Disney.—Norfolk 
Virginian-Pilot. 

Dizzy definitions, by Stoopnagle and 
Budd: 

A door-knob is a thing a revolving 
door goes around without. ... A straw 
is something which you drink some¬ 
thing through two of them. . . . Cob¬ 
blestones are a pavement that people 
would rather have asphalt than. ... A 

ALUMNAE 

Reports for the last few months 
show that seventeen marriages have 
taken place among the alumnae of the 
past four years. 

Graduates of '3 0 who have recently 
married are: Katherine Crawford to 
Mr. Oscar L. Adams, Jr., of Atlanta; 
Sarah Neely Marsh, ex-'30, to Mr. 
Joseph Shapard of Shelbyville, Tenn., 
and Esther Miriam Stephens, ex-'30, to 

Mr. Harold Mooney of Wichita, Kans. 

For the class of '31 there are seven: 
Nancy Crockett was married to Rev. 
Charles Raymond McCarty of High¬ 
lands, N. C.; Dorothy Allen, ex-'31, 
to Mr. Guy Weatherly of Hazlehurst, 
Ga.; Betty Virginia Knox, ex-'31, to 
Mr. Glen Passmore of Galveston, 
Texas; Helen Manry to Mr. Claud 
William Lowe; Margaret McCoy to 
Mr. William Thomas Gayle, Jr.; Mary 
Potter to Mr. Lee D. Ross of Mc-
Minnville, Tenn., and Martha Ransom 

to Mr. William Johnston of Littleton, 

N. C. 
Helen Mowry, ex-'32, was married 
to Mr. Cecil Gordon Von Kaenel, and 
now living at 1 148 24th Avenue, 
North, St. Petersburg. 

The five marriages reported for the 
class of '3 3 are: Louella Dearing to 
Mr. Jackson Hunter of Decatur; Mary 
Felts to Mr. James Steadman of Wash¬ 
ington, D. C.; Evelyn Gilbrcath to Mr. 
Paul Garrison of St. Augustine; Kath


een Hope to Mr. Frank R. Fling of 
Atlanta; and Margaret Sanford, ex-'3 3, 
to Mr. William Hodges Douglass of 
Chattanooga. 

fern is a plant that you're supposed to 
water it once a day, but when you 
don't it dies, but if you do, it dies any¬ 
way, onlv not so soon. 

Professors at Ohio University have 

arranged for a nine-piece band to play 

reveille on the steps of the library 

every morning in order to popularize 8 

o'clock classes.—The Technique. 

Is it that the students really ap¬ 

preciate the music, or is it that they 

can't sleep through it? 

The chief of the Evanston police de¬ 

partment has invited Northwestern 

students to visit the department to 

have their fingerprints registered for 

identification in case of accident.— 

The ]ohnstonain, Winthrop College. 

That's one way of getting evidence, 

isn't it? However, they are tactful, to 

say the least. 

According to the Collegiate Digest 

dating problems are solved at Montana 

State College by the students merely 

applying to the students dating bu¬ 

reau. 

This is what might be called a labor 

saving device! 

Here is a new traffic problem. The 
Plainsman in discussing winter sports 
tells us of a student who ties pencil 
shavings to all the flies he can catch 
when his mother bakes lemon custard 
pies. He believes that if you can just 
keep them from toboganning, the stuff 
is still fit to eat. Said student says he 
has even trained one up for a life guard 
on soup days. . . . How about non-skid 
chains for noodles and snowshoes on 
ice cream days.—Florida Flambeau. 

Here's one way that exams were 

avoided. Says the Florida Flambeau, 

exams at the Collegiate Institute, Star-

ford, Ontario, had to be postponed, 

because all the ink bottles had frozen 

up. 

Too bad that Atlanta has such a 

mild climate, or may be the tragedy is 

that the climate is just mild enough 

not to be of any real assistance. 

The Blue and Grey reports that there 

is a sign outside the door of the dean's 

office at Creighton University read¬ 

ing: "Get your grades here, and pass 

out quietly."—Goucher College Werk-

KThat's 
some practical advice that 
might be useful in a number of col¬ 
leges. It might save a disturbance, 
anyhow. 

CLUBS 

Eta Sigma Phi 

At a recent meeting of Eta Sigma 
Phi the following officers were elect¬ 
ed: Eva Constantine, president; Eliz¬ 
abeth Forman, vice president; Gertrude 
Lozier, recording secretary; Martha 
Allen, corresponding secretary; Mildred 
Clarke, Pyloros. 

Dr. Lois Combs, acting instructor 
of Latin and Greek, read selections 
from her Ph.D. thesis. 

Glee Club 

The Glee Club elected officers 
Thursday, April 27, in chapel. They 
are: Evelyn Wall, president; Augusta 
King, vice president; Frances Wilson, 
secretary! Kitty Cunningham; treas¬ 
urer. 

Spanish Club 
Miss Cilley and Miss Harn enter¬ 
tained the Spanish Club from 4 to 6 
last Tuesday afternoon in Lupton Cot¬ 
tage. All the conversation was car¬ 
ried on in Spanish. 

Pi Alpha Phi 
Pi Alpha Phi will hold its annual 
forma] banquet tomorrow night at 

6:15 at the Hotel Candler. 

The recently elected officers are: 
Marian Calhoun, president; Ida Lois 
McDaniel, vice president; Sarah 
Catherine Wood, secretary; Carrie 
Phin ney Latimer, treasurer; Mary Vir¬ 
ginia Allen, publicity; Frances Balk¬ 
com, assistant publicity. 

K.U. B. 
The members of K. U. B. were en¬ 

tertained at a luncheon at Rich's tea¬ 
room on Saturday, April 28. 


The Agonistic 

SOCIETY WE THINK GIDDY GOSSIP 

Last night was lovely. At first there 
was one star—just one—and it was so 
divinely lovely. And then there were 
two and the second was not quite 
so lovely as the first. Then, the sky 
was what the poets call "spangled," 
and excess spoiled the magic loneliness 
of the one, solitary star. Holidays are 
like that. To be wonderful they must 
be rare; just one, two, three—'Found¬ 
er's Day, Easter, Memorial Day. 

And then one must know how to 
spend them. Here are some people's 
ideas practically applied to the last 
one: 

Barbara Hertwig spent Wednesday 
night, the eve of the holiday, with 
Kitty Cunningham, and Sally McRae 
attended a dance at the Biltmore the 
same night. Elizabeth Espy and Billy 
Turner went to LaGrange; Ann Walk¬ 
er spent the day with Esther Soutter in 
Atlanta; and Sarah Jones went to her 
home in Canton, Ga. 

Then there are all the girls who 
went in to town to lunch, to the 
movies, to shop. And there was the 
big parade—flags and drums, the Gov¬ 
ernor, and lines and lines of neat, crisp 
uniform. Speaking of uniforms, there 
was the Military Ball at Tech Friday 
night. Those young men with "sabres 
and clicking spurs" made many a las¬ 
sie's heart beat faster. Ask Rebecca 
Cashion she was there. And Alae Rissee 
Barron, Virginia Turner, Meriel Bull, 
Nell White, Carolyn Rusell, Frances 
Paris, Marguerite Morris, and Betty 
Lou Houck should be able to give us 
some first-hand information too. 

There was the Sigma Delta Kappa 
dance at the Atlanta Law School which 
Caroline Long, Elizabeth Alexander, 
Eloisa Alexander, and Mary MacDonald 
attended Friday night. Peg Gullion 
and Marjorie Scott were at the Theta 
Kappa Psi formal, and Martha Ed¬ 
munds, Sarah Frances MacDonald, and 
Ellen Davis attended the Psi Omega 
formal. Sarah Jones enjoyed the soph¬ 
omore hop at Athens on the same 
night. Dorothy Walker attended the 

Students in English classes at Okla¬ 
homa A. and M. College are fined one 
cent every time they misspell a word. 
The fund derived is used to pay for an 
annual banquet for the class. This 
might be called "Eating one's own 
words."—Sou'wester. 

Bright 

Blouses 
For a 
Sporty 
SUMMER 

$1 .98 

Phi Gamma Delta tea-dance at Peachtree 
Gardens Friday afternoon, and 
Hetty Harkness was at the Chi Phi 
dance at Emory Saturday night. 

The following girls were out for the 
week-end on missions of their own: 
Rachel Kennedy, Ovieda Long, Marian 
Derrick, Rosalyn Crispin, Virginia 
Gaines, and Rosa Miller. 

Saturday night Betty Harbison arid 
Katherine Maness attended a party 
given by Margaret Maness of Atlanta. 

Trellis Carmichael's week-end party 
at her home in McDonough, Ga., was 
enjoyed by Jane Cassels, Marguerite 
Morris, Peg Gullion, Marian Calhoun, 
and Martha Redwine. 

Shirley Christian and Margaret Rog¬ 
ers went out for dinner Sunday. 

Miss Mary MacDougall was the 
honoree Monday night at a dinner and 
theater party given by the senior ma¬ 
jors in the biology department. Tables 
were reserved at the Tavern Tea Room, 
and afterwards the party went to the 
Paramount Theater. The party in¬ 
cluded Miss MacDougall, Nancy 
Rogers, Nina Parke, Claire Ivey, Polly 
Cureton, lona Cater, Ruth Long, and 
Johnnie Mae York. 

The senior Latin and Greek majors 
and minors were Miss Lillian Smith's 
guests at dinner Friday night in the 
Alumnae House. Those present were: 
Louise McCain, Dorothy Walker, Mary 
Jackson, Mable Talmadge, Mary Ames, 
Isabel Wilson, Gladys Pratt, Sybil 
Grant, Elizabeth Hickson, and Kath¬ 
erine White. The guests gave Miss 
Smith a lovely corsage and a three-
volume edition of Fosdick's works. 

Former Agnes Scott students who 
were on the campus for the week-end 
were Eleanore Williams, ex-'34; Winona 
Ewbank, '33; Florence Kleybecker, 
'33, and Diania Dyer, '32. 
Emily McGahee's mother visited her 
over the holiday. 

Thus ends the recitations 
Of the social occupations 
Of the A. S. popidations 
For this year. 

Despite the fact that Negroes out¬ 
number white persons in 181 counties 
of 11 states today, they do not hold a 
single elective or administrative office 
in the governments of 169 of these 
counties.—Colliers. 

Checks . . . Stripes . . . Plaids, these are the new 
blouses fashions. Bright colors to top off a white 
or solid color skirt. Your choice of linen, organ¬ 
die, pique, or gingham in a smart assortment of 
styles. Sizes 34 to 40. 

J. IP. AILIUEN & CO. 

The Store All Women Know 

The attack in the last issue of the 
Agonistic was directed mostly against 
the Aurora, so those interested in the 
Aurora should have the privilege of de¬ 
fending it. 

One would have thought, by a read¬ 
ing of the last "We Think," that the 
staff of the Aurora, in asking for con¬ 
tributions, stipulated that they must 
face grim reality or they would not be 
accepted. This is very far from the 
case. It is well known on the campus 
that the Aurora takes whatever it can 
get whenever it can get it. And that 
is neither much nor often. It seems 
that those girls who are commonly 
judged "cute" on the campus do not 
write, or when they do write—lo and 
behold! they face reality more grimly 
than the worst pessimist on the staff. 

We think that the attack in the 
Agonistic was justified—it was mere¬ 
ly directed against the wrong people. 
The student so ardently desiring Froth, 
Gayety, Naturalness—in short Youth 
in the college publication, instead of 
sending her complaint to the paper 
should have written it, read it to her¬ 
self or to a group of her similarly-
minded friends, and then taken pencil 
and paper in hand and written a short-
story living up to her requirements. 
Had the Aurora not accepted it on 
the grounds of its frothiness, then her 
condemnation would have had a basis. 

The function of the Aurora is to re¬ 
flect student opinion—or rather the 
opinion of those students who are wil¬ 
ling to express it on paper. If this stu¬ 
dent opinion is grim, pessimistic, and 
deadly boring—whose fault is it? And 
what, pray, can be done about it? 

That people who answer the tele¬ 
phones should at least make an effort 
to get hold of the person who is being 
called. 

That, when the president of Student 
Government and the leaders of other 
budget-supported organizations on the 
campus fail to pay their budget, yet 
travel on budget money to conferences 
and conventions, the time has come 
for either a discontinuation of the bud¬ 
get system or a clause providing that 
its payment be made compulsory. 

ese Toe-less 

Heel-less... 

Also Low Heels 

are a 
sen-sa-shun' 

You can't resist 'em . . . juststrips of Linen and a slim heel 
. . . and do they go places ! Tint 
your toes and sandals to match, 
and you'll rival any Latin! 

Mail Orders Filled 

Add ISc for Postage 

AveShoD 
ShoesOl1 
PEACHTREE. ST. 

Giddy-kins lamby-kins, ing-room door, "just married," and 

Ain't it wunnifilt Love, I mean. Soapy wondering how all the people on 
Only when I say "love" I don't know 

the train knew she was a bride, soivhat I mean, but then does anyone? 

I'll keep my word of honor and notOf course there are theories. Mary 
mention a word of it, only do get Dot

Vines says it's "sweet torture," Claire 
Ivey says it's "dynamite wrapped up in to tell you. And the next most ro¬ 
pink paper and tied with blue rib¬ mantic is the outcome of the telephonebons"; Mary Boggs says "it's one book 

conversation I told you about twoin the library of life," and Alae Risse weeks ago, when the voice (feminine)Barron says it's "a force of nature out 
and the voice (masculine) met by

of control." Best of all, though, I 
think, is Frances McDonald's. (She's wrong number! It's getting to the 
the lovey, Giddy, who sits by the hour "skyrockets and pinwheels" stage. 
gazing lovingly into the eyes gazing 

Dr. Hayes, Giddy, is the kind of 
lovingly into hers at any given place or man there ought to be more like him.

moment, just so it's Emory). Says 
He is a gentleman and a scholar, andFrances: "Love?—oh, it's a feeling— 
he can blush as modest as can any coy

sorta queer. You feel high, and you 
maiden. The other day in a lecture onfeel low; you want to sing and you 

Eugene O'Neill, in American Lit hewant to weep; you're hopeful and de¬ 

says, says he, "He was expelled for

spondent; there are sky-rockets and 
general hell-raising" . . . and then he

pinwheels in your brain, and you feel 
stopped and coughed and turned a niceecstaticaly happy and inexpressibly sad 
rosy-pink quoting

all at once!" There, Giddy, just-and said, "I'm a 

biographer. Er, that's his expression,like-in-a-book love, isn't it? 

not mine! Understand, that's his ex¬I dont know what kind of love it 

pression, not mine!"

was, but it must have been a nice 
Speaking blushes classes

kind the other night when Martha Ed¬ of in re¬ 

minds me of Chub Hickson one day inmunds said to her date, "What do you 
Chaucer class telling Miss Laney howthink abut most next to me?" that 
children love animal stories, "all aboutmade him answer, "I don't think when 
Sammy Squirrel, and Jimmie Chip¬I'm next to you." And do you sup¬ 
munk, and Cubby Bear," only Chubpose there's any connection between 
couldn't finish talking she got sothat and Betty Lou Houck's saying in 

roseate. There, I've worked it in! Inclass one day last week, "Oh, all vital 
all the years of our correspondence I'veprocesses take place in the dark!" And 

been trying to, and at last I've suc¬

then, do you know, she BLUSHED! 

ceeded.

The most romantic story I know is 

Only I'm about to decide that itabout our own dear Soapy who became 

wasn't worth it, all the years of our

Mrs. Earl Stevens of New York, come 
correspondence, Giddy. I've been try¬Easter. She had the mostest pretty 

ing so hard to be a little ray of sun¬

things and) gorgeousest clothes' you 
shine in the dark corners and a littleever saw, and Dot declares she's going 

candle burning in the night, and nowto send her little sister "boxes and 

everybody's talking about me, Aggie,boxes of candy, and cakes, and pies, 
being so dead and cut and dried and

and things," so Soapy will have to send 

things. Oh woe am I! The more Ihome all her clothes to Dot. I'd be 

live, the more I do, the more I havesued for breach of promise if I wrote 

to regret; I cast my bread on the wat¬

to you about the honeymoon train and 

ers and it returns to me—all tvet!

the three telegrams, delivered at inter¬ 

In fact, I think I'll just stop writ¬vals of one hour, and the beautifully


ing for a while and see if you miss me.

lettered sign hanging outside the draw


I'll miss you, dearest. I know. Good¬ 
That the "black list" shouldn't be re¬ bye, dear. I hope you enjoy your dreary 
garded as the normal place for the life without me. 
names of campus leaders! Aggie. 

That some sort of control system be 
worked out so that one girl won't have You Can Tell 
more than three or four term papers to 

You can always tell a Junior by thewrite in one semester. Under the pres way he holds his chest,
ent system, one girl may have as many And you can tell a Senior by the neat¬ 
as nine term papers of one sort or an ness of his dress.

other, in addition to the regular lec¬ 

Then you can tell a "rat" by his good

ture and discussion periods. Agnes remarks and such.

Scott is not so much over-organized You can always tell a Sophomore, but 
as it is over-term-paperized! 

you can't tell him much.

That no extra charge be made for 
day students who are the guests of 
boarders at meals. After all, the board 
ers miss many meals at the college— 

AUSTIN BEAUTY SHOP

enough to justify occasional hospital¬ 
ity to the day students. E. Court Square 
That students be allowed some judg¬ 

Decatur, Ga.

ment about the use of their lights at 
night. 

Dennis Lindsey Printing Co. 
(Incorporated) 

OFFICE FORMS—LEGAL BLANKS 

PUBLICATIONS—STATIONERY 

421 Church St. DEarborn 0976 Decatur, Ga. 

.$•ifr tfrifr tfrfr»». >»«*1. 
f 
Silhouette Tea Room I 
WEIL'S 10c STORE 

HOURS: | 
7:30-2:00 f

Has Most Anything You Need 

| 4:00-7:00 f 
| 10:00-10:30 * 

L. CHAJAGE 
220 PEACHTREE ST. 

Expert Remodeling 
DIXIE'S LEADING FURRIER 


The Agonistic 

BOOK NOTES 

Trhtam—Edward Arlington Robin¬ 
son. 

A twentieth century interpretation 
of the never-ending legend, told with 
the poet's usual mystical turn of 
phrase and rhythmic beauty of emo¬ 
tion. 

The Rebel Prophet, T. Crouther 
Gordon. 

Several thoughtful studies in the 
personality of the prophet, Jeremiah. 
He is revealed as optimist, poet, mystic, 
statesman in Israel; his spiritual com¬ 
plexity and philosophy of life are con¬ 
trasted by a careful analysis with the 
more divine nature and teachings of 
Christ. 

Matthew Arnold, Stuart P. Sherman. 
The American critic presents an ap¬ 
preciative analysis of the English poet 

and essayist; his artistic evolution; his 
thorughly Hellenistic theories of life 
and art; his contributions to the social 
and religious bought of Victorian Eng¬ 
land; his position as a literary critic. 

The Collected Prose of Elinor Wylie. 

A beautiful edition of the narratives 
and impressionistic tales of the poetess, 
including "Jennie for Lorn," "The 
Orphan Angel," and "Fugitive Prose." 

The Book of fob as a Greek Trag¬ 
edy, H. M. Kaller. 

A discussion of the sources of Job, 
the basic principles of Joban philos¬ 
ophy, and its dramatic potentialities as 
presented in the Bible. The author 
proves his theory by an arrangement 
of the Biblical text into a regular Greek 
tragedy with prologue and epilogue, 
chorus and protagonist. 

KEY TO CURRENT HISTORY 
(Continued from page 2, column 3) 

Foreign diplomats in Japan's capital 
last week were sent scurrying to for¬ 
ward information to their respective 
nations by a statement of Japan's 
"hands off" policy, made by the 
spokesman for the Japanese foreign of¬ 
fice. In this new policy Japan styles 
herself protector of peace in Asia, but 
the announcement has a distinctly 
war-like flavor. Japan, so she says, 
"may be compelled to resort to force" 
if efforts are made to interfere in 
Oriental affairs, Japan herself being 
the judge as to whether or not at¬ 
tempts to aid China will fall into such 
a category. In Washington the declar¬ 
ation was received with official silence. 
In London the British government 
threatens to hold up trade talks with 
Japan until some satisfactory explan¬ 
ation is given. It is thought that for 

the time at least Japan's activities as 
"stabilizing force of Asia' will be con¬ 
fined to Manchuria and northern 
China. 

The shattering of broken glass from 
an automobile last week marked a new 
experience in the life of Mahatma 
Gandhi, champion of India's "un¬ 
touchables." The attack is reported to 
have been made by orthodox Hindus, 
enraged by Ghandhi's campaign to aid 
the oppressed classes. Because of in¬ 
creasing opposition to his movement 
the leader is contemplating a period of 
severe penance. 

Freshman-Sophs 

Win Water Polo 

With the final game (6-S) played 
last Wednesday afternoon, April 25, 
the freshman-sophomore team won the 
spring water polo season, defeating the 
junior-senior team by a score in games 
of 4-1. 

Usual good work was done by Cof¬ 
fee and Gordon, opposing forwards; 
also by Waterman, senior forward, in 
passing, and by Johnson, freshman 
forward, with a surprisingly fast goal. 

The line-up was: 

Junior-Senior Eresloman-Sophomore 
Gordon, r.f. (2) McCallie, r.f. (2) 
Waterman, l.f. (2) Handte, l.f. 
Cassel, c. (1) Coffee, c. (1) 
Fountain, g.g. Forman, g.g. 
McMullen, r.g. Lasseter, r.g. 
Fisher, l.g. Printup, l.g. 

Substitutions for the freshman-
sophomores: Jackson (1), Johnson 
(2), Paris, Scott, Richardson; for the 
junior-seniors: Edwards. Referee, Miss 
Harriette Haynes. 

MISS WILBURN ASKS 
USE OF TAP SHOES 

Miss Wilburn requests that all peo¬ 
ple who have tap shoes and who are 
not using them in May Day bring them 
to the gym sometime before Friday. 
She especially requests that all names 
be in the shoes so there will be no 
mistake in returning them to the own-

Elected an honorary life member of 
the New York Evening Sun's Sun Club 
was Elder Statesman Elihu Root, 88, 
one-time (1905-09) Secretary of State, 
Nobel Peace Prize winner (1912), 
one-time Sun dramatic critic, one-time 
Sun attorney. He accepted a silver 
card of membership, commented: 
"This makes me a bimetalist."—Time. 

One of America's oddest railroad 
accidents, which occurred a few years 
ago, was caused by a sea elephant be¬ 
longing to a circus. While riding in 
his railway carriage on a night run be¬ 
tween cities, he suddenly turned over 
in his sleep, so shifting his weight that 
he derailed the train.—Collier's. 

One of the professors of German 
at Louisiana State University has been 
recently accused of being a Nazi prop¬ 
agandist and of even wearing a mus¬ 
tache like Hitler. The Reveille, the 
student paper, immediately suggested 
a remedy—that of the professor's 
shaving off his mustache. At least, 
this might disgpiise him for a while. 

HOME 
Home does not have to be a castle, 
Nor a mansion with a dome; 
It can be a shack by the railroad track 
And still be home sweet home. 

Home does not have to be in a city, 
On the seashore where the waters 
foam; 
It can be just a space; it can be any 
place 
And still be home sweet home. 

"Why do you suppose people seem 
to be all tired out when April 1st 
comes?" asked an inquiring person. 

"It's natural," somebody spoke up. 
"They've just completed a March of 
3 1 days, haven't they?" 

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE 
DECATUR, GA. 

A college for women that is widely recogttized 
for its standards of work and for the 
interesting character of its student activities 

For further information, address 

J. R. McCain, President 

How About A 

Dating Bureau? 

Syracuse, N. Y.— (NSFA) —Be¬ 
cause a feminine student at Syracuse 
University addressed a letter to the 
Campus Opinion of the Syracuse Daily 
Orange regarding the scarcity of dates 
for the co-eds, more campus comment 
has resulted than at any other time this 
year. So many protests were received 
from the men, who pointed out the 
financial impossibility of leading any 
sort of social life, that a large number 
of them could not be printed for lack 
of space. According to statistics ad¬ 
vanced by one defender of his sex, 
1,700 of the men students at Syracuse 
are either working to pay part of their 
expenses or have attempted unsuccess¬ 
fully to find employment and are 
therefore barely able to remain in col¬ 
lege. 

Among the suggestions made to ef¬ 
fect a remedy are a campus date bureau 
which would arrange dates requiring 
no expenditure on the part of applic¬ 
ants, and weekly or bi-weekly dances 
where music would be provided by an 
inexpensive local orchestra. In com¬ 
menting editorially on the "evidence 
of the students' maladjustment to a 
time when finances are too small to 
enjoy the usual pleasures," the Daily 
Orange suggests museum exhibits, the 
musical progams offered by the col¬ 

lege, and the use of originality in plan¬ 
ning inexpensive entertainment. 

A band of wandering scholars study¬ 
ing, not books, but men's faces and 
hearts and souls, under the direction 
of Dr. Charles T. Loram, professor of 
Education at Yale, recently made a 
two weeks trip through the "black 
belt" of the south visiting, among 
other schools, Hampton Institute, Vir¬ 
ginia, Atlanta University, Tuskegee 
Institute, Alabama, and Fisk Univers¬ 
ity, Nashville. The men who made 
up the group came together from New 
Zealand, South Africa, Hawaii, Hol¬ 
land, and the United States. 

LOVE 
In all this whole wide world today 
Love is expressed in every way; 
The floivers are nodding their heads 

to say 
That they love each other more every 
day. 

On a perch sits a pretty white dove 
Wooing his mate with a song of love; 
At time we may drift apart 
But love creeps back to the once cold 

heart. 

Athletic Banquet 

Proves Success 

The celebration of this year's round 
of sports was accompanied by chicken 
and ice cream at the annual Athletic 
Banquet held in Rebekah Scott dining 
room, Friday evening, April 27, at 6 
o'clock. 

The theme of the merriment was 
Old King Cole and his court snatched 
straight from Mother Goose. The presi¬ 
dents of the Athletic Association were 
the Kings: Margaret Massie, the out¬ 
going president, who gave her crown 

to Frances McCalla, the new presi¬ 
dent of A. A., and Laura Spivey and 
Miss Blanche Miller, former A. A. 
presidents. Miss Llewellyn Wilburn, 
Miss Harriette Haynes, and Page 
Ackerman functioned as the Fiddlers 
Three. Rhymed toasts were proposed 
as each old member of Athletic Board 
placed her Mother Goose hat on the 
head of her successor. 

This year, in addition to team mem¬ 
bers, board member, and faculty ad¬ 
visers, the members of the Tennis and 
Outing clubs and day students were 
invited. Dr. George P. Hayes and Mr. 
Lewis H. Johnson, formerly guest 
umpires of baseball, and Miss Nannette 
Hopkins were also present. 

After the banquet, the out-going 
members of Board entertained the new 
members with an informal reception 
in the gym. 

Some advise: The modern maiden 
who keeps her boy friend in hot water 
all the time should not complain if he 
becomes hard-boiled, says the Univer¬ 
sity of Southern California Trojan. 

Try Our 

SANDWICHES 

We Make Them Right 

LAWRENCE'S 

PHARMACY 

Phones De. 0762-0763 

•*:*♦>•j-4-•>*i*<••! 

The 
Burning 
Question 

What is your favorite complexion for Summer— 
lily white or high brown? 

If you choose lily white skin, Elizabeth Arden 
recommends Ardena Sun-Pruf Cream or Ardena 
Projecta Cream. If you prefer the high 
brown tone use Elizabeth Arden's Ideal Suntan 
Oil. 

Toiletries—Street Floor 
Consultation Room—Second Floor 

Re0er\steir\s 
^GACttTRee • STCYRG 

AT THE THEATRES 

Georgia 

Now 

"REGISTERED 

NURSE" 

with 
BEBE DANIELS 
LYLE TALBOT 
News—Shorts 

BEGINS FRIDAY, MAY 4th 

1 

WARNER 
STAND 

BAXTER 

UP Madge Evans 
Sylvia Froos 
AND John Boles 
James Dunn 

CHEER Aunt Jemima 
Shirley Temple 
Arthur Byron 
Ralph Morgan 

News—Shorts Nick Foran 
Nigel Bruce 
Mitchell & Durant 
FOX and Stepin Fetchit 

Cpammoant' THEATRE * 

NOW 

Barbara Stanwyck 

"GAMBLING LADY" 

with 
JOEL McCREA 
PAT O'BRIEN 

STARTS FRIDAY 
The Weirdest Story Ever Filmed 

"The Black Cat" 
with 
BORIS KARLOFF 
BELA LUGOSI 

Thursday 

MRS. FANE'S BABY 

IS STOLEN 

DEKALB THEATRE 

Mon. & Tues. 

MOULIN ROUGE 

BAILEY BROS. SHOE SHOP 
142 Sycamore St. 
Decatur 
Serving the Students of 

A. S. C. for 30 Years 

MARTIN BEAUTY SHOPPE * 

* 

4*

Character Wigs 

* 

<•

Rented for Plays 

* 

+ 
Phone Dearborn 2671 

%

* 

Cards and Gifts for 
Mother's Day 

May 13 

WOMAN'S EXCHANGE 

Theatre Bldg. 

•f++4,44<4"i>4"M,4,4"f'4,4*+'5*4'4*4"M*4,,H* 

+ t

Visit T 

THE DIANA-DEANE 
BEAUTY SALON 
202 Grand Theatre Bldg. 
Jackson 8733 
4"M"M>4*4'4'+4'++4'4"M'**++++++4.+



IN 
AGGIE 

VOL. XX AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1934 NO. 1 

EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY 
LECTURES HERE NOVEMBER 23 

Edna St. Vincent Millay, widely-
known American poet, will be present¬ 
ed by the Lecture Association on the 
night of Friday, November 23, in the 
gymnasium as the first of the 1934-3 5 
program of lectures. Miss Millay, who 
is appearing before very few audiences 
on her tour, will read from her poems, 
including selections from her new vol¬ 
ume, Wine from the Grapes, to be pub¬ 
lished in October. 

The ticket sale held on the campus 
last week was very successful, accord¬ 
ing to Frances Espy, president of the 
Association. Tickets are being offered 
to students at fifty cents for general 
admission and seventy-five cents for 
reserved seats. Another sale will be 
held during the week preceding the lec¬ 
ture, from November 16 to 23, and 
tickets will be on sale at Davison-
Paxon Company and at Decatur and 
Atlanta high schools for those other 
than Agnes Scott students who will 
wish to take advantage of this oppor¬ 
tunity to hear Miss Millay. 

Edna Millay was invited because of 
the large number of requests from the 
students in former years for her ap¬ 
pearance. Suggestions from the stu¬ 
dents as to speakers for the other lec¬ 
tures to be heard this year are encour¬ 
aged by the Association. A season pro¬ 
gram has not been planned, because the 
Association feel that a better series can 
be arranged by offering separate pre¬ 
sentations, but the admission prices for 
later programs will not exceed those 
for the first lecture. In this way pa¬ 
trons may attend only those lectures 
in which they are interested; also lec¬ 
turers may be secured later in the year 
who might not have been available at 
the time a season program had ro be 
announced in advance. 

New Plans Made 

For Pi Alpha Phi 

A new system of operation will be 
inaugurated by Pi Alpha Phi, debat¬ 
ing club, with the annual fall tryouts 
to be held on Friday, October 15. 

Students trying out for membership 
will debate in teams of two or four, 
with four-minute speeches and rebut¬ 
tals, instead of the longer speeches by 
each student, without opposition. 
There will be a poster on the bulletin 
board of Main announcing the time 
and place of the tryouts and subjects 
to be chosen. Freshmen are not elig¬ 
ible, but sophomores and upperclassmen 
may sign on the poster. 

Other changes were discussed at the 
first meeting of the club, held on 
Thursday, September 27. Debates at 
the regular meetings will be followed 
by open forum, and speakers will an¬ 
nounce their subjects at the meeting 
preceding their debate so that the 
members may read on the subject. The 
subjects chosen will be on current 
topics, and of a more serious nature 
than those chosen in former years. 

FACULTY ENTERTAINS 
FOR NEW MEMBERS 

On Saturday night, October 6, the 
faculty will give its first bacon bat of 
this year in honor of the new faculty 
members. The second-year faculty, 
those who came last fall, will be in 
charge of the arrangements. 

Bacon bats are bonfire picnics held 
cut in the woods. All members of the 
faculty, including fellows, attend 
them. The bat on Saturday night will 
be held near Ice Cream Springs, ac¬ 
cording to Dr. S. M. Christian, who 
is chairman of the arrangements com¬ 
mittee. 

Ail-Star Concert 

Tickets Sold Here 

Season tickets for the All-Star Con¬ 
cert Series of 1934-35 have been on 
sale today in Buttrick Hall bv Mr. 
Marvin McDonald, director of the 
series, at a special price to students. 
The partial payment plan, introduced 
last year, was continued, and box-seats 
have been reserved for Agnes Scott 
girls. 

Mr. McDonald, also the president of 
the Atlanta Philharmonic Society 
which makes possible the presentation 
of concerts each year, spoke in chapel 
Friday morning, Sepember 28, outlin¬ 
ing the attractions to be offered this 
year. 

Besides four prominent members of 
the Metropolitan Opera Company, the 
Concert Series brings to Atlanta the 
brilliant young violinist Yehudi Menuhin, 
the San Carlo Opera Company, 

which opens its season with "Madame 
Butterfly," featuring Hizi Koyke, 
Japanese soprano, in the title role, and 
the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra 
in the title role. 

The San Carlo Opera Company, of 
which Fortune Gallo is impressario, is 
celebrating its "silver jubilee season" 
in America. Monday, October 1, the 
company opened a four-week engage¬ 
ment in Chicago, and is booked for 
forty-two weeks on a tour of Amer¬ 
ica. They will be presented here in 
six operas within four days, January 
2-5, but only the first opera, "Madame 
Butterfly," will be included in the 
All-Star Concert Series. 

Lucrezia Bori sings here Thursday, 
October 18; Lawrence Tibbett, Friday, 
November 9; Nino Martini, tenor, and 
Crete Stueckgold, soprano, in joint re¬ 
cital, Thanksgiving evening, Novem¬ 
ber 29. 

Yehudi Menuhin, American boy 
genius of the violin, will conclude the 
current series with his recital on Wed¬ 
nesday evening, February 20. 

Students Go To 

Council Meeting 

The Inter-Collegiate Council of At¬ 
lanta held its first meeting of the year 
at the Phillis Wheatly branch of the Y. 

W. C. A. in Atlanta, on Sunday after¬ 
noon, September 30, at 4:30 o'clock. 
Martha Crenshaw, Adalaide Stevens, 
Lois Hart, Nell Allison, and Lulu 
Ames attended from Agnes Scott Col¬ 
lege. 

The Inter-Collegiate Council is made 
up of representatives from: the five 
Negro colleges, Atlanta University, 
Morehouse College, Spelman College, 
Clark University and Gammon The¬ 
ological Seminary, and from the three 
white colleges, Emory University, 
Georgia Tech, and Agnes Scott College. 
In the spring, by joint consent, the In-' 
terracial Forum combined with the 
Council both in organization and pur¬ 
pose. The aim of the Council is to 
bring about a better, more complete 
understanding between college students 

of the two races. 

The meeting on Sunday was devoted 
to discussion of this year's program. 
The representatives from Emory pre¬ 
sented an outline of the program to be 
followed at Emory during this session. 
Plans for tours to Negro campuses 
were discussed as a poet of the work 
of the Council. 

The next meeting of the Council 
will be held at Gammon Theological 
Seminary, on Sunday, October 14. 

Dr. McCain Returns 

From Extended Trip 

President J. R. McCain returned to 
the campus on Friday, September 28, 
after an extended trip to Birmingham, 
Ala., and points in the East. 

In Birmingham he made an address 
before the College Club, an organiza¬ 
tion whose members are drawn from 
the faculties and trustees of Birming¬ 
ham institutions. From there he went 
to Philadelphia to confer with repre¬ 
sentatives of the Presser Foundation 
and to discuss with them the plans 
for the new Music Hall at Agnes Scott. 

Dr. McCain attended the Fourth 
Annual Conference on Current Prob¬ 
lems in New York City. To this par¬ 
ticular conference, 4500 tickets were 
issued; requests for tickets numbered 
approximately 36,400. Agnes Scott 
was most fortunate in receiving three 
invitations, Dr. McCain said. Out of 
fifty-eight speeches, thirty-two were 
broadcast, including the opening ad¬ 
dress made by Mrs. Franklin D. Roose¬ 
velt, and those by Homer S. Cummings, 
Mrs. Pearl Buck, and Mrs. Car¬ 
rie Chapman Catt. There were speeches 
on all phases of current problems, ac¬ 
cording to Dr. McCain, and the points 
of view of foreign nations were pre¬ 
sented by means of inter-national 
broadcasts. The Honorable Franklin 
Roosevelt closed the conference. 

"This conference was one of the 
most interesting that I have ever been 
privileged to attend. I am, of course, 
very happy to be back on the campus 
and in my office," Dr. McCain said in 
conclusion. 

Faculty Members 

Added to Group 

The changes made in the teaching 
staff and in the faculty group for the 
current school year include the addition 
of two new professors, the return of a 
former instructor, and of six gaduates 
who have been granted fellowships. 

Dr. T. W. Whitiker is acting as¬ 
sistant professor of biology this year; 
he fills the place of Dr. Mary Westall 
who has been granted a leave of ab¬ 
sence for the session 1934-3 5. Dr. 
Whitiker holds degrees from the Uni¬ 
versity of California and the Univer¬ 
sity of Virginia. • For the past three 
years he has served as Research Assist¬ 
ant and Professor of Genetics at Har¬ 
vard University, Cambridge, Mass. 

Miss Ellen Douglas Leyburn, an 
Agnes Scott alumna, has been made a 
member of the English department. 
Miss Leyburn took her Master's degree 
from Radcliffe and her Doctor's from 
Yale University, specializing in Eng¬ 
lish Literature of the Eighteenth Cent¬ 
ury. She is instructor of English at 
the college this year. Miss Anna 
Christie, who has been studying at the 
University of Chicago during her two 
years' leave of absence, returned this 
fall to her place in the English depart¬ 
ment. 

Fellowships were granted to Nancy 
Rogers, '34, in Biology; Polly Vaughan, 
'34, in Spoken English, and Thelma 

(Continued on page 4, column 1) 

AGONISTIC TRYOUTS 
Tryouts for reporters on the 
Agonistic staff, which may be 
news articles or features, are to 
be turned in to Loice Richards or 
Lulu Ames, or placed in the 
Agonistic box in the staff room 
in Hain, by 6 o'clock Saturday 
night. Tryouts are open to mem¬ 
bers of all classes. 

FRESHMAN-SOPHOMORE STUNTS 
TO BE PRESENTED OCTOBER 13 

Y.W.Announces 

Budget Campaign 

The Y. W. C. A. opened the 19343 
5 budget campaign yesterday with 
the presentation in chapel of the bud¬ 
get by Lena Armstrong, treasurer. 

Mimeographed copies of the budget 
were distributed to the students and 
faculty members at chapel, and Lena 
read and explained the parts of the 
proposed plan. Pledge cards are to be 
distributed during this week by special 
students to those on their lists, and the 
effort will be made to have the entire 
amount pledged by the end of this 
week. 

The proposed budget follows: 

I. World-wide Service: 

(a) Miss Emily Winn $500.00 
(b) Nat'l Student Council 180.00 
(c) World Student Chris¬ 
tian Federation 25.00 


$705.00 

II. Training for Service: 

(a) State Conference $ 15.00 
(b) Southern Reg. Conf 100.00 
(c) Nat'l Student Ass'n 100.00 


$215.00 

III. Developing Religious Life on the 

Campus: 
Week of Services $100.00 

IV. Special Service for Students: 

(a) Handbook and Printing $ 104.00 
(b) Receptions 50.00 
(c) Committee Expenses 
and Emergencies 15 0.00 


$254.00 
Grand TotaL $1,274.00 

Honor Drive Ends 

With Address 

The address by Judge Frank Jenkins, 
prominent Atlanta jurist, at chapel 
Saturday morning, September 29, 
brought to a close the Honor Drive 
sponsored during the past week by the 
Student Government Association. 
Judge Jenkins spoke on the relationship 
of the honor system to citizenship, 
bringing out various phases of human 
relationships and fundamental qualities. 

The general plan of the drive, which 
is the first to be held since Student 
Government was adopted at Agnes 
Scott, was outlined in a chapel talk on 
Tuesday, September 2 5, by Miss Car¬ 
rie Scandrett. Her subject was "Our 
Honor System," and she made clear 
the scope of the system and the ways 
in which it affects college life. 

Discussion groups for the soph¬ 
omores, juniors, and seniors were held 
Thursday morning, under the leader¬ 
ship of eighteen members of the senior 
class. They were: Mary Virginia Allen, 
Vella Marie Behm, Mary Boggs, Mar¬ 
ian Calhoun, Caroline Dickson, Mary 
Janes Evans, Mary Green, Betty Lou 
Flouck, Caroline Long, Carolyn Mc-
Callum, Frances McCalla, Alberta 
Palmour, Nell Pattillo, Martha Red-
wine, Loice Richards, Hester Anne 
Withers, and Jacqueline Woolfolk. 

The theme carried out during the 
week on the campus and in the discus¬ 
sion groups was "a true understanding 
of the honor system on which our Stu¬ 
dent Government is based, and on 
Which depends the success of its operanon. 


With the interest of practically the 
entire student body focused on the 
sleekness of His Majesty, the Black Cat, 
plans are well under way for the fresh¬ 
man and sophomore stunts which are 
to be presented in the gymnasium on 
Saturday night, October 13. 

Barbara Hertwig, sophomore stunt 
chairman, declines to discuss the sub¬ 
ject, except to say that she "is sure the 
stunt will be a great success." 

Frostie Brown, who was elected 
stunt chairman by the freshman class, 
says, "It's going to be a grand stunt. 
If we win, it will be because of the 
ready cooperation of the girls. They've 
been swell." 

Barbara has named the following 
committees for the sophomores: 

Writing: Laura Steele, chairman; 
June Matthews, Rachel Shamos, 
Frances Wilson, Elizabeth Allison. 

Properties: Nellie Margaret Gilroy, 
chairman; Martha Summers, Mary 
King, Fannie B. Harris, Mary Malone. 

Decorations: Julia Thing, chairman; 
Mary Gillespie, Frances Gary, Anne 
Walker, Florence Lasseter. 

Costume: Eloisa Alexander, chair¬ 
man; Betty Hollis, Ora Muse, Lucele 
Cairns, Rachel Kennedy, Wynunee Mc-
Camy, Jean Kirkpatrick, Betty Willis, 
Mildred Tilly, Elizabeth McKee. 

Dance: Billy Turner, chairman; 

Nancy Moorer, Wita Moreland, Chrys


anthy Tuntas. 

Program: Dorothy Jester, chairman, 
Marie Stalker, Alice Taylor, Frances 
Balkcom, Louise Brown, Elizabeth Perrin. 


Cheer leaders: Marie Stalker, Rachel 

Kennedy. 

Frostie has appointed the following 

girls to the freshman committees: 

(Continued on page 6, column 3) 

Honor Students 

Are Announced 

Thirty-four students were named o 
the class honor lists for the 1933-3 
school year by President J. R. McCai 
at a special chapel service, Saturda 
morning, September 22. Professo 
Lucile Alexander, head of the Frenc 
department, was the speaker for th 
occasion. 

The program was preceded by a: 
academic procession by members of th 
faculty. Following a brief devotions 
service, Miss Alexander outlined th 
ideals and aims of the liberal college 
and spoke of the ways in which Agne 
Scott prepares her students to mee 
these standards. 

The honor roll follows: 

Class of 1935: Martha Allen, Dor 
othy Bell, Mary Boggs, Willie Florenc 
Eubanks, Betty Fountain, Katherin 
Hertzka, Anna Humber, Frances Mc 
Calla, Clara Morrison, Eva Poliakoff 
Margaret Robins, Grace Robinson, am 
Isabel Shipley. 

Class of 1936: Shirley Christian 
Elizabeth Forman, Lita Goss, Jane 
Gray, Ethelyn Johnson, Augusta King 
Edith Merlin, Sarah Nichols, Man 
Snow, and Mary Walker. 

Class of 1937: Kathryn Bowen 
Louise Brown, Frances Gary, Lucik 
Dennison, Barbara Hertwig, Isabe 
McCain, Elizabeth Perrin, Kathryi 
Printup, Rachel Shamos, Mildred Tilly 

and Frances Wilson. 

MARY M. STOWE IS 
NEW JUNIOR OFFICER 

Mary Margaret Stowe was elected 
secretary-treasurer of the junior class 
to succeed Frances Miller, who did not 
return this year, at a special election 
held by the class Saturday morning, 
September 29. 

65958 


©I)e Agonistic 
Subscription price, S1.25 per year in advance. Single copies, 5c. 
Owned and published by the students of Agnes Scott College. 
Entered as Second Class Matter. 

STAFF 
Loice Richards Nell Patttllo 
Editor-in-Chief Business Manager 
Lulu Ames Alice Chamlee 
Assistant Editor Advertising Manager 
Edith Merlin Eva Constantine 
Feature Make-Up 
Mary Boggs Elizabeth Thrasher 
Book Notes Circulation 
Vera Pruet Kathryn Bowen 
Society Business Assistant 
Laura Steele Kitty Cunningham 
Alumnae Business Assistant 
Frances Balkcom Laura Steele 
Club Business Assistant 
Lucille Cairns Kitty Printup 
Exchange Sports 
Margaret Robins Celia Hoffman 
Current History Jokes 

INTRODUCTION 

This issue of the Agonistic is the first number of the twent¬ 
ieth volume, and with it we wish to inaugurate the plans which 
the 1934-3 5 staff will carry out. 

We are adopting as a definite editorial policy the stimulation 
of interest in current events. The value of such a program is 
self-evident; its development will be fascinating to those inter¬ 
ested in the significant occurrences about us; and, while the need 
is possibly no greater at our own than at any other college, it is 
our belief that we may arouse, express, interpret, and to some 
degree direct ideas along the lines of intercollegiate and world¬ 
wide problems and events. 

No better expression of the aims we hold for the year can be 
found than the preamble to the Covenant of the recently organ¬ 
ized Association of College Editors: 

"To stimulate the interest of students throughout the world 
in promoting international understanding and cooperation in the 
hope of ultimately achieving and insuring international peace 
and security; to arouse the students in the several countries to 
seek to understand and obtain an honest, intelligent, and efficient 
government; to enlist the aid of all students in securing a higher 
and sounder standard of living in the spirit of the greatest good 
for the greatest number; to provide media for public expression 
and direction of the thoughts and energies of both undergraduate 
and graduate students interested in realizing these aims; to pro¬ 
mote progressive education." 

The "Current History" column will be developed to be of 
more general interest, and the longer discussions will be supple¬ 
mented by short comments and notes. Contributions will be 
encouraged, for through it we may provide a medium for stim¬ 
ulation and expression to have a very real influence on student 
thought. 

It shall be our purpose also to uphold the ideals of Agnes 
Scott, even while working for the best practical interests of the 
students, for we maintain that the supreme test of good journal¬ 
ism is the measure of its public service. 

In this connection a change is being made in the "We Think" 
column. Too often a feature providing an opportunity for free 
expression by the students is abused. Prejudice protected by 
anonymity and even untruths which were actively detrimental 
to the college have been published as fact. Yet, we feel, a column 
for the voicing of student opinion is profitable, and we will con¬ 
tinue "We Think" with this change: contributions must be 
signed. Names will not be published, but will be kept on file in 
the Agonistic office. The file will be open to any student or 
faculty member interested in making an inquiry. 

A temporary change is being made also in the mechanics of 
the paper. Instead of appearing weekly, the Agonistic will be 
published as a bi-weekly, containing six pages in most of the 
issues, until after the Christmas holidays. The plan is subject to 
further change if the student budget is supported well enough to 
lighten the burden the advertising staff must carry to support 
a weekly paper of the type that the Agonistic has always been. 

We hope to keep the same high standards of clear thinking 
and clear statement, of fairness, cleanness, and helpful truth, 
which have been held in the past. To carry out a program for 
growth in advertising, news, and editorial columns, we shall be 
dependent on suggestions and criticisms from the students and 
faculty. At the same time we sincerely desire tolerance, encour¬ 
agement and support. 

The Agonistic 

F. P. A. EXTENDS 
PLANS FOR STUDENTS 

Students will be interested in the 

plans of the Foreign Policy Associa¬ 

tion for extending its facilities to the 

academic world during the coming sea¬ 

son, which come to us in a news re¬ 

lease from the Association. 

The F. P. A. is an organization 

whose purpose it is to make available 

to the American public accurate, im¬ 

partial and timely information regard¬ 

ing world problems. Organized in 

1918, with national headquarters in 

New York, it now has branches in 17 

cities and its more than ten thousand 

members are distributed throughout 48 

states and 2 8 foreign countries. 

"This past year under the leadership 
of Raymond Leslie Buell, the Associa¬ 
tion has greatly extended its influence 
and activities. Particularly noteworthy 
has been its publication, with the 
World Peace Foundation, of Secretary 
Wallace's provocative pamphlet Amer¬ 
ica Must Choose, sales of which have 
reached nearly 100,000 copies. The F. 

P. A. has also initiated a series of Foreign 
Policy Committees, comprised of 
distinguished men in public life, whose 
reports have played an important role 
in the shaping of United States policy 

on international questions. A somewhat 
similar service was performed this sum¬ 
mer for the Cuban Government in the 
organization, at Cuba's request, of a 
special commission of enquiry which 
has made an exhaustive study of the 
social, political and economic problems 
facing the island republic. The report 
of this commission will be made pub"
ic within a few weeks. 

The oldest and best known feature 
of its work is the discussion meetings 
held by the various branches during the 
winter months at which authoritative 
speakers present two or more differing 
points of view on current international 
problems. The Association through a 
research staff of ten members also meets 
a vital need of students of foreign af¬ 
fairs by means of four series of pub¬ 
lications. These include weekly bul¬ 
letins containing a lively interpreta¬ 
tion of current events of international 
importance; a weekly Washington let¬ 
ter prepared by the head of the bureau 
maintained by the F. P. A. at the cap¬ 
ital; fortnightly reports which give the 

background as well as the immediate 
phases of certain selected problems; to¬ 
gether with a pamphlet series whcih 
was inaugurated last winter in cooper¬ 
ation with the World Peace Founda¬ 
tion. 

"According to the Association's new 
plan a special membership for the 
academic year will be open to all regu¬ 
larly accredited full-time students at 
one-fifth of the regular dues. Publica¬ 
tions are also to be available for class


(Coutinued on page 3, column 3) 

STUDENTS ADOPT 
INTERRACIAL CREED 

A release from the Press Service of 
the Commission on Interracial Cooper¬ 
ation of Atlanta, entitled "Students 
Adopt Race Relations Creed" will be 
of particular interest to members of the 
Interracial Committee of the Y. W. C. 

A. and to the many students on the 
campus interested in the subject. 

Many college students who are genu¬ 
inely concerned about the interracial 
question are nevertheless uncertain as 
to what they should do about it. In an 
effort to answer this question for them¬ 
selves the students of Sacred Heart 
College, New York, recently adopted a 
simple personal program embodying 
the following points: 

1. To maintain that the Negro is a 
human being and a citizen, and en¬ 
titled to rights accordingly. 
2. To be courteous and kind to colored 
people and patient in remembering 
their past and present handicaps. 
3. To say a kind word for Negroes on 
every proper occasion. 
4. To avoid offensive and contemptu¬ 
ous epithets when referring to color¬ 
ed people. 
5. To seek fuller information as to the 
conditions and problems of the 
Negro race. 
This simple pactical program is com¬ 


mended to every interested student as 
(Continued on page 6, column 1) 

ALUMNAE 

Two alumnae of Agnes Scott College 
visited recently on the campus: Emily 
Dodge, ex-'36, was a guest at the 
Alumnae Flouse during opening week 
of the college. Chopin Hudson, '31, 
spent the week-end of September 15 
here. Chopin is one of the physiother¬ 
apists at Warm Springs Foundation, 
Georgia. 

Numerous weddings, past, present, 
and future, have come into the lives of 
Agnes Scott graduates: 

Katherine Woltz, '32, will be mar¬ 
ried to Holcombe T. Green on Octo¬ 
ber 16. 

Penelope Brown, '32, will marry Dr. 

C. F. Barnett on October 9. 

Nancy Kamper, '34, was married, on 
September 22, to Henry Johnson Miller. 

Ruth Pirkle, '22, former instructor 
in biology here, was married on June 
9 to Edmond Callis Berkeley. 

The engagement of Margaret Tel-
ford, '3 3, to Alfred St. Amant has 
been announced; the wedding is to be 
next June. 

On June 5, Mallie White, ex-'34, 
was married to William Marvin Regen, 
of Franklin, Tenn. 

The birth of two future Hottentots 
have been announced: 

Mary (Miller) Brown, '32, an¬ 
nounces the birth of a daughter, Mary 
Lewis Brown, on September 12. 

Hazel (Turner) Kump, ex-'34, an¬ 
nounces the birth of her daughter on 
August 13; the child has been christen¬ 
ed Hazel Turner Kump. 

Now to get the news of a few Exes: 

Doris Batsell, ex-'3 6, is now attend¬ 
ing the University of Alabama. 

Elizabeth Espy, ex-'37, is at the 
University of Alabama, also. Rumor 
hath it that she prepares herself for the 
legal practice. 

A Key to Current 

History 

; The resignation of Hugh S. John-
j son, former New Deal administrator, 
i has fallen into the files of unsolved 
| government secrets. While numerous 
! private theories seek to explain his act, 
official comment is conspicuous only bv 
reason of its absence. The split between 
| Johnson and Richberg over N. R. A. 
j reorganization is thought to have some 
! definite bearing on the situation, but 

both men remain noncommittal. 

This sudden change of leadership 

leads to further speculation as to the 

nature of the proposed New Deal re¬ 

vision. Roosevelt describes the ap¬ 

proaching change as evolutionary 

rather than abrupt. Its exact nature, 

however, remains to be disclosed when 

plans have been fully completed. 

Recent primaries held by 12 states 
have occupied the nation's political 
spotlight, brickbats between rival can¬ 
didates and bouquets from their sup¬ 
porters falling thick and fast. In spite 
of dire predictions and ominous gather¬ 
ings of armed troops in New Orleans, 
Huey "Kingfish" Long's men were 
reelected with very few fireworks. 
Meanwhile the reelection of a Dem¬ 
ocratic governor in Maine, a supposed¬ 
ly Republican state, has proved the 
surprise of the season. 

Prince George of Great Britain and 
his fiancee, Princess Marina of Greece, 
made the headlines last week by for¬ 
saking the royal tradition of grandeur 
and traveling from the Balkans second 
class. "We came second class to econ¬ 
omize now that we are to set up 
housekeeping," Princess Marina ex¬ 
plained. It may be noted that the 
Prince's income after his marriage will 
total 8125,000 per year. Breaking an¬ 
other established custom and defying 
the current slogan "Buy British," the 
prospective bride has purchased much 
of her trousseau in Paris. 

At the Second International Motion 
Picture Exposition in Italy last week, 
the prize for the most entertaining film 
was awarded Frank Capra's If Happen¬ 
ed One Night. Gold medals went to 
Wallace Beery, Katherine Hepburn, 
and Mickey Mouse, a universal favorite. 

Y. W. C. A. COLUMN 

By Lena Armstrong 

Living in the world today means 
sharing; sharing means giving; giving 
means power. The Y. W. C. A. this 
week is turning the campus into a 
power plant in putting on the Budget 
Campaign. A sum of $1,274 is to be 
obtained through voluntary pledges. 
Each person on the campus will be seen 
individually during the week by a so¬ 
licitor, and twice each day a "rise in 
temperature" on the large thermometer 
placed in the lobby of Buttrick Hall 
will show the relative increase in the 
pledges made. 

The money is used by the Y. W. C. 

A. both on and off the campus. About 
24 per cent of it is used in the col¬ 
lege for committee expenses, receptions, 
printing, and for the week of religious 
services sponsored by the Y. W. C. A. 

The rest is for world-wide service and 
interests. A large percentage is for the 
support of Miss Emily Winn, our mis¬ 
sionary in Korea. Through our dues 
to the National Student Council and 
the World Student Federation our stu¬ 
dents keep in touch with those all over 
the United States and in forty-five 
foreign countries. 

"Givers might be described by com¬ 
paring them to three things: the flint, 
the sponge, and the honey-comb. To 
get anything out of a flint, you must 
hammer it, and then you get only chips 
and sparks. To get water out of a 
sponge, you must squeeze it, and the 
more you squeeze the more you get. 
The honey-comb overflows with its 
own sweetness; so, a few delight in giv¬ 
ing without being asked at all. Which 
kind of giver are you?" 

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE 
DECATUR, GA. 

A college for women that is widely recog¬ 
nized for its standards of work and for the 
interesting character of its student activities 

For further information, address 

J. R. McCain, President 


SOCIETY WE THINK 

EXCHANGES 

(Editor's note: The We Think column is for

In the rush and flurry of the first Philips, Dot Wilhelm, Evelyn Holland, the purpose of giving an outlet to student opin¬ Moscow, rapidly becoming one of Simile: As lost as the average Amer¬ 

ion. The staff is in no way responsible for

month of school, the students (gay and Muriel Floyd spent last week-end the most modern cities in the world, ican when he starts on the last verse of

what is printed in this column and it is by no 

young things) have found moments, in Atlanta. means to be taken as the editorial opinion of may have its first subway-line ready to the national anthem.—The Reveille,

the paper.)

many of them, to seek recreation off open by November 7, anniversary of L. S. U.
Decatur was the choice of a few "The time has come," the hostess said,

the campus. Even a few have caught the Revolution, according to The

Hottentots, among whom were Re¬ "To point out many things:

minutes to hie themselves away home: Transit Journal. The first line will be Life of a Joke

becca Harrison, Virginia Hightower About this thing of Wednesday night, 
Birth: A freshman thinks of it and

and Meriel Bull. And coffee that it brings. about three miles long. Ultimately six

Martha Redwine, Elizabeth Heaton, chuckles with glee, walking up to twoIt is a social hour, you know, routes serving the entire city will be

Jacque McWhite, Peggy Ware, Vir¬ Mary Vines and Sallie McRee were And chit-chat ought to ring! upper classmen.

opened.—The Literary Digest.

ginia Turner, Mary Adams, Gladys dinner guests at Mrs. Jack Palmour's Age 5 minutes: Freshman tells it to 
Burns, Mary Cornely, and Elizabeth Sunday night. "It is not like the Treasurer's place, Sweden today offers perhaps the best senior, who answers: "Yeah, it's funny,
In lines, with numbers read;

Allison went to their respective homes of ideals the but I've heard it before."

example those whichBetty Fleming, '3 3, had for Sunday Nor yet a time for constant push.

for the past week-end. Roosevelt administration promised, Age 1 day: Senior turns it in to the

dinner guests Caroline and Dorothy When ill-bred words are said. 
Dickson. and is striving to attain. Because campus humor rag as his own. 

Carrie Phinney Latimer was an at¬ 
"It is not right to crowd the urn Sweden's huge industrial problems Age 2 days: Editor thinks it's ter¬ 
tendant in her brother's wedding at 

Then one dashes into names, names, rible.

And yammer for your cup; compare in magnitude with those ofHonea Path, S. C. 

names of damsels flitting about the Nor yet to say, in lusty tones, Age 10 days: Editor has to fill mag¬

America, it is a fair parallel. With the

dance floors. F'rexample, Jane Thomas T guess I'll give it up.' azine; prints joke.

welfare of the worker as watchword,

Jane Allen Webb and Martha and Sarah Turner were dancing with Age 1 month: Thirteen college 
Crenshaw grabbed some time and went choice Pi K. A.'s at Druid Hills; Flor¬ the respects for and the maintenance comics reprint joke.

"Some chairs stand in the coffee room,

out to the Southeastern Fair to mingle ence Lasseter, Katherine White, and (In case you didn't know). of the individual's rights to freedom Age 3 years: Seventy-six radio 
with the crowds. Carolyn White went to the Biltmore With cup in hand and friends around, and well-being are basis of the state's comedians discover joke simultaneous¬ 
dance on Saturday night—then Car¬ ly, tell it, accompanied by howls of

To these one ought to go. socializing process.—The Literary Di¬

Cheering at the Tech-Clemson game olyn went to the Phi Kappa Thcta mirth from the boys in the orchestra 

gest.

Saturday were a huge number of Hot¬ dance Friday night—and Jean Barry ($ 5 a howl).

"There gaily, lightly, do some talk

tentots. Nell Allison, Carolyn Elliott, Adams roamed afield to Tech to the Age 20 years: Joke is printed in

About that 'so-and-so,' The earth is approximately 1,725,


Mary Smith, Gene Caldwell, Annie S. A. E. dance. Literary Digest.

That 'extra work' that's coming up,

Hastie, Bella Harrison, Virginia High-000,000 years old, according to compu¬ Age 100 years: Professors start tell¬

The faculty, a beau.

tower, Bertha Merrill, Virginia Miller, Dorothy Dickson, '34; Marguerite tations just completed by Austrian ing joke in class.—The Hampden-
Marian Calhoun, Peggy Roper, Rachel Manget, '34; Flora Young, '34, and Sydney Tiger.

physicists, from the radioactivity of

"But no! You cry, 'About the drink— 

Kennedy, Dot Wilhelm, Edith Belser, Mary Lilias Garretson, '31—nice alum¬ Will some be left for me?' Canadian rocks. According to Science

Elizabeth Webb, and Tibby Baethke nae—were here last week. Here's a description of freshmen as

I try to murmur with a smile, Service, the intricate weighing and

were some of the horde. they find them at Wesleyan, according

'You'll have to wait and see.'

Tibby Baethke had dinner with the computation went on uninterruptedly to The Watchtoiver. Like our own 
Today Ruby Hutton, Sarah Spencer, Ameses a Friday or so ago. in strife-torn Vienna, while troops flock?

"It is not nice to wrangle, dear,

Mary Margaret Stowe, Meriel Bull, roamed the streets outside the labor¬ See the freshmen on the campus 

Alice McCallie, and Carrie Phinney And Sally Robertson, of McDon-About the brim-full cup. atory.—The Literary Digest. Boy, how they do raise a rampus!

We do not offer meals for sale

Latimer were at a shower given in ough, Ga., visited Trellis Carmichael They usually have a textbook near,

But social boosting-up!

honor of Mrs. William Flynt, nee last week. But that's because it's their first year.

For approximately forty years— 

Helen Stanley, ex-'36. They listen to the chapel speeches,

since about 1895, the Indian popula¬

The days dash on—and cars con¬ "It is the custotn of the night Curl their hair, but don't use bleaches, 

Sarah and Jane Estes, Barton Jack¬ tinue to whiz about the front of Main, And not the food that's charm. tion of the United States and Canada Tiptoe 'cross the library floor, 
son, Edith Belser, Sarah Catherine carrying girls here, there, and yonder. A scrambling, pushy, bunchy crowd has been decreasing-Far from being Knock before they push a door. 
Wood, Shirley Christian, Sarah Sloan, All of which proves—there's society Just does that custom harm." Get up at the breakfast gong,

the "Vanishing American," the Indian 
Susan Bryan, Ann Walker, Carolyn notes in the making! Get homesick when they hear a song,

is staging a most spectacular comeback,

The hostess gazed on students all, Dodge the sophomores—that's a fact— 

and the average birthrate among In¬

Then sat and crossed her knees, Stare at people who stare back, 
"I've mentioned just a few details, dians today is higher than in the white Drink with spoons and eat with knives, 

But try to heed them, please." population. This increase in numbers And have the best time in their lives, 

is expected to be accelerated by the Have a complex of some kind, 
s F. P. A. EXTENDS Keep their lessons on their mind,

^■ 
a ■ 
t ■ 
coming New Deal for Indians, under

PLANS FOR STUDENTS Go out for sports and in for class,

liberal policies now being formulated

by ('Continued from page 2, column 3) Turn grey for fear they shall not pass, 
room use at special rates, and study by the Washington administration. Ain't they cute, and ain't they bold? 
outlines have been prepared by the As¬ There is a possibility of the President's They're the white sheep in our fold. 

B O N T A sociation's research staff for the use of reversing the Indian policy of a cent¬ 
Freshman: Er-ah, I don't know.

debating groups and student organiza¬ ury and a half, and the former Indian 
Sophomore: I am not prepared.

CREATRICE tions interested in foreign problems." lands may be restored to tribal owner¬ Junior: I cannot remember right off¬ 
The Agonistic will keep on file the ship.—The Literary Digest. hand. 

New expressions achieved in the motif 

news releases of the Association which Senior: I feel that I cannot con¬ 
moderne with a latitude of develop¬ These aphorisms were painstakingly tribute more to the previous discussion.

will be available to interested students. 

ment and manipulation enhancing per¬ copied from the walls of the Ford —The Flor-Ala.

From time to time excerpts from the 

sonal charm; enthusiastically spon¬ Building at a Century of Progress by

Bulletin will be published and some in¬ 

Can't study in fall,

sored by the smartly, well-dressed. Bainbridge Colby, Wilson Secretary of

terpretive comment made. Gotta play soccer.

State, as he slowly proceeded along: 

Can't study in winter,

Studio of 

"Overproduction is a money cry, not Gotta play basketball. 
Millinery Design a human cry. Can't study in spring, 
"Industry does not support man—it Gotta play tennis.

212 West College Avenue 

Have 

is man that supports industry. Can't study in between times, 
"The recovery we need is of our Gotta man! 

FOR APPOINTMENT TELEPHONE DEARBORN 205 5 You 

American spirit of industry. —The Salemite. 
"With one foot on the land, and one

Seen? 

in industry, America is safe. The differences in generations are 
"Industry is mind using nature to that the rising generation is retir¬ 
make human life more free."—Time. ing when the retiring generation is ris¬ 

The ing.—The Reveille, L. S. U. 
That is one way of putting it, that 
SILHOUETTE TEA ROOM is, if the rising generation does any

H ere s Wh ere ou earn!I 

Campus-Model New Management retiring at all. 
Week: 

. . . not when the battle of Gettysburg was Breakfast 7-10; Lunch 12-2 SCIENCE FRATERNITY 
Shoes? Dinner 6-7:30; Night 10-10:30 HAS SPECIAL SPEAKER

fought . . . nor the inclusive dates of the 

Sunday: Breakfast 8-10. 

Renaissance period . . . neither do you learn They're from Chi Beta Sigma, national science fra 
ternity, had as a special speaker Dr. E

the reason for the French Revolution—But 

F. Friedman, of the faculty of Georgi

❖ 


you do learn . . . just what to wear to stagger HANAN'S H. E. WILSON Tech, at their meeting Monday nigh 
,§» Clock and Jewelry Repairing * at 7:30. His subject was "Heav 
the stag lines (divine "formals" . . . $16.75 170 Peachtree St. ❖ 
Expert Watchmaker T Water," and he was heard by a num 

* Reasonable Prices, Quick Service * ber of students besides the members o 
to $39.75) . . . what dress to wear when that the club.

