SCOTT

A century of service One hundred years have passed since the first group of Agnes Scott College alumnae returned to campus to help a senior elass celebrate graduation on May 24, 1895 (the first alumnae event). The ASC Alumnae Association will mark its centennial at this year's Alumnae Weekend, April 28-30, with these festivities: a fundraising silent auction of historic and current College memorabil¬ ia, book signings by several alumnae authors, recognition of the charter members of the Frances Winship Walters Society, dedication of a campus tree tour, and an original Blackfriars production that includes monologues taken from alumnae oral histories. Look for a complete Alumnae Weekend schedule and registration materials in the mail in late February.

Your credit is good Agnes Scott College now accepts MasterCard and VISA credit card payment from both undergraduate and graduate students toward their student account balances (tuition, room, board). ■ For additional information about this payment method, contact April Pealor in the accounting office, (404) 638-6301.

Rooms in many inns Need lodging in Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Houston or Washington, D.C.? Want to help create a scholarship at Agnes Scott?

You can do both. Through the

Alumnae Guestroom Network Endowing Scholarships (A.G.N.E.S) program, the ASC Alumnae Association will secure economical lodging for alumnae, stu¬ dents, faculty and administrative staff at the homes of alumnae in these five cities.

The money earned through the room charges will endow a scholarship for ASC students and spark relationships with alums. ■ For rates and reservations two weeks in advance of your trip, call the alumnae office, I 800 868-8602.

Renewable Christmas The spirit of Christmas (trees) Past will linger on the lawn of your alma mater throughout 1995. Eighteen cubic yards of cedar and fir chips were generated from some 875 Christmas trees that were dropped off at Agnes Scott's Candler Street parking lot following the December holiday. The former ever¬ greens will protect the flora surrounding Jenie Inman and Rebekah Scott halls as well as the pansies at the comer of College Avenue and McDonough Street. This year's yuletide contributions brought the four-year tree recycling total to 3,300 trees. ASC and the city of Decatur share the project: Agnes Scott receives, Decatur chips.

AQMES

/-M*

if EsL Ml

PAULORREG6N PHOTO

MARY BROWN BULLOCK NAMED SEVENTH PRESIDENT OF AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE

The Board of Trustees named Mary Brown Bullock '66 the seventh president of Agnes Scott College on Jan. 25, and appointed her professor of history.

Bullock, a China scholar, is the director of the Asia Program of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C., and a professorial lecturer at The Johns Hopkins University School for Advanced International Studies. An Agnes Scott alum¬ na who received her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Chinese history from Stanford University, Bullock was director for 10 years of the Committee on Scholarly Communication with the People's Republic of China, through the National Academy of Sciences. Her husband, George, works in government relations; the couple has two teen¬ age children, Graham and Ashley.

Director of Communications Sara Pilger interviewed Bullock about her plans for the presidency, which she will assume July 1.

Why were you interested in the position of president of Agnes Scott?

MARY BROWN BULLOCK: Agnes Scott College is one of the outstanding women's colleges in the country. It has the institutional strengths and resources to become a model for liberal arts education in the 21st century. At this critical juncture in the College's history, I was attracted by this challenge of intellectual leadership. I am especially excited about working with college-age stu¬ dents, whose idealism and energy keeps us all young.

How closely do you plan to work with the students? Would you like to teach?

MBB: Life takes interesting twists. When I left Agnes Scott my goal was to get a Ph.D. and teach Chinese his¬ tory at a liberal arts college! I hope to spend some time in the classroom. I have enjoyed my teaching at Johns Hopkins but have also learned that it takes many forms. One of the joys of my work has been working with young women. I am sensitive to the transition from college to

the workplace which is also a part of the on-going learn¬ ing process.

Wha t past professional experience has prepared you for this position?

MBB: I bring the experience of an academic adminis¬ trator, trustee, scholar and teacher.

My responsibilities at the National Academy of Sciences and the Wilson Center have been somewhat similar to those of a college dean. I work with faculty in all disciplines and have had considerable fund-raising experience.

A women's college education: how did it shape you and how can we build on its benefits for our women?

MBB: As time goes by, I realize anew how much I Please see, "A Goal of Growth," page 2

REALITY CHECK

Average American College Costs 1994-95 Books Room & Board

00 LT) o l>- 00 LTl tn

/ 4/3- / 4/3 4/3

Public Private ASC Public Private ASC Source: the Chronicle of Higher Education, Oct. 5,1994, provided by The Colle^.* Bound

DAVID BIRDSONG ILLUSTRATION

What's Inside At Agnes Scott

■ An update on the mysterious Ramona Cartwright p. 6

■ Before you say "I do," say "Thatcher Chapel." p. 6 ■ Among the next gen¬ eration of world leaders are the college leaders we profile p. 3 ■ Student research leads to awareness of alumnae attitudes p. 5

ON CAMPUS

PAUL OBREOCw PHOTO

Main Events

Series 93, Number 2 February 1995

EDITOR Mary Alma Durrett

CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Celeste Pennington

EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Audrey Arthur

STUDENT ASSISTANTS Rolanda Daniel '98 Jennifer Odom '98

Leigh Anne Russell '97 Samantha Stavely '97

Ashley Wright '96

EDITORIAL BOARD Christine Cozzens

Kim Lamkin Drew '90 Bill Gailey

Ellen Fort Grissett '77 Sandi Harsh '95

Tish McCutchen '73 Kay Parkerson O'Briant '70

Emily Pender '95 Sara Pilger

Edmund Sheehey Lucia Howard Sizemore '65

Published six times a year by the Office of Publications

Agnes Scott College Buttrick Hall

Decatur, GA 30030 (404) 638-6301

Articles in this publication reflect the opinions of the

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

or administration.

Mailed free to alumnae, faculty, staff and friends

of the College

Second-class postaue paid in Decatur, OA Postm;ister: Please send address changes to

Office of Development Agnes Scott College HI E. College Ave. Decatur. OA 30030

USPS-011763 Copyright €> IW5 Agnes Scott College

MARY ALMA IX KRFTT PLR

MOVED BY YOUR GENEROSITY—In October, the entire development section of Agites Scott College, including (from left) Adelia Huffines, Jean Kennedy. Peg Shelton. Andrea Swilley 90 and Anne Schatz, mined lock, stock and file cabinet to a renovated College-moied house at 342 South McDonough St. Despite the mine, telephone numbers remain the same and all mail to development is still sent to 141 E. College Ate., Decatur, GA 30030.

A goal of growth

BULLOCK'S FIRST PRIORITY: TO BE ON CAMPUS, LISTENING AND LEARNING

Continued from page 1 gained from a women's college, so I was pleased to see in a statement from the Presidential Search Committee that there is a basic agreement about contin¬ uing as a women's liberal arts institution.

My years at Agnes Scott taught me much about the pur¬ suit of excellence, the opportu¬ nities for leadership and the importance of friendship. I first found my voice here . . . and it has served me well as one of only a few women Ph.D candi¬ dates at Stanford and in Washington's male-dominated international relations community.

Today, however, I believe broader experiences in coed set¬ tings, such as in classes, intern¬ ships, study abroad, and through cross-institutional set¬ tings, round out an education. In this dimension, Agnes Scott's Atlanta location gives it an advantage over other wom¬ en's colleges.

H oic should we be preparing women to become leaders in the list century?

MBB: Women leaders need to be better prepared in the sci¬ ences, whether or not they pur¬ sue a formal career in science. Understanding the human and societal impact of current and future scientific and technologi¬ cal issues requires bridging the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences. A liberal arts

education has a special contri¬ bution to make here, and women have a special responsi¬ bility not to be bystanders or polemicists.

I look forward to working with the faculty in identifying new resources which can make these visions realities through programs already in the works, like the Science Center for Women.

t strengths do you see in Agnes Scott?

MBB: I appreciate Agnes Scott's highly qualified faculty committed to good teaching and academic excqilence, the intel¬ lectually curious and lively stu¬ dent body, the hardworking staff that is dedicated to improving the prospects for the future of the College, the campuswide multicultural diversity, its fabu¬ lous location and lovely campus, its endowment per student (fourth largest in the country) and state-of-the-art technology recently put into place.

Wha t do you see as the three most important challenges facing the College? What will be your top priority?

MBB: Our first challenge will be to continue our renewal as a community of warmth, collegial- ity, intellectual vitality and good humor. Sally Mahoney is doing a splendid job as an interim president, and no one will bene¬ fit more from her success than 1. Second, we need to increase

retention and enrollment. Third, I'd like to expand educational and professional link¬ ages with the Atlanta communi¬ ty and beyond. My first priority, how¬ ever, is to be on campus, getting to know faculty, staff, and students — listening and learning.

The Tower bell in Agnes Scott Hall peeled for five minutes on Jan. 25 before the College named its first alumna president, Mary Brown Bullock '66 (right). Clair McLeod Midler '67, chairperson of the Presidential Search Committee (center), was on hand as students, faculty and others welcomed Bullock in the gazebo following the aimoucement.

You mentioned expanded enroll¬ ment. How might we do that and to what level?

MBB: Our time is now. Interest in women's colleges is growing. We need to fill the residence halls and move to full capacity rapidly. Looking ahead, however, let's explore the possibility of an even larger student body.

The institutional resources needed to support fine liberal arts colleges these days require a larger critical mass of stu¬ dents. Growth can be accom¬ plished while retaining a high quality and intimate learning atmosphere.

How to do this? Pride, publicity and self-con¬

fidence will take us a long way. We must truly believe that Agnes Scott is the premier women's college not only in the Southeast, but south of Penn¬ sylvania and east of California. While focusing on the tradi-

Blitzing for new recruits

ASC "TRAVEL BLITZ" PROMOTION WINS CASE AWARD IN ANNUAL JUDGING

Agnes Scott College's "Travel Blitz '94" pro¬ gram received an Award of Excellence among Institutional Relations Projects in

the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District III Advancement Awards Competition for 1995. The blitz was fea¬ tured in the February CASE Currents, an institu¬ tional relations trade publication.

The offices of admission, alumnae affairs, devel¬ opment and public relations produced this coordi¬ nated program of institutional travel, Sept. 12- Nov. 10, to increase awareness of Agnes Scott College during "blitz" visits in the 15 population markets in the Southeast identified as prime loca¬ tions for student recruitment. In addition to the admission efforts, representatives of the alumnae and development programs of the College visited the same cities and had the opportunity to enhance their respective outreach programs to dif¬ ferent audiences within the same visitation period.

Visits to many of the cities were preceded by advertisements produced and placed by the public relations office. In addition, advance media work

was coordinated by public relations to promote admission's computerized interactive CD-ROM recruitment program.

The number of prospective students and parents attending admission's dessert and discussion func¬ tion in Pensacola, Fla., increased by 175 percent from the previous year. Development representa¬ tives made 37 visits with individual major donor prospects. A total of 116 alumnae out of a pool of 1,229 attended alumnae functions. Ten new mem¬ bers joined the Frances Winship Walters Society (a planned giving club) and at least seven new poten¬ tial donors were identified. Admission's innovative CD-ROM program resulted in eight media place¬ ments: Associated Press, USA Today, WCTV, WKRG-TV, Computer Currents, the Atlanta Joumal/Constitutiim, Chattamxiga's News/Free Press and the Pensacola News-Journal.

Travel and entertainment expenditufes for the blitz were absorbed in the normal operating bud¬ gets of alumnae affairs, admission and develop¬ ment; the advertising budget for the project was just over $20,000.

tional four-year liberal arts degree, we should also recognize that many of the components for additional growth are already in place—graduate, post-baccalaureate science and Retum-To-College programs, and our collaboration with other Atlanta institutions.

How can we strengthen the link¬ ages that you mentioned as one of your challenges?

MBB: My background in international relations and As'fan studies gives me a special commitment to enhancing Agnes Scott's exciting interna¬ tional activities, which should become the norm, rather than the exception. I hope that we will he able to make funding for these opportunities more easily available for both faculty and students.

Closer to home, Atlanta is a major corporate, financial, edu¬ cational, technological, trans¬ portation and cultural center. Agnes Scott must continue to reach out to provide well-uti¬ lized two-way linkages with this dynamic community.

YC^iat about even closer to home? Decatur?

MBB: I hope to build on recent initiatives such as the Decatur (.'ampaign and last fall's historic designation recog¬ nizing Agnes Scott and South Candler Street. We must continue to be a good neighbor.

H oti' does your family feel about moving to Decatur?

MBB: After living in Wash¬ ington for more than 20 years, moving a family (that includes an 80-pound dog) will not he easy. We are taking this one step at a time. As a family, we are ready for some new adven¬ tures. Our transition will be eased by relatives already living in the Atlanta area and we Lxik forward to becoming a part of the Decatur community.

Main Events • February 1995

fv ON CAMPUS

provided a humane

ivpresidency during difficult times

-MARVIN PERRY, FORMER ASC PRESIDENT, DIES IN CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA., DEC. 12

QUALITY TIME

Marvin Perry

Agnes Scott College President Emeritus Marvin Banks Perry jr.,

76, died Dec. 12 at West- minster-Canterhury of the Blue Ridge in Charlottesville, Va., after being diagnosed with spindle cell cancer in October 1994- A - memorial service was held Dec. 15.

Perry led an active life after retiring from Agnes Scott College in 1982. He served on the boards of several institutions and organizations while in Atlanta and continued his community involvement into retirement, as a member of the boards of Sweet Briar Col¬ lege and the Virginia Founda¬ tion for the Humanities and Public Policy, and the Alumni Council of the College of Arts and Sciences of the University of Virginia. He was also a church elder.

During Perry's nine-year administration at Agnes Scott, the College raised $750,000 in a comprehensive campaign, reno¬ vated three major buildings at a cost of $500,000, implemented the Retum-to-College Program, inaugurated merit-based schol¬ arships and established a dual- degree program with Georgia Tech. The College also saw annual alumnae giving increase by 186 percent, and faculty' salaries rise by 7 5 percent for full professors. Perry fully sup¬ ported developing faculty gover¬ nance and improving the insur¬ ance and retirement programs for all employees.

"The College was being buf¬ feted by external factors that shaped his presidency," recalled Michael Brown, professor of his¬ tory, "yet he provided a humane presidency under very difficult circumstances." A decline in the popularity of women's col¬ leges and liberal education com¬ bined with inflation and declin¬ ing enrollment were strong forces facing Perry.

Upon Perry's retirement, the ASC Board of Trustees desig¬ nated $500,000 of unrestricted endowment funds to support the merit scholarships begun by Perry. Each year two awards are given in his name.

Mary Alverta (Bertie) Bond '53 recalled Perry's words to his last graduating class: "Do well and do good." Bond believes that statement describes his presidency as well. "He did well by this College, and he did many good things for Agnes Scott people. He relished life and lived as a thoughtful, caring and considerate person."

Larry Gellerstedt, former chair of the board of trustees, remarked that the former presi¬ dent was "a classic scholar. He was a strong family man . . . He was' a gentleman."

Perry served as president of Goucher College in Towson, Md., from 1967 to 1973 and earlier served as dean of admis¬ sions for the University of Virginia. He taught at Washington and Lee University. Perry was a graduate of the University of Virginia and Harvard University, with degrees in English. He authored or co-authored books and arti¬ cles on English and American literature. A decorated com¬ mander in the U.S. Naval

OLYMPIC UPDATE

ASC to host athletes, Irish visitors Agnes Scott has finalized two agreements related to the

Olympic Games to be held the summer of 1996. The Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (AGOG)

has contracted to lease Agnes Scott's sports complex July 6-Aug. 3, 1996, for use as practice and conditioning sites for Olympic teams in synchronized swimming, volleyball and soccer. The teams will reside in the Olympic Village in Atlanta.

In addition, the city of Decatur, with hosts the DeKalb Historical Society and Agnes Scott, will serve as the center of hospitality for the Irish contingent during the Olympics, which includes housing a small group of distinguished Irish visitors in the Anna Young Alumnae House. Negotiations are being final¬ ized for housing sporting officials in residence halls.

Reserve, he was executive offi¬ cer of the ammunition ship USS Wrangell during the invasions of I wo Jima and Okinawa.

He is survived by his wife, Ellen Gilliam Perry; two daugh¬ ters, Elizabeth Perry Sweet of Westport, Conn., and Margaret Perry Daniel of Atlanta; a brother, John Mosby Perry of Chevy Chase, Md.; and two grandchildren.

—Sara Pilger is director of communications

■ Memorial gifts may be made to the Marvin B. Perry Jr. Honor Scholars Fund at ASC, the Ellen Gilliam Perry Library Fund at the University of Virginia, and the Elizabeth Perry and Marvin Perry Library Fund at Washington and Lee University.

Abrmckd m a di&nt Milmd un'<fhovtT Fjia. 5p(-llcLtck | Jj'ohdn wWff/t

d&ua /faff- ^ Icd Mht'bHtcl tb imd cfy Jm /vecate pka

<3

STUDENT LEADER PROFILES

AMY HEINS '95 Social Council president Major: Economics Hometown: James Island, S.C.

T'he Social Council organizes social activi¬ ties on campus which the whole campus community may attend, such as the

Holiday Gala, the Street Dance, band parties and, of course, Black Cat. The council's goal is to sponsor events that will appeal to a wide variety of students. Many of the activities are open to those outside the campus community while oth¬ ers are for ASC students only.

Not only traditional students, but all students, including day students and RTCs, are encouraged to attend activities. As president of Social Council, Amy Heins not only likes "to make life here a little fun," but also to make activities more inclusive. "We want to have parties everyone will attend and enjoy."

Through the Social Council, Heins feels she helps provide "good stress-relief to those on campus. She sees council activities as "ways to get rid of the tension that everyone has." Heins values the humor of life and thinks everyone should "realize you can always laugh at whatever is upsetting you."

Although college can be a stressful environ¬ ment, Heins says, "My self-esteem has gone way up [since I have been at Agnes Scott]. I am much more sure of myself and what to do; my self-confi¬ dence has strengthened." Her role in Social Council has been instrumental in fostering this change.

NITYA JACOB '95 Chimo president Major: Biology Hometown: Ahmednagar, India

Chimo promotes cultural awareness on campus by encouraging students of all backgrounds to come together in various

activities. The annual potluck dinner sponsored in the fall is a popular event. Nitya Jacob's main goal as president has been to "make Chimo's pres¬ ence better known on campus." She feels she has been successful in achieving this goal in light of the popularity of Chimo events: "Students have been very enthu¬ siastic."

"Chimo also serves as a support group for interna¬ tional students," says Jacob. She strives "to keep up the strength of Chimo" by promoting cultural awareness. Her Agnes Scott experience has fostered her independence and promoted her own cultural awareness; "I appreci¬ ate people from different backgrounds and have learned to [value India]."

As an Indian woman, Jacob anticipates some difficulty in asserting her independence at home. "However, in the urban areas, women are gener¬ ally able to be independent with more success; [gender equality] is progressing," she says.

Since Jacob wants to enter the field of agricul¬ tural research, she may well end up resocializing those rural zones. "I want to work either in my own country or others that would benefit from that type of research."

—Samantha Stavely '97

February 1995 • Main Events 3

MAJOR GIFTS ROUNDUP

IBM provides matching gifts

LAB'S COMPUTERS TAKE SOME—NOT ALL—PAIN OUT OF THE WRITING PROCESS

MARY ALMA tX'RRETT PHOTO

In a small room on the third floor of Buttrick Hall, stu¬ dents occupy most of the

seven IBM computer stations. Several are typing, one is hunched over a notebook, and another is staring at a computer monitor with furrowed brow.

This is Agnes Scott's Writing Workshop.

Coordinated by the English department, the workshop is staffed by tutors who assist fel¬ low students with writing assign¬ ments. Computers in the work¬ shop were provided through IBM's matching gift program within the past three years.

Christine Cozzens, associate professor of English, said the computers play an important role in the tutoring process. "We do a lot of teaching to inspire the students to write and have technological expertise, so it's important that we have the best and the latest in the Writing Workshop." *

With IBM's help Agnes Scott has beefed up its computer inventory at other sites on cam¬ pus as well. During the first year of the matching gift program, Agnes Scott received 17 com¬ puters. In 1993, nine computers were added.

Last year, however, total con¬ tributions to the College from IBM employees did not meet the minimum needed to participate in the computer equipment

option. Instead, Agnes Scott received $800 in cash toward its Annual Fund. The College's eli¬ gibility for the computer equip¬ ment option requires gifts from IBM employees for a calendar year to total at least $5,000. If the gifts do not meet that total dollar requirement, the College will receive a cash donation in lieu of computer equipment. Altogether, contributions from IBM employees, totaling over $10,000, have enabled the College to purchase $56,000 worth of equipment.

"While the equipment donat¬ ed by the IBM grant was an essential starting point, technol¬ ogy is moving so rapidly that it is important for us to improve the equipment the College has received through the gift pro¬ gram," noted Tom Maier, ASC's director of information technol¬ ogy services.

"Right now, we basically need to provide higher speed capabilities and multimedia capabilities. Information is more effective if it is a combination of words, sound, motion and ani¬ mation. I'd like to see Agnes Scott explore these possibilities and go one step further from simple text to multimedia com¬ munications."

Maier noted that the latest gifts are a continuation of IBM's long standing commitment to computerizing Agnes Scott; IBM provided the first 25 campus computers in 1984-

—Audrey Arthur

■ IBM currently matches its employees' gifts either three to one for computer equipment or one to one in cash. IBM employees inter¬ ested in participating in the match¬ ing gift program may contact their local personnel office.

Annual report correction In the 1993-94 Annual Report, released in December 1994, the

College incorrectly identified the class with the 10th highest percentage of giving among all classes. The class of 1944, under the leadership of Fund Chair Bectye Ashcraft Senter, should have been listed as contributing $27,615 to Agnes Scott during the 1993-94 fiscal year.

The class of 1944 is congratulated on its success. Sallie Manning Ogden '82 should have appeared in the*

Century Club listing. The College regrets the error.

"Great City" campaign

CAMPAIGN HIGHLIGHTS COLLEGE'S CIVIC CONTRIBUTIONS

The Sun Trust Corp. pledged $7,500 and the Decatur branch of

Nations Bank contributed $5,000 in the 1995 Decatur Campaign, a new prong of the Annual Fund, which had helped secure more than $23,821 in gifts and pledges by late January.

"Decatur &. Agnes Scott College: Great City, Great College, Great Possibilities" was the slogan tor the campaign that enlisted the help of a nine- member steering committee of Decatur community leaders who, along with ASC's devel¬ opment staff, solicited more than 100 businesses over a 10- day periixl beginning Jan. 11.

Judy Turner, Decatur branch manager of Bank South, brought in the lead contribu¬ tion from the bank. Twenty- eight gifts and pledges were secured during the campaign

(as of Jan. 27) with the average exceeding $400.

Andrea Swilley '90, assistant director of major gifts, felt the campaign accomplished its dual goal of fund-raising and inform¬ ing the community of ASC's contributions to Decatur.

These include: • ASC supports a payroll of

$7.6 million and has an operat¬ ing budget of $20.3 million;

• ASC paid more than $70,000 in property and sanita¬ tion taxes in 1993-94;

• 380 alumnae live and shop in the Decatur area;

• 130 faculty and staff mem¬ bers and 30 retirees live and shop in Decatur;

• The College makes avail¬ able more than 50 affordable rental units in Decatur;

• ASC's Department of Public Safety provides addition¬ al police visibility to the com¬ munity and offers safety courses

that are open to the public; and Swilley expects the campaign

to reach its goal of $30,000.

Bells were ringing

In January, Edwards B. Shaver (second from right), director of corpo¬ rate and external affairs for Southern Bell, delivered a $50,000

grant from the BellSouth Foundation to ASC Interim President Sally Mahoney (right). The grant will be used over the next two years for computer technology training for ASC faculty. Spanish Chair and Associate Professor Rafael Ocasio (seated) will be one of the first fac¬ ulty members to benefit from the gift. Dean of the College Sarah Blanshei (second from left) and Assistant Director of Major Gifts Andrea Swilley '90 worked together to prepare the proposal.

Recent gifts and grants

total more than $165,000

UPDATING 1994 GIVING FROM Alumnae, family mem¬

bers and friends of Agnes Scott have

shown their support for the College by contributing funds totaling more than $165,000 in the last few months of the calendar year.

William Hightower, hus¬ band of Elinor Hamilton Hightower '34, made a gift of $57,296, through Community Enterprises Inc. and A.TH. Inc., to the Elinor Hamilton Hightower Scholarship Fund in memory of his wife. The Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation contributed $33,000 for annual scholar¬ ships. A $25,000 gift was

Gift Reporting

Anew tax measure, which applies to all contributions to the College made after Jan. 1, 1994, requires Agnes Scott to

provide "contemporaneous written substantiation" of gilts it received totaling $250 or more.

According to the Council for Advancement and Support of Education's quarterly publication Matching Gifts Notes, "The sub¬ stantiation must also tell the donor that for tax purposes, the deductible portion of the contribution is reduced by the value of the premiums or benefits received as a result of the gift. Further, the statement must include a 'gixxJ faith' estimate of the premium's value."

A donor may, at the time the gift is made, decline all benefits, keeping the total gift intact.

■ Specific questions about gift acknou'ledgments or premiums should be directed to Peg Shelton, director of research and records, (404) 638-6481.

ASC SUPPORTERS received from the estate of Raemond Wilson Craig '30. Mary Alice Juhan '29 con¬ tributed $12,000 to establish a scholarship fund in memory of her niece, Martha Jean Gower Woolsey '45. Juhan's contribu¬ tion also added to the previous¬ ly established scholarship fund of another niece, Mary Everlyn Garner Davis '39.

A gift of $ 10,500 was received from Ann Glen- dinning '68 to establish the Sara "Sally" Wilson Glendin- ning Journalism Award as a memorial to Ann Glendinning's mother who was a member of the class of'33. Anne Register Jones '46 and Boisfeuillet Jones, Mary Caroline Lindsay '51, ami Mary Alice Compton Osgood '48, established or completed $10,000 annuities.

The Annual Fund will receive matching money of more than $1 3,800 as a result of gifts from Lamar Ogleshy. Barbara Frink Allen and Scott Newell Newton '45, have made contributions of $5,000 each to their class' 50th reunion scholarship fund. William M. Frierson and Robert V. Frierson Sr. donated funds in memory of their mother, lone Livingston Frierson, to purchase a pump and accompanying equipment for the Alumnae Garden fountain.

Also, the Frances Winship Walters Society gained 12 new members.

4 Main Events • February 1995

ON CAMPUS

Students become historians

HISTORY CLASS PROJECT INCREASES STUDENT AWARENESS OF ALUMNAE ATTITUDES

In 1920, the year American women gained the right to vote, Agnes Scott College

was already shaking off its per¬ ceived Victorian finishing- school reputation, according to original research by students in American History 334/PoliticaI Science 332. Then-College President Frank Gaines expressed a sense of the ripple effect suffrage would have: "The enactment of the 19th amend¬ ment vastly increases the impor¬ tance of the college education of women."

Student researcher Janice Tschudi '96 discovered Gaines' quote and evidence—including a yellowed 1924 student news¬ paper editorial—that young women of the era soon enjoyed expansive career choices.

"Not many years ago, it was an easy matter for a college stu¬ dent to select her vocation. Today, however, there are five hundred different branches of professions open to women and the choice is not so easy," wrote Dorothy Keith '25 in the Agonistic.

This fall, Tschudi was among 11 students who submitted essays after learning about the history of women from the 1920s to the 1940s by research¬ ing the lives of women at Agnes Scott during that period. Digging through archives and conducting oral histories, she and other students tested varied

assumptions to discover that during those two decades Agnes Scott College was an institution already working hard to shape strong, independent-thinking women.

Assistant Professor of History Michele Gillespie initiated the research as an alternative to a more passive classroom lecture/ study. Through workshops Gillespie introduced students to research materials in the archives, to standard research methods, especially oral history techniques.

Then, Gillespie notes, "Students experienced the excitement of working with pri¬ mary materials, photographs, letters, newspapers, yearbooks, and other items that told the students about a past they were unfamiliar with. In a sense, my students became historians, actively researching, thinking and writing about the past."

Tschudi researched the wom¬ en's movement and Agnes Scott College from 1924 to 1929. Students explored other subjects such as curriculum development in relation to his¬ torical changes, the rationale for the evolution of the athletic program, race relations at Agnes Scott during segregation, and how gendered social expec¬ tations shaped student conduct and career choice.

At Gillespie's insistence, stu¬ dents placed Agnes Scott

research within the larger con¬ text of women's history and American history so that pro¬ jects were anchored to larger concerns of the course. "It was very important to me that these projects not be the histories of Agnes Scott College in a vacuum," notes Gillespie.

Emily Curington '96 studied the effect of national trends on ASC curricu¬

lum. Comparing courses offered at the College, 1922-42, she found that by the early 1920s, the College had begun to broad¬ en its curriculum, to extend beyond the education of future teachers and homemakers. By the mid-1930s Agnes Scott had abandoned courses in house fur¬ nishing and home sanitation to offer courses that would prepare women for a range of new con¬ cerns.

With the South strapped by poverty in the 1920s, the College instituted a course in social legislation to explore the function of the state as guardian of the public welfare. In the late 1930s, the College offered a course in economics of con¬ sumption which provided an academic approach to the national and international implications of the Depression and a practical component on consumerism. Curington noted that with national attention on issues of violence and crime—

MARY ALMA 1X RRETT PHOTO

A look at U.S. education

Ellie Perl (above), a retired English teacher from Moscow, was among 15 Russian visitors who heard Decatur School Superintendent Don Griffith discuss the political organization and funding of the local education system in December. The group, sponsored by ASC's Department of Education, the Decatur schools and the Atlanta Friendship Force, included teachers and four Russian students who hosted ASC students on a Global Awareness trip to Russia in January 1994- ASC hosted the group for tours of city schools and the campus of Agnes Scott to view first-hand education in the United States.

Allison Olson '96 and Sara Bullock '31 shared in the discovery process that highlighted the American History 334/Political Science 332 project.

and on the careers of gangsters like Pretty Boy Floyd—the College responded with a two- semester course in charities and corrections. Students visited philanthropic and penal institu¬ tions, then did actual field work during the second semester.

By 1930, 80 percent of the nation's social workers were women, according to Sybil Bennett '96, however, during the Depression women lost ground in that and other fields as the high rate of unemploy¬ ment left men competing for jobs held by women.

• Yet, Bennett and Allison Olson '96 discovered alumnae who took advantage of that window of opportunity for women, including Mary Ben Wright Erwin 75 "who tried various jobs before ending up at WSB-TV 'for 17 glorious years;'" Frances Pauley, 77 a social activist who became a major force in desegregating Georgia; Evangeline Papageorge 78 who earned a Ph.D. in bio¬ chemistry and returned to teach at Emory medical school; and Sara Bullock '31, recmited to work for the fledgling NASA space program in theoretical mathematics where she remained until her retirement.

Olson conducted oral his¬ tories with four alum¬ nae in preparation for

her paper dealing with urban development and student inter¬ action with the city. "I didn't know what to expect. All four of them were sharp and had a lot of humor. They had strong academic lives and varied cul¬ tural interests. All of them had higher degrees—one had a mas¬ ter's and the others had Ph.D.s. They had a lot of questions for me, which surprised me," says Olson.

"They were amused by the freedom we students feel enti¬ tled to. At that time, it was pretty progressive for them to

take the street car and go down¬ town, to go to shops with hun¬ dreds of strangers. They were proud of the progress they had made compared with the stiff¬ ness of the lives of students in the late 19th century.

"I believe that what they were taught at Agnes Scott did make them capable of extraor¬ dinary ventures. Agnes Scott may not have meant to make such outspoken, strong women. But they did it. These young women would become more than the gregarious society wife, in part, because Agnes Scott gave them more."

According to Gillespie, stu¬ dents involved in the project forged bonds with the alumnae whom they interviewed.

Finally, says Gillespie, "Students came to recognize how their own experiences and actions at ASC will come to represent part of the heritage of the institution."

—Celeste Pennington

Personnel

Changes At its meeting on Jan. 27,

the Board of Trustees amended the by-laws of the College to re-organize the offi¬ cer level of the administration. The positions of vice president for business and finance and vice president for development and public affairs were eliminat¬ ed and a new position, vice president for finance and devel¬ opment was created. William E. Gailey was appointed to the position, making permanent the joint responsibilities he has held for the past year.

The board also approved the elimination of the never-filled position of dean of admission and financial aid and confirmed the assignment of responsibility for the admission function to Dean of Students Gue Hudson.

February 1995 • Main Events 5

ON CAMPUS

ASC GALLERY MARY ALMA DURRETT PHOTO

A detail of "Language of Asphasia"

The work by Tucson artist Rosemarie T. Bemardi is included in an exhibition entitled "Contemporary Prints and

Drawings" on display in Agnes Scott's Dalton Gallery through March 10. Bemardi is one of 14 artists from 10 states represented in the show of contemporary prints and drawings which confront current political and personal issues. Printmaker Bemardi, an associate professor of art at the University of Arizona in Tucson, has exhibited throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. She will be a visiting artist and scholar at several Atlanta institu¬ tions through The University Center in early April. Anne Beidler, assistant professor of art at Agnes Scott and exhibit cura¬ tor, assembled the show from over 100 entries.

The word from Thatcher

Chapel: "I do, I do"

NEW POLICY TO ALLOW WEDDINGS IN CHAPEL Gather your rings, veils,

bouquets and your rela¬ tives, ASC's Thatcher

Chapel is open for weddings. Following years of requests,

The Rev. Paige McRight '68, chaplain of the College, has for¬ mulated a wedding policy that goes into effect this spring.

While occasional weddings have taken place on campus, no policy tor use of Thatcher Chapel had been put in place.

After studying policies at other institutions, McRight for¬ mulated a policy that includes at least two sessions of pre-marital counseling. "1 want to make sure that people don't enter into marriage lightly," she says.

Major points in the policy: Christ ian weddings con¬

ducted in accordance with the guidelines of the Presbyterian Church will he allowed.

%/ The chaplain will conduct the weddings hut may invite a

bride's pastor to participate. \/ The chapel is available to

students, faculty, staff, trustees and alumnae of the College and their families.

i/ Requests will he handled by the bride through the Office of Campus Events and Con¬ ferences.

\/ Weddings may he sched¬ uled during the regular academic year and at other times when the College is open.

A fee of $500 covers all services related to the wedding.

\/ Seating capacity is approx¬ imately 70.

While the chapel facility is hooked through campus events/ conferences, McRight handles the scheduling of weddings.

■ For the complete wedding poli¬ cy, contact: Office of the Chap¬ lain, Agnes Scott College, 141 E. College Ave., Decatur, GA 30030 or coil (404) 638-6437.

Mystery shrouds Cartwright's

legacy at Agnes Scott

"RAMONA WAS WELL KNOWN BUT LITTLE REMEMBERED, OR VICE VERSA," SAYS FRIEND

Under a veil of secrecy, Ramona Cartwright entered Agnes Scott

College in 1955 and few bits of evidence of her presence remain.

I found no admission records, no record of registration, no grade records, no graduation record (although her name was reportedly called out at com¬ mencement), no pictures of her in the Silhouette, not even an alumna file exists for the fair- haired child of the class of 1958. Even so, she remains in the hearts of her classmates as THE one who turned the class around as sophomores and led them to win the Spirit Cup in 1956.

Remembered as a competent philosophy student, Cartwright was an avid participant in extra¬ curricular activities, and even contributed to the Annual Fund and returned for her 35 th class reunion. But since then, her whereabouts have been unknown.

"She seemed to change and became a bit of a recluse after she was jilted in marriage," observed an anonymous friend who was to serve as her maid of honor. "It was a sad turn of events when that dreadful George P. Burdell over at Georgia Tech left her standing at the altar. All that spunk and school spirit—and some of the life—was taken right out of her. The flower just wilted."

Mollie Merrick '57, associate dean of students, remembers when the Cartwright/Burdell engagement announcement appeared in The Atlanta Journal/ Constitution and laments over the failed nuptials. "The wed¬ ding announcement never made it in the paper."

This was a truly sad turn for a woman so vivacious in her go- go days—going to every dance, leading the class in all sorts of dorm pranks.

"She participated in every¬ thing on campus, tennis match¬ es, you name it," remembers Merrick. "She did everything well. She was perfect."

Cartwright could do no wrong. That's basically how classmate Pat Stewart '58 described her in The Agnes Scott News the year they graduated. "She was confident, hut she had just reason to be. Under her influence, the drive and enthu¬ siasm of the class of '58 gained direction. . . Ramona's influence

was felt and heard by all the school. Ramona's confidence gave extra force to our enthusi¬ asm which was this year cou¬ pled with a deep, manifested love for Agnes Scott and devel¬ oped into spirit."

Her scholarship was without question.

"I started getting papers from someone called Ramona Cartwright," during the 1950s, remembered Ben Kline, fonner dean of students and philoso¬ phy professor, in a centennial year interview with Allison Adams '89. "She would turn in papers in courses and I would turn in grades for Ramona and that was adcind of a big deal."

The mystery surrounding this '58er is enhanced by the fact that no one remembers exactly where she was from, not even her closest friend Martha Meyer '58.

"Seems to me she men¬ tioned having a great aunt down near Cairo," remembers Meyer. "But, I can't be sure because her daddy was supposed to have been from somewhere like Savannah, so maybe she was from the coast. It's odd that I can't remember. Maybe I never knew."

But Meyer did know Cart¬ wright as a fun friend who liked to troop with the gang over to Threadgill's Pharmacy for a soda (she even had her name

carved in one of the booths), to the hockey field to watch a spir¬ ited game or to the gym to watch a swim meet. And she loved a practical joke. Meyer remembers one summer when she and Ramona were coun¬ selors at a camp in North Carolina, Cartwright could not resist the temptation to switch out the cold medication with red M&Ms. "People were lined up around the cabin for those cold pills," jokes Meyer.

Meyer suspects that Cart¬ wright may have now retreated back to a cabin in those North Carolina mountains. But clearly Cartwright's friend is worried. "It's just not like her to be out of touch for so long."

Some people contend that Ramona Cartwright was made up by none other than her best friend Martha Meyer. But Meyer rebuts: "How could she be fictitious, she led us all in our class song the day of our gradua¬ tion. I'd say that was about as real as you get."

—Mary Alma Durrett

Ramona Cartwright, where are you? If you have information about Ramona Cartwright's where¬ abouts , please write to the Office of Publications, Agnes Scott College, 141 E. College Ave., Decatur, GA 30030.

This never-before-published, exclusive photo may (or may not) be of Ramona Carturight (at right) leading the class of '58 in song.

Post-baccalaureate deadline The application deadline for Agnes Scott's Post-Baccalaureate Premcdical Program for Women is May 1. This certificate pro¬ gram provides prerequisite science and mathematics courses for women preparing for admission to medical school. ■ For application materials, contact the Office of the Dean of the College, 141 E. College Ave., Decatur, GA 30030-3797, or (404) 638-6184.

6 Main Events • February 1995

ON CAMPUS

PAUL ORREOCW PHOTO

The inaugural performance featured the work of visiting artists Simi and David Roche of Australia.

Pivotal Points inaugurates

Martha Wilson Kessler Dance Studio

ROCHE TEAM USES "WOMEN WITHOUT SHOES THEME" IN STIRRING PERFORMANCE

The works of Australian visiting artists Simi and David Roche were fea¬

tured in the private inaugural dance perfonnance "Pivotal Points," held in the newly refurbished, state-of-the-art Martha Wilson Kessler Dance Studio in Alston Campus Center, Nov. 3.

The performance featured the Roches as well as Ronin and Redfins, the "pick-up" dance company and five-member jazz- rock ensemble from the Univer¬ sity of Adelaide (U. A.) where both Roches are members of the dance faculty, and Agnes Scott's own Studio Dance Theatre.

Simi Roche set an original piece for the performance enti¬ tled "Women Without Shoes" based on a phrase from The History of Atlanta 1879 in which

the only reference to the female population is as "pioneer babes" and "women without shoes,"

David Roche is senior lectur¬ er and head of the dance department at the University of Adelaide. Before that, he was a dancer with the Pearl Lang Dance Company and the Martha Graham Apprentice Company. He also founded and directed Florida State Univer¬ sity's Dance Touring Theatre and taught at schools through¬ out the United States with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Centre.

Simi Roche is a tenured lecturer in dance at U.A. and coordinator for the touring pro¬ gram of the dance department. Having set nearly 40 pieces, Simi has built on her experi¬ ence teaching and performing

modem dance in colleges across the United States, including Florida State and the University of Utah. Her dance experience includes work with Merce Cunningham, Bella Lewitsky, Martha Graham and Pearl Lang.

The Roches also taught a modern dance master class to experienced dancers in the Atlanta area during their fall residence at Agnes Scott.

The artists-in-residence pro¬ gram is made possible through an accumulated gift of $368,800 from Richard and Martha Kessler. Martha Kessler is a 1969 graduate of ASC and has been a trustee since 1986.

The gift allowed a major ren¬ ovation of the Martha Wilson Kessler Dance Studio this past

MARY ALMA lUt-Hm IRIOT, Japanese Farewell 1

In December, the Office of ■ the Dean of the College host- H ed a farewell reception for H three visiting students from H ASC's sister school in Japan, H Kinjo Gakuin University. H Each student, who studied at W ir . JBNK \ ' HP Agnes Scott during the fall semester, was given a copy of H A Full and Rich Measure as a H Mr BIa tKT .A momento of her stay. Interim ■ President Sally Mahoney 1 (standing center) and Asso- H ciatc Dean of the College H Ruth Bettandorff (center) ■ signed Tokiko Yamamota's I book (right). Also saying ■ good-bye were Japanese lan- B guage assistant Noriko Payne B (left) and Marcie Rowe '97. M

Shining light

JACKSONVILLE URBAN MINISTRIES STUDENT BRINGS MESSAGE IN SONG TO ASC'S TARA SPUHLER '96

When Tara Spuhler '96, religious studies major, began working

at Urban Ministries of Spring¬ field in her hometown of Jacksonville, Fla., this summer, she never expected that one song could have such impact.

