Spring settled upon the Agnes Scott campus in time to celebrate and accentuate Founders' Day speaker J. Barrie Shephard's essential message of creation: "Acts of bve, of sharing, of giving oneself."

A Song

Or Creation

Early spring weather adds resonance and feeling to Founders' Day discussions of creativity

The prema¬ ture buds forecasting an early spring lent the right touch to this year's Community

Focus topic, "Spirituality and Creativity." Dr. J. Barrie Shephard, senior minister at Swarthmore Presbyterian Church in Swarthmore, Penn., capped his three day-stay on

J campus with a February 21st Founders' Day lecture titled "Creation: a Divine/Human

i Encounter." J Dr. Shephard, who is also a

poet, examined the historical j tension between the church and j creativity in a series of lectures

. and informal discussions, j Creativity, he told the Founders' | Day audience, "was somehow : [thought to be] tied too closely

- with human pride and vanity,

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with the human grasp for immortality" by early church leaders.

"But humanity [works] with God in shaping and molding creation," continued Dr. Shephard, referring to the story of creation in Genesis. "God took a chance in creating the world. God opened himself up in creating human beings to exist alongside him in relative independence of him."

The element of risk in God's creation is there for everyone, the minister believes. "It's much easier to be yourself, by yourself and for yourself and much easier to bury that talent deep and then sit on it." That feels safer, but for most of us it also feels sterile and stultifying. "Creation is a basic act of love, of sharing gifts and of giving oneself," said Dr. Barrie, adding, "Love and beauty are fundamental to the mind and spirit and fundamental to creativity as well."

The spiritual and creative coexists in Dr. Shephard very, nicely. He is the author of over 450 poems published in such publications as The Christian Century, The Christian Science Monitor, Catholic World and others. He is the author of five books, as well.

Dr. Shephard holds earned degrees from the University of Edinburg, Yale and Hartford Theological Seminary. He was asked to come back to Agnes Scott after a well-received visit last spring as guest preacher during Alumnae Weekend.

He was evidently well-

received the second time around, as well.

After the Founders' Day lecture, students presented the minister with an Agnes Scott sweatshirt obviously given in recognition of Dr. Shephards fondness for jogging around campus during his stay.

Spring 1990

ON CAMPUS

From the

President

The exciting events in eastern Europe have kept us all enthralled and made scholars and citizens alike aware of the limitations in our understanding of peoples and cultures. The interconnectedness of peoples around the world is brought home to us daily in political realignments, wars and attempts at peace, and economically by investment by other nationals in the U.S., new waves of immi¬ gration, and the daily products we buy and use.

How can we prepare today's students to live in this fascin¬ ating but complex world? Agnes Scott's efforts to find this answer involve our ongoing commit¬ ment to a firm grounding in the liberal arts and sciences, enhanced by the opportunity to experience another way of life and thinking.

This January, Agnes Scott professors and students experi¬ enced what it is like to live in Angers, France, Berlin, Oaxaca, Mexico and Hong Kong. They were prepared in their Global Awareness course, and following their return, will have an opportunity to reflect together on what these new experiences mean to them and to others as the three-part course continues.

The value of the Global Awareness Program is proving it¬ self in students' expanded aware¬ ness of the world, their culture's place in it, and the limitations of any one viewpoint.

Rosalyn Carter's sharing of her international experience in all parts of the globe with our students in her days on campus as Distinguished Centennial Lecturer was another significant eye on the world for all of us.

We are so pleased to make these life-changing experiences available to all students, hut in order to keep them affordable (and even more toward in¬ cluding an experience as a regu¬ lar part of each student's college education), we do need addi¬ tional funding. The foundation grants that made possible the program's beginning are now running out, and 1 urge donors to consider gifts to assure the pro¬ gram's continuance and expansion.

Desktop

Publishing

Comes to

the Profile

The Profile's new desktop publishing equipment will allow the student newspaper staff more control at less expense.

Enriched and Enriching Students

Ruth Schmidt

They're not the new kids on the block anymore. Agnes Scott's Return to

College (RTC) students, Smith College's Ada Comstock Scholars and participants in Randolph Macon's Prime Time Program are just some of the women past traditional age pur¬ suing college degrees.

Agnes Scott's program has been officially around more than fifteen years. Thirteen non-tra¬ ditional students enrolled at the beginning of the 1974-75 acade¬ mic year. In his book Lest We Forget, published in 1983, the late Dr. Edward McNair wrote, "This program has become so much a part of Agnes Scott's life that it is difficult to think of the College without it." Last fall, 101 RTCs were enrolled at Agnes Scott.

The RTC presence on cam¬ pus is so familiar that it's easy to forget the juggling act many women must accomplish to complete their degree. In March, Agnes Scott participated in a Women's College Coalition study called "Expanding Op¬ tions: A Profile of Older Gradu¬ ates of Women's Colleges." The respondents graduated from college between 1970 and 1988. From this profile emerged a picture of Agnes Scott's RTCs and their national counterparts.

Some of the findings: The majority of these women re¬ turned to college for personal fulfillment. Nearly two-thirds of them were married and had children living at home; the average age of their children was 12. Two-thirds attended college continuously, and the average time it took to complete their

degree was three years. Almost sixty-seven percent of

these women held full- or part- time jobs. Of these, nearly seventy-two percent made less than $20,000 per year.

Over fifty-five percent of the national respondents have continued their formal educa¬ tion and almost thirty-five per¬ cent have enrolled in advanced degree programs. Ninety-one percent of respondents said they'd choose the same school again.

In almost all of the categories, Agnes Scott respondents ex¬ ceeded the national sample. For example, eighty-seven percent of RTCs had prior college exper¬ ience as opposed to eighty-one percent nationally. Both samples indicated that older students usually married between the ages of 18 and 21, the traditional college years.

More than sixty-five percent of Agnes Scott's RTC graduates have made financial contribu¬ tions to the College, as opposed to fifty-nine percent nationally.

An overwhelming majority of Agnes Scott respondents noted that their college experience gave them a greater appreciation of their own talents, a desire to continue learning throughout life, and recognition of their own and others' personal growth. They also saw in them¬ selves an increased ability to take risks.

No wonder. According to Charles A. Dana Professor of Psychology' Miriam Drucker, considered a mentor by many of Agnes Scott's Return to College students, these women "make a

choice to put on hold or to squeeze together into smaller time and space the normal and expected activities of [their] lives.

"Age and experience are different, who pays the bills is different, the opportunities for achievement and success in the work place have been different," she said during a special RTC convocation last semester. "Instead of having the world in front of them, RTC students . . . have already seen a good bit of life before coming here to be academic learners."

Surely as college enriches Return to College students, these non-traditional age women enrich the learning and growth of their youmger counterparts.

Profile editor Jennifer Burger '90 proudly showed a visitor the new desktop

publishing system the student newspaper now owns. With the packing still strewn all over the floor, she pointed to its oversized monitor and turned on the laser printer.

The system was purchased, in large part, with proceeds from the Alumnae Board's centennial gift items. The Student Govern¬ ment Association contributed the balance of the funds.

"We wanted to do something with that money that would really have an impact on stu¬ dents," explained Lucia Howard Sizemore '65, director of alum¬ nae affairs. "This idea of desktop publishing ability for the Profile seemed to keep coming around."

Virtually unheard of five years ago, desktop publishing allows a designer or editor to lay out pages by computer. The "old" way of layout entails sending stories to a typesetter and then creating a "dummy" layout with "galley" proofs. A designer then produces the final mechanicals by using galleys, or the final typeset pages. The type is laid down on stiff bristol hoards and sent to a printer.

Desktop publishing practi¬ cally makes the entire process obsolete. The computer layout goes on disk to a service bureau, which runs out the pages on a high quality printer called a Linotronic. In many cases, the final pages don't even have to be set down on boards, the sheets can go to the printer as is.

The Profile owns an Apple Macintosh system, as does the College publications office, which currently creates both the Agnes Scott Magazine and Main Events with the new technology.

Although the Profile now engages an outside designer to layout the pages on the com¬ puter, Ms. Burger hopes that by the end of the year her staff will be doing it themselves.

"We spend about $5,000 annually in design and type¬ setting costs," she estimates. If all goes as planned, "in two years we will have paid for the equip¬ ment." She anticipates doing projects for other students groups in the future as well.

Jayde Daniel is among the more than 100 students enrolled in Agnes Scott s Return to College program. Because the majority bring non'ocademic experience to their college careers, RTC students jrrove an asset in an academic environment that encourages personal growth and development.

2 Main Events/Spring 1990

ON CAMPUS

At the Flicks: A Recurring Role for Agnes Scott

A gnes Scott played a supporting role in at least one of the

/ % films being honored JL JL. at this year's Oscar telecast. The makers of "Driving Miss Daisy" filmed a portion of the movie outside McCain Library last summer. But like many a starlet's big break, the College's part was left on the cutting room floor.

The College also auditioned for roles in two-other Oscar- nominated films, but failed to get the parts. Those films, "Dead Poets Society," for which the College would have played a prep school, and "Glory," in which Rebekah Reception Room and Main's McKinney Parlor would have stood in for a Boston home, were later filmed in Delaware and Savannah, respectively.

Community Relations Coordinator Carolyn Wynens estimates that her office receives from seven to eight requests a year from location scouts and and as many as two calls per week to film commercials here. And while moviemakers pay for the use of Agnes Scott as a location, scripts must be approved beforehand. "What we don't want to be a part of," says Ms. Wynens, "is something with gratuitous violence or sex, or something that we'd be ashamed to be associated with.

"We look for scripts that have some sort of morality or value to them, too," she adds. She re¬ members one film crew ap¬ proaching College administra¬ tors with a script about a married professor having an affair with a librarian. Although the film was rumored to feature "Field of Dreams" star Kevin Costner, they turned it down due to script content.

Last summer, Agnes Scott hosted the cast and crew of "Murder in Mississippi," a t.v. movie "prequel" to the theatrical film "Mississippi Burning" about three slain civil rights workers.

Film units do pay to use the College as a location, but not a vast amount. According to Ms. Wynens, a screen or type credit is usually worth much more in terms of public relations value than the fee.

Many times the College is used by photography crews for print advertising, too. In the last year or two ads for a local shop¬ ping mall, Macy's, Totes and the Equitable Insurance Company have been shot here. Ms. Wynens estimates that crews shoot about twelve commercials or ads on campus each year.

Georgia's active film com¬ mission has seen a near doubling of the number of dollars spent by visiting movie-makers in the state. Fifteen theatrical films and television programs were filmed in the state in 1989, including the television series "In the Heat of the Night," according to an article in the Atlanta Constitu¬ tion. Together they put almost

$142 million dollars into Georgia's economy.

High status releases like "Driving Miss Daisy" and "Glory" are certain to draw other filmmakers to Georgia and create jobs for local residents thinks Norman Bielowizc, director of Georgia's Film and Videotape Office. "Hollywood is just fickle

enough that it is going to bring us more business," he told the Constitution. "Four Civil War scripts have come across my desk since the beginning of the year."

Here at Agnes Scott, visiting film crews create little havoc. Although staff members do recall a particularly strenuous

week several summers ago in Buttrick Hall during the filming of one TV movie. Mostly, they do little more than create extra work for the public relations office. However, they're often the perfect guests: polite (mostly), discreet and, most importantly, willing to pick up after themselves before leaving.

"Driving Miss Daisy" stars Dan Ackroyd, Jessica Tandy and Morgan Freeman visited Agnes Scott for filming.

New ASC Trustees

Essien, Gladden Elected to Board

Joyce D. Kirkland Essien, M.D., and Joseph R. Gladden Jr., were named to Agnes Scott's board of trustees at a meeting of the board on January 27. Elected for three-year terms, Dr. Essien and Mr. Gladden are filling vacancies on the board.

"I am very pleased to welcome these two outstanding Atlanta residents to the board of trustees," said President Ruth Schmidt. "They join a distinguished group who will provide inspiration and guidance for the College as it begins its second century of service to women and the community."

Dr. Essien is currently the acting director of the Public Health Practice Program Office of the Centers for Disease Control. She joined the CDC in November of 1980, after working as a staff pathologist and associate laboratory director for a division of the Upjohn Company. She is a graduate of Wayne State University, where she received her bachelor's and medical degrees.

She is also a graduate of the executive MBA program at Georgia State University. In addition to serving on the board of trustees at Agnes Scott, Dr. Essien is an assistant professor of pathology at the Morehouse School of Medicine and a clinical professor for the College of Allied Health Sciences at Georgia

State University. She is on the board of directors for the American Cancer Society, the Atlanta Diabetes Association, a founding member of the Rebecca Lee Society of Women in Medicine and a fellow of the College of American Pathologists and the Association of Clinical Scientists, among others. She and her husband, Dr. Iwok S. Essien, have two teenage children.

Joseph Gladden Jr. is vice president and deputy general counsel for The Coca Cola Company, which he joined in 1985 as senior staff counsel. Prior to his present position, Mr. Gladden was a partner with the Atlanta law firm of King and Spalding. A 1964 graduate of Emory University, he received his law degree from the University of Virginia in 1967 and was admitted to the State Bar of Georgia in 1968. In addition to the state bar, he is a member of the Atlanta and American Bar Associations.

Mr. Gladden has numerous ties to Agnes Scott. His wife, Sarah Bynum Gladden, is a

member of the class of'65. His mother, Frances Baker Gladden, and his aunt, Betty Lou Baker Prior, are alumnae, and his grandfather, W. B. Baker, taught at the College from 1922- 1924.

Joyce D. Kirkland Essien Joseph R. Gladden

Main Events

Series 87, Number 1 Spring 1990

EDITOR Stacey Noiles Jones

CONTRIBUTING EDITOR

Lynn Donham

EDITORIAL BOARD George Brown

Ayse Garden '66 Christine Cozzens

Susan Ketchin Edgerton '70 Karen Green 86 Steven Guthrie

Bonnie Brown Johnson '70 Randy Jones '70

Tish Young McCutchen '73 Becky Prophet Dudley Sanders

Edmund Sheehey Lucia Howard Sizemore '65

Elizabeth Hallman Snitzer '85

Published three times a year by the Office of Publications

Agnes Scott College Buttrick Hall

Decatur, GA 30030

Articles in this publication reflect the opinions of the

authors and not the viewpoint of the College, its trustees,

or administration.

Postmaster: Please send address changes to

Office of Development Agnes Scott College Decatur, GA 30030

Copyright © 1990 Agnes Scott College

Corrections:

Gayle Gellerstedt Daniel '71 was incorrectly identified as Shirley Heath Roberts on page A-l of the last Main Events.

Edna Lowe Swift is a member of the class of 1971, not 1973 as noted in the article on her daughter in the last issue of Main Events.

AGNES

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Spring 1990/Main Events 3

ON CAMPUS

French Romantic Music

Festival Continues at ASC

Cal Johnson led a hectic life a year ago this spring. In addi¬ tion to finalizing plans for "Echoes

Through Time," the Thea Musgrave composition that was the nucleus of the Arts Synergy Festival, the associate professor of music and College organist worked diligently on the Festival of French Romantic Music, currently running at Agnes Scott. (See related story on page 6.)

"It was a cliche around the music department that if you saw Cal Johnson he had a telephone in his ear, either getting calls or making them," the professor recalls.

Less than a year later, this festival of music, lecturers and master classes is underway at Agnes Scott, financially supported, in part, hy grants from the Georgia Humanities Council, the Visiting Scholars Program of the University Center of Georgia and the Georgia Council for the Arts.

Internationally renowned soprano Renata Scotto kicked off the festival on January 30, which will end April 22.

The idea for the festival came from each of the performing arts departments' desire to establish a strong visiting artists program. Arts Synergy, a joint collabor¬ ation of the departments of music, theater, art and dance,

Summer Institute '90 July 22 - August 3

Agnes Scott College is pleased to announce its first annual pre- college summer institute, "Hot Topics." The institute enables rising high school juniors and seniors to experience early the academic and social aspects of college life.

HOT TOPICS HIGHLIGHTS • Daily participation in two of the

five courses offered • Residence Hall living in a

beautifully renovated facility • Special sessions

- Study skills - Career explorations - Admission and Financial Aid

• Campus Facilities - Library - Computer Center - Writing Workshop - Track, pool, tennis and

racquetball courts • Excursions to Atlanta • Athletic activities

The ccxst for the two-week program is $575, which includes tuition, nxim and board, and course materials. Please call the Office of Admissions tor more information or to have an application sent to a relative or friend.

SUMMER

1990

The Borodin Trio were among the groups featured in ASC's French Music Festival, running through April.

and the launching pad for this effort, gave students an oppor¬ tunity to learn from composer Thea Musgrave and director Linda Brovsky, as well as the individual artists who contri¬ buted sculpture for the festival.

Each department will host a visiting artist in their area and rotate by semester. Last Nov¬ ember, the dance department hosted Clay Taliaferro, a former member of the Jose Limon Dance Company, for a dance demonstration and perfonrtance.

For their turn, the music department originally decided to pay tribute to the 100th anniversary of composer Cesar Franck's death. But that scope proved too narrow.

Then Dr. Johnson and his colleagues expanded the idea to include French Romantic Music of the 19th century. They chose French baritone Gerard Souzay to lead workshops on French art songs and perform them in recital because of the number of voice students.

Woven into the series are lectures on French music history, French Catholicism and French poetry. The lectures on the Church and music history are for context, says Dr. Johnson, the poetry lecture because one "can't discuss music apart from its text."

Spelman, Kennesaw and Clayton State Colleges, as well as other departments at the College, are co-sponsoring these lecturers with the music

department. A list of remaining festival events follows.

APRIL 1—4:00-6:00 pm ■ Concert Agnes Scott Community

Orchestra: "French Romantic Orchestral Music"; and joined by the St. James United Methodist Church Choir on Honegger's King David. Dr. William Lemonds, director; Rowena Renn, soprano; Sam Hagan, tenor

Gaines Auditorium, Free

APRIL 2—7:00-8:00 pm ■ Lecture Dr. Bruno Braunrot, poetry

lecture: "French Poetry Set to Art song; Ties between Poets and Composers"

Gaines Auditorium, Free

APRIL 2—8:15 pm ■ Concert Gerard Souzay, baritone, and

Dalton Baldwin, piano, ° recital: "French Art song"

Gaines Auditorium, $15, $10 students and seniors

APRIL 4—10:25 am ■ Lecture Gerard Souzay, music lecture:

"The History of French Art Song"

Gaines Auditorium, Free

APRIL 4—4:00-5:30 pm ■ Master class Gerard Souzay, master class for

high school students: "French Art Song"

Gaines Auditorium, $5 auditors, $10 performers

APRIL 6-—10:25 am-12 noon ■ Master class Gerard Souzay, master class for

college students: "French Art ^ Song"

Gaines Auditorium, $5 auditors, $10 performers

APRIL 7—9 am-12 noon ■ Workshop Gerard Souzay, workshop for

professional singers and teachers: "French Art

Song, Its Performance and Interpretation" Gaines Auditorium,

$20, $10 students and seniors

-2:30 APRIL 22- pm ■ Concert Joint Choral Concert: Agnes

Scott College Glee Club, Rowena Renn

director, David D'Ambrosio accompanist; and University of Georgia Men's Glee Club, Dr. Pierce Arant director

Gaines Auditorium, Free

Wanna Tag Along I ?

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE Office of Admissions • Decatur, Georgia 30030

404/371-6285 Local • 800/822-4999 Georgia • 800/235-6602 National

Since the new ASC "colonnade" license plates first began appearing on vehicles, Carolyn Wynens, coordinator of community relations, has received a number of calls from persons interested in obtaining one.

Because the Agnes Scott community met and exceeded in 1989 the minimum of 500 applications required for manufacture of the special 1990 tag, additional ASC tag orders will be filled in 1991. The application period will be from May 1-July 31, 1990. Commemorative tag forms can be obtained from any county license tag office in Georgia. Remember that the state is serious about the deadline, and that your vehicle must be registered in the state of Georgia.

If you need additional information, call Carolyn Wynens in the Office of Public Relations at (404) 371-6326.

4 Main Events/Spring 1990

ON CAMPUS

Jay Fuller: 19254990

Jay Fuller, associate professor of music emeritus, died January 11 of cancer at

Crawford Long Hospital in Atlanta. The 65-year-old professor had retired last May after teaching at Agnes Scott for 35 years.

"Jay was one of the most deeply religious people I have ever known," says friend and colleague Ronald L. Bymside, Charles A. Dana Professor of Music. "Although not of a formal religious tradition, [he was] very much a man of the spirit."

Former students remember his patience and inspiration while they struggled diligently to master the piano. "For Jay it was

always the students that interested him, not politics on campus. He had a profound attachment to them. He always looked upon them as wonderful, which indeed they are," remem¬ bers Dr. Bymside. "His commit¬ ment to Agnes Scott students was not just a matter of four years, it was a lifelong commit¬ ment."

Both Nancy Carter Dunn 73 and Louise Minor Lyon 73 took periodic lessons from their former professor after becoming music teachers themselves. They wrote a short article in last summer's Main Events when Mr. Fuller retired.

A native of Hiram, Ga., Jay

Lee Copple: 1925-1990

Lee Biggerstaff Copple, professor emeritus of psychology, died February 22 of cancer. He retired from Agnes Scott in 1988, after 27 years of teaching.

Lee Copple attended Wake Forest College and earned a bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He obtained a

-Cie Copple's influence went beyond the College and its students, into the ommunity around Agnes Scott, where he served in many civic activities.

Upcoming Events

Writers' Festival, Alumnae Poet and fiction writer Josephine Jacobsen will make her seventh Writers' Festival appearance, reading from her works on the evening April 26 at 8:15 p.m. She and Alfred Uhry, playwright and author of "Driving Miss Daisy," will join alumnae Memye Curtis Tucker

Author Josephine Jacobsen

Weekend, Commencement '56, Jane Zanca '83 and Dorothy Coffin Sussman '87 on the festival panel.

❖ Alumnae Weekend will begin on Friday, April 27, with an opening convocation featuring Mr. Uhry. The Centennial time capsule will be buried in a ceremony at 4:30 that afternoon. Saturday features a Fun Run at 7:30 a.m. with the Annual Meeting later that morning at 10:00.

❖ Veteran reporter-commentator Daniel Shorr, currently featured on National Public Radio's "All Things Considered," will be this year's commencement speaker. The Reverend Joan Salmon Campbell, moderator of the Presbyterian Church USA, will deliver the baccalaureate address.

Fuller attended Berry College and graduated from the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore. He also studied under Earl Chester Smith, a student of Leopold Godowsky, and Austin Conradi of Baltimore at Johns Hopkins University. A veteran of the second World War, Mr. Fuller began teaching at Agnes Scott in 1954-

Mr. Fuller is survived by his two brothers, George E. Fuller of Hiram and Foster Fuller of Powder Springs, Ga.

A memorial service has been tentatively scheduled at Agnes Scott on Sunday, March 25, at 4 p.m. Several of Mr. Fuller's former students will pay tribute and perform.

master's and doctorate in English from the University of Michigan and a second Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Vanderbilt University.

He taught English at Davidson and Hanover Colleges and psychology at Vanderbilt before coming to Agnes Scott in 1961.

President Ruth Schmidt noted upon his retirement:

"During his years on this campus, Lee has made a signi¬ ficant and distinctive contri¬ bution through his teaching and his interest in students, his scholarship and his service to the College community and the community which surrounds us."

Dr. Copple served as president of the College's chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, secretary to the faculty and coordinated Faculty/Staff Tabletalk lunchtime series.

It was not unusual to find Lee Copple cleaning up neglected, vacant lots owned by the College or representing Agnes Scott on the DeKalb Com¬ munity Council and the Decatur Clean and Beautiful Com¬ mission.

He also worked with the Atlanta Symphony, the homeless and was a Ruling Elder and Sunday School teacher at Decatur Presbyterian Church.

After retirement, the Copples lived in Highlands, N.C., where they had invited many faculty, staff and students to their summer home throughout the years. The former psychology professor wrote a column for the local newspaper, the Highlander, as he had done for many years. Memorial services were held in Agnes Scott's Mary West Thatcher Chapel on Feb. 23, in Highlands on March 3 and at Decatur Presbyterian Church on March 4-

He is survived by his wife, Margaret McCall Copple, sons Dean and Davi, daughter Mary Margaret and three grand¬ children.

Jay Fuller's concern for ASC students was "a lifebng commitment.

In Jeopardy Again! Kathy Helgesen Fuller '82 (Fall '89 Main Events) will again put herself in Jeopardy! when she reappears on the popular game show on April 5. The doctoral student in history proved her "wrong" answer to a final jeopardy question plausible and won another slot on the broadcast.

i

P,

Do the new colors in your recent decorating scheme leave out your favorite easy chair? Do you own more lamps than you'll ever need to read by?

The Alumnae Board's Acquisitions Committee still needs occasional chairs and large area rugs as well as paintings, lamps and end tables. If you have such items in good condition that you no longer need or use, the committee asks that you consider donating them to the College for finishing touches in residence halls.

Please send a description or photo (nonretumable) to Frances Steele Garrett '37, Acquisitions Committee Chair, c/o the Alumnae House, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Georgia 30030.

Spring 1990/Main Events 5

FACULTY & STAFF

Christopher Ames, assistant professor of English, presented a paper, "The Modernist Canon

; and the 'Present Time' in Eliot, i Woolf and Joyce" at Human-

Ties: An Interdisciplinary' Con¬ ference on the Humanities,

j sponsored by Augusta College in 1 October. His articles, "Coover's | Comedy of Conflicting Fictional ! Codes," "Power and the Obscene j World: Discourses of Extremity j in Gravity's Rainbow" and ; "Calling for Ketchup in Bur- | roughs and Pynchon," will

appear in Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction, Contem¬ porary Literature and Notes on Contemporary Literature, respectively.

Assistant Professor of English Christine S. Cozzens has published two articles: "The Writing Center and the Senior Thesis: A Context for Writing as Teaching," which appeared in the May 1989 Writing Lab Newsletter, and "The Tapestries of Regine Bartsch," which appeared in January/February 1989 edition of Cara. She also presented a paper, "Blurred Around the Edges; The Writing Center Revises Itself," at the annual meeting of the South¬ eastern Writing Centers' Asso¬ ciation in Knoxville, Tenn., on April 15, 1989. In addition, Dr. Cozzens is currently serving as the co-chair of the University Center Women's Studies Com¬ mittee. She recently spoke to the Atlanta Women's Network on "Why Women's Studies," when the group met on campus for its October meeting.

Assistant professor of Economics Rosemary Thomas Cunningham presented a paper titled "The Behavior of Real Rates of Interest in a Small, More-or-Less Open Economy" at the Eastern Economics Association meeting in Orlando, Florida on November 20.

Steve Guthrie, assistant pro¬ fessor of English, presented his paper, "Five Medieval Dogs," at the annual Southeastern Medieval Association Con¬ ference held at Houston's Rice University on October 21.

Regine Reynolds-Cornell, Adeline Arnold Loridans Pro¬ fessor of French, read a paper at the national Sixteenth Century Studies Conference in Minne¬ apolis on the "Rhetoric of Silence in Montaigne's Essays." She is serving as president of the Beta chapter of Phi Beta Kappa this year, and will be taking a group of students to France for the Global Awareness Program.

Larry Riddle, assistant professor of mathematics, presented a paper titled "Rearrangements of the Alternating Harmonic Series" at the meeting of the Georgia Council of Mathematics in October. Flis paper, "An Occurrence of the Ballot Num¬ bers in Operator Theory," was accepted tor publication in the American Mathematical Monthly.

Professor of English Linda Hubert presented a paper titled "War and Other Deadly Games: Walker Percy's Thanatos Syndrome" at the annual Colloquium on Modem Language and Film at West Virginia University, October 12- 14th, 1989.

President Schmidt delivered the keynote address at Georgia College's symposium on women's studies on October 5th and also spoke on December 10th at the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools' annual meeting concerning cooperation between public and private institutions.

Professor of Physical Education Kay Manuel was one of three instructors at a Red Cross Workshop held at Emory University, November 10-12, 1989, which was designed to re¬ train lifeguard and water safety instructors in new methods and materials published by the American Red Cross.

Beth Spencer, assistant professor of education, presented the paper "Word Concept and Learning to Spell" on November 3 at the annual meeting of the Georgia Educational Research Association and presented "A Longitudinal Study of the Role of Cognitive Development in the Evolution of Young Children's Concept of Word" and "Concept of Word and Spelling Development in Beginning Readers" at the National Reading Conference in Austin, Texas, on November 29.

Wallace M. Alston Professor of Bible and Religion John J. Carey completed two articles, "Paul Tillich as a Biblical Interpreter" for the Dictionary of Biblical Hermenentics, edited by John Hayes of Emory University, and "The Presbyterian Church and Sexuality: Why This? Why Now?" for a volume Dr Carey edited for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), titled Body and Soul: A New Look at Human Sexuality and The Church (Louisville, KY, 1989). He read "Tillich, Marx, and the Inter¬ pretation of History" at the national meeting of the Ameri¬ can Academy of Religion in Anaheim, CA on November 18- 21, 1989, and "Issues and Priorities in the Church's Study of Human Sexuality" at the national meeting of Presbyterian Ethics Professors at McCormich Theological Seminary in Chicago on October 29.

He has been elected a trustee of Presbyterian College in Clin¬ ton, S.C., as well.

Calvert Johnson, associate professor of music, was elected vice-president of the South¬ eastern Historical Keyboard Society in March 1989 at Ohio's Oberlin College. He performed early Dutch organ music at Old English Festival in Atlanta on October 1 and gave a paper titled "Keyboard Music by French Women of the Revolutionary Era" for the

Growth in Biology

Professor of Biology Sandra T. Bowden planned and conducted a symposium on "The Biology of Females" for the annual meeting of State-of-the-Art Biolooy/ Georgia held in late April 1989 at the University of Georgia. She was also elected vice president of the Association of Southeastern Biologists for 1989-1990. Now in its 52nd year, the Association has approximately 1,100 mem¬ bers and is an affiliate of both The American Institute of Biological Sciences and The American Association for the Advancement of Science.

At the annual meeting of the Georgia Academy of Science at Valdosta State College in late April, E>r. Bowden and Mini Abraham '89 presented a paper titled "Bacterial Ecology of a Granite Outcrop Plant Com¬ munity, Panola Mountain, Georgia," based on research from Ms. Abraham's independent study, which was directed by Dr. Bowden.

Dr. Bowden and Assistant Professor of Biology Patricia McGuire White co-authored a paper called "Bacterial Ecology of Two Granite Outcrop Com¬ munities, Dekalb County, Georgia" that derived from research funded by the College's professional development Com¬ mittee. They presented the paper at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in April 1989.

Biology professor Sandra Bowden

At the same conference they presented "The Use of Rapid Tests in the Screening of Physiological and Genetic Characteristics of Soil Bacteria."

Drs. Bowden and White also co-authored a paper for the annual meeting of the Ameri¬ can Institute for Biological Sciences in Toronto, Canada in

August. The paper, presented by Dr. White, is titled "Changes in the Molecular and Cellular Biology Program at Agnes Scott College," and describes program revisions in the Department of Biology that were supported by a recent National Science Foundation grant.

national symposium Women in Music at SUNY-Buffalo on October 22. He gave a lecture- recital on "Tuning, Tempera¬ ments, and Changes in Harpsi¬ chord Design" with musical examples drawn from 17th- century Dutch, Italian, and French music at Clayton State College in Morrow, Ga., in November and recital of organ music for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany at Decatur Pres¬ byterian Church in December. Dr. Johnson was elected a member of the executive board of the Atlanta chapter of the American Guild of Organists for a three-year term.

Fuller E. Callaway Professor of Philosophy Richard D. Parry has been appointed to a three- year tenn on the committee on pre-college instruction in philo¬ sophy, for the American Philo¬ sophical Association, beginning in July 1990. He appeared in a symposium titled "Plato and Aristotle in the Schools" at the eastern division meeting of the American Philosophical Asso¬ ciation which was held in Atlanta, in December. He also published three articles on the morality of nuclear deterrence in the Georgia Bulletin, the newspaper of the Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta.

Patricia G. Pinka, professor of English, has delivered a paper titled "The Wisdom of Bacon

and Solomon" at the English Renaissance Prose Conference at Purdue University in October. The paper explores Bacon's Essays in light of biblical wisdom literature.

Robert Brown has joined the physical plant as a mechanic.

Patsy Hart is secretary in the athletic department.

Kay Heupel has returned to ASC as secretary in the library.

Deborah Houston transferred from the library to the Office of the Dean of the College as secretary.

Vincent Kelly has joined the physical plant department as a mechanic.

Theresa Schenuk is the secre¬ tary in the financial aid office, She previously worked in accounting.

Adrian Thompson has joined the physical plant department as a mechanic.

Christopher Wilburn has joined the dining hall staff parr time.

GRANT& AWARD NEWS

Both the Georgia Council for the Arts and the Georgia Humanities Council funded two proposals by Cal Johnson requesting funds for this spring's French Romantic Music Festival. The Arts Council award will help fund a concert and a series of workshops and master classes on French music from Berlioz to Debussy to be presented by world-renowned performers. The Humanities Council grant will support a series of lectures on French music, history and culture that will complement the performances. Festival events negan in January with the Scotto recital, continuing throughout March and April, and concluding with a Glee Club Concert on April 22. (See related story on page 4.)

Pi Delta Phi, the National French Honor Society installed the Kappa Kappa Chapter at Agnes Scott on February 23. Professor Judith Clark Barban '61, of Winthrop College, and Professor Rolande Leguillon, of the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas, delivered the charter to the College. Initiation of student members followed the ceremony.

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TRIBUTES

IN HONOR

MARGARET P. AMMONS j Mary Alverta Bond

KATHLEEN WELCH CAMPBELL Richard N. Welch

DR. ALICE J. CUNNINGHAM Charlotte Justine Roberts

Kennedy

JEAN SCOBIE DAVIS | Elizabeth J. Chapman Pirkle

MIRIAM K. DRUCKER Lucie Elizabeth Callaway

j Coffie I Ellen Patrick Middlebrooks

Granum Betty Hunt Armstrong

McMahon May Day Folk Taylor

FRANCES STEELE , GARRETT ! Mary Ben Wright Erwin

LAWRENCE GELLERSTEDT, JR. Louise Isaacson Bernard

JOHN L. GIGNILLIAT Mary Alverta Bond

NELLE S. CHAMLEE HOWARD John M. Royall III

EMMA JULIA THOMAS JOHNSTON Ernest B. Johnston

BELLA WILSON LEWIS John M. Royall III

ELOISE LINDSAY Darline Rettie Purvis Carolyn Douthit Weaver

VIRGINIA BROWN MCKENZIE Lillian Clement Adams

DON AND CAROLYN MIDDOUR John M. Royall III

MILDRED LOVE PETTY Susan Durham Little Elsie W. Love

S. R. RAYMOND, JR. L. H. Tippett

LOUISE HILL REAVES Caroline McKinney Reaves

Wilson

SARA L. RIPY Mary Alverta Bond Marilyn Janet Breen Kelley

DR. CATHERINE SIMS Sarah Quinn Slaughter

MARY FRANCES GILLILAND STUKES John M. Royall III

DR. THOMAS L. VENABLE Charlotte Justine Roberts

Kennedy

LOUISA WANNAMAKER John M. Royall III

DR. ROBERTA WINTER Patricia Guynup Corbus

IN MEMORIAM

DR. ALEXANDER ALLISON Nell Sprunt Allison Sheldon

DR. WALLACE MCPHERSON ALSTON SR. Alice J. Cunningham

MARIAN HODGES ANTHONY Edith McGranahan Smith T

BECKY JOHNSON BISHER Evelyn L. Kirby Jones

MARTHA LESSER BREEN Marilyn Janet Breen Kelley

MRS. ALVERTA W. BOND Anne Thomson Sheppard

MARION T. CLARK William F. Collar Alice J. Cunningham

MARGARET CANNON CARR HOWELL CLARKSON The Howell Fund

DOROTHY PORTER CLEMENTS Ann Faucette N iblock

AUGUSTA SKEEN COOPER Martha Skeen Gould

QUENTIN GUMMING L. H. Tippett

ANNE COURTENAY DAVIDSON Marjorie Naab Bolen

DAVID DEAKINS Anne B. Register Jones

S.L. DOERPINGHAUS Anne Elizabeth Eyler

Clodfelter

CLARA WHIPS DUNN Elizabeth Dunn Grunwald W. Robert Dunn

MARY LIGON DUDLEY GROSS Dorothy Holloran Addison

LOUISE BRANT HABEL Letitia Rockmore Nash

MURIEL HARN Clairelis Elizabeth Eaton

Baxter

DR. GEORGE P. HAYES Patricia Guynup Corbus

INEZ NORTON EDWARDS Nancy C. Edwards

JOSEPHINE CLARK FLEMING Lillian Louise Herring Rosas

W. JOE FRIERSON Mary Alverta Bond Lady Louise Womat Emrich Elisabeth Lunz Frances B. Sattes Anne M. Tread well Suratt Alice J. Cunningham

JAY C. FULLER Mary Alverta Bond

KEMPER H ATFIELD GRAHAM Elizabeth Noyes Hatfield

Baddley Debbie Jean Boelter Bonner Laura Hays Klettner Bynum Catherine Aurora Lane

Herriage Mary Wills Hatfield LeCroy Eleanor N. Smith Amy Jean Cohrs Vassey

MARY LIGON DUDLEY GROSS Anne B. Register Jones

ROBERT B. HOLT Mary Estill Martin Rose

R. STERLING HORNSBY Elizabeth L. Homsby

MARIE BEESON INGRAHAM Robert A. Hartje Carolyn Gilchrist Willey

CECIL H. JACKSON SR. Juliana M. Winters

FRANCES MESSER JEFFRIES Marjorie Louise Daniel Cole

ANN WORTHY JOHNSON T. Allen Crouch

DR. J. B. KAY JR. Marguerite Toole Scheips

GRACE FLOWERS KIKER Joyce Ellison Roper McKey

EMMA MAY LANEY Rachel Laney Martha Sue Laney Redus

AUGUSTA THOMAS LANIER Marie L. Dopson Elizabeth Henry Shands

LIDIE WHITNER LEE Liz Whitner Lewis

DOLORES BURCHAM LIPSCOMB Philo McKinnon

MARGUERITE JONES LOVE Gay Love

BILLIE BELOTE MORSE Letitia Rockmore Nash

LOUISE VANHEE NELSON Patricia Guynup Corbus

BARBARA ANN OGLESBY R. Lamar Oglesby

JOSEPHINE TRENHOLM WALKER PARKER Ellen Axson Walker Cuyler Grace W. Walker Winn

SARAH SHIELDS PFEIFFER Peggy Pfeiffer Bass John Pfeiffer

DR. WALTER B. POSEY Blythe Posey Ashmore Louisa Walton McFadden

LOUISE SCOTT SAMS Betty Sams Daniel

CARRIE SCANDRETT Ruth Scandrett Hardy Gue Pardue Hudson

NANCY KING TRIPP SHAND Alexander C. Shand

MARTHA NORTH WATSON SMITH Edith McGranahan Smith T

WILLIE WHITE SMITH Harry Canter Roberta C. Cox Estella K. Engel Lorraine and Dick Funk Jeanette R. Hoffman Marie K. Murphy Helen D. Park Betty and Don Parkinson Margaret Pittman Holly and Ron Schauer Ruth Simpson William M. Whipple

THOMAS G. SNOW Carolyn B. Snow

EMMA WALLACE STEWART Emma Jacqueline Stewart

JODELE TANNER Laura Dodson Winchester

Hawkins

LOUISE LAMAR WISE TEAFORD Ann Heys Buchanan Laurie Ruth King Stanford

MINNIE LEE ALLEN THOMPSON Miriam Thompson Felder

RALPH TROVILLION Lida Dabney Adams Hart

ELSIE VEATCH Hoechst Celanese

Corporation Hoechst Celanese Technical

Department

MARYLU TIPPETT VILLAVIEJA Stanley R. Raymond L. H. Tippett

MERLE WALKER Martha D. Perkerson

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Between July 1, 1989, and Dec. 1, 1989, Agnes Scott received gifts in honor or in memory of each person listed. In addition, the Alumnae Association placed a memorial book in McCain Library for each alumna who died during this period.

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PARTING WORDS

Down with Homework!

By Ruth Peck Smith '31

Tit ink of how great it would be if teachers taught simply,

interestingly and understandably during school hours and students listened, concentrated and learned. And, when the bell rang at the end of the school day, both teacher and student would be free to do whatever refreshed them and kept them from being drudges.

Teachers wouldn't have to take home papers to correct. Students wouldn't have to lug home heavy, expensive books for which their parents are finan¬ cially liable.

Parents who come home from work wouldn't have to do their kids' homework or help them with it or nag them until they complete it. Instead, families could spend quality time to-

Parting Words is a forum for any non-fiction essay or commentary on a topic of your choice. Friends, staff, faculty, students and especially alumnae of the College are encouraged to send sub¬ missions . Please send articles along with a stamped, self-addressed envelope to: Editor, Main Events, Office of Publications, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Ga., 30030.

gether. A recent poll reported that people claimed their fami¬ lies were the most important aspect in their lives and they regretted having so little time with their children.

Parents and kids could watch TV together and discuss what they'd seen. I'm a great fan of TV. I've had my consciousness raised by it, traveled without leaving home and 1 have had exciting adventures because of TV. I've learned from television and have been inspired by it.

Of course, families can enjoy many other activities together: playing, exercising, reading or relaxing.

Maya Angelou has said, "Let the children speak . .. children are our future!" We must impact to teachers that they're not students' antagonists, but their partners in learning. A teacher who gives a test that is widely flunked is not a good teacher. If the teacher had taught the sub¬ ject well and given a fair test, everyone should have passed.

Students should only compete with their own best past efforts. They should not be compelled to compete with their siblings, their peers, or with Japanese and West German students. You didn't have your children so they could compete with German or Japanese children. You had them

to enjoy them and to make sure they'd live fulfilling, happy, and healthy lives; and become interesting people who take an active part in bettering their own community, the country and the world.

Piling more and more school work on kids or older students reminds me of the poor horse Rhett Butler stole to take Scarlett and Melanie from burning Atlanta in Gone With the Wind. The rider beat the poor beast all the way to Tara, where it dropped dead of exhaustion and no one noticed. We must unburden our children and let them learn to love learning.

For example, a teacher might introduce a new math concept with a problem worked out step- by-step on the board. Then the he or she could pass out a work¬ sheet with 10 similar problems well spaced. On the right-hand

side of the paper will be the problems solved correctly. If an answer is correct, the student gives herself a check mark. If it's incorrect, she sees where she made her mistake and can work the problem accordingly. This way she could take home to her parents an "A" paper every day. Nothing succeeds like success!

Our government has a responsibility to teach each child to read, to write, to speak well and with ease, to be creative, to think and to make considered decisions. Life should be at all stages and to all ages a joyous adventure. Let's make this our nation's goal.

8 Main Events/Spring 1990

ALUMNAE EVENTS

Words from j

Weirdie j

I remember vividly my first j alumnae club meeting. As a j recent graduate and a new bride living in Washington, D.C., I was far away from home and my Agnes Scott friends. My dear husband teased me unmercifully about the excitement 1 showed in anticipation of this gathering ! of alumnae. The event itself exceeded my expectations.

Dr. Alston was the guest speaker. Listening to him talk about the College brought back ! memories of his eloquence at ! convocations, as well as his sti¬ mulating classroom lectures. Although none of the women | there were contemporaries of mine, 1 felt a rapport with each of them, a bond created from shared experiences at Agnes Scott College.

Alumnae club gatherings are j like that today. They provide j opportunities for reuniting with j the College and for updates on j student population and pro¬ grams. Such meetings offer j occasions for interaction with new or familiar faculty members who challenge our thinking through enlightening lectures. They provide a ready-made group of educated, interesting women for an alumna new to the community and a chance to renew special friendships for long-time residents.

Alumnae clubs have varied personalities. Some meet monthly; others only meet once a year at Founders Day. Some thrive on continuing education seminars; others locus on re¬ cruiting prospective students. Some enjoy hands-on relation¬ ships with students; others have fund-raising projects for scholar¬ ships. In the near future, several j clubs may offer bed and break¬ fast programs for students and alumnae visiting in their area. i Be alert for more information about this network in various | cities around the country.

I hope each of you has made contact with the club in your area. If there's not an organized ' group, start one! We'll be glad to help — just give the Alum- | nae Office a call. If you have j any new ideas about programs or ; projects, call us about these, too! j The possibilities are limitless! I

Wardie Abemethy Martin '59 President, Alumnae Association

A Gala for Global Awareness

Capping a yearlong effort, the recent D.C.-Maryland alumnae fund-raiser drew 60 area Agness Scott graudates anc their families, who reminisced about college life and thanked ASC for its "tireless shaping of young spirits."

D.C.-Maryland

Alumnae Auction

Raises $3,000

Champagne toasts, birthday cake, purple and white balloons, and treasures for everyone — this

was the setting on September 24 at the Bethesda Women's Club, Bethesda, Md., when the Wash¬ ington, D.C., alumnae club cele¬ brated the Agnes Scott centen¬ nial with a party and silent auc¬ tion to raise funds for the Global Awareness Program.

The event, attended by 60 Washington and Baltimore-area alumnae, families and friends, netted $3,000 and capped a yearlong effort by area alumnae, who spent countless hours planning, telephoning, trans¬ porting, and, on the day itself, decorating, monitoring tables and last, but not least, making purchases.

Auction items, all of which were donated by club members, included crafts, antiques, silver, Appalachian baskets, paintings by sisters of alumnae (all pro¬ fessional artists), homecooked specialty dinners, a horseback tour of historic Manasses Battle¬ field, a cocktail cruise on the Chesapeake Bay, services, lessons, and handmade items such as Christmas ornaments, a baby carriage robe and a decorated doll house.

There was a tableful of ASC items from the College book¬ store, and sales of sweatshirts, book bags and note paper were brisk. Also available were books by area alumnae Carey Cansler Roberts '57 , author of histories and mysteries, and Susan Abemathy McCreary '61, author of four cookbooks.

The party began with witty, affectionate toasts to ASC by graduates representing each decade from the 1920s to the 1980s. Toasting in verse, Elise M. Gibson '29 recalled the roaring twenties at Agnes Scott: "Our dean, Miss Nannette Hopkins, we thought anything but haughty/until she ruled out No, No, Nanette as entirely too naughty." Ruth Bamett Kay '34 gave a glimpse of the '30s and Pauline Ertz Wechsler '45 spoke of values that the College successfully instilled in its students. Priscilla Sheppard Taylor '53 remembered the College's philosophy in the '50s: If you educate a man, you educate a person; if you educate a women, you educate a family.

Doris Poliakoff Feinsilber '63 recalled that the '60s were a wild and crazy time — in California, that is. At Agnes Scott life remained relatively sedate. Sandra Saseen '77 thanked the faculty for their tireless shaping of young spirits and Kathym Helgesen Fuller '82 lauded the College's achievements for her generation.

Fund-raising chair Martha A. Thompson '66 and club presi¬ dent Cretchen Mui '72 spear¬ headed the auction. Committee chairs included Bynny Folk Zygmont '71, food; Elise Gibson, finance; Beth Jewett Brickhouse '81, decorations; and Becky Hendrix '72 and Doris Feinsilber, sales of ASC items.

lyllis Lee Hutchin '43, donated the floral centerpiece, which the club later gave to Martha Hall Young '12, the oldest area alumna who said, "I'm 97 years old, and I still have my mind — I attribute that to Agnes Scott."

Corporate sponsors included the Coca-Cola Company, which donated soft drinks and Delta Airlines, which provided cups and nuts.

The involvement and partici¬ pation of so many area alumnae attested to their continuing loyalty to Agnes Scott and their willingness to aid the College in providing quality programs for students. — Gretchen Smith Mui'72

Editor's note: Beginning with this issue, Vice President for

Development and Public Affairs Bonnie Brown Johnson will write a column to be featured in each issue of Main Events.

What is the Annual Fund? A main source of regular

unrestricted income for the yearly Agnes Scott operating budget, it helps pay for grants and scholarships, faculty salaries, library resources and physical plant maintenance. The College counts on these funds to balance its budget.

Why is regular giving to the Annual Fund important? First, because the College depends on it to pay the bills and

second, because it is a measure to other interested constituencies, such as corporations and foundations, of the commitment of alumnae and friends.

How are contributions to the Centennial Campaign different? Contributions to the Campaign represent gifts over and above

the Annual Fund. The projects funded are either significant

Fund

Facts

By Bonnie Brown Johnson '70

capital projects, such as the renovation of residence halls or the establishment of an endow¬ ment for the chaplaincy, or they are new priorities with start-up costs that can not be funded through the regular annual operating budget.

What does the College need from you this year?

The College is hopeful that individuals will make both an annual fund gift and a Cam¬

paign gift. Annual Fund gifts are generally made from a person's income while Campaign gifts, often pledges made over a three-to- five year period, are made from a person's assets.

When does the Campaign end? The Campaign and the regular fiscal year for the Annual Fund

both end June 30, 1990. Please make your gift or pledge now!

Send questions or inquiries to Bonnie Brown Johnson, Office of Development and Public Affairs, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Georgia 30030.

Spring 1990/Main Events A-l

ALUMNAE EVENTS

Lucia's Turn

"The land we walk belongs to our children for seven generations." I first heard this Native American saying quoted in reference to ecology, but it speaks to the future of our Alumnae Association as well. With each Founder's Day we look at our past and focus anew on the mission and purpose of our college for the future. As an Alumnae Association we do the same thing — appreciate our past and look for ways we can be more relevant to the women who will graduate from Agnes Scott. What legacy will we leave them?

The first alumnae activity took place when a group of newly graduated alumnae returned to campus to help seniors with their graduation exercises. Today that support to new alumnae comes in the form of career networking and support of internships for students interested in career opportunities. What form will our support of new graduates take in the next century? How can we strengthen or adapt our current club structure to help new alumnae move into a support system of alumnae friends as they leave Agnes Scott's "sheltering arms" and move to new places around the globe ?

As women's lives are affected by the ever-changing demands of our world, our Alumnae Associa¬ tion will be seeking new ways to challenge and involve our mem¬ bers. During our spring planning retreat, the Alumnae Board of Directors will wrestle with issues of future planning for Agnes Scott Alumnae Association's second hundred years.

Over the next year we will explore new ideas with groups in various areas of the country. Our alumnae are involved in planning for their homes, schools, religious organizations, communities and businesses; there will be many wonderful ideas to share. We invite your input through corre¬ spondence if you cannot talk with us in person!

Share your vision with the Alumnae Association so that seven generations from now our alumnae will still have this beau¬ tiful land to walk.

Lucia Howard Sizemore '65 Director of Alumnae Affairs

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Please send all news to the Alumntie Office.

A note from Elizabeth Henry Shands to the class of '24 is printed below.

I deeply regret Nonie Peck Booth's decision to relinquish her job as secretary of the class, a position she has filled diligently, especially since the office was thrust upon her. I should be very happy if someone in the Atlanta- Decatur area would assume responsibility for the place — someone who can keep more closely in touch with the college than can those of us far away. Just write me if you can volunteer! In the meantime, if you have news to share, send me the word and I shall try to pass it on.

My sad news now is the death on March 27, 1989, of Augusta Thomas Lanier who for the last few years has suffered and endured bravely the breaks and other problems of "the golden years."

Best wishes to all of you.

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SECRETARY Mary Ben Wright Erwin (Mrs. George) 28 Dartmouth Avenue Avondale Estates, GA 30002

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SECRETARY Ellen Fain Bowen (Mrs. K.A.) Box 1444 Mimosa Lane Try on, NC 28782

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SECRETARY Lillian Clement Adams (Mrs. W. Lloyd) 163 Basse tt Avenue Lexington, KY 40502

In November, Maurine Bledsoe Bramlett had just returned from a family reunion on Saint Simons Island, Ga. Twenty-two of her family were together, the only one who was not there was the youngest grandson, age 25, who is a Peace Corps volunteer in Honduras. There had been six weddings since the last reunion, so four generations had the opportunity to know each other and enjoy a variety of activities. Maurine wrote, "Being a matri¬ arch affords observation time, both learning about and loving such a diverse group." Maurine lives in Lakewood Manor in Richmond, Va., and two other Agnes Scott people are now living there, too. Lila Norfleet Davis '32, a first cousin of Lib Norfleet Miller, and Lila's sister-in-law,

Mary Winston Norfleet '40. "Knowing them enriches my life, as we visit together about Lib, Montreal, Agnes Scott, and North Carolina. I believe Agnes Scott was on the list of many of us this year at Thanksgiving time."