127 East Court Square |j

LOOK IN THE GYM

prof is more grumpy than usual (sweet little ❖ 
Decatur y 
»£, ♦J* »*♦ 
**4 ♦J* »$♦♦$» *$♦♦J*

wool sports . . . $7.9 5 to $19.75) . . . which 

BURSON'S SHOE SHOP 
dress to choose when you wish to impress Good Materials 

Good Workmanship

Sketched: an ador¬ Don't Neglect Your Eyesight

HIM as a "demure little thing" (ruffl-y date Try Our New Sole Cementingable wool campus 

A thorough eye examination by a competent oculist (Eye Process 

dress with the silk frocks . . . $16.75 to $39.75) . . . and you 

Dearborn 3353

Physician) is the first step in securing correct glasses.

kerchief, leather 307 E. College Ave. Decatur

learn—very important—that precious papas When the prescripton for glasses is given it should be

belt and buttons to 

filled by a skilled Optician.

match $7.95. will not turn white at these prices! 

Ask your Oculist (Eye Physician) about our reliability 
and dependable service. Mrs. C. C. Payton, Mrs. DaisyHolbrook, Mrs. Sarah (Clark) 
WALTER BALLARD OPTICAL CO. h leming announce the opening 
MUSE'S Dispensing Opticians of their new shop 
THREE STORES DECATUR BEAUTY SALON

5th Floor 105 Peachtree St. Medical Arts Bldg. Doctors' Building 409 Church Street 
ClockSign 382 PeachtreeSt. 480 Peachtree St. Tel. De. 4692 for appointment 


CLUBS 

German Club 

President—Mary Boggs. 

Vice-president—Katherine Hertzka. 

Secretary-treasurer—Ethelyn John¬ 
son. 
The first meeting will be held on 
Thursday, October 11. 

Poetry Club 

President—Frances Espy. 

Vice-president—Mildred Clark. 

The first meeting was held at the 
Alumnae House m Tuesday night, 
September 2 5, with Frances Espy and 
Mary Boggs as hostesses. 

French Club 

President—Betty Fountain. 

Vice-president—Augusta King. 

Secretary-treasurer—Julia Thing. 

The first meeting will be held Mon¬ 
day afternoon, October 8. Programs 
are planned tentatively for the rest of 
the year, and meetings will be held on 
the second Monday of each month. 

Spanish Club 

President—Lois Hart. 

Vice-president—Cornelia Christie. 

Secretary-treasurer—Louise Latimer. 

Meetings are to be held on the sec¬ 
ond Tuesday of each month. The first 
meeting will be held on October 9. 

Glee Club 
President—Evelyn Wall. 
Vice-president—Augusta King. 
Secretary—Frances Wilson. 
Treasurer—Kitty Cunningham. 

MISS EDNA HANLEY 
BACK AFTER ABSENCE 

Miss Edna Hanley, librarian, has re¬ 
turned to Agnes Scott after an absence 
of six months, during which time she 
received her Master of Arts degree, at¬ 
tended the convention of the Amer¬ 
ican Library Association, and visited 
several prominent eastern colleges. 

Miss Hanley left Atlanta in January 
for the University of Michigan to 
study library science and in June re¬ 
ceived her M.A. degree. On her way 
north she inspected the libraries of the 
University of Virginia, Sweetbriar Col¬ 
lege, and Randolph-Macon College, 
and visited the Folger Shakespearian 
Library in Washington, D. C. 

During the summer, Miss Hanley at¬ 
tended the convention of the American 
Library Association, held in Montreal, 
Canada, and spent some time in the 
Adirondacks, returning to Agnes Scott 
in August to resume her duties as 
librarian. While Miss Hanley was away, 
Miss Gwendolyn Miller, assistant 
librarian, was in charge. 

NEW MEMBERS ADDED 

TO FACULTY GROUP 

(Continued from page 1, column 3) 
Richmond, '3 3, in French. Later in the 
year Miss Eugenia Dozier is expected to 
join the gym department. She will de¬ 

vote a great part of her time to plans 
for May Day. 

On the administrative side, Nelle 
Chamlee, '34, has succeeded Betty Bonham 
in the book store and Elinor 
Hamilton, '34, is replacing Penelope 
Brown as Alumna Field Secretary. 
Margaret Bell, '3 3, has been appointed 
secretary to the Dean this year, to take 
the place of Andrewena Robinson. 

Miss Emilie Thomas, of Atlanta, 
trained nurse in the infirmary, re¬ 
places Mary Fay Martin, who was mar¬ 
ried last week. 

Girdles and Brassieres 
for the College Girl 
EAGER & SIMPSON 
21 Cain St. 

K.U. B. 
President—Suzanne Smith. 
Vice-presidents — Mary M. Stowe, 

Sarah Cook. 
Treasurer—Brooks Spivey. 
Try-outs for K. U. B. are due Sat¬ 

urday night, October 7. The first meet¬ 
ing will be held this afternoon at 4:30 
in the Y. W. C. A. cabinet room. 

Pen and Brush 
President—Sarah Spencer. 
Vice-president—Betty Fountain. 

Secretary-treasurer—Virginia Gaines. 

Meetings are planned for the first 
Thursday of each month. At the first 
meeting, to be held tomorrow night, 
Miss Louise Lewis, head of the Art de¬ 
partment, will talk on "Modern Art," 
the subject to be studied by the club 
this year. Initiation of new members 
also will take place. 

Eta Sigma Phi 
President—Eva Constantine. 
Vice-president—Elizabeth Forman. 
Recording Sec'y—Gertrude Lozier. 
Treasurer—Martha Allen. 
Corresponding Secretary—Lita Goss. 
Pyloros—Mildred Clark. 

Pi Alpha Phi 
President—Marion Calhoun. 
Vice-president—Ida Lois McDaniel. 
Secretary—Sarah Catherine Wood. 
Treasuer—Carrie Phinney Latimer. 
Publicity—Mary Virginia Allen. 
Asst. Publicity—Frances Balkcom. 

TRAVEL ECHOES 

Student wanderers report that de¬ 
spite the high price of foreign cur¬ 
rency they live well abroad. European 
living costs have diminished sufficient¬ 
ly to allow customary comfort for 
those able to resist champagne cock¬ 
tails and Grand Hotels. For the ex¬ 
travagant, the continent is indeed too 
much at the present rate of exchange. 
For modest scholars it is still possible, 
despite propaganda to the contrary. 

During the summer all European 
eyes were turned toward the Saar as 
they still are and will be until the 
plebescite. But Germany as a whole 
seemed peaceful enough to tourists 
without excessive political curiosity. 

Florentine art attracted more visit¬ 
ors this year than any single other 
guide-book feature, perhaps an indica¬ 
tion of an early renaissance thought to 
be much needed in American schools. 

Most crowded boats were those on 
the Land of the Midnight Sun cruises, 
most of which included a few days in 
Russia. All reports of the latter were 
tremendously enthusiastic especially 
those from tourists who had an oppor¬ 
tunity to attend theaters in Moscow. 
Many of the most obstinate capitalist 
sympathizers returned with paeans of 
praise for the Soviet Union. 

Paris attracted the usual fashion and 
art enthusiasts despite Spring reports 
that the Boulevards would be deserted. 

17= 

MARTIN'S BEAUTY SHOP 
is featuring special prices on 
all work 
Agnes Scott Girls Are Invited 
to Come in 
De. 2671 153 Sycamore St. 

WEIL'S 10c STORE 

Has Most Anything You Need 

Peachtree 

Hosiery Shop 
12 Peachtree St., N. E. 
Between 5 Points and Entrance 
of Arcade 

Foreign Students 

Send Greeting 

"I like Agnes Scott very much, and 
I am so happy to be here" is the mes¬ 
sage to be delivered to all Agnes Scott 
students for the exchange students, 
Lilian Crimson, of Buenos Aires, Ar¬ 
gentina; Liselotte Roennecke, of Han¬ 
nover (that is the way Liselotte says it 
should be spelled) Germany, and Eliz¬ 
abeth Rodrigue, of Nantes, Frances. 

Lilian says she has often wished that 
she might come to the United States to 
study, and that she is delighted that 
the Institute of International Educa¬ 
tion sent her to Agnes Scott. She has 
very little trouble with understanding 
or speaking English, for she was taught 
the language in her home as a child, 
although she spoke Spanish in school 
and in public. Elizabeth and Liselotte, 
however, have not had such an op¬ 
portunity to learn the language, and it 
is more difficult for them. Liselotte 
has studied English for three years in 
school. Elizabeth has studied English 
for six years, and she likes it very 
much. In fact, she likes it so well that 
she plans to study in the United States 
another year, and then if possible to 
teach here. 

Elizabeth, who has attended the 
University of Rennes, says she likes the 
surprising freedom of Agnes Scott 
girls. For instance, in France a girl 
would never be allowed to drive her 
car to school alone, though perhaps her 
father might bring her. Another fea¬ 
ture of Agnes Scott unusual to her is 
the Honor System of government. 

Liselotte has different ideas about the 
freedom. As she sees it, college women 
here have less liberty than they do in 
German universities. She has studied 
for two years at the University of 
Freiburg, and she speaks from experi¬ 
ence. She plans to return there after 
this year to obtain her degree. Lise¬ 
lotte is one of the thirty-six students 
who were sent to the United States 
from Germany this year, only two of 
whom came south: she and Herbert 
Sonthoff who is at the University of 
Georgia. 

Liselotte and Lilian are both very 
much interested in social work, and 
both are taking courses in Social Psy¬ 
chology and Sociology. Lilian has been 
working with the Y. W. C. A. in 
Buenos Aires, and she is considering 
social work as a vocation, although she 
thinks she would like to teach, too. 
She has attended the Faculty of Philos¬ 
ophy in the University of Buenos Aires. 
She intends to return there to get her 
degree. 

All three of the girls, Liselotte, Eliz¬ 
abeth, and Lilian, like the social life 

WELCOME! 
"Miss Agnes Scott" 

Strut into Ed¬ 
wards today 
andtry on a 
pair of these 
Snap py Ox¬ 
fords. 

Ko -ed 
Kicks, the 
oxfords 
the college 
girls wear. 

BOOK NOTES 

Red Virtue—Ella Winter. 

An informal, photographic account 
of the evolution in human relation¬ 
ships in Soviet Russia, covering the 
wide range of morals and manners, 
ethics, personal relationships, art and 
culture. 

Dorothy Wordsworth — Ernest de 
Selincourt. 

A biography which knits into a 
more comprehensible and vital whole, 
the wealth of material to be found in 
Dorothy Wordsworth's journal and 
letters. She "has not merely given us 
portraits of herself and William, and 
of their inner circle; she has left be¬ 
hind her a faithful picture of the world 
in which they moved. No one, not 
even her brother, has captured with a 
more delicate perception the distinctive 
beauties of the countryside in which 
her days were passed, nor revealed with 
a more penetrating sympathy the daily 
goings-on of its inhabitants." 

America Must Choose—Henry A. 
Wallace. 

The Secretary of Agriculture points 
out three possible paths, isolation, in¬ 
ternationalism, and planned middle 
course, "if we are to save in some part 
the institutions which we prize." He 
does not describe these institutions, 
takes for granted that such exist. 

Although leaning toward the "inter¬ 
nationalist" view, Mr. Wallace pre¬ 
sents a clear, very fair picture of the 
two other courses, pointing out that 
extreme discomfort will be met which¬ 
ever course we follow. 

The Revolt Against Mechanism—L. 

P. Jacks. 
Man can and will conquer mecha¬ 
nism, make it his slave instead of his 
master. That conquest—toward which 
the present mechanical, most splendid 
age is only a step—may be reached by 
concentrating on distribution, discov¬ 
ery of new uses for goods until posses¬ 
sing the greatest quantity will mean 

less than putting them to the most cre¬ 
ative use. 

on the campus. It is very different 
from that to which they are accustom¬ 
ed. They wish to join some of the 
clubs and organizations, and to take 
an active part in affairs. Then they 
feel that they will really "belong." 

Thoughts on Education from Mat¬ 
thew Arnold — Edited by Leonard 
Eluxley. 

A discussion of Matthew Arnold's 

ideal of education, tracing the evolu¬ 
tion of his reflections and their ap¬ 
plicability to the educational problems 
of the present. 

Give Your Heart to the Hawks— 
Robinson Jeffers. 
The most recent collection of poems 
by this poet. 

Antloony Adverse—Hervey Allen. 

A romantic novel of Victorian pro¬ 
portions, which traces the exciting his¬ 
tory of a young American in the co¬ 
lonial and revolutionary periods. 

Testament of Youth—Vera Brittain. 

A story of the World War in its in¬ 
fluence on the life of a young girl. The 
author gives a personal presentation of 
the problems and emotional conflicts 
which absorbed the lives of those who 
experienced the war in its actuality and 

its effects. 

Three Hurrying Years—Gerald Heard. 

In three hundred and fifty odd pages 
Mr. Heard surveys a period—1900 to 
193 3—which he believes to have hur¬ 
ried world change to a metamorphosis 
more marked than that of the fifteen 
hundred years Gibbon retails in his vol¬ 
umes. This history goes deeper than 
events to the psychological trends and 
the reasons for them. It is a brilliant 
analysis of a crowded period presented 
readably from an optimistic viewpoint. 

I AM! 

IT'S THE LIKES 

OF ME, MY DEARS,,

THAT'S KEEPING 

THIS LITTLE 

"HANG-OUT" OF 

MINE SO TER¬ 

RIBLY RUSHED. 

DARKISH SILK,

I AM. WITH 

BUTTONS AND 

BELT OF CELLO¬ 

PHANE CORD, AND 

CUTE ASI AM. I 

WON'T TARRY LONG. 

SO, IF YOU'D HAVE 

ME IN YOUR HAPPY 

HOME, BETTER 

MAKE IT SNAPPY! 

L. CHAJAGE 
220 PEACHTREE ST. 

Expert Remodeling 
DIXIE'S LEADING FURRIER 53 Whitehall St., Cor. Alaba ma 


The Agonistic 

Freshmen Given N. S. F. A. President Sends 
Party By Sophs 

187 New Students Enrolled 

For 1934-35 School Year Message For Coming Year 

The enrollment at Agnes Scott Col¬ Virginia Hightower, Thomaston, Ga. 

Lily Hoffman, Mt. Holly, N. C.

lege this year shows an increase of 

Mary Ellen Hollan, Wynne, Ark.

about sixty students over last year's 
Mary Elizabeth Hoyle, Cleveland,

number, according to Mr. S. G' Stukes, 
registrar. The total of new students is, Tenn. 

Sarah Pauline Hoyle, Cleveland, Tenn.

this year, 187; of these, 35 are trans¬ 
Mary Hudson, Greenville, S. C.

fers with advanced standing. The per¬ 
Mary Hull, Augusta, Ga.

centage of old students returning is a 
com¬ Ruth Hunt, Atlanta, Ga.

marked increase over last year's, 
parisons of the records in the registrar's Annie M. Irwin, Moultan, Ala. 

Jessie Jeffers, Florence, S-C.

office reveal. Gaines Cottage, which 
Ann W. Johnson, Rome, Ga.

has been closed for two or three years, 

Margaret Keller, Staunton, Va.

has been opened again to take care of 
Winifred Kellersberger, Belgian Congo.

some of the overflow. 

Dorothy Kelly, Hendersonville, N. C.

A list of the new students, both resi¬ 
Ola Kelly, Monticello, Ga.

dent and day, follows: 
Eliza King, Columbia, S. C.

Boarding Students 

Eda Kuhr, Augusta, Ga. 
Betty Adams, Florence, S. C. 

Kathryn Leipold, Augusta, Ga.

Jean Adams, Charlotte, N C. 

Eleanor Little, Louisville, Ga.

Martha Agee, Shelbyville, Ky. 

Dorothy Long, Maumee, Ohio.

Nell S. Allison, Kiangyin, Kiangsu, Martha McAfee, Winneconee, Wis.

China. 

Ellen McCallie, Chattanooga, Tenn.

Betty Lee Anderson, Lake Hamilton, Josephine McClure, St. Petersburg, Fla.

Fla. 

Lettie McKay, Union Springs, Ala.

Effie Ola Anthony, Henning, Tenn. 

Beaufort McMurray, Ocala, Fla.

Caroline Armistead, Rockingham,N.C. 

Jacque McWhite, Atlanta, Ga.

Jean Austin, Chattanooga, Tenn. 

Jeanne Matthews, Atlanta, Ga.

Elizabeth Baethke, Kewanee, 111. 

Bertha Moore Merrill, Eufaula, Ala.

Mary Alice Baker, Bethune, S. C. 

Martha Jane Merrill, Jackson, Miss.

Louise Bailey, Atlanta, Ga-

Enid Alma Middleton, Birmingham,

Mary Helen Barrett, Frankfort, Ky. 

Ala.

Katherine Bishop, Augusta, Ga. 

Frances Miller, Washington, D. C.

Tommy Ruth Blackmon, Gainesville, 

Mary Alice Newton, Dothan, Ala.

Fla. 

Mary Primrose Noble, Smithfield,Elizabeth Bowden, Norfolk, Va. 

N. C.

Katherine Brittingham, Portsmouth, 

Virginia Noble, Ellenwood, Ga.

Va. 

Frances E. Norman, Gainesville, Fla.

Genevieve Brown, Larchmont, N. Y. 

Mary Elizabeth Past, Chattanooga,Martha R. Brown, Cartersville, Ga. 

Tenn.

Mary W. Brown, Larchmont, N. Y. 
Mildred Frost Brown, Charleston, W. Mary Ernest Perry, Nashville, Ga. 

Va. Caroline Phillips, San Benito, Texas. 
Virginia Brown, Thomson, Ga. Helen Louise Price, Sweetwater, Tenn. 
Susan Bryan, Reynolds, Ga. Catherine Ricks, Jackson, Miss. 
Gene Caldwell, Charlotte, N. C. Frances E. Robinson, Dayton, Tenn. 
Merl Chafin, McDonough, Ga. Elizabeth Rodrigue, Nantes, France. 
Laura Coit, Richmond, Va. Liselotte Roennecke, Hannover, Ger¬ 

Ann Cullum, Johnston, S. C. many-
Mildred L. Davis, Orlando, Fla. Joyce Roper, Spartanburg, S. C. 
Carolyn Elliott, Winnsboro, S. C. Gregory Rowlett, Tampa, Fla. 
Mary Lillian Fairly, Richmond, Va. Elise Seay, Macon, Ga. 
Norma Faurot, Larchmont, N. Y. Sara Sloan, Belmont, N. C. 

Kathryn Fitzpatrick, Austell, Ga. Mary Venetia Smith, Columbia, S. C. 
Alma Muriel Floyd, Jellico, Tenn. Sara Steele, Anniston, Ala. 
Anna Katherine Fulton, Eutaw, Ala. Eugenia Symms, Augusta, Ga. 
Martha Alice Green, Harlem, Ga. Ruth Tate, Banner Elk, N. C. 
Lilian Vera Grimson, Buenos Aires, Anne Taylor, Mobile, Ala. 
Argentina. Julia Telford, Abbeville, S. C. 
Jane Guthrie, Louisville, Ky. Emilie Thomas, Birmingham, Ala. 

Alice Hannah, Cass, W. Va. Anne Thompson, Richmond, Va. 
Sarah R. Harrison, West Point, Ga. Mary Nell Tribble, Hot Springs, Ark. 
Miriam Harrold, Gainesville, Fla. Nancy Tucker, Nashville, Tenn. 

Virginia Hart, Atlanta, Ga. Marie Wagner, Philippine Islands. 
Susan Jane Hashagen, Gastonia, N. C. Edna Ware, Greenville, S. C. 
Hibernia Hassell, McAllen, Texas. Ella Virginia Watson, Greenwood, S. C. 
Annie D. Hastie, Stockton, Ala. Mary Elizabeth Watts, Bryan, Texas. 

Helen Hawkins, Leesburg, Fla. Jane Allen Webb, Lexington, Va. 
Nellie Hemphill, Petersburg, Va. Martha Elizabeth Webb, West Point, 
Kennon Henderson, Carrollton, Ga. Ga. 

Allen's 

Cheer Leaders 

for Coll ege! 

Here they are at Aliens! The cheer lead¬ 

ers . . . the campus leaders . . . the fashion 

leaders for collegiates! Your school attire 

has been cheerfully, colorfully glorified and 

yet it is entirely suitable and serviceable. In 

Allen's College Shop you will find all leading 

fashions. 

J. IP. ALLEN & CO. 
The Store All .Women Know 

The sophomores gave their annual 
party to the freshmen on Saturday 
night, September 29, at 7 o'clock at 
the gymnasium. 

The freshmen came dressed as babies 
and the sophomores, dressed in nurses' 
uniforms, showed the children how to 
play Drop-the-Handkerchief, Ring-
Around-the-Rosy, and London Bridge. 
The gym was decorated in a manner to 
suggest a children's party; in one cor¬ 
ner of the gym there was a nursery 
where the fretful babies might go to 
rest. 

The high point of the evening was 
reached in the baby contest. Judges 
for this were Dr. George P. Hayes, Mr. 

S. G. Stukes, and Dr. Philip Davidson. 
They awarded the prize, a Japanese 
parasol, to Martha Agee, who was 
dressed as a small boy. Refreshments 
of ice cream cones and stick candy 
were served. 

The party was planned by the soph¬ 
omore commission: Isabel McCain, 
Dorthy Jester, Frances Gary, Kathryn 
Bowen, Rachel Shamos, Fannie B. 
Harris, Elizabeth Allison, Frances Wil¬ 
son, Julia Thing, Mary Gillespie, Mary 
Malone, Marie Stalker, and Barbara 
Hertwig. Julia Thnig acted as Mas¬ 
ter of Ceremonies at the party. 

Elise West, Newport News, Va. 
Ann Wheaton, Savannah, Ga. 
Carolyn White, Augusta, Ga. 
Lillian Whitehurst, Marshall, N. C. 
Dorothy Wilhelm, St. Petersburg, Fla. 
Vivian Wisenbaker, Lake Park, Ga. 
Dixie Woodford, Toccoa, Ga. 
Margaret Wright, Chattanooga, Tenn. 
Jane Wyatt, Easley, S. C. 
Pauline Wynne, Miami, Fla. 
Geraline Young, Angier, N. C. 

Day Students 
Mary Rice Allen 
Dorothy Evelyn Avery 
Genevieve Baird 
Frances Baker 
Miriam Bass 
Elizabeth Blackshear 
Elsie Blackstone 
Mildred Bradley 
Esther Byrnes 
Frances Edna Castleberry 
Jean Askew Chalmers 
Mildred Ruth Chandler 
Mary Sturgeon Collier 
Sara Corbitt 
Elizabeth Cousins 
Ethel Ann Cox 
Lillian Croft 
Lulu Croft 
Marybelle Cruger 
Sara Ruth deArechavala 
Doris Damn 
Nelle Scott Earthman 
Eloise Estes 
Charline Fleece 
Mary Ford 
Martha Lavonia Foster 
Mary Elizabeth Galloway 
Dorothy Goss 
Elizabeth Carol Hale 

An essential purpose of education is 
the development and use of initiative. 
The National Student Federation of 
America, founded in 1925, represents 
an attempt on the part of American 
students to achieve this quality and to 
take advantage of their student years 
to develop an intelligent approach both 
to their own campus problems and to 
those of public importance. For nine 
years the Federation has enjoyed steady 
expansion and has grown to be the most 
representative student organization in 
the country today. At the same time it 
has continuously maintained the nonpartisan 
ideal on which it was founded 
and has worked consistently toward 
the realization of its stated goal—that 
of arousing a more healthy student 
opinion everywhere. 

In reviewing the work of NSFA 
during the past few years, one finds 
that it has built up a program of serv¬ 
ice not only for its membership of 120 
colleges and universities but for the 
masses of American students as well. 
It has conducted annually national and 
regional conferences which have pro¬ 
vided opportunities for discussion and 
presentation of important material to 
representative student leaders from all 
parts of the country. The organization 
has maintained a clearing house of in¬ 
formation on student problems and has 
consistently added further data and 
facts through research, surveys, and 
conferences. A monthly magazine was 
established last year, representing an 
attempt to give fuller expression to 
student opinion, and it has achieved 
wide influence among numerous stu¬ 
dent, educational, and civic groups. 
Through its weekly news-release, the 
Federation has been furnishing campus 

Ruth Hertzka 
Regina Hurwitz 
Mrs. Eunice Johnson 
Hortense Jones 
Mary Anne Kernan 
Florence Ellen Kinnett 
Sylvia Kuniansky 
Laura Frances Lee 
Virginia Little 
Frances Lockman 
Mary Virginia Lockman 
Sara Lockman 
Elizabeth Lee McCord 
Wenonah McDuff 
Gwendolyn McKee 
Mrs. George C. McKoy 
Betty Mathis 
Mary Catherine Matthews 
Betty Maynard 
Margaret Morrison 
Connie Pardee 
Marjorie Rainey 
Alice Bacon Reins 
Evelyn Robertson 
Frances Starnes 
Mary Stipe 
Virginia Suttenfield 
Eleanor Terhune 
Virginia Doris Tucker 
Alice Jane Turner 
Jane Turner 
Elizabeth Warden 
Anna Webb 
Zoe Wells 
Annie Lou Whitaker 
Lillian Whitner 
Eleanor Whitson 
Virginia Wright 

S. & W. Cafeteria 
189 Peachtree 

leaders with news items and informa¬ 
tion of far-reaching interest. In the 
field of radio activity, the NSFA has 
for four years been featuring speakers 
in programs of educational and public 
importance. 

Through connections with student 
unions abroad, the Federation has been 
able to build up effective facilities for 
exchanging debate teams between the 
United States and foreign countries. 
Also, through these contacts abroad, a 
student travel service is maintained. 

During the past year, in particular, 
NSFA has broadened ' its intent to 
cover more active participation in na¬ 
tional affairs. It has inaugurated a pro¬ 
gram for enlisting the assistance of col¬ 
lege students in the recreational and 
training activities of the CCC camps. 
A number of NSFA officers have ac¬ 
tively cooperated during the past nine 
months in the establishment and de¬ 
velopment of the National Institution 
of Public Affairs in Washington, D. 
C., which has been started to afford 
young leaders training in public affairs. 
Last spring, the Federation took the 
initiative in mobilizing student forces 
to petition the Federal authorities for 
more assistance to needy students and 
educational instiutions. On June 1, the 
United States Commissioner of Educa¬ 
tion called a Conference on Youth 
Problems, composed of leaders in all 
phases of youth and educational activ¬ 
ity, to consider what could be done to 
aid youth in its present plight. The 
Federation's representative presented a 
plan of relief and the Conference in¬ 
corporated a number of his suggestions 
in the final report to the Federal Office 
of Education. 

At the present time the National 
Student Federation stands on the 
threshold of its most active season. 
Probably there never was a better time 
for the development of wholesome stu¬ 
dent opinion and initiative. The emerg¬ 
ency of the situation and the import¬ 
ance of our many social changes call 
for the sanest and wisest sort of think¬ 
ing and acting. There is a great need 
in America today for the organization 
of youth into a liberal, progressive and 
active bloc. The radical and conserv¬ 
ative elements among the nation's 
youth appear to be firmly entrenched; 
now let us turn to that great unorgan¬ 
ized middle section and direct it along 
progressive channels. Its insistence 
upon a scholarly, unbiased approach 
and its use of constructive action place 
the National Student Federation in a 
position to render valuable service in 
making student opinion articulate. 

In looking over the work that lies 
ahead, the officers of NSFA plan first 
of all to improve the numerous fea¬ 
tures of the program the Federation has 
instituted. The various services render¬ 
ed member colleges will be extended to 
meet the rapidly increasing demands 
that are being made. The publications 
will be given more personality and 
news value. Information facilities will 
be introduced more widely among the 
colleges. National and district meet¬ 
ings will be given improved programs, 
strengthened in every detail. Particu¬ 
larly will efforts be made at this year's 
national congress in Boston, December 

(Continued on page 6, column 2) 

-«$♦ 
«$»«J» «{»«$»*$»•£•*«!« 

Try Our 

SANDWICHES 

We Make Them Right 

LAWRENCE'S 

PHARMACY 

Phones De. 0762-0763 

*£»-*£»-«£»«£•» «£•» »*4 


The Agonistic 

Change Made in 

Black List to Be 

ICB»4a3l

Main Basement 

ATHLETIC NEWS Posted Tuesday 

A number of changes have been 
made in the basement of Main, includ¬ 
ing the opening of the new kitchen¬ 
ette, rooms for the Student Govern¬ 
ment book exchange, ond the change 
in the location of the Agonistic of¬ 
fice. 

The kitchenette, made possible by a 
gift of the Class of 1934, is located in 
the room in the basement nearest the 
back entrance to Main, formerly used 
as an office for the Silhouette staff and 
last spring for the Agonistic staff. It 
is not yet completed, but has already 
been used for teas and coffees given 
for the college. A small range, utensils, 
dishes, and other kitchen equipment 
will be added to that already installed, 
including shelves, cabinets, and a sink. 

The book exchange occupies two 
small rooms on the front side of the 
building, one being used as a supply 
room where books are shelved and 
catalogued, the other as a business of¬ 
fice. 

The Agonistic office has been 
moved to the room at the front corner 
of the building. It is much larger than 
the office opened last spring, and will 
be used as a staff headquarters and 
business office, as well as the compos¬ 
ing and make-up room. New furni¬ 
ture, curtains, and a rug have been 
added to the equipment of the office. 

All of the walls have been repainted 
and the floors refinished in the base¬ 
ment, and new lighting and plumbing 
fixtures have been installed. 

STUDENTS ADOPT 
INTERRACIAL CREED 

(Continnecl from page 2, column 3) 
a basis for personal attitudes and con¬ 
duct. It is hard to see how it could be 
improved upon. Fundamental enough 
to reach to the heart of the problem, it 
is yet so reasonable that no fair-mind¬ 
ed student could be content with less. 

In connection with the release, the 
following review of Singers of the 
Damn, a recently compiled anthology 
of the Negro poetry was received: 

Singers in the Damn, a condensed 
survey of American Negro poetry, has 
been published by the Commission on 
Interracial Cooperation and the Con¬ 
ference on Education and Race Rela¬ 
tions, as a means of promoting inter¬ 
racial appreciation, and is now avail¬ 
able to the public. 

Designed primarily for use in South¬ 
ern colleges and public schools, it is 
expected to meet a long-felt need. 
When off the press only a few weeks, it 
was in use in a score of Southern col¬ 
leges in their summer school classes in 
literature. This fall it has been made 
available to thousands of public schools. 

The volume embodies brief sketches 

j BAILEY BROS. SHOE SHOP ! 
I 112 Sycamore St. = 

| Decatur 1 
| ServinR (he Students of )

• A. S. C. for 30 Years j 

❖ 


MORGAN CLEANERS 
425 Church St. 
Dearborn 1372 

-I* 4^4*1*4v-I*v-I*"I*-1 

A. M. COLE OPTICAL CO. 

Optometrist and Opticians 
231 Peachtree Arcade 

L 

4 4 4* *-i 

+ You'll never know how good a * 
J Sandwich can be until you eat 
* our famous ❖ 


X CL AIR MONT PLATE % 
X SANDWICH—15c ❖ 
* It is a Meal Itself * 
X We Fix Them to Take Out 

* CI.AIRMONT DELICATESSEN % 
X 112 Clairmont Avc.

**❖❖***+******+❖*❖***❖•!•.j.*.;. 

FIRST HIKE OF 
SEASON IS HELD 

The first hike of the season was held 
yesterday afternoon under the direc¬ 
tion of Frances Gary, hiking manager 
on the Athletic Board. A large num¬ 
ber of students participated in the hike, 
which took place between 4:10 and 
supper. 

N. S. F. A. PRESIDENT 
SENDS MESSAGE 

(iContinued from page 5, column 5) 
2 8-January 1, to inaugurate more ef¬ 
fective devices for gauging student 
opinion and for affording the deliber¬ 
ations sufficient recognition. 

In cnjunction with the National In¬ 
stitution of Public Affairs in Washing¬ 
ton, NSFA will assist in the organiza¬ 
tion among the colleges of public-af¬ 
fairs forums which will encourage a 
more active student interest. During 
the approaching session of Congress 
there will doubtless arise numerous is¬ 
sues in which NSFA should be repre¬ 
sented to urge the adoption of needed 
legislation. The officers of the organ¬ 
ization anticipate urging the Federal 
Office of Education t oestablish the 
proper clearance facilities for youth 
matters in the national government. In 
connection with the recent request of 
the Educational Division of FERA, the 
Federation will establish, in so far as 
possible, machinery for engendering 
more widsepread activity among stu¬ 
dent groups in the improvement of the 
emergency relief program for needy 
students. Moreover, NSFA officials 
plan to supply national planning boards 
and governmental agencies with facts 
on the plight of youth and urge them 
to meet the situation as effectively as 
possible. 

John A. Lang. 

of more than forty of the best known 
poets, and quotes a large number of 
selections presenting a cross section of 
the best work of the principal poets, 
from Phillis Wheatley to Countee Cullen 
and James Weldon Johnson. The 
title is taken from James D. Corrothers 
tribute to Paul Laurence Dunbar: 
"He came, a dark youth, singing in 

the damn 
Of a nem freedom, glowing o'er his 

lyre, 
Refining, as with great Apollo's fire, 
His people's gift of song." 

In order that the book may have 
the widest possible use, it has been pub¬ 
lished to sell without profit at ten cents 
a copy, or $ 1 per dozen, postpaid. 
Those desiring copies for personal or 
class room use may order from the 
Conference on Education and Race Re¬ 
lations, 703 Standard Building, At¬ 
lanta, Ga. 

BOWEN 

CLASSES RIDE WITH 
BILTMORE SCHOOL 

The Agnes Scott riding classes, un¬ 
der the direction of Miss Harriet 
Flaynes, will ride this year with the 
Biltmore Riding School instead of the 
Avondale stables, as last year. 

The Biltmore Riding School, on 
Roxborough Road, is owned by Dr. 
and Mrs. A. S. Wheeler. Dr. and Mrs. 
Wheeler have had wide experience as 
expert equestrians in this country and 
abroad. 

These stables are equipped for jump¬ 
ing, games, and form riding. A large 
number of gaited horses will serve for 
instruction in more skillful horseman¬ 
ship. 

FRESHMAN-SOPH STUNTS TO 

BE PRESENTED OCTOBER 13 

(Continued from page 1, column 5) 

Writing: Ann Worthy Johnson, 
chairman; Ann Thompson, Eliza King, 
Joyce Roper, Ellen McCallie. 

Properties and lighting: Alice Jane 
Turner, chairman; Katherine Fitzpatrick, 
Laura Coit, Doris Dunn, Dorothy 
Goss. 

Decration: Louise Bailey, chairman; 
Caroline Armistead, Virginia Watson, 
Sara Steele, Gladys Jones, Elizabeth 
Cousins. 

Costumes: Hibernia Hassell, chair¬ 
man; Jeanne Matthews, Jane Hashagen, 
Mary McCann, Laura Coit, Beth Bow-
den, Frances Baker. 

Scenery: Jane Wyatt, chairman; 
Margaret Keller, Margaret Wright, 
Virginia Suttenfield, Carolyn Eliot, 
Annie Lou Whitaker. 

Dance: Jane Merrill, chairman; Ann 
Cullum, Nancy Tucker. 

{ Thursday, October 4th j

| AGNES SCOTT DAY j

! Special Favors to Students ! 

j Mr. Charles and Miss Folsom are j

| added to our staff j

VERA BEAUTY SHOP 

I 109 W. Ponce de Leon 

It; JOSEPH SIEGEL * 
❖ 
"Dependable Jeweler Since 1908" !£ 
X Diamonds—Watches—Jewelry -I


•j. Silverware j£
Watch, Clock and Jewelry ♦> 
•I* Repairing * 
<' All Work Guaranteed 
X Phone Dearborn 4205 *;*


•I* 111 E. Court Sq. Decatur, Ga. % 


%**;* *;•-> •>-I**;* **> *;* ->•>•j* 

PRESS 

COMMERCIAL PRINTING AND 

STATIONERY 

Blotters—Note Paper—Poster Paper 

Office Supplies 

421 Church St. De. 0976 Decatur, Ga. 

(onvincinriTistimonit 
** That 

WEBSTER'S 

COEEEGIATE 
[ Is the Best 
Abridged Dictionary1 "I can hardly believe 1 shall ever apply to it any

test it will not creditably sustain. It is an amazing

product of accurate and usable scholarship." said

H. L. Seaver, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

PresUlents ami Department Heads of leading I'nUer


sltles agree with this opinion. Webster's Collegiate Is

best because It is based on the "Supreme Authority"— 

i Webster's New International Dictionary. 106.000 en-

I tries including hundreds of new words, with definitions,

spellings, and correct use: a dictionary of Biography;

a Gazetteer;rules of punctuation;use of capitals. abbre>

vlations. etc.; a dictionary of foreign words and phrases. Many other fea¬

tures of practical value. 1.268 pages. 1.700 illustrations.

See It At Your College Bookstore or Write for Information to the Publishers. 

G. & C. MERRIAM CO. SPRINGFIELD, MASS. 

TENNIS TOURNAMENT 
BEGINS TUESDAY 

On October 8 the first tennis tour¬ 
nament of the year will begin with a 
doubles championship under the man¬ 
agement of Helen Handle, manager of 
tennis in the Athletic Club. The tour¬ 
nament will be played by straight elim¬ 
ination rules. 

Program: Zoe Wells, chairman; Ann 
Taylor, Ann Wheaton, Elizabeth 
Blackshear, Nell Scott Earthman. 

Cheer leaders: Mars' Venetia Smith, 
Bertha Merrill. 

This year the customary secrecy and 
silence regarding the themes of the 
stunts have been preserved. Nightly 
pep meetings and practices for dances 
and lines are being held. This year, 
as in the past, the sister classes will join 
the pep squads of the two competing 
classes. 

The stunt is perhaps the most excit¬ 
ing of all the traditions with which 
the freshman class meets. Its primary 
purpose is to organize the class by 
means of the concentrated effort to¬ 
ward a goal. The degree to which a 
freshman class can be organized 
through the stunt is demonstrated in 
the class of 1934 which won the Big 
Black Cat both the freshman and the 
sophomore years. 

A. 
n NO7 \O /

'0 •o0 r)/?/ ' 

„A


O 

SisLJ 

w if 

/J 

liiii 

wm 

yfl 

... * 

The "black list" of names of stu¬ 
dents who have not paid the student 
budget will be posted Tuesday, Octo¬ 
ber 8. After that date, students whose 
names are on the list wdl not be al¬ 
lowed to participate in campus activi¬ 
ties. 

Amv Underwood, student treasurer, 
reports that more has been paid this 
year than in former years at a cor¬ 

responding time. 
A special drive will be made the 
rest of this week to get budgets paid. 

A very thin fullback was annoyed 
by the attentions of a small dog dur¬ 
ing a Rugby match. 

At last, when play had moved to the 
other end, the back turned and shout¬ 
ed to the spectators: "Whoever owns 
this dog might call him off." 

A voice responded: "Come here, 
Spot. Them ain't bones, boy—them's 
legs."—Belfast Evening Telegraph. 

Dentists are searching for a slogan 
for their profession. What about "Be 
true to your teeth, or they will be false 
to you?"—Everybody's Weekly. 

❖ * 
X FRANCES VIRGINIA ❖ 
£ TEA ROOM ❖ 
4* £ 

4* Peachtree and Ellis £ 

* £ 

"4 

as 

thousailiis 

cheer 

you'll see this 

Polo 

Coat 

which was approved by 

Rich's 19i4 Col¬ 

lege Board 

t-

SNAP INTO ACTION 

Chosen by the College Board 
because it's perfect for Stad¬ 
ium and Campus wear it faces 
a bright collegiate season! 
Smartly tailored, double 
breasted with a swank 3-inch 
belt. In natural, brown and 
navy in sizes 11 to 17! 

$18.95 

COLLEGE SHOP 
THIRD FLOOR 

RICH'S 


<P)£ ^SKgonistic 

VOL. XX AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1934 NO. 2 

SOPHOMORES WIN BLACK CAT 

AGNES SCOTT MEETS ENGLISH 
DEBATERS HERE DECEMBER 7 
Sophs Win With 

"Revere the Soph" 

Miss Miller, Miss Gaylord, 
Miss Scandrett Judges In 
Interclass Contest. 

The sophomore class won the big 
Black Cat, traditional symbol of vic¬ 
tory in the annual Freshman-Soph¬ 
omore stunt contest held Saturdav 
night in the gymnasium. The award 
was made as the result of the decision 
of the judges, Miss Scandrett, Miss 
Gaylord and Miss Bee Miller, based on 

the presentation, setting and plot of 
the stunts. 

The winning stunt, "Revere the 
Soph," had as its theme the conquest 
of the freshmen by the sophomores, and 
the cast was led by Frances Balkcom, 
in the title role of Revere, the Soph, 
and Julia Thing as Ah-Ha, the Frosh. 
Several interesting choruses were pre¬ 
sented, including one by girls masquer¬ 
ading as horses. The Freshman stunt, 
entitled "A Mars Confection" and fea¬ 
turing Ann Worthy Johnson as Touch¬ 
down, the hero, and Jane Hashagen as 
Kitty, the heroine, was supposed to 
have taken place on Mars, and was very 
cleverly carried out. Each class was 
enthusiastically supported by a cheer¬ 
ing section composed of members of 
the class, and of its sister class, the 
Freshmen supporters dressed in red and 
"white, and the Sophomores in yellow 
and black. 

During the program the stunt chair¬ 
men, Barbara Hertwig, Sophomore, and 
Mildred Frost Brown, Freshman, were 
presented with tokens of appreciation 
and goodwill by representatives of the 
opposing class, and a fine spirit was 
shown on both sides. 

The class of 1937 is the fourth suc¬ 
cessive sophomore class to win the 
coveted Black Cat, which remains in 
the possession of the class president un¬ 
til won by a succeeding class. 

The casts of the two stunts were as 
follows: 

"A Mars Confection" 

Nightwatchman—Ellen McCallie. 

Touchdown, the hero—Ann Worthy 
Johnson. 
Mail Caller—Mary Past. 
Big Dec—Ola Kelly. 
Little Dec—Lettie McKay. 
Sophomore—Lillian Croft 
Sophless—Lulu Croft. 
Bot—Gene Brown. 
(Continued on page 4, column 1) 

Agonistic Names 

New Reporters 

A marked increase in enthusiasm and 
interest in the Agonistic this year 
over any of the past four years was 
shown by the number of try-outs for 
the reporter staff. The number this year 
was double that of the fall try-outs 
last year, or twenty-five this year over 
twelve of last. The articles were graded 
on the three points: the choice of story, 
the completeness of the first paragraph, 
and the general treatment of the story 
in regard to detail and structure. The 
following seventeen girls were elected 
as reporters: Eliza King, Eleanor Whit-
son, Betty Mathis, Lavinia Scott, Jessie 
Jeffers, Mary Lillian Fairly, Gene 
Brown, Elizabeth Warden, Sara Steele, 
Josephine Jennings, Mary Richardson, 
Jane Guthrie, Betty Maynard, Ora 
Muse, Mary Margaret Stowe, Jacque 
McWhite, and Ruth Hertzka. 

Appointments have not yet been 
made on the editorial staff to fill va¬ 
cancies left by students who did not 
return to Agnes Scott this year. 

Freshman and Sophomore Stunt Chairmen 

Marian Calhoun, Edith Mer¬ 
lin to Represent A. S. C. 
in First Debate. 

On December 7, David W. Scholes 
and J. Hirschfield, representing the 
National Union of Students of Eng¬ 
land, will debate Agnes Scott College 
on the question, Resolved: That the 
abandonment of isolationist policies is 
essential to the return of prosperity, 
according to Dr. George P. Hayes, 
faculty adviser to Pi Alpha Phi, Agnes 
Scott debating society. Marian Calhoun 
and Edith Merlin will uphold the neg¬ 
ative for Agnes Scott; Brooks Spivey 
has been named as alternate. There 
will be no decision. 

All arrangements for the interna¬ 
tional debates, in which Agnes Scott 
has taken part for the past few years, 
are made by the National Student Fed¬ 
eration, the headquarters of which are 
in New York City. The itinerary, de¬ 
bate schedules, and questions for de¬ 
bate are handled by this organization. 
According to information forwarded 
bv the Federation to Sarah Catherine 
Vood, secretary of Pi Alpha Phi, Mr. 
Scholes, who is a student at the London 
School of Economics, is studying for 
the Bachelor of Commerce degree; he 
is also president of the Students' Union. 
Mr. Hirschfield, who was a double 
Prizeman of University College, Lon¬ 
don, and was awarded a First Class 
degree in 1931 from the same institu¬ 
tion, is now being trained as a research 
student in history. The entertainment 
of the British debaters while they are 
in Decatur will be in charge of Pi 
Alpha Phi. 

A debate with Wesleyan College is 
scheduled for late in November or 
early in December. Agnes Scott has 
submitted to Wesleyan the question, 
Resolved: That Hitler's domestic pol¬ 
icies have benefited Germany. The 
Agnes Scott team for this debate has 
not yet been announced. There will 
be no decision. Tentative plans have 
been made for the debating schedule 
for the spring, but no definite dates 
have yet been arranged. 

Radio Programs 

To Be Presented 

The second in a new series of radio 
programs in which Agnes Scott Col¬ 
lege will have a part will be present¬ 
ed on Friday night, October 19, at 6 
o'clock over WSB. Dr. Muriel Harn, 
head of the German department of 
Agnes Scott, and Professor C. F. 
Hamff, of the German department of 
Emory, will discuss the present sit¬ 
uation in Germany. 

These programs, which have been 
styled the University Round-Table, 
were started bv Emory University. The 
combination of Emory University with 
other colleges in the city presented in 
a program of discussion, or debate, has 
been planned for the fall months. 
Both students and faculty of the col¬ 
leges participating will broadcast. 

The project of broadcasting a round-
table discussion being carried on by 
representatives of different colleges 
was begun by the University of Chi¬ 
cago. There, according to Dr. J. R. 
McCain, it proved to be most work¬ 
able and most successful. 

Blackfriars Will 

Give Shaw Comedy 

Blackfriars will present George Ber¬ 
nard Shaw's comedy, Yoic Never Can 
Tell, as the first play of the year, Fri¬ 
day and Saturday nights, November 
16 and 17. 

You Never Can Tell is characterized 
as "a pleasant play." Although it is 
one of Shaw's earlier works, written 
in 1905, it has lost none of the sig¬ 
nificance of its delightful satire on the 
relation of parents to children in the 
twentieth century. It was presented 
and received with great enthusiasm 
during the past summer at Malvern, 
England. 

The cast has not yet been completed 
but, at present, is as follows: 
Dolly Clandon—Hester Anne With¬ 

ers. 

Gloria Clandon—Betty Lou Houck. 

Mrs. Clandon—Ida Lois McDaniel. 

The Maid—Mragaret Stokey. 

Phil Clandon—Jimmie Jepson. 

Others who will take part but who 
have not yet been cast are Cyril Smith, 
Walter Paschal, and Irwin McKay. 

Blackfriars hopes to present this year 
three large public plays, each of a dif¬ 
ferent type. The play by Shaw is light 
comedy; the next play will be serious 
and somewhat tragic; and the com¬ 
mencement presentation, it is hoped, 
will be a Greek play. The club is con¬ 
sidering "Electra" by Euripides, "Elec


(Continued on page 6, column 5) 

A. S. STUDENTS 

ATTEND FORUM 

The Interracial Forum of the Inter-
Collegiate Council held its first meet¬ 
ing of the fall at Gammon Theological 
Seminary in Atlanta, on Sunday, Oc¬ 
tober 14, at 3 o'clock. Martha Crenshaw, 
Lena Armstrong, Lois Hart, Ade¬ 
laide Stevens, Lulu Ames, Nell Allison, 
and Dr. J. R. McCain attended from 
Agnes Scott College. 

The program was in the form of a 
discussion group led by Mr. Jesse O. 
Thomas, of the Urban League. The 
students attending the forum were 
shown a room filled with books about 
Negroes written both by Negroes and 
white authors and with pictures of the 
outstanding leaders of the Negro race, 
both of men and women. 

Students from Gammon, Emory 
University, Spelman College, Atlanta 
University, Georgia Tech, Clark Uni¬ 
versity, Agnes Scott College, and Morehouse 
College were present. The forum 
is a sub-division of the Inter-Collegiate 
Council. The number of representa¬ 
tives in the Forum is not limited in 
number. The purpose of the round-
tables is to acquaint the students of 
both races with the historical back¬ 
ground of the Negro Americans as it 
is related to the present status in which 
the Negro finds himself. 

PRESBYTERIAN GIRLS 
TO BE ENTERTAINED 

The Young People's Department of 
North Avenue Presbyterian Church 
will entertain with a Hallowe'en party 
at North Avenue Presbyterian School 
on Saturday afternoon, October 20, in 
honor of the Presbyterian girls at 
Agnes Scott College. 

A treasure hunt is planned for the 

afternoon; also the usual Hallowe'en 

games will be played. Miss Alice Rivers 

is in charge of the arrangements. 

—Courtesy Atlanta Constitution. 

Barbara Hertwig 

Bori To Sing 

Thurs. Night 

Lucrezia Bori, for several years a 
constant visitor to Atlanta with the 
Metropolitan Opera Company, will ap¬ 
pear in recital at the Atlanta Audi¬ 
torium Thursday evening, October 18, 
as the opening attraction of the All-
Star Concert Series, sponsored by the 
Atlanta Music Club and the Atlanta 
Philharmonic Society. 

Over 3,500 tickets for the concert 
have already been sold, and the boxes 
will be occupied by Agnes Scott stu¬ 
dents. 

Bori has been extremely talented 
since early childhood, making her first 
public appearance at the age of 6. 
When she was 17 her father, a colonel 
in the artillery, gave up his office to 
chaperon his daughter while she pur¬ 
sued her studies in Italy. Bori made 
her debut in Rome as "Micaila," in 
Carmen. Two years later she was sing¬ 
ing at La Scala, and shortly afterward 
in Buenos Aires under the baton of 
Toscanini, who contrived to get her 
an engagement with the Metropolitan. 
She made her debut there in "Manon 
Lescaut," with Caruso, in 1913. 

After brilliant successes here, she 
was forced to undergo a serious throat 
operation, and retired for three years, 
returning to the Metropolitan Opera 
House in 1921. She has since establish¬ 
ed herself as one of the greatest so¬ 
pranos in operatic history. 

Aurora Announces 

Prizes to Be Given 

The Aurora, the literary magazine 
published quarterly, announces the fol¬ 
lowing prizes to be awarded: 

$5.00 for the best poem in the first 
three issues. 
$2.50 for the best short story. 
$2.5 0 for the best essay, formal or 
informal. 
A $2.50 prize also is being offered 
for the best cover design as in previous 
years. Miss Louise Lewis, head of the 
art department, will judge the designs 
submitted. 
Last year prizes were awarded to 
Lulu Ames for the short story; Frances 
Espy, the poem; Rn-Hvn Crispin, the 
cover; and Elizabeth Winn, the essay. 
Contributions for the first issue, 
which wdl be published in November, 
are to be placed in the Aurora box in 
(Continued on page 6, column 4) 

—Courtesy Atlanta Constitution. 

Mildred Frost Brown 

Barbara Hertwig, sophomore stunt 
chairman, and Mildred Frost Brown, 

freshman stunt chairman. The soph¬ 
omores were victorious over the fresh¬ 
men in the "battle of wits" held in 
the gymnasium Saturday night. 

SENIORS PLAN 

INVESTITURE 

The senior class is completing plans 
for the investiture service to be held 
in chapel Saturday morning, Novem¬ 
ber 3. 

Miss Annie May Christie, associate 
professor of English and one of the 
faculty advisors of the class, will de¬ 
liver the investiture address, and Miss 
Nannette Hopkins will perform the 
traditional capping ceremony. 

The senior procession will be led by 
Charles Raper, 6-year old son of Dr. 
and Mrs. A. F. Raper. Charles was 
recently elected mascot of the Class of 
193 5. 

Investiture is a ceremony unique to 
Agnes Scott, and is one of the most 
revered traditions of the college. At 
this time members of the senior class 
appear for the first time as a group, 
wearing the academic gown. With the 
placing of the cap on the head of each 
senior, Miss Flopkins invests her with 
the full privileges and dignity of seniorhood. 


This impressive ceremonv began in 
1916 and has become a traditional 
service, observed annually on the first 
Saturdav in November. 

PRESIDENT RETURNS 
FROM GEORGIA TRIP 

President J. R. McCain, of Agnes 
Scott College, returned from south 
Georgia to the campus on Thursday, 
October 11. Whde he was away he 
attended the Presbyterian Svnod of 
Georgia in Thomasville. 

Dr. W. D. Hooper, of the University 
of Georgia, Dr. McCain said, made a 
fine speech about Agnes Scott. 

Dr. McCain also spoke before the 
Synod. While he was away, Dr. Mc¬ 
Cain saw Mr. H. T. Mclntosh of Al¬ 
bany and Mr. W. C. Vereen of Moultrie, 
both of whom are members of the 
Board of Trustees of Agnes Scott Col



EXCHANGES

©1)£ Agonistic 

A Key to Current 

Subscription price, SI.25 per year in advance. Single copies, 5c. 
Owned and published by the students of Agnes Scott College. 
Entered as Second Class Matter. 

STAFF 
Loice Richards Nell Pattillo 
Editor-in-Chief Business Manager 
Lulu Ames Alice Chamlee 
Assistant Editor Advertising Manager 
Edith Merlin Eva Constantine 
Feature Make-Up 
Mary Boggs Mary Jane Tigert 
Book Notes Assistant Make-Up 
Mary M. Stowe 
Society 
Elizabeth Thrasher 
Circulation 
Laura Steele Kathryn Bowen 
Alumnae Business Assistant 
Frances Balkcom Helen Ramsey 
Club Business Assistant 
Lucille Cairns Laura Steele 
Exchange Business Assistant 
Margaret Robins 
Current History 
Kitty Printup 
Sports 

SELF-GOVERNMENT 
A common privilege implies a common duty. Every student 
at Agnes Scott, as a member of the Student Government Associa¬ 
tion, has the privilege and the obligation of self-government. 
The recent drive held by the Association for a better under¬ 
standing of the Honor System under which we operate has made 
the campus conscious of its scope and its workings; it has also 
brought to our minds a number of questions: What is Student 
Government? What are our standards of honor and what should 
they be? What is the contract between the Association and each 
of its members? What is the responsibility of each student to the 
group and to herself? 
Student government is self-government. Any common¬ 
wealth based on democratic principles depends for its success on 
the cooperation of every citizen, but the strength of the union 
will depend upon the strength of the unit. So it is with our own 
Association. The organization^ based on a charter granted by 
the faculty in 1906, has for its purpose the control of all matters 
pertaining to the conduct of the students. It has always worked 
for the greatest good for the greatest number, and strives con¬ 
stantly to perfect its standards and regulations. The reason for 
its existence, for its continuation, is the fundamental on which 
it is based—it teaches us to govern ourselves. 
Honor is a matter of self-government. It is the foundation 
of character. When loyalty to a group is assumed, personal honor 
loses none of its individuality; rather its responsibility is in¬ 
creased because of the trust reposed in it. Consequently, there 
should be no discrimination between regulations governing aca¬ 
demic work and social privileges when a violation occurs. We 
seem to have cultivated on the campus a double standard of 
honor, putting one construction on rules applying to cheating 
and stealing, and a much less stringent one on those concerning 
social relationships. To handle this situation adequately, a double 
system has grown up; students readily report offenses of the 
former type, while officials of the Student Government Associa¬ 
tion and of the Administration care for the latter in addition. 
It is not idealistic theory to maintain that a double system is un¬ 
necessary, but we realize that a single honor system can operate 
successfully only after a single hoonr standard has been firmly 
established in the minds of those governed. We feel that the 
Honor Drive has brought the matter to the attention of every 
student, and that the next step is to work toward the strengthen¬ 
ing of personal principles of honor and self-government. 

The granting of privileges entails responsibilities. There is a 
contract between the Student Government Association and each 
of its members. When we accept the trust placed in us, we 
pledge ourselves to its support. "It seems reasonable that when 
a student fails to understand the necessity of hearty cooperation 
and shows a constant disregard of the rules, that she forfeit her 
right to the privilege of being in a community so governed." No 
student pledges herself to this cooperation until she has become 
familiar with the principles on which the Honor System is based. 
We think, however, that a plan should be worked out whereby 
the contract may be renewed by upperclassmen, and their ad¬ 
ditional responsibilities emphasized. 

As members of the organization, it is our privilege to "learn 
to live honorably and unselfishly in a community," and our duty 
to share the responsibility of the government. And every student 
has the obligation of maintaining personal standards. James A. 
Garfield was speaking in this vein when he said: "There is one 
man whose respect I must have at all hazards, and his name is 
James A. Garfield—for I must room with him, walk with him, 
work with him, eat with him, talk with him, commune with 
him—live with him." 

It is by the combination of personal and group responsibilities, 
of common privileges and common duties that Student Govern¬ 
ment may work, through Self-Government, for the greatest good 
for the greatest number. 

History 

SPAIN HAS COME 
TO THE CROSSROADS 

By Mary Virginia Allen 

Four hundred years' effort toward 

the unification of Spain has not de¬ 

prived Catalonia and the Basque 

provinces of their desire to regain the 

autonomous rights they once enjoyed. 

On October 6 President Louis Com


panys of Catalonia proclaimed the 

region no longer having any connec¬ 

tion with the Spanish republic. Later, 

under a heavy bombardment of shell


fire, he was forced to surrender; 

Catalonia's revolution for independence 

was practically crushed at daybreak on 

Sunday, October 7. 

During the regime of the monarchy 

and the First Republic, Catalonia had 

been converted from conservative 

regionalism to violent separatism by 

the policy of the dictatorship, and 

would not cooperate with the revolu¬ 

tionaries until promised a satisfactory 

settlement of its demands. When the 

revolution came in April, 1931, Cat¬ 

alonia established the Catalan Republic. 

The Cortes later approved a statute 

which had been prepared in Catalonia 

and passed by a plebiscite. Catalonia 

was defined in the statute as an "au¬ 

tonomous region within the Spanish 

state." The principal contention of the 

Catalans, however — that Catalonia 

was to be considered an independent 

region delegating certain of its pre¬ 

rogatives to the Spanish state—was 

denied. In both the Constitution and 

in the statute the rights of Catalonia 

were enumerated, and it was declared 

that the state reserved those not spe¬ 

cifically granted. A rather numerous 

Left Wing demands much greater free¬ 

dom. "The Republic has not complete¬ 

ly satisfied our desires nor the statute 

(Continued on page 6, column 3) 

CONSIDERTHE STRIKER 
IN THE MILL 

By Edith Merlin 

The recent textile strike brought 

with it a number of pressing problems, 

and none more widely-discussed than 

the question of whether the govern¬ 

ment should feed strikers. Even among 

the ranks of labor sympathizers there 

have been differences of opinion, while 

labor and capital have, as usual, dis¬ 

agreed violently. It seems to me that 

to a disinterested observer, possessing 

neither interests in the mills nor affil¬ 

iations with the labor movement there 

can be but one answer—the govern¬ 

ment is justified in feeding and should 

continue to feed strikers. 

In the first place the government is 

giving relief to all unemployed and is 

not inquiring into how they happened 

to lose their jobs; there is no reason 

why strikers should not receive the 

privileges of the unemployed: I dare¬ 

say many of those on relief rolls are 

just as voluntarily unemployed. Is one 

who loses his job because of drunken¬ 

ness more entitled to monev than one 

who, because he is underpaid and over¬ 

worked contrary to the rulings of his 

government, gives up his job? 

Again, in feeding the strikers the 

government is merely giving them an 

equal chance in the struggle in which 

they are engaged. The mills have capi¬ 

tal enough to back them up in the 

fight. They are in no danger of star¬ 

vation no matter how long, within 

reason, the strike goes on. The work¬ 

ers, having been able to save nothing 

from the meager wages they receive, 

have been starved back into the mills 

in most of the major strikes in history. 

It is not a fair fight in which one par¬ 

ticipant enters already crippled. The 

fact that strikes have occurred in soite 

of the very real danger of hunger 

shows nothing but the desoerate plight 

of the people who are willing to risk 

a very little all on a slim chance of 

getting a little more. The strike is the 

onlv weapon of labor in the age-old 

c'ass struggle—and even in this it has 
; heretofore been seriously handicapped. 
The government is not showing par-
i tiality in giving relief to strikers; on 
(Con/'nued on page 6, column 1) 

Headline in the Alabama Crimson We see bv the Florida FIambeau that 
j White.—The University of Alabama the students of Marshall College got 
out a manual telling professors how to

administration expects every student 
be courteous. Among the suggestions

to attend all classes. The V. M. 7. 

were: 

Cadet asks if this added a touch of 

It is discourteous for the professor to 
green to the Keydet Grey if they were wear an inadequate belt. (Disconcert¬ 
"expected" to be in rank when the ing, to say the least.) 
It is discourteous (or a trifle indefin¬

buele blew. 

ite) for the professor not to learn 
students' names. Students dislike beingThe Florida State College for Women 
called "you in the green dress," "you

has this year instituted a system of cuts 
on the back row," or having to decide

whereby each student gets three cuts 
if she is the one out of six in hera semester, in addition to receiving ex¬ 
vicinity at whom the teacher seems

cuses when in the infirmary and for 

to be nodding.

emergency cases from the dean. First 
semester freshmen and first quarter 

I had a little dog name Di-fo,transfers are the only ones who don't 
I've had him since he puz-a-wup.

enjoy this privilege. The number of 
He sits all day on lind-hegscuts are increased for those making 
And holds his long fregs up.

grades of "C" or over. 

Wow-Bow.

And here we don't even have the 

—The Auburn Plainsman.

privilege of taking the minimum num¬ 
ber of cuts, even though we "merit." 

Now that football is in full swing,It seems as though the school is put we'll hear less of knee action for awhile on the bases of first semester freshmen. 

and more about hip movement.—The

We found in The Flor-Ala a reason Blue Stocking, Pres. College.

why so many people often flunk exams. 
It is said that a fool can ask more 

In the English, French, Latin, Ital¬questions than a wise man can answer. 

ian, Greek languages, the moon is fem¬ 
inine, but in the Teutonic language itThe Florida Flambeau suggests that is masculine. The latter undoubtedlyin consideration of their $7.5 0 failure had the word for it, when you con¬fee their sign outside the dean's office, sider that the moon always has a shiny"Get your grades and pass out quiet¬ face.—The Alabamian, Alabama Col¬ly," should be changed to read "Get 

lege.

your grades and shell out quietly." 

The latter would no doubt be the 

As far as that goes here we "shell 

proper gender for this institution, for 
out" in any number of places at any what good is a moon unless somethingnumber of times. 

of a masculine nature is present? 

Many a woman is blamed for mak¬ Mount Holyoke College is trying aing a fool of a man, when he is really new system of examinations. Seniors 
self-made. — The Flor-Ala, Florence will take only three instead of five 
State Teachers College. 

exams, the two left out being in their 
major department. 

Of all the many crimes Fine idea! But we're afraid if any¬ 
My wicked past bestrewing thing like that happened at Agnes 
I most regret the ones Scott, the students wouldn't recover 

That someone caught me doing. from the shock soon enough to take 
-The Watchtower, Wesleyan College. the three remaining ones. 

BOOK NOTES 

Fellow-Poet Mark Van Doren hails 
Jesse Stuart as an "American Robert 
Burns." Man With a Bull-Tongue 
Plow, a collection of 703 sonnetesque 
verses, sings only homespun heroes, 
vaunts the excellences of Kentucky 
farm-life, mourns the mortality of 
Poet Stuart's love affairs and friends. 
No book to read through at a sitting, 
it will prove to the plainest reader 
that, in Poet Van Doren's words, 
Stuart is a "rare poet for these times 
. . . both copious and comprehensible." 
Some samples of his comprehensible 
curiosities: 

"Where are the friends of youth I 
miss— 
Elmer and Bert, Oscar, and jim and 
John; ... 
And where are Lizzie, Lute, and jack 
and Mack! 
They, too, have gone and they will 
not come back." 

A personal poet, Stuart often tells 

all: 

"I shall not go inside the church to¬ 

night. 

She must not see me stagger down the 

aisle. . . ." 

But on Death muses his Muse most: 
"In winter when the ground was white 
with snow 
She sat beside the fire and knitted 
socks, 
But now her grave is marked with 
two field rocks . . ." 
—Time. 

The Man of the Renaissance—Ralph 

Roeder. 

In the lives of four protagonists— 

Savonarola, Machiavelli, Castiglime, 

and Oretino—is traced the develop¬ 

ment of the Italian Renaissance be¬ 

tween the years 1494 and 1 5 30 which 

mark the apogee of its artistic expres¬ 

sion and the crisis of its religious, so¬ 

cial, and political disintegration. 

These men illustrate four phases of 

the moral life of their age and, taken 

together, they compose the man of the 

Renaissance. "... Seeking successively 

to master life by spirit, by intelligence, 

by refinement, and by instinct, they 
found each according to the truth of 
his temperament, their vital principles 

in religion, in patriotism, in society, 
and in self-satisfaction; and between 
them, they exhausted the alternatives. 
Their lives embodied the adventures of 
the basic ideas that men live by; and 
they developed them with such trans¬ 
parent simplicity and extreme consist¬ 
ency that they live on for posterity as 
types." 

Amaranth—Edward Arlington Rob¬ 
inson. 
A new poem which belongs to the 
mood of Tristram and Talifer. 

Not I, But the Wind—Frieda Law¬ 
rence. 

Frieda Lawrence's biography of her 
husband, D. H. Lawrence, in which 
she combines her own knowledge of 
him with about a hundred of his let¬ 
ters to create a clarifying narrative; D. 

H. Lawrence emerges in a more com¬ 
prehensible form from this record than 
from his stories. 

Poems of the War and After—Vera 
Brittain. 

Published as a poetic supplement to 
Testament of Youth in response to in¬ 
sistent demand of readers who enjoyed 
the fragments of verse in the first 
book. 

The World as I See It—Albert Ein¬ 
stein. 

A series of short addresses which 
deal with Professor Einstein's opinions 
on current social problems, and pre¬ 
sent several non-technical discussions 
on the "nature of scientific truth and 
of the relationship between theoretical 
constructions like his own and empiri¬ 
cal fact." 

The Fa'ttcrs of Gamelid Bradford, 
1918-1931 —Edited by Van Wyck 
Brooks. 

