Agnes Scott College - Silhouette Yearbook (Decatur, GA)

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S. G. Stukes . . . Dean of Faculty . . . Registrar . . . becomes friend from first meeting . . . helpful to students from their entrance through frenzied search for jobs at gradu- ation . . . brimming over with good spirits, old-fashioned com- mon sense . . . offers advice about schedules, personality, everything . . . aviator in World War I . . . studied for min- istry . . . famous for illustrative stories. Other party on Dr. McCain ' s office party line ... Mis Laura Steele . . . one time editor of Agnes Scott newspape . . . handles ail her work with rapid accuracy. First Lord of Exchequer ... Mr. J. C. Tart . . . manages finances of college and students . . . gives information from amount of lab fees to overdrawn accounts . . . combines banter with bustle. Proud of being pure Scotch from way-back . . . Mr. Howard M. MacGregor . . . Assistant Treasurer and Business Manager . . . Flashing smile . . . proud father of campus ' youngest spectators. Always scurrying on official business . . . Miss Martha Rae Lasseter, Secretary to Mr. Stukes ... of class of ' 44 . . . could not stay away. Miss Margaret Ridley . . . really lives up to the title Re corder . . . knows whether merits are A ' s or C ' s . . personal counsellor for students . . . genuinely interested. Also usually hurrying . . . Miss Helen Finger, Secretary to Mr. MacGregor . . . assistant mail mistress . . . does not mind answering telephone. Mr. Stukes— Dean and Registrar extraordinary. Miss Ridley and Miss Steele examine a student ' s personal record. Miss Lasseter and Miss Finger— secretaries select. '

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briskly walking to hi! Agnes Scott ' s President, Dr. James Ross McCain . . . friendly nod and smile for everyone on the campus . . . genial person- ality and ever-open office door typify the close connection be- tween the administration, faculty and students . . . calm, un- hurried air almost a campus tradition anecdotes of past college events bring delightful informality to conversation a senior coffee or to talks in chapel . . . outstanding leader i college and university circles ... in frequent demand as speaker . . . travels a great deal . . . takes with him the ideal of a liberal education ... has manner of a true Southern gentle

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Scandrett and Mi: the 10:30 bell rings. Most frequented place on the campus other than classroom is the Dean ' s Office. Connected with it is that phase of the ad- ministration that is most closely tied up with the actual living problems of both boarders and day students. Concerned with coordinating the academic and social life of Hottentots, its aim is to inspire every student to be an intelligent and responsi- ble person, ready to take her place in society. Miss Carrie Scandrett makes the title Dean of Women seem much too formal for her sympathetic understanding . . . sup- plies remedies for homesickness, roommate trouble, dating mix- ups, exam schedules . . . famous at home for spiced tea or strawberry shortcake, according to season . . . tops at winning confidence . . . perfect listener . . . possesses all the charm and friendliness that is every girl ' s ideal. Tall . . . striking appearance . . . Assistant Dean, Miss Char- lotte Hunter . . . reassures freshmen that first quarter is most difficult and will soon be over . . . remarkable for ability to remember names . . . did graduate work at Duke last summer . . . guiding genius behind successful co-op system necessitated by war emergency . . . frequently elected as class sponsor.