Agnes Scott College - Silhouette Yearbook (Decatur, GA)

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Jgi ncompassing. However, the women here are bound ogether, not only by ties of sisterhood, tradition, nd shared experience, and not only in the magination of the community. Scotties are firmly ied to one another by the beauty of realized )Otential.

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Scotties: A Few Good Women People assert that there is a special quality about an Agnes Scott woman. They insist that aside from the prevalent preppy style and distinctive class rings a certain sense of self characterizes all Scotties. Perhaps it is the rare honesty and integrity that living within the Honor System develops, or the strong confidence in oneself that liberal learning instills. Maybe it ' s the warm friendliness that a small community fosters. It ' s probably all this and much more. The women at Agnes Scott are infinitely varied, and there is no single style that is all-

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O 5) Learning is our center of life. The goal of the college is to provide every student with a liber- al arts education that will bring insight into herself and understanding of the world around her. Each student learns to think for herself, make decisions effectively, write with clarity and creativity, and read perceptively and accurately. All these skills are practical on the modern job market, as the success of our alumnae testifies. The classroom experience is the integral component of the learning process. The mate- rial is difficult and at times voluminous, the grading scale seems outrageous, and the time and sheer commitment required to master the various subjects can be overwhelming. How- ever, the love of learning and care for their students the professors show is an example and personal challenge to endure and to do well. Listening to Dr. Bowden ' s enraptured de- scription of photosynthesis heightens the in- terest of the most unenthusiastic freshman. Dr. Weber ' s ready wit as he describes the Greek temple sector of the economy keeps the sleepiest 8:30 classes awake. From Dr. Pep- perdene ' s lectures on Chaucer to Dr. Brown on the French Revolution ... Dr. Chang ' s How to Talk About Religion . The love of conci- sion from Dr. Nelson and Dr. Wieshofer ' s stories of Germany immediately after World War II . . These professors and all the others contribute to the richness of our academic ex- perience.