Shorter College - Argo Yearbook (Rome, GA)

Text from Pages 1 - 162 of the 1953 volume:

•••«•••• ••••••••••• ••••••••■ •• CLASS NO 37 - 5 ACCESSION NO.___2SAi!LS_ lEtbrarj of ljiictcr College ome, Oieorgia THE GIFT OF The Staff Tl -n T - I9S 3 1953 RGO SHORTER COLLEGE LIBRARY 9 uS7ri Hr m W ■ tt H m Pi ¥ :U||H k EiiiiaiBairwB iii«iaii as; ::;:;;;, ' : ;; :5!! Ei «iaraaai aaaa«ciat aK ' i ' ! ' fr: ! ' ; ' ' ::i(aia Eiaaiaaaii s.::::,ai(aaaiai(«aifillll«li ' ' ;._asp mtt M  ;i i (}riHnirw -ail {tik- We wish to dedicate the 1953 ARGOto Miss Louise Thompson who has so willingly given her time and who has so faithfully served Shorter and her girls. MORNING Morning at Shorter means coming slowly and sleepily back to consciousness with the persistent clang of rising bells and alarm clocks, then turning over to catch forty more winks before the breakfast bell rings. It means hurrying down a long, unlighted corridor or shivering through the icebox, looking at your watch as you go to make sure the dining room hasn ' t closed. It means bacon and toast, sausage and grits, tomato juice and raising the flag. It means gathering in S.C.A. on the way home from breakfast for morning watch, rushing down on Wednesdays with arms loaded to scribble a list before the laundry goes out, a last minute straightening of your living room because yesterday you found two inspection slips, and girls running to make the eight o ' clock bus on days when they practice teach. p It means a walk to the Fine Arts Building— trying to keep your hair dry on a wet day, caught up in a cloud on a foggy morning, shivering in January when you ' ve forgotten your coat, and on an April day being so affected by the signs of spring all around that you wind up in the rockery instead of a practice room. It means finding out about Napoleon and Ju SnTSn, comparing Greek with Roman art, working equations and memorizing formulas, reading Shakespeare and Thomas Hardy, delving into the philosophies of Aquinas and Kant, spelling phonetically, analyzing a Shostakovich symphony, taking notes on genes and chromosomes, and conjugating a French or a Latin verb. It means a between-class dash to your mailbox, and a coke with crackers in the book- store after chapel. It means sharpened pencils and scribbled notes to a classmate in the margin of your notebook. It means some of the best hours of your life, spent on the real reason you are at Shorter. It means hustle and bustle, and, multiplied by many weeks and months, ornlng means accomplishment and the accumulation of something called education. m DR. CHARLES W. BURTS President Sen lors: Today, as I write this, you are still students — concerned with the present but anticipating the future. Tomorrow you will join the ranks of alunnnae of the College. To you, as to all true Shorter girls, this does not mean the severing of a tie but the cementing of an enduring relation- ship. In these four years you have received much from your Alma Mater, and you have given in return of your talents, time and loyalty. These things, given and received, will be sources of great strength and real happiness to you in the days ahead. Our slncerest interest and our increasing good wishes go with you — all ways and always. Lydia Dixon Sheppard Dean of Women Sen lors: These years which you have spent at Shorter have been happy, eventful years. You will look back upon these years as some of the happiest and most significant years of your life. Permit me to take this opportunity to express to you my sincere congratulations on the achieve- ments of each of you during your stay at Shorter and my very best wishes for abundant joy and happmess during the years which are ahead. I am sure that you will carry with you the ideals of Shorter and will be active in worthy endeavors of which Shorter will be proud. Charles W. Burts, President. LYDIA D. SHEPPARD Dean of Women 12 MARGARET BASKERVILL Academic Counselor LOUISE THOMPSON Registrar B OAR D OF TRUSTEES SHORTER COLLEGE DR. LESTER HARBIN President MISS LOUISE BENNET Vice-President F. S. COOPER Secretary C. H. BOOKER Treasurer TERM EXPIRES 1953 H. GRADY BRADSHAW West Point F. S. COOPER Rome MISS LOUISE BENNET Quitman THEODORE M. FORBES Atlanta MRS. S. H. YARBROUGH Columbus TERM EXPIRES 1955 DR. LESTER HARBIN Rome DR. R. F. WHEAT Bainbridge C. H. BOOKER Rome TERM EXPIRES 1954 AUBREY MATTHEWS Rome MRS. JOHN C. WRIGHT Augusta DR. BUNYAN STEPHENS Rome MRS. ROBERT ARNOLD Covington TERM EXPIRES 1956 MISS MARTHA GALT Canton I. M. SHEFFIELD. JR Atlanta W. F. BARRON Rome E. SMYTHE GAMBRELL Atlanta FRED R. JOHNSON Rome 13 p, mi i ifMVtL% BRUCE E. WHITAKER, Th.D. Assistant to the President DAVID BEATY, Mus.M, Director of Music ENID PARKER BRYAN, B.A. in L.S.. Ph.D. Librarian CLYDE F. McALISTER. A.B. Business Manager LILA C. ELLIOTT Assistant Dean of Women ELIZABETH JORDAN Student Counselor JOAN FERGUSON HORNADY, A.B. Director of Public Relations ZARA SOLOMON BIXBY, R.N. Resident Nurse WILLIE RAULER50N SCARBOROUGH, B.5. Dietitian EMMIE LOUISE DEMPSEY LOVELL Secretary to the President JOCELYN PORTER BARBER Secretary to the Business Manager JENNIE BRIGHAM HURST Supervisor of Buildings and Grounds ELIZABETH BRYAN House Director ALBERDENA CEDEYCO Manager of Book Store CORNELIA DAVIS Assistant to Librarian MARGARET TAMASSEY Assistant to Dietitian JOHN TAMASSEY Custodian 14 CHARLES WATSON BURTS. Ph.D. President CLARA LOUISE THOMPSON, Ph.D. Profe ' isor of Spanish and Classical Languages EVERETT E. PORTER, Ph.D. Professor of Chemistry CLARA LOUISE KELLOGG, M.A. Professor of History ALLIE HAYES RICHARDSON. M.A. Professor of Speech RUBY USHER HIGHTOWER, Ph.D. Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus No picture JOHN N. WARE, Ph.D. Professor of Modern Languages, Emeritus BERTHA E. MARTIN. Ph.D. Professor of Biology LAWRENCE O. GRANT. Th.D. Professor of the Mrs. Columbus Roberts Department of Religion GERTRUDE VAN ARSDALE INGALLS. Ph.D. Professor of English MARTHA GLOVER GRIFFIN. M.A. Professor of Fine and Applied Arts MARGARET MALONE BASKERVILL, M.A. Professor of Mathematics and Academic Counselor 15 DAVID BEATY. Mus.M. Director of Music JOHN ALBERT HORNADAY, M.A. Professor of Psychology and Education 3RUCE E. WHITAKER, Th.D. Assistant to the President and Professor of Sociology CHARLOTTE McMANAMON, Mus.M. Associate Professor of Music ENID PARDER BRYAN, B.A. in L.5.. Ph.D. Librarian JOSEPH CEDEYCO, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Modern Languages EMMA LEWIS LIPPS, M.A. Assistant Professor of Biology MARY ELLEN PERKINS. M.Ed. Assistant Professor of Education and Supervisor of Student Teaching JOHN LOUIS ADAMS, Mus.M. Assistant Professor of Music FRANZISKA BOAS, A.B. Assistant Professor of Physical Education and Dance •No picture 16 m AfU ELIZABETH VON BUDAY Assistant Professor of Music BENJAItfllN WESLEY SHANKLIN, t us.lvl. Assistant Professor of Music HARRISON M. TERWILLIGER, M.S. Assistant Professor of Economics JOHN A. VANDERFORD. M.A. Assistant Professor of Education ANNE WHIPPLE ALDERMAN, M.A. Assistant Professor of Speech MARGARET NEWHARD, M.A. Instructor in Modern Languages REBECCA CROSLAND WALL, A.B. Instructor in Art CATHERINE JO BARNHART. Mus.M. Instructor in Music OMAIGNE THOMAS ADAMS, Mus.B Instructor in