Lib Norfleet Miller reported that she has two great-grandchil¬ dren and hopes to have a third by February. "I would love to know how many great-grandchildren there are in our class."

Elizabeth Lynn and her sister live at their Montreat cottage from about May 1 until November 1, then move five miles to their apartment at Highland Farms Retirement Center. "We spend a good part of our time looking for something or other that we have left at the other residence. We keep the same telephone number all year and intend to get most of our mail in our Montreat box for which we have to pay year round." She has recently completed terms of office in two organizations and plans to build a barricade like The Wall to keep from taking on any more large assignments. She does have one project for the Montreat Library which will go on: gather¬ ing information about the Montreat Heritage Houses (built prior to 1914). It is interesting work, but checking on ownership and property titles makes her a frequent visitor at the Buncombe County Court House. They had the usual summer open house for family and friends, and they love the winter months when they do little cooking and much eating. "Life is still rosy and holds challenges of sorts."

Elizabeth Sanders wrote from Sacramento, Calif.,"! wonder if the 'Sanders girls' are not unique at this time — all three still around." Margaret, now Mrs. R. Bruce Brannon '20, lives in Corpus Christi, Texas, near four of her children, 11 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Her other daughter lives in southern California. Margaret celebrated her 90th birthday on October 13 and says, "My doctor says my health is fine, and 90 does not feel any different from 89."

Ruth Sanders '23, at 86, is not in good health. She is in a rest home not far from Elizabeth in Sacramento, suffering from blindness and multiple life- threatening problems. At 83, Elizabeth looks back on a unique life. She started teaching French and Latin in Rabun Gap Na- coochee School, became ill and spent much of two years in and out of hospitals. In 1930, she found herself stranded in Asheville, N.C. In order to eat and have a place to sleep, she took a job as bedside teacher of psychiatric patients and later took a nursing course. She taught at her own hospital, took most of the work for a master of nursing, changed to psychology and got her MA at William and Mary and taught in the Duke University School of Nursing. She married in 1941, and after the end of World War II moved 15 times, finally landing in Sacramento where they bought their first real house. She was divorced, but she has kept her house, and especially her garden. The garden has been her refuge.

With over 400 rose bushes, gardenias, camellias, azaleas, rhododendrons, fruit trees, including four kinds of citrus, and even a mountain laurel, she has been a garden addict with a sprinkling of community activi¬ ties. In 1968, she and her sister Ruth bought acreage of practically virgin timber at 4,250 feet in the Sierra Nevada Mountains where they built a lovely cottage a quarter of a mile from the country road, which fulfills the require¬ ments of their ancestor Daniel Boone: "It is too far from other cottages to see the smoke from their chimneys." The cottage is on top of a ridge above the south and north forks of the American River with the county road ending in a wilderness area west of Lake Tahoe. Elizabeth lives alone now with a Siberian Husky and a Cairn Terrier. She has had to give up most of her hiking and camping, though when she is up in the mountains, she and the dogs cover as much of the beautiful countryside as possible. She concluded her letter with the sentence, "I often think of Agnes Scott and am thrilled at its progress, just wishing I were near enough to visit in spite of over 60 years of absence, and I hope it may continue in its great work."

Miriam Preston St. Clair and Ken have had a medical year. Miriam was bitterly disappointed to miss the Centennial Celebra¬ tion in April, but she had a hip replacement in late March. It works fine now! Then Ken had three hospital stays during the summer. He is also fine now, but those events took a big bite out of their year. They are enjoying their grandsons when they can see them. The younger, Eric, is in kindergarten in North Carolina, and 6 year-old Michael is in Overland Park, Kan. He has just been admitted to the enhance¬ ment class in his school. They did get to Montreat late in the season and saw Shannon Preston Gum¬ ming '30 and members of her fam¬ ily there and visited with Florence Preston Bockhorst '34 when they were coming and going.

Katherine Houston Sheild wrote, "Having both a husband and a grandson as news agents for their VMI classes, I know how hard Lillian has to work. My sincere congratulations to her and best personal wishes, too." She sends a word of advice to fellow Agnes Scotters: Do not put off retirement by saying, "I'm not ready for that yet." Go while you are young enough to enjoy it. Six years ago she and George bought an apartment in a Presbyterian retirement community in beauti¬ ful Shenandoah Valley near Harrisonburg, Va. They love it, and they are looking forward to their 58th wedding anniversary in January!

Venie (Vee) Grant Jones has recently moved into a small apartment and is happily situated near old friends. She had lived with her son and his family, but they are moving out in the country. Their two children, ages 7 and 13, are busy with 4-H and other activities. Vee and Louise Lovejoy Jackson manage to get a week or two together at Vee's

cabin on Lake Burton. Vee often stops with Louise in Bamesville, Ga., on her way to the mountains from Florida. They both read a lot, do crossword puzzles, and like to hit all the good eating places. Vee has retired from most of the strenuous activities and now enjoys life with friends, family, and church.

Mary Elizabeth Heath Phillips wrote that her family was generously blessed last year with new life. At the beginning of 1989 she had two great-grand- children and in December she had five! There are three boys and two girls. In addition, she has a new grandson. Her son and his wife flew to Santiago, Chile, and adopted a baby boy, three months old, under the auspices of the Lutheran Family Services. Her grandson, the Rev. John H. Bell, is a frequent visitor of Lenora Gray McFall '18, who has been very ill in a nursing home at Clarksdale, Miss. Mary Elizabeth wrote, "In the publication Main Events, President Schmidt stated she wished to emphasize in the curriculum physical activity, reviving a tradition of the past. In my days at Agnes Scott if we did not have a scheduled gym class, we were required to take daily walks. At 84 I am still taking daily walks and attribute my active longevity in part to the ! physical training 1 received at Agnes Scott." ,

Lillian Clement Adams is recovering from five broken bones within a six-month period. She , hopes to discard her walker soon. 1

Lillian learned from Martha Johnston Jones' niece that Martha's daughter Peggy Wilson Are '57, a recently ordained Presbyterian minister, had suffered a stroke, and that Martha had gone to be with her in Greenville, S.C. Martha has since returned home. Lillian and Lloyd's son Gilbert is bringing the Koln Kantorei, with whom he has sung bass for several years, to the United States in April. They will sing at the Washington Cathedral on Easter Sunday.

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SECRETARY Carolyn Essig Frederick (Mrs. Holmes) 326 Chick Springs Road Greenville, SC 29609

ECHOES from the last issue: "How wonderful to read news of so many classmates! Some sad news, some not-so-sad, and some great news of people continuing to live their lives — getting married even! How proud I am of the Class of'28!" .. . "We aren't such a bad class after all! I should have had more faith in my dear friends!" .. . "Do let's keep in touch through the alumnae publication."

Mary Mackey Hough Clark was surprised to read of a strange lifestyle attributed to her. A paragraph was dropped in the printing process and a second name eliminated. Herewith is the correction of the Fall issue: Mary

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Mackey Hough Clark is enjoying the "golden years" in Sharon Towers, a Charlotte retirement home. She reports being white- headed, but still passes a fine physique and had, at least, "part of her buttons!" Her chief claim to fame: two fine sons, one a Rhodes Scholar and cum laude graduate of Harvard Medical School.

Virginia May Love chose a retirement village on the edge of Burlington, N.C. She enjoys keeping house in a small villa, driving to Greensboro for music, fine arts, and theater. EPISODE II: Centennial Year

Edna Volberg Johnson has i had three years of pleasure

following the progress of her granddaughter Beth Tanksley '90 at Agnes Scott. The recent visit of a Cambodian family brought memories of the 1960-62 years that Edna and Glenn spent in that country working with the College of Agriculture in Phnom Penh. Glenn coordinated the contract that brought 21 students to the University of Georgia. Having graduated, they returned to their country as teachers and administrators. A number escaped the holocaust, some reaching safety in the U. S. and Canada, including Ou Thouck, their special friend. Ordered to leave their home, Thouck, his wife, 3- year-old daughter, mother and father-in-law walked south for many days,, harassed by Khmer Rouge. At one point they were all blindfolded for execution, escaping death because a commu¬ nist, recognizing Ou Thouck, vouched for their not being subversive. At the border, they had to deal with the Viet Cong. It took three years to obtain visas for

j France. Finally in America, j Thouck drove a cab until he j landed a job with the Voice of ; America. He and his family and

the Johnsons remain close. From the Convalescent Center

of the Palm Beaches came a most uplifting response from Betty Fuller Veltre. Arranging her

I schedule of rest to outwit rheuma- I toid arthritis, she has achieved

great success as an artist, winning first place three times in the national art competition spon¬ sored annually by the Hillhaven Corporation, which attracted over 600 entries. Winning paintings are reproduced in a book, which adds a timeliness to the honor. Betty has held four successful art shows and has been the subject of

! news and television interviews, all ! of which, she adds, "make me very

happy." Alma Metcalfe Kneeland and

her husband, Ivan, have shared in : some form of communal living for | 40 years. Members of the Hut-

terian Brethren, they live in com- ! plete brotherhood and commu- i nity of goods in Deer Spring, I Conn., as described in Acts 2 and ! 4- She notes the group was estab¬

lished in 1528, four hundred years before our graduation date, and further: "We have found the community a demanding way of life, but one that fulfills our

I longing for Christian Brother- 1 hood as nothing else we have

known. We would welcome a visit from any of you who would

like to taste that Brotherly life. To you 1 send Greetings of Love."

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SECRETARY Mary Alice Juhan (Miss) 247 Clayton Street, NE Lawrenceville, GA 30245

Violet Weeks Miller is a board member of Arkansas College. She attended the inauguration for its new president, John Griffith, on October 24, 1989. She carried the Agnes Scott colors in the procession. Before becoming a vice president of our college, Dr. Paul McCain was president of this institution. So Dr. McCain and his wife, Dorothy, also were at this ceremony. Violet later went to Claremont, Calif., to a Bible lecture series. Her daughter is a student at the theological semi¬ nary there. Naturally, mother and daughter spent quality time to¬ gether. Augusta Roberts lives in the Y.W.C.A.'s retirement home at Claremont, so Augusta and Violet managed a lunch meeting.

Katherine Lott Tillinghast's daughter is presently studying library science, and her son is at a theological seminary. Ethel Freeland Darden went to a church meeting in Pittsburgh, Penn., this fall. Mary Alice Juhan attended an inspirational semi¬ annual board meeting of the Lord's Day Alliance of the U.S. in Grand Rapids Mich., in October. . . . Eleanor Lee Norris Mackin- non and Sarah Frances Anderson Ramsay had pleasant Thanksgiv¬ ing holidays with members of their families. Eleanor Lee was with her two sons and grandson in Kentucky. Sarah Frances got patted on the head by "Brer Bear" at Disneyland. Her daughter Harriet Standifer arranged the trip for Sarah Frances' three grandchildren, a great-grandson, and two in-laws.

Helen Ridley Hartley had a mastectomy last spring. ... Mary Warren Read's husband was not well at the time of our reunion. She would have been with us otherwise.... Ella Mae Hollingsworth Wilkerson's husband died over a year ago. She is grateful that she can still live in her home in Atlanta. . . . Mary Ficklen Barnett lost her husband, Marion, in August. Even though Marion was 97 years old, his mind was still keen.

Virginia Cameron Taylor was a quiet, caring person in college. Her passing on November 29 has saddened us.. .. Marion Hodges Anthony died October 7 within a few hours after she had her first heart attack. Faithfully she had attended our reunions, and she seemed especially cheerful at our last one.

Do you happen to remember November 22, 1928? The college was holding a Development Campaign in order to build Buttrick Administration Building. The student and faculty quota was $75 thousand. On this day the pledges reached 100% and went $3,000 over the top. Not only did we get a holiday, the entire school

and plant employees gathered in the quadrangle for a picture. The photograph is three feet long. Since the college did not have a copy of it, Mary Alice Juhan sent them hers. She identified 53 persons in the group. The college presently has a full-time archivist, Lee Sayrs. Lee was proud to add the photo to the collection.

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SECRETARY Sfiannon Preston Cumming (Mrs. D.J.) 520 Ponce de Leon Place Decatur, GA 30030

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SECRETARY Jean Grey Morgan (Mrs, Akc C.) 3727 Peachtree Road Apt. 603 Atlanta, GA 30319

Sara Lou Bullock lives in Decatur, but she manages to travel around the country. She had a trip to California and more recently a trip to Florida where she met Ruth Etheredge Griffin and her husband, Lloyd. Ruth arid Lloyd live in Idabel, Okla., but Sara Lou sees them not infre¬ quently. Ruth's sister Helen Etheredge Griffin '33 was also there in Florida. ... "Jenny Shug" (Jeannette) Shaw Harp lives in a retirement home and "loves living" there. She lost her husband, A. E. Harp, in June 1989, and we send her our sym¬ pathy. Elizabeth Shaw McClam- rock '25 also lives there. "Jenny Shug" has a 3-year-old grandson and claims to be the oldest grand¬ mother of such a young child.

Kay Morrow Norem was in town in the fall visiting a cousin. Julia Thompson Smith got us together for a visit and we caught up on our current lives. Kay lives in Mansfield, Ohio, and is very active in her church and civic organizations.. . . Cornelia Taylor Stubbs, Alice Glenn Lowry '29 and Cornelia's daughter Kathy Stubbs '67 were the belles of the ball at the tea dance celebrating Agnes Scott's 100th anniversary! How about that? During the festivities an an¬ nouncement was made that "Agnes Scott celebrates her 100th birthday and Cornelia Taylor Stubbs is celebrating her 80th." The next morning they also went back to the College to help "toll the bell" 100 times as part of the celebration. Cornelia, we are proud of our '31 celebrant.

Shirley McPhaul Whitfield and Randy might get the prize for our most travelled classmates. Besides their many trips to Kenya to visit son Dr. Randolph Whitfield and family, they visited Norway in the fall on a mail boat from Bergen. On their way there they saw their 13-year-old grandson who is in boarding school in England. . . . Knoxie Roberts Williams still has her

dancing get-together annually at the Cloister at Sea Island, Ga. She says "dancing creates a bond between people like nothing else can." Knoxie takes charge of some 400 dance lovers, continuing a tradition each winter that began 15 years ago with just ten couples. The event draws couples from nine states. Congratulations, Knoxie!

Margaret Weeks had a cruise via the Royal Viking along the Alaskan coast. She writes that she likes a cruise as she can unpack and relax, meeting a lot of inte¬ resting people, and going ashore for sightseeing trips. She enjoys the Presbyterian Women and is publicity chairman for the meet¬ ings. She has an enclosed swim¬ ming pool behind her house and swims four or five times a week — helps her arthritis, she says.

I have just found out that our president, "Baby" (Martha North Watson Smith), has been ill and that she died on November 22, 1989. The funeral was in Opelika, Ala., on November 24- We send our love and sympathy to her family.... As for Jean Grey Morgan and Alec: we are still pleased with our decision to move to Lenbrook Square three years ago. When I broke my leg/hip, it would have been bad had we still been in our big house.

It seems that "everyone" enjoys reading about our class members, so send us something about you!

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SECRETARY Louise McDaniel Musser (Mrs. Raymond E.) 1051 Old Country Club Road Apt. #4 Roanoke, VA 24017

September every year provides an opportunity for class officers to gather at the College for their annual Leadership Conference. Two of the officers of the class of '32 shared in this experience — Louise Stakely, president, and Virginia Allen Woods, vice president and fund chair. They attended several events such as the convocation on Friday morning. On Saturday, senior investiture was a ceremony of dignity and recognition, as usual. Friday evening featured Ellen Goodman, syndicated columnist of The Boston Globe speaking on "Can We Have It All?" At noon on Saturday, the alumnae leadership luncheon was held followed by President Ruth Schmidt's address on "After the Celebration: What's Ahead for Agnes Scott?" as a follow-up to the Centennial Celebration. Saturday afternoon was devoted to workshops for alumnae leaders, class officers, and others. An informal supper followed the wrap-up session for alumnae leaders exploring the topic, "Leadership in a New Century," by Wardie Abemethy Martin '59, president of the Alumnae Association. We are grateful to our class leaders for representing us at this significant event.

Guidelines

To Submit

Class News

The next class news deadline is April 2. News received after that date will be published in the Octo¬ ber 1990 issue.

Please continue to send your class news, notices of births and of deaths to the Alumnae Office. To assure you that your news has been received, the Alum¬ nae Office will send you a postcard acknowledging receipt of your news.

Please include the alumna's maiden (birth) name and class. Please verify spellings. All news and letters need to be typed or written clearly. If you or your classmate has an unusual spelling of a name, please call that to our attention.

In sending a birth an¬ nouncement, please in¬ clude the husband's name, even if the alumna does not use it in her mailing address. Also include the baby's name and birthday.

Please report weddings and other planned events only after the fact.

Agnes Scott has nearly 10,000 living alumnae. We want to keep in touch with all of you and keep you in touch with each other. Class news is printed with only minor editing, so be selective. Let us hear from you regularly.

Contact your class secre¬ tary today with your news.

ALUMNAE OFFICE

INFORMATION

Phone Number 404/371-6323

STAFF:

• Kay Gehman, coordina¬ tor of alumnae services

• Lucia Howard Sizemore '65,- director of alumnae affairs

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LaMyra Kane Swanson spends , much of the summer at High- : lands, N.C. This year she was

there from June 16 to September 14- She shares this unique

| summer residence with several | Agnes Scott friends from time to | time... . Betty Bonham, Sister i Hilda, IHM, has now retired from | responsibilities in her order but

still resides in her community, in ! Ann Arbor, Mich. She stays busy ! with hospice volunteer work, , editing M.A. theses, and teaching

a course at Washtenan County Community College on basic English. This summer Eleanor Bonham Decks '30 took her on a

i tour of Ireland in late May. They covered from the top tip of

I Donegal to Cork in the south — with sunshine the whole two

I weeks! She named Killamey as I her prize experience! She wishes I she could hear from more of you | through this column.

Jane Priscilla Reed Stock, Interlachen, Fla., repiorted that they stayed in and tried to keep

| cool all summer but ventured out | to visit their chaplain son, Col. ! Joe E. Stock, for Thanksgiving. : He has just had a change of I station to Ft. Lee, Va. En route

through Georgia, they visited with their son Jim. A Christmas present arrived as her son John's

I oldest daughter had her first baby. ! During times at home they garden

and manage to be involved in Lions Club, Tourist Club,

I Historical Society and church. "We never have a dull moment!"

! she concluded. Anne Hopkins Ayers of

I Staunton, Va., is thoughtful to I share her many interests with us. j First, she expresses gratitude for I good health and sufficient energy

to maintain her home and visit family, friends and new places. Alaska was the destination of her family members as they explored the incredible scenery of the interior and the contrasting tem-

j neratures ranging from 92 to well i below 32 degrees with howling I winds blowing off icebergs. A j leisure trip through the islands I and fiords of the inland passage

on a pleasant cruise made her decide this was the most varied and exciting trip she had ever

j taken! The celebration at j Christmas for her family at her

home was the climax of her year. Lila Ross Norfleet Davis,

Richmond, Va., is thoughtful to share with us at these "visits." She

; and Bob are happily settled in 1 Lakewood Manor Retirement

Community, and he still keeps busy in the archives guarding records for the seminary. She stays very busy with family correspon¬ dence. They went to South Carolina last summer to help celebrate Bib's sister's 83rd birthday. They visited their daughter and her family as they drove to South Carolina. She tells us about Martha Logan Henderson's experience — she was in San Francisco when Hugo hit South Carolina and destroyed some trees but was back in South Carolina when the earthquake leveled San Francisco. Lila Ross describes the gtxxl visits she and Maurine Bledsoe Bramlett '27 share since they live in the same retirement community.

1 am thankful for the opportu¬ nities 1 have to teach and travel. I've just returned from an 18-day flight on U.S.Air to visit Cleve¬ land, Akron, Bloomington Ind., West Palm Beach, and Memphis. Now I have my oldest grand¬ daughter scheduled to be married December 30. She and her fiance are both doctoral candidates in business at Stanford — probably headed toward university teaching. Isn't life exciting? Every day counts!

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SECRETARY Mary Louise Robinson Black (Mrs. M. L.) P.O. Box 414 Plant City, FL 33564

Bobby Kilpatrick Stubblebine has begun her year as vice president and program chair of Decatur Agnes Scott Club, which met on September 28 with Dr. Schmidt speaking at the lunch¬ eon meeting. All speakers during the year are on the Agnes Scott faculty except Tish Rockmore Nash who will give a book review in January. Bobby sent a news article about Jo Clark Fleming's son, Colonel Thomas O. Fleming Jr., who was recently named Chief of the Security Assistance and Arms Transfer Division, Organi¬ zation of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Plans and Policy Directorate in Washington, D.C. Sarah Cooper Freyer had sent the article to her. Bobby and Sarah predict he will be a general one day. Bobby and Marlyn Tate Lester attended the Alumnae Leadership Conference in September.

Lucile Heath McDonald retired from teaching a number of years ago, but she has been working in the office of the Apopka Middle School for half days during the school year for six years. She tries to practice organ at her church an hour or so each day during the week so she will be ready for three services on Sunday. She plays bridge occa¬ sionally with Virginia Fisher Seifert '34- Last spring Lucile visited both her daughters in Atlanta and attended the reunion with Tish, Marlyn, Bobby and Polly Jones Jackson. Lucile sent news of Laura Spivey Massie who now lives in California near her son and daughter. "Spivey" is becoming quite a gardener and is enjoying her year-round flowers. She had a new experience with the earthquake. Her family was fine, but she had "butterflies in her stomach" following each after-shock! About twice a year Lucile hears from "Charlie" Alexander Parker. Ben, Charlie's husband, had a long illness in '88 but is doing well now, and so is Charlie.

Bernice Beaty Cole and her husband moved to Florida two years ago from New York. They have no children but enjoy their many nieces and nephews. Bernice has had severe eye problems that began about three years ago, macular degeneration, the dry kind, and,cannot see to.

read or write. Her husband helps her with cooking, and they both take great interest in helping the Latin people in their area... . Katherine DeHart Larkin had been on a "lost" list for sometime, but when I received my corrected address list for '33 alumnae, 1 found she lived in Florida — so I called her and we had a good telephone visit. Her husband is deceased, but she has a son in California (who was not in the earthquake) and a daughter and one grandchild in Nan tucket, Mass. Katherine was from Anniston, Ala., and knew my roommate of three years, lona Cater '34. It was great to talk with her after such a long time. She and a friend live together. She hears from Alma Earle Ivey Rose who still lives in West Point, Miss.

Marlyn Tate Lester and Charlie, with her sister-in-law Margaret Tate of Banner Elk, N.C., flew to New York in December to hear Brenda Boozer, their niece, sing at the Metropoli¬ tan Opera. Brenda is the daughter of Ruth Tate Boozer '39.... In October Mary Lou Black and her daughter Mary Davis of Tus- caloosa, Ala., drove to New England to visit Mary's son (Mary Lou's grandson), a student at Connecticut College. It was the peak weekend for the fall foliage, and we had a glorious time. We had planned to go by Kingsport, Tenn., on our way home to see Rosalind Ware Blackard, but it was raining, dark and cold and 6:00 p.m. dinner time! I called Ros when I was back home, and we had a lengthy telephone visit. She said Ernest was recovering from more surgery and feeling better. Next time I'm near her we hope to get together.

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SECRETARY Ruth Shippey Austin (Mrs. John S.) 4817 King's Down Road Dunwoody, G A 30338

In August Eleanor Knox Wil¬ liams entertained the Fourth Monday Luncheon group at a delightful meal at her home in Charter Square in Decatur. Kathryn Maness Nelson, Elaine Heckle Carmichael, Bella Wilson Lewis, Martha England Gunn, Rosa Shuey Day, Carolyn Russell Nelson, Louise McCain Boyce, and Mary Sloan Laird all agreed that Eleanor's home, hospitality and food were superb. In September Rudene Taffar Young brought her visitor from California to have luncheon with the Fourth Monday group, and Martha England Gunn invited us to her lovely summer home at Big Canoe for the October meeting.

The day for the Fourth Monday luncheon at Big Canoe was sunny and crisp. Alter assmbling the food in Martha's up-to-the-minute kitchen, Martha's husband, Leonard, took several of us on a stroll through {heir domain, woods brilliant with fall color and over a sparkling

stream. We returned to a veritable feast of delicious provender. Martha and Leonard's home is unusually interesting, built on the side of a hill and including rooms on three levels. (They had given us the grand tour before our walk in the woods.) Having Lucia Howard Sizemore '65, Nelle Chamlee Howard's daughter, join us was a treat. Another member of our class, who has a summer home at Big Canoe, Josephine Morton Fricke, joined us too. She regaled us with stories of her talented grandson who has been making commercials which have been showing on television. The others who enjoyed Martha and Leonard's hospitality were Rosa Shuey Day, Elaine Heckle Carmichael, Carolyn Russell Nelson, coming from Winder, Louise McCain Boyce, coming from Athens, Rudene Taffar Young and her sister Jura Taffar Cole '32, Eleanor Williams Knox, and Ruth Shippey Austin. After our marvelous meal, we all sat in a circle in Martha's comfortable living room and enjoyed solving problem answer sheets Leonard thought would prove challenging to us Agnes Scott women. On our way out of the picturesque Big Canoe forest, Martha and Leonard guided our group to the golf course and club house, tennis courts, and to the splendid chapel where worship services are held every Sunday and where many brides choose to have their weddings. The entire day was a truly satisfying experience. Thanks again, Martha and Leonard, for a beautiful, memory- filled October happening.

Kathryn Maness Nelson was not at the Big Canoe celebration because her son Bob Nelson and his wife, Carolyn, had come down from Washington, D.C., for a visit at Kathryn's and Margaret Maness Mixon's ('32) new home in Union City, Ga. Bob and Carolyn showered Kathryn and Margaret with all kinds of house-warming gifts. While the visitors were here, they all enjoyed a beautiful day at Callaway Gardens, where it was warm enough to eat on the porch of the Veranda, overlooking the golf course and the lake. On their tour of the chapel, the sun shining through the stained glass windows was breath-taking. In the Day Butterfly Center, the butterflies were active, colorful and interest¬ ing. Workers outside were busily planting thousands of bulbs for spring loveliness. Kathryn and Margaret spent a weekend, after Hugo, with their sister Elizabeth and her husband in the St. Simons club area. The wind was gusty and there was plenty of rain, but fortunately, there was no damage to their sister's home.

Mary Sloan Laird reports that Emory's Senior University celebrated its 10th anniversary in September. "Sam and I were asked ten years ago," Mary said, "to begin an adult education daytime school for retirees as a part of and under the aegis of Emory University. We are excited to realize it has grown to 250 participants! Agnes Scott women will appreciate the fact that Dr. Margaret Pepperdene is one of our professors." Sam and Mary have

been made coordinators for planning curriculum offerings, trips, meeting places for classes, and an unbelievable variety of other responsibilities. The Senior University traveled on a four-day leaf tour in October.

Word from Louise McCain Boyce informs us as follows: "All the Boyce clan — three children and five grandchildren met at Thanksgiving in Princeton, N.J., for our annual visit. We stayed at an old coach house, so no one of us had to cook or make up beds. We had time to visit and talk. This year, a four-inch snow made a different picture for us. The National Recording for the Blind headquarters is there and I can check up on things in that category." (As you may have remembered, the write-up about Louise in the fall mentioned that one of Louise's many volunteer activities was training volunteers for Recording for the Blind.) Louise continues, "By visiting at Thanksgiving, we can exchange Christmas gifts then and all be at home for Christmas."

For Thanksgiving, Elaine Heckle Carmichael flew to New York to spend a few days with her son John, who lives at "Craigm- ore," 80 miles from the City, in the old George Ennis estate. John and Elaine then drove to Virginia to pick up Elaine's daughter, Julie Carmichael Curtis, and her husband, Rocky, to go on to the home of Elaine's son Paul and his family in Fayetteville, N.C. . . . Ruth Shippey Austin's sister Dorothy Anderson visited her from Falls Church, Va., to spend Thanksgiving and stay on to enjoy a performance of the Emory Glee Club's Christmas Carol service on December 1. While here, Dorothy enjoyed the Fourth Monday Luncheon with Mary Sloan Laird, Rudene Taffar Young, Martha England Gunn, Louise McCain Boyce, Kathryn Maness Nelson, Margaret Maness Mixon '32, Rosa Shuey Day, Bella Wilson Lewis, and Elizabeth Thompson Johnson. Elizabeth and her husband, Leonard, happened to be in Georgia to meet a new great-grandson, Scott Gunter Dalton, bom in Athens, Ga., on October 24, 1989. Elizabeth had pictures of the new great-grandson and of his sister. Martha England Gunn and Elizabeth were seated side by side at the luncheon and were recalling an incident that occurred at Bella Wilson Lewis' home during our 55th reunion in April. Martha's husband, Leonard Gunn, was intnxiuced to Elizabeth's husband, Leonard Johnson. Naturally they remarked the coincidence of their first names, but then were amazed to leam that they had the same birthdates, month, day, and year. And what further added to everyone's amazement, it devel¬ oped that they were both bom in the same town, Madison, Ga.! It was delightful catching up on all Elizabeth's news, and it was a real surprise she could be with us that day.

Nelle Chamlee Howard was unable to he with us for the luncheon because she was recuperating from a total knee

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replacement. From all reports, the operation was a total success! She was up and walking on it very soon and is at home, increasing her activities more and more, which is such a blessing! . . . Rosa Shuey Day says she had a wonder¬ ful Thanksgiving because her son, who lives in Texas, was able to be here for a few days. Rosa has been to visit him and his family several times, but it was the first time in four years he had been here to visit her!

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SECRETARY Katherine Hertzka (Miss) 1184 Beech Valley Road, NE Atlanta, GA 30306

[ Mary Summer Langhorne died October 18, 1989, in Newington, Conn., after a long illness. Our love and sympathy go to all of her family. We extend sympathy also

| to members of our class who have ! sustained losses recently: Eva ! Poliakoff Goodman whose broth- ! er, Dr. Sam Poliakoff of Atlanta,

died July 2; Fidesah Edwards Alexander whose husband, Walter, died August 3; Laura Stevens Chadwick whose hus¬ band, Bill, died September 25; and to Martha Allen Barnes and Jarvis whose daughter, Martha Elizabeth Correll, died October 18.

While such news as this saddens us all, we appreciate the friends who keep us informed

about our classmates' sorrows as well as their joys, especially when the individual affected might not get the information to us for some time. A special "thank you" to Mary Lillian Deason who answered my request for news by sending the information about Fidesah's and Laura's losses. On a happier note, Mary Lillian writes that she has no special news of her own, but she is expecting to attend our 55th reunion.

Nina Parke Hopkins, as you know from her interesting, informative annual letter, was at Agnes Scott for the Leadership Conference in September. Betty Lou Houck Smith was hostess at a luncheon for Nina and all of the class officers and committee chairmen of the 50th reunion who were available. We were all delighted when Elizabeth (Lib) Heaton Mullino agreed to be reunion chair for our 55th reunion. From the same letter you also know of N ina's travels this fall. Lib Mullino and her daughter Mary Elizabeth went on a Tauck Tour in September to view the leaves in New England. While she found the scenery breathtak- ingly beautiful, Lib reported that the highlight of the trip for her was the opportunity of being with her daughter for the longest time they had had alone together in years. In October, Lib went to New York on a theater tour with a friend from Houston. They had a delightful time there. On November 20, Lib had surgery for diverticulitis, but we are happy to report that she is recovering well.

Mary Virginia Allen writes, "An autumn week in Charleston,

Summerville, and Edisto Island, S.C., opened my eyes to the devastation wrought by 'Hugo.' My cousins were blessed that they and their homes were spared, although many trees were lost." Mary Virginia stays busy with work for the Decatur Presbyterian Church, the Columbia Theologi¬ cal Seminary, and the DeKalb Humane Society — all non- salaried, interesting jobs — which help to keep her young... . Caroline Long Sanford has written, "Today, November 16, is the first one since 'Hugo' that I have been free of much needed workmen. The poor house is almost restored — new roof, ceilings and floors inside, screens and paint outside. It looks pretty good, but the yard will always look different with my sea oats and dunes gone." The Sanfords are grateful that they suffered far less than those nearer the eye of the storm — wind and water damage, but no flood. They are thankful, too, for the love and concern shown them by family and friends.

Marian Calhoun Murray's big news is the birth if their fourth great-grandchild, John Girardeau Murray V! She and J. G. now have two great-grandsons and two great-granddaughters, all under the age of three. . . . Carol Griffin Scoville and Orlin flew to Seattle last summer to visit their daughter Martha and her family who had just moved to an earth house. They all mini-vacationed at Lake Quinalt and walked the trails of the Rain Forest. November found them flying to Colorado to visit a sister and for Orlin to do some

research on some writing he is doing. The week passed quickly for them with interviews and visits to friends in Boulder, Ft. Collins, and Greely. Now back home, they are giving time and thoughtful consideration to their contemplated move to a retire¬ ment home and to finding an apartment into which they can fit the possessions they'll retain.

Vella Marie Behm Cowan had her friends and classmates, Marie Simpson Rutland, Nell Patillo Kendall and Elizabeth Thrasher Baldwin at her home this fall for lunch and a "good day's visit." These four enjoy a very close friendship which goes back to their grammar school days in Decatur. In September, Vella went to the Leadership Conference with N ina Parke Hopkins and enjoyed the various Centennial affairs.

Dorothea Blackshear Brady and Frank had a good visit with Carolyn Cole Gregory and Bruce when both couples were in Tampa in June attending the fiftieth wedding anniversary celebration of mutual friends. In July, they enjoyed having their daughter, her husband and their two grandchildren with them at Gulf Shores, Ala. Over Labor Day, Frank and Dorothea participated in a five day "mini" Blackshear Family Reunion, with her sister Elizabeth Blackshear Flinn '38 and her husband, and the two Blackshear brothers and their wives. Dorothea and Frank left Birmingham on November 29 to "re-do" their honeymoon, visiting Miami, Key West and points in between in celebration

of their 50th wedding anniver¬ sary. . . . Clara Morrison Backer and Labon attended a Morrison family reunion at The Woodlands in Houston in November. Her sister Margaret Morrison Blum- berg '38 and husband, Max, also enjoyed the reunion and espe¬ cially being with the Backers.

In June, Anne Scott Harman Mauldin and John went to 1

Springfield, Mo., to a meeting of [ the Callaway Family Association. There was a one week family vacation at Fripp Island, S.C., in { July, followed by a second week there with fishing buddies. Her account of her travels continues, j "In October we had a wonderful trip to Pennsylvania. We joined other members of the Scott family and a delegation from ASC — Lucia Sizemore '65, Ruth Schmidt, and three members of the alumnae board to attend the dedication of a plaque being j placed on the grave of Agnes Scott in Alexandria, Penn. One of the highlights was meeting with Jean Harshbarger, a descen¬ dant of Agnes Scott through a brother of George Washington Scott. On the way home ... we drove to Charlottesville to visit a friend. The next morning we had the good fortune to have break¬ fast with Ellen and Marvin Perry at the Boar's Head Inn. They took us to the University, where we had a guided tour, including the Rotunda and Colonnade." The Mauldins spent Thanksgiv¬ ing with their son Tyler, his wife, Jeannie, and grandson Randall.

Betty Lou Houck Smith spent a week in J une in the Cayman Islands and found to her disap-

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pointment that there were NO SHELLS! But she found the food delicious and had fun being with daughter No. 3 and her husband. Her No. 1 grandson, Joseph E. Brown III, was married on November 18, with the reception at her son Andrew's home in Atlanta. Betty Lou spent Thanks¬ giving at Andrew's and Christmas in Chattanooga with No. 3 daughter, Sharon.

July 1989 found Tom and Elizabeth Young Hubbard, along with 20 other Square and Round Dancers in Nice, France, where they had been invited to dance at the International Folk Dance Festival. There were 16 nations in the dancing programs and several marching bands. The group from metro Atlanta and a group of young doggers from Utah were the only Americans. Most of the groups were professionals, and, according to Lib's description, were beautiful in their native costumes. She also thought that the Americans looked good in their red, white and blue outfits. They were there 10 days and danced five times. Most of the dancing was done up on the mountain among the old Roman ruins where three stages had been built. Lib and Tom, during the festival, visited Monte Carlo, Grasse, the walled city of St. Paul and San Remo in Italy, and after the festival went by train to Interlochen, Switzerland, for a few days before coming home.

Rosalyn Crispin Robinson has been director of the Shepherd's Center in Harlingen, Texas, since it came into existence in January 1988. The program for older adults has more than 80 centers throughout the country, including several in Atlanta. When Rosalyn went to her second training center in Kansas City, Mo., she learned that Dr. Philip Davidson's daughter, Paige, is involved with their center in Nashville. From a telephone visit with Dr. Davidson, Rosalyn found out that both Paige and Philip live quite near them, and that there are numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Rosalyn's vacation travels last November a year ago took her down the Nile to Abu Simel. This past Septem¬ ber she traveled to Moscow, Leningrad, and the Central Asian Republic of Ubekistan.

Betty Fountain Edwards Gray and Stephen arrived for their visit to China one day before Gor¬ bachev did. They had, however, completed their visit in Beijing and left before the demonstrations began. They were able to com¬ plete their itinerary as planned and without incident.

In July, Claire Kemper Brock '48, Ruth Hertzka '38 and Katherine Hertzka were three of a group of seven members of Emory's Senior University who attended a two week program at Cambridge University. In accordance with the English system, we were enrolled in Clare College, where we were housed and went to classes. It was a beautiful, delightful and intellec¬ tually stimulating environment. A special highlight for the Hertzkas was their weekend visit to a friend, who formerly worked in

Atlanta, but now lives and works in London. In August, Ruth and Katherine had a delightful visit with their Washington state cousins, five days ot which were spent at a most beautiful Oregon beach. We have been busy this fall with our senior university activities, which included a four day trip to historic sites in North Carolina.

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SECRETARY Alice McCallie Pressly 3770 Peachtree Road, NE #A-2 Atlanta, GA 30319

I want to pass along the re¬ sponses of the notes I have received since the letter I sent in July.

Nell White Larsen wrote while on shipboard off the coast of Norway. She was looking forward to a stop in Oslo where she and her family lived for 17 months in the '50s, then on to Helsinki and Russia. Nell and Stan have now retired to Ala¬ bama where they built a house on the golf course at Shoal Creek, near Birmingham. Their son David is a lawyer and lives in Birmingham with his wife and two children. The other son, Erik, is a banker living near San Francisco. Nell and Stan had lived in San Francisco from '73 to '87 before heading back south.

Shirley Christian Ledger- wood reports no damage from the recent California earthquake — only fright as all her lamps hit the floor! At the time, she was working on slides of the six-week trip she and John recently took. They visited France, Spain, Portugal, Yugoslavia, and Morocco. . . . Helen Handte Morse states that Jack had a total hip replacement in May, but is doing so well that they will take a Christmas cruise to "Bali and Beyond." She also wrote that "Hugo" took all the trees but one from their family homeplace in South Carolina.

"Hugo" also did damage to another classmate's property. Frances Miller Felts had water damage to the first floor of her home at Litchfield Beach. On the happy side, her note said that her mother just celebrated her 103rd birthday with a party. Mrs. Miller still has health and a gcxxl mind! . . . Mary Margaret Stowe Hunter also had tree damage from "Hugo" not only in Belmont but also at the family property in McCellanville, S.C.. . . "Hugo" left Carrie Phinney Latimer Duvall in Charlotte without power for the week before she departed for her Southeast Asia cruise. Somehow she got ready and now reports she had a wonderful time. Ruby Hutton Barren planned to go on this cruise also, but she fell and broke her leg and had to cancel. She recuperated at the home of her son, Bill Barron, who is senior minister at the Sequoiah Hills Presbyterian Church in Knoxville.

Meriel Bull Mitchell and Nick left Winston-Salem in early November to spend the winter at their condominium in Naples, Fla. .. . Sarah Turner Ryan wrote that she has 14 grandchil¬ dren who are "nifty!" The Ryans are busy people in the life of New Orleans. Of their nine children (including spouses) one is a housewife, one is in real estate, three are lawyers, and tour are doctors.. . . Jane Thomas Tilson wrote of her busy lite. She gives lectures on gardening topics, serves on the Altar Guild, is a certified flower show judge, and keeps up with her four children who live from San Francisco to Charleston!

It is with sadness that we note the deaths of three of our classmates. Ethelyn Johnson Roberts died in Ffecember 1988. She earned a master's degree in library science at Emory and worked at Agnes Scott for several years. In recent years she did a lot of traveling. She leaves a son and daughter and a granddaughter.... Gregory Rowlett Baya died on June 25, 1989, after a long illness, at her home in Florida. . . . Naomi Cooper Gale died in Beaufort, S.C., on August 17, 1989. She is survived by her sons, Frank Gale of Ewing, N.J., and Robert Gale of Hilton Head, S.C., and a daugh¬ ter Amanda Heermans of Hartford, Vt.

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SECRETARY Isabel McCain Brown (Mrs. William C.) P.O. Box 236 Montreat, NC 28757

We had several reports of an inspirational Centennial Celebra¬ tion Worship Service for Agnes Scott College on September 24 in the Decatur Presbyterian Church. Since this was also reported well in the fall issue of Main Events, more about it will not be included here. We were well represented.

Many of our classmates have been traveling. Lucille Cairns George went to Europe with a friend from Gainesville, Fla, where they both live. Betty Willis Whitehead and Julia Thing Stamberger had a great trip to England in September for several weeks. (These two and Alice Hannah Brown had a "mini- reunion" at the home of Frances Wilson Hurst in Madison, Wis., in June — fun for all and lots of sharing of news.) Barbara Hertwig Meschter went on a tour of Alaska.

Mary Johnson Tornbom had hoped to go on a trip to Georgia from Mexico where she lives, hut unexpected major repairs on their two cars had been costly. Then the latest grandchild arrived early and had to he delivered by C- section, then kept in the incuba¬ tor awhile. Deborah Michelle Cuevas Tombom at two months was doing all right, however. Mary was especially happy that four of last year's non-readers among the students have learned to read.

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Jean Kirkpatrick Cobb sent a message: "Though I seldom write, I enjoy keeping in touch, so am sending our new address: 1253 Pine Top Road, Belton SC 29627. We have been in the country on a rural route for over 40 years, but the town finally moved out to us — hence the change in address. Tell everybody hello for me." . . . Michelle Furlow Oliver is another classmate who requested that we include her new address in our news. It is 4014-H Governors Drive, Montgomery, AL 36111.

I believe that the death of Margaret Hansell Potter has not been reported in our class news, though it was in the "obit" column, and I had missed it. She died September 2, 1987. She had written me before our 50th reunion in the spring that she so much wanted to come and hoped that therapy for her cancer would not interfere. She did not make it. She was a day student, and so many of you may not have known her, but she came to most of our big reunions.

Frances Steele Garrett asked that we include — if we had space — the need of the College for more furniture as Winship and Hopkins are to be renovated soon. Also rugs, lamps, mirrors, etc., are needed for the public areas. These gifts are tax deduct¬ ible. Write to her or to Lucia Sizemore at the Alumnae Office. The college will have the item repaired, if necessary, and then the interior designers will work them in with other acquisitions. They need not be just Victorian

; furniture, as most kinds of item | can be used. | The latest news is that Kitty Jones Malone, Ball Ground, Ga.,

j had a heart attack the day after i Thanksgiving, and is in the j hospital in Atlanta. We hear she

is well on the way to recovery. We are thinking of you, Kitty.

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SECRETARY Joyce Roper McKay (Mrs. John D.) 1007 Valencia Avenue Orlando, FL 32804

Your response to my request for news of you was really impressive last summer. The result was over four columns in the fall edition of Main Events! A few of you sent news too late for that edition. So here goes with those reports. Anne Thompson Rose is happy over the birth of a granddaughter on May 28, 1989. This baby girl, bom to Anne's daughter Lucy '68 at age 42 makes four grandchil¬ dren for Anne and Ben. The others are ages 19, 21, and 23! Anne and Ben enjoyed a month in London, Wales, and Scotland last summer. "The weather was perfect and the flowers were gorgeous."

I told you before that Ola Kelly Ausley and a good friend spent three memorable weeks in England last August. Since then Ola has written such a glowing, detailed report that I want to

share some of it with you. "Never have I been more royally treated than when Virginia and 1 were with Margaret Andes Okarma '52 and her husband, Gene, at their home, Brobury House, out from Hereford in England. There are eight acres with manor house, guest houses, and beautifully manicured gardens. The food was prepared by a Cordon Bleu graduate ....breakfast, dinner, and often a picnic when we were out sightseeing Margaret is charming. She has been putting on these houseparties for nine years. No one could ask for anything finer. She is a genius and a great representative for ASC. While there we saw Marjorie Stukes Smith '51. (Yes, our Mr. Stukes' daughter!) Every¬ one should be aware of this opportunity that comes through ASC. I recommend it without reservation! Give Margaret the glory through the '38 class news!" Thank you, Ola, for sharing. You make me want to go! Ola reports that she and Bob are in good health, enjoying retirement.

Elsie West Duval deserves a salute for her wonderful president's letter to all of us. I pinned my purple and white ribbons on my lapel one day and pretended it was September 1934, when our hearts were young and gay. In September Elsie and I enjoyed the leadership confer¬ ence on campus. It was also Investiture as well as the celebra¬ tion of the end of Agnes Scott's centennial year. It was an exciting weekend. Elsie and 1 divided our time between campus and Elsie's daughter Martha's new home in Marietta. We saw Nell Allison Sheldon and Jean Chalmers Smith. On Sunday, September 24, the centennial year officially closed with a worship service at Decatur Presbyterian Church. Nell had the honor of representing her congregation (Columbia Presby¬ terian, Decatur) at this impressive and joyful service. Elsie and I had a telephone visit with Lib Blackshear Flinn who was homebound with a broken hip. Hopefully she has completely recovered and is back to her many interesting activities. In the fall Elsie enjoyed a visit from daughter Martha Elgar, Tom and their family at Thanksgiving. Then early in December daughter Susan Maris, Steve and baby daughter, Lauren West Maris, were in Newport News for Lauren's christening. By this time Elsie has welcomed grandchild number five. Her son Tom Meehan and his wife, Cindy, will present her with their first baby around New Year's.

Ellen Little Lesesne and Louis' daughter Laura was married October 7 to Dick Roth. Elsie and I flew to Columbia, S.C., to help celebrate this happy event. It was nice to see other Agnes Scotters — Frances Abbott Bums and Louise Brown Smith, especially.

Our loving sympathy goes to Ruth Tate Boozer and her family. Her husband, Dr. Jack Boozer, died of a heart attack on July 19. He and Ruth were in Amsterdam at the end of a month in Spoleto, Italy, with

daughter Brenda who sang there. Ruth plans to sell their home near Emory and move into a condo¬ minium on Lullwater Road.

It was with much pride that I read a feature story in the Charleston, S.C., newspaper. The writer paid a glowing tribute to Wade Logan, son of Gina Watson Logan and Hamp. Wade is currently president of the South Carolina Bar Association. The accolades given this outstanding young man made us all proud. The article closes with this quote from Wade. "I'm not saying there are no more worlds out there to conquer, but I'm extremely happy in my chosen profession. I have hit on a vocation that is my avocation." We congratulate Gina and Hamp on their out¬ standing son's achievements.

I think all of us have recog¬ nized in the fall of '89 that Mother Nature is still a force to be reckoned with. I will close this by letting you know how Hurri¬ cane Hugo touched some of our classmates. I'm sure there are others who experienced this storm, but these are the ones I know about. The physical damage to property is unbelievable, but let us not forget the emotional damage that comes to people whose family homes, some dating back to the mid 1700's have been so devastated. Two of these are Gina Watson Logan and Ellen Little Lesesne. The beautiful Logan home on historic Church Street in Charleston suffered major damage. Gina says the roof collapsed onto the third floor. Several feet of water surged through the ground floor. Repairs are underway but they don't expect to be back in their home before May or June. Her daughter- in-law's parents' home on Sullivan's Island was completely destroyed. It was good to talk to Gina. She had had a phone call from Anne Wheaton Bower who lives in Santa Monica, Calif. Gina and Hamp are "camping" in a guest house, coping with the task at hand and looking forward to being back in their beautiful home.

Ellen Little Lesesne and Louis live in his family home near Greeleyville, S.G. Hugo hit them with fierce winds, destroying the avenue of pecan trees, as well as the magnificent cedar and oak trees surrounding their home. There was damage to their house as well as other buildings, and they had no water or electricity for two weeks. It is hard to imagine the number of lives touched by this storm. Nell Allison Sheldon had been in touch with Louise Young Garrett. Louise and her husband were anxiously waiting until they could go to the Isle of Palms to check on damage to their spacious beach home. As I said, I'm sure there are others of our number who also have experienced the trauma caused by hurricane, earthquake, and tornado in these past months. Bless each one of us who has faced a special time of struggle in any area of our lives. What happens to one happens to all.

Hope to see you in April for the Fifty Year Club dinner during Alumnae Weekend!

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SECRETARY Elizabeth Furlow Brown (Mrs. Robert W.) 3947 Foxglove Road Tucker, GA 30084

The news that the Class of '39 reports for the spring issue is more sparse than we had last time. Some of the news is about good and happy things that have happened to us, and other news is sad. We need to share both kinds, don't we?

Marie Merritt Rollins told some of us at the reunion that she and Dick were planning to retire. They did retire, but not in the way they had planned. Their family business burned to the ground last summer. It was like a death in the family and was treated as such by the commu¬ nity. However, Marie says that, one day, they may view it as a blessing.

Jean Bailey Owen has not been well. She is fighting a valiant battle against Parkinson's disease. At times her medication is less effective than at other times. One method of treatment for this condition is to put the patient on a "drug holiday." When Jean underwent this treatment, the immediate results were so traumatic that she hesitates to try it again even though there may be some later benefit for a time. On a happier note, Jean is pleased to share with us some interesting news about her son, Frazer. He is on the scientific staff of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in New Mexico. His field is radio astronomy and his specialty is research on radio signals from other galaxies beyond our own Milky Way. The instrument he uses is the VLA (very large array) of radio telescopes, 27 dish antennae each 82 feet in diameter located at one mile intervals in a "Y" conformation and movable by carriers on a railroad track. The dishes can be tilted in any direction. The distance covered by the tracks from the base of the "Y" to the end of its two arms is 14 miles. When driving west, one can first see the whole installation from several miles away. It is an impressive and awe-inspiring sight. Jean mentions that she has heard from several of you since the reunion, and she appreciates your letters very much.

Mary Ellen Whetsell Tim- mons sent pictures of the reunion to Adelaide Benson Campbell and Jane Dryfoos Rau. Both classmates regretted that they were unable to be with us and enjoyed very much hearing the news about the reunion. Mary Ellen's family of four children, spouses and eleven grandchildren enjoyed a family reunion in the summer. Happily, this group occupied three (not one) houses on this occasion.