Drawing from her experience as a youth minister, Young Life program counselor, member of Agnes Scott's gospel choir, Joyful Noise, and the Studio Dance troupe, Spuhler worked with underprivileged children from the Jacksonville area. She helped combine drama, dance and music to encourage the children to develop alternative styles of worship.

More than 80 children, rang¬ ing in age from five to 12, were involved.

As part of the program, Spuhler asked the children to bring different kinds of music. "The only requirement was the lyrics had to be clean. I got everything from Michael Jackson to gospel music," remembers Spuhler. "One boy, Jamison, brought in 'Shine,' a hit song that summer."

Performed by the Atlanta- based band Collective Soul, "Shine" was a top 10 single on the national Gavin chart, and the recording that included "Shine," Hints, Allegations and Things Left Unsaid, was in Billboard magazine's top 20. Spuhler was struck by the lyrics: "Heaven's little light gonna shine on me." She and the chil¬ dren created a pantomime band and sang the words to "Shine."

Later, the ASC student read the words of other Collective Soul songs, and was impressed with the group's messages, and decided to write Rising Sun Management Group about her experience and thank

Spuhler (with child) and friends before Collective Soul concert.

Collective Soul for its positive message.

This fall, the band's manager called Spuhler thanking her for her letter, and inviting her and five friends to the group's Atlanta concert in September. The manager also inquired about the little boy who brought the song to Spuhler's attention.

The evening of the concert, a stretch limo pulled into the loop at Agnes Scott to pick up Spuhler and her friends. When the driver opened the door, Jamison and his father were waiting for them (the band had flown them in for the night).

The limo then whisked them" all to the Lakewood Amphitheater for the Soul con¬ cert where Jamison got to hear the live version of "Shine" and meet the singers in person. Each guest received a T-shirt, beach towel, and tour bag with the band's logo as souvenirs.

Spuhler described the evening as "amazing, absolutely amazing."

"The best part," she con¬ cluded, "was being able to give this experience to a little boy who has gone through life with practically nothing."

—Ashley Wright '96

A wealth of care baskets The Student Development Fund at Agnes Scott College is

$900 richer this year thanks to the efforts of some busy little alumnae association "elves" who assembled and sold 200 exam care baskets for this year's young intellectuals cramming for finals in mid-December.

Parents shelled out $12 for a basket filled with the requisite "brain food": cookies, candies, popcorn, fruit and other snacks.

The baskets, assembled by the Atlanta Young Alumnae Chapter and alumnae office staff members, were distributed to students during a holiday gathering at the alumnae house.

The funds generated from this project are used to provide grants to ASC students who would like to attend conferences and present research papers across the country. The project, in its seventh year, has raised a cumulative total of nearly $7000 tor the Student Development Fund which is administered by the Student Government Association.

February 1995 • Main Events 7

Main Events lilH.'liJ scon

Series 93, Number 2, February 1995 Published by the Office of Publications, Buttrick Hall Agnes Scott College • 141 E. College Ave. Decatur, GA 30030

ADDRESS CORRECTIONS REQUESTED

ko tn r1

< m po

m

SPELMAN COLLEGE PRESIDENT Johnnetta B. Cole (center) was the featured speaker at this year's Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation, Jan. 18 in Games Auditorium. Cole, recipient of the 1994 Martin Luther King Distinguished Service Award given by the Georgia State Holiday Commission, has served on the advisory board of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change. Cole currently chairs the board of the Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education. She is the author of two textbooks. Her most recent book, Conversations, was published in 1993.

Printed en recycled paper

PARTING WORDS

The Secret of the True Shamrock

MOVING?

Help us save Agnes Scott money by letting us know about your move ahead of time. Please attach the mail¬ ing label from this publica¬ tion.

New Address

Apt. •

Sate/Zip

Due no* addm* rttecuve

Please return to: Office of Development Sen-ices, Agnes Scott College, 141 E. College Ave., Decatur, GA 30030

MY DISCOVERY VALIDATES THE CLOVER'S CLAIM TO BEING THE EMBLEM OF CHRISTIAN FAITH AND IRISH PRIDE

With all the controver¬ sies raging in the world today, one tiny

issue in particular has long engaged my imagination, if not exactly my passion: What is the true and original Shamrock? Along with the Rose for England and the Thistle for Scotland, this lowly green sprig appears on the British coat of arms representing Ireland, all three springing from one stalk. The name shamrock is from the old Irish seam rog meaning three-leaved, yet there has been much debate as to whether the . true and original shamrock is the common white clover, the wood sorrel or one of several other lesser known plants.

Even before St. Patrick is said to have made it famous by his analogy to the Holy Trinity, the shamrock was known in ancient Eire as a protection against evil spirits. Having grown up in Atlanta's Morning- side area when it was a strong Jewish neighborhood, I was aware early on of the difficulty my friends had in perceiving our ideas of the Trinity as anything but polytheistic. The Sh'ma (Deuteronomy 6:4) emphasizing the ONE-ness of God, is central to their faith. In my concern

not to argue, but to present clarification of our concept, 1 began collecting metaphors for the Trinity—the shamrock being one everyone knows, but like all metaphors, breaking down in the end. (A parallel, after all, by , definition, can only go alongside, never fully con¬ nect.)

One summer night, I was on my hands and knees ILLUSTRATION BY RJCHAROHIOCS with a flashlight, looking for a dropped contact lens on the lawn. There, appearing like small dewdrops in the grass, the clovers among the fescue, I was astonished to discover were all folded up like little people pray¬ ing—two leaves together like small hands and the third bowed head-like over them. Fascinated, I began sneaking up on other plants sleeping there in the dark and realized there are many others besides the

well-known mimosa that close up at night. The sorrel, in fact (oxalis), folds up like an umbrella, all three leaves sym¬

metrically downward along the stem. Yet if you go

into a florist and ask for a sham¬ rock, you

will most likely be

given the sorrel, a large,

spindly, daddy lon- glegs-looking creature

with the three lobes of its leaves squared off as if cut by shears, and bearing small white, or pink or lavender or yellow trumpet-shaped blooms.

My discovery seems to vindi¬ cate the clover's claim to being the true emblem of Christian faith and Irish pride. Can it be that Patrick himself, or the ancients before him, were aware of the nocturnal piety of this common hut indispensable plant, and so honored it over its

fellows for reasons beyond that j of convenient trilogy? Oxalis, | though some varieties are tart ' and edible herbs, contains a i potential poison. Its uses are largely ornamental and deriva¬ tive. Clover, on the other hand, is not only a forage crop for creatures of the field but a food for humans in the form of its honey. As a legume, it enriches the soil with necessary nitrogen, and it provides children with graceful and chainable blossoms j for crowns and "jewels," and j even occasional "luck" with a : rare four-leaved find. (Let us be I cautious of wishing luck, howev- j er; the word comes from ! "Lucifer" and connotes a reliance on chance).

Furthermore, the clover's blossom itself is that form known as composite—separate florets clustered in community, appearing as one flower. And even the individual lobes.of the cloverleaf are not triangles so much as perfect little hearts, our symbol for love.

One layman's humble discov¬ ery in the dark proves again that some of our most profound insights may occur to us on our knees!

—Harriet Stovall Kelley '55 lives in Dallas, Texas

Student Leader Profiles • Sophomore Mentoring Program • The President Meets the First Lady

Main Events B

COURTKrWE^S^ committeeto^Z^—

Agnes Scott's Olympic Team

PARKER, KELLY, CARR MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR OTHERS TO GO FOR THE GOLD

UvlNG THE SmPIC DREAM mm £ '

tW ^ 0I""P'C

in Atlanta a reality-

Sunlight streams through a glass ceiling at the offices of the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (AGOG),

illuminating a set of distinctive Olympic banners. In addition to solar energy that gives brightness to the building, there is a sort of energy that permeates every hallway there—the Olympic spirit.

The spirit is especially apparent when listening to three Agnes Scott alumnae who are part of the team making the Olympics in Atlanta a reality.

Susan Carr '72, Jennifer Parker '85

and Susan Kelly '92, all agree that being part of the Centennial Olympics is an opportunity they are glad they haven't missed.

They belong to the 900'person staff working to make the Olympics happen. They will com¬ plete their jobs in the

summer of 1996, when more than 10,000 athletes from almost 200 nations converge for the Games.

As program manager for sponsor ser¬ vices, Parker develops and implements programs that recognize or showcase the national and international sponsors' involvement in the games. She secured her job three years ago after a persistent campaign.

"I was working at Northern Telecom when several people from that company left to work with ACOG. After six months of writing letters, making telephone calls and never giving up, I got the job," she explains.

Kelly and Carr also campaigned

for their jobs. Their initial temporary positions as contract employees led to full-time staff positions.

As paging coordinator and telecom¬ munications assistant, Kelly remarks that friends and family are impressed with her involvement in an internationally recognized project. Her responsibilities involve testing venue sites to develop the best methods of communicating during the games. The communications systems will include cellular telephones, radios and pagers.

"The liberal arts education at Agnes Scott College really prepared me to go into any field," says Kelly. "All of the subjects, especially language, prepared me to handle this job."

Carr notes that her college-level French was helpful when she was faced with translating technical documents from Albertville but admits that she relied heavily on a French dictionary of technical terms.

Even more important than specific language skills, Carr says that her Agnes Scott education taught her how to "look

at a situation, pick out the important details and move forward," a skill which is beneficial as manager of financial administration-technology.

Parker credits Agnes Scott with instilling a true "can do" attitude.

"Our professors, the lecturers who spoke to us, everyone associated with Agnes Scott, taught us how to dream big things," explains Parker. "Working with the Olympics means that we have to create and implement programs which have never been done before. There is no one to teach us how to do our jobs, so we have to be self-starters who aren't afraid to try something new."

For Parker, trying something new meant spending 33 days during the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, helping representatives from the Atlanta Committee host special events to promote the Atlanta games."

She brought back experience, memo¬ ries and souvenirs, including Olympic lapel pins traded Nancy Kerrigan and the bobsled team from Jamaica!

—Sheryl S. Jackson

Annual Fund Update

Gifts totaling $142,013 were made toward the Annual

Fund goal of $1.2 million during the months of February and March. Alumnae have contributed $403,844 to the total with 27.68 percent participation through April 14- The spring phonathon raised a total of $38,629 which includes $24,127 raised during the alumnae phonathon from 455 alumnae pledges.

The remainder of the estate of Virginia Fleming Prettyman'34 was donated, totaling $100,000, and a $10,000 annuity was established by an annonymous alumna. The College also received $7,000 through the Georgia Foundation for Independent Colleges from the Rich Foundation and the Atlanta Foundation.

Gifts received for scholar¬ ships include: $68,000 from the Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation for annual student scholarships; $21,000 donated anonymously toward the Carolinas Scholarship Fund; and $10,000 to the Annice Hawkins Scholarship fund. Rockwell International also donated $5,000, matching Barbara Frink Allen's gift. N

As of March, $27,751 had been raised toward the Decatur Campaign.

Ketchin Talks About God

GARY MEEK PHOTO

ALUMNA AUTHOR BRINGS THE STRUGGLE OF FAITH AND LEARNING TO CAMPUS

Southern writer Flannery O'Connor once made a startling observation:

"By and large, people of the South still conceive of humanity in theological terms. While the South is hardly Christ-centered, it is most certainly Christ-haunted."

Fifth generation Southerner and author Susan Ketchin '70, explored the intersection of religion and intellectual life in the works of contemporary Southern writers and great writers from the past, in late January at the invitation of Agnes Scott's Committee on Faith and Learning.

The program entitled, "Talk About God In Southern Story & Song," included Southern gospel singing and readings from Ketchin's book The Christ- Haunted Landscape, Faith and Doubt in Southern Fiction. Through stories and inter¬ views, the book shows the imprint of "old-time religion" on the artistic vision of 12 contemporary writers from the American South.

The program began with

an informal "coffeehouse" with Ketchin singing, playing guitar and discussing the roots of Southern literature and music.

With readings from her new book and conversation, Ketchin addressed the Agnes Scott community including a gathering of trustees, during a convocation in Woltz Reception Room of Rebekah Scott Hall. "I'm especially happy to be talking at a convocation since I cut so many of them when I was at Agnes Scott," she began.

Poking at herself and the audience with gentle humor, Ketchin admitted, "I am a recovering Calvinist—one day at a time. I am also a passionate reader of fiction and I have found along with many others that the mythic visions of writers such as William Faulkner, O'Connor, Katherine Ann Porter and Walker Percy have provided profound insights into and provocative questions about my own life, serving as both balm and torment to my Southern soul." She discussed the influence of the Civil War on Southern religious thought

and addressed the tension that exists between faith and artis¬ tic vision. O'Connor described it as a struggle between her identities as a Southerner and a Catholic: "The writer must wrestle with it like Jacob wrestled with the angel until he has extracted a blessing."

Ketchin discussed her quest to understand a faith "embedded with questions" and full of paradox, and she spoke of contemporary Southern writers who willingly stayed with that paradox of faith, who struggled with its potent contradictions, who courageously lived in its mystery. "For some, religion has served as a prism through which to interpret human experience, for others as a target for satire. In all cases, the fitting metaphor for their anguished struggle with issues of faith and doubt, of religious and aesthetic integrity, has been that of a crucible . . . Like Hazel Motes in Wise Blood, we are pursued relent¬ lessly by the wild, ragged figure of Christ. . . ."

At a lunch time gathering, Ketchin talked about fiction writing as an act of faith, and

Susan Ketchin '70 brought her Martin guitar to Scottlarid Yard to play, sing and discuss the roots of music and literature.

entertained questions about the "saintly outlaws" that pop¬ ulate Southern fiction.

Ketchin is an associate editor in fiction for Doubletake Magazine, Duke University, Durham, N.C., and a member of The Tarwater Band.

—Celeste Pennington

Series 93, Number 3 April 1995/Main Events 1

ON CAMPUS

Main Events

Series 93, Number 3 April 1995

EDITOR Mary Alma Durrett

CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Celeste Pennington

EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Audrey Arthur

STUDENT ASSISTANTS Rolanda Daniel '98 Jennifer Odom '98

Leigh Anne Russell '97 Samantha Stavely '97

Ashley Wright '96

EDITORIAL BOARD Christine Cozzens

Kim Lamkin Drew '90 Bill Gailey

Ellen Fort Grissett '77 Sandy Harsh '95

Tish McCutchen '73 Kay Parkerson O'Briant '70

Emily Pender '95 Sara Pilger

Edmund Sheehey Lucia Howard Sizemore '65 Published six times a year

by the Office of Publications Agnes Scott College

Buttrick Hall Decatur, GA 30030

(404) 638-6301 Articles in this publication reflect the opinions of the

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

or administration. Mailed free to alumnae, faculty, staff and friends

of the College

Second Class Postage paid in Decatur, GA Postmaster: Please send address changes to

Office of Development Agnes Scott College 141 E College Ave. Decatur, GA 30030

USPS*011763 Copyright © 1995 Agnes Scott College

MARY ALMA DURRETT PHOTO

A NEW GALAXY FOR A NEW CENTURY Betty Jeanne Ellison Candler '49, left, joined Interim President Sally Mahoney and other members of the campus com¬ munity on Arbor Day, Feb. 17, for the planting of a Galaxy Dogwood on the east side of Presser Hall. The Galaxy replaces the aging Presser Dogwood to be felled after years of decline. This year's Arbor Day ceremony celebrated the Presser Dogwood, incorporating letters of alums with fond memories of the tree into the program.

MARY ALMA DURRETT PHOTO

INTERIM

OBSERVATIONS

In recent weeks I've been privileged to give Mortar Board's "Last Lecture," one

of the pleasures of the year's end at Agnes Scott. I began with what I said in the first days after my August arrival: This is a fine place. I'm glad I came.

As in that lecture, I want to report on an eventful year, share observations about campus climate, relay updates in the academic and adminis¬ trative reviews, launched in 1993-94, and alert you to some external concerns of note.

I view the campus climate as remarkably positive. There is

the pleasure of a continuing commitment to excellence in program and in relationships— among students, faculty and staff—of the College with its extended family and external communities. We've become accustomed to celebrations, to community appreciation of little victories and to acknowledging individual and institutional achievements. I'm told of a renewed sense of mutual support, of heightened trust in a campus proud of the diverse perspectives and backgrounds woven into our College tapestry. I sense an Agnes Scott on the move, a college confident of bringing to fruition a practical and multiyear plan to achieve an enrollment aligned to our capacity for 750 students. There is openness to a future envisioned by new presidential leadership that will be shaped in dialogue between Mary Brown Bullock '66 and College constituencies.

As the academic review comes to a close, an important strategic document emerges which is framed by the convic¬ tions of faculty, students and staff who responded to the Trustees' challenge to sharpen the College focus. Review Chair Terry McGehee,

professor of art, and her colleagues have articulated a set of institutional values which will serve as touchstones for programs that build on faculty strengths, College heritage and institutional location. There are no gimmicks to the plan, simply the rigor of a focused liberal arts curriculum as prepa¬ ration for an uncertain world. The committee's work proposes to teach students the art of connecting across curricula. The committee recognizes and makes space for the many forms of teaching in which our facul¬ ty engage, balancing traditional courses and seminars with forms of teaching that utilize collaborative learning through independent study, guided research and internships. They advise modifying the academic organization to Balance discipli¬ nary agenda with multidiscipli- nary opportunities to advance pedagogy and evolve programs. The committee has worked with existing structures of faculty governance, building a base for continuing faculty attention to evolving educa¬ tional issues. The committee has come to its work with discipline and dedication, and its report is a gift for our future.

The administrative review, chaired by Assistant Vice

Student Leader Profiles

MORTAR BOARD, RSO PRESIDENTS DISCUSS THEIR ORGANIZATIONS

ASHLEY SEAMAN '95 Mortar Board president Major: Anthropology/ Religious Studies Hometown: Gainesville, Fla.

Mortar Board is a senior honor society dedicated to

scholarship, leadership and ser¬ vice, which draws its member¬ ship from the top 35 percent of the junior class. As presi¬ dent, Ashley Seaman has attempted to change what some perceive as an "elitist" Mortar Board image to one that better repre¬ sents the high regard with which members esteem the entire community. Through College convocations, Mortar Board has emphasized that sense of community by "giving voice to all."

At a February convocation entitled "Windows With a View," students met with custodial staff members who reminisced about their experiences at ASC. Seaman sought to acclaim those who had often worked with little

Ashley Seaman '95

recognition by encouraging them to share their wisdom with the community.

"Here [at ASC] I have found and used my voice," says Seaman. "Much of my work through Mortar Board has been to give others the chance to find and use theirs." Her main goals as president have been to bring diverse people together for posi¬ tive interaction, to encourage all to voice their opinions, and to integrate service to others into the learning process. "We have a responsibility to help each other and to be good stewards," says Seaman.

JACKIE POPE '96 Returning Students' Organization president Major: Psychology Hometown: Chicago, 111.

(RTC's) who wish to facilitate their re-entry or initial entry into collegiate life.

Currently a resident of Decatur, Jackie Pope admits that when she began attending ASC, she felt somewhat "imposed upon" when asked to participate outside of class in any organiza¬ tion or event. But she now real¬ izes and accepts the crucial role that outside activities play in rounding out an education. Pope asserts, "We're not paying simply for a piece of paper, a certificate of achievement, but for an edu¬ cation. Participation in campus life is part of the whole Agnes Scott experience and part of get¬ ting the most for our money."

Pope realizes the difficulty of juggling school life with home life. "Most RTC's come to ASC with idealistic views of getting degrees they previously wanted.

Returning to school later

in life can he a difficult transi¬ tion. The Returning Students' Organization (RSO) con¬ sists of non- traditional age, retum- to-college students

Plus many have families to ^ary alma durrett photos consider, so it is hard to interact with the [school] community."

Nevertheless, Pope stresses the integral role RSO should play in an RTC's student life. RSO not only serves as a sup¬ port group but functions as a collective voice for RTC grievances or suggestions regarding campus issues, so participation is important for one to add individual input.

—Samantha Stavely '97 Jackie Pope '96

President for Finance Karen Roy, has engaged faculty, staff and students to reconsider how we do the business that supports our educational mission. That committee has reviewed day-to-day activities against the yardstick of student-c entered service, for example, revising hours of operation and methods of responding to suggestions. They have undertaken collaborations to clarify administrative intention and simplify procedures, for example, reconsidering our goals and arrangements for summer programs. In the spirit of the review, College officers have encouraged teamwork to heighten the effectiveness of College presence in the broader community. One such effort was "Travel Blitz," a new approach to develop¬ ment, alumnae and student recruitment activities, recently honored with a CASE (Council for the Advancement and Support of Education) award. That award is shared among the staff and our many alumnae collaborators. Also in the spirit of the review was the consolidation of adminis¬ trative functions among three College officers. This streamlining heightened administrative effectiveness, played to the strengths of the three incumbent officers, and made possible a substantial resource reallocation to academic activities.

During this presidential transition year of active introspection and internal accomplishment, we have noticed external circum¬ stances likely to impact the College, our students and their families. The good news is that the Southeast will produce a greater numlaer of college graduates. Georgia, in particular, has supported its aspirations through the HOPE grant programs for college students and through focused attention to K-12 education. Agnes Scott earns public trust by serving the public interest in partnership with other not-for-profit and state-funded institutions of higher education. The bad news is that concern with public debt, especially at the federal levels, raises practical concerns about affordability and access for well-prepared and talented students of modest means. As an institutional member of several educational associations we monitor this situation closely and participate in constructive efforts to advance student and family interests. We suggest you do the same.

Sally Mahoney Interim President

2 Main Events/April 1995

FACULTY & STAFF

AWARDS/

RECOGNITION

KARL A. BEVINS, artist affiliate in the music depart¬ ment, was featured as a "pillar of the past" in a recent edition of Stagebill, which celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO). Bevins performed as principal clarinetist for the ASO for 22 years, as soloist for the ASO in various works, and also instructed several musicians in the ASO.

SARAH R. BLANSHEI, dean of the College, was elected to a second term as a member of the Board of Directors of the Association of American Colleges and Universities at the group's annual meeting in San Francisco in January.

SERGEANT GREGORY SCOTT, ASC police training manager, recently completed the Police Instructor Re- Certification program from the Fulton County Public Safety Training Center in College Park, Ga. This re-certification process is required once every three years by the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council.

TAN HILLE, director of financial aid, has been elected the financial aid division's representative to the Southern Regional Assembly of the College Board.

PUBLICATIONS

CALVERT JOHNSON, professor and chair of the music department, edited Helene Montgeroult, Sonatas for Piano, opus 1 and 3, volumes 1 and 2.

CATHERINE V. SCOTT, associate professor of political

science, had her book, Gender and Development: Rethinking Modernization and Dependency Theory, published by Lynne Reinner Publishers of Boulder, Colo. Her article, "Men in Our Country Behave Like Chiefs': Women In the Angolan Revolution," was published in Women and Revolution in Africa, Asia and the New World, by the University of South Carolina Press.

JANE WEST, assistant profes¬ sor of education, published an article on the development of a jazz metaphor for qualitative research in the November, 1994, edition of Educational Researcher.

LINDA C. HODGES, William Rand Kenan Professor of Chemistry, published a collaborative paper entitled "Fumonism-and-AAL-Toxin- Induced Disruption of Sphingolipid Metabolism with Accumulation of Free Sphingoid Bases." The multi- authored paper involved an Agnes Scott student, a group at Emory and a group at the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Mississippi. The work studied the effect of a fungal toxin on lipid metabolism in several types of plants.

GISELA NORAT, assistant professor of Spanish, published "Fraternal Dialogue: The Fourth World of Diamela Ellit and Cristobal Nonato de Carlos Fuentes" in Chasqui. It compares the novels of Chilean author, Diamela Ellit, and Mexican author, Carlos Fuentes, in which a fetus is used as a narrative construct.

ROSEMARY THOMAS CUNNINGHAM, associate professor of economics, recently published a paper entitled "Economics: Spreadsheets as Pedagogical Tools for Economic Statistics and Econometrics" in

Social Science Computer Review.

TINA PIPPIN, assistant professor of Bible and religion, recently served on the Bible and Culture Collective, a group of scholars responsible for writing The Postmodern Bible, which reviews seven popular techniques for Biblical interpretation.

RAFAEL OCASIO, associate professor and chair of the Spanish department, published a paper entitled "The Infinite Variety of the Puerto Rican Reality: An Interview with Judith Ortiz Cofer" in the 1994 edition of Callaloo.

N.J. STANLEY, assistant professor of theatre, reviewed the Empty Gate Theatre's production of American Buffalo in the fall 1994 issue of The David Mamet Review.

READINGS/

RECITALS

CALVERT JOHNSON, professor and chair of the music department, presented a lecture and recital of "Early Spanish Organ Music and Performance Practices," Jan. 10, at the Shepherd Lutheran Church in Sarasota, Fla. He held recitals sponsored by the Music Library Association on Feb. 8, in Maclean Auditorium and Thatcher Chapel at Agnes Scott.

MELISSA FONTAINE, artist affiliate in voice and director of the Glee Club, performed and recorded Mozart's Mass in C ("Coronation") as soprano soloist with the Piedmont College Choir and Orchestra for compact disc to be released later this year.

WORKSHOPS/

CONFERENCES

MARY ALMA DURRETT, assistant manager of publica¬ tions, led a session at the Region III annual meeting of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, on Feb. 7 in Atlanta. Her seminar, "Creating Environmentally- Friendly Publications," dealt with recycling and the use of recycled papers.

CALVERT JOHNSON, professor and chair of the music department, led a workshop on the series, "Historical Organ Techniques and Repertoire: A Historical Survey of Organ Performance Practices and Repertoire," for the Organ Roundtable of the Music Library Association on Feb. 11, in Atlanta.

INGRID WIESHOFER, professor and chair of the German department, presented her paper entitled,

"The Humanities Come Alive: Linking Languages to Other Disciplines" to the Modem Language Association confer¬ ence held in December, 1994, in San Diego. Her paper was a product of ASC's Language Across the Curriculum project pairing discipline courses with a foreign language component.

LARRY RIDDLE, associate professor and chair of the math department, delivered a lecture on "Exploring the Singular Value Decomposition through Digital Images" in a special session on innovations in teaching linear algebra at a joint meeting of the Mathematical Association of America and the American Mathematical Society in January in San Francisco, Calif.

EDMUND SHEEHEY, Hal and Julia T. Smith Chair of Free Enterprise, presented a paper entitled "Export Performance and Growth in Developing Countries: A Robust Relationship?" during the Southern Economic Association meeting, Nov. 20- 22, 1994, in Orlando, Fla. Sheehey chaired two sessions entitled "International Trade Theory" and "Topics in International Trade Theory."

BING WEI, instmctor and chair of the physical education department, presented her paper, "An Introduction of Physical Education and Sports Related Majors of the People's Republic of China," to the Southern District convention of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, held Feb. 8-12, in Orlando, Fla.

JANE WEST, assistant profes¬ sor of education, presented a paper entitled "Getting Help When You Need It: Children's Access to Peer Help During Literacy Events" and "Improvisation in Collaborative Research" at the Qualitative Research in Education Conference in January in Athens, Ga. She also presented, "Everybody Has a Culture: Multiculturalism through Children's Literature and Beyond" to the National Council of Teachers of English convention held in November 1994, in Orlando, Fla.

CHRISTOPHER AMES, associate professor of English, attended a recent meeting of the Midwest Modem Language Association in Chicago and participated in a Fitzgerald and Modernism panel. He later delivered a lecture, "The British Novel of Hollywood" at the University of Southern California for the program in American and ethnic studies.

RAFAEL OCASIO, associate professor and chair of the Spanish department, read his paper "Judith Ortiz Cofer and Puerto Rican Literature Outside New York City" at the XlVth Congress of the International

Comparative Literature Association held Aug. 17, 1994, in Edmonton, Canada.

GISELA NORAT, assistant professor of Spanish, presented her paper, "Fraternal Dialogue with the Female Other" at the International Conference of the Associacion de Literatura Hispanica Femenina in October 1994.

RICHARD D. PARRY, Fuller E. Callaway Professor of Philosophy, delivered a paper entitled "Why Forms Are Not Universals" to the philosophy department colloquium at the University of Georgia in February.

THEODORE K. MATHEWS, professor of music, presided over a panel discussion, "Musical Outreach" at the Georgia Music Educators State Convention held Jan. 28 in Savannah.

SPECIAL

PRESENTATIONS

THE REV. PAIGE MCRIGHT, chaplain, accompa¬ nied by four Agnes Scott students, taught a church school class, "Kwanzaa, Celebration of African-American Cultural Values," on Dec. 4, 1994, at Trinity Presbyterian of Atlanta. On Jan. 22, she taught a class at First Presbyterian of Atlanta on "Honor, Trust and Relationships."

TRIPS

RUTH BETTANDORFF, associate dean of the College, led'a group of 20 students in a Global Awareness trip to Japan in January. The students stayed in the homes of Japanese fami¬ lies for three weeks, studying Japanese culture in Nagoya, Kyoto, Nara and Tokyo.

CALVERT JOHNSON, professor and chair of the music department, conducted research in Italy, England and Washington, to prepare for two volumes in his 18-volume series, "Historical Organ Techniques and Repertoire: A Historical Survey of Organ Performance and Repertoire."

PROFESSIONAL

ORGANIZATIONS

JOHN F. PILGER, associate professor and chair of biology, has been selected to serve on the Education Council of the American Society of Zoologists. The council is responsible for setting the educational agenda of the society and for organizing and conducting educational workshops for the society at its annual meetings.

THE PATIENCE OF JOB—Mathematics Associate Professor Robert Leslie retired his razor for the duration of the presidential search (June 1994'January 1995) but agreed to a ceremonious shedding of his facial hair to benefit the Agnes Scott College chapter of Habitat for Humanity. Leslie parked himself in the lobby of Evans Dining Hall (Letitia Pate Evans watches in the background) at lunch on Feb. 7 and allowed stu¬ dents, faculty and staff to take whacks at his whiskers ($1.50 for a small clip and $2 for a big clip) raising approximately $60 for Habitat.

April 1995/Main Events 3

Main Events I

Series 93, Number 3, April 1995 Published by the Office of Publications, Buttrick Hall Agnes Scott College • 141 E. College Ave. Decatur, GA 30030

ADDRESS CORRECTIONS REQUESTED

SECOND CLASS U.S. POSTAGE

PAID at Decatur, GA 30030

MARY ALMA DURRETT PHOTO

DELIVERING THE PAST TO THE PRESENT Interim President Sally Mahoney, delivered copies of Agnes Scott histories, Lest We Forget by Edward McNair and A Full and Rich Measure by Christine Cozzens and Lee M. Sayrs '69, to Georgia First Lady Shirley Miller on March 2, for inclusion in the library of the Governor's Mansion.

H Printed on recycled paper.

Help us save Agnes Scott money by letting us know about your move ahead of time. Please attach the mailing label from this publication.

New Address

Sute/Ztp

Pkate nc* Aiim* rttctnvr

rHuor Number

Please return to the Office of Development Services, Agnes Scott College, 141 E. College Ave., Decatur, GA 30030

PARTING WORDS

Josie and Me

YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND IN SOPHOMORE MENTORING PROGRAM

When an Agnes Scott sophomore called me in 1992 seeking career

advice, naturally I was flattered. I was in my second year as publications director at a small South Carolina college and my third year out of Agnes Scott, and here was Josie Hoilman '94, thinking about an editorial career and looking for a mentor. Me? A "mentor"?

We talked for an hour or more about internships and entry-level editorial positions. Then the conversation drifted. Josie caught me up on the news of my former professors. I told her stories about the pranks my friends and I had pulled as students. We discussed parietals and how she and other students felt about them.

It was almost like being there.

We stayed in touch via phone and letters. During her senior year, I helped her put together a resume geared toward writing and editorial work. We talked frankly about how an interview is perceived from the interviewer's chair.

In return, Josie gave me a real sense of what life was like at Agnes Scott, a connection with my alma mater that

alumnae publications could never offer. I was deeply grateful for this, because the distance between my home and the campus kept me from visiting often.

After graduating, Josie quickly landed a job as an editorial assistant with a local magazine. She wrote me later, "All your suggestions for a job like this were exactly right!" When I moved back to Atlanta a year ago, Josie and I finally met face-to-face. I realized what a valuable long¬ distance friendship ours had been over the past two years. When I tell other alumnae about Josie and me, they often respond with their own, simi¬ lar anecdotes. In fact, students and alumnae have been "hooking up" informally for years. With the advent of fax and electronic mail, a new level of convenience has come to these connections.

Recognizing the value of such an experience, the Alumnae Association and Career Planning and Counseling have introduced the Sophomore Mentoring Program. Sophomores and alumnae will be paired accord¬ ing to criteria of their choice,

MARY ALMA IYURRETT PHOTO

such as profession, ethnicity, geographical location or perhaps a combination of the three. During the year, alumnae will be asked to contact their students regularly, whether by telephone consultations on summer jobs, a quick "good luck" note before exams or an Internet "chat" about the dining hall menu.

More than Allison Adams ' a career network, the Sophomore Mentoring Program is designed to give students vital information resources and strong role models. At the cost of a little creativity and time, you could find yourself once again seeing Agnes Scott through a student's eyes. Who

top and Josie Hoilman '94

could ask for a better view? —Allison O. Adams '89, assistant editor of Emory Magazine. A brochure in this issue of Main Events includes more details about the Sophomore Mentoring program, with a form to be returned by June I if you wish to participate.

ALUMNAE NEWS

Awards Day MARY ALMA DURRETT PHOTO

THE FIRST SALLY GLENDINNING JOURNALISM AWARD RECIPIENTS, Pam Peel '95, left, of Jesup, Ga., and Kelly Holton '95, right, of Statesboro, Ga., were presented $250 each by Ann Glendinning '68, during the annual Awards Day convocation, held April 19, in Rebekah Scott Hall. Ann Glendinning is the daughter of Sara "Sally" Wilson Glendinning '33, in whose memory the award was established this year. The Glendinning Award is given to a student or students who have shown the most outstanding effort and promise in journalistic endeavors.

24

SECRETARY Weenona Peck Booth Box 68 Elmore, AL 36025

26

SECRETARY ' Elizabeth Chapman Pirkle

1800 Clairmont Lake Road Apt. 113 Decatur, GA 30033

Elizabeth Chapman Pirkle enjoyed telephoning members of the class to gather news for Mam Events. Because calling was done in January, much of the news had reference to Christmas. All class members are 88 to 90 years old, so activities are limited and family is of the greatest concern.

Ellen Fain Bowen has five great-grandchildren and is now living in a retirement home. She reports that it is a nice place and members of her family live nearby.

Rosalie Wootten Deck traveled to Charlottesville, Va., in November to attend the wedding of her last bachelor grandson. She has eight great-grandchildren and her two sons, David and Linton, visit her often, helping her with the household and other problems.

Florence Perkins Ferry, who lives at Lenbrook Square in Atlanta, broke her back the first of September, but with the help of special people she carries on. She talked clearly and was very

upbeat. Her daughter's visit at Christmas was a great help.

Mary Knox Happoldt is now with her daughter in Alpharetta, Ga., and plans to stay until March, leaving her lovely home in Highlands, N.C., during the winter months. Her friends in Atlanta were so glad to have her near.

Hazel Huff Monaghan solved the problem of having ten grandchildren and ten great-grand¬ children at Christmastime by inviting them to a dessert between Christmas and New Year's. On the Christmas tree were packages of money that served as Christmas and birthday gifts for the year for each individual.

Betty Little Meriwether reported the nicest Christmas ever in 1994. The family was together, except two members, who returned to Atlanta after Christmas.

The alumnae office received the following information:

Margaret Debele Maner of Savannah recently received a lifetime membership to the Girl Scouts of America for leading tour groups at the Juliette Gordon Low Girl Scout National Center.

27

SECRETARY Lillian Clement Adams 163 Basse tt Ave. Lexington, KY 40502

Maude Jackson Padgett's family was recently recognized for good works in education in

Gwinnett County, Ga. Lib Lynn says she is doing

"O.K." at Highland Farms in Black Mountain, N.C.

Lib Norfleet Miller lost her brother in September 1993.

The alumnae office received the following information:

Mary Elizabeth Heath Phillips will be 89 years old this year, and is still in perfect health.

Miriam W. Preston St. Clair said she and her husband are still living in their home, despite some aging problems. But they feel well for being in their eighties.

28

SECRETARY Carolyn Essig Frederick 326 Chick Springs Road Greenville, SC 29609

The alumnae office received the following information:

Hilda Kalmon Slager cele¬ brated her 65th wedding anniversary in September 1994-

29

Send news to the alumnae office Katharine Lott Marbut

and her husband anticipate celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary. Their third great-grandchild was just bom.

Jean Lamont Dickson recent¬ ly completed 40 years of service at New York Life Insurance Company as an agent and regis¬ tered representative. She still

works part-time and says she never wants to give it up because she has become so fond of her clients. Jean journeyed to Chapel Hill, N.C., to spend Thanksgiving with her children.

30

SECRETARY Jo Smith Webb 208 East Third St. Donalsonville, GA 31745

Mary Jordan Riley says she always reads ASC news with great interest. She recently enjoyed a phone conversation with Beth Adcock '97.

Katherine Crawford Adams Morris is enjoying her three grandchildren and two great¬ grandchildren.

31

SECRETARY Helen Friedman Blackshear 334 Felder Ave. Montgomery, AL 36104

The class president, Sara Bullock, has moved into a retirement independent living apartment at Presbyterian Village in Austell, Ga. Her health is good and she is making new friends, but she says, "it's a tribute to Agnes Scott that we keep the friends we made there the rest of our lives." She sees Marion Fielder Martin frequently.

Marion's husband, Hermon, just celebrated his 102nd birthday. Marion is still recovering from a heart attack but is happy with their nice apartment at King's Bridge, Ga.

Sara Bullock visited with Ruth Etheredge Griffin in Pompano Beach, Fla. Ruth and

her husband, Lloyd, drove from Idabel, Okla., to Florida for the baptism of their oldest daughter's baby girl.

Sarah Hill Brown and Aubrey still take their two-mile walks whenever weather permits. Three of their eight children live near their retirement apartment in Richmond, Va. In April their daughter Zaida married George Gilmour in Maryland, and at Thanksgiving they visited their son Ernest's "commodious riverside spread" in Richmond.

Laelius Stallings Davis writes, "I am still, living in my old home in Newnan where I have lived all my life." She has been a widow for 15 years and has three married sons and seven grandchildren. On a visit to Charleston, S.C., with her son Jan's family, she visited with Carolyn Heyman Goodstein and they had fun reminiscing. Carolyn helps her daughter Marion in her stationery shop and visits her lawyer son Arnold's family in Summerville, S.C. For 15 years, Carolyn has been co- chairman of hospitality at Temple Beth Elohim, which she reports is the oldest Reform Jewish Temple in the world. Carolyn corresponds with Louise "Holly" Hollingsworth Jackson and Charles, who live in San Antonio.

Alice "Dit" Quarles Henderson and Willis will cele¬ brate their 64th anniversary in June, and they still play golf. They have eight grandchildren from their two sons who live near them in Charlotte, N. C., and Alice said, "Christmas dinner, seating 27, was bedlam." They spend summers in Linnville, where they have a garden of mountain wildflowers, and spend February in Florida.

Jean Grey Morgan lost her

QUALITY TIME

GAIL MACHLIS ©1995

If you were Sincere, fou would start

off by speakmg up at work wkeh you

hear one of the ^uys make

a sexisf remark!

CL feminist', Anna,

uortUout taxving "to

tlni, wtaU-

vj<yilA cxJoout cfc

April 1995/Main Events A-l

ALUMNAE NEWS

MARY ALMA DURRETT PHOTO

! LOWRIE'S TURN i The young women were

Agnes Scott graduates intent on coming together

to "advance the interests of dear old Agnes Scott." "Visionary young enthusiasts" is how they described themselves two years later in the Aurora. On commencement night, May 24, 1895, the "association came into existence: with Mary Bamett 1893, president; Anna Irwin Young 1895, vice president; and Mary Mel Neel 1894, secretary and treasurer." (The alumnae house is named for Anna Irwin Young who later taught mathematics at the College.) How was the focus of their energy organized?

Activities of the new associa¬ tion were centered around three themes—scholarships, ongoing educational experiences, and the desire to be the "nucleus of union and energy for all inter¬ ested" in the furtherance of Agnes Scott. The organizers set a dues structure for themselves and then doubled the dues the first year. A scholarship was given for the 1896-97 academic year by these women who described their ideas as "large but with small means of carrying them out." From the beginning they wanted other women to share in the Agnes Scott educa¬ tional experience and planned to "pay the tuition each year of as many people as its funds will permit." To raise additional funds for scholarships they sponsored a musical and held bazaars. By the sixth year the association was meeting incidental expenses and paying the tuition of one day student each year.

Continuing educational involvement of the members was another focus. Reading lists were distributed by the alumnae association to those far and near who chose to involve themselves in the reading circles. Through these reading circles the members believed

husband, Alec, after 60 years of marriage, but she says she is lucky to have her daughter's family nearby in Atlanta, and she frequently visits her son's family outside of Boston. She has four grandchildren. She says her arthritis doesn't slow her up too much—she does what she wants to do, and for what she doesn't want to do, she has a good excuse!

