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BOARD OF TRUSTEES
J. K. Orr, Chairman Atlanta
C. M. Candler Decatur
J. T. LuPTON Chattanooga, Tenn.
W. C. Vereen Moultrie, Ga.
J. S, Lyons Atlanta
F. M. Inman Atlanta
Mrs. Samuel M. Inman Atlanta
Mrs. C. E. Harman Atlanta
Miss Mary Wallace Kirk Tuscumbia, Ala.
Geo. E. King Atlanta
D. P. McGeachy Decatur
R 0. Flinn Atlanta
H. T. McIntosh Albany, Ga.
J. R. McCain Decatur
J. J. Scott Decatur
W. A. Bellingrath Montgomery, Ala.
*W. R. DoBYNS Birmingham, Ala.
G. Scott Candler Decatur
E. D. Brownlee Sanford, Fla.
C. T. Paxon Jacksonville, Fla.
J. BuLow Campbell Atlanta
D. A. DuNSEiTH Clearwater, Fla.
Miss Nannette Hopkins Decatur
John McMillan Stockton, Ala.
Mrs. B. R. Adams Atlanta
W. J. Rushton Birmingham, Ala.
George Winship Atlanta
* Deceased.
Agnes Scott College
CALENDAR
1932
September 13 Dormitories open for reception of students.
September 14 10 A. M., Session opens.
September 13-15 Registration and classification of students.
September 14-15 Orientation classes for Freshmen.
September 16 Classes begin.
November 24 Thanksgiving Day.
December 16 12:30 P. M., to January 3, 8:00 A. M.,
Christmas recess.
Mid- Year examinations begin.
Second semester begins.
Classes resumed.
Colonel George W. Scott's Birthday.
12:30 P. M., to April 4, 8:00 A. M., Spring
Vacation.
Memorial Day.
Final examinations begin.
Baccalaureate Sermon.
Alumnae Day.
Commencement Day.
1933
January
17
January
28
January
30
February
22
March
29
April
26
May
16
May
28
May
29
May
30
Officers and Instructors
OFFICERS OF INSTRUCTION AND
GOVERNMENT
1931-1932
(ARRANGED BY GROUPS IN ORDER OF APPOINTMENT)
James Ross McCain, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., LL.D.
Erskine College, University of Chicago,
Columbia University, Davidson College
President
Nannette Hopkins, Pd.D., Litt.D.
Oglethorpe University, University of Georgia
Dean
Louise McKinney
Professor of English
Lillian S. Smith, M.A., Ph.D.
Syracuse University, Cornell University
Professor of Latin
Mary F. Sweet, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Syracuse University, New England Hospital, Boston
Professor of Hygiene
Samuel Guerry Stukes, B.A., M.A., B.D.
Davidson College, Princeton University, Princeton Seminary
Professor of Philosophy and Education
(The George W. Scott Memorial Foundation)
Alma Willis Sydenstricker, M.A., Ph.D.
WoosTER University
Professor of English Bible
Robert B. Holt, B.A., M.S.
University of Wisconsin, University of Chicago
Professor of Chemistry
Agnes Scott College
Christian W. Dieckmann, F.A.G.O.
Fellow of the American Guild of Organists
Professor of Music
*Mary Stuart MacDougall, B.A., M.S., Ph.D.
Randolph-Macon Woman's College, University of Chicago,
Columbia University
Professor of Biology
LuciLE Alexander, B.A., M.A.
Agnes Scott College, Columbia University
Professor of Romance Languages
James M. Wright, B.A., Ph.D.
William Jewell College, Johns Hopkins University
Professor of Economics and Sociology
George P. Hayes, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Swarthmore College, Harvard University
Professor of English
Henry A. Robinson, B.S., C.E., M.A., Ph.D.
University of Georgia, Johns Hopkins University
Professor of Mathematics
Catherine Torrance, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
University of Chicago
Professor of Greek
Muriel Harn, B.A., Ph.D.
Goucher College, Johns Hopkins University
Professor of German and Spanish
*0n leave of absence 1931-1932.
Officers and Instructors
Philip Davidson, Jr., B.S., M.A., Ph.D.
University of Mississippi, University of Chicago
Professor of History
Francis West Cooke, B.A., M.S., Ph.D.
College of William and Mary, University of Illinois
Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Frances K. Gooch, Ph.B., M.A.
University of Chicago, Graduate Boston School of Expression
Associate Professor of English
Emma May Laney, M.A., Ph.D.
Columbia University, Yale University
Associate Professor of English
Louise Hale, B.A., M.A.
Smith College, University of Chicago
Associate Professor of French
Elizabeth F. Jackson, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Wellesley College, University of Pennsylvania
Associate Professor of History
Emily S. Dexter, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
RipON College, University of Wisconsin
Associate Professor of Psychology and Education
Llewellyn Wilburn, B.A., M.A.
Agnes Scott College, Columbia University
Associate Professor of Physical Education
Mary Westall, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Columbia University,
University of Chicago
Associate Professor of Botany
Agnes Scott College
Gladys H. Freed, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
University of Pittsburgh, University of Chicago,
Associate Professor of Latin and Greek
James Thornwell Gillespie, B.A., B.D., Th.M., Ph.D.
University of South Carolina, Columbia Theological
Seminary, Louisville Presbyterian Seminary,
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Associate Professor of Bible
Philippa Garth Gilchrist, B.A., M.S., Ph.D.
Agnes Scott College, University of Wisconsin
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Harwell P. Sturdivant, B.S., M.S.
Emory University
Acting Lecturer in Biology
Margaret Taylor Phythian, B.A., M.A.
Agnes Scott College, University of Cincinnati
Assistant Professor of Romance Languages
Leslie Janet Gaylord, B.A., M.S.
Lake Erie College, University of Chicago
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Annie May Christie, M.A.
Columbia University
Assistant Professor of English
Martha Stansfield, B.A., M.A.
Agnes Scott College, University of Chicago
Assistant Professor of Latin
Ruth Janet Pirkle, B.A., M.S.
Agnes Scott College, Emory University
Assistant Professor of Biology
Officers and Instructors
Harriette Haynes, B.A., M.A.
Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Columbia University
Assistant Professor of Physical Education
Janef Preston, B.A., M.A.
Agnes Scott College, Columbia University
Assistant Professor of English
Florence E. Smith, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Westhampton College, University of Chicago
Assistant Professor of History
Katherine Tait Omwake, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
George Washington University
Assistant Professor of Psychology and Education
Melissa Annis Cilley, B.A., M.A.
University of New Hampshire, University of Wisconsin
Assistant Professor of Spanish
Marian Leatherman, B.A., B.L.S., A.M.L.S.
Cornell University, University of Illinois,
University of Michigan
Librarian
Clara May Allen, B.A., M.A., B.L.S.
Agnes Scott College, Columbia University,
Emory University
Assistant Librarian
Carrie Curle Sinclair, B.S.
William and Mary College
Instructor in Physical Education
Margaret Whitington, B.A.
Agnes Scott College
Instructor in Chemistry
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Martha Crowe, B.A., M.A.
Agnes Scott College, Columbia University
Instructor in French
Ethel Lucille Coleman, B.S., M.A.
Emory University
Assistant in Biology
Blanche Miller, B.A.
Agnes Scott College
Assistant in Biology
Katherine Crawford, B.A.
Agnes Scott College
Fellow in History
Louise Garland Lewis
University of Chicago, University of Paris,
Art Institute Chicago, Academie Julian, Ecole Delacluse
Art and Art History
Lewis H. Johnson
Student of William Nelson Burritt, New York
Alexander Heinneman, Berlin
Arthur J. Hubbard, Boston
Voice
Agnes Adams, B.A.
Agnes Scott College, Graduate of Atlanta
Conservatory of Music
Violin
GussiE O'Neal Johnson
Certificate in Voice and Piano, Agnes Scott College
Student in New York and in Berlin
Assistant in Voice
Officers and Instructors 11
Eda E, Bartholomew
Royal Conservatory, Leipzig
Piano
Sarah B. Bowman
Undergraduate Assistant in Biology
Catherine Happoldt
Undergraduate Assistant in Physics
Margaret Bell
Mary Duke
Susan Glenn
Virginia Gray
Mildred Hooten
Marguerite Link
Margaret Massie
Mary Gilchrist Powell
May Schlich
Louise Schuessler
Jura Taffar
Margaret Telford
Undergraduate Assistants in the Library
Sarah Smith Hamilton
Gymnasium Music
Lucile Heath
Vesper Music
Laura Spivey
Chapel Attendance
Martha Stansfield
Postmistress
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OFFICERS OF ADMINISTRATION
James Ross McCain, M.A. Ph.D., LL.D.
