Agnes Scott College - Silhouette Yearbook (Decatur, GA)

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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

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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 History and Political Science The aim of the history and political science department is the enlightenment of the student as a conscientious citizen, with a background of knowledge of the past for a more comprehen- sive interpretation of issues today. Courses include all phases of present and past national and world events. CATHERINE STRATEMAN SIMS Associate Professor of History and Political Sc In the absence of Professor Walter Brownlow Posey who has been teaching abroad this past year, the department had the services of Joseph O. Baylen, author of John Maunsell, a biography of King Henry Ill ' s clerk. Mr. Baylen returned to the States early last fall from a year in Europe and North Africa, where he was professor of history with the University of Maryland ' s Eu- ropean program. Since Mr. Posey ' s absence, Catherine Sims has been acting as head of the department. She is also a member of the committee which selects the Fullbright scholarship recipients.