Agnes Scott College - Silhouette Yearbook (Decatur, GA)

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P H I L S P H y . EDUCflTIOn The Departments of Philosophy and Education are headed by versatile Professor S. Guerry Stukes, who is also Dean of Faculty, Registrar, and a teacher of Psy- chology. His classes are informal, and conducive to lively discussions into which every student feels free to enter. Lectures are spiced with pertinent illustrations from current history and from any number of subjects in which he has familiar interest. An excellent and very popular speaker, he is frequently called upon to make talks in Atlanta and Decatur and is regular teacher of the Men ' s Bible Class of the Decatur Presbyterian Church. At the Conference of Southern Universities this year he read a paper on Standards of Teacher Training. He is one of the college ' s best-known personalities, his chief characteristics being his hearty laugh, his friendly manner, and his sincere interest in all campus activities. Philosophy Professor Stukes is noted for his grand sense of hun an i p s y c h o l o g y Miss Emily Dexter is Associate Professor of Psychology and Education and as such she spends much of her time in the Psychology laboratory. She has a lively sense of humor, many tales to tell about people she has known, her relatives among them. Greatly inter- ested in research work, she likes to give Intelligence tests and Vocational Guidances tests to students, and regu- lar Psychology tests to young delinquents in the Juve- nile Courts of Atlanta and Decatur. She is co-author with Assistant Professor Omwake of a widely-used col- lege textbook, An Introduction to the Fields of Psy- chology. She is a provocative thinker, inspires students to hard work. Miss Katharine Omwake as Assistant Professor of Psychology and Education is able to help upper-class- men considerably in choice of vocation. She brings speakers to her classes from widely varying vocational fields, stresses the practical side of teaching as a career in her Education courses. Her lectures are always care- fully outlined, easy to follow. A recent traveler in Mex- ico, Miss Omwake enters enthusiastically into any dis- cussion of the country, loves to show her collection of Mexican weaving and silver. Misses Omwake and Dexter don ' t really need to look over this Psychology book —they wrote it. 25

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mHTHEmfiTICS The Department of Mathematics has become increasingly popular at Agnes Scott, largely because of its excellent leadership, but partly because there is a great demand for Math majors in Atlanta businesses. Professor of the Department is Captain Henry A. Rob- inson. A reserve officer in the United States Army, Captain Robinson went into active service at Fort MacPherson in the early Fall. Although he was unable to continue his class lectures, he has taken a real part in campus activities and has been able to intro- duce into Agnes Scott social life some of his boys from the Fort. Miss Leslie Gaylord, Assistant Pro- fessor, has taken over in large part the classes which Captain Robinson had to give up. An excellent teachej, Miss Gaylord ' s patience and careful explanations have always made her popular with students. She is a mem- ber of the Committee on Admissions, is class sponsor for the Senior Class. As a loyal supporter of Britain, she knits socks for the British soldiers as fast as she can get yarn. Acting Instructor in Mathematics is Mrs. Blanche C. Badger, who came to the rescue when Captain Robinson had to leave. She and Miss Loetta Willis, borrowed from the Physics Department, were welcome additions to the staff of Math teachers. Mrs. Badger and Miss Gaylord co Freshman Math paper. Economics ono socioLocy Miss Mildred Rutherford Mell, Professor of Eco- nomics and Sociology, was Dean of Women at Shorter College before coming to Agnes Scott in 1939. She is intensely interested in sociological problems in the United States and especially in those of Southern groups. Her course in Labor Problems has been especially popular this year since the national situa- tion has been seriously affected by strikes and labor disputes in defense industries. A strong advocate of the rights of Labor, Miss Mell points out the danger of suppressing strikes, even in times like these, wisely remembering that years of effort were necssary to gain the legal right for Labor to strike. She works actively with Sociology groups in the state and is President of the Family Service Society of DeKalb Co unty. Students like her for her enthu- siasm, for her friendly graciousness, and for her con- versational ease. • Circles and triangles — a realn to Captain Robinson. • Sociology and Econmiocs c Mell ' s field. mm IS?? iiii mm mm

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D A L Dr. Jones with Nurses Hagy and Bastin at the Infirmary. A newcomer to the Facultv this year was Dr. Eugenia C. Jones, resident physician and Professor of Hygiene. Having received her degree from Johns Hopkins Uni- versity, Dr. Jones has been a practicing physician for a number of years before coming here. She has proved herself exceedingly level-headed and capable, has seen the bewildered campus through a scarlet fever scare, one of the largest flu epidemics in the history of the college, and a series of measles cases. Her hearty laugh and keen sense of humor are as good as a tonic, and they were both sorely needed when Agnes Scott stu- dents had a phenomenal number of appendectemies before Christmas. Dr. Jones ' husband is as popular an addition to the college community as she is, and those who have heard him agree that his rich baritone voice would be a welcome addition to the Glee Club Opera Chorus. Assisting Dr. Jones in the Infirmary are Registered Nurses Mildred Hagy and Ruth Bastin. Miss Hagy, who received her training at Emory University Hospital, taught obstetrics there at one time. Miss Bastin, a Cum Laude graduate of Atlanta Girls ' High, is a student as well as a nurse. During the time she is not kept busy in the Infirmary she is attending classes or studying for them. Both nurses are efficient and popular with their patients. an 1 P H y S I C A L E D U C A T I n The Physical Education Department, headed by Dr. Jones, is largely handled by Associate Professor Llew- ellyn Wilburn. A grand sport, Miss Wilburn enjoys golf in her spare time, spent the spring vacation in Florida at a big golf tournament. She is an excellent referee of hockey and basketball games, and enjoys her work so much that students are inspired to come out more for class teams. Mrs. Harriette Haynes Lapp, Assistant Professor, is best known for her classes in natural dancing. In flimsy flit costume, she leads her classes with graceful, nat- ural movement, encourages them to better posture, freer motion in dancing. Miss Elisabeth Mitchell, popu- larly known as Mitch, instructs in tennis, archery and swimming and referees basketball games. She is lots of fun, corrects faulty tennis in a terse, business-like tone of voice. A beautiful dancer is Miss Eugenie Dozier, whose classes in modern, social and folk danc- ing are ever popular. She is a good planner, a tireless worker, and to her goes the responsibility of May Day. Physical Education Department lays care- ful plans for May Day — Miss Wilburn, Miss Mitchell, Miss Dozier, Mrs. Lapp.