, President
Nannette Hopkins, Pd.D., Litt.D.
Dean
S. GuERRY Stukes, B.D., M.A.
Registrar
Mary Frances Sweet, M.D.
Resident Physician
R. B. Cunningham, B.S.
Business Manager
J. C. Tart
Treasurer
*Carrie Scandrett, B.A.
Assistant Dean
Dorothy Hutton, B.A.
Acting Assistant Dean
Harriet V. Daugherty
Resident Nurse
Emma E. Miller
Frances M. Calhoun
Matrons
Jennie Dunbar Finnell
Lena Davies
Housekeepers
*0n leave of absence 1931-1932.
Standing Committees of the Faculty 13
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE
FACULTY
Committee on Admission: Professor Alexander, Chairman;
Assistant Professors Christie and Gaylord.
Committee on Library: Professor Hayes, Chairman; Pro-
fessors Sydenstricker and Harn; Associate Professor Westall;
Miss Leatherman.
Committee on Student Government: Dean Hopkins,
Chairman; President McCain; Professors Sweet and Stukes;
Miss Scandrett.
Appointment Committee: Professor Stukes, Chairman;
President McCain; Professors Sydenstricker and Robinson.
Curriculum Committee: President McCain, Chairman;
Professors Smith, Stukes, Holt, Alexander, MacDougall, and
Wright.
Committee on Electives: Professor Holt, Chairman; Pro-
fessor Torrance.
Committee on Catalogue: President McCain, Chairman;
Dean Hopkins; Professor Stukes; Associate Professor Hale.
Committee on Advanced Standing: Professor Davidson,
Chairman; Associate Professors Jackson and Laney.
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Committee on Public Lectures: Professor Torrance,
Chairman; Professors Stukes and McKinney; Associate Profes-
sors Laney and Westall.
Committee on College Entertainment: Dean Hopkins,
Chairman; Associate Professors Wilburn, Gooch, Laney, and
Hale.
Committee on Schedules: Associate Professor Dexter,
Chairman; Professor Robinson; Assistant Professors Phythian,
Pirkle, Freed, Preston, and Smith; Miss Whitington.
Committee on Research: Professor Robinson, Chairman;
President McCain ; Professor MacDougall ; Associate Professor
Laney.
AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE
The purpose which has prevailed at Agnes Scott since its
foundation has been to offer the very best educational ad-
vantages under positive Christian influences — the training and
furnishing of the mind in a modern, well-equipped college, and
at the same time the formation and development of Christian
character and ideals. Along with these ends, it is constantly
sought to cultivate true womanliness, a womanliness which
combines strength with gentleness and refinement. It is thus
the aim of the College to send out educated Christian women to
be a power in blessing the world and glorifying God.
The College was founded by Presbyterians, and hence its
moral standards and religious lif« conform as nearly as
possible to those which obtain in that church. Special care,
however, is taken not to interfere in any way with the religious
views or church preferences of students.
The college offers only the B.A. degree. There are, how-
ever, optional courses leading to this degree, thus giving the
opportunity for each student to elect a course most in accord
with her special talent and plans.
16 Agnes Scott College
ADMISSION OF STUDENTS
There are four main considerations for the acceptance of a
student: (1) the excellence of her preparation, as evidenced by
a certificate or an examination; (2) her character and ability,
shown by testimonials, and a psychological test; (3) a satis-
factory health report; (4) the date of her application for ad-
mission.
Since full data cannot be secured until the closing of the
various preparatory schools, as a rule it is not possible to give
definite acceptance of an applicant before June 15th. Selec-
tions are usually made between this date and July 1st. The
names of applicants who cannot be accepted at the first period
of choosing are placed on a waiting list for spaces that may
develop later. In addition to the general list, the College main-
tains an "honor group" for exceptionally well prepared ap-
plicants, and these may often secure places even to the opening
of the college year.
Only graduates of four-year preparatory schools of recog-
nized standing, or applicants who can ofi^er equivalent prep-
aration, representing four years of work in a recognized insti-
tution, will be received into the College. For the admission of
special students, see page 22.
Applicants for admission must not be under sixteen years of
age. Candidates for advanced standing should be of an age
corresponding to this rule.
A deposit of $25.00 is required of all students before room
space is reserved. This should be sent to the Registrar, either
in New York exchange or Postal Money Order, made payable
to Agnes Scott College. If by local check, the usual clearing
house collection charges should be added.
Admission of Students 17
The above deposit is credited on the September payment. If
for any reason the student finds it impracticable to attend
Agnes Scott and asks for the return of her fee, the request will
be granted provided it reaches the College on or before June
30th, prior to the opening of College. After that date it will
not be returned unless the preparation of the applicant is
insufficient or unless the College finds it impossible to take her
on account of lack of space.
For entrance requirements, and for description of entrance
subjects, see below.
For admission by certificate, see page 24.
For entrance exajninations, see page 24.
ENTRANCE SUBJECTS
The following subjects are accepted for entrance:
English 4 units
Mathematics 3 or 4 units
Latin 3 or 4 units
History 1, 2, 3, or 4 units
French 2^ 3 or 4 units
German 2, 3 or 4 units
Greek 2, 3 or 4 units
Spanish 2, 3 or 4 units
Physics 1 unit
Chemistry 1 unit
Biology 1 unit
Geography ^ 1 unit
General Science 1 unit
Home Economics 1 unit
Bible lunit
fMusic 1 imit
Civics y^ or 1 unit
tSee page 41.
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A unit represents a year's study of one of the above sub-
jects in a standard secondary school, constituting approximate-
ly a quarter of a full year's work.
It is understood that in choosing the elective units no re-
quired unit may be counted also as an elective unit, and also
that elective units may be counted only once.
The entrance requirement work in French, German and
Spanish may be done in College after entrance, but will not
count towards the degree.
The third unit in Latin may be completed in college by stu-
dents entering with this condition. It will not count towards
the degree.
Not more than four units may be offered in History and
Civics, and not more than four in Science.
STANDING TO WHICH STUDENTS ARE ADMITTED
The College admits students: (I) as unconditioned Fresh-
men; (II) as conditioned Freshmen; (III) as irregular stu-
dents; (IV) to advanced standing; (V) as special students.
While these five classifications are recognized, the College
gives preference to those in the first group; and under the
competitive plan of admission very few in other groups are
taken.
I. As Unconditioned Freshmen, upon the presentation of
sixteen complete units, including the prescribed units detailed
below:
r
Admission of Students
19
Prescribed
Elective
12 units, or 13 units
4 units, or 3
units
English
Composition and
Latin (Virgil, 6 books) or
Rhetoric
2
equivalent
1
Literature
i
Mathematics
French
2orl
*Algebra
Plane Geometry
2
1
German
2orl
History
Greek
2orl
Ancient or
English or
Spanish
2orl
Mediasval and
' 1
Modern or
Civics
1 or %
American
Foreign Language
History
3, 2, or 1
Latin (minor requirement)
Physics
1
Grammar and Composition
1
Cassar (4 books)
1
Chemistry
1
Cicero (6 orations) or
equivalent
1
Biology
1
and
French or Spanish or
Geography
1
German or
\ 2
Greek
GenercJ Science
1
OR
Home Economics
1
Latin (major requirement)
The minor requirement
Mathematics
lorVa
as above
3
and
Bible
1
Virgil (6 books) or
equivalent
1
fMusic
1
*Algebra is accepted with the valuation of two units, provided two
years shall have been given to the work in preparatory school.
tSee page 41.
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With the consent of the Committee on Admission one elec-
tive unit of a non-technical character not listed in the catalogue
may be accepted provided the unit is not in excess of the
number of elective units allowed.
For experimental purposes the college reserves the right to
admit a very jew students of exceptionally high rank from the
best schools with some slight variation in the prescribed units.
II. As Conditioned Freshmen, upon the presentation of six-
teen complete units chosen from the list of accepted subjects
on page 17, but lacking a maximum of two units of those
prescribed for unconditioned admission. These conditions in
prescribed subjects must be removed before the beginning of
the second year.
The following restrictions upon such conditions must be
observed :
1. The deficiency in any subject (except in the case of a
modern language or Greek) shall not amount to more than a
year of preparatory work.
2. Completed work to the following extent must be offered:
(a) English to the extent of four units.
(b) Mathematics to the extent of two units.
(c) Latin to the extent of two units, if the minor require-
ment be chosen, or,
(d) Latin to the extent of three units, if the major require-
ment be chosen.
III. As Irregular Students, without class standing, upon the
presentation of sixteen complete units chosen from the list of
Admission of Students 21
accepted subjects detailed on page 17, including four units in
English and two in Mathematics.
