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VOL. XXI AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1936 NO. 12 

Johnson, King 

Will Vie For 

Scholarship 

Faculty Names Two Seniors For 
Beck Award 

Ethelyn Johnson and Augusta King 
have been named the candidates from 
Agnes Scott College for the Beck 
Scholarship as the result of the nom¬ 
inations of the faculty and the recom¬ 
mendations of the heads of the depart¬ 
ments of the College. For the first 
time since the award was offered two 
years ago the majority of the nomina¬ 
tions were in favor of members of the 
senior class instead of alumnae. The 
other four candidates for the graduate 
study award will be from Emory 
University and the University of Geor¬ 
gia, which with Agnes Scott are the 
only Georgia colleges having chapters 
of Phi Beta Kappa, a requirement of 
the scholarship. The winner will be 
announced following the Commitee of 
Selection's decision, to be made in Feb¬ 
ruary. 

The Beck Scholarship allows a sti¬ 
pend not to exceed $2,000 annually for 
graduate study in any institution in 
America or elsewhere approved by the 
Board. It may be held for as long as 
three years. The candidates must be 
citizens of Georgia and members of 
the present senior class or alumni of 
two years standing or less; their col¬ 
leges must be Georgia institutions that 
have chapters of Phi Beta Kappa and 
standards approved and recognized 
both by the Southern Association of 
Colleges and Secondary Schools and the 
Association of American Universities. 

The Committee of Selection bases its 
decision upon literary and scholastic 
ability and attainments; personality 
and character; leadership and interest 
in others; and physical vigor as shown 
by interest in outdoor sports or in 
other ways. Distinction in character, 
personality, and in intellect is the most 
important requirement for the de¬ 
cision. 

The scholarship is furnished by a 
fund left for that purpose by Mr. 
Lewis Beck, former president of the 
Beck & Gregg hardware store in At¬ 
lanta. It was offered for the first time 
in 1934, when Virginia Heard, '3 3, 
won it. 

Mr. Caldwell Talks 

On Purpose of A. P. 

At Agonistic Chapel 

Mr. W. F. Caldwell, divisional news 
editor of Associated Press, spoke at The 
Agonistic chapel on Friday, January 
10; his subject was The Organization 
and Purposes of Associated Press. 

He explained that Associated Press 
is not a money-making organization 
but one that attempts to serve all 
newspapers equally through its rapid 
system of news distribution. He 
stressed the fact that Associated Press 
stands for truth in news and that it is 
not dominated by any one man or 
group of men. In discussing Wire-
photo, Associated Press' year-old pic¬ 
ture discovery, he told how The Dallas 
News sent its front page, a half at a 
time, by Wirephoto to California so 
that Texans attending the Rose Bowl 
game could have their own paper the 
morning after. 

Mr. Caldwell's interest in Agnes 
Scott has made him an invaluable 
friend to The Agonistic; he has served 
as judge of the annual Class Contest 
twice and has acted in an advisory 
capacity many times. Mr. Caldwell 
was a student of Dr. McCain, father of 
the president of the College, at Erskine 
and he married an Agnes Scott girl. 

Mr. Ben F. Meyer, state news editor 

for Associated Press, who opened the 

series of The Agonistic programs last 

October, was on the campus Friday 

with Mr. Caldwell. 

Mortar Board to 

Redecorate Date 

Parlors in Main 

A campaign to raise funds for re¬ 
modeling the date parlors in Main 
Building was opened on last Saturday 
morning, January 11, in chapel; the 
local chapter of Mortar Board is spon¬ 
soring the drive. The campaign, ac¬ 
cording to Shirley Christian, general 
chairman, will continue throughout 
this week. A poster in Buttrick Hall 
shows the daily progress of the drive. 
The administration has agreed to match 
up to fifty dollars the sum raised on 
the campus. The first contributors last 
Saturday were Dr. J. R. McCain, presi¬ 
dent of the College, who gave five dol¬ 
lars and Mortar Board which gave 
eleven. Additional contributions have 
been made in the three days this week. 

Carrie Phinney Latimer and Ade¬ 
laide Stevens are in charge of collec¬ 
tion in Rebekah; Ruby Hutton and 
Sarah Spencer are in charge in Main; 
and Dean McKoin, of Inman. Day 
students may contribute to Ann Cof¬ 
fee, day student chairman, Lulu 
Ames, Frances James, or Loice Rich¬ 
ards. In addition, girls are stationed 
outside the doors after chapel each 
morning and a box has been placed in 
Buttrick for the convenience of the 
faculty. 

The refurnishing and remodeling of 
the date parlors in Main is worthy be¬ 
cause they are, because of their pres¬ 
ent drab and uncomfortable appear¬ 
ance, apt to leave visitors to Agnes 
Scott with an unpleasant first impres¬ 
sion and, too often, an untrue one, 
according to Shirley Christian. 

Dr. McCain Goes 

To Conferences 

Held in New York 

Dr. J. R. McCain, president of 
Agnes Scott College, is in New York 
City today attending the annual meet¬ 
ing of the National Conference of 
Church-Related Colleges; on January 
16 and 17 he will attend the twenty-
second annual meeting of the Associa¬ 
tion of American Colleges, of which 
he is vice-president. Last year this 
meeting was held in Atlanta; it is the 
only time that the Association has met 
in the South. 

Religion in Education is the general 
theme of the meeting of Church-Re¬ 
lated Colleges. Among the talks to be 
given are The Social Sciences and Re¬ 
ligion, by Professor C. A. Ellwood, 
Duke University; The Literature 
Group and Religion, by President J. H. 
Moyniham, College of St. Thomas; and 
The Church and State in Higher Edu¬ 
cation, by Dr. James Gillis, editor of 
The Catholic World. 

The theme of the meeting of the 
Association of American Colleges, The 
Integrity of the American College, will 
be discussed from two angles. Dr. 
Walter A. Jessup, president of the Car¬ 
negie Foundation for the Advancement 
of Teaching, will speak from the stand¬ 
point of the administration, and from 
the standpoint of the professions the 
subject will be discussed in four di¬ 
visions: education, engineering, law, 
and medicine. At the annual dinner on 
Thursday evening Principal A. E. Mor¬ 
gan, of McGill University, and Presi¬ 
dent Henry M. Wriston, of Lawrence 
College, president of the Association, 
will speak on The Educational Integ¬ 
rity of the American and British Col¬ 
lege. 

In addition to the general meetings 
at which these talks will be given, there 
will be five sectional meetings where 
such topics as The Purpose of College, 
Instruction in Art, and Trends in 
Higher Education for Women will be 
discussed. 

1935-6 Catalogue 

Describes Changes 

The Agnes Scott College catalogue 
for 193 5-1936 with announcements 
for the session 193 6-1937 was released 
on the campus the first part of this 
week. The general lay-out of the cata¬ 
logue is the same as in former years. 
Credit hours for courses have been con¬ 
verted from semester to quarter hours 
in accordance with the change, effec¬ 
tive next September, from the present 
semester system to the quarter system. 

According to the new bulletin, 189 
quarter hours will be required for the 
degree, nine of which must be in physi¬ 
cal education. The effect the change 
will have on course plans is little, if 
any. A year course now worth six 
semester hours will amount to nine 
quarter hours. Science courses carry¬ 
ing eight hours credit now will carry 
twelve quarter hours. Some subjects 
which are now offered for a semester 
will be extended over two quarters; 
other semester subjects will be com¬ 
pleted in one quarter. Since the limi¬ 
tation of hours which a student can 
carry has remained unchanged, there 
will be no lessening in the number of 
subjects each quarter. 

The examination period has been cut 
to a week. Exams for the fall quarter 
will be given December 2-9; those for 
the winter quarter, March 10-17, will 
be followed immediately by spring 

(Continued on page 4, column 5) 

Wilder to Talk 

Here on Movies 

And Literature 

Thornton Wilder, distinguished nov¬ 
elist, lecturer, and literary authority, 
will come to Agnes Scott College on 
February 6 as the second of the promi¬ 
nent American writers presented this 
year by the Public Lecture Association. 
The author of such best-sellers as The 
Bridge of San Luis Key and Heaven's 
My Destination, Wilder is expected to 
attract an audience as enthusiastic as 
the one that heard Robert Frost when 
he lectured here last November. Mr. 
Wilder's lecture will be on The Motion 
Pictures and Literature. 

Several years ago Mr. Wilder lec¬ 
tured at Agnes Scott on The Relation 

•Between Literature and Life; those who 
heard the lecture recall it as one of the 
most delightful and successful ones 
ever given at the College. Concerning 
his appearance here next month, Mr. 
Wilder has written Associate Professor 
Emma May Laney, Lecture Chairman, 
a letter from which the following ex¬ 
cerpt is taken: 
"It (the lecture on The Motion Pic¬ 
tures and Literature) is an adjusted 
balance between topical interest and il¬ 
lustrations, and theoretical principles. 
I think that it would interest your 
audience. 

I have the happiest memories of my 
former visit to Agnes Scott College 
and am looking forward to renewing 
them." 

Tickets for Thornton Wilder's lec¬ 
ture will be on sale in Atlanta on 
January 22 at both Davison-Paxon's 
and Rich's department stores, and at 
Agnes Scott during the week before 
February 6. Student tickets are 5 0c for 
unreserved seats and 75c for reserved; 
general admission is 75c for unreserved 
seats and $1.00 for reserved. 

ATTENTION 

Francis Hackett, author of Henry 

VIII and other books, will speak 

tonight at Glenn Memorial Audi¬ 

torium on the Emory University 

campus. He will discuss Henry 

VIII and Francis 1. Mr. Hackett is 

appearing here under the auspices of 

the Emory Student Lecture Associa¬ 

tion. Tickets may be bought at the 

door for 75 c. 

STUDENTS FAVOR CHANGE 

j 

IN AGONISTIC ELECTION 
| 

Works Assists In Aurora Approves New Plan; 
Annual Opposes Change; 
University Plan 

Committee Will Decide 

Dr. George A. Works, dean of the The student body of Agnes Scott 

School of Education, University of College passed by an overwhelming ma¬ 

Chicago, and secretary of the North jority a motion to change the method 

Central Association of Colleges and of selecting the editor of The Agonis¬ 

Secondary Schools, met with Dr. J. R. tic from popular election to a system 

McCain, president of Agnes Scott Col¬ of staff election at Open Forum on last 

lege; Dr. M. L. Brittain, president of Thursday, January 9. Frances James, 

Georgia Tech; Chancellor S. V. San-vice-president of Student Government, 

ford, of the University System of presided. No vote was taken on the 
Georgia; Dr. Harman Caldwell, presi¬ Aurora, which favors the change, or 

dent of the University of Georgia; on the Silhouette, which is opposed to 
Dean Stevens, of the graduate school any departure from the present method. 
of the university; representatives of The new system, which was pre¬ 

the faculties and trustees of Emory sented by Lulu Ames, editor of The 
University and of Agnes Scott College; Agonistic, provides for a point-vote 
whereby the majority vote of the stu¬

and a number of leading citizens of At¬ 

dents, the majority vote of the staff,

lanta for a two-day conference held 

and the business manager's vote will 

Monday and Tuesday, January 6 and each count one; the vote of the editor 

7, in Atlanta. The purpose of the con¬ will count two. Election of the editor 

ference was to plan a system which will will be made from the three assistant 
editors whose election will continue to

coordinate Agnes Scott College, Emory 

be handled by popular vote of the

University, Georgia Tech, and the Uni¬ 

students. 

versity of Georgia. 

Discussion of the plan was led by

The progress of plans for such a co¬ 

Lulu Ames. A number of students 
ordination system is slow, but satisfac¬ spoke in favor of its adoption; dissent¬ 
tory under existing circumstances, ac¬ ing opinions were few. Lita Goss, edi¬ 
tor of the Aurora, endorsed the plan

cording to Dr. McCain. The next step, 

for The Agonistic and expressed a

he says, is a conference between the 

desire for a similar change for the 

faculties of the institutions. Coopera¬ 

Aurora; although no action was taken 
tion between them is already a fact. on the Aurora situation, it is believed 
Plans are being laid now for the be¬ that the matter will be brought up at 
the February Open Forum. Shirley

ginning of Emory's Centennial Cam¬ 

Christian, editor of the Silhouette, held

paign, which, presumably will under¬ 

to the present system in regard to the

take to raise a part of the funds neces¬ 

year book because "it is democratic." 
sary for the project, Dr. McCain con¬ 

Opposition to the change for The 
tinued. No figures are available as yet. Agonistic on the ground that such a 
plan will breed politics was met by the 
argument that, under the proposed

Survey of Science, 

plan, emphasis will be placed on merit, 
Mythology, Eng. 326 ability, and an understanding of the 
duties and responsibilities of the posi¬ 
AreNew Courses tion. It was agreed that the students 
as a body will have a strong voice in 
the selection since the three assistant

History of Science, Physics 310, Car-

editors will still be elected popularly;

lyle, Arnold, and Newman, English 

the two assistants who are defeated for

326, and Classical Mythology, Greek 

(Continued on page 2, column 3)

211, are to be offered the second semes¬ 

ter this year. The physics and Greek 

courses are altogether new ones at A.S.C. To Have New 

Agnes Scott; English 326 was offered 

in the spring of 1934 for the first time. Theme For Series 

History of Science, according to Pro¬ 

Of Radio Programs

fessor S. M. Christian, of the physics 

department, will be a survey of the 

The Place of the Liberal Arts Col¬

development of all the sciences, mathe¬ 

lege in the World Today is the theme

matical, physical, biological, and social 

of the new series of Agnes Scott Col¬

from the Greeks to the present. Since 

lege radio programs to be broadcast 

a period of 2 500 years is to be covered, 

every Wednesday over WSB. The

the course necessarily will be only a sur¬ 

series, beginning last January 8 and 

vey. Three hours of credit in physics 

continuing for five months, will be

will be given. Although the class hours 

sponsored each month by one of the

have not yet been definitely decided, 

five groups which compose the College:

Mr. Christian said that the class will 

the trustees, the administration, the

probably meet at ten-thirty on Tues¬ 

faculty, the alumnae, and the students.

day, Thursday, and Saturday. 

Previous programs have featured cam¬

English 3 26 plans for an intensive 

pus and alumnae activities.

study of Carlyle and Arnold in rela¬ 

The plan is to have on each broad¬

tion to the development of Nineteenth 

cast a musical program and a short

Century thought. Because of lack of 

talk by someone representing the spon¬

time, Newman will not be included. 

sors for that month. During the fifth

This course, which is open to students 

month, which will be in the hands of 

who have had English 211, will include 

the students, each of the four classes

oral reports and term papers. Hours 

will be in charge of one program. 

are still to be arranged but, according 

Mr. J. K. Orr, chairman of the 

to Professor George P. Hayes, of the 

board of trustees, opened the new series

English department, the class will 

on Wednesday, January 8, with a talk

probably be on Monday, Wednesday, 

on The Purpose of the College as the 

and Friday afternoons. 

Founders Saw It. Miss Evelyn Wall 

Classical Mythology is to be a study played a piano solo. This afternoon's 

of the myths of Greece and Rome as program will present Mr. George Win-

an aid to the interpretation and appre¬ ship, a member of the board, who will 

ciation of literature and art. Professor speak on The History of the College. 

Catherine Torrance, of the Greek de¬ The students and friends of the 

partment, will teach it. It will meet College are especially urged to listen 

on Wednesday and Friday afternoons to these programs every Wednesday at 

at 2:30. five o'clock. 


The Agonistic 

The Book A Key to Current History

Agonistic 

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. 
*935 Member 1936 

Ptssocided Collegiate Pre^ 

STAFF 
Lclu Ames Mildred Clark Alice Chamlee 
Editor-in-chief Make-up Editor Business Manager 
Laura Steele 
Frances Gary 
Assistant Editors 
Nellie M. Gilroy 
June Matthews 
Ass'/ Make-up 
Rosa From 
Kathryn Bowen 
Advertising Manager 
Circulation Managers 
Mary Margaret Stowe 
Feature Editor 
Nell A* " ison 
Ass'/ Feature E.dilor 
Jane Guthrif 
Book Notes Editor 
Current History 
Elizabeth Baethke 
Laura Coit 
Exchange Editors 
Margaret Cooper 
Mary Gray Rogers 
Sarah Brosnan 
Elizabeth Burson 
Sports Editor 
Ellen McCallte Nell White Cornelia Christie 
Alumnae Editor Society Editor Club Editor 

OUR SISTERS 1 of the students in the ability of 
jthe editor and the staff to select

IN SORROW 
| an able person for the position.

The attitude of the day student 

The suddenness and, to some, the

toward the date-parlor campaign 

revolutionary character of the

is apt to be an academic one un¬ 

change has aroused in the stud¬

less a College-wide point of view 

ent mind a natural wonder about

is taken of the movement. No 

how the change will work and

day student, no matter how cam¬ 

why it has been made.

pus-minded she may be, can work 
The adoption of the plan, to

herself into a tizzy over an ac¬ 

begin with, is not a radical move.

count of a boarder's evening in a 
It is common knowledge that the

date-mauseleum in Main; indeed, 
advice of the editor has, in past

to the day student, it has all-
humorous sides. years, been taken without ques¬ 
But the date-angle is not the tion by the Nominating Commit¬ 
important part of this drive; it tee, that the editor, through the 
was chosen mainly because its Committee, names her successor. 
popular appeal is greatest and The power of the editor, under 
readiest. Mortar Board, in spon¬ the new arrangement, will re¬ 
soring the campaign, is not at¬ main unchanged since she can de¬ 
tempting to foster increased cide, by her two-count vote, the 
popularity on the campus and to election. And her selection will 
center the activity of that popu¬ be limited to the three assistant 
larity in parlors rejuvenated for editors whom the students have 
that sole purpose. Anyone with elected by popular nomination 
an average imagination can see and vote. The business manager's 
the impossibility of creating, by vote has always gone with the 
the addition of radios, lamps, pil¬ editor's. Clearly the only 
lows, and easy chairs, in a four-CHANGE is the vote of the 
story brick building of an amaz¬ staff. Although the personnel of 
ing number of rooms the home¬ the staff may change with the 
like coziness of a small bungalow editor, the efficient people are 
somewhere in the suburbs. Mor¬ usually retained in one position 
tar Board is not seeking the im¬ or another. If there is to be co¬ 
possible. operation between staff and edijtor, 
the staff must have the right

A modified reproduction of 

that coziness, however, is possi¬ I to voice its opinion on the quali¬ 
ties and capability of the editor.

ble in the parlors in Main. For 

The matter of politics — the

the sake of the College, it should 

current "mad dog" on the Ameri¬

be made possible. Every day, 

can campus — has been linked

visitors to the campus, left in 

with this movement. The aim of

those rooms, get their first im¬ 
pression of Agnes Scott. Only THE AGONISTIC is to remain 

jthe center of student life on the

the bare necessities for changing 

campus by serving the students

their position from that of stand¬ 

fair-mindedly and in an unpre¬

ing to sitting are furnished 

judiced manner; an editor can¬

them: colorless settees — not 

not rail-road her best girl friend,

sofas—; rug, floor, walls of one 

irregardless of certain funda¬

dull shade; two windows, if they 

mental qualifications, into the

are lucky; one radiator ... all of 

editorship without defeating this

these things contribute to the 

aim. No person knowingly slits

formation of an unfavorable 

her own throat.

opinion of the "other side," so-

Objection to the plan has been

called, of college life. Although 

taken on the ground that an edi¬

that opinion is directed primarily 

tor selected in this way will in¬

at boarders, day students get 

herit the policies of the out¬

their share. 

going editor since, naturally, the

Of course the day students 

incumbent would find for her

have already the pick of the 

successor a girl whose ideas and 

rooms in Main; certainly they 

opinions agreed with her own.

have the pick of the atmospheres 

In order to get at this objection

of the rooms. But the time is 

at all, one must first assume that

coming when the ugliness and 

there is a policy in existence. If

emptiness of their room in the 

a student body by itself should

basement of Main will become to 

ever become aware of a policy

them as unbearable as the par¬ 

followed by the average college

lors now are to the boarders. As 

weekly, the editor could not help

insurance against that time, the 

but feel that a local paradise had

day students can cooperate in the 

been established for her own hap¬

date-parlor drive. Reciprocity is 

piness. First of all, in dealing

not only an admirable game but 

with a college paper, one should

it also pays well. 

guard against confusing policy 
with personality.

POLITICS? 

In practise, will it be fair? 

POPULAR VOTE? 

Certainly a system that brings 

The vote of the student body forth into the open a condition 
last Thursday in favor of staff that has existed on THE AGON¬ 
election of the editor of THE ISTIC since its founding in 1916, 
AGONISTIC indicates a certain that system cannot honestly be 
degree of confidence on the part condemned as undemocratic. 

of This Week 

What This Congress Brings method of raising the money for pav-

By Eliza King ment, estimated by supporters of the 

Last Adventures of the "Bounty The convening of the seventv-fourth bill at $1,000,000,000 immediatelv up¬

Mutineers" Congress of the United States on Fri¬ on enactment." 

Pitcairn's Island, by James Norman day, January 3, has for a time drawn The neutrality controversy, how¬ 

Hall and Charles Nordhoff, was chosen the attention of America from the ever, has not yet been settled. Last 

Ethiopian question to national affairs August Congress passed the temp¬

as the book of the week because, ad¬ 

and particularly to the coming presi¬ orary Neutrality Act, which expires

ded to Mutiny on the Bounty and to 

dential election, the outcome of which on February 6, forbidding the export

Men Against the Sea, it completes a will probably be affected by the poli-of arms or munitions from the United 

trilogy of one of the most adventure¬ ; cies and acts of this session of Con-States to any belligerent but leaving 

some tales in English seafaring history. ! gress. ,10 the President the right to determine 
The first job of the House and the what materials should be considered as

And the story is not yet ended, for in 

Senate is to pass the regular appropria¬ arms or munitions. There is now a

the spring of 193 5 a Boston skipper 

tion bills, which would have been a deadlock between Congress and the 
sailed into Glouchester from his voy¬ ; routine affair had not the Supreme State Department concerning the na¬ 
age to the South Seas and told of hav¬ j Court declared the Agricultural Ad-ture of a permanent neutrality act. 
ing found on a small tropical island a .justment Act unconstitutional. This Congress wishes an inflexible law for¬ 

J decision upset the President's budget bidding export of

chief magistrate named Parker Chris¬ arms and materials 

j by deducting S 1,047,342,000 — the to all warring nations alike, because it

tian and some islanders named Young 

amount to have been received from the fears that the State Department, if the 
and McCoy. Strange as it may seem, processing tax over a two-year period power were given to it, would, by its 
these friendly people are the direct de¬ —from the fiscal income and by leav¬ policies, draw the United States into 
scendants of Fletcher Christian, Ed¬ ing no provision tor raising the $5 00,-war. On the other hand, the State 

000,000 which the government still Department declares that the discretion

ward Young, and Will McCoy—all 

owes to farmers for existing benefit of the President exercised under a flex¬

mutineers of His Majesty's ship, the In there is some

payments. addition, ible law would remove the danger of 
Bounty, and principal characters in the question as to whether officials will be the country's being drawn into wars 
three books mentioned above. allowed to collect the rest of the pro¬ provoked by an inflexible neutrality 

Pitcairn's Island, written in the same cessing tax due this year, which law. President Roosevelt, discussing 
rough and hearty style of its prede¬ amounts to over $450,000,000. the question of neutrality in his mes¬ 
cessors, contains the further adven¬ One matter about which there seems sage to Congress, made no reference to 

tures of the mutineers and the story of to be little dispute is the payment of this situation. 

how they fared on their lonely island. the bonus. The Ways and Means Congressional leaders had hopefully 
After the Bo'inty was destroyed, the Committee of the House expects little predicted a short session due to the 
fifteen men and twelve Tahitian wom¬ opposition to its plan for cash pay¬ party conventions this summer, but the 
en set up a crude but comfortable vil¬ ment, which " (1) will give former sol¬ Supreme Court decision on the AAA 

lage, raised children, fished, and lived diers full maturity value of adjusted and those which are to be handed 
in harmony for three years. But trou¬ compensation certificates, and (2) will down on the Bankhead Act and other 
ble came with the dividing of the land, allow those desiring to hold their such acts will probably necessitate new

cer¬ 
with the introduction of an old-fash¬ tificates and cancel the unpaid inter¬ legislation and therefore delay the date 
ioned still, and with the growing envy est, but which (3) sets no definite of adjournment. 
of the unmarried men. Fighting and 
bloodshed began, followed by the Among the Clubs 
deaths of Christian and all but four of 

Poetry Club

the mutineers. In 1808 when an Amer¬ Preston's apartment. Lulu Ames, Ann 

ican ship, Topaz, discovered the is¬ The last meeting of Poetry Club was Martin, June Matthews, Mildred Clark, 
land, only one male survivor was found held on Tuesday night, January 14, at Betty Hollis, and Nell Allison read. 

with the women and children. And in 8:30. Miss Laney entertained the mem¬ Hortense Jones and Lita Goss were hos¬ 
this small colony were found also, a bers of the club in her apartment in tesses. 
church, a schoolhouse, a constitution, Ansley Cottage. 

Citizenship Club

and a speaking and writing knowledge 
of English. Peace and happiness seem¬ Glee Club The last meeting of Citizenship Club 
ed again to have pervaded the little The special chorus of the Agnes was held on Tuesday afternoon, Janu¬ 

ary 14, at 4 o'clock in the Y. W. C.

village—a peace which Fletcher Chris¬ Scott College Glee Club sang at the 

A. cabinet room. There was a general
tian had hoped for and which Alex¬ First Presbyterian Church in Atlanta 
ander Smith, the last of the mutineers, on Monday morning, January 6. The discussion of the problems and bills of 
spoke of as he talked with the captain chorus sang Faith, Hope and Love. Congress to be brought up and their 

effect on this election vear.

of the Topaz. "Aye, it's a quiet life Fifteen members took part in this pre¬ 
and a good life we've had here these sentation, which was a part of the pro¬ 
nine years. I doubt if ye could find gram arranged for the meeting at Bible Club 

The Bible Club held its regular meet¬

anywhere a family of human beings I which Kagawa spoke. 

ing on Monday afternoon, January 6,

that lives together with more kindness 

at 5 o'clock in the Y. W. C. A. cabi¬

and goodwill. We're at peace, in our Music Appreciation Group 

net room. Adelaide Stevens, Alice

lives and in our hearts. Pitcairn's Island 

The Music Appreciation Group of 

Hannah, and Winifred Kellersbcrger

is home, for all. There's the sum of it, 

the Y. W. C. A. met on Sunday night, 

brought messages from the Indianapolis

sir, in few words." 

January 12, at 8 o'clock in the Music 

Student Volunteer Quadrennial Con¬

Room. Mary Ruth Murphy spoke on 

vention, which they attended during

STUDENTS FAVOR CHANGE Schubert and His Popular Works. The 

the Christmas vacation. Ori Sue Jones

IN AGONISTIC ELECTION Unfinished Symphony, Ave Maria, and 

was hostess at this meeting.

(Continued from page 1, column 5) his Serenade were discussed. 
the editorship, it was explained, will 

Pi Alpha Phi 

become associate editors and together Chi Beta Phi Sigma Pi Alpha Phi had its last meetingwith the editor will form an editorial The members of Chi Beta Phi Sigma 9, at 7

on Thursday night, January

board for The Agonistic. held a closed meeting on Monday 

o'clock in Miss Gooch's studio. Nellie 

The proposed plan for The Agon¬ night, January 6, at 7 o'clock in the Margaret Gilroy, Brooks Spivey, Jean 
istic is a modification of the system chemistry lecture room. Mary Walker Austin, and Florence Little participated 

an interesting discussion of Na¬

now in use at Radcliffe College, Cam¬ gave in a debate on Radio Control. At this 
bridge, Massachusetts. The Nominat¬ tural and Artificial Disintegration of meeting a new system of judging the 

the Elements, and Ann Coffee gave a

ing Committee, which is made up of debates was initiated. Under this sys¬ 
all senior office-holders, must pass on talk on Relativity. tem Mr. Hayes acts as a critic judge 
the plan before its final adoption. The and criticizes the debates from a tech¬ 
matter was referred to the Committee B. O. Z. nical standpoint. The members of Phi 
on last Thursday; a report of its deci¬ B. O. Z. held its last meeting on Fri¬ Alpha Phi received their pins at this 
sion is expected early in February. day night, January 10, at 7:30 in Miss meeting. 

Athletic Association to Provide Sports and Fun 

In Health Contest During Oncoming Exam Trials 

By Alice Cheeseman volleyball nets will be up and basket¬ each chart: first, one hour of exercise 

During the days of darkest strife— balls will be handy. Besides all that, (excluding intellectual gymnastics) ; 
the days of exams—the Athletic Asso¬ girls, there will be daily hikes under second, proper amount of sleep (that 
ciation usually becomes our heartiest the direction of Frances Robinson and means twelve hours for all students 
friend. Why? Because A. A. stands the class hiking managers: Lily Weeks, under six years of age) ; third, attend¬ 
truest and sturdiest then, in annoint-senior; Frances Gary, junior; Hibernia ance at regular meals (sans assorted 
ing our parched, trembling, and piti¬ Hassell, sophomore; and Alice Cheese-and sundry textbooks). Each wing will 
fully frayed spirits with refreshment, man, freshman. These hikes will be have a chairman, who will see that we 
amusement, and courage anew. short and will mean the very revival are healthy. The dormitory wing with 

This winter A. A.'s compassion is of you! the highest number of checks and 
ncne the less compassionate, for the The big contest we must describe healthy girls will receive prize, the

a 

health committee, of which Anne Tay¬ with zest and directness, for every nature of which will remain undilor 
is chairman, will sponsor all during boarder will be expected to do her share vulged until—well, until this end of 
exams a jolly and rejuvenating health of "being healthy" during those first floor Inman wins. Ah now, Miss 

program consisting of numerous after¬ atrocious, hideous days. Yes, of course, Haynes, what can the prize be! 
noon recreations and a contest. Miss it's a health contest! On each wing of It is the sincere hope of the Athletic 
Wilburn and Elizabeth Blackshear, each floor of each dormitory there will Association that all of us pitiable 
chairman of the health program itself, be posted a chart. Each inmate on pariahs (those existing during exams) 
explain that there will be a plunge each wing will be expected to check, will hobble tc the gym every day to 
period, that the ping-pong tables and with a truthfulness untainted by biased patch our tattered beings and learn 
the shuffleboard apparatus will be (or otherwise warped) attitude or men¬ "how to be healthy though taking 
ready for use in the gym, and that tality, each of the following items on , exams!" 


The Agonistic 

Three From A.S.C. Kagawa Addresses Snow, Ice Cover Decatur

OFFICIAL NOTICE 

Attend Convention College Students The Agnes Scott College Library 
will be open on this Saturday night,

In Atlanta Visit

Adelaide Stevens, Alice Hannah, and January 18, and on the following 
Winifred Kellersberger attended the Saturday night, January 25, for the

Approximately 100 Agnes Scott Col¬

twelfth quadrennial convention of the convenience of the students. The 

lege students heard Toyohiko Kagawa,

Student Volunteer Movement which Library will close at 12:30 on Sat¬ 
internationally known Japanese relig¬ urday, February 1, and will not be

was held in Indianapolis, Ind., from 
December 28, 193 1, to January 1, ious leader, address a student meeting open again until Monday morning, 
1936. Present were 3900 students, rep¬ at the First Presbyterian Church of February 3, when the regular sched¬ 
resenting countries all over the world, ule will be resumed.

Atlanta on Monday morning, January

including Persia, China, Japan, India, Edna R. Hanley, Librarian.

6. His subject was concerned with the
Korea, British Columbia, Canada, Nova 

history and geography of Japan.

Scotia, Scotland, Mexico, and the West 
Indies. The convention was interna¬ Called "one of the striking phenom¬ 

Agonistic Sponsors

tional, interdenominational, and inter¬ ena of the Christian world today," and 
racial. 

considered by many to be the out¬ 

Knit Style Show

The principal speaker was William 

standing Christian of today, Kagawa

Temple, Archbishop of York; among 

is an evangelist, lecturer, organizer and spring

other well-known religious leaders The Agonistic sponsored a 

Courtesy of DeKalb New Era 

present were Robert P. Wilder and leader in labor movements, charity style show of hand-knit fashions from 

Campus Trees Suffer

John R. Mott, founders of the move¬ worker, and editor. He conducts a so¬ Davison-Paxon the evening of

on diameter of five feet. Mr. Cunningham

From 200 to 470 trees on the Agnes

ment, Robert E. Spear, McNeil Poteat, cial service bureau, supports a Chris¬ Thursday, January 9, in Bucher Scott explained that it would have been de¬

Scott College campus were either de¬

and Kagawa. In addition to the tian doctor and two nurses, has in¬ stroyed had the workers not run cables

Gymnasium. Ellen Davis announced stroyed or seriously damaged by the ice

speeches, discussion groups were held up to it to keep it stationary.

fluenced constructive social legislation, the opening of the program. As the blizzard which struck Decatur and 

on such questions as race relations, 

and has served, always without pay, on surrounding vicinity the last part of Agnes Scott has opened bids to 

peace, and missions; the idea of a world models displayed the styles, Miss Helen 

December. The storm, the worst that trained workmen to repair the trees as

community was stressed throughout. important official commissions. Among Otten, Davison's New York fashion 

this section has known in thirty years, far as it is possible. The College has

Other attractions on the program in¬ other things he is the most popular expert, described the different gowns, covered everything with a slippery offered to needy families the brokencluded the presentation of Operation Japanese novelist of his day: beginning explaining the cost and method of branches and brush, which Mr. Cun¬

sheath of ice that lasted for a. week.

at One, a play by Maude Taylor Sarvis, 

with Across the Deadline, he has pub¬ making them. The six girls who dis¬ Although the magnolia and oak ningham estimated as ten cords of

who was for fifteen years a mission¬ 

lished sixty-one books, including relig¬ played the gowns were Virginia Turn¬ trees of Agnes Scott withstood the rav¬ wood. 

ary in Nanking, China; special music 

ious and psychological ones. er, Naomi Cooper, Catherine Ricks, ages of the storm very well, the brittle The blizzard also broke the electric

hours; denominational suppers; and a 

On Sunday, January 5, Kagawa Elizabeth Strickland, Katherine Bishop, elm trees were almost entirely de¬ wires, leaving the College without

New Year's Eve party. 

spoke at the Druid Hills Baptist and Maxine Crisler. stroyed, Mr. R. B. Cunningham, busi¬ lights; and all but one of the CollegeChurch, the First Baptist Church, and Particular features of these spring ness manager, said. He added, "It was telephones were out of order. Mr. Cun¬ 
the Central Presbyterian Church. Sun¬ styles are clear, bright colors, smart only with difficulty that we saved our ningham commended the consideration

Miss Hanley Visits 

day night he spoke over the Atlanta simplicity, large broad-brimmed hats, giant red oak, which is the largest tree of the Georgia Power Company and 
Famous Libraries journal station, WSB, in a nation¬ and skirts decidedly shorter than be¬ in Decatur and is over 100 years old." the Bell Telephone Company which re¬ 
wide broadcast. On Monday, January fore. Miss Otten laid particular em¬ This tree, located in front of Rebekah paired the wires and telephones in time 

Miss Edna R. Hanley, librarian of 6, he addressed a student meeting at phasis on the accessories, most of which Scott dormitory, measures 155 feet for the College to reopen on January 3, 
Agnes Scott College, made a series of the First Presbyterian Church, spoke were white or brown. All the styles across the top, and its trunk has a the scheduled time. 
interesting visits during the Christmas over WSB, addressed a state-wide meet¬ were for street or afternoon wear ex¬ 
vacation for the purpose of securing ing for ministers at St. Mark's Method¬ cept the last, a charming black cro¬ 
information concerning library furni¬ ist Church, was honor guest at a lunch¬ cheted evening dress. 
Your Eyesight Is Your Most Precious Gift

ture. She visited the public libraries eon at the Atlanta Biltmore under the At the end of the program Ellen 
of Richmond, Va., and of New York auspices of the inter-civic clubs of the Davis announced that Davison's will 

Consult a competent Eye-Physician (Oculist) for a

City; and the libraries of the College city, and addressed a meeting for sponsor a knitting and crocheting class 

thorough eye examination. When he gives your pre¬

of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Negroes at Butler Street Y. M. C. A. on the campus every Thursday night. 

scription for glasses, ask him about our reliability

Va.; of Columbia University, and of During the show, music was supplied 

and dependable service.

the College of the City of New York. by an orchestra consisting of Ruby

James and Fleece

Miss Hanley also visited several Hutton, piano; violins, Miss Florence 

Walter Ballard Optical Company

show rooms and discussed furniture Smith, Mrs. Henry Robinson, Anna

Attend Eleventh 

105 Peachtree St. DISPENSING OPTICIANS Medical Arts Bldg.

with library furniture specialists in Katherine Fulton, and Phyllis Johnson. 

Clock Sign Three Stores 382 Peachtree St.

New York. She is chiefly interested 

N. S. F. A. Meeting 
Doctors' Building, 480 Peachtree St. ATLANTA, GA.

at present in learning about library 

Blackfriars Group

chairs and tables and their construc¬ 

Frances James and Charline Fleece

tion. It is probable that no definite de¬ 

represented Agnes Scott College at the Attends Convention

cision about the furnishing of the new 

eleventh annual convention of the Na¬

Agnes Scott library will be reached be¬ 

tional Student Federation of America, Associate Professor Frances K.

fore March. 

held in Kansas City, December 27-3 0. Gooch, of the Spoken English depart¬ 
Frances James, vice-president of Stud¬ ment of Agnes Scott College, was 

A. Palmour Returns ent Government, was the delegate ap¬ elected vice-president of the Georgia 
pointed by the executive committee of Theatre Convention, held in Macon, 
To Campus Friday Student Government Association; and Georgia, in December. Miss Polly 
Charline Fleece, member of the junior Vaughan, assistant in Spoken English,

From Speaking Trip 

class, was elected by the student body. and Carrie Phinney Latimer, Eugenia 
The objectives of NSFA, of Symms, and Kitty Printup also at¬

Miss Alberta Palmour, field secretary 

which Student Government Associa¬ tended the convention. Representatives

of the Agnes Scott Alumnae Associa¬ 

tion of the College is a member, are to from Agnes Scott, Mercer, Bessie Tift,

tion, will return to the campus on Fri¬ 

aid student activities on local cam¬ the Little Theatre of Columbus, Amer-

day of this week from an intensive 

puses, to broaden the student view¬ :cus, and Macon were present.

speaking trip through Alabama and 

point, and to stimulate a more intelli¬ The purpose of this dramatic organi¬

south Georgia. Miss Palmour left on 

gent attitude toward economic, social, zation, founded at the invitation of the

January 6. 

and political affairs. Little Theatre of Macon, Georgia, is 

Her itinerary included six towns in 

At the Plenary Sessions the National mainly one of stimulation and mutual 
Alabama and ten in Georgia. In each Congress went on record in favor of help. Delegates from the various so¬ 

place Miss Palmour spoke to high 

the press division of NSFA. Reso¬ cieties which are members of this asso¬ • • • 

school groups about the College and 

lutions were also passed against sales ciation are to meet every fall and com¬ 

showed moving pictures of student life 

and consumptive taxes and the advis¬ pare notes on the year's work. 

at Agnes Scott. She also met with 

ory power of the Supreme Court; and Mrs. Piercy Chestney, president of Ta i 11 eu r s

alumnae groups. 

for government ownership of the pub¬ the Macon Little Theatre, was elected 

On Saturday of this week, Miss Pal¬ lic utilities, judicial review, and con¬ president; she is to appoint a secretary 
mour and Miss Dorothy Hutton, gen¬ stitutional social legislation. and treasurer. by 
eral secretary of the Alumnae Associa¬ 
tion, will attend a tea in Birmingham, 
Alabama, in honor of all high school Mangone

HAINAN'S

seniors of that city. Miss Lucille Wood-

CAREFREE SHOES

berry, '3 3, is in charge of the arrange¬ 
ments. For Campus Wear 

The name Man-

Also 

gone is a syno¬

TWELVE FROM A.S.C. 

RINGLESS CHIFFON HOSE 

nym for the fin¬

TO ATTEND GIRL 

69c 

est in tailored 
RESERVE SUPPER 

suits. Once you

Ifanan & Son 

have worn a 

Members of the Social Service Com¬ 

170 Peachtree St. 

Mangone,

mittee of the Agnes Scott College 

no other will

Y. W. C. A. who are assisting with 
Girl Reserve Work; Sarah Spencer, suit you. 
president of the Y. W. C. A.; and Mary 
BOWEN PRESS

Hull, chairman of the Social Service 
Committee, will be among the guests Sketched is a 
at a supper given by the Girl Reserves COMMERCIAL PRINTING AND new Springof Atlanta for all Girl Reserve helpers STATIONERY 

1936 Mangone

tonight at 6:30. The Agnes Scott girls 

model in army

who are planning to attend are Cor¬ 

Blotters—Note Paper—Poster Paper

nelia Christie, chairman of the College blue . . . $49.50 
assistants; Kennon Henderson, Prim¬ 

Office Supplies 

rose Noble, Emmy Lou Turck, Eliza¬ 

beth Burson, Martha Head, Frances J. IP. ALLEN & C O. 

421 Church St. De. 0976 Decatur, Ga. 'The Store All Women Know"

Starnes, Mildred Chandler, Ann Cham¬ 
bers, and Betty Anderson. 


Spanish Club Gives 

Play January 14th 

In Gaines Chapel 

The Spanish Club of Agnes Scott 

College presented one of the most 

popular plays of the Spanish theater, 

Los hitcrcses Crciu/os, by Jacinto Ben


avente, on Tuesday night, January 14, 

in Gaines Chapel. The play was orig¬ 

inally planned to be given on Decem¬ 

ber 13, but was postponed. 

The cast of the play included: 

Crispin , Lilian Grimson; Leandro, 

Louise Brown; Silvia, Hibernia Hassell; 

Capitan, Cornelia Christie; Arlequin, 

Martha Head; Senor Polichinela, Elsie 

Blackstone; Senora Polichinela, Meriel 

Bull; el Doctor, Josephine Bertolli; 

el Hostelero, Mary Johnson; Colum


bina, Alice Taylor; and Dona Sirena, 

Lois Hart. 

DR. H. W. DODUS TO 
SPEAK AT EMORY 
TOMORROW NIGHT 

President H. W. Dodds, of Prince¬ 
ton University, will speak on the 
Causes of Present Discontent, at Glenn 
Memorial Auditorium, on the Emory 
University campus, tomorrow night, 
January 16, at 8:00. Dr. Dodds is a 
recognized authority on political 
science. 

A special invitation to attend this 
lecture has been extended to the facul¬ 
ty and students of Agnes Scott Col¬ 
lege. There will be no admission charge. 

Aurora To Appear 

For Winter, Jan. 22 

The second issue of the Atirora, the 
Agnes Scott College literary magazine, 
is expected to be ready for distribution 
on Wednesday, January 22. Special fea¬ 
tures of this issue will be a freshman 
section and a study of Thornton Wil¬ 
der, the well-known novelist who will 
lecture at the College on February 6. 
Short stories, poems, essays, book re¬ 
views, and exchanges complete the 
magazine. 

We welcome you any time 

and all the time. 

LAWRENCE'S 

PHARMACY 

309 E. College Ave. 

The Agonistic 

Sports

Seniors, Freshman 
Score Highest in

^ Ann Coffee, president of the Ath-
Baskelball Game letic Association, presented letters to 

The seniors and freshmen defeated 
the sophomores and juniors by scores 
of 31-25 and 18-17 in the second bas-

i ketball game of the season played on 
Friday night, January 10, at 7:3 0 in 
Bucher Scott Gymnasium. The junior-

j freshman game was the surprise of the 
evening. At the half the juniors were 
leading by 12 to 6; but in the third 
quarter the freshmen came up steadily, 
and thereafter until the end of the 
game it was a draw as to which team 
would win. Carmichael shot the deci¬ 
sive goal. The juniors displayed swift 
passing and quick footwork, but they 
lacked smoothness. 

The senior-sophomore game, though 
not so exciting, was the better game 
from a technical standpoint. The 
sophomore passes were more accurate, 
and their plays were smoother and more 

i deliberate. The seniors got off to an 
easy start and held the lead throughout 
the game, despite their faulty passwork 
at times. 

The next games will be played on 
this Friday afternoon at 3:3 0, with 
the seniors opposing the freshmen, and 
the juniors playing the sophomores. 

The line-ups for the Friday night 
games were as follows: 

Seniors Sophomores 
Stevens (13) R.F. Thompson (6) 
Pardee 
Strickland (2) L.F. Henderson (6) 
Handte (8) 
Burson (8 ) C.F. Blackshear (13) 
O'Neal C.G. Merrill 
Hart R.G. King 
Derrick L.G. Kelly 
Juniors Freshmen 
Johnson (4) R.F. Garner (6) 
Stevens 

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"Big Dec" 
Phone DEarborn 4692 

MORGAN CLEANERS 

Phone DEarborn 1372 

423 Church St. 

R. E. BURSON'S SHOE SHOP 
Shoe Repairing—Polishes 
Shoe Strings 
307 East College Avenue 
CALL DE. 3353 "LITTLE DEC" 

THE VARSITY 
TASTY SANDWICHES AND HAMBURGERS 
CurbService 

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE 
DECATUR, GA. 

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

For further information, address 

J. R. McCAIN, President 
!Charline Fleece, Elizabeth Forman, and 
Adelaide Stevens at the first of the let-
j ter awards of the Association in chapel, 
December 14. Helen Handte received 
a star which is given to that student 

who has gained 1200 points above the 

1600 required for a letter. 

The fall riding team, which was an¬ 
nounced at the same time, includes Lucile 
Barnett, Lavinia Scott, Hortense 
Norton, Lorraine Smith, Jane Blick, 
and Bee Merrill. 

A glass hotel in Doncaster, England, 
demonstrates the possibilities of glass 
as a construction material. The ex¬ 
ternal walls and the interiors of the 
public rooms—even the floors and the 
furniture—are of varied colored glass. 
The floors are of non-slippery composi¬ 
tion, patterned in small squares of dif¬ 
ferent hues. Scenes—particularly of 
horse-racing—have been sandblasted 
into the walls.—N. Y. Times. 

Stalker (6) L.F. Carmichael (10) 
Kneale (6) C.F. Purnell (2) 
McDonald (1 

Thing C.G. Cuddy 
Taylor R.G. Hamilton 
Wilson L.G. Steele 

The referees were Associate Profes¬ 
sor Llewellyn Wilburn, of the physical 
education department, and Miss Page 
Ackerman, former assistant in the 
physical education department. Lulu 
Ames was scorer, assisted by Ann Cof¬ 
fee; and Dorothy Jester was time¬ 
keeper. 

HEWEY'S DRUG STORE 
Prescriptions First 
"Little Dec" 
Phone DE. 0640 

Many From A.S.C. 

Hear Child Pianist 

In Fourth Concert 

Agnes Scott College students heard 
Ruth Slenczynski, famous ten year old 
pianist, play at the Fox Theater on 
Monday evening, January 13, as the 
fourth on the All-Star Concert Series. 
This series, sponsored by the Atlanta 
Music Club and the Atlanta Philhar¬ 

monic Society, has already brought 
Fritz Kreisler, the National Symphony 
Orchestra, and La Argentina to At¬ 
lanta audiences this season, and for its 
next attraction will present Nelson 
Eddy and Helen Jepson on February 8. 

Ruth Slenczynski, the young Polish-
French prodigy, has received world¬ 
wide recognition as a musician whose 
renditions show miraculous power and 
maturity. She is one of the two or 
three celebrated pianists now before the 
public who can be identified by the in¬ 
dividuality of their piano tone. 

Her program Monday night includ¬ 
ed Chaconne in D Minor, Bach-Busoni; 
the Wahlstein Sonata, Opus 5 3 in C 
major, by Beethoven; Schumann's 
Papillons; two Paganini—Liszt Grand 
Etudes, No. 1 in G minor, and No. 2 
in E flat major; the Chopin Ballade in 
G Minor, Opus 23; and Weber's Rondo 
Brilliante. 

Agnes Scott Girls Enjoy the 

Original Waffle 

Shop 

Restaurant 

Famous for Fine 

Foods 

62 Pryor, N. E. 

Just Below Candler Bldg. 

Suit Shop 

is Tailleur 

tiiHerently, in 

fabric 

Whhih is news indeed. This soft 
fojbrfc {fine wool crepe) so strictly 
tailored, we mean. Such combtnation 
means it can be worn anypteg 
pr socially—now 
: coat, and alohe ail 
Spring months. 

-Of such paramount importance; 
that we have it in navy or 
biack. And all sites 12 to 20. 

ird Floor 

1935-6 CATALOGUE 
DESCRIBES CHANGES 

{Continued from page 1, column 2) 
holidays until March. 23; and exams for 
the spring quarter will be held May 28


June 5. Commencement has been set 
for June 9. 

New courses are being offered in 
many of the departments. Among the 
new courses offered are a European 
Classics in the English department; 
American Parties and Politics in the 

history department; and Ethics in the 
[department of philosophy and educa. 
tion. 

BAILEY BROS. SHOE SHOP 
"Big Dec" 

DEarborn 0172 

BCWL -


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tiful Bowling Alleys on One 
Floor in the World. 

A Special 
Selection of Alleys 
Reserved for College Girls 
Every Afternoon 

Free Instruction, Mornings 
and Afternoons, on Request. 
You Pay Cost of Games 
Only. 

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(%t)c %.0oni0fic 

VOL. XXI AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1936 NO. 13 

Agonistic Class Contest to 

Begin Feb. 19, End Mar. 11 

Seniors To Edit First Paper 

A.S.C. Heads Speak
In Series; Rules Are 

Announced 

At Recent Meeting 

The annual class contest, which is 

Of College Ass'n 

sponsored every spring by The Ago¬ 

nistic in an effort to uncover latent 

Dr. J. R. McCain, president of

journalistic talent on the Agnes Scott 

Agnes Scott College, and Mr. S. G.

campus, will begin this year on 

Wednesday, February 19, with the sen¬ Stukes, registrar, spoke at the twen¬ 
ior edition. The publication of the tieth annual session of the Association 
freshman issue on Wednesday, March of Georgia Colleges, held in Macon, 

11, will close the contest. The silver 

Georgia, January 31-February 1. In 

cup, which has been awarded as the 

connection with the discussion on

prize annually, will be presented to 

Challenges to Higher Education, Dr.

the editor of the winning class issue 
in chapel on April 3. The seniors will McCain spoke on Obligation to 
meet probably tomorrow to elect their Womanhood. Saturday afternoon Mr. 
editor and business manager. 

Stukes made a talk on What the Bache¬ 

This year the judges include Miss 

lor's Degree Should Signify.

Ina Berequist, editor of T/je Raiicliffe 

Representatives from the nineteen

News, Radcliffe College, Cambridge, 

Massachusetts; Mr. Roger Chase, editor Georgia colleges and universities that 
of The Columbia Spectator, Columbia are members of the Association took 
University; Miss Winifred Mallon, the 

part in the program. At the Friday

only woman on the Washington staff 

session, following the presentation of

of The Neiv York Times; Mr. Henry 

the theme by Dean John B. Clark,

B. Fox, editor of The Leon County 
News, Centerville, Texas; and Profes¬ president of the Association, the presi¬ 
sor Henry A. Robinson, of the mathe¬ dent of the Association, the presidents 
matics department of Agnes Scott, who 

of Georgia, Mercer, Georgia Tech,

will furnish both the lay and College 

Shorter, Agnes Scott, Emory, and G.

opinion on the competing papers. An 

S. C. W. made talks. Their talks,
invitation to act as judge has been sent 
to Mr. Glenn Ramsey, of the Asso¬ based on the theme Challenges to 
ciated Press, Atlanta; as yet no reply Higher Education, consisted of panel 
has been received from Mr. Ramsey. 

discussions of Obligation to Politics,

RULE LIMITS COST 

Religion, Industry, Fine Arts, Woman¬ 

There are only two rules that the 

hood, and Internationalism.

class editors and business managers 

The session on Saturday consisted of

must follow this year: (1) the editorial 

talks by presidents and representatives,

staff, the elected members of the busi¬ 

special reports, and election of offi¬ 

ness staff, and departmental editors 

cers. Among the speakers were dele¬ 

are ineligible to serve in any capacity 

gates from Wesleyan, South Georgia

on the class editions; that is, only re¬ 

Teachers' College, Brenau, G. S. C. W.,

porters are eligible; and (2) the cost 

Augusta Junior College, Bessie Tift,

of each edition must not exceed 

Agnes Scott, and Piedmont.

S57.50. Instructions and suggestions 

The 1935-36 officers of the As¬

for the class editors will be posted in 

sociation are Dean John B. Clark, presi¬

Buttrick Hall the end of this week; 

dent; Dice R. Anderson, vice-presi¬

additional information may be had 

dent; and Dr. W. D. Flooper, secre¬

from Lulu Ames, for news problems, 

tary-treasurer.

and Alice Chamlee, for financial dif¬ 
ficulties. 

As in past years, the papers will be Eddy, Jepson to 
judged on news, departments, editorials 
and features, and make up; originality Sing Here Feb. 8 
will be considered in connection with 
all four points. The four points will In Joint Recital 
be rated according to importance; the 
matter of cost will be considered in Nelson Eddy and Helen Jepson, stars 

relation to the product. Any amount of radio, screen, and opera, will appear 
over $57.50 must be paid by the class in joint recital Saturday evening,

on 
involved. February 8, as the fifth of the presenta¬
For the last two years, the Class of tions of the Ail-Star Concert Series. 

'37 has won the contest. Laura Steele Special street cars will carry Agnes 
was editor of the prize paper both Scott College students to the concert. 

years and Kathryn Bowen was business Helen Jepson, lyric soprano of the 
manager both times. 

Metropolitan Opera Company, made 
her debut last season with Lawrence 
Tibbett in In a Pasha's Garden, and

Students To Make 

was acclaimed as the "outstanding new 

Nominations Feb. 7 personality of the year." As the star of 

Naughty Marietta and Rose Marie, 

Naming May Queen Nelson Eddy, baritone, has won popu¬ 

larity as an actor in addition to his 

The student nominations for the fame as a radio and concert artist. 
May Queen for this year's festival will Both Miss Jepson and Mr. Eddy are 
begin Friday, February 7, and continue making their first appearance in At¬ 
through February 11; election will take lanta, where they will be heard by the 
place February 12-14, and on Febru¬ largest audience ever to attend a con¬ 
ary 15 the announcement of the Queen cert here. All seats in the Fox Thea¬ 
will be made by the May Day Com¬ tre were sold a month ago, including 
mittee, of which Eloisa Alexander is 5 00 special seats to be placed on the 
chairman. The Queen is always a sen¬ stage and in the orchestra. 
ior; last year Laura Whitner was elect¬ Among Miss Jepson's songs will be 
ed. By the end of this month, the en¬ The Night Has a Thousand Eyes, Rich¬ 
tire court will have been chosen. ard Hageman; Tales from the Vienna 

The scenario itself, written by Char-Woods, Johann Strauss; and Ah, fors e 
line Fleece and Anne Thompson, has lui, from Verdi's La Traviata. Mr. 
the setting of an English country lane Eddy will sing, among others, Pilgrim's 
of the eighteenth century. Here a ro¬ Song, Tschaikowsky; Now Sleeps the 
mantic love story takes place between Crimson Petal, Roger Quilter; Non piu 
a beautiful gypsy girl and a dashing andrai, from Mozart's Le Nozze di 
English army captain. Excitement and Figaro; and Serenade, John Alden Car¬ 
action are guaranteed, although the penter. Duets by Miss Jepson and Mr. 
plot itself is to be kept secret until Eddy include Baigne d'eau vies mains, 
May Day. from Massenet's Thais; and I Pagliacci, 

The music and several of the dances by Leoncavalla. Ernst Wolff will play 
are to be worked out during February for Miss Jepson, and Theodore Paxon 
also. for Mr. Eddy. 

Noted Lecturer 

—Courtesy Atlanta Constitution 
THORNTON WILDER 

Wilder to Talk 

At Agnes Scott 

Tomorrow Night 

Thornton Wilder, internationally 
known as the author of The Bridge of 
San Luis Rey and Heaven's My Destin¬ 
ation, will lecture tomorrow evening, 
February 6, at 8:30 o'clock in Bucher 
Scott Gymnasium. Since this is the 
second time that the Public Lecture 
Association has brought Mr. Wilder to 
Agnes Scott College, his lecture on The 
Motion Pictures and Literature is an¬ 
ticipated with especial interest. Im¬ 
mediately after his lecture there will 
be a reception in the Day Students' 
Room in Main Hall. 

Wilder comes to the College after 
appearing as a speaker on the Town 
Hall Series in New York and at the 
Brooklyn Institute of Art. His sub¬ 
ject here concerning the motion pic¬ 
tures and literature is particularly 
timely since Shakespeare's Midsummer 
Night's Dream is being shown in At¬ 
lanta just prior to his lecture. 

With the publication of the Pulitzer 
Prize novel, The Bridge of San Luis 
Rey in 1927, Wilder, then only 29, 
received world-wide recognition. His 
The Woman of Andros continued his 
success, and Heaven's My Destination, 
which appeared in 193 5, is considered 

(Continued on page 4, column 3) 

GLEE CLUB BEGINS 
PRACTICE ON OPERA 
FOR EARLY SPRING 

The Agnes Scott College Glee Club 
has begun practice on The Pirates of 
Penzance, Gilbert and Sullivan comic 
opera, which it plans to present some 
time in March or April. Performances 
will be given both at Agnes Scott and 
at Emory University. 

The Glee Club presented this same 
opera last commencement, but, accord¬ 
ing to Mr. Lewis Johnson, director, 
the production this year will be much 
better, chiefly because of the unusually 
well-trained voices making up the 
choruses. The masculine lead, Fred¬ 
erick, will be sung by Frank Sole, 
tenor, who sang the part with an or¬ 
ganization in New York City last year. 
The feminine lead will be Augusta 
King, soprano, singing the part of 
Mabel. Ruth Tate will understudy her. 
The other characters are: Edith, Ruth 
Tate; Kate, Alice Chamlee; Ruth, 
Amelia Nickels; King of Pirates, Eu¬ 
gene Traber; Samuel, Charles White; 
Major-General, Dick Smoot; Sergeant 
of Police, Dan White. The chorus will 
consist of members of the Glee Club 
and singers from Atlanta and Decatur 
invited to participate. 

Heretofore an opera and also a play, 

(Continued on page 4, column 4) 

Dr. Walter Miller to Speak 

At Phi Beta Kappa Election 

Georgia Beta Chapter Will An¬ 
A.S.C.Organizations nounce Names of Four, 
February 8

To Enter National 
Dr. Walter Miller, noted classical

Story Competition 
scholar, will speak at the open meet¬ 
Short story entries in the local com-ing of the Georgia Beta chapter of 
j petition of the Story magazine contest Phi Beta Kappa to be held in Gaines 
i may be submitted beginning today to Chapel, at 10 o'clock on Saturday 
Assistant Professor Janef Preston, of morning of this week. His subject will 
the English department. The stories, be The Scholar in American Life. Fol¬ 
wnich must be at least 15 00 words and lowing Dr. Miller's address, Professor 
not exceed 7000, will be judged bv Catherine Torrance, of the Greek de¬ 
Miss Preston and the best two submit¬ partment, and president of the Agnes 
ted by Agnes Scott students will be Scott chapter, will announce the mid¬ 
sent to Story magazine to compete in year election of seniors to membership. 
its third annual College Short Story Dr. Miller, who received his college 
Contest. All entries must be in Miss education at the University of Michi¬ 

Preston's hands by March 15. gan, has been professor of Classical 
The terms of the contest include the Languages and Archaeology at the Uni¬ 
following regulations: (1) each entry 1911. a

versity of Missouri since For 

must be certified by a faculty member; 

number of years he has been dean of

(2) all stories entered must have been 
the graduate school of that institution.

written by a student duly enrolled in 
a college or university in the United He did graduate work at the Univer¬ 
States; (3) stories submitted must not sity of Leipsic and at the American 
be less than 1 5 00 words nor more than 

School for Classical Studies, Athens,

7000; (4) all entries must be legibly 

Greece; at the latter institution he has 

written, preferably typed, on one side 

also served as annual professor and as 

of the page. The story may or may not 

director of their summer school many

have been published in the college lit¬ 

times. 

erary publication. 

CONDUCTS SUMMER TOURS

The first prize of the national con¬ 

Dr. Miller is known to hundreds of

test is $100; second prize is $50. The 

travelers as a most able and scholarly

winning story, which will represent the 

conductor and lecturer for the Bureau

best selection, by qualified judges, of 

of University Travel. Professor Tor¬

the work of students of the school 

rance was on a tour conducted by Dr. 

year 193 5-36, will be published in 

Miller to Athens last summer; she re¬

Story. 

calls it as a most delightful and well

Miss Preston has consented to act as 

directed trip.

local judge in the selection of the two 

In addition to being a frequent con¬

stories which will represent Agnes 

tributor to scientific and other journals

Scott. Entries are expected to be made 

of Greek archaeology, he has trans¬

by members of BOZ, creative writing 

lated and edited Cicero's De Officiis

club, members of the Short Story class, 

and Xenophon's Cyropaedia for the

and contributors to the Aurora. Other 

Loeb Classical Library. His recent

students are urged to try out. The lo¬ 

book, Daedalus and Thespis, a beauti¬

cal contest, for which there is no prize, 

ful and sumptuous work in three vol¬

is being sponsored jointly by BOZ, the 

umes on the arts and crafts of Greece,

Aurora, and The Agonistic. 

is regarded as a distinct contribution 
to American scholarship. 

A. A. C. Selects On Friday afternoon of this week, 
Professor Lillian Smith, of the Latin 
Dr. J. R. McCain department; Professor Torrance; and 
Associate Professor Martha Stansfield, 
As President of the Latin and Greek departments, 
will be hostesses at a tea in Dr. Miller's 
honor in the Day Students Room in

Dr. J. R. McCain, president of 

(Continued on page 4, column 2)

Agnes Scott College, was elected presi¬ 
dent of the Association of American 
Colleges by representatives of the 497 

Mary Boggs Gains 

outstanding American colleges and uni¬ 
versities who attended the annual con¬ High Recognition 
vention held in New York on January 
16-17. Only once before in the twenty-For Graduate Work 
three years of the Association's exist¬ 
ence has the South been represented in Mary Boggs, '3 5, after spending a 
that office. Last year Dr. McCain was successful term at Radcliffe this year, 
vice-president and year before last he has applied to the Institute of Inter¬ 
was a member of the executive com¬ national Education for a fellowship to 
mittee. The Association is the largest Germany. She is remembered at Agnes 
of the many college associations in Scott as a member of Phi Beta Kappa, 
America. Mortar Board, editor of The Agonis¬ 

The other officers elected at the con¬ tic last year, and winner of the Quen¬ 
vention are: vice-president, J. L. Mc-elle Harrold Fellowship. 
Conaghy, president of Wesleyan Uni¬ A copy of the letter of recommen¬ 
versity in Connecticut; secretary, Dr. dation for the German fellowship, 

R. L. Kelly, New York City; and written by Assistant Professor Walter 
treasurer, L. E. Kimbrell, comptroller Silz of the German department of 
of the New York University. Harvard, was sent to Dr. McCain. Mr. 
An extensive program for next year Silz taught Mary Boggs this past ses¬ 
was drawn up at the convention. It sion. The following is an excerpt from 
includes the writing of a book on the his letter: 
use of the library as a teaching unit "Mary Boggs is my best student at 
in the college; the publishing of a Radcliffe this semester and one of the 
book on the "imponderables" in music; best I have ever had at either Harvard 
the giving of scholarships to outstand¬ or Radcliffe. She has shown unusual 
ing music students who are ready for powers of appreciative and critical 
graduate study; the providing of good analysis of literature, and unusual abil¬ 
concerts at economical rates for col¬ ity to express herself clearly and ele¬ 
leges that do not have them available; gantly in English. She is well read, 
and the reviving of inter-collegiate and thinks independently. 
glee club contests. The Carnegie Corp¬ "I might add that Professor Karl 
oration has asked the Association of Victor, who has now returned to the 
American Colleges to accept $100,000 University of Griessen, considered Miss 
for the musical enterprises and $25,000 Boggs his best student in the seminar 
for the publishing of the book. The for graduates which he gave here this 

(Continued on page 4, column 3) semester." 


? The Agonistic 

A Key

Agonistic 

To Current History 

the ultimate problems of life; and the

Subscription price, $1.25 per year in advance. Single copies, 5c. Wilder's Latest

THE BONUS ] reader "may as well make up his mind 

PUBLISHED WEEKLY I to be arguing about it for the next

The Adjusted Compensation Pay¬ Is Fascinating 

twelve months. It's that kind of 

Owned and published by the students of Agnes Scott College. ment Act, more commonly called the Heaven's My Destination, Thornton book." 

"united front" bonus bill, finally be¬ 

Wilder, Harper & Brothers, $2.5 0. Re¬

EnfereJ as Second Class Matter. 

came law on January 27 when it was What We

viewed by June Matthews. 

passed by the Senate after having been

*935 Member 1936 

In this latest of his books the author Are Reading

Plssodated Collegiate Press vetoed by the President. This action 

of The Bridge of San Luis Rey has Non-Fiction

culminates a fight for World War vet¬

STAFF come a long way from the quiet Man, the Unknown — Alexis Carrel,

erans' compensation which began in 

beauty of a little city in eighteenth Harpers.

Lulu Ames Alice Ceiamlee

Mildred Clark Congress the same hour the Armistice 

The Lees of Virginia—Burton J. Hen-

Business Manager century South America. He has writ¬

Editor-in-chief Make-up Editor was signed and which has come up for drick. Little, Brown.

ten the story of a "Modern Don Quix¬

Laura Steele Kathryn Bowen debate during every administration Mrs. Astor's Florse—Stanley Walker.

June Matthews Advertising Manager ote," a traveling salesman whose at¬

Frances Gary Stokes.

since then. 

Assistant Editors Ass't Make-up tempts to reform the world are as I Write As I Please—Walter Duranty.

Circulation Managers When the War Risk Insurance Act 

amusing as they are pathetic. Entirely Simon and Schuster.

Mary Margaret Stowe

Nellie M. Gilroy Rosa From of 1917, which was concerned with 

Margaret Cooper different from its more famous prede¬ The Twenties—Mark Sullivan. Scrib-

Feature Editor Current History World War soldiers' welfare, and which ner's.

Mary Gray Rogers cessor in setting, style, and subject,

Nell At lison was of monetary value to them, was The Columbia Encyclopedia—Colum¬

Elizabeth Baethke Sarah Brosnan Heaven's My Destination is, neverthe¬

Ass't Feature Editor passed, Congress believed it had elim¬ bia University Press.

Laura Coit Elizabeth Burson less, very much like The Bridge of San 

Personal History — Vincent Sheean.

Jane Guthrif inated the problem of pensions which Luis Rey in that it treats pro¬

Exchange Editors Sports Editor with Doubleday, Doran.

Book Notes Editor they had expected to arise. Then, found understanding and sympathy of 

| My Country and My People—Lin Yu-

Nell White Cornelia Christie

Ellen McCallie in 1919, the first bonus law, a rider to the themes "deeply embedded in human tang. John Day.

Alumnae Editor Soc'ety Editor Club Editor emotions and experiences."

the Internal Revenue Act of 1919, Mary, Queen of Scotland and the Isles 
Written with tender irony and with

gave $60 to each soldier as he secured —Stefan Zweig. Viking Press. 

thrill has gone but the ants not keen and penetrating humor, the book

RACE RELATIONS his discharge from the army. But the Fiction

| only linger on but multiply. presents an objective, yet completely

SUNDAY 

more

Ants do not necessarily indi¬ veterans began their fight for a sympathetic picture of George Brush, It Can't Happen Here—Sinclair Lewis. 
Next Sunday is Race Relations cate dirt. They do, however, in¬ substantial bonus. From 1919 to 1924 still in the "awkward age of good¬ Doubleday, Doran. 
Day. It was started many years dicate the presence of rotted this fight continued, but all of the ness." We meet him on the eve of his Spring Came On Forever—Bess Streettwenty-
third birthday and travel with

ago by the Federal Council of wood and decayed foundations bills were killed in Congress. President er Aldrich. Appleton-Century. 

him "in school books" through a Edna, Wife Margaret

and general unhealthful condi¬ year His — Ayer

Churches and has been observed Harding made a personal appeal to the 

of valiant attempts to set things right Barnes. Houghton, Mifflin.

denominations in some tions. The College cannot

by some help Senate, in 1921, expressing his disap¬ in a world distressingly out of joint.

but realize the effect a welcom¬ Vein Of Iron—Ellen Glasgow. Har


sections of the South for the past ing committee of thriving ants proval of a soldiers' bonus. Although His many adventures are more or less court, Brace. 
ten years. It is a day when, must have on chance visitors Coolidge also expressed his objection to unified by his desire to find the girl to Silas Crockett — Mary Ellen Chase.

theoretically, all racial antago¬ 

whom he is "practically married" and MacMillan.

and week-end guests to the dor¬ a bonus bill by vetoing the World War

nisms and hatreds are sup¬ mitories. Ant-bane is worthless of whom he hopes someday to make an Shining Windows—Kathleen Norris.

pressed and the two races live at Adjusted Compensation Act of 1924, 

honest woman if he can ever remember Doubleday, Doran.

in this case. Besides a well-con¬ 

peace in fellowship with God. it was passed over his veto. This act

structed, well-kept building her name or where she lives. He takes Hands—Charles G. Norris. Farrar and 
To the race situation we give no for provided veterans with paid-up twenty a whole house full of fallen women to Rinehart.

should have need ant-

one-seventh as much importance year endowment policies which would a quiet Sunday movie, believing that Blood Relations—Philip Gibbs. Dou¬

bane or any other sort, even a 

as we do to health and cleanli¬ guaranteed brand, of ant poison. be due in 20 years and which would they are sweet young girls; he becomes bleday, Doran. 
ness. For a week every year we serve as security for their old age. Un¬ uproariously drunk on what he thinks

Obviously the thing to do is to 

guard our health and well-being; der this act, each soldier was given is medicine for a cold; he is the despair Notes:

discover the source, or the cause,

for another week each year we of the ants and destroy the $1.00 or $1.25 for each day of service, of hotel managers because he writes For those of us who have read her 
correct unsanitary conditions. breeding places. The proper time the total of which was to be increased scripture neatly on all the clean blot¬ two famous novels, Mary Peters and 
And for ONE day every year we by 2 5%'. This whole amount was to ters; and, in the course of his struggles the recent Silas Crockett, it is not sur¬

for this is spring holidays, the 

are conscious of our Negro next vacation time, when the be kept at 4% compound interest for with an unfeeling world, he finally prising to learn that Mary Ellen Chase 
neighbor as a person. Yet oddly dormitories will be empty, there¬ 20 years. At the end of 20 years, the comes to the conclusion that "every¬ is as New England as the books which 
enough we have chosen for this fore open to investigation and certificate would have reached the body's crazy—the whole world's nuts." she writes. For with a sea-captain 
one day the day of the week thorough fumigation. "maturity" value as shown on the face Genuinely amusing because of the grandfather and with a father as a 
which is set aside for the wor¬ of each certificate. simple humorous manner in which it lawyer in a Maine seaboard town, the 
ship of God and His Son whose This plan seemed to satisfy the vet¬ is written, the book is at the same author has had much experience with

CLASS

first precept was the importance eran leaders and very little discontent time a disturbing one because of its those New England virtues, stable liv-

CONTEST

of the individual. Clearly, it is a was expressed with the existing situa¬ presentation of a mind at grips with and hard work. 

Christian movement. The purpose of THE AGO¬ tion until the years of the depression. 
Agnes Scott is not only an in¬ NISTIC class contest was, origi¬ In 1930, the veterans started a cam¬ 
stitution in a Christian land; it paign for the cash payment of the

nally, to discover hidden journal¬ 

was founded by a denomination bonus and in 1931, again over the

istic talent among the students.

of the Christian church. And it President's veto, (this time it was The University of Wyoming has just ACP.—Mr. Joe E. Moore, of North 

This year, by eliminating from

has followed the ideals held by Hoover's), a law was passed which al¬ started a four-year course in Recrea¬ Carolina State College, is an enterpris¬ 
its Christian founders and has competition all elected members lowed the veterans to borrow up to tional Ranching for prospective dude ing fellow and a gentleman of parts in 
striven toward the goal laid out j of both staffs and the depart-one-half of the maturity value of their ranchers; studies will include geology, the psychological field. He has recent¬ 
for it by them. Surely we, as,men^a} e(jitors, we are returning certificates. botany, hotel management, book-keep¬ ly published, in the Journal of Ab¬ 
students of Agnes Scott, cannot ^ the original purp0Se. We rea-Then, in the spring and summer of ing, public speaking, journalism, wild normal and Social Psychology, a trea¬ 
allow next Sunday to pass uno -. son souncjjy we believe when we 1932, the nation witnessed the move¬ life, and history of the West.-—Time. tise giving the results of an experiment 
served Our failure to observe, asaume ^ the editorial staff ments of the "Bonus Expeditionary he undertook to discover the annoying 
Race Relations Sunday will not and the elected members are al. (Continued on page 4, column 1) In England today more than 20,000 habits common to the college profes¬ 
harm the Negro so much as itiread diSC0Vered. babies of wealthy families do not live sor. Mr. Moore had a class of 123 ele¬ 
will harm us who, through blind-1 / at home but in fashionable "baby mentary psychology students to study

1 a^e exp g00^' Alumnae News

ness, or prejudiced attitude, or , ^ell-hotels," where they are taken at birth. 112 professors for two weeks and then 
simple lack of interest, do not, Managed, and different class Many remain until old enough for pre¬ turn in a report on the teachers' an¬

Marie Wagner, ex-'3 6, is attending

see that we hold within our .editions; accordingly we have paratory school. —Colliers. noying habits and mannerisms. 

seleGted Penn State.

hands a possible solution to the i a variety of judges who, —Campus Comments. 

we hoPe The stomach of a 40-pound dog can

race problem as it exists today j > wm b0 able to decide on 

Jane Allen Webb, ex-'3 6, is attend-hold at least three times as much food

in the South. oaepaper as the winner. We and Ten times as many students are

the judges are going to play ng the University of Kentucky in as that of a 15 0-pound man. Hence 

using their college libraries now as in

fair. We are asking that the Lexington. igs often eat more food than their 

1925. The answer must be more par¬

ANTS AT class editors play fair with us, masters. ... A newly invented dog 

allel. —The Tiger.

AGNES SCOTT particularly in the matter of Elizabeth Allison, ex-'37, is attend¬ whistle is pitched so high that it is 
news. It is not the sporting thing ing Alabama Polytechnic Institute at virtually inaudible to the human ear.

The ant situation on the cam¬ 

The "pedagogue" was originally a

to do to "hog", for any one pa¬ her home in Auburn.

pus is miserable. It is becoming 

slave. He was a slave in the Athenian

per, all the news of the spring. Many an author gets a plot for a 

more so every day. 

No edition should carry news Martha Lee Bowman, ex-'37, is tak¬ new novel from the screen version of household, where he looked after the 

Last fall, the first ants ap¬ 

safety of the master's sons. Under the

peared in the halls of Main, trek-past the Tuesday of the week ing a business course in Atlanta while his last one. —Reader's Digest. 

Roman empire he became the instruc¬ 

ing up the stairs from the base-; fohowmg its publication. ^Blan-living at home. 

"The typographica error is a slippery tor of the boy slaves in the house of 

to the second and

ment, on upup|ket' 'instructions will be posted on thing and sly. the noble. These slaves were known as

Jane Clark, ex-'37, is staying at

third floors, into students' 1 Friday of this week m Buttrick; 

You can hunt till you are crazy, but it the "pegagogiani." How times have 

rooms. They became commoner j regular^ staff wih be willing home in Atlanta and studying voice. 

somehow will get by. changed! —Old Gold and Black.

to advise the class staffs

than bureaus and beds. The Col-J"" 

Till the forms are off the presses, it's

lege sprinkled small amounts of Another matter that we might Meredith Crickmer, ex-'37, is at¬ 

strange how still it keeps; I The University of Mexico, the oldest

ant-killer about and chose, ap¬ as well get straight now is that tending Northwestern University in 

It shrinks down into the corner, and I university in the West, last week voted

parently, to ignore the hordes of finances. THE AGONISTIC Evanston, Illinois. She is a pledge of 

it never stirs or peeps, to suspend classes indefinitely because 

that lived on long after the has never failed to come out Gamma Phi Beta sorority. 

That typographical error, too small for of lack of funds. Three hundred radi


power of the powder had died. holding a bag full of excess class 

human eyes, cal students, who disapproved of the

When Main, a sizeable dormi¬ expenditures. This year no class Peggy Ann Fowler is going to school 

the paper, when it holiday, barricaded themselves and pro¬

tory, grew to be too small for issue can cost more than $57.50. at Centre College in Danville, Ky. Till the ink is on 

grows to mountain size. ceeded to object vigorously with the

After due deliberation we have

the branches of the first ant 

The boss, he stares with horror, then help of stones. They demand the in¬

families, Rebekah was taken over decided that, since a regular Mary Garland was married to Lieu-

grabs his hair and groans; clusion of liberals on the University

as a logical annex; the Collon-four-page edition costs $55, two-"enant Robert Selser on November 12, 

The copy reader drops his head upon councils and federal funds in place of

nade made the migration even fifty is a good sum which, while 193 5, in Atlanta. 

his hands and moans— endowment. —The Spectator.

more convenient. Now the ants it will provide for some pleasing 

not only live with the girls in fancy-work, will not allow for Evelyn Hollan was married to Mr. The remainder of the issue may be as 

A rich horse-lover, with an estab-

Main and Rebekah; they eat anything overstuffed or ornate. Clifford J. Hillard on July 3, 193 5. clean as clean can be, 

But the typographical error is the only lishment in central New York state,

with them as well. And the time If the class editor, however, feels 

on

horses on and

has come when killing ants on she must splurge, it'll be be¬ Martha Sue Laney, ex-'37, is going thing you see." h35 his place; he

gives them puffed oats—not merely

clothes, in beds, and at the table tween her and her class treas to school at the University of Missis¬ -J. \S7. Harden, Charlotte (N. c: 

oats—by the ton.—Reader's Digest.

News.

has ceased to be exciting. The I urer. sippi in Oxford. 


The Agonistic 

Reinhardt's MND Is Thornton Wilder Is Cosmoplite,

3! extra-curricular 3? 

Able Adaptation of Hiker, Professor ---and Author 

International Relations Glee Club 

The next meeting of the Interna¬ The Agnes Scott College Glee Club 
tional Relations Club will be on Tues¬ sang at Decatur Girls' High School on 
day afternoon, February 11, at 4 

Tuesday morning, January 14, during

o'clock in the Y. W. C. A. room. Mr. 

the chapel period.

Mose Harvey, of the Emory University 
faculty, will lead the discussion. The 

K.U. B.
College community is cordially invited 

The regular meeting of K. U. B.

to attend. 
will be held on Wednesday afternoon, 
French Club February 12, at 4:30 in the Y. W. C. 
The regular meeting of the French A. room. All members are urged to at-
Club will be on Monday afternoon, 

:end.

February 10, at 4:30 o'clock. 

Chi Beta Phi SigmaSpanish Club 

Chi Beta Phi Sigma will hold its

The last meeting of the Spanish Club 

next meeting on Monday night, Febru¬

was held on Tuesday afternoon, Feb¬ 

ruary 4, at 4:3 0 in Mr. Dieckmann's ary 10, at 7:30 in the chemistry lec¬ 
studio. An interesting musical pro¬ ture room. There will be a short busi¬ 
gram was presented by members of the ness meeting at 7 o'clock. At 7:30 
club. Spanish composers and their 

Dr. R. C. Rhodes, of the faculty of

works were studied, with illustrations 

Emory University, will speak on eu¬

from the musical library of Agnes 
Scott College. Louise Brown, vice-genics. His subject is This Generation 
president of the club, was in charge of and the Next. After the meeting there 
the program. will be a social hour. The College com¬ 
munity is cordially invited to attend. 
Bible Club 
The Bible Club met on Monday Music Appreciation Group 
afternoon February 3, at 5 o'clock in The Music Appreciation Group of 
the Y. W. C. A. room. Dr. Charles A. the Y. W. C. A. met on Sunday night, 

Shelton, president of the Christian February 2, at 7 o'clock in the music 
Council of Atlanta, spoke on The room. The program consisted of a dis¬ 
Poetry of the Old Testament. cussion of ballet music. 

MCKEE WINS PRIZE 

Miss Cilley Surveys 
FOR BEST SNAPSHOT 

High School Spanish 

Elizabeth McKee received the prize 

Assistant Professor Melissa Cilley, of

of $2.50 as the winner of the snapshot 

the Spanish department, compiled a 

contest sponsored this fall by the Sil-| report on high schools teaching Span¬ 
houctte, Agnes Scott College annual; | ish in the State of Georgia which was 
Winifred Kellersberger and Elsie West, i read at the annual meeting of the 

American Association of Teachers of

tying for second place, received $1.50 

Spanish in New York City on De¬

each. The contest closed on Decem¬ 

cember 29. Miss Cilley's report was 

ber 16. 

part of the study that the Association 

The pictures were judged on the 

is making of all the Southern states: 

bases of clarity, originality, and repre¬ 

the amount of Spanish taught in the 

sentation of campus life, with empha¬ schools the decrease or

high and in¬ 

sis placed on groups rather than indi¬ 

crease in the number of students tak¬ 

viduals. Pictures receiving honorable 

ing it. 

mention will have a page in the S//


Of the 52 high schools that teach 

houette devoted to them. 

Spanish, 42 answered the questionnaires 

sent out by Miss Cilley. Her report, 

Pi Alpha Phi Orders Pins; based on these 42 schools, gives the 

Presents One to Dr. Hayes total number studying Spanish at 5 286, 

ranging from 434 pupils in one school 

Members of Pi Alpha Phi, honorary to one in another. Most of these high 
debating society of Agnes Scott Col¬ schools offer a two year course. 
lege, have ordered diamond-shaped gold An increase in the number of Span¬ 
pins as the emblem of their society. ish students was reported principally 
This is the first time in several years by schools in or near cities where there 
that the club has had pins; the former are vocational or commercial interests 

ones were of a more elaborate design and opportunities. The decrease re¬ 
than these, which bear only the Greek ported was due to the fact that (1)
letters of the society. the University of Georgia system seems 

The chapter is presenting one of to discourage the study of Spanish;
these pins to its sponsor, Professor (2) new regulations in several highGeorge Hayes, of the English depart¬ schools do not require a language for 
ment. graduation.
This year the pins are being made by Miss Cilley's report has been filed 
the Allied Jewelers of Atlanta. 

at the State Board of Education. 

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Shakespeare Play 

Max Reinhardt's motion picture ver¬ 
sion of Shakespeare's A Midsummer 
Night's Dream, which has been pre¬ 
sented at the Georgia Theatre in At¬ 
lanta on Monday and Tuesday of this 
week, will close today with a matinee 
and evening performance. The picture, 
which follows the text closely, is ac¬ 
companied by the famous Mendelssohn 
music; it lasts for two hours. 

The cast includes such notables as 
Joe E. Brown, James Cagney, Mickey 
Rooney, Anita Louise, Jean Muir, and 
Dick Powell. All the parts are well 
taken and the fantastic fairy world is 
maintained throughout. The success of 
this production doubtless owes a great 
deal to the fact that Reinhardt, before 
he attempted the screening, had pre¬ 
sented a spectacular version of A Mid¬ 
summer Night's Dream in the Holly¬ 
wood Bowl. The camera offers possi¬ 
bilities of presentation which makes 
the screen version doubly inviting. 

According to Professor George P. 
Hayes, of the English department, who 
saw the pre-view last week, the only 
notable departure from Shakespeare is 
in the interpretation of the scene in 
which Bottom, gazing into the river, 
sees himself in the ass's head. "Pathos 
has been introduced here," Professor 
Hayes said, "and Shakespeare intended 
it to be humorous." Professor Hayes 
expressed great delight with the picture 
and with the manner in which the fair¬ 
ies are handled. A great deal is made 
of some scenes which contribute to the 
atmosphere but do not reduce the 
faithfulness to Shakespeare, according 
to Professor Hayes. The music con¬ 
tributes immensely to the beauty of 
the version, he said; the whole produc¬ 
tion, he feels, is superior to any on 
the stage. In commenting on Shakes¬ 
peare in the movies, Professor Hayes 
expressed the hope that more adapta¬ 
tions will be made in the future, now 
that A Midsummer Night's Dream has 
demonstrated that it can be ably done. 

OBSERVE 
Autograph enthusiasts will be 
glad to learn that Thornton 
Wilder has consented to auto¬ 
graph his books while he is on 
the campus tomorrow. He re¬ 
quests that he be allowed to do 
so privately, however, and all 
those wishing autographs are ask¬ 
ed to leave their books in Asso¬ 
ciate Professor Emma May 
Laney's office, 303 Buttrick, by 
10 o'clock Thursday morning, or 
earlier if possible. 

We welcome you any time 

and all the time. 

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By Lucile Dennison 

The well-known writer whom the 
Lecture Association presents tomorrow 
night has had time during his dis¬ 
tinguished career to engage in a walk¬ 
ing tour with Gene Tunney, a debate 
with Hugh Walpole, and the trials of 
correcting "absurd French exercises." 
In this novelist and playwright, Thorn¬ 
ton Wilder, is that degree of original¬ 
ity and individualism which makes ac¬ 
tivities such as these and others includ¬ 
ing his lecturing and his writing inter¬ 
esting to the public. 

Not all of his 3 8 years have been 
spent in the United States. Nine years 
after he was born in Wisconsin he went 
to China where for seven years his 
father was a consul-general. He lived 
in Rome before he wrote Tbe Cabala 
and he was again in Europe when he 
wrote The Woman of Andros. His ac¬ 
tivities include teaching as well as 
traveling. Almost immediately after 
his graduation from Yale in 1920 he 
became a teacher of French at the 
Lawrenceville School. In 1930 he ac¬ 
cepted the lecture post which he still 
holds at the University of Chicago. 

Marcelle Capatti Is Guest of 

Y.W.C.A. at Florida College 
Marcelle Capatti, French exchange 
student at Agnes Scott, was recently 
i guest of the Y. W. C. A. at the 
Florida State College for Women in 
Tallahassee. She spoke to the members 
of the Y. W. at an evening meeting 
and was guest of honor at a tea given 
by Beta Pi Theta, national French hon¬ 
orary society. 
Her visit was sponsored by the in¬ 
ternational and world fellowship com¬ 
mittee of the Y. W. C. A. at F. S. 

REPORTERS 
Mary Richardson Hortense Jones 
Mildred Davis Selma Steinbach 
Eliza King Mamie Lee Ratliffe 
Douglas Lyle Cora K. Hutchins 
Carol Hale Loice Richards 
Giddy Erwin Alice Cheeseman 
Ruth Hertzka Nell Hemphill 
Mary F. Guthrie Enid Middleton 
Sarah Johnson 

Every Tailleur 
takes a new ... 

fob 

Assistant Professor Annie May Chris¬ 
tie, who has seen him in action there, 
reports that he is a "dynamic teacher" 
who vigorously "prances around" his 
class. Fie likes association with the 
students and prefers to live in a dormi¬ 
tory. 

His interest in writing appeared 
early. He has revealed that, for in his 
First Year Algebra is one of the first 
tables of contents for the collection of 
his three-minute plays. The fame which 
came with the publication of his second 
novel, The Bridge of San Luis Key, 
surprised none more than it did the 
publishers who had accepted it because 
it was an excellent book and not be¬ 
cause of any belief in the possibility 
of its success. He professes in his writ¬ 
ing a passion for compression, a pen¬ 
chant for religion, a repugnance for 
didacticism, and a regret for the de¬ 
terioration of the English language. 

His lectures are so popular that his 
audiences are always large. He has an 
easy delivery and an intimate manner 
that delight his listeners. This is the 
most excellent recommendation that 
can be given to his lecture here. 

E. SYMMS' PICTURE 
TYPIFIES EDUCATION 

A photograph of Eugenia Symms, a 
senior at Agnes Scott College, has been 
selected to represent "Education" in a 
forthcoming edition of the publication 
of the Presbyterian Church, U. S. This 
publication, the hand-book of the 
Every Member Canvass, attempts to 
show the benevolent work of the de¬ 
nomination. It is published annually 

by the stewardship of the Presbyterian 

Church. 

The picture of Eugenia Symms was 

made for the Silhouette in her acad¬ 

emic robe. It was considered the one 

most nearly typifying modern educa¬ 

tion. The Presbyterian magazine in 

which her picture will appear is being 

circulated throughout the South the 

early part of this month. 

The choice was made from unsub


mitted photographs of hundreds of col¬ 

lege men and women. 

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we think it spring's smartest single acces¬ 
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fine imports, encircled in pigskin, onyx*, 
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Before we ^et down to the business 

of revealing all of what there is to 

reveal, we must find out whether 

you've noticed the steady flow of 

present Shakespearites, and all con¬ 

scientious former Shakespearites, too, 

to Atlanta the first three days of this 

week. It is purely coincidental that 

they all land up eventually at the 

Georgia Theater, too. Such devotion 

to one's drama is admirable, certain¬ 

ly is. 

Nell White has taken to her bed on 

account of her fatiguing trips to town 

to exchange Christmas presents. 

Get Bert Palmour to introduce you 

to John Allen—Charming personality, 

fetching bow-tie, appealing voice, and 

guaranteed no fleas! 

Joke of the week: Definition of 

nothing: An idiot with amnesia. 

Don't mention taxis or taxi drivers 
to Alice Chamlee and Mackie Crisler. 
It was a rainy day, funds were short, 
and did they get soaked! 

You have to hand it to one Anne 
Russell Taylor. She waits till the din-

KEY TO CURRENT 
HISTORY 
(Conthmcd from page 2, column 2) 
Force" in Washington. At this time, 
about 20,000 men gathered in the 
capital with the purpose of forcing 
cash payment of the bonus. But Con¬ 
gress refused to pass the Patman Bonus 
Bill which had come up for the first 
time during that session, and the Bonus 
Expeditionary Force was forced to 
leave by the use of tear gas. In 1933, 
a bonus amendment to the agricultural 
adjustment act was defeated. 
The Patman Bonus Bill came up for 
consideration again in 1934 and in 
193 5, but on both occasions it was de¬ 
feated. President Roosevelt vetoed this 
measure in a personally delivered mes¬ 
sage to Congress. This message, which 
was especially opposed to the inflation 
issue with which the bill was con¬ 
cerned, is considered one of Roosevelt's 
greatest state papers. 
But even Roosevelt's prestige was 
unable to withstand the fight for the 
bonus, for on January 27 it pushed on 

to victory. When the seventy-fourth 
Congress conveneo on January 3 of 
this year, a bonus bill, which had been 
prepared by leaders of the American 
Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, 
and the Disabled American Veterans of 
the World War, was ready to be pre¬ 
sented to Congress. For the first time, 
these three organizations had taken a 
united stand concerning any certain 
bill. The Flouse passed this prepared 
bill with only one major change and 
sent it on to the Senate, which made 
another change in the bill. The Presi¬ 
dent's swift veto of the bill did not 
surprise anyone. His six line message 
which was written in his own hand¬ 
writing, referred the congressmen to 
his veto message of last year. But this 
veto was overridden and the bonus bill 
became law three weeks after the open¬ 
ing of Congress. This was more rapid 
procedure than even the veterans 
themselves had hoped for. 

The bill, as finally framed, provides 
for payment in non-negotiable "baby 
bonds" of $50 each, cashable at face 
value on or after June 15 or bearing 
3% interest until 1943 (the date on 
which the certificates were to have 
been paid). Loans which have been 
made on the certificates are to be de¬ 
ducted but all unpaid interest on them 
since October 1, 1931, will be forgiven. 
Roosevelt immediately announced that 

the bonus would be paid as soon as pos¬ 

sible and later issued another statement 

requesting Congress to provide for an 

appropriation to meet the bill which 

amounts to about two and one-half bil¬ 

lion dollars. There is much speculation 

as to just how this money will be 

raised, although it is generally assumed 

that taxes will be increased in spite of 

the fact that this is an election vear. 

Compliments 
of 

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ing room is settled, then stalks in lead¬ 

ing four real, grown-up men. No flies 

on her! 

We like Dr. McCain's friend's bit 

of philosophy, "An ounce of taffy (in 

daily living) is worth a pound of epi


taphy." 

One more name to put on your list 

of June brides—Miss Frances Ricks, to 

become Mrs. Frank Hamlin. 

We like Mutt File's attitude. With 

two house knocks to her credit, she 

was living in dread of the third fatal 

one; so she deliberately let out a yell 

after lights, and the knock was all 

hers. 

Imagine Anne Thompson's astonish¬ 
ment when she breezed blithely into a 
group of weeping sophomores. Time: 
Sunday night. Place: Around a radio. 
Reason: Dramatization of "—And Sud¬ 
den Death." These girls are walking 
from now on. 

And for our parting word, remem¬ 
ber "you blow through, and the music 
goes down and around—" 

DR. WALTER MILLER TO SPEAK I 
AT PHI BETA KAPPA ELECTION 
(Continued fram page 1, column 5) 
Main building. Students of Latin and 
Greek are especially invited to come 
and meet Dr. Miller. Initiation of the 
members announced on Saturday morn¬ 
ing will take place that afternoon and 
a banquet will be given in their honor 
on Saturday night in the Tea Flouse. 
The Georgia Beta chapter at Agnes 
Scott is one of the three chapters of 
Phi Beta Kappa in the state; the other 
two are at the University of Georgia 
and at Emory University. Officers of 
the local chapter are Professor Tor


rance, president; Associate Professor 
Emma May Laney, vice-president; As¬ 
sociate Professor Florence E. Smith, 
secretary; and Professor James M. 
Wright, treasurer. It has been the cus¬ 
tom of the Agnes Scott chapter to 
bring an outside speaker everv two 
years to the February announcement; 
Dr. Donald Davidson, associate profes¬ 
sor of English at Vanderbilt Univer¬ 
sity, Nashville, was the speaker two 
years ago. In alternate years the local 
president makes an address. 

Italy's latest contribution to the 
science of living is the "sunflower" 
house which rotates on circular tracks 
so that the living room always faces 
the sun. Motive power is supplied from 
a three-horsepower engine in the center 
of the house.—Architectural Forum. 

Lasseter Names 

Swimming Tearns 

Florence Lasseter, college swimming 
manager, has announced the class 
swimming teams. They are as follows: 

Senior team—Lena Armstrong, Ann 
Coffee, Elizabeth Burson, Martha 
Crenshaw, Elizabeth Forman, Mary 
Richardson, Loice Richards. 

Junior team—Mary Jane Tigert, 
Barton Jackson, Mary Kneale, Kitty 
Printup, Mary Johnson, Florence Las¬ 
seter; squad—Betty Willis, Helen Du-
Pree, Michelle Furlow, Marie Stalker. 

Sophomore team—Kennon Hender¬ 
son, Ann Worthy Johnson, Mary Venetia 
Smith, Bee Merrill, Jean Chalmers, 
Anne Thompson, Margaret Wright, 
Martha Peek Brown; squad — Nell 
Hemphill, Jeanne Matthews, Ellen Mc-
Callie. 

Freshman team—Jane Moore Hamil¬ 
ton, Esthere Ogden, Jean Bailey, Gary 
Wheeler, Mary Ruth Murphy; squad— 

Barbara Shloss, Barbara Cassat, Anna 
Margaret Riepma. 

A. A. C. SELECTS DR. J. R. 
McCAIN AS PRESIDENT 
{Continued front page 1, column 4) 
Association also plans to cooperate 
with Associations of Law and Medical 
Schools to see if they can abolish pre¬ 
law and pre-medical courses in col¬ 
lege; to attempt to get uniform teach¬ 
ers' training requirements throughout 
the United States; to keep in touch 
with Federal legislation in regard to 
colleges and youth in general; to make 
a study of college professors for a per¬ 
sonal bearing on selection of teachers; 
and to try to get better regulation of 
the radio programs of the country. 

WILDER TO TALK AT AGNES 

SCOTT TOMORROW NIGHT 

(Continued from page 1, column 3) 
the most discussed novel of the year 
and was the choice of the Book-of-the-
Month Club in America and the Book 
Society of England. Wilder has also 
won fame as a dramatist with The 
Trumpet Shall Sound, which met with 
remarkable success when produced in 
New York. 

Student tickets are 5 0c for unre¬ 
served seats and 75c for reserved. Gen¬ 
eral admission is 75c and $1.00. The 
tickets may be secured in Buttrick 
Hall today and tomorrow, at Davison 
and Rich's department stores, or at 
Bucher Scott Gymnasium tomorrow 
evening. 

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Sports Editorial 

The Increasing Popularity of Lacrosse 

for Girls 

Condensed from the article by 

Martha Gable in a recent 

issue of 

Health and Physical Education 

Ten years ago an English coach in¬ 

troduced the game of lacrosse to the 
girls in two New England colleges. 
Interest in this new sport spread rapid¬ 
ly among Eastern schools and colleges, 
so that in 1932 the United States Wo; 
men's Lacrosse Association was organ! 
ized. At present forty-one schools and 
j colleges are affiliated with this organ¬ 

ization. 

The game itself is thoroughly en¬ 

joyable and fascinating. Throwing, 

catching, picking up the ball, dodging, 

shooting, and checking are all prac¬ 

ticed with increased speed. The fun¬ 

damental of playing is similar to that 

of basketball in that attacking players 

aim to get free to receive a pass while 
defense players guard their opponents 
in order to intercept passes to them or 
to prevent them from passing. The 
positions of the players on the field are 
much less limited than those in hockey 
or soccer. 

An excellent feature of the game is 
that the rules are easy to understand 
and fouls are few. Play progresses 
without the constant stopping and re¬ 
starting necessary in many sports; and 
since there are no boundary lines, play 
continues unless the ball goes into an 
inaccessible place. The rules have been 
adapted to the capacities of girls, and 
there is little chance for roughness or 
physical violence. 

The hearty endorsement of those 
who have had experience with the game 
marks lacrosse as an excellent game 
for girls and one which is bound to be¬ 
come increasingly popular in America. 

The Students 
of 
Agnes Scott College 
are cordially invited NOT to grab all the food at the 

Wilder Reception 
Day Students' Room Tomorrow Night 
Main Building 

GLEE CLUB BEGINS 
PRACTICE ON OPERA 
(Continued from page 1, column 3) 
given by Blackfriars, Agnes Scott 
dramatic club, have been presented at 
commencement time. It has been de¬ 
cided, however, that the two presenta"
ricns will be offered alternately at 
commencement in order to avoid con¬ 
flict. 

We are ready for you 
with new spring apparel 
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For further information, address 

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VOL. XXI AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1936 NO. 15 

Sir A. Willert to 

Lecture Here On 

"Europe Today" 

Sir Arthur Willert, distinguished 
diplomat and publicist, will come to 
Agnes Scott College on March 3 under 
the auspices of the Public Lecture As¬ 
sociation of the College. He will speak 
in Bucher Scott Gymnasium on Eu¬ 
rope Today. Sir Arthur is the third of 
a series of outstanding personages 
which have appeared on the campus 
this session, Robert Frost, American 
poet, being the first, and Thornton 
Wilder, noted author, the second. 

Sir Arthur has been in intimate 
touch with public affairs in England, 
Europe, and the United States for the 
past twenty-five years and has had ex¬ 
ceptional opportunities for first-hand 
study of the chief figures of interna¬ 
tional politics since the war. 

After working as an apprentice in 
the Paris and Berlin offices of the 
London Times he came to Washington 
as an assistant in the local bureau of 
that paper. For ten years he was 
Washington correspondent for the 
Times; in 1917-18 he was secretary of 
the British War Mission to the States 
and representative of the British Min¬ 
istry of Information, being stationed 
in Washington. He was created a 
Knight of the Order of the British 
Empire in 1919 for his services in 
these positions. 

Sir Arthur, who has contributed to 
The Atlantic Monthly, the New Re¬ 
public, World's Work, and other such 
magazines, was the principal British 
speaker on the Williamstown Institute 
of Politics in 1927. At the beginning 
of 193 5, he resigned as head of the 
publicity department of the British 
Foreign Office with which he had been 
associated since 1920. 

Decatur Citizens 

To Vote on Bonds 

For Second Time 

Citizens of Decatur will vote Fri¬ 
day, February 14, on the question of 
the issuance of bonds in order to se¬ 
cure funds available from the Federal 
Government for improvements in the 
schools and the sewer and water sys¬ 
tems. Agnes Scott College is particu¬ 
larly interested in the latter improve¬ 
ments, which call for the erection of 
an elevated 500,000 gallon steel water 
tank and a modern sewer system to 
provide for the disposal of approxi¬ 
mately two-thirds of Decatur's sew¬ 
age. 

Since it was necessary to raise the 
tax digest to provide for a previous 
election last November, the Court in¬ 
validated it. This objection cannot be 
raised to the election of February 14. 
Nine schools will benefit from a favor¬ 
able return, as Federal funds will com¬ 
bine with bond funds to make im¬ 
provements amounting to $60,326.00. 
A new water works tank will provide 
increased pressure and additional stor¬ 
age capacity, greatly facilitating water 
service and fire protection. Federal 
funds will contribute $16,152.00 and 
the bond funds, $21,223.00. 

M. CLARK RECEIVES 
PRIZE FOR POETRY 

Mildred Clark, '36, tied for first 
place with her sonnet sequence, Coun¬ 
try Girl, at the monthly Poetry Forum 
of the Atlanta Writers' Club held at 
the home of Dr. Anderson M. Scruggs 
on February 2. The prize was an auto¬ 
graphed copy of Glory of Earth by Dr. 

Scruggs. 
Country Girl will appear in the 
March number of the Aurora. 

Dr. S. D. Gordon Begins Series 
Of Religious Talks in Chapel 

Miss Stansfield Is 

Speaker at A.A.U.P. 

On Teaching Latin 

Associate Professor Martha Stans¬ 
field, of the Latin and Greek depart¬ 
ment of Agnes Scott College, gave a 
report on The Teaching of High 
School Latin Since the Classical Inves¬ 
tigation at the meeting of the Agnes 
Scott chapter of the American Asso¬ 
ciation of University Professors held 
on Monday afternoon, February 3. At 
this same meeting, three new members, 
Associate Professor J. T. Gillespie, of 
Bible, Professor Arthur Raper, of so¬ 
ciology, and Miss Helen Miller, of the 
biology department, were admitted. 
The membership of the chapter now 
numbers 14. 

Basing her report on the results of 
the classical investigation held from 
1921 to 1924, Miss Stansfield discussed 
the objectives of studying Latin, the 
content of the courses, and the method 
of study; she then showed some of the 
textbooks, written since the investiga¬ 

tion, that are used now in the high 
schools. These textbooks endeavor to 
apply the principles the investigation 
has recommended, and are arranged 
with the view of following a main 
objective of studying Latin: the abil¬ 
ity to read and understand it. Miss 
Stansfield also gave an outline of the 
Latin courses as given at Atlanta Girls 
High School. 

The officers of the Agnes Scott 
chapter of the American Association 
of University Professors are: Profes¬ 
sor Flenry Robinson, president; and 
Associate Professor Martha Stansfield, 
secretarv-treasurer. 

A. S. C. Continues 
Theme of College 

In WSB Programs 

The Intellectual Life or The De¬ 
velopment of the College as the Presi¬ 
dent Sees It was the subject of the 
talk given by Dr. J. R. McCain, presi¬ 
dent of Agnes Scott College, on the 
Agnes Scott College radio program 
last Wednesday. This afternoon Dean 
Nannette Hopkins, of the College, 
will discuss Social Life or The De¬ 
velopment as the Dean Sees It; on 
February 19, Dr. D. P. McGeachy will 
give the viewpoint of the local pastor, 
in speaking on Spiritual Life and Dr. 
Mary F. Sweet, on February 26, will 
discuss Physical Life, the development 
as seen by the resident physician. 

The programs for February, which 
are being presented by the Administra¬ 
tion, form the second group in a five 
months' series, the theme of which is 
the Liberal Arts College: What Agnes 
Scott College Has Done and Plans to 
Do. The first month's series was given 
by the trustees. The faculty will have 
charge of the programs in March, the 
alumnae in April, and the students in 
May. 

These programs are broadcast every 
Wednesday over WSB at 5 o'clock, 
and are under the supervision of Miss 
Polly Vaughan, of the Spoken Eng¬ 
lish department, recently elected by 
the Agnes Scott College Alumnae As¬ 
sociation to take the place of Assistant 
Professor Janef Preston, of the Eng¬ 
lish department, as chairman of the 
Radio Publicity Committee of the As¬ 
sociation. Miss Preston resigned after 
serving in that capacity for four 
years. jflfT 

"The Fully-Rounded Life" Is 
Theme; Services Will End 
February 15 

Dr. S. D. Gordon, religious author 
and lecturer, began yesterday the series 
of informal services which he is con¬ 
ducting in Gaines Chapel at 9:45 
o'clock every morning through Sat¬ 
urday, February 15. His general theme 
is The Fully-Rounded Life; yesterday 
he discussed There's Someone at Your 
Side You Don't See, and today, The 
Simple Secret of Self-Mastery. His 
tentative subjects for the remainder 

of the week are The Earliest Portrait 
of God, Woman's Power, and An Old 
Portrait of God Restored. Last Sun¬ 
day Dr. Gordon spoke at the North 
Avenue Presbyterian Church in At¬ 
lanta, and each night of this week he 
has charge of services at the Decatur 
Presbyterian Church. 

A career as Ohio State secretary of 
the Y. W. C. A., public speaker, 
traveler in the Orient and Europe, and 
author of more than 100 books on re¬ 
ligious themes makes Dr. Gordon par¬ 
ticularly interesting to young people. 
When he was principal speaker at the 
Atlanta Youth Conference last No¬ 
vember, many Agnes Scott College 
students had the opportunity of hear¬ 
ing him. In order that the students 
may know him better, the College 

Y. W. C. A. has arranged that girls 
may take him to meals at the Tea 
House. There will also be a tea in his 
honor on Thursday afternoon at 4:3 0 
in the Y. W. C. A. room. 
Dr. Gordon, although a layman, is 
considered one of the most distinguish¬ 
ed speakers in the world. In addition, 
he is the author of Quiet Talks, which 
have a circulation of over 2,000,000. 
Among his Quiet Talks are Quiet 
Talks With Eager Youth, Quiet Talks 
with Jesus, Quiet Talks on Prayer, and 
Quiet Talks on the Bible Story. 

Each year it is the custom of the 
Agnes Scott Y. W. C. A. to bring to 
the campus a distinguished religious 
leader to conduct a week of evangelis¬ 
tic services. Last spring Dr. Edwin 
McNeill Poteat delivered a series of 
talks on The Good Life. 

Dr. Hayes to|Be 

Banquet Speaker 

At Eta Sigma Phi 

Eta Sigma Phi, national honorary 
classical society, will hold its annual 
spring banquet at the Elite Tea Room 
in Decatur on next Tuesday night, 
February 18, at 6:3 0 o'clock. Profes¬ 
sor George P. Hayes, of the English 
department of Agnes Scott College, 
will be the main speaker; his subject 
will be Humanism and Cicero. Pro¬ 
fessor Hayes spoke on this subject at 
a joint meeting of the Atlanta and 
Decatur Alumnae Clubs last fall. 

The new members, who will prob¬ 
ably be announced the latter part of 
this week, will be guests of honor at 
the banquet. They will be initiated 
at 5 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon in 
Main Building. 

The officers of Eta Sigma Phi are 
Elizabeth Forman, president; Mary 
King, vice president; Bazalyn Coley. 

secretary; Gertrude Lozier, treasurer; 
June Matthews, corresponding secre¬ 
tary; and Floyd Butler, sergeant-atarms. 
Professor Catherine Torrance, of 
the Greek department, is faculty ad¬ 
viser to the society this year, and Pro¬ 
fessor Lillian Smith, of the Latin de¬ 
partment, and Associate Professor 
Martha Stansfield, of the Latin and 
Greek departments, are faculty mem¬ 
bers. 

Seven Receive 

Phi Beta Key 

A t Mid-Year 

Seven Alumnae Also Honored 
At Annual Elections in 
Chapel, Feb. 8 

Announcement of the election of 
seven seniors and seven alumnae to the 
Georgia Beta chapter of Phi Beta Kap¬ 
pa was made by Professor Catherine 
Torrance, president, at the annual Feb¬ 
ruary service in chapel on last Satur¬ 
day, February 8. The seniors elected 
are Shirley Christian, Elizabeth For-
man, Lita Goss, Ethelyn Johnson, 
Edith Merlin, Sarah Nichols, and Mary 
Snow. Those of the alumnae who were 
elected from the class of '21 are Miss 
Sarah Fulton, of the faculty of Atlanta 
Girls High School; Mrs. Donald Rob¬ 
erts, Shanghai, China; Mrs. Leon L. 
Noble, Miami, Florida; Mrs. W. R. 
Gate, Nashville, Tennessee; Assistant 
Professor Janef Preston, of the English 
department of Agnes Scott; Associate 
Professor Martha Stansfield, of the 
Latin and Greek department; and As¬ 
sociate Professor Philippa Gilchrist, 

'2 3, of the chemistry department. 
Mrs. Roberts is the first American 
woman to receive a degree from a 
Chinese university and is the author 
of Western Travelling to China. 

The announcement of membership 
to the Agnes Scott chapter was made 
following the address of Dr. Walter 
Mdler, dean of the graduate school of 
the University of Missouri. His sub¬ 
ject was The Scholar in American 
Life. In his discussion he expressed 
the hope that some day the American 
scholar will ascend to his true place, 
and stated that "every scholar should 
be in politics, not for personal prefer¬ 
ment but for the public weal." He 
stated that "America's most notable 
advance in material progress, the tri¬ 
umph of man over matter is due to 
the American scholars," and attributed 
the scholar's failure to the tendency to 
look upon education as a tool for 
money-making and to the lack of deep-
seated national traditions. 

Initiation of the new members was 
held on Saturday afternoon, and a 
banquet was given in their honor on 
Saturday evening in the Alumnae 
House. 

Wilder Discusses 

Ga. Classical Ass'n. 

Will Sponsor Latin 

Contest This Year 

The high school Latin contest sponmred 
every spring for the past five 
years by The Atlanta Journal under 
the direction of the Georgia Classical 
Association will this year be sponsored 
by the Classical Association alone. A 
pamphlet containing rules and other 
information for contestants will be 
printed by the University of Georgia 
and will be sent to every high school 
in Georgia. Fifty dollars in cash has 
been voted by the Association for 
prizes; the distribution among the four 
years of high school is to be announced 

ater. Scholarships for fourth-year 
winners in Virgil will be awarded by 
Agnes Scott College and by several 
other colleges in Georgia. 

Among fourth-year winners who 
have attended Agnes Scott College are 
Willie Florence Eubanks, Phi Beta 
Kappa, '3 5, and Cora Kay Hutchins, 
who resigned her Latin scholarship to 
the runner-up since she was also win¬ 
ner of the $700 scholarship awarded 
by Agnes Scott College in 193 5. 

Officers of the Georgia Classical As¬ 
sociation are: president, Dr. W. D. 
Hooper, professor of Latin, University 

(Continued on page 4, column 1) 

Miss Preston Has 

Two New Poem sin 

Poetry Magazine 

Assistant Professor Janef Preston, of 
the English department of Agnes 
Scott College, has received notice that 
her two companion sonnets, Midsum¬ 
mer Morning and Midsummer After¬ 
noon have been accepted for publica¬ 
tion by Voices, poetry magazine edited 
by Harrold Vinal. These poems, writ-
sen last summer in the Alumnae Gar¬ 
den, will be published this summer. 

Miss Preston also received first hon¬ 
orable mention in a contest sponsored 
by the Chattanooga Writers' Club. 
This one, a nature poem, was selected 
out of 400 entries submitted from all 
sections of the United States. 

Young Writers, 

Novels, In Entertaining Interview 

Skipping with a lightning-like rap.
dity from sparkling comments upon 
young writers and their trials and 
tribulations to serious discussions of 
the novel as a vehicle for the portrayal 
of human experience, Thornton Wil¬ 
der, internationally famous for his 
The Bridge of San Luis Key and The 
Woman of Andros chatted quite in¬ 
formally and very delightfully in an 
interview just before his lecture last 

Thursday night. 

"It seems to me," explained Mr. 
Wilder in his inimitable dynamic man¬ 
ner accompanied by vigorous hand 
gesticulations, "that the chief trend in 
young writing as I am acquainted with 
it in my narration class at the Univer¬ 
sity of Chicago is that most of the 
aspirants seem to be striving toward 
realism—a realism which is expressed 
through a literal interpretation of ma¬ 
terial objects and experiences actually 
seen and undergone by the writer. 
True reality, however, is a very differ¬ 
ent quality—it is an inner experience 
such as Shelley so keenly felt and ex¬ 
pressed in that poetry of his which by 
the more prosaic is felt to be some¬ 
times too ethereal and obscure." 

In further discussing reality as it is 
manifested in the description of actual 

objects, Mr. Wilder stated that most 
people feel that an author should not 
write of places he has never seen, and 
yet they seldom realize that the same 
is true of time. "Writers, for instance, 
who visit the Holy Land in order to 
make studies of the Bible or to write 
books with a biblical setting," he said, 
"do not seem to realize that this coun¬ 
try is really not the same as when 
Christ walked the earth. New foliage, 

change in topography, growth of cit¬ 
ies and the like have entirely changed 
the environment so that using this 
landscape for a background of early 
Christendom is a serious breach of lit¬ 
erary truth and reality." 

Mr. Wilder, because his chief liter¬ 
ary interests lie in the novel, became 
very enthusiastic when this vehicle of 
writing was mentioned. Since La Prin¬ 
ces de Cleve written by Madame de 
LaFayette, in the seventeenth century, 
seems to him to be the first real novel, 
he says that the novel is too contem¬ 
porary to state dogmatically whether 
or not it is a better means of portray¬ 
ing human life in all its aspects than 
the play. 

Although he believes that there has 
been a considerable decline in the qual(
Continued on page 4, coin in n 1) 


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Life With Father, by Clarence Day. We account for the book's popularity,

Roosevelt vetoed the bonus—a bill

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Plssocided Collegiate Press 

point of view of the subject matter Notes

for its speaker, Al Smith, as a result 

STAFF almost anyone could write a book sim¬ 2 Minute Interviews

of its famous dinner on Saturday 

ilar to this one. Anyone could recall with 
Lulu Ames Mildred Clark Alice Chamlee evening, January 2 5. The leaders of the peculiar characteristics of his own 2 Famous Authors

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Editor-in-chief Make-up Editor the A. L. L. perhaps deemed it incon¬ father and all the favorite family Sinclair Lervis: 
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Frances Gary June Matthews Advertising Manager enemy, should agree with one of their book. Such experiences as Father's tor, journalist, author, and farmer. As 

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Assistant Editors policies—negation of the bonus bill

Circulation Managers expected guests in the home—these are tinguished himself by his low marks 
Nellie M. Gilroy Rosa From Mary Margaret Stowe —even before their meeting; but they, common in every family. Just what in school. As a graduate, he left Yale, 
Feature Editor Current History Margaret Cooper nevertheless, managed to stir up quite is it then that makes Life with Father joined Upton Sinclair's Utopian col¬ 
Mary Gray Rogers a bit of excitement. one of the year's best sellers? ony, and became janitor of the settle¬

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Elizabeth Baethke Sarah Brosnan All who have read this book will ment. As a journalist, he sold jokes

Ass't Feature Editor The American Liberty League was 

answer immediately that the success

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Book Notes Editor non-partisan organization. At that resting style in which it is written. Mr. Lewis has a farm in Ver¬

1920. 
Ellen McCallie Nell White Cornelia Christie time it was composed of—and it still Under Clarence Day's light whim¬ mont where he spends his time when 
Alumnae Editor Society Editor Club Editor counts in its membership — many sical touch Father's experiences be¬ not traveling. He says of himself, 

come vivid episodes in the life of a 

"I'm just a country hick living on a

prominent Democrats and Republic¬ 

person who seems strangely familiar 

farm, and every time I leave it I get

CULTURALLY SPEAKING ans, such as John W. Davis and Al to us. The intimate conversational 

into trouble." 

Smith, former Democratic nominees tone of the book compels us to laugh

Last Thursday night, the Lecture Association presented Thorn¬ Clarence Day.

hilariously at the idiosyncrasies of

for president; John J. Raskob and

ton Wilder, famous and popular author and lecturer. His coming this irascible, yet lovable man. Day New Yorker, college graduate,

Jouett Shouse, former Democratic Na¬ 

was announced the middle of last month in this paper and gentle achieves somehow in the character Neanderthal artist, and author. He 

tional Chairmen; Joseph Ely and Al¬ was

reminders of the event, reminders of an interesting and attractive sketch of Father an unbelievable mix¬ born in New York City in 1874. 

bert C. Ritchie, former Democratic ture of anybody's father and a dis¬ He graduated from Yale and receiv¬

nature appeared from time to time in the Atlanta papers as well 

governors of Massachusetts and Mary¬ tinct personality as well. In Father's ed an honorary degree from this Uni¬ 

as in THE AGONISTIC. His books, relatively widely read on the versity thirty years later. He has

special likes and dislikes—his pet rug

land respectively; James M. Beck and 

campus, were pleasing to Agnes Scott students. The subject of and his violent reaction to its removal written many books, his most recent

David I. Reed, former Republican

his lecture here was one that appeals keenly to the modern mind. —we see reflected the whims of our being Life with Father, which is still 

Congressmen from Pennsylvania; Mrs. own fathers. his the popular reading list of the

In absent-minded¬ on na-

And the Lecture Association took just pride in their successful 

Alice Roosevelt Longworth; and Rob¬ ness. his occasional economic streaks, j tion. Mr. Day has also illustrated in

efforts to bring him here this year. 

ert V. Fleming, president of the his blustering pride, his impatience, his j his own peculiar style a book of verse 
Yet, out of the 489 students enrolled at Agnes Scott, scarcely American Bankers' Association. The egotism, and his boyishness—in these called Scenes from the Mexozoic. 
American Liberty League is an organ¬

200 bought tickets. 

ization formed to protest against what 
its members consider the radical tend¬ Snow and Ice Contribute Color 

WHY ILITERARY 

encies of the New Deal. The League 
MAKE NOISES? COMPETITION insists that the constitution be up¬ 1 To CloseofHilarious Exam Week 
held. Its enemies, of which there are

The question "Why all this The Short Story Contest which Exam time was almost over when, pools of water grew around radiators 

many, it "association

sudden hub-bub over the publi¬ was announced in last week's edi¬ 
call an against 
in the dormitories as parties came in

the Brain Trust" and ridicule it by on January 29, the weather man de¬

cations?" was logically asked in 

tion of THE AGONISTIC has saying that the only kind of liberty it cided to stage a free show for the suf¬ to thaw out temporarily. The Electives

Open Forum last week. Indubi¬ 

tably it is a very good question. been received with quite some deserves is "liberty for millionaires. ferers of Agnes Scott, and meanwhile Committee received red-cheeked appli¬ 
Soon after its founding Roosevelt

The editors of the two publica¬ enthusiasm. So far, however, it's to solve the problem of the Athletic cants in toboggan caps and mittens.

commended the American Liberty

tions presenting plans for change been enthusiasm alone, no stor¬ Association, "How to get them out of While Decatur, according to news re¬

League, at least outwardly, by stating

were no less surprised over the ies. And, while enthusiasm is a that it was good in that it was born doors?" No one can be certain which ports, "dug out some old snow-plows"

stir they had made than was the 

wondrous thing, we feel that the out of the necessity for criticism. But head first peeped out the next morning and went to work to clear the streets,

student who put the question. 

formal entry of a few local ef¬ last fall while Jouett Shouse, presi¬ and saw the miracle of the night, but Agnes Scott janitors shovelled out nar¬

It has long been believed that 

dent of the A. L. L.. was still saying

the students honestly do not care forts might give the momentum it is sure that several hundred heads row paths on the campus, for the more 

that it was "definitely not anti-

how publication people are elect¬ that a week's worth of enthusi¬ followed suit within five seconds. Evi¬ sedate. No one was proof against the

Roosevelt," Roosevelt himself said he

ed so long as their work is satis¬ asm has failed to supply. dently not a breath of wind had stir¬ ungraceful sprawls that increased as

believed the organization stressed the

factory from the students' point red all night, for great feathery drifts

The stories submitted to the protection of property and neglected the trampled snow froze into slippery

of view. Many times the student lay deep and untouched, even on nar¬ 

local chairman do not necessar¬ the protection of citizenry. rinks.

is not even aware of who is what row ledges, blinding white in the sun.

The rift between the president and It was a tragedy that such a beauti¬

on which publication; she is ily have to be printed in the Walks and steps were inches deep,— 

this anti-New Deal group grew and ful siege of snow should end in rain,

more interested in what sort of Aurora; they may have been, deep enough to have made a fortune

reached an exciting climax in what but the weather man's kindly whim

paper or magazine is being for snow-shovelling younger brothers.

however. The type of story has might be termed the group's coming-seemed to be over. Agnes Scott strug¬

mailed to her as partial receipt Great industries sprang up immedi¬ 

not been specified; it may deal (Confimied on page 4, column 1) gled disgustedly with umbrellas and

for her Budget. Yet the rumpus ately,—snow-building, snow-fighting, 
of the past three weeks would with any phase of any life the snapshotting, and the manufacture of galoshes, grumbling about the double 

trial of rain and exams. The slush per¬

seem to indicate that the stu¬ writer feels she knows best. The Alumnae News snow ice-cream made with smuggled 

sisted until everyone thought it was

dents, some of them, at least, are two winning stories of the Agnes sugar. Killers lay in ambush and dealt 

permanent, and then vanished over¬

actively concerned with this mat¬ Scott division will represent the Rebecca Harrison is attending Bre-destruction to passersby with unerring 

night in a strong dry wind. The cam¬

snowballs aimed at necks and faces.

ter. nau College in Gainesville, Ga. She has

best of the College literary pus was itself again at last, damp but

Snowmen—and women!—sprang up

It was with no intention to pledged Alpha Delta Pi. 

clean—until the afternoon of Febru¬

groups. The winner of the Story magically as students put forth efforts

draw the wool or hide evil prac¬ 

ary 6, when more sleet and snow caused

contest will be the best that has that would astonish their teachers. On

tices or push into office nice but Margaret Erwin is attending the even Floridians to sigh at a

the quadrangle one snowman sat on novelty no 

incapable girls that the Aurora been written by a college student University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. 

longer a novelty. "A snow is a snow

a bench with his lady-friend and

and THE AGONISTIC expressed during this session. snow . .

isa .

watched the scurrying crowds. Little

desire for change. It is held Margaret Belle Keller is a day stu¬

In order to stir up additional 

jointly by the two editors that an dent at Mary Baldwin College, which

interest and make the whole af¬

election placed in the hands of is in her home town, Staunton, Va. 

fair more spontaneous, the local Exchanges

the staff who knows and can 
evaluate the work of its fellow sponsors of the contest have de¬ Sylvia Kuniansky is attending the 
staff members would make for cided to offer a prize of two dol¬ University of Georgia in Athens. The trouble with soaking the rich is

In the Eskimo language "I love you"

greater spirit and loyalty within that you are apt to get your own feet

lars to the writers of the Agnes is "unifggaernauburenslfingununagiou


the publication. The present Eleanor Lemmon is attending school wet while you are doing it.—National

Scott entries in the national com¬ gaifoes." A Perdue journalist suggests

Nominating Committee, while it at Sareent in Boston. Republic.

that this might explain the old ques¬

petition. The contest closes on

does have its good points, tends 

tion as to why the arctic nights are 

to place too much power in the March 15; the prizes will be Betty Maynard is taking a business What a woman needs is: up to the

so long.

hands of too few. And under the awarded soon after spring holi¬ course in Atlanta while living at her age of 14—good health and good par¬ 
present Committee system, the home in Decatur. ents; from 14 to 40—good looks; from

days. That is, of course, if any¬ Statistics indicate that 200,000 chil¬ 

editor of either the Aurora or 40 to 60, personality; and from 60 on

body submits anything. dren now attending school in the 

THE AGONISTIC can literally Caroline Phillips is a student at the —cash!—Ladies Home fournal.

United States will probably become 

name her The University of Texas in Austin.

successor. new 

criminals. —The Sun Dial. 

plans allow the editor's vote to NOTE At one of our eastern colleges re¬ 
sway the election; yet, if the Elizabeth Watts is attending the are cently the professor was unable to stay

i BENE Slapstick comedies few and far

University of Texas. class a

staff, the student body, and the between these days; but even so, a for so he placed sign on his 

business manager are all agreed J Attention is called to the an-door which read as follows:

movie villain is now and then tossed

jnouncement of an editorial con¬ Geraline Young is going to the "Professor will be unable to

that the editor is playing favor¬ through a window. When you see this

Woman's College of North Carolina

ites and not attending strictly to test for college students which don't cringe for fear the glass will cut meet his classes today." 

business, their combined votes in Greensboro. Some college lad seeing a chance to

is posted on the second bulletin the actor, for the property man has 

can defeat the editor's choice. display his sense of humor, after read¬

prepared this glass-like pane from

board in Buttrick. The contest Coribel Langley is at Georgia State

It is not a new bit of politics. ing the notice, erased the letter "C"

sugar. —Scientific American. 

We are trying to pave the way is being conducted by The Na¬ College for Women in Milledgeville. from in front of "classes." The pro¬ 
for inevitable expansion of both tion and sponsored at Agnes fessor, noticing the laughter, wheeled

The Universities of Wisconsin and

Louise Norris is attending the Uni¬

publications. The road must be around, walked back, looked at the

Scott by THE AGONISTIC. The Brown are two of the few American

versity of Tennessee in Knoxville.

cleared for action and we believe sign, looked at the boy; he then calmly

subject, a timely one, of the edi-colleges which maintain handicraft 

a changed system of elections workshops for their students. erased the "L" in "lasses" and walked

jtorial is Will Neutrality Keep Us Esther Soutter is attending the Uni¬

for the Aurora and THE AGO¬ —Ring-T u m-Phi. away. —Davidsonian.

versity of Chicago.

NISTIC is the first step. Out of War? 


The Agonistic 

OPPONENTS DEFEAT 

Interview With Dr. Miller Is

local color 

JUNIORS, FRESHMEN 

Interesting, Informal Chat 

And the snow came and blanketed introduced into the English drama— I The most decisive basketball games 

the earth just as we blankety-blanked 
our exams. Moral of our story, girls, 
is to keep this new semester as clean, 
white, and cool as our snowed-in 
campus was before our snow-man 
(and Alumnae Garden Lady) racket 
became so popular. 

It was in the midst of exams. Miss 
Hopkins was in her office calmly con¬ 
ferring, when, lo, from above there 
came such a clatter that Miss Hopkins 
had to get up to see what was the 
matter! (Intentional.) Scene II: Third 
Hoor Main. No less than fifteen girls 
playing "Pussy Wants a Corner" in a 
ten-foot space, making more noise 
than fifty of our radiators. Scene III: 
Second Floor. Miss Hopkins on her 
way to Third. Grand Finale: Miss 
Hopkins arrives on Third! Draw your 
own conclusions—??????? 

This might have been pulled on an 
English 2 1 1 exam, "Humor was then 

for example, a wife wringing her hus¬ 
band's neck." 

Speaking of boners, Shirley Chris¬ 

tian is tops this week. At a Rebekah 
house meeting the condition of the 
ironing boards was being discussed. 
Just as Phinney asked if there was 
i anything more to be said on the sub-
I ject, Shirley, descending the stairs, 
J contributes, "The reason we haven't 
' had new lamp shades before in the 
1 date parlors is that the boys have liked 

to scratch them up." 

Ask the business manager and her 

assistant to show you their Agonistic 

Keys — embarrassing pause — search 

farther afield—why not try the Tech 

campus? 

Joke of the week: During a Rus 
sian exam a boy sneezed. He was ex 
pelled for having conjugated a verb 
out loud. 

Clubs 

Poetry Club Pi Alpha Phi 

The regular meeting of the Poetry The regular meeting of Pi Alpha 
Club was held on Tuesday night, Feb¬ Phi will be held on Thursday night, 
ruary 11, at 8:30 in Ansley Cottage. February 13, at 7 o'clock in Miss 

Gooch's studio. 
Cotillion Club 
Music Appreciation Group

Cotillion Club gave a tea-dance for 
its members on Thursday afternoon, The Music Appreciation Group of 
February 6, from I to 6 o'clock in the Y. W. C. A. met on Sunday night, 

February 9, at 7 o'clock in the music

Mr. Dieckmann's studio. Ellen Davis, 

room. The Group studied the vocal

Marion Derrick, Carolyn White, and 

music of Galli-Curci, Lily Pons, Lotti 

Lavinia Scott were hostesses. 

Lehman, and others. 

-w, 

CAPtTtRIA 
Jixtends a special 
Invitation to Agnes Scott 
girls to 
Join the Merry Crowd 

THURSDAY NIGHT 
MUSIC BY KIRK DeVORE 
AND HIS ORCHESTRA 

...And Paris Fashion Flats reach perfection 
in these beautifully cut styles! 
Both the ladder-cut Sandal and the 
T-Strap come in BLACK PATENT 
...BLUE KID and WHITE 
SWAGGER BUCK... the T-Strap 
tlso in GREY SWAGGER BUCK. 
Come in to see them! 

ST KI.VS 
80 WHITEHALL 

j of the season took place when the 
I seniors defeated the juniors 3 8-14 and 
:he sophomores the freshmen, 20-19, 
on Friday afternoon, February 7, in 
Bucher Scott Gymnasium. The fresh¬ 
man-sophomore game was the more 
exciting. At the half, the sophomores 

were leading 16-7, but in the third 
quarter the freshmen steadily increased 
their score by accurate shooting, swift 
passing, and close guarding. Garner 
was the star shot. The sophomores 
played too closely together, and had 
trouble with their passwork, but Black-
shear s two goals put the sophomores 
ahead, and the game ended with one 
point in their favor. 

The junior-senior game was a sur¬ 
prise to all. It was expected that this 
game would be very close, especially 
since the result would put either team 
in first place for the banner. The first 
quarter was close. In the second, how¬ 
ever, the senior guards prevented the 
junior forwards from scoring, while 
the senior forwards rang in one ball 
after another, leaving the score at the 
half 20-10 in their favor. In the sec¬ 
ond half the juniors scored only 4 
points, although they made frequent 
shots toward the goal. Their passwork 
was good, and the guards kept up their 
good work all through the game, but 
they were outpointed. Stevens scored 
17 of the 3 8 points. 

Both the junior-senior game and 
the freshman -sophomore game were 
smoother than previous ones. The 
freshman team made one foul, the only 
one made. 

Miss Elizabeth Mitchell, of the phys¬ 
ical education department, and Miss 
Page Ackerman, a former instructor, 
were the referees. Lulu Ames kept 
score, assisted by Jane Estes, and Ann 
Coffee was time-keeper. The line-ups 
were as follows: 
Freshman Sophomore 
Garner (14) R.R Thompson (6) ; 

Pardee 

Carmichael (5) L.F. Henderson 
Dryfoos, Flynt C.F. Blackshear (14) 
Cuddy C.G. Adams, Kelly 
Hamilton R.G. Merrill 
Shloss L.G. Robinson 
Junior Senior 

Stalker (4) R.F. Handte (10) 
McCain (4) L.F. Stevens (17) 
Kneale (6) C.F. Burson (11) 

Taylor C.G. O'Neal 
Wilson, R.G. Hart 
McDonald 
Thing L.G. Estes 

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His surprise and joy at what he has 

done according to Miss Torrance's in¬ 

troduction, began twenty minutes of 

varied and often hilarious conversa¬ 

tion with Dr. Walter Miller. "That's 

what I'd like to see in the paper," he 

said. "What she said was wonderful 

although I didn't know about it be¬ 

fore." When he started to catalogue 

his impressions of Agnes Scott, he ex¬ 

pressed his delight at the manner in 

which the students received his speech; 

he lays his Saturday morning success 

to the "horse story" and he can't re¬ 

member where he first found it. Al¬ 

though this is his secopd visit to the 

College, Dr. Miller declared that it 

was just like coming somewhere else 

for the first time—his earlier visit was 

made during the presidency of Dr. 

Gaines before the recent development 

campaigns. "You have a good plant, 

and a fine faculty, a fine faculty." 

