Agnes Scott College - Silhouette Yearbook (Decatur, GA)

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Miss Muriel H SPANISH DEPARTMENT Miss Muriel Harn, professor of Spanish and head of the department was also head of the German depart- ment. Mrs. Florence J. Dunstan, associate professor, was always ready to help foreign students here or at other colleges. Her house was a home to three at Georgia. Bessie Tift, and Princeton. Miss Mellissa Cilley, assistant professor, was fond of traveling. Stamps, coins, and candid snapshots served as souvenirs of her trips. One of her never-to-be- forgotten experiences abroad was riding on a camel in Sahari! Miss Mary Eloise Herbert, instructor, spent much of her time in 195.5-56 working on her doctorate, but she did not entirely neglect her hobbies of stamp collecting and of listening to classical music. PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT Professor Samuel Guerry Stukes was the head of his department. A keen sense of humor, a contagious laugh, and a seemingly inexhaustible supply of stories are traits which endeared him to students. He was always ready to help them with their problems and was advisor on academic work to the sophomores. Miss Katharine Tait Omwake, associate professor, like the other members of the department, was active in psychological research. Together with Miss Dexter, she wrote An Introduction to the Fields of Psychology, and she had done much experimental work with children. Miss Miriam Koontz, assistant professor, was a new member of the college staff this year. Her hobby, people, was appropriate for a psychology teacher. In the fall she spent much of her spare time learning to drive. Miss Katherlne O

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LOUISA JANE ALLEN Spanish Buford, Georgia PEGGY BEARD BAKER Psychology Atlanta, Georgia MAAGARET ANN ALVIS History llion, New York PAULA MARGARET BALL History Gainesville, Georgia ANN KING ANSLEY English BARBARA HELEN BATTLE English Miami. Florida SENIOR CLASS 1956 HISTORY OF THE SENIOR CLASS My name is Pogo. As you know I am the Senior mascot. I ' ve been around for quite a while and I ' ve gotten to know these gals pretty well. They aren ' t as serious and studious as their pictures might lead you to believe. They have had a blast of a year. Lulu sent me a copy of the FIFTY-SIX TRICKS that she published last summer. These girls went places and did things but I tiiink that they were glad to get back