An admirable thirteen-year letter fi'e 
of the biographer, including various 
professional correspondences, letters to 
Carl Sandburg, H. L. Mencken, and 
other noted contemporary figures. 

American Song—Paul Engle. 

A much-acclaimed lyrical epic of 
America, from the pen of a young 
lowan who is now studying at Oxford. 


SOCIETY Sophs Honored CLUBS 

Lillian Grimson spent Sunday at the 
home of Elizabeth Alexander in At¬ 
lanta. 

Elizabeth Allison's family was here 
at Agnes Scott last week-end. 

Ann Walker had as her guest for the 
. week-end Margaret Mertz of Atlanta. 

Pauline Moss attended the Psi Omega 
dance on Thursday night. 

Ellen Davis and Barton Jackson 
were at the Delta Sigma Delta dance 
Tuesday night. 

Peggy Ware spent Sunday in At¬ 
lanta with Mrs. F. C. Talmadge. 

Nell Hemphill had dinner on Sun¬ 
day with Elizabeth Flinn, in Atlanta. 

Virginia Hightower and Rebecca 
Harrison had dinner Sunday with Mrs. 
Elbert Aiken. 

Susan Bryan spent Saturday night 
with Mrs. H. J. West. 

Jessie Jeffers spent Sunday with 
Miss Bruce Waters of Atlanta. 

Mary Boggs, Liselotte Roennecke, 
and Mary Virginia Allen had tea with 
Lulu Ames on Sunday, October 7. 

On Thursday, October 11, Dr. and 
Mrs. Henry Robinson and Dr. and Mrs. 
James T. Gillespie entertained at tea in 
honor of Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Whitiker, 
who is acting associate professor 
of biology at Agnes Scott this year. 
Faculty members were invited to call 
during the afternoon. The hosts were 
assisted by Mrs. Alma Sydenstricker, 
Miss Mary MacDougall, Mary Gillespie, 
Kitty Cunningham, Wayve Lewis, Ada 
Page Foote, and Mildred Hooten. 

Mary Helen Barrett spent Sunday 
night with Margaret Wright's grand¬ 
mother, Mrs. Osborn. 

Ruth Tate spent Sunday with her 
sister, Marlyn Tate, '3 3. Marlyn was 
on the campus Saturday night for the 
stunt. 

Sociology Class 

Attends Fair 

Twenty-two students of Dr. A. 

Frank Raper's Sociology class attended 

the Southeastern Fair at Atlanta last 

Thursday afternoon, October 4, for the 

purpose of studying the American In¬ 

dian village and its relation to the early 

stages of familylife. , 

Indian tribes from the Everglades of 

Florida, the western Pueblos, and the 

mountains of North Carolina were rep¬ 

resented in the Exposition. Among the 

things observed by the students were 

the construction of the wigwams, the 

costumes, and the Indians' handicraft. 

The class was particularly interested in 

the designing of pottery and rugs. 

Those who attended the Fair are the 

following: Caroline Dickson, Liselotte 

Roennecke, Harriet Dimmock, Alsine 

Schutze, Elizabeth Thrasher, Mary 

Gray' Rogers, Mary Henderson, Car¬ 

olyn Cole, Gladys Burns, Lois Hart, 

Adelaide Stevens, Virginia Williams, 

Elizabeth Strickland, Jane Allen Webb, 

Ida Lois McDaniel, Miriam Bass, Clara 

McConnell, Mary Summers, Martha 

Crenshaw, Frances McCully, Jane Cas¬ 

sels, and Elizabeth Rodrigue. 

BOWEN 

Catherine Fitzpatrick had as her 
guest for the stunt her sister, Sara 
Fitzpatrick. 

Florence Lasseter and Barton Jack¬ 
son were the guests Sunday of Dr. and 
Mrs. Brinkley of Emory University. 

Jean Kirkpatrick's mother visited 
her on Friday, October 12. 

The Young Matrons' Circle of the 
First Baptist Church entertained at tea 
on Thursday, October 11, in honor of 
the Baptist students at Agnes Scott, 
both boarders and day students The 
tea was held at the home of Mrs. A. J. 
Moncrief on Adams Street. 

Jane Cassels and Martha Redwine 
spent the week-end with Sally Hooten, 
ex-'3 5, in McDonough, Ga. 

Fidesah Edwards and Mary Lillian 
Deason spent Friday evening with 
Misses Anna and Dorothy Thurman of 
Emory University. 

Alice Dunbar was with her aunt, 
Mrs. L. L. Gellerstedt, in Druid Hills 
over the week-end. 

Marie Adams, Martha Ann Rodgers, 
Mary Hull, Virginia Turner, Elizabeth 
Strickland, and Marjorie Scott hied 
themselves over to Athens for the 
week-end. 

Virginia Williams spent the week¬ 
end with Mrs. J. A. Adams in Atlanta. 

Sally McRee and Mary Vines were 
with Mrs. Davis Thornton for the 
week-end. 

Alberta Palmour had as her guest 
last week-end her sister, Mary Louise 
Palmour. 

Sara Frances McDonald attended the 
Biltmore dance on Saturday night. 

Trellis Carmichael spent the week¬ 
end at her home in McDonough, Ga. 

Elizabeth Heaton went home to 
Tallapoosa, Ga., for the week-end. 

Rosa Miller, Nell White, and Nina 
Parke were guests of Mr. Cator Wool-
ford for Sunday dinner. 

Collection Given 

To Art Dept. 

During the past summer Miss Pene¬ 
lope Brown, Agnes Scott, '32, and 
former field secretary for the Alumnae 
Association, presented to the Art De¬ 
partment of Agnes Scott College a col¬ 
lection of valuable engravings, repro¬ 
ductions of famous pictures, and books 
on art. 

According to Miss Louise Lewis, of 
the art and art history department, 
the collection is an addition of great 
importance to the art library. It in¬ 
cludes a number of books bound in a 
deluxe edition which portrays the 
Paris Exposition of 1900; a set of 
famous masterpieces illustrating Greek 
myths; a series of engravings by Ho¬ 
garth; and a volume of drawings by 
Albrecht Durer. 

The collection belonged formerly to 
Miss Brown's father, the late Elijah 
Brown. The books and engravings 
have all been put in the art library and 
all students are free to inspect them. 

PRESS 

COMMERCIAL PRINTING AND 
STATIONERY 
Blotters—Note Paper—Poster Paper 
Office Supplies 
421 Church St. De. 0976 Decatur, Ga. 

At Tea-Dance 

The senior class will honor members 
of the sophomore class with a tea-dance 
to be held in the gym, Thursday after¬ 
noon, October 2 5, at 4:30 o'clock. The 
bell for the Black Cat, won by the 
sophomores Saturday night, will be 
presented at this time. 

Senior committees, appointed by 
Mary Boggs, president of the senior 
class, are: 

Invitations: Margaret Robins, Jac¬ 
queline Woolfolk, Josephine Jennings; 
refreshments: Hester Anne Withers, 
Vera Pruet; decorations: Elizabeth 
Alexander, Vella Behm, Marguerite 
Morris; entertainment: Betty Fountain, 
Madeline Race, Caroline Long; music: 
Nina Parke. 

Alumnae Will 

Entertain Club 

The Alumnae Association of Agnes 
Scott College will entertain the Grand¬ 
daughters Club at a seated tea at four-
thirty this afternoon in the Alumnae 
House. 

The entertainment committee of the 
Association is in charge of the pro¬ 
gram. Augusta Skeen Cooper, '17, 
chairman of the committee, will be as¬ 
sisted in entertaining by Louisa Wight 
Gosnell, '27; Margaret Phythian, '16; 
Julia Pratt Black, '12; Margaret Mc-
Dow MacDougall, '25; Cora Morton 
Durrett, '24; Frances Craighead 
Dwyer, '28; Louise Brown Hastings, 
'23; Elinor Hamilton, '34; Clara Whips 
Durn, '16; Maryellen Harvey Newton, 
'16; Frances Gilliland Stukes, '24; 
Patricia Collins, '28; and Dorothy 
Hutton, '29. 

The mothers of students living in 
Atlanta and Decatur who have been 
invited to be present include Mrs. 
Oscar Palmour, Mrs. H. P. Redwine, 
Mrs. J. K. Muse, Mrs. B. Alton John¬ 
son, Mrs. Lewis Gaines, Mrs. Henry 
Earthman, and Mrs. R. M. Croft. Miss 
Nannette Hopkins will be a special 
guest of the afternoon. 

The members of the Granddaughters 
Club this year are: Harriet Dimmock, 
Clara Morrison, Alberta Palmour, 
Martha Redwine, Susan Turner, Mary 
Adams, Mary Henderson, Frances Mc-
Cully, Elizabeth Forman, Lorraine 
Smith, Lucille Cairns, Fannie B. Har¬ 
ris, Dorothy Lee, Ora Muse, Barton 
Jackson, Martha Johnson, Virginia 
Gaines, Kathleen Daniel, Caroline 
Armistead, Kennon Henderson, Mary 
Hull, Winifred Kellersberger, Dorothy 
Lee Kelly, Mary Nell Tribble, Nancy 
Tucker, Pauline Wynne, Lillian Croft, 
Lulu Croft, Nell Scott Earthman, 
Margaret Morrison, and Martha Young. 

The membership of the Grand¬ 
daughters Club is made up of the stu¬ 
dents now enrolled at Agnes Scott 
whose mothers are graduates of the 
college. Each fall the alumnae enter¬ 
tains in their honor. 

Dean Is Hostess 

To Mr. Lester 

Miss Nannette Hopkins, dean, was 
hostess to Mr. R. M. Lester, at after-
dinner coffee Monday night in the 
Alumnae House. Mr. Lester, a member 
of the Carnegie foundation, visited 
the campus in the interest of the 
library. 

The guests included Mr. Lester, Dr. 

J. R. McCain, Dr. G. P. Hayes, Dr. 
Philip Davidson, Mr. S. G. Stukes, Miss 
Edna Hanley, and the members of 
Mortar Board, Mary Boggs, Mary Jane 
Evans, Mary Green, Anna Humber, 
Caroline Long, Frances McCalla, 
Alberta Palmour, Nell Pattillo, Martha 
Redwine, Loice Richards. 

% JOSEPH SIEGEL * 
❖ 
"Dependable Jeweler Since 1908" % 
£ Diamonds—Watches—Jewelry ❖ 
.> Silverware 

*:j* Watch, Clock and Jewelry ❖ 
Ij. Repairing ^ 
4* All Work Guaranteed .> 
A Phone Dearborn 4205 *£ 
❖ 
111 E. Court Sq. Decatur, Ga. Ij,
*:*❖•:* **•:* •:*•:****** **** *-y** 

Pi Alpha Phi 

Pi Alpha Phi, debating society, an¬ 
nounces the following new members 
taken in at the annual try-outs of the 
club this fall: Lucille Dennison, Isabel 
McCain, Fannie B. Harris, Frances Bel-
ford, Kitty Printup, Rosalyn Crispin, 
Marie Stalker, Nellie Margaret Gilroy. 

B. O. Z. 

Try-outs for B. O. Z. will be due 
on Friday, October 19. Short stories, 
personal or formal essays may be sub¬ 
mitted; freshmen are inelligible. Edith 
Merlin, president of the club, will be 
happy to answer any questions con¬ 
cerning the try-out efforts. 

Eta Sigma Phi 

Eta Sigma Phi is entertaining for 
students in the Latin and Greek de¬ 
partments of the college with a tea-
dance this afternoon in the gym, at 
4:30. 

German Club 

The German Club held its first meet-
in of the year on Friday, October 
12, in the Y. W. C. A. Cabinet Room. 
Mary Boggs, president of the club, pre¬ 
sided. Liselotte Roennecke, Exchange 
Student from Germany this year, spoke 
on university life in Freitag. 

Brown-Barnett 

Wed October 9 

The marriage of Penelope Brown, 
'32, to Dr. Crawford Barnett, Jr., on 
October 9, was an event of great in¬ 
terest to students and faculty alike of 
Agnes Scott College. 

The ceremony was performed at St. 
Mark's Methodist Church in Atlanta 
on Tuesday night at eight-thirty. The 
church was decorated with white dah¬ 
lias and white chrysanthemums and 
lighted by white tapers. The brides¬ 
maids were Sara Lane Smith, '32, of 
Decatur; Louise Stakely, '32, of At¬ 
lanta; Floyd Foster, '32, of Madison; 
and Ruth Pringle Pipkin, '3 1, of Reidsville, 
N. C. The matron-of-honor was 
Mary Miller Brown, '32, Penelope's 
sister-in-law. After the wedding a re¬ 
ception was held to which a number of 
Agnes Scott faculty and students were 
invited. 

Out-of-town alumnae who came to 
the wedding were Betty Peeples, '32, of 
Savannah; and Mary Hughes Jones, 
ex-'29, of Newnan. 

Penelope was most prominent at 
Agnes Scott, both during her under¬ 
graduate years and in her connection 
with the College as an alumna. While 
she was in school here, she was a mem¬ 
ber of Mortar Board, editor of the Sil¬ 
houette, and director of the Senior 
Opera in 1932; in her senior year she 
was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Since 
her graduation Penelope has been Field 

Secretary for the Alumnae Association, 
in which work she has traveled ex¬ 
tensively in the interests of Agnes 
Scott College. 

Mortar Board 

Entertains at Tea 

Mortar Board will entertain at tea 
on Saturday afternoon, October 27, in 
the Day Students Room in Main for 
the members of the freshman class, 
parents of day student freshmen, and 
faculty members 

The committees serving with Anna 
Humber, president, are: Invitations: 
Frances McCalla, chairman; Mary 
Evans, Loice Richards; refreshments: 
Nell Pattillo, chairman; Mary Boggs, 
Mary Green; decorations: Caroline 
Long, chairman; Alberta Palmour, 
Martha Redwine. 

New York, N. Y.— (NSFA)—Dr. 
Ralph R. Winn, City College of New 
York, instructor of philosophy, claims 
that the student who sleeps during lec¬ 
tures retains the greatest amount of 
information being disseminated. 

Spanish Club 
The Spanish Club met on Tuesday, 
October 9, in Mr. Johnson's studio. 
The new members were in charge of 
the program. 

K.U. B. 

As a result of annual fall try-outs 
which were held last week, K. U. B., 
journalism club of Agnes Scott Col¬ 
lege, announces the following new 
members: Josephine Jennings, Sara 
TomJinson, Mary Richardson, Jo McClure, 
Mary Hull, Mary Gray Rogers, 
Marie Wagner, Lillian Whitehurst, 
Barton Jackson, Elizabeth Allison, 
Jean Barry Adams, Mary Lillian Fairly, 
Eliza King, Jane Turner, and Gladys 
Vallebuona. 

Mary Walker was elected secretary 
of the club at the meeting last Wed¬ 
nesday and Miss Annie May Christie, 
of the English department and in¬ 
structor in journalism at the college, 
was elected sponsor. 

K. U. B., which is affiliated with the 
Associated Press, keeps the Atlanta 
papers informed on campus activities 
and sends notices to the home town 
papers of those girls who are elected 
to important offices at Agnes Scott. 

Eristics Club 

Meets Sunday 

Eristics, a club primarily for discus¬ 
sion, held its second meeting of the year 
on Sunday night, October 14, at the 
home of Miss Catherine Torrance. Fol¬ 
lowing the program for this year out¬ 
lined at the first meeting, the subject 

for discussion was the historical back¬ 
ground of the Jewish race, its theology, 
and the political and social status of 
the Jew in America today. Anna 
Humber, Mary Boggs, Mary Ames, 
Marian Calhoun, Mary Jane Evans, 
Mary Virginia Allen, Eva Poliakoff, 
Lulu Ames, Rosalyn Crispin, and Cath¬ 
erine Bates were present; Anna Hum¬ 
ber was elected chairman of the group. 

At the next meeting to be held on 
Sunday night, October 28, Rabbi 
David Marx of Atlanta is expected to 
be present to talk informally and to 
lead a round-table. The meetings 
thereafter are to deal with the back¬ 
ground of the Negro American, his his¬ 
tory in this country, and his place in 
the changing conditions of the New 
South. Mrs. Jessie Daniel Ames, execu¬ 
tive director of the Association of 
Southern Women for the Prevention of 
Lynching, will lead the discussion for 
one of these meetings. 

Eristics was organized some years 
ago by Miss Torrance. Its name is de¬ 
rived from a Greek word meaning 
"those who discuss." The membership 
is limited to juniors, seniors, and alum¬ 
nae who are interested in discussing 
vital social, religious, and political 
questions of the day. 

Faculty Holds 

Bacon Bat 

The faculty of Agnes Scott College 
held its annual official bacon bat in the 
basement of the First Methodist 
Church of Decatur on Saturday, C)ctober 
6. Dr. S. M. Christian, of the 
Physics department, Miss Ada Page 
Foote, Miss Page Ackerman, and Miss 
Mildred Hooten were in charge of the 
arrangements. The honor guests at the 
bat were Miss Ellen Douglas Leyburn, 
Miss Nancy Rogers, Miss Nelle Chamlee, 
and Miss Polly Vaughan, new 
members of the faculty for this session. 

According to Dr. Christian, chair¬ 
man of the arrangements committee, 
Dr. Philip G. Davidson, head of the 
department of history, presided over 
the frying pan. All the faculty mem¬ 
bers, Dr. Christian said, joined in playing 
rustic games, such as Brain Fever 
and Mr. Smith Had a Rooster. The bat 
lasted from five until about seven. 

The bacon bat is a custom of some 
years standing. Each fall, it is given 
as soon after the opening of the school 
year as possible. Usually it is held in 
the woods around a bonfire but the 
unusually wet weather of this fall 
made it necessary to have it within 
doors. 


Millay Poems Put 
On Special Shelf 
For Open Reserve 

Eight collections of poems by Edna 
St. Vincent Millay, who lectures here 
on November 23, have been placed on 
a special shelf to the left of the reserve 
desk in the library. 

The books are: The King's Hench¬ 
man, Second April, Renascence, Three 
Plays, The Lamp and the Bell, A Few 
Figs from Thistles, Fatal Interview, 
and The Buck in the Snow. 

A list of articles on Miss Millay, bio¬ 
graphical and critical, covering sub¬ 
jects of her personality, her accom¬ 
plishments, and her genuis, is posted 
above the shelf. This list includes: 
"Edna St. Vincent Millay," by Har¬ 
riet Monroe, Poetry, Vol. 24, pp. 260266; 
August, 1924; "First Glance," by 
Carl Van Doren, in Nation, Vol. 124, 

p. 263; "The Greatest American 
Opera," in Review of Reviews, Vol. 
75, pp. 435-436, August, 1924; "The 
Literary Spotlight," in Bookman, Vol. 
56, p. 272; "Miss Millay Goes Over 
the Top," by Charles W. Ferguson, in 
Bookman, Vol. 65, pp. 83-85 ; "Miss 
Millay's Sonnets: Fatal Interview," in 
New Republic, Vol. 66, pp. 3 3 5-3 36; 
"The Reascending Sonnet: Fatal Inter¬ 
view," reviewed by O. W. Firkins, in 
Saturday Review of Literature, Vol. 7, 
p. 793; "Youth and Wings: Edna St. 
Vincent Millay, Singer," by Carl Van 
Doren, in Century, Vol. 106, pp. 310316, 
January, 1923. 


Two current articles about Miss Millay 
appear also on the reserve shelf. 
"Husband of a Genius," narrated by 
Allan Ross MacDougall, gives an in¬ 
sight into the personality of the poet 
from the viewpoint of her husband, 
Eugene Boissevain. Elizabeth Breuer 
gives her interpretation of the poet in 
her article entitled, "Edna St. Vincent 
Millay." 

SOPHOMORES CAPTURE PRIZE 
WITH "REVERE THE SOPH" 

{Continued from page 1, column 5) 
Zoo—Mary Brown. 
Baby—Ann Taylor. 
Queen of Mars—Jean Barry Adams. 
Kitty, the heroine—Jane Hashagen. 
Themes, Queen's Bodyguard—Vir¬ 

ginia Watson, Dorothy Kelly, Julia 
Telford, Enid Middleton. 
"Revere the Soph" 
Heed, the Town Crier—Kathryn 

Bowen. 
Revere, the Soph—Frances Balkcom. 
What!, the Villager—Kathryn Pea¬ 

cock. 
She's, the Lady—Kitty Printup. 
Probably, the Dean—Elizabeth Alli¬ 

son. 
It's, the Girl—Rosa Wilder. 
"Elle est," the Maid—Frances Bel-

ford. 
Why, the House President?—Frances 
Wilson. 
Here-Comes, the Soldier — Lucile 

Dennison. 
Laud, the Judge—Mary Jane Tigert. 
Boo, the Frosh—Alice Taylor. 
Razz, the Frosh—Florence Lasseter. 
Ah-Ha, the Frosh—Julia Thing. 
Page, the Waiter—Barton Jackson. 
Just, the Judges—Mary Buchholz, 

Doorthy Lee. 

We, the Jury — Lucille Cairns, 
Frances Gary, Martha Sue Laney, Isabel 
McCain. 

Ames, Iowa—(NSFA)—$1,786,000 
was spent last year by Iowa State un¬ 
dergraduates. 223 5 men spent only 
$144,000 on clothes while co-eds num¬ 
bering 880 squandered $1 11,000 on 
fine feathers. Tobacco companies col¬ 
lected $20,000 while only $5,000 were 
spent for sewing materials, which just 
goes to show. 

DECATUR REALTY SALON j 
109 Church Street j 
Tel. l)e. 1692 j 

Re Smart and Stop With Us! j 

Peachtree 

Hosiery Shop 
12 Peachtree St., N. E. 
Between 5 Points and Entrance 
of Arcade 

ALUMNAE 

From the literary field: 
Roberta Winters, '26, who teaches 
school at New Haven, Conn., has had 
a play accepted. 
Marian (McCamy) Sims, '20, of 
Charlotte, N. C., has published a novel, 
"Morning Sale," which is now on sale 
at Miller's Book Store. For the past 
two years Mrs. Sims has done out¬ 
standing work as a short story writer 
for Collier's and The Ladies Home 
Journal. 

From the class of 1934: 
Dorothy Cassel is taking a business 
course in Atlanta this winter. 
Peggy Kump is studying medicine in 
Virginia. 

Dorothy (Walker) Palmer is now 
living at 607 Seminole Ave., Atlanta. 
Frances (Farr) Plunkett, '34, is liv¬ 

ing on ByWay, in Atlanta. 

Mary Ames, '34, is working at Dun 
and Bradstreet, in Atlanta. 

From non-graduates: 
Martha Edmonds, '36, is married to 
Dr. J. P. Allen. 
Adeline Rountree, '36, is studying 
art in Switzerland. 
Peggy Alston, '37, is in Europe for 
several months of travel. 
Carolyne Clements, Virginia Mc-

Curdy, Beverly Peeples, and Kathryn 
Wallace are at the University of Georgia-


Cecilia Baird and Sara Forester, '37, 

are at school in Washington, D. C. 

At Carolina this year are Mary 
Potts, Anne Baker, and Mildred Cohen. 

Jean Hicks and Ruth King are at¬ 
tending Emory University. 

Ovieda Long is at Duke University, 
and Dorothy Peacock, Alabama. 

New York, N. Y.—(NSFA)—To 

determine the quality of the mind 

trained by a four-year college course, 

the Carnegie Foundation for the Ad¬ 

vancement of Teaching spent six years 

studying educational institutions in 

Penrwylvania. 

A few findings resulting from in¬ 

telligence, culture and general knowl¬ 

edge tests given to thousands of stu¬ 

dents are: 

30 per cent of all seniors in six col¬ 

leges ranked below the average fresh¬ 

man in the general culture tests. 

Average college sophomores knew 

the meaning of 5 5 out of 100 com¬ 

monly used words. Two more years 

of exposure enabled the same student 

to recognize 62 in 100. 

Average intelligence of seniors in 

four high schools was above that of 

all college sophomore candidates for 

an education degree. 

New York, N. Y.—(NSFA) — 

FERA appropriations aimed to increase 

college enrollment this year have been 

apportioned to approximately 12 per 

cent of the students now registered 

throughout the country. In every case 

applications for jobs available were 

double the number possible to fill. 

Financial need, scholastic record and 

priority of application were the factors 

considered in alloting positions. And 

because of overflow requests the work 

has in many cases been divided between 

Y.W.C.A. Announces 

Freshman Cabinet 

For Coming Year 

On Wednesday morning, October 
10, in chapel, Caroline Dickson, vice 
president of Y. W. C. A., announced 
the following girls elected to the Fresh¬ 
man Cabinet of Y. W. C. A. for this 
year: Jean Barry Adams, Elizabeth 
Blackshear, Beth Bowden, Jean Chalm¬ 
ers, Laura Coit, Elizabeth Cousins, 
Anne Worthy Johnson, Winifred 
Kellersberger, Eliza King, Martha 
Long, Ellen McCallie, Mary Past, Ann 
Thompson, Jane Turner, and Zoe 
Wells. 

The system of electing Freshman 
Cabinet was changed this year because, 
according to Caroline Dickson, the old 
method had the reputation for show¬ 
ing partiality in the selection of the 
ten girls. Up until this year, the mem¬ 
bers of Freshman Cabinet have been 
selected by the officers of Y. W. C. 
A.; many of the decisions have depend¬ 
ed on recommendations from the Ad¬ 

ministration. The purpose of Freshman 
Cabinet then was to provide a club 
especially for freshmen during the fall 
and winter months when so few cam¬ 
pus organizations allow freshmen to 
try out for membership. This year, 
however, each freshman in the class 
nominated five girls; the fifteen who 
received the largest number of votes 
compose the Cabinet. The work of the 
Cabinet is to be wider in scope this 
year than formerly; the freshman class 
is to be divided into fifteen groups 
and each member of Freshman Cabinet 
will be responsible for one of the 
groups. She will then be expected to 
see that her group members go to 
chapel, try out for the clubs to which 
they are eligible, and to help them in 
any way that she can with their lives 
on the campus. 

Caroline Dickson plans to meet with 

Freshman Cabinet regularly and to help 

them carry out their program of work 

for this year. 

The whole purpose of the change in 

election of members, organization, and 

work of Freshman Cabinet is to make 

the freshmen feel that it is their own 

organization, managed by girls of their 

own selection, and working toward a 

goal common to them all—a complete 

understanding of the ideals and tra¬ 

ditions of Agnes Scott College. 

two students who will execute the job 

during alternate months. 

Such varied occupations as check¬ 

ing traffic and parking violations, re¬ 

pairing furniture, tending children, 

testing water and milk, tree surgery, 

construction of campus improvements, 

research, library, stenographic and 

clerical work are included in lists of 

jobs filled. 

Compliments of A 

DECATUR CYCLE & KEY CO. | 
a li>7 Sycamore St. |> 
T Telephone DE. 4483 4* 

|? 

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE 
DECATUR, GA. 

A college for women that is widely recog¬ 
nized for its standards of work and for the 
interesting character of its student activities 

For further information, address 

J. R. McCain, President 

GIDDY GOSSIP 

Aggie, Darling: 

Please, please, say you've been miss¬ 
ing me. It's been the longest ages 
since I've heard a word from you, and, 
my dear, take it from me, there's no 
emotion in the world worse than lone¬ 
liness. Honest, it's the most lonesome 
feeling, so sort of alone-like. You see 
what I mean. 

But I'm so glad to be back you ever 
saw. And things have been happening 
helter-skelter all over the place. By 
"things" I mean—well things and stuff. 
And I can hardly wait to tell you. Of 
course you must promise first to keep 
everything a dead secret between us 

(maybe to your room-mate, but on 
your honor, nobody else) on account 
of I promised not to tell and you can 
see what a terrible thing it would be if 
the person I promised not to ever found 
out because she'd be perfectly furious 
since she promised and it would get 
her in a lot of trouble. 

One of the deepest darkest secrets is 
about Dotty Hutton. You wouldn't 
think it of her, because with that sort 
of ethereal and untouched blondness 

she looks angelic for all the world, but 
do you know what she says in a mo¬ 
ment of calm contemplation? She 
says— 

"Early to bed 

And early to rise 

Makes a girl healthy 

And wealthy and wise . . . but she 

never meets the right kind of people." 

Whoops, my lambie, just whoops!! 

I wonder was it the right kind of 

people the Richards gal was with the 

other night when she had her gay mis¬ 

adventure? There was a slip of a moon, 

and the quiet stillness of water, and a 

soft breeze, and the most wonderful of 

men—oh, Aggie, it was so beautiful 

there are tears in my eyes. Riding 

around Avondale Lake, they were, 

the two of 'em, when the gal 

noticed a misty vapor floating over 

the waters and the roadway ahead. 

"Oh," she says, "Oh! Let's drive 

through the mists and watch the moon 

go down." (That's what she said, 

Aggie. Of course we all know that 

mists are very obscure to watch 

through, and one can never be too cer¬ 

tain of intentions—But not that I 

would insinuate anything else—mercy 

no!) And so they drove on a bit and 

stopped. The sky above was fraught 

with stars, and the water below re¬ 

flected the stars, and there they were 

in their private heaven between two 

star-hung worlds when—Oh dear! The 

most wonderful of men coughed slightly, 
and the maiden sniffed politely, 
and they drove off with the speed of 
the wind. The mist was nothing less 
romantic than the smoke from the 
smouldering cremations of substances 
disposed of regularly as rubbish and 
refuse, and incinerated by the Avon-
dale Gar-bage Department! Slight em¬ 
barrassment and impaired dignity is" 
putting it mildly. 

Dignity brings to my mind, Aggie, 
that group known familiarly as "Mor¬ 
tar Bored," sweet girls, all of them, 
with soft voices and modest enthus¬ 
iasm. The other night, after one of 
their sanctum sanctorum sessions they 
congregated on the steps of Buttrick 
and intoned in clear young voices: 

"Oh here comes Dr. McCa-ain 

And how in the world do we know 

him? 

We know him by his winning smile 

He keeps on all the while . . . Boom 

. . . Boom ..." 

The President, you know, had been 
off the campus for a few days and was 
not known to have returned. Fancy 
their feelings (they were very fancy, 

too) when one of their number hap¬ 

pened to glance at the brightly il¬ 

lumined window of Dr. McCain's of¬ 

fice, and realized that the President 

was not more than ten feet away! 

Sweet torture! 

But, oh goo'ness me, the very best 

of all, and I know he won't mind my 

telling you, is that at the time when 

they made that last simply superb 

double-entendre (whatever that is) in 

the sophomore stunt about chewing 

gum and eating things in boxes, well 

do you know, Dr. McCain was laugh¬ 

ing and enjoying himself immensely 

and all the time rapidly emptying a 

box of (no pun on "box") popcorn! 

Oh it was simply too absolutely very. 

I must run now, dorie, but in clos¬ 
ing do let me tell you what one re¬ 
porter submitted for her Agonistic 
try-out. A poem, no less! I hope she'll 
try out for the Poetry Club. Honist, 
Ag, it's a scream: 

Little fishie in the brook; 

Papa catch him with his hook; 

Mama fry him in the pan; 

Baby eat him like a man. 

Hey! Hey! Who cares? 

Burma Shave! 

So with a fond toodle-ooo I must up 

and away "to the bet-tah things in 

life." Farewell, my love. 

Ever thine, 
Giddy. 

CHECKS 

W in In aWa Ik! 

For football games, for polo 
matches, for town and country, 
or just for the everyday 
WALK of life. Checked Top¬ 
coats of Strook's Camel's Hair 
are the thing! Light as a 
feather, but warm as a toast, 
they withstand all kinds 
of weather . $29.75 

J. P. ALLEN & CO. 
The Store All Women Know 


"College Girls In Blossom Psych Professors Report of Coordination Plan 
Have Experiment

Stage," Says Miss Palmer Expected Within Next Week 

"Girls in college are just at the blos¬ 
soming stage," Miss Bertha Palmer, di¬ 
rector of Scientific Temperance In¬ 
struction of the national Women s 
Christian Temperance Union, said in 
an interview on Friday, October 12. 
"And at that period in their lives, 
girls are setting the standards that will 
be raised for the next generation." 

"Girls, now-a-days have changed 
since I was one of them. Now, some 
girls think that, to be popular, they 
must use oaths, and tobacco, and take 
liquor—but as they grow older they 
will begin to realize that those things 
are not the things that go to make a 
clean, fine, upstanding life. The young 
person must decide now, definitely, 
whether she—or he, either, for that 
matter—intends to drink or never to 
touch it. If the young person says 
'I'm not going to drink' and makes an 
end of it there, his character is better 
for the decision; he won't be bothered 
by people begging him to drink, not 
just because he doesn't like it, but be¬ 
cause he understands that it will im¬ 
pair his judgment and self-control. 
Why, from statistics we can show that 
more than half the people who 'take 

too much,' as they call it, began to 
drink when somebody offered them a 
little drop of liquor and they couldn't 
make the decision then not to drink. 
They wavered and they succumbed." 

Before Miss Palmer became active in 

W. C. T. U. work she was Superin¬ 
tendent of Public Instruction for the 
state of North Dakota. In connection 
with her W. C. T. U. work Miss Palm¬ 

er did special research in the Alcohol 
Investigation Library of the Scientific 
Temperance Federation in Boston; she 
brought together the second largest 
collection of material on this subject 
in the world. The information, facts, 
and figures that she got from her study 
in Boston she has incorporated into a 
Syllabus in Alcohol Education. 

Miss Palmer walked about her room 
in the Agnes Scott Alumnae Flouse 
as she talked. 

"Girls are beginning to realize, I 
think, that they can have their parties, 
and their fun, without having 'spiked 
punch.' Once I heard a girl at a party 
ask the hostess what kind of 'stuff' she 
had in the drink, it was perfectly de¬ 
licious. And the hostess said it was 
plain fruit juices!" 

Miss Palmer stopped her walking a 
moment to burrow down into a port¬ 
folio and bring forth many pamphlets 
on W. C. T. U. work. When she rais¬ 
ed her head from the case, she con¬ 
tinued, "Furthermore, it is from those 
girls who refuse to have their person¬ 
ality standardized, their individuality 
crippled by conforming to a group of 
customs that are not really customs 
but mere modes—it is from this group 
of girls that the leaders of the next 
generation will rise." 

Miss Palmer was in Decatur Friday 
and Saturday in connection with the 
State W. G. T. U. convention held here 
the end of last week and the first of 
this. She spoke in the chapel on Friday 
night; her address dealt with what 
alcohol is and what it does to the 
human bodv. 

WALL'S 
GERM PROOF 
ODORLESS CLEANERS & DYERS, Inc. 

SPECIAL PRICES TO AGNES SCOTT STUDENTS 

Branch & Plant: 123 E. Ponce de Leon Ave., Decatur—DE. 0267 
"Personal Attention Given Each Garment" 
WE CALL FOR AND DELIVER 
Branches: 63 Forrest Ave.—WA. 1976; 16 E. 17th St.—HE. 3496 

Main Shop: 1060 St. Char'.es Ave.—HE. 9903 

Results Published 

Assistant Professor Katherine T. 
Omwake and Associate Professor Emily 

S. Dexter, of the Psychology Depart¬ 
ment of Agnes Scott College, assisted 
by Wayve Lewis, college technician, 
have just published an article in the 
September number of Character and 
Personality, an international quarterly 
for psychodiagnostics. The article, en¬ 
titled The Inter-relations of Certain 
Physiological Measurements and As¬ 
pects of Personality, presented the re¬ 
sults of the experiments conducted on 
the Agnes Scott campus last spring. 

The purpose of the research, as stat¬ 
ed by the authors, was "to determine 
the inter-relations of certain physiol¬ 
ogical measures; namely, basal metab¬ 
olism, blood pressure, and pulse; and 
the relation of these physiological tests 
to personality factors, represented by 
tests of intelligence, self-sufficiency, 
introversion, and dominances, and by 
the scholastic average and campus ac¬ 
tivities." Ninety-two juniors and sen¬ 
iors were given tests; among the re¬ 
sults tabulated were the following: (1) 
"Calm" subjects have a considerably 
lower metabolic rate than "peppy" 
subjects; (2) those making a high 
scholastic average tend to have high 
metabolism, but little between poor 
scholarship and metabolism is evident. 
However, the ultimate decision of the 
experimenters was that "physiological 
tests with few exceptions bear practic¬ 
ally no relation to the various measures 
of personality." 

REPORTERS FOR THIS 
ISSUE AGONISTIC 

Eliza King 
Eleanor Whitson 
Betty Mathis 
Lavinia Scott 
Jessie Jeffers 
Mary Lillian Fairly 
Gene Brown 
Elizabeth Warden 
Josephine Jennings 
Sara Steele 
Mary Richardson 
Jane Guthrie 
Betty Maynard 
Ora Muse 
Ruth Hertzra 
Jacque McWhite 
Katherine Hertzka 
Brooks Spivey 

for that Sporting look^ 
Wear College Shop's 
Smoothest Number--the 
Fur-lined 
COAT 
$19.95 
Whether you're dashing from Science Building to Buttrick or 
off to town for the game—here's your coat! Sportsy-looking 
monotone tweed, lined with soft, warm bunny fur! A knock¬ 
out and at a price any college girl can afford! 
SIZES 11-17 
College Shop Third Floor 
RICH'S 
/r 
ti rt 

A preliminary report of the survey 
committee which'viewed the possibili¬ 
ties of co-ordinating the work of Agnes 
Scott College, Emory University and 
Georgia Tech is expected in the next 
week, Dr. Harvey W. Cox and Dr. J. 

R. McCain revealed Saturday. 

How the higher educational work of 
Emory, Tech and Agnes Scott can be 
effectively co-ordinated will be set 
forth in the report of the committee 
of distinguished educators who investi¬ 
gated the situation last spring. 

In the meantime the boards of trus¬ 
tees of Agnes Scott and Emory have 
approved the plan in general, Dr. Cox 
and Dr. McCain said. Faculty commit¬ 
tees from the two institutions have 
been appointed to study possible co¬ 
ordinated courses beginning in the fall 
of 1935. 

Separate identity would be main¬ 
tained under the proposed plan, but 
the institutions involved would have 
the advantage of specializing in one 
field without fear of duplication. More 
advanced graduate work could be of¬ 
fered and the doctor of philosophy de¬ 
gree would doubtless be obtainable. 

"The scheme of co-ordination has 
great potentialities," Dr. McCain said 
Saturday in commenting on the possi¬ 
bilities of the coming report. 

"With Emory, Georgia Tech and 
Agnes Scott functioning cooperatively 
as one great center of learning, not 
only would Atlanta and the state bene¬ 
fit hugely, but the necessary spark 
might be struck that would lead to 
similar developments in other metropolitan 
centers and, eventually, to an 
intellectual renaissance in the south," 
he said. 

Dr. McCain is especially interested 
in the proposal that Emory start a 
school for training social workers. He 
said that such a school is one of the 
greatest needs in the southeast. 

President Cox, of Emory, stated that 
he felt "fairly certain that the survey 
committee, headed by Dr. Works, will 
recommend that we establish a grad¬ 
uate school for training social work¬ 
ers." He said that "it will probably 
recommend also that we develop our 
work in the fields of fine arts and 
business administration. Doubtless 
there are other fields, such as southern 
history and literature, in which we 
might soon offer graduate work of a 
superior quality, because of the accessi¬ 

bility of materials for research." 

BAILEY BROS. SHOE SHOP 
142 Sycamore St. 
Decatur 
If You Prize Your Shoes 
Send Them to Us 

S. 

and 

w. 

Cafeteria 

189 Peachtree 

"I think our situation in Atlanta is 
ideal for such a plan of coordination 
as has been suggested," the Emory 
president continued. "Agnes Scott is a 
woman's college, emphasizing the arts 
and sciences and the fine arts, especial¬ 
ly music; Georgia Tech is a highly spe¬ 
cialized institution for men, confining 
its efforts almost entirely to instruc¬ 
tion in the various fields of engineer¬ 
ing; Emory University, while it is built 
around a college of arts and sciences 
for men, includes a number of profes¬ 
sional schools and is devoting more and 
more of its attention to graduate work 
and research. There is little—if any— 
competition among the three institu¬ 
tions." 

In Toronto, Canada, and in Cleve¬ 
land, the co-ordination plan has been 
successfully worked. Three colleges of 
different denominations pooled their 
educational ecorts in the Canadian 
with the provincial university. In a 
similar way Atlanta's possibilities as an 
educational center by coordinating 
Agnes Scott, Emory and Tech has been 

recognized for several years. 

Last spring the Lewis H. Beck 
Foundation provided funds for a sur¬ 
vey of these three Atlanta institutions 
which are recognized by the Associa¬ 
tion of American Universities. Headed 
by Dr. Robert Hutchins, president of 
the University of Chicago, a commit¬ 
tee was appointed to come here for the 
purpose of determining whether the 
coordination plan is workable. Mem¬ 
bers of the committee which visited 
Atlanta and surveyed the three col¬ 
leges were Dr. Hutchins, Dr. L. D. 
Coffman, president of the University 

of Minnesota; Dr. E. P. Embree, pres¬ 
ident of the Julius Rosenwald fund; 

E. E. Day, of the Rockefeller Founda¬ 
tion, and Dr. George Works, of the 
University of Chicago. 

Dr. McCain, of Agnes Scott, said 
Saturday that one of the needs is for a 
graduate school on the Ph.D. level. 
"Our greatest need," he said, "is for 
an institution fully equipped to offer 
the Ph.D. degree. There are more than 
10,000,000 white people in this section 
of the southeast who have almost no 
access to the type of graduate work 

that is available in the great universi¬ 
ties of the east and middle west. The 
first aim of our cooperation, I would 
say, is to develop a graduate school of 
high caliber in Atlanta." 

The Ph.D. degree would probably 
be offered only in certain fields. 

New York, N. Y.—(NSFA)—Two 
English debate teams will arrive Oc¬ 
tober 23 in New York and will be en¬ 
tertained the next evening at a dinner 
given in their honor by the Young Re¬ 
publican Club at Town Hall in this 
city. 

Both teams are brought here by the 
National Student Federation and will 
each engage in about thirty debates 
during their six-week stay in this coun¬ 
try. One team from Oxford will tour 
in the East and the other representing 
the English National Union of Stu¬ 
dents will debate against Mid-Western 
Colleges. 

Subjects chosen for discussion dur¬ 
ing the tours concern international re¬ 
lations and American recovery. 

c* c. 

* x 

❖ 


% DEPOT SERVICE STATION | 
Across Street from Depot 5! 
ij.
❖ 
Decatur, Ga. 4 
2Phone Dearborn 9130 ❖ 


*1*-l*^❖*1* ❖<♦ 
*1* <•»"l*•$» -t* -I* * 


S. G. A. Operates 

Book-Exchange 

A second-hand book exchange is 
being operated this year for the first 
time, by the Student Government As¬ 
sociation, for the convenience of stu¬ 
dents wishing to buy or sell used books. 
The exchange is conducted on a non¬ 
profit-making basis, and has made over 
$200 for students whose books it has 
sold, and saved possibly twice that 
amount for those who would otherwise 
have had to buy new books. It elim¬ 
inates the confusion caused in former 
years by the attempts made by the stu¬ 
dents themselves to find purchasers for 
their books or to locate used books to 
buy. 

The idea originated last spring with 
the Student Government Association, 
which asked members of the outgoing 
senior class to donate their books as a 
nucleus for the exchange. This fall 
over 600 other books were turned in, 
22$ of which have been sold. 

That the exchange has been a great 
success, especially considering the fact 
that this is its first year, is the decided 

opinion of Lilly Weeks, who is in 
charge of the business details. Accord¬ 
ing to Miss Hopkins, the exchange will 
operate next year, and for as mamf 
years as it continues to justify itself 
by its usefulness. 

For the remainder of this semester 

the book exchange, which has its 

headquarters in the basement of Main 

building, will be open for business 

every Monday and Friday afternoon 

from one to three o'clock, and prob¬ 

ably oftener at the beginning of the 

second semester to take care of the 

increase in business expected as a re¬ 

sult of the changes in the courses of 

many of the students. 

The committee in charge of the ex¬ 

change consists of Adelaide Stevens, 

chairman; Carolyn McCallum, Alice 

McCallie, and Kathryn Bowen. 

CONSIDER THE STRIKER IN THE 

MILL 

(Con/imwtl front page 2, column 3


the contrary, it is showing the finest 

type of impartiality. 

In answer to the loudly-voiced and 

oft-repeated arguments of mill owners 

and stockholders that this policy will 

increase strikes, that they pay most 

taxes and do not want their money 

spent in direct opposition to their in¬ 

terests, and that workers wdl in the 

very near future go on strike when 

there are no grievances at all in order 

to receive the relief money without 

having to work for it—there is this to 

say: If strikes increase, perhaps the 

necessity for strikes will decrease. In 

other words, if the employers know 

that any illegal oppression will bring 

a strike in which the workers have an 

equal chance to win, perhaps there will 

be a little more caution. As to the 

argument that the mill owners pay 

most of the taxes, the question arises, 

where did they get the money to pay 

the taxes, and the incomes which are 

taxed, if not from just such underpay¬ 

ment of workers as most strikes are 

protesting? The fact that employers 

are able to pay more taxes than practic¬ 

ally all their employees put together is 

not one that I would publicize, were I 

in the bosses' places during a strike. 

The contention that workers will 

stop work for the relief is frankly ab¬ 

surd. Small as are a mill worker's 

wages, the amount received by anyone 

on strike is even smaller. No one would 

voluntarilv live on $1 a week a person 

who had any choice. Again had this 

been their ideal they could long ago 

have given up their jobs—there were 

plenty who would have taken them. 

The arguments of those who say 
that the relief is not beneficial to labor 
itself are harder to answer. They argue 
that if the government has the right 
to determine which strikers should re¬ 
ceive relief and which should not, there 

Bl'ESON'S SHOE SHOI* 
Good Materials 

G<x>d Workmanship 
Try Our New Sole Cementing

Process 
Dearborn 3.3.33 

Professors Attend 

Trail Club Meeting 

Mr. Lewis H. Johnson, instructor in 
voice, and Dr. George P. Hayes, head 
of the English department at Agnes 
Scott, attended the fifth annual meet¬ 
ing of the Georgia Appalachian Trail 
Club held Saturday and Sunday, Oc¬ 
tober 13 and 14, at the Cloudland Park 
Hotel, in Cloudland, Ga. Mr. Bentos 
MacKaye, vestor of the Appalachian 
Trail Club, delivered the principal 
address. 

Dr. Hayes and Mr. Johnson are both 
members of the club, which has camp¬ 
ing sites in the Georgia mountains. It 
was organized some years ago with the 
aim to give to business and professional 
men and women an opportunity to get 
away from the city and to find rest 
and recreation in a day's camping out 
in the mountains. 

Mr. Johnson is the leader of the Decatur 
group. 

Glee Club Gives 

Vocal Concerts 

A system of Wednesday night con¬ 
certs to be presented by the vocal 
classes has been inaugurated, according 
to Mr. Lewis H. Johnson, instructor of 
voice at Agnes Scott College. The type 
of program will vary from week to 
week, Mr. Johnson said, and the con¬ 
certs should prove to be not only of in¬ 
terest to the students but helpful to 
the singers as well. 

The special chorus, made up of 
members of the Glee Club, has been 
invited to fill a number of engage¬ 

ments in Atlanta during the fall, Mr. 
Johnson announced. On October 23, 
the chorus will sing before the lunch¬ 
eon meeting of the Atlanta Civitan 
Club, and on November 7, before the 
convention of the Southern Associa¬ 
tion of Colleges. 

As in former years, the Agnes Scott 
choir will present a program of Christ¬ 
mas carols at the First Baptist Church, 

in Atlanta. 

will develop fascist tendencies in regard 
to labor and the government will have 
the power to determine which strikes 
will be won and which lost, by decid¬ 
ing which shall receive relief. It is my 
opinion that the government should 
not have the right to make this de¬ 
cision. Either the relief should be given 
to all strikers indiscriminately, or an 
impartial committee composed of em¬ 
ployers and employees or their repre¬ 
sentatives should decide. 

If the principle of feeding strikers 
becomes current in American life, then 
the New Deal will have really been a 
new deal for the American worker, for 
the cards wdl have been distributed 
more equally, the scoring will be less 
projudiced, and the chances for a grand 
slam more even, by reason of the play¬ 
ing as well as the dealing. 

SILHOUETTE TEA ROOM 

New Management 

Meek: 

Breakfast 7-10; Lunch 12-2 

Dinner 6-7:30; Night 10-10:30 

Sunday: Breakfast 8-10. 

Students Assist In 

Gym Department 

This season seven students are as¬ 
sisting Miss Llewellyn Wilburn, Miss 
Harriette Haynes, and Miss Page Ackerman 
in the physical education de¬ 
partment. They are: in tennis, Helen 
Handte and Julia Thing; in archery, 
Isabel McCain; and in swimming, Ann 
Coffee, Mary Kneale, and Kitty 
Printup. 

Interest in all the athletic activi¬ 
ties is manifold. Classes in riding, 
swimming, hockey, tennis, golf, and 
archery show much enthusiasm, es¬ 
pecially in the freshman class. 

Riding this year is with the Biltmore 
Riding School. Golfing enthusiasts 
tread the green at Forrest Hills. Swim¬ 
ming, hockey, tennis, and archery are 
at the gym. 

Archery has such fascination for its 
proponents that already many arrows 
have been broken. 

A swimming meet is ill be held with¬ 
in the next few weeks. Class teams 
will participate. 

The first hockey game is scheduled 
for next Friday, October 19, at 3:30. 
The freshman-senior team will play the 
sophomore-junior team. 

SPAIN HAS COME 

TO THE CROSSROADS 

(Continued from page 2, column 3our 
national aspirations," was their 
declaration. 

The Catalans seized the occasion to 
declare their independence of the cen¬ 
tral government when labor was rising 
in all parts of Spain against the regime 
of President Zamora and Premier Lerroux. 
Such a labor revolt has been 
smouldering since the election of the 
present Cortes, in which the Conserva¬ 
tives won a large plurality. Although 
the Conservative leader, Senor Robles, 
declared that his party would support 
the new Spanish constitution, his de¬ 
fenses were held to be insincere. A 
Socialist revolt began to be organized 
charging that the new government had 
definite Fascist tendencies, thus threat¬ 
ening labor in the nation. 

Although the two revolutions broke 
at the same time, there was no inten¬ 
tion on concerted action for a politi¬ 
cal overture and the complete social¬ 
ization of Spain. The parties were 
working each for itself and with dis¬ 
tinct purpose. 

The central government at Madrid 
has proceeded severely against each re¬ 
volt. Everything in the near future 
depends upon the control of the army. 
If the Lerroux government can really 
command and direct the troops it is 
fairly certain to emerge triumphant in 
this crisis. A military dictatorship has 
been forecast as inevitable if the gov¬ 
ernment does not quiet the revolution¬ 
aries. Spain was ruled by a military 
dictatorship from 1923 to 1929 dur¬ 
ing the monarchial regime. 

Try Our 

SANDWICHES 

We Make Them Right 

LAWRENCE'S 

PHARMACY 

Phones De. 0762-0763 

L. CHAJAGE 
220 PEACHTREE ST. 

Expert Remodeling 
DIXIE'S LEADING FURRIER 

Results Announced 

In Physics Test 

A report from the Committee on 
Educational Testing of the American 
Council on Education showed that the 
average made by physics students at 
Agnes Scott College on national tests 
taken last spring, was a fraction above 
the average set for women's colleges. 

Tennis Club Has 

Dr. S. M. Christian, Acting Professor 
of Physics and Astronomy of the col¬

Exhibition Match 
lege, revealed last week. The physics 
To inspire interest in the forthcom¬ tests, which are sponsored by the 
ing tennis tournament, the Tennis American Association of Physics 
Club sponsored an exhibition match Teachers, were given to students in 
3 5 5

Friday afternoon, October 12, between colleges, both segregated and co¬ 

educational, all over the United States.

Etta Coyne, former state champion, The Committee on Educational 

and Gladys Vallebuona, runner-up for Testing of the American Council on 
the school championship last vear. The Education maintains the Cooperative 
Test Service which furnishes tests in

match was played on the clay courts 

all branches of the sciences, the lan¬

beside the gymnasium, with Dr. Philip 
guages, and mathematics to schools and 
Davidson and Dr. George P. Hayes, 

colleges in the United States. The frac¬ 
referees; Marie Stalker and Esther tion above the average for women 

Soutter, bailsmen; Sara Lawrence and which the Agnes Scott students made. 
Dr. Christian indicated, was onlv

Helen Handte, linesmen. An increas¬ 
slight; it shows definitely, he pointedingly large group of spectators lined out, that women do achieve in a branch 

the grass banks on either side of the 

of learning that is not popularly con¬ 
courts. sidered within their sphere. 
After a beautiful show of skill on 

BLACKFRIARS MTLL GIVEthe part of both players, Etta defeated SHAM' COMEDY 

Gladys 6-2, 6-1. 

{Continued from page 1, column 2)
Etta's poise, even returns, and ac¬ 

tra" by Sophacles, and "Pligenia in 

curate backhand won admiration from 

Aulis" by Euripides. The Greek playsthe spectators. Gladys' fast service, are becoming more popular and are 
hard driving, and equally accurate presented by many other colleges of 
backhand deserve notice. the standing and academic ideals of 
Agnes Scott. 
AURORA ANNOUNCES The club officers this year are: 
PRIZES TO BE GIVEN President—Hester Anne Withers. 
{Continued from page 1, column 3) Vice-president—Vera Frances PruetL 

Buttrick or given to the respective edi¬ Secretary—Kathryn Bowen. 
tors, by October 2$. Cover designs Treasurer—Mary Hutchinson. 
also due on this date. Properties—Ida Lois McDaniel 

The Anrora editors hope to make Costumes—Betty Fountain. 
the magazine the literary organ of the Publicity—Augusta King. 
student body rather than of the staff, 
according to Anna Humber, editor-in-5!\ 
chief. All who are interested are urged 
to contribute, and it is hoped that 

WEIL'S 10c STORE 

greater variety in the types and moods 

ol contributions may be introduced. Has Most Anything You Need 
The staff of the Aurora is as follows: 
Anna Humber—Editor-in-chief. 
Lita Goss—Assistant editor. 
Frances Espy—Poetry editor. 
Edith Merlin—Essay editor. 
June Matthews—Exchange editor. A. M. COLE OPTICAL CO. 

N. Margaret Gilroy—Book editor. 

Optometrist and OpticiansMary Virginia Allen—Business man¬ 
231 Peachtree Arcade

ager. 
Rosa From—Circulation manager. 

.J..t..t. ............ 

MARTIN'S BEAUTY SHOP 
Invites all Agnes Scott FRANCES VIRGINIA 
Special Prices on TEA ROOM 
Tuesdays and M'ednesdays 

Peachtree and Ellis

De. 2671 153 Sycamore St. 
44*44*44*4*4* 4444•;**1*44 *;• *;«»;.»;• 

Don't Neglect Your Eyesight 

A thorough eye examination by a competent oculist (Eye 

Physician) is the first step in securing correct glasses. 
When the prescripton for glasses is given it should be 
filled by a skilled Optician. 

Ask your Oculist (Eye Physician) about our reliability 
and dependable service. 

WALTER BALLARD OPTICAL CO. 
Dispensing OpticiansTHREE STORES 

105 Peachtree St. Medical Arts Bldg. Doctors' BuildingClockSign 382 PeachtreeSt. 480 Peachtree St. 

Convintinqlcsfimrtnti 
That 

WEBSTER'S 

COEEEGIATE 
Is the Best 
Abridged Dictionary 
"I can hardly believe I thai! ever apply to it any

test It will not creditably sustain. It is an amazing

product of accurate and usable scholarship." said

H. L. Seaver. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Presidents and Department Heads of leading Univer¬

sities agree with this ordnlon. Webster's Collegiate is

best because It Is based on the "Supreme Authority"—

, Webster's New International Dictionary. 106,000 en-

t tries Including hundrcils of new words, with definitions,

spellings, snd rorrert use: a dlrtionary of Biography:

a Gazetteer:rules of punctuatlon:use of capitals, abbre¬

viations. etc.; a dictionary of foreign words snd phrases. Many other fea¬

tures of practical value. 1.268 pages. 1,700 tilustratlons.

See It At Your College Bookstore or Write for Information totho Publishers. 

G. & C. MERRIAM CO. SPRINGFIELD, MASS. 

307 E. College Ave. Deeatur 


<P)£ "^Kgoni&tic 

VOL. XX AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1934 NO. 3 

MAY DAY SCENARIO CONTEST 
WILL CLOSE NOVEMBER 29 
EIGHTY-ONE SENIORS WILL BE 
INVESTED SATURDAY MORNING 

Changes Are Made 

In Entrance Units 

Effective the fall session 193 5-36 
Agnes Scott College will admit as un¬ 
conditioned freshmen those students 
who present for entrance two units of 
Latin and two of a modern language, 
Registrar S. G. Stukes revealed last 
week. Such students, however, must 
fill all other entrance requirements. In 
addition to satisfying all group re¬ 
quirements for the degree, they will be 
expected to choose an extra course 
from one of the following depart¬ 
ments: Latin, Greek, or German, 
science, or mathematics. 

This change, according to Mr. 
Stukes, is an outgrowth of the recent 
tendency of high schools in the south 
to offer only two years of Latin, with 
occasionally a provisional third year. 
To be eligible for the competitive 
scholarship examinations, students are 
still required to have at least three 
units of Latin, Mr. Stukes said. 

DR. J. M. WRIGHT 

LEADS CHAPEL 

Dr. James M. Wright, professor of 
economics and sociology at Agnes Scott 
College, was in charge of the Faculty 
Day chapel period this morning. This 
year the Administration has inaugurat¬ 
ed a system whereby some member of 
the faculty will conduct the chapel 
hour every Wednesday morning. The 
type of service to be followed is the 
simple devotional one except in cases 
where the faculty member has planned 
a more elaborate program. 

Miss Nannette Hopkins, dean of the 
college, led the devotional service on 
Wednesday, October 31; Miss Lucile 
Alexander, head of the French depart¬ 
ment, will have charge on Novem¬ 
ber 7. 

The order in which faculty members 
shall take part is arranged by the Com¬ 
mittee on Chapel of the faculty. Mrs. 
Alma Sydenstricker, head of the Bible 
department, is chairman of the com¬ 
mittee. With the appointment of 
Wednesday to the faculty as their day 
in chapel, all the chapel periods are 
now in the hands of campus organiza¬ 
tions and groups. 

On Tuesday morning, October 30, 
Dr. Leroy E. Loemker of the Philos¬ 
ophy department of Emory University, 
spoke on the subject of Food for 
Growth; Dr. Loemker was the second 
speaker on the Y. W. C. A. chapel 
series, the theme of which this year is 
Growth. Miss Louise Hale, associate 
professor of French at Agnes Scott 
College, opened the series on October 
16 with a talk on a Need for Growth. 

Each year the Y. W. C. A. selects a 
theme for a series of chapel programs; 
prominent people from Atlanta and 
members of the faculty group discuss 
the same topic from the varied points 
of view of the speakers. Last year the 

Y. W. C. A. chose as its theme the 
Greatest Thing in Life. 

Dean Raymond R. Paty, of Emory 
University, will discuss Growth 
through God on November 13. Ac¬ 
cording to Martha Redwine, president 
of Y. W. C. A., speakers for the rest 
of the series will be announced later in 
the fall. 

Community Chest 

Drive Is Opened 

The Agnes Scott Community Chest 
Drive was formally opened on Fri¬ 
day, October 26, in a chapel talk made 
by Miss Leslie Gaylord, assistant pro¬ 
fessor of mathematics, and campus 
chairman for the Community Chest. 

The campus drive is an annual oc¬ 
currence on the campus. The college 
contribution ranges, generally, around 
$1,000; most of this amount is raised 
from the faculty group. This year 
Agnes Scott contributed $675. The 
campaign closed at noon on Saturday. 

Kitty Cunningham, chairman of 
May Day Committee, announced on 
Friday morning, October 26, the open¬ 
ing of the contest for May Day Festi¬ 
val scenarios. Entries will be received 
until November 29. A list of sugges¬ 
tions with references is posted in the 
library; new ideas and originality of 
presentation plans are acceptable. A 
prize is being offered this year for the 
best scenario, according to Shirley Chris¬ 
tian, contest chairman. Last year La 
Fete du Mai, written by Mary Boggs 
and Anna Humber, was the winning 
entry. Shirley Christian or Kitty Cun¬ 
ningham may be seen for additional in¬ 
formation concerning the scenarios. 

Miss Harriette Ffaynes will be as¬ 
sisted in directing the festival this year 
by Miss Jean Dozier, Agnes Scott 
alumna and former chairman of May 
Day Committee. Miss Dozier has re¬ 
cently returned from New York City 
where she has been studying dancing; 
she was on the campus during the ath¬ 
letic rally in September. 

The members of the May Day Com¬ 
mittee for this year are: Kitty Cun¬ 
ningham, chairman; Shirley Christian, 
scenario chairman; Jane Blick, public¬ 
ity chairman; Mary Snow, poster chair¬ 

man; Alice Chamlee, business manager; 
Sarah Nichols, costume chairman; 
Jean Kirkpatrick, music chairman; 
Adelaide Stevens and Jennie Champion, 
dance chairmen. 

The May Day Festival is presented 
annually in the May Day Dell on the 
first Saturday in May. The pageant is 
presided over by a queen and hei court 
selected by popular vote of the stu¬ 
dents. 

French Club Holds 

Regular Meeting 

The French Club of Agnes Scott 
will hold its regular monthly meeting 
on Monday afternoon, November 12, 
at 5 o'clock. Mrs. McKee, Mrs. Joe 
Brown, Mrs. Hal Davidson, Mr. Peter 
Porohofchikof, members of the Atlanta 
Alliance, will present a short playlet 
written by Mrs. Brown. 

Later in the fall, the Agnes Scott 
French Club will present the play, Le 
Narcotique, before the Alliance at the 
home of Mrs. Edgar Neely. The cast 
for the play will include Elizabeth 
Rodrigue, Mary Garland, Ethelyn 
Johnson, and Margaret Stokey. The 
same play was presented last spring. 

Last year three plays were given by 
the French Club in which twenty 
members took part. 

Plans for the rest of the year's pro¬ 
gram are being laid by Betty Foun¬ 
tain, president of the club, and Miss 
Lucile Alexander, faculty adviser. 

Delegates Sent 

To Convention 

Nell Pattillo, Marie Simpson, and 
Caroline Dickson were sent as delegates 
from the Agnes Scott Citizenship Club 
to the annual state convention of the 
Georgia League of Women Voters, held 
in the Atlanta Fulton High School 
auditorium yesterday and today, Oc¬ 
tober 30-31. 

On Tuesday afternoon, the three rep¬ 
resentatives from Agnes Scott spoke 
before the convention, presenting a 
Federal Employment Service Bill con¬ 
cerning the establishment of non-cost¬ 
ing employment agencies in Georgia. 

Tuesday evening the Legal Status 
Committee met at the Alumnae Tea 
House for dinner. Mrs. Frances Dwyer, 
president of the Agnes Scott Alumnae 
Association, is chairman of that com¬ 
mittee. 

Silhouette Wins 

N.S.P.A. Award 

The Silhouette, Agnes Scott College 
annual, was awarded last year, for the 
fourth time in succession, the cup 
given by the National Students' Publi¬ 
cation Association for All-American 
rating, it was announced this week. 
Elinor Hamilton of Dalton, Ga., was 
editor-in-chief and Pauline Gordon of 
Chicago, 111., was business manager for 
last year. 

The cup is awarded yearly to the 
best annual graded on the bases of orig¬ 
inality, art work, page balancing, de¬ 
velopment of the theme, and financ¬ 
ing; it becomes the permanent posses¬ 
sion of a publication which has won 
it for three years. The cup became the 
property of the Silhovette in the fall 
of 1933 with the award to the 1932-33 
annual. 

The rating of last year's annual is, 
according to Caroline Long, editor of 
Silhouette for this year, the highest 
that it has ever received; out of a pos¬ 
sible 1000 points, the Silhouette was 
rated 92 5 points. The award this year 
gives Agnes Scott one-third on a sec¬ 
ond cup. 

Lawrence Tibbett 

To Sing Here Nov. 19 

Lawrence Tibbett, concert singer 
and opera star, will appear in a recital 
November 19, in the second presenta¬ 
tion of the All-Star Concert Series. 
This will be Tibbett's third concert 
program in Atlanta, although he has 
formerly participated in several operas 
here. Lawrence Tibbett and John 
Charles Thomas are considered the two 
greatest concert singers of America, 
and are renowned throughout the 
world. 

Mr. Lewis H. Johnson, who is in 
charge of tickets and transportation 
for Agnes Scott, announced that ap¬ 
proximately three hundred and ten 
student tickets had been sold and 
twenty faculty tickets. He also said 
that the arrangements for transporta¬ 
tion would be the same as in former 
years; that is, that special cars will 
leave the underpass at 7:20 P. M. and 
stop at Courtland Street in Atlanta. 
After the concert the students are re¬ 
quested to go directly to the cars on 
Piedmont Avenue. 

Civitan Club Has 

Agnes Scott Day 

On Tuesday, October 23, the Civi¬ 
tan Club of Atlanta celebrated "Agnes 
Scott Day" at its regular meeting at 
the Athletic Club. The special chorus 
of the Agnes Scott Choir shared hon¬ 
ors with Dr. J. R. McCain, president 
of the college, who was the main 
speaker. The subject of Dr. McCain's 
talk was "Extra School Education." 

The special chorus, known as the 
Agnes Scott Sextette, is drawn from 
the choir of the college; its members 
are Virginia Wood, Augusta King, 
Betty Lou Houck, Alice Chamlee, Rosa 
Miller, Jane Clark, and Shirley Chris¬ 
tian. Evelyn Wall is accompanist for 
the group and Mr. Lewis H. Johnson, 
instructor of voice at Agnes Scott, is 
the director. 

Each year the Civitan Club in At¬ 
lanta makes one day a partial Agnes 
Scott day; this year the entire pro¬ 
gram of the luncheon was devoted to 
the College. 

Hampden Comes 

To Erlonger 

Walter Hampden, the greatest living 
actor of Shakespearean drama, will 
appear at the Erlanger Theater in At¬ 
lanta on Saturday, November 3, in a 
matinee performance of Macbeth and, 
in the evening, in Ridxlieu, adapted 
by Arthur Goodrich from Bulwer-Lytton's 
play. 

Walter Hampden (Dougherty) has 
enjoyed success as an actor on the Eng¬ 
lish stage as well as the American. He 
made his first appearance on the stage 
in England with F. R. Benson's com¬ 
pany, which played the classical reper¬ 
toire. For three seasons thereafter he 
was the leading man at the Adelphi 
Theater in London. 

Mr. Hampden's first appearance in 
America was in 1907, at the Bijou 
Theater in New York, where he was 
engaged to support Nazimova in Hall 
Cane's plays. He also played in various 
Shakespearean dramas there. One of 
Mr. Hampden's most noteworthy 
achievements was his revival in 192324, 
of Cyrano de Bergerac as an inter¬ 
esting and vital possession of the thea¬ 
ter. 