These students are required to take a minimum of fourteen
hours of recitation a week, which may include Music and Art,
but at least nine hours must be in academic work.
Should they later desire to arrange their courses for the de-
gree, credit will be given them for work already done in the
College, but they must meet all of the entrance requirements of
degree students.
IV. To Advanced Standing. A candidate presenting credits
from another institution may be admitted to any of the higher
classes on the following conditions:
1. She must present:
(a) An honorable dismissal from the college she has at-
tended.
(b) An official statement of entrance requirements and
how absolved.
(c) An official statement of studies pursued for credit.
(d) A catalogue of the institution with her completed
courses marked.
Note. — If the above certificates are not entirely satisfactory
a detailed statement of individual professors will be required.
2. She must satisfy the entrance requirements of this Col-
lege. If necessary, credits presented for advanced standing
may be used to satisfy any deficit in entrance credits.
22 Agnes Scott College
3. Credit will be given for work done at an institution which
has been recognized by the faculty of Agnes Scott College as
having equivalent requirements and standards for the B.A. de-
gree. In all other cases the amount of credit to be granted and
the method by which it is to be obtained will be determined by
the college authorities.
4. No credit will be allowed for courses taken by cor-
respondence except by advanced standing examinations given
by this College.
5. The B.A. degree will not be conferred on any student
who has not completed at least thirty semester hours of work
in residence during the session immediately preceding gradua-
tion.
6. Applicants for advanced standing must have received
a merit grade on at least one-half of the hours presented for ad-
vanced credit.
Note. — See pages 44-45, for additional details as to ad-
vanced standing credits.
V. As Special Students. In accordance with the regulation
prescribed by "The Association of Colleges and Secondary
Schools of the Southern States," candidates of maturity, who
are unable, for any cause, to present the entrance requirements,
may be admitted to such courses as they may be prepared to
take, provided these courses are not among those covered by
the entrance requirements. This provision is intended to afford
an opportunity to two classes of women: (1) Those who have
completed their entrance requirements so long since as to
Admission of Students 23
render them void; (2) Those whose preparatory work has been
interrupted in the past and never resumed. The following limi-
tations should be observed:
1. Applicants must not be less than twenty years of age at
the time of application.
2. They may not matriculate in any courses covered by the
entrance requirements without first satisfying the requirements
in those subjects.
3. They have no class standing. If they desire later to
transfer to the regular degree course, they must first satisfy the
full entrance requirements.
4. If they have completed the entrance requirements in
accredited schools not more than two years previously, they
will be expected to submit the certificates of such schools, and
enter as "regular," or as "irregular" students, and not as "spe-
cial" students.
24 Agnes Scott College
MANNER OF ADMISSION
Admission by Certificate. In lieu of entrance examinations,
the College will accept certificates from any high school, fitting
school, or seminary on the accredited list of the Association of
Colleges and Secondary Schools of the Southern States, or
from any school accredited by other college associations of
equal standing, in so far as such certificates show the entrance
requirements to have been duly satisfied not more than two
years prior to the candidate's application for admission. Cer-
tificates should be on forms provided by the College. These
forms will be furnished on application. The certificate priv-
ilege is granted to schools only and not to private instructors.
Beginning with September, 1924, students applying for ad-
mission on the certificate plan have been given a psychological
test as an additional aid toward judging their qualifications.
The tests may be given at any place where suitable arrange-
ments for holding them can be made.
Admission by Examination. Candidates who are unable to
present satisfactory certificates may be admitted by examina-
tion, provided they have taken the required units under capable
instruction.
Examinations for admission are usually given in the spring.
They may be taken at the College or by special arrangement
at local schools. Applications for the giving of examinations
away from the College should be filed with the Registrar by
May 1st of each year.
Spaces in dormitories will not be held for students whose
entrance depends on fall examinations.
Admission of Students 25
Any candidate applying for entrance examinations at dates
other than those appointed may be allowed to take them on
the approval of the Registrar, but a fee of $2.00 will be charged
for each examination.
For the year 1932, the dates for the spring examinations are
May 16-21. The fall examinations are held only at the College,
and the schedule is as follows:
Thursday, September 15
Botany 10:00 A.M., to 11:00 A.M.
General Science 9:00 A.M. to 10:00 A.M.
History, Civics 9:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M.
Greek 3:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M.
German 3:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M.
French 3:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M.
Zoology -. 3:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M.
Friday, September 16
Chemistry 9:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M.
Latin Prose, Cicero 9:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M.
Caesar, Virgil 3:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M.
Saturday, September 17
Algebra 9:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M.
Geography 11 :00 A.M. to 12 :00 M.
Physics 3:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M.
Geometry 3:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M.
Bible 9 :00 A.M. to 11 :00 A.M.
Monday, September 19
English 9 :00 A.M. to 11 :00 A.M.
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DESCRIPTION OF ENTRANCE SUBJECTS
ENGLISH
English, four units. The College entrance requirements of
the New England, Middle and Southern Associations of Col-
leges and Secondary Schools constitute the entrance work in
English.
The requirement has two branches, Rhetoric and English
Literature. The study of English should be continuous through-
out the four years of the high-school course.
L Rhetoric and Composition, two units. It is hoped that
at least one-half of the high-school course in English will be
devoted to the work in composition and rhetoric, either as a
separate study or in connection with the work in literature, as
it Is a prime essential to success in any branch of college work
that the student be able to express herself, both orally and in
writing, with correctness and clearness.
To meet this requirement in composition:
1. There should be practice in writing, the equivalent of at
least one theme a week during the four years of her preparatory
course. She must be able to spell, capitalize, and punctuate
correctly; no candidate will be accepted whose work is notably
deficient in this respect. She must also have a practical knowl-
edge of English grammar.
2. There should be a systematic study of rhetoric. Particu-
lar attention should be given to the structure of the sentence,
paragraph, and whole composition.
DESCRiFnoN OF Entrance Subjects 27
11. Literature, two units.
1. Reading (1932-1933).
From each group two selections are to be made, except that
for any book in Group V a book from any other may be sub-
stituted.
Group I: Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities ; George EHot, Silas
Marner; Scott, Quentin Duncard; Stevenson, Treasure Island
or Kidnapped ; Ha"\>'thome. The House of the Seven Gables.
Group II: Shakespeare. Merchant of Venice, Julius Ccesar,
King Henry J', As You Like It, The Tempest.
Group III: Scott, The Lady of the Lake; Coleridge, The
Ancient Mariner, and Arnold, Sohrab and Rustum; a collection
of. representative verse, narrative and lyric; Tennyson, Idylls
of the King (any four) ; the Aeneid or the Odyssey or the Iliad
in a translation of recognized excellence, "v\"ith the omission, if
desired, of Books I-V, XV, and XVI of the Odyssey, and Books
XI, XIII-XV, and XXI of the Iliad; Longfellow, Tales of a
Wayside Inn.
Group I\ : The Old Testament, comprising the chief nar-
rative episodes in Genesis, Exodus, Joshua, Judges, Samuel,
Kings, and Daniel, together -vdth the books of Ruth and Esther;
Irving, The Sketch Book (selections covering about 175 pages) ;
Addison and Steele, The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers; Macau-
lay, Lord Clive or History of England, Chapter III; Franklin,
Autobiography; Emerson. Representative Men.
Group V: .\ modem novel: a modem biographv or auto-
biography; a collection of short stories i about 250 pages'" ; a
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collection of contemporary verse (about 150 pages) ; a collec-
tion of scientific writings (about 150 pages) ; a collection of
prose writings on matters of current interest (about 150
pages) ; a selection of modern plays (about 250 pages). All
selections from this group should be works of recognized excel-
lence.
2. Study: One selection is to be made from each of Groups
I and II and two from Group III:
Group I: Shakespeare, Macbeth, Hamlet.
Group II: Milton, U Allegro, II Penseroso, and either
Comus or Lycidas; Browning, Cavalier Tunes, The Lost Leader,
How They Brought the Good News from Ghent, to Aix, Home
Thoughts from Abroad, Home Thoughts from the Sea, Incident
of the French Camp, Herve Riel, Pheidippides, My Last
Duchess, Up at a Villa — Down in the City, The Italian in Eng-
land, The Patriot, The Pied Piper, "De Gustibus — ," Instans
Tyrannus, One Word More.
Group III: Burke, Speech on Conciliation with America;
Macaulay, Life of Johnson; Carlyle, Essay on Burns, with a
brief selection from Burns' Poems; Lowell, On a Certain Con-
descension in Foreigners, and Democracy ; Lincoln, Speech at
Cooper Union, his farewell to the citizens of Springfield, his
brief addresses at Indianapolis, Albany and Trenton, the
speeches in Independence Hall, the two Inaugurals, the Gettys-
burg Speech, and his last public address, together with a brief
memoir or estimate of Lincoln.