Music JOSEPH ALBERT DOWLING, M.A. Instructor in Efiglisti and History 17 VL Seni enior a aAA ANN SANDIFER MIRIAM MORRIS BARBARA YOUNG OFFICERS ANN SANDIFER Presldenf MIRIAM MORRIS . . . Vice-President BARBARA YOUNG .... Secretary ANNE HARDY . Town Girl Representative CHARLOTTE POMEROY ANNE HARDY The Class of 53 ! Four years ago the acfual achievement of that title seemed only a hazy and far away possibility as we freshmen, 102 strong, entered Shorter. We filled up the whole of Cooper Dorm, even spilling over into Van hloose, and we really made the rafters ring that first night that our big sisters acquainted us with hHi-Minded Spirit. From that year we ' ll always remember our first rush week ratting and the horror house; water fights; Sunday night suppers in our suites; our first Student Body program presented by the Mad Music Majors, and the fun of our first party, Literature for Life at Shorter. September, 1952, found us a mere 70. This year we were the ratters, but we donned our rat caps with more fear and trembling than they had inspired in us the year before! Snow White was the theme of our last party; then before we knew it we found ourselves making the Daisy chain and sadly saying farewell to Maggie and all of her seniors. Mary, as President, gathered together what was left of us on Junior Hall, and we happily greeted our own little sisters! We broke the record during health week for the first (and last!) time, and for a while we all wore healthy smiles and rosy cheeks, which have long since faded. We ' ll never forget that first party with the wonderful way that our sisters presented the theme, HHitch Your Wagon to a Star. Then elections, and the strange feeling it was to find members of our own class heading the major campus organizations. Ann presided at class meetings in Senior Den. There were only 35 of us now, being very dignified (?) at senior coffees. We ' ll always remember fran- tically hemming our robes; having Sunday break- fasts in the den, our practice teachers, Sandifer ' s laugh, the Queenie record, everybody being blinded by the flash of diamonds, and the magic of the Sophomore party. Comprehensives came and went and we were looking forward, sadly, but proudly, to the day when we, as the class of 1953, would carry the teachings and ideals of Shorter into the new life that awaited us. 19 ANN AUSTIN Amerlcus, Georgia ANN AUSTIN POLYMNIAN SPEECH; A.B. Polymnian Second Vice PresicJent 3; Court 3, 4; Student Council 3, 4, Treasurer 3. President 4, Honor Board 4, Chairman 4; Sophomore Sabots 2; Periscope I. 2. Editor 2; Rho Delta 2, 3. 4: Shorter Players I, 2, 3, 4, Publicity Direc- tor 2; Business Manager 3: S. C. A. 4; Sports Council 4; Social Council 4; Key Club 2, 4; I. R. C. 4; Honor Roll I. 2, 3, 4; Argonaut 4; Who ' s Who 4; Superlative 3, 4; Beauty 4. KATHERINE TURNER BURTON POLYMNIAN VOICE: A.B. Transfer from Alabama State College for Women 3; Cam- erata 3. 4; Choral Club 3, 4; Sextette 3. 4: Trio 3, 4; Honor Roll 3, 4; Town Girls ' Club 4. KATHERINE TURNER BURTON Rome, Georgia 20 MARTA CASTELLANOS Guadalajara, MeKico MARTA CASTELLANOS EUNOMIAN BIOLOGY: A.B. Eunomlan First Vice-President 4; Court 4; Spanish Club 3, 4, Secretary 4; French Club 3; Art Students ' League 3, 4; Science Club 4; Honor Roll 3, 4; May Court 3; Rho Delta 3, 4; Beauty 3, 4. MARY JO CLARK EUNOMIAN MUSIC; B.M. Eunonnian Court 4; Town Girls ' Club 2. 3; Camerata 2. 3, 4; Choral Club 4; Aquamaids 2, 3; Sports Council 4: Honor Roll 2, 3, 4. MARY JO CLARK Ronne. Georgia 21 J. HARRIETT COWAN Ocaia, Florida J. HARRIETT COWAN POLYMNIAN MUSIC EDUCATION: B.M. Transferred for Rollins College 3; Returned to Shorter 4; Choral Club I, 2, 4; Camerata I, 2, 4; Lutheran Episcopal Girls I. 2, 4. ANNE CRAWLEY POLYMNIAN ENGLISH; A.B. Social Council 3, 4. Secretary 3, President 4; Honor Board 4, Vice-Chalrman 4; Sophomore Sabots 2; Methodist Girls I, 2, 3, 4, Secretary 2, 3; I. R. C. 3, 4, Secretary 4; Argo Business Staff I, Junior Business Manager 3; Periscope Busi- ness Staff 2; English Club 3, 4, Secretary 3; Shorter Players I, 2, 3; Key Club 4; Student Council 4; Sports Council 4; 5. C. A. 4; May Court 3; Beauty 4: Superlative 4. ANNE CRAWLEY Waycross, Georgia 22 PATRICIA DUNWOODY Corroll+on, Georgia PATRICIA DUNWOODY POLYMNIAN RELIGION; A.B. Polymnian Court 4; French Club I, 2; Town Girls ' Club I: Shorter Players I. 2, 3, 4; Dance Club 3; I. R. C. I. 2. ATHLENE FORSYTH POLYMNIAN Choral Club I; Camerata I. 2, 3. 4. MUSIC; B.M. ATHLENE FORSYTH Rome, Georgia 23 SONJA FREDRIKSEN White Plains, New York SONJA FREDRIKSEN EUNOMIAN ENGLISH; A.B. President Eunomian Society 4, Second Vice-President 3; Camerata Club I, 2, 3; Secretary-Treasurer 2; Dance Club 1, 2, President 2; Key Club 2, 4; Honor Board 4; S. C. A. 2, 3, 4: May Court 3, 4; French Club 4; English Club 3, 4; 1. R. C. 3. 4; Rho Delta 4; Eunomian Court 3: Honor Roll I, 2, 3. 4. FREDDIE GAMMAGE POLYMNIAN MATHEMATICS: A.B. Polymnian Vice-President 4; Court 4; Student Council 3, 4; Feature Editor Argo 2, 3, Assistant Editor 4; Science Club 2, 3, 4, Secretary-Treasurer 3: French Club 1; Shorter Players 3: Honor Roll 1. 2, 3, 4: Beauty 4; May Court 4. FREDDIE GAMMAGE Moultrie. Georgia 24 MARY GREENHOE Sweetwater, Tennessee MARY GREENHOE EUNOMIAN MUSIC; B.M, Student Council 2, 3, 4; Class Secretary I, 2; Class President 3; Honor Board 3; Key Club 3, 4, President 4; Eunomian Treasurer 3; Camerata I, 2. 3. 4. President 4; English Club 3. 4: Rho Delta I, 2; Argonaut 4; Who ' s Who 4. ANNE HARDY POLYMNIAN SPEECH; A.B. French Club I; Town Girls ' Club I, 3, 4, Vice-President 4; Westminster Fellowship I, 2, 3, 4, Vice-President 3; Shorter Players I, 2. 3, 4, Business Manager 4; S. C. A. Cabinet 4; Superlative 4; Class Town Girl Representative 4. ANNE HARDY Rome, Georgia 25 JANE HARGRAVE Rome, Georgia JANE HARGRAVE POLYMNIAN MATHEMATICS; A.B, French Club I; English Club 3, 4; Shorter Players I. 2, 3 Science Club 3, 4, Vice-President 4: Rho Delta I. 2. 3, 4 Chimes I. 2, 3, 4, Assistant Editor 3; Argo Business Staff 3 Chorai Club I, 2. 3; Episcopal-Lutheran Girls 2. 3, 4, Presi- dent 4: S. C. A. 3, 4; Key Club 3. 4; Sophomore Sabots 2; Honor Board 3. 4; Student Council 3, 4; Argonaut 4, Hand- book Editor 4; Town Girls ' Club I, 2, 3, 4; Honor Roll I, 2, 3, 4. ESTELLE HINDE POLYMNIAN SPANISH; A.B. S. C. A. I, 2, 3. 4, Secretary 4: Episcopal-Lutheran Girls 1. 2, 3, 4, President I, 2; Spanish Club I, 2, 3, 4, President 2, 3, 4; Art Students ' League I. 2. 3, 4, Secretary-Treasurer 3; Librarian 4; Science Club 4; Key Club I, 2. 3, 4. Secretary 3; Periscope I, 2, Business Manager 2; Shorter Players 3, 4; Polymnlan Treasurer 4; Choral Club I, 2; Polymnian Court 4; May Court 4. ESTELLE HINDE Atlanta, Georgia 26 DIANE HOGAN Columbus, Georgia m DIANE HOGAN POLYMNIAN ART; A.B. Sports Council 3. 4; B. S. U. Secretary 3, Secretary-Treasurer 4; Y. W. A. Vice-President 3, 4; Periscope 2: Art Students ' League 3, 4, Vice-President 4; Honor Roll I, 2. JOAN HOWINGTON NELSON POLYMNIAN HISTORY; A.B. Polymnian President 4; Periscope I, 2, Assistant News Editor I; Sophomore Sabot 2; B. S. U. Council 2; Rho Delta I. 2, 3: Chimes Editor 2; Acquamaids I. 2; Choral Club I, 2; Argo Staff 2, 3. Junior Editor 3; Science Club 3, 4; Key Club 2, 4; Student Council 3. 