From that point on, there was no 

method in the talk. From Stone Moun¬ 

tain and the figure of Davis that looks 

like Lincoln to Emory with "its mag¬ 

nificent plant" to Mark Twain and 

Schiller and their Joans of Arc. Here 

Dr. Miller told of the time he was ar¬ 

Low Temperature 

Interrupts Work 

Because of unfavorable weather 
conditions work on the new library of 
Agnes Scott College was somewhat 
delayed during the week of February 
1-8. Workers were unable to pour the 
concrete during the cold weather be¬ 
cause in order that concrete may set 
properly, a temperature of fifty de¬ 
grees fahrenheit must be maintained 
for not less than seventy-two hours 
after it has been poured. However, 
the work has been continued this 
week, and one-half the concrete in 
the main reading room has been 
poured. 

New Term Brings 

4 T o Agnes Scott 

Helen Ramsey, Esther Burns, Harriette 
Moore, and Bettye Sams have 
enrolled at Agnes Scott College for 
the second semester, which began on 
February 3. Helen Ramsey, of Dar¬ 

lington, S. C., is returning to the cam¬ 
pus after a year's absence; Esther 
Burns, of Atlanta, is also a former 
student; Harriette Moore, of College 
Park, Ga., is transferring from the 
University of Georgia; and Bettye 
Sams, of Decatur, Ga., comes as a 
transfer student from Wheaton Col¬ 
lege, Wheaton, 111. These students 
have not yet been classified. 

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J. R. McCAIN, President 
rested as a deserter from the German 

i army. "It was a young fellow they 
were looking for and I fitted his looks 
and my speech was all right." The 
discussion between him, as he stub¬ 
bornly insisted that the passport was 
his own, and the policeman, whose in¬ 
creasing doubt could be measured by 
the growing number of fellow police 
whom he summoned, Dr. Miller related 
in German, recapturing a great deal of 
the fire he must have had when he was 
actually in the situation. 

From Germany we went on to 
Greece. He admitted that he is par¬ 
ticularly fond of Greek—as one re¬ 
mark in his address Saturday morning 
clearly indicated. He confessed that 
once, when he was offered an instructorship 
in Latin, he referred to it as 
"that stuff" but he doesn't do that 
any more. He is openly and frankly 
partial now to Greek because of its 
vast store of literature and the arts. 
As the head of the Latin department 
said on the occasion of "that stuff," 
" 'if we had your literature and art, 
Latin would be greater than Greek'— 
ah! but there's that 'if'," Dr. Miller 
said, "and so it's not!" 

A. Palmour Travels 
In South Carolina 

For Agnes Scott 

Miss Alberta Palmour, field secre¬ 
tary of the Agnes Scott Alumnae As¬ 
sociation, left on last Saturday, Feb¬ 
ruary 8, for South Carolina where she 
will speak to high school groups in 
Florence, Sumpter, Columbia, Winnsboro, 
Newberry, Laurens, Chester, and 
Union. At each place Miss Palmour 
will show moving pictures of Agnes 
Scott and campus activities; shots of 
the ice and snow storms have been 
added recently. 

Miss Dorothy Hutton and Miss 
Palmour will represent the College at 
the regional conference of the South¬ 
eastern Alumni Secretaries, to be held 

at Winthrop College in Rock Hill, 

S. C., on February 14-13. 
At the afternoon session of the first 
day, Miss Hutton will give a talk on 
the Training Course for Undergrad¬ 
uates. 

Miss Palmour and Miss Hutton will 
return to the campus on Sunday. 

Richards, Cunning¬ 

ham Head Senior 

Edition in Contest 

Loice Richards and Kitty Cunning¬ 
ham were elected editor and business 
manager of the senior edition of The 
Agonistic, to be published next 
Wednesday, at a meeting of the senior 
class on Friday, February 7. The fol¬ 
lowing weeks the junior, sophomore, 
and freshman classes will each publish 
an edition, the freshman edition ap¬ 
pearing March 11, The silver cup will 
be presented to the editor of the win¬ 
ning issue in chapel on April 3. 

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The Agonistic 

KEY TO CURRENT 

Eight Cakes Are

HISTORY 

(iContinued from page 2, column 5) Contest Prizes 
out party of January 25. At that 
time 200 conservative politicians, With results even better than last 
capitalists, and socialites attended the year, the health contest conducted 
dinner at the Mayflower Hotel in during the two weeks of examinations 

Washington, where Al Smith criti¬ 

closed with the awarding of eight 
cized the New Deal in a somewhat cakes, four going to Inman dormitory, 
witty and sarcastic talk, which was which scored highest in the contest. 

broadcast to the nation. He almost 

The cakes were awarded on the 
apologized for attacking the adminis¬ 

basis of health charts, placed on every

tration, whose president he had helped 

dormitory wing and checked by spon¬ !

to elect, when he said: This is pretty 

sors of the respective wings on the !

tough for me to have to go after my 
own party this way, but I submit that following points: three meals a day, iJthere is a limit to blind loyalty." at least seven hours sleep, and one hour 
Smith's talk and the dinner at which 

of exercise each day. Two of the cakes

it was made have naturally received 

received by Inman went to the first

national comment. Much discussion 

floor wings (Emmy Lou Turck and

has been caused by Smith s statement 
concerning his action at the forth¬ Primrose Noble, sponsors) ; one to the 
coming Democratic national conven¬ second floor (Mary Wells McNeill, 
tion: "We can either take on the 

sponsor) ; and one to the third floor

mantle of hypocrisy or we can take a 

(Mary Simonton, sponsor). Main dor¬

walk." He and his associates will 

mitory came next with one cake going

probably take a walk and leave the 

Democratic party for the more con¬ to the second floor (Kay Ricks, spon¬ 
servative Republican one. sor) ; and one to the third (Ellen Lit¬ 

Will the American Liberty League tle, sponsor). Second floor Rebekah 
form a third independent party? Will (Mary Willis, sponsor), and Gaines 
it join one of the two major parties? (Frances Wilson, sponsor) also re¬ 
Or will it cause a readjustment of ceived cakes. 
parties according to conservative and 

Smith, of Latin, Agnes Scott Col¬

liberal tendencies? The situation bears 

lege; and member of committee on

watching. 

final examinations. Associate Professor 
WILDER DISCUSSES YOUNG Martha Stansfield, of Latin and Greek, 
WRITERS Agnes Scott College. 
(<Continued from page 1, column 2) 

REPORTERS FOR THIS ISSUE

ity of writing in recent years, Mr. 

| Mary Frances Sarah Johnson

Wilder announced that there were 

Guthrie Enid Middleton

four novels written in this century 

ElUa King Ruth Hertzka

which will endure and which will be 

Mary Richardson Loice Richards

proclaimed great—Marcel Proust's Re¬ 
membrance of Things Past, Thomas 
Mann's Magic Mountain, Gertrude 
Stein's The Making of Americans and MORGAN CLEANERS 
James Joyce's Ullysses. 

Phone DEarborn 1372

Throughout his further discussion 
of the novel and of many other things 423 Church St. 
which he subsequently touched on in 
the lecture, the impression was con¬ 
veyed that here was a man who is not 
only i famous writer but who is also 
nn appreciative audience for the liter¬ 

We welcome you any time 

ary creations of others—an audience 
who not only appreciates but under¬ 

and all the time. 

stand -everything from the immature 
stru-.'.-les of a novice in narration to 
tho:.-seemingly unintelligible utter¬ LAWRENCE'S 
ances of the much talked about and 

PHARMACY

little understood author of A Rose 
is a Rose is a Rose is a Rose. 
309 E. College Ave. 
GA. CLASSICAL ASS'N 
WILL SPONSOR LATIN 
CONTEST THIS YEAR 

^Continued from page 1, column 2) 
of Georgia; vice president, Mrs. J. D. 
Gardener, graduate of Agnes Scott 

DeKalb

College, teacher of Latin, Camilla, 
Georgia; chairman of committee on 

Theatre

rules and prizes, Professor Lillian S. 

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Summary of Aurora Plan A. S. C. Group To Go 

(In accordance with the majority vote of the student body in Open Forum last Thurs¬ To B. S. U. Meeting

day, THE AGONISTIC is publishing: the following condensed report of the AURORA Plan

for Staff Election. The students will vote on this proposed change in chapel ?. week from 

tomorrow.—Ed.) The State-Wide Spring Retreat of 
The Aurora Plan for Staff Election, shall count one; her vote will count the B. S U. is to be held at Athens 
which is similar in some respects to two. Nominations and election of the 

this week-end, February 15-16. The 

The Agonistic plan, includes the fol¬ editor of the Aurora will take place at 

general theme of the retreat will be,

lowing points: the regular time in the spring. 
The student body will nominate The election of the business man¬ 

God's Clarion Call to Youth. The detwo 
juniors for editor of the Aurora; ager will follow the same procedure votionals and discussions will be con¬ 

one of the nominees must be selected except that the editor's vote, in this ducted by various students through¬ 
from the staff, the other may come case, will count with that of the edi¬ out the state. A banquet will precede 
from either the class or the staff. The torial staff and the out-going business the Saturday evening meeting. At all 

Aurora staff will name one candidate manager's vote will be worth two. The sessions prominent state and south-

from the staff. These three will be nominees, both of the students and the wide leaders will speak. At the Satur¬ 
voted on by the students, the editorial staff, may come from the class at day evening session Lois Hart, presi¬ 
staff, the business staff, and the editor. large. In each election, a total of five dent of Agnes Scott B. S. U., will pre¬ 
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ALUMNAE ALUMNAE 
WEEK-END WEEK-END 

(%l)e ^Vgonisfic 

VOL. XXI AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1936 NO. 15 

NAOMI COOPER ELECTED MAY QUEEN 

Senior Will Reign

Fifth Alumnae Week-End Holiday and Banquet Mark 
Over Annual Fete 

ToBeHeldFebruarv 21-22 Founder's Day Celebration 

Founder's Day Radio Program, Seniors Will Characterize His¬

Blackfriars Give Dance Club Holds 
Alumnae Dinner, and Lecture torical Figures; Forman To 

Series To Be Features Play by Alumna Annual Recital Preside At Banquet 

Bridal Chorus, the play to be pre¬ The annual dance recital of the de¬

The fifth consecutive Alumnae A holiday on Saturday, February 22,

sented by Blackfriars on March 6 and partment of physical education was

Week-End will be held on the campus will mark the annual celebration of

7, was written by Roberta Winter, an presented last night, February 18, at

February 21 and 22. 

alumna of Agnes Scott. She started 8 o'clock, in the Bucher Scott Gym¬ Founder's Day, commemorating the 

Highlights of the week-end will be 

writing while a student in college, nasium, under the direction of Miss birthday of George Washington Scott. 

a luncheon for alumnae in the dining 

graduated with the honor of Phi Beta Harriette Haynes, and Miss Eugenia The annual Founder's Day banquet

room of Rebekah Scott Hall on Fri¬ 

Kappa, and continued her studies at Dozier, dancing instructors. Members

day and the luncheon on Saturday in will be held in the dining room of 

Yale. She is now head of the speech of the Dance Club presented the fol¬

the Anna Young Alumnae House for Rebekah Scott Hall, at 6 o'clock. The

department of a high school in New lowing program:

the alumnae and their children. Satur¬ dinner will be presided over by Eliz¬

Haven, Conn. Miss Winter is pleased I. Walk (Bach), The Dance Club;

day night at 6 o'clock the Founder's 

that the first production of Bridal Waltz (Chopin); Polka (Beethoven), abeth Forman, president of the senior

Day Dinner will be held at the Druid 

Chorus is to be given at her alma E. Alexander, H. Ford, A. Thompson, class, who, as George Washington, will

Hills Golf Club. Miss Florence Smith 

mater. M. Snow, C. Fleece, H. Handte.

will speak on "The History of the introduce various other historical

II. Rhythm Tap, M. Cappatti, S. J.
Rehearsals for the play have started,

University Movement." , characters, to whose brief speeches the

Cunningham, R. Long; Syncopated

and the following cast is announced:

Following is a complete program for Tap, M. Stalker, L. Dennison; Chiop-sophomore class will respond in song.

Carrie Phinney Latimer—Martha

the Alumnae Week-End: After the meal, members of the senior

anecas (Mexican Dance), F. Steele, S.

Jane Perry. 

class will dance the minuet in the tra¬

Friday, February 21, 1936 Traynham; Leyenda (Albeniz), J. 

Alice McCallie—Mrs. Perry. Flynt, A. Cheeseman, H. Moses, C. ditional manner, in the gymnasium.

9:00-3:00 P. M.—Exhibit of Relics, 

Luther Carroll—J. R. Perry. Ivie, C. White. This will be followed by a dance,

arranged by Mrs. C. J. Lammers. 

Frances Steele—Georgia Davis. Naomi Cooper III. Der Rosenkavilir (Strauss), H. sponsored by Cotillion, at which the

10:00-10:45 A. M.—"Present-Day 

Ford, L. Hart, E. Alexander, H. Reed, Emory Aces will play.

Trends in Music," Miss Martha Gait. Myrl Chafin—Charlotte Wright. 

Naomi Cooper has been elected The following seniors will represent

R. From, J. Matthews, C. Fleece, R.
10:45-1 1:30 A. M.—"Present-Day Marie Stalker—Josephine Bennett. queen of the annual May Day fete by Tate, M. Snow; Gypsy Rondo (Hay-historical figures at the banquet: MaryTrends in Painting," Mrs. Harold Kathryn Printup—Caroline Bell. 

popular vote of the student body, it den), H. Reed, R. Tate; Dance of the Margaret Stowe, Patrick Henry; Helen 

Bush-Brown. I Jim O'Shields—Steward Gibson. Amazons (Cluck), H. Handte, H. Handte, Benjamin Franklin; Margaret

is announced today by Eloisa Alex¬

11:30-12:15 P. M. — "Present-Day Marion Camp—Bishop Rathbone. Haynes, C. Fleece, A. Thompson; Cooper, Lord Cornwallis; Adelaide 

ander, chairman of the May Day Com¬

Trends in Architecture," Mr. Hal Roses of the South (Strauss), E. Alex¬ Stevens, Paul Revere; Loice Richards,

Jimmy Jepson—Ellis Bradley.

Hentz. mittee. Nominations were made from Daniel Boone; Eugenia Symms, La


ander, H. Ford, L. Hart, R. Tare, M.

The production of Bridal Chorus

12:30 P. M.—Luncheon for Alum¬ February 7-11, and voting took place Snow, H. Reed. Fayette; Mary Hull, Betsy Ross; Au¬ 
will be the second public performance gusta Martha

nae in Rebekah Scott Dining Room. from February 12-15. The celebration Accompanists at the piano were Mrs. King, Washington; 

of Blackfriars this year, the club hav¬ Claude Hamilton, and Nell Hemphill. Elizabeth Forman, George Washing¬

Saturday, February 22, 1936 will take place on Saturday, May 2. 

ing presented A. A. Milne's Mr. Pim The seniors of Decatur Girls High ton. 

9:00-12:30 P. M,—Exhibit of Rel¬ The members of the court will be

Passes By on November 22 and 23. School were guests of the College at Seniors who will take part in the 

ics, arranged by Mrs. C. J. Lammers. 

Tickets for the play will be put on elected by the May Day Committee dinner last night, and attended the minuet are: Elizabeth Forman, Au¬ 
10:00-12:00 M.—Program for Chil¬ sale at an early date. from a list nominated by the students Dance Recital. gusta King, Eugenia Symms, Mary 

dren, arranged by Miss Llewellyn Wil


at a meeting after chapel tomorrow Hull, Mary Margaret Stowe, Ruby 

burn. Hutton, Helen Handte, Sarah Spencer,

morning, February 20. Virginia Tur¬

10:00-10:45 A. M. — "Social and New Furniture Junior Banquet Margaret Cooper, Naomi Cooper, Lois 

ner, the other candidate for May

Economic Conditions of Washington's Hart, Katherine Bishop, Loraine Smith, 
Put in Parlors queen, will automatically become a Groups Named Ellen Davis, Elizabeth Burson, La


(Continued on page 4, column 5) 
member of the court. The other mem¬ vinia Scott. 
The class committees for the Junior

bers may be chosen from any class.

The first of the new furnishings for

Special Program Banquet, sponsored annually by Mor¬

Naomi, a member of the senior

date parlors is today being placed in Seniors To Assist 

tar Board, are announced today. The

To Be Broadcast class, has been one of the queen's at¬

the rooms in Main that are to be re¬ 

banquet will be given on March 7, At Phelps Lecture

decorated. Approximately $175.00 was tendants every year in the May Day 

The Founder's Day Program will be honoring members of the junior class

raised for this purpose in the campaign court, and has been selected for the 

broadcast over WSB from 6:3 0 to 7:00 and their dates. Twelve Agnes Scott seniors have 

recently conducted on the campus by beauty section of the Silhouette in past

o'clock Saturday night. Speakers will been selected to serve as ushers at the

Mary Malone was appointed general

include: Dr. J. R. McCain, Miss Nan¬ Mortar Board. years. lecture of William Lyon Phelps, out¬ 

chairman. On the date and invitations 

standing literary critic, who will speak

ette Hopkins, Mr. R. B. Holt, Miss Radios, end tables, lamps, light fix¬ 

committee are: Barton Jackson, chair¬ at the Atlanta Woman's Club tomor¬

Polly Vaughan. The early part of the 

tures, and pillows were bought on Sat¬ Willert to Speak

program will be devoted to a presenta¬ man, Rachel Kennedy, Alice Taylor, row night at 8:30 o'clock on the sub¬ 

urday and delivered to the campus yes¬

tion of short dramatic incidents from Mary Gillespie, and Kathryn Bowen. ject, "Modern Books and Authors."

Here March 3

terday. Dr. J.

the early history of the College. These R. McCain will preside at the

Charline Fleece is in charge of en¬

will feature the founding, the appoint¬ The Mortar Board committee for lecture, which is one of the Town Hall

Sir Arthur Willert, whose book, tertainment, and Fannie B. Harris, of

ment of Miss Hopkins as principal, Intime series.

decorations includes Sarah Spencer, 

"What Next in Europe?", has just been The place-

Colonel Scott's gift, and the changing the seating arrangements. Nell White, Rosa Miller, Alice Mc¬ 

chairman, Ruby Hutton, Ann Coffee,

of the name from Decatur Female released by Putnam, will speak at Ag¬ cards committee includes Julia Thing, Callie, Virginia Caines, Janet Gray, 

and Miss Louise Hale, faculty advisor.

Scminarv to Agnes Scott Institute, so nes Scott College under the auspices of chairman, and Marjorie Scott; decora¬ Meriel Bull, Gregory Rowlett, Naomi 
named for his mother; the acceptance The other members of the chapter the Public Lecture Association on the tions committee, Frances Belford, Cooper, Catherine Cunningham, Vir¬ 

by Dr. Caines of the presidency; Agnes are assisting. ginia Turner, Mary Hull, and Eugenia

evening of March 3. His subject will chairman, Mary Jane King, Judith

Scott's recognition as a college by the Symms will usher at the lecture and 
Assoc'ation of Colleges and Secondary be, "Europe in 1936." Gracey, and Edith Belser. will assist Mrs. S. M. Inman at the re¬ 
Schools of the Southern States; the j Y. W. C. A. TO PRESENT A distinguished diplomat and pub¬ ception at the Woman's Club follow¬ 
first offer of the General Education! licist, Sir Arthur was Washington cor¬ ALUMNAE COMPLETE ing the address. 

NEW VESPER SERIES

Beard, and the "whirlwind campaign" 

respondent for the ILondon Times from FIELD TRIP IN S. C. 

of 1909 conducted by Agnes Scott un¬ Dr. Fishbein Will Speak

1910 to 1920. He was created a

der the chairmanship of Mr. J. K. Orr, On Sunday night, February 23, Y. On Emory Lecture Series

knight in 1919 for his services as sec¬ Dorothy secretary,

the present chairman of the board of W. C. A. will begin a series of five Miss Flutton, 
trustees of Agnes Scott. This program vesper services on the subject, "Christ's retary in Washington of the British and Miss Alberta Palmour, field sec¬ Dr. Morris Fishbein, editor of the 

is dedicated to the founders of the Col¬ War Mission to the United States and retary of the Agnes Scott Alumnae Journal of the American Medical Asso¬

Person." Judge A. B. Etheredge, who

lege, the birthday of G. W. Scott, and as Washington representative of the Association, returned to the campus ciation, and widely -known health-
is especially arranged for local groups will talk on "Realizing Christ/' will 
writer and lecturer, will speak in

British Ministry of Information. In Sunday, February 16, from Rock Hill,

of alumnae. be the first speaker in the series. Fol¬ 

Glenn Memorial auditorium Monday

1920 he joined the British Foreign Of-S. C., where they represented Agnes

lowing three of the services, Miss night, February 24, at 8:15 o'clock.

fice, and organized and became the Scott at the sixteenth annual confer-J-{|S subject will be, "Fads and Quack-

BAPTIST STUDENTS Mary Jane Willett, national student 
ATTEND CONFERENCE head of the publicity department from ence of the Southeastern Alumnae Sec-! ery in Healing." His lecture will be

secretary of the Y. W. C. A., will lead 

the

which position he resigned in 193 5 to retaries. The conference took place final presentation of this year of

a discussion in the cabinet room. These 
A group of Baptist students of Ag¬ make a tour of inquiry through Bel¬ February 14-15, at Winthrop College. /e Emor>' Student Lecture Associa


discussions will take place on February

nes Scott attended the spring retreat gium, Germany, Danzig, Czechoslo¬ tion.

Friday afternoon. Miss Hutton spoke

23, March 1, and March 8.

of the Georgia Baptist Students Union, vakia, Austria, Italy, and France. 

to the delegates on the subject, "Train¬

in Athens, Ga., February 16-17. Con¬ 'l . V . C. A. did not conduct its He talked to all sorts of persons, SENIORS APPLY FOR 
ferences were held at the Athens First high and low," says a reviewer in the ing Course for Undergraduates."

usual Tuesday chapel service on Feb¬ HARROLD FELLOWSHIP 

Baptist Church, and delegates attended New ^ ork Times, "seeking to learn Before attending the conference. 

ruary 18, because of the recent reli¬

from schools and colleges throughout states of mind of peoples rather than Miss Palmour had addressed high 

Ten seniors have filed application

the state. Those attending from Agnes gious emphasis week. On February 2 5, of politicians and the points of view 

school groups in Florence, Sumter, Co¬ for the Quennelle Harrold Graduate

Scott were: Irene Wilson, Catherine however, the programs will be re¬ of informed but detached and inde¬ 

Fellowship, according to Mr. S. G.

lumbia, Winnsboro, Newberrv, Lau-

Bates, Lois Hart, Elizabeth Burson, sumed beginning with a talk bv Eu¬ pendent observers. And then he set 

Stukes, registrar. February 16 was the

Sarah Johnson, Miriam Sanders, and down his observations with a frank¬ rens, Chester, and Union, S. C. She

genia Symms on "The Christian Atti¬ last day open for applications. An¬

Carv Wheeler. ness that is not only refreshing but has been away from the campus since 

nouncement of the award will be

tude in Industrv." 

high!y informative." 

February 8. made about March 14. 


The Agonistic 

©fyc Agonistic 

PUBLISHED WEEKLY 
Owned and published by the students ot Agnes Scott College. 
Entered as Second Class Matter. 

*935 Member 1936 
PLssocided GoUegiode Press 

STAFF 
Loice Richards Elizabeth Forman Catherine Cunning¬ 
Editor Dean McKoin ham 
Edith Merlin 
Assistant Editor 
Lita Goss 
Frances McCully 
Feature Editors 
Ethelyn Johnson 
Sarah Traynham 
Make-up Editors 
Sarah Catherine 
Wood 
Current History 
Eugenia Symms 
Mary Walker 
Exchange Editors 
Rosa Miller 
Business Manager 
Ellen Davis 
Advertising Manager 
Mary Margaret Stowe 
Margaret Cooper 
Mary Gray Rogers 
Sarah Brosnan 
Book Notes Editors Society Editor Circulation Managers 
Frances Miller Mary Hull Helen Handte 
Club Editor Alumnae Editor Sports Editor 

OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM 

We think that the political system 
at Agnes Scott is receiving a great 
deal of unjustifiable criticism. The 
fault lies not with the system, but 
with the student body. 

Speaking generally, there are, of 
course, some persons who denounce 
the entire system. They are enchantingly 
articulate in voicing their dis¬ 
approval without having a single con¬ 
structive suggestion to offer; they 
would be just as dissatisfied under any 
other imaginable order. We will never 
be able to dispose of that group, but 
they are fortunately small in number, 
and we may minimize their censure by 
realizing that their attitude is charac¬ 
teristic of a somewhat juvenile dis¬ 
position—they have nothing they like, 
they like nothing they have! 

Others think the situation is not 
too bad, just bad enough. It is to this 
larger group that we are speaking. 
Taking separately the parts of the 
system, we shall attempt to answer the 
attacks made against each. We do not 
maintain that it is perfect: nothing is 
so good that it cannot be improved. 
But we offer this as a deliberate chal¬ 
lenge to the great amount of unmind¬ 
ful criticism now prevalent. 

1. Election is by the student body. 
Every girl at Agnes Scott has the 
right to vote, and to vote as she 
chooses. We are free from the cor¬ 
rupt practices found where sororities 
or cliques are powerful; where groups 
vote by ticket, by blocks, or by force. 
We have no parties. There is absolute¬ 
ly no way in which pressure may be 
brought to bear on a girl to vote 
against her will. Every student not 
only is allowed to vote, she is encour¬ 
aged to vote; and the system is dem¬ 
ocratic both in principle and in prac¬ 
tice. 

Some contend that a minority of the 
student body rules the college. This is 
true to the extent that, as yet, only a 
minority have interested themselves in 
the nominating and electing of their 
officers. Unfortunately, the same con¬ 
dition exists wherever people vote. The 
fault lies, then, with those students 
whose disinterested attitude defeats 

the ideal of a majority vote, who re¬ 
fuse to concern themselves with the 
selection of their officers and leaders. 

2. Popular nominations are made by 
the student body. 
Again we are free from party rule, 
tickets, "bargaining," etc. The only 
requirement a girl must meet to be 
nominated for any office on the cam¬ 
pus is her class standing, scholastically. 
The worth of that rule is self-evident. 
One who cannot meet curricular 
standards has no place in extra-cur¬ 
ricular activities. Every student is free 
to nominate any student who satisfies 
that requirement. The three girls re¬ 
ceiving the highest number of votes 
are nominated. There is no rule re¬ 
quiring that a girl "work up" in an 
organization. A dissatisfied student 
body may make a change when it so 
desires—it has done so in the past on 
certain unforgettable occasions. 

3. Nominations are made also by a 
nominating committee. 
The nominating committee is com¬ 
posed of the senior officers of the 
major organizations and of the publi¬ 
cations. It is against this committee 
that most of the criticism is directed. 

The committee is undeniably repre¬ 
sentative of the campus. The members 
are familiar with the work of their re¬ 

spective organizations, and with the 
duties and responsibilities of their of¬ 
fices. They are members of that com¬ 
mittee by virtue of their having been 
elected to those offices by the student 
body. 

The committee, in making its nom¬ 
inations, considers every girl a possi¬ 
bility. It tries, for the good of on¬ 
coming classes, to name the girls best-
suited to fill the places to be vacated, 
valuing worthy qualities above popu¬ 
larity, a consideration sometimes over¬ 
looked in student nominations. With¬ 
out graft, without prejudice, without 
partiality, the committee endeavors to 
choose wisely. 

The committee has been called des¬ 
potic, autocratic. Certainly it has far-
reaching influence, and justly so. 
Those who have held office know best 
what qualities are needed by a girl to 
succeed in that position. But there is 
nothing which compels a girl to ac¬ 
cept the nominations of the commit¬ 
tee when she votes. If she knows no 
one of the candidates, or is undecided, 
she may accept the committee's nom¬ 
ination because she trusts its judg¬ 
ment; or the popular nomination be¬ 
cause she does not; or she may simply 
not vote for that office. 

4. Nominations, both popular and 
committee, are posted a week before 
election day. 
A week is ample time for every in¬ 
terested student to acquaint herself 
with the nominees. Lists are placed on 
all the bulletin boards, on every floor 
of every dormitory, and are published 
in the Agonistic. 

5. Voting takes place in chapel, by 
secret ballot. 
Because the morning hours find 
more students, especially day students, 
on the campus, it is wise to hold elec¬ 
tions at extended chapel periods. The 
system under which we operate pro¬ 
vides for secret ballot. The provision 
is sometimes abused. Some "stuffing," 
some voting-by-proxy, take place; 
often a girl votes according to the way 
the girl seated next to her votes. Such 
practices are deplorable, but unavoid¬ 
able where a person lacks a mind of 
her own, or is willing to resort to un¬ 
fair practices. These are matters of 
student honesty. 

We think that the system is fair and 
just, and that unwarranted criticism is 
to be condemned. We would like to 
offer these suggestions: 

1. That more general interest in 
elections be stimulated among the stu¬ 
dent body. 
2. That the vote of a senior count 
only a half. There is too great dis¬ 
parity between the evaluation of class 
votes. The seniors are graduating and 
will not be in college under the ad¬ 
ministration of the newly-elected of¬ 
ficers. Yet they may even swing an 
election without purposely doing so. 
Besides, the nominating committee's 
prestige gives sufficient weight to 
senior opinion. 
3. That exact results of voting be 
announced. Sometimes accusations are 
made, fairly or unfairly, that the man¬ 
ner in which counting of votes is car¬ 
ried out, is not always honest. We do 
not question the integrity of any one 
person, and we resent the suggestion of 
faculty supervision. We do feel, how¬ 
ever, that such accusations are to be 
avoided when possible; and that the 
student body is entitled to know the 
exact results of elections. 
A Key 

To Current History 

THE SUPREME COURT 

In spite of the recognizable defects 
and weaknesses of the New Deal, there 
are still many people who are con¬ 
vinced that it represents the first defi¬ 
nite step towards a planned economy 
and an overthrow of those vested in¬ 
terests which hold American industry 
in a vise-like grip. Yet with decision 
after decision handed down by the Su¬ 
preme Court against the chief innova¬ 
tions of the Roosevelt administration, 
it is time that we face the question 
squarely: Has the Supreme Court be¬ 
come a menace to national progress? 

The NIRA itself, the gold clause, and 
the AAA have all fallen under the axe 
of the Court's decisions and only the 
TVA has been upheld. Has the Court 
itself become a stronghold of naked 
class interests? Has the Court become 
reactionary? 

In the first place, it should be re¬ 
membered that nowhere in the Consti¬ 
tution is the power directly granted to 
the Court to declare acts of Congress 
unconstitutional. It is a practice which 
has grown up through the years. The 
important fact is that the Supreme 
Court has, through the years, steadily 
gained power and prestige, so that to¬ 
day it stands as the arbiter of the su¬ 
preme law of the land, the body hav¬ 
ing final say, the power before which 
Congress and even the President must 
bow. 

The charge has been leveled against 
the Court that it has been prejudiced 
against labor. However, when the his¬ 
tory of the Court is examined in any 
detail, a rather laudable record is re¬ 
vealed. The Court has decided about 
one hundred cases specifically involv¬ 
ing labor. Of these, not more than 
twenty were decided in a manner 
which labor might term at all adverse 
to its supposed interests. For every one 
case holding a labor union in violation 
of the Sherman Act, there have been 
at least eight decisions prosecuting 
large business corporations on the 
same charge. In 146 years, there have 
been only 6 cases in which the deci¬ 
sion of the Court in deciding on the 

(Continued on page 4, column 1) 

WE THINK 

It has often been said that when co¬ 
eds are allowed to enter a boys' school, 
a noticeable change occurs in the dress 
and grooming of the men students. 
Maybe that's what Agnes Scott needs 
—a few male co-eds! 

It seems fairly certain that nothing 
short of that is going to prevent girls 
from coming to classes wearing no 
make-up and ill-assembled costumes; 

with heads covered with newly-plas¬ 
tered waves, "bobby-pins" and "roll¬ 
ers"; wearing hose full of runs, or dis¬ 
pensing with hose altogether; and de¬ 
fying generally the standards, not only 
of feminine beauty and grooming, but 
even of good taste. 

We feel that we need wholesome 

vanity on our campus—not a frivo¬ 

lous, silly ornateness, but a vanity that 

is self-respecting, that has the just 

pride of personality, that is conscious 

of its good points while striving con¬ 

stantly to make the best of its bad 

ones. We need a vanity on the cam¬ 

pus that demands cleanliness, neat¬ 

ness, the desire to be as well-groomed 

and well-looking as possible in accord¬ 

ance with one's environment and one's 

means. 

From the behavior of Agnes Scott 

girls, it would seem that women dress 

for men, but among themselves have 

little self-respect and no pride in their 

personal appearance. 

THE AGONISTIC extends sin¬ 
cere sympathy to Florence Lasseter 
and Frances Cary, mem¬ 
bers of the junior class, in their 
recent bereavement. Florence's 
mother, Mrs. Hugh Lasseter, 
died January 24, at her home in 
Fitzgerald, Ga. Mr. L. H. Gary, 
Frances' father, died at his home 
in Greenville, S. C., on Febru¬ 
ary 7. 

BOOK 

The Son of Marietta, by Johan Fabricius 
(translated by Irene Clephene 
and David Hallet). Little Brown and 
Company. S3.5 0. 

Last month saw the publication of 
the English translation of Johan Fabricius' 
novel. The Son of Marietta, 
which, in its original three-volume 
form, has achieved phenomenal suc¬ 
cess in Holland. Translated from the 
Dutch by Irene Clephene and David 
Hallet, and published in a one-volume 
edition, the novel appears in epic pro¬ 
portions of length and breadth remin¬ 
iscent of Ant/jony Adverse; the storv, 
however, is its own. Laid in the set¬ 
ting of eighteenth century Italy, the 
book develops a complete and well-
rounded picture of the society of the 
period in all its brilliance of color and 
warmth of atmosphere. From the 
simple folk of the tiny Umbrian vil¬ 
lage Todi, to the picturesque society 
of Venice—the women of the street, 
the Jews of the Ghetto, the clergy, 
and the aristocrats living beautifully 
in their peaceful, walled gardens and 
cypress-shaded palazzos—everywhere 
are characters who stand out vividly 
as persons and individualities. 

The title of the novel is well-chosen; 

the interest of the three books is al¬ 

most equally divided between the 

mother and her son. Marietta's life 

must be explained before her son can 

be understood. The story begins with 

the desertion of the child Marietta by 

a band of strolling players. After a 

childhood and youth of contrasting 

and conflicting influences, she grows 

to love the highly-cultivated man who 

has cherished her as a daughter. In 

spite of mutual love, their marriage 

is impossible; from their one moment 

of romance, however, comes the proud, 

restless, reckless, ambitious spirit of 

Benedetto, the son. 

To such a character, life in the pro¬ 
vincial village is a prison. A hand¬ 
some young scamp, irresistibly attract¬ 
ive to all who know him, yet inevit¬ 
ably involved in difficulties, Benedetto 
finds it necessary at last to flee from 
his native village to hide himself in 
Venice. There against the colorful 
gaiety of carnival season, Benedetto 
tastes the swift, reckless life he had 
desired, but comes finally to know the 
bitterness at the bottom of the cup. 

ALUMNAE 

Betty Fountain, '3 5, is to be mar¬ 
ried on Saturday, February 22, to Mr. 
Harrison Griffith Edwards. 

Esther Soutter is attending the Uni¬ 
versity of Chicago. 

Eleanor Terhune is attending Sophie 
Newcomb in New Orleans. 

Chrysanthy Tuntas is resting at her 
home in Atlanta after an extended ill¬ 
ness last year. 

Meredith Turner is at the University 
of Georgia at Athens. She has pledged 
Phi Mu. 

Gladys Vallebuona is attending 
Oglethorpe while living at her home 
in Atlanta. 

Mary Carlene Wallace is attending 
business school in Atlanta while living 
at her home in Decatur. 

Anne Walker is taking a business 
course at her home in Huntsville, Ala. 

Rosa Wilder is attending the Uni¬ 
versity of South Carolina in Columbia, 
where she has pledged Alpha Delta Pi. 

Coribel Langley is at Georgia State 
College for Women in Milledgeville. 

Virginia Sauls is attending Ogle¬ 
thorpe while living with her sister in 
Atlanta. 

Helen McClelland is attending 
| Southern Business College in Atlanta 
| while living at her home in Decatur. 

Louise Norris is attending the Uni1 
versity of Tennessee in Knoxville, 
where she has pledged Phi Mu. 

NOTES 

The Seven Sins, Audrey Vurde


mann. Harper & Brothers. S2.00. 

Audrey Wurdeman, winner of the 

Pulitzer Poetry Prize for 1934, has 

written another book. The Seven Sins. 

This time her work is a narrative 

sequence, a dramatic poem of seven 

brothers, who, freed at last from the 

tyranny of their stern old father, 

leaving him unburied, set out into the 

world and bring about their own de¬ 

struction. Each represents one of the 

seven deadly sins which figure so 

largely in medieval literature. 

The stern dramatic power of this 

work is reminiscent of Old Testament 

literature. "The wages of sin is death"; 

this motif appears again and again. 

Each brother pursues his sinful course 

and meets death in the only manner 

possible. 

Audrey Wurdemann's style is clear, 

direct, and powerful. Her earlier book 

was remarkable for the lyric quality 

of her writing. In The Seven Sins, 

there are beautiful passages remark¬ 

able for the singing quality of the 

verse; but on the whole her interest 

in this volume has gone beyond the 

purely lyric to the dramatic. She 

draws with precision the portraits of 

the seven brothers and gives to each 

an incident in which to act, an inci¬ 

dent which might well be an act from 

a drama, from one of the medieval 

morality plays. And always: "The 

wages of sin is death." 

Recent Books 

Non-fiction: 

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Marguerite of Navarre, First Mod¬ 

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McCann. $3.50. 

What Is a Book, Thoughts About 

Writing, edited by Dale Warren. 

Houghton Mifflin Co. $3.00. 

The Exile: Portrait of an American 

Mother, Pearl S. Buck. Reynal & 

Hitchcock. $2.5 0. 

The Four Georges, Sir Charles Petrie. 

Houghton Mifflin Co. $3.75. 

Fiction: 

Murder in the Cathedral, T. S. Eliot. 

Harcourt Brace & Co. $1.2 5. 

EXCHANGES 

In the Federal Reserve Branch of 
Memphis, Tennessee, bumbling old 
Senator Kenneth Douglas McKellar 
thought he would see how good the 
police were. He stepped on a burglar 
alarm. Police arrived in two minutes 
and took Senator McKellar to the 

lock-up. —Time. 

From Lynchburg College come the 

definitions of college students: 

A freshman is a pie before baking. 

A sophomore is a half-baked pie. 

A junior is a pie that has too much 

crust. 

A senior is a pie that has soaked too 

long.—The Critograpb. 

We admire young Vincent Kelley, 
who, when he registered at the Uni¬ 
versity of Nebraska, offered 3,600 
pennies which took him seven years to 
save. The registration fee weighed 23 
pounds.—Maryland Diamondback. 

At Indiana University part of a 
psychology class is standing up 
throughout the lectures while the rest 
of the class is seated; and the "sittees" 
and the "standees" are being watched 
to see which group makes the better 
grade average. Think what future 
classrooms will be like if the "standees" 
win!—Los Angeles Junior Collegian. 

Totally ignorant of Carolina's fam¬ 
ous honor system, a freshman landed 
in Chapel Hill and jumped into uni¬ 
versity life. Three weeks later, after 
rushing season, he had his first quiz. 
When the professor asked for Pledge 
he wrote "Phi Delta Theta." 

—Daily Tar Heel. 


The Agonistic 

on the campus 

K.U. B. 
The regular meeting of K. U. B. 
was held Wednesday, February 12, in 
Mr. Dieckmann's studio. A very in¬ 
teresting and profitable round table 
discussion concerning "Home Town 
News" was led by Barton Jackson, 
vice-president of the club. 

Pi Alpha Phi 
Pi Alpha Phi met Thursday night, 
February 13, in Mr. Johnson's studio. 
The subject of the debate was, Re¬ 
solved: that Gov. Talmadge should 
join the Liberty League. It was an¬ 
nounced that freshman tryouts will be 
held in the near future. 

Cotillion Club 
Cotillion Club will be entertained 
tomorrow afternoon at a tea-dance 
from 5 to 6 in Mr. Dieckmann's studio. 
The hostesses are Alice Chamlee, Vir¬ 
ginia Coons, and Naomi Cooper. 

What Do You Think 

Are you sensitive? Do people talk 
about you behind your back? Do you 
often wonder what opinion of you 
others hold? 

The Agonistic Roving Reporter 
decided to investigate. Here is a cross-
section of the people you meet and of 
their reactions toward the problem 
your reporter presented: 

Question: What is your opinion of 
Agnes Scott girls? 

Hon. Scott Candler, Mayor of 
Decatur: "After long years of observa¬ 
tion I have a high opinion of Agnes 
Scott girls, particularly of those whom 
I have known personally." 

Question: What is your opinion of 
Agnes Scott girls? 

"Scoop" Thrower, president of the 
Emory Student Activities Council, and 
politician par excellence: "I think 
they're swell. I'm all for 'em, and I'm 
all for making it mutual." 

Question: What is your opinion of 
Agnes Scott girls? 

Mrs. Sarah Fleming, beauticianin-
demand: "They are all beautiful, 
attractive, well-groomed, and charm¬ 
ing." 

Question: What is your opinion of 
Agnes Scott girls? 

Anonymous, from Georgia Tech: 
"Keen on the dance floor, but (cen¬ 
sored) ." 

Blackfriars 

Blackfriars met Tuesday night, Feb¬ 
ruary 18. Kitty Printup had charge of 
the program which was a play, "The 
Two Blind Beggars." Those taking 
part were Ola Kelly, Kathryn Leipold, 
Kennon Henderson, Mary McCann 
Hudson, Primrose Noble, Winifred 
Kellersberger. 

Music Appreciation 

At the next meeting of the Music 
Appreciation group Sunday, February 
23, vocal music will be discussed, es¬ 
pecially the artists, Lily Pons, Galli 
Curci, Lotte Lehman, Charles Hackett. 

Chi Beta Phi Sigma 
Chi Beta Phi Sigma will have charge 
of the chapel hour Friday, February 

21. Gail Nelson, '33, who is a charter 
member of the club, will speak on the 
history and organization of the club. 
At this time, announcements will be 
made of the award of the key, and of 
the new pledges. 
of Agnes Scott Girls? 

Question: What is your opinion of 
Agnes Scott girls? 

Mr. George Everitt, prominent 
Decatur business man: "They are a 
real asset to our community, and I 
have the impression that they are all 
studious, hard-working girls. But they 
should trade more in Decatur!" 

Question: What is your opinion of 
Agnes Scott girls? 

Dr. D. P. McGeachy, beloved min¬ 
ister: "This is like being proposed to— 
'it's so sudden!' But please say that I 
believe in Agnes Scott, and in youi 
girls, and, certainly, in The Agonis¬ 
tic." 

Question: What is your opinion of 
Agnes Scott girls? 

Christopher Conyers, Chi Phi 
Don Juan: "I am not interested. I 
really don't make statements." 

Question: What is your opinion of 
Agnes Scott girls? 
Unknown Chewing Gum Ven¬ 
dor, on the street: "Huh! How should 
I know?" 
A Street Car Conductor, with a 
wry smile: "Hm. Good-looking, some 
of them. They all giggle too much. 
And why do they try to pass off pink 
car tickets on me?" 

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A Bit of a Touch 

With Dr. Gordon 

As Dr. Samuel Gordon shared in the 
campus life last week and gave sym¬ 
pathetic attention to the students who 
came to him in the Y. W. C. A. cabi¬ 
net room for private interviews and 
discussions of their problems, he re¬ 
vealed himself as one who was much 
interested in students and student af¬ 
fairs. But when requested by a student 
reporter to grant an interview with 
himself as the subject, he proved un¬ 
expectedly modest and would consent, 
as he put it, to talk only "a bit about 
myself for your paper." 

Beginning with the statement that 
he "is a native of old Quaker Philadel¬ 
phia, though not a Quaker," Dr. Gor¬ 
don went from that point about him¬ 

self to a few comments about his work 
and its connection with young people. 
Although Dr. Gordon has devoted his 
life to Christian service, his work, 
which has been in touch with all 
Christian organizations, has been un¬ 
der the auspices of none, and he de¬ 
clared himself to be "technically a lay¬ 
man." The best known part of this 
work is the "Quiet Talks" series, a 
group of short works on the personal 
Christian life and world currents. The 
last published number in this series is 
"Quiet Talks With Eager Youth." 

Dr. Gordon indicated that he has 
been enabled to have wide contact 
with present-day college students by 
means of speaking journeys which have 
taken him through colleges and uni¬ 
versities of this country, Canada, 
Great Britain, Asia, and Continental 
Europe. On these trips and on other 
extended speaking journeys made dur¬ 
ing a period of three years in the Brit¬ 
ish Isles and Europe, Dr. Gordon found 
interpretive speaking to be one of the 
sources of keenest delight in his work, 
and he said that to him it was "like 
having a double wire for the transmis¬ 
sion of a current." 

Questioned about his attitude on 
world peace, a subject which has been 
in the forefront in student opinion 
this year, Dr. Gordon replied that he 
is "personally an incorrigible pacifist." 
However, he continued, he feels that 
"the race is heading up toward a world 
war ntore intense than that of T4-T8 
but happily briefer." 

With this statement Dr. Gordon, in 
order to satisfy the demands made up¬ 
on his time by a well filled schedule 
of conferences with interested students, 
was forced to end the comments which 
he was giving as "a bit" about him¬ 
self for The Agonistic. 

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and off again 

Gala days ... a holiday, dances, 
Alumnae Week-End, reminiscences of 
Valentine's Day, the Cotillion formal 
. . . things are happening to us, we 
are happening to things! . . . Seen at 
the Sigma Chi house dance at Emory 
Saturday night, Virginia Turner, Ra¬ 
chel Kennedy, Frances Wilson, Mary 
Venetia Smith, Kitty Jones, and Bee 
Merrill . . . and Alice Taylor, Meriel 
Bull, and Frances Miller at the Tech 
Beta Kappa buffet-supper, Sunday 
night . . . Ruby Smith, Elizabeth 
Blackshear, and Adelaide Stevens din¬ 
ing and dancing at the Campus Club 
formal last Friday. 

Friday was Valentine's Day, too . . . 
Mary Frances Kennedy exchanges flow¬ 
ers for a heart-shaped box of candy. 
Good going, Kennedy . . . Kitty Hoff¬ 
man gathers a gardenia corsage, jon¬ 
quils, candy, and a Beta Theta Pi pin 
all in one day, each from a different 
man. We thought harvest time was 
in the fall . . . Everybody gets specials 
and boxes of candy—Mildred Davis, 
two of them . . . According to the 
maid's office, Mary Past, Gene Caldwell, 
and Sa.rah Beaty Sloan are the 
most regular recipients of specials. 

Be sure to listen for the red-headed 
trumpet-player at the Cotillion dance 
Saturday night ... In that connec¬ 
tion, gardenias to Nell White for being 
the most charming critic at Agnes 
Scott. She has a way with her . . . 
Look for Mary Hull at Ben-be-nimbleBernie's 
dance tomorrow night . . . 
And for Alice Chamlee at everything. 

1 

Come On 

in 

everywhere. There's a girl who gets 
around. 

We nominate for the best-loved 
man we know, Tech's own Top-Tissle 
-Mick -Mickle-Mike-Michael-Carmichael, 
from Arkansas, yessuh! He's 
good at publicity, too . . . For the 
most-loved girl, a tie between Big 
Bowen and Rachel Kennedy. And 
speaking of girls who are on the up 
and up, there are about twenty-five 
Emory fraternity pins on the campus, 
at least three of which are very recent 
acquisitions. That, in reply to last 
week's Emory Wheel. 

Travellin' and truckin' to the Clemson 
mid-terms were Barton Jackson, 
Nancy Moorer, Emily Rowe, and 
Marion Derrick . . . Another delega¬ 
tion leaves Friday for the Military Ball 
at the University . . . Many, many 
more will attend the Anak dance Sat¬ 
urday at the Biltmore . . . but if you 
want to see some real Terpischorean 
Art, be on hand for the Senior Minuet 
Saturday night. 

Socializing has been somewhat di¬ 
minished lately because of the sudden 
wave of illness. Even that has its 
points . . . many thoughtful notes and 
some exquisite flowers. One violet, ar¬ 
tificial, to a certain senior . . . Best 
wishes to Lavinia Scott, elder of the 
blonde sisters, who has been critically 
ill. 
To everybody, happy holiday . . . 
and don't forget Beatrice Lillie's ad¬ 
vice to mesdemoiselles: "Don't do any¬ 
thing unless you want to, then don't 
do it." 

and Drive 

to 

THE VARSITY 

GOOD MARKS . . . KEEN MEN 

AND SMART DRESSES .. . 

Seem to be the three vital things in the 
young MODERNES life now. You'll find 
the third our special concern. Come on 
into MANGEL'S and look at our dresses. 
Perfect in line, good in quality and almost 
absurd in price. If you wear one of these 
your keen, wise man, is certain to make a 
fool of himself over you. And with this 
problem off of your mind, good marks will 
be easy pickings. 

Come down to MANGEL'S today, just glance 
over our dresses. You know that new ones 
arrive every day from our New York head¬ 
quarters. MANGEL'S is college headquarters 
lor smart economists. Are you one? 


The Agonistic 

A KEY TO CURRENT HISTORY 
(Cont'nmcd from page 2, column 3) 

constitutionality of state statutes has 
been against labor. On the whole, this 
would seem to be an admirable record. 

In spite of these facts, there are 
many who feel that evidence against 
the Court is by no means lacking. 
These critics of the Court are con¬ 
vinced that it has not been consistent. 
They would point out that "when the 
people have gained control of state 
legislation, as happened in Marshall's 
day and in the decades on agrarian re¬ 
volt, the Court has denied power to the 
states and concentrated it in the fed¬ 
eral government. But, when, as is true 
now, the people have captured the fed¬ 
eral offices, then the Court denies 
power to the federal government and 
reserves it with the state govern¬ 
ments." At the heart of such criti¬ 
cism, however, lies the fact that most 

of them would repudiate the Constitu¬ 
tion itself. What they are saying, in 
reality, is not that the Supreme Court 
is a hindrance to progress, but that the 
Constitution is. Hence, since it is the 
peculiar function of the Supreme 
Court to interpret the Constitution 
and to guard against violations and 
infringements of it, those who would 
do away with the Constitution, can 
see no place left for the Supreme Court. 
The inescapable fact is that the Su¬ 
preme Court has fulfilled its function; 
it has protected and reserved the Con¬ 
stitution. The American people must 
decide, then, whether or not they wish 
the maintenance of the Constitution in 
the future. The answer to this ques¬ 
tion will decide the fate of the Court. 

As the twentieth century has ad¬ 
vanced, and government has steadily 
been forced to enter social and eco¬ 
nomic fields to an increasing degree, 
the question arises as to just how com¬ 
petent the Supreme Court judges are 
to deal with these questions. The mem¬ 
bers of the Court are lawyers, and in 
the early history of the nation, the is¬ 
sues brought before the Court were 
largely questions of law. But the sit¬ 
uation has now changed. Is it right 
for our social and economic policy to 
be shaped by judges? They are forced 
to decide these questions on purely 
legal grounds. 

These recent decisions against the 
chief measures of the Roosevelt admin¬ 
istration have again brought the issue 
to the forefront and emphasized the 
fundamental questions at stake. We 
are not yet able to say whether the 
prestige of the Supreme Court will 
thereby be strengthened or whether 
this will constitute the first step to¬ 
wards a diminution of its amazing 
powers. 

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SWIMMERS ATTEND 
AQUATIC CLASSES 

Members of the Swimming Club are 
attending an aquatic school conducted 
by the Atlanta chapter of the Amer¬ 
ican Red Cross every Tuesday night 
at 8 o'clock at the Briarcliff pool. 
The classes, which will continue 
through March 4, are being held in 
preparation for an examiners' training 
course to be given by Mr. Ramone 
Eaton, from national Red Cross head¬ 
quarters. All those who successfully 
complete this examiners' course will 
receive appointments as examiners in 
the Red Cross life saving service. 
Later in the season classes in junior 
and senior life saving will be conduct¬ 
ed by the examiners. All senior life 
savers are eligible to attend the aquatic 

school. Additional information may 
be obtained from Florence Lasseter, 
president of the Swimming Club. 

DR. McCAIN ATTENDS 
COMMITTEE MEETING 

Dr. J. R. McCain, president of Ag¬ 
nes Scott, is attending the conference, 
February 17-20, in New York City, of 
the executive committee of the Ameri¬ 
can Association of Colleges. Dr. Mc¬ 
Cain recently was elected president of 
the Association. 

Along with every other profession, 
the profession of being a college stu¬ 
dent is over-crowded, says no less an 
authority than the Netv York Times, 
after a survey of 67 colleges and uni¬ 
versities. 

The surveyor makes the assertion 
that only 30 per cent of young col¬ 
lege men and women are capable of 
thinking for themselves, which means 
that the other 70 per cent are just 
being "carried along."—Parley Voo. 

Interclass Games 

Take Place Today 

The annual "Little Brown Jug" 
contest, one of Agnes Scott's tradi¬ 
tions, will take place this afternoon in 
the gymnasium at 3:30. The school is 
divided into the following basketball 
teams: 

Faculty and Alumni, Captain Miss 
Wilburn; Rebekah, Captain Marion 
Derrick; Main, Captain Betty Adams; 
Inman, Captain Bobbie Shloss; Atlanta 
Day Students, Captain Mary Gillespie; 
White House and Gaines, Captain Julia 
Thing; Decatur Day Students, Cap¬ 

tain Elizabeth Burson. 

Each of the teams will be dressed 
in a characteristic manner, presenting 
a skit or a song of some sort before 
playing, and the winning team will be 
awarded the Little Brown Jug. Last 
year the Atlanta Day Students won 
the contest. 

Tigert and King Elected 
To Head Junior Edition 

Mary Jane Tigert and Mary Jane 
King were elected at a recent meeting 
of the junior class to serve as editor 
and business manager, respectively, of 
the junior edition of The Agonistic. 
Both girls have previously worked on 
the paper. Mary Jane Tigert has as¬ 
sisted with make-up, and Mary Jane 
King has been a member of the busi¬ 
ness staff. They have not yet an¬ 
nounced their staff. The junior edi¬ 
tion will appear on February 26. 

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FIFTH ALUMNAE WEEK-END

AMES AWARDED 

TO BE HELD FEBRUARY 21-22

ATHLETIC LETTER 

(Continued from page 1, column 1) 
Day and Our Own," Dr. Arthur

Lulu Ames was awarded a letter and 
membership in the A. S. Club at the Raper. 
last meeting of the Athletic Board, ac¬ 10:45-11:30 A. M.—"The Consti¬ 
cording to an announcement made to¬ 

tution of Washington's Day and Our

day by Ann Coffee, president of the 

Own," Dr. Haywood J. Pearce, Jr.

Athletic Association. 

11:30-12:15 P. M.—"Foreign Af¬

The A. S. Club will have a feature 

fairs of Washington's Day and Our

place in the sports section of the 193 6 
Silhouette. The club is composed of Own," Dr. Fletcher M. Green. 
those girls who have been awarded 12:30 P. M.—Luncheon for Alum¬ 
letters by the Athletic Association for 

nae and Children, Anna Young Alum¬

having attained 1600 points by par¬ 

nae House.

ticipation in various sports. The fol¬ 
lowing girls are members: Ann Coffee, 6:00 P. M.—Founder's Day Dinner, 
Helen Handte, Marie Stalker, Lena Druid Hills Golf Club. 
Armstrong, Adelaide Stevens, Lois 6:30-7:00 P. M. — Founder's DayHart, Elizabeth Forman, Charline 

Broadcast over Station WSB.

Fleece, Mary Kneale, Lulu Ames, and 

Many clubs of the Alumnae Asso¬

Elizabeth Burson. 
ciation are planning Founder's Day 
ILLNESSES DELAY meetings and will hear the Founder's 
Day Broadcast over Station WSB, in¬

ALL GYM CLASSES 
cluding those in Baltimore, Birming¬ 
The activities of the gym depart¬ ham, Charlotte (where Dr. Philip Da¬ 
ment were postponed last week because 

vidson will speak), Chattanooga, Chi¬ 

of illnesses on the campus. A ten-mile 

cago, Jacksonville, Knoxville, Lynch-

hike was conducted early Monday 

burg, New Orleans, New York City,

morning but the regularly scheduled 
inter-class games, swimming events, Washington, D. C., and a state-wide 
and dancing classes were not held. Mississippi meeting in Jackson. 

-Ws 

CATETERIA 

Extends a special 

Invitation to Agnes Scott 

girls to 

Join the Merry Crowd 

THURSDAY NIGHT 

MUSIC BY KIRK DeVORE 

AND HIS ORCHESTRA 

SPORT-OXFORDS 

The Right 

Tfipe 

The Right 

—Genuine 
Goodyear 

Welts 
BLUE 
—Solid

GREY 

Leather 

WHITE 

Throughout 
TWO-TONES 

You're Always Welcome At 

SHOE STORE 
95 Whitehall St.

EDWARDS 

Cor. Hunter 


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Ditntor SitltDtt 

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AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1936 NO. 16

VOL. XXI 

NOTED LECTURER Committee Chooses Twelve

Nominating Committee Passes 

To Attend Queen of Fete

Affonistic Plan of Election 

53 

Members of May Court Chosen

I'ublication Board to Choose 4 lnrnTlJlP WppIc-T^hH 

Colonial Festivities

Editor from Assistants AlUIIlIlde it ccxv l^HU According to Popular 
in the Future Features Exhibits Nominations

Mark Traditional 

In a meeting on Thursday, Febru¬ In a series of meetings held last

And Radio Program Founder's Day

ary 20, the Nominating Committee week the May Day Committee chose 
passed by a large majority the plan of 

Former Students Return For i Banquet, Minuet, and Dance the following girls from student body

The Agonistic for a board of publi¬ 

i Feature Celebration nominations as members of May Court

cations to provide for the election of Interesting Programs 
future editors. By this plan there will for this year: Jean Barry Adams,

According to tradition, students and

be no nominations for editor, as has The fifth Alumnae week-end was | Eloisa Alexander, Margaret Cooper,

faculty gathered in the Rebekah Scott

formerly been the case, but the editor held on the campus February 21 and ! Lucile Dennison, Mary Malone, Rosa

dining room at six o'clock February

will be chosen from the two assistant 22. Features on the program were an 

Miller, Nancy Moorer, Ann Purnell,

22, to celebrate the birthday of George

editors, who at present are Laura Steele exhibit of colonial relics, a series of lec-I 

Washington Scott, founder of Agnes Kay Ricks, Lavinia Scott, Aileen

and Frances Gary. At the time of tures, the Founder's Day broadcast, I 

Scott.

regular spring elections, the students luncheons on Friday and Saturday, and : Shortley, and Kay Toole. These girls 
will vote between the assistant editors, the Founder's Day dinner at the Druid I Colonial Figures were selected to preside with Naomi 
their vote counting one; the vote of Hills Golf Club on Saturday night. I Elizabeth Forman, president of the Cooper, May Queen, and Virginia Tur¬ 
the staff of The Agonistic will count Display of Relics senior class, as George Washington, ner, maid-of-honor, over the May Day 
one; the vote of the business manager acted as toastmaster and introduced festival, an annual feature at Agnes

The exhibit of colonial relics ar¬ 

Scott, taking place on the first Satur¬

will also count one; and the editor s —Courtesy DeKalb New Era the prominent revolutionary figures,

ranged by Mrs. C. J. Lammers was dis¬ 

vote will count two. The assistant played in the Day Student's lounge in SIR ARTHUR WILLERT dressed in colonial costumes, whose day in May. 
editor not elected as editor for the fol¬ This year the May Day Committee

Buttrick Hall. Included in the exhibit parts were taken by the following

lowing year will serve as associate edi¬ were 18th books, of members of the senior class: Mary Mar¬ has chosen to be presented a scenario

century many

tor. This plan is go effect Will Stowe, Henry; written by Charline Fleece and Anne

to into which were autographed first editions. Publicist garet Patrick Helen 

this spring. Thompson, having as its setting an

Also in the book display was a copy of Handte, Benjamin Franklin; Margaret 

English country lane of the eighteenth

The plan of The Aurora affects Agnes Scott's own Arithmetic. In ad¬ Cooper, Lord Cornwallis; Adelaide

Lecture Here century.

the election of both editor and busi¬ dition to books there were interesting Stevens, Paul Revere; Lily Weeks, 

Eloisa Alexander is chairman of the

ness manager. displays of furniture, china, silver, and Daniel Boone; Eugenia Symms, La-

May Day Committee, and Jane Blick

wearing apparel from the time of Next Tuesday Fayette; Mary Hull, Betsy Ross; Au¬ 

is business manager.

George Washington. gusta King, Martha Washington.

Science Sorority 

Cultural Lectures Original Songs

By Elizabeth Espy 

After each character's response, the Banquet and Play

Honors C. Griffin Friday's lecture program included 

Agnes Scott may anticipate with 

sophomores sang, to a popular tune, an

the subjects: "Present Day Trends in 

interest the forthcoming lecture of Sir original song about the character. To be Postponed

Music, Painting, and Architecture,"

Carol Griffin, assistant instructor in Arthur Willert, K.B.E., distinguished Later in the program the seniors and

while the lectures on Saturday were

biology, was awarded an honorary key sophomores sang to each other, pledg¬ The of Junior

comparisons of policies and principles British diplomat, at 8:30, March 3, on date the Banquet,

for work done in 193 5 by the local ing anew their loyalty as sister classes.

in Washington's day and our own. "Europe in 1936." "If you are look¬ sponsored each spring by Mortar

chapter of Chi Beta Phi Sigma, na¬ 

Dancing in Gym

Radio Broadcast ing fair, guide

tional scientific sororit-y, in chapel Fri¬ for a open-minded Board, has been postponed from March

Preceding the annual Founder's Day

day, February 21. The key was award¬ At the dinner on Saturday night through the maze of European rival¬ 7 until March 21 on account of the

dance sponsored by Cotillion Club, six

which concluded the program the

ed for scholarship, service to the club, ries, jealousies, and ambitions, you can¬ senior couples danced the minuet, and change in the date of the Blackfriars'

Alumnae listened to their tenth annual

and promise of future accomplish¬ 

not do better than to read Sir Arthur as an encore the Virginia Reel. The play, The Bridal Chorus, Carrie Phin


Founder's Day broadcast over WSB.

ments. Gail Nelson, '3 3, charter mem¬ 

The broadcast was under the direction Willert's What Next In Europe?" ad¬ dancers were: Elizabeth Forman, Au¬ ney Latimer, president of Mortar

ber of the Agnes Scott chapter of Chi 

gusta King; Eugenia Symms, Mary

of Miss Dorothy Hutton, Alumnae

Beta Phi Sigma, was the speaker of the vised a recent editorial in the New Board, announced last Thursday. The 

morning. She spoke on contributions secretary, and had as its distinctive York Snn. Such a recommendation of 
Hull; Helen Handte, Sarah Spencer; banquet is given each year by Mortar 
feature the brief re-enactment of im¬ Margaret Cooper, Naomi Cooper; Ade¬

of women to the field of science and 
portant developments in the history the book is a challenge to alert Ameri¬ laide Stevens, Katherine Bishop; Mary Board in honor of the junior class and 

traced the history of the existing or¬ 

of the college. Speakers were: Dr. J. cans, especially college students, to Margaret Stowe, Ellen Davis. their dates, and the Blackfriars' play

ganization. "Scientific research," she 

R. McCain, Miss Nannette Hopkins, hear what its author has to say. Wash¬ is an annual feature of the entertain¬
said in explaining woman's fitness for 
scientific work, "requires faith, unsel¬ Mr. R. B. Holt, and Miss Polly ington correspondent for the London Dr. Sweet is to be ment at this time. The date of the 

Vaughan.

fishness, and vision. Women are nat¬ Times for ten years, founder and for¬ play was changed because of illnesses 
urally endowed with these qualities." mer head of the publicity department Next Radio Speaker of some of the members of the cast,
The speaker paid tribute to Dr. Mary English Professors 

of the British Foreign Office, member and it was considered wise also to post¬

Stuart MacDougall, professor of biol¬ 

The regular Agnes Scott broadcast

of the British delegation to the League pone the banquet.

ogy at Agnes Scott, for her study of 

Make Holiday Trips over WSB this afternoon will feature

evolution in the protozoa and for the of Nations meetings from 1927 Orchestra

to a talk by Dr. Mary F. Sweet and music 

stimulus given her students by her in¬ 1934, and speaker at the Williamstown Charline Fleece, chairman of the en¬

Professor George P. Hayes of the by the string ensemble under the direc¬ 

ordinate devotion to scientific re¬ 

English department was the principal Institute of Politics, Sir Arthur is well tion of Mr. C. W. Dieckmann. Dr. tertainment committee, has engaged

search. 

speaker at the Founder's Day meeting qualified "to discuss England's policies Sweet will continue the series of talks Kirk DeVore's orchestra to play duringNew Members of the Charlottee (N. C.) Alumnae and to present to American listeners a begun several weeks ago. Her subject the banquet. A color motif of yellowFollowing Miss Nelson's talk, Sarah Club on Saturday, February 22. He graphic account of Europe today." is "The Development of the College as 

and green has been decided upon by

Nichols, president of the club, an¬ lectured on The Opjiortunity of Agnes Having "succumbed to a hunger for Seen by the College Physician." The 

the decorations committee, composed

nounced the following new members: Scott in the Light of Main Trends of perspectives and distances," Sir Arthur ensemble will play Handel's Largo and 

of Frances Belford as chairman, Mary

Jean Austin, Jane Blick, Ann Cox, Civilization; preceeding his lecture the resigned from the British Foreign Of¬ Hungarian Dance No. 5 by Brahms. 

Jane King, Judith Gracey, and Edith

Jane Estcs, Sarah Frances Estes, Wayve club had their Founder's Day banquet fice early in 193 5. Last summer he 

Belser. Mary Malone is general chair¬

Lewis, Dorothy Lyons, Katherine Max¬ and listened to the Agnes Scott broad¬ made an extended tour of inquiry and 

H.Jones, Robinson man; date and invitations committee,

well, Virginia Stevens, Lena Sweet, cast from WSB. observation through Belgium, Ger¬ 

Barton Jackson, chairman, Rachel

Jesse Williams, and Betty Willis. many, Danzig, Poland, Czechoslavakia,

Miss Annie Mae Christie attended Head Next Edition Kennedy, Alice Taylor, Mary Gilles-

Those who are eligible for member¬ the annual meeting of the Georgia As¬ Austria, Italy, and France. Thus he pie, and Kathryn Bowen; seating ar¬ship in Chi Beta Sigma have to have sociation of College Teachers of Jour¬ comes to us with first hand informa-rangements, Fannie B. Harris; place

merited twenty hours of science and (Continued on page 4, column 1) Hortense Jones and Frances Robin¬

nalism held in Athens last week-end. cards committee, Julia Thing, chair¬

mathematics, two-thirds of all their son were recently elected by the soph¬

This meeting was held in connection man, and Marjorie Scott.

work, be a science or mathematics ma¬ omore class as editor and business man¬

with the Georgia Press Institute which A March Wind Blows,

jor, and have a deep interest in science. ager respectively, of the sophomore

was meeting at the same time. Alice 

Winter Time Goes; edition of The Agonistic. Ffortense President Attends

Chamlee, business manager of The 

Jones has had previous experience as

Agonistic, also attended the Georgia Soon School'11 Close

Speakers of Note editor of the Girls' High Times in At¬ Executive Sessions

Press Institute. 

lanta in 1933-34, and Frances Robin¬

Everyone knows how time flies

To Talk in Chapel when one is busy, and a glance at son has previously assisted with busi¬ Dr. J. R. McCain, president of Ag¬
From and Watson this calendar of events for the next ness on the regular Agonistic staff. nes Scott, has recently returned from •

three months proves that tempus

\\ ithin the coming week there will The sophomore edition will appear on a meeting in New York City, Febru¬

is going to do some tall fugiting

be several chapel speakers of unusual Attend Conference Wednesday, March 3. ary 17-20, of the executive committee

from now on.

interest to everyone on the campus. March 3—Lecture by Sir Arthur of the American Association of Col¬ 
These include Judge A. B. Etheredge Rosa From, president of Internat¬ Willert. leges, of which he is president. Plans

Student Treasurer

on Saturday, February 29; Mrs. E. R. ional Relations Club, and Margaret March 4, 5, 7—Mortar Board par¬ were made for the meeting of the As¬ 

Kellersberger on Friday, February 2 8, Watson, vice-president, leave tomor¬ ties for freshmen. sociation next year at the Mayflower

T o Post Black List

and Dr. George H. Opdyke on Wed¬ row for Winthrop College in Rock March fi—Miss Frances K. Gooch Hotel in Washington, D. C. Work is 

nesday, March 4. to will read Much Ado About Noth¬ progressing on such as: the

Hill, S. C., attend the Conference projects

ing. 

j The second semester Black List, con-

Judge Etheredge, who is the Ago¬ of the International Relations Clubs of formation of a bureau of musical tal¬

March 13—Triangular Debate. 

! taining the names of students who

nistic speaker for this week, will talk the Southeast, as the Agnes Scott del¬ March 18—Grace Moore Concert. ent for various colleges and universi¬ 
on the Supreme Court. Mrs. Kellers¬ egates. The conference which lasts March 20 and 21—Blackfriars' have not paid their student budget fee, ties unable to receive the benefits of

Play and Junior Banquet. will be posted March 2. Those who do

berger, who is the author of Congo from February 27 through the 29 has concert programs, a bureau for im¬

March 27 to April 2—Spring holi¬ 

not pay will not receive annuals at the

Crosses and who has recently been tak¬ as its theme "Peace through Under-proving the quality of college glee

days.

ing a prominent part in the Florida I standing" and most of the topics for March 27 to March 29—Confer¬ close of the year, will be excluded from clubs, the awarding of scholarship aid 
ence of the S. I. A. S. G. participation in May Day, in class ath¬

Missions Conference in St. Petersberg, • discussion emphasize the study of cco-in music on a graduate basis, the writ¬

April 26—Memorial Day. letic contests, and are ineligible for

is en route to New York City and will ! nomic adjustments necessary for bet¬ ing of a book on how a library may be

May 2—May Day. 

membership in organizations which re¬

sail for Africa on March 8. The third ter international understanding. Miss May 19—Final examinations be¬ used in teaching, by President Wriston 

ceive money from the budget. The

speaker. Dr. Opdyke, is an authority ' Amy Hemingway Jones and other gin. of Lawrence College, and also a book 

May 31—Baccalaureate address. second semester fee is $5; new students

on the art of musical appreciation and members of the Carnegie Foundation on the imponderables in music ap¬

June 2—Commencement. must pay S10.

has written a textbook on this subject. will be honor guests at the conference. preciation. 


The Agonistic 

®i)e Agonistic 

A Key to Current History

WE THINK 

PUBLISHED WEEKLY The decision which the Supreme purposes of national defense and the

We think; do you? If so, do you 

Court handed down on Monday, Feb¬ improvement of navigation."

Owned and published by the students of Agnes Scott College. ever sit and meditate on the pleasures 

ruary 17, with regard to the T. V. A. The question of constitutional au¬ 

Entered as Second Class Matter. of dancing with men? Yes, of course 

is extremely interesting. The decision thority for the disposal of the electric 

we know that those pleasures are de¬

1935 Member 1936 was an eight to one majority with only energy generated at Wilson Dam was 

nied to us on the campus. But why? then raised. The Court decided that

Plssodated Golle&iaie Press Justice McReynolds dissenting. The

Does any one know? We certainly do the power generated was an incident

judgment may be said to be in favor 

to the construction of the dam; that

STAFF not. 

of the Administration, but it must be 

it is the property of the United States,

Kathryn Printup Mary Jane King Although this question of dancing remembered, of course, that the deci¬

Mary Jane Tigert and as such may be disposed of as Con¬ 

has long been discussed in "ye olde sion was limited to the case involved.

Editor-in-Chief Enid Middleton Business Manager gress shall decide. If Congress decides 
Make-up Editors bull-sessions," it has not been in open That case was the suit brought by the to purchase lines for the transmission

Margaret Watson Rachel Kennedy 

Alabama Power Company minority

Assistant Editor Fannie B. Harris Advertising Manager discussion during the past three years. of power to a market there is nothing

stockholders who had tried to prevent

Current History in the constitution to prevent it from

We think that the majority of the

Elizabeth Espy Mary Margaret Stowe the directors and owners of the con¬

Brooks Spivey doing so. This particular case then was

Catherine Jones Margaret Cooper student body sincerely wants this trolling stock from selling to the

Julia Thing concerned with the purchasing of

Feature Editors Mary Gray Rogers privilege. Most students by the time United States lines for the transmis¬

Exchange Editors transmission lines by the U. S. from

Sarah Brosnan sion of power generated at the Wilson

Betty Hollis Barton Jackson that they are of college age, if they the Alabama Power Company, and as

Circulation Staff Dam.

Book Notes Editor Society Editor are allowed to dance at all, are allowed such did not call for a decision regard¬ 
Frances Belford Alice Hannah Florence Lasseter to dance with men at home. Yet they There were four main points ing the T. V. A. as a whole. The deci¬

con¬ 
Club Editor Alumnae Editor Sports Editor sidered by the Court. First, Did the sion of the court was limited very def¬

from that

are prohibited enjoying plaintiffs have the right to bring this initely to the case in hand, and Chief 
privilege when they come here to col¬ suit? The Court decided that the hold¬ Justice Hughes in the closing para¬

facts of each case and the deci¬

A Judiciary Committee? lege to spend the next four years of ers of preferred stock of the Alabama graphs of his statement said: "We ex¬
sion reached by the Judiciary their life. Doesn't it look just a little Power Company were bringing suit in press no opinion as to the status of 

As the time for spring elec¬ Committee would necessarily accordance with the rights of the com¬

bit illogical in view of the fact that any other dam or power development 

tions draws near, we should be have to be presented to and ap¬ pany. in the Tennessee Valley whether con¬

each year we are getting older and

carefully considering the forma¬ proved by the Executive Com¬ Second, What was the scope of the nected with or apart from the Wilson 

more discreet? 

issue? The case was limited to the de¬ Dam, or as to the validity of the T. V.

tion of strong, smooth-running mittee before going to the fac¬ 

While we admit that intellectual ac¬ 

termination of the validity of the con¬ A. act or of the claim made in the

organizations for next year. In ulty. tivity is the primary aim of the col¬ 

tract of January 4, 1934. The contract pronouncements and program of the 

this connection, there was pre¬ The Student Government As¬ lege, we insist that a well rounded life 

thus referred to was the contract pro¬ authority apart from the questions we

sented in N. S. F. A. forum last for the college girl should include a

sociation is clearly one of the viding for the sale of the power lines. have discussed in relation to the par¬

week a project which was left as little bit of social life. We further

strongest and most influential In order to determine the validity of ticular provisions of the contract of 

a consideration for the Executive contend that dancing is, if not essen¬

organizations on the campus. the contract the question arose as to January 4, 1934, affecting the Ala¬

Committee by the Committee of tial, at least a decided asset to that

The members of its Executive the constitutional authority for the bama Power Company."

last year. This project takes the social life.

Committee are all elected and are construction of the Wilson Dam. The Both critics and advocates of the

form of a suggestion for the for¬ We feel that dances on the campus

given broad powers. Therefore, Court decided that the dam had been present administration would like to

mation of a separate judiciary could be conducted with all due pro¬

we as students and as members constructed and rightfully maintained know what the Court would decide if

body, with powers separated priety as we could be assured of proper

of Student Government should "in the exercise by Congress of its war in some way the constitutionality of

from those of the so-called Exec¬ chaperonage and of a select group of

be keenly interested in such mat¬ and commerce powers, that is, for the the whole project were challenged.

utive Committee, but composed young gentlemen for our partners.

ters as these and feel it neces¬

of members from within the lat¬ Honestly, we don't know what the

sary to express frank opinions Books by Agnes Scott Alumnae

ter body. objections are, and we would like to

when called on. Let's be think¬

There are several very strong know the viewpoint of the administra¬

ing and be prepared to discuss Prove Interesting and Popular

reasons favoring such a change. tion. Of course, in order to find out

the issue when it comes before

As the organization now stands, we have to ask for an expression. Why

us officially. Congo Crosses, by Julia Lake (Skin¬ where she unfortunately falls in lov<

the executive, legislative, and ju¬ shouldn't we? 

ner) Kellersberger, gives a clear in¬ with a married man.

dicial powers of Student Govern¬ 

The Last Lecture sight into the life and thought of the

ment are invested in one commit¬ 

natives of the Belgian Congo, where

tee of sixteen members which Unto the Least of These, a story

EXCHANGES

Not many of us would deny the author and her husband, Dr. Eu¬

the student body elects. At the adapted to the screen, was written by

that the Agnes Scott Lecture As¬ gene Kellersberger, are in missionary

present time the judicial duties Edith (Williams) Maxwell, who at¬ 

sociation is one of the most alert Twenty-five prisoners at Alcatraz, service. She writes: "I have walked

of the Committee occupy the tended Agnes Scott Institute as a spe¬

which houses the i toughest federal

large part of their time and and valuable organizations on the on Broadway at night when the theatre cial student of voice. Mrs. Maxwell is 

campus. Four faculty members criminals, are taking correspondence ights were shining brightest, but I

greatly overbalance their execu¬ well qualified to know the require¬

and thirteen students work to¬ courses at the University of Califor¬ have never seen any sights nor heard

tive and legislative duties. It is ments for screen adaptation because of 

the general feeling of the Com¬ gether to procure for the college nia.—ML Holyoke News. any sounds more enthralling than one her work in Hollywood with "The 
mittee that problems and cases community interesting and noted hears and sees in an African village Maxwell Choristers," organized and 

outside speakers. Then why is it The Student Bar Association at Ohio when the tropic moon is full . . . the

might be more quickly and easily trained by Mr. Maxwell and herself. 

not supported by the whole cam State offers free legal aid to any stu¬ rhythm of the ever-beating drum call¬

solved if the executive and legis¬ 

lative matters were undertaken pus ? The interest of outsiders dent in a scrape with the law—The ing the villagers to the dance; the 

Roberta Winter, of the class of

separately from the judicial mat m our lectures seems to be more Brown and White. merry voices of children playing tag 

1929, has written a three act comedy,

ters. It is clear that a smaller intense than that of our own stu¬ games beneath the palms; the chatter 

Bridal Chorus, which is just

group could work with much less dent body, if attendance at lec¬ An assignment at a mid-western of women on their door steps, talking as inter¬ 
effort and reach a clearer un¬ tures can be used as a measur¬ university was to bring in a report of loudly in a language vivid with color¬ esting as its name. Laid in "a small 

Southern town, provincial, intimate,

derstanding of all judicial cases ing rod. It seems strange that the "Middle Ages. The professor re¬ ful expressions . . . the tiny fires flick¬ 

leisurely," it is filled with the compli¬

others recognize the significance ceived a review of Eife Begins at For¬ ering before every hut; and babies

than the present large commit¬ 

ty.—The Swartbmore Phoenix. cations and unexpected demands of

tee is able to. Furthermore, with of the personalities brought to sprawling around on the sand or asleep 

preparations for a wedding, all in spite

a smaller committee, there would our campus by the Lecture Com¬ on their mothers' laps." Congo Crosses 

of the bride's mother's assiduous at¬

be more opportunity for post-mittee more quickly than we our¬ At the University of California it is a wonderfully sympathetic and dis¬ 

tention to her "lists" of not-to-be-for


case work and a chance for psy¬ selves do. is now possible for a student to insure cerning study of Congo womanhood. 

gottens. Members of Blackfriars plan

chological corrections; contacts It seems superfluous to point himself against being called on in class 

could be made and help given to out the implications involved in when unprepared. The rates are five Those who have read Marion (Mc-to present Bridal Chorus the evening 

girls who have left school. Of the fact that so many of our past cents per class, and if called on, the Camy) Sims' Morning Star, reflecting of March twenty-first. 
major importance also is the fact lecturers are considered distin¬ student is entitled to damages of twen¬ me of the author's experiences at 
that the Executive Committee guished by editors of important ty-five cents.—Maryland Diamond-Agnes Scott, found it, because of its Alice Virden, of the class of 1922, 

freed from exacting and engross¬ present -day publications. Wit¬ back. high local color, peculiarly interesting, conceived the idea of compiling a book 
ing judicial duties, would be able ness the publishing in the No¬ and welcome eagerly Mrs. Sims' second of the works of Mississippi poets, and 
to spend more time and effort in vember Harpers of a sequence of Go ahead and sleep. A professor of novel, The World With a Fence. In has edited a volume entitled Singing 
solving real campus problems, in poems from Conversation at philosophy at the College of the City this new novel, she tells of a real Geor¬ Mississippi. It includes contributions of 

perfecting various activities, and Midnight by Edna St. Vincent of New York is quoted as saying that gia girl and her experiences as teacher several Agnes Scott alumnae, and has 
in working more on behalf of the Millay, who thrilled not only Ag¬ those who sleep in class learn more. in a small Georgia town, and later gained wide popularity since its recent

as 
student body nes Scott but its vicinity with The Blue Stocking. a young business woman in Atlanta, publication. 

The time has come to consider her intriguing appearance here 
the value of forming such a sep¬ last November. Many have no¬ Prosperity is returning in northern 
arate judiciary committee. As ticed on the cover of the January colleges. They report that students 
the plan was discussed in N. S 13th issue of Time the unusual are lending longer pencils this year. 

F. A. forum, there would probab¬ picture of Arthur Compton, who The News Letter. Carolyn Russell, '34, is teaching the Mae Duls, '3 5, is working in the per¬
ly be seven girls chosen from the lectured here last year. Further¬ 
fifth grade in Commerce, Georgia. sonnel department of a large depart¬

members of the Executive Com¬ more, the frequent appearance of 

zipper an 

mittee to serve on the Judiciary Robert Frost's name in The Sat¬ 
Using a on operation is Frances Paris, ex-'37, was married to ment store in Washington, D. C. 

no longer a gag. Dr. Morris Fishbein,

Committee. These girls would be urday Review of Literature is not Mr. Robert Hanna, of Athens, Geor¬ Mrs. Sarah (Hill) Brown, '31, is

editor of the Journal of the American 

to be ignored. His poem Lost in

either permanent members or Medical Association, has revealed that gia, on February 2 at Brunswick, Geor¬ teaching Bible in Greenbrier College 
would be appointed by the presi¬ Heaven graces the pages of the the use of an ordinary zipper to permit gia. for Women, Lewisburg, W. Va. 

dent of Student Government. issue for November 30, 1935, 

the opening and closing of an incision Margaret Robbins, '3 5, is working

Still another plan is for a par¬ while the edition for February Madeline Race, '3 3, is studying or¬

for day by day surgical treatment of

tially permanent and partially 15, 1936, points out that Mr. gan, dancing, and athletics at G. S-in the Bank of Ashboro, N. C. 

a cancer in the stomach has been car 

7 a instance is

temporaryr committee, withFrostcer-is "signal of ried out.—Daily Tar Heel. W. C., Valdosta, Georgia. "Mad" Suzanne Smith, '3 5, attended sum¬ 

tain members of the Executive j how the unremunerative profes-planning to go to Columbia Univer¬ mer school at the University of North 
Committee working regularly on sion of poetry can be made to 

yield a living wage for the poet Not the least of any former sity where she will obtain a masters Carolina and is now taking a library

the Judiciary Committee and 

others appointed according to and at the same time pay divi¬ lecturer is Sir Arthur Willert, degree in physical education. course at Peabody in Nashville, Tenn. 
the demands of the case. Such dends from the rich capital of who is going to lecture on our Caroline Waterman, '34, is studying Helen Derrick, '3 5, is teaching in 

campus March 3 on Europe in

a committee would only be the poet's mind." In regard to law at the University of Maryland in the high school in Forrestville, Vir¬ 

obliged to meet upon the occa¬ our most recent and one of our 1936. He is the last speaker that ginia.

Baltimore. 

most charming lecturers, we will be presented by the Lecture

sion of a severe violation of the Mary Pitner and Elizabeth Perrin, Jane Goodwin, ex-'3 5, was married

Association, and to say that he

Honor System, and at such times have the opinion of the DeKalb ex-'37, are attending the University of on February 11 to Dr. Bannester Har¬ 

a small committee of this kind New Era, that Thornton Wilder's will be worth listening to would bin of Rome, Georgia.

Tennessee in Knoxville, where both 

would certainly be able to inves¬ "lecture at Agnes Scott was in be to put it mildly. Are we, for Elizabeth Crier, '2 8, is home on fur¬

pledged Tri Delta. 
tigate a case from all angles rap¬ the same vein of good fellowship, whom he is being brought to the Plant Ellis, '34, is working with the lough from Suchowfu, China. 

idly and accurately with less in¬ of interest and pleasure as that campus, going to support him, or Susan Turner, '3 5, is taking a busi¬

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has formerlv been the case. The atmosphere of an interview.' 


The Agonistic 

SIGNS of the TIMES 

Any ordinary observer of last year s chest in time to the snapping of both 
feverish campaign activities might fingers as the hiccoughs of a deaf-
reasonably have supposed the campus mute. And the poetic vision demand¬ 

stock of ingenuity to have suffered ed to discern in the twittering of the 

considerable loss. Perhaps in a less fer¬ fingers of the right downward above 
those of the left upward, the rain rain¬

tile field such a supposition would 
have borne justification that not even ing and grass growing. The possibili¬ 

the stimulus of an unusually resource¬ ties of the thing are limitless, its ef¬ 
ful freshman class could have contra¬ fects magical. With only the repeated 

dicted. Not so at Agnes Scott! The snap of the fingers of one hand around 
clever inventions of a past season the extended index of the other one 
served only to add fuel to the fire of gets the astounding effect of an entire 
orchestral ensemble poignantly render¬

its zeal for curious contrivances. And 
the present campus rage has indisput¬ ing The Broken Record. There's a 
ably queerest claim to popularity of all technique to the practice that is not 

its predecessors. to be ignored. You may think your¬ 

The secret of one's success in this self well grounded in the essentials but 
latest device is a set of nimble fingers until you can accurately discover the 
plus an even nimbler imagination. Thus exact point at which the three fingers 

equipped one may, minus Lady Astor's of the right hand upright beneath the 
Contour Control Cream, minus bar¬ palm of the left cease to be men under 
baric maneuvers with a celery stalk, a tree and become a three-legged stool 

minus even aromatic ablutions with you can hardly be counted an adept 
Lightbulb soap, become the dramatic at the art. And the supreme test is to 
dynamo of any slightly jaded society. detect the very fine shade of difference 
Imagine the thrill of discovering in between "sitting on the beach watch¬ 
a zero figure made by the thumb and ing the boats go by" and the energetic 

first finger of the right hand extended movements of a certain faculty mem¬ 
over the upturned palm of the left, the ber. Upon such an achievement you 
Moon Over Miami! Think of the ar¬ may indeed congratulate yourself as 

tistic interpretation that goes into con¬ an astute observer of the signs of these 
curring rhythmic convulsions of the times. 

It Wasn't Told to Me 

l only heard . . . rumblings of the couldn't put on a play, but she could 
junior banquet and quite a bit of read Midsummer Night's Dream to us 
grumblings at its postponement. Kinda if we couldn't change the date. 
bad on the out-of-town dates it is (not Strange how everybody recovered 
to mention the junior Aggie). But the from the plague, the colds and fever 
longer it's put off, the longer we have in time for the week-end holiday. Miss 
to talk about it, and amongst the jun¬ Omwake says it's psychology, but we 
iors it's an all-important, perplexing, call it common sense . . . you'd never 
and absorbing subject—"Where can I know they'd been sick from the week¬ 
find a man?" "Which one shall I end capers—except for the relapses . . . 
ask?" "Will he send me flowers?" Orchids and orange juice to Miss 
"Shall I risk a blind date, who'd never Daugherty and Miss Thomas for nur¬ 
know about flowers!" "Will it be sing us through in spite of all the dif¬ 
spring enough for me to wear my new ficulties—and we'd like to keep Miss 
ruffledy dress?" And the men who Hitt. 
rate the biggest of social affairs in an 

Who? We didn't catch. Oh! sen¬ 

Agnes Scotter's life—the one and only 

iors who picked up a chaperone on 

time when she can parade, with and 

the front door steps, but Providence 

for approval, a man, the man, tux 'n' must provide when you can't make it 
all, before classmates, dean's office, and 

by time limit . . . The ideal chaperone

freshmen—they seem to appreciate the 

is one like Sue Bryan's brother, an 

honor . . . and now they'll have to in¬ 

Emory med . . . most convenient. 

dulge in watchful waiting weeks more 

But now that we have parlors-just


for that bid! Who were the Pi Kaps 

like-home maybe we won't be wanting

and Sigma Chis wishing for 'em-—not 

a chaperone quite so often . . . they've

to mention a certain scrambled-over 

been really transformed—soft lights

annual editor and an assistant instruc¬ 

instead of an overhead glare regardless

tor at Tech. Can't some of you juniors 

of where you sit, bright pillows, and

do something about them? . . . Can 

sweet music to put the words in his

the two Sewanee true-loves of the 

mouth. You'll look and be your most

White House gals come, even if the 

charming self as the men flock to Ag¬

date has been changed? . . . Then 

nes Scott now. (classified ad) Emory

there's an extra special from Augusta 

not allowed if they're afraid for their

and two, at least, from the U. of Geor¬ 

pins.

gia . . . We've been hearing about 

We did think the day students at

some of these for three years and at 

least knew the names of the buildings,

last, we'll see them . . . Emory and 
Tech will, of course, be well repre¬ but Lucile Dennison, when told that 

. . the Atlanta Day Students were play¬

sented . One of our too popular 

ing Rebekah Scott in the Brown Jug

juniors couldn't decide, and rather 

than get her wires crossed, she saves contest, said, "Who's she?" But now 

Giddy Erwin gets the patent leather

the day by calling down a brother from 

fishbowl of the week. When somebody

S. C. Another with the same trouble 
digs up an unknown, but anyone with yelled up the hall, "Is the tub en¬ 
such problems deserves not sympathy, gaged?" she giddily replied, "I guess 
but envy! Don't blame the postpone¬ so, it has a ring." 
ment on Miss Gooch. She said she Now, I only heard . . . 

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From left to right: Elizabeth Forman as George Washington; 
Adelaide Stevens as Paul Revere; Mary Hull as Betsy Ross. 

Decatur Church Holds 
Special College Service 

The Decatur Presbyterian Church 
has invited Agnes Scott girls to be their 
guests on Sunday, March 1, when they 
will observe a Special Day of Prayer 
for schools and colleges. Dr. D. P. Mc-
Geachy will preach a sermon for stu¬ 
dents at the morning service, and as 
an added feature the Tech Y choir will 
sing. 

A sense of humor is recommended 
as a philosophy of life by Dr. Robert 

C. Clothier, Rutgers president. 
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deal with war by its political, eco¬ 
nomic, and psychological factors. The 
University of Chicago is also contem¬ 
plating this addition to their political 
science courses. — Associated College 
Press. 

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Agnes Scott at Play 

Emory—Jean Austen and Virginia 
Watson attended an A. K. K. dance 
Saturday night. 

Tech—Nancy Moorer, Rachel Kennedv, 
Mary Malone, Lib Blackshear, 
Katherine Bowen, and Sue Bryan at¬ 
tended the Phi Sigma Kappa dinner 
dance at the East Lake Club Friday, 
February 21. 

Dental College — Sara Frances 
McDonald, Caroline White, and Bar¬ 
ton Jackson attended the Psi Omega 
dance last Friday. 

Seminary—At a George Washing¬ 
ton party Friday night were: Enid 
Middleton, Mildred Davis, Alice Baker, 
Kitty Caldwell, and Alice Hannah. 

Eugenia Symms dined and danced 
at the Athletic Club last Wednesday 
night. 

Rose Northcross attended the dance 
at the Piedmont Driving Club on Fri¬ 
day. 

Among those hearing Ben Bernie 

were Ola Kelly and Mary Hull. 

Mary Willis, Harriet Reed, and 

Katherine Liepold spent the week-end 

at their respective homes in Augusta. 

Dot Cabiniss spent the week-end at 

home in Columbus. 

Ellen Little entertained Gene Cald¬ 

well and Sara Beatty Sloan at her home 

in Louisville over the holidays. 

Sara and Jane Estes spent the holi¬ 

day week-end at their home in Gay. 

Sara Johnson and Hortense Norton 

spent the week-end at the former's 

home in Washington. 

Martha Alice Green went to Harlem 

for the week-end. 

Attending the Military Ball in Ath¬ 

ens were Elizabeth Strickland, Emily 

Rowe, and Jane Carrithers. 

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NOTED LECTURER TALKS 

ON PRESENT DAY EVENTS 

(Continued from page 1, column 3) 

tion of actual present day conditions 

presented with the refreshing clarity 

and keeness of a journalist and the sea¬ 

soned understanding of a diplomat. 

During his last trip he associated 

with all sorts of people, trying to dis¬ 

cover the "states of mind of peoples 

rather than of politicians and the 

points of view of informed but de¬ 

tached and independent observers." 

And he has collected a store of anec¬ 

dotes and experiences perhaps trivial in 

themselves yet significant of the con¬ 

ditions and cross currents of the po¬ 

litical and economic life that form 

their background. There is the story 

of the incognito visit of Mussolini to 

a movie in a small Italian town. When 

his picture came on the screen every¬ 

one but II Duce arose. The proprietor 

of the place, however, tapped him on 

the shoulder and said, "I feel that way 

too. But you had better stand up. It 

is safer." And the observation of a 

German friend in one of the big in¬ 

dustrial towns of west Germany, that 

the bricks of the Nazi regime are made 

of patriotism and hope but the mortar 

holding them together is scarce. There 

is the comment of Mussolini's spokes¬ 

man, Baron Aloisi, on the New Palace 

of Nations being built in Geneva. 

"This," said Aloisi, "is the new Tower 

of Babel." And an observation of simi¬ 

lar interest from Hitler's Herr Goeb


bels: "And there the invading armies 

of the Bolsheviks will before long 

stable their horses." And there is the 

uneasy hope of Sir Arthur himself that 

the League will not fail and leave a 

terrified Europe with no Geneva to 

serve its nations as a mixture of club 

and court house." 

In his most recent book What Next 
In Europe? Sir Arthur discusses the 
probability of another war in Europe 
and is "alarmed but not panic-strick¬ 
en" at the inevitable conclusions which 
existing conditions indicate. He recog¬ 
nizes that "fear sits uncomfortably 
near the elbow of most people, though 
conditions on the surface appear nor¬ 
mal. Nation is afraid of nation, small 
countries of their large neighbors, of 
each other, of the breakdown of 
peace treaties. Yet against this over¬ 
hanging fear he feels the "ultimate 
sanity of ordinary peoples" and their 
desire "above everything to be left 
alone, to be allowed to get on with 
their work, and to bring up their fami¬ 
lies quietly and decently." 

Sir Arthur holds that the way to 
make Europe safe is through economic 
reconstruction, moderation of social 
and political nationalism, and strength¬ 
ening of the League of Nations sys¬ 
tem. Lie makes it quite clear that Eng¬ 
land cannot escape being drawn into 
a European war and that in the fu¬ 
ture her policy toward the League 
must be one of wholehearted coopera¬ 
tion rather than eleventh hour action, 
as in the case of Ethiopia. 

"A long term of the British Foreign 
Office has not injured the lucidity of 
Sir Arthur's style or speech. You are 
not to expect any violence in his 
phrase, any passion in his criticism. He 
sees excesses, German and otherwise, 
with the sight and cool disapprobation 
of a gentleman, but above all, with 
the detachment of an Englishman." 

The following boner was recently 
made on an examination at Converse 
College: "It is quite possible for de¬ 
fective parents to have normal chil¬ 
dren and vice-versa."—Parlez-Voo. 

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Faculty Team Wins 

Little Brown Jug 

The "Little Brown Jug" was won by 
the Faculty-Alumnae team, who de¬ 
feated the Atlanta Day Students 18 
to 14 in a series of exciting basketball 
games played in the gym Wednesday, 
February 19. In the first game the 
team from Rebekah Scott defeated a 
coalition team of Decatur Day Stu¬ 
dents, students from Gaines and White 
House by a score of 26 to 10; the At¬ 
lanta Day Students defeated the Inman 
team 22 to 9; the Faculty-Alum¬ 
nae team won over Main by a score 
of 22 to 10, and the Atlanta Day Stu¬ 
dents defeated the Rebekah Scott team 
24 to 10. Preceeding the games each 
team presented a skit and song; the 
Inman team appeared as children; the 
Main team as hill-billies; the Rebekah 
team as Hindus; the Coalition as The 
Dark Horse; and the Atlanta Day Stu¬ 
dents as drunks. The line-ups were: In¬ 
man: Shloss, Dreyfoos, Steele, Hamil¬ 
ton, Carmichael, Purnell, Garner; 
Main: Blackshear, Howell, Merrill, 
Coit, Allison, King, Erwin, Thompson; 
Rebekah: Handte, Derrick, Estes, Stev¬ 
ens, Latimer, Symms, Grimson, Hart; 
Coalition: Burson, Coffee, Cheeseman, 
Flynt, O'Neal, Wilson, Tigert; Atlan¬ 
ta Day Students: Taylor, Stalker, 
Kneale, Gillespie, L. Brown, Johnson, 

McDonald, Little; Faculty-Alumnae: 
Miss Wilburn, Miss Haynes, Miss Mit¬ 
chell, Miss B. Miller, E. Young, S. 

Austin. 

Winter Gym Season Ends 
On Saturday, February 29 

Saturday, February 29, marks the 
close of the winter gym season, and 
registration for the spring season will 
begin March 2. Sports offered for this 
season are: May Day, tennis, archery, 
riding, golf, swimming, and water 

polo. 

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Hockey Leaders 

Go to Conference 

Miss Llewellyn Wilburn, Associate 
Professor of Physical Education; Miss 
Elizabeth Mitchell, Assistant Professor; 
Helen Handte, vice-president of Ath¬ 
letic Association, and Alice Tavlor will 
attend a meeting of the U. S. Field 

Hockey Association at Alabama Col¬ 
Sports Editorial Basketball Ends lege in Montevallo on Februarv 29. 
| At the meeting the representatives 
With Final Gaines ! will observe a game between the U. S.

How's your health? It seems that 

[Field Hockey Touring Team and the

during exams anyway, Agnes Scotters 

hockey team of Alabama College. Later

I The basketball season will end with

proved to be almost disgustinglv 

they will be instructed in umpiring,

the playing of one set of games tonight

healthy. But because exams are over refereeing and coaching.
at 7:30, and the final set Fridav at

there is no reason for our lapsing again This is the second hockev confer¬ 

! 3:30. Tonight the seniors will play the ence of the year to be attended bv rep¬

into the mire of colds, flu, and fever. 

sophomores, and the juniors will play resentatives of Agnes Scott, and it is

So we have a plan to help us keep up 

the freshmen. On Friday the seniors expected to prove interesting and 
our exam record. play the freshmen, and the juniors, the valuable. 
For the past two or three years the sophomores. 
Athletic Association has made it their The seniors stand in first place, hav¬ REPORTERS FOR THIS ISSl'E: 
ing won all four of their games; the Reporters Frances Belford

business to stress various phases of 

jpniors are second with two games | Sarah Johnson Lucille Cairns

health on the campus. All the organi


won, while the sophomores and the ■ 
Catherine Jones Frances Wilson 
j zations should and do contribute to freshmen tie for third with one game j Eloisa Alexander Business Assistant 
J health-building activities, and the Ath¬ each. Virginia Poplin 

letic Association merely acts as the 
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portunity to check up on your ability Bonded Members T. D.S. Ja.9218

We Telegraph Flowers A. S. Colley, Mfrr.

to choose healthful things to eat dur¬ Anywhere—Anytime 
ing the day. There will be a Piggly 
Wiggly Grocery store in the basement 
of the gym for these two days. Here 
you may browse around, look at all 

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE 

the good things to eat and make out 
your idea of a perfect menu for one 
day. The cashier will take up the slips, DECATUR, GA. 
consult with Miss Wilburn and Dr. 
Sweet and post the best-balanced meals 

that are handed in. A college for women that is widely recog¬ 
This is just another suggestion for 
keeping Agnes Scott girls at their best 

nized for its standards of vcork and for the

in health and for keeping them up to 
the Agnes Scott ideal of mental, spir¬ 
itual, and last but not least, physical interesting character of its student activities 
well-being. 

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AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1936

VOL. XXI 

Seven Players Intercollegiate Debating Team of Agnes Scott College Debating Club 

Elects A. S. C.

To Head Cast 

In Spring Fete V arsitv Team 

Ford, Stalker, Fleece, Hart, E. Merlin, S. Wood, M. Fairley, 
Blick, Stevens, Guthrie to B. Spivey to Participate 
Act in Colorful Play in Triangular Meet 

Miss Dozier Supervises Dances To Debate Subject of Judiciary 

Eioisa Alexander, chairman of the Pi Alpha Phi, under the direction of 
May Day Committee, announced the Professor George P. Hayes of the Eng¬ 
selection of the seven character parts lish department, has chosen the varsity 
for the May Day cast after tryouts debating team composed of Edith Mer¬ 
in the gymnasium Tuesday afternoon, lin, Sarah Catherine Wood, Brooks 
February 25. A group of representa¬ Spivey, and Mary Lillian Fairley, who 
tive dancers competed for these leads, will represent Agnes Scott college in 
and the cast was selected only after the annual triangular debate between 
much consideration. Randolph-Macon, Sophie Newcomb, 

The girls who were chosen for the and Agnes Scott. Nellie Margaret Gil-

parts are as follows: Helen Ford, a roy is alternate debater. 
gypsy girl; Marie Stalker, an English The colleges will debate Friday, 
boy; Charlene Fleece, a gypsy boy; March 13, at 8:30 o'clock, on the sub¬ 

Lois Hart, the spirit of the forest; ject: Resolved: That congress should 
Ad Stevens, a tinker; Jane Blick, the be permitted to override, by a twotinker's 
apprentice; and Mary Frances thirds majority vote, the decisions of 
Guthrie, an old crone. the supreme court declaring acts of 

The dance committee has not yet an¬ congress unconstitutional. Edith Mer¬ 
nounced the chorus dances, since there lin and Sarah Catherine Wood, uphold¬ 
has been difficulty both in composing ing the negative, will go to Sophie 
the dances and in completing the list Newcomb; while the affirmative team, 
of girls who wish to be in May Day. composed of Brooks Spivey and Mary 
This committee, under supervision of Lillian Fairley, will meet Randolph-
Miss Eugenie L. Dozier, consists of Macon in the Bucher Scott gymnasium.

Pictured above are Mary Lillian Fairley, Brooks Spivey, Sarah Catherine Wood, and Edith Merlin, who as the

Helen Ford, Lucile Dennison, and Each debater will speak fourteen

Agnes Scott varsity debating team will meet Randolph-Macon and Sophie Newcomb in the annual triangular debate.

Ruth Tate. The announcement of minutes. Contrary to usual custom, 

chorus dancers will be made later. 
The costume committee, which will 
design and secure all costumes for the 
dances, consists of Sarah Nichols, 
Frances Steele, Katheleen Daniel, and 
High School Seniors 
Compete for Award 
Council Gives 
Q. H. Fellowship 
W.C.Bowen Speaks 
On TVA to Seniors 
each team will give only one rebuttal, 
which will last six minutes. Sarah 
Catherine Wood and Brooks Spivey will 
give the rebuttals for their respective 
Sarah Turner. Over Two Hundred Girls Apply 
To Take Examinations To Lita Goss 
Official of T. V. A. Reports 
Openings in Project Students to Choose 
Students Entertain For Scholarship for Graduates New School Officers 
Willert At Banquet 
The Agnes Scott Lecture Association 
entertained at a banquet for Sir Arthur 
Willert, noted diplomat, at six o'clock 
last night in the Anna Young Alumnae 
House. Nell White, president of the 
association, was hostess. 
Covers were laid for the hostess, the 
guest of honor, Miss Emma May Laney, 
Miss Annie May Christie, Miss Florence 
Smith, Lulu Ames, Laura Steele, Car¬ 
rie Phinney Latimer, Frances James, 
Augusta King, Rosa From, Mary Mar¬ 
garet Stowe, Sarah Catherine Wood. 
A. King Speaks 
To Rotary Club 
Augusta King spoke Monday, 
March 2, at a luncheon of the At¬ 
lanta Rotary Club on the subject, 
"Youth and International Relations." 
The program, "Youth Looks at the 
World Today," consisted of a series of 
four-minute talks given by students 
of Emory University, Cox College, Co¬ 
lumbia Seminary, Georgia School of 
Technology, and Agnes Scott College. 
In her talk, Augusta expressed her 
belief that the youth of today is in¬ 
ternationally minded and has faith in 
the ultimate realization of the ideal of 
a unified world. 
Approximately 200 high school sen¬ 
iors who are interested in attending 
Agnes Scott College next term will 
compete for scholarships in examina¬ 
tions on Friday, March 6. Applicants 
in and near Atlanta will take the ex¬ 
aminations on the campus at Agnes 
Scott, where they will be entertained 
at lunch in the dining room of Rebekah 
Scott. Students of other cities 
will take the examinations at the local 
high schools. 
The winning contestant will receive 
a full one-year scholarship ($700), 
while the runner-up will receive a 
scholarship of $5 00. Contestants will 
take one-hour examinations in three 
subjects: English, Latin (Cicero or 
Virgil), and a third subject to be 
chosen from algebra, French, chemis¬ 
try, and physics. 
Freshman Class Chooses 
Julia Sewell to Edit Paper 
The freshman class, at meetings on 
February 25 and 26, elected Julia 
Sewell and Jane Moore Hamilton as 
editor and business manager, respect¬ 
ively, of the freshman edition of The 
Agonistic. Julia was literary editor of 
the Girls' High Times of Atlanta Girls' 
High School in 1934-3 5. Jane Moore 
Hamilton was editor of the Red and 
'White in Dalton, Ga., in 1933-34. 
Mary Virginia Allen Receives 
Mention as Alternate 
for Scholarship 
Winner to Study at Radcliffe 
Out of a large number of applicants, 
Lita Goss has won the Quenelle Harrold 
fellowship for the year 1936-37. 
The academic council of Agnes Scott 
College, composed of President J. R. 
McCain, Dean Nannette Hopkins, and 
the heads of the departments, made the 
award at its meeting Tuesday night, 
March 2 5. At the same time it named 
Mary Virginia Allen, '3 5, who is doing 
graduate work in French at the Uni¬ 
versity of Virginia, as alternate. 
Mrs. Thomas Harrold, of Americus, 
Ga., established the Quenelle Harrold 
Foundation in honor of her daughter 
who graduated from Agnes Scott in 
1923. The income from the $10,000 
she contributed finances the fellow¬ 
ship which goes each year to a senior 
or to an alumna of not more than two 
years standing. The award is made on 
the basis of qualifications for research 
and promise of leadership. 
The recipient does research and 
(Continued on page 4, column 3) 
Commission Chooses 
Varsity in Basketball; 
Selects Sub-Varsity 
Mr. W. C. Bowen, former personnel 
The student body of Agnes Scottdirector of the International Telephone 
College will elect school officers forand Telegraph Company, and at pres¬ 
the year 193 6-37 at special chapelent an official of the Tennessee Val¬ 
periods March 19 and 20. On Satur¬ley Authority, spoke at Agnes Scott 
day, March 14, the students will makeTuesday, February 2 5, to a group of 
popular nominations, which will beseniors interested in stenographical 
posted with committee nominationswork for the T. V. A. Mr. Bowen is 
the following Monday, March 16.visiting different universities and tech¬ 
nical schools of the country to secure The nominating committee is com¬ 
engineers; and several women's colleges posed of the presidents and vice-presi¬ 
to find stenographers. dents of student government, Y. W. 
C. A., and the athletic association;Mr. Bowen reports that there are in 
the president of the day students; thethe T. V. A. unlimited openings for 
recorder of points; and the editors andgraduates with stenographical training. 
business managers of the three papers.There are more limited openings for 
teachers, librarians, and office workers. 
Seniors may secure application blanks S.C. Wood Makesby writing to the personnel director, 
T. V. A., Knoxville, Tenn. Speech on Youth 
Six Girls Win Admittance Sarah Catherine Wood represented 
Agnes Scott College Monday, MarchTo A. S. C. Debate Society 
2, at the Minsters' Association, an in-
Pi Alpha Phi, debating society of ter^denominational organization, which 
Agnes Scott College, admitted six girls met at Davison-Paxon's in Atlanta. 
at its spring tryouts held Friday night, Sarah Catherine was one of several 
February 2 8. Jane Guthrie, Nell college students making talks on the 
Hemphill, Laura Coit, Sarah Beaty subject: "Youth Looks at Its World." 
Sloan, Gaudelock Erwin, and Mary In developing her topic, Sarah 
Frances Guthrie are the new members. Catherine spoke about the part religion 
Professor G. P. Hayes, of the Eng¬ played in the life of the youth of the 
lish department, and the officers of Victorian age and the World War 
the club judged the tryouts. period. 
International Relations Club Sends 
Agnes Scott Establishes New Plan 
For Efficient Dispensation ofNews 
Because of the complication and in¬ sophomore classes respectively, serve on 
efficiency of the former publicity sys¬ the committee. 
tem of Agnes Scott, the college has The purpose of this publicity plan is 
established a publicity committee for to centralize the dispensation of news. 
the purpose of prompt and accurate Officers of campus organizations are 
dispensation of news of the school. responsible for prompt reports to the 
The committee, under the direction committee of all interesting news. 
of Assistant Professor Annie May There will be a publicity room in 
Christie, consists of student reporters Buttrick Hall which will be open twice 
for the Atlanta and Decatur news¬ daily for the collection of news. Cam¬ 
papers: Nell Chamlee, the Atlanta pus "news spots"—boxes in the gym¬ 
Georgian; Alice Chamlee, the Atlanta nasium, the library, and science hall 
Constitution; Mary Margaret Stowe —will collect the news articles, all of 
(president of K. U. B.), the Atlanta which must be signed. 
Journal; and Mary Hull, the DeKalb K. U. B., cooperating with the pub¬ 
New Era. Besides these reporters, Lita licity plan, has undertaken to send 
Goss, Laura Steele, and Eliza King, as¬ prompt reports of any girl's activities 
sistants from the senior, junior, and to her home-town paper. 
As a reward to those who have 
proved most proficient in shoot¬ 
ing goals and blocking goals, 
comes the announcement of the 
basketball varsity, chosen by the 
commission at its meeting on 
Thursday, March 27: forwards: 
Ad Stevens, Helen Handte, Lib 
Blackshear, and Mary Garner; 
guards: Mary Kneale, Marie 
Stalker, Elizabeth Burson, and 
Estelle Cuddy. Because of the 
large number of outstanding 
players the commission also nam¬ 
ed a sub-varsity: forwards: Isabel 
McCain, Carolyn Carmichael, 
Marion Derrick, and Lib Strick¬ 
land; guards: Julia Thing, Betty 
Adams, Jane Moore Hamilton, 
and Alice Taylor. 
From, Watson toAnnual Convention 
Rosa From and Margaret Watson were guest speakers. Dr. Edgar J. 
represented Agnes Scott at the south¬ Fisher from the Carnegie Endowment 
east regional conference of the Inter¬ for International Peace spoke on the 
national Relations Club held at Win-subjects "New Thinking Necessary 
throp College, Rock Hill, South Caro¬ for Peace" and "Can Europe Be 
lina, February 27-29. This was the Saved?" Dr. Joseph L. Kunz, who is 
tenth regional conference to take a frequent observer at the League of 
place. Nations, spoke on "Science and Art in 
According to Rosa, the high spot of Austria Today," emphasizing the fact 
the convention was the Model League that Austria has never been "nation¬ 
Assembly featured Friday. Students alistic but always internationalistic." 
seated themselves with whatever coun¬ Miss Amy Hemingway Jones, also of 
try they wished and participated in the Carnegie Endowment, led meet¬ 
discussions as representatives of these ings of 1. R. C. representatives in 
countries. The faculty, however, talked which suggestions for club organiza¬ 
so much at the "League" that a reso¬ tion were advanced. 
lution was passed forbidding the fac¬ Next year the conference will meet 
ulty to speak without permission. at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute 
Internationally famous diplomats in Auburn, Alabama. 


The Agonistic 

©l)e Agonistic Financial Affairs 

Reach Crisis

PUBLISHED WEEKLY Cidrfjf 

Owned and published by the students of Agnes Scott College. In State 

Entered as Second Class Matter. 

The Georgia State Treasury is fac¬ 
1935 Member 1936 ing a crisis which promises to become Qassip 
dissociated GoUeftintp P^o interesting history. On February 24 
Governor Eugene Talmadge ordered

STAFF 

dear aggie,

State Comptroller General William B. there were big doings in inman the

Hortense Jones Francis Robinson take it from me. . . . contrary to the

Harrison to leave his position and re¬ other night when our own senior class

Editor Business Manager opinion of our misinformed public, the 

president came of age—with candy,

Carol Hale Elizabeth Blackshear placed him immediately by G. B. Car-studious atmosphere of our campus is 

flowers, telegrams, and a party!

Assistant Editor Advertising Manager reker. Later in the day State Treas¬ being undermined, yes mam, the inside 

Betty Mathis dope (and i have it this time) leads let all of kennedy's suitors profit by

Betty Adams urer George B. Hamilton was forcibly

Makeup Editor me to believe that attention is fast the mistake of a pi kappa phi who

Joyce Roper removed from his office in the capitol

Frances Lee Mary Wright being diverted from mere studies, erred by taking her to his fraternity 
Ass't Makeup Editor and replaced by J. B. Daniel. These house, now he can't get a date with

maybe half the freshmen and many of

Business Assistants

Jane Turner officials were ousted because Harrison the sophisticated sophs can explain this her because his frat brothers have her 

Mary Margaret Stowe 

all booked up.

Feature Editor refused to sign a warrant of $139,000 phenomena by one mr. john bumstead,

Circulation Manager

Jean Chalmers for the State Board of Control, and god's gift to agnes scott. for specific how did dick chase get miss dough-
News Editor Margaret Cooper Hamilton refused to let the money go information arrange for interviews erty to let him in the infirmary? but 

Eliza King Mary Gray Rogers unless the order was signed by Harri¬ with betty adams, olivia root, anne then tommy ruth has been rash, you 

Ass't News Editor Sarah Brosnan son. thompson, bee merril, anna margaret know, charlie wilkerson also had a way 

Ruth Hertzka Circulation Staff 

The ousted Comptroller General in reipma, mary ellen whetsell, ann pur-with miss dougherty. 

Alumnae Editor Elizabeth Blackshear defense of their action said, "No nell, Caroline carmichael, and on down i must close this, darling; next time 
Anne Thompson Sports Editor money shall be paid out of the state the roll, wonder who will be the lucky i will tell vou how meriel bull ac¬ 

Current History Editor Anne Taylor treasury except under appropriation by one? a geranium to her who can settle complished the impossible—she was the 
Bee Merrill Artist law. Only the general assembly may him! on the other hand see margaret reason for four beta kappas' coming to 
Sue Bryan Mildred Davis make an appropriation; the governor morrison, who is rumored engaged to a the phi chi formal at emory!

Society Editors Book Editor has no power to do so. The governor med student, for data on how to tie a gabbily yours, 
may suspend the Comptroller General male down.

REPORTERS giddy. 
Frances Castleberry Mary Lillian Fairley only when he has trustworthy infor¬ word comes to me that our dean is 
p.s. i understand that pi kappa al¬ 

Myrl Chaffin Kathryn Hoffman mation that he is insane, or has ab¬ thinking of prohibiting skating be¬ 

phas and sigma chis rate at agnes scott.

sconded, or grossly neglects his duties, cause of the danger, i can't decide

Elizabeth Cousins Mary McCann Hudson 

CarolynElliott WinifredKellersberger or is guilty of conduct violative of his whether the pastime is dangerous to p.s. 2 crash! ain't it awful when 

faculty members start breaking glass

GiddyErwin Alice Reins duties, or demeans himself in his office hottentots or to the innocent by-stand


ers—was it dangerous or pleasing to to the doors? another thing that puz¬

to the hazard of the credit of the 

state." the gentleman by whom or around zles me is why mary hull and carolyn

HONOR SYSTEMS ARE NOT DEAD 

The result of these displacements is whom mary willis restored her balance white did not go to the military ball 

IN AMERICAN COLLEGES 

the other afternoon? at athens?

chaos in the financial affairs of the

The organized cheating which was recently brought to light 

state. For a while the Post Office im¬

at the Chapel Hill University of North Carolina has aroused a 

pounded all mail addressed to either

furor of speculation as to the adequacy and efficiency of honor 

the ousted officials, or the state offi¬

systems among colleges. The student government council of Through a Ingenious

cials, or the state offices which they

Chapel Hill uncovered a complete system of espionage and dis¬ 

held. Now, however, it will send mail

honesty headed by an alumnus of the institution. He was a bril¬ Alumnae

addressed to Comptroller General and Needle's Eye

liant member of Phi Beta Kappa who made his living by selling 

the Treasurer to the capitol.

themes and answers to examination questions to undergraduates. 

The banks of Atlanta take the fol¬

He even had paid spies who stole copies of tests from teachers and It is a far cry from a vocal scholar¬

lowing stand: "Our future policy has

sold them to students. The modern girl's difficulty in at¬ 

ship that was awarded to an orphan

been announced. It is unchanged. We

This affair has called forth editorials from papers all over taining that peak of beauty which 

girl by Agnes Scott Institute, to par¬

will have nothing to do with a check

the country asking if honor among college students is dead, specu¬ makes men ask "Who is she?" is great. ticipating in "It Happened One

signed by anyone but the person held

lating as to the practicability of honor systems among colleges. Every newspaper, magazine, and bill¬ Night"; but that is the story of Edith

by the courts to be the legal treasurer

Some ask if the ideals of our universities have not been lowered, (Williams) Maxwell. In 1889 at the

of the state." Washington officials re¬ board tells her something else she has

if the caliber of our students has not become more gross than it 

end of three years of instruction she

fuse to give nearly $17,000,000 federal forgotten—her yeast, her soap, her face

formerly was; others imply that the honor system has been out¬ was required to be in a song recital.

aid highway funds to the state and

grown. cream, her stockings, her hair-wash, or Dressed in a frock given her by the

$3 60,000 grant to the University of

We, of Agnes Scott, who have for a number of years had such her diet. After all, how did Cleopatra traveling companion of the fake Lord

Georgia system because of the muddle

successful experience with the double honor system—the most do it? Beresford, she fainted dead away after

in financial affairs. About $5,000,000

exacting and therefore the most respected of plans—wish to speak singing the first few measures of her

has been withdrawn from local banks

in defense of college honor. song, and was carried off the plat¬

by the Highway Board. Talmadge and feather are to

Our system is not heavy with an excess of burdensome liber¬ Birds of a apt catch form. At the close of the program

Daniel refuse to say what these funds

ties. While giving the student such privileges as make her rely cold. she returned and sang her numbers,

are being used for. An account has 

a great deal on herself, and giving her the responsibility for her receiving vociferous applause.

been opened at the National City Bank

personal honor, our honor system is yet shaped and restricted by She and her husband, who is also a

And then there is the realist who re¬

of Rome in Daniel's name. This is the

such regulations as leave no room for doubt of a student's charac¬ trained musician, are today in Califor¬

only state depository into which the ports that he put his hand on a broken

ter. Such regulations are made for the benefit of the student. nia training the Maxwell Choristers

state can put money and from which it window and felt a sharp pain.

This system has functioned extremely well. whom they taught in small groups in

can withdraw money at present.

The college student has not lost his sense of honor. His ideals their little telescopical apartment of

There are rumors all over the state 

You may be sure that he who laughs

are not impaired. In some cases, perhaps, his sense of values has parlor-bedroom-kitchen and bath when

that individuals and counties are plan¬

been lost'because he has been given too much unregulated free¬ last didn't get the point anyway. they began the school.

ning to seek aid at court in what is

dom; but that can be remedied by a few necessary restrictions. One of their outstanding experiences

believed to be wholesale diversion of

The honor system has not been outgrown; it has, in some cases, "Experience keeps a hard school"— is that of the time when the Maxwells

highway funds. The counties are pro¬

merely been misused. but you can't get a job unless you've were down to their last dollar and got

tecting approximately $2,600,000 due 

a call to MGM to take part in "Smilin'

been there.

them March 25.

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS MEET Thru." That was three years ago and

Legislators are trying to get a con¬ 

since then the major studios have rec¬

ADVANCES WORLD PEACE vention of the state general assembly Talmadge seems so determined to an¬ 

ognized the standard of their work.

Believing that world peace is the greatest problem which our to see if the chaos of financial affairs nex five million dollars of state funds 

Some of the pictures that they have

generation must face, and that concerted opinion and action may cannot be cleared up soon. that we have hopes of his investing ten 

provided the musical background for

be obtained only through centralized organization, we heartily The governor says that this is a cents of the sum in a pocket comb. 

are: "Whom the Gods Destroy," "Mu¬

commend the regional conference of the association of interna¬ scheme to keep him from campaigning 
tional relation clubs, which met last week at Winthrop College. against Roosevelt. It is an interest¬ Complaint of a forlorn lady: "All's tiny on the Bounty," "A Tale of Two 

Cities," and "David Copperfield."

Such conferences both stimulate the interest of the individual ing and unusual situation which will fair in love and war. Why can't we 
clubs and unify the program of the associations as a whole. bear watching closely to the solution. all be fair?" 

During the summer of 1934 in

At the conference lectures under the auspices of the Carnegie 

Mountain City, Georgia, Charlotte

Endowment for International Peace were given by noted Euro¬ 

Newton, '21, an unemployed librarian

pean diplomats who could not, of course, visit each separate cam¬ Willert's "What Next in Europe?" 

at seized a desire

pus. Delegates heard—and reported back to their clubs—national the time, was with 

to operate a library as a game and not

and international crises described and explained by men who can Gives Solution for Foreign Tangle 

a business. A leading citizen offered

look behind political screens. These speakers tend to bring us into 

The chapters devoted to Germany a room of the abandoned railroad sta¬

closer understanding with Europe by demonstrating that all na¬ Those who heard Sir Arthur Wil¬ 

and her neighbors are especially good. tion which he used for his truck farm

tions have mutual problems to face. lert's lecture at Agnes Scott on Tues¬ 

Although a considerable part of the business. Scrubbing, fresh curtains,

We believe that an intelligent understanding of the govern¬ day evening, March 3, will find his 

book consists largely of historical packing boxes made into attractive and

en¬

ments of the world, their virtues and vices, is necessary to good book, What Next in Europe, as 

facts, opinions of others, and Sir Ar¬ comfortable seats, and shelves made

citizenship. The International Relations Association moves to¬ lightening and as entertaining as its 

thur's observations, the last few chap¬ from donated lumber created an in¬

ward such an understanding. This does not mean that the colleges author's excellent lecture gave them 

reason to expect. ters are devoted chiefly to presenting viting place. The collection included 

are furthering the development of radical anti-American political 

the author's conclusions about the three hundred books. Rent books and

sentiment. Academic circles are not fostering any "isms"; they Sir Arthur, who for twenty-five 

whole situation, especially about the a small line of gifts for sale covered 

are merely trying to discover the unbiased truth about various years has been in close touch with pub¬ 

part which Great Britain must play in expenses of the library.

systems of political economy. The object of the colleges has al¬ lic affairs in England, Europe, and 

leading the way out of European diffi¬ The hundred and seventy-odd bor¬ 

ways been to seek the truth in all phases of life; and the field of the United States, was head of the 

culties. rowers of "Rabun Bookshelf" were a

government is by no means exempted from this search. Through Press Department of the British For¬ 

Sir Arthur Willert's discussion of heterogeneous group ranging from the

such an organization as our International Relations Club, we can eign Office until he resigned in 193 5 

Great Britain's attitude toward the daintily dressed woman from the Clay¬

study the several governments of Europe. We can see their faults for the purpose of traveling unoffi¬ 

United States should prove especially ton Hotel to a boy who had to be sent

and virtues, and we are thus enabled to criticize constructively our cially through Europe to try to ascer¬ 

interesting to American readers. "Nor outside to wash his hands. 

own government. In the discussions at the conference, situations tain the real state of affairs. It is the 

is the average Englishman unaware," The project was not continued, for 

were always considered in the light of how they affect America. observations which he made during his 

says Sir Arthur, "that, just as the no one was able to assume the respon¬

At the conferences of the I. R. C., students learn what youth travels that he sets forth in this book, 

political distempers of Europe will not sibility, and Miss Newton became a

j His attitude is unusually detached.

is doing and thinking; they hear what authorities have to say; 

be cured except with the help of his member of the library staff at the Uni¬

I us

they formulate intelligent opinion. We believe that it will be by He quotes for the opinions of the 

versity of Georgia in September of

such organizations as the International Relations Clubs that there ! people in the countries which he vis-country, so the economic distempers 

. ited—officials, merchants, barbers, stu-of the world are going to continue un¬ 1934.

will be developed in the American student not only a national 

til the United States leads the way Condensed from the Alumnae Quar¬

consciousness, but also an international sympathy and understand¬ S dents, and people from every walk of 

out of them." terly of January, 193 6.

ing which will mark a great step in the direction of world peace. I life. 


The Agonistic 

Boarding Students Buy Candy, 

Fruit Juices, Pickles, and Soap 

Corner Grocery Sells to Both Students and Faculty; Mary Gray 
Rogers Prefers Dieting Foods; Miss Stansfield 
Buvs Blue Sea Tuna Fish 

Motivated by the current interest in foods and diet which has swept the 
campus, The Agonistic inquiring reporter went to the little grocery store 
around the corner to interview the person who knows most about what Agnes 
Scott girls are buying to eat. Ruth Hendon, who helps her father at the 
store, revealed a wealth of heretofore unknown information about campus life. 

Ruth has a number of college customers among both students and fac¬ 
ulty. Mary Gray Rogers is her most regular customer, craving large quantities 
of dieting food including fruit juices and dried prunes. Stump Reid (who 
likes dried peaches and apricots) and Jerry White often accompany Mary 
Gray. Two unidentified customers are a tall, blonde girl, who comes in 

rather seldom and buys party cakes 
and coffee, and a lively brown-eyed, 
brown-haired girl who says she is not 
going to eat candy but does. 

The most usual customer among the 
professors is Miss Martha Stansfield, 
who buys Blue Sea Tuna Fish, Camp¬ 
bell's Tomato Juice, Libby's Pickled 
Peaches, and Kraft's Old English 
Cheese. Just lately "a little lady with 
dark hair" has been making similar 
purchases, so the reporter wondered if 
she might be Miss Muriel Harn, who 
is shopping during Miss Stansfield's 
illness. Mr. J. T. Gillespie comes shop¬ 
ping for household groceries, "but," 
Ruth says, "I've never seen him with 
his wife." 

Ruth sells mostly fruit and candy 
to Agnes Scott. Favorite candies are 
chocolate bars, marshmallows, and 
jelly beans; favorite fruits are bananas, 
apples, lemons, and oranges. Carrots, 
which are popular, are in a class apart. 
She has sold but one loaf of bread and 
two sticks of butter to Agnes Scott 
girls, but daily sells many spreads, in¬ 
cluding jams, jellies, peanut butter, 
relish, mayonnaise, and cheese. Dill 
pickles, sardines, potato chips, yeast 
cakes, are campus weaknesses. 

"Lady of Happiness" 

Tells of Congo Work 

Mrs. Julia Skinner Kellersberger, 
dubbed "Lady of Happiness, wife-ofthe 
-doctor -not-afraid-to-touch-any


body" by the Africans to whom she 
was sent five years ago as missionary, 
spoke in chapel of Agnes Scott College 
on Friday, February 28. Mrs. Kellers¬ 
berger, an alumna of Agnes Scott, has 
recently written a book, Congo 
Crosses, which depicts her life in 
Africa. 

In her talk Mrs. Kellersberger out¬ 
lined her duties, which she described 
as exacting but enriching. She con¬ 
cluded by saying that she wished for 
herself "not a long life, but a hard 

Don't Forget 

MRS. COOPER'S 

for 

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Burnt copper for j gj"),. 

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114 Peachtree St. 
Piedmont Hotel Bldg. 

Agonistic Replies 

To Atl. Journal 

The Atlanta Journal in a recent ar¬ 
ticle praising health programs of 
Eastern universities recommended their 
system to Southern colleges. The Ago¬ 
nistic answers the article by giving 
briefly the program at Agnes Scott. 

Agnes Scott is a member of the 
American Student Health Association 
which has agreed upon the ideal health 
program including physical examina¬ 
tion at entrance and once yearly, ob¬ 
ligatory hygiene and physical educa¬ 
tion classes, scientific supervision of 
food, sanitation, and the sick, as well 
as careful check on the health of ser¬ 
vants. Agnes Scott has also a resident 
physician. Agnes Scott's own program 
has in addition clubs, season sports with 
inter-class tournaments, special pro¬ 
grams for exam weeks, and an annual 
health program in which "Miss Health" 
is elected. 

CLUB NEWS 

French Club 

Jane Thomas, president of the 
French Club, announces a new method 
of tryouts for membership in response 
to invitation. French majors auto¬ 
matically are invited to tryout; other 
French students who make merit 
grades will receive invitations to tryout. 


Scenes from Moliere's Le Malade 
Imaginaire will be the club's presenta¬ 
tion to the Atlanta Alliance Francaise 
on the night of March 16 in the 
chapel. 

Granddaughters Club 

Granddaughters will bring their 
knitting to a social meeting at the 
Alumnae House on Friday, March 6. 

(Contimied on page 4, column 3) 

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Along the 

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Back-boner-. The story concerns one 

of our prominent Phi Beta Kappas who 
was recently be¬ 
sieged by a mys¬ 
terious young man 
who called her 
each day, but re¬ 
fused to divulge 
his identity. At 
length, after 

much debate (she goes in for argu¬ 
mentation), the young lady consented 
to see her unknown admirer. He 
came; he was an earnest young chiro¬ 
practor—awfully earnest. Need we 
add that the prominent Ph. B. K. sent 
him home before 10:30? Moral: all 
blind dates should be killed at birth. 

Seen across the quadrangle: Mary 
Johnson showing a sophomore how she 
can say "bee" and "vee" at the same 
time without biting her tongue 
A pair of gaudy castanets followed im¬ 
mediately by Alice Cheeseman . . . 
Eager botany student looking every¬ 
where for a square root . . . One of 
the Croft twins (if not Lulu, most as¬ 
suredly Lillian) showing her I. G. 
class how she trucks ... A senior votmg 
m the election of the sophomore

editor. 

Marma laid to rest: Stark tragedy 

has visited our campus in the form of 
the death of Marmaduke 
the 
Mocking Bird, 
who fell from the 
pine outside the 
library and broke 
hisneck. Ne 1 1e 
Scott conducted 
his funeral services with all the pomp 
and ceremony due his high calling (he 
reached high C in his prime). Who 
would have thought that Martha Fos¬ 
ter could qualify as the grim weeper? 

Startling facts! . . . 

"The great handicap of the deaf 
child is probably his inability to hear 
what other people say." p. 418, Psy¬ 
chology by R. S. Woodworth. 

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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 
Inscriptions for New Library 

Come from Variety of Sources 

John Milton Contributes Quotation for Main Reading Room; 
Library Committee Chooses Thirteen Quotations 
From Works of All Ages 

The wisdom of noted writers of all the ages has contributed appropriate 
and inspirational inscriptions for the new Agnes Scott library. The Bible, 
The Book of Common Prayer, Latin works, Greek philosophers, Milton, Shakespere, 
Bacon, and Thoreau are the sources of the thirteen quotations which 
will be inscribed in suitable places in the new building. The selection for the 
main entrance is "Nutrimentum Spiritus." Over the mantel in the main 
reading room will be "Beholding the bright countenance of truth in the quiet 
and still air of delightful studies" from Milton. 

The remaining quotations will be on the concrete beams in the lobby. 
Of these, three will be written in Greek. The translations for these quo¬ 

Miss Gooch to Read 

Shakespearian Play 

Miss Frances K. Gooch, head of the 
Spoken English Department of Agnes 
Scott College, will give a dramatic 
reading of the principal scenes from 
Shakespere's Much Ado About Noth¬ 
ing in the chapel, Friday night, March 
6, at 8:30. Miss Gooch read many of 
the scenes of this play when she re¬ 
ceived her diploma at the graduation 
exercises of the School of Expression in 
Boston. Since then she has memorized 
the whole play and has read it a num¬ 
ber of times, one of which was for the 
Atlanta Drama League. 