Katherine "Kay" Morrow

they would become "truer, nobler women."

For 100, years, guided by numerous alumnae presidents, involving over 10,000 members, the focus of the Alumnae Association has remained cen¬ tered on supporting Agnes Scott.

Scholarships and financial support for current students of the College are supported through the Annual Fund. As of March 1995, the percentage of alumnae giving for the year is higher than the previous year, though the total amount of the gifts is less than 1994- Reunion class observances provide a special opportunity to give above and beyond the Annual Fund gift.

Today alumnae serve on the Alumnae Association Board of Directors in a number of chairing positions. Educational programs are offered to graduates both on the campus and during chapter meetings. Professors from the College visit distant sites to engage alumnae in educational presentations and discussions, often providing suggested resources for study prior to the meetings.

In 1995, as in 1895, the "nucleus of union and energy" for Agnes Scott alumnae is the Alumnae Association. The asso¬ ciation adopted a Strategic Plan in 1994 and is now proposing changes to its constitution and bylaws in order that the goals of the Strategic Plan may be implemented more effectively.

Today the Alumnae Association activities include encouraging prospective students to enroll (supporting the admis¬ sions office), serving on a career advisory board, and mentoring students in their career choices. Through the "exam care-basket" project the student/alumnae connection is strengthened further.

The young women who formed the association in 1895 asked for time to remedy their "youth and small number." The enthusiasm of Agnes Scott women through the hundred years has not waned. In this centennial year of the Agnes Scott Alumnae Association, let us celebrate those women of the past and pledge our continuing service and financial support to Agnes Scott, that we too will be a "prologue to the future."

Sincerely,

Lowrie Alexander Fraser '56 President, Alumnae Association

Norem is happy to still be in her own home in Ohio, and is able to keep up all her activities. She had an exciting summer with three graduations and a wedding among her grandchildren. One granddaughter is now a veterinar¬ ian. In September she visited North Carolina for her grand¬ son's wedding.

Ruth Peck Smith had two strokes in 1992 and could not walk for many weeks, but her

neurologist said she willed herself well so she could work on her important causes. Ruth says these are "waging peace . . . helping street people . . . and doing away with homework, as the test of what one has learned is how one uses that knowledge in daily life." She challenges her classmates to help her.

Helen Friedman Blackshear, the class secretary, apologizes for not getting news out in the last paper. She is still writing poetry and also published a book about her father's family last year called From Peddler to Philanthropist which entailed a lot of research, but was fun to do. She will travel to Oaxaca, Mexico, in March and to Poland and Germany with her sister in August. She walks every day, and plays golf, but very poorly, she says!

Ellen McDowell Davis Laws wrote from Columbiana, Ind., that she did not have any news, as she has the same two girls, the same four grandchildren and stays busy with friends, church and volunteer activities. She is happy to be on her own again after a "silly fall" which put her in the hospital for weeks.

Virginia Stokes Jones lives in a resident retirement community in McLean, Va., and was pleased to meet one Scottie in the com¬ munity, and another in her church group.

The class should be proud of Clara Knox "Knoxie" Nunnally Williamson. With eight grand¬ children and one great-grand- child, she is still dancing. This is the 22nd year of "Knoxie's Dance Group" in Sea Island, Ga., which started with 20 and now has 400 dancers participating from 10 states and England.

Julia Thompson Smith and husband Hal have been spending the winter in Naples, Fla. Julia is slowly recovering from a broken ankle caused by an automobile accident, their first ever, but is glad they moved into a retire¬ ment community at Canterbury Court in Atlanta, where she could get excellent care. They will return to Atlanta the first of May.

Shirley McPhaul Whitfield and husband Randy have also moved into a retirement commu¬ nity at Canterbury Court in Atlanta, where Shirley has been in the infirmary since July. They have ten grandchildren and six great-grandchildren, who write and phone from all over.

32

SECRETARY Anne Hopkins Ay res 520 Hillcrest Drive Staunton, VA 24401

Sister Hilda "Betty" Bonham has moved to the motherhouse of her congregation in Monroe, Mich., after having lived in Ann Arbor for 22 years. She stays in touch with Martha Logan Henderson from time to time about their retirement activities.

Frances Spencer Catchings writes that she has seen many far-away places and has had many adventures (no thrilling details)

during past years but has recently returned to Florence, S.C., to be near old friends and family.

Ruth Green says that she is still alive and healthy but con¬ fines her travels to one-day excursions. She enjoys her nieces and nephews who visit her in Louisville. She writes that Bob Davis, Lila Ross Norfleet's hus¬ band, called on December 17 to report Lila's death in Richmond, and burial in Winston-Salem. She had been in the health care unit of a retirement home, confined to a wheelchair.

Mary Downes Lander Fordyce reads with difficulty and has increasing medical costs but enjoys a large group of grandchil¬ dren and great-grandchildren. She and Martha Williamson Riggs are still great friends from ASC days. Mary reports that Martha, who lives in Little Rock, Ark., is recovering from a broken hip and elbows.

Elizabeth Howard Reeves is much absorbed with her children and grandchildren's activities, including a recent wedding. She still drives and participates in church activities, but to a lessen¬ ing degree. She has recently been interested in tracing family genealogy.

Lovelyn Wilson Heyward is still remembering the '92 reunion at ASC. She spent Christmas in Monroe, La., with her children.

Hettie Mathis Holland's daughter Etta writes that her mother has been in a nursing home for the past eight years and does not speak beyond a yes or no. She is able to visit her moth¬ er daily, but both of them contin¬ ue to miss Etta Mathis Morrison.

Mimi O'Bume Tarpe lives in the same apartment complex with Louise Stakely, and Plant Ellis Brown '33. Mimi plays bridge with Grace Fincher Trimble, LaMyra Kane Swanson, and Virginia Allen Woods. She had recently spent a delightful weekend with Betty Peeples Brennan who was recu¬ perating from surgery. Grace and Virginia visited Vienna, Prague and Budapest on a Delta Dream Vacation in April. Grace plans to become computer literate in '95. Virginia plans to sell her house and move to Tulsa, Okla. to be near her son.

Anne Hopkins Ayres' family met in Monroe, Wash., in July. All members of the first two generations were present plus two of the third, one Hopkins and one Ayres. The Cascades were beautiful then—just before the devastating fires—and the Butchart Gardens in Victoria were spectacular.

33

SECRETARY Letitia Rockmore Nash 2870 Arden Road NW Atlanta, GA 30327

Margy Ellis Pierce confessed to having the travel bug. She took her two granddaughters to Italy for two weeks last summer and was to spend Christmas with her son and his wife in Tokyo. The three of them were to go to

Bangkok for New Year's and then to Delhi, where her son had business. Margy returned home from England. Sounds like a compressed "around the world in eighty days!"

Mag Glass Womeldorf and John gave up their apartment at "Sunnyside" in Harrisburg, Va., in December 1993. John is now in the assisted living section. He uses a walker and wheelchair and has nurse care. Mag has one meal a day with him and is in and out of his room, coming from her studio apartment nearby. They and their children had two family gatherings in 1994: a family reunion at Massanetta Springs in July and another at Thanksgiving.

Roberta Kilpatrick Stubblebine was to spend Christmas with her daughter, her husband and their two sons in Ocala, Fla. Roberta has moved to Clairmont Place in Decatur. Over thirty members of her church, Decatur First Methodist, as well as Marlyn Tate Lester and Charles, also live there. Roberta's apartment overlooks a formal garden and is only 10 and 15 minutes away from her son's family and the College.

Gail Nelson Blain was named the "Outstanding Woman of the Year" by the Metairie, La., Woman's Club. This honor is based on equal service to the club and the community. Gail has suffered three bereavements within a recent fifteen month span: her husband: her sister, Virginia Nelson Hime '35; and a young daughter-in-law.

Douschka Sweets Ackerman and Bessie Meade Friend Drake had a glorious visit to Bristol, England, last summer. They were guests of Bessie Meade's daughter and her family who live there, and toured with her all the beau¬ tiful historic spots nearby, includ¬ ing Exeter Cathedral.

The alumnae office received the following information:

Alice Bullard Nagle's granddaughter had twin sons about a year ago.

Cecile Dessa Mayer Pearlstine lost her husband in 1994-

Mary Charles Parker has moved to Wilmington, N.C., and daughter Mary Beth and husband are close by.

34

SECRETARY Bella Wilson Lewis 212 Winnona Drive Decatur, GA 30030

Florence Preston Bockhorst fell in her own driveway, break¬ ing a hip and an arm. She was rescued by a neighbor. A nurse daughter took care of her when she could leave the hospital.

Louise McCain Boyce and Gene spent Thanksgiving in San Diego visiting their grandson, a Marine who has been based there for three years. The weather was beautiful, the zoo wonderful.

Nelle Chamlee Howard enjoyed seeing her granddaughter Julia Sizemore, daughter of Lucia Howard Sizemore '65 (alumnae

A-2 Main Events/April 1995

ALUMNAE NEWS

director) wearing the heirloom Brussels lace veil bought for Nelle by her aunt Laney Michael Hensly. Julia became the fifteenth bride to wear the beautiful veil when she married Robert Nesbit in Decatur Nov. 19, 1994. A number of alumnae and other friends also wore Nelle's veil. So far there has been only one divorce!

Alae Risse Barren Leitch writes that her husband has been legally blind for some time. He has recently suffered a stroke which left him paralyzed on the right side. These circumstances mean that they are both home- bound but they are both holding their own. She does miss the lunch and fellowship with classmates on fourth Mondays.

Sara May Love says that she has quit traveling and has taken a tutoring course in teaching English to Spanish speaking peo¬ ple. When she went to pick up a girl who was going with her she found the girl was a Spanish major from Agnes Scott. Sara May says she nearly fell out of the car.

Kathryn Maness Nelson has recovered from an accident in October which prevented her from making a wonderful trip to Washington and New York. Now she knows not to make a left turn without a light!

Carolyn Russell Nelson has been visiting four of her children. She drove to Florida in October for two good weeks with her son, Roger, visiting her sister in Ailey, Ga., going and coming. She spent Christmas in Spokane with her son Rusty at the request of daugh- ter-in-law Raney, who seems to be tolerating cancer treatment. Carolyn expects to be in Spokane for an undetermined length of time.

Lillian Hearring Rosas writes that she, like countless others in the San Femandino Valley, is coping with the devastation of the January 17th earthquake. The cosmetic damage, interior and exterior cracks, will be repaired shortly. The emotional damage will take longer. Her daughter and family live in nearby Pasadena. Two young grandsons are a joy.

Frances Tufts Schreeder reports that her son, seriously injured in a skiing accident, is out of intensive care at Emory Hospital and doing well.

Your secretary was in the enthusiastic crowd on campus when Mary Brown Bullock was presented as the seventh president of Agnes Scott College.

35

SECRETARY Anna Humber Little 3918 NW 25th Circle Gainesville, FL 32606

Your secretary welcomed a let¬ ter from Eva Poliakoff Goodman telling of her very satisfying life in San Francisco. Her days, she said, are filled with reading, shopping and attending art lectures given by Brandeis University Women's Committee Modem Art lecturer. In addition, she attends opera lec¬ tures and videos given by the art

lecturer's husband in their oceanside condo. Eva is active in her synagogue, and participates weekly in a writing group of which she is the oldest member. "I never dreamed I'd want to write weekly after freshman English at Agnes Scott."

Eva is fortunate in having family nearby. Her daughter Beverly and her husband are Eva's best friends, she says, always there for her, and keeping her feeling younger than 80+. She enjoys their two sons, for whom she often acts as sitter and tutor. Her oldest grandson is now in London, where he has a position with the Swiss Bank. Eva's son, Dr. David Goodman, directs the Endocrinology Laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School. Eva hopes to attend the ASC class reunion.

Carol Griffin Scoville wrote in November that she and Orlin were to move to a retirement facility in their area in December. They plan to participate in their same church, AAUW, and agri¬ cultural retiree activities for some years to come. It has been over a year since Anna Humber Little has seen any member of the class, and class news cards come few and far between, so news is scarce. However, she has enjoyed a phone visit with Betty Edwards Gray recently and received a Christmas letter from her. Betty and Stephen continue to live at Canterbury Court, but because of his Parkinson's disease, their activities are more limited than formerly. Betty enjoys attending Senior University with him and coming home to have lunch together and rehash what they have heard. Betty and Anna also hope to attend the class reunion.

Anna enjoyed a Christmas visit with her daughter and family in Houston. All four grandchildren were there, and her irresistible two-year old great- grandson. It was a busy and happy family time. She missed her usual telephone visits with Elizabeth Heaton Mullino when in Houston. Lib was away, spend¬ ing Christmas with her daughter in California. Lib has problems now with the knee in one leg and the ankle of the other, so getting around is difficult for her. Otherwise, she is in good health.

The alumnae office received the following information:

Margaret Smith Bowie does volunteer work with the Red Cross in North Charleston, S.C.

Mary Virginia Allen is quite happy in her apartment at Cooper Hall in Mt. Pleasant, S.C. but misses her friends in Decatur and her cats. Recent surgery has improved the sight in one eye, which enables her to drive to visit nearby cousins and the ocean which she loves! She says when she needs rejuvenat¬ ing, she takes a walk on the beach to watch the ships coming out of Charleston Harbor. She also stays busy with Habitat for Humanity work and teaching Sunday School.

Rosalyn Crispin Robinson has retired for the third time, in this instance as Executive Director of the Sheperd's Center of Harlingen, which she began

and has directed for the past six years. September through November were harrowing times, including selling her house, getting a new director for the Center, getting someone to direct the 100-mile annual bike tour fund raiser, and finding a house in Kerrville, Texas, to move into. After two weeks in Kerrville, everything was unpacked, the pictures in place, and nothing left on the floor but books, for lack of sufficient bookcases. At a meet¬ ing of Sheperd's Centers of America in Nashville in November, Rosalyn visited with Philip Davidson, a former ASC history professor and his daughter, Page. He is a chipper 92, and sounds and looks like his 30-year- old self of 60 years ago. The dis¬ tressing news is that his son, young Philip, who scampered around the campus in the 30s, was hospitalized with lymphoma. Rosalyn has two sons, two grand¬ children, and one nine-month- old great grandson. One son is a psychologist at the state hospital in Kerrville. The other is a news¬ paper editor/writer in San Benito and Weslaco, Texas. He has four published books, with three more to appear in the next six months. His field of specialization is southwest American history in the last half of the nineteenth century. His book on Ranald McKenzie was awarded the prestigious Fehrenback Award this year by the Texas Historical Commission.

Marian Calhoun Murray had a month this past summer touring England, Scotland and Wales in a rented Toyota van with her younger son, his wife, Marion's daughter, and her daughter's two children ages, 17 and 20. They got to see lots of things on their own schedule. Marian also had her second knee replacement during Thanksgiving week, but she's walking well now. All 30 of her immediate family are doing well, including her nine great¬ grandchildren.

Nina Parke Hopkins has been in the midst of a severe arthritic attack in her neck, shoulder and left arm. She was unable to drive her car for a few weeks, and couldn't even send Christmas cards. She hopes to make it to the big 60th reunion in April, and has asked her daughter, Nina Jr., to travel to Atlanta at the same time, in case she needs any help.

Dorothea Blackshear Brady just returned from her husband's 60th reunion at Tech and realizes that she's not far behind! They have had trips to Atlanta, Highlands, Gatlinburg, Biloxi, and their yearly trip to the Gulf Shores with their daughter and her family.

Vera Pruit Bright plans to attend the 60th reunion (it will be her first) so that her husband can see Agnes Scott, as he has heard so much about it!

Anne Harman Mauldin says she has had a year of doctor's vis¬ its, but she thinks everything is straightened out now. She and her husband have had several short trips, mainly in connection with The Callaway Family Association, Inc., of which they

are board members. At a general meeting in October in Frankfort, Ky., two Callaways were there from Broadway, England, and drove back to Atlanta with the Mauldins, for their first-ever visit to Atlanta. All of Anne's children and grandchildren joined her for the holidays.

Carol Griffin Scoville and Orlin moved Dec. 16 to a retirement community the next county over from their previous home. Now in Fairfax, Carol says that ties to their old church, community and people are near at hand. She says responsibilities are far fewer, and their new place is definitely home.

36

SECRETARY Mildred Clark Sargent 1019 Stillbrook Road Pensacola, FL 32514

Catherine Bates and her ASC roommate Lois Hart saw Spain and Portugal together in 1994- They had toured China, Korea and Japan in 1990. Catherine's life has been one of teaching and traveling. After completing graduate study at Columbia University, she taught anthropology in Japan and later Psychology in Hong Kong. Earlier she taught religion and was dean of students in three U.S. colleges located in the South. She vows that of all the students she ever taught, the Chinese were the most apprecia¬ tive and serious. Lois Hart now lives in El Paso, near her sister, Laura Hart Disselkoen '34- Catherine invites classmates to visit her at her retirement community where she reports an atmosphere reminiscent of the Chatauqua gatherings that Mrs. Sydenstricker often recommended to the class. The diversity of religions among Penney Farms residents produces many lively discussions and residents also are engaged in a wide variety of activities.

Ori Sue Jones Jordan and her husband relive life through their two children and five grandchil¬ dren. One granddaughter teaches sports psychology at FSU and is studying for a doctorate.

Sarah Nichols Judge and hus¬ band, Jack, had visits from their scattered children and grandchil¬ dren during Christmas holidays. Longtime boat enthusiasts, they recently cruised the Hawaiian Islands. She writes: with most of the class approaching their 80th birthdays, that age does not seem as old as it once did.

Jane Blair Roberson celebrat¬ ed her 80th birthday with 50 family members and friends at her ancestral home in Loudon, Tenn. Her five grandchildren came from Oregon, California, Illinois, Ohio and North Carolina. Jane plays in her church's hand bell choir, which gave several Christmas concerts and played at one wedding. Jane is active in the DAR, the Federated Women's Club, Garden Club and three bridge clubs. She says she enjoys all her days.

Guidelines

For Submitting

Class News

The next CLASS NEWS deadline is May 5, 1995. News received after that date will be published in the December issue. Deadline for the December 1995 issue of Main Events is Aug. 5. News received after that date will apear in the April 1996 issue.

Please send your Class News, notices of births and of deaths to the alumnae office. The alumnae office will send you a postcard acknowl¬ edging receipt of your information.

Please include the alumna's maiden (birth) name and class. Please verify spellings. All news needs 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 announce¬ ment, please include the hus¬ band'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. Except for budget restraints limiting the number of pages, CLASS NEWS is printed with only minor editing, so be selective. Let us hear from you regularly.

Contact your class secretary today with your news.

ALUMNAE OFFICE INFORMATION

Phone: 404/638-6323

STAFF:

' Perrin Cothran '94, coordinator of class activities

> Amy Edgar Davis, manager of alumnae programs

> Lucia Howard Sizemore '65, director of alumnae affairs

April 1995/Main Events A-3

ALUMNAE NEWS

Dean McKoin Bushong spent Christmas week with a daughter and her three lively youngsters. Dean lives with memories of her wonderful Millard and begs her class to treasure the days they have with their family members. Dean is grateful for her three sister, ages 72, 76 and 82.

Helen Handle Morse, Shirley Christian Ledgerwood and Jane Thomas Tilson meet often now that Jane is back in California after living for a while in her old New England home. The class congratulates Shirley on the pub¬ lication of her Unlocked Dreams which includes Sarah Catherine Wood Marshall Lesourd's poems and biography of Sarah Catherine.

Rebecca Whitley Nunan and Carlton still love their tree-sur¬ rounded home near Emory. One son, daughter-in-law and two grandsons share this old 22-room house, and take pride in the boys' academic and sports records.

Mildred Clark Sargent and Jim had an adventurous reunion of his WW II P-51 Fighter Squadron at magnificently scenic Lake Placid. Pilots were there from many states as far away as Hawaii. The spirit these "Flying Tigers" demonstrated in the skies over China and Burma was still theirs and already there are plans for their 52nd reunion in El Paso. All are grateful that the Chinese government will be dedicating a monument in Nanking this year to our KIAs as well as their own.

The class of 1936 anticipates its own reunion, and Mildred urges the class to send her more news for Main Events.

The alumnae office received the following information:

• Frances James Donohue is still farming and selling real estate in Maryland, and enjoying living next door to her grandsons.

The University of North Carolina's School of Law recently presented Bertha Merrill Holt, a member of the North Carolina General Assembly, with a "Special Distinguished Alumni Award."

37

SECRETARY Fannie B. Harris Jones 600 Miller Street Dalton, GA 30720

Class President Frances Steele Garrett appeared with her hus¬ band, Franklin, on a PBS special "Lost Atlanta—The Way We Were" with nostalgic views from the late thirties showing street cars, soda fountains, the old auditorium and the Varsity.

Frances Lasseter Rambo is president ot the Decatur Alumnae Club which recently had Sally Mahoney as guest speaker. Florence and Frances both attended the retirement party for Bertie Bond.

Frances Wilson Hurst has recently published the second booklet on outdoor art in Madison, Wis. A friend helped with poems inspired by eight new pieces of sculpture in Common Joy II, the sequel to Common Joy: Outdoor Art in Madison 1991.

They have enjoyed good reviews and a book signing at a local store.

Annie Laura Phillips and Sam, in their fourteenth year of teaching Conversational English to Internationals in their church in Peachtree City, took time off to watch the shuttle Endeavor lift off in Florida.

Sarah Johnson Linney's husband, George, wrote the news that she has a broken arm, but still has a few piano pupils and loves her work with internationals in Augusta.

Jane Estes and her sister, Sara, hosted their extended family's Thanksgiving gathering in the spacious home where they grew up and in which they still live in Gay, Ga.

Isabel McCain Brown and Bill use their large cottage in Montreal, N.C., to host family and friends in the summer, but they rest up during the six winter months in a nearby retirement community, Highland Farms. They keep the same mailbox year-round.

Fannie B. Harris Jones has a summer cottage at Montreal but no mailbox up there.

The alumnae office received the following information:

Fannie B. was the 1994 recipi¬ ent of the Whitfield Healthcare Foundation's Humanitarian Award because of her outstand¬ ing contributions to Hamilton Medical Center.

Sarah Johnson Finney has three grandchildren in college. One is graduating from Stetson University, and the other two are freshmen at Furman University.

Martha Sue Redus was wid¬ owed in 1986, but is now living in a beautiful retirement home near friends and family. Her son and his wife and daughter, Laney Redus, 7, are living in Dallas, Texas.

38

SECRETARY The Rev. Jane Guthrie Rhodes 127 Pharr Road Decatur, GA 30030-4936

Here's what the class of 1938 has been up to! Winnie Vass writes in her annual Christmas newsletter of the reunion of for¬ mer students of Central School for Missionaries' Children locat¬ ed at Lubondai, Zaire. Winnie writes that rarely are all four of her daughters together, but they were present at this "happy, therapeutic" event. Winnie and Lach enjoyed staying in their apartment at Montreal this summer, working on their book, "The Lapsley Saga."

Ann Wheaton Bowers sends greetings from Santa Monica, Calif., where she says earth¬ quakes are "part of the package" of living there. She writes that her roommate Genevieve Baird Farris believes if she could meet again with the whole gang, the group would "pick up where we left off, and feel 20 once again!"

Mildred Harding reported that Farleigh Dickinson University Press plans to publish her literary biography entitled

Air-Bird in the Water: The Dfe and Works of Pearl Craigie. She's not sure if the publishers will keep that title, and no date for publica¬ tion has been named yet. Mildred also had a part-time job at Shorecrest Preparatory School, but it was taxing on her energy and time that she needed to devote to other things and did not stay. Mildred's daughter, Branwen Denton visited her in Gulfport in August. She is a specialist in Mesopotamian archeology, teaching, researching, excavating, and consulting in Bahrain. Mildred attended two Agnes Scott functions held in St. Petersburg. In late September, however, she was in a car accident in which her right arm was broken. Fortunately, it had healed by Christmas.

The University of North Carolina's School of Law recently presented Bertha Merrill Holt with a "Special Distinguished Alumni Award." She is a member of the North Carolina General Assembly.

Nell Sheldon is spending Christmas holidays with her daughter, Allison, in Oklahoma City. Nell still remembers the very successful and emotional gathering of "Mish Kids" from China at Columbia Seminary in 1994, especially treasuring the meeting with all of the Bell sisters, including, Ruth, the wife of Billy Graham.

The class was sorry to hear that Nettie Mae Austin Kelley lost her husband, Kendrick King Kelley Jr. in October. The class sends her its heartfelt sympathy and condolences.

Lib Blackshear Flinn and Bill enjoyed taking a group of Senior Citizens to the Cumberland Theatre in Crossville, Tennessee, recently to see the play, "The Secret Garden." On their way back, they stopped off in Chattanooga to visit the aquari¬ um and have lunch. Her latest good news is that her daughter is moving to Atlanta from San Antonio, and this will mean that all of her daughters now live in Atlanta, to provide her with plen¬ ty of visits from six grandchildren. Jean Chalmers Smith and Walter flew to Saratoga, Calif, for a 10- day visit with their daughter and son and five grandkids over Thanksgiving holidays. Walt Jr. flew in from Oregon to make it 11 in one house! Jean, Carol Hale Halsey, and Ruth Hertzka cele¬ brated their 60th class reunion from Atlanta Girls' High recently. Margaret Morrison Blumberg read the delightful poetry which Carol wrote to accompany their skit, impersonating the great ladies of politics.

39

SECRETARY Elinor Tyler Richardson 516 Azalea Lane Florence, SC 29501

June Harvey Eager's descrip¬ tive name for those at 55th reunion is great: The Survivors! She's done quite well—a week in Paris with her family in June, a week with friends in Cyprus, a

trip to New Zealand in October. She plans to visit her granddaugh¬ ter in March at Tulane, in New Orleans.

Ruby Laney Sewell teaches Hatha yoga and Middle Eastern dance (belly bancing), and hopes to continue until 1999, preparing for our 60th reunion. She attend¬ ed a belly dance workshop in Albuquerque in August and a meditation retreat in November.

Evelyn Sears Schneider reports husband Mort is better fol¬ lowing a severe infection after hip surgery and a bout with metastatic cancer. She has given two lectures this past year, "The Brou-ha-ha of Hamlet" and a biography of E.E. Cummings. They enjoy their home, cats, friends, and visits to the Orlando Shakespeare festival, Southern Ballet, Orlando Opera, and plays performed by students of Rollins College.

From California Emily Harris Swanson writes she has finished an American Association of Retired Persons eight-hour driv¬ ing course for senior citizens and highly recommends it. She's judged a dog show at San Rafael and planned to judge another in December at San Mateo.

Eleanor Hall and Jenny Kyle Dean both wrote about their trip to England in June. Sponsored by the Church of England, it was a "parish" tour to Kent County (garden of England) and Kew Gardens. They were the only two to sign up, so the entire group of 25 people entertained them royal¬ ly. They visited historical sights, magnificent gardens at their peak, had delightful meals and made many new friends. They also spent a few days in London. Eleanor had foot surgery earlier.

Phyllis Johnson O'Neal's chil¬ dren have been very supportive since the death of her husband and her bout with shingles. During the summer she enjoyed a cruise to the Greek Isles and a guided bus tour of the Canadian Rockies—both beautiful spots. Phyllis enjoys visits in Atlanta with classmates Hayden Sanford Sams and Elizabeth Shepard Green. She met Lois Walton Townsend in Atlanta for a weekend. Lois graduated from Sophie Newcomb, has seven children and 14 grandchildren. Phyllis has four and four.

During the summer, Dorothy Lazenby Stipe enjoyed a trip to Italy with her church choir, Dun woody Methodist. They sang at St. Peter's in Rome, the Majordomo in Florence, St. Mark's in Venice and cathedrals in Bergamo, Padua and Siena. It was a memorable experience. Dorothy, Sarah Cunningham Carpenter, and 16-18 other mem- hers of the Decatur ASC Chapter attended a dinner at ASC Interim President Sally Mahoney's home in November. Marie Merritt Rollins finished a little history of her mother's family for her children and cousins. She says she's still trying to do the things she's always done and hasn't realized she is too old to do them.

Mamie Ratliff Finger enter¬ tained the Knoxvilie ASC alum¬ nae on October 17. Jean Kennedy and Amy Davis brought news from Agnes Scott. On October

20, she and Ellis celebrated their 52nd wedding anniversary at the St. Moritz in New York City on an Arts Museum tour sponsored by the Knoxvilie Gallery of Art. Son Bill writes for Family Health International, Research Triangle, Raleigh-Durham. At a Hershel Cairo Population Conference in September, the journal he edits, Network, was awarded the 1994 Global Award for best population concern magazine. Son Ellis' wife, Phyllis, is in Tokyo on a year's exchange teaching, and his son Geoffrey, age 11, is spending a year studying Japanese culture and language. Ellis is Presenter of the Arts at Lafayette College so his schedule allows him to visit his family in Tokyo. Mamie Lee, Ellis and Geoffrey spent Thanksgiving at Homestead, Hot Springs, Va. and planned Christmas in Williamsburg.

Frances Guthrie Brooks and Wayne had an "all adults" Christmas with children coming in relays for short visits.

Lou Pate Jones and Jeff encourage others to visit Turkey—much to see. She attended the ASC Alumnae meeting in Memphis in the fall and was pleased with the messages brought by the three from ASC.

The alumnae office received the following information:

Harriette von Gremp Lee regrets that she was unable to attend the last ASC Alumnae Association event at Mamie Lee Finger's house in Knoxvilie, due to illness. Her golf was also suspended for the season, as she fractured a knee in May of 1994. She was able to make it to her sister's oldest granddaughter's wedding in October, however. She is teaching Sunday School again, and was scheduled to give a book review at the end of October at the E.S.O. of the local Federal Women's Club. Harriette and her husband, Ben, flew to Dallas, Texas, with their son, David's family for Thanksgiving. Their daughter, Robin, is teaching in Maryville, Tenn., and is serving her second year as president of the local Delta Kappa Gamma chapter.

40

CO-SECRETARIES Grace Anderson Cooper 1301 Snell Harbor Drive St. Petersburg, FL 33704

Polly Ware Duncan 122 Dellwood Drive Greenville, SC 29609

Polly Heaslett Badger 2321 Oak Street Northbrook, 1L 60062

Evelyn Baty Christman reports that her daughter Carol is undergoing intensive chemother¬ apy for cancer of the lung. In the spring of '94 she had received chemotherapy and radiation following a mastectomy. Evelyn's other two children are fine, as are all ten grandchildren, four of whom are in college.

Hazel Solomon Beazley's

A-4 Main Events/ApWI 1995

ALUMNAE NEWS

house has recently undergone extensive renovation (kitchen enlarged and porch renovated) after 40 years.

Mary Virginia Brown Cappleman wrote in July that Franklin flew to Guam to attend the 50th anniversary of the U.S. landing on Guam. She was antici¬ pating a visit in August from her daughter Mary's family.

Helen Gates Carson wrote of being ordered to slow down by her doctor. She was hopeful of attending the next reunion.

Grace Elizabeth Anderson Cooper's 13 th grandchild, Clayton Anderson, was bom on October 3. His father, Emmett, is founder and president of Honeyword, a unique approach to Bible study for children.

Mary Winston Crockett Norfleet sees Henrietta Thompson Wilkinson in Montreal in the summer. Mary Winston has three sons, two daughters and 13 grandchildren. Her daughter, Mary Norfleet Megson '75X, is a pediatrician at Children's Hospital in Richmond. Her youngest daughter, Agnes (Davidson 1981) is pastor of North Decatur Presbyterian Church. Agnes' husband, Larry Amey, is director of Habitat for Humanity in the Atlanta.

In September, Dibba Davis Johnston and Smith visited their son, Smith III, who is a doctor with NASA in Houston. On their return Smith attended his 55 th reunion at Emory, then they went to Myrtle Beach for the ASC mini-reunion. Thanksgiving was spent with their daughter Janice Johnston Kane '71 and her family.

Carolyn Forman Piel has two new grandchildren: Jessica Piel (father, Zack Piel) and Wil Scott Hubbard (mother, Mary Piel Hubbard, M.D.) Carolyn is busy reviewing 30 years of research in pediatric nephrology and is presi¬ dent of U.C.S.F. Emeritus Association.

Louise Hughston Oettinger, after years of living in India, Vienna and Paris, has retired with her husband to Chapel Hill, N.C. They are hoping to attend the 55th reunion.

Mary Dixon Warren and John celebrated their 52nd anniversary last summer. They have three sons, one daughter and 11 grand¬ children ranging from ages 4 to 22. John is a retired doctor, and they spend much time traveling.

Polly Heaslett Badger would like to clarify her news item in the December Main Events. Polly did visit Henrietta Wilkinson in Montreal last April with Sophie Crane and Evelyn Christman. They all had lunch with Isabel McCain Brown '37 at Mary Frances Ault's home. But it was Polly who met her two sisters in San Francisco where they spent three days before traveling by train to Lake Tahoe for an elderhostel.

On her 75th birthday, Eleanor Hutchens received from her sisters "an heirloom to be a source of innocent merriment for generations yet unborn": They had her Wednesday morning ten¬ nis doubles game professionally videotaped on her backyard court.

Mildred Joseph Colyer was diagnosed as having lung cancer in the fall of '93. She wrote last summer that, after chemotherapy and radiation, she was doing fine except for some lingering side-effects.

Nell Pinner Wisner is "well on the mend" following a heart problem which developed at Thanksgiving. Because of Nell's vision problems (legally blind), she and Bert moved in January to Chambrel, a retirement home in Williamsburg.

For several days in October of 1993, Mary MacTempleton Brown was hostess for three classmates: V.J. Watkins, Isabella Robertson White and Jane Salters Chapman.

Sophie Montgomery Crane writes that her family celebrated Christmas in early December when their daughter Janet and family were visiting from Taiwan.

Mary Reines Burge's hus¬ band, Dan, had a slight stroke in November and is slowly recover¬ ing. Their daughter is deputy director for the five branches of Atlanta's Legal Aid. Dan retired four years ago and is doing a part-time health care job in teaching and reviewing medical costs all over Georgia.

Harriet Stimson Davis has settled comfortably in her new home. She is living in a retire¬ ment complex near Marietta. Christmas was spent with her son Gordon who lives with his family in Boca Raton, Fla.

Henrietta Thompson Wilkinson has had a busy year entertaining out-of-town guests, taking an art course, reading and participating in an exercise class. Three of her four children were home for Christmas.

Mary Frances "Boots" Moore Culpepper reports that her granddaughter Shannon Smith graduated from Austin Presbyterian Seminary and was ordained last summer as associate pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Arlington, Texas. Her sister Courtney works as a C.P.A. for Ernst & Young, Fort Worth.

Katherine Patton Carssow says that life seems to get busier all the time. She is hoping to get to the reunion in April along with husband Jim and daughter Lynn Carssow Adams '70. The Alumnae Office received the following information:

Elizabeth Warren Mayer and Penn Hammond Vieau report that 18 classmates and their hus¬ bands got together for a mini- reunion at Myrtle Beach, S.C., in October. The same people have been making this yearly trip for the last 10 years, always staying in houses, never in hotels.

Emily Underwood Gault was in the hospital for a month and is now receiving care at home.

Harriet Davis has moved into an apartment at Presbyterian Village and is looking forward to moving into a duplex next year.

41

SECRETARY Mary Madison Wisdom

4589 Village Oaks Circle Dunwoody, GA 30338

Sabine Brumby Korosky has accepted a two-year commitment as president/acting director of Religious Community Services, Inc., a local charity organization in Clearwater, Fla. This is an extensive ecumenical organiza¬ tion supported by 76 congrega¬ tions of all faiths. All of the work is done by many volunteers with only a full-time bookkeeper and an office manager as paid employees.

Florence Ellis Gifford's grand¬ daughter, Lane Gifford, and Martha Dunn Kerby's great nephew, Scott Franklin, were married in Nashville, Tenn., in November 1994. Martha and Flonnie enjoyed very much seeing each other again at the wedding.

If you saw the pretty blond Cissy Biggers doing TV promo¬ tions for the Kroger food drive during Christmas, you will be interested to know that she is the daughter-in-law of Ellen Muzzy Biggers. She can also be seen as hostess on the TV show "Queens" on the Lifeline channel.

Nancy Willstatter Gordon and Peter enjoyed a fascinating trip to Turkey in November. It was a great time to see the ruins without all the summer tourists.

Doris Dalton Crosby's husband, C.P., died Oct. 3, 1994 after a long bout with diabetes. Doris and C.P. had enjoyed planning for their 50th wedding anniversary celebration on Oct. 11 which their four children were having for them. Two of their daughters are ASC graduates.

Margaret Lentz Sheer writes that she and her husband of 53 years still think Cape Cod is the ideal place to live. They stay very active with church and volunteer work.

Gay Swagerty Guptill is pleas¬ antly settled in Prospect, Ky., with her son Stephen and his wife. In June, all of her family came to see her, their first real reunion in 20 years.

Louise Musser Kell's hus¬ band, Tom, died in his sleep on Sept. 22, 1994. His death is indeed a tragedy coming so soon after their oldest son Wayne's death on Mother's Day.

Nina Mae Snead de Montmollin continues her work with the Democratic Party and is pleased that their senatorial candidate won in the November election.

Laura Sale McDonell and Durwurd returned to Nassau for the month of January where Durwurd will again serve as minister for the Methodist church there.

The alumnae office received the following information:

Frances Alston Lewis, whose four children are thriving, is living in Corpus Christi, Texas, and welcomes any member of the class to come visit her.

Harriette Cochran Mershon is bedridden these days, unfortu¬ nately. Her husband has been handling everything for her.

Harriet Amos Doss is the current president of the Alabama Association of Historians.

42

SECRETARY Olivia White Cave 215 Ridgewood Avenue Paducah, KY 42001

A new grandchild for Mary James Seagle Edelbut and Carl! Robert James Huitbregtse was bom to their daughter Katherine and her husband, Gary, in Fort Collins, Colo. July 16, 1994. Mary James and Carl celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a four-day vacation at the Grand Hotel in Point Clear, Ala., a place they had often enjoyed when first married.

Mtary Louise Palmour Barber and Walter spent two weeks in August with their younger son Jeff and his family in Alexandria, Va., with side trips to Washington.

Elizabeth Russell Stelling lunched with Neva Jackson Redfem and Clarence at Emory Inn Restaurant and brought interesting news of Edith Schwartz Joel and her husband, Richard. On October 7, 1994, Richard, an opera enthusiast, discussed "Opera: Try It-You'll Like It" at the Bascom-Louise Gallery in Highlands, N.C. The program consisted of an informal discussion illustrated with some of Joel's favorite operatic arias. He showed the difference in vari¬ ous types of operatic voices with familiar excerpts from the world's most popular operas. Joel serves on the boards of the Highlands Chamber Music Festival and the annual Bel Canto Recital Steering Committee. He is a long-time member of the board of the Knoxville Opera Company. Neva and Clarence enjoyed a weekend in Charleston, S.C., in November where they visited Mary Robertson Perry. Christmas was spent in Florida.

Frances "Tuck" Tucker Johnson and Ed had three mar¬ velous weeks in Europe, six days in Prague, six in Budapest, five in Vienna and three in Baden. She often sees Doris Hasty Barren and Vance, who is pastor emeri¬ tus of the University Presbyterian Church in Chapel Hill, N.C., and Gay Currie Fox when visit¬ ing children and grandchildren in Black Mountain, N.C.

It is saddening to report the sudden death of Jesse H. Wheeler Jr., husband of Margery Gray Wheeler, on July 8, 1994. Wheeler was a professor emeritus of geology at the University of Missouri. He was honored by the National Council for Geographic Education in 1990 as a Distinguished Mentor, and he was the senior co-author of "World Regional Geography," the most widely used college textbook on that subject.

Lillian Gish Alfriend and Bill's year was punctuated by a 6.7 Northridge earthquake, but no damage was done to their home. In May they attended a nephew's wedding in Tallahassee. June and July were spent at their summer home in New Castle, N.H. In August there was a family reunion in Memphis. Thanksgiving was in the

Mountain Rushing River area of Kemsville, Calif., and the December finale, a Caribbean cruise with Ventura children. Christmas was at home with New Hampshire children.

The alumnae office received the following information:

As of Jan. 1, 1993, Margaret D. Michael retired from her inte¬ rior design business, Interiors Unlimited.

Jane Stillwell Espy and Robert had a wonderful trip in October to Athens, Greece, Istanbul, and Ephesus, Turkey, then a cruise of the Greek Islands. They had just returned home when Jane had a very bad fall, injuring her right forehead and cheek. After a CAT scan determined no serious trouble, she went ahead with her cataract surgery on November 10. Her ophthalmologist is Peter Gordon, M.D., son of Nancy Willstatter Gordon '41- They had a nice visit with Mtary Kirkpatrick Reed and Dan in Columbus, Ga., on Dec. 27. Mary has an interesting collection of over 250 Santa Clauses and she enjoys entertain¬ ing many groups at Christmas.

43

SECRETARY Alice Clements Shinall 927 Artwood Road NE Atlanta, GA 30307

Ruby Rosser Davis wants everyone to know that "Nancy Green Carmichael would appre¬ ciate hearing from us along with appreciating our prayers as she battles lymphoma."

A friend of Ruby Rosser Davis gave your secretary the following information about her. Ruby is an active member of Peachtree Presbyterian Church in Atlanta and was one of only two women honored by that church last year. She was named Life Member of the Presbyterian Women's organi¬ zation for her work in the Circle, Chapel Prayer Program, Council for Christian Community activi¬ ties, and her organization of a library circle to establish and staff a church library. Also she was instrumental in organizing the Catherine S. Sims Faculty Enrichment Fund at Agnes Scott. Congratulations, Ruby.