In 1925, Mr. Hampden leased the 
Colonial Theater and renamed it The 
Hampden. He co-starred there with 
Ethel Barrymore in Hamlet and Merchant 
of Venice. Among his other pro¬ 
ductions at his theater, are: Caponsac


(Continued on page 4, column 2) 

College Librarian 

Attends Conference 

Miss Edna R. Hanley, librarian of 
Agnes Scott College, returned to the 
campus on Saturday, October 20, from 
Memphis, Tenn., where she attended a 
joint meeting of the Southeastern and 
Southwestern Library Associations and 
a regional conference of the American 
Library Association, October 17-20. 
The theme of the meetings was New 
Library Patterns for the New Times. 

The principal speakers were Dr. 
Arthur E. Morgan, chairman, Tennes¬ 
see Valley Authority, Knoxville, Dr. 
Howard Odum, of the University of 
North Carolina, and Charles H. Compton, 
president of the American Library 
Association. 

Delegates, representing both regions, 
were sent from all the southern states 
and Texas. There were special sections 
devoted to discussion of problems 
peculiar to cataloging books, to chil¬ 
dren's departments, and to college and 
reference divisions. Book displays 
formed a part of the general meeting. 
These meetings, according to Miss 
Hanley, are most interesting and most 
helpful. 

President Leaves 

For Conference 

President J. R. McCain, of Agnes 
Scott College, left the campus on 
Tuesday morning, October 30, to at¬ 
tend a conference on getting banks 
and trust companies to write wills in 
behalf of colleges; the conference is 
being held this week in Galesburg, 111. 
Dr. McCain plans, also, to confer in 
Chicago, with the committee which 
made a survey of the three colleges in 

Atlanta, Agnes Scott College, Emory 
University, and Georgia Tech, in the 
spring to determine whether a coord¬ 
ination plan is workable here. On his 
return trip, Dr. McCain will visit Vandrebilt 
University in Nashville, Tenn. 

Dr. McCain will return to Decatur 
on Friday. 

Eighty-one seniors will be invested 
Saturday morning at 11.30 in chapel 
at the traditional investiture ceremony 
at which the seniors receive official 
recognition of their position. The pro¬ 
cession beginning the ceremony will be 
led by the sophomores who, dressed in 
white, form an aisle through which 
will pass the members of the faculty, 
followed by the seniors who will be led 
by the class mascot, Charles Raper. Dr. 
Ellis Fuller of the First Baptist Church 
of Atlanta, will lead the assembly in 
prayer, and Miss Annie May Christie, 

•assistant professor of English, who is 
one of the class sponsors, will present 
the investiture address. 

Investiture is one of the oldest cere¬ 

monies at Agnes Scott, having been ob¬ 

served annually on the first Saturday 

of November since 1908. It was in¬ 

stituted, according to Dr. McCain, as 

the result of the desire of the college to 

testify to the confidence placed in the 

seniors. In token of this, Miss Hopkins 

places the caps on the seniors after the 

fashion of the medieval accolade. 

Little Girl Day, another native tra¬ 

dition, will also be observed on the day 

before investiture. It is customary for 

the seniors to wear children's clothes, 

play games and indulge m their last 

youthful frivolities before they are of¬ 

ficially invested with the dignity of 

seniorhood. 

Many of the seniors' families and 
their friends are expected on the cam¬ 
pus at this time. 

A. S. Debaters Join 

In Open Forum 

On November 13, at Georgia Tech, 
in the Y. M. C. A. auditorium, rep¬ 
resentatives from Emory University, 
Agnes Scott College, Mercer Universi¬ 
ty, Georgia Tech and possibly others 
will meet in an open forum discus¬ 
sion, the subject of which will be Free¬ 
dom and the New Deal. Sarah Cather¬ 
ine Wood and Marian Calhoun will 
speak for Agnes Scott, according to 
Dr. George P. Hayes, faculty advisor 
to Pi Alpha Phi, Agnes Scott debating 
society. 

The speeches are limited to five min¬ 
utes this year but additional time will 
be granted for talks from the floor. 
The number of representatives have 
been cut to two; three were sent from 
each college, including Agnes Scott, 
last fall when the subject under discus¬ 
sion was various phases of the NRA. 
Sybil Grant, Mary Ames, and Nell 
Pattillo attended from Agnes Scott 
last year. 

Freshmen Attend 

Mortar Board Tea 

The Agnes Scott Chapter of Mor¬ 
tar Board entertained for the freshmen, 
the parents of day student freshmen, 
and the faculty at a tea from four to 
six o'clock on Saturday, October 27 

in the Day Students' Room in Main. 
The purpose of the tea was to give 
the members of the freshman class and 
their parents an opportunity to become 
better acquainted with each other and 
the faculty. 

Dr. J. R. McCain, Miss Nanette 
Hopkins, and Anna Humber, presi¬ 
dent of Mortar Board, were in the re¬ 
ceiving line. Miss Harriette Haynes, 
Miss Louise Hale, and Dr. George P. 
Hayes, advisers of the chapter, and ac¬ 
tive members of Mortar Board received 
the guests and assisted in the enter¬ 
tainment. Mrs. J. T. Gillespie and Mrs. 

H. A. Robinson poured coffee. 


Balkan Situation EXCHANGES

©i)e Agonistic 

Reaches Crisis 

Subscription price, $1.25 per year in advance. Single copies, 5c. 

Owned and published by the students of Agnes Scott College. 

Entered as Second Class Matter. 

STAFF 
Mary Boggs Eva Constantine Nell Pattii.lo 
Editor-in-Chief Make-Up Business Manager 
Lulu Ames Alice Chamlee

Mary Jane Tigert

Assistant Editor Advertising Manager

Assistant Make-Up

Rosalyn Crispin Elizabeth Thrasher 
Margaret Robins

Feature Editor Circulation 

Eliza King Current History Kathryn Bowen 
Book Notes Business Assistant

Lucille Cairns 
Mary M. Stowe Exchange Helen Ramsey 
Society Business Assistant

Kitty Printup

Laura Steele Laura Steele

Sports

Alumnae Business Assistant 

A GLANCE AT THE CLUBS 

The existing condition of campus clubs has provoked not a 
few complaints both formal and informal from faculty and stu¬ 
dents who feel that the scattered demands of our extra-curricu¬ 
lar activities are responsible for the atmosphere of hurry-scurry 
and unrest which has permeated our campus life. So much time 
and energy seem to be diffused into the clubs without satisfying 
the interest of the participators or encouraging it with a sense 
of accomplishment; we hurry rather aimlessly from meeting to 
meeting and return often with an uncomfortable feeling of 
things half-done and a secret longing for our lost leisure; 

The fault does not lie in the nature of the clubs themselves; 
they unite us in our common interests and afford opportunity for 
varied development in fields opened by academic work. Each has 
its particular usefulness and we would abolish none. The remedy 
lies not in elimination of activities but in constructing a more in¬ 
telligent attitude toward them: a more selective participation, a 
more efficient organization of each club, and a synchronization 
of the schedules, demands, and interests of the clubs as a body. 

In advocating a more rigidly enforced selection of activities, 
we do not mean to narrow interests but to concentrate them. 
The temptation to spread talents thin over a multitude of things 
to no avail is strong, but in the varied array of activities at Agnes 
Scott, choice is imperative, and it is for each student to choose 
wisely and devote herself attentively to her special interest rather 
than to approximate the somewhat ridiculous jack-of-all-trades. 
The point system attempts to limit the scope of activity in a 
mechanical way, but the multiple and ineffectual participation 
of many students in the clubs indicates the need of a more direct 
and discriminating method of selection. 

The clubs themselves stand in need of a renaissance of inter¬ 
est and activity. For the most part they are burdened with "dead 
wood," members who only grace the roll, attend meetings oc¬ 
casionally, exhibit a tepid interest, and never pay dues. What an 
impediment these are to the development of a plan is easily con¬ 
ceivable, and the club so encumbered can be conducted only in 
an inefficient way. This neutral element can be eliminated by 
more stringent try-outs and by exacting dues as a necessary part 
of memberships; free from this hindrance, its work can be more 
equally divided among the members, instead of descending in a 
heap on the bewildered officers. 

From the problems of the individual club to its relation to the 
body of clubs is a step yet to be taken, but in the present con¬ 
dition, a needed one. The conflicting schedules of meetings need 
adjustment; the clubs would profit by discussion of their mutual 
problems, in view of establishing a time-scheme for meetings and 
adopting a more profitable method of try-outs. To this end, we 
recommend a conference of club presidents who will attempt to 
synchronize schedules, to relate problems and interests, and to 
seek a harmony in the varied functions of the clubs in their con¬ 
tact with the campus as a whole. 

OUR VERBAL RUT 

Among the thousands of words in the English dictionary, 
only ten or twelve adjectives have been able to find residence in 
the vocabulary of the average Agnes Scott student. To express 
joy, she uses grand, marvelous, swell; to voice pain or disgust, 
horrible, awful, terrible, miserable, hateful, while nice and cute 
are brazenly flung at anything from a pair of stockings to a sun¬ 
set. This small band of words so mercilessly overworked has lost 
its original force and freshness, become anemic, incapable of giv¬ 
ing body to the vigor and nuances of ideas which are thrust upon 
it; consequently, both speaker and listener are left in the realm 
of half-ideas and inadequate expression. Among those who are 
seeking a footing in the intellectual and artistic traditions of the 
English-speaking race, this situation seems lamentable; it be¬ 
hooves us to rouse ourselves from our slovenly vocabularies, to 
purge them of the meaningless, to reinforce them with words and 
expressions of more precision, more life, more color. 

In striving to such an end, we do not advocate five-syllable 

words in preference to more effective monosyllables, or the flour¬ 

ishes and furbelows of a pedantic turn of phrase. Nor need 

we discourage slang; it is, in a certain sense, our idiom, as Mr. 

Untermeyer indicated in his lecture last spring. While it may have 

no lasting value, it has a definite present function and a flavor. 

We would, then, be neither pedantic nor slovenly in our words, 

but attempt to attain a more accurate, more vital, more satis


fving use of them, even though such a method as Three Words 

a Dav. 

By Suzanne Smith i 
A dangerous international situation 
was produced when King Alexander of 
Yugoslavia was assassinated in Mar¬ 
seille. Was it to be a repetition of the 
similar circumstances when Archduke 
Francis Ferdinand of Austria was killed 
in Sarajevo twenty years ago? Diplo¬ 
matic relations were held by such a 
fine thread at the time that this seemed 
very possible. 
This situation arose when Alexander 
and Jean-Louis Barthou, the French 
Foreign Minister, were brutally shot 
during a parade of welcome in the 
streets of Marseille, the port at which 
Alexander landed on his way to Paris. 
For the first time in history photog¬ 
raphers snapped the actual murder. 
The assassin, who entered France on 
a false passport, was at first thought to 
be a Croat but later was proved to be 
Ylada Georgeff Tschernocemsky, a 
Macedonian terrorist and a former 
bodyguard of Ivan Mihailoff, the 
Macedonian revolutionary leader now 
in exile. Tschernocemsky had tatooed 
on his arm the motto and 1. M. R. O., 
the initials of the Macedonian secret 
society. He used a sub-machine gun 
type of revolver and with it he killed 
four people and wounded nine others 
before he was cut down by the sabres 
of the French National Guard. 
The nations of the world immediate¬ 
ly feared that Yugoslavia would be the 
center of a double danger: from civil 
war and from an outside power which 
might take advantage of the situation 
for its own territorial and political 
advantages—particularly Italy with 
whom they had almost clashed over 
Austria and the murder of prime-min¬ 
ister Dollfuss. 
Affairs became a little less strained 
when Italy gave a positive demonstra¬ 
tion of goodwill and fired a royal salute 
as the battleship, Dubrovnik, carrying 
the dead king, passed through the 
Straits of Messina. 
And instead of precipitating a civil 
war as had been feared, the assassina¬ 
tion seemed to bring the Serbs and 
Croats and Slovenes into closer com¬ 
munion. For years the Croats, who 
are much more Westernized than the 
Serbs have been trying to gain supreme 
power in the state. They had even 
(Continued on page 4, column 1) 

ALUMNAE 

Of the alumnae who have recently 

married, there are fourteen from the 

classes of '33, '34, '35, and '36 whose 

weddings have not yet been mentioned 

in the Agonistic. 

Five marriages in the class of 193 3 

are: 

Lucile Heath to Jack McDonald on 

October 6, 1934. 

Mary Frances Torrance to William 

Fleming, Jr., of Atlanta on August 16 

in Cleveland, Ohio. 

Willa Upchurch to Norman Mc-

Collum on October 7. 

Marie Whittle to O. M. Wellslager, 

Jr., on June 9, in Brunswick, Ga. 

Ethel Lucile Stein, ex-'3 3, to W. D. 

Wise on June 13, in Alabama. 

From 1^934 are four weddings: 

Dorothy Walker to J. F. Palmer on 

June 26 in Ripley, Tenn. 

Elaine Heckle to Julian Carmichael 

on August 4 at the Peachtree Road 

Presbyterian Church. 

Harriet Henderson, ex-'34, to J. C. 

Heriot on June 26 in Walderboro, S. C. 

Virginia Smook, ex-'34, to E. D. 

Eubanks on June 19 in Atlanta. 
The class of 193 6 has three wed¬ 
dings: 
Marie Brumby, cx-'36, to John Fow¬ 
ler, Jr., on September 20 in Marietta, 
Georgia. 
Annie Lou Clark, ex-'36, to Freder¬ 
ick Scanling on October 3 in Atlanta. 
Helen Stanley, ex-'36, to J. W. Flynt 
on August 18 in Franklin, N. C. 
Jean Gould, ex-'3 3, married Dan 
Carey Clarke of Atlanta this fall; and 
| Harriet Howard, special, married 
! Harry Wolf on August 18 in the 
chapel of Agnes Scott College. 
Doris Batsell, cx-'3 6, who is attend¬ 
ing the University of Alabama this 
scar, was in Decatur the week-end of 
October 18. 

Salt in the amount of 400,000,000 
tons is the estimate of the lake bottom 
lining of Salt Lake in Utah. At least 
this is the estimate of three scientists 
who have made a study of the lake. 
Beautiful crystals of salt are said to 
form a lining two inches thick.— 
Scientific American. 

It is reported in Rubber Age that 
latex, the milky sap of the rubber tree, 
is being used in connection with an 
inner lining for fur coats. The latex 
is applied to the skin and the silk lining 
placed o\rer it. The claim is made that 
this process not only increases the 
warmth of the coat but also strength¬ 
ens the seams where the skins are put 
together.—Scientific American. 

Pigment for aluminum paint is now 
available in the form of paste as well as 
powder, as a result of several years of 
experimental work in the laboratories 
of paint manufacturers. Paste offers 
the advantage of drying to a very 
smooth finish which does not collect 

dirt readily and which remains clean 
and bright, even in industrial atmos¬ 
phere. Also it is more convenient to 
mix because it eliminates loose powder 
flying about during mixing.—Scienti¬ 
fic American. 

Children subject to tonsilitis, enlarg¬ 
ed glands, and ear troubles are more 
benefited by the removal of the tons¬ 
ils, Dr. Albert D. Kaiser of the Uni¬ 
versity of Rochester School of Medi¬ 
cine found from a study of a large 
group of chddren for a period of ten 
years. Head colds and infections in the 
chest, on the other hand, were not 
benefited by the removal of the 
tonsils. Tonsils may be large without 
causing any trouble and mere size is 
no reason for removing them.—Science 
Service. 

The cities of Washington and San 
Diego seem to be giving each other 
the cold shoulder. According to Naval 
Observatory astronomers, these two 
cities were about forty feet farther 
apart in 1933 than in 1926. This is 
said to be due to a shift in longitude 
but some doubt has been expressed as 
to the accuracy of the calculations. It 
wouldn't do for the country to spread 
out too much and spill into the oceans! 
—Scientific American. 

Vassar has recently inaugurated a 
unique plan for a more free curricu¬ 
lum, says Campus Comments, the pub¬ 
lication of Mary Baldwin College. The 
last of Vassar's compulsory courses 
have been abandoned. Fifteen instead 
of twenty academic courses are requred 
for an A.B. degree, four in the 
freshman, sophomore, and junior years, 
and three for the senior. The only re¬ 
quirement is that the four freshman 
courses be in each of the four general 
fields of knowledge. 

Students taking a history exam at 
the Los Angeles Junior College were 
asked to state the Monroe Doctrine 
briefly. One paper read, "Scram for¬ 
eigners."—The Blue Stocking, Presby¬ 
terian College. 

Wanted — A sprinkler system in 
some classrooms for watering dry sub¬ 
jects and restoring life to mentally 
"dead" students.—The Flor-Ala, Flor¬ 
ence State Teachers College. 

The West Georgian says that before 
marriage a man yearns for a woman; 
after marriage the 'y' is silent. 

A senior stood on the railroad track— 
The train was coming fast. 
The train got off the railroad track 
To let the senior pass. 
—The Flor-Ala, Florence State Teach¬ 
ers College. 

According to The Florida Flambeau, 
the students are "growing up." They 
will no longer feel as if they are in 
the Florida State Convent for Women, 
for recently they have been granted the 
privilege of dancing with men in the 
sorority houses and in the gymnasium 
on Friday nights and Saturdays instead 
of just on special occasions several 
times during the year when the dances 
were held in the gym. Also, the girls 
are allowed to come in at 11:30 in¬ 
stead of 11:00 at night. 

Varied Versions 

1. People in glass houses shouldn't 
throw parties. 
2. One man's loss is another man's 
umbrella. 
3. A stitch in time saves the loss of 
one's clothes. 
4. A bird in the hand is bad table 


manners. 
—The Watcbtower, Wesleyan College. 

BOOK NOTES 

Meade Minnegerode's Son of Marie 
Antoinette is another attempt to solve 
the mystery of the Lost Dauphin. 

In The Permanent Horizon: A New 
Search for Old Truths, Ludwig Lewisohn 
reaffirms his faith in "old truths" 
as he sees them embodied in the bourg¬ 
eoisie, his faith and hope in the human¬ 
istic tradition: in the essentially relig¬ 
ious, moral, and creative nature of 
man. In this work he is primarily con¬ 
cerned with the defense of what he 
interprets as the essential ideology— 
the traditional morality and political 
and social liberalism of the middle 
class. Mr. Lewisohn, in this hard-hitting, 
uncompromising defense of the 
middle class, offers us a way out of 
our spiritual and material morass. 

The Story of My Life — Marie, 
Queen of Rumania. 
Never before has the curtain which 
screens the intimate life of royalty 
from the public gazg been more dar¬ 
ingly elevated. 

Ruth Suckow writes what she 
knows and observes without attempt¬ 
ing to bend facts to suit a point of 
view. Like Willa Gather, she holds 
fast to an ideal of integrity in writ¬ 
ing. Her new novel. The Folks, is the 
story of a simple family in an Iowa 
town and describes the fortunes of the 
parents and the scattering of the chil¬ 
dren. One of the best characters is 
Margaret, who at twenty-seven breaks 
with her home-life and goes to New 
York. In Greenwich Village, she joins 
the revolt against conventional stand¬ 
ards, but her quiet, puritna beginnings 
exert a restraining influence. 

Here there are no trumped-up situa¬ 
tions, no shuffling of events for dra¬ 
matic exploitation. The story and the 
style in which it is told fit. 

Two volumes of Douglas Southall 
Ereeman's new biography of R. E. Lee 
are ready: the first covers Lee's early 
life, military training, Mexican ex¬ 
periences, and the War Between the 
States up to the spring of 1 862; the 
second deals wholly with the War and 
ends with the death of Stonewall Jack¬ 
son. The author's attempt to see every¬ 
thing as Lee saw it and to describe 
events as they came to Lee's attention 
concentrates interest on the Virginia 
sector. Military affairs are interpreted 
from the standpoint of the layman. 

This may prove to be the important 
biography of the fall season. 

Retreat from Glory reveals more of 

R. 11. Bruce Lockhart's associations 
with foreign affairs. In it he turns 
from his unofficial career in Russia, 
related in British Agent, to his role as 
commercial secretary to the British 
legation in Prague. 


SOCIETY 

Mary Pitner attended the Phi Delta 
Theta dance at Emory on Saturday. 

Virginia Hightower spent the week¬ 
end in Decatur with her aunt, Mrs. E. 

D. Akin. 

Betty Adams was with Virginia 
Little over the weekend at Virginia's 
home in Druid Hills. 

Nell Hemphill, Elsie West, Beth 
Bowden, Carolyn Elliot, and Catherine 
Brittingham had dinner with Mr. Brittingham 
on Thursday night. 

Vivienne Trice was at the A. K. K. 
dance at Emory on Saturday night. 

Jo Jennings spent the week-end with 
Augusta King. 

Ida Buist and Frances Espy attended 
the Biltmore dance on Saturday night. 

Rosa Miller spent the week-end with 
her aunt, Mrs. Frank Smith. 

Jane Allen Webb spent the week-end 
with Mary Gillespie. 

Jacqueline Woolfolk, Caroline Dickson, 
Frances McCalla, and Mary Jane 
Evans had dinner Sunday with Alberta 
Palmour at her home in College Park. 

Bertha Merrill attended the Phi Psi 
dance at Emory Saturday night. 

Sarah Edmonson had as her guest 
over the week-end Mary Vines. 

Janet Gray and Frosty Brown had 
dinner with Virginia Gaines on Sun¬ 
day. 

Frances Paris spent the week-end in 
Athens, Ga. 

j BAILEY BROS. SHOE SHOP 1 
I 142 Sycamore St. ! 
I Decatur ! 
If You Prize Your Shoes

! 

Send Them to Us 

Virginia Turner was at her home in 
Summerville, Ga., for the past week 
end. 

Martha Young attended a Tau Beta 
Sigma sorority ball on Saturday night. 

Martha McAfee and Joyce Roper 
were guests at a wiener roast at Co 
lumbia Seminary on Tuesday night. 

Ann Worthy Johnson, Martha Long, 
Gene Caldwell, and Jean Barry Adams 
spent the week-end in Rome, Ga. 

Meriel Bull and Mary Margaret 
Stowe spent the week-end with Kitty 
Cunningham. 

On Thursday and Friday, October 
25, Dr. and Mrs. J. R. McCain en¬ 
tertained at their home on South Candler 
Street, with a Hallowe'en party 
for the freshmen. Bobbing for apples, 
spooks, and other suitable games were 
played. The decorations in the house 
carried out the general atmosphere of 
the season. Mrs. McCain was assisted 
in serving by her daughter, Isabel. 

It has become traditional for Dr. 
and Mrs. McCain to entertain the 
freshmen in the fall with a party; it 
is usually given as close to Hallowe'en 
as possible. 

CORRECTION 
In the Agonistic, October 17, an 
invitation was extended to the college 
community at large to attend the 
Wednesday night concerts presented 
by the vocal classes. The Wednesday 
night concerts are not open to the col¬ 
lege community generally; they are 
presented for the vocal classes by mem¬ 
bers of the same classes. Mr. Lewis H. 
Johnson, instructor in voice at Agnes 
Scott College, is in charge of these 
presentations. 

leth crd-tdien it n 
f 

CLEANSING 
+ 
TONING 
+ 
SOOTHING 

a tadiant laveitj 

Elizabeth Arden's Cleansiug Cream 
Light, frothy, delicate as whipped cream, it liquefies instantly,
penetrates and cleanses everypore. $1.00 to $3.00 

Elizabeth Arden's Skin Tonie 
is a mild, refreshing astringent that wakes and stimu¬ 
lates the pores. Should always be patted on the face 
and neck, after cleansing, to clear, tone and refresh 
the skin ...... 85c to $3.75 

Elizabeth Arden's Velva Cream 
quickly makes a dry, rough skin satin-smooth...refines 
and soothes without fattening $1, $2, $3 

TOILETRIES—STREET FLOOR 

Moonlight 

And Morons 

(Lamentations of Local Star-Gazers) 
Picture a quiet pastoral landscape, 
cattle lowing in the distance, tall grass 
billowing about one's knees and faintly 
caressing the ears of one's Austin, while 
the magic of moonlight enfolds one as 
a cloak. From the chariot of the gods 
there emerge shadowy figures who 
pause to gaze in awe—enthralled, 
spellbound,—as those "who in the love 
of nature, hold communion with her 
visible forms . . ." 

When suddenly—the veil of illusion 
is madly torn from the eyes. All is 
bustle and haste. A telescope, fell in¬ 
strument of the morbid curiosity of 
man, is set up at an angle as nearly as 
possible approaching ninety degrees. 
While one, in attempting to behold the 
visions of night, crawls upon the 
ground in a most undignified manner, 
befitting the lowly worm more nearly 
than a poetic being attempting to rise 
through such contemplation to heights 
above the uncomprehending mob, a 
professorial voice explains the phenom¬ 
enon of Saturn's golden crown in terms 
of Sir Walter Raleigh's neckwear, 
Jupiter having already set behind the 
local laisy. Next to fall before the cold, 
calculating eye of science is the moon 
—Diana, goddess of the hunt, reign¬ 
ing deity of the night One learns 
(shades of St. Nicholas) that all the 
sagas of the romantic couple inhabit¬ 
ing the moon are mere fiction, fancies 
of a childish brain, froth of the im¬ 
agination upon a sea of fact. The shad¬ 
ows, before filled with all the myste¬ 
rious power of living beings, are mere¬ 
ly seas, — empty seas, — while the 
brighter region contains craters and 
mountains, impotently bearing the 
names of petty politicians, who, for 
some reason unknown to most politic¬ 
ians, turned long enough from worldly 
pursuits to attain what might be term¬ 
ed heavenly immortality—while Liebnetz, 
Plato, or even Pluto, may be 
tolerated in such capacity, it would be 
no less than poetic justice for the moon 
to disintegrate into its component 
atoms and molecules before permitting 
the indignity of having some part of 
its anatomy labeled "King Fish." 

Without the revealing eye of the 
telescope to destroy the enchantment 
of distance, one turns with all the re¬ 
lief of Napoleon after Waterloo to a 
study of the myriad stars which canopy 
the night,—stars which shone upon the 

FRANCES VIRGINIA 
TEA ROOM 
Peachtree and Ellis 

Don't Neglect Your Eyesight 

A thorough eye examination by a competent oculist (Eye 

Physician) is the first step in securing correct glasses. 
When the prescripton for glasses is given it should be 
filled by a skilled Optician. 

Ask your Oculist (Eye Physician) about our reliability 
and dependable service. 

WALTER BALLARD OPTICAL CO. 

Dispensing Opticians

THREE STORES 
105 Peachtree St. Medical Arts Bldg. Doctors' BuildingClockSign 382 PeachtreeSt. 480 Peachtree St. 

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE 
decatur, ga. 

A college for women that is widely recog¬ 
nized for its standards of work and for the 
interesting character of its student activities 

For further information, address 

CLUBS 

Blackfriars 

Blackfriars, the dramatic club of 
Agnes Scott College, announces the 
following girls who were elected to 
membership as a result of the annual 
fall try-outs: Mary and Mildred 
Thompson, Charlene Fleece, Kitty 
Printup, Frances Steele, Mary Beasley, 
and Marie Stalker. Tryouts were held 
in the chapel on Monday night, Octo¬ 
ber 22. 

Try-outs were considered on a basis 
of three major points: poise, stage pres¬ 
ence, and originality. The judges were 
the Blackfriar Board, and Miss Frances 

K. Gooch, head of the Spoken English 
department of Agnes Scott College. 

According to Hester Anne Withers, 
president of the club for this year, 
plans are going ahead for the presenta¬ 
tion of You Never Can Tell, George 
Bernard Shaw comedy, on Friday and 
Saturday nights, November 16 and 17. 

Cotillion Club 
Cotillion Club, dancing club of 
Agnes Scott, announces the following 
new members as a result of the tryouts 
held recently: Katherine Bishop, 
Sarah Brosnan, Dorothy Cabaniss, Ellen 
Davis, Sarah Davis, Marian Derrick, 
Virginia Hightower, Mary Hull, Sarah 
Jones, Rosa Miller, Wita Moreland, 
Vera Pruet, Katherine Ricks, Lavinia 
Scott, Mary Venetia Smith, Elizabeth 
Strickland, Nancy Tucker, Jacqueline 
Woolfolk, anl Hester Anne Withers. 
According to Nina Parke, president 
of Cotillion, plans are being laid for the 
dance to be held on Thanksgiving Eve 
in the gym. As in past years, the en¬ 
tire college community will be wel


fair head of Juliet in her lyric moment 
with Romeo, stars which followed the 
course of Ulysses as he wended his way 

homeward to the faithful Penelope. 
The grass blows in the wind as it does 
upon the ruins of ancient Troy,—but 
alas! a band is flapped in a central 
westerly direction with all the enthus¬ 
iasm of a Nazi devotee and one is asked 
if she sees a triangle, a trapezno, and 
possibly a planetoid or an adenoid, all 
assembled at rather precarious angles, 
and the whole composing in triumphal 
procession—Leo, the Lion. Since the 
Greeks failed to mention their version 
of the creature's relativity, whether 
approaching or departing, and since the 
matter is inescapable of being ascertain¬ 
ed, one is assailed afresh by the ap¬ 
palling fact of the futility of life. 

At this point, as if to recall one from 
vain worldly attempts to interpret 
heavenly ordained bodies, there comes a 
far-off voice calling—transporting one 
to the hills of ancient Rome, where 
shepherds watched their flocks and lis-

Chi Beta Sigma 
Mary Summers was elected as a dele¬ 
gate to the National Chi Beta Phi 
Convention to be held Thanksgiving 
week-end in Huntington, W. Va. 

Eristics 

Eristics, discussion club for juniors 
and seniors, met at the home of Miss 
Catherine Torrance, on Clairmont 

Avenue, on Sunday night, October 2 8. 
Rabbi David Marx, of Atlanta, led the 
discussion which was a further study 
of the Jew, his religion, his history, and 
his status in the world today. 

Pen and Brush Club 
The Pen and Brush Club will hold 
its next meeting on Thursday, Novem¬ 
ber 8, at 7:15. A notice of the place 
of meeting will be posted on the bul¬ 
letin board. The program for this 
meeting, which will be the first in a 
series on Modern Art, will be devoted 
to Uzanne, as the leader of Impression¬ 
ism. Sarah Spencer is president of the 
club for this year. 

French Club 
Eleven new members were admitted 
to the French Club at fall try-outs held 
on Monday afternoon. October 15. 
They are: Nell Allison, Jane Turner, 
Marie Wagner, Eva Constantine, 
Faxie Stevens, Martha Summers, Mrs. 
George McKoy, Jule McClatchey, 
Ruby Hotton, Jean Kirkpatrick, and 
Dorothy Lyons. 

B. O. Z. 
Mildred Clark and Margaret Robins 

were elected to B. O. Z. at its last 
meeting, October 29. 

In Case You've Wondered 
He says that every girl he knows 
By idiotic questions shows 
She has no brains, though many her 
charms 
Enhance her. 
Young man, each girl from babyhood 
Is taught she never, never should 
Ask any man a question he can't an¬ 
swer. 
—The Johnsonian, Winthrop College. 

A pedestrian is a man whose son is 
home from college.—The Watchtower, 
Wesleyan. 

tened for the pipes of Pan—when a 
matter-of-fact reply comes jolting 
from near by "I'm sorry. She's not 
here!" 

Alack and alas! Is there no romance 
to be found outside the sphere of 
Gable's influence, no idealism since the 
days of Plato? Is there no place where 
a poetic soul may acquire inspiraton, 
unhampered and unhindered of the 
plebeian sentients, the morbid intrica¬ 

cies of the accumulations of the human 
mind through the years? Man does 
live by bread alone, so why not let the 
moon be made of green cheese? 

SILHOUETTE TEA ROOM 

Open 

Saturday night 9:00—10:30 

Sunday morning 8:00—10:00 

Public invited 

J. R. McCain, President 

Re0ei\steif\s 
:P6ACHTR66.STOTCG 


ANNUAL PICTURES 
ARE DISTRIBUTED 

On Thursday and Friday, October 
2 5 and 26, Caroline Long, editor of the 
Silhouette, distributed 430 annual pic¬ 
tures to the students. Mr. Marion 
Ware, the representative from Stanley 
Studios in Atlanta was on the campus 
for eighteen days; each senior had six 
poses and all other students four. 
Proofs were to be returned by noon 
on Saturday, October 27. 

All pictures this year, with the ex¬ 
ception of the senior pictures in robes, 
were taken in drapes. Editors of the 
Sillxuette in past years have felt that 
more uniformity in appearance could 
be gained if all girls were posed in 
practically the same thing. Drapes are 
being used only as an experiment, 
Carloine Long said, and it depends on 
how successfully the idea works out 
whether drapes for all pictures will be¬ 
come a permanent policy. 

Arrangements for retakes can be 
made with Caroline Long or any of the 
Silhouette staff. 

BALKAN SITUATION 
(iContinued from page 2, column 3^ 
formed a society with the express pur¬ 
pose to kill Alexander. When it was 
proved that the murderer in this in¬ 
stance was not a Croat, much of the 
ill-fill between the two groups dis¬ 
appeared. And when the body of 
Alexander was carried in state through 
Zagreb, the principal city of the Croat-
ans, all animosity was forgotten and, 
as a genuine aspect of grief, the lights 
of the entire city were extinguished 
when the train pulled into the station. 
Only three of the eight Serbian 
kings have died a natural death while 
in office and Alexander himself has 
been shot at numerous times. There¬ 
fore he was prepared for what happen¬ 
ed. In a will made last year he named 
his cousin, Prince Paul, as the senior 
regent to act with Dr. Radenko Stankovitch 
and Gov. Ivan Perovitch. 
Eleven year old Peter II was crown¬ 
ed King of Yugoslavia on October 11 
and the regents took the oath of office 
before the joint session of the Senate 
and the Chamber of Deputies. In their 
oath of allegiance they swore to be 
faithful to King Peter and to devote 
themselves to the cause of preserving 
the integrity of the Yugoslavian people 
and frontiers. 
Prince Paul represents the royal fam¬ 
ily in the regency. The other two 
members, one a Serb and the other a 
Croat, are both sympathetic to Croat¬ 
ian aspirations. Should anything hap¬ 
pen to them the deceased King has 
named three substitutes, the chief of 
which is the hated Feneral Vojeslav 
Tomitch, commander of the Belgrade 
Garrison. 

WEIL'S 10c STORE 

Has Most Anything You Need 

MARTIN'S BEAUTY SHOP 
Invites all Agnes Scott 
Special Prices on 
Tuesdays and Wednesdays 

De. 2671 153 Sycamore St. 

Try Our 

SANDWICHES 

We Make Them Right 
LAWRENCE'S 
PHARMACY 

Phones De. 0762-0763 

The Agonistic 

ICcM<aa CB»ia5

ATHLETIC NEWS 

Juniors Victorious 

In Hockey Games 

The junior hockey team has been 
victorious in the last two games. Fri¬ 
day, October 19, it defeated the soph¬ 
omore team by a score of 7 to 1, and 
Friday, October 26, it defeated the 
freshman team, 3 to 0. A cheering sec¬ 
tion in the stands enlivened both 
games. 

Outstanding playing in each game is 
marked down by some member of the 
Varsity Flockey Council, on which are 
Miss Llewellyn Wilburn, Sarah Bow¬ 
man, Anne Coffee, Frances McCalla, 
and Lena Armstrong. 

Outstanding plays in the first game 
were made by Gary, at the goal; 
Handte, with five goals; and by Stev¬ 
ens with two goals. For the second 
game notice is made of Armstrong, for 
good dribbling; Keeler, for good inter¬ 
cession; Coit, for pretty goal work; 

Hart, for good running and consist¬ 
ency of playing; Brown, for teamwork, 
and Lemmon, for accuracy of shots. 

The line-up for the game October 
19 is as follows: for the juniors, Blick, 
r.w.; Burson, r.i.; Handte, c.; Derrick, 
I.i.; Stevesn, l.w.; McClure, r.h.; Arm¬ 
strong, c.h.; Crenshaw, l.h.; Miller, 
r.f.; Estes, l.f.; Townsend, g.g. For the 
sophomores: Belser, r.w.; Walker, r.i.; 
Kennedy, c.; Johnson, Mary, l.i.; Stalk¬ 
er, l.w.; Harris, r.h.; Wilder, c.h.; 
Kneale, l.h.; Taylor, r.f.; Hertwig, l.f.; 
Gary, g.g. 

The line-up for the game October 
26 is as follows: for the juniors, Hart, 
r.w.; Burson, r.i.; Handte, c.; Stevens, 
l.i.; Derrick, l.w.; Miller, r.h., Arm¬ 
strong, c.h.; Crenshaw, l.h.; Townsend, 
r.f.; Estes, l.f.; Forman, g.g. For the 
freshmen: Brown, r.w.; Henderson, 
r.i.; Thompson, c.; Coit, l.i.; High-
tower, l.w.; Allison, r.h.; Lemmon, 
c.h.; Hassell, l.h.; Jeffers, r.f.; Keller, 
l.f.; Robinson, g.g. 

HAMPDEN COMES TO ERLANGER 

BALKAN SITUATION 

(Continued from page 1, column 4) 

chi, Ibsen's Enemy of the People, Light 

of Asia, and Bonds of Interest. 

Tickets for the performances in At¬ 

lanta are now on sale. The matinee 

prices are: Orchestra, $2.20, $1.65; 

mezzanine, $1.65; balcony, $1.10; 

$.83. In the evening the prices will be: 

Orchestra, $2.75, $2.20; mezzanine, 

$2.20; balcony, $1.65, $1.10. Unre¬ 

served gallery seats may be had for 

$.5 5. The matinee begins at $2:15, the 

evening performance at 8:3 0. 

Sports Editorial 

By Harriette Haynes 

I feel more or less like the ancient 
medicine man or soap box "spieler," in 
that I know of something which will 
about cure all ills and in addition make 
you better looking. Like him also I'll 
stand on any street corner and peddle 
my wares. Unlike him, though, my 
wares have real elements backing them; 
if you do certain definite things, sure 
results will be obtained. It's not just 
hokum and a bundle of herbs to take. 
You must exercise good and hard if 
you are going in for the "cure" of 
which I speak. 

1. The shoes—for campus wear— 
must be of soft leather, a broad, low 
heel, and a straight inner border. 
2. The feet inside the shoes must be 
used with a certain degree of lightness, 
and the whole foot employed in walk¬ 
ing—not just the heels! 
3. The abdomen must be strong and 
flat, the hips under. 
4. Number three can be more ef¬ 
fective if you will work on number 
four. That is sit well back in your 
chair, feet resting on the floor or one 
leg crossed over the other—in class at 
least. 
5. The shoulders low. 
6. The chest up. 
7. The head raised ready to meet 
whatever situation may arise. 
8. Combine them all and, to use a 
well known phrase, "Walk, stand, and 
sit with ease and grace, and you will 
have gained a personal victory which 
no one can take away from you." 


(Emphasis on posture will begin the 
health program to be carried out by the 
Physical Education Department this 
year.) 

L. D. ADAMS & SON 

Dry Goods 
The Store of Quality 

t t

4. DEPOT SERVICE STATION * 

4. Across Street from Depot ^ 
ll Decatur, Ga. 

❖ 


♦>

❖ 
Phone Dearborn 9130

*5* 

Oxfords 

stride into 

first place 

$6.50 

How ivill you have yours? Black or Brown? Low 
heel, high heel, or Built-up Leather? Suede or Calf? 
We invite you to come by next time you're in town. 

BYCK'S 
203 Peachtree 

L. CHAJAGE 
220 PEACHTREE ST. 

Expert Remodeling 
DIXIE'S LEADING FURRIER 

Tennis Club Admits 

Eight New Members 

At the fall try-outs held this year on 
Thursday, October 18, the Tennis Club 
took in eight new members, according 
to Mary Kneale, president. The new 

members are: Liselotte Roennecke, 
Frosty Brown, Marie Stalker, Alice 
Turner, Martha Young, Eleanor Lem¬ 
mon, Sarah Catherine Wood, and Eva 
Constantine. 

The club's membership totals six¬ 
teen. Plans are being made for a lively 
schedule of matches for this fall. 

REPORTERS FOR THIS 
ISSUE OF AGONISTIC 

Elizabeth Warden 
Eliza King 
Eleanor Whitson 
Lavinia Scott 
Jessie Jeffers 
Mary Lillian Fairly 
Katherine Hertzka 
Gene Brown 
Josephine Jennings 
Jean Chalmers 
Sara Steele 
Mary Richardson 
Ruth Hertzka 
Jane Guthrie 
Elizabeth Warden 
Laura Steele 
Jacque McWhite 
Betty Maynard 
Ora Muse 
Sarah Johnson 
Ida Lois McDaniel 

I DEC/1TUR WOMAN'S 
| EXCHANGE 

* DeKalb Theatre BIdg. 
* Rytex Fine Personal Stationery


* Calling Cards—Flowers * 
4* Dearborn 3343 S 

ALEXANDER ELECTED 
SENIOR PRESIDENT 

Elizabeth Alexander was elected 
president of the seniors at a class me.'ting 
on Saturday, October 27, to fill the 
vacancy left by Mary Boggs who has 
resigned to become editor of the 
Agonistic. 

DR. RAPER DISCUSSES 
STRIKE SITUATION 

Dr. Arthur F. Raper, acting profes¬ 
sor of sociology at Agnes Scott College, 
discussed in chapel on Thursday, Oc¬ 
tober 2 5, the strike situation. His talk 
opened a series of speeches to be made 
monthly this year on current problems. 
This service is sponsored by the Agnes 
Scott division of the National Students 
Federation Association. 

Dr. Raper, in his speech, placed spe¬ 
cial emphasis on the point that the gen¬ 
eral public as consumers should exer¬ 
cise an intelligent interest in the chief 
properties to serve public needs. 

Love is gay—love is sad. 

Love is good—love is bad, 

Love is death—love is life, 

Love is peace—love is strife, 

Love is blessed—love is cracked, 

Love is the tenth word in a 

telegram. 

-The Johnsonian, Winthrop College. 

Peachtree 

Hosiery Shop 
12 Peachtree St., N. E. 
Between 5 Points and Entrance 
of Arcade 

| DECATUR BEAUTY SALON 

[ 409 Church Street 

[ Tel. De. 4692 

| Be Smart and Stop With Us! 

* 4. 

WALL'S GERM PROOF CLEANERS 
SPECIAL PRICES TO AGNES SCOTT STUDENTS 
Branch & Plant: 123 E. Ponce de Leon Ave., Decatur—DE. 0267 
"Personal Attention Given Each Garment" 
WE CALL FOR AND DELIVER 
Branches: 63 Forrest Ave.—WA. 1976; 16 E. 17th St.—HE. 3496 

Main Shop: 1060 St. Charles Ave.—HE. 9903 

Stadium Coats 

of 100Pet. Pure 

Alpaca Pile 

These are what we call ideal Stadium 
coats because they are comfortable 
in mild, cool, or very severe 
weather! This is due to the fact that 
they are made of 100 per cent pure 
Alpaca Pile* 

*And if you're a good student you know that is the wool 
of the small South American animal, who travels from 
the top of mountains to the depth of valleys, is comfort¬ 
able anywhere because his wool is a non-conductor of heat! 

$19.75 

J. P. ALLEN & CO. 

The Store All Women Know 


\ 

Submit 
Try-Outs ©Ije ^Vgonisfic 

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1934

VOL. XX 

SENIOR CLASS IS 

INVESTED NOV. 3 

Education Stressed As Trust by 
Speaker. 

The traditional investiture ceremony 
of Agnes Scott College, at which 
eighty-one seniors were invested with 
the dignity and responsibility of their 
position, was held in Gaines Chapel on 
Saturday morning at 11:45. Miss 
Annie May Christie, of the English 
department of the college and one of 
the sponsors of the class, delivered the 
principal address; her subject was 
"Education: A Trust." 

According to the tradition, the 
seniors preceded by the faculty and led 
by their class mascot, Master Charles 
Raper, entered the chapel between two 
rows of sophomores, their sister class, 
dressed in white. Dr. Ellis Fuller, 
pastor of the First Baptist Church of 
Atlanta, led the assembly in prayer, 
after which President J. R. McCain, of 
Agnes Scott, spoke a few words of 
welcome. 

Miss Christie, in presenting the 
theme of her talk, said that education 
is a trust "accompanied by an obliga¬ 
tion to use it for what it was in¬ 
tended." The three demands of the 
college upon the graduates are, she said, 
that of living so that education will 
be of some use to the individual, that 
of being independent, discriminating, 
open-minded thinkers and not "blind 
followers of ready-made ideals," and 

(Continued on page 3, column 5) 

Emory Announces 

Lecture Program 

Frances Homer, talented interpreta¬ 
tive actress, will be presented at Glenn 
Memorial auditorium, at 8:15, on 
Wednesday, November 14, as the first 
presentation of the Student Lecture 
Association, according to an announce¬ 
ment by Dr. Ross H. McLean, pro¬ 
fessor of history at Emory University, 
and faculty adviser to the association. 
Miss Homer will offer her latest pro¬ 
gram, "Ladies of Destiny," giving 
glimpses into the lives of Cleopatra, 
Nell Gwynn, Empress Josephine, Lady 
Hamilton and others. 

Other numbers of the Lecture 
Ticket will be the presentation of Dr. 
Archibald Henderson of the University 
of North Carolina, on January 14, who 
will speak on "Bernard Shaw, Playboy 
and Prophet"; Dr. William Beebe, 
famous scientist, author, and explorer, 
on February 8; Drew Pearson, well-
known newspaper man, and one of 
the authors of Washington Merry-Go-
Round, on March 11; and the Very 
Rev. Cyril A. Alington, educator, min¬ 
ister, and writer, on April 8, who will 
lecture on "The Objects of Educa¬ 
tion." 

Season tickets are being offered to 
the general public for $1.50; tickets 
to the individual lectures will be 50c 
for adults. Season tickets may be 
bought at the door on November 14. 

S. M. BOUTON LECTURES 
ON "GERMANY TODAY" 

S. Miles Bouton, veteran foreign cor¬ 
respondent for the Associated Press, 
will lecture on "Germany Today" at 
the Temple House tomorrow night at 
8 o'clock. He will speak under the 
auspices of the Temple Sisterhood. 

Mr. Bouton has spent twenty-three 
years in Germany for the Associated 
Press, the Baltimore Sun, the Brook¬ 
lyn Eagle, and other American news¬ 
papers. He was with the German 
armies during the first two years of the 
World War; his book "And the Kaiser 
Abdicates" is a standard work on the 
German revolution. Mr. Bouton first 
met Hitler in 1922; since that time 
he has been on the scene to watch the 
Nazi rise to power. 

Agnes Scott students who wish to 
attend this lecture should get in touch 
with Miss Muriel Harn. 

NO. 4 

BUILDING PLANS 

ARE ANNOUNCED 

Member of Board Arrives This 
Week. 

Mr. Trevor Arnett, of New York, 

president of the General Education 

Board, is expected to arrive at Agnes 

Scott Friday or Saturday of this week 

to discuss plans for a proposed $100,


000 science building to go with the 

projected $200,000 library and other 

improvements, President J. R. McCain 

of Agnes Scott revealed this week. 

According to Dr. McCain, Agnes 

Scott has already filed formal applica¬ 

tion with the General Education Board 

for the $100,000 fund for the science 

building, asking that it be coupled with 

the $23 3,000 grant, already approved 

by the board, contingent upon Agnes 

Scott's raising $117,000 in popular 

subscription, which will be raised with¬ 

in the next few months. If the new 

building is obtained, Dr. McCain said, 

the old science hall will be used for 

chemistry and physics and the new one 

by botany, zoology and physiology 

students. 

It is hoped that the grant for $100,


000 will be made by the board at 

its next meeting on December 13, Dr. 

McCain said. 

Blackfriars Will 

Give Shaw Comedy 

On Friday and Saturday nights, No¬ 

vember 16 and 17, Blackfriars, Agnes 

Scott dramatic club, will present its 

first play of the year, "You Never Can 

Tell," by George Bernard Shaw. The 

cast will be as follows: 

Dolly Clandon—Hester Anne With¬ 

ers. 

Gloria Clandon—Betty Lou Houck. 

Mrs. Clandon—Ida Lois McDaniel. 

The Maid—Margaret Stokey. 

Mr. Crampton—ADyril Smith. 

William—Marion Camp. 

Phil Clandon—Jimmie Jepson. 

Finch McComas—Tom Wesley. 

Mr. Bohun—Augustus Sams. 

"You Never Can Tell" offers an 

amusing study of the play of social 
conventions. The "twins" illustrate 
the disconcerting effects of that per¬ 
fect frankness which would make life 
intolerable. Crampton, the father, 
typifies the common belief that parents 
should have the privileges of tyranny 
and respect, whether or not they have 
been deserved. The waiter, William, is 
the most pathetic figure of the play— 
yet he maintains his urbanity. It is a 
delightful satire of the relation of par¬ 
ents to children in the twentieth centtury. 


The play was presented during the 
past summer at Malvern, England. It 
is interesting to know that Miss 
Frances Gooch, instructor of Spoken 
English at Agnes Scott and director 
of the play, witnessed the production 
and that the author of the play, George 
Bernard Shaw, occupied the box just 
above that of Miss Gooch. 

DR. PHILIP DAVIDSON 

IS ELECTED TO S. H. A. 

Dr. Philip G. Davidson, professor of 
history at Agnes Scott College, was 
elected to the council of the Southern 
Historical Association, it was an¬ 
nounced recently. Membership of the 
Association is drawn from the twelve 
Southern states and Texas. 

Seniors Receive Caps from Miss Hopkins 

Miss Hopkins, dean; Elizabeth Alexan der, senior class president; Sarah Cook 

STUDENTS LEAD 

VESPER SERVICES 

In coordination with its chapel 
speakers, the Y. W. C. A. is present¬ 
ing a series of vesper services conduct¬ 
ed by members of the student body at 
which various phases of "Growth," the 
theme for the year, are discussed. 

The first of this series was conduct 

ed by the day students on October 28. 
Marie Townsend spoke on "Growth 
Through Consecration." 

On November 4, Hester Anne With¬ 
ers, program chairman, and Mary 
Green presented a service on "Growth 
Through Faith." The juniors, with 
Augusta King as speaker, will present 
"Growth Through Knowledge"; Alice 
McCallie is program chairman. The 
sophomore class will elect its speaker 
and program manager at a class meet¬ 
ing to be held within the next few 
days. Members of the freshman class 
this year, as is the custom, will con¬ 
duct the Thanksgiving service. 

Forthcoming chapel speakers will be 
announced at a later date, Martha Red-
wine, president of Y. W. C. A., said. 

Students To Act 

In Emory Play 

The Emory University Players will 
present "The Fool," by Channing Pol¬ 
lack on Thursday night, December 6, 
in the Glenn Memorial Church. Vera 
Pruet and Marian Calhoun, both mem¬ 
bers of Blackfriars, Agnes Scott dra¬ 
matic club, and Martha Skeen, '34, will 
have the feminine roles. Dr. Garland 
Smith, professor of English at Emory, 

will direct the play. 
The three girls, selected by Miss 
Frances K. Gooch, professor of 
Spoken English at Agnes Scott, at the 
request of Dr. Smith, play varied 
parts, each suited to the particular tal¬ 
ent of the actress. Martha Skeen plays 
the role of a wealthy young woman 
with religious tendencies; Vera Pruet 
takes the part of a crippled little girl; 
and Marian Calhoun portrays an am¬ 
bitious social climber. 
"The Fool" is a drama of religious 
import; the leading character attempts 
to follow implicitly the social and 
ethical teachings of Jesus. 
This is the first time that Agnes 
Scott students have participated in 
Emory plays. Dr. Smith, in his request 
to Miss Gooch, intimated that Emory 
is lacking in trained actresses; he asked 
that she select her three most experi¬ 
enced dramatic students for parts in 
this play. 

CLUB PRESIDENTS 

TO HOLD COUNCIL 

A conference of club presidents is 
planned for this afternoon, November 
7, at 4:30 o'clock, in the Executive 
Committee room of Buttrick. The 
meeting is called by Anna Humber, 
president of Mortar Board, which 

will sponsor the conference of presi¬ 
dents, including those of Blackfriars, 
Glee Club, Pen and Brush Club, Pi 
Alpha Phi, and all departmental and 
literary clubs. 

Mary Boggs, editor of the Agonis¬ 
tic, is to lead the discussion of the fol¬ 
lowing problems: system of try-outs, 
dues, elimination of "dead wood" 
members, enforced selection of activ¬ 
ities—limiting the number and types 
of clubs a student may join, relation 
of clubs to each other or interrela¬ 
tion of programs and interests, and a 
standard for granting charters to new 
clubs. These problems will be discussed 
in open-forum style at the meeting, 
and solutions attempted. There will 
probably be other meetings of the 
group to work on the project until 
it is completed. 

Tibbett Sings 

November 9 

Lawrence Tibbett, leading baritone 
of the Metropolitan Opera Company, 
will be presented Friday night in the 
Atlanta Auditorium at 8:30 o'clock. 
Mr. Tibbett's recital is the second 
number of the All-Star Concert Series 
for this year. 

Mr. Tibbett made his debut with the 
Metropolitan in "Pagliacci." Since that 
time he has worked himself into the 
foremost ranks of American singers. 
He has also been most successful in 
talking pictures. His most recent suc¬ 
cess was the title role of Eugene 
O'Neill's "Emperor Jones," which was 
also made into a sound picture. 

Transportation arrangements for 
Agnes Scott students for the Tibbett 
concert will the same as those for the 
first concert, according to Mr. Lewis 

H. Johnson, instructor of voice at the 
college. 

NOTICE 

According to a notice received 
by Dr. J. R. McCain last week, 
Davison-Paxon in Atlanta will 
have employment during the 
Christmas holidays for seventy-
five and perhaps a hundred 
Agnes Scott students. Applica¬ 
tion may be made after Novem¬ 
ber 10. 

Students Attend 

Tech Round-Table 

Sarah Catherine Wood and Marian 

Calhoun will represent Agnes Scott 

College at a round-table discussion on 

Freedom and the New Deal to be held 

at the Georgia Tech Y. M. C. A. audi¬ 
torium on Tuesday, November 13, at 
eight o'clock. Emory University, 
Mercer University, Georgia Tech, and 
possibly others will also take part. 

The subject will be presented by two 
speakers from each college in five-min¬ 
ute talks; these will serve as a basis for 
open discussion for the group. Al¬ 
though the number of official delegates 
from each school is limited, the stu¬ 
dents of Agnes Scott are cordially in¬ 
vited to attend the forum. Those who 
are interested in going may consult 
with Marian Calhoun, president of Pi 
Alpha Phi, in regard to transportation 
and chaperonage. 

The round-table is sponsored by the 
Forum, an organization for debate and 
discussion at Georgia Tech; the pur¬ 
pose of such a meeting is to make dis¬ 
cussion groups profitable and less for¬ 
mal. 

DR. A. E. RAPER 

PUBLISHES ESSAY 

Dr. Arthur F. Raper, acting profes¬ 
sor of sociology at Agnes Scott Col¬ 
lege, has recently published a pamphlet, 
entitled A Study Of a Rural Negro 
Community. The publisher was the 
Parthenon Press of Nashville, Tenn. 

Dividing the paper into nine parts, 
Dr. Raper takes up the population 
elements, the man-land relations, planes 
of living, the New Deal, religious or¬ 
ganizations, crime and criminals, and 
schools and schoolhouses somewhat in 
detail; a few lines of introduction pre¬ 
sent the general set-up of the typical 
rural community of the South. 

In the conclusion which Dr. Raper 
heads "The Need for Interracial Good¬ 
will," he says, "The fundamental need 
in this rural community is not to deal 
with the acute individual cases so 
much as to improve the chronologically 
inadequate economic and social condi¬ 
tions out of which these cases naturally 
come. . . . The community has penal¬ 
ized itself by insisting that a consider¬ 
able proportion of its people perma¬ 
nently accept the drab existence of the 
share croppers. There is an inescapable 
human interdependence involved here; 
traditional racial prejudices and mis¬ 
understanding often cost dearly." 

Dr. Raper printed this booklet in his 
capacity as Research and Field Secre¬ 
tary for the Commission on Interracial 
Cooperation. 

Professor Speaks 

On Program 

Miss Katherine Omwake, assistant 
professor of psychology and education 
at Agnes Scott, College, was the speak¬ 
er on the Agnes Scott program broad¬ 
cast over WSB Wednesday, October 
31, from 5:00 to 5:15 P. M. Evelyn 
Wall, who is studying at the college 
and under Alfredo Barilli in Atlanta, 
furnished the music. The program was 
announced by Miss Martha Skeen of 
Decatur, of the class of '34. 

Before the first music number, 
"Cadiz" by Albeniz, announcements 
were made concerning Investiture. Fol¬ 
lowing the piano selection, Miss Om¬ 
wake spoke on "The Ways Out of 
Emotional Conflicts." 

Miss Omwake in her talk cited some 
common methods out of these con¬ 
flicts, among which are evasion of 
one's present troubles by contempla¬ 
tion of past happiness, a change from 
the scene of one's struggles, rationaliza¬ 
tion, the belittlement of things sought 
after in vain, the attribution of one's 
failures to one's environment or to 

(iContinued on page 4, column 2) 


©l)e Agonistic Powers Gather EXCHANGES 

For Conference

Subscription price, $1.25 per year in advance. Single copies, 5 c. 

Bing Crosby Picks an Iowa Beauty cation for assigning FERA positions to 

Owned and published by the students of Agnes Scott College. By Mary Adams Hollywood, Calif.— (NSFA)—Lor¬ men who have incurred the obligationsraine Crawford, former National Stu¬

The consultation in London during of fraternity membership, positionsEntered as Second Class Matter. 

dent Federation Congress Delegate, ar¬

this last week of official representatives should not be assigned to men who are

rived in Hollywood to begin a movieSTAFF 

of Great Britain, Japan, and the United 

career after being chosen the "most going into fraternities for the first time 

Mary Boggs Eva Constantine Nell Pattillo States in regard to the naval limitations 

beautiful co-ed at Iowa State Teachers this year, unless the students could 

Editor-in-Chief Make-Up Business Manager of the respective countries has given 

College" by Bing Crosby. show that money derived from FERALulu Ames Mildred Clark Alice Chamlee this struggle a new place in the lime¬ While at college at Cedar Falls, Miss 

Assistant Editor Assistant Make-jip . Advertising Manager light. The discussion comes as a pre¬ sources would not be used to take care

Crawford held junior and senior class 

Frances Gary Mary Jane Tigert liminary to the 193 5 Naval confer¬ of fraternity membership."

Elizabeth Thrasher offices and was actively engaged in 

2nd Assistant Assistant Make-Up Circulation ence, at which time representatives of NSFA work. 

Rosalyn Crispin Margaret Robins France and Italy, together with those Campus Life Depicted in Pageant

Kathryn Bowen

Feature Editor Current History of Great Britain, Japan, and the United Broadcasts

Visiting Debaters To Be Honored

Business Assistant

Nell Allison Elizabeth Perrin States will meet. 

At N. Y. Dinner Nashville, Texas—(NSFA)—As oneExchange Editor

Book Notes Helen Ramsey This current question of naval arm¬ New York, N. Y.—(NSFA)—Four of a series of broadcasts featuring

Lucille Cairns

Mary M. Stowe Business Assistant aments and their limitations is obvious¬ English debaters representing Oxford thirty-four of the nation's most im¬

Exchange

Society 
Laura Steele ly crucial, but one may realize its se¬ University and the English National portant colleges, WSM at Nashville, 
Ruth Hertzka Kitty Printup verity only upon consideration in detail Union of Students brought to this Texas, devoted thirty minutes to a

Business Assistant

Alumnae Editor Sports of the maritime powers, their problems, country under the auspices of the Na¬ pageant description of the University 
and their policies. tional Student Federation of America of Texas on October 23 at 8 P. M.,

THE YAGOL CASE IN RETROSPECT 

Great Britain, to begin the study, were honored at a dinner given them C. S. T. 

On November 2, a DeKalb County grand jury refused to m-has a unique position, for not only is October 24 at the Town Hall Club. 

With song, music, and drama, life on

diet four people accused of inciting to riot, insux^rection, and 

she an island which depends on the sea After the dinner the visitors dis¬ the Texas campus was described.

crimes of this nature. The four accused were then, after about 

for sustenance, but she is the head of a cussed "American Foreign Policy from Among other colleges to be featured 

two weeks in jail, freed. The fact of the arrest of these people^on vast commonwealth scattered over the The discus¬ over

a British Point of View." WSM is Baylor University someevidence not sufficient to bring in an indictment, the fact that globe, each member of which looks to sion was broadcast over station WHN time in January.

bond was refused them, the fact that officers of DeKalb county 

her for protection and security. For¬ from 8 to 9 P. M. Eastern standard 

thought their crime a heinous one while a grand jury saw nothing 

eign armaments are a source of vital time. Mrs. Roosevelt Believes Youth

in the evidence at all—all this has a significance that should not 

concert to Great Britain, for Japan is Both English teams arrived in New Is Thinking

escapeus. . . 

in a position to conquer her for East¬ York on the Berengaria, October 23. Washington, D. C.— (NSFA)—On

First, who are these alleged communists? One is Nathan 

ern possessions; France may sever her NSFA has arranged to show them the her 50th birthday, Mrs. Franklin D.

Yagol, a student at Emory University, who is, in an editorial 

lines of communications, and reduce sights before the Oxford team leaves Roosevelt said, "Young people in all

printed in the Emory Wheel, referred to as "a brilliant Emory her to famine; and Italy can close the for the first debate which is with New 

times are more or less irresponsible, but

graduate student of chemistry, physics, and mathematics;" one 

Mediterranean to British shipping. Jersey Law School and before N. U. S. the younger generation of today feels

whose efforts were crowned last spring with his election to Phi 

Great Britain, consequently, states that team entrains for Duluth where it will more responsibility and has more

Beta Kappa, and a very popular student on the campus. This last 

she will agree to further reduction of meet Duluth Junior College debaters. knowledge of the world than we had.

fact was attested to by the large number of students who at¬ naval armaments on the agreement of notice of toThis is interest the I know of no young person who is not

tended the sessions of court when he was applying for bail, as 

all powers concerned. Agnes Scott campus because one of the willing to sit down and discuss funda¬

well as by the professors who testified in his behalf. The police¬ 

teams mentioned is to debate here De¬ mental questions. You may not agree

man who arrested him at the now famous meeting against fas¬ Japan has nothing obscure or am¬ 

cember 7. with their ideas, but they are all think¬

biguous in respect to her naval policy.

cism and war, admitted on the stand that he had not heard Yagol 

a ing."

Another island, she has as sole ob¬

say a word that night which might be construed as communistic 

Fraternities Suffer Under FERA 

except that he had addressed Weaver, a negro, as Mr. Weaver; ject the consolidation of her strategic 

Ruling Georgia Tech Fraternities Do

that when he was searched nothing was found on him except a positions so as to render armed foreign 
(NSFA)—Holders

Lexington, Va.— Cooperative Buying

trigonometry problem and some statistics, issued by the Secretary interference physically impossible. Her 

of FERA part time jobs are not al¬ Atlanta, Ga.— (NSFA)—A Georgia

requests, that she deems necessary to

of War, on the cost of war. His home had not been searched. On 

lowed to join fraternities in Virginia Tech Inter-Fraternity Cooperative Buy¬

accomplish this drastic end, will doubt¬

this meager, in fact practically non-existent, evidence, Yagol was 

because the State Administrator of the ing Association has been formed to

less cause friction at the coming con¬

not only arrested but was forced to stay in jail until his trial be¬ 

Federal funds believe that students able secure food commodities at wholesale.

ference. Japan will denounce the

fore the grand jury came up. The evidence introduced at his trial 

to afford fraternity dues are not in Although the savings on staple goods,

Washington-London ratios to demand

to obtain release on bond consisted of literature that was found 

need of emergency relief. standard brand canned goods, and

full parity with Great Britain and the

in the book-case in the home where the meeting was held. And 

Dean Frank J. Gilliam, head of the toilet articles are small, fruits, vege¬

United States. Admiral and Special

the Chief of Police expressed his conviction that The Nation and 

local committee at Washington and tables and bought at

The New Republic among others were communistic literature. Envoy Yamanoto expresses the idea: meats are a 50 

lee University, said: per cent saving.

"The relation of the Japanese Navy to

The other three involved were Mrs. Ailing, a supply teacher in 

"The state administration takes the The Association furnishes a delivery

the Atlanta public school system; Alex Rackolen, a New York those of the two other powers con¬ 
position that while there may be justifi¬ service gratis and is non-profitmaking.
lawyer; and Weaver, the negro present. cerned is no different from the rela¬ 
tionship between the navies of Great

The charges against these four were that they were inciting 
to riot, and the prosecution proposed to prove this by proving Britain and the United States." As a 

BOOK NOTES

result of the current London discus¬

that they believed in the communist ideal. This last part seems 
the significant point in the whole occurrence. Since the depres¬ sion, the United States, on the other 1. Chapters for the Orthodox—Don to the riddle of human existence, and 
sion began in real earnest, there has been all over America and hand, has a naval policy that is apt to Marquis. through his various friendships. The 
in the South in particular a "red" scare that has developed out (Continued on page 4, countn 1-The author has endeared himself to epic ends with a note of depression and 

Americans by the kindly spirit of his despair, in an eloquent reflection on

of all proportion to "red" activity, in the first place, and tothe ideals 
on which America is supposed to have been founded, in the second. criticisms, which, however, are fully mortality.

New Deal Ideas

Inciting to insurrection has always been a crime in Georgia, and alive enough to be invigorating. 5. Rachmaninoff's Recollections— 
a capital crime at that, but only lately has communism become In Chapters for the Orthodox he Osgar Von Reisemann.

Are Discussed 

synonymous with insurrection. Everyone connected with the pre¬ presents twelve whimsical tales, dedi¬ These are Rachmaninoff's "Musical 
liminary trials in the Yagol case presumed that if the charge of cated to his much-admired Christopher Memories." He is not only a world-

By Rosalyn Crispin

believing in communism were proved true, then the guilt of the Morley. Among them are these: famous concert pianist, but also well

"We are all political scientists

defendant was proved. To us, at least, it seems a little queer "All the characters involved in the known for his composition and for his

whether we like the designation or

that a party regarded thus should still be a legal party in the New Testament miracle of the devils talent as an orchestra-conductor. His

not," said Dr. W. J. Shepard, dean of

United States and in Georgia. Surely in our country one can still and the Gadarene swine meet in court early life is finely portrayed, and the

Ohio State University and president of

believe in, and profess one's belief in, a legal political party with¬ to establish the costs of the action." book calls for admiration of Rach¬

the Southern Political Science Associa¬

out being guilty of inciting to riot. There is a distinct contradic¬ "An open-minded artist becomes the maninoff both as a man and as an art¬

tion at the opening meeting of the

tion here: either the party should be declared illegal by the gov¬ embarrassed recipient of the power to ist.—Scribner's.