"The modern community is at last 
thoroughly agreed that the young 
must be kept separate from habitual 
criminals." p. 79, The Adolescent by 

J. J. Findlay. 
"Many problems have been solved; 
many remain to be solved." p. 13 2, 
Personal Hygiene Applied by J. F. 
Williams. 
"There are two general classes of 
women—those who are wives and 
mothers and those who are not." p. 95, 
The Adolescent. 
"The sun bath indicates, by its 
name, that the body may be bathed 
without water." p. 3 54, Personal Hy¬ 
giene Applied. 

TAYLOR'S PRESCRIPTION 

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tations are: "To the wise nothing is 
foreign" from Antisthenes; "They who 
have torches will pass them to each 
other" from Plato; and "A learned 
man has always riches within him¬ 
self" from Phaedo. The others on the 
beams will be: "The truth shall make 
you free," "The fear of the Lord, that 
is wisdom," "Happy is the man who 
findeth wisdom," from the Bible; 
"Read, mark, and inwardly digest" 
from the Book of Common Prayer; 
"For wisdom's sake, a word that all 
men love" from Shakespeare; "Read 
not the Times; Read the Eternities" 
from Thoreau; and "Seek ye first the 
good things of the mind" from Plato. 

Suggestions Considered 
With seven large books of quota¬ 
tions available in the Agnes Scott li¬ 
brary, and with numerous suggestions 
from the faculty, the library commit¬ 
tee still had a hard task in choosing 
the inscriptions. The choice depended 
not only upon appropriateness but also 
upon brevity because of limited space. 

Among the quotations discarded at 
the last were lines from other great 
writers, including Longfellow, Jonson, 
Cicero, and Seneca. 

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you get the benefit of taste, and judg¬ 
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and always smart. What, you don't 
want to follow our advice ? . . . we 
thought so . . . then, go your own way 
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The Agonistic 

Sophomores Stage Upset Fellowship Winner Bert Palmour Presents 
To Defeat Seniors 39-20 Local Program Series 

Lib Blackshear Leads School in 
Scoring for Season With 
83 Points 

Exciting basketball games on 
Wednesday, February 26, and Friday, 
February 2 8, brought to a close the 
winter season of sports at Agnes Scott. 
On Wednesday the sophomores de¬ 
feated the seniors in the season s ma¬ 
jor upset, the final score being 39 to 

20. The juniors defeated the freshmen 
by a score of 16 to 15. 
In Friday's games the freshmen lost 
to the seniors by a score of 3 3 to 19, 
and the juniors defeated the sopho¬ 
mores 41 to 27. 

The lineups for Wednesday were:

Sophomores Seniors

Tribble F. Brosnan

Coit F. Burson

Blackshear F. Strickland

Adams G. ONeal

Kelly G. Symms

King G. Hart

Substitutions—Sophomores : Merrill, Thomp¬ 

son ; Seniors: Handte, Stevens, Foreman.

Juniors Freshmen

Kneale F. Purnell

Stalker F. Dreyfuss

McCain F. Schloss

Thing G. Hamilton

McDonald G. Clegg

Stevens G. Steele

Substitutions—Juniors: Gillespie ; Freshmen:

Furlow, Cuddy.

The Friday lineups were as follows:

Juniors Sophomores

Stalker F. Coit

McCain F. Blackshear

Kneale F. Thompson

Wilson G. Adams

Thing G. Merrill

McDonald G. King

Substitute—Sophomores : Henderson.

Seniors Freshmen

Handte F. ^cii}?ss 

Brosnon F. ^

Stevens F. Purnell

Hart G. Hamilton

O'Neal G. Cuddy

Burson G. Steele

Substitutions — Seniors : Foreman, Derrick ;

Freshmen : Cheeseman, Dreyfuss. 

The entire season was marked by ex¬ 
cellent guarding in all classes. The 
forwards did excellent work as shown 
by the total number of points shot 
during the season. Stevens led the 
senior scoring with 80 points; Kneale 
had 54 points to her credit for the 
season, thus leading the juniors. In 
the sophomore class Blackshear led 
with 83 points, and Garner shot 3 8 
points to lead the freshmen. 

After the varsity-sub varsity game 
on Friday night, the season for outdoor 
sports will begin. Uppermost in the 
interest will be practices for May Day 
—an opportunity for everyone to get 
in a quarter of dancing. 

Miss Wilburn will also have classes 
in golf—one of the best carry-over 
sports. Other sports of this type will 
be offered under Miss Mitchell's su¬ 
pervision. They are tennis, archery, 
and swimming, with emphasis on 
water polo. Miss Haynes' instruction 
in riding completes the plans of the 
gym department's spring season. In 
addition to these supervised sports 
there will be a new opportunity for 
hiking squad tryouts. 

Dr. Opdyke Speaks 

On Art, Layman 

Dr. George IT. Opdyke, authority on 
art appreciation, spoke this morning in 
chapel under the auspices of the 
Carnegie Corporation and the Amer¬ 
ican Institute of Architects. This lec¬ 
ture completed a series of talks which 
Dr. Opdyke has been giving in col¬ 
leges in and around Atlanta on such 
subjects as "The Place Art Holds in 
Education," "Art Appreciation and 
Nature," and "Art Appreciation and 
the Layman." 

Dr. Opdyke, who is author of "Art 
and Nature Appreciation," a textbook 
widely used by American colleges, ap¬ 
proaches art from the standpoint of 
the layman. Stressing this idea, he 
says, "One of the greatest needs in 
America today is a larger conception 
of art; one that extends beyond ex¬ 
terior and interior, to the grounds 
around the home, and to dress and per¬ 
sonal adornment; even to the office, 
store, and factory." 

Student Volunteers Hold 
Conference at Druid Hills 

The Georgia Student Volunteers, 
who will hold their State Conference at 
the Druid Hills Presbyterian Church 
from Friday, March 6, to Sunday, 
March 9, will have as speakers Dr. 
Charles Logan, of China, and Dr. 
Ernest Moreland, of Brazil. Four dis¬ 
cussion groups will consider the sub¬ 
jects, "Home Missions," "Foreign 
Missions," "Christ and International 
Affairs," and "Personal Work." 

Judge Etheredge Talks 
At Agonistic Chapel 

Judge A. B. Etheredge spoke at 
chapel Saturday, February 29, under 
the auspices of The Agonistic. His 
talk involved the organization, func¬ 
tion, and purpose of the Supreme 
Court, "unique to America in its pres¬ 
tige, power, and the respect in which 
it is held." Concerning the judges of 
the Court, Judge Etheredge says, 
"They are men of vast learning, wide 
experience, and an unquestionable 
patriotism." 

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Quenelle-Harrold fellowship. 

LITA GOSS RECEIVES 

HARROLD FELLOWSHIP 

(Contimied from Page 1) 
graduate study in some institution ap¬ 
proved by the academic council. This 
is the only scholarship for graduate 
work that Agnes Scott offers. 

Lita, who plans to do graduate work 
in English at Radcliffe in Cambridge, 
Mass., is editor of the Aurora, campus 
literary magazine. She was elected to 
Phi Beta Kappa at the February an¬ 
nouncement. She is a member of Eta 
Sigma Phi, of Poetry Club, and of B. 

O. Z.; and she has made the honor roll 
for the past three years. 
CLUBS (Continued from page 3) 

Blackfriars 

Blackfriars met Tuesday night, 
March 3, at 7 o'clock in Miss Gooch's 
studio. Several members presented a 
play of the Reformation under the 
supervision of Frances James. 

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Classical Society students Give Talks On Life at 
*1 . /-» il/t i College Before Groups of 
Admits 6 Members Atlanta gihs 

Eta Sigma Phi, national honorary 
classical society, under the direction 
of Professor Catherine Torrance, an¬ 
nounced the election of six new mem¬ 
bers during the week of February 12. 
Nell Allison, Mildred Davis, Frances 
Lee, Gwendolyn McKee, Enid Middleton, 
and Miriam Talmadge are the new 
members who were installed at the 
ceremony last Friday night at 5:30 in 
the Day Student Room in Main. 

Immediately following the initiation 
was the society's annual spring ban¬ 
quet held at the Elite Tea Room in 

Decatur. Dr. George P. Hayes, dis¬ 
cussing humanism and Cicero, was the 
principal speaker. He said that the 
central virtue of Cicero's humanism 
was the "nothing too much of Greek 
philosophy and literature." Professor 
Hayes concluded that the method of 
humanism is "not to repudiate the age 
in which one lives but to render it 
more complete by supplying it with 
elements essential to the higher nature 
of man." 

A. Saye of Georgia Wins 
Lewis Beck Scholarship 
Albert Saye of the University of 
Georgia was the winner of the Beck 
Foundation Award, which is offered 
annually to a student of either the 
University, Emory, or Agnes Scott. 
Mr. Saye will take his Ph.D. in his¬ 
tory at Harvard. 

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Spring Furs in all the latest fash¬ 

ions are now on display at Dixie's 

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220 Peachtree Street 

For the past two weeks Miss Alberta 

Palmour, field secretary of Agnes Scott 

College, has been supervising lectures 

and programs in the high schools in 

Atlanta and the vicinity. On Thurs¬ 

day, February 20, at Druid Hills High 

School, Marcelle Capatti spoke on a 

foreign student's impression of the col¬ 

lege; Ad Stevens gave the serious aims 

of college; and Lib Blackshear told 

about the broadening effects of Agnes 

Scott for an Atlanta girl. 

At Decatur High School Tuesday, 

February 25, Mary Hull told how col¬ 

lege prepares one for a job; Anne 

Thompson gave the advantages of the 

athletic department for day students; 

Mary Smith outlined a model day at 

Agnes Scott; and Lib Blackshear told 

why Atlanta girls should board at the 

college. 

On Friday, February 28, the college 

entertained the seniors of North Ful¬ 

ton High School with swimming, 

basketball games, dancing, and supper 

cooked in the woods behind the May 

Day dell. 

Miss Palmour will bring these local 

trips to a close by putting on a pro¬ 

gram at North Avenue Presbyterian 
| School today, and by showing college1 pictures at Russell High School. 

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VOL. XXI AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1936 

Wesley, Bush 

Leads in Blackfriars ((Bridal Chorus" 

Avery, Traber 

Complete Cast 

Blackfriars Pick Outside Actors 
For Masculine Roles in 
"Bridal Chorus" 

The completed cast of "Bridal 
Chorus," the play which the Black¬ 
friars will present on Friday and Sat¬ 
urday nights, March 20 and 21, is as 
follows: 

Mrs. Kate Perry—Alice McCallie 
Martha Jane Perry—Carrie Phinny 
Latimer 

J. R. Perry—Luther Carroll 
Willie Gresham—Tom Wesley 
Ellis Bradley—Jimmie Jepson 
Georgia Davis—Elizabeth Cousins 
Bishop Rathbone—Marion Camp 
Dr. Scott—George Bush 
Charlotte Wright—Myrl Chaffin 
Caroline Bell—Kathryn Printup 
Josephine Bennett—Marie Stalker 
Dave Gray—Gene Traber Above are, left to right, Alice McCallie, Myrl Chaffin, Carrie Phinny Latimer, Marie Stalker, Elizabeth Cousins, 

Charlie Wood—Stephen Avery Kathryn Printup, the feminine leads in "Bridal Chorus." 
Stewart Gibson—Jim O'Shields 
Three of the masculine members of 

the cast have played with Blackfriars Concert Stars Student Association Juniors List 
before: Luther Carroll, who acted last 
year in "You Never Can Tell," Jim Grace Moore Will Meet Here Banquet Dates 
O'Shields, and Tom Wesley, both of 

Grace Moore, the last of the artists March 27-29

whom were in this year's performance Over sixty juniors, with their dates, 
of "Mr. Pirn Passes By." Those who in the Ail-Star Concert Series, will ap¬ will be the guests of Mortar Board at 
are new to Agnes Scott theatricals are South Sends Seventy-Five Dele¬

pear in concert at the Fox Theater, the annual Junior Banquet Saturday,

Gene Traber. a senior at Tech, Stephen gates To S. I. A. S. G. March 21. The date committee, head¬

Thursday evening, March 19, assisted

Avery, a former member of the Emory Conference ed by Barton Jackson, has completed

by Marcel Hubert, violoncellist, and

G'ee Club; George Bush, a graduate the list of escorts, which follows: 

well for acting and Gibner King, pianist. Eloisa

of Yale, known Seventy-five delegates representing Alexander—Jack Bagwell

radio work, and Marion Camp, who is Miss Moore will sing: "Air de Lia" Cecelia Baird—Warren James

southern colleges will meet at Agnes

prominent in amateur theatricals in 

from "L'Enfant Prodigue," Debussey; Frances Belford—Otis Wragg

Scott College to hold the Twenty-first

Atlanta. 

Edith Belser—Allan Little

"Ouvre Ton Coeur," Bizet; "Valse," 

Annual Conference of the Southern 

Kathryn Bowen—Dick Pyron

Arensky -Koshetz; "Pano Murciano," 

Intercollegiate Association of Student Louise Brown—George Arias

Freshmen Elect 

Nin; "Seguidilla," de Falla; "Aira" 

Governments from March 27 through Mary Buchholz—Charlie Browner 

from "Louise," Charpentier; "There's Millicent Caldwell—George Black

Exec Members 29, during spring holidays.

Not a Swain," Purcell; "The Unfor-Frances Gary—Gordon Taylor

Prominent speakers on the program

seen," Cyril Scott; "Wild Geese," Cornelia Christie—F. E. Hodgdon

Jean Bailey and Emma McMullen, 

of the conference are to be Dean 

Mary Elizabeth Cooper—Mac Keiser

elected to the executive board of stu¬ James H. Rogers; "Who'll Buy My 

Lloyd, Michigan University; Dr. Rob¬ Ann Cox—Gene Brown

dent government by the freshman Lavender?", Edward German; and 

ertson, president of Goucher College; Kathleen Daniel—Wayne Yeager

class at a meeting on Saturday, March "Serenade," John Alden Carpenter. 

Dr. Smart, Emory University, and Helen Dupree—Ralph Anderson

7, will serve as freshman representa¬ Agnes Scott students will leave for 

Dean Dorman, F. S. C. W. Talks by Elizabeth Espy—Paul Flowers

tives for one year. the concert at 7:10 P. M. and go by 

outstanding educational leaders, dis¬ Charline Fleece—Jimmy Haverstadt

Jean and Emma are both members special street cars furnished by the 

cussion groups, a formal banquet, a Michelle Furlow—Bert Smith

of the freshmen cabinet of Y. W. C. A. Georgia Power Company. 

tea, and campus recreation will be fea¬ Annie Laurie Galloway—Judson 
tures of the conference. King

Sir Arthur Reveals Journalistic Skill 

Ad Stevens, president of Agnes Mary Gillespie—Cecil ThompsonScott Student Government Associa¬ Nellie Margaret Gilroy—Glenn

In Conducting Own Casual Interview 

tion, is vice-president of the S. 1. A. Thomas 

S. G., and Alice McCallie, also of Ag¬ Judith Gracey—Mat Gracey
With the gallantry of an English¬ could forget the contrast between the nes Scott, is to serve as chairman of 

Alice Hannah—Frank Brown 

man and the understanding of a fresh earnestness of the appeal of the 

the convention. Margaret Hansell—Paul Allen

journalist, Sir Arthur Willert kindly young spokesmen with the perfunc¬ All students who remain at Agnes 

Fannie B. Harris—Jimmie Jepson

took his own interview out of the tory sham sentimental oratory to Scott during the spring holidays and 

Martha Flead—James Shealy

l ands of the amateur reporter, and which the conference had been treated the Atlanta day-students are urged to Barton Jackson—David Ponderc-nducted it with finesse, now and by many delegates. It was like a attend the conference meetings and 

Martha Johnson—Joe Tucker

then pausing in his rapid talk to ex¬ breath of fresh air in the dead atmos¬ meet the representatives. 

Mary Johnson—Edgar Pinson

claim, "That's a good line, you know," phere of an unventilated room. The 

Catherine Jones—John Maudeville

md, with an amused smile, "I'm writ¬ tragedy is that the fresh air has not 

Rachel Kennedy—Bob Kennedy

ing the whole interview for you, you yet been spread very far." Emory is Host to 

Mary Jane King—James Shealy

see." In discussing English boys and girls 

Jean Kirkpatrick—Teddy Watson

In discussing his early journalistic as compared with American boys and Phi Beta Kappas 

Mary Kneale—William Stewart

life. Sir Arthur said that he started girls, Sir Arthur said that there is no 

Florence Lasseter—Willis Paulk

before the war with the London Times great difference except perhaps that Seven representatives of the Agnes 

Wayve Lewis—Willis Rosenthal

and worked in Paris, Berlin, Washing¬ the English youth is slightly more Scott Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa were 

Vivienne Long—John McCain 

ton, besides. He was sent to Wash¬ serious-minded than the American, present at the initiation and dinner of 

(Continued on page 3, column 3)

ington to look after the Times' in¬ and that it is "inclined to be impatient the Emory Chapter of Phi Beta Kap¬ 
terests there when he was only twen¬ at the way in which politics are run¬ pa, Thursday, March 5. 
ty-six, as the man who sent him "be¬ ning in dangerous grooves." Mr. Smythe Gambell spoke on the High School Pupils 
lieved in young men;" it was in Wash¬ When asked about the position of subject of "Constitutional Govern¬ 
ington that he first learned to type, as women in the English universities, ment Today." Ten new members Visit At Agnes Scott 
at that time no typewriters were used Sir Arthur, with a sly smile, admitted were initiated into the Emory Chap¬ 
in London. Asked about famous men that he was much interested in that ter, one of whom was Jean Walker, In order to continue and promote 
he had known, Sir Arthur mentioned subject, since he was formerly one of who was a student at Agnes Scott for interest inm Agnes Scott among De-
Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D. the governors of Lady Margaret one year. catur and Atlanta high school stu¬ 
Roosevelt (whose work he considers Hoare, the woman's college at Oxford The Agnes Scott members who at¬ dents, Miss Alberta Palmour, field sec¬ 
very similar), Lord Northcliffe (the and the largest of the women's colleges tended this meeting were Associate retary, entertained thirty-five girls 
inventor of modern journalism), and in England, and that he had only re¬ Professor Emma May Laney of the from Sacred Heart School, University 
Mr. Pulitzer. signed because he had begun to in¬ English department, Professor S. G. School, and Avondale School on Wed¬ 

Asked about the attitude of young crease in weight. (This was the "good Stukes of the education department, nesday, March 4, on the Agnes Scott 
peonle on the continent, Sir Arthur line.") Professor P. G. Davidson of the his¬ campus. 
said that their main characteristic were In his opinion, women are not only tory department, Professor Mary Stuart The entertainment program consist¬ 
a desire for peace and a fear that their tolerated, but even liked at Oxford MacDougall of the biology depart¬ ed of a tour of the campus conducted 
elders might involve them in war. and "are not doing the men any harm ment, Associate Professor Philippa by the sophomores, swimming, dinner 
One of the most impressive demon¬ and may be doing the women some Gilchrist of the chemistry department, in Rebekah Scott, introduction to the 
strations of this attitude, Sir Arthur good." He said that there is a com¬ Assistant Professor Florence Smith of faculty and students, and dancing in 
said, was at the disarmament confer¬ mon social life at Oxford between the the history department, and Miss the gymnasium with the freshmen of 
ence at Geneva in 1932. "No one (Continued on page 4, column 3) Laura C. Colvin, assistant librarian. Agnes Scott. 

NO. 18 

Emory Singers 

Will Sponsor 

A. S. C. Opera 
A. S. C. and Emory Glee Clubs 
To Present A. King, F. Sule 
in "Pirates of Penzance" 

The Emory University Glee Club 

will sponsor the Agnes Scott College 

Glee Club's performance of "The Pir¬ 

ates of Penzance," Gilbert and Sulli¬ 

van light opera, at Glen Memorial 

Church, Saturday Evening, April 18, 

according to a statement made by 

Dick Brumby, manager of the Emory 

Glee Club. The performance will be 

presented on the Agnes Scott campus 

Friday evening, April 17. This is the 

first time in the history of the Agnes 

Scott Glee Club that the light opera 

has been presented off the campus. 

The masculine lead, Frederick, will 
be sung by Frank Sule, tenor, who 
sang the part with an organization in 
New York City last year. The femin¬ 
ine lead will be taken by Augusta King, 
singing the part of Mable. The other 
characters are: Edith, Ruth Tate; 
Kate, Alice Chamlee; Ruth, Amelia 
Nickels; King of Pirates, Eugene Tra¬ 
ber; Samuel, Charles White; Major-
General, Dick Smoot; Sergeants of Po¬ 
lice, Walton Bobo (at the Emory per¬ 
formance), and Don White (at the 
Agnes Scott performance). 

Three of the leading masculine roles 
are being sung by former Emory Glee 
Club men, Dick Smoot, Walton Bobo, 
and Charles White. Other Emory men 
singing in the chorus include: Bealy 

(Continued on page 3, column 2) 

Three Parties 

Fete Freshmen 

The Mortar Board Chapter of Agnes 
Scott College entertained the members 
of the freshman class last week, with 
three parties on Wednesday, Thursday, 
and Saturday evenings from eight un¬ 
til eleven o'clock. 

It has been a custom with Mortar 
Board to give the sophomores a party 
each year, but beginning only with 
last year was the first party for the 
freshmen held, the purpose being to 
acquaint the new students with young 
men of surrounding schools and col¬ 
leges. 

Radios and flowers decorated the 
entire first floor of Main, while the 
day student room was decorated in 
green and white, carrying out the St. 
Patrick's Day theme. The refresh¬ 
ments, ice cream, cake, and coffee, al¬ 
so carried out the color motif of green 
and white. The entertainment consist¬ 
ed of "five minute proms," and games, 
including "whoosa-meesa" and ping 
pong. 

The hostesses for Wednesday were: 
Ann Coffee, Ad Stevens, and Loice 
Richards. Thursday: Sarah Spencer, 
Ruby Hutton, Shirley Christian, and 
Carrie Phinny Latimer. Saturday: 
Frances James, Lulu Ames, Dean Mc-
Koin, and Augusta King. 

M. Clark Again 
Receiv es Prize 

For her "Two Sonnets for Leave 
Taking," Mildred Clark of Agnes 
Scott received the monthly prize for 
the best poem contributed to the 
Poetry Forum of the Atlanta Writers' 
Club in February. 

This is the second time that Mildred 
has won recognition from the Writers' 
Club, having recently tied for first 
place with her sonnet group, "Coun¬ 
try Girl," which will appear in the 
next issue of the Aurora. 


The Agonistic 

itl)C Agonistic 

PUBLISHED WEEKLY 

Owned and published by the students of Agnes Scott College. 

Entered as Second Class Matter. 

*935 Member 1936 
^odoted Collegiate Press 
STAFF 

Julia Sewell Jane Moore Hamilton 
Editor Business Manager 
Cora Kay Hutchins Jane DryfoosAssistant Editor Advertising Manager 
Douglas Lyle 

Mary Margaret Stowe 

Make-Up Editor 

Margaret Cooper

Mary Frances Guthrie 

Mary Gray Rogers

Mary Ellen Thomas 

Sarah I?rosnan 

Feature Editors 

Circulation Managers 
Henrietta Blackwell 

Helen Moses 

Jean Bailey 

Current History

Book-Note Editors 

Louise YoungMildred Coit Alumnae Editor 
Emma McMullen Ann Purnell 

Exchange Editors Society Editor 
Alice Cheeseman Emmy Lou Turck 
Sports Editor Club Editor 

REPORTERS 

Mamie Lee Ratliff Flora McGuire Anna M. Riepma 
Annie Lee Crowell Vera Marsh Aileen ShortleyEstelle Cuddy 

Sara McCain Elizabeth Wheatley

Grace Duggan 

Mary Wells McNeill Elizabeth Furlow

Martha Fite 

Marie Merritt Martha Whigham

Mary Evelyn Garner 

The "Golden Mean" of 

American Democracy 

The "golden mean," which for 
centuries has been determinedly 
expounded by hundreds of teach¬ 
ers, and just as determinedly 
disregarded by hundreds more, 
seems to apply to the present 
controversy in many states over 
the principle of freedom of 
speech in our schools and col¬ 
leges. 

Should professors be allowed 
absolute freedom in their teach¬ 
ings or should they be bound by 
an oath to teach nothing critical 
of the American government? 
The participants in the struggle 
are extremists and refuse to 
admit of any middle ground, re¬ 
fuse to consider any form of 
compromise. The aggressors, ac¬ 
cording to the editor of The Sat¬ 
urday Review of Literature, 
maintain that youth should be 
taught "nothing that was not 
believed in by the last genera¬ 
tion," consequently, that stu¬ 
dents should never be exposed to 
the slightest notion of any doc¬ 
trine hostile to the existing or¬ 
der. Therefore, these conserva¬ 
tives intend to carry their point 
by endeavoring to pass laws re¬ 
quiring all teachers to take an 
oath not to teach any ideas 
which criticize the present gov¬ 
ernment. On the other hand, the 
defendants maintain that stu¬ 
dents should be taught to think 
for themselves and that every¬ 
thing in the way of social and 
political doctrines should be ex¬ 
pounded to them with no regard 
to the established order and long 
tried systems. 

Through their extreme posi¬ 
tions on this question, both op¬ 
posing factions seem to be 
traveling toward exactly the op 
posite goal from the one that 
they both hope to reach—that of 
educating American youth to be 
lieve in American democracy. 
The conservatives do not realize 
that, if students are sheltered so 
completely from all existing po¬ 
litical creeds but that of Ameri¬ 
can democracy, they are more 
likely, when they leave college 
and are exposed to such ideas, to 
swallow them immediately with 
the natural relish for something 
new and forbidden. On the other 

hand, the more liberal agitators 
do not stop to consider that if 
young people have no criterion 
of standards with which to meas¬ 
ure their ideas they are likely 
to accept whatever their teach¬ 
ers think, even though left to 
think for themselves, and if a 
teacher is allowed absolute free 
dom, he may impose upon stu 
dents biased personal convic¬ 
tions. 

Therefore, we, the students 
for whose benefit all this agita¬ 
tion is carried on, and of whose 
opinion no one seems to take any 
notice, advocate a happy me¬ 
dium. We believe that if politi¬ 
cal and social doctrines are 
neither hidden from our eyes 
nor thrust down our throats, but 
presented to us equally and im¬ 
partially, we are much more like¬ 
ly, as we are really (though 
young), sane and responsible 
people, to choose the democratic 
middle course — the present 
American government. 

The Ten 

O'Clock Scholar 

To reprove full-grown and re¬ 
sponsible people on such a fun¬ 
damental subject as behavior in 
chapel may seem foolish and un¬ 
necessary, but to regard this 
subject in such a light as many 
of these people do, seems even 
more foolish and even more un¬ 
necessary. It is positively sim¬ 
ple-minded to go to chapel "when 
you don't want to and when you 
don't have to," and when the 
only thing you do is disturb other 
people. 

Even if those who commit 
such folly are not willing to con¬ 
sider the question of irreverence 
and the discomfort of others, 
they might be induced to con¬ 
sider their own well-being. After 
all, in chapel one can not talk 
and laugh with perfect freedom, 
and it would be much pleasanter 
to remain elsewhere, so as to 
converse with friends with great¬ 
er ease. Also, chapel is not a 
convenient place to send notes, 
and communication is much 
simpler outside. The atmosphere 
in chapel is not particularly con¬ 
ducive to concentrated study, 
and one could prepare for that 
ten-thirty class more quickly 
and thoroughly in the seclusion 
of one's own room. The thorough 
reading of letters is also not par¬ 
ticularly facilitated by being 
done in chapel. In fact, almost 
any other spot on the campus 
would be more pleasant, not to 
say more suitable. 

If you must talk and laugh, do 
it elsewhere on the campus; if 
you must study and read letters, 
do it in your room. But, if there 
are times when the talking and 
laughing can wait, when the 
studying is done, when the let¬ 
ters are read; if there are times 
when you can feel hushed and 
reverent, when you can feel the 
need of a quiet prayer, when you 
can be moved by the sound of 
music or stirred by the solemn 
beauty of a hymn, THEN come 
to chapel. 

NOTICE 
Tomorrow, March 12, from 4:3 0 
to 6:00, Y. W. C. A. will enter¬ 
tain informally at a Saint Patrick's 
Day party in the gym. The enter¬ 
tainment, directed by Marie Stalker, 
will consist of a program and 
games. The entire college commun¬ 
ity, both students and faculty, is 
invited to come and "wear a touch 
of green." 

Spanish Communists Stage 
Uprising Against Republic 

The breakdown of constitutional 
guarantees has been very noticeable in 
the history of the Spanish Republic 
during 193 5. At the end of that year, 

Spa n was in a state of political un¬ 
certainty. The Left was brought 
around to a sense of "the danger to 
the Republic" by the aggressiveness 
and evidence of the Right's military 
program. The country was uneasy, 
each party fearing and suspecting the 
other. 

Some weeks ago, a demonstrative 
uprising occurred in Spain, in place of 
the election that was expected to be 
calm and uneventful. Very recently, 
the Spanish Communists were burning 
down churches; Papal Munico was 
trying to do something with the Re¬ 
publican Premier, Azana; and the Gil 
Robbu crowd has revealed in its news¬ 
paper that the Proletariat in Spain re¬ 
ceive yearly over $200,000 of Russian 
money. There have occurred many 
Spanish marches of mobsters, waving 
red flags and shouting, "Down with 
Fascism!" The climax of a week of 
rejoicing was reached when a general 
amnesty was issued which released 
about 30,000 political prisoners. Since 
the release of these prisoners, they 
have, accompanied by other Spanish 
mobs, marched through Madrid sing¬ 
ing the Internationale, and uncertainly 
shouting, "Long live Russia!" 

Since these demonstrations have oc¬ 
curred, Spain has been in an even 
greater unrest than before. The trains 
are packed with fleeing people—dukes, 
marquises, and millionaires. The ter¬ 
ror of the people is shown by Juan 
March and the Marquesa de Fernon 
Nunez. Juan March, a political graft¬ 
er, is now quite terrified, who, a few 
weeks ago, was making no secret of his 
offer to sell to the highest bidder the 
Governorship of a Spanish province 
and all its seats in the Cortes. He 
realizes the uncertainty of his position. 
It seems that the Duquesa de Fernon 
Nunez is equally frightened. The 
Duchess tried to leave the country; 
but she found that she would not be 
allowed to go to France, unless she 
first gave up her great string of pearls. 
Therefore, the Duchess was forced to 
leave her pearls with Spanish frontier 
guards "for safe keeping." These in¬ 
cidents typify the conditions existing 
in Spain at the present time. 

If Premier Azana, who is now look¬ 
ed upon as a moderate liberal, wishes 
to establish friendly relations with the 
conservative Catholic Republicans and 
use them in Parliament to check the 
zeal of the extreme Lefts in order to 
bring about a Marxist transformation 
of regime, he must break with Caballero, 
a Socialist leader; and he must 
firmly hold back the Catalon separat¬ 
ists. Premier Azana realizes that he 
stands on dangerous and insecure 
grounds. What will he do to once 
more unify the Spanish Republic? 

—Helen Moses. 

We extend sincere sympathy to 
Miss Janef Preston for the loss of. 
her beloved cat, "Grandpa." 
"Grandpa" was not just a cat; he 
was a member of the college com¬ 
munity. This sleek, aristocratic 
creature with a soft black and white 
coat and beautiful green eyes was 
often to be seen playing in the 
Alumnae Garden with his "Older 
Friend," only a little less sleek and 
aristocratic than himself. "Grand¬ 
pa" was personally acquainted with 
many of the girls, who loved and 
petted him, and who will miss his 
friendliness in the garden; for al¬ 
though "Older Friend" still plays 
there, he is wild and mistrustful of 
human beings and will never take 
the place of "Grandpa." 

BOOK NOTES 

Treasure Express, Neill C. Wilson. freedom, a liveliness, and a pictures-

McMillan. $2.50. 

queness, which makes his book enter¬ 

Gold! That electric word sent a 

taining, and he has enough of the west¬ 

thrill of excitement through the most 

ern "flavor" to create a perfect at¬ 

unexcitable, in the days of '49. The 

mosphere for his tales. Treasure Ex¬ 

country round about poured itself into press is the type of book you like to 
the West, and California soon swarmed 

pick up, read a little, and put down 
with gold-hungry adventurers,—pig-again, and whoever has a chance to 

tailed Chinese, Hawaiians, South a hair


do just that will enjoy many

Americans, Mexicans, New England-raising lark in the old West. 
"rs, Southerners, Western pioneers. 

The House in Paris, Elizabeth 

Madly they rushed to the West,—and Bowen. Alfred Knopf. $2.00. 
once there, sadly they longed for Although Elizabeth Bowen has been 
home. Before long, those hardy, home¬ writing excellent books for a number 
sick pioneers came to ask of life but 

of years, she has been more or less 
two things: gold and mail, and how shunned by the reading public because 
they got both is told by Neill Wilson her novels have been written in a glit¬
in Treasure Express. tering, cold light of intellect. Her 

Treasure Express is the story of the latest, however, The House in Paris, 
epic days of the Wells Fargo com¬ descends "not like a hail of sleet, but 
pany, a sort of combination bank and a gentle dew"; and the reader feels 
express agency. In the old stagecoach that he has been, for a time, submerged 
days, the Wells Fargo sent rattling in and surrounded by the very sym¬ 
across the mountains unnumbered pathy evoking gropings and emotions 
stagecoaches laden with money and experienced by real, if somewhat mud¬ 
mail, stagecoaches whose drivers dled, people. 
thought nothing of being attacked by A little boy waits in vain all after¬ 
bandits, assaulted by Indians, washed noon in a strange house in Paris for the 
oft the trail by mountain floods, top¬ mother whom he has never seen. He 
pled off the side of cliffs by the does not know of his past, but this the 
wind, or delayed for weeks by the reader is told in a second portion of 
weather. The mail had to go through, the book which traces how Karen, a 
and it did. lovely English girl, becomes involved 

in an affair with the fiance of her

j Such is the picture created by 

French friend, Naomi, and how fol¬

Treasure Express. The whole book is 

lowing her lover's suicide and the

composed of a series of Western yarns 

birth of her son, she allows him to be

about the old stage coach. There is no 

adopted by some Americans living in

particular connection between any 

Italy while she marries her own long-

two—they sound like the most fan¬ 

put-off fiance. The last part of the

tastic wild west show; but they create 

book returns to her son in Paris and

a colorful and unforgettable picture of 

the meeting between him and his step¬

primitive American transportation. 

father after his mother has so bitterly

The author's style has a certain easy 

disappointed him. 
Chemistry Students Edit Iq two hundred and fifty pages, 
Elizabeth Bowen has packed a whole

Analysis ofFeminine Charm 

philosophy of life, a whole field of 
psychology, with a background of

Accomplishing the heretofore im¬ 

skillfully misty descriptions.

possible task of pinning women down 
and making definite statements con¬ 
cerning those ephemeral creatures, the 

Alumnae of 1935

"Purple and White" has published a 

"Chemistry of the Fairer Sex": 
Symbol: WO. Marie Simpson is to be married to 
Member of the human family. Mr. Guv W. Rutland, Jr. The wed¬ 
Specific gravity: Variable. ding will take place in the First Bap¬ 
Molecular structure: Exceedingly tist Church of Atlanta on April 16. 

variable. Mr. Rutland is the president of the 
Occurence: Can be found wherever Atlanta Motor Convoy Company. 
man exists. Dorothy (Bell) Dillard is living at 

Physical properties: All colors, sizes, 304 McDonough St. 
and shapes. Generally appears in dis¬ Anne Scott Harman and Dorothea 
guised condition; natural surface rare¬ Blackshear are working in the W. P. 
ly free from extraneous covering of A., Anne Scott Harman in the sta¬ 
textiles and film of grease and pig¬ tistical department and Dorothea 
ment. Melts readily when properly Blackshear in the recreational division. 
treated. Boils at nothing, and may Fidessah Edwards is living with her 
freeze at any moment. Ordinarily aunt in Columbia, Miss. 
sweet, occasionally sour, and some¬ Mae Duls is living at 2217 Que St., 
times bitter. N. W., Washington, D. C. 

Chemical properties: Exceedingly Frances Espy is in Atlanta, at 917 
volatile, highly inflammable, and dan¬ St. Charles Avenue, N. E. 
gerous in the hands of an inexperi¬ Carolyn Cole works for the Savan¬ 
enced person. Possesses great affinity nah Electric Company. 
for gold, silver, platinum, and precious Eva Poliakoff is in charge of the 
stones of all kinds. Capable of ab¬ campfire girls of Atlanta. 
sorbing astonishing quantities of ex¬ Leonora Spencer is taking a business 
pensive foods and beverages. Reacts course in Columbia, S. C. 
violently when left alone. Turns green Hester Anne Withers is teaching 
when placed next to a better appearing sixth grade in a country school near 
specimen. Ages rapidly. Waynesville, N. C. 

THE DECATUR LINE 

Transportation may be a useful 
thing and all that, but it can cause a 
lot of trouble, too. For instance, Miss 
Bee Miller—can it be too much trans¬ 
portation or too little of the easy kind 
that makes her take off her shoes when 
she eats? Miss Scandrett, too—she 
must have been transported to some 
far away place the other day in chapel 
—those yawns, you know. 

Now Mutt Fite knows how to turn 
her street car transportation to good 
account. Pretty soon she should be 
able to afford a taxi, if she goes into 
comedy at the suggestion of the totally 
strange lady and her husband who had 
watched Mutt's antics on the way to 
town one day. Dean McKoin, self-
centered one, has transported her¬ 
self up and down the hall to the tele¬ 

phone every day lately. Isn't his name 
Harold? 

Last week the freshmen certainly 
did some tall transporting of men at 
the Mortar Board parties. One air-
minded dental college student told 
Cora Kay Hutchins "to have a wing," 
and she innocently replied that she 
"liked the neck better." The key to 
The Agonistic room has had some 
high-minded transportation these last 
days—in the back of Julia Seweil's 
hair! Giddy Erwin again takes the 
prize! She, out of soap and unable to 
borrow any, was seen transporting a 
box of Super Suds to the bath tub the 
other night. "It was so exhilarating!" 
she said. 

All off! The battery's burned out. 


The Agonistic 

Campus Prowler

Profs Lay Bare Carpenters. Bricklayers and Steel Workers 

Romantic Past Spy on Agnes Scott from Behind Blueprints Has Inside Dope 

Although in classes they grill us 
And when we are dumb they chill 
us; 
Our profs are quite harmless, 
And by no means are charmless 
For the tales of their romances thrill 
us. 

This is how our president d'd it! 

He had a blind date and was so suc¬ 

cessful that he persuaded the young 

lady to make the date permanent. 

Mr. Wright's first meeting with his 
future wife happened in a similar man¬ 
ner. At the time Mr. Tart met his 
better half he thought her too "highschooly," 
but soon changed his opin¬ 
ion. Another of our professors, Mr. 
Raper, was out visiting friends when 
he first saw Mrs. Raper. 

While Mr. Hayes was visiting in 
France a girl whom he had met in 
America, he was introduced to her sis¬ 
ter, the present Mrs. Hayes. 

Mr. Stukes used to chaperon a Hot¬ 
tentot until he at last secured permis¬ 
sion to be her lifelong chaperon. 

As for Mr. Johnson, his wife had 
been his accompanist, and he said when 
she left Agnes Scott to teach in Mon¬ 
roe, "I went down there to get her to 
accompany me, and she has accompan¬ 
ied me ever since." 

It was while he was teaching at 
Emory that Mr. Christian fell in love 
with one of his pupils. The first time 
Mr. Holt saw his future wife was when 
into his chemistry class walked a girl 
with big, brown eyes. Mr. Cunning¬ 
ham confessed that he wished he had 
known of his future marriage with one 
of his high school pupils, so that he 
could have bossed her a little, "For," 
he said, "I've never had the chance 
since." Mr. Dieckmann taught his wife 
piano. When asked if it was a case of 
love at first sight, he replied, "Oh, 
indeed!" 

But Mr. Gillespie firmly declares 
that with him it was not love-at-firstsight. 
He didn't seem slow, however, 
for, after graduating from Columbia 
Seminary in South Carolina at 5:00 
o'clock one afternoon, he got married 
the next morning. He would have 
married sooner, he said, if there had 
been an earlier train. 

A little boy and girl ten years old, 
met at their music school and became 
sweethearts for life—Mr. and Mrs. 
Robinson. 

On the subject of his marriage Mr. 
Davidson's comments were censored, 
so there remain only the bare facts. 
He met the present Mrs. Davidson 
when both were freshmen at the Uni¬ 
versity of Mississippi. 

Oh, Romeos, wherefore art thou our 
Romeos!!! 

nr »'

owing 

into Spring 

With a waa-hoo! Think 
of those dances, those 
dates and those days of 
fun ahead — and then, 
think of all those at¬ 
tractive and delightful¬ 
ly different fashions 
you know you'll find at 
Leon's. What are you 
waiting for? 

LoHroRiiN 

US-27 PCACHTRCE 

From the height of temporary tow¬ 
ers and newly-built stairs and from 
the depth of freshly-dug ditches and 
from behind piles of brick and stones, 

seventy noisy workmen have been ob¬ 
serving Agnes Scott's daily life for 
many a hammering month and have 
decided that Agnes Scott girls are 
"beautiful" and "well-behaved" and 
even that they "would like to live 
here" themselves. 

An Italian who speaks four lan¬ 
guages is Corada Gubanna, the brick 
foreman, who 
talks with a slight 
but telling accent. 
When he came to 
the United States 
in 1914, he knew 
Italian, Slavic, 
and Furlan (a dia¬ 
lect of French and Italian), but not a 
word of English. In two years he could 
speak and understand English, but he 

EMORY SPONSORS OPERA 
(Continued from page 1, column 5) 
Smith, Howell Green, Harold Dobbs, 
John Austin, and Leland Mackey. 
The chorus consisting of members 
of the Glee Club and singers from 
Atlanta and Decatur includes: 
Caroline Armistead—John Houck 
Jean Caldwell—Harold Dobbs 
Maxine Crisler—George Hayes 
Sara Jones—Guy Chappell 
Florence Lasseter—Bealy Smith 
Mary Malone—Paul Carroll 
Rose Northcross—Marion Bullard 
Mary E. Perry—John Austin 
Frances Wilson—Jean Powell 
Virginia Wood—Wilson Davis 
Jean Barry Adams, Mary Hull, sub¬ 
stitutes. 
Jane Moore Hamilton—Walton 
Bobo 
Rachel Kenedy—Frank Hagwood 
Virginia Kyle—Philip Davidson 
Lettie McKay—Leland Mackey 
Rosa Miller—Tom Hicks 
Annie Newton—Jack Smoot 
Mary Alice Newton—Don White 
Hortense Norton—Howell Green, 
Jr

-
Jessie Query—Stephen Rives 
Frances Robinson—Raymond Stan¬ 
ley 
Frances Steele—Alexander Blair 
Sara Beaty Sloan 

•f*❖*5* .J. g. .j. 
Compliments of 

BURSON'S SHOE STORE 

307 E. College Avenue 

I still says, "I suppose I will be learning 
'American' all my life, because a for¬ 
eign-born cannot ever learn to speak 
without the accent." However, Mr. 
Gubanna declares that he "thinks in 
English but figures in Italian," be¬ 
cause of the difference in standards of 
measure. Waving his long folding rule, 

j he says that though there are differ¬ 
ences in other things, "there is no dif¬ 
ference whatsoever in Italian and 
American girls!" This brick foreman 
held the same position on the building 
of the Bucher Scott gymnasium, and 
is therefore an authority on Agnes 
Scott. And with great enthusiasm he 
said, "I think the world of Agnes 
Scott." 

Another foreman, waving blueprints 
as big as himself, manages twenty-five 
steel workers as he expounds his views. 
This James W. 
Webster stated 
that the new li¬ 
brary will be an 
unusually fine 
building because 
it is "well -plan¬ 
ned and well con¬ 
structed." This small man in a 
lumber jacket had definite ideas 
about Agnes Scott girls. "They are 
very different from the girls in town," 
he states. "Naturally the men on the 
job notice the girls and they have all 

JUNIORS LIST DATES 

(Continued from page 1, column 4) 
Isabel McCain—Bill Brown 
Frances McDonald—Gaywood 

Moore 
Mary Malone—Jack White 
June Matthews—John Allgood 
Enid Middleton—Ralph Waldrop 
Erna Mae Mohns—Bill Sulzhy 
Mary Lib Morrow—Dizzy Botsell 
Pauline Moss—Bill Carr 
Rose Northcross—Dick Fickett 
Ellen O'Donnell—Tommy Flynn 
Kitty Printup—Albert Spivey 
Isabel Richardson—Joe Burton 
Marjorie Scott—Jack Calhoun 
Nell Scott—Aaron Rose 

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Extends a special 
Invitation to Agnes Scott 
girls to 
Join the Merry Crowd 

THURSDAY NIGHT 
MUSIC BY KIRK DeYORH 
AND HIS ORCHESTRA 

commented on the fact that you girls 
tend to your business and are not cur¬ 
ious like the girls in town and the 
students at other schools." Another 
epithet he applies to Agnes Scott girls 
is "well-behaved." All in all, Mr. 
Webster thoroughly approves of Agnes 
Scott, saying, "I'd like to live here my¬ 
self." 

A big man in striped overalls runs 
his fingers 
through his snow-
white hair and 
says that he had 
helped build the 
old library and 
Inman. He is Mr. 
Nisson, the car¬ 
pentry foreman. "It was in about 
1910, as far as I recollect, that we 
built the other library," he drawls. His 
opinion is that this building is a vast 
improvement over the old one, al¬ 
though there have been scarcely any 
changes in carpentry. But the great 
changes have been in the way the girls 

here look. "They didn't have short 
hair, and they wore long skirts when 
I worked here before." But with true 
tact, he states, "As far as their looks 
are concerned, you girls always look 
good." 

So take courage, young women, take 
courage! At least the carpenters think 
Hottentots are pretty and well-behaved! 


Virginia Stephens—Nicky Kaye 
Martha Summers—Willard Lam


bertson 
Alice Taylor—John Hill 
Julia Thing—Louie Wall 
Mary Jane Tigert—Lee Belford 
Evelyn Wall—Robert J. Gay 

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There is a man who prowls around 
the campus from 6 P. M. until 5:30 

A. M. and who sees all, hears all, and 
tells nothing! When asked to confide 
a wee bit of scandal, his reply was: 
"I'm not allowed to"—Mr. Robert M. 
Jones, better known as the night 
watchman, thinks Agnes Scott girls 
are "good," mainly because the boys 
they go with are nice and quiet.—He 
has been here six months and has 
twelve more years to go because his 
predecessor Mr. White was here for 
thirteen years, and he shan't be out¬ 
done by Mr. White!—He never goes 
to sleep on the job—reads the Aggie 
after midnight whenever he begins to 
nod—was assistant manager of the 
Douglas Shoe Company in Atlanta, so 
knows how to keep his feet (size 9'/a) 
in good condition—Main is the noisest 
dorm, but one night when walking 
behind Inman, he heard unearthly 
noises, and upon investigation, found 
it to be the freshmen snoring!—has 
had many hair raising and exciting ex¬ 
periences—found Donald Duck, Esq., 
promenading up and down the hall in 
the ghostly hours of the night—when 
asked what his wife thought of his 
work his reply was: "She's red head¬ 
ed."—when asked why he got mar¬ 
ried, he answered, "Well, it's a good 
thing I did, 'cause if I hadn't I would¬ 
n't be working here." 
Margaret Watson—Harvey Fell 
Jessie Elizabeth Williams—J. E. 
Harrison 
Betty Willis—Tom Wesley 
Mary Willis—Bates Smith 
Frances Wilson—G. Barren 

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The Agonistic 

Amidst the pusillanimosity of this 
thin existance rise the substantial col¬ 
umns of the Bucher Scott Gymnasium, 
towering with an enveloping warmth 
and a soothing, come-hither pacifica¬ 
tion. (*) The preceding phraseology 
was composed for the benefit of the 
confused lasses found hiking all over 
the top of the budding new library. 
Really, dear children, the library 
doesn't look like the gym yet (even 
though it may yet) ; and besides, the 
most juvenile freshman knows where 
all Agnes Scott hikes begin—not on 
top the library. We might also make 
this suggestion to the inhabitants of 

Games, who enjoy marching around 

the roof and climbing in Gainesian 

windows. 

In a-ma-zing compliance with the 
above paragraph, several hikes have be¬ 
gun recently from the door-mat of 
the gym. On Monday, March 2, the 
Outing Club sponsored a supper hike 
to Coffee Hill, thus carrying out its 
long established and weatherbeaten 
plans. (Remember? we used to have 
such nasty weather!) Each member 
of the club invited a guest from the 
campus, making a group of about 
twenty hikers, who, after the invig¬ 
orating tramp (wonder who he was?), 
gathered around a crackling fire and 
"cooked grand steaks," and sang lilt¬ 
ing ditties. The whole affair was rus¬ 
tic and romantic. Miss Wilburn liter¬ 
ally breathed that "the woods were 
so pretty!" (Mercy! Miss W., with 
what feeling you uttered them words!) 
Guests attending this feast were: 
Misses Gaylord, Crowe, Jackson, 
Laney, Gilchrist, Griffin, Haynes, 
Mitchell, Anne Coffee, Ann Worthy 

Johnson, and Lucy Hess. 

At the outlandish hour of 5:00 A. 
M., last Saturday there was a particu¬ 
larly exclusive "private" hike to Ice 
Cream Springs, with more steaks and 
a celebration of presents. This pedal 
function was in honor of two birth¬ 
day guests, Helen Handte and Helen 
Ford. A couple of potted azaleas to 
them, and kisses from A. A. | 

And Saturday night at 9:00, a moon-i 
light hike effected itself. So spirited 
were the performances of "Salvation j 
Army" and so lusty the laughs, that i 
some of the masculine guests at the 
Mortar Board parties asked if it were 
freshman night. After making the 
stupendous decision not to crawl under | 
the train at the R. R. crossing (be-| 
cause the train was in the way), the 
girls surrounded numerous ice cones in 
"Big Dec." 

Now in regards the change in gym 
seasons—the freshman editor has been 
complaining about her role as a wood-
nymph in May Day. We think she's 
very fortunate in being able to look 
her part. Don't you think Julia looks 
nimpy? (Miss Christie ought to nimp 

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Flyn t Receives VARSITY DEFEATS SUB-TEAM 

Prize tor Menu IN LAST BASKETBALL CLASH 

our spelling in the bud, n'est-ce pas?) The Hottentot Grocers-Company With a slow, formal beginning, quarter that Stevens started her spir¬ 
. . . Imagine how demure Alice Tavlor surprise award for the best menu sub¬ working up to the overwhelming vic¬ ited shouts which the spectators so en¬ 
and Mary Kneale looked ordering a mitted to the mock concern February tory of varsity by the score of 34-14, joyed. 
"brown jug" in various unconvention¬ 27-28, went to Jeanne Flynt for her the varsity-sub-varsity game got un¬ The last quarter commenced brisk¬ 
al, uncouth establishments, (t) It winning program of three meals a der way at 7:30, Thursday night, ly, Handte and Thing going to the 
seems that the faculty-alumnae bas¬ day, judged according to caloric value. March 5. This conflict terminated the floor early. Garner and Handte made 
ketball team is still waiting for its The grocery store, managed by a 1935-36 basketball season. The line¬ some graceful plays. Stalker did her 
prize, the Brown Jug . . . The follow¬ cashier and clerks, was a part of the ups were as follows: best guarding in this quarter. Varsity, 
ing remark is designed solely to evoke health program sponsored by the Ath¬ Varsity Snb-\'ars/ty with growing cooperation and skillful 

letic Association, to stress food and Stevens (7) F. (3) McCain

in your being a "you-can't-keep-your-teamwork, made close but futile at¬ 

nutrition. It encouraged each visitor Handte (6) F. (1) Carmichael

cake-and-eat-it-too" sensation: The big tempts at the goal, losing the ball to

to submit a menu for three meals. The Blackshear (4) F. (3) Derrick

hockey conference at Alabama College, the neat work of the sub-varsity, and

judges of the contest were Ann Tay¬ Garner (1) F.

Montevallo, would have been held at 

lor, Ola Kelly, Esthere Ogden, and Kneale G. Thing allov'ing McCain to make a beautiful¬ 

A. S. C. had not the hockey field been 
Elizabeth Burson. Jeanne Flynt's win¬ Stalker G. Adams ly timed long shot, the last point 

so busy sprouting a new library. How 

ning menu is: Cuddy G. Hamilton scored in the game. While varsity was 
utterly killing!—A hungry athlete has Breakfast G. Taylor fast losing a pass the whistle blew to 

avidly demanded to know why Jeanne 

Orange Juice During the first half Cuddv, Ste¬ close the score at 34-14 in favor of 

Flynte gave us orange sherbet and 

Bacon Toast vens, Kneale made excellent plays. The varsity.

chocolate cake on her Hottentot 

Cheese Eggs varsity team displayed good guarding Though the outcome of the game 

menu. Also she had this suggestion to Coffee Milk ability. After a long pass by the sub-was obvious by the middle of the sec¬ 
make: two banana splits and half a 

Lunch ! varsity, the length of the court, end¬ ond quarter, the sub-varsity showed 

Florentine fruit cake (with almonds), 

Vegetable Soup ing in a short goal, Handte and Ste-brilliant promise of gaining the score. 

or (alternate suggestion) a Power-

Corn Sticks Fruit Salad l vens began a varsity pass just as spec¬ Because the teams were playing to¬ 

House with nine jelly beans and some Cookies Hot Chocolate tacular down the opposite side of the gether for the first time their plays 

. now

prune float . . And to leave Dinner court to end the second quarter with could not be representative of any team 

you with sisterly mention of the jun¬ 

Tomato and Lettuce Salad the score 22-10 in favor of the var¬ cooperation. However, individual playsior rummage sale. Though this sale has Baked Chicken sity. showed plainly the skill of each player. 

no vital relation to the physical educa¬ 

Hot Biscuits Rice and Gravy The second half brought out more

tion department, we merely wanted to 

Peas and Carrots teamwork and livelier playing than the

establish a reason for any misfortunes 

Orange Sherbet Chocolate Cake first. Important plays began when VOGUE says:

you, the seething populace, may now 

Derrick led the sub-varsity in several

be confronting like missing your gym 

AMLLERT CONDUCTS INTERVIEW unsuccessful attempts at the goal and College men with one voice

shoes or sweat shirts, or even your— 

(Continued from page 1, column 2) forfeited the ball by close pass work. "Sport are the

well, if you miss it, its pecuniary value voted clothes 

men and women and that the lectures Following a slippery pass by Thing,

is probably represented in the six dol¬ smartest thing ever conceived

at one college are open to the mem¬ Stalker for varsity began the third [

lars and thirty cents gleaned by Eloisa 

bers of the other colleges, so that the court-length pass. It was during this for a pretty girl."

Alexander and Marie Stalker Saturday 

girls attend the lectures in the men's

morning in "Big Dec." Disregard their r.

to'leges and often have the same tu¬ 

When Shoes Need Repairing

childish pranks and see Julia Thing 

tors.

and Co., like a lady. Don't Forget

After having given out, formulated,

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and arranged his own interview, Sir BAILEY BROTHERS 

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Arthur modestly dismissed his work 

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with a "Well, I hope you can make 

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something out of that," and said good¬ 
bye with a breezy, "It is a lovely day,

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rn't it?" leaving the impression of 
At Knoxville Today 'he knowledge and experience of a Meet Your Friends at 
cosmopolitan, and yet the casual un¬ 

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Elect

Support 

Your King

Mardi Gras 

03)£ 5V0oni0fic 
VOL. XXI AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1936 NO. 19 

SENIORS REVIVE A. S. C. MARDI GRAS 

Class Papers Go to Judges 
As Agonistic Contest Ends 

A. S. U. TO HAVE 
THIRD NATIONAL 

PEACE STRIKE 

The third nation-wide student anti¬ 
war strike has been called this year 
for April 22 by the American Student 
Union. Half a million students all 
over the United States are expected 
to walk out this year to attend stu¬ 
dent meetings protesting war of any 
kind for any reason. 

Concerted effort is being brought 
to bear on college administrations and 
officials in an attempt to enlist their 
aid and cooperation in this mass de¬ 
monstration of student opinion. The 
Union, in planning this year's pro¬ 
gram, has taken into consideration the 
fact that there will be some college 
authorities who will oppose and try to 
stop by force any such meeting on 
their campuses. The opposition of 
these will have little effect in stop¬ 
ping the movement, the Union be¬ 
lieves, and it recognizes that the 
quest for peace is long and arduous. 

In 1934, 25,000 students participated 
in the strike; last year, 175,000 took 
part. The peace mobilization last fall, 
unprecedented in its breadth, is con¬ 
sidered a valuable and indispensable 
educational step toward the strike 
planned for next month. 

—SUPPORT MARDI GRAS— 

A.S.C. Alumna is 
Author of Latest 

Blackfriars Plav 

Blackfriars, dramatic club of Agnes 
Scott College, will present Bridal 
Chorus, a play written by Roberta 
Winter, an alumna, in Bucher Scott 
Gymnasium on Saturday evening, 
March 21, at 8:30 o'clock. Tickets 
are priced at thirty-five cents for un¬ 
reserved seats and at fifty cents for re¬ 
served seats. 

The cast of the play includes Car¬ 
rie Phinney Latimer, Elizabeth Cous¬ 
ins, Alice McCallie, Myrl Chafin, 
Kathryn Printup, Marie Stalker, Jim¬ 
my Jepson, Tom Wesley, Marion 
Camp, Jim O'Shields, Luther Carroll, 
Gene Traber, George Bush, and Steve 
Avery. 

Bridal Chorus is a clever and enter¬ 
taining modern play, the story of 
which is based on one wedding that 
causes three. The Blackfriars' presen¬ 
tation on Saturday night will be the 
first production of Miss Winter's play. 
Miss Frances K. Gooch, head of the 
Spoken English department, is direct¬ 
ing the production. The play will be 
the annual feature of the entertain¬ 

ment for the Junior Banquet on Sat¬ 
urday night, and special prices will be 
made to juniors and their dates for 
seats in a section to be reserved espe¬ 
cially for the juniors. 

—ELECT YOUR KINGDAVIDSON 
BAND WILL 
GIVE CONCERT HERE 
FOR A. S. C. ALUMNAE 

The Davidson College Symphonic 
Band, directed by James Christian 
Pfohl, will give a concert at Agnes 
Scott College on Wednesday, March 
25th, under the auspices of the At¬ 
lanta Agnes Scott Alumnae Associa¬ 
tion. The Davidson quartet will also 
appear on the program. 

The band, now in its third season 
before the public, is making its first 
concert appearance in Atlanta. Because 
of its success in previous seasons, the 
group has been booked for concert en¬ 
gagements in several southern states. 
Mr. Pfohl, the conductor, is director 
of music at Davidson. 

Gay Celebration Will be 

In Gym March 24-April 4 

Popular Songs To Serve As

Miss Cilley Accepts 
Theme; Proceeds Go 
Portugal Position 

To Campaign 
For Summer Session 

Mardi Gras, an old tradition of Ag¬ 
Assistant Professor Melissa Cilley, of nes Scott, is to be revived this year 
the Spanish department of Agnes Scott on March 24, and raised to its old 
College, has accepted a position to 

popular place in campus life. The ac¬ 

teach a course in comparative liter¬ tivities, lasting from March 24 to 
ature at the summer session of the 

April 4, are to center around the 

Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, 

theme of popular songs, and require a 

Portugal during the summer session, 

King, a Queen, and floats. As in the 

which will be from July 20 to August the are in with

past, seniors charge,

30. Courses are offered in five lan¬ 
Lena Armstrong, general chairman. 

guages, Portuguese, Spanish, German, 

Proceeds go to the senior building

French, and English, by native profes¬ 

campaign pledge. 

sors of each country, and special ex¬ 

The carnival program opens on the

cursions are planned for the students 

evening of March 24, with the presen¬

to the Roman ruins of the city, which 

tation in the chapel of kings nominated

is in the central part of the country, 

secretly by each class for the high posi¬

north of Lisbon, and to other points 

tion of King of Mardi Gras. The stu¬

of interest. The university, which 

dents will vote on that evening and the

dates from the thirteenth century, is 

evening following, each vote costing

one of the most outstanding in Portu


one penny. The King then chooses a

gah 

Queen, whose name he conceals until

Miss Cilley has studied at the Uni¬ 

the climax of the festival in the Cos¬

versity of Madrid and taught for 

tume Ball held in Bucher Scott Gym¬

three years at the Colegio Internacional 

nasium on the night of April 4. A

in Barcelona. In the fall of 1934, she 

float parade will accompany the Ball,

published a textbook on the history 

one float being entered by each of the

of Spanish drama, El Teatro Espanol, 

various organizations, bringing the

which is being used in colleges and 

Mardi Gras season to a brilliant close.

universities throughout the United 

SENIORS HEAD COMMITTEES

States and Spain. She has received per¬ 

Senior general committee chairmen

sonal letters from sixty-eight of these 

are: floats, Helen Handte; elections,

institutions, among which are Bryn 

Kitty Cunningham; publicity, Lulu

Mawr, Smith, Wellesley, and Radcliffe 

Ames; refreshments, Mary Margaret

Colleges, Princeton, Johns Hopkins 

Stowe; entertainment, Ellen Davis;

and Columbia Universities, and the 

and decorations, Lily Weeks. Class

Universities of California, Chicago, 

chairmen are: senior, Eugenia Svmms;

New Mexico, and Nebraska. 

junior, Elizabeth Espy; sophomore,

—ELECT YOUR KING— 

Anne Taylor; and freshman, Anne 
Grace Moore Will Purnell. 

The last Mardi Gras celebration 

Sing Here Mar. 19 took place in 193 3, when the members 

of the present senior class were fresh¬

In Last Concert 

men. Elizabeth Forman was king, and 

Lavinia Scott his queen. The fresh¬ 

Grace Moore, Metropolitan opera man float portraying the wedding 
star and screen and radio singer, will scene in Smiling Through won first 
appear in concert at the Fox Theatre place, and second place went to Stu¬ 
tomorrow evening, March 19, as the dent Government with 1 Am a Fugi¬
last of the artists presented this season tive fro?n the Chain Gang. The car¬ 
by the All-Star Concert Series. Spe¬ nival was built around the central 
cial street cars will carry Agnes Scott theme of movies. Songs, nurseryCollege students to attend the per¬ rhymes, and advertisements formed 
formance. the themes of previous celebrations. 

Miss Moore, a soprano, has gained —SUPPORT MARDI GRAS— 
a world-wide reputation through her 

Majority Favors

concerts, her weekly radio broadcasts, 

and her pictures, "One Night of Love" 

Staff Plans for

and "Love Me Forever." Recently she 

completed "The King Steps Out," 

Aurora Election

with music by Fritz Kreisler, another 
of the artists brought here by the All-
Star Series. After singing in American A majority vote in Agnes Scott 
cities, Miss Moore will sail for Europe Open Forum on Thursday, March 5, 
to give concerts in Cophenhagen, accepted the Aurora plan for staff 
Allerup, Stockholm, London, and election proposed by the campus lit¬ 
Paris,, and to appear in opera in Buda¬ erary magazine. This question has been 
pest, Vienna, and Paris. Her appear¬ pending since February 5, when Lita 
ance in London will be for the second Goss, editor of the Aurora, presented 
time in a year, for last spring, at the the plan to the student body in Open 
Royal Opera House, she gave four Forum. The Aurora's new plan for 
performances of La Boheme. King staff nomination went into effect last 
George and Queen Mary heard her sing Saturday in the popular nominations 
at that time. of student officers. 

Marcel Hubert, violoncellist, and The newly-approved Aurora plan is 
Gibner King, pianist, will appear with as follows: The student body nomi¬ 
Miss Moore. Among the selections of¬ nates two juniors for editor, one of 
fered on the program are "Depuis de which must be from the staff, the 
Jour," from Louise; "Air de Lia" from Aurora staff nominates one candidate 
Debussy's L'Enfant prodigue; Sere¬ from the staff. The three nominees 
nade, by John Alden Carpenter; Bi¬ are voted on by the student body, the 
zet's Ourre ton coeur; and Purcell's editorial and business staffs, and the 
There's Not a Swain. editor, the vote of each counting one, 

Other artists who have come to At¬ except the editor, whose vote counts 
lanta this year under the auspices of two. The business manager is elected 
the All-Star Concert Series are Fritz by a similar method, the only differ¬ 
Kreisler, La Argentina, Ruth Slenc-ence being that the business manager's 
zynski, Dr. Hans Kindler and the Na¬ vote, instead of by the editor's, counts 
tional Symphony Orchestra, Nelson two. The business manager may come 
Eddy, and Helen Jepson. The Series from the student body at large. 
is sponsored by the Atlanta Music The election of the editor and busi¬ 
Club and the Atlanta Philharmonic ness manager of the Aurora will take 
Society. place at the regular election. 

Winner, Agonistic Key Elections 
To Be Announced April 3 
In Chapel 

Copies of the four contest papers 
were mailed to the judges on last 
Wednesday when The Agonistic 
class contest closed with the publica¬ 
tion of the freshman edition. The 
points on which the papers are to be 
judged, arranged in order of impor¬ 
tance, include the following: (1) 
news: leads, heads, construction, space; 

(2) features (including scandal col¬ 
umns) : construction, apparent inter¬ 
est, originality, and percentage of 
whole paper devoted to such material; 
(3) editorials and departments: of edi¬ 
torials, apparent timeliness and worth, 
construction, force; of departments, 
worth and originality; and (4) make¬ 
up of the whole paper with special re¬ 
gard to the first and second pages. 
FIVE ACT AS JUDGES 
The judges are this year Miss Ina 
Bergquist, editor of The Radcliffe 
News, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Mr. 
Roger Chase, editor of The Columbia 
Spectator, New York City; Miss Wini¬ 
fred Mallon, only woman on the 
Washington staff of The New York 
Times; Mr. Henry B. Fox, editor of 
The Leon County News and The Bjtffalo 
Press, Centerville, Texas; and Pro¬ 
fessor Henry A. Robinson, of the 
mathematics department of Agnes 
Scott. The judges were asked to have 
their decisions in the hands of the edi¬ 
tor of The Agonistic by April 1. 
The winner will be announced and the 
cup will be presented at The Agonis¬ 
tic chapel on April 3. 
At the same chapel hour, spring 
elections to Agonistic Key will be an¬ 
nounced. Initiation of the new mem¬ 
bers will be held that night and a 
(Continued on page 6, column 2) 

Students to Vote 

On Committee 

A. S. C., Newcomb, 
Randolph Macon in 

Triangular Debate 

The annual triangular debate be¬ 
tween Agnes Scott, Sophie Newcomb, 
and Randolph Macon Colleges took 
place on last Friday evening, March 
13, with Brooks Spivey and Mary Lil¬ 
lian Fairley debating the Randolph 
Macon team at Agnes Scott and Edith 
Merlin and Sarah Catherine Wood de¬ 
bating Sophie Newcomb in New Or¬ 
leans. The subject for debate was Re¬ 
solved, That Congress should be per¬ 
mitted by a two-thirds majority vote 
to override the decision of the Supreme 
Court declaring acts of Congress un¬ 
constitutional. Edith Merlin and 
Sarah Catherine Wood upheld the 
negative side in New Orleans, while 
Brooks Spivey and Mary Lillian Fairley, 
forming the affirmative team, de¬ 
bated Cheney Walker and Virginia 
Hall of Randolph Macon. Nellie Mar¬ 
garet Gilroy of Agnes Scott and Ame¬ 
lia Garber of Randolph Macon were 
alternates. Mrs. Crawford Barnett, nee 
Penelope Brown, '3 2, presided. There 
was no decision. 

The Randolph Macon team debated 
the University of Georgia before com¬ 
ing to Atlanta, and spent last week¬ 
end in Griffin, Georgia. They returned 
to Atlanta to meet the Emory Univer¬ 
sity team in debate on Monday night. 

Sarah Catherine Wood and Edith 
Merlin left Atlanta for New Orleans 
last Thursday evening and returned to 
the College on Monday morning. Shir¬ 
ley Christian accompanied them. 

March 19-20 

, Popular Nominees 

COMMITTEE 
NOMINATIONS 

STUDENT GOVERNMENT 
President—Mary Jane Tigert 
Vice-President—Fannie B. Harris 

House Presidents: 
Rebekah—Frances Wilson 
Main—Florence Lasseter 
Inman—Betty Willis 

Secretary—Laura Coit 
Treasurer—Ann Worthy Johnson 
Student Treasurer—Sarah Johnson 
Student Treasurer—Jean Chalmers 
Student Recorder—Alice Hannah 
Fire Chief—Judith Gracey 

Y.W. C.A. 
President—Isabel McCain 
Vice-President—Betty Hollis 
Secretary—Carolyn Elliott 
Treasurer—Jean Barry Adams 
SILHOUETTE 
Editor—Barton Jackson 
Business Manager—Mary Gillespie 
Advertising Manager—Joyce Roper 
Advertising Manager—Susan Bryan 

AURORA 
Assistant Editor—Jane Guthrie 

THE AGONISTIC 
Make Up Editor—June Matthews 
Assistant Editor—Ruth Hertzka 
Assistant Editor—Hortense Jones 
Assistant Editor—Anne Thompson 
Business Manager—Cornelia Christie 
Assistant Business Manager—Eliza¬ 

beth Blackshear 

ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION 
President—Julia Thing 
Vice-President—Marie Stalker 
Secretary—Frances Robinson 
Treasurer—Bertha Merrill 

POPULAR 
NOMINATIONS 

STUDENT GOVERNMENT 

President—Mary Jane Tigert, Alice 
Hannah, Frances Wilson, Charline 
Fleece 

Vice-President — Mary Jane Tigert, 
Frances Wilson, Alice Hannah, 
Charline Fleece 

House Presidents: 
Rebekah—Betty Willis, Fannie B. 
Harris, Frances Wilson, Mary 
Alice Newton 

Main—Fannie B. Harris, Frances 
Wilson, Mary Jane Tigert 
Inman — Frances Wilson, Julia 
Thing, Betty Willis 
Secretary — Anne Thompson, Laura 
Coit 
Treasurer — Ann Worthy Johnson, 
Laura Coit, Anne Thompson 
Student Treasurer—Cornelia Christie, 
Barton Jackson 
Student Treasurer—Eliza King, Laura 
Coit, Jean Chalmers 

Student Recorder—F ranees Cary, 
Florence Lasseter, Cornelia Christie 
Fire Chief — Mary Buchholz, Mary 

Willis 

Y.W. C.A. 
President—Isabel McCain, Alice Han¬ 
nah, Betty Hollis 
Vice-President — Betty Hollis, Alice 
Hannah, Isabel McCain 
Secretary—Laura Coit, Jean Barry 
Adams, Carolyn Elliott 
Treasurer—Jean Barry Adams, Wini¬ 
fred Kellersberger, Carolyn Elliott 
(Continued on page 5, column 1) 


The Agonistic 

(Sll)c Agonistic 

PUBLISHED WEEKLY 
Owned and published by the students of Agnes Scott College. 
Entered as Second Class Matter. 
Subscription price, S1.25 per year in advance. Single copies, Sc. 
1935 Member 1936 

Associated Collegiate Peorc 

STAFF 
Lulu Ames Mildred Clark Alice Chamlee 
Editor-in-chief Make-up Editor Business Manager 
Laura Steele 
Frances Gary 
Assistant Editors 
Nellie M. Gilroy 
June Matthews 
Ass't Make-up 
Rosa From 
Kathryn Bowen 
Advertising Manager 
Circulation Managers 
Mary Margaret Stowe 
Feature Editor 
Nell At " 'son 
Ass't Feature Editor 
Current History 
Elizabeth Baethke 
Margaret Cooper 
Mary Gray Rogers 
Sarah Brosnan 
Jane Guihrif 
Book Notes Editor 
Laura Coit 
Exchange Editors 
Elizabeth Burson 
Sports Editor 
Ellen McCallte Nell White Cornelia Christie 
Alumnae Editor Society Editor Club Editor 

AGAIN WE sonian, Winthrop College paper, 
last week for additional informa¬

ARE CALLED 
tion about THE AGONISTIC

The third student strike 

Plan and more specific details of

against war has been called this 

its method of working. The 

year for April 22. The demon¬ 

Johnsonian believes, according

stration this year is not intended 

to the letter, that their system

to be merely an educational ges¬ 

can be improved and that a plan

ture, as it was in 1934, focusing 

similar to the one now in prac¬

the attention of students on the 

tice at Agnes Scott can well be

perils of the world in which they 

adopted at Winthrop.

live. Since then, it has grown to 

The new plan, which will be

the stage of earnest, undeniable 

used for the first time on Friday

persuasiveness. The half million 

of this week, will doubtless in¬

students who will "walk out" 

crease staff spirit on the paper.

next month indicate the solemn¬ 

Such a spirit will improve the

ity and determination of the col¬ 

general quality of the work. It

legiate attitude against war. This 

follows, therefore, that, in time,

is not to be a "peace strike"; it 

THE AGONISTIC will not only

is an "anti-war strike." 

reflect but lead campus life, will

The recent developments in 

become, indeed, the center of

Europe lend vigor to the pro¬ 

campus activity.

posed student action. The fact 
that It. 0. T. C. enrollment has 

THE NORTH

gained 5,000 this year in forty 

WIND DOTH BLOW

of the leading colleges and uni¬ 
During the ice storm of early

versities in this country in¬ 

January, and the sleet storm of 

creases the need for concerted 

central January, and the snow

student protest against war of 

storm of late January, philos¬

any kind for any purpose. Stu¬ 

ophically, perhaps bitterly, THE

dents who, within four months, 

AGONISTIC refrained from edi¬

will leave the shelter of academic 

torial comment on the elements.

life and begin to be recognized 

Undeniably this restraint was 

as citizens in their communities 

not so much the result of abnor¬

cannot afford to sit by in silence, 

mally strong will power as it was

unprotesting, apparently un¬ 

a total absence of editions during

aware of today's events. 

the tempests.

Last April Agnes Scott took 

But, now, after two weeks of

no part in the nation-wide de¬ 

pseudo-spring, complete with cot¬

monstration because, we said, we 

ton dresses, and peach trees bud¬

knew nothing about it. As proof 

ding, and inattention to things

of that, being informed before¬ 

of the mind as presented in text¬

hand in the fall, we joined in the 

books, and concentration on

peace mobilization last Novem¬ 

things of the soul, the sudden

ber. And now, for the second 

flurry of polar weather and wind

time this year, we have the op¬ 

and snow gives just and ade¬

portunity to add strength in a 

quate cause, we believe, for edi¬

mass student movement for 

torial condemnation of the ac¬

forming public opinion against 

tivities of the world outside.

war. 

April 22 MUST mean for us, In the first place, it makes the 
as Agnes Scott students and po¬ opening to THE AGONISTIC'S 
tential citizens, a demonstration sole scandal column sound silly 
for peace, an "anti-war" strike. and goosey and girlish in its 

blatant reaction to the local arri¬ 
val of spring. Furthermore, the

THE AGONISTIC 

current wind and snow lends a

PLAN CLICKS 

farcical atmosphere to the 

THE AGONISTIC Plan for se¬ thought of spring holidays that 
lecting the editor of the weekly Mr. Shakespeare, even in his bet-
caused quite a bit of discussion j ter moments, would have to 
and created a lot of confusion i struggle to equal. 
some months ago. The term In short, the only thing worse 
"undemocratic" was carelessly that could happen now would be 
applied to the change and thus it for the weather to take on once 
was regarded—until the Aurora more its last week's Polyana as¬ 
proposed a change in its staff pects and, before we are decently 
elections and the Silhouette re¬ off the press, reduce these com¬ 
vised its organization at, to all ments to an inanity horrible to 
outward appearances, the re¬ contemplate. 
quest of the student body. Up¬ 
heavals in the publications were 

ANENT OUR 

most stylish for a time and vari¬ 

LAST PAPER

ous murky motives on the parts 
of the editors involved were sug¬ "Of true experience from this 
gestively tossed about in light great event 
conversation. With peace and consolation 

In view of all this, it was with hath dismist. 
unbounded happiness that we re¬ And calm of mind all passion 
ceived a request from The John-spent." 

A Key 

To Current History 

Lucile Dennison 

To the fast accumulating series of 
tense situations in Europe was added 
on March 7 a new disturbance which 
demoted the Italo-Ethiopian war to 
the position of a minor worry. The 
occupation of the Rhineland by Ger¬ 
man troops quickened and increased 
the already prevalent European occu¬ 
pation of hunting autographs or 
pledges of friendly nations. 

The focal point of the disturbance, 
the Rhineland, was divided by the 
Versailles Treaty into three zones to 
be occupied by Allied troops for the 
respective periods of five, ten, and 
fifteen years as a protection to the 
countries on Germany's western bor¬ 
der. Actually the occupation of the 
last zone ended five years ahead of 
time in 1930. These territories were 
also to be demilitarized by Germany. 
In the Locarno Pact of 1925 of which 
England, France, Belgium, Italy and 
Germany were the signatory powers, 
Germany reasserted her wish to abide 
by the Rhineland provisions of the 
Versailles Treaty. The Pact was a 
mutual non-aggression pact. Germany 
feels that the occupation is justified 
because it has meant the casting off 
of another of the humiliating condi¬ 
tions imposed upon her by the Allies 
without breaking any agreements, since 
France had already broken the Locarno 
Pact, according to German logic, by 
signing a very binding mutual assist¬ 
ance pact with Russia. (However, Ar¬ 
ticle 8 of the Locarno Pact makes its 
dissolution possible only by a two-
thirds majority vote of the Council 
of the League of which Japan, Italy, 
France, and England are permanent 
members.) 

France has appealed to the League 
to enforce demilitarization. Mean¬ 
while, Hitler, vowing that he will 
never evacuate, offers inducement to 
the acceptance of his move in the pro¬ 
posal of 2 3-year non-aggression agree¬ 
ments with France and Belgium, an 
air pact of the Western powers, as well 
as equal, bilateral demilitarized zones 
for Germany and the countries on her 
western border. These proposals are 
not blameworthy except in that they 

('Continued on page 6, column 1) 

—ELECT YOUR KING 

WE THINK 

The privilege which the College al¬ 
lows the day students of having two 
dormitory rooms which may be freely 
used by them whenever they wish to 
spend the night on the campus is sure¬ 
ly a kindness which should entail much 
courtesy and consideration on the part 
of those who avail themselves of this 
privilege. However, such has not been 
the case during the past months: fre¬ 
quent complaints have been made be¬ 
cause of the noise visiting day stu¬ 
dents make in the room in Gaines, and 
great disgust has been expressed be¬ 
cause of the filthy condition in which 
many day students leave the Inman 
room. 

Although the room in Gaines is at 
the very rear of the house, any racket 
which day students make by laughter 
and conversation prolonged far into 

the night can be and often is very dis¬ 
turbing to the girls living in that cot¬ 
tage. When girls from town stay on 
the campus, they are under dormitory 
regulation; therefore, observance of 
the rules, if not courtesy and consid¬ 
eration for others, should cause the 
visitors in Gaines to keep the quiet 
rule after 10:30. The state in Gaines 
is one annoying to the boarders, but 
the complaints about the Inman room 
have come from the day students 
themselves. Both the rooms have been 
set aside for use by all the town girls 
and for any group to make it their 
bedroom, kitchen, and dining room 
for a night or two, and then leave it 
in such a disgraceful condition that it 
cannot be used by others until it has 
undergone a thorough cleaning—such 
behavior indicates many things about 
those girls, the least of which is poor 
breeding. To leave apple cores and 
orange peels on the window sill, 
(Continued on page 6, column 1) 

Book Notes 

How Well for 193 5 was Old Jules by 
Are You Read? 

11. Who is the author of Paths of 
1 
Everyone realizes the difficulty of Glory?
going to school and keeping up with 

12. What is the latest novel of a re¬
! new books at the same time. Realizing 

cent lecturer on Agnes Scott Col¬

this difficulty the Book Column has 

lege campus?

I endeavored to present each week re¬ 

13. What Next in Europe? was writ¬
views of the latest fiction and non-

ten by .

fiction, in order to give the student 
knowledge of the new books at the 14. Seven Pillars of Wisdom was writ¬ 
least expense of time. The following ten by . 
list contains questions which come up (Answers on page 6, column 5) 
in everyday conversation concerning Notes 
new books. How up-to-date are you? 

The new "telescoped" words which 

1. Who is the author of Vein of 
are found in Time, the weekly news 

Iron? 

magazine, may prove of interest to

2. What author won the Harper 
modern writers. Some of them are as

prize for the best novel of 193 5 ? 

follows: Adman, AAAdministration,

3. The Lees of Virginia have as their 
bally hooligan, Brisbanalities, cineman


latest biographer . 

sion, cineadict, franchiseler, GOPossi


4. Anne Morrow Lindbergh has just 
bility intelligentsiac, newsheet, micro-

won wide acclaim with her new 

phonies, radiorator, ransoman (Jafsie),

book called . 

RFChairman, sexpert (Earl Carroll),

5. What is the name of the latest 
Sophomoron, slimelight, and tennist.

novel by the author of the Mag¬ 
nificent Obsession? 

Novelist Booth Tarkington predict¬

6. Sinclair Lewis again amazes Amer¬ 
ed: "The novel and the poem may be¬

ica with his novel, . 

come extinct in 200 years, 100 years,

7. Who is the subject of Stefan 
Zweig's latest biography? or in much less time. Radio and talk¬ 

8. What novel, recently filmed, de¬ ing pictures already have displaced 
picts plantation life during the books in many homes and television 
Civil War? will injure the popularity of books. 

9. Velvet Brown and a piebald race There will always be books; but per¬ 
horse live in what recent novel by haps the only books in the future will 
the English writer, Enid Bagnold? be reference books, scientific books, 
10. The Atlantic $5,000 prize book and research books." —Time. 
Exchanges 

Moon tides in the earth's crust? 
Yes, scientists have shown that such is 
the case, and their delicate instruments 
have proved that Pittsburgh rises and 
falls from 13 to 2 3 inches a day. 

—Scientific American. 

Anna M. Pabst, 39, bacteriologist 
with the U. S. Public Health Service 
in Washington, was to read a paper 
at the New York meeting proving the 
impossibility of testing anti-menin¬ 
gitis serum on rabbits and guinea pigs. 
The night before her appearance she 
died of meningitis contracted when a 
guinea pig, into whose head she was in¬ 
jecting virulent meningitis germs, 
jerked out of her hands. The menin¬ 
gitis germs squirted into Miss Pabst's 
eye, sped to her brain, killed her in 
eight days, and earned her a medical 
martyr's kudos. —Time. 

A new wingless autogyro is equip¬ 
ped for operation on the highway as 
well as in the air. With the blades of 
the motor folded back, the pilot will 
be able to disconnect the motor from 
the propeller and connect the power 
plant by a gear arrangement to the 
wheels. Rolling out of the garage he 
will bowl merrily down the highway 
to the nearest field. Here he will take 
off, aided by Juan de Cierva, inventor 
of the autogyro. Like a flea, the gyro 
will jump upward from 15 to 2 5 feet; 
then before it can drop back, the pro¬ 
peller will take hold and normal flight 
begin. —Reader's Digest. 

To the coaches, Professor Floyd R. 
Eastwood of New York University, 
who has been compiling statistics on 
the subject for five years, read the re¬ 
sults of his investigation of football 
deaths and injuries. In the 193 5 sea¬ 
son 3 0 players were killed, five more 
than in 1934. There were 5 5,440 in¬ 
juries to players on 66,000 high school 
teams; 9,900 injuries to players on 
829 college teams. Injuries caused 
football players to lose a total of 
1,000,000 days of education.—Time. 

Russian farmers spread coal dust 
lightly over their cotton fields and 
so speed up the ripening of their cot¬ 
ton crops by a month or more. The 
dark surface absorbs the heat during 
the day and radiates it during the night. 
The higher average temperature during 
the growing season shortens the time 
necessary for the crop to mature.— 
Commerce and Finance. 

Vassar college is 1 considered the 
most expensive of the women's col¬ 
leges in the United States. It costs 
approximately $1,350 to cover the 
yearly expenses of each student. 

—Blue Stocking. 

During the recent Soviet military 
maneuvers 11,200 troops were safely 
landed by transport planes behind the 
lines of a hypothetical enemy. Of this 
number 3,000 descended by parachute, 
while the planes brought down 1,000 
soldiers every 16 minutes. The troops 
landed were equipped with automatic 
rifles and light machine guns.—Cur¬ 
rent History. 

Queen Victoria's voice is now being 
coaxed from a long-forgotten phono¬ 
graph cylinder which was found re¬ 
cently covered with fungus. Engineers 

must draw out the voice from beneath 
its accompaniment of noise clicks and 
scrapings, a most delicate operation 
involving many recordings. At each 
recording the noises will get quieter 
and the voice clearer; finally the voice, 
duly amplified, will be transferred to 
a modern record. Months of similar 
work recently restored the voice of 
Florence Nightingale and of Glad¬ 
stone; others who may soon be heard 
again are Elizabeth Browning, Disraeli, 
and P. T. Barnum.—The Christian 
Science Monitor. 

Joseph Mortan, the yachtsman, has 
installed steam pipes under all the 
sidewalks of his Long Island country 
place. After a snowfall he just turns 
a valve in the front hall, and there is 
no need of shoveling.—N. Y. Herald 
Tribit ne. 

In Michigan City, Indiana, the night 
before his execution, uxoricide Harvey 
Edwards slashed his wrists and started 
to bleed to death. Prison physicians 
gave him blood transfusions and work¬ 
ed twenty-two hours to save his life. 
Saved, Harvey Edwards was success¬ 
fully electrocuted.—Time. 

On the back of the salary checks 
received by the faculty at the Uni¬ 
versity of Illinois appear the follow¬ 
ing directions: "If endorsement is 
made by mark (X) it must be wit¬ 
nessed by two persons who can write, 
giving their place of residence."—The 
New Yorker. 

Sign in the Arlington Hotel (Binghampton, 
Vermont) : In order that 
American traditions may be preserved 
and that time-honored customs of our 
forefathers may endure, at the request 
of many of our patrons we have placed 
pie upon our breakfast menu.—The 
American Mercury. 

Senator Glass probably wouldn't 
have minded the college professors' in¬ 
vasion of Washington if they hadn't 
brought their senior classes with them. 

—Life. 


The Agonistic 

Plans Are Complete 

For Junior Banquet; 

MB To Pour Coffee 

The junior Banquet, sponsored an¬ 
nually by Mortar Board for the juniors 
and their dates, will be held in Rebekah 
Scott dining hall on Saturday eve¬ 
ning, March 21, at 6 o'clock. The 
banquet, which was to have taken 
place on March 7, was postponed be¬ 
cause of the change in the date of the 
Blackfriars' play, Bridal Chant!,. After 
dinner the members of Mortar Board 
will entertain the guests at coffee in 
the lobby of Rebekah. The Black-
friars' play, the annual feature of the 
entertainment at this time, will take 
place in Bucher Scott Gymnasium at 
8:30. 

The decorations for the banquet will 
carry out a color scheme of green and 
yellow, according to an announcement 
made by the decorations committee 
composed of Frances Belford as chair¬ 
man, Mary Jane King, Judith Gracey, 
and Edith Belser. Charline Fleece, 
chairman of the entertainment com¬ 
mittee, has engaged Kirk DeVore's or¬ 
chestra to play during the banquet. 
On the date and invitations commit¬ 
tee are: Barton Jackson, chairman, Ra¬ 
chel Kennedy, Alice Taylor, Mary 
Gillespie, and Kathryn Bowen. Fan¬ 
nie B. Harris is in charge of the seat¬ 
ing arrangements; and the place cards 
committee is composed of Julia Thing, 
chairman, and Marjorie Scott. Mary 
Malone is general chairman of the 
Banquet. 

—SUPPORT MARDI GRAS— 

Hopkins Magazine To 

Print Chaucer Paper By 

Mrs. C. W. Dieckmann 

Mrs. Christian W. Dieckmann, an 
alumna of Agnes Scott College and the 
wife of Professor Dieckmann of the 
music department, has written a pa¬ 
per on Chaucer that has been accepted 
for publication in Modern Language 
Notes, the literary magazine of Johns 
Hopkins University. The paper, which 
concerns an interpretation of two lines 
in the Ntin's Priest's Tale and the edu¬ 
cational and cultural background of 
Chaucer, represents independent re¬ 
search done by Mrs. Dieckmann. 

Several years ago Mrs. Dieckmann, 
the former Emma Pope Moss, taught 
in the English department of Agnes 
Scott. She is also a member of Phi 
Beta Kappa. 

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Stuart Manley, University of Cali¬ 

fornia sophomore, is a man without a 

country. Born in Japan of American 

parents, he is a citizen of neither coun¬ 

try. 

S.I.A.S.G. to Meet 
Here March 27-29 

The twenty-first annual conference 
of the Southern Intercollegiate Asso¬ 
ciation of Student Governments will 
assemble seventy-five delegates at Ag¬ 
nes Scott College, March 27-29. Ade¬ 
laide Stevens, president of Agnes 
Scott Student Government Associa¬ 
tion, is vice-president of the S. I. A. 

S. G. 
The program of the conference in¬ 
cludes talks by such prominent educa¬ 
tional leaders as Dean Lloyd, Michigan 
University; Dr. Robertson, president 
of Goucher College; Dr. Smart, Em¬ 
ory University; and Dean Dorman, F. 

S. C. W. In addition to their talks 
there will be discussion groups, a for¬ 
mal banquet, a tea, and campus rec¬ 
reation. Agnes Scott students who re¬ 
main at the College during spring va¬ 
cation, or who live in Atlanta, are 
Invited to attend the conference meet¬ 
ings. 
Alice McCallie, chairman of the con¬ 
vention, has appointed the following 
committee of day students to provide 
cars to take the delegates on a tour 
of Atlanta: Mary Snow, Frances 
James, and Jean Bailey. 

—ELECT YOUR KING— 

President to Go 

To 3 Colleges 

For Phi Bete 

Dr. J. R. McCain, president of Ag¬ 
nes Scott College, will visit three 
southern colleges within the next three 
weeks to make inspections for the 
Committee on Investigation of Phi 
Beta Kappa. Dr. McCain will go to 

Furman University, at Greenville, S. 
C., and the College of Charleston, 
Charleston, S. C., during March; to 
Rollins College, Winter Park, Fla., 
during the first part of April. 

Personal impressions by representa¬ 
tives of the committee supplement the 
written material submitted by colleges 
petitioning admission to Phi Beta Kap¬ 
pa. Dr. D. A. Robertson, president of 
Goucher College, is chairman of the 
committee. This group makes its re¬ 
port to the Phi Beta Kappa senate next 
fall. 

There are, at present, about fifty 
institutions seeking admission. Those 
meeting the requirements will be ad¬ 
mitted at the next meeting of Phi 
Beta Kappa Council, to be held in At¬ 
lanta during September, 1937. 

—SUPPORT MARDI GRAS— 

Vaccination through vaccine pills 

tablets will be the method of the fu¬ 

ture, says Dr. Lloyd Arnold of the 

University of Illinois. 

Sheers 

for 

Spring! 

$13.95 

Navy sheers, black 

sheers in a variety 

of stunning styles, 

trimmed with jab¬ 

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pique collars ... and 

priced very low at 

$13.95. 

Second Floor 

J. P. ALLEN & CO.
Store All Worr>er> Kr>0' 

Band Director 

James Christian Pfhol, conductor of 
Davidson Symphonic Band, to appear 
here March 25. (Story on Front Page.) 

French Clnb Elects 

Thirteen Members; 

To Present Comedy 

Thirteen new members joined the 
French Club as the result of try-outs 
held Tuesday, March 10: Mary Mc-
Cann Hudson, Julia Telford, Giddy 
Erwin, Anna Margaret Riepma, Bar¬ 
bara Shloss, Adelaide Benson, Mary 
Ruth Murphy, Amelia Nickels, Prim¬ 
rose Noble, Winifred Kellersberger, 
Louise Young, Florence Wade, and 
Mildred Davis. 

Following is the cast which will 
enact scenes from Moliere's Le Malade 
Intaginaire at 8 o'clock in Gaines 
Chapel on Tuesday night, March 24: 
Argan, Jane Thomas; Toinette, Marcelle 
Cappatti; Beline, Ann Coffee; 
Angelique, Cecilia Baird; Cleante, 
Hortense Jones; Beralde, Zoe Wells; 
Diaphoirus pere, Elise Seay; Diaphoirus 
fils, Regina Herwitz; Purgon, Ann 
Worthy Johnson; and Florant, Emily 
Rowe. 

loots' 

Short Story Contest 

Closes March 16 

The local division of the national 
short story contest sponsored by Story, 

he monthly magazine, closed on 
March 16, when all entries submitted 
by Agnes Scott students had to be in 
the hands of Assistant Professor Janef 
Preston, of the English department, 
who will send the two best ones to 
the national judges by April 1. This 
Is the third annual Short Story Con¬ 
test sponsored by Story. First prize is 
$100, second prize is $5 0. The win¬ 
ning story, selected by qualified judges, 
will be published in the magazine. A 
prize of two dollars will be awarded to 
each of the local winners. 

Contestants had to observe the fol'
owlng regulations: (1) each entry 
had to be certified by a faculty mem¬ 
ber; (2) all stories entered must have 
been written by a student duly en¬ 
rolled in a college or university in the 
United States; (3) stories submitted 
could not be less than 1 5 00 words nor 
more than 7000; (4) all entries had 
to be legibly written, on one side of 
the page. 

The following students submitted 
stories to Miss Preston: Lita Goss, 
Carol Hale, Lulu Ames, Mildred Clark, 
Brooks Spivey, June Matthews, Fran¬ 
ces McCully. 

BOZ, the Aurora, and The Ago¬ 

nistic sponsored the local contest. 

—SUPPORT MARDI GRAS— 

Alumnae Association Sells 
Daffodils To Raise Money 

Miss Janef Preston, Agnes Scott '21, 

was in charge of "Daffodil Days" on 

last Friday and Saturday for the Alum¬ 

nae Association. The flowers, which 

were sold on the Quadrangle, were 

grown in the Hastings gardens and 

brought freshly-cut to the campus 

both mornings. The proceeds from the 

flower sales went to the Alumnae As¬ 

sociation. 

About 1000 daffodils were sold dur¬ 

ing the two days, according to Miss 

Preston. 

\ 

Methodist Church 

Of Decatur Holds 

Series Of Talks 

Dr. Walt Holcomb, pastor of the 
Decatur First Methodist Church, led 
rhe devotional service on Saturday 
morning. March 14, at 10 o'clock in 
Games Chapel. At this time Dr. Hol-
opib invited the Agnes Scott College 
students ro attend a series of services 
"o be held at his church each Sunday 
evening at 7:45 for three months. 
There will be an open forum after 
each lecture. 

The speakers and their topics are 
as follows: 
March 8, Dr. Andrew Sledd, "God 
and World Problems." 

March 15, Dr. Will Nelms, "The 
New Climate Which Science Has Cre¬ 
ated for Religion." 

March 22, Dr. Arthur Raper, "Our 
Heritage to the Past and Our Debt to 
the Future." 

March 29, Mr. Claud Nelson, "The 
Christian Seeks Justice Without Vio'
ence." 

April 5, Dr. Holcomb, "Relating 
World Problems to Principles of 
Jesus," and Miss Elizabeth Thompson, 
"Youth Building a New World." 

April 12, Dr. Harvey Cox, "Per¬ 
sonal Responsibility in an Irresponsi¬ 
ble Man." 

April 19, Music night with the 
cantata, "The Holy City," directed by 
Mr. Walter Herbert. 

April 26, Dr. Richards, "Carrying 
the Cross Around the World." 

May 3, Mr. Anderson, of Oglethorpe, 
"Recreation and Amusement 
of the Church," and Dean Floyd Field, 
"Ideals of Fraternity Life." 

May 10, Mr. J. T. Goree, "Problem 
of Youth and Crime." 

May 17, Dr. W. W. Young, "Moti¬ 
vation of Human Behavior," with Dr. 
Mary Sweet presiding. 

May 24, Dr. J. R. McCain, "Prob


'ems of College and Students in a Ma¬ 

chine Age." 

May 31, Dr. McGhee, "An Up-to-

Date Approach to the Liquor Ques


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The Agonistic 

A. S. Group Plan 
To Sail, June 17, 

For EuropeanTnp 

From twelve to fifteen Agnes Scott 
College students under the chaperonage 
of Assistant Professor Leslie Gaylord 
of the mathematics department, 
and Miss Carrie Scandrett, assistant 
dean of the College, are planning a 
trip to Europe this summer. Miss Gaylord 
is in charge of making arrange¬ 
ments with the Elliot Tours, Talladega, 
Alabama. 

The party will sail from New York 
on June 17 on the S. S. Berengaria, 
using tourist class. They arrive at 
Cherbourg, France, on June 23 and go 
from there to Paris where they spend 
four days. After spending several 
days in other French cities, the party 
will visit Italy, passing several days in 
Rome, Florence, and Venice. They will 
also visit the Alps, Germany, Belgium, 

and Holland. From the continent they 
will go to London, arriving there on 
July 2 8. On August 1 the party will 
begin a motor trip of England and 
Scotland. They sail home from Liver¬ 
pool on August 8 on the S. S. Corin¬ 
th/a and arrive in New York on 
August 16. The rate for this trip is 
$735.00. 

This party is particularly fortunate 
because Miss Gaylord has a number of 
friends in many of the cities which 
they are visiting and through these 
friends they will have access to many 
interesting places that the ordinary 
tourist might not have. 

-ELECT YOUR KING— 

Agonistic Editor 

To be Selected 

By New Method 

(So that the student body may understand 
the way THE AGONISTIC plan for selectingthe editor will work, the following explana¬ 
tory article is being published. It is sug¬
gested that all students use it for reference 
and that they make themselves thoroughly

familiar with the plan before publicationselections on Friday of this week.—Ed.) 
The editor of The Agonistic will 
be elected at the regular publications 
elections this week. The candidates 
for the editorship are Laura Steele and 
Frances Gary, now assistant editors of 
the weekly. 
The students will vote between these 
two. All members of the business, 
editorial, and reporter staffs of The 
Agonistic will mark their votes 
"Staff." The business manager will in¬ 
dicate her position on her vote by 
marking it "Business Manager"; the 
editor will also indicate her office on 
her vote. 
The votes will be counted at the 
regular time by members of the Nomi¬ 
nating Committee. The majority vote 
of the student body will count one; 
the majority vote of the staff will 
count one; the business manager's vote 
will count one; and the editor's vote 
will count two. 
The candidate who is defeated for 
the editorship will automatically be¬ 
come associate editor of The Agonis¬ 
tic and, together with the editor-inchief, 
will form an editorial board for 
1936-37. 
This plan, which was approved by 
a majority vote of the student body at 
the January Open Forum, was passed 
unanimously by the Nominating Com¬ 
mittee the latter part of February. It 
is a modification of the plan now in 
use at Radcliffe College, Cambridge. 
Massachusetts. 
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"What have you done," St. Peter 
asked, "that I should admit you here?" 
"I ran a paper," the editor said, "of 
my college for one long year." 
St. Peter pityingly shook his head 
and gravely touched a bell. 
"Come in, poor thing, select your 
harp, you've had your share of h ." 

Kugrne or Frederick Permanents 

for $5.00 

DKCATUH BEAUTY SALON 

Mr. Raper To Talk 

On Radio Program 

Over WSB Today 

The Agnes Scott College radio pro¬ 
gram, broadcast over WSB every 
Wednesday afternoon at five o'clock, 
is continuing its series of programs 
on the place of the liberal arts college 
in the world today. The portion of 
the series sponsored by the faculty is 
being brought to a close this after¬ 
noon with a talk by Acting Professor 
Arthur Raper, of the sociology de¬ 
partment, on the place of the social 
sciences in the world today. 

On the three programs immediately 
preceding this one, Professors George 

P. Hayes, Mary MacDougall, and Al¬ 
ma Sydenstricker talked on the rela¬ 
tion of their respective departments of 
English, science, and Bible to present-
day problems. An interesting feature 
of last week's program was a two-
piano arrangement by Mr. Christian 
Dieckmann of one of Bach's chorales. 
The programs next month, follow¬ 
ing the same general theme, will be 
sponsored by the alumnae, and the fol¬ 
lowing month, by each of the four 
classes. The trustees of the College 
and the Administration had charge of 
the January and February broadcasts. 

—SUPPORT MARDI GRAS— 

Palmour, McCallie 

Return From Trip 

Miss Alberta Palmour, field secre¬ 
tary for the Agnes Scott College Alum¬ 
nae Association, and Alice McCallie 
left Sunday, March 15, for a publicity 
trip to Chattanooga, Tennessee. While 
there they spoke to the students of 
Girls' Private School, of which Alice 
McCallie is an alumna, and to those 
of City High School. They returned 
on Monday, March 16, including Dalton, 
Georgia, High School in their 
itinerary. 

Today, March 18, a party of girls 
from Russell High School at East 
Point and Fulton High School of At¬ 
lanta are visiting Agnes Scott. The 
girls will be entertained by swimming 
in Bucher Scott Gymnasium, dinner 

in Rebekah Scott Hall, and after-din¬ 
ner coffee and dancing in Mr. Dieckmann's 
studio. 

—SUPPORT MARDI GRAS— 

Y. W. C. A. Entertains 
At College Party On 
St. Patrick's Day 

The Y. W. C. A. entertained the 
College community at a St. Patrick's 
Day party in Bucher Scott Gymnasium 
on Thursday afternoon, March 12, 
from 4:30 to 6 o'clock. 

Features of the entertainment were 
games and a short program announced 
by Marie Stalker, who presented Ame¬ 
lia Nickels in an Irish love song; Marceile 
Cappatti, Ruby Laney, and 
Sarah Joyce Cunningham in rhythm 
tap dancing; Anne Taylor in comic 
readings; and Marcelle Cappatti in 
popular American and French songs. 
Sarah Johnson was the accompanist. 

Kissing the Blarney Stone and dis¬ 
playing the necessary "touch of green" 
resulted in the securing of tiny meal 
tickets entitling the guests to refresh¬ 
ments offered in the green and white 
decorated basement cafeteria. 

Dancing closed the party, with 

Elizabeth Simmons at the piano. 

—SUPPORT MARDI GRAS— 

There are 365 American students at 
German universities. Medicine draws 
most foreign students to Germany; 
philosophy, fewest. 

We welcome you any lime 
and all the time. 

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Good Meals 

Three Represent 

A.S.C. at Atlanta 
Education Meet 

Dr. J. R. McCain, president of 
Agnes Scott College, Mr. Lewis John¬ 
son, of the voice department, and Act¬ 
ing Professor Arthur Raper, of the so¬ 
ciology department, represented the 
College at the first southeastern con¬ 
ference of the Progressive Education 
Association, held at the Biltmore Ho¬ 
tel in Atlanta on March 13-14. Dele¬ 
gates from North Carolina, South 
Carolina, Florida, Tennessee, and Geor¬ 
gia and speakers from these states and 
from New York and Ohio attended 
the conference. 

The theme of the convention was 
Individual Development—the Basis for 
Education. There were four general 
sessions, with Dr. McCain chairman of 
the second general session which had 
for its topic American Education 
Moves Ahead. This meeting was held 
at St. Mark's Church at 8:30 P. M. 
on March 13. 

Mr. Johnson was chairman of the 
section of the first general session in 
which Music as a Means of Creative 
Expression was discussed. Mr. Raper 
spoke in a panel discussion on Individ¬ 
ual Development and the Liberal Arts 
College. 

This conference was held for the 
purpose of bringing together outstand¬ 
ing leaders in the field of education 
who consider the traditional school in¬ 
adequate in meeting present problems 
and who wish to seek in recent de¬ 
velopments the foundation on which 
to build a sound and adequate educa¬ 
tion. 

—ELECT YOUR KING— 

Glee Club Chorus 

Presents Program 

In Chapel, Mar. 13 

The special chorus of the Agnes 
Scott College Glee Club presented a 
varied program of songs at chapel on 
Friday morning, March 13. The 
chorus was directed by Mr. Lewis H. 
Johnson, of the voice department; 
Alice Hannah accompanied on the 
piano. 

The program included among oth¬ 
ers the following: "The Night Wind," 
Farley; "The Sleigh," Kauntz-Baldwin; 
"Cradle Song," Kreisler-Page; 
"The Wind's in the South," Scott; 
"Sweethearts," from Sweethearts, Herbert-
Reiggers; "Will You Remem¬ 
ber?", from Maytime, Romberg-Reiggers; 
"Italian Street Song," from 
Naughty Marietta, Herbert-Trinkaus, 
with Augusta King as soloist. 

The chorus is composed of the fol¬ 
lowing girls: Gene Caldwell, Maxine 
Crisler, Sarah Jones, Florence Lasseter, 
Mary Malone, Mary Erneste Perry, 
Frances Wilson, Virginia Wood, Au¬ 
gusta King, Ruth Tate, Alice Chamlee, 
Amelia Nickels, Virginia Kyle, 
Rosa Miller, Mary Alice Newton, Jes¬ 
sie Query, and Evelyn Wall. 

The chorus sang at the Decatur 
Woman's Club on Sunday afternoon, 
March 15, at 3:30 o'clock. 

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Mrs. Dwyer Honors Lecturer Writes 

Alumnae Groups at Thanking A.S.C. 

Luncheon Meeting 

For Pleasant Trip 

Mrs. Francis Craighead Dwyer, 

In a letter to Associate Professor

president of the Agnes Scott College 

Emma May Laney, chairman of the

Alumnae Association, complimented 
the executive board and the entertain¬ Public Lecture Association, Sir Arthur 
ment committee of the Association Willert mentions the enjoyable time 
with a luncheon at her home in At¬ he had when he lectured at Agneslanta last Wednesday, March 11. After 

Scott College on March 3. Writing

the luncheon there was a short busi¬ 

from the White House, in Washing¬

ness session during which plans were 
made for a tea for the senior class and ton, D. C., Sir Arthur says: 
for the alumnae week-end gathering "Having become static in Washing¬ 

for next year. ton for a few days, I must write youThose attending the luncheon were 

a line to tell you how much I enjoyed

Associate Professor Philippa Gilchrist, 

my little stay at Decatur. The audi¬

of the chemistry department; Miss 

ence, the whole atmosphere was so

Dorothy Hutton and Miss Alberta 

very pleasant—and together with the

Palmour, secretary and field secretary 

charming hospitality of your girls— 

of the Association; Miss Polly Vaughan, 

the way they met me and saw me off

instructor in spoken English; Miss 

and fed me at breakfast, were one of

Carrie Scandrett, assistant dean; and 

the nicest memories of what has been

Assistant Professor Margaret Phythian, 

a most pleasant and interesting tour. I

of the French department; and Mrs. 

am most grateful."

Donald Hastings, Mrs. W. M. Dunn, 

Prior to his appearance here the

Mrs. S. 1. Cooper, Mrs. J. F. Durrett, 

well-known English publicist and lec¬

Mrs. R. L. McDougall, Mrs. C. B. Gos


turer visited at the White House for

nell, Mrs. S. G. Stukes, and Mrs. S. B. 

several days, returning there after his

Slack. 

trip South. Mrs. Roosevelt, in her daily

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column "My Day," wrote on March 
10 that "we were about ten at tea.

Sun-dial Stands 

Later I had an interesting conversa¬ 
In JNew Position 

tion with Sir Arthur Willert, who is 
staying here after a lecture tour 
through the country. My husband and

The sun-dial and stone bench, given 

Sir Arthur went out to the White

to Agnes Scott College by the Class 

House correspondents' dinner."

of 1914, was placed in the center of 

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the Quadrangle the latter part of last 

Old Staff To Release

week. The dial and bench formerly 
were in front of Bucher Scott Gym-Last Aurora March 20 

! nasium, beyond and to the side of the 
library where the road connecting the The last issue of the Aurora to be 
front campus with the back now runs. published by the present editor, Lita 
The shadows cast by the trees made Goss, will appear on Friday, March 20. 
this spot unsuitable even before the Special features of this issue will be a 
present road system was begun. sonnet sequence by Mildred Clark; 

The dial keeps accurate sun time, a fantasy, by Jane Guthrie; and an 
being only 22 minutes off from clock article, "Lynching and the Press," by 
time. The present location in the cen¬ Lulu Ames. 
ter of the Quadrangle makes practical The issue will also include freshman 
use of the sun-dial and emphasizes the essays, book reviews, and short stories, 
beauty and simplicity of both the dial some of which were submitted to the 
and the bench. short story contest. 

—SUPPORT MARDI GRAS— —ELECT YOUR KING Princeton 
students can now cut as To win a $3 bet a former University 
many classes as long as their "standing of Minnesota swimming team captain 
remains unimpaired." swam 22 5 feet under water. 

WE LEAVE THE QUINTUPLETS TO 
CANADA . . . WE HAVE FAMOUS 
TRIPLETS RIGHT HERE ON OUR 
CAMPUS ... 

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Stop worrying about the odd stock¬ 
ing that tore on a chair. Match it up 
with its identical twin. Buy Mangel's 
Fan Tan Ringless Triplets (in any 
shade you desire) and your hose will 
wear three times as long. 

Fan Tan triplets—3 pr. for 2.00 

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The Agonistic 

Y.W.C.A. Delegates
here-and-there 
To Go To Student 
Eta Sigma Phi White shoes, unprepared lessons, lazy 

Meet On March 20

The regular meeting of Eta Sigma people, chic ensembles, time-limit 7 
Phi was held on Monday afternoon, o'clock, dreamy eyes, onions in grass, 

The annual State Student Confer¬ 
March 16, at 4:30 in 103 Buttrick ecstasy inside, open windows, luscious ence, sponsored by the student Y. W. 

Hall. Professor Catherine Torrance, of bull-sessions, holidays, daffodils— C. A.'s and Y. M. C. A.'s in Georgia, 
will meet this week-end, March 20


the Greek department, gave a most in¬ SPRING!!! 

22, at Wesleyan College, Macon, Geor¬

teresting lecture on Modern Greek Hear ye, psych students, what's 

gia. Betty Hollis, Isabel McCain,

Archaeology. your I. Q. on this? 

Winifred Kellersberger, Alice Hannah, 
"Here lies the body of John Brown, Laura Coit, and Jean Barry Adams

International Relations Club 

Lost at sea and never found." are planning to represent Agnes Scott;

International Relations Club met on 

(Mutt Cooper gave up.) other students on the 1936-37 Cabi¬ 
Tuesday afternoon, March 10, at 4 net, which will be selected tomorrow

Some prospective freshmen were en¬ 

o'clock in the Y. W. C. A. room. Pro¬ night, may also attend.

tertained on our campus lately. Joyce 

The theme of the meeting this year

fessor Philip Davidson led the discus¬ 

Roper, acting as their guide, was con¬ is High Religion for Life's Adventure.

sion on Germany; and Rosa From and 

fronted with the following questions Acting Professor Arthur F. Raper, of

Margaret Watson made reports on the 

Southeastern Conference of Interna¬ and remarks: "Why do you call them sociology, and Miss Carrie Scandrett, 
assistant dean, both of Agnes Scott,

tional Relations Clubs, which they re¬ 'motor-boat' parties?" and "Does Miss 

and Mr. Claud Nelson, southern secre¬

cently attended at Winthrop College. 

Hopkins chaperon you on dates?" 

tary for the Fellowship of Reconcilia¬ 
Poetry Club Prize break of the week: Ellen Mc-tion, are among the Conference lead¬ 
Callie had decided not to go to the Sun¬ ers. Miss Scandrett will lead a discus¬

The last meeting of Poetry Club 

day night discussion group led by Miss sion on Campus Relations and Personal 

was held on Tuesday night, March 10, 

Adjustment; Mr. Raper's subject deals

at 8:30 in Associate Professor Emma Willett. But being urged on all sides 

with social and economic problems.

May Laney's apartment. MyrT Chafin to attend, she breezed into the group, 

—SUPPORT MARDI GRAS— 

was hostess. Spring try-outs for the 

not knowing Miss Willett was already 

Community Chest Offers

club will be due Friday, March 20, 

present, loudly stated, "I'm a sucker,"

and may be placed in the Aurora box Weekly WGST Programs

and took her seat. 

on first floor Buttrick Hall. On Mon¬ On Stories of Service

Kay Ricks is truly hitting the high

day afternoon, March 23, at 3:30, the 

spots. This time he is a Yale graduate

members will meet to decide on the The Atlanta Community Chest is

with a New York job and a friend of

try-outs, which will consist of one or sponsoring a series of weekly dramatic

Miss Gaylord's. Does John Sharp know

two original poems. that "In the Spring other young men's presentations, based on true stories of 
service rendered by the member agen¬

fancies also turn to thoughts of love?"

Chi Beta Phi Sigma Item: Ad Stevens picks peach blos¬ cies, each Friday evening at 10:3 0 

Chi Beta Phi Sigma initiated its new o'clock over WGST. In this series

soms just before American literature.

members on Tuesday night, March 17. they are attempting to interpret to the 

After the initiation a formal banquet people of Atlanta the work which the

District Attorney David Keedy, of

was given at the Silhouette Tea Room Chest agencies are doing.

Northampton, has issued a

in honor of the new members. Many warning to Mr. Boyce M. Eden, director-secre¬

Amherst University students to discon¬

alumnae were present at the dinner. 

tary, has requested that criticism of

tinue the practice of teaching Smith 

the programs be sent him, as they want

College girls to drink.—National Re¬

B.O. Z. 
the presentations to be as helpful and

public.

The next meeting of B. O. Z. will interesting as possible.
be held on Friday evening, March 20, —ELECT YOUR KING-
at 7:3 0 in Assistant Professor Preston's 

THE DE BURY BOOK AWARD JAMES, RICHARDS

apartment. Mildred Clark, Elizabeth 
Espy, Ann Martin, Jacqueline Mc-PLAN TO ATTEND 
White, and Lulu Ames will read. June The attention of students inter¬ WASH. INSTITUTE 
Matthews and Brooks Spivey will be ested in the De Bury Book Award 

hostesses. is called to the approaching time Frances James and Loice Richards, 
for the judging of their collections. seniors, plan to attend the National 

Spanish Club 

Institute of Public Affairs, to be held

All girls taking part in the contest

The Spanish Club held its spring 

in Washington, D. C., March 29


are asked to submit at once to Miss

try-outs on Tuesday afternoon, March 

April 4. 

10. Four new members were admitted Preston or Miss Leyburn a list of 
Special student courses in govern¬

to the club: Dorothy Lee, Emily Mac-the books they have already col¬ 

ment will be given, with tours of ob¬ 
Moreland, Virginia Tumlin, and Bunny lected and of those they hope to servation arranged. Visits to sessions 

Marsh. acquire by May 1. 

of the House of Representatives and

-ELECT YOUR KING-It is the expectation of the Eng¬ 

the Senate will be included. 

STUDENTS TO VOTE MARCH 19-20 lish department to offer the prize 

Frances James is president of the

would

(Continued from page 1, column 2) again next year; and they Current History Forum and vice-presi¬

SILHOUETTE like to know this spring how many 

dent of the Student Government Asso¬

Editor—Eloisa Alexander, Barton students now in college are inter¬ 

ciation. Both of the delegates are

Jackson, Charline Fleece ested in competing during 1936-37. 

members of Mortar Board. 

Business Manager — Mary Gillespie, The object of the competition is to —SUPPORT MARDI GRAS— 
Charline Fleece, Barton Jackson stimulate interest in the kind of 

A society known as the "Stray

Advertising Manager (2 to be elected) knowledge of books which can come 

Greeks" has been started at Purdue. 

—Joyce Roper, Mary Venetia Smith, only through actually possessing 

It is composed of transfer students who

Susan Bryan, Bertha Merrill them. 

were members of Greek organizations

AURORA 

not represented at Purdue.

Editor — Elizabeth Espy, June Mat¬ 
thews, Nellie Margaret Gilroy 
Assistant Editor—Jane Guthrie. Nell 
Allison. Jacque McWhite BOWEN PRESS 
Business Manager — June Matthews, 

COMMERCIAL PRINTING AND

Kathryn Printup 
THE AGONISTIC 

STATIONERY

Make Up Editor — June Matthews, 
Nellie Margaret Gilroy, Frances 

Blotters—Note Paper—Poster Paper

Cary 
Assistant Editor (3 to be elected)— 

Office Supplies

Hcrtense Jones, Jane Guthrie, Ruth 
Hertzka, Eliza King 

421 Church St. De. 0976 Decatur, Ga.

Business Manager—Kathryn Bowen, 
Cornelia Christie 
Assistant Business Manager — Eliza¬ 
beth Blackshear, Frances Robinson 
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION 
President—Marie Stalker, Julia Thing 

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE

Vice-President — Julia Thing, Marie 
Stalker 
Secretary — Frances Robinson, Anne 

DECATUR, GA.

Thompson, Elizabeth Blackshear 
Treasurer — Anne Thompson, Bertha 
Merrill, Martha Long 
A college for women that is widely recog¬ 

-(Qn Institution nized for its standards of work and for the 

devoted to tecLcklnrj 

interesting character of Its student activities 
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ACCOUNTING For further information, address 
MAIN 7800 EXTENSION 4 

GREENLEAF 

J. R. McCAIN, President 
3ckoot o^ MuiineSS 
Aggie's Guardian Angel Tells 

Of Troubles of Class Contest 

According to Willie, the guardian Willie, standing in front of her and 
angel of The Agonistic during the gazing intently at her soon-to-be per¬ 
perilous period of the contest, the 

turbed countenance, asked in his most 
mighty battle between the class edi¬ 

dignified manner, "Do you have any

tions of the paper this year proved to 

ears?" One can imagine her regret and

be one of the most interesting that he 

penitence for her unthinkable and un¬ 

has ever seen staged midst the ink, 

printable reply when she was informed 

type, and paper of Bowen Press. 

later that those objects of discussion 

"The work itself was less tedious 

were not the auditory organs through

this year," he said, "because all of the 

which sound vibrates, but only those 

staffs seemed well qualified in news¬ 

innocent and unassuming little boxes 

paper technique, or if they weren't, 

at the top of each side of the front 

they certainly kept me from finding it 

page inclosing such encouraging ideas 

out." 

as "Attend the Debate," and the like. 

In spite of the inevitable increase in 

For the musical ability of Agnes

work caused by the contest, Willie con¬ 

Scott journalists Willie has the most

fessed that he greatly enjoyed his con¬ 

profound respect. It seems that the or¬

tact with the girls. Their sudden out¬ 

deal of proof-reading galley sheets and

bursts of horror and amazement at a 

marking up dummy papers was con¬

cut placed upside down on the page; 

siderably lightened by vocal renditions

their yells of delight concerning a 

of every conceivable musical selection

story that just fit into a space sans 

from Rachmaninoff's "Prelude in C

cutting; their very audible sighs of re¬ 

sharp Minor" to "The Man on the

lief over the finished paper, all amused 

Flying Trapeze." The song that most

Willie exceedingly. 

often made the background for sighs,

"You can imagine my secret hilar¬ 

groans, laughs, and exclamations was

ity," he chuckled, "when one girl, 

"The Music Goes Round and Round"

ignorant of the fact that flames come 

or as the English debaters would have

out over the press during the process 

put it "The Music Proceeds in Circles

of printing, vividly imagined the whole 

and Emerges Elsewhere," a number

machine to be on the verge of explos¬ 

which through it all seemed to stimu¬

ion and in no 'petite' feminine voice 

late and revive the spirits of all the

frantically voiced her fears." 
Another young journalistic aspirant novices from the blase seniors to the 
became exceedingly perplexed when naive freshmen. 

6all-occasion 3 

CREPE 

10.75 

ptoated and fagotted 

. . a Broutley value! 

This little frock will star 
in any wardrobe for the 
number of places it can go 
with complete assurance 
of being just right.. that's 
practicality. Note the 
higher shoulder line and 
pleated hem . . that's new¬ 
ness. Wood violet, grey, 
acqua, beige. And it's only 
one of a group just un¬ 
packed radiating newness 
and wearability, stressing 
VALUE! 

Muse's Little Shop 

HENRY GRADY HOTEL 


s The Agonistic 

WE THINK 

(Continued from page 2, column 3) 
crumbs and lunch paper scattered over 
the dresser and tables, soiled sheets 

and towels tossed about in corners, and 
dirty clothes pitched on beds and 
chairs—well, if the girls who leave the 
room in this state are accustomed to 
living in a hog-pen, they, might con¬ 
sider that other students who would 
like to use the room prefer a cleaner 
environment. 

If the day students wish to show 
their appreciation for the kindness 
which set these two rooms aside for 
their benefit, they should obey the cus¬ 
tomary dormitory rules, especially as 
to quiet, and every one who uses the 
rooms should feel it her personal re¬ 
sponsibility to leave them in a state 
of cleanliness. 

—SUPPORT MARDI GRAS— 

A KEY TO CURRENT HISTORY 

(Continued from page 2, column 3) 
are at variance with the Treaty of 
Versailles, a treaty whose imperfec¬ 
tions are generally recognized today. 

The scramble for sides in the squab¬ 
ble has not ended. The position of the 
nations is not yet clear. France has 
hinted an inclination to push her case 
even to the limit of an immediate war 
while her position is strong in prefer¬ 
ence to what she fears is an inevitable 
war within two years when Germany 
will be stronger. The Balkan proteges 
of France, Rumania, Yugoslavia, 
Czechoslovakia, and her neighbor Bel¬ 
gium, are backing her, the former 
group threatening withdrawal from 
the League if its covenant is not en¬ 
forced. Poland's announcement that 
she also supports France has routed 
the rumor of a rapprochement with 
Germany which their non-aggression 
pact caused. 

Germany is then well encircled ex¬ 
cept for the fact that the two critical 
countries, England and Italy, are strad¬ 
dling the issue. Italy is in that excel¬ 
lent position where attention to her 
war has lapsed, where uneasiness of 
Europe may cause suspension of sanc¬ 
tions, and where concession to her 
wishes at the price of her support of 
France is possible. Though France ad¬ 
mits she needs England's assistance in 
punitive measures against Germany, 
Parliament and public opinion in Eng¬ 
land are reported to oppose coercion 
of the Reich. Foreign Minister An¬ 
thony Eden as an idealistic and force¬ 
ful supporter of the League is in a 
precarious position. Working for a 
compromise between France and Ger¬ 
many, perhaps he based his optimistic 
primary view of the situation on the 
hope that according to the German 
suggestion the League might be made 
to work as an instrument for peace 
rather than as the instrument of the 
faulty Versailles treaty. England may 
be forced to take a definite stand for 
France and the enforcement of the 
pact. But prediction of the outcome 
of affairs in such a muddled state is 
impossible. 

—ELECT YOUR KING— 
FOR THIS ISSUE: 
Reporters 
Ruth Hertzka Jean Chalmers 
Sarah Johnson Giddy Erwin 
Eliza King Mildred Davis 
Nell Hemphiil Mary F. Guthrie 
Hortense Jones Elizabeth Warden 
Carol Hale Loice Richards 
Enid Middleton Douglas Lyle 
Alice Cheeseman 
Business Assistants 
Elizabeth Blackshear 
Jane Dryfoos Rachel Kennedy 

Compliments of 
ROGERS' 

F. T. Henderson. Manager 
302 E. College Ave. 
THURSDAY ONLY 

"Last Days of Pompeii' 

DE KALB THEATRE 

BOOK NOTES—ANSWERS

Ann Coffee Wins Medals Freshmen Elect Dryfoos

Athletic Groups 

(Continued from page 2, column 5)

In Recent Swimming Meet | As Athletic Board Member 
Participate in 1. Ellen Glasgow. 
In a recent Birmingham swimming Jane Dryfoos has been elected fresh¬ 

2. H. L. Davis with his Honey in the 
meet, Ann Coffee, president of the Conference man representative on the athletic Horn. 
Agnes Scott College Athletic Associa¬ board. Jane has taken a very active 

Members of the physical education 3. Burton M. Hendrick. 

tion, won medals for first place in part in athletics this year, especially in 

department of Agnes Scott College 4. North To the Orient. 

back stroke, second place in breast hockey and basketball. She will have

took part in the Georgia Recreation 5. Green Light by Lloyd C. Douglas.
stroke, and third in two free-style con¬ Conference held Monday, Tuesday, charge of taking pictures of board 

6. It Can't Happen Here. 
tests. and Wednesday of last week at Emory members for the athletic scrapbook. 

7. Mary Queen of Scotland and the
—SUPPORT MARDI GRAS— University. Associate Professor Llew¬ 
ellyn Wilburn, of the physical educa¬ The Swimming Club held its spring Isles.

May Day, Tennis Top List 

tion department, gave a short talk on try-outs last week. Esther Byrnes was 8. So Reil the Rose, by Stark Young.

As Popular Gym Courses 

Recreation for Girls and Women. 

the first to pass the tests and has been 9. National Veli et. 

Helen Handte, Elizabeth Burson, Marie

With May Day and tennis classes admitted to the club. ] 1. Marie Sandoz.

Stalker, and Connie Pardee took partleading in popularity the spring gym in an exhibition game of paddle ten¬ Mexican folk dance under the direc¬ 11. Humphrey Cobb. 
season began Thursday, March 5. The nis and of ring tennis, and Miss Wil¬ tion of Miss Eugenie Dozier, instruc¬ 12. Hearen's My Destination, by 
approximate enrollment in all the burn explained the rules and technique. tor in the physical education depart¬ Thornton Wildei. 
Mary Malone, Jane Turner, Cecilia ment. They were accompanied at the 13. Sir Arthur Willert.

sports offered is: May Day 140, tennis 

Baird, and Florence Little presented a piano by Mrs. Sarah Hamilton. 14. T. E. Lawrence.

115, swimming 71, archery 45, riding 

45, golf 12. 
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ALUMNAE NEWS 

Margaret (Smith) Kingdon, '3 3, RICH'S 
has moved to Asheville, N. C. 

Doushka Sweets, '3 3, is teaching 
infantile paralysis convalescents in the ^ Spring Suggestion --city 
hospital of Louisville, Ky. 

Rosalind Ware, '3 3, will be married 
on April 20 in the Emory Theological With your new 
Chapel to Mr. Robert Milton Rey¬ 

nolds. They will live in Kingsport, Navy Frocks—wear 
Tennessee. 
Betty (Fountain) Edwards, '3 5, is 
living at 1708 North Emory Road, 

4, ^Barbizon 

Atlanta. 
Marie Simpson, '3 5, recently spent 
the week-end with Martha Redwine, 

Navy

'3 5, in Barnesville, Ga., where Martha 
is teaching. 
Amy (Underwood) Trowell, '3 5, is 

Slips

working in a department store m Au¬ 
gusta, Ga. 

\ Only at Rich's

—SUPPORT MARDI GRAS— 
CLASS PAPERS GO TO JUDGES 
AS AGONISTIC CONTEST ENDS 

Shelby" (top) — 2.00 

(■Continued from page 1, column 1) 

All-silk Crepe Gartiere; true bias cut, doubleluncheon will be given in their honor Hollywood top. Smoothly fitting. Sizes 32 to 4 4. 
at the Tea House on the following day. 

Active members of Agonistic Key in¬ 

Streamline" (center) 2.00

clude Lulu Ames, Alice Chamlee, 

Crepe Gartiere. Straight-cut, so it stays put,

Laura Steele, Frances Gary, Kathryn 

fits perfectly. Adjustable hem. 32-44.

Bowen, Rosa From, Mary Gray Rog¬ 
ers, Nellie Margaret Gilroy, and Loice 
Richards. Modestie" (bottom) 2.25 

—ELECT YOUR KING — Crepe Gartiere straight-cut model with built-upshoulders so many women like. Sizes 32-44.

When physical education was made 
non-compulsory at the University of Other Barbizon navy slips—regular, extra, half sizes. 
California, enrollment in the depart¬ Barbizon Shop Rich'a Third Floor 
ment jumped 1800.—Ring-Tutu Phi. 

r 
Beauty Treatment Is Incomplete Without Care of Eyes 

By Jean Prentice 

rp HE fact that proper lighting en


ables us to see better should be 
ample reason for having it. But 
there's a further reason than that; 
proper illumination actually helps 
us to lovk better. Those eye wrinkles 
that come from continued squintingand eyestrain don't have much 
chance to form when the light is 
glareless and abundant. 

The question is, however, how to 
obtain this kind of light conveniently 
and economically? Well, let's take a 

typical case; that of the attractive 

lady in the picture.

The numbers and lines on the il¬ 

lustration have been placed there to 

help you visualize the relationship

between lamps, the position of the 

eye work and the amount of light as 

it would be shown by a light meter. 

By actual measurement it has been 

proved that when a good-sized table 

is used for a lamp beside a fairly

large comfortable chair, there will be 

approximately 32 inches between the 

lamp and the eye work. 
Utilize Light Effectively 
When sitting in the average chair,

the book or eye work is held about 

30 inches from the floor. Under such 

conditions it is found that 150-watts, 

or two 75-watt bulbs are needed in 

the table lamp to obtain on the task 

the desired amount of light for aver¬ 

age eye work — approximately 25 

foot-candles. (The foot candle, you

know, is the unit of measurement of Soft, shaded light of adequate intensity enables one to see better and look 

illumination intensity.) One bulb better. Wrinkles show up less and are less likely to form. 

may of course be turned off when 

eye work gives way to conversation, lamp in an unnatural and uncomfort¬ True beauty demands proper care 

and still hold the charm of this able position. Thus, we have a fortu¬ of the eyes. The right kind of light, 

grouping. nate combination of three important properly shaded, and sufficient in 

The lamp shade, you'll notice, has elements in home lighting: quantity, will help to minimize eye-
a white lining, a very desirable virtue 1. Enough light to see by. strain, reduce fatigue, and prevent 

if we want to utilize the light most 2. Shaded light, which softens and the formation of those tell-tale wrin¬ 

effectively. It is tall enough to throw lends attractive tone. kles resulting from eye-abuse that 

a generous circle of light so that our 3. General light, plus extra local do so much to spoil facial attractive-

lady doesn't have to hug close to the light for close eye-work. 

GEORGIA POWER COMPANY 


Daylight Saving 
April 26th 

(Hk ^kgonistic 

VOL. XXI AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1936 

"Faculty Members,,' and Choruses 

New Mortar Board Members 

Start Senior Opera Practice 

Shirley Christian is Director of 

English Students

Practices for Annual Com-| 
mencement Play I 

Aid in Festival 

Ames, Goss Head Writing Group 
Furnishing a speaking background to 

Under conditions of greatest secrecy, the music and dancing groups of the 

the seniors, headed by Shirley Chris¬ Atlanta Dogwood Festival, spoken En¬ 

tian, are practicing for the annual glish students of Agnes Scott College 

senior opera which they will present will give selections from Shakespeare's 

on Saturday, May 2, in Bucher Scott "Midsummer Night's Dream" at the 

gymnasium. Lulu Ames, former edi¬ Fox Theatre on the night of April 23. 

tor of Tun Agonistic, Lita Goss, Elizabeth Cousins, Winifred Kellers


former editor of the Aurora, Tibby berger, MyrI Chafin, and Ola Kelly 

Baethke, Mildred Clark, and Loice will play the parts of Titania, Queen 

Richards were in charge of the writ¬ of the Fairies; Puck, the Sprite; Ob


ing of the opera. eron, the Fairy King; and the Fairy, 

respectively. Members of the begin¬

Under the misleading caption, "Fac¬ 

ning and advanced classes in spoken

ulty Members," the seniors have posted 

English will speak in chorus the lulla¬

their cast which includes Carrie Phin


by sung to the Queen. Above are the newly elected members of the Agnes Scott Mortar Board chapter. From 

ney Latimer, Lily Weeks, Oveida left to right are, seated: Frances Cary, Eloisa Alexander, Mary Jane Tigert, Alice Hannah ;

standing: Isabel McCain, Julia Thing, Laura Steele, Marie Stalker, and Fannie B. Harris.

Long, Gertrude Lozier, Mary Corneley, 

and Marion Derrick. Understudies are 

A.S.C. Sends Four 
Carrie Phinney Latimer, Marian Der¬ 

Mortar Board Has

Agnes Scott

rick, Dean McKoin, and Carolyn To Southern Meet 

White. 

Election of Girls 

The first chorus consists of Helen At Memphis, Tenn. Has Program 
Handte, Sarah Frances MacDonald, From Junior Class 
Emily Rowe, Mary Margaret Stowe, Bowen, Steele, Jackson, Hannah 

Urging Peace

Elizabeth Forman, Eugenia Symms, 

Represent Publications, j Dr. George P. Hayes Addresses

Margaret Cooper and Elizabeth Bur-Student Government i 

I Student Body in Chapel;

son. In the second chorus are: Meriel King, Wood Speak at Exercises; 

Latimer Presides

Bull, Lavinia Scott, Carolyn White, 

Alice Hannah, president of student L. Richards Sounds TapsKitty Cunningham, Frances McCully, government, Barton Jackson, editor of On Quadrangle Nine Agnes Scott students of the

and Miriam Talmadge. Helen Ford, 

the Silhouette, and Laura Steele and class of 1937 received recognition for

Dean McKoin, Sarah Spencer, Sara 

Kathryn Bowen, editor and business Students Participate in Service outstanding scholarship, leadership and

Cureton, Frances Miller, and Mary 

manager of The Agonistic, returned service when, on April 11, the collegeSnow make up the third chorus. The Sunday from the annual convention of Agnes Scott College students joined chapter of Mortar Board named them

fourth chorus includes Bazalyn Coley, 

the student government associations this morning in a peace demonstration as members of that honorary society.

