Agnes Scott College - Silhouette Yearbook (Decatur, GA)

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Upper left: Students turned out to watch the faculty processional at Honors Day convocation, the traditional convocation in which Stukes Scholars and Honor Roll students are recognized. Lower Left: Graham Jackson, entertainer extraordinaire of Presidents and Pittypat ' s Porch pa- trons, captivated students at a Wednesday convocation fall quarter, displaying his talent at the organ, the piano, and the accordion. Above: Catherine Simms, Honors Day speaker, was a former Professor of History and Political Science at Agnes Scott from 1939 to 1965, and a former Dean at Sweetbriar College. She spoke on the alternatives for lifestyles and opportunities for fulfillment open to women today.

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Lectures: Bringing the Outside World In On October fifteenth and sixteenth the campus cele- brated the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Robert Frost. For this college the year marked the centennial of not only a great poet, but also a very special friend. Af- fectionately named Agnes Scott ' s old Beau, Mr. Frost made twenty visits here during his lifetime. Proposed by an alumna, and planned and supervised by Mrs. Pepperdene, chairman of the English department, the Celebration of the Poet featured five outstanding speakers. Kathleen Morrison, Mr. Frost ' s secretary and schedule planner for twenty-five years, and her husband, Theodore Morrison, noted Professor Emeritus at Harvard, reminisced about Frost the man and Frost the poet. Critic Cleanth Brooks lectured on Nature and Human Nature in the Poetry of Robert Frost. Dr. Wallace Alston, Pres- ident Emeritus of Agnes Scott, shared memories of Frost ' s visits to Agnes Scott. Poet Richard Wilbur gave a reading of his works and, with Mr. Brooks, discussed Frost ' s poet- ry. A program of the poetry, spoken and sung, was also presented, and coffees and a reception gave both students and faculty a chance to talk with the speakers about the man whose lover ' s quarrel with the world lives on in his poetry. The Frost Celebration Above: During her visit at Scott Mrs. Morrison talked with students over lunch at the cafeteria. Below: Cleanth Brooks, Dr. Alston, Pres- ident Emeritus, and Dr. Perry, President of Agnes Scott, escorted each other down from the stage following the convocation honoring Frost. Above: Cleanth Brooks and Richard Wilbur discussed Frost ' s poetry i the auditorium of the Dana Fine Arts building as part of the Frost cele bration.

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The Guarneri String Quartet performed in Gaines Auditorium Monday evening, October 14. October was a busy month at Agnes Scott. Crowded in between Honor ' s Day and the Frost Centennial and Black Cat was an excellent performance by the inter- nationally famous Guarneri String Quartet. Admission was free and open to the entire community, and the concert was well attended. A reception in Rebekah Reception followed the performance. November brought with it a new conscious- raising in the Bio-ethics Conference. In order to fa- miliarize the students with the issues involved in bio- ethics the conference was preceded by three seminars. The topics of the seminars were those which were to be discussed at the main conference — genetic research and its attending problems, euthanasia, and the problems associated with human experimentation. These seminars were well attended and helped to stimulate interest in the conference itself, held November 6-8. Continuing on the high plane of intellectual stimu- lation in which Agnes Scott prides itself was the lec- ture given by Phi Beta Kappa visiting scholar Hazel Barnes. Ms. Barnes, a professor at Colorado Universi- ty, addressed the topic of Existentialism and Alien- ation January 13 in MacLean Auditorium. Ms. Barnes also spoke to a psychology class here on campus. While at Agnes Scott Ms. Hazel Barnes, Phi Beta Kappa guest lecturer, spoke to the Contemporary Theories in Psychology class. |