Katherine Jones Smith writes to bring us up to date on changes in her life. Her husband, George,

died in 1980. In 1985 there was a robbery. Even though only jewelry was taken, Katherine decided that the time had come for her to leave the large house where she was living alone. One of her married daughters lives in Sarasota, Fla., and the other one lives in Jackson, Miss. Since the daughter in Jackson had married j the son of Katherine's and George's old friends in Jackson i from World War II days, she decided to relocate there. She has j a wonderful new condominium, j nice neighbors, and is very happy j in her new surroundings. ]

Elinor Tyler Richardson has talked with Mary Frances J Guthrie Brooks and has learned i that Mary Frances was planning a trip to Egypt in November and one to England in December. Elinor indicates that traveling is fine, but she is happy to stay home. She is not isolated, though. ! She talks to various other Agnes Scott alumnae fairly often. Mary Wells McNeil and Elinor see each other frequently. Mary Wells will be sending us a new address, for, after many years of calling one place "home," she is now living at a retirement center j where her responsibilities are j fewer. Elinor sees Jane Salters j Chapman '40 at church and is j looking forward to chatting with j Julia Telford '38 in January when Julia will be in Florence for a visit ! with a mutual friend. Also Elinor sees Julia Lancaster '41 occasion- 1

ally, for Julia is a chapter treasurer j and Elinor is state treasurer of South Carolina Society Colonial Dames XVII Century. Elinor says she loves Agnes Scott friends, no matter what class.

Mamie Lee Ratliff Finger has written several times. She wants us to know that our endowed ! scholarship fund now has over j $18,000 with another $2000 ! pledged. It is still possible to designate our gifts to the college to go to the Class of '39 Endowed Scholarship Fund, since this fund is open-ended. However, Mamie Lee reminds us that gifts to the college's Annual Fund are j important, too, for the college counts on the Annual Fund to pay for many operating expenses. The latest personal news from Mamie Lee is both good and bad. She and Ellis spent two weeks in Italy in October in celebration of their 47th wedding anniversary. Then she went to Chicago for the annual meeting of the Ewha International Foundation. After the Chicago meeting, Mamie Lee and Ellis spent a week at Lake Junaluska, N.C., for the meeting of the Council of Bishops of the United Methodist Church. The dismaying news from Mamie Lee is that, sandwiched in with all of the previously mentioned trips, she had the misfortune to fall down her own stairway at home where she crushed the bones below her eye. She had to have j surgery for "open reduction right orbital floor fracture." This | surgery entailed replacing the bits j of bone with a prosthesis. She j says she is now well again — and j more cautious!

Elizabeth Furlow Brown and husband, Robert, are members of Emory's Senior University where

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they attend classes two mornings a week. This past quarter a most stimulating course was taught by Dr. Margaret Pepperdene, pro¬ fessor of English emerita of Agnes Scott. Dr. Pepperdene has generously honored this group by teaching a course in literature every year since she retired in 1985. This year the subject of her course was kings in Shakespeare and was titled, "Ay, Every Inch a King." Studying with Dr. Pepper¬ dene and other professors, some retired and some still actively involved in their professions, helps to keep the brain cells from becoming atrophied. Besides studying and attending classes, members of Emory's Senior University go on two short trips every year, one in the spring and one in the fall. The most recent trip was to North Carolina where they visited many interesting places. Among them was the transportation history museum, Spenser Shops State Historic Site at Kannapolis, the More- head Planetarium at Chapel Hill, the town of Hillsborough, which was the state capitol during the Revolutionary War, the Mo¬ ravian Village, Old Salem at Winston-Salem, and the famous Biltmore House and winery in Asheville. These four-to-six-day trips have enabled senior university members, many of whom are from other regions of the country, to enjoy finding out about unique places which, though they may be in our own backyard, are, nevertheless, often "off the beaten track" and therefore new. Elizabeth and Robert, who are long-time Atlanta area residents, are "hooked" on these semi-annual short trips as they are on senior university's course offerings. They invite alumnae in the Atlanta area to become members of Emory's Senior University. For more information, call Emory's Office for Community Edcua- tional Services at 727-6000.

Rachel Campbell Gibson writes that she enjoyed reading the class news in the last Main Events. She states that she, herself, has no news — no new move, no new marriage, no new grandchildren. However, in her letter, she mentions some wonderful news even though she doesn't place it in that category. She has had cataract surgery and is most pleased with the results. She says that she had let the eye go until vision in it was almost gone, and now she can see with it again. As one who has been there, your secretary can tell you that the recovery of one's visions is the most wonderful news there is. Congratulations, Rachel!

Remember, classmates, the next deadline for you to have news to me is March 15.

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Evelyn Baty Chriscman (Mrs. Ralph) 1473 Nashville Avenue New Orleans, LA 70115

Co-secretary Evelyn Baty Christman did not get out her usual every-other-issue request for news because of some threatened heart problems that landed her in the hopsital — she is fine now. She urges everyone to reply to the reunion questionnaire even if you plan to be there.

In spite of no notice, Nell Moss Roberts sent a happy note just in time for the deadline. She is thrilled over a new grandchild — but she says that is not too unusual in our class. "What is special about this little girl," she writes, "is that she was bom in Pusan City, Korea, and arrived in Owensboro, Ky., on her sixth month birthday in September to become a part of my second daughter's family. She is a sweet, happy baby and has adjusted very well." Nell had her and the rest of the family for Thanksgiving.

Grace Elizabeth Anderson Cooper wrote in September, "Just wanted to announce our 11 th grandchild bom August 31, 1989. We now have 6 girls and 5 boys. She was named after me (Grace Maloy Cooper). Frank and I leave this week for Spain, Portugal and Morocco for three weeks. I did have to miss our mini-reunion the first weekend in October."

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CO-SECRETARIES Grace Elizabeth Anderson Cooper (Mrs. Frank E., Jr.) 1301 Snell Harbor Drive St. Petersburg, FL 33704

SECRETARY Mary Madison Wisdom (Miss) 4589 Village Oaks Circle Dunwoody, GA 30338

The weekend of September 22- 24, 1989, was a fitting climax to the year-long celebration of Agnes Scott's 100th anniversary. Two members of our class, Dot Travis Joyner and Gene Slack Morse, had key roles in the weekend events. Dot Joyner was on the committee for the tea dance held on Saturday. The Decatur paper had a good picture of Dot and Jean Chalmers Smith '38 stringing pencils on old- fashioned dance cards. They had an orchestra for the dance and the men were dancing in Rebekah Hall! Cash Peacock should have been there! At the Sunday service at Decatur Presbyterian Church, Gene Morse gave the children's sermon. The picture in the fall Main Events certainly captured a happy moment in her talk. You may have wondered what prompted the laughter evident in the picture. Gene was holding a cupcake, decorated with purple icing and one lighted, but trick, candle. When the children tried to blow out the candle, the flame would not die. The message, of course, was that, like the flame that could not be blown out, the spirit of Agnes Scott must live on to light the next 100 years.

Tine Gray Truslow and Mary- Scott Wilds Hill and her hus¬ band, Joe, were on campus for the Centennial Celebration. They and about 12 of the local alumnae

had lunch at the College.... A sad message has come from Gay Swagerty Guptill that her hus¬ band, Paul, died of a heart attack on August 19, 1989, in Dothan, Ala. Our deepest sympathy goes out to Gay and her children.

Lucile Gaines MacLennan was on a trip to the western national parks when Hurricane Hugo hit Charleston. After an agonizing 48 hours, she was able to get a telephone call through and was grateful to learn that her house had suffered relatively minor damage and that her beloved cat had survived. How¬ ever, all of her trees were blown down. When she returned home two weeks later, the electricity was still out and the water tasted like pine tar. Undaunted, Lucile was able to have a meeting of the historic Century Reading Club, of which she is president, at her home a week after she returned.

Emory Magazine has honored Elizabeth Stevenson with a seven page article titled "The Biogra¬ pher." Elizabeth has written six books and is now completing Figures In a Western Landscape. All of her books have been written in part or in full while she held down full time jobs, moving from those clerical and secretarial in nature to academic appointments at Emory. She was named an associate professor in the Gradu¬ ate Institute of Liberal Arts in 1977, a full professor in 1982, and in 1984 was appointed Charles Howard Candler Professor of American Studies. When she retired in 1987, her only formal academic degree was still the BA she received from Agnes Scott. She says she just never felt the need to get another. Indeed, when would she have had the time? What a wonderful career she has had!

Ann Morton Elliott writes that Hurricane Hugo did more damage to her home in Fort Mill, S.C., than to her place at Litch- field. The eye of the hurricane came right through Fort Mill with winds up to 90 m.p.h., so her neighborhood "looked like Beirut" when she got up the next morning. She lost 26 pine trees and was without water, electricity, or telephone for days. She says it was a real test of strength to manage. At Litchfield, five feet of mud and water in her storage room ruined antiques and other items stored there.

Elaine Stubbs Mitchell will always remember September and October, 1989. The happy news is that her daughter, Mary, married Tim Larsen of Southport, Conn., in September in Vermont. They will live in Decatur and are building a house next door to Elaine. Elaine's son, John, who lives in Charleston, was there when the hurricane hit. His home was damaged and trees destroyed. Her son Sam lives 10 miles north of Santa Cruz, Calif., at the epicenter of the earthquake. The quake destroyed the chimney at his home, caused broken dishes, and has played havoc with his real estate business.

ON THE RIGHT TRACK Bradie C. Barr '85 ran in the Dublin, Ohio, biathalon last year wearing an Agnes Scott T-shirt. "While I'm not a contender for first place," she told the Alumnae Office modestly, "I do finish the races in which I participate. Besides, the longer it takes me to finish the race, the more people who will see my Agnes Scott T- shirt." She's worn it in the four races she has run to date.

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SECRETARY Margaret Sheftall Chester (Mrs. George M.) 929 N. Ascor Street Milwaukee, WI53202

When the Knoxville Opera Company opened its season in October with Mozart's The Magic Flute, the sponsors for the event were Edith Schwartz Joel and her husband, Richard.

and will make its last stop in Charlotte in April 1990. If you are in North Carolina, do try to go to it.

Please send me up-to-date information on your lives and activities. "Enquiring minds want to know!"

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SECRETARY Alice Clements Shinall (Mrs. Robert P.) 927 Amuood Road, NE Atlanta, GA 30307

Your secretary attended the class officers' workshop during the Alumnae Leadership Conference held at the College September 22-24. The campus was beautiful and the crowd was enthusiastic. It is always special to attend campus functions.

Our love and sympathy go out to Mary Brock Williams who lost her brother, Jack Brock, in November 1989.

Clara Rountree Couch is a featured sculptor in an exhibition called "Nine From North Caro¬ lina," which opened in April at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C. After closing in June, the exhibit began touring North Carolina

SECRETARY Elizabeth Harvard Dowda (Mrs. F. William) 4824 Northside Drive, NW Atlanta, GA 30327

Quincy Mills Jones wrote that she visited Cathy Steinback Nicholson at Saluda, N.C., in July. Then Cathy and Bill visited her in a rented condo at Isle of Palms — just before "Hugo." Quincy had lunch with Mary Carr Townsend in Alexandria, Va., where Quincy was visitng her daughter and where Mary was visiting her daughter in McLean, Va., prior to moving to a nursing facility.

Marjorie Tippins Johnson went to Ireland just after our class reunion in April.

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SECRETARY Scott Newell Newtrm (Mrs. John L.) 690 Old Ivy Road Atlanta, GA 30342

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SECRETARY Anne Register Jones (Mrs. B.) 2031 Golf View Drive, NW Atlanta, GA 30309

Patti Dean Curry's only grand¬ child, Carolyn Lee, lives in Boston so Patti naturally goes north as often as possible. Patti sees Gloria Gaines Klugh and Mary Quigley Hayes occasion¬ ally. Mary is director of the labs at the University of South Carolina at Spartanburg.. . . Betty Robinson Hilliard and Gene continue to travel at every opportunity. A trip to Italy last summer was an exciting one and they managed to get to Atlanta in November. Betty reports that her mother, at 90, plays duplicate bridge three times a week. ... Sally Sue Stephenson Marshall's husband, Bob, is assistant dean of the College of Business at the University of South Carolina. Sally works part time in a gift shop in Columbia. She hopes to come to our reunion in '91.

Claire Rowe Newman's son Fred is the subject of an article in the September University of Georgia's Alumni News. He is the host (without the little black beanie which was the trademark when our children watched the program in the 1950's) of the Disney Channel's new "Mickey Mouse Club." People magazine has described Fred as a "comic genius who combines Phil Donahue's candor with Steve Martin's wacko wit." A Disney official said that "he's a variety of characters wrapped in one indi¬ vidual. He does impersonations, he does voices, he's very sponta¬ neous. But he never forgets that he is an adult. He isn't trying to be one of the kids. He's that fun uncle who comes to your house." Claire says that he is happy in his work but has to be separated from his family too much. The New¬ mans' daughter Sue and her fa¬ mily recently moved back to LaGrange and Claire enjoys having the three grandchildren nearby.

Peggy Willmon Robinson lives in a suburb of San Fran¬ cisco. Her husband, whom Peggy describes as a pineapple expert, retired from Del Monte. They have been living in the Philip¬ pines and Hawaii in recent years. One son is a professor at Stan¬ ford, one is associated with the Texas Rehabilitation Agency in Austin, Texas, and their daugh¬ ter works for Ford Aerospace in California. . . . Martha Sunkes Thomas' husband, Bill, retired from the Virginia Electric Power Company but continues as a consultant. They live in Richmond and feel very fortu¬ nate that their children and grandchildren are there too... . Mary Russell Mitchell attended Alumnae Leadership weekend and then she and Paul were present for the "Party of the Century" in celebration of the

j Centennial.

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SECRETARY Laura Winchester Hawkins 2828 Manatee Avenue Femandina Beach, FL 32034

After receiving the recent Main Events with no news in print for the Class of 1947,1 am now filing a few words, but not much news, to catch the Decmber 1 deadline.

For those of you who were in Savannah for our mini-reunion last October (marking our 42nd year since going "far from the reach of thy sheltering arms"): Did we have fun or what?! I thoroughly enjoyed seeing and being with all 39 alumnae who joined us — along with 15 husbands — and from the cards and letters you were kind enough to send me, you had a good time too — with enough entertain¬ ment and enough free time — in gorgeous weather in a beautiful city. Kagie's Hour on Saturday was a high point for most of us when we heard some highlights of Kathryn (Kagie) Johnson's very interesting life since Agnes Scott.

For those of you who weren't able to join us: We missed you! At the Saturday dinner we read notes with news that you had sent me, and classmates brought us up to date on others. We shared pic¬ tures and clippings and stories. So start planning now to be with us in April '92 for our 45th. Caroline Squires Rankin has agreed to make arrangements for us — so let her know that you are willing to help. I had lots of help for Savan¬ nah — especially from Betty Andrews Lee and Kagie— and so it was easy and fun to plan.

Now get those cards and letters coming to me so I can pass on news to the rest of the '47 gang.

I hope you all had a blessed and merry Christmas. My 10- month-old granddaughter, Emily, (and her parents Liz and Tom Moog) spent the holiday with me and 1 was thrilled. Happy 1990 to you all! May it be a grand year for you and yours — and may God bless you and keep you in good health!

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SECRETARY Tissy Rutland Sanders (Mrs. Floyd) 204 Upland Road Decatur, GA 30030

Our deepest sympathy to Virginia Andrews Trovillian whose husband, Paul, died at home on April 20, 1989, after a year-long battle with cancer of the larynx. Younger son Andy had just graduated from college, so he and Ginny were able to manage with a good team of nurses. Ginny retired in June from her position as director of Christian education and as a retirement gift her church gave her a trip to England (her first) which she took in October.

Her older son, Whit, is a graduate of Dartmouth and works in Wash¬ ington, D.C., as a specialist in Soviet economics.

Betty Kitts Lewis retired in July '89 as secretary to Judge Curtis Tillman and she and Leon took off for a long rambling tour of the United States. In October they were in England for their first visit.. .. Rose Ellen Armstrong spent ten days in China in August as part of the first large group allowed in Beijing's Tianamen Square after the "troubles." She reported that there were few Westerners in Beijing. Rose Ellen joined Mary Beth Little Bergman and her guests, Sheely Little Miller and Harriet Gregory Heriot, for a whirlwind tour and lunch at New York's World Trade Center in November.

Tissy Rutland Sanders and Floyd were in Washington, D.C., in early November to attend a Southern Medical Association convention and to see daughter Irene. They enjoyed having lunch with Anne Hayes Berry and Sid at their Arlington home; Rose Ellen had flown down from New York to visit also. On November 17, Tissy had her second full knee replacement in Decatur, and it is doing well — although she is beginning to feel somewhat like the Bionic Woman!

Nancy Geer Alexander and husband, Don, left Roswell, Ga., to build their retirement home on the mainland in New Smyrna Beach, Fla., seven miles from the beach condo they've had there for years. What with a marvelous trip to Europe, lots of Florida golf, volunteer work, and seven grandchildren visiting off and on, Nancy and Don find this "the best time of their lives." Their daugh¬ ter Kirby King had her second child in May and her husband finishes his residency in orthope¬ dics in June 1990, so it's a busy time for all. Thanks for the update, Nancy!

Edna Claire Cunningham Schooley and Glenn went to Costa Rica in late November as part of a team building houses for Habitat for Humanity under their Global Village Program. The 140 people on the team are all ages, all occupations, and from all over the United States. After spending two weeks building two cement block houses, E. Claire and Glenn were glad to have one week just to "vacation." In September, she and Glenn had taken off in their motor home for a rambling tour of the southwestern United States — putting 6,500 miles on their motor home in a little over four weeks. They came back to Michigan in time to help their only son, Greg, and his bride, Mary, celebrate their marriage with a big party for all the family (24 now) and lots of friends from both sides. Mary has two boys, 9 and 12 years, and is back in school working on getting her R.N. Greg has his own home remodeling business.

Rose Mary Griffin Wilson and Bill enjoyed an autumn vacation in England and Scotland in October.... "Clarkie" Rogers Sawyer and Tom went to Turkey for two weeks in September '89 to see their first grandchild, "Margi,"

who was then about 5-months- old. They stayed in Istanbul and their son Will was a good guide "as his Turkish had passed survival level." They took a ferry trip up to the Black Sea one day and a trip by car into Anatolian Turkey to Iznik (Nicea) so Tom could see agriculture and the countryside.

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SECRETARY Mary Price Coulling (Mrs. S. M. B.) 604 Marshall Street Lexington, VA 24450

Sidney Cummings Lee lives in Plantation, Fla., where she works for an insurance firm. She has twin sons and a daughter who live nearby... . Dolly Cave Trimble in Roswell, N. M., has recently stopped full-time teaching, but she is still teaching one class in American history at the Univer¬ sity of New Mexico. Her new vocation is writing, with a com¬ pleted novel about the Southwest ready for publication and a work in progress, the history of a Na¬ tional Guard unit in World War II which endured the terrible death march on Bataan. She has just finished conducting tape interviews with 200 survivors as part of her research. In her spare time, she enjoys being with her two grown children who live in Albuquerque.

After years of State Depart¬ ment duty in Vietnam, Japan, France, Italy and Surinam, Nancy Francisco Barbour and husband Bob are now living in their town- house in McLean, Va. (Bob was the U.S. ambassor in Surinam.) Two of their three children live in the Washington area and the third, Linda, lives in Spain with her lawyer husband and two chil¬ dren. Nancy stays busy as a hostess par excellence, as a gourmet cook, and as a tour guide for the Smith¬ sonian — in 5 languages! Before long, the Barbours expect to retire to their home on Hilton Head.

Miriam (Mimi) Arnold Dehority and Ed are enjoying getting settled "finally" in their new home on the golf course at Hobe Sound, Fla. In addition to her work as an artist, Mimi had recently taken up tennis, until foot surgery forced her to return to golf. Her two sons live in Gainesville, Ga., and New York. ... Bettie Davison Bruce, still in Opelika, Ala., stays busy playing bridge with long-time friends and engaging in an intensive Bible study class. Her five children and nine grandchildren live in Alabama and she sees them all frequently at family reunions centered around Auburn Univer¬ sity football games.

Margie Graves Thrasher and her husband, L. Z., live in Colum¬ bus, Ga., and their daughter and two grandchildren live nearby. Caring for her parents and help¬ ing L. Z. through tough medical problems have kept Margie from joining us at reunions. We are glad to have up-to-date news of you! . . . Patty Persohn, in Char¬ leston, W. Va., having weathered

prolonged chemotherapy, wants all her classmates to know she is doing fine. Though she is now officially retired, Patty took a cruise this past summer to Alaska, helped run a nine-day tennis tournament (the 30th year she has worked with this tourna¬ ment), and in October visited New York City where she saw five shows in four days. She plans to be in Boston with her sister and family for Christmas. She was sorry to miss the class's 40th re¬ union, but "the good Lord willing," she confidently expects to join the rest of us at the 45th! j

Our class's own "frequent j flyer," Jean Eraser Duke, not ! satisfied to have her license to fly, is now working on her pilot instrument rating. Do classmates get a reduced fare for flying with you, Jean?.. . Betty (Bebla) Blackmon Kinnett and her husband are fine, she reports, "but busy trying to find enough hours in the day for six children and nine and a half grandchildren," and serving as one of this quarter's "mini-secretaries" for our class. Thanks Bebla for a super job!

Martha Goddard Lovell is a physician in Atlanta, specializing in pediatrics and family practice. Her daughter is a freshman at ASC this year. . . . Georgia (Billie) Powell Lemmon and Frank enjoyed a vacation trip to New Zealand in October. A highlight was visiting in the home of a Dunedin couple there, who, like the Lemmons, lead ACME (Association for Couples in Marriage Enrichment) groups.... Nancy Dendy Ryle was ordained in September as the first woman deacon in First Baptist Church, Marietta. In November she became the first woman member of the Marietta Metro Rotary Club. Nancy is another of our mini-secretaries who is doing a great job.

Deepest sympathy is extended to Mary Ramseur (Rick) Lindsay on the death of her husband, Shannon, in January 1989. Rick lives in Camden, S.C. Rick's ASC roommate, Mary Heinz (Jo) Langston writes that she and her husband, Bob, who retired last August, went to Pawley's Island in September for vacation. Hugo forced them to evacuate, and they stayed with Rick during the storm. "It was really frightening. We had 110-mile-per-hour winds in Camden and a huge old oak tree fell on Rick's house." Jo, a painter and sculptor, has a gallery in Tucson (where she makes her home). Her work is also displayed at the Mclntosh Gallery in Atlanta. Says Jo, "We love living in the Southwest. All three of our children are out here and there are four grandchildren. So you see my life is full and busy."

Edryce Anne Reynolds is now Dr. Edryce A. Reynolds. She is teaching at the City University of Washington at the Tacoma, Wash., campus as a master ; instructor. As well as her teaching ! duties, Edryce also operates a j consulting business she calls Third Wave Services. The name comes from Alvin Toffler's book, The Third Wave. The common denominator between Toffler's book and her business involves

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the preparation of people for the transition from the industry-based economy of today to the service- based economy of tomorrow. "En¬ ergetic ... inspiring ... and caring ... a 'kick' to talk to!" These are the words and phrases used to describe Edryce earlier this year when she won the City Univer¬ sity Excellence in Teaching award. We congratulate you, Edryce, and let us hear from you more often!

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SECRETARY Shirley Ford Baskin (Mrs.]. H.) 2283 Sagamore Hills Drive Decatur, GA 30033

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i SECRETARY j Emily Reid Williams

(Mrs.W.D.) i 1705 Skyhne Drive • Chattanooga, TN 37421

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SECRETARY Mary Anne Canard Jemigan 1591 Berkeley Lane Atlanta, GA 30329

Sue Peterson Durling has a book out, My Georgia Recipe and Address Book. If you would like a copy of it, contact Sue, who will give you details.

SECRETARY ; Martha Weakley Crank

(Mrs. William O.) 1041 Trailridge Lane Dumvoody, GA 30338

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SECRETARY Kathleen Stout Mainland 1225 Citadel Drive, NE Atlanta, GA 30324

You'll be glad to hear that Llewellyn Wommack and Chor Gee Goh came through the

earthquake unharmed. Chor Gee was in Europe at the time and just managed a post card to me before setting off to celebrate her Nanny's 100th birthday in Singapore. Have we a jet-setter among us? blew took things in stride to the point where she was able to entertain 26 at a Hallowe'en party!

Class of '54 had a mini- reunion in Philadelphia when Jan Varner Hawks, attending the General Assembly there as a member of the Presbyterian Church USA Bicentennial Committee, along with daughter Ginny and son Bryan, met up with Mitzi Kiser Law, Betty Ellington Parrigin and the C. Benton Klines.... Catherine Kite Hastings and Tom were in Atlanta in July for the grand opening of The South Pole, an Ansley Mall toy store managed by daughter Linda and her husband, Drew Stanley.

Anne (Pat) Patterson Hammes and A1 spent time in Montreat, N.C., during July with her father who is still active in Presbyterian ministry at age 93. Pat plans retirement from practice in the chemical dependency program at St. Luke's Hospital, Phoenix, Ariz., and hopes to have time for her other interests in environmental issues and mid¬ winter trips to Alaska. . . . Clair McLeod Muller '67 is now a member of Atlanta City Council,

Marine, a member of her steering committee.

Our class president, Julia Grier Storey's letter has already borne fruit. Welcome back, Jennie Lynn Jamison. We are so glad to have found you again and hope you are the first of the lost few. ... It looks as though Betty Stein Melaver will see more of her husband, Norton, from now on. He is retiring as president of M&M Super Markets, Inc., after 40 years with the company. He and Betty are active in commu¬ nity affairs, he notably as past chairman of the Savannah Port Authority, as adviser to the Department of Business Admini¬ stration at Savannah State College, as current chairman of the United Way board of direc¬ tors in Savannah.

Our loving sympathy to Clara Jean McLanahan Wheeler on the loss of her father in September.

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SECRETARY Pauline Waller Hoch (Mrs. Walter K.) 2207 Kodiak Drive, NE Atlanta, GA 30345

Due to a mixup, Mickey Scott

Willoch was listed as secretary in the last issue of Main Events. She will begin her five year tenn in April 1990. Until then, please send news and snapshots to the above address. Walter and I enjoyed a trip to the Canadian Rockies in September.

Mary Love L'Heureux Hammond wrote that she and her husband, Wardlaw, regretted missing our last reunion. At that time it was so hectic in their CAD business that it was impossible to get away. Both of their sons are still single. David is helping manage an oftice in St. Marys, Kan. James, the younger son, graduated summa cum laude from Winthrop College in December 1988 and was awarded a fellow¬ ship by the University of Florida for graduate studies leading to a doctorate in the field of computer science. The university also selected him tor an assistantship in research on the SDI program. He received an honorable mention fellowship from the national Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society after becoming the local nominee from the Winthrop chapter. When Mary Love is not working in the business, she runs her church library.

Betty Akerman Shackleford and Shack's daughter Celia '84 was married to Mark Booher on November 25 at Rock Springs Presbyterian Church, where Betty and Shack were married. Beth

CENTENNIAL

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DESIGNS WATCH ART This pattern is designed to be done in needlepoint or cross-stitch. The design will help you create a 14" x 14" pillow or framed remem¬ brance of Agnes Scott and the Centennial Celebra¬ tion. The design pictured here depicts Main Tower and the Colonnade, or choose a replica of the College seal. Instructions are included, hut choice of materials is left to you. ASC Seal Design $5.00 Centennial Design $5.00

This Seiko quartz time¬ piece, available for a limited time only, features a richly detailed three-dimen¬ sional recreation of the College seal. Available in three styles, priced from $200 to $255, the entire edition is reserved exclu¬ sively for alumnae and arents. An additional 5.75 will be added for

shipping and handling. To order, call toll free, 1 (800)367-5248.

STATIONERY

Suitable for gifts, personal correspondence or framing, each package contains 12 folded note cards (two copies of each of six designs with envelopes.) Package $5

Artist Robert Hild and Wayne Kline of Rolling Stone Press have created The Setting: 1889-1989, a lithograph honoring Agnes Scott's Centennial Celebra¬ tion. This limited edition of 200 full-color, signed originals captures the lovely architecture and historic feel of the campus. The lithographs measure 15" x 22" and are printed on a high quality linen stock. $125 each.

SUNCATCHER The keepsake celebrates Agnes Scott's Centennial. The 3-1/2" diameter medal¬ lion is made of etched, clear lucite and hangs from a col¬ orful ribbon. It comes packaged in a white gift folder with a gold seal. Sun-catcher $7.50 each.

Perfect for sitting room, office or graduation, these chairs feature black lacquer finishes with hand-painted gold trim. College seal is applied in gold with care by skilled workmen. Shipped collect freight from Boone, N.C. • Captain's Chair with • cherry arms, $150 • Captain's Chair with

black arms, $150 • Boston Rocker, $145 • Side Chair, $115

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Shackleford Brown '82 was matron of honor, and Betsy Banning '82 and Rachel McCon- nell '84 were bridesmaids. The Boohers live in Savannah.

Tunshy Kwilecki Ausband and Dave welcomed a new grandchild, Jameson, on June 14, 1989. After many years of substituting, Tunshy is teaching full time at Vanderlyn Elementary School. . . . Harriet Stoval Kelley wrote that she went to a local ASC luncheon in Dallas in October. They saw the Centen-

| nial video. Also at the luncheon J were Anne Sylvester Booth '54,

who was Harriet's sophomore sister, and Muriel Gear Hart '52. Both live near Harriet.

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CO-SECRETARIES Sarah Hall Hayes (Mrs. John H.) 976 Swathmore Drive, NW Atlanta, GA 30327

Patti Mayton Gambrell (Mrs. J. Wyatt) 3109-G Colonial Way Atlanta, GA 30341

I Jacqueline Plant Fincher reported, "We stay on the road in our 35-foot motor home visiting historic sites, museums, and homes. We love Vermont. We visited Joan Adair Johnston '55 and Bill in Fairfax, Va. My daughter Dr. J. Fincher, recently appointed to the board of the American Heart Association, Georgia chapter, is in practice with her husband, Dr. Jamie Lemley, in Thomson, Ga. Andrea works for MCI in Washington, D.C., and Ronnie for C&.S in Atlanta. I would really like to hear from Carolyn Barker Scott and Virginia Redhead from the Class of'57."

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1 SECRETARY j Kathy Cole Butler i 5260 New London Trace, NW | Atlanta, GA 30327

: Laura Dryden Taylor, from Isle of Palms, S.C., wrote, "Hugo came

i raging at our front door in September. We lost all of our first floor including many priceless treasures, such as baby pictures, books, etc., but we are recovering.

! Our island is a disaster. Hopefully by spring it will be beautiful again. Granddaughter Lauren Alhy Taylor was welcomed into the

| world April 15, 1989, by big sister, Kinley, age 2, her parents Dee and Bonne Taylor, and grandparents Laura and Guy."

Dede Farmer Grow, Largo, | Fla., "We moved after 13 years in

Pensacola! Relocated near our 'beginnings place' in Holiday, Fla.,

j near New Port Richey, Tarpon Springs and Largo, moving into our new home in December — about Christmas time. I was able to get a job at a brand new high school in North Pinellas County

— East Lake High School — as a guidance counselor. My husband is employed as ROTC instructor in Gulf High School in New Port Richey. 1 have three granddaugh¬ ters, 5 years, 18 months, and 14 months."

Anne Terry Sherren, Naper- ville, 111., is president elect of the Midwestern Association of Chemistry Teachers in Liberal Arts Colleges. She was elected in October. She is chairman of chemistry at North Central College in Naperville... . Sara Townsend Holcomb wrote, "Allen and I had a wonderful trip to France in June with our daughter and daughter-in-law. In August we had a relaxing cruise to Alaska. I have been elected to a three-year term as a member of the board of trustees of Presbyte¬ rian College, Clinton, S.C. (beginning January 1990)."

Jackie Rountree Andrews wrote, "Had a marvelous fun trip to New York City at the end of September with daughter Cheryl '83. We met there for a weekend of shows, shopping and sightsee¬ ing. I then went on to Ogdensburg on the St. Lawrence River and Canadian border to visit friends. It was glorious country — foliage was at peak color — mountains, brooks, farmland, ski villages — even North Pole, N.Y. — for sure — complete with Santa, workshop and all the reindeer. Left snow and 30 degree temperatures and returned to 90 degrees.

A sad note from Andy Turner, husband of Barbara Myers Turner, to let us know that Barbara passed away on August 31, 1989, after several years of battling breast cancer. She is survived by three sons, Jim, Bill and Tom, all of Laguna Beach, Calif.

Helen Sewell Johnson wrote, "All three sons are happy in college and we enjoy the empty nest syndrome. I have spent the last year turning a third of our household into a studio - an enormous project since, like the little red hen, I did it (the construction work) MYSELF. 1 am at move-in stage now. I spend lots of time schlepping art up and down the East Coast. One painting has gone to a show at the American Cultural Center in Brussels where Don and I will join it for the opening on December 1. We look forward to two weeks' vacation in Belgium. I am also enjoying some computer work, mostly proposal writing for non¬ profit arts organizations."

Patricia Guynup Corbus attended the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference in Vermont last summer. She enjoys talking poetry with Harriet Stovall Kelley '55 and would enjoy hearing from any other poets. Daughter Lili and her husband, Kevin Begner, are working on their doctorates and living in Athens, Ohio. Their son Nathan is in the third grade. ... The recipient of the Class of 1957 Scholarship Fund for 1988-89 was Thao Tu, a senior from Tampa, Fla.

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SECRETARY Shirley McDonald Larkey 561 Tilly Mill Road Dunwoody, GA 30338

Mary Helen Collins Williams and Floyd just celebrated their 32nd wedding anniversary. She is organist at the First Christian Church of Atlanta and teaches music in kindergarten. Her children are finishing college, and they are "empty nesters" when their son finishes Harvard College next year.. .. Marilyn Tribble Wittner has a new position as director of instructional personnel for the Hillsborough County School System, the 12th largest in the U.S. Their family attended a wedding in Israel last summer and toured the country together.

Harriet Talmadge Mill had dinner with Caroline Dudley Lester Tye '68 and Judy Webb Cheshire '60. Their daughters are roommates and will represent ASC at a college fair in Lexing¬ ton, Mass. . . . Barbara Thompson Fanale and Gene attended the dedication of the marker on Agnes Scott's grave in Alexandria, Penn., near Johns¬ town. Her son is working on his MA in literature at Pittsburgh... . Pinky McCall Bass just com¬ pleted a photography show at ASC where she did a pin hole camera workshop with the students using a giant mobile walk-in camera for her project.

Hazel Ellis and Judy Nash Gallo had lunch in Morro Bay, Calif., in October. . . . Margaret Woolfolk Webb and Blenn are proud grandparents of two boys.

Shirley McDonald Larkey's brother Lauren McDonald is a candidate for governor of Georgia and will appreciate support from our classmates.

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SECRETARY Melba Cronenberg Bassett 9825 Momingside Drive Leesburg, FL 34788

Well, '59ers, my mailbox has not been overflowing from you. I did have a great letter from Mary Joan Morris Hurlbutt who wanted to let us know what "far west" really means. She has been living in Honolulu, Hawaii, since 1970 and is a librarian at the largest elementary school in Honolulu. Converting to com¬ puter circulation is bringing major changes to her life! Joan sends her love to the class and is ever grate¬ ful for her liberal arts beginning at Agnes Scott. She hopes to get back to the campus someday. Won't she be surprised at the changes?

Just making the deadline was a nice note from Paula Pilkenton Vail with the news of son Charles' marriage to Laura Lynn Allen '88 on November 11. Charles is an '86 graduate of Roanoke College and is a banker

and Laura teaches Latin in Greensboro, N.C. Mary Clayton Byran Dukard attended the wedding.

Ralph and I celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary in September with a trip to Maine and the White Mountains of New Hampshire. We spent Thanksgiv¬ ing in Columbus, Ohio, visiting our son Frank.

By the time you read this I hope you will have a letter reminding you to send your news! I promise if you write me I will pass it on to everyone!

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SECRETARY Eve Purdom Ingle (Mrs. Clyde R.) 609 East 75th Street Indianapolis, IN 46240

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SECRETARY Jo Jarrell Wood (Mrs. Robert E.) 3635 Winbrook Lane Tucker, GA 30084

Wasn't hearing from Ann a treat? Give us a treat from you, now, real soon!

Our own Anne Broad Steven¬ son has accepted a position as associate rector of Christ Church parish, 900 Broadway, Nashville, Tenn. Sincere congratulations to you, Anne! Her daughter Catherine is in Mississippi working on a second master's thesis; son George is a junior at Sewanee; and daughter Sarah is a sophomore at Harvard.

Polly Brooks Simpson called to say what a wonderful time she had with Emily Bailey, Grace Lynn Outzs Curry, Martha McKinney Ingram, Jane Kelly Watson, Harriet Higgins Miller, and Anne Frazer Drake at a get together. Polly has been ap¬ pointed to the National Board of Child Abuse. Martha's father passed away this year. . . . Dina McMillan Kahler is actively enjoying the snow activities and outdoor life in general in Denver, Colo. I always enjoy chatting with her during my trips to see my daughter!

Kay Gwaltney Remick wrote that her family is moving back to the city from the suburbs, next to the University of Richmond pro¬ perty and just a mile or two from her bookstore. Their son Tim is a senior at Guilford; Charlotte is a junior at Denison in Ohio; and Katie is a junior at Collegiate. Kay spoke of a great visit with Kacky Chambers Elliott and Phil in the summer... . How nice of Elizabeth Thomas Smith to speak to the Atlanta Agnes Scott Alumnae Club — "How Volun- teerism Prepared Me for the Business World."

The Arts Synergy festival at Agnes Scott this past spring was especially delightful with the showing of paintings done by

none other than our very own Jean Corbett Griffin and Nancy \ Batson Carter. Jean and her j mother spent that delightful weekend with me, inspiring me no end. Jean continues to work with inner city children in Chicago. She introduced me to a valuable book, How Can I Help?

Joyce Seay Reid is a grand- j mother again, making some of us j really jealous! Ana Maria Aviles McCaa arranged a delightful dinner for Joyce, Harriett Elder Manley and me and our husbands.

Harriett Manley moved her mother from Selma to be closer to Harriett. Their son Jeff is a sopho¬ more at Auburn, getting more handsome every day; daughter Victoria is a freshman at Sewanee; and daughter Kimble is married, as you know, and living in Tampa where she and Mildred Love Petty get together often. Harriett continues to work with severely handicapped children in the DeKalb County School System. Ginger Marks Espy's second son is marrying soon.

Your secretary must apologize to you dear classmates: the last time class news was due she was seen three feet under books and papers having to do with Profes¬ sional Ethics in Psychology and Exceptional Children in the Regular Classroom, Ph.D. level courses. Not being in class for 12 years previously, I feel as though I could write a book — Grey Hair in the Classroom — Survival Skills! The library has film where there were once books and magazines, and the lectures are taped for instant replays, but the hours necessary and the "grind" are the same. I've realized that we are ! pretty well prepared for the school game from our Agnes Scott experience. So don't let anything stop you from going for more — if I made it OK, so will you! Your family and those in your classes will learn a lot from you in small subtle ways, and your courage will be strengthened. j

SECRETARY Vivian Conner Parker 13319 Havers hire Houston, TX 77079

SECRETARY Nell Tabor Hartley 230 Thorn Street Sewickley, PA 15143

We have come of age! Margie Harms offered to FAX her news to me. Trying to match her sophistication, without admitting I that I hadn't a clue as to the i numbers of accessible receivers, 1 said, "Oh you can mail it and I'll FAX it to Scott if necessary." Her optimistic, upbeat, 3 page letter was a treat to read. In summation, | her back is healing beautifully ! following very complicated back s

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i surgery which included bone | grafting and the permanent j placement of two small stainless | steel rods to her spine. Equally I exciting to her is the healing of ! her spirits which is occurring

through a reconnection with her faith and membership in the ACDF program at her church.

| Lelia Jones Graham wrote ! about her professional work in i specialized financial planning for 1 long-term care. If any of you are

currently working with the elderly and/or their adult children, Lelia would like to hear from you. Her office phone number is (404) 364-

! 0121. Another networking I opportunity is in the area of I computer software. Betsy

Schenck Kylstra told me about the program her husband, Chet, developed which provides a comprehensive Bible search. Betsy lives in Pensacola where she is completing her master's degree in Biblical studies and is working as a "teaching counselor" at Liberty

i Christian College. Two of their sons, James and Lewis, have graduated from college and are working in Chicago. Eric is a college senior and Pam a college junior.

Many of our class seem to be on the move. Dot Laird Foster and Quentin are en route to San Francisco where he serves as vice president of engineering for Evans and Sutherland. Dating at Scott prepared Quint for the earthquake — as soon as he knew there was trouble, he dove under the nearest table! . . . Carolyn Pollard Pirnie just moved to the D.C. area and is anxious to get in touch with those of you who live in the area. Please call her (301-916-6926).. .. Ina Jones Hughs is now in Knoxville, Tenn. Her husband is pastor of the First Presbyterian Church and Ina is writing for the Knoxville

j papers. ! Louisa Walton McFadden and

her family continue to live in Atlanta. She is pursuing her interest in marriage and family counseling. Another member of

; the Atlanta alumnae groups, | Betty Ann Gatewood Wylie is ; marvelling at the reality that for | the first time in 14 years, they do

not have an elementary age child. The youngest of their four headed to middle school this fall. Betty Ann will be a featured storyteller in April for the first Atlanta Sto¬ rytelling Festival. If you are in the area and can attend, please

! contact her for details.. .. Nancy : Duvall Hargrove is also doing

well on the speaker's circuit. She | was selected to present a paper at ! the November SAMLA confer- : ence in Atlanta. While there she

visited Betty Ann and Jane Pepperdene. Betty Ann was able to pass the torch of Rhodes

1 College tuition payments on to ! Nancy. Anna Catherine Wylie

graduated from the Memphis i college in May; Meg Hargrove is

now a freshman there. Becky Bruce Jones is working

j very hard to help the University of North Carolina Wilmington

; establish a graduate program in chemistry. Mayhe Wilmington

; native Rosslyn Troth Zook could collaborate. Becky is the chemis¬ try lab coordinator for the university. Neighbor Virginia

Allen Callaway also teaches there. She is in the French department. Maybe they can lure Michel Deroy there as a guest lecturer. Lyn Lindskog Deroy's husband is being honored by the French government. Because of his business and social contribu¬ tions, he is being made a Knight in the French Legion of Honor.

If any of you watch CBN and see Pat Robertson's books being marketed from a blue Victorian house — that's 230 Thorn Street. There is lots of room here and we'll gladly fluff a pillow and open a can of beans if you are driving through Pittsburgh and can stop here for a visit or are stuck at our airport. 1 also hope you'll use the address of phone number (412) 741-9471 to share your news.

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SECRETARY Mary Womack Cox 1500 NE 139 Street N. Miami, FL 33161

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SECRETARY Nancy Solomonson Portnoy (Mrs. Barry) 12612 Old Wick Road San Antonio, TX. 78230

Margaret Smith Sellars and her husband live in Thibodaux, La., about 50 miles from New Orleans. Margaret's husband is a C.P.A. with his own practice. Margaret is a third year law student. They have three daughters. One daughter lives in Washington, D.C., one attends college, and the third is an energetic 4-year-old.

Suzanne Vinson Hamilton writes that all is well with her family in Little Rock, Ark. Suzanne is PTA president of younger daughter Sarah's high school. Husband Don is an attorney. Their daughter, Ashley, is a Pi Phi at the University of Arkansas. Both daughters continue to ride and show hunters. Suzanne is still labeled "horse show mom!"

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SECRETARY Martha Thompson 5120 Nebraska Avenue Washington, DC 20008

Linda Lael's Christmas card from England, where she is spending a year, had the message, "The Christmas pudding is ready to be steamed and the sherry ready to pour. 1 feel so Dickensian! I can only hope there are no ghosts. I'm having quite enough trouble coping with reality. However, every day is easier than the one before." . . . Harriet Holt Whitley reports that she has heen a widow for eight years. They

lived abroad for four and a half years. She has two daughters, Allyson, a junior at Agnes Scott and Ann, a sophomore in high school. She's a travel agent and is loving it.

Kay Roseberry McCarron started her own archaeological consulting firm in Northern Virginia in 1987. She received her master's in anthropology at the University of Virginia in 1975. She is conducting archaeo¬ logical surveys in Manassas and Loudon Counties, Virginia. In 1988, she excavated the site of the original Manassas Industrial School (1892) and this year she excavated a slave cabin site. ... Carol Davenport Wood is teaching at a preschool again after a year's rest. She is finding out a lot about attention deficit children since they have had a child diagnosed. She has Storyline (a one minute story for kids over the telephone) going for kids in Tulsa, Okla.

Linda Peterson Deibert writes, "I'm married (2nd time), have two children, Alison, 13, and Michael, 15 months. Gary and I have a 'yours, mine, and ours' marriage — his three, my one, and our one! We have just opened a bed and breakfast in Perry, Ga., — The Swift Street Inn, and I'm getting my master's in middle grades." ... Carol McDonald Shoemaker's daugh¬ ter, Sarah Fisher, is a freshman at ASC this year. Both Carol and Sarah are very excited about her choice of a college. . . . Nancy Bland Norton is curriculum director for Candler County in Metter, Ga., where she lives. Her son, Matt Towers, is a sophomore at Earlham College in Richmond, Ind.

Marganne Hendricks Price has been in Decatur, Ala., since July 1979. She has been working as a financial secretary for their church since 1984- They have four children. Shannon is a junior at ASC; Clay is a senior and Miriam is a sophomore in high school; and Tom is 3 years old. "As you can surmise, Lane and 1 have started over!" . . . Marilyn Breen Kelley and Walt are professors of math at the Univer¬ sity of Oklahoma. Their daughter Joyce is a busy 12-year-old in middle school and enjoys ballet and cello. . .. Laura Dorsey Rains finished Columbia Theo¬ logical Seminary in June of 1988 and began ministry with First Presbyterian Church in Annis- ton, Ala.

May Day Folk Taylor has been busy with her two boys (Scott, 19, and Thomas, 11), her job (United Buying Service with 20 employees, which she started in 1967 to help people save money on cars and furniture), and her house. In June she had some severe winds that uprooted her 100-year-old trees. Five years ago she started an ad agency, which also takes time and she does volunteer work for the DAR. She recently served as District of Columbia State Agent with 34 chapters and 60 committees to supervise, and now she is serving a 5-year tenn as vice president general of the National Society. The DAR is celebrating the

100th anniversary of the auto and the 200th anniversary of the U.S. Constitution. They have been rewarding experiences for May Day.

Leslie Hawkins, who has been one of our "lost" class members, has been found. She is an'assistant professor of Portugese and Spanish at Princeton University. Her name is now Leslie Hawkins Damascono, and she has a 13- year-old son, Gabriel Hawkins Damascono. While Gabriel had been living in Princeton with his mother, he entered school this fall in California to be with his father. Leslie says his father is "a good parent and a suitable male role model." Leslie spent the summer of 1989 in Brazil, studying her specialty, which is Latin Ameri¬ can theatre.

Ginger Martin Westlund wrote, "I'm finally going to finish my master's in early childhood education next summer at Mercer. 1 took two courses this fall, one under Dr. Betty Brown Sloop '65. She does Agnes Scott proud. Her "Characteristics of the Gifted" course was excellent. I am also piloting a developmentally appropriate first grade curriculum in Clayton County, using Whole Language, Success, and Math Their Way, integrating science and social studies. I love it. Son Julian graduated with honors last spring from Riverdale High School and is now a freshman at Georgia Tech. Son George is in eighth grade. Husband Jack stays busy with Philadelphia Presbyte¬ rian Churph, where he serves as minister, and of course, I stay busy with him. We have an outstand¬ ing choir, which I thoroughly enjoy."

that the next week, Louise Wright Larason drove down from Anderson, S.C., and Candy, Judy, and I did it all again and still found things to talk about.

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SECRETARY Betty Derrick 15 Mount Paran Road, NE Atlanta, GA 30342

The occasion of Jane Cox Beale's visit home from England was the chance for a mini-reunion of Helen Roach Rentch. Eleanor McCallie Cooper, and Gue Pardue Hudson. The group gathered at Jane's family home in Clarkton, N.C. Jane's husband, Hugh, is a law professor in England where they live with their children, Thomas, Ned, and Martha. Jane works part time as a social worker and has taken up a new hobby, tap dancing!

Helen Roach Rentch, accom¬ panied by her son, Casey, came from Charleston, W. Va. Helen has received her degree in nursing and is working in that profession, as well as continuing to advocate miners' issues.

Eleanor and Mel Cooper brought their daughters Mae and Katie, and Gue made the trip with her sons, Will, Burt, and John. Gue said she only felt old watching her son and Helen's son play tennis together. She also said the men were better cooks and cleaners, and no one would have eaten but for them!

The class sends our sympathy to Sammye Burnette Brown, whose son, Max, died on August 10, 1989.

SECRETARY Kathy Reynolds Doherty 578 Pelham Road Atlanta, GA 30324

Lots of 1967 class members and spouses helped to elect Clair McLeod Muller to the Atlanta City Council in November. Clair's was one of the most hotly- contested seats on the council. Serving on her "Committee to Elect Clair Muller" were Anne Diseker Beebe and husband, Skip, and Bill Viehman, husband of Gayle Doyle Viehman. Other Scott graduates on the committee were Frances Steele Garrett '37, Gayle Gellerstedt Daniel '71, and Judy Promnitz Marine '54. Major volunteer help in the campaign also came from Sarah Cheshire Killough, Gayle Viehman, and Mary Jervis Hayes, plus lots of help from graduates in other Scott classes, including Christie Theriot Woodfin '68.

Ann Hunter Wickes and 4- year-old daughter, Abigail, stopped long enough in Atlanta this summer to have lunch with Candy Gerwe Cox, Judy Jackson Mozen and me. Ann and her husband are considering building a home in Lafayette, N.Y., not far from Syracuse, where they now live. This lunch was so much fun

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SECRETARY Mary Anne Murphy Hombuckle 210 Honeysuckle Rd. Dothan, AL 36301

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SECRETARY Mary Margaret MacMillan Coleman 3703 Dmniewtxxl Drive Houston, TX 77059

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SECRETARY Jane Duttenhaver Hursey 1149 Forrest Blvd. Decatur, GA 30030

Many thanks to those who have sent news — the rest of us in the class of'71 are interested in what you've been doing!

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ALUMNAE EVENTS

| Kathy Triplett recently returned from New York City where she installed one of her ceramic wall reliefs for McCann- Erickson Advertising headquar¬ ters. She also has been awarded a commission to create a 100- square-foot wall piece for the Charlotte Utilities Department, and just won a $1,000 prize for a teapot in the Cedar Creek Gallery (Creedmoor, N.C.) Teapot National Exhibition. Kathy invites all alumnae to visit her studio in Asheville.

Caroline Turner continues as director of the Law Department at Adolph Coors Company, where she supervises a staff of five law¬ yers and is involved in a myriad of legal issues. She has been married to Donald Masters for six years. Her son Justin is 14; daughter Ashley is 10; stepson Noah is 11. Caroline invites anyone visiting in Colorado to stop in and come for a brewery tour.

Grace Pierce Quinn's daughter Lauren was bom in October,

! 1984- Grace is a Junior Girl Scout leader now, after three years as a Brownie troop leader. She also serves as treasurer for Presbyterian Women at Rock Springs Presbyte¬ rian. In July, Grace had a mini- reunion with Carolyn Gailey Christ, Patricia Winter, Martha

! Patton Spencer, and Ellen Willingham, complete with spend the night party and tour of ASC campus.

Jan Roush Pyles is president of Dorchester Corporation, a developer of apartments in the west Georgia area. She is now single and has two daughters: Amanda, 16, and Meg, 14- Jan travels often on business and in the past four years has made pleasure trips to France, Spain, Italy, Australia, Hong Kong, a Caribbean cruise, and has chartered a sailboat in the Bahamas. At the big Agnes Scott Centennial Celebration, Jan helped with decorations for the sock hop in the gym.

Dea Taylor Walker and Lindsay have moved to Hoover, a suburb of Birmingham. Cassie, age 12, and Taylor, age 9, are in school and are doing well.. . . Maud Browne Nugent is a technical writer at Hewlett- Packard Company. She and her husband, Michael, have two sons: Adam, age 8; Daniel, age 4- They are members of Rock Springs Presbyterian Church. Maud is still close friends with Kay Sessions Golan.