Anne Coffee, Martha Crenshaw, Cath¬ 

and publications of the Southern and which climaxed the series of peace Following a Mortar Board proces¬
erine Bates, Sara Lawrence, Myra Southeastern division of the N. S. F. programs sponsored during the year by sional and an address by Professor

O'Neale, Mildred Clark, Mary Rich¬ 

A., held in Memphis April 16-18. The Agonistic, the Current History George P. Hayes, Carrie Phinney Lati¬

ardson, Lena Armstrong, Lois Hart, 

Delegates assembled from twenty-nine Forum, and the Y. W. C. A. The pro¬ mer, president of the chapter, an¬

Lilian Grimson, Floyd Butler, Sara 

colleges and universities to discuss gram took place at the same time that nounced the election of the followingFrances Estes, Janet Gray, and .Irene problems relating to student govern¬ other schools all over the nation were juniors: Eloisa Alexander, chairman of

Wilson. 

ment and to the editorial and business presenting demonstrations for peace. May Day; Frances Cary, associate edi¬ 
Last year the seniors presented sides of college annuals and newspa¬ King is Chairman tor of The Agonistic; Alice Hannah,
"Sam's Son and the Lilac," in which pers. Headquarters were at the Pea-Augusta King, chairman, presided 

president of student government; Fan¬ 
Betty Lou Houck and Carolyn McCal-body Hotel, with Southwestern and over the program in Gaines Chapel, nie B. Harris, house president of Main;

lum played the leads. An opera, writ¬ the University of Mississippi as co-

and Sarah Catherine Wood, elected by Isabel McCain, president of Y. W. C. 
ten and executed by the graduating hosts. the student body Saturday morning, A.; Marie Stalker, vice-president of the 

class, is an annual feature of the com¬ Noted Men Speak 

was the speaker. The students and fac¬ Athletic Association; Laura Steele,

mencement program. Many leading newspaper men of the 

ulty marched out of the chapel to the editor of The Agonistic; Julia Thing,

South participated in the discussions 

recessional hymn, the words of which president of the Athletic Association; 

A.S.C. Has Two at of the Collegiate Press division, and were written by Lulu Ames, former and Mary Jane Tigert, vice-presidentrepresentatives of college publishers editor of The Agonistic, and formed of student government.
and advertising agencies conferred

Social Conference a double circle on the quadrangle with Mr. Hayes Gives Discussion 

with business managers. Among the the American flag and banners in the Carrie Phinney Latimer, as president

speakers heard at the convention were

President J. R. McCain, and Pro¬ center. After a minute's silence the of this year's chapter, introduced the

Dr Charles W. Pipken, dean of the was Loice

assembly dismissed when

fessor Arthur F. Raper, of the sociol¬ speaker, Dr. George P. Hayes, pro¬

graduate school of L. S. U.; Judge

ogy department, represented Agnes Richards played taps on the bugle. fessor of English at Agnes Scott Col¬

Camille Kelly, justice of juvenile

Scott College at the Georgia Confer¬ Augusta King, chairman, and Loice lege. Dr. Hayes, speaking on the three¬

courts of Memphis; Mayor Watkins 

ence of Social Workers, which met in Richards, assistant chairman, formu¬ fold purpose of Mortar Board on the

Overton of Memphis; and Mr. Her¬

Atlanta Tuesday, April 14, to Friday, lated the plans for this program, which campus, scholarship, leadership, and

bert Agar, of the Courier-Journal of

April 17. The theme of the confer¬ was sponsored by the Peace Commit¬ service, discussed scholarship as the

Louisville. 

ence was: Responsibility for a Social tee of the Y. W. C. A. to carry out basis for further advancement in lead¬

The men and women student gov¬

Security Program in Georgia. Re¬ the resolution to emphasize peace ership and service.

ernment representatives met separate¬

nowned social workers and educators passed at Blue Ridge last June by the The initiation ceremony took place

ly; the girls discussed such problems as

addressed the convention on such sub¬ Y. W. C. A.'s and the Y. M. C. A.'s on the following Tuesday afternoon at

the relation of college women to pub¬

jects as: Social Work and Change, of ten southern states. 5:30 in the Y. W. C. A. room in Main,

lic and international affairs, led by

Principles of Community Organiza¬ and was followed by a banquet at the

Alice Hannah; student organizations,

tion, Problems of Youth in Georgia, A. S. C. GIRLS GIVE Alumnae House honoring the new

social problems, campus activities, and

Va'ue of Voluntary Effort, and Rural members. In addition to these there

the honor system. Publication repre¬ ROTARIAN PROGRAM

Child Welfare Program. Other fea¬ were present Dean Nannette Hopkins

sentatives dealt with the problems of

tures of the conference were the in¬ and Miss Carrie Scandrett; Professor

editorial policies, campus coverage and Eight Agnes Scott students, daugh¬

formal discussion groups which con¬ George P. Hayes, Associate Professor

(Continued on page 4, column 3) ters of Rotarians, took part on the

sidered current social problems. Florence Smith, and Associate Profes¬

program, April 13, at the monthly

On Friday, after its annual business sor Louise Hale, faculty advisers;

A.S.C. Contributes $352.94 meeting of the Atlanta Rotary Club. 
meeting, the conference in Loice Richards, Lulu Ames, Shirley

met joint With Eugenia Symms presiding, the

To Aid Gainesville Victims

session with the Southern Social Con-Christian, Anne Coffee, Ruby Hutton,

program opened with a prayer led by 

Frances James, Augusta King, Carrie

Esthere Ogden.

Agnes Scott College's contribution 

Phinney Latimer, Dean McKoin, Sarah 

of $352.94 to the Red Cross fund for Dorothy Kelly introduced the visi¬

STUDENTS TO SELECT (Continued on page 3, column 1)

victims of the recent Gainesville tor¬ tors, and Fannie B. Harris spoke on 
OFFICERS THURSDAY nado is the result of an intensive cam¬ "Leap Year Proposals". Songs by the 
pus campaign which began on Tues¬ chorus and a series of three-minute Miss E. Jackson Attends 
Election of the house president of day, April 7, and continued through talks by Mary Kneale, Joyce Roper, Sixth A.A.U.W. Meeting

Inman and of a third assistant editor Mary Jane Tigert, and Isabel McCain

Thursday, April 9. Students gave

of The Agonistic will take place to¬ 

$133.69, and the faculty $219.25. completed the program. Associate Professor Elizabeth Jack¬ 

morrow morning after chapel. Com¬ 

Associate Professor Louise Hale, of son, of the history department, repre¬

mittee nominee for house president is 

the French department, directed the Agonistic Tryouts April 29 sented Agnes Scott College at the

Mary Alice Newton; popular nomi¬ 

campus campaign, and Miss Llewelyn sixth biennial conference of the South 

nees are Mary Alice Newton and Kitty 

Wilburn assisted her. Registrar S. G. Freshmen, sophomores and juniors Atlantic district of the American As¬

Printup. Mary McCann Hudson is 

Stukes, who inaugurated the drive, is who wish to try out for the reporter sociation of University Women, which

committee nominee for assistant editor 

president of the DeKalb County Red staff of The Agonistic may write met March 27-28 at its national head¬

and Carol Hale and Mary McCann 

Cross chapter. He announced that De-either a news or a feature article and quarters in Washington, D. C.

Hudson the popular. over $6,


catur, Georgia, contributed hand it in by Wednesday, April 29, to The guest speakers at the conven¬ 
The offices are open because of the 000 to the fund. Laura Steele, Frances Cary, Hortense tion were Senator Pope of Idaho, Presi¬ 
resignations of Frances Wilson and Besides giving money, Agnes Scott Jones, or Jane Guthrie, or may place dent Glass of Sweetbriar, Dr. Galleg-

Eliza King, who are doing Y. W. C. A. students contributed many old clothes it in The Agonistic box in the base¬ her of Goucher, and Dr. Wright of 
and Silhouette work. for the storm-stricken people. ment of Main. Exeter, England. 

NO. 20 

Justice Allen 

Will Address 

Senior Class 

Dr. Frank C. Morgan to Deliver 
Baccalaureate Sermon 
Sunday, May 31 

Commencement Dav is June 2 

When the traditionally capped and 

gowned seniors receive their degrees 

from Agnes Scott College on June 2, 

Justice Florence E. Allen, of the 

United States Circuit Court of Ap¬ 

peals, will deliver the commencement 

address. Justice Allen, who was for¬ 

merly a member of the Ohio State Su¬ 

preme Court, spoke at Agnes Scott 

some years ago on the program of the 

Public Lecture Association. 

On May 31, Sunday of commence¬ 

ment week, Dr. Frank Crossley Mor¬ 

gan, son of Dr. G. Campbell Morgan, 

will deliver the baccalaureate sermon 

to the senior class. Dr. Morgan, who 

does Bible teaching work at his home 

in Augusta, Georgia, has often spoken 

at Agnes Scott. 

The graduation exercises will take 

place in the auditorium of Bucher 

Scott gymnasium, and will climax the 

activities of commencement week, 

which will include: baccalaureate ser¬ 

mon, May 31; alumnae day, with its 

reunion luncheons, June 1; class day, 

with sophomore Daisy Chain, class his¬ 

tory and poem, and bookburning, 

June 1; and commencement, June 2. 

Last year Dr. Theodore Jack, presi¬ 

dent of Randolph-Macon Woman's 

College, made the commencement ad¬ 

dress; and Rev. Wallace Maxwell, pas¬ 

tor of the Maxwell Presbyterian 

Church, Lexington, delivered the bac¬ 

calaureate sermon. 

A.S.C. Glee Club 
Gives Comic Opera 

The Agnes Scott College Glee Club, 
under the direction of Mr. Lewis H. 
Johnson, of the vocal department, pre¬ 
sented "The Pirates of Penzance," a 
Gdbert -Sullivan opera, on Friday, 
April 17, in Bucher Scott gymnasium, 
and on the following evening at Em¬ 
ory University. 

Augusta King took the leading role 
as Mabel, while Frank Sule, of Decatur, 
sang the part of Frederick, the 
hero. Other leading characters, sup¬ 
ported by the entire Agnes Scott Glee 
Club, were: Richard, a pirate king, 
Eugene Traber; Samuel, his lieutenant, 
Charles White; Ruth, a piratical 
"maid-of-all-work," Amelia Nickels; 
Major General Stanley, of the British 
Army, Richard Smoot; Edward, a ser¬ 
geant of the police, Walton Bobo; 
Kate, Edith, and Isabel, Stanley's 
daughters, Alice Chamlec, Ruth Tate, 
and Mary Alice Newton. 

The three choruses, composed of the 
Glee Club and men from Atlanta and 
Decatur, were: women's chorus: J. B. 
Adams, Armistead, G. Caldwell, Ham¬ 
ilton, Hull, S. Jones, Kennedy, Kyle, 
Lasseter, Malone, Miller, McKay, M. N. 
Newton, Northcross, Sloan, Wilson, 
Wood; men's chorus: J. Austin, W. 
Bobo, M. Bullard, P. Carroll, G. Chappell, 
W. Davis, P. Davidson, H. Dobbs, 

G. Gill, J. H. Green, G. Hayes, F. 
Hegwood, T. Hicks, L. MacKey, J. 
Powell, S. Rivers, B. Smith, J. Smoot, 
R. Stanley, D. White. Evelyn Wall 
was accompanist for the opera. 
"The Pirates of Penzance," subtitled 
"The Slave of Duty," is one of the 
better known Gilbert and Sullivan pro¬ 
ductions. The first scene is laid on the 
rocky coast of Cornwall, and the sec¬ 
ond in a ruined chapel by moonlight. 
The action hinges around the conflict 
between Frederick's high sense of duty 
to the pirates and his love for Mabel. 

The Policemen's Chorus and the 
Love Duet between Mabel and Freder¬ 
ick proved most popular. 


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Vol. XXI April 22, 1936 No. 20 

AGNES SCOTT i mense groups, the United States 
of America and the United 

AND PEACE 

I States of Europe will be seen 
(Excerpt from the talk given in chapel this t standing in the presence of each

morning by Sarah Catherine Wood, as a part 

j other, extending the hand of fel


of the Agnes Scott peace program.) 

| lowship across the ocean, unit¬ 
The problem of peace as well ing for the good of all, these two 

as anything else ultimately goes 

; irresistable and infinite powers,

back to the individual. World 

the fraternity of men and the 

peace can never be attained with¬ 

power of God." And these words 

out world brotherhood—a sheer 

are no unrealizable aim—world 

love for our fellowmen — and 

peace is not an unattainable 

world brotherhood can never be 

goal. It is as practicable to abol¬ 

attained unless Christianity be¬ 

ish war as it was to abolish the 

comes firmly rooted in the hearts 

; institution of chattel slavery.

of men. In the final analysis, 

War may join slavery, cannibal¬ 

whether or not we are successful 

ism, human sacrifice, and other,

■in abolishing war in the future 
once sacred human habits, as one 

depends on how we as individ¬ 

of the shameful and abandoned 

uals stand. All great monuments, 

! institutions of the past. Idealis¬ 

all far-reaching ideas, were first 

tic? Yes. But all great things

the idea, the conviction of a sin¬ 

| must be found in idealism. What 

gle person. Even one individual 

the world needs today is not more 

may have undreamed of influ¬ 

skepticism but more faith that 

ence in world opinion. A little 

certain great Christian ideals 

emaciated, ninety -five pound be About a

will realized. hun¬ 

man in India, with few worldly 

dred years ago Thomas Carlyle

possessions beyond his spinning 

penned these words: "It seems to 

wheel, yearly completely upsets 

me, you lay your finger here on 

the equilibrium of the entire 

the heart of the world's mala¬ 

British Empire. It can be done. 

dies, when you call it a skeptical 
The policies and acts of the world!" And so we, with unfail¬ 
United States will depend ulti¬ ing strength and idealism born 

mately upon public opinion. Pub¬ of a driving ambition and a tire¬ 
lic opinion is the product of the less energy, shall march toward 
thoughts and feelings of individ-! the goal which lies ahead—world 
ual citizens. If this nation is to 1 brotherhood and a lasting peace. 
pursue steadily a peace-loving; 
and peace-creating policy, it will COLLEGIATE 
be because the men and women 

WHO'S WHO

who make up its citizenship real¬ 
ly want peace. Furthermore, it Deserving editorial notice is 
is not necessary that all citizens ' the appearance of the names and 
actually work for peace, but sim-! short biographies of six Agnesply enough to influence and con¬ 

Scott College students in the

trol the situation. There are 

second volume of Who's Who

about five hundred girls at Ag¬ 

Among Students in American

nes Scott College, representing ^ 

twenty-two states. By the time Colleges and Universities. Fran¬ 

that all of the girls now here! ces James, Adelaide Stevens, Lu¬ 
graduate they will go out to al¬ lu Ames, Augusta King, Shirley 
most five hundred different 

Christian, and Charline Fleece 
are among the thirty-eight stu¬

communities or at least have con¬ 

tact with that many different dents from Georgia colleges who 
are listed in the book, in which

groups. They, as college grad¬ 

over 1600 students from more

uates, should be leaders in our 

than 450 colleges and universi¬

various communities. As a very 
conservative estimate, I would ties are mentioned. 
say that each of us in the course This book serves the practicalof a year comes in contact with purpose, as the introduction 
at least five hundred other peo¬ states, of establishing a refer¬ 
ple sufficiently to influence their ence volume of authoritative in¬ 

ideas to some degree. That formation on American under¬ 
means that in the course of graduates, with emphasis on ex¬

a 

single year Agnes Scott students tra-curricular activities instead 
could influence 250,000. Suppose of scholarship alone. It also 
every girl here were really con¬ gives recognition to the students 

cerned about the problem of who have distinguished them¬ 
peace, had a real passion for the selves for "character, scholar¬ 
cause of peace, what a far-reach¬ ship, leadership in extra-curricu¬ 
ing and tremendous influence we lar activities, and possibility for 
could have! future leadership." 
Our nation has many faults, Never was more than one perbut among them is no lack of en¬ cent of the student body at a 

thusiasm and of ability to get given institution nominated for 
things accomplished when that M ho's Who, and their nomina¬ 
enthusiasm is aroused. tions were never accepted unless 

Victor Hugo said in 1849: "A approved by a dean or a member 
dav will come when two im-of the faculty. 

History 

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES 

By Margaret Watson 

Talmadge may rant in Georgia, Al 

Smith in the East, and other New Deal 

foes wherever they are; but it is in¬ 

conceivable that the Democratic Party 

will repudiate its leader and run any¬ 

one but Franklin Delano Roosevelt as 

i its presidential candidate. In spite of 

the vigorous opposition to him in some 

■ 
sections the party cannot afford to do 
: otherwise. 
i However settled the Democratic 
nomination may be, the Republican 
j one is just as undecided, and the varie¬ 
ty of possible candidates and their 
| platforms offers a fertile field for 
j speculation to the political commen¬ 

tators. 

Most of them consider ex-president 
| Hoover, Governor Landon, Senator 
1 Borah, and Colonel Frank Knox the 
j leading candidates. They are certainly 
j the most prominent ones nationally. 
! Mr. Hoover, recently christened 

"The Sage of Palo Alto", is believed 

to be acceptable to business in the 

East, but, in spite of the improvement 

in his speeches and disposition, he is 

still not a general favorite. 

Many "experts" say that the Re¬ 

publicans will need a Westerner who 

can carry that doubtful area, and Gov¬ 

ernor "Alf" Landon is usually picked 

as the favorite. Comparatively un¬ 

known until this year he is vociferous¬ 

ly supported by William Randolph 

Hearst, and has been introduced to the 

country in numerous magazine articles 

and news stories praising his political 

record and qualifications. He has been 

dubbed "Frugal Alf", and his record 

as a "fighting Progressive" makes him 

favored by the Middle West. 

Borah Is Possibility 

Senator William E. Borah of Idaho 

is well-known as a candidate of long 

standing and great influence. A liberal 

with very pronounced views, he is op¬ 

posed to the other candidates, and if 

he does not approve of the nominee 

and platform, he may possibly with¬ 

draw his support as he did in 193 2. 

Judging from the past, however, his 

actions are unpredictable, and it is 

quite possible that he will join forces 

with either Hoover or Landon against 

the other. 

Colonel Frank Knox of Chicago, 

publisher of The Chicago Daily News, 

has campaigned vigorously in Illinois, 

and is the candidate of the party com¬ 

mittee of the state. In their preferen¬ 

tial primaries last week he led the 

ticket. He has a good organization and 

personal funds for the campaign chest. 

And then, there are always dark 

horses; two who are "available" and 

have achieved some measure of nation¬ 

al recognition are Senator Vandenberg 

of Michigan and Senator Dickinson of 

Iowa. 

The Republican convention meets in 

Cleveland in May, and until then it is 

apparently anybody's nomination. 

ALUMNAE NEWS 

Alberta Palmour, '3 5, is traveling 

in Florida in the interests of the col¬ 

lege. She will return to the campus 

April 2 5. Miss Carrie Scandrett, '24, 

left April 15 for Tampa, Florida, 

where she joined Alberta for the rest 
I of her trip. They will visit alumnae 
, groups and organized clubs, especially 
! those in Tampa and Jacksonville. 

Flora Young, '34, was married on 

March 12 to Mr. Charles Mobley, of 

Charlotte, N. C. 
; Nancy Bishop Stevens is the name 
| given to the daughter born to Frances 

(Cassels) Stevens, ex-'3 5, on March 

15. 

Marie Simpson, '3 5, was married on 

April 16 to Mr. Guy Walter Rutland 

Jr., of Atlanta. 

Ella Kirben, ex '36, has done remark¬ 

able work in the Fashion Academy of 

Radio City, N. Y., for the past year 

and a half. She was recently presented 

with the school's gold medal as the 

most outstanding pupil of the year. In 

the fall she received recognition for de¬ 

signing the costumes for the Beaux


arts ball. Ella is specializing in theatri¬ 

cal designing. 

Betty Fountain, '3 5, was married on 

February 22 to Mr. Harrison Griffith 

Edwards, of Atlanta. 

The Exile, by Pearl S. Buck. Reynal 

and Hitchcock, N. Y. 193 6. S2.5 0. 

This portrait of her mother which 

Pearl Sydenstricker Buck has painted 

in her latest work will undoubtedly 

prove as popular as this author's pre¬ 

vious stories. 

The author begins her fine psycho¬ 
logical study with her own great¬ 
grandfather, a thriving merchant of 
Utrecht, Holland, and follows him, 
his son, and his son's French bride, as 
they emigrate to America for freedom 
to serve God in their own way. She 
sets the stage for the central figure, the 
product of stolid devout Dutch and, 
on her mother's side, of vivacious pas¬ 
sionate French. From details told her 
by her mother, the author has con¬ 
structed a beautiful and intimate pic¬ 
ture of Carrie Stulting's girlhood in 
West Virginia during the turbulent 
days of the Civil War; of the never-
ceasing struggle within herself between 
the "warm, merry, sensuous, hot-tem¬ 
pered person" and the "puritan, the 
practical mystic, straining after God 
but never quite seeing Him"; of her 
decision to become a missionary; of 
her years at Bellewood Seminary; and 
of her acceptance of Andrew, who 
was going to China as a missionary be¬ 
cause "he felt it his duty." The years 
which followed—years in which she 
endured heroically war, famine, sick¬ 
ness; child-bearing, and grief as she 
buried, one by one, four of her chil¬ 
dren—are told not from the point of 
view of a missionary laboring to save 
souls, but from that of a woman and 
a mother, sacrificing "for a cause 
never too clearly seen." 

Although The Exile is not really a 
novel. Pearl S. Buck has performed in 
it, as in her other writing, the busi¬ 
ness of the novelist which, she says in 
a recent article in the Yale Kcvieiv, is 
"to secure and see that which others 

ET CETERA 

Dual-Personality: Two Washington 
and Lee seniors were solemnly intro¬ 
duced, on a certain evening in April, 
to one Arabella Austin, sophomore and 
resident of Main. At exactly ten min¬ 
utes past eight of this same night, Ara¬ 
bella was seen descending the stairs, 
wearing white cotton hose, a blue jer¬ 
sey skirt, a long, loose-fitting middy, 
horn-rimmed spectacles, and a channing 
ribbon attached to a knot at the 
back of her head. Gently propelled 
through the growing crowd bv her 
room mate, Arabella was ushered into 
the parlor containing the guest? and 
presented to them. Whereupon, as 
many eye witnesses can testify, a great 
silence fell upon the room, broken only 
by certain attacks of coughing on the 
part of the visitors and by rustling of 
paper as Arabella idly turned the 
leaves of Plato's Theory of the Vdi¬ 
verse. The climax reached its height, 
however, when a well-known voice 
dispersed the curious crowd and in¬ 
quired into the past and present life 
of Arabella. Due to the sudden dis¬ 
missal, therefore, this event extraord¬ 
inary still remains veiled in mvstery. 

Scene—Emory Woods. 

Time—Late afternoon. 

Characters—An Agnes Scotter, an 
Emory stude, and seventeen girl scout 
hikers. 

They were walking along, the boy 
and the girl, endeavoring to ignore 
the curious glances of a girl scout hik¬ 
ing squad. And he said, "I bet you 
don't know what poison ivy looks 
like," and she said, "No," and he said, 
"Well, I do, and I get it if I come 
within twenty yards of it." "Do you 
think we've been that close to it?" 
she said, and he answered, "Time will 
tell." All of which goes to show that 
truth is stranger than fiction for the 
next morning the student called to 
find his companion of the afternoon 
before in bed with a very itching case 
of poison ivy. 

Dancing This Week: Mary Rogers, 
Joyce Roper, Mary Lib Moss, and oth¬ 
ers at the Phi Kap tea dance. At the 
East Lake Country Club on April 9: 
Elizabeth Blackshear, Ellen O'Donnell, 
Scotty Earthman, Kitty Hoff¬ 
man, Dot Kelly, Rosalyn Richards, 
Marjoric Rainey, Alice Taylor, Jane 
Thomas, Sara Turner, Ann Purnell, 

do not see, and by choice and skill in 

the use of the materials of art—and 

materials are forever people and only 

people—make it clear as any bronze or 

music to be seen and to be heard." 

Pearl Sydenstricker Buck is doubly 

interesting to the Agnes Scott College 

community as the niece of Professor 

Alma Sydenstricker, of the Bible de¬ 

partment. 

Her life corresponds almost exactly 

to that of Comfort in The Exile. Born 

in West Virginia in 1892, she was 

taken to China at an early age, where 

she grew up almost alone. Her chief 

companion was her mother who, try¬ 

ing to compensate for her daughter's 

lack of playmates and schools, taught 

her carefully herself, training her es¬ 

pecially to feel the beautv of words, 

of music, of art, and of the common¬ 

place things around her. After two 

years at a boarding school in Shanghai, 

the young girl was taken to Europe 

and England and then to America, 

where she attended Randolph-Macon. 

Shortly after her return to China she 

married a young American. Five years 

later the couple moved to Nanking, 

where Dr. Buck became a professor in 

the University of Nanking. 

It was not until middle age, with 

an extraordinarily rich experience be¬ 

hind her, that Mrs. Buck began writ¬ 

ing. Her first published writing, a 

short story entitled A Chinese Woman 

Speaks, which was purchased by Asia, 

is said to have moved the whole staff 

to tears. Mrs. Buck's first novel, E.ast 

Wind: West Wind, received little at¬ 

tention; but her second, The Good 

Earth, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. 

Since then her important books have 

been Sons, The First Wife (a collec¬ 

tion of short stories), All Men Are 

Brothers (a translation of the Chinese 

classic), and finally The Exile. 

EXCHANGES 

In Cambridge, Mass., sophomores Al¬ 
fred Bunch and Frederick Neagle at 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
returned from a week-end to find an 

old Ford truck standing in the centet 
of their fourth floor room, brought in 
piecemeal and assembled there by 
prankster fraternity mates.—Time. 

A few weeks ago a group of students 
from Randolph Macon were on their 
way to paint the campus of Hampden-
Sydney yellow. When Hampden-Sydney 
received news of this, watchers 
were organized. The invaders were re¬ 
pulsed twice, and having been sent 
home in defeat, carrying their cans of 
paint, found that their own campus 
had been sadly besmirched in the mean¬ 
time by some energetic Hampden-Sydney 
boys.—The Tiger. 

A new farm tractor has an air-condi¬ 
tioned, sound-proofed cab equipped 
with radio and cigar-lighter.—Forbes. 

Yale has reversed its attitude of last 
year and will accept federal aid for its 
needy graduate and professional stu¬ 
dents, with 102 students slated for 

N. Y. A. jobs. 
The William and Mary annual this 
year is to have as its theme the restora¬ 
tion of Williamsburg, the college site. 
Many colored views of the campus and 
pictures of the restoration will be in¬ 
cluded. The publication of the pictures 
is being effected through the aid of 
John D. Rockefeller.—The Wooden 
Horse. 

Rose Northcross, Caroline White, and 
Kathryn Bowen. Those seen at the 
Emory dances were: Nancy Moorer, 

Rose Northcross, Jerry White, Rachel 
Kennedy, Joyce Roper, Hortense Nor¬ 
ton, Bee Merril, Mary V. Smith, Sue 
Bryan, Martha Marshall, Eleanor John¬ 
son, Mary Catherine Matthews, Alice 
Chamlec, Rosa Miller, Filizabeth 
Strickland, Jeff Cooper, Betty Adams, 
Mary Malonc, Mary Alice Newton, 
Augusta King, Mericl Bull, Mary Wil¬ 
lis, and others. 

Come-Backs: Jane Allen Webb from 
the University of Kentucky to visit 
Mary Hull and Joe McClure. 

Mrs. Rigby (Ida Buist) from Green¬ 
ville, S. C. 

Lib Heaton to visit Mary Cornelly. 


The Agonistic 

R. Frost is Unable
Events of Importance Happen 
To Revisit A. S. C.

Despite Cessation of Agonistic 

Until Next Winter

Although holidays, finances, and members of the Agonistic Key, local 
elections intervene, preventing the pub¬ honorary society: Elizabeth Blackshear, 

111 health and the acceptance of the

lication of The Agonistic, news does 

Nell Allison, Mildred Clark, and El¬ 

Charles Eliot Norton lectureship at

not cease to be made on the campus, 

len Davis; and Dr. J. R. McCain and 

Harvard will prevent Robert Frost,

and several events of importance have 

Dean Nannette Hopkins, honorary noted American poet, from returning

occurred since the last issue of the 

members. to Agnes Scott for an informal visit

paper. 

Recent class elections for next year this spring. Mr. Frost, in a letter to

The sophomore edition of The Ag¬ 
onistic, edited by Hortense Jones, have resulted in the following officers: Associate Professor Emma May Laney, 
won the cup awarded in the annual junior — Martha Summers, president; had expressed a desire to come back to 

contest for the best class edition. Fran¬ Eloisa Alexander, vice-president, and the campus and complete the too short 

Dorothy Jester, secretary -treasurer; visit, as he considered it, that he made

ces Robinson was business manager. 

sophomore — Eliza King, president; when he lectured here last November

The junior and freshmen editors tied 

for second place, and the seniors came Jane Turner, vice-president, and Mil¬ 7; he planned to stop here after spend¬ 
third. dred Davis, secretary-treasurer; fresh¬ ing the winter in Florida. But having 
man—Annie Lee Crowell, president; been asked to accept the Charles Eliot

On that same day, April 3, Lulu 
Ames, former editor of The Agonis¬ Douglas Lyle, vice-president, and Jane Norton lectureship, an honor accorded 
tic, announced the following new Moore Hamilton, secretary-treasurer. for the first time to an American poet, 

Mr. Frost had to go to Cambridge 
March 1, where he will have to remain 

A.S.C. Sponsors Dr. McCain Gives until May 19 delivering his series of 
six lectures on poetry. 
Psychology Meet Talk at U. of C. 

Mrs. Frost, in a letter to Miss 
Laney, writes: "Now it seems as if we 
Associate Professor Emily Dexter President J. R. McCain, of Agnes shall have to postpone our visit with 
and Assistant Professor Katherine Om-Scott College, delivered the opening you until we go south next winter— 

wake, of the psychology department, address last Friday at the semi-centen¬ about the first of December. I looked 

were hostesses for the Southern Society forward to being with him there in an

nial celebration which marked the fif¬

for Philosophy and Psychology, which informal way; I have been disappoint¬

tieth anniversary of the University of

held its annual meeting Friday and ed, but we will look forward to it un¬ 
Saturday, April 10 and 1 1, 193 6, at Chattanooga. Dr. McCain spoke in the til next fall." 
the Henry Grady Hotel in Atlanta, Patten chapel on "College Cooperation 
Georgia. Agnes Scott College spon¬ and Education." 

Sociology Class To

sored the convention. 

The semi-centennial ceremonies will

On Friday afternoon Miss Omwake 

continue through Friday, April 2 5, Visit Resettlement

spoke on "The Effectiveness of Visual 

presenting such renowned speakers

vs. Auditory Presentation of Material." as 

The place of meeting and other ar¬ Hon. H. J. McAlister, governor of Professor Arthur Raper, of the so¬ 

rangements were under the supervision Tennessee; Professor Emeritus W. L ciology department of Agnes Scott 
Collegej will conduct an observation

of Miss Dexter who was invited to sit 

Phelps, of Yale; President H. W. Cox,

at the speaker's table at the banquet tour to Pine Mountain Resettlement 

on Friday night. of Emory; and Associate Editor J. H. near Warm Springs on Thursday,
Finley, of the New York Times. Other

Dr. Albert G. A. Balz, of the Uni¬ April 23. The party includes all the 

features of the celebration were a play

versity of Virginia, is the president of students of the social pathology class,

Wappin' Wharf, by Charles S. Brooks,

the Southern Society for Philosophy and the following faculty members: 

and a concert given by the university

and Psychology. Professors from num¬ Associate Professor Emma May Laney,

choir and directed by BIynn Owen. 

erous colleges and universities attended of the English department; Professor 

Although Dr. McCain found it nec¬

the meeting. Lucile Alexander, of the French de¬ 

essary to return to Agnes Scott before 

partment; Assistant Professor Mar¬ 

the close of the ceremonies, he will go 

garet Phythian, of the French depart¬

Father of Prof. Hayes Is 

back to Chattanooga on Friday to at¬ 

ment; Assistant Professor Katherine 

Recent Speaker at A.S.C. tend the closing services and the final 

Omwake, of the psychology and edu¬ 

luncheon at which the University will 

cation department; Associate Professor 

Dr. J. C. Hayes, father of Professor entertain the delegates. 

Elizabeth Jackson, of the history de¬ 

George P. Hayes, of the English de¬ 

partment; Professor Mary Stuart Mac


partment of Agnes Scott College, gave Frances Gary Will Head Dougall, of the biology department; 
an illustrated lecture at Agnes Scott Eta Sigma Phi Next Year Professor Louise McKinney, of the 
on April 10 on "Scenes and Sights 

English department; and Dr. Mary F. 

Around the Mediterranean." 

Frances Cary was elected president Sweet, resident physician.

This is the fourth lecture that Dr. 

of Eta Sigma Phi at a meeting held Thousands of acres of government

Hayes has made at Agnes Scott. The 

Monday afternoon, April 20, in the land are under cultivation by modern

first was on "Literature and History," 

Y. W. C. A. room. She succeeds Eliza¬ farm methods at the Resettlement.
the second on "Cathedrals," and the 

beth Forman, president for 1935-36. The purpose of the tour is the particu¬

third in Gaines Chapel on "Emerson" 

Other officers elected were Mildred lar study of such important modern

in 1934. 

Davis, vice-president; Mary Jane King, problems as soil conservation by ter¬ 
recording secretary; Nell Allison, cor-racing, up-to-date housing of farm¬

MORTAR BOARD HAS 

responding secretary; Molly Jones, ers, and the practical application of

ELECTION OF GIRLS 

treasurer; and Gwendolyn McKee, the latest farming methods to the mass

{Continued from page 1, column 4) 

Pyloros. of Southern farmlands.

Spencer, and Adelaide Stevens, active 
members, and several alumnae mem¬ 
bers. 

Mortar Board was installed at Ag¬ 
nes Scott in the fall of 1931, replac¬ 

Tuck-In BLOUSES

ing Hoasc, the local honorary society 
for senior women. 

Mary's Mending Shop 
105 East Court Square 
DE. 1641 

of Cotton 
Alterations and Repairs 

Chamoray / j

BOWL -A, 
IJ

For Health 

For Sport 

For Fun 

at 

BLICK'S HEALTH 
CENTER 
671 Peachtree Street 
Wal. 7823 

Cool little cotton chambray tuck-ins make ideal 
and 

blouses for now and all Summer. These new ones at 
Allen's come in maize, gray, blue and green, with 
smart Peter Pan collars. Sizes 32 to 38. 

Spurt Shop Street Fluor 

CENTER 
••THE CENTER OF ACTIVITY" J. V. AL1XN A CO

C»^r« 'VM \t/rww> ■ 
20 Houston, N.E. \VA. 5622 

Teachers, Doctors, and Chemists 
To be Products of Agnes Scott 

Recently a speaker in chapel pointed 
out the interesting fact that all girls 
at one time or another secretly wish to 
be either a nurse, a bare-back rider in 
the circus, or a missionary. The poll 
conducted recently by the Y. W. C. A. 
which asked for the two occupations 
that each individual is interested in, 
for the purpose of choosing approp¬ 
riate vocational speakers, verified two-
thirds of this statement, for three 
girls listed nursing and two girls chose 
missionary work with a third desiring 
to teach missionaries' children (per¬ 
haps the offspring of the third just 
mentioned, provided they go to Af¬ 
rica). Realizing the inferiority of the 
horse in this day of efficiency another 
hottentot abandoned the traditional 
desire for bare-back riding in favor of 
being an aviator. Others entirely dis¬ 

carded the old theory and chose such 
occupational endeavors as radio, land¬ 
scape architecture, play writing, lan¬ 
guage interpreting and stock-broking 
(or whatever that capitalistic proce¬ 
dure is technically called). In fact 
everything was mentioned—at least, 
almost everything—from such an eth¬ 
ereal position as air line hostess to such 
an "of the earth, earthy" occupation 
as farming.

Many Desire Radio Work 
In glancing over the little pink and 
white slips upon which these fascinat¬ 
ing life ambitions were divulged one 
could not refrain from thinking of 
that fine May morning 10 years from 
now when Gaily Careless or Connie 
Conference will wake up and turn on 
the radio to listen to a program an¬ 
nounced by an A. S. C. girl and pre¬ 
senting a dramatic early-to-bed, earlyto-
rise play enacted by six personages 
of said specie, while she slips into a 
frock designed by four other former 
college mates. In order to get to break¬ 
fast on time she has to turn off the 
setting-up exercises that five of her 
other friends present each morning. 
Upon reaching the tea room, after 
greeting three hostesses and comment¬ 
ing on the splendid work of the five 
interior decorators who have just re¬ 
modeled the place, she reads the news¬ 
paper whose staff numbers twenty-
four. 
Because the thirteen technicians and 
three dietitians are rather slow, she has 

time to glance over the ads which 
have been beautifully drawn by nine 
of her friends, to read stories written 
by four others, and to look up her two 
stock-broking friends on the business 
page to which fourteen math majors 
have contributed statistics. 

Having finished her meal, Cally or 
Connie, as the case may be, winds her 
way toward the office. She passes the 
sanctuary of knowledge when 64 of 
her acquaintances are receiving red ap¬ 
ples and quoting Douglass' "Principles 
of Secondary Education." Next door 
is the church in which there are two 
secretaries to the pastor, six young 
peoples' workers, four religious educa¬ 
tors, and three other general church 
officials. 

Some Are Artists 

She looks across the avenue and mar¬ 

vels at the beautiful lawn of the city 

hospital, the creation of two landscape 

artists, the hospital where fourteen of 

her former fellow-sufferers are now 

engaged in medicine. And of course, 

back in the old days she had known 

quite well the two leading bacteriolog¬ 

ists and the nine chemists, along with 

the pharmacist now registered there. 

Her gaze is interrupted by a cheery 

hello from forty-three social welfare 

workers just starting out on their case 

work. They are followed by a Red 

Cross representative and two Girl 

Scout executives. 

As she traverses the grassy plot sur¬ 

rounding the entrance to her office 

building, she stumbles upon what are 

apparently two engrossed archaeolog¬ 

ists busily digging for buried treasure. 

Notes are being taken concerning these 

two interesting personalities by three 

business-like psychiatrists who are 

lurking about nearby corners. 

Cally enters the office, greets three 

clerks, two accountants, eight secre¬ 

taries, four personnel directors and the 

corporation lawyer. She falls down in¬ 

to her chair dismayed and stunned by 

the fact that out of all the girls she 

has known not one single one has 

chosen to be a follower of Hymen. 

Could it be that that cry of despair 

in the sophomore aggie of long ago— 

"Romeos, wherefore art thou, Rom


eos," was a transcendant truth in spite 

of the much bragged about sixty-

seven per cent? 

TRIUMPH OF MIXD 
OVER "PATER" 

"After Pater clamped down on my 
allowance, I used the old bean, went 
to Mangel's." 

"Pretty smooth, Peg, prettysmooth." 

"It's not original. The whole gang at 

the house are wise to Mangel's, too." 

"Not so dusty' On sorority row, 

Mangel's is the tops?" 

"Yup!" 

Jnanaels 

185 Peachtree 60 Whitehall St. 


The Agonistic 

Clubs Elect New Ten Professors 

Leaders for Next Represent A.S.C. 

Year's Activities 

Four Read Reports on Research 
in Biology, Psychology 

K. U. B. at Science Meet 
K. U. B. met on Wednesday after¬ 
Ten members of the faculty repre¬
noon, April 8, at 4:30 in the Y. W. 
sented the

C. A. cabinet room. At this meeting Agnes Scott College at 
fourteenth annual convention of the
the following new officers were elect¬ 
Georgia Academy of Science, which

ed: president, Margaret Watson; first 

vice-president, Joyce Roper; second met April 3 and 4 at the University 
vice-president, Lucille Cairns; secre¬ of Georgia in Athens. Professor Mary 
tary, Ruth Hertzka; and treasurer, Stuart MacDougall, of the biology de¬ 

Enid Middleton. 

partment; Associate Professor Emily S. 
Dexter, of the psychology department;

Music Appreciation Group 

Acting Associate Professor Thomas W.

The Music Appreciation Group of 

Whitaker, of the botany department;

the Y. W. C. A. met on Sunday night, 

and Assistant Professor Katharine T.

April 19, at 7 o'clock in the music 

Omwake, of the psychology depart¬

room. The group studied Leopold 

ment, read reports based on original re¬

Stokowski at this meeting. Mary Prim¬ 

search work that they have done at

rose Noble will lead this group next 

Agnes Scott.

year. 

Other faculty members who attend¬ 
ed were Professor Robert Holt, of the

German Club 

chemistry department; Professor Henry

German Club will meet this after¬ 

Robinson, of the mathematics depart¬

noon at 4:30 in Mr. Johnson's studio. 

ment; Professor Schuyler Christian, of

The play, Unter Vicr Angen, directed 

the physics department; Associate

by Miss Harn and Lucie Hess, will be 

Professor Philippa Gilchrist, of the

presented by members of the club. The 

chemistry department; and Misses

characters in the play are: Felix, Anne 

Blanche Miller and Helen Miller, in¬

Thompson; Hermine, Jean Austin; 

structors in biology.

Baron Hubert von Berkon, Martha 

The purpose of the Georgia Acad¬

Long; Lotte, Olivia Root; and Bau


emy of Science is to unify state scien¬

maun, Ann Worthy Johnson. 

tists interested in chemistry, biology, 
mathematics, physics, botany, and psy¬

Blackfriars 

chology; and to encourage original re¬

The regular meeting of Blackfriars 

search in any of these fields. 

was held on Tuesday night, April 7, 
at 7 o'clock in Miss Gooch's studio. 

Bible Majors Entertain

Plans were discussed for the com¬ 
mencement play, and a scene from As For Prof. Sydenstrieker 
Yon Like It was presented by members 
of the club. Those participating in Eight Bible majors entertained Pro¬ 
the scene were: Lucile Dennison as fessor Alma Sydenstrieker, of the Bi¬ 
Rosalind, Marie Stalker as Duke Fred¬ ble department, with a birthday party 
erick, and Elizabeth Cousins as Celia. at the Tavern Tea Room on Tuesday 

Miss Lois Secour, director of dra¬ evening, April 21. Members of the 
matics at Brenau College, spoke to Bible Club sent Mrs. Sydenstrieker 
Blackfriars on Tuesday night, April flowers. 
14, at 7 o'clock in Miss Gooch's stu¬ Present at the dinner were Mrs. 
dio. She spoke on the national dra¬ Sydenstrieker, Catherine Bates, Molly 
matics honorary society, Zeta Phi Eta. Jones, Elizabeth Burson, Miriam Tal-
Miss Secour was unable to attend the mage, Floyd Butler, Ernelle Blair, Ade¬ 
regular meeting, as previously planned. laide Stevens, and Frances Gary. 

Chi Beta Phi Sigma was held on Thursday night, April 9, 
The last meeting of Chi Beta Phi at 7 o'clock in Mr. Johnson's studio. 
Sigma was held on Monday night, The following new officers were elect¬ 

April 6, at 7 o'clock in the chemistry ed: president, Nellie Margaret Gilroy; 

lecture room. Mildred Tilly read a vice-president, Mary Lillian Fairly; 
paper on Mathematics and Chemistry. secretary, Brooks Spivey; treasurer, 
New officers for the coming year Lucile Dennison; and social chairman, 
were then elected: president, Martha Fannie B. Harris. As this was a busi¬ 
Summers; vice-president, Pauline Moss; ness and social meeting, no debate was 
treasurer, Nell Scott; corresponding held. However at the meeting to be 
secretary, Mildred Tilly; and record¬ held on Thursday night, April 23, at 
ing secretary, Margaret Watson. 7 o'clock in Mr. Johnson's studio there 
will be an interesting debate between 
French Club members of the club. 
The French Club met on Monday 
afternoon, April 20, at 4:30 in Mr. 

EAGER & SIMPSON

Dieckmann's studio. Initiation of new 
members was held, and a short French Corset Shop 
play was presented. The play was // 

Walnut 4972 

Faut Qu'iuic Porte Soit Ouverte on 

24 Cain St., N. E. Atlanta, Ga.

Fermee by Alfred Musset, and the 
characters were Lucie Hess as the 
Comte, and Marcelle Cappatti as the 
Marquise. This plav, directed by Miss 
Lucile Alexander, was presented also HOMEFOLKS GRILL 
before the Alliance Frangaise in Atlan¬ Your Home Away From Home 
ta on Thursday afternoon, April 16. 

119 E. Ponce de Leon 
Big Dee

Pi Alpha Phi 
The last meeting of Pi Alpha Phi 

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 Us student activities 

For further information, address 

J. R. McCAIN, President 
Y.W.C.A. Installs Thing-Announces Alumnae Sponsor 
Cabinet Members Senior Reception

New A. A. Board 
And Radio Talks

At Sunday Service 

Annual Banquet on May 6 Will 
Be Climax to Year's 

The Alumnae Association of Agnes

Installed at a candlelight service at Sports Events 

Scott College has set aside the month

vespers on Sunday, April 4, the new 

of April as publicity month, to inform

Agnes Scott Y. W. C. A. Cabinet took Selection of the Athletic Associa¬ 

the campus of the purpose and ideals

over its duties at its first meeting on tion Board for 1936-37, announced 

of the association. As parts of this

Tuesday, April 6, with Isabel McCain, by Julia Thing, president, in chapel on 

program, several chapel and radio talks

president of the organization, at its April 16, ushered in the events of the 

have been arranged, and a tea was

head. sports calendar for the next four 

given to the present senior class.

The Cabinet for next year is as fol¬ weeks. The final season of this year's 

The first chapel speaker was Mrs.

lows: athletic activities promises the excite¬ 

Frances (Craighead) Dwyer, '28, pres¬

President—Isabel McCain ment of conferences, tournaments, 

ident of the association, who spoke

Vice-President—Betty Hollis and social activities. 

April 15, urging the seniors to become

Secretary—Caroline Elliot May 6 will bring to a climax the 

members, and giving the numerous

Treasurer—Jean Barry Adams year's sports when the association en¬ 

benefits. Miss Llewellyn Wilburn, '19,

Program Chairman—Frances Wilson tertains at its annual banquet. The 

will speak on the various projects

Devotional Chairman—Winifred same afternoon is the date set for ten¬ 

which the Alumnae Association has

Kellersburger nis finals and a swimming meet, plans 

sponsored.

Social Service Chairman—Nellie for which are to be announced later. 

Radio programs have been planned

Margaret Gilroy Results of the first round in the golf 

throughout the month. On April 1,

Music Chairman—Primrose Noble tournament have been announced by 

Miss Carrie Scandrett, '24, spoke on

Mission Interest Chairman—Hiber-Associate Professor Llewelyn Wilburn: 

"Outstanding Alumnae in the Field of

nia Hassel Judith Gracey defeated Jean Kirkpat


the Fine Art." Miss Lucile Alexander,

Industrial Chairman—Martha Long rick; Mary Malone defeated Virginia 

'11, presented on April 8 "The

Social Chairman—Gary Wheeler Anne Rumbley; Peggy Willis defeated 

Achievements of the Alumnae Assoc¬

World Fellowship Chairman—Millie Ellen Little; Mary Johnson defeated 

iation as an Organization". Miss Doro¬

Coit Nancy Moorer; and Esther Byrnes and 

thy Hutton, '29, spoke on "The Re¬

Publicity Chairman—Douglas Lyle Meadow Brown drew byes. The second 

lation of the Association to the Cam¬

Ex-Officio—Alice Hannah round is to take place at Forest Hills 

pus," on April 15. On April 22, Mrs.

To plan for the work of next vear, tomorrow. 

Margaret (Bland) Sewell, '20, will talk

the Cabinet will have its first "retreat" Off-campus events of interest are 

on "An Alumna's Use of her Leisure."

on Sunday, April 26, at Stone Moun¬ three conferences to which Agnes 

The last of the series will be presented

tain, where the members will spend Scott is sending delegates. Julia Thing 

bv Miss Alberta Palmour, '3 5, on April

the day and cook dinner. left yesterday to attend the national 

29, on "The Relation of the Associa¬

The first activity of the new Cabi¬ conference of the Athletic Federation 

tion to the World Outside."

net will be the annual weiner roast for of College Women, which is being held 

On April 14, the seniors were enter¬

the freshman class at Ice Cream Springs April 2 5 and 26 in Minneapolis, Min¬ 

tained at a tea by the Association at

this afternoon. nesota. Bee Merrill, next year's swim¬ 

as¬ the home of Mrs. Allie (Candler)

ming manager, will represent the 

A. S. C. SENDS FOUR sociation at Guy, '13. The entertainment was
the swimming conference un¬ 
TO SOUTHERN MEET at the University of Alabama. Marie der the direction of Mrs. Augusta 

(Skeen) Cooper, '17, chairman of the

{Continued from page 1, column 2) Stalker and Frances Robinson have 

entertainment committee. Those pres¬

general news, editorial staff problems, been elected as representatives to the 

ent were the seniors, members of the

newspaper mechanics, features, and Georgia State Athletic Conference 
business managements. which meets April 2 5 and 2 6 at G. S. entertainment committee and of the 

executive board, Miss Nannette Hop¬

At the final plenary session, a num¬ C. W. in Milledgeville. 

kins, Dr. and Mrs. J. R. McCain, Miss

ber of resolutions were passed, includ¬ Members of the new athletic board 

Carrie Scandrett and Miss Blanche

ing the resolution that the honor sys¬ are: Julia Thing, president; Marie 

Miller, faculty advisers of the class.

tem is the most desirable and construc¬ Stalker, vice-president; Frances Robin¬ 
tive system of discipline and should be son, secretary; Anne Thompson, treas¬ Riepma, archery; Virginia Watson,
adopted wherever possible; that stu¬ urer; Marie Stalker, head of basket¬ outing club; Mary Kneale, social chair¬ 

dent activities funds be made compul¬ ball; Alice Taylor, hockey; Ellen Lit¬ man; Caroline Carmichael, song lead¬ 
sory wherever possible and be collected tle, tennis; Bee Merrill, swimming; 

er; Emma Lou Turck, publicity post¬

by the administration, turned over to Jane Dryfoos, hiking; Anna Margaret 

ers; and Jean Chalmers, publicity.

the organizations, and the finances be 
published; and that a school should be 
established for the training of men and 

BOWEN PRESS

women in government. 
Next year the convention will be 

COMMERCIAL PRINTING AND

held in New Orleans, with Tulane as 
host. 

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Blotters—Note Paper—Poster Paper

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to bed, to bed ... in Van Raalte's 

"JAMETTES" 

Of Famous STRYP fabric and 
as abbreviated as a Deb's 
sleeping hours. 

Honestly, you can't resist hurrying to bed, if you are 
scantily clad in brief "Jamettes." They're new, 
they're cool, they're fun to wear and the cutest night 
togs the whole year has offered . . . thanks to Van 

Raalte. Petal pink and soft azure. 32-36. 

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Senior Opera May Day 
Saturday Saturday 
<P)£ Agonistic 

VOL. XXI AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1936 NO. 21 

Seniorpolitian Opera Company 

Will Misrepresent "Phoughst'" 

King, Richards, Stevens, McCal-

Senior Opera Leads

lie, Miller, Chamlee, From 
to Sing Leads 

Performance Will Be On May 2 

The Seniorpolitan Opera Company 
of Agnes Scott College will misrepre¬ 
sent, as its annual opera, Phoughst, in 
Bucher Scott gymnasium on Saturday 
night, May 2, at 8:30 o'clock. Al¬ 
though they have refused to divulge 
their plot, the seniors have announced 
their cast, which does not consist—as 
The Agonistic stated last week— 
mainly of the "faculty members." The 
leading characters are: 

Maggie Reet—Augusta King. 

Phoughst—Loice Richards. 

Messytopofleas—Adelaide Stevens. 

Martyr—Alice McCallie. 

Valentino—Rosa Miller. 

C. Bull—Alice Chamlee. 
Vulgar—Rosa From. 
Besides the cast and four choruses, 
the Seniorpolitan Company has its own Loice Richards as Phoughst sees 
twelve-piece orchestra, made up of the the vision of Augusta King as the 

lovely Maggie Reet.

following: Anne Worthy Johnson, 
leader, and Anne Taylor, Frances Gary, 
Annie Lee Crowell, Martha Long, Bee 

Isabel McCain is

Merrill, Mary Perry, Lettie McKay, 
Jean Matthews, Kathryn Fulton, Fran¬ 

Y.W.C.A. Delegate
ces Norman, Mary Venetia Smith, and 
Elizabeth Simmons. 

From Agnes Scott 

Prices of the tickets to the opera 
are, box seats, fifty-five cents, reserv¬ 

Attends Triennial Convention

ed seats, fifty cents; unreserved seats, 

at Colorado Springs

thirty-five cents; balcony seats, twen¬ 

April 29-May 5

ty-five cents. The seniors will also sell 
refreshments. 

Isabel McCain, newly-elected presi¬ 
dent of the Agnes Scott College Young 
Charline Fleece is Woman's Christian Association, left 
Monday, April 27, to attend the four¬ 
Lecture President teenth triennial convention of the 
National Y. W. C. A., which will be 
held at Colorado Springs, Colorado,

The Public Lecture Association of 

April 29-May 5.

Agnes Scott College, at a meeting on 

The conference will consist of

Tuesday, April 15, elected the follow¬ 

meetings of the three assemblies of the

ing officers for the year 1936-37: 

national organization: the industrial

Charline Fleece, president; Frances 

group, the business and professional

Wilson, secretary-treasurer; Mary Jane 

group, and the student group. Prob¬

Tigert, senior representative; Nell 

lems concerning these divisions and

Hcmphill, junior representative; Anne 
Purnell, sophomore representative; their relation to the organization as a 

whole will be discussed. The confer¬

Mary Malone, senior day student rep¬ 
resentative; Jane Turner, junior day ence will also adopt a Public Affairs 

Program for the next biennium. A

student representative; Margaret Wat¬ 

feature of the convention will be the

son, publicity manager; and Zoe Wells, 

discussion of "The Status of Women,"

poster manager. 

at which representatives from Great

The faculty advisers of the lecture 

Britain, Geneva, the Philippines, India,

association are: Associate Professor 

Japan, and China will be present.

Emma May Laney, of the English de¬ 
partment; Associate Professor Louise Among the many entertainments 
Flale, of the French department; Pro¬ which the Colorado Springs Associa¬ 

tion has planned for the delegates will

fessor Stukes, of the psychology de¬ 
partment; Professor Schuyler Chris¬ be the reception held at the beautiful 

new Art Center of that city. The last

tian, of the physics department; and 
Professor Philip Davidson, of the his¬ girl to represent Agnes Scott at a na¬ 
tory department. tional Y. W. C. A. convention was 

Diana Dver in 193 3.

The association is making plans for 
the first speaker of next year's series, 
lo be announced later. 

D. HUTTON RESIGNS AS 
ALUMNAE SECRETARY 

Dr.r.VT. Whitaker 

Miss Dorothy Flutton, who recently 
announced her engagement to Mr.

Accepts Position 

James Edward Mount, of New York 

City, will resign from her position as 

Accepting the position of associate secretary of the Agnes Scott Collegegeneticist at the University of Cali¬ Alumnae Association on May 1. Mrs. 
fornia, Dr. Thomas W. Whitaker, act¬ Fannie (Mayson) Donaldson, '12, will 
ing associate professor of botany at replace Miss Hutton, whose marriageAgnes Scott, plans to do research work will take place around the first of 
next year on the genetics of disease re¬ June. 
sistance in plants. 

Mrs. Donaldson has been active in 
Six months of the year he will spend alumnae work. She was alumnae sec¬ 
at Berkeley and six at La Jolla, Cali¬ retary during the sessions, 1929-30, 

fornia. Mr. Whitaker has spent many 1930-3 1, and 193 1-32. She has also 
years in California and is a graduate served as president of the Agnes Scott 
of the University where he will now Association, and as a trustee of the Col¬ 

teach. He has done previous experi¬ lege.

mental work on various types of dis¬ 

Miss Nell Chamlee, '34, will assist 

ease resistance in plants and states that 

Mrs. Donaldson, who will work as su¬

experiments will probably be

the new pervisor. Miss Chamlee will carry on 

on lettuce. 

the office routine. Miss Ruby Hutton, 

Mr. Whitaker, who took his Ph.D. '36, will be in charge of the College 
at the University of Chicago, has book store, which for the past two 
taught botany at Agnes Scott for the years has been under the direction of 

last two years. Miss Chamlee. 

jNew Officers 

Select Girls 

As Sponsors 

Seventy From Upper-Classmen 
To Assist In Orientation 
Of New Freshmen 

Majority Is In Sister Class 

A committee composed of Alice 

Hannah, Mary Jane Tigert, Laura Coit, 

and Ann Worthy Johnson, the offi¬ 

cers of student government, selected 

seventy freshmen sponsors for next 

year at a meeting held last Friday. 

Most of the girls chosen are members 

of the present sophomore class and will 

therefore belong to the sister class of 

the freshmen next year. 

The students being asked to serve as 
sponsors include the following: Rachel 
Kennedy, Tommy Ruth Blackmon, 
Martha Peek Brown, Betty Adams, 
Gene Caldwell, Myrl Chafin, Jean 
Chalmers, Frances Castleberry, Eliza¬ 
beth Cousins, Mildred Davis, Mary 
Lillian Fairly, Anna Katherine Fulton, 
Hibernia Hassell, Nell Hemphill, Ken-
non Henderson, Ruth Hertzka, Wini¬ 
fred Kellersberger, Ola Kelly, Mary 
Anne Kernan, Ellen McCallie, Eliza¬ 
beth McKee, Jacque McWhite, Jeanne 
Matthews, Margaret Morrison, Prim¬ 
rose Noble, Frances Norman, Con¬ 
stance Pardee, Virginia Poplin, Alice 
Reins, Kay Ricks, Elise Seay, Mary 
Smith, Frances Steele, Mary Stipe, Vir¬ 
ginia Suttenfield, Anne Thompson, 
Mary Nell Tribble, Jane Turner, Vir¬ 
ginia Watson, Frances Belford, Sarah 
Johnson, Cornelia Christie, Adele Haggart, 
Julia Telford, Elizabeth Warden, 
Sara Beatty Sloan, Giddy Erwin, Jane 
Wyatt, Frances Wilson, Edith Belser, 
Ellen Little, Mary Past, Elsie West, 
Rose Northcross, Martha Long, Mary 
Elizabeth Cooper, Mary Willis, Mary 
King, Vivienne Long, Frances McDon¬ 
ald, Mary Lib Morrow, Dorothy Jester, 

Judith Gracey, Enid Middleton, Ruth 
Tate, Katherine Brittingham, Dixie 
Woodforth, Martha Alice Green, Fran¬ 
ces Starnes, and Margaret Wright. 

Sponsors have for their special duty 
the assistance in the orientation of 
freshmen. They instruct them in the 
rules of the College, help them with 
their schedules, and give them a gen¬ 
eral introduction to Agnes Scott. 

Latin Department 

Has New Teacher 

Miss Narka Nelson, a graduate of 
the Western College for Women at 
Oxford, Ohio, will teach Latin and 
Greek at Agnes Scott College during 
the session 1936-37. Miss Nelson, who 
took her Ph.D. at the University of 
California, is at present teaching in 
California. 

Before she went to California, Miss 
Nelson taught for six years at Western 
College, her Alma Mater. She has also 
taught at Smith College, where she 
held a fellowship. She has done some 
writing in the general field of Latin 
criticism. 

Newton Is New Inman 
House President; Hudson 
Is Agonistic Assistant 

The students of Agnes Scott College 
elected Mary Alice Newton and Mary 
McCann Hudson to the positions of 
house-president of Inman and assistant 
editor of The Agonistic, respectively, 
at a meeting held last Thursday, April 

23. The positions were open because of 
the resignations of Frances Wilson and 
Eliza King, who will do Y.W.C.A. and 
Silhouette work, respectively. Eliza is 
also president of her class. 
Mary Alice and Mary McCann were 
both popular and committee nominees. 
Kitty Printup and Carol Hale were al¬ 
so popular nominees. 

Annual May Day Celebration 

To Take Place Next Saturday 

Naomi Cooper Will Preside As 
May Day Dancers Queen; Virginia Turner Is 
Maid of Honor 

Ford and Stalker Have Leads 

The annual May Day festival of 
Agnes Scott College will take place 
next Saturday afternoon in the May 
Day dell at 4:3 0, when the May Court, 
gypsies, and an English Captain will 
combine to present Down an English 
Lane, written by Charline Fleece and 
Anne Thompson. Eloisa Alexander is 
chairman of the May Day committee, 
and Jane Blick, business manager. 

Naomi Cooper will preside as queen 
of the May, and Virginia Turner will 
be her maid of honor. Members of 
their court include Jean Barry Adams, 
Eloisa Alexander, Margaret Cooper, 
Lucile Dennison, Mary Malone, Rosa 
Miller, Nancy Moorer, Anne Purnell, 
Kay Ricks, Lavinia Scott, Aileen Shortley, 
and Kay Toole. 

The seven leading character parts 
Marie Stalker and Helen Ford are are being taken by Helen Ford, a gyp¬ 
the captain and gypsy maid of "Down sy girl; Marie Stalker, an English cap¬ 

an English Lane." 

tain; Charline Fleece, a gypsy boy; Lois 
Hart, the spirit of the forest; Ad Stev¬ 
ens, a tinker; Jane Blick, the tinker's

Students, Alumnae 

apprentice; and Mary Frances Guthrie, 
an old crone. About 140 other girls

Make Reservations 

will dance in the various colorful chor¬ 
uses. The dance committee was com¬

On S.S. Berengaria 

posed of Miss Eugenie Dozier, Helen 
Ford, Lucile Dennison, and Ruth Tate.

Miss Gaylord, Miss Scandrett costumes and se¬

The were designed

Conduct European Tour 

cured by Sarah Nichols, Frances Steele,

During Summer 

Kathleen Daniel, and Sarah Turner. 
Members of other committees are Fan¬

Seven Agnes Scott College students 

nie B. Harris, properties; Jane Wyatt,
and six alumnae have made reservations poster; Alice Chamlee, publicity; and 
for the European tour to be conducted Tommy Ruth Blackmon and Jean 
Kirkpatrick, music.

this summer by Assistant Professor 

General admission will be twenty-

Leslie J. Gaylord, of the mathematics 

five cents; those students who have

department, and Assistant Dean Carrie 

paid their budget will be admitted free 
Scandrett. of charge. 
The students and alumnae already 
registered are: Margaret Cooper, Max-

Miss Phylhian Will 
ine Crisler, Sarah Jones, Rosa Miller, 

Julia Sewell, Elizabeth Strickland, Study for Degree 
Nell White, Harriottc Brantley, Dor¬ 
othy Chamberlain, Diana Dyer, Susan Assistant Professor Margaret Phy-
Glenn, Blanche Miller, and Roberta thian, of the French department, plans 
Winter. to sail for France in the early part of 

August to study for her Ph.D. at the

Leaving New York on June 17, this 

University of Grenoble.

group and others who have not yet 

Miss Phythian will spend some weeks

made reservations will sail on the "S. 

in Paris, after which she will go imme¬

S. Berengaria." Included in the itiner¬ 
diately to

ary are Paris, Avignon, Nice, Pisa, Grenoble. Her plan of 

study for next year includes an inten¬

Rome, Naples, Capri, Florence, Venice, 

sive course in the regional novel so out¬

Milan, Bellagio, Interlaken, Lucerne, 

standing in French literature.

Munich, Nuremberg, Heidelberg, 
Mayence, Cologne, Brussels, The 
Hague, Amsterdam, London, Stratford, 

Stevens Installs 

York, Edinburgh, Glasgow, English 
Lakes, Chester and Liverpool. The par¬ 

NewA.S. Officers 

ty will be due back in New York on 
August 16. 

The new officers of the student gov¬ 
ernment association of Agnes Scott 

A. S. PHI BETA KAPPA 
College assumed the responsibilities and 
ELECTS DR. DAVIDSON duties of their positions at the formal 
installation ceremony held Saturday, 
Professor Philip Davidson, of the April 25, in Gaines chapel. Adelaide 
history department of Agnes Scott Stevens, out-going president, delivered 
College, will serve as president of the the gavel, signifying her authority, to 
Beta of Georgia chapter of Phi Beta Alice Hannah, new president; and ad¬ 
Kappa for next vear. Other officers ministered the oath of office to the in¬ 

elected are Associate Professor Florence coming executive committee. 
Smith, vice-president; Professor Mu¬ Girls who will serve as officers and 
riel Harn, secretary; Professor Henry members of student government asso¬ 
Robinson, treasurer; and President J. ciation during the session 1936-37 are: 

R. McCain, member of the executive Alice Hannah, Mary Jane Tigert, 
council. Laura Coit, Ann Worthy Johnson, Isa¬ 
The officers who have served for bel McCain, Betty Willis, Fannie B. 
the past year are Professor Catherine Harris, Mary Alice Newton, Mary 
Torrance, president; Associate Profes¬ Lillian Fairly, Mary Anne Kernan, Em¬ 
sor Emma May I.aney, vice-president; ma McMullen, Florence Lasseter, Lu¬ 
Associate Professor Florence Smith, cile Dennison, and Jean Bailey. 
secretary; and Professor J. M. Wright, In her speech, Adelaide expressed the 
treasurer. Professor Torrance presided hope that the ideals of this year's as¬ 
at the mid-year election of seniors to sociation would become the realities 
the chapter, when Dean Walter Miller, of next year's. Alice, in her installa¬ 
of the University of Missouri, made tion talk, asked for closer cooperation 
the principal address. of students and the administration 

Plans are being made for the meet¬ with the executive committee, and ex¬ 
ing of the triennial council of Phi pressed the desire that student opinion 
Beta Kappa in Atlanta next year. may be stimulated more next year. 


The Agonistic 

il\)c Agonistic M u s s o 1 i 11 i Predicts 
Italian Victory

PUBLISHED WEEKLY 
Owned and published by the students of Agnes Scott College. In Ethiopia 
Entered as Second Class Matter. 

I By Frances Wilson 

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

*935 Member 1936 
Pfssodated GoUepside Prose 

Laura Steele 
Editor-in-Chief 

Frances Gary 
Associate Editor 

Jane Guthrie 
Hortense Jones 
Mary McCann Hudsoi 

Assistant Editors 

Nellie M. Gilroy 
Feature Editor 

Mildred Davis 
Book Editor 
Elizabeth Warden 
Alumnae Editor 

STAFF 

June Matthews 
Make-up Editor 

Ruth Hertzka 
Assistant Make-up 

Frances Wilson 
Current History 

Ellen McCallie 
Exchange Editor 
Pauline Moss 
Society Editor 
Jean Chalmers 
Sports Editor 
Cornelia Christie 
Club Editor 

Kathryn Bowen 
Business Manager 
Elizabeth Blackshear 

Advertising Manager 
Jane Dryfoos 
Rachel Kennedy 
Anne Purnell 
Emmy Lou Turck 
Mary Hollingsworth 

Business Assistants 
Mary Lib Morrow 
Frances Belford 
Doris Dunn 
Kennon Henderson 
Circulation Managers 

REPORTERS: Nell Allison, Alice Cheeseman, Giddy Erwin, Nell 
Hemphill, Carol Hale, Kennon Henderson, Cora Kay Hutchins, 
Sarah Johnson, Eliza King, Douglas Lyle, Enid Middleton, Mary 
Frances Guthrie, Frances Lee, Julia Sewell. 

Vol. XXI April 29, 

WHAT ABOUT 
HUMOR? 

To make a statement neither 
original nor sage, people have 
such different kinds of senses of ! 
humor. Applied to Agnes Scott, 
this means that what some think 
funny others consider silly. Some 
demand more humor in The Ag¬ 

onistic; if they get it, others con¬ 
demn it as high-schoolish. Nat¬ 
urally the staff of any publica¬ 
tion wants to please as many of 
the readers as possible and at 
the same time publish a credi¬ 
table paper, so when opinions are 
divided it is difficult to know 
what to do. We believe person¬ 
ally that The Agonistic should 
be lightened by humor, but our 
problem now is what kind of 
humor. 

At a recent publications con¬ 
vention of editors and business 
managers we learned from many 
college editors that scandal and 
slander columns were the most 
popular parts of their papers. 
The editors deplored this, admit¬ 
ted that they themselves dislik¬ 
ed the columns, but also said that 
they could not afford to leave 
them out. In most cases the col¬ 
umns are so personal that they 
cannot be signed; the editors 
themselves have to assume the 
responsibility. Students like 
these columns until they are em¬ 
barrassed by an unfavorable per¬ 
sonal reference—then they com¬ 
plain. Disliking this natural re¬ 
sult and also realizing that such 
writings lower the standard of 
their papers, the editors would 
like to replace them by less ob¬ 
jectionable features. 

The Agonistic, not having 

these slander columns and be¬ 

lieving that certainly the major¬ 

ity of the students does not want 

them, would like to receive sug¬ 

gestions on humor. Whether you 

want a Giddy Gossip, which so 

many criticise as high-schoolish, 

how large a percentage of the 

paper you would like to be hu¬ 

morous — these questions w e 

want you to answer. If you have 

any suggestions, or if you wish 

to attempt a feature of your own, 

by all means do so and place it 

in The Agonistic box in the base¬ 

ment of Main. 

1936 No. 21 

PARLIAMENTARY 
INSTRUCTION 
Recognizing a campus need, 
Student Government, with the 
cooperation of the Presidents' 
Council, is sponsoring next week 
a course in parliamentary pro¬ 
cedure. A ss 0 c i a t e Professor 
Florence Smith will take charge 
of the instruction, which will 
probably consist of a lecture and 
discussion followed by a model 
meeting. More definite plans are 
to be announced later. 
Student conduct in Open Fo¬ 
rum meetings has made it clear 
that we need some kind of parli¬ 
amentary organization. Since 
Open Forum offers the students 
their only real opportunity for 
expressing opinions, it should be 
conducted in a way to avoid con¬ 
fusion and to eliminate the use¬ 
less and sometimes endless dis¬ 
cussions that often arise. Not 
only will a knowledge of parlia¬ 
mentary procedure help the stu¬ 
dents in Open Forum, however, 
but also in the various campus 
clubs. And of course after we 
leave college, many of us, as civ¬ 
ic leaders, will find it beneficial. 
If the students will recognize 
the importance of such a course 
and will cooperate with Student 
Government and the Presidents' 
Council by attending the meet¬ 
ing, we can perhaps improve our 
Open Forums and therefore ac. 
complish more in them. 

APTITUDE TESTS 
FOR VOCATIONS 
In answer to the unanimous 
request of the student body that 
the Y. W. C. A. give aptitude 
tests as a part of its vocational 
program, the Association has or¬ 
dered a grading system and tests 
for six vocations. Because of the 
expense of buying these forms, 
only a few could be secured, and 
a charge of ten cents per student 
is necessary. At hours that will 
be announced, the tests, under 
the supervision of Associate Pro¬ 
fessor Emily Dexter, Miss Car


■ 
rie Scandrett, and Nellie Mar¬ 
garet Gilroy, will be given dur' 
ing the coming week. The social 
; service committee of the Y. W. 
I is sponsoring them. 

Since these aptitude tests are 
offered for the benefit of the 
students and are not only expen


i sive to the Y. W. C. A. but also 
1 take time, we are urged to take 

advantage of them. They are con¬ 
sidered helpful in determining1 right vocational selection. 

As Ethiopians fled from Addis 
Ababa, with rumors running wild as 
to the position of the Italian troops 
outside the city, Mussolini was accept¬ 
ing the cheers of his people as they 
celebrated—in a sort of American 
Labor Day—the 2,689th anniversary 
of the founding of Rome. The suc¬ 
cesses of recent days, which were 
looked for six months ago, gave Mus¬ 
solini reason to believe that it was only 
a matter of days till he would be in 
Addis Ababa. 

As II Duce was claiming victory in 
his long-fought war, the League of 
Nations was faced with the problem 
of judging the peace terms presented 
by Baron Aloisi, Italian representative. 
In Geneva, Aloisi presented the condi¬ 
tions upon which Italy would seek 
peace. He admitted that they were, in 
effect, occupation of the entire enemy 
country. Specifically, Italy demanded 
occupation of Addis Ababa and other 
principal Ethiopian centers, and Ital¬ 
ian control over mobilization points 
and frontier posts through which sup¬ 
plies might reach Ethiopia. 

Eden Condemns Use of Gas 
Great Britain's Sir Anthony Eden 
objected to recognition of Italy's de¬ 

mands because of her violation of the 
anti-gas protocol of 1925. Italy has 
used poison gas thirteen times between 
December 20 and mid-March, Eden 

declared. The League admitted that it 
had failed to end the Italo-Ethiopian 
war, and adopted endless resolutions. 
Attacking sharply Italy's use of gas, 
which threatens the civilization of all 
nations, Eden implied that Great Brit¬ 
ain's attitude toward the League might 
change if the poison pacts are ignored. 
He admitted that the final outcome of 
the war may shake Great Britain's be¬ 
lief in the League. 

Still Ethiopia complained that the 
nations had, in signing the League 
covenant, promised the victim of ag¬ 
gression more than a platonic appeal to 
the aggressor for peace; and still Aloisi 
would yield nothing of Mussolini's 
conditions. The only action taken by 
the League, if it in fact is action, was 
failure to adopt stronger sanctions 
against Italy. 

ALUMNAE NEWS 

Louise (Brown) Hastings, '23, was 
recently elected president of the Gar¬ 
den Club of Georgia, at the eighth an¬ 
nual convention of the organization in 
Albany. She is active in local and 
state civic groups. 

Alma Groves, '34, is now with the 

Georgia Baptist Sunday School board, 

and is active in intermediate work. 

She visited on the campus the week¬ 

end of April 12. 

Rebecca Cashion, ex-'3 6, has an¬ 

nounced her engagement to Mr. 

Walter W. Hunzicker, Jr. 

Margaret (Bland) Sewell, '20, 

spoke April 22 on the alumnae radio 

series on "An Alumna's Use of Her 

Leisure." She has gained considerable 

recognition through her plays. On 

April 29, Alberta Palmour, '3 5, will 

conclude the alumnae radio series with 

her talk on "The Relation of the As¬ 

sociation to the World Outside." 

Florence Preston, '3 5, sails for 

America on July 3. For the past two 

vears she has been at her home in 

Korea, where she was teaching. She 

olans to take post-graduate work in 

home-economics at the University of 

Tennessee. 

The Agonistic extends deepest 
sympathy to Bazalyn Coley, in the 
recent loss of her father; and to 
Grace Hilford, and Mary Snow in 
the loss of their mothers. 

E t Cetera 

Harvard will celebrate the 300th 
anniversary of its founding in 1936. 
It is the oldest institution of higher 
learning in the United States. 

Princeton students can now cut as 
much as they like, so long as their 
"standing remains unimpaired." 

Puppet shows are being used as a 
means of discovering what ails mis¬ 
behaving children at the Bellevue 
Psychopathic Hospital (New York). 
The puppets act in specially written 
plays that dramatize various situations, 
either badly or in guise of fairy tales. 
The response of the "problem children" 
to these situations often reveals neu¬ 
rotic attitudes which, left untreated, 
might result seriously in later years.— 
Reader's Digest. 

Don't worry when you stumble. Re¬ 
member that the worm is the only 
thing that can't fall down.—The 
Technique. 

The Sweet Briar News tells us of a 
professor at Brown University who 
photographs people who borrow money 
from him. This is probably the speed¬ 
iest known way of collecting material 
for an album. 

A Matter of Interpretation 

Saichi Sakai, Southwestern freshman 
from Nogoya, Japan, thought he knew 
English until confronted with southern 
drawl and college slang. Although he 
has studied English for eight years un¬ 
der American professors in his own 
country, he admits that the language 
of the collegians defeats him. 

—Parley-Voo. 

New etiquette as outlined by the 
dean at the University of Iowa is in¬ 
teresting. He thinks that students 
should wait three minutes for an in¬ 
structor to appear, five minutes for an 
assistant professor, eight for an as¬ 
sociate professor, and ten for a full 
professor or dean. 

BOOK 

Eleanor Farjeon's New 
Book Is Family Portrait 

Portrait of a Farm—Eleanor Farjeon 

Frederick A. Stokes Co., N. Y. 193 6 

The delightful family biography has 

come along just in time, perhaps, to 

refresh some of us, a little weary of 

reading long accounts of families, mere 

parades—some of them—of people 

who cannot seem real to us. 

Partly because of her skillful use of 

her material, but largely, too, because 

of the extraordinary interesting per¬ 

sonalities and activities of the people 

she describes, Miss Farjeon has suc¬ 

ceeded in creating for us a living fam¬ 

ily. Her Jewish father, B. L. Farjeon, 

a once famous writer himself, appears 

as an adventure-loving boy working 

his way with his pen from poverty in 

the gold fields of Australia to wealth 

and prominence in London. 

The personality of the dainty, wit¬ 
ty mother, daughter of Joseph Jeffer¬ 
son, famous "Rip Van Winkle" of the 
stage, pervades the book as it did her 
daughter's life. But probably the most 
charming chapters in the book are those 
dealing primarily with Eleanor herself 
i (Nellie, as she was called), and her 
three brothers. Through countless de¬ 
tails, we come to know and to love 
these four precocious children, whose 
fruitful imaginations produced not 
only poetry, music, drama, and opera, 
but also the most fascinating and 

amusing games and nursery regulat 
tions. 

i Furthermore, the literary portrait 
which Miss Farjeon paints so skillfully 
for us with her whimsical humor and 
; poetic power of expression is made 
; still more vivid by actual photographs 
of each member of the family, from 
Grandfather Jefferson, as old Rip Van 
Winkle, to Bertie the baby, who—ac¬ 
customed to hearing from each guest 
what beautiful eyes he had—once tod¬ 
dled up to a visitor who had neglected 
to mention them, and said, "I'se got 

booful eyes!" 

\Seen (and heard) Across the Ouad| 
rangle: 
' Four promising young romeos call-
i ing, "Yoo-Hoo!" under Naomi Coop-
j er's window. . . . Giddy Erwin, Pixie 
Fairly, and Kennon Henderson on their 
knees, praising Allah in a most devout 
Hindu manner. . . . Martha Crenshaw 
and Lena Armstrong carrying a 
plate of chinese salted-beetles to senior 
coffee. 

Gala Holiday: 

Caroline Armistead and Kay Ricks 
left Saturday to attend the wedding of 
Miss Frances Ricks to Mr. Frank Ham


lin. Those present at "Little Com¬ 
mencement" in Athens were: Jane 
Dryfoos, Helen Moses, Phyllis John¬ 
son, Jane Carithers, Caroline White, 
and Barton Jackson. Anna Margaret 
Riepma attended the Riverside dances. 
Frances Belford and Mary Jane Tigert 
left for Sewanee. 

Dancing This Week: 
Joyce Roper, Meriel Bull, Nancy 
Moorer, Rose Northcross, Kathryn 
Bowen, Rachel Kennedy, Ola Kelly and 
others at the Phi Gamm dance Friday 
afternoon. 
Meriel Bull, Rose Northcross, Nancy 
Moorer, Rachel Kennedy, Jane Cari¬ 
thers, Kay Jones, Mary Ellen Whetsell, 
and Aileen Shortley at the Pi. K. A. 
dance Friday night. 
At the Theta Chi dance, Nancy 
Moorer, Jean Kirkpatrick, and Kath¬ 
ryn Bowen. 
At the Delta Sig dance, Barton 
Jackson and Jean Kirkpatrick. 
Nell Hemphill and Nancy Tucker 
at the Buttermilk dance. 
At the A. K. K. dance at Emory: 
Hortense Norton, Elizabeth Strickland, 
Rosa Miller, Sara Jones, Mary Richard¬ 
son, Martha Peek Brown, Sue Bryan, 
Mary Smith, Bee Merrill, Caroline 
Armistead, Carolyn Carmichael, and 
Kitty Jones. 

NOTES 

Nordhoff and Hall Write 
Vivid Tale of Native Life 

The Hurricane by Charles Nordhoff 
and James Norman Hall, Little Brown 
and Company, Boston, 1936. $2.50. 

Reviewed by Fiden Handle 

The unique collaboration of Charles 
Nordhoff and James Norman Hall 
which produced Mutiny on the Boun¬ 
ty, Men Against the Sea, and Pitcairn's 
Island, gives another, a modern story, 

of the serenity and simplicity of the 
life of the natives on one of the small 
islands of the Low Archipelago, in 
their latest book, The Hurricane. 

It is a moving story of Terangi, a 
native son of admirable and sterling 
qualities, whose six month's sentence 
under white man's methods of disci¬ 
pline, wholly minus understanding and 
insight into native temperament, caus¬ 
ed him to become an habitual jail 
breaker and gained for him great no¬ 
toriety. The stern duty-bound admin¬ 
istrator of the island, Monsieur de 
Laage, understood little of the under¬ 
currents and eddies of the native tem¬ 
perament—temperament so like the 
beautiful surrounding lagoon, some¬ 
times gentle, again stormy and forbid¬ 
ding, but altogether lovely and lik¬ 
able. In the course of Terangi's last 
escape an officer of the law was killed 
and confinement on a French penal is¬ 
land was to be his fate upon recapture. 
But nature, in the form of a furious 
hurricane, entered into the scheme of 
white and native conflict. In the 
course of ensuing events, Terangi saves 
the life of the administrator's wife and 
under her covering manages to escape-
to another island before her husband 
and a rescue party come on the scene. 

The description of the semi-tropical 
island at the height of the hurricane's 
fury is the most dramatic part of the 
book. And the simplicity of the na¬ 
tives in their mingled state of culture 
and pagan superstition is most inter¬ 
esting and educational. I laving once 
started The Hurricane, it is difficult 
to put the book down. 


The Agonistic 

A. S. Mortar Board Pathology Class Views StrikingGypsies Move Into May Dell 
Plans Club Rooms Improvements at Resettlement 
For Dances at College Fete 

Present Reading Room Will Be 
Old Crone Tells Fortunes as Nymphs, Sprites, and Elves Join New Furniture Plant, Weaving Plant, Mess Hall Delight Visitors;

Comfortable Lounge

English Ladies, Gentlemen, and Villagers In Government Supplies Jobs, Houses, Land, Clinic

For Students

Gay Holiday Celebration To Manv Ex-Relief Families 

On a certain day in the windy month of April an unforseen 
catastrophe loomed over the campus of Agnes Scott College. It 
came in the form of a roving tribe of gypsies who, on seeing our 
green and shining campus, decided to remain. And they chose 
as their camping ground the loveliest spot on the campus—The 

May Day Dell. In vain did certain 
authorities rush to the place and beg 
them to be off at once. In vain were 
they told of the great festival to take 
place in the dell so soon. The gypsies 
shook their heads and refused to move. 
"We like it here," they said. 

Then, suddenly, out from the band 
came a beautiful gypsy girl in a yel¬ 
low skirt and brilliantly colored blouse. 
"Wait!" she said, and the band became 
silent. "You say there is to be a fes¬ 
tival? 

The authorities answered, "the gay¬ 
est kind of a festival with elegant 
English ladies in satin gowns, and care¬ 
free villagers in holiday attire, and 
dashing young soldiers in red coats, 
shiny boots. And there will be nymphs 
and sprites and laughter and fun and 
dancing. . . ." "And dancing?" inter¬ 
rupted the young girl, "ah, yes, there 
icill be dancing. We will dance for 
you. . . Look!" Turning, she struck 
her tamborine and the gaudy band im¬ 
mediately began such a merry gypsy 
dance as was never seen before. Col¬ 
ored skirts and ragged petticoats swirl¬ 
ed and fluttered. Elves and wood 
nymphs suddenly appeared and danced 
madly with the rest. 

The High Authorities gazed en¬ 
chanted. "We must have them dance 
down English Lane," they cried to one 
another. "Stop, stop! they shouted, 
"we want you. ..." But the rest 
was lost in the noise and frenzy of the 
spectacle. In desperation, the Author¬ 
ities ran to an old crone sitting to one 
side. "Will your band," they asked, 
"dance in our May Day celebration?" 
The old crone removed her pipe. 
"We'll dance for ye, my friends, on 
two conditions," she mumbled. "Fust, 
my grand-daughter over there (a 
boney finger indicated the beautiful 
girl who led the dance), my grand¬ 
daughter must marry an English cap¬ 
tain—and second, I must have a dance 
or two m'self in this program." 

The High Authorities stood dazed. 
An aged crone dancing on English 
Lane. ... A gypsy for a heroine 
. . . But, . . . and then their faces 
lighted up and they said, "why, of 
course! What could be a better plot? 
A young captain in love with a be¬ 
witching gypsy girl—an old crone 
telling the fortunes of noble English 

HOTEL CANDLER 
Decatur, Ga. 
Modern, Attractive Rooms 
Good Meals 

Gifts and Cards for 
Mother's Day 
Flowers Wired 
Remember Mrs. Cooper at the 
WOMAN'S EXCHANGE 

ECWL -


For Health 

For Sport 

For Fun 

at 

BLICK'S HEALTH 
CENTER 

671 Peachtree Street 

Wal. 7823 

and 

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20 Houston, N.E. WA. 5622 

Dennison, Z. Wells, C. Clegg 
n,.>1 wj j r» o*j

Wt" Head Da

y Students 

Lucile Dennison was elected 1936


37 president of the day students at a 

meeting held on Thursday, April 16; 

she is also automatically day student 

representative in student government, 

Other officers elected were Zoe Wells, 

vice-president, and Cynthia Clegg, 

secretary-treasurer. 

At the same meeting, the day stu¬ 
dents elected a speaker, Mary Jane 
King, and a leader, Jean Bailey, for 
their vesper services. 

Crimson Speaks at Meet 

Lillian Grimson, exchange student 
from Argentina, was one of the speak¬ 
ers at the annual meeting of the Geor¬ 
gia Educational Association in Macon, 
Georgia, Friday and Saturday, April 
17 and 18. She lectured Friday morn¬ 
ing to the teachers of romance lan¬ 
guages on the influence of the gancho 
on Argentine literature. The Georgia 
Educational Association is an organi¬ 
zation of grammar and high school 
teachers of the state. 

ladies. . . . What could be better?" 

So, you see, it comes about on a cer¬ 
tain balmy day in May, that a real 
band of gypsies will appear in the an¬ 
nual May Day fete. Who will be able 
(especially after this extraordinary 
scoop) to resist donning a white hat, 
grabbing a pillow, and starting for the 
May Day Dell next Saturday after¬ 
noon? Every body will be there at 

4:30 to see Agnes Scott College pre¬ 
sent Down an English Lane. 
BOWEN 

j 

The 193 3-36 chapter of Mortar 
Board has made the following recom¬ 
mendations for the apportionment of 
rooms after the conversion of the pres¬ 
ent library into a student activities 
building. 

(1) The main reading room will be 
used as a students' lounge, with fire¬ 
place, piano, comfortable chairs, and 
radios. 
(2) The English room will be used 
for Y. W. C. A., Mission Interest and 
Bible Club. 
(3) The history room and upper 
back balcony will be used for language 
clubs, Pi Alpha Phi, Blackfriars, Cur¬ 
rent History Forum, and will be eqiupped 
with a stage. 
(4) The Latin room will be used for 
K. U. B., Chi Beta Phi Sigma, Eta Sig¬ 
ma Phi, and Lecture Association. 
(3) The German room will be used 
for B. O. Z., Granddaughters Club, 
and Poetry Club. 
(6) The French room will be used 
for Pen and Brush Club. 
(7) The psychology room will be 
used for The Agonistic. 
(8) The room in which old news¬ 
papers are stored will be used by the 
Silhouette and the Aurora. 
(9) The Spanish room will be used 
as a sitting room. 
(10) Miss Hanley's office will be 
converted into a dressing room and 
kitchen. There will also be a telephone 
in the building. 
(11) The front alcove will be avail¬ 
able for the playing of games. 
The main purpose of these plans is to 
provide a place of recreation for the 
students themselves. The Presidents 
Council will decide upon regulations 
and provisions regarding the use and 
care of the building. Mortar Board 
hopes the work will be completed by 
September. 

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Professor Arthur Raper, of the sociology department of Agnes 
Scott College, conducted an observation tour to Pine Mountain 
Valley Resettlement near Hamilton, Ga., Thursday, April 23. 
Those making the trip included twenty members of the social 
pathology class, Jack Smoot, Mr. and Mrs. Raper, and the follow


| 
Faculty Members Out-do 
Greek and Latin Savants 

Though the ages of Aristotle, Plato, 
and Aesop have long since passed, sage 
sayings and philosophical comments on 
life are as prevalent as ever. Here on 
the campus one is assailed daily by nu¬ 
merous choice bits of rare verbosity 
contributed by faculty and students 
alike. Consider Mr. Raper's desire in 
regard to his sociology class—He said 
in a moment of enthusiasm and fervor 
—"Young ladies, I covet for you in 
the future a house with a fence and 
other little things running around it." 
Or again, is not Mr. Stukes' confes¬ 
sional equally as startling: "I laugh 
when I realize that I once taught 
French." The immortal Shakespeare's 
poetic genius pales when compared 
with such statements as this one at¬ 
tributed to Mr. Wright—"The stocks 
rise and fall like the billowy waves on i 
the bosom of the brimy deep." 

Mr. Davidson's remark—"You can't 
have your cake and eat it, unless you 
eat it in bed" has all the ear marks of 
an Aristotelian maxim. 

To cap the climax one Isabel Mc¬ 
Cain as she placed a solidified particle 
of terra firma upon her history term 
paper, leaving it on Miss Jackson's 
unfeeling doorstep, uttered the follow¬ 
ing axiom—"A stone on the paper is 
worth two in the bush." And so is the 
bulk of philosophical literature increas¬ 
ed every day—after all, who was that 
guy, Plato? 

Compliments 

of 

TATUM'S PHARMACY 

ing faculty members: Associate Professor 
Emma May Laney, Professor 
Lucile Alexander, Assistant Professor 
Margaret Phythian, Professor Mary 
Stuart MacDougall, and Professor 
Louise McKinney. 

The buildings visited included the 
furniture plant, where all the furniture 
is made from wood grown in the val¬ 
ley; the sawmill, where each piece of 
each house is cut out ready for assort¬ 
ment and building; the weaving plant; 
the new grammar school; a settler's 
house; and the mess hall. 

Mr. Bennett, the project manager, 
explained that the project began in 
February, 193 3, as part of President 
Roosevelt's program. 1 1,5 50 acres are 
now being resettled by 1,12 5 families 
taken off the relief rolls of nearby 
towns. They now live in government-
owned houses, receive money from gov¬ 
ernment jobs, buy goods from indus¬ 
tries in the valley, and pay a monthly 

rent on the house that is accredited 
toward payment on the total cost of 
the house. It is hoped that this plan 
will enable all the settlers to own their 
own homes in the future. The settlers 
and only 90 outside workers are em¬ 
ployed in the industries of the valley. 

Meet Your Friends at 

Cox's Prescription Shop 
Between Paramount and Grand 
Theaters, Atlanta 

Compliments 

of 

ROXY'S DEPT. STORE 

TOP HAT . . . WHITE TIE 

A A II TAILS 

If he tells you that he's wearing them . . . 
then you'd better scurry down to 
MANGEL'S and get the feminine counter¬ 
part. It's a real party just choosing a dress 
for a party at MANGEL'S because there is 
such a grand array. Decide whether you want 
to be stately and elegant or sweet and cling¬ 
ing vine-ish. After all its 90% the dress you 
wear and only 10% the way you act that 
makes the effect. 

Come down to MANGEL'S now and buy that 
extra evening dress and make it a real gala 
evening. And, the prices will help the festive 
spirit along as they are really reasonable. 
For evening dresses come to MANGEL'S. 

185 Peachtree 60 Whitehall St. 


The Ago x i stic 

Expert in Knitting, 

Sports, Visits Here 

Mrs. \V. Harris, of Nashville, Is 
Guest of Miss Wilburn 
Here Recently 

A woman who can play golf, volley 
ball, tennis, and badminton, has ridden 
horseback, bowls, and is an ardent base¬ 
ball fan would be of interest merely 
because of these "minor" achieve¬ 
ments; but when she adds to this list 
knitting and playing the violin, she 
becomes truly a person of importance. 
Such a woman is Mrs. Weaver Harris, 
president of the Nashville Women's 
Golf Association, who has been visit¬ 
ing Miss Llewelyn Wilburn during the 
past week. 

Mrs. Harris is enthusiastic over any 
sport you can name, but, because of 
her position in the golf association, is 
naturally more concerned with that 
field. She tells the gruesome details 
of her first golf game, which so hap¬ 
pens to have been with Miss Wilburn. 
The two of them started out under a 
caddy's supervision. He carefully in¬ 
structed them to avoid a tree which 
stood menacingly near the fairway. 
So, of course, the beginners immedi¬ 
ately hit the tree with their little white 
golf balls. But, undaunted, Mrs. Har¬ 
ris took three golf lessons and entered 
the city tournament. Needless to say, 
she didn't win. Since then, however, 
she has entered every golf tournament 
she could find. One of her most priz¬ 
ed possessions is her loving cup won in 
a beginners' match. 

Mrs. Harris has a husband, a son, and 
a married daughter. She can beat her 
husband and her daughter in golf, but 
says her son can play around her. Her 
husband, however, is just a beginner 
and shows signs of improvement. 

Badminton is already a very popular 
sport in Nashville, according to Mrs. 
Harris. "Badminton is most interest¬ 
ing," she said in approval of the game. 
"Women seem to enjoy it, and men 
adore it. It seems to be taking the 

PROFESSOR ROBINSON 
ATTENDS CONVENTION 

; Professor Henry A. Robinson, of 
the mathematics department of Agnes 
Scott College, attended the annual 
meeting of the southeastern section of 
the Mathematics Association of Amer¬ 
ica on Friday and Saturday, April 17 
and 18, in Columbia, South Carolina. 
Mr. Robinson is secretary and treas¬ 
urer of the organization and was reelected 
to serve for his fourth year. 
He arranged for extensive publicity 
for the meeting before and during the 
sessions; of unusual interest was the 
writing of articles for the local papers 
of each of the twenty-five speakers. 

Out of two hundred members of 
the southeastern section of the Mathe¬ 
matical Association about one hundred 
sixty out-of-town guests from seven 

states were present. Mr. Robinson gave 
a paper on "The Problem of Regions," 
dealing with possible divisions of vari¬ 
ous figures. Dr. Walter Bartkoi, pro¬ 
fessor of mathematical astronomy, of 
the University of Chicago, and inven¬ 
tor of the stellagraph, was one of the 
speakers. His paper on "The Expand¬ 
ing Universe," was especially interest¬ 
ing. 

place of cocktail parties and dancing." 
When she was informed that the gym 
department here was considering the 
purchase of some equipment, she said 
that undoubtedly the girls would like 
it very much. 

The violin heads Mrs. Harris' list of 
artistic likes. She began studying when 
she was twelve years old and has play¬ 
ed with several symphony orchestras. 
She proudly claims to have played for 
the weddings of fifty-seven couples, 
none of whom has been divorced. 
And she says she has volunteered to 
play for Bee Miller's wedding if Bee 
will say when. 

Unfortunately, in the middle of this 
musical discussion, the sports world 
called, and Mrs. Harris and Bee Miller 
drove swiftly to town to see the At¬ 
lanta Crackers defeat Knoxville. 

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE 
DECATUR, GA. 
A college for tcomen that is widely recog¬ 
nized for its standards of work and for the 
interesting character of its student activities 
For further information, address 

J. H. McCAIN, President 
'twill be a pleasant surprise to see our 

May Day and Graduation Frocks. . 

King, Bailey, Lead 

Vespers Program 

' For Day Students 

| Emphasizing the theme, "Personal 
! Peace," the Agnes Scott College day 
: students conducted vespers on Sunday 
j evening, April 26. The speaker and 
| the leader, elected by the day students, 
were Mary Jane King, and Jean Bailey, 

respectively. 

Completing its plans for the re¬ 

maining weeks of the school year, the 

Y. W. C. A. cabinet made out the 
following program for Sunday night 
vesper services: 
May 3—Marion Bradwell of Colum¬ 
bia Seminary. 
May 10—Freshman vespers: "Where 
Art Thou?" 
May 17—Sophomore vespers: "What 
Doest Thou?" 
May 24—Junior vespers: "Where Is 
Thy Brother?" 
May 31—Senior vespers: "What Is 
In Thy Hand?" 
Frances Wilson will serve as pro¬ 
gram chairman for next year. 

ORGANIZATIONS PLAN 
CONVENTION RULES 

Campus organizations wishing to 
send members to conventions are mak¬ 
ing out schedules of the ones in which 
they are most interested, so that the 
executive committee may make defi¬ 
nite decisions regarding them. The 
committee wishes to find out the most 
important conventions, for there are 
so many that representatives cannot 
possibly be sent to all of them, and 
determine the number of delegates that 
may attend, and the number of times 
an individual student may be excused 
to go. 

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ALLEY 

1564 Peachtree, N. E. 

DELICIOUS 

SANDWICHES 

Drive In and Enjoy 

Yourself 

LARGE GROUP ENTERS 
CLUBS BY TRY-OUTS 

Spanish Club 

The regular meeting of the Spanish 
Club was held on Tuesdav afternoon, 
April 7, at 4:30 in Mr. Dieckmann's 
studio. Mr. Pierre Porohovshikov, pro¬ 
fessor of Romange Languages at Oglethorpe 
University, lectured on The 
Modern Spanish Novel. Miss Cilley en¬ 
tertained the club on Thursday night, 
April 16, at a supper hike. 

French Club 

The French Club met on Monday 
afternoon, April 20, at 4:30 o'clock, 
in Mr. Johnson's studio. The follow¬ 
ing new officers were elected: Presi¬ 
dent, Margaret Hansell; vice-president, 
Elise Seay; secretary, Jane Turner; and 
treasurer, Adelaide Benson. 

The new members of the club pre¬ 
sented delightful skits for their initia¬ 
tion. La Fontaine de Jeunesse was pre¬ 
sented by Giddy Erwin, Louise Young, 
Mildred Davis, Mary McCann Hudson, 
and Julia Telford. Les Lecons de Phonetique 
was presented by Adelaide Ben¬ 
son and Barbara Shloss. 

Blackfriars 

Blackfriars held spring try-outs on 
Monday, April 20, and the following 
new members were admitted: Kathryn 

Eight Are Left in 

Golf, Tennis Finals 

Forest Hills Will Be Scene of 
Golf Tourney; Tennis 
Finals Mav 6 

Quarter-finals in tennis and golf, 

played off last week, brought the two 

tournaments one step nearer the close 
. and left eight girls in the field for 
| semi-finals. 

In golf, Mary Johnson defeated 
Meadow Brown; Peggy Willis advanc¬ 
ed by a default; and Judith Gracey and 

Mary Malone drew byes. Semi-finals 
i will be Thursday at Forest Hills. 
! Mary Kneale defeated Marion Der¬ 

rick in two sets of tennis, 6-0; 6-1. 

Connie Pardee defeated Anne Thomp¬ 

son 6-4; 6-0. Frances Steele won by 

default, and Helen Handte defeated 

Ellen Little. Finals will be May 6. 

Toole, Estelle Cuddy, Kathleen Ken¬ 

nedy, Beryl Spooner, Jean Bailey, 

Jeanne Flynt, Mary Elizabeth Hoyle, 

Mary Simonton, Anne Purnell, Caro¬ 

line Carmichael, Lettie McKay, Helen 
Moses, Anna Margaret Riepma, Frances 
Belford, Bertha Merrill, and Anna 
Katherine Fulton. 

*


CAFLTERIA 

Extends a special 
Invitation to Agnes Scott 
girls to 
Join the Merry Crowd 

THURSDAY NIGHT 
MUSIC BY KIRK DeVORH 
AND HIS ORCHESTRA 

RICH'S 69th 

ANNIVERSARY SALE 

Extends through May 2nd .... 

Things every girl needs for the spring and summer are included in the 
store wide sale of everything from ready to wear to the lightest acces¬ 
sory touch. Come in, see the fine merchandise that is specially reduced 
for this birthday occasion, and buy at definite savings the things that you 
will have to have now or later in the season. For your convenience, 
some of the things all girls might be interested in are listed. Come to 
Rich's and see for yourself. ....•••• 

Hosiery Suits 
Kerchiefs 

Coats 

Bags Hats 
Day Dresses

Gloves 
Evening Dresses

Undies 

Let Penelope Pcnn help you shop!

Jr. deb shop turn left as yon 
second floor get off the elevator 


Tennis Singles 
Today 

(L I) e ^V^onisfic 
VOL. XXI AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1936 NO. 22 

Commencement Program Begins New Instructor 

Playing The Game" to Climax 

With Annual Trustees Meeting 

Years Work for Blackfriars 

Banquets, Luncheons, Breakfast 

Jackson, Gillespie Latimer, Chafin To Take Leads;

To Fete Senior Class 

Thing Represents 

Fourteen Girls Comprise

During Week 

Name 20 Students Entire Cast

A.S.C. at Meeting
Traditional Class Dav Is June 1 

To Staff of Annual Year's Best Actress Wins Cup

Of Athletic Clubs 
The commencement exercises for 

Silhouette of 1936 to Appear on Carrie Phinney Latimer and Myrl

this year's graduating class will begin 

Minnesota University is Host to 

Chafin will take leading roles in Alice

formally with the annual meeting of May 15, S. Christian 

Over 400 Delegates at 

Gerstenberg's "Playing the Game," to

the Board of Trustees of Agnes Scott Announces 

College on Friday, May 29, at 10 Conference be presented May 30 by Blackfriars as 
o'clock. In the evening the junior-se¬ Barton Jackson, recently elected ed¬ their annual commencement play. Miss 

nior banquet, one of the most impor¬ itor of the 1936-'37 Silhouette, and Returning from the national con¬ Gerstenberg is well known for her suc¬ 
tant events of commencement, will Mary Gillespie, the new business man¬ ference of the Athletic Federation of cessful adaptation of "Alice in Won¬ 
take place. ager, have selected a staff of twenty College Women, held April 23-25 in derland" for the New York stage. 
The following day the seniors and girls to work next year; the editorial Minneapolis, Julia Thing, who repre¬ The play is of unusual interest be¬ 
the alumnae will be honored by the staff is as follows: cause its cast consists only of girls.

sented Agnes Scott, brings reports of 

The characters are as follows:

trustees at a luncheon, after which the Feature editor—Eloisa Alexander. 

constructive discussions in the field of 

Mrs. Roger Wyndham—Carrie Phin¬

alumnae will assemble for their yearly 

Photography editor—Charline 

women's sports and of three days of ney Latimer.

meeting. This is but one of the many 

Fleece. 

Above is Miss Helen Carlson, who

activities planned by the Alumnae As¬ enjoyable association with college Amy—Ola Kelley.

Faculty editor—Margaret Watson. will be acting assistant professor of

sociation for graduation week. Satur¬ French next year. girls from all over the country. Four Claribel—Elizabeth Cousins. 

Sports editor—Mary V. Smith. Glee—Myrl Chafin.

day night at 8 o'clock in Bucher 

hundred delegates representing over a 

Scott Gymnasium, Blackfriars will Kodak editor—Elsie West. Natalie—Kitty Printup.

Helen M. Carlson hundred schools were the guests of the

present "Playing The Game," by Alice Organization editor—Virginia Wat¬ Tabitha—Mary Past. 

University of Minnesota.

Gerstenberg. son. Miss May Jefferson—Mary Ann

To Teach French 

The program for Thursday, the first

The Rev. Frank Crossley Morgan Kernan.

Club editor—Eliza King. day of the conference, consisted of

of Augusta will deliver the baccalau¬ During Next Year Vivian—Mary Gillespie.

Art editor—Zoe Wells. registration at the Curtis Hotel, a wel¬

reate sermon on Sunday, May 31. Bernice—Kay Kennedy.

Class editor—Jane Moore Hamilton. coming address by Dr. J. Anna Norris, Marcia Addington—Joyce Roper.

After dinner, Dean Nannette Hopkins Miss Helen M. Carlson will come to 

a tour of the University campus con¬

coffee the Joke editors—Anna Margaret Riep-act¬ Mrs. Benjamin Clark—Jane Turner.

will serve for alumnae, Agnes Scott College next year as 

ducted by forty guides, a tea and

seniors, and their guests. The Vespers ma and Aileen Shortley. Mrs. Eugene Meakins—Alice McCal


ing assistant professor of French to re¬ a banquet at which

dance recital, and 

program Sunday evening will be led Mary Gillespie chose for her busi¬ place Assistant Professor Margaret lie.

copies of the six-page college daily

by Shirley Christian; Sarah Catherine ness staff the following: Phythian, who plans to study abroad Amelia Pike—Lucille Cairns. 

newspaper were distributed as favors.

Wood will speak on "What Is in Thy Advertising managers—Joyce Ro¬ Miss a The Maid—Jean Bailey.

on leave of absence. Carlson, Friday was devoted to round table dis¬ 

The plot is a humorous story of a

Hand." per and Sue Bryan. graduate of Grinell College in Iowa, is 

cussion groups and another formal

On Class Day, Monday, June 1, the Art managers—Marjorie Scott and a member of Phi Beta Kappa and the widow and her three daughters who

banquet, unfinished discussion and re¬

seniors will entertain the sophomores, Emmy Lou Turck. Cap and Gown Society. She has been try to improve their petty fortune of

vision of the constitution.

their sister class, at a breakfast. The Business assistants—Bertha Merrill, holder of the Lydia C. Robert Fellow¬ ten thousand dollars by marrying the 

Miss Helen Hazelton, director of

traditional class day exercises, includ¬ Anne Watkins, Betty Adams, and Bar¬ ship at Columbia University for the only unmarried daughter, Glee, to a

the physical education department at

ing the daisy chain, will take place at bara Cassat. last four years and is completing work was the head 
multi-millionaire. Hence they must

Purdue, speaker of the

4 o'clock in the afternoon, followed in Correspondence manager — Lucille for her Ph.D. She has had teaching "play the game," and they do so by

convention. She spoke Friday on

the evening by concert the lending their ermine opera cloaks and

a under Cairns. experience both in Iowa and at Co¬ 

"Pioneering in 1936." Miss Blanche

auspices of the music department, and Shirley Christian, present editor of red satin dresses to Glee who is eager

lumbia. 

Trilling, physical education director

ending with the book-burning and the the Silhouette, has announced that to do the right thing but is unfortu¬ 

at the University of Wisconsin, talked

capping of the juniors by the seniors. this year's issue will be available around nately in love with a poor young man 

Baptists Entertain on "Then and Now"; and Dr. William

The principal address on Com¬ May 15. and finally loses the rich man to a

A. O'Brien, associate professor of
mencement Day, June 2, will be de¬ plain type of girl.

At Annual Banquet pathology at Minnesota, spoke on

livered by Justice Florence E. Allen, At the end of this play, which is the 

V. WoodtoH gve "Physical and Mental Hygiene."
former member of the Ohio State Su¬ third and last of the year, a loving cup

The next national conference will

preme Court, after which the awards About thirty-five students from will be awarded to the girl doing the 
for the past year will be made, and the Recital May 13th Agnes Scott College attended the an¬ be held at Berkeley, California, in best individual acting for the year.

nual banquet of the Baptist Student 1939, which is the year scheduled for

degrees conferred. 

the California Exposition and the

Virginia Wood, soprano, will give a Union of Atlanta held Friday night, 

recital on Wednesday night, May 13, May 1, in the Georgia Tech dining opening of the San Francisco bridge. S. Johnson to Give 
Present

Emory to at 8:30 in Gaines chapel. Her pro¬ room. Guests included about two 

Recital in Chapel

gram will include the following num¬ hundred Baptist students from Atlanta

"TheRacket" May 7 Dr. J. R. McCain

bers: colleges. 
Dr. Willis Howard from LaGrange, To complete the requirements for a

Air—"These Are They" (The Holy Speaks at Meet

The Emory Players of Emory Uni¬ 

City), Gaul. Georgia, was the principal speaker. music certificate in organ, Sarah John¬

versity will present their final produc¬ 

The program included installation of son will give a recital in Gaines Chapel

tion of the year, The Racket, Fruhlingsglaube, Schubert. Dr. J. R. McCain, president of Ag¬

on the Baptist Student Union Council next Friday evening, May 8, at eight

nes

Thursday, May 7, at 8:3 0 in the Glenn Heidenroslein, Schubert. Scott College, attended the meet¬

for Atlanta and a skit showing the o'clock. The string ensemble, under

Memorial Auditorium. The play, writ¬ ing of the executive committee of the

Gretchen am Spinnrade, Schubert. The banquet

work of the past year. the leadership of Nell Hemphill, will

ten by Bartlett Cormack, a Chicago was Association of American Colleges,

Aria—"Ernani, involami" (Ernani), under the direction of Bill Den-assist her. The program includes: 

newspaperman, deals with the under-which met in New York during the

Verdi. ham, student secretary for Atlanta, 

world connections with a corrupted week of April 27. On Monday of that "Concert Overture in B Minor"— 

Arioso—O Mer ouvre toi, Delibes. and Jeanne Flynt, of Agnes Scott and 

police force. week, he addressed a gathering of stu¬ Rogers.

Decatur, social chairman.

Die Loreley, Liszt.

The cast includes: Sam Shiver, an dents in Washington, D. C. "Toccato and Fugue in D Minor"— 

The new officers of the Agnes Scott

honest police captain; George Down¬ O Lovely Night, Ronald. Dr. McCain leaves today to inspect Bach, Sarah Johnson.

B. S. U., who were installed at the 
ing, a cub newspaper reporter; Gaty Harmony, Del Riego; Evelyn Wall. Decatur Baptist on Furman University in Greenville, "First Movement by Piano Concerto,

church Wednes¬

Workman, a gangster; Ed Pendleton, Spring, Ronald. South Carolina, for the establishment Opus 46" — Schumann, Nell Hem-

day, April 29, are: president, Sarah

the district attorney; and Joe Crowley, The Throstle, Dieckmann. of a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa there. hill with second piano, organ and string

Johnson; enlistment chairman, Cary

a hardboiled newspaperman. Song of the Open, LaForge. He will return to Agnes Scott on ensemble.

Wheeler; social chairman, Miriam San¬

The Racket depicts a city's struggle Ave Maria, Mascheroni. Thursday.

ders; devotional chairman, Tommy "Piece Horoique"—Cesar Franck. 

with crooks, in office and out. In With piano, organ and violin obli¬ 

Ruth Blackmon; secretary, Catherine "In Summer"—Charles Stebbins. 

scene and speech it reflects vividly the gate. Librarians Go To Meeting

Ivey; publicity, Jeanne Flynt; Sunday "Intermezzo"—Collerts, Sarah John¬

gangland regime which has corrupted Assisting Virginia will be: Evelyn 

School representatives, Kitty Jones and son. 

so much of America's civic life. The Wall, contralto, accompanied by Alice Miss Edna Hanley and Miss Laura

Martha Johnson; and Y. W. C. A. 

"Largo"—Handel.

play finds favor with audiences by the Hannah; Associate Professor Florence Colvin, librarian and assistant librarian

representative, Mildred Harding.

honesty of its drama. Agnes Scott Smith, violinist, accompanied by Eve¬ of Agnes Scott, will attend the annual "The Swan"—St. Saens, String en¬

Following the installation service,

girls may obtain tickets at the regular lyn Wall. Evelyn will also play the meeting of the American Library As¬ semble.

Professor and Mrs. Henry Robinson

student rate, twentv-five cents. organ. sociation in Richmond May 11-16. "Toccato in G"—Dubois.

entertained at their home in honor of 
the council, Dr. and Mrs. A. J. Mon-
Agnes Scott Girls Enter Contest crief of the Decatur Baptist Church, Mary Virginia Allen Has Fellowship 
Bill Denham, and Lois Hart, Cathe¬ 
For Rich ard du Bury Award rine Bates, Elizabeth Burson, and Irene At University of Toulouse Next Year 
Wilson, retiring Agnes Scott officers.

Judges selected from the English ard du Bury Award is to stimulate Miss Mary Virginia Allen, '3 5, re¬ Little and Elizabeth Cheatham, who 

department will, on Friday, May 15, ownership of books through actual 

ceived one of the forty-two scholar¬ studied at Paris and at the University

Y.W.C.A. Sponsors
give the Richard du Bury Award of possession and through knowledge of ships for study abroad that the Min¬ of Toulouse; Mary Sprinkle, who went 

twenty-five dollars to the Agnes Scott their contents. The twenty-five dollar 

Vocational Tests istry of Education in France awards to the University of Grenoble; Miss 

student who has acquired the best col¬ prize is to be used by the winner for 

to Americans attending schools having Martha Crowe, now a member of the

Aptitude tests in six vocations

lection of 15 books during the year some artistic interest. The award is French exchange students. She will French department, who studied at 
193 5-3 6. The entrants must have se¬ named after the author of Philobiblon, are being offered to the student study for a year at the University of Lyons; and Thelma Richmond, who islected their books as an expression of the first book in English which de¬ body this week, May 5-7, at 3:30 

Toulouse in southern France. now at Toulouse. Sarah Wilson took

their interests, and must be able to dis¬ 

scribes the joys of reading. in the afternoon by the social This award, made through the In¬ her junior year at Paris and returned 

cuss the contents of the books with All students interested in entering 

service committee of the Y. W. stitute of International Education in to be graduated from Agnes Scott.

the judges. the contest for next year are requested 

New York City, is Five French exchange students ha,,,

C. A. The tests are ten cents won this year for 
Students who have already submit¬ 

to leave their names with Assistant the seventh time by an Agnes Scott attended Agnes Scott since Septembei,

apiece and are considered valua¬

ted their entries are: Mary Anne Ker-Professor Janef Preston, Professor The former winners include 1928, and one them, Marguerite

student. of

ble in determining the right vo¬

nan, Julia Sewell, Jane Thomas, and Louise McKinney, or Miss Ellen Ley-

Helen Hall, who was unable to accept Jarrard, stayed here for three yea.,

cational selection.

Sara McCain. The object of the Rich¬ burn. 

the award because of the war; Vivian and graduated. 


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Laura Steele June Matthews Kathryn Bowen 
Editor-in-Chief Make-up Editor Business Manager 
Frances Gary 
Associate Editor 
Ruth Hertzka 
Assistant Make-up 
Elizabeth Blackshear 
Advertising Manager 
Jane Guthrie 
Hortense Jones 
Mary McCann Hudsoi 
Assistant Editors 
Nellie M. Gilroy 
Frances Wilson 
Current Elistory 
Ellen McCallie 
Exchange Editor 
Pauline Moss 
Jane Dryfoos 
Rachel Kennedy 
Anne Purnell 
Emmy Lou Turck 
Mary Hollingsworth 
Business Assistants 
Feature Editor Society Editor Mary Lib Morrow 
Mildred Davis Jean Chalmers Frances Belford 
Book Editor Sports Editor Doris Dunn 
Elizabeth Warden Cornelia Christie Kennon Henderson 
Ahnnnae Editor Club Editor Circulation Managers 

REPORTERS: Nell Allison, Alice Cheeseman, Giddy Erwin, Nell 
Hemphill, Carol Hale, Kennon Henderson, Cora Kay Hutchins, 
Sarah Johnson, Eliza King, Douglas Lyle, Enid Middleton, Mary 
Frances Guthrie, Frances Lee, Julia Sewell, Mary Willis, Mamie 
Lee Ratliffe, Selma Steinbach, Anne Purnell, Marie Merritt, Alice 
Reins, Myril Chafin, Louise Young, Mary Frances Kennedy, Hen¬ 
rietta Blackwell, and Primrose Noble. 

Vol. XXI May 6, 1936 No. 22 

Paid To Date

3AMPUS PLEDGES 

Faculty $11,511.25

AlRE due 

Class of 1935 1,039.00

With a goal of $15,000, the 

Seniors 979.50

;ampus campaign for Greater 

Juniors 840.50

Agnes Scott closed April 19, 

Sophomores 741.60

L935, with pledges amounting to 

Organizations 1,422.05

j>24,072.22 from the faculty, the 
four classes of the College, and 

$16,533.90

the organizations. By July 1, 

These results mean that the

1935, the entire $450,000 neces¬ 

faculty owes $2,699; the class of 

sary for the developments pro¬ 

1935, $1,032.95; the seniors, 

gram had been promised, with 

$977.69; the juniors, $1,403.98;

part of it guaranteed by under¬ 

the sophomores, $1,005.45; and

writers. 

the organizations, $420.95. This

Work began last June when 

makes a total of $7,536.02 of the

the infirmary was turned around 

campus campaign pledges that

and Westlawn, the home of sev¬ 

are as yet unpaid.

eral faculty and administration 

Although the campus sub¬

members, was moved to College 

scribers are paying better than

Place. The cost of moving and 

the average off-campus subscrib¬

remodeling these buildings 

ers, there is great necessity for

amounted to approximately $4,


an increase in their payments.

000. New drives and walks were 
For last year, in order to close

constructed for about $12,000, 

the campaign successfully, a

and a concrete tunnel was ex¬ 

group of friends of the College

tended from Buttrick to the 

had to underwrite part of the

Candler Street side of the gym¬ 

money pledged during the last

nasium for about $15,000. After 

month; these underwriters may

a conference, the trustees and 

have to expend actual cash if the

the General Education Board de¬ 

quota is not reached by July 1.

cided to use the $100,000 for en¬ 
dowment instead of a new 

NO COMMENCEMENT

science building, as the rate of 
income on general investments is AGONISTIC 
so low and as the cost of the up¬ THE AGONISTIC staff would 
keep of a science hall would be like to publish a commencement 
so high. At the same time, they edition, but for financial reasons 
invested $230,000 in the library finds it impossible. Although we 
instead of the $200,000 as realize that a paper containing 
planned. the commencement addresses, 

Then, too, some of the money the announcement of awards, 
has been spent in buying about, and the class history, will, poem, 
four acres of land from the Scott j and prophecy would be of espe¬ 
Investment Company with the! cial interest to the seniors, we 
idea of eventually building a> do feel that it would be neither 
lake behind the campus. The wise nor right for us to incur a 
College has also purchased about debt that would mean postpone¬ 
200 yards below the steam plant.1 ment of the payment of bills, 
Having already invested these and that would probably con-
sums of money, the College is ji tinue for the next staff to bear 
desirous that all the pledges be ! when it comes into office. Hav¬ 
paid by July 1, the stipulated ing had a campaign pledge to 
date. The three classes have meet this past year, THE AGO-
worked this year to meet their | NISTIC has had an unusually 
obligations: the seniors with dry hard time in monetary matters. 
cleaning, the sale of sandwiches, Since the budget should sup-
and the proceeds from Mardi ! ply funds for twenty-two is¬ 
Gras; the juniors with the sale sues of the paper, and this year 
of dresses, chocolates, hunkies, is supplying them for only twen¬ 
and rummage; and the sopho¬ ty, the commencement edition 
mores with the sale of rummage. would have to be published at an 
But there is still a campus debt expense much greater than we 

of over $7,500. Mr. R. B. Cun¬ can afford, especially since it 
ningham, business manager, has would have to be twice as large 
compiled the following figures: as the regular AGONISTIC. So 
Pledges 1935 Effort (Campus) we would like to assure the sen¬ 
Faculty $14,210.25 iors that we wanted to publish 
Class of 1935 2,071.95 this special paper, but it would 
Seniors 1,957.19 be unfair to pass the resulting 
Juniors 2,244.48 large debt on to the next staff, 
Sophomores 1,747.05 we are unwilling to do it. Per¬ 
Organizations 1,842.00 haps next year there may be 

enough money to continue the 
$24,072.92 .project as we wish we could. 

WE THINK 

Editor's Note: This column is conducted irv

order that students may express freely their

opinions about campus affairs. The staff does 

not assume responsibility for articles appear-,

inghere. | 

For four years now, spring, tnc | 
month of May, the twitting of the lit-! 
tie birds, and the blooming of the lit-j 
tie flowers and the big trees have 
meant nothing more to me than term : 
papers—and this is probably true of 
every other senior on the Agnes Scott 
campus. 

Life goes on smoothly for four 
months or so—and then term papers 
become due. For those students ma¬ 
joring in English or history or both, 
the last month of school is absolutely 
unbearable. There are many cases of 
girls who have five term papers all ! 
due at approximately the same time 
and all requiring considerable research 
and organization and careful writing. 

It is not so bad when teachers either 
give cuts or discontinue assignments 
for a period in order to give students 
time to write a reasonably good paper 
without spending their lunch hours 
and nights doing it. Those teachers, 
however, who require attendance at 
every class meeting, who continue, in 
spite of everything, to give assign¬ 
ments requiring two or more hours for 
every class, and tests, and then expect 
well-written, well-documented papers 
—on time—came into this world a lit¬ 
tle late: slave-driving is the profession 
to which their talents are suited. 

At some of the largest universities 
in the country there are rules as to 
the number of term papers a student 
may be required to write during a 
term. It should be possible for some 
such regulation to be put into force 
here: for papers to be scattered 
throughout the term, or for cuts to be 
required, or for papers to be substi¬ 
tuted for exams. 

EXCHANGES 

While the outside surface of the 
sun is only 6000 degrees centigrade, 
Dr. T. E. Sterne, astrophysicist of 
Harvard College Observatory, recent¬ 
ly guessed that the internal temper¬ 
atures of some stars must be as much 
as 1,000,000,000 degrees centigrade. 
We say "guessed" because there is no 
known way of making actual determi¬ 
nation. —Scientific American. 

The Joachimsthal region of Czecho¬ 
slovakia is celebrating the extraction 
of radium there just forty years ago. 
This calls to mind the fact that in 
that time just 100 grams have been 
produced, the average yield at present 
being just three grams per year. The 
yield, however, can be increased upon 
demand to eight grams yearly. 

—Scientific American. 

The French government again has 
awarded to Davidson College medals 
to be given to the best students in 
French in the graduating class. Le 
Cercle Francais has drawn considerable 
interest from the French consul, Mon¬ 
sieur de Verneuil, for its extra-curricu¬ 
lar work in the French language. 
Davidson is singularly honored in this 
award in that no other college in North 
Carolina has ever received this recogni¬ 
tion, so far as can be learned.—Davidsonian. 


F. D. Roosevelt played guard at 
Groton School and later was on the 
Harvard squad. 
Herbert Hoover was manager of 
Stanford U. eleven in 1894. 

Woodrow Wilson was the first 
Princeton coach to defeat both Harv¬ 
ard and Yale, originated the double 
pass, and was responsible for the mod¬ 
ern eligibility rules.—The Tiger. 

Highway police in Utah are equip¬ 
ped with small motion-picture cameras 
to take pictures of any person jeopar¬ 
dizing the highway safety. Most fre¬ 
quent use so far has been in taking 
movies of motorists suspected of 
drunkenness. Of the first fifty-two 
cases so photographed, forty-eight 
pleaded guilty after they had a look 
at the films. Three of the remaining 
four were convicted when the jury 
saw the movies.—Wall Street Journal. 

BOOK NOTES 

Sinclair Lewis Depicts ; Foreign Correspondent 
Terrifying U. S. Picture Writes Fearless Expose 
It Can't Happen Here: Sinclair 
Lewis. Doubleday, Doran and Co., N. I Write As 1 Please: Walter Duran-

Y. 193 5. $2.50. ty. Simon and Schuster, New York. 
The very idea of the United States 193 5. $3.00. 
under a dictator was preposterous to Revieucd by Lelia Carsons 
Doremus Jessup, editor of a small It was a foreign correspondent's 

town Vermont newspaper. "It can't narrow escape from death, the ulti¬ 
happen here," he said. But it did. Or mate fear, which rendered him fear¬ 
at least it does in Sinclair Lewis' lat¬ less of the opinion of his boss and of 
est novel, in which he gives his imag¬ his friends and which made it possi¬ 
ination full play and depicts for us a ble for him to give us a book as re¬ 
terrifying picture of what "the land freshing as its independent title. 

of the free" might become in the There are innumerable stories of 
hands of an unscrupulous president. foreign correspondents who have met 

Berzelius Windrip soon exchanges with equal nonchalance, death and 
his president's chair, to which he was celebrities, until both have become 
elected in 1936, for the throne of a commonplace. Even the supply of 

dictator. The horrors which ehsue startling facts concerning post-war 
seem those of the French Revolution, Russia, the most engrossing political 
Red Russia and modern Germany com¬ experiment of the age, has become al¬ 
bined. Through the eyes of Doremus most exhausted. It is not, therefore, 
Jessup, his family and their friends, the subject matter which makes this 

we see innocent men killed because of book different, but the writer. We be¬ 
their opposition to the "Corpos," and come acquainted not only with the 
others sent to concentration camps to progress of the U. S. S. R., but with 

be "reconditioned to comprehend the one of the most colorful personalities 
new day of authoritative economic of the day. No one is better qualified 
control," while manual laborers and to give a clear unbiased report of Bol¬ 
professional criminals take the govern¬ shevism than Mr. Duranty. 
ment in their hands. Made impervious to sentimentality 

Naturally such subject matter af¬ by his experience as a war correspond¬ 

fords excellent opportunity for social ent, and possessed of the ability to 
and political satire and Mr. Lewis is grasp a situation accurately, he has ac¬ 
not one to let such an opportunity complished the impossible — he has 
pass. From beginning to end the four written to please the Bolsheviks, his 
hundred fifty pages are teeming with public, and himself. 
the bitter satire typical of this author. 
The material also provides ample op¬ INVITATIONS ON THE BOOK¬ 
portunity for characterization, but of SHELVES 
this opportunity Mr. Lewis does not Fiction 
avail himself. The numerous persons Sparkenbroke: Charles Morgan. Mac-
whom we meet, especially the women, Millan Co. N. Y. 1936. $2.75. 
never quite become real to us. As for The Sixth Beatitude: Radclyffe Hall. 
the plot itself, the incidents succeed Flarcourt, Brace. 1936. $2.50. 
each other rapidly after the story is Jamaica Inn: Daphne du Maurier. 
finally under way, and interest in the Doubleday, Doran. 1936. $2.50. 
action itself is fairly well maintained. Sacrifice: Harmon Bellamy. Wm. 

As literature, this latest effort of Godwin. N. Y. 193 6. $2.00. 
the author of Babbitt, Main Street, Chanty of the Keys: Lydia de Bechand 
Arrowsmith will probably have no eret. Caxton Printers. 1936. $3.00. 
standing whatsoever. But those who The Vanishing Idol: George Gibbs. 
are interested in Communism, Fascism, Appleton Century Co. 193 6. $2.00. 
and world affairs in general, may be The World Over: Edith Wharton. 
sure of finding in It Can't Happen Appleton Century Co. 1936. $2.00. 
Here enough ideas to stimulate their Non-Fiction 
thoughts for weeks to come. Around the World in Eleven Years: 

(Review of this book through cour¬ Patience, Richard and John Abbe. N. 
tesy of Rich's Book Shop.) Y. Frederick A. Stokes Co. 193 6. 
$2.00. 

Old George, the wooden statue of My Life and Work: Dr. Adolf Lo-
George Washington, is to remain atop renz. Scribner's. $3.00. 
the cupola of the Central Building The Story of a Novel: Thomas 
even though the rest of Washington Wolfe. Scribner's. 193 6. $1.50. 
and Lee is to be renovated.—The V. Noah Websters Harry R. Warfel. 

M. I. Cadet. MacMillan. $3.00. 
European Youth is More Energetic 

Than Students ofAmerican Colleges 

By Lucile Dennison a greater degree of youthful enthusi¬ 

The manifestation of the existence asm. Russian youths predominate in 
of some degree of unity and purpose the direction of the new industries 
in some of the college student portion and in the new music, art and litera¬ 
of Young America in peace sentiments ture. Russia is often called the "land 
at least, provides subject for compar¬ of Youth." German youth societies 
ison with the youth activities of other starting with pre-war walking groups 
countries. The more outstanding have grown to efficient, systematized 
world powers have a young genera¬ Hitler organizations which train the 

tion of either of two obvious classes: youth through Nazi ideals to be fu¬ 
one which is moderately or even slight¬ ture Nazi leaders. Hitler, Mussolini 
ly active or one which is extremely en¬ and Stalin seem to need the energy and 

ergetic. idealism of the youth to make their 
Under the three famous dictator¬ governments go. 
ships, those of Italy, Germany, and 

Even in England where the younger

Russia, members of the younger gen¬ 

generation is of that less active type

eration, not as individuals but as a there has been noticed a 

growing seri¬ 

group, find most prestige and power. 

ousness and idealism. This is attribu¬ 

The Fascist movement in its beginning 

ted to a realization of the implication 

was pushed by the younger people. 

of the recent world crisis. There have 

Now the children of its organizers and 

been walking societies organized so 

their contemporaries are being edu¬ 

similar to the German ones of pre-war

cated to Fascism from infancy. In 1932 

days as to seem ominous to some. Since 

half of the Italians between the ages 

1931 the Youth Hostel Association has 

of 8 and 18 belonged to the Batilla. Of provided stopping places for the 
course there has been opposition to 

"Wanderers." 

Fascism in which the younger gener¬ 

The belief of some that a vigorous

ation has participated. A young polit¬ 

youth organization may be an omen of

ical prisoner in the Roman prison re¬ 

a change of government and that of

ported that the majority of political 

others that such an organization gives

prisoners there in 1932 were under 30. 

a desirable exuberance, vitality and

This does not hinder the fact that a 

idealism to national affairs leaves the

majority of the Young Italians are giv¬ 

question open as to whether the feeble

ing either nominal or sincere support 

sign of a possible youth movement in 

to the Fascist state and that they arc 

the United States should be viewed

being educated and organized to that 

with alarm or with satisfaction. It is

end. 

certain that a union of young people

In Germany and Russia this organ¬ 

does have great potentialities—poten¬

ization of the youth around the state 

tialities which may or may not be used 

and for the state ideal is repeated with 

for good.

perhaps the exception that here is found 


The Agonistic 

Faculty Have Various Plans 

For This Summer's Vacation 

Some to Teach School in Portugal, New York, North Carolina; 
Others Will Travel Abroad or Remain Home to 
Study, Write, or Garden 

With plans varying from teaching to New York to study, write, and at¬ 
in foreign universities and traveling in tend the latest Broadway plays. Pro¬ 
all parts of the world to "staying at 

fessor Mary Stuart MacDougall will

home," and doing "nothing in par¬ 

spend June and July on a fellowship

ticular," the Agnes Scott College fac¬ 

at the biological laboratory at Moun¬

ulty awaits the advent of commence¬ 

tain Lake, Virginia; August at the

ment and the arrival of summer. 

laboratory at Wood's Hole, Massachu¬

Assistant Professor Melissa Cilley 

setts, and the period from September

looks forward, after a Mediterranean 

7 to 11 at a conference at Harvard

trip including Gibraltar, Algiers, Sic¬ 

University. Assistant Professor Janef

ily, Naples, Athens, Turkey, Syria, 

Preston will remain at home in Deca-

Palestine, and Cairo, to teaching com¬ 

tur, to spend an "idyllic summer" in

parative literatures at the summer ses¬ 

studying and writing.

sion of the University of Coimbia, the 

national university of Portugal, from Several of the teachers will spend 
July 20 to August 30. their summers at home, and several 
Another of the faculty who plans more will spend theirs, as they express 

to combine work with pleasure is As¬ it, doing nothing. Professor Lillian 

sistant Professor Margaret Phythian, Smith will spend some time with rela¬ 
who will sail on August 6 for France, tives in Syracuse, New York, and will 
and before going to the University of go later to the beach. Professor Lu-
Grenoble to study, will spend some cile Alexander will be with her fam¬ 
time in the highest parts of the Alps. ily in Asheville, North Carolina, and 
Associate Professor Louise Hale will go

Also spending their summer abroad 
are Assistant Professor Leslie Gaylord, with her mother to New York. Pro¬ 

Miss Carrie Scandrett, and Miss fessor Catherine Torrance is planning 
Blanche Miller, who will travel through merely to remain at home in Decatur 
Europe with a party. to "keep house and do some garden¬ 
Several members of the faculty will ing;" and Professor Louise McKinney 
continue teaching, nearer home: Asso¬ and Dr. Mary Sweet "are considering" 
ciate Professor Emma May Laney, As¬ St. Simon's. Associate Professor Eliza¬ 
sociate Professor Florence Smith, and beth Jackson and Miss Martha Crowe 

Professor George Hayes at Hunter admit that they are contemplating 
College, New York; and Professor nothing in particular, while Associate 
Philip Davidson at the University of Professor Llewellyn Wilburn declares 
North Carolina. that she simply "can't come to a deci-
Miss Frances K. Gooch plans to go 

JUNIORS PLAN FOR Miss Christie is Present 
BANQUET HONORING At Publicity Convention 
GRADUATING CLASS 
Assistant Professor Annie May 
Junior committees, headed by Mary Christie, of the English department of 
Agnes Scott, attended the district

Elizabeth Morrow, are making plans 

meeting of the American College Pub¬

for the annual junior-senior banquet 

licity Association, held in Macon April

to be held Friday night, May 29. The 

24 and 25. Publicity officers repre¬ 
banquet,' honoring the seniors, takes senting the University of Florida, Rol¬ 
place each year shortly before com¬ lins, Florida State, John B. Stetson, 

Mercer, Wesleyan, and the Macon

mencement. 

