Agnes Scott College - Silhouette Yearbook (Decatur, GA)

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FACULTY ENGLISH AND SPEECH Associate professor Annie May Christie assistant professors Janet Preston, Ma gret Trotter, and instructor Lois Elizabeth Barr discuss some themes of the students. Not pictured, Walter Edward McNair, assistant professor The English and speech departments reach all Agnes Scott students. The ennphasis Is on ideas and philosophy as well as on the active theme and composition work. The courses offered by the departments are styled to give the needed background for the college liberal arts ideal and to enrich the individual ' s later life.

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FACULTY ECONOMICS AND SOCIOLOGY The department of economics and sociology endeavors to develop an awareness on the part of the student of the underlying social and economic principles of the community and society on the whole. MILDRED RUTHERFORD MELL rofessor of Economics and Sociology The courses offered by this department are supplemented by such practical aids as guest speakers and field trips. The pro- fessors themselves believe in an active approach to their subjects. Miss Mell is currently engaged In a study of The Shifting Pattern of Negro Population In the Atlanta Metropolitan Area. Miss Smith works with the Southern Regional Council and is chairman of the DeKalb County Family Service.

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FACULTY FRENCH The popular French department strives not only to familiarize the student with the country and its cultural background but also, through emphasis on grammatical structure, attempts to develop the student ' s reading comprehension and speaking ability in the language. Such modern aids as recordings are used to better pronunciation. MARGARET TAYLOR PHYTHIAN Professor of French Assistant professor Pierre Thomas anci instructors Catherine Chanc Frances Clark catch up on French geography. GERMAN Conversational ability and a broad reading knowledge are both emphasized in the German department at Agnes Scott. Miss hiarn is an invaluable well of information about German life and customs. The whole student body is most aware of this department during the Christmas season when Miss Harn dis- plays her nativity figures at her famous parties a nd carol sings. MURIEL HARN Professor of German