Edna Lowe Swift is still ! teaching high school Spanish.

Last spring she traveled to Mexico with a group of students. She has lived in Decatur for two years.

! Edna's daughter Shanika is a | freshman at Agnes Scott. Her two ! younger children, Akinyele, 15;

and Ayesha, 13, are typical teens. : Edna's husband, Al, hopes to

expand his expertise in contract- ; ing and development.

Edith Jennings Black spent | five weeks during the summer of : '88 in Europe with students and

then studying at the Villa Vergiliana near Naples, including trips to Vesuvius, Pompeii, and sixth century B.C. Greek sites.

| The trip with students included j Paris, Germany, Prague, Austria,

Venice and Switzerland. This past summer, Edith spent eight weeks at the University of Georgia Latin Institute working toward her master's degree.

Mary Alice Isele has a new job as Director of Development/ Public Relations for Holy Inno¬ cents Episcopal School. She still lives in East Cobb (metro Atlanta) with sons Alex, 13, and Brad, 8. Mary Alice also serves on the Search Committee for the Church of St. Peter &. St. Paul in Marietta. She reports that life is very busy.

Keep that news coming! I'm always glad to hear from every¬ one, and sooner or later, I promise, your news will be in print!

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SECRETARY Kathleen McCullouch 1753-A South Hayes Street Arlington, VA 22202

Sidney Kerr Mize sent the following news. "The recent issue of Main Events made me remem¬ ber that I had never informed folks of my marriage on May 28, 1988, to Danny A. Mize. We were married in Anderson, S.C. — a few fellow alums attended — Susan Landers Burns and Donna Reed from our class and Margaret Erwin Walker '42. And, of course my sister, Mary Jane Kerr Cornell '74 was the matron of honor. In this merger, I acquired a 13-year-old stepdaugh¬ ter, Melissa. I am still working as associate dean for student development at Anderson College.

Sidney has also found one of our "lost" class members. Julia Bean Casey is currently living in Medford, Mass., where the army has stationed them while her husband, Lt. Col. John Casey, attends a graduate program at Harvard.

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SECRETARY Suzanne Warren Schwank Star Rt. 7 Box 174 Beaufort, SC 29902

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SECRETARY Mary Jane Kerr Cornell 4560 Harriet Lane Lithonia, GA 30058

Tania Gumusgerdan (Barton) has moved from Los Angeles to San Diego County. She writes that her three children are enjoying all the attractions, and invites anyone from ASC who is in that part of the country to come visit. . . . Melanie Moore is working as a technical sales representative for E.M. Science, a division of E. Merck. She's

enjoying living in the Duke Forest near the Research Triangle in North Carolina.

Suzie Blackwood Foote and her husband, Ashby, welcomed their fourth child and third son, Thomas, on October 2. Suzie says, "Life is wild with four little kids — but fun! Amy Ledebuhr Bandi is another who writes she is a full-time mother to Matt, Luke, Seth, and Abigail, who was bom on June 1. She and Bill have lived in Oklahoma for four years.

After working for four years as an RN, Belinda Melton Cantrell now stays home with her three boys: Ben (8), Adam (5), and Cody (20 months). In her spare (?) time she enjoys swimming and walking. Her husband, Ted, was diagnosed with lymphona last December but, thankfully, following surgery and treatment, is doing well. In fact, he ran the New York City marathon this fall!

During the past two years I have served as interim pastor in two churches, but presently Alex (age 3) and Glen (2) are my "full- time" jobs. Chairing a Presbytery committee keeps me involved with the church, and serving as class secretary will (hopefully) keep me in touch with all of you. Please write with your news!

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SECRETARY Mary Anne Bleker 334 Brooks Avenue Atlanta, GA 30307

Girls, PLEASE! Not a bit of official news to report! There have been plenty of missed opportunities, however. During the Thanksgiving holidays Joyce McKee visited with Susan Stigall. I'm quite sure I missed some great tidbits that evening. Charlotte Gillis also dropped in the big "A" to visit relatives. However, since I have practically lived in Austin, Texas, this fall, I didn't see either of them. (More about that later) In between trips to Texas, I did manage a two week driving vacation up to Provincetown, Mass., Bar Harbor, Maine, and many points in between. On that trip I twice passed straight through Dana Kegley Spraker's hometown of Pulaski, Va. I tried to call both times with no luck. I was dying to see Dana on a tractor! She's bound to be as happy as the pigs on their farm — what a spectacularly beautiful part of the country. A business call to Ed Voyles Suzuki put me in touch (literally) with Mary Pender Derek who darned near ran over me in the parking lot as she sought to get her cute little "Sidekick" in line for service. She reports a busy fall opening new stores in Florida and managing merchandise for their clothing business, "Casey and Ash World¬ wide." Mary looks exactly the same as she did fifteen years ago — UNBELIEVABLE!

Obviously there is a limit to

how much one can say without anything to go on! It seems the only person I have kept up with lately is my mother. In the last three months I have moved her to a retirement apartment, she has fallen and broken her hip and shoulder requiring a two-month hospital stay, my sister and I have held an estate sale to dispense with three generations of accumu¬ lated treasures, I have rented the house and am now providing 24 hour care since she was released but is not yet independent. At a distance of 1,000 miles this has been a trying experience. At least

her visit here for Christmas will bring the family here and give me some time on my own turf. I just i pray she will be able to regain her independence. I don't know what to do if she can't.

Just in case Atlanta becomes as popular a destination in the future as it was during Thanksgiving, remember to call! Pleas for news will be satisfied by a great 15th year reunion in April. We can all catch up with each other there and then spread the word to the unfortunates who were unable to join us! Make plans now to attend!

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The Agnes Scott College

SUITCASE

SEMINARS

June 13-27, 1990

AN ENGLISH

HOUSEPARTY

For 10 years Margaret Andes Okarma '52 and her husband, Gene;have hosted parties for Agnes Scott College friends. Their home, Brobury House,

in the gentle Herefordshire countryside near Wales, is ideally suited for touring this relatively

unknown and beautiful part of Great Britain.

August 11-23, 1990

ALASKAN

ADVENTURE

A 13-day journey into the 50th state's untamed frontier, aboard the luxurious

Midnight Sun Express and the Sea Princess, including tours of Fairbanks, Denali Park and Anchorage.

For further information, call or write: Alumnae Office ■ Agnes Scott College Decatur, GA 30030 ■ 404/371-6325

Spring 1990/Main Events A-13

ALUMNAE EVENTS

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SECRETARY Nancy Leasendale Purcell

| 1300 Steeple Run 1 Lawrenceville, GA 30245

Beth Dewall moved to the Chicago area in September to work for the Bradford Exchange. She'll be program manager of product development. Beth has spent the past ten years as merchandising manager at the Cincinnati Art Museum. Beth looks forward to her Chicago move as both sisters, as well as a

i niece and a nephew live there. In October, Jean Sheffield

Buchanan and J im sailed on the ; Queen Elizabeth II from New

York City to Southampton. They were on board the ship for five days, then spent ten days shop¬ ping and sightseeing in London. Jean writes, "I highly recommend this trip for someone looking for two fun weeks!"

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SECRETARY : Holly A. Bennett Rielly ! P. O. Box 235 \ Washington, GA 30673

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SECRETARY Martie Lovvom Moore (Mrs. Neil A.) 279 Keeler Woods Drive Marietta, GA 30060

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SECRETARY I Robin Kessler Nelson

31 Metten Road ; Newark, DE 19713

Thank you so much for all the notes and letters. It is great to hear from all of you. Carolyn Pervis Whatley wrote about her wedding. She was married June 17 and many Scotties were in attendance. Sarah Windham Hunt was matron of honor. Sherri Brown '80 and Kim Robinson Sincox '80 served cake and Krista Wolter Skelton '80 turned pages for her mom at the organ. Carolyn also writes that Mike "does" computers and she still "does" third graders. . .. Also, I received another update from a classmate who was unable to attend the reunion. A few weeks later Susan Gledhill Pendergrass had her baby. Philip Allen Pendergrass Jr. was bom May 16 and weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces and was 20 inches long. She returned to work as a paralegal at Troutman, Sanders, Lockerman and Ashmore after Labor Day.

I also received a computer

printed letter from Debby Daniel- Bryant which was obvious proof she had completed her summer computer course with flying colors. She is also beginning a program of play therapy at work to help children "play" through some very serious problems. . . . Laurie Kramer wrote that she was somehow missed in receiving the reunion information. She really wanted to attend and was quite disappointed in missing the weekend. Her address is: 1618 Radcliffe, Columbia, MO 65203.

Tish Dupont Easterlin writes that she is fine and busy in Louisville, Ga.... My only news is that in a few short weeks Monte will graduate with his MBA. Thanks again for all the news!

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SECRETARY Sharon Maitland Moon 4501 Monument Avenue Richmond, VA 23230

Lynne Perry Sales and Bill announce the arrival of Stephen Perry Sales, bom September 25, 1989. Lynne and Bill are presently living in Rockwell, Texas.... English Taylor Ball and Robert announce the arrival of William Taylor Ball, bom July 28, 1989.

Congratulations to Ann Huffines Neel on being promoted to Business Systems Analyst at Belk Stores Services in Charlotte, N.C. Congratulations also to Ann and husband, David, on the birth of their second son, Kevin William Neel, bom October 25, 1989. Kevin, older brother Jonathan, mom and dad are doing just fine.

Kathleen Hollywood writes that she and husband Bruce Smith spent a week's vacation in San Francisco visiting Sarah Fairburn. Sarah took time off from her job to show Kathy and Bruce the sights. Sarah visited with T. Lancaster Reese and her husband, Jeff, a few months ago. Jeff and T. also have a new baby.

Sharon Maitland Moon is practicing law with McGuire, Woods, Battle &. Boothe in Richmond Va. Sharon is concen¬ trating in business and commer¬ cial litigation. Sharon and J. have moved to 4501 Monument Avenue, Richmond, VA 23230.

Grace Haley Schindler writes that she is now the executive director of Southeastern Paralegal Institute in Nashville, Tenn. The Schindlers have a new son, Erich Jordan, bom June 14, 1989. Prior to Erich's arrival, Grace worked with the District Court Clerk's office and a large law finn in Nashville. She graduated from Southeastern Paralegal Institute in April, 1988. Grace hopes to enter law school in the future. Grace is active with the Nashville Paralegal Association and she has recently been asked to chair the Nashville YWCA. As if Grace isn't busy enough, she reports that they are building a new home. Grace is looking forward to our class reunion in April.

JUST A REMINDER! Please remember to earmark your con¬ tributions to the College to the Kemper Hatfield Graham Scholarship Fund.

It is time to plan our reunion! If anyone in the Atlanta area is interested in reunion planning, please contact Sharon Maitland Moon at (804) 775-1173 or (804) 359-4603.

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SECRETARY Sarah M. Campbell 3133 Shadow Walk Lane Tucker, GA 30084

Warm greetings to all in the midst of these winter months!

Maryanne Gannon Deaton and I had a brief visit at the fall leadership weekend. Maryanne and Eric still live in a northwest suburb of Chicago. She "finds the natives very friendly and after three winters the weather tolerable." Maryanne says she is quite challenged by her job in the Operations Research Department of United Airlines. They are renovating an old house and enjoy the flight benefits when they take weekend trips around the U.S.

Lee Ann Chupp Stephens wrote to me in August. The summer after our reunion George and Lee Ann transferred back to Atlanta after living in Milwaukee for a year. Lee Ann worked in a law firm as a legal assistant for complex litigation. They bought and built another house and on November 20, 1987, their son Daniel Alexander was bom. Now Lee Ann is a full-time mom and a part-time legal service consultant. Lee Ann wanted the class of '79 to know that one of their ranks has not escaped Daniel's influ¬ ence. He has anointed her sister Linda Chupp '79, as Aunt Noni.

Stephanie Segars Johnson and Bray ton sold their house and have a new address (as of November 15) in the Tampa area. Harrison is 15 months old, and Steph says she's settling into the role of mom and wife. Brayton changed careers and is travelling extensively. Stephanie's family pulled up roots in Florida and moved to Rogers, Ark., (secretary's note: yea Arkansas!) in August.

On behalf of our class, I want to express my deepest sympathy to Tim Whetten and to the family of Nellie Yeoh Whetten. Nellie was killed in an automobile accident March 24, 1989. I had received a letter from her the month before she died. Tim notified the Alumnae Office just before the last newsletter went out. Her absence is a loss to us all.

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SECRETARY Lu Ann Ferguson 1117 Misty Oak Lane Keller, TX 76248

My threats have worked! Thanks

for all the reponses, and I hope to hear from the rest of you soon. I am going to use only half of the information I received so that we will have something next time!

Lillian Carole Ungar Toler married William Thomas Toler on May 12, 1984. She earned a BBA from Georgia State in 1983 and now lives in Titusville, Fla.

Leah Crockett-Chapman has been the Assistant Director of the Pulmonary Lab at Crawford Long Hospital in Atlanta for one year and says that it is rewarding and challenging and also that 3-year- old Alicia is growing up too fast.

Lori Bailey Hodge lives in Birmingham with husband Joe, son Zachary (bom September 10, 1986), and is a rehabilitation counselor. She has a M.A. Ed. in rehabilitation counseling. .. . Maryellen Smith Hittel and Glenn live in Lumberton, N.C., with their daughters Kacie Reese (bom Febmary 10, 1986) and Ashley Judith (bom January 14, 1988). Maryellen reports that Elizabeth Duggan Ivester lives in Atlanta. Elizabeth transferred after sophomore year to Auburn and graduated from there. ... Karen Ramsbottom Parrott married Stephen P. Parrott on December 21, 1985. They live in Spartanburg where Karen is a medical representative for Syntex Labs. Their daughter Jessica Lyle was bom on April 6, 1988.

Meg Miller Hudson is still in the Air Force Reserve and living in Jacksonville, Ark. She served her two-week tour this year at MacDill AFB in Tampa and is awaiting the results of her Captain's Board. She and Jeffrey welcomed their daughter Jessica Ann on October 28, 1988.. .. Sarah Adams Voccio and Michael were married May 7, 1983, and live in Joppa, Md., with their children Sarah Amanda (bom July 10, 1985) and Timothy Michael (bom January 10, 1989). . . . Christine Veal Hoskins loves living in San Antonio, Texas. She and Scott have a new baby bom on February 26, 1989, named Michael David. . . . Nina Ferguson Belk and her husband, H. W. McKay Belk, live in Charlotte with their children Nina Cabell (bom January 23, 1985) Katherine Whitney (bom February 19, 1987), and Hamilton Witherspoon McKay Jr. (bom March 9, 1989).

Margaret Clark Waterbury and Margaret Phillips returned to campus last spring to be costume designer and stage manager, respectively, for the production of "Echoes Through Time." Marga¬ ret Waterbury writes that Margaret Phillips is a professional stage manager and is Atlanta's stage manager liaison with the stage actors' union. After working with current students, Margaret Waterbury' wonders if we were ever that young! . . . Amy Dodson Goodwin and Forrest were expecting their second child in January. They recently moved to Southbury, Conn., and vacationed last summer in Myrtle Beach with Carol Reaves Wilson and Walter. Husbands and daughters really enjoyed the time together, too. . . . Sara Robinson Chambless and Keith are the

THE WRITE WORDS Margaret Evans Porter '80 (Winter '88 Agnes Scott Maga¬ zine) has a new book due out this month. Irish Autumn is to be published by Walker arid Company. Margaret reports she's looking forward to her 10th reunion this spring.

proud parents of Sara Claire, bom August 25, 1989.

Nancy Blake (class president), Susan Mead (vice president), and I attended the Alumnae Leader¬ ship Conference on Investiture weekend which was the finale of the Centennial Celebration. j Susan and I stayed in Winship (memories!!!) and we all enjoyed J the programs and especially the [ Party of the Century. Also I attending the Party were Sharon 1 Johnson, Lauchi Wooley, Cristyj Clark, and Susan Glover. Susan i Glover is practicing psychiatry in Atlanta. 1

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SECRETARY Susan Whitten Padgett 2408 North Hill Parkway Atlanta, GA 30341 >

Congratulations to three of our classmates who have recently experienced achievements in their careers: Julie Babb was one of the finalists nominated for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg (N.C.) Teacher of the Year award. Julie, who is in her seventh year of teaching, currently teaches kindergarten through third grade. . . . Kim Schellack Baldonado, who works for The Life Insurance Co. of Georgia, recently earned a fellowship diploma from Life Management Institute. .. . Laura Head passed the Georgia Bar and began working as an attorney for the Atlanta finn O'Callaghan, Saunders and Stumm in Septem¬ ber. . . . Moving along in her career, Amy Mortenson is doing her medical residency in Atlanta and specializing in anesthesiology. She lives in a restored house in Grant Park (Atlanta) with Mindy Spratt, who is an attorney with the government.

Shari Nichols Clifton has returned to Atlanta where her husband is studying for his master's at Georgia Tech. ... In nearby South Carolina, Kathy Nelson Brownlee, her husband, and toddler daughter made it through Hurricane Hugo in October with minimal damages. However, they were out of power and water for four days! . . .

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ALUMNAE EVENTS

Speaking of kids, Charlotte Wright Ealick and John had their second child, Stephen Gilbert Ealick on July 8, 1989. Charlotte enjoys staying home with her children and doing a little computer programming "to keep in touch." .. . On the fun side, Cheryl Andrews and Valerie Hepburn enjoyed a trip to Europe together in August. . . . Nancy (Duggan) Childers ran the New York City Marathon with Sue Feese '84 on November 5. Caroline Bleke lent support cheering them on from the sidelines at mile 18.

Karla Sefcik graduated from the National Center for Paralegal Training in September and started her new career with Carter & Ansley (downtown Atlanta) in October. . . . Kate Blanton also attended NCPT here in Atlanta, graduating last spring. She then married Bill Towler in May and they are living in Richmond, Va., where she is a paralegal and is expecting their first child in the summer... . Anne Luke Boozer, Mark and the twins moved to Charlotte, N.C. in September. . . . Michael and Carie Cato Pursley are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Caitlan Marie on September 8. Carie is enjoying her new "career" as a full-time mom and working on remodeling their house. Carie writes that Meg Miller Hudson ('82/'83; she graduated with us after finishing a dual degree at Georgia Tech) is living in Jacksonville, Ark., with her husband, Jeff, and two children, Mike (3) and Jessica (1). Jeff is a pilot with the U.S. Air Force and Meg serves with the Air Force Reserve. Mike and Caitlan share the same birthday!

Please write with your news!

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SECRETARY Carla E ids on Pierce 88 Wills Drive Alpharetta, GA 30201

Hello everyone. Here is the latest in class news! Susan Scoville married J. Carl Smith on March 18, 1989, in Griffin, Ga. Ann Marquette, Sissy Owen Macfie, and Ansley Scoville '86 attended. Susan and Carl live in Orlando where Susan works for SunBank in the officer's training program.

Tracy Baker Bengtson had a short story titled "Magnolias" published in a fiction anthology. Tracy and husband Dave have taken several skiing trips in Vermont and spent a week sailing around the West Indies. Tracy also saw Tiz Eaison at the Degas exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum in New York.. . . Linda Soltis and Anne Supree '85, vacationed at Linda's Canadian cottage hideaway last summer.

Mary Meade married Robert H. Dean on November 4, 1989, in Newnan, Ga. Attending brides¬ maids were Suzanne Brown Sewell, Connie Patterson, Carol Jones, and Carla Eidson Pierce. Also attending the wedding were Lisa Nichols, Carie Cato Pursley

'83 and Karla Sefcik '83. Anyone seeing Mary should make sure to ask about her "Girls' Night Out" party at the Lemon Peel! Carol Jones has relocated to Birming¬ ham, Ala., where she has a cute new apartment and continues to work for Lipton, Inc. Lisa Nichols has taken her scuba diving interests to new depths. Lisa is involved with the Dolphin Project, a ten-year program studying the dolphin population in the waters of the Savannah River; and Lisa also joined the Atlanta Area Divers (to benefit Muscular Dystrophy) to help break the world record for playing underwater Monopoly -24 nours a day for 50 days straight!

Patti Pair is enjoying her new townhome in Roswell, Ca. . . . Tina Roberts Kennedy and husband Britt bought a house in St. Louis, Mo. . . . Sarah McCull- ough went to Ghana, Africa, in August as a volunteer. ... Caroline Cooper Wilhelm led the freshman class orientation book discussion and was the guest speaker at "Meet the Faculty" at Regis College last fall.

Celia Shackleford married Mark Edward Booher on Novem¬ ber 25, 1989 in Atlanta. Celia's sister, Beth Shackleford Brown '82, was matron of honor and Celia's mother is Betty Akerman Shackleford '55. Attending bridesmaids were Rachel McCon- nell and Betsy Benning and serving were Tiz Faison, Carol Jones, and Leslie Lyons Watkins. Also attending were Nancy Griffith Lewis, Alice Whitten Bowen, Sissy Owen Macfie, Danon Jones, Beth Hallman, Peggy Schweers Jones and Carla Eidson Pierce. Celie and Mark are living in Savannah and Celia has a new job directing the public relations division of the Anderson Group in Hilton Head.

Betsy Benning is getting ready to graduate Dartmouth and is job hunting. Beth Hallman is living in Orlando working for Fugelberg & Koch Architects as an AutoCad specialist. Tiz Faison is still baking lots of wonderful goodies in Charlotte. Rachel McConnell has her own consulting business selling incentive programs to large- scale employers. Danon Jones now lives in Jackson, Miss., and recently vacationed in Hawaii. .. . Elizabeth Godfrey and Tammy Lynne Jenkins both received masters in computer science at Clemson University on December 15.

Fran Ivey Lemmen gave birth to twin boys, Kirk Alan and Ryan Amerton, on November 15, 1989. Mom and the boys are doing fine! As for me, I hosted a baby shower for Patti Leeming Chamberlain in December and enjoyed seeing several Scotties. Please note my temporary new address when sending me future class news. Remember to write or call me; I would love to hear from you all!

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SECRETARY Erin Odom 155 Jefferson Place

Decatur, GA 30030

Vonda Bracewell Shoemaker served as interim associate direc¬ tor of the Georgia State Center for Business and Economic Edu¬ cation during the summer. Master teachers of economic education visited summer workshops making presentations on "Scope and Sequence." Vonda assisted in conducting the workshops, initi¬ ated a newsletter, and coordinated the "Scope and Sequence" presen¬ tations statewide. She is currently working on her master's degree in secondary social studies at Georgia State University.

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SECRETARY Sandra Dell Futch 359 Charleston Lane Laivrenceville, GA 30245

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SECRETARY Natalie Whitten 1029 St. John's Wood Richmond, VA 23225

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SECRETARY Catherine G. Martin 1185 Collier Road Apt. 23-D Atlanta, GA 30318

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SECRETARY Karen Wiseley 3450-D North Druid Hills Road Decatur, GA 30033

The Class of '89 hasn't slowed down a bit since graduating from Agnes Scott this past May. Many members of our class have joined the ranks of the working world while others are pursuing graduate degrees (thus effectively avoiding the "real world" for another couple of years?). A number of us have gotten engaged and many are married. Some are still resting and recuperating from Agnes Scott. A few claimed to be out of jail on bail (that was just a joke, right?). Many have been traveling and visiting family and friends.

Susanne Hollister is living in Stone Mountain and has been working for a college recruitment office recruiting adult learners for Graceland College, a small college in Iowa. Susanne and Clinton will be celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary next May.. . . Kathryn Deane is working for an international public relations firm in Washing¬ ton, D.C. She has been traveling to Illinois and Maryland for interviews.. . . Also in the Washington, D.C., area is Tina

Carr. Tina has been working at EDS (Electronic Data Systems) in the Systems Engineer Develop¬ ment Program learning about the data processing industry. She has learned several computer pro¬ gramming languages while working on the development of a Network Traffic Analysis System for MCI. Writes Tina, "I am enjoying my job, continuing my education, and missing my friends from Agnes Scott."

Dawn Goforth is living in Pembroke, N. H., and has been working at the Currier Gallery of Art as assistant to the director. She also teaches aerobics at night. Dawn has been traveling through¬ out New England on the week¬ ends and has visited Bostonians Cindy Franks and Christy Noland '88. Cindy loves Boston and she and her roommate, Christy, have spent a lot of time exploring the city. Cindy is working at Bay Banks in the entry-level management program.

Jennifer Boyens is living in Stone Mountain and has been working for Atlanta Gas Light Company in data security.... Laura Beverly writes from Peachtree City that she had a wonderful summer as a camp director for a YMCA day camp. This fall she has been working for a publishing company during the day and has a tutoring service at night. Laura plans to start taking classes in child development, child psychol¬ ogy, etc., in preparation for a career in pediatrics.

Vee Kimbrell is working in Atlanta at Enterprise Capital Management Group as a market¬ ing representative. In October she passed the Series 7 exam and is a registered representative with the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD). Vee and Adele Clements '88 are roommates, and Vee is enjoying her freedom and is playing as hard as she works. Says Vee, "I'm glad to be free of homework, tests, and papers." .. . Shannon Gibbs works at Enter¬ prise Capital Management Group with Vee and feels she is a prime example of the "you don't always end up doing something related to your major." (Shannon majored in art at Agnes Scott.) Shannon is living in Dean Hudson's "yellow house" on South Candler with Mandy Roberts, Dee Agee, and Carolyn Weaver. Mandy is working as a federal investigator for OPM (Office of Personnel Management) doing background checks for government security clearance. Dee has been working for an Atlanta realtor that relo¬ cates employees for companies.

Ginger Patton-Schmitt is teaching high school English in DeKalb County.... Sarah Napier is working as an assistant teacher teaching math and English for the 4th and 5th grade level at Paideia. . . . French Kelsey broke her foot going down the aisle during graduation and was on crutches for a while which postponed her "career." Writes French, "Life remains exciting but I haven't gotten down to getting a job yet. Guess I need to decide what I'm going to do with my life ... or maybe I'll just see what new adventure comes along next."

Kimberly Baker has been

doing temporary work in Lin- colnton, N.C., at a Fortune 500 roller-bearing plant. She has also been going to a community college taking BASIC program¬ ming towards her mathematics certification. Kimberly has had an interesting six months: rebuilding after a tornado in May, surviving Hurricane Hugo in September and flood waters in October. ... Eloise Lindsay gave us all a scare in November. Eloise was missing for two weeks along a 43-mile hike in the mountains along the N.C.-S.C. border. Thankfully, Eloise was found by a deer hunter 5 miles from the end of the trail.

Katie Kelley is working in Atlanta at Alexander &. Alexan¬ der Consulting Group as an assistant actuary. Katie will be starting her actuarial exams in February. Katie got engaged on October 15 to Dennis Franklin. Dennis and Katie dated through high school and college.... Dolly Purvis is also engaged. She and Pat Edwards made it official in mid-November. Dolly has been working as a sports editor or the Clayton County newspaper.... Amy Rosenthal Bates was married to Harold Oenge Bates on May 27. Amy and Harold live in Peachtree City where Amy works at Mother's Time Out (a preschool) as the lead teacher of 2-year-olds.

Felrese Bradshaw Carroll is working in Clayton, Ga., at the Department of Family and Children Services in Medical Assistance Only (MAO). On June 3, Felrese married Bud Carroll at Clayton Presbyterian Church. Elsa Jann Newman was matron of honor and Elizabeth Jusuf was a bridesmaid. Marjo Dobbs and Allison Adams attended. For their honeymoon, Felrese and Bud went to Mexico with Constructores para Cristo and 52 other people from the Northeast Georgia Presbytery to build houses for three families.

On August 26, Susie Rights married Lt. Raymond Francis Garland of Atlanta at Home Church in Winston-Salem, N.C. Sybil Strupe Rights '60 is the mother of the bride. Shari Ramcharan was maid of honor. Shelby Threlkel, Mitrina Mogelnicki, and Alice Kennedy were bridesmaids. Wamell Neal '60 was a special guest. Kelly Martin '88 also attended. The couple honeymooned at Walt Disney World and are now living in Fayetteville, N.C. with their kitten Tasha.

Deborah Erb Manigault and her husband, Manuel (they have been married since August 2, 1986) live in Lawrenceville, Ga., with their two cats, Geri and Noelle. Deborah has been working at Community Friend¬ ship, Inc. as an activity therapist. Community Friendship is a psychosocial rehabilitation center for the mentally ill of Atlanta. She and Mani have been writing songs and performing in coffee houses in the Atlanta area. Deborah is also a certified mediator with the Neighborhood Justice Center of Atlanta.

Nan Tittle Turner was married to Fortson Turner on October 7 in her hometown of

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ALUMNAE EVENTS

Nashville, Ga. Caroline Lewis, Mary Ruth Oliver, Crystal Collis, and Kathryn Deane attended. Mary Ruth spent time with Nan helping her prepare for her wedding. Mary Ruth has been traveling with her parents and is living in Glenville, Ga., helping her mother recover from an injury. In January, Mary Ruth plans to move back to Atlanta and start work... . Jeanne Bressoud Higgins and Elvis were married in Atlanta on June 9. Thea Mayne, Liz Callison and Marjo Dobbs were bridesmaids. Elsa Jann Newman, Susanne Pesterfield, and Andrea Farmer attended. Jeanne is pursuing a master's degree in political science at the University of Flor¬ ida. . . . Susanne Pesterfield is also pursuing a higher degree. She is in the Ph.D. program for political science at Emory University.

Sam McClintock is also working towards a Ph.D. Sam's graduate work is in the history of science at the University of Oklahoma and she writes that she is "too busy to have a life." . . . Amy Goodloe is in Charlottes- ville, Va., at the University of Virginia and plans to graduate in May 1990 with a master's degree in English. Amy then plans to begin work on an M.A. in theological studies and then a Ph.D. in theology and literature. This summer she will be studing elementary German and modem theology at Oxford in England.

Gwen Haug is working parttime as a nanny for three young girls and is also working on a certificate for music education K-12 and on a master's in music at Georgia State University. Gwen will be finishing school in the fall of 1990 and hopes to be teaching elementary music soon thereafter. ... Jill Owens is attending Washington University in St. Louis, Mo., in the architec¬ ture master's degree program. ... Gwen Palmer is in Tallahassee, Fla., working towards a juris doctor at the Florida State University College of Law. Gwen spent the summer traveling with her sister to Texas, Colorado, and California.

Carolyn Weaver and Sarah Jewett spent the summer on the college staff of Ghost Ranch in North Santa Fe, N. Mex. Carolyn

| worked as a lifeguard and a i kitchen staff member and drove a

1962 light blue Ford pick-up truck that was nicknamed "The Blue Goose." Sarah worked with the kids and also on the kitchen staff. Carolyn is now working at

| Confederation Life Insurance i Company in Atlanta as a pension . administrator. Sarah spent the fall

at Meadowcreek Project in Arkansas studying and living in an alternative farming environ-

1 ment. I'm also working at Confeder¬

ate Life here in Atlanta. I started I out as a pension administrator

and then was asked to join the systems project team that is working on installing a new computer system in the pensions department. My roommate, Elizabeth Adams '88, is a second year law student at Emory Ltw School. In early August, Elizabeth and Doug Bengston officially announced their engagement.

IN MEMORIAM Eva Towers Hendee (1890-1990) graduated from Agnes Scott College in 1910 with an English major and the Aurora prize. Eva was the first paid office secretary for the Agnes Scott Alumnae Association. With Mary Wallace Kirk serving as president of the Association from 1919 through 1922, she organized a business office for the Association.

"I wrote all the letters, was in the office three mornings a week, and it was transformed into a business project with all the records kept, all letters and communications, etc. handled through the office," she recalled.

We celebrate the long and full life of this woman who helped establish such a strong foundation for our Alumnae Association.

RETIREMENT Betty Wood Smith '49 has an¬ nounced her plans to retire from the Alumnae Office at the end of February. The Alumnae Associa¬ tion of Agnes Scott College wishes to express its appreciation to Betty for ten years of service. We celebrate her cheerful voice on the end of the telephone line, her incredible memory of our names, hometowns and relatives, and her loyalty to Anges Scott and the Alumnae Association.

Our best wishes go with her. (Editor's Note: The Office of

Publications also wishes to thank Betty Smith. She compiles and com¬ puterizes the news from individual classes and passes it along to us for typesetting. We wish her well in retirement.)

A son, Kevin William Neel, to Ann Huffines Neel and David, Oct. 25.

1982 A son, Timothy Michael Voccio, to Sarah Adams Voccio and Michael, Jan. 10, 1989. A son, Michael David Hoskins, to Christine Veal Hoskins and Scott, Feb. 26, 1989. A son, Hamilton Witherspoon McKay Belk Jr., to Nina Ferguson Belk and H. W. McKay, March 9, 1989. A daughter, Sara Claire Cham- bless, to Sara Robinson Cham- bless and Keith, Aug. 25.

1983 A son, Stephen Gilbert Ealick, to Charlotte Wright Ealick and John, July 8. A daughter, Caitlan Marie Pursley, to Carie Cato Pursley and Michael, Sept. 8. A son, Byron Royce Olivier, to Elizabeth Roland Olivier and Steve, Nov. 1.

1984 Twin boys, Kirk Alan Lemmen and Ryan Amerton Lemmen, to Fran Ivey Lemmen and Tim, Nov. 15.

1967 A daughter, Marissa Catherine Mazek, to Susan Chapman Mazek and Warren, Sept. 12.

1968 A daughter, Lucy Mcllwaine Cook, to Lucy Rose and Gerry Cook, May 28.

1974 A son, Thomas Foote, to Suzie Blackwood Foote and Ashy, Oct. 2.

1976 A daughter, Elizabeth Carroll Fortune, to Brandon Brame Fortune and Terry, Nov. 1.

1979 A son, Philip Allen Pendergrass Jr., to Susan Gledhill Pendergrass and Philip, May 16.

1980 A son, Stephen Perry Sales, to Lynne Perry Sales and Bill, Sept. 25. A son, William Taylor Ball, to English Taylor Ball and Rohert, July 28.

1911 Berta David Farrar, age 100, Dec. 12.

1919 Bessie Smith Kilpatrick, Oct. 2.

1920 Elizabeth Reid Lebey, Sept. 1. Mary Dudley Gross, Oct. 28.

1922 Otto Gilbert Williams, Sept. 23.

1923 Rebecca Dick, Sept. 18. Nancy Tripp Shand, Oct. 9.

1924 Augusta Thomas Lanier, March 27. Daisy Frances Smith, Oct. 6.

1925 Alice Greenlee Grollman, July 8. Mary Ann McKinney, Dec. 4. Wendell K. Whipple, husband of Carolyn Smith Whipple, April 26. Willie White Smith '27, sister of Carolyn Smith Whipple, Aug. 29. Robert M. McFarland, husband of Mary Palmer Caldwell McFarland, Aug. 30.

1926 Louisa D. Duls, Aug. 30.

1927 Frances Baldwin McPheeters, Aug. 16. Willie White Smith, Aug. 29. Annette Carter Colwell, Sept. 21. Mabel Dumas Crenshaw, Nov. 1. Elizabeth Clark Young, Nov. 3. Susan Clayton Fuller, Nov. 14-

1928 Elizabeth Hudson McCulloch, Aug. 22.

1929 Marian Hodges Anthony, Oct. 7.

1930 Dorothy Fooshe Green, Aug. 31.

1931 Martha North Watson Smith, Nov. 22. Guy N. Weatherly, husband of Dorothy Jane Allen Weatherly, July 30.

1932 Louise Wise Teaford, Nov. 6. Rosemary Honiker Rickman, Dec. 17.

1935 Mary Summers Langhome, Oct. 19. Claude P. Bowie, husband of Margaret Smith Bowie, Aug. 31. Martha Barnes Correll '67, daughter of Martha Allen Barnes, Nov. 8.

1936 Naomi Cooper Gale, Aug. 17.

1939 Berta David Farrar '11, mother of Catherine Farrar Davis, Dec. 14.

1941 Katherine Oates Lumsden, Nov. 29.

1945 Dr. James B. Kay, Jr., husband of Lois Sullivan Kay, and brother of Kittie Kay Pelham Norment, Aug. 23.

1946 Perry G. Tenney, husband of Frances Bourke Tenney, Sept. 25. Anne Courtenay Davidson '73, daughter of Mary Ann Courtenay Davidson, Sept. 8.

1947 Marie Beeson Ingraham, Sept. 25. Dr. James B. Kay, Jr., brother of Sara Kay Allen, Aug. 23.

1948 Carolyn Greene Doremus, Aug. 3.

1950 Robert Edwin Drakes, husband of Mary Carolyn Schwab Drakes, Aug. 10.

1951 Dr. James B. Kay, Jr., brother of Virginia Kay Daniel, Aug. 23. John A. Davis, husband of Mary Roberts Davis, Sept. 30.

1952 Jeannine Byrd Hopkins, Sept. 8. G. Griff Smith, father of Jeanne Smith Harley, Sept. 11. H. Dillon Winship, Jr., husband of Patricia Cortelyou Winship, Dec. 13.

1955 Ann Connor, daughter of Mary Huffaker Platzek, Sept. 15.

1956 Laura D. Alexander, mother of Lowrie Alexander Fraser, Oct. 14-

1959 Michael Paul Charles, husband of j Marjorie Erickson Charles, Oct. j 26. i

1962 Dr. Harry Davidson Lloyd, husband of Susan Mustoe Lloyd, Dec. 18, 1988. Mrs. Anthony Mustoe, mother of 1

Susan Mustoe Lloyd, Nov. 2, 1988.

1967 Martha Barnes Correll, Nov. 8. i 1968 ! David Foster Eldridge, age 17, son of Jane Boone Eldridge, Sept. 30. 1

1973 Anne Courtenay Davidson, of [ cancer, Sept. 8. i Cecil H. Jackson, father of Janet Jackson Long, Oct. 8. :

1974 Robert Edwin Drakes, father of Vivienne Drakes McKinney, Aug. 1

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Your

Alma Mater

Needs You!

As Agnes Scott alumnae you have special credibility with prospective students. Your efforts in recruit¬ ment have had a strong impact in the past. If you would be willing to help, please complete the coupon and mail it back to us. We intend to make good use of your time. Thank you.

Terry Lahti Director of Admissions

Name (Class Yr)

Address

Phone (home) (work).

Mail to: Agnes Scott College Admissions • Decatur, QA 30030

A-16 Main Events/Spring 1990

Retiring Professors ♦ New Dean of College ♦ Teaching Excellence Award

AGNES

scon Main Events

The real world needs a healthy

dose of reality, journalist

Daniel Schorr told Agnes

Scott graduates assembled to

receive their degrees, May 19.

"What they used to call the

real world isn't real anymore,"

the three-time Emmy Award-

winning journalist noted in his

address at Agnes Scott's 101st

commencement. "It's become a

world of sound bites and simu¬

lations." The distinguished

journalist saved his harshest

criticism for television, the

medium in which he worked

for most of his career. He now

does commentary and features

for National Public Radio.

See Graduates, page 2.

ommencement 1990

Scenes of Graduation The mood was reflective, joyful, grateful for graduates and staff at Agnes Scott's first commencement in its second century. Under a canopy of tree limbs, graduates file out after ceremonies that included speaker newsman Daniel Schorr (above). Dr. Bemita Berry, assistant professor of sociology-anthropology, watches pensively (top right). Confetti (right) and the smiles of Dean Cue Hudson '68 and Susan Simmons '90 (left above) express the joy inspired by this once-in-a-lifetime event.

Series 87, Number 2 Summer 1990

ON CAMPUS

Graduates Challenged:

"Bring America Back from Dreamland" Ctmrinucd from page 1.

Ruth Schmidt presents Professor of Philosophy Richard Parry with the President's Award for Teaching Excellence. "His enthusiasm is contagiouswrote one student in her nominating letter. Remarked President Schmidt, "Through his inter¬ est in faculty development, he has enriched the intellectual life on this campus far faculty and for students."

Parry Given Annual President s

Teaching Excellence Award

From the

President

This is a portion of a letter to the editor which appeared in the At¬ lanta Constitution on June 4, 1990. It is my message to all sup¬ porters and potential supporters of women's colleges in these cru¬ cial years:

"We have just witnessed an unprecedented decision by the trustees of Mills College in Cali¬ fornia, a reversal of their earlier decision to admit men to a women's college with 138 years of history. The hoard at Mills had carefully considered a number of options and the decision a few weeks ago to admit men was clearly based on economic grounds.

The students of Mills College, however, understood that there is more to education than econom¬ ics. At stake was the very mission of their institution and the 93 other women's colleges in this country. More important than their passionate response, their rapid mobilization showed the Trustees and the world that they understood the importance of Mills' mission. They knew that in women's colleges, women stu¬ dents fill all of the leadership roles and the result is a dramatic increase in self-confidence.

This legacy of self-confidence and leadership experience ac¬ counts for the amazing perform¬ ance of women's college gradu¬ ates in their later lives. The records show that these women are much more likely to pursue scientific professions and to be leaders in the corporate and gov¬ ernmental arenas than their counterparts at coeducational institutions. The predicted femi- nization of the work force in the near future further supports that women's colleges represent a critical national resource which we cannot afford to lose.

It is important for women's college graduates, who know from their own experience how important women's institutions are, and also those who are not graduates of women's colleges, even as 1 am not, to increase their own awareness of this out¬ standing resource. Parents should encourage their high school age daughters to look at the real is¬ sues in a college education and to visit at least one women's college.

Support women's colleges, for thev are not anachronisms, but are an important source for the leadership of the 21st centurv."

\JJW Ruth Schmidt

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Daniel Schorr has covered

just about every major news story

for television news. "To read his

resume is to review recent his¬

tory," President Ruth Schmidt

noted during her introduction of

him. He was one of Edward R.

Murrows famed news team and

was CBS bureau chief in Bonn during the building of the Berlin Wall. Other assignments have included the Civil Rights Move¬ ment, the Senate Watergate hearings and over 20 years as a foreign correspondent. In 1980 he helped Ted Turner launch Cable News Network (CNN).

Still, he believes that "televi¬ sion is not a very good medium for information. It demands im¬ ages, not thoughts. It is better at letting you share the experience than comprehending the experi¬ ence. It pursues drama, confron¬ tation and violence because these are what work best. .. and help improve ratings."

News programs, what Mr. Schorr called "the last fortress of relative reality," now confuse viewers with news simulations and realistic-looking graphics that take the place of genuine news photos.

Television gets its share of the blame, but so does the former administration. "It wasn't true, as [Reagan] told us, that you could cut taxes, boost defense spending LAl'RA SIKES PHOTOS

and balance the budget by 1985. Now President Bush is so bur¬ dened with debt that he is hardly able to govern.

"A blurred sense of reality is a disease that makes it hard to react to real events, real problems," he continued. "The poverty and pot¬ holes are real and won't go away by themselves. The deficit is not a simulation. The people dancing on the Berlin Wall were real, but only part of the reality. Today we are faced with a divided Germany struggling to reunite itself amidst social and economic pressures."

As the droning of criss-cross¬ ing jet-liners threatened to drown out his speech, the outspoken journalist concluded by exhorting graduates to "get out there and fight fantasy."

"Your mission, class of 1990, should you choose to accept it, is: bring America back from dreamland." □

Before Mr. Schorr's address, Presi¬ dent Ruth Schmidt recognized faculty members Miriam Koontz Drucker and John A. Tumblin of the psychology and sociology de¬ partments. Both retired this year with 35 and 30 years of service, respectively.

The second annual President's Award for Excellence in Teach¬ ing was given to Fuller E. Callaway Professor of Philosophy Richard D. Parry. The $3,000 award, which may be used to sup¬ port research or other aspects of professional development or may be taken as a cash prize, is given to a full-time, tenured faculty member of exemplary quality. Criteria also include effective communication of enthusiasm for

learning and concern for the student's growth as a whole per¬ son.

"Dr. Parry succeeds because he so obviously knows and loves his subject," a student wrote when nominating him for the honor. "His name is synonymous with excellence in teaching. I am hon¬ ored to he able to study with him."

After receiving their diplomas and hoods, the graduates returned to their seats to sing a final cho- rus of the College hymn, "God of the Marching Centuries." Their sweetly-voiced rendition of the hymn faded into ear-splitting cries of joy as the new alumnae triumphantly threw their caps into the air. □

Like Mothers, Like Daughters Two generations of Agnes Scott were all smiles after graduation ceremonies. Left to right: Karen Anderson '90 and Margaret Shugan Anderson '62; Laura Williams '90 and Martha Campbell Williams '62; Hazel Hall Burger '57 and Jennifer Burger '90; Elizabeth Bivens Weaver '61 and Laura Weaver; and (above) Allena Bowen '90 and Lylla Cmm Bowen '63. Not pictured: Beth Huher '90 and Rebecca Davis Huber '68.

ON CAMPUS

Tributes to Retiring Professors Miriam Dnxker Professor of Psychology

By Susan D. Little '80 It seems almost impossible to imagine the fall tenn beginning without the smiling presence of Dr. Miriam Drucker. Hundreds of students over the past 35 years have known the thrill of receiv¬ ing an "A" on one of her many papers and the absolute horror of arriving late for class. Dr. Drucker s strong sense of right and wrong, willingness to fight for that in which she believes and high expectations of both herself and her students created an at¬ mosphere in which learning was an exhilarating experience.

Dr. Miriam Drucker earned her doctorate from George Peabody College for Teachers and came to Agnes Scott in 1955 as assistant professor of psychology. She chaired the psychology de¬ partment from 1962 to 1980, and she has held the distinguished title of Charles A. Dana Professor of Psychology since 1981. The courses she is best remembered for include Adolescent Psychol¬ ogy, Grief and Death, Quality of Life, and Contemporary Theories of Psychology. Many Agnes Scott graduates share the memory of walking into Contemporary Theories class with fear and trepi¬ dation in our hearts. We knew the dreaded words ahead of time: "You will have a paper due each week of the term beginning with the third week." The discipline she taught with requirements such as these continues to serve us, even as we grimace with the memory of the long nights and strained arms and eyes caused by searching through the Psycho¬ logical Abstracts volumes deep in McCain Library.

Miriam and Mel—for who can think of Dr. Drucker and not also think of her dear husband, Mel—have been our friends for three and one half decades on our

PAUL OBREt>ON photo campus. We who have gone on to become doctors, mothers, mental health professionals, ministers, wives, counselors, probation offic¬ ers, scientists, insurance execu¬ tives and a host of other life choices, will always remember the part she had in our growth into productive citizens.

Once, when teaching a class in their home, Miriam and Mel played a favorite Beatles song which asked:

When I get old and have gray in my hair,

Will you still be sending me val¬ entines I

Will you still need me, Will you still feed me, When I'm 64? Yes, Dr. Drucker, we'll be

sending you valentines and need¬ ing you at 64, 74 and beyond. Thanks for being such a wonder¬ ful example to the many women whose lives you have touched. Little recently became associate di¬ rector for operations in the Student Financial Aid Office at the Univer¬ sity of Georgia.

Miriam Drucker (below right) talks to Dot Travis Joyner '41 during commencement ceremonies in the Alumnae Garden.

PAUL OBREOON PHOTO

John Tumblin and his wife, Alice, receive congratulations on his retirement.

John A. Tumblin Jr. Professor of Sociology and Anthropology By Harolene P. Davis '86 Dr. Tumblin retired this spring after 30 years at Agnes Scott. In an academic discipline infamous for its eccentric personalities, Dr. Tumblin remains a figure of calm moderation.

As colleagues, administrators and his students are aware, Dr. Tumblin always provides the voice of stability, whether he is sitting on a campus committee or sitting in his office facing a dis¬ couraged woman who cannot

The Past Year's "Best of the Best" The 1990 Employees of the Year were announced at Staff Day on May 23. Honorees (left to right) are: from support services, Central Receiving Assistant Robert Bell; from administrative support, Accounts Payable Coordinator Miriam Lyons; and from administration, Director of Financial Aid Susan Little '80.

finish her Independent Study. To the students who were not

fortunate enough to take an an¬ thropology or sociology course during their years at Agnes Scott, Dr. Tumblin is best remembered as the distinguished professor who always wore a tie and jacket, no matter what the prevailing soci¬ etal dress code. However, upon further reflection, maybe modera¬ tion is a form of eccentricity for an anthropologist.

While presenting an image of the distinguished scholar, John Tumblin also harbors unexpected characteristics. It seems that he retains a few of the qualities of the mischievous little boy who delights in seeing squeamish girls. There is no proof, but in the dimly lit media room in Buttrick, there appeared to be a twinkle in his eye as he introduced his stu¬ dents to international cultural practices. Students experienced their own rites of passage as ritual cannibalism and sacrifice became a part of their education in living color on the screen.

Back in the classroom learning became a serious matter. Dr. Tumblin's quiet, gentle way of interacting with students had the subtle effect of stimulating the individual intellect. The beauty of his teaching style is that the student is trained to think, not trained what to think. A student's conclusion might not be the same as his, but a logical defense of that conclusion earned a "well done."

However, "well done" might not necessarily mean an "A." Dr. Tumblin is remembered for his unswervingly high academic standards. His refusal to compro¬ mise those standards had an ef¬ fect far beyond the immediacy of passing a test or writing a paper. Students learned the satisfaction that comes with pushing back intellectual limits, along with pride in accomplishment.

As with most of what we truly learn, it takes some time and dis¬ tance to appreciate the benefits of the effort. Hopefully, the aca¬ demic world will continue to pro¬ duce scholars of John Tumblin's caliber. High professional and personal ethics, a sense of humor and an enduring desire to learn are the hallmarks of not only a fine professor, but also of a fine man. Thanks, Teacher. Davis is oumer/operator ofTres Ritos Lodge, Taos County, N.M.

Main Events

Series 87, Number 2 Summer 1990

INTERIM EDITOR Carolyn Wynens

EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Laura Sizemore

STUDENT ASSISTANT Dawn Hayes '92

EDITORIAL BOARD George Brown

Ayse Garden '66 Christine Cozzens

Susan Ketchin Edgerton '70 Karen Green '86 Steven Guthrie

Bonnie Brown Johnson '70 Randy Jones '70

Tish Young McCutchen '73 Becky Prophet Dudley Sanders

Edmund Sheehey Lucia Howard Sizemore '65

Elizabeth Hallman Snitzer '85

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Summer 1990/Main Events 3

ON CAMPUS

Writers' Festival

Authors Jacobsen, Uhry highlight annual event

The annual Agnes Scott Writers' Festival took place on April 26- 27. College students from around the state entered the composition contests in fiction and poetry judged by a panel of artists in¬ cluding alumnae writers Memye Curtis Tucker '56, Dorothy Coffin Sussman '87, and Jane Zanca '83.

Special guests of the College were festival anchor Josephine Jacobsen, the poetry and fiction

writer who won the Lenore Marshall/Nation Prize in 1988 for The Sisters: New and Selected Po¬ ems, and Academy Award winner Alfred Uhry, author of Driving Miss Daisy, the 1988 Pulitzer Prize-winning play.

Lecturing to a standing-room- only crowd in Gaines Audito¬ rium, Mr. Uhry spoke with great respect and affection, yet with regret, of his seventh grade

PAUL OBREC6N PHOTO

Atlanta native Alfred Uhry autographs a copy of Driving Miss Daisy for Sarah Holway '92 on his first trip home since ivinning the Academy Award.

During her seventh Writers' Festival appearance, Josephine Jacobsen talks with Chair of the English Department Dr. Linda Lentz Hubert '62 (below).

PAUL OfiREGt'lN PHOTO

Helping Hands for Habitat Eleven Agnes Scott stu¬ dents , organized by Associ¬ ate Dean Harry Wistrand, participated in an "Alterna¬ tive Spring Break" project by working on a house being built by Habitat for Hu¬ manity in Decatur. This house will be occupied by a family with four children currently living in public housing. The students in- ivlved were: Susan Buck¬ ley, Cora Cassell, Mary Frances Kerr, Dana Knight, Karen McNay (far right), Shanm Murphy, Catherine Robinson, Susan Simmons, Sarah Tarpley, Deborah Waiters, Lea Widdice (left). Habitat is a Christian volunteeer organization that builds homes for the poor worldwide.

teacher at Highland Elementary School, Lilah Harrison, whom he credited with giving him the con¬ fidence many years ago to believe he "had a gift" for writing.