Description of Entrance Subjects 29
LATIN
All students entering the degree course must present the
minor requirement in Latin and are advised to offer the major
requirement.
The requirements in Latin (three or four units) are in
accordance with a report presented to the College Entrance
Examination Board in November, 1925, by a commission ap-
pointed to frame recommendations on the basis of the Classical
Investigation. The College Entrance Board has adopted these
recommendations and bases its examinations on them. The
exeiminations include English passages for translation into
Latin and passages of Latin for translation and "comprehen-
sion." In connection with the passages of Latin, questions are
asked on forms, syntax, and the idioms of the language, as well
as such questions on the subject matter, historical and literary,
as may fairly be asked. The College Entrance Examination
Board and the foremost Latin teachers are stressing the im-
portance of ability to translate Latin at sight.
Minor Requirement, three units. — If prose writers be read
the third year, the Minor Requirement admits to Latin 11-12
and 13-14; if poets be read, admits to Latin 15-16 and 13-14.
Candidates offering the Minor Requirement of Latin should
follow in the first and second years the same course of study as
those oflfering four units. In the third year either prose writers
or poets may be read, but it is recommended that prose
rather than verse be the subject of study. Not less than one
semester should be devoted to the reading of Cicero if prose
is chosen: not less than one semester should be devoted to the
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reading of Virgil if poetry is chosen. See detailed statement
under Major Requirement.
Major Requirement, four units. — Admits to Latin 103-4,
and to Latin 101 or 105.
L Reading. — There are no prescribed readings in Latin, but
the following recommendations are made:
(1) In the second year the early reading should be easy
Latin which may be "made" or adapted Latin; not less than
one-half of the year should be devoted to the reading of selec-
tions from Caesar. The reading for the year may also include
easy selections from such authors as Aulus Gellius, Eutropius,
Nepos, Phaedrus, Quintus Curtius Rufus, and Valerius Maxi-
mus, or books of selections containing some of these together
with authors of prose works.
(2) In the third year, if the reading be in prose, not less
than one-half of the year should be devoted to the reading of
selections from Cicero; the reading for the year may also in-
clude selections from such authors as Pliny, Sallust, and Livy,
or books of selections containing these and other authors of
prose works.
(3) In the fourth year, if the reading be in poetry, not less
than one-half of the year should be devoted to the reading of
selections from Virgil ; and the reading for the year may also
include selections from such works as the Metamorphoses,
Tristia, Heroides, and Fasti of Ovid, or books of selections con-
taining poems or extracts from Ovid or from other poets.
II. Prose Composition. — ^Work in prose composition
should be carried on through at least three years of the pre-
Description of Entrance Subjects 31
paratory course; if possible, through four; and should be such
as to ensure thorough knowledge of all regular inflections, all
common irregular forms, and the ordinary syntax and vocab-
ulary of the prose authors read in school, with ability to use
this knowledge in writing simple Latin prose.
LATIN ENTRANCE UNITS
The statements in the paragraphs under Minor Requirement
and under Major Requirement are made on the supposition
that the work included in the Minor Requirement has been done
in three years and in the Major Requirement in four years.
Many schools are spending one and a half or two years in
preparing students to do the work outlined in paragraph (1)
under I under Major Requirement (page 30 of the catalogue).
Two units of credit are given for the work outlined in para-
graph (1) under I and the ability to write sentences based on
the ordinary syntax and vocabulary of Caesar, whether two
or more years are spent on this work.
Three units of credit are given for the work outlined in par-
agraphs (1) and (2) under I and the ability to write sentences
based on the ordinary syntax and vocabulary of the prose
authors read.
Four units of credit are given for the work outlined in I and
II under Major Requirement.
GREEK
Students may oflfer for entrance in Greek either the minor or
the major requirement. The minor requirement is counted as
two units, and presupposes a study of Greek during two full
years, five recitations a week. The major requirement is count-
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ed as three units, and presupposes three years of preparation,
five recitations a week. The ground which must be covered is
as follows:
1. For the minor requirement —
a. Grammar'. Inflection, etymology, and derivation of
words, syntax of nouns and verbs, and structure of the sen-
tence as treated in Allen's First Year of Greek, or its equivalent,
must be thoroughly mastered. Constant attention should be
paid to translation from English into Greek.
h. Xenophon: Anabasis three books. Special attention
should be paid to Greek syntax and to the use of good English
in translating. Thorough drill on translation from English
into Greek.
2. For the major requirement —
The student must have completed the minor requirement as
outlined above and in addition have read three books of
Homer's Iliad, or an equivalent amount in Homer's Odyssey.
Constant practice should be given in prose composition, in
translation at sight, and in Homeric forms and syntax.
FRENCH
Minor Requirement (admitting to French 101-102), two
units. The preparation for this requirement should comprise:
1. A thorough knowledge of the rudiments of grammar,
including the essentials of syntax with mastery of the regular
verbs and of at least twenty-five irregular models.
2. Abundant exercises in prose composition.
Description of Entrance Subjects 33
3. Careful drill in pronunciation and practice in conver-
sation.
It is urged that students be taught the use of the alphabet of
the Association Phonetique.
It is essential that the candidate acquire the ability to follow
a recitation conducted in French and to answer in that lan-
guage questions asked by the instructor. She should also be
able to write in French a paragraph dictated from any book of
moderate diflficulty.
4. The reading of at least three hundred duodecimo pages
of simple French from four authors.
The following grammars are suggested to candidates: The
New Chardenal, Complete Course, published by Allyn and
Bacon or Chankin & Rosenthal Grammaire de Conversation et
de Lecture, cours complet — Holt, through Lesson 53.
The texts suggested for reading are :
Fontaine: Douze Contes Nouveaux; Scribe: La Bataille de
Dames; Daudet: Trois Contes Choisis; Malot: Sans Famille;
de la Brete: Mon Oncle et Mon Cure; Labiche-Martin: Le Voy-
age de M. Perrichon; Lavisse: Histoire de France.
Note. — If the time given to preparation is less than two
years, with four or five recitations a week, an examination will
be required even from students who present certificates from
accredited schools.
Major Requirement: (1) three units (admitting to French
103-104) or (2) four units (admitting to French 257-258).
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To meet Major Requirement (1) the candidate must present
the whole minor requirement and, in addition, the following:
1. A thorough knowledge of French grammar and syntax.
2. Ability to translate a connected passage of English of
moderate difficulty into French at sight and to write in French
a resume of any of the books read or a composition suggested
by any of the texts, and to answer in French questions on the
history of France under Louis XIV.
3. Ability to read any ordinary French.
4. Ability to understand a lecture given in French and to
speak correctly in French on topics bearing on everyday life,
as well as the ability to discuss the texts read.
5. The reading of at least seven hundred duodecimo pages
from as many as five authors.
The texts suggested are those found under French 101-102 in
the section of this Bulletin entitled "Description of Courses."
See page 121. It is recommended that texts be chosen from
contemporary rather than classical authors. It is further recom-
mended that some history of the Seventeenth Century be used
as one text in order to give the student a background for her
college work in French literature. Malet's Histoire de France,
Deuxieme Annee, Hachette Freres, pp. 36-84 and 120-156 is
suggested.
To meet Major Requirement (2) the student must have had
work equivalent to course 101-102.
Description of Entrance Subjects 35
SPANISH
Minor Requirement (admitting to Spanish 101-102), two
units. Hill and Ford's Spanish Grammar in full, or the equiv-
alent in grammar and prose composition, and the reading of at
least three hundred duodecimo pages. The work should com-
prise :
1. A thorough knowledge of the rudiments of grammar,
inflection of articles, nouns, adjectives, and pronouns, and in-
cluding the conjugation of regular and irregular verbs, the ele-
mentary rules of syntax.
2. Exercise in prose composition.
3. Careful drill in pronunciation and practice in conver-
sation.
4. Practice in translating Spanish into English and English
into Spanish.
5. Writing Spanish from dictation.
]\1ajor Requirement: (1) Three units (admitting to Span-
ish 151-152) or (2) four units (admitting to Spanish 201-202).
To meet Major Requirement (1) the candidate must pre-
sent the whole minor requirement and, in addition, the follow-
ing:
1. A thorough knowledge of Spanish grammar and syntax.
Ability to write resumes or compositions based on texts.
2. Continued translation of Spanish into English and Eng-
lish into Spanish.
3. Ability to read any ordinary Spanish.
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4. Ability to understand a lecture given in Spanish and to
speak correctly in Spanish.
