Agnes Scott College - Silhouette Yearbook (Decatur, GA)

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r- MIPP Bartlesville Is Just No Place To Be Lydia Reasor was employed by Philips Petroleum in Oklahoma. She worked in the analysis branch of the research and development center. Day after day she tested the content of plastic styrofoam cups. Lydia ' s summer was profitable because she had been interested in industrial analysis as a career. However, after this summer, she decided that this job might be a bit too tedious. m K iiiiiiMiiii V H IIIIIIIIIMI V %K H f Dmio«« Hi » » J ' k- m :!iii hIH| STEALIN ' THE SHOW AT SIX FLAGS Jeni Giles hosted the Chevy Show at Six Flags; and, according to a friend, the job was so appropriate to her wide-ranging liberal arts education that she found it difficult to unglue the rancid pieces of bubble gum that had gathered on the soles of her tennis shoes after a day of laboring on behalf of the ' American Arts. ' . . . And A Heckuva Engineer Polly Gregory spent the summer surveying land, conducting soil tests, and taking topographical measurements. Later in the summer she did some architectural drafting for an engineering firm in a small Tennessee town. RIVER RAT To Mildred Pinnell, Park Techni- cian for the National Park Service, working at the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area did not mean lazy summer fun. In addition to directing traffic in 100° -I- heat, getting used to abusive language, and taking children on nature walks Mildred also patrolled the areas along the river, wrote tickets, and provided information to visitors. Would she do it again? Sure, it beats 9-5!

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Summer Oddities That ' s My Job! Over the summer, a number of Scotties experienced unusual vaca- tions that one might not consider time off. These brave sorts escaped typical summer routines to explore new career fields. THE EYES HAVE IT Julie Ketchersid joined the staff of the Department of Ophthalmology at Emory University as a Lab Re- search Technician. Her duties in- cluded dissecting animal eyeballs and taking out the lenses. She also tested eyebank lenses from human eyes and cataractous lenses from cataract surgery. Her supervisor is currently researching a cure for cataracts in human eyes. Baby Talk Chris Veal worked in a hospital ' s newborn nursery caring for babies and help- ing new mothers learn to care for them at home. Chris also helped the nurses care for the sick babies and premature infants. Peaches And Cream Marty Wooldridge packed peaches this summer in Ruston, Louisisana, and claims the number-one peach packer position in that orchard! Some specimens, about five inches in diameter, were entered for com- petition in the Peach Festival. Even though she worked outside under a hot tin shed and always came home scraped and bruised, covered with peach fuzz, Marty managed to enjoy the experience. DANCE FOR THOSE WHO CANT Sarah Campbell spent three weeks at Duke University studying Dance Therapy. Then, she travelled back to her home state Arkansas to use newly learned techniques as a dance exercise teacher at a state hos- pital. Says Sarah, Movements express what ' s happening in your mind, and dance therapy can help to direct these tensions in a constructive manner so it is theraputic in nature.

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THE SEASONS CHANGE and so do I Agnes, we haven ' t thought of you for 12 whole weeks, but here we are back in Decatur, and hey! it ' s good to see you again! In silent patience you waited for us to return, echoing the stillness throughout your classrooms and corridors. Age becomes you, Agnes. You ' re pretty in the fall. After the peace of the summer you beam with excitement as all of us return. We fill your hallways with shouts and laughter, our voices welcome each other across the campus, and we catch one last ray of sunshine on your lawns before the autumn air reaches us. Your color deepens as we scramble for our woolens. The muffled sound of leaves falling is lost in the shuffle to and from classes. Something in the air quickens our pace, and suddenly we ' re no longer content to dream the hours away. Suddenly dreams become reality and our attention is diverted by football and fraternities, trips back home, new loves found and lost, and new classes. I ' ve changed, Agnes . . . but you ' ll go on forever.