Lamenting his unfortunate lapse of thought at the Academy Awards when he forgot to pub¬ licly thank Mrs. Harrison, Uhry spoke of beginning his writing career with Harrison's Herald, the class newspaper. As he left the auditorium in the faculty reces¬ sional, Uhry suddenly stopped as he spotted someone special. With an expression of genuine surprise and obvious delight, he paused to hug an elderly woman whom many of those in the audience thought must be his mother. But it was Mrs. Harrison, who had attended the lecture by her former pupil, never dreaming she would receive the precious gift of so gracious a tribute.

Many of those attending the festival were alumnae of the Col¬ lege. The activities took place at the beginning of Alumnae Week¬ end.

Once Upon a Time Capsule To conclude the Centennial Celebration and to preserve for the future a slice of life as we know it in the early 1990s, Agnes Scott prepared a time capsule to be opened in 2090. In ceremonies during Alumnae Weekend, Mollie Merrick '57, Judith Jensen, Lucia H. Sizemore '65 and Bertie Bond '53 installed the capsule in the foun¬ dation of Rebekah Scott Hall, one of the oldest buildings on cam¬ pus. A plaque now marks the spot of the installation.

Agnes Scott Names a New Dean i

The Board of Trustees recently announced the appointment of Sarah R. Blanshei as dean of the College, effective July 16. Dr. Blanshei was previously provost and dean of the faculty at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylva¬ nia.

Sarah Blanshei earned her undergradu¬ ate degree from Bates College, where she was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate, and her master's and doctoral de¬ grees from Bryn Mawr College. She taught in the history depart¬ ment of the University of Tennes-

New Dean of Col¬ lege Sarah Blanshei

see from 1971 until 1983, serving as head of that department her last three years there. She joined Lafayette College as its provost and dean of the faculty and pro¬ fessor of history at that time.

Receiving numerous fellow¬ ships and grants for study and research over the last 25 years, Dr. Blanshei is currently working on a book on medieval Bologna. She has participated in panel dis¬ cussions and conferences on me¬ dieval studies and has served in various capacities with the Southeastern Medieval Associa¬ tion. She also served as the chair of several associations, such as the Lehigh Valley Association of Independent Colleges' Council of Provosts and Deans and the Commission on Higher Educa¬ tion of the Middle States Asso¬ ciation.

President Ruth Schmidt ex¬ pressed her pleasure with the Board's new appointment. "Dean Blanshei brings excellent experi¬ ence and success as a scholar- professor and administrator to her new position at Agnes Scott. 1 am delighted to welcome her to this cmcial position at our college as we move into our second cen¬ tury of excellence in educating women."

Sarah Blanshei replaces I3r. Ellen Hall '67, who became the first woman president of Con¬ verse College in Spartanhurg, South Carolina, last summer.

The Student Choice Pam Clemmons (left) congratulates Katie Pattillo of Ginyers, Ga., winner of the Suzanne Gcxxlman Elson Prize, given to the student who best reflects, in the judgment of her peers, qualities of kindness, decency, integrity and intellectual curiosity that make the Agnes Scott experience even more meaningful for her fellow students.

Second Retirement Dr. Catherine Sims, who served as Agnes Scott's interim dean of the Gillege through July 15, helps hand out diplomas during commencement ceremonies. Dr. Sims had a 26-year history of teaching history and political science at Agnes Scott before serving as dean of American G)l- lege for Girls in Istanbul, Turkey, and the dean of the college for Sweet Briar College in Virginia. She returned to Agnes Scott in 1989 to serve the school until the new dean of the College arrived. (see separate story above).

4 Main Events/Summer 1990

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FACULTY & STAFF

GARY MEEK PHOTO

* A book by Christopher Ames, : assistant professor of English, was

recently accepted for publication by the University of Georgia

■ Press. The Life of die Party: Festive Vision in Modem Fiction will be released in spring 1991.

■ Along with three of her friends, Doris Black, director of Athletics and associate professor of Physical

* Education, took top honors in the Pizza Hut/Coca Cola Hoop- It-Up April 28 and 29 at the Lindbergh MARTA station in

» Atlanta. The three-on-three bas¬ ketball tournament benefited Scottish Rite Children's Hospital and over 250 teams played.

^ Coach Black proudly announced her position with Agnes Scott and was the oldest woman play¬ ing. She was on one of eight

T women's teams in the competi- 1 tion. Coach Black and her

friends, beating a team from 1 Emory University for the champi- ! onship, won a trip to Las Vegas

for their efforts. ■

41 Professor of Psychology Ayse ; Garden '66 and Caroline Sigman : '88 presented a paper, "Homo¬

phobia and Sex-Role Orientation Among Female College Stu-

; dents," at the annual meeting of | the Southeastern Psychological

Association in Atlanta in April. ■

Professors Gus Cochran and Catherine Scott delivered a pa¬ pier at the American Political

•* Science Association annual meeting in Atlanta tn September 1989, titled "Class, State, and

i Popular Organizations in Nicara- '1 gua." They also presented a paper

j called "Consolidating Popular | Power: Issues of Class and State

in Third World Revolutions" at a conference Marxism Now: Tradi-

I tions and Difference at the Uni- i versiry of Massachusetts-Amherst

in November. Gus Cochran gave a paper titled "Economic Democ-

! racy in Sweden: A Democratic Transition to Socialism?" at the Georgia Political Science Asso¬ ciation annual meeting in Febru¬ ary.

Christine S. Cozzens, assistant professor of English, published an article called "Escaping to Ireland for Christmas" in the New York Times in December 1989. She also gave a talk in January for the Northeast Georgia Girl Scout Council's Adult Leader Trainers' Workshop titled "Difficult Deci¬ sions: Teaching Women Today." In April she gave a talk at the Centers for Disease Control titled "Gender of Genres' and Institu¬ tional Change." Dr. Cozzens re¬ cently won the 1989 Sears-Roe¬ buck Foundation "Teaching Ex¬ cellence and Campus Leadership Award" for her work as the direc¬ tor of the Writing Workshop, which provides support for Agnes Scott students as they work to perfect their writing skills.

■ Alice Cunningham, William Rand Kenan, J r. Professor of Chemistry, was selected for the Honorary Member Award in Sci¬ entific Education from Sigma Delta Epsilon, an organization which promotes the participation of women in science. This award

was given in recognition of her dedication and commitment to the scientific education of under¬ graduates, excellence in leader¬ ship and administration, and im¬ pact on education both nation¬ ally and regionally through com¬ mittees, task forces, and govern¬ ment assignments. Dr. Cunning¬ ham gave a presentation titled "Neurochemistry—Nature's In¬ terdisciplinary Assignment" at Spelman College Science Day on March 30. As vice-chair of the American Chemical Society's Task Force on Research and Teaching, Dr. Cunningham was invited to make a presentation to the National Science Board's Education and Human Resources Committee Roundtable. The topic of the discussion was "Re¬ search and Undergraduate Educa¬ tion: NSF's Role." She also served on several National Sci¬ ence Foundation review panels for grants and awards.

■ Assistant Professor of Economics Rosemary Cunningham pre¬ sented two papers, "The Brady Plan Versus the Baker Plan: An Examination of the Proposed So¬ lutions to the Debt Problem" and "The Behavior of Real Rates of Interest in a Small, Opening Economy," at the Eastern Eco¬ nomics Association Conference in March. She also chaired a ses¬ sion titled "Policy Issues in Small Economies."

■ Director of Student Activities Karen Green '86 held a work¬ shop titled "Toward a More Di¬ verse Campus" at the fifth annual Student Leadership Workshop at Wesleyan College in October. In January, she served as a guest par¬ ticipant for the Cross Cultural Communications Training Semi¬ nar sponsored by the Georgia Human Relations Commission. She was a panelist in a session titled "Being a Minority on Cam¬ pus" in the New Generation Leadership Conference sponsored by the Georgia College Personnel Association held in Macon in March. She was also invited to give a guest lecture for the Theol¬ ogy of Social Ministry class at the Candler School of Theology of Emory University. She gave a

Dr. Paul Leslie Garber, Pro¬ fessor Emeritus, received one of four Distinguished Alum¬ nae Awards from Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary at its 137th com¬ mencement on Sunday, May 27. During his 33 years at Agnes Scott, he contributed five years of research toward construction of a scale model of Solomon's Temple, ac¬ knowledged to be the most accurate depiction available.

presentation called "The Role of Church Leaders in Managing Diversity." Karen and her assis¬ tant, Brenda Jones, presented a workshop titled "Race Relations in the '90s" at Mississippi Univer¬ sity for Women in February. They also chaired a session titled "Being a Minority on Campus" for Youth Leadership DeKalb.

■ On April 5 , Associate Professor of Psychology Thomas W. Hogan and Laura Williams '90 presented a paper titled "The Dif¬ ferences in Language Retrieval Times Between German Bilin- guals and First-Year Students of German" at the Southeastern Psychological Association meet¬ ing held in Atlanta.

■ In January, Associate Professor of Music Calvert Johnson gave a lecture recital, "Early French Women Composers of Keyboard Music," at the Western European Studies Institute in Kalamazoo, Mich. He also led a workshop on "Early Spanish Keyboard Perfor¬ mance Practices" and gave an organ recital at Kalamazoo Col¬ lege. During the past semester, Dr. Johnson coordinated the French Romantic Music festival held at Agnes Scott. He per¬ formed an organ recital of French Romantic Music in February. In March he gave a lecture recital titled "French Women Keyboard Composers of the Revolutionary Era" for the Southeast American Society for 18th-Century Studies at the University of Georgia and for the Southeastern Historical Keyboard Society's annual meet¬ ing in Augusta. He submitted three articles for publication: "Spain: Historical Survey" and "Trompeta Real," both to be pub¬ lished in the Encyclopedia of Key¬ board Instruments, and "Bibliogra¬ phy of Keyboard Works by Early French Composers" for publica¬ tion in the Early Keyboard four- nal.

■ Elizabeth Lide, adjunct faculty member in the Department of Art, and audio artist Paul Kayhart presented their installation/per¬ formance, "Wearing Water/Eat¬ ing Cement (Icons to Kiss)," at La Mama La Galleria, New York City in February. The piece com¬ bines made and found objects, spoken text, music for four voices, found and synthesized sound with live performance. The project was partially supported by a grant from Artists Space, New York City. In March, Lide was artist- in-residence at Clayton State College.

■ Associate Professor of Classical Languages and Literatures Sally MacEwen received a grant from the Georgia Humanities Council to organize a conference called "What's Wrong with Rights?" as part of the Bicentennial of the Bill of Rights of the U.S. Consti¬ tution. She was editor and con¬ tributor of Views of Clytemnestra Ancient and Modem, soon to be produced by Edwin Mellen Pub¬ lishing. At the annual meeting of the Classical Association of the Midwest and South, she gave a paper entitled "Honesty: A

The Small College Flavor Few colleges can match Agnes Scott's opportunities for personal student and administrator interchange, as illustrated by the camaraderie among Dean Gue Hudson '68, Allena Boiven '90 and Karen Green '86, director of student activities. For alumnae, graduation often brings to mind that spirit.

Bourgeois Virtue?" on April 6. ■

Kay Manuel of the Department of Physical Education has re¬ cently been honored with the Charles C. Rice Memorial Safety Award by the Metropolitan At¬ lanta Chapter of the American Red Cross. The award spotlights the volunteer whose imagination, direction and performance in the area of safety services has contrib¬ uted in an extraordinary way to Red Cross Safety efforts in the community. A Red Cross volun¬ teer for more than 35 years, Dr. Manuel has trained almost 500 people as water safety instmctors and an estimated 1,500 people in swimming and lifesaving classes.

■ The chemistry department fac¬ ulty, assisted by Colleen McCoy '83, Margaret Hamm '87 and present students, hosted a work¬ shop, "Chemical Structure: What Do We Know? How Do We Know It?," for 170 pre-college students and teachers. Instruc¬ tional sessions on the solid state, molecular graphics and spectro- scopic determination of structure were presented.

■ Assistant Professor of Spanish Rafael Ocasio has written a pa¬ per titled "Music and National Identities: The Puerto Rican and Cuban Cases" forthcoming in Culture and Identity in December 1990. He presented a paper, "The Children of the Revolution: The Development of Children's Lit¬ erature in Cuba," at the Popular Culture Association national meeting in March. He received a Faculty Development Award from Agnes Scott for a research trip to Centra de Investigaciones Literatura Infantil-Juvenil in Ar¬ gentina.

■ Becky Prophet, assistant profes¬ sor of theatre, published an ar¬ ticle discussing the theme of the dual nature of human behavior in the Bertolt Brecht play The Good Wbiwm of Szechwan published in the reference textbook Master- plots II: Drama Series, edited by Frank N. Magill.

■ Regine Reynolds-Cornell, Adeline Arnold Loridans Profes¬ sor of French, has been elected to the Board of Governors of Alli¬

ance Fran$aise of Atlanta. She "has also edited a first-year French text for high school students called Triangle, published by Way¬ side Publishing. Again this year, she is serving on the ETS Ad¬ vanced Placement testing com¬ mittee and is in charge of all oral tests nationwide. She was also elected to the College Board of Educational Testing Services in April; she is serving on the devel¬ opment committee for College Board tests.

■ Assistant Professor of Art Donna Sadler presented a paper, "Litur¬ gical Etiquette in the Last Judg¬ ment Portal of Reims Cathedral," at the 25th International Con¬ gress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo, Mich., in May.

■ President Ruth Schmidt gave the Allen-Head Lecture on the Hu¬ manities at Austin College on March 29, and she also spoke that day at convocation on women's studies.

Catherine Scott, assistant profes¬ sor of political science, was awarded a Fulbright-Hays Fellow¬ ship to participate in the Semi¬ nars Abroad Program in India from June 28 to August 9.

■ T. Leon Venable, assistant pro¬ fessor of chemistry, presented a hands-on science experiment for.. 120 sixth-graders from Atlanta schools. This was part of Project SEEP (Students to Explore and Experience Physics) held at the Atlanta national meeting of the American Institute of Physics. The presentation was by invita¬ tion, and the program was picked up by Cable News Network and aired nationally.

■ Lucia Howard Sizemore '65, director of alumnae affairs, and Carolyn Wynens, coordinator of community relations and director of the Centennial Celebration, gave a presentation on yearlong celebrations at the February con¬ ference of the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) in Atlanta. They spoke of Agnes Scott's suc¬ cessful Centennial during a track session shared with Anne Pratt of The College of William and Mary, who talked about the plan¬ ning for their upcoming 300th anniversary.

Summer 1990/Main Events 5

V

TRIBUTES

IN HONOR

MARY VIRGINIA ALLEN Marie and Patric Shannon

MARGARET AMMONS Dr. and Mrs. Lee Hawkins

KELLER HENDERSON BARRON Meg and Ron Locke

PEGGY PFEIFFER BASS Margaret Pfeiffer Elder

LAURA KLETTNER BYNUM Vee Cee and John Klettner

JOSEPHINE BRIDGMAN Cecilia H. Kurland

DIANNE AND ROBERT DORNBUSH Jacqueline A. Stromberg

MIRIAM DRUCKER Pamela W. Allen B. Eileen Altman Frances E. Anderson Bonnie G. Aronin Michael and Anita

Cunningham Mr. and Mrs. Alan F. Barfoot Angeline and David Benham Elizabeth Pearce Blizard Mary Alverta Bond Mr. and Mrs. Patrick E. Boyt Mrs. T. R. Brock Jr. Susan G. Buckley Laura and J im Bynum Mr. and Mrs. Gordon C.

Bynum Susan and Mike Byram Ayse and John Garden Katherine M. Games Patricia Luther Chronis KimberlyJ. Clark Mr. and Mrs. H. Stuart Clifton Rita Bennett Colvin Eileen L. Cooley Mr. and Mrs. Rick Cooper Meri L. Crawford Janet and J im Gumming Mr. and Mrs. Jackson B.

Davidson Ellen A. Dougherty Melvin B. Drucker Sarah A. Fairbum Ruth Feicht Lu Ann Ferguson Candy Walden Field Elizabeth and David Freeman Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Gellerstedt

Jr- Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Goodman

Jr- Kate B. Goodson Susan W. Gomall Ellen R. Griffin Tania Gumusgerdan Julie Belinda Hartline Dehra L. Harvey Dr. and Mrs. Lee Hawkins Susan Roberts Helms Ana Maria Hernandez Mr. and Mrs. John F. Hester Susan B. Hitchcock Thomas W. Hogan and Ingrid

E. Wieshofer Kathleen Hollywood and

Bruce Smith Amy Hutchinson M ah ire llgaz Mehmet llgaz Bonnie and Dave Johnson Paullin P. Judin Cynthia A. Kelley Harriet King and Michael

Wasserman Susan D. Little Virginia Lyon Kathryn F. Maier

Holly R. and Brian E. Markwalter

Mrs. Robert H. Mauck Dr. and Mrs. Paul M. McCain Mr. and Mrs. David H.

Meacham Karen L. Mitchell Dr. and Mrs. David H. Moreau Michele Moses Sarah Campbell Napier Mr. and Mrs. Richard A.

Newton Betty S. Noble Kathryn Plouff Jan Roush Pyles Debra Y. Rainwater Rebecca P. and Agustin

Ramirez Joyce S. and Donald E. Reid Returning Student Ckganiza-

tion The Rev. and Mrs. Sam G.

Rogers Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph A.

Rubesch Donna L. Sadler Mrs. David S. Scott Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Scott Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John M. Shirley Catherine Sims Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A.

Sizemore Meda Ann Ashley Stamper Dr. and Mrs. Robert L.

Stamper Kathy Steams Thomas Dr. and Mrs. Robert Vassey Mr. and Mrs. Thad W. Watters Dawn Teague Wheeler Mr. and Mrs. C. Cody White

Jr Caroline Cooper Wilhelm Anne Stratton Williams Jennifer Williams

FRANCES STEELE GARRETT Linda and Ron Plunkett

LESLIE J. GAYLORD Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Reimer

JOHN GIGNILLIAT Dr. and Mrs. Lee Hawkins

NANCY P. GROSECLOSE Libby Bond Boozer

JESSIE WATT JEFFRIES Mr. and Mrs. Frank E.

Williams Jr.

ADELE ARBUCKLE LOGAN Zachary E Long Jr.

MR AND MRS. ROBERT S. LOWRANCE JR. Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Borrish

VIRGINIA LEE BROWN MCKENZIE Alice Chamlee Booth Dr. and Mrs. Samuel P. Fuller

GERALDINE MERONEY Sally W. Hennessy Ron and Meg Dxrke

MOLLIE MERRICK Dr. and Mrs. James D.

Newsome

JAMES A. MINTER JR. Margaret M inter Hyatt

KATHARINE T. OMWAKE Marie and Patric Shannon

BETTY ELLINGTON PARRIGIN Elizabeth R. Ellington

MILDRED LOVE PETTY Susan D. Little

MARY WARREN READ Dr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Read

SARA L. RIPY Ann Mizell Millar

MARIE SIMPSON RUTLAND The Rutland Foundation

MARY SHEWMAKER Vee Cee and John Klettner

ANNE JONES SIMS Vee Cee and John Klettner

CATHERINE S. SIMS Mary Beth R. and James G.

Stuart

ISABELLE LEONARD SPEARMAN M.J. and Anne Beebe

DIXIE TIPPETT Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Neel

MEMYE CURTIS TUCKER Dabney Adams Hart

JOHN A. TUMBLIN JR. Mr. and Mrs. Patrick E. Boyt Kate B. Goodson Bonnie and Dave Johnson Dr. and Mrs. Paul M. McCain

MICHAEL JAMES WALKER Robert and Phyllis Grant

JO GULP WILLIAMS Mrs. Thomas H. Callahan

ROBERTA WINTER Mrs. Jeffrey H. Tucker

KATHARINE WOLTZ Holcombe T. Green Jr.

IN MEMORY

SARA BURKE ADDISON Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Addison Jr.

SAMUEL HARRISON ALLEN Mr. and Mrs. John L.

Kemmerer Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Vargas

ALEXANDER ALLISON Nell Allison Sheldon

WALLACE MCPHERSON ALSTON SR. Mrs. Adelaide R. Beall Deborah Crawford AliceJ. Cunningham Rev. and Mrs. A. M. Hart Vee Cee and John Klettner Helen Land Ledbetter Ann Parker Lee Jeane Morris Margaret A. Okarma Jean S. and Joel F. Reeves Mr. and Mrs. James A.

Wilkerson

ESTHER NISBETH ANDERSON Mrs. John T. Dtwry

LEILA WARREN ANDERSON Mr. and Mrs. Charles C.

Hertwig

CLEO MCLAURINE BALDRIDGE Mrs. John T. Lowry

MARGARET STOWE EARNHARDT Dora Wilkinson Hicks

CHARLOTTE BARTLETT Jessie Carpenter Holton

NELSON T. BEACH The Presbyterian Church

(USA) Foundation

A. W1LBURN BEASLEY Sarah Flowers Beasley

REBECCA JOHNSON BISHER Jennifer Scott Clay Dr. and Mrs. Lee Hawkins Addie Price Mathes Cynthia A. Peters

JULIANNE WILLIAMS BODNAR Margaret VanDeman

Blackmon Margaret G. Harms

ALVERTA W. BOND Josephine Bridgman Kate B. Goodson

DOROTHY DUNSTAN BROWN Jenn P. Miller

EDNA HANLEY BYERS Agnes L. Reagan

DOROTHY CHEEK CALLAWAY Henrietta C. Halliday Mrs. John T. Lowry Mr. and Mrs. Hal L. Smith

MICHAEL P. CHARLES Mrs. Robert G. Jones

MARION T. CLARK Virginia C. Clark AliceJ. Cunningham Dr. and Mrs. William L. Miller

MARTHA BRANNAN COBB Dorothy Quillian Reeves

ANNETTE CARTER COLWELL Dr. and Mrs. W. Lloyd Adams

ANN CONNOR Mrs. R. B. Nelson

AUGUSTA SKEEN COOPER Mrs. John T. Lowry

LEE B. COPPLE Kwai Sing and Miyo Chang Mr. and Mrs. H. Stuart Clifton Sharon K. Gire Debby Daniel-Bryant Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Dickerson Elsie Doerpinghaus Kate B. Gtxxlson Mary Clyde Hipp Mr. and Mrs. Hugh H. Joyner Virginia Lyon Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J.

Martin Ann Womeldorf Noland Christina Neal Noland Dr. and Mrs. Marvin B. Perry Mary Boney Sheats Dr. and Mrs. Jack Stotts Mr. and Mrs. Thad W. Watters [>. and Mrs. Lee Hawkins Bonnie and Dave Johnson

MARY FREEMAN CURTIS Mrs. Jeffrey H. Tucker

ANNE COURTENAY DAVIDSON Mr. and Mrs. Jackson B.

Davidson Maud V. Jennings

CATHERINE LOUISE DAMS Mary Frances Davis

MARGARET BENTON DAMS Edith McGranahan Smith T

MARY AND STANLEY DAMS Mr. and Mrs. Smith L.

Johnston

SARAH KNAPP TILL DAMS Dr. and Mrs. A. B. Gxiper Mr. and Mrs. Harold M. Davis Mary Morton Davis Mr. and Mrs. Woodard B.

Davis D. and Mrs. John W. Roy

DAVID MILLER DEAKINS Mr. and Mrs. Raymond L.

Campbell

JOHN M. DEVLIN Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Grant

S. LEONARD DOERPINGHAUS Sally W. Hennessy

INEZ NORTON EDWARDS D. and Mrs. Charles R. Propst

BERTA D. FARRAR Mary Madison Wisdom D. and Mrs. John M.

McGehee

MARY PRIM FOWLER Eve Anderson Earnest Mr. and Mrs. Thomas K.

Eddins Jr. Mrs. John T. Lowry Mary Gladys and Bob

Stephenson

W. JOE FR1ERSON Mrs. Roy Beaty Jr. Marilyn Barger Libby Bond Boozer Josephine Bridgman Alice J. Cunningham Julia T. Gary Mr. and Mrs. Mac B. Creer Mrs. Walter K. Hoch Drrothy R. Malinin Dr. and Mrs. William L. Miller Dorothy L. Schrader Mr. and Mrs. Jackson B.

Davidson

JAY C. FULLER Julian J. Barfield Ronald L. Bymside Archer L. Mosely Denise Wesrbnxik Gileman Elizabeth H. Duerr Jerry Kay Ftxne Julia T. Gary Bonnie and Dave Johnson Jean Lemonds Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J.

Martin Ruth D. Williams

NAOMI COOPER GALE Mrs. Mac Adams Graham

ANNE GRIFFIN GATE WOOD Mrs. James H. Wylie

MARY KATHRYN CLICK Katherine A. Geffcken Mrs. T. E. Walker

6 Main Events/Summer 1990

TRIBUTES

FRANCES K. GOOCH Martha T. Wapensky

CARMEL ANN GOODSTE1N Mrs. Harry H. Germain

LUCY DURHAM GOSS Mrs. H. W. Herbert

KEMPER HATF1ELD GRAHAM Bess Cox Abare Susan Mitchell Beckett Kathy and John Broderick Ronald L. Bymside Jenny Whitmire Clark Sheryl A. Cook Mr. and Mrs. Eric L. Deaton Margaret Emrey Mary H. Hatfield Janet Lapp Meredith Manning Mr. and Mrs. Michael

McMurray Mr. and Mrs. Joseph T. Putnal

KENNETH AND ANNIE LEE GREENFIELD Sallie Greenfield

I HARRY AND CLEIO E. GREER Juanita Greer White

MARY LIGON DUDLEY GROSS Eileen G. Cason

MURIEL HARN Marie and Patric Shannon

MARY ESTELLE FREEMAN HARRIS Walter D. Hanis

DORIS CLINGMAN HOPPER Edward L. Hopper Vee Gee and John Klettner

CHARLOTTE E. HUNTER Edith McGranahan Smith T

MARGARET FEEDER JONES Anne C. Jones

NELL HEMPHILL JONES Zachary F. Long Jr.

ADELAIDE MCWHORTER JORDAN Mrs. John T. Lowry

MIRIAM BROACH JORDAN Mrs. John T. Lowry

MARY ANN KENNEDY-EHN Haniet King and Michael

Wasserman

i

M. MAC KING Mr. and Mrs. Bona Allen IV

EMMA MAY LANEY Elizabeth H. and Daniel D.

Cameron Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Faulkner Jr. Carolyn Macauley Jones Mrs. George B. Richardson Marie and Patric Shannon Doris Sullivan Ttppens Frances Brougher Carman

ROSEMONDE LAFLEUR Robert and Phyllis Grant

LIDIE WHITNER LEE Liz Whitner Lewis

RUTH LEROY Mrs. Joseph J. Hodge

WILLIAM LOUIS Mr. and Mrs. Raymond L.

Campbell

LOVED ONES Frances C. Taylor

CLARA WALDROP LOVING Margaret H. Milam

MATTIE HUNTER MARSHALL The Mattie H. Marshall Foun¬

dation

JAMES ROSS McCAIN Mrs. Robert B. Webb Jr.

PAULINE MARTIN MCCAIN Dr. and Mrs. Paul M. McCain Isabel McCain Brown

LOUISE McKINNEY Eileen D. Sams

JEAN AUSTIN MEACHAM Ellis K. Meacham

MR. AND MRS. WILLIS JUSTUS MILNER JR. Virginia Milner Carter

MARGARET FALKINBERG MYERS Mr. and Mrs. Hugh H. Joyner

D. FRANKLIN NASH Mr. and Mrs. Robert F.

Adamson Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Addison Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Rees M.

Andrews Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Bonneau Ansley Mr. and Mrs. Ernest C.

Blackard

Mr. and Mrs. Harllee Branch Jr-

Mrs. Richard Boyd Burgess Dr. and Mrs. T. S. Claibome Linda Miller Clarke LaTrelle R. Duncan Mr.and Mrs. Thomas K.

Eddins Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W.

Findlay Mrs. H. W. Eraser Jr. Nell S. Tate Gardner Mr. and Mrs. Graham W.

George Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Kerby Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Law

Jr. Mrs. Dean G. McKee Mr. and Mrs. John K.

McNames Sara T. Pittman Martha J. Rawlins Mrs. W. C. Rice Mrs. Ralph L. Robinson Mr.and Mrs. William H.

Rousseau Jr. Mr. and Mrs. W. M.

Schotanus Catherine Sims Dr. and Mrs. Carter Smith Mr. and Mrs. Carter M. Stout Mrs. Homer Swanson Dr. and Mrs. Lloyd F.

Timberlake Mrs. John E. Virgin Mr. and Mrs. R. Dan Walker James Edward Wanen Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Randolph

Whitfield Mr. and Mrs. Whitlow Wyatt Frances Young

ANNIE MACKENZIE NIEU WENHU IS Jane and David Scott &

Family

BARBARA ANN OGLESBY Mr. and Mrs. R. Lamar

Oglesby

ELIZA KING PASCHALL Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Dickerson Mrs. Addison M. Duval Mrs. T. R. Hupper Mary Anne Keman Mrs. Louis L. Lesesne Mr. and Mrs. Hampton Logan

Jr- Dr. and Mrs. John D. McKey Mrs. Eugene K. Miller Jane Turner Smith Mrs. Robert L. Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Smith

ELIZABETH G. AND MARVIN B. PERRY SR. Dr. and Mrs. Marvin B. Perry

Jr.

WALTER B. POSEY Mr. and Mrs. James M. Can

Jr- Mrs. J. Marvin Guthrie Mr. and Mrs. Archie O.

Jenkins II

ANNIE S. WILEY PRESTON Miriam W. St. Clair

EUGENE RANSOM Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Addison Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond L.

Campbell

CLARA MAY ALLEN AND FREDERICK PHILIP REINERO Mr. and Mrs. John L.

Kemmerer Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Vargas

ALBERT RICHARDSON Mr. and Mrs. Robert M.

Grant

ALICE MCDONALD RICHARDSON Mrs. John T. Lowry

ROBERT R. RICHARDSON Mr. and Mrs. R. Travers Green

MARY AULL ROBERTS Kate B. Goodson

JOHN ROLLI JR. Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Grant

RAY H. ROLLINS Margaret H. Milam

HELEN LANE COMFORT SANDERS Mrs. Richard Cole Edmunds

Sr.

RUTH S. SANDERS Elizabeth Sanders

CARRIE SCANDRETT Cue and William Hudson Jr. Mrs. Robert Foy Lillian Lockary

EUGENIA WILLIAMS SCHMIDT C. Oscar Schmidt Jr.

BETTY BOWMAN SHAW Alumnae Club of Dalton Mr. &. Mrs. Wanen M. Sims

Jr- Mr. &. Mrs. Wallace A. Storey

ROFF SIMS Mr. and Mrs. John M. Taylor

MARY MCDONALD SLEDD Mrs. John M. McKnight

CATHERINE HAUGH SMITH Virginia M. Franklin Theodore H. Smith

DAISY FRANCES DAVES SMITH Preston C. Upshaw

MARTHA NORTH WATSON SMITH Paul and Susan Conlan Martha &. Thomas G.

Rumora Mr. & Mrs. Hal L. Smith

SHARON HALL SNEAD Bonnie and Dave Johnson Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Ricks Snackhouse Coffee Club Walter N. Snow Mr. and Mrs. Charles A.

Pledger

ANNE AND ALBERT SPIVEY Brooks S. Creedy"

ELEANOR PINKSTON STOKES Henry and Pat Barnes

ADDIE PHARR STORY BGN Alumnae Club

DR. WILLIAM STROZIER Mrs. Lamar H. Roberts

SAMUEL GUERRY STUKES Frances Gilliland Stukes

ANNIE JOHNSON SYLVESTER Mr. and Mrs. David A. Booth Mrs. W. Warren Booth

JODELE TANNER Class of 1945 Mr. and Mrs. Angus J.

Shingler

LOUISE WISE TEAFORD Mr. and Mrs. John Fowler Anne P. Markette Mr. and Mrs. Manson

Markette F. Ellen McDaniel

LUCIUS H. TIPPETT SR. Mr. and Mrs. D. F.

Blackwelder Mrs. C. G. Holder Sallie M. McRae Eunice T. Thenel J. Harold Thomas Jr. Madonna Thomas Mrs. H. C. Thompson Norman and Jackie Tinsley &.

Family

EMILY BOYD USSERY Kate B. Goodson

LOUISE VENABLE ! Mrs. Lamar H. Roberts

MARYLU TIPPETT VILLAVIEJA Linda McLaurin Arthur ! Mrs. Charles Edward Brown Mr. and Mrs. Caleb P. Crosby ! Elaine Crosby j Patricia B. Cureton Mr. and Mrs. Lovett Engram Ruth and Robert Heffron Jr. I Marcia Hughes J Bonnie and Dave Johnson i Christine M. Lovejoy j Marion G. McCollum I Mrs. James N. Moore III ! Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Neel Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Neel

Sr. Barbara Q. Pan Carol Crosby Patrick Sally A. Skardon Colleen Thrailkill Carolyn Tippett Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Tippett Jr. j

MERLE G. WALKER Alice E. Davidson Richard D. Parry

WILLIAM CHESTER WARREN JR. Catherine Warren Dukehart

ETHEL H. WATTS Mr. and Mrs. Mac B. Greer

RUTH DRANE WILLIAMS Julia Beeman j

i WENDY WILLIAMS I

Eleanor N. Hutchens !

H. DILLON WINSHIP JR. Mrs. Lamar H. Roberts

LOUISE SHERFESEE WITHERS Mr. and Mrs. James R.

Kennedy

BETTY WRENN j Anne G. and Charles S. j Propst !

RUTH WRIGHT ! Mrs. Addison M. Duval i

OSBORN ZUBER Dr. and Mrs. Thomas A.

Collings

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Between Dec. 2, 1989, and June 1, 1990, Agnes Scott received | gifts in honor or in memory of each person listed. In addition, the i Alumnae Association placed a memorial book in McCain Library . for each alumna who died during this period.

For more information, contact: I Bonnie Brown Johnson | Vice President for Development and Public Affairs I AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE i Decatur, GA 30030 .

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Agnes Scott's first hundred years overflow with memories of people, places and traditions. As the final commemoration of | our Centennial, a pictorial history of the College is currently at press. This beautiful book captures the experiences of the people who exemplify the spirit of Agnes Scott; it includes pho¬ tographs, anecdotes, legends and little-known facts. Published hy Susan Hunter Publishing Company of Atlanta, the book will he a high-quality hardback of over 100 pages, with a ribbon bookmark, dust jacket and embossed linen cover. >*■ A Full and Rich Measure is written by Archivist Lee Sayrs '69 and Dr. Christine Cozzens, English professor and director of Agnes Scott's Writing Workshop. ^ You can order this special com- memcrranve piece for $39.95 plus $3.50 shipping and handling.

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ALUMNAE EVENTS

PAUL OBREGrtN PHOTOS

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It's been two wonderful years! Serving as President of the Alumnae Association has been a joyful and enriching experience. Agnes Scott, in the first year of its second century, is strong and ready to meet the challenges.

At a planning retreat in 1988, the Alumnae Board of Directors reaffirmed its mission—to bind alumnae together in support of Agnes Scott through four pri¬ mary means: recruitment, career networking, fund-raising and public relations. The results of these efforts are exciting!

Alumnae representatives as¬ sisted an excellent admissions staff at 33 college fairs in 1989. Fifteen network coordinators motivated 150 energetic alum¬ nae admissions volunteers in key areas. Result: the largest entering class in 18 years!

The careers chair of the alum¬ nae board worked with the ca¬ reer planning and placement office to create a questionnaire given to the fifth-, tenth-, and fifteenth-year reunion classes. Result: 350 alumnae volunteered to help with intern, extern and shadow programs; 450 more of¬ fered to talk with students about their work.

Fund-raising among alumnae reached a new high in 1988-89. A Centennial alumnae directory, plus well-organized and staffed biannual phonathons, brought increased participation. Result: 46 percent of alumnae gave to the Annual Fund while also pledging to a successful $35 mil¬ lion Centennial Campaign!

Current students were made more aware of the Alumnae As¬ sociation through events plan¬ ned by the student-alumnae liai¬ son chair on our board. Result: students know the alumnae care, and they look forward to becom¬ ing alumnae themselves!

The Alumnae Association, led by our able, energetic and creative director, Lucia Sizemore, is a vital and leading force in the Agnes Scott community. 1 look forward to the future with opti¬ mism and excitement. Join me in renewed commitment and find your special niche within our association!

Wardie Abemethy Martin '59 Immediate Past President Alumnae Asstxiation

PASSING THE GAVEL: Outgoing Alumnae Association President Wardie Abemethy Martin '59 greets new president Gay Blackburn Maloney '76.

Kaleidoscope of Sights and Sounds

Highlights Alumnae Weekend

The first Alumnae Weekend of Agnes Scott's second cen¬ tury was a kaleido¬ scope of sights and

sounds as alumnae renewed old friendships and made new ones, attended classes and dinners and spoke with today's Agnes Scott students.

Alfred Uhry, author of Driving Miss Daisy, spoke to an en¬ thralled crowd at the opening convocation in Presser Hall. Later in the afternoon, alumnae had a chance to experience the classroom again. Economics Pro¬ fessor Edmund Sheehey discussed how religious values are tested in the workplace during "Faith in the Marketplace." The class titled "Berlin and The Wall— Problems and Progress" explored the changes in Germany; Ger¬ man Professor Gunther Bicknese used slides from Agnes Scott trips in 1966 and 1989 to empha¬ size current differences in the country. In "Dead Poets, Living Children and the Education President: Teaching as a Career for the '90s," Dr. Elizabeth Spen¬ cer of the Department of Educa¬ tion and Susan Davis Bennett '68 predicted the type of learn¬ ing environment children and teachers have ahead of them in the new decade.

After rediscovering Buttrick classrooms, the alumnae listened to students reading and discuss¬ ing their works at the Writers' Festival; then it was on to the Centennial Time Capsule instal¬ lation ceremony, where items

ranging from a Diet Coke can to a chunk from the Berlin Wall were interred for future histori¬ ans.

On Friday evening, The Fifty Year Club inducted the Class of '40 at a dinner in the Rebekah Reception Room. On the George W. and Irene K. Wood¬ ruff Quadrangle the Glee Club presented "A Broadway Evening" during the Alumnae Dinner by Decades, at which the members of the Class of '90 were guests of honor.

Early risers on Saturday awoke to rain, which put a damper on the Fun Run at Gellerstedt

Track and Field; Dean of Stu¬ dents Cue Pardue Hudson '68 and Kathy Stubbs '67, the only runners, earned trophies for their enthusiastic participation.

President of the Alumnae Association Wardie Abemethy Martin '59 opened the Annual Meeting, which included com¬ ments from President Ruth Schmidt, recognition of the re¬ union classes, and elections for new members of the Alumnae Board of Directors. Awards were given to outstanding alumnae Frances Steele Garrett '37, for service to the College, Aurie Montgomery Miller '44, for ser¬ vice to the community', and

Saxon Pope Bargeron '32, for her distinguished career.

Later in the afternoon, recep¬ tions honored retiring faculty members John Tumblin and Miriam E)rucker. African-Ameri¬ can alumnae were invited by Witkaze, formerly Students for Black Awareness, to spend some time with currently enrolled stu¬ dents. Alumnae were entertained on Saturday evening by a dance festival in Caines Auditorium.

Agnes Scott alumnae left the springtime campus with smiles made brighter by newly acquired knowledge, renewed memories and reacquaintance with friends and the College.

Alumnae Weekend is a time to renew old acquaintances and make neu' ones, to remember college years and to speculate on the future of Agnes Scott. Patricia McGutre White 74, assistant professor of biology, Ayse Ilgaz Garden '66, professor of psychology, Catherine Sims, interim dean, and Ruth Feicht '86 reminisce about their experiences at ASC.

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"What have you been up to since I saw you last?" There's a blur of hurried hugs and that inmriable question whenever old friends relive college years during annual Alumnae Weekend celebrations.

Lucia's Turn

"Preventive medicine" is a buzzword of our physical fitness era. News about higher education, and especially women's colleges, makes us focus on prevention as we plan for Agnes Scott's second century. How do we, the Alumnae Association, practice preventive medicine for ASC?

Our first task, it seems to me, is to be informed about our college and the general picture for higher education. Interest in the College can be effectively enhanced by attending alumnae meetings in your area and reading College publications. Attending on-cam- pus events will give you a closeup view of Agnes Scott today. Alum¬ nae Weekend, Alumnae Leader¬ ship Conference and other special events give you the opportunity to renew your relationship with Agnes Scott in a variety of ways.

Secondly, we can be advocates of this wonderful institution, wherever we are, on planes or at church. All of us, whether or not we have children at home, have regular contacts through which to influence high school-age young women as they seek a good college choice. We all need to share the gtxxl news about our great college!

The third method of practicing preventive medicine is regular sup¬ port of our Annual Fund. In any given fiscal year our percentage of support is only about 36 to 45 per¬ cent of alumnae. If every alumna who gives to the College could become a regular donor to the An¬ nual Fund and give every fiscal year, we would be near the top of the charts in alumnae giving across the country.

The next five years will be es¬ pecially difficult tor all colleges as the pool of college-bound 18-year- olds shrinks. Enrollment will be down in many colleges, and the resulting helt-tightening will be very difficult for those without strong financial backing from their constituencies.

Agnes Scott College enters her second century in a position of great strenth as a "fiscally tit" insti¬ tution. We have a wonderful edu¬ cation to offer women in a beauti¬ ful campus environment, but we must not rest and let ourselves get out of shape. Now it's our turn to practice preventive medicine and to keep Agnes Scott strong, so we don't have to practice "stress man¬ agement" in the future!

Lucia Howard Sizemore '65 Director of Alumnae Affairs

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The first teaching chair in the Clarke County School District has been established as a memorial to the late Martha Comer 18, who taught at Athens High School for almost 40 years. The Martha Comer Chair of Classical and For¬ eign Languages will provide an annual salary supplement to one outstanding teacher at either Clarke Central or Cedar Shoals High School. The chair is en¬ dowed by a gift from Miss Comer's sister, Frances Comer, a retired public school teacher.

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SECRETARY Nonie Peck Booth (Mrs. Charles F.) Box 68 Elmore, AL 36025

We are sorry to report that Helen Lane Comfort Sanders passed away in May.... Victoria Howie Kerr is now living in a nursing home in Spartanburg, S.C.

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SECRETARY Mary Ben Wright Erwin (Mrs. George E.) 28 Dartmouth Avenue Avondale Estates, GA 30002

Louise Proctor received a lovely letter from Evelyn Eastman Beck who writes that using a cane kept her from attending Alumnae Weekend. She f inished her degree at Barnard College but has a vivid recollection of her junior year at ASC. Evelyn married in 1931 and has one son.

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SECRETARY Ellen Fain Bowen (Mrs. K. A.) Box 1444 Mimosa Lane Tryan. NC 28782

We are sorry to report that our class news this time is mostly sad. Louisa Duls died in August 1989 in Rock Hill, S.C. Louisa had re¬ tired from teaching at Winthrop College. Among her many publi¬ cations is her delightful book about Little Switzerland, a place where she often spent time at her family's mountain home.

Another classmate we have lost is Catherine Mock Hodgin. Catherine died in January. She and "Doc" had moved from their duplex at the Preshyterian Home in High Point into the new build¬ ing of the Presbyterian Home. Catherine had developed Alz-

* heimer's and was receiving good care. She was able to have dinner with Doc in the dining room quite often, even though she was staying at the infirmary. She enjoyed hav¬ ing Christmas dinner at daughter Catherine Hodgin Olive's home in Lexington. Christmas Eve night Doc had a stroke which kept him from being at the family dinner.

Florence Perkins Ferry's brother died in an auto accident. Florence greatly misses her daily telephone visits with Bill. ... Juanita Greer White recently re¬ turned home from the hospital with a broken hip.

Grace Augusta Ogden Moore and Wallace have moved from Long Beach, Calif., to be near their daughter Ann and her hus¬ band. Wallace is receiving good care in the convalescent hospital, and Grace Augusta is in an apart¬ ment "with her own things" and a beautiful view of the hills, just a mile from Wallace's hospital. Grace Augusta's new address is: Mrs. Wallace Moore, Retirement Inn of Burlingame, Box 302, 250 Myrtle Road, Burlingame, Calif., 94010. ... I hope you were all as disappointed as 1 was for '26 to have a BLANK in the spring edi¬ tion of Main Events. So please, rally and send in the news.

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SECRETARY Lillian Clement Adams (Mrs. W. Lkryd) 163 Bassett Avenue Lexington, KY40502

Evelyn Albright Caldwell is sorry to write that her husband,

George, passed away on August 12, 1989, of a massive stroke. He was active until the day before, with no indications of illness. He was in Pensacola Baptist Hospital for almost three weeks before his death. In 1989 they would have celebrated their 59th wedding an¬ niversary. "It is hard to realize he is gone," she writes. He retired in 1974 from the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions in Mont¬ gomery after many years of work as director of the Church Training Department of the Alabama Con¬ vention and many other states. Evelyn adds, "He loved working for his Lord." They moved in 1974 to be near the beach at Gulf Shores. Evelyn now lives in an apartment just a mile from her daughter and son-in-law hut is keeping the beach house for family vacations.

Elizabeth E. Sanders writes that in February she was given an exquisite Siberian Husky, 11 months old, with unique black cross markings on her nose and under her eyes on a white face. The first week she chewed a $55 hole in the carpet. She doesn't have the personality to make it in the show ring, but is the most effi¬ cient digger and chewer possible. She also reports that her sister Ruth Sanders '23 died March 2 after a long illness and residence in a rest home. "We have been very close to each other all our lives, and she lived here with me since she retired from teaching in 1968. Neither of us has any family here, so not only have I missed her, but have had all the business to attend to." Elizabeth's garden is beautiful, "a fairyland of lavender and gold" in the high hills of Sacramento.

Since last year's saga of medical

experiences, Miriam Preston St. Clair is resuming normal activi¬ ties—a new hip prevented her from attending Alumnae Week¬ end last year. Ken has started on a new treatment therapy, and both are doing well enough to plan to spend August in Montreal. Their I children are across the United States—Charlie with Land of Sky in Asheville, N.C.; Kenny with Social Security in Kansas City, Mo.; and Mimi '63 in Sunnyvale, Calif. Recently, Mimi went into partnership in a computer program business. In February, Miriam completed three years as church treasurer—a very time-consuming activity—and is assistant treasurer now. In addition to moderating a women's group, she and Ken keep very husy and hope to have time for golf—maybe even some btxrk writing. "We are thankful that we can still participate in so many things."

Maud Jackson Padgett is writ¬ ing a short history of Jackson Academy, a school established by her grandfather in 1892. She is also on the scrapbook committee for Beta Rho Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma.

Frances Freeborn Paulcy writes that she still struggles as a volunteer for justice and equality, working with several health and welfare projects, including lobby¬ ing for the understanding and treatment of AIDS. She travels to visit her two children, six grand¬ children and one great-grandchild and takes in theater and movies when she can. Frances is one of our most outstanding alumnae. She has won numerous awards, including the 1974 Women of Conscience Award from the Na¬ tional Council for Women. In

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ALUMNAE EVENTS

1981 she won the Exceptional Personal Ministry Award; in 1984, she became one of Agnes Scott's Outstanding Alumnae. Georgia State University's Women's Stud¬ ies and Public Services Unit have also honored Frances with a trib¬ ute held in cooperation with the Georgia League of Women Voters as part of the Women's History celebration in March 1989. Frances is also a founding member of the Heating Energy Assistance Team for Atlanta Gas Light Com¬ pany.

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Switzerland. In May, she and her sister Lucille Woodbury Ranck '33 t(X)k a Mediterranean Cruise. Katherine now has a writing class that meets in her home. She spe¬ cializes in writing travelogues. Last November, Katherine and Helen Ridley Hartley got together at Helen's Boca Raton, Fla., home. It seems Helen is quite active in sev¬ eral fields and has many friends.

Dr. Bettina Bush Jackson '29x and her husband are both retired. They have a winter home in Naples, Fla., and a summer one in Mars Hill, N.C. Dr. Jackson is still active in ecology circles.

Martha Riley Selman Jacobs had a heart attack on her 82nd birthday, November 5, 1989. It required triple bypass surgery. Plucky Martha Riley now walks two miles daily to improve her health. This is a remarkable feat because she also had a stroke a few years ago.

drama club and soccer team. She was consistently on the top scho¬ lastic list and loved to "see the world."

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SECRETARY Mary Alice Juhan (Miss) 247 Clayton St., NE Lawrenceville, GA 30245

Ethel Freeland Darden was honored by the Presbyterian School of Christian Education at its Alumni Weekend in April in Richmond, Va. This graduate school selected her as one of its two outstanding alumni of the year. Ethel graduated in 1934- The school's 1989 financial report clas¬ sified her as being one of the eleven donors belonging to its Fi¬ nancial Society. To qualify for such a rating, the person needed to have contributed over $100,000 to the school, or $10,000 during the fiscal year. Ethel's contribution was the accumulated one. Ethel is also on the Presbyterian USA's Foundation Board.

Katherine Woodbury Wil¬ liams '29x retired from the At¬ lanta Families Counselling Service after working there for 25 years. The company's new name is Fami¬ lies First. Now Katherine loves to

travel. In 1988, she visited Yu¬ goslavia, and 1989 found her

in England and

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SECRETARY Jo Smith Webb 208 E. Third Street Donalsonville, GA 31745

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SECRETARY Jean Grey Morgan (Mrs. AkcC.) 3747 Peachtree Road, NE Apt. 603 Atlanta, GA 30319

Our sympathy goes out to Carolyn Heyman Goodstein Germain whose darling grand¬ daughter Carmel Ann, 15, of Charleston, S.C., was killed in the United DC-10 crash in Sioux City, Iowa. Carmel was the daugh¬ ter of Carolyn's son, former Sena¬ tor Arnold S. Goodstein. Carmel was a student at Ashley Hall School and was very active in many activities, including the

SECRETARY Louise McDaniel Musser (Mrs. Raymond E.) 1051 Old Country Club Road Apt. 4 Roanoke, VA 24017

Let us hold our heads high with pride as we see the third member of the Class of'32 added to the list of Outstanding Alumnae Award recipients. Saxon Pope Bargeron was honored for her distinguished career in education at Chatham County Schools and Savannah City Schools in Georgia. Other class honorees include Penny Brown Barrett in 1979 for service to the College and Diana Dyer Wilson in 1985 for Community Service. Two of our number served as presidents of the Alumnae As¬ sociation, Penny Brown Barrett (1940-1942), and Catherine Baker Evans (1950-1952).

From College Park, Ga., Velma Taylor Wells apologizes for her long silence and shares the "great¬ est news of all" that she and her family are "well and happy". . .. Also from College Park, Grace Woodward Palmour describes her limitations from impaired hearing and husband William's from visual deterioration. She recalls, how¬ ever, the joys they have experi¬ enced through travels in years past—cruises to Australia, Alaska, South America, the Mediterra¬ nean, the Greek Islands and the Black Sea, and one around the world. Her daughter, Mary Grace, the wife of a retired Navy Captain, now lives in Washington, D.C., and is northeast supervisor for gov¬ ernment sales for Revlon Cosmet¬ ics. ... Grace was thoughtful enough to give us news from Amy Elliott, whose home is in De Funiak Springs, Fla. At the time Grace wrote, Mary had been

In a study by the Women's College Coalition, alumnae giving to

women's colleges was compared with coeducational institutions. The

research revealed that women's college alumnae support their schools

at a higher percentage and with a higher average gift

($521) than the graduates of coeducational institutions.

Their donations account for a larger percentage of the

total support to the institution, and a higher proportion

of donations were unrestricted at women's colleges than

at coeducational institutions, indicating "a greater trust"

in their alma maters among women. Shouldn't you be

among the alumnae supporting Agnes Scott? To make your

commitment to the ASC Annual Fund, contact:

Bonnie Johnson, Vice President for Development,

Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA 30030.

moved to Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta, near her niece and nephew; she had visited Mary that very day but did not see her be¬ cause she was in therapy. As we might expect, Mary was impatient to get hack home.