5. The reading of about seven hundred duodecimo pages
from various authors.
To meet Major Requirement (2) the student must have had
work equivalent to course 151-152.
GERMAN
Minor Requirement (admitting to German 101-102), two
units. — Thomas's Practical German Grammar, Part I in full,
or the equivalent in grammar and prose composition; at least
ten stories of Guerber's Marchen und Erzahlungen, Part I,
used for memory work in the abundant idioms which this text
affords, and as a basis for conversation and oral narration.
The reading in addition of at least 150 pages of prose from
carefully graduated texts. This requirement includes careful
drill in pronunciation and in reading German Aloud; the in-
flection of articles, nouns, adjectives, pronouns, weak verbs
and most of the strong verbs; the common uses of the subjunc-
tive and of modal auxiliaries, both in translation and in prose;
a considerable drill also in the less common modal construction
and idioms; familiarity with the functions of all the common
prepositions, with the principles of syntax and word-order; the
memorizing of idioms of. daily life and of simple German
poems; conversation; oral narrative; reading at sight.
Note. — It is expected that this work will include five reci-
tations a week for a period of two years. If the work is done
in less time than this, admission, even from accredited schools,
will be by examination.
Description of Entrance Subjects 37
Major Requirement (admitting to German 251-252), three
units. — The full work as given under the minor requirement.
In addition : ( 1 ) Thomas's Practical German Grammar, Part II,
in full; last half of Hervey's Supplementary Exercises to
Thomas's Grammar; or the equivalent of these two books in
grammar, prose composition, and syntax drill; (2) practice in
translating connected narrative into German, also in free re-
production orally and in writing, based on texts read and on
Thomas and Hervey's German Reader and Theme-Book, or
books similar in grade and in kind; (3) drill in sight reading
and in conversation ; (4) the reading of at least 500 pages of
carefully graduated texts, one-half of which should be chosen
from the works of Lessing, Goethe, and Schiller; (5) memory
work emphasized, including poems from Heine, Goethe, and
Schiller and the more diflficult conversation idioms.
MATHEMATICS
Minor Requirement. Three units.
At least two years with daily recitation should be given to
Algebra and one year to Plane Geometry.
Algebra, two units. — ^The requirement includes the four
fundamental operations for rational algebraic expressions;
factoring; fractions; ratio and proportion; linear equations,
containing one or more unknowns, with either numerical or
literal coefficients; exponents, including fractional and neg-
ative; quadratic equations, including the theory; systems in-
volving quadratic and higher equations; binomial theorem for
positive integral exponents; arithmetical and geometrical pro-
gressions; and variations. The use of graphical methods and
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illustrations, particularly in connection with the solution of
equations, is required.
Plane Geometry, one unit. — The usual theorems and con-
structions of good text-books including the general properties
of plane rectilinear figures; the circle and the measurement of
angles; similar polygons; areas; regular polygons and the
measurement of circle; the solution of numerous original exer-
cises, including loci problems; applications to the mensuration
of lines and plane surfaces.
Note. — It is recommended that a review of both algebra and
plane geometry be taken during the year before entrance to
college.
The mathematics entrance requirements agree in general with
those of the College Entrance Examination Board. More com-
plete definitions of the requirements, with notes for the guid-
ance of teachers, will be found in Document No. 117 published
by the College Entrance Examination Board, 431 West 117th
Street, New York City.
Major Requirement. Four units. — To meet this require-
ment the candidate must present the work as given under the
minor requirement and in addition the following:
Solid Geometry, one-half unit. — The usual theorems and con-
structions of good text-books, including the properties and
measurement of prisms, pyramids, cylinders, cones and the
sphere, and the solutions of numerous original exercises, are
required.
Plane Trigonometry, one-half unit. — The requirement in-
cludes the definitions and relations of the trigonometric func-
Description of Entrance Subjects 39
tions as ratios; proof of formulae and identities; practical use
of logarithms ; and the solution of triangles.
HISTORY
For entrance in History each of the following four subjects
is counted as one unit. Each unit represents the amount of
work which can be covered in five recitations a week during
one year, or in three recitations a week during two years.
a. Greek History to the Death of Alexander, and Roman
History to 800 A. D., or Ancient and Mediaeval History.
It is strongly urged that every student offer Greek and Roman
History for entrance.
b. Mediaeval and Modern European History from 800 A. D.
to the present time, or Modern European History.
c. English History.
d. American History.
Of these four units, the student must oflfer one unit, and may
offer three additional units.
The examinations will be based upon modern high school
text-books.
It is strongly recommended that the preparation in History
include, besides the study of a text-book, parallel reading, use
of a notebook, taking of notes, and practice in the filling in of
outline maps.
CIVICS
One unit of credit may be received for a course in Civics
taken throughout the year, or one-half unit may be received for
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a semester course preceded by a history course. One-half unit
of credit may be received for a semester course in Civics and
one-half unit for a course in Economics, provided these are
taken in the last year of the high school course. No credit will
be allowed for Economics alone. The total entrance credit of
History, Civics, and Economics may not exceed four units.
SCIENCE
The student may offer one, two, three or four units from
those given below. Each should represent the work of one
year, and should include a large amount of individual lab-
oratory work. The laboratory work should be directed by a
competent instructor and records made in a notebook, while
in the field or laboratory. A list of advised experiments will
be sent with blank for admission. Experiments must be
checked and certified to by the instructor. In doubtful cases
the notebook will be called for.
1. Physics, one unit. The amount of work is represented
by the requirements outlined by the College Entrance Exam-
ination Board. The laboratory work must include at least
thirty exercises from the different phases of the subject and
comprise a certain number of quantitative experiments. The
division of time should be three recitations a week of one
period each, and two double periods for laboratory.
2. Chemistry, one unit. The preparation in Chemistry
should consist of recitations, instruction by lecture table dem-
onstrations and laboratory work equivalent to five hours each
week throughout the year. It is suggested that two double
periods a week be given to individual laboratory work.
Description of Entrance Subjects 41
3. Biology, Botany, Zoology, one unit. A year in any of
these subjects will be accepted for entrance, provided the work
in the courses meets the requirements of the College Entrance
Examination Board, Preparation in these subjects should re-
quire three recitations per week, and two laboratory exercises
of two periods each.
4. Geography, one unit. The work in this subject should
meet the requirements outlined by the College Entrance Exami-
nation Board in the course in Physical Geography. A strong
course in Commercial Geography may be substituted for this,
but both courses may not be offered.
5. General Science, one unit. Credit is given for one
year's high school work in General Science when such work
comprises both text-book and laboratory work. A laboratory
notebook with original observations and conclusions should be
presented in order to receive credit.
6. Applied Science, one unit. Credit is given for one year's
work in Applied Science provided the course is well organized
and requires the equivalent of five periods per week for the
entire session. An acceptable certificate of laboratory work
must be presented in order to receive credit.
MUSIC
One unit in the elective group may be offered in Music by
examination only. This examination covers theory and instru-
mental proficiency. The preparation for it may not be done
in College ioi College admission. For details of the require-
ments, see page 104. The examination may be taken only at
the College. Students are not advised to try for this unit unless
they have had unusual musical training.
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BIBLE
In order to encourage the study of the Bible in preparatory
schools, the College will accept, in the elective group, one unit
under the following conditions:
(1) The applicant must come from a school giving a
thorough course in either the Old Testament or the New Tes-
tament, or the Old and New Testaments combined, covering a
full academic year and occupying approximately one-fourth of
the student's time for the year.
(2) The outline of the course, methods of instruction, and
a report of the student's work must be submitted to the Col-
lege Department of Bible for approval before credit is granted.
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CURRICULUM
ADMINISTRATION OF THE CURRICULUM
REGISTRATION
Students report first to the Treasurer's office, where all finan-
cial afifairs are arranged ; a card to this effect is furnished them
for presentation to the Registrar's ofi^ice, where they are regis-
tered and given their matriculation cards. They then meet with
the appropriate committees for classification.
Students are required to report to the Registrar's office after
the Christmas holidays before attending classes.
Note. — If, for any cause, a student fails to register in time
to attend her first scheduled lecture at the beginning of a
semester, she is charged a fee of $5.00 for late registration.
This rule, which is automatic as outlined above, is also applied
to students returning late from vacations, unless their excuses
are approved by the Dean.
CLASSIFICATION
Students are expected to make themselves thoroughly famil-
iar with the plan of the curriculum and to arrange their courses
so as to conform with its demands. By so doing they will
greatly reduce the necessarily arduous work of the committees.
