Agnes Scott College - Silhouette Yearbook (Decatur, GA)

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Liking the unexpected, Miss Elizabeth Crigler, asso- ciate professor of chemistry, believed in the saying that variety is the spice of life. Perhaps this outlook explained her fondness for travel and the active part that she played in such community organizations as the League of Women Voters. In such ways as serving fruit salad during an organic demonstration. Miss Crigler brought variety, as well as interest, into her classes. Dr. W. H. Jones from Emory University was a favorite of his three students. Being an ardent Pogo fan rated him high on everybody ' s list. Mrs. Mary Walker Fox, assistant, conducted the 101 labs. She was always patient in helping students over the rough spots in experiments and sympathized with burned fingers and broken bottles. Her always hold the test tube pointing this way was a familiar sound in lab. Mrs. Dianne Shell Rousseau, assistant, assisted in analytical chemistry labs and in the research program. Students who sampled her fried chicken vowed that she was an excellent cook as well as an able chemist. Dr. W. J. Frierson CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT Mr. W. J. Frierson, Professor of Chemistry, head of his department and teacher of inorganic classes, was busy writing a research paper about chromatography and coiorimetric phases of analysis. Yet he found time for woodworking, tennis, hunting and fishing, and often could be seen gardening on Saturday afternoons. He and his wife frequently entertained students at their home, and many girls have pleasant memories of evenings spent there. -igler and W. Mrs. Diann Mary Fox and

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The Biology Department is headed by Professor Anna Josephine Bridgman. an Agnes Scott graduate. She had taught most of her life, but at one time she assisted in a physics laboratory at Langley Field, and she had worked at Oak Ridge. Miss Bridgman devoted part of her time to research on protozoa. BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT Lorin W. Roberts, associate professor of biology, was known to students by his botany courses and by his keen sense of humor. In addition to teaching, he was engaged in research on the localization of enzyme sys- tems in plant tissues. His fondness for being out of doors led him to take many camping trips with his wife, Betty, and to serve as a forest ranger in the West for seven summers. He is faculty advisor of Chi Beta Phi. Friendliness and a kren interest in the activities of the students were tv o notable features of Miss Nancy Pence Groseclose, as they were of many other Agnes Scott teachers. She was affectionately known to the students .is Miss Grose. The courses that she taught were histology, embryology, and physiology. The botany laboratories were conducted by Mrs. Netta Elizabeth Gray, instructor, who carried on her own research. In her spare time she enjoyed gardening and stamp collecting. Miss Anne Martha Salyerds, instructor in biology, spe- cialized in parisitology. One of her hobbies was horse- back riding. She and students who shared this interest drove to the stables many Saturday afternoons. Lorln Roberts and Miss Nancy Gr Mrs. Netta close; Anne Salyerds and

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Miss Slick and ten CLASSICS DEPARTMENT One might have said that Agnes Scott ' s Classical De- partment had gone to the dogs, although its expressed and realized objective was to acquaint as many stu- dents as possible with some of the treasure of the Graeco-Roman civilization-for their own delight and enjoyment. The dogs of the department were the Cairn terriers of Miss M. Kathryn Click, head of the depart- ment, and Mrs. Youngs beagle, Beaglet. Miss Click ' s terriers were her chief non-academic in- terest and the main source of relaxation, for she had found it a fascinating study to breed and show them. She was also a bridge fan and liked to read — par- ticularly literature and political essays. Mrs. Young ' s Beaglet shared the lime-light with her two sons. Her past activities of being a Cub Scout den mother, an active member of the Atlanta Society Archealogical Institute and a maker of ceramic jewelry were largely replaced by her classes here at Agnes Scott. Mrs. Young