Word from Vamelle Braddy Ferryman in Atlanta to Louise Stakely describes her restrictions because of her serious illness sev¬ eral years ago—a brain embolism resulting in a stroke. She is opti¬ mistic, however, because intensive therapy and continued care allow her to walk.... Notices of deaths in our class are not unexpected— we know our chronological ages and our vulnerability—but they always bring "gaps in our ranks." Rosemary Honiker Rickman died December 17; she'd lived in Decatur and attended gatherings regularly.

We learned of another death when George Teaford, Americus, Ga., received my green card re¬ questing news. Louise Wise Teaford died November 6. For over 30 years, Louise was director of "Mrs. Teaford's Kindergarten" and touched the lives of Americus children "through second and third generations." In recognition of her contribution to the cultural life of the community, the Depart¬ ment of Fine Arts, Georgia South¬ western University, dedicated its Febmary 1990 chamber concert to her memory. Her husband wrote that she had experienced high blood pressure for many years but declined noticeably during 1989 after a bout with shingles. These outstanding women are examples of service rendered by 1932 class members in cities and hamlets throughout our country and around the world during these past 58 years. A testimony to this is a letter Louise Teaford wrote Louise Stakely early in 1989 giving her news of Marjorie Gamble who once served as class secretary and became a veritable "storehouse of information." Marjorie is busy in community activities, including Delta Kappa Gamma and the Co¬ lumbus, Ga., Historical Society. Nevertheless, she gave Louise these items: Bumette Maganos Hatcher of Arcola, Miss., still gets

Guidelines

To Submit

Class News

The next class news deadline is August 1. News received after that date will be published in the winter issue.

Please continue to send your class news, notices of births and of deaths to the Alum¬ nae Office. To assure you that your news has been re¬ ceived, the Alumnae Office will send you a postcard ac¬ knowledging receipt.

Please include the alumna's maiden (birth) name and class. Please verify spellings. All news and letters need to be typed or written clearly. If you or your classmate has an unusual spelling of a name, please call that to our atten¬ tion.

In sending a birth an¬ nouncement, please include the husband's name, even if the alumna does not use it in her mailing address. Also include the baby's name and birthday.

Please report weddings and other planned events only after the fact.

Agnes Scott has nearly 10,000 living alumnae. We want to keep in touch with all of you and keep you in touch with each other. Class news is printed with only minor editing, so be selec¬ tive. Let us hear from you regularly.

Contact your class secretary today with your news.

ALUMNAE OEKICE INEORMATION Phone: 404/371-6323

Anne Sandeen Schatz (right) is a new voice on the tele¬ phone in the Alumnae Of¬ fice.

As coordinator of class activities, Anne works with class news, the class presi¬ dents' letters, reunion letters and other class-oriented ac¬ tivities. She comes to the alumnae office with a back¬ ground in sales and advertis¬ ing, a degree in English from the University of Virginia, as well as experience in devel¬ opment and admissions work both at U.Va. and at the University of Florida.

We welcome Anne to the work of the Alumnae Asso¬ ciation.

STAFF: • Anne Sandeen Schatz, coor¬

dinator of class activities (above)

• Kay Gehman, coordinator of alumnae services

• Lucia Howard Sizemore '65, director of alumnae affairs

Summer 1990/Main Events A-3

ALUMNAE EVENTS

For Memories Given, a Gift; to Remember Marie Simpson Rutland '35 is escorted to the stage by her daughter, Susan Rutland McCulIar, and son, Bob Rutland. The surprise announcement of the Marie S. Rutland Scholarship Fund, established by the Rutland children on the oc¬ casion of their mother's 55th reunion, thrilled the honoree and delighted the audience at the April 28 Annual Meeting of the Alumnae Association. (For more information on "named gifts" to Agnes Scott, see "Fund Facts" at left.)

Fund Facts

By Bonnie Brown Johnson '70

Editor's note: Each year the Col¬ lege sends out the President's Report, which lists not only the donors from the previous year, but also lists the named funds which have been estab¬ lished by alumnae and friends. This column explains these funds.

Recently children of an alumna established a fund in her honor. How is that done?

In order for the College to maintain a separate named fund, it is necessary for interested donor(s) to commit at least $ 10,000. The College and the donors agree on a purpose for the fund.

What areas do these funds gener¬ ally support?

Scholarship funds are the most common, but we also have library funds and other special funds.

What do we mean when we say these are endowed funds?

These funds are perpetual (which is why they are such a thoughtful way to honor or memo¬ rialize a loved one). The principal ("corpus") is held by the College and only accrued interest is spent each year.

How restricted can the purpose be?

The College requests that do¬ nors contact the College about placing restrictions on their funds. Overly restrictive funds limit the College's options and would not benefit the institution in the long run. Given the perpetual nature of these funds, it is particularly help¬ ful when donors state a "prefer¬ ence" rather than a "restriction."

What reports are given to donors and/or honorees of these funds?

At this time, the College sends a letter each year to many scholar¬ ship fund donors and honorees telling them about the recipients of their scholarships. In this way, alumnae and friends are able to see what their fund accomplishes on campus.

On what occasions is it appropri¬ ate to establish a named fund?

Anniversaries, special Agnes Scott reunion years, retirements, birthdays . . . and the list goes on! Of course, as mentioned, the gifts also are often used to memorialize a loved one.

Send inquiries to Bonnie B. Johnson, Vice President, [development and Public Affairs, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Georgia 30030, or call (404) 371-6304.

around with the help of a walker; Pansey (Pat) Kimble Matthews of El Paso, Texas, lives in a retire¬ ment home; and Irene Hartsell Jones of Lakeland, Fla., has recov¬ ered from artery surgery.

Miriam Thompson Felder in Blakely, Ga., keeps us up to date with her interests and activities. She is fortunate to continue to enjoy life with Derrell, her life partner. Many of us are among that frightening statistic of "Women Survivors" who try to continue to be whole persons after being part of a pair for a half-cen¬ tury!

From Martha Logan Henderson, Charleston, S.C., we are encouraged to learn of her "es¬ cape" from Hugo—except for mas¬ sive damage to trees and shrub¬ bery—and from the San Francisco earthquake by ending her visit with her daughter in San Ansel- mo, Calif., two days before it hap¬ pened. Her family and church friends helped remove destruction around her house. She is one of our Agnes Scott grandmothers— her granddaughter Julie Hender¬ son is now a student there.

Sara Hollis Baker of Greens¬ boro, N.C., is comfortably and conveniently relocated in a patio- home closer to her daughter. She underwent hip-replacement sur¬ gery November 7 and has resumed driving but regrets she missed Alumnae Weekend this year.

Moving to Alabama, Tot (Annie Laurie) Smith Thomp¬ son, advises us of her new address. She parted with her big house and big yard and bought a "doll house" in a convenient location—106 Stewart Avenue, Greenville, Ala., 36037.. .. Bell Owens Livingston, Decatur, Ala., tells of her interesting year in a "Read Alabama" group at the library; a college professor leads monthly discussions. Her major subject, however, was her grandchildren (to be expected): a granddaughter has broken into a man's world as an executive in an oil and gas bro¬ kerage; another is working on her doctorate in opera and singing here and abroad, presenting a con¬ cert last summer here in Decatur; a grandson graduated from Georgia Tech with a master's in engineer¬ ing—and married straightaway! She reported on an ASC party she attended as a guest of Gay Black- bum Maloney '76 in January.

In Kentucky, we find Ruth Green as active as ever—still driv¬ ing her car, even at night! With her sisters, she spent Christmas in Philadelphia with three nieces and their families. She sends a new address for Sarah Brownrigg Bow¬ man: Mattie C. Hall Health Care Center, 830 Laurens St., Aiken, S.C. 29801.... Virginia Gray Pruitt, Dallas, Texas, continues "globetrotting," even though re¬ tired from mission work in Africa. In Febmary, their son accompa¬ nied them on a three-week trip to Asia—Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand. Her observations on her first trip to Asia were "eye-open¬ ing" and "mind-stretching." Vir¬ ginia inquires about Elizabeth Sutton Gray; who has recent in¬ formation? Virginia concludes her

report by relating that her 7 1/2 year old grandson is visiting her from Australia and that she con¬ ducted a bus tour from Dallas to Natchez, Miss., this spring. She regrets missing Alumnae Week¬ end—but it conflicted with a church event, "World Outreach Week," in which she was very much involved!

From California, we get an en¬ couraging note from Frances (Fran) Spencer Catchings in Menlo Park—earthquake terri¬ tory! She was surprised and grate¬ ful that "nothing moved—our grandfather clock was still tick¬ ing!" She and Jack now find "talk¬ ing books" interesting and exciting after a life of extensive travel. Their son recently retired from the Air Force as a colonel with two children—a daughter at Auburn University and a son who is now an Air Force lieutenant after graduating with a degree in aero¬ nautical engineering from Auburn. Fran's daughter attended UCLA and took her M.F.A. from the University of Hawaii. Now she and her husband own Southwest Craftsmen in Santa Fe, N.M., and a well-populated farm and give loving care to two small daughters. Fran concludes by saying, "I'm get¬ ting too old to write or spell!! I still paint a little, tho."

Let's conclude this extended tour of the Class of '32 with word from Mae Schlich Boyle, writing from Sao Paulo, Brazil, to thank Louise Stakely for current ASC news which she had received— especially about the new organ. She and John have spent many years sharing their Christian faith to and through those in this large Latin American nation.

P.S. We must let you know about those of us in Virginia! Nell Starr Tate Gardner and I live in the same city, Roanoke. She ac¬ companied her daughter Sallie

Tate Hodges '67 on a Christmas cruise with her family. Since then, she has had some "complaints"— first pneumonia and later a sprained ankle which grounded her! She's okay again and still as pretty as when she was May Queen. I have been bragging about things which came my way these early months of 1990—first a surprise birthday party from my two children on January 21. It is difficult to surprise me—I'm too nosy and snooping—but they did it! Then I was elected "Honorary Lifetime Steward" of my South Roanoke United Methodist Church and a trustee emeritus of Ferrum College after completing 39 years of involvement with the college—including eight years as trustee and most recently as chair of a drive to raise $75,000 as a gift from United Methodist Women of Virginia on the 75th anniversary of the college which they had helped start in 1913. If you can believe it—I was speechless!

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SECRETARY Mary Louise Robinson Black (Mrs. M.L.) P.O. Box 414 Plant City, FL 33564

Margaret Telford St. Amount had a very busy year—visiting relatives in Florida and South Carolina, speaking at many Meth- odist churches in Louisiana. Her greatest honor was from the Bienville House Center for Peace and Justice in Baton Rouge where she was presented with their pres¬ tigious Wade Mackie annual

peace award. She received a beau¬ tiful pewter dish engraved with her name and "a lot more extravagant publicity than she deserved!".... Sara May Love '34x from Quincy, Fla., sent a note to Roberta Kilpatrick Stubblebine for Helen Etheridge Griffin asking about Helen's new directory.

Gail Nelson Blain and her husband "Red" are in Metairie, La. Red is ambulatory but can't be left alone over four or five hours. Gail still writes poetry and is state chair of the high school poetry contest. She also finds time to be regent of the New Orleans D.A.R. chapter. ,

Charlie Alexander Parker writes that Ben is a "fighter," do¬ ing well and driving the car, which peps him up. They spent Christ¬ mas in Raleigh, N.C., with daugh- 1

ter Mary Beth and son Charles and family from Winston-Salem.. .. A January note from Margaret Glass Womeldorf told of the ex¬ treme cold in her area of Virginia with snow on the ground for 3 1/2 weeks. She and John had a big family reunion in July at Lake Gorton—four generations! A great-grandson, Christopher (18 months), was the center of atten¬ tion. They attended a conference in Montreat, N.C., and called Mildred Miller Davies while pass¬ ing through Lynchburg. Mildred, who lives alone, had been to Vir¬ ginia Beach with Bailey Jr. to visit another son and granddaughter. Mag and John have a great-grand¬ daughter, Ashley, bom Jan. 5 in Richmond. Mag and Bessie Meade Friend Drake met for lunch in Richmond. Bessie Meade and Douschka Sweets Ackerman visited England last summer then toured the Greek Islands.

Julia Firley McCutcheon had written Mag about the effects of Hugo on their home. They live in a strong, well-built house which

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ALUMNAE EVENTS

suffered little damage but were without water and electricity for tour days. Their sons gave a re¬ ception on December 29 honor¬ ing Julia's and Chalmers' 50 years of marriage. . . . Margaret Bell Burt and husband Eugene also celebrated their golden wedding anniversary October 29.

Roberta received a lovely Christmas letter from Frank Morse, husband of Margaret Belote "Billie" Morse, who wrote lovingly of their 53 years together. They had six daughters and one son—a Presbyterian minister. In the letter, there was a beautiful paragraph about each of the seven children and their fami¬ lies, as Frank said, "thirty-two strong". . . . Margie "Marty" Ellis Pierce also sent a Christmas letter to Roberta. Wish we could repro¬ duce the darling picture of Marty and her husband Everett "Ev" that was taken in Hong Kong in March 1989. On this trip they also visited Bangkok and were with their son at his home in To¬ kyo. They sold their Ocean City home and are in a villa in the White House Village, Gradyville Road, Newton Square, PA 19073. They also attended Marty's 60th class reunion at Friends Select and were joined by Mary Sturtevant Cunningham. Leuke¬ mia has slowed "Sturdy" down.

Our sympathy goes to Letitia Rockmore Nash, whose husband Franklin died February 15. Sev¬ eral years ago Franklin set up a Nash Scholarship Fund at Agnes Scott in memory of his first wife, Lillian W. Nash '28, and in honor of his second wife, Letitia.... Our sympathy also goes out to Rosalind Ware Blackard who recently lost her sister, Louise Ware Venable '31.... Thanks to each of you who sent in news. Please continue the good work.

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SECRETARY Ruth Shippey Austin (Mrs. John S.) 4817 King's Down Road Dunwoody, GA 30338

A lovely letter from Rorence Preston Brockhurst, which ar¬ rived too late to be included in the December news, contained up-to-date information about her children. She relates, "Our four all attended Washington Univer¬ sity since their father was on the faculty of the School of Architec¬ ture there. The three boys took electrical engineering, and our daughter received her B.S. in nursing. Roland, the oldest, is with Martin Marietta in Denver. Rhen is with DuPont in Wash¬ ington, W.Va. The youngest son, Fairman, is an atomic energy en¬ gineer, having served on an atomic sub in the Navy. He is with Florida Power and Light in Crystal River. Mary Anne Kunkel, our only daughter, works in the Community Hospital in Fort Myers, Fla. Since this is the busy season, with 'snowbirds' go-

Alumnae Board 1990

New (below) and returning (right) members* are:

TISH YOUNG MCCUTCHEN Vice President of Alumnae Advancement Tish Young McCutchen '73 is a free-lance copywriter and editor, specializing in corporate internal and marketing materials. Before starting her own business, she was a staff writer and editor for the Atlanta Constitution. Tish is active in the Oak Grove United Methodist Church, the Alliance Children's Theatre Guild, and— thanks to her four children—a myriad of school and extracurricular activities.

CARLA EIDSON PIERCE Alumnae Admissions Chair Carla Eidson Pierce '84 currently serves as class secretary and an alumnae admis¬ sions representative. Carla holds a master's of city planning from the Georgia Insitute of Technology and is a planner for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Atlanta. She is a member of Rock Springs Presbyterian Church and is a volunteer for the Georgia Tourette Syndrome Association. She and her husband, Jeff, live in Alpharetta.

JANE KRAEMER SCOTT Class Officers Chair Jane Kraemer Scott '59 has served as president of her class. She is currently serving on the board of Kingsport Girls Club, LINK House (temporary shelter for homeless teens), and SAFE House (shelter for victims of domestic violence), and the United Way of Greater Kingsport. Jane has served on the Board of Trustees of King Col¬ lege, has been past president of the Kingsport Junior League and has long-term in¬ volvement as a volunteer in the area of juvenile justice, having served a gubernato¬ rial appointment on the Tennessee Juvenile Justice Commission. Jane and Paul have two grown children.

BETSY DEAL SMITH Club Presidents Chair Betsy Deal Smith '49 has taught 4-year-olds for 15 years, trained pre-school teach¬ ers in lab schools and co-authored a curriculum for nursery schools and day care centers. Betsy is a sustaining member of the Junior League of Houston, has served as past president and now member of the Board of Governors for the Center for the Retarded Inc., is a board member for a home for retarded adults and does American Red Cross training for day care directors. She and Bill have four chil¬ dren and two grandchildren.

ANN HERMAN DUNWODY Awards Chair Ann Herman Dunwody '52 has served her class as fund agent, class officer and capital funds chair. She has done volunteer work with the Red Cross, served on various boards and as an officer for the Junior League of Macon and is a past presi¬ dent of the Women of the Church at Northminster Presbyterian Church. Ann is currently patient advocate with the hospice program and on the Macon Town Committee of Colonial Dames.

LOUCY TITTLE HAY Gift Items Chair (Ad Hoc) Loucy Tittle Hay '87 graduated from Agnes Scott with a degree in economics. Fol¬ lowing her graduation, Loucy started Home Learning, a tutoring business, worked in the College development office and continued her studies with education courses. She is active in the Young Atlanta Alumnae Club and is a member of the Annual Fund Advisory Committee. Loucy served on the Centennial Alumnae Weekend and The Party of the Century committees, and as a phonathon volun¬ teer. She is currently a member of Momingside Presbyterian Church. Loucy and her husband, Sam, are moving to Covington soon; she has taught 3-year-olds for one year, and will teach kindergarten in Newton County.

KAY PARKERSON O'BRIANT Publications Chair Kay Parkerson O'Briant '70 is a free-lance writer who has served in leadership roles in the Barrow-Gwinnett- Newton Alumnae Club, as fund chair and chair for the 20th reunion of the Class of 1970. She has experience as an editor and copywriter, and has worked in public relations and advertising. She has two children, and her husband, Don, is a journalist. (No photo available.)

PHOTOS OF RETURNINQ BOARD MEMBERS UNAVAILABLE NANCY WEAVER WILLSON '72 Secretary/Treasurer

VERNITA B. LOCKHART 76 Careers Chair MARY (MIF) E MARTIN '52 Continuing Education Chair

NELLE CEIAMLEE HOWARD '34 Grounds Co-Chair * Profiles of Alumnae Board officers elected last year appeared in the Summer 1989 issue of Main Events.

GAY BLACKBURN MALONEY 76 President

WYNN HUGHES TABOR '59 Vice President for College

Advancement

GAYLE GELLERSTEDT DANIEL 71 Fund Chair

ANN DISEKER BEEBE '67 Student Alumnae Liaison Chair

JEAN CHALMERS SMITH '38 House Chair

JUDITH MAGUIRE TINDEL 73 Grounds Co-Chair

FRANCES STEELE GARRETT '37 Alumnae Acquisitions Chair

Summer 1990/Main Events A-5

ALUMNAE EVENTS

I

OUTSTANDING

ALUMNAE

Three Named as Recipients for 1990 PALX OBRBJON PHOTOS

SAXON

POPE

BARGERON Distinguished Career

After two terms as the first elected president of the Chat¬ ham County Board of Education, Saxon Bargeron had earned the title "Mrs. Education" in Savan¬ nah. For a half century, as teacher and administrator, she "helped to educate Savannahians and to build the community's modem public school system during an age of racial contro¬ versy and change that threat¬ ened to pull it down.

FRANCES

STEELE

GARRET! Service to the College

Unflagging in her devotion to Agnes Scott, Frances Garrett has been president of her class and its fund chair; a member of the Alumnae Association's nominat¬ ing and awards committees; a career planning representative on the Alumnae Board; a member of the Centennial Steering Com¬ mittee and the Exhibition Com¬ mittee, arranging for the Centen¬ nial Exhibition at the Atlanta Historical Society and planning its opening reception; and, per¬ haps most importantly, chair of the acquisitions committee.

AURIE

MONTGOMERY

MILLER Service to the Community

As the first medical technologist in what is now Zaire (previously the Belgian Congo), she set up the first laboratory in Lubondai where she began training Con¬ golese students in chemistry, bacteriology, serology, parasitol- ogy and hematology. With her husband she established the Christian Medical Institute of the Kasai and the Good Shep¬ herd Hospital, and with a col¬ league she organized a lab school at Tshikaji which is now named for both of them.

Top Photo: Saxon Pope Bargeron '32, recipient of the Award for Distin¬ guished Career, and Aurie Montgomery Miller '44, selected for Service to the Commu¬ nity, walk uith Alumnae Director Lucia Sizemore '65 after the awards ceremonies on Alumnae Weekend. Left photo: Frances Steele Garrett '37 ac¬ cepts the Outstanding Alumnae Award for Service to the College.

Marc on the contribiaions of Saxon Pope Bargeron, Frances Steele Garrett and Aurie Montgomery Miller will he presented in the next issue of the Agnes Scott Alumnae Magazine.

ing to Horida and getting sick, she can't get away for a Christmas visit, but her daughter Amy flew up for the holidays." Horence's letter was written on December 22. It's so wonderful to have all these interesting facts about her progeny!

Marie Adams Finch broke her hip recently.... We just learned that Elizabeth Winn Wilson lost her brother, John Winn, in July 1989 in Greenville, S.C. Our thoughts are with you and your family, Elizabeth.

Carolyn Russell Nelson re¬ ports that she is the proud grand¬ mother of two new "grands," Denny McRae Jones in Griffin, Ga., and Suzanne Brevard Nelson in Stone Mountain, Ga. Carolyn enjoyed three weeks in Liberty Lake, near Spokane, Wash., at Christmas time. Carolyn further reports that while in Ocala, Fla., recently, she talked to Mary Lou Schumann Barth. Mary Louise and her husband, Paul, enjoyed a trip around the world. Carolyn also reports that Mary Grist Whitehead is pleased with the sale of her book that relates the story of her family's history and was inspired by letters she found in her grandmother's trunk. Carolyn also held us spellbound at our March 4 luncheon with tales of her daughter's and son's interest in the Mennonites. Carolyn and Johnnie Mae York Rumble are off to Alaska for two weeks with the Mennonites. Carolyn enjoyed a trip to a music camp in the Cas¬ cades recently with a Mennonite group, who sang so beautifully. Carolyn also reports that Helen Boyd McConnell wanted to be remembered to everyone.

Eleanor Williams Knox is just completing two years as president of the Decatur Agnes Scott Alum¬ nae Club—"a great group" to quote Eleanor.. .. Elaine Heckle Carmichael spent Christmas in Virginia with her daughter Julie Carmichael Curtis and her son-in- law, Rocky.. .. Mary E. Squires, who lives in Macon, Ga., doesn't get around as much on her own since she is legally blind.

Mary Sloan Laird smilingly hursts out with such delightful news: "1 am finally a grandmother! On March 3, our daughter Susan and her husband, Mel Mobley, adopted a 3-day-old baby girl, now named Margaret Susan Mobley." We are all so delighted for you, Mary, and are excited over the joy you, Sam and all your family an¬ ticipate with this precious new life! Mary and Sam will be with the Trafalgar Travel Agency soon on a two-week, Elizabethan tour through England and Scotland.

Margaret Robins broke her hip this year.. . . Nelle Chamlee Howard walked across the court¬ yard at our recent Fourth Monday luncheon so spry and chipper that I said to her, "Nelle, you're doing so well! It seems a miracle that your knee surgery was such a suc¬ cess!" Nelle's reply was, "It is a miracle; it truly is!" As many of you know, Nelle's care of the Agnes Scott Alumnae Gardens has been a labor of love over the years. Her loving service there has been a delight to all of us who en¬

joy those gardens. In her own words, "I felt totally pampered in the hospital for my surgery since I was accompanied by my very own electric blanket." Nelle goes with the Agnes Scott Alumnae group to Alaska in August.

Mary Hamilton McKnight's news is that her grandson John Michael McKnight 111 graduated from the University of Vermont in May and has received a fellowship to do research in parasitology in Puerto Rico this summer.... Elinor Hamilton Hightower's new granddaughter, Kathryn Hamilton Peabody, was christened April 3.

Ruth Shippey Austin's grand¬ son, Randolph Lee Austin Jr., graduated from Harvard Business School in May. Her granddaugh¬ ter, Kimberly McClain Austin, graduated from Emory University in May. Ruth had a visit with friends in Winter Park, Ha., in March. Her second son, Randy, has invited her and friends for a visit at his heach-front condo¬ minium at North Myrtle Beach, S.C. Four diseased or dead trees were removed from Ruth's yard in April, at which time she had a little landscaping done.

Kathryn Maness Nelson brought her sister Margaret Maness Mixon '32 to our March Fourth Monday Luncheon, as well as a friend, Jacqueline Stewart '48, whom she knew in personnel work at Macy's. Another charming guest was brought by Mary Hamilton McKnight all the way from Dalton, Ga., Frances Napier Jones '35x, a sister of Eulalia Napier Sutton '33. Frances amused us with stories of her ecology- minded husband's gift for restoring and/or using items such as large Georgia Power spools for heavy wire—covering them with carpet remnants salvaged from Dalton Carpet and distributing them to nurseries for use by the pre- schoolers. She told us of her husband's idea of rescuing plastic buckets and dead tennis balls from various sources and presenting them to youth centers for chil¬ dren's games. Frances, it was good to have you with us, and I hope you will persuade your sister to meet with us soon.

We especially missed Martha England Gunn at the luncheon, as well as Josephine Morton Fricke. Rosa Shirey Day was busy deliv¬ ering altar flowers to shut-ins. .. . There were 14 people at that March 26 luncheon thanks to Kathryn Maness Nelson's faithful and enthusiastic telephoning of classmates who live in and around Atlanta. Among those present that day was Rudene Taffer Young, who has sold her car and is now being chauffeured around by her friends, who love to accommo¬ date her. Bella Wilson Lewis, Louise McCain Boyce (all the way from Athens), Carolyn Russell Wilson (from Winder), Mary Hamilton McKnight with Frances Napier Jones '35x, Elaine Heckle Cannichael, Kathryn Maness Nelson, Jacqueline Stewart '48, Ruth Shippey Austin,

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ALUMNAE EVENTS

Nelle Chamlee Howard, and j Mary Sloan Laird made up the ' full complement that day. We

have so much fun reminiscing, we don't want to break up when it's time to leave. Join us! We do have a ball!

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SECRETARY Kacherine Hertzka 1184 Beech Valley Road, NE Atlanta, GA 30306

Congratulations to Clara Morrison Backer and her hus¬ band, Labon, whose second

i grandson and third grandchild, Jacob Samuel Backer, was bom

[ January 29.. .. Jane Goodwin Harbin writes that she and Lester

; have found retirement unevent- ! ful. They both, however, are en¬

joying their 13 grandchildren, i four of whom are in college. Jane

also indulges herself in some bridge and two weekly Bible stud-

1 ies. All 25 members of her family j were gathered around their table

for Thanksgiving lunch in 1989, j which was served, Jane writes, not

at #2 Virginia Circle, but at the S Club.

Lib Heaton Mullino, after enjoying travels with her daugh-

: ter in September and a friend in October, underwent abdominal surgery in November. She recov¬ ered quickly and spent the months of December and January organizing our 55th reunion. Thanks for a great job, Lib! ...

Margaret Smith Bowie attended a family reunion during our 55th reunion. Prior to that she attended her 59th high school class re¬ union. She wishes she could be two places at once.

Elizabeth (Lib) Thrasher Baldwin wished she could be two people. She made reservations to go with her brother and his wife on a trip from April 20 to May 9. She sends greetings and an invita¬ tion to call her and come to see them if we're ever in Madison.... Marian Calhoun Murray has written that she was sorry not to be able to come to our reunion.

Katherine Hertzka and sister Ruth '38 returned on March 25 from an exciting and interesting trip to New Zealand and Australia. Rain in New Zealand and a cy¬ clone in Australia that wouldn't go away until the day they left hindered them some. They still had time and opportunity to enjoy such outstanding sights as Mt. Cook, Milford Sound, sheep "sta¬ tions" and other glorious sights in New Zealand; the Kuranda Rain Forest, Sydney Harbor and the Opera House in Sydney and to meet the friendly New Zealanders and Australians in their homes.

Ida McDaniel Garrett's hus¬ band, Ed, had a heart attack in 1989. She is president of the Hos¬ pital Auxiliary.. .. Alberta Palmour McMillan had a tornado tear the roof from her house.... Edith Dom Owen's brother, Paul Dom, died recently. . . . Mary Phillips Russell says that she "feels more like the class of 1984." Her son James Michael Russell

wrote a book about Atlanta and teaches history.... Elazel Turner Kump reports that her family now includes six children, 22 grand¬ children and 11 great-grandchil¬ dren.

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SECRETARY Alice McCallie Pressly 3770 Peachtree Road, NE #A-2 Atlanta, GA 30319

As the deadline approached this time, I became pushed to find some news for our column. I went to the Alumnae Office to use their WATS line.... I found Rosa Miller Barnes at home and asked about her children. She said that son Fred is senior editor of New Republic magazine, and her daugh¬ ter, Rosa Isteib, lives in the Min¬ neapolis area. About that time, it hit me that Fred was Fred Barnes of the McLaughlin Group, a TV show that 1 watch regularly—I also read his articles in The Reader's Digest—it is exciting to know that I am enjoying Rosa's talented son. He and his wife and four children live in the Washing¬ ton area.

Ruby Hutton Barren with daughter Lucie Eggleston '68 and our classmates Carrie Phenney Latimer Duvall and Mary Marg¬ aret Stowe Hunter will join Ruby's son, the Rev. Dr. William Barton, on a tour to

Oberammergau and the Greek Islands in June. Bill Barton's group includes people from his church, Sequoyah Hills Presbyterian Church in Knoxville, Term.

Ori Sue Jones Jordan and her daughter Corrine Dodd are going to London in May to the Chelsea Garden Show. They will be with a group of garden lovers from Or¬ lando and will visit gardens and country estates.... Elizabeth Bufson Wilson says she has the best of both worlds now that she has a condominium in St. Simons, Ga., while keeping her Decatur house. She spends most of her time in St. Simons. Mary Walker Fox says that she has legally adopted her 16-year-old grand¬ daughter and is renewing her youth!

Jane Blick Meatyard tells us she is working on her house and is excited to report that her grandson has been accepted to Wake Forest. ... Mary Beasely White has a new granddaughter, Scarlett Lynn White.... Jane Blair Roberson has a new granddaughter, Cecilia Blair Roberson.... The class ex¬ presses its sympathy to Ann Ber¬ nard Martin whose mother Mrs. Mary M. C. Martin, died March 3.

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SECRETARY Isabel McCain Broum (Mrs. William C.) P.O. Box 236 Montreat, NC 28757

Ruth Hunt Little has been in the flood area near Elba, Ala., and has been trying to help local friends whose homes were dam¬ aged. .. . Eula Turner Kuchler is recuperating from a bad fall.

We regret to note that Beverly Peeples Kelton '37x died August 19, 1989, after surgery for an aorta aneurysm. Her husband writes, "Because I was in the military ser¬ vice and later worked for General Electric in Massachusetts, we had an exciting life traveling, which Beverly thoroughly enjoyed. Her special interest was foreign lan¬ guages, and she got plenty of op¬ portunities to develop them during our travels throughout the Far East and Southeast Asia. She made great friends, especially among the Japanese and Thai women, and they taught each other."

June Matthews Blackwell, writer for many years of the "Sam Hill" pages of Lawyer's Title News, died September 15 at her retire¬ ment home in Whispering Pines, N.C. Jane Blick Westyard said her husband Archie was a trial lawyer and read Sam Hill for years, but didn't know June was an ASC grad.

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SECRETARY Joyce Roper McKey 1007 Valencia Avenue Orlando, FL 32804

As you read this in the summer

PAUL OBREGON PHOTOS

There's No Time Like ... Christie Theriot Woodfin '68 watches during ceremonies placing the Agnes Scott stainless steel time capsule in Rebekah Scott Hall's foundation. Immediately following the installation, Larry Womack of the College physical plant sealed the opening (left). The plaque, shown propped against the railing above Mr. Womack, then was attached to the brickwork to mark the spot for opening a century from now (for mere on the capsule, see page 4).

Summer 1990/Main Events A-7

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of 1990,1 hope some of you have memories of Alumnae Weekend in April. Our classmate Lib Blackshear Flinn wrote us that she and husband Bill celebrated their golden wedding anniversary aboard the "Vistafjord." Our con¬ gratulations to them and good wishes in the years ahead! They returned in time for Lib to moder¬ ate the Fifty Year Club dinner at Alumnae Weekend.

News from "Bee" Merrill Holt—a news clipping reveals some distress in the N.C. State House of Representatives about taking time to decide if the Plott hound ought to be the North Carolina state dog. 1 echo the writer's comment, "Good Grief"— 1 quote, "while on the subject of the Plott, State Rep. Bertha Holt injected a nice note of levity into the debate. She noted that the Plott's ancestry can be traced to Germany. She wanted to know if it came from East or West Ger¬ many for she did not want to be associated with any Communist Plott." Don't you just love that? Way to go, "Bee."

We were all saddened by Eliza King Paschall's death on Febmary 24. She was in England with her daughter at the time. Jean Chalmers Smith wrote a beautiful letter telling us about the memo¬ rial service which was held for Eliza in Maclean Chapel in Presser Hall. Eliza's family planned a lovely and appropriate service which included music, prayers, readings from the Bible and a praise-filled account of her life and her outstanding career. The College community was well represented . . . Those of our class who came included Jean Chalmers Smith and Walter, Lib Blackshear Flinn, Nell Allison

Sheldon, Jane Guthrie Rhodes, Ruth Tate Boozer, Myrl Chafin Fiansard, Margaret Morrison Blumberg and Max. Future gath¬ erings of the Class of '38 will not seem right without Eliza. We cher¬ ish our special memories of her, and as a class we extend our sym¬ pathy to her family. Shortly before Eliza's death she lost her brother, retired Army Col. Edward B. King. He was buried with military hon¬ ors in Arlington National Cem¬ etery.

Jean Chalmers Smith and Walter missed Alumnae Week¬ end. They were on an exciting trip to Israel, Egypt and the Greek Is¬ lands. . . . Ellen Little Lesesne and Louis visited Joyce Roper McKey and John in February. Ellen and Louis, along with others in South Carolina like Gina Watson Logan and Hamp, have gradually recov¬ ered from Hugo's devastation.

Elsie West Duval welcomed her fifth grandchild in January—a grandson named "West." His par¬ ents are Elsie's son Thomas Meehan and his wife, Cindy.... Catherine Hoffman Ford and her husband live at Lenbrook Square. He had a stroke in 1987. Their daughter Catherine Ford teaches English in Kuwait at the Ameri¬ can Universal School and loves it! ... Elizabeth McCord Lawler vol¬ unteers in prison and nursing home ministries....

Please continue to share your news—these ties that bind are im¬ portant to us all.

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SECRETARY Elizabeth Furlow Brown

Wondering What

HappenecTjo Your

Centennial Directory?

If your address changed after you qualified to

receive a Centennial Alumnae Directory, and it

has not arrived, contact Liz Lewis in the

Development Office at

(404) 371-6385.

Those which could

not be delivered were

not returned to the

College.

(Mrs. Robert W.) 3947 Foxglove Road Tucker, GA 30084

The response to the question¬ naire was magnificent. Thanks to all of you who took the time and trouble to reply.

Lois Ann Walton Townsend writes that there have been no major changes in her lifestyle. She still lives in the same house where she was bom in Palatka, Fla. She enjoys her family, friends and gar¬ den. She does a little writing, mostly religious, reads a lot, keeps up with the world and local news and tries to figure people out.

Mary Frances Guthrie Brooks reports some fascinating travel. Last fall, she toured New Brunswick, Canada, and Maine's most northern counties. In No¬ vember, she took a trip to Egypt. She has visited her son's family near Rochester, N.Y. as well as her daughter's family in Philadelphia's Main Line area. Mary Fa has heard details of the tragic fire which destroyed Marie Merritt Rollins' and Dick's family business last summer which was reported in the last issue of Main Events. Marie has said that the loss was like a death in the family. We hope that she and Dick have been able to come to terms with this tragedy. Mary Fa enjoys travel, gardening, sewing, and other needlework, and, to keep the brain cells busy, she does their own tax accounting. Such an ac¬ tivity should keep them busy, in¬ deed.

Elinor Tyler Richardson has been well, but her husband George has had some heart prob¬ lems. In January, a heart catheterization was done in Co¬ lumbia, S.C. Then, in March, they came to Emory for an evalua¬ tion and possible angioplasty. Luckily, they were able to return home after a few days with good reports on George's condition.

Elinor sees and hears frequently from several of our members in¬ cluding Mary Wells McNeil, Mary Frances Guthrie Brooks and Penny Simonton Boothe. Elinor's current activities include working with genealogy, serving as state treasurer for the South Carolina Society of Colonial Dames XVII Century and enjoying grandchil¬ dren whose love and priceless con¬ versation can make one's life full and rich.

Rachel Campbell Gibson re¬ ports continued excellent vision since her recent cataract surgery. She anticipates having the surgery done on the other eye next fall. During February, Rachel spent two weeks with her former nxim- mate, Evelyn Sears Schneider, and Evelyn's husband Marty in Florida near Orlando. What a wel¬ come break that visit must have been during a dreary winter on a mountain in Tennessee! While there, she and Evelyn had lunch with Virginia Kyle Dean who has lived in the Orlando area for 10 years. For fun, Rachel travels, not only to visit friends and relatives, but to attend elderhostels as well. She has booked two for March, one in the Okefenokee Swamp and the other at Jekyll Island.

When at home, she does volun¬ teer tutoring and is planning to do a workshop for volunteer tutors soon. Also, she is eagerly antici¬ pating a visit in March from her 24-year-old twin grandchildren. It sounds as if Rachel's life is an ac¬ tive and happy one.

Just a few days after Rachel's letter, a note came from Evelyn Sears Schneider telling about Rachel's visit and some of the things they did together. Besides seeing Virginia Kyle Dean, Evelyn and Rachel drove over to the west coast of Florida and spent a few days at Tarpon Springs, a Greek village. Fortune was kind in giving them beautiful weather, which is not always the case, even in Florida. Evelyn writes that she has quite recovered from her mastectomy of a year ago, but that she had to have knee surgery in the fall. Now she is busy with an exercise regime prescribed by her orthopedist which involves sta¬ tionary bike riding and leg lifts with ankle weights.

Mamie Lee Ratliff Finger re¬ ports that she has recovered from her accident last fall when the or¬ bital floor of her right eye was bro¬ ken by a "blow-out" injury caused by a fall. There had to be a re¬ placement by a prosthesis which resulted in double vision for a while. Distance vision cleared up quickly but reading vision re¬ sponded more slowly. Now, though, all is well, and she is able to read again, which is fortunate indeed since reading, movies and Scrabble are the biggest parts of Mamie Lee's recreation. Mamie Lee and husband Ellis did enjoy visits from all 12 Fingers for a week at Christmas time. A special gift that Mamie Lee had for her children and grandchildren was a story that she had written about her own mother.

Emily Harris Swanson is still selling real estate and is doing vol¬ unteer work for the Sacramento, Calif., Association of Realtors. She is planning a cruise to Alaska soon. . . . Emily Hall MacMoreland Wood has moved from Alexandria, Va., to 807 Nottingham Rd., Portsmouth, Va., 23701. She travelled to some un¬ usual places recently, including the USSR, Central Asia, Indone¬ sia, Singapore, Bangkok, and Cancun, Mexico. In between trips, she dreams about trips taken and trips proposed for the future. While waiting, Emily reads a great deal, enjoys walking for good health and keeping up with her 37-year-old son and grandchil¬ dren, ages 10, 8 and 4. Emily's son, who had worked for the Navy, was sworn into the Dry Land Navy as a Lieutenant last October.

Eleanor T. Halt enjoys gcxxl health and is happy and busy with relatives and friends. She now lives with her stepmother in the same house where she grew up, although she did live in Baltimore, Md., and Decatur, Ga., for a while during the intervening years. She and Virginia Kyle Dean, who have travelled together a number of times, are planning to go to Oberammergau in August. Eleanor sings in two choirs, plays in her church's bell choir, belongs to a nature club, and loves to cook,

embroider, read, walk, travel and garden. Eleanor has seven very dear great-nieces and nephews, grandchildren of her stepsister, who live in the Washington, D.C. area, Virginia Beach, and Ocala, Fla. All of them are able to enjoy each other at Nags Head each July. Last October, Eleanor had the privilege of representing Agnes Scott in an academic pro¬ cession at the inauguration of the new president of Bluefield College. She says she felt unworthy of the honor, but was most happy to par¬ ticipate.

Jacqueline Hawks Alsobrook also enjoys good health and loves life. She has good reason to appre¬ ciate and enjoy life, for she is now in her eleventh year of recovery after serious cancer surgery. She visited her son and his family in Medford, N.J., last fall and was able to take a fall foliage tour in Georgia and North Carolina, as well as take in the sights and won¬ ders of Epcot. Jacqueline embroi¬ ders, does needlepoint, plays rummy and Scrabble for fun, works in her garden, and takes care of an adorable 5-year-old granddaughter. To keep her brain cells in gcxxl working order, she reads different types of books, stud¬ ies English and French grammar texts and works word puzzles. Jacqueline's son in New Jersey has his own geology consulting com¬ pany. He and his wife are parents of the 5-year-old who is just the right age to bring much joy to her grandmother.

Mary Wills Hollingsworth Hatfield writes that her children and grandchildren are "wonderful, sweet, smart, and beautiful." She and her husband enjoy visits with them whenever they can. They saw one daughter and family in Miami in the fall and the other daughter and family in South Carolina at Christmas time, while New Year's was spent with their son's family in Gadsden, Ala. For fun, Mary Wills plays bridge, goes to concerts and plays and travels. In fact, she and John were plan¬ ning to leave on a trip to Greece the week after she wrote.

Catherine Farrar Davies had some sad news to report. Her mother I3erta David Farrar '11, about whom we wrote in the last issue of Main Events and who cel¬ ebrated her 100th birthday in Au¬ gust, passed away on Dec. 14. Catherine says that her mother had a stroke on December 3rd and didn't linger long afterward. She had lived a beautiful life and was a much-loved woman. She will be greatly missed.

Catherine keeps busy with her 2-year-old grandchild and her du¬ ties as an officer of the Flintridge Forrest Garden Club. Last year she was vice-president and had the duty of planning the programs. This year she has accepted the job of president. She and Dick toured Europe during June and July, a trip they'd eagerly awaited. Catherine says that Dick enjoyed our 50th reunion so much that he insti¬ gated and planned a 50th reunion for his forestry schcxrl class at North Carolina State University in Raleigh for the end of April.

Mary Ellen Whetsell

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Timmons apologizes for her lack of news and what she refers to as her "dull life." However, she says that she and her husband are enjoying it. They have been well. They have not travelled lately but they do enjoy gardening, bridge and reading. She promises to write more when she has more news to report.

Dorothy Lazenby Stipe cel¬ ebrated her 71st birthday at a me¬ dieval banquet at Ruthin Castle in Wales. She happened to be on a trip last September and October to England, Scotland, and Wales. Dot keeps well by fighting the cholesterol battle, as do many of us, and going to an aerobics class twice a week. She continues to work part-time at DeKalb College

! North Campus where she has learned much about the mysteries of using a computer. She sees Sarah Cunningham Carpenter there, for Sarah, too, began work¬ ing part-time after Dot told her about an opening. In addition to working and keeping healthy, Dot enjoys singing with a new, strict and very artistic choir director and keeping up with four grandchil¬ dren—two little boys, ages 3 1/2 and 11/2, and two girls who are 15 and 11. The older granddaughter, Kelly, has been in an advanced science and math program at Fembank. The other one, Robyn, wins blue ribbons in horse shows and may be a future Miss America,

1 her grandmother thinks. Jane Dryfoos Rau reports good

health and some interesting travel. I In the fall, she went to Wales and

London, and, in the winter, she was able to enjoy two weeks of warm weather in Florida and ten days in Antigua. One grandson is fortunate in being able to spend the second half of his junior year abroad.

Sarah Cunningham Carpenter has watched the city and traffic

: congestion overtake her neighbor¬ hood which was definitely out in the country when she moved there over 30 years ago. She is presently waiting for a proposed neighbor¬ hood buy-out to be finalized. When this event does occur and she is no longer in a state of limbo,

; she plans to travel some more. She is anxious to pay another visit to Prague, Budapest, and East Berlin, as she wants to see first-hand some

| of the momentous events which are now taking place. Sarah is for¬ tunate to be enjoying wonderful health. She enjoys concerts, host-

j ing a "Cunningham" tent at the ; Scottish Highland Games, the

Welsh Society, Daughters of the British Empire, and the Friendship

1 Force. Her daughter, Joyce, is an ; advanced systems engineering spe- ' cialist with NASA in Houston. ; Her son, Bob, is in the develop- : ment office at Emory University,

and his wife, Nancy, works with a ; local law office.

Jeanne Redwine Da vies and Marsha Marshall Dykes travelled together in February on the Concorde to Venice for Carnival. From Venice, they went to Paris on the Orient Express and then home again via the Concorde. That must have been a super trip! Jeanne also reports that she enjoys

good health, golf, Jacksonville (Fla.) symphony concerts, and reading. To keep her brain cells busy, she studies financial reports and helps her granddaughter with her lessons and with piano. She is proud to an¬ nounce the arrival of a new grand¬ son bom on Jan. 4 whose name is Jason Daniel Bennett.

Ruby Laney Sewell still loves dancing, as she has since her college days. She is presently teaching Hatha Yoga and aerobic slimnastics. In January of this year she travelled to Bangkok, Hong Kong, New Delhi, Agra, and Katmandu with her sister and her sister's husband.

Mary Virginia Farrar Shearouse was able to see her two daughters and their families at Christmas time. The oldest daughter, Mary, is a con¬ sumer advocate in Pennsylvania and is very busy. The other daughter lives in Front Royal, Va., and is just as busy at home looking after four children. Virginia's son, Charles, is with DuPont in Houston, Texas, and has one son. The Shearouses enjoy keeping up with the seven grand¬ children as well as gardening and taking part in various church activi¬ ties.

Mary Locksley Long Gardner reports that she continues to be a care giver. Her mother died in 1988, but now she has undertaken the job of caring for a 5-year-old grand¬ daughter. About a year ago, Mary moved from Raleigh to Durham, N.C. She is able to see her daughters and many of her grandchildren fre¬ quently since most of them live in the Raleigh area. Her son and his two little ones live in the Washing¬ ton, D.C., area. He is an epidemiolo¬ gist at Walter Reed Hospital. In April, Mary went to Washington to be with her son and his family while the 6-month-old baby girl under¬ went a serious operation. We hope that it was successful.

Helen Simpson Callaway writes that she has no news but goes on to tell us of a marvelous event in the offing. She and her husband Raymond plan to return to Scotland in July for the British Golf Open. I'm sure many of us and our hus¬ bands covet that trip!

Mary Wells McNeil has had a definite change in her lifestyle. She has moved from the house where she was bom to 718 S. Dargan St., E- 205, Florence, S.C., 29501, which is an apartment complex for retired people. She has the same telephone number, (803)662-3137. She says her health is generally good but that sometimes she has trouble with asthma and thought it would be bet¬ ter not to continue to live alone. She has also become quite deaf and finds this unfortunate condition has hindered her enjoyment of TV, even though she has a decoding machine which prints out words on certain programs. She says she reads a lot for pleasure. Hugo was devastating to a great part of South Carolina, and Mary Wells and members of her family did not escape its wrath. They have been involved in dealing with roofers and other construction work¬ ers who have been among the most consistently employed people in the state. Compared to others, Mary Wells was lucky. She was about to sign the closing papers on the sale of her house when Hugo came along and knocked some shingles off of the

roof and slats out of the front porch banisters. Her insurance company sent an adjuster at once and soon paid the claim. The insurance covered the re¬ pairs, so she was able to com¬ plete the sale of the house. For¬ tunately, they had already moved their belongings when the storm came.

Mary Wells sees Elinor Tyler Richardson frequently, and she had a letter from Jean Bailey Owen soon after Christmas. Jean is most appreciative of letters and cards from Agnes Scott friends. She continues to fight this terrible Parkinson's disease with great courage. Now she is trying to work up to the desired dose of a new medication, Eldepryl, which has only re¬ cently been released for prescrip¬ tions. She believes that if she can work up to the desired dos¬ age, it will slow the advance of the disease. Gradually increasing the dose is more complicated than it sounds, for terrible shak¬ ing and cramps occur just when she thinks she has the problem solved. Meanwhile, Jean is at home but is confined to a bed and a wheelchair with an aide constantly in attendance. She would love to hear from anyone.

The wealth of news many of you sent was wonderful. My thanks to each of you. I'm hop¬ ing to hear from you again soon.

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SECRETARY Mary Lang Gill Olsen P.O. Box 1467 Clemson, SC 29633

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SECRETARY Mary Madison Wisdom (Miss) 4589 Village Oaks Circle Dunwoody, GA 30338

Gene Slack Morse and Chet have returned from a delightful trip to Hawaii and Gene has al¬ ready started planning for our 50th reunion in April 1991. She met with nine of the metro At¬ lanta alumnae in Febmary to get their input for a gala weekend celebration. If you have sugges¬ tions, be sure to let her have them and, by all means, start planning now to attend.... Louise Musser Kell and Tom spent five weeks in the Far East in the spring of 1989. They liked Bangkok best of all. They were in China as students were gath¬ ering in Tiananmen Square and were aware of changes coming. The uprising occurred two weeks after they returned home. They anguish over the trouble and remember the well-educated

young tour guides whose means of income is destroyed. In Septem¬ ber, Louise flew to Geneva to join an international travel group for a 10-day, 100-mile hike around Mt. Blanc. She was the oldest woman in the group! They hiked six or seven hours each day at elevations from 5,000 to 8,000 feet. While Louise had done some mountain hiking in New Hampshire, she says her legs were very sore for the first three days. This didn't hold her back, however, from enjoying a very beautiful experience. Our hats are off to you, Louise!

Grace Moffett Davidson has moved from Bedford, N.Y., to a new home in Lyme, Conn. Grace is still active politically and at¬ tended a conference on "Mobiliza¬ tion for Women's Lives" in Wash¬ ington, D.C. in November 1989. . .. Margaret Nix Ponder and Paul were in Madison, Ga., during Christmas 1989 for a reception honoring Paul's mother on her 90th birthday. All of their four daughters and sons-in-law and their eight grandchildren were there. Margaret and Paul were back in Georgia in February and had dinner with Lucille Gaines MacLennon and Mary Madison Wisdom.

Helen Klugh McRae's hus¬ band Duncan was featured in a Father's Day edition of the Sanford (N.C.) Herald with outstanding pictures of him with some of the Sanford children. Helen and Duncan have a daughter, Mary Alice, and two sons, Duncan Jr. and George... . Sabine Brumby Korosy stays busy with commu¬ nity and church projects in Clearwater, Fla. She was able "to be a child again" through her granddaughter at Christmas time.

Laura Sole McDonnell recov¬ ered enough from surgery in the fall to enjoy Christmas with her daughter Laura Lu and her family in Jacksonville, Fla.. .. Claire Kerby, the daughter of Martha Dunn Kerby and Dixon, was mar¬ ried to William Peter Barnes on January 6 at the Peachtree Presby¬ terian Church in Atlanta. . . . Mary Stuart Arbuckle Osteen and Carol had some exciting times in 1989. In January, they joined 18 Agnes Scott Alumnae for a 10-day adventure to the Galapagos Is¬ lands, a tour sponsored by ASC. Then two weeks after Hurricane Hugo struck in September, they volunteered with other Baptist Church members in southwest Florida to help in Manning, S.C. They slept on the floor of the First Baptist Church and joined other work crews in helping clear trees and debris from the yards of the elderly and those unable to help themselves. Needless to say, they had no trouble sleeping—even on the floor... . Tina Gray Truslow writes that Roy has retired after 37 years of practicing medicine, and they are enjoying the freedom to travel even more. In June, they went to Boston to visit their son Rob and his wife, stopping along the way to visit friends and rela¬ tives. In July, they were off to Scandinavia, and the fall was highlighted with trips to the beach and to Philadelphia with the N.C. Museum of History Associates.