Association last Thursday night at the

ernment, or people should not be persecuted for belonging to it. power to work miracles."—Time. 6. A Thing of Sorrow—Elder Olsen.

Biltmore. "We have all been political

To the four defendants, no doubt, and to their prosecutors, the 2. Peace With Honor—A. A. Milne. A volume of poetry by a rising

theorists all along and didn't know it

question of whether they were communists or not was of extreme Abandoning his accustomed fanciful young poet still in his early twenties.

until the recent depression made us love, Milne shows here he is

importance, but to the thoughtful observer the important ques¬ that a The verse shows distinction of thought

conscious of the fact that we have

tion is: What has become of free thought, speech, action in loyal supporter of disarmament. and is rich in the beauty of form and

ideas of our own on matters of govern¬

America, when merely the possession of the literature of a certain 3. / Worked for the Soviet—Count¬ rythm.

ment."

creed makes one liable to arrest? ess Alexandra Tolstoy. 7. Now in November—Josephine

These ideas he considers as compos¬

The second consideration that would occur to someone looking This is a true story of the deeply felt Johnson. 

ing the system of thought, which pro¬

objectively at this case, and others like it that have occurred sufferings of the great Tolstoy's This young authoress's first novel 
recently in other parts of the country as well, is this: In what vides schemes of value for life, determ¬ daughter, a victim of Soviet cruelty deals with the return of a depression


ining what is to be considered right or

kind of condition can a country be that fears every adverse criti¬ with the rest of the unhappy bourg-stricken family to the land. With a 

wrong, useful or futile. Present-day

cism so terribly and whose officials tremble so at the spectacle eosie. remarkably mature insight and treat¬ 

beliefs he explains in terms of devtlop


of four persons discussing war together? A country in a healthy, After bitter struggles she was in ment, Josephine Johnson vividly por¬ 
normal condition does not persecute opposition so mercilessly; a ment of the basic eighteenth century 1919 finally appointed Commissar in trays the miserable grind and the har¬ 

ideas of individualism in economic life

country in a sure position does not fear criticism. The governments Charge of the Tolstoy estate at that rowing uncertainty of the farm life;

and democracy in political organiza¬

that crush objectors are invariably the ones that are not sure of time transformed into a museum. Later she brightens it all, however, by her 

tion. "However," says Mr. Shepherd,

their footing, that fear something—definite or indefinite—and are imprisoned on a charge of being deep confidence in salvation through

"the idealogy of laissezfaire has come the beauty of small thnigs.

trying to guard against it. It will be recalled that Czarist Russia Counter-Revolutionary, the Countess 
was continually on the look-out for people that seemed to have to be questions. Basic ideas of eco¬ misthinkingly bore fearful sufferings, 8. A Journey into Rabelais's France 

nomic individualism have been chal¬

any sort of idea of their own in opposition to things as they were; coming into contact with manv vivid —Albert Nock. 

lenged, and it is natural to expect po¬

that present-day Soviet Russia, unsure of herself, follows the same characters which she describes ad¬ "Mr. Nock goeth pleasantly or tart¬ 

litical democracy in its present form

policy in regard to political differences of belief; that Hitler's mirably. ly where he listeth. Though he fol¬ 

to be changed also."

Germany takes drastic steps against those not concurring with On her release, she resumed her lows the faintest footstep of Rabelais, 
Nazi policies. Can it be that the United States is becoming so The questionings in the minds of work at her father's estate, constantly he diverts himself and the reader with 
dubious about her government that she finds it necessary to stamp the people has led to discussions of harried by militant communists on the digression on whatever rises in his 
out all opposition? If so—then this is an expression of weakness other forms of organization. Dr. Shep¬ same accusation of being a Counter-mind."—New York Times Revierw. 
not very diplomatic in times like these; if not—some explanation herd discussed communism, socialism, Revolutionary. Despite all, the Spirit 9. Basket for a Fair—Laura Benet. 
should be given for this fanatical persecution of people who are fascism, "liberalized individualism," of the narrative is amazingly courage¬ This volume of poetry circumscribes 
for the most part acting within their rights as American citizens, tnd agrarianism as alternatives both to ous and cheerful throughout.—Yale for itself a fastidious realm excluding 
in a sincere, if deluded, idea of improving American conditions. the pre-Roosevelt practice of democ¬ Review. the boisterous and the incongruous: 
If American government is sound, on a sure basis, and is still the racy, and to the New Deal, of which 4. Gilgamesh—William Ellcry Leon¬ Pity me, envious ones, 
ideal government of the majority of its citizens, need it fear so he is an ardent advocate. ard. For that I sit within, 
terribly the attacks of those opposed to it? Will not confidence Mr. Shepherd realizes the numerous A rendering from the German of the IJke a kept gnat survey 
of the government in the people to see the truth and follow it as inconsistencies of the Roosevelt plan, four-thousand year old Babylonian My kingdom thin. 
best they can, breed in return a confidence of the people in the the fact that there has not as yet been Epic, following the hero Gilgamesh The subjects are not introspective, 
government to do the best it an in all circumstances for them? developed a definite philosophy behind through strange and wild encounters, and so the poetry breathes out a charm 

—EDITH MERLIN. (Continued on page 4, column 1) through his long search for the answer of freshness and originality.—Poetry. 


The Agonistic 

CLUBS Erlanger Presents SOCIETY 

K.U.B. B.O.Z. 

K. U. B., journalism club, will meet B. O. Z. will meet on Friday, No¬ 
in the Y. W. C. A. cabinet room next vember 16, with Miss Preston. Lulu 
Wednesday at 4:30 o'clock. Miss Annie Ames and Edith Merlin will read at 
May Christie, of the department of this time. 
English, will speak to the club. 

German Club 
A program on Heinrich Heine will

Blackfriars 
be presented by the German Club on

Blackfriars, dramatics club, met last 
night in the studio of Miss Frances Thursday, November 16. Liselotte 

K. Gooch at 7 o'clock. The new mem¬ Ronnecke will read from the Buch der 
bers were initiated at this meeting. Liedcr, Catherine Hertzka will speak 

on Heine's life and works, and severalChi Beta Sigma 
musical adaptations of Heine's poetryChi Beta Phi Sigma, chemistry club, 
by Schubert and Schumann will be 

met in Science Hall at 7 o'clock on 

played. The college community is in¬

Monday night. 

vited. 

Interracial Forum 
Pi Alpha Phi

Interracial Forum of the Intercol¬ 
Pi Alpha Phi will hold its regular

legiate Council will meet next Sunday 
afternoon at the Butler Street Y. M. meeting tomorrow, November 8, in 

C. A. in Atlanta. All students who Miss Gooch's studio. The subject, "The 
wish to attend should get in touch 

Recognition of Russia by the League

with Lois Hart. 

of Nations," will be debated. 
Bible Club 

Poetry Club

Bible Club met Monday, October 29, 
Poetry Club met with Miss Presin the Y. W. cabinet room. Mr. T. E. 

ton on Monday, November 5, to judge

Hill of the Presbyterian church in Col¬ 
lege Park, spoke on "Student Life in try-outs. Kathryn Printup, Jane 
Scotland and Germany." Irene Wil¬ Thomas, and Sarah Catherine Wood 
son was elected secretary of the club at 

were elected to membership.

this time. 

Alliance Francaise 
Four members of the Atlanta Al 
liance Frangaise will present a playlet

WEIL'S 10c STORE 

at the French Club meeting on Mon¬ 
day, November 12, at 5 o'clock. Mrs.

Has Most Anything You Need 
Thad Morrison, mother of Clara Mor¬ 
rison, will play at this time. 

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE 

decatur, ga. 

A college for women that is widely recog¬ 

nized for its standards of work and for the 

interesting character of its student activities 

For further information, address 

J. R. McCain, President 

'A 
A Merry 
Widow 
'ALTZ GOWNS 
From Monday to Friday, you may be as flatfootedly 
collegiate as you like in clodhoppersand tweeds. But when the week-end rolls 'round, 
go picturesque in a whirling, swirling MerryWidow Waltz gown. For a grand rush at the 
next dance, we prescribe this whispering taffeta 
in Melon-Pink with bare shoulders and yardsand yards of billowing skirt. Typical of a 
blithesome evening collection 4m lJ' Sf 
in our Jr. Deb Shop at 4 
THIRD FLOOR 
rd 
LAVISCN-PAXCN CO. 
Atlanta ■ 
qfjdiated with MACY'S. Jfew 

Cook Players 

Catherine Jones, Elizabeth McKee, 
Mary Perry, and Jane Allen Webb at-
After 22 record-breaking weeks in tended a party at the home of Miriam 
Baltimore, Charles Emerson Cook, un-Bass Saturday night, 
doubtedly the most successful producer 
Anne Walker spent the week-end

of repertoire presentations in the coun¬ 
with Margaret Merts in Atlanta.

try today, will bring his famous stock 
company to Atlanta. The opening date 

Mary Pitner, Meredith Turner, Mary 
at the Erlanger Theatre is set for Mon¬ 

Hull, Alice Taylor, and Mary Malone 
day night, November 12, and the first heard the Mills Brothers at the Shrine 
play of the season will be Clare Rum¬ Mosque Thursday night. 

mer's captivating comedy, "Her Mas¬ 

Mildred Miller Davis, ex-'33, spentter's Voice," which all last winter kept 

the week-end with Margaret Bell. 
New York roaring with laughter. The 
members of Mr. Cook's company are Rose Northcross' mother spent the 
all Broadway players of note. week-end with her. 
"Her Master's Voice" will be fol¬ 

Martha Alice Green spent the week¬

lowed by this season's Pulitzer Prize 

end at her home in Harlem, Ga.

play, "Men in White." "No More 
Ladies," "The Pursuit of Happiness," Dorothy Kelly's mother spent the 
"Dangerous Corner," "Sailor Beware," week-end with her. 
"The Animal Kingdom," "The Green 

Peggy Ware spent the week-endBay Tree," and "The Shining Hour," 

with Mary Hill Oakley in Atlanta. 

are only a few of the latest and best 
Broadway successes to be offered. 

Mary Elizabeth and Pauline Hoyle 
At night, orchestra and mezzanine had as their guests for the week-end 
seats will cost only 8 5c; balcony seats Bert and Ruth Rymer of Cleveland, 

Ohio.

at 5 5c and 40c; and the gallery (un¬ 
reserved) 2 5c. At the Wednesday 

Kathryn Fitzpatrick spent the week¬ 

matinee, the orchestra, mezzanine and 

end with Miriam McManus. 
balcony seats, 5 5c; the gallery 2 5c. All 
prices above quoted include the gov¬ Betty Adams spent the week-end 
ernment tax. with Virginia Little. 

The public in invited to make reser¬ 
Jessie Jeffers spent the week-endvations for the season by mail. On or 
with Bruce Waters.

after November 5, the same can be 
made in person at the box office of the 
Mary Past spent the week-end at herErlanger Theatre. 

home in Chattanooga, Tenn.

Mr. Cook is a Harvard graduate, a 
playwright and a Broadway manager Mary Helen Barrett spent the week¬

who had been associated with David 

end with Mildred Bradley in Atlanta.

Belasco for 15 years. From a man of 
his background and stnadards only the Jean Barry Adams attended the Betafinest and best stage entertainment can Theta Pi supper-dance at Tech Satur¬
be expected. 

day night. 

Bertha Merrill and Becky Harrison 
spent the week-end at the latter's

Try Our 

home in West Point, Ga. 

SANDWICHES Ann Worthy Johnson and Martha 
Long had as their guests for the week¬ 
We Make Them Right end Helen Johnson and Betty Scott 

from Rome, Ga. 
LAWRENCE'S 
Virginia Hightower spent the week¬

PHARMACY 

end with Mrs. E. D. Aiken. 
Phones De. 0762-0763 

Nancy Tucker and Ellen Little 
spent the week-end with the latter's 
aunt, Mrs. F. J. Atkins. 

Ruth Tate spent the week-end with 
VERA BEAUTY SHOPPE her aunt, Mrs. E. A. Malcolm. 

109 W. Ponce de Leon Ave. 

Helen Handte and Martha Young 
attended a Pi K. A. opossum hunt at

DE. 1124 Decatur 

Tech Saturday night. 

MORGAN CLEANERS

Eat at the 

425 Church St.

ELITE TEA ROOM 
Dearborn 1372

211 East Ponce de Leon 

BOWEN PRESS 

COMMERCIAL PRINTING AND 

STATIONERY 

Blotters—Note Paper—Poster Paper 
Office Supplies 

421 Church St. De. 0976 Decatur, Ga. 

Frances McCalla, Caroline Dickson, 
Jane Cassels, Martha Redwine, and 
Jacqueline Woolfolk had dinner with 
Marie Simpson Saturday night. 

Caroline Long spent the week-end 
with Virginia Gaines at her home in 
Atlanta. 

Ruby Hutton and Alice McCallie 
had dinner Sunday night with Mrs. 
Marvin Murphy in Decatur. 

Nell White, Rosa Miller, Elizabeth 
Strickland, and Sara Jones spent the 
week-end with Virginia Turner at her 
home in Summerville, Ga. 

Margaret Cooper, Ruby Hutton, and 
Carrie Phinney Latimer had dinner 
Saturday night with Alberta Palmour 
at her home in College Park, Ga. 

Alice Dunbar spent the week-end 
with her aunt, Mrs. L. L. Gellerstedt, 
in Druid Hills. 

Sally McRee spent the week-end 
with Virginia Cheshire in Atlanta. 

Gladys Burns spent the week-end 
at her home in Macon, Ga. 

Elizabeth Heaton spent the week¬ 
end at her home in Tallapoosa, Ga. 

Trellis Carmichael spent the week¬ 
end at her home in McDonough, Ga. 

Josephine Jennings attended an A. 

T. O. house dance at Emory Friday 
night. 

Shirley Christian spent the week-end 
with Mr. and Mrs. George Johnson in 
Atlanta. 

Carolyn White had as her visitor for 
the week-end Eleanor Cranston from 
the University of Georgia. 

Among those attending the North 

Carolina-Georgia Tech game Saturday 

afternoon were Janet Gray, Suzanne 

Smith, Margaret Robins, Josephine 

McClure, Virginia Gaines, Marguerite 

Morris, Rosa Wilder, Julia Thing, 

Eleanor Lemmon, Alice Taylor, and 

Meredith Turner. 

SENIOR CLASS IS 

INVESTED NOV. 3 

(Continued from page 1, column 1) 

that of wearing "the robes of learn¬ 

ing gracefully and embroidering on 

them through usage designs which will 

make them more valuable and beau¬ 

tiful." In a closing word of advice, 

Miss Christie urged the seniors that 

they not vaunt their knowledge but 

live modestly in such a way that it will 

make itself felt for good. In conclu¬ 

sion she said, "Agnes Scott is proud 

of her graduates who have kept the 

trust of learning; she expects you to 

go and do likewise." 

After the address, the seniors went 

forward and knelt as Dean Nannette 

Hopkins placed the caps on their 

heads. 

Investiture is a tradition peculiar to 

Agnes Scott. It was instituted in 1908 

and has since been observed annually 

on the first Saturday in November. 

«$» ♦$»»$.«$4 ♦"$» ♦$» ♦*-» «$»*$♦ 
«$*% ♦$» 
f ♦>

X Agnes Scott Always Welcome ♦> 

4. * 
f —at— % 
| COLLEGE AVE. PHARMACY t

.5. * 

724 \V. College Ave., Decatur 

Conliff Radio & Electric Co. 

Radios Repaired and Serviced 

Electrical Work of All Kinds 

Give Us a Call 

128 E. Ponce de Leon Ave. 

DE. 1640 


POWERS GATHER 

Professor to Speak

FOR CONFERENCE 

(Continued from page 2, column 3) 
bewilder the foreign observer. Sep¬ 
arated from Europe and Asia by the 
width of oceans, it is in no danger of 
direct attack on a seroius scale, nor can 
it be blockaded in any literal sense of 
the word. However, consideration of 
prestige well justifies the maintenance 
of a United States fleet. The fact that 
she is expected to propose a cut in the 
strength of all navies probably by one-
third is thus not surprising. 

Neither France nor Italy is expected 
to be an enthusiastic participant in the 
next year's conference, although both 
powers' naval defense is receiving more 
attention than formerly. The guiding 
Italian principle is unqualified parity 
with France, and France, while wil¬ 
ling to confirm, is privately determin¬ 
ed to maintain a substantive lead over 
the Italian fleet with a press for light 
tonnage quotas far in excess of the 
maximum to which Great Britain can 
agree. 

NEW DEAL IDEAS 
ARE DISCUSSED 
(Continued from page 2, column 3) 
it, but he maintains that it rests essen¬ 

tially upon a new economic and politi¬ 
cal philosophy in its emphasis of the 
principal objective of government as 
"the assurance to every member of so¬ 
ciety of the 'good life.' There must 
be laws sufficient to give freedom to 
each individual,—which is the essen¬ 
tial conception of early democratic doc¬ 
trine,—not the freedom of the few to 
oppress the many. 

The rights as enumerated by Dr. 
Shepherd were the right to work, the 
right to an adequate standard of liv¬ 
ing, to the maintenance of good health, 
to the proper kind of education for 
adults as well as for children; and 
along with these personal rights, there 
should go a re-emphasis of the older 
civil and political rights of the in¬ 
dividual. 

Thus, instead of a change to com¬ 
munism, socialism, fascism or other 
radical form of government, Dr. Shep¬ 
herd urges a more democratic democ¬ 
racy, observing in conclusion that 
"Democracy, both in theory and prac¬ 
tice, must undoubtedly undergo radi¬ 
cal revision if the ideals of the New 
Deal and the institutions which are 
visibly shaping themselves before our 
eyes are to develop into a permanently 
new and economic and political order." 

Reporters for This Issue 

Eliza King, Eleanor Whitson, La


vinia Scott, Jessie Jeffers, Mary Lillian 

Fairly, Katherine Hertzka, Gene 

Brown, Josephine Jennings, Jean 

Chalmers, Sara Steele, Mary Richard 

son, Ruth Hertzka, Jane Guthrie, 

Elizabeth Warden, Laura Steele, Jacque 

McWhite, Betty Maynard, Ora Muse. 

Sophomores Lose 

To Freshman Team 

With a score of 5 to 2, the freshman 
hockey team defeated the sophomores 
in the most exciting game of the year 
last Friday afternoon, November 2. 
Outstanding plays were made for both 
teams, but freshman teamwork and 
stick accuracy was somewhat superior. 
More yelling at this game than at any 
other since the season began was due 
to the cold and to increased class spirit. 

Officials of the game were: referees, 
Miss Llewellyn Wilburn and Frances 
McCalla; scorer, Lulu Ames; timer, 
Sarah Johnson. 
The first half was marked by long 
dribbling on the part of Walker, soph¬ 
omore, gaining about fifty yards. Men¬ 
tion of the following for outstanding 
playing must be made: Lemmon, for 
infallibly accurate stickwork and 
speed; Coit, for two goals and team¬ 
work; Kneale, for two good recoveries; 
Robinson, for covering the goal; and 
of McCallie, for good interception. The 
game was marked by faster running 
and by more continuous playing than 
have been the other four games. 
The sophomore line-up: c., Fleace; 
r.i., Walker; hi., Johnson; r.w., Jack¬ 
son; l.w., Belser; c.h., Wilder; r.h., 
Kneale; l.h., Lasseter; r.f., Taylor; l.h., 
Hertwig; g.g., Gary. 
The freshman line-up: c., Thomp¬ 
son; r.i., Henderson; hi., Coit; r.w., 
Brown; l.w., Hightower; c.h., Lem¬ 
mon; r.h., Blackshear; l.h., Allison; 
r.f., Adams; l.f., Jeffers; g.g. Robin-

PROFESSOR SPEAKS 

ON PROGRAM 

(Continued from page 1, column 4) 
other people, and the substitution of 
another activity for a forbidden one. 
Miss Omwake concluded with the 
statement that the best way out of 
emotional conflicts is for one to "face 
the situation and arrive at a solution 
without seeking to hide one's motives 
from oneself." Another musical num¬ 
ber, Chopin's "Nocturne, Opus 9, No. 
2," concluded the program. 

The purpose of these weekly broad¬ 
casts, directed by Miss Janef Preston 
of the English department, is to keep 
the affairs of the college before the 
public. 

Compliments of 
BELLIVEAU 
LUNCH AND SODA 
119 East Ponce de Leon 

Have You Heard? 

The smartest, gayest, young college girls 
have ALL heard ... it's all over the campus! 
. . . You'll be thrilled to pieces over Muse's 
swell new arrivals—sporty wools for class 
or campus . . . townish silks for week-ends 
, , . sophisticated tea-going affairs for the 
"formals". And just in time for all the 
Thanksgiving festivities! Get real "college-
y" in these frocks that truly have a col¬ 
lege-air! 

MUSE'S 
5th Floor 

ATHLETIC NEWS 

Sports Editorial 

By Llewellyn Wilburn 

Last week I wandered around the 
campus a bit—started with the tennis 
courts by the gym, looked in on the 
swimming pool, and from there went 
to the hockey field. It may interest 
you to know what I saw. On the ten¬ 
nis courts I saw some forehand drives 
which were executed with accuracy 
and a fair amount of speed. They be¬ 
longed to Frances Lockman, Marie 
Stalker, and Anne Hastie. We've seen 
Marie in other sports and it looks as if 
she may be working to acquire the 
same skill in tennis that she already 
possesses in basketball. Anne and 
Frances are new students—but I be¬ 
lieve we'll hear more about them in 
tennis someday. The doubles tennis 
tournament seems to be progressing 
well—watch out for that Kneale-MacDonald 
combination! 

When I glanced in on the swimmers 
—I didn't learn as much as I wanted 
to for I couldn't recognize the facts 
under the bathing caps but I'm looking 
forward to tomorrow night when the 
first swimming meet will be held. 

The archery enthusiasts have sprung 
up like mushrooms under Alice McCallie's 
guidance. I heard that Gene 
Brown, who has learned to shoot since 
she came this year, made a higher score 
than the winner of the college tourna¬ 
ment last year. Nell Hemphill and 
Nell Allison—two other freshmen— 
seemed to be hitting the target with 
ease and regularity. Some of the high¬ 
est scores of the year have been made 
by Isabel McCain, Vivienne Long, and 
Ora Muse. 

In the hockey game Friday there 
were many good plays made by those 
who are playing hockey for the first 
time this season—Barbara Hertwig, 
Florence Lasseter, and Barton Jackson 
for the sophomores and a number of 
freshmen. The talk of the game was 

Class Managers 

Take Leadership 

Class managers of the major and 
minor sports are taking active leader¬ 
ship of their class teams. The follow¬ 
ing list is according to the minutes of 
the Athletic Board. 

Hockey managers under Anne Walk¬ 
er, school manager, are: senior, Jacque¬ 
line Woolfolk; junior, Martha Crenshaw; 
sophomore, Rosa Wilder; fresh¬ 
man, Ann Thompson. 

Elizabeth Burson heads swimming 
for the school and the following girls 
for the classes: senior, Carolyn McCallum; 
junior, Meriel Bull; sophomore, 
Mary Johnson; freshman, Ann Worthy 
Johnson. 

Tennis managers under Julia Thing 
are: senior, Peg Waterman; junior, Sara 
Lawrence; sophomore, Martha Young; 
freshman, Virginia Hightower. 

The hiking chief for the college is 
Frances Gary; her co-managers are: 
senior, Betty Fountain; junior, Rebecca 
Whitley; sophomore, Rachel Kennedy; 
and freshman, Laura Coit. 

Alice McCallie is manager of archery 
for the college. 

about Eleanor Lemmon with Laura 
Coit running a close second. Eleanor, 
playing center half, has that knack 
of tackling just at the right moment 
to rob her opponent of the ball. Laura 
did some excellent stick work and with 
her as captain and Ann Thompson as 
manager—we'll have to watch out for 
that Freshman team! 

Dr. S. M. Christian, acting profes¬ 
sor of astronomy and physics at Agnes 
Scott College, will speak to the young 
people's department of the First Meth¬ 
odist Church of Decatur, in the 
church annex at 9:30 on Sunday morn¬ 
ing. His subject will be "Finding God 
Through Astronomy and Physics." 

Swimming Events 

Will Take Place 

Two major events in swimming will 
take place this month to which the 
college community is invited: a class 
meet Thursday evening, November 8, 
at 8:15, and a water pageant given 
by the swimming department on 
Tuesday evening, November 27. 
Friends of the college also are urged to 
attend the pageant. 

The pageant, which was last year on 
the theme of Neptune and his sea-peo¬ 
ple, will this year be a representation 
of the pirates of the Spanish Main. 

Archery Club 

Has Tournament 

The Archery Club, with twenty-five 
members, is divided into two teams 
with Margaret Cooper and Mary Grey 
Rogers, captains on the teams. There 
is close competition between the teams 
because, at the end of the season, the 
losers will entertain the winners. 

The first tournament was held on 
Tuesday, October 3 0. Although the 
shooting was for the teams, a prize 
was awarded to the individual who 
made the highest score. Ora Muse won 
the prize for first place, Gene Brown 
placed second, and Mary Margaret 
Stowe, third. 

The girls shooting in the tournament 
were: Mary Venetia Smith, Bee Merrill, 
Joyce Roper, Mary Alice Baker, Helen 
Handte, Mary Margaret Stowe, Ann 
Worthy Johnson, Nell Allison, Gene 
Brown, Jean Kirkpatrick, Sarah Cook, 
and Ora Muse. 

Gladys Parker did the Flapper Fanny syndicated newspaper strip. In drawing clothes for this 
character, she became interested in design, and conceived the idea of creating dresses. She worked 
up some of them, and invited all the newspapermen and manufacturers to a showing at the Plaza in 
New York. All the newspaper men came, but only one manufacturer. He was so enthusiastic over 
her clothes that he immediately bought them. Since then, Gladys Parker clothes have been an over¬ 
whelming success. She is only about 20 years old. Very original, sassy, really unique. Her individ¬ 
uality is expressed in her creations. 

We bet there'll be more 

(iiladys Parkers 

than Susie Smiths at 

Agnes Scott this year! 

Sketched: fl6.95 

<<
Lucy Lockety> t© 

$29.05 

And no wonder . . . when Gladys Parker 
clothes are as dashing ... as full of pep 
and style as "Lucy Locket" . . . "Little 
Saint" . . . "New Wrinkle" ... and "But-
ton-on-Betty!" you'll love 'em . . . and oh 
boy! what they'll do for you! Come in and 
see 'em! Ask for 'em by name! 

SIZES 11 TO 17 

College Shop Third Floor 

RICH'S 


/TvL&j 

"You Never 
^Vgonisfic Can Tell" 

VOL. XX 

CLUB COUNCIL 

BEGINS WORK 

A conference, held of fourteen presi¬ 
dents of clubs at Agnes Scott, at 4:30 
o'clock on Wednesday, November 7, 
in the executive committee room of 
Buttrick, resulted in definite changes 
to be made in dues and attendance at 
meetings, Anna Humber, president of 
Mortar Board, announced in Student 
Government meeting on Thursday 
morning. 

First, members who have not paid 
their dues after a reasonable length of 
time will be dropped from the club 
rolls, the deadline being set at Novem¬ 
ber 13 for the fall term and February 
15 for the spring term. Second, mem¬ 
bers who fail to attend three club 
meetings during a semester without 
presenting an excuse satisfactory to 
the president of the club will be drop¬ 
ped. It was also resolved that posters 
made for the clubs are to be paid for 
at the minimum rate of 25 cents each. 

Betty Fountain, president of the 
French Club, was elected president of 
the Club Council. Two committees are 
to be appointed, one for the purpose 
of synchronizing the hours of the var¬ 
ious club meetings so as to avoid con¬ 
flicts, the other to interrelate the ac¬ 
tivities of the language clubs. 

The next meeting of the Club Coun¬ 
cil will be held Wednesday, November 

21. Mortar Board is sponsoring the 
movement. 

Music Department 

Plans Ensemble 

Plans are being made for the organ¬ 
ization of a string ensemble similar to 
the one on the campus last year, ac¬ 
cording to Mr. Christian W. Dieckmann, 
professor of music at Agnes 
Scott College. Such an organization, 
he said, would offer an opportunity for 
ensemble work which is not only a 
pleasure to those taking part but which 
.also holds an important place in cam¬ 
pus activities. 

The programs for this year will fol¬ 
low somewhat those offered last year 
when the ensemble gave two recitals, 
one of Christmas carols and the other 
in conjunction with the music students 
in celebration of National Music Week. 
The ensemble was presented also on one 
of the Agnes Scott weekly broadcasts 
over WSB. 

The work of the ensemble is separate 
from the music department and is for 
the students interested in this type of 
work. All girls who play the violin, 

the cello, or the viola, Mr. Dieckmann 

urges to participate. Later Mr. Dieck¬ 

mann plans to include the flute, the 

clarinet, and possibly, the saxaphone 

in the ensemble. 

Marybelle Kruger, cello, and Anna 

Katherine Fulton, violin, have recently 

joined the group. 

A. S. TRIPLE TRIO 
SINGS ON PROGRAM 

The Agnes Scott Triple Trio group 

sang at the District Convention dinner 

of the Atlanta Civitan Club on Tues¬ 

day night, November 6. They present¬ 

ed two numbers, an arrangement of 

"Sweethearts" from the opera Sweet¬ 

hearts by Victor Herbert, and the song 

"Night Wind" by Farley; Evelyn Wall 

accompanied them at the piano. They 

sang as encores, "Tick-Tock" by 

Shaefer and "Whippoorwill" by Hann. 

The members of the group are: first 

sopranos, Martha Young, Augusta 

King, and Virginia Wood; second 

sopranos, Alice Chamlee, Nell Cham


lee, and Betty Lou Houck; contralto, 

Jane Clark, Rosa Miller, and Shirley 
Christian. 

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1934 

S.A,C. Committee 

BLACKFRIARS Faculties Plan 

Makes Changes 

TO GIVE PLAY Collaboration 

A definite change has been made in A committee of ten made up from

Blackfriars, Agnes Scott dramatic

the method of application to the South¬ the faculties of Agnes Scott College

club, will present its first play of the 

ern Association of Colleges, President and Emory University has been ap¬

year, You Never Can Tell, by George

J. R. McCain, Chairman of the Trien¬ Bernard Shaw on Friday and Saturday pointed to work out more in detail the 
nial Committee of the Association, nights, November 16 and 17, at 8:30 plans for the collaboration of the two 
stated this week. In place of the old o'clock in the Bucher Scott Gym¬ institutions in the giving of graduate

written credentials, a new two-fold work. The committee members from

nasium. The play will be directed by

plan has been adopted. A committee 

Miss Frances K. Gooch, instructor of Agnes Scott include Mr. S. G. Stukes,

of five is commissioned to visit the in¬ professor of psychology; Dr. MarySpoken English at the college.

stitution applying for admission and 

The cast is drawn from the members MacDougall, professor of biology; Mr. 

spend three or four days inspecting 

of Blackfriars and from the ranks of Robert B. Holt, professor of chemistry;
buildings, consulting teachers, attend¬ Miss Lucile Alexander, professor of

Atlanta and Decatur amateur actors.

ing classes, interviewing trustees and French, and Dr. Philip G. Davidson,

The role of the father in the play,

investigating the system of records. In 

which is a study of social conventions, professor of history. Members of the 
this personal study, an inside view of group from Emory are Dean Goodrich

is taken by Cyril Smith, an Atlanta

the college is obtained. Secondly, the 

architect; a former Emory University White; Registrar J. G. Stipe; Dr. J. M. 

applying institution must submit a 

student, Tom Wesley, takes the part of Steadman, professor of English; Dr. R. 

semester's written work, including the C. Rhodes, professor of biology, and

Finch McComus. Hudo Thane, Geor¬

professor's assignments, tests, outlines, Dr. F. M. Green, professor of history.

gia Tech '34, who plays the part of

and final examinations, to two specified the butler and assists with the scenery, At the present time the Agnes Scott 

colleges for careful survey. Thus, by 

painted the scenery for the play "Sun division of the committee is studying 

a study of the individual people and Up," presented at Tech last year. the Emory curriculum and the Emorythe written material, a fuller and more 

Tickets for You Never Can Tell will members are studying that of Agnes

complete report is gained. This new 

go on sale today; the prices for them Scott, Mr. Stukes, chairman for Agnes 

system, besides being used for the re¬ 

are 3 5c and 5 0c. Scott, said. A meeeting of the com¬ 
port required of member colleges every 

mittee has been set for Tuesday, No¬ 
three years, has been successfully tried vember 13, after which a definite state¬ 
with fourteen new institutions, and Club To Celebrate ment of the work and plans of the 
will be tried with twenty-five more, committee may be made. 

now seeking admission. Birth of Horace 
The Southern Association of Col¬ 

German Club

leges, according to President McCain, is Eta Sigma Phi will present a pro¬ 
a standardizing organization, determin¬ gram to celebrate the Bhnilleninm Ho-

To Give Play

ing which colleges are worthy of credit. ratianum on November 21, at five 
A hundred and thirty four-year col¬ o'clock in the gymnasium. A world¬ 
leges, thirty junior colleges, and twelve wide commemoration of the two thou¬ The German Club of Agnes Scott 
hundred high schools constitute the sandth birthday of the Latin poet will College will present "Das Weihnachts-
Association. take place during the year 1935, and the spiel," a play by Waldemar Bonsels, on 

American Classical League has asked December 13, in the studio of Miss 
the colleges and high schools to co¬ Frances K. Gooch in Rebekah Scott

Miss Preston Is 

Hall. Dr. Muriel Harn, professor of

operate in the celebration. 
The program to be presented under German at the college, and Liselotte

Honored By Club 
the direction of the faculty advisers of Roenneck, exchange student from 
Eta Sigma Phi, Dr. Lillian Smith, Dr. Germany this year, will direct the pro¬

Miss Janef Preston, assistant profes¬ 
duction.

Catherine Torrance, Dr. Martha Stans


sor of English at Agnes Scott, was the 

field, is as follows: The play is a poetic drama dealing

honor guest of the Atlanta Writers' 
Address, by President Eva Constan-with characters and events drawn fromClub at their recent dinner-meeting. 

tine. fairy lore. It centers around the Christ¬The entire program was devoted to 
Dance—"Apollo and the Muses" mas season; Christmas songs, a chorusMiss Preston who read a group of her 
from Orpheus—by the Dance Club un¬ of angels, and scenery representing folk poems. Miss Preston included in the 
der the direction of Miss Harriet traditions regarding Christmas will beselections, "Deserted Fiouse on Bayou 

Flaynes. featured in the play.

Lafourche," which won the 1932 Sa¬ 

Song, lusturn et tenacem—Sung by The cast for "Was Weihnachtsspiel"

vannah prize of the Poetry Society of 
audience. 

is;

Georgia, for the best poem on the 

southern low country; "And Now Ode IX—"The Bore," Horace's sa¬ Karin—Ethlyn Johnson. 

Good Morrow" and "Mountain Storm," tire—enacted by Elizabeth Forman, Mutter—Liselotte Roennecke. 
both of which won honorable men¬ Martha Allen, Eva PoliakofF, Amy Un¬ Aschenputtel—Jean Austen. 
derwood. Dornroschen—Ann Thompson.

tion for the Georgia prize. She also 
read "Now Do I Praise Dead Singers Song—Fans Bandusiae—Sung by au¬ Schneewittchen—Anna Humber. 

of the Sea," a Maria—Jennie Champion.

group of poems about dience. 
the Louisiana low country which were Duet — "The Lover's Quarrel," Joseph—Frances Baker. 
published recently in Bozart and re¬ Horace—Mrs. S. G. Stukes and Betty Teufel—Mary Kneale. 

Lou Houck. Tomorrow at four-thirty, the Ger¬printed in the Atlanta Journal, a ballad, 

man club will hold its November meet¬"Therese of Terrabonne," a lyric, The high school students of Atlanta 

ing. The program, according to

"Painted Panel for Feliciana's Cham¬ and Decatur who are now studying 
are to as Mary Boggs, president of the club,ber," and also a group of sonnets. the classics invited attend 
will be devoted to a study of HeinrichMiss Preston's work has been pub¬ well as the classical students of Emory 
Heine. Liselotte Roennecke will readlished widely and has had national rec¬ University. 

from the Buck der Lieder, Katherineognition. Her poems have been printed Plans for closer cooperation between Hertzka will speak on the life and

in The Reviewer, Poet Lore, The 'Wo¬ the classical societies of Agnes Scott 

works of Heine, and several musical

man's Press, The Archive Anthology, and Emory were laid at a joint meeting adaptations of Heine's poetry by Schu¬

Kaleidograph, Yearbook of the Poe¬ held at Emory University on Novem¬ mann and Schubert will be played. Thetry Society of Georgia, the Yearbook of ber 5, according to Eva Constantine, 

college community is invited.

the Poetry Society of South Carolina, president. In the spring Plautus's 
The Agnes Scott Alumnae Quarterly, 

Comedy, Mostellaria, will be pre¬

and other periodicals. sented under the joint auspices of the Dr. Poteat To Be 
clubs, and speakers will be exchanged 
on various programs at a later date. Y. W. Speaker

Interracial Forum 

Holds Meeting AGNES SCOTT CLUBS Dr. E. McNeile Poteat, Jr., pastor 
of the Pullen Memorial Baptist Church

ENTERTAIN FACULTY 

The Interracial Forum of the At¬ of Raleigh, N. C., will conduct the 
lanta Inter-Collegiate Council met on The Agnes Scott Clubs of Atlanta week of religious srevices sponsored an¬ 
last Sunday at the Butler Street Y. M. and Decatur will entertain jointly at a nually in the spring by the Y. W. C. A. 

C. A., in Atlanta. Mr. Claud D. Nel¬ tea on November 20, from 5 to 6 of Agnes Scott College. Dr. Poteat 
son, southern secretary for the Fellow¬ o'clock at the Anna Young Alumnae has led meetings at Emory University 
ship of Reconciliation, led a round-House, in honor of the faculty. This and is a popular speaker at Blue Ridge, 
table discussion on the subject "Justice tea is to take the place of the annual where he delivered a platform address 
Without Violence." tea or birthday party in memory of every night at the Y. M. C. A. and 

The membership in the Forum is Miss Anna Young, for whom the Y. W. C. A. conferences last summer. 
drawn from the students of the three Alumnae House is named. Each year the Y. W. C. A. brings 
white and the five negro colleges in In the receiving line will be: Sarah to the campus for a week's talks some 
the city. Belle (Broadnax) Hansell, president of prominent religious leader of the day.

The Council of which the Forum is the Atlanta Agnes Scott Club; Susan Last spring Dr. S. M. Glasgow de¬ 
a part is made up from representatives (Shadburn) Watkins, president of hte livered a series of talks based on the 
from the same group of institutions; Decatur Agnes Scott Club; Frances scriptural quotation "The king's 

it is the work of the Council to outline (Craighead) Dwyer, president of the daughter is all glorious within." In 
and draw up plans for the program of Alumnae Association; Dean Nannette years past such outstanding men as Dr. 
the Council and Forum. Lois Hart, Hopkins; and President J. R. McCain. Frank Morgan and Dr. Robert W. 
Martha Crenshaw and Lulu Ames are Hostess committees from the two clubs Miles have spoken here. 
the representatives from Agnes Scott have been appointed to receive guests The week March 12-19 has been set 
College. and to serve. aside for the religious services this year. 

NO. 5 

PLANS ARE MADE 

FOR BOOK WEEK 

Agnes Scott College will observe 
Book Week on the campus this year 
Thanksgiving week, November 26 to 
December 2, according to Miss Louise 
McKinney, professor of English, and 
Miss Janef Preston, assistant professor 
of English, who are in charge of the 
plans. 

In past years Book Week has af¬ 
forded the students the privilege of see¬ 
ing and browsing among the current 
books. A display of new books lent bv 
Miller's Book Store, Davison-Paxon 
book department, the MacMillian Pub¬ 
lishing Co., and Rich's Book Shop is 
open to the students; books of all sorts, 
including fiction, poetry, biography, 
the classics, and children's books are 
included in the exhibit. In addition, 
rare books and autographs or letters of 
interest are on exhibition. Since no 
sales are made on the campus, students 
and faculty are able to see the complete 
display. 

Last year the Book Week exhibit was 
held in the Y. W. C. A. Cabinet Room 
in Main Building. 

Leaders for Hobby 

Groups Are Chosen 

The Freshman Cabinet of Y. W. C. 
A., at its regular meeting on Monday, 
November 5, elected four faculty 
members and four upperclassmen as 
leaders of the Hobby Groups which the 
Cabinet is planning to sponsor this 
year. The groups, so far five in numbre, 
include Charm, Dramatics, Books, 
World Affairs, and Handicraft. 

The Charm Group, the only one to 
which all freshmen may belong, is to 
be directed by Miss Louise Hale; in past 
years this group has proved to be the 
most popular of the number. Virginia 
Gaines and Mary Green are to have 
charge of the Handicraft Group and 
Miss Ellen Douglas Leyburn of the 
Books Group. The Dramatic Group 
will be directed by Carrie Phinney 
Larimer and Frances James. Miss Mur¬ 
iel Harn and Dr. Philip G. Davidson, 
Jr., were elected to lead the group 
on World Affairs. Sometime this week 
the members of Freshman Cabinet will 
present the plans and general ideas of 
each hobby group to the freshman 
class; all freshmen are expected to join 
one of the groups. 

Freshman Cabinet, which was elect¬ 
ed by vote of the freshman class, meets 
on the first and third Mondays; Car¬ 
oline Dickson, vice-president of Y. W. 

C. A., meets with them. The chair¬ 
man of Freshman Cabinet, who is Jean 
Barry Adams this year, meets with Y. 

W. Cabinet, and each of the small 
cabinet members holds an assistant 
chairmanship of the committees of Y. 

W. Cabinet. In addition to the Hobby 
Groups which form the major portion 
of their program for this year, the small 
cabinet plans to decorate and furnish 
the Round House which is located on 
the west side of Rebekah Scott Hall. 
The Cabinet will also have charge of 
the Thanksgiving Vesper program. 

Cabinet members include Jean Barry 
Adams, chairman, Martha Long secre¬ 
tary, Laura Coit, Winifred Kellersberger, 
Ann Worthy Johnson, Ellen Mc-
Callie, Jean Chalmers, Elizabeth Black-
shear, Elizabeth Cousins, Zoe Wells, 
Jane Turner, Elizabeth King, Ann 
Thompson, Mary Elizabeth Past, and 
Beth Bowden. 

ILLNESS DELAYS 
MR. ARNETT'S VISIT 

Mr. Trevor Arnett, of New York 
City, president of the General Educa¬ 
tion Board, who was expected to visit 
Agnes Scott last Friday and Saturday 
in connection with the proposed new 
science hall, was not able to come be¬ 
cause of illness which confined him 
to his bed in an Atlanta hotel. 


The Agonistic 

(tl)£ Agonistic France Faces BOOK BITS Current Notes 
Another Conflict

Subscription price, $1.25 per year in advance. Single copies, 5 c. Photograph Russia—James E. Abbe. Bombav.—Mahatma Gandhi has de¬ 

Owned and published by the students of Agnes Scott College. 

Entered as Second Class Matter. 

STAFF 
Mary Boggs Eva Constaxtixe Nell Pattillo 
Editor-in-Chief Make-Up Business Manager 
Mildred Clark

Lulu Ames Alice Chamlee 

Assistant Editor Assistant Make-up Advertising Manager

Mary Jane Tigert

Fraxces Gary 

Elizabeth Thrasher

Assistant Make-Up

2nd Assistant Circulation

Margaret RobinsRosalyn Crispin 

Current History Kathryn Bowen

Feature Editor 

Elizabeth Perrix Business AssistantNell Allison 

Exchange Editor

Book Notes LIelen Ramsey 
Mary M. Stowe Business Assistant

Lucille Cairns 
ExchangeSociety 

Laura SteeleRuth Hertzka Kitty Printup 

Business AssistantAlumnae Editor Sports 

and-miss, haphazard methodsA SCHOOL FOR POLITICS 
which have prevailed in the past.

In the uncertain tempo of pol¬ 
Through its program the Institu¬

itical events in the past few 
years, the need for trained lead¬ tion not only hopes to supple¬ 
ership in national affairs has ment theoretical and classroom 
made itself uncomfortably ob¬ 

study of politics and governmentvious and has found various ex¬ 

by a knowledge and training inpression in lectures and debates 

the practical operation of gov

in colleges and universities 
throughout the nation. Will Dur-ernment; it also looks to the ue 
ant, in his lecture at Agnes Scott velopment of a new and most 
several years ago, outlined a plan 

necessary tradition which win 
for political training envolved 

attract to public affairs the wen-

from the fundamental ideas of trained young people of hign

Plato's Republic; in a series of 

character and ability who are uelectures 
at Emory University coming increasingly vital tolast spring, Mr. Chester H. Mc


those growing complexities or

Call, assistant to the Secretary 

governmental activities."

of Commerce, discussed the pros¬ 

pective development of a train¬ 
SHALL WE HAVE A "WE

ing school for public officials at 
Washington, D. C. This plan, THINK?" 
which originated at the 1933 The Agonistic this year has 
Congress of the National Student' received no expression of student 
Federation is ready for perma¬ 

opinion, and the We Think col¬ 
nent operation in the organiza¬ umn which of old used to vie 
tion of the National Institution with Giddy Gossip for the atten¬ 
of Public Affairs which "now tion and favors of readers, has 
looks forward to its inaugural been ignominiously relegated to 

training in the practical oper¬ the editorial shelf. Such an un¬ 
ation of government during Feb¬ deserved fate arises from one of 
ruary and March, 1935, and 

two evils; either we have accept¬
hopes to complete the selection ed existing conditions on the 

of eligible college students and campus in its intellectual, social, 
graduates before Christmas." cultural and religious life, with 
The program of the Institution is peaceful resignation as ideal— 

outlined in the November issue 

which would mark us static, or 
of the National Student Mirror: 

we have ceased to think at all 

"Stressing the internship plan except in scattered half-ideas in¬ 
—under which each student will capable of being formulated into 
serve as an apprentice to a gov¬ a printed paragraph — which 
ernment official, receiving in¬ would brand us unintelligent and 
struction at the same time, the childish. Perhaps, on the other 
Institute will offer a program of hand, the lack of complete 
study and training in Washing¬ anonymity has kept some timor¬ 
ton which will include: ous soul from voicing her bit of 

"1. Conferences and forums 

iconoclasm, but a valid idea is 
with high governmental officials seldom ashamed of signature, 

and subdivision of students into and, since the signatures are not 

small groups on a tutorial basis printed but only kept on file, this 

for individual contacts and rela¬ incomplete secrecy should offer 

tions with governmental offic¬ no great obstacle to an honest 
ials. expression of opinion. 

"2. Observation of the practi¬ That we consider ourselves 
cal operations of the major func¬ Utopians is unthinkable, and, in 
tions of the Federal Government. reality, there is no dearth of 

criticism on the campus. Each"3. Analysis of these domin¬ 
has her individual complaintant functions, in connection with 
about courses, regulations, elec¬discussion groups led by the vis¬ 
tions, publications, etc.; the bulkiting professors. 

of conversation not devoted to"4. Application by each stu¬ 

narration is consumed in em¬
dent to a particular case problem 

phatic, often eloquent, judg¬

of his choice. 

ments passed on various campus"5. The serving of an 'intern¬ problems or events. Yet thisship' which comprehends actual simmering of opinion is, in itswork in a government agency of present state, ineffectual, achiev¬
particular interest to the stu¬ ing little more than a peppereddent. 

table-talk. Why? The fault"6. A report or thesis by each seems inherent in the nature of

student on the training program, 

our opinions, which are predom¬

one copy of which must be sub¬ ex¬

inantly personal. We fail to

mitted to the Institution and one 

amine more closely the complaint

to his college. 

of a moment or regard judg¬
"On an experimental basis, the ments voiced by our neighbors in 

1935 program will be open to the light of their larger signifi¬

four groups: juniors, seniors, cance in relation to campus life 

graduate students, and recent as a unit. Consequently, we do 

graduates of accredited institu not subordinate "the personaltions who have pursued a sub¬ equation" and our criticism 

stantial study of political science bears all the taint of prejudice

and related subjects. The perma¬ and uncoordinated thinking. 

nent plan, as now anticipated, will That we have problems which 

be of longer duration and there¬ need to be faced by a cool im¬ 

fore will probably emphasize personal student opinion is self-

training on a post-graduate level. evident ; it is for us to seek to de¬ 

"The National Institution of velop a serious critical attitude 

Public Affairs constitutes the that is childish neither in its 

first fundamental step in a con¬ methods nor its effect. The We 

scious, objective training for Think column is waiting to serve 

public leaders to replace the hit-such an end. 

By Eva Poliakoff 

Another internal conflict has faced 
the French. This time Premier Doumergue 
attempted a real change inside 
the government. He not only took the 
usual vote to determine his stand but 
also proposed measures to strengthen 
his own hand as Premier. 

Involved in this latest political dis¬ 
cord was the fate of the Radical Social 
ist followers of former Premier Her 
riot. These men were literally between 
two fires—one of renewed civil riots if 
the government was upset, and the 
other from their own constituents if 
they supported Doumergue. For this 
dilemma a solution was proposed in the 
suggestion that they resign from the 
cabinet if Doumergue failed to offer a 
compromise in his demands for a 
strengthened government. Such a pro¬ 
posal would, some believed, avert vio¬ 
lence similar to that which cost 28 
lives last February. 

In addition to the imminent demand 

for constitutional changes, Doumergue 

planned to lay before the government 

several bills, one of which provides for 

three months credit in case the budget 

is not passed by the end of the year. 

But the climax of this momentous 

week in French internal history came 

at the time when Premier Doumergue 

asked both houses to vote on a formal 

motion that there is need for a re 

vision of the constitution by a Na¬ 

tional Assembly. This demand seemed 

particularly pertinent in view of the 

fact that France is surrounded by na¬ 

tions in which "one man government" 

is the fashion. But France herself has 

not in her constitution provided for 

even a "Prime Minister." This term is 

used to apply to the president of the 

council. Yet this officer has very little 

power. Likewise the President is also 

virtually powerless in France. This un¬ 

fashionable situation Doumergue hoped 

to remedy, as well as to end the French 

habit of throwing out governments too 

often. Until today the average life of 

cabinets has been about nine months; 

in difficult times, often only a few 

days or a few weeks. 

Doumergue proposed these constitu¬ 
tional changes; 

1. To allow Premier and President 
to dissolve the chamber if they so de¬ 
sired. 
2. To place real power in the Pre¬ 
mier to control the cabinet. 
3. To deprive the chamber of the 
right to initiate appropriations. 


Doumergue made the fateful step. 
The Radical Socialist members forced 
out Doumergue after they resigned 
from the cabinet because of his pro¬ 
gram for constitutional revision. Now 
to Herriot, new Premier, President Le 
Brun will assign the task of forming 
another government. 

So vivid was the fear of disorder that 
Doumergue and his ministers waited 
until a later date to announce the gov¬ 
ernment's fall. Heavy police forces 
were hidden about the capital to pre¬ 
vent any disturbance. 

V . W. C. A. Activities 

The World Fellowship group of Y. 

W. C. A., working under Lois Hart, 
attended the Second Forum meeting 
last Sunday, November 11. Mr. Nel¬ 
son led the group on fellowship of rec¬ 
onciliation. "Justice Without Vio¬ 
lence" was the topic for discussion. 

The industrial group is under the 
direction of Barbara Hertwig. The 
group went to Atlanta Monday eve¬ 
ning to dinner and discussion with the 
industrial girls. A group of these work¬ 
ing girls have planned to visit our cam¬ 
pus very soon. 

The Social Service group has a well 
organized Girl Scout group and is doing 
fine work. A group of girls, under 
direction of Marie Simpson recently 
made paper dolls to take to the chil¬ 
dren at the Scottish Rite Hospital. 

I Mr. Stukes is leading a discussion 
, group every other Sunday evening for 
all who wish to attend. The recent 
meetings have discussed "Why I Be¬ 
lieve in God." It is hoped that many 
more members of the college will join 

the group. 

The author, with no excuses or apol¬ 

clared his decision to retire from lead¬ 

ogies, has bearded the Soviet lion in its 

ership of the All India Nationalist Con¬

den, escaping from its outraged pursuit 
gress. "When the hands holding thewith a priceless store of stolen photo¬ 

graphs and first-hand information on reins are those of a sleeping person," 
every possible subject. The truest of he said, "thev are unfit to lead." Hun¬ 
all news of Russian realities today is dreds of members of the Congress 
found in this book. pleaded with him to open its meeting 
last week, but he insisted upon leaving 
Horizons of Death—Norman AIc-to develop power of non-violence, he 
Leod. explained. His repeated fasts as protests 
This book consists of the Southwest, against British Government in India 
by "an aesthete who draws on his liter¬ have been his highest expression of non¬ 
ary gloves before shaking the horny violence in his own view. But the 
hand of experience."—Herald-Tribune. physicians who, by order of the Gov¬ 
ernment, watched him during his fasts, 
The Roosevelt Omnibus — Don found that there was nothing of non¬ 
Wharton. violence in his treatment of himself.— 

This complete and satisfying view of The Literary Digest. 
the President from his earliest life to 
the present time is rich in photographs, Rome.—Continuing his campaign to 
magazine articles, cartoons, caricatures renew the Italian capital in the tradi¬ 
and letters. tion and glory of its ancient days, 

Premier Benito Mussolini has begun a 
The Age of Confidence—Henry partial restoration of the Mausoleum 
Seidel Canby. of the Emperor Augustus, now used 
This book presents an enthralling as a concert-hall. Last week, in a brief 
story of life in a small town during speech to the assembled workmen, he 
the nineties when the streets were quiet declared that the razing of many old 
and when houses and their inmates houses clustering around the Mauso¬ 
were dignified. The permanence and leum would transform one of the 
stability of the home of that day is filthiest quarters into one of the most 
described with a rare charm. The Age beautiful in Rome. He wielded a pick 
of Confidence is a book of lingering with energy and skill revealing his long 
memories. practice with this implement in his 

earlv vears when he supported himself 
Davy Crockett—Constance Rourke. in exile by working as a common lab¬ 
Miss Rourke portrays Davy Crockett orer.—The Literary Digest. 

as an epic hero in this biography. 
"Crockett the man is somewhat ob¬ Last week three U. S. doctors were

scured; Crockett the great hunter, the 

awarded the 1934 Nobel Prize forteller of tall tales; above all, Crockett Medicine making the fourth, fifth and

the mythical hero of the frontier, ap¬ sixth U. S. medical investigators to re¬ 
pears in all the glory of folklore."— 

ceive the Nobel Prize, and therebvAmerican Review. 

raising the U. S. medical score to 
match Germany's. They earned thePloughing On Sunday — Sterling highest of earthly distinctions for dis¬

North. 

covering that a diet of animal liversAs a relief from sordid, crude pic¬ is a specific remedy for pernicious ane¬
tures of farm life, this novel puts forth mia.—Time. 

a bright view of the lusty naturalness 
of a young giant's days on a Wiscon¬ To Estonians one of the most en¬sin dairy farm. 

lightened Baltic peoples, the electric 
chair seems crude. In principle theyDiamond Jim: The Life and Times have no death penalty, but it is revived 
of fames Buchanan Brady — Parker whenever Estonia is under martial law,

Morell. 

as she has been since March. Each 

This book presents a vivid picture of Estonian condemned to death at Tal¬ 
a vivid character known as a wildly linn has been led out into the nearby 
lavish spender who reveled amid the forest by 8 soldiers and there shot, al¬ 
white lights of Little Old New York. ways in a different part of the forest. 
He was as familiar to the millions of Last week the President issued a decree 
the city as he was to his next-door whereby the condemned will be given 

neighbor. Through all his extravagan¬ five minutes to commit suicide by tak¬ 
ces runs an engaging simplicity and ing poison. If he refuses, he is to be 
bovinity that complete the picturesque hanged. All Estonians were shocked by 
portrait. the authorization of hanging.—Time. 

WORK FOR WITS 

(Reprinted from November issue of Scribner's) 
Indicate which of the numbered phrases in the lefthand column best applies 
to the phrases in the right hand column: 

1. 1. The Heart of Midlothian Lovelace ( ) 
2. Clarissa Harlowe Jeanie Deans ( 
3. The Return of the Native Mrs. Poyser ( 


)

4. The Egoest Eustacia Vye ( )
5.Adam Bede Sir Willoughby Pattern ( 
)

6. Silas Marner Dinah Morris ( ) 
7. The Portrait of a Lady 
8. Diana of the Crossways 


11. 1. Bessemer First Practical Steam Engine ( 

2. Newcomer Spinning Wheels ( ) 
3. Arkwright Gasoline Automobile ( ) 
4. Daunler Steel Manufacture ( ) 
5. Cartwright Agricultural Machinery ( 


)

6. McCormick Power Looms ( ) 
7. Eli Whitney 
8. Robert Fitch 
In the following questions, indicate which of the several responses best 
completes the given statement: 

1. According to Rousseau, human inequality is the result chiefly of: 1. 
original sin; 2. the persistence of the natural state of man; 3. individual physical 
differences; 4. faulty education and laws. 

II. Dickens' most enduring creations are: 1. his heroines; 2. his minor 
characters from lower class life; 3, his heroes! 4. his portraits of the landed 
gentry. 

III. El Greco's paintings are noted for: 1. absence of formal design; 2. 
sinuous and twisted distortions; 3. quiet calm and serenity; 4. crude material¬ 
istic force. 

IV. The man who raised the song to the status of an art form was: 1. 
Beethoven; 2. Mendelssohn; 3. Weber; 4. Schubert. 
V. The germ theory of disease is associated with the name of: 1. Lamarck; 


2. Darwin; 3. Huxley; 4. Pasteur; 5. Spencer; 6. Metchinoff. 

VI. Katherine Mansfield was: 1. a writer of sea poems; 2. the heroine of 
Mansfield Park; 3. a writer of short stories; 4. the wife of Richard Mansfield. 

VII. Aristophanes satirized Socrates in: 1. "The Frogs; 2. "The Clouds"; 

3. "The Birds"; 4. "The Wasps." 

VIII. The man who sold his birthright for a mess of pottage was: 1. Jacob; 

2. Esau; 3. Joseph; 4. Joshua. 


CLUBS LAY ON, Mc SCOTT

SOCIAL NE W5 

Sue Billingsdale and Sara Harrel of 
Wesleyan College spent the week-end 
with Mildred Davis. 

Rebecca Harrison and Virginia 
Hightower spent the week-end at Brenau 
College in Gainesville, Ga. 

Frances Miller of Wesleyan College 
spent the week-end with Sara Emeline 
Steele. 

Myrl Chafin spent the week-end at 
her home in McDonough, Ga. 

Caroline Armistead spent the week¬ 
end at the home of her aunt in Newnan, 
Ga. 

Mr. and Ms. I. W. Merrill of Jack¬ 
son, Miss., spent the week-end with 
their daughter, Jane. 

Anne Cullum spent the week-end 
with her aunt, Miss Virginia Harrison. 

Sarah Fitzpatrick of Austell, Ga., 
spent the week-end with her sister, 
Kathryn. 

Geraldine Wisenbaker had as her 
guest for the week-end Marjorie Syring 
of Barnesville, Ga. 

Katherine Hoffman spent the week¬ 
end at her home in Charlotte, N. C. 

Jean Kirkpatrick, Rosa Wilder, and 
Alice Taylor attended a Beta Theta Pi 
steak fry Saturday night. 

Meredith Crickner spent the week 
end with Catharine Jones in Ball 
Ground, Ga. 

Ola and Dorothy Kelly and Eda 
Kuhr spent Sunday in Atlanta. 

Lillian Crimson and Effie Ola 
Anthony attended a dance at the Druid 
Hills Club Friday night. 

.j. .j.,j..j.,5..j. •*. *>>>>»;-• »>>> 
% BAILEY BROS. SHOE SHOP f 

* 142 Sycamore St., Decatur j* 

t % 

a For better shoe repairing bring ,j,

❖
❖

«?»your shoes to us. ❖•s*»$♦ 
^«£» ++*&%♦v**** *t4 *1*^ 

Fannie B. Flarris' mother visited her 
Tuesday. 

Florence Lassiter spent the week-end 
at her home in Fitzgerald, Ga. 

Caroline Long spent the week-end 
with Dorothea Blackshear. 

Dorothy Kelly attended a wedding 
Tuesdav night in Monticello, Ga. 

Leonora Spencer spent the week-end 
at her home in Rock Hill, S. C. 

Caroline White attended the dance 
at the Biltmore Saturday night. 

Naomi Cooper spent the week-end at 
her home in Columbus, Ga. 

Martha Young and Helen Handte 
spent the day Sunday with Frances 
James. 

Virginia Gaines spent the week-end 
at her home in Atlanta. 

Ida Buist and Vera Frances Pruet 
were among those attending the Tech-
Auburn game in Atlanta. 

Lavinia Scott spent the week-end at 
her home in Milledgeville, Ga. 

Marian Calhoun and Martha Red 
wine spent the week-end at the home 
of the latter in Fayetteville, Ga. 

Susan Watson, ex-'3 5, of Greenville, 

S. C., spent the week-end with Mary 
Elizabeth Squires. 

Helen Ramsey had dinner Wednes¬ 
day night with Mr. and Mrs. Saywood 
in Decatur. 

Meriel Bull spent the week-end with 
Mary Snow at her home in Atlanta. 

Nell White and Betty Lou Houck 
attended the homecoming dances at 
Davidson College in Davidson, N. C., 
last week-end. 

Mary Margaret Stowe spent the 
week-end at her home in Belmont, 
North Carolina. 

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE BOOKSTORE 
You can't expect to play varsity hockey and basket¬ 
ball unless your feet are properly shod. Wear our new 
Keds with a reinforced toe for protection and a sponge 
cushion and arch support for comfort at $1.75 and $2.25. 

J. C. Tart, Mgr. 

COATS 

Exclusive at Aliens 

Are not only simply elegant, but also 
elegantly simplel They are famous for 
their fine furs and igorgeous fabricks, 
not to mention their excellent fit. 
$69.75 to $298 

Jl. IP. ALLEN & CO. 

The Store All .'Women Know 

The Spanish Club will meet next 
Tuesday, at 4:30 in Mr. C. W. Dieckmann's 
studio in Main. Lilian Grim-
son, exchange student from Argen¬ 
tina, will talk to the club on a com¬ 
parison of popular music of Spain and 
of Latin America. All members are 
urged to attend. 

K.U. B. 

K. U. B., journalistic club of Agnes 
Scott, will meet this afternoon, No¬ 
vember 14, at 4:30, in the Y. W. C. A. 
cabinet room. Miss Anna May Christie, 
club sponsor, will speak. 

International Relations Club 

The International Relations Club 
will hold its next meeting tomorrow 
in Mr. Johnson's Studio Prof. Glenn 
Rainey of Georgia Tech will speak on 
the Disarmament Conference. 

Blackfriars 

At the November 6 meeting of 
Blackfriars the new members were 
formally initiated. The program was 
arranged in honor of the new members 
and of the members of the cast for the 
first big play of the year, Shaw's You 
Never Can Tell, which will be pre¬ 
sented Friday and Saturday nights, No 
vember 16 and 17. 

A one-act play, The Weathervane 
Elopes, by Alice C. D. Riley, was pre 
sented under the direction of Margaret 
Stokey. The cast included Dorothy 
Bell, Vera Frances Pruett, Mary 
Hutchinson, and Alice McCallie. 

Cotillion Club 

Ellen Davis, Elizabeth Strickland 

and Sara Jones were hostesses at a Co 

tillion tea-dance, Thursday afternoon, 

November 8, at 5 o'clock in Mr. John 

son's studio. 

At the last business meeting held on 
Wednesday, November 7, plans were 
discussed for the Thanksgiving dance. 

Pen and Brush Club 

The last meeting of Pen and Brush 

Club was held on Thursday, Novem¬ 

ber 8, in Virginia Gaines' room and 

was devoted to a study of Uzanne, the 

leader of Impressionism. 

Chi Beta Sigma 

At the last meeting of Chi Beta Phi 
Sigma, held on Monday night, Novem¬ 
ber 5, Sara Cook was elected to repre¬ 
sent Agnes Scott at installation of 
a new chapter at Queens-Chicora Col¬ 
lege in North Carolina. After the busi¬ 
ness meeting Dr. Christian and Rosalyn 
Crispin took the members on a field 
trip to see the various constellations, 
Sara Cook and Margaret Waterman 
were hostesses at this meeting. 

{Continued on Page 4, Column l) 

BURSON'S SHOE SHOP 
Good Materials 
Good Workmanship 
Try Our New Sole CementingProcess 
Dearborn 3353 
307 E. College Ave. Decatur 

Bring Your Friends 
—to— 
ELITE TEA ROOM 
—for— 
Breakfast—Lunch—Dinner 
211 E. Ponce de Leon, Decatur 

Scene: Tennis court at midnight. 
Fog and filthy air. Enter Four Wily 
Wizards. 
Disant sound of bagpipes. Enter 
First Wizard clanging Phi Beta Kappa 
Key. 
1 Wiz.: Phi! Phi! Phi! So fair and 
foul a day I have not seen. (Heard in 
distance—poppings of eyes. Enter Sec¬ 
ond Wizard, observing landscape). 
2 Wiz.: Thunder and lightning. 
(Enter Third Wizard clothed in black 
chorister's robe, mild distraction seat¬ 
ed upon brow, chanting funereally of 
Pastoral economy. Enter Fourth Wiz¬ 
ard tardily, having strayed from 
straight and narrow, even yet exuding 
faint air of Sodom and Gomorrah). 
4 Wiz.: Brethren, let us linger no 
longer upon this point, but push on 
to unholier ground. 
1 Wiz.: What mischief is abroad to¬ 
night? 
2 Wiz.: (Muttering): 
I'll drain it dry as hay, 
Sleep shall neither night nor day 
Hang upon her pent-house lid; 
She shall live a soul forbid; 
Weary se'nnights nine times nine 
Shall she dwindle, peak and pine; 
Though the bark cannot be lost. 
Yet it shall be tempest-tost. 
Look what I have, 
(Pounds upon ground three times with 

P. B. K. key, causing cauldron to ma¬ 
terialize. Enter rising action under 
green eye-shade from direction of 
nearest source of supply, bearing water 
which is poured into cauldron. Wiz¬ 
ards, with gruesome contortions, gath¬ 
er about cauldron in beginnings of 
sailors' horn-pipe). 

1 Wiz.: Thrice the dread thing I've 
assigned. 
2 Wiz.: Thrice and once again 
maligned. 
3 Wiz.: Yea! Tis so, I too'm aligned. 
4 Wiz.: 'This time. 'Tis time. 