Mary Estill Martin Rose writes that she and her husband are still enjoying travel while they are healthy. They had a delightful trip to Italy in March. This summer they converted a screened porch to an all-year sun room, and now they can live on their first floor if it's necessary. In November, they needed some R & R and went to the Costa Del Sol of Spain for three weeks. They enjoyed side trips to Madrid and Casablanca.

Mary Brock Williams and Jim spent the Christmas season in Europe with daughter Nancy and her husband Matthew Mancini, who holds the Chair of American Studies at Eotvas Lorand University in Budapest, Hungary, for the year. They all visited Salzburg, Prague and Vienna as well. Mary said it was magic and thrilling to be at St. Stephens

April 1995/Main Events A-5

ALUMNAE NEWS

Cathedral on Christmas morning. When everyone received their

class letter from Frances Radford "Raddy" Mauldin, they did not get the whole story. She wrote the letter in October, but the alumnae office was not able to mail it until December. The ball popped out of her hip socket the second time, and in November she had her third major surgery for 1994. She spent ten days in rehab before getting home in mid-December. It seems to be working well, and she is looking forward to a healthy 1995!

Anne Frierson Smoak and Harold celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 1994 as well as the arrival of a great granddaughter.

Helen Summerour Zimmerman and Alex spent Christmas in San Francisco with their daughter and her family.

Martha Ann Smith Roberts says she and Earle have felt the freedom of retirement for the first time in 1994. Trips to the outer Banks, Athens, Ga., for the 55th reunion of the Athens High School class of 1939, the North Carolina mountains, Tampa and Lake Waccamaw filled their year.

Anne Paisley Boyd and Bill are on Edisto Island, S.C. where Bill is doing an interim at the Presbyterian Church until May 1995. The Manse was built in the 1820s, is in the Historic Register, and on the Edisto tour of homes. Anne enjoyed having a luncheon for some of her Agnes Scott friends: Caroline Smith Hassell, Mabel Stowe Querry, and Frances Dubose Lindsay '46, who lives on Edisto.

Maryann Cochran Abbott and Forrest cruised from Buenos Aires to Gibraltar and Barcelona then celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a trip to the Pacific Northwest. They have moved their sailboat to Beaufort, S.C., and have fallen in love with this quaint, historical Southern town.

The class' thoughts and prayers are with Hannah Reeves, whose mother died.

The alumnae office received the following information:

Mary Jo Chapman Carrao was blessed with two new grand¬ children in August of 1993.

Nancy Thomison Hawkins sold her family home in 1989 and moved to a smaller house. She remains active in the First United Methodist Church in Dayton, Tenn., in spite of bouts with arthritis.

44

SECRETARY Betty Scott Noble 2610 McKinnon Drive Decatur, GA 30030

Clare Bedinger Baldwin and Walter celebrated their 50th wed¬ ding anniversary with a family reunion. Their children gave them a dinner, sang "Golden Oldies" to them, and presented them with a wall hanging and an album of photographs.

Anne Ward Amacher says her mother's doctor, Joanne Smith T, a wonderful doctor and a "saint," is an Agnes Scott graduate, who has also been a missionary

to Korea. Claire Bennett Kelly's son,

Pete, teaches high school science in Bellingham, Wash. Her daughter, Nancy, is an associate with Hendrick and Associates, commercial interior designers in Atlanta. Stepson, Tom, is an adolescent psychiatrist in Palm Beach, Fla. Claire does volunteer work at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital and Florida State University School of Music.

Elizabeth "Bippy" Gribble Cook and Steve celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary November 29, 1994, with month-long activities. They are enjoying retirement in the Texas hill country, north of Austin, Tex. Steve is restoring the house they are living in which "Bippy's father began in 1951. Ruth Farrior has visited the Cooks recently.

Nell Turner Spettel, after attending the class's 50th reunion, thinks her class looks pretty good. Nell, having returned to Columbus, Ga., after 23 years, is president of the Artist's Guild. She is painting for commission, playing bridge, dancing and grandmothering three boys.

Ruth Kolthoff Kirkman, having lived some years in Wisconsin and Michigan, has enjoyed the last 10 years in Florida. Tom is pastor of the Poinciana Chapel in Palm Beach.

Martha Liddell McCarty has remarried after her husband John's death in 1982. She feels that Clint was brave to marry someone with four children and

their spouses plus eleven grand¬ children. After the wedding in January 1992, Martha and Clint spent a month in England.

Martha Rhodes Bennett writes that in August she and her daughter and her family enjoyed a trip to Paris. Recently, Martha traveled to Prague and Germany. She enjoyed boating down the Elbe River, seeing Check Point Charlie and Potsdam, a newly alive city. Martha is president of her local League of Women Voters.

June Lanier Wagner writes that she and Jim went with the Eighth Air Force Group to com¬ memorate World War II D-Day invasion at Omaha and Utah Beaches. Their ship was reviewed by Queen Elizabeth, and later they attended the Queen's birthday celebration in London.

Aurie Montgomery Miller and John gathered recently with some Agnes Scott alumnae at Columbia Theological Seminary to hear Bishop Ting, head of the Chinese Christian Church, express appreciation to the group for their missionary work in China.

Elizabeth "Betty" Bacon Skinner enjoyed visiting in July with Margaret Sheperd Yates '45 and Mary Louise Duffee Philips and Frank in Ponte Vedra, Fla. Betty and Billy, her husband, had a fall trip to France and Switzerland, visiting Lausanne, where Betty had lived at one time.

Miriam House Lloyd retired from working in Westchester County, N.J., in the District Attorney's office in January 1994. Her son Tom is a sports anchor at CNN in Atlanta. Miriam has a daughter, living in New Jersey, and another daughter living in Colorado. One of her sons lives in Los Angeles, and another in Arizona.

Ruth Farrior has traveled recently with her brother, Hugh, and his wife to New England, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. Later, she visited two nieces in Sweden. In the fall Ruth joined two other Chinese missionaries at the Columbia Theological Seminary to hear Bishop Ting of China speak.

Katherine Philips Long flies in a little plane with George in his Barnabas Ministry, which endeavors to encourage young pastors. Though a bit fearful, Katherine is quick to fly if the route goes near their four chil¬ dren and spouses and their 14 grandchildren.

Margaret Shepherd Yates used to travel a bit with her husband, Don. Now they spend weekends at either their beach house or their mountain condo. Margaret reports that dealing with house repairperson or buying groceries occupy much of her time.

The alumnae office received the following information:

Mary Florence McKee Anderson and her husband are active in their community and enjoy traveling. They came south from their home in Maryland to attend her 50th college reunion this past year. In May 1994, they took a Smithsonian trip to south¬

west England. At the time of her report, they had just returned from an Elderhostel trip to Maine in September.

45

CO-SECRETARIES Mary Neely Norris King 1409 Hathaway Road Raleigh, NC 27698

J. Scott Newell Newton 690 Old Ivy Rd. NE Atlanta, GA 30342

The alumnae office received the following information:

In October, Elaine Kuniansky Gutstadt and Joe joined Dotty Kahn Prunhuber and Larry at their home in the Berkshires for a weekend of reminiscing and enjoying the beautiful fall colors. Canoe trips on the Housatonic and on the lake in front of Dotty's house made the weekend special. Later in the month Elaine and Julia Slack Hunter enjoyed the beautiful flowers and lunch in Atlanta's Botanical Garden.

Barbara Frink Allen and Lew celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary at North Bethany Beach with all their family: "A very special time with two gradu¬ ations, a birthday and a baptism to celebrate also." Lew continues his boards and committees and Barbara continues her Pasadena Symphony and church volun- teerism. They had a beautiful tour of New England in the fall— "Leaf Peeking and Rock Pounding." Barbara's sisters and brother-in-law visited in the spring for their California reunion. The Alaska Aliens were to come South to thaw out for the holidays. Barbara's color- coded Christmas card picture came with a cutline to explain who belonged to which bairn in Virginia, Arkansas, Connecticut!, New Hampshire and Moscow (Russia, that is). Barbara's PS. said, "See you in April—getting real excited!"

Joyce "Joo Froo" Freeman Marting wrote on her unique Thomas Nast Christmas card, "I'll see you at reunion."

Margaret Mace Hannah also said she hopes to make it to ASC for the 50th reunion. She doesn't feel old enough for it, but says she had better start acting and admitting her age! Margaret and Sam went to France and the Seychelles for four weeks in September and October. Also in Europe in the fall was Betty Davis Shingler with Bob—in Belgium to visit son Robert: "Brussels was beautiful, as were Brugge and Antwerp. But their reason for going, Jon Fooshee, was the best sight of all! Also Kelly, Marshall, Robert and Helen." Betts marvelled at how they had moved, got their new house beautifully decorated, set¬ tled and had Jon, all in three months' time. Wrote Betts: "They are all going via train and the chunnel to London for five days at Christmas—ah, youth!

Martha Minnie Mack Simmons and Henry had a nice Thanksgiving with Marshall and

Mystery Women Identified

ALUMNAE IDENTIFY STUDENTS IN DONOR LIST EDITION PHOTOS

Many thanks to the alumnae who responded to the photo identification contest run in the November 1994,

Donor List edition of Main Events. You may want to pull out your edition for fun to see who's who.

Mary Scott Hill '41 identified three of the seven women in the tum-of-the-century photo (photo one), one of them her mother. From left to right, they are: Laura Candler, Hill's mother, Grace Hardie, and Eilleen Gober, center.

Many responded to picture number three to correct the automobile model as a 1941 Ford. However, only Dorothy Nash Daniel '43 correctly named herself as the pedestrian in the photo and Mary Brock Williams '43 as the driver. The year was either 1941 or 1942.

Regarding the fourth photograph, which pictured four women around the wall of the quad, conflicting answers were received. Here are their reports, and if anyone can narrow the photo's subjects, please contact the Office of Publications. Mary Louise Duffee Philips '44 recognized herself in the plaid blazer holding the ASC News and Martha Rhodes Bennett '44 as standing by the wall, looking upward. Adele Dieckmann McKee '48 believes the people to he: Jennie Wren Stine '48, sitting on the wall; Betty Jean Brown Ray '48, sitting on steps; Kathleen Hewson Cole '48, standing against the wall; and Hunt Morris Ferrell '47, standing next to Cole. Nancy Irvine '51 identified the women as, clockwise from top: Doris Sullivan Tippens '49, Hunt Morris Ferrell '47, Willeen Tarry Braun '49, and Katherine Nelson Major '51.

Angela Gottsche '88 uncovered the mystery of photo six, identifying Diane Dobbins '64, and her mother, Myra Gottsche '64, as participants in the snow ball fight. The picture was taken in February 1964 in front of the library. The two were leaving the Hub when a photographer from the Atlanta Journal or the Atlanta Constitution asked to photograph them, and the picture appeared in one of the newspapers.

On snapshot seven, picturing three women in a Main dorm room, conflicting reports came in. Adele Dieckmann McKee '48 believes the women are from left to right: Mary Manly Ryman, June Irvine Torbert, and Edna Claire Cunningham Schooley, all class of '48. Mary Louise Duffee Philips '44 named Bettye Ashcraft Senter '44 as sitting on the bed, Claire Johnson Yancey '44 as sitting on the window seat, and Bobby Powell '44 as standing by the dresser. Any help in clarifying the identifications would be appreciated.

Those pictured in photograph nine partici¬ pated in a slave auction for Junior Jaunt in the spring of 1975. They are from left to right: Marguerite Booth; Marilu Putnam; Alice Newton, the identifier; and Sharon Pittman, all in the class of 1978. Marguerite Booth played "Simonette Legree," the auctioneer, while remaining students participated as slaves.

In photograph 10, Kathy Maynard Swick '74 identified herself as the accomplice from the window and the escapee as Roseanne Harkey Prujtt '74.

The official final identifications will be forwarded to the College archives. Thanks so much for your help.

A-6 Main EvENTs/April 1995

ALUMNAE NEWS

Susan. At the writing of her Christmas greeting, Minnie was positive about getting over her shingles. Her greeting read: "A most special good wish for 1995, the year of our 50th!"

Julia Slack Hunter wrote "Where are the years flying to? We're on fast forward." And that is the story of Julia's life. She is working hard—along with her great committee—on our big 50th.

Dot Hunter wrote from St. Simons that they were enjoying unseasonably warm weather and were putting up Christmas deco¬ rations while the hibiscus were still blooming. But a little later Pat Elam wrote from the same clime that the leaves were falling, the wind had a bite, and they were envying their San Juan friends.

Molly Milam Insemi wrote from San Juan that any Billy Graham fans would be welcome at her house March 14-18 when that great evangelist is to be in Puerto Rico.

Virginia Lee Brown McKenzie and John's card pre¬ sented a new wee lassie in their clan—Claire Elizabeth McKenzie. The card also pictured their new home in Alpharetta.

Wendy Whittle Hoge wrote that she and Inge and Ginny Carter Caldwell plan to be "present for the 50th, DV [God willing], as we say at Virginia Seminary." Wendy has joined the ranks of the grandmas. N icholas was bom to daughter Hilary. She witnessed the birth and said it was probably the most awesome moment of her life. Wendy and Ben had been in the Boston area with Hilary, and then were back and forth between there and Alexandria during Christmas. Wendy never thought she'd be doing night feedings in her 70th year!

Inge's delightful Christmas letter began: "... in loyalty to Puerto Rico, I am just now baking a Bacardi mm cake." She says her life goes on as usual, and her class is a delight. They were tussling with Zola at the time of her letter. Inge still swims at Swarthmore, reads a lot, and takes good care of Cricket the cat. She sketches as well. She, Wendy and Ginny are planning to attended the reunion in ApriJ.

Dorothy Dyrenforth Gay lost her husband and her son within a month of each other this past fall.

46

SECRETARY Anne Register Jones 2031 Golf View Drive NW Atlanta, GA 30309

Mary Catherine Vinsant Grymes felt the force of Mother Nature in a big way in 1994- An ice storm in Febmary in Memphis left her without power for ages, and then a surge of electricity burned up both her furnace and refrigerator. A tornado in April felled a major power line onto her central air conditioning unit and destroyed it. However, she did enjoy a fun trip in September to Seattle and the Canadian

Rockies, and a Thanksgiving visit with her children and grandchil¬ dren in Pittsford, N.Y. She had a call from Carolyn Hall Medley at Christmas.

Jeanne Addison Roberts, pro¬ fessor of Literature at American University, was the presiding judge in October at an appeal by a self-appointed lawyer of Hamlet's conviction of six counts of murder. The debate was spon¬ sored by the New York City Bar Association. In the end, the panel of judges voted to reverse one manslaughter conviction, but upheld the convictions in the other five homicides. Jeanne's book The Shakespearean Wild is now available in paperback.

Dorothy Spragens Trice wrote in December that she had suffered several broken ribs in a fall. Jim, who has been very ill and bedridden for a year, was better at the time of her note. Their children have been very supportive and Dot vows that she will be at the 50th reunion.

Emily Bradford Batts and Larry welcomed their fourth grandchild in October. They now have "two of each." They spent two weeks in November in Costa Rica visiting their "Costa Rican daughter," an exchange student who lived with them 1970-71, and attending her daughter's wedding.

Winifred Wilkinson Hausmann has retired after 30 years as minister of the Unity Center Church of Cleveland Heights, Ohio. She now does some guest speaking and some writing. She recently has started painting in acrylics. Three of Winifred's previously published books are still in print and her latest has just been placed with a New York agent.

Barbara Kincaid Mount is making progress in recovering from a stroke which affected her left side. She is now able to walk with a walker. Intensive therapy and the support of her new hus¬ band, Bill (whom she married in April 1994) have enabled her to do so well.

Shirley Graves Cochrane has a new book of poetry, Letters to the Quick/Letters to the Dead, ready for publication and expects it to be printed late this year.

Your secretary's son, Boisfeuillet Jones Jr., became president and general manager of The Washington Post in January. He previously served as vice president and general counsel.

Pattie Dean Curry attended Mary Quigley Hague's daughter's wedding in Spartanburg, S.C., last J uly. Pattie's daughter, Pattie Lee, a violinist, performed with the Boston, Mass., orchestra at the Boston Shell. One of Pattie's piano students, a talented girl from Indonesia, attended the Brevard Music Center last summer, which was thrilling for Pattie.

Martha Scott Johnson Haley enjoys all the activities at Washington and Lee where she is still housemother for the Betas. She has rented her Florida town- house temporarily.

Jean Stewart Staton retired from her medical practice in July 1993.

The alumnae office received the following information:

The last few years have been quite eventful for Barbara Kincaid Mount. In 1992, she lost her first husband, Carlyle Trimble, she retired from her job as a librarian, and she suffered a stroke. She was remarried in April 1994, to W. F. Mount, a former high school sweetheart.

47

SECRETARY Dale Bennett Pedrick 2457 Wild Valley Drive Jackson, MS 39211

Many members of the class gathered in the mountains of North Carolina in October for a mini-reunion. Fluff Paisley Williams planned a delightful three-day gathering including mountain walks, informal dinners and a picnic on Mount Craggy, which gave class members a chance to become reacquainted in a relaxed, casual setting. Black Mountain was the locale and Monte Vista Inn the hosts. Those in attendance included Genet Heery Barren and hus¬ band Lindsay from Newnan, Ga., Doris Riddick Berry and husband Bob from Atlanta; Jane Cross from Louisville, Ky.; Anna George Dobbins from Oak Ridge, Tenn.; Martha Paisley Fast from Hot Springs Village, Ark.; Jean Williams Hand and husband Jim from Salem, Ore.; Laura Winchester Hawkins from Femandina Beach, Fla.; Anne Hough Hopkins and husband Arvah from Gulfport, Miss.; Ruth Ellis Hunley from Monroe, N.C.; Anne Stine Hughes and husband John from Waukegan, 111.; Kajie Johnson from Atlanta; Bet Patterson King and granddaugh¬ ter Jessica Murphy from Fort Collins, Colo.; Margaret Kinard Larimer and husband Paul from Auburn, Ala.; Mary Ann Craig Link from Floyd, Va.; Louise Hoyt Minor from Richmond, Va.; Carroll Taylor Parker from Atlanta; Dale Bennett Pedrick and husband Larry from Jackson, Miss.; Mary McCalla Poe and husband Carter from Greenville, S.C.; Betty Crabill Rogers and husband Charles from Charleston, WVa., with their houseguests Sergi and Olga from Russia; Anne Hill Jackson Smith and husband J im from Champaign, 111.; Mary Wakefield Tipton from Tiptonville, Tenn.; Mary Frances Anderson Wendt and husband Bob from Columbia, S.C.; Betty Allen Young and husband Preston from Louisville, Ky.; and hostess Florence Paisley Williams from Black Mountain.

Many thanks go to Fluff for her hospitality, to Bet's grand¬ daughter Jessica for her flips down the mountain for the entertain¬ ment and awe of her elders, and to Russian guests Sergi and Olga for their insights into current affairs in their homeland.

Proudest news of the class are the continued awards going to Kajie Johnson in the field of jour¬ nalism. The National Press Club Foundation selected her as one of the nation's top 20 women jour¬

nalists to do oral histories. During the last 18 months Kajie has given many interviews, both on tape and written, and they will be placed in major universities for college journalism students. Kajie is a news writer for CNN.

The alumnae office received the following information:

Anne Crawford Stine Hughes celebrated her 50th wedding anniversary on Nov. 6, 1994, with John Hughes.

M. Margaret Kelly Wells has a new granddaughter in Tampa, Grace Wells, who is the daughter of her son, John, and wife, Carol. Margaret went to Ireland in late August and early September with the Irish Summer Institute. She was there when the cease fire was called and had the chance to talk with many Sinn Fein and Protestant leaders.

Jeanie R. Schoelles, a coun¬ selor at Winn Way Mental Health Center, recently traveled around the world with her hus¬ band, Al, visiting their architect daughter in Singapore. They ran into their neighbors Phil and Betty Noble '44 at the airport.

Laura Hawkins wrote that she was looking forward to the mini-reunion in Black Mountain, N.C. that was to take place during October 1994-

Alice Beardsley has just married Dr. Norman K. Garber.

Deedie Merrin Simmons is still active in the Presbyterian Church and is the president of the Greater Jacksonville Church Women United.

48

SECRETARY Tissy Rutland Sanders 204 Upland Road Decatur, GA 30030 *

Mary Manley Ryman and Milton enjoyed an around-the- world trip in fall 1994. They visited their daughter's family who are living in Saudi Arabia. They enjoyed the sights in Paris, Singapore, Bangkok and Hong Kong, and spent Thanksgiving with Mary's aunt in Seattle.

Marian Yancey Carroll enjoys working as a docent at the Carter Museum in Atlanta along with Mary Caroline Lindsay '51, also a docent. Marian and Gene have made four trips to Europe in the last five years. They introduced their children to Europe on a tour from Normandy to the Rhine and participated in services on the 49th anniversary of D-Day in which their dad had participated in 1944- This fall, they toured Scotland, her favorite part of Britain. She also reports that at Atlanta Girls High 50th reunion were Ruth Blair Ravitz, Pat McManman Ott, Margaret Yancey Kirkman, Jane da Silva Montague, Helen Goldman Alperin, Beth Jones Crabill, and Marian herself.

Caroline Hodges Roberts' daughter Millie married Steven Lewis Stepp on May 28 at their Moreland, Ga., farm. On Sept. 1, their son and his wife had the first granddaughter, Taylor Jordan. Barbara Waugaman Thompson, June Gattis

Williams and Susan Daugherty visited Caroline at Bent Tree in the fall; they all carpooled together as day students at Agnes Scott in the 1940's.

Before Mae Comer Osbome Parker's husband Dan's death, the two enjoyed trips to Bavaria, Germany, and Ischia in the Bay of Naples in recent years. They just finished building a second home on the Outer Banks a year before his death.

Nancy Geer Alexander got a kick out of the recent Agnes Scott Alumnae Magazine article but she hardly recognized her 50-year- younger self and certainly didn't remember the sailor! Nancy and her husband visited Marybeth Little Lobdell and Leighton in the fall. Mary Alice Compton Osgood and her guest, Jane Alsobrook Miller, visited Marybeth shortly thereafter and the three of them went to see Peggy Pirtle Rudisill.

Jane Barker Secord and Ap went from zero grandchildren to four in one year! Laura Elizabeth Secord was bom Aug. 23, 1994, to their lawyer son, James Alan Secord, and Carol, who live in Mableton, Ga. Their son Forrest was married to Gail at the Presbyterian Church in Dalton, and she has three lively boys.

Anna Clark Rogers Sawyer's husband, Tom, had a bad fall in July and underwent surgery in August on three neck vertebrae and for stenosis. His recovery of stamina and use of his left hand have been slow. "Clarkie" herself has been having problems with her heart. Betzie Powers Crislip wrote "Clarkie" from Seattle that she and John were on the way to an Elderhostel in Alaska's inner passage in November.

Mildred Claire Jones Colvin's daughter Connie and husband Robert had a son, David, bom Sept. 25, 1994, making seven grandchildren for Millie! Millie travels a lot in the summer.

Anne Shepherd McKee and Charles traveled to Hawaii to visit their daughter, Charlene in 1994. Next, they went to Maine with Charles' sister and her hus¬ band, staying in bed and break¬ fasts along the coast. They went to visit their daughter, Elsie, at Princeton Seminary where she has now been elected a full professor. Elsie came home with them, and they all went to the Central School reunion at Montreal where over 200 people from about 70 years of classes met for a glorious weekend. After returning home, they found Charles' central vision was going. Anne is driving and reading now, but Charles has learned to read with a TV enhanced scanner.

Jean Bellingrath Mobley says her two years at ASC gave her excellent preparation for Duke and getting her Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina. She and husband Wade enjoy living at The Pines in Davidson, N.C. Daughter Julia is a corpo¬ rate trainer for Coca-Cola Enterprises in Atlanta and Julia's husband, WE. Rodenbeck, is a vice president for Fidelity National Bank in Decatur. Their son Larry is a corporate executive in Texas and his wife

April 1995/Main Events A-7

ALUMNAE NEWS

is a professor of pediatrics at Texas Women's University.

The alumnae office received the following information:

Sandy Hamilton Mallinson and her husband have returned from Taipei where they were volunteers in a Mission, from January to August 1994.

Margie Klein Thomson is very active in the Life Enrichment Center, on the Education Committee and taking courses. She also enjoys senior Elderhostel and travel.

49

SECRETARY Mary Price Coulling 604 Marshall Street Lexington, VA 24450

Jo Barron Atchison retired in June, 1994, after teaching for 43 years in Atlanta. Her husband is also retired, from the Shell Oil Company. Their older son is an organist-choirmaster; her younger son is a teacher.

Dorothy Allain retired in October for the second time. Now, she has more time to spend on the hobby of growing mushrooms.

Martha "Mott" Warlick Brame's broken wrist is almost all well; and Jo Culp Williams broke her hip in the fall, but is now walking without a cane.

In the fall, Sally Ellis Mitchell and George were in France. Early fall found Nancy Dendy Ryle and Dallas in England at the Royal Horticultural Gardens, followed by two weeks in Southern France.

Rita Adams Simpson went with a church group to Austria, where, she reports, "I never heard more beautiful music, nor seen more beautiful scenery." Lynn Phillips Matthews took a three- week trip to China, as did Ibby Wilkinson Tumipseed and Lonnie, who traveled with their children to Hong Kong where they had served as missionaries many years ago. Joan Lawrence Rogers and Larry went to Turkey and Greece and took a cruise through the Panama Canal.

Closer to home, Marie Cuthbertson Faulkner and Ed spent several months touring the Southwestern United States. Late in the summer Bobbie Cathcart Hopkins attended an elderhostel in Lexington, Va., giving her the chance to visit briefly class secre¬ tary, Mary Price Coulling. In August Alice Crenshaw Moore and her husband, Charlie, took a trip to the Northwest and Canada.

Lee Cousar Tubbs and Jim spent Thanksgiving in New Jersey, with side trips to New York City.

' Harriotte "Otte" Winchester Hurley and husband Herk spent a few days in Washington, DC in late August, then rode Amtrak back home. In November, Gene Akin Martin and Fred attended "Mule Day" in Cavalry, Ga. with 500 booths of crafts and junk, plus a parade - "mules, mules, mules!"

Doris "Sully" Sullivan Tippins is a student again, studying Afro-American literature at University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill.

Sue Tidwell Dixon's retire¬

ment activities include rafting down the Chattooga River with a son and grandchildren and spending time in Cyberspace, enjoying America on Line.

Mary "Maic" Aichel Samford continues to work 12-hour shifts, nursing AIDS patients.

Jo Snow Fernandez has moved back to Lynchburg, after years of living in Northern Virginia.

Annie Charles "Charlsie" Smith Harris writes cheerfully from Wilmington, N.C., despite husband Jim's invalidism, her father's infirmities, and her mother's longtime residence in a nearby nursing home.

Rebecca "Becky" Lever. Brown continues to write dramas for local audiences and for television.

Allison Smith, daughter of Betsy Deal Smith and Gil, was married in November in Houston.

In October, Betty Wood Smith sustained a serious head injury from a fall in her home. She is in a nursing home in the Atlanta area, and, to date, has not regained full consciousness.

Mary Price Coulling and Sid went on a "Hamlet to Hardy" cruise, and were in Copenhagen for two days when they had an Agnes Scott encounter. The wife of the American Ambassador to Denmark turned out to be Suzanne Goodman Elson '59. Giddy Dyer '38 was also on the tour. Mary found this surprising and exciting since it was mainly a Washington & Lee tour, and out of 75 people, three were ASC grads.

The alumnae office received the following information:

Lynn Phillips Mathews visited China for three weeks in November 1994. "Touring seven cities left me with a sense of excitement and awe. The Chinese people make up one- fourth of the world's population. Since 1979 free enterprise has emerged, people work extremely hard. The economy is rapidly improving: new bicycles, 137- percent ownership of TV sets, colorful new clothes. Birth control, one child per couple is rigidly enforced."

50

SECRETARY Joann Peterson Floyd 2900 Ingleside Avenue Macon, GA 31204

The alumnae office received the following information:

Polly Anna Philips Harris, now a part-time instructor at the University of Tennessee, retired from her teaching position at Bearden High School in 1993.

Elizabeth Dunlap McAliley served 43 years as a Christian educator, a missionary in Zaire, and a Presbyterian Church U.S.A. national staff member in the area of global mission. She retired in June 1993 and was honorably retired as an ordained minister in October 1993.

Bett Addams Williams is a senior marketing Consultant at

Harry Norman, where she has just celebrated 20 years with the firm.

51

SECRETARY Gail Akers Thompson 3941 Bonnington Court Atlanta, GA 30341

Libby Shontz Smith and A1 attended his 40th medical school reunion at Emory University in October 1993. The Smiths are planning to build a home in the Four Comers area of New Mexico, where A1 has relatives and where the dry climate is good for Libby's asthma. Libby is ecstatic over having finally become a grand¬ mother in the spring of 1993, when Alexandra Smith was bom. Just 14 months later Alexandra became "big sister" to triplets Melissa, Shannon and Duncan.

Winnie Horton Martin and Will are also very excited about having become grandparents for the first time in October '94 with the arrival of Patrick Saylor O'Neal Martin. Son Patrick and Lisa and young Saylor live nearby in Panama City Beach. Winnie has acquired a Baldwin grand piano for her music studio, where she continues to teach 17 students.

Also announcing a new grand¬ child are Nancy Cassin Smith and Ralph, who are enjoying granddaughter Madison Diane Smith, bom in March 1994.

Amy Jones McGreevy and Ken moved to LaGrange, Ga., in fall 1994. They have renovated an older house, where they hope to spend retirement years not far from Atlanta and their two children and six grandchildren.

Charlotte Key Marrow completed her doctorate degree in organ performance at the University of Texas in Austin. She studied musicology briefly before deciding that she definitely prefers playing music to analyzing it. She is organist for an Episcopal church near Austin. In December '94 Charlotte became a grandmother upon the birth of Danya Caitlin Ayres.

Amy Goodwin Mapp and J im are still ranching in Texas, flying their private plane, and playing golf. They use some of the pasture behind their house for a driving range!

Virginia Rogers Shaw and Harry continue to enjoy retire¬ ment and find it "an interesting time to look back and count blessings."

Martha Ann Stagar and her husband, Yalcon Peker, celebrated their second wedding anniversary in November with an Elderhostel study tour. They had 12 days in the Ecuadorian Andes, followed by an 8-day cruise in the Galapagos Islands. Martha Ann continues her volunteer work with children at Atlanta's natural histo¬ ry museum, and in addition has been taking courses at Emory's Senior University. She is delighted that daughter, Lyn, moved back to Atlanta in early 1994. Grandson Tim is an aerospace engineering student at Georgia Tech.

Jimmie Ann McGee Collings and Tom had a medical mission

trip to Venezuela in September 1994. They had one harrowing experience there, when they slid down a mountainside in a bus, but it stopped before they went over the edge. Jimmie Ann and Tom work with migrants who live in Greeneville, Term., during crop- gathering times, teaching them English. Jimmie Ann, who is a Master Flower Show Judge, and daughter Sharon attended a National Garden Club Convention in Connecticut last May, where Sharon, a potter- sculptor, exhibited some of her work.

The alumnae office received the following information:

Mary Hayes Barber Holmes, residing in Pittsboro, N.C., is serving her eighth year on the Chatham County Board of Commissioners, but is not seeking re-election. She is also on the North Carolina Board of Transportation for a four-year term, to which she was appointed by Gov. James B. Hunt Jr.

Anna DeVault Haley and John have sold their home in Greenville, S.C., and have moved to Clover, S.C., where John is the interim minister of Clover Presbyterian Church. They will be there until late Spring, 1995, and then will probably settle permanently in Davidson, N.C.

Monica Jean Longino Hiler is living with her husband, Bob, on a blueberry farm in Blairsville, Ga. She is active in Church Women United and the Mountain Community Choir, and is the church organist and choir director. She and Bob have five children and five grandchildren.

52

SECRETARY Adelaide Ryall Beall 6 Lakeview Place Avondale Estates, GA 30002

The highlight of 1994 for Clairelis Eaton Baxter was having lunch in Atlanta with Catherine Sims after her Phi Beta Kappa lecture at the University of Georgia which Clairelis attended with Mary Gates Burton '57. Clairelis also visited Mattie Hart in St. Augustine where Mattie continues as professor of religion at Flagler College.

June Carpenter Sloan sends more news from Blowing Rock, N.C. In September, Ann Boyer Wilkerson visited with June and husband, Rudy. After a buying trip to Tennessee for country hams, they caught up on class news and are looking forward to the reunion in '97.

In May, a mini-reunion was held at Stone Mountain Inn in Atlanta. Among those present were Joyce Hutcheson Higgins, Anne Winningham Sims, Jeanne Cone, Frances Vandiver Puckett, Nancy Phillips, Elaine Evans, Lillian Ritchie Sharian, Ruth Headr Randolph and Jackie King Bozeman '53.

Ann Herman Dunwody's cot¬ tage at Sea Island, Ga., also pro¬ vided a mini-retreat in the fall for: Phyllis Galphin Buchanan, Ann Parker Lee, Barbara Brown Page, Catherine Crowe

Dickman, Shirley Heath Roberts, Adelaide Ryall Beall and Florence Worthy Griner. Shopping, eating and talking filled the agenda for a week of fun.

In September 1994, Lillian Ritchie Sharian and Ruth Heard Randolph with spouses Bedros and Peyton, did another of their rail trips in Britain. Undeterred by a British rail strike, the "fear¬ less foursome" headquartered a week in Carlisle and another i

v in York.

After retiring from 26 years of teaching in the Georgia public schools and rearing four children with husband, Keyes, Margaret Nelson Bowman is enjoying traveling, extensive reading, volunteer work with the handi¬ capped and spending time with children and grandchildren.

Carol Solomon Rees has also retired from her publishing, writing and lecturing business to spend more time with husband, Eddie, children and grandson.

Ann Parker Lee wrote to say, "It's a small world." Her daughter Kathryn, while a freshman at Guilford College, roomed with the daughter of Mary Hayes Barber Holmes '51. At the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Medical School her daughter roomed with the niece of Cornelia Dickerson McAlister. Last summer Kathryn worked with Barbara Grace Palmour's daughter at a clinic in North Carolina. . »

Betty Moyer Keeter reported from Rutherfordton, N.C., that although she does not play bridge much now, she is active in hospital and library work.

LaWahna Ridgon Smisson wrote to share some "happy mem¬ ories." She and husband, Hugh, took their two oldest grandchil¬ dren, Rick, 13, and LaWahna Dawn, 11, to Wales and England for two weeks in June with the Friendship Force. Later, all seven¬ teen of the family spent two weeks at their cottage on Sea Island. In August, sbe and Hugh sailed the Virgin Islands for ten days with son Trip and his family. All of the children live within one mile of Lawahna and Hugh and the parents' table was full at Christmas.

From Ohio, Helen Jean Robarts Seaton says that her daughter, Sandy, and her husband were both ordained Presbyterian ministers on Dec. 18, 1994 and are serving churches in Virginia. Helen's hushand, Bob, retired in December while Helen Jean con¬ tinues as Head of the Psychology Department at Ursuline College.

The alumnae office received the following information:

Barbara Grace Palmour's fourth grandchild, Christopher Hayne Palmour, was bom in July, 1994.

53

SECRETARY Barbara West Erwin 1720 Rockhampton Circle Birmingham, AL 35226

Peg Hooker Hartwein enjoyed seeing family at a reunion

A-8 Main EvENTS/Afml 1995

ALUMNAE NEWS

on St. Simon's Island, Ga., then traveled to Alaska by boat, plane and car for two weeks in July.

Ulla Beckman '54 visited Barbara West Erwin for two weeks in May. They had a good time catching up on news and Ulla enjoyed seeing changes in Birmingham since her last visit eight years ago.

Rene Dudley Lynch and Art have been to Russia again for the fourth time. They have also visited Costa Rica, France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Normandy just prior to the D-Day celebrations. Their first grand¬ daughter arrived in February.

Anne Thompson Sheppard, who had knee-replacement surgery recently, now has a total of eight grandchildren and is currently serving as a trustee on the College of Charleston Board after retiring from the South Carolina Board of Education. Busy gal!"

Ann "Dalton" Jones Sims wrote about the lovely reception given for Bertie Bond, who retired this fall as secretary to the board of trustees and to the president of the College. The entire affair was lots of fun and many class mem¬ bers were able to attend, including Mary Beth Robinson Stuart, Anne Thompson Sheppard, Donna Dugger Smith, Belle Miller McMaster, Suanne Bowers SauerBrun and Anne. Many thanks to the committee who organized the class of '53 portion of the program. Pris Taylor Sheppard was chair.

The alumnae office received the following information:

Mary Holland Archibald and her husband, Bob, are buying their first home after 41 years in Methodist parsonages.

Rita May Scott Cook's first grandchild was bom on January 7, 1994- Alyssa Nicole Burton is the daughter of Rita's Linda and her husband, Van.

Margaret T. Cooper and her husband, Lee, went on an elephant-back safari in Botswana over the summer of 1994-

54

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

The class's sincere sympathy goes to Lou Hill Reaves in the loss of her mother, Caroline McKinney Clarke '27. It is as though Agnes Scott has lost a piece of campus with that welcoming home on the other side of Candler Street no longer being accessible as it was to Mrs. Clarke's fellow students in the class of 1927 and to the class of 1954. The home was built at the same time as Agnes Scott College was and she was bom in the room next to that in which she died.

Never one to lag too much behind the times, the class of '54 is moving firmly into the comput¬ er age. The library automated systems have caught up, among others, with Carol Macauley Jones who has also just acquired a home computer; Julia Grier Storey is seeking advice on getting one. Kathleen Stout

Mainland, who was using a manual typewriter when she left Britain in 1982, has progressed through electric typewriter and word processor to computer with Windows software. Kathleen was recently promoted to medical administrative assistant at Grady Hospital. That's quite a change of pace as well as her third office relocation within the past 12 months and another looming ahead as the Grady renovations progress.

Queen Elizabeth IPs expres¬ sion "annus horribilis" is quoted by Selma Paul Strong in reference to her past year. In December 1993, son-in-law Aliens' lung cancer became fatal; early in 1994, Selma was found to have a melanoma which fortunately has responded to treatment; her 12 -year-old granddaughter, Jessica, died of uremic hemolytic syndrome in May; husband Bob spent time in the hospital in July with conges¬ tive heart failure; they headed to a cabin in Arizona to hasten his recuperation and Selma fell and sprained her ankle. In all of this, Selma was able to find the blessings of family closeness, helpful strangers and a clearer view of priorities. The class extends to Bob and Selma sympathy and wishes that 1995 will be good for them.

Nor were misfortunes con¬ fined to the Strongs. On the last day of a walking trip in the English Lake District, Carol Macauley Jones fell and had to be retrieved by a mountain rescue team of eight men and a dog. She broke her ankle and had to go to a therapist on her return home after the cast came off to releam how to walk. Undeterred, she is planning another walking tour in England in 1996. She also plans a history trip to New England in late spring this year.

Without mishap Mary Newell Rainey Bridges and Helen McGowan French and their respective husbands spent some time in Switzerland this past summer as well as embarking on a leisurely voyage from there into France on a barge.

New grandsons have been received with delight by Sue Purdom Amall and Caroline Lester Haynes.

The alumnae office received the following information:

Jean Drumheller Wright is and her husband, Bob, have two grown sons and two grandchildren.

55

SECRETARY Agnes Scott Wilbch 1720 Tilling Way Stone Mountain, GA 30087

Pat Tooley Fulwiler happily reports the birth of a grand¬ daughter, Marilyn Alexandra, on Dec. 13, 1994, to her daughter, Lu Ann, and Chris Miller of Atlanta.

Jo Hinchey Williams and Roy are now living in Bradenton, Fla., which to them is "almost paradise." She writes, "Ah yes,

this year we indulged and delight¬ ed in another piece of paradise, Europe, during six marvelous weeks in August and September. It was a kaleidoscope of beauty and wonder beginning with two great days in Amsterdam, followed by a week's boat cruise up the Rhine to Basel, extending to renting a car and driving through southern Germany and small parts of Austria, Italy and France and from that experience to letting someone else do the driving with a fantastic two week Tauck Tour of Switzerland and concluding by car driving again for a week in 'Merry Olde' England."

Mickey Scott Willoch and Ray enjoyed a trip to southern England in August, driving through small towns and villages in Sussex and Kent, seeing many castles and manor houses. The alumnae office received the following information:

Constance Curry just complet¬ ed a book on a family she worked with in Mississippi during the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s. It is scheduled to be published in September by Algonquin.

Catherine Callaway is the president of the Atlanta Chapter of the Association of Government Accountants.

Genny Luchese Stephens was blessed with a new grandson on Jan. 7, 1994.

56

SECRETARY Jacqueline Plant Fincher 3870 River Mansion Dr. Duluth, GA 30136

Your secretary and Eileene Johnson MacFalls '60 met in the lobby of the Prince of Wales Hotel in Waterton Park, Canada. Eileene is associate for promotion at Horizons magazine of Presbyterian Church U.S.A.

Jane Frist says it is a dream come true to retire to her family retreat in Montreat where she sold nine houses the first year through Frist Realty. Alvia Cook visited. Emmy Hay Alexander and 1955-ers Mae Huie Fortson, M.E. Knight Swezey, Ann Hanson Merklein and Patty Hamilton Lee have homes there and participate in ASC get-togethers.

Guerry Graham Myers and Charlie had a fabulous cruise aboard the Statendam hitting the highlights from Copenhagen to Rome.