Ann Stansbury MacKenzie has a new granddaughter, one- year-old Elizabeth, the daughter of her son, Daniel.. .. Frances Alston Lewis is planning a bicycle tour of Europe this summer and looks forward to the 50th reunion next year. . . . Martha Moody Laseter had an interesting trip to Turkey last fall.

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SECRETARY Margaret Sheftall Chester (Mrs. George M.) 929 N. Astor Street Milwaukee, W153202

Jane Taylor White's son Daniel has a new book out called Trials and Tribulations—Appealing Legal Humor. It's a collection of humor from many sources, including some of his own, which he has edited. Her son David is the chief of pulmonary medicine at the V.A. Hospital in Decatur. He has been involved with sleep research and was invited by the Australian Sleep Research Society to speak in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide in April. Wife Sue is going along. Daughter Taylor, who is six, has grandparents, aunts and cousins to look after her in Denver. Jane con¬ tinues with tennis, bridge and "Great Books," and enjoyment of local grandchildren, Alexander, 6, and Hillary, 2, Ben's children. Ben is a lawyer with Alston & Bird. Son John works at Georgia State University in the Department of Educational Media. He shoots educational films (including un¬ derwater) and one, "The Bitter Bessy," on the life of poet Byron Herbert Reece, won an Emmy. John is also a photographer and an editor.

Mary Lightfoot Elcan Nichols and husband Jake have moved to Atlanta (Norcross) to be near their daughter Lawre McDaniel and her children, Melissa, 13, and Brad, 16. Son Bill lives in Louis¬ ville, Ky., and has a 2-year-old son, Geoffrey Jake. Jake does the cook¬ ing in the Nichols household.

Virginia Montgomery McCall has leukemia. Her kidneys have failed and she is on dialysis several times a week. The Presbyterian School of Christian Education in Richmond, Va., which Virginia attended, presented her its Alumni Award for this year. Her doctor permitted her to go to Richmond to receive it on April 26. Virginia would appreciate cards, letters, or a phone call. Her phone number is (818)793-6434- Her voice is somewhat weak, but she likes to talk to her friends. Her address is: Mrs. R. Don McCall, 784 Santa Barbara, Pasadena, Ca¬ lif, 91101. Virginia's children are doing well. Roy has been hired by Solomon Brothers as its represen¬ tative in Japan, as he is fluent in Japanese. He got his M.B.A. at Harvard. Frances is married to a lawyer and is teaching at the Uni¬ versity of Southern California in San Diego. Her field is Japanese economics. Bob, a doctor, is also married. Don and Virginia are

Summer 1990/Main Events A-9

ALUMNAE EVENTS

moving to Montreat, N.C., this summer where they have a home.

Russell Stellings has had the full care of her husband for a long time. She is invariably cheerful and admired by her neighbors.

Margaret Hartsook Emmons writes that she and her husband are grateful that their son's situa¬ tion is very encouraging. "Through a friend of his we heard

, of a Dr. Minton at Ohio State i University Hospital who is the : only one in the country who per- ■ forms laser surgery on otherwise

inoperable liver cancer. Graham ; was successfully operated on in

Columbus, Ohio, on December 6 (we were with him and his wife) and has been back at work for some time. His attitude has been

! super throughout the whole or¬ deal. He will have to give himself chemotherapy for over a year, but he can handle that." Margaret and her husband Arnold were in Co¬ lumbus, Ga., and went on to see their daughter in Lakeland, Fla., in February, but didn't go through Atlanta.

Mary Robertson Perry says she was very fortunate to have no damage from Hugo when it hit Charleston. Other good news from Mary Rob is that, at the end of March, she is retiring from her job as church secretary. She will then have more free time, and her At¬ lanta buddies are hoping her plans will include a trip to see them.... Edith Dale Lindsay entertained

her mother, Alice Etheridge Beck, In, with a tea for her and friends in Griffin, Ga., to celebrate Mrs. Dale's 100th birthday. This was followed by a gathering of her children, grandchildren and great¬ grandchildren from far and near, including a son-in-law from Aus¬ tralia. Edith's grandchildren now range in age from 6 weeks to 22 years.

Neva Jackson Redfem and Clarence enjoyed having the ex¬ pert escort of Dorothy Nabers Allen and Kirk on a beautiful Mediterranean cruise last fall. Neva and Clarence also visited Venice and Horence, which they found thrilling. . . . Gay Currie Fox, a real estate whiz in Black Mountain, N.C., led a group of 15 to China last spring. It was her first visit back after 53 years. Gay, who is fluent in Mandarin Chi¬ nese, saw places and people she remembered as a child... . Lillian Gish Alfriend and Bill visited their daughter in Spain in March and travelled through the Aus¬ trian Alps. . . . Claire Purcell Smith and Zan enjoyed their two grandchildren for Christmas. The younger is named Claire Purcell Berry... . Dale Drennan Hicks and Basil have moved from their home in Monticello, Ark., to an apartment in Presbyterian Village in Little Rock. Basil has retired, and they enjoy serving interim pastorates, gardening, visiting

grandchildren and traveling. Betty Medlock Clark and Tom

enjoyed brunch in St. Simons re¬ cently with Betty Ann Brooks, and afterwards visited her home. Betty Ann has retired to St. Simons after her career as an Ob- Gyn and is busy fishing, gardening and helping in the public health department's Family Planning and Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinic.

Dot Webster Woodruff and Paul had a great three weeks in England, Scotland and Wales and a trip to Acapulco. Dot plays regu¬ larly in the Houston Ladies Tennis Association League—three times a week!... . When Martha Buffalow Davis is in Atlanta to see her son and family, she and Betty Medlock Clark get to keep in touch either at lunch or by phone. . . . Jane Still well Espy is enjoying volunteer work for Emory University Hospital Gift Shop, where she makes silk flower arrangements. Jane and husband Robert, who retired from dentistry 15 years ago, enjoy travel and spent two weeks in Hawaii in May. Jane, Betty Medlock Clark, Myree Wells Maas and Robbie Shelnutt Upshaw '56 get together monthly for their book club, and this year are studying Nobel Prize winners for literature.

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SECRETARY Alice Clements Shiriall (Mrs. Robert P.) 927 Artwood Road Atlanta, GA 30307

Joella Craig Dendy is having a school in the Palm Beach area named for her. . . . Anne Paisley Boyd and Bill's highlight for 1989 was a trip to China. This was Anne's first time back in 50 years. They were grateful to hear Chris¬ tians and their witness to the "res¬ urrection of the church" after the dark years of the cultural revolu¬ tion. Since June, Anne and Bill have been serving together on their church staff and find it most enjoyable. . . . Maryann Cochran Abbott and Forrest had a marvel¬ ous trip to Alaska in August—one week by skydome train from Fairbanks south to Denali Park (Mt. McKinley) and Anchorage— then another week by ship to Skagway, Kitchikan, Prince Wil¬ liam Sound, Juneau and Juneau Ice Fields to Vancouver. When Hugo hit the Carolinas the Abbott's boat, which was docked in Charleston, received extensive damage. The boat was set ashore in a marsh one mile from the ma¬ rina—still tied to the dock which

had broken loose! Majie Auld Linker and Burt

had an enjoyable vacation in Sun¬ set Beach, N.C. last May with their children and grandsons. Majie and Burt swim a lot and also travel to Chapel Hill to see Burt's mother—this also allows them to see Betty Pegram Sessons and Faison.... Mary Estill Martin Rose and Richard travel a bit vis¬ iting their three children who all live in different cities. They spent Christmas with their oldest son, Contec. He and Debbie have a ' new son, Thomas Contec, Kim in August. Now each child has two children.

Anne Frierson Smoak and Harold had minor damage to their 1

property in Charlotte due to Hugo, but Anne reports that I Laura Cunningham North lost about 20 huge trees. At Christmas, the Smoaks were expecting their sixth grandchild.

Martha Dale Moses and Sid experienced the honors of the San ; Francisco earthquake on the other ! coast at their home in Hollister. j Fortunately, they had no structural damage, and Hollister had no j deaths. But businesses did suffer , extensive damage. At nearby can¬ nery warehouses, the walls gave way and 15,000,000 one-gallon cans of tomato sauce came turn- j bling down. Martha predicts that dented cans will be a glut on the j market this year. j

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DESIGNS This pattern is designed to be done in needlepoint or cross- stitch. The design will help you create a 14" x 14" pillow or framed remembrance of Agnes Scott and the Cen¬ tennial Celebration. The design pictured here depicts Main Tower and the Gilon- nade, or chcxise a replica of the College seal. Instructions are included, but choice of materials is left to you. ASC Seal Design $5.00 Centennial Design $5.00

WATCH ART This Seiko quartz timepiece, available for a limited time only, features a richly de¬ tailed three-dimensional rec¬ reation of the College seal. Available in three styles, priced from $200 to $255, the entire edition is reserved exclusively for alumnae and parents. An additional $5.75 will he added for shipping and handling. To order, call toll free, 1 (800) 367-5248.

STATIONERY Suitable for gifts, personal correspondence or framing, each package contains 12 folded note cards (two cop¬ ies of each of six designs with envelopes.) Package $5

Artist Robert Hild and Wayne Kline of Rolling Stone Press have created The Setting: 1889-1989, a litho¬ graph honoring Agnes Scott's Centennial Celebra¬ tion. This limited edition of 200 full-color, signed origi¬ nals captures the lovely architecture and historic feel of the campus. The litho¬ graphs measure 15" x 22" and are printed on a high quality linen stock. $125 each.

SUNCATCHER The keepsake celebrates Agnes Scott's Centennial. The 3-1/2" diameter medal¬ lion is made of etched, clear lucite and hangs from a col¬ orful ribKm. It comes pack¬ aged in a white gift folder with a gold seal. Suncatcher $7.50 each.

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black arms, $150 • Boston Rocker, $145 • Side Chair, $ 115

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ALUMNAE EVENTS

Planned Gift Boosts Centennial Campaign

When food-and - tobacco giant RJR Nabisco Corporation underwent its much-publicized man¬ agement buyout in late 1988, stockholders from Wall Street to Winter Haven watched anxiously to see what effect the maneuverings would have on their own lives.

In Reidsville, North Carolina, Agnes Scott alumna Caroline Gray Truslow '41 was among those awaiting the buyout. Some years ago, she had inherited RJR stock from her parents; by the time of the takeover, her holdings had appreciated greatly and she faced enormous capital gains taxes when the stock was sold. She and her husband, Roy, also faced diminished interest income in the future. Furthermore, the remaining portfolio would be subject to inheritance taxes when she passed it along to her children.

But Caroline Truslow, a dedicated alumna of Agnes Scott, had other plans for her money. For some time, she had wanted to establish a scholar¬ ship at Agnes Scott in memory of her older sister, the late Janet Crump Gray '36. (A year after her Agnes Scott graduation, Janet died in a tragic taxi accident in Rochelle, France, where she held an English teaching fellowship.)

Looking towards the future, Caroline Truslow envisioned the Janet Crump Gray Scholarship Fund at Agnes Scott, a tribute not only to her sis¬ ter, but to the four generations of women in her family—including her mother, her grandmother,

and her own daughter—named Janet Crump. With the RJR Nabisco takeover, future plans

took an urgent turn towards the present. If the Truslows were to preserve their capital for the uses they wanted, they had to act immediately. With guidance from their financial and legal advisers, they chose to transfer the appreciated stock to a unitrust, a specific type of planned-giving vehicle broadly known as a charitable remainder trust. To replace the funds for their children's inheritance, they paired the unitrust with a tax-free survivor's life insurance policy called a wealth replacement trust. With these two financial tools, the couple was able to avoid capital gains taxes, take a chari¬ table deduction for the gift, and receive guaran¬ teed quarterly income from the trust.

"When I first heard of the unitrust and insur¬ ance trust plan," says Mrs. Truslow, "I could scarcely believe it was possible to accomplish so many wonderful goals—to give where my concern and interests lie, to honor the most important women in my life, to receive income for Roy's and my life, and to pass on to our children that which was so generously given to me by my parents."

The unitrust established by the Truslows awards approximately $200,000 to Agnes Scott. Like most other planned gifts established in the past five years, the Truslow's unitrust was tallied as part of the College's Centennial Campaign.

—Faye Goolrick

Helen Hale Lawton sent Raddy a most interesting brochure about Lawton Insurance, which began in 1899 and is still going strong in its fourth generation family ownership. "Chunkie" and Bob obviously enjoy living near their one daughter and four lovely grandchildren.

Frances Radford Mauldin and Randy enjoyed a post-Christmas trip south to visit daughter Jane and family in Abingdon, Va., then on to South Carolina, north Geor¬ gia and Atlanta to see family and friends. . . . Aileen Still Hendley and Jack look forward to having their daughter Carol and her hus¬ band, Bill, back in the Atlanta area in early 1990. Bill was gradu¬ ated from Dallas Theological Seminary last June.

Flora Campbell McLain's big¬ gest news is that her fourth and only unmarried son finally decided to take the big step. He was mar¬ ried in Ann Arbor, Mich., and she and Warren had a great week to¬ gether there with both families and their other son and his wife. Dick and his bride, a native of Minnesota, are both biostatisti- cians doing studies in medical sci¬ ences. Hora and Warren stayed north long enough to make a short trip into Canada, but drove back in time to be on hand for the clos¬ ing exercises of Agnes Scott's 100th year celebration. She en¬ joyed seeing Elizabeth Henderson "Swanna" Cameron line up in the procession in her new role as chair of the board of trustees. She had a nice visit with Anna Branch Black while there.

Alice Clements Shinall's father Myrick Clements died of pneumo¬ nia December 22 at the age of 94- • .. Sally Sue Howe Bell's husband died in April of last year.

SECRETARY Elizabeth Howard Dowda (Mrs. F. William) 4824 Northside Drive, NW Atlanta, GA 30327

Betty Pope Scott Noble re¬ ports that Phil Sr. and Phil Jr. were in Eastern Europe for 10 days talk¬ ing on church and democracy in the USA. Their first grandchild was due in May.

Jessie Newbold Kennedy's mother is seriously ill.

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CO-SECRETARIES Scott Newell Newton (Mrs. John L.) 690 Old Ivy Road Atlanta, GA 30342

Mary Neely Norris King (Mrs. James A.) 1409 Hathaway Road Raleigh, NC 27608

Ruth Gray Walker is a science teacher. Her husband retired after 35 years at Westinghouse. They have a daughter who lives in Decatur and walks the grandchil¬ dren on Agnes Scott's campus. .. . Wendy Whittle Hoge visited with Molly Milam Insemi tn Puerto Rico in March and could not come to the reunion.

Genevieve Lathem Gray's fam¬ ily now includes four children, ages 32 to 43, eight grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.... Mary Miller Guerrant just retired. She recently spent two months in Australia.... Dr. Ann Anderson Bailey missed the reunion. She is

retired, and her daughter is finish¬ ing up medical school.

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SECRETARY Anne Register Jones (Mrs. Boisfeuillet) 2031 Golf View Drive, NW Atlanta, GA 30309

Jeanne Addison Roberts, pro¬ fessor of literature, was featured in a distinguished faculty lecture se¬ ries at American University, "Was There A Renaissance For Women?".. .. Marguerite Watson Siegler's husband is very ill.. .. Mildred McCain Kinnaird mar¬ ried Don Persin in April 1989. She gained three more children and three more grandchildren. As she says, marriage "is a pretty fast way to increase a family by 10 in one year!" When Millie moved in with Don, her daughter and son- in-law bought Millie's house—in Waynesboro, Va. The other chil¬ dren are scattered from Australia to Michigan to Wyoming. Don is semi-retired, so they expect to do some travelling.

Lu Cunningham Beville claims that she doesn't have any news—"I'm not president of any¬ thing, not going to school, not receiving any great honors but 1 sure stay busy doing???"

Margaret Scott Cathey and Vance were on a Georgia Tech tour of Canada, and she was de¬ lighted to discover that Mary Duckworth Gellerstedt and Lawrence were on the same excur¬ sion. They did a lot of catching up.

Maud Van Dyke Jennings' newest grandson was bom on the day that her 90-year-old mother died in March 1989. Her father remains active in mind and body at age 96. Maudie is very busy in

Kerrville, Texas with her retire¬ ment home business, Schreiner College, the local hospice group, and Habitat for Humanity.... Eva Williams Jemison and Bill at¬ tended his 50th reunion at Missis¬ sippi State this year. They spent some time in Florida during the winter and had a visit with her family in Waycross, Ga., on the way home.

Sympathy to Mary Anne Courtenay Davidson on the death of her daughter Anne '73x in September 1989 and to Anne Flightower Plowden whose hus¬ band, Will, died in March.

Nancy Hardy Abberger and Ben have a new home near High¬ lands, N.C. Since Ben has decided not to retire just yet from his pedi- atric practice in Orlando, they may not get to use it as often as they would like. Nancy says that while going back and forth through Georgia she thinks of various classmates when she sees different towns—especially Fitzgerald! —Start reducing and coloring in anticipation of our 45th reunion in April '91. More later....

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SECRETARY Laura Winchester Hawkins 2828 Manatee Avenue Femandina Beach, FL 32034

Another deadline has rolled around and again not much class news to report! "Fluff" Paisley Williams called me some time ago from nearby St. Mary's, Ga., where she was babysitting for her daugh¬ ter, who was off on a cruise with her husband. We couldn't get to¬ gether this time, unfortunately, but I did enjoy chatting with Fluff and remembering "old times." (Was Savannah old times?).... Last week I had a conversation with Beth Walton Galloway in regard to our 45th reunion celebration— in 1992! The Alumnae Associa¬ tion tells me that the reunion weekend on campus that year will be the fourth weekend in April, which is April 24-26, 1992. Beth is checking into the possibility of a two-day reunion at the Callaway Gardens facilities before moving on to Atlanta and/or Decatur for the official on-campus celebra¬ tion—as many of us remember doing with such pleasure at the 1987 reunion. As soon as I get some details from Beth, I'll try to get the information out in a class mailing to everyone. If there is enough of a positive response to the idea, we'll carry on. So be sure to let me know your reaction. If you have any suggestions to pass on to me or to Beth at this stage, please write or call right away. You are more likely to find me at home evenings. Call (904)261-0829 af¬ ter 6:00 p.m.

My claim to fame this year is that I have recently been elected the president of the Episcopal Church Women and a member of the vestry of St. Peter's Episcopal Church here in Femandina Beach. What's new with you?... Write! And thanks in advance! I really

enjoy hearing from you.

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SECRETARY Tissy Rutland Sanders (Mrs. Floyd) 204 Upland Road Decatur, GA 30030

Anne Hayes Berry and Sid had a good trip in March visiting her brother Henry and his wife, "Twig" Hertwig Hayes '51, in New York State and then continuing on to West Point over the week¬ end as guests of the superinten- j dent. It was interesting for them to j see the changes in the campus j since the mid-1970's when Sid was j superintendent there and to be guests in Quarters 100, which had once been their home.

In March, Edna Claire Cunningham Schooley and ! Glenn went to New Orleans to visit family and then on a leisurely tour of the Florida panhandle and then over to Eatonton, Ga., and by to see Tissy for a few days and j then on to the northeast Georgia j area. At home in Michigan they stay inordinately busy with church and volunteer work. . . . During the week before Christmas, Rose Ellen Armstrong Sparkling had a good visit with Jane Rushin DeVaughn and Everett. Rose Ellen says she lives a quiet, peace¬ ful life now in New York City and that gradually her fantasy is be¬ coming her real life. She does con¬ siderable reading and is taking two courses at Juilliard. In January a good many Agnes Scotters got together at a beautiful pre-theater party that Joie Sawyer Delafield '58 gave in her top-floor Park Av¬ enue apartment for Marsha Norman '69x, who had a play opening in New York, Traveller in the Dark.

Anna Clark Rogers Sawyer sends along some news on Sara Katherine Wilkinson, who retired as librarian at Furman University several years ago. She has now retired a second time—as part- time librarian in Greenwood, S.C. She and Susan Neville, who lives in Montreat, N.C., see each other ^ now and then.... Spring for Vir¬ ginia Henry Carson in Tucson has meant getting a new show dog and starting its training, playing in a golf invitational and in bridge tournaments. She is on the fi¬ nance committee of her invest¬ ment club and keeps her calcula¬ tor working full-time. She is en¬ joying her new house and reports j that her landscaping is finally ma¬ turing so that the patio and front courtyard are beginning to look beautiful.

Your secretary, "Ussy" Rutland Sanders, has had 3 opera¬ tions in 3 1/2 months on my right knee. I am slowly recuperating— still on a walker. Our class needs some news from the many of you "out there" 1 haven't heard from in years. Lend a hand and drop me a newsy postcard about yourself or any of our other classmates. Let's keep in touch!

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SECRETARY Mary Price Coulimg 604 Marshall Street Lexington, VA 24450

Betty Wood Smith, who served for 10 years as coordinator of class activities for the ASC alumnae office, retired at the end of February. As a special farewell, the Alumnae Association pre¬ sented her with a commemorative scrapbook and a Centennial watch. We will miss your cheerful voice answering the phone at the alumnae office, Betty.

Last summer, Kitty McKoy Ehling flew to California and Ha¬ waii to visit two of her daughters. The week's visit, she said, was too short, but it inspired her to begin a program of reading and study about Hawaii. Her third daughter recently married and now lives in Greenville, S.C., near Kitty.. .. Sue Tidwell Dixon is making plans to attend two elderhostels in 1990, one in Alaska and one in France, for three weeks.

This past winter Newell Turner Parr appeared on a benefit talk radio show in Savannah, Ga., to assist in the purchase of Rannery O'Connor's former home there. Newell was a girlhood friend of the author. ... Jo Culp Williams and her husband, Allison, still live in Atlanta and are making a new life for them¬ selves after retirement. Jo writes that she enjoys her tutoring and board work. She is grateful to have children and grandchildren not too far away. ... At the end of Au¬ gust, Henrietta "Henry" Johnson retired from her position with a wholesale company. Though she misses the business contacts, Henry writes that she now has more time to enjoy her second home in Asheville, N.C.. .. Olive "Ihby" Wilkerson Tumipseed and her husband, Lonnie, are still in New Jersey, both still working in New York—Ihby with China- related programs at the United Board for Christian Higher Educa¬ tion in Asia, Lonnie with the Southern Asia office of the Na¬ tional Council of Churches. The couple has three children and two grandchildren.

From Raleigh, N.C., Lee Cousar Tubbs and her husband, Jim, write of their busy life, Lee as a Bible study leader, with spare time spent in grandmothering, Jim working primarily with visitation with the elderly. Their three chil¬ dren are in Richmond, Raleigh, and Detroit.. .. Martha "Mott" Warlick Brame and husband Bill felt lucky to survive a tornado last May and Hurricane Hugo in Sep¬ tember—unlikely happenings for residents of Wilkesboro in the North Carolina foothills. They are proud grandparents of a new granddaughter who lives with her parents and sister in Washington, D.C. . . . Eleanor "El" Bear Wallace writes from Richmond, Va., that her husband, Cam, had to have major surgery in Novem¬ ber—five bypasses—but he is now doing well. . . . Gene Akin Martin

retired from teaching, survived a serious gall bladder operation in the summer and is now fine, ex¬ cept for severe arthritis.

B. J. Ellison Candler and Scotty had a happy trip to the Ca¬ nadian Rockies last summer and in March were guests of honor at a surprise champagne party given by their three children to celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary.

Word comes from Anne "Angie" Anderson via Nancy Parks Donnan that Angie is en¬ joying her new work in Cameroon, Africa, though she finds the cost of living very high. Nancy and husband Bob have had several wonderful sailing adven¬ tures on their boat Second Love.

Sally Ellis Mitchell and her husband, George, took trips during 1989 to Hawaii, California, Florida, Australia, New Zealand and Minnesota. When not travel¬ ling, they spend most of their time at their Lake Burton, Ga., home, with occasional weekends in At¬ lanta.

Nancy Dendy Ryle, recently chosen the first woman deacon in her church and inducted as first woman member in the Marietta, Ga., Rotary Club, says her sudden catapult into feminism is "the metamorphosis of June Cleaver." Congratulations, Nancy! .. A re¬ cent update from Louise Lockhart Henry includes the news that she and her husband, John, are still living in Evans, Ga., where John is very busy as a manufacturer's rep¬ resentative, and Louise is a real estate agent. Both their children are married and live in Atlanta. . . Jean Harper Beauchamp and her husband are enjoying their retire¬ ment years in Florence, Ala. They especially enjoy being near their two-year-old grandson, Douglas Cochran, daughter Janet's child.

Caroline Alexander's son is getting married. . . . Martha Fortson Sanders' husband, Dar¬ win, died in 1988... . Ruby "Shorty" Lehman Cowley died. .. . Ella Parks, Nancy Parks Donnan's mother, died on Sep¬ tember 30, 1989.

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SECRETARY Joann Peterson Floyd (Mrs. Waldo E.) 2900 Ingleside Avenue Mocon, GA 31204

Jessie Hodges Kryder writes that her husband, Bill, retired in April 1988 and that they have been doing interim ministry ever since. They were in Gulf Shores, Ala., for six months before going to First Presbyterian Church in Tuscaloosa for eleven months. They returned home to Anniston in December and then enjoyed a Christmas holiday tour to Williamsburg and Charlottesville, Va. In January, they spent two weeks with friends in Phoenix, Ariz., and in February, they were in Rorida for a week.

Pat Buie McKinney is a re¬ source teacher for visually im¬ paired junior high students. She holds the rank of captain in the

Civil Air Patrol, serving as com¬ mander of the Spartanburg squad¬ ron. .. . Helen Edwards Propst is the director of Shepherd's Center in Sumter, S.C. Her husband, Charles, completed a year's fellow¬ ship in developmental pediatrics at Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston and began teaching in August at the Univer¬ sity of South Carolina Medical School in Columbia.. .. Jean Niven Morris, still in California, has retired from teaching but is director of music at St. Columba's Episcopal Church. Her son Keith has been stationed in Germany with military intelligence, and her stepson Robert is with the state department in Washington, D.C.

Jo-Anne Christopher Cochrane says her husband, War¬ ren, retired and they moved back to Greenville, S.C., in 1988. "It's like being on vacation all the time!" Their older son, Douglas, is married and lives in Boston. The younger son, Gordon, graduated from Hillsdale College in Michi¬ gan. . .. Dot Davis Yarbrough writes that she is enjoying retire¬ ment, as I'm sure many of us are. She does some tutoring at home— much different from the class¬ room—and enjoys two precious grandchildren, Shannon, 12, quite a young lady, and little Thomas, 2, full of enough energy to entertain everyone.

Vivienne Patterson Jacobson and Charles had a wonderful two- week trip to Spain in May 1989. She writes that "after Madrid and the Prado, we spent most of our time marveling at the seven cen¬ turies of interaction between the Catholics and the Moors." Follow¬ ing that experience, they spent a relaxing week in the Sierras. Their daughter Karen is in Japan teach¬ ing English to businessmen and intensifying her efforts to learn Japanese. In October, during the San Francisco earthquake, daugh¬ ter Lisa found safety under a con¬ ference table while the high rise she was in dumped books and computers on the floor and crushed her chair. Melanie suc¬ cessfully taught eighth-grade social studies last year, but she was pleased to be able to change to a high school position this year. Vippi is no longer working as an "on-call" nurse, but has been di¬ viding her time between ambula¬ tory surgery and endoscopy every other week, Tuesday through Sat¬ urday.

Jean Osbom Sawyer has really been leading a busy life. Not only is she the grandmother of six little children, she is a state board mem¬ ber and committee chairperson of the Garden Club of Georgia and vice president of the local cham¬ ber of commerce. She also ar¬ ranges flowers for weddings and receptions. She and Gordon spent three weeks last summer in Eu¬ rope, "tracking clan Gordon and John Knox in Scotland, working with a client in Holland, and do¬ ing a Churchill pilgrimage in southern England." Both went to the state GOP convention as del¬ egates.

Ann Pitts Cobb's mother, Mrs. R.K. Pitts, died January 21. She was buried in Seneca, S.C., Janu¬ ary 24-

As I look through the pages of class news, I find I am one among many who is now enjoying grandparenthood. Dave and 1 now have eight grandchildren—three girls and five boys—ages 3 weeks to 6 years! Since they all live out- of-town, we enjoy going to see them or having them come for a visit. My mother will be 96 years old in May, so getting away from home is difficult. However, Dave and I are planning our sixth mis¬ sion trip to the Choctaw Indians near Philadelphia, Miss., in June. He is the organizer/leader of the program sponsored by the United Methodist Church to which we belong.

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SECRETARY Martha Weakley Crank (Mrs. William O.) 1041 Trailridge Lane Dunwoody, GA 30338

Eh". Barbara Caldwell Perrow is moving to Rorida.

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SECRETARY Shirley Ford Baskin (MrsJ. H.) 2283 Sagamore Hills Drive Decatur, GA 30033

Allena Doggett Dyes is teach¬ ing second grade in Dickinson, Texas. Daughter Mary Kay is a doctor, specializing in pediatric neurology. Allena's husband re¬ tired as an engineer and is now pursuing a fine arts degree. Their son is a chef and went to the Culi¬ nary Institute of America. ... Jeanne Junker Morris's daughter Cindy Rowe '75x has remarried— her husband works at First Union, and they live in Dalton, Ga. E)aughter Virginia Sender Dollar lives with her two children in Vir¬ ginia, and son Ed is coming back to Charlotte.

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SECRETARY Mary Anne Garrard Jemigan 1591 Berkeley Lane Atlanta, GA 30329

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SECRETARY Helen McGowan French (Mrs. TedR.) 843 Stovall Place Atlanta, GA 30342

Thanks to Lois Dryden Hasty and Cotton Williams Sweat, we have been able to remove two names from our "lost classmates" list—Jennie Lynn Jamison in

Charlotte, N.C., and Barbara Kelly Furbish right here in At¬ lanta. ... Moves and appoint¬ ments: Cotton Williams Sweat and Charles are glad to be back in the same house in Greenville, N.C., where they lived 12 years ago. Christmas for them was in Rorida with son David and his wife Donna. Selma Paul Strong and Bob have moved to Arizona.

Betty Ellington Parrigin is a member of the Advisory Commit¬ tee on the Constitution of the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A.... Elizabeth, daughter of Harriet Durham Maloof and John, is not only in remission, but continues to improve and feels great. She was married last November. We trust all will continue well for her. . . . Beth Bridges, daughter of Mary Newell Bridges and Burt, was fea¬ tured in an Atlanta Journal article about women and the stock mar¬ ket. She is a partner at Anderson Advisory Inc.

Carol McAuley Jones writes that she regretted missing the re¬ union but it coincided with her wonderful three weeks in England. They spent Christmas with son Mike, an attorney in Orlando, Ra.; other son Rob is a senior at University of Missouri and very active in the summer repertory program. Carol continues her work at the Columbia College Library in Columbia, Mo., while husband Bart teaches college stu¬ dents and spends much time on research and writing on Andrew Young's tenure as our Ambassador to the U.N.

We send sympathies to Jim and Lou Hill Reaves. J im's leukemia has forced him to give up his min¬ istry. However, we rejoice that he is responding well to new treat¬ ment at Emory and that family support has been strong. Lou's mother had a "gentle fall," but luckily did not break her hip. She now is improved enough to be alone at night. Lou, hope 1990 goes on improving for you.

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From Pauline Waller Hoch: "After five years of enjoying con¬ tacts with many 55'ers, I wish Mickey Scott Willoch, our new secretary, the same axiperation I have received. Please keep the cards and letters coming."

Becky Miller, daughter of Betty Jacks Miller and Ralph, made a clean sweep her senior year in high school as captain of the cheerleaders, the baskethall team and soccer team. The highlight was being chosen for the all-tour¬ nament baskethall team.. .. Beverly Watson Howie enjoyed a family Christmas in Mexico with all three sons.

In January, Carolyn Crawford Thorson and Tom attended son Tom's marriage to Paula Fitzgerald in California. Carolyn recently made a speech at the annual meet

SECRETARY Mickey Scott Willoch (Mrs. Raymond) 1720 Tilling Way Stone Mountain, GA 30087

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ing in New Orleans of the Ameri¬ can Association for the Advance¬ ment of Science. This is the larg-

j est organization of science profes- i sionals in the country. Carolyn's

topic concerned the solution of I the pipeline problem—the future \ shortage of scientists and engi¬

neers. ... Louise Robinson Singleton recently returned to Denver from 41/2 months in China, where her husband John taught medical students and

i Louise taught English. Louise is working on her master's in public health.... On her way to study the Hopi Indians, Margaret Williamson Smalzel made an overnight visit with the Single¬ tons.

Jeanne Levie Berry, Joan Pruitt Mclntyre, Pat Tooley Fulwiler and Blythe Posey Ashmore '58 made a trip in March to visit Jo Anne McCarthy Bleecker in Charles¬ ton. They spent several days at Jeanne's home on Kiawah Island

. and also at Joan's on Sea Island. Jeanne Heisley Adams wrote

about the enormous changes in her life over the past four years. She left her teaching position of 18 years to pursue a master's de¬ gree in counselling last May at

: Villanova University. Currently, she is working part-time at a clinic for children and families as a therapist in the drug and alco¬ hol unit. About her mid-life ca-

i reer change, she says that she of- l ten thinks of writing a book on

how to start a new life at 50... "It's exciting, scary and very hard." She adds, "My very best to you and our classmates. I am so impressed with the leadership of Dr. Schmidt at ASC. What an inspired job she is doing!" ...

| Connie Curry has just received a I grant from the Civil Rights Insti- j tute at the University of Virginia

to do research and writing on black families in Mississippi who desegregated schools in the '60s.

1 Only two grants are awarded in the whole country! She resigned from her job with the City of At¬ lanta on May 1 to take this won¬ derful opportunity.

The class extends sympathy to Marianne McPherson O'Shields whose husband, Paul, passed away in March.

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CO-SECRETARIES Saro/i Hall Hayes (Mrs. John H.) 976 Swathmore Drive, NW Atlanta, GA 30327

Patd Mayton Gambrell (Mrs.J. Wyatt) 3109-G Colonial Way Atianw, GA 30341

Jane Frist met Virginia Red¬ head Bethune '57 and Carolyn Crawford Chestnutt Thorson '55 at Disney Village. Last year, she saw Joann Smith T '57 and Jean Porter Myrick '57 at Jean's sister's funeral. "I often have lunch with Patti Hamilton Lee—though 1 work seven days a week in sales, I

have time for old friends coming to conventions and to see local attractions."

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SECRETARY Kathy Cole Butler 5260 New London Trace, NW Atlanta, GA 30327

Jean Hodgens Leeper wrote, "My life changed on Sept. 2 when I fell on Purgatory Mountain in Colorado and broke both bones in my lower leg. Since then I've been recovering—six months in a full- leg cast. At last my leg is out! I had much physical therapy to re¬ store my movement. My diabetes complicated the treatment, but we are told I'll eventually have full use. Our daughter gave birth to our second grandchild, Amy Lauren, in Des Moines, Iowa, in December.... Anne Whitfield was injured in the Huntsville, Ala., tornado." . .. Pat Guynup Corbus from Sarasota, Fla.: "Went to the Bread Loaf Writing Confer¬ ence last summer. Am now en¬ rolled in the Warren Wilson MFA program for writers."

Emily Gillham Middleton: "Fi¬ nally finished working on master's and the educational specialist de¬ grees from Georgia Southern Col¬ lege last June; both degrees were in instructional media. I am a school library media specialist in middle school in Harlem, Ga., near Au¬ gusta. Russ and I joined the ASC group for the Brobury House party trip this summer. It was hosted by Margaret O'Karma '52 in her manor house on the English- Welsh border near Hereford. Went to pick up my first prestige auto tag last week—ASC #461!"

Jackie Rountree Andrews: "Busy, busy in real estate. [Last year] was a good and busy real es¬ tate year for our area, not true ev¬ erywhere, so we were fortunate. In Febmary, daughter Cheryl and I went to Hilton Head for a long weekend. Loved it in off-season. In June 1990,1 was pleased to wel¬ come Harriet Easely Workman's son Ray and his wife to Augusta— for at least a year. Ray will intern at Eisenhower Hospital, Fort Gor¬ don."

Frances Patterson Huffaker: "My daughter Julie is now assistant director of Child to Child of Botswana. She lives in Gabarone, Botswana, and came home for a two-week visit in March. My son Dodd became engaged to Cynthia Wood, and they will be married in 1991. My husband J im was ap¬ pointed manager technical ser¬ vices/Kodak-Japan and Asia Pa¬ cific Rim. We will be moving to Japan for five years sometime this summer. We will be living three years in Osaka while a new techni¬ cal services lab will be built in Kakegaura. We will live in Kakegaura at that time. We are both presently studying Japanese."

Carolyn Barker Lonas: "Whoopee! At last—received my diploma from University of Ten¬ nessee at Chattanooga—M.A. in English with emphasis in writing

on December 18. Thesis was on "The Reconciliatory Aspects of Rhetoric" using the book of Colossions as an example. Have a new granddaughter—Carolyn Clair Henly, bom to Jennifer Scott Henly and Peter on Jan. 5."

Margie Hill Truesdale contin¬ ues travel and ski trips—Italy, /* Canada, France. Her daughter, an ASC grad, married an Emory grad in May 1989.... Sara Townsend Holcomb: "January began a three- year term on the board of trustees of Presbyterian College in Clinton, S.C. First grandchild—a boy—bom March 7 to son Keith and his wife Daphne. They live in Orlando.". . . Margaret Minter Hyatt plans to enroll in a nine- week refresher course in nursing at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta.

"Sis" Bums Newsome: "Jim and I spent most of January in Hungary. Very cold weather but a very warm reception—great people. We were with a seminary group. Unbelievably exciting time to be in Eastern Europe."

Virginia Redhead Bethune: "Last September, I was offered a position as organist at the 1,500 member Blacksburg, Va., United Methodist Church. That's 32 years of delayed gratification! Having never been a full-time organist, my work is pretty clear cut. I have loved the challenge. Being a ca¬ reer grandmother, with a 27-mile commute on Sundays at 7:00 a.m. when the temperature's zero de¬ grees, is something new!"

Elizabeth Ansley Allan has her first grandchild, Juliet Elizabeth Allan, bom to son John and his wife Juliet, Feb. 25. "I'll spend two weeks in July with an archaeologi¬ cal team "digging" in the Abbey at Saint-Jean-du-Vignes in Soissons, France. It is sponsored by Earthwatch. This is my second time—a few years ago, I worked at a site in Wales."... . Sally Fortson McLemore's son is attending Vanderbilt.

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SECRETARY Shirley McDonald Larkey 5561 Tilly Mill Road Dunwoody, GA 30338

The Rev. Frances Gwinn Wolf recently returned from Spain.

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SECRETARY Melba Cronenberg Bassett 9825 Momingside Drive Leesburg, FL 34788

Melba Cronenberg Bassett: "Well 59'ers, my mailbox did not runneth over with cards from you! However, a few of you did remem¬ ber, and I enjoyed the nice notes. This year started off on a negative note for our family—my mother fell and broke her hip in January— Ralph was ill for two months after surgery and has finally returned to work as of March 1st—and finally,

a tornado destroyed a large portion of Chris and Kitsie's '83 house in Atlanta, thankfully no injuries. I did attend my PEO meeting the other day and heard an excellent program given by Nonette Brown Hill '56 and her daughter, "Dusty" Jeanette Hill '89.

Leoniece Davis Pinnell sent me a wonderful long letter. After 25 years in Macon, she has moved to St. Mary's, Ga., where she teaches in the only high school in rural Camden County. She is building a new home on the river with three bedrooms and issues an invitation for all of us to visit her!. . . . Llewellyn Bellamy Page sent a picture of Jeremy Vemon, her new grandson bom September 13. He is, of course, beautiful. She hated to miss the reunion but was in charge of the prom that same weekend.

From Audrey Johnson Webb '59x came a long letter including pictures of her three sons (who all look like movie stars), her daugh- ter-in-law and a beautiful grand¬ daughter, Rachel. Audrey and Dick are still both involved in real estate in the D.C. area (Annan- dale, Va.). They are also working with People of the World Fellow¬ ship aiding international students.

Terry and Nancy Brown Ceiling's daughter, Sara, is attend¬ ing Pine Manor College in Boston,

and their son, Chuck, is at John¬ son studying to be a master chef. Terry has sold his company in L.A. i but will remain as president. The Ceilings spent Thanksgiving at Lake Tahoe with Scotty Maddox Gaillard and Arnold, and Ann Peagler Gallagher '61 and Marty. Scotty's daughter is a physical therapist, married to a Methodist minister in Yakima, Wash.—son Jay is in L.A. and works for Capi¬ tol Records. Arnold is the proud owner of a new 40-ft. boat—We're all invited, aren't we Am?

Congratulations to Wardie Abemethy Martin on the birth of her grandson! Graham Johnston Martin was bom on May 11 and weighed 8 pounds, 2 ounces. His proud parents are Jay and Jeanne Martin.

Finally, close to home, Barbara Harrison Clinebell and Bill live in Apopka about 30 miles from me. She and I had a long telephone visit and hope to have lunch be¬ fore she takes off for their new home in Highlands, N.C. She has taught for 29 years in Miami and will teach next year to round out her career. Lots of travel and lei¬ sure are in her future.. .. Kendall Hood Middlemas '59x is going to see her daughter in Africa this year... . You each received a letter in May or June to return so I have lots of news for the August 1 dead¬ line.

The Agnes Scott College

suftcase

SEMINARS

July 3-July 16, 1990

ELBE RIVER

CRUISE

See history in the making! Be among the first to cruise from Hamburg up the scenic Elbe River and through Qermany

aboard the new M.V. Princess of Prussia in her maiden voyage.

For further information, call or write: Alumnae Office ■ Agnes Scott College Decatur,GA30030 ■ 404/371-6325

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SECRETARY Betty Gzeckowicz LeMoyne 874 McClelland Drive MacDill AFB, FL 33621

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SECRETARY Jo Jarrell Wood 3635 Winbrooke Lane Tucker, GA 30084

How nice to hear from Roxy Herzog (Georgianne Richardson)! Roxy is a financial consultant with Merrill Lynch in St. Paul, Minn., and writes quite humorously that Heaven is where all investments go up! Roxy says that she has two children, "one hippie and one work-a-holic," who keep her life even more interesting. Her young¬ est son is planning to graduate from high school with about 50 quarter hours in math and chemis¬ try of college credit. He attends the University of Minnesota under a special program for the gifted. He is also a "jock" in hockey and cross country running. Her older son is taking a sabbatical from col¬ lege and learning to play classical guitar. Roxy's parents, ages 90 and 86, are living with them. She sends a special "hello" to Page,

Alice and M.E. and encourages us to use the (800)825-1700 number to say "hello" to her... . Mary Ann McSwain Antley's daughter is getting married.

Rosemary Kittrell is always so faithful to write to us! She is a staff attorney with the Prosecuting At¬ torneys' Council of Georgia and associated with a backup/resource group for prosecutors. She is tak¬ ing a course in philosophy at Georgia State, working out twice a week, in a study group, doing church work and maintaining "some semblance of social life."

Our president, Ann McBride Chilcutt, writes that her daughter brought home four Scotties for a weekend, one being the daughter of Diane Foster Isaacs! Ann is now a grandmother to a precious baby boy! Our reunion next year is in her thoughts and ours, as help will be needed in planning and execution.... Sarah Helen High Clagett writes in response to a Christian Association update, "I remember C.A's motto when we were seniors, 'And do we feel no urgency?' How much more appli¬ cable today! I'd probably put a tag on it like 'to share the Truth, the Way, the Life,' or just 'to get the Word out!' " Agnes Scott's current C.A. asks for our prayers.

Judy Albergetti Hines writes of joyous adventures with close friends hiking on week-long trips into wild canyons in the Four Cor¬ ners area of Colorado, in Grand Gulch Canyon near Anasazi In¬ dian dwellings with an archaeolo¬

gist, and walking the bed of the Escalante River, "splashing happily with soaring red rock canyon walls echoing our sounds and our si¬ lences." In addition to the more adventurous times, she also took one week absolutely alone, know¬ ing no one in London. "It was lovely!" Judy will give the Frans Porter Graham lecture on Excel¬ lence in Public Service at the in¬ duction dinner of Carolina's high¬ est honorary.... Mary Lipscomb Garrity says her husband teaches at St. Lawrence University; they will be moving to Bowling Green University.

Our hearts go out to Mary Beth Elkins Henke who lost her husband, Bob, and her mother as a result of an automobile accident in late December.... Thanks for your letters. I want to hear from the rest of you soon! It is so good to stay in touch.

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SECRETARY Biba Parker 13319 Havershire Lane Houston, TX 77079

I have heard from two people in three years! If you have any news, please communicate.... Beth Crawford Vincent, who lives in Laguna Beach, Calif., and writes for the Los Angeles Times, assorted magazines and various corporate clients, has been named a director with the Independent

Writers of Southern California. Recent interviews with the likes of Walter Cronkite and Stacy Keach had to be a thrill! Her younger daughter, Kathy, almost 20, is a sophomore at the University of Georgia; son Bubba is an accoun¬ tant in Savannah, and daughter Chris is a banker in Jacksonville. Chris recently made Beth a grand¬ mother. Beth still cruises around

The South, occasionally doing writing residencies through the National Endowment of the Arts. Her current address is 374 Locust St., Laguna Beach, CA 92651.

Knox Jones Efland was named the 1988 Outstanding Math Teacher and the 1989 Academi¬ cally Gifted Teacher of the Year for North Carolina North Central Region. She is currently working as a math/science/computer coor¬ dinator for the Orange County Schools in Hillsborough, N.C., and is also enrolled in a master's program for curriculum and in¬ struction at UNC-Chapel Hill. ... Kaki White Ellison is going on her third trip in three years to Af¬ rica—this time to Kenya where she will practice her Swahili. She will be taking her niece with her.

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SECRETARY Nell Tabor Hartley 230 Thorn Street Seuiickley, PA 15143

Doris Bray Gill writes that she and her daughter Kelly both teach in the Manchester, Ga., Elemen¬ tary School. Doris also works as a bookkeeper and church organist. She is on the board of directors for the local Kiwanis and somehow manages time to serve also as sponsor to the high school major¬ ettes. . . . Katherine Ogbum Suttles seems just as busy with her single parents' ministry at First Baptist Church in Atlanta and her work as a bookkeeper. Kaylynn remarried "a wonderful man" eight years ago. She also writes glow¬ ingly of the joys of being a grandmother ... if you can make it to the next reunion, Kaylynn, we'll look at your pictures! . . . Edna Vass Stuckey is leading her busy life on a sheep and agricul¬ tural farm in the Mennonite Ger¬ man community of Moundridge, Kan. She and John have two chil¬ dren. Brandon is a 16-year mem¬ ber of the FFA. Krystal, 12 1/2, seems to have Edna's musical tal¬ ents. In fact, she and Edna sing duets frequently for various com¬ munity programs.

In the fall of our sophomore year, Polly Craig transferred to Agnes Scott from the much larger, co-ed Miami University in Ohio. This, to me, was "intercultural student exchange." Polly Craig Scoutaris has maintained a larger vision. For the past five years she has served as the director of the American Student Division of the American Intercultural Student Exchange. There are 48 state coor¬ dinators and over 1,000 area repre¬ sentatives. Those of you who would like information concerning the possible participation of the

13- to 18-year-olds in your lives, or information about serving as a host j family, can call the organization's ! toll-free number: 1-800-SIBLING. , Polly can be reached at her Albu¬ querque office (505)296-8024. Just i receiving the brochure brightened my January day. Polly's family has been involved for over 13 years with their Presbyterian church's outreach ministry to prisons. Her undaunting faith, even after being physically abused by an ex-con, and selfless service have earned her ; the gratitude of countless prison families and commendations from Chuck Colson and George Bush.

Another classmate who is very involved in her church's work is Nancy Sibley Rempe, who is com- j missioned as a Stephens Minister (a nationwide group of lay people who assist in their parish activities) in her Dallas, Texas, church. Nancy has done graduate work at Mount Holyoke and teaches eighth grade math. . . . Kathryn'Mobley Riddlehoover is teaching high school courses in advanced place¬ ment biology and anatomy and physiology. She received a Mellon Stipend to attend an advanced j placement institute at University ! of Georgia. Kathryn and Ted had moved back to Georgia when they celebrated their 25th wedding an¬ niversary. They left Arizona tem¬ porarily to live near their parents, j Their oldest daughter, Kathryn j Elizabeth, received degrees from both Agnes Scott and Georgia j Tech. Rebecca now attends Au- j gusta College on a full athletic i scholarship. Our classmate keeps her athletic skills sharpened by be¬ ing the only female varsity boy's golf coach in the state of Georgia.

Frances Anderson continues to bring credit to herself and to Agnes Scott. Most recently, she received the 1989 award for "Outstanding Researcher" for Illinois State Uni¬ versity. The National Art Educa¬ tion Association honored her with its national award for excellence, the June King McFee Award. Hav¬ ing successfully completed her work at Florida State, Frances re¬ turned to Bkximington, 111: 12 Bay Pointe Drive, 61704. It is no won¬ der that she was selected as one of five Distinguished Alumnae Lec¬ turers for the Centennial Celebra¬ tion.

I recently saw a picture of a gor¬ geous Loyola sophomore ... she is Nancy McCoy Waller's daughter. It sounds as if the Wallers are mak¬ ing the best of their empty nest with theater trips to New York, San Francisco and London.. .. Thank you for continuing to send me your news. . .. please continue your support of the alumnae fund. . .. we hope to attain a high panici- pation percentage.

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SECRETARY Mary Womack Cox 1500 NE 139th Street N. Miami, FL 33161

Harriet King was presented with the Ben E. Johnson Award for

Do You Know

Someone

Outstanding?

One of the highlights of Alumnae Day at Agnes Scott is the recognition of alumnae who have been outstanding in community service, career or service to the College. The Awards Committee and the Board of Directors of the Alumnae Association se¬ lect these individuals after careful consideration of names submitted from alumnae at large.

We need your help. Please suggest names of outstanding alumnae among your classmates or in your community.

NOMINATIONS FOR AWARDS TO OUTSTANDING ALUMNAE

Service to the College

Distinguished Career

Community Service

Your Name Class

Please send this form and a letter with the qualifications of each nominee to Alumnae Office, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA 30030, by December 15.

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' Faculty Excellence at commence¬ ment in June 1989 at Emory.... Becky Reynolds Bryson is active in early retirement, taking a sail- boat trip and cruising the Chesa¬ peake. Her daughter Rebecca is a junior at Stanford-Taiwan, and her

; son graduated from high school.

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SECRETARY Nancy Solomonson Pormoy (Mrs. Barry) 12612 Old Wick Road San Antonio, TX 78230

Betty Armstrong writes that things are going well in Baton Rouge. Sean is a senior in high school, and Rachel is a junior. Betty has moved up to 4-0 in Volvo league tennis! She is also moderator of the board of deacons at church. . . . Peggy Simmons Zoeller, her husband and two sons, grades 9 and 11, live in Louisville, Ky. Peggy has retired from her pe- diatric practice and is tutoring stu¬ dents with academic problems at a local high school. Her 17-year-old son, Phillip, will be going to Hong Kong with a group of "Teen Mis¬ sions" to do service projects.

Molly Dominy Herrington is living in Milwaukee, Wise., where she is marketing international trucks. Molly's oldest child, Laura, is working in St. Louis. Kitty, 21, and Thomas, 19, are attending Marquette University. ... Sally Abemethy Eads will bring her family to England with her this summer while Sally does historical research.

