Agnes Scott College - Silhouette Yearbook (Decatur, GA)

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The Junior Class Presents Aggie! ASC (To be sung to the tune of NYC) by Carol Jones ASC — What is it about you? You ' re small, you ' re proud, you ' re funi ASC — We complain about you. But we can ' t get enough. Enough of Boy Scouts who search for Awhoo And Sailors who work on Black Cat. Enough of Sundance Kids that search for the mascot And Highlanders who run and hidel Oh, ASC — so happy, so crazyl It ' s great I ' m told. That ' s why I ' m sold Forever on ASCII ASC — The tower on top of Main, The girls up on the Hub. ASC — The quad filled with students Who need to laugh and talk. What other college has professors better than ours, Our classes of such quality. No other college in the whole USA Can half compare to you! Oh, ASC — We Can ' t live without you! You make us proud So shout out loud. Hooray for ASCI

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gant weekend, and so they held the first Black Cat formal off-campus at the Sheraton Biltmore. And thus began our traditional off-campus Black Cat Formal. The tradition of the sophomore pre- sentation to the freshmen of the Black Kitty is very recent. The original Black Kitty was metal with a string of bells around its neck and resided in Inman lobby, and it too mysteriously disap- peared. Inman lobby also seems to have been the beginning (and mysteri- ous ending???) of another Black Cat tradition: that cigar-store-become- demigod Indian — AHWOOII An all-important question that comes to mind is just where did Ah- woo come from, and where is the original Ahwoo now??? In other words, what is so great about Ahwoo? Ah- woo ' s ASC life began as a coffee table decoration for Inman lobby in the early lOeCs. But Awwoo did not remain in the lobby long. Some third Walters sophomores kidnapped him and made a shrine to the once cigar-store Indian. Needless to say, the Inman Scotties were upset, so Dr. Alston decided to lock him up in the registrar ' s vault. At this point, the Indian was nameless un- til Laura Steele crowned him Ahwoo for no special reason. So Ahwoo had his name, and his followers stormed the President ' s office, armed with wa- ter guns and bandana masks and de- manded the Indian. Following the suc- cessful recovery of Ahwoo by the Class of 1966, he disappeared. In the early 1970 ' s, two ASC alumni — Mary Jane and Becky King — found Ahwoo in their attic. They were not sure how and why they came to be so blessed. For two years following the redisco- very, Ahwoo sat in the window of the Dean of Student ' s conference room, wishing for more excitement in his life. In 1979, Angela Grover spearhead- ed his kidnapping, and from then on the current Ahwoo traditions have de- veloped. Ahwoo mysteriously disappeared during spring quarter of 1981, reappear- ing in the fall with a second Ahwoo — the Club Med Ahwoo, an imposter that had to be returned because the Class of 1983 had an overdue Mastercard bill. This year, Ahwoo again disappeared, with rumors that he is somewhere in Main ' s cob-webbed attic or some- where in Atlanta. In Atlanta! What good does that do? Without any luck in finding him, the class of 1984 spent an entire day sculpting and painting a new Ahwoo. It took eight fans blowing for 24 hours to dry his new war paint before his presentation at the Black Cat Production on Friday night! And what an appropriate gift for the sen- iors of the Class of 1983. The original Ahwoo is gone for the time being, and the new Ahwoo is here to stay — but for how long?? In addition to a new ceramic Ahwoo, the Class of 1983 had a first — a flesh-and-blood Ahwoo in the brave maiden Cathy Zurek. It is ironic that many of our Black Cat traditions evolved from reactions to the fall quarter hazing between the classes and especially directed toward the freshmen. Each strategic move to- wards a more pleasant orientation for freshmen and reorientation for upper- classmen was coupled with a strategic hazing endeavor by the students. We see Black Cat today as a busy, fun- filled week encouraging school spirit, sisterhood and union within and among the classes. We see Black Cat as a fun way to end freshmen orienta- tion and to make everyone, especially the freshmen and transfers, feel a part of Agnes Scott — its old and new tra- ditions.

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Black Tie Requested The Social Council of Agnes Scott College cordially invites you to attend Black Cat Formal on Saturday, the ninth of October Nineteen hundred and eighty-two in the Plaza Ballroom of the Peach tree Plaza Lloyd Henson and the Highlanders performing 9:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m. Black Tie requested