1 Wiz.: 
Round about the cauldron go; 
In. the sinners' sktdls to throw 
Brains of some and eyes of all 
Rest thou here beneath this pall. 
Business of labor done in vain 
Gross enormous—yet no gain 
Matter of term paper test and hope 
Butt! Buffoon! My kingdom for a 

dope. 
All.: Double, double, toil and bub¬ 
ble, Fire burn or rheumatics trouble. 

2 Wiz.: 
Fillet of racquet, deed of king 
Scribner salesmen likewise fling. 
Sovereign poiver bestowed upon flea. 
Speeches forever to U. D. C. 
For a charm of powerftd trouble 
Like a hell-broth, boil and bubble. 

3 Wiz.: 
By the wiggle of my moustache, 
There approaches something rash. 
(Enter hesitantly Sarsaparilla, Spirit of 
Campus, showing fatal evidence of 
modesty and gentle birth). 

1 Wiz.: W-e-1-1, Miss Sarsaparilla!!! 
2 Wiz.: Speak! 
3 Wiz.: Demand! 

itf 
DECATUR WOMAN'S 

EXCHANGE 
DeKalb Theater BuildingSend Your Friends 
Rust Craft Remembrance Cards 

for All Occasions 

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE 
DECATUR, GA. 
A college for women that is widely recog¬ 
nized for its standards of work and for the 
interesting character of its student activities 

For further information, address 

J. R. McCain, President 

4 Wiz.: We'll answer! 

All: Any questiones? Say, if thou'dst 
rather hear it from our mouths or from 
our masters? 

Sars: HI take the matter to the 
authorities. 

4 Wiz.: 
Show her eyes and grieve her heart 
Come like shadows, so depart. 
(Enter climax severally in stairstep for¬ 
mation, from colonial structure dimly 
visible through aforementioned fog and 
filthy air, (presenting in apparitional 
manner seven present and future po¬ 
tentates) . 

Sars.: 
Lives of great men all remind us 
We shoidd make our lives sublime. 
Nay! Thou art too like the Reasonable 

Rule 
Shake not thy gory ideals in my face, 
(Notice process of character disinteg¬ 

ration.) 
The other gold tasseled head is like the 

first. 
A third is like the former! Woe is me. 
A fourth! Start eyes! 
What, will the line stretch out to the 

crack of doom! 
Fiendish laughter, complacent smirk, 
Bereft of hope, still must work. 

(Collapses into disconsolate heap. 
Wizards look on in triumphant glee. 
At psychlogical point arrive denoue¬ 
ment, by dent of great effort, with 
drapings of time clock and lunch box). 

Den. Good evening, everybody! I 
come to take this young lady home. 

Sars. (Recovery instantaneous). 
What! No vestige of milk of human 
kindness, thou soulless creature! 

Den. I'm sorry, lady! But orders 
is orders, jobs being scarce hard as 
times is. (Wizards' evil laughter). 

3 Wiz.: 
Come, brothers, cheer we up her sprites, 
And show the best of our delights 
I'll charm the air to give a sound, 
While you perform your antic round. 
That this great being may kindly say 
Our ditties did her welcome pay. 

(Dance and disintegrate into murkiness). 
Sars.: 
Where are they? Gone? Let the per¬ 

nicious hour 
When first I entered this field of gloom 
Stand aye accursed in the calendar. 
Let us begone. 
(Exit as Finis approach). 

NOTICE 

Loice Richards, who was forced to 
resign from the editorship of the 
Agonistic some weeks ago because of 
bad health, will not be able to return 
to Agnes Scott this semester, it was 
learned this week. 

Loice was most prominent on the 
campus, being a member of B. O. Z., 
Blackfriars, Cotillion Club, and Mor¬ 
tar Board. It is with deep regret that 
the campus will learn of her temporary 
wihdrawal from college. 

MARTIN'S BEAUTY SHOP 
Invites all Agnes Scott 
Special Prices on 
Tuesdays and Wednesdays 
De. 2671 153 Sycamore St. 

WEIL'S 10c STORE 

Has Most Anything You Need 

Try Our 

SANDWICHES 

We Make Them Right 

LAWRENCE'S 

PHARMACY 

Phones De. 0762-0763 


Hamilton Honors Alumnae Active 
Silhouette Staff ATHLETIC NEWS In Many fields 

Eleanor Hamilton, field secretary 
for the Alumnae Association, enter¬ 
tained at a tea on Wednesday, Nov. 
7, from 5 to 7 o'clock at the Alumnae 
Tea House, in honor of the Silhcniette 
staff of last year. Miss Elizabeth Jack¬ 
son and Miss Carrie Scandrett poured 
tea. 

Miss Helen Morgan from Photo-
Process Engraving Company, and Miss 
Catherine Culbertson, from Foote 
& Davies, attended the tea. The Sil¬ 
houette staff for this year and editors 
and business managers of other publi¬ 
cations were also invited. 

Elinor was editor-in-chief of the 
1933-34 Silhouette which was awarded 
the cup given by the National Stu¬ 
dents' Publication Association for all-
American rating. 

Just 40 More Days Till Xmas So— 

Do your Christmas shopping early 
and at the most convenient place in 
town, the Bookstore! The management 
is offering several suggestions that may 
be helpful for those weak places on 
your shopping list. 

First and foremost, for your room¬ 
mate there are some attractive Agnes 
Scott pillows and pennants quite rea¬ 
sonably priced. (You can enjoy these, 
too). An Agnes Scott bracelet would 
be a very acceptable gift if she doesn't 
already have one. If you are one of 
those people that like to give practical 
things how about a box of Agnes 
Scott stationery? 

For those brothers and sisters in 
grammar school we suggest a diminu¬ 
tive Peter Pan pen and pencil set. Lit¬ 
tle sister would be very much thrilled 
over a compact with an Agnes Scott 
seal on it or a narrow leather belt with 
a Scott buckle to wear with her sport 
things. 

For mothers and cousins and aunts 
we suggest some beautifully plain writ¬ 
ing paper that appeals to the more con¬ 
servative. For all the uncles and peo¬ 
ple left, a subscription to some favorite 
magazines may be turned in at the 
store through our club plan. 

CLUBS 

{Continued from Page 3, Column 3) 

Citizenship Club 

The Citizenship Club met last Tues¬ 
day at 4:30 in the Y. W. C. A. Cabi 
net Room in Main. Mr. Claud D. 
Nelson, southern secretary for the Fel 
lowship of Reconciliation led a round 
table discussion on "Strikes and Martial 
Law." 

AUSTIN'S 

Shampoo, Set, and Manicure 

ALL FOR $1.00 

121 East Court Square, Decatur j 

SOPHOMORES WIN 

SWIMMING MEET 

The sophomores won the interclass 
swimming meet held Thursday eve¬ 
ning, November 8, winning a total of 
19 points, the juniors receiving second 
place with 18 points, and the fresh¬ 
men third place with 17 points. The 
judges were Miss Llewellyn Wilburn, 
Miss Dorothy Cassel and Miss Mary 
Ames; the clerk of the courses was 
Miss Harriet Haynes. 

The first event was the 20-yard dash 
(free-style) won by Martha Brown for 
the freshmen; second place was won 
by Elizabeth Burson for the juniors; 

and third place was tied for by two 
sophomores, Mary Kneale and Mary 
Johnson. 

The second event was the front 
tandem for form, and the third event 
the back tandem for form, both won 
by Mary Kneale and Kitty Printup, 
sophomores. Second place in the front 
tandem went to Marian Calhoun and 
Betty Fountain seniors; third place to 
Ann Coffee and Elizabeth Burson, ju¬ 
niors. Second place in the back tan¬ 
dem was won by Ann Coffee and Eliz¬ 
abeth Burson, juniors; third place by 
Jean Matthews and Ann Worthy John¬ 
son, freshmen. 

An exciting medley relay using the 
back stroke, side stroke, breast stroke, 
back crawl and front crawl, was the 
fourth event, won by the seniors; no 
other places were given. Those tak¬ 
ing part in this event were: seniors, 
Edwards, Crispin, Fountain, Calhoun, 
McCalla; juniors, Gray, Symms, Bull, 
Burson, McCallie; sophomores, Lasseter, 
Stalker, Johnson, Jackson, Kneale; 
freshmen, D. Kelly, Chalmers, John¬ 
son, Matthews, Thompson. 

First place in beginners' diving, as 
the fifth event, went to Mary Smith, 
freshman; Jean Chalmers, freshman, 
won all five first places in the ad¬ 
vanced diving events: front, jack, 
swan, back and optional. 

The last contest, a game of King 
Pigeon played by all the contestants, 
was tied by Elizabeth Burson and Ann 
Thompson, an indefatigable and un¬ 
smiling pair. 

You'll never know how good a 

Sandwich can be until you eat »j, 

ourfamous 4* 

CLAIRMONT PLATE % 

SANDWICH—15c ❖ 


It is a Meal Itself *;* 

We Fix Them to Take Out <■> 

CLAIRMONT DELICATESSEN * 

112 Clairmont Ave. 

,»>»j. >;•*;•*** •> 

THE HOTEL CANDLER 
Decatur, Georgia 
CLEAN, COMFORTABLE ROOMS 
DELICIOUS MEALS 
REASONABLE PRICES 
PHONE DEARBORN 3715 

L. CHAJAGE 
220 PEACHTREE ST. 

Expert Remodeling 
DIXIE'S LEADING FURRIER 

BOWEN PRESS 
COMMERCIAL PRINTING AND 
STATIONERY 

Blotters—Note Paper—Poster Paper 
Office Supplies 

121 Church St. De. 0976 Decatur. Ga. 

Sports Editorial 

Chanting "We're pirates and sailor-j 
men, beep, beep," pirates will combine 
with mermaids, sea turtles, and dolph¬ 
ins to present a colorful water pageant, 
"Pieces of Eight" on Tuesday evening, 
November 27, at 8 o'clock in the gym¬ 
nasium swimming pool. The idea of 
the pageant is adapted from "Treas¬ 
ure Island," and includes spectacular 
diving and a real treasure, sought by 
hero, heroine, and pirates. The charac¬ 
teristic piratical torture—walking-theplank—
will be in evdience, with the 
blust'ry pirates Bert Palmour and 
Frances Balkcom goading on the re¬ 
luctant hero Marie Stalker, the heroine, 
and various captive attendants. 

Last week the writing committee, 
accompanied by Miss Harriet Haynes, 
attended the Tenth Sreet Theatre to see 
"Treasure Island" in order to insure 
authenticity of the maritime jargon. 
To this trip are due the expressive 
"my hearties," "mateys," and "what 
ho's." The writing of the pageant as 

a whole is being done by a writ¬ 
ing committee, composed of Kitty 
Printup, chairman; Ann Coffee, Con¬ 
nie Pardee, Eugenia Symms, Laura 
Steele, and June Matthews. Elizabeth 
Burson is in charge of production. 

Reporters for This Issue 

Eliza King, Eleanor Whitson, Lavinia 
Scott, Jessie Jeffers, Mary Lillian 
Fairly, Katherine Hertzka, Gene 
Brown, Josephine Jennings, Jean 
Chalmers, Sara Steele, Mary Richard¬ 
son, Ruth Hertzka, Jane Guthrie, 
Elizabeth Warden, Laura Steele, Jacque 
McWhite, Betty Maynard, Ora Muse. 

njnj* ♦J* ♦J* ♦J* ♦J* ♦$* ♦J* 

JOSEPH SIEGEL * 

"Dependable Jeweler Since 1908" Ijl

Diamonds—Watches—Jewelry ♦> 

Silverware % 

M atch, Clock and Jewelry ♦> 

Repairing *;*

All Work Guaranteed * 

Phone Dearborn 4205 *;*

111 E. Court Sq. Decatur, Ga. !> 

As Gay 

Slip -over 

UPPERCLASSMEN 

HOCKEY VICTORS 

The usual weekly hockey game was 
a double-header on last Friday, when 
the seniors defeated the freshmen 1-0, 
and the juniors defeated the sopho¬ 
mores 3-3. Faculty members and vis¬ 
itors who were spectators helped cheer 
on the fighting teams. 

In the first half of the junior-soph¬ 
omore game, Walker made two long 
dribbles, stopped each time by accu¬ 
rate interception on the part of Townsend. 
Another interesting play in this 
half was bullying at the junior goal 
between the sophomore goalkeeper and 
a junior player which resulted in the 
goaler's gaining the advantage and 
sending the ball away from the goal. 

The senior line-up was: Poliakoff, 
r.w.; Rogers, l.w., (1); McCalla c.f.; 
Cassel, i.l.; Bowman, i.w.; Grimson, 
r.h.; Young c.h.; Palmour, l.h.; Wool-
folk r.b.; Bell, Lb.; Constantine, g.g. 

The junior line-up was: Hart, r.w.; 
Burson, i.w.; Handte, c.f. (2) ; Stevens, 

i.l. (1); Derrick, l.w.; Miller, r.h.; 
Armstrong, c.h.; Blick, l.h.; Townsend, 
r.b.; Forman, g.g. 

The sophomore line-up was: Jack¬ 
son, r.w.; Belser, i.r.; Fleece, c.f.; John¬ 
son i.l.; Walker, l.w.; Kneale, l.h.; 
Wilder, c.h.; Little, l.r.; Taylor, r.b.; 
Hertwig, Lb.; Gary, g.g. 

The freshmen line-up was: Brown, 
r.w.; Henderson, i.r.; Thompson, c.f.; 
Coit, i.l.; Hightower, l.w.; Blackshear, 
r.h.; Lemmon, c.h.; Allison, l.h.; 
Adams, r.b.; Jeffers, Lb.; Robinson, 

g-g-

Members of the class of '32 are en¬ 
gaged in many different kinds of work. 

Virginia Gray was appointed by the 
Foreign Mission Commission to teach 
in the Central School for Missionaries' 
children in America. She will be there 
three years. 

Dee Robinson, who was secretary to 
Miss Hopkins last year, is teaching in 
Dayton, Tenn., this winter. 

Sara Lane Smith is working for the 
Fulton County Relief Association. 
Floyd Foster is teaching in the Madi¬ 
son High School this year. 

Betty Bonham is working for the 
Atlanta branch of the Southern Bell 
Telephone System. 

Mary Duke is teaching in the Ful¬ 
ton County Schools in Atlanta. 

Anne Hudmon is in Florence, Ala., 
teaching English in the Caffee High 
School. She also coaches the girls' 
basketball team. 

Letitia Rockmore is working in the 
advertising department at Rich's. 
Florence Kleybecker is registrar at 
her former high school in Birmingham. 
Sarah Cooper is connected with the 
Fulton County Relief organization. 

DECATUR BEAUTY SALON 
409 Church Street 
Tel. De. 4692 

A. S. C.'s Trade Appreciated 

J SILHOUETTE TEA ROOM | 

* ❖ 


% Alumnae House * 
* t 
% Hot Lunches for Cold Davs %

* *■ 
V

❖ 
* 

*3* 

Don't Neglect Your Eyesight 

A thorough eye examination by a competent oculist (Eye 

Physician) is the first step in securing correct glasses. 
When the prescripton for glasses is given it should be 
filled by a skilled Optician. 

Ask your Oculist (Eye Physician) about our reliability 
and dependable service. 

WALTER BALLARD OPTICAL CO. 
Dispensing OpticiansTHREE STORES 
105 Peachtree St. Medical Arts BIdg. Doctors' Building

ClockSign 382 PeachtreeSt. 480 Peachtree St. 

as a Bright Fall Leaf! 

turtle-neck 

Wool Sweaters 

$1.00 

Bright, colorful all-wool sweaters for you 
to dash about the campus in or trek off to 
Big Dec! Smart, youthful lines—medium 
weight — and that comfortable feeling 
that makes them an immediate favorite! 
Solid colors and stripes, simply grand 
with skirts! Sizes 34 to 40. 

BLOUSE DEPT. 

STREET FLOOR 

RICHS 


To Millav

* 
<5I)£ ^Vgonistic Lecture 

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1934 NO. 6

VOL. XX 

Plans for Social 

Service School 

Announced 

In response to a petition sent by the 
Social Welfare Council of Atlanta, 
Agnes Scott College and Emory Uni¬ 
versity are laying plans to open a 
school of social work in the fall. Presi¬ 
dent J. R. McCain said this week. The 
school will be located at Emory but 
the cost of its operation will be shared 
by the two colleges. Approximately 
$30,000 will be required to get the 
project under way, Dr. McCain said; 
Agnes Scott will raise a part of this 
amount. Although Agnes Scott will 
co-operate in supplying teachers, the 
school will be under the direction of 
Emory. 

Since there is no such institution be¬ 
tween Richmond, Virginia, and New 
Orleans, Dr. McCain stated, there is 
a demand for a fully equipped, pro¬ 
fessional graduate school for social serv¬ 
ice training in this section. The pro¬ 
posed school, it is hoped, will meet this 
need. 

The co-operation of the two institu¬ 
tions in this plan, the joint Horace 
celebration of the Eta Sigma Phi chap¬ 
ters of the two schools, and the ex¬ 
change of students to act in Emory and 
Agnes Scott dramatic productions are 
all outgrowths, Dr. McCain said, of 
the co-ordination system being worked 
out by the two schools now for the 
purpose of giving graduate work lead¬ 
ing to the Doctor's degree. 

ETA SIGMA PHI 

GIVES PROGRAM 

Eta Sigma Phi will celebrate the Bimillenium 
Horatianum this afternoon 
at five o'clock in the gymnasium of 
Agnes Scott College. A program of 
music, dance, and drama will be pre¬ 
sented in honor of the two thousandth 
anniversary of the Latin poet. This 
is the first time that Eta Sigma Phi 
has attempted a celebration on so large 
a scale. The entertainment has been 
planned under the direction of the so¬ 
ciety's faculty advisors, Professor Cath¬ 
erine Torrance, Professor Lillian Smith, 
and Assistant Professor Martha Stans-
field of the Greek and Latin depart¬ 
ments. 

Many high school pupils are expected 
to attend, and also Emory classical stu¬ 
dents. The college community is cor¬ 
dially invited. 

Water Pageant 

To Be Presented 

"Pieces of Eight," a water pageant, 
will be presented on Tuesday evening, 
November 27, at 8:15 o'clock in the 
gymnasium swimming pool. The page¬ 
ant includes a hero, heroine, and their 
companions, as well as pirates, mer¬ 
maids, dolphins, and a sea turtle. The 
cast of "Pieces of Eight" is: 

Hero—Marie Stalker. 

Heroine—Dorothy Cassel. 

First Pirate—Alberta Palmour. 

Second Pirate—Frances Balkcom. 

Drunk Pirate—Ann Worthy John¬ 
son. 
Other Pirates—Gene Brown, Jerry 
Brown, Elizabeth Forman. 

Attendants—Isabel Richardson, Mary 
Johnson, Virginia Hart, Alice Taylor, 
Sara Steele, Jean Chalmers, Elinor 
Hamilton, Helen Handte. 

Sea Turtle—Jeanne Matthews. 
Mermaids—Ann Coffee, Kitty Prnitup, 
Mary Kneale, Marguerite Morrison, 
Esther Byrnes, Elizabeth Burson, Car¬ 
oline Cole, Betty Fountain, Martha P. 
Brown. 
Dolphins—Leonora Spencer, Mary 
Richardson, Meriel Bull, Jane Merrill, 
Mary Stipe, Connie Pardee. 
Extensive plans for production of 
"Pieces of Eight" are being made, ac¬ 
cording to Elizabeth Burson, who is in 
charge of the pageant. 

GENERAL SURVEY COMMITTEE 
REPORTS ON COORDINATION PLAN 

Social Conference 

Meets This Month 

Lois Hart, chairman of the World 
Fellowship Group of Y. W. C. A., re¬ 
ceived this week an invitation to at¬ 
tend a student conference to be held 
on Paine College campus, in Augusta, 
Ga., from November 30, to December 

2. The theme for the three-day confer¬ 
ence will be, Recent Social Changes and 
the College Student. 

Dr. Will W. Alexander, executive 
director of the Interracial Commis¬ 
sion and president of Dillard Universi¬ 
ty, New Orleans, La., and Mr. Ira De 

A. Reid, professor of sociology at At¬ 
lanta University, are the conference 
leaders; they will lead round-table dis¬ 
cussion on topics which are of vital 
interest and concern to the student. A 
trip over the campus to Bethlehem 
House and two plays by the Paine Col¬ 
lege Dramatic Club will be other high 
lights on the program planned for this 
group meeting. Delegates to the con¬ 
ference will be accommodated on the 
campus of Paine College where prep¬ 
arations are being made for them. 

This conference is the first of its 
kind to be held in Georgia; it will bring 
together Negro and white students for 
the purpose of discussing problems 
which the college student, regardless 
of race, must eventually face. Whether 
Agnes Scott will send delegates has not 
yet been decided. Two representatives 
will be sent to Augusta, Lois Hart said, 
if the College participates. 

Dean Paty Speaks 

In Chapel Program 

Dean Raymond Paty, of Emory Uni¬ 
versity, spoke on "Growth Through 
God" in chapel on November 13. Dean 
Paty was the third in the series of 
speakers on Growth, the theme of the 

Y. W. C. A. chapel hour for this year. 
Dean Paty drew his talk from the 
whole Bible, not from any one pas¬ 
sage. Religious growth, he brought out, 
depends upon religious activity, an 
adequate appreciation of both man and 
God, and finally upon a growing con¬ 
cept of what religion is. This concept, 
he said, would grow as the individual 
enters into a larger experience of life. 
Miss Louise Hale, associate profes¬ 
sor of French at Agnes Scott, and Dr. 
Leroy Loemker, of the philosophy de¬ 
partment of Emory University, have 
already spoken to the students on two 
phases of the general theme, Growth. 
Rabbi David Marx, of Atlanta, will 
talk on "Growth Through Friends," on 

November 27, Martha Redwine, presi¬ 
dent of Y. W. C. A., said. 

RENOWNED EDUCATORS FAVOR 

COLLABORATION 

The preliminary report of the Gen¬ 
eral Survey Committee for the estab¬ 
lishment of a University center in At¬ 
lanta, made public Nov. 17, stated that 
the project of co-ordinating Agnes 
Scott, Emory, and Georgia Tech into 
a great university center is "unques¬ 
tionably desirable and feasible." This 
committee, which has been studying 
the proposed plan since last January, 
under the auspices of the Lewis H. 
Beck foundation is composed of six 
nationally known educators: Dr. 
George A. Works, the University of 
Chicago specialist in higher education, 
who planned the re-organization of the 
University System of Georgia, and who 
also wrote this report; Dr. Edwin Embree, 
president of the Julius Rosenwald 
Fund; Dr. L. D. Coffman, president of 
the University of Minnesota; Edmond 

E. Day, director of the social sciences 
for the Rockefeller Foundation; Dr. 
Robert M. Hutchins, president of the 
University of Chicago; and Dr. Wil¬ 
liam F. Ogburn, professor of sociology 
at the University of Chicago. Dr. 

J. R. McCain, president of Agnes Scott, 
Dr. Harvey W. Cox, president of 
Emory, and Dr. M. L. Brittain, presi¬ 
dent of Georgia Tech were ex-officio 
members of the committee. 

SEVEN STEPS CONSIDERED 
In the plans for accomplishing this 
(Continued on page 3, column 4) 

FORMER EDITOR 

GETS POSITION 

Miss Elizabeth K. Lynch, Agnes 
Scott, '3 3, has been made secretary for 
the Committee on Reorganization of 
the Lower Division at the University 
of Florida in Gainesville, according to 
information received on the campus 
this week. Her work as secretary in¬ 
cludes gathering, cataloguing, and 
briefing descriptive and technical ma¬ 
terial pertaining to survey courses, ori¬ 
entation courses, and comprehensive 
programs being tried in various parts 
of the country. The work of the com¬ 
mittee deals with the reorganization of 
the Lower Division along the lines of 
the Chicago plan. 

Mr. W. A. Little, part time associ¬ 
ate professor of English at the Univer¬ 
sity, under whom Miss Lynch worked 
last year, serves on the committee. It 
was through him that she was ap¬ 
pointed, Miss Lynch wrote. 

While Miss Lynch was at Agnes 
Scott she was most prominent on the 
campus; her senior year she served as 
editor of the Agnostic. She was an 
honor student and did excellent work 
in the departments of English and his¬ 
tory, her major subjects. 

InterestingFeatures OfPoet's 
Life PassedIn Retrospect 

By Augusta King 

Sitting in the sun throwing stones 
at a post—even a post belonging to 
Vassar—is more fun than attending a 
history class. This the unconventional 
Edna St. Vincent Millay thought; so 

she sat on the steps in the sun. And 
when one day she did go to history 
class, she wrote her test in beautiful, 
rhythmic, poetical language which con¬ 
tained not one authentic fact. Al¬ 
ways her actions, as they were then 
when she was a student at Vassar, have 
been guided by that same youthful 
candor, that same impulse to do what 
she wanted. Always she is the barefoot 
poet—no tight shoes of fidelity to 
make her do or say anything which she 
does not sincerely think. 

Vincent, as she is called by her 
closest friends, has always been the liv¬ 
ing evidence of the wisdom of the man 
who said, "A poet is born, not made." 

As a child, she published verses in the 
children's magazine, "St. Nicholas"; 
when she graduated from high school 
in Camden, her essay written in verse 
won the prize. These were the founda¬ 
tions for her success, and the corner¬ 
stone was the appearance of her "Rena¬ 
scence" in the Lyric Year of 1912. In 
this beautiful lyric Edna Millay com¬ 
bined a rebirth of youth with a love 
of nature; it is a youth objective and 
subjective that resounds in: 
"Oh! Up from the earth sprang I 

And hailed the earth with such a cry 
As is not heard save from a man 
Who has been dead, and lives again. 
About the trees, my arms I wound; 
Like one gone mad, I hugged the 

ground; 
I raise my quivering arms on high; 
I laughed and laughed into the sky." 

A woman recognized Miss Millay's 
genius in "Renascence" and supplied 
(Continued on page 4, column 2) 

EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY. 

Emory French Dept. 

Given Set Of Books 

According to a recent announcement 
made by Professor Nolan A. Goodyear, 
the French department of Emory Uni¬ 
versity has been presented with a set of 
books by the French Ministry of For¬ 
eign Affairs. 

The books, written by contemporary 
authors, include works by Pierre Quint, 
Paul Valery, Albert Thibaud, Jean 
Prevost, Paul Morand, Andre Maurois, 
Julian Green, and others. 

In previous years, Emory has re¬ 
ceived seventeen volumes of French 
political documents and twelve vol¬ 
umes of the publications of the French 
Institute of Washington. The recent 
presentation was recommended by 

M. Andre de Laboulaye, French ambas¬ 
sador, at the instance of M. Charles 
Loridans, local consular agent. 

Aurora Award Goes 

To Sarah Spencer 

The prize of $2.50, offered for the 
best cover design for Aurora, was 
awarded to Sarah Spencer, Anna Humber, 
editor announced. The design is 
done in black and white and represents 
the sun rising over a somewhat turbulant 
ocean. Sarah's design will be used 
on the cover of the four issues of 
Aurora this year. 

The prize for the cover design is 
one of four prizes which the editors of 
Aurora are offering this year. The 
others are: $5.00 for the best poem, 
$2.50 for the best essay, and $2.50 for 
the best short story published in the 
first three issues of the Aurora. 

The November issue of the quarterly 
came out yesterday. 

By Mary Virginia Allen 

"A New England nun; a chorus girl 
on a holiday; a Botticelli Venus of the 
Uffici gallery . . . She is all these and 
more. A contradictory young person." 
We are speaking of Edna St. Vincent 
Millay. More than any other living 
American poet she has puzzled her 
critics and her readers. Some like to 
read Miss Millay into her poetry; others 
prefer to think of it as objective ex¬ 
pression of emotion. And here are the 
Edna Millays which four prominent 
Atlanta writers find in the slender 
black volumes of her poetry. 

"Not so much of a chorus girl," Dr. 
Anderson M. Scruggs, prominent At¬ 
lanta poet, spoke in the living room of 
his home on Euclid Avenue, "Her 
poetry has too much reserve for that." 

EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY WILL 
LECTURE HERE NOVEMBER 23 

Prominent Atlanta Writers Give 
Impressions OfEdna Millay 

But he was speaking enthusiastically of 
her style, "I admire the clearcut, vigor¬ 
ous, masculine quality of her poetry. It 
has so much strength, so much sweep." 

He paused, and resting his head on 
the back of the chair, he added, "Yes, 
Miss Millay is one of the very best poets 
writing today. Her work shows exquis¬ 
ite finish. Her enormous popularity is 
probably due to the fact that her poems 
are not of the obtuse type. There is in 
all of them sincerity and directness of 
expression." 

Then, too, she has a wonderful gift 
of dramatic style." He picked up Buck 
in the Snow, which was lying on the 
table at his elbow, and turned to Dirge 
Without Music. 

{Continued on page 4, column 1) 

POET TO READ FROM RECENT 
VOLUME 

Edna St. Vincent Millay, under the 
auspices of the Agnes Scott Lecture 
Association, will present a reading of 
her poetry on Friday night, November 
23, at eight-thirty o'clock in the 
Bucher Scott gymnasium of Agnes 
Scott College. 

Great interest in the lecture has been 
shown all over this section, and even 
as far as Kentucky. This is Miss Millay's 
first visit to Atlanta, and one of 
only five or six lectures she will give 
this year. She will read not only from 
her earlier poems, but also from her 
latest volume, Wine from These Grapes, 
two editions of which were exhausted 
before they were released from the 
publisher—an evidence of her renown 
as a poet. 

LECTURER HIGHLY PRAISED 

Press accounts of her lectures this 
fall have been most enthusiastic. The 
Brooklyn, N. Y., Institute of Arts and 
Sciences, writes after her lecture in the 
middle of October, "Last night's fine 
audience fully reflected the wide glory 
of Miss Millay's name and art. No other 
poet in the flesh could have gathered 
it, and the fine comment of many of 
the members of that audience follow¬ 
ing it, is sufficient to upset the humil¬ 
ity of an angel." 

From Hartford, Conn., comes the 
report that the only drawback to the 
evening was a lack of room, and that 

(Continued on page 4, column 5) 

OPERA STARS 

TO SING HERE 

Nino Martini and Grete Stueckgold, 
popular young stars of the Metropoli¬ 
tan Opera Company, will be presented 
in joint recital Thanksgiving evening 
at 8:30 o'clock at the Atlanta Audi¬ 
torium. This is the third feature of the 
All-Star concert series for this year. 

Mr. Martini, a lyric tenor, is the first 
singer to graduate from radio to the 
Metropolitan Opera Company. He be¬ 
gan his musical training in Verona, 
Italy, where he was born and continued 
it in Spain, Belgium, Milan, and Paris. 
He has appeared in five motion pic¬ 
tures, and in 1932 was engaged to 
broadcast over the radio, an engage¬ 
ment which gained him a Metropolitan 
Opera position. 

Miss Stueckgold is a soprano. She has 
been with the Metropolitan only a short 
time but is looked upon as one of the 
most promising of the younger stars. 
She also is a radio artist. 

Arrangements for the transportation 
of Agnes Scott students to this concert 
are to be the same as in the past, Mr. 
Lewis H. Johnson, who is in charge, 
said. 


The Agonistic 

©l)e Agonistic 
Subscription price, $1.25 per year in advance. Single copies, 5 c. 
Owned and published by the students of Agnes Scott College. 

Entered as Second Class Matter. 
STAFF 
Mary Boggs 
Editor-in-Cbief 
Eva Constantine 
Make-Up 
Nell Pattillo 
Business Manager 
Lulu Ames Mildred Clark Alice Chamlee 
Assistant Editor 
Frances Gary 
2nd Assistant 
Assistant Make-up 
Mary Jane Tigert 
Assistant Make-Up 
Advertising Manager 
Elizabeth Thrasher 
Circulation 
Rosalyn Crispin 
Feature Editor 
Margaret Robins 
Current History 
Kathryn Bowen 
Business Assistant 
Nell Allison 
Book Notes 
Elizabeth Perrin 
Exchange Editor 
Helen Ramsey 
Business Assistant 
Mary M. Stowe 
Society Editor 
Lucille Cairns 
Exchange Editor 
Laura Steele 
Business Assistant 
Ruth FIertzka Kitty Printup Augusta King 
Alumnae Editor Sports Editor Club Editor 

CLUBS AGAIN 
The Council of club presi 
dents has held its first meeting 
and attempted, at least, an ap¬ 
proach to the pregnant and 
pressing problem of clubs. The 
two resolutions adopted, con¬ 
cerning dues and attendance at 
meetings, though of an entirely 
superficial nature, indicate an 
effort to purge the organizations 
of uninterested members; but 
the more vital questions of a syn¬ 
chronized schedule of club meet¬ 
ings, and the establishment of a 
principle of selection, still loom 
large and unanswered. 
Through the concerted effort 
of the sixteen presidents a solu¬ 
tion will be attempted, but it can¬ 
not be effective, it cannot bear 
fruit, unless we, individually and 
collectively, pause in the scat¬ 
tered storm and fury of our cam¬ 
pus existence, and, instead of 
jogging along in the same unsat¬ 
isfying rut of activities with the 
same bewildered air, face the sit¬ 
uation in an attitude of serious 
criticism. It is in the body of the 
clubs that the desired revitalization 
is to come, and it is for 
every member to examine and 
cross-examine herself and her 
fellow members in a particular 
club and then attempt to see the 
problem in its ramifications on 
the campus as a whole. 
From such a discussion, a 
valid answer might come to help 
us to discard the trammels of 
over-organization or inefficient 
organization and to discover a 
simpler, less hurried and more 
enriching way to pursue our in¬ 
terests. To this end, we pose a 
few provocative questions. 

1. What is the real function 
of the clubs? 
2. Are they vitally related to 
academic interests, to the de¬ 
partments from which many of 
them are derived? 
3. Is the intellectual life of the 
campus more or less subordinat¬ 
ed to the demands of club work? 
4. Is there any over-lapping in 
the work and interests of the 
clubs? 
5. What amount of time on 
the average is given to club 
work? Is this amount justified? 
6. What would result if all 
clubs were abolished for several 
years, and, if their absence were 
felt strongly, they were allowed 
to spring up again spontane¬ 
ously? 
7. How many clubs do you be¬ 
long to? Do they really interest 
you or do you consider the time 
spent at meetings wasted ? 
8. How many clubs should a 
student join? Should there be 
any distinction between fresh¬ 
men and the members of the 
other classes, between under¬ 
classmen and upperclassmen? 
9. What is the best time for 
club meetings? 
10. What do you consider the 
best principle of selection to ap¬ 
ply to the current problem? 


And so ad infinitum. These 
are questions that demand an 
answer, or, at least, an intelli¬ 
gent discussion. The We Think 
column is waiting with open 
arms for any pertinent opinion 
and the Club Council welcomes 
suggestions. 

WHAT OF "AURORA" 

The maiden issue of the 1934 

Aurora appeared yesterday; its 

fate is still on the lap of the 

gods: Shall it be read or not ? Its 

predecessors in the past few 

years have, for the most part, 

found a permanent resting place 

on the distribution tables, on 

desks, in the day students' room, 

unnoticed and unread or winning 

at best a careless perusal from 

vaguely curious persons who 

wonder what literary oddities in¬ 

habit the campus. 

This deadening lack of inter¬ 
est in the reading public reaches 
a concentrated form in the 
empty Aurora box which greets 
the editorial staff at stated pe¬ 
riods with a cold and gloomy 
stare, and offers them the deso¬ 
late alternatives of either spin¬ 
ning essays, stories and poems 
from nothing or little after the 
manner of the loaves and fishes, 
committing suicide, or abandon¬ 
ing the project altogether. This 
is, of course, exaggeration, but 
the stubborn fact of the bewilderingly 
few contributions re¬ 
mains undaunted and challeng¬ 
ing. 

What, then, is to be done? 
Shall we abolish the Aurora, the 
only literary production on the 
campus? The question seems ab¬ 
surd, but, with an indifferent 
audience and scattered contribu¬ 
tors, it can claim no real raison 
d' etre. Last year it was sug¬ 
gested through the We Think 
column and various editorials, 
that the quality of the writings 
in the Aurora was forcedly liter¬ 
ary and pseudo-tragic, and kept 
therefore many abashed and be¬ 
wildered souls from contributing 
in a simpler, merrier vein. This 
criticism, though certainly not 
entirely justified, seems to de¬ 

mand a different trend, stories 
and essays of a more humorous 
and a more popular appeal. But 
would this be lowering the stand¬ 
ards which past efforts have set 
for the magazine? If so, we 
would advocate no change: for, 
if the Aurora does not represent 
the highest literary and artistic 
achievement or, at least endeav¬ 
or, on the campus, it loses its 
real purpose; that it should be¬ 
come a salmagundi of humorous 
articles, jokes, sentimental or 
sensational narratives, after the 
manner of the New Yorker, is un¬ 
thinkable. 

As it has been stated, the Au¬ 
rora wishes to represent the lit¬ 
erary efforts of the whole body 
of students, not of an isolated 
group. It can subsist and grow, 
not merely survive, only through 
the concerted and interested sup¬ 
port of the students in contribu¬ 
tion and disinterested criticism. 
As the representative of intel¬ 
lectual efforts in the literary 
field it merits reading, serious 
criticism, and more substantial 
contributions. 

Recent Election 

EXCHANGES 

Club Notes 
Endorses N.R.A. 

An average of 3 8 football players 

Citizenship Club

are killed each season in the United 

The Citizenship Club met on Tues¬

By Elizabeth Heaton States, while only ten fatalities are re¬ 
The country looked forward with corded each year in Spain as a result day afternoon, November 13. Claud D. 
of bull fights, despite the fact that the Nelson, southern secretary for the Fel¬

keen anticipation to the report on the 

latter is rated as a more dangerous 

lowship of Reconciliation, led a round-Congressional election held on Novem¬ sport.—The Parley Voo. 

table discussion on Strikes and Martialber 6. Everyone realized that the final Law. 

returns from the polls would render a College and university students in 

verdict for or against the New Deal. the Rocky Mountains in the last few Cotillion Club 
weeks have become victims of what

The election resulted in a veritable Julia Thing, Dorothy Cabaniss, and 

is believed to be a gang making special¬ 

Meredith Turner will entertain the

plebescite, whereby the people exhibit¬ 

ty of going from campus to campus, at a

members of Cotillion Club teaed 
absolute confidence in the Presi¬ 

burglarizing fraternity houses.—The 

dance tomorrow afternoon.

dent by lifting the New Deal to a V. M. I. Cadet. 
higher pinnacle. With such states as 

International Relations Club

Pennsylvania, Indiana, Maryland, New Mexico revives its war on religion. 

The International Relations Club

Jersey, Ohio, Rhode Island, and West The immediate program which the Fed¬ 
Virginia sending Democratic members eral Government has set for itself is the met Thursday evening in Mr. Johnson's 
to Congress, and with the country as complete secularization of the schools studio. Professor Glenn Rainey, of 
a whole voting the Democratic ticket, on a so-called scientific basis, the con¬ 

Georgia Tech, spoke on the Disarm¬ 

the following alignment resulted: In fiscation and nationalization of ament Conference.

the House of Representatives the Re¬ churches (already under way), and the 
publican party added only 20 seats to expulsion of the clergy. The edifice 

Spanish Club

their 114. This left the Democrats which the Catholic Church has set up 
with a clear majority. The number of is to be completely destroyed.—The Lillian Grimson spoke to the Span¬ 
Democratic Representatives in the Sen¬ Literary Digest. ish Club yesterday at its regular meet¬ 
ate was raised from 60 to 69 or possi¬ ing; her subject was a comparison of 
bly 70. The advent of pocket radio sets the 

Spanish and Latin-American music.

No party has had such political size of prayer books has been predicted 
power in 132 years; in other words in view of the recent development of 

German Club

since the "Republicans crushed the Fed¬ tiny radio tubes no larger than an A program devoted to the life anderalists. Some leaders believe that after acorn. Such tubes already are in pro¬ 
works of Heine was presented to the

this defeat of the Republican Party, it duction.—The Literary Digest. 
will not exist any longer with its pres¬ German Club at its monthly meeting 
ent organization. The use of the newly-developed X-last Thursday afternoon. Katherine 
Leaders in the Government have had ray motion-pictures in medical exam¬ 

Hertzka discussed the poet's life and 

a great deal to say concerning the elec¬ ination and diagnosis was described last works and Liselotte Roennecke readtion and the possibilities of the future. week before the Society of Motion Pic¬ 
selections from the Buch der Lieder.

Postmaster General James A. Farley, ture Engineers in New York. X-ray 
who had appealed to the people to sup¬ movies seem to bring the organs to life 

Bible Club

port the President, expressed his opin¬ on the screen and enable physicians to 
ion in this way, "It was for the Presi¬ give leisurely study to the movements Bible Club will meet next Monday, 
dent that the electorate voted. They of the heart, kidneys, and other in¬ November 26, in the Y. W. Cabinet 
look to the new Congress to heed the ternal structures.—The Literary Di¬ 

room. Dr. Paul Berman will speak on 

mandate of the people, and to carry on gest. 

"The Jew and Christianity."

the work they have certified as the 
Nation's desire. I have no doubt that It has been estimated recently that 

Eristics

the National Legislature will do its full there are still more than four million 
duty and that the country may rest as¬ illiterates in America, despite the great Eristics will meet on next Sunday 
sured that its government will fulfill efforts made to educate the people of night at 7:30 o'clock with Miss Tor-
the great expectation testified to by the nation.—Old Gold and Black. rance. Mrs. Jessie D. Ames will lead 

the election." a discussion on race relations. 

Another commentator on the sub¬ More students are registered for the 
ject, Senator Lewis, a Democrat, voiced commercial degree at the University of Tennis Club 
the sentiment of many when he warned Georgia than for any undergraduate On November 16, the Tennis Club 
the party to avoid conflict within the honor, a recent survey reveals. were hosts to tennis players from 
party. With such a strong Democratic Emory University. After a series of 
majority and a decidedly weak Repub¬ Students taking a history examina¬ doubles matches played on the Agnes 
lican minority, he, like many others, tion at the Los Angeles Junior College Scott courts, refreshments were served. 
feared that the Democrats might split were asked to state the Monroe Doc¬ The winners of the two-out-of-three 
among themselves along economic lines. trine briefly. One paper read, "Scram, sets were Martha Frost Brown and her 

With a two-thirds majority in both foreigners!" partner. 
houses, President Roosevelt will no 
doubt be able to carry out his plan for 
the government's budget. Although BOOK BITS 
these are not complete, the chief execu 
tive has formulated several definite American Ballads and Folk Songs— the galleybird of the story. All the 
projects that will figure in his legislat¬ John and Alan Lomax. characters are strange and unusual; yet 
ive program. There is the new Public Here is a priceless collection of choice they have a charm of authenticity that 
Works program, which provides for pickings of a life time from the treas¬ renders the story delightful. 
government-built low-cost houses. A ures of new and old American songs Autobiography—John Cowper Powys. 
new relief program is to be worked out and verse. The selections have come Utterly frank, the author reveals 
to care for at least 5,000,000 unem¬ straight from the hearts of the people, himself and his philosophy of life in a 
ployed. The aim here is to make the from the battlefield, mines, ranches, burst of bewildering, enthralling de¬ 
dependent independent by alloting lumber camps, chaingangs, mountain scription of the drama of his own soul 
them subsistent homesteads, jobs, and shanties, and frontiers. Every section is through the years. He speaks of his 
tolls with which to work. The Presi¬ here represented, from the Mexican strange, book-nosed face and gaunt 
dent is also considering a navy-build¬ border and the Negro cabins to the frame in a manner curiously detached. 
ing program. Another item of pro¬ Great Lakes. The book is a real treas¬ It is a story to startle and possibly, in 
posed legislature is concerned with old ure trove. places, to offend some. The reader finds 
age pensions and unemployment insur¬ fully revealed a character far more 
ance. Although these are comparative-From Bad to Worse—Robert Bench-striking than any of the author's fic¬ 

(iContinued on page 4, column 5) ley. tional figures. 
If anyone is looking for a refreshing 
laugh, he will find it here. The author Captain Caution—Kenneth Roberts.

Y. W. C. A. Activities 

has not struggled to be funny; he mere¬ A romantic, full-blooded story of the 
ly is funny, as he lingers over such war of 1812, vivid with scenes of sea 

The Industrial Group of Y. W. C. A. episodes as his own troubles with the life, depicting the impressment of 
met with the Industrial Student pigeons in St. Mark's plaza. Not a few American seamen into the British bulks 
Commission at the "Y" in town on smiles come, too, from the clever il¬ and prison ships.
Friday and laid plans for a series of dis¬ lustrations. 
cussion groups to be held on the sub¬ 

Windfalls—Lean O'Casey.
ject, "The Theoretical Side and Back¬ The Pageant of Arba — Hudson The Irish author has collected stories,

ground of the N. R. A." Strode. 

poems and plays for this little volume. 
"The story is the presentation of a They are rather motley and interesting.
The Social Service Group recently blood-stained cavalcade, beginning in Among them are the spirited piece, A 
visited the Old Soldiers' Home where 1492 with bravely caparisoned ad¬ Fall from an Irish Tree, attackingthey presented an interesting program. venturers, and traversing four hundred Great and farcical

Britain, a one-act 

Every other Wednesday the group goes and forty-two years of cruelty, ro¬ sketch, The End of the Beginning, on 
to the Scottish Rite Hospital and super¬ mance, greed, hope, struggle, ecstacy, 

the theme of the old Scotch song of 
vises handwork for the children. retribution. All this dramatic story John Grumlie. 
unfolds itself against a natural back¬ 
The Sunday night discussion group ground so surpassingly lovely that it Kerkhoven's Third Existence—Jacobled by Mr. S. G. Stukes is discussing seems an enchanted land."—New York 

Wasserman. 

now "Christ" and "The Church." All 

Times Review. Although Wasserman chose to writestudents are invited to attend these 

this work in novel form, it is far less 
meetings. Gailybird—Sheila Kaye-Smith. a true novel than an analysis of his at¬ 
This historical novel resumes the tale titude toward life. In his charactersThe Music Group, meeting on Sun¬ of the English family of Alard. The he illustrates types or classes of be¬
day afternoons, plans to discuss Wag¬ life of Geruase Alard is a record of an liefs, and the whole is pervaded with 

ner and his works for the next few 

extraordinary character, who is power¬ his convictions on the subject of mysti¬
times. less against the wiles of William Donee, cism and other ideas. 


SOCIAL NEWS 

Barbara Hertwig and Billie Turner 
spent the week-end with Mary Malone 
in Atlanta. 

Jean Kirkpatrick spent the week-end 
with Mrs. Harlee Branch in Atlanta. 

Jane and Sara Frances Estes spent the 
week-end at their home in Gay, Ga. 

Lavinia Scott and Frances Paris 
spent the week-end in Milledgeville, Ga. 

Frances Gary had as her guests last 
week her sisters, Mary and Eugenia, 
and her cousin, May Miller. 

Edith Belser spent Sunday in At¬ 
lanta with her brother. 

Mary Pitner attended a Chi Phi 
dance at Emory Saturday night. 

Fannie B. Harris had as her guest 
during the past week-end Eugenia 
Vaughan from Shorter College. 

Elizabeth McKee spent Saturday 
night with Miriam Bass. 

Anne Taylor had as her guest last 
week-end her sister, Margaret, from the 
University of Alabama. 

Mary Helen Barrett spent Friday 
night with Mildred Bradley at her 
home in Atlanta. 

Myrl Chafin spent the week-end at 
her home in McDonough, Ga. 

Jessie Jeffers spent the week-end 
with Bruce Waters at her home in At¬ 
lanta. 

Martha Peek Brown spent the week¬ 
end with her aunt, Mrs. S. H. Tucker, 
in Atlanta. 

Frances Miller, ex-'36, spent last 
week-end in Augusta. 

Mary Hull had visitors from Au¬ 
gusta last Saturday. 

Frances Espy's brother and sister 
visited her on Saturday. 

Virginia Turner, Martha Ann Rodgers, 
and Carolyn White attended home¬ 
coming at the University of Georgia 
in Athens last week-end. 

Alice Dunbar spent Sunday at Neal's 
Gap with friends. 

Martha Young attended a concert 
given by the Emory orchestra on Sat¬ 
urday afternoon. 

Mary Richardson had as her guests 
last week-end her mother, two broth¬ 
ers, and an aunt. 

Shirley Christian was the dinner, 
guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Wroe on 
Sunday night. 

Among those attending the Ala¬ 
bama-Georgia Tech game Saturday 
were Martha McAfee, Anne Taylor, 
Sara Steele, Virginia Hightower, Vir¬ 
ginia Brown, Martha Alice Green, and 
Sara Beaty Sloan. 

Alice Taylor and Rosa Wilder at¬ 
tended a Pi Delta Epsilon dinner-dance 
Friday night. 

Meriel Bull attended the Delta Tau 
Delta dance at Tech Saturday night. 

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE 
DECATUR, GA. 
A college for women that is widely recog¬ 
nized for its standards of work and for the 
interesting character of its student activities 

For further information, address 

J. R. McCain, President 

THE SHOE 
WITH A 

NU INE

COM

st£ne« our customers say. 
' It's the lowest price

in town for such n 

shoe." 

It's the raytof the countrySo Smart! 
S o Comfort¬ 
able! Yet it's 

• 'nexpensive! 

Black, 
Tans, Browns, Two Tones 

EDWARDS 

rirtOD SHOE-S 

J 
53 Whitehall Street, Corner Alabama 

We Think 

The student budget of Agnes Scott, 
by its support, makes possible the 
smooth running of ten of the most es¬ 
sential organizations on the campus. 
It is not generalization to remark that 
every student on the campus profits 
from one or more of these organiza¬ 
tions in some way at some time. Why, 
then, should not every student assume 
her share of the financial support? 

The budget has come to be some¬ 
thing that one pays or doesn't pay, de¬ 
pending on whether she wants to play 
hockey this year or to retain her posi¬ 
tion as officer of a certain organiza¬ 
tion receiving money from the budget. 
For a large number of students, paying 
the fifteen dollars is absolutely a per¬ 
sonal matter; and it seems never to oc¬ 
cur to them that there is any obliga¬ 
tion connected with paying one's bud¬ 
get. 

Thus, there are a number of students 
on the campus who are really finan¬ 
cially able to pay the budget without 
straining the family pocketbook at all; 
but these either fail to realize or make 
it a point not to realize that others 
are, in a sense, "treating" them, paying 
their way to all the programs and meet¬ 
ings of these organizations, while they 
drink in the benefits and enjoyment. It 
is amazing how shallow are the con¬ 
sciences of people of college age! 

There may be a few cases in which 
the check to the student treasurer 
would involve serious financial strain, 
but these are indeed few. Most stu¬ 

dents who can afford college can af¬ 
ford fifteen dollars more. It is just that 
a use other than that of campus sup¬ 
port and loyalty looks better to some; 
so they buy a dress instead. 

This problem could be solved very 
easily by establishing the budget as a 
regular part of the fees for entering 
college. If it were understood that the 
budget must be paid simultaneously 
with tuition and board, there would 
very probably be no noticeable decrease 
in the enrollment because of this slight 
increase, and, with the one-hundred per 
cent support of the student body, cam¬ 
pus organizations would flourish as 
never before! 

Just 33 More Days til Christmas 
So 
Do Your Christmas Shopping Early and at the 
Most Convenient Place in Town— 

Agnes Scott College Bookstore 

j. C. Tart, Mgr. 

trome akrorii 

Mother wants daughter to be well dressed. 
Father wants daughter to use judgment. 
So, suit mother, suit dad and yourself as 
well. Come to Leon's for College Clothes 
that make you look your best. 

ieoft^rok^irN 

223-27 PEACHTREE 

GIDDY GOSSIP 

Dear Giddy, Hon'rable my love (and 
other expression of effusion): 

The plot thicken. Hon'rable Ethi¬ 
opian in fuel supply assume darker 
shade. Have fallen upon hon'rable ear 
news of late local mystery—in form of 
unknown man (Imagine state of hon'r¬ 
able campus when mere man become 
mystery. Woe are us!) on scene of 
bombardment of knowledge by native 
light and pseudo-light? Unexpected 
appearance in midst of modest maidens 
lead to such fright that hon'rable man 
of watch are call upon scene with all 
necessary artillery to find bird are 
flown, all of which seem discouraging 
to present generation in light of sta¬ 
tistic information on subject of mar¬ 
riage of predecessor. 

Likewise Miss Mac in dilemma are 
search hopelessly among book, note, 
etc., as result of mysterious statement 
of eager Freshman who have recently 
produced startling information con¬ 
cerning value of deep sea mollusk, 
hon'rable Dentalium, better remark¬ 
able as "elephant tusk." Aforemention 
student conceive that such are im¬ 
portant from materialistic viewpoint 
because of scarcity and consequent 
value of ivory. 

Subject of account being faculty, 
Miss Smith, hon'rable the pedagogue 
who indulge in Latin, have been for 
since beginnings of year in process of 
creating hon'rable path among desk 
and door, due to constant attention to 

GENERAL SURVEY 
COMMITTEE REPORTS 

(Continued from page 1, column 1) 
co-ordination, the committee considers 
these seven major steps necessary: 

(1) The organization of a "Council 
on the University Center," composed 
of the chief executive officers of each 
co-operating institution, one represen¬ 
tative of the board of trustees of each, 
and an equal number of representative 
citizens who are not identified with the 
institutions in any capacity. 
(2) Consolidation of smaller classes 
in certain departments at Agnes Scott 
and Emory, and concentration of all 
instruction in engineering at Georgia 
Tech, thus releasing time and energy 
of many faculty members for graduate 
work and research. 
(3) Development of graduate work 
on a co-operative basis leading to the 
Ph.D. degree in the social sciences; in 


transom in favor of local atmosphere. 
Chagrin are complete when discovery 
are made that hon'rable transom are 
devoid of glass. Such, as friend Aris¬ 
totle say, are incongruity of life. 

You no doubt suspect not, as have 
we who know better the habits, the 
hon'rable the Dr. Wright of secret 
tendency toward dramatics. Since days 
of mem'rable Pinafore he longs for op¬ 
portunity which have recently present 
self. Before astonish class, he leap 
across floor declaring self herd of Lap¬ 
land reindeer, transport from Day of 
Pastoral Economy, until he come into 
close contact with east well and ap¬ 
purtenance of shade and ropes, after 
which he give grin more as sheep than 
reindeer. 

As for reading as to which you have 
make inquiry, consult of Hon'rable the 
Miss Shirley Christian, who in philan¬ 
thropic state of mind recently have in¬ 
form all and sundry on vehicle of 
transport to Atlanta, thought that all 
street car conductor with so blank ex¬ 
pression should be acquaint with "latest 
play of Shakespeare." (Shades of Ham¬ 
let shriek at Hon'rable Ancestry). 

As friend professor Davidson are 
habit of saying "One can not eat hon'r¬ 
able cake and have too, unless one eat 
in bed." Likewise "Time and tide ap¬ 
proach while no man wait." So fare¬ 
well, the Hon'rable Giddy. 

Friends of Aggie. 

(Aggie are out of town). 

the biological sciences, especially those 
identified with medicine; and in the 
physical sciences and mathematics, 
which are closely related to engineer¬ 
ing. 

(4) Organization of a school of so¬ 
cial work and expansion of the courses 
in business administration and in the 
fine arts. 
(5) Enlargement of library and lab¬ 
oratory facilities. 
(6) Provision for "an endowment 
running into millions that will make it 
possible for the proposed university 
center to attract and hold outstanding 
scholars in the several fields that are 
desirable to develop." 
(7) Erection of a new library at 
Agnes Scott, an auditorium at Georgia 
Tech, and new buildings amounting 
approximately to $1,000,000 at Emory. 


Dr. Embree believes that the first 
five of these aims could be accom¬ 
plished even on present funds, by elim¬ 
ination of duplication and concentra¬ 
tion by each institution on a smaller 
field. 

At present the board of trustees of 
Agnes Scott and Emory have accepted 
the General Survey Committee's recom¬ 
mendations, and a committee of fac¬ 
ulty members from the two institu¬ 
tions are studying the details of the 
co-ordination. The board of regents 
of the University of Georgia, of which 
Tech is a part, has not yet acted on the 
proposal. 

$22-50 
up 

^.delivM 

STER CHI'S 
116 Whitehall St. 


4 The Agonistic 
PROMINENT ATLANTA 
WRITERS GIVE IMPRES¬ 
SIONS OF EDNA MILLAY 
EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY TO 
LECTURE HERE NOVEMBER 23 
(Continued from page 1, column 5) 
"There is movement there." And he 
-ATHLETIC NEWS {Continued from page 1, column 5) 
people were glad to stand or sit on the 

idly turned the pages back to Song floor. "Miss Millay read with dramatic 
which he read over to himself. "I like interpretation from her poems. . . There 
the image of the jeweled fish," he com¬ RIDING SCHOOL Sports Editorial JUNIORS LOSE is no one who reads poetry more beauti¬ 

fully than Edna St. Vincent Millay."

mented, closing the book. 
"So much poetry today is a series TO HAVE SHOW HEALTH FOR HOTTENTOTS TO FRESHMEN Tickets are to be on sale in Buttrick, 
of brilliant, striking lines which are Almost without exception, it is the Thursday morning from 8 to 11:30, 

not definitely related. Miss Millay's Riding for skill in beginners', inter¬ and Friday from 8 to 3:45. Students

desire of every girl to be as attractive In the closest game of the season,

poetry is not. It has unity, impact of mediate, and advanced classes, jump¬ as possible. Some spend their money are offered tickets at the reduced rates

the freshman hockey team, with a fine

thought, which appeals to people. There ing, and a riding game will be the fea¬ on cosmetics and in beauty parlors try¬ display of team work, defeated the 
of 50 cents for unreserved seats, and 

is no obvious search for imagery. She tures of the horse show to be given by ing to get a well-groomed healthy ap¬ 75 cents for seats in the reserved sec¬ 

the riding classes at the Biltmore Rid¬ team of their sister class by a score of

writes as she would in prose and yet pearance. What really need is to tion. They are requested to buy these

we 1-0. Every minute of play was filled

poetry results. I suppose all great ing School on Thursday afternoon, No¬ get at the foundation of attractiveness tickets in Buttrick before the evening 

poetry is like that," he said. vember 26, at 2:30. Mr. Trammel with excitement and suspense. Often of the lecture.

which is, after all, our own personal

Scott, well-known Atlanta sportsman, the juniors threatened to score but

Mr. Samuel Tupper, Jr., author of health in its perfection.

will judge the events. were prevented by the excellent block¬

Old Ladies Shoes, spoke ardently about One of the first requirements for RECENT ELECTION

Cars will be provided for those who ing and stick work of Robinson, the

Miss Millay over the telephone. "She this physical attractiveness is good pos¬ ENDORSES NRA

wish to attend. After the show, Dr. freshman goal guard. Equally good

is my favorite modern American poet," ture. 

{Continued from page 2, column 3)

and Mrs. A. S. Wheeler, owners of the was the work of Laura Coit and Vir¬

he said, "a real genius. I like the lyrical "Get uplift in your bearing ginia Hightower who have been con¬ ly new endeavors, the new Congress, by

quality of her poetry—the music of it. school, will give a picnic for the girls 

And strength and spring and vim supporting the President, will prob¬

who have been taking riding this sea¬ tinually distinguishing themselves in

She has a wonderful gift of word order, No matter what your worries ably take definite steps toward provid¬

son. their Friday afternoon contests.

too," he added. 

To slouch won't alter them." ing for old and unemployed workers. 

Mr. Tupper attributes the emotional 

Become posture conscious and try to Others of Roosevelt's plans are: to getINTERESTING FEATURES work, would find

appeal of Miss Millay's works to the gain the poise that comes with correct back we ourselves a permanent N. R. A. law passed; to

OF POET'S LIFE

fact that "it is poetry which makes you more pleasant and happy looking. But

posture. let the present tax on gas, bank checks,

(Continued from page 1, column 2) we

feel deeply immediately, while you are Your posture can be excellent neither do want to lose ourselves and other new levies remain, and, in 

reading it." the money for her education at Vassar, whether you in study, for there is nothing more

are underweight or over¬ addition, to levy a tax on incomes; and 

Mr. W. F. Melton, president of the where her auburn hair, sparkling eyes, beneficial than to relax for a short

weight, but nevertheless these are two finally to restore the full salaries to

lilting voice with people

Atlanta Writers' Club and well-known and combined her faults that should be corrected. Eat¬ time each day. These nervous Federal office-holders. 
poet, is another ardent Millay admirer. genius to make her a delightful per¬ ing is the main weapon we have with who never relax certainly are not at¬ 

The concensus of opinion is that

sonality, popular with teachers and tractive.

"I regard her as the leading poet of 

which to fight this fault of incorrect 

Roosevelt will now be able to carry onAmerica today," he began, "not the students. She was not the conven¬ 

weight. Do you eat between meals Health for Hottentots! What could his plans with the support of Congress.

tional college girl and, like many a

best woman poet, but the best of all habitually? If so, take yourself in be finer than to have our student body Thus, by a trial-and-error process, sup¬

genius, paid not too much attention to

of them. The very spice of her poetry hand, and instead of this bad habit eat superior in health? Health is one of ported by good common sense, the

rules.

is variety—variety of theme and of three substantial meals a day. If neces¬ the finest attributes anyone can have, President evolve by

When she graduated from Vassar in will a scheme

treatment." sary cut down on starches and sweets, for it means mental alertness, social which America will be able to attain

1917, she set out for New York with

He left the phone a minute to cut but eat sensibly so you will be animated grace, and physical charm. prosperity once more.

the courage of youth in her soul. Pov¬

down the radio. I was wondering which and attractive.

erty meant nothing. She lived in lodg¬poem he would name as his favorite. 

Many of the Hottentots have physi¬

ing houses on Twelfth street in Green¬

He was back with, "You know, I like health need check on

cal but to up

wich Village, supporting herself at firstparticularly well the last of Renas¬ 

their mental health. It seems to be

by writing short stories under various

cence: 

easy to get behind in our lessons and

pseudonyms. She also joined the Prov-And he whose soul is flat—the sky 

then worry to the nth degree. Worry

incetown Players, but they paid little

Will cave in on him by and by" is only a substitution for action. If

and often carefree genius fed on breadJanef Newman Preston, winner of 

we would do something about that

and tea or bread and coffee. Duringthe Savannah poetry prize, awarded by 
these years she experimented in newthe Georgia Poetry Society in 1932, 

aged business man and captured the

forms, and her themes became even

spoke of Edna St. Vincent Millay as 

prize! And she married him on

more daringly and unconventionally

"and idealist, an ardent young person Wednesday deliberately!

candid. "A Few Figs from Thistles" s. & w.

who has suffered much and who has 

Miss Millay continued her success

appeared in 1920—the embodiment ofnot yet arrived at a satisfying philoso


with the publishing of the greatest

the irresponsible mood in.more or less

phy" " American Opera, "The King's Hench¬

mythical Greenwich Village, whose ex¬Miss Preston sees in her poetry a 

man." In 1931 "Fatal Interview" ap¬

pression of the swing and joy she Cafeteria

steady change from youthful idealism 

peared. That it was a success was un¬

caught as in:

to a somewhat sad cynicism. She finds 

questioned. Genevieve Taggard in the

"My candle burns at both ends;

in the sonnets a Shakespearean strength New York Herald Tribune said, "The

It will not last the night.

of expression rarely found in any other 

anatomy of love written by a woman 189 Peachtree

But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends

modern poet. from a woman's point of view. Im¬

It gives a lovely light!"

We went over to the bookcase and, 

mortality is here defined, served, and

After the appearance of these poeticpulling out one of the little volumes, achieved."

dramas and "Second April," Miss

she turned to her most loved poem. I 

Millay had almost reached the height

saw that it was Dirge Without Music. 

of success. She traveled, too, and the"The great universality of her poetry 
Paris Montparnassee district remembers

makes it so widely liked," commented Try Our

her oft-repeated sentiment, "Life canMiss Preston, and then we were off on 
be exciting and free and intense!" DidElinor Wylie. 

"free" connote a determination never SANDWICHESEdna St. Vincent Millay's talent, 
to wed? She said so and clung to herwith its diverting mixture of solemnity 
resolution against marrying. Her youth We Make Them Rightand levity has won the enthusiasm, not 
was crowded with companions, friends,only of Atlanta's outstanding writers, 

lovers—she went through college, LAWRENCE'S

but of her thousands of readers as well It's Sweeping The

earned her own living, traveled, gavewho have come to know the "New 

PHARMACY

readings, knew poverty and compara¬

England nun, a chorus girl on a holi¬ Country! What?

tive ease, in 1933 won the Pulitzer

day, a Botticelli Venus." Phones De. 0762-0763

Prize for the "Harp Weaver and Other 
Poems," and then along came a middle

a. 55\ 

i 
STARNES FOOD PRODUCE 

LABELLE SHOP 
155 Sycamore St., 
Offers a

Decatur 

Pre-Tlianksgiving Sale 

LaBelle's First Storewide Sale 
on All New 

Ofcourse . . . 
and now for the 
FIRST TIME, 
Dresses & Coats it's only 

Almost Unusual Opportunity to Save 
on New Fall Merchandise 
You've seen them, and you've 
I ROMANCE | Coats and Suits been admiring them. Now Sty-

Dresses 

leaders give you these expensive

1 Exquisite = Fur trimmed or plain 

I Silk Hosiery j $3.85 to $12.95 tailored Sport Coats and looking "barky" leather copies in 
"Shagbark" for the grand price

Suits

i Style No. 43—Famous for ! 

of $2.99. Wear brown or black

Formerly

i Sheemess, Clearness, | 

$9.95 to $24.95 . . . but by all means choosei Beauty and Durability ! 

$6.95 to $19.95 "Shagbark."

Formerly 
$1 Pair to $35.00 

Sweaters and Skirts,

3 Pairs $2.85 My Style Hosiery 
Blouses, Underwear, Runless Chiffons 

Peachtree ■CuAare.!.ShoD 
etc. 'f 

79c

\ Hosiery Shoppe j 

(SexzutifuZSfoj&esL

Specially /j (gfl $1.00

j 12 Peachtree St., N. E. | 

^^2 PF

\ Between 5 Points and Entrance i Priced ( $1.25 2 PEACHTREE ST. 

: of Arcade : 

173 PEACHTREE 


Book Week 
Issue

<P)£ ^Vgonisfic 

VOL. XX 

ANNUAL EXHIBIT 

PRESENTS BOOKS 

OF INTEREST 

The annual book and art exhibit of 
Agnes Scott College is being held this 
year, during the week of Nov. 26, 
through Dec. 2, in the Y. W. C. A. 
Cabinet Room and the small parlor, 
room 3 5, of Main Building. These ex¬ 
hibits are open each morning from 

10:30 to 12:30, each afternoon from 

1:30 to 6:00 and each evening from 
7:00 to 10:00. Book week has been 
planned and executed by Miss Louise 
McKinney and Miss Janef Preston with 
the assistance of Miss Ellen Leyburn, 
Miss Page Ackerman, and Miss Blanche 
Miller. Miss Louise Lewis has or¬ 
ganized and arranged the art exhibit. 