Chamber of Commerce led discussions

The six committees and their mem¬ 

concerning publicity through cata¬ 

bers are: place cards, Julia Thing, Lu


logues, pictorial books, and newspa¬ 
cile Barnett, Martha Johnson, Rose pers. Professor A. A. Wilkinson pre¬ 
Northcross; invitations, Frances Wil¬ sided over the discussions. 

The southeastern states represented

son, Dorothy Jester; decorations, Fan¬ 

were North Carolina, Tennessee, Ala¬

nie B. Harris, Louise Brown, Frances 

bama, Georgia, Florida, and Virginia.

Gary, June Matthews; favors, Florence 
Lasseter, Jean Kirkpatrick, Kitty 

Paper Has New Reporters 
Jones; transportation, Frances Mac-Ten students will assume their du¬ 
Donald, Mary Kneale; entertainment, ties as reporters for The Agonistic 
Alice Taylor. as a result of the spring tryouts, which 
were held recently. Anne Purnell, 
Marie Merritt, Alice Reins, Myrl Chaf-

Leonardo da Vinci, when painting 

fin, Louise Young, Frances Lee, Ken-

Mona Lisa, the most famous portrait 

non Henderson, Mary Frances Kenne¬ 
in the world, worked twelve years on dy, Henrietta Blackwell, and Primrose 
the lips.—The Pasquino. Noble are the new reporters. 

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Endless Term Papers Inspire

Secret Diaries 

Disclose Gossip Girls to Pen Poetical Laments 

Of Agnes Scott 

Students, Afflicted With Writers' Cramp and Spring Fever, Voice 
Vehement, Emotional Dirges as Season Brings 
Inevitable Papers

Agnes Scouting 
While gaily-clad gypsies and soldiers Wordsworth, the poet, has defined Five term papers—in on time. 

have been flitting down an English poetry as "the spontaneous overflow Poems not only manifesting the 
Lane, while the seniors have been hys¬ of powerful feeling." In the light of overflow of emotion but also ones 
terically misrepresenting "Phoughst," this definition the verse of late inspired which succeed in transmitting the at¬ 

and while the Spoken English classes by term papers plus tests sans cuts is mosphere of dawn are— 
have been "breathing in an idea," your true poetic expression whose chief Between the dark and the daylight 
characteristic is that of "high serious¬

faithful snoopers have been poking When Chanticleer gets out of bed, 

ness" as Matthew Arnold would say,

around among the sacred pages of our I push my index cards from sight

had he the privilege of criticizing it.

Agnes Scott diaries, and here's a bit of 

And place an ice pack on my head. 

what we've unearthed: Consider that highly poetical— 

The day is done, and the darkness

Martha Marshall at an A. T. O. I think that I shall never see 

Falls from the wings of night;

dance at Emory; Anne Purnell, Nancy The day when someone says to me, 

While others are enjoying leisure

To me who has term papers four,

Moorer, Mary Malone, Frances Steele, 

You needn't write them any more. I'm burning the midnight light.

Ola Kelly, ai»d others, at the Alpha Chi 

Touching because of their sensuous And—

formal at East Lake; Julia Porter with 

details are such passages as— I burn my candle at both ends;

Bobby Sewell at the Phi Delta Theta 

The rainbow comes and goes It'll have to last the night,

dance; Isabel Richardson, Ruth Hunt, 

And lovely is the rose— For oh dear profs and ah my friends,

Meriel Bull, Mary V. Smith, Bee Mer-

But what know we of these heav¬ I've got a lot to write.

■411, Loraine Smith, and others going 
enly sights, Exquisite for its subtle significance

u> the Theta Kappa Psi dance Wednes-
We, who are slaving days and nights. and pre-Raphaelitic style is— 

aay night; Rosa Miller, to a dance at 

Or— The blessed damozel leaned out

Druid Hills Saturday night; and Loice 

Behind him lay the gray Azores From the Gold Bar of Heaven

Richards, Alice Taylor, Meriel Bull, 

Behind the gates of Hercules, And uttered—Gee, I'm glad I'm here

and Alice Chamlee, at the Beta Kappa 

Columbus sailed to foreign shores, Below, they have papers, seven.

dance at Tech Saturday night. 

But never had he trials like these. Vehement in its utterance is that 
Then for sheer accuracy of expres¬ masterpiece—

Hair Raising Experience 

sion there is— It isn't raining rain to me

Leading Lady—Mildred Davis. 

Tell me not in mournful numbers, It's raining papers down

Setting—Back steps of Main on a 

sunny afternoon. Life would be long, endless slum¬ In every third floor room I see 
bers, Someone I'd like to crown.

Scene I—Mildred busily drying her 

hair. Were it not for countless papers As is that of the fair young archer 
Scene 11—Approach of a well-known Written for the Hayes and Rapers. who emotionally overflowing cries out 
voice—the Voice of Experience—"My Also there is the little pearl of wis¬ against her own gross inaccuracy— 
dear, this is too public a place to wash dom— I shot an arrow into the air 

Lives of great men all remind us, It fell to earth I knew not where

your hair. It is improper for an Agnes 

We can make our lives sublime But if I had the same to do—

Scott girl, etc." 

Scene III—Exit Mildred (oh, well— If, somehow, we leave behind us I'd try to make the aim more true. 
hair today, gone tomorrow!) 
COLUMBIA SEMINARY Five Seniors, Palmour Go 
Campus Vignettes 

MUST RAISE $300,000 To Augusta, Ga. on May 8

Ray Kennedy, Mary Elizabeth Coop¬ 

TO KEEP SITE HERE 

er, Kit Jones, and Punkin Espy skip¬ 

Miss Alberta Palmour, alumnae field

ping gaily down Church Street in their 

secretary, and five senior transfer stu¬

bare feet with their stockings and Unless the sum of $300,000 is raised 

dents from the Augusta junior college

shoes tucked cozily under one arm . . . by July 1, Columbia Theological Semi¬ 

will motor to Augusta next Friday to

All of first floor Inman haunting the nary will unite with the Union Theol¬ 

attend a tea in honor of the junior

telephone booth, anxiously awaiting ogical Seminary in Richmond, Vir¬ 

college graduating class. The tea will

Lena Mae's phone call from G. M. A. ginia. Dr. J. Sprole Lyons heads a 

be given at the home of Eugenia

. . . Giddy Erwin, Pixie Fairly and committee to raise the sum; other 

Symms.

Petunia Hassell beating on staff room members of the committee are Dr. J. 

Mary Hull, Eugenia Symms, Kath-

windows and in various other ways R. McCain and Dr. J. M. Richards, 

erine Bishop, Kathryn Leipold, and

making public nuisances of themselves. president of the Seminary, represent¬ 

Carolyn White are the senior transfer 

. . . Tommy Ruth, Carolyn Elliott, ing the board of trustees; and Dr. D. 

students who will make the trip with

Anne Taylor, and Jeanne Flynt being P. McGeachy, Rev. Richard Gillespie, 

Alberta Palmour.

hailed as high school girls in the big and Dr. Stuart Oglesby, representing 
city . . . Nell Allison helping the Ma¬ the community as a whole. 
rines to "keep the situation well in The Seminary has received a prom¬ 

RUBIN'S

hand." . . . Enid Middleton being the ise of $100,000 provided that the re¬ 
proverbial life-of-the-picnic at Stone maining $200,000 is raised. If $300,


For Collegiate Ready-fo-Wear

Mountain by falling from a moss-cov¬ 000 is secured in Atlanta, the com¬ 
ered log to "ye olde rippling stream mittee will attempt to raise $200,000 140 Peachtree 
below." more in the neighboring states. 

For Summer --


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Sports Shop Third Floor 

RICH'S 


The Ago x is tic 

Finals in Campus 

Aluimiae to Elect

Clubs End Work With Final Meetings 

Sports Take Place 

During This Week 

Banquet Will Serve As Climax 
For Tournaments in Vari¬ 
ous Fields 

This week is the date set for finals 

in practically all campus sports. Com¬ 

petition in archery, swimming, tennis, 

golf, and horseback riding is drawing 

to a close. 

Agnes Scott has been participating 

in a telegraphic archery tournament 

sponsored by the National Archery As¬ 

sociation. Eight students competed in 

a Columbia round, which consists of 

twenty-four arrows shot from a dis¬ 

tance of fifty yards, twenty-four frcm 

a distance of forty yards, and twenty-

four from a distance of thirty yards. 

Scores have been posted as: Eloise Es


tes, 295; Frances Cary, 2 59; Mary 

Jane King, 2 50; Nell Scott, 241; Mary 

Alice Baker, 231; Martha McAfee, 

205; Ellen O'Donnell, 205 ; and Cor¬ 

nelia Whitner, 196. 

On May 6 Mary Kneale will defend 

her tennis singles title against Frances 

Steele. The match should prove es¬ 

pecially exciting because of the out¬ 

standing ability of both contestants. 

Mary Kneale has made a surprising ad¬ 

vance to the finals by winning thirty-

six out of forty-two games played. The 

other finalist defeated Helen Handte, 

one of the strong contenders, in a 

close match 4-6, 6-4, and 6-0. 

A swimming meet open to all swim¬ 
ming classes and the swimming club 
will take place the same afternoon at 
four o'clock. Events for beginners in¬ 
clude: crawl stroke for form, side 
stroke for form, and back stroke for 
form. Intermediates will compete in: 
twenty-yard dash, free-style, and a 
medley relay. Advanced events are: 
diving, forty-yard free-style, forty-
yard back stroke, and twenty-yard 
breast stroke races. 

Following these two events the Ath¬ 
letic Association will entertain all par¬ 
ticipants in the year's sports activities 
at a formal banquet. 

In the riding contest at the Biltmore 
Riding Academy, April 18, Lucile 
Barnett placed second and Bee Merrill 
placed fourth in horsemanship. Eucile 
Barnett and Lorraine Smith are to ride 
in the Atlanta horse show at Fort McPherson 
April 8-10. 

ALUMNAE NEWS 

On the campus for May Day last 
week-end were Rossie Ritchie, '34; 
Margaret Robins, '3 5; Mary Virginia 
Allen, '3 5; and several Charlotte, N. ' 
C., alumnae, who brought with them 
nine prospective students. 

Two new alumnae addresses are: 
Martha Ann (Rodgers) Turbyville, 
'3 5, who is now living at Roland 
Apartments, B-3, 105 S. Victoria, 
Ventnor, N. Y.; and Evelyn Campbell, 
'3 3, who is now at home at 165 6 Stokes 
Avenue, S. W., Atlanta. 

Alberta Palmour, '3 5, will live in 
the Alumnae House for the last month 
of this session. 

COWL -For 
Health 
For Sport 
For Fun 
at 
BUCK'S HEALTH 
CENTER 
671 Peachtree Street 
Wal. 7823 
and 

CENTER 
"THE CENTER OF ACTIVITY" 

20 Houston, N.E. WA. 5622 

Chi Beta Phi Sigma 

The regular meeting of Chi Beta 
j Phi Sigma was held on Monday night, 
, May 4, at 7:30 o'clock in the chem| 
istry lecture room. Dr. Clinton C. 

Howard spoke on "The Study of 

Twins." This was an open meeting 

and the college community was in¬ 

vited to attend. 

Music Appreciation Group 

The Music Appreciation Group of 

the Y. W. C. A. met on Sunday night, 

April 26, at 7 o'clock in the music 

room. The group studied Handel and 

his works. 

Bible Club 

The regular meeting of the Bible 

Club was held on Monday afternoon, 

May -f, at 5 o'clock, in the Y. W. C. 

A. room. Dr. Ryland Knight, pastor 
of the Second Ponce de Leon Baptist 
Church, spoke to the club. Election 
of officers for the coming year took 
place at this meeting. 
B. O. Z. 
The following officers for 1936-37 
were elected: President, June Mat¬ 
thews; secretary-treasurer, Jane Guthrie. 
New members of the club are: 
Nell Hemphill, Giddy Erwin, Hibernia 
Hassell, and Jean Bailey. 

Alberta Palmour 

Visits in Florida 

Miss Alberta Palmour, alumnae field 

secretary of Agnes Scott College, has 

returned from a trip to Florida, where 

she made contact with the principals 

of high schools throughout the state. 

Miss Carrie Scandrett, assistant dean, 

accompanied Miss Palmour for half 

the trip. 

They visited schools in Gainesville, 
Tampa, Miami, Winter Haven, Jack¬ 
sonville, Ocala, Orlando, Tallahassee, 
and other cities. In Gainesville, they 
stopped at Mary Jane Tigert's home, 
and at Amelia Bond's in Winter Haven. 
They made short trips in the immedi¬ 
ate vicinities of these cities. 

PhiAlphaPhi ToAnnounce 
Cup Winner at Banquet 

Pi Alpha Phi, debating society of 
Agnes Scott College, will give its an¬ 
nual banquet on Thursday, May 7, in 
the Silhouette tea room. The club will 
discuss its plans for next year, consid¬ 
ering especially the question of 

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International Relations 

The regular meeting of the Inter¬ 
national Relations Club was held on 
Tuesday afternoon, April 21, at 4 
o'clock in the Y. W. C. A. room. The 
secretary's report was read, and new 
officers for the coming year were elect¬ 
ed. The new officers are: president, 

Margaret Watson; vice-president, Mary 
Fairfax Stevens; and secretary and 
treasurer, Jean Chalmers. 

German Club 

The German Club held its spring 
try-outs on Wednesday, April 15, and 
Wednesday, April 22. The following 
new members were admitted to the 
club: Jane Turner, Nell Scott, Helen 
Ramsey, Mildred Davis, Cornelia 
Christie, Kennon Henderson, Elizabeth 
Blackshear, Jane Guthrie, Jeanne 
Matthews, Frances Norman, Elise Seay, 
Jacquelyn McWhite, Martha Head, 
Martha Summers, and Emily Harris. 

Citizenship Club 

The Citizenship Club elected the 
following officers for the coming 
year at a call meeting on Wednesday, 
April 29: president, Frances Belford; 
vice-president, Lucille Cairns; and sec¬ 
retary and treasurer, Lucile Dennison. 

Espy. JcueslXairie 

New Aurora Staff 

Of Twelve Girls 

The 1936-37 staff of the Aurora, 
campus literary magazine, will under¬ 
take its duties when it edits the final 
issue which will appear May 15. Eliza¬ 
beth Espy, editor, has appointed her 
staff, which consists of: Nell Allison, 

June Matthews, and Carol Hale, as¬ 
sistant editors; Anna Margaret Riepma, 
book editor; and Douglas Lyle, 
exchange editor. 

The business staff includes: Kitty 
Jones, business manager; Ola Kelly, 
Zoe Wells, and Rosalinde Richards, 
business assistants; Mary Buchholz, 
circulation manager; and Tommy 
Ruth Blackmon, assistant circulation 
manager. 

whether or not to render decisions in 
debates. 

As the climax of the banquet, as 
well as of the year's activities, Profes¬ 
sor George P. Hayes will present a lov¬ 
ing cup to the girl who has done the 
most outstanding work during this 
session. Last year Edith Merlin won 
the cup. 

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If you like fine tailoring you will want this 
custom made shirt. Attractive tucked bosom, 
exceptional material. .. the perfect comple¬ 
ment to your suit. 

Sport Shop . . St root Floor 

J. IP. AILILICN CO. 
The Store All Women Know 

Poetry Club 

Poetry Club met on Tuesdav eve¬ 
ning, April 14, at 8:30 in Miss Laney's 
apartment in Ansley Cottage. Miss 
Preston read some of her poems, and 
the members of the club contributed 
spring poems. Hortense Jones and 
Carol Hale were hostesses at this meet¬ 
ing. 

At a short meeting on Tuesday 
afternoon, April 2 8, new officers were 
elected: president, Hortense Jones; 
and secretary, Winifred Kellersberger. 
The next meeting of the club will be 
held on Tuesday night, May 12, at 

8:30 o'clock at Miss Laney's. 
Spanish Club 
The last meeting of the Spanish 
Club was held on Tuesday afternoon, 
May 5, at 4:30 o'clock, in Mr. Dieckman's 
studio. An interesting cultural 
program was presented. Assistant 
Professor Cilley, of the Spanish depart¬ 
ment, read a poem, and there was 
music and dancing by members of the 
Club. 

Granddaughters Club 
There was a meeting of the Grand¬ 
daughters Club yesterday afternoon 
at 4 o'clock in the Anna Young House. 

Health Contest 

Is Friday Night 

Entrants from all campus organiza¬ 
tions are to compete in the annual 
health contest which will take place 
in Bucher Scott Gymnasium Friday 
night after supper. Judges will choose 
as "Miss Health" the girl who is most 
nearly perfect in walking, standing 
posture, foot position, weight, and 
general health. 

Last year Helen Handte and Nell 
White shared the title and will not be 
allowed to enter again this year. Other 
"Miss Health's" in the history of the 
contest have been Mary Perkinson, 
Virginia Seers, Caree Lingle, Laura 
Spivey, and Betty Lou Houck. 

The contest is the final event on the 
year's health program. The Athletic 
Association and the physical education 
department have cooperated through¬ 
out the season to bring about good 
health on the campus by sponsoring 
hikes, plunge periods, and indoor 
games. 

Fourteen Officers 

At Annual Meeting 

Voting Will Take Place May 30; 
Twelve Classes To Have 
Reunion June 1 

Elections of officers of the Alumnae 
Association will take place at the gen¬ 
eral alumnae meeting to be held Sat¬ 
urday, May 30. A committee com¬ 
posed of Penelope (Brown) Barnett, 
'32, chairman; Martha Crowe, '27, and 
Florence (Perkins) Ferry, '26, has 
nominated the following: 

President: Daisy Frances Smith, '24. 
First vice-president: Janice Stewart 

Brown, '24. 
Second vice -president: Nannie 
Campbell, '23. 
Secretary: Dora (Ferrell) Gentry, 
'26. 

Treasurer: Margaret Ridley, '3 3. 
Radio publicity: Ruth Moore, '34. 
Newspaper publicity: Letitia (Rockmore) 
Lange, '33. 
Curriculum: Emma Pope (Moss) 
Dieckmann, '13. 
Tea room: Martha Stansfield, '21. 
Local clubs: Sarah Slaughter, '26. 
Grounds: Eloise (Gay) Brawley, 
'16. 
Entertainment: Betty Lou (Houck) 
Smith, '3 5. 
Student loan: Kenneth Maner, '27. 
Constitution and by-laws: Mary 
(Crcnshaw) Palmour, Institute. 
The meeting will be held immed¬ 
iately after the trustees' luncheon, for 
which many alumnae are expected to 
return to the campus. On Monday, 
June 1, there will be luncheons and 
dinners for the various classes. These 
classes for which reunions are sched¬ 
uled are '93, '94, '95, '11, '12, '13, '14, 
'3 0, '31, '3 2, '3 3, and '3 5. Each class 
has a local chairman in charge of the 
entertainment. 

Seniors Plan Class Day 

At the annual Class Day exercises 
on Monday, June 1, Lulu Ames will 
read the senior class prophecy, Lena 
Armstrong the will, Mildred Clark the 
poem, and Mary Richardson, the his¬ 
tory. They were elected at a meeting 
of the senior class held last Thurs¬ 
day, April 30. 

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE 

DECATUR, GA. 

A college for women that is vjidely recog¬ 
nized for its standards of tvork and for the 
interesting character of Its student activities 

For further information, address 

J. R. McCAIN, President 
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VOL. XXI AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1936 NO. 23 
Reverend Morgan Urges Life Agnes Scott CollegejjU(jge Florence E. Allen 

s\r o i • r i. Commencement 

Or beeking tor Righteousness 

Delivered by 

Rev. F. Crossley Morgan 

Augusta, Georgia 

I am deeply conscious of the honor 
you have conferred upon me in invit¬ 
ing me to bring the message to this 
class on this occasion. I am deeply 
conscious of the high privilege that 
is mine; and yet, perhaps supremely, 
conscious of the responsibility of the 
Hour: The responsibility of an ambas¬ 
sador, for I take it that I have been 
asked to speak as an ambassador of the 
Lord, Jesus Christ. 

I suppose nearly always when you 
invite someone to deliver the cofnmencement 
sermon you ask a minister 
of the gospel. I wonder if we have 
asked ourselves just why that is so: 
Surely it is not because you are seek¬ 
ing a message from that man as a man, 
it is because you want a message from 
him as an ambassador. That is to say, 
you have not invited me to hear some¬ 
thing from Frank Crossley Morgan, 
you have invited me as an ambassador 
because you want in this great hour 
some word from the King, some mes¬ 
sage from the Lord Jesus Christ. Any¬ 
how, it is thus I have interpreted your 
invitation and consequently I have 
sought carefully and, I trust, prayer¬ 
fully, for the word of the King for 
you in this great crucial hour in your 
lives. And as the result of that quiet 
thought and meditation I bring you 
from the King a precept and a prom¬ 
ise, an appeal and an assurance, words 
of counsel and words of confidence; 
words that are found in that passage 
of scripture I have rea^ in your hear¬ 
ing, the Gospel according to Matthew, 
Chapter 6. Verse 33: "Seek ye first 
bis kingdom and his righteousness and 
all these things shall be added unto 
yon." 

Having laid down that great prin¬ 
ciple he made certain spiritual appli¬ 
cations, first of all in regard to alms, 
and then with regard to prayer, and 
fasting; and, having made those spirit¬ 
ual applications, he made certain ma¬ 
terial applications, first of all with re¬ 
gard to weath, and then with regard 
to the necessities of life. 

This morning I read just that sec¬ 
tion of the manifesto in which the 
King is dealing with those material 
applications concerning wealth, the 
necessities of life, and it is in that lit¬ 
tle section dealing with the attitude 
of the subjects of the King with re¬ 
gard to the necessities of life there 
occur the words of our text: "Seek 

Baccalaureate 

REV. F. CROSSLEY MORGAN 

Seniors Leave Their 

Dearest Possessions 

As Token of Esteem 

By Lena Armstrong 
To whom it may concern: 

We, the senior class of Agnes Scott 
College on this the first day of June 
in the year of our Lord nineteen hun¬ 
dred and thirty-six (1936), being still 
wholly and completely in possession of 
our rather decrepit minds and facul¬ 

ties, and being about to pass on to a 
bigger and better existence than hither¬ 
to, do hereby make, set forth, and pub¬ 
lish this our last will and testament. 

Section I 

Article I—To the college at large 
we leave our blessing and the impres¬ 
sion that the aforesaid college is a bet¬ 
ter place because of our four years at¬ 
tendance at the same aforesaid college. 

Article II—To the future gener¬ 
ations of Agnes Scott College we do 
bequeath two hundred and sixty-seven 

(267) bricks of the new library. 
Article III—To our worthy profes¬ 
sors we do bequeath the aching void 
we have left in their classrooms. We 
return with hearty thanks those jokes 
which were not assimilated by us in 
hopes that they will be more fully ap¬ 
preciated in the future. As a mark of 
our esteem we also give the faculty 
permission to publish any of our start-

ye first the kingdom of God, and Hisling flashes of wit which might work 
(Continued on page 5, column 1) (Continued on page 6, column 1) 
Historian Recounts Essentials 
Of Momentous Years, 1932-36 

By Mary Richardson 

We are the largest class ever to be 
graduated from Agnes Scott College. 
One hundred and five of us, two-thirds 
of the original class which so lightheartedly 
entered in 1932, are leaving 
tomorrow to go our separate ways. Let 
us not say that our education is com¬ 
pleted; let us say rather that we are 
just beginning it—but stop, I forget 
myself. This is not the commence¬ 

ment address, but the class history. 
We are not those girls, I say, who 
started in 1932. We are changed by 
what we have passed through. We 
have lived and suffered, but we have 
learned, we have learned. 

With purple and white ribbons 
pinned bravely to our dresses, and 
with the confident smiles of youth on 
our trusting faces, we took over Inman. 
"This is college life," we said 
as we were whirled from the Alumnae 
tea to the Student Government recep¬ 
tion and the Grandmothers dance, 
taking just enough time between to 
write home for curtains twice as long 
as the ones we had bought. We rented 

a mail box and found five letters in 
it the second day. We stood in line 
and people made out nice schedules 
for us. Classes started, and we en¬ 
joyed them, at first. Were we not the 
valedictorian of our class in High 
School? What was there for us to 
worry about? But one day a notice 
appeared: Special meeting of Fresh¬ 
men, 10 P. M. in the chapel. We went 
in, the lights went out, and the so-
called fun began. Need I recall to the 
mind of any Senior the details of this 
painful occasion? I trow not. And it 
was only the first event in the two 
days of Sophomore "ratting." Fresh¬ 
men appeared in dresses put on back¬ 
ward and inside out, with stockings 
of various hues on arms as well as 
legs, and with distinctive coiffures. 
Our stunt, at the end of the ratting 
period was a dismal flop. We lost, and 
were not able to forget our defeat for 
more than a week, because the black 
make-up would not come off, do what 
we would. 

Inman was to us the center of the 
universe. We could not understand 
the attitude of upper classmen who 

(Continued on page 4, column 1) 

Awards 

At the forty-seventh commence¬ 
ment exercises of Agnes Scott College, 
held this morning in Bucher Scott 
gymnasium, Dr. J. R. McCain, presi¬ 
dent, announced the following honors: 

The Hopkins Jewel, given in honor 
of Miss Nannette Hopkins, Dean of 
the College, to the member of the 
Senior Class most nearly meeting the 
ideals of the College: 

Miss Alice McCallie, Chattanooga, 
Tennessee. 

Collegiate Scholarship, full tuition 
for the next session awarded to the 
member of the Junior, Sophomore, or 
Freshman Classes who makes the best 
all 'round record for the year: 

Miss Mildred Davis, Orlando, Fla. 

Honorable mention: Miss Enid Middleton, 
Birmingham, Ala.; Miss Frances 
Gary, Greenville, S. C. 

Quenelle Harrold Fellowship, the in¬ 
come on $10,000 to be used for study 
in graduate work: 

Miss Lita Goss, Atlanta, Ga. 

(Continued on page 6, column 3) 

Classes Honor '36 

At Varied Parties 

The entertainments in honor of the 
senior class this year included a sopho¬ 
more-senior luncheon, a senior-soph¬ 
omore breakfast, a junior-senior ban¬ 
quet, and a senior picnic. 

The sophomore-senior luncheon was 
given on Saturday, May 23, at Druid 
Hills Golf Club. The junior-senior 
banquet was held also at Druid Hills 
on last Friday night, May 29. The 
Emory Aces iurnished music for danc¬ 
ing. 

The seniors were given a picnic by 
their faculty advisers, Miss Blanche 
Miller and Miss Carrie Scandrett, on 
Thursday, May 2 8, at the Venetian 
Club in Decatur. The seniors enter¬ 
tained the sophomores yesterday at 
breakfast at the Atlanta Athletic Club. 

On last Sunday after dinner, Dean 
Nannette Hopkins and Miss Scan¬ 
drett were hostesses at faculty cof¬ 
fee to which were invited the seniors 
and their parents and friends. 

Yesterday afternoon after class day 
Mortar Board served tea in the Alum¬ 
nae Garden to seniors and their par¬ 
ents. 

These functions are a traditional 
part of Agnes Scott commencement; 
they are given each year in honor of 
the outgoing class. 

Chamlee Announces 

Many Engagements 

At the annual luncheon given by 
the Board of Trustees of Agnes Scott 
College in honor of the seniors and 
alumnae, held on last Saturday, May 
30, in Rebekah Scott dining room, 
Miss Nelle Chamlee, of the Alumnae 
Association, announced the following 
engagements: 

1929—Dorothy Hutton to Edward 
Mount, of New York City, the wed¬ 
ding being yesterday in Savannah. 

Gladys Austin to William Ellis 
Mann, of Chester, Pa., the wedding to 
be June 27. 

(Continued on page 6, column 4) 

PHI BETA NAMES SIX 
AT SECOND SERVICE 

Lena Armstrong, Janet Gray, Au¬ 
gusta King, Agnes J. McKoy, Marie 
Townsend, and Mary Walker were 
elected to Phi Beta Kappa at the regu¬ 
lar spring announcement of the Agnes 
Scott chapter, on Friday, May 29. Pro¬ 
fessor Philip G. Davidson, president of 
the Georgia Beta chapter, presided. 

Initiation of the new members was 
held Saturday afternoon and a ban¬ 
quet was given in their honor at 7:00 
Saturday night in the Alumnae House. 

Commencement 

JUDGE FLORENCE ALLEN 

Class Prophet Finds 

Buttrick Elevator in 

Odd Futuristic Mood 

By Lulu Ames 

I was riding in the Buttrick eleva¬ 
tor, as is my custom, some weeks back 
when a queer and curious thing—hal¬ 
lucination perhaps we psychologists 
might call it—took hold of me. The 
sedate but reliable elevator seemed to 
be moving at an almost indecent speed, 
perhaps four and a half miles an hour, 
assuming that it would run for an 
hour, and apparently with no definite 
end in view. On we rode, the eleva¬ 
tor and I, past the third floor where 
I, but not the elevator, wanted to 
stop and on still higher up. "Hmmm," 
I said, "you will be responsible if I 
am late to class," I knowing very well 
that the elevator could do little to get 
me an acceptable excuse for tardi¬ 
ness; and "I," sez I to the elevator, "I 
thought you worked on the honor sys¬ 
tem"—try to get on her, that is, if 
you can get it away from the ground 
floor Buttrick customers. But the ele¬ 
vator was sweetly unconscious of what 
might turn out to be my plight and 
it plowed its way higher up. Sez I, 
as we, the elevator and I, crashed 
through the roof of Buttrick, sez I. 
"How inconsiderate of you not to 
think of the roof," but soon I, too, 
had forgot the roof—for before me 
lay the whole campus, and I was at 

last in a position to see all and know 
all without asking questions . . . see¬ 
ing and knowing all, as on that day, 
was quite an experience. Telling all, 
at this point, is even somewhat more 
of one. For what lay before me was 
not the current Agnes Scott but a 
panorama and an inside job of the 
lives of some hundred girls who once 
inhabited the campus and stirred up, 
in their time, some cause for pause. 

There was, first of all, Adelaide 
Stevens who now was devoting her 
life and soul to the writing of an 
adequate rule book—a rule book that 
would cover any occasion. Included 
in the book was a map of local terri¬ 
tory and it seemed I saw a large black 
spot above which was written Avon-
dale in capital letters. Numbered 
among Ad's assistants were Mutt 
Cooper, Nell White, and Sallie Mc-
Ree. Helping her read proof on the 
work was Carrie Phinney Latimer who 
believes that any job should be done 
well. 

Great flocks of the hundred sum-
odd whose private lives I inspected 
that morning were busying themselves 
about the house, learning the gentle 

(Continued on page 3, column 1) 

Gives EditoriInterview 

It was almost inevitable that Judge 
Florence E. Allen, of the United 
States Court of Appeals, should have 
turned to law as a profession. Her 
father, a student of American history 
and politics, was a member of the leg¬ 
islature of Ohio for some years, and 
then was a member of Congress. Vi¬ 
vidly last night did Judge Allen de¬ 
scribe herself and her sisters, all 
youngsters, standing in their front 
yard on election day, shouting "Allen, 
Allen, C. E. Allen"; and their father's 
satisfaction when he came home vic¬ 
torious was more than matched by the 
joy of the young Allen girls. 

It was natural, too, that Judge Al¬ 
len should have been a ready speaker 
in the "Votes for Women" struggle 
in Ohio; in her family the girls came 
first. And when the call for woman 
suffrage went out, Judge Allen 
stumped 66 counties. "And," she said, 
"I had a swell time." 

In answer to an abrupt "How did 
you begin?", Judge Allen told how 
she spent two years in Berlin study¬ 
ing music. Back home again, she did 
her undergraduate work at Western 
Reserve where she also received her 

M.A. She went to Chicago for law 
but took her LL.B. from New York 
University. From there she came to 
Ohio to practice; she collected $670 
the first year. In succession she has 
been assistant prosecutor, county 
judge, judge of the Supreme Court of 
Ohio, and now federal judge by ap¬ 
pointment of President Roosevelt. 

Two weeks ago she fell down the 
stairs in her building; her mouth, she 
said, was mangled and one tooth was 

broken. The day following her acci¬ 
dent, she appeared in court with a 
mustache of adhesive tape. This inci¬ 
dent, together with her excellent ad¬ 
dress of this morning, are notable 
memories of Judge Allen's visit to Ag¬ 
nes Scott. There is, however, fore¬ 
most in this mind at least, the picture 
of Judge Allen as a little girl, stand¬ 
ing in the front yard on election day, 
shouting "Allen, Allen, C. E. Allen." 

Dr.McCain Reviews 

Development Fund 

By Dr. J. R. McCain 

While it is somewhat exciting to 
conduct a financial campaign and very 
thrilling to find loyalty and sacrifice 
enough to win success, yet it is much 
more pleasant to spend the money 
which is raised through campaign ef¬ 
forts. I take pleasure, therefore, in 
reporting the expenditures of the 
$450,000 which we secured last year. 

By far the most important item in 
our program is the building of a new 
library. When we first began to plan 
for this, we hoped that it could be 
secured for $150,000. We have found 
so many other interesting things 
which we wish to include that the 
contract price was finally $215,000. 
It will take $15,000 more in order to 
equip it and the Student Activities 
Building. 

The Library has many features 
which are not ordinarily included in 
such a building. On the main floor, 
there is to be a very large reading 
room, equipped informally with dav¬ 
enports, easy chairs, floor lamps, and 
other devices for comfort and enjoy¬ 
ment. Books will be in evidence 
everywhere. On cold days, an open 
fireplace will give an added touch of 
comfort and cheer. 

On the floor below, there will be a 
room of equal size, though the ceil(<
Continued on page 2, column 5) 


THE AGONISTIC 

16—Mortar Board holds its annual recognition service; Elinor Hamilton 

Agonistic DR. McCAIN REVIEWS

Hightower, '34, speaks. 

DEVELOPMENT FUND

Shirley Christian announces the opening of a snapshot contest for the 

{•Continued from page 1, column 5)

Lulu Ames Editor 

S'l; she offers money as prizes so a lot of girls will try out. 

ing will not be so high; and this will

Alice Chamlee Business Manager 22-23—Blackfriars presents "Mr. Pim Passes By." 
23 accommodate nearly two hundred

Cornelia Christie Salesmanager According to the vote of the class, seniors will wear caps and gowns

to chapel on Saturdays if they sit in the senior section. Lib Forman young women with regulation tables

BUSINESS ASSISTANTS Ruby Hutton Carolyn Myers

Ellen Davis Frances Miller Frances Chamblee appears in proper regalia and sits in the midst of her plainclothes and chairs which will be convenientSALES ASSISTANTS Frances Belford

Sara Cureton Mary Alice Baker Martha Head classmates. for study and note-taking.

Helen Handte Jane Guthrie Mary Jane King Dr. McCain and Dr. Harvey Cox return from New York where they

Rosa Miller Nell Allison Ruth Hertzka On the south side of the building

have conferred with the General Education Board, the Harkness 

will be arranged an open outdoor

Foundation, and the Carnegie Corporation about the possibility of 

"THE MOVING FINGER WRITES . . 

financial aid for an educational center in Atlanta. reading terrace which can be used 
SEPTEMBER-25—Mr. Dieckmann's students appear in recital in Gaines Chapel. most of the year. This will be equip¬

IS—Ag-nes Scott gets started formally. 

26—Swimming Club presents "Antony and Cleopatra." 

ped with outdoor furniture, awnings,

21—Formal reception for new students in Main. 

28—Thanksgiving; therefore holiday.

26—Miss Florence Smith is promoted to associate professorship. 29 umbrellas, and the like, and will be 

—President Roosevelt speaks in Atlanta; miraculously another holiday.

2' Freshmen sign Student Government pledge, therefore begin right. accessible only from the library itself

30—New gym season begins; swimming is offered.

Enrollment is announced as nearing 500. 

29-Dec. 1—Lulu Ames attends an editors' conference called by the National and not from the outside.

OCTOBER— 

Student Federation of America. On the second floor, there will be

2—American Women lists seven faculty members. 

DECEMBER— 

a number of seminar rooms which will

THE AGONISTIC carries a story of Miss MacDougall's degree which 

1—La Argentina appears in Atlanta.

she received from the University of Montpellier in July, 1935. De¬ be available for small groups of stu¬

2—The first Red Candle Service of Y. W. is held.

scription of her gown is included in the body of the article. 

4—Boarders vote to continue the habit of dressing for Wednesday night dents who wish to study together or to 

Miss Colvin, Miss Mitchell, Miss Griffin, Miss Palmour, Miss Crowe, 

dinner and the dining room continues to be full of empty chairs. have informal conferences. There will

and Miss Miller are new this year, according to the Ag. 

6—Tom Neblett, N. S. F. A. head, speaks in chapel. also be carrels in the stacks for faculty

Anna Margaret Riepma is elected freshman stunt chairman and Ann 

7—Mortar Board entertains at tea in honor of the day students and their

Worthy Johnson is named ditto for the sophs. members or for advanced students 

parents; the faculty is presenr.

3—Richard du Bury Book Award of S25 is announced again. who have special investigations to

9—Lita Goss sends out an SOS and refuses to take material for the next

Lucie Hess and Marcelle Cappatti express delight with Agnes Scott. make.

issue of her magazine after the 14th.

Proposals are made in open forum that a drinking fountain be added 

10-13—Mortar Board gives its annual parties for boarding sophs so that The third floor of the Library will 

to the current library and that convenient trash cans be placed 

they (the sophs) can meet young men. be arranged for a museum. This will

about in the vegetation of the campus. Protest is registered against 

H—German Club presents its annual (almost) Christmas play. not be used immediately, as we do not

the closing of the library. All three matters are voted down. 

12—Charline Fleece is elected by the students to attend the annual con¬

4—Lena Armstrong wins the Aurora cover design prize and Lita Goss have the funds for an elevator at this

vention of N. S. F. A. Exec, elects Frances James as its delegate.

makes numerous words about a new and revived Aurora which is time; but, eventually, it will be one of

13—Mary Gray Rogers, Loice Richards, Nellie Margaret Gilroy, and Rosa 

soon to appear on the campus. 

From are elected charter members of Agonistic Key. the most attractive features of the 

Six Agnes Scott girls play in the Rabun Gap-Nacoochee Benefit in 

Basketball season opens. campus.

Atlanta. 

14—Faculty entertains seniors at a reception; stars mark the occasion. 

The stack room will have a capacity

Honor roll of 29 is announced. 

Miss Palmour returns from Texas.

6—Shirley Christian, in her first move toward a more democratic scheme of more than one hundred thousand

Y. W. gives a party for the underprivileged youngsters of DeKalb
of things, abolishes the position of assistant editor for her publica¬ volumes. It will be six floors in height,

county.

tion; the beauty section, she announces, will be a matter of popular but are equipping only two floors

16—Ann Thompson and Charline Fleece win the May Day scenario contest we 

election along with a judge's opinion. 

with "Down an English Lane." with actual shelving at this time, as

9—Freshman Cabinet is elected. 

17—Red-faced Agonextra appears quite unexpectedly in chaped. this will be ample for our present

Annual Y. W. Budget Drive reaches its goal in pledges; collections 

Language clubs join in traditional campus serenade.

begin on the first Y. W. Tuesday afterwards. number of volumes, We have approx-

Dec. 18-Jan. 3—Christmas holidays.

Agnes Scott will go on the quarter system beginning the fall of '36, Dec. 28-Jan. 1—Alice Hannah, Adelaide Stevens, and Winifred Kellers-imately thirty-five thousand books 
the Academic Council votes. now.

berger attend quadrenniel convention of Student Volunteer in Indian¬ 

THE AGONISTIC carries its second interview—and this one an ex¬ 

apolis. Another item of the Development

clusive one—with Senator "Young Bob" LaFollette. JANUARY— 

Program which will cost about $5,000

Ada Foote leaves to join WPA forces in Mississippi; Miss Rosie Cris¬ 6—Kagawa addresses a student meeting in Atlanta; about 100 Agnes 

is the remodeling of the present library

pin arrives to work in the library as an assistant. Scott girls hear him. 
11—Dr. McCain reveals that gateways into the campus may be a part.of 9—Open Forum reveals hidden democratic principles in Shirley Christian for a Student Activities Building. It is 

the planned improvements. The hockey field begins to be threat¬ and rough-shod dittos in Lulu Ames. THE AGONISTIC changes its planned that this will be used for stu¬ 

ened by the new library. way of electing its editor and the Sil persists in following the tried dents only, and will accommodate 
Mr. Ben Meyer of the Associated Press opens THE AGONISTIC and true method that was workable in the early days of the annual 

most of the clubs, publications, and

chapel series. but which may have become outmoded by now. 

Sport season opens with class hockey games; the library still threatens. THE AGONISTIC sponsors a knit style show. other organizations which have been 
12—Advance sale for Frost tickets reaches its heights; the lecture is set 10—Day students are still talking about the vast and wonderful ice storm so largely homeless in previous years. 
for Nov. 7. Much talk has already been made concerning same. of the holidays. Boarders are praying that such another storm may The main reading room will be an ideal 

come and close the College.

13 Lita Goss openly requires that all copy for her magazine be in by 

recreation place for students who wish

14 Mortar Board opens a drive for much money with which to re-decorate

.the 21st. 

the date parlors in Main. First contributor: Dr. McCain. to get together in large or small

16—May Day scenario contest opens. 

13—Ruth Slenczynski is presented in Atlanta. 

groups.

U Ames, Chamlee, Christian, and Jones leave for Chicago; a convention 

15—31—Mid-winter rest period.

is the cause. We have spent about $4,000 to

15 Ethelyn Johnson and Augusta King are named as candidates for the

Spanish Club gets choosey and admits only three. move the locations for the Infirmary

Beck Scholarship Award. 

German Club takes in all who try out—this time the number is nine. 17

—Dl'- McCain is named president of the Association of American Col¬ and West Lawn and to improve these 

A. A. U. P. is reported to have held its first meeting of the year. leges. 
buildings. They are much more at¬

19—Freshman win the stunt, likewise the Black Cat. 22—Aurora appears for winter; time does bring all things. 

tractive in their new positions.

20 Sophomores make $20 on old clothes; merely a hangover from the FEBRUARY— 

Victory Effort of the spring before. 1-8—Low temperature interrupts work on library. Another item of our improvement 
22—-Fritz Kreisler opens the Ail-Star Concert Series. 2-Ground hog day. has been the opening up of the drive¬ 
23 Plans are announced for new tennis courts below the once-was hockey Mildred Clark ties for first place in Atlanta Poetry Forum with her way between McDonough Street and 

field; and hints are dropped concerning a camp to be built in the sonnet sequence "Country Girl." 

Candler Street, and the connecting of

3-5—Reinhardt's Midsummer Night's Dream is shown at the Georgia

woods back and down from the College. 

theatre in Atlanta; the Shakespeare class makes a point of seeing it this road with the driveway in front.

24—Sunday dates and Y. W. Open House are new privileges granted. 

one of the three days it's here. 

For the first time it is now possible to

30—Bids for the new library are opened. 

6—Snow and Thornton Wilder. 
31 Peace Ballots are mailed to every student and faculty member 7—Students nominate for May Queen. drive through our grounds and see all 

NOVEMBER— 8—Dean Walter Miller, of Missouri, makes the Phi Beta Kappa address. of the buildings without alighting 

1-3—B. S. U. holds state convention in Atlanta. 

Shirley Christian, Elizabeth Forman, Lita Goss, Ethelyn Johnson, from automobiles. This improvement

1—Gym celebrates its tenth birthday. Edith Merlin, Sarah Nichols, and Mary Snow are announced as mem¬ 

cost $13,500, including the sewer

Little Girl Day. bers of Phi Bete. Moreover, Miss Stansfield, Miss Gilchrist, and 
Miss Preston are named members. system which it was necessary for us

2 Investiture. Miss Scandrett speaks to the seniors who are now ex¬ 

Nelson Eddy sings in Atlanta. Oh yes, and Helen Jepson appears

pected to lay aside childish things. Caps are affected by 102. with him. to install before the driveway could be 
3—Miss Palmour leaves for an extensive six weeks trip into the other Elizabeth McKee is Silhouette snapshot contest winner. planned. 
southern states and Texas. Eugenia Symms's picture is selected as "Spirit of Education." In order to take care of the im¬ 
0 The first Aurora is put in the mail boxes and becomes a permanent 11-15—Dr. S. D. Gordon makes a series of Quiet Talks as the annual re¬ 

provements on the east side of the

piece of mail—as it is a permanent publication. ligious week speaker. 

campus, it was to ex¬

6—According to a feature, Robert Frost's home reflects his personality. 14—St. Valentine's Day. necessary for us 
7—Robert Frost opens the lecture series. 18—Eta Sigma Phi banquet with Dr. Hayes as speaker. tend our steam tunnel so as to pro¬ 
8—Mr. Lavens Thomas, of Emory, speaks on Peace—and War—for THE 19—THE AGONISTIC Class Contest begins. vide facilities for many years to come,

Jeff Cooper is elected May Queen with Virginia Turner as maid of

AGONISTIC. especially in the heating and lighting

honor.

9—Dr. Logan speaks in chapel. 

Faculty team wins Little Brown Jug. of our present buildings and of the

10—Mary McDonald, '34, comes to work in the Dean's office. 

20—Nominating Committee begins to meet; its first business is to approve proposed ones. This improvement cost

The College buys five acres of land back and down from the campus 

the new plan for the election of the editor of THE AGONISTIC; $10,000.

for the camp of which there have been hints. 

Shirley Christian withholds her vote. $3,500 of the cam-

We have used

U—Agnes Scott observes Armistice with a two-minute silence; Loice 21—22—Alumnae Week-End. 

paign fund to purchase five and one-

Richards plays taps at the end of the period. 

22—Founder's Day. 

half acres of land on the south side of

12—John Royle and Cuthbert James McCall Alport debate Sarah Cather¬ 

25—Lita Goss wins Quenelle Harrold Fellowship. Mary Virginia Allen, 

the campus, running on both sides of

ine Wood and Edith Merlin on Supreme Court. No decision. 

'35, is named as alternate. 

the car line for about four blocks.

Student demonstration for International Peace is held in chapel; Au¬ 27-29—Rosa From and Margaret Watson attend a conference of Interna¬ 

This wdl enable us in the future to do

tional Relations Clubs in Rock Hill, S. C.

gusta King hones for a "world of international lovers." some attractive work

very landscape

13—Construction has started on the new library; the hockey season is MARCH— 

will site a lake

ended. 3—Sir Arthur Willert speaks. and provide a for in 

case we wish to develop one.

THE AGONISTIC Peace Ballot falls flat as only 23 per cent of campus 5—Aurora presents a complicated plan for change in its elections; stu¬ 

dents pass it. The remainder of our Development

responds. 

6—Competitive exams for high school seniors for scholarships to Agnes Tmd, amounting to $182,000 has been

1-1—Decatur fire officials confer with the campus fire fighters 

Scott are given. 

added to the general endowment and 

annUa,S of with Cast for May Day is named.

C0lIe*es 500

^''p^pul'ation 'or less8'"0'"88 ' ^ 13-14—Alumnae sell daffodils on the campus. to scholarship funds. 

The National Symphony Orchestra of Washington, D. C., under the Sun dial and bench get moved into center of the quad. We wish to thank very heartily all 
0(.r)r Hans 13—Annual Triangular debate with Newcomb and Randolph-Macon. of the people who have contributed to

ic ir 'llu60.'10." -K'ndler appears in Atlanta.

15-16—Christian A outh Conference is held in Atlanta. Miss Gooch reads "Much Ado About Nothing" in Gaines Chapel; the of this effort. Any

success one 

15 Shakespeare class in attendance.

—Fewer names are on Black List this year. who sees the improvements which have

19—Grace Moore sings in Atlanta.

Mr. Stukes opens Community Chest Drive; $800 is finallv pledged after 

19-20—Student elections. resulted will feel that the sacrifice has 

a weekseffort. * * 

(Continued on page 4, column 4) been well worth while. 


THE AGONISTIC 

Class I'rophet Finds Buttrick taken charge of oral comprehensive 
Elevator in Odd Futuristic Mood in government, now a thing of amua 
{Continued from page 1, column 4) occurrence. 
The Latin department, too, was not

art of housekeeping—among them I 

without its additions because I clearly

saw Ellen Davis, Elaine Ahles, Cath¬ 

"aw Bazalyn Coley almost pwunding

erine Bates, Elarriet Peck, Virginia 
Coons, Willie Lou Sumrall, Rebecca 

into the heads of her freshmen the 
uses of the ablative absolute while

Whitley, Mary Margaret Stowe, Eve¬ 

Miriam Talmage did practically the

lyn Robertson, Gertrude Lozier, Mar¬ 

same to her freshmen when she taugh:

tha Crenshaw, and Kathryn Leipold, 

Mary Vines, Ovieda Long, Virginia them the distinction in Greek between 
Williams, Elizabeth Strickland, and mn and 

on. 

Frances Miller. Not quite up to 67% Tibby Baethke l ad grown up to be 
but pushing on nevertheless. A fine a research person of some note; her 
perspective revealed to me a thriving present problem was the discovery and 
Granddaughters' Club back on the isolation of the polio bug; before tha' 
campus a quarter of a century off! she had worked on the discovery and 
Shirley Christian, too, it seemed isolation of the polio bug; and soon 
she start the problem

was married but her hands were not planned to on 

of discovering and isolating the polio

so full with trying to learn to cook 
as with trying to instil into the hearts bug. At times, she declared, she feels 

that perhaps there isn't a polio bug to

and minds of her own lads and lassies 

discover and isolate. Her experiments

a spirit of democracy that would carry 

were taking place in a fine, new hos¬

them through their college years at 

least; hers was a difficult job, of pital, designed and constructed by Eu¬ 
course. genia Symms and Mary Richardson 
Inc., where Dr. Ann Martin was chef

Then there was Lita Goss who now 

of the psychiatry staff. Among the

had become something of a whiz in 

nurses who jump when Dr. Martin

the literary world but who devoted 

hollers "froggie" were Mary Hull,

most of her earnings—and they were 

Janet Gray, Dorothy Lyons, and

great—to the support of the Lita Goss 

Sarah Turner. Head nurse at this

Fund for the Maintenance of the 

place was Alice McCallie who employs

Aurora at Agnes Scott. 

the strong-armed methods she learned

Mildred Clark, another follower in 

from Miss Daugherty years past.

the paths of fine writing during her 

Ruby Hutton, who is a fool about

college years, had developed into 

children, brings candy and ice cream

America's foremost woman poet and 

to the patients in the children's ward,

had shoved the out-moded Millay clean 

not primarily to upset their digestion

off her roost. Yet Mildred lacked, 

and make sick children of them as

she had felt, a certain glory of past 

Head Nurse McCallie insists; Ruby,

that had marked the career of Millay 

on the side, was THE piano for a 

—there was, in short, a want of "pur¬ 

popular blackface orchestra whose

ple patches" in her life. Whereupon 

conductor was Lena Armstrong. Into

Mildred had set forth to the Reputa¬ 

this hospital Mary Gray Rogers, now

tion Consulting Bureau whxh adver¬ 

an outstanding social worker, brings

tised a "Glorious Past for Ten Bucks 

her cases and since they are equivalent

or Your Money Refunded; Our Cus¬ 

to human guinea pigs, she demands 

tomers Never Complain," which high-

and receives free treatment for them

sounding business firm was headed up 

from Marion Derrick who controls

by one President Floyd Butler whose 

the business end of the establishment.

fame as a dispenser of gossip had fast 

Teaching school around and about

covered this country. Working under 

were Elizabeth Burson, Ernelle Blair,

her were a slew of her classmates— 

Ora Sue Jones, Lenna Sue McClure,

President Butler's motto was "Employ 

Marie Townsend, Mildred Chandler,

Agnes Scott and Keep it AU in the 

Mary Henderson, Mary Cornely, and

Family"—there was Willie Leaks, crack 

Louise Jordan.

reputation splasher, whose territory 

Gracing the covers of the magazines

took in most of the places which we 

of these times were luscious likenesses

might call "jurnts"; Frances James who 

of Jeff Cooper, Lavinia Scott, and Vir¬

covered the higher-ups and scattered 

ginia Turner. Many of these pictures

the good tidings there; Sarah Catherine 

were drawn by Tay Spencer and Vir¬

Wood whose duty it was to keep the 

ginia Gaines, both of whom have held

foreign diplomats and debating teams 

annual exhibits for the past decade.

well informed on the past glories of 

These magazines for which Jeff, and

domestic notables; and Jane Thomas 

Lavinia, and Virginia decorate the cov¬

who took care of everyone else. The 

ers were edited by Alice Chamlee who

script-writer for the fabulous reputa¬ 

occasionally joins the business staff— 

tions which were so ably spread about 

just to see that everything is all right

was said to be Loice Richards, whose 

and that the publication isn't going

imagination had lost nothing with the 

into debt—and sometimes she goes

passage of years. Finances for the con¬ 

out and gets ads; it is a chain maga¬

cern were added and subtracted and 

zine concern, competing with Mr.

occasionally divided by Sarah Jones. 

Hearst. The chief short story writer 

Irene Wilson had now become a 

for Alice was Frances McCully. Also 

power in the Southern Baptist Con¬ 

Alice employs Edith Merlin as a spe¬

vention. 

cial article writer; Edith's field is not 

The Agnes Scott faculty had been only political and economic problems 
enlarged somewhat, in the meantime, but it is rumored that once she did a 
to meet the needs of the realized masterly job on Matthew Arnold 
Greater Agnes Scott: in the German whose classicism she has admired since 
department, struggling side by side, her senior year in college; the Arnold 
were Ethelyn Johnson and Celia Hoff¬ article eventually found its way back 

man; Ethelyn's friendship with Sarah to Agnes Scott and was published in 

Traynham was still in existence be¬ the Alumnae Quarterly. Before it was 
cause Sarah labored nearby under the published however, it had to go 
careful eye of Miss Alec. Sara Law¬ through the hands and under the pen¬ 
rence and Rosa From were both teach¬ cils of Louise Mclntyre and Bettying history and Augusta King had Roach who make their living by put-

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ing the McKoin Sneak-In-When-You-of Ursula and Liselotte, had become 
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Handte's only duty! charming a Haus Frau as she had been

Class Poem 

Now come to be a swimmer of na¬ a student at Agnes Scott.

By Mildred Clark 

tional and international fame, with And in the country next door to

When words were fresh and writ¬ 

room after room of her fine home de¬ Germany, I saw Marcelle as the first

ten thoughts were rare 

voted to cups, was Ann Coffee. and supreme singer of France.

The young unlearned sat with 

Chemists of note were Mary Snow. And the prophet herself? Indeed,

pulsing hreast 

Mary Walker, Ellen Johnston, anc yes—oh my my! I saw her, too.

And beard old songs and tales in 

Sarah Nichols. There she lived in a cool southeast

feast halls, where 

Elizabeth Forman had devoted most room of the finest funny farm in th?

He sought to satisfy his mind's 

unrest. of her life, so far, to translating, writ¬ state of Texas. Her mornings she de¬ 
ing, and editing all the Latin work voted to the reading of the eight-page

There, as the firelight played upon 
the shields she could get her hands on; these lit¬ daily AGONISTIC which came in the 

At evening, he would slake his eral translations she sold at a reason¬ early mail and her afternoons were 
fierce desire able rate, having been a mathemati¬ given over to inciting, but without 
cian in her time she could figure ac¬ success, the other inmates to rebellion

To knoiu, with stirring tales of bat¬ 

tle fields curately at what price to sell them and strikes. At nights she was sleep¬ 
That filled his eager spirit ivith and still keep alive. And the reason¬ ing. 

new fire ableness of her prices had put the book About this time, the elevator was 
He learned the splendid deeds his within reach of everyone in the State, becoming restless. I closed the door 
sires had done —as a result, Lib's name had now be¬ again and pulled to the gate and sez, 
Proving their staunch endurance come a household word, as much a sez I, "Shall I push a button or is this 
on the sea Scott's Emulsion and Lydia Pinkham still your party?" The elevator sat 
And nightly left to meet the morn¬ before our time, and her daily mail and, since the scene had ended and I 
ing sun was made up of hundreds of note' was gazing immediately down on onlyWhetted and spurred to live from small but grateful school chil¬ the new Library's top, and the eleva¬ 
more gloriously. dren. tor might be impatient, I punched a 
Always a sudden strange and rest¬ Head librarian down at the Carne¬ button and decided, "Well, it'll be 

less turning 

gie was now Agnes McKoy who has for mind over matter"—I being the mind,

To greater heights has followed, 

her assistants Janie Norris and Fran¬ the elevator the matter, in case I won 

after learning. 

ces Estes. There are rooms for typing and vice versa in case the elevator 
all over Carnegie now. chose to crash through the bottom of 
ting quotation marks and footnotes in Buttrick this time. Slowly we moved

Among the rising movie ladies 1

all matter that is submitted to the 

found Sara Cureton, Katherine Bishop, down again and stopped on the third 

Quarterly; as they say, it is better to floor; Dr. Hayes opened the door

Sarah Brosnan, and Rosa Miller. One 

put them in before, you have to any¬ "My!" he sez, "I have punched and

of the foremost directors is Catherine 

way, and it just saves time! punched the button and nothing

Cunningham whose experience with 

The sole millionaire among that came; I thought the elevator wasn't

May Day at Agnes Scott gives her 

group of girls was Maxine Crisler, who working." "Hmmm," sez I, "the same

reason to believe that she can vie, and 

knows really how to spend her dough. thought has occurred to me." "Was

successfully, too, with Reinhardt in 

Personal dress designer to her was Em¬ it," sez, on second

the matter of extravaganzas. he "stuck the 
ily Rowe. floor?" "No," sez I, "not on the sec¬

Lois Hart, Carolyn White, and 

Only one of the hundred has taken ond floor, nothing could have hap¬

Gregory Rowlett are all missionaries. 

to brightening the night life of the Lois and Carolyn in pened there." "Nothing," generalized

living Korea 

nation—one Dean McKoin was now he, "ever happens in an elevator, does

as the wives of missionaries and Greg¬

proprietor of a ritzy "jurnt", popular it?" I smiled at him blandly and got

ory a real missionary whose habit of 

with all sorts of life. Dean's club out; for once I knew not only his

changing the customs of the natives 

had set a record the week before I saw question but the answer to it—and as

has drifted back to the States by way

it by not being raided but three times usual he thought the answer had me

of Dr. Lorraine Smith who travels 

in that seven days. The club had, of stopped. But it hadn't. Things do

around the world every fall—fast 

course, been closed for four days for boat, you three months—and happen in an elevator—don't they?

know,

repairs but Dean, honest soul that she 

lives in China the rest of the time. 

used to be, was basing her bragging 

Lilian Grimson has gone back to 

Need something? We deliver any¬

on a seven day basis. A couple of her 

South America and is introducing Ag¬

hostesses were Mary Collier and Meriel nes Scott methods into the schools where. Just phone DEarborn 0640. 
Bull. In addition to keeping the police Come To

there. 

out, Dean had to keep peace between 

Sarah Frances McDonald and Myra HEWEY'S DRUG STORE

her chief aesthetic dancer, Helen Ford, 

O'Neal have gone into the real estate 

In "Little Dec"

and her chief tap and anything-else 

business and Jo McClure writes all 

dancer, Jane Blick. Her only solution 

their ads and does stories for children 

to this problem had been to establish 

on the side. It is said that they have 

an aesthetic night and a popular night; gathered unto themselves quite a pile 

MORGAN CLEANERS

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Quite wonderfully I was aware of 

nights didn't keep the police out any¬ 

events in Germany as well, and there Decatur DE. 1372 

way—as how could it when Captain 

I saw Lucie Hess, who had gone to 

Helen Handte was in charge of raid¬ 

Freiburg and following in the steps 

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• for trip taking 
• for date making ... or breaking 
• for beach combing 
• for mountain climbing 
• for anytime, morning, noon and night, June, July and August 
There's a special outfit, a special something that suits any girl 

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THE AGONISTIC 

Commencement Guests 

Among the relatives and friends 
who are here for graduation are the 
following: 

Mr. and Mrs. S. J. McCallie, Dr. 
and Mrs. R. L. Ware, Miss Tommie 
Duffy, Miss Eula Jarnigan, and Mr. 
and Mrs. S. J. McCallie, Jr., all of 
Chattanooga, Tennessee. 

Mr. and Mrs. Julian S. Miller, and 
Miss Roberta Miller, of Charlotte, 

N. C. 
Mrs. F. B. Hutton, of Abingdon, 
Virginia, and Mrs. J. T. Lloyd, Ruby's 
sister, of Jackson, Mississippi. 

Mr. and Mrs. S. Reid Spencer, of 
Columbia, S. C. 
Dr. and Mrs. E. P. Gray and Miss 
Caroline Gray, of Winston -Salem, 

N. C. 
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Forman, Miss 
Carolyn Forman, and James Forman, 
of Birmingham, Alabama. 
Mrs. B. M. McKoin, Misses Jessie 
Lee and Joyce McKoin, Mrs. J. F. Kel¬ 
ler, and Mrs. Francis Pettis, all of 

Historian Recounts Essentials 

of Momentous Years, 1932-'36 

(Continued from page 1, column 2) 
ner, "I don't see how you can live in 
Inman—it seems so far away from 
everything." 

We won the Mardi Gras, king and 
float. The floats were to carry out 
the theme of some motion picture, and 
ours, depicting the wedding scene 
from Smilin' Through caused bright 
tears to glisten in many an eye and 
steal down many a cheek. We will 
pass over our athletic record for the 
year. There is no need to elaborate on 
our one honor, that of tying for first 
place in volley ball. We heard Rich¬ 
ard Halliburton and Joseph Alexander 
on the campus, and Lawrence Tibbett, 
and Grace Moore, among others in 
town. 

Our Sophomore year started off 
very successfully; only one bitter cir¬ 
cumstance marred our happiness. We 
were the first class under the New 
Deal, and instead of the usual hazing 
we gave the Freshmen an N. R. A. 
party—No Ratting Allowed. Not that 
it would have been any pleasure to 
us to have done to them what our 
Sophs had done to us, but we felt, in 
a sisterly way, that it would have 
done them no harm to have been 
taught the meaning of stern discipline 
by their superiors. But we put them 
in their place by our Stunt, the Sophz 

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Compliments of 

A FRIEND 

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Monroe, Louisiana. 
Mr. and Mrs. 1. S. Bull, and Irving 
Bull, Jr., of Winston-Salem, N. C. 
Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Symms and Miss 
Marguerite Symms, of Augusta, Geor¬ 
gia. 
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Baethke, of Kewanee, 
Illinois. 
Rev. and Mrs. J. A. Wood, Robert, 
and Emma T. Wood of Keyser, W. 
Va., and Miss Sarah Herndon, of Talahassee, 
Fla. 
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson B. Nairn, and 
Miss Jane Darby, of Washington, D. 
C., are guests of Ann Coffee. 
Mr. and Mrs. William Weeks, Misses 
Violet and Margaret Weeks, of New 
Iberia, La., and Mr. D. C. Walsh, Jr., 

L. S. U., Baton Rouge, La. 
Mr. and Mrs. 1. R. White, of Au¬ 
gusta, Ga. 
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Latimer, Cap¬ 
tain J. C. Latimer, Jr., Hubert, Ben¬ 
nett, and Ralph Latimer, of Honea 
Path, S. C. 

of Oz. Looking back on that, after 
three years, we cannot help saying, 
impartially, that it was the best stun: 
ever put on at Agnes Scott, a master¬ 
piece, no less. 

In November Mortar Board gave a 
series of parties for the Sophomores so 
that we might meet suitable young 
gentlemen from around and about, to 
our mutual advantage. I met many, 
and I am open minded enough not to 
blame Mortar Board for the fact that 
those who met me must have seen 
enough of me during the two hours 
of the party to last them, for I have 
seen nothing of any of them since 
However, others met and mingled, 
and were started on social careers 
which have lasted to this day. 

All in white we led the procession 
of Seniors at Investiture, very much 
impressed by the fact that for the first 
time we were really part of an acad¬ 
emic procession. Other big events of 
the year were the Sophomore-Senior 
luncheon, the Senior-Sophomore break¬ 
fast, and the night before class day, 
when we labored until 5 in the morn¬ 
ing, making the Daisy Chain. The 
longest hour was from 3 to 4, but we 
took renewed hope, then, with the end 
in sight, and tied the last few bunches 
with the good old class spirit strong 
in us, but with the feeling that we 
would not care if we never saw a daisy 
again. 

Louis Untermeyer spoke at the col¬ 
lege, and we were able to go to the 
Monte Carlo Ballet Russe, Fritz Kreisler, 
Rachmaninoff, and the Don Cos¬ 
sack Russian Male Chorus. They were 
even worth having to go in evening 
clothes by street car, which is saying 
a good deal. 

The now famous Campaign for the 
new Library was the great event of 
our Junior year. We take great pride 
in the fact that our horse, Cavalcade, 
came in ahead of the horses of the 
other three classes in the Derby. Every 
one of us pledged to the limit, and 

DEDICATION PRAYER 

(Given in behalf of the Senior 
Class by tlx President of the Col¬ 
lege just before the diplomas are 
delivered.) 

Our Father, in the quiet of this 
moment, may our thoughts be 
drawn from aught else and be cen¬ 
tered now on Thee. We recognize 
Thy good hand upon us through 
this year and through all the years 
that have brought us to this hour. 

We thank Thee for this class— 
for them as a group and for them 
as individuals. We rejoice that Thou 
has brought them from many 
homes and from many sections of 
the world to unite for these years 
in training for life service. And 
now as we are separating, never 
perhaps to meet again in this world 
as an entire group, we pray for Thy 
abundant blessing upon each one. 
Consecrate with Thy presence the 
way their feet may go. Sanctify 
the choices they are to make. Open 
their eyes that they may see Thee 
beckoning them from the low 
things of this world to the high 
things of Thy truth and Thy love. 
Protect them in their physical as 
in their spiritual well being. 

Father, we pray thy blessing on 
the loved ones of this group, on 
the homes that are here represented, 
and on all the interests that center 
in these exercises. 

And so make each member of 
this class a true daughter of the 
King—friends and co-workers with 
Thyself forever. In Jesus name, we 
ask it. Amen. 

had a wonderful time doing it. The 
Junior Banquet was an overwhelming 
success, we felt, and the Junior-Senior 
Banauet was a credit to us. We began 
to feel like Seniors when we were 
capped the night before graduation, 
and when we left after seeing the 
seniors graduate, we had an idea that 
we might possibly hate to finish Agnes 
Scott, too, when our turn came, al¬ 
though we had always laughed at the 
seniors when they spoke of having this 
feeling. 

This year we heard Edna St. Vin¬ 
cent Millay on the campus, and Yehud 
Menhuin, Lucretia Bori, and Lawrence 
Tibbet again in town. 

Our senior year has been just what 
we always thought a senior year should 
be when we read When Patty Went 
To College. One of the nicest things 
has been that we could go to Senior 
Coffee every Sunday, instead of just 
going occasionally by invitation. And 
it was fun to give it, even though at 
the end of a day of carrying cups, re¬ 
ceiving, and straightening tables, we 
felt as if we had been dragged through 
a keyhole. Our Investiture was the 
26th without rain, and we know it 
was more impressive than any of the 
previous 2 5. When we received a re¬ 
minder to pay our campaign pledges 
that afternoon, we paid them willing¬ 
ly, so impressed were we by the cere¬ 
mony of the morning. 

Our class renewed the tradition of 
Mardi Gras, so that we might again 

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win with our king, the same one as 
our freshman year. Our float. It's 
Been So Long, gave an idea of what 
the class has been through during the 
past four years. Senior opera, 
Phoughst was superb. We had a grand 
time getting it up, and thought it just 
as funny after seeing it rehearsed twice 
a day for two weeks as those who saw 
only the finished production. When 
it was over, we were as far from feel¬ 
ing like cutting each others throats as 
we were when we began, which is 
something that cannot be said of every 
class. However, we will never agair. 
be able to hear an operatic piece with¬ 
out putting our senior opera words 
to it. This year Nelson Eddy was the 
chief attraction of the AU-Star Con¬ 
cert series, and Robert Frost was our 
most distinguished lecturer. 

During these last few weeks there 
have been so many social affairs that 
it has almost seemed a pity that we 
have had to bother with exams. There 
has been the Alumnae tea, and the tea 
given by the American Association of 
University Women. (We are so im¬ 
pressed by the name that we have al¬ 
most decided to join.) We have at¬ 
tended the Sophomore-Senior lunch¬ 
eon, and entertained the sophomores 
ar breakfast. We have listened to the 
announcement of engagements at the 
Trustees Luncheon. We have been 
guests at the Junior-Senior banquet 
and hostesses at luncheons and suppers 
given for our major professors. 

We have not been a particularly 
brilliant class, although we have had 
our fair share of Phi Beta Kappas, nor 
have we been one which has taken 
every athletic honor, although never 

Latimer Wins Cup 
For Dramatic Ability 

Carrie Phinney Latimer was award¬ 
ed the silver loving cup at the close 
of the Blackfriars play, Playing the 
Game, by Alice Gerstenberg, on last 
Saturday, May 30. The cup, which is 
given each year by Mr. Claude S. Ben¬ 
nett, jeweler, of Atlanta, is awarded 
for the best individual acting during 
the year. The cup was presented by 
Miss Frances K. Gooch, of the spoken 
English department, who produced 
and directed the play; Miss Marian 
Vaughan assisted Miss Gooch. 

Seniors Elect Lib Forman 
Class President For Life; 
Lulu D, Ames, Secretary 

Elizabeth Forman, Birmingham, 

Alabama, was elected life president of 

the Class of '3 6 at a meeting held dur¬ 

ing the third week of May. Lulu 

Ames, Decatur, was elected to serve 

as secretary for two years. 

The class is planning its first re¬ 

union for sometime during next fall. 

'et it be said that we have not held 

up our end pretty well in this feld. 

But we have been able to work to¬ 

gether and get things done, and have 
had a wonderful time doing it. 

THE MOVING FINGER WRITES . . . 
(Continued from page 2, column 4) 
20—Old staff of the Aurora releases its final effort. 
21—Junior Banquet. Blackfriars presents "The Bridal Chorus." 
24—Seniors revive Mardi Gras for financial reasons; Lib Forman is elected 
king of the fun. 
Mar. 27-Apr. 3—Spring Holidays. 
27-29—S. I. A. S. G. meets at Agnes Scott. 
APRIL—• 
1—You guess, I'm tired. 
3—Sophomores win THE AGONISTIC cup, juniors and freshies tie for 
second, and seniors haul in third. Four more people are named to 
membership in Agonistic Key and Dr. McCain and Miss Hopkins are 
made honorary members. 
4—Lita Goss and Lulu Ames win the local competition in the Story short 
story contest. 
11—Mortar Board announcements. 
16-18—Laura Steele, Kathryn Bowen, Barton Jackson, and Alice Hannah 
attend the southern convention of N. S. F. A. Alice Hannah doesn't 
think the meeting is so hot! 
17-The Glee Club and Mr. Johnson present "The Pirates of Penzance." 
Work is begun on senior opera. 
22-Agnes Scott joins in a nation-wide peace movement; Sarah Catherine 
Wood speaks, Augusta King presides, and the students sing a peace 
hymn by Lulu Ames. 
23-25—Julia Thing attends an athletic conference in Minneapolis. 
MAY— 
2—"Down an English Lane" in the May Day Dell and "Phoughst" at night 
in the gym. 
11-16—Miss Hanley and Miss Colvin go to Richmond leaving Miss Crispin 
in charge. 
15—Senior exams start. 
18—Rest of exams begin. 
23—Sophomore-senior luncheon at Druid Hills. 
27—Senior exams end. 
28—Senior picnic at Venetian Club. Gals get sun-burned. 
29—Phi Bete announcements. Junior-senior banquet at Druid Hills. Sun¬ 
burn shows through dresses. 
30—Trustees' luncheon. 
31—Baccalaureate, Dr. Morgan preaching. Senior vespers. 
JUNE— 
1—Senior-sophomore breakfast. Class Day. Music recital. Book burning. 
Capping. 
2—Commencement. Judge Allen speaks. Conferring of degrees. 
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THE AGONISTIC 

REV. MORGAN URGES LIFE OF larly of the origin of the order of 
SEEKING FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS things in the midst'of which we find 
ourselves and of the crowning glory

{Continued from page 1, column 1) 
righteousness; and all these things of that order of things, which is man: 
Everything leads up to the moment

shall be added unto you": all these 
things—the necessities of life, as we when man appears upon the earth. 
shall see, all these things shall be added And then turn from Genesis I to 
unto you: The precept and the prom¬ Genesis II, the record centers in the 
ise, an appeal and an assurance, words crowning glory, Man, because Man is 
of counsel and words of comfort. the crowning glory of the whole 

The appeal: "Seek ye first the king¬ scheme of things. In Genesis II the 
dom of God, and his righteousness." writer deals with the subject of man, 
Now I submit to you for thought that as to his nature, as to his office. You 
behind this appeal of the King there is will remember, as to his nature a 
a philosophy of life, and it is this phil¬ mingling of dust and of deity, formed 
osophy that life is a quest, a quest de¬ and fashioned of the dust and yet 
manding an end, demanding an em¬ never a living soul until that had been 
phasis, and demanding an effort; and inbreathed of God. And then as to 
the appeal of the King is for the true his office you will remember he was 
end, for the proper emphasis, and for placed in a garden, a garden of divine 
the necessary effort. planting, and in that garden he was 
You may remember that when our to find his occupation, he was to serve 
we in subjection to the Will of his Cre¬

Lord first met Andrew, of whom 

ator, and he was to reign over every¬

have spoken this morning, it was on 

thing beneath him: That is to say, his

the banks of the River Jordan. An¬ 

drew had been a disciple of John the place was that of dominion in service. 
Baptist, and was standing beside his He was to submit to divine inten¬

a 
tion and cooperate in a divine purpose.

master. 

Moreover, he was conditioned by a

Then when the King passed from 

very simple and clear command:

fundamental principles to enunciate 

There were certain things he might

laws he said "I say unto you ye have 

do, there were certain bounds beyond

heard that it is said of them in olden 

which he might not go. His liberty

times, but I say unto you," etc., and 

and his dominion were conditioned by

if you work through this passage you 

his loyalty to the divine law. He would

will find in the kingdom of God it is 

realize life at its best. He would reach

not the outward act but the inner at¬ 

fulfillment as he lived his life beneath

titude. And if we go out into the 

the control of his Creator.

world seeking His kingdom in our own 

Then we turn another page and

lives it will be those inner attitudes 

come to Genesis III and we are face

we shall be careful of. For if the in¬ 

to face with tragedy. Man's faith in

ner attitudes are kept in accordance 

the goodness of the divine government

with the mind and the will of God, 

failed. There came the moment when

those ugly acts simply can never be. 

man questioned the goodness of the

Man keeps in his heart something of 

divine government, and, because of

the love of God for his fellowman. The 

that, he revolted against the divine

outward act of murder is thereby made 

government and made an attempt to

impossible. 

govern his own life by acting accord¬

Now I go back and reaffirm the 

ing to his own choice, and there fol¬

appeal of the King for the one and 

lowed disaster: The ideal was lost.

only true end, for the proper empha¬ 

And then, as we have said, in the full¬

sis; the appeal of the King is for the 

ness of time the King came to the 

necessary effort, the appeal is for the 

world. He found men everywhere in

true end—his kingdom and his right¬ 

revolt against the throne, failing to

eousness; the appeal is for the true 

recognize the throne, failing to real¬

emphasis, the proper emphasis; First, 

ize God's ideal, failing to realize upon

his kingdom and his righteousness. 

earth the heavenly order of things.

The appeal is for the necessary effort: 

And finally, as we have said, he called

"Seek ye first his kingdom and his 

men to think again, he called men to

righteousness." 

reconsider the ideal, he called men to

We could turn over the pages until 

readjust their lives according to that 

we get to the beginning—Genesis— 

ideal; he called men here in these words

the story of the origin of the universe; 

to make the sovereignty of God the

at least we have the record of the 

supreme end of life. He came into

origin of the universe, and particu


the midst of men and saw all that we 
see, all the heartbreak and sorrow and 
all the sin. It was all the result of 
Decatur Battery failure to recognize the throne in 
heaven and the sovereignty of God,

Service 

and he calls his own to make the su¬ 
preme end, the true end, of their questJACK SMOOT, Manager in life that sovereignty and that king¬ 
dom, and we have wonderful illustra¬

207 Atlanta Ave. 

tions in this manifesto of the King of 
what it will mean in human life if we 
WOCO-PEP TIOLENE will but seek his kingdom, recognize 
his sovereignty.

WILLARD BATTERIES 

May we spend a moment taking up 
this philosophy of life—it is a phil


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AND HIS ORCHESTRA 

osophy of life rooted in the constitu¬ are seeking his kingdom, his sovereign¬ 
tion of man: Man is so constituted ty, our influence will be illuminative, 

that an end, an emphasis, and an effort like a lamp shedding light in the midst 
are inevitable; life for him is a quest, of the darkness of the world. 
it is a seeking after, a striving for. 

Another illustration: We have al¬

There must be some end toward which 

ready taken it, but let us look at this: 

a man is bending all his efforts and all 

"It was said of them of old time, but

his energies. That certainly is true of 

I say unto you," etc., and if you and 

every one of us here today; it will be 

I are seeking His kingdom the only

true of every one of you as you move 

thing that matters is what the King

out now from your college days into 

says. You will demonstrate the fact

the great life that lies ahead of each 

when you go out into life—if you are 

one of you. And the vital quest in 

seeking His kingdom when you go you

life concerns the end that you are 

will be more anxious about character

seeking. 

than capital, making your life aseptic,

You will remember Paul said "One 

illuminative, breaking the dark wherev¬ 

thing I do," and there are certain 

er you go, being careful about the 

senses in which that is going to be 

inner attitudes in your life, listening

true of every one of us. As we move not so

to what man in any age says

through life we cannot escape the fact 

much as to what the King says: There 

that in our lives there is going to be 

you will find the ultimate Court of 

an emphasis upon some one thing. The 

Appeals. I am glad that when I go to 

Lord suggests the same line of think¬ bed at night I do not have to think 
ing—"Ye cannot serve two masters." men think of me?"

"What will The 

There has got to be an emphasis, it is 

thing that matters is what the King

inevitable. 

thinks, what does the King say; and 

And again, man is so situated in this I would rather report to the King than 
world that nothing is achieved apart anyone in the world—the King of life, 
from effort. Back of these words of and light, and love, and his heart is 
our Lord there is a philosophy of life: full of wonderful understanding. 
There must be some end, some goal, 

What is the goal going to be, the 

some master conception, some passion 

end you are going to strive for, the 

in life; and inevitably there must be 

aim at which you are aiming? The 

EFFORT. 

King calls you to the true objective— 

May we take a little while consid¬ His kingdom. Men have forgotten; 
ering these three things. The appeal men are living their lives as though 
to you in this great hour is, as you go this life were everything and this earth 
out into life, the end that you are con¬ all. The King says, "Nay, it is because 
stantly seeking, that you are bending of that attitude there is all the sor¬ 
all your efforts and energies to achieve, row in the world." Men broke away 
shall be the true end—his kingdom and and are in revolt against the throne of 
his righteousness. First of all, his king¬ heaven. 
dom, God's kingdom, and that word 

"Seek ye His kingdom and His 

"kingdom" might with perfect accu¬ 

righteousness." H i s righteousness. 

racy be translated "sovereignty"—the is a

That great word—righteousness.

sovereignty of God. The King sug¬ is We us¬

What righteousness? can 

gests that is the true end for the chil¬ 

ually get at the heart of a big word 

dren of man to have in mind as they 

by abbreviating it. Righteousness is 

face life. And that becomes very ob¬ 

tightness; tightness is right. What is 
vious when we get back to basic right? Insofar as our relationships

things. Our Lord, over and over 

with our fellowman are concerned,

again, in His teaching would take man 

that word right is a relative term. Last 

'way back to the fundamental things, I was

summer in England, and while 

to the beginning of things, and if we in England I saw things they consid¬ 
will do that this morning we will per¬ 

ered there perfectly right, and yet they

ceive this is the true end to be sought 

would not be right in Decatur; and 

by the children of man, and therefore 

some things in Decatur which are con¬ 

I take you back to the very begin¬ 

sidered right would not be so consid¬ 

ning. 

ered in London. Right. Notice the 

For example, let us take one or two pronoun He uses: "Seek ye His king¬ 

illustrations. This manifesto begins dom, His righteousness." Righteous¬ 

with the beatitudes—a clear revelation ness in man is adjustment to God: 

that in the kingdom of God it is not Willing with God, feeling with God, 

what a man possesses, so much as his thinking with God—the measure in 

character. Consequently, if as we which I do that is the measure in which 

move through life, we are ever seek¬ I shall become righteous. Righteous¬ 

ing His kingdom we shall be putting ness in man is willing in harmony with 

the emphasis there always. The thing God and thinking in harmony with 

that your hearts will be set upon, if God and feeling in harmony with 

you are seeking His kingdom, wdl be God. But it is more than that. Right¬ 

character, not capital; your character, eousness in man is also that relation¬ 

the characters with whom you have ship between a man and his fellowman 

to deal. Or, again, there are other il¬ which is the outcome of his adjust¬ 

lustrations as we move through life. ment to the life of God. Righteous¬ 

The King speaks of those who are seek¬ ness in man finally is that attitude in 

ing his sovereignty—he speaks of them man toward things which is the out¬ 

as the "salt of the earth and the light come of his adjustment to the life of 

of the world." If a man is within the God, so that he makes of things his 

kingdom, recognizing the sovereignty servants and never his master. 

of the King, then in this life his whole 

It is the proper emphasis in life. If 

influence will be like salt—aseptic—it 

in your religious life the emphasis

will tend to prevent the agid of 

cor¬ comes anywhere else, you would be bet¬ 
ruption and it will be illuminative— ter with no religion at all. Then the 

it will be like light—and if you and 

necessary effort SEEK, because noth¬ 

I move out into life with the master 

ing is worth while without effort. Let 

passion of our lives his kingdom, then 

it not be forgotten that these are words 

wherever we go that will be our in¬ 

of command. And that word "seek" 

fluence—we will be like salt, aseptic, 

has within it the suggestion of some¬ 

will tend to prevent the acid of cor¬ 

thing lost. "Seek and ye shall find" 

ruption. If, in the community where 

is the suggestion something is lost. 

we live and the churches in which we 

"The Son of Man came to seek and to 

worship and the schools we go to, we save which lost." have

that is Men 
lost sight of the sovereignty of God. 
They have gone their own way, have 

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for, coupled with this command there 
are words of comfort, coupled 
with this appeal words of assur¬ 
ance, and it is the assurance, mark 
you, of the King: "Do this thing 
that the King is bidding you do, make 
the supreme passion of your lives as 
you go out not earthly things but a 
heavenly order of things: "Seek ye 
FIRST His kingdom and His right¬ 
eousness, and all these things shall be 
added unto you." All what things? 
Go back and look at the things. The 
King is speaking of the necessities of 
life—food, water, raiment. When 
Moses was about to lay down the bur¬ 
den of leadership he reminded his peo¬ 

ple of the wonderful leadership of 

God and always reminded them that 

"thy raiment is not old upon thee; He 

brought thee water and manna." He 

promises that if we seek first His king¬ 

dom, His righteousness, all these things 

shall be added unto us. 

I was dipping into the life of David 
Livingstone yesterday and I came ac¬ 
ross this entry in his journal, June 14, 
1836. It was a critical hour in his life 
and he wrote these words: "I read that 
Jesus said 'all power is given unto Me 
in heaven and earth, go ye therefore 
and teach all nations, and lo I am 
with you alway, even unto the end of 
the world.' It is the word of a gentle¬ 
man of sacred and strictest honor." 
Seek ye first His kingdom, His right¬ 
eousness, and all the necessities of life 
shall be added unto you. It is the 
word of a gentleman of sacred and 
strictest honor, and I don't want you 
to miss the significance of the little 
word "added." "Seek ye first His 
kingdom, and His righteousness, and 
all these things shall be added"—not 
subtracted. You will probably come 
across those who seem to think that 
when we put God first in life every¬ 
thing becomes a story of subtraction. 
Nay, never. The King does not ask 
you to give up one thing that is worth 
the holding onto. If there be anything 
that must go when we crown Him it 
is something that if we retain will 
spoil and blast and ultimately damn 
us. Life isn't a life of subtractions, 
I i'i-a life of additions, and you have 
the promise of a gentleman, the King, 
which is of strictest honor. And if 
you move out into life and if you 
will make the supreme passion of life 
His kingdom and His righteousness 
and if you will make them the things 
upon which you place the emphasis al¬ 
ways and if you will seek, then the 
King says "all the necessities of life 

shall be added unto you." 

There are two realms, the earthly 

and super earthly, the earthly and 

heavenly order of things, the material 

and the spiritual, the kingdom of man 

and the kingdom of God, the annoint


ed of heaven, the annointed of God. 

He appeals to you as you move out 

into life not to move like a beast of 

the earth but as a man, mingling of 

dust, yea, but under deity, with head 

high and erect. Deal with things we 

must but having always commerce 

with heaven, seeking first His sover¬ 

eignty, His kingdom and His right¬ 

eousness. 

And this leads us to speak of the 

word "first," of this proper empha¬ 

sis of His kingdom and His righteous¬ 

ness. The only proper emphasis is that 

which harmonizes with the only true 

end. I use that word "emphasis" 

rather than "order." When the King 

said that, He didn't say "begin every 

day with prayer." It is not merely an 

order but it is an abiding emphasis. 

Oh, what a great thing it would be if 

in every home in our land, every 

school and in every office man could 

have written up large where they could 

see the very first words of the divine 

library: "Seek ye first His kingdom 

and His righteousness." Listen to me: 

As you go out into life seeking the 

Kingdom of God, unless you seek it 

FIRST it is going to do you no good. 

Religion, out of place in home life, is 

surely the most miserable and insipid 

thing you can think of. When a man's 

religion takes second or third place it 

is one of the greatest tragedies, to say 

nothing of its miserable nature; and 

therefore I repeat that if you do not 

put the kingdom of God first, you 

may as well have nothing to do with 

it at all. The King demands preced¬ 

ence in your life, He demands preced¬ 

ence, preeminence. "Seek ye first the 

kingdom." 

(Continued on page 6, column 5) 


THE AGONISTIC 

SENORS LEAVE THEIR I, Agnes McKoy, do bequeath my AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE COM¬ CHAMLEE ANNOUNCES REV. MORGAN URGES LIFE OFDEAREST POSSESSIONS special privileges on the Agnes Scott MENCEMENT AND AWARDS MANY ENGAGEMENTS 

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for the edification of the world at one who can attain them. The faculty Alternate: Miss Mary Virginia 1932—Laura Brown to Rev. Charles 
large. members are also eligible applicants for Allen, Clarksville, Va. You are going out into life. What

'Logan, of Staunton, Va., the wedding 

is going to be the master passion in

Section II this vacancy left behind. Rich Prize, Fifty Dollars (8 50.00) 

to be tomorrow. 

Article I—To the oncoming, upstart¬ I, Naomi Cooper, and I, Rosa Mil¬ from Rich's, of Atlanta, for the fresh¬ your life, the thing that is going to 

Anne Chapin Hudson to Frank Dan-take precedence? The King challenges

ing class of nineteen hundred and ler, and I, Nell White, and 1, Virginia man making the best record: 

kins, of Miami, the wedding being on you, the King appeals to you: "Seek

thirty-seven (1937) we do bequeath ITurner, do bequeath our cremes Divided between:

and Miss Mary Ruth 

ye first his Kingdom." Men are living

our honored name of Seniors and all | lemon-lotions to the sun -votaress, Murphy, Hot Springs, Ark.; Miss last Saturday in Warm Springs, Ga. 

the privileges pertaining thereto; j Kathleen Jones. their lives as though there were no

Sarah Evelyn Thurman, Atlanta, Ga. j 193 3—Mary Charles Alexander to 

God in heaven. Men have forgotten.

namely—such as that of holding down ! I, Helen Handte, do bequeath one Art Scholarship: Benjamin Parker, of Marshville, N. C., 

They are trying to manipulate their

the left front seats of the chapel from j point in a tennis game to the ineffi-the marriage to take place on June 6,

; Miss Jane Wyatt, Easley, S. C. 

lives by their own cleverness. The

10:00 to 10:30 ante meridian (A. M.) j in Lincolnton, N. C.
' cient sissy, Mary Kneale. 

Piano Scholarship: King calls upon us to make the master

and also that privilege of entering the 

I, Elizabeth Strickland, do bequeath . Divided between: Miss Nell Hemp-Margaret Alice Belote to Rev. conception His kingdom, His right¬

dining room distinguishedly late. (Ap¬ 

■ 
Frank Rogan Morse, of Eatonton, Ga.,
my unusual ability to express my in¬ hill, Petersburg, Va.; Miss Jean Kirk-eousness.

ply to Sarah Jones for information on 

| the wedding to be August 15.

nermost feelings with vivid and pic¬ | patrick, Anderson, S. C. "God first, in all the problems of the

the latter subject.) 

turesque monosylables to anyone who | Laura Spivey to William Kenney years,

| Voice Scholarship:

Article II—To our sister class, the dares take the aforesaid ability. Divided between: Miss Virginia ! Massey, Jr., of Boston and Lexington, If He shall guide, oh heart, why

present and existing sophomores we 

Ky. No date.

I, Ruby Hutton, do bequeath a Kyle, Charleston, W. Va.; Miss Amelia | then those fears?

do bequeath our shining light of learn¬ 

pianistic chord to Alice Hannah in Nickels, Decatur, Ga. ! 1934—Alae Risse Baron to James This is the place of rest, eternal love,
ing in hopes that they, too, will be order that she will be able to say, John Leitch, of Atlanta, the marriage of shadows deep.

considered the most outstanding class Spoken English Scholarship:

"They laughed when I sat down at to be in July. With mercies from above.

the College has ever produced. Divided between: Miss Elizabeth

the piano." Dorothy Cassel to Dr. Havelock 

Article III—To the present (and Cousins, Decatur, Ga.; Miss Myrl Cha-

Frank Frazer, of Belmington, Wash-"God first, if thou wilt have it so,

absent) Freshman Class we leave the I, Caroline White, do bequeath fin, McDonough, Ga. ington, the wedding to be tomorrow. Thy counsellor in all thy work and

"what it takes" to Nell Scott.

privilege to search the rooms of the Richard DeBury Award (Book 

Elizabeth Johnson to Leonard play,

deceased for safety-pins, pencil-stubs, I, Loice Richards, do bequeath my Prize) : 

Thompson, of Columbus, Ga., the Dear heart, beat stronger for thy God

laundry-slips and any other articles of operatic ability as exhibited in the Given to: Julia Patterson Sewell, 

wedding to be July 7. is near,

like sentiment to be kept as priceless Seniorpolitan Opera Company to Law¬ Atlanta, Ga. 

193 5—Mary Jane Evans to James Those that have confidence shall

souvenirs of those of us who have rence Tibbett and Nelson Eddy. Laura Candler Prize in Mathematics: Leichfield, of Columbus, Ohio, the fear."

have no

Cooper, I,

passed on. I, Margaret and Jane Given to: Miss Mary Snow, Atlanta, marriage to take place in the summer.

Blick, do bequeath our respective ele¬ Georgia.

Section III Frances Waid, Special '3 5, to George And so, in the name of the King,

vated and diminutive statues to Lil Morley Mathematics Medal:

We, the individuals of the present Otis Taylor, Jr., of Atlanta, the wed¬ I bring you from the king that pres¬

and Lulu Croft for the purpose of bet¬

Senior Class do allot our residuary Given to: Miss Mildred Tilly, De¬ ding to be in September. ent, that precept, and that promise;

ter identification.

possessions as follows: catur, Ga. 193 6—Elaine Ahles to Charles Pu-and, as you move out into life, life is 
I, Adelaide Stevens, do bequeath my I, Mary Richardson, do bequeath Graduation With High Honors, leston, of Atlanta. No date. going to be a quest, an inevitable end,

two puns to Frances Gary so that her based on full college record:

complete nonchalance and unquench¬ Rebecca Cashion, ex-'36, to Walter an emphasis, an effort. And the King

store of puns will not run out.

able passion for the color red to Ce¬ Miss Elizabeth Forman, Birming¬ William Hunzicker, Jr., the marriage appeals to you to make the end the

I, Eugenia Symms do bequeath the ham, Ala.

cilia Baird, realizing her need and to be June 15, in Oklahoma City. true end, the emphasis the proper em¬

photograph of my typical college girl Lita

gratitude for both aforementioned vir¬ Miss Goss, Atlanta, Ga. Ellen Davis to James Durham Wal¬ phasis, the effort the necessary effort.

countenance to the Southern Presby¬ Miss Ethelyn Johnson, Atlanta, Ga.

tues. ters, of Columbia, S. C., the marriage "Seek ye first His kingdom and Histerian Church. Miss Edith Merlin, Atlanta, Ga.

I, Dean McKoin, and I, Elizabeth to be in June. righteousness and all the necessities of

I, Alice McCallie, do bequeath my Miss Sarah Nichols, Atlanta, Ga. Gertrude Lozier to Grayson Strad-

Forman, do bequeath the Freshman life shall be added unto you," "for

ability to act like a fool to Ann Tay¬ Miss Mary Snow, Atlanta, Ga.

Class to Main Building in hopes that ley, of Atlanta, the wedding to be in your Father knoweth that ye have

lor in order that the spice of life will Graduation With Honor, based on

the aforesaid building will withstand the fall. need of all these things."

not be lacking on the Agnes Scott

the trial as nobly as we, Dean and full college record: Evelyn Robertson to Martin Jar-
Lib, have. campus. Miss Lena Armstrong, Saluda, N. C. mon, of Hazelhurst, Ga., the marriage Mary Vines to Corley Wright, of 
I, Ann Coffee, do bequeath one dive Miss Shirley Christian, Chattanooga, Atlanta, the marriage to be this fall.

I, Shirley Christian, do bequeath two to be June 24. 

each to next year's swimming classes. Tennessee. Mary Hall Young, ex-'3 6, to Regi¬

hundred and twenty-two (222) pages Willie Lou Sumrall to Jack D. 

We, Ellen Davis, Martha Crenshaw,

of the Silhouette (not including the Miss Janet Gray, Winston-Salem, Peugh, of Baltimore, Md., the wedding nald Bell, of Charlotte, N. C., the 

Mary Vines, Evelyn Robertson, Elaine North Carolina. to be in the early fall. wedding to be June 26.

fly-leaf) to the yet undaunted Barton 

Ahles, Willie Lou Sumrall, Gertrude Miss Augusta King, Atlanta, Ga. Harriet Peck to Leon Jordon, of

Jackson. 

Lozier, do bequeath our affinity for Mrs. Agnes Jamison McKoy, At¬ 2. The remodeling of the Roanoke, Ala., the wedding to be in

I, Alice Chamlee, do bequeath my 

diamond to the rest of the sixty (60) lanta, Ga. present Library Building the fall.

personality plus ( + ) to the Science 

per cent (%) of Agnes Scott. Miss Marie Townsend, Decatur, Ga. for a Student Activities Virginia Williams to Charles Ed¬

Hall cat in order that its life will be 

Section IV Miss Mary Walker, Atlanta, Ga. Clubhouse 5,000 ward Reiner, of Detroit, the wedding

more safely protected from biology 

Article I—All the rest, residue, and Senior Honors, based on record of 3. New driveways, and the to be in the fall.

majors. 

remainder of our estate, real, personal, 193 5-1936 only: extension of the steam

I, Mary Gray Rogers, do bequeath 

or mixed we do hereby give, devise, Miss Lena Armstrong, Saluda, N. C. tunnel 23,500 

one of my wisecracks to a certain pro¬ 

and decree to Mildred Davis and the Miss Shirley Christian, Chattanooga, 4. Moving and improving HOME FOLKS CxRILL

fessor with the provision that the 

Assyrian Mission. Tennessee. two cottages 4,000

aforesaid wisecrack not be used for Your Home Away From Home

Article II—We do hereby appoint Miss Elizabeth Forman, Birming¬ 5. Purchase of additional 

more than five (J) years without a 

Mr. Jones, the night watchman, prime ham, Ala. land 3,500 119 E. Ponce de Leon 

year of rest. 

executor of this will and chief under¬ Miss Lita Goss, Decatur, Ga. 6. Additions to scholarship "Big Dec"

I, Mildred Clark, and I, Ann Mar¬ 

taker and head mourner at our inter¬ Miss Frances James, Atlanta, Ga. and endowment funds 182,000

tin, and I, Sarah Catherine Wood, and 

ment. We decree and request that Miss Ethelyn Johnson, Atlanta, Ga.

I, Lita Goss, do bequeath our poetry 

funeral expenses be settled as soon as Miss Edith Merlin, Atlanta, Ga.

to anyone who can understand or com¬ 

possible after our decease. Mrs. Agnes J. McKoy, Atlanta, Ga.

prehend it. 

In witness whereof, we have here¬ Miss Sarah Nichols, Atlanta, Ga.

I, Maxine Crisler, do bequeath my 

unto subscribed our name and set our Miss Mary Snow, Atlanta, Ga.

expressive and vivacious eyebrows to 

seal this the first day of June in the Miss Marie Townsend, Decatur, Ga.

my needy friend, Dorothy Cabaniss. 

year of our Lord, nineteen hundred Miss Mary Walker, Atlanta, Ga.

I, Ellen Davis, do bequeath my 

and thirty-six (1936). Dr. McCain also announced the

bounteous golden tresses to Joyce 

(Signed Lena Armstrong. schedule of expenditures for the $450,


Roper to be used for a braided switch 

(Class Scribe.) 000 fund which was successfully com¬

and halo. AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE

Witnesses: pleted last July. The principal items

I, Augusta King, do bequeath the 

Tabby of improvement have been as follows:

echoes of my vocal virtuosities to 

Wesley 1. A splendid new Library

anyone who will take the trouble to 

look for them. If one fit to Ella Building, with equipment $230,000

no sees 

DECATUR, GA. 

claim them, Mr. Johnson may have 
them back. 
I, Sarah Spencer, do bequeath one 

Y. W. C. A. program to Isabel Mc¬ 
Cain to start her on her career next 
year. 
I, Meriel Bull, do bequeath my abil¬ 

A college for women that is widely recog¬

Is the Boy'Friend

ity to remain off the campus between 
eight o'clock (8:00) and eleven 
o'clock (11:00) postmeridian (P. M.) 

to the much-neglected Rachel Ken¬ graduating, too? nized for its standards of ivork and for the 
nedy. 
1, Lois Hart, do bequeath one hair 
to the noble cause of red hair so poor¬ 

interesting character of its student activities 

ly upheld by Betty Willis. 
I, Lulu Ames, do bequeath my caus¬ 

GIVE "HIM" A

tic and frank wit to Nellie Margaret 
Gilroy. 

Brinjt your friends to 

MUSE'S For further information, address

THE ELITE TEA ROOM 
Next to home this is the best place 
to eat. 
211 E. Ponce de Leon Decatur, Ga. TIE 

J. R. McCAIN, President 
upSi 

DEPOT SERVICE STATION 
301 E. ColleRe Ave. 

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Y. W. Tea | Reception 
Thursday SaturdayTheAgonextra

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ii 

Freshmen Invited 

To Join Y.W.C.A. 

In Year's Program 

I really wish I could chink of some 
sparkling new word or phrase to say 
what I want. Of course I could say 
"We welcome you with open arms," 
or give you some advice on the "Gather 
ye rosebuds while ye may" theme. I 
might even dress such trite thoughts 
in a "party" dress, or in one of these 
new fall hats, so that you wouldn't 
recognize them. But I'm afraid you'd 
see through my disguise; so I shall just 
assume you assume those sentiments of 
mine. 

I would like to say a few words 
about the Y. W. C. A., however. First 
let me warn you of its existence. I 
hope you will come to the tea we give 
you tomorrow afternoon. You will 
probably get a vague idea of what we 
are and do from chapel programs and 
talks. 

But why not do a little sleuthing on 
your own? Discover that purpose that 
we have too subtly hidden, I'm afraid. 
If you will join our activities, and 
share in our program, then I promise 

you it will be worth your while. And 
perhaps you will discover that a real 
warning is pertinent, because funda¬ 
mentally the Y. W. C. A. is a danger¬ 
ous organization. It actually purports 
to change people and things. 

And of course if we can help you 
in any way at all, call on us. We are 
here for service. 

In His Service, 

Isabel McCain, 

President of Y. W. C. A. 

A. A. Recommends 
Swimming, Tennis 

Those of you who are coming back 
to Agnes Scott know already the good 
times in store for you as members of 
the Athletic Association. To you who 
are coming to Agnes Scott for the first 
time we offer a sincere welcome and a 
friendly invitation to join us in all of 
our fun. 

There's nothing like a good swim or 
a swift set of tennis on our own courts 
to dissolve registration line.quirks, and 
a dance in the gym to connect all the 
new people to names. The evening 
sings in front of Main will smooth 
away the lines, and a try at hockey 
will leave you filled with the cooper¬ 
ation and good sportsmanship so es¬ 
sential not only for that most import¬ 
ant stunt but also for all of your ac¬ 
tivities. 

A little play mixed with your work 
is the very best recipe for getting the 
most from your college life. So, if I 
may, I'm going to leave your studying 
to your conscience and urge you to 
play with us as often, as wholehearted¬ 
ly, and as well as you can. 

Sincerely, 

Julia Thing, 

President of Athletic Association. 

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1936 

Record Enrollment, New Teachers 
Mark Opening of 1936 College Term 

Increased Number of Boarders 
Necessitates Use of Boyd 
For Dormitory. 

With an enrollment of nearly 500 
girls, Agnes Scott for the third conse¬ 
cutive year has opened another dormi¬ 
tory for additional space. In 1934, 
Gaines was opened; last year, when the 
greatest number of students since 
1926 was registered, White House was 
used; and this year, to help accommo¬ 
date over 300 girls as compared to 289 
last year, Boyd, formerly the home of 
several faculty members, has been 
opened. 

Day student registration is less than 
last year, with 117 old students and 
61 new making a total of 178. Last 
year there were 195. But the 180 old 
boarders and 124 new ones make 15 
more than last year and bring the total 
enrollment up to 482. These figures 
were compiled Monday; since then a 
few changes may have taken place. 

Departments of English, Biol¬ 
ogy, Latin, French, Chemis¬ 
try Get Instructors. 

Changes in five departments and an 
addition to the library staff bring 
new faculty members to Agnes Scott 
this year. Miss Helen Carlson is teach¬ 
ing French while Assistant Professor 
Margaret Phythian is on leave of ab¬ 
sence; Miss Narka Nelson, of Califor¬ 
nia, will teach Latin; and Mr. Ernest 
Hocking Runyan, formerly of Wellesley, 
is replacing Mr. Thomas Whittaker, 
acting associate professor of 
biology last year. 

Miss Mary Linder Vardell, head of 
the biology department of Flora MacDonald, 
is replacing Miss Helen Miller, 
who married this summer, as an in¬ 
structor in biology. Also in this de¬ 
partment is Miss Frances McCalla, '3 5. 
Miss Lucy Goss, '34, and Miss Carrie 
Phinney Latimer, '3 5, are in the Chem¬ 
istry and Spoken English departments. 

Miss Josephine Nunnally, of Williamsburg, 
has been appointed an as¬ 
sistant librarian. 

Lounges, Water Founts Dazzle 
Prospective Library Patrons 

Keats' "Stout Cortez," when he saw 
the Pacific from Darien, could have 
been no more thrilled or surprised 
than "stout" (intellectually speaking, 
of course) Agnes Scotters have been 

upon viewing the transformation of 
the campus during the summer 
months. The library, a mere shell in 
May, has become an architectural mas¬ 
terpiece whose very comfort threatens 
to be a menace to good scholarship. 
To those who are endowed with moral 
stamina the soft red and blue leather 
lounges in the main reading room and 
the orange and black umbrellas on the 
terrace will make studying for exams 

(even three times a year) a real pleas¬ 
ure. For those to whom such luxuries 
will be completely demoralizing, 
"slump-proof" chairs conducive to 
much diligence have been provided. 

With Student Government func¬ 
tioning so well in other activities, the 
library offers new freedom in that 
closed reserves have been abolished and 
all students will have access to the 

stacks (as well as to long-agitated-for 
water fountains). 

Surprisingly enough, the dark room 
on the second floor is not a lethal 
chamber for those who disturb the 
tranquility of the library but a place 
for microphotography and the show¬ 
ing of lantern slides. The rooms, each 
with large tables surrounded by chairs, 
are to be used for seminars by per¬ 
mission only, while the booths in the 
stack room are to be used by faculty 
members working on certain projects. 

The old library, far from being dis¬ 
carded and newly named for Murphy 
Candler, with its glass enclosed bal¬ 
conies, its kitchenette, and its attract¬ 
ive green furniture is fast becoming 
the student activities building. 

Rebekah Scott Hall also offers its 
surprises, for new lounges and love 
seats, chairs, lamps, tables, and draper¬ 
ies now adorn the lobby while the oc¬ 
cupants of Main boast of new rose 
draperies and an upholstered daven¬ 
port, "all the better to get fraternity 
pins, my dear!" 

e>5yc) 'Things To Come9 
e>5yc) 

Wednesday, September 23: 

4:00 P. M.-—-All freshmen meet in 
chapel. Mr. McCain's talk and 
moving pictures shown by Miss 
Wilburn and Alberta Palmour. 
8:00 P. M.—Musicale—Chapel. 
Thursday, September 24: 
8:00 A. M.—Classes begin. 
4:30-6:00 P. M.—Y. W. C. A. tea 
—Alumnae Garden. 

6:45 P. M.—Vespers in the Chapel. 
7:00 P. M.—Dancing in the Gym. 
Friday, September 25: 
10:00 P. M.—Floor party in Inman. 
Saturday, September 26: 
8:30 P. M.—Reception in Main. 
Dancing in Gym. 
Sunday, September 27: 

9:30 A. M.—Mr. McCain's Bible 
class for freshmen. 
10:00 A. M.—Church. 
3:00 P. M.—Tour of Atlanta. 
Monday-Tuesday, September 28-29: 
4:30 P. M.—Handbook classes. 
7:00 P. M.—Handbook classes. 
Wednesday, September 30: 
10:00 A. M.—Election of stunt 
chairmen after chapel. 
3:30 P. M.—"How to Study"—Mr. 
Stukes—Chapel. 
Friday, October 2: 

3:30 P. M.—Handbook test for all 
freshmen in Buttrick. 
7:30 P. M.—Athletic rally. 
Team To Share' Is 

President's Ad 

To New Freshmen 

A cordial welcome to you, Class of 
1940, and to you, all other new stu¬ 
dents. 

Now that you are beginning to 
catch a glimpse of the life behind col¬ 
lege walls you surely have overcome 
any fears you once had about college, 
for you must have found that Agnes 
Scott is a most friendly place, a place 
where you can live quite naturally, a 
place where each student shares in 
making our college life go round. 

You have already seen your sponsors 
at work. Y. W. C. A. and A. A. have 
been busy too, and here comes The 
Agonistic with a special edition for 
you. Student Government has also 
been interested in your coming. Don't 
you see how the old students have 
learned to share! It is only through 
giving of your time and energies when¬ 
ever and wherever you are needed that 
you can hope to enjoy many of the 
finest things in college, especially those 
things that aren't found in books. 

Student Government asks you too, 
to share in the responsibility of govern¬ 
ment, to contribute to the community 
life here at A. S. C., and to hold fast 
to the fourfold ideal that Agnes Scott 
sets for each girl. Help us help you to 
make your stay at A. S. C. a most 
happy one. 

Alice Hannah, 

President of Student Government. 

Campus Activities 

For Day Students 

Through the foggy confusion of the 
first days of a freshman there shines 
one certainty: the freshmen are wel¬ 
come. After the greetings from Y. W. 

C. A., Student Government, and 
Athletic Association, and the solicitous 
utterances of the professors, another 
enthusiastic "word of welcome" would 
be as unappreciated as a knock-knock 
heard for the fifth time. But notice 
the efficiency of this college. You have 
been here only three days and already, 
overwhelmed with the fact of your 
welcome, you see demonstrated a 
principle valued by the psychology de¬ 
partment, the effectiveness of repeti¬ 
tion in learning. 
You who are the new day students 
have another lesson to learn. You 
should begin at once to take such a 
part in college life that your classifi¬ 
cation as "day student" may become 
as meaningless as possible. Agnes Scott 
is not the high school you hastened to 
escape from when classes were over. 
Acquire the habit of studying at the 
college. Do not hesitate to take part 
in 4:30 hockey and other late sports. 
And whenever an event here at night 
attracts you, sign for a place in one 
of the day student rooms and spend 
the night. Never let the unimportant 
detail of your not living at the col¬ 
lege keep you from making your ca¬ 
reer at Agnes Scott both exciting and 
profitable. 

Lucile Dennison, 
President of Day Students. 


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AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1936

VOL. XXII 

A. S. C. Sends
Interest Heightens As Freshmen, Sophomores

A. S. C. Hears 
Delegate to

Preachers in Make Plans For Stunts Behind Locked Doors 

Jane Dryfoos Predicts Victory Marjorie Boggs Heads Freshmen Civic Forum

Chapel Talks 

In Fight To Win Black Cat

For Sophomores in Annual 

From Rivals

Class Contest 

Herald-Tribune Invites Noted

Dr. Buttrick, Mrs. Grace Over-

Speakers To Sixth Meet

ton, Dr. Thompson, Represent Commission Plans Initiation Stunts To Be October 24 

Held in New York

Preaching Mission 
Jane Dryfoos, sophomore stunt Excitement increases as the night of 

Agnes Scott was one of the few col¬

Three representatives of the Na¬ chairman, and her committees are October 24 approaches, for the new 

leges invited to attend the New York

abode of the Black Cat will be then

tional Preaching Mission, which was working to maintain the reputation of 

determined by the outcome of the Herald-Tribune's sixth annual forum

the class of '39 by keeping the coveted

in Atlanta October 1-4, spoke in the 

Black Cat, won last year in the an¬ freshman and sophomore stunts, held on current problems, held at the Wal¬

Gaines chapel last week. Thursday 

in Bucher Scott gymnasium. Marjorie

nual freshman-sophomore contest. The dorf-Astoria in New York last week.

morning, Dr. George A. Buttrick, pas¬ 

sophomore stunt committees, appoint¬ Boggs, freshman stunt chairman, has 

Mrs. Dorothy Hutton Mount, former 

tor of the Madison Avenue Presby-appointed the following committees:

ed by Jane, include: 

alumnae secretary, represented the col¬

Writing: Jane Salters, chairman;

terian Church, New York, N. Y., Writing: Douglas Lyle, chairman; 

Mary Dixon, Mary Winston Crockett, lege. Outstanding women's clubs and

spoke on the danger of world "dis¬ Jean Bailey, Henrietta Blackwell, Lelia 
Carson, Julia Sewell. Penn Hammond, Mary Matthews, V. groups from all the states sent dele¬

memberment." Mrs. Grace Sloan Ov-

J. Watkins, Mary Louise Dobbs.
Setting and Decorations: Emmy Lou gates to hear such speakers as James

erton, chairman of the Marriage and 

Turck, chairman; Alice Cheescman. Stage Manager: Nettie Lee Green. 

Farley, national chairman of the demo¬

Home Department, National Council assistant chairman; Martha Fite, Mary Properties: Bryant Holsenbeck, 

cratic party; John Hamilton, national

of Federated Church Women, Harlan Frances Guthrie, Elizabeth Shepherd. chairman; Edith Stover, Anne Ansley, 

Anna Margaret Bond, Antoinette chairman of the republican party;

Indiana, spoke Friday morning on the Program: Mary Frances Guthrie, 

Sledd, Florence Sledd. Charles P. Taft, Herbert Hoover, and

chairman; Estelle Cuddy, Elizabeth

creation of a new personality. The in¬ 

Scenery: Henrietta Thompson,

Furlow, Cora Kay Hutchins, Martha Lowell Thomas.

vincibility of a diligent heart was the 

chairman; Carolyn Du Pre, Joan Fays-

Marshall, Amelia Nickels, Mamie Lee The delegates discussed "The New 

topic treated by Dr. W. Taliaferro Jane Dryfoos, Marjorie Boggs soux, Marian Franklin.

Ratliff. Way of Living: from 1916 to 1936 in 
Thompson, of the Department of Re¬ Decorations: Elizabeth Alderman, the American Home." By reviewing

Costume: Jane Moore Hamilton 

chairman; Sophie La Borde, Eva Gary

ligious Education, Union Seminary, chairman; Adelaide Benson, Harriette Sophomore CIass 20 years of pioneering to raise the 

Copeland, Jane Knapp, Isabella Rob¬

Richmond, Va., in his address Satur¬ von Gremp, Marie Merritt, Mary Ruth standard of living in the United States,

To Entertain at ertson, Annette Williams. 

the conference took stock of the in¬

day morning. Murphy. 

Program: Margaret Barnes, chair¬ on

fluence of science and engineering

Finance: Sara McCain; dance: Helen Traditional Party

The National Preaching Mission is man; Frances Abbott, Margaret Ben¬ 

daily life and sketched the shape of

Kirkpatrick, Helen Moses; and cheer 

nett, Mary Elizabeth Leavitt, Lutie

a part of a co-operative church pro¬ things to come in the next few years.

leaders: Caroline Carmichael, Alice 

Filer Moore.

gram designed to launch a movement The one time when the sophomores Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, who could

Cheeseman. 

Finance: Jane Moses, chairman;

to counteract the "irreligion which is have the privilege of maintaining true not attend the conference because of

The sophomore commission, whose 

discipline over the freshmen is the Charlotte Golden, Emma Jean Mit¬ illness, wrote a message on the social

on the verge of destroying our civili¬ 

main duty it is to conduct the initia¬ 

night of the freshman party, October chell. conscience required, especially by or¬

zation." The group of fifteen inter¬ tion of the freshmen, is composed of Costume: Ruth Slack, chairman;

10. Caroline Carmichael, chairman ganized women, to make the new way
nationally known ministers arrived in Annie Lee Crowell, Douglas Lyle, Jane for the party, has the following com¬ Evelyn Baty, Joan Brinton, Anne En-of living an accomplished fact. 
Atlanta Thursday morning, prepared Moore Hamilton, Jane Dryfoos, Caro¬ mittees: loe, Marjorie Gates, Martha Leipold,

line Carmichael, Jean Bailey, Mary Martha Moffett, Charlotte Newman.

Invitation: Esthere Ogden, chair¬

to crowd sixty meetings into four 

Frances Guthrie, Sara McCain, Emma man; Mary Wells McNeill, Bunny Dance: Mildred Joseph, chairman; A. S. C. Has Booth 
days. McMullen, Esthere Ogden, Anne Pur-Betty Ann Hubbard, Sara Lee, Lois

Marsh, Mary Rogers. In Fair's Exhibit

Twenty denominations are partici¬ nell, Emmy Lou Turck, Julia Sewell, 

Decoration: Emma McMullen, chair¬ Sexton. 

pating in this national religious move¬ and Cary Wheeler. Mildred Flora Cheer Nell and

man; Coit, MacGuire, leaders: Echols 

ment. They spent eighteen months in An ideal college girl's room, fur¬

Selma Steinbach, Mary Ellen Whetsell. Mickey Warren. 

preparation before they launched their nished in royal blue and red, is Agnes

Entertainment: Anne Purnell, chair¬

first campaign in Albany, N. Y., on A. S. Alumnae Plan Scott's contribution to the education¬ 

man; Jane Carithers, Lucy Hill Doty,

September 13. Atlanta is the ninth Class Council of al exhibit of the Southeastern Fair.

Betty Price, Mary Eleanor Steele, Bet¬

city which they have visited. Many Radio Broadcast The college has a booth because, for 

ty Ann Stewart. Eleven in Charge

local churches are conducting enlarge¬ the first time, education is being

Refreshment: Cary Wheeler, chair¬ 

ment campaigns this week as follow-About College Life 
Of Senior Affairs stressed as a main theme. The Agnes

man; Mary Hollingsworth, Julia Por¬ 

ups to the mission, which left Atlanta Scott booth and those of other insti¬ 

ter, Jeanne Flynt. 

tutions are housed in the former auto¬

for Birmingham Sunday, October 4. Fifteen-minute skits portraying the 

A senior council composed of the

life of three typical college girls form mobile building on the fair grounds.

three officers, four day students, and

Competitive Exams Miss Alberta Palmour and Miss Nell

the series of programs broadcast week¬

Facuity to Enjoy four boarding students has been ap¬ 

Chamlee planned the room, which is

ly by the Alumnae Association. The 

Offer Wider Choice pointed to transact class business, 

furnished by Davison-Paxon.

Annual Bacon Bat third of these new programs will be 

thereby making frequent class meet¬ 

The fair is open from 9 a. m. until

presented this afternoon at 5 o'clock. 

ings unnecessary. The members in¬

A tomboy, a bookworm, and a so¬ Notices of competitive examinations 10 p. m., October 4-11. During this

Members of the faculty are prepar¬ clude Martha Summers, president; 
ing to "batter" better bacon at their cial butterfly who discuss classes, pro¬ permitting more freedom in choice of time the following girls are taking

Eloisa Alexander, vice-president; Dor¬

fessors, dates, and the ever plentiful subjects are being mailed this week to turns representing Agnes Scott in the

othy Jester, secretary-treasurer; and

annual outing to be held Saturday at campus gossip are the main characters, high schools all over the United States. booth: Mary Jane Tigert, Frances Bel-

Kathleen Daniel, Mary Kneale, Brooks

the home of Miss Elizabeth Mitchell, portrayed by Betty Lou (Houck) About 200 girls will take the tests ford, Martha Peak Brown, Anne Wat-

Spivey, Cornelia Christie, Mary Lib 

on Andrew's Drive. This traditional Smith, '3 5; Carrie Phinney Latimer, next March 5, with the two making kins, Ellen Little, Sara Beaty Sloan,

Morrow, Frances Steele, Pauline Moss,

'36; Frances James, '36; and Mary the highest grades receiving the $700 Virginia Watson, Adelaide Benson,

outing is given annually by new fac¬ 

and Frances Wilson.

(Freeman) Curtis. The programs are and $5 00 scholarships offered. Evelyn Eliza King, Ann Worthy Johnson,

ulty members of the preceding year in When a council was appointed by a

under the direction of Ruth Moore, Baty of Birmingham won the full tui¬ Catherine Ivie, Anne Thompson, Cary

honor of those recently added to the senior president several years ago, it

'34, who collaborates with Edna Lee tion award given for this year. Wheeler, Mary Hollingsworth, Susan 

was found that the business of the

staff. Hostesses on this occasion will in writing the script. The awards will be made on a basis Bryan, Bee Merrill, Sara Carter, Betty

class was managed much more effi¬

be Miss Laura Colvin, Miss Elizabeth of 75 per cent for the examination Ann Stewart, Miriam Sanders, Fannie

ciently.

Mitchell, and Miss Alberta Palmour, 
Librarian on and 2 5 per cent for personal qualities B. Harris, Florence Lasseter, Virginia

Council

who will entertain in honor of Miss and activities. The examination itself Tumlin, Tony Newton, Emmy Lou 

R. Runyan is Mascot
Helen Carlson, of the French depart¬ will be based on three subjects: Eng¬ Turck, Mary Ellen Whetsell, Peggy 
ment; Miss Narka Nelson, of the Latin Miss Edna Hanley has been appoint¬ lish, a language, and a general elective. Willis, Elizabeth Galbreath, Mary Gil-

department; Mr. Ernest Hocking Run-ed a member of the committee on Li¬ The language may be either Latin, Ruth Runyan will serve this year lespie, Mutt Fite, Flora MacGuire, 

van, and Miss Mary Linda Vardell, of brary Architecture and Building Plan¬ French, or Spanish; and the elective as mascot of the senior class, as the Jean Chalmers, Kathryn Bowen Wall, 

the biology department; and Miss ning of the American Library Associa¬ may be algebra, American history, result of an election held at a class Frances Castleberry, Helen Moses, 

tion, for the year 1936-37. She was

Frances McCalla, Miss Lucy Goss, and chemistry, or physics. This plan makes meeting last week. She is the three-Mary Elizabeth Moss, Flossie Wade, 

Miss Carrie Phinney Latimer, of ' the ] appointed to this place at the Ameri-year-old daughter of Mr. Ernest Hock¬ Susan Goodwyn, Hayden Sanford,

the examinations much less strenuous 

chemistry and spoken English depart¬ can Library Association convention than they were when English, mathe¬ ing Runyan, acting associate professor Elizabeth Kenny, and Mary Ellen 

ments. held last May at Richmond, Va. matics, Latin, and one were of the biology department. Steele.

elective 
required; and it offers more freedom 

Y. IF. Employs Nursery Rhymes than last year in that history and Span¬ Du Bury Award Again Entices 
ish may be taken. 
To Introduce Activity Groups All Book Lovers of Agnes Scott 

Agonistic Tryouts

Preparing for registrations in Y. W. | group; Jean Barry Adams, treasurer; Annual fall try-outs for work as The Richard du Bury award of object of the award, which is used by 

C. A. activity groups, the Agnes Scott Primrose Noble, music; Hibernia Has-twenty-five dollars is to be offered the winner for some artistic interest,
a reporter on The Agonistic are due

cabinet of the association introduced sel, mission interest; Millie Coit, world again this year to the Agnes Scott stu¬ is to stimulate ownership of books

Saturday, October 17. Students

the groups in chapel yesterday. fellowship; Cary Wheeler, socials; dent who has acquired the best selec¬ through actual possession and through

may submit either news or feature

With nursery rhymes as its theme. Douglas Lyle, publicity; and Nellie tion of fifteen books during the year knowledge of their contents. The

stories. They may choose their own

the program was under the leadership | Margaret Gilroy, social service, 1936-37. The entrants must select award is named after the author of

subjects, or may apply to the staff

of Mother Goose, portraved by Isabel 1 Posters in the lobby of Buttrick their books as an expression of their Pbilobiblon, the first book in English,

for subjects to be given them.

McCain, president. The chairmen who j have advertised the work of these interests and must be able to discuss which describes the joys of reading.

The articles may be given to

presented their committees were Betty ; committees during the past week. the contents of the books with the All students interested in entering

Laura Steele or Jane Guthrie, Mary

Hollis, vice-president and adviser of Students should sign up for ther judges, who are selected from the Eng¬ the contest are requested to see Assist¬

McCann Hudson, or Hortense

freshman cabinet; Frances Wilson, j choice of the committees when regis-lish department. ant Professor Janef Preston, Professor

Jones, or they may be put in The 

programs; Winifred Kellersberger, de-] tering for Y. W. C. A. membership Julia Sewell was the winner of the Louise McKinney, or Miss Ellen Ley-

Agonistic box in Main.

votionals; Martha Long, industrial this week. twenty-five dollar prize last year. The j burn. 

65960 


THE AGONISTIC 

(ll)c Agonistic 
Outcome of Spanish War 
Remains Unsettled Still 
PUBLISHED WEEKLY 

Owned and published by the students of Agnes Scott 
College. 

Entered as Second Class Matter. 

Subscription price, $1.25 per year in advance. 
Single copies, 5 c. 
1935 Member 1936 
Pfssodated Collegiate Press 

STAFF 
Laura Steele Kathryn B. Wall 
Editor-in-Chief Business Manager 
Elizabeth Blackshear

Frances Cary 

Advertising Manager

Associate Editor 

Mary Lib Morrow 
Jane Guthrie Frances Belford 
Hortense Jones Doris Dunn 
Mary McCann Hudson Circulation Managers 

Assistant Editors Frances Wilson 
Current History

June Matthews 

Pauline Moss

Make-Up Editor 

Society Editor 

Ruth Hertzka 

Jean Chalmers 

Assistant Make-Up 

Sports Editor 
Nellie M. Gilroy Cornelia Christie 
Feature Editor Club Editor 
Mildred Davis Elizabeth Warden 
Book Editor Alumnae Editor 
Editor, Associate Editor, Enid Middleton, Mary 
King, Editorial Council 

Library Inspires Respect 

Hearing freshmen sing the Alma Mater in lit¬ 
tle groups all over the campus reminds us of Mrs. 
Overton's statement that we fail to realize how 
fortunate we are in the possession of an Alma 
Mater to "enshrine in our memories." One of the 
things of which our generation at Agnes Scott 
may be most proud is the new library which rep¬ 
resents the combined efforts of the administra¬ 
tion, faculty, students, and friends. We, particu¬ 
larly then, may call it our library; for we had the 
fine privilege of sharing in its erection. The 
main reading room has been said to be the finest 
in the United States. Certainly our pride is jus¬ 
tifiable. But a still greater privilege lies before 
the student body in making the library a place 
for "beholding the bright countenance of truth 
in the quiet and still air of delightful studies"— 
the privilege of increasing its beauty. The library 
must be allowed to "grow old gracefully." Leath¬ 
er worn a bit by age has a comfortable look; but 
there is no point in making the lounges prema¬ 
turely aged by throwing wet umbrellas, coats, 
and raincoats on them. The cloak room to the 
right of the entrance is more convenient, any¬ 
way. Tables do not improve in beauty either by 
having ink spilled on their lustrous surfaces; 
again, there's no point in bringing ink bottles 
into the library when ink is provided at the 
charging desks, unless, of course, the student 
takes particular delight in breaking rules. Some 
people find reading a great deal more pleasurable, 
it seems, when they have a bit of chocolate along 
to munch between mental bites; but obviously 
the library is not really the place for such read¬ 
ing. Another temptation that seems to assail 
some students is the desire to underline or other¬ 
wise decorate library books; maybe a word to the 
wise that library privileges are forfeited for this 
practice will be sufficient. 

Perhaps the greatest thing that may be added 
to the satisfactoriness of the library is making 
it as outstanding in the matter of courtesy as in 
the matter of structure and equipment. The new-
system of open reserves is a splendid improve¬ 
ment, but it cannot work satisfactorily if consist¬ 
ent thoughtfulness and consideration for others 
is not practiced. All books should be signed for; 
by each student who uses them, so that any par-1 
ticular book may be found readily; none should i 
be kept unduly long when other students are [ 
waiting for the opportunity of using them. Leav¬ 
ing a book that is much in demand in a notebook 
while one attends a class is hardly courteous, as i 
is taking more than one reserved book at a time;! 
and securing reserved books for one's friends who 
are unable to get to the library at the beginning 
of a period puts these books out of use for the 
time and seems scarcely the fair thing to do. 
Above all, courtesy must be observed in the mat¬ 
ter of quietness if the library is to be what it 
may with proper cooperation. Talking anywhere 
in the building is inexcusable. The carrels in the 
bookstacks are to be used by faculty members 
and honor students. It is particularly necessary 
that absolute quiet be maintained in the stacks; 
faculty members have office hours, and it is an 
imposition upon them for students to disturb 
them while they are using the carrels. 

A complete list of library regulations may be 
found elsewhere in this issue; every student is 
obligated to acquaint herself with this in order 
to know how to exercise thoughtful care of the 
library and due courtesy in the use of the books. 
So may we increase the beauty of one of the most 
beautiful things on the campus. 

A new library, a new student activ


ties building, and new names for many 

Agnes Scott alumnae mark the begin¬ 

ning of the new school year. Alumnae 

who have married in the past few 
: months are: 
Margaret Alice Belote, '34, to Frank 
Rogan Morse. 
i Mary Elizabeth Skeen, '34, to 
i Thomas Wiley Dawsey, of Atlanta 
and Washington. They are now living 
in Arlington, Va. 
Anna Humber, '3 5, to Winston 
Woodard Little. 

Gene Caldwell, ex-'3 8, to Victor 
! Bain Dellinger, of Salisbury. 
J Elizabeth Grier, '2 8, to Rev. Leland 

Edmunds, of Sumter, S. C. 

Mary Boggs, '3 5, to Ordway South¬ 

ard, of Birmingham. 

Mary Eloise Gaines, '28, to Clifton 

Benjamin Wilburn, of New York. 

Louise McCain, '34, to Eugene Max¬ 

well Boyce. 

Norma Tucker, ex-'26, to Julian 

Flad Sturtevant. 

Frances Thurber Waid, '3 3, to 

George Otis Taylor, Jr., of New Or¬ 

leans and Atlanta. 

Dorothy Bishop Cassel, '34, to Dr. 

Havelock Frank Fraser, of Bellingham, 

Washington, and Atlanta. 

Mary Jane Evans, '3 5, to James M. 

Lichliter, of Columbus, Ohio. 

Gladys Burns, '3 5, to Broadus Wil


lingham Marshall. 

Martha Hall Young, ex-'3 6, to Reg¬ 

inald Bell. 

Betty Mathis, ex-'3 8, to Thad T. 

Holt, Jr., of Atlanta and Birmingham. 

And these have announced their en¬ 

gagements: 
Sarah Catherine Wood, '3 6, to Rev. 
Peter Marshall, of Westminster Pres¬ 
byterian Church, Atlanta. They will 
be married in the early fall. 
Raemond Wilson, '30, to Harden 
Craig. Miss Wilson taught in the Eng¬ 
lish department here two years ago. 
Miss Daisy Frances Smith, '24, new¬ 
ly elected president of the Alumnae 
Association, and Mrs. D. B. Donald¬ 
son, general alumnae secretary, were 
hostesses Wednesday at tea in the 
alumnae house for the members of the 
executive committees. The tea was 
part of an informal meeting to discuss 
plans for the year. 

Research Occupies 

Faculty in Summer 

While some of the faculty taught 
this summer, as was announced last 
spring, others did research work. Miss 
Ellen Douglas Leyburn, instructor in 
English, worked at Emory and at Yale 
university; Mr. James Wright, profes¬ 
sor of economics and sociology, in At¬ 
lanta and Decatur; Miss Linda Var-
dell, of the biology department, at the 
Mountain Lake biological station of 
the University of Virginia; and Mr. 
Schuyler Christian, professor of phy¬ 
sics and astronomy, at Harvard. Miss 
Frances K. Gooch, associate professor 
of English, made the libraries of Co¬ 
lumbia and New York her headquar¬ 
ters for research during July and Aug-' 
ust. | 

The theme for research done by j 
Miss Annie May Christie, assistant pro-| 
fessor of English, was Georgia humor, 
with special emphasis being given to ; 
one of Georgia's outstanding humor-1 

ists, Charles Henry Smith, perhaps 
better known as Bill Arp. Much of 
Miss Christie's time was spent in read¬ 
ing old newspapers and stories of early 
Georgia to find the humor of that 
period. 

Miss Mary Stuart MacDougall, pro¬ 
fessor of biology, did research work at 
Mountain Lake, at the University of 
Virginia, and at Wood's Hole, Massa¬ 
chusetts, the marine biological labora¬ 
tory. She then spent a week at Har¬ 
vard attending a scientific convention. 

: As Spain enters upon the third month of civil

Sparkenhroke, by Charles Morgan; 
war, the outcome of the struggle is still in doubt.

: reviewed by Eliza King. 
Victories so far are small, probably meaningless,

Indescribable in its beauty, depth, 
and clarity of thought, and in the I Although the cost has already been great in hui 
perfection of its language and charac-' man life as well as in property, both sides seem 

terization is Sparkenhroke, the latest; just to have begun to fight. 
i work of Charles Morgan, the author These sides consist of (a) the government, also 
| of The Fountain. It is a book which , ca]ie(j Communists, Leftists, Reds, and Loyalists, 
j cannot be read once and forgotten. It ' 

backed by the common people who brought it in¬

! must be read over and over in order 

to power in the February, 1936, election. Rus¬

to let the music of its words and the 

sia, nominally at least, is on the side of the Reds;

magnificence and sublimity of its 
ideas become part of one's conscious-j Mexico bclh clbtindoned 116utl slity ill f3,4 01 

ness ! of the loyalists also, (b) The rebels, Fascists, or 

-r, , , , , ; Whites include royalists, the army, and the 

e 0r 0eS n0t ay 0WIl 3

• ' • | I1 church, and are materially assisted by Germany
series 01 dogmatic conclusions; rather 

and Italy. The odds at present seem to favor the

he allows the reader to share the 

rebels, aided from without by Hitler and Musso¬

thoughts and actions of his characters 

lini, from within by the trained army aristocracy

and to experience with them the de¬ 

and the experienced Moors whom the army has

velopment of their principles and phil¬ 

brought from Morocco. The main hope of the

osophies of life and death. 

government at present seems to lie in the dis¬ 

George, a sane, normal country doc¬ taste of the strongly nationalistic Spanish peo¬ 

tor whose chief virtue is that he knows ple for foreign intervention, and in the value 

when not to talk; the rector, who un¬ (however slight) that the legal and constitution¬ 

derstands and translates many of al foundation of its power may have. 