After her house burned in the October 1991 Oakland fire, it took a year for Eva Newman Howarth to relocate to another house. Despite such traumatic events as this and the earlier death of her husband, Eva has a wonder¬ ful outlook on life. She retired as a San Francisco social worker and is pursuing her hobbies of pottery, commissioned portrait painting, backpacking, skiing and traveling to exotic places such as Thailand, China, India and Morocco.

Your secretary repeated her 1968 visit with Eva to get the news and while there, toured the DeYoung Museum viewing the terra cotta warriors of Xian. Eva reports that Alberta Jackson

Espie has remarried and trans¬ ferred with her government department to Pakistan. Vannie Traylor Keightley studied in Beijing for a period; her husband is a China specialist. Your secre¬ tary also enjoyed a trip alone in December to Vienna to visit all the museums she missed in 1973 and took a side trip to Budapest.

The alumnae office received the following information:

Virginia Love Dunaway enjoys her visits to Tampa to see her first grandchild. She reports that she's torn between staying in Memphis doing church and vol¬ unteer work and continuing her efforts monitoring food banks.

Tena Middleton Nelson received a Ph.D.

Carolyn Moon Horn's parents both died in 1994.

Jane Johnson Waites recently traveled to Russia and expressed her excitement over seeing peo¬ ple wait in line to receive Bibles.

Eleanor All got a job teach¬ ing, but was frustrated by the public schools' indication that they didn't want older teachers.

Memye Curtis Tucker teaches poetry at Agnes Scott in the undergraduate and M.A.T. pro¬ grams. She was selected through competition in August to serve as the scholar in poetry at the Bread Loaf Writer's Conference.

57

SECRETARY Catherine Girardeau Brown P.O. Box 274 Lookout Mountain, GA 37350 Elizabeth Ansley Allan is teach¬ ing full time again in Fulton County's gifted program in Atlanta. She had a wonderful trip to Florence, Italy, this past summer, followed by the birth of her fourth grandchild, Oct. 19.

Jackie Rountree Andrews, who has been working long hours in her business in Augusta, Ga., recently moved into a condo which she bought and renovated. A highlight of her year was a trip to New York for shows and opera. In May she attended the wedding of Laura Newsome, daughter of Sis Bums Newsome, where she had a reunion with classmates Martha Riggins Brown, Carolyn Herman Sharp, Mollie Merrick, Nancy Brock Blake, and V.A. Redhead Bethune.

Pat Guynup Corbus, who is working on an M.F.A. degree in writing at Warren Wilson College, Swannanoa, N.C., has had two poems accepted for pub¬ lication in the Paris Review. Recent happenings for Pat and her husband Burt include a stay in colonial cities in Mexico and their attendance of Burt's 50th reunion at St. John's Military Academy in Delafield, Wis. Their daughter Lili Corbus Bezner, is a professor of art history at University of North Carolina in Charlotte.

Last year was an eventful one for Carolyn Langston Eaton with the births of two grandsons: John Frederick Weekley Jr. in Charlotte to Genie and John; and James Harrington Eaton to Goetz and Elizabeth in Weston, Mass.

Other grandchildren are Marie Weekley, 3, Elissa Eaton, 8, and Paul Eaton, 5. In July, Carolyn and her husband, Goetz, opened their fifth bookstore in Kannapolis, N.C. Carolyn is working as a clinical counselor at the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission in Anderson, S.C., while Goetz, who has retired from the corporate world, runs their bookstores. This past summer they spent time with friends in London and the Cotswolds and also cruised the British Isles. Nancy Grayson '58, who lives in Montreal, visited Carolyn recently.

Martha Jane Morgan Petersen served as a worship leader this past fall for three months at Ghost Ranch, a Presbyterian conference center in Abiquin, N.M., in the heart of Georgia O'Keefe country.

Joyce Skelton Wimberly had a wonderful trip in May to Prague and Budapest via London and Vienna. She met Dot McLanahan Watson in Houston, Texas, for the wedding of Dot Huddleston Haddock's son Bill. Joyce is thrilled over her daugh¬ ter Karen and her family's move from Houston to Knoxville, Term. The last Wimberly cbild has left the nest after graduating from Vanderbilt University and is working for a medical sales company.

Eleanor Wright Linn is very happy about the birth of a second grandson, Christian Hayes Linn, son of her older son, John (Jay) and Linda Linn.

The alumnae office received the following information:

Anne Terry Sherren spent the summer of 1994 as a research participant at Argonne National Library in the analytical chemistry laboratory.

Even though Virginia McClurkin Jones is retiring, she is still active in Rotary and is the chair of the human development committee this year. Virginia is also serving on the Board of the Anderson County Center for Community Justice and doing fundraising for the Victim- Offender Reconciliation.

58

SECRETARY Eileen Graham McWhorter 10 Olevia Street Winder, GA 30680

Carol Pike Foster retired in 1992 after 34 years as a graphic designer and illustrator. She now paints full time, selling some of her work. Husband, Dick, is also retired and they live in Phoenix, Ariz.

Joie Sawyer Delafield had a busy year with all three children in graduate school, two gradua¬ tions and a wedding. Caroline received her master's from Teachers College of Columbia, married in May, and now lives in Cincinnati. Susan is a nurse in Lexington, Ky., after receiving a B.S. from New York University Nursing School. John completed his first year at Harvard Business School. The rest of the year Joie and Dennis spent fly fishing in

April 1995/Main Events A-9

ALUMNAE NEWS

Canada and playing golf. Millie Lane Berg writes from

Philadelphia that she has been coordinator of early childhood education at Community College of Philadelphia for the past 20 years. She earned a master's from Bankstreet College of Education a few years ago. Periodically she sees Nancy Kimmel Duncan and Lynn Demon '63. Millie's daugh¬ ter, Margot, married this summer.

Anna Avil Stribling and Charlie have four grown children and three grandchildren. Their daughter Suzanna was voted one of the top 10 young Atlantans. Anna stays busy with volunteer work, golf and tennis. She frequently sees Blythe Posey Ashmore, Joan Pruitt Mclntyre '55 and Jackie Josey Hahne '54.

Blythe Posey Ashmore remarried in May 1994- Her husband Jack Minter owns a furniture manufacturing plant in Flowery Branch, Ga. They live there and in Atlanta. Oldest daughter Gentry had a daughter in August. Younger daughter Blain, a graduate of Mary Baldwin, works in Atlanta as director of public relations for the Peasant Restaurant group.

Margaret Woolfolk Webb is well again and sends her thanks to each of you who wrote to lift her spirits.

Frankie Flowers Van Cleave, who always said she graduated "M.R.S. cum baby," reminds the class that she was the first in the group with a baby (remember Kimsie). Frankie completed her family with another daughter and two sons. She has six grandchil¬ dren and two more on the way. She has two acres on the Chattahoochee and life is grand.

Mary Clapp Garden has been in California since 1958. Her son and his wife live close by. Mary's daughter is in the U.S. Army, sta¬ tioned in South Carolina and will marry in April. Mary will retire from teaching in 1996 and says she may try real estate. She has had a few poems published and when she "grows up," she says she may try to write some more.

Maryanne McCurdy has been teaching Latin and English for 34 years in 10 different high schools and has taught German for the last four years. She lives with her parents in San Antonio. Her last visit to Georgia was when her third sister, Jean McCurdy Meade, graduated from ASC in 1964-

Carol Riley McDonald received a nursing degree in 1980 and has been working as a psychi¬ atric nurse in Atlanta for the past 12 years. The delights of her life are her three granddaughters, Katie, 3 1/2, Alicia, 2, and Taylor, 3 months—all prime ASC candidates.

Harriet Talmadge Mill reports no news but says she is slipping into retirement with less free time than ever. She and Bob shuttle hack and forth to Maine and will probably wind up there.

Jeannette Huff Arrington writes that Jourdan Jones MacFie, Ivy Furr Rainey and Martha Oeland Hart and their husbands spent a delightful fall weekend with her at her mountain home near Caesar's

Head, S.C. The alumnae office received

the following information: Carlanna Lindamood

Hendrick's youngest child is graduating from The Citadel this year.

Mary Byrd Davis is the co¬ author of Les Dechets Nucleaires Militaires Francois, and is current¬ ly editing a book on old-growth forests in the East.

Mary Helen Collins Williams has just completed 25 years of service as the organist for the First Christian Church of Atlanta.

Mary Norton Kratt of Charlotte, N.C., was inducted into the University of North Carolina-Charlotte Alumni Association's Hall of Fame at a banquet in October. She has pub¬ lished several poems and books, including Southern Is....

59

SECRETARY Caroline Pruitt Hayes 8325 Rolling Road Springfield, VA 22153

Ralph and Melba Cronenburg Bassett's daughter Kitsie (married to Chris Riggall) lives in Atlanta and is vice president of Turner Broadcasting. Their son, Frank, is an executive with Hyatt Hotels in New Orleans. Melba works part time at her church.

Margie Erickson Charles is a widow teaching preschool in Albuquerque. Her children, Bruce and Merrily, are working in Alaska. She has backpacked in mountains in Colorado and in the Grand Canyon.

Barbara Harrison Clinebell has four stepchildren and five grandchildren. She is retired from school teaching and is playing golf. She is also helping build and decorate houses with her husband.

Nora Ann Simpson Davis and Bill have three children: Bradley, who is associate producer of the Phil Donahue Show; Glen, who is taking graduate courses to qualify for medical school; and Leonora, who is a junior at Vanderbilt University. Bill is chief of radiology at Crawford Long Hospital.

Patti Forrest Davis' husband, Ed, is professor of production management at University of Virginia. Their children are Matt, who works in the landscaping business; and Ward, who is a first- year student at Gordon-Conwell Seminary and a newlywed. Patti has been a professional musician for many years and is very active in her church, especially after being appointed to the church Session.

Mary Clayton Bryan Dubard works full time and volunteers in church activities. Her husband, J im, is a professor of physics at Birmingham Southern College. Their children are Margaret, who is married; David, who works in finance in Boston; and Annette, who is in medical school at Johns Hopkins.

Helen Burkitt Evans and hus¬ band John have three children: Jack who lives in Calgary,

Alberta, Canada, works with Amoco, is married and has two daughters; Elizabeth, who is deputy executive secretary for the Commerce Deptartment, and is married; and Katherine, who is an investment banker at First Boston in New York City.

Mary Dunn Evans and Coley have two sons, Lee, who lives in Atlanta, and Chuck, who is mar¬ ried to Michelle, and lives in Austin, Texas. Mary owns an antique shop and enjoys time spent in the mountains of Flighlands, N.C. and the beaches of Sea Island.

Helen Scott "Scotty" Maddox Gaillard and Arnold's son, Jay, works in Long Beach, Calif., as a computer graphic designer. Their daughter Missy is a Methodist minister's wife.

Nancy Turner Gibson has three children, three stepchil¬ dren, four grandchildren, four step grandchildren, and a second husband, Julian. She is a school principal in North Carolina.

Mary Mac Witherspoon Harrell celebrates her mother's 95th birthday in April. She and Tom have two children, Frances, who is married, has two daughters and a decorating and sewing business; and John, who is married, has one child and is a periodontist.

Sarah Adams Hill's husband Draper has recovered from a 1992 heart attack and stroke. Their children are Jennifer, who is home for a while after working in New York City and Austin, Texas; and Jonathan, who lives and works in Syracuse. Sarah has had a long time involvement in Detroit Artists Market and is currently marketing chair for FOREiART, an 18-hole minia¬ ture golf course with the holes designed by local Michigan artists.

Ann Rivers Payne Hutcheson's daughter Susan was married in August 1993. Susan works for the FBI as a congres¬ sional liaison. Ann Rivers' hus¬ band Dick's children are Libby, who lives in a group home; Bill, who is married with children; and Rick, who lives in New York. Ann Rivers is very active in her church.

Gertrude Horrid van Luyn's husband Bob is a staff engineer for GE's Aircraft Engine Group. Their daughter, Nancy, is a law student at University of Richmond. Trudy's mother lives with them.

Maria Harris Markwalter and Dick's daughter was a senior at ASC at reunion time. Their other children are Teace, who is married with two children; Richard who is a mechanical engineer and married; and Roland, who owns Serve &. Volley Shoppe, which was started by Maria in 1974-

Wardie Abemathy Martin and Jim's son Jay is an associate minister at First Presbyterian Church in Goldsboro, N.C., and is married with one son. Their daughters are Margaret, who is married and is a banker with First Union; and Catherine, director of programs at the Georgia Tech Alumni Association.

The alumnae office received

the following information: Leah Elizabeth Mathews

Fontaine has just retired. Judy George Johnson has a

new grandson, James Carter Johnson, bom on Oct. 22, 1994-

Mary Anne Fowlkes took a group of students to Korea in January.

Delos Welch Hanna's son, Mark, is working in Key West as a S.C.U.B.A. diver, and her daughter, Melinda, is working in High Point, N.C.

60

SECRETARY Betty Gzeckoivicz LeMoyne 874 McClelland Drive MacDill AFB, FL 33621

The alumnae office received the following information:

Hollis Smith Gregory's granddaughter was recently christened.

Helen Mabry Beglin was ordained a Presbyterian minister in July 1994, and is the associate pastor of the Westfield Presbyterian Church in Westfield, N.J.

Sally Smith Howard was blessed with a new granddaugh¬ ter, Rachel Elizabeth Miller, on December 23, 1994. Sally teach¬ es several Bible classes around Atlanta and at Mt. Paran Church of God, and is working on her M.A. in history at Georgia State University.

Suzanne Brown retired on Jan. 31. She was a counselor for disabled students at El Paso Community College.

61

Mary Wayne Crymes Bywater 3201 Ardsley Drive Orlando, FL 32804

Ann McBride Chilcutt reports that she and Ben went to China in October just after their eighth grandchild arrived. They were planning to hit the road in their recently purchased RV after Ben retired in January.

Virginia Sperling Spence has moved from Westport, Conn., to York, Penn., to be near her sister. She has been working full time in geriatric nursing since the death of her husband in 1986 and is now a shift supervisor. Her three children are grown and on their own, and she would love to hear from her Agnes Scott friends.

Ann Peagler Gallagher is able to spend more time with her family in Georgia now that her boys are grown and gone from home. Her husband, Marty, is now with Hughes Aircraft after retiring from 25 years with the FBI. Her son, Dan, an architect in Boston, was in charge of the Harvard Graduate School of Design's Career Discovery Program last summer. Her younger son, Timothy, lives in northern California, is studying geology and working in a sports shop. (Ann is good friends with Scotty Maddox Gaillard '59 and her husband.) Ann wanted her Agnes Scott friends to know that

her mother died Oct. 9 after two years of declining health. Ann was able to spend Christmas with her father and family in Georgia.

In April 1994, Esther Thomas Smith was honored as one of Washington's Most Powerful Women by Washingtonian. Esther is president and editor-at-large of Tech News Inc. which publishes Washington Technology almanac.

Sandra Davis Moulton was honored as one of the best teachers in America in the third • edition of Who's Who Among America's Teachers, 1994, after being nominated by a returning student in the late 1980s. Sandra teaches management and marketing at Allamance Community College in Columbia, S.C. She and her husband had a fabulous three- week vacation full of art, wine and food in Florence, Italy, in 1994. Her son, Mike, is living at home again while studying histo¬ ry at the University of South Carolina. Her daughter, Paula, is married and lives nearby.

"Pete" Brown Nichols writes that she is the editor of The Byron Gazette and her husband, Bill, has retired. Her daughter, Virginia, married Gray Culbreth, a Columbia attorney, last year on the "snow of the century" day, after having graduated from the University of the South with a degree in English. Pete's son Bill graduated from Washington &. Lee University, and her son Jack is a ninth grader.

Tricia Walker Bass and Tom are enjoying their empty nest and the first year in many with no tuition payments. All her children are gainfully employed, "so life is good." Tricia continues as the assistant dean for Career and Alumni Services at Mercer Law School in Macon. Tom still practices law with the firm he started 30 years ago.

The alumnae office received the following information:

Rosemary Kittrell has finished one year of a three-year program to earn a master's in social work.

Martha McGregor's four chil¬ dren are all doing well. Debbie graduated from University of . Kentucky, works for Marriott in New Jersey and has a six-year- old boy. A! Jr. attended a technical institute and works for the Radisson in Lexington. Robert has two degrees from the University of Florida and works in Gainesville as a sound engi¬ neer. Jeff, her youngest, is in his third year of veterinarian school at the University of Wisconsin.

62

SECRETARY Carey Bowen Craig 1302 Azalea Drive Dalton, GA 30720

Marjorie Reitz Turnbull was elected to the House of Representatives of the State of Florida on November 8, 1994.

In June 1994, Emily Evans Robison, Joanna Russell Hogan, Jan Whitfield Hughen

A-10 Main EvENTs/April 1995

ALUMNAE NEWS

and Biba Conner Parker hiked the Grand Canyon from the North Rim down and back up to the South Rim, known as rim to rim! In October 1994, Biba Conner Parker and Joanna Russell Hogan trekked in the Himalayas of Nepal for 18 days. They covered 126 miles, climbed 44,000, and descended 37,000 feet.

Joanne Russell Hogan hosted a mini-reunion in April 1994 in Palm Beach. Those attending were Carol Williams Sellers, Germaine Clahoun Culbertson, Rosemarie Traeger Sumerel, Betty Gillespie Proctor, Lebby Rogers Neal, Lynn Horn George, Bebe Walker Reichert and Jan Whitfield Hughen. Among other things, they took a cruise to Freeport, Bahamas where they shopped, ate, drank, and gambled. Some of them had their hair braided into dread¬ locks! The same group joined Emily Evans Robison and Beverly Mason Askren in Atlanta in April for the wedding of Carol's daughter, Temple.

Sylvia Pruitt Karcher is now serving as Associate Pastor at First Presbyterian Church in Hemet, Calif. She officiated at stepson Chris' wedding. Sylvia's husband, Joe, is a physician in Hemet. In March, their fifth grandchild was bom.

Jacqueline Nicholson Swain is a vice president and finanical consultant with Merrill Lynch in Charleston, S.C. Her husband, Mickey, is an engineer with a local site-work construction company.

Judy Halsall Jarrett's daugh¬ ter, Virginia Victoria "ViVi", is a senior at Agnes Scott and will graduate in December with a major in business/economics and a minor in Spanish. She will continue her education at the University of Texas in advertis¬ ing. Judy's son, Thad, will graduate from Principia College in June '95 with a major in Business and Marketing. Her hus¬ band, T.J., will become president of the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers in July. Judy has enjoyed her visits to ASC while ViVi has been studying there.

Jo Allison Smith Carr became a grandmother for the first time in September when son Chris' wife, Georgia, gave birth to Wesley Christopher Brown. Jo Allison traveled halfway around the world to Tonga for a two- week expedition with Earthwatch. She was part of the research team studying the coral reefs around the island of Vavau. Ann Weaver '83 hosted Jo Allison on her layover in Hawaii, coming and going. Jo stays busy storytelling at schools, civic and church organizations, parties, and wherever she's asked, and she also teaches storytelling workshops. She teaches drama to middle and high schoolers. Her husband, Bill, is doing pastoral counselling full time now.

The alumnae office received the following information:

Sally Blomquist Swartz is now a nutritionist; and she has a child in college.

In June at the University of California at Riverside, Susan

Hoagland Fellows plans to complete a dissertation on women writing satire.

Elizabeth Jefferson Boyt is attending paralegal classes as well as running the Jefferson County Democratic party office. She reports that the Houston chapter of the Alumnae Association has enjoyed having faculty guests to the city, and Christie Woodfin's (class of 1968) art show was a big event, too. Both of Betsy Boyt's sons are married now and living in Austin.

63

SECRETARY Cornelia Bryant 6214 Prospect St. Fredericksburg, VA 22407

Karen Haralson Galvez has moved south to Concepcion, Chile, where her oldest daughter lives and where the family fishing company is located. Karen traveled to Japan to visit pottery villages and she has participated in several pottery shows in Chile, including a solo exhibition. Karen also founded Branches of Compassionate Friends, a support group for bereaved parents, in Santiago and Concepcion. She attended the group's first interna¬ tional gathering in Birmingham, England, for its 25 th anniversary.

Miriam "Mimi" St. Clair reports many challenges of run¬ ning a software utilities business in Eugene, Ore., purchasing 21 acres of land with a spectacular view of the Cascades but with slash piles marked for disposal before 3,000 seedings can be planted, and managing an ever¬ growing group of foster Golden Retrievers. Mimi and Chuck hope to do some bicycling in British Columbia this year. She said her professional biography could conclude: "When not seat¬ ed in front of a CRT, editing doc¬ umentation or preparing financial summaries, Miriam enjoys burning logging slash piles."

Anne Miller Boyd and David are proud and doting grandpar¬ ents of David Emory Boyd III, bom May 25, 1994- Anne says the baby is "precious, chubby and fun to play with." Anne and David have been doing a lot of traveling in connection with David's position on the Executive Committee of the U.S. Golf Association—trips throughout the U.S. and to France.

The class can be very proud of Margaret "Maggie" Harms and her accomplishments. Maggie, named an Outstanding Atlantan, is Sprint's corporate adviser to the Atlanta Project, a community outreach program founded by former President J immy Carter. Maggie acts as an adviser and consultant to the West Fulton Cluster, an 8,000 resident community in the project. She persevered for two years to get the job and had to convince Sprint to participate, especially challenging because Sprint's headquarters are in Kansas City.

Valerie Goetz, Cornelia Bryant and Anne Boyd spent a few delightful days on Nantucket in October. Other friends from

Atlanta and Charleston joined in for fun, giggles, the cranberry harvest and a local house- moving event.

Nell Tabor Hartley writes that she is happy and newsless.

Mary Ann Gregory Dean is now director of the Orlando Shakespeare Festival.

Please continue to send class news items to Cornelia Bryant. An increase in correspondence will justify installing the largest mailbox on the street.

The alumnae office received the following information:

Bonnie Grace Hatfield Hairrell's daughter, English Hairrell, '94, plans to enter medi¬ cal school at the University of Alabama at Birmingham this fall.

Lucie C. Coffie has a two- year-old grandson, Lael Marton Fredsell.

Ina Jones Hughs' book A Sense of Human came out in the fall of 1993, and a second one is due soon from William Morrow. She has been a guest on "Good Morning America," is a winner of the Golden Press Award from the Society of Professional Journalists, and her works have been read on the "Radio Read" program.

Dr. Elizabeth King Webb Nugent is proud to report that her daughter, Kelly, graduated magna cum laude from Dartmouth College in 1994, where she was Phi Beta Kappa. Kelly is a graduate student at Georgetown University, studying Russian and international studies.

Genie Stovall Hauerspurger's first grandchild, Enoch Samuel Heath, was bom on July 31, 1994, to her son, Bill, and his wife, Sharon. Genie's daughter, Susan Heath, who is a speech pathologist, married Dr. Jim Eaker, a Chapel Hill dentist, Dec. 23, 1994.

Margaret Vandeman Blackmon's daughter, Elizabeth Blackmon Woodcock, was married last summer and is the director of managed care for the Health Services Foundation in Charlottesville. Margaret's son, John Van Deman Blackmon, is scheduled to graduate May 30, from the U.S. Air Force Academy with a degree in engineering.

64

SECRETARY Mary Womack Cox 1500 N.E. 139th St. North Miami, FL 33161

Anne Foster Curtis is teach¬ ing French full-time at a city magnet school in Chattanooga.

Maria Wormun Rippe and husband Peter were excited about plans to spend Holy Week and Easter in Poland with a Polish teacher who lived with them last year.

Michele Bullard Smith is teaching math at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, La. Son Larry is a geology major at Mississippi State, and daughter Elizabeth is a first-year student at Auburn University.

Martha Griffith Kelly's son David graduated from Furman

last spring, married in August, has begun work on a master's in liturgical music at Catholic University in Washington, D.C., and is organist/choir master at St. Francis Episcopal Church in Great Falls, Va. Jenny is at Rutgers, working on her Ph.D. Robert is a freshman at Furman University.

Jane Wallace Brosnan and husband Dee "survived" white water kayaking last summer. Older daughter Sarah was vale¬ dictorian of her high school class and a National Merit Scholar, and is a first-year student at Baylor University. Susan is a high school junior.

Mary Jo Beverly Limbird and her sons are all at the same school. Mark is a junior, Johnathan is a first-year student, and Beverly is in her 15th year of teaching at Del Oro High School in Loomis, Calif. Glenn is still commuting cross-country to their home-in-progress and his cabi¬ net-making in North Carolina. Mary Jo and Johnathan joined him there last August, when Mary Jo was also able to visit with family.

Kelly Mulherin Gates con¬ tinues to enjoy life in Missoula. Husband Jack's church is grow¬ ing, and has been a supportive community for them, especially when Kelly's mother died last July. Kelly's father is now living with them. Kelly relaxes with gardening, basketry, hiking and cross-country skiing.

Mary Lou Laird's work with Adventures in Missions takes her on short mission projects that range from inner-city ministries in this country to working with Bosnian refugees in Croatia.

Garnett Foster spent several weeks in Ghana, experiencing the world of her East African parishioners. She said she enjoyed the people and experi¬ ences, but she was overwhelmed by the poverty in which most people live.

Mary Womack Cox's daugh¬ ter Gillian is in New York, work¬ ing in the financial aid office of Pacific Institute of Oriental Medicine, a school that trains practitioners of acupuncture and other traditional Eastern medical disciplines. Mary's visit at Christmas was very short, but they had a great time.

The alumnae office received the following information:

Nancy D. Hargrove, a professor at Mississippi State University, recently published a book on the early poetry of Sylvia Plath.

Margaret W. Ray recently had a reunion with Anne Foster Curtis, Mary Jo Winterle and Penny Baker Arnold in Montreat, N.C.

Rebecca M. Howard, an asso¬ ciate professor of mathematics at Roane State University in Harriman, Tenn., was named 1994 Sarah Ellen Benroth Outstanding Faculty Award winner. Her son, Pete, is at Indiana University working on a Ph.D. in applied mathematics.

Julia Norton's son, Werther, is a first lieutenant in the United States Air Force and was named Support Officer of the Year at

Hill Air Force Base in Utah. Her daughter, Julia, studied at the National University of Singapore in 1994, then traveled with her mother in Hong Kong and Quandong Province, China, at the close of the year. She is now back at the University of Texas at Austin in the Liberal Arts Plan II Honors Program. Her other daughter, Nellie, is a student at the Presbyterian-affiliated Schreiner College.

Marion Smith Bishop teaches a Sunday school class of four- year-olds and plays handbells and flute with her church group.

Ed and Ruth Bealy Kerr will be moving to Australia in June for three years.

65

SECRETARY Nancy Solomonson Portnoy 12612 Old Wick Road San Antonio, TX 78230

Virginia Fraser Clark-Watson writes that she is thrilled to be an instaictor of developmental English at Gordon College in Bamesville, Ga. Virginia has two grandsons, Chad and Chris.

Betsy Dykes Leitzes' daughter Gary Estes went to the University of Wisconsin for two years, the International Institute in Madrid last year, and is a senior at New York University. Daughter Sarah Bosley is a sophomore at the University of Colorado at Boulder and spent her fall semester at the University of Katmandu.

The alumnae office received the following information:

Terry Lynn Phillips Frost is teaching all levels of English at Bartow High School, and was named Teacher of the Year for 1994.

Mary Amall Broach McGee, a writer of children's books, has a new book coming out this fall, Forest Child.

Nancy Solomonson Portnoy's daughter will graduate from medical school in May and Nancy's younger son is getting married in June.

Lucia Howard Sizemore's daughter Julia was married Nov. 19, 1994, to Robert David Nesbit of Augusta, Ga. Her other daugh¬ ter, Laura, is a second-year law student at Duke Law School.

Maria Campbell has left her position as executive vice presi¬ dent and general counsel of AmSouth Bancorporation and AmSouth Bank of Alabama to serve as executive assistant to the Rev. Daniel Paul Matthews, Rector of Trinity Episcopal Church on Wall Street in New York.

Helen Davis Hatch has joined the firm of Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback and Associates as principal.

66

SECRETARY Linda E. Lael 1501 East Lloyd St. Pensacola, FL 32503

As you know, Mary Brown

April 1995/Main Events A-11

ALUMNAE NEWS

Bullock has been chosen the first alumna president of ASC. The announcement of her appointment was made from the gazebo on Jan. 25.

Nancy Bland Norton was promoted to assistant superinten¬ dent of the Candler County (Ga.) schools and received the Georgia Outstanding Educator Award for 1994.

Ruth Naylor Miller is involved in a new business venture, Dale Designs, an interior design business in Roxburghshire, Scotland.

Pat McConaughy Myers' daughter, a double major in drama and English, will graduate with honors from Duke University in May.

While on vacation last sum¬ mer, Diane Swaim Cox visited with Lew Culpepper Conerly in Knoxville, Conya Cooper Needles in Virginia, and Dorothy Zellar Knight in Harrisburg, Pa. Conya is a veterinarian; Dorothy is planning her youngest daughter's upcoming wedding.

Louise Smith Nelson has resigned from her job at Lockheed-Idaho to become manager of technical publications with M.L. Technologies. Daughter Ashley is a senior in the pre-med/biological sciences program at Colorado State.

For Susan Becton, 1994 is being remembered as the year of the earthquake (and 9,000 aftershocks), but her house is still standing.

Carol Mobley Binns, Leigh Collier, Felicia Guest and Martha Thompson celebrated their birthdays together during a weekend at the Greyfield Inn on Cumberland Island, Ga.

Leslie Hawkins Damascene has left Princeton and is now an assistant professor of Portuguese at E>uke University, where she runs the Portuguese program, teaches classes in Brazilian cul¬ ture and literature, and Brazilian and Latin American theatre and film. Her most recent book (already out) is being published in English. Her son Gabriel is a

first-year student at the University of California-Santa Barbara, majoring in ethno-musicology.

Jodie and Bettie McAuley Kalish survived the summer flood in Macon and weeks without city water. Their son Marc is in medi¬ cal school and son Paige is a junior at The University of the South.

Doyle and Cathe Centorbe Moon have a house in Sausilito with world-class views of San Francisco and a vineyard in the Napa Valley.

Betty Wirgman Duncan's daughter Rachel was married in June 1994 and works in the engi¬ neering department of Grady Hospital in Atlanta. Betty man¬ ages a commercial loan depart¬ ment for Sun Bank/South Florida in Fort Lauderdale.

Sarah Uzzell-Rindlaub and her family have moved from Hong Kong to Seattle, where Sarah is involved in charitable functions, P.TA. and numerous boards.

Carol Watson Harrison is director of children's ministries at St. David's Episcopal Church in Roswell, Ga., where husband Hendree is rector. Carol and daughter Virginia spent a week traveling in Italy with Virginia's godmother, Marge Joyce Kromer '65.

Lynn Rubens Wolf has been a clinical social worker at the Medical College of Virginia Hospital for 20 years and was named Employee of the Year for 1993.

Mary Lang Olsen Edwards teaches biology at Erskine College and recently returned to Costa Rica for a few weeks of backpack¬ ing and exploring rivers and rain forests near the Panama border.

May Day Folk Taylor divided her time in 1994 between training automobile salespeople and adver¬ tising. Her youngest son, Thomas, is District of Columbia president of Children of the American Revolution, and his older brother, Scott, is his senior supervisor.

Jim and Julia Murray Pensinger have left life on the sailboat and settled in

Ellen Hall VP. at Wells College

FORMER DEAN NOW HEADS ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

Ellen W. Hall '67 has been appointed vice president of academic affairs

at Wells College in Aurora, N. Y., effective July 1. Hall received her bache¬ lor's degree in French literature from Agnes Scott in 1967. From 1984 to 1989 she served as dean of the College and was associate professor of French. A resident of Spartanburg, S. C., Hall has served as president of Converse College, where she is known for her strategic plan that strength¬ ened many departments of that College, and is currently an executive associate with

Excel Associates. Wells College is a four-year,

liberal arts women's college established in 1868. Lisa Marsh Ryerson, president of Wells, said, "Dr. Hall is a valuable addition to our administrative team. Her belief in the liberal arts, her commitment to women's education and her extensive experience in long- range planning for

higher education makes her an ideal vice president. I am especially impressed by her innovative spirit—I believe she will make great contribu¬ tions to Wells and our liberal arts program."

Greeneville, Term., close to Julia's parents. Julia is a substitute teacher.

Sara Caroline Moseley has moved to Dallas from Oklahoma and is a communications and training specialist with McKinsey and Company Inc., an interna¬ tional business management consulting firm. She has two sons, Peter, 24, and Andrew, 22.

The alumnae office received the following information:

Barbara Minor Dodd's oldest son died.

Blaine Garrison Cooper's son graduated from West Point.

Dr. Carolyn Newton Curry is teaching at the University of ' Kentucky and is the chair of the Women's Health Care Task Force at Kentucky Educational Television.

Marilyn Breen Kelley's daugh¬ ter Joyce is a first-year student at Haverford College. Marilyn and Walt are math professors at the University of Oklahoma.

Patti Clarke Owens' son, Tom, is working on his Ph.D. in musi- cology at Yale University.

67

SECRETARY Kathryn Reynolds Doherty 578 Pelham Road NE Atlanta, GA 30324

The alumnae office received the following information:

Gale Aileen Harrison was granted tenure at Georgia Southern University in the department of political science.

Jane McCurdy Vardaman's oldest son, Andrew, is a first-year student at Washington &. Lee University. Her husband, Lee, is senior vice president and commercial lending manager at NationsBank of Corpus Christi. Her four younger children are busy with school, sports, Boy Scouts, music and church activi¬ ties. Jane volunteers and carpools a lot. Jane also reports that the McCurdy clan gathered at the home of Jean McCurdy Meade '64 in New Orleans for Thanksgiving. With Dr. & Mrs. McCurdy, Mary Anne McCurdy '58, Runita McCurdy Gaston '59, Sue McCurdy Hosterman '61, Jean Meade '69, Jane, and all their families, it was a big crowd. Jane also saw Grace Winn Ellis' par¬ ents in San Antonio in October at the First Presbyterian Church.

Ellen Wood Hall was awarded the Martha Kime Riper Award for Outstanding Contributions to Advancing Women in Higher Education on Dec. 6, 1993, presented by South Carolina Women in Higher Education Administration, an affiliate of the American Council on Education.

68

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

Katherine Mitchell directs the Office of Curriculum and Instruction for the state of Alabama. On a recent trip

toWilliamsburg, she discovered a corporate sponsor, a person named Ginny Bugg, with whom she works frequently, is really Ginny Finney '66!

Lynne Anthony Butler has been running husband Kevin's construction firm office and log¬ ging lots of hours on the comput¬ er. However, she is finding plenty of time for golf and travel to Italy and Paris. Son Ken works with his dad, Scott is a sophomore at the University of Florida, and Steven, 16, is a sophomore in high school.

Christie Theriot Woodfin and Dick have been sailing in Turkey with friends from South Africa. Christie recently had a one-woman art show. Son Warren is traveling to Greece.

Dr. Laurie Carter Tharpe has been in private practice in inter¬ nal medicine since July 1994- Husband Ed is a mortgage lender in Macon. They have three children: Carter, a senior at Washinton & Lee, where he has been accepted at medical school; daughter Ansley, 19, a first-year student at W &. L; and Katherine, 17, a junior at Stratford Academy.

Nonnie Carr Sharp and Bob have lived in Belgium for almost three years. Daughter Kelly grad¬ uated from the University of Michigan with a B.S. in biology and from Solvay Business School in Belgium with an M.B.A. Kelly now works in Boston. Son Rob is a junior at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Prior to the move to Belgium, Nonnie was a medical social worker for nine years and sold real estate.

Nancy Paysinger is back home after undergoing a bone marrow transplant at M.D. Anderson in Houston. The class is grateful to Lucy Hamilton Lewis for staying in touch with Nancy while she was in Houston.

Eleanor McCallie Cooper has retired early, but she's started her own company, specializing in community development and participatory planning. Her daughters are 6 and 11.

Georganne Rose Cunningham and Baxter have moved to St. Louis, where he is chief executive of Belden Inc. which makes wire and cable. Georganne hopes to teach special education and plans to take some post graduate courses. Lucy Hamilton Lewis, Christie Theriot Woodfin, and Becky Davis Huber took her out for lunch when she left Houston.

Ellen Richter Griffin was selected to receive the Annual State Service Award at the recent Friends of Tennis dinner given by the Georgia Tennis Association. She was selected for her volun¬ teer service to the tennis commu¬ nity. Her activities included being a member and/or chair of several tennis tournaments and committees.

Ann Teat Gallant and Philip are new grandparents. Their daughter Shannon had a little girl and they went to Hawaii in January to spend several weeks with her.

Dale Reeves is with Remax Achievers Real Estate in Atlanta. She spent Christmas in Big Sky,

Mont., skiing with son Michael, who is a junior honor student at Trinity University.

Cynthia Pharr Brackett and her husband toured London for a week in October. Son Chase is a first-year student at the University of Florida.

Ann Wendling Price and Sam have lived in Carrollton, Ga., for 18 years. Sam is an attorney there. They have three children: Lesley, 18, a first-year student at the University of Georgia, Beth, 16, and Matthew, 10. Ann recently enjoyed a visit in Savannah with Barbara Jenkins Hines.

Ethel Ware Gilbert Carter is state chairman of Georgia Court Appointed Special Advocates. This group provides representa¬ tion in court for abused and neglected children.

The alumnae office received the following information:

Anne Russell Field Abemethy's daughter is a senior at Oklahoma Baptist University, and her other daughter is travel¬ ing with a ministry for a year before college. Her son has just started high school.

Sarah Madden Roggenkamp is a corrections teacher at the Illinois Department of Corrections. Her two sons are 18 and 15, and she and Gary have been married 23 years.

69

SECRETARY Mary Anne Hombuckle 1116 Deer Path Road Dothan, AL 36303

Thanks to those who included their class secretary on their Christmas card list.

Beth Bailey wrote that this was the first Christmas without her father who died in the spring. She has traveled to Texas frequently to check on her mother. In 1993, Beth started working with Systematics, a software house for banks and the telephone industry. Her area of interest includes cellular phone billing, collections and customer service.

Polly Matthews Ellis and Jim have been enjoying Virginia, but will be off to Japan in the spring for two years. Their son graduat¬ ed and got married during the summer. Their daughter is still in school in northern California.

Many class members celebrate 25 years of marriage this year. Lalla Griff is Mangin and A1 renewed their vows in church followed by a wonderful party with friends at their house. Earlier in the summer they had taken a cruise to Windward Islands on a four-masted sailing ship. Charlie is a first-year student at North Carolina State in the school of design. Mike graduated from Georgia Tech in March with a degree in mechanical engineering.

Spending part of the Christmas of 1993 holidays in England as coord inators/chaper- ones for their daughter Jennie's band group was great fun for Ann Abemethy Vinson and Ron.

A-12 Main EvENTs/April 1995

ALUMNAE NEWS

Pollitt Ordination

CLASS OF 1970 MEMBER BECOMES EPISCOPAL PRIEST

Mary LaRoche Douglas "Mollie" Pollitt 70 was ordained to

priesthood in the Episcopal Church by the Rt. Rev. Frank K. Allan, bishop of Atlanta, in a ceremony Dec. 10, 1994, at the Cathedral of St. Philip. Pollitt will continue her work as curate at Grace Episcopal Church in Gainesville, Ga.

Ordination to the priest¬ hood culminates a long pro¬ cess in the Episcopal Church. Following discernment of career goals and examination

of aptitude in the field, a sem¬ inarian completes three years of theological study and sev¬ eral months of work as a dea¬ con before being ordained to the priesthood.

After earning her bache¬ lor's degree from Agnes Scott College, Pollitt received her divinity degree from the Candler School of Theology at Emory University. She lives in Clarkesville, Ga., with her husband, Gil Pollitt, and their children: Mary, Libha and Davis.

I I

i I I

Jennie is a senior in high school, looking at several art schools for next year. Ron is commuting to Charlotte, N.C., from Virginia to work with Epley Associates. Ann works and teaches at the Quilt Shop in the old town area of Alexandria. Condolences go to Ann from the class in the loss of her mother in 1993 and her father in 1994.

Sara Groover Frazier hated to miss the reunion, but had the opportunity to spend the week with Larry LeShan, learning meditation and healing. Sara still teaches aerobic dance and with Dick she conducts a support group for pastors' wives, Sunday School lessons, and marriage enrichment workshops. Matt and Kristin are college juniors. He's at North Carolina State in social work and she's at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill in psychology. Ben is working full time and-taking community college classes with aspirations of attending the University of Miami music program.

Suffering from "paper writing" as well as back pain, Helen Stavros also missed the reunion. Helen sees the end of her Ph.D. work in sight with only a few more courses, her comprehensive exams and her dissertation left.

Peg Barnes Carter and family toured the state of Washington during the summer. Their many adventures were highlighted by Rock's driving the off roads. The big change in their family has been that Matt is a first-year stu¬ dent at Wittenburg University. Jan continues to study flute and Paul's big passion is basketball.

Seeing a real cranberry bog and setting foot in Maine were the two goals of your secretary, Mary Anne Murphy Hombuckle, when she and John went to New England in October. They chose October for their vacation because of the foliage as well as diversion from their empty nest now that Jay has begun study at the University of Alabama. David and Doris are in Gainesville, Fla., where both have jobs and are anticipating graduate school in the future.

The alumnae office received the following information:

Ruth Anne Hatcher Thomson recently received a

I B.A. in art history.