The most interesting exhibition, ac¬ 
cording to Miss Preston, is that of the 
rare books lent by the library of Geor¬ 
gia Tech, the most important of which 
are two incunabula, an old Bible 
with colored drawings printed in 1488, 
and Pope Gregory's Commentary on 
the Bible, in 1473. There are also a 
first edition of Tristram Shandy with 
Sterne's autograph, a second edition of 
Gulliver's Travels, Literary Relics with 
the inscription, James Boswell, London 
1789, on the fly leaf, Cervantes' Don 
Quixote with Dore illustrations, a first 
American edition of Byron's English 
Bards and Scotch Reviewers 1811, a 
second edition of Augustus Baldwin 
Longstreet's Georgia Scenes, and a 
number of little parchment bound vol¬ 
umes from the famous Elsevir press. 
Among the old books Mrs. Elijah 
Brown has lent a three hundred and 
twenty-seven year old Breeches Bible, 
so called from the fact that Genesis III 
verse VII reads ,"Then the eyes of them 
both were opened, and they knew that 
they were naked, and they sewed fig 
tree leaves together, and made them¬ 
selves breeches." 

There is also a table of children's 
books lent by the Boys' and Girls' De¬ 
partment of Miller's Book Store. These 
include Edna St. Vincent Millay's 
Poems Selected for Young People, in 
which are her children's poems which 
she recently read in her lecture here, 
and many illustrated editions of such 
old favorites as Cinderella, Joan of 
Arc, Pied Piper of Hamelin, and Dick¬ 
ens' Christmas Carols. 

A collection of fiction and biography 
and other non-fiction is represented 
from Davison-Paxon's book shop. 
Among some of the new fiction are 
Stark Young's So Red the Rose, Carl 
Carmen's Stars Fell on Alabama, Mik¬ 
hail Sholokhov's And Quiet Flows the 
Don, Josephine Johnson's Now in No¬ 
vember, James Hilton's Good-bye, Mr. 
Chips, and Samuel Rogers' Dusk at the 
Grove, the Atlantic $10,000 prize 
novel of 1934. There are also on the 
fiction table representative titles from 
the inexpensive Modern Library Edition 

('Continued on page 5, column 5) 

Next Lecture 

Is Announced 

Dr. Charles C. Harrold of Macon, 

Ga., will be presented as the next fea¬ 

ture of the 1934-35 Lecture Ticket, 

according to Dr. S. M. Christian, pub¬ 

licity chairman of the Committee on 

Public Lectures. The subject of his 

lecture will be Georgia Archaeology. 

Dr. Harrold is well-known in medi¬ 
cal circles for his work in experimental 
medicine; he is associated with the 
Steiner Cancer Clinic in Atlanta. He 
is best known, perhaps, to the general 
public as president of the Georgia So¬ 
ciety of Archaelogy. Through his re¬ 
search work in excavating mounds built 
by the Indians, he takes the history of 
Georgia back about four hundred 
years; his work is done in cooperation 
with the Smithsonian Institute. 

The exact date for this lecture has 

not yet been set, Dr. Christian said, 

but it will probably be during the 

month of February. 

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1934 

Sophomores Have 

New Privileges 

The Administrative Committee of 
Agnes Scott College has granted the 
first two of the three privileges request¬ 
ed by the sophomores at the November 
Open Forum. These are that sopho¬ 
mores be allowed three dates a week, 
with the restriction that they have 
only one during the week, the other 
two on the week-end. The committee, 
in granting the first privilege, empha¬ 
sized the fact that there must be a def¬ 
inite, specified destination. Secondly, 
they mav ride to and from their desti¬ 
nation with men in the afternoon unchaperoned; 
the destination, again, 
must be definitely stated. 

The third privilege requested, that of 

J. HIRSCHFIELD D. W. SCHOLES 

sophomores being allowed to walk to UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON SCHOOL 
Decatur, to the drug store, or movie LONDON OF ECONOMICS 
until 11 o'clock with a date, was re¬ 
fused on the grounds that there would 

Edna Millay Speaks Club Council

be too little distinction between juniors 
and sophomores and therefore between 

To Large Audience Makes Changes

upperclassmen and lowerclassmen. 
The petition was passed upon first 

Scott The Council of Presidents, including

by the Executive Council and was then The Agnes Lecture Associa¬ 
submitted to the Administrative Com¬ tion presented Edna St. Vincent Millay presidents of all campus organizations, 
in a lecture-reading of her own poems

mittee, composed of five of the admin¬ met Thursday, November 22, from 5 

on Friday, November 23, in the gym¬

istrative officers, Dr. J. R. McCain, to 6 o'clock to discuss the revision of

nasium. Associate Professor Emma

Miss Nanette Hopkins, Mr. S. G. 

schedules of clubs and the problem of

May Laney, chairman of the Lecture

Stukes, Dr. Mary F. Sweet, and Miss 

Association, introduced the poet. making language-club try-outs more

Carrie Scandrett; the officers of the 
Student Government Association, Al¬ Miss Millay read a number of poems equal. 
berta Palmour, president; Mary Green, from her early works, including her The new schedule of clubs, includ¬ 
vice-president; Frances James, secre¬ well-known "Portrait by a Neighbor" 

ing changes in five club meetings, is to 
tary; and Adelaide Stevens, treasurer; and "To the Not Impossible Him," be posted on the bulletin boards inand one senior representative, Mary from A Few Figs from Thistles, and 

Main and Buttrick.

Jane Evans. the "Ballad of the Harp Weaver" from 

the book of the same name which won Language-club try-outs are to be 

the Pulitzer prize for the best book put on a par in the following ways:
ALUMNAE PLAN of poetry in the year that it was pub¬ 1. Tryouts to be held on the same 

lished. She also read "The Going of date.

FOR WEEK-END Summer," "Spring and Fall," "La¬ 

2. Announcements of try-outs andment," "Departure," "Betrothal," not 

always saying which of her books each requirements to be posted at least a

Attractive plans for the fourth pro¬ 
was from. "In the first place, it is of week before try-outs occur. 

gram of adult education to be given at no importance whatever, and in the 3. The board of judges to be

Agnes Scott have been announced by com¬ 

second place, I have forgotten, my¬ 

prised of student officers and faculty

Clara (Whips) Dunn, '16, chairman self," was her explanation. 

advisors.

of the Curriculum Committee. The Later in the evening she read from 
4. Try-outs to consist of an

Alumnae Week-End will this year co¬ her new book, Wine From These ex¬ 

tract from a play or a magazine article,

Grapes, "Conscientious Objector" and

incide with Founder's Day, and it is and a social conversation.

the last sonnet from the sequence "Epi¬

hoped to be a well-attended home-com¬ 
taph for the Race of Man" were among 5. Try-outs to be judged on fluencying time for all alumnae. 

these selections. She closed with three and pronunciation. 

The program will follow two gen¬ short poems about children, entitled New business taken up included the 
eral lines of thought. In one group will "From a Very Little Sphinx," but was principle of selection of activities, 
be lectures under the title of the fourth persuaded to return for several encores. which will be worked out more fully 
annual New York Herald-Tribune Evidences of Miss Millay's person¬ later. 

ality delighted the audience as well as There will be another meeting of theWomen's Conference on Current Prob¬ 
did her poems. It sympathized with Council after Christmas to discuss thelems, "Our Changing Standards." The her when she wished the microphone success of the work done and other ap¬

second group of lectures will be con¬ on the stage removed; it clapped a proaches to the problem.
ducted more informally under the title, negative answer when she asked "Are 
"Motherhood a Profession for the Col¬ you too hot or too cold, and if you 

Dr. McCain Is

are, is there anything that I can do

lege Woman." 

about it?", and no one responded to

The first mentioned group of lec¬ her invitation, before one of her long¬ Rotary Speaker 
tures are scheduled as follows: 

er poems, "If you want to go out, this 

Friday, February 22: is your chance.' ' President J. R. McCain was the 
speaker on the Thanksgiving program

10 A. M.—'What Is Expected of the At the end of her program Miss 

of the Atlanta Rotary Club at their

Present Day College Woman—Dr. Millay read one of her best loved regular weekly luncheon meeting on

Emma May Laney of Agnes Scott. poems, one which expresses her own 

Tuesday, November 27. Dr. McCain's

personality. It closes with these lines:

10:40 A. M.—Changing Standards in speech included the history of Thanks¬ 

Present Day Governments — Dr. My heart is warm with the friends 1 

giving and some reasons for thanks¬ 
Philip Davidson of Agnes Scott. make giving at this time. 
M.—Current And better friends I'll not be know¬

11:20 A. Thinking The observing of holidays and holi¬ 
Among the Economists—Dr. Mercer ing; day seasons with special programs is 

Evans of Emory University. But there isn't a train I wouldn't take 

a custom of the Rotary Club; it is 
Saturday, February 23: No matter tvhere it is going. their practice to have one of their 
10A. M. ■—Changing Standards in members give a talk on Thanksgiving

Philosophy—Dr. Leroy Loemker of WESLEYAN DEBATE for the celebration of this particular

Emory University. 

holiday.

IS POSTPONED

10:40 A. M.—Practice of Medicine in 
the Future—Dr. Roy Kracke of 

FRESHMEN CONDUCT

Emory University. The Agnes Scott-Wesleyan College 

11:20 A. M.—Our Changing Stand¬ debate, which had been set for Decem¬ Y. W. C. A. VESPERS 
ards in Literature — Dr. George ber 14, has been postponed until Feb¬ 

The freshman Y. W. C. A. cabinetHayes of Agnes Scott. ruary, Marian Calhoun, president of 
was in charge of the candlelight vesper{Continued on page 4, column 1) Pi Alpha Phi, debating society, re¬ 

service on Sunday night. The speakervealed this week. The date which Wes


leyan had submitted to Agnes Scott was Hibernia Hassell; the subject of

FRESHMEN ELECT 

her talk was Thanksgiving. Gene Cald


conflicted with the British debate on 

CLASS OFFICERS well sang a solo, "Prayer of Thanks¬

December 7; December 14 was not sat¬ 

giving." made

isfactory to the Wesleyan debaters. The choir, which was 

up of a double quartet, presented musicOn Friday morning the Freshmen The subject of debate: Resolved, 
in keeping with the season.

That Hitler's domestic problems have

held elections for their class officers. 

benefited Germany, will remain un¬ It has become traditional for theMartha Long was elected president; 

changed. Nellie Margaret Gilroy and Freshman Cabinet to conduct vespersElizabeth Blackshear, vice-president; 

Isabel McCain will uphold the affirma¬ on the Sunday night before Thanks¬ 
and Mary Past was elected secretary-tive for Agnes Scott. There will be giving. Those taking part are mem¬ 

treasurer. no decision. bers of the freshman class. 

no. 7 

A. S. €. WILL MEET 

LONDON TEAM 

IN DEBATE 

On Friday, December 7, at 8 o'clock 
in the Bucher Scott gymnasium, Agnes 
Scott College will meet the University 
of London in a debate on the question, 
Resolved: That the abandonment of 
the isolationist policies is essential to 
the return of prosperity. David W. 
Scholes and J. Hirschfield, representing 
the National Union of Students of 
England, will uphold the affirmative 
for the University of London. Marian 
Calhoun and Edith Merlin will speak 
for Agnes Scott; Brooks Spivey has 
been named as alternate. There will be 
no decision. 

According to advance information 
received by Sarah Catherine Wood, sec¬ 
retary of Pi Alpha Phi, debating so¬ 
ciety, Mr. Scholes and Mr. Hirschfield 
will arrive on the afternoon of the de¬ 
bate; they will stop at the Candler 
Hotel in Decatur. The entertainment 
of the British debaters will be in charge 
of Pi Alpha Phi, Marian Calhoun, pres¬ 
ident, said. Plans have been made to 
hold a reception for the debaters in the 
Day Students' Room in Main Building 
after the debate. 

Ass't Prof. Cilley 

Publishes Book 

Miss Melissa Annis Cilley, assistant 
professor of Spanish at Agnes Scott, 
has recently published a book on the 
Spanish theatre, entitled El Teatro Espanol. 
The book was published in 
Madrid in the late spring and offered 
for sale in book shops there during the 
summer. Its sales have been most en¬ 
couraging and its reviews favorable . 

Setting forth the purpose of the 
volume in the preface. Miss Cilley 
writes, This book has been written for 
the purpose of presenting to the stu¬ 
dents of Spanish literature, in a con¬ 
crete, useful form, an outline or gen¬ 
eral plan of the development of the 
Spanish play from its very first be¬ 
ginnings to the twentieth century." 
There are five main divisions of the 
book covering the periods from the 
twelfth century on; the Golden Age 
of Spanish drama, comprising the six¬ 
teenth and seventeenth centuries, is 
subdivided into those periods which* 
are dominated by Lope de Vega and 
Calderon de la Barca. Since the Golden 
Age is the most important in the his¬ 
tory of the Spanish stage, Miss Cilley 
includes dramatists of second and third 
rank as well as those of primary im¬ 
portance. 

Although the material was not gath¬ 
ered into book form until 1932, Miss 
Cilley has used the bare outline as a 
base of study in her classes on Spanish 
drama both here at Agnes Scott and 
at the University of Wisconsin. The 
published work ,which is the only one 
of its kind dealing with the theatre, is 
put together in concise "American" 
style with a few notes of explanation 
of the style and influence of the great¬ 
er dramatists of Spain. 

Professors Juan Hurtado and X 
Ortega Gassett, of the University of 
Madrid, are using the book in connec¬ 
tion with their courses; they commend 
Miss Cilley on the completeness of the 
bibliography and the conciseness and 
clearness with which she presents her 
material. Dr. Leavitt E. Sturgis, who 
is professor of Spanish in that field, 
says that El Teatro Espanol is a "useful 
handbook for students of Spanish 
drama." 

The book is being used in the Uni¬ 
versity of Wisconsin now, according 
to Professor Antonio Solalinde, of the 
department of Spanish and Portuguese. 
Miss Cilley, also, is using it in her 
courses on the Spanish theatre here at 
Agnes Scott. 


<&i)e Agonistic French Cabinet 

Alumnae Authors Book List 

Subscription price, $1.25 per year in advance. Single copies, 5c. Begins New Work 

Roberta Winter, '27, has written a Fiction 
Owned and published by the students of Agnes Scott College. delightful three-act comedy, Bridal The Golden Spike, by Floyd Dell.

: By Elizabeth Rodrigue 

Chorus, which will be published bv New York: Farrar & Rinehart. $2.50.

Entered as Second Class Matter. i Premier Doumergue has failed. On T „ .

LonSmans February Hill, by Victoria Lincoln.

i November 8, several ministers had re-< > Green and Company in the j

STAFF New York: Farrar & Rinehart. $2.50.

j signed, and this meant that the whole1 sPr'nS-^ 's w°ven around people and 

Nell Pattillo So

Mary Boggs Eva Constantine ! cabinet had to resign. The President of incidents connected with a southern Red the Rose, by Stark Young. 

Manager $2.5 0.

Editor-in-Chief Make-Up Business the Republic then offered the direction wedding. The play is particularly well Scribner. "An absorbing and 

Lulu Ames Mildred Clark Alice Chamlee beautiful work." — Alexander \Vooll


| of the new cabinet to Mr. Laval form-] adapted to high school, college andAssistant Editor Assistant Make-up Adcertising Manager " foreign minister. He refused. Mr.; r„i > , cott. 

Mary Jane Tigert 

His The Servant, Margaret2nd Assistant Assistant Make-Up Circulation the new cabinet was difficult. Hehadhad ,,,, ,, „ Irwin. New York: E. P." Dutton 

Frances Gary Elizabeth Thrasher : Flandin accepted. task in forming ' httle theatre §rouP Production. Proud by 

Marsa (Bland) Sewell s ( 20)

Rosalyn Crispin Margaret Robins Kathryn Bowen ; to face Mr. Tardieu's refusal. (Mr., „ . . . Co. $2.50. 
& 
Feature Editor Current History Business Assistant | Tardieu preferred to go into retirement' P""10" Sp'Hers will be published by When Yellow Leaves, bv Ethel Boil-
Nell Allison Elizabeth Perrin Helen Ramsey | wiht Mr. Doumergue, with whom he j ^ 3lt:er PL Baker, Publisher, of Boston, eau. New York: E .P. Dutton & Co. 
Book Notes Exchange Editor Business Assistant was closely associated.) Then, as! Massachusetts. This is a simple play $2.50. 

Lucille Cairns

Mary M. Stowe Laura Steele Marshal Petain had refused the Minis-j about little children, and very true to The Magic Mirror, by Elsie Sing-

Exchange Editor

Society Editor Business Assistant try of War because of his age, the new -i.-f-„ r , , master. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co 

S ^^ eX

Ruth FIertzka Kitty Printup Augusta King Premier asked Gal Maurin, who had! ' " '0 ' ~ $2.50. 

own

Alumnae Editor Sports Editor Club Editor gained great reputation during the war i Penences wn:" rier young daugh-Drama 
and in political circles. ter' Edith. Three Plays: Prisoners of War, 1918. 
The Dutch Merchant, by Lion Feuch-

Fransois Pietri is the new Minister

BOOKS AND READING 

of the Navy. He is well known as Rather Personal is the interesting wanger. The Viking Press. $2.75. 
By Dr. Emma Mae Laney of the workings of the immigrant Minister of Colonies and of the Air. title of a book of poems by Leonora Never Say Good-Bye, bv George 
(Reprinted by Request) laborers' mind from Hunky, a novel Laval is Foreign Minister, a post that (Owsley) Herman, Institute. The Hetherington. New York: Play-Novel 

Publishers. $2.50. A play novel.

A casual glance at the publishers' he has already occupied successfully

whose author I do not even remember, publishing has been handled through 

S'.v Soviet Plays.

lists of this fall reveals emphatically though not so brilliantly as the late Compiled by Eu¬ 

than I learned from ten weeks contact The Stephen Daye Press of Brattleboro, gene Lyons. Boston: Houghton Mifflin

the fact that the depression has not put Minister Barthou.

with immigrant working girls the sum¬ Vt. "A contributor to such varied Co. $1.50. 

an end to book making. However, This cabinet is well composed of 

mer I taught them in the Bryn Mawr The Best Plays of 1933-34. Edited

Henry Seidel Canby in a recent number members of moderate parties from the periodicals as The Ladies Home Journal, 
by Burns Mantle. New York: Dodd,

of the Saturday Review of Literature Summer School for Industrial Workers. right to the radical-socialists. Flaudin The Literary Digest, the poetry jour¬
Likewise, those of us who have grown himself is a Conservateur. Mead & Co. $3.

stated that Americans have ceased to nals, The New York American and The

up with Negroes can understand them Poetry:

be a book reading people. The obvious Flandin comes into action at the 
truth that the increase of books in this more completely from the picture of right moment. He is one of the young¬ 
Neu York Sun, among many other Poetry 
Dubose Heyward's Porgy or Julia American and British general mag¬ Eleven New Cantos (XXXI to

century has not been accompanied by est Premiers, being only forty-five 

an increase of readers-—that the auto¬ Peterkin's Scarlet Sister Mary than years old. He is a Parisian, six feet six azines and metropolitan newspapers, XLIj, by Ezra Pound. New York: 
mobile, the radio, the moving picture, through our actual experience. must have versatility and wide appeal," Farrar and Rinehart. $1.50.

inches tall, and is a skilled and enthusi¬ 

is the tribute of a recent circular ad¬ Not Mine to Finish, Poems 1928the 
speed of contemporary life have les¬ Such knowledge is good, but books astic aviator and golf player. He is an 

vertising her poetry. 1934, by Genevieve Taggard. New

sened the opportunity for reading— can answer a higher need for man. authority on financial affairs; his York: Harper and Bros. $2.

makes it not unfitting that we ask They have for those who love them a knowledge of English is very fair; and 

Wine From These Grapes, by Edna

whether there is something in books strengthening and tonic power. Latent he has played an important part in the Morning Star by Marian (McCamy) 
St. Vincent Millay. New York: Harperthe loss of which would leave life the in their beauty are ideas that fortify negotiations with England and Amer¬ Sims, '20, is of peculiar interest to 

and Brothers. $2.

poorer. and arm the spirit. ica. Agnes Scotters, describing as it does the 

Biography—Autobiography

The answer seems to me to lie in the In the first place, they help us to see After his nomination the tension in college days of the heroine, Emily, at 

Lost Paradise — A Boyhood on a 

nature of books and the durable satis¬ life steadily and see it whole. Each of the Bourse and exchange market re¬ Ardmore College, easily recognizable as Maine Coast Farm, by Robert P. Tris¬
factions that they can bring to life. us lives in a welter of impression. Life laxed. If he consolidates his majority Agnes Scott. The pages of this, "one tram Coffin. New York: The Mac-
I mean by books, in this connection, comes to us in cross sections of each successfully the franc will be out of of the most fascinating romances of millan Co. $2.50.

literature of power: those novels, plays, day's happenings and colored by the danger. Flandin has the confidence of the year, are full of the sacred tra¬ Oliver Cromivcll, by John Buchan.

and poems in which have been express¬ moment's necessities, prejudices, or the financial leaders. His program is to ditions and rituals of Agnes Scott. 45 8 pp. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 
ed in terms of beauty the dreams and preferences. Literature by its very na¬ Restore the freedom of trade, that is, to Marian has had short stories published Co. $4.50. 
fancies, the hopes and fears of man¬ ture as an art, makes a selection of these suppress government price-fixings, to in The Home Magazine, Colliers, Mc-

Experiment in Autobiography, by H.

kind. It is the reading of such books elements, brings form out of chaos, and prohibit monopolies, and to reduce Call's Magazine, The Pictorial Review, G. Wells. New York: The Macmillan 
that Keats describes as traveling in presents us with pictures which we can taxes. His is a firm exponent of main¬ and The Saturday Evening Post. One Co. $4. 
realms of gold. It is of such books see as a whole. Although we cannot taining the present parity of the franc. which has appeared in the Post will The Story of My Life, by Marie,
that Carlyle said, "The true University understand our own disappointments He wants business to run profitable on appear in an anthology of Farrar and 

Queen of Roumania. New York: 

in these days is a Collection of Books." and tragedies, we can see why King free competitive lines. He is against Rinehart next spring. 

Charles Scribner's Sons. $4.

And it is of such books that Carl Sand¬ Lear had to suffer for the moment of protectionism, which keeps up the highburg said, "Education consists largely impetuosity and passion at Cordelia's cost of living and prevents a reduction 
in the finding of one's own master¬ refusal to express in words her love for of wages and production costs that he BOISSEVAIN MAKES COMMENT 
pieces." Such books have the power to him. We cannot understand the trag¬ wants to bring about. He is likely to 
seize the permanent and the universal edy of the man across the street, but be more active than his predecessor and ON LIFE OF EDNA MILLA Y 
in human experience and to present it we can see why Becky Sharp, in Vanity to be more attentive to the activities 

"No, poets can't sit at home in their 

so as to stir the emotions and imagina¬ Fair, became the victim of the un¬ of others. He is less concerned with re¬ "She is terribly excited to know 

own rooms, always isolated; they must

tions of men. scrupulous selfishness with which she vision of the Constitution than with what her audiences will demand," stat¬

know what's going on in the world. 

I want to speak this afternoon then had sacrificed others to her ambitions. improvements in trade and business. ed Mr. Bossevain, (after various in¬

That s the way Miss Millay feels about 

of three of the durable satisfactions to I believe that the popularity of such 

Flandin has already begun his pro¬ it, said Mr. Eugen Boissevain, the terruptions by an insistent bellboy who 
be found in literature. novels as Thornton Wilder's Bridge of gram of improvements by creating laws Vincent Millay,

husband of Edna St. made him feel that the Biltmore HotelIn the first place, it furnishes a San Luis Rey and Charles Morgan's for the centralization of radio programs in answer to a query concerning Miss was sister "to the Grand Central Sta¬means of escape from the fever and The Fountain lies in the implication in and for the creation of a committee Millay's lecture tours. He settled down, Recently has

fret of daily life. The way is the way both of them that there is a pattern of the radio to supervise the choice of cigarette in hand, for a leisurely inter¬ 
tion.") more applause 

of the imagination and the vehicle any running through the seeming accident the radio programs and activities. view which, he said laughingly, was come to "Apostrophe to Man" and 
story with compelling power to absorb of this life. 

As for the foreign affairs he is con¬ somewhat a relief after a terrible day "Conscientious Objector" from Wine 
the reader in its background, events, Again literature fortifies the spirit tinuing Barthou's ideas. Let us hope of working on bills and delving From These Grapes than to any others;
and characters to the exclusion of the by the feeling it gives of the continuity that he will be the democratic leader through a mountainous correspondence. Miss Millay was asked to read themHere and Now. Such was the power of of human exjaerience. I know no better of the future that we need in the pres¬ 

Yes," he said, "she always likes to on an international broadcast in cele¬

the fairy tale over most of us in child¬ example of this power than one that 

ent crisis. know what effect her poetry has on

hood. Such was the charm of the ro¬ was pointed out to me at the time of different types of audiences." 
bration of Armistice Day, and she is

And to 

mance for the medieval. Herein lies the Lindbergh kidnapping. When all; deeply grateful that her stern appeal

this end they set forth together about

the reason why the story of Tristram's the world was realizing that Lind¬ Y. VV. C. A. Activities every two years on a sort of pilgrim¬ for peace finds such a quick and wide¬ 

love for Iseult as told by E. A. Robin¬ bergh's tragedy had resulted from his age all over the country, getting a spread response in the audiences. 

son a few years ago found readers as fame, I was reminded of a parallel in The Social Service group, with the skimming glance of the varied land¬ To question about Miss Millay'seager as were the listeners to the first Euripides' play, The Trojan Women, Industrial group of the Emory Y. M. 

scapes and touching for a moment the opinion of trends in contemporary poe¬troubadour who sang of it in the Mid¬ written six hundred years before C. A., recently visited the Salvation pulse of the sundry cultures which try and of various American poets, Mr.

dle Ages. Scott and Stevenson, The Christ. In the drama, the siege of Troy Army, the slum sections, and the city 

America presents. This year they have Boissevain would make no reply. "I

Ancient Mariner and The Lady of Shal-has failed, and the Trojan women, jail of Atlanta, and heard talks on visited about twenty-five places in¬ can't answer questions for Miss Milolt, 
do this for us. The recent popular¬ pawns in the game of war, are waiting "Housing Conditions" and "City cluding Brooklyn, Hartford, Cam-Iny, he said, "though I probably know

ity of mystery and detective stories is to be divided among the Greek victors.! Health Department." The idea of this bridge, Yale, Detroit, Chicago, Fort better than anyone else what shedue to their power to transport their Hector's mother and wife are discus-j tour was not only to see the existing Worth, New Orleans and Decatur. thinks. But even your best friend

readers away from present problems. sing the future of Hector's child when , conditions, but also to learn the funda-Through visits to friends, chance ac¬ can t really talk for you. can only

I 

Escape is necessary, but it is not a messenger arrives. In his face is evil: mental causes of the conditions. A sim


quaintances on trains and in hotels, and talk about her." So we turned to Miss 
enough, and books can do more for news and they are prepared for his \ ilar tour is planned for the near future, particularly through the intimate con¬ Millay herself . "She loves music in¬ 

their devotees. They can satisfy man's words that the Greeks, not daring to! ybe Social Service group also visits tact which she makes with her audi-tensely and has a better car for it than 

desire to know more of the world in let the son of so valiant a father live, I 

the Scottish Rite hospital every Wed-! ences Miss Millay feels that she wins anyone I've ever known," he said. Bach 
which he lives, can widen his horizons have ordered the child's death. Andro¬ nesday and has planned a Thanksgiv-a very real knowledge of people whom and Beethoven are her favorites amongand lift him out of his provincialisms. mache turns to her child, saying, "Go, [ ing program for the Old Ladies' Home, j she sees so fleetingly. the masters, and though she hasn't had 

Most of us realize that we know our my best beloved. . . . Thy father was 

The Mission Interest group met last, "She's always terribly scared just anything published yet, she has been 

own world only by knowing other too valiant; that is why they slay thee. 

Sunday evening and elected Laura Coit before her readings," said Mr .Bosse-composing at various times, chieflyworlds, and are glad to have books tear . . . On thy head his good is turned to 
, ■ , , , , as their leader for the year's work.. vain, "but as soon as she's on the stage music for her own poems, among them 

away the walls of the prison house evil Lines written the day of the -ri„ i . u • • • j- i> ri i „ . " 

r ■ 
ji i| u l Ihey Plan to begin interesting discus-, she s perfectly at home. But she can t several sonnets from The Lamp and the 

made by time and space. When we read LintlbergnIbergh kidnapping could mnot better sl0ns•andi • • ,. , ;, , i , ■ 
Bell, which Mr. Boissevain considers

ii j , i i -ru. • projects-immediately •.j beari u those■ 
microphone• r, He

the Iliad and the Odyssey, the ring¬ have expressed that tragedy. And so a ■ 
i u • j • things. 
particularly lovely. "And she loves

, ,l ij-•i ii i ■ 1he industrial committee has invited laughed in reminiscence of her ti t

ing plains of and Greece whether when torn bv divided loyalties,; • a -■ 
i ■ 
\ c ai l lla n tennis," said, to

Troy the loyalti he turning lighter

' '! industrial girls from Atlanta to be at with the Agnes Scott amplifier and 
of Hector's day become more real than we remember Hamlet; or when stirred the college for dinner on Saturday, then sympathized with her position: things, "and swims better than I do. 
the domestic problems of our next door by April's freshness, we remember December 1. After dinner Agnes Scott "It's really ridiculous to read poetry She fishes, sails, and digs around in her 

neighbor. In Stark Young's So Red the Chaucer's nine and twenty pilgrims on! 

girls will show them the campus and to a machine, isn't it? And she doesn't garden a great deal. She knows a lot

their way to Canterbury, we come

Rose, the spacious homes, the fragrant meet with them for discussion. need it. There's some vibrant quality about flowers." And the bellboy en-

through literature to see that in a trans¬ 1

gardens, the gracious yet perplexed The World Fellowship group spons-in her voice that carries it straight to tered again

ient world, it is the accessories that

ways of our Civil War ancestors live 

, , • • c oreda discussion on Tuesday afternoon, the last listener." In Michigan she The time was up. Mr. Boissevain

again. ige spirit rerr vr i r » i ■ 
--v wr j i- r r

change while the spint of man remains i i 

, —, , • i r-, i November 27, at 5 o clock in Y. W. read to an audience of four thousand. shook hands cordially, saying, "Well,

the 1heretore, with Deor in the i• -ru ..wr j a j • i i i• i i

Not only do books triumph over , , -. . , . cabinet room. The topic, War and And in the silence which her poetry I'm afraid it hasn't been much of an

rst ng o xon ync, we now t at peace" was ]e(:j by g Eleazer demands, every word was audible and

time, but as we read, the barriers of interview for you, but we've had a 
race prejudice vanish. I learned more (Continued on page 6, column 1) of the Interracial Commission. living. nice talk." 


The Agonisti 

FINAL VOLUME 

YOUNG WRITER

« 

» 

ON CARLYLE BOOK WEEK 

PUBLISHES NOVEL 

COMPLETED 

Carlyle in Old Age, David Wilson 
and David MacArthur, reprinted from 
Scribner's. 

This is the sixth and final volume of 
Wilson's Life of Carlyle. The first vol¬ 
ume appeared in 1923. Between the 
appearance of the fifth and sixth vol¬ 
umes, Judge Wilson died, and the last 
volume was written by his nephew, Mr. 
MacArthur. 

Let it be said at once that this is the 
best biography that has appeared dur¬ 
ing the twentieth century. So far as I 
know, it is the most complete biog¬ 
raphy of any literary man since Boswell's 
Life of Johnson, It will not be¬ 
come a classic like that book for three 
reasons: Boswell himself was a writer 
of genuis; Johnson, although not so 
great a writer as Carlyle, was more in¬ 
teresting as a personality; and in Boswell's 
Life everything unfavorable to 
Johnson's character and ability is given 
clearly, whereas Wilson's Life of Car¬ 
lyle is unflecked by any touch of de¬ 
preciation. Of the four men, Johnson, 
Boswell, Carlyle, and Wilson, three 
were Scots; and the flavor is evident. . . 

Apart from Carlyle's genius, the 
thing that impresses me most in this 
last volume is his magnificent health. I 
say this after due consideration, for I 
know how he roared out his bodily ills 
to the whole world—dyspepsia, insom¬ 
nia, and other diseases. But here was a 
man who at the age of seventy-nine 
went swimming daily in the ocean off 
Scotland without being aware that he 
was doing anything unusual. He rode 
horseback long after he was eighty. He 
never stopped smoking, but had all the 
tobacco he wanted every day. He had 

{Continued on page 6, column 1) 

QUESTIONNAIRE 

1. Name the oldest song of the Northener 
which has been preserved in 
English literature. 
2. lame Sr Thomas More's celebrated 
work. 
3. Who was the greatest prose writer 
of the Elizabethan Age? 
4. Mention five of Milton's early 
poems. 
5. Who was Abelard? What did he 
write? 
6. In what fields are Descartes and 
Bossuet noted? 
7. For what lyric is Rouget de Lisle 
famous? 
8. Mention two of the oldest poems 
in German literature. 
9. What is the greatest drama in the 
German language? 
10. What two poems are the founda¬ 
tion of Greek literature? To what 
class of poetry do they belong? 
11. What are Hesiod's two representa¬ 
tive poems? 
12. Mention the founders of three 
schools of Greek philosophy? 
13. Name the first Greek historian. 
14. Name the outstanding Greek trag¬ 
edy writers. 
15. What book of the Bible is older 
than the books of Moses? 
16. Name the historic books of the 
Bible; the poetic books; the books 
of wisdom. 
17. What is the apocalypse? 
18. Divide the books of the New Test¬ 
ament into classes. 
19. Describe the Talmud. 
20. Name the religious work of Mo¬ 
hammed. 


THE DAINTIES OF BOOKS 

By Margaret Bland Sewell 

"He hath never fed on the dainties 
that are bred in a book; he hath not eat 
paper, as it were; he hath not drunk 
ink." 

We have always had a particular 
feeling of pity for the poor Anthony 
Dulls of life who go about their busi¬ 
ness of constable-ing in an "undressed, 
unpolished, uneducated, unpruned, un¬ 
trained, or, rather, unlettered, or 
ratherest unconfirmed fashion" with 
no appetite for ink and paper, with no 
relish in their "unlettered, small-know¬ 
ing souls" for the dainties of books. 
For, to our minds, most of the jolliest 
experiences, most of the deepest emo¬ 
tions that come the way of men come 
to those who read. And we have a 
feeling, almost akin to reverence, for 
those composites of ink and paper 
that are called books. We like to re¬ 
member Prometheus, bound to his rock, 
punished but unashamed because he had 
given to men, the greatest of gifts— 
that of "numbering, chief among cun¬ 
ning arts" and that of "the putting of 
letters together," Prometheus, suffering 
but unrepenting because he had given 
to "creatures of a day the privilege of 
gods." 

But even as we pity the Anthony 
Dulls who take no advantage of this 
privilege of gods, at the same time we 
can not help but scoff a little at those 
who so use that they misuse this privil¬ 
ege—the Sir Nathaniels and the Holoferneses 
who wait for no Rosalind to 
bid them, "Ay, marry now, unmuzzle 
thy wisdom" but who parade their 
smattering of bookish knowledge and 
make their phrases strut like some 

{Continued on page 6, column 1) 

BOOK REVIEWS BY EXCHANGE STUDENTS 

The Works of Grimm. 

One of the best known writers of 

the Germany of today is, I suppose, 

Hans Grimm. When Hans Grimm as 

as very young man left his home in 

the Weser mountains of Niedersach


sen, and went to foreign countries, he 

learned in England, and in South Af¬ 

rica where he lived as a merchant and 

a farmer, the hard destiny of a Ger¬ 

man, to whom the overfilled home-

country gives no longer any home. As 

he did not belong to that type of men 

who lose in foreign countries their pe


cularity of race, he found in the sand 

of the African earth the way to the 

heart and the destiny of his own Ger¬ 

man people. 

"Sudafrikanische Novellen" and 

"Der Gang durch den Sand" are his 

first short novels. Northern people 

are fighting for the new land on the 

rough soil of Africa which shall be¬ 

come their second home after unspeak¬ 

able pains and hard work. The poor 

prairie districts determine the life of 

whole generations; dearth of water and 

bad harvests, wars and insurrections 

destroy again and again all work done. 

In spite of this, a simple farmer-peo¬ 

ple gains its life on this soil. Germans, 

English and Boers live a life of secret 

heroism, ending sometimes in a martyr's 

death. 

Grimm's strong epic force is to be 

found in the "Olewagensaga," where 

he shows the destiny of an African 

family of German race, connected to 

the fate of Africa itself. Progress and 

splendor vanish during the battles in 

the Transvaal and the Southwest, and 

are changed into distress and sorrow, 

until the anguished cry of the last 

Olewagen sounds over the grass of the 

African steppe. 

Later on, he returned to his home 
country at the Weser, and now, during 
the deepest distress of his nation he 
created the first German novel after 
the war, the book that tells of the 
destiny of the "Volk ohne Raum"! 
All he won in Africa, all he recognized 
in the battles at the front and in the 
misery after the war—all that finds 
expression in this book which shows 
in strongest severity and passion the 
German destiny before, during, and 
after the war. In the life and the 
development of Cornelius Friebott 
he depicts the real causes of the desper¬ 
ate fight for existence of both gener¬ 
ations, the younger and the elder. 

France la Doulce, by Paul Morand. 
The philosophic spectator from Scarron 
to Anatole France has always liked 
a novel about the theatre, a "roman 
comiquc. France la Doidce is the story 
of the production of a film, a laughing 
castigation of artists, stars, and of the 
needy, uprooted foreign adventurers 
who have played so sad a part in more 
than one scandal. None of them has 
an interest beyond his own profit in 
the country which he invades and dev¬ 
astates. 
A young Breton, of noble family, 
having run through two fortunes in 
Paris before his thirty-sixth birthday, 
determines tq^regain them, particularly 
since he must find some support for his 
two motherless children. Assured that 
fortunes are made in a month or two 
in the movies, he conceives the bright 
idea to represent in a film the story of 
the Chanson de RolancC the national 
epic. With a million francs put into 
the speculation from the sale of his 
last two farms, he is immediately sur¬ 
rounded by parasites, and a motor ac¬ 
cident "disposes of him." The motley 
crew of adventurers conducts the film 
through all sorts of hazardous experi¬ 
ments, until it wins, at the end, a tri¬ 
umphant "first night," under the 
patronage of the president of the Re¬ 
public. 
All this is excellent fooling. The 
canvas is embroidered with pure fun, 
sage reflections, pearls of wit. Even 
the title is doubly humorous, reminis¬ 
cent of the old epic and suggestive of 
the ridiculous foreign representation of 

it. The book also is a very deep satire 
of the modern movie-fad and the mak¬ 
ing of a film. 

—Elizabeth Rodrigue. 

Grimm wants to awaken his people, to 
give them a picture of the German 
being and to show them ways to a 
better future. This declares, I sup¬ 
pose, the position of Grimm today. All 
that which Hans Grimm hoped, 
wanted, and demanded in the years of 
downfall—the community of the peo¬ 
ple in blood and soil, the knowledge 

of the strong connection of the in¬ 
dividual with the fate of the nation— 
all that has become a living reality in 
the new Germany. 

—Liselotte Roennecke. 

Argentina te llamas, (Your Name is 
Argentina), by Eduardo Acevedo Diaz. 

Acevedo Diaz is an Argentine think¬ 
er who gives by means of this book a 
true description of the Argentine na¬ 
tion. He is a keen observer of the 
world around him and has succeeded 
in describing it through a plot full of 
interest to the reader. He does not try' 
to make his book attractive by disguis 
ing facts with pleasing colours but 
paints life as it is, with moderate real¬ 
ism. 

His novel deals with the present of 
the nation, not with its past. Much has 
been said about tradition but the au¬ 
thor of this book does not proclaim a 
nationalism based on the past. He pro¬ 
claims a new nation which is the result 
of the fusion of people from many 
countries. The new Argentina is being 
formed now by the work and sacrifices 
of its children. 

Acevedo Diaz is a sociologist, and he 
is inspired by patriotism. He has a 
purpose, and he is an artist in expres¬ 
sing his convictions. He describes the 
Argentine nation as a result of rural 
life, in which the immigrant's struggle 
with nature is completed by city life. 
Two kinds of people are evident: those 
who struggle to build a distinct na¬ 
tionality, and those who strive to de¬ 
stroy it, reaching out for a Utopia 
which does not admit the idea of pa¬ 
triotism. 

This book describes the growing ef¬ 
forts of the new generations which 
come from humble homes and work a 
way to a higher level. There is a gen¬ 
eral exodus of the ambitious from the 
country into the great cities, with the 
resulting disappointments and longings 
to return again to the quiet life back 
in the midst of nature. And many 
of those who have set out to rise in 
the world of culture and refinement do 
not succeed in dispelling their own 
ignorance in their burning desire to 
surpass themselves. This is what the 
characters in this book seek for, and 
in their ambition to reach success they 
live in a constant worry and anxiety, 
without knowing any peace; they dis¬ 
trust their fellowmen and are ignorant 
of all idea of friendship and loyalty. 

But Acevedo Diaz is optimistic; he 
believes that from this struggle will re¬ 
sult a new nation, more powerful and 
ever progressing. 

—Lilian Grimson. 

*••• 

''VtV < 

EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY 

Wine From These Grapes—Edna St. 

Vincent Millay. 

This new book of Miss Millay's is in¬ 

deed the choicest wine of her poetry, 

and her many admirers welcome the 

volume the more warmly because it 

comes to break a silence of three years. 

It is not entirely the same poetess 
that speaks in Wine From These Grapes. 
Not that these new lyrics lack any¬ 
thing of the former matchless beauty— 
her pen is as sure as ever. But a new 
note has crept into the spirit of the 
poetry, a marked note of graveness, 
deepening often into passionate sadness. 
The very first poem is a desolate com¬ 
plaint of the child, Man, who is de¬ 
serted by his mother Earth : 

"Earth docs not understand her child, 
Who from the loud gregarious town-
Returns, depleted and defiled, 
To the still woods to fling him down." 

And in Desolation Dreamed Of, the cry 
is 

"Gladly, gladly, ivould I be far from 
you for a long time, 
0 noise and stench of man!" 

It is striking, too, how often her muse 
dwells on Death and the shattered love 
that follows: 

"I lie among my tears and rust, 

And all because a mortal brain 

That loved to think is clogged with 

dzist, 

And will not think again." 

As a climax comes the colossal wail for 
the decline and death of all human 
kind—The Epitaph for the Race of 
Man, with which the book closes. In 
eighteen sonnets there is presented a 
panoramic view of Man's changeful 
ages and the futility of them all, end¬ 
ing as they have and shall in Death. 

"Before this cooling planet shall be 
cold. 
Earth will have come upon a stiller 
day , 
Man and his engines be no longer 
here. . .. 
High on his naked rock the moun¬ 
tain sheep 
Will stand alone against the final 
sky." 

There is throughout, however, des¬ 
pite the prevailing note of sadness, a 
definite vein of courage and resigna¬ 
tion. From a Train Window portrays 
a brighter world,— 

"As if, after all, the earth might knotv 
what it is about." 

and in defiance of Death, once the 
author says, 

"I shall die, but that is all 1 shall do 
for Death; 
1 am not on his pay-roll!" 

All in all, Wine From These Grapes 
is a collection to grow richer with read¬ 
ing,—indeed the wine of Edna St. Vin¬ 
cent Millay's poetry. 

—Nell Allison. 

OF DISTINCTION 

j Now in November, Josephine John¬ 

son. Reprinted from Scribner's. 
| Miss Johnston's novel presents a 
world in which loveliness and econ¬ 
omics are indissoluble. Marget Haldmarne, 
going about the Haldmarne 
farm, knows that the color, shape, hid¬ 
den life she sees, can be taken away 
from her by a petty, legal scribble. The 
retention of a beauty that pierces and 
heals depends on a mortgage. 

Now in November has the neatness 

of Jane Austen, but it is grim in a 

fashion the English lady found no 

reason for being. The Haldmarne fam¬ 

ily are placed plumply and completely 

on earth made up simultaneously of 

bills to pay, a possible God, borrowed 

mules, hunger, and emotions as inde¬ 

scribable as any coy and elusive planet. 

Arnold Haldmarne spends his life in 

that omnipresent human occupation of 

worrying; he feverishly tries to make 

his farm something else besides a mort¬ 

gage-saddled affair. His hard work and 

worry are unavailing. So are his wife's 

faith and uncomplainingness. Mean¬ 

while, three Haldmarne daughters are 

growing. Kerrin is insanely moody. 

Merle is a natural enemy of the 

thoughts that twist one inside. Marget 

observes a Negro farmer who loses 

everything; the leaves; owls, herself. 

And she sees herself in love with Grant 

Koven, helping her father on the farm. 

But Grant is hopelessly given to Merle, 

who, in her turn, sees him just as en¬ 

tertaining. Both earth and people seem 

askew. . . . 

Indeed, the center of the novel is a 

beautiful and sane hopelessness that 

doesn't enervate you. Miss Johnson is 

gloomy in a style of probing exquisite


ness. Her novel doesn't bulge, as most 

rural fiction has a way of doing. Her 

sentences are like the complicated, 

rhythmical taps of a delicate hammer; 

and sometimes these taps beat out a 

music and meaning that unquestion¬ 

ably kindle and lighten. 

In general, an awareness of econ¬ 
omics—Now in November can be call¬ 
ed a proletarian novel without straining 
words—made one with an awareness of 
eternal colors, changes, and sounds, 
make the novel unusually meaningful 
for 1934. What is more, later years, in 
all their harshness, may wish to re¬ 
member it. 

—Eli Siegel. 

Author Evolves 

New Enigma 

By Branch Cabell 
Ladies and Gentlemen. Robert M. 
McBridge & Co. $2.50. 

In Ladies and Gentlemen, the land 
of Poictesme, created in Cabell's earlier 
works where witches are as likely to 
exist with as much reality as human 
beings, and where ancient history be¬ 
comes alarmingly contaminated with 
modern adventures, is destroyed or al¬ 
most destroyed. This Branch Cabell 
is cold and hard. In his most recent 
work he includes twenty letters, with 
a prologue and an epilogue or two, to 
the dead who have had, through some 
misunderstanding, trouble in lying 
quietly contented in their graves, new 
historians awkwardly raising questions 
as to their actions every equinox or 
three. The one to Edgar Allan Poe is 
surprising, even from Branch Cabell. 
The fourth letter, to Egeria, the fond 
huntress, is more in the typical Cabellian 
style in expression than any of 
the others, with, of course, the excep¬ 
tion of the Prologue which is a dis¬ 
cussion of the decline of letters with 
all of the old ornate style, yet with 
that alarmingly unsympathetic out¬ 
look on the younger literary air-plants. 

Mr. Cabell has had the unfortunate 
experience of dividing when his read¬ 
ers were becoming more numerous. It 
is possible that he is the new Mr. Jonson, 
writing not for today but for an¬ 
other time. However, from the col¬ 
legiate viewpoint, it will be, without 
a doubt, that this writer will only be 
remembered by his two given names 
and not the other one. Nevertheless, 
Mr. Cabell is not a writer resting his 
reputation with the collegians. He 
once had an idea and developed it quite 
symmetrically.—Judson Strickland. 


ALUMNAE GIVE 

FACULTY TEA 

The Atlanta and Decatur Agnes 
Scott Clubs entertained at tea on Tues¬ 
day afternoon, November the twent¬ 
ieth, in the Anna Young Alumnae 
House in honor of the faculty of 
Agnes Scott. Over a hundred guests 
called between four and five o'clock. 

The hostesses from the Atlanta Club 
for the tea were: Cora (Morton) Durrett, 
'24; Lelia (Joiner) Cooper, '27; 
Margaret (McDow) MacDougall, '24; 
Margaret (Bland) Sewell, '20; Isabelle 
(Leonard) Spearman, ex-'29; Beth 
(Flake) Cole, '23; Florine (Brown) 
Arnold, ex-'11; Mary (Mann) Boon, 
'24; Nancy Simpson, '30; Rebecca 
(Bivings) Rogers, '24; Mary Ben 
(Wright) Erwin, '25; Ida (Brittain) 
Milner, ex-'21; Marion (Hull) Morris, 
'22; Louise (Felker) Mizell, '19; Belle 
Cooper, '18; Alice (Whipple) Lyons, 

22; Annie (Johnson) Sylvester, '2 5; 
Robina (Gallacher) Hume, ex-'M. 

The hostesses from the Decatur Club 
were: Emma Pope (Moss) Dieckmann, 
'13; Julia Pratt (Smith) Slack, ex-T2; 
Frances (Gilliland) Stukes, '24; Maryellen 
(Harvey) Newton, '16; Gladys 
(McDaniel) Hastings, ex-'21; Dessie 
(Kuhlke) Ansley, ex-'26; Caroline 
(McKinney) Hill, '27. 

Receiving at the door were Patricia 
Collins, '28, and Emma Pope (Moss) 
Dieckmann, '13. In the receiving line 
were Frances (Craighead) Dwyer, '28, 
president of the Alumnae Association, 
Susan (Shadburn) Watkins, '26, presi¬ 
dent of the Decatur Club; Sarah Belle 

(Brodnax) Hansell, '23, president of 
the Atlanta Club, and Miss Nannette 
Hopkins. Presiding at the tea table 
were Louise (Brown) Hastings, '23, 
and Julia Pratt (Smith) Slack, ex-T2. 

A color scheme of purple and white 
was effectively carried out in the liv¬ 
ing room and in the dining room. 
Autumn leaves and bronze chrysanthe¬ 
mums made a colorful arrangement in 
the tea room. 

This occasion brought together the 
local alumnae and faculty as suggest¬ 
ed by Susan (Young) Eagan, Insti¬ 
tute, last year. It took the place of the 
annual birthday party in honor of Anna 
Young, '10, for whom the Alumnae 
House is named. Mrs. Eagan and Mrs. 
Paul Brown (Bessie Young, Institute) 
were among the guests of the after-

Alumnae to Have 

Swimming Hour 

Attention is called to the weekly 
swimming hour arranged for the bene¬ 
fit of local and visiting alumnae. Each 
Tuesday night the pool is opened for 
alumnae and is guarded by Dorothy 
Cassel, '34, and Mary Ames, '34. Come 
early and bring your cap. 

ALUMNAE PLAN FOR WEEK-END 

(Continned from page 1, column 2) 

The second group will be led by Miss 
Martha McAlpine of the University of 
Georgia, who has been Georgia State 
Chairman of Parental Education. Her 

subject will be "Scientific Require¬ 
ments for Successful Motherhood." A 
test questionnaire, "How Do I Rate as 
a Mother?" will be conducted by Allie 
(Candler) Guy, '13. 
Attractive features of the week-end 
will be the radio Founder's Day broad¬ 
cast over WSB on Friday night, fol¬ 
lowed by a banquet of local alumnae 
and their husbands and friends, a 
luncheon in the Tea Room on Saturday 
for alumnae, and a play day for the 
children of alumnae on Saturday morn¬ 
ing from 10:30 to 12:30, followed by 
a luncheon for them. 
Those who have helped the Curricu¬ 
lum Committee formulate these plans 
are: Dr. J. R. McCain, Miss Catherine 
Torrance, Miss Florence Smith, Ellen 
Douglas I.eyburn, '27, Dorothy Hutton, 
'29, Frances (Craighead) Dwyer, 
'28, Fannie G. (Mayson) Donaldson, 
'12, Allie (Candler) Guy, '13, Juanita 
(VC'vlie) Caldwell, ex-'08, Alice Glenn, 
'29, Llewellyn Wilburn, '19. 

WE SEE BY THE PAPERS 

Louise Hollingsworth, '3 2, was Rachel Paxon, '29, has been recog¬ 
named as one of the three leaders in nized by having poems appear in a 
the young artists' organizations in recent anthology, "Contemporary 

Georgia and as among the outstanding American Lyricists." This is edited bv 
young musicians of the state. This Michael Anthony Panelle, publisher of 
tribute accompanied a picture of Artcraft Books, San Francisco, Cali¬ 
Louise in the November 18 issue of fornia. Noting this, the Florida Times 
the Atlanta Journal. The Journal fur¬ Union states: "It is a matter of civic 
ther states: "Miss Louise Hollingsworth pride that three poems from the pen 
of Fayetteviile spent the past summer of Miss Paxon are included in this 
organizing the first Young Artists' volume. The poems are 'Foreknowl-
Club in Georgia. She reports that edge,' a pleasingly simple portrayal of 
while there are not many young ar¬ a nature lover's discovery of God; 'A 
tists in the vicinity of Fayetteviile, that Husband Prays,' a poem-prayer direct 
the enthusiasm of each and every one and appealing from the depths of a 
of these makes up for their limited husband's and father's heart; and 
numbers. Miss Hollingsworth studied Tables Turned,' a vigorous English 
piano with Alfredo Barili before and sonnet depicting a vandal's willing, yet 
during her stay at Agnes Scott Col¬ wondering, submission to his intended 
lege in Decatur. She graduated from victim s will. Miss Paxon has had 
Agnes Scott in 1932 and has for the poems published in 'Sonnet Sequences,' 
past few years been an artist-pupil of 'The Aurora,' The Christian Observer,' 
Hugh Hodgson. She is now a student the Columbus, Ohio 'Dispatch.' The 

at the Atlanta Conservatory of Music, Florida Educational Journal,' and 'The 
studying theoretical subjects, with Mortar Board Quarterly.' It will beGeorge Lindner and continuing her 
remembered that her sonnet 'Old Age,'

work in piano with Mr. Hodgson." 
a skillful portrait of the author's pa¬ 
Janef Newman Preston, '21, assis¬ ternal grandmother, was included in 
tant professor of English at Agnes the anthology of 'Selected Magazine

Scott, was honor guest at a recent 

Verse for 193 1.' " 

dinner given by the Atlanta Writers' 
MISS NANNETTE HOPKINS, Dean Club. The whole program was de¬ 
To the one person of the staff of Agnes Scott who is voted to her. We quote a local paper: Dr. Norman Sydney Buck, husband 
known by every alumna, do we, the alumnae, lovingly dedi¬ 

"Miss Preston is widely known as an of Polly (Stone) Buck, '24, and former 
cate this page of alumnae achievement, in appreciation of 
author and has received national recog¬ Alumnae Secretary of Agnes Scott, hasher untiring interest in us as students and alumnae. 

nition. Her works have been pub¬ recently edited a book entitled, "Sur¬ 
lished in the Reviewer, Poet Lore, Wo¬ vey of Contemporary Economics," 
ATLANTA GROUP 1934 TO ENJOY man's Press, the Archive Anthology, published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. 
Kaleidograph, Year Book of the Poetry Dr. Buck is chairman of the di¬ 
HAVE DINNER REUNION SUPPER Society of Georgia, Year Book of the vision of economics at Yale University. 
Poetry Society of South Carolina, the To quote the New York Times of No¬ 
The Business Girls' Group of the A cordial greeting is extended to the Agnes Scott Alumnae Quarterly and vember 12, 1934: "The materials of 
Atlanta Club met at the Piedmont class of '34 who are on the campus this other periodicals. At the dinner given this book were selected, edited and ar¬ 
Hotel on Wednesday night, November by the Writers' Club she read 'De¬ ranged with the purpose of presenting,

week-end for their first informal re¬

21, for dinner. Those present were: serted House on Bayou Lafourche,' a as comprehensively as possible within

union. Many are expected to attend

Lucile Daley, ex-T5, president; Sarah group of poems about the Louisiana the limits of one thick book, the back¬ 
Slaughter, '26; Elizabeth McEntire, the buffet supper arranged for six-low country, which won the 1932 Sa¬ ground of earlier conditions and a fac¬ 
'28, Jura Taffar, '32; Eunice Ball, '28; thirty Saturday night in the tea room vannah prize of the Poetry Society of tual survey and critical appraisal of the 
Elsie Davis, '28, treasurer; Lillian of the Alumnae House. Boosters for Georgia for the best poem on the major economic events in the United 
Clements, '27; Jennie (Hall) Lemon, southern low country with local color States in the period from January,

the occasion have been Isabel Low¬ 

ex-'23, secretary; Marjorie Tindall, '34; and of universal appeal, 'And Now 1933, to July, 1934. This is the first of 

rance, class secretary, and Kathryn

Aloe Risse Barron, '34; Virginia Fisher, Good Tomorrow,' and 'Mountain a projected annual series of books on 

Maness, Chairman of the '34 Thanks¬

'34; Marie Baker, '30; Dorothy Hut-Storm,' both of which won honorable economic events. Dr. Buck declares 

giving supper.

ton, 29; Clyde Passmore, '25. mention for the Georgia prize. She that in times of rapid and far-reach¬ 
This club, organized in January of The girls have been scattered afar also read 'Now Do I Praise Old Singers ing changes in the organization of our 
1930, meets monthly. It has been since graduation, with no less than 2 8 of the Sea,' which was published re¬ economic and political life, such as we 

changes address for are

customary in the past to meet alternate of reported the cently in Bozart and reprinted in the living through today, a contemp¬ 

88 members. And the diversity of their Atlanta Journal. She also presented a orary record of the changes, with co¬months at Rich's tea room and at the 
occupations is commented upon else¬ ballad 'Therese of Terrebonne,' a lyric, eval judgment of trends, and of gains

Frances Virginia Tea Room. A new 
program is to meet alternate months where. 'Painted Panel for Feliciana's Chamber,' and losses, is of vital importance to 
for lunch and the other months for The supper will be served buffet and a group of sonnets." every student of economics and gov¬ 

dinner, catering to a larger group in style in the dining room of the Alum¬ ernment. 'And a record contemporary 
this way. nae House, and the occasion will be Adelaide Nelson, '09, has been visit¬ with the events,' he continues, 'must 
most informal. ing her brother, Mr. George Nelson have a flavor of the events themselves,

The club has grown from a mere If you have not yet 

made your reservation, '34, do so now of Atlanta. Recent Journal write-ups which is rarely recaptured in later ac¬handful of members to a list of sixty 
through Dorothy Hutton, Alumnae state: "Miss Adelaide Nelson, former counts. Such a record .comprehensive,

active ones today. The group hopes 
Secretary. Atlanta Girl Scout leader, who estab¬ authoritative and unbiased, is best offer¬this year to make material contribu¬ 
lished the first and only Girl Scout ed in the news columns and the specialtions to the day student rooms main¬ 

IN MEMORIAM troop in France, has reached Atlanta articles of The New York Times, Cur¬

tained on the campus. 

after three years' absence . She went to rent History, and The Analyst, pub¬ 
France at the request of Canon Gibbs, lished by the New York Times Com¬Friends of Mary (Kelly) Coleman, 

"Alumnae Sons of the American Church of the Holy pany.' In the selection of critical art¬

graduate of Agnes Scott in 1915, will 

Trinity in Paris, to found the troop. icles Dr. Buck has sought to present

regret to learn of her death on Thurs¬ 

And Brothers" Miss Nelson rqceived commendation comment on both sides of controversial

day, November 15. Mrs. Coleman has 

from the American colony in France questions, leaving it to the reader tomade her home in Barnesville, Ga., for 

When a girl marries, it is news. a number of years, where her husband for her excellent work in establishing form his own conclusions." 
When an Agnes Scott girl marries, that is prominently connected in the insur¬ the troop, and has received loving cups 
Miss Mary Catherine Williamson,

is Agnes Scott news. And these events ance business. Mrs. Coleman was a loyal from the American girls in Paris who 

we report with all alacrity. But when member of the Alumnae Association compose the troop roster. Miss Nelson Agnes Scott, '3 1, has been awarded 
the sons of alumnae marry the sisters for many years. Relatives among Agnes is an aunt of Miss Mary Lamar Knight a scholarship in voice offered by the 

(Agnes Scott, '22), who lives in Paris Madrigal Society of New York. To¬

of alumnae who in turn are alumnae Scotters are Gladys (Lee) Kelly, '11; 
themselves, these events deserve a spe¬ Effie Ola Kelly, '3 8, and Dorothy Lee and is well-known as an American gether with several hundred applicants 
cial report. Two such reports can be Kelly, '3 8. newspaper correspondent in that city." Miss Williamson sang in a competitive 

audition before a committee of the so¬

made now: 
Willa Beckham, '3 3, will be married Of the recent appearance of Frances ciety; she was one of the six whose 

on Thanksgiving morning, November (Gilliland) Stukes, '24, in a program voices gave sufficient promise to war¬ 
An Invitation Is Extended rant the award. Miss Williamson has

29, to Mr. Robert Stuart Lowrance, of the Atlanta Music Culb, Miss Ma-

Jr., son of Grace (Hollis) Lowrance, For Membership in the belle S. Wall, well-known Journal begun her lessons with Marguerite Pot¬ 
Institute, and brother of Isabel Low¬ critic, writes: "In Frances Stukes' art ter, one of the outstanding teachers of

ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION 

rance, '34. song group by Schubert, Schumann, voice in New York.

For the 1931-1935 Session 

On Friday, November 23, Grace Brahms, Rubinstein and Wagner, the Mary Catherine had charge of the 
Woodward, '32, was married to Mr. beautiful quality of her contralto voice, radio programs for Agnes Scott for 
William Crenshaw Palmour, brother of the taste, musicianship—even artistry 1932-1933 and part of the session 
Alberta Palmour, '3 5, and son of Mary 
:-4< —of her expressive singing afforded 1933-1934. She did splendid work in 

(Crenshaw) Palmour, Institute. t much pleasure." this connection, acting as announcer

4••

THE ANNA YOUNG 4* and procuring good publicity. During 
Visitors at the Alumnae House this *
* Miriam Dean, ex-'20, and Hattie the winter of 1933-1934 she was sec-

ALUMNAE HOUSE 

session have been the following: Chopin May (Finney) Glenn, ex-T9, have j retary to Dr. Roy MacMillan of At¬ 

Hudson, '31; Mary Hudmon, '32; been appearing recently in programs lanta. Recently she has moved to New

Extends a Cordial 

over WSB. Miriam is now living in York City, where she is secretary to

Hazel Hood, '29; Ida Lee (Hill) Irvin, 

Invitation 

Opelika, but has been paid the com¬ i the vice-president of the American'06; Molly Childrcss, '31; Elizabeth 

Woolfolk. '31; Martha North Watson, pliment by this Atlanta radio station I World Traders. She has been singing

to Mothers of 

'31; Miriam Dean, ex-'20; Cora Rich¬ of being given half-hour periods on ! in the St. Bartholomew's choir. Her 
Agnes Scotters to

ardson, '24; Margaret Keith, '28; Anne Sundays appear in programs. residence address in New York is Mil


(McCollum) Fleming,'28; Edith (Mc-Miriam's lovely voice gives promise of bank fiouse, 11 West 10th Street.

Rate $1.00 Per Night

Granahan) Smitht, '29; Gladys (Lee) a good future in radio work, and Hat-Mary Catherine is the niece of Pro


4*

No Extra Charge for Students tie May, as her accompanist, displays | fessor Catherine Torrance, of the GreekKelly, '11; Lois Eve, '19; Sidney (Mor¬ 4* 
department of Agnes Scott.

ton) Montgomery, ax-'24. 4--n*++++F4-4-4*
4* a fine technique. 


SOCIAL NEWS 

Sally Hooten, ex-'3 5, spent last Martha Foster spent Wednesday 
Wednesday night with Jane Cassels and night with Mary Helen Barrett. 
Trellis Carmichael. 

Virginia Brown spent the week-end 
Ola and Dorothy Kelly spent the with her aunt, Miss Virginia Hill. 
week-end in Monticello, Ga. 

Elizabeth Watts spent Sunday night 

Kitty Jones had as her guest for the with her aunt and uncle, Dr. and Mrs. 
week-end Bernice Roberts who is a R. H. Carmichael, at Columbia Sem¬ 
student at Bessie Tift College. inary. 

Florence Lasseter spent Sunday in Ruth Tate spent the week-end with 
Warm Springs, Ga. her aunt, Mrs. E. M. Malcolm, in At¬ 
lanta. 
Billie Turner had as her guests for 
Ellen Little attended the wedding of

the week-end at her home in LaGrange, 
her cousin, Miss Mary Broughton, in

Ga., Rosa Wilder, Nancy Moorer, 
Atlanta, Thursday afternoon.

Elizabeth Perrin, Mary Pitner, Eleanor 
Lemmon, Lueile Barnett, Julia Thing, 
Nell Hemphill spent the week-end

Alice Taylor, and Rose Northcross. 
with Lufred Brooks at her home in De-
Isabel Richardson spent the week¬ 
end at her home in Washington, Ga. 

Helen Johnson and Nancy Cooper

Rachel Kennedy had as her guest 

were the guests of Ann Worthy John¬

Sunday Susan McKellar of Greenwood, 
South Carolina. son last week-end. 

Don't Neglect Your Eyesight 

A thorough eye examination by a competent oculist (Eye 

Physician) is the first step in securing correct glasses. 
When the prescripton for glasses is given it should be 
filled by a skilled Optician. 

Ask your Oculist (Eye Physician) about our reliability 
and dependable service. 

WALTER BALLARD OPTICAL CO. 
Dispensing OpticiansTHREE STORES 
105 Peachtree St. Medical Arts Bldg. Doctors' Building

ClockSign 382 PeachtreeSt. 480 Peachtree St. 

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE 

DECATUR, GA. 

A college for women that is widely recog¬ 

nized for its standards of work and for the 

interesting character of its student activities 

For further information, address 

J. R. McCain, President 

Dress up your face, 

as well as your figure. 

Your first attraction is found 
in a charming smile, a lovely 
complexion and in the perfect 
harmonization of your make¬ 
up and your gown. To add 
zest to the spirited affairs of 
the holiday season, to make 
you a perfect picture, consult 
Mrs. Page Rees on just what 
make-up to wear with each 
gown. 

P. S. While in the store ask to see 

Elizabeth Arden's new Party Bag. 

