Agnes Scott College - Silhouette Yearbook (Decatur, GA)

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Unassuming . . . good natured . . . head of GREEK and LATIN Departments . . . CATHERINE TORRANCE . . . majored History and English at University of Chicago . . . M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from University of Chicago , . . never intended to teach . . . member Phi Beta Kappa ... Eta Sigma Phi . . . Kappa Kappa Gamma . . . always has flowers from her well-tended garden . . . motors quite a lot . . . takes trips each summer with her sister . . . enjoys music . . . always ready to help students with their worries about schedules and hours . . . likes contemporary poetry . , . reads for pleasure in original Greek ... has visited Greece twice. Friendly . . . keen sense of humor . . . PHILIP DAVIDSON . . . head of HISTORY Department . . . universally liked . . . B.A. from University of Mississippi . . . M.A. and Ph. D. degrees from University of Chicago . . . Phi Beta Kappa ... has taught at University of Chicago and University of Illinois . . . spends spare time at woodworking . . . reads on all subjects . . . member of National Nom- inating Committee of Phi Beta Kappa ... pet dis- like is bad maps . . . invariably ends up by draw- ing his own . . . member Amencan Historical So- ciety . . . always in demand for campus activities . . . plays tennis well . . . clever bridge player . . . member John Dunning Prize Committee of American Historical Society . . . alert . . . excellent speaker . . . witty . . . member Board of Education Journal of Southern History . . . works hard . . . expects hard work. Born way out m Montana . . . FLORENCE L. SWANSON, M.D. ... has B.S. from University of Washington . . . M.D. from University of Oregon . . . spent three years before coming here doing psychiatric work at Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hos- pital near Baltimore . . . despises bridge . . . Pro- fessor of HYGIENE . . . college physician ... has class in psychiatry at Emory . . . loves golf, horse- back riding, red roses, southern accent, Kirstcn Flagstad . . . sympathetic listener to all stories of aches and pains . . . easy going . . . methodical. Friendly . . . efficient . . . HENRY ROBINSON . . . Head Professor of MATHEMATICS . . . feels it ' s a man-sized job to teach girls mathematics . . . Bache- lor of Science, Civil Engineering, and Master of Arts degrees from the University of Georgia . . . Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University . . . organized a chapter of B. S. U. on the campus in 1926 . . . hates collecting money, but has to do it just the same . . . Phi Beta Kappa . . . Secretary-Treasurer Mathematics Association of America for the seventh consecutive year . . . plays in college string en- semble . . . Commander 17th Observation Bat- talion . . . interested in growing nut trees ... has grove in Hendersonville, N. C. . . . alert . . . Presi- dent of Young Men ' s Professional Club . . . enjoys keeping up with Department of Agriculture Bulle- tins . . . likes statistics ... is always figuring on something . . . keeps Agnes Scott marriage per- centage up to date.