70

SECRETARY Mrs. Robert A. Defurio 3450 Crown Colony Dr., NW Cleveland, TN 37312

Kathryn "Kathy" Whitman Richardson graduated from the University of New Orleans in December 1994. Kathy wrote that nearly 25 years after she was supposed to graduate, she finally has a bachelor of general studies. She hopes to start on an M.A. in religious studies in the fall and is taking Latin courses in the mean¬ time to fulfill Loyola's require¬ ments. She plans to attend the reunion in April. Charlie Breck is 15 and still active in Boy Scouts, and Kate is 11 and studying ballet. She was in the Nutcracker for the fifth year in December. Charlie is active as a volunteer at Kate's school and with his Knights of Columbus council. Kathy hopes to travel to England with her birth mother, Joyce Busher, to meet some of her relatives and to sightsee.

The alumnae office received the following information:

Mary Margaret MacMillan has moved to Minneapolis and is corporate training and recruit¬ ment manager for PACE Incorporated, a nationwide system of environmental labs.

71

SECRETARY Jane D. Hursey 1149 Forrest Boulevard Decatur, GA 30030

Dr. Cassandra Brown Evans practices emergency medicine. Her children are now ages 11, 10, 8, and 6. She plans a backpacking trip in the Wind River Wilderness in Wyoming and her second "Rim-Rim" hike of the Grand Canyon this summer.

Susan Morton is enjoying her house, especially the garden, where she can finally put some of her botany study to use.

Evelyn Brown Christensen's book Clip Clue Puzzles was accepted for publication this year. She became an elementary school teaching assistant this fall, leaving the Montessori school

where she had taught four years. Susan is 13 now and involved with Scouts, babysitting, amateur radio and church activities. Martin is in ninth grade. Last spring he went to New York to compete in chess nationals, and to Washington to compete in national Mathcounts. Stephen is in third grade and enjoys Scouts, chess and bell choir at church. Her husband Ralph continues his work at University of Kentucky. This summer the whole family went to Great Britain, and Ev says it was a memorable, wonder¬ ful experience.

Peggy Thompson Davis and her family also went to the United Kingdom in June. Peggy and her two daughters went over first, and Steve joined them after a week. They toured the Lake District, Stratford, Coventry, and also visited cousins in Wales.

The alumnae office received the following information:

Mary Alice Isele's son, Alex Johnson, plans to graduate from Holy Innocents' Episcopal School in Atlanta in May, and plans to attend Hampden-Sydney College in the fall.

Deborah Banghart Mullins' husband recently relocated his business to Melbourne, Fla. Their daughter, Christine, is a sophomore at Florida State University, and son, Doug, is a first-year student at University of Florida. The family remodeled their house on the beach and moved in on Christmas Eve.

Linda Lubitz was named one of America's Top 60 Financial Advisers by Worth magazine in October 1994.

72

SECRETARY Paula Wiles Sigmon 63 Oak Hill Road Chappaqua, NY 10514

Charlotte Stringer Stephens has completed her first book, The Nature of Information Technology Managerial Work: The Work Life of Five Chief Information Officers, which is scheduled to be pub¬ lished this summer by Greenwood Publishing. She and Michael spent Thanksgiving week in Hawaii, where Charlotte present¬ ed three papers at a conference.

Virginia "Ginny" Simmons Ellis reached her 10-year mark as pastor at Tampa's Bayshore Presbyterian Church in March. Ginny also serves as a member of the Camp and Conference Board and the Board of the Career and Personal Counseling Center at Eckerd College, where husband Harry teaches physics. Keeping up with Seth (first grade), Rachel (seventh grade) and Luke (10th grade) keeps Ginny busy and happy.

Ann Tomlin Adams and Trip are empty nesters this year. Son Josh is a junior at North Carolina State, and daughter Jenny is a first-year at Davidson College.

Teaching voice keeps Virginia "Ginger" Rollins Hopkins active in the world of music, and her children keep her active in dance and sports. Sons J im and Ted play basketball, baseball, soccer, foot¬

ball and the piano. Daughter Julie plays basketball, soccer, softball and enjoys dance, piano and gui¬ tar. Young Bonnie thinks the gym is her winter home, and the base¬ ball field is her summer home!

Ginger, Julie and Bonnie traveled together to Atlanta last April to honor Juliana Winters as she received her award for ser¬ vice to the college. Among the friends celebrating the occasion were Sallie Barren LaBadie, Gretchen Smith Mui, Dianne Gerstle Niedner and Lee Walker Willard 73. Dianne and Mai and son Charles later enjoyed a vaca¬ tion at Pine Knoll Shores, N.C., along with Juliana as well as fami¬ ly members. Dianne continues her work in the administrative area of "The Nation's Attic," otherwise known as the Smithsonian. She and Mai report that in honor of their 17th wed¬ ding anniversary, comets began to strike Jupiter, and astronomer Mai became an instant celebrity, with numerous television appearances.

Paula Wiles Sigmon continues to manage software products and support the baseball, basketball and soccer teams of her sons, Jeremy and Eric, 13.

The alumnae office received the following information:

Harriet Elizabeth Amos Doss is the president of Alabama Association of Historians.

Betty Wilkinson Tardieu plans to complete her Ph.D. in English in 1995.

73

SECRETARY Suzanne Warren Schwank Star Route 7

Louise Scott Roeska- Hardy 72, a lecturer at the University of

Heidelberg in Frankfurt and guest lecturer at Agnes Scott, March 28-31, delivered a lecture, fli entitled, "Women and p ■ the Liberal Arts," | A: dealing with the j: relevance of | predominantly male ° philosophers' ancient 2 > texts to women's g education. In addition to delivering the lecture, Roeska-Hardy taught several German and philosophy classes during her three-day stay sponsored by the Kirk Fund.

She is the author of many books and articles; her most recent book, Meaning in Natural Language, published in 1988, focuses on language phi¬ losophy, her main area of interest. Her most recent articles include "Thinking, Acting and Explaining by Reasoning: A Contribution to Discussion" and "Metaphor, Meaning and Understanding"

Box 174 Beaufort, SC 29902

Janet Short has a new job as clinical coordinator of occupa¬ tional therapy, physical therapy and speech at a speech pathology and rehabilitation center in Maryland. Last spring she was a presenter at an occupational therapy conference in London.

The alumnae office received the following information:

Anne McKenzie Boyle has completed a degree in physical therapy and is working at St. Joseph's Hospital in Bryan, Texas. Her husband is employed at Texas A&M.

Ann Cowley Churchman is getting ready to move, after 18 years at the same address.

Julia Ann Covil Newton has earned a B.A. in history and has a job at Etowah High School.

Mary Paige Lucas is an assistant professor of special education at the University of Alaska in Anchorage.

Judy Tindel, former director of admission at ASC, is now an information specialist for the Schoolyard Wildlife Federation.

Elizabeth Winfrey Freeburg of Chester, 111., received the 1994 Outstanding Dissertation Award from the University Council for Vocational Education at the group's conference in Dallas last year.

74

SECRETARY Ms. Anita Kern 442 Emory Circle, NE Atlanta, GA 30307

Mary Starling Inman hosted a dinner for the class's 20th reunion in April 1994. Mary's

which appeared in German Magazine for Philosophy and Metaphor and Innovation, The Role of Metaphor in the Course

of Language and Science, respectively.

After completing her undergraduate study in philosophy at ASC, Roeska- Hardy graduated magna cum laude from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1975 with an M.A. in phi¬

losophy. She later received her doctorate in philosophy, soci¬ ology and linguistics at J.W. Goethe-Universitaet in Frankfurt, Germany.

Roeska-Hardy has taught graduate philosophy at the University of Frankfurt, the University of Heidelberg, the University of Berne, Switzerland, and the Technical University at Darmstadt.

She and her husband, Karlotto, live in Germany and have two children.

—Samantha Stavely '97

Roeska-Hardy speaks

"WOMEN AND THE LIBERAL ARTS"

April 1995/Main Events A-13

ALUMNAE NEWS

two daughters are doing well and Rick keeps busy running Tucker Federal.

Lucile Palmer Dobson is in private practice as a social worker. She's married to Steve Dobson, a Tallahassee attorney.

Leila Kinney is teaching, has twin girls and lives in the Boston area.

Amy Ledeburh Bandi has four children and is living in Oklahoma City.

Angie Dunn's current "flame" has her riding motorcycles in her spare time!

Sandy Stogsdill Ogle regretted missing the last reunion, but husband Paul was out of the country and their two sons were keeping her busy.

Betsy Bean Burrell is teach¬ ing mathematics in Spartanburg, S.C. She and Tim have two sons, John, 11, and Andrew, a year and a half.

Patricia McGuire White is assistant dean of the College at Agnes Scott. She and husband Frank have a 3-year-old son.

Gayle Rankin Meyer has just moved to the Roswell area of Atlanta. Flusband Flarold has been transferred there from Tennessee; he markets Delco batteries.

Dr. Lynn Ezell Hendrix moved with a group of patholo- gists to Piedmont Hospital in August 1993. They are enjoying the new environment. She remains active with the Alliance Francaise d'Atlanta. She and Richard have a son, Richard III, 2.

Susan Skinner Thomas' home, although undergoing some renovations, was showcased on a recent "Ramble" by the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation. On a recent trip to Rome, daugh¬ ter Paige accompanied Susan to a cosmology lecture at Berry College. Son Brightman and hus¬ band Laney are doing well.

Karen Dick Silvestros teaches school and is currently studying at the Alliance Francaise d'Atlanta in preparation for an extended trip to France this summer.

Mary Jane Warren Stone is busy as a freelance artist after leaving Fembank Science Museum. Husband Lincoln has an art gallery/studio in Marietta.

Dr. Ann Early Bibb is a pathologist at Southern Regional Medical Center in Atlanta. She and husband Bill have two boys.

Fran Lawless Luke is busy being a mom. She and husband Wayne have two sons and a daughter and are living in Menlo Park, Calif.

Celeste Cox was married this past year.

Kay Colvin Ramos is a busy artist. Kay and husband Ron have a wonderful bed and breakfast on the beach near La Jolla, Calif.

Sally Griffiths Helms and | husband Billy are in Houston.

She has recently gone hack to school to become a psychologist. They have two sons.

Dianne Cuevas Lykes is mov¬ ing from New Orleans to Tampa this summer. She and Jed have one daughter, Amanda. Dianne is a vice-president in decorative arts at Sotheby's.

Blue Argo has been spending

a lot of time in Americus, Ga., lately; her mom has been ill.

Sally Harris Thompson and husband Rick are living in Little Rock, Ark., with their four children.

Anne Gwynn Culberson is busy keeping up with son Blake, who is full of energy. Husband Cliff may take some time off to do a Spielberg movie this sum¬ mer. Rumor has it that he may replace "Riker" els the romantic lead on the next Star Trek movie.

Betsy Middleton McDonald and husband John celebrated son John's first birthday this past December.

Mary Anne Shirley Waters keeps busy during baseball season with both sons playing. Husband Les is busy as ever with his pulmonary practice.

Eleni Papador Papadakis recently started working in admissions at Emory University.

The alumnae office received the following information:

Mary Louise Brown Forsythe took a trip to England and Scotland last summer with her husband, Bob, and her daughters Kathryn, 15, and Elizabeth, 13, her sister, Evelyn Brown Christiansen '71, and Evelyn's family.

Mary Jane Kerr Cornell has been called to be associate minis¬ ter of Faith Presbyterian Church in Tallahassee. Paige Carter- Smith '87 was on the committee that nominated Mary Jane to the position.

75

CO-SECRETARIES Melinda Rapp Stuk 278 Hidden Lake Court Marietta, GA 30068-4828

Delia E. McMillan 1905 NW Seventh Lane Gainesville, FL 32603

Margaret Samford Day writes that her daughter Caroline began college in Tennessee this fall. A happy and sad time to see the family size at home decreasing. Jessica is a high school junior busy with piano, voice, violin, gymnastics, church groups, hospi¬ tal volunteer work and a job at Dunkin' Donuts. Margaret has retired from home schooling this year and her two sons have entered private Christian school. There's always plenty to do, but getting used to the change has been a big adjustment.

Helen "D.B." DeWitt Whittaker was granted tenure with East Tennessee State University last summer. A Hollywood producer is currently circulating one of her screenplays at television networks. She is also trying to sell several children's books manuscripts.

Angie Rushing Hoyt is presi¬ dent elect of the Westminster Elementary Parents' Council. William and Angie got together at Christmas with Allison Grigsby Spears, Kay Teij Blackstock, Ruthie McManus Mansfield, and Fran MaGuire Paist and their husbands.

Joyce Callam McKee McDonald, an attorney, writes

that France returned a savings and loan fugitive she prosecuted in December 1993. He was tried January, February and March and was convicted on April Fool's Day. He had stashed $22 million in Swiss bank accounts before he became a fugitive. The Austrian government has found and frozen about $10 million more. Joyce's third daugher, Emma Louise, was bom on July 21 and joins Annemarie, 4 and Claire, 2.

Suzi Brinkley McKay operates a print shop in St. Petersburg, Fla., with her husband Joe. Suzi recently had a son, Caleb Thomas, who joins an older brother, Joshua, 4-

Mindy Rapp Stuk remains active in the church and school activities of her three children in Marietta, Ga. Her husband, Steve, is a professor at the business school at Emory.

Delia McMillan has just pub¬ lished a book on her longitudinal research in Burkina Faso entitled Sachel Visions (University of Arizona Press, paperback and hardback). She continues to work as a consulting anthropologist for USAID, the United Nations Development Program and the World Bank, from her base in Gainesville, Fla. She recently completed a consultancy in the Central African Republic.

The alumnae office received the following information:

Susan Smathers is the presi¬ dent elect of the Jacksonville Museum of Science and History Board of Tmstees. She is also now the Chair of the Horida Blue Key Alumni Advisory Board at the University of Florida. Blue Key is a student leadership organization.

76

SECRETARY Susan Grier Bennett 140 Hoile Lane Huntingtown, MD 20639

Nancy Leasendale Purcell was initiated into Phi Delta Kappa, an honorary educational fraternity, in June 1994. Later in the year, she was also honored with initiation into Alpha Delta Kappa, an international sorority for women educators. Nancy team teaches second grade and a reading recovery class in Brunswick, Ga., where she and Roger enjoy life with daughters Kathryn and Claire.

Ann Patton Henley writes that she and her family enjoy liv¬ ing in Atlanta, where sisters Paige and Barbara also live with their families.

Lark Todd Sessions continues to enjoy son William, 3, whom she calls "a real joy."

Jane Brawley Eobel works part time as an interim minister at churches in the Charlotte Presbytery, which allows her to be at home some with children Peter, 5, and Lydia, 2. When she wrote, she was in her third interim position and enjoying working with the congregation as it searched for a permanent minister. Family trips during 1994 took the Fobels to Florida, Philadelphia and Baltimore.

Janet Flynn Hays, since leaving Agnes Scott after her first year, has completed her under¬ graduate degree at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, then worked for South Central Bell then AT&T for a total of 14 years in six different cities. She now lives in Lenexa, Kan., where she is a senior Realtor associate with JiD. Reece.

After many years of dreaming about it, Beth DeWall decided that turning 40 was the time to finally start her own business, Barclay and Associates. She is a product development consultant, working with clients to develop gift products. She says she loves the new challenges and is happy with the decision.

Gay Blackburn Maloney visited with Beth McBride Allgood and her family while traveling during the summer of 1994- Beth, husband John, and three children live in Jackson, Miss. Gay returned to full-time law practice several years ago, and especially enjoys assisting other women in estate work. In addition to her career, Gay leads two Girl Scout troops for daugh¬ ters, Phyllis and Margaret.

Susan Grier Bennett is now director of public relations and fund development at Calvert Memorial Hospital, about 45 miles southeast of Washington, D.C. She finds health care an exciting field and hopes that everyone is practicing healthy lifestyles to conserve those health care dollars!

77

SECRETARY Mrs. Holly A. Bennett Rielly P.O. Box 235 Washington, GA 30673

Pat McWaters Dragstedt and husband and their two sons have lived in Raleigh for five years. Pat sees Ellen Fort Grissett often, and she is fighting the construc¬ tion of a nuclear plant seven miles from her house.

Sharon Collings Licata, a ceramic sculptor, was asked to submit some of her work to Ergo, a Augusta, Ga., gallery. She and her husband, Steve, live in Columbia with their daughter Andrea, 10, and son Robe, 7.

The alumnae office received the following information:

Joy Cunningham stays busy as a teacher at Austin Community College in Texas, and as a per¬ former, producer and writer in what she describes as a "pseudo- country-and-westem ha ha capel- la group" called the CowPattys that is getting ready for a 1995-96 national tour.

Frances Holt-Underwood was elected corporate vice president of New Leaf Distributing Company in 1994- She also serves on the Board of Directors of the American Wholesale Booksellers Association of which she was elected vice president in February. She is delighted to be working with Elizabeth Harrington '93, who was promoted from buying assistant to buyer in October.

78

SECRETARY Ms. Lynne Oswald 2220 Walnut St. Orlando, FL 32806

Mimi Holmes and Ed Stem have settled into their first house in Minneapolis, Minn. They met several years ago at a dance cam" and started a long distance rek tionship, and two years ago, M closed the geographical gap by moving to Minneapolis. Mimi writes that the most significant thing she has done since gradua¬ tion is the four years she spent in northwest Alabama as an art missionary during the 1980s. No doubt the people of that region benefited greatly from her talents.

Kitti Smith Murray is enjoy¬ ing life in Stone Mountain with her husband Bill and their four boys, ages 5 to 13. Their activities provide the family with constant entertainment, as each one is an accomplished athlete. For five years, Kitti led a Bible study group in Techwood which provid¬ ed her with some of the most fulfilling relationships of her life. Today, she does part time work as an artist and a travel agent.

Katharine Cochrane was mar¬ ried on July 23, 1994 to Clifford Anthony Hart Jr. The class was represented at the wedding by Alice Newton Harris. Kay continues to be a diplomat for the Foreign Service Office of the U.S. Department of State. Recently, she completed an assignment in Paris. Ford, her new groom, is also a foreign service officer and both will be in Washington for the next two years.

Judy Miller Bohan has begun building a vacation house at Lake Lure. It should be completed in time for everyone to visit this summer. She continues to live with her family in Rutherfordton, N.C.

Beth Nease Hawkins has added a member to her Gainesville, Ga., household: Kathrin Schoenwald, a 16-year-old exchange student from Germany. Beth and her husband continue with their dentistry work, and certainly Kathrin will leave America with a bright, beautiful smile.

Sarah Arthur Spears and her husband, Terry, have moved from Columbus to Martinez, Ga. She continues to work for the Merck pharmaceutical company, where her duties have switched from military accounts to general medicine, which she is greatly enjoying.

Sarah spoke recently with Kathy Finch Piette who lives in Savannah with her husband and two children. In her spare time, she reads, sews needlework and participates in a Bible study group.

Theresa Crane talked to Sally Workman and learned she has rejoined the Peace Corps. Sally works in the soil conservation division and is planting trees in Africa as part of a reforestation project.

Martha Jane Hammett visited Betsy Fletcher in Boulder, Colo. Martha Jane fell in love with the

A-14 Main EVENTS/Aprtl 1995

ALUMNAE NEWS

region and wants to know if Betsy would mind if the Hammett fam¬ ily came to visit permanently.

This edition's "Profile of Outstanding Classmate" goes to Theresa Crane who sent a great photograph of herself with her reticulated giraffe. Yes, a real live giraffe! And it is named after her. Theresa is the sales manager for the Anheiser Busch Theme Parks where she has worked for the past 10 years. She loves working for a company which is committed to the environment. Theresa the giraffe is being raised to breed and enlarge her endangered species. Her offspring will only go to world-class zoos. Theresa the human lives in St. Petersburg with her husband J immy Brykinke, their son and their dog. In her spare time, when she is not petting the giraffe, she volun¬ teers for an AIDS agency which specializes in women's and chil¬ dren's cases. She chairs their annual antique auction fund rais¬ er. Last year, her work raised over $25,000 for the organization.

The alumnae office received the following information:

Sarah Rhea Latture Helms is working at Trousdell Design in Atlanta. She has two children, Allison, 6, and Jackson, 4-

Allison Blackburn Akins is the new city clerk and treasurer for the city of Madison, Ala.

79

SECRETARY Virginia Lee McMurray 1715 Alberta Dr. Little Rock, AR 72207

Your secretary was very excit¬ ed to hear from a number of classmates recently, especially a few who didn't make the reunion. RTC grad Chrissy Jensen wrote that she moved back to the Atlanta area (Newnan) in August after a three-year stay in New Haven, Conn. Chrissy moved to New England as Regional Manager with Whitehall-Robbins, a pharma¬ ceutical company. She is now Managed Care Account Executive for the south and trav¬ els from Texas to Miami. Her son, Matt, recently graduated from the University of Colorado.

Laurel Kramer also missed the reunion, but just received her PhD. in counseling psychology. She works in Jefferson City, Mo., with a community mental health agency as clinical director of six clinics and recently bought her first house.

Mary Louise Tucker McDade spent four years teaching preschool and working for the American Lung Association, where she gave seminars on the dangers of tobacco use. Mary Louise now works part time in her husband's office and stays busy with their four daughters and volunteer work for the DeKalb Rape Crisis Center. She recently spoke to the ASC first-year class on date rape.

Debby Daniel-Bryant is in her 13th year as a school psychol¬ ogist through the Crossroads Program in Griffin, Ga., where she has specialized in play thera¬

py, groups and testing of autistic children. Debby's husband, Bill Bryant, is a senior engineer in the economic development department of Georgia Power Co., where in the past few years he has become an expert on wet¬ lands. Debby and Bill stay very busy keeping up with school, church and extracurricular activi¬ ties involving their daughters, Sarah, 11, Rachel, 7, and Leah, 3.

The class continues to be very productive in a variety of ways. Check out the "Births" section for news on new additions to the families of Sarah Windham Hunt, Elizabeth Wells Lang, Ginny Lee McMurray, and Carolyn Pervis Whatley. Carolyn wrote that her daughter was bom just two hours before Sarah's daughter. She said there's nothing like knowing that a close friend is going through labor and delivery at the same time you are! Carolyn and her husband just bought their first house in Acworth, Ga., and moved at the end of October.

Leslie Doyle Brenegar and husband Ed spent two weeks in northern Italy last spring— their first trip without children in over six years. Living in Elkins, W. Va., Leslie took advantage of local culture by taking old-time fiddle lessons last summer. She also enjoyed hosting Angela Fleming Rogers and her family for a visit. Leslie stays very busy with children Troop, 9, Stewart, 5, and Shelby, 3. She is home- schooling Troop and Stewart.

Melanie Best also traveled abroad, vacationing in France in October. She spent the Thanksgiving holiday in Pueblo, Colo., with Linda Mclnnis, huband Dean Miller, and Linda's daughter Jessica. Melanie and Linda have both been profession¬ al cooks, and their Thanksgiving dinner was truly a feast.

Virginia Rockwell traveled over the holidays as well, spend¬ ing Thanksgiving with her family in Florida and Christmas with friends in Scotland. Virginia is back at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens working toward certifi¬ cation as a master gardener.

Having just increased her fam¬ ily from two children to three, Ginny Lee McMurray wants to know how all of her classmates who have three or more children (she ran into a few at the reunion) manage to stay sane. Ginny is doing consulting work for Ballet Arkansas in between orchestrating her family's school, church and extracurricualr activi¬ ties. She says she stays hopelessly behind on various household tasks and never mailed her Christmas cards. However, she loves hearing from classmates.

The alumnae office received the following information:

Katherine Harris, of Sarasota, Fla., was elected to a Senate seat from District 24 in the November election.

80

SECRETARY Paxson Collins MacDonald

Charbtttesville, VA 22902 Lisa Beswick McLeod, hus¬

band Cliff, and their three chil¬ dren are enjoying life in Orlando, Fla. She writes that their new church is loving and encouraging.

Janet Lapp has been with Bamett Bank of Palm Beach County for 11 years. Currently she is the vice president, loan operations manager. She man¬ ages, with her staff of 15, the bank's $1.6 billion loan portfolio and supports the various lending functions for their underwriters and relationship managers. Janet is on the board of directors for the local Consumer Credit Counselling Service. In addition, she is a member of the National Association for Female Executives and serves on several sub-committees regarding person¬ nel.

Alison Bannan Whatley and John had a surprise last year when their third daughter was bom a month early. She was so eager to join the family, she was bom at home, just as three EMS techni¬ cians walked into the room. Her sisters slept through the event. Alison and husband John live in Gary, N.C., where he is a pilot for American Airlines.

Alison sees Sandy Burson Hosford, who is now a pediatri¬ cian and lives in Durham with her husband, David, and their two daughters, Katherine and Anna. She is also in touch with Liz Mosgrove Land who lives nearby in Raleigh. Liz and Herb have two children, Caroline, 3, and Brad, 6 months.

Allison Taylor Turk and Paul live in Macon, Ga., and are happy to report that they weren't washed away in the flood of 1994, although they were without water for three weeks. Paul's mother came to live with them in the fall of 1993 and passed away in May of 1994. Paul loves his practice and the Turks enjoy Macon. Their children Katherine, Stephen, and Clayton are 11, 9, and 6, respectively.

Susie Ham Dieters and Peggy Somers Shepard wrote your sec¬ retary from Florida where they were vacationing with their hus¬ bands and children.

In 1994, Sharon Maitland Moon joined the firm LeClair, Ryan, Joynes, Epps and Framme where she practices in the area of employment litigation. She is president-elect of the Virginia State Bar Young Lawyers Conference and is active in the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division (ABA-YLD) where she is director of the ABA's Affiliate Outreach Project. Sharon has lectured extensively on behalf of the ABA-YLD Disaster Legal Services Program and serves on the Board of Directors for Challenge Discovery Projects.

In connection with the ABA-YLD Disaster Legal Services Program, Sharon helped coordinate the volunteer relief effort following Hurricane Andrew. Volunteer lawyers han¬ dled more than 22,000 cases involving insurance, constmc- tion, consumer and federal bene¬ fits claims. As a result, Sharon traveled to Washington, D.C., to

meet with the general counsel for the Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to negotiate an agreement between FEMA and ABA-YLD for the provision of free legal services in the event of a federally-declared disaster. That agreement now serves as the basis for a nationwide volunteer legal services network.

Pat Amzen, Kim Clark- Douglas, Kathy Steams, Sarah Fairbum Pannill and Carol Willey have all been to see Kathy Hollywood Smith's new baby since his birth in late December.

Dixie Lee Washington and her husband have taken early retirement from the U. S. Army and have built a house in her hometown of King George, Va. They have started two businesses (Dixie Realty and KG Computer Services and Training Center) and Dixie assists her father in the building business.

The alumnae office received the following information:

Wanda Susan Dodson Shewbridge has had a fourth child.

Margaret Evans Porter's novel Dangerous Diversions has been nominated for a national award. The previous one, Toast of the Town, made it onto the paper¬ back bestseller lists. In spring of 1994, Margaret and her husband, Chris, moved from Colorado to New Hampshire with their two dogs. They also traveled to the United Kingdom and Portugal for business and pleasure.

81

SECRETARY Marry Ebinger Hurd 435 Creekside Court Roswell, GA 30076

Stephanie Komar Hungerford and Steve are living in Gainesville, Ga., where Stephanie is a stay-at-home mom to Erin and their new son, Gerald Alexander.

Valerie Kay Bamett writes from the Orlando area; she is a business unit director for the Florida Department of Citrus. Valerie and Chuck have a son, Matt, 3, who has inherited Valerie's very blonde hair!

On the other end of the coun¬ try is Karen Whipple Broderick. Karen and her husband, Joe, bought a home in North Hollywood. Karen's most recent project was The War,much of the the filming of which was done in the Atlanta area. One of the perks was meeting Kevin Costner, a nice guy according to Karen.

After moving to Florida, Atlanta, California, Hawaii and Texas, Lynn Stonecypher Thompson and Pete have settled in Chicago. Lynn is having the time of her life now, staying at home with her son Peter Lawrence Thompson. They recently visited with Maryanne Gannon Deaton, Eric and Maggie who were back in Chicago for a wedding. Maryanne and Eric now live in Houston.

Mary Ebinger Hurd is now brokering group insurance in the Atlanta area. She represents 20

industry leaders and finds it a very fun business, hut then being self-employed has been her bag for quite a while now. The infant in her arms at the last reunion is now 4. She says time is definitely marching on.

The alumnae office received the following information:

Debra Yoshimura Rainwater celebrated the first-year anniver¬ sary of the establishment of her own recruiting/consulting firm, Search Inc., based in Atlanta.

82

SECRETARY Teace Markwalter Sanders 2433 Shades Crest Road Birmingham, AL 35216

Emma Villafane Zell moved back to Atlanta last summer and is working as an analyst/writer in the information center at LOMA, a trade association for the insurance industry. Emma made a quick weekend trip to Birmingham to attend an art librarian's conference last fall. Teace Markwalter Sanders hopes to see Emma on her next trip to Birmingham.

Carol Reaves Wilson has learned a new craft, basket weav¬ ing. She is also very active in her church leading Bible study and playing the handbells and guitar. Carol was able to represent ASC at the inaugurations of both Augusta College and Paine College presidents. And in the midst of all her varied activities, Carol says they added to their home a new master bedroom, bathroom and sun porch, all completed last April. Carol's husband, Walter, a senior process control engineer at Federal Paper, and their three children Elizabeth, 7, Rebecca, 4, and Ben, 2, are all happy and doing well.

Sonia Gordon Dettweiler wrote to say that she, husband Steve and baby Joel moved to Nigeria just three days after Christmas. Sonia thanks those whose prayers and gifts helped send them on their way. She successfully completed the master's degree in linguistics.

Sallie Manning Ogden dropped a note to update the class on her life. She and her husband, John, took a work- related trip to France where they went to the Cannes Film Festival. John was doing work related to a press conference for the movie The Pagemaster. Sally said, "It was so glamorous!" but commented that people on the Riviera do not wear Talbot's resort wear, so she definitely stood out as an American tourist. Other places she and John stopped were Paris and Monte Carlo. Sallie has taken on a new interest, gardening, and is currently volunteering one Saturday each month in the Alumnae Garden. She would love for any interested alumnae from 1982 to join her. Sallie recently talked to Meredith Manning who is enjoying being a lawyer in Columbia, S.C.

The alumnae office received

April 1995/Main Events A-15

ALUMNAE NEWS

the following information: Allyson Stephens Rhymes

Raymer is a Latin teacher at an all girls' school.

Sarah Burleigh Perry has a son, Wallace, who is 3 years old. Her husband, Phil, is an artist and illustrator who recently com¬ pleted a work which commented on the Georgia State flag. The piece was well received.

Katherine Cralle Tuttle and family are moving to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, due to a change in careers for her husband.

83

SECRETARY Margaret Kelly Parry 304 Glenora Dr. Huntersville, NC 28078

Your secretary wants to thank everyone who responded with news. It's great to know that there are so many '83 Scotties out there doing so many interesting things.

Julie Babb writes that she is very busy as assistant principal of an elementary school in Charlotte, N.C., but she has managed to find the time to begin working on an historical novel.

Beverly Bell is working on Capitol Hill as staff director to newly-elected Congressman Don Johnson. Her husband, John Sorrells, has been promoted to vice president of Burson- Marsteller.

Kathryn Hart Bissette trav¬ eled to Greece this past summer with Helen Stacey '84.

Shari Nichols Clifton and husband Stuart and their two sons live in Savannah on Wilmington Island. During the past year, Shari became a

Stephen Minister (a lay person trained in Christian care giving). She reports that it is a rewarding mix of her social-working skills and her Christian beliefs.

The Rev. Priscilla Eppinger- Mendes writes that she and husband Mark spent three weeks vacationing in Europe this past spring. They also traveled to the Czech Republic. Priscilla was ordained in October by the American Baptist Churches U.S.A. The service was spon¬ sored and hosted by the First Baptist Church of Plymouth, Mass., where she has served as pastor since March of 1992. She also began teaching two courses at the Center for Urban Ministerial Education in Boston.

Lynn Garrison is enjoying her career as association director for the American Society of Interior Designers.

Jody Stone Graham and husband Dale are enjoying their son, Robert. Jody reports that Seabreeze Community Church, where Dale is pastor, is growing. Jody is responsible for the Women's Ministry at Seabreeze.

Lane Edmondson Holman married Curt Holman in September. Attending Scotties were Amy Mortenson Thome, Melinda Spratt, Lana Mueller Jordan and Leslie Lyons Watkins '84- After four years with a com¬ munications consulting firm, Lane has begun working from her home as a marketing consultant and writer.

Carol McRanie Magri is enjoying her new job as associate director of Associated American Artists. This position allows her to buy and appraise museum-cal¬ iber art. Carol and husband Hav celebrated their first anniversary this past December.

Summer Smisson Neel spent a week this summer with Penny

Baynes Welch. Her two sons, Ford and Smisson, are doing well.

Amy Potts has been dabbling in some art classes while job hunting. This past summer Amy took an extensive bike trip through the western and midwestem states.

Pam Demiter Prach received her doctorate from Princeton in November. Pam lives in London with her husband and daughter, Sophie.

Carie Cato Pursley is busy running her church's nursery and working at Australian Body Works where she teaches a "circuit class." Carie is enjoying being at home with her two children, Spencer and Caitlin.

Sallie Rowe Roberts and husband Ray took a 12-day holiday to Scotland this October. Also in October they attended the wedding of Sallie's younger brother where their daughter Kate served as flower girl.

Jenny Rowell is working for SouthTrust Bank of Georgia as assistant vice president of plan¬ ning and investments.

Karla Sefcik is a full time student at Brown College of Court Reporting.

Lynda Brannen Williamson began her 10th year with Georgia Power in the marketing area. She also celebrated her 10th wedding anniversary with husband Hughes and her two sons, Matthew Brinson and Jonathan Hughes. Lynda is very busy as a volunteer with Service League, Garden Club Council, Homebuilders Association and the American Cancer Society.

Jane Zanca excitedly reports that she had her first book pub¬ lished this fall. Co-written with Dr. Daniel Nixon, the book, The Cancer Recovery Eating Plan, is about the promising scientific findings on how diet can have an impact on the prevention of cancer. It took them 15 months to complete it.

The alumnae office received the following information:

Miriam Anne Campbell has had two strokes.

84

SECRETARY Miss Karen Young c/o ASC Alumnae Office 141 East College Ave. Decatur, GA 30030

Helen Stacey and Kathryn Hart Bissette '83 traveled to Greece together last summer before Helen traveled alone to Prague.

Claire Sever Bunkin and husband Jeff adopted a baby girl, Hannah Claire, last summer. Claire, who is living in Gainesville, Fla., works part-time as a C.P.A. in order to spend more time with Hannah while Jeff, who is in advertising sales, travels throughout his northeast territory.

Valli McLemore Maddux is living in Macon with two-year- old daughter Liz and her husband. Before becoming a mom, Valli was manager of membership for the Macon Chamber of

Commerce. She's now involved in volunteer work with her church, the Macon Junior League and an agricultural association of which her husband is a member.

Fran Elise Ivey Lemmen reports that her sons Kirk and Ryan, 5, are very proud of their new little sister, Meghan, and enjoy leaving their framed picture in Meghan's crib so that she won't forget what they look like while they are off at school.

Connie Patterson Haywood, an attorney, has relocated to the Atlanta area from California in order to accept a position with Cofer, Beauchamp and Butler. Now living back in her Decatur home, she looks forward to husband Tom joining her in early summer.

Carla Eidson Pierce was recently elected as clerk of Session for Rock Spring Presbyterian Church in Atlanta. During 1995, Carla will also chair Rock Spring's 125th Anniversary Task Force. Rock Spring is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The alumnae office received the following information:

Meri Lynn Crawford Falciglia recently married Doug Falciglia in Newnan, Ga.

After the birth of her second child, Caroline Cooper Wilhelm is enjoying a nine-month materni¬ ty leave from her job.

Shannon Hatheway graduated from nursing school, and passed her boards last summer and returned to her Missouri home to practice.

85

SECRETARY Anne B. Coulling 5162 Anton Drive Apartment 110 Madison, W1 53719

Elizabeth Moak manied Dave Finnan Sept. 10, 1994, in Atlanta. They live in Buckhead. Elizabeth is a human resources generalist at the Robinson- Humphrey Company.

In September, Nancy Patiemo and Jerry Giordano celebrated their wedding in Santorini, Greece. They live in Chicago.

Jennifer Gazzola Parker is program manager of sponsor services in the marketing depart¬ ment for the 1996 Olympics.

Eileen Altman lives in Chicago where she works for the Illinois Council for the Prevention of Violence and vol¬ unteers for a school enrichment program and for the Chicago Women's AIDS Project.

After earning her master's degree in creative writing from Antioch University, Sally Stevens spent last summer teaching poetry at workshops near her home in Portland, Ore. In May, her chil¬ dren's book, Dear Bunkie, is sched¬ uled to be published and released nationwide.

Laura Langford Woollcott practices law at King and Spalding and lives in Buckhead with hushand, Alex, and daughter, May.

After finishing a required set

of exams, Cathleen Fox Perrin is licensed as a dentist in England and works part-time at a large practice.

Ann Fitzgerald Aichinger is the parish associate at Grace Presbyterian Church in Fort Myers, where her husband Frank is the pastor. She sings in the choir, directs vacation Bible school, and has helped develop a church school program.

Bonnie Crannell Evans and Keith took a Mediterranean cruise last fall, traveling to Venice, Rome, Athens and Florence, among other spots.

From Panama, Cindy McGee Hitt reports that she's been elected mayor of the housing area on the U. S. Army base where she and David live. She's also substitute teaching at the area Department of Defense high school.

Vonda Bracewell Shoemaker and Craig live in Decatur with children: Max, 4, Olivia, 3, and Rebecca, almost 2. Vonda chaired the 1994 vacation Bible school at her church.

Marie Woolridge is a paralegal at Hunton & Williams in mid- town Atlanta. Last year she and her husband, Chris Curley, took a trip to eastern Europe, visiting Poland, Hungary and Czechoslovakia.

Julie Gilreath Henry works in community relations at a Raleigh, N.C., medical center. She, her husband Free, and their 3-year- old son, Sam, live in nearby Gary. Julie organizes her church nursery, directs the children's choir, and is active in her local ASC alumnae club.

Having recently moved to Charlotte, N.C., Anne Williams is a vice president with NationsBank. She belongs to the Junior League and is on the steering committee for Project Graduation, an alcohol-free cele¬ bration for graduating seniors.

Chappell Jarrell Miller is a landscape architect in Birmingham. She and Charles have two children: Palmer, 3, and Adelaide, born in September.

Liz Loemker Joyce is a stay- at-home mom to Maggie, who is 18 months old. The family trav¬ eled to Connecticut in the fall, where they spent Thanksgiving with Liz's clan and Elder Maxwell. Elder lives in Brooklyn Heights, N.J., and commutes to work as a currency trader on Wall Street.

Katesy Watson is director of communications for Sen. John Kyi. She lives in Virginia, where she has a lakeside condominium, a thoroughbred and a black Labrador. She keeps in touch with Doris Butler Truax, who has one child and recently opened an antique store.

The alumnae office received the following information:

Mary Patricia McFarland Gannon celebrated her 70th birthday last September. Her whole family (except for one daughter, a busy lawyer) gathered in Maine to celebrate the event. On the way back to Atlanta, Pat and husband Tom visited New York City and Rhode Island where they lived as newlyweds almost 50 years ago.

Agnes Scott alumnae will gather from 2 to 4 p.m. at Montreat Conference

Center's Assembly Inn Tea Garden, Sunday, Aug. 6, to hear exciting news of the College from Lucia Sizemore, director of alumnae affairs, and Ashley Seaman '95.

Whether you live at Montreat permanently or spend special time there during the summer, you and your guests are invited to join the fun.

Unless your permanent address is western North Carolina, you will not receive another invitation, so call the Office of Alumnae Affairs (1-800-868-8602) for further

information and to R.S.V.P.

A-16 Main Events/April 1995

ALUMNAE NEWS

86

SECRETARY Mary Margaret McDonough 42 Berkeley Road Avondale Estates, GA 30002

Nancy Carter Cooke has a new job as a client benefits super¬ visor with Invesco Solutions. Ginger Berry Verch, also with Invesco, is currently developing and implementing training pro¬ grams and doing communication work for 40IK plans. She and Richard have spent quite a bit of time traveling in the past year: skiing in Austria, Paris, Venice and Czechoslovakia. Josie Gilchrist was intown from Ecuador with her little girl and visited with the Verches. All are doing well. Ginger and Richard also closed on a new house in Alpharetta.

Margaret Luke Kobos passed the Oklahoma Bar exam. After working out of her home for a while, she has taken a job as a trust officer with Bank Four, a division of Fourth Financial Corp. She has been dividing her spare time between horse shows and Junior League.

Jayne Huber Parsons performed three times with the Atlanta Ballet in 1993 Christmas production of The Nutcracker. Jayne was a guest artist in 1994 with the Clayton Festival Ballet Co. She has been teaching and choreograping for the Beacon Dance Company. This has given her the opportunity to consult on a Hollywood screenplay and the Georgia Public Televison children's program "Tootie."

Joanna Durand has a new job with Wachovia Brokerage. She is in charge of the computer system for the whole brokerage division and training of the brokers on using the system.

Noel Durham Robinson was married on Labor Day of 1993 to Lewis Robinson. He is a jazz singer and owns a comic book store in New Jersey called The Comic Giant. Noel is now the marketing director for Chanel Cosmetics New York.

Holly Rogers Markwalter recently moved to Vienna, Va. Husband Brian will be working in Washington, D.C., and Holly is planning on going back to graduate school. She is Annual Fund chair for the class, so please help her out.

87

SECRETARY Ellen Parker Gaffney 415 Rosecreek Place Woodstock, GA 30188

Kerry O'Rourke has a new job as comptroller for a medical practice at St. Joseph's Hospital in Atlanta.