Sparkenbroke's thoughts into every¬ 

The rebellion actually began, after several 
day language; and Mary, who is provocations and assassinations, on July 19 in 

caught between the rapture of Piers' 

Spanish Morocco. It took a day for it to spread

love and the security of George's, are from there to the Spanish peninsula. Early in 

among the main characters. However, the struggle the loyalists at Toledo laid siege to 

the book is dominated by Piers, Lord the famous Alcazar, the West Point of Spain,

Sparkenhroke, of whom the rector and the training ground for the army. The siege

said, "I feel with Piers as I should has been one of the most spectacular and useless 

feel if I saw an angel coming through phases of the whole war. When finally the much-

the gate with a telegram." He creates advertised mines of dynamite laid under the 

an atmosphere of breathlessness, of a falls of that ancient fortress were exploded, its 

certain urgency, a certain -suspense, occupants, uninjured, continued to fire at the 

and a sense of exaltation, which is Reds from the ruins. After more than ten weeks 

transmitted to the reader and holds of occupancy, the young soldiers marched out of 

him to the end. their stronghold only to join the Fascist forces 

which came down over the mountains to meet

Singleness of Mind 

them. 

Piers believed that supreme happi¬ 

Meanwhile, the rebels had occupied what was 

ness is perfect "singleness of mind," 

left of Irun after the retreating Reds fired it;

"a sense of being identical with his 

had besieged and finally taken San Sebastian;

expectation, as if he had been listen¬ 

and were marching on the nation's capital, Mad¬

ing to the wind and was the wind, or 

rid. General Francisco Franco, who started the 

to footsteps and his were the foot¬ 

rebellion in Morocco, is in command of the White

steps," and he sought this ecstasy in 

army as it follows the same route to the city

his writing, in love, and in death. 

used by Wellington in the Napoleonic wars. As

"These are (man's) three ecstasies, his 

the opposing armies entrench themselves around

three deaths to this world that free 

Madrid, commanders of both forces deny any de¬

him from the living death of the body 

sire for truce; and the world waits. 

. . . They are one death and one life, 

one transcendance or ecstasy, the re¬ 

Students' Strange Actions

conciliation of suffering and joy." 

The story concerns these three phases 

Attributed to Bad Weather

of Sparkenbroke's life—his writing, 

his love, and his death, his idea of 

which permeates his whole being and One hardly knows whether to attribute some 

of the unpredictable actions and inexplicable

conduct. Writing tantalizes him with 

statements of hitherto sober and rational young

hints and flashes of this ecstasy. The 

women to the recent change in the weather, to

development of the love of Piers and 

the cumbersome burden of intellectual pursuits,

Mary, whose beauty was so great that 

or to the sudden denouement of the knock-knocks.

"they gazed at her going, and, for the 

Whatever the cause, from reliable sources (in

fragment of time that gives a poet his 

fact, authorities) comes the report that one Isa¬

poem, after she was gone at the place 

bel McCain was not long since seen scrambling

where she had been"—the develop¬ 

down a rather uncertain looking telephone pole

ment of this love is fascinating, and 

with a thoroughly annoyed cat in one hand, wild¬

the reader shares Piers' hope that in 

ly yet triumphantly waving the other (which by

this love he will find that peace and 

the way refers to hand, not cat) to the teeming

happiness which he finds only in 

multitude below who were accompanying her by

death. Death here is beautiful and 

no means ungraceful descent with cheers of ap¬

desirable, for with it comes "an abso¬ 

proval.

lute singleness exempt from the divi¬ 

Brooks Spivey's sense of the dramatic and the

sion of forms." 

spectacular was also exhibited in a performance

One finds poetry as well as philos¬ 

on that iron-clad vehicle, called by less euphuistic

ophy in Sparkenhroke. Passages such 

personages the street car, last week during one 

as the following appear throughout 

of the sudden downpours of rain (not Words-

the book: "and the air had music's 

worthian daffodillies). As fate would have it our 

lilt, which upon its lightness bore 

a little heroine had on brand new shoes, hence her 

melancholy that was the sea; and out 

long conference with the conductor on weather 

of the following hush . . . sprang the 

conditions, the latest style of footwear, and the 
arched remoteness of sky." scarcity of life belts. Seeing that the street at 

Morgan should know the happiness the front door is unnavigable, she dashes madly 
of having realized his purpose in writ¬ to the back only to find the same street viewed 
ing, which he gives in the words of from another angle just as uninviting. Another 
Sparkenhroke: "A story isn't good be-streak of lightning and Brooks is back at the 
cause it gives men pleasure or instructs ! front with the conductor tactfully suggesting 
them or imposes an opinion on them ! that she cease vacillating. Another sprint to the 
or leads to the reform of a moral or | back. Now the entire car is in a huddle over the 
social evi1. And it isn't good because : situation. The conductor is faced with a situait 
does a reader's imagining for him. j tion. The conductor is faced with a dilemma. 
It is good because it re-enables a man How shall he answer Rrooks baffling" Question— 
to imagine for himself." ' ^ ^ really ethical to wade I But wait—it is too 

;late; for Brooksie has just completed a beautiful 
Council1 swan dive and is fast reachinR the curb stone by

AgonisticA crnnistfir FrlitnHal uouncn means a

manorial of sknfui back stroke. 

~7 Even the charm girl, Alice Taylor, has not been 
To keep the editorials of The Ago- immune to whatever forces have caused the 
nistic as representative of the student aforementioned incidents, for did she not make 
body as possible, an editorial council the anti-climatical statement in sociology that 

Certai'1 f6?80"8 are alwa

has been appointed consisting of the ys there, usually—which 

. ,. p -, w . is certainly no more amazing than Annie Laura

editor, the associate editor, En.d M,d-Gaiiovvay>s profound revelation that everybody 
dleton, and Mary King. The council lives somewhere. Which stories all go to show 
meets weekly for discussion. that "people have more fun than anybody." 


THE AGONISTIC 

Freshmen Display

Freda Freshmen Begins College 
Artless Curiosity 

In Whirl of Parties, Rides, Work About College Li/e 

Registration, Opening Exercises, Handbooks, Commit¬ The intellectual curiosity of the 
freshman class is fast making itself

tees Leave Freda No Chance For Homesickness 

evident. These sophisticated young

While She Seeks Knowledge 

misses are not going to shun the truth 

Freda Freshman, nominal descendant cf Callie Careless and or seek to escape mechanisms. Why 
Connie Conference (who date from etiquette and conventions of only the other day one of the more 
last year), began her college career this year in a whirl of teas, aggressive members of that body en¬ 
parties, and receptions, which left her no leisure to weep for her tered the stately halls of the library 

native heath. and after some time therein mustered 
After standing in endless lines up courage and frankly asked where 
(which are not, as is popularly sup¬ the books were.

Sociology Professor Is 

posed, the shortest distance between Another inquiring freshman, thor¬

Author of Recent Book 

two points) at doors behind which the oughly petrified by Miss Cilley's soli¬ 
embattled committees stood, Freda loquy on the first day in Spanish class,

Professor Arthur Raper's lat¬

emerged on Tuesday, September 23, stood her terror as long as possible only

est book, Preface to Peasantry,

completely exhausted and registered. ($3.50), was released by the to break into Miss Cilley's talk with a 
The following day she attended the desperate—"do you speak English?"

University of North Caro'im

opening exercises at which Rev. Wil¬ Miss Cilley hastened to assure her that

press last week. The book is

liam V. Gardner spoke. On September based on statement: she did speak English—slightly. "And

this "The

24 classes came and English themes now," she added, "what would you

collapse of the Black Belt plan¬

did not. (After all, why did Freda like me to say for you?"

tation system is a preface to 

come to college?) The most penetrating question of

peasantry."

In rapid succession the Y. W. C. A. the week coming from the innocent 
tea, at which Freda wore a flowing and unknowing freshmen was the 
dress; the floor party in Inman, where product of the perturbed mind of on:

A. S. C. Socialites
she wore pajamas; and the reception who already finds herself in the slough 

in Main, where she wore a smile. Later Enjoy Gay Season of despond because of her much work. 
she carried her smile and her feet to "Do you think," she asked, "that I'll 
the gym where she danced to music have to start studying in the after¬

Aileen Shortley, Strat Sloan, Mary

furnished by the Tech Ramblers. Sun¬ noon?"

Rogers, and others attended the Anak

day afternoon brought forth an infor¬ 

dance at Tech last Saturday night.

mal but informative tour of Atlanta. 

Julia Porter and Jane Moore Hamil¬ Britain Wins Prizes

During the next two days Freda 

ton attended a Sigma Chi buffet sup¬

was besieged by a sponsor, purple of per. In A. A. Olympiad 
face and handbook, who spoke at 

Mary Hollingsworth, Gary Wheeler..

great length of rules, ideals, and point 

Callie Carmichael, and Miriam Sanders England claimed the laurels at the

systems, all to the purpose that she 

were present at a theater party given athletic rally Friday night as a result

might pass the handbook test on Fri¬ 

by the Pi K. A.'s. of her vanquishing all Olympic sports

day. Having safely survived that cri¬ 

Myrl Chafin attended an A. T. O. competitors in bowling, ping-pong,

sis, Freda—unlike her alliterative and 

dinner Sunday. goal-throwing, shuffle-board, and golf.

illustrious foremothers, who sank into 

Among those present at the Pi K. A These "international" games were a

the dignified oblivion of tradition— 

steak supper last Wednesday were: part of the program presented at the

plans to spend her time seeking knowl¬ 

Mary Smith, Bee Merrill, Douglas Lyle, annual athletic rally given by the Ath¬

edge, for has not Mr. Stukes told her 

Gary Wheeler, Carolyn Carmichael, letic Association for the campus com¬

how to study? 

Ellender Johnson, and Martha Alice munity. 
Green. This year the entertainment was un¬ 
Clubs Inaugurate Mary Reed Hendrix, Carolyn Du-der the direction of Mary Kneale. The 
Pre, and Jamie Hamilton had dinner gym was decorated for the occasion

Work of New Year 

at the A. T. O. house at Tech Sunday with the colored flags of various con¬ 
night. ' testing teams from each country.
French Club Among those present at Columbia Introducing the Olympics motifFrench club will hold its fall try-Seminary open house were: Myrl Cha¬ was an interpretative dance of the 
outs on Friday afternoon, October 9. fin, Enid Middleton, Mildred Davis, 

torchbearers, performed by Anne

The first official meeting of the year Isabel McCain, Nell Allison, Frances Charline Fleece, Eloisa

Thompson,
will be on Monday afternoon, October Steele, Sara Groves, Sara Ward, Eleanor Alexander, and Ruth Tate. Following12, at 4:30 p. m. All old and new 

McCants, Sophie Montgomery, Mary the featured Olympic competition, Lu-
members are invited to attend. The McCann Hudson, Alice Taylor, Sara cile Dennison and Marie Stalker pre¬

club will study the literature and life Beaty Sloan, Louise Young, Kathleen 

sented a tap dance, and Ruth Tate 

of the various provinces of France as Daniel, Mary Gillespie, and Catherine sang "The False Prophet."
its project for the year. Ivie. 

A skit showing the athletic program

Sara Gray spent the week-end in 

of the college revealed the "Athletic

Pi Alpha Phi Columbia, S. C. 

Sketch Book." Taking part in it were:

The members of Pi Alpha Phi are Sara Gray and Charlotte Golden 

Julia Thing, Jeanne Matthews, Fran¬

invited to try out for participation in went to the K. A. house at Emory 

ces Gary, Anne Thompson, Lucile

the triangular debate between Georgia Thursday night. 

Barnett, Esthere Ogden, Frances Rob¬

Tech, Agnes Scott, and Emory Univer¬ Strat Sloan will have lunch at the 

inson, Jean Chalmers, Elizabeth Black


sity. Any member of the club is eligi¬ S. A. E. house, Tech, Saturday noon, 

shear, Alice Taylor, Alice Hannah,

ble, and the try-outs will be held on and will attend a dance there Satur¬ 

Mary Johnson, and Jane Dryfoos.

Thursday night, October 8, at 7 day night. 

After refreshments were served in

o'clock. Six minute speeches and four Miriam Sanders was an attendant in 

the athletic board room, the evening

minute rebuttals may be presented on her cousin's wedding in Anderson, 

closed with dancing.

the presidential election. The speak¬ S. C. 
ers may uphold any party they choose. Tony Newton's friends gave her a 

Those present at the S. A. E. dance

The tentative date for this debate is midnight feast on her birthday. 

Friday night were Mary Smith, Bee

October 30. Agnes Scott was well represented at 

Merrill, Ola Kelly, and Zoe Wells.

Try-outs for club entrance will be the S. A. E. rush party Saturday 

held on Thursday night, October 8, night. Present were: Bee Merrill, Ola Mary Willis went to Augusta for 
at 8:3 0 o'clock. Subjects for debate Kelly, Martha Alice Green, Zoe Wells, the week-end. 
will be posted on the back bulletin Virginia Stephens, Polly Moss, Char¬ 

board in Buttrick Hall. Everyone is lotte Golden, Eloise Lennard, and Meet Me At 
invited to try out except freshmen. Grace Tazewell. 

HAMES, Inc.

Rose Northcross and Nancy Moorer 
Blackfriars went to the Quadrille Wednesday 107 Peachtree Street 

The first meeting of Blackfriars was night. Opposite Piedmont Hotel 
held last night in Miss Gooch's studio Helen Ramsey and Isabel Richard¬ 
The officers of the club presented son attended a Theta Kappa Psi dance Headquarters for 
Rehearsal by Christopher Morley. The Saturday night. 

RADIOS, VICTOR,

cast was as follows: Freda, Frances Caroline Armistead went to New-
Steele; Christine, Elizabeth Cousins; nan for the week-end. BRUNSWICK AND 
Barbara, Mary Ann Kernan; Gertrude, Rachel Kennedy and Martha Alice 

DESSO PHONO¬ 
Lucille Cairns; Sonia, Myrl Chafin; Green attended the Pi Kappa Phi dance 

GRAPH RECORDS

and Marjorie, Joyce Roper. The play Saturday night. 
was directed by Miss Carrie Phinney 
Latimer. 

Cotillion Club 
Cotillion club will hold try-outs on WALTER BALLARD OPTICAL CO, 
Friday afternoon, October 9, from 4 

DISPENSING OPTICIANS

to 6 o'clock, and on Friday evening. 
Three Stores 

R. E. BURSON'S SHOE SHOP 105 Peachtree Street (Clock Sign)
We Do Cement Work On Ladies' Medical Arts Bldg. (382 Peachtree St.)
Shoes 

Doctors Bldg. (480 Peachtree St.)

Call DEarborn 3353 
We'll Do the Rest 

ATLANTA, GA. 

307 E. College Ave. Decatur, Ga. 

Miss Cilley Tells of Medieval 

i " 

Fustoms At Portugal University 

Bedels Lock Doors To Bar Late-Comers From Class; 
Library With Solid Gold Inlay Work 
Makes Studying Pleasant 

Picturesque and classic ruins, rcminirccnt of the eld Reman 
town of Aeminium, surround the University of Coimbra, the na¬ 
tional university of Portugal where Miss Melissa Cilloy, assistant 
professor of Spanish, taugh'. last summer. The medieval customs 
and costumes of the thirteenth century still prevail as students 
attend classes wearing their traditional 
academic robes consisting of black

Plan of College Library 

suits with long Prince Albert coats,

Hecommended To Belgium 

white shirts, black ties, and capes vol¬ 

uminous enough for a dozen people 

Showing the new library to visit¬ to sit upon. 

ors and witnessing their enthusiastic Guarding the classes of these stu¬ 

comments should prepare Agnes dents are bedels who secure quietness 

Scott for the news that the build¬ for lectures by locking knobless doors 

ing is regarded as so complete and on the outside to prevent late-comers 

satisfactory that it has been recom¬ from rushing noisily in. Just before 

mended to Belgium as a model for classtime, the bedel announces each 

a memorial library there. subject in front of the room in which 

it is to be taught; five minutes before 

the end of the period, he rattles the 

Teachers Attend door, opens it, bows gravely and silent¬ 

ly to the professor, and retires. The 

Harvard Services lecture is then to be ended. 
After all classes are over, the boys 

Representing Agnes Scott in the return to dormitories bearing such 

Harvard Tercentenary, Dr. J. R. Mc¬ names as "Minerva," "This House 

Cain, Professor George P. Hayes, and Runs Without Money" (written in 

Professor Mary Stuart MacDougall at¬ Latin), and "Unfinished Palaces." The 

tended the three day celebration held freshmen have to be especially careful 

September 16, 17 and 18. About 5 50 to go to their dormitories by 6 o'clock, 

colleges sent delegates to the session, since failure to do so means that a 

of which 161 were college presidents. disciplinary group of upper classmen, 

Dr. McCain, president of the Associa¬ arming themselves with a club, wood¬ 

tion of American Colleges, represented en spoon, and shears, go about the 

that organization. Guests from all town seeking them. When found, they 

over the world assembled as speakers may be clubbed, or made to propose 

and delegates. to a lady, or to tell her she is beau'i-

The third day, climaxing the cele¬ ful. The girls, however, are conhd


bration, consisted of morning and ered so docile that they are allowed to 

afternoon programs, the former held do as they please in the home or pen¬ 

in a large amphitheater in the Har¬ sions where they stay. Old traditions 

vard yard, and the latter in the San¬ do not apply to them because girls did 

ders theater. For the morning session, not attend the university in the days 

delegates were arranged in order of the when medieval customs were estab¬ 

age of their institution, Agnes Scott lished. 

being in 187th place. John Masefield, Studying at the university is made 

poet laureate of England, read origi¬ pleasant by a library so beautiful with 

nal verses composed for the occasion. its solid gold inlay work that it vies 

Robert Frost, an alumnus of Harvard, with the library at the University of 

who had planned to read original ver¬ Vienna for being the loveliest in Eu¬ 

ses, was ill and unable to attend. The rope. And when not using this library, 

afternoon speakers were the President students like to walk back and forth 

of the United States, the president of in the beautiful botanical gardens, 

Yale, and the chancellor of the Uni¬ reciting their lessons aloud. 

versity of Cambridge, whose speech Last summer about 1 5 00 of these 

came from England by radio. students assembled from 12 different 

Each night of the Tercentenary, the countries to be taught by members of 

Boston symphony orchestra presented the regular faculty and by visiting 

a concert. As a finale for the last, the professors from each country. The 

orchestra played "Fair Harvard," com¬ summer session offered a curriculum 

posed by Samuel Gilman, 1811. of modern languages only. 

DRESSES 

This particular frock is of trico crepe, and 
can be had in sizes 12 to 18. It comes in navy 
or black with red trimmings, or brown with 
green. There are many other distinctive 
new styles at $13.95. 

SECOND FLOOR 

J. P. ALLEN 
AND COMPANY 

THE AGONISTIC 

A. S. C. Party Finds Adventure Librarian Reports Tami, Renee. Peggy, Susie Reveal 
In Rollicking Tour of Europe Hours, Regulations Impressions of Life in America 
By Julia Sewell 

With twenty-one new outfits and 
forty-two new suitcases, we assembled 
at high noon in the lobby of the Lin¬ 
coln hotel in New York, and, in be¬ 

tween licking stamps for last minute 
post cards, and sticking Lincoln labels 
on as yet undecorated luggage, tried 
to realize that we were actually em¬ 
barking on the "European Adventure." 
It turned out, when the entire party 
was gathered, that the majority of us 
were from Agnes Scott. Besides Miss 
Leslie Gaylord, Miss Carrie Scandrett, 
and Miss Bee Miller, seven were full-
fledged alumnae; six were newly-grad¬ 
uated: Nell White, Rosa Miller, Mar¬ 
garet Cooper, Maxine Crisler, Sarah 
Jones, and Elizabeth Strickland; and 
one still a student—myself. 

After a great deal of businesslike 
bustling and negotiating, we and our 
forty-two suitcases were piled in taxis, 
and set off for the Cunard White 
Star Line pier, the Berengaria, and Eu¬ 
rope! 

Boarding the steamer turned out 
not to be quite the romantic moment 
we had always pictured it. Instead of 
walking up the gangplank in a grace¬ 
ful and assured manner, stopping mid¬ 
way to wave easily to friends on the 
shore, and touching the deck with an 
accustomed step, we betrayed our¬ 
selves as raw and unseasoned travelers 
by running awkwardly up, rapping 
our toes against each crossboard, and 
stumbling onto the deck in a most un¬ 
sophisticated manner. 

Gym Department to 

Offer New Sports 

In addition to the regular fall sports, 
the Athletic Association will offer 
badminton for the first time this year. 
The gym department has purchased a 
complete set of equipment which will 
be at the disposal of anyone interested 
in learning the game. Badminton will 
be part of the recreational program of 
the Association. 

An exhibition match last week in¬ 
troduced the new sport to the campus. 
Mary Johnson, Alice Cheeseman, Anne 
Thompson, and Virginia Milner played 
on a court lined off behind Rebekah 
Scott dormitory. 

The outing club has announced 

that its project for the year will be 

the construction of an outdoor stove 

behind the campus. The school recent¬ 

ly purchased two and a half acres of 

land which will be used as a location. 

The stove will, in a measure, replace 

the condemned camping equipment at 

Stone Mountain. 

Fall plans for the gym department 

as a whole reveal the annual tourna¬ 

ments and interclass games. The mixed 

two-ball golf tournament which 

proved so popular last year will be re¬ 

peated this fall. It was won last year 

by Judith Gracey and Johnny Owens. 

Hockey will feature six inter-class 

games at the end of the season. 

Swimming classes are open to begin¬ 

ners, advanced swimmers, and divers. 

Try-outs for the swimming club will 

be announced soon by Bee Merrill, 

swimming manager. There is also a 

tennis club, headed by Ellen Little, in 

addition to the regular tennis classes. 

The doubles tennis tournament is an 

event of the fall, but the singles com¬ 

petition does not come off until 

spring. 

The Style Center of the South 

Presents 

Morn-'til-dawii fashions 

• . • for the college set 
Just about the grandest clothes that ever 

sought a college education . . dazzled a "prof" 
or made the "natives" sit up and take notice! 
A smooth sorority of new "under $20" arri¬ 
vals that will sway your heart and swing your 
silhouette. 

Fifth Floor 

We had gloriously fair weather, all 
the entertainment the Cunard Line 
could invent, and a congenial crowd 
(the Yale Glee club, the Princeton or¬ 
chestra, and some others). Our wait¬ 
ers were our dearest friends. There 
were George, a nice little cockney who 
gained our sympathy because he was 
too slow for particular people; and 
"Spotsy," a solemn youth with rosy 

cheeks and a perpetual wonder at the 
antics of Americans. Most beloved, 
however, was "Theophilus" (known 
professionally as Theophile Rens), a 
little middle-aged, rabbit-like Belgian 
with a mustache and a kindly but har¬ 
ried air, who served us everything on 
the menu, regardless of what we or¬ 
dered, and always gave us two help¬ 
ings of ice cream. 

Party Lands Safely 
With carnival dinners, dancing, 
movies, and deck sports, the voyage 
passed quickly, our only complaint 
arising from the loss of one hour every 
night, as if there wasn't little enough 
time for sleep anyway! At last we 
landed at Cherbourg, with life, limb, 
and property intact, went through the 
customs, and boarded the train for 
Paris. 
We arrived in Paris at nine that 
night, and first impressions were hazy 
ones of hundreds of smoking engines 
and screaming porters in blue smocks. 
We ate our first interminable French 
dinner in a very discouraged state and 
went to sleep between courses. Next 
morning we began the whirlwind of 
activity known as "doing Paris": we 
sightsaw under the guidance of a pom¬ 
pous, rotund, and important gentle¬ 
man whom we distinguished by the 
name of "Papa," and we enjoyed our 
first European coca-cola at Versaille. 
We bought an appalling amount of 
perfume and gloves and wasted a great 
deal of time locking our keys in our 
rooms. Our evenings we spent at side¬ 
walk cafes, at the Folies Bergeres, and 
"doing" the night clubs, and ended 
by attending Faust at the opera house. 
From Paris we went to Avignon, 
where we very properly danced on the 
bridge and sang "Sur le pont," besides 
eating very American-looking ice 
cream cones and attending "The Af¬ 
fairs of Cellini" at the Cinema, which 
we left in disgust at not being able to 
understand the French. 
(Continued on page 5, column 1) 

For New Library 

Hours the library is open: 
7:50-5:30 every day, but closed for 
chapel from 10:00-10:30 a. m. 
(Closed Saturday from 12:30 to 
1:30.) 
7:00-10:00 p. m. Monday, Tues¬ 
day, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. 
2:30-5:30 p. m. Sunday, reference 
room only. 

Injury to books will result in the 
loss of library privilege of student re¬ 
sponsible. 

All books, except reserved books, 
are to be charged at the loan desk on 
the main floor whether for home or 
library use. 

Books not needed in the library in 
connection with class use may be tak¬ 
en out for a period of two weeks ex¬ 
cept certain seven-day books. 

Fourteen-day books may be renewed 
for two weeks. 
A fine of ten cents an hour is 
charged for reserved books not re¬ 
turned at proper hour. Two cents a 
day is charged for two weeks books 
not returned at proper time. 
Any book is subject to recall and 
must be returned at once if so recalled. 
Books needed for class rooms, if not 
returned within twenty-four hours, 
are subject to the same fine as reserved 
books. 
Reference books marked "R" and 
shelved in the reference room are not 
to be removed from that room under 

any circumstances. 
No periodicals circulate. 
Reserved books should be signed for 

and the cards placed on the shelves 
in boxes provided. These should not 
be returned to the shelves after study, 
but will be replaced by library assist¬ 
ants. They should not be taken from 
the reserve book room. Books con¬ 
taining white or green cards may be 
taken by day students at 4:30 p. m. 
on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, 
Thursday, and Friday and must be 
taken out by day students at 12:30 
on Saturday. Boarding students may 
take books out at 9:00 p. m. every 
day except Saturday at which time 
they may take them at 4:30 p. m. 
These must be returned not later than 

8:00 a. m. of the following morning. 
If you were at the Y. W. C. A. tea 
Thursday before last and, in the gen¬ 
eral scramble, happened to see a small, 
black-haired, almond-eyed girl dressed 
in Japanese costume; and if, sometime 
this week, you have come upon two 
students talking French at an unintel¬ 
ligible rate in the middle of the quad¬ 
rangle; and if you, one day, found 
yourself talking to a day student with 
a decided English accent—then you 
have seen or met or talked with four 
of the most interesting personalities 
on the campus this year. They are the 
foreign students and represent five dif¬ 
ferent countries — England, France, 
Switzerland, Mexico, and Japan. The 
following thumbnail sketches are the 
result of hundreds of questions fired 
relentlessly at these students. 

First, we cornered Mile. Renee Ger¬ 
ard whom we found at home, hang¬ 
ing out clothes on an improvised 
clothes line in a most collegiate man¬ 
ner. She did not come to Agnes Scott 
directly from Paris, but from Mexico 
City where she moved a year and a 
half ago. She attended the American 
School in Mexico City and received 
there her first impression of American 
young people, which, she says, was not 
a very good one. But she thinks that 
Agnes Scott has already erased a large 
part of it. Renee likes American 
clothes—prefers French boys to Amer¬ 
ican boys—says American boys are 

A. S. Students Are 
Camp Counselors 

Agnes Scott supplied several camps 
with experienced counselors this sum¬ 
mer. Members of the student body 
acted as instructors in all camp activi¬ 
ties, ranging from swimming to danc¬ 
ing. 

Camp Civitania, the Girl Scout 
camp near Atlanta, claimed the largest 
number of Agnes Scott girls: Eliza¬ 
beth Furlow, Julia Telford, Bryant 
Holsenbeck, Frances Castleberry, Eliz¬ 
abeth Warden, Nell Echols, Alice 

too familiar—has had a hard time get¬ 
ting used to ankle socks and to carrot 
and pineapple salad. She declares her 
worst break at Agnes Scott, so far, 
was mistaking the physical examina¬ 
tion for an examination in physics. 

Our next conversation was with 
Tamiko Okamura who hails from 
Tokyo and whose name when short¬ 
ened is pronounced like our American 
Tommy. In talking of Japan, Tami 
mentioned that the majority of young 
people in Japan today are very much 
against the militaristic inclinations of 
the present Japanese government. 

Although Peggy Everhart has re¬ 
cently come from England to Agnes 
Scott, she is, nevertheless, an Ameri¬ 
can, having lived until 192 8 in Decatur. 
While in Europe, Peggy attend¬ 
ed schools in the German and French 
parts of Switzerland and in Southamp¬ 
ton, England. She says the hardest 
thing to get accustomed to in Eng¬ 
land, after having lived in the United 
States, is the food. 

Suzanne Audrain, whom everyone 
calls Susie, comes from the gay city 
of Paris. Since her arrival, she has 
taken in as much of the United States 
as has been possible, from dancing in 
Harlem to exploring the Washington 
monument. She likes American boys 
who are so "jolly"—is amused at the 
bright clothes of Negroes—likes celery 
and American pastry and is especially 
enthusiastic about Agnes Scott. 

Cheeseman, and Jean Chalmers. At the 
campfire girls camp at Toccoa were 
Julia Thing, Kitty Printup, Mary 
King, Mary Past, Zoe Wells, and Mar¬ 
tha Crenshaw, '36. Lettie McKay, Lib 
Burson, '3 6, and Eloisa Alexander 
went to Highland; Virginia Watson 
to Tallawanda; Florence Lasseter and 
Miss Llewellyn Wilburn to Rockbrook; 
Miss Elizabeth Mitchell to Nakanawa; 
Ann Coffee, '36, to Transylvania; 
Anne Thompson to Greystone; Mar¬ 
tha Long to Camp Toledo; and Mich¬ 
elle Furlow and MarHrie Scott to 
Laurel Falls. 

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THE AGONISTIC 

Professor Studies Fifteen States, Five Foreign Countries Send Faculty Works, 
In French College, 189 New Studeiltg t0 Swell Enrollment to 488 Plays iii Summer 

Miss Margaret Taylor Phythian, as¬ 
sistant professor of French, has for the 
past month been working at the Uni¬ 
versity of Grenoble in France, under 
the direction of M. Raoul Blanchard, 
celebrated geographer. Her work con¬ 
sists of ascertaining that the regionalistic 
novelists of France are scientifi¬ 
cally accurate in their mention of 
places—especially those in the Alpine 

section. 

Miss Phythian left America in Aug¬ 
ust, and made a tour of Germany be¬ 
fore taking up her studies at Grenoble. 
While in Germany she visited the 
home of Lucie Hess, who attended 
Agnes Scott last year as an exchange 
student. Miss Phythian reported that 
she found the German people "cordial, 
prosperous, and happy." 

A.S.C. PARTY FINDS ADVENTURE 
IN ROLLICKING EUROPEAN TOUR 
{Continned from page 4, column 2) 
Rome Seen in a Day 
We then descended on Rome. Al¬ 
though we knew that Rome was not 
built in a day, we learned that it can 
be seen in one. We saw literally all 
Rome one blazing July day: ancient 
Rome, medieval Rome, and modern 
Rome. By afternoon we were in a state 
of torpor, so deadened to beauty and 
art that we ate ice cream cones in St. 
Paul's Outside the Walls, and awak¬ 
ened to the beauty of the Appian Way 
only when we learned that coca-colas 
were obtainable there. 

When we were itaving Rome and 
waiting for the train to Naples, Nell 
and Rosa, taking pictures in the sta¬ 
tion, attracted the attention of four 
or five young Italians who insisted on 
their own pictures being taken, and 
in return sent to our train an enor¬ 
mous bunch of carnations. 

After Naples, where Rosa innocent¬ 
ly exclaimed, "This is Naples, but 
where is Napoli?", we took a boat to 
Capri. In the rush of embarking, Miss 
Scandrett's small suitcase was smashed, 
and the little man handling our lug¬ 
gage, who seemed uncontrollably 
amused at life, rushed gleefully up to 
her to tell the tragedy and ended with 
a hearty chuckle, "Ha, ha! We'll buy 
you another one!" Whereupon Miss 
Scandrett immediately chuckled back, 
"Ha, ha! I'll take it!" 

From Capri and Pompeii we jour¬ 
neyed on to Florence, where we spent 
nearly all our money on leathers and 
linens, and did a little sightseeing on 
the side. Venice turned out to be ro¬ 
mantic not because of the canals 
(which the unaesthetic Venetians use 
as garbage cans) but because of the 
lace shops, where two of our number, 
one of them Sarah Jones, bought wed¬ 
ding veils. 

From Milan and Bellagio, we turned 
to Switzerland. After losing Nell and 
Strick and finding them on the wrong 
train, we arrived at Interlaken. Next 
day, after a thrilling drive over the 
Alps, during which I lost my best 
coat out the back of the bus, to the 
advantage of some mountain goat, we 
reached Lucerne. There just about 
everybody bought watches except me, 
and I bought a cuckoo clock. 

Instruments of Torture 

After Switzerland came Munich, 
where Mutt bought a hat which she 
carried in a band-box all the rest of 
the trip. Then there was Nuremburg, 
where we visited the castle with all the 
ancient instruments of torture; and I 
was so affected that I forgot and left 
a dress in the closet of the hotel. Next 
came Heidelburg, Mainz, and Cologne, 
where we met a young man who had 
just bought a wedding veil for his ut¬ 

terly unknown future wife. 

Our next stop was Brussels where 
Mutt bought a wedding veil. After 
visiting The Hague, we undertook our 
first night journey—to the Hook of 
Holland, from which we crossed the 

Meet Your Friends at 

Cox's Prescription Shop 
Between Paramount and Grand 
Theaters, Atlanta 

One hundred and ninety-two day 
students and 296 boarders, making a 
total of 488 students, have en¬ 
rolled for this term. Following are the 
189 new students, who represent fif¬ 
teen states and five foreign countries: 

BOARDERS 
Frances Abbot, Louisville, Ga. 
Josephine Allen, West Point, Ga. 
Carolyn Alley, Dalton, Ga. 
Shirley Frances Armentrout, Golds


boro, N. C. 
Carrie Jean Ashley, Ellenton, S. C. 
Suzanne Audraine, Courbevoie, Seine, 

France. 
Betty Banks, Winchester, Tenn. 
Mary Jane Bannister, Charleston, W. 

Va. 
Marguerite Barnes, Ivy Depot, Va. 
Francina Bass, Gadsden, Ala. 
Ida Evelyn Baty, Birmingham, Ala. 
Margaret Rose Bennett, Sanford, Fla. 
Susie Cobb Blackmon, Anniston, Ala. 
Marjorie Louise Boggs, Shreveport, La. 
Artye Hill Boyd, Carrollton, Ky. 
Joan Brinton, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 
Barbara Louise Brown, Charleston, W. 

Va. 
Mary Virginia Brown, Winter Garden, 

Fla. 
Gretchen Bubenzer, Bunkie, La. 
Eleanor Burns, Charles Town, W. Va. 
Alice Caldwell, Bristol, Tenn. 
Rachel Campbell, Mansfield, Ga. 
Emily Carroll, East Point, Ga. 
Helen Carson, Harriman, Tenn. 
Ernestine Cass, Tifton, Ga. 
Cornelia Coleman, Richmond, Va. 
Ruth Crisp, Lenoir, N. C. 
Mary Winston Crockett, University, 

Va. 
Margaret Currie, Mullens, W. Va. 
Mary Elizabeth Dixon, Colum, S. C. 
Eloise Donkle, Greenville, S. C. 
Margaret Douglas, Davidson, N. C. 
Lillie Belle Drake, Union City, Ga. 
Rebecca Drucker, McCormick, S. C. 
Carolyn DuPre, Gadsden, Ala. 
Ann Stedman Enloe, Dillsboro, N. C. 
Joan Fayssoux, Winnsboro, N. C. 
Carolyn Forman, Birmingham, Ala. 
Annette Franklin, Statesboro, Ga. 
Marion Franklin, Swainsboro, Ga. 
Renee Gerard, Mexico. 
Mary Lang Gill, Salisbury, N. C. 
Charlotte Golden, Columbus, Ga. 
Sarah Alice Gray, Columbus, Ga. 
Sarah Groves, Byromville, Ga. 
Edyth Guinn, Ducktown, Tenn. 
Eleanor Hall, Bluefield, W. Va. 
Frances Hampton, Clearwater, Fla. 
Polly Heaslett, Birmingham, Ala. 
Mary Hendricks, Athens, Ala. 
Jane Hurzfield, New York, N. Y. 
Barbara Holland, Newnan, Ga. 
Margaret Hopkins, Gainesville, Fla. 
Elizabeth Horne, St. George, S. C. 
Anita Howard, Nashville, Ga. 
Betty Ann Hubbard, Marion, S. C. 
Emma Louise Hughston, Spartanburg, 

s. c. 
Georgia Hunt, Atlanta, Ga. 
Eleanor Hutchins, Huntsville, Ala. 
Virginia Johnson, Turin, Ga. 
English channel to England. In Lon¬ 
don we went on a shopping orgy the 
like of which we had not indulged in 
since Florence. Yardley's products, 
tweeds, sweaters, and gentlemen's 
gloves figured most prominently in 
our lists. I, who always managed to 
{Continued on page 6, column 1) 

EAGER & SIMPSON 
Corset Shop 

24 Cain St., N. E. WA. 4972 
Atlanta, Ga. 

Mildred Joseph, Jacksonville, Fla. 
Ruth Kaplan, Savannah, Ga. 
Frances King, Woodland, Ga. 
Sophie La Borde, Columbia, S. C. 
Sara Lee, Live Oak, Fla. 
Martha Liepold, Jacksonville, Fla. 
Eloise Leonard, Alexander City, Ala. 
Mary Elizabeth Leukel, K e n n e t t 

Square, Pa. 
Eleanor Lewis, Orange, Fla. 
Margaret Lipscomb, Clio, S. C. 
Jane Luthy, Americus, Ga. 
Eloise McCall, Marion, S. C. 
Eleanor McCants, Winnsboro, S. C. 
Mary Virginia McPhaul, Doerun, Ga. 
Rebecca McRee, Trenton, Tenn. 
Emma Jean Mitchell, Tullahoma, 

Tenn. 
Mary Mocquot, Paducah, Ky. 
Martha Moffett, Kiangyin, Ku, China. 
Sophie Montgomery, Hwaianfu, Ku, 

China. 
Lutie Moore, Barnesville, Ga. 
Mary Frances Moore, Monroe, La. 
Frances Morgan, Gadsden, Ala. 
Julia Moseley, Limona, Fla. 
Jane Moses, Lookout Mountain, Tenn. 
Charlotte Newman, Spartanburg, S. C. 
Tamiko Okamura, Tokyo, Japan. 
Katherine Patton, Abingdon, Va. 
Nellie Pinner, Suffolk, Va. 
Marjorie Pressly, Belmont, N. C. 
Mary Clay Price, Decatur, Ala. 
Isabella Robertson, Concord, N. C. 
Eleanor Rogers, Fort Smith, Ark. 
Jane McClary Salters, Florence, S. C. 
Samille Saye, Augusta, Ga. 
Lucille Scott, Dallas, Tex. 
Harriet Evelyn Sears, St. Louis, Mo. 
Beatrice Sexton, Bessemer City, N. C. 
Lois Sexton, Bessemer City, N. C. 
Elizabeth Skinner, Augusta, Ga. 
Ruth Slack, Decatur, Ga. 
Martha Sloan, Columbia, Tenn. 
Hazel Solomon, Macon, Ga. 
Winston Steele, Ripley, Tenn. 
Shirley Steele, Ripley, Tenn. 
Harriet Stimson, Chattanooga, Tenn. 
Ellen Stewart, St. Petersburg, Fla. 
Grace Tazewell, Norfolk, Va. 
Mary Templeton, Mooresville, N. C. 
Julia Thiemonge, Birmingham, Ala. 
Mary Louise Torrance, Sanford, Fla. 
Grace Ward, Selma, Ala. 
Mary Ellen Ware, Greenville, S. C. 
Elizabeth Warren, Monroe, N. C. 
Violet Watkins, Nashville, Tenn. 
Elizabeth Williams, Hickory, N. C. 
Annette Williams, Lawrenceville, Ga. 
Eugenia Williams, Washington, Ga. 
Jean Williams, Hickory, N. C. 
Willomette Williamson, Miami, Fla. 
Jane Whitman, Asheville, N. C. 
Florence Wynn, Live Oak, Fla. 
Marjorie Young, Haines City, Fla. 
Martha Zellner, Jacksonville, Fla. 

DAY STUDENTS 
Raline Adair, Atlanta, Ga. 
Ruth Albion, Atlanta, Ga. 
Elizabeth Alderman, Atlanta, Ga. 
Anne Elizabeth Ansley, Atlanta, Ga. 
Mary Elizabeth Arnold, Atlanta, Ga. 
Roslin Arnold, Decatur, Ga. 
Mary Oliver Auger, Decatur, Ga. 
Betty Aycock, Atlanta, Ga. 
Marguerite Baum, Atlanta, Ga. 

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Professor Arthur Raper taught a

Julia Bell, Atlanta, Ga. 

seminar on race relations at a Young

Anne Margaret Bond, Atlanta, Ga. 

People's conference at Louisburg, N.

Rebecca Boorstein, Atlanta, Ga. 

C., and one at Oxford, Ga. At the

Mary Bridges, Atlanta, Ga. 

annual meeting of the Council on a

Mary Kate Burruss, Atlanta, Ga. 

Christian Social Order held at Lake

Ruth Ann Byerley, Atlanta, Ga. 

Junaluska, N. C., in July, Dr. Raper

Mary Elizabeth Chalmers, East Point, 

was one of the platform speakers; later

Ga. 

he was a platform speaker at Nash¬

Margaret Christie, Decatur, Ga. 

ville, Tenn., for the School of Christ¬

Jeanne Codding, Atlanta, Ga. 

ian Living conducted by the woman's

Cornelia Cook, College Park, Ga. 

missionary council of the M. E.

Ada Cordes, Atlanta, Ga. 

Church, South. He also made a ten-

Elizabeth Davis, Atlanta, Ga. 

day tour of the Mississippi delta and

Mary Louise Dobbs, Atlanta, Ga. 

East Arkansas looking over the share

Nell Elvira Echols, Atlanta, Ga. 

cropper's situation. On this trip he

Margaret Everhart, Bedford, England. 

stayed at the Delta Cooperative Farm

Ruth Eyles, Atlanta, Ga. 

at Clarksdale, Miss.

Mary Evelyn Francis, Clearwater, Fla. 

Miss Laura Colvin, assistant li¬

Nettie Lee Greer, Atlanta, Ga. 

brarian, spent two months abroad this

Sam Olive Griffin, Decatur, Ga. 

summer, visiting in England, France,

Wilma Griffith, Atlanta, Ga. 

and Germany. While traveling in vari¬

Penn Hammond, Atlanta, Ga. 

ous cities, she visited several libraries

Virginia Hill, Atlanta, Ga. 

among which were the Bibliotheque

Hazel Hirsch, Atlanta, Ga. 

Nationale in Paris, the library of the

Bryant Holsenbeck, Atlanta, Ga. 

University of Heidelburg, and the

Betty Jones, Atlanta, Ga. 

Deutsches Museum. She reports that

Lenora Jones, Decatur, Ga. 

the Deutsches Museum is the most

Jane Knapp, Atlanta, Ga. 

modern and has the most adequate

Mary Elizabeth Leavitt, Atlanta, Ga. 

catalogue. She also visited the Ameri¬

Mary Caroline Lee, Atlanta, Ga. 

can library in Paris, which is a model

Edna Lewis, Atlanta, Ga. 

American library.

Mary Matthews, Smyrna, Ga. 

Professor Henry A. Robinson, of

Sarah Matthews, Lithonia, Ga. 

the mathematics department, lectured

Virginia Milner, Atlanta, Ga. 

on the mathematics of sound-ranging

Nell Moss, Decatur, Ga. 

at Fort Bragg this summer. Practical¬

Eva Anna Pirkle, Atlanta, Ga. 

ly everybody in this unit, of which

Mary Ann Pittard, Decatur, Ga. 

Mr. Robinson is a captain, must hold

Mary Reins, College Park, Ga. 

advanced college degrees.

Helen Rodgers, Atlanta, Ga. 

Since his return Mr. Robinson has

Helen Simpson, Atlanta, Ga. 

developed certain formulas hastening

Antoinette Sledd, Decatur, Ga. 

the time for calculating the position

Florence Sledd, Decatur, Ga. 

of the enemy on the battlefield.

Marie Stockdale, Decatur, Ga. 

Miss Emily Dexter, associate profes¬

Edith Stover, Atlanta, Ga. 

sor of psychology and education, wrote

Louise Sullivan, Decatur, Ga. 

an article entitled "Does Mathematics

Mary Taylor, Atlanta, Ga. 

Require Specialized Endowment?"

Henrietta Thompson, Atlanta, Ga. 

which was published in the August

Myrtis Trimble, Emory University, Ga. 

issue of the Georgia School and So¬

Emily Underwood, Decatur, Ga. 

ciety.

Eloise Weeks, Atlanta, Ga. 

Miss Dexter has recently been ap¬

Evelyn Weinkle, Atlanta, Ga. 

pointed to serve on the committee of 
Elinor Wilkinson, Atlanta, Ga. the Georgia Academy of Science for 
Martha Claire Wilson, Atlanta, Ga. awarding the Phipps and Bird prize. 

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THE AGONISTIC 

House Committee 

Headed bv Willis; 

Coit is Secretary 

Fannie B. Harris Elected Senior 
Representative On Executive 
Committee of 11 

Betty Willis, president of Rebekah 
Scott, was elected chairman of the 
house committee last week, and Fan¬ 
nie B. Harris, president of Main, was 
appointed senior class representative 
on the executive committee. The ex¬ 
ecutive committee is composed of Dr. 

J. R. McCain, Dean Nannette Hop¬ 
kins, Dr. Mary Sweet, Registrar S. G. 
Stukes, Miss Carrie Scandrett, a fac¬ 
ulty member, the officers of Student 
Government, and a senior representa¬ 
tive. 
Laura Coit, secretary of Student 
Government and president of White 
House, is also recording secretary for 
the house committee, which meets 
every two weeks, and which is respon¬ 
sible for keeping order in the dormi¬ 
tories, reporting improvements that 
could be made, discussing minor in¬ 
fringements of the rules and imposing 
penalties for them. Other members of 
the committee are Anne Worthy John¬ 
son, Mary Lillian Fairly, Fannie B. 
Harris, and Mary Alice Newton, 
house presidents of Gaines, Boyd, Main, 
and Inman; Peggy Ware, proctor of 
and Inman; and Elizabeth Williams, 
proctor of Gaines; Gary Horne, proc¬ 
tor of Boyd; Julia Porter, Phyllis John¬ 
son, Eunice Knox, Frances Belford, 
proctors of Main; Peggy Ware, proc¬ 
tor of White House; Letty McKay, 
Martha Johnson, Jane Guthrie, Bee 
Merrill, Joyce Roper, Frances Norman, 
proctors of Rebekah Scott; and Marjorie 
Boggs, Margaret Barnes, Shirley 
Steele, Ellen Stewart, Eloise Leonard, 
Caroline Alley, proctors of Inman. 

A.S.C. PARTY FINDS ADVENTURE 
IN ROLLICKING EUROPEAN TOUR 
{Continued from page 5, column 1) 
get larger and more unwieldy things 
than anybody else, acquired eleven 
books, a toasting fork, and three can¬ 
dlesticks. 

From London we started an all-motor 
trip of England and Scotland in a 
big green bus. On our trip northward 
we passed Banbury, where we ate Ban-
bury cross buns, Warwick Castle, Kenilworth, 
and Stratford, where we 
stayed in a fourteenth century inn 
whose heating was so fourteenth cen¬ 
tury that I had to keep my feet warm 
with a sweater, which I left in the bed 
next morning. 

The next nights we spent in York, 
Edinburgh, Glasgow, Ambleside, and 
Chester. In Edinburgh we added to 
our train a number of plaid scarfs and 
liny plaid bound copies of Scott and 
Burns, and I characteristically pur¬ 
chased a large Scotfield blanket and a 
sword. In Ambleside we added to our 
store three walking canes; and in Ches¬ 
ter, our last stop, we spent the eve¬ 
ning washing practically all our 
clothes for the return voyage. 

The return voyage on the Corinthia 
was just the opposite of that on the 
Berengaria. Finally after a ten-day 
journey of fog, rough seas, and too 
much to eat, we sailed into New York 
harbor at seven o'clock on a bright 
August morning, passed the Statue of 
Liberty and the magnificent skyline, 
and up the Hudson to the Fourteenth 
Street pier, where just two months be¬ 
fore, we had scrambled so excitedly up 
the gangplank. There we landed, look¬ 
ing like so many immigrants, with 
Italian cardboard suitcases filled with 
purchases, gay Roman striped bags 
packed with extra shoes, bundles, 
packages, walking canes, and a sword 

You Can Come to Us or 
We Will Go to You 

We are as close to you as your 
telephone. 

HARRISON'S 
PHARMACY 
Sudden Service 

309 College Avenue 
JUST CALL DE. 0762 

Faculty Pursue 
Exchanges Reveal

c?

Musical Interest 

Student Activities 
Mr. Dieckmann Presents An¬ 
them; Mr. Johnson Sees Opera 

The presidents' council of Alabama 
College is giving a course in parlia¬

A unison anthem composed by Pro¬ 

mentary law similar to the one spon¬

fessor Christian Dieckmann will be 

sored last spring by the Agnes Scott 

given on the Organ Vespers program 

council and student government. 
of Joseph Ragan, organist and choir¬ At Los Angeles Junior College, a 
master of All Saints' Episcopal church, lost and found department to be op¬ 

erated by NYA girls has been inaug¬

at 5 p. m. on the last Sunday in Octo


: urated in conjunction with the book

ber. The anthem, taken from John 

exchange. Here the Athletic Associa¬ 

Bunyan's "He Who Would Valiant 

tion and Student Government operate 
Be," is dedicated to Mr. Ragan and these departments. 
l the All Saints' choir. A play writing contest with a first 
prize of $5 00 is now open to students

Mr. Lewis H. Johnson continued 

of Mount Holyoke College. The con¬

his musical activity during the sum¬ 

test is being sponsored by the Bureau 

mer by attending a week of rehearsals 

of New Plays, Inc., and the winning

and the featured performance of Gil¬ 

play will be given a chance of produc¬

bert and Sullivan's light opera The 

tion on Broadway.

Gondoliers, at Chautauqua, New York. 

Improvements have been going on

In company with Mr. Johnson was a 

at Salem Academy, Winston-Salem,

group of his voice students who will 

N. C., as well as at Agnes Scott Col¬
be the soloists in this production on 

lege. A new gymnasium is nearing

the Agnes Scott campus. 

completion and an administration 
building founded in 1811 has been

Candle-Lighting Service 

refurnished to look as nearly like the 
Marks Y.W.C.A. Vespers original building as possible. 
Students of the Los Angeles Junior 
Twilight candle-lighting services in College are planning a three ring cir¬ 
chapel last Sunday marked the recon-cus complete in every detail to be 
given this spring. Over 300 men wil

secration and rededication vespers of 

take part and the exhibitions will in¬

Y. W. C. A. Isabel McCain, president 
clude everything from Arabian tumb¬ 

| of Agnes Scott Y. W. C. A., led the 

lers to trapeze performers.

devotional, emphasizing the theme of Ratting at Converse College this 
this year's association, "Christ, the year consists of plaited hair for the 
Challenge." 

I freshmen, one-sided makeup, washrags 

Following special music by the in place of handkerchiefs, and tooth 
choir, the Y. W. C. A. cabinet led the brushes for pennants. And sophomores 
students and faculty in a processional insist that all this is just to help them 
to the quadrangle, where a friendship become better acquainted with the 
circle was formed. newcomers. 

The Princeton cheering section rose 
Miss Omwake Works On Tests as one raccoon.-—Readers Digest. 

Miss Katherine Omwake, assistant 
professor of psychology and education, HONOR ROLL 
served this summer on the committee Announcement of students making 
on aptitude tests of the Association of honor roll will be made in chapel next 
American Medical Colleges. The na¬ Saturday. 
ture of her work, which was done in 
Washington, D. C., at the office of Students To Nominate 
the secretary of the committee, was 

Girls For Vacant Offices

learning the efficiency of the aptitude 
tests which are required of all pre-for secretary

Popular nominations 

medical students. 

of Y. W. C. A. will take place to¬ 
morrow after chapel if there is time. 

REPORTERS 

Carolyn Elliott, who was elected sec¬

Nell Allison 

retary last year, did not return to Ag¬

Alice Cheeseman 

nes Scott. The position is open to a

Giddy Erwin 

junior.

Nell Hemphill 

The day students are to elect a

Carol Hale 

treasurer to fill the vacancy left by

Cora Kay Hutchins 

Cynthia Clegg, who is attending the

Sarah Johnson 

University of Georgia.

Eliza King 
Douglas Lyle 

Don't Forget To

Enid Middleton 
Mary Frances Guthrie Sign Up For 
Frances Lee 

Membership

Regina Hurwitz 

In theY.W. C. A.

Julia Sewell 
Mary Willis 
Mamie Lee Ratliff 
Selma Steinbach 
Anne Purnell 

COMPLIMENTS 

Marie Merritt 
Alice Reins 
Myrl Chafin 

OF 

Louise Young 
Mary Frances Kennedy 
Henrietta Blackwell 
Primrose Noble 

RUBIN'S 

BUSINESS ASSISTANTS 
Rachel Kennedy 
Anne Purnell 
Jane Dryfoos 

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE 

DECATUR. OA. 

A college for women that is widely recog¬ 

nized for its standards of work and for the 

interesting character of its student activities 

For furth'r inro'Tiaticn. address 

J. R. McCAIN, President 
Vogue Announces 

Contest for Qirls 

Fashion Quizzes, Thesis Re¬ 
quired in Annual Contest 

I Of interest to all readers of Vogue 
I on the campus, and particularly to the 
senior class, comes the announcement 
that Vogue is about to start its second 
annual Prix de Paris career contest. 
Open to senior girls in any accredited 
college or university in the United 
States, the contest is conducted like a 
course in fashions, with quizzes and a 
final thesis. To girls who can write, 
who have a flair for fashions and a 
knack of clear presentations, it offers 
excellent preliminary training toward 
a career in publishing, merchandising, 
or advertising, and a chance to test 
their own qualifications for success in 

these fields. 

The awards will be paying positions 

on the staff of Vogue and with other 

organizations of importance through¬ 

out the country. First prize carries 

with it a year's employment with pay 

by Vogue, at least half of the time to 

be spent in the Paris office with all 

travel expenses paid; the remainder in 

New York. Second prize will be six 

months' employment on the editorial 

staff of the New York office. Other 

girls showing unusual ability may be 

selected for positions in other depart¬ 

ments. Between 3 0 and 40 other op¬ 

portunities to become identified with 

the fashion departments of leading 

stores, manufacturers of fashions mer¬ 

chandise and cosmetics, newspapers 

and advertising agencies will be ex¬ 

tended other high ranking partici¬ 

pants. 

Vogue's first Prix de Paris ended 

last May. Seniors from more than 190 

colleges and universities of the coun¬ 

try were entered. The winner was 

Marjorie Field, of Albion College, 

Michigan. Second prize went to Jose¬ 

phine Heiskell, of Bryn Mawr College, 

Pennsylvania. 

Seniors interested in competing can 

obtain contestants blanks from Mar¬ 

tha Summers, president of the senior 

class. 

Clubs Get Rooms 

For Meetings in 

Activity Building 

Mortar Board Studies Building, 
Equipment; Revises Plans 
of Last Year 

The 1936-37 chapter of Mortar 
Board has had to revise some of the 
recommendations made by last year's 
chapter for the appointment of rooms 
in the student activities building as a 
result of a further study of the build¬ 
ing and its equipment. 

(1) The main reading room is to 
be used as a students' lounge with fire¬ 
place, piano, comfortable chairs, and 
radios. The campus organizations may 
also use this room when necessary. 
(2) The English room is still to be 
used for Y. W. C. A., mission interest 
group, and Bible club. 
(3) The history room and upper 
back balcony will be used for language 
clubs, Pi Alpha Phi, Blackfriars, and 
current history forum. The erection of 
a stage, which was in the original 
plans for this room, is impossible be¬ 
cause of the construction of the roof 
there. 
(4) The Latin room will be used 
for K. U. B., Chi Beta Phi Sigma, Eta 
Sigma Phi, and Lecture Association. 
(5) The German room will be used 
for B. O. Z., Granddaughters club, 
and poetry club. 
(6) The French room will be used 
for pen and brush club. 
(7) The psychology room will be 
used for the Silhouette and the Aurora. 
This room was originally planned for 
The Agonistic; but since the lights in 
the student activities building will 
not be on after 10:30, The Agonistic 
staff will continue to use the room 
in the basement of Main, which will 
be furnished with heat this year. 
(8) The Spanish room will be used 
as a sitting room, as originally plan¬ 
ned; and in addition this room will be 
used by the freshman cabinet and hob¬ 
by groups because Y. W. C. A. needs 
more room. 
(9) Miss Hanley's room is being 
converted into a dressing room and 
kitchen. 
LET YOURSELF GO . . 

What you most certainly want is a silk dress 
that will work into your week-ends without 
a trace of the academic in it. Go gay, go 
glamorous off campus. Put away your 
campus uniform when you put on your eye 
shadow. In fact give 'em the works. 

And right here at MANGEL'S are the dresses 
that help you more than half way along 
this merry merry path. Princess lines with 
princess lure. Smooth lines for your"smooth 
line" and plenty of quality for a hackground. 
You'll find that MANGEL'S understands 
your needs and your line. 

J>isMSk 

185 Peachtree St. 


Try Out For Articles Due 
Agonistic ©!)£ Agonistic October 17 
VOL. XXII WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1936 NO. 2 

Three Agnes Scott Students A. S. C. Plans Mortar Board Reception Opens 

Participate in Political Debate Meeting of Y Murphey Candler Building 

Emory, Tech, Agnes Scott Have Here Oct. 17 Organization Presidents Assist 
Speakers For Three Parties Librarian Promises Freshmen Approve In Entertaining College At 
In Triangular Meet Lamps for Library Conference Will Be First of A. S. Honor System Wednesday Coffee 
Its Kind; Isabel McCain

Strikes, wrong fixtures, delayed Formal Dedication Is Later

Fairly, Spivey, Guthrie Talk The majority of freshmen and

orders, and general misunderstand¬ Is President 

new students, according to the

ings are the problems which Miss To mark the completion of the

Mary Lillian Fairly, Mary Frances 

Edna Hanley, librarian, has had to Attempting the first meeting of its handbook tests which they took on 

Guthrie, and Brooks Spivey will repre¬ Murphey Candler student activities 

deal with in getting the new library kind among young people, Agnes Scott October 2, proved to be in favor of

sent Agnes Scott in the triangular de¬ building and the transference of 

bate with Emory and Georgia Tech ready for regular school work. The Y. W. C. A. is inviting the presidents the double honor system as prac¬ 

Wednesday night coffee from Main to

floor lamps arrived but, having ticed at Agnes Scott. A few, how¬

on October 30, as the result of try-of the Georgia Y. W. C. A.'s and Y. the former library, Mortar Board will 

a wrong fixtures, could not be in¬ ever, it they

outs held last Thursday. Following M. C. A.'s to meet for a conference objected to because 
entertain the college community at an

stalled until last week. Ceiling disliked the idea of reporting their

custom begun during the presidential 

lights for the main reading room here on October 17 and 18. Isabel Mc¬ open house immediately after dinner

friends. "There was some construc¬

campaign four years ago, they will de¬ 

tonight.

were ordered October 9. And um¬ Cain, of Agnes Scott, is president of tive criticism of the honor system,"

bate the various phases of the politi¬ 

brellas for the terrace are on their the state association, and Jimmy reported Mary Jane Tigert, chair¬ Forming a receiving line will be

cal question. 

way. To students who have been Fannie B. Harris, president of Mortar

man, "and the handbook tests as

Webb, of Emory, is vice-president. a

Each school will defend the Demo¬ inquiring every other day as to the whole were very satisfactory." Board; Mary Jane Tigert, vice-presi¬

cratic, Republican, and Socialist par¬ Eloise Ogletree, G. S. W. C., is secre¬

completion of the library, Miss dent; Marie Stalker, secretary; Fran¬

Tests concerning general campus

ties, one speaker from each school up¬ tary, and Tap Bennett, University of ces Gary, treasurer; and Eloisa Alex¬

Hanley says, "Patience and courage. rules were also given to day stu¬

holding each party. The Socialist par¬ 

The end is in sight." Georgia, is treasurer. ander, quarterly editor. Dr. McCain,

dents.

ty speakers will stay at their respec¬ 

Dean Nannette Hopkins, Miss Carrie

The meeting, recommended at the

tive schools, the two other speakers 

Scandrett, and Professor Davidson,

traveling, so that on the stage at each state Y. W. C. A. and Y. M. C. A.

Dr. McCain Plans Glee Club Names faculty advisers; and Julia Thing, Isa¬ 

institution, three parties and three conference at Weslyan College last 

bel McCain, Laura Steele, and Alice 

schools will be represented. Brooks will To Attend Series fall, has as its purpose a strong stu¬ Leads, Choruses Hannah, other members of Mortar 
defend the Socialist party at Agnes 

dent Christian movement in Georgia Board, will assist in welcoming the

For Comic Opera

Scott; Mary Lillian will speak for the Of College Meets 

guests. Miss Florence Smith and Miss

and in America. The impetus for this

Democratic party at Emory; and Mary 

Louise Hale, faculty advisers, will 

Frances for the Republican party at Dr. J. R. McCain, president of Ag¬ movement is to arise from student The Gondoliers, last and most out¬ pour coffee. 
Tech. leaders united with a common pur¬ 

standing of the Gilbert and Sullivan

nes Scott College and president of the Presidents Serve 

Unlike most debates at Agnes Scott, pose. 

comic operas, will be presented by the

Association of American Colleges, will Presidents of various campus organ¬

which are non-decisional, the debate Girls Stay Here

attend the first of a series of regional Glee club in February and probably izations will serve. They are Florence

will be judged by the audience, who 

The leaders will meet on Saturday during commencement week. Mr. Lasseter, Elizabeth Espy, Barton Jack¬

will vote for the speaker presenting meetings of the Association of Ameri¬ 

afternoon, October 17, and the girls son, Martha Summers, Eliza King, An¬

Lewis Johnson, instructor in voice,

the best debate. can Colleges on October 16 and 17 in 

nie Lee Crowell, Lucile Dennison, Mar¬

In the debate four years ago, Agnes Jackson, Mississippi. According to Dr. will stay at the college through Sun¬ will direct the performance which will 

garet Hansell, Mary Kneale, Louise

Scott tied for one first place and won day noon. The boys are to stay at include, in addition to Agnes Scott

McCain, the three meetings at which Brown, Kathryn Printup, June Mat¬

two seconds. Katherine Woltz, speak¬ Emory. The program will include de


girls, male leads of former operas pre¬

he is to be present are "in line with thews, Margaret Watson, Alice Tay¬

ing in favor of the Democratic party votionals, social hours, a consecration 

the general policy of the Association sented here. lor, Frances Steele, Kathleen Daniel,

at Tech, tied with Bill Purdue of Em¬ service, and discussions led by such 

The cast, including the leads and Charline Fleece, Zoe Wells, Nellie 

ory, the Socialist representative. At in holding meetings in different parts speakers as Jimmy May, Y. M. C. A. 

Margaret Gilroy, Hortense Jones,

Agnes Scott, the Democratic speaker, of the country in order to discuss lo¬ secretary at Georgia Tech; Betty Hol-understudies, is as follows: Gianuta, 

Frances Belford, and Betty Hollis.

Robert Elliott of Emory, was voted cal needs and local interests." lis, vice-president of the Agnes Scott Ruth Tate, Betty Lou (Houck) Smith; 

The open house will be held in the

the best, with Nell Brown, Republi¬ The specific purpose of the meeting Y. W. C. A.; Jack McMichael, chair¬ 

Duchess, Amelia Nickels; Casilda, 

can, second. Jimmy Carmichael of in Jackson is to discuss the college man of the national Y. M. C. A.; and main room, which has been furnished 

Florence Lasseter, Jane Moore Hamil¬ 

with eight green leather lounges, four¬

Emory, upholding the Republican can¬ curriculum. On the evening of Octo¬ Miss Mary Jane Willett, regional sec¬ 

ton; Tessa, Mary Alice Newton, Vir¬

didate at his college, was awarded first ber 16 Dr. McCain will speak on the retary of the Y. W. C. A. teen tan leather chairs, a piano, and 

ginia Kyle; Fiametta, Caroline Armi


subject, "University Centers in the a radio; lamps, tables, and rugs are to

decision, with Elizabeth Lightcap, 

stead; Guilia, Virginia Wood; Marco,

speaking for the Socialist party, sec¬ South." He will discuss particularly be provided later. Alcoves leading off 

Frank Sule, tenor; Guiseppe, Walton

ond. the development of cooperation be¬ Thirty-Eight Are the main room contain furniture for¬ 

Bobo, Don White; Duke, Dick Smoot;

Gilroy, Spivey Debate tween Emory University and Agnes merly used in the lobby of Rebekah 

Luiz, Gene Powell, E. Everitt; Don

In November, Nellie Margaret Gil¬ Scott College. The list of speakers for On '36 Honor Roll {Continued on page 4, column 3)

Alhambra, Gene Traber, Leland Mack


roy and Brooks Spivey, president and the conference includes Dr. M. L. 

ey; Antonio, Jack Smoot. Frank Sule,

secretary, respectively, of Pi Alpha Brittain, president of Georgia School 

The names of thirty-eight students who has one of the masculine leads, Aurora Staff PlansPhi, will represent Agnes Scott in a of Technology and Dr. R. H. Oppen


making honor roll for 1935-36 were took the part of Frederick in the op-

debate with Cambridge, to be held in heimer, dean of Emory University 

announced by Dr. J. R. McCain last erett, Tlx Pirates of Penzance, pre¬ T o Edit Six Issues

the Bucher Scott gymnasium. The School of Medicine. 

sented at Agnes Scott last year. Wal¬

subject and definite date have not yet The second regional meeting will be Saturday. This number is exactly twice 

been decided upon. held 20 21 Notre on ton Bobo, Don White, Dick Smoot, editions a instead of the

October and in that the first honor roll ten years Six year 

Dame, Indiana. The theme of one of Gene Powell, Leland Mackey, and Jack usual four will be the project of the

Last year Edith Merlin and Sarah ago, and is nine more than last year. 

Smoot also had parts in the operetta

Catherine Wood debated Cuthbert the sessions is to be "The Survey Ver¬ Aurora, Agnes Scott literary quarter¬

Expressing regret that all worthy ef¬ 

James McCall Alport and John Royle sus the Sample Course." The program forts could not be recognized, Dr. 
given here last year. ly, as announced by Elizabeth Espy, 
from Cambridge. is to include also discussion of other The chorus of girls and Gondolieri editor. The magazine, which publish¬

McCain commended the following 

numbers forty-eight in all, and is com¬

problems in connection with the type es essays, short stories, poems, and

students for their outstanding scholas¬

of courses which colleges should offer. posed of Glee club members and men book reviews, has formerly appeared"Sacrificial Living" Dr. McCain is to preside at the open¬ 
tic records last year: of Decatur and Atlanta. The girls' on a quarterly basis, but demand for

Class of '37: Kathryn Bowen Wall,

ing session of this meeting. chorus is as follows: Jean Barry Ad¬ more frequent editions has led to the

Frances Gary, Lucile Dennison, Eliza¬

Is Vespers Topic On October 23 and 24 Dr. McCain ams, Lucille Cairns, Jane Estes, Mil¬ plan for six issues.

beth Espy, Nellie Margaret Gilroy,

will be in Colorado Springs, Colorado, dred Davis, Grace Duggan, Margaret The positions of book editor and

June Matthews, Enid Middleton, Pau¬

Continuing the theme of "Christ, for the third of the regional confer¬ Hansell, Nell Hemphill, Rachel Ken¬ assistant business manager, left open

line Moss, Isabel McCain, Kathryn

the Challenge," Y. W. C. A. has as ences. The theme of this meeting is nedy, Lettie McKay, Frances Morgan, by Anna Margaret Riepma and Rosa¬

Printup, Mary Fairfax Stevens, Rachel

its topic for vespers next Sunday night college teaching. Dr. McCain will Helen Moses, Annie Houston Newton, lind Richards, who did not return, will

Shamos, Mildred Tilly, Frances Wilson.

"Christ's Challenge to Sacrificial Liv¬ speak on "The College Teacher." Mary Primrose Noble, Rose North-be filled by Julia Sewell and Caroline

Class of '3 8: Elizabeth Blackshear,

ing." Louise Young is leader, and About one hundred colleges are to cross, Mary Past, Mary Perry, Betty Carmichael.

Elsie Blackstone, Laura Coit, Mildred

Sara McCain, Mary Lillian Fairly, and be represented in each of these meet¬ Price, Frances Robinson, Sara Beaty The freshman section of the Aurora,

Davis, Ruth Hertzka, Eliza King,

Sara Beaty Sloan are speakers. ings. At a similar regional conference Sloan, Marie Stalker, Frances Steele, begun last year, will continue this

Mary Ann Kernan, Elise Seay, Jane

Miss Mary Bailey Williams talked in Atlanta last year there were around Elizabeth Warren, Frances Wilson, year, with freshman work published

Turner, Anne Thompson, Zoe Wells.

on "Christ's Challenge to Joyful Liv¬ two hundred colleges represented. All Martha Zellner. in every issue. The first edition of

Class of '39: Mary Frances Guth¬

ing" last Sunday. Miss Williams is a the regional meetings lead to the an¬ Several of the soloists this summer the Aurora is scheduled to appear

rie, Cora Kay Hutchins, Elizabeth

worker among young people at Druid nual meeting of the Association of accompanied Mr. Johnson to Chautau-about the last of October. Material

Kenny, Douglas Lyle, Marie Merritt,

Hills Presbyterian church and a for¬ American Colleges which will convene qua, New York, where they attended should be placed in the Aurora box in

Mary Ruth Murphy, Mamie Lee Rat¬

mer director of the girls' club at Mon-this year in Washington, D. C. on a week of rehearsals and the perform¬ Buttrick by Friday, or should be given

liff, Anna Margaret Riepma, Barbara

treat. January 14 and 1 3. ance of The Gondoliers. to one of the staff members.

Shloss, Aileen Shortley, Sarah Thurman, 
Mary Ellen Whetsell, Louise

Ten Students Represent College Synod Delegates Meet Thursday

Young. 
Fourteen of the twenty-five juniors

In Piano Ensemble Next Month For Lunch, Tour of Agnes Scott

and seniors who made honor roll this 

year also made it last year.

Ten Agnes Scott students will play This is not the first time Agnes The two hundred delegates to the Boyd, Columbus, moderator; and Dr. 
a Chopin in piano ensemble Scott students have taken part in an Synod of Georgia, which is meeting in A. L.

rondo a Patterson, Savannah, clerk.

Pi Alpha Phi Try-outs

at the Erlanger theater November 12. Decatur this week for a three day ses¬

ensemble of this kind, but it is the This is by no means the first time

The girls are Nell Hemphill, Jean sion, October 14-16, will be the guests

first time that such a large group has that Decatur has entertained the state

Kirkpatrick, Carolyn Myers, Mamie Annual fall try-outs for Pi Alpha of Agnes Scott for lunch tomorrow. 

Lee Ratliff, Marie Merritt, Mary Ruth participated. This year all ten girls Phi, Agnes Scott debating society, were After lunch they will inspect the new Synod. It first met here in 1891, when 

Murphy, Mary Perry, Alice Hannah, are to play at the same time. In speak-' held Thursday, October 8, resulting library and the Murphey Candler build¬ Main building was dedicated; and 

Tommy Ruth Blackmon, and Julia ing of the ensemble Mr. Dieckmann in the election of four new members: ing. later it was in session when Rebekah 

Thiemonge. There are to be two per¬ compared the difference between a Jane Carithers, Flora McGuire, Mar¬ Presiding officers of the Synod, Scott was dedicated in 1905. In 1929, 

formances, at 2 and 8 p. m. Prices one piano performance and an ensem¬ garet Douglas, and Helen Moses. They which is holding its meetings at the when the cornerstone of Buttrick was 

will be found on posters in Buttrick ble to the difference between one vio¬ will be initiated at the meeting of the Decatur Presbyterian Church and at laid, the Synod was again meeting here. 

some time this week. lin and an orchestra. club tomorrow night. Columbia Seminary, are Dr. R. S. Last year it met at Athens. 


THE AGONISTIC 

Atlantan's First Novel Proves

(ityc Agonistic 

Ambiguous "•RecT' Defined 

Record Breaking Best Seller 

PUBLISHED WEEKLY 

Owned and published by the students of Agnes Scott 
College. 

Entered as Second Class Matter. 

Subscription price, $1.25 per year in advance. 
Single copies, 5 c. 
1036 Member 1037 
Plssocided GoUe&ide Press 

STAFF 
Laura Steele Kathryn B. Wall 
Editor-in-Chief Business Manager 
Elizabeth Blackshear

Frances Gary 

Advertising Manager

Associate Editor 

Mary Lib Morrow 

Jane Guthrie Frances Belford 

Hortense Jones Doris Dunn 
Mary McCann Hudson Circidation Managers 

Assistant Editors Frances Wilson 

Current History

June Matthews 

Pauline Moss

Make-Up Editor 

Society Editor 

Ruth Hertzka 

Jean Chalmers

Assistant Make-Up 

Sports Editor 
Nellie M. Gilroy Cornelia Christie 
Feature Editor 

Club Editor 
Mildred Davis Elizabeth Warden 
Book Editor Alumnae Editor 
Editor, Associate Editor, Enid Middleton, Mary 
King, Editorial Council 

Last Call for Student Budget 

As traditionally as school opens on Wednesday, 
as sophomores and freshmen battle for the Black 
Cat, so annually does an early edition of the 
Agonistic contain an editorial "Pay Your Bud¬ 
get." To many students this may at first glance 
seem a mere matter of routine—just another one 
of those things that are done at Agnes Scott be¬ 
cause they always have been done, and probably 
always will be. However, one editorial a year 
does not seem too many, does it, if by it you can 
learn to invest fifteen dollars (payable in two 
installments) and get in return an enjoyable 
year? 

Of course, the student budget is absolutely in¬ 
dispensable if such important campus organiza¬ 
tions as Student Government, Y. W. C. A., the 
Agonistic, the Aurora, the Silhouette, and the 
Athletic Association are to function with any de¬ 
gree of efficiency. By paying your budget, you 
not only contribute your just share toward the 
upkeep of these organizations from which you 
as a student of Agnes Scott reap the full bene¬ 
fits, but you also receive a year's subscription to 
the three student publications, and are entitled 
to participate in all athletic events—to say noth¬ 
ing of all the other extra-curricular activities, 
such as the stunt and Agonistic work. Of course, 
you are not compelled to pay your budget. If 
your name is on the Black List when it is tacked 
up by the student treasurer, October 21, nothing 
drastic will happen to you. Your roommate won't 
move out, and your friends won't ostracize you 
—but you will have to sit on the sidelines while 
they battle for the class honor in a fast, exhilar¬ 
ating game of hockey or basketball—or maybe 
you prefer to walk; and you will actually be a 
liability to any budget-supported club you join, 
for an organization loses a certain per cent of its 
money for each member on the Black List—or 
maybe you think the only benefits of college are 
to be found between the two covers of a book; 
and next May, when others are rushing to the 
basement of Main to get their annuals, eager to 
see who made beauty section, and to get the pic¬ 
tures signed, you can sit around in your room 
and wait—or perhaps you don't care to have a 
permanent souvenir of this school year and of 
your classmates to show your friends at home. 

Senior Coffee Fashion Notes 

If the evolution from hoops to short skirts in¬ 
dicated a practical change, so should a like evo¬ 
lution from elaborate tea gowns to informal aft¬ 
ernoon dresses for senior coffee. Setting a prece¬ 
dent that should be easy to follow, the three of¬ 
ficers of the senior class are beginning the series 
of senior coffees next Sunday with simplicity as 
a feature. Not only in the matter of clothes are 
they making changes, but in the more important, 
because heretofore so expensive, matter of re¬ 
freshments. 

Where once seniors and their guests, after the 
usual large Sunday dinner, went straight to cof¬ 
fee for macaroons, fudge squares, and two or 
three other kinds of rich confections, they will 
now go for coffee, mints, and light tea cakes. 
And where once seniors found having coffee an 
expensive and therefore sometimes impossible 
pleasure, they will now find it a possible and 
therefore an enjoyable one. They will also know 
that their short dresses are correct for an hour 
as early as 2:15 or 2:30 p. m. 

Gone With the Wind, by Margaret 
Mitchell. MacMillan and Company, 

N. Y., 1936. Reviewed by Elizabeth 
Blackshear. 
There are novels of the elegant south 
! in ante bellum days and in the deprav-
I ities of the actual war such as So Red 
! the Rose; there are books of the hor1 
rors—the unspeakable dread of the re¬ 

construction days such as The Tragic 
Era; but none can equal the complete 
and vivid picture of the charm of the 
prosperous plantation life, the glory of 
war, and the tidal wave of post war 
times painted by Margaret Mitchell in 
her Gone With the Wind. With Scar¬ 
lett O'Hara, Rhett Butler, Ashley 
Wilkes, and his admirable wife Melanie, 
the reader lives again the life of 

| that tumultuous century. 

At Tara, the O'Hara plantation 
near Jonesboro, Scarlett was spoiled 
and petted in the rougher outdoor 
pleasures of life by her tempestuous 
Irish father; she was lovingly but seri¬ 
ously trained in the delicacies of a 
outhern gentlewoman by her elegant 
French mother; and she was tenderly 
and wisely taught the art of "beaux 
catching" by her priceless negro mam¬ 
my. A queer combination of her par¬ 
ents, our heroine carelessly captured 
all men and was disliked by most 
women. She won even the heart of 
Rhett Butler, the unscrupulously 
charming stranger who came quite un¬ 
expectedly into her life. But she lost 
Ashley Wilkes, the handsome blonde 
whom she thought she really wanted. 
These events were in prosperous days. 
Then came the pangs of war and 
he horrors of the fall of Atlanta, the 
death of Scarlett's husband married 
for spite, and of her mother, and the 
pitiful agony of starvation. Even then 
her uncanny ability to put off until 
another day such unpleasantries as 
would make her present sun duck be¬ 
hind a cloud, and her unfaltering beief 
in herself, and her own future, 
were forces from within which pro¬ 
pelled her with irrisistible urgency. 
The same powers enabled the green-
yed heroine to marry a second time 
ror money and to balk against custom 
by braving the unladylike realm of 

he business world, and the perils of 
reconstruction carpet baggers, and 
free "Niggers," alone. 

In troubles, in joys, in war, in peace, 
n widowhood, in marriage, the bru"
ally loving Rhett was at her side in 
time of need. Whether it were with 

dvice, money, or love, the dashing 
lutler was ready with a generous sup¬ 
ply for Scarlett, unappreciative as she 

Graduates Take Up 

V aried Occupations 

According to statistics recently 
compiled, the members of the class of 
'3 6 are following many and varied 
pursuits. Some are teaching, some are 
taking business courses, some are doing 
graduate work, others are married, and 
still others are spending the winter 
quietly at home. Here are the approx¬ 
imate numbers of those in each group: 

Teachers __ 33 
Graduate students — .11 
Business course students 9 
Secretarial jobs 19 
Travelers 3 
Stay-at-homes 17 
Janet Gray is teaching classes in 

conversational English at La Rochelle, 
France. Elizabeth Forman has a teach-
i ing fellowship at the University of 
. Alabama. She has a class of college al-
I gebra, which includes students of all 

classes; she is also studying higher 
math. 
Teaching in Atlanta and vicinity 

! are several graduates of last year: Lita 
Goss, Ernelle Blair, Mildred Clark, Re¬ 
becca Whitley, Rosa From. 

Loice Richards and Edith Merlin are 
tudying in New York. 

Baptists Give' I'artv 

The B. S. U. entertained the new 
Baptist students with a string party 
Monday at the home of Mrs. Joel 
Dean. The games were led by Marie 
Simpson Rutler, '34. 

; vvas. Within these two existed a tur¬ 
moil, a warring of the flesh and the 
, pirit as great and as stirring as the 
war which was fought in the open 
vith cannon and rifle. And with these 
.wo, the reader is swept through the 
war days to learn how the lovely ante 

j <ellum south has really "gone with the 
: wind." 
! A word about the author: 

Perhaps because the charming At¬ 
lanta authoress of this new epoch makng 
southern novel did not know until 
he was twelve years of age that Gen¬ 
ital Lee was defeated by the Yankee 
forces; perhaps because the atmos¬ 
phere of her home was one of blind 
oyalty to the Confederacy and hatred 
of the "damn Yankees," Margaret 
Mitchell was able to picture Civil War 
i Jays so vitally. Her lawyer father and 
beloved grandmother filled the girl's 
young days with facts and fiction con¬ 
cerning the glory and beauty that was 
the old South. One day all this knowl:
dge proved to be of great worth when 
Margaret—ten years ago—took a dare 
ind began her momentous work. And 
n a decade Miss Mitchell had stored 
Jozens of chapters in an old closet in 
.er Eleventh Street home, and in a 
;ummer, these dozens of chapters have 
made Gone With the Wind a best sell-
r and the spirit of the Confederacy 

mmortal. 

Other noteworthy books of 1936: 

A Further Range, by Robert Frost; 

Henry Holt and Co, N. Y. 

The Lost Generation: a Portrait of 

American Youth Today, by Maxine 

Davis; MacMillan and Co., N. Y. 

The Next Hundred Years, by C. E. 
Furnas; Williams and Wilkins Co., 

N. Y. 
We Soviet Women, by Tatiana Tchmnavia, 
translated by N. Alexander; 

E. P. Dutton and Co., Inc., N. Y. 
F.nd of Summer, a play in three 
acts, by S. N. Behrman, Random 
House, N. Y. 

Students to Have 

Tuberculin Tests 

Because the rate of tuberculosis has 
not decreased in girls of late high 
school and early college years, Dr. 

Mary Sweet stresses the importance of 
giving them tuberculin tests. Agnes 
Scott, which began these tests in 1931, 
was among the first colleges to use 
them. 

The American Tuberculosis Associa¬ 
tion is trying to have the tuberculin 
tests actively employed in high schools 
and colleges. The Mantoux intra-dermal 
skin test is the one most widely 
used. A positive reaction to this test 
does not mean that the patient has an 
active case of tuberculosis, but that 
an x-ray should be made as the final 
test. 

This Mantoux skin test consists of 

two doses of tuberculin. The first dose 

is slightly weaker than the second, 

vhich is given only if there is a nega¬ 

tive reaction to the first. 

This year the Atlanta Tuberculosis 
Association is giving the tests. The 
first tests were given Tuesday; those 
given the tests are to report tomorrow 
to have the results recorded. Girls 
showing a negative reaction will re¬ 
ceive the second dose and will report 
to Dr. Sweet on Saturday, October 17. 

Dr. Schenck of the State Board of 
Health will make the x-rays of girls 
who have shown a positive reaction to 
the test on Tuesday, October 20. The 
x-rays will cost only fifty cents. 

Mr. Raper Make's Talk 

Mr. Arthur Raper, acting professor 
of sociology, outlined the conditions 
of farm tenancy in the South at a re¬ 
cent meeting of the Atlanta Rotary 
club. He pointed out that there has 
been a marked increase in farm ten¬ 
ancy here in the last few years, add¬ 
ing that the proportion of white peo¬ 
ple in the tenancy group has increased 
until at present approximately two-
thirds of the over 1,000,000 farm 
tenant families belong to the white 
race and one-third to the Negro. 

By Lucile Dennison 

In view of the abundant and increasingly 

promiscuous application of the word "red," an 

attempt at a definition of the term seems in or¬ 

der. The front pages and even the editorial pages 

of many papers would seem to be leading readers 

into an unnatural notion of the predominance of 

red in the spectrum. 

The direct connection between red and com¬ 

munism is unanimously recognized. It is with 

the word "communism" that there comes confu¬ 

sion. The communist doctrine propounded by 

Karl Marx (who was not a Russian) interprets 

history in the light of class-struggle, and pre¬ 

dicts the overthrow of capitalism and the victory 

of the proleteriat. Communism is based on a 

dissatisfaction with the life imposed on a major¬ 

ity of the people under the capitalistic system 

and is a system, presumably fairer to the prole¬ 

teriat class, under which all property is held in 

common. The party, called the Third Interna¬ 

tional, through its world-wide organization is ac¬ 

tively preparing for "the revolution." It has in¬ 

ternational aims. 

A socialist or an ordinary radical or an even 

more ordinary progressive cannot be called a 

red without offense to both parties involved. So¬ 

cialism is also an attempt at a fairer organiza¬ 

tion of society, but it is effected through govern¬ 

ment control of economic activities. Its advo¬ 

cates, generally characterized by pacifistic con¬ 

victions, seek to bring socialism through a blood¬ 

less and constitutional evolutional. 

A communist, then, regards the peaceful social¬ 

ist with an unconcealed scorn. These feelings are 

reciprocated by the socialist. A mere progres¬ 

sive, too, prefers to be called by the proper name. 

A communist takes the international view, but 

one who lacks a certain blind chauvinism need 

not be a red. A communist concentrates on class 

barriers, but one who is interested in race rela¬ 

tions need not be a red. A communist opposes 

the existing order, but one who can see room for 

improvement in society today need not be a red. 

Merry -Go -Round 

One wonders whether she would blame the hil¬ 

arity of the fair, the reality of the quarter sys¬ 

tem or the horrible spectre of term papers for 

the continuance of what that straw voting maga¬ 

zine would call "slips that pass in the night." 

Only a mixture of cotton candy and pink lemon¬ 

ade could possibly have brought forth the enig¬ 

matic remark of Virginia Watson when she 

proudly exclaimed that she had read her lesson 

to herself aloud. My, what a little food plus the 

merry-go-round can do! Perhaps Mary Kennedy's 

profound discovery that it is necessary for all 

children to have parents was provoked by an un¬ 

happy combination of hot dogs and Lindy loops. 

A certain teacher of a certain language is sus¬ 

pected of having enjoyed at least one ride on the 

hair-raising Greyhound, for what other incident 

could have prompted her to befuddle her gullible 

and trusting pupils by the remark: "There are a 

great many of them, and yet they are not numer¬ 

ous." 

The stark reality of the quarter system has 
worked as much havoc as the interesting mixture 
of candied apples and the ferris wheel. Never 
before have professors been so frank and candid 
in their discussions. When Mr. Raper the other 
day spoke of the meaningless convention of 
laughing at professors' jokes he evidenced a 
brave attempt to face the unadorned realities of 
this veil of tears. Mr. Stukes also sees the value 
of facing the stern facts and just to prove this 
he confessed that there was a girl at Agnes Scott 
once whom he never saw smile for the entire 
slow misery of four years. "On second thought," 
he explained, "maybe she had good reason not 
to." The subtle implications of this very apt com¬ 
ment were left to the discerning minds of social 
psych, students. 

Those students who spend a great deal of time 
wondering whether it is better to be or not to be 
are speechless at the queer turn in the profes¬ 
sorial mind guiding them. His sheer delight in 
the gory and gruesome can be explained perhaps 
by his anticipation of three term papers instead 
of the usual two. How else would one diagnose 
the broad grins that such remarks as "You bot¬ 
tled spider" provoke. The climax of this attitude 
was exhibited last week when after shouting in 
a most realistic fashion, "Chop his head off, 
man!" Mr. Hayes quite gleefully added, "That's 
an excellent remark 1" 

It may be a kindred feeling which has prompt¬ 
ed a Latin teacher to have choice excerpts from 
"Alice in Wonderland" transferred into correct 
subjunctives and ablative absolutes. It is to be 
hoped that admirers of the Red Queen will be 
able to recognize her large green eyes in Cicer¬ 
onian Latin. It is to be hoped also that these 
linguists leave "The Jabberwock" to graduate 
students. 


THE AGONISTIC 

Socially-Minded Collegiates Go 

College Community 

Fails to Appreciate

Through Week-End Festivities 
Valuable Paintings 
Dances, Open House, Off-Campus Visits, and On-Campus Visitors 

An Agnes Scott painting, like

Constitute Chief Factors in Week-End Remedy 

the poor prophet, is not without

For Banishing Week-Day Worries 

honor save in its own country. Few 

Mr. Charles Cely and Mr. Henry Ira Wood of New York visited Kit¬ students stop to appreciate the 
Elrod of Greenville, S. C., were visit¬ ty Jones. Dickinson portraits in the Buttrick 
ors of Peggy and Polly Ware this Eloise Donkle and Frances Gary day student room although Mr. 
week-end. went to Greenville, S. C., for the Dickinson is one of the leading ar¬ 

Mary Willis attended the Beta Kap¬ week-end. tists of today, having recently won 
pa dance Saturday night. the Altman art prize. The portraits

Beatrice Sexton, Ruth Anderson,

Dot Jester spent the week-end at of Miss Hopkins and former Presi¬

Rachel Kennedy, and Barton Jackson

the University of Georgia with Fran¬ dent Gaines in Main were painted

were present at the Delta Sigma Delta 

ces Balkcom. by the outstanding woman artist,

dance at the Dental College.

Mr. Bob Wilcox of Savannah visit¬ Sophonisba Hergerscheimer. And

Anne Purnell went to a tea dance

ed Alice Taylor this week-end. the mystery picture which hangs in

Saturday at the Chi Phi House.

Francina Bass, Nancy Moorer, Ra¬ a state of perpetual darkness, and 

Emmy Lou Turck's mother visited

chel Kennedy, Sara Lee, and Mildred which has been the salvation of 

her this week-end.

Joseph were present at a dance at the many a tongue-tied date — this 
Psi Omega house Tuesday night. Lib Blackshear attended the Xsi Psi painting was purchased for the sum 
Mr. Bill Baker of Charlotte, N. C., Phi dance. of $2,000 and presented as a gift 
visited Margaret Lipscomb this week¬ Charlotte Golden went to a dance to the college. 
end. at the K. A. house Friday night.
Strat Sloan, Mette Williamson, Lib 

Carolyn Alley and Ruth Slack were 

Blackshear, and Enid Middleton at¬ Treasurer of Y. W.

present at the Phi Delta Theta house

tended the Anak dance Saturday 

at Emory Friday night.

night. Announces Budget

Mary Reed Hendricks and Rachel

Those spending the week-end at 

Kennedy attended a buffet supper at

Camp Highland were: Eva Gray A budget for $1275, one dollar

the Sigma Chi house Sunday night.

Copeland, Mary Dixon, Sophie La 

more than last year's, was presented

Ed Elliott of Augusta visited Sam-

Borde, Virginia Milner, Mary Evelyn 

ille Saye on Friday night. in chapel yesterday by Jean Barry Ad¬

Francis, and Lettie McKay. 
Martha Zellner had as her visitor Mrs. Ivie, of Greenville, S. C., vis¬ ams, treasurer of Y. W. C. A. The 
budget is as follows:

this week-end Lena Bischoff of Short¬ ited Catherine this week-end. 

I. Our missionary (Miss Em¬
er College. Mr. and Mrs. DuPree of Gadsden, 

Earnest Vance and Frank Petry of Ala., came to see Carolyn this week¬ ily Winn) $ 500.00 
Alabama visited Mary Venetia Smith end. (1936-1937)
and Bee Merrill this week-end. Sara Lee and Mildred Joseph attend¬ II. Contacts with other asso¬ 

ed Psi Omega open house on Sunday. ciations and student 
Exchange Students Kay Jones and Myrl Chafin went training: 
home for the week-end. 

A. National Student Coun¬ 
Tell of Countries Mary McNeil was given a birthday 

cil 180.00 

feast by her friends on second Main 

B. World Student Christ¬
At French Meeting last week. 

ian Federation 25.00

Mrs. J. V. Austin and Jane Austin 

C. Training for service— 
With the addition of eleven new visited Jean over the week-end. 

student conferences:

Beryl Spooner spent the week-end

members, the appointing of commit¬ 

at the University of Georgia. 1. State Cooperation— 

tees, and the entertainment of the At¬ 

Catherine Caldwell was the guest of Wesleyan conference 15.00 

lanta Alliance Francaise, the French 

Amelia Nickels over the week-end. 2. All-Southern Confer-
club has begun its year's work. Judged ference—Blue Ridge_ 12 5.00 

by Margaret Hansell, president; Elise 3. National training—

Little Announces 

Seay, vice president; Jane Turner, sec¬ National Student As¬ 
retary; and Adelaide Benson, treasurer, Tournament Entries sociation 50.00 
the tryouts of the following people D. Deputations to other 

schools and colleges 50.00

were passed as satisfactory: Tommy The fall doubles tennis tournaments 
Ruth Blackmon, Martha Alice Green, will get underway this week when the III. Christian life in our cam¬ 
Mary Kate Burruss, Henrietta Black-first round of play comes off Thurs¬ pus, week of services in 

well, Lucy Hill Doty, Catherine Cald-day. Ellen Little, tennis manager, spring 100.00 
well, Ruth Eyles, Sara Corbitt, Mary closed the entry lists Saturday. IIII. Special services for stu¬ 
Elizabeth Leavitt, Evelyn Weinkle, Among the girls who will play in dents: 
and Elizabeth Alderman. Committees the tournament are: Jean Barry Ad¬ A. Student handbook, Sil¬ 
are composed of: program, Elise Seay, ams, Nell Hemphill, Ruth Tate, Ellen houette, and other print¬
chairman, Zoe Wells, Winifred Kel-Little, Mutt Fite, Harriette von ing 100.00 
lersberger; publicity, Enid Middleton, Gremp, Frances Steele, Julia Thing, 

B. Reception for all occa¬
chairman, Josephine Bertolli, Mary Frances McDonald, Mary Kneale, Polly 

sions 50.00

Ware, Lorraine Quinn, Lois Sexton,

Johnson, Jane Turner; social, Prim¬ 

C. Committees, incidental
Anita Howard, Elizabeth Blackshear,

rose Noble, chairman, Florence Wade, 

expenses, books, and

Anne Thompson, Alice Reins, Mary

Mary Ruth Murphy; music, Jean 

Kirkpatrick, chairman, Amelia Nick¬ Reins, Jeanette Carroll, Marjorie Boggs, emergencies 80.00 
els, Evelyn Wall. As its theme for Jean Chalmers, Frances Castleberry, 
the year the club will study the life Helen Carson, Lois Walton, Elsie West, 

Grand total $1275.00 
Sarah Beaty Sloan, Dorothy Graham,

and literature of the provinces of 

Becky Love, Annie Lee Crowell, Sara

France. 
Suzanne Audrain and Renee Gerard, McCain, Martha Marshall, Cora Kay You Can Come to Us or 

Hutchins, Alice Adams, Lelia Carson, We Will Go to You

French exchange students, made talks 
at an informal social meeting of the Grace Duggan, Flora MacGuire, Ruth We are as close to you as your

Slack, Carolvn Forman.

Atlanta Alliance Francaise and the 

telephone.

Agnes Scott French club last Monday. 
Suzanne spoke on the educational sys¬ HARRISON'S 
tem in France and Renee discussed the 

HOTEL CANDLER PHARMACY 

attitude of the Mexican-Spaniards to¬ 

Sudden Service

ward the Spanish situation. Renee has Coffee Shop and 

309 College Avenue

lived in Mexico for the past year and 

Dining Room 

a half. JUST CALL DE. 0762 

Suzanne has already received her li¬ 
cense, which corresponds to the M.A. 
degree. Renee, who is attending Ag¬ 
nes Scott as a freshman, is the sister Meet Me At 
of Marguerite Gerard, the first Agnes 

MINER & CARTER

Scott exchange student and a winner 

DRUGGISTS

of the Hopkins Jewel award. 

Peachtree & Ellis Sts. Phone WA. 4900 Atlanta, Ga. 

Compliments of 

VERA BEAUTY SHOP 

You're Sure To Find Your Favorite 

109 W. Ponce de Leon 
De. 1124 

TOILET GOODS 

at 

Mrs. Cooper at 
DECATUR WOMAN'S 
EXCHANGE 

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Faculty, Student Body Reveal 

Impressions About Each Other 

Taylor, Johnson, Stalker Give Sage Opinions About Freshmen; 
Faculty Heartily Approves of New Students; Teachers 
Amaze Freshmen 

By Jean Chalmers and nearly got killed. We thought 

There being four hundred eighty-we'd never get out of one room alive." 
eight students and some forty-odd fac¬ 

In order to give the poor fresh¬

ulty members who are destined to 

men a chance, we next turned to Mar¬

work together for the coming year, it 

jorie Boggs, who said she was amazed

seemed nothing short of a mental in¬ 

by the faculty's talent for remember¬

spiration to investigate and to discover 

ing names. Then Georgia Hunt, hav¬

just exactly what everyone thought of 

ing absorbed a Webster vocabulary,

everyone else. A great inquiry was 

said very simply, when asked how the

launched, therefore, and the resulting 

faculty struck her, "They struck me

statistics are now revealed. 

with a blow. I was mentally stifled

First of all we decided to find out 

by the heights of learning which they

how the seniors liked the freshmen. 

have attained."

Alice Taylor, when questioned on the 

We caught a few of the teachers

matter, sighed and said, "They look 

also. Miss Laura Colvin, assistant li¬

younger to me, but I guess it's because 

brarian, seemed reluctant to commit

I am getting old." 

herself about the freshmen, but she

Then right behind Alice we sighted 

finally said, "They are nice looking

Sarah (Have -You -Paid-Your-Bud


children."

get?) Johnson who didn't know ex¬ 

Miss Harn said, "With the new ar¬

actly what she thought of the new¬ 

rangements they did awfully well, but

comers. After a moment's concentra¬ 

then they probably didn't know they

tion, however, she said in her mercen¬ 

were new."

ary manner that she liked them very 

Miss Jackson's remark you may in¬

much—they paid their budgets so 

terpret to your own taste: "I think

promptly. 

they are very attractive—so far."

Marie Stalker was very violent in 

Mr. Davidson, as usual, was in a

her outburst. "They are noisier than 

terrific hurry and was caught in the 

our senior class, and we're pretty noisy 

middle of a cross-campus dash. Con¬

ourselves. They are wild creatures! 

fronted with the weighty question he

Last Sunday we went over to see them 

looked flustered and muttered, "Lis¬ 
ten, here, I've got academic procession

Bible Class Elects 

in five minutes! What do I think of 
Freshmen Officers 

the freshman class? " And hav¬ 
ing left us to answer our own ques¬ 
The freshman Bible class, which is tion he dashed onward. 
After all these veiled remarks Susie

taught by Dr. J. R. McCain, has elect¬ 

Audrain, the French demoiselle, re¬

ed the following officers: president, 

vived our faith in the good-will of 

Josephine Allen; vice-president, 

the campus by her enthusiastic praise. 
Sophie Montgomery; secretary-treas¬ "The faculty? Oh, they are nice! They 
urer, Ruth Slack; music chairman, are very near us, you know, like part 
Julia Thiemonge. The class meets of the family. And the girls are so 

friendly—like I have known them for

every Sunday morning at 9:30 in Mr. 

years."

Johnson's studio. 

Five Attend Meeting 

Five Agnes Scott students repre¬ Blicks 
senting foreign countries have been 
invited to attend an international Bowling 
meeting of the Rotary club November 

2. Suzanne Audrain, Renee Gerard, Center 
Tami Okamura, Peggy Everhart, and BOWL! 
Winifred Kellersberger will go. Wini¬ 
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fred is to give a brief talk. 

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THE AGONISTIC 

Clubs Inaugurate 

Fall Programs at 

Opening Meetings 

Blackfriars 
Blackfriars met on Tuesday night, 
October 6, to revise their constitution. 

German Club 

The fall try-outs for German club 

will be held this afternoon at 4 

o'clock. The first formal meeting of 

the year will be held on Wednesday 

afternoon, October 21, in Lupton cot¬ 

tage. This meeting will be in honor of 

the new members, who are cordially 

invited to attend and enjoy the Ger¬ 

man games and songs. 

Granddaughters Club 

Granddaughters club, composed of 
those girls whose mothers attended Ag¬ 
nes Scott, held its first meeting of the 
year on Friday afternoon at the alum¬ 
nae house. The following new mem¬ 

bers were welcomed: Cornelia Coleman, 
Penn Hammond, Carolyn For-
man, Ruth Slack, Jane Moses, Mary 
McPhaul, Margaret Douglas, Ellen 
Stuart, and Sara Matthews. 

Spanish Club 
The first meeting of the Spanish 
club will be held next Friday after¬ 
noon, October 16. This is to be an 
out-of-door meeting which all mem¬ 
bers are cordially invited to attend. 
Fall try-outs for Spanish club will be 
held on Friday afternoon, October 3 0, 
at 4:3 0 o'clock; all Spanish students 
are eligible. 

Eta Sigma Phi 
Eta Sigma Phi held a short business 
meeting on Monday, October 5, for 
the purpose of revising the constitu¬ 
tion and electing new members. Miss 
Narka Nelson, of the Latin depart¬ 
ment, was made an honorary member. 
Plans for the joint meeting with Em¬ 
ory were discussed, also. 

K.U. B. 
K. U. B. is holding an informal bus¬ 
iness and social meeting today. 
Citizenship Club 
The first meeting of Citizenship 
club was held yesterday, October 14. 
A guest speaker discussed the coming 
presidential election. 

International Relations 
International Relations club met on 
Tuesday afternoon, October 6. Miss 
Elizabeth Fuller Jackson, associate pro¬ 
fessor of history, discussed "Inside Eu¬ 
rope" by John Gunther. 

Cm Beta Phi Sigma 
The first meeting of Chi Beta Phi 
Sigma was held on Monday night, Oc¬ 
tober 5, in the chemistry lecture room. 
The constitution of the club was re¬ 
vised, and Professor Schuyler Christian 
spoke on "Fundamental Physics." 

B. O. Z. 
B. O. Z. will meet on Friday night, 
October 16, at 6:45 o'clock in the day 
student room in Main. After-dinner 
coffee will be served, and several mem¬ 
bers of the club will read. Try-outs 
for B. O. Z. are due by Monday, Oc¬ 
tober 19. 
HOMEFOLKS* GRILL 

Welcomes 

Agnes Scott Girls 

119 E. Ponce de Leon, Decatur 

Meet Your Friends at 
Hox's Prescription Shop 

:ween Paramount and Grand 
Theaters, Atlanta 

Noted Balloon Pilot 

Lectures At Emory 

Capt. O. A. Anderson Describes 
Stratosphere Flight Friday 

Captain Orvil A. Anderson, pilot of 

stratosphere balloon "Explorer II,' will 

give an illustrated lecture on his rec¬ 

ord-breaking ascent into the strato¬ 

sphere at the Glenn Memorial audi¬ 

torium of Emory University on Fri¬ 

day, October 16, at 8:15 p. m. The 

dramatic stratosphere flight which oc¬ 

curred last November 11 at Rapid 

City, South Dakota, and was spon¬ 

sored by the United States Army and 

the National Geographic Society, was 

two miles higher than man had flown 

before. It was made in a balloon two 

and two-thirds acres in area, inflated 

with helium gas, with the most varied 

and complete technical equipment ever 

assembled for such a purpose. 

Captain Anderson will not only give 

an account of the dangers and trials 

of the eighty-hour trip and its pur¬ 

pose and accomplishment, but will 

show moving pictures of the techni¬ 

cal instruments, the inflation and rise 

of the balloon, and strange views of 

the curvature of the earth as seen 

from the record height. 

This is the first of a series of lec¬ 

tures under the auspices of the Stu¬ 

dent Lecture association. Season tick¬ 

ets for the six programs are priced at 

$2.00; single admission to Captain An¬ 

derson's illustrated talk is 75 c. 

Members of Casts 

Chosen for Stunts 

Try-outs for the casts of the stunts 
to be given on October 24 were held 
in Bucher Scott gymnasium last week. 
The following girls won parts in the 
freshman stunt: 

Hazel Solomon, Shirley Steele, Geor¬ 
gia Hunt, Mary Reins, Betty Boor-
stein, Eugenia Bridges, Harriet Stimson, 
Margaret Christie, Betty Alder¬ 
man, Ruth Eyles, Hazel Hirsch, Jeanette 
Carroll, Renee Gerard, Elizabeth 
Davis, Louise Sullivan, Nell Moss, Nell 
Pinner, Eloise McCall, Helen Carson. 

Those members of the sophomore 
stunt chosen by Saturday include 
Elizabeth Galbreath, Amelia Nickels, 
Tony Newton, Kitty Caldwell, Anne 
Purnell, Cora Kay Hutchins, Cather¬ 
ine Ivie, Beryl Spooner. Practices be¬ 
gan yesterday. 

REPORTERS 

Nell Allison, Alice Cheeseman, Gid¬ 
dy Erwin, Nell Hemphill, Carol Hale, 
Cora Kay Hutchins, Sarah Johnson, 
Douglas Lyle, Frances Lee, Regina 
Hurwitz, Julia Sewell, Mary Willis, 
Mamie Lee Ratliff, Selma Steinbach, 
Anne Purnell, Marie Merritt, Alice 
Reins, Myrl Chafin, Louise Young, 
Mary Frances Kennedy, Henrietta 
Blackwell, Primrose Noble. 

Business Assistants: Rachel Kenne¬ 
dy, Emmy Lou Turck, Jeanne Flynt. 

Tran sfers Asked 

To Supper Party 

By Mortar Board 

A supper hike for thirty-two trans¬ 

fer students will be given by Mortar 

Board tomorrow evening at 5 o'clock. 

Miss Carrie Scandrett, Miss Louise 

Hale, Miss Florence Smith, and Mr. 

and Mrs. Philip Davidson, faculty ad¬ 

visers, will chaperone the party. 

Girls invited are: Suzanne Audrain, 
Francina Bass, Eleanor Burns, Alice 
Caldwell, Rachel Campbell, Frances 
King, Margaret Lipscomb, Tami Okamura, 
Marjorie Pressley, Samille Saye, 
Evelyn Sears, Beatrice Sexton, Eliza¬ 
beth Skinner, Grace Tazewell, Eliza¬ 
beth Williams, Roline Adair, Ruth Al¬ 
bion, Rosalind Arnold, Betty Aycock, 
Julia Bell, Jean Codding, Virginia Hill, 
Lenora Jones, Ann Pittard, Helen Rodgers, 
Helen Simpson, and Eleanor 
Wilkinson. 

Cotillion Receives 

23 New Members 

Annual try-outs for Cotillion club 
resulted in the admission last week of 
twenty-three new members: Elinor 
Wilkinson, Betty Aycock, Jean Chal¬ 
mers, Elizabeth Warren, Marie Stal¬ 
ker, Mary Kneale, Helen Kirkpatrick, 
Francina Bass, Martha Marshall, Grace 
Tazewell, Frances Abbot, Nancy 
Moorer, Susan Bryan, Tony Newton, 
Miriam Sanders, Rose Northcross, Dor¬ 
othy Jester, Helen Moses, Rebecca Mc-
Ree, Frances Robinson, Kay Kennedy, 
Catherine Ivie, and Charlotte Golden. 

Miriam Sanders, Mary Perry, Nell 
Hemphill, Jean Kirkpatrick, and Ruby 
Hutton played for the try-outs. 

MORTAR BOARD RECEPTION 

OPENS CANDLER BUILDING 

(Continued from page 1, column 5) 
Scott. Prizes such as the Silhouette 
cup, the Athletic Association health 
cup, and the Agonistic class contest 
cup will also be placed in the building. 

The formal dedication of the Murphey 
Candler building is expected to 
take place some time in November. 
The date depends upon the time when 
Mrs. Candler, widow of the late trus¬ 
tee, can be present. Mr. Candler, for 
whom the building is named, died in 
August, 193 5; he was a member of the 
original board of trustees. 

8x10 Portrait $1.00 
Other Work in Proportion 

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Sophomores Have Class Competition 

Masquerade Party Xo Mark Opening 

Contests, Dancing and Amateur Of Hockev Season 
Hour Provide Entertainment 
Inter-class hockey competition will

Mystery and gaity reigned jointly 

begin this Friday afternoon at 3:30,

at the freshman masquerade party 

when the seniors play the freshmen

given by the sophomores under the di¬ 

and the junior team meets the sopho¬

rection of Caroline Carmichael in the 

more. Miss Llewellyn V'ilburn, head

Bucher Scott gymnasium Saturday 

of the physical education department,

night, October 10. Clusters of blue 

will referee the games. Hockev man¬

and yellow balloons, the colors of the 

agers are: Alice Taylor, school head;

respective classes, hanging at intervals 

Mary Johnson, senior; Elizabeth

in the gymnasium, and rosy apples, 

Blackshear, junior; Jeanne Flynt, soph¬

dangling on strings, provided decora¬ 

omore; and Frances Abbot, freshman.

tions. The latter were useful as well 

The week following the first hockey

as ornamental; masqueraders profi¬ 

games is the date set for the junior

cient in the art of biting the anything-

horse show, which will take place at

but-stationary tid-bits were rewarded 

the Biltmore riding academy on Octo¬

with the apples they bit. 

ber 24 under auspices of the Tallulah 

Further entertainment, arranged by Falls Young Matrons Circle. Jennie 
Anne Purnell and her committee, con¬ Champion, '3 5, will be among the rid¬ 
sisted of alley-tag, a costume contest, ers in the show, as well as several other 

an amateur program, and a dancing Agnes Scott girls whose have

names 
contest. Those who took part on the not yet been announced. 

amateur program were Sara McCain, The first try-outs for the swimmingVirginia Tumlin, Mary Elizabeth club took place Monday afternoon at 
Moss, Mary Eleanor Steele, Emmy Lou 4:30 and will last throughout the 
Turck, and four unknown freshmen week. Results of the try-outs will be 
picked at random for impromptu per¬ announced next week by Bee Merrill, 
formances. swimming manager. Requirements for 

The winners m the costume contest membership in this club have been 
were Frances Abbot and Betty Jones, posted on the bulletin board in the 
cutest costumes; Mary Kate Burruss, gymnasium and in the pool room. 

most realistic costume. Those who 

best interests of all concerned, the 

were awarded prizes for the best danc¬ 

rules just read will not be enforced or

ing were Jane Moses and Caroline For-

obeyed. However, to unite the fresh¬ man. men and to give the other students a

The awesome Sophomore Commis¬ 

chance to associate each freshman's

sion then appeared to terrify the fresh¬ 

name with her face, placards, with her 

men. In solemn tones the following 

first name to be worn on the front

list of "Rat Rules" was read: 

and last name to be worn on the back,

(1) Each freshman must cut bangs 
will be required of each freshman. 

to the bridge of her nose. 

(2) Each freshman must wear no 
make-up on one side. 
Mary's Mending Shop

(3) Each freshman must wear all 
105 East Court Square

clothes wrong-side out, with no belts. 

(4) Each freshman must carry all DE. 1641 
books in tin pails. 
Alterations and Repairs

(5) Due to the N. R. A.—"No 
Ratting Allowed"—law at Agnes 
Scott, and since it would be to the 
Coffee—And None Better BAILEY BROTHERS 
Chicken Dinners—Enjoy Yourselves SHOE SHOP 

THE ELITE TEA ROOM 

142 Sycamore St. 

Next to Home This is the Best Place to Eat 

STRICTLY HOME-COOKED FOOD Decatur, Ga. 
211 E. Ponce de Leon Ave. Decatur, Ga. 

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Repairing—Remodeling—Storage 

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Welcome i'o 

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furs 

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1936

VOL. XXII 

Current History Forum Plans Classes Complete 

Campus Presidential Election P^Sc^4stt^!lSrg 

Little, Gilroy, Fairly To Conduct 

Mme. Caro-Delvaille,

Campaigns For Candidates 
Of Three Parties 

Acclaimed Speaker, 

Poll Tax Paid By Students To Visit on Campus 

The Current History Forum will 

Wife of Famous French Artist 

sponsor a campus presidential election 

To Discuss Foreign Colleges 
on November 3, when the students At Joint Meeting 
and faculty will register and vote for 

Madame Aline Caro-Delvaille, for¬

the national candidate whom they pre¬ 

mer French official lecturer of 1927


fer. This will be the third such elec¬ 

1928, and general lecturer of 193 5,

tion which has been conducted on the 

will be the guest speaker at a special 
campus, 45 0 people having registered meeting of the French club on 

and voted in the school primary of Wednesday, November 4, at 8:00 p. 

m. in the chapel.
1932. 

Madame Caro-Delvaille, the wife of

Chairman for the Republican party 

a well-known Parisian artist, comes to

is Florence Little; while Nellie Mar¬ 

Agnes Scott by courtesy of the Atlan¬

garet Gilroy will conduct the cam¬ 

ta branch of the Alliance Francaise.

paign for the Socialists, and Mary Lil¬ 

The members of the Alliance gave

lian Fairly for the Democrats. The 

preference to Agnes Scott because

chairmen will make campaign speeches 

Madame Caro-Delvaille desired par¬

for their respective candidates on spe¬ 

ticularly to speak to college students,

cified days, at which times voters are Julia Thing

with a view to attracting them to the

urged to register. There will be a poll 

French universities. All students of

tax of one cent. With freshman and sophomore stunt

Emory University, Georgia Tech, and 

The following oath, a parady of the Oglethorpe University who are casts completed, judges chosen, com¬

inter¬ 

real one, will be taken by each voter: mittees functioning, and cheer leaders

ested in French culture are to be in¬ 

"I do swear or affirm that I am a citi¬ 

vited to the lecture. holding pep meetings, opposing classes 

zen of the United States, that I am 15 

Various entertainments are planned are completing preparation for the 

years of age . . .; that I have been a 

for Madame Caro-Delvaille, the first 

impending struggle. Meanwhile the

member of the Agnes Scott commun¬ 

of which will be the general reception

ity for at least one month preceding black cat looks smugly from side to

following the lecture, where she will 

the date of this oath; that I have paid side.

talk to any students interested in the 

all taxes which have been required of 

study of French or in attending school Those of the sophomores who will 

me; that I have the qualifications of 

in France, She is also to be enter¬ enter the actual contest are: Lib Gal-

an elector, and that I am not disen¬ 

tained by the college in the Anna 

breath, Amelia Nickels, Tony New¬

franchised from voting by any reason 

Young alumnae house, and on Wednes¬ 

of any offense against the laws of the ton, Kitty Caldwell, Catherine Ivie,

day evening will be the guest of Dean 

state or the college." Lib Williams, Peggy Willis, Cora Kay

Nannette Hopkins at dinner at Rebe-
Chairmen will nominate their can¬ kah Scott dining hall. Hutchins, Beryl Spooner, Anne Purdidates 
at a primary held in chapel Fri¬ 

Madame Caro-Delvaille is traveling nell, Alice Adams, Hadyn Sanford,

day morning. 

throughout North America on an ex¬ Ella Hunter Mallard, Estelle Cuddy, 
tended lecture tour which began the 

Mary Hollingsworth, Flora MacGuire,

Emergency Meet to first of October. Under the patron¬ 

Virginia Tumlin, Phyllis Johnson, Jane 

age of the Alliance groups, she has al¬ 

Carithers, Kay Kennedy, Mutt Fite,

Aid Cause of Peace ready visited northern New York, 
Canada, and Massachusetts. Toward Eleanor Tyler, Mary Pennel Simonton, 
the latter part of October she is to Jeanne Flynt, Mary Wells McNeill,

An emergency peace program led 

leave for California by way of the

by Dr. Samuel Chiles Mitchell and Mary Eleanor Steele, Josie Larkin,

South, visiting the groups of Pennsyl¬

Dr. Clovis Chappel will be given Oc¬ Virginia Hill. Cheer leaders for the

vania, North and South Carolina,

tober 2 8 at the Grace Methodist 

sophomores are Alice Cheeseman and

Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, and

church, 45 8 Ponce de Leon Avenue. 

Arizona. She plans to arrive in Cali¬ Caroline Carmichael, with Marie Stal¬

The all-day program consists of three 

fornia in early November and to stay ker and Rachel Kennedy, seniors, aid¬

sessions: morning, 10 to 12; afternoon, 

in the West until February, visiting

3:30 to 5; and evening, 7:30 to 9. ing them. 
northern California, Oregon, Wash¬

Luncheon, which will be 5 0 cents, will Freshman Cast

ington, and later British Columbia.

be served from 12:30 to 2 p. m. 

The cast for the freshman stunt in¬ 
The four-fold purpose of the At¬ 

cludes: Shirley Steele, Georgia Hunt,

lanta emergency peace campaign is: Freshman Cabinet 

Hazel Solomon, Mary Reins, Eugenia

To keep the United States from going 

For Y. W. Is Chosen Bridges, Martha Leipold, Winston

to war and to achieve world peace by 
strengthening pacific alternatives to Steele, Betty Boorstein, Jeannette Car¬ 
armed conflicts, effecting political Sixteen girls, eleven boarders and roll, Hazel Hirsch, Lois Sexton, Renee 
and economic changes essential to jus¬ five day students, were chosen from Gerard, Betsy Banks, Ruth Eyles,
tice and peace, uniting all organiza¬ 

the freshman class to form the fresh¬ Helen Carson, Harriet Stimson, Sara

tions and persons actively opposed to 

man Y. W. C. A. cabinet for this Lee, Mildred Joseph, Gretchen Buben


war, and acquainting peace-minded 
people with the programs and policies year. Betty Hollis, vice-president of zer, Eloise Leonard, Margaret Christie, 
of peace organizations. Y. W. C. A., as adviser of the group, Eloise McCall, Eva Gary Copeland, 
Further information may be ob¬ announced the membership consisting Sophie LaBorde, Polly Ware, Nell 
tained from Rev. Robert Burns, pas¬ of the following: Moss, Margaret Hopkins, Nell Pinner, 

tor of the Peachtree Christian church. Frances Abbot, Margaret Barnes, 

Fouch Brinton, Margaret Currie, Eliz¬

Another meeting has been planned Marjorie Boggs, Ruth Crisp, Margaret 

abeth Davis, Ruth Crisp, Jean Wil¬

for February 2 8 with Bishop Paul Currie, Nell Echols, Carolyn Forman, 

liams. Freshman and junior cheer lead¬

Kern as one of the speakers. Penn Hammond, Bryant Holsenbeck, 
Mary Matthews, Martha Moffett, So¬ ers are Mickey Warren, Nell Echols, 

phie Montgomery, Katherine Patton, Mary Venetia Smith, and Bee Merrill.

Blackjriars, BOZ 

Ruth Slack, Henrietta Thompson, and 

Judges are Miss Carrie Scandfett,

Will Hold Contest Grace Ward. 

the freshman choice; and Miss Louise 

One of the chief projects of the

For One-Act Play Hale, the sophomore choice. 

cabinet, that of the freshman hobby 
To foster interest in playwriting groups, will be presented to the fresh 

M iss Hanley to Attend 

on the campus as another type of men at a meeting today. 

artistic expression, Blackfriars and On the day following the announce¬ Southeastern Meeting 
BOZ are sponsoring a one-act play ment of the selection, the members of 
contest, the entries of which are the cabinet joined the freshman Y. M. 

Miss Edna Hanley, head of the li¬ 

C. A. cabinet of Georgia Tech in a
due February 1, 1937. The winning brary staff of Agnes Scott, will attend 
play will be presented in chapel. weiner roast at Stone Mountain. the conference of the Southeastern Li¬ 
brary Association which will be held

Plays will be judged on the basis 

Y. W. Has Open House at Grove Park Inn, Asheville, North
of unity, characterization, dialogue, 

Carolina, October 28-30. Representa¬

and success in giving either the 

comic or tragic effect. Books on Y. W. C. A. invites all students to tives from libraries all over the South 
its open house every Sunday afternoon will attend the conference to discuss

writing plays may be found in the 

library. from 3 to 5 p. m. in the Y. W. C. A. and consider major problems of li¬ 
room. Gary Wheeler is in charge. brary work. 

NO. 3 

Stuart Chase Will Lecture 

At Agnes Scott November 13 

Lecture Association Sponsors

Miss Gaylord Will 

As First Speaker of Year 
Noted Economist

Speak to Seniors 

Tickets To Be Usual Prices

At Annual Service 

Stuart Chase, economist and author,

Ruth Runyan, Class Mascot, Will 

will come to Agnes Scott on Novem¬

Lead Procession in Chapel 

ber 13 as the first speaker presented

On November 7 

this year by the Public Lecture Asso¬ 
ciation. Called the most sought-after

Assistant Professor Leslie Gaylord, 

speaker in the country today, Mr. 

a senior class sponsor, will deliver the 

Chase is also known as the writer of

address at the traditional investiture 

such books as Mexico: A Study of 

ceremony to be held on November 7 

Tu-'O Americas, and Rich Matt, Poor

in Gaines chapel. Ruth Runyan, three-

Man, the reading of which one critic

year-old daughter of Mr. Ernest Hock¬ 

says should be required of all college

ing Runyan, acting associate professor 

students. A meeting of the Georgia

of biology, will serve as class mascot, 

Academy of Sciences and a debate with

and will lead the procession of sopho¬ 

Cambridge, both scheduled for No¬ 

mores dressed in white and seniors in 

vember 13, have been postponed by

academic robes. Dean Nannette Hop¬ 

Professor Arthur Raper and Pi Alpha

kins will perform the capping cere¬ 

Phi in order to enable more people to 

mony. 

hear Mr. Chase.

Investiture, which was begun in 

"The End of An Epoch" is the sub¬

1908, is a ceremony unique to Agnes 

ject of the lecture which Stuart Chase

Scott and is one of the most revered 

has been requested to give. In this lec¬

traditions of the college. At this time 

ture he deals with the "impact of the

members of the senior class appear for 

technical arts and goes on to somewhat

the first time as a group wearing the 

greater lengths to discuss the break¬

academic gown. As each senior re¬ 

down of traditional capitalism, the ex¬

ceives her cap from Miss Hopkins, she 

ploded saving-spending formula and

is invested by the college with the full 

why we are now in a great transition

privilege and dignity of seniorhood. 

period akin to the period three centur¬

"Little Girl Day," on which the sen¬ 

ies ago when feudalism was giving way

iors will for the last time don hair 

to private capitalism."

ribbons and short dresses, will be ob¬ 

Student tickets will be sold at the

served on Friday, November 6. This 

usual rate of 50 cents for unreserved

occasion is also traditional to the sen¬ 

seats and 75 cents for reserved. Gen¬

ior class and is observed annually on 

eral admission will be 75 cents for un¬

the day before investiture. 

reserved seats and $1.00 for reserved. 
The Lecture Association, which is 

L. Young Named responsible for the appearance of Mr. 
Chase, has for its student members 
Y.W.C.A. Secretary this year Charline Fleece, president; 
Frances Wilson, Mary Jane Tigert, 
Nell Hemphill, Anne Purnell, Mary
Louise Young was elected secretary 

Malone, Jane Turner, Margaret Wat¬

of Y. W. C. A. for 1936-1937 as a 
result of the vote of the student body son, and Zoe Wells. Faculty represen¬ 
in student meeting on October 15. tatives are Associate Professor Laney, 
The election was held to fill the va¬ 

Associate Professor Hale, Assistant 
cancy in Y. W. C. A. cabinet left by Professor Christie, and Professors 
Carolyn Elliot, who was chosen secre¬ Stukes, Christian, and Davidson. 
tary in the spring elections, but who 
did not return to Agnes Scott. 

Opera Star Opens

Louise's home is Soochow, China, 
where her parents are missionaries. Al¬ Music Club Series 
though she was a member of last year's 
freshman class, she now has junior 

The concert of Lotte Lehman, the

standing because of her work during 

leading soprano of the Vienna Staat


the summer and of several hours to¬ 
ward her degree which she received in soper, Covent Garden, and the Metro¬ 
China before entering Agnes Scott. politan Opera Company, opened last 

week the series of the Atlanta Music 

A. Palmour To Make Club, which, with the all-star concert 
series, will fill the winter and spring
Extended Field Trip 

with musical programs. 
Miss Lehman presented selections

Miss Alberta Palmour, alumnae 

from Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert,

field secretary of Agnes Scott, left 

Wagner, and Schumann, closing her

Sunday, October 18, for a two weeks 

program with a group of modern songs

tour of North Carolina in the inter¬ 

by Gretchaninoff, Rachmaninoff, Ba


ests of the college. She will speak to 

logh, and Worth.

the students in many schools about 

Following the presentation of the

Agnes Scott, and will show the movies 

famed soprano, the music club will 

of its college life. 

bring to the city: Roth's String Quar-
On Wednesday, October 2 8, Miss 

{Continned on page 4, column 1)
Carrie Scandrett, assistant dean, will 

join Miss Palmour at Charlotte and 

Dr. McCain Will Fly

will accompany her on the rest of her 
tour. They will meet with alumnae Back to Atlanta for 
groups in Charlotte, Winston-Salem, Black Cat Contest 
Asheville, and Hendersonville, and 

In order not to miss the Black

will return November 4. 

Cat 'stunt, Dr. McCain is doing in

Miss Palmour will speak at schools 

ten hours what he might have done

in Raleigh, Rocky Mountain, Golds-

in four days. He plans to fly back

boro, Fayetteville, Southern Pines, 

to Atlanta Saturday morning from

Rockingham, Hamlet, Salisbury, 

Denver, Colorado, where he will be

Statesville, Concord, Monroe, and 

attending the third in a series of

Greensboro. 

regional meetings of the Associa¬ 
tion of American Colleges.

Dr. Stewart Talks Here 
Dr. McCain left yesterday morn¬ 
ing by plane for Chicago, flying

Dr. Don Stewart, of England and 

from there to Denver.

Chapel Hill, will speak tomorrow 
morning at chapel. 


THE AGONISTIC 

Agonistic Dr. Raper's New Book Treats 

Committee Seeks Peace 

PUBLISHED WEEKLY Of Tenant Farmers' Problems 

Owned and published by the students of Agnes Scott 
College. 

Entered as Second Class Matter. 

Subscription price, $1.25 per year in advance. 
Single copies, 5 c. 
ItfJf' Member 1017 
Risoaoied Goileeicue Press 

STAFF 
Laura Steele Kathryn B. Wall 
Editor-in-Chief Business Manager 
Elizabeth Blackshear

Frances Gary 

Advertising Manager

Associate Editor 

Mary Lib Morrow

Jane Guthrie 

Frances Belford

Hortense Jones 

Doris Dunn

Mary McCann Hudson 

Nell Hemphill

Assistant Editors 

Circulation Managers

June Matthews 

Frances Wilson

Make-Up Editor 

Current HistoryRuth Hertzka 

Pauline Moss 
AssistaJit Make-Up Society Editor 
Nellie M. Gilroy Jean Chalmers 
Feature Editor Sports Editor 
Mary Francis Guthrie Cornelia Christie 
Exchange Editor Club Editor 
Mildred Davis Elizabeth Warden 
Book Editor Alumnae Editor 
Editor, Associate Editor, Enid Middleton, Mary 
King, Editorial Council 

Your Building Awaits You; 

How Will You Treat it? 

We've had a chapel; we've had a gymnasium; 
we've acquired a new library; we've had class¬ 
rooms with modern equipment; the faculty have 
had offices; but never before has Agnes Scott 
had a building devoted entirely to student activi¬ 
ties. This week the Murphey Candler building 
will go into use to serve the purposes of unifying 
student activity and providing convenient and 
comfortable meeting places for student organi¬ 
zations. This is not a part of a new deal at Ag¬ 
nes Scott; it is merely another step in the policy 
of constant and consistent progress that has pre¬ 
vailed in the development of the college from the 
time of its founding. 

The president of Mortar Board, Fannie B. Har¬ 

ris, has been designated authority in the use and 

care of the Murphey Candler building, but the 

building belongs to the student body. Besides 

this privilege of proud possession we have the 

privilege of caring for it with the thoughtfulness 

it deserves. The way in which we use it will in¬ 

dicate the amount of appreciation we feel in hav¬ 

ing a building all our own. 

A Simplified Stunt Means 

Additional Benefits for All 

Progress should imply growth, but this growth 

should never become uncontrolled. In keeping 

with the policy of progress of Agnes Scott and 

at the same time avoiding any semblance of un¬ 

controlled growth, it seems that the current 

movement toward a simplification of the Black 

Cat contest should be heartily endorsed by the 

students. 

Former steps toward simplification of the 

stunt have centered chiefly around the financing 

of the project, the twenty-dollar limit of expen¬ 

diture being imposed to avoid extravagance. In 

its earlier days the stunt was presented on a 

much smaller basis in Gaines chapel; with the 

acquisition of the new Bucher Scott gymnasium, 

however, the stunts became more elaborate; and 

more and more time, money, and effort were 

spent on them, often to the detriment of the two 

classes involved. 

If the limits of progress are to be overstepped, 

a general simplification of the entire plan—limit¬ 

ing preparation of the stunts to a minimum, lim¬ 

iting the expense to a sum always easily con¬ 

trolled, and completing the entire Black Cat pro¬ 

gram early in the fall quarter—ought to be 

adopted so as to give real benefit to the scheme 

without permitting it to be over-valued. Already 

some steps are being taken to this end. The 

sophomores this year planned their program 

after school opened rather than before, as in 

other years; and as a result the two classes com¬ 

pete on a more even basis. The secrecy and gen¬ 

eral spirit of contest surrounding the stunt might 

indicate that an early completion of the entire 

scheme would enable the students to concentrate 

on more academic matters sooner. 

The Preface to Peasantry, by Arthur 

E. Raper, acting professor of sociol¬ 
ogy at Agnes Scott; University of 
North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, 
N. C., 193 6. $3.5 0. Reviewed by 
Brooks Spivey. 
Unusually significant in view of the 

interest of the past few years in stabil¬ 

izing and raising economic conditions 

and in establishing a workable plan 

for future progress is The Preface to 

Peasantry. Along the lines of such in¬ 

terests Mr. Raper presents in his book 

the specific weaknesses of the southern 

farming system and suggests lines of 

improvement and rebuilding. 

The Preface to Peasantry demon¬ 
strates, from actual investigations in 
Greene and Macon Counties of Geor¬ 
gia, two typical Black Belt districts, 
the collapse of the plantation system 
through its own weaknesses; and at¬ 
tempts to show the advisability of 
abolishing rather than rejuvenating 
this system to restore farming pros¬ 
perity. In the ancient system now fol¬ 
lowed, land is owned by the few and 
worked by the many, either as tenants, 
share-croppers, or wage-hands, under 
control of the land-owning group. 
Under such a system, Mr. Raper con¬ 
tends, land and man's relation to it 
are emphasized rather than man and 
the land's relation to his needs and 
progress. As a result poverty and de¬ 
pendence abound in a country where 
independent ownership could furnish 
an abundance for all. With succinct 
clarity the book traces the devastation 
and poverty among the dependent, 
non-owning class of farmers in Macon 
and Greene Counties, where the aver¬ 
age yearly income is often as low as 
$301.26 for a white family of five 
people and $150.74 for a negro family 

of the same size. 
Characteristic of the poverty-ridden 
system is race prejudice which, states 
Mr. Raper, penalizes the whites as 
well as the Negroes because "since the 
plantation system forces white tenants 
and Negro tenants into competition, 
there is but little possibility of either 
group rising unless both rise." Race 
discrimination is reflected in eco¬ 
nomic, political, and racial barriers, 
and in the allocation of school funds 
in such a way that Negro schools 
struggle along in hopelessly inadequate 
shacks, spending $2.85 per pupil year¬ 
ly as against $5 8.30 per white pupil 
in Macon County. As a result of dis¬ 
crimination the white and Negro child 
are separated from the first by "the 
assumption of innate difference." Such 
innate difference will not be ques¬ 
tioned, says Mr. Raper, "so long as the 
two races go in opposite directions to 

Pen and Brush Club 
Pen and Brush club will meet to¬ 
morrow evening, October 22, at 7 
o'clock in the Murphey Candler build¬ 
ing. The new members will be elected 
at this time. Also, a vice-president 
will be elected to replace Carolyn El¬ 
liot who did not return to college this 
year. 

Poetry Club 
Poetry club met on Tuesday night, 
October 20, at Miss Laney's apart¬ 
ment. Members of the club read their 
poems, and fall try-outs were dis¬ 
cussed. 