Sloan Fouche Christian is working as a psychometrist for a private practice.... Sandra Prescott Laney's husband, Leroy, is being promoted to chief econo¬ mist for First Hawaiian Bank. Sandra is a pre-school education specialist with the Army. . . . Katherine Yates Halsam's daugh¬ ter Laura attends the University of Texas at Austin and daughter Anna, 16, and son Jim, 13, live with her in the house she's been in for 20 years. Kay is currently work¬ ing as a real estate broker. Her hus¬ band is with the treasury depart¬ ment of United Gas and Pipeline.

Margaret Smith Sollar retired from teaching a couple of years ago, switching roles to be a law student at Loyola in New Orleans while also raising her 4-year-old daughter.. .. Helen Davis Hatch was mentioned in the March issue of New Woman magazine. The article, with a photo, describes her career as an architect, specializing in hotel design. The secret of her success, she reports, is "a sense of humor. 1 take my work seriously, but if you can't relax and enjoy people, it doesn't work."

"Jinna" Virginia Eraser Clark is a grandmother to Charles Anderson Taylor, son of Virginia

• Taylor.... Kathleen McCowen Lewis Lapeyre says her daughter Mary Kay is in St. Etienne, France, teaching and will marry in August. Jim, Kathleen's son at Wheaton, will graduate this year, and Chris is a junior in high school. ... Betsy McCord Kelly and her husband

Jack have lived in the D.C. area for 13 years. Their son is graduat¬ ing from Columbia, and their daughter is at New York Univer¬ sity. . .. Nancy Haddock Price teaches school-age child care. Her daughters are both in school—one at Vanderbilt, another a junior in high school. Nancy's husband is with Pratt-Whitney.

Alois Mclntyre Moore has been a county tax assessor for two terms and served a four-year term on the Eastern Kentucky Board of Regents. . . . Mary Jean Crawford Cross is working on a master's in social work. . . . Terry Phillips Frost completed her B.A. degree with a teaching certificate. About her family, she says her husband is an attorney, one daughter is a jun¬ ior at Vanderbilt and the other a freshman at Furman.

Richter were married last October in Washington, D.C.... Margaret Flowers Rich's daughter is attend¬ ing Vanderbilt.

M.A. and Ph.D.... Dr. Deborah Jordon Bates has two children, Paul, 3, and Katie, 2.

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SECRETARY Martha Thompson 5120 Nebraska Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20008

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SECRETARY Kathy Reynolds Doherty 578 Pelham Road Atlanta, GA 30324

Becca Herbert Schenk reports from New Castle, Colo., that they were in Charleston last June and spent a week with family on the Isle of Palms. A scant few weeks later, the family house was totally destroyed by Hugo. Becca's boys, Matt, 9, and Mark, 7, are into Scouts, hiking and baseball.

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SECRETARY Betty Derrick 15 Mt. Paran Road, NE Atlanta, GA 30342

Peggy Whitaker and Flavel McMichael have both become independent businesswomen. Peggy has established her own ar¬ chitectural concern, M. Whitaker & Associates, and Havel is in¬ volved with managing and reno¬ vating real estate investments.... Laurie Carter Tharpe is a junior in medical school. ... Louise Bruechert Norris is starting her own business.

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SECRETARY Mary Anne Murphy Hombuckle 210 Honeysuckle Road Dothan, AL 36301

Gloria Teresa "Terri" Langston and Stephan Goetz

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SECRETARY Mary Margaret MacMillan Coleman 703 Lonniewood Drive Houston, TX 77059

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SECRETARY Jane Duttenhaver Hursey 1149 Forrest Blvd. Decatur, GA 30030

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SECRETARY Kathleen McCulloch 1753-A South Hayes Street Arlington, VA 22202

Sharon Jones Cole writes that after nearly 17 years, she is "almost retired!" She is still working part- time in the family business, but spending more time at home with children Martha, in pre-first at Westminster, and Lewis, who just turned one in December. Husband Matt also changed jobs. He is now treasurer of Norrell Corporation. Always organized, Sharon closes, "Everyone start planning now for our 20th reunion in 1992!".... Gretchen Smith Mui says that Harriet Amos was married March 10, 1990.

Pam Westmoreland Sholar and Allen Lowrence were married in April, last year, at Centre Pres¬ byterian Church in Mount Moume, N.C. Allen is in fundraising sales for schools and other organizations, while Pam continues her private practice in hematology/oncology. Juliana Winters went to the wedding, but D.D. Franche and Janet Golden couldn't join her. Pam and Allen just returned from a week in the Bahamas, with her brother Henry, to rest and bring in 1990. (Pam's name and address remain un¬ changed). ... Yours truly hopes the news from 1972 continues to grow in 1990. If it doesn't, I may resort to recycling old letters and doing some serious creative writ¬ ing. So please send me some news . .. your pen may be preferable to my imagination!

Jerry Kay Foote of Piano, Texas, was awarded the $5,000 David L. Stitt Fellowship estab¬ lished in 1971 by the Austin Seminary Alumni Association. A member of Grace Presbytery, Pres¬ byterian Church USA, she was selected as the Stitt Fellow on the basis of Christian character, schol¬ arship, personality and ability... . Elizabeth Wilkinson Tardieu has gone back to school to get her

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SECRETARY Judy Hill Calhoun (Mrs. Larry M.) 8620 Seagate Drive Raleigh, NC 27615

Carol Lewis Spainhour is go¬ ing to law school now.... We're sorry to hear that Suzanne War¬ ren Schwank's husband Rick had a heart attack.

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SECRETARY Mary Jane Ken Cornell 4560 Harriet Lane Lithonia, GA 30058

Being class secretary is fun! It was great to get so many letters these past few months. Keep it up!. . . . Ann Young Botula writes that for the past six years she has been part of a multi-disciplinary evaluation team, working as an educational assessment coordina¬ tor at Western Kentucky Univer¬ sity. The program serves 18 school districts. Ann has two children, a sixth-grade son, Daniel, and a daughter, Allison, who is in third grade.... Anyone interested in the Florida lottery might check with Beth Abbott Christian. In her job with Southern Bell in Tal¬ lahassee, she has been working with the government on a state¬ wide telecommunications network that includes the lottery. Beth also enjoys her two sons, Gary, 10, and John, 3.

On April 14, Diane Beeler Cormani married Dick Hadik, senior vice president of a Texas bank. Diane writes: "For those of you who may be single (like I was for nearly five years), I met Dick at church!" Diane is a senior product manager at Novell and is in charge of two computer networking soft¬ ware products. Her daughters, Julie, 13, and Valerie, 11, are a joy.

Congratulations to Elinor Perkins Daniel. Perky is one of 60 folks chosen to participate in Leadership Georgia this year. Par¬ ticipants are studying issues con¬ fronting Georgia and our "quality of life as we approach the 21st century." This spring, Perky will preach Columbia Seminary's bac¬ calaureate at Trinity Presbyterian, Atlanta. In June, she will be with a small group traveling to Switzer¬ land and Germany where she will preach in French!

Congratulations are also due Lib McGregor Simmons who has just completed a term as president of the Columbia Seminary Alumni/ae Council. Lib is pastor of the Richmond Heights Presby¬ terian Church in the St. Louis area.... Cindy Goldthwaite writes a long letter from Germany. What an exciting time it would be living there! Cindy says it has

been an interesting and difficult 2 1/2 years—her German is still lousy! After graduating from ASC, Cindy received her M.A. in En¬ glish from the University of Penn¬ sylvania and then worked for Georgia State University. She married Jim Hopkins in 1980 and moved to California. In 1985, their son Weston was bom at home with a midwife. The family moved to Germany in 1987, and in 1988, second son Will was bom, also at home. Cindy and her family contemplate moving to En¬ gland or back to the USA this year. Cindy sends news from Ann McMillan. Ann and husband Randy live in Richmond, Va., where she is in a biomedical writ¬ ing position at the Medical Col¬ lege of Virginia Hospitals. Ann also writes book reviews for the Richmond newspaper and reads manuscripts for a feminist journal.

As part of the ASC intern pro- • gram, a group of six Atlanta physi¬ cians, including Lynn Ezell Hendrix and Ann Early Bibb, established a program whereby the pre-med students at Scott can spend a week (one day each) with them to see what medicine is like. They had four students this year. Lynn also writes that she will be going to a pathology meeting in Boston in March.... Thanks to all who sent news; now all you other folks, let us know what is happening in your lives!

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SECRETARY Mary Anne Bleker 334 Brooks Avenue, NE Atlanta, GA 30307

BOC—of course I remember you! The better part of our fresh¬ man year was spent playing spades with Whit and Allison, Dana and Beth, and a few dozen other folks on Second Walters who would rather do anything but study. (The other part of course, was spent at Manuel's and Tech!) Becky O'Connor Barbieri writes from the midst of a paranoid delusion that no one remembers her since she transferred out to finish at the ~ University of Arizona. Life went on and now finds Becky living in Philadelphia, on the Jersey side of the Delaware, where she is happily camped with husband Tom, whom she married in 1984, and two cute kids, Allison, bom in 1986, and Tommy, bom in 1988. Becky was a working mom, lending marketing talent to a chemical storage firm in Philly, but yet another LBO enabled her to get on the "mommy track" full-time as of Feb. 1st. Becky especially wants to know what became of Whit Norman, Allison Grigsby, and her old roomie, Mary Gay Mor¬ gan. So would I! My most recent rumors about any of the above are so old now that even I won't pass them on! Come on you guys! Tell us what you're up to these days!

Some of you are staying in touch. For instance, Becky

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Weaver, who continues to job- hop the country with IBM. She reports a short hut enjoyable stint in Nashville (1986-1988) work¬ ing with the state government account and then a move to Danbury, Conn., in April 1989 to begin her position as industry consultant on academic, state, and local government, health, transportation, communications, media, utilities, and business. She assists the IBM'ers responsible for development of desktop solutions applicable to these industries. She works out of the IBM home office in Westchester County, N.Y. Af¬ ter a marathon search, Becky is settled in an 85-95 year-old colo¬ nial with hardwood floors, well water and a septic tank. She re¬ ports that it is possible to deal with snow, long commutes, and radiators in the pursuit of corpo¬ rate treetops! Business travel takes her to Boca Raton, Fla., Washington, and Atlanta fre¬ quently, and I am confident that BlX, Grover, the Pulitzers and myself will be hearing from Becky after she passes through our re¬ spective locales. On a flashback to 1974-75, those of you recall finding a litter of puppies under the colonnade will appreciate Becky's aside that Tippy (I assume one of the aforementioned pup¬ pies) lived to the ripe age of l5 1/ 2 with Becky's parents in Hunts- ville.

Speaking of passing through, Joyce McKee has been lighting in Atlanta quite a bit in the last year. Unfortunately, I am usually in Texas! However, Susan Stigall reports that they get together without me and have a great time. Such a good time, in fact, that Joyce went and married the man she'd been bringing down here! Obviously, we need details! Joyce, if I don't hear from you, I'm going to make something up!

Spies in Tuscaloosa, Ala., re¬ port that our own Miss Virginia Parker, now Mrs. Sydney Cook, is all over the papers—all of the time. That mayoral campaign looks about four years away. Go for it, V.A.!

Stock in AT&T soared Mon¬ day, March 26, with reports that Allyn Fine Crosby and M.A. Bleker had a marathon conversa¬ tion Sunday night. It was learned that Becky Thompson and Bill have one new baby girl, and Allyn is happy as a clam with her kids and superdad, Claud. The rest of the conversation was not for publication, except to note that one hour of pleading was not sufficient to get Allyn to come to the reunion. Charlotte, I tried! Charlotte Gillis wrote in January to wish me a happy new decade and report that she was already behind! So gratifying—I love company! Charlotte has survived an LBO and remains a landscape architect for a merged company in Jacksonville, Fla.—is it still Reynolds, Smith &. Hill? After a year of "excess personal growth," she is ready for a calmer 1990!

Susan Stigall is a big boss at AT&T, officially called some¬ thing too long to remember that

boils down to district manager of something, incalculable frequent flier points, and working the job of three people (her words, not mine!'). She has moved from Druid Hills to Dun woody (she swears it's only temporary) and now owns two cats.... Tammie DeVore sends an update futilely hoping that some of you will do the same. 1989 was a year for Tammie, too. Her youngest son, Taylor, 7 1/2, has had heart trouble since birth, necessitating numer¬ ous surgeries and complex treat¬ ments over the years. 1989 was particularly bad, with 25 percent of the year spent inpatient at Georgetown and Boston Children's. He now wears two pacemakers—one for the atrium and one for the ventricle. Tammie's oldest son, Trent, 9, spent the summer with her folks in Augusta while she and Taylor lived at Boston Children's. Despite the trials, Trent excels at soccer, and Tammie continues to hold an account sales position for Moore Business Forms & Systems Divi¬ sion out of McLean, Va. She even managed to attend an alumnae function at an embassy in D.C. and to write me to stay in touch with all of you.

I was feeling kind of sorry tor myself—I'm in Texas with mother again—but after Tammie's letter, I realize I've got it good. I do think I'm going to move mother to At¬ lanta, so she and I will fly over and check out the alternatives. I have realized it is not possible to man¬ age a health situation from 1,000 miles away and expect good re¬ sults. All in all, things are great with me. I've been traveling quite a bit for work, family and pleasure. I have new management above me at work, and my work life is smoother and less stressful. Some ideas are beginning to occur to me for what to do with my life al¬ though I don't know if I've hit on anything workable yet. I'll keep you posted. Why don't you do the same?

Nancy Oliver LeSourd is ex¬ pecting a baby in August.... Judith Earl Thompson is in graduate school studying Library Science.. . Mary Jones Underwood's baby is due in May.

Judith Bartholomew McBride is back in graduate school.

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SECRETARY Nancy Leasendale Purcell 1300 Steeple Run Lawrenceville, GA 30245

New babies! Congratulations to Brandon Brame Fortune and Terry on the birth of their second daughter, Elizabeth Carroll (Betsy) Fortune, on Nov. 1, and to Lori Riley Day and Blade on the birth of their second daughter, Olivia Riley Day, on Nov. 23. With a number of classmates expecting, let's keep those future Scotties

coming!... . Beverly Williams Wilson sends greetings from Alaska and adds that they will be returning to the Atlanta area this summer. In 1989, Bev and family travelled to Hawaii, and Bev trav¬ eled north of the Arctic circle to Prudhoe Bay and the Alaskan arc¬ tic coast via "Pipeline Drive." She has picked up two new Alaskan hobbies—fish fly-tying and dog sled mushing! What is next, Bex-, gold panning?

Lisa Banks Martin and David have had the "dubious distinc¬ tion," according to Lisa, of being the president and vice-president of the PTO where Lauren and Kathryn attend school. They have been busy coordinating the fall fundraiser and Christmas festival, and Lisa is the leader of Kathryn s Brownie troop. The word "no" isn't in Lisa's vocabulary.

Althea "Lee" Dillard wrote a long letter about several classmates with whom she's visited recently. She has been cycling in Vermont and has been looking for dolphins for the Dolphin Project.... Lee had a visit from Betsy McDaniel Brandiet. Betsy, husband Phillipe and first-grade son Benjamin have just moved into a new house in Ellicott City, Md. Susan Mitchell also visited, and the three cel¬ ebrated their mini-reunion all over middle Georgia!.... Lee also writes that Cile Fowler Carter '80 is the married mother of three boys, the third one being bom just before Hurricane Hugo swept through Florence, S.C.

Karen White Holland and Rusty traveled quite a bit in '89. Their favorite trips were to Cancun "relaxing" and a reunion in St. Louis, Mo., with former Journeyman friends.... Susan Grier Bennett has a new title, public relations specialist, at Calvert Memorial Hospital and is enjoying being able to produce a cable TV show on health-related issues.

As for me, 1 had a fun and busy fall and winter. Keeping up with Claire, who is 17 months old at this writing, has been a treat.. . and a challenge! I've enjoyed be¬ ing the room mother for Kathryn's kindergarten class (what fun being on this side of the desk!) and her Daisy Girl Scout leader. As with so many ASC/Georgia Tech couples, Roger and I enjoyed seeing the Jackets advance to the NCAA finals! And the volume of mail I received from ASC classmates over the holidays was very satisfy¬ ing. Remember, we have a 15th reunion coming up in 1991, so call or write Henny Leland Whelchel if you would like to help with planning. As always, please keep your news coming. Happy 1990 to all!

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SECRETARY Holly A. B. Rielly 673 Fremont Road Chester, NH 03036

Hope everyone is having a beautiful summer. I enjoyed the

month of February in Durham, N.C., learning to structure my life. While there, I caught up with Ellen Fort Grissett and her familv in Raleigh, along with Pat Mc Waters Dragstedt and Carl. The Dragstedts are soon to be "neighbors," both transterring from Uis Angeles to the tri-city area. Ellen and Pat are alreadv working on carpooling schedules. . . . The three of us got a chance to call Dana DeWitt Truitt and had a few laughs long distance. Dana promises to get to the tri-city in the future. We'll see! In the middle of my visit to Durham, Sandra Saseen drove four hours from D.C. to spend the weekend with me. We visited the Duke campus and the beautiful Duke gardens while there. Sandra is in her third year of law school and is still enjoying it. . . . Susan P. McWilliams was recently named partner in the Columbia, S.C., law firm of Nexson Pruet Jacobs & Pollard.

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SECRETARY Marrie Lovvom Moore (Mrs. Neil A.) 336 Princess Avenue Woodstock, GA 30188

J udy Miller Bohan and Michael had a son, Rankin Michael, on Sept. 14, 1989.... Cathy Winn Courtney and John are parents to a daughter, Sarah Catherine, as of Dec. 11.... Hope Lamade Horkaway has survived the winter in Erie, Pa., where they received 65 inches of snow in De¬ cember! She's keeping very busy with singing "solo, small ensemble and choral, plus giving voice les¬ sons." Congratulations to Hope and her husband John on becom¬ ing grandparents—a class of '78 first! . . . Martha Jane Cates Hammett and her husband, Rick, have another daughter, Mattison Olivia, bom August 1, 1989, in addition to Leanna, 4 years old.

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SECRETARY Robin Kessler Nelson 31 Metier Rd. Newark, DE 19713

Once again I bring greetings to all the members of the class of'79. Most of these greetings include announcements of new additions. Eleanor Graham and Michael Garbo had a son, Benjamin Gra¬ ham Garbo, on Nov. 20. Sarah Windham Hunt and Brian had a little girl, Emily Grace Hunt, on Jan. 17. Emily is number two for the Hunts. Sarah also wants to pass on her new address: 2199 Heritage Trace Dr., Marietta, Ga., 30062-6374.... Edith Spurlock Towns and Tony had a little boy, David Manning, on Nov. 29. E)avid is also number two for the Towns. Edith writes that she is back to work editing, proofing and doing other clerical work at the

Banking on Advancement Cave Johnson Stuckey '79, a corporate banking officer for The First National Bank of Atlanta, has been promoted to vice president. After having been a national accounts manager with another major southeastern bank, she joined First Atlanta in 1989 as a se¬ nior Corporate Banking rela¬ tionship manager and assis¬ tant vice president. Stuckey, a native of Decatur, graduated from Agnes Scott with a bachelor of arts degree in his¬ tory and is a 1981 graduate of Emory University, where she received a masters degree in business administration.

Savannah River Ecology Lab where Tony is safety program coor¬ dinator. Edith's new address is 1018 Wheeler Dr., Aiken, S.C., 29801.

Julie Johnston Wiggins and Skip had a little boy, James Stephen Wiggins, on Feb. 2 after a difficult pregnancy and 42 days in the hospital. But Julie and James are home with Skip and Jenny and are doing fine. . . . Laurie Kramer writes that, unfortunately, she and Frank are divorced but that her life has also gone through some very good changes this year. She is currently in her second year of a Ph.D. program in counselling psy¬ chology at the University of Mis¬ souri-Columbia. She hopes to fin¬ ish this program in the fall of 1991 and then will have a dissertation and internship to follow. She said she has spoken to Cathy Can- Hope '78 who just had her second child, and to Mollie Sherrill Tho¬ mas, who also has two children and, unfortunately, lost her sister last year. Laurie ends her letter with an invitation to all visitors passing through her area to please stop by. . . . Glenda Bell Chastain just had a baby boy. . . . Susan Anita Gomez started a new busi¬ ness, as did Ellanor Toomer Cullens. ... 1 will end this article with an invitation to keep writing and a thank you for all the news.

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SECRETARY Sharon Maitland Moon 4621 Fitzhugh Avenue Richmond, VA 23230

Ann Huffines Neel just had a

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new baby and is going to go back to work.... Apparently Hurricane Hugo did some damage to the home of Mary Ann Mappus Billard, in Mt. Pleasant, S.C.

It was great to hear from Emily Moore who is presently general counsel to the Florida Department of Business Regulation. Emily be¬ came a proud new homeowner last July and reports that she has been "really enjoying life." Emily spent three weeks in New York City, touring for her church in Valdosta, Ga. Emily keeps busy back home serving as the secretary of the Tallahasee Barrister Association, and received the Outstanding Ser¬ vice and Contribution of Time Award in 1989.

Thanks to Emily's letter, we know that Cheryl Walker Smith and her husband, Darryl, cel¬ ebrated their first anniversary on Nov. 26. Cheryl and Darryl took a trip to New Jersey to visit with Darryl's family. Cheryl has been promoted to a regional supervisor position in the Atlanta office of

the Environmental Protection Agency. .. . Also thanks to Emily, we know that Tracey Rowland Perrin and her husband, Charles, had a great Christmas celebration with their daughter, Allyson Michelle.

Jennifer Williams has returned from a trip to the Holy Land last fall. Emily reports that Jennifer has slides to show. Emily also says that she hopes our class gets out of the slump and sends in some more news!

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SECRETARY Sarah M. Campbell 3133 Shadow Walk Lane Tucker, GA 30084

Lucia Rawls, Ph.D., wrote from Saudi Arabia. Lucia has worked for Aramco for 18 months as a government affairs advisor and lives in Dhahran. Lucia advises

various company departments on their dealings with the Saudi gov¬ ernment. She says her work is rarely dull. She has advised a phar¬ macy on importing narcotics and dealt with a legal claim by a local citizen for his camels that died after eating from an Aramco Oil facility! Lucia especially loves her ability to travel. She has spent two weeks in London with her family, six weeks in fall '89 in Southeast Asia and Hawaii, three weeks in the Maldive Islands and two weeks scuba diving (a new sporting niche). She plans to go by Kenya or Australia on the way home in September.

From the Spring Phonathon (thanks for your pledges) I gath¬ ered the following news: Melissa M. Ballard is going back to school to get her teaching certificate and hopes to teach fifth-grade math... Luci Wannamaker Daley is working as a pediatrician in Man¬ hattan, Kan. They hope to move back to the Southeast in the sum¬ mer of '91 (and Toto, too?). Luci has one daughter... . Pam Mynatt

is in graduate school in Dalton, Ga., studying community counsel¬ ling and hopes to finish in Decem¬ ber.

Linda Reasor Dayton reports that she's enjoying her part-time job as benefits administrator with her full-time job as Mom to 2- year-old Caroline. In January, Lydia saw Martha Sheppard Wills when she was down visiting her sister Margaret '82.... Susan Nicol Dobbins passed the bar exam in Pennsylvania (yea!) and is working there. . . . Maggie Conyers Zerkus saw Kate McCunniff Matthews in a smocking class where she discov¬ ered Kate had moved to Macon. Maggie is enjoying watching her daughter, Elizabeth, grow and learn. Debbie Higgins says "noth¬ ing new in Dallas," but I enjoyed talking with her. Debbie says Su¬ san Winn Lowry and David have moved to McAllen, Texas.... Claire Wannamaker McCunniff and Don are being transferred to Panama. Don goes in June after some training in Virginia, and Claire and the kids will follow in

August. In the meantime, Claire will live in St. Matthews, S.C.

Susan Barnes finishes law school at the University of Vir¬ ginia in May and will join a law firm in New York City after a trip to Europe, to recuperate from school. Susan says other folks are enjoying family life—Nancy Brock Johnson lives in Florida and has two children. . . . Helen Anderson Arlington has three children and lives in California.. . Catherine Craig Threkeld has moved to Tulsa, Okla. David works with Pepsi in Tulsa.... Stephanie Segars Johnson, Brayton and Harrison continue to live in Plant City, Fla. Steph is settling into motherhood.... Lynn Pace Stonecypher married Peter Thompson. Their address is 3406 Bollinger St., Corpus Christi, Texas, 78414, and their phone number is (512)993-7803. ... Virginia Maria Balbona, Ph.D., is working at Shepherd's Spinal Hospital.... Pamela

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Mynatt Moser is in graduate school at West Georgia College.

That's the news for now! One year from now, we'll be celebrating our 10th reunion!! Plan your preg¬ nancies, balance your budget, do what you need to do in order to make the reunion. Any ideas? Now is the time to send them in so the officers can plan the kind of weekend we want.

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SECRETARY Lu Ann Ferguson 117 Misty Oak Lane Keller, TX 76248

Merry Winter Mabry earned a degree in visual communications from the Portfolio Center in 1984. She and Phillip live in Roswell, Ga., and Merry is a graphic de¬ signer. Son Andrew Phillip was bom on July 24, 1989. Merry re¬ ports that Cindy Foster Grace and Mike have a baby boy bom July 26, 1989, named Duncan Fos¬ ter Grace and that they live in Mobile, Ala. ... Laura Gutierrez Spencer completed her doctorate in romance languages at the Uni¬ versity of New Mexico in 1989 and is currently an assistant profes¬ sor in the Department of Foreign Languages at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She is devel¬ oping a Spanish for Bilinguals pro¬ gram and teaching Chicano litera¬ ture and Spanish while also doing liaison work with the Hispanic community.

T.K. Wannamaker says her daughter's first four syllable word was "motorcycle," as Mark is a "motorcycle minister" now! T.K. even went on a motorcycle trip with him. It will be a while before she gets that adventurous again since she is expecting another baby late this fall. She expects that they will be moving to West Ger¬ many soon thereafter. . . . Amy Dotson Goodwin and Forrest had a seven-pound boy on Jan. 8,

named John Webster Goodwin. On Jan. 21, Ashley Jeffries

and Bert Benton had a boy, Herbert Blake Jeffries Benton, who weighed in at 7 pounds, 15 ounces. Ashley reports that Allyson Rhymes married Charles Raymer and that Cindy Monroe Alexander and Kenslea Motter both had baby girls. Details please, ladies!

Anita Barbee-Cunningham attended Emily Hill's October 21 wedding to William Ross in Au¬ gusta, Ga. Bridesmaids included Joy Jun-Menefee and Ann Connor Harrell. Other Scotties attending were Marge Long, Sally Manning Ogden, Meredith Man¬ ning, Allyson Rhymes Raymer, Katie Miller, Angle Hatchett, Cindy Hite Johnson '84 and Marian Lewis Horn '84- • • • Sara Robinson Chambless has a tutor¬ ing business which allows her to stay home with baby Claire. Suzie Grams is one of Claire's godmoth¬ ers and was present for her chris¬ tening, as was Christine Veal Hoskins.

Jenny Howell Felder wrote that she hasn't "fallen off the face of the earth!" After graduation she earned her master's in zoology/ physiology at the University of Southwestern Louisiana in Lafayette where she met, and then in September 1984 married Darryl Felder, a biology professor. Darryl's son, Robert, just finished fourth grade. Eric was bom October 1985 and Cianiel in April 1987. Be¬ tween the boys' births, Jenny was the assistant curator of natural sci¬ ence with the Lafayette Natural History Museum and ran an envi¬ ronmental education program for parish schools. After Daniel was bom, she earned her B.S. in Edu¬ cation and began teaching fourth grade last fall. She missed our fifth reunion because of Daniel's birth.

Peggy Davis Gold reports that Sally, 4, asks zillions of questions, and that Alice Harra Matesanz went to Spain last summer and Germany in October. Alice is still our world traveler!.. .. Marjory Sivewright Morford was pro¬ moted to marketing manager for Arthur Anderson &. Co. and still

lives in Lake Oswego, Ore.... Kathy Oglesby is a flavor chemist with Coca-Cola. She, husband Jaime Dutro and daughter Kasey June Dutro live in Atlanta. Kathy writes that Lib Crain lives in At¬ lanta with her husband and son.

Susan Mead and I met in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 12 for the Mobilization for Women's Lives. That evening while we were at a restaurant in Alexandria, Va.,, we looked up and saw Suzanne Dawson, whom we hadn't seen in years, probably since she left ASC after our sophomore year! She graduated from William and Mary with a degree in art history. All of this is from memory since I was too stunned and surprised to write anything down, so please forgive me if it is not exactly right. While in the area, 1 enjoyed a visit with Terry Michael von Zielinski, Greg, and their two daughters in Solomons, Md. They are expect¬ ing their third child in August.... Sarah Adams Voccio and her hus¬ band, Michael, have a new baby, Timothy Michael, bom Jan. 10. The Voccio's live in Joppa, Md... Katherine Cralle Tuttle and Sam announce their son's birth—Wil¬ liam Anderson "Andy" Tuttle, bom March 23 and weighing in at eight pounds, three ounces, and measuring 21 1/2 inches long.

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SECRETARY Susan Whitten Padgett 2408 North Hill Parkway Atlanta, GA 30341

Congratulations to three of our classmates who have married: Laura Head married Mark McElroy in Gainesville, Georgia on April 28. Julie Babb and Susan Whitten Padgett were the ASC bridesmaids. Laura works as an attorney for O'Callaghan, Saunders and Stumm, and her husband finances telecommunica¬ tions systems for a company in Atlanta. . . . Kathryn Flart mar¬ ried Mack Bissette III in Atlanta on Feb. 10. ASC bridesmaids in¬ cluded Nancy Duggan Childers, Scottie Echols Fowler, Kitsie Bassett Riggall and Robin McCain. Kathryn in vice-presi¬ dent of Interstate/Johnson Lane, and her husband is a partner in a real estate appraisal firm in At¬ lanta.

Cathy Zurek married Felipe Lopez in Bogata, Columbia, in May 1989. Cathy works in Bogata for a Swiss international company that contracts with perfumeries and other companies that want to develop new fragrances or scents. Cathy and her husband were in the States at Christmas and visited with Shari Nichols Clifton and her husband, Stuart. Since then, Benjamin Stuart has joined the Clifton family. He was bom in Atlanta on Feb. 21.

Julie Babb vacationed in Cali¬ fornia in February and visited Jody Stone Graham who lives in Hun- tington Beach. They visited Jeannie Morris Caldwell in Pasa¬ dena and report she has a 1 1/2-

year-old daughter named Caroline and a "beautiful California home.".... Amy Potts has be¬ come a college professor! She earned her master's in physical education from Middle Tennessee State University in December and took a position as aquatics director at Cumberland College, a small liberal arts college in Williams- burg, Ky.

Speaking of moving, Mary Jane Golding Hawthorne and her family moved from McMinnville to Franklin, Tenn., where Blake was called as pastor of another Presbyterian church in the sum¬ mer of 1989. Mary Jane stays busy serving on several church com¬ mittees, decorating their home and raising 3-year-old Jamie. She also does sewing for "Jamie's Jump¬ ers," her custom sewing company for children and adults.... Cynthia Hite Johnston is having a baby and building a house.... Please write me with your news!

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SECRETARY Carla Eidson Pierce 88 Wills Drive Alpharetta, GA 30201

Greetings! Thanks to everyone who wrote or called with class news for this edition. . . . Patti Leeming Chamberlain and hus¬ band John announce the birth of Kathryn "Katy" Joann Chamber¬ lain on Dec. 21. Patti is enjoying being a full-time mom for Kelley and Katy. Fran Ivey Lemmen is also enjoying frill-time mother¬ hood; Fran says that Kirk and Ryan are quite a handful and won¬ ders if the "terrible twos" will be double trouble with twins.

Tina Roberts Kennedy and husband Britt are enjoying their new home in Webster Grove, Mich., and recently adopted a part-collie/part-shepherd named Annie. Tina hopes to finish her thesis this fall.. . . Mary Ellen Huckabee is still in law school at the University of North Carolina and will be doing her internship at King &. Spalding in Atlanta this summer. Mary Ellen is looking forward to working with Sue Feese, also with King &. Spalding.

Tracy Baker Bengston and husband Dave have relocated to Simpsonville, S.C., where Dave has been transferred with GE; Tracy is glad to he hack in the "real south" after living in Florida.

Carol Martin Clark is still teaching elementary school in Baltimore, Md.. .. Shaun Fletcher is teaching special educa¬ tion in Douglasville, Ga., and is enjoying living in midtown. . . . Beth Gilreath Jansto and hus¬ band Bill have bought a new home just outside of Washington, D.C.; Beth is still working for the Census Bureau in Washington... . Cayce Calloway was seen on the television gameshow Jackpot last fall. Cayce, was that really you?. . ■ Peggy Schweers is busy with her various part-time jobs and Women in Communications (will be financial committee chair 1990-1991). She put together a

newsletter for our class, Signifi¬ cance, which will give us all a fo¬ rum to expand on the "whys and wherefores" of our lives, as well as a network for business and per¬ sonal contacts.. .. Pam Waters Boushell is trading bonds at Kid- der Peabody in Atlanta.. .. Alicia Gomez is a paralegal at an Atlanta law fimt and is sporting around town in a new convertible.... Julie Custer was married in St. Simons, Ga., and should send me all the details for our class news. j

Patti Pair is busy preparing a j special lecture for Georgia State j University on "The Use of Micro- j Computers in the Classroom." This past New Year's Patti had a ' mini-ASC at her new townhome :

in Roswell. Joining the celebration were Celene Howard, Sherri Holmes Ward, Andrew Miller '83 and Carie Cato Pursley '83.... Celene is living in Kennesaw, Ga., and is busy with her show dogs; j one of Celene's dogs is nationally I ranked... . Kim Fortenberry ! Siegelson completed her MBA in risk management from Georgia State with honors. She and her husband, Hank, just moved into their brand new home in Clarkston, Ga.... Betsy Shaw Brown, living outside of Washing- j ton, D.C., says you can disregard | her quote in our reunion class di- J rectory—when are you due, Betsy? |

Leslie Lyons Watkins is help- I ing her husband buy women's ap¬ parel for his store (named POR¬ TERS) in Virginia-Highland. Leslie is also busy sponsoring an Atlanta-area book club with Leslie Miller '83.... Leslie and Leslie, as well as Patti Leeming Chamber¬ lain, Peggy Schweers and Carie Cato Pursley and myself, recently held a class—Real Life 101—for the ASC class of 1990. We shared ideas with the graduating seniors about apartments, decorating, work wardrobes and personal bud¬ gets (we had a decent turnout con- j sidering there was a tornado warn- I ing at the time).... Other news for me includes a recent promo¬ tion with the EPA. Instead of pro¬ tecting our drinking water, I'll now be working for cleaner air.... j Please remember to write; I look j forward to hearing from you all!

8 5 I I SECRETARY Erin Odtm 155 Jefferson Place ' Decatur, GA 30030

Ginger Thompson got married on Sept. 9. Her married name is Ginger Thompson Jablonski.

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SECRETARY Sandra Dell Futch 359 Charlesttm Lane Lawrenceville, GA 30245

Nancy Elizabeth Hardy is an associate with Jones, Walker, et al. in the corporate department,

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ALUMNAE EVENTS

Congrats!

Agnes Scott received three major awards in the recent Qruncil for the Advance¬ ment and Support of Educa¬ tion (CASE) recognition program.

A silver medal was given in the category of Alumni On-Campus and Off-Campus Events for ASC's Centennial Alumnae Weekend.

The Agnes Scott Alum¬ nae Magazine won a gold award in the Periodical Spe¬ cial Issues category for the Winter 1990 Centennial is¬ sue.

A bronze award was given for an illustration which ap¬ peared in the Spring 1989 magazine.

and has moved to New Orleans, La. ... Diane Huddle Grandinetti, who lives in Austin, Texas, is now married. . . . Holland Rogers Markwalter has a new baby.

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SECRETARY Natalie Whkten 1029 St. John's Wood Richmond, VA 23225

' Julie Ellette Huffaker is serving in the Peace Corps, out of the country. . . . Eugenia Chilcutt Porter is expecting a baby in Sep-

1 tember.

SECRETARY Catherine G. Martin 1185 Collier Road Apt. 23-D Atlanta, GA 30318

Karen Faith Gray is going to law school in Athens.

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SECRETARY Karen Wisely 3450-D North Druid Hilk Road Decatur, GA 30033

Mini Abraham is living in Au¬ gusta, Ga., and is a first-year stu¬ dent at the Medical College of Georgia. Other ASC alums at MCG are Pramoda Rao '87, who is a second-year student and Mary Hutchinson '86, who is a third- year student.

Allison Adams is living in At¬ lanta and is working as an editorial assistant for Longstreet Press. She

enjoys life in Atlanta and living in her own apartment, which she shares with her two black cats named Sidney and Elliot.

Dee Agee is also living in At¬ lanta and is working for Harry Norman Realtors as a relocation coordinator. Dee contacts people who are interested in moving to Atlanta and places them with a selling agent. Any of you inter¬ ested in moving back to Atlanta, you know whom to contact! Dee is also currently looking for a teaching position for this fall. Other news from Dee included that Tracey Kerrigan was married in June. Tracey is currently living in Decatur and is teaching kinder¬ garten at Rainbow Elementary School.

Katherine Joan Kelley is get¬ ting married. . . . Cherie Amette is attending William Carey Col¬ lege in Hattiesburg, Miss. Cherie is in the master's in education pro¬ gram with a specialty area in mathematics. Cherie writes that she loves grad school and living in her own apartment. This past fall, Cherie did some traveling and vis¬ ited me and a bunch of other friends here in Atlanta. She also had a wonderful vist with Pam Callahan Sandlin '87, her hus¬ band, Riki, and their son David.

Kimberly Baker is living in Lincolnton, N.C., and is an in¬ terim reference assistant at the Gastonia Public Library. In March, Kimberly attended a missions con¬ ference at the Foreign Mission Board at the Southern Baptist convention in Richmond, Va. Kimberly also travelled down to Greenville, S.C., where her sister, Tracey Baker Bengston '84, and her husband, Dave, live. Writes Kimberly, "I love small-town life. I've learned a great deal about the community, and I am becoming a well-rounded, aware citizen of my community."

Laura Beverly writes from Peachtree City, Ga., that she is working as an editorial assistant for a health/medical newsletter. Laura is still planning to go to medical school, but is enjoying her time out of school. . . . Kimberlee Cadora is teaching high-school Spanish at Wheeler High School in Marietta, Ga. Writes Kimberlee, "I love it, although the adjustment has been a real chal¬ lenge."

Kathryn Deane loves living in Washington, D.C., and her work at the public relations firm of Burson-Marsteller. Kathryn is an assistant to an account team that deals with environmental issues. Writes Kathryn, "There's so much to explore in the D.C. area. It's just that weekends are too short! Visitors are welcome—give me a call!" In April, Kathryn repre¬ sented Agnes Scott at a D.C.-area college fair. Kathryn keeps in touch with Tina Carr who also lives in the D.C. area and has been in Dallas, Texas, recently for more EDS training.

Alisa Duffey Rogers writes that she will be attending San Di¬ ego State University in the fall. She will be working toward a master's in public administration.

She and Chuck just bought their first home in Lemon Grove, Calif. Congratulations!

Linda Florence is living in Decatur, Ga., and is the media relations director for the Down¬ town Development Authority. Linda produces monthly newslet¬ ters for all business and profes¬ sional license holders in the City of Decatur. She also does press releases for events in the Decatur Square, PR for the city, and works with the Decatur Business Asso¬ ciation. Linda is also a columnist with the Decatur-Dekalb News/Era, where she writes a column called "Decatur Views." Recently, she co- authored a paper titled "The Scopes Trial: A First Hand Ac¬ count" with Greg Lisby, assistant professor, Department of Commu¬ nications, Georgia State Univer¬ sity, about the two Georgia women who covered the Scopes Trial in 1925. The paper was one of the top two in the Association of Edu¬ cators of Journalism & Mass Com¬ munications Southeast Collegium in March. Congratulations!

Dawn Goforth is enjoying liv¬ ing in New Hampshire and writes that the country, mountains and sea coast are all very beautiful. Dawn is working at the Currier Gallery of Art as an administrative assistant to the director. .. . Amy Goodloe received her master's in education in English at the Uni¬ versity of Virginia in May. She will then be moving to the Boston, Mass., area to begin work on an M.A. in theology at Gordon- Conwell Seminary. After this, Amy plans to begin work on a Ph.D. in Religion and Literature at Harvard or Boston University or to teach for a few years before starting doctoral work. Amy says that she hopes to one day teach religion and literature at a small liberal arts college. Right now, Amy is excited about moving to the North Shore (an area north of Boston), where she will be living this fall and where she spent spring break.

Gwen Haug became engaged to Bill Garrity in mid-Febmary, and an Aug. 4 wedding is planned. Gwen has been doing post-bacca¬ laureate graduate work in music education. She is working towards elementary music certification. .. . Susanne Hollister is the program manager of refugee services for the Lutheran Ministries of Georgia here in Atlanta. She says she loves it! Her two sons are doing well and are both studying at Georgia State University.

Katie Kelley is an assistant ac¬ tuary with Alexander &. Alexan¬ der Consulting Group here in At¬ lanta. She married Dennis Franklin June 30 at the Cathedral of St. Phillip. Crystal Collis and Kate Tobin were attendants.

Vee Kimbrell is working in Atlanta as a marketing representa¬ tive for Enterprise Capital Man¬ agement with Shannon Gibbs. In October, Vee passed the Series 7 exam necessary to sell securities. Last fall, Vee traveled to Chicago, Boston, New York and several

other cities on business trips. Caroline Lewis writes from

Jacksonville, Fla., that she is work¬ ing as a mental health counselor at a private psychiatric hospital— Charter Hospital of Jacksonville. She does group therapy and works on the unit with children ages 4 to 12 years old. Caroline is also tak¬ ing a class to start her master's in social work.... At Thanksgiving, Caroline got engaged to Ian Stake, and a July wedding is planned. Mitrina Mogelnicki will be maid of honor, and Sonya Wells '89x and Mary Ruth Oliver will be bridesmaids. Caroline and Ian will be living in St. Petersburg, Fla., where Ian is working in campus ministry at Eckerd College and youth ministry at the First Presby¬ terian Church of St. Petersburg.

Deborah Erb Marigault and Manuel are living in Charlotte, N.C., where Deborah is working as a social services coordinator and medical records clerk at the Plan¬ tation Estates Medical Facility. Deborah and Manuel are enjoying Charlotte and have been active playing the guitar and singing with a folk group. Deborah also volun¬ teers with the Dispute Resolution Center in Charlotte as a mediator.

Sam McClintock has been busy pursuing a Ph.D. in the his¬ tory of science at the University of Oklahoma. She was able to visit some close friends in Tulsa on the first day of spring break but was only able to stay one day because she had two papers to write. "Sound familiar?" asks Sam.

Sarah Napier is living here in Atlanta in Virginia-Highland and having a great time. She is enjoy¬ ing being an assistant teacher at the Paideia School.... Jill Owens has been working hard at Wash¬ ington University in St. Louis, Mo. Jill is in the School of Archi¬ tecture and should receive her M.A. in architecture in two years.

Gwen Palmer has been work¬

ing towards a juris doctor at Horida State College of Law in Tallahassee, Fla.

Louisa Parker is working for an Atlanta law firm, Alston &. Bird, designing and editing bro¬ chures and newsletters. Conchi Gonzales and Rebecca Eamshaw are her roommates.. .. Ginger Patton-Schmitt and Michael are living in Atlanta where Ginger has been teaching school.... Susanne Pesterfield is at Emory pursuing a Ph.D. in political sci¬ ence. It will take approximately five to six years to complete the degree work, and Susanne's long- term plans involve a professorship with lots of traveling for research.

Thao Tu is up in Detroit, Mich., working as a systems engi¬ neer developer with the Electronic Data Systems Corporation. In case anyone was wondering, Thao as¬ sures us that Michigan "sure is cold during the winter."

Carolyn Weaver is working in Marietta, Ga., as a pension admin¬ istrator in the Group Pensions De¬ partment at Confederation Life Insurance Company.

Karen Wisely—"I'm living in Atlanta and am also working at Confederation Life with Carolyn Weaver. In November, I received a promotion and was asked to join the Pensions System Project Team. Basically, I'm helping to design and set up a computer sys¬ tem for the Pensions and Invest¬ ment Department. I've learned a lot about computer systems and j even more about all the business aspects of pensions. I've also been busy outside of work taking ball¬ room dancing classes, a class on missions at church and hanging out with friends from Georgia Tech. In February, I was honored to be selected as sweetheart of 1

Theta Chi Fraternity where I am a little sister. I've been enjoying liv¬ ing in Atlanta—as many others have written—without having to j worry about papers, tests and studying." j

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Summer 1990/Main Events A-19

ALUMNAE EVENTS

BIRTHS

1967 A son, Matthew Scott Wickes, to Ann Hunter Wickes and Keith, March 22.

1976 A daughter, Elizabeth Carroll "Betsy" Fortune, to Brandon Brame Fortune and Terry, Nov. 1.

A daughter, Olivia Riley Day, to Lori Riley Day and Blade, Nov. 23.

1978 A daughter, Mattison Olivia Hammett, to Martha Jane Gates Hammett and Rick, Aug. 1, 1989.

A son, Rankin Michael Bohan, to Judy Miller Bohan and Michael, Sept. 14, 1989.

A daughter, Sarah Catherine Courtney, to Cathy Winn Courtney and John, Dec. 11.

1979 A son, Benjamin Graham Garbo, to Eleanor Graham and Michael Garbo, Nov. 20.

A son, David Manning Towns, to Edith Spurlock Towns and Tony, Nov. 29.

A daughter, Emily Grace Hunt, to Sarah Windham Hunt and Brian, Jan. 17.

A son, James Stephen Wiggins, to Julie Johnston Wiggins and Skip, Feb. 2.

1982 A son, Andrew Phillip Mabry, to Merry Winter Mabry and Phillip, July 24, 1989.

A son, Duncan Foster Grace, to Sara Lucinda Foster Grace and Mike, July 26, 1989.

A son, John Webster Goodwin, to Amy Dotson Goodwin and Forrest, Jan. 8.

A son, Timothy Michael Voccio, to Sarah Adams Voccio and Michael, on Jan. 10.

A son, Herbert Blake Jeffries Benton, to Ashley Jeffries and Bert Benton, Jan. 21.

A son, William Anderson "Andy" Turtle, to Katherine Cralle Turtle and Sam, March 23.

1983 A son, Joseph Randall Crabb, to Marion Mayer Crabb and Jim, Dec. 2.

A son, Benjamin Stuart Clifton, to Shari Nichols Clifton and Stuart, Feb. 21.

A son, Matthew Brinson Williamson, to Lynda Brannen Williamson and Hughes, March 1.

1984 A daughter, Katheryn Joann "Katy" Chamberlain, to Patti

Leeming Chamberlain and John, Dec. 21.

1985 A son, Michael James Walker, to Ellen Grant Walker and Larry, March 8.

1910 Eva Towers Hendee, Jan. 11.

1917 Dorothy Brown Jennings, Nov. 16.

1918 Olive Hardwick Cross, Dec. 21. Ruby Lee Estes Ware, Dec. 31.

1920 Margaret Edmiston Cecil, Jan. 5.

1921 Elizabeth Floding Morgan, Jan. 1.

1922 Mary Remer "Dinah" Parramore, April 7.

1923 Mary Helen Mack Wimberly, Oct. 2. Helen Aline Christie Lovelace, Dec. 30. Ruth Sanders, March 2.

1924 Helen Lane Comfort Sanders, April 5.

1925 Ruth Drane Williams, May 1.

1926 Addie Pharr Story, Feb. 18.

1927 George Caldwell, husband of Evelyn Albright Caldwell, Aug. 12, 1989. Evelyn Mitchell Madry, March 1.

1929 Diuise Gordon Thomas McKee, Sept. 3, 1989. Marion Rosalind Green Johnston, Jan. 10. Lyle Walters Buckner, Jan. 29. Dorothy Cheek Callaway, Feb. 24- Mary Prim Fowler, March 1. Edward B. Brown, husband of Eugenia McDonald Brown, March 5.

1930 Martha Worth "Pat" Rogers Tay¬ lor, Jan. 4-

1931 Carmel Ann Goodstein, grand¬ daughter of Carolyn Goodstein Germain, July 19, 1989. Fanny Willis Niles Bolton, Jan. 18. Diuise Ware Venable, Feb. 8.

1933 D. Franklin Nash, husband of Letitia Rockmore Nash, Feb. 15.

1936 Alfred W. Jones, husband of Frances Napier Jones, Jan. 10. Mary M.C. Martin, mother of Ann Bernard Manin, March 3.

1937 Beverly Peeples Kelton, Aug. 19, 1989. June Matthews Blackwell, Sept. 15, 1989.

1938 James B. Lindsey, husband of Marjorie Rainey Lindsey, Jan. 21. Eliza King Paschall, Feb. 24-

1940 Emilie Thomas Gibson, Jan. 4-

1943 Myrick Clements, father of Alice Clements Shinall, Dec. 22.

1944 Betty Sullivan Wrenn, Feb. 1.

1945 Bonnie W. Turner, mother of Mary Turner Buchanan and Newell Turner Parr '49, Jan. 6.

1948 Irene Blair Broyles, mother of Charlotte B. Heinz and Mildred B. Carver '49, Dec. 28.

1949 Ella Parks, mother of Nancy Parks Donnan, Sept. 30, 1989. Irene Blair Broyles, mother of Mildred B. Carver and Charlotte B. Heinz '48, Dec. 28. Ruby Hackney Lehmann Cowley, Jan. 1. Bonnie W. Turner, mother of Newell Turner Parr and Mary Turner Buchanan '45, Jan. 6.

1950 Mrs. R.K. Pitts, mother of Ann Pitts Cobb, Jan. 21.

1953 Nina H. Thomson, mother of Anne Thomson Sheppard, March 5.

1955 • Paul Wilson O'Shields, husband of Marianne McPherson O'Shields, March 5.

1957 Margaret Benton Davis, March 22.

1958 Mrs. Argiro B. Peppas, mother of Phia Peppas Kanellos, Dec. 26.

1964 Mary Ann Kennedy-Ehn, Sept. 29, 1989. Richard Caldwell, husband of Judith Hillsman Caldwell, Jan. 22.

1969 Josephine Singeltary Hinson, mother of Marion Hinson Mitchell, Sept. 10, 1989.

1970 Sharon Hall Snead, Feb. 13.

1975 James V. McDaris, husband of Deborah Leigh Harris, Jan. 13.

Alumnae Board

Nominations

The nominations committee seeks your suggestions of alum¬ nae (including yourself) who can best fill the directors' positions described below. Your careful consideration and recommenda¬ tions are needed for the following positions; all but one carry two-year terms, to begin at the Annual Meeting on Alumnae Day, April 27, 1991.

Please fill out the form and mail it directly to the Office of Alumnae Affairs.

President Elect: Serves a one-year term observing Asso¬ ciation activities in preparation for presidency; understudy to president.

Vice President for College Advancement: Assists the president of the association in leading and working with the fol¬ lowing committee chairs: fund, AAR, publications and career. Also, assists the director of alumnae affairs in planning and implementing Alumnae Leadership Conference in the fall.

Secretary-Treasurer: Records procedure at annual meet¬ ings of Alumnae Association and Board of Directors meetings; keeps records of Alumnae Association funds.

Careers Chair: Acts as liaison between career planning and placement office and alumnae in careers in setting up intern¬ ships and externships.

Continuing Education Chair: Plans continuing study of timely topics with faculty specialists and community leaders.

Fund Chair: Oversees all fund-raising activities with alum¬ nae, such as phonathon and annual fund in cooperation with the development office.

House Chair: Oversees Alumnae House, advising on fur¬ nishings and decorations.

For Alumnae Association officers, I nominate the following: (Please list qualifications below and make additional copies as necessary. For nominations to more than one office, please at¬ tach additional sheets.)

Name

Class Year

Office

Qualifications

Signed Class

Please return by December 1, 1990 to: Alumnae Nominations Committee c/o Alumnae Office Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA 30030

Thank you.

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