Mary Dean Edwards bought a house in May and is busy reno¬ vating it herself. She has a new job teaching French at an inner- city high school in Memphis, Tenn.

Joan Wadkins Goldberg has moved to Minnesota with new husband Danny. She has a new

job as an account executive with a public relations firm.

Gretchen Pfieffer Foley has a new job as Removal Record Center site manager in charge of Superfund records for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Edison, N.J. She and husband David are raising a Doberman puppy, Saphyre.

Carol Valentine McBride owns a printing company in California. She is newsletter editor and serves on the board of directors for two non-profit organizations: the Junior League of Long Beach and Amigos de Bolsa Chica, a wetlands conservation group.

Jacqueline (Stromberg) DeCarlo recently traveled to the former Yugoslavia to set up a program for Bosnian refugee children. Her budding interest in genealogy led to her name change from Stromberg to DeCarlo.

Kim Vickers and husband P.J. Lewis moved to Annapolis, Md., where they are renting a 100- year-old house in an historic district. Kim works for Bread for the World Institute and P.J. works for Martin-Marietta.

Jane Castles married Clell Deaver on Aug. 20, 1994. Steve and Skotti Ray Stewart are appar¬ ently responsible for this "set-up." Jane and Clell honeymooned in Greece. Jane started a new job this spring. Although still with Wachovia, she now works out of the New York office every other week, calling on corporate customers.

Lauren Snee Booth write that Karen Youngner Garby and hus¬ band Bob visited her family in Monterey, Calif. It was the first time Karen had seen Lauren's daughter, Joanna. After several days with Lauren, Karen and Bob spent a week in Yosemite and San Francisco, Calif.

Donna Doorley Broom and her family recently moved to Lilbum, Ga. Donna is at home with her sons, Clay and Max, but says she will return to teaching at some point.

88

SECRETARY Lisa Slappey Whitton 124 The Esplanade Way Loganville, GA 30249

The alumnae office received the following information:

Angela Howard was selected Teacher of the Month at Cookeville High School in Cookeville, Tenn., for the month of October. Angela teaches French, advises the Student Congress and coordinated home¬ coming activities this year.

89

SECRETARY Louisa Margaret Ellis Parker 2746 South Buchanan St. Arlington, VA 22206

Allison Adams joined the staff of Emory Magazine in April. Excited to be back in Atlanta, Allison lives only two blocks

from the Agnes Scott campus in her grandparents' house, which she has been restoring and redecorating.

Sharon Tiller hosted a baby shower for Katie Kelley Franklin last summer.

Nan Tittle Turner having worked at Turner Furniture Company since she and Fortson manied in October 1988, is now taking a break to be a full-time mom to her new daughter.

Mary Ruth Oliver loves teaching school and living in Glennville, Ga.

Molly McRae Finke and Jill Jordan have seen each other twice this fall in Santa Fe, N.M. Molly and her husband Gabe have been skiing several times since they moved there.

Mitrina Mogelnicki and Hong Tran '88 roadtripped to Washington, D.C., to attend a Nanci Griffith concert with Mary "Tina" Carr this past summer.

Maria "Conchi" Gonzalez spent Christmas in Spain with her fiance's family.

Mandy Roberts and Rebecca Eamshaw Hudson have both visited Louisa Parker in Washington, D.C., this fall. Rebecca and her husband, John, are renovating their house. Louisa will be studying Italian at the Michalangelo Institute in Florence this winter.

Cindy Franks has moved back to Decatur, Ga.

The alumnae office received the following information:

Gayle Jordan completed her clinical pastoral education train¬ ing on March 21,1994, and she is now employed by a conectional institution in Georgia.

90

SECRETARY Heidi Grace Wilson 216 Bel Aire Dr. Warner Robins, GA 31088

Wendy Schultz Schwartz and her husband have purchased a home in Santa Rosa, Calif. She is working on a degree in secondary education. Her husband is a Santa Rosa police officer.

Jennifer Boyd Miller visited with Holly Parker Wolfe in Athens. They only live a few miles apart. Holly is enjoying being a stay-at-home mom.

Pam Clemmons Kidd has taken a new job as special projects coordinator for the U.S. Representatives Sergeant at Arms. Pam finished her master's in international affairs at Georgetown.

Julia Davidson Bellamy is working at Black and Veitch, an environmental engineering firm.

Karen Anderson continues to work at the White House's office of political affairs.

Jean Wilson Tate and her husband have recently purchased a house in Decatur. She is work¬ ing as director of communications at an Atlanta firm.

Jennifer Burger is enjoying (enduring?) her first year of medical school at Emory. Her roommate at Emory is Vivian Saker '91.

Debbie Sirban is working as

an attorney in Pennsylvania while her husband completes law school.

Kimberle Maleski Swaak and her baby, Evan, will celebrate his first birthday by attending the five-year reunion.

The alumnae office received the following information:

Legare Clarke Hartbarger is currently teaching third grade in Conyers, Ga.

Diana Wilson Jordan was ordained as a Unitarian Universalist minister, Dec. 4, 1994. She attended the Candler School of Theology at Emory.

Suzanne Elise Tourville, who is attending graduate school in the math program at Washington University, was elected president of the graduate school senate in the spring.

Claire West traveled to London in November 1994-

Kim Lamkin Drew has joined Georgia-Pacific Corp. as public relations representative in the Building Products Division. Kim is responsible for media relations, writing, strategic planning and general public relations activities for the division.

Wendy Worthy and Laura Perry are living and working in Paris, France. Both were French majors.

91

SECRETARY Michelle Roberts 424 Avery Glen Decatur, GA 30030

The alumnae office received the following information:

Linda Anderson secured a teaching position with Roanoke City Schools at Momingside Elementary. In addition to her second grade class, she continues to teach step aerobics and low-impact aerobics.

Alicia Long, a graduate student at Georgia Tech, is the first recipient of the H.L. Smith Fellowship, named for the father of Lulu Smith Westcott '19. Alicia will write a history of the Dalton-area textile production.

Allyson Whitley recently appeared in a production of "Sex, Drugs, Rock &. Roll" in Atlanta at the 14th Street Playhouse.

Davina Crawford received a master's of international business studies from the University of South Carolina in May 1993. She has been working for Aetna Life &. Casualty in Atlanta since then. She is currently account manager with Aetna International.

Melissa Ann Elebash manied Andrew Lincoln Creed in Pensacola in June 1994- Barbie Stitt '92 was in the wedding. Melissa is a teacher at Pine Forest School in Pensacola, where and Andrew live. However, they expect to move to Charleston, S.C., sometime soon.

After teaching secondary math and science at Atlanta International School, Susan Cowan is studying for a master's of science in environmental education at Lesley College in Cambridge, Mass. The master's program through Lesley is called

the National Audubon Society Expedition Institute. During the two year program she will spend three semesters out in the field and one completing an intern¬ ship. She spent her first semester exploring the Rio Grande biore- gion (Colorado, New Mexico, Texas) with the other students and three faculty members. The spring 1995 semester finds her studying in the Four Comers region (Arizona, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico).

92

SECRETARY Mary E. Williams 150 Sussex Club Dr. #17 Athens, GA 30606

Noelle Heming Bandy completed her master's in math at Georgia Tech in June 1994- She spent ten days this summer touring France, Germany and Belgium. She is now teaching high school in Lithonia, Ga.

Beth Bass married Keith Covalt on June 4, 1994. Bridesmaids included Paige Priester and Noelle Fleming Bandy. Beth is pursuing an M.A. in teaching English as a foreign language and intercultural studies at Columbia International University in Columbia, S.C. She and her husband plan to work in the South Pacific as missionaries.

Amy Bridwell graduated from law school at the University of Georgia. At the time of her com¬ munication with your secretary, she was studying for the February bar exam. She also reports that Laura Khare is in law school at the University of South Carolina.

Fran Akins completed a mas¬ ter's in political science at the University of Georgia in August 1994. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in comparative and American politics at U.Ga.

Sandee McGlaun is working on an M.A. in English at the Ohio State Univeristy where she teaches first-year composition as a graduate teaching associate.

Lisa Anderson married Matt McCoy on May 28, 1994, in St. Augustine, Fla. Paige Priester and Aida Najarian particpated in the ceremony. Lisa is scheduled to complete a master's degree in May. Lisa and Matt reside in Durham, N.C.

Beth Anne Christian married Grant Layland in Sigatoka, Fiji. Grant is Australian, but the couple met in Atlanta. They now live in Sydney with their son, Andrew.

Frances Fite is working toward completing a master's pro¬ gram at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary and is in the process of applying to Ph.D. programs in Hebrew Scriptures. She is back at Agnes Scott College taking a class in elementary Greek.

Juliet Carney Ruhl is now living in Louisville, Ky. She is currently working as a substitute teacher and searching for a full-time job.

Brooke Colvard McFry and her husband Perry purchased their first house in March 1994. Brooke has been employed at

April 1995/Main Events A-17

ALUMNAE NEWS

Roche Biomedical Laboratories as a phlebotomist since December 1993.

Tire alumnae office received the following information:

Lauren Fowler is a transporta¬ tion planner in Atlanta and is pursuing her Ph.D. in behavioral neuroscience at Georgia State University.

Cynthia Anne Neal is a third-year dental student at the University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill.

After having completed the master of arts degree at the University of New Orleans, Elissa Gydish has accepted a position as researcher at Schum Ltd., a New Orleans-based firm dealing in 18th and 19th century fine art. Elissa is enjoying life in "Sin City," but anticipates eventually coming home to her friends in Atlanta.

93

SECRETARY Kristin B. Loiter 1300 Oakhaven Dr. Roswell, GA 30075

Jamie E. Hastings is a research

assistant with the Robinson- Humphrey Company Inc., in Atlanta and is enrolled in the M.B.A. program at Georgia State University.

Stephanie Hawes Blomberg and husband John are living in Charlotte, N.C., where she is working for Zeneca Colours. Stephanie was recently promoted to North American logistics supervisor for their textile dye division. She is also enjoying being involved with the Charlotte Chapter of the Agnes Scott Alumnae Association, which meets once a month.

Niki Twilla was wed to Taro Kurusu Aug. 6, 1994, in Clarksville, Tenn. The couple now resides in Richmond, Va. N iki is teaching elementary school and Taro is studying at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Kristin Louer is working for NetKnacks Tennis Awards. She is a sales associate for many national and local accounts. The job has afforded Kristin many opportuni¬ ties to travel and become more involved with the Atlanta com¬ munity. Kristin volunteers for sev¬ eral organizations and serves as the chair of the public relations

committee for the Georgia Tennis Association and the Georgia Professional Tennis Association.

Mary Curtis Lanford is teach¬ ing French at two Atlanta inner city elementary schools. She has found teaching to be a challenging and fulfilling profession.

Adrienne Vanek is currently teaching English in Japan. She plans to continue to live and teach in Japan for another year.

Mary Frances Kerr is enrolled in a master's program at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She has concluded one year of the three-year program.

Deborah Waters is cunently teaching English in Japan. She has been in Japan for over a year and plans to come home to Atlanta before 1996.

The alumnae office received the following information:

Cathy Alexander DeFoor is in medical school at University of Kentucky.

Leslie Dowdey completed her M.A.T. at Agnes Scott in August 1994-

Una Wells Davenport is a production assistant at Winston- Derek Publishers Group in Tennessee.

Elena Adan Esquen and her children were staying with family until Jan. 5, where Elena was teaching English from her house. After that, they returned to the United States.

Allison Petty has been promoted to supervisor at Executrain in Atlanta.

The Key Reporter, the Phi Beta Kappa publication, featured an article by Laura Barlament in the August 1994 issue, entitled "American Fulbright Scholar Comments on her Year in Germany." The three-page article provided an overview of what Laura gained from her experiences in Germany.

Tracy Peavy is now the pro¬ gram manager for the Northern Virginia Youth Symphony Association.

94

SECRETARY Stacia Wells Griffin 2606 Tunlaw Rd., #4 Washington, DC 20007

The alumnae office received the following information:

In April, Nikki Webb will

begin working on a master's in special education at Georgia State University.

Laura Rice is a student at Mercer University School of Law.

Stacia Wells Griffin is pursuing an M.A. in educational leadership.

Britton McMullian took third place in the Miss Georgia Pageant last summer. She repre¬ sented DeKalb County and was awarded a $1,600 scholarship.

Debbie Herron is in law school at the University of Tennessee.

Peggy Lyle is working on a master's in social work at Clark Atlanta University.

Jessica Roosevelt has been accepted to the neurobiology and behavior Ph.D. program at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y She has received a trainee- ship in cellular and molecular neurobiology which gives her a tuition/fee waiver plus a sizable stipend for five years. Willa Hendrickson married Duncan R. Mclntyre in a ceromony at City Club in Marietta in January. She will join him in Australia this summer when her student teaching is completed.

BIRTHS

1975 Elizabeth Bingham, was born to Helen DeWitt Whittaker on Sept. 1, 1994. A son, Caleb Thomas, was bom to Suzi Brinkley McKay on Aug. 2, 1994.

1976 A son, Christian Wolfgang, was bom to Nancy Mitchell Poehlmann and Christian on Nov. 9, 1991. A son, Johann Heinrich, was bom to Nancy Mitchell Poehlmann and Christian on April 12„ 1993.

1977 A daughter, Sarah Katherine, was bom to Sue Jinks Robertson and John on Aug. 8, 1994.

1980 A daughter, Rebecca Fenn, was born to Allison Bannen Whatley and John on Dec. 10, 1993. A daughter, Amelia Caroline, was bom to Susan Harris Queen and Leonard on Nov. 14, 1993. A daughter, Maura, was born to Susan Harris Queen and Leonard on Nov. 10, 1993. A son, Steven Roy, was bom to Kathy Hollywood Smith and Bruce on Dec. 30, 1994-

1981 A son, Daniel Jacob, was bom to Joyce Ludvigsen Wiener and Andrew on April 7, 1994. A son, Thomas Tinsley Jr., was bom to Kate McCunniff Matthews and Thomas on Dec. 27, 1994.

A son, Gerald Alexander, was bom to Stephanie Komar Hungerford and Steve on April 4, 1994. A son, Peter Lawrence, was bom to Lynn Stonecypher Thompson and Pete on May 6, 1994-

1983 A daughter, Madeline Miller, was born to Duggan Childers Lansing and John on Oct. 26, 1994. A daughter, Sophie, was bom to Pam DeRuiter Prach and Jean- Michel on April 27, 1994. A son, Jack Stover, was bom to Margaret Kelly Parry and Richard. A daughter, Mary Grace, was bom to Susan Whitten Padgett and Roy on Oct. 29, 1994. A son, William Robert, was bom to Shari Nichols Clifton and Stuart on Nov. 9, 1994-

1984 A son, Graham Paul Berg, was born to Rachel McConnell and Jonathen Berg on Nov. 9, 1994- A son, James Porter IV, was bom to Leslie Lyons Watkins and Porter on Oct. 28, 1994. A daughter, Meghan Elizabeth, was bom to Fran Elise Ivey Lemmen and Tim on Oct. 7, 1994.

1985 A son, Robert Joseph III, was bom to Allyson Parr Beckley and Bob on April 20, 1994. A son, Philip Mardre, was bom to Sarah Bell Meekh of and John on Nov. 21, 1994.

1986 A daughter, Sara Elizabeth, was bom to Sandy Dell Futch and Trey on March 17, 1994- A daughter, Caitlin Grace, was bom to Barbara Caulk Bell and

Joel on Nov. 18, 1993. A daughter, Isabelle Eraca, was bom to Nancy Eraca Cornish and Anthony on Nov 12, 1994- Anna Cheshire Levitan and Rich had a daughter in Oct., 1994. A son, Raymond Allen IV, was bom to Ellen Hale Jones and Ray. A daughter, Laura Katherine, was bom to Kate Milligan Woolington and John on Feb. 15, 1994. A son, Matthew Asher, was bom to Rachel Rochman Derrico and Joel on March 20, 1994-

1987 A daughter, Grey Elizabeth, was bom to Lisa Olliff Ellis and Sandy on Dec. 7, 1994. A daughter, Madeline "Maddie" Leslie, was bom to Sarah Goodwin Rollins and Tom on Aug. 27, 1994. A son, Maxwell Doorley, was bom to Donna Doorley Broom and Ward on Sept. 4, 1994-

1988 A son, Richard Graham, was bom to Karen Schultz Seagroves and Fentress on May 29, 1994. A son, Stephen Forrest, was bom to Elizabeth Adams Bengston and Doug on Nov. 11, 1994.

1989 A daughter, Rebecca Henning, was bom to Nan Tittle Turner and Fortson on July 10, 1994-

1990 A daughter, Theda-Jae "TJ." Vaughan, was born to Julia Valentine Grecol on March 16, 1994.

1992 A son, Andrew, was bom to

Beth Anne Christian Layland and Grant on March 16, 1994-

1993 A daughter, Amanda Rose, was bom to Elena Adan Esquen on June 30, 1994- A son, Kelahri DeSean, was bom to Jennifer Lard on August 17, 1994.

DEATHS

1922 Blanche Hearring Wilbur, April 29, 1994-

1927 Martha Ivey Farrell , November 1, 1994. Katherine Gilliland Higgins, Feb. 12, 1994. Isabel Scobey Hunt, March 4, 1994- Kenneth Maner Powell, Oct. 2, 1994. Mildred Cowan Wright, Nov. 26, 1994.

1931 Marjorie Louise Daniel Cole, Jan. 17, 1995.

1932 Mary Miller Brown, Sept. 13, 1994- Lila Ross Norfleet Davis, Dec. 15, 1994. Alma Fraser Howerton Hughes, Nov. 4, 1994.

1933 Ben E Parker, husband of Mary Charles Parker, Dec. 1, 1993. Milton Pearlstine, husband of Cecile Dessa Myer Pearlstine.

1934 Elinor Hamilton Hightower, Nov. 29, 1994.

1935 Alice Frierson Gillespie, Dec. 18, 1994. Virginia Nelson Hime, Dec. 4, 1994- Elizabeth Langford Story, Nov. 29, 1994.

1936 Mary Henderson Hill, Feb. 3, 1995. Lenna Sue McClure Parker, Oct. 1994. Malcolm Pitts, husband of Jean Hicks Pitts, Dec. 20, 1994. Gen. John G. Turner, husband of Louise Jordan Turner, July 7, 1994.

1937 Frances Belford Olsen, Jan. 1995.

1938 Kendrick King Kelley, Jr., husband of Nettie Mae Austin Kelley, Sept. 17, 1994-

1940 Ruth Slack Roach, Dec. 31, 1994.

1941 Tom Kell, husband of Louise Musser Kell, Sept. 22, 1994. Frances Jernigan Adams, Sept. 18, 1994.

1942 Leslie Hamilton Towns, grandaughter of Neva Jackson Redfern, Sept. 11, 1994-

1943 Nancy Green Carmichael, Jan. 27, 1995. Helen Reeves, mother of Hannah Reeves, Oct. 27, 1994

1944 Amelia Frietag Lobsenz, Sept. 4, 1994. Jervey Kelley, husband of Claire

A-18 Main EvENTs/April 1995

TRIBUTES

Bennett Kelley, April 1994- Betty Vecsey, Sept. 22, 1994-

1945 Rhodes Gay, son of Dorothy Dryenforth Gay, Sept. 10, 1994- James Edwin Gay, husband of Dorothy Dryenforth Gay, Oct. 3, 1994.

1946 Mrs. Harold G. Dean, mother of Patty Dean Curry, July 10, 1994.

1948 Dan Parker, husband of Mea Comer Osbourne Parker, April 30, 1994 J. Scott Osbourne, Sr., father of Mea Comer Osbourne Parker, Jan. 2, 1994.

1949 Eula Jennings Board, mother of Ann Board Howell, Aug. 13, 1994.

IN HONOR

MARY VIRGINIA ALLEN '35 Ann Marie Woods Shannon Katherine Steams Thomas

PEGGY PFEIFFER BASS '55 Mr. & Mrs. John Pfeiffer, Jr.

BARBARA B. BEACH Darby Jo Beach

EDITH LOUISE JENNINGS BLACK '71 Lara Anne Webb

MARY ALVERTA BOND '53 Margaret Chapman Curington Julia T. Gary Judith Bourgeois Jensen Harriet M. King Dr. &. Mrs. Paul McCain Samuel R. Spencer, Jr. Carolyn M. Wynens

ELLEN RAMEY FAIN BOWEN '26 Ann Fain Bowen McCown

ANNA JOSEPHINE BRIDGMAN '27 Katherine White Ellison Jacquelyn Josey Hahne Cecilia Henry Kurland Lillian L. Newman

ISABEL McCAIN BROWN '37 Ralph &. Evelyn Brown

Christensen

MARY BROWN BULLOCK '66 Susan Dom Allen Allen C. &. Margaret Marion

Ryals

AYSE ILGAZ GARDEN '66 Ruth Feicht

SUSAN E. CENTERS Katherine Brenning McDonald

ALICE J. CUNNINGHAM Frances Folk Zygmont

HARRIETT HAMPTON CUTHBERTSON '55 Marie Cuthbertson Faulkner

ELINOR MERRITT PERKINS DANIEL '74 Betty Jeanne Ellison Candler

Scott Chandler, Jr., husband of B.J. Ellison Candler, Nov. 16, 1994.

1951 Dr. William Hollis Cooner, hus¬ band of Ruth Vineyard Cooner, Dec. 20, 1994.

1955 Georgia B. Christopher, Dec. 16, 1994.

1956 Col. Joseph May ton, father of Patty May ton Gambrell, Sept. 13, 1994.

1957 Annie Ayres Lewis Terry, mother of Anne Terry Sherren, July 4, 1994.

1959 James Hayes, husband of Caroline P. Hayes, Feb. 1994.

ROBERT E. & DIANNE SMITH DORNBUSH '90 Jacqueline Ann DeCarlo

MIRIAM K. DRUCKER Debra Adcock Harvey Susan Durham Little

MARGARET PFEIFFER ELDER '79 Mr. & Mrs. John Pfeiffer, Jr.

MARY BEN WRIGHT ERWIN '25 Wednesday Morning

Study Club

JULIA T. GARY Frances Folk Zygmont

CHARLES B. HERRON Deborah Jean Herron

MR. & MRS. CARL HIATT Elizabeth Nicole Webb

LINDA C. HODGES Kristin Ann Mezger

KENN L. HOWARD Janelle Margaret Bailey

JESSIE WATT JEFFRIES Marianne Watt Jeffries

Williams

JUDITH BOURGEOIS JENSEN Lillian L. Newman

THEODOSIA RIPLEY LANDIS '42 Mary Ripley Warren

MARGARET TROTTER MacDOWELL '80

Hilda Langsam Priviteri

MARIA WINN HARRIS MARKWALTER '59 Marianna Winn Markwalter

MR. & MRS. JOHN MARTYR Sharon Lynn Martyr

MARGRIT NASH Helen C. Nash

DIENEKE NIEUWENHU IS Jane Norman Scott

RICHARD D. PARRY Edith Louise Jennings Black

1960 Ashlin Morris Burris, Aug. 13, 1994. Rev. David Davies, father of Carolyn Davies Preische, Nov. 28, 1994.

1961 Mrs. George Peagler, mother of Ann Peagler Gallagher, Oct. 9, 1994.

1962 Dr. Ralph Blake Praytor, father of Joanna Praytor Putnam and Mary Kerr Praytor '74, Jan. 6, 1994-

1963 Katherine Younger, Spring 1994.

1965 Edward W. Whitehead, father of Christopher Key "ChiChi" W. Huff, June 15, 1994-

ROSA FROM POLIAKOFF '36 Doris Poliakoff Feinsilber

MR. & MRS. CLYDE REED Paula Diane Reed

RUTH A. SCHMIDT Flora Campbell McLain Carolyn M. Wynens

MARY BONEY SHEATS Candice Colando Brown Elizabeth Boney Jenkins

CATHERINE SIMS Mary Newell Rainey Bridges Mary C. Cargill Sally Abemethy Eads Franklin M. and Frances

Steele Garrett Judith Bourgeois Jensen Mary Beth Robinson Stuart Anne Frierson Smoak Claire K. Tate Virginia Allen Woods

CHLOE STEEL Lillian L. Newman

CORNEILIA TAYLOR STUBBS '31 Cue Pardue Hudson

LINDA L. WALKER Susan Kimberly Walker

INGRID E. WIESHOFER Jacquelyn L. Postma

REBECCA DEAN WILLARD Mr. & Mrs. Larry L. Willard

IN MEMORY

HARRY K. ATHERTON Mary Dye

SARA HOLLIS BAKER '32 Sara Baker Sutton

MARTHA BARFIELD Marylin B. Darling

DAISY Y. & PERRY H. BIDDLE, SR. Stella Biddle Fitzgerald

BECKY JOHNSON BISHER '78 Cynthia Ann Peters

1969 Charles Wilson, father of Martha Wilson Kessler, Feb. 1995. Joe H. Bailey, father of Beth Bailey. Jean Williams Abemethy, mother of Ann Abernethy Vinson, March 8, 1994. John Knox Abemethy, father of Ann Abernethy Vinson, Jan. 1, 1994-

1972 Miles Terry Hiers, father of Terri Hiers, July 1994.

1974 Louise Bennett Curry, April 1991. Dr. Ralph Blake Praytor, father of Mary Kerr Praytor and Joanna Praytor Putnam '62, Jan 6. 1994.

1975 Rebecca Weaver, Nov. 17,1994-

JULIANNE WILLIAMS BODNAR '63 Margaret VanDeman

Blackmon Mrs. Byron K. Brown

MARY SUTTON MILLER BROWN '32 Susan Love Glenn

ASHLIN MORRIS BURRIS '60 Margaret Collins Alexander Mary Richardson Britt Joseph & Suzanne Hoskins

Brown Carolyn Anne Hoskins

Coffman Frances McFadden Cone Janice Bowman Dixon John R. & Sally Smith

Howard Lisa Ambrose Hudson Elisabeth Lunz Mary Ann Donnell Pinkerton Martha Sharp Smith Dianne Snead Watson

EDNA R. BYERS Lillian L. Newman

HELEN OWEN CALVERT '47 Sue L. Mitchell

G. SCOTT CANDLER, JR. TE. & Dorothy Holloran

Addison Louise Isaacson Bernard Ruth A. Schmidt

FANNIE L. CARMICHAEL Sylvia Chapman Sager Mozell H. Steele

MARY NANCY GREEN CARMICHAEL '43 Joanna Russell Hogan

BARTON JACKSON CATHEY '37 Henry A. Cathey

GEORGIA BELLE CHRISTOPHER '55 Patricia Paden Matsen Georgia Syribeys

MARION T. CLARK Carleton M. Collar Frances Folk Zygmont

1976 Martha Major Patton, mother of Ann Patton Henley, Sept. 22, 1994.

1977 Joseph F. Morris, father of Mary Morris Reid, May 22, 1994 Kathleen H. Morris, mother of Mary Morris Reid, June 15, 1994. Vera Jennings Browder, mother of Frances Holt Underwood, Oct. 22, 1994. Anne Paulin Furness, Dec. 20, 1994.

1978 Paige Martin, stepdaughter of Leigh Martin, Aug. 1, 1994.

1987 Hugh Wadkins, father of Joan Wadkins Goldberg, Aug. 23, 1994.

CAROLINE McKINNEY CLARKE '27 Alumnae Club of Decatur Jean D. Blankenship Lou A. Covalt DeKalb County Department

of Family & Children Services

Beth Felner Judith Bourgeois Jensen Dorothy Travis Joyner Lillian L. Newman Pauline Y. Radabaugh Louise McKinney Hill Reaves - Jim & Doris Sullivan Tippens

ARTHUR COLBE Carl & Claudia Gazaway

Stucke

HERBERT 1. CONNER Patrick E. & Elizabeth Jefferson Boyt

AUGUSTA SKEEN COOPER '17 Martha Skeen Gould

JAMES W. DANIEL, JR. Betty Sams Daniel

EDITH TOWERS DAVIS '60 Mary Jervis Hayes

LILA ROSS NORFLEET DAVIS '32 Julie Finley McCutchen Susan Love Glenn

LOUISE DAVIS '27 Mary Frances Davis MARY EVELYN GARNER

DAVIS '39 Mary Alice Juhan

S. L. DOERPINGHAUS Sally Wood Rogers

CLARA ELIZABETH WHIPS DUNN '16 Elizabeth Dunn Grunwald

THEO JANE ELLIOTT '43 Martha Dale Moses

W. JOE FRIERSON William M. Frierson Frances Folk Zygmont

LOUISE SULLIVAN FRYE Louise McKinney Hill Reaves Doris Sullivan Tippens

April 1995/Main Events A-19

TRIBUTES

Founders Day 1995

PAST PRESIDENTS, DEANS, ALUMNAE AND FRIENDS GATHER TO HONOR MARVIN PERRY

MARY ALMA DURRETT PHOTO

THE 1995 FOUNDER'S DAY celebration, held Feb. 22 in Gaines Auditorium, honored the late President Marvin Banks Perry Jr. Former Dean of the College C. Benton Kline Jr., left, was on hand to deliver the Founder's Day address: "Learning, Character and Commitment." Among the many members of the campus community who returned that day to celebrate, were President-Designate Mary Brown Bullock '66, former President Ruth Schmidt. Former Bible and religion Professor Kwai Chang, center, discusses the day with Kline and Lucia Sizemore '65, alumnae director.

JAY FULLER Archie L. Mosely

WALLACE D. FUQUA Evelyn Bassett Fuqua

MR. & MRS. GERALD GARRARD L.H. & Ellen Hunter

Brumfield

LESLIE J. GAYLORD Mr. &. Mrs. Arthur

Thompson, Jr.

SARA WILSON GLENDINNING '33 Cue Pardue Hudson

! KEMPER HATFIELD GRAHAM '80 Charles E. &. Elizabeth

Hatfield Baddley Sheryl Ann Cook Nancy Niblack Dantzler Catherine Lane Herriage Janet Raye Lapp Thomas G. &. Mary Wills

Hatfield LeCroy Paxson Collins MacDonald Michael &. Virginia Lee

McMurray Dorothea Enslow Putnal

| Ted &. Dawn Sparks Shields

, GOLDIE HAM HANSON'19 i Ann Hanson Merklein

GEORGE P. HAYES Marybeth Little Lobdell

EVA TOWERS HENDEE '10 Beth Hendee Ingram

ELINOR HAMILTON HIGHTOWER '34 William H. Hightower, Jr.

J Mary Benson Russell Mitchell [ Ann Davis Thompson

MARY MARSH HENDERSON HILL '36 James J. Hill, Jr.

JESSIE CARPENTER HOLTON '50 Catherine Davis Armfield Ann Williamson Young

RUTH ELLIS HUNLEY '47 Mary Charles Alexander

Parker Caroline Squires Rankin

ANN WORTHY JOHNSON '38 Mr. & Mrs. T. Allen Crouch

BARBARA KING Frances Elizabeth Johns

EMMA M. LANEY Carolyn Macauley Jones Martha Laney Redus Elinor Tyler Richardson

LUCILE HAM BRIDGMAN LEITCH '29 Ellen Davis Laws

LAURA MORRISON BROWN LOGAN '31 Ellen Davis Laws

MARGUERITE JONES LOVE '34 Ori Sue Jones Jordan

CATHY L. LOVELL Adaline Miller Royce

HELEN McINTOSH Christine S. Cozzens &. Ronald L. Calabrese

BARBARA ANN OGLESBY Mr. &. Mrs. R. Lamar Oglesby

LENNA McCLURE

PARKER '36 Ori Sue Jones Jordan

JOHN H. PATTON Patricia Cortelyou Winship

MARGARET ALLEN PAULS '73 E. Gerry &. Avary Hack

Doubleday

MRS. GEORGE PEAGLER Patrick E. &. Elizabeth

Jefferson Boyt

MARVIN BANKS PERRY, JR. TE. & Dorothy

Holloran Addison Dr. &. Mrs. Sanford S.

Atwood Louise Isaacson Bernard Gunther Bicknese Barbara Ann Blair Mary Alverta Bond Jack T. Brooking Jim &. Laura Klettner Bynum Betty Jeanne Ellison Candler Mr. &. Mrs. John H.

Carpenter Virginia C. Clark Shari Nichols Clifton Kathleen Cosgrove Anne Baxter Coulling Sidney &. Mary Price

Coulling Laura Whitner Dorsey Dr. &. Mrs. G.S. Dunbar Susan Barnes Ellis Mr. &. Mrs. John B. Evans Franklin M. &. Frances Steele

Garrett Julia T. Gary Elizabeth A. Gault Russell N. &. Nancy Hall

Grimes Evelyn D. Crones Marjorie C. Hall R. James Henderson Elisabeth B. Hoskins

Pattie Patterson Johnson C. Randolph Jones Harriet M. King Eleanor Williams Knox Marybeth Little Lobdell Kathryn A. Manuel Dr. & Mrs. Raymond J. Martin Dr. &. Mrs. Paul M. McCain Kate McKemie Alice-Marie Miller Mia-Lotte Hecht Owens Mr. &. Mrs. William B. Owens Mr. &. Mrs. John M. Perry Sarah Popowski Neva Jackson Redfem Mary McConkey Reimer Raymond R. & Sallie Rowe

Roberts Margaret Murchison Rudel Adelaide Sanford Sams Marjorie C. Schley Ruth A. Schmidt Joanne Benton Shepherd Hal L. & Julia Thompson

Smith Melda P. Smith Trust Company Bank of

Georgia John A. Tumblin, Jr. Anne W. West TJ. & Kathryn Gentry

Westbury Mr. & Mrs. Franklin H.

Whitten

SARAH SHIELDS PFEIFFER '27 Mr. & Mrs. John Pfeiffer, Jr.

MARY LOU PHILLIPS Mary Jackson Etheridge

WALTER B. POSEY Blythe Posey Minter

ANNIE S. WILEY PRESTON (INSTITUTE) Miriam St. Clair

RUTH SLACK ROACH '40 Katherine Patton Carssow Nell Moss Roberts Elizabeth Glenn Stow

STEPHANIE LEIGH ROTHSTEIN '97 AT&T Margaret Chapman

Curington Sarah E. Gordon Cue Pardue Hudson Lucy L. Underwood

VIRGINIA HOLLINGSWORTH SCOTT '27 Marjorie Hollingsworth

THOMAS G. SNOW Carolyn B. Snow

MARGARET ANNE RICFIARDS TERRY '48 Marybeth Little Lobdell

MONTINE M. TURNER Mary Jackson Etheridge

MARYLU TIPPETT VILLAVIEJA '70 Carol Crosby Patrick

JANACE ANDERSON WALL '71 Anne Gordon Bums Jane Duttenhaver Hursey Mary Alice Isele Katherine Setze Home Linda Laney Little Julia Couch Mehr Ellen Rebecca Naylor Rebecca Sue Orlich Mary Morris Reid Annette Friar Stephens

R. WOODSON WEAVER Holly C. Wolff

REBECCA MacPHERSON WEAVER '75 Michelle L. Amos Lovisa S. Baney Carleton L. Brown Ellen S. Davis Mr. & Mrs. Harold A. Deal M. Lynn Deal William B. Deal Joe L. Enochs Elisa D. Faye Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Francese Edward Fritz Dr. & Mrs. John L. Harris Anna H. Hart Dr. & Mrs. VM. Howie IBM Sarah Hope Jewett Louise Klump Marybeth Little Lobdell Amelia Davis Luchsinger Anne F. Merlini Mr. & Mrs. Augustus Y.

Napier Sarah Campbell Napier NationsBank Rebecca C. Neely David T. Nolan D'Ann Ostrom Mr. & Mrs. John M. Price Norma M. Robertson Jane Barker Secord Betsy Deal Smith Mary L. Summerlin Texas Commerce Bank Gino Troy

Thomas C. Turner Mae D. Waldrop Judge & Mrs. L.C. Watson, Jr. Carolyn Douthit Weaver Lucile Scoville Westney Holly C. Wolff Kimberly D. Wolpert Debra F. Young

MARTHA JEAN GOWER WOOLSEY '45

Mary Alice Juhan

MEMORIALIZING

LOVED ONES

A gift to Agnes Scott is an appropriate way to honor or to memorialize a friend or member of your family. On receiv¬

ing your donation, Agnes Scott will send an acknowledgement to the family or individual. Unless otherwise instructed, your gift will be used where it is most needed.

Between Oct. 13, 1994 and March 23, 1995, Agnes Scott received gifts in honor or in memory of each person listed.

For more information, contact, (404) 638-6385 Anne Schatz, Manager of Stewardship Agnes Scott College 141 E. College Ave. Decatur, GA 30030

A-20 Main EvENTs/April 1995

SCOTT

JUNE 1995 Series 93, No. 4

Tenures, appointments During its May meeting, the Agnes

Scott College Board of Trustees pro¬ moted Tina Pippin, assistant professor of Bible and religion, and Martha W. Rees, assistant professor of anthropology, to associate professors and granted tenure. John Philip Gibson, assistant professor of biology, and Josefina Gonzalez, assistant professor of Spanish, are new full-time facility members. Full-time reappoint- ments were granted to Anne Beidler, assistant professor of art, Karen J. Thompson, assistant professor of biology, and Violet M. Johnson, assistant profes¬ sor of history, effective through June 30, 1999. Thomas W. Hogan, professor of psychology, was granted sabbatical leave. Anne Beidler and Karen J. Thompson were granted untenured leaves for the 1996 spring semester. Retiring faculty members who have been granted emeri¬ tus/a status are Christabel P. Braunrot, associate professor of French, Edward C. Johnson, associate professor of economics, and Jack L. Nelson, professor of English.

Academic review A report ot the Academic Review

Committee reaffirming Agnes Scott's commitment to the institutional values of the College: women, teaching and learning, liberal arts, an appreciation of diverse cultures and a community that values justice, courage and integrity was accepted by the Agnes Scott College Board of Trustees at its May meeting.

The committee supports an emphasis on "connected learning," a cooperative effort to enhance learning via the peda¬ gogy, distinctive programs and academic reorganization. Recommendations by the committee include departmental consoli¬ dation and a conference staicture which facilitates dialogue among faculty of dif¬ ferent disciplines. The review was man¬ dated by the Board of Tmstees in 1993.

At its meeting, the board also heard the report from the Administrative Review Committee which analyzed the efficiency and effectiveness of the College's staff operations.

Mentoring program An announcement in the April '95

Main Events inviting participa¬ tion in the alumnae mentoring program for sophomores, "You've Got A Friend," has drawn more than 90 alumnae across the U.S. and three European countries to volunteer to be "pen-pal mentors" to the class of '98.

Olympics update Prince Albert ot Monaco was among

members of the International Olympic Committee visiting Agnes Scott College on May 15 to tour Main, Inman and Evan. Meanwhile, the Paralympics, which has expressed interest in using campus facilities, has taped a public service announcement in the Woodntff pool and on Gellerstedt Field that will he televised nationwide later this year.

A Year of

Transition

INTERIM PRESIDENT SALLY MAHONEY REVIEWS HER WORK AT AGNES SCOTT

Since August 1994, Sally Mahoney, senior associate provost emerita of Stanford University, has served as interim president of Agnes Scott College. On

June 30, Mahoney will step down when Mary Brown Bullock '66 assumes the duties of the seventh president of Agnes Scott College. Mahoney has been named interim president of Mount Mary College in Wisconsin.

t was your first perception of Agnes Scott1 SALLY MAHONEY: My first perception was of hearing the tower bell ring and going out to the gazebo to find everybody in the'College taking the time to greet me. That was an enormous and heartfelt welcome and it was from everyone, not just one set of people. That said to me that building community, which I take to be a very important institutional value, was not going to be an exercise in building but in reinforcement.

A.nd how has your sense of the College grown or changed> SM: I thought Agnes Scott was good and I will come away with the feeling that it is better than good. We have a lot of truths to tell about our accomplishment and our commitment continuously to improve. Part of that truth is a welcome that is respectful of common aspirations in individuals and in group differences. And part of that truth is a commitment to trust in the com¬ munity and its honor system.

H ow would you evaluate your own "interim" experience1 SM: One of the things that made it possible for me to be effective from the beginning was that there was a clear agenda here and everyone and every part of the College knew it. There was an academic review and an

REALITY CHECK

i:\ROUNEjOE PHOTO

Top Six Foods Consumed in the ASC Dining Hall Eggs Bagels Hamburgers 6,480 in I month 3,360 in 1 month 1,500 in I month 51,840 per academic year 26,880 per academic year 12,000 per academic year

Bananas Broccoli Rice 800 lbs. in 1 month 300 Iks. in 1 month 275 lbs. in 1 month 6,440 lbs. per academic year 2400 lbs. per academic year 2,200 lbs. per academic year SOURCE. PATTY HEYL DIRECTOR OF FOOD SERVICE, MARCH 1V9S

administrative review. Those reviews always had as their purpose to find focus, reaffirm and rearticulate the val¬ ues of the institution and build from that. There wasn't a question of what 1 was supposed to do here beyond the daily things. Sometimes an interim president is asked to hold a place together and wait for the permanent leader to get started. That wasn't the task here and that is why the Board wanted someone with an array of experiences and skills.

My agenda included giving members of the Agnes Scott community, faculty, students, staff, alumnae and others in the community who are stakeholders with us, a sense of ownership in the future of the College. Inside the College we got better at candor and at seeing the College in comparison with other institutions. We reduced the sense of mystery about things and got better at open and fact-based discussion.

t role did you have in supporting candor in the College community ? SM: I think what 1 may have done is give people per¬ mission. I wanted to hear. 1 was willing to engage. This enabled people to speak and to ask for clarification, to be free about disagreement and to understand that not all disagreement is disagreeableness.