4. Secretary 3: Y. W. A. 3, 4; Shorter Players I. 2, 3, 4; I. R. C. I, 2, 3, 4, Secretary 3; President 4; Honor Board 4; Superlative 4; Who ' s Who 4; Honor Roll I, 2. 3, 4. JOAN HOWINGTON NELSON Phenix City, Alabama 27 EVI KESKKULA Stockholm. Sweden EVI KESKKULA POLYMNIAN Science Club 3, 4: Honor Roll 3. 4. BIOLOGY: A.B. ROBERTA MANSFIELD POLYMNIAN SPEECH; A.B. Art StucJents ' League I; White and Gold I; Freshman Com- mission I; Sophomore Commission 2; French Club 2; Argo Business Staff 2; Periscope Business Staff I, 4, Business Man- ager 4; Shorter Players 1.2, 3, 4, Business Manager 3. Vice- President 4. ROBERTA MANSFIELD Fayetteville, Tennessee 28 MIRIAM MORRIS Douglasville, Georgia MIRIAM MORRIS POLYMNIAN PUBLIC SCHOOL MUSIC; B.M. Polymnian Court 4: Social Council 4; Class Secretary 3; Class Vice-President 4; Camerata I, 2, 3, 4; Choral Club 2, 3: French Club I, 2; Honor Roll I, 2, 3, 4. LULU LESTER MURRAY POLYMNIAN ART; A.B. Polymnian Court 4; Choral Club I; Camerata I; French Club I; Science Club 3. 4; Art Students ' League I, 2. 3. 4; Town Girls ' Club I, 2. 3. 4, Secretary-Treasurer 3, President 4; hlonor Board 4; Key Club 4; Watercolor Purchase Award 3; Honor Roll I. 2, 3, 4. LULU LESTER MURRAY Rome, Georgia 29 ANNE PAYNE Atlanta. Georgia ANNE PAYNE EUNOMIAN ENGLISH: A. B.— MUSIC; B.M. Camerata I, 2. 3, 4; Sports Council 3, Vice-President 4; English Club 3. President 4: Key Club 4; Honor Roll I, 2. 3, 4; Rho Delta 4; Choral Club 2: Freshman Music Award. CHARLOTTE POMEROY POLYMNIAN BIOLOGY; A.B. Class Vice-President 3; Class Treasurer 4; Science Club 2, 3, 4, President 4; Sports Council 3; Social Council 4; Polymnian Secretary 4; Polyrnnian Court 4; Shorter Players 2, 3, 4; Presbyterian Girls I, 2, 3, 4; Periscope 2; I. R. C. 4; Art Students ' League 1; Aquamaids 2, 3. Secretary 3; Key Club 4; Spanish Club 2; Honor Roll 1 , 2, 3. 4. CHARLOTTE POMEROY Waycross, Georgia 30 i.Z J M : ANN SANDIFER SocidI Circit, Georgia ANN SANDIFER POLYMNIAN PIANO: B.M. Student Council 2, 3, 4; House Presidert 3; Vice-President Student Government 4; Polymnian Court 4; Class President 4; Key Club 2, 3, 4. Vice-President 4; Camerata I, 2, 3, 4; Choral Club I, 2, 3: Librarian 2; Accompanist I. 2, 3; B. S. U. 2; English Club 3; Cincinnati Conservatory Scholar- ship 2; Who ' s Who 4; Argonaut 4; Honor Board 4; Honor Roll I, 2, 3, 4. SYLVIA SHIRLEY POLYMNIAN PUBLIC SCHOOL MUSIC; B.M. Spanish Club I, 2; Lutheran-Episcopal Girls 3, 4; Dance Club President 3, 4; Sports Council 4; Camerata I, 2, 3, 4; Choral Club 2. 3, 4; Key Club 3, 4; Honor Roll I. 3: Junior Music Scholarship. SYLVIA SHIRLEY East Point. Georgia 31 3ILLIE LEE STEPHENS Bremen, Georgia POLYMNIAN BILLIE LEE STEPHENS PUBLIC SCHOOL MUSIC: B.M. Secretary-Treasurer Lutheran Episcopal Girls 2. 3, 4; Cam- erata I. 2, 3, 4; Choral Club 2, 3, 4; Honor Roll 3; Dance Club 2. .: : -i (W- ' l|| T H B CS DARLEEN SUTTON POLYMNIAN ENGLISH; A.B. French Club 2; Dance Club 3; English Club 3, Secretary 4; Rho Delta 3, 4; Town Girls ' Club 1 , 2, 3, 4; Honor Roll 3, 4. DARLEEN SUTTON Rome, Georgia 32 NELL THOMAS Griffin. Georgia NELL THOMAS EUNOMIAN RELIGION; A. 8. White and Gold I: Periscope I, 2; Argo Editorial Staff 2; Sophomore Sabots 2: Rho Delta 3. 4; I. R. C. 2, 3. 4; S. C. A. 3, 4, Treasurer 3, Vice-President 4; B. S. U. Council 3, 4, Vice-President 3, President 4; Key Club 4; Eunomian Court 4; Eunomian Secretary 4; Honor Roll 3. 4. BARBARA TOLLISON EUNOMIAN EDUCATION; A.B. Eunomian Court 4; Spanish Club I, 2, 3, 4; B. S. U. 3; S. C. A. 3, 4; Art Students League 4; Choral Club 3; Honor Roll I, 2, 3, 4. BARBARA TOLLISON Baxley. Georgia 33 OPAL TURNER Palmeil-o, Georgia OPAL TURNER POLYMNIAN BIOLOGY; A.B. Sports Council 2, 3, 4, Secretary 3. President 4; Polymnian Court 4; Social Council 4; Student Council 4; S. C. A. 4: Commission I. 2; White and Gold I, President I; French Club I. 2; Aquamaids 2, 3, 4, Vice-President 2, President 3; Science Club 3, 4; Honor Board 4; I. R. C. 2, 3. 4; Key Club 3, 4; Honor Roll 3, 4; Superlative 4. ANN WARD POLYMNIAN Social Council 3, 4, Vice-President 4; Editor 4; Rho Delta 2, 3. 4, Editor 3; 3; Business Manager 4; Art Students ' Vice-President 2; Science Club 2, 3. 4; ART; A.B. Periscope 2, 3. 4; Argo Art Editor 2, League I, 2. 3, 4, French Club 2; Key Club 3, 4; Methodist Girls; Buttolph Art Award 2. Honor Roll 2. 3, 4; Sus ANN WARD Douglasville, Georgia 34 VEVE WILHOIT Warrenton, Georgia VEVE WILHOIT POLYMNIAN EDUCATION; A.B. Camerata I: Choral Club 3: Spanish Club I, 2, 3: Pho- tography Editor Argo 3. Editor-in-Chief 4; I. R. C. 4: Art Students ' League 4; Key Club 4; Honor Roll I, 2, 3, 4. MARY Vv-ILLIAMS POLYMNIAN SPEECH; A.B. Shorter Players I, 2. 3, 4, President 4; French Club I, 2. 4; Key Club 4; Honor Roll 3. 4. MARY WILLIAMS Atlanta, Georgia 35 JEAN WILSON Decatur. Georgia 1 B- ' k ' I H f ' __M B WPi — ' T Mf ■-. ■■■, B F ■ . JEAN WILSON EUNOMIAN RELIGION; A.B. S. C. A. 2, 3, 4. President 4; Key Club 4; Student Council 4; Sports Council 4; Social Council 4; French Club I; Soph- omore Sabots 2, Treasurer 2: hlonor Board 4: Choral Club 2, 3; English Club 4; Science Club 3. 4: Who ' s Who 4. BARBARA YOUNG POLYMNIAN • MUSIC; B.M. Choral Club I, 2. 3. 4, President 4; Key Club 4; Honor Board 2. Secretary 3; Class Secretary 4; Camerata I, 2, 3, 4, Vice President 3, 4; Shorter Players 1 . 2. 3, 4; I. R. C. 4; Beauty 4; Honor Roll I, 3, 4; May Queen 4. BARBARA YOUNG Canton, Georgia 36 ILSE ZEMBATY Vienna, Austria ILSE ZEMBATY EUNAMIAN ENGLISH; A.I English Club 4. 37 LYNELLE PRESLEY ZJL uni unior a aM OFFICERS LYNELLE PRESLEY President DOROTHY REES Vice-President BARBARA JONES Secretary SUE DeFOOR Treasurer CHARLENE FORSYTH Town Girls Representative DOROTHY REES BARBARA JONES SUE DeFOOR 40 Gather round us chillun if you want to find out Just what Shorter life is all about. Juniors at last with Lynelle at the helm of the Whoop ' em Up ship — little sisters were now a reality — the thrill of singing Dreams for the first time — firecrackers popping at seven o ' clock in the morning — diamonds sparkling after Christmas holidays — Whoop em Up Uniting Service — Freshman party climaxing the year. 41 funi unior BARBARA ALLEN Savannah, Ga. DAWN AOTO Tokyo, Japan MARY ANN BENNET Quitman, Ga. KATHLEEN BRENNAN Ontario, Canada DOROTHY BROWN Cairo, Ga. JEAN BROWN Guyton, Ga. CLEONELL CARMACK Jonesboro, Ga. 42 NANCY ANN CHIDSEY Winder, Ga. BEVERLY DRAKE Monroe, Ga. MARTHA DYE Martinez, Ga. CATHERINE EVANS Quitman, Ga. SHIRLEY EVANS Allanta, Ga. MARION COWAN Lithonia, Ga. SUE DeFOOR Sugar Valley, Ga. 43 unior CHARLENE FORSYTH Rome, Ga. ELFRIEDE FRISCH Vienna. Austria BARBARA JONES Perry, Ga. ELINOR JONES Eastman, Ga. JANIS KIMSEY Cassvllle, Ga. VIRGINIA ANN PATRICK Quitman, Ga. LYNELLE PRESLEY Atlanta, Ga. 44 ELIZABETH PURVIS Savannah, Ga. DOROTHY REES Waycross, Ga. JEAN SULLIVAN Valdosta, Ga. JOSEPHINE TANKERSLEY Gainesville. Ga. MYRNA VILLALON Puerto Rico HILDEGARD VORSATZ Hamburg. Germany MAHLA WILSON Savannah, Ga. 45 VL Sopn ontore a aM ALBERTA FELTY MARY ANN HENDON PHYLLIS ALEXANDER OFFICERS ALBERTA FELTY President MARY ANN HENDON . Vice-President PHYLLIS ALEXANDER . . . Secretary DORIS BRADSHAW . . . Treasurer POLLY SMITH . Town Girl Representative