Agnes Scott College - Silhouette Yearbook (Decatur, GA)

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I ' d rather be a Hottentot . . . Well, jeepers — I didn ' t mean to be singing a solo! I ' m Aggie Hottentot — and you ' re Scotties aren ' t you? I ' m getting ready to give a quick review of the year to a few friends — Caspar the Ghost 59, Droopy ' 58, Dennis the Menace ' 57, and Pogo ' 56. Since you ' re my namesakes, why don ' t you come too? The Agnest Scott faculty was tops in my book! Their outstanding intellectual ability combined with a warm friendliness and interest in the individual made them worthy examples of the Agnes Scott ideal of the whole person. Dennis just reminded me not to leave out the students. Could be he was hinting for a look at some pretty girls? He didn ' t have to look far — you saw ' em everywhere! . . . streaming out of Buttrick, hunched over a library desk, rushing to the mail room, standing in the cafeteria line, on the tennis courts, signing out in the L.O. for a date ... or smiling from the pages of this annual. Where else but at Agnes Scott could such a unique combination of brains, worms! Sports and organizations played an important part in every Scottie ' s life, and there were activities to suit the taste of all. There were sports for every season — we even added fencing to the repetoire! — and activities such as dances, plays, lectures, and discussion kept them busy too. I do believe Dennis. Pogo, Droopy and Caspar were convinced about what I ' ve been saying — ' cause listen . . . I ' d rather be a Hottentot than a multimillionaire; I ' d rather be a Hottentot than sit in the President ' s chair. It ' s the grandest place you ' ll ever see If you don ' t believe it just come with me, I ' d rather be a Hottentot than a multimillionaire. beauty, and personality be found! But you ' ll soon see for yourself! My namesakes were more than book- Scenes p 3 Dedication p 6 Faculty p 8 Classes p 29 Activities p 69 Athletics p 95 Calendar p 105 Index p 129 Advertisements p 131