VEhat do you believe is ASC's greatest asset? SM: It's the quality of the College's students and faculty as well as the relationships between faculty and stu¬ dents. The relationships are shown in a variety of ways such as student/faculty collaborations that go on in biol¬ ogy, chemistry and psychology and in faculty involve¬ ment with student issues. An example is the work that Mortar Board did with diversity this year and the role of faculty, especially the part Instructor Jo Bradley played in that. The work between students and faculty here is enormously important.

How can Agnes Scott build upon the academic and admin'

Please sec "Mahoney" cm page 2 istratwe reviews:

ON CAMPUS

Main Events

Series 93, Number 4 June 1995

ISSUE EDITOR Audrey Arthur

EDITOR Mary Alma Durrett

CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Celeste Pennington

STUDENT ASSISTANTS Rolanda Daniel '98 Jennifer Odom '98

Leigh Anne Russell '97 Samantha Stavely '97

Ashley Wright '96

EDITORIAL BOARD Christine Cozzens

Kim Lamkin Drew '90 Bill Gailey

Ellen Fort Grissett '77 Sandi Harsh '95

Tish McCutchen '73 Kay Parkerson O'Briant '70

Emily Pender '95 Sara Pilger

Edmund Sheehey Lucia Howard Sizemore '65

Published six times a year by the Office of Publications

Agnes Scott College Buttrick Hall

Decatur, GA 30030 (404) 638-6301

Articles in this publication reflect the opinions of the

authors and not the viewpoint of the College, its trustees, or administration.

Mailed free to alumnae, faculty, staff and friends of the College

Second-class postage paid in Decatur, GA Postmaster: Please send address changes to

Office of Development .Agnes Scott College

141 E. College Ave., Decatur, GA 30030 USPS*011763

Copyright © 1995 Agnes Scott College

SARA PtlCER PHOTO

The first day of "service to others"

A Time for Prayer Interim President Sally Mahoney is joined by The Rev. Harris T. Travis, guest speaker at Baccalaureate Vespers on May 12. Vespers is a worship service for members of the graduating class and their parents.

IN MAY CEREMONIES, 117 RECEIVE BACHELOR'S DEGREES, FIRST MEN RECEIVE MASTER'S FROM AGNES SCOTT.

This is your day, this is your event, and this is for you" were the open¬

ing words of the address pre¬ sented by Georgia State Senator Mary Margaret Oliver, at Agnes Scott College's 106th commencement exercise on May 13.

Oliver addressed the 117 women receiving bachelor's degrees arid the 18 recipients of master's degrees, including the first three men to receive Agnes Scott's Master of Art in Teaching (MAT) Secondary English.

As a member of the Georgia Assembly in the House of Representatives, Oliver helped pass more than 30 pieces of leg¬ islation, including the 1990 Child Protection package. She also authored and pushed for

Mahoney

Continued from page I SM: In bringing closure to the academic review, we fully appreciate that it has been done in such a way that it has further empowered faculty governance.

The academic review was not simply some independent committee that when it closed its tent its agenda would dis¬ solve and never be heard of again. The values and propos¬ als of the review have created plenty of room for building. It's a good foundation document.

Most of the administrative review had to do with quality service—that is, with efficien¬ cy and effectiveness—on a stu¬ dent-centered campus. Its emphasis on collaboration and cross-constituency team work will have a long-term effect in the way the College works. However, this review didn't really focus on student life as a functional area. So I think that is where we have our next opportunity for self-analysis and consideration of possibili¬ ties for improvement.

The College will move forward with this agenda, which I've discussed with Mary Brown Bullock, along with whatever other ventures our new president wants to propose.

\Uhat will you take with you from Agnes Scott? SM: This year at Agnes Scott reattirms that I enjoy the task of leadership.

the passage of Senate Bills 1, 2 and 3 which revised child abuse investiga¬ tion procedure.

Her speech to Agnes Scott's graduating class, entitled "Service to Others," took account of the horrific condi¬ tions that have plagued the world in recent times such as the high rate of poverty and the increase in child abuse. However, she went on to add, "women will solve these problems." More than 1,200 guests attended the graduation ceremony on the

Presser Quadrangle. The Rev. Harris T. Travis,

vice president of academic affairs at Southern College of Technology and minister of Zion

Baptist Church in Marietta, Ga., was the guest speaker at the Baccalaureate Vespers ceremony on May 12.

—Rolanda Daniel '98

STUDENT LEADER PROFILES

LAURA SPICZKA '96 Profile editor-in-chief Major: Business and Economics Hometown: Smyrna, Ga.

The Profile. Agnes Scott College's inde¬ pendent student newspaper, is an uncen- sored medium of communication, in

which students candidly voice their opinions on current issues.

As editor-in- chief of the biweekly, Laura Spiczka '96 hopes to increase the newspaper's staff size by encouraging students of all aca¬ demic majors to write. "Many stu¬ dents are under the impression that only English majors write," said Spiczka. However, she believes this type of limited repre¬ sentation is contrary to the paper's goal of pre¬ senting a broad range of viewpoints.

Spiczka hopes to steer the Profile toward involvement in the Georgia College Press Association (GCPA). The GCPA sponsors sev¬ eral contests throughout the year and Spiczka feels confident that the Profile can continue to garner additional GCPA awards as it has done under previous editorial staffs. "Recognition would boost the morale of current staff writers," said Spiczka, "and we definitely have the ability [to win]."

The rigors of academic life at Agnes Scott and the responsibilities of being editor have taught Spiczka time management. "When you only have 24 hours a day and 48 hours worth of work, you learn how to do two things at once. When there's stuff you don't know how to do, you ask; when there's stuff you simply don't have rime to do, you delegate. Everything else, you do to the best of your ability," said Spiczka.

SYLVIA MARTINEZ '96 Senior class president Major: English Hometown: San Antonio, Texas

As senior class president, Sylvia Martinez's '96 primary role is to lead her class. She also acts as a liaison between her class

and the College administration. Among the pro¬ jects her class plans to accomplish, graduation outranks the rest. "It's our last year here—we want to go out with a hang," said Martinez.

Paramount to a successful graduation is increasing class spirit. Martinez plans to work toward keeping the class "focused and together"; and hopes to final¬ ly secure a Black Cat victory for the class.

Elected class president for four consecutive years, Martinez admits contributing "a lot of hard work and a lot of love [to the class and the College). Even though it's some¬ times frustrating to get everyone together for meetings, the effort pays off in the end." Junior production was a "great emotional high which pulled everyone together" last year.

Taking on a class leadership role has sharp¬ ened Martinez's speaking skills. Even though she- was outgoing and outspoken before she came to ASC, Martinez said she is able to convey her message to an audience much more effectively now because of her many public speaking oppor¬ tunities.

Martinez said her involvement with the administration's Presidential Search Committee has been the most rewarding aspect of her leader¬ ship experience at Agnes Scott.

—Samantha Stavely '97

2 Main Events • June 1995

ON CAMPUS

Searching for patterns of the mind

PROFESSOR/STUDENT RESEARCH TEAM STUDIES RELATIONSHIPS AMONG REACTION TIME, MEMORY SKILLS AND READING COMPREHENSION.

Tom Hogan, chair of the psychology department, enjoys giving Agnes

Scott students the opportunity to "participate in unique research experiments." Last fall Hogan enlisted Sara Wolfe '95 and Karin Ford '96, as a part of the class Psychology 324 (cog¬ nition and brain processes) to conduct experiments dealing with the relationship of reac¬ tion time, memory skills and reading comprehension.

Wolfe appreciated the opportunity to work one-on- one with a professor and to conduct her own research. "Even though the research was

mainly his idea," said Wolfe, "we actually got to give input as to what factors might be causing [the results]. Ford also enjoyed the active role she played in completing experi¬ ments. "I had a lot of respon¬ sibility," she said.

For the past six years Hogan has tapped two to four students to work on this cognitive research project. He said the students, "get a lot of experi¬ ence carrying out experiments in terms of dealing with partic¬ ipants in the study. And it obviously helps them to have the research background on their curricula vitae."

Considering a Return to College Some 24 women from the Atlanta area were on campus June 8

for Retum-to-College Visitation Day during which they were given information about applying as non-traditional age students and financing their education. The group of women also heard a presentation on the career planning and counseling services available and was treated to anxiety reduction exercises. RTC Tina Backus '97, left, was among the current students conducting campus tours for the prospective students.

In order to determine the relationship between short- term memory, reaction time and reading comprehension, Hogan devised three experi¬ ments conducted with the help of 22 students from Agnes Scott's general psychology classes. The first experiment required students to read a passage and mark the word they were reading at the end of two minutes. Next, they answered 30 multiple-choice questions to test their reading comprehension. One month after the first experiment, the subjects completed a short- term memory test.

Hogan, Ford and Wolfe hypothesized that faster readers would exhibit shorter reaction times. They also theorized that those with good reading com¬ prehension skills would have better short-term memory skills.

The results of their experi¬ ments supported these hypotheses, but also led to an unexpected conclusion: short- term memory of sentences relates to reading speed as well as to reading comprehension. However, they could not determine whether short-term memory affects reading speed or whether the practice of reading improves the short- term memory.

While many studies have been conducted on reading

New Trustees elected by board;

four leave ASC service

JONES, HENDRIX AND KING JOIN TRUSTEES ON BOARD.

The Agnes Scott College Board of Trustees elected three new members at its May meeting.

H The Rev. Walter M. Jones, pastor of Alpharetta Presbyterian Church and current council member for the Presbytery of Greater Atlanta, is the son of Fannie B. Harris Jones '37 and the grandson of Lillie Bachman Harris '09. A graduate of Columbia Theological Seminary, the University of Georgia and West Georgia College, Jones has served on several boards, including the DeKalb Rape Crisis Center. I James P. Hendrix Jr. has been the headmaster of The Lovett School in Atlanta since 1991. He is a former of dean of admission and financial aid, trustee and alumni association president of Davidson College, his alma mater. He has taught history at The Lovett School and Greensboro Day School and Ravenscroft School, serving as head¬ master at both institutions. His master's and doc¬ toral degrees are from Louisiana State University. I Harriet M. King '64, vice provost for academic affairs and associate professor of law at Emory

University in Atlanta, is returning to the board after rotating off in 1993. She has held teaching positions at Vanderbilt and Harvard universities, from which she holds J.D. and L.L.M. degrees, respectively. She is a member of the Chief Justice's Commission on Gender Bias in the Judiciary and is a volunteer arbitrator for the Better Business Bureau of Atlanta.

Each member will serve a three-year term beginning July 1.

Rotating off the board are JoAnn Sawyer Delafield '58; Katherine A. Geffcken '49, profes¬ sor of Greek and Latin at Wellesley College; Douglas W. Oldenburg, president, Columbia Theological Seminary; and James R. Lientz Jr., president, NationsBank of Georgia.

Re-elected for second four-year terms are Glair M. Muller '67, James D. Philips Jr., Sara E. Vagliano '64 and Dan C. West. Joseph R. Gladden Jr., chair, Anne R. Jones, vice chair; and Lea Ann Hudson, secretary, were re-elected for one-year terms.

—Sara Pilger

Tom Hogan with student researchers Sara Wolfe, left, and Karin Ford: Research experiments help supplement classroom experience.

comprehension, Hogan said there is always more to learn about the process of reading and how to teach reading.

This is especially important to Wolfe, who wants to be a kindergarten teacher after graduating.

"I really understand the

cognitive process and how much a child can remember."

She looks forward to using her research experience with Hogan to find creative and effective ways to improve her future students' long-term memory.

—Kelly Holton '95

Travel blitz '95 plans to

repeat first-year success

STAFF, ALUMNAE SEEK FUTURE STUDENTS, DONORS.

A

s the leaves begin to turn colors this fall, Agnes Scott

recruiters, fund-raisers and alumnae staffers will be on the road again. Travel Blitz '95 begins in September and expands into eight addition¬ al states.

Encouraged by the success of the award-winning Travel Blitz '94, the alumnae, admission, development and public relations functions of the College are again joining hands and merging missions to reach prospective stu¬ dents, donors and friends of the College.

Travel Blitz '94, touching 15 markets in Georgia, Florida, Tennessee and South Carolina, produced 10 new members to the Frances Winship Walters Society (a planned giving club), gar¬ nered eight regional and national media placements, created alumnae goodwill and increased the number of prospective student contacts (by 175 percent in Pensacola, Fla., alone). The coordinated travel program was also recognized by the Council for the Advance¬ ment and Support of Education with a regional Award of Excellence.

Georgia markets for the fall include Macon, Thomas- ville, Valdosta and Dalton.

In Florida, the target mar¬ kets are Tallahassee, the Tampa/St. Petersburg area, Jacksonville and Miami.

Tri Cities (Johnson City, Kingsport and Bristol) and Chattanooga are on the list again for Tennessee, and vis¬ its to Greenville and Spartanburg, S.C. are set.

New markets for the blitz include Charlotte, N.C., Montgomery and Birming¬ ham, Ala., and Houston and Dallas, Texas. Markets that will receive special attention during the Travel Blitz sea¬ son include Atlanta, the Washington, D.C., Balti¬ more, Md., Richmond, Va. area, New York state and the California cities of San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego.

—Sara Pilger

■ Alumnae and friends to be visited in the blitz cities will be notified by mail this summer of activities and events planned for those cities. The College is seeking names of prospective students and potential individ¬ ual and corporate donors in these cities. Please contact the College at 1-800-868-8602.

June 1995 • Main Events 3

ON CAMPUS

The Best and the Brightest MARY ALMA IXiRBETT PHOTO

PHI BETA KAPPA'S BETA OF GEORGIA chapter, the second oldest in the state, initiated 15 new mem¬ bers to its ranks on April 27 at ceremonies held in the Chapel Lounge ot Alston Center, Judith Lang Zaimont, professor of composition at the University of Minnesota, delivered the address at the Agnes Scott event that evening, entitled "Cultivating Excellence." Fellow members of Phi Beta Kappa from the ASC community attended the ceremonies as well as the

families and friends of those inducted. STANDING LEFT TO RIGHT: Cynthia Witt Carson, Catherine Michelle May, Pamela Jane Peel, Nora Kelly Holton, Kathleen Ruth Stromberg, Nichole Anne Reynolds, Adrienne Liesel McNees, DeeDee Kay Smart and Elif Unlu. SEATED FROM LEFT: Angela Lynn McNeal, Karen Leona Shuman, Jenny Rebecca White, Amanda Leese Swift and Nityamariam P. Jacob. Lisa Oladotter Sandblom is not pictured.

A tree takes root in Garden for Peace

ASC'S RESPONSE TO THE OKLAHOMA BOMBING TRAGEDY.

The distance between Agnes Scott College and Oklahoma City shrank from 800 miles to as close as a television on April 19, when the explosion of a

Ryder truck chock full of fuel oil and fertilizer ripped a nine-story gash in the facade of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. When the smoke cleared in the Oklahoma town, the state— indeed the nation—found itself staring at the crumbled concrete grave of 167 people and dealing with an emo¬ tional wound even more tremen¬ dous than the 8-foot-by-30-foot crater that lay at the base of the Murrah building. As horrific as this scene may have been, the more frightening reality for most Americans emerged in the faces of those accused of the treacherous act—other Americans.

Oklahoma City's response to the tragedy has been a case study in compassion and diligence. On cam¬ pus, the ASC community came together, May 1, for a memorial service and tree planting in the Garden for

MARY At MA IXtRRETT THOTO

Lucia Sizemore '65, director of alumnae affairs, joins others in memorializing the victims of the Oklahoma City bombing.

Peace (a part of the Alumnae Garden adjacent to the Anna Young Alumnae House). The Rev. Paige McRight '68, Agnes Scott chaplain, officiated at the ceremony

which included a reading of Psalm 121 by Marley Maupin '97 from Enid, Okla., and excerpts from the poem "A Prayer for Children" by Ina Jones Hughs '63 (see complete poem in Agnes Scott Alumnae Magazine Summer 1995). Those gathered took turns shoveling earth onto a newly planted Cherokee Princess Dogwood.

"We had the service at the request of members of the staff and student body," explains McRight. "We felt it was important to recognize the loss in Oklahoma and to cele¬ brate the efforts of those who responded to the relief efforts. We wanted to note that peace is important and that vio¬

lence can't have the last word." —Man' Alma Durrett

Minke named

athletics/P.E. chair

SEARCH FOR "PERSONAL TOUCH" LEADS ST JOSEPH'S STAFFER TO AGNES SCOTT Next month Starlyn Minke, senior women's

administrator/compliance coordinator of the athletic program at St. Joseph's College, will

become Agnes Scott's first chair of athletics and physi¬ cal education.

"I was looking for a small liberal arts college with an excellent academic program," Minke said of her deci¬ sion to join the ASC faculty and staff. "In the larger programs, you lose the personal touch."

While at St. Joseph's, Minke has been responsible for administration of athletic contests and contracts and for compliance with all rules and regulations gov¬ erning the Northeast Women's Athletic Conference, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the regulations of the college which is located in West Hartford, Conn. During that time Minke also served as head coach in two sports, volleyball and Softball.

Prior to that she served as assistant to the athletic director at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Mass., and as a graduate teaching assistant at Kent State University in Ohio where she earned a Master oi Arts in Physical Education. Her undergraduate degree is from the University ot Wisconsin.

Minke's responsibility here will be to chair both physical education (an academic department) and ath¬ letics (a function of the dean of students). "Star Minke impressed me as being unique in articulating the differ¬ ences and similarities between athletics and physical education," notes Dean of the College Sarah Blanshei. "I think she is uniquely qualified to be the first chair."

Minke will help with recruitment of student ath¬ letes and will work with the College as it explores the possibilities of joining a conference (like the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference) or "creating a confer¬ ence" for women's colleges.

"It would require a lot of work. But it would be fun," said Minke.

Dean of Students Cue Hudson is pleased that the College was "able to hire someone of Starlyn's caliber. She has had experience at Mount Holyoke and St. Joseph's, and has taken St. Joseph's program from beginning level to a competitive program. I am hopeful that will happen here."

—Celeste Pemtirigton

Planning a holiday? Trip the A.G.N.E.S. Fantastic!

Need lodging in Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Houston or Washington

D.C.? Want to help create a scholarship at Agnes Scott.7 You can do Kith.

Through the Alumnae Guestroom Network Endowing Scholarships (A.G.N.E.S.) program, the ASC Alumnae Association will secure economical lodging for alumnae, students, faculty and

TTZI7 AQNCS 1

»• c, ;

L

M'-

Ld. i<ni

administrative staff at the homes of alum¬ nae in these five cities.

The money earned through the rtxtm charges will endow a scholarship for ASC students and spark relationships with alums.

I For rates and reservations two weeks in advance of your trip, call the alumnae office, 1-800-868-8602.

MARY ALMA DURRETT fKOTO Remodeling & Refinements A slightly altered version of the presiden¬ t's house will greet President-designate Mary Brown Bullock '66 when she arrives this summer. In late May the physical plant began renovation work on the interior of the house to accommodate the Bullocks' 5,000-vol- ume library and to ready the basement for use by the Bullocks' children and guests. An addition to the rear of the house (by contrac- "tors Kendall &. Murff) was begun as well, that will include a breakfast area,-family room and two-car garage. The work is expected to be completed before the family arrives in August.

4 Main Event? • June 1995

ASC PROFILES

Alumnae develops leaders in Atlanta's "at-risk kids"

"FUTUREFORCE TEACHES EXPANSION. AGNES SCOTT DID THAT FOR ME AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO FOR THESE YOUNG PEOPLE."

When Angela Scott '85 completed her study in physics at Agnes Scott College, everyone expected her to enter the scientific world. Yet

today, Scott is pursuing a master's in public administra¬ tion and coordinates FutureForce, a two-year-old program aimed at developing leadership skills in "at-risk" Atlanta students between the ages of 12 and 19.

Some 250 students have already benefited. Through enrichment activities, community service

projects, discussion groups, networking opportunities, field trips, out-of-town retreats and award presentations, Scott, a wife and mother of two, is guiding the youth of Atlanta toward leadership and responsibility.

Meeting with staff, training volunteers and dealing with students' problems are among her daily tasks. Admits Scott: "My ear is glued to the phone all day." Occasionally, her job takes her beyond the confines of the office to allow her to do her favorite work: making direct contact with students.

Students have traveled to such- places as Rock Eagle and a ski resort in Crested Butte, Colo., to improve self- confidence in fun surroundings.

But not all of her tasks are as pleasant. "Visiting incar¬ cerated students and having to go to funerals of children that I've had contact with is hard," Scott solemnly

admits. "Knowing that they're there [incarcerated] and I can't do anything to help."

Scott entered this profession sort of indirectly. During her high school and college years, she volunteered with Program Reach Out, counseling young girls with unstable families, and at Georgia Regional Hospital, caring for severely retarded children. One summer, while working as a designer of fundraising projects, Scott joined the EXODUS/Atlanta Cities in Schools projects, the parent orga¬ nization of FutureForce. "They liked me and I've been coming back ever since," Scott boasts.

The FutureForce coordinator attributes much of her success and stamina to her alma mater. Making the transition from an all black high school to a predominantly white college posed some problems for her. "Rejection became a daily part of life, didn't feel it from the faculty but from my peers, so my comfort zone [was tested and eventually] expanded.

Angela Scott '85 coordinates FutureForce, a program aimed at developing leadership skills in "at risk" Atlanta teenagers.

There is a piece of our [FutureForce] curriculum that I teaches expansion. Agnes Scott did that for me and that's

what we're trying to do for these young people." — Rolanda Daniel '98

RA.C.T. draws strength from collaboration

CUSTODIAL STAFF GETS NEW INSIGHTS, OPPORTUNITIES IN PROGRAM DESIGNED TO IMPROVE JOB SKILLS AND ENHANCE WORK RESPONSIBILITIES.

With lotal Ouality Management (TQM) concepts in efficiency

becoming commonplace across the globe, Agnes Scott's custodial services staff has worked hard to stay a step ahead.

As a result, the staff members have improved their work perfor¬ mance and confronted sagging morale.

Last year, the Office of the Physical Plant hired independent consultants Roesel Kent and Associates to help make improve¬ ments in the operation of the cus¬ todial department. From these suggestions emerged the Positive Action Custodial Team (P.A.C.T).

RA.C.T, a 10-member group that has taken an active role in improving the operations of the custodial staff, is made up of lead workers from both shifts; one elected member from each shift; three volunteers; one rotating member; Victoria Lambert, man¬ ager of campus services; James Ojeda, custodial supervisor; and Elsa Pefia, director of physical plant.

As one of its first actions, P.A.C.T. changed the way jobs are assigned to the 19-member custodial staff. Rather than have their supervisors assign jobs, a job lottery determines assignments. "There's less friction, less griping," said team member Earnest Santord. "No one can say there's favoritism."

Right now, the entire custo¬

dial staff is in the process of learn¬ ing the most efficient and effec¬ tive ways of doing various jobs. P.A.C.T. members, who meet weekly, are standardizing the per¬ formance of certain duties as well as testing new meth¬ ods and equipment.

Students have noticed P.A.C.T. changes, including the addition of central garbage cans on each floor of the resi¬ dence halls. With stu¬ dents bring¬ ing trash to the central cans, custodial workers have fewer recepta¬ cles to gather. Custodians are also testing new floor mats in several campus buildings in order to determine the most effective choice for each area.

This new way of mnning the custodial department has encour¬ aged staff members. "It makes me feel good to know we are doing something to influence other people, doing something to better ourselves, the department, the physical plant, the whole cam¬

pus," said Sanford. Many P.A.C.T. members

express a renewed sense of pride in their work and the image of the custodial staff. "I jump on

THE P.A.C.T. PATROL helps review the studies of Horace Stephens, right, custodian II, on a routine cleaning in Buttrick Hall. The members of the Positive Action Custodial Team have taken it upon themselves to assess their own performance and to devise more efficient ways of keeping the campus clean.

other people if I see they are not doing something up to par," said team member Travis Nolley.

Elmira Pierce, a P.A.C.T. member who has cleaned the alumnae and president's houses for nine years, "drew" the library in the job lottery this year. Because she had never used a floor polishing machine, she enlisted the help of Corrie Cash, another custodial staffer, to teach her how to use it. "I thought I'd

better sneak a little practice," said Pierce. This kind of self-motiva¬ tion proves the real success of P.A.C.T.

Pefia is impressed. "They feel very proud— P.A.C.T. gives them something that belongs to them. They feel that they can make a dif¬ ference."

P.A.C.T. values team¬ work. Solutions to most prob¬ lems have come through group brain- storming. Ojeda said P.A.C.T. has given people "a chance to voice opin¬

ions. They're learning things, and we get a chance to learn from them, too." Rather than being charged with making decisions concerning the custodial staff, Ojeda plays the role of collabora¬ tor: "When it comes to the P.A.C.T. team, I'm just one of the members."

Recently the group made a presentation to inform the Building and Grounds Committee of the board of

trustees of P.A.C.T.'s progress. "That was a challenge," said team member Horace Stephens, of the presentation. "It was quite an experience just to see the people sit listening to you. We caught their attention because we did so well." Elmira Pierce enjoyed the experience for a different reason. For her, the presentation meant the opportunity to do something in the board room besides clean it up.

According to Lambert, "the whole concept behind P.A.C.T. is to empower people who haven't had much power ... by allowing them to be part of the decision- making process and showing them we'll act on [those] deci¬ sions."

By looking for creative solu¬ tions to problems, P.A.C.T. has created a more efficient and fair work schedule, purchased new products that better serve their needs, and created a positive work environment.

P.A.C.T. members have earned accolades from the College administration. "I'm delighted with [P.A.C.T.'s] effec¬ tiveness," said Vice President of Finance and Development William Gailey. "I have a tremen¬ dous amount of respect for what they have done."

The entire campus benefits from these changes because, said Pierce, "this is a team working together for the good of Agnes Scott."

—Kelly Holton '95

June 1995 • Main Events 5

DEVELOPMENT UPDATE

Tower Council sets 'lofty'

goal for each member

UNIQUE FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE SEEKS TO RAISE AT LEAST $1,000 FROM EACH OF 70 DESIGNATED ALUMNAE.

The Tower Circle Committee, an organization with "lofty ambi¬ tions," derives its name from the

tallest building on campus, the Agnes Scott Hall bell tower.

The committee, made up of current and fonner tmstees and alumnae, is unique among the College's many fundraising committees in that the goal of its seven members is to raise a minimum of $1,000 from each of 70 designated alumnae and friends of the College.

As of late May, committee members Faye Sisk 73, Lamar Oglesby, Louise Isaacson Bernard '46, Margaret "Wardie"

Major gifts

Abemethy Martin '59, Sally Skardon 70, Laura Klettner Bynum '81 and Joie Delafield '58 have raised $41,000 for the Annual Fund, with a total of $88,000 for all funds.

The committee was formed last October as a means of increasing volunteers' involvement in fundraising and personaliz¬ ing Agnes Scott's fundraising activities, said Anne Schatz, manager of stewardship.

"As donors are contacted personally we have the opportunity to educate them about what is happening on campus, to hear their concerns and to thank them for their giving," said Schatz.

WEAVER SCHOLARSHIP ESTABLISHED; SCHOLARSHIPS AND AN ANNUITY REACH $178,000 IN APRIL AND MAY.

In April and May, donors to the College contributed more than

$178,000 toward scholar¬ ship funds and an annuity. Friends and family of Rebecca Weaver 75 established, through her estate and supplemental gifts, a $54,171 scholar¬

ship fund in her name. The estate of Cama Burgess Clarkson '22 con¬ tributed $15,000 to the John and Sallie Burgess Scholarship Fund. The College received a gift of $12,530 from the Jessie Ball duPont Fund. Martha Boone Shaver '41 and her

husband, John, made a generous donation to the scholarship fund in mem¬ ory of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B.E. Boone Jr. Miriam Thompson Felder '32 established a second planned gift with the College, a charitable gift annuity.

GALLERY

MARY ALMA DURRETT PHOTO

Photo-Derived Images

This self portrait in charcoal, by Robin Perry '96 of Tennille, Ga., was included

in the 1995 Annual Student Art Exhibition, on display in the Dalton Gallery of

the Dana Fine Arts Center, April 9-May 13. A year-round gallery assistant who

aided the visiting art faculty in the 1994 Summer Studios Program, Perry has

worked for a number of years with photo-derived images such as this. Others of

her works are currently displayed in the Office of Admission on campus.

CHARTER MEMBERS HONORED—Anne Scott Harman '35, above left to right, Fannie B. Harris Jones '37 and Ellen E. Parker Gaffney '87 were among the alumnae and friends of the College who were honored at a reception for charter members of the Frances Winship Walters Society during Alumnae Weekend in April. Belle Miller McNaster '53, below left, greets fellow alumna Josephine Bridgman'27, Agnes Scott professor emerita of biology, at the reception.

Annual Fund group reorganized

COMMITTEE TO MEET QUARTERLY TO UPDATE FUNDRAISING APPEALS.

The Annual Fund Advisory Committee, comprised of alumnae volunteers, was reorganized in

March. The committee will take on a more active role in dae College's fundraising plan¬ ning by meeting four times a year with the Office of Development to discuss die Annual Fund's programming, phone and mail appeals, reunion giving and personal solicitations. "Tire development office felt that under the previous struc¬ ture volunteers had less owner¬ ship of the committee. [With the reorganization] we want them to have more input into die methods we use to solicit donors," said Sarah Cave, act¬ ing director of the Annual Fund. Confinned members of the advisory committee include Mary Madison Wisdom '41, Anne Diseker Beebe '67, Claire West '90, Marilyn Hubbard 70, Anne Curtis Jones 79 and Katherine Stuhbs '67.

In other Annual Fund news, reunion classes were recognized during Alumnae Weekend for outstanding giving to the Annual Fund. The class of 1975 raised the largest amount, $59,796; the class of 1945 had

the highest percentage of participation, 69 percent. The class of 1960 was also recog¬ nized widr a 62 percent participation rate.

During the Annual Fund Phonathon April 10-12, students received 339 pledges, widi alumnae contributing $16,957.

The 1994-95 Senior Campaign raised $7,250 in pledges. Fifty-five students pledged to the Annual Fund for a total par¬ ticipation rate of 48 percent.

QUALITY TIME

pevhaf>5 cokI</ explair how R f5 yoa Walk by the

divfy 9>ik in the Mwy tov FOVK days a Ad woh ei/en rvjure fhe URtrE to pidc ir

IAD

i i

6 Main Events • June 1995

ALUMNAE NEWS

Alumnae

Weekend

More than 550 alumnae gathered at Agnes Scott tor Alumnae Weekend to "Celebrate 100 Years of Agnes Scott Alumnae at

Work." During the three-day centennial celebration, April 28-30, alumnae took part in a number of events including a silent auction of items donated by alumnae, trustees, faculty, staff and students to bene¬ fit the Annual Fund. Alumnae also attended a dedication of the College's self-guided tree tour. Reading sessions and hook signings were presented by authors including Mary Amall "Marni" Broach McGee '65, Memye Curtis Tucker '56 and Susan Henson Frost 70.

"1 was glad to see so many alumnae back on cam¬ pus, some of whom had not been back since their graduation 30 or 40 years ago," said Amy Davis, manager of alumnae programs. "1 don't know of a better way to celebrate 100 years of alumnae service and involvement than with a weekend like this, which drew on the help of so many alumnae volunteers."

GARY MEEK PHOTOS

Members of the class of 1930 take part in singing God of the Marching Centuries during the Alumnae Association's animal meeting. BOTTOM PHOTO, FROM LEFT: LePret Dickinson '94, Cristina Santana '94, Julie Dykes '94 and Nikki Webb '94 have an impromptu reunion on the porch of Rebeltah Scott Hall during Alumnae Weekend.

100 Years Young

The Alumnae Association celebrated its 100th anniversary during this year's weekend festivities. Lowrie Fraser '56, president of the Alumnae Association, provided alumnae with a brief history of

the organization's founding, centered around the themes of "scholar¬ ships, ongoing educational experiences and the desire to be the nucleus of union and energy for all interested in the furtherance of Agnes Scott." A time line of the first 37 years of the association is excerpted from Fraser's speech.

1895 - Six women meet in the library of Agnes Scott Institute to form the Alumnae Association. Mary Josephine Bamett '93 was elected as its first president.

1901 - The first Annual Fund drive helps raise funds for a new gym. 1906 - Birmingham, Ala., alumnae form a chapter. 1913 - The association established a loan fund for juniors and seniors. 1916 - Mobile and Chattanooga alumnae form chapters. 1917 - ASC Board of Trustees elects the first alumnae members, Bessie

Scott Harman, Inst. and Mary Wallace Kirk '11. 1921 - An Alumnae Register, predecessor to the alumnae directory, is

printed and distributed to 1,200 alumnae. 1922 - The Alumnae House is dedicated and named for Anna Irwin

Young '95, making it the first alumnae house in the South and the second in the nation.

1929 - Orlando, Charlotte and Richmond alumnae form chapters. 1932 - Alumnae Association chapters begin to use "moving pictures" of

campus scenes to encourage interest in Agnes Scott.

Agnes Scott honors its Distinguished Alumnae

KUNTZ, TUCKER, WEBB SINGLED OUT HONOREES COMBINE SERVICE TO OTHERS WITH SUCCESSFUL CAREERS.

MARION LEATHERS KUNTZ'45 Distinguished Career

She has received medals and professorships, recog¬ nitions of accomplishment

for distinguished scholarship, and she is about to publish her sixth book, but Marion Kuntz found her great¬ est satisfaction as a mother. "1 love being a mother," she says. "That's still my nTost important career." She married during her senior year at Agnes Scott. One son came after 18 months, another four years later; it would be 17 years before she resumed her academic life.

A divorce and the need to establish a career outside the home brought her back to school. The same year she received an M.A. in Latin and Greek from Emory University, her youngest son graduated from grammar school and her oldest from high school. "We grew up together and graduated togeth¬ er," says Kuntz.

She holds a Ph.D. in renais¬ sance studies in Latin from Emory. Since 1966, she has been on the faculty of Georgia State University. For 10 years, she served as chair of GSU's foreign languages department. The uni¬

versity has recognized her research in 16th century Venetian studies with Fuller E. Galloway, regent and research professorships.

Her routine is rigorous. She teaches 10 hours a week; doing research accounts for another 90 hours. Since January, she has written six major papers and almost completed a book on Dionisio Gallo, an unknown French prelate attempting reform in the 16th century Catholic Church. She discovered his writ¬ ings while researching in a Venice archive.

Kuntz has been offered oppor¬ tunities at other universities. "But I've been lucky," she says. "After college, both my sons set¬ tled in Atlanta." Now there are five grandchildren underfoot. "1 have a wonderful life."

MEMYE CURTIS TUCKER'56 Distinguished Service to the College

Memye Tucker has had a lifelong relationship with Agnes Scott. "I

feel like I've been involved since 1922," she laughs. "My mother was a graduate (Mary Freeman Curtis '26) and 1 grew up inside all her memories of the College. 1 always knew 1 was going to school there."

In 1972, Tucker became presi¬ dent of the Agnes Scott Alumnae Association during a

time of enormous change at the College. President Wallace Alston retired that year and the director of alumnae affairs had died. What Tucker assumed would be a fig¬ urehead posi¬ tion soon demanded her full attention and she resigned other responsibilities to attend to it. She reorganized the Alumnae Association, working toward greater geographical representa¬ tion—"I had lived for a while in New York City and had some idea what it felt like to live far away"—and giving members gen¬ uine responsibility—"which means you don't have as tight control, hut it opens up the orga¬ nization to their creativity."

From 1974 to 1978, she was an alumna trustee. For the past 10 years, she has served as mod¬ erator for the panel of the annual Agnes Scott Writer's Festival. Through it she has helped bring top contemporary writers to the campus. An accomplished poet with an M.A. from Columbia and a Ph.D. from Emory, both in English literature, Tucker has occasionally taught at the College since 1968. In 1993, she was honored with the first Agnes Scott Distinguished Alumna Writer award and last summer she was John Ciardi Scholar in

Poetry at The Breadloaf Writer's Conference in Middlebury, Vt.

But this alumnae award had particular significance, reminding her of her family's long involve¬ ment with the College. In the audience was Tucker's father, 91- year-old Dr. Walker L. Curtis, who had courted her mother while she was a student at Agnes Scott and he was a medical student at Emory.

PATRICIA WEBB M.D. '45 Distinguished Community Semce

For Patricia Webb, community service has been international. As a medical researcher on

viruses for the U.S. Public Health Service, the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the graduate of Tulane University Medical School has worked in remote comers of the world on some of the most difficult and dangerous diseases of this century.

From 1955 to 1961 Webb worked with the U.S. Army Medical Research Unit in Malaysia. She then joined the Mid-America Research Unit in the Panama Canal Zone. There her work centered on the Machupo vims, the causal agent for Hemorrhagic Fever. Her stud¬ ies took her to Argentina, Bolivia and across Central America.

She returned to Atlanta in 1976 to work in the CDC's

famous envi¬ ronmentally- enclosed heart lab after the first Ebola out¬ break, then moved to

Sierra Leone to work on Lassa or Hemorrhagic Fever, in Africa.

"It's pretty nice to be paid to go to all these different places," said Webb. "But it was difficult in the field." Her last research position was with the CDC's lab¬ oratory in Fort Collins, Colo., where using bed bugs, she inves¬ tigated the possibility of trans¬ mission of AIDS through insects. "Fortunately, it doesn't seem to," she said.

Since retirement in 1987, she has lived in Kilcreggan, Scotland.

—Bill Bangham

YOU'RE

ESSENTIAL

The Agnes Scott

College Alumnae

Leadership

Conference "ASC's

of Leadership" will

be September 16.

Plan now to attend.

June 1995 • Main Events 7

Main Events a

Series 93, Number 4, June 1995 Published by the Office of Publications, Buttrich Hall Agnes Scott College • 141E. College Ave. Decatur, GA 30030

ADDRESS CORRECTIONS REQUESTED

Second Class Postage PAID

at Decatur, GA 30030

GARY MEEK PHOTO

SINGING THEIR HEARTS OUT—Mandy Ptacek '98, left, and Ginny Adair '98, belt out their rendition of a popular song during a karaoke contest on May 4 in Evans Dining Hall. During this "Stress Buster" event, Ptacek and Adair shared the spotlight with other students, including Luci Lockhart '97, who won first prize for her rendition of En Vogue's Hold On.

a tn

< tn

• Ud ■

;C z

. tn .! po

■ vo

MOVING?

Help us save Agnes Scott money by letting us know about your move ahead of time. Please attach the mailing lahel from this publication.

New Address

Sute/Zip

Djtc no* effective

Phone Number

Please retimi to: Oflice of Development Services, Agnes Scott College, 141 E. College Ave., Decatur, GA 30030

PARTING WORDS

Bittersweet memories of college life

AT GRADUATION, ALUMNA SORTS THROUGH FOUR YEARS TO PRESERVE FRAGMENTS OF LIFE AT ASC.

Today I must pack four years into boxes. I must sort through multicol¬

ored memories, through let¬ ters, photographs and papers, toss some onto the pyre and place others in my own time capsule.

Artifacts from my first year include a Black Cat dress that reminds me of a smaller self; the picture on my ID card that identifies another person. On my finger I wear the fossils of my sophomore year. Faded pajamas chronicle the crazi- ness of my junior year's cap¬ ping activities. In many ways I have documented the events of my senior year with the enthusiasm that a new mother employs recording the "firsts" of her baby.

Yet as I review the past four years, I realize it has been diffi¬ cult. My personal evolution includes discovering what it means to be a woman and weighing how people respond to me as an African American. Sifting through the years, I realize that there are moments I am not certain how to archive and there are faces I may or may not choose to keep in my album. There are things about Agnes Scott that I will exclude from my book

Shlawnda Calhoun '95

but not from my memory. What will I do with the

hieroglyphics a professor wrote me in the margins of my papers? Her comments did only pertain to that particular assignment, but the words remind me of her obliquely offensive remarks made throughout the semester—the references to me as "the class's only African-American repre¬ sentative" which I attribute to her lack of tact. I will exclude her from my archives since most of my professors have been demanding and supportive.

1 have purposely lost the scrolls students received in introductory foreign language

lab to help improve our Spanish—the bingo cards with pictures instead of numbers. I refused to put a single chip on the cardboard grid after I saw a jet black face with watermelon lips look tip at me from one of the squares on my card. Although the assistant said that negrito was just an expres¬ sion, I felt maligned by the caricature and will not pre¬ serve it.

I will, however, remember a silver-haired woman who stopped by my room one day. She did not seem uncomfort¬ able with my race although I,

who had just showered, was uncomfortable being clad in only a towel. She had sterling memories of the time she spent at the College. We talked about how I had rearranged the furniture and about our families. I only wish that I had had the forethought to take her picture—it would have had a place in my archives.

—Shlawnda Calhoun '95 lives in Atlanta. She teas the 1995 recipient of the University of" Mississippi's Robert Frost Prize in Creative Writing.

Committed to Diversity

In Latino multi-ethnic societies references to race often have positive connotations not immediately obvious to a student of the language. El negrito, for example, can be an

expression of affection rather than a racial slur. To prevent any future misunderstanding, the Department of Spanish will delete that figure and the figure of a Native American.

The department's deep commitment to cultural diversify is illustrated by activities such as active recruitment of Hispanic students and by such events as the evening of African-Carribean poetry reading. Furthermore, the depart¬ ment has also served as a safe space for discussion of issues of diversity.

Rafael Ocasio, associate jnofessor of Spanish Chair, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures

8 Main Events • June 1995 Printed on Q r.cy«l.d pap.r