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Artistic . . . efficient . . . Professor of ECONOMICS and SOCIOLOGY . . . Mildred Mcll . . . B.A. degree from University of Wisconsin . . . M.A. from University of Georgia . . . Ph.D. from University of North Carolina . . hobby is interior decorating . . taught at Lucy Cobb Institute ... for four years President of Georgia Branch of American Association of University Women . . . Dean and teacher of Economics at Shorter before coming here ... Phi Beta Kappa . . . enjoys plays . . . authority in h to the GEORGE P. HAVES degree from Swarthm Harvard University . . . . Harvard Club campus . . . taught for four years at Robert College, Constantinople . . . member of Modern Language Association ... did guard duty at Ellis Island during war . . . hates bridge . . . fond of good music . . . tennis addict . . . enjoys tramping through woods . . . excellent teacher . . . reads aloud well and enjoys doing it . . . fond of children . . . reads poetry when he takes time from correcting Freshman English themes . . . good natured . . . Seemingly easy going, but knows how to bring out best work. LUCILE ALEXANDER . . . Professor of FRENCH ... Phi Beta Kappa . . . holds Bachelor of Arts degree from Agnes Scott College . . . M.A. from Columbia University . . . versatile . . . taught Mathemati at Agnes Scott . . . first student to be an assistant in the Chei istry Laboratory ... now capable teacher of French . . , person superlative abilities . . . sews well . . . plays piano beautifully . has wide awake classes . . . speaks French like a native . . . favor author is Pascal . . . finds a fascination in mountains and mounte climbing . . . member Alliance Francaise, American Associati Teachers of French . . . considerate . . . kind . . . cultured. MURIEL HARM . . . Professor of GERMAN . . . B.A Goucher College . . . Ph.D. from Johns Hopkms Ui does many things well ... an excellent cook . . . keeps house beau- tifully ... has traveled widely ... Phi Beta Kappa . . . plans trip to Mexico this summer . . . will speak only Spanish . . . Interested in needlepoint . . . member Modern Language Association . . . reads much history and drama ... has taught Italian, French, and Spanish as well as German . . . ardent opera goer ... her Christ- mas parties are traditions on the campus . . . plays piano well . . . versatile ... an authority on philosophy.

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SAMUEL GUERRy STUKES . . . dear PSyCHOLOGV and EDUCATION . . . M.A. from Princeton University . . . B.D. from Princeton Theolosical S. rapher . . . member Am Science, Civitan Club, Mas with interest . . . formerly f faculty . . . Profes! ,.A. from Davidson College . studied for the ministry inaiy . . . amateur photog- „ .jtion for Advancement of . . . follows development of aviation pilot . . . taught aviation during loves a good |oke . . . hearty laugh echoes through the ; ; . registrar-has spent most of his time in the office since he took thil position when Dr. McCain became president . . . friendly offers advice to students about Vivid . . . enthusiastic ... a steady stream of ideas ■ - ARTHUR F RARER Professor of SOCIOLOGY . . . author of Tragedy of Lynching and Preface to Peasantry . . .has book on share croppers and tenant farming now ,n manuscript form . .keeps in constant touch with current events . . . likes nnountam climbing and mountain mmlr Quite oriainal . . earned pin money by cutting hair tor Idenis ' at the University of North Carolina ... got B.A., Ph.D. there . . . M.A. degree from Vanderbilt University • ■ ■ ' =P ' 3 . . dynamic ... not dogmatic . . . gives opinions, but does not require their acceptance . . . developed keen interest in soil and fa mers ' problems from boyhood on a North Carolina farm . . . thrives on arguments . . can ' t lecture without drawing incompre- hensible sociological figures on the board . . . sincere ... a valua- ble author ... a thought-provoking professor. Stately patrician . . . FRANCES K. GOOCH . . . head of SPOKEN ENGLISH Department . . . dislikes people who try to act and can ' t . . . Ph.B. degree from University of Chicago , . M.A. from Graduate Boston School of Expression . . ■ bel ' 7 ' t rZ the most capable actor in Hollywood . . . member of Zeta Phi Eta, National Dramatic Society . . . holds up standards of d ' amatic pro- ductions in college . . . consistently hoards old shoes that she will eventually give to Red Cross . . . good taste . . caused sensation by bobbing her hair . . . member National Education Theater Con- ference, National Association of Teachers of Speech . has been president of the southern division, vice-president of the national . . . hard worker. ie MELISSA CILLEY . . . P-ofessor of SPANISH . . . received B.A. degree cum laude from University of New Ha- npshire . MA degree from the University of Wisconsin . . . has studied at the University of Madrid ... got degree there . . . in si at historic University of Coimbra . . . knows her field well . . written two textbooks ... one in Portuguese orje in Spanish used in over ninety-four colleges . . . outlined all literary trends Portuguese and classified authors ... has traveled or lived twenty-two countries . . . makes a hobby of studying people out-of-way places . . . connected with Spanish research departm of Library of Congress . . . r . . . good natured. teaches has nt Mode Language