First year students present their cards to the Committee on
Admission, and their courses are selected with the advice of
this Committee. On or before April 15th, all students at that
time in residence are required to file with the Registrar tenta-
tive statements of their courses for the next ensuing year. These
programs are reviewed by the Committee on Electives and
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approved or revised. The cards, with the courses entered upon
them in due form, are obtained from the Committee in the fall,
presented to the professors of the subjects, and, when they have
been properly signed, returned to the Registrar's oflfice.
After a course has been agreed upon by the student, with the
advice of the Committee on Admission or the Committee on
Electives, no change will be permitted, unless the question of
the student's health be involved. All students must be definite-
ly classified within two weeks after their arrival at the College.
ATTENDANCE ON LECTURES
Students are required to attend their lectures regularly and
promptly. Absence from courses without due excuse results
inevitably in the lowering of the student's standing. Profes-
sors are authorized to require students to make up work by
taking written tests covering the periods lost through absence,
whether the absence be excused or unexcused.
EXAMINATIONS
1. General examinations are held twice a year, in January
and in May. Failure to attend any of these examinations, for
any cause other than sickness, results in the dropping of the
delinquent from the student body. In case o£ absence from
examination because of sickness, the student will be given an
opportunity to take the examination in question at the regular
time set for re-examinations. (See below.)
2. Examinations for advanced standing upon work done in
some other institution, or in the summer, must be taken at such
time as may be arranged by the professors whose departments
are concerned, provided that such examinations may not be
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given later than two weeks before the regular examinations of
either semester. These examinations for advanced standing
shall be more extended than ordinary examinations. In case
of a subject of three hours' value, the examination shall be of
at least five hours duration. In case of subjects of less values,
examinations shall be of corresponding proportion. In case of
failure on an examination for advanced standing, no re-exam-
ination is permitted. These examinations are given only at
the College.
3. Any student desiring advanced standing credit by ex-
amination must pass such examination before being admitted to
any advanced course in the given subject. The latest date at
which any advanced standing examination may be given is in
September of the year following the admission of the student.
4. Re-examinations are allowed in the case of conditional
failure. These examinations for the first semester's work are
given in the second week of the second semester, and for the
second semester's work in the first week of the fall semester
next following. Those failing in the re-examination will be re-
quired to repeat the course in question or forfeit the credit. In
no case will more than one re-examination be allowed in the
same subject.
In case of unconditional failure in a subject, no re-examina-
tion will be allowed.
5. If a student finds it necessary to apply for an examina-
tion at any other time than that announced in the regular
schedule, or arranged for by the professor involved, written
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application explaining fully the reasons for the request must
first be made to the Dean. If permission is granted for a
change in the schedule of the examination the applicant must
present the Registrar's receipt for five dollars ($5.00) for such
examination desired before the professor is authorized to give
the same. Such examinations are known as "Special" examina-
tions.
This regulation applies to re-examinations as well as to gen-
eral and advanced examinations.
SEMESTER AND YEAR CREDITS
A semester credit is the value in hours of any course pursued
through one semester. Thus, if a course scheduled for three
hours a week for one semester be taken, the resulting credit
towards the one hundred twenty-seven semester hours required
for the degree is three semester hours. A year credit is the
value in semester hours of a course pursued throughout the
year. Thus, a course scheduled for three hours a week for the
whole year will give a credit of six semester hours towards the
degree.
SUMMER WORK
Students wishing to make advanced standing credits during
the summer must communicate their plans to the College Com-
mittee on Advanced Standing and secure permission to do the
summer work before entering upon it.
No credit will be given for work of an undergraduate nature
unless a "merit" grade is received. A student may not receive
credit by examination for a summer course in which she has
received a grade lower than "merit."
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The credit for each course taken at a Summer Session is de-
termined by the Advanced Standing Committee, but the maxi-
mum credit which may be obtained in a six weeks' summer ses-
sion is six semester hours.
LIMITATION OF HOURS
In order to prevent over-crowding of work, the following
regulation of the student's hours has been put into operation:
1. The maximum number of lecture or recitation hours a
week for Freshmen shall be sixteen, and the minimum fourteen.
At the discretion of the Committee on Admission the privilege
of taking only twelve hours is offered some students.
2. The maximum number of lecture or recitation hours a
week ioT advanced students shall be seventeen, and the min-
imum fourteen. Second and third year students may not take
the maximum number of hours a week unless they shall have
received merit grades in at least two-fifths of their work for
the preceding session. Fourth year students may not take the
maximum number of hours a week unless they shall have re-
ceived merit grades in at least one-half of their work for the
preceding session.
MERIT HOURS
Grades indicating the student's standing in any course are
o£Ficially recorded as follows: "A," excellent attainment; "B,"
very good attainment; "C," good attainment; "D," passable at-
tainment; "E," failure, with privilege of re-examination; "F,"
failure, without privilege of re-examination. The grades "A,"
"B," and "C," are known as "merit" grades. At least sixty of
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the one hundred twenty academic semester hours offered for
the degree of Bachelor of Arts must be of the merit grade, the
remaining hours of the course being made with a grade of at
least "D."
Exact grades are not announced to students, their reports
containing only the information: "Passed with Merit,"
"Passed," or "Failed."
Note. — For a detailed explanation of the "Merit" require-
ments for admission to recognition in each of the three classes,
Sophomore, Junior, Senior, see notes preceding the official
Register of Students, page 165.
REQUIRED RESIDENCE
The degree will not be conferred upon any student who has
not done at least one full year's work in this College immediate-
ly preceding graduation.
AUTOMATIC EXCLUSION
Any student whose work is notably unsatisfactory at the end
of the first semester is considered to have excluded herself auto-
matically from the College, unless by vote of the faculty she be
put on probation for the remainder of the year. If at the end
of the year she shall have failed to make credits to the extent of
at least fifteen semester hours in courses counting towards a
degree, she shall be considered to have excluded herself auto-
matically from the College for the next ensuing year.
A student who fails for two successive years to meet the re-
quirements for advancement to the next higher class, auto-
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matically excludes herself from the College, unless by vote of
the faculty she be allowed to remain on probation.
Note. — In addition to the enforcement of the above laws, the
College reserves the right to request the withdrawal of students
who cannot remain in residence without danger to their own
health or to the health of others, or whose presence is thought
to lower the moral tone of the College. Students of. this last
class may be asked to withdraw, even though no specific
charges be made against them.
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THE BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE
Candidates for the B.A. degree must present one hundred
twenty-seven semester hours of work of which seven semester
hours must be made in physical education. Certain courses are
required, as listed below, and others are elective. The program
of work for each student must be approved by the Committee
on Admission or the Committee on Electives. Since the design
of the curriculum is to reserve elective courses for the more
mature years of the student, the Committees will allow post-
ponement of prescribed work only in such cases as may for
special reasons demand this procedure.
I. Courses Required:
A. Specific requirements:
ENGLISH 101-102 6 semester hours
MODERN LANGUAGE, with a prerequisite of
two or more entrance units or equivalent __ 6 semester hours
BIBLE 101 and 205 6 semester hours
HYGIENE 201-202 2 semester hours
B. Requirements with option, elect 5 out of 7 groups.
Note. — Each student must elect one laboratory science.
Each student must elect either Group III or Group V.
Group I. Biology or Chemistry or Physics 8 semester hours
Group IL English Literature 6 semester hours
Group HI. Greek or Latin 6 semester hours
Two units of Greek or one year of col-
lege Greek is the prerequisite for
the Greek requirement.
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Group IV. History or Economics 6 semester hours
Group V. Mathematics 6 semester hours
Group VI. Psychology 6 semester hours
Group VII. Biology or Chemistry or Physics 8 semester hours
Choose subject not elected in Group I.
II. The elective hours are to be distributed as follows:
A. Each student is required to complete a major of twenty-
four hours (including the basic course) and a minor of
eighteen hours (including the basic course). The major and
minor must be elected before the close of the second semester
of the Sophomore year and the courses must be approved by
the professors concerned. Work in the major subject must be
continued throughout the Junior and Senior years.
Majors are offered in the following subjects: English,
French, German, Greek, Latin, Spanish, History, Biology,
Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Psychology, Economics, Eng-
lish Bible.
Note. — The following may not be elected to satisfy require-
ments for the major or minor:
(1) Elementary courses in languages:
An elementary course in foreign language may be accepted
as a basic course for a major or minor provided it is the third
foreign language offered for the degree.
(2) Courses in Music, Art History and Spoken English.
B. The remaining hours required to complete the one
hundred twenty hours in academic work may be chosen at will,
subject to the following restrictions:
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(1) Not more than six hours may be taken under any one
professor in any given semester.
(2) Not more than sixteen hours may be taken in one sub-
ject in any one session, and not more than forty hours in one
subject may be presented for the degree.