N. S.F.A. 
Members of the N. S. F. A. discus| 
sion group met on Tuesday afternoon, 
i October 20, for a discussion of the cut 
' system. 

Eta Sigma Phi 
Eta Sigma Phi initiated Elsie Blackstone 
and Zoe Wells last week. On 
Monday evening, October 26, at 7:30 
I o'clock, Ex-Governor Slaton will speak 
to a joint meeting of the Emory Uni-
j versity and Agnes Scott College chap¬ 
ters of Eta Sigma Phi. All classical 
students at Agnes Scott are invited to 
attend. 

recite their arithmetic tables, their 

reading lessons, their creeds about a 

loving Heavenly Father, their inten¬ 

tion to emulate a Jesus who called no 

man common or unclean." 

Referring to efforts to resolve the 
impasse of ambitionless tenants and 
almost unattainable land ownership, 
Mr. Raper points out that "neither 
the Negro nor the white man can be 
expected to devote himself whole¬ 
heartedly to the maintenance and im¬ 
provement of social and economic con¬ 
ditions until he is made to feel that he 
is a responsible part of the community." 


Improvement specifically, the book 
concludes, involves economic reorgani¬ 
zation to increase incomes and foster 
independence—not to revitalize the 
outworn system, but to use the land 
to serve the people who live on it. 
With such a policy, human standards 
of comfort in homes, schools, and per¬ 
sonal relationship could be maintained. 

Characterized by statistical analysis 
and scientific fairness, The Preface to 
Peasantry presents a graphic account 
of present conditions .and a stimula¬ 
ting conjecture as to the future and 
its needs. Unflagging in interest, it is 
a significant warning of our impend¬ 
ing entrance into medieval peasantry 
—a warning that cannot be ignored 
and should, if the essential fineness of 
the book may be taken as indicative, 
prove effective. 

New attractions on the bookshelves: 
Man The Unknawn, by Alexis Carrel 
(Harpers, New York, 1935). 
Deep Dark River, by Robert Rylee 
(Farrar and Rinehart, New York, 
1935). 
Not Built With Hands, by Helen C. 
White (MacMillan & Co., London, 
1935). 
The Movies On Trial: The views and 
opinions of outstanding personali¬ 
ties anent screen entertainment past 
and present, compiled and edited 
by W. 1. Perlman (MacMillan, New 
York, 1936). 
The Anatomy of Personality, by H. 

W. Haggard, M. D., and Clements 
Fry, M. D. (Harper, New York, 
1936). 
Alumnae of Agnes Scott are en¬ 
gaged in varied, interesting, and con¬ 
structive activities. 

Catherine Bates, '3 6, is now direc¬ 
tor of religious education at the First 
Baptist church of Norfolk, Virginia. 

Rosalyn Crispin, '3 5, is working in 
the complaint department of Sears-
Roebuck. 

Mary Ames, '34, is studying at the 
University of Texas Medical School. 

Mildred Hooten, '33, is librarian at 
the Darlington, S. C., high school. She 
was assistant in the library at Agnes 
Scott for a year. 

Marguerite Morris, '34, is doing spe¬ 
cial work in library science at the 
University of North Carolina. 

Dorothea Blackshear, '3 5, is now 
with the WPA. She is in charge of 
the recreation division in Dccatur. 

Ann Coffee, '3 6, is studying at 
Washington University in St. Louis. 

Tibby Baethke, '3 6, is laboratory 
assistant in the medical school at the 
University of Georgia. 

Ann Martin, '3 6, is teaching at St. 
Mary's school, near Sewanee, Tennes¬ 
see. 

Alice McCallie, '36, is teaching his-j 
tory and arithmetic in the Girls' Pre-| 
paratory School, in Chattanooga, Ten-j 

Senior Coffee Sunday 

Martha Summers, president of the 
senior class; Eloisa Alexander, vice-
president; and Dorothy Jester, secre¬ 
tary, will serve coffee in the tea house 
next Sunday for the seniors and their 
guests. Each senior is invited to bring 
one underclassman. 

The international committee for non-interven¬ 

tion in the Spanish war, which convened recently 

in London, is a real effort of European powers to 

prevent the spreading of the flame of war from 

Spain. Twenty-seven embassies and legations are 

represented in this neutral gathering. Notably 

absent is Portugal, Spain's next door neighbor. 

Even the usually strong influence of Great Brit¬ 

ain in Portugal has not sufficed to make that 

country sign the neutrality pact. Notably pres¬ 

ent, on the other hand, have been Germany and 

Italy, whose neutrality is questionable. 

The most dangerous aspect of the meetings at 

London has been the presentation by Russia of a 

note threatening withdrawal from the neutrality 

agreement if the Fascist powers do not cease aid¬ 

ing the Spanish insurgents. Russia has present¬ 

ed definite charges against Germany and Italy 

specifying the form which Fascist aid to the reb¬ 
els has taken and naming the dates and places on 
which supplies for the Whites have been landed 
by these powers in Spain. (The alleged interven¬ 
tion of the Fascist countries is credible, if not in 
fact proved; and the sympathies of Italy and 
Germany are surely with the White forces, who 
have declared that they will give General Franco 
absolute authority in the event of their winning 
the war. This would be equivalent to a dictator¬ 
ship such as that of Hitler or Mussolini.) Wheth¬ 
er Russia's note to the committee was an ultima¬ 
tum that might be followed by Russian interven¬ 
tion in the war, or whether it was merely an idle 
threat that would not be backed by force, was 
not known in London. 

Is a great European conflict, then, liable to 
grow from Spain's civil war? The sentiment of 
the stronger powers is, apparently at least, 
against it. While there may be a similarity be¬ 
tween 1914 and the present time in the align¬ 
ment of country after country with the two sides, 
still there was no such general organization for 
the neutrality then as the present international 
committee for non-intervention. In it and its sin¬ 
cerity of purpose, the peoples of Europe hope. 

Jaw Breakers 

To be or not to be; that is the question 

whether 'tis nobler of the mouth to suffer 

the pulling and grinding in the dentist's chair 

or to take up arms against these torturings 

and by opposing end them. 

Thus have many of the "shyning lyghts" of 
the campus (to be Chaucerian), been soliloquiz¬ 
ing for the past few days. The recent wholesale 
exodus of students to that modern guillotine, the 
dentist's office, is either due to the prevalence of 
the "she was the belle of the ball—until she 
opened her mouth—or sat down at the piano" 
propaganda or to the belief that one pain coun¬ 
teracts another. For example, one yank on the 
part of the dentist cancels the terrific pain caused 
by a fourth "I don't know" in the same period 
and incidentally to the same questioning profes¬ 
sor. Whatever the cause, Isabel McCain, in spite 
of the international currency controversy, defi¬ 
antly (even to the point of being campused) con¬ 
tinues to allow large quantities of gold to be de¬ 
posited in her oral cavity. Heedless of King 
Midas' tragic denouement she spurns the amalgom 
fillings which prohibit Julia Thing from 
joining in the aquatic sports of the campus. The 
latter's tooth puller-and-filler (mostly filler) has 
carefully warned her that she, upon entering the 
water, will sink. It was bad enough when our lit¬ 
tle (two diamonds) Julia had weighty problems 
on her mind, but now with heavy fillings in her 
mouth one really becomes skeptical over her 
chances of survival. 

Alice Hannah is certainly taking her little or¬ 
deal more seriously than the rest. So anxious is 
she to accomplish the smile of health that, after 
having been thoroughly ground by one of said 
tortures, she immediately takes her weary way 
to another. Alice, democratic president that she 
is, firmly believes in and adheres to the check 
and balance system. Just to show Blackfriars 
what talent they have overlooked, Miss Hannah 
the other day in that perilous seat commonly 
known as the dentist chair exhibited her dra¬ 
matic technique by swooning in a fashion which 
would have made Tennyson's "Airy-Fairy Lil¬ 
lian" turn green with envy. 

Marie Stalker is giving Alice some keen com¬ 
petition in the seriousness with which she brush¬ 
es her teeth twice a year and sees her dentist 
twice a day. Such an eager student is Marie that 
she, waked by the crack of dawn, is parked on 
the dentist's doorstep (figuratively speaking) at 
8 o'clock in the morning. One is inclined to think 
that she actually revels in being a marytr to the 
cause. 

The fond mutual dream of each of these cul¬ 
prits is to see her dentist in another dentist's 
chair. 


THE AGONISTIC 

Agonistic Recalls 

Youthful Days of 

Dignified Seniors 

Class of '37 Is Reminded of 
Once Innocent Freshman 
Activities 

The reading of a bound copy of the 
Agonistic for 193 3-4 has brought to 
light a most startling truth. The mem¬ 
bers of the senior class, on the very 
eve of investiture, are rudely remind¬ 
ed that once they too were freshmen— 
and such freshmen! 

The present efficient business man¬ 
ager of the Agonistic, for example, be¬ 
gan her career as a lowly goal guard 
on the freshman hockey team, and on 
the last line of the last column of the 
last page of many an issue of the 
time-honored weekly one still can find 
the eloquent record preserved for pos¬ 
terity: K. Bowen, g. g. 

Brooks Spivey, now treasurer of Pi 
Alpha Phi and varsity debater, wasted 
no time, but tried out for Pi Alpha 
the first thing. She did well to gain 
admission with her first efforts, be¬ 
cause she was debating under real dif¬ 
ficulty. "I thought Mr. Hayes was 
the electrician," she explains, "and I 
was afraid he would turn out the 
lights before I got through." 

Frances Gary distinguished herself 
bv being made proctor in Inman; Lucile 
Dennison studied history in the 
library (Murphey Candler building to 
you) every day instead of going to 
lunch. "I thought people were sup¬ 
posed to do their history," she con¬ 
fesses. And Alice Taylor, following 
instructions given by upperclassmen, 
slammed down her window, wrapped 
a wet towel about her head, seized a 
water bucket in the hall, and dashed 
madly downstairs for her first fire-
drill. 

The class as a whole achieved one 
triumph at least. It intimidated Mr. 
Davidson. "But," records Giddy Gos¬ 
sip, "he sensed the murderous thoughts 
permeating his freshman history mass. 
Wisely he stayed away and let an in¬ 
nocent by-stander break the fearful 
test to his class." 

Fearing lest the trials of college 
might have disillusioned the young 
ones, the Agonistic made a valiant ef¬ 
fort to restore confidence in human 
nature with an editorial explaining the 
reality of Santa Glaus. "You might 
as well not believe in fairies," the 
freshmen were admonished, and so, 
with their faith unimpaired, they went 
bravely on and at last find themselves 
"on the threshold looking out." 

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Tea House Manager 412 Students Sign Up Classes Held for 

Has All-Day Program For Annual Pictures 

Future Members 

Those of us who complain about Four hundred and twelve students Of'Outing Club 
seventeen hours of work a week should have signed up for their annual pic¬ 
talk with Mrs. Ethel Kerrison over at tures which Elliot's studio has been First Aid, Fire-Building, Nature, 
the tea house. When she told us, the taking October 12-24. Seniors are Outdoor Cooking To Be 
other night, that her work began at having two poses in their academic Subjects Taught7 a. m. and ended around 10:30 p. m., robes and three in drapes; while other

Last week-end: Ola Kelly went

we suggested that she must have the students have three poses in drapes. Instruction classes for entrance into

home; Mamie Lee Ratliff accompanied

temperament of an angel to stand it. The pictures are being taken in the the outing club will begin October 29

Jeanne Redwine to Fayetteville. Susan

But she shook her head and said that parlor across from Miss Hopkins' of¬

Goodwyn went to Newnan; Samille under the direction of Virginia Wat¬

she really liked her work because, with fice. Elliot's studio also took the pic¬

Saye visited at the University of Geor¬ son, president of the organization.

people coming and going, something tures for last year's annual.

gia; Tommy Ruth Blackmon went to

was happening all the time. However, Girls wishing to join the club will

Cartersville with Martha Peek Brown;

we suspected that our former sugges¬ Ruth Crisp, Louise Baily, and Jean study first aid, fire-building, week¬

Martha Johnson went home; Dot Cab


tion had some truth in it, for here we Flint. 

end planning, outdoor cooking, and

iness went to Columbus; Mary HoT

were at five minutes to eleven on the 

Frances Robinson's brother was

lingsworth, Carolyn Carmichael, and nature.

last and busiest day of the week, rap¬ 

here for the G. M. A. game.

Julia Porter went home with Gary A committee of Miss Llewellyn

idly firing questions at our new tea 

Wheeler; Mary Eleanor Steele went to Martha Alice Green went on a steak

house hostess, and she was answering Wilburn, Virginia Watson, and Mar¬

Elberton with Phyllis Johnson; Pau¬ supper Thursday night.

them with the greatest composure tha Long has started plans for build¬

line Moss went to Royston; Charlotte Jeanne Matthews entertained at her

imaginable. 

Newman and Joyce Roper went to home for the Outing Club. ing an outdoor stove in the recently 
"Everything is much cheaper this 

Spartanburg; and Sara Groves and Ruth Slack, Strat Sloan, Mirian purchased land behind the campus.

year," she said. "There is a special 

Mary Lang Gill went to Byromville. Sanders, and others attended the Pi 

The outdoor club has taken this con¬

lunch for twenty-five cents, special 

Among those present at the fresh-K. A. dance at Emory Friday night. 

struction as a project for the year and

steak dinners on Monday nights, and 

man-sophomore med dance Friday Mette Williamson, Strat Sloan, and 

will continue to build up this location

chicken dinners as a Friday night fea¬ 

night were: Susan Bryan, Rachel Charlotte Golden attended the Anak 

for supper hikes and week-end trips.

ture. Also," she continued, "I am 

Kennedy, Bee Merrill, Mary Smith, dance at Tech Saturday night. 

The club made its first hike there on

working on some special sandwiches 

and others. Isabel Richardson and Mary Belle 

October 12.

for girls who prefer not to dress on 

Virginia Stephens, Martha Peek Weir went to the Theta Kappa Psi 

Miss Mary Linder Vardell, a new

Wednesday night." 

Brown, and Rachel Kennedy attended dance Friday night. 

member of the biology department,

Mrs. Kerrison admitted that she the Beta Theta Pi dance last Saturday Anne Purnell attended an Anak 

has been made an honorary member

took great pride in her home-cooked night. dance Saturday night. 

of the club.

soups and special breakfast combina¬ Harry Graham of Greenville, S. C., Mrs. Gray and J. C. Rowe visited 
tions, and stated that she could pre¬ visited Catharine Ivie this week-end. Sara Gray this week-end. 

Correct Dry Cleaning

pare banquets or parties for any num¬ Mary Willis had as visitors this Mrs. Hutchins spent Saturday night 

Odorless Process—Neat Pressing

ber with any type of menu wished. week-end, Jefforey Moore and Walker with Eleanor Hutchins. 

Garments Called for and Deliver¬

After all this talk about food, we Harper of Davidson. Eloise Lennard is going to the S. A. 

ed Without Extra Charge

suddenly found ourselves famished and Those present at the social given by E. house at Emory Saturday night. 

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Pree went to open house at Brenau. 

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THE AGONISTIC 

Students on Other Campuses 
Famous Log is Given 
To College by Mr. Orr 
K.U.B., Journalism Club9 Serves 
Win Cake Races? Write Poetry 
The battlefield of Chickamauga, 
As Agnes Scott Publicity Agent 

Raymond Starr, columnist of the 
Emory Wheel, bemoans the fact that 
the marble steps of the library will 
probably remain unheated this year. 
Doubtless the steps are a popular bull-
session resort, or perhaps the star re¬ 
porter has acquired cold feet on his 
way up the formidable steps to inter¬ 
view the librarian. 

To know how to do the cake-walk 
is one thing—and to win a place in a 
cake race is another. Bill Preston, 
freshman at Davidson, son of Annie 
Wylie Preston, (institute), brother of 
Miriam Preston ('27), Shannon Pres¬ 
ton Cummings ('30), and Florence 
Preston ('34), nephew of Miss Janef 
Preston, and cousin of Elizabeth War¬ 
den, began his college career in the 
right way by winning fourth place 
in the annual freshman cake-race. 

—The Davidsonian. 

Ode to Chemistry 

Should I adorn 

The Hall of Fame, 

Make not my praise gigantic; 

Merely write beneath my name 

"Behold, he passed organic." 

—The Hornet. 

OPERA STAR OPENS 

MUSIC CLUB SERIES 

(Continued from page 1, column 5) 
tet on January 12, and Arthur Schnabel, 
pianist, on February 19. Under 
the joint auspices of the club and the 
Atlanta Philharmonic Society, the con¬ 
cert series includes the following: Jan¬ 
uary 16, Gladys Swarthout and Nino 
Martini; February 25, Ballet Russe of 
Monte Carlo; March 19, Lawrence 
Tibbett; March 31, St. Louis Sym¬ 
phony Orchestra, Vladimir Golschmann, 
conductor, and Albert Spalding, 
soloist; April 21, Philadelphia 
Symphony Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, 
conductor; and on May 1, Kirsten 
Flagstad. 

The persons officially heading the 
programs are Mrs. Thad Morrison, 
president of the Atlanta Music club; 
Ernest Emmel, president of the Atlan¬ 
ta Philharmonic Society; and Marvin 
McDonald, president of the concert 
series. 

Adding to the interest of this year's 
program are the twenty-first anniver¬ 
sary of the Atlanta Music club and 
the completion of Atlanta's remodeled 
auditorium. 

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Speakers at other colleges: 

Carl Sandburg, America's "most 
truly native poet," used his guitar and 
chant to interpret his modernistic free 
verse as part of his address at David¬ 
son College, October 1. 

Jack McMichael of Emory, who 
gave a not-to-be-forgotten chapel talk 
on peace here last spring, spoke at a 
recent Vesper service of Georgia State 
Woman's College. 

Dr. T. Z. Koo, prominent Chinese 
Christian speaker of the Atlanta 
Preaching Mission held here recently, 
spoke October 8 at Howard College, 
Birmingham, Alabama. 

The first woman to hold a public 
office in Montevalla, Alabama, is Dr. 
Hallie Farmer, head of the history de¬ 
partment of Alabama College. Miss 
Farmer was elected to the city council 
to serve four years. 

REPORTERS 

Nell Allison, Alice Cheeseman, Gid¬ 
dy Erwin, Nell Hemphill, Carol Hale, 
Cora Kay Hutchins, Sarah Johnson, 
Douglas Lyle, Frances Lee, Regina 
Hurwitz, Julia Sewell, Mary Willis, 
Mamie Lee Ratliff, Selma Steinbach, 
Anne Purnell, Marie Merritt, Alice 
Reins, Myrl Chafin, Louise Young, 
Mary Frances Kennedy, Henrietta 

Blackwell, Primrose Noble. 

Business Assistants: Rachel Kenne¬ 
dy, Helen Lichten, Florence Little, 
and Jessie Williams. 

Try-outs for the reporter staff of 
the Agonistic were handed in last Sat¬ 
urday; the names of those whose arti¬ 
cles were considered satisfactory will 
be announced in next week's edition of 
the paper. 

Anthropological measurements of 
University of Kansas freshmen, com¬ 
pared with those of a selected list of 
other schools, recently revealed that 
these men were taller, about the same 
in weight, and less in girth of chest. 

—The Davidsonian. 

former Governor Joseph E. Brown, 
and Mr. J. K. Orr, chairman of the 
board of trustees, are responsible for 
the log standing in the Murphey 
Candler building today. After the 
Civil War, when a bayonet and 
three different kinds of shell were 
embedded in the wood, Governor 
Brown gave the log to Mr. Orr, 
who, after keeping it in his office 
for the past forty years, has given 
it to Agnes Scott. 

Bible Club Gives 

Tea Next Tuesday 

The Bible club will entertain all 
new students and all Bible students at 
an informal tea next Tuesday, Octo¬ 
ber 27, from 4:30 to 5:30, in the re¬ 
ception room in Main building. The 
officers of the club will have charge 
of the tea. They are: Frances Gary, 
president; Molly Jones, vice-president; 
Mary McCann Hudson, secretary; and 
Louise Young, treasurer. 

Blackfriars Initiate Five 

The five new members initiated in¬ 
to Blackfriars last night are: Jeanne 
Redwine, Susan Goodwyn, Jean Chal¬ 
mers, Martha Head, and Cornelia 
Christie. 

Crimson, the Harvard color, origi¬ 
nated from the large bandana hand¬ 
kerchief. 

—Los Angeles Junior Collegian. 

DECATUR BEAUTY SALON 
Permanents $3 to $10 
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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 
to-wear 

By Margaret Watson 

K. U. B., the journalism club, has 
served as Agnes Scott's publicity agent 
for ten years or more, but since most 
of the evidences of its work are not 
seen by the students, a little publicity 
for the club seems to be in order. 
It was founded with the purpose to 
help give the college favorable public¬ 
ity in the Atlanta and Decatur papers, 
to cooperate with the Agonistic, and 
to support college activities and enter¬ 
prises. 

The club members now write the 
Agnes Scott news for The Atlanta 
Journal, and the DeKalb New Era, the 
weekly Decatur paper. The home town 
paper of each student is supplied with 
a story whenever the girl is elected to 
an office, or in any way achieves dis¬ 
tinction on the campus. These stories 
are "padded" with facts about the or¬ 
ganization she is elected to, or some 
college news so that interesting details 
of campus activities are given wider 

publicity. K. U. B. files contain a 
record of the activities of all the stu¬ 
dents throughout their four years, and 
a story is written about each senior at 
graduation. 

The name of the club is derived 
from "cub"—signifying cub reporter. 
It is open to all students who are in¬ 
terested in journalism, and try-outs 
are held each fall and spring. 

Hockey to be Friday 

The interclass hockey matches which 
were to have taken place last Friday 
will be played off this Friday, October 
23, instead. The games were postponed 
last week because of rain. 

8x10 Portrait $1.00 

Other Work in Proportion 
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wear now ... or later under your coat. You'd 
never guess a $10.00 price for these suits 
were it not for their price tags. They are 
exceptionally well tailored and designed for 
perfect fit. 

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Register Cast Vote 
This Week On Tuesday

<P)£ %,00ni0fic 

VOL. XXII 

Agnes Scott 

Will Debate 

Emory, Tech 

Each School To Uphold Policies 
of Three Major Parties in 
Political Debate 

Audience To Give Decision 

With political speeches and rebut¬ 
tals expounding the theories of the 
three leading parties, Agnes Scott, Em¬ 
ory, and Tech will hold simultaneous 
triangular debates on next Friday 
night, October 30, at 8 o'clock. 

The group which will appear in the 
Gaines chapel here includes: Brooks 
Spivey, for the Socialist party; Jack 
Tolbert of Emory for the Republicans; 
and Ed Vinson of Tech for the Demo¬ 
crats. At Emory, Mary Lillian Fairly 
will set forth the ideas of the Demo¬ 
crats; while at Tech, Mary Frances 
Guthrie will support the policies of the 
Republicans. 

The decision of the debate will be 
determined by the voting of the audi¬ 
ence. After the debate the meeting 
will be open to questions or remarks 
from the audience. Following this a 
reception will be held in Main for the 
debaters. 

Silhouette Heads 

Will Attend Meet 

Barton Jackson, editor, and Mary 
Gillespie, business manager of the Sil¬ 
houette, the Agnes Scott annual, will 
attend the fifteenth annual conven¬ 
tion of the National Scholastic Press 
Association, which meets in Louisville, 
Kentucky, on October 29-31. 

This meeting is the largest and most 
important gathering of college edi¬ 
tors, business managers, and staff 
members that is to be held in the 
United States during the college year. 
The convention will be divided into 
sessions for the three groups: college 
magazines, college yearbooks, and col¬ 
lege papers. The speakers, the most 
noted men of the press and of the 
journalistic world, include such men 
as John B. Kennedy, NBC commen¬ 
tator; Herbert Agar, Pulitzer prize 
winner; and Thurman Miller, publish¬ 
er. Addresses, round table meetings, 
luncheons, panel discussions, a ban¬ 
quet, and a convention dance are fea¬ 
tures of the program. 

Last year at this convention in Chi¬ 
cago there were 340 delegates repre¬ 
senting 160 publications and 131 col¬ 
leges and universities in 3 J states. 

The host for this year's convention 
will be the University of Louisville. 
All sessions will be held in the Brown 
Hotel in Louisville. 

Seniors to Serve Coffee 

Alice Hannah, Frances McDonald, 
and Martha Johnson will serve coffee 
next Sunday after dinner in the Murphey 
Candler building. Each senior is 
invited to bring a guest. 

Registration fo r 

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1936 
Stuart Chase, First Lecturer of 
Is Brilliant Economist. 

Leading Figure On National 
Scene Does Important 
Federal Work 

Stuart Chase, brilliant economist 

and author who will lecture at Agnes 

Scott on November 13, has been a 

leading figure on the national scene 

for many years. As a "certified pub¬ 

lic accountant who is also something 

of a poet and much of a Utopian re¬ 

former," Mr. Chase has long held im¬ 

portant governmental positions. 

Born in Somersworth, New Hamp¬ 

shire, in 1888, he attended school for 

two years at the Massachusetts Insti¬ 

tute of Technology, where he special¬ 

ized in mathematics and engineering. 

He then registered at Harvard Uni¬ 

versity, from which he was graduated 

with a degree in science. He also stu¬ 

died economics and statistics exten¬ 

sively. After his graduation, Mr. 

Chase was made a certified public ac¬ 

countant in Boston. 

In 1917 Stuart Chase went to Chi¬ 
cago as a member of the Federal Trade 
Commission, which was conducting a 
general inquiry of meat companies. 
The following year he was transferred 
to the Food Administration board and 
was placed in charge of the Control 
of Packers Profit under wartime reg¬ 
ulation of food administration. 

Since 1921 Mr. Chase has been a 

member of the Labor Bureau, a non¬ 

profit making institution devoted to 

the study of American labor problems. 

He is the head of the accounting and 

auditing department of that organiza¬ 

tion. He has recently been engaged in 

making a survey for the National Re¬ 

sources board, and has also made an 

extensive study of the costs of trans¬ 

portation. 

Community Invited 

To Hear Lecturer 

At French Meeting 

Madame Aline Caro-Delvaille, the 

distinguished French lecturer who will 

speak at French club Wednesday, No¬ 

vember 4, has announced her subject 

as "French Universities and What 

They Have to Offer Foreign Stu¬ 

dents." 

By courtesy of the central office of 
French Tourism, Madame Caro-Delvaille 
can illustrate her lectures with 
moving pictures showing picturesque 
scenes of France. The college com¬ 
munity is invited to attend her lec¬ 
ture, to be held at 8 p. m. in the 
chapel. 

Among Madame Caro-Delvaille's 

new and interesting subjects for lec¬ 

tures are the following: 

The literary movement of the year 
1935-1936; the religious motif in the 
contemporary novel; portraits by 
themselves: three great contemporary 
biographies—Gide, Benda, Alain; and 
history of the great world expositions 
of Paris. 

Campus Election 

To Begin Tomorrow; Voting Tuesday 

Registration for voting in the cam¬ sponsored by Tech, Emory, and Agnes 
pus presidential election, sponsored by Scott. 

On Tuesday, November 3, balloting

the citizenship club, will get under 

will take place in room 106 in Butt¬ 

way tomorrow, October 29, and will 

rick, and Agnes Scott will voice its 
continue through Saturday, October opinion at the same time that the na¬ 

31. Members of the college commun¬ tion makes known its choice. The poll 
ity may register, sign the voter's oath, will open at 8 o'clock in the morning, 
and pay the penny poll tax in the lob¬ and will close at 3 o'clock in the 
by of Buttrick. afternoon. 
Friday night, in Gaines chapel, po¬ At 4 o'clock, the citizenship club 
tential voters may hear the platforms will meet to count the ballots. At this 
and purposes of the three major par¬ meeting, Dr. McCain will make a short 
ties set forth in the triangular debate, talk on some phase of politics. 

Consumers' Magazine 

Founded by Speaker 

Stuart Chase took an active part 

in the organization of the Consum¬ 

ers' Research, which emerged from 

a small group of private individuals 

known as the Consumers' club. 

From 1928 to 1931 Mr. Chase was 

an active member of the organiza¬ 

tion, having served as its first presi¬ 

dent. 

He was co-founder of the Con¬ 

sumers' Magazine, working with F. 

J. Schhnk, who is the present edi¬ 
tor of that publication. They col¬ 
laborated on a book, Your Money's 
Worth, which—based on the find¬ 
ings of their Research—was an ex¬ 
pose of "tricks behind the trade 
marks." 
Dr. Lacy Will be 

Speaker Here at 

Religious Week 

Dr. Benjamin R. Lacy, Jr., presi¬ 
dent of the Union Theological Semi¬ 
nary in Richmond, has accepted the 
invitation of Agnes Scott to conduct 
the week of religious services here next 
spring. Dr. Lacy is remembered as the 
pastor of Central Presbyterian church 
in Atlanta from 1919-1926, when he 
left to become president of the Theol¬ 
ogical Seminary. 

A clergyman and an educator, Dr. 
Lacy has received degrees from such 
institutions as Davidson College, Ox¬ 
ford University in England, Union 
Theological Seminary in Virginia, 
Hampdon-Sydney College, and Duke 
University. He is a trustee of Hampdon-
Sydney College and is a member 
of the two honorary fraternities, Phi 
Beta Kappa and Omicron Delta Kappa. 

Each year the college and the Y. W. 

C. A. invite a speaker to conduct a 
week of religious services on the cam¬ 
pus. Last year the late S. D. Gordon, 
author of Quiet Talks, was the speak¬ 
er. 
Miss Jackson is 

Speaker at Meet 

Associate Professor Elizabeth Jack¬ 
son returned last week from a conven¬ 
tion of the American Association of 
University Women which was held at 
Charleston, South Carolina. This was 
the thirteenth state meeting of the 
South Carolina division, and Miss 
Jackson's first state meeting as a di¬ 
rector of the South Atlantic section, 
which includes Maryland, West Vir¬ 
ginia, Washington, Virginia, North 
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, 
Florida, Porto Rico and Argentina. 
Miss Jackson spoke on "The Challenge 
of the National Convention" which is 
to be held at Savannah in March. Dr. 
McHale, general director of the asso¬ 
ciation, was also present. 

The American Association of Uni¬ 
versity Women is primarily an educa¬ 
tional institution whose object is to 
raise and keep the standards of wom¬ 
en's education high. This association 
carries on an adult educational pro¬ 
gram among its members, and keeps 
standards high in institutions to which 
membership is accorded. There are 
more than 700 colleges and universi¬ 
ties that grant degrees to women, but 
only 247 of them are recognized by 
the association. 

Furlow is on Committee 

Elizabeth Furlow has been appoint¬ 
ed day student representative on the 
tea house committee. 

This Year9 j 

Prolific Writer 

Economic Research Provides 
! Fun For Internationally 
Known Author 

"Fun, to me, is economic research 

and writing about it," Stuart Chase 

has said of his prolific works. This 

internationally-known lecturer, au¬ 

thor, and economist has written num¬ 

bers of books and articles dealing with 

problems of social science, economics, 

and industrial engineering. 

Mr. Chase's books are at once excit¬ 

ing and informing. They are written 

with an encyclopaedic passion for facts 

and a humorous fervor which make 

them stimulating, shrewd, and arrest¬ 

ing. They are characterized by vision, 

scientific acumen, and a remarkable 

sense of social justice. 

Besides his numerous books, Stuart 

Chase has published articles in many 

current periodicals. The Forum, Har¬ 

per's, The Journal, Bookman, The New 

Republic, and Atlantic Monthly are 

among those which have printed his 

treatises. 

Some of his best known books are: 

Tragedy of Waste; Men and Machines; 

Nemesis of American Business; Mexi¬ 

co—-A Study of the Two Americas; 

A New Deal; Prosperity; The Fight 

to Save the Land; Economy of Abun¬ 

dance; and Rich Land, Poor Land. 

It has been said of his books that 

there ought to be a congressional law 

requiring everyone to read them. They 

present, in terms that the layman can 

understand, all the social problems of 

our nation; and offer sane, practical 

theories for solving them. 

Silhouette Receives 

First Class Rating 

In National Survey 

The Silhouette of 1936 received 

first class honor rating in the class 

of colleges of an enrollment of five 

hundred in the sixteenth ail-American 

critical service for school yearbooks 

conducted by the National Scholastic 

Press Association. Shirley Christian 

was editor of The Silhouette; and Sarah 

Jones was business manager. They re¬ 

ceived the comments of the judges last 

week. The total number of high school 

and college entries was seven hundred. 

Annuals were judged on the follow¬ 

ing points: plan, sections, editing, 

make-up, mechanical considerations, 

general effect, and financial status. 

First-class rating was accorded those 

yearbooks which were considered ex¬ 

cellent; the award is a diploma. 

The National Scholastic Press Asso¬ 
ciation is an organization of 22 5 0 
member publications established for 
the purpose of furthering the interests 
of all forms of scholastic and collegi¬ 
ate journalism. Staffs whose yearbooks 
are members submit copies of their 
publication for an annual scrutiny by 
the N. S. P. A. judges. N. S. P. A. is 
the oldest and largest scholastic press 
association in the country. 

NO. 4 

Mystery Play 

To be Staged 

November 25 

Blackfriars To Attempt Novel 
Lighting, Trick Staging in 
Presentation 

Play Entitled 'Double Door' 

Trick stage effects and novel light¬ 
ing are features of "Double Door," 
the three-act play which Blackfriars is 
presenting November 25 in Bucher 
Scott gymnasium. The play, written 
by Elizabeth McFadden, will be under 
the direction of Miss Frances K. 
Gooch, with Miss Carrie Phinney Lari¬ 
mer and Kitty Printup as assistant di¬ 
rectors. Elizabeth Cousins is publicity 
manager, Joyce Roper is treasurer and 
ticket agent, and Doris Dunn is pro¬ 
gram manager. 

The cast is as follows: Avery, a 
middle-aged housekeeper, Mary Past; 
Louise, a maid, Jeanne Flynt; Anne 
Darrow, the bride, Kay Toole; Caro¬ 
line van Bret, Victoria's sister, Myrl 
Chafin; Victoria van Bret, Kathryn 
Bowen Wall; Rip van Bret, Jimmy 
Jepson. The other male characters, Dr. 
John Sully; Lambert, the detective; 
Mortimer Neff, the family lawyer; 
Mr. Chase; and Telson, the butler, 
have not definitely been assigned as 
yet. 

The play is a near-tragedy, with the 
plot centering around the activities of 
Victoria van Bret, who rules her fam¬ 
ily with a maniac's firmness. Her sis¬ 
ter, Caroline, is helpless before her. 
Her half-brother, Rip, cannot stand 
up against her. In a dark room that 
has not been changed since her father 
died Victoria goes through her cheer¬ 
less routine domination. She is more 
cruel than ever when Rip is marrying 
a girl who is not of his social standing. 
Victoria senses a threat to the integ¬ 
rity of the van Bret fortune. How 
Victoria tortures the bride with stu¬ 
died austerity and finally tries to mur¬ 
der her, is the burden of the play. 

Miss Carrie Phinney Latimer, Uldo 
Thran, the play production class, and 
Mary Anne Kernan, property man¬ 
ager, will produce a new walnut-pan¬ 
elled set with a secret spring door as 
a unique and effective stage feature. 

Transfer Students 

Enjoy Supper Hike 

Mortar Board gave a supper hike 
for transfer students at Ice Cream 
Springs last Friday evening. Fannie 

B. Harris, president of Mortar Board, 
was in charge of arrangements. Chap¬ 
erons were Associate Professors Flor¬ 
ence Smith and Louise Hale, and Pro¬ 
fessor and Mrs. Philip Davidson. 
Transfers who went on the hike 
were Suzanne Audrain, Cornelia Coleman, 
Margaret Lipscomb, Tami Okamura, 
Samille Saye, Beatrice Sexton, 
Grace Tazewell, Elizabeth Williams, 
Virginia Hill, Lenora Jones, Helen 
Rodgers, Eleanor Burns, Alice Caldwell, 
Frances King, Evelyn Sears, 
Elizabeth Skinner, Julia Bell, Marlise 
Torrance, and Sara Groves. 

Isabel McCain is one of Participants 

In Leade rship Training Course 

Isabel McCain was one of the eight speakers; and Miss Eugenie Dozier, in¬ 
participants in a panel discussion on structor in physical education at Ag¬
"The Adviser in Group Work" last nes Scott, helped with the dancing. 
Thursday night at the Biltmore hotel. On the preceding Tuesday Miss Llew¬ 
The discussion, one of a series in a ellyn Wilburn, associate professor of 
girls' leadership training course, was physical education, demonstrated the 
sponsored by all the group organiza¬ place of the rhythmic in group work. 
tions in Atlanta. Many Agnes Scott She led the young people in games, 
girls attended. folk dances, and square dances. At 

Miss Eva Hancock, executive secre¬ the same meeting Miss Emily Dexter, 
tary of the Atlanta campfire girls and associate professor of psychology and 
instructor in a course in camp leader¬ education, spoke on "The Adolescent 
ship here last spring, was one of the Girl." 


THE AGONISTIC 

"Beyond Sing the Woods" is Tale

Agonistic 

Faculty Talks Politics

Of Lives of Norwegian Folk 

PUBLISHED WEEKLY 

Owned and published by the students of Agnes Scott 
College. 

Entered as Second Class Matter. 

Subscription price, $1.25 per year in advance. 
Single copies, 5 c. 
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STAFF 
Laura Steele Kathryn B. Wall 
Editor-in-Chief Business Manager 
Frances Gary Elizabeth Blackshear 
Associate Editor Advertising Manager 
Mary Lib Morrow

Jane Guthrie 

Frances Belford

Hortense Jones 

Doris Dunn

Mary McCann Hudson 

Nell Hemphill

Assistant Editors 

Circulation Managers

June Matthews 

Frances Wilson

Make-Up Editor 

Current History

Ruth Hertzka 

Pauline Moss 

Assistant Make-Up 

Society Editor 
Nellie M. Gilroy Jean Chalmers 
Feature Editor Sports Editor 
Mary Frances Guthrie Cornelia Christie 
Exchange Editor Club Editor 
Mildred Davis Elizabeth Warden 
Book Editor Ahimnae Editor 
Editor, Associate Editor, Enid Middleton, Mary 
King, Editor,'al Council 

Organizations Need Dues 

It is difficult to be subtle when demanding 

money and it, is tactless to be obvious. Yet there 

is no more effective way of getting it than by de¬ 

manding it. So when we remind you that your 

club dues are to be paid by November 4 if you 

are not to lose your membership, and your budget 

fee by the first week in November if your organ¬ 

ization is not to lose fifteen percent of its allot¬ 

ment, we are, in a roundabout way, avoiding the 

worn-out "pay your club dues and your budget" 

plea. 

Even if your organization does not get money 

from the student budget fund, it still needs your 

dues. Most clubs have initiation banquets, na¬ 

tional dues, subscription to the organization 

magazine, Wednesday night coffee, and a page 

in the annual. And now that the Murphey Can


dler building has been provided for students, 

there is additional demand for dues in order to 

help furnish the club rooms. 

Debates are Beneficial 

There are times on Agnes Scott's campus when 
it would be difficult to guess from student atti¬ 
tudes whether or not the theory of isolation had 
ever been exploded. Not being among those rah-
rah schools where intercollegiate athletics take 
top place in interest, Agnes Scott confines its stu¬ 
dent contact with other educational units to in¬ 
tellectual fields such as college conferences and 
intercollegiate debates. Since it is impossible for 
even a minority of students to benefit directly 
from the various inter-collegiate conferences ex¬ 
cept through absentee representation, practical-i 
ly the only inter-collegiate contact from which all' 
students can benefit and to which all can lend en¬ 
thusiastic support is debating. Pi Alpha Phi un¬ 
dertakes to provide through such debates as the 
triangular political debate on October 30, the 
British debate, and the spring triangular debate 
not only contact but actual intellectual combat 
with other colleges. Surely, loyalty to Agnes 
Scott in her only intercollegiate contests should 
demand enthusiastic attendance at debates. 

But more than just abstract loyalty is involv¬ 
ed ; for it can scarcely be denied that four years 
spent in one atmosphere can be a great influence 
to narrow our awareness of the existence of an 
outside world and its problems, and especially of 
the existence of a student world wherein our contemporaries 
work at the same studies and have 
the same discussions with the same fervor that 
we do. A debate symbolizes this unity of inter¬ 
ests between two colleges by presenting a con¬ 
flict of opinion on some current problem: and 
cannot help but afford to the student audience 
an insight into its own connection with other 
student bodies as well as current topics of dis¬ 
cussion, which we who race madly to eight o'clock 
classes never seem to glean from our morning 
newspapers. 

Moreover, entirely aside from demands of 
loyalty and from educational benefits Agnes Scott 
debates offer real entertainment and interest in 
the wit and humor of participants from different 
schools. Students who remain away from Pi 
Alpha Phi debates which start with the political 
debate Friday night are going to be missing the 
entire intercollegiate aspect of Agnes Scott—not 
to mention some very interesting, instructive, 
and exciting sessions. 

Naomi Walford is Translator of Book by Trygve Gulbranssen; 

Your current history reporter this week turned 

Lyrically Beautiful Style Serves as Background for 

from the cold printed pages of magazine and 
Excellent Character Portrayal newspaper to the fresh and spontaneous words of 
our own faculty to bring you the news of the

Beyond S.ng the Woods, by Trygve after thirty years it remains as a sign 

day. Several of the professors had the following

Gulbranssen; translated by Naomi 

that vengeance is the Lord's and as a 

question popped them: For whom are you plan¬

Walford. G. P. Putnam and Sons, 

line of demarcation between the old ning to vote in the national election, and why?

1936. Reviewed by Enid Middleton. 

and the new. Herewith are the answers they managed to give,

No more felicitous combination of 

after they recovered from the shock of being

words could be found as a title for Though the reader's interest centers 

on the receiving end of a question. We might

Naomi Walford's beautiful translation chiefly in Dag, the other characters 

add that a couple of them begged time to think

of this arresting novel by Trygve Gul¬ will be found to be equally as vividly 

over their answers, such slaves have they become

branssen than these—Beyond Sing the and realistically portrayed. Old Dag's 

to the doctrine that outside preparation is al¬

Woods, for this stirring tale of the sons—young Dag, whose eyes had a 

ways necessary before recitation.

changes wrought by half a century in brilliance irresistible to women; and 

While we were giving Mr. Robinson time to

the lives of the Norwegian woodsfolk, young Tore, whose veins pulsed to the 

improve upon his first answer—that the reason

written as it is in a very distinctive very spirit of the great forests in 

he votes the Prohibitionist ticket is to keep

and unusual style, seems to be unfold¬ which he spent most of his time; the 

Agnes Scott girls sober—we invaded the song¬

ed to the accompaniment of the ma¬ gentle Jomfru Dorothea, entering 

sters' sanctuary and forced ourselves upon Mr.

jestic music of the virgin forests as death as quietly as she walked through 

Johnson. He cautiously declared he'd have to ask

chey are swept by the bracing winds life, and by her last words—"One's 

his wife before he could tell us how he planned

of the North. Such a lyrically beauti¬ first duty is mercy"—changing the 

to vote. But confidentially he stated that Roose¬ 

ful style serves as a fit background course of a whole life; Mistress Eliza¬ 

velt was his man, because "in California where I

beth von Gall, "a headstrong thor¬

indeed for the splendid portrayal of come from it is the man who is of importance,

the novel's dominating figure, that of oughbred, with the strength of many 

not merely the party."

Old Dag Bjorndal, in whose subtle men and the weakness of many wom¬ 

Returning to Mr. Robinson, we found that he 
and penetrating characterization lies en," forever keeping her lips cracked really has serious reasons for sticking with a 

the greatness of the book. How Dag and bleeding in memory of the kiss of 

minority party. As all good American historychanged from the vengeful master of the one man whose strength of will students know, the support given such a group

equalled her own; the lovely Adelaide

an almost feudal manor, whose pres¬ often forces the major parties to incorporate the 
ence brought cold fear into the hearts Barre, "playing living music of light chief planks of the minority in their own plat¬

of the inhabitants of Broad Lea when and shade, and warm as blood," and 

forms. Thus our canny math professor hopes to

bringing a smile to the lips of all who

he swept down from his forest strong¬ influence the legislation of the next administra¬ 

saw matchless beauty;

hold in his sleigh drawn by dashing her the aged tion no matter who wins. Just in case you didn't 

black horses—to Old Dag, the kind Ane Hamarraba, steeped in the cen¬ 

know it, there is a Prohibitionist candidate for 

tury-old traditions of her country, ut¬

old man who stood ready to help even president of the United States. Colvin is the 

his bitterest enemy, and who flung tering her mystic deathbed prophesy name. 
Captain Klinge, that "merry old gen¬

open the doors of his ancestral dining Miss Jackson is a staunch supporter of the Op¬

tleman," who, by a single sincere

halls with its heavy tables ladened with position. Landon is her man. We had thought 

every delicacy so speech, made up for a lifetime of hy

that all might join she wore his sunflower only because yellow is her 

pocritically polite agreement — these

i in the age-old festivities of the Christ¬ favorite color, but she has much more scholarly

and many others equally as unforget

mas celebration—constitutes the cen¬ and less feminine reasons as well. She believes 
tral theme of this absorbing novel. In table, united in an exciting, rapidly-the present national relief program and financial 

moving story that is written in a rare

portraying the inner struggles which program are unsound. She is following her 
j accompany this evolution, the author and lovely style, make Beyond Sing choice for president with a straight Republican

the Woods a novel of absorbing inter¬

has written a soul study of unusual vote on her Massachusetts absentee ballot, be¬ 
j depth and truth—one which begins, est, unusual beauty, and deep spiritual cause of the local situation in that state. 
j strangely enough, with the death of a truth. Finally, we approached Mr. Raper. He surely 

bear, gains impetus from a recklessly couldn't be for Landon, we thought; not after all 
daring sleigh race to Mass one Christ¬ Poet those attacks on Vested Interests and Entrench¬

Noted Visits 

mas morning, and reaches its climax ed Monopolies. No, we found that to prevent the 
with the imbedding of an axe-head so Verseforms Class Republicans winning, Mr. Raper is going to vote 
deeply in the wooden beams of the for Roosevelt. After all, rationalizes our erst¬ 
great dining hall at Bjorndal that even while staunch Socialist, Norman Thomas hasn't

By Nell Allison 

a chance to win, and the next most progressive

Mrs. Isabel F. Conant, of Boston, 

candidate seems to be Roosevelt. "The liberal 
nationally-known poetess and a most vote, if turned toward him," says Mr. Raper, 
Alumnae News interesting personality, came to Agnes "can keep Tugwell in the cabinet, and can con¬ 
tinue the TVA." Using one of his illegible black¬

Scott last Friday, October 23. She re¬ 

board diagrams, our subject expounded on the

mained until the next day, being

Another set of Agnes Scott alum¬ benefits which would result if Roosevelt extend¬ 
nae has announced marriages and en¬ entertained in the Anna Young Alum¬ ed the TVA to the distribution of milk or shoes, 
gagements: nae House by Miss Emma May Laney for example, as well a-s electricity. "Of course," 

he cautioned, "I don't agree with him—or any¬

Nancy Tucker, ex-'3 8, will be mar¬ and Miss Janef Preston. 

one—entirely, but he may move in the right di¬

ried to Bruce Bayer, of Nashville, dur¬ "I am told that I am to read some 

rection."

ing the last week in December. 

of my poems in Miss Laney's verse-
Anne Hudson, '3 3, was recently 

forms class," said Mrs. Conant smil¬ 

married to F. H. Hankins, Jr. The 

ingly, when questioned. The class was

couple is now living at Coral Gables, 

open to visitors on Saturday morning,

Florida. 

and proved a delightfully informal

Sarah Glenn, '2 8, was married in 

treat. The revival of mob spirit on the campus as ex¬

early October to Daniel Marcus Boyd, 

On Monday Mrs. Conant lectured emplified in the political conventions and the

Jr., of Hickory, N. C. 

in Atlanta before the Atlanta Writers stunts has resulted in a peculiar but quite under¬ 

Margaret Ogden, '30, will marry on standable to on the

club. reversion behavior lowest 

October 29 Rev. James Walton Stew¬ 

She has published many short Ivrics levels of instinct and feeling (to be socially psy¬

art, Jr., of Conyers, Ga. 

in various periodicals, and recently chological). Surely the usual epitome of sobriety, 
Mary Elizabeth Cox, ex-'39, was re¬ won the Savannah Barrow Prize, given Frances Gary, had experienced such a relapse 
cently married to Oscar Carl House, for a lyric poem. This piece has been when she found herself exceedingly tipsy and un¬ 
of Wellsville, Mo., and Atlanta. lately brought out by the yearbook of certain on her feet after having innocently im¬ 
There are a number of ex-'3 8's who the Poetry Society of Georgia. bibed a coca-cola. One wonders if a similar physi¬ 
for various reasons are missing from Poetry writing seems to be a purely cal and mental condition prompted Piggy Wheat-
the campus this year. Some are study¬ spontaneous pleasure to Mrs. Conant, ley to answer the question—"How old is Henri¬ 
ing at other colleges, and some are for she says that no one should write etta Blackwell?" with a complacent—"I don't 
working: a poem uniess she simply cannot help know how old she is, but she'll be nineteen next 
Anne Cullum and Kennon Hender¬ it. year." Speaking of retrogression, Virginia Pop¬ 
son are at the University of Georgia. She has had charge of poetry classes lin the other day proved to Miss Smith and the 
Dot Kelly is at the University of at Lake Chautauqua and in Mt. Berry American politics class that the old adage—the 
North Carolina. Schools in Georgia, and has given short more you learn, the less you know, has real sig¬ 
nificance. On being asked a question concerning

Kitty Floffman has a secretarial job courses in poetry-writing in Coker 
in Charlotte, N. C. College, Hartsford, S. C. "But don't constitutional amendment said Miss Poplin 

con¬ 
Anne Taylor is attending art school. call me a teacher," said Mrs. Conant, fessed in a desperate voice, "Really, Miss Smith, 
I could have answered that question last year."

Lil and Lu Croft are working this for I m not!" Evidently she regards 

So much of her soul did Cora Kay Hutchins

winter in Atlanta. such work as anything but a routine 

pour into her classic rendition of hamburger-eat¬

Connie Pardee is studying at Emory. of duty. 

ing Wimpy that for days before the clash of wit

Frances Espy, '3 5, is studying at the Although Mrs. Conant is merely 

and ingenuity she could think of nothing else.

University of Alabama. passing through Agnes Scott on her 

Imagine her frustration when having been asked

Jessie Lawrence is in charge of the way to Florida to spend the winter, 

to tell about the tents in "Song of Roland," she

Braille library at the Victor Kriegsha-she seems to have formed an opinion, 

frantically replied, "Oh, it's all in the present

ber Light House for the Blind in At¬ for she said, very sincerely, "I think 

tense, Miss Laney."

lanta. She recently spoke before the Agnes Scott is a wonderful place!" 

The supreme example of what mob psychology

Atlanta club women. 

has done to student morale was very evident in

Florence Preston, '34, is taking 

Preshvterians Entertain 

the two unspeakably queer creatures (dignified

graduate work in domestic science at 

seniors too, to presidents

the University of Tennessee. not mention of out¬ 

Cornstalks, pumpkins, and autumn standing organizations) who flitted in and out

Mary Louise Schuman is on the staff 

leaves featured the harvest party given 

freshman lines symbolizing sophomore spirit but

of the personnel office in charge of 

by the young people of the Decatur looking much more like a cross between the voice

the administration of the N. Y. A. 

Presbyterian church Monday night. of spring and a Decatur street junk shop—all the 

program at the University of Georgia. 

Many Agnes Scott girls were present. 'better to haunt you with, my dears. 


THE AGONISTIC 

Sophomores Retain Black Cat Two Dozen Sisters All Agree 
That Their State is Happy One

With Stunt "Sophy Seemphony' 

The Black Cat, won last year by 
the freshmen, remains in the posses¬ 
sion of the class of '39, having been 
awarded the sophomores in the contest 
with the freshmen on Saturday eve¬ 
ning, October 24, in the Bucher Scott 
gymnasium. The decision was made 
by Miss Annie May Christie, Miss 
Louise Hale, and Miss Carrie Scandrett, 
judges, on a basis of such points as 
plot, scenery, directing, costumes, and 
acting. 

The theme of the freshman stunt, 
"Golden Apple-plexy," was the steal¬ 
ing of the golden apple, which repre¬ 
sented the winning of the stunt, by 
the Soph-isto-cats and the heroic re¬ 
covery of it by freshman rats; while 
"Sophy Seemphony," the sophomore 
stunt, dealt with the naughty actions 
of the childish Fresh Pea and the pun¬ 
ishment of her by the mighty Soph-
Eye. 

The gymnasium was decorated on 
the left side with the freshman col¬ 
ors, blue and white, and symbolic sil¬ 
houettes of Zeus, Athena, and a cat 
kneeling to a Minnie Mouse. The 
sophomores illustrated their stunt by 
decorating the right side with their 
colors, black and gold, and huge sil¬ 
houettes of Pop-Eye, Olive Oyl, Sweet 
Pea, Betty Boop, and one of the three 
little pigs. 

During the program the stunt 
chairmen, Jane Dryfoos, sophomore, 
and Marjorie Boggs, freshman, were 
presented with tokens of appreciation. 

The casts of the two stunts were as 
follows: 

"Golden Apple-Plexy": President 
Zeus McCain, Shirley Steele; Miss Ath¬ 
ena Elopkins, the dean, Georgia Hunt; 

Cotillion Club 

Alice Taylor, Eloise Estes, and Mary 
Ellen Whetsell, officers of the Cotil¬ 
lion club, entertained the club mem¬ 
bers at a dance last Thursday in the 
Murphey Candler building. Billy Ow¬ 
ens, pianist for the Tech Ramblers, 
played. 

Poetry Club 

Poetry club try-outs are due on 
Thursday, October 29, and may be 
placed in the Aurora box in Buttrick 
Hall. 

Current History Forum 

Mr. Carl Hartsell of the Georgia 
Tech history department spoke to the 
Current History Forum Tuesday on 
the present Spanish situation. Inter¬ 
national Relations club was in charge 
of the program. 

German Club 

German club met on Wednesday 
afternoon, October 21, in Lupton cot¬ 
tage. The members of the club played 
German games, and Miss Harn told 
something of the activities of Lucie 
Hess since her return to Germany. 

Spanish Club 
Spanish club try-outs are to be held 
this Friday afternoon, October 3 0, at 

4:30. All Spanish students are eligible. 
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dresses 
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Agnes Scott must indeed be popu¬ I could develop my own interests and 
friends."

lar with many families, for there are 
now twelve sets of sisters pursuing When we interviewed Margaret 

wisdom at this institution of higher Watson in chapel, she stated that hav¬ 
learning. We, who snooped around ing Virginia here was good in that 
the campus, and pounced on these un¬ she didn't get homesick; "But," she 

added, "it is bad in that it cut in half

suspecting sisters at inopportune mo¬ 
ments, found that they liked very the number of letters I get from 
much coming to school with a mem¬ home." 
ber of the family. Cecilia and Genevieve Baird, stop¬ 

We found Mary Frances Guthrie ped just after a class, were all in fa¬ 
wistfully haunting the telephone, and vor of having a sister in college with 
she mournfully admitted that she them. "We like coming to school to¬ 
adored coming to school with sister gether," breathed auburn-haired Ce¬ 
Jane. "We don't room together be¬ cilia; and "we wouldn't have it any 
cause we have different friends and in¬ other way," supplemented brunette 
terests; but when I get homesick, I Genevieve. The Galloways, Annie 
just go over to see her," she explained. Laura and Mary Elizabeth, are also 

Jean and Elizabeth Williams, whom enthusiastic about attending school 
we halted precipitately for an inter¬ with each other; as are Polly and Peg¬ 
view in the middle of a street, gy Ware, Lydia and Cornelia Whitner, 

breathed in concert, "Yes, we love it," and Beatrice and Lois Sexton. Antoin¬ 
and "No, there are no disadvantages." ette and Florence Sledd, whom we 
Sophomore Elizabeth explained that stopped in the throes of a political ral¬ 

she exercised traditional authority over ly, smilingly declared that they liked 
freshman Jean. They both declared being twins, and they liked coming to 
that they never got homesick. school together; after which they 
turned and gave fifteen vigorous rahs

We next interviewed a large red ap¬ 

for Norman Thomas.

ple, behind which Mary Matthews was 
intrenched. "But I never see June," Carol Hale, whom we interviewed 
wailed the voice from the apple. And on how she liked not having a sister 
sister June later replied in much the in college with her, stated that it was 
same way, "I never see her at all. If a sad, sad state because she didn't have 
I meet her by chance on the campus, a sister to think of cute things for 
it's like a reunion with an old friend." her to say when she was interviewed 

Cornelia Christie, caught in those on not having a sister. 
few, frantic moments between the 
first and second bells for a sociology States Have Absentee Vote 
class, averred that she loved having 
sister Margaret with her. "I have got¬ 

In the approaching presidential elec¬ 

ten to know her as an individual, with 

tion of November 3, the following 

a charming personality of her own," 

states will allow citizens engaged in 

she explained. 

activities outside of the state to vote: 

Laura Coit, whom we halted as she California, Connecticut, Delaware, 

dashed out of the library, declared Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kan¬ 

breathlessly, "I like having Mildred sas, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, 

here with me, but if I were a younger Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hamp¬ 

sister, I should never go to the same shire, New York, North Carolina, 

college with my older sister. I should Ohio, Rhode Island, Vermont, Vir¬ 

want to go to a different school where ginia, and Wisconsin. 

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TYPEWRITERS AND RIBBONS 

Blotters—Note Paper—Poster Paper 
Office Supplies 

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Miss Diana Scandrett, goddess of the 
chase, Eugenia Bridges; Frances, the 
Muse, Martha Liepold; Ceberus, the 
watchman, Laura Winston Steele; 
Sweet Dr. Hygeia, Hazel Soloman; the 
Golden Apple, Mary Reins; and the 
officious Rat, Betty Boorstein. 

"Sophy Seemphony": Toar, the 
night watchman, Lib Williams; Fresh 
Pea, Lib Galbreath; Alice-the-Joon, 
Tony Newton; Soph-Eye, Amelia 
Nickels; Senior Oil, Kitty Caldwell; 
Wimnae, Cora K. Hutchins; Big Bad 
Wolf, Kay Kennedy; Mickey Mouse, 
Mary Wells McNeill; Minnie Mouse 
Mortar Board, Beryl Spooner; Betty 
Boop, Jeanne Flynt; Ella, Peggy Wil¬ 
lis; Horace-Horse, Catherine Ivie; 
Whoo, Whoo, Anne Purnell; and three 
little pigs, Florence Wade, Eleanor 
Tyler, Mary Pennel Simonton. 

Freshmen committee chairmen were 
Jane Salters, writing; Margaret Barnes, 
program; Henrietta Thompson, scen¬ 
ery; Bryant Holsenbeck, properties; 
Betty Alderman, decorations; Jane 
Moses, finance; Ruth Slack, costume; 
Mildred Joseph, dance; Nell Echols, 
Mickey Warren, cheer leaders; Nettie 
Lee Green, stage manager; and Elea¬ 
nor McCants and Emily Underwood, 
pianists. 

Sophomore committee heads includ¬ 
ed Douglas Lyle, writing; Emmy Lou 
Turck, setting and decorations; Hayden 
Sanford, properties; Mary Frances 
Guthrie, programs; Jane Moore Ham¬ 
ilton, costumes; Helen Kirkpatrick, 
Helen Moses, dance; Mary Ruth Mur¬ 
phy, Phyllis Johnson, pianists; Cally 
Carmichael, Annie Lee Crowell, cheer 
leaders; and Mary Ellen Whetsell, 
stunt treasurer. 

Professors Attend 

Wesieyan Service 

Attending the Wesieyan Centennial 
exercises in Macon last Friday were 
Professor Mary MacDougall, repre¬ 
senting Agnes Scott; Professor Philip 
Davidson, representing the University 
of Chicago; and Mr. R. B. Cunning¬ 
ham, representing Citadel. 

The day's program included an 
academic convocation in the morning; 
a luncheon at Rivoli and a colorful 
pageant on the lawn of the main col¬ 
lege at Rivoli in the afternoon; and 
a banquet Friday night. 

BOZ Takes in Five 

At a special meeting of the club 
held Wednesday, October 20, five girls 
were admitted to BOZ on the basis 
of their try-outs. The new members 
are: Nellie Margaret Gilroy, Virginia 
Hill, Douglas Lyle, Mary Anne Kernan, 
and Henrietta Blackwell. 

furs 

Home-Town Exodus 

Is Feature of 

Week-End 

Those who went home the past 
week-end were: Betty Ann Stewart to 
Winchester, Tenn.; Sara Beaty Sloan 
to Belmont, N. C.; Fannie B. Harris 
to Rome, Ga.; Aileen Shortley and 
Strat Sloan to Columbia, Tenn.; Sara 
Gray, Dot Cabaniss, and Charlotte 
Golden to Columbus, Ga.; Mary Ear¬ 
nest Perry to Nashville, Ga.; Helen 
Ramsey to Darlington, Tenn.; Micky 
McKee to Nashville, Tenn.; and Mir¬ 
iam Sanders to Greenville, S. C. 

Bee Merril, Susan Bryan, Barton 
Jackson, and Grace Tazewell went on 
a picnic Sunday night. 

Frances Steele had dinner at the 
Sigma Nu house Sunday. 
Kathryn Goodwyn spent the week¬ 
end with Susan Goodwyn. 
Esthete Ogden went to New Or¬ 
leans to attend her sister's wedding. 
Lib Galbreath's mother came for 
the week-end; Mrs. Brittingham of | 
Portsmouth, Va., visited Katherine; 
Mrs. Stephens, of Augusta, spent three 
days with Virginia; and Mr. and Mrs. 
Blackwell, of Laurens, S. C., spent the 
week-end with Henrietta. 
Caroline Tumlin spent the week¬ 
end with her sister, Virginia. 
Jane Adams visited Phyllis Johnson 
in Elberton this week-end. 
Kay Jones went to a steak fry Sat¬ 
urday night. 
Caroline Carmichael had dinner at 
the Sigma Chi house Sunday night. 
Eloisa Alexander attended the wed¬ 
ding of Elizabeth Colbert Saturday 
night. 
Isabelle Richardson and Mary Belle 
Weir attended the Theta Kappa Psi 
dance Saturday night. 
Dot Newman of Augusta was the 
visitor of Martha Alice Green this 
week-end. 
Dorothy Page of LaGrange, Ga., 
was the visitor of Adelaide Benson this 
week-end. 
Those attending the A. K. K. dance 
Saturday night were: Nancy Moorer, 
Mary V. Smith, Mary Catherine Mat¬ 
thews, and Rachel Kennedy. 

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Odorless Process—Neat Pressing 
Garments Called for and Deliver¬ 
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Rubin's 


THE AGONISTIC 

Eleven Freshmen 

To be Reporters 

For Paper Staff 

Eleven freshmen have been admit¬ 
ted to the reporter staff of the Ago¬ 
nistic following the fall try-outs. 
They are: Mary Reins, Evelyn Baty, 
Eleanor Hutchens, Hazel Solomon, 

V. J. Watkins, Mary Louise Dobbs, 
Virginia Hill, Eloise McCall, Louise 
Hughston, Mary Lang Gill, and Eu¬ 
genia Williams. This number increas¬ 
es the reporter staff to thirty-three 
members. 
Regular reporters include: Nell Al¬ 
lison, Alice Cheeseman, Giddy Erwin, 
Nell Hemphill, Carol Hale, Cora Kay 
Hutchins, Sarah Johnson, Douglas 
Lyle, Frances Lee, Regina Herwitz, 
Julia Sewell, Mary Willis, Mamie Lee 
Ratliff, Selma Steinbach, Anne Purnell, 
Marie Merritt, Alice Reins, Myrl 
Chafin, Louise Young, Mary Frances 
Kennedy, Henrietta Blackwell, and 
Mary Primrose Noble. 

Business assistants are: Rachel Ken¬ 
nedy, Florence Little, Jesse Williams. 

Additions to the staff this year are 
Mary Frances Guthrie as exchange edi¬ 
tor and Nell Hemphill as faculty cir¬ 
culation manager. 

State Conference 

Meets at College 

Plans for missions, conventions, co¬ 
operation with church student groups 
and world peace were the result of 
the joint conference of Y. W. C. A. 
and Y. M. C. A. leaders held at Agnes 
Scott October 17 and 18. Many Geor¬ 
gia colleges were represented at the 
conference, of which Isabel McCain is 
president, and Jimmy Webb of Em¬ 
ory, vice-president. 

During this year the students plan 

to stress missions, having a conference 

in the spring in which student volun¬ 

teers will be included. The conference 

has formerly been held at Wesleyan; 

it is as yet undecided where the meet¬ 

ing will be this year. 

Molly Jones Honors 

Senior Class a t Tea 

Molly and Polly Jones entertained 

Saturday afternoon, October 24, at a 

tea from 4:30 to 6:00 at their home 

on Clairmont Avenue. They were as¬ 

sisted in receiving their guests by their 

mother, Mrs. Edward Jones. 

Mrs. Alma Sydenstricker and Miss 

Mary Honiker presided over the beau¬ 

tifully appointed tea table; others as¬ 

sisting in entertaining were Frances 

Belford, Isabel McCain, Mary Jane 

Tigert, Frances Gary, Sara Traynham, 

Isabel Richardson, Mildred Tilly, and 

Mrs. Alvin Smith. 

About 150 guests called during the 

afternoon. Among this number was 

the senior class of which Molly is a 

member. 

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Chicken Dinners Enjoy Yourselves 

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STRICTLY HOME-COOKED FOOD 
211 E. Ponce de Leon Ave. Decatur, Ga. 

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Other Work in Proportion 

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148 Sycamore Ave. Decatur, Ga. 
T" ▼▼▼ 
V 

You Can Come to Us or 
We Will Go to You 

We are as close to you as your 
telephone. 

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Cover Prize Won 

Clubs Requested 

By Jane Guthrie To List Conventions 
All organizations wishing to send 
Miss Lewis Judges Entries For delegates to conventions this yearAurora Contest are requested to hand in a list of 
the conventions with their dates to 
Jane Guthrie is the winner of the Alice Hannah, president of student 
two dollar and a half prize offered by government, by Thursday morn¬ 
ing.

Aurora for the best cover submitted 
in its recent contest. Miss Louise 
Lewis of the art department judged 

Classes Compete

the several entries. 
The first issue of the Aurora will 

In Opening Game 

appear the latter part of the week. 
Among those contributing are Hor-Of Hockev Season 
tense Jones, Henrietta Blackwell, Jane 
Guthrie, Mary Winston Crockett, Starting off the hockey season with 

Winifred Kellersberger, Carol Hale, 

close interclass competition, the sopho¬
and Julia Sewell. 

mores defeated the juniors 2-0 and 
the seniors defeated the freshmen 1-0 

Mr. Raper Entertains 

in the games played Friday. The teams 
Sociology Students are too newly organized to show 
marked teamwork ability, but man¬ 
The members of the sociology class aged to give an enthusiastic audience 

taking a course in the family met at exciting afternoon.

an 
the home of Mr. Arthur Raper, act¬ 

As a whole the sophomores had the

ing professor of sociology, for an in¬ 

best game. The members of their team

formal discussion around an open fire 

last Thursday afternoon, October 22. outclassed the others in playing their 
This meeting took the place of the positions. The freshmen, however, are 
regular Thursday afternoon labora¬ new at the game, and the juniors and 

tory. In addition to the members of seniors were minus several players.
the class there were present Mrs. Ra¬ The line-ups were as follows: 
per and the three Raper children; Miss Freshmen Seniors 

Crisp R.W Jackson

Katherine Omwake, assistant profes¬ 

Hammond I.R Belser 

sor of psychology; and Lulu Ames, 

Brinton C.F Fleece

graduate of Agnes Scott in 1936. Heaslett I.L Johnson 
In the late afternoon the group Forman L.W 
gathered around an open fire and en¬ Abbot R.H Kneale 

Solomon C.H

joyed hamburgers, peanuts, potato 

Echols L.H Little (1)

chips, marshmallows, fruit, crackers, 

Moffatt R.B Taylor

and coca-colas. After supper they sat Thompson L.B 
on logs around the fire while several Cass G.G Gary

Substitutions: Huston, Eyles, Sim-

members of the class reported on books 

son, Minter, Watkins, Carson, Wil¬

about the family in the Middle Ages. 

liamson, Hammond, Abbot, Echols.

Lulu Ames presented several interpre¬ Sophomore Juniortations of typical family situations at Benson R.W Smith 
different periods of history, and Fran¬ Dryfoos LR L. Coit 

McGuire (1) C.F Thompson

ces Belford and Sarah Johnson gave 

Purnell (1) I.L Bryan

book reports. The committee planning 

M. Coit L.W Merrill 
the occasion consisted of the follow¬ Murphy R.H 
ing girls: Mary Gillespie, Annie Laura Crowell C.H Blackshear 
Marshall L.H Tribble

Galloway, Lucile Dennison, and Betty 

Hamilton R.B Johnson

Hollis. 

McMullen L.B YoungKenny G.G Robinson 
Dr. Davidson Speaks Substitutions: Furlow, Ivie, Dry¬
foos, Purnell, Flynt, Farrar, Whetsell. 
At Library Meeting One freshman to watch is Helen 
Carson, who has already attracted at¬ 
Professor Philip Davidson will ad¬ tention with her strong tennis game. 

dress the delegates to the Southeastern She entered the hockey game during 
Library Association conference this the last few minutes, after having just 
Friday in Asheville, North Carolina. finished a two-hour tennis battle, and 

He will speak on "Youth in a Modern played with the same speed which she 
World." exhibits in tennis. 

Meet Me At 

MINER & CARTER 
DRUGGISTS 
Peachtree & Ellis Sts. Phone WA. 4900 Atlanta, Ga. 

Join the Merry Crowds at 

s &w 

Halloween Night 

MUSIC 5:00 TO 8:00 

By Kirk De Vore's Orchestra 

S & W Cafeteria 

189-191 Peachtree St. 

Student Treasury 

Amounts to $4937 

Money Will Be Apportioned 
Among Organizations 

With only sixty-two failing to pay 
their budget fee as compared to eighty-
seven last year, the student treasury 
contains $4937 to be apportioned 
among organizations during the first 
week in November. Student Govern¬ 
ment will receive 13%; Pi Alpha Phi, 

5%'; Agonistic, 161/2%; Aurora, 
8 Va %; Sil/jouette, 36%; Athletic As¬ 
sociation, 7%; Y. W. C. A., 5/4%; 
Mortar Board, 2%; May Day, 2%%! 
reserve, 1 %; Lecture Association, 
2 Zi %; and International Relations 
club, %%. 

Sarah Johnson, treasurer, announces 
that any organization having a mem¬ 
ber on the Black List at the time when 
the budget committee meets will lose 
fifteen per cent of its allotment. Stu¬ 
dents may still pay their fee. 

Blackfriars To Have 

Banquet With Emory 

In the interests of more cooperation 
and better acquaintance between the 
two dramatic clubs, Blackfriars and 
the Emory Players will hold a joint 
banquet Wednesday evening, Novem¬ 
ber 4, at Peacock Alley. George 
Downing, president of the Players, 
and Kitty Printup, president of Black¬ 
friars, are in charge of arrangements. 

It was largely due to Alice Taylor's 

excellent defensive playing that the 

freshman ball was kept away from the 

senior goal. Handicapped by the ab¬ 

sence of three players, the seniors put 

up a strong fight to gain their 1-0 

victory. Credit must go to Mary 

Kneale for defensive work, and to 

Charline Fleece for her two long pass¬ 

es up center field. 

The sophomore attack and defense 

was led by Jane Dryfoos, Annie Lee 

Crowell, and Millie Coit. The juniors, 

playing without a complete team, 

spent considerable energy preventing 

sophomore goals. Elizabeth Blackshear, 

Laura Coit, and Anne Thompson de¬ 

serve mention for their hard playing. 

Miss Llewellyn Wilburn and Miss 

Frances McCalla, '3 5, were umpires. 

Abbot Will Head 

Freshman Cabinet 

In Year's Work 

With 189 freshmen signed up for 
hobbv groups and officers of the cabi¬ 
net elected, the freshman division of 
the Y. W. C. A. has begun its active 
work for the year. Frances Abbot, as 
chairman, meets once a week with the 

freshman cabinet and once a week 
with the regular Y. W. C. A. Hen¬ 
rietta Thompson is secretary of the 
cabinet; all the members help sponsor 
the various hobby groups. 

Eight freshmen have joined the cur¬ 
rent events group, which is led by 
Mildred Davis with Professor Arthur 
Raper as adviser. Nell Hemphill and 
Miss Elizabeth Mitchell, of the physi¬ 
cal education department, are in 
charge of the thirty-two girls who 
make up the handcraft group. With 
Mrs. Burruss, of the Decatur library, 
as adviser, Jane Guthrie and Brooks 
Spivey are heading the book group of 
eighteen members. Charm group, the 
largest of the four, has ninety fresh¬ 
men; Alice Taylor, with Associate 
Professor Louise Hale as adviser, is in 
charge. 

The major purposes in having the 
freshmen cabinet are to develop lead¬ 
ership and to get the freshman view¬ 
point on different matters. Betty Hol¬ 
lis, vice president of Y. W. C. A., has 
general supervision over the cabinet 
and the hobby groups. 

Class Vespers Start 

With Senior Program 

Beginning the annual series of class 

vespers, the seniors, with Charline 

Fleece as leader, will conduct vespers 

next Sunday. 

The subject of this program, carry¬ 

ing out the Y. W. C. A. theme of this 

year, is "Christ's Challenge in the 

Classroom." Those taking part are 

Mary Malone, Eloisa Alexander, and 

Charline Fleece. 

In Your Campus Election Support 

ALFRED M. LANDON 

FOR PRESIDENT 

Paid Ad by Campus Republican Committee 

By F. Little, Chairman 

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE 

DECATUR, GA. 

A college tor 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 

Tonight 
in Chapel

(P)£ Agonistic 

VOL. XXII 

Student Body 

Seeks System 

Of Class Cuts 

N. S. F. A., Executive Committee 
Against Former System 
of Excuses 

Plans Are Being Studied 

Student suggestions for cuts to re¬ 
place the excuse system were present¬ 
ed to the administrative committee 
last week, and will be submitted to 
the faculty committee on cuts for fur¬ 
ther consideration. The faculty as a 
whole will vote on the suggestions 
when they meet the latter part of the 
month. The administrative commit¬ 
tee is composed of -he officers of the 

administration, the officers of student 
government, one member of the fac¬ 
ulty, and one senior member of the 
executive committee. 

Following is the plan: 
Because we have observed that dis¬ 
cussions in Open Forum or any other 
large group are often pointless, we, the 

N. S. F. A. discussion group and a 
committee from the executive com¬ 
mittee of Student Government, have 
carefully considered the problem and 
would like to make the following sug¬ 
gestions: 
I. That a clearly defined cut system 
replace the present excuse system, 
for 
A. The present system is not con¬ 
ducive to honesty. 
1. Day students are tempted to 
abuse the privilege of sick ex¬ 
cuses. 
2. Boarders are tempted to fake 
weddings, dentist's engage¬ 
ments, etc. 
II. That in planning the cut system 
the following provisions be consid¬ 
ered and, if possible, include: 
A. Limited cuts for underclassmen. 
One cut per hour per quarter for 
freshmen and sophomores with 
the provision that sickness is not 
excused except in the case of ill¬ 
ness of a week or more—in which 
case all absences of that week or 
more shall be excused. 
B. Unlimited cuts for upperclassmen 
who are meriting all of their 
work at the end of the quarter. 
C. Limited cuts (as for underclass¬ 
men) who have not merited all 
of their work during the preced¬ 
ing quarter. 
D. Cuts before and after holidays 
shall count double. 
E. Grades shall be penalized in case 
of overcutting. 
III. That some form of cut system be 
worked out and put into effect as 
soon as possible. 
Chemists Study 

Cotton Oil Plan 

The October meeting of the Geor¬ 

gia section of the American Chemical 

Society was held Friday at the Georgia 

School of Technology. Dr. Frank K. 

Cameron of the University of North 

Carolina spoke on "Whole Cotton as 

a Source of Oil and Alpha-cellulose." 

The process which Dr. Cameron pro¬ 

posed is of compelling interest because 

of the profound influence it may ex¬ 

ert upon the future of the cotton in¬ 

dustry in the South. 

His plan in brief is to sow cotton 

like a field of grain, to harvest it at 

maturity by mowing and boling, and 

to use the entire as a chemical raw 

material, obtaining the oil by solvent 

extraction, and recovering cellulose 

from the residue. This plan is backed 

by some six years of experimental 

work on the part of Dr. Cameron and 

his associates. 

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1936 

Stuart Chase

Three Colleges Dean Will Cap 

Senior Class

Debate Politics 

Brooks Spivey Places First in Miss Leslie Gaylord To Speak 
Triangular Debate at As 84 Girls Are Invested 
Agnes Scott At Exercises 

Eighty-four seniors will be endowed 

The relative merits and faults of 

with their full privileges when they

the three leading political parties were 

are capped by Dean Nannette Hopkins

debated on the campuses of Emory, 

at the traditional investiture ceremony

Tech, and Agnes Scott last Friday, 

Saturday at 11:30 in Gaines chapel.

October 30, in the triangular debate 

Miss Leslie Gaylord will deliver the 

sponsored by the three colleges. The 

address on that occasion; and little

decisions, which were rendered by the 

Ruth Runyan will act as class mascot.

respective audiences, gave two first 

Dr. R. F. Kirkpatrick, father of Jean

places to Socialistic speakers, and one 

Kirkpatrick, will make the investiture 

to a Democratic advocate. 

prayer.

Brooks Spivey, who spoke at Agnes 

Saturday's services will follow the

Scott for Socialism, defeated Jack 

annual observation of "little-girl-day"

Tolbert of Emory, who spoke for the Courtesy of DeKalb New Era 

on Friday. The seniors will enjoy their

Republicans, and Ed Vinson of Tech, 

Tickets on Sale for dolls, hair-ribbons, and suckers for one

who upheld the Democrats. Nellie 

day; after which they will put aside

Margaret Gilroy, president of Pi Al¬ Noted Author's Lecture 

their childhood to put on all the dig¬

pha Phi, presided over the debate. 

nity of their position.

At Emory, Nat McLane of Tech 

Stuart Chase will lecture at Agnes

and Mary Lillian Fairly of Agnes 

Scott Friday, November 13. The ad¬ 

Scott, who spoke for the Republicans Jackson, Gillespie

vance ticket sale was in progress yes¬

and the Democrats respectively, lost 

terday and today. Students may se¬ 

Represent A. S. C.

to Jack McMichael of Emory, who 

cure regular tickets for fifty cents 

advocated Socialism. Ralph Jenkins, 

and reserved seats for seventy-five 

At Press Meeting

member of the debate council of Em¬ 

cents; others may buy regular seats 

ory, introduced Mr. Charles Reid, 

for seventy-five cents, and reserved 

chairman of the state Democratic Barton Jackson and Mary Gillespie,

for one dollar. 

committee, who presided. editor and business manager of Tlx 
The Democratic speaker, John Till-Silhouette, returned Sunday night from 

Dr. James McCain

man of Emory, won first place at the fifteenth annual meeting of the 
Tech, defeating Mary Frances Guthrie Associated Collegiate Press, held at the 

Addresses Meets

of Agnes Scott and Arthur Lipsius of Brown hotel in Louisville, Kentucky. 
Tech, who defended the Republicans The University of Louisville was the

Of U. S. Colleges

and Socialists, respectively. John official host. 
O'Callahan presided over the debate. Among the features of the conven¬ 

As president of the Association of tion were exhibits of newspapers and 

American Colleges, Dr. J. R. McCain, annuals and talks on such subjects as

Aurora Announces 

president of Agnes Scott, recently at¬ "Yearbook Layout and Design," "Mod¬ 
tended three regional conferences of ern Trends in Yearbook Editorial

'3 5 Prize Winners 

the Association, held in the southern, 

Planning," and "Modern Photography

middle western, and Rocky Mountain for the Modern Annual." The Louis¬ 

Three girls won prizes for the best areas. 

ville Courier Journal and Times was 

compositions in the Aurora contest of The first of these, held on October 

host at a luncheon, when special panel

last year, Elizabeth Espy, editor, an¬ 16-17, met at Jackson, Mississippi, discussions on "If I Were College

a 

nounced last week. Mildred Clark's and included states as far east as West Editor" were held. Important men 
Country Girl Sonnets won first place Virginia and Kentucky, and as far west representing all cross sections of pro¬ 

among the poetry. Elizabeth Espy re¬ as New Mexico. The general theme of 

fessional newspaper opinion and the 

ceived honorable mention for her this conference, "Trends in Curricu¬ average reading public took part. 

poem, To One at Home. lum Changes," disclosed the increas¬ At a joint meeting of the 

conven¬ 

The prize short story was written ing stress on the fine arts. Dr. Mc¬ 

tion, John B. Kennedy, radio news 

by June Matthews, and was entitled Cain spoke on "College Cooperation," 

commentator, talked on world affairs. 

Dear Sam. Lucile Dennison won first illustrating his talk with the coopera¬ 

Herbert Agar, author, Pulitzer prizeprize in the non-fiction writing for tive system existing between Agnes winner, and editor of the Courier 
her article, Philosophers' Masquerade, Scott and Emory. Journal and Times, also addressed the 
written about Thornton Wilder. The middle western conference, in¬ 

delegates.

This is the third such contest that cluding states east to Pennsylvania and It is planned to hold the Associated 
the Aurora has sponsored. Lira Goss, west to Iowa and Minnesota, met on Collegiate Press convention in Miami 
who edited the literary magazine last October 20-21, and was presided over next year. Last year, when it was held 

year, submitted all the issues of the by Dr. McCain. The value of discip¬ in Chicago, Shirley Christian and 

Aurora to three outside judges, who linary subjects, such as Greek, Latin, 

Sarah Jones, of The Silhouette; and 
selected the composition in each group. and mathematics made up the general Lulu Ames and Alice Chamlee, of the 
theme, along the lines of which was were present.

Agonistic,

held a debate on the value of survey

Campus Poetry Club Has 

courses. 

Kitty Printup Has Poem

Six Additional Members 

Delegates from the Rocky Moun¬ 

tain area met on October 23-24, at Reprinted in Magazine 

At a special meeting held Thursday Colorado Springs, Colorado; states 

afternoon, October 29, poetry club ad¬ from Kansas to Oregon and Utah were A poem by Kitty Printup appears

mitted six new members on the ba¬ represented. As in the southern confer¬ in the current issue of The Baptist

sis of their try-outs. They are: June ence, the place of the fine arts in the Student, a monthly social and religious

Matthews, Elise Seay, Jane Turner, college curriculum was discussed. "The magazine. The poem, entitled "Broth¬ 

Virginia Hill, Jane Guthrie, Shirley College Teacher" was the subject of a erly Love," has appeared in the Atirora 
Armentrout. speech by Dr. McCain. also. 

Enthusiastic A. S. C. Faculty Finds Stuart Chase 

Stimulating Individual, Awake to Soci >1 Problems 

That Stuart Chase, who will lecture him or not, you have something to phasizes the social results and the hu¬ 

at Agnes Scott on November 14, is a talk about after you have heard him." man aspects of economics." 

stimulating individual who has uni¬ He expressed the hope that the entire Miss Jackson was merrily hieing her 

versal appeal is the enthusiastic opin¬ campus community should hear the way Buttrick-ward when we presented

ion of our faculty. We who cornered first lecturer because he is very inter¬ ourselves as an obstacle in her path,

those oracles of wisdom and learning esting and well worth-while. and propounded our question. No, 

to ask their views about the noted We halted Mr. Davidson just be¬ she had never heard Mr. Chase lec¬ 

economist found that without excep¬ neath a clock which was indignantly ture; but she felt that hearing him 

tion they considered him a challeng¬ pointing out that the last bell for his would prove an invaluable experience.

ing person and an extremely worth¬ class had already rung. With histori¬ "His book on Mexico is one of the 

while lecturer. cal nonchalance he made time and his most fascinating I have read,"

ever 
President McCain, whom we stopped students wait for Stuart Chase, whom she added. 

just as—hat in hand—-he was about to he averred was a challenging and fas¬ We stormed the battlements of 

beat a modest retreat, declared that cinating individual. "He presents in Science Hall, and climbed three gruel¬

Mr. Chase's beliefs were so vital and a stimulating way the profound tech¬ ling flights of stairs to ask (with no 

arresting that "whether you agree with nicalities of other economists. He em¬ (Continued on page 3, column 1) 

NO. 5 

School to Aid 

In Furnishing 

Activities Hall 

Mortar Board Invites Campus 
To Contribution Party 
Friday Night 

Rooms Will Be Decorated 

To furnish the Murphey Candler 
building more corrnpletely, Mortar 
Board invites the faculty and students 
to a contribution party there this Fri¬ 
day night from 9:40 to 10:30. A list 
of articles needed will be posted this 
afternoon on the back bulletin board 
in Buttrick so that guests may indi¬ 
cate what contributions they wish to 
make. 

On the list are such items as end 
tables, book-ends, pillows, records and 
needles, magazine racks, candlesticks, 
lamps, twin shades and an odd shade 
for stands already there, a dozen tea 
towels, soap, knives, big spoons, egg 
beater, bowl, can opener, four aprons, 
vases, potted plants, a twelve-foot 
electric light cord, an eight foot elec¬ 
tric light cord, magazines, books, two 
yards oil cloth, linoleum rugs five or 
six feet long, pictures, games, towel 
rack, and clock. The list is to be 
checked to avoid duplication of arti¬ 
cles. 

The various organizations having 
rooms in the building are responsible 
for getting curtains, rugs, and any 
additional furnishings they may want. 

Girls Participate 

In Baptist Meet 

Eleven Agnes Scott girls attended 

the Georgia State Baptist Student Un¬ 

ion convention held last week-end at 

the Tattnall Square Baptist church on 

the Mercer campus in Macon. Sarah 

Johnson, Jeanne Flynt, Ann Howell, 

Kitty Jones, Gary Wheeler, Cornelia 

Coleman, Tommy Ruth Blackmon, 

Alice Reins, Mary Reins, Eugenia 

Bridges, and Eloise Weeks were the 

Agnes Scott students who went. 

"The Will of God" was the theme 

of the convention. On the program 

were Jeanne Flynt, who directed a 

play in which Mary Reins and Tommy 

Ruth Blackmon took part; and Cor¬ 

nelia Coleman, who sang Sunday 

morning. 

At the same time that this conven¬ 
tion was held in Macon, similar con¬ 
ventions took place in other states in 
the South. Last year the Georgia state 
meeting convened in Atlanta. 

Misses Scandrett, 

Palmour Tour N. C. 

Miss Carrie Scandrett, assistant 

dean, and Miss Alberta Palmour, 

alumnae field secretary, return today 

from a trip through North Carolina. 

Miss Scandrett left for Charlotte last 

Wednesday to join Miss Palmour; they 

attended a meeting of the alumnae liv¬ 

ing in Charlotte. 

On Thursday they visited Highpoint, 
going on to Greensboro for 
lunch. They attended a meeting in 
Winston-Salem Friday, going from 
there to Asheville, where they spent 
the week-end with Miss Scandrett's 
mother. Monday they met with alum¬ 
nae and visited high schools of Ashe¬ 
ville, and Tuesday they visited in Hendersonville. 


Mortar Board Has Partv 

Mortar Board gave an informal 
Halloween party in the Murphey 
Candler building for the honor stu¬ 
dents Saturday evening at 8 o'clock. 


THE AGONISTIC 

44Further Range , 44Lost Generation" Belgium Kesumes iNeulralitv

Cti)c iKc^onistic 
Bv Marsjaret AYatson

Prove Interesting for Book Lovers 
PUBLISHED WEEKLY On October 15 King Leopold III of Belgium,, 
Owned and published by the students of Agnes Scott Robert Frost Shows Humor, In-Maxine Davies' Book Tells speaking to his assembled cabinet, urged Bel¬ 
College. terest in Present Day in About Bewildered Youth of gium to resume her historic neutrality and with¬ 
Latest Book Present Day 

draw from all entangling foreign alliances. At

Entered as Second Class Matter. 

the same time he recommended an increased and

A Further Range, by Robert Frost; The Lost Generation, by Maxine

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improved Belgian army to help preserve an

Single copies, 5 c. Elenry Holt and Co., N. Y., 1936, Davies; The Macmillan Co., N. Y., 
1936. armed neutrality.

$2.5 0. Reviewed by Mary Anne Ker-Reviewed by Henrietta Black-"This policy," the king said,

IOK- N/Jtmbrr 10} 7 

nan. well. "is to prevent war. Our country's geographicalFUsoaoisd GclieSia'a Pi-ess 

In this latest book of poetry, A Fur¬ Youth! We hear that word and im¬ position compels us to maintain our military ma¬ 
mediately there come to our minds

STAFF ther Range, his sixth volume of sep¬ chine so as to dissuade any of our neighbors

fire, enthusiasm, adventure, daring.

Laura Steele Kathryn B. Wall arate poems, Robert Frost shows those But is that the youth of today? When from using our territory to attack another state 

Editor-in-Chief Business Manager qualities which have in recent years we read Maxine Davies' The Lost Gen¬ . . . We aim resolutely at placing ourselves out¬ 
Elizabeth Blackshear

Frances Cary placed him among the foremost poets eration we begin to wonder. side the conflicts of our neighbors."

Advertising Manager

Associate Editor of America. There is much delightful Maxine Davies, in an old Ford car, Informed sources assumed the king's state¬ 
Jane Guthrie Mary Lib Morrow humor, a definite love of nature, an takes a leisurely trip over the United 

ment to mean these four things: (1) The repudi-

Frances Belford

Hortense Jones appreciation of distinctly homely States, seeing and talking with some 

Doris Dunn ! ation of the Franco-Belgian military assistance

Mary McCann Hudson things, a penetrating observation of two thousand young people in every

Nell Hemphill pact made in 1920; (2) Belgium's withdrawal

Assistant Editors people, and a certain philosophical part of the country, in every stratum 

Circulation Managers 

subtlety in his works. of society; and what she learns should from the Locarno treaty for collective European

June Matthews 

Frances Wilson 

Outside of these usual characteris¬ prove a revelation to old and young security; (3) repudiation of her duties under the

Make-Up Editor 

Current History

Ruth Hertzka tics there seems to be a great interest alike. The predominant impression left League of Nations Covenant; (4) a serious blow

Pauline Moss 

in present-day conditions as shown in upon her by her trip is that the youth

Assistant Make-Up Society Editor to present and future collective European secur¬

"The Lone Striker" and, particularly of today has lost its natural zest for 

Nellie M. Gilroy Jean Chalmers ity.

pertinent to the political situation, in living, its sense of direction, and has 

Feature Editor Sports Editor "Build Soil—A Political Pastoral," in become the victim of apathy, aimless-Contrary to custom, no warning of the procla¬
Mary Frances Guthrie Cornelia Christie 

which he says, ncss, and "a casual triviality masking mation was given to any European foreign office 

Exchange Editor Club Editor 

bewilderment." True, the younger 

until it was made, and the stir it created in

Mildred Davis Elizabeth Warden 

Is socialism needed, do you think? generation is gallant, honest to the 

Book Editor Alumnae Editor diplomatic circles was enormous. France was 

We have it now. For socialism is core, optimistic, and free from resent¬ 

naturally the most perturbed. The military pact

Editor, Associate Editor, Enid Middleton, Mary An element in any government. ment and cynicism. But the ominous 
King, Editorial Council fact still remains that the dynamic she had with Belgium was generally regarded as 
He then proceeds with an interesting "push" which has brought America the keystone of her defense policy, and the pro¬ 
where she is today, is lacking. Youth

Voters Show Interest discussion of political theories. In this posed abrogation of it was a severe blow. The 

bewildered, waits,

poem too, Frost uses numerous touches sits, and or drifts Paris press, which is opposed to the present gov¬ 
of humor, sometimes satirical, as, for along with eyes half-shut. ernment, blamed the government's foreign pol¬

Glaring headlines in the daily papers, armed 

Youth, Miss Davies tells us, has lost

instance, icy—that is—the treaties between France and

forces on parade in the newsreels, news bulletins faith. It believes in neither God nor 

the U. S. S. R., France's failure to take decisive 

flashed over a coast-to-coast network through¬ Were I dictator, I'll tell you what I'd itself, but is reaching with grasping action regarding the German remilitarization of 

out the entire nation—all have combined to tell do hands towards anything that prom¬ the Rhineland, and France's line of defensive 
ises security. "This generation is stray¬

us that the world has this day reached a crisis . . . I'd let things take their course forts, which contrary to a previous understand¬ 

And then I'd claim the credit for the ing aimlessly towards middle age. Soon at the Belgian frontier instead of

ing, stopped

in its history, and that the development of civi¬ 

outcome. it will be altogether lost. Then we as 

continuing to the sea. Outsiders think the proc¬

lization in the future is being determined by our 

a nation will face a future dominated 

lamation was brought on by a combination of the

actions in the present. The progress of modern by a defeated citizenry with nothing

Aside from this interest in contem¬ above policies, increasing armament of all na¬ 

science has made it impossible for any nation, porary life, there is the ever-present to lose and willing to try anything. tions, and the growing pressure for neutrality 
however secure and isolated she may be geo¬ feeling for nature. This is shown in It may be that there will be nothing exerted by Germany through propaganda.

"A Leaf Treader," which begins, for it to try. It will remain then a

graphically, to set herself apart from other Immediately after the announcement the

decadent vitiated generation, a cancer 

countries. Our nation today has need of intelli¬ French foreign office dispatched a series of ques¬

in the vitals of our people, rearing its

I have been treading on leaves all tions to the Belgian foreign office asking for an

gent action on the part of her citizens—a cate¬ children in its own dun and dreary

day until I am autumn-tired. interpretation of the proclamation regarding ex¬ 

gory that includes, among the first, the college twilight." 

isting agreements. Before any formal reply was 

students. Modern progress has definitely shat¬ We see this same joy in the beauties of 

sent P. T. T. Spaak, the Belgian foreign minis¬ 
tered the old legend that a college is an institu¬ nature in "Leaves Compared with ter, assured France that no repudiation of any 
tion devoted solely to book knowledge and en¬ Flowers" and "The White-Tailed Hor¬ Alumnae Ncvys existing international agreements was intended, 

net." There is nature description too but later he said that Belgium would try to with¬

tirely secluded from traffic and intercourse with 

in "Moon Compasses," which in its draw from the pact with France, and would not

the material world. 

perfect conciseness gives a picture of take part in any future discussions for a new

It is particularly gratifying, therefore, to dis¬ The name of Agnes Scott seems to

exquisite beauty: Locarno treaty for collective security.

cover that the students of Agnes Scott are con¬ be an "open sesame" to the doors of 
scious of the critical nature of the times in which the Atlanta Retail Credit Association. 

I stole forth dimly in the dripping

they live, and that they are vitally interested in Twelve alumnae, most of them recent Mental Whirls 

pause

finding out the course of action best suited to graduates, have clerical positions with 

Between two downpours to see what

the welfare of our nation and of the world at this company. Five of these are from The results of the "see-the-birdie" sessions

there was.

large. That such an interest does exist on our last year's class. They are Susan Heck-

conducted in Main for the past several weeks

And a masked moon had spread down

campus is shown by the encouragingly large re¬ er, '18; Elizabeth Cole, '2 8; Eugenia have revealed a startling and dismaying fact— 

compass rays

sponse to the straw vote held on the campus this Norris and Ora Craig, '3 3; Mary Mac-

Agnes Scotters are horribly and hopelessly con¬ 

past week. Out of the 483 students enrolled at To a cone mountain in the midnight Donald and Mary Sloan, '34; Anne ceited. One girl satisfied with the revelation of

haze,

the college, 416 registered and cast their votes Harman, '3 5; Helen Ford, Catherine her "cameras don't lie" countenance is not to be

As if the final estimate were news,

in the campus election. The result of the ballot¬ Cunningham, Lenna Sue McClure, Ori 

found. Whatever the picture resembles, the ve¬

And as it measured in her caliphers

ing is of only secondary interest compared with Sue Jones, and Augusta King, all of 

hement cry is—"It just doesn't do me justice."

The mountain stood exalted in its

the spirit that was shown. Judging by the unre¬ the class of '3 6. 

Speaking of resemblances, Isabel McCain was 

strained rounds of applause and cheers following place. Elizabeth Alexander, '3 5, has re¬ mistaken for Shakespearian sprite by poet

aa

So love will take between the hands

every phrase—and in many cases, each word— cently left the Retail Credit to begin 

who recently visited the campus. Isabel, dressed 

aface . . ."

of the three speakers in chapel two weeks ago, her training as a technician. in a green dress suggestive of meadows and rov¬

Personality of Poet

many might have been inclined to doubt the gen¬ Myra Jervey is now head of the cos¬ 

ing woodland, suddenly popped into the room 

uineness of the interest. The fact, however, that A Further Range is filled with a tume designing department of Stevens where the poet was talking with a group of 
416 students—an overwhelming majority of the wealth of admirable poetry, all of College, in Columbus, Mo. After grad¬ poetic aspirants. Upon the green figure's en¬ 

student body—took the trouble to go to the elec¬ which is colored by the personality uation from Agnes Scott, she lived for 

trance she gasped—"Shakespeare!—You look 

tion booth in the lobby of Buttrick, pay their of the poet. These lines from "The some time in Paris, where she studied just like Ariel in 'Midsummer Night's Dream.'" 
penny poll tax, and register to vote the following Lone Striker" seem to be so typically under the celebrated designer, Patou. 

One wonders what her reaction would have been 

Tuesday, seems sufficient evidence as to the Frost that they must be quoted, Mary (Roundtree) Cox has been 

to Frances Wilson's costume at the smarties' 

seriousness of the widespread student interest in singing in a musical comedy in Wash¬ 

party Saturday night—an outfit which looked 

the affairs of the outside world. He knew path that wanted walking ington, D. C. She has done concert

a suspiciously like a lamp shade, a garb which gave

He knew a spring that wanted drink¬ work in Georgia and New York, and wearer was

the impression that its portraying

ing was soloist for a season for the George 

the spirit of midnight oil. It is rumored, by the

Hockcv Needs Support 

A thought that wanted further think¬ Washington glee club in Washington. 

way, that Frances had a most difficult and em¬ 
ing; barrassing time including herself plus the above

The school as a whole seems to agree on the j 

mentioned costume in a closet with other mem¬

point that studies on the campus need stimula-i Juniors to Give Plav

Reading this latest of his volumes a

tion more than athletics. At least, this is the j bers of the intelligentsia while playing such 

was like having the poet on our cam¬ 

For Vespers Serviee prosaic and plebeian game as sardines.

logical deduction reached from observing the fu-; 

pus again, so thoroughly does much of

rious studying of the freshmen and the careful1 The mental strain has become too much for 

absences of upperclassmen from the weekly; his poetry reflect his personality. Here With the theme, "Christ's Chal¬ some of the smarties and even bobbing for ap¬ 
hockey games. we see a man who has a sympathetic lenge In Social Life," the junior class ples brings little relief. For some of them just 
Besides being the nearest and most convenient; appreciation of people, and who while will be in charge of Sunday vespers will forget that the long-waited-for and n'er-to


means of a needed recreation in between periods! saying of people looking out to sea. on November 8. Myrl Chafin is to be be-forgotten quarter system implies in some in¬ 

stances four classes instead of the usual three.

of study in the library, the hockey games every leader of the program. 

Friday are They cannot look out far. The feature of the service Hence last Friday afternoon it was extremely

also interesting and often exciting,, main 

They cannot look in deep, will be an original playlet, in which doubtful whether or not a certain psychology

and would probably be more so if the players felt 
that someone besides themselves was interested the roles are to be taken by Elizabeth class had a quorum present. 

a was has himself penetrated further and Cousins, Joyce Roper, and Winifred ; Just as human frailty caused this lapse of

in whether or not goal made. It is most 

uninspiring to play before bleachers less than seen more than many of us, his read¬ Kellcrsberger. A special junior choir memory so has it been working havoc in the new 
ers. under the direction of Primrose Noble archives of learning. Oh, what is so rare as a

half full, and it's entirely hopeless when the 

On the basis of this book and his < will be in charge of the music. day in June—besides a beef steak or an A. S. C.

great majority of the few onlookers are dressed 

1 student who likes her annual pictures—it is a

in gym suits ready to play themselves. A few previous books, we are forced to con¬ Vespers were in charge of the senior 

good cheers and a the part of clude, in so far as we may judge con-j class last Sunday, when Charline frequenter of the library who ALWAYS remem¬

little interest on 

temporary work, that in Robert Frost -Fleece, the leader, spoke on "Christ's bers to hang her coat in the vestibule or to suf¬

the spectators can make more goals than might 

■we have a poet of lasting worth. Challenge in the Classroom." ; fer in silence.
be thought possible. 


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Campus Belles Week-end With Juniors, As Freshmen, Made 
Possum Hunts9 Steak Fries History Wiih Healthy Feet 

Henry Sneed of Chester, S. C. and 
Bob Gctlys of Bamburg, S. C., visited 
Jean Kirkpatrick and Kathleen Dan¬ 
iels last week-end. May Miller, of 
Greenville, was the guest of Frances 
Gary; and Elizabeth Bowers of Wesleyan 
was the guest of Pauline Moss. 

Friday and Saturday, Eleanor Lewis' 
sisters, Judith Gracey's brother, Hayden 
Sanford's family, Joyce Roper's 
father, and Isabelle Robertson's moth¬ 
er also visited on the campus. 

Those attending the Phi Delta Theta 
dance at Emory Saturday were: Julia 
Porter, Kay Kennedy, and Mette Wil¬ 
liamson. At the Delta Tau Delta 
dance was Mary Ellen Whetsell. 

Saturday night Strat Sloan attended 
the Phi Delta Theta dance at Tech; 
Kay Toolc, Sue Goodwyn, Mary Rog¬ 
ers, Snooks Moss and others went to 
the Pi Kappa Psi dance; and Anne Purnell 
to the Delta Sig dance. 

Caroline Armistead attended a buf¬ 
fet supper at the Phi Gamm house Sat¬ 
urday night, and Marlise Torrance 

FACULTY ENTHUSIASTIC 
OVER STUART CHASE 

(Continued from page 1, column 4) 
breath, but staunch purpose) the 
cipinion of Miss MacDougall. She has 
read his articles with a great deal of 
interest, and believes that he has 
"keen insight and an analytical fac¬ 
ulty which will make him an unques¬ 
tionably valuable speaker." 

Mr. Robinson was fleeing from the 
outraged and accusing glances of stu¬ 
dents to whom he was giving a quiz, 
when we made a non-parallel bee-line, 
knowing that our paths must inevi¬ 
tably cross at some point in space. 
They did; and we discovered that Mr. 
Robinson considers Stuart Chase a 
"practical, non-technical economist, 
who deals with realities, not just theor¬ 
ies." He added that the lecturer has 
a much broader vision than the aver¬ 
age economist. 

So anxious is Mr. Raper to have his 
students hear Stuart Chase, that he 
openly admitted he would resort to 
the bribery of cuts and better grades, 
if necessary. He averred (sans dia¬ 
gram!) "If there is anyone awake to 
the social and economic problems 
which confront the world today, it is 
Stuart Chase." 

Just as we espied Mr. Hayes and 
were charging down upon him, he 
popped into the elevator and ascended 
to higher planes of life. We could 
only hope that was indicative of rising 
interest in Mr. Chase, because—though 
our spirit was willing—our flesh 
ouailed when confronted with three 
more impossible flights of steps. 

Believing that actions speak louder 
than words, we shall allow the students 
to express their opinion of Stuart 
Chase on Friday, November 13, when 
we shall all join the lecture association 

in proving that we are not supersti¬ 

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K.U. B.
went to the Pi K. A. possum hunt. 

result of the fall try-outs, K.

Those present at the dance for the As a 

U. B. admitted the following new
freshmen and new students at Emory 

members: Evelyn Baty, Elizabeth

were: Ola Kelly, Martha Alice Green, 

Blackshear, Catherine Caldwell, Cor¬

Martha Moffet, Hariette Stimson, 

nelia Cook, Kathleen Daniel, Mary

Enid Middleton, Sara Gray, Catherine 

Dixon, Ellen Little, Marie Merritt,

Ivie, and others. 

Hayden Sanford, and Ann Watkins.

Jane Moore Hamilton, Kitty Jones, 
Callie Carmichael, Frances Wilson, 

Bible Club

Penn Hammond, and others attended 

Bible Club met on Monday after¬

the Sigma Chi Halloween dinner-

noon, November 2, at 4:30 o'clock in

dance Friday night; and Frances Steele 

went on a Sigma Nu hay ride. the Murphey Candler building. Rev. 
William V. Gardner, who spoke a

Girls who went home for the week¬ 

short while to the

end were: Ola Kelly to Monticello, ago students on 

"The Punctuation Points of Life,"

Ga.; Martha Alice Green, to Harlem, 

was the speaker at this meeting. His

Ga.; Kay Jones, to Winder, Ga.; Char¬ 

subject was "Impressions of Palestine."

lotte Newman to Spartanburg, S. C.; 
Caroline Du Pree, Francina Bass, and 

Chi Beta Phi Sigma

Frances Morgan to Gadsden, Ala.; 

A closed meeting of Chi Beta Phi

Martha Summers to Atlanta, and 

Sigma was held on Monday night, No¬

Mary Templeton to Atlanta. 

vember 2, at 7 o'clock in the chemis¬

Bee Merrill and Susan Bryan went 

try lecture room. Anne Cox present¬

to Columbia, S. C., with Mary V. 

ed a paper, and Margaret Watson pre¬

Smith; Beryl Spooner spent the week¬ 

play. was

end at the University of Georgia. sented a Virginia Stephens 

hostess at this meeting. 

Reporters 

Miss Cilley Writes 

Reporters include: Nell Allison, Articles on Coimbra 
Alice Cheeseman, Giddy Irwin, Nell 
Hemphill, Carol Hale, Cora Kay Assistant Professor Cilley, after 

Hutchins, Sarah Johnson, Douglas teaching at the University of Coimbra 
Lyle, Frances Lee, Regina Herwitz, this summer, has had published a series 
of articles written about the summer

Julia Sewell, Mary Willis, Mamie Lee 

course at the Portuguese university,

Rathff, Selma Steinbach, Anne Pur


national holidays in Portugal, and re¬ 
nell, Marie Merritt, Alice Reins, Myrl gional affairs and customs. One arti¬ 
Chafin, Louise Young, Mary Frances cle appeared in the September edition 
Kennedy, Henrietta Blackwell, Mary of H/spania; one in the Modern Lan¬ 
guage Journal, published in Washing¬

Primrose Noble, Mary Reins, Evelyn 

ton; and a third in the October South

Baty, Eleanor Hutchens, Hazel Solo¬ 

Atlantic Bulletin. The fourth will ap¬ 

mon, V. J. Watkins, Mary Louise 

pear in the fall edition of the Kevista 
Dobbs, Virginia Hill, Eloise McCall, Hispania Moderna. 
Louise Hughston, Mary Lang Gill, and 
A number of colleges over the coun¬

Eugenia Williams. This number in¬ 

try have been conducting straw votes 

creases the reporter staff to thirty-

on the ensuing political election. 

three members. 

Mount Holyoke College is having a 
Business assistants are: Rachel Ken¬ week of political campaigning with 
nedy, Florence Little, Jessie Williams. speeches each day. Other schools spon¬ 

soring elections are the University of 
Florida, Virginia Military Institute,

In listing his high school extra-cur¬ 

Davidson College, and Emory Univer¬ 
ricular activities, one freshman at sity.
Emory University noted that he was 

At a meeting of the student body

elected the cutest boy in his class. of Converse College, it was decided 
—The Emory Wheel. by a vote of 13 5 to 54 to abolish social 
clubs in May, 1937. 
A La Ogden Nash Radcliffe College is offering three 
I wish I were a dinasaur lessons on how to wait on the table. 
I wouldn't have to study—Or Only girls who take this course can 
Go to classes—For be called upon for waitress jobs in pri¬ 
I'd be so big vate homes. The total cost of the les¬ 
I couldn't get in the DOR. sons is twenty-five cents. 
•—The Alabamian. —The Radcliffe News. 

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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 
j "Those who, like the freshmen, cially noteworthy was the work of 

have healthy feet and who sleep eight Coit and Robinson in hockey, and 
that of Blackshear and Thompson in

hours a night are scarce." With this 

basket ball.

j startling sentence (taken directly from 

As proof of their versatility, the 

a 1934 Agonistic) the present day 

1934 class of freshmen included ac¬ 

juniors were introduced to the Agnes 

tors, artists, poets, journalists, musi¬ 

Scott campus. For they first gained cians, debaters, socialites, executives, 

the public eye by winning the 1934 and students. 

health campaign and proving them¬ Some of the outstanding dramatic 
performances of the year were: Jeanne

selves the healthiest class in the school. 

Matthews as the sea turtle in the A. A.

But they were acclaimed not only 

water pageant, Lettie McKay and Ola 

as the healthiest, but also as the nois¬ 

Kelly as Big and Little Dec in the 
iest, the hardest working, and the most stunt, Ann Worthy as the hero Touch¬ 
versatile class. Many were the com¬ down in the same stunt, and Myrl 
Chafin and Elizabeth Cousins as Bib¬

plaints hurled by luckless faculty 

lical characters in the Easter pageant.

houses in the neighborhood of Inman, 

To the field of art, the class offered

that year—a year which added many 

Zoe Wells and Jane Wyatt—to the

wrinkles and grey hairs to one Mary 

field of poetry, Hortense Jones and

Jane Evans, house president. For with 

Winifred Kellersberger. Noted jour¬

Third Floor staging a barnyard dance 

nalists were Nell Allison, Ruth Hertz-

every night, and Elsie West entertain¬ 

ka, and Jacque McWhite; outstanding

ing Second Floor with "little Egypt" 

musicians, Nell Hemphill and Tommy

performances, and with First Floor ty¬ 

Ruth Blackmon. Mary Lillian Fairly

ing buckets of water over transoms, 

was known even then as a debater;

Inman dormitory was anything but a 

Sue Bryan and Mary Venetia Smith as

haven of peace and quiet. 

socialites; Jean Barry Adams, Mary

It was through the stunt and Derby 

Past, and Martha Long began their

Day that the junior class won the ti¬ 

executive careers then; and Mildred

tle, "hardest-workers." They reared 

Davis and Eliza King, their reputa¬

skyscrapers and football heroes in an 

tions as honor roll students.

effort to win the stunt and although 

On the whole, this junior class

they lost, they lost with the smiles of 

seems to have had a more dignified be¬

champions. Derby Day and the Vic¬ 

ginning than the present senior class. 

tory Effort Drive owed much of its 

However they were not without their 

success to the tireless energy of this 

mistakes. For instance, remember when

class. And people are still recalling 

some zealous proctor gave Miss Scan-

Inman lobby with its signs offering 

drett a knock at three o'clock in the

everything from pedicures to German 

morning? And remember the time

waltzing lessons. Hard work was also 

that Joyce Roper calmly sat down to

applied to the field of sports. Espe


dinner at the faculty table in White 

Ending a three-day venture which House? And the time that Elsie West 

observers said was perhaps the greatest brought an offering to chapel? 

single step ever taken for the advance¬ With such a beginning then, this 

ment of tennis in South Carolina, en¬ freshman class stepped into its sopho¬ 

thusiasts, coaches, players, and Davis more and junior years hoping to bet¬ 

Cup stars brought to a close P. C.'s ter its record each year and to win at 

fall tennis clinic. Exhibition matches last that highest of all epithets, the 

were played by such skilled players as best class on the campus. 

Bitsy Grant, John Van Ryan, Mrs. 

John Van Ryan, and Jack Stockton, 

manager of Forrest Hills tournament. 

HOTEL CANDLER 

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4 THE AGONISTIC 
Alumnae Broadcast College Serial; Outing Club Has Freshman and Senior Teams Defeat 
Decatur Club Hears Dr. R. R. Paty Supper Hike for Sophomores and Juniors in Hockey 

Each Wednesday afternoon at 5 
o'clock the Agnes Scott Alumnae As¬ 
sociation presents its weekly radio 
broadcast from station WSB. The 
programs, typical of college life, are 
in serial form, with each week's pres¬ 
entation developing from the preced¬ 
ing program. The serial, "Three Girls 
in a Room," is a story of three college 
girls who room together; Betty Lou 
(Houck) Smith, '3 5, plays the role 
of a prom trotter; Frances James, '36, 
takes the part of Ginger, a book worm, 
and Mary (Freeman) Curtis is Pudge, 
an athletic ace. Other character roles 
are played by Ida Lois McDaniel, 
'3 5, and Carrie Phinney Latimer, '36. 
The episodes are written by Ruth 

Moore, '34, who is at present on the 
staff of the Atlanta Journal. 

Blackfriars N am e 

'Double Door' Cast 

The selection of the cast of "Dou¬ 
ble Door," the play which Blackfriars 
will present in the Bucher Scott gym¬ 
nasium on November 2 5, has been 
completed. The male characters are 
as follows: Dr. John Sully, Marion 
Camp of Atlanta; Lambert, the detec¬ 
tive, Sam Hopkins of Emory; Morti¬ 
mer Neff, the family lawyer, Tom 
Wesley of Atlanta; Mr. Chase, George 
Bush of Atlanta; Telson, the butler, 
Udo Thran of Atlanta; and Rip Van 
Bret, Jimmie Jepson of Atlanta. 
The girls taking part in the play 
are: Avery, a middle-aged housekeep¬ 
er, Mary Past; Louise, a maid, Jeanne 
Flynt; Anne Darrow, the bride, Kay 
Toole; Caroline Van Bret, Victoria's 
sister, Myrl Chafin; and Victoria Van 
Bret, Kathryn Bowen Wall. 

A. S. C. Faculty Club 
Begins Year's Work 

The Agnes Scott chapter of the 
American Association of University 
Professors inaugurated its year's activi¬ 
ties at its first monthly meeting held 
Monday afternoon, November 2. The 
October bulletin was the topic for dis¬ 
cussion; Mr. Arthur Raper was the 
principal speaker. 

Members of the Agnes Scott chap¬ 
ter are: Miss Melissa Cilley, Mrs. Sam¬ 
uel Inman Cooper, Miss Emily Dex¬ 
ter, Mr. James Gillespie, Miss Frances I 
Gooch, Miss Muriel Harn, Miss Eliza¬ 
beth Jackson, Miss Katherine Om-
wake, Mr. Henry Robinson, Mr. Ar¬ 
thur Raper, Miss Martha Stansfield, 
Mrs. Alma Sydenstricker, and Miss 
Catherine Torrance. 

You Can Come to Us or 
We Will Go to You 

We are as close to you as your 
telephone. 

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The Decatur Agnes Scott Club held Sixty-Five Guests 

its regular monthly meeting Monday, i 
Living up to a year's resolution not

October 26, at the Anna Young 
to let the weather interfere with their

Alumnae House. The guest speaker of 
plans, the outing club braved the rain

the occasion was Dr. Raymond R. i 
Monday night, October 26, and enter¬

Paty, dean of men at Emory Univer-! 
tained sixty-five guests at a supper

sity. 
hike. The program for the evening

Dr. Paty spoke on the work of the 

t0ok the form of Pro

National Youth Administration and I gressive entertain-

ITient'

the good which it has accomplished in ; 

DividinS int0 two rouPs

the past few years. Without govern-; g . one 

?er Mf^ Hel®n Varde11

ment help, he said, many students of j | ™d ^ Ml|ler 
and the other under Miss Llewel


both public and private schools would 
Wilburn, all the guests took a

have been unable to attend. The W. 

hlke throu h the woods A

P. A. has cooperated with the N. Y. j g -suPPer in¬ 
cluding hot dogs, apples, and coffee
A. in various ways, thus facilitating 
was then served in the athletic board
the carrying out of its program. 
room. After toasting "angels on 

horseback" over a roaring fire built 
College Girls Usher 

behind the gymnasium, the guests 

sang camp and sch001 songs"

For Peace Campaign i 

* ^ i Honor guests for the occasion were 
Miss Elizabeth Mitchell and Miss Har¬ 
Eight Agnes Scott girls were ush¬ 

riet Haynes of the physical education 

ers at the Emergency Peace Campaign 

department. The committee on ar¬ 

which was held Wednesday, October 

rangements consisted of: Jeanne Mat¬ 
28, at 7:30. Dr. Robert Burns, pastor thews, chairman; Martha Johnson, Ola 
of the Peachtree Christian Church, Kelly, Martha Long, and Frances Mc-
Calla. Virginia Watson is president of

presided at the meeting and intro¬ 

the club.

duced the two out-of-town guests 
who were speakers of the evening. 

Rotary Club Invites 

The Agnes Scott girls who attended 
Five A. S. C. Students

were: Nellie Margaret Gilroy, Lucile 
Dennison, Anne Worthy Johnson, 

Five Agnes Scott girls were guests

Eliza King, Virginia Watson, Enid 

of the Atlanta Rotary club at its meet¬

Middleton, Mildred Davis, and Martha 

ing held Monday, November 2. They

Long. Miss Bee Miller, of the science 
department, and Miss Florence Smith, were Winifred Kellersberger, Tami 
associate professor of history, were Okamura, Peggy Everhart, Susie Aud


chaperons. rain, and Renee Gerard. 
At the meeting Winifred Kellers¬

Arthur Feidler, leader of the Boston 

berger spoke on some phase of life in

Sinfonietta, gives an apt description of 
jazz: "Jazz is to music what the car¬ the Belgian Congo. Five Tech and 
toon is to painting." five Emory exchange students also 

—The Davidsonian. were present at the meeting. 

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Freshman cheering was much in could discover who had hit the ball. 
evidence Friday afternoon when the 

Miss Mitchell, who was one of the of¬ 

freshman hockey team defeated the 

ficials, said briefly, "It was a surprise

juniors 1-0 and the seniors conquered 

to us." After that doubtful remark

the sophomores with a score of 2-1. 
Both games were excitingly close and not one of the senior team would claim 
showed greatly improved team work having made the goal. Marie Stalker, 

since last week. however, followed it with a second 
senior goal, making the score 2-1 for

The freshman-junior game started 

the seniors.

off with three minutes of play during 

The line-ups were:

which the ball did not leave the junior 
Junior Freshman

territory. And with the exception of 

King R.W Hampton

a long pass by Laura Coit, which 

Chafin lit Hammond

brought the ball into freshman terri¬ Coit, L C.F Brinton 
tory in the last minute of the period, Smith I.L Carson 
the ball continued to be fought over Merrill L.W Forman 

Noble R.H Abbot

in the junior half of the field. The 

Blackshear C.H Moffatt

features of the second half were a per¬ Tribble L.H Milner 
sonal combat between Nell Allison Allison R.B. Lewis 
and Carolyn Forman, a freshman goal Johnson L.B Thompson

Robinson GG Cass

made by Joan Brinton, and several ex¬ 

Senior Sophomore

cellent instances of goal-guarding by 

Wall ... .R.W Benson

Frances Robinson, winner of the 

Belser ._I.R McGuire

hockey stick last year. Johnson . .C.F Moses 
In the senior-sophomore game, play Jester .I.L Dryfoos

Stalker L.W.-Coit 

was so concentrated in the sophomore 

Kneale R.H Marshall

territory that the senior goal-guard Lasseter C.H Crowell 
was left shivering in the breeze during Little L.H Redwine 
the whole of the first half, while her Taylor R.B Hamilton 

Wilson L.B McMullen

teammates fought over the ball at the 

Gary G.G Kenney

opposite end of the field. Dorothy Jes¬ Substitutions: Whetsell, F a r r a r, 
ter's steady dribbling and strategic Ivie, Merritt, Purnell. 
playing were outstanding. The hockey varsity council, com¬ 

The second half of this game was posed of Misses Harriet Haynes, Fran¬ 

full of action, with three goals scored. ces McCalla, Rachel Kennedy, Frances 
Helen Moses made a goal for the Robinson, and Llewellyn Wilburn will 
sophomores soon after the half started. attend all hockey games this season 
Then a goal was scored for the seniors, and will announce the varsity at the 
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VOL. XXII WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1936 NO. 6 

Stuart Chase Arrives Friday 
For Lecture at Agnes Scott 

English Debate Team 

Spivey, Gilroy 

Will Debate 

English Team 

League of Nations As Agency 
of Peace Is Subject of 
Discussion 

Debate To Be November 17 

Brooks Spivey and Nellie Margaret 
Gilroy, supporting the affirmative for 
Agnes Scott, will debate the National 
Union of Students of England team on 
Tuesday, November 17, in the gymna¬ 
sium. The English team, composed of 
Asher Sheinfield of the Universities of 
Wales and Birmingham, and G. R. 
Young, of the London School of Eco¬ 
nomics, will uphold the negative of 
the question, Resolved, that the 
League of Nations is a less effective 
agency for peace than national pacts 
for the peaceful settlement of dis¬ 
putes. They will debate at 8:30. 

Both visiting debaters have won 
great distinction in scholastic and ex¬ 
tracurricular activities. 

Mr. Sheinfield attended the Cardiff 
High School and University College 
in Cardiff. Later he was graduated 
from the University of Wales with 
first class honors in economics, win¬ 
ning several prizes. He specialized in 
industrial relations, a topic of special 
interest in Cardiff. When he attended 
the University of Birmingham he be¬ 
gan the study of medicine, and took 
a prize for the best medical student of 
the year. Finally, however, he aban¬ 
doned medicine for economics, in 
which he is now doing research work. 

While at Cardiff, Mr. Scheinfield 
was secretary and president of the 
Union Debate society, president of 
University Economics society; secre¬ 
tary and president of the College 
League of Nations Union and of the 
International Relations club. In his 
third week as a freshman he was 
chosen to represent his college in an 
inter-varsity debate. Since then he has 
debated in nearly every university in 
the country, besides speaking for the 
National Union of Students in a tour 

(Continued on page 3, column 1) 

Dr. Davidson Talks 

At Historical Meet 

Professor Philip Davidson will speak 
on "Jonathan Boucher, Loyalist," at 
the Friday morning meeting of the 
second annual conference of the 
Southern Historical Association, held 
in Nashville November 19-21. At the 
invitation of Vanderbilt, George Peabody 
College, and Scarritt College, the 
association is meeting together with 
the Tennessee Historical Society and 
the East Tennessee Historical Society; 
headquarters are at the Hotel Hermi


tage. 

The Southern Historical Associa¬ 
tion was organized in Atlanta in No¬ 
vember, 1934; its objectives include 
the promotion of interest and research 
in southern history, the collection and 
preservation of the South's historical 
materials, the encouragement of state 
and local historical societies in the 
south to vigorous activity, the ad¬ 
vancement of the teaching and study 
of all branches of history in the south, 
and the publication of The Journal of 
Southern History. Mr. Davidson is a 
member of the executive council of 
the association, and is chairman of the 
committee on nominations. 

. W. Has Open House 

Y. W. C. A. holds open house every 
Sunday afternoon from 3:30 to 
o'clock in the Murphey Candler building. 
The college community is invited 
to attend. 
Lecture Association Receives 
Praise Upon Securing 
Famed Speaker 

Tickets Are On Sale Now 

Stuart Chase, who will speak at Ag¬ 

nes Scott under the auspices of the 

Public Lecture Association, will ar¬ 

rive in Atlanta Friday, November 13, 

the day of his lecture. Dr. Arthur 

Raper, acting professor of sociology, 

will meet Mr. Chase at the train and 

will have dinner with him at the Bilt


more Hotel, where the economist will 

stay during his visit here. At 8:30 

Friday night, in Bucher Scott gymna¬ 

sium, Mr. Chase will give his lecture; 

he will be entertained at a reception 

immediately afterward. 

That Agnes Scott is fortunate in se¬ 
curing Stuart Chase for its lecture 
program is proven by the congratula¬ 
tory comments made by off-campus 
people. Professor Ross W. McLean, of 
the history department of Emory Uni¬ 
versity, said, "I certainly congratulate 
you, and I certainly envy you. I wish 
we were having him." 

Dean Clark, of Mercer University 
in Macon, sent a special delivery letter 
to Miss Emma May Laney, faculty ad¬ 
viser of the lecture association, asking 
if she thought there was any chance of 
Mercer's getting Stuart Chase. Dean 
Clark wrote, "He is the speaker of all 
speakers I would like to have." Mr. 
Warner Hall, editor of the DeKalb 
New Era, and a member of the execu¬ 
tive board of the Appalachian Trail 
Club of Georgia, asked Miss Laney if 
he might issue bulletins telling the 
members of his organization of Mr. 
Chase's coming to Agnes Scott. He 
explained that the Trail Club had 
tried three times unsuccessfully to 
get Mr. Chase as one of its lecturers. 

Tickets for the Stuart Chase lec¬ 
ture will be on sale Wednesday, Thurs¬ 
day, and Friday in the lobby of Butt-
rick; the prices are 50 and 75 cents 
tor student admission and 75 cents 
and $1.00 for general admission. 

Fourteen Attend 

Sports Play Day 

Fourteen girls will leave for Athens 
Saturday to represent Agnes Scott in 
a "sports day" at which the Univer¬ 
sity of Georgia will be hostess to 
women's colleges throughout the state. 
The Athletic Association at the uni¬ 
versity has invited girls to participate 
in hockey, swimming, tennis, and 
dancing. 

Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock 
President Caldwell will entertain the 
guests at a luncheon and will deliver 
an address. In the afternoon the Ath¬ 
letic Association will give a tea. 

Agnes Scott girls who will attend 
the sports day are: Bee Merrill, Anne 
Thompson, Florence Lasseter, Julia 
Thing, Ellen Little, Frances Robinson, 
Jean Chalmers, Marie Stalker, Mary 
Johnson, Mary Kneale, Alice Taylor, 
Elizabeth Blackshear, Jeanne Flynt, 
and Charline Fleece. 

The girls and chaperons, Miss Harriette 
Haynes and Miss Frances Mc-
Calla, will spend the night at the uni¬ 
versity and return Sunday morning. 

Seniors to Entertain 

Sophomore Class With 

Supper Hike Nov. 19 

The seniors are entertaining the 
sophomores with a supper hike to Ice 
Cream Springs next Thursday; the 
party is given in honor of the winning 
of the Black Cat by the sophomore 
class. 

Musicale Offering 

Varied Features 

To be Given Here 

Presenting a varied program featur¬ 

ing dances, songs, and violin composi¬ 

tions, a musicale will be presented at 

Agnes Scott on Wednesday evening, 

November 18, at 8:30 in the Bucher 

Scott gymnasium. 

Among those who will take part on 
the program are: Mrs. Frances Gilli-
land Stukes, who will sing; Mrs. Ag¬ 
nes Adams Stokes, who, accompanied 
by Mr. C. W. Dieckman, will play 
the violin; Miss Eugenie Dozier, '27, 
who will do two national dances, ac¬ 
companied by Sarah Hamilton; and 
Miss Harriette Haynes, who, accom¬ 
panied by Miss Nell Hemphill, will 
dance. Miss Dozier teaches at the col¬ 
lege during the winter, is in charge 
of May Day in the spring, and teaches 
dancing at the Atlanta Conservatory 
of Music. 

The college community and any 
outside guests are cordially invited to 
attend this, the first concert of this 
kind, given at the college. Members 
of the dance club of last year will act 
as ushers. 

Book Exhibit is 

November 28-29 

The Agnes Scott College commun¬ 
ity will observe Book Week Novem¬ 
ber 28-29 for the first time since the 
fall of 1934. The books to be dis¬ 
played will be grouped around the 
fire place in the main reading room 
of the library, and will include a 
number of the latest volumes of 
poetry, drama, fiction, current prob¬ 
lems, children's books, and some 
cheaper editions of the classics. Davison-
Paxon's, Rich's, Miller's, and the 
Macmillan Publishing Co.'s store in 
Atlanta have permitted Agnes Scott 
to use their books. 

Book Week on the campus comes a 
week later than National Book Week. 

Landon Is Favorite 

In Collegiate Polls 

While Agnes Scott showed an over¬ 
whelming popular vote for Roosevelt 
in the campus election of last week, 
results from the large presidential 
preference polls conducted on over 
forty campuses throughout the United 
States indicate that Landon was a gen¬ 
eral collegiate favorite. He received 
13,208 votes; Roosevelt received 11,769; 
Thomas, 1,069; Brower, 860; 
and Lemke, 131. At Agnes Scott, in 
the election sponsored by the citizen¬ 
ship club, 2 57 votes were cast for 
Roosevelt, 5 5 for Landon, and 27 for 
Norman Thomas. Of the twenty 
states represented in the voting here, 
twelve were Democratic, six were Re¬ 
publican, and two were Socialist. 

Y. W. Pledged $1050 
Toward $1275 Goal 

Having received $105 0 in pledges 
for this year, the Agnes Scott Y. W. 

C. A. is continuing its drive toward 
its goal of $1275. The campus is now 
being canvassed by solicitors appoint¬ 
ed by Jean Barry Adams, treasurer. 
The budget, including support of 
Miss Emily Winn, Agnes Scott's for¬ 
eign missionary, memberships in na¬ 
tional and state organizations, student 
training, and conferences, was pre¬ 
sented in chapel four weeks ago. 

G. R. YOUNG 
LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS 

Pop Party is Help 

In Fiirnishing New 

Activities Building 

A successful donation party given 
by Mortar Board, approximately 
$160.00 left by last year's senior class, 

and chairs and kitchen equipment fur¬ 
nished by the administration have 
combined to make it possible for the 
Murphey Candler building to be a 
more comfortable and satisfactory 
meeting place for students. 

The results of the pop party of 
last Friday night include three pillows, 
five lampshades, four aprons, two tow¬ 
els, one water pitcher, book-ends, 
books, magazines, games, electric light 
cords and sockets, a knife, can opener, 
two spoons, an egg beater and bowl, 
six pictures, a vase and frog, two lamp 
stands, a clock, and $8.35 in money. 
Also, for recreation, the Athletic As¬ 
sociation has given the building a ping 
pong table and set which have been 
placed in the basement. The Admin¬ 
istration has supplied twenty-five wal¬ 
nut chairs, two hot-plates, and one 
sink. 

Last year's senior class left approxi¬ 

mately $160.00 to be used to buy a 

piano for the Murphey Candler build¬ 

ing; since there is one already there, 

it is planned to use the money for 

something else for the building. 

For the benefit of students using 
the building, an office has been es¬ 
tablished on the first floor as an in¬ 
formation bureau where schedules for 
the different club meetings may be 
arranged and rooms may be assigned. 

Headed by Alice Reins, a group of 
day students will work in the office 
every afternoon. They will answer 
the tube, direct the use of the kitchen, 
and have general supervision of the 
building. 

Mortar Board Has 

Official as Guest 

Mrs. Hazel M. Richards, editor of 
the Mortar Board Quarterly and for¬ 
mer speaker at Agnes Scott, will be 
the guest of the college chapter of 
Mortar Board November 16-18. Mrs. 
Richards was here in 1931 when the 
local chapter house was installed as 
a chapter of the national fraternity 
Mortar Board. She was here again to 
speak at the Mortar Board recognition 
service in 1934. 

Monday night, Mrs. Richards will 
meet with the members of Mortar 
Board; at 5:00 Tuesday afternoon, 
she will be entertained at a tea to 
which the junior class and all faculty 
advisers are invited. That night she 
will attend the English debate. 
Wednesday at 12:30 a luncheon will 
be given in her honor in the Anna 
Young Alumnae House. 

ASHER SHEINFIELD 

U. OF WALES AND BIRMINGHAM 
College Has Ten 

Pianists Play in 

Georgia Ensemble 

A group of ten girls will represent 
Agnes Scott in the Georgia Piano En¬ 
semble Thursday, November 12, at 
the Erlanger theater. There will be an 
afternoon and night performance at 2 
o'clock and 8 o'clock at which the 
group will play Chopin's Rondo, Opus 
13, under the personal direction of 
Mr. C. W. Dieckmann, head of the 
music department of Agnes Scott Col¬ 
lege. Those girls playing will be: Nell 
Hemphill, Jean Kirkpatrick, Alice 
Hannah, Mary Ernest Perry, Carolyn 
Myers, Tommy Ruth Blackmon, Marie 
Merritt, Mamie Lee Ratliff, Mary 
Ruth Murphy, and Julia Thiemonge. 
Practice for the ensemble was begun 
last spring. 

Other numbers on the program will 
include the prelude to act III of Loh¬ 
engrin, and a dance number to Caprice 
Veinnois. A chorus of 5 00 high school 
students, accompanied by nine pianos, 
will sing the "Bridal Chorus" from 
Wagner's Lohengrin. This group is 
under the direction of Laurence G. 
Nilson, director of music in the pub¬ 
lic schools of Atlanta. 

Other colleges sending representa¬ 

tive groups to appear in the ensemble 

are Brenau, LaGrange, Piedmont, Wes


leyan and the Georgia State College 

for Women. 

Alumnae Association 

Fetes New Students 

The annual party given by the Ag¬ 
nes Scott Alumnae Association for all 
new students will take place Friday, 
November 20, at 4:3 0 o'clock in the 
alumnae house. Those in the receiving 
line will be Miss Daisy Frances Smith, 
president of the Alumnae Association, 
Dr. J. R. McCain, Miss Nannette 
Hopkins, Mrs. Leland Baggett, and 
Mrs. Fannie Donaldson. 

Members of the executive board will 
pour at the tea and coffee tables. 
These are Mrs. J. C. Lammers, Miss 
Margaret Ridley, Miss Ruth Moore, 
Mrs. Harry Lange, Mrs. C. W. Dieck¬ 
mann, Miss Martha Stansfield, Miss 
Sarah Slaughter, Mrs. Fotte Brawley, 
Miss Kenneth Maner, Mrs. Oscar Pal¬ 
mer, and Mrs. Frances Dwyer. 

Those assisting in the entertaining 
will be Mrs. S. 1. Cooper, Mrs. Henry 
Newton, Mrs. J. M. B. Bloodworth, 
Mrs. Dan Sage, Mrs. W. W. Anderson, 
Miss Mary Carmichael, and Miss Car¬ 
rie Phinny Larimer. They are the 
members of the entertainment com¬ 
mittee. Other alumnae will also be 
present. 


THE AGONISTIC 

Stuart Chase Urges Collective 

Students Want Peace

ill)c Agonistic 

Peace has been uppermost in the minds of 
every Agnes Scotter today (we hope). Your re¬ 
porter, for one, wondering just what convictions 
some of our fellow students have on the topic, 
asked some representative minds the following 
questions: Do you believe ROTC has a place on 
campuses? Do you believe student signing of 
pledges not to engage in war is of any value? 
Would you support war in any form ? 

Margaret Watson, our well-informed Interna¬ 
tional Relations club president, is one of the ma¬ 
jority who oppose war. Specifically, she is turn¬ 

ing her opposition at present against the law 
which Oregon voters are being asked to approve, 
a law which would make ROTC training compul¬ 
sory in every college in the state. To force such 
training on the young men is unfair, Margaret 
feels. She approves of students signing pledges 
against war, but believes that such declarations 
are of limited value. They indicate student opin¬ 
ion on war and peace, but can't be expected to 
hold the boys at home when the flags start wav¬ 
ing and the drums beating, said she in a way 
which led us to believe she knows her social psy¬ 
chology. 

Next we cornered the campus' budding radical, 
Brooks Spivey. She was only too glad for a 
chance to set forth the socialistic ideals of paci¬ 
fism. No war, even for the most patriotic of 
causes, will win Brooks' support, she declares. 
On the campus, she is for more and better peace 
demonstrations of all sorts. Although they, like 
the Oxford pledges, may not influence the indi¬ 
vidual when the critical time comes, they at least 
show militarists some opposition. She is definite¬ 
ly opposed to ROTC training in schools. With 
logic worthy of Coach Hayes, she argued this 
point: "If there isn't going to be any war, why 
train the boys for it?" 

To get the foreign attitude, we accosted Suzie 
Audrain, who, with the help of friend Dottie, en¬ 
lightened us considerably. Suzie is strongly in 
favor of military training for defensive warfare. 
"I think girls should have it too," she volun¬ 
teered ! In France, we learned, every young man 
of nineteen or twenty puts in two years of com¬ 
pulsory military training. The only exceptions 
are the physically defective. Students are not 
exempted but are allowed to wait until their 
studies are completed. On the subject of mili¬ 
tary training Dottie Lee was torn between paci¬ 
fism and the universal feminine failing. "After 
all," she appealed, "A uniform's a uniform to us 
girls, isn't it?" 

Millie Coit, peace chairman of the campus 

Y. W. C. A., decided to let the chapel speaker do 
her talking on the larger aspects of the question. 
She did give us a new point of view, though, by 
recalling her well-known brother Robert's opin¬ 
ion that the discipline of a training camp leads 
the men to see the ugliness of war, rather than 
foster militarism in them. Then Millie carried 
peace to its individual implications. Roommates, 
she said loud enough for Emma to hear, should 
be strict pacifists in their relations with each 
other. Since the conversation promised to de¬ 
generate into something of a squabble, we left 
to turn our minds again to international peace, 
which may be easier to achieve after all. 
"Sublime Somnambulists" 

"I fane would lay me down and sleep" is the 
plaintive wail of those seekers of knowledge who 
last week burned ye ole midnight oil cramming 
for quizzes, practicing the lost art of getting 
down on the knee nearest the audience grace¬ 
fully and without serious mishap, and learning 
the complicated words of "shoo fly don't bother 
me." Goudyloch (Giddy, to the mere rabble) Erwin 
is the classic example of what happens to 
eager students who burn their midnight oil at 
both ends. Giddy, at a very crucial moment dur¬ 
ing her Shakespeare test suddenly gave out of 
ink and to her frantic amazement found, upon 
her return, that the door, in spite of her frenzied 
efforts, remained tightly shut. Having worked 
with it for what seemed to her and her class¬ 
mates (who for some unknown reason maintained 
a "laissez-faire" policy throughout) an illimita¬ 
ble amount of time, she madly dashed to the 
only other means of entrance (except of course 
the windows, but in spite of her term paper on 
fairies Giddy isn't Peter Pan) to her deep 
chagrin this door too stubbornly refused to yield. 
The class so moved by this scene of pathos and 
so fascinated by Giddy's gallant attempts was 
rendered helpless by seething emotion. Needless 
to say Giddy came through triumphantly as did 
Cornelia Christie last Saturday when she acci¬ 
dentally but unmistakably stepped into a flower 
basket and maintained her equilibrium in spite 
of her professorial audience. Speaking of inves¬ 
titure, June Matthews until she was a senior and 
because she always sat in the back behind the 
seniors was convinced that Miss Hopkins reached 
into a box at her side and picked out a cap to fit 
each girl. 

PUBLISHED WEEKLY 

Owned and published by the students of Agnes Scott 
College. 
Entered as Second Class Matter. 
Subscription price, $1.25 per year in advance. 

Single copies, 5 c. 
1936 Member 193/ 
Pissociated Colleftide Press 

STAFF 

Laura Steele 
Editor-in-Chief 
Frances Cary 

Associate Editor 
Jane Guthrie 
Hortense Jones 
Mary McCann Hudson 

Assistant Editors 
June Matthews 
Make-Up Editor 
Ruth Hertzka 
Assistant Make-Up 
Nellie M. Gilroy 
Feature Editor 
Mary Frances Guthrie 
Exchange Editor 
Mildred Davis 
Book Editor 

Kathryn B. Wall 
Business Manager 
Elizabeth Blackshear 

Advertising Manager 
Mary Lib Morrow 
Frances Belford 
Doris Dunn 
Nell Hemphill 

Circulation Managers 
Frances Wilson 
Current History 
Pauline Moss 
Society Editor 
Jean Chalmers 
Sports Editor 
Cornelia Christie 
Club Editor 
Elizabeth Warden 
Alumnae Editor 

Editor, Associate Editor, Enid Middleton, Mary 
King, Editorial Council 

Lecture Association 

Answers Vital Need 

Frequently in the past the charge, still a famil¬ 
iar one, has been brought against campus life 
that it too completely isolates students for a 
number of years from the world of reality in 
which they will eventually find themselves. It 
has been said that the student who spends four 
years within the narrow limits of an idealized 
life such as that of a college community is un¬ 
fitted to assume the duties of a citizen of the 
modern world. Agnes Scott has answered this 
challenge to prepare young women for living and 
meeting adequately the problems they will face 
after college years in a number of ways, among 
which was the establishment of the Lecture As¬ 
sociation. (Agnes Scott is one of the few south¬ 
ern colleges which have been able to maintain a 
successful volunteer student organization for 
bringing prominent people to the campus.) In 
1922 the Student Lecture Association was found¬ 
ed for the definite purpose of broadening stu¬ 
dent contacts. 

Has Brought Noted 

Speakers in Past 

The Lecture Association has been continued at 
Agnes Scott and presents this week the noted 
Stuart Chase as first speaker of the year. But 
the organization depends on the present student 
body for its success; it has no resources except 
those realized from the sale of tickets, primarily 
on the campus. Our predecessors founded and 
supported it, believing it the answer to a vital 
need. We may show our willingness to continue 
this very worthwhile organization and our ap¬ 
preciation for the fine work done by its leaders 
by giving it full support this week in buying 
our tickets immediately. 

Needs Student Support 

Since 1922 the Lecture Association has 
brought a large number of the world's great 
writers and thinkers, important poets and scien¬ 
tists. Among these have been such people as 
Thornton Wilder, Edna St. Vincent Millay, 
Richard Halliburton, Robert Frost, Louis Untermeyer, 
and Upton Close. Many of our predeces¬ 
sors have felt that the Lecture Association fur¬ 
nishes more intellectual stimulus than any other 
one thing. From the last Alumnae Journal we 
quote a former Agnes Scott student: "I still 
think with delight of the Lecture Association at 
Agnes Scott, and hope that it has been contin¬ 
ued. The inspirational value of personal contact 
with great people is inestimable, and I want my 
children to remember their college years as being 
full of good talk, good music, and good art." 
These speakers, among the best appearing on 
the lecture stage in our country, have appeared 
at Agnes Scott through the Lecture Associa¬ 
tion's contact with the national organization. It 
is also through this cooperation that the Lecture 
Association besides serving its immediate pur¬ 
pose has brought to Agnes Scott from time to 
time students from many other campuses to at¬ 
tend lectures and has given the college much 
favorable publicity. Ten colleges and six states 
were represented at the Millay lecture. 

Planning in Brilliant New Book 

Rich Land, Poor Land by Stuart Chase, 
! Whittlesey House, New York, Lon-

j don; 1936. $2.50. Reviewed by 
Brooks Spivey. 
With a sadness that springs from 

great love of the country, Stuart 
Chase traces the decline of an America 
which was "perhaps the most bounti¬ 
fully endowed by nature of all the 
world's continents" to a continent of 
"stinking rivers, charred forests, the 
incomparable filth of cities, the 
wretched shacks of tenant farmers 
along Tobacco Road." In vivid de¬ 
tail, Mr. Chase shows that unscientific 
use of natural resources has wreaked 
ruin and released ashes upon our heads. 
Through careless destruction of for¬ 
ests, grass, and soil vitality, water ero¬ 
sion is yearly carrying three billion 
tons of solid material from our soil to 
fill the rivers and bring devastating 
floods; and wind erosion fosters im¬ 
mense dust storms with their heavy 
tolls of dust pneumonia, devastation 
and desert creation. One half of the 
continent's original fertility has been 
dissipated. Petroleum, copper, lead, 
and zinc will be exhausted in this gen¬ 
eration at the present rate of exploita¬ 
tion. Finally outraged land and water 
will cut off power and still forever 
the great mines. Morris Cooke, once 
chairman of the National Resources 

Board, is quoted as asserting that "at 
our present rate of soil erosion, this 
country . . . has left to it less than a 
century of virile existence. We have 
two decades at the most to plan our 
campaign." 

To this problem Mr. Chase gives a 
new perspective, rooting the trouble 
in a philosophic background—what he 
calls the "American concept of infin¬ 
ity." "The eye," he says, "could see 
no end, and the mind leaped to the 
conclusion that there was no end." 
"What if a forest is leveled here or a 

"•The Great Waltz" 

To Appear at Fox 

Probably the most heralded musical 
production in the history of the thea¬ 
tre, "The Great Waltz," will play an 
engagement of two days, Friday and 
Saturday nights, November 20-21, 
with a matinee on Saturday, at the 
Fox theater. 

This play ran for two seasons at 
the Center theater, Radio City, in 
Rockefeller Center, New York, and 
last season was a sensational success in 
the nine key cities of the east and 
middle west including a record-break¬ 
ing run of fifteen weeks at the Audi¬ 
torium, Chicago, when over 3 60,000 
people saw it. 

"The Great Waltz" is presented by 
Max Gordon, the foremost producer 
who has brought to the stage such 
successes as "Dodsworth," "Pride and 
Prejudice," "Roberta," "The Band 
Wagon," "Jubilee" and many others. 
The production was conceived and di¬ 
rected by Hassard Short. The music 
is from the immortal compositions of 
Johann Strauss, father and son. Moss 
Hart wrote the book and Albertina 
Rasch is responsible for the dances. 
The elaborate settings were designed 
by Albert Johnson while Doris Zinkeisen 
created the costumes. 

The story of "The Great Waltz" 
concerns the musical rivalry of the 
two Strausses, father and son, over 
the title of "Waltz King" and the 
love affair of young Strauss with 
Theresa (Resi) Ebeseder, the charm¬ 
ing and lovely daughter of a Viennese 
pastry shopkeeper. Many theatrical 
liberties have been taken in telling 
the story, which, however, is founded 
upon historical facts. The action of 
the entire musical play is in old 
Vienna. 

The chorus of "The Great Waltz,' 
is composed of two units—ballet girls ! 
and vocalists. The singing contingent ; 

i field gullied there? Move on, brother, 

j move on; the great open spaces beck1 
on ... It is this spirit which looks 
confidently for the corner to be 
turned, the corner which has always 

been there," but is there no more. 

Since, as Mr. Chase points out, our 

philosophic background has hurled us 

into this chaos, what will get us out? 

Only collective planning for the use 

of resources under governmental con¬ 

trol, says Mr. Chase, can conserve the 

water to supply irrigation needs, can 

rebuild the eroded soil to consume the 

water, can revive the grass and protect 

the forests to preserve the soil, and 

can eliminate wastes in mineral ex¬ 

ploitation. Certain steps have been 

taken already, such as the T. V. A. 

and the New Deal soil conservation 

and public works program. But the 

universal democratic planning for re¬ 

source use instead of profit will not 

come, declares Mr. Chase, until belief 

in the critical necessity of it comes 

to the American people. "I suppose 

that this is the reason why I am writ 

ing this book. I want Americans to 

believe in their grand, broad, beautiful 

continent 

When this belief comes and action 

follows there will be a new America 

a virtually Utopian America—but not 

so Utopian after all, says Mr. Chase. 

"Wish fulfillment? The picture would 

fulfill perhaps my dearest personal 

wish and that of thousands of others. 

Are the desires of citizens never to reg¬ 

ister in this democracy?—it is the log 

ical end of work already begun. It is 

the only way to reconcile the two 

great realities which affect our lives. 

It is the pattern for working with na¬ 

ture while accepting the great gifts 

of the power age." 

Rich Land, Poor Land is as dynamic 
and gripping and challenging as it is 
simple and sensible. It comprises a 
philosophy and a plan that dedicates 
itself to progressive action. Perhaps 
nothing so pertinent to the needs of 
this fatalistic accepting generation can 
be found than its insistence that "It 
is your belief which must govern," 
and that men and men's beliefs alone 
on cooperative lines of resource con¬ 

servation can mould progress. 

K.U. B. 
K. U. B. will meet this afternoon 
at 4:00 o'clock in the Murphey Candler 
building. New members of the 
club will be initiated, and Miss Annie 
Mae Christie, faculty adviser for K. 
U. B., will speak. 
Eta Sigma Phi 
The next meeting of Eta Sigma Phi 
will be held on Monday, November 
16, at 4:30 o'clock in the Murphey 
Candler building. Professor George 

P. Hayes will speak to the club mem¬ 
bers. 
Citizenship Club 
The Citizenship club met on 
Tuesday, November 10, in the Murphey 
Candler building. "Roosevelt's 
Foreign Policy" was discussed by a 
guest speaker. 

Spanish Club 
At the last meeting of Spanish club, 
held November 5, the following new 
members were initiated: Suzie Audrain, 
Martha Alice Green, Ellen 
O'Donnell, and Margaret Olsen. Mary 
Johnson arranged an interesting pro¬ 
gram of Spanish games for the enter¬ 
tainment. 

tions, and there are eleven former 
members of the Metropolitan opera 
school. 
Prices for the night performances 

is unusual, since every member has] will be: Orchestra, $2.75, $2.20, 
either sung in grand opera or is a $1.65, $1.10; balcony, $1.65, $1.10, 
graduate of grand opera school. Sev-i 55c; loges, $2.20. Saturday matinee: 
eral members of "The Great Waltz" j Orchestra, $2.20, $1.65, $1.10; balensemble 
have actually been principals i cony, $1.10, 83c, $5c; loges, $2.20, 
in secondary grand opera organiza-i $ 1.6 5. 


THE AGONISTIC 

Mme. Caro-Delvaille Discusses various Activities Eighty-Four Seniors Receive 

jtt " '+•' 17 \ Make Week-End 
lamous Universities in trance „ . „ . 
Eoloriul 
French Club Entertains Alliance Francaise and Many Students 
at Reception in Reading Room of New Library in Girls who went home for the week¬ 
Honor of Famous Lecturer end were: Sara Baskin to Sparta, Ga.; 
Caroline Armistead to Rockingham,

Madame Aline Caro-Delvaille, the Next comes La Rochelle, on the At¬ 

N. C.; Jane Moore Hamilton to Dal-
prominent French lecturer, spoke most lantic. At the University of Bordeaux 

interestingly on a foreign student's one is aware of English tweeds and a ton, Ga.; Selma Steinbach to Carroll-
opportunities in the French university general atmosphere of London, so ton, Ga.; Mutt Lite to Dalton, Ga.; 
last Wednesday evening in the chapel. strong is the British influence there. Peggy and Polly Ware to Greenville, 
Sponsored by the French club through Its summer session is held at beautiful 

S. C.; Rachel Campbell to Mansfield,
the Atlanta Alliance Francaise, the St. Jean de Luz, the haunt of many 

Ga.; Eloise Donkle to Monroe, Ga.;

lecture was attended by many guests sightseers. 

Lois and Beatrice Sexton to Bessemer

and students. When one comes to Toulouse, near 

Margaret Hansell, president of the the Pyrenees, he is instantly charmed City, N. C.; Carolyn Alley to Dal¬ 
French club, introduced Miss Lucille by the warmth of the southern sun ton, Ga. 
Alexander, professor of French, who and the corresponding genial, unhur¬ Elizabeth Galbreath, Lucy Doty,
announced M. Loridans of the Alli¬ ried warmth of the people. "We, too, 

Beryl Spooner, and Phyllis Johnson 

ance to present Madame Delvaille. have a southern accent, a slow, de¬ 

went to spend the week-end with Kay

Madame Delvaille began by express¬ lightful drawl," said Madame Del¬ 

Jones in Winder, Ga.; Mary Ellen

ing her pleasure at speaking to an au¬ vaille. It is here, in the neighboring 

dience well able to understand French. Pyrenees, that the distinctivej Basques Whetsell, Jane Carithers, and Ginger 
"After the war," she continued, live, in a land of lingering mountain Tumlin went to Covington, Ga., to 
"Many of you Americans wanted to sunsets, absorbed in their spirited na¬ 

spend the week-end with Julia Por¬ 

go to France, but you found, through tive dances and games, and very indif¬ 

ter; and Mary Wells McNeill and Sara

the fault of the French people, that ferent to the fact that they are half 

McCain spent the week-end with Cora

their windows and doors were inhos¬ in France and half in Spain. They say 
pitably closed against intimacy with the devil himself cannot understand Kay Hutchins. 

foreigners. But now they have thrown their strange language. Elizabeth Kenney, Adelaide Benson, 
their homes wide open in welcome, Clermont Ferrand is in Auvergne, and her visitor, Mary Sugh, were 
and are eager to become your friends. that part of France which is most dis¬ guests of Ruth Allison at a waffle 

So if by the close of this lecture you tinctly Gallic. Then come the Uni¬ 

supper Friday night.

do not really wish to go to France, I versities of Dijon and Nancy, and 

Mr. and Mrs. Dixon, and Rhett Har


shall have failed in my purpose." nearby that of Strasbourg in Alsace, 
She announced that she would long disputed by the French and the ten, of Columbia, S. C., were the vis¬ 

speak rather of the rest of France Germans, but plainly French in ap¬ itors of Mary Dixon this week-end; 
Gothic

than of Paris, which so many already pearance, with its elaborate Tade Merrill of Eufaula, Ala., visited 

know. Beginning at the northwest cathedrals. "In the University of 

Bee Merrill; Betty Adams of Flor¬ 

coast, Madame Delvaille first men¬ Grenoble," stated Madame Delvaille, 

ence, S. C., came to see Sue Bryan;

tioned the University of Lille, near "They speak very fine French, with¬ 

Le Havre, where most incoming for¬ out any accent." The University of Sara Steele of Auburn visited Frances 
eigners land. This institution holds a Aix is in Provence, which is Roman Steele; Mr. and Mrs. Lucius Tyler of 
summer session at Boulogne-sur-mer. France, and still retains in places her Florence, S. C., visited Eleanor Tyler; 
Next came Rennes, in Brittany, old tongue of Provencal. Anna Lou Whiticher of Auburn vis¬ 
whose summer session takes place at After the lecture, Madame Delvaille ited Mary Frances Kennedy; Mr. and 
the quaint old coast town of Saint-was entertained at a reception given Mrs. W. L. Anderson and Miss Vir¬ 
Malo. Further south is the Univer¬ by the French club in the main read¬ ginia Holt of Anderson, S. C., visited 
sity of Poitiers, meeting during the ing room of the library, where guests Ruth Anderson; Mary Woodall of 

summer at Tours. This picturesque and students were given the oppor¬ Blackshire, Ga., visited Frances Wood-
section well deserves its reputation for tunity to meet her. all; Owena Barringer of Florence, S. 
possessing the loveliest of the old C., was a visitor of Helen Ramsey; 
chateaux, such as that of Chambord. and Helen Du Pree and Polly Du Pree 

of Jacksonville, Fla., were visitors of 
SPIVEY, GILROY WILL Reporters Pauline Moss. 
DEBATE ENGLISH TEAM Mary Frances Kennedy had dinner 
(Conthuu-d from page 1, column 5) Reporters include: Nell Allison, at the Pi Kappa Psi house Friday night. 
of the universities and colleges of Ire¬ Alice Cheeseman, Giddy Irwin, Nell Jeanne Redwine attended a dance 
land. Hemphill, Carol Hale, Cora Kay at the Pi Kappa Sigma house Satur¬ 

With regard to public activities, Hutchins, Sarah Johnson, Douglas day night. 
Mr. Sheinfield has had the honor of Lyle, Frances Lee, Regina Herwitz, Francina Bass went to open house 
an invitation to stand for the Labor Julia Sewell, Mary Willis, Mamie Lee at the Psi Omega house Sunday after¬ 

party in Parliament at the next elec¬ Ratliff, Selma Steinbach, Anne Pur-noon. 
tion. nell, Marie Merritt, Alice Reins, Myrl Mickey Warren, Sue Bryan, Bee 
Chafin, Louise Young, Mary Frances Merrill, Tade Merrill, Susan Goodwyn,

G. R. Young, a native of Glasgow, 
Kennedy, Henrietta Blackwell, Mary Mary V. Smith, Mary Catherine Mat¬

began his education at Aberdeen 

Primrose Noble, Mary Reins, Evelyn thews, Rebekah McCay and others

Grammar school. In 1927 he stopped 

Baty, Eleanor Hutchens, Hazel Solo¬ went on the K.A. hayride Saturday

and worked for one year in a tobacco 

mon, V. J. Watkins, Mary Louise night.

factory, after which he resumed study 

Dobbs, Virginia Hill, Eloise McCall, Giddy Erwin, Margaret Douglas,

at the King George V School in South-

Louise Hughston, Mary Lang Gdl, and Hibernia Hassell, Anne Thompson,

port. Having finished there, he went 

Eugenia Williams. Laura Coit, Mary Lillian Fairly, Mar-

into business for a time, and then 

Business assistants are: Rachel Ken¬ jorie Boggs went to Davidson for

taught in a private school. Finally, 

nedy, Florence Little, Jessie Williams. homecoming this week-end.

in 193 2, Mr. Young entered the Lon¬ 
don School of Economics. Here, work¬ 
ing as well as studying, he took the 
Intermediate B.S. examination in eco¬ 
nomics, which resulted in his decision 
to specialize in government. During 

Join the Merry Crowds at 

school he was active in the National 
Union of Students, and other student 
affairs. He was graduated with first 
class honors in 1936, after taking the 
final B.S. examination. 

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Other Work in Proportion 
for

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148 Sycamore Ave. Decatur, Ga. 

Thanksgiving 

HOTEL CANDLER 

Coffee Shop and 

Day Dinner 
Dining Room 

S & W Cafeteria

Meet Your Friends at 

Cox's Prescription Shop 

Between Paramount and Grand 189-191 Peachtree St. 
Theaters, Atlanta 

Caps at Investiture Service 

Miss Leslie Gaylord, Class Sponsor, Uses Grin of Cheshire Cat 
From Alice in Wonderland to Show Position of 
Mathematics in World Today 

Attaining recognition of their full text was the vanishing Cheshire cat of 
seniority, eighty-four seniors, preced¬ the story "Alice in Wonderland," it¬ 
ed by their sophomore sisters and the 

self written by a mathematician, Lewis 

faculty in academic procession, re¬ 

Carroll.

ceived their academic caps from Dean 

Members of the senior class who

Nannette Hopkins at the investiture 
service Saturday morning. The cap¬ were invested are: 
ping ceremony followed an address by Eloisa Alexander, Cecelia Baird, Lu¬ 
Miss Leslie Gaylord, class adviser, and 

cille Barnett, Frances Belford, Edith 

a prayer by Mr. R. F. Kirkpatrick, 

Belser, Louise Brown, Mary Buchholz,

father of Jean Kirkpatrick. Ruth 

Dorothy Cabaniss, Lucille Cairns,

Runyan, daughter of Professor Ernest 

Virginia Caldwell, Frances Cary, Cor¬

Runyan, was the class mascot. 

nelia Christie, Ann Cox, Kathleen

The address to the senior class, given 

Daniel, Lucille Dennison, Elizabeth

by Miss Gaylord, was built around the 

Espy, Jane Estes, Charline Fleece,

framework of mathematics and its re¬ 

Michelle Furlow, Annie Laura Gallo¬

lation to the life of the seniors. Its 

way, Mary Gillespie, Nellie M. Gilroy, 
Judith Gracey, Alice Hannah, Mar¬ 
Librarian Attends garet Hansell, Fannie B. Harris, Mar¬ 
tha Head, Elizabeth Hollis, Barton 
Biennial Assembly Jackson, Dorothy Jester, Ellender 
Johnson, Martha Johnson, Mary John¬ 
son, Sarah Johnson, Catherine Jones,

Miss Edna Hanley represented Ag¬ 

Molly Jones, Rachel Kennedy, Mary

nes Scott at the ninth biennial con¬ 

King, Jean Kirkpatrick, Mary Kneale,

ference of the Southeastern Library 

Florence Lasseter, Dorothy Lee, Wayve 
Association held at Grove Park Inn, Lewis, Florence Little, Vivienne Long, 
Asheville, North Carolina, from Oc¬ Mary Malone, June Matthews, Mary 

C. Matthews, Katherine Maxwell, Enid
tober 28-30. The aim of the confer¬ 

Middleton, Mary E. Morrow, Pauline 

ence was to "improve the quality of 

Moss, Ora Muse, Isabel McCain, Fran¬ 

library service and to increase the McDonald, Mary Newton,

ces Alice 
amount of book resources in the Rose Northcross, Ellen O'Donnell, 
southeastern area of the United Virginia Poplin, Kathryn Printup, 

Isabel Richardson, Marjorie Scott, Nell

States." 

Scott, Rachel Shamos, Brooks Spivey,

This section, in comparison with 

Marie Stalker, Frances Steele, Laura

other territories, has a great lack of 

Steele, Virginia Stephens, Mary Fair¬ 
coordinated library service. The main fax Stevens, Martha Summers, Lena 
theme carried out in all the addresses Sweet, Alice Taylor, Julia Thing, 
and discussions was the development Mary Jane Tigert, Mildred Tilly, Eula 
of book learning through the improve¬ Turner, Evelyn Wall, Katherine Bow


ment of the university libraries. en Wall, Margaret Watson, Jessie Wil¬ 

Professor Philip Davidson talked on liams, Betty Willis, Mary Willis, and 
"Youth and a Modern World," at the Frances Wilson. 
book dinner given the last night. An 
alumna, Miss Geraldine Le May, '29, 
acted as chairman of the dinner. 

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One of the discussions conducted 

Shampoo and Finger Wave Dried 50c

during the morning session was on 

Permanent Waves $3.00 and Up

the book, "Libraries of the South," 

All Lines of Expert Beauty Service

given by Miss Tommie Dora Barker, 
also a former student of Agnes Scott. 

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THE AGONISTIC 

Printers' Devices 

On Library Walls 

Have Background 

Many of the students have noticed 
the insignia on the wall of the Library 
but few, perhaps, know that they are 
Printers' Devices (or as we would 
say, trade marks) and that they all 

have interesting backgrounds. There¬ 
fore, Miss Edna Hanley, librarian, has 
prepared short accounts of the back¬ 
ground of each of the insignia, two of 
which will appear each week. 

The first device to be considered is 
the one which is seen farthest to the 
right as one enters the main door. (The 
others follow around in a circle.) 

(1) Johannes Antonius de Benedictis, 
a member of an important family 
of printers in Bologna, began printing 
in association with his brother, Johan¬ 
nes Jacobus de Benedictis. The earliest 
known product of their press was the 
Viaggio of Sir John Mandeville, which 
was finished on July 18, 1492; but by 
1499 we find him in business for him¬ 
self, although it is not improbable 
that he occupied the same premises as 
his kinsmen who operated under the 
name of "Vincentius et fratres de 
Benedictis." The typography of Jo¬ 
hannes Antonius de Benedictis is good 
and his decorations tasteful, but in no 
way are they outstanding. His device, 
taken from the Confessionario of 
Marco Veronese (1499), bears in the 
upper portion his initials, "I. B.", and 
in the lower part three letters, "F. C. 
V.", the significance of which is un¬ 
known. L. J. II;72. 
(2) Aldus Pius Manutius, Manuzio, 
Bassanias (of Bassanio) after¬ 
wards Romanus. Scholar. 
This device of the Aldine Press is 
very well known. The dolphin and 
anchor first appeared among the il¬ 
lustrations of Francesco Colanna's 
"Poliphili hypnerotomachia," printed 
by Aldus Manutius in December, 
1499, and were soon afterward em¬ 
ployed in his device. The design was 
evidently copied from an old Roman 
coin bearing the motto "Festina lente," 
or "Make haste slowly." In symboli¬ 
cal language the dolphin stands for 
swiftness and the anchor for stability. 
The device continued in use through¬ 
out the existence of the Aldine Press, 
and was widely imitated and counter¬ 
feited. L. J. L:9; Davies, p. 65 5. 

Faculty Takes Trips 

Several members of the faculty of 
Agnes Scott made interesting trips the 
week-end of November 1. Miss Harriette 
Haynes and Miss Llewellyn Wilburn, 
of the physical education de¬ 
partment, and Miss Bee Miller, of the 
biology department, went to Brevard, 
North Carolina, Saturday, October 

3 1. They visited Mr. and Mrs. H. N. 
Carrier, owners of Camp Rockbrook, 
where the faculty members have served 
as counsellors. They had picnic lunch 
in the Pisgah national forest on Sun¬ 
day morning, and returned to Decatur 
Sunday night. 
Miss Emily Dexter, of the psychol¬ 
ogy department, took a mountain trip 
with friends, from Atlanta. The party 
left Decatur Saturday morning and 
spent the night in Clayton, Georgia. 
Sunday morning they motored to 
Brison City; and returned to Decatur 
Sunday night. 

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Many Guests are Hockev Games are 

Here for Capping Spirited Despite 

Freezing Weather

Seven States Represented By 
Week-End Visitors 
Zero weather could not keep the 
seniors from playing such an excellent

Among out-of-town visitors of the 

game of hockey Friday that they de¬

teniors during investiture week-end 

feated the juniors 3-0. Almost equal¬

were: 

ing the seniors for scoring, the sopho¬

Mrs. B. A. Johnson, Lithoma, Ga.; 

mores defeated the freshmen 2-0.

Rev. and Mrs. R. F. Kirkpatrick, An¬ 
derson, S. C.; Mrs. F. P. Gracey and 

A startling discovery has revealed

Robert Gracey, Augusta, Ga.; Mrs. R. 

the solution to last week's "who-

W. Jester, and Miss Polly McKenne, 
hit -the -senior-hockey-goal" mys¬

Lynchburg, Va.; Mrs. E. W. North


tery. The dark horse player turned 

cross, Tupelo, Miss.; Mr. and Mrs. W. 

out to be one Mary Kneale.

L. Johnson, and Loyd Johnson, Wash¬ 
It seems that it just "isn't done"

ington, Ga.; Mrs. J. H. Morrow, and 

for a right half player to make

Mrs. Wilson Smith, Albemarle, N. C.; 

goals, so Mary was endeavoring to

Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Weir, Douglas, 

keep it a deep secret. She said that

Ga.; Mrs. R. B. Willis, Augusta, Ga.; 

she merely stuck her stick into the

Dr. R. M. Kennedy, and R. M. Ken¬ 

thick of a fight over the ball, and

nedy, Jr., Newberry, S. C.; Mrs. L. H. 

all of a sudden she made a goal.

Gary, and family, Greenville, S. C.; 

Truth will out.

Mr. and Mrs. J. Paul Stephens, Au¬ 
gusta, Ga.; Mrs. R. H. Moss, Royston, 

The sophomore -freshman game

Ga.; Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Lee, Lithonia, 

started off with three minutes of play

Ga.; Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Cairns, 

in the sophomore territory during

Gainesville, Fla.; Mr. and Mrs. W. H. 

which the freshmen were not able to

Steele, Anniston, Ala.; Mrs. B. B. 

score. As soon as the ball was passed

Jackson, Charlotte, N. C.; Mr. and 

down into sophomore territory, how¬

Mrs. A. G. Estes, Gay, Ga.; Mrs. Neill 

ever, Jane Dryfoos made an attack on 

G. Stevens, Huntsville, Ala.; Mrs. R. 
the goal and scored twice for the

J. Middleton, and Avis Middleton, 
sophomores. Freshman Caroline For-

Birmingham, Ala.; Mr. and Mrs. J. M. 

man, and sophomore Flora McGuire

Harris, Rome, Ga.; Mrs. Irene Jones, 

continued their accurate and speedy

Fitzgerald, Ga.; Mrs. John J. Tigert, 

playing. A great deal of undercutting

Gainesville, Fla.; Mrs. W. T. Belford, 

caused penalties for both teams.

Savannah, Ga.; Mr. and Mrs. W. M. 

A harder and more interesting game

Furlow, Albany, Ga.; Mrs. A. S. 

was played by the juniors and seniors.

Richardson, Washington, Ga.; Mrs. 1. 

The junior forward line was not up

M. Espy and Miss Frances Espy, Do-
to par and allowed the senior team to

than, Ala.; Mr. and Mrs. C. W. New¬ 

sweep down into junior territory most 

ton, Dothan, Ala.; and Mr. and Mrs. 

of the game. Anne Worthy Johnson's

B. R. Jones, Ballground, Ga. 
fast defensive work was the only thing 
that kept the senior score from add¬ 
ing up to more than three. Charline

Juniors Send Off 

Fleece was responsible for two of 

Orders for Rings these goals, and Julia Thing for the 
other one. The whole senior team ex¬ 
hibited good playing.

The junior class sent orders last 

The line-up:

week for class rings to be delivered 

Senior Junior 

before Christmas. By class vote, the McCain R.W King-
design, made by Herff-Jones and Thing LR Smith 

Fleece C.F Robinson

Company three years ago, will remain 

Jester LL Noble

unchanged. 

Reiser L.W Merrill 
Prices of the rings are $11.90 and Kneale R.H Allison 
$11.20. The ring committee, Zoe Lasseter C.FI Blackshear 

Little L.H Tribble

Wells, chairman, Jane Turner, and 

Taylor R.B Johnson

Martha Alice Green, is in charge of 

Barnett L.B Youngthe orders. Gary G.G Brittingham 

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Miss Boivman is Football Plaved 

Speaker at Club Thanksgiving Day 

Fo r Scottish-Rite

Planning For Week-End Trips 
Is Subject of Talk 
The entire proceeds of the annual 
Miss Sarah Bowman, field captain 

Georgia Tech-University of Georgiaof Atlanta Girl Scouts, talked on freshman football game, to be played

week-end planning at the second out¬ 

in Atlanta on Thanksgiving Day, will 

ing club instruction class, which met 

go to the Scottish Rite hospital for 

Monday afternoon, November 2. Girls 

crippled children. Because of the pro¬

wishing to join this club have been 

verbial rivalry between the two large

attending try-out classes. 

Georgia schools, the fact that each 

The talk consisted of helpful "when, 

freshman is working to achieve a posi¬

who, how, what -to -do -and -take" 

tion on the varsity of his college, and 

hints. Economy, planning, organiza¬ 

the excellency of former games be¬ 

tion, and correct equipment were 

tween these opponents, this game was 

stressed as the most important factors 

selected as being one which would 

in any successful hike or trip. 

draw an unusually large crowd. Tick¬ 

Miss Bowman was president of the 

ets are: reserved in the east and west 

Athletic Association when she attend¬ 

stands, $1.00; unreserved seats in the 

ed Agnes Scott, and she later became 

south stand, 5 0 cents. 

a member of the faculty of the biol¬ 

The officials of the game, the ticket 

She active

ogy department. was in takers and sellers, and all others con¬

the outing club when it had charge 

nected with, or contributing to the 

of the Stone Mountain camp and is 

sponsoring of this game, receive no

continuing outdoor work on the Girl 

compensation for their work. Even the

Scout program. 

individuals composing the bands, the 
ushers, and those actually working in

Substitute: Wilson. 

Sophomore Freshman behalf of the game must purchase 
Coit, M R.W Crisp their own tickets. 

Dryfoos LR Hammond 

In 193 5, the Scottish Rite hospital

Moses C.F Brinton 

treated 321 handicapped children who

McGuire LL Williamson 

had no other source of help at a cost

Farrar L.W Forman 

Marshall R.H Abbot of $45,472.82. This football game 
Crowell C.H Moffatt must take care of a part of this ex¬ 

Murphy L.H Eehols 

pense. The average cost is $126.23

Hamilton R.B Thompson 

per day, which means that every day

McMullen L.B Lewis 

Kenney G.G Cass each child costs approximately $2.13. 
Substitutes: Sophomore, Hampton;
Freshman, Heslitt, Carson, Moses. "Swing music" was heard on the 
Miss Llewellyn Wilburn and Miss 

Davidson College campus for the first

Elizabeth Mitchell, of the physical 

time when the college band broke in¬

education department, were umpires. 

to "London Bridge is Falling Down" 
Cotillion Club at the Citadel-Davidson game. 

Betty Aycock, Elinor Wilkinson, 
Ellender Johnson, and Mary Catherine If Europe keeps on they'll have to 
Matthews were hostesses at the meet¬ begin drafting a class from the army 

ing of Cotillion club held on Thurs¬ each year to make sure of having civil¬ 
day afternoon. ians to defend. —Life. 

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Musicale ©I)e ^V^omsfic In Gym 

VOL. XXII AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1936 

'Doubledoor" Mystery

Artists Offer Book Week Has 

Songs, Dances Opening Tues. 

At Musicale Current Books, Cheap Editions 
Will be Featured in 
Library Exhibit

Violin and Piano Compositions 
Are to be Featured at 

Recital Tonight Opening Tuesday night, Novem¬ 
ber 24, and continuing through Sun¬ 
Program is First of Kind day, November 29, Book Week this 
year will feature exhibits grouped in 

A musicale, the first of its kind to the alcove around the fireplace on the 
be presented at Agnes Scott, will be main floor of the library. Children's 
given tonight at 8:30 in the Bucher books, cheap editions, and current 
Scott gymnasium. Besides songs and books will be emphasized; books will 
dances, violin and piano compositions also be sold for reasonable prices. 
will feature the program. Only new books are to be on dis¬ 

play, since old books are to be featured

Nell Hemphill will open the pro¬ 

throughout the year.

gram with a piano number Liebestraume, 
by Franz Liszt. She will be Miss Louise McKinney, professor of 
followed by Miss Hariette Haynes, English, and Miss Edna Hanley, libra¬ 
who will dance to Walking by Beeth¬ rian, are in charge of the exhibit. They 

Photo by Elliott's

oven, and Two Preludes and Waltz by are assisted by Miss Laura Colvin, as¬ 

Kathryn Bowen, as Victoria Van Bret, is on the point of shoving Kay Took

Chopin. sistant librarian. Books are being fur¬ 

behind the secret panel door in Blackfriars' mystery play. 

which use the kitchen in the Murphey 

Then Mrs. S. G. Stukes will sing 
Es sdme cin Vogel by Sinding, Heidenroslein 
by Schubert, ~Nur wer die 
nished by Rich's, Davison's, Miller's, 
and Macmillan's. 
Vo ice Off-Stage is Only Uncast 
Sebnsucht kemit and A Legend by 
Tschaikowsky. Miss Eugenie Dozier, 
Swimming Season Part in Blackfriars Production 
dancer, will follow her with Japanese 
Fans of Nimura. Next, Mrs. Agnes 
Adams Stokes will present a group of 
violin numbers: En Bateau by De¬ 
bussy, and Scboen Rosmarin and 
Liebesfreicd by Kreisler. Miss Haynes 
will then dance again to Roses of the 
South by Strauss. 
Mrs. Stukes will follow her with an¬ 
other group of songs: My Lover Comes 
on the Ski by Clough-Leighter, By a 
Lonely Forest Patlnvay by Griffes, 
When I Have Sung My Songs by 
Charles, and Love's on the Highroad 
by Woodman. Then Miss Dozier will 
dance to the Sevilla of Cansino, and 
Mrs. Stokes will end the program with 
Schubert's Ave Maria. Mr. C. W. 
Dieckman, Isabelle Bryan, Sara Hamil¬ 
ton, and Nell Hemphill will accom¬ 
pany the numbers. 
Budget Committee 
Apportions Money 
The apportionment of the student 
budget for this year was made Friday 
afternoon at a meeting of the budget 
committee, composed of the treasurers 
and business managers of the various 
campus organizations supported by the 
budget. 
They apportioned the budget as fol¬ 
lows: Student Government, $657.41; 
Pi Alpha Phi, $252.85 ; Agonistic, 
$834.41; Aurora, $429.84; Silhouette, 
$1 820.52; Athletic Association, 
$3 5 3.99; Y. W. C. A., $265.50; Mor¬ 
tar Board, $101.14; May Day, 
$139.07; $139.07; Lecture Associa¬ 
tion, $126.42; International Relations 
club, $25.28; reserve, $50.57. 
Total budget receipts for this year 
amounted to $4987. Seventy dollars 
left from payments made late in the 
spring last year increased the amount 
to $50 57. All but sixty students paid 
their budget this year. The second 
payment of five dollars will be due in 
January or February for those who did 
not pay the full fifteen dollars at the 
beginning of school. 
Begins Tomorrow 
Night With Meet 
The first swimming meet of the sea¬ 
son will begin tomorrow night, No¬ 
vember 19, at 8:00, with a free-style 
thirty-yard dash. The program will 
continue with formation swimming 
executed by the members of the swim¬ 
ming club. Participants include: Jean 
Chalmers, Jane Moore Hamilton, Mary 
Jane Tigert, Bee Merrill, Florence Lasseter, 
Mary Johnson, Martha Peek 
Brown, Anne Thompson, Carolyn 
Forman, Virginia Milner, Nell Echols, 
and others. 
The third event will be a shuttle 
relay race in which the side stroke, the 
elementary back stroke, and the front 
and back crawls will be combined. 
This contest will be followed by div¬ 
ing for form. To conclude the meet 
a king pigeon race for endurance will 
occur. 
Those assisting in the meet are: 
Miss Leslie Gaylord, official scorer; 
Bee Merrill, general swimming man¬ 
ager; the class managers: Virginia 
Milner, freshman; Mary Ruth Murphey, 
sophomore; Martha Peek Brown, 
junior; and Florence Lasseter, senior. 
Only students in the swimming classes 
or members of the club are eligible 
to enter the meet. 
Student Committee 
Has Peace Program 
The United Student Peace commit¬ 
tee held its first nation-wide radio 
broadcast Saturday morning, Novem¬ 
ber 14. at 9 o'clock Atlanta time. The 
program came over the N. B. C. red 
network. 
The American Student Union asks 
that all who heard the program send 
letters to the N. B. C. telling them of 
their interest in the program and a 
desire to hear further broadcasts by 
the Peace committee. 
Blackfriars have now cast every 
role but one for the next play, 
"Double Door," to be produced Wed¬ 
nesday night, November 25. That 
role is the all-important off-stage min¬ 
ister's voice, heard supposedly down¬ 
stairs repeating a wedding ceremony. 
Sometimes during rehearsals the 
"Dearly beloved, we are gathered here 
together" is distinctly feminine (Myrl 
Chafin), and at other times it is the 
masculine drone of Marion Camp's 
WSB baritone or Gilbert Maxwell's 
poetic tenor. Those three seem still to 
be trying out for the part. 
The cast is relieved to have the 
parts of Rip and Mr. Neff settled. At 
first there was blonde Jimmy Jepson 
to come dashing in with Kay Toole as 
Anne, his newly-wedded wife, and 
then for some time Kay came in mar¬ 
ried, but to no one. Now, with even 
more dash than Jepson, Gilbert Max¬ 
well ("an authentic poet," says Miss 
President States 
Summary of Rules 
Alice Hannah, student government 
president, has asked that the rules 
concerning the breaking of campus be 
made clear to all students. They are: 
1. If a student is campused she must 
go to the house president in order to 
get permission to break the campus. 
2. A student may break campus for 
a previous engagement, but the en¬ 
gagement must be reported to the 
house president when the campus slip 
is received. 
3. A penalty of two extra days will 
be given for breaking campus because 
of previous engagements or if the stu¬ 
dent's parents come. 
4. A student may break campus to 
go to the doctor, dentist, concert, or 
to do scholarship work without being 
penalized. 
Students who live in the wing of 
Rebekah directly over the chapel are 
requested to be considerate and as 
quiet as possible when there are pro¬ 
grams in the chapel. Organizations 
Laney, and a good actor, says his 
stock-company experience) leads in 
the bride. Mr. Neff's lines (the hawk-
eyed detective who tries to pin the 
goods on Kay and blacken her in her 
husband's sight) were at first taken 
by Sam Hopkins, of the Emory Play¬ 
ers. Sam, however, remembered that 
he had a rendez-vous with a turkey at 
home on the day after the play, and 
so his Emory cohorts sent over Ed 
Goddard, who stays on Kay's tracks 
without detouring for turkeys. 
The sliding panel-door behind 
which Kathryn Bowen, as the austere 
Victoria, thrusts Kay has not been 
nearly so realistically perfected as 
Kay's scream on being pushed in, 
which brings many a helpful outsider 
to the rescue. 
As Tom Wesley says, everything 
gets "all in a dither" when the set, 
like a regular card house, has to be 
put up again and again when other 
users of the gym stage blow it down. 
Then Udo Thran, the butler as well 
as property man, goes in and out exits 
during rehearsals with a hammer like 
a regiment of drums to get it tight 
again. Udo plays the butler now in 
shirtsleeves, hammer in hand, from 
wherever he happens to be; he will 
wear tails. 
The most vivacious member of the 
cast is the smallest, Jeanne Flynt's lit¬ 
tle black Scottie who plays Raffles 
Raffles is shown only once, being 
taken for a walk, and has only a few 
lines, improvised at her discretion, but 
she steals the scene. 
M. Summers Attends 
Science Convention 
Martha Summers, president of Chi 
Beta Phi Sigma, will leave next Wed¬ 
nesday to attend the national biennial 
convention of Chi Beta Phi and Chi 
Beta Phi Sigma, held in Huntington, 
W. Va. Martha will return to Agnes 
Scott on the following Sunday. 

Athletic Association Entertains 

Candler building are asked to clean it 

NO. 7 

Agnes Scott 

I To Dedicate 

New Library 

Ceremony Will Take Place On 
Saturday, December 12th, 
in Gymnasium 

Two Guests Are Speakers 

. Dedication services for the new Ag¬ 
nes Scott library, in conjunction with 
the Emory Centennial, will fake place 
on Saturday, December 12 at 3:30 in 
the gymnasium. Dr. W. W. Bishop of 
the University of Michigan, and Dr. 

T. W. Koch of Northwestern Univer¬ 
sity will speak at the exercises. Both 
Dr. Bishop and Dr. Koch have long 
been interested in the library here, and 
Dr. Bishop is head of the library school 
from which Miss Edna Hanley and 
Miss Laura Colvin, librarian, and as¬ 
sistant librarian, were graduated. 
Dr. Bishop will talk on "The Col¬ 
lege Library and Teaching"; Dr. Koch 
has given as his tentative subject a 
stereoptican lecture on famous libra¬ 
ries. 

The two addresses by outside speak¬ 
ers, and the delivery of the keys from 
the architect to the college, will com¬ 
plete the dedication. 

Mortar Board Has 

Service Saturday 

Miss Ellen Douglas Leyburn, in¬ 
structor in English, will speak at the 
annual Mortar Board recognition serv¬ 
ice to be held this Saturday in the 
Gaines chapel. This service is tradi¬ 
tional, and is an outgrowth of Mortar 
Board's former custom of announcing 
elections bi-annually—once in the 
spring, and once in the fall. 

Preceding the service itself, there 
will be an academic procession in 
which Mortar Board alumnae as well 
as active members will participate. 
Active members of Mortar Board are: 
Fannie B. Harris, president; Mary Jane 
Tigert, vice-president; Marie Stalker, 
secretary; Frances Gary, treasurer; 
Eloisa Alexander, editor; Alice Han¬ 
nah, Isabel McCain, Laura Steele, and 
Julia Thing. 

Bible Class Plans 

Service at Farm 

The freshman Bible class, which is 
taught by Dr. McCain, will have 
charge of the Thanksgiving devotional 
service at the DeKalb county farm 
Sunday afternoon, November 22. This 
is an annual activity of the class. 

The principal feature of the pro¬ 
gram will be a Thanksgiving story 
told by a member of the class. Also 
the class will lead a song service for 
the people at the farm. The class col¬ 
lection for the last few weeks has been 
set aside as a fund to be used as a 
Thanksgiving gift to the farm resi¬ 
dents. 

Evelyn Baty is executive chairman 
of the program, while Eugenia Wilhams 
is serving as financial secretary. 

In Activities Building Saturday 

To celebrate the acquisition of lav¬ a candy pull, peanuts, and apples. 

ender and white curtains, couches, a From 7:00 to 7:3 0 there will be the 
first of the regular weekly ballroom

faultless ping-pong table, and other 

dancing classes sponsored by A. A.

furnishings, Athletic Association is 

this year, and instructed by members 

giving a housewarming this Saturday 

of the Cotilhon club. The college 
at 7:30 o'clock in the A. A. room in community is invited. 
the Murphey Candler building. The In addition to the ping-pong set, 

entertainment program, as announced the Athletic Association has given the 
by Marie Stalker, will include a cootie building victrola needles and twelve 
party from 7:30 to 8:3 0, an exhibi¬ records, including "T h e Harlem 
tion set of ping-pong by four faculty Shout," "A Star Fell Out of Heaven," 
members and refreshments, including and "The Royal Garden Blues." 

up after using it, and to lock the clos¬ 
ets. If any organization disregards 
this request, it will be penalized. 

Library Will Close 

Saturday for Work 

The room on the lower floor of 
the library, where reserved books 
are used, will be closed at 12:3 0 
Saturday, November 21, in order 
that work may be done there. 
Boarding and day students may 
take books out for the week-end 
from 11:30 to 12:30. 

Freshman Thanksgiving Vespers 

Features Special Music, 

Talk 

The annual Thanksgiving vesper 

The committee in charge of the 

service aranged by the freshman class 

program was chosen from the fresh¬

and sponsored by Y. W. C. A. will 

man Y. W. C. A. cabinet, and in¬

take place on Sunday, November 22, 
at 6:00, in Gaines chapel, according to cludes: Katherine Patton, chairman; 
Katherine Patton, chairman of the Ruth Crisp, Penn Hammond, and 
freshman committee for planning the Sophie Montgomery. Other freshman 
service. The main feature of the pro¬ committee chairmen are: Grace Ward, 
gram will be a talk by Ruth Crisp, music; Marjorie Boggs and Bryant 
whom the class elected to speak. There Holsenbeck, decorations; Henrietta 
will also be special music by a fresh¬ Thompson and Mary Matthews, pub¬ 
man choir. licity. 


THE AGONISTIC 

(Ll)c Agonistic 

PUBLISHED WEEKLY 

Owned and published by the students of Agnes Scott 
College. 

Entered as Second Class Matter at Decatur, Georgia. 

Subscription price, $1.25 per year in advance. 
Single copies, 5 c. 
1936 Member 1937 
Plssocioled Golle6ide Press 

STAFF 
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Editor-in-Chief Btisiness Manager 
Elizabeth Blackshear

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Advertising Manager

Associate Editor 

Mary Lib Morrow

Jane Guthrie 

Frances Belford

Hortense Jones 

Doris Dunn

Mary McCann Hudson 

Nell Hemphill

Assistant Editors 

Circulation Managers

June Matthews 

Frances Wilson

Make-Up Editor 

Current HistoryRuth Hertzka 

Pauline Moss 
Assistant Make-Up Society Editor 
Nellie M. Gilroy Jean Chalmers 
'Feature Editor Sports Editor 
Mary Frances Guthrie Cornelia Christte 
Exchange Editor Club Editor 
Mildred Davis Elizabeth Warden 
Book Editor Alumnae Editor 
Editor, Associate Editor, Enid Middleton, Mary 
King, Editorial Council 

Enjoyment Without Abuse 

Book Week, an opportunity denied Agnes Scott 
last year, is a privilege the entire college com¬ 
munity can share in and enjoy this year. Begin¬ 
ning with Tuesday night, November 24, and con¬ 
tinuing through the following Sunday, the Col¬ 
lege will observe Book Week. During this time 
many new books will be on display in the alcove 
around the fireplace on the main floor of the li¬ 
brary. Hours will be so arranged each day, in¬ 
cluding part of Thanksgiving day, that every stu¬ 
dent and every faculty member can and should 
take advantage of the opportunity offered. In 

past years many book-lovers have shown their 
interest in the book display, and it is hoped that 
attendance at the exhibit this year will be as 
good and even better. 

Book Week brings with it many advantages 
that should be utilized by everyone. Only new 
books will be displayed so that students and fac¬ 
ulty members may concentrate on current books 
that can be on exhibit only at this time. Special 
emphasis is to be placed on children's books. It 
is also of interest to know that inexpensive but 
good editions of books will be displayed and that 
any book on display can, for the first time, be 
bought on the campus. 

Miller's Book Store, Davison-Paxon book de¬ 
partment, Rich's book shop, and the Macmillan 
Publishing Company are lending books for the 
exhibit. In appreciation of this fact, if for no 
other reason, we should remember that books 
have personalities, contain the expressions of 
mankind's own desires and experiences, and have 
beauty. The book exhibit provides an excellent 
opportunity for the college community as a whole 
to show its appreciation and respect for this 
beauty by giving close attention to the care and 
use of these books that the Atlanta stores are 
contributing for our own benefit and pleasure. 

A New Use for the Budget? 

With approximately two hundred dollars left 
in the reserve fund after the exact percentages 
of the budget allotment have been apportioned 
satisfactorily to the various organizatons, the 
student treasurer is suggesting to the school that 
all or a part of this surplus be used for furnish¬ 
ing the Murphey Candler building or for the 
Greater Agnes Scott campaign. Ordinarily this 
reserve fund, some of which has accumulated 
from last year, would be reapportioned to the or¬ 
ganizations. But since the further division of a 
sum this small would result in a negligible 
amount of money for each club, and since—if left 
intact—it would give an amount large enough to 
provide several useful additions to the activities 
building, Sarah Johnson is recommending to the 
budget committee this afternoon that they not 
reapportion all the reserve. More students than 
usual have paid their budget this year; the or¬ 
ganizations have received larger allotments than 
before, and are therefore less likely to need addi¬ 
tional money. 

Tomorrow in Open Forum the students will 
give their approval, based on the decision of the 
budget committee, as to the disposition of this 
reserve. They are asked to consider carefully 

where they believe it will be of most use. 

Edna Millay and George Dillon 
Translate Famous French Book 

Ftouers of Evil, from the French of 

Charles Baudelaire: by George Dil¬ 

lon and Edna St. Vincent Millay; 

Harper and Brother, Publishers, N. 

Y., 193 6. Reviewed by Nell Alli¬ 

son. 

Flowers of Evil, recently translated 

from Charles Baudelaire's famous 

French Fleurs du Mai by Edna St. Vin¬ 

cent Millay and George Dillon, is a 

volume of old treasure that now be¬ 

comes new again still reflecting "the 

tortured and idealistic spirit of Baude¬ 

laire himself." 

"Poetry," says Miss Millay in her 

sparkling foreword, "should not and 

indeed cannot properly be translated 

except by poets." She summarily dis¬ 

poses of any translator who has not 

the courage to represent with com¬ 

plete faithfulness the lines which may 

startle and shock a smug reading 

world. In this collection, she and Mr. 

Dillon have with infinite tenderness, 

preserved even the original meter and 

rhyme scheme in nearly all cases: it is 

essentially the same beautiful passion¬ 

ate poetry. 

Flowers of Evil was from the be¬ 

ginning considered a dangerous chal¬ 

lenge. On its first appearance in 18 57 

it was seized and suppressed by the 

police, while startled Paris cried in 

protest against the poet, "He is a mon¬ 

ster!" Baudelaire wrote bitterly of 

this to a friend, ". . . This cursed book, 

of which I am very proud! I shall 

bear for a long time the burden of 

having dared to paint Evil with some 

talent." 

Flowers of Evil is an exquisite 
blend of all shades of sadness. And 
who can blame the poet for his sad¬ 
ness? He has known "old sombre 
Paris, so full of tarnished beauty and 
heartbreak." He has seen around the 

Librarian Speaks 

Of Second Design 

Continuing the series begun last 
week are the following articles pre¬ 
pared by Miss Edna Hanley, librarian, 
giving the background of the insignia 
on the wall of the library: 

(3) Conr. Baumgarthen, Bomgarthen. 
Working period: Danzig: 1499; 
Olmutz: 1500-2; Breslau: 1 503-6; 
Frankfurt a. O.: 1 506-9; Leipzig: 
15 14. 
Date of device: 1501 Apr. 22 from 

H. Institor, Adversus Waldensium. 
From the second book printed by 
Baumgarten at Olmutz, the second 
press established there. Apparently 
his first real or personal device. Al¬ 
though the tilting or jousting shield 
is in a sloping position the "bearings" 
are vertical: here the tree—baum and 
the enclosure—garten, both—orchard. 
The scroll might be taken as a sug¬ 
gestion of mantling except that there 
is no helmet. 
(4) Engelhart Schultis (or Chultis) 
is important not for his produc¬ 
tions, which were few and of mediocre 
quality, but for his probable connec¬ 
tion with Gutenberg. He was probab¬ 
ly, as Claudin (in his Histoire de 1'imprimerie 
en France au xve ct au vxie 
siecle. 4 v. Paris, 1900-04, IV, 315) 
has pointed out, the son of Johannes 
Schultheis, the carpenter who, in the 
Dritzehem-Gutenberg trial, testified 
that he had constructed for Guten¬ 
berg his first printing press. Schultis 
printed in Lyons in 1491, and prob¬ 
ably in the following year also. The 
mark of Schultis represents a twig 
with the three acorns between the Ut¬ 
ters "E. C." the initials of the printi r. 
V W Nilame for Kuildinn: 

Before the student activities build¬ 
ing is dedicated, the college plans to 
have "Murphey Candler Building" 
carved on the entrance. 

gaming table "the unrest of hundreds 

of white nervous fingers, stacking the 

chips," and "aged courtesans, livid 

and rouged," who "frantically sell 

some remnant of their honor, their 

beauty, or their wit"; he has waked 

from dreams of bright, strange lands 

to the dismal toll of bells over Paris, 

shivering in a drab drizzle; he has 

stood stupefied to see his sweetheart's 

face amid the demoniac crowd that 

jeers at him. 

Yet a high joy and love can flower 

from the very midst of the muck of 

life. There is much to find lovely to 

his poet's soul. In the cruel world of 

men he is scoffed at like an albatross 

plucked from the sky, that "cannot 

walk for his unmanageable wings." 

But he has the art within his own soul 

of calling back the springtime at 
my own . . . free will. 

At the darkest moments of his hatred, 

The Voice comforts me: 'Guard, 
fool, thy dreams.' The wise 
Have none so beautiful as thou 
hast! 

Clinging with his whole strength 
to his love of beauty, the poet pic¬ 
tures supreme tragedy as that time 
when 

Time blots me out, as flakes on 
freezing bodies fall; 
I see the whole round world, with 
every animal 
And every flower, and every leaf on 
every branch 
And there is absolutely nothing I 
like at all. 

At the end of the book Edna St. 
Vincent Millay has placed a splendid, 
simple little "tragedy of Charles Bau¬ 
delaire," where one meets the dramatis 
personae, that moved through his som¬ 
ber life, as they come alive again. His 
great spiritual master, Edgar Allan 
Poe; the hated step-father; the little-
understanding mother; the usurers 
whose shadow was heavy over him; 
and Jeanne, his lifelong mistress, who 
appears so constantly in his poems. 

Flowers of Evil, then, is so truly a 
complete self-portrait of Baudelaire 
that he asks appealingly, "Is it neces¬ 
sary to tell you that into this book I 
put all my heart, all my tenderness, 
all my religion, all my hatred?" 

Louise Maclntyre, '3 6, has announc¬ 
ed her engagement to Dr. Julius Crenshaw 
Hughes. The marriage will take 
place on November 2 3. Mary Eliza¬ 
beth Holloway, ex-'3 6, is engaged to 
James Anderson Hudson, of Salisbury, 

N. C. They will be married on No¬ 
vember 18. 
Nell White, '3 6, is now government 
typist in the offices of the Depart¬ 
ment of the Interior in Washington. 
Her new address is 1312 Sixteenth 
Street, Washington, D. C. 

Polly Gordon, '34, is now with the 
medical division of the Metropolitan 
Life Insurance Company in New 
York City. She is making report: and 
doing research work of all kinds. She 
is also going to Columbia night s.nool 
once a week. Virginia Heard, '3 3, 
who did research work at Emory Jniversity 
last summer, is now at Vnn 
Arbor, completing work on the nird 
year on her Ph.D. at the Uni\ .rsity 
of Michigan. 

Juliet (Cox) Coleman, Ins .tute, 
has published a new book, a/hite 
Plume. She has published several uher 
books, including Heart's Up las De-! 
cember. Her daughter, Cornell; is ai 
transfer at Agnes Scott this ye;.. j 

Vivienne Trice Ansley, ex-'3/ an¬ 
nounces the birth of a dauj ntcr, j 
Fllizabeth, on November 3. 

Security Act, Good or Bad? 

Whether your father is an employee or em¬ 

ployer, the much-discussed Social Security Act 

will take a tax from him. It was passed over a 

year ago, but became a subject of controversy 

only during the recent campaign. The only class¬ 

es to which the tax does not apply are agricul¬ 

tural laborers, domestic servants, officers and 

crews of ships, government employees,, and em¬ 

ployees of non-profit charitable and institutional 

groups. To the classes to which this act does ap¬ 

ply, it takes the form of compulsory Federal old 

age and unemployment insurance. Since the gov¬ 

ernment will be doing your saving for you when 

you begin earning a salary (unless you are a 

teacher, social service worker, or employee of 

some other non-profit organization), you may 

want to know how it will be done. 

There are three divisions of the Social Secur¬ 

ity Act: old-age benefits, old age assistance, and 

unemployment compensation. The fund for the 

first of these is raised by a tax of 1 % on the em¬ 

ployers' total payroll, and 1% taken from the 

employees' wages in 1937-38-39. By 1949, this 

tax will be raised to 3% each on payroll and 

wages. The employer sends this tax to the 

United States Treasury, where Congress will ap¬ 

propriate it into a reserve fund. Since it is esti¬ 

mated that this fund will soon reach billions of 

dollars, its disposal is a subject of controversy. 

Opponents of the act say the possession of such 

a reserve fund will lead to speculation, that its 

investment by the government will lead to its 

being spent twice, and finally leaving the pay¬ 

ment of the pensions, for which the fund was in¬ 

tended, to the public. Supporters of the act, on 

the other hand, point to these workers' pensions 

which will begin in 1942, and are payable to em¬ 

ployees who have contributed to the fund, as they 

reach the age of 65. Monthly for life, these peo¬ 

ple will receive a certain percentage of the total 

sum they have earned in the years since the act 

went into effect. If the employee dies before 

reaching 65, his family receives from the govern¬ 

ment a lump sum of 31/o% of his total earnings. 

The second part of the act provides for assist¬ 

ance for needy people already over 65. There is 

no special tax to procure this sum. The Federal 

government merely agrees to match dollar for 

dollar whatever amount the State law provides. 

Your state sales tax goes for this pension. 

The third part of the Social Security Act is a 
form of unemployment insurance, which seems 
to show that the government is recognizing the 
fact that in the present economic system, unem¬ 
ployment is not the fault of the worker. This 
compensation, to be raised by a further tax on 
the employers' total payroll, is paid to the unem¬ 
ployed over a period beginning usually two weeks 
after he becomes unemployed, and lasting not 
more than sixteen weeks a year. It amounts to 
about 50% of his average weekly wage. The tax 
amounts to 1% in 1936, rising to 3% by 1938. 

"Water, Water Everywhere" 

Water, water everywhere, plenty of drops to 
drink, 
Water, water everywhere, and how their hearts 

did sink 
would have been Coleridge's vivid description of 
those not-to-be daunted espionage-rs who braved 
the raging elements last Wednesday night in or¬ 
der to hear those whom Emory termed as "The 
Blundering Baritones from Britain." To travel 
in a drenching rain is bad enough, but to sit in 
one is another matter. Even Mary Lillian Fairly's 
rain coat held at an unheard of angle and 
Mary Frances Guthrie's huge umbrella were not 
sufficient to shield four people packed into a one-
seated car whose brakes would not work, whose 
windshield wiper would not operate, whose radi¬ 
ator was sans water, whose top leaked unpityingly, 
and whose gas tank was empty. Expect¬ 
ing (almost hopefully, perhaps) to find them¬ 
selves scattered along a railroad track at any 
moment, the occupants of said vehicle uttered 
not a murmur when Mr. Hayes, the driver, by 
the way, mistook a bicycle for a truck or thought 
that the bridge near Emory was a slightly over¬ 
grown street car. They were scarcely surprised 
when the awful revelation was made to them 
that they were out of gas and there was nothing 
to do but wait until a good fairy swam to their 
rescue. 

Their embarrassment at having to wring their 
clothes out before entering the auditorium (a 
half hour late) was almost as great as that ex¬ 
perienced by Mr. Stukes and Hortense Jones the 
other day when professor and pupil became so 
involved and the other members so hilarious that 
the class was dismissed ten minutes earlier than 
usual. A jolly good formula by which to shorten 
the periods, eh what? 

N. B.—That last outburst is the influence of 
Asher and G. R., our English opponents. 

THE AGONISTIC 

Poetry Blossoms Athletic Week-End

Stuart Chase Predicts War9 Gives Creed 

On A.S.C. Campus Proves EnjoyableIn Interesting Interview at Agnes Scott 

Students Rival Shakespeare in 
Literary Efforts 

It may be the particularly spring 
like weather which lightly turns fai.cies, 
or perhaps it is the invigorating 
effect of the crisp autumn quizzes; 
but, at any rate, Agnes Scott girls 
have been moved to wax wondrously 
poetic. To all the truly great, such as 
Shakespeare, Agnes Scott girls, and 
Mickey Mouse, everything in life is 
grist for mills. Hence it is quite nat¬ 

ural that our campus bards have turned 
their genius to life as they meet it 
every day in this institution of higher 
learning. 

For example, witness the subtle mix¬ 
ture of realism and romanticism in 
Charline Fleece's contribution to lit¬ 
erature: 

There in the star light they lingered 
a moment, 
Musing that time is but dew on the 
grass, 
When softly above them a window 
was opened, 
"Remember, my dear, you've an eight 
o'clock class." 

Then, for true depth of feeling, 
there is this Elizabethan lament in¬ 
spired by the photographer and our 
annual proofs: 

Why so pale and wan, fond student, 
Prithee, why so pale? 
If looking well won't fool the camera, 
Will looking ill prevail? 

For the true revelation of the frus¬ 
tration of a bitter soul, Julia Thing's 
agonized cry over an insect which 
rivals time in its flight, is unsurpassed: 

You can swat 'em alive, 
You can swat 'em dead, 
In the library 
Or on your bed; 
But the fact remains 
That the college bane 
Is endless flies 
That never wane! 

The following literary gem excels 
in its strong appeal to the senses: 

An odor of pungency wafts on the 

breeze, 
Assails me full-force as I pass; 
It can't be the flowers, the birds, or 

the trees, 
Its—wild onions; they're cutting the 
grass! 

Behind this next poem, there lies a 
complicated story. It seems that Marie 
Stalker in a recent interview, said of 
the freshmen, "They are noisier than 
our senior class, and we're pretty noisy 
ourselves. They are wild creatures! 
Last Sunday we went over to see them 
and nearly got killed. We thought 
we'd never get out of one room alive." 
The following poem is written by a 
freshman in answer to Marie: 

Marie came over to Inman to visit; 
Next day she was interviewed. 
They asked what she thought of the 

freshmen, 
And, really, her answers were rude. 

"Never in all my life," she said, 

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country Mr. Chase was infinitely more

"There's nothing like being smashed 

optimistic. He advanced the argu¬

up against a stone wall to become edu¬ 

ment that the very size of America

cated" was the characteristic way in 

is her chief protection against the evils

which Stuart Chase, in a much en¬ 

of Fascism or the menace of Commun¬

joyed interview, described the method 

ism. Of course, Fascist elements may

by which the depression motivated the 

become dominant in certain definite

awakening of social consciousness on 

localities, but people are too scattered

the American college campus. The 

to lend themselves to the rigid organi¬

enthusiastic interest in economic and 

zation that Fascism necessitates. Be¬

governmental problems which Mr. 

sides there is no city symbolic of the

Chase has seen evidenced in his visits 

government upon which a leader might

to colleges and his attendances at all 

march. "Imagine a seizure of Wash¬

night bull sessions at Harvard with 

ington! All they'd get would be a

his son's companions is to him one of 

bunch of filing cabinets. By the way,"

the most encouraging signs of the day. 

he asked with a mischievous grin, "did

"When I was in school," he rather 

you know that Mussolini's famous

jokingly commented, "there were but 

march on Rome was made in a Pull¬

two kinds of students—the grand 

man car?"

guys and the greasy grinds." He fur¬ 

Mr. Chase, in discussing the present

ther explained that he was indeed glad 

political situation, expressed great con¬

that these distinctions had become less 

fidence in Roosevelt. He feels, how¬

clear today and that those who were 

ever, that the time has arrived for a

studious did concern themselves with 

third party to be organized, a group

the problems of the hour as well as 

composed of the liberal parties and the

with the plays of Euripides and 

various farmer-labor groups. Unless

twelfth century French. 

the Democratic party should become

This very concern he believes will 

definitely reactionary in 1940 how¬

have a profound effect upon the poli¬ 

ever, this party will gain little head¬

cies which the government will pur¬ 

way. Nevertheless, its foundations,

sue in the matter of war, for instance. 

according to Mr. Chase, should be set

Although Mr. Chase firmly believes 
that the youth anti-war element and now. 
Wall Street (though not from the When asked about possible leader¬ 
same motives, however) will keep us ship he expressed his opinion that La-

out of another war, he is firmly con¬ Follette of Wisconsin or even the 

vinced that European strife is inevi¬ President himself might be considered. 
table. It will take another armed con¬ Because many who heard his lecture 
flict to prove to the people that intense wished to secure a copy of his credo 
nationalism will not work, is his be¬ Mr. Chase concluded his conversation 
lief. When asked about the possibili¬ by graciously dictating it: 

ties of a Fascist coup d'etat in this I accept Gallileo, Newton, Fairaday, 

Miss Jackson Attends Y. W. Industrial Group 

Convention of College Entertains Girls' Club 

Women in Washington 
The Y. W. C. A. industrial group 
of Agnes Scott entertained the Girls'

Associate Professor Elizabeth Jack¬ 

Industrial club of Atlanta and their

son is attending a national executive 

board meeting of the American As¬ leader, Miss Cailiff, in the Murphey 
sociation of University Women in Candler building on Saturday after¬ 
Washington this week. Miss Jackson noon, November 14, from 3:30 to 
is director of the South Atlantic sec¬ 5:30. The meeting was an effort to 
tion of the Association, which includes further between the two groups the 

Maryland, West Virginia, Washing¬ friendship and cooperation started 
ton. Virginia, North Carolina, South through the joint meetings on Mon¬ 
Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Porto Rico, day nights. 

and Argentina. The Y. W. group, with about fifty 
members under the leadership of 
Martha Long, is trying to foster a

"Have I seen a class so alive. 

better understanding of industrial sit¬

In one room we visited on the third 

uations of Atlanta and of the nation.

floor, 
I thought we would never survive." 

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The next day we freshies read all this 
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And I think 'twas my room she de¬ 

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Girls Participate in Hockey,

Watt, Steinmetz, Marconi, Einstein. 

Swimming, Tennis 

I accept Boulder Dam, Niagara Falls, 
Muscle Shoals and 3 00 horsepower 

Girls returning from the sports

turbines. 

week-end at the University of Georgia 

I accept a motor car for every family, bring reports of excellent tennis, 
running water, telephones, steel hockey, swimming, and dancing. 
plants, glass plants, rayon plants, 

Those able to leave before lunch 
photo-electric cells, tractors, com¬ Saturday were present at the luncheon 

bines, electric milking machines, and 

given by President Caldwell. Later in 
aero-biology. the afternoon Agnes Scott participat¬

I accept a potential minimum income 

ed in tennis and hockey. Mary Kneale 

for every family in the United 

and Julia Thing met some stiff compe¬
States of $4,000 a year in consum¬ tition in the Georgia tennis repre¬
er's goods and services. 

sentatives but put up a good game.

I accept the substitution of inanimate 

The hockey team from here played on 

energy from coal, oil and falling 

teams made up of girls from Agnes 

water for human muscle in doing 

Scott, Shorter, and Georgia.

the dirty and toilsome work of the 

After supper in the university

world. 

cafeteria the guests attended a dancing

I accept the added leisure, added op¬ 

program in the physical education

portunities for cultural development 

building. The Georgia class demon¬

which the power age offers. 

strated the building up and develop¬

I accept the guarantee which the age 

ment of dancing instruction as given

can give for the physical well being 

at the university. Armstrong Junior

of my children and my dependents 

College from Savannah then present¬

and in return 

ed several individual dancers.

I accept whatever curtailments may 

The last of the sports program was

be necessary in my unbridled right 

the swimming and diving exhibition.

to demand income from property 

Georgia girls presented a Japanese

which I have never used, often 

lantern pageant and Agnes Scott gave

never seen and for which often I 

a series of floats. Diving and novelty

have never worked. 

races completed the evening.

I will surrender cheerfully whatever 
hopes I may have cherished of ob¬ Girls stayed at sorority houses 

on 
taining large segments of something the campus and in one of the dormi¬ 
for nothing, by obstructing, monop¬ tories. Miss Harriette Haynes and 

olizing, and exploiting the land and Miss Frances McCalla chaperoned the 
resources of America. 

group. 
I appoint the government as my agent 
to coordinate an age of plenty so Mr. Raper Talks at Emory 
that it may work and I may work. 
Dr. Arthur M. Raper, acting pro¬ 
Athletic Federation fessor of sociology at Agnes Scott, 
discussed "The Problems of Farm 

Plans Spring Meeting 

Tenantry" before the Alpha Kappa 
Psi commercial fraternity at Emory

At State University 

this morning at 10:00. Dr. Raper's 
address was the second in a series of

Mary Kneale, who last spring was 

lectures which this fraternity is spon¬
elected president of the Georgia Ath¬ soring. 
letic Federation of College Women, 
met Saturday with the other officers 
of that organization to make plans for 

HOTEL CANDLER 

the next meeting. This meeting will 
take place at the University of Geor¬ Coffee Shop and 
gia in March and will be attended by 

Dining Room

representatives from many Georgia 
colleges. 

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THE AGONISTIC 

Visitors, Dances, A ar Drama At Emory

Names of Entrants Schedule o f Exams 

For Book Prize Due 

Students wishing to enter the 
Richard du Bury Book Award con¬ 
test are requested to hand in their 
names to Miss Ellen Douglas Leyburn, 
immediately. 

x\liimna Married To 

Astronomy Professor 

A romance which began over twen¬ 
ty years ago culminated last month 
with the marriage of Ninuzza Sey¬ 

mour, ex-'15, to Mr. Charles Olivier, 
the man whom Miss Hopkins sent, in 
1913, to meet her at the train. Miss 
Seymour, the daughter of an Ameri¬ 
can consul in Sicily, attended Agnes 
Scott for two years, completed her 
work at the University of Chicago, 
and entered Red Cross service. Mean¬ 
while the man who met her at the 
train, professor of physics and astron¬ 
omy at Agnes Scott, left the college 
to accept the position of head of the 
Flower astronomical observatory at the 
University of Pennsylvania. He mar¬ 
ried and had two children. Then sev¬ 
eral years after the death of his wife, 
he met Miss Seymour in Washington 
and they renewed their friendship. 
They were married Thursday, October 
22, 1936. 

Sophomore Class Has 

Vespers Program on 

"Challenge in Sports" 

"Christ's Challenge in Sports" was 
the theme of the Sophomore vesper 
service on Sunday, November 15. The 
program, planned by Mary Ruth Mur¬ 
phy, included talks by Sarah Thurman, 
Mary Frances Guthrie, and 
Flora McGuire. June Harvey was 
leader. 

Musical features of the devotional 
were a solo by Jeanne Redwine and 
a special sophomore choir. 

Messrs. Gunby, Joekel 

Speakers in Chapel 

An illustrated lecture on traffic 
safety will be given by Mr. Eugene 
Gunby, Atlanta lawyer, during the 
chapel period Friday. Mr. Gunby is 
interested in reducing the unfavorable 
mortality rate in Atlanta. 

Dr. S. L. Joekel, professor at Austin 
Theological Seminary, Texas, spoke in 
chapel Friday, November 13, on "Life 
and Living It." He stated as the three 
aims of college to learn to criticize, 
appreciate, and select. His main dis¬ 
cussion, however, was based on the 
aims of life: to have, to know, to do, 
to be. 

Wheeler Elected Officer 

Gary Wheeler was elected corre¬ 
sponding secretary of the Georgia 
Baptist Student Union convention 
held in Macon recently. Eleven Agnes 
Scott girls attended the conference. 

Blicks 

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Trips Home Mark 

College Week-End 

This week-end Mary Willis and 
Julia Cawell went to Davidson; Fan¬ 
nie B. Harris to Rome; Pauline Moss 
to Royston, Ga.; Jane Carithers to 
Winder; Sara Grey to Columbus; and 
Sara Carter to Bamberg. Mr. and Mrs. 
Du Pree of Gadsden, Ala., visited Car¬ 
olyn this week-end; Mr. Earle Wil¬ 
liams of Gadsden visited Frances Mor¬ 
gan; Frances Paris Hanna visited 
Frances Belford Friday; Mrs. Carson 
visited Helen; Mr. and Mrs. Lee vis¬ 
ited Sara; and Mr. Zellner visited Mar¬ 
tha. 

Those who attended dances this 
week-end were: Catherine Ivie, Anne 
Purnell, Nancy Moorer, Rose North-
cross, Caroline Carmichael, Julia Por¬ 
ter, Strat Sloan, Metre Williamson, 
Eleanor Rogers, Mary Reed Hendricks, 
Charlotte Newman, Carolyn Du Pree, 
Rachael Kennedy, Jane Guthrie, Myrl 
Chafin, Bee Merril, Sue Bryan, Grace 
Tazewell, Marlise Torrance, Mary V. 
Smith, Alice Taylor, Martha Marshall, 
Aileen Shortley, Kay Kennedy, Mary 
Bucholtz, Sara Gray, Jane Moore 
Hamilton, Jane Dryfoos, Mary Hollingsworth, 
Eloise Leonard, and others. 

Glee Club 
The Glee club entertained its new 
members and the cast of the opera 
on Thursday night, November 5. 

German Club 

German club will meet this after¬ 
noon at 4:3 0 o'clock in Lupton cot¬ 
tage. The members of the club will 
sing German songs, and the following 
girls will give short skits: Frances 
Norman, Jean Chalmers, Frances 
Castleberry, Mildred Davis, Elise Seay, 
Martha Foster, and Edith Belscr. 

BOZ 

B O Z met on Friday evening, No¬ 
vember 6. Nell Allison and Jacquelyn 
McWhite read. The new members 
were present for the first time at this 
meeting. Hortense Jones and Carol 
Hale were hostesses. 

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Permanents $3 to $10 
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Emory Players to Give 

"Journey's End" Friday 

The Emory Players will present 
Journey's End, a war-time drama by 

R. C. Sherriff, in the Glenn Memorial 
auditorium Friday, November 20, at 
8.30. Harold Fink will play the lead¬ 
ing role of Captain Stanhope. 
The scene of the play is laid at the 
World War front. Dr. Garland G. 
Smith, adviser to the Emory Players, 
is directing the drama. Tickets may 
be bought for thirty-five cents. 

New Andirons, Lights 

Are Library Fixtures 

The latest fixtures which have been 
installed in the new library are the 
lights and andirons. Made of light¬ 
weight aluminum, they were especial¬ 
ly designed for the Agnes Scott library 
by the architects, Edwards and Say-
ward, and were manufactured in St. 
Louis by the Gouth Company. 

The lights, designed in keeping with 
the Gothic style of the building, furn¬ 
ish ample light and add much to the 
beauty of the library. The wrought 
iron andirons were designed and made 
by the Atlanta Iron Works, in accord¬ 
ance with the suggestions of Miss 
Edna Hanley, librarian, and the archi¬ 
tects. 

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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 
Reporters 

Reporters include: Nell Allison, 
Alice Cheeseman, Giddy Irwin, Nell 
Hemphill, Carol Hale, Cora Kay 
Hutchins, Sarah Johnson, Douglas 
Lyle, Frances Lee, Regina Herwitz, 
Julia Sewell, Mary Willis, Mamie Lee 
Ratliff, Selma Steinbach, Anne Pur¬ 
nell, Marie Merritt, Alice Reins, Myrl 
Chafin, Louise Young, Mary Frances 
Kennedy, Henrietta Blackwell, Mary 
Primrose Noble, Mary Reins, Evelyn 
Baty, Eleanor Hutchens, Hazel Solo¬ 
mon, V. J. Watkins, Mary Louise 
Dobbs, Virginia Hill, Eloise McCall, 
Louise Hughston, Mary Lang Gill, and 
Eugenia Williams. 

Business assistants are: Rachel Ken¬ 
nedy, Florence Little, Jessie Williams, 
Jane Dryfoos, Jane Carithers. 

Posted This Monday 

The schedule for the first quar¬ 
ter examinations will be posted in 
Buttrick Hall on November 23, ten 
days before exams begin on Decem¬ 
ber 2, Miss Hopkins has announced. 

Cotillion Club Plans 

Thanksgiv:ing Dance 

The annual Thanksgiving dance, 
sponsored by the Cotillion club, will 
take place Thursday, November 26, 
from 8:00 to 10:30, in the Bucher 
Scott gymnasium, Alice Taylor, presi¬ 
dent of the club, announced recently. 

Committees to plan the dance are: 
Decorations, Jane Dryfoos and Helen 
Moses; entertainment, Mary Lib Mor¬ 
row; refreshments, Mary Ellen Whetsel 
and Jane Moore Hamilton; lead-
out, Dot Cabanis and Marjorie Scott; 
flowers, Eloise Estes and Doris Dunn. 

The Tech Ramblers will furnish the 
music. The college community is cor¬ 
dially invited. 

Dr. McCain is Present 

At New York Meeting 

To Plan Convention 

Dr. J. R. McCain left yesterday for 
New York to attend a meeting of the 
executive committee of the Associa¬ 
tion of American Colleges. The commirtee 
is making plans for the annual 
meeting of the Association, to be held 
in Washington this January. 

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©Ije Agonistic 

VOL. XXII AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1936 

NO. 8 

Thirteen on Greenhouse is Thanksgiving Players Enact Library Keys 
Varsity Team Botany Project Mystery Tonight Presented on 
— ! 
This Season 
Senior Hockey Team Is Winner 
Of Championship Over 
Other Classes 
Building To Provide Better 
Place For Experiments 
With Plants 
To provide a lighter and better 
place for students to experiment with 
Blackfriars Feature Sliding Pan¬ 
els, Novel Lighting in 
"Double Door" 
With secret sliding panels and novel 
lighting effects, Blackfriars will pre¬ 
December 12 
Speakers, Mortar Board Tea 
Mark Dedication Day 
For Building 
Wins 4 Out of 5 Games 
The hockey varsity council has an¬ 
nounced the 1936-37 varsity team as 
follows: Charline Fleece, Carolyn 
Forman, Anne Thompson, Laura Coit, 
Joan Brinton, Jane Dryfoos, Florence 
Lasseter, Elizabeth Blackshear, Annie 
Lee Crowell, Mary Kneale, Emma Mc-
Mullen, Alice Taylor, and Frances 
Gary. 
The subvarsity consists of: Millie 
Coit, Ruth Crisp, Dorothy Jester, 
Flora McGuire, Mary Johnson, Helen 
Carson, Julia Thing, Florence Little, 
Nell Allison, Martha Moffett, Frances 
Abbot, Louise Young, Anne Worthy 
Johnson, and Frances Robinson. 
Selection of these players is the re¬ 
sult of observations of the hockey 
council at all the hockey games of the 
season. The girls are judged accord¬ 
ing to their skill in playing. Members 
of each class team choose eleven girls 
on all teams but their own who have in 
their opinion done the best playing 
throughout the year. The hockey 
council tabulates these votes and 
makes the final decision. 
This year's hockey council was 
composed of: Miss Llewellyn Wilburn, 
Miss Harriette Haynes, Miss Frances 
McCalla, Rachel Kennedy, Alice Tay¬ 
lor, and Frances Robinson. 
The senior team is school champion. 
Out of 5 games this class has won 4. 
The freshman team was the only one 
to defeat the seniors during the sea¬ 
son. 
Professor Returns 
From Board Meet 
plants, the botany division of the biol¬ 
ogy department is having a green¬ 
house built. Measuring twenty-two 
and three-fourths by twelve and one-
half feet, the house will be attached 
to the south wing of the science building. 
Backed by Mortar Board, the mem¬ 
bers of the economic botany class are 
working to gain the students' interest 
in the development of the campus. 
T hey have discussed having a garden 
to beautify the grounds. A garden 
would furnish flowers for the Murphey 
Candler building and for any 
events at the college. The class has 
talked of having all the plants of one 
group in the garden so that the biol¬ 
ogy students could make a compara¬ 
tive study of them, and has studied 
plants which it would like to intro¬ 
duce on the campus. 
The biology students will also have 
another source of material. The col¬ 
lege has agreed to let Mrs. T. R. 
Crown cultivate the school property 
which adjoins her land. Mrs. Crown, 
in turn, will permit the students to 
study the flowers which she raises on 
the ground and will leave the land 
cpen to students at all times. 
Play About China 
Given at Vespers 
"Operation at One," a missionary 
play of modern China which was se¬ 
lected as the best missionary drama by 
a modern playwright last year at the 
Quadrennial Student Volunteer con¬ 
ference, will be the feature of vespers 
Sunday evening, November 29. 
Dance is Planned 
By Cotillion Club 
On Thanksgiving 
The Cotillion club will entertain the 
college community at its annual 
Thanksgiving dance tomorrow eve¬ 
ning from 8:00 to 10:30 in the 
Bucher Scott gymnasium. The guests 
will be received by Alice Taylor, pres¬ 
ident; Eloise Estes, vice-president; 
Mary Ellen Whetsell, secretary-treas¬ 
urer; Misses Llewellyn Wilburn, Har¬ 
riet Haynes, and Louise Hale, faculty 
sponsors. 
The Tech Ramblers will furnish the 
music, and there will be a Cotillion 
club leadout, Alice Taylor announced. 
The Fox theater will provide dec¬ 
orations with spotlights. 
Freshmen Place 
First in Contest 
sent their mystery drama, "Double 
Door," tonight in the Bucher Scott 
gymnasium. Tickets may be bought 
for thirty-five or fifty cents. 
Members of the club have succeeded 
in gathering the various properties 
necessary for their production; from 
Davison-Paxon's comes the dark red 
suite of furniture; and from Muse's 
the girls' dresses. Claude S. Bennett, 
jeweler, lends a gold dog; and Brown 
Decorating company provides the 
funeral urns and tapestries. Carpen¬ 
ters and the play production girls have 
constructed the set. 
The cast of the mystery drama in¬ 
cludes: Mary Anne Kernan, Jeanne 
Flynt, Kay Toole, Kathryn Bowen 
Wall, Gilbert Maxwell, Ed Goddard, 
Tom Wesley, and Udo Thran. 
Clubs to Present 
"Le Cid" at Emory 
In honor of the three hundredth an¬ 
niversary of the first presentation of 
Pierre Corneille's Le Cid, the French 
clubs of Agnes Scott and Emory will 
collaborate in producing the famous 
classical drama. They will present the 
play at Emory some time in January; 
the exact date has not been deter¬ 
mined. 
Agnes Scott girls who are included 
in the cast are: Suzie Audrain in the 
role of Chimene; Jane Turner as Elvire, 
the governess; Winifred Kellers¬ 
berger as Leonor, governess of L'lnfante; 
and Julia Thing as L'Infante. 
Service To Begin At 3:30 
Additional plans for the dedication 
of the library include a tea to be 
given by Mortar Board from 5 to 6 
in the Murphey Candler building on 
December 12, the day of the dedica¬ 
tory exercises. It is customary for 
Mortar Board to give a tea for the day 
students and their parents about this 
time of the year, but because of the 
large number of people on the cam¬ 
pus December 12, all visitors are in¬ 
cluded in the invitation. 
The program for the day will be¬ 
gin with inspection of the library 
from 1:30 to 3:15, when the forty 
student assistants in the library and 
sixty other girls will show the visitors 
around. From 3:3 0 to 5, the speeches 
and dedication will take place in the 
Bucher Scott gymnasium. At this 
time, Dr. W. W. Bishop of the Uni¬ 
versity of Michigan will speak on 
"The College Library and Teaching" 
and Dr. T. W. Koch of Northwestern 
University will speak on "The Stu¬ 
dent and the Library." The architect 
will then present the keys of the 
library to Miss Edna Hanley, librarian, 
who will receive them for the col¬ 
lege. The presentation will be followed 
by the dedicatory prayer, given by 
President H. W. Cox, of Emory. 
On the morning of December 12, 
certain members of the Agnes Scott 
faculty will take part in the academic 
procession of the Emory University 
centennial program. Representing this 
college will be Dr. J. R. McCain, pres¬ 
ident; Professors S. G. Stukes, Philip 
Davidson, Robert Holt, Mary Mac-
Dougall, and Lucile Alexander. As¬ 
Associate Professor Elizabeth Jack¬ 
son returned last Thursday night from 
Washington, D. C., where she attend¬ 
ed the board meeting of the American 
Association of University Women held 
from Nov. 13-19. On the first eve¬ 
ning was conducted the meeting of 
the Washington branch of the Ameri¬ 
can Association of University Women. 
At this time the W. P. A. directors 
of the four fields of art, painting and 
sculpture, literature, music, and 
theatrical production, presented a re¬ 
sume of their work. During the next 
three days, time was given exclusively 
for the work of the board; and Miss 
Jackson spent the last day attending 
to the business of the South Atlantic 
section, of which she is director. 
One of the important projects of 
the board at this meeting was the mak¬ 
ing of plans for the program of the 
national convention of the Association 
of University Women to be held in 
Savannah next March. 
The cast of characters includes: Dr. 
Stafford (a young doctor), Bob Coit 
of Atlanta; Eleanor Stafford (his 
wife), Winifred Kellersberger; Knox 
Fleming (young educational mission¬ 
ary) , Marion Bradwell of Columbia 
Seminary; Mr. Ko (young Chinese 
communist), Roger Enloe; Neny Elan 
(Chinese nurse), Jean Barry Adams; 
Amah (old Chinese woman), Joyce 
Roper. 
Miss Palmour Plans 
Viewbook of Campus 
A new viewbook containing pic¬ 
tures of the exterior and interior of the 
dormitories, the Murphey Candler 
building, and the alumnae house is 
being compiled and will be published 
within the next few weeks. Miss 
Alberta Palmour, alumnae field secre¬ 
tary, has been in charge of the pho¬ 
tography. 
Freshmen took the honors at the 
swimming meet Thursday night with 
a score double that of the juniors, who 
took second place. Freshmen had a 
score of 16; juniors, 8; and seniors, 7. 
The first event was a 20-yard dash. 
Caroline Forman, freshman, placed 
first with a time of 11 seconds. Vir¬ 
ginia Milner, also a freshman, placed 
second with a time of 11 1/3 seconds. 
Mary Kneale's time was 12 1/5 sec¬ 
onds, and Anne Thompson's was 
12 3/5 seconds. In the relay race, 
consisting of girls doing the elemen¬ 
tary back, side, back crawl, and front 
crawl strokes, the freshmen again 
came in first. Seniors were second. 
Diving events were won by the junior 
class, followed by the freshmen, sen¬ 
iors, then sophomores. 
One of the features of the program 
v as a swimming formation done by 
members of the swimming club. Per¬ 
forming in this were: Bee Merrill, Julia 
Thing, Anne Thompson, Jean Chal¬ 
mers. Nell Echols, Mary Johnson, and 
Marie Stalker. 
German Club To Give 
Play For Christmas 
The German club is completing its 
plans for its traditional Christmas 
play and party, to be given this year 
during the week after examinations. 
The play, Es 1st ein Rose Entsprungen, 
includes the following characters: 
Joseph, Anna Katherine Fulton; Maria, 
Anne Thompson; Der Wirt, Elise 
Seay; Sprecher, Jean Austin; Shep¬ 
herds, Jacque McWhite, Ann Worthy 
Johnson, Emily Harris; Konigen, Jean 
Chalmers, Martha Long, Jane Dryfoos; 
Der Engel, Kathryn Bowen Wall. 
Ethelyn Johnson, president of Ger¬ 
man club last year, will read a Bible 
story. 
At the party on the Sunday before 
the play, Miss Harn will entertain the 
club with a Christmas tree, and with 
the food and customs typical of a 
German Christmas. 
sociate Professor Emma May Laney 
will represent Mississippi State College 
for Women; Associate Professor Eliz¬ 
abeth Jackson will represent the 
American Association of University 
Women; and Miss Narka Nelson will 
represent Western College. 
Dr. Sweet Attends 
Medical Meeting 
Dr. Mary F. Sweet attended the an¬ 
nual meeting of the Southern Medical 
Association in Baltimore from Tues¬ 
day, November 16, through Friday, 
November 19. There were about 4,000 
physicians present, only about sixty of 
whom were women. 
The meeting included not only sci¬ 
entific exhibits and speeches, but also 
banquets and various other entertain¬ 
ments. Although Dr. Sweet has at¬ 
tended many such associational meet¬ 
ings, this is the first time she has left 
Agnes Scott during the school term. 
Library Has Proper Atmosphere 
For Agnes Scott Book Exhibit 
The sophomores had a one-man 
team for the evening. Emma McMullen 
was evidently the only member of 
her class who felt moved to partici¬ 
Margaret Mitchell Tells of Trials 
In Writing, Publishing Her Book 
By Julia Sewell 
A massive stone fireplace with great 
iron fire-dogs supporting huge logs; 
cheerfully colored leather chairs; tall 
gothic windows, casting a mellow 
light upon rows of book-filled cases— 
such is the atmosphere long-cherished 
by book-lovers. This is the atmos¬ 
phere afforded by the library for the 
display of books, and this is the back¬ 
ground for the Agnes Scott book ex¬ 
hibit, which opened yesterday under 
the supervision of Miss Louise McKinney 
and Miss Edna Hanley, assisted by 
Miss Laura Colvin. 
All kinds of books are included: 
modern books of every description, 
classics in rare and inexpensive edi¬ 
tions, and delightful children's b^oks. 
The many fascinating modern novels 
include The Cradle of Life, by Louis 
Adamic, the author of that powerful 
book, The Native's Return; Sigrid 
Undset's Gunnar's Daughter, and 
Walter Edmond's stirring story Drums 
Along the Mohawk. 
There are also older novels, some in 
new jackets—John Galsworthy's Ome 
More River, uniform with his earlier 
novels: Man of Property and The 
Silver Spoon; Mary Webb's beautiful 
English story, Precious Bane; James 
(Continued on page 4, column 2) 
pate. 
Fall Exams Disturb 
Agonistic Schedule 
Because of the exam arrangement 
under the quarter system, there can 
be no more issues of the Agonistic 
until after the Christmas holidays. 
The exams, beginning on one 
Wednesday and ending the next, 
break into the schedule of the pub¬ 
lication of the paper for two weeks, 
thus making it impossible for the 
staff to get out another edition be¬ 
fore Christmas. 
By Grace Duggan 
"The little pitcher who had big 
ears," and as a result wrote one of 
the greatest historical novels of the 
century, was sitting before me, her 
feet propped under her, swallowed up 
in a big arm chair. I was sitting on 
a large over-stuffed divan, but I 
wasn't very comfortable. When I 
wrote her asking for an interview, it 
was with little belief that I would 
ever actually be in the presence of 
Margaret Mitchell, the author of Gone 
'With the Wind. Yet here I was in 
the midst of my first interview with 
the memory of my few quickly col¬ 
lected questions being swept away by 
my interest in her amusing stories. 
I gradually became more at ease as 
with her engaging voice she related 
experiences connected with the writing 
of her book and the unexpected 
reaction of the public. She first ex¬ 
plained why her chair, my divan, a 
desk, and one or two small tables were 
the only pieces of furniture in the 
bright little room. During the few 
years of writing the book, she had let 
the furniture get in bad need of re¬ 
pair. One of her first interviewers fell 
right through a couch, and another 
had fallen backwards in a rickety 
chair. She had sent the furniture off 
(Continued on page 3, column 1) 


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(il)c Agonistic Miss Leyburn Speaks in Chapel Election of President 
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Contest Offers Opportunity 

Almost a century before the invention of the 
printing press when, as Andrew Lang says, 
everybody learned to read, Chaucer was an en¬ 
thusiastic book collector. He spent long hours 
after his work at the Customs in the "quiet and 
still atmosphere of delightful studies," so that 
he has come to represent the typical scholar who 

loves his studies and loves his books as well. 

Since Chaucer's day the printing press has made 

it possible for almost anyone to have a well filled 

library. The printing press, however, cannot 

make it possible for everyone to have a well se¬ 

lected library. The art of discrimination is still 

as rare as it is admirable. 

The Richard du Bury award at Agnes Scott is 
given each year to the student who offers the 
best selection of fifteen books acquired during 
the year and who is best able to show that she 
has made the books her own and possesses them 
in the highest sense. The award serves three pur¬ 
poses : the development of a love for books them¬ 
selves, of good taste in the choice of books, and 
of greater appreciation of their content. 

A famous English essayist over a century ago 
did without lunch three days of the week, as a 
youth, because his way took him past a book 
stall where often a second-hand volume of 
Shakespeare might be had for a shilling. To 
produce such feeling for books is the first pur¬ 
pose of the du Bury award. However, the em¬ 
phasis on the ability to select cannot be too 
strong. With the presses turning out masses of 
books each year this is increasingly important. 
Some books deserve being read many times, some 
once, and many not at all. But most important 
of the purposes of the du Bury award is that of 
encouraging students to "make books their own." 
In medieval times books were rare; there were 
no public libraries; the educated man assimilated 
what he read. Today knowledge is indexed and 
classified and lodged in public and private libra¬ 
ries, and one is free to refer again and again to 
any one source of it. We know that Shakespeare 
may be found by looking for 822.33, but how 
much do we know of Shakespeare? 

The du Bury award should be a fine incentive 
to students for starting personal libraries, and 
the month before Christmas may offer a good 
opportunity to suggest to your friends your 
tastes in books. 

The Wise and the Crammers 

The student body of Agnes Scott is like unto 
a great gathering of many virgins. And some 
of them were wise and some were foolish. And 
in December the dark clouds of exams gathered 
over the quadrangle and the sound of a bell was 
heard throughout the campus calling the virgins 
to come forth. Then all the virgins arose and 
prepared their pens and their bright blue blanks. 
They that were wise took with them rest of body 
and peace of mind, as an oil to illumine their 
path. But the foolish did not so. Their oil had 
they carelessly burned at midnight and had cast 
away their strength with ceaseless fasting and 
with cramming that lasted through the night— 
but, lo, the jitters cometh in the morning. There¬ 
fore, when the exam arrived, the foolish were 
unprepared, but those that were wise entered 
rejoicing into their reward. 

With Miss Ellen Douglas Leyburn 
as speaker, Mortar Board held its an¬ 
nual fall recognition service last Sat¬ 
urday. Preceding the talk was an 
academic procession composed of the 
faculty advisers, the nine active mem¬ 
bers, and alumnae. 

Following is Miss Leyburn's talk: 

There is a degree of informality in 

fall gatherings at college which is 

precluded from spring meetings uy 

the awareness of their finality. Just 

as investiture is the familiar celebra¬ 

tion of seniorhood and less solemn than 

commencement; so the fall Mortar 

Board chapel is a simpler occasion 

than the time of announcements in 

the spring. The sense of passing of the 

old order and their honoring of the 

new is upon us then, but this is a 

season of beginnings, a time to sug¬ 

gest ideas rather than to crystallize 

them into some ultimate and complet¬ 

ed form. 

And so I should like to speak to 

you quite informally this morning, 

not as a member of your faculty, but 

as an alumna, as one who has sat where 

you are sitting in each of the four 

ections of this ugly, beloved old 

chapel, and has lived through the ex¬ 

periences of a student at Agnes Scott. 

There are certain beliefs about col¬ 

lege life that have grown in me forci¬ 

bly since those experiences have be¬ 

come part of my past instead of the 

life of the present; and these beliefs 

I am encouraged to present for your 

consideration because I have reason to 

think that I share them with many 

other Agnes Scott graduates. 

I take as my point of departure the 
creed of that eighteenth century phil¬ 
osopher whose work has been called 
the "wickedest, cleverest book in the 
English language." Bernard Mandeville 
maintained that all our actions pro¬ 
ceed from selfish motives and that 
private selfishness makes public gain. 
His declaration that self love lay be¬ 
hind all the good that was done in the 
world struck consternation into the 
breasts of his complacent contempo¬ 
raries. But Dr. Johnson had the can¬ 
dor to say that Mandeville opened his 
views into real life very much. Since 
the men of Mandeville's century had 
hard work to deny that it is primarily 
for his own relief that a person rescues 
a child he sees about to be burned to 
death, they promptly set about bol¬ 
stering up their self respect by prov¬ 
ing that such selfishness is not vice 
but virtue. 

Self-Esteem Needed 

And it is the idea of valuable self¬ 
ishness the resolution of Mandeville's 
paradox: that private vice (or selfish¬ 
ness) is public benefit, which I should 

like to propose to you this morning. 
It seems to me that nothing would so 
benefit the whole collegiate body as a 
little of the right kind of self esteem. 
The college student needs to decide 
what she most wants for herself from 
college; and if she wants the right 
things as an individual, the college as 
a body will pretty well take care of 
itself. What are the demands that we 
should make for ourselves? 

First of all, the student has a right 
to expect and to seek an education. 
You smile and say "but of course and 
how obvious that this is what our 
fathers sent us to Agnes Scott for." 
This is not a right that we have self¬ 
ishly to guard. And yet I think the 
chance for it is escaping some of you, 
as it escaped me and many of my col¬ 
lege generation, because of our ex¬ 
treme busyness, a clutter of activities 
of the sort that we were pleased to 
call our service to the college. I have 
come to think that the best service 
we can render Agnes Scott is that of 
becoming, each of us herself individ¬ 
ually a cultivated human being, a 
being capable of the kind of rigoristic 
thinking which was suggested to you 
two weeks ago from this platform un¬ 
der the guise of the grin of the Chesh¬ 
ire cat. I think the very earthy physi¬ 
cal body of the college cat which dis¬ 
tracts most of us from the pure intel¬ 
lectual pleasure of the grin is fruit¬ 
lessly multiplied activities. 

I suppose such a doctrine will sound 

be elected in December and will take office in 
January. The electors of each state, chosen by

as silly to you as it did to me ten years 
ago when I heard it from some of the people at large in the so-called presidential 

those wise counselors who now sit in election of last November 3, will meet at the place 
the back of this room. I shall never designated by the state legislature, to cast the 
forget the shock with which I heard 

votes for president and vice-president. These 

it delivered in one of the few classes 

votes will then be sent to Washington to be

which I did think as important as 

counted. National law formerly set the date for

those extra curricular, real activities 
of college life. I had returned from a the meeting of the electoral college in January, 
convention, and was going through but had to change it when the twentieth amend¬ 
the usual formality of presenting my 

ment was passed providing that the new presi¬ 

excuse for absences. The instructor 

dent and vice-president take office on January

registered the excuse in her book and 

20 rather than March 4.

said "Of course this is no real excuse 
for what you have missed." I was This amendment is in keeping with changes in 

dumbfounded; but by the time I had the country since the Constitution was framed. 

i figured out what she meant, I had also It no longer takes two months for the executive 
convinced myself that she was wrong, 

to be notified of his election and to reach Wash¬

that the contacts with actual people 

ington for the inaugural, so he takes office in

gained from going about and doing 

January instead of March. Similarly, the rea¬ 

was an excuse for what I had missed 

sons, valid in 1789, for voting by an electoral col¬

of the understanding of humanity to 

lege instead of by popular ballot, are now out-of


be gained from the study of literature. Voters are

date. supplied, by modern methods

It took several years more of thinking, 

of communication, with adequate information to

after college was over, to bring me to 

make their own choice of president; yet they still

the realization of the truth of her re¬ 

have to delegate that choice to supposedly more-

mark. I hope you will come to a more 

informed electors. Because of these changes, it 

mature sense of values while you are 

seems likely that the next step in bringing the

still in college. If you choose what will 

Constitutional system of elections up-to-date will

bring you to intellectual insight, a 

be complete abandonment of the electoral college.

true self esteem, lead you to a seeking 
of the best in the realm of the intel¬ 
lect for yourselves, you will have 
rendered the college the service of 
making it actually a place of the 
mind. 

Not since that memorable day when a drive 
This is far from being counsel to was launched to put pencil sharpeners in But-
become bookworms, to narrow the in¬ trick, water founts in the library, and waste 
telligence to the compass of books, but paper baskets under the bushes has there been 
rather to grow through them, to use such a glorious open forum as the one held last 
them as repositories of the materials Thursday when the seniors, for the first time 
of thought, to learn to think and to since they were formally invested, forgot their 
judge. long-waited-for dignity. Frances Gary, Dorothy 
Value of Life Intellectual Jester, and Frances Wilson were the first to for¬ 
Intellectual growth can come in get their elevated position by providing a rare 
treat for those who sit in the senior section with

many ways outside the class room. It 

something that strangely resembled a ferocious

may come, of course, through wisely 

reptile in spite of its habitat which was skilfully

chosen campus activities. Certainly it 

disguised by a "salted peanuts" label. Frances

comes often out of the casually be¬ 

was almost as surprised and overcome by the

gun talk. But it is a sense of the 

sudden revelation of this gruesome creature (the

value of the life intellectual, however 

possession of which Miss Gary glibly explains is

achieved, that I think the college stu¬ 

due to her little brother's birthday which one

dent needs in order to have a proper 

must admit is a rather feeble attempt) as was

self-gratification which helps both 

Marie Stalker at the unexpected outburst of

herself and the college. I was happy to 

Alice Taylor who was so amazed at Marie's sub¬

see that much of the current program 

tle allusions to her charm group that she resorted

for service of the organization which 

to throwing some of the most choice reservoirs

brings us together today is concerned 

of knowledge at the struggling, dodging Marie.

with the fostering on the campus of 

In spite of the legitimacy of poetic license it

certain intellectual and cultural in¬ 

must be admitted that the wrathful Alice em¬

terests. I submit to you that you can 

ployed only one book and it was thrown from a

best help them to encourage the spirit 

prosaic and almost sissy distance. Nevertheless,

of learning in our college by becom¬ 

the spirit in which it was sent was greatly ap¬

ing truly civilized students. Civiliza¬ 

preciated, and a good time was had by all, es¬

tion in mind would lead to civiliza¬ 

pecially by those seekers of that elusive, palpa¬

tion in manners. 

ble, but not tangible state of being or character¬

Just as the individual pursuit of 

istic called charm, those who try to keep well

learning would make Agnes Scott a 

Emily Post-ed and those who have long waited 

center of mutual stimulation intellect¬ 

for the establishment of such a precedent.

ually, so a perfectly right kind of 

The militaristic combat (and so soon after Ar¬

self-seeking in the desire to be attract¬ 

mistice day, too) waged between the two just

ive would make the whole social at¬ 

mentioned was nothing as compared with Julia

mosphere pleasant. If we thought 

(Three Diamonds) Thing's heart rendering con¬

much about how to appear at our 

fession—"You all realize how unsatisfactory let¬ 

best before others, we should get rid 

ters can be!" Those with the psychological turn 

of such definite marks of ill breeding 

of mind wonder whether or not Julia's telling 
as chewing gum in the presence of statement was prompted by anything that she 

other people and dropping our dis¬ 

has received or whether she was just endeavor¬ 

carded scraps of paper on the stairways 

ing to identify herself sympathetically with those 
of Buttrick. If each person were try¬ in the audience who have grown weary of read¬ 
ing to make herself as attractive as ing between the lines. Whatever her motive, she 

possible, we should all make each 

commanded the attention of her listeners as per¬
other happier. There is good fectly if she had announced—"America is in

a meas¬ 

as 

ure of selfish shrewdness in the golden peril." It is to be suspected that understanding

rule. Julia will shortly be conducting one of those 

The idea applies, I think, even in "Dear Julia, I am twenty and considered very at¬ 
our spiritual lives. The more we en¬ tractive by my friends but"— columns by popu¬ 
rich our own spiritual natures, the lar request. One wonders whether her advice 
more valuable we are to the spiritual will be the usual "give a small party." Perhaps 
life of the community. a premonition of this very thing prompted Mary 

And so it seems to me that in the Jane Tigert's suggestion in this same hilarious 
striving for something fine for our¬ forum that the group entertain an idea to elect 
selves, we make Agnes Scott a finer an editor for the handbook. Realizing that Chair¬ 
place, and it is for such service to the man Tigert was quite correct in using parliamen¬ 
college that Mortar Board really exists. tary terminology, one is still inclined to wonder 
It is in words suggested to me by the what type of entertainment would be most suit¬ 
present chapter that I speak when I able for an idea. Lecturers are given receptions, 
say that Mortar Board is not "an order Mortar Board visitors are introduced at teas, and 
of merit for the recognition of past sophomores are subjected to supper hikes. But 
service, but a league for the beginning the question as to what type entertainment would 
of service," and a league in which the be most proper for an idea, the question as to 
aid of the whole student body is j whether formal or informal attire should be 
sought in making Agnes Scott a com¬ worn, the question as to whether just smacks or 
munity of enlightened individuals. To chocolate cookies or smacks and chocolate cook¬ 
take a truth from mathematical ies should be served are questions which would 
thought, the whole is equal to the sum not only baffle Aristotle and Plato but even Em¬ 
of all its parts. ily Post and Alice Taylor. 


THE AGONISTIC 

Peculiar Fears are Prevalent 

At A.S.; Nightwatchman Brave 

Michelle Furlow Possesses Most Peculiar Fear; Marie Stalker, 
Dorothy Jester Fear Death From Lock-Jaw, Germs; 
Alice Adams Talks in Sleep 

There seems to be only one person that every time she gets a scratch or 
on this campus who is absolutely fear¬ cut such as she has now she is sure 
less and that is Mr. Jones, the night-she will get lock-jaw and die. And 

watchman, who, when asked along 
with other Agnes Scotters about his 
peculiar fobia, valiantly admitted that 
as long as he had his gun with him he 
"wasn't afraid of anything!" But, try 
as we would, we could not find an¬ 
other equally brave soul on the cam¬ 
pus. Even Dr. McCain admitted that 
he was always afraid that he wouldn't 
remember some one's name whom he 
was supposed to introduce. In fact, 
the phrase, "I'm afraid. . . ." has been 
heard so frequently in the last weeks 
that a sort of poll was made of Agnes 
Scott fears and the results were alarm¬ 
ing. Here are some of the fears under 
which our fellow students are labor¬ 
ing. Maybe one of your pet ones is 
among them. 

Brooks Spivey told us that she lived 
in eternal dread of dropping the col¬ 
lection plate in church some day. 
Alice Adams confided that she prac¬ 
tically had insomnia from trying to 
get rid of the habit of talking in her 
sleep. She says that it wouldn't be so 
bad if she told the truth at such mo¬ 
ments, but that she always talked 
about horrible things which were hard 
to disprove upon awaking. Julia Thing 
says that if anyone has noticed at 
what a peculiar angle she carries her 
head they would deeply sympathize 
with her for she is always afraid that 
her hair will come down suddenly at 
church or at a dance. 

Marie Stalker sat at breakfast the 
other morning and ate so heartily and 
with such gusto that all present won¬ 
dered when she had had her last meal 
When someone timidly raised the ques¬ 
tion, Miss Stalker calmly explained 
that she thought this was the last meal 
she would ever eat. It seems that she 
lives in eternal dread of lock-jaw and 

MARGARET MITCHELL 
TELLS OF NEW BOOK 
(Continued from page 1, column 5) 
to be done over. 

In telling me of her experiences she 
answered most of my questions before 
I could ask them. Since Miss Mitchell 
wrote the book with no idea of pub¬ 
lishing it, she did not bother to learn 
whether her historical facts were cor¬ 
rect. She said that she didn't know 
the novel was an historical one until 
she had sold it to a literary scout, an 
official of the Macmillan Publishing 
Company, who finally convinced her 
that she had written not only a publishable 
novel but a very significant 
one. When she realized that she had 
sold for publication what should be 
authoritative historically, she became 
horrified. She thought of the thou 
sands of things in the book that could 
have been incorrect. Having written 
the book absolutely without reference, 
she knew that almost any of the de¬ 
tails could be wrong. She told me how 
she read memoirs, histories, diaries, 
magazines, books on architecture, 
newspapers, and court house records 
in ascertaining her facts. Her main 
purpose seemed to be in protecting 
from embarrassment the people of the 
communities where the scenes of the 
book are laid. "I thought," she said, 
"that someone might get the idea that 
Scarlett could possibly have been his 

while we are on the subject of eating, 
Dot Jester has what she terms a "germ 
fobia." She says that ever since she 
began getting educated and learned 
about germs, she has not been able to 

enjoy food and that she even washes 
apples with soap and water. Mildred 
Davis is afraid that she will give way 
some time to suppressed desires which 
she says are lurking within her. In 
chapel, for instance, she often has the 
wish to jump up and down and throw 
hymn books, shout, etc. And Betty 
Willis whispered to us that she has 
been afraid of falling up stairs ever 
since her freshman year when she 
executed a similar feat and smashed 
a box of home-made butter cookies. 
The entire junior class, however, has 
the same fear—that of not being able 
to get off the footstool at investiture 
next year. 

But, as possessor of the most spec¬ 
tacular fear, we nominate Michelle 
Furlow who now lives in apprehension 
that she will forget who she is. It all 
began one night at about the last ten 
minutes of a very tiring telephone 
duty. She says that she answered the 
tube and that someone said, "May I 
speak to Michelle Furlow?" and she 
said "Just a minute. . . ." and that 
she actually walked to the door of her 
room before she realized that she was 
she. 

Well, you can see from this, that 

the student body is in no condition to 

begin exams. We suggest as a remedy, 

an extra week of Christmas vacation 

to rest up a bit. But then people would 

probably be afraid that they would 

have to make it up in June and then 

ve'd be in the same vicious circle 

again. 

would have been worse if a Clayton 

county family of the same name as the 

undesirable overseer of the O'Hara 

plantation had thought they were re¬ 

lated to him. To prevent such things 

from happening Miss Mitchell went 

through the court house records of 

two or three counties to make certain 

that no person of the same name of 

any of her characters lived in the vi 

cinity of Atlanta, Jonesboro, or Macon 

about the time of the Civil War. 

"I read three or four novels a day," 

she said. "Of course it takes longer 

for history." At this rate it took Miss 

Mitchell eight months to look up her 

facts. All of this time she was hold¬ 

ing up the publishers. She read a year 

and a half of some newspaper of the 

j 1860's to find out in what building a 
certain ladies society met. The books 
she read, says Miss Mitchell "were on 
every subject from mid-Victorian 
architecture to how far a Confederate 
rifle would shoot." In finding etiquette 
for "nice" girls and learning details 
of fashion, she found diaries and mem¬ 
oirs invaluable. "I haven't compiled 
my bibliography yet," she said, "but I 
suspect it will run to over a thousand 

Emory, Tech Draw 
Agnes Scotters 
To Dances 

Those attending the intra-fraternity 
dance at the Dental College Thursday 
night were: Francina Bass, Beatrice 
Sexton, Rachel Kennedy, Marlise Torrance, 
and Barton Jackson. 

Those attending dances Saturday 
night were: Marlise Torrance at the 
Beta Theta Psi house, Nancy Moorer, 
Myril Chafin, and Jane Guthrie at the 

A. T. O. house, Jane Carithers, Kay 
Kennedy, and Bee Merrill at the A. 
K. K. house, Mary V. Smith and Su¬ 
san Bryan at the K. A. house, Isabel 
Richardson at the Theta Kappa Psi 
house, and Bunny Marsh at the Ar¬ 
mory. 
Friday night, Marlise Torrance, 
Grace Tazewell, Mary Hollingsworth, 
Kay Toole, Ann Purnell, Alice Tay


or and others attended the Scientia 
dance; Jane Dryfoos and Helen Moses 
attended the Taps dance; Eleanor Rog¬ 
ers and Charlotte Newman went to 
the Pi. K. A. house at Emory; and 
Mette Williamson had supper at the 
Phi K. A. house Friday. 

Week-end visitors included: Carol 
C abaniss, Martha Redwine, Tibby 
Baethke, Eugenia Symms, Fidesah Ed¬ 
wards, Lena May Willis, the mothers 
of Micky McKee, Mary Reed Hendrix, 
and Frances Morgan, and the 
fathers of Lucille Cairns and Wayve 
Lewis. Henry Elrod of Greenville, S. 
C., visited Peggy Ware; Lewis Henkle 
of Florida visited Esthere Ogden, and 
Bill Chambers of Florida visited Alice 
Hannah. 

Martha Alice Green spent the week¬ 
end at her home in Harlem, Ga., and 
Elizabeth Shepherd at the University 
of Georgia. Grace Ward, Aileen 
Shortley, and Phylis Johnson went to 
Brenau to open house this Saturday 
night. 

books." 

In spite of all Miss Mitchell's ef¬ 

forts to make her book correct, people 

have contested different historical 

points. One woman questioned the 

fact that the Union soldiers looted the 

Southerners' graves. Miss Mitchell 

proved they did. Some of the most 

amusing objections and inquiries came 

as a result of the people's failure to 

realize that the characters and places 

of Gone With the Wind are purely 

ficticious. Miss Mitchell says that ac¬ 

tually some lady, upon passing through 

Atlanta, called her up to express her 

indignation over having found a pet 

shop where she had expected to see 

Miss Pittypat's house! 

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AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE 

Christmas Carols and Plays 

Are Planned by Campus Clubs 

Amelia Nickels, Virginia Wood to Sing Solo Parts in Glee Club's 
First Presentation of Handel's "Messiah"; Language 
Clubs Practice Songs 

Members of the Spanish club are 
learning a number of old Spanish car¬ 
ols and, on the last night before the 
holidays, will entertain the college 
community by singing them on the 
campus. This custom is an ancient 
Spanish tradition. 

The club is also preparing a play 
which will be presented on December 
15, at 8:00, in the chapel. The plot 
consists of a love affair between a 
senorita and her senor, whom she has 
never met. With the disapproval of 
the parents and the heroine's passion 
tor divinity fudge providing conflict, 
the plot is highly entertaining. 

The cast includes: Mary Johnson, 
the mother; Josephine Bertolli, the 
maid; Hibernia Hassell, the daughter; 
Tom Scott, the father; Pete Lamas, 
the suitor; and Ed Yancey, the night 
watchman. The masculine roles are 
taken by members of the Spanish club 
at Emory. The play is directed by 
Miss Cilley and Mr. Stipe. 

Plans for the Christmas program 
presented annually by the French club 
have not been completed, the president 
of the club said last week. Miss Alex¬ 
ander, head of the French department, 
and Margaret Hansell, club president, 
are developing the program, which is 
to consist of a short play and a talk 
given by an outside speaker. Members 
of the club will sing Christmas carols. 

In celebration of the acquisition of 
new furnishings for the Murphey 
Candler building, the Athletic Asso¬ 
ciation held open house last Saturday 
night from 7:30 to 10:30. Entertain¬ 
ment included ping-pong, dancing, 
candy pulling, and cootie. 

But despite the telegrams, letters, 
and calls which Miss Mitchell has re¬ 
ceived daily—despite the commenda¬ 
tions of the critics and enthusiasm of 
the public, she can hardly realize that 
this book of which she said, "It might 
make a pleasant ripple among my 
friends," has become the outstanding 
book of the year. 

The Agnes Scott College Glee club 
has already begun its plans to usher 
in the Christmas season with its an¬ 
nual program of carols. Besides the 
old favorites there will be several love¬ 
ly new numbers. Moreover, a new and 
particularly welcome feature this year 
will be the rendition of several selec¬ 
tions from Handel's "Messiah," introduced 
by the playing of the Pastoral 
Symphony by Mr. C. W. Dieckmann, 
organist. This glorious oratorio which 
so beautifully embodies the sacredness 
of Christ's nativity is an especially fit¬ 
ting expression of the true spirit of 
Christmas. The solo parts will be tak¬ 
en by Amelia Nickels, contralto, and 
Virginia Wood, soprano. The director 
is Mr. Lewis Johnson. 

Announcements will be made later 
as to the time of presentation. 

Reporters 

Reporters include: Nell Allison, 
Alice Cheeseman, Giddy Irwin, Nell 
Hemphill, Carol Hale, Cora Kay 
Hutchins, Sarah Johnson, Douglas 
Lyle, Frances Lee, Regina Herwitz, 
Julia Sewell, Mary Willis, Mamie Lee 
Ratliff, Selma Steinbach, Anne Pur¬ 
nell, Marie Merritt, Alice Reins, Myrl 
Chafin, Louise Young, Mary Frances 
Kennedy, Henrietta Blackwell, Mary 
Primrose Noble, Mary Reins, Evelyn 
Baty, Eleanor Hutchens, Hazel Solo¬ 
mon, V. J. Watkins, Mary Louise 
Dobbs, Virginia Hill, Eloise McCall, 
Louise Houghston, Mary Lang Gill, 
Eugenia Williams, Grace Duggan, and 
Jeannette Carroll. 

Business assistants are: Rachel Ken¬ 
nedy, Florence Little, Jessie Williams, 
Jane Dryfoos, Jane Carithers. 

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grandmother. Wouldn't that be 
awful! I certainly wouldn't like to 
think Scarlett was my grandmother— 
would you?" After assuring her that 
I would not, she continued that it 

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THE AGONISTIC 

Reunion Friday by Modern Novels, Old Favorites, Non-Fiction Magazine Extends 
Graduates of '36 Date for Contest 
Are Found on Exhibit for Book Lovers 

Among the members of the class of 
'3 6 who are expected to attend a re¬ 
union Friday night are Lib Forman, 
Dean McKoin, Shirley Christian, Mar¬ 
garet Cooper, Sarah Spencer, Ellen Da¬ 
vis, Lita Goss, Elizabeth Baethke, Eu¬ 
genia Symms, Marie Townsend, Sara 
Turner, Jane Thomas, Meriel Bull, 
Mary Margaret Stowe, Frances James, 
Lenna Sue McClure, Louise Jordan, 
Elaine Ahles, Ori Sue Jones, Celia 
Hoffman, Ellen Murray, Gertrude 
Lozier, Mildred Clark, Sara Lawrence, 

Virginia Coons, Kitty Cunningham, 
Helen Ford, Myra O'Neal, Irene Wil¬ 
son, Mary Snow, Alice McCallie, Vir¬ 
ginia Gaines, Sarah Nichols, Jane 
Blick, Mrs. Peter Marshall, Mrs. James 
Walton, Sara Cureton, Mary Collier, 
Floyd Butler, Rebecca Whitley, and 
Mrs. Agnes McKoy. 

Lulu Ames, class secretary, is in 
charge of the arrangements; Ruby 
Hutton, Carrie Phinney Larimer, and 
Ethelyn Johnson are on her commit¬ 
tee. 

Librarian Continues 

To Explain Devices 

Following is the next series of ex¬ 
planations of the printers' devices on 
the library wall, as given by Miss 
Hanley: 

Meinard Ungut and Stanislaus Pol-
onus. 

The printers' device containing the 
letters M S is taken from the book 
first printed in Spain with music no¬ 
tation, and is the device used by Mein¬ 
ard Ungut, a German, with Stanislaus 
Polonus, a Pole, who worked in Seville 
from 1491 through 1 502. This is the 
first time the shields are shown hang¬ 
ing from an entire tree—usually a 
branch only is shown. 

Johannes de Colonia. 

This orb and cross device used by 
Johannes de Colonia is taken from a 
book dated in Venice in 1481. It is 
one of the most striking devices, beau¬ 
tiful in its simplicity and without os¬ 
tentation. 

I think that I shall never see 

A billboard lovely as a tree. 

Perhaps, unless the billboards fall, 

I'll never see a tree at all. 

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also Wallace Nutting's England Beau¬

(Continued from page 1, column 2) 

tiful, Ireland Beautiful, and the States

Hilton's Lost Horizon in a new edition 

Beautiful Series, illustrated with un¬

with odd and attractive illustrations; 

usual photographs. The science books 

and Axel Munthe's Story of San 

include C. C. Curtis' colorfully illus¬ 
Michele in a new blue and gold bind¬ trated A Guide to Trees, and Fabre's 
ing, illustrated with etchings and ac¬ Book of Insects. 

The selection of children's books is

tual photographs. 

varied, with many old favorites, and

The modern non-fiction comprises a 

quite a number of new publications.

variety of types: essays, poetry, plays, 

A. A. Milne's universally beloved 
biography, travel, and books on 

Christopher Robin Verses wear a blue 

science. There is Alexander Woolcott's 

and silver dress, with A. E. Shepherd's 

ever popular While Rame Burns, 

inimitable drawings. There is a de¬ 

Agnes Repplier's In Pursuit of Laugh¬ 

lightful edition of Grimm's Fairy

ter, and After All, by the irrepressible 

Tales, translated and illustrated by

Clarence Day. There is Yeats' Oxford 

Wanda Gig, and Elsa Eingauber's Spin

Book of Modern Verse, and Dorothy 

Top Spin. Travers' Mary Poppins

Parker's Complete Poems. There are 

books are present in a new Christmas 

the three last season Broadway suc¬ 

set, along with Heinrich Hoffmann's 

cesses: Robert Sherwood's Idiot's De¬ 

deliciously gruesome Slovenly Peter. 

light, Laurence Housman's Victoria 

A great many classics are being ex¬ 

Regina, and Sidney Kingley's Dead 

hibited in inexpensive editions. Brown¬ 

End. There is Gilbert Keith Chester¬ 

ing's Works, the Essays of Montaigne,

ton's recently published Autobi¬ 

Anna Karenina, and Ibsen's Plays ap¬

ography, and that uproarious story of 

pear in the ever-popular Modern Li¬ 

a travelling family, Around the World 

brary, while the leather bound Walter 

in Eleven Years, by Patience, Richard, 

Black edition includes Shakespeare,
and John Abbe. 

Tolstoi, and Zola. The Cameo classics 

Among the travel books are two offer Dickens' Christmas Carol and 
just published by Macmillan: London Shakespeare's As You Like It, while 
and Paris, by Sidney Dark. These are the Three Sirens' Press presents the 
beautiful volumes, illustrated with in¬ familiar Alice in Wonderland, Pepy's 
numerable etchings of the cities at all Diary, Dickens' Oliver Twist, and 
hours of the day and night. There are Hudson's Green Mansions in a new 

Wake Up and Live, by Dorothea

Best Sellers 

Brande; Simon and Schuster. $1.75. 
Around the World in Eleven Years, 
Gone With the Wind, by Margaret by Patience, Richard, and John Abbe; 
Mitchell; Macmillan. $3.00. Stokes. $2.50. 
White Banners, by Lloyd C. Doug¬ Jefferson in Power, by Claude C. 
Bowers; Houghton, Mifflin. $3.75

las; Houghton, Mifflin. $2.5 0. 

Heads and Tales, by Malvina Huff¬

Drums Along the Mohawk, by 

man; Scribners. $5.00.

Walter D. Edmonds; Little, Brown. 

A Prayer for My Son, by Hugh

$2.50. 

Walpole; Doubleday, Doran. $2.50.

Whiteoak Harvest, by Mazo de la 
Roche; Little, Brown. $2.5 0. 

Art Work Encouraged

Anthony Adverse, by Hervey 
Allen; Farrar and Rinehart. $2.00. 

An American Doctor's Odyssey, by For the benefit of those alumnae 
Victor Heiser; Norton. $3.50. who are interested in continuing their 
Live Alone and Like It, by Marjorie work in art, the college has given them 
Hillis; Bobbs-Merrill. $1.5 0. the use of part of the third floor of 
Man the Unknown, by Alexis Car¬ Buttrick Hall. The new project, which 
rel; Harpers. $3.50. is under the auspices of the Decatur 
Inside Europe, by John Gunther; Agnes Scott club, is being directed by 

Harpers. $3.50. Leone (Bowers) Hamilton. 

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entries in Vogue's Prix de Paris con-
There are certain books in the ex¬ rest, open to college seniors, has been 
hibit which deserve special mention. extended from November 20 to No¬ 
vember 30. The contest consists of

Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Sonnets 
two parts: a series of six quizzes to be

from the Portuguese is brought out by 

answered by the entrants and graded

Crowell in a soft rose and gold edi¬ 

by rhe judges, and a thesis on a gen¬
tion with delicately tinted illustrations eral fashion subject. 
by Willy Pogany. Burns' Poems ap¬ Each quiz, appearing in the first of 
pear in Collins cheerful tartan binding the month issue of Vogue from No¬ 
straight from Scotland. vember through April, must be an-
The Heritage Press, a comparative¬ Mvered and mailed on the twentieth 
ly new publishing house, has brought to Vogue's Prix de Paris, 420 Lexing¬ 
out several Christmas editions of fam¬ ton Avenue, New York City. 
ous books, which are shown in the The winner, to be announced in 
Agnes Scott exhibit. Mark Twain's May, will join Vogue's staff for the 
Tom Sawyer is fittingly bound in following year, and will spend at least 

coarse tan cloth, with delightfully im¬ six months of her time in Paris. The 
pudent illustrations by Norman Rock¬ winner of second place will be em¬ 
well. Romeo and Juliet appears in a ployed on a salary basis for six months 

slender volume whose blue cover is in Vogue's New York office. 
traced in gold with the heads of the 
lovers, and with daggers and castle 

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walls. Isaak Walton's Compleat 
Angler sports a large fish-strewn cover 

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with old and quaint etchings of 
"Piscator" and "Venator" and their 
sport. Miss Carrie Scandrett, assistant 

With such a wide and intriguing dean, and Miss Alberta Palmour, alum¬ 
selection of books, and such a suitable nae field secretary, will leave this Sun¬ 
background for displaying them, lov¬ day for an extended tour of Georgia 
ers of literature will enjoy browsing and parts of Florida. While Miss 
among the varied volumes, and harass¬ Scandrett contacts alumnae, Miss Pal¬ 
ed students will find themselves, even mour will speak at the high schools, 
in hurried glances, "beholding the showing the recently made moving 
bright countenance of truth in the pictures of the library and of swim¬ 
quiet and still air of delightful stud-ming, archery, golf, and other cam¬ 

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