TOILETRIES—STREET FLOOR 

Consultation Room—Second Floor 

R606r\stei i\s 
=peAcn-TBee.stows 

Our Aesthetic Souls " 

CLUBS 

Over the twelve hundred who at¬ 

Pi Alpha Phi 

tended Miss Millay's lecture last Fri¬ The last meeting of Pi Alpha Phi 
day night there hung an appreciative 

was held on Thursday, November 22. 

silence in some cases while poetic souls The subject for debate was, "Resolved: 

imbibed at the fountain head of in¬ That the Saar territory should be re¬ 
spiration, heard the wheels of genius united to Germany." Those debating

creak, and rendered homage at an an¬ were Frances Balkcom and Dorothycient shrine. Among those of less 

Lee, affirmative, and Frances James 
elevated sentiment there circulated an and Flelen Handte, negative. 
atmosphere calculated to bring sudden 
French Club

and instantaneous cessation of activity 
French Club wishes to announce that

if not death and destruction to Apollo 
Christmas carol practice will begin

and the Muses. 

soon. Those wishing to take part will 
While the aforementioned imbibaplease 
sign up on the bulletin board 
tion was in the process of occurring, in Miss Alexander's classroom. 

an innocent seeker after sweetness and 
light was practically overcome to hear: 

Blackfriars

Some misguided soul indulging in a 
Miss Florence E. Wall of New York,series of effusions based upon a con¬ noted author and lecturer, was theception that the "distinguished-look¬ 
featured speaker of the Blackfriars'

ing man in formal attire' 'who was 

meeting held Tuesday night, Novemberrather managing things (more fa20. 
She spoke on the "Chemistry ofmiliarlv known as Dr. McCain) was 
Cosmetics."

"Mr. Millay." 
That one of the ticket salesmen 
main there placed without feeling

(Ph.D., Phi Beta Kappa, and related 
need for offering his place to every

commodities) was tipped thirty cents. 

"Genteel Female" who approached.

Miss Millay described in terms 
ranging between Paderewski and Count Patriotic students expressing con 
Dracula, with a few Barrymores and cern in various shades of vehemence 
Hepburns interspersed (Saints preserve and terms of state of endowment and 
the spirit of poesy.) possible paucity thereof, and heaving 
A retrogressor to the far-famed, but sighs of relief when the microphone 

now usually conceived of vanished descended gently rather than precipit¬ 
days of southern chivalry and gentility ously from the stage. . . . 
remark that an ambition of his life If Genius alone can detect Genius, 
had been achieved—he was at last able, why do you suppose the other eleven 
without pangs of decadent knightly hundred and ninety nine than oneself 
instincts, to seat himself and re-did not go Christmas shopping? 

A0wvwvvvvvvwHvvmvAvmW/vvwvyvwvi^^ 

Davison's 

is Ready for Vour 

Cotillion 

Club Dance 

with devastating dance dresses 
that will excite the envy of yourdearest friends and severest 
critics . . . your fellow Cotillion-
clubbers. The devastator sketched 
is white moss crepe with apple-
green quilted velvet bow and 
lapels. And it sets you back only 

$14.95 

The Jr. Deb Shop—Third Floor 

DAVISON-PAXCN CO. 
Atlanta ■ 
affiliated u.'Uh mAC Y'S.Jtew ^ 

^lAdWddVAAAAA/M/MAAAAAAAAMA AAAAAAAAAAAAA/VWWiAAAAAAAAAAAh^ 

BYCK'S 

Beautiful Shoes for 
all tastes and per¬ 
sonalities 

Lovely oxfords, 
ties—straps or 
pumps 

$g.85 

All of the crisp smartness of Vogue's 
Fall styles in Byck's Beautiful Shoes 
. . . priced $5.85 to $10.00 

BYCK'S 
New Location 
203 Peachtree, N. E. 

ANNUAL EXHIBIT PRESENTS 

BOOKS OF INTEREST 
(Continued from page 1, column 1) 
and the new Modern Library Giants. 
A complete set of Edna St. Vincent 
Millay's poems have been lent by 

Rich's, who are also featuring cheap 
editions of famous books, including 
small volumes of Shakespeare which 
are now on sale at Rich's for 2 5c each. 

The privately owned libraries of 
faculty and students are represented 
by an extensive selection of books, a 
few of which are Miss Leyburn's edi¬ 
tion of Jane Austen and works of 

Charles Lamb, Miss Harn's old German 
books, Miss Laney's autographed vol¬ 
umes, notably Auslander's The Sonnets 
of Petrarch, DuBose Heyward's Sky¬ 
lines and Horizons, and Thornton 
Wilder's The Bridge of San Luis Key, 
Miss McKinney's autographed copy of 
Edwin A. Robinson's Tristram. Miss 
Jackson's children's books and travel 
books, Miss Florence Smith's Dante 
with Dore illustrations, Miss Preston's 
medieval romance, Aucassin and Nicolete, 
from the library of Arnold Ben¬ 
nett, and Miss Virginia Nelson's rare 
books and letters of the Wesley family. 


In the art exhibit, arranged by Miss 
Lewis, are the drawings and books of 
the old masters. Many are from the 
Carnegie gift to the art department, 
and Miss Lewis chose to exhibit those 
of most general interest, the drawings 
of which are represented by Holbein, 
Raffael, Van Dyck, Michelangelo, 
Leonardo da Vinci, Corregio, Botticelli, 
Verrocchio, and many others. Among 
the books is a series of reproductions of 
the works of great masters, including 
such artists as Botticelli, Rembrandt, 
Rubens, Giotti, and Durer. Mrs. Elijah 
Brown has lent a volume of reproduc¬ 
tions of the chief art works in the Paris 
Exposition in 1900. There are also 
books on etches and etching, tapestries 
and textiles, furniture and interior dec¬ 
orating, and fine printing. 

MARTIN'S BEAUTY SHOP 
Invites all Agnes Scott 
Special Prices on 
Tuesdays and Wednesdays 

De. 2671 153 Sycamore St. 

WEIL'S 10c STORE 
Has Most Anything You Need 

DECATUR BEAUTY SALON 
409 Church Street 
Tel. De. 4692 

A. S. C.'s Trade Appreciated 

Week-end Specials at 
SILHOUETTE TEA ROOM 
Sat. Nights 9:00 to 10:00 
Dates Welcome 
Sunday Mornings Breakfast 
8:00 to 10:00 

ROMANCE 
Exquisite 
Silk Hosiery 
Style No. 43—Famous for 
Sheerness, Clearness, 
Beauty and Durability 

$1 Pair 

3 Pairs $2.85 

Peachtree 

Hosiery Shoppe 
12 Peachtree St., N. E. 
Between 5 Points and Entrance 

of Arcade

ItllMIMIIIIMItinillllMliiliiiiini iiiiMiiiiimiim 


Hockey Players SOPHS VICTORS Fall Sports 

SPORTS PICTURES Golf Tournament 

Are Given Tea IN EXCITING GAME! Near Close 

TO BE MADE SOON Is In Progress 

On Friday afternoon, November 16, 
Miss Llewellyn Wilburn entertained at 
a tea at the Alumnae House. The tea, 
which was given after the last hockey 
game of the fall season, was given in 
honor of the girls who were hockey 
managers, officials, and captains. The 
guests included Sarah Bowman, Francis 
McCalla, Ann Walker, Lena Arm 
strong, Martha Crenshaw, Rosa Wild¬ 
er, Ann Thompson, Laura Coit, Sarah 
Johnson, Mary Neal, Lulu Ames, and 
Jacqueline Woolfolk. 

BOOKS AND READING 

(Continued from page 2, column 2) 

what others have endured, we may also 

endure. 

Books then, it seems to me, can satis¬ 
fy our desire to escape from life, can 
increase our knowledge of life, and can 
fortify our spirits for life. It was prob¬ 
ably because of these durable satisfac¬ 
tions that Fenelon said, "If the crowns 
of all the kingdoms of the empire were 

laid down at my feet in exchange for 
my books and my love of reading, I 
would spurn them all." 

CARLYLE IN OLD AGE 

(iContinued from page 3, column 1) 
such splendid eyes that he could read 
every day until the last few months. 
There was nothing the matter with his 
lungs, kidney, heart, and bladder; and 
he lived to be eighty-five. 

—William Lyon Phelps. 

THE DAINTIES OF BOOKS 
{Continued from page 3, column 3) 
cross-gartered, yellow-stockinged Malvolio 
before his mistress. 
But those whom we neither pity nor 

scoff at, those whom rather we admire 
and strive to copy after are those who 
turn to books with gusto and use them 
in real earnest, who do not smarter 
themselves with a little learning but 
who work and strive to attain a hard-
earned knowledge of books to couple 
with and to supplement their knowl¬ 
edge of living, for they achieve what 
Goethe calls "the only charm of life: 
that active, sacred power which creates 

They were great games, those last 
two of the hockey season. Naturally 
they would be hard fought, for honor 
and glory hinged on them. Yes, honor, 
or glory, or something of the sort went 
to the sophomores when they defeated 
the favored freshman team by a score 
of 3-1. 

This defeat came not because of the 
poor playing of the freshmen but ra¬ 
ther from the extraordinary work of 
their rivals. The only disconcerting 
thing about it, to the sophomores, was 
the fact that they have not played that 
well all year. Of course, the fresh¬ 
men were disconcerted; for there had 
been talk of a championship game be¬ 
tween the freshmen and the juniors. 

The juniors, too, were somewhat 
humbled by their inability to stop a 
practically unorganized team which 
used only nine players against eleven 
strong, well-trained opponents. The 
combined team of seniors and alumnae 
held the juniors to a 1-1 tie. 

It seems too bad, however, that two 
such games, probably the best of the 
season, were played before a cheering 
section composed of Dr. Henry Robin¬ 
son, of the mathematics department. 
True, the weather was bad, and there 

as the excitement of the lecture of 
the evening. 

Sports enthusiasts will be interested 
to know that there is talk of a cham¬ 
pionship game to take place sometime 

Line-ups for last Friday's games in¬ 

clude: 
Juniors (1) Seniors (1) 
Hart r.w Poliakoff 
Stevens _r.i Rogers 
Handte (1) _c.f McCalla (1) 
Symms ._l.i Ackerman 
Derrick l.w 
Miller r.h Cassel 
Armstrong c.h. Young 
McClure l.h Crimson 
Townsend r.b Spencer 
Estes Lb Constantine 
From g.g Constantine 

Freshmen (1) Sophomores (3) 
Brown r.w Belser 
Henderson r.i Jackson (1) 
Thompson c.f Fleece (1) 
Coit (1) Li Johnson 
Hightower l.w Walker (1) 
Blackshear r.h Kneale 

worlds" around us. 

Lemmon c.h Lewis 

L. CHAJAGE 
220 PEACHTREE ST. 

Expert Remodeling 
DIXIE'S LEADING FURRIER 

Bright Colored 

Dresses 

for the Holidays! 

flG 

To excite, to stimulate, to brighten 
the Holidays . . . Allen's offers a 
bevy of new frocks in gala colors: 
Pumpkin or Candlelight Gold, 
Black Tulip, Cherry Red, French 
Green, Lime Green, Church Pur¬ 
ple and many others, in styles guar¬ 
anteed to delight you at the very 
moderate price of $ 1 6.75. 

SECOND FLOOR 

Maybe it is the scarcity of the thing 

that makes it so desirable. Anyway, 

as the end of the fall sports season has 

approached, everyone suddenly has be¬ 

come intensely interested in all the 

sports activities of the school to such 

an extent that many girls were forced 

to choose between two athletic events 

which were to take place on the same 

afternoon. 

But despite this forced choice on the 

part of a few who would have liked to 

participate in two events, there was of¬ 

fered to the school at large, an oppor¬ 

tunity to see sports at their best, with 

something to suit each individual taste. 

November 13-27, is scheduled for 
the golf tournament. Bad weather 
may cause some delay in these plans. 
The horse show, originally scheduled 
for November 22, was effectively 
rained out, but has been postponed to 
the first week in December. Parents 
and friends of the participants are in¬ 
vited to attend this event at the Biltmore 
Riding Academy. The final 
hockey game, which so few spectators 
saw, has been reported more fully else¬ 
where in this issue of the paper. 

Moving pictures of swimming, 
which were shown yesterday, were used 
through the permission of the Univer¬ 
sity of Illinois where the scenes were 
taken. Tonight, another swimming 
event, the annual water pageant will 
feature all the aquatic life of the 
campus. 

The archery tournament, set for No¬ 

vember 3 0 and December 1, and the 

finals of the tennis doubles tourna¬ 

ment complete the plans for the end of 

the season. 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 

We wish to acknowledge the cour¬ 
tesy of those who have made possible 
our annual book exhibit: Mrs. Ham¬ 
ilton of the Boys' and Girls' Depart¬ 
ment of Millers; Miss Sims of the Davison-
Paxon Book Shop; Miss Wilson of 
Rich's Book Department; Miss Baugh 
of MacMillan's Publishing Company. 

Allison l.h Wilder 
Adams r.b Taylor 
Keller Lb Hertwig 
Robinson g.g Gary 
Substitution: sophomore, Lasseter. 

Umpires, Wilburn and Bowman; 
scorer, Ames; timekeeper, Johnson. 

Two-Timing's 

Athletic pictures for the Silhouette 
will be taken during the first week of 
December, Caroline Long, editor, an¬ 
nounced this week. In the next two 
weeks varsity teams will be named and 

pictures of these will be taken in addi¬ 
tion to the individual members of the 
class teams. 

Schedules for athletic pictures will 
be posted within a week or so on the 
main bulletin board in Buttrick; all 
students on class teams will be held 
responsible for this notice. 

Proofs for re-takes taken on the 
campus a few weeks ago were returned 
last week. 

Reporters for this issue: Martha Sue Laney,

Eliza King, Lavinia Scott, Katherine Hertzka,

Gene Brown, Jerry Brown, Jo Jennings, Mary

Richardson, Jane Guthrie, Jacque McWhite,

Ora Muse, Betty Maynard. 

% BAILEY BROS. SHOE SHOP * 

❖ * 

V 142 Sycamore St., Decatur * 

* t

For better shoe repairing bring X 
X * 

£ your shoes to us. ❖ 


BOWEN 

The first round of the fall golf 
tournament has already been played off 
at Forrest Hills golf course. Contest¬ 
ants are: Nancy Moorer, Francis Mc¬ 
Donald, Man' Malone, Lavinia Scott, 
Jane Lewis, Frances Paris, Betty Roach, 
Virginia Wood, Emily Rowe, George 
Ann Lewis, Mary Kneale, Sarah Frances 
McDonald, Elizabeth Perrin, Catherine 
Bates and Marjorie Scott. 

24-HOUR 
RESTRINGING SERVICE 

TENNIS SHOP 

127 Carnegie Way, N.W. 

Opposite Library 

TENNIS 
SQUASH 
ARCHERY 
ROULETTE 
TABLE TENNIS 
CHESS & CHECKERS 

WAlnut 1823 

PRESS 

COMMERCIAL PRINTING AND 
STATIONERY 

Blotters—Note Paper—Poster Paper 
Office Supplies 

421 Church St. De. 0976 Decatur, Ga. 

on the Level 

In Smart, Double-Duty 

Evening 

Dresses 

$10.95 to $19.95 

And when you can get such adorable styles 
as these for so little cost, it's a habit every¬ 
one ought to have! Smart, straight line 
frocks with gleaming sequin and bead trim, 
or graceful, feminine picture dresses with 
old-fashioned flower ornament. Variety of 
backlines that make them appropriate for 
dinner or strictly formal occasions. White, 
pastels and jewel tones. 

SIZES 11 TO 17 

College Shop 

Third Floor 

RICH'S 

Sketched : 
Picture Frock in 
pale pink nlipper 
satin-$16.95 

Jl. IP. AILILIEN & CO. 

The Store All Women Know 


<P)£ ^Vgonisfic 

VOL. XX AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1934 NO. M 

A. S. C. WILL MEET LONDON IN DEBATE 

PLAN FOR SOCIAL 

SERVICE SCHOOL 

IS STARTED 

Plans are going forward rapidly for 
the Graduate School of Social Service 
to be operated jointly by Agnes Scott 
College and Emory University. The 
Social Agencies of Atlanta, in answer 
to whose plea the project is being un¬ 
dertaken, are anxious to have the school 
open on the first of June. It has been 
estimated that about fifty students will 
be enrolled for the first quarter. 

At present, Agnes Scott and Emory 
are planning to present a play in order 
to raise funds for the school. They will 
be aided by the Georgia Emergency Re¬ 
lief Administration in cooperation with 
the School for Training Social Work¬ 
ers. 

The school will be located on the 
Emory campus; Agnes Scott will help 
in supplying teachers. It will rank as a 
graduate professional school; attend¬ 
ance for one year will provide suffic¬ 
ient training for a student to become a 
fully qualified social worker. 

The Georgia Emergency Relief Ad¬ 
ministration has been most generous in 
its support of the school. An applica¬ 
tion has also been filed with the Gen¬ 
eral Education Board for financial aid 
during the first year. 

The Graduate School of Social Work, 
when completed, will be the only school 
between Richmond, Va., and New Or¬ 
leans equipped to offer training in so¬ 
cial service. 

Language Clubs 

To Sing Carols 

According to a tradition many years 
old, the French Club is again planning 
to sing Christmas carols on the eve¬ 
ning of Dec. 18, the last night before 
the holidays. This year it has invited 
the German and Spanish Clubs to sing 
the carols of their countries. They 
intend to make the rounds of the cam¬ 
pus, including the three dormitories and 
the faculty houses. As is customary, 
they will carry lanterns and be accom¬ 
panied by a flute. 

The French Club is planning to sing 
such very old carols as the following: 
La Marche des Rois, JJn Flambeau, 
Jeannette, which is an old Noel from 
Provence, Noel Bourgogne, Cantique 
four Noel, Trois Anges Sont Venus Ce 
Soir, and one new song, D' ou Viens-tu, 
Bergere? The German Club is singing 
the following: Odu Frohliche, O Tannenbaum, 
Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht, 
Morgen Kommt der Weinachtsmann, 
and the villanticos of the Spanish Club 
are Los Reyes Magos, Venid Pastorcillos, 
Venid Pastores, El Nino Jesus, 
Bclen, and Noch de Paz. Anyone who 
is familiar with these languages is in¬ 
vited to participate in singing them. 

Granddaughters 

To Entertain 

At Dinner 

The members of the Granddaugh¬ 
ters' Club of Agnes Scott College will 
entertain at a formal dinner on Friday 
evening, December 7, at 6:30 o'clock 
at the Alumnae House. After dinner, 
the members of the club and their 
escorts will play games in the living 
room. 

The committees in charge of ar¬ 
rangements are: Miss Dorothy Hutton, 
acting as chaperon; entertainment, 
Barton Jackson and Kathleen Daniel; 
dates, Fannie B. Harris, Mary Lyon 
Hull, and Lorraine Smith; decorations, 
Virginia Gaines, Elizabeth Forman, and 
Lucile Cairns. 

The membership of the Grand¬ 
daughters' Club is made up of those 
students whose mothers attended Agnes 
Scott. 

Christmas Programs s.A.C.S.S. MEETS 

LONDON REPRESENTATIVES 

0I>B<bFre <;nfed AT TO UPHOLD AFFIRMATIVE 

o BILTMORE 

By (xlee Uub 

Abandonment of Isolationist

The thirty-ninth annual meeting of Mortar Board Will 

Policies Will Be Discussed

On Sunday, December 16, the the Southern Association of Colleges 
Agnes Scott Glee Club under the direc¬ and Secondary Schools is to be held at Sponsor Annual 

On Friday night at 8 o'clock, Agnesthe Atlanta Biltmore Hotel, December

tion of Mr. Lewis H. Johnson, teacher Parties Scott College will meet the University

3-7. Meeting with this Association are

of voice at Agnes Scott College, will of London in a debate on the question,

the Southern Association of Colleges

give two programs of Christmas carols. The annual parties, at which Mortar Resolved: That the abandonment of the

for Women, the Association of Col¬ 

Board is hostess to the boarding sopho¬ isolationist policies is essential to the re¬The first of these will take place at lege Deans for Women, and the As¬ 
mores, will be given this year, one turn of prosperity. Marian Calhoun andthe morning service of the first Baptist sociation of Deans of Graduate Schools. 

each night, December 11-14, at 8 Edith Merlin, upholding the negative,

Church in Atlanta, and the second will The Southern Association of Colleges o clock p. m., in the Day Student will speak for Agnes Scott. J. Hirsch-
and Secondary Schools is divided into

be presented Sunday night at 7:3 0 in Room in Main Building. Different field and D. W. Scholes, representing

two main branches, the Commission of

the Agnes Scott chapel. This latter members of Mortar Board will be in the National Union of Students of

Secondary Schools which includes 

charge of each party; Mary Boggs, England, will uphold • the affirmativeservice, since its origination in 1930, 

twelve hundred high schools represent¬ 

Mary Jane Evans, and Anna Humber for the University of London. The de¬has become an annual event of the col¬ ing eleven southern states, and the 

will be hostesses on the eleventh; Mary bate will be held in the Bucher Scott 

lege. The glee club, composed of about Commission of Institutions on Higher 

Green and Alberta Palmour on the gymnasium. Katherine (Woltz)
Education which contains one hundred

70 girls, will wear robes and surplices, twelfth; Nell Patillo and Frances Mc-Greene, '3 3, will preside. There will be

and fifty colleges or universities. Dur¬

and sing such favorite carols as We Calla on the thirteenth; Carolyn Long no decision.

ing the first three days of the con¬

Three Kings of Orient Are, O Little and Martha Redwine on the last night. This is the third international debate

ference, meetings are scheduled for

Town of Bethlehem, and Silent Night. The boarding sophomores have been on record, according to Dr. George P.

these two Commissions and the Execu¬

The college String Ensemble, directed divided into four groups for the par¬ Hayes, faculty advisor to Pi Alpha Phi,

tive Committee of the Association.

by Mr. Christian W. Dieckmann, pro¬ ties; students from Emory University, debating society. The first was held in

They will check over reports and ac¬

fessor of music at Agnes Scott, will Georgia Tech and Columbia Seminary 1931 with Oxford on the question of

credit certain institutions. 

accompany the glee club at the Christ¬ will be invited as their dates. Christ¬ Russia; Katherine (Woltz) Greene and 

On Thursday morning, December 6,

mas Vesper program. Holly, red can¬ mas decorations are to be used; a pro-Ann Hopkins spoke for Agnes Scott. 
dles, and evergreens will decorate the is the first meeting of the entire As¬ gam of games and entertainment has In 193 2 the University of Dublin sent 
chapel for this occasion. sociation. President H. W. Cox of been planned for each evening. a team to Agnes Scott to debate on 

Emory University will make the wel-Nationalism; Elizabeth Lightcap and 

1 corriins address 1:0

r A TVTT^T I? CT70Y7Tir,I7,C? > which President T. Elizabeth Winn represented Agnes

ULdtfj iD-CilvV H. Jack of Randolph-Macon Women's SENIOR CLASS Scott.. These were both no-decision de¬ 

College will respond on behalf of the bates.

HELD BY Y. W. TO BE HONORED

Association. General announcements Mr. Hirschfield and Mr. Scholes will 

and the reports and appointment of reach Decatur Friday afternoon; they

The Christmas Candle Services, various committees will be made. Dean The faculty of Agnes Scott College 

plan to be here until Tuesday. Their 
sponsored by the Y. W. C. A., are be¬ M. E. Haggerty, of the University of will entertain at a reception for the (Continued on page 3, column 4)
members of the senior class on Satur¬

ing held as usual during the three Minnesota, will be the principal 
speaker at the morning session. In the day, December 15, at 8:30 o'clock in

weeks before the holidays in the chapel 

afternoon the Fraternal Delegates to the lobby of Rebekah Scott Hall. Professors To Go

from ten to ten-thirty o'clock. As in other Regional Associations and the The receiving line will be made up j 
fomer years, the three Red Candle Serv¬ Commission of Secondary Schools will of Dr. and Mrs. J. R. McCain, Miss To Conferences 
ices take place on the last three Friday present reports on their work. Dr. H. Nannette Hopkins, Miss Annie May 
nights; and the White Candle Service L. Smith, President of the National Ed¬ Christie, Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Holt, During Holiday 

ucation Association will speak to the Miss Harriette Haynes, and Elizabeth

will be held on Monday night before 

assembly on "Three Hundred Years of Alexander. Miss Philippa Gilchrist Professor Mary Stuart MacDougall,
the holidays. American Public Secondary Schools." and Miss Katherine T. Omwake are of the biology department of Agnes 
The first Red Candle Service was in charge of the decorations; the re¬ Scott and Associate Professor T. M.

During the banquet to be held on 

on last Friday night. Mary Margaret freshment committee includes Mrs. Whitiker will attend a meeting of the

Thursday evening, President Frank Mc-

Stowe was in charge of the program Philip G. Davidson, Mrs. J. T. Gilles-American Association for the Advance¬

Vey of the University of Kentucky

which consisted of carols, scripture pie, Mrs. Henry Robinson, and Mrs. ment of Science to be held in Pitts¬

will make the opening address; Agnes

reading, and a special selection by the S. G. Stukes. Other faculty members burgh, December 27-29. Both Dr.

Scott College will furnish the music

Glee Club. The two other programs are working on various details for the MacDougall and Dr. Whitiker will

for the occasion. Dr. E. E. Oberholtzer,

have not yet been definitely arranged; party. present papers at this conference. The

of Texas, President of the Department

they will be similar to the first one, The faculty reception to the senior subject of Dr. Whitiker's paper deals

of Superintendents, is to be the final

however. class has been an annual affair since with plant cytology; Dr. MacDougall

speaker of the evening.

On Monday night, December 17, 1931. It is usually held on the last will read a paper on "Cytological Stu¬

The following morning Chairman

the traditional White Candle Service Saturday night before the Chistmas dies of Genus Chilodonella with Special

W. D. Hooper of the University of

will be held. There will be a Christmas holidays. The decorations and program Reference to Chromatin Elimination 
tree in the chapel and, after the sing¬ (Continued on page 3, column 5) of last year's reception were built from the Macronucleus During Divi¬ 
ing of the carols, Alberta Palmour, around the central theme of Evange-sion." 
president of Student Gvernment, will line and the Bayou Country. Professor Phillip G. Davidson, of

A, S. To Debate

read a Christmas story. the history department at Agnes Scott-
Emory And College, will spend a part of the Christ¬ 

"The Fool" Given 

mas holidays in Washington, D. C.,

Y. . Announces 

Wesleyan attending the 50th Anniversary of the

By Emory Players 

American History Association, meet¬

Final Speakers 

On Friday, December 14, Agnes ing there December 27-29. Instructors

The Emory University players will 

The two final speakers of the series Scott will debate Emory University on present "The Fool" by Channing Pol¬ 
in history from all sections of the 
the question, Resolved: That Hitler's United States except the Pacific Coast

of programs on Growth, which has lock tomorrow night at 8:15 o'clock in

domestic policies have benefited Ger¬ will attend the session.

been sponsored by Y. W. C. A. this fall 

Glenn Memorial Auditorium. Marian 

many. The debate will be held in the Dr. Davidson plans to spend thewill be Mr. Thomas C. Law, chairman Calhoun, Vera Pruet, of Blackfriars,

Theology building on the Emory cam¬ week after the meeting doing work atof the World Fellowship Committee of Agnes Scott Dramatics Club, and Mar¬ 

pus at 8 o'clock. Nellie Margaret Gil-the Library of Congress.

the Rotary Club, and Dean Raimundo tha Skeen, Agnes Scott, '34, will take 

roy and Isabel McCain will uphold the Professor George P. Hayes, of the

DeOvies of the Cathedral of St. the leading feminine roles. Dr. Garland

affirmative for Agnes Scott; Reming¬ English department and Professor

Phillip's, both of Atlanta, Martha Red-Smith, of the English department of

ton McConncll and Jack McMichael Muriel Harn, of the German depart¬

wine, Y. W. C. A. president, Emory, is directing the play.

an¬ 
will speak for Emory. It will be a non-ment of Agnes Scott will attend the

nounced this week. Mr. Law will speak The price of admission, for students,

decision debate. annual meeting of the Modern Lan¬

on Tuesday, December 11, on "Growth is 2 5 cents and, for the general public, guage Association to be held at Swarth-

Through World Fellowship." The sub¬ In February Agnes Scott will debate 3 5 cents. Special transportation will 

more and Philadelphia, Penn., Decem¬

ject of Dean De Ovies' talk, on De¬ the same question with Wesleyan Col¬ be provided for Agnes Scott students, ber 27-29.

cember 18, will be the "Spirit of lege at Agnes Scott. The team against if a sufficiently large number plan to 
Christmas." Wesleyan will be the same as for the g0

-

During the fall, Miss Louise Hale, of Emory debate; Agnes Scott will take This is the first time that Agnes MORTAR BOARD TO 

Agnes Scott, Dr. Leroy Loemker and the affirmative at that time also. Scott students have acted in a play of PRESENT SPEAKER 
Dean Raymond Paty, of Emory Uni¬ A chaperon will be provided for the Emory University Players. Miss 
versity, and Rabbi David Marx, of At¬ those who wish to hear the debate on Frances K. Gooch, of the Spoken Eng¬ On Friday, December 14, Mortar 
lanta, have spoken on different phases the 14th; all students who are in¬ lish department, sent these three in Board will present its annual chapel 
of Growth. The talk of Rabbi Marx, terested in going are asked to get in response to a letter from Dr. Smith program. Katherine (Woltz) Green, 

on November 27, dealth with "Growth touch with Marian Calhoun, president requesting the loan of three of her best '33, former president of Mortar Board, 
through Friends." of Pi Alpha Phi. trained dramatics students. will speak on Mortar Board as a Na¬ 
tional Organization. 
It is customary for Mortar Board 
to bring an outside speaker each year

j 

to the campus to discuss some phase 
of the meaning of Mortar Board and

Mvvt)} (EijnHtmaH 

its accomplishments. Last year Mrs. 
Harrold Richards, editor of the Mortar 
Board Quarterly, gave an address, and 
in 1932, Diana Dyer, '31, spoke. 


Agonistic Mexican Govt. BOOK NOTES 

Subscription price, S1.25 per year in advance. Single copies, 5c. 

Owned and published by the students of Agnes Scott College. 

Entered as Second Class Matter. 

STAFF 
Mary Boggs Eva Constantine Nell Pattillo 
Editor-ln-Cbief Make-Up Business Manager 
Lulu Ames Mildred Clark Alice Chamlee 
Assistant Editor Assistant Make-up AdverUsing Manager 
Frances Gary Elizabeth Thrasher

Mary Jane Tigert

2nd Assistant Circulation

Assistant Make-Uj.

Rosalyn Crispin Kathryn Bowen

Margaret Robins

Eeatnre Editor Business Assistant

Current History

Nell Allison Helen Ramsey

Augusta King

Book Notes Business Assistant 

Club Editor

Mary M. Stowe Laura Steele 
Society Editor Kitty Printup Business Assistant 
Ruth FIertzka Sports Editor Margaret Cooper 
Alumnae Editor Business Assistant

Meriel Bull 

Elizabeth Perrin Betty Mathis

Business Assistant 

Exchange Editor Business Assistant

Gladys Vallebuona

Lucille Cairns Myra O'Neal

Business Assistant

Exchange Editor Business Assistant 

WHAT OF COORDINATION? 

On November 17 the General change of students and profes¬ 
Survey Committee made its pre¬ sors would mean an interplay of 
liminary report concerning the ideas, of perspectives, and change 
establishment of a great univer¬ of personalities, which are vital 
sity center in Atlanta which will for intellectual stimulation and 
be created from the intellectual growth. Such an exchange would 
and financial resources of Agnes counteract, too, the tendency of 
Scott College, Emory University, students to concentrate as much 
and Georgia Tech. The culmina¬ on the professor as on the sub¬ 
tion of this movement, the foun¬ ject. Professor Richard Lester 
dation of a graduate school of Princeton comments in the au¬ 
which would stimulate an "in¬ tumn issue of The American 
tellectual renascence" in the Scholar on such a condition: 
South, seems veiled in a deep, "Education becomes partly a 
though hopeful futurity; we can question of personalities, pre¬ 
only wish for it and visualize it, vious reputation, and resigna¬ 
as those who gaze with longing tion. . . . Where students remain 
on unchartered land; but as stu¬ for four years in the same col¬ 
dents of today, we are confronted lege with the same group of pro¬ 
with the more immediate phase fessors doing the professing and 
of the problem: coordination examining, more and more em¬ 
with Emory University in under¬ phasis is put upon knowing the 

graduate work. In its practical professor instead of upon know¬ 
implications this would mean: 

ing the subject in all of its phases

(1) exchange of professors and 

rather than just those in which

exchange of upperclassmen (Em¬ 

the professor himself is es¬

ory accepts only junior and sen¬ 

ior co-eds), (2) exchange of li¬ pecially interested. Petty inci¬ 
brary books, and (3) the estab¬ dentals and personalities play a 
lishment of the quarter system 

part all out of proportion to their 

for upperclassmen at Agnes 

general importance." All this

Scott to regulate credits. Such 

points to our decided need for a

are the broad outlines of the 
case. more impersonal attitude in aca¬ 
In theory, at least, we cannot demic pursuits, for intellectual 
fail to see the creative wisdom 

integrity, for a broad perspec¬

of the establishment of a student 

tive which could be gained from

and professor exchange. The out¬ 

contact with other students,

standing critics of American edu¬ 

cation today are turning their other professors, other ideas. We 
whips and scorns against the ac¬ desire the growth that such stim¬ 
cumulative evils of isolation in 

ulation would provoke to remedy

the American college, which, in 

our intellectual inbreeding.

spite of the deepening tendencies 

The mechanical side of this

of the age toward concentration, 
maintains its ineffectual aloof¬ change would be the establish¬ 
ness like "that well-known my¬ ment of the quarter system for 
thological character, the rugged 

upperclassmen: three classes five 

individual." In the wake of such 

days a week instead of five 

an uncompromising attitude 

classes distributed on alternate

must inevitably come wasteful 
duplication, intellectual stagna¬ days. This arrangement only 
tion and smug provincialism. carries out the tendency to spe¬ 

As honest observers of our own cialize in the last two years of 
educational situation, we cannot 

college and since it would facili¬

completely deny these charges; 

tate more intensive study, should

Agnes Scott and Emory offer 

offer no serious drawback to any

similar courses; they reap no 
intellectual impetus from vital, plan of coordination. It would 
direct contact in scholastic make possible the correlation of 
fields; and both wear the Ameri¬ credits and the effective coopera¬ 
can collegiate garb of self-com¬ tion of the two institutions. 
placency, the holier-than-thou If such an intercollegiate re¬ 
turn of nose, which may profess lationship were cemented, it 
college loyalty, but which leaves would not mean a loss of identity 
the unfortunate impression of to either institution; it would 
an unintelligent and childish con¬ mean that they join hands to 
ceit. And only a few miles sepa¬ strive toward the realization of 
rate these schools! a broader, deeper training of the 

These are evils which we mind, toward the shuffling off 

would avoid with our whole en¬ of provincialisms of every sort, 

ergy ; and the opportunity stands toward a view of life which is 

before us. Fly the elimination of rich, flexible, and permanent. 

duplicate courses, each institu¬ With Professor Lester again, we 

tion could concentrate its talents feel that "the mental vigor and 

and money on the higher develop¬ the added educational opportuni¬ 

ment of its chosen academic de¬ ties from such cooperation be¬ 

partments, and the student, tween the institutions would be 
through exchange, could reap the well worth the slight trouble 
profit of more intensive, more that the bookkeepers in the 

comprehensive work; the ex¬ dean's office might be put to." 

Attacks Church 

By Madeline Race 

Ever since the advent of Christian-, 

ity, history has been punctuated with! 

serious disagreements between the state 

and the Catholic church. Modern his¬ 

tory offers as a striking example the 

present religious controversy in Mexico. 

Just outside our back door is raging a 

war for religious freedom. 

The immediate cause of the trouble 
seems to be the program recently pre¬ 
sented by the Federal government; it 
aims at complete secularization of 
schools on a so-called scientific basis, 
confiscation and nationalization of the 
churches, and compulsion of the clergy. 
Mexico's "Big Boss," Plutarco Elias 
Calles, says: "I regard the expulsion of 
archbishops and bishops as necessary. 
. . . They are organizing in preparation 
for movement" (i. e. revolution). Monsignor 
Pascual Diaz, Archbishop of 
Mexico, says that the accusation is 
false, that the church is trying only to 
preserve the principles of justice and 
morality. 

The history of this controversy be¬ 
tween the church and state dates back 
to 18 57 when a schism occured and all 
religious orders were suppressed and 
ecclesiastical property confiscated. 
1877-1910 was a period during which 
restrictions were removed; then in 
1917, the constitution repressed Cathol¬ 
icism, and the restrictions were en¬ 
forced. In 1926 President Calles or¬ 
dered the churches closed and thus they 
remained for three years. Ambassador 
Dwight W. Morrow, was then influen¬ 
tial in negotiating a peace pact which 
was approved by the government, the 
Vatican, and the Mexican hierarchy. In 
1931 the controversy was reopened 
when the Mexican congress passed a 
law permitting only one priest to 5 0,000 
people. Archbishop Diaz was 
forced to accept the law. The "armis¬ 
tice" ended when the Revolutionary 
party decided to destroy the church. 

When the government came to this 

decision it lost no time in starting 

things moving. 200,000 troops were 

paraded through Mexico city, giving 

cat-calls for the church and bearing 

anti-Catholic posters. All sorts of pro¬ 

paganda were distributed among the 

people and scattered by airplanes from 

one end of the city to the other. 

As a result of this demonstration, the 

ardor of the Catholics was increased. 

Loyal followers of the faith made a 

(Continued on page 4, column 1) 

Y. W. C. A. Activities 

Let's pay our Y. W. Budget pledges! 
Have your money ready when solicitors 
see you. All December pledges are to 
be collected between the first and fif¬ 
teenth of December. 

The Social Service Group visited 
Hillside Cottages Friday afternoon. The 
girls are planning for the Christmas 
party for poor children on Saturday, 
December 15. Sign up to fill a stock¬ 
ing for these children, and plan to 
help with the party. 

The Music Appreciation Group on 
Sunday afternoon is continuing the 
study of Wagner, under the direction 
of Eliza King. 

The Red Candle Services are being 
held for three continuous Friday nights 
at 10-10:30 P. M. in the chapel. Be 
sure to attend. 

A tour of the Institutions of the 
Atlanta Community Chest will be vis¬ 
ited by a group of Emory and Agnes 
Scott students on December 7. If you 
are interested, please see Lois Hart. 

The Industrial Group is selling mag¬ 
azines. Remember to buy them from 
this committee! 

; The Freshman Hobby Groups have 
been meeting with fine results. The 
Charm Group met and decided to dis¬ 
cuss points of etiquette; Miss Louise! 
Hale is leader. The Handicraft Group 
made Christmas cards at their last 

meeting and began knitting and cro-1 

dieting. The Poetry Group, under the 

direction of Miss Ellen Leyburn, met 

and discussed the works of Edna St. 

VincentMillav. ' 

My Shadow As I Pass, Sybil Bolitho. dead, Svbil sets out to find again the 
Reprinted from Scribner's. man who had made her world alive. 

There are books so personal, so much My Shadow As I Pass is the story of 
a part of their author's being, that the this quest, this recherche du temps 
reader of them feels himself an intruder perdu. And the quest succeeds moment 
on hallowed ground. Sybil Bolitho's by moment; preciously snatched from 
story of the love of John and Helen, oblivion by the miracle of memory, the 
not so much fashioned as torn from the past is recaptured. John lives again in 
heart of her own experience, is one of the being of his love; and he gives her 
them. It is not for the rude hands of back to life. "And raising her eyes, she 
contemporary criticism, however sees him. His is the face of the world. 
proudly it might survive their touch. He is the rising sun: He is distant and 
Hood's lines, in paraphrase, come to near. In the wind that circles the city 
mind: "Take it up tenderly, lift it with and the surge of the open sea. Nothing 
care." No more than we can dispas¬ has gone, nothing is lost. Part of un¬ 
sionately examine the tragedy of a dear dying life; as long as this ball of fire 
friend's life to discover whether the spins round, and after!" 
elements thereof are mixed in artistic And William Bolitho lives still, even 
and Aristolian proportions, can a sensi¬ as John. 
tive reviewer subject this passionate —Ben Ray Redman. 
avowal to the cold sctrutiny of his 
trade. For the story of John and Distant Dawn, by Margaret Pedler. 
Helen is, in all essentials, the story of New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 
William Bolitho (Ryall), author of Inc. $2. 
Twelve Against the Gods, and Sybil The End of a Childhood, by Henry 
who loved him in life, and, if possible, Handel Richardson. New York: W. 
better after death. "How do I love W. Norton & Co. $2.50. 
thee? Let me count the ways." Even What I Like in Poetry, by William 
as Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Sybil Lyon Phelps. A new volume composed 
Bolitho counts many ways; and few of the editor's personal favorites. New 
women have raised such a memorial to York: Charles Scribner's Sons. $2.75. 
their love as this book of lacerated and Mendelssohn, "A Second Elijah," by 
lacerating, yet bravely singing prose. Schima Kaufman. New York: The 

With John dead, with her whole soul Thomas Y. Crowell Co. $3.5 0. 

WE SEE BY THE PAPERS 

On Other Campuses 

Progress of Civilizaion: 

193 0—"I've Found a Million Dollar 
Baby." 
1931—"I've Got Five Dollars." 
1932—"Here It Is Monday and I've 

Still Got a Dollar." 
193 3—"Brother Can You Spare a 
Dime?" 
1934—"? ? ? ?"—The Salemite. 

For many prison inmates a college 
education would work the greatest pos¬ 
sible reform, and for many college stu¬ 
dents a few months behind the bars 
would be an inestimable character 
builder.—Professor A. Tassin of Co¬ 
lumbia.—The Blue Stocking. 

It is said that only one woman out 
of a thousand can whistle, but as long 
as she can talk she desn't care to whis¬ 
tle.—The State. 

This year for the first time the stu¬ 
dents of Florida State College for Wo¬ 
men will be permitted to dance with 
men. The dances must take place on 
Friday or Saturday night at appointed 
places on the campus.—The Parley 
Voo. 

At Fordham University it appears 
that the faculty are appointed by name. 
Father Deane is dean; a Father Whalem 
acts as dean of discipline; Mr. Shouten 
is in charge of debating; and finally a 
Mr. Vockal (pronounced vocal) is in 
charge of the glee club.—The Alabamian. 


Green ties are in order for the fresh¬ 
men at the first dance at Washington 
and Lee, and they must be green bow 
ties, even though the dance is not for¬ 
mal. This is because any one might be 
wearing a green four-in-hand tie while 
green bows designate a freshman as 
nothing else can.—The King-turn Phi. 

At the University of Minnesota, a 
fine of ten dollars or a jail sentence 
M six days is imposed on anv co-ed 
caught wearing a fraternity pin.— 
Mercer Cluster. 

A college in England has a staff of 
forty professors, although the student 
enrollment is never over eighteen.— 
The Blue Stocking. 

I think that I shall never see 
A '/)' as lovely as a 'B,' 
A 'B' icbose rounded form is pressed 
'"to the records of the blest. 
One is not so easy to forget, 
' D's come easily and yet, 
'D's are made by fools like me 
But only those who study can make 

a 'B'. 

—The Watchtower, Weslevan. 

The World Outside 

Because of the large number of pos¬ 
sible listeners-in on short wave radio 
sets, Forest offices are finding it neces¬ 
sary sometimes to tone down their 
working vocabularies, even under the 
stress of battle with the flames. Strict 
orders against "cuss-words" in radio 
messages have been issued, the Forest 
Service revealed recently, in reporting 
that more than 600 radio stations have 
been installed for emergency commun¬ 
ications in the national forests.—The 
Scientific American. 

President Roosevelt's town house is 
for rent. A freshly painted sign hang¬ 
ing from the right of the arched door¬ 
way at 47-49 East 6 5th Street pro¬ 
claims the fact. The residence, which 
is owned by the President's mother, 
Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt, and used 
by the Roosevelts since 1926, has been 
on the market, it was reported, since 
Mr. Roosevelt's election to the presi¬ 
dency. 

The last day of the Chicago Fair 
began with a 5 0-gun salute at 9 o'clock 
in the morning, whistles blew and bells 
rang for a full five minutes throughout 
Chicago. An aerial bomb broke over 
the lagoon as the day's 10,000th visitor 
pushed through the turnstiles. Schools 
closed. Early in the afternoon a gray-
haired grandmother was whisked off to 
the Administration Building, where as 
the 16,000,000th visitor of 1934 she 
was presented with a 5-acre farm. The 
Apotheosis of Man-Made Light began 
at 10 P. M. At midnight R. C. Dawes 
turned out every light in the grounds. 
Immediately the dark sky flared with 
5 00,000 bombs. Taps were sounded. 
However, when officials tried to close 
the gates, a loud fun-crazy crowd 
tramped down fences and pushed on to 
fresh destruction. 

Not since the closing of the World's 
Fair in 1 893 had Chicago seen such a 
night; nor had it seen such a fair. In 
two years 3 8,000,000 persons paid 5 0c 
each to see a $5 5,000,000 spectacle, 
most of which had been provided by 
advertisers.—Time. 

Approved by the Navy and passed 
on to the Budget Bureau, a new pro¬ 
gram calls for naval aircraft construc¬ 
tion upwards of 5 00 planes. Half of 
these are intended as replacements and 
the other as expansion planes. The new 
Enterprise and Yorktown will have 100 
planes each.—Scientific American. 

A skater on a frozen lake docs nr 
skate on ice but on a thin film t 
water. This is simply clcmcntar 
physics. Under pressure the free/in 
point of water is lowered; and on 
frozen lake the skate runners provit 
the pressure.—Scientific American. 


SOCIAL NEWS 

Martha Crenshaw, Lena Armstrong, 
and Eugenia Symms were guests Wed¬ 
nesday night at a dinner given by the 
Central Presbyterian Church. 

Lois Hart spent Wednesday and 
Thursday with her brother in Barnes-
ville, Ga. 

Mary Gray Rogers spent Friday 
night with her aunt, Mrs. A. V. Polak, 
in Atlanta. 

Shirley Christian attended the foot¬ 
ball game at Tech Thanksgiving after-

Sarah Catherine Wood was the guest 
of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Taylor of At¬ 
lanta for Thanksgiving dinner. 

Frances Espy, Mary Pitner, and 
Barbara Hertwig attended a Pi K. A. 
breakfast-dance Thursday morning. 

Rosa Miller attended the Army-
Navy game in Philadelphia last Satur¬ 
day afternoon. 

Janet Gray had Thanksgiving din¬ 
ner with Virginia Games in Atlanta. 

Gregory Rowlett, Ida Buist, and 
Marie Adams were guests at the Pi K. 

A. breakfast-dance at Emory Thanks¬ 
giving day. 

Bettv Adams spent Thursday night 
with Nancy Rains. 

i Week-end Specials at i 
j SILHOUETTE TEA ROOM jj Sat. Nights 9:00 to 10:00 [
| Dates Welcome I 
I Sunday Mornings Breakfast |
j 8:00 to 10:00 j 

% BAILEY BROS. SHOE SHOP %

♦J* *!♦ 
* 142 Sycamore St., Decatur *

♦5» *s* 
!£ For better shoe repairing bring

<• ❖

❖ 
your shoes to us. 

•£+4$* «$» «j»«£• <5* 

BOWEN 

Nell White attended the Kentucky-
Alabama game in Birmingham. 

Jean Kirkpatrick and Nancy Moorer 
attended the dances at Clemson Col¬ 
lege Thanksgiving. 

Mary Pearce of Wesleyan was the 
guest of Mary Erneste Perry on Friday. 

Elizabeth Allison spent last week-end 
at Auburn. 

Helen DuPree spent last week-end 
at her home in Jacksonville, Fla. 

Rosa Wilder attended a wedding in 
Pensacola, Fla., last Thursday. 

Julia Thing and Marian Calhoun 
spent the holiday at their homes in 
Asheville, N. C. 

Jacqueline Woolfolk, Alice Dunbar, 
Caroline Dickson, Frances McCalla, 
and Mary Jane Evans spent Thanksgiv¬ 
ing Day with Alberta Palmour. 

Kathryn Leipold attended the Geor¬ 
gia-Tech football game at Athens on 
Saturday, and spent Sunday at her 
home in Augusta. 

Katherine Bishop and Caroline White 
spent Thanksgiving at their homes in 
Augusta, where they attended the wed¬ 
ding of a friend. 

Mary Hull was the guest of friends 
in New York over the holidays and 
also attended the Army-Navy game 
at Philadelphia on Saturday afternoon. 

Meriel Bull and Mary Margaret 
Stowe spent Wednesday night with 
Myra O'Neal at her home in Decatur. 

DECATUR BEAUTY SALON 
409 Church Street 
Tel. De. 4692 

A. S. C.'s Trade Appreciated 

PRESS 

COMMERCIAL PRINTING AND 
STATIONERY 

Blotters—Note Paper—Poster Paper 
Office Supplies 

421 Church St. De. 0976 Decatur, Ga. 

Black and White 

Indispensable Dresses 

for this time of the year! 

Always the smart woman's 
favorite, the black dress with 
white touches, or the white 
dress with black, is fashion's 
favorite too of the moment. 
Stunning, sophisticated very 
practical these many new 
ones at Allen's are also very 
moderately priced. 

$13.75 to $39.75 

SECOND FLOOR 

Jl. IP. AILILILN Ssc CO. 

The Store AllAX/omen Know 

We Think 

(Editor's note: The We Think column is for 

the purpose of giving an outlet to student opin¬

ion. The staff is in no way responsible for 

what is printed in this column and it is by no 

means to be taken as the editorial opinion of 

the paper.) 
We think the advertisements placed 
by Agnes Scott in printed matter such 
as the programs of the Ail-Star Concert 
Series and especially in the Chrhtian 
Observer are not a credit to our col¬ 
lege. While it is undoubtedly a good 
idea to remind people "expecting to 
register for the 193 5 session" to get in¬ 
formation now, it doesn't seem so 
necessary to boast that Agnes Scott 
"Prepares wives and mothers" and that 
"67 per cent of our graduates marry." 
Someone reading that ad alone would 
expect courses in Home Economics and 
in the care of children in the curricu¬ 
lum. We would like our advertisements 
to be a credit to our college. We know 
that that is possible even in a one-inch 
space, because Mary Baldwin and 
Queens Chicora both have dignified, in¬ 
formative material, ample yet not 
crowded, in the same space Agnes Scott 
uses. To offer constructive as well as 
destructive criticism, we'd like to sug¬ 
gest our idea of an improvement—not 
perfect we know: 
AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE 
In Docatur, Georgia, near Atlanta with its

cultural advantages. We encourage intellectual,

spiritual, physical, and personal development.

A.B. degree. Full recognition in this country

and abroad. Those thinking of admission in

1935 should secure information now from 

President J. R. McCain, Box M. 

Jacqueline Woolfolk had as her guest 
for the week-end her sister, Anita. 

Mary Alice Baker spent Friday night, 
with Isabel McCain. 

Elizabeth Watts spent Sunday night 
with her aunt and uncle, Dr. and Mrs. 

P. H. Carmichael, at Columbia Semi¬ 
nary. 

Pauline Wynne, Mildred Davis, and 
Enid Middleton spent Thursday night 
with Mrs. Sam Guy in Atlanta. 

Susan Bryan's sister, Lucy, spent last 
week-end with her. 

FRANCES VIRGINIA 
TEA ROOM 

Peachtree and Ellis 

Senator LaFollette Gives Views 
On Youth in Politics 

By Lulu Ames 

I already knew Senator "Young Bob" 
La Follette's secretary before I got to 
his room in the Ansley Hotel late last 
Tuesday afternon. Not buddy-wuddy, 
exactly; I still don't know his name. 
But you can't have upwards of five 
telephone conversations with a person 
during which you discuss plans for the 
afternoon and explain why you can't 
get out of "lab" to come right now 
without establishing a band of one 
sort or another. So when he opened 
the door of room 12 5 6 and asked, 
"From Agnes Scott?" I wasn't sur¬ 
prised; he didn't know my name either. 
"Senator La Follette's secretary?" I re¬ 
plied and, the formalities being over, 
we picked up our conversation where 
we had left it on the telephone an 
hour earlier when my last nickel wore 
out. Then the Senator came in. 

The interview itself lasted about 
three minutes. It was within twenty 
minutes of his train time when we be¬ 
gan to talk; there was time for only 
one question but, a la Agnes Scott ex¬ 
ams, it had several parts. 

"I have always been for woman suf¬ 
frage," the Senator began. He was 
leaning forward on his chair with his 
elbows on his knees, an unlighted 
cigarette in one hand and a match in 
the other. "And I believe strongly in 
women in politics. They have a place 
there. Women emphasize the social 
and economic sides of issues; men don't 
—and—the best preparation the col¬ 
lege girl—or boy—can make for such 
a career is to take courses in govern¬ 
ment, history, sociology." 

LONDON REPRESENTATIVES 

TO UPHOLD AFFIRMATIVE 

(iContinued from page 1, column 5) 
entertainment during their stay will be 
handled by Pi Alpha Phi. A reception 
has been planned for after the debate 
on Friday night and drives around the 
city and to Stone Mountain for Satur¬ 
day and Sunday, Marian Galhoun, 
president, said. 

On Monday night, December 9, Mr. 
Sholes and Mr. Hirschfield will debate 
with Morehouse College in Atlanta on 
the same question, again upholding the 
affirmative. 

L. CHAJAGE 
220 PEACHTREE ST. 

Expert Remodeling 
DIXIE'S LEADING FURRIER 

Dress up your face, 

as well as your figure. 

Your first attraction is found 
in a charming-smile, a lovely 
complexion and in the perfect 
harmonization of your make¬ 
up and your gown. To add 
zest to the spirited affairs of 
the holiday season, to make 
you a perfect picture, consult 
Mrs. Page Rees on just what 
make-up to wear with each 
gown. 

P. S. While in the store ask to see 
Elizabeth Arden's new Party Bag. 

TOILETRIES—STREET FLOOR 

Consultation Room—Second Floor 

Re0ei\steii\s 
T>eACHTRee • STOHG 

He stopped to light his cigarette; 
then he went on. 

"All along on this trip in the schools 
and colleges I've visited, I have been 
astonished to find classes in these sub¬ 
jects crowded. The young people to¬ 

day realize that they have a real op¬ 
portunity for contribution. Now, in 
"l

y Day. ..." I raised my head in 
amazement. Senator La Follette looks 
too young to have had a "day." He 
graduated from Wisconsin in 1917; 
that would make fifteen, sixteen, sev¬ 
enteen .... I let it pass. "In my day 
the underclassmen figured out how to 
get in all the 'pipe courses' and easy-
ways to make grades—then when they 
became seniors they began to think 
about jobs and salaries. But today 

young people take a real interest in 
fundamental problems. After all, they 
are the ones who will have to solve 

all the problems which my generation 
leaves unsolved." 

He waved his cigarette to indicate 
the approximate number of unsolved 
problems which would be left. He 
stood up. 

"I'm sorry I must leave you. There 
are many other things I would like to 
say but I must catch that train. Thank 
you for coming." 

We shook hands. I was conscious 
of a friendly, chubbily warm hand¬ 
clap and a pair of round, wide-open 
eyes sparkling with the humor, the 
energy, the youth that characterize 
Senator "Young Bob" La Follette, of 
Wisconsin. 

S. A. C. S. S. MEETS 
AT THE BILTMORE 

(Continued from page 1, column 3) 
Georgia, will report on the Commission 
of Institutions of Higher Education, 
and Major Robert R. Moton of Tuskegee 
Institute will speak. The meeting 
will close with a business session. 

According to Dr. McCain, the As¬ 
sociation was first organized in Atlanta 
in 189 5. It is one of only five as¬ 
sociations which carries on the work of 
developing standards for institutions 
and accrediting those eligible.. 

WEIL'S 10c STORE 

Has Most Anything You Need 

Try Our 

SANDWICHES 

We Make Them Right 

LAWRENCE'S 

PHARMACY 

Phones De. 0762-0763 

ROMANCE 
Exquisite 
Silk Hosiery 
Style No. 43—Famous for 
Sheerness, Clearness, 
Beauty and Durability 

SI Pair 

3 Pairs $2.85 

Peachtree 

Hosiery Shoppe 
12 Peachtree St., N. E. 
Between 5 Points and Entrance 
of Arcade 

MMmmHiiiiiiiMimmiM 


The Agonistic 

CLUBS FIRST PLACE GOES 

TO FRESHMEN

Blackfriars 
On November 27, Blackfriars pre¬ 

IN HEALTH

sented War Brides, a one-act play on 
the futility of war, at the meeting of 

Proof that the freshman class is thethe Atlanta Jewish Alliance held at 
healthiest at Agnes Scott was found in

the Jewish Temple. Martha Skeen, '34, 
had the leading role. the report of the health rating tests 
The regular club meeting was held given to the gym classes November 22 
last night in Miss Gooch's studio. 

and 23 by the Health Committee of 

the Athletic Board. Julia Thing is 
Chi Beta Phi Sigma 

chairman of this committee.

Chi Beta Phi Sigma met Monday 
The purpose of the tests was to de¬night, December 3. The meeting was 
termine what phases of health should

devoted to business and prospective 
pledges were discussed. Ann Martin be stressed this year and to arouse con¬ 
and Ann Coffee were in charge of re¬ sciousness of physical improvement.
freshments. 

Good posture, both standing and sit¬ 

ting, is most needed on the campus.
Cotillion Club 

Those who have healthy feet and those 
Elizabeth Alexander, Betty Lou 

who sleep eight hours a night are 

Houck, and Josephine Jennings will be scarce. 
hostesses at a tea-dance tomorrow after¬ As well as could be determined bynoon in honor of the Cotillion Club. 

the tests, which could not be consider¬ 
ed absolutely final or inclusive, the rat¬ 
German Club ing is as follows: from a total possible 

The German Club will meet on score of 100, the freshmen made 85; 
Thursday, December 13. A Christmas the seniors, 79; the juniors, 74; and 
play, Das Weihmachtsspiel, will be pre¬ the sophomores, 72. 
sented. The college community is in¬ 
vited. 

College Kitchenette 

Poetry Club 

Gets New Utensils 

The regular meeting of the Poetry 
Club was held last night, December 4, 
The college kitchenette, a gift of thein her room at Ansley. Miss Emma May 
Class of 1934 to the college, has had

Laney was hostess. 

additional equipment added to it this 
fall. During the past few weeks a zinc-

Spanish Club 

plated table, a small stove, cups andMary Louise Latimer was hostess last saucers, and other utensils have beennight at a Christmas party in honor of 

added to the sink and other furniture

the Spanish Club. There was a Christ¬ 

which last year's senior class left to the mas tree, and the members played 

school. The kitchenette is located in

Spanish games and sang Christmas 

the former Agonistic office in the

carols in Spanish. 

basement of Main Building. 
MEXICAN GOVERNMENT The purpose of the seniors in leaving 
ATTACKS THE CHURCH such a gift was to lighten the work of 
{Continued from page 2, column 3) the organization or student group in 
charge of Wednesday night coffee.

pilgrimage to the shrine of the Virgin 
More fixtures will probably be installed

of Guadelupe, under the supervision of 

the government; only a few were al¬ later in the year, according to Miss 
Carrie Scandrett, assistant to the dean.

lowed in a party. Student meetings 
were held to discuss the state of affairs, 
but those considered to be in opposi¬ by the Catholic church. The destroy¬ 
tion to the government were suppress¬ ing angel, ex-President Calles, is abet¬ 
ed. The National University at Mexico ted by President Abelardo Rodriguez 
City and the Universities at Monterey, and by President-Elect Lazano Car-
Guadalajora and Sallitto were closed. denis, who says the "time has come to 

Just what the upshot of this contro¬ prepare future generations for a new 
versy will be remains to be seen. The life and outlook." Deputy Luis Enriqueimmediate aim of the government is to Erro expresses his viewpoint on the sit¬ 

destroy completely the edifice set up uation: "We must open the minds of 
the people by teaching them to see the 
world in the light of science." 

L. D. ADAMS & SON University authorities require that 

129 E. Court Sq. all speeches by students at the Uni¬ 
versity of the Philippines be censored

Decatur, Ga. 

before they are delivered.—The Parley 
Voo.

— 

Don't Neglect Your Eyesight 

A thorough eye examination by a competent oculist (Eye 

Physician) is the first step in securing correct glasses. 
When the prescripton for glasses is given it should be 
filled by a skilled Optician. 

Ask your Oculist (Eye Physician) about our reliability 
and dependable service. 

WALTER BALLARD OPTICAL CO. 
Dispensing OpticiansTHREE STORES 
105 Peachtree St. Medical Arts Bldg. Doctors' Building

ClockSign 382 PeachtreeSt. 480 Peachtree St. 

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE 

DFXATUR, GA. 

A college for womcK that is widely recog¬ 

nized for its standards of work and for the 

interesting character of its student activities 

For further information, address 

J. R. McCain, President 

Winter SeasonY.W. COMMITTEE MANY ATTEND 

Has Interesting TO ENTERTAIN ANNUAL BOOK 

FOR CHILDREN EXHIBIT

Program 

The annual Book Exhibit, under the

The Social Service Committee of the

The winter season of athletic activi¬ 
as direction of Professor Louise McKinney

ties promises to be as successful as the Y. W. C. A., with Marie Simpson 

fall season has been. The two major chairman, assisted by the Social Com¬ and Assistant Professor Janef Preston, 
sports offered are water polo and bas¬ mittee, of which Ruby Hutton is of the English department, was display¬ 
ketball. In response to requests from ed from Monday night, November 2 5,

chairman, will give its annual party for 

many students, there will be classes in 

the poor children of DeKalb County on through last Sunday night, in the 
diving and in ball room dancing. 

Dec. 15 in the Bucher Scott gymna¬ Y. W. C. A. cabinet room in Main

Classes in tap, folk, and natural danc¬ 
ing will be held as last year. sium. Cars will be sent to bring the Building. 

This year there will be not only a children to the college where they will Millers Book Store lent the children's 
beginners' class in tap, but also an ad¬ play games planned for them by the books; Rich's lent chiefly cheap edi¬ 
vanced class. Miss Eugenia Dozier, 

two committees and directed by other tions of the classics; Davison-Paxon,

Agnes Scott graduate and instructor in 

students. fiction, biography, drama and poetry;dancing at the Atlanta Conservatory 
Up until this year, the Social Service McMillan Publishing Co., and the Uni¬

of Music, will teach some of the classes 
this season. While a student here, Miss Group has filled stockings with candy, versity of North Carolina Press, new 
Dozier was chairman of the May Day nuts, and toys and given them to the books. Many of the rare old books on 

Committee one year. children of the party. This year, how¬ display were from the collections of 

For those taking basketball there 

ever, at the suggestion of the Central Mrs. Elijah Brown and Mr. Walter

will be an opportunity for skilled play¬ 

Christmas Giving Committee of the Mason of Atlanta, from the library of

ers to take an examination on basket¬ 

ball refereeing. The department of Social Welfare Council, the group has Georgia Tech and from the private 
physical education will cooperate with decided to send the gifts to the par¬ libraries of Agnes Scott students and 
the Atlanta department of recreation ents who will give them to the chil¬ faculty members. 
in forming an officials' board. 

dren. In this way it is believed that 

A nativity scene belonging to As¬ 
dear mehilabe1, more of the spirit of Christmas and sistant Professor Melissa Cilly, of the 

you may be surprised to hear i apostrophe ve 

the joys of Santa Claus will be re¬ Spanish department and a medieval

left the white house dining room and have

established myself for the time being at the tained.

alumnae house, the reason for this is i heard scene, "When Knights Were Bold," 

mr. king, the plumber—of the firm of brooks 

made and lent by Mr. Frank Winecoff,

and rivers—tell john, the waiter, that they

have the best food on the campus over here, The cost of education per student of Atlanta, were included in the ex¬

it seems this mr. king gets his lunches over has dropped as much as $ 15 0 per year

here when he can get through his work in hibit. The Durer pictures were lent

time, of course, i could go off the campus, at the University of Michigan, at Ann 

mehitabel, but i ask you, mehitabel, would Arbor. by Professor Muriel Harn, of the Ger¬

that be loyal when i pride myself on being

from agnes scott question mark, you Know man department, Miss Carrie Scand¬ 

the old saying about quotation mark a word 

to the wise another quotation mark so i won At Virginia Military Institute the rett, Assistant Dean. The Cabinet 

apostrophe t go into that, only to say i set 

Keydets have a language all their own. Room was conveniently and attractive¬

out the very first chance i grot for the lea 

room. Some of their speech-peculiarities are ly arranged with easy chairs, lounges

this morning, mehitabel, around ten a veri¬ 

explained in a recently published dic¬

table mob came in for dopes and chokers and and lamps.

coffee and grand smelling fudge cakes—three tionary known as the "Rat Bible."

for five—i don apostrophe t get a chance to The hostesses of the exhibit through¬

Some are unprintable.

taste things like that, for someone always out the week were the members of 

seems to beat me to her crumbs, i heard 

A few interesting phrases are: Brow

fannie, the cook, telling how slow the dripo-Mortar Board, Poetry Club, K. U. B.,

lator is and mildred dark, the girl who helps —one who attains a high academic journalism club, and B. O. Z., prose

over here in the tea room, got so excited, that 

standing; Bull—to flunk; Buzzard—an

she dropped a cup. i decided the place for writing club. 

me was not the kitchen after that, mehitabel, unpopular one; also any fowl served

and furthermore, says i to myself, archie, my 

presumably as food in the mess-hall;

lad, says i, what have you got so many legs

for if not to walk on and furthermore i had Calic—member of the fair sex who can

just enjoyed a leisurely breakfast of eggs and

bacon and raisin toast, so i was feeling most make the "hop" a success or failure; LOUIS ISAACSON, INC. 
terribly sociable. Hike—a long, aimless journey in search Furs of Fashion 

it seems miss lillian smith entertained her

latin majors—what are they, question mark, of military glamour; Tobo—those of Manufacturing Furriers 

mehitabel, you tell me exclamation point, they the fair sex who lack sex appeal. Furrier—Cleaning

are still raving about the grand turkey dinner 

in the tea room last thursday after that Remodeling 

acorn fright i didn apostrophe t think i had 

Repairing

better tarry long ,so i came up a long flight

of steps to this room and found this type¬ 

MARTIN'S BEAUTY SHOP Walnut 9776

writer idle, what joy, mehitabel, exclamation 

point, what joy, another exclamation point, Invites all Agnes Scott

this is the noise i heard downstairs, i 210 Peachtree Street

must Special Prices on

say this girl they call dorothy beats an erratic 

Henry Grady Hotel

tatoo on it. i must stop this now, mehitabel, Tuesdays and Wednesdays

for someone is coming. Atlanta, Ga.

hastily, De. 2671 153 Sycamore St. 
archie. 

Are you a victim of "C. S." ? 

t:<f Then See Our 

All-Occasion 

Dresses 

$13.95 

If you're one of those whose Christmas Spirit 
has run away with your allowance, you'll need 
smart frocks in street length that you can 
slip into for dates, movies, holiday dinners, 
and everything else! And a black or brown 
crepe frock with adorably young jacket that 
ties on over a bright green crepe blouse is 
just the thing you'll need, at a college girl's 
pre-Christmas pocketbook level! 

Sizes 11 1o 17 

COLLEGE SHOP THIRD FLOOR 

RICH'S