Agnes Scott College - Silhouette Yearbook (Decatur, GA)

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■y t Convent? A hapless generalization at best, all colleges and universities offer a rather sheltered existence to their students. After all, an academic atmosphere is not the real world, except for a select few. Scott, however, has had charge of that weaker sex for a long time, and has deemed it her responsibility to guide her students as the times have dictated. Of- ten she has been a few steps behind society, but in recent years the school has moved by leaps and bounds into a new concept of womanhood. Increas- ingly, the college has pushed toward leadership by asserting women ' s growing interest in the job mar- ket and by adjusting her academic progra ms appro- priately. If Scott students remain somewhat seclud- ed from the world, it is not so much from limiting rules of social conduct as from an individual ' s free choice. The option is there for virtually any course a student chooses to follow. Those who are unin- volved, off campus or on, are so by choice. And, by and large, that choice seems to be one of uninvolve- ment with politics and public concerns, not to men- tion campus organizations. More and more, the stu- dents are moving toward a sort of voluntary isola- tionism, whether socially or politically. Those stu- dents who opt for a purely academic background cannot be condemned. However, Scott offers more possibilities for involvement, externally and inter- nally, than can be acknowledged by present behav- ior. The walls around Scott still stand, as do a few of the protective rules that are maintained out of common sense and need, but they appear more a mental wall than a physical one. - .

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you do There are two sides to Scott-life. They are acknowledged in the college catalog, even if the second is somewhat buried in the midst of aca- demic enticements. For Scott is a college cam- pus dedicated to higher learning — and yet, she is also composed of flesh and blood people — and people do not exist on books alone. And if the academics can be overwhelming, so can At- lanta and its enticements. For an intricate part of learning can not be found in books — it can only be experienced. The trick is balancing the two. It ain ' t easy. The lure of an interesting course can keep the best Scotty buried in the library all quarter, only to emerge upon exam date to notice the leaves have fallen and it has been raining. And the work-load could make the staunchest scholar shudder at times, especially when a student has been blessed with three or four professors whose chief pleasure in life is reading papers late at night instead of watching Johnny Carson. On the other hand, one look at Creative Loaf- ing, and one is bound to hop in the next conve- nient means of transit and loaf — creatively. Culture, concerts, bars, lights, action — all await the willing in Hot ' lanta . But, mostly, just about anything will do when you have the screaming heeby-jeebies and library-itis. The trick is, once you get stuck in one rut, changing to another and then maintaining a balance be- tween. It ain ' t easy, r