(3) Students offering for entrance two languages in ad-
dition to Latin must continue one of these two languages in
the Freshman year. Those offering for entrance Latin and
one other language must continue that other language in the
Freshman year.
(4) Students offering for entrance four units in Latin
and no additional foreign language must take in the Freshman
year the elementary course in French, German, Spanish or
Greek. This elementary course will be counted towards the de-
gree only on condition that it be followed in German by Course
201-202, in Greek by Course 205-206 and Course 201-202 or
Course 203-204; in other languages by Course 101-102.
(5) One year of a foreign language may be counted in
making up the requirements for the degree only when that
language is the fourth foreign language that the student has
taken.
(6) Not more than eighteen hours in Music, Practical Art,
and Spoken English combined may be counted towards the de-
gree.
Any student in any department of the college giving evi-
dence of inability to write correctly may be required to take ad-
Curriculum 53
ditional work in English composition, even though English
101-102 may have been passed.
In order to receive the seven semester hours of credit re-
quired in physical education, the student must have completed
four years of work in this department. Special arrangements
will be made for those entering with advanced standing.
No student may receive the degree at any given Commence-
ment unless she has obtained her full Senior standing by the
15th of the preceding April.
For the requirements as to "merit hours" and residence, see
pages 47-48.
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DESCRIPTION OF COURSES
Courses numbered below 100 cover subjects sometimes given
in high school work. Credit for them in college is limited.
Courses numbered 101 to 199 are open primarily to Fresh-
men and Sophomores; Courses 201 to 299 to Sophomores and
Juniors; Courses 301 to 399 to Juniors and Seniors, and
Courses 401 to 499 are open to Seniors only. Courses open
to lower classes are also open to upper classes unless stated
to the contrary.
Courses with odd numbers are given the first semester and
those with even numbers the second semester. Hyphenated
Courses (e. g. 101-102) are year courses. No credit is given
until the entire course is completed.
ART
Miss Lewis
The purpose for which this department is conducted is to
maintain a high standard of efficiency in the pictorial and deco-
rative arts, and to give the student an intelligent appreciation
of the works of the masters.
Around this principle are grouped the various branches of
art education, giving in addition to technical training a knowl-
edge of the historical development of art, theory of design and
color, and practical work in the criticism and composition of
pictures.
The studio practice is divided into four parts:
1. Drawing from cast and still life.
2. Drawing and painting from still life.
Description of Courses 55
3. Drawing from life; painting from still life; outdoor
painting.
4. Portrait painting, landscape painting.
A sketch class with costume model is open to all art students.
One hour a week.
A course in commercial art is given for students wishing to
specialize in that branch.
All students will be advanced according to ability.
Opportunity in the way of excellent examples and instruc-
tion is offered those desiring to study the various lines of dec-
orative art.
Studio practice may be given credit of two hours a semester
for students who have a minimum of six hours studio prac-
tice, provided they have completed or are taking Art 101 and
102.
Four hours will be the maximum credit allowed.
Note. — If credit courses in spoken English and music are
elected, not more than eighteen hours of music, spoken Eng-
lish and practical art combined will be allowed to count to-
ward the degree.
History of Art
These courses are designed to present to the student an out-
line of the development of architecture, sculpture and painting,
and to give a general knowledge of aesthetic appreciation.
101. Art of Greece and Rome. — Lecture course and col-
lateral reading, illustrated with pictures.
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First semester: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 11:30 — 12:30.
Credit: Three semester hours.
Open to aU students.
102. History of Painting, Beginning With the Renais-
sance.— Lecture course and collateral reading, illustrated with
pictures and lantern slides.
Second semester: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 11:30 — 12:30.
Credit: Three semester hours.
Open to all students.
103. Early Christian and Medieval Art. — History of
sculpture, painting, and architecture through early Christian,
Romanesque, and Gothic phases. ^
Lecture course with collateral reading, illustrated with pic-
tures and lantern slides.
First semester: Wednesday, Friday, 9:00 — 10:00.
Credit: Two semester hours. .^M
Open to all students. ■
Elements of Design. — Principles underlying organization
of line, color, and composition and their application to prob-
lems in design. Lectures with studio practice.
One hour a week. To be arranged for art students.
204. Home Sanitation. — ^A study of the modern house as
adapted to modern family life. The situation, surroundings,
and plan of the house, heating, lighting, and ventilation;
plumbing and water supply ; care of the house from a sanitary
standpoint; refrigeration; disposal of household wastes and
problems of municipal housekeeping.
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Second semester:
Lectures: Wednesday, Friday, 9:00 — 10:00.
Credit: Two semester hours.
Open to Sophomores, Juniors, or Seniors who have completed or are
taking Chemistry 101-102, or Physics, 101-102.
All art students are required to take a course in history of
art if so advised by the professor of the department.
The requirements of the music department with regard to
students not candidates for the degree apply also to art stu-
dents, art taking the place o£ music in their course of study.
A certificate of proficiency will be given to students in the
art department who have finished satisfactorily the course as
prescribed and have in addition satisfactorily completed the fol-
lowing College courses:
1. Twelve semester hours of English with advice of the de-
partment of English.
2. Eight semester hours of history with advice of the de-
partment of history.
3. French 103-104 or German 251-252.
Art Scholarship. — Tuition in the art department of the
College for the next session will be given the student who does
the best work from cast or nature. No one can compete for the
scholarship who has not been a diligent student in the art de-
partment for the entire session.
ASTRONOMY
Professor Cooke
201-202. Descriptive Astronomy. — This course is devoted
to an extensive study of the solar system and the sidereal uni-
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verse, and to a brief study of the fundamental principles and
methods of practical astronomy. Part of the work of the course
consists in familiarizing the students with the constellations
and the actual appearance of the more interesting celestial
objects.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 10:30—11:30.
Credit: Six semester hours.
Prerequisite: Mathematics, 102.
BIBLE
Professor Sydenstricker
Associate Professor Gillespie
101. Old Testament. — A course giving a general knowl-
edge of the Old Testament from Genesis to the period of Baby-
lonian captivity. Elmphasis is placed upon a thorough famil-
iarity with the geography of the Old Testament world; the
philosophy of Hebrew history and the purpose of prophecy
during the period of the Kings. Attention is given also to
awakening a sympathetic appreciation of the beauty of the
literary forms of the Old Testament.
Supplementary readings from standard authorities. Written
tests and term paper required.
Both semesters:
Section A: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 11:30 — 12:30.
Section B: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 9:00 — 10:00.
Credit: Three semester hours.
Required for the degree.
102. Post-Exilic Literature. — ^With special emphasis upon
the changes wrought by captivity — in Hebrew thought and
worship.
Description of Courses 59
Second semester: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 8:00 — 9:00.
Credit: Three semester hours.
Open to students who have completed Course 101.
203. The Old Testament Prophets. — A study of the
prophets as interpreters of the political, social, and religious
conditions in Israel and Judah during the period 800-400 B. C.
The history of the nations influencing and influenced by Israel
and Judah during this period — is carefully considered; and re-
cent archaeological discoveries are studied in relation to this
history.
First semester: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 1:10 — 2:10.
Credit: Three semester hours.
Open to all students who have completed Course 101.
205. The Life of Christ. — This course is based upon the
Synoptic Gospels. A careful consideration will be given to
the literature, institutions, and ideals of the Jewish people dur-
ing the period between the Old and New Testaments. The
teachings and method of Jesus will be studied, and collateral
reading and term-paper required.
Prerequisite, Bible 101.
Offered both semesters.
Section A. First semester: Monday, 9:30 — 10:30; Wednesday, Fri-
day, 9:00—10:00.
Section B. First semester : Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 9:00 — 10:00.
Section A. Second semester: Monday, 9:30 — 10:30; Wednesday,
Friday, 9:00—10:00.
Section B. Second semester: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 9:00 —
10:00.
Credit: Three semester hours.
Required for the degree.
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207. Life and Letters of Paul. — A careful survey of the
historic background of this remarkable life; the significance of
the Hellenistic and Roman elements in his early environment as
reflected in his career as a missionary.
A standard Life of Paul is studied, and the rich Pauline liter-
ature of Sir William Ramsay is used.
First Semester: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 8:00 — 9:00.
Credit: Three semester hours.
Open to students who have had Course 205.
208. The Wisdom Literature and Poetry of Old Testa-
ment.
Second semester: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 1:10 — 2:10.
Credit: Three semester hours.
Open to students who have completed Course 101.
209-210. New Testament Greek. — (See Department of
Greek, Course 203-204.)
301. The Revelation and General Epistles.
First semester: Monday, "Wednesday, Friday, 11:30 — 12:30.
