Agnes Scott College - Silhouette Yearbook (Decatur, GA)

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A. P. ROBERTSON MANDEVILLE L. LITTLE A. WILEY CALDWELL J. WHtTFIELO J WRIGHT N. MANDEVILLE C- HAYGOOD T. THOMAS ANNUAL STAFF

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Ipveface ¥ ¥ ¥ |NE afternoon, late in last February, a group of girls was discussing affairs in general, and longing with the rest of the world for something new. This routine of school life becomes unen- durably monotonous, moaned one, and I would give anything for a little variety. We need some point of common interest to arouse the girls from this selfish indifference of theirs, and to draw them closer together, said another. While you are amusing and benefiting us you might be charitable enough to consider the good of the school, chimed in some one else. Whereupon a girl, who always has ideas, electrified her audience by exclaiming: I have it! Let ' s get out an annual. We will enjoy doing it ; it will call forth an untold amount of latent talent, and it will be to the interest of the school. Of course a chorus of objections was raised. We are inexperienced, We are deplorably ignorant, Southern girls have never done it that I ever heard of, We will never pay expenses, We have not time; these and dozens of other obstacles were all mentioned at once, which is probably the reason they had no weight. The proposer of the annual carried her point, and then and there the board of editors was elected, committees appointed, and earnest work begun. Such was the origin of the first annual published by the girls of the Agnes Scott Institute. The Aurora for ' 97 is intended to present life at the A. S. I. from the students ' point of view, and is almost entirely the result of efforts on part of the pupils. However, without the co-operation of Dr. Gaines, Miss Field and other members of the Faculty, the enterprise must have been abandoned in the beginning, and for their assistance we return warmest thanks. We are very grateful to the student body and to the alumni for their interest and valuable assistance. We also desire to thank Mr. Will Larned for his kindness in contributing several pen sketches. The courtesy and efficient aid of our able publishers, The Franklin Publishing Company, puts us under many obligations to them. We now present the Aurora to you, and trust that you will be indulgent in your criticisms. The Editors.