DORIS BRADSHAW POLLY SMITH 48 Sophomores at last! And with this second milestone in our college career came some hard, hard trials, and great tribulations. Our first big worry came with the donning of black and black and our own rat caps which were so dear to us last year. This could only mean one thing — ratting had begun! It seemed as if this was hardly over when the arrival of a most peculiar Santa in a sleigh drawn by eight reindeer (?) disrupted our serenity again. Then, of course, we could never forget those exams that leaped up from nowhere so soon after Christ- mas. But campus holiday put us all back in the mood for the second half of our best year yet on ' Shorter hill. Though our class was smaller we endeavored to make up for it with increased spirit. We began to realize, as we gave our last party for our big sisters, that ole man Time waits for no one. But though we were losing the wonderful girls who had meant so much to us, we were well on our way to becoming big sisters ourselves. And weren ' t those girls who climbed on board the senior-soph hl- minded New River Train for the houseparty just darling! That fabulous weekend of searching for the lost chord, the return engagement of the seniors sing- ing to us, the excitement of rush-week, our frantic days of picking daisies for the Commencement daisy chain — all seemed to unite the class and give us added confidence and determination to live up to the traditions of Shorter and the wonderful exam- ple of our sister class. 49 PHYLLIS ALEXANDER Johnson City, Tenn. REGINA ALLEN Savannah, Ga. :arolyn blakey Rome. Ga. JOAN BOOKER Rome, Ga. DORIS BRADSHAW Cartersville, Ga. Sophomore BETTY KING BRITTON Ahoskie, N.C. PEGGY COLLINS Winder, Ga. JANIS COPELAND Carrollton, Ga. 50 JANE DICKSON Newnan, Ga. ALBERTA FELTY Bainbridge, Ga. ELEANOR FOY Rome, Ga. 19 55 KATHLEEN HAYES Rome, Ga. MARY ANN HENDON Carrollton, Ga. DIXIE KL.NE Carrollton. Go. CLARA MADDOX Jefferson, Ga. CAROLYN MURRAY Lakeland, Ga. 51 m ikL : SUE NELSON Adel, Sa. ANNA OHSIEK Savannah, G:i. Sopnomore ROMA PARRISH Nashville. Ga. MARGARET PULLEN Blakely, Ga. ELIZABETH RADCLIFFf Copperhill, Tenn. ELVA RUIZ San Antonio, Texas 52 ANNE SALMON Rome, Ga. JOAN SATTERTHVVAITE Allento n. M. J. POLLY bMITH Rome. Ga. 19 5 5 TOMMIE JEAN SMITHWICK Canton, Ga. FRANCIS STATEN Atlanta, Ga. SALLIE THRELKELD Blacksburg. Va. BEfTY ANN TORBERT Barnesville, Ga. PATRICIA WHITE Centre, Ala. 53 s if ■i i 1 . CAROLYN WARD OFFICERS CAROLYN WARD . . President SHIRLEY DRAKE . . . Vice-President VIRGINIA COCHRAN . . Secretary MADELYN MOORE . . . Treasurer JOELLEN SASSMAN . . Town Girl Representative TJL 3re n reAnman SHIRLEY DRAKE MADELYN MOORE 56 a aiA VIRGINIA COCHRAN JOELLEN GASSMAN COLLEGE — at last! Our first days on Shorter Hill— orientation — rush week and pledge day — oh, that ratting! — our representatives to the organizations — our Big Sisters com- ing to sing to us — those sleepless nights before our first final exams — planning our Whoop ' Em Up party. These good times have made our freshman year unforgettable and we will carry the memories of them with us as we enter our sophomore year. 57 ROSALIND ATTAWAY Newnan, Ga. BUNNY BAILEY DOROTHY BAKER Atlanta, Ga. i - wUmkil, CATHERINE BATTLES Bainbridge, Ga. JEAN BAUGHMAN Shalimar, Fla. GRACE BLACKMARR East Point, Ga. PATRICIA BRICKLEY Atlanta, Ga. frre n men JANE BRIGGS LOUISE BROWN CAROLYN BUCHANAN ELLEN BURKS Rome, Ga. Rome, Ga, Johnson City, Tenn. Greensboro, Ala. 58 JANET CHAPMAN Plant City, Fla. VIRGINIA COCHRAN Stonewall. Ga. JUDITH COHEN Athens, Ga. SUE CONNALLY Molena, Ga. iP H 3 ETH £ Hf J V p iir V V l .--j| r 1 1 s;. H H Cto. . ' .:. . U 1 I . , ♦ - FilMHIii 1 1 95(5 MARGARET COWAN Blacksburg, Va. CORNELIA DANIEL Rome. Ga. 3INF0RD DAUGHTRY Blacksburg, Va. BARBARA DAVIS Columbus, Ga. KATHRYN DAXON Rome, Ga. SHIRLEY DEATON Calhoun, Ga. GAIL DOOLITTLE Elberton, Ga. 59 MARGENE DOZIER Atlanta, Ga. MARGARET DRAKE Rome, Ga. SHIRLEY DRAKE Monroe. Ga. ANNE EASOM Rome. Ga. ROBERTA EUBANKS Decatur, Ga. ANN EVEREH Cordele. Ga. JOELLEN GASSMAN Rome. Sa. Jre k men ROBERTA GIBBS Atlanta, Ga. MARY GOOLSBY Carlton. Ga. PATRICIA GUION ThomasvtIle, Ga. JEAN HARPER Atlanta, Ga. 60 ANNE JOHNSON Griffin, Ga. ROSLYN JONES Cnhrqr P,,irl,, Ga. SARA KLING Mento, Ga. ALLYCE KNOX Gray. Ga. 1956 EMILY LEATH Rome, Ga- NANCY LECKIE Madison, Ga. MARY ANNE MacDONALD Elberton, Ga. JO ANN MANN East Point, Ga. RUTH MARION Johnson City, Tenn, KATHERINE McADAMS JO ANN McCUTCHEON Rome, Ga. Atlanta, Ga. 61 EUGENIA MEADOWS Columbus. Ga. MADELYN MOORE Atlanta. Ga. JEAN MURDOCK Rome, Ga. ANN O ' QUINN Patterson. Ga. GERALDINE PERKINS Columbus, Ga. JANE PILSON Rome, Ga. DORIS POPE Loudon, Tenn. 3re h men BENNIE RADER Johnson City, Tenn. ANNE ROACH Swainsboro. Ga. MARION SEIGNIOUS Atlanta, Ga. 62 BETTYE JEAN SHIRAH Rome, Ga. JANE SLATTON Rome, Ga. MARJORIE SOERGEL Atlanta, Ga. POLLY ANN STEVENS Fayetteville, Tenn. 19 56 SUZANNE STEWART Atlanta, Ga. FELI5TE TURK Tifton. Ga. CAROLYN WARD Douglasville, Ga. FRANCES WIATT SYLVIA WOOD SANDRA WORTHINGTON Rome, Ga. . Adairsville, Ga. Calhoun, Ga. 63 fc  ' : .r ;.u - ' ' ' ' i ,ir - fv, ' ,y . , . AFTERNOON Afternoon at Shorter means a little of all the things that make up our college life. It means mail call, with girls and even faculty members crowded around the post- office door; student body and class meetings at two o ' clock; trying to be wideawake in your two-thirty class, but finding it difficult. It means hours over a microscope or an easel, doing parallel reading in the reference room, and listening to records. If you have no classes, it may mean going to Rome to shop for groceries or birthday presents and walking back up the hill from the bus stop. It means sunbaths in spring, and the roof thickly covered with blankets and quilts and girls and suntan lotion. i I ' l i i It means tennis games and softball behind the gym, with a music major wistfully watching from a practice room window as she tries to remember a Bach fugue, and girls inside the gym doing Jack-knife dives into the pool or cheering for their class in the last basketball game of the season. It means sports council members locking up the bats and gloves, and tired volleyball players making a mad dash to change clothes before supper. in the dormitory it means telephone calls that send us away to press a dress or finish a class assignment before a seven-thirty date. It means a nap, or a bridge game, or a long talk with a roommate. It means a hubbub of whistles and chatter and shouted messages the minute quiet hours are over. It means catching your breath at the sight of a red and purple sunset, long shadows across the court, and lights coming on one by one. It means coming up the back road and seeing through the dining room windows girls setting places and carry- ing dishes of hot food to the tables. It means a long line of Shorterites singing school songs and reading evening papers while they wait for the supper bell to ring. It means whiling away spare minutes on the grass outside the glass corridor in the spring, when we forget we are in college and play games remembered from grammar school. Afternoon means recreation and companionship. It means slowing up in a busy day, and a pause to relax before night sets in. § Student Council OFFICERS ANN AUSTIN President ANN SANDIFER . . . Vice-President SUE DeFOOR Secretary JEAN BROWN Treasurer Ann Austin Ann Sandifer Sue DeFoor ANN AUSTIN ANNE CRAWLEY FREDDIE GAMMASE MARY GREENHOE JANE HARGRAVE JOAN HOWINGTON ANN SANDIFER OPAL TURNER JEAN WILSON MEMBERS JEAN BROWN NANCY ANN CHIDSEY SUE DeFOOR BEVERLY DRAKE LYNELLE PRESLEY MARY ANN HENDON CLARA MADDOX SUE NELSON SALLIE THRELKELD ■ li f iaiiArgjii . :SJiSUKrwSWmx:M-i Ci The Executive Department of the Student Government Association is vested in the Council. The Council administers in all phases of student life outside the academic and has as its objective the general Improvements and regulations of Campus life. 70 Il 1 OFFICERS ANN AUSTIN Chairman ANNE CRAWLEY Vlce-Chairman MARION COWAN Secretary HONOR BOARD ANN AUSTIN MARY ANN BENNET JANET CHAPMAN MARION COWAN ANNE CRAWLEY BERT FELTY SONJA FREDRIKSEN JANE HARGRAVE JOAN HOWINGTON LULU MURRAY LYNELLE PRESLEY ANN SANDIFER FRANCES STATEN OPAL TURNER JEAN WILSON The Honor Board is composed of members of each class, council, and society, repre- senting Shorter and her ideal of honor. It is their purpose to judge any offense commit- ted in the honor system, and with the advice of the executive committee, to act thereon. 71 Snorter Christian c4 ociation OFFICERS JEAN WILSON President NELL THOMAS .... Vice-President ESTELLE HINDE ..... Secretary JOSEPHINE TANKERSLEY . Treasurer Cabinet PHYLLIS ALEXANDER JANE HARGRAVE DAWN AOTO ESTELLE HINDE ANN AUSTIN CAROLYN MURRAY MARY ANN BENNET VIRGINIA ANN PATRICK PEGGY COLLINS MARION COWAN ANNE CRAWLEY BERT FELTY SONJA FREDRIKSEN ANNE HARDY FRANCES STATEN JO TANKERSLEY NELL THOMAS BARBARA TOLLISON OPAL TURNER JEAN WILSON SOPHOMORE COMMISSION DORIS BRADSHAW DIXIE KLINE CLARA MADDOX SALLIE THRELKELD FRESHMAN COMMISSION SUE CONNALLY BUNNY BAILEY JANET CHAPMAN SHIRLEY DRAKE ANN EVERETT DORIS POPE 72 The religious activities of Shorter center in the Shorter Christian Association. Though the entire student body is enrolled in the Association, its work is directed by a group of students known as the cabinet. The presidents of the denominational groups are ex-officio members of the cabinet. S. C. A. sponsors a variety of activities, including the Daily Morning Watch, the Tuesday evening or Mid-Week Worship Service, Sunday Vespers, and Thought for the Day. In an effort to make religion practical, we endeavor to sponsor some form of social service, both at home and abroad. In the fall the hiallowe ' en Carnival proceeds are used to fill Thanksgiving baskets and to give other practical aid to needy families of Rome. The association contributes to the World Student Service Fund, the Foster Parents Plan and to work toward a world Christian community. Our specific purpose is for every Shorter girl to realize a full and creative life through a growing knowledge of God. In this task, we seek to understand Christ and to follow hHim. WESTMINISTER FELLOWSHIP OFFICERS DAWN AOTO SHIRLEY EVANS President Vice-President BAPTIST STUDENT UNION OFFICERS NELL THOMAS President VIRGINIA ANN PATRICK .... First Vice-President PEGGY COLLINS Second Vice-President I VIETHODIST STUDENT UNION OFFICERS CAROLYN MURRAY President NANCY ANN CHIDSEY Vice-President MARGARET PULLEN Secretary E P I S CO PAL L U T H ERAN OFFICERS JANE HARGRAVE .... President DIXIE KLINE .... Vice-President BILLIE LEE STEPHENS . . Secretary Council OFFICERS OPAL TURNER .... President ANNE PAYNE . . . Vice-President SHIRLEY EVANS . . . Secretary ELVA RUIZ Treasurer MEMBERS MARY JO CLARK DIANE HOGAN SYLVIA SHIRLEY ANN AUSTIN ANNE CRAWLEY DOT REES CATHERINE EVANS JEAN SULLIVAN LIBBY RADCLIFFE CAROLYN MURRAY JEAN WILSON iVhite and Qold OFFICERS MARJORIE SOERGEL . . President JO ANN MANN . . Vice-President MEMBERS DOTTIE BAKER ANN EVERETT DORIS POPE BENNIE RADER CAROLYN WARD SPORTS AS S O C lAT I O N To be a well-rounded college girl, one must take part in every phase of college life, no phase of which Is more important than that which concerns physical life. It is the aim of the Sports Association to teach an interest in sports to every Shorter girl. Every afternoon at 4:30 we hear the familiar sound of Sister ' s whistle and the yell, Sports Practice ! To promote special interest the Sports Association sponsors hikes, games, play days, and of course the old traditional Health Week. With the help of the White and Gold and the entire efforts of every girl at Shorter, we have seen a steady increase of interest in keeping physically fit. 77 r .m c4. quamaid iaA OFFICERS KATHLEEN BRENNAN SALLIE THRELKELD . . . President Secretary-Treasurer MEMBERS CATHERINE BATTLES JEAN BAUGHMAN ELLEN BURKS JANIS COPELAND MARION COWAN ANN EVERETT SHIRLEY EVANS BERT FELTY EMILY LEATH NANCY LECKIE CAROLYN MURRAY JO ANN McCUTCHEON BENNIE RADER JANE SLATTON OPAL TURNER CAROLYN WARD MAHLA WILSON 79 The 19 5 3 VEVE WiLHOIT . . . EdItor-ln-Chief FREDDIE GAMMAGE . Assisfant Editor ANN WARD . . . Business Manager SHIRLEY EVANS Junior Editor MARTHA DYE . . Junior Business Manager BARBARA JONES . . Photography Editor Morning and AHernoon Mary Greenhoe Night Margaret Crawford 80 ARGO STAFF The 1953 Argo Staff would like to express its appreciation to Mr. Burke of Foote and Davies, Mr. and Mrs. Elliott, Mrs. Morgan of Photo Process, Mrs. Hornaday, and especially to Dr. Porter. Without the cooperation of these, the publication of ThHE TIME 1953 would not have been possible. BUSINESS STAFF BETTY BRITTON JUDY COHEN KATHRYN DAXON GAIL DOOLITTLE ANN EVERETT JOELLEN GASSMAN MARY GOOLSBY JO ANN MANN JO ANN McCUTCHEON BENNIE RADER ANNE ROACH SYLVIA WOOD Clti OFFICERS PHYLLIS ALEXANDER .... Editor KATHLEEN BRENNAN . Assistant Editor MYRNA VILLALON ... Art Editor ANNE JOHNSON . . Exchange Editor MISS REBECCA WALL MR. JOSEPH DOWLING Faculty Advisers (J ho 3)eUa MEMBERS ANN AUSTIN BETTY KING BRITTON MARTA CASTELLANOS JANET CHAPMAN NANCY ANN CHIDSEY BARBARA DAVIS JANE DICKSON MARGARET DRAKE JANE HARGRAVE ANNE JOHNSON ANNE PAYNE POLLY ANN STEVENS DARLEEN SUTTON NELL THOMAS ANN WARD CAROLYN WARD T r%. K Periscope The Periscope is our college newspaper, which presents every month: The news . . . Scoops . . . and Follow-ups, along with editorials and features. EDITORIAL STAFF ANN WARD Editor-in-Chief KATHLEEN BRENNAN Assistant Editor-in-Chief DORIS BRADSHAW News Editor CLEO CARMACK Society Editor SHIRLEY EVANS Sports Editor CAROLYN MURRAY Assistant Sports Editor BETTY BRITTON Circulation Manager MAHLA WILSON Exchange Manager ELFRIEDE FRISCH Typist HILDEGARD VORSATZ Typist REPORTERS CORNELIA DANIEL, MARGENE DOZIER, ANNE JOHNSON, ELINOR JONES, SUZANNE STEWART BUSINESS STAFF BEBE MANSFIELD Business Manager REGINA ALLEN, JANIS COPELAND, BINFORD DAUGHTREY, DIXIE KLINE, NANCY LECKIE 83 KEY CLUB OFFICERS MARY GREENHOE .... President ANN SANDIFER . . . Vice-President BEVERLY DRAKE Secretary MEMBERS PHYLLIS ALEXANDER DAWN AOTO ANN AUSTIN KATHLEEN BRENNAN CLEO CARMACK ANNE CRAWLEY BEVERLY DRAKE BERT FELTY SONJA FREDRIKSEN MARY GREENHOE JANE HARGRAVE ESTELLE HINDE JOAN HOWINGTON CAROLYN MURRAY LULU LESTER MURRAY SUE NELSON ANNE PAYNE CHARLOTTE POMEROY LYNELLE PRESLEY ANN SANDIFER SYLVIA SHIRLEY NELL THOMAS OPAL TURNER HILDE VORSATZ ANN WARD CAROLYN WARD VEVE WILHOIT MARY WILLIAMS JEAN WILSON BARBARA YOUNG 84 Uown Qi l OFFICERS LULU MURRAY President ANNE HARDY Vice-President CHARLENE FORSYTH Secretary-Treasurer MEMBERS KATHERINE TURNER BURTON ATHLENE FORSYTH ANNE HARDY JANE HARGRAVE BOBBETH HAWKINS LULU LESTER MURRAY DARLEEN SUTTON CHARLENE FORSYTH HELEN BRYSON JOAN BOOKER POLLY SMITH MARIAN WORSHAM CAROLYN BLAKEY JANE BRIGGS LOUISE BROWN CORNELIA DANIEL KATHRYN DAXON MARGARET DRAKE ANNE EASON JOELLEN GASSMAN KATHLEEN HAYES EMILY LEATH KATHERINE McADAMS JEAN MURDOCK JANE PILSON JANE RILEY ANNE SALMON BETTYE SHIRAH FRANCES WIATT 85 ART STUDENTS MEMBERS KAE BRENNAN CLEO CARMACK NANCY ANN CHIDSEY BARBARA DAVIS BEVERLY DRAKE CATHERINE EVANS SHIRLEY EVANS PAT GUION ESTELLE HINDE DIANE HOGAN EMILY LEATH NANCY LECKIE LULU MURRAY DOT REES BETTYE SHIRRAH BOBBETH HAWKINS JEAN SULLIVAN SALLIE THRELKELD BARBARA TOLLISON MYRNA VILLALON ANN WARD VEVE WILHOIT MEMBERS CLEO CARMACK President DIANE HOGAN Vice-President SALLIE THRELKELD . . . Secretary-Treasurer ESTELLE HINDE Librarian SCIENCE CLUB O 7 rjf-i w im m m sM 3 !S 33 This organization, the Science Club, consists of Shorter girls, who are interested in the field of science. Its pur- pose is to further stimulate this interest through monthly meetings, in which informative and interesting speeches are given on the current discoveries in this realm. OFFICERS CHARLOTTE POMEROY President JANE HARGRAVE Vice-President SHIRLEY EVANS Secretary-Treasurer MEMBERS PHYLLIS ALEXANDER DORIS BRADSHAW KATHLEEN BRENNAN JEAN BROWN MARTA CASTELLANOS SUE DeFOOR SHIRLEY EVANS BERT FELTY ELEANOR FOY FREDDIE GAMMAGE JANE HARGRAVE BOBBETH HAWKINS MARY ANN HENDON ESTELLE HINDE JOAN HOWINGTON BARBARA JONES ELINOR JONES EVI KESKKULA DIXIE KLINE CLARA MADDOX LULU MURRAY CHARLOTTE POMEROY LYNELLE PRESLEY ELVA RUIZ SALLIE THRELKELD BETTY ANN TORBERT OPAL TURNER ANN WARD PAT WHITE JEAN WILSON SHORTLY .AlEGE library Camerata The students majoring in music make up Camerata. This group sponsors visiting artists each year. Much has been done this year, but the climax of Camerata ' s activities is the Camerata Follies, their own original production. OFFICERS MARY GREENHOE President JO TANKERSLEY Vice-President SUE NELSON Secretary-Treasurer MEMBERS CATHERINE ANN BATTLES EUGENIA MEADOWS PAT BRICKLEY MADELYN MOORE DOROTHY BROWN MIRIAM MORRIS ELLEN BURKE CAROLYN MURRAY KATHERINE BURTON SUE NELSON MARY JO CLARK ANNE PAYNE J. HARRIETT COWAN GERE PERKINS PEGGY COWAN DORIS POPE SHIRLEY DRAKE ANN SANDIFER MARGENE DOZIER SYLVIA SHIRLEY ATHLENE FORSYTH TOMMIE SMITHWICK SONJA FREDRIKSEN BILLIE LEE STEPHENS JOELLEN GASSMAN JOSEPHINE TANKERSLEY MARY GREENHOE FELISTE TURK ROSLYN JONES BARBARA YOUNG 88 CH O RAL CLUB OFFICERS BARBARA YOUNG President DOT BROWN Secretary-Treasurer CAROLYN MURRAY Librarian MEMBERS CATHERINE BATTLES ANNE JOHNSON GRACE BLACKMARR ROSLYN JONES PAT BRICKLEY KATHERINE McADAMS BETTY BRITTON MARY ANNE McDONALD DOT BROWN EUGENIA MEADOWS LOUISE BROWN MADELYN MOORE ELLEN BURKS CAROLYN MURRAY KATHERINE BURTON GERALDINE PERKINS MARY JO CLARK DORIS POPE SUE CONNALLY SYLVIA SHIRLEY J. HARRIETT COWAN BILLIE LEE STEPHENS PEGGY COWAN JO TANKERSLEY MARGENE DOZIER MALHA WILSON SHIRLEY DRAKE SYLVIA WOOD ELFRIEDE FRISCH BARBARA YOUNG O. Lng lhn OFFICERS HILDEGARD VORSATZ President JOELLEN GASSMAN Vice-President ELFRIEDE FRISCH Secretary Spanish Club ES M TELLE HINDE OFFICERS . President RTA CASTELLANOS . Secretary m:.-M HH|| M en i Club 91 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS CLUB OFFICERS JOAN HOWINGTON President DOT REES Vice-President ANNE CRAWLEY Secretary BILL MATHIS Treasurer MEMBERS PHYLLIS ALEXANDER ANN AUSTIN BUNNY BAILEY DORIS BRADSHAW BETTY BRITTON CLEO CARMACK JANET CHAPMAN NANCY ANN CHIDSEY PEGGY COLLINS ANNE CRAWLEY BEVERLY DRAKE MARTHA DYE CATHERINE EVANS ANN EVERETT BERT FELTY CHARLENE FORSYTH JANE HARGRAVE JOAN HOWINGTON MARY ANNE HENDON JOHN HOWELL JANIS KIMSEY MARY ANNE MacDONALD BILL MATHIS BILL MORRIS VIRGINIA ANN PATRICK CHARLOTTE POMEROY MARGARET PULLEN BENNIE RADER DOT REES ANNE SALMON NELL THOMAS OPAL TURNER VEVE WILHOIT BARBARA YOUNG The aim of the International Relations Club Is to give its members the opportunity for scientific study of current international problems in a nonpartisan spirit and without propagandist alms. The success of the club is due to a large extent to the Interest and help of our faculty adviser, Miss Clara Louise Kellogg. OFFICERS SYLVIA SHIRLEY President BETTY ANN TORBERT Vice-President SALLY THRELKELD Secretary-Treasurer SHIRLEY EVANS Stage Manager DORIS POPE Publicity Chairman MEMBERS BETTY BRITTON BINPORD DAUGHTRY ROBBIE EUBANKS SHIRLEY EVANS DIXIE KLINE JANIS KIMSEY NANCY LECKIE MARY ANNE MacDONALD CLARA MADDOX DORIS POPE MARION SEIGNIOUS SYLVIA SHIRLEY POLLY STEVENS SALLIE THRELKELD BETTY ANN TORBERT HILDE VORSATZ DANCE CLUB Our aim is to create a performing group which will be ready to entertain at the college or go on tour to other schools. The club is growing both in number and in enthusiasm due to the able direction of Franziska Boas. 93 NIGHT Night on Shorter means Shorter ' s own nnoon reflected on the pool in the court, the cheery look of four buildings with every window lighted, the sight of a few couples holding hands as they walk slowly around the curved drive, the very special look of the Sunken Garden in artificial light, the ghostly look of the water tank on a dark night. I : k . „ ■ ' ■ „ ,M It means, also, tlje lound of Intermezzo or Rhapsody in Blue coming from the practice rooms, and yet, even Czerny ' s exercises and probably some solid boogie woogle. t y y It means the freshmen with candles, in their very first serenade to the juniors, and the sophomores crowding on the roof, enjoying it too. It means girls in housecoats and pajamas, with combs and bobby pins in tow, slipping into the side door of the Fine Arts Building for a class meeting, and girls in blue jeans and plaids going to play practice. It means a library half filled with students who may be fighting for Thompson and Johnson for tomorrow ' s history report or exclaiming over Jon Whitcomb ' s latest illustrations in the Current Cosmopolitan. It means bull sessions on the roof of third floor Cooper, birthday party in a suite down the hall, the laughter of a girl whose family just called, and sometimes the sob of a homesick freshman in the next room. - ' j It means taking a light cut to clean up the suite cause your mother ' s coming tomorrow, it means brushing your teeth and rolling up your hair in the dark after lights out, and the slamming of doors down the hall when someone left the hall window up and a north gale is raging. __i It means the darkness of Rome hlall and a council member checking the file cards, the familiar sight of Mr. Tamassey in the entrance hall, and the arrival of a latecomer who missed her bus in Atlanta. j It means the comforting sound of a ' hymn of Thanksgiving in Poly htall at the candlelight watch service, and finally, it means a small world- in our own. Shorter asleep very late at night. Shorter ' s own moon is still keeping watch outside. -— - ' ■• ' I V • J M THE SOCIAL ASSOCIATION Our job Is planning all major social functions on Shorter Hill, and we ' ve had a wonderful time this year carrying out these plans. We sincerely hope that our organization will continue to furnish Shorter girls with wholesome entertainment. Not only do we work as a committee to plan all social functions, but we strive to continuousi keep before the student body the social graces and promote personality development. As a result of this aim we published this year a booklet en- titled Socially Yours. Shorter has three big dance weekends during the year. This year we danced at a Garden Party , in a Winter Wonderland and In the gay atmos- phere of a night at the Circus. 98 OFFIC ERS ANNE CRAWLEY President ANN WARD Vice-President ELINOR JONES Secretary DIXIE KLINE Treasurer MEMBERS ANN AUSTIN ANNE CRAWLEY MIRIAM MORRIS CHARLOTTE POMEROY OPAL TURNER ANN WARD JEAN WILSON CLEO CARMACK BARBARA JONES ELINOR JONES MYRNA VILLALON DIXIE KLINE BETTY ANN TORBERT PAT WHITE NANCY LECKIE RUTH MARION CHARLENE FORSYTH DAWN AOTO ANN AUSTIN BUNNY BAILEY CATHERINE ANN BATHLES KATHERINE TURNER BURTON MARY ANN BENNET CAROLYN BLAKEY BETSY BLACKMARR JOAN BOOKER KATHLEEN BRENNAN PAT 8RICKLEY JANE BRIGGS BETTY BRITTON DOT BROWN JEAN BROWN LYNELLE PRESLEY CHAMBERS PEGGY COLLINS JANIS COPELAND HARRIETT COWAN ANNE CRAWLEY CORNELIA DANIEL KATHRYN DAXON BINFORD DAUGHTRY SUSAN DEFRISE GAIL DOOLITTLE MARGENE DOZIER PAT DUNWOODY MARTHA DYE ANNE EASOM CATHERINE EVANS SHIRLEY EVANS BERT FELTY POLYMNIAN ROLL ATHLENE FORSYTH CHARLENE FORSYTH ELEANOR FOY FREDDIE GAMMAGE JOELLEN GASSMAN MARY GOOLSBY PAT GUION ANNE HARDY JANE HARGRAVE BOBBETH HAWKINS KATHLEEN HAYES MARY ANN HENDON ESTELLE HINDE DIANE HOGAN JOAN HOWINGTON ANNE JOHNSON BARBARA JONES ELINOR JONES EVI KESKKULA DIXIE KLINE EMILY LEATH NANCY LECKIE CLARA MADDOX BEBE MANSFIELD RUTH MARION EUGENIA MEADOWS MIRIAM MORRIS JEAN MURDOCK CAROLYN MURRAY LULU MURRAY ANN O ' QUINN CAROLYN PALMER ROMA PARRISH VIRGINIA ANN PATRICK GERALDINE PERKINS JANE PILSON CHARLOTTE POMEROY MARGARET PULLEN ELIZABETH PURVIS LIBBY RADCLIFFE BENNIE RADER DOT REES ANN SALMON ANN SANDIFER SYLVIA SHIRLEY JANE SLATTON BILLIE LEE STEPHENS POLLY STEPHENS JEAN SULLIVAN DARLENE SUTTON SALLIE THRELKELD BETTY ANN TORBERT OPAL TURNER MYRNA VILLALON ANN WARD CAROLYN WARD PAT WHITE FRANCES WIATT VEVE WILHOIT MARY WILLIAMS MAHLA WILSON SYLVIA WOOD MARION WORSHAM BARBARA YOUNG 100 OFFICERS JOAN HOWINGTON . . . President FREDDIE GAMMAGE . First Vice-President JEAN BROWN . Second Vice-President CHARLOTTE POMEROY . . Secretary ESTELLEHINDE Treasurer The Polymnian Society began in 1879 as a literary club and is now one of the two major social organizations at Shorter. Polymnian girls believe in the best ideals of the Old South: in sincerity, loyalty, and friendship, and it is in these that they find their spirit. Mammy, our traditional leader, for- ever guides her chillun, the Polymnians, in good times, together in Poly Hall, where true to the spirit of Polymnia and the Red, White and Green, we sing, If you want my heart to bust wide open. Mention Polymnian Days. POLYMNIAN SOCIETY . 101 EUNOMIAN SOCIETY EUNOMIAN ROLL PHYLLIS ALEXANDER BARBARA ALLEN REGINA ALLEN DOROTHY BAKER DORIS BRADSHAW CLEO CARMACK MARTA CASTELLANOS JANET CHAPMAN NANCY ANN CHIDSEY MARY JO CLARK MARION COWAN PEGGY COWAN SHIRLEY DEATON SUE DeFOOR JANE DICKSON BEVERLY DRAKE MARGARET DRAKE ANN EVERETT SONJA FREDRIKSEN ELFRIEDE FRISCH MARY GREENHOE ROSLYN JONES JANIS KIMSEY MARY ANN McDONALD JO ANN MANN KATHERINE McADAMS SUE NELSON ANNA OHSIEK ANNE PAYNE DORIS POPE ELVA RUIZ JOAN SATTERWHITE BETTYE SHIRAH POLLY SMITH TOMMY SMITHWICK FRANCES STATEN JO TANKERSLEY NELL THOMAS BARBARA TOLLISON FELISTE TURK HILDEGARDE VORSATZ JEAN WILSON SANDRA WORTHINGTON ILSE ZEMBATY il 102 OFFICERS SONJA FREDRIKSEN President MARTA CASTELLANOS . First Vice-President NANCY ANN CHIDSEY . Second Vice-President NELL THOMAS Secretary MARION COWAN Treasurer Since the society ' s founding in 1879, Eunomian girls have been gathering In Eunomian - a each week to carry out traditions of fun and fellowship. The Eunomian Society Is one of the two major social organizations on the hiill, whose purpose is to Instill in Its members high Ideal s of scholar- ship, sportsmanship, and loyalty to Shorter. Our colors, too, reflect the true spirit of our society, the light green standing for peace and the dark for victory. OFFICERS PEGGY COLLINS Presidenf JANE DICKSON Treasurer MEMBERS PHYLLIS ALEXANDER DORIS BRADSHAW BERT FELTY DIXIE KLINE CAROLYN MURRAY FRANCIS STATEN Sopnontore Sabots The Sophomore Sabots is an honorary society composed of ten percent of the out- going Freshman Class. They are chosen on the basis of leadership, cooperation and ability to show others the Shorter Way of Life. Their purpose is to dedicate them- selves to the ideals of Shorter College, stimulate interest in college activities and act as a link between the Student Council and the student body. This is a secret organi- zation and a special recognition is held each spring in honor of the Sabots. 104 OFFICERS MARY WILLIAMS President BEBE MANSFIELD Vice-President CLARA MADDOX Secretary ANNE HARDY Business Manager PEGGY COLLINS Publicity BETTY BRITTON Historian SHORTER PLAY ER S MAJOR PLAYS FALL The Member of the Wedding SPRING Pure as the Driven Snow COMMENCEMENT The Taming of the Shrew fw 105 • rs ! ■•■■; iL 0uHi i e f . . . ARGONAUTS ANN AUSTIN MARY GREENHOE JANE HARGRAVE ANN SANDIFER Since 1931 students who have shown outstanding scholarship, loyalty and honor, in their class have been selected by a faculty connmittee and former Argonauts to be placed on the Argonaut roll. PATTY BRADLEY, ' 39 ELLEN BRADSHAW ELIZABETH GROOVER, ' 40 HELEN DENT HELEN FRANKLIN TULU BRADSHAW, ' 41 KATE GOODING MARY VANN HELEN WANNAMAKER ISABEL WILLIAMSON ELIZABETH CLARK, ' 42 ARAMINTA HARPER JOYCE SPIKER, MEMBERS MARTHA PACE, ' 43 FRANCES WARNOCK ALICE WOODALL JEAN BARRON, ' 44 BARBARA MONROE JOSEPHINE WILLIS NANCY FLOYD, ' 45 NANCY FRANKS VIRGINIA GREEN KATHERINE ANDREWS, FLORENCE BELL JANE BOLEN ' 46 MARJORIE JOYNER, ' 47 NANCY RAWLS VIRGINIA CLINE, ' 48 RUTH FRANKLIN ALICE ANN McKINNEY, ' 49 MARY SKINNER ELIZABETH SPARKS MARY JANETTE AGAN, ' 50 PARKERLYN FLORENCE ELMA SLIDER, ' 51 CLAIRE RUSSELL JO ANN WINTERBERGER ■52 NANCY WOLLSTEIN, ' 52 112 WHO ' S WHO IN AMERICAN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN 1953 The 1953 ARGO Staff takes pleasure in dedicating this page to the five outstanding members of the Senior Class whose schol arship, cooperation, leadership and extra- curricular activities, citizenship and service to the college, and promise of future usefulness to business and society has been given the honor of election to Who ' s Who Among Students in American Colleges. ANN AUSTIN MARY GREENHOE JOAN HOWINGTON ANN SANDIFER JEAN WILSON Wi ' Winded J 1 2 ' . 71 ew ' cv i. PreAenting. our ALL TIME 3avorite 116 ANN AUSTIN 3deal Shorter Qirl JEAN WILSON Sincerity- OPAL TURNER Sportimaninip esE,- JOAN HOWINGTON yiio t Versatile ANNE CRAWLEY ? f?V r:.. ' B .y. . DOROTHY REES Aio t J epreientative junior BERT FELTY M oAt J epre entative Sopnontore 1 , ' 1 r. .. ' am t ' ! .:! ' JANET CHAPMAN yfio t J epreAentative Jreinman ANNE HARDY Aioit J epreientatlve Oown Qirl ' ip-i?! Our udg,e Veve ARGO 1953. tor ing in ' ' Photos -f , ' y selection, uties f MSa«-PeT« • Sally r lon Best . « eld iovelv , Wishes to -K r College. ' ' ' ■ ' ■ the other C6bv - J ancy c4nn Ckidiey Barbara foung ean J4arper yUarta CaAtellanoi y rn a Villa Ion faille ZJkrel eeld OTHER BEAU TIES VIRGINIA ANN PATRICK DIXIE KLINE MARION COVMN SONJA FREDRIKSEN RUTH MARION ANN AUSTIN PATRICIA BRICKLEY ANNE CRAWLEY FREDDIE GAMMAGE 135 rrzr .-- Time well spent patronizing our Advertisers. Without the cooperation and support of business concejrns, no annual pub- lication is possible. The ARGO staff would like to express its appreciation to the 1953 advertisers — we thank you. uJ« ' ■ m r ' •  j sr ' ' - : ' ui ' fi- , (j ■ t . .jf r;! % -w V ' t SHORTER HEIGHTS FLORIST 402 Shorter Avenue Phone 9676 MAXWELL BROS. GARNETT Inc. Furniture - Radios - Frigidaire Rugs and Carpets 519-21-23 Broad Street Rome Georgia Compliments of HALL-FOWLER CLEANERS 24 East Main St. Phone 5289 BROADWAY SERVICE STATION TEXACO PRODUCTS Broad at 6th Ave. Rome, Ga. Phone 5965 ECONOMY AUTO STORES, Inc. 318 Broad Street Rome, Georgia GET THE BEST GET SEALTEST ANDREWS TAXI, INC. Black and White and Yellow Cabs Clean New Cabs and Courteous Drivers Radio Telephone in All Cabs ANYWHERE — ANY TIME Phone 6565 West Fourth Avenue Conipl ' nients of McCALL PHARMACY 300 South Broad Phone 5151 Two Delicious Drinks DR. PEPPER - 7-UP BOTTLING COMPANY ROME, GEORCxIA GREEN MEADOW DAIRY For Strictly Grade A Wholesale — Retail Prompt Daily Home Deliveries Dial 2-1611 1504 Dean St. Compliments of HARDY JEWELRY Rome, Georgia Owens Hardware Company, Inc. Rome, Georgia COMMERCIAL PRINTING COMPANY Est. 1906 Printing and Lithographing Tel. 7153 119 S. Broad Complim,ents of HENSON ' S DRUGS It ' s Fun to Shop at ESSERMAN ' S ' In the heart of Rome since 1896 KEITH-WALGREEN Prescription Druggist Formerly Fifth Ave. Drug Phone 2-44.36 Cor. Broad Fifth Ave. Rome, Georgia Save at your WALGREEN SYSTEM DRUG STORE PEPPERELL MANUFACTURING COMPANY PtPPtHtLL PABklCS Reg US Pat Off LINDALE GEORGIA Compliments of DELUXE CLEANERS 701 Maple St. Phone 3587 Compliments of SALMON ' S SUPER MARKET ROME LAUNDRY Phone 2-4426 Dry Cleaning, Too ARRINGTON-INGRAM DRUG CO. Where you meet your friends Rome ' s Most Complete Drug Store It ' s (in old Roman custom BROC K ' S Diamonds Silver Watches China Jewelry Crystal Rome ' s Most Complete Photographic Department OZZIE ' S STEAK AND SEAFOOD HOUSE Credit for Shorter Girls POPLIN ' S S HOES ROME, GA. Old Blinds Repaired and Refinished Free Estimates One-Day Service ROME VENETIAN BLIND AWNING CO. Custom Built All-Steel Aluminum Blinds Aluminum Screens Aluminum Awnings Dave Miller 411 Church St. Phone 7022 Rome, Ga. Night Phone 7459 O ' NEILL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. Lumber, Building Material, Custom- Telephone 2-4407 Rome, Georgia ■Built Mil work Make Your Meeting Place in Rome THE DOCK On Fifth Ave. between Court House and River Rome Georgia DARLINGTON SCHOOL Rome, Georgia An Accredited Preparatory School for Boys A Philanthropic Non-profit-making Institution Unselfishly Dedicated to Young Mankind Home Atmosphere — Graduates A-Class Colleges Thorough College Preparation Honor System Physical Training Every Day for Every Boy C. R. Wilcox, Ph.D., President E. L. Wright, M.A., Headmaster LADY PEPPERELL LAUNDRY SNORTER ' S LAUNDRY Phone 3603 LAUNDRY — DRY CLEANING RUG CLEANING We Do a Grand Job WYATT ' S BOOK STORE BOOKS STATIONERY SILVER GIFTS DECORATOR FURNITURE ETC. M-fere ere ' s to good times and good friends . . . may you always have on abundance of both BOniED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY ROME COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY TILLY DRUG COMPANY Prescriptions Telephone 3661 Broad at Second Avenue RANSOM FLORAL CO. FLORISTS Dial 3606 Broad at Third Avenue Compliments of MORTON ' S LAUNDRY, INC. GEORGE FERN ' S RESTAURANT Rome Georgia Phone 2-1593 AAA Compliments of GRAEF ' S BAKERY Compliments of HAMILTON PHARMACY DAIRY PRODUCTS ICE CREAM Keys Printing Company • • • • Established 1869 • • A • • Greenville South Carolina Coinpliinriils Of GREYSTONE COFFEE SHOP Owens-King Company ' The Men ' s Wear Store - - - Since 1899 Rome, Georgia For SMART STYLES at POPULAR PRICES THE VOGUE Broad at . rd Avenue BAGBY TRANSFER CO. Mining— Local and Long Distance Storing and Packing 217 E. First Avenue Telephone 7741 Rome Georgia Andrews Motor Company 1 1 I Second Avenue Rome, Georgia Phone fi567-r)5(i8 DeSOTO - PLYMOUTH DANIEL ' S OFFICE SUPPLIES 17 E. Third Avenue Compliments of: Hanks-Saunders Supply Company INC:ORPORATEl) Wholesale Grocers Rome, Georgia HERE ' S TO THE CLASS OF - 1953 - The Greystone Hotel Our 80th year - and yours, too THE FAHY STORE Established 1873 Compliments of ROME FRUIT AND PRODUCE CO. WHOLESALE Rome Georgia ' BETTER PHOTOGRAPHS by E L L I O T T S ' Peachtree Studio Atlanta, Georgia Photograjshers To 1953 ARCiO 1873 1953 HOW TIMES HAVE CHANGED Fashions have certainly changed since Grandmother was a girl and the man-made fibers of rayon and acetate were invented. Through the magic of chemistry a whole new world of fabrics has been created to make possible clothing undreamed of in Grand- mother ' s day. And fashions have changed in education too ! Today young people in school find themselves learning to qualify for opportunities and careers unknown a few years ago. We of Celanese are happy to congratulate you of ' 53 as you move boldly into this brighter future. e CORPORATION OF AMERICA Rome, Georgia Merriam Coal Co. Iron Fireman Stokers Stoker Service Dial 2-4210 Nights, Sundays, and Holidays Dial 7409 or 3589 204 1st Ave. Rome, Ga. Harper B. T. Decorator Interior Exterior Painting Slip Covers — Draperies All Types of Cornices Phone 5266 725 E. 2nd Ave. Rome, Ga. BEST WISHES G. L. MIGHT MOTOR COMPANY Rome Georgia BUDDIE ' S DRIVE IN Lei ' s Meet at Buddie ' s Dial 9136 501 E. 2nd Avenue Rome Georgia Double-Cola Bottling Company 419 East Second Avenue Rome, Georgia Dial 2-4681 REESE-HUFFMAN COMPANY General Insurance As Old (IS the Century (Established 1900) Dial 5345 Rome Georgia SINCE 1877 A Banking Service designed to fill our personal and business needs, completely a nd comeniently. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ROME Member F. D. I. C. ROME GEORGIA Compliments of LEDBETTER-JOHNSON General Contractors BATTEY MACHINERY COMPANY Machinery and Mill Supplies Wholesale Plumbing Supplies Phone 2-2421 ROME GEORGIA Compliments of Fox Manufacturing Company Furniture Makers ROME OIL MILL M(inuf(i(ttireis of Cotton Seed Products and High G ade Feitili ers Compliments of Ransom Coal Company Enloe Drug Company Sliortet Headquarters For Health and Beauty Aids Broad Street and Second Avenue C M MOTOR CO. Yoiu OLDS - CADILLAC and G. M. C. TRUCK DEALER in? S. Broa( I St. Phone 2-4429 Rome, Georgia Compliments of GRAVES-HARPER COMPANY 3 1 2 Broad Street, Rome, Georgia Kirkland Motor Company 2llll-i;(H West lifili Avenue ROME, C.i:ORC.IA DdiH.i: I ' Assi (.i ' R Cars I ' LVMOliTll l ' ASSF. (.l-,R CARS DoiM.K Job-Rati D Tricks Telepluine 6ri43 . . . Aim lor tliat highest star Today, while you are here . . . Class of ' 53 P wfr Date Due WT % f rt • ' ' V , 6 .,, j 1 378.05 So 29A08 Shorter College Argo 378.05 oa 29iV08 Siior tej: ' Colleae- DATE DUE JUN 1 6 ' 55 Y BORROWERS NAME m nf - f- T i — — r ■ .■■