Credit: Three semester hours.
Open to students who have completed Course 205.
304. Greek Thought. — (See Department of Greek, Course
304.)
306. History of the Early Church. — A comparison is
made with the progress of missionary efforts in modern times.
Second semester: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 11:30 — 12:30.
Credit: Three semester hours.
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Description of Courses 61
Open to students who have completed Course 205.
Offered every other year.
308. History of Religions.
Second semester: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 11:30 — 12:30.
Three hours per week.
Credit: Three semester hours.
Open to students who have completed Courses 101 and 205.
Requirements for the major in Bible:
Basic courses: Bible 101, Bible 205.
Required course: Bible 209-210.
Elective courses in Bible to complete the major must be
approved by the department.
The minor must include the basic courses indicated above
and elective courses approved by the department.
BIOLOGY
Professor MacDougall
Associate Professor Westall
Assistant Professor Pirkle
Miss Coleman
Miss Miller
101-102. — ^An introductory course presenting the funda-
mental principles of Biology. One semester is devoted to the
structure and functions of higher plants, and to the structure
and life history of representatives of the principal plant groups,
and in one semester a study is made of the representative types
of the invertebrate groups and the frog. The important biologi-
cal theories are presented.
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Two lectures, one recitation, and three hours laboratory.
Lectures and recitations:
Section A: Monday, 9:30— 10:30; Wednesday, Friday, 9:00—
10:00.
Section B: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 10:30—11:30.
Laboratory:
For Lecture Section A: Monday or Tuesday, 1:10 — 4:10.
For Lecture Section B: Wednesday or Thursday, 1:10 — 4:10.
Credit: Eight semester hours.
Botany 201-202. General Morphology. — A study of the
structure and relationships of types, with especial reference to
evolutionary tendencies.
Lecture: One hour, to be arranged.
Laboratory: Six hours, to be arranged.
Credit: Six semester hours. |
Prerequisite: Biology 101-102.
Additional credit of two semester hours may be obtained by work
in taxonomy of the lower plant groups. Such work may be done follow-
ing the regular course in Morphology, and may be assigned either for
one semester or throughout the year, as Botany 201-202 (extra credit).
Hours to be arranged.
Botany 301. Physiology. — ^A study of the principal func-
tions of plants, Respiration, Transpiration, Photosynthesis, etc.
First or second semester, as convenient.
Lecture: One hour, to be arranged.
Laboratory: Six hours to be arranged.
Credit: Three semester hours.
Prerequisite: Biology 101-102.
Description of Courses 63
Botany 203-204. Ecology and Local Flora. — Lectures,
laboratory, and field work to include a consideration of the re-
lation of plants to their environment, and a systematic study of
the ferns, conifers, and flowering plants.
Lectures and laboratory: Friday, 1:10 — 4:10. One other session
to be arranged.
Credit: Four semester hours.
Prerequisite: Biology 101-102.
Note. — Students desiring this course for six semester hours
credit may obtain the additional credit by especially assigned
problems and papers.
Genetics
303-304. Evolution and Heredity. — This course deals
with the more important theories of evolution; with variation;
the physical basis of inheritance, the laws of heredity and their
social application.
Lectures and recitations: Tuesday, Thursday, 9:00 — 10:00,
Credit: Four semester hours.
Prerequisite: Biology 101-102.
Note. — Major students in biology are required to do 3 hours
laboratory work per week in this course in which case the credit
is six semester hours. One hour is scheduled, 9-10 Saturday;
two hours unscheduled.
Physiology
205-206. Physiology. — A study of the activities of the
human body, including digestion, circulation, assimilation,
nietabolism, excretion, respiration, muscular contraction, body
heat, and nervous system.
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Lectures: Tuesday, Thursday, 10:30 — 11:30.
Laboratory: Friday, 1:10 — 4:10.
Credit: Six semester hours.
Prerequisite: Biology 101-102.
Zoology
207. Invertebrate Zoology. — A course dealing with the
iDvertebrate groups with respect to comparative anatomy, evo-
hitionary tendencies within each group, and genetic relation-
ships. Habit, habitat, and distribution are also considered.
First semester:
Lectures: Wednesday, Friday, 11:30—12:30.
Laboratory: Monday, 1:10 — 4:10.
Credit: Three semester hours.
Prerequisite: Biology 101-102.
208. Comparative Anatomy of the Vertebrates. — A
comparative study of the development, structure, relationships,
and distribution of vertebrate animals. Representative types
are dissected and studied in the laboratory.
Second semester:
Lectures and recitations: Wednesday, Friday, 11:30 — 12:30.
Laboratory: Three hours, to be arranged.
Credit: Three semester hours.
Prerequisite: Biology 101-102.
305. Histology. — Mainly a laboratory course with prac-
tical work in the more usual methods of histological technique.
First semester:
Lecture: Friday, 10:30—11:30.
Laboratory: Six hours, to be arranged.
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Description of Courses 65
Credit: Three semester hours.
Prerequisite: Biology 101-102.
306. Embryology. — A consideration of the fundamental
facts of embryology, with special reference to mammalian de-
velopment.
Second semester:
Lectures: Monday, Wednesday, 10:30 — 11:30.
Laboratory: Four hours, to be arranged.
Credit: Three semester hours.
Prerequisite: Biology 101-102.
Requirements for the major in Biology.
Basic course Biology 101-102.
Required courses in Biology:
1. When Zoology is the subject of primary interest: Biology
207-208, 303-304, 305-306.
2. When Botany is the subject of primary interest: Biology
201-202, 203-204, 303-304.
Elective courses in Biology to complete the major must be
approved by the department.
It is highly desirable that students majoring in Biology
should have at least two years of Chemistry, one year of
Physics, Calculus, and both French and German.
The minor must include the basic course indicated above and
elective courses approved by the department.
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CIIMMIS'IKY
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initrdxu of i|uaril.ilaliv(: (;x|)(;ri)n(-nlH and iIhih llir Mliidml is
Ian;";!!! tin; amnracy {uid di*finil<!nrHH of c.lKMiiical lawH, wliiln
Ix'iiig Irainrd in ol)H(-rvalion and in nianipnialion of apparahiH.
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201. OiiAi.n Aiivi'; Analysis. — TIiIh roniHr in piiniaiily a
lidioialoiy roiiiHc draliii^ willi a (pialilalivr Hrparalion ol \\u'.
inipoilaiil nirlalM and acids. 'I'lii: Ircliirc^H inrliidr a disi-nsMion
of iIh* lliroiy ol Mi»liilion and llin lawH ;',ov('rnin;', (-li(-nii<:al r(|iii-
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l'i<-ic<|iiiHilr : ( !li<-iiiiftli y 101 101^
Pks< icii-noN or r<Miitsi:M
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liook.u upon InltoiJiloiy pioliitMiiH involvrd.
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(IicmIIi: 'I'wo or loin n<Miii<nli-i lioinH,
I'lrUMIiilniln: ( iliniiilnii y '.'O'.l.
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Note. — An additional semester of work will be recorded as
302. Credit for Courses 301 and 302 is based upon number of
laboratory hours £ind amount of work completed.
304. Chemistry of Food and Nutrition. — Special empha-
sis will be placed on the composition and nutritive value of
foods, and the processes of digestion and metabolism. Lectures
and reading will deal with the principles of physiological and
biological chemistry.
Second semester:
Lectures: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 9:00 — 10:00.
Credit: Three semester hours.
Prerequisite: Chemistrj' 205-206.
305-306. Theoretical Chemistry. — Lectures, recitations
and reports based upon general reference work.
Prerequisite: Chemistry 205-206.
Lectures: Wednesday, Friday, 9:00 — 10:00.
Credit: Four semester hours.
Open to advanced students in chemistry with permission of the de-
partment.
This course alternates with 307-308.
307-308. Radioactivity and Atomic Structure. — This
course deals with the constitution of matter from both the chem-
ical and physical standpoint. It consists of lectures and reports
on various phases of the subject.
Lectures: Wednesday, Friday, 9:00 — 10:00.
Credit: Four semester hours.
Open to advanced students in Science upon recommendation of the
departments.
This course alternates with 305-306.
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311. History and Achievements of Chemistry. — This
course will deal with the lives, work and influence of the great
men of Chemistry. The course will also include careful study
and discussion of outstanding achievements as they relate to
development and progress in this particular science.
First semester:
Lectures: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 9:00 — 10:00.
Credit: Three semester hours.
Prerequisite: Chemistry 205-206, 305-306.
Requirements for the major in Chemistry:
Basic course: Chemistry 101-102.
Required course: Chemistry 205-206.
Elective courses in Chemistry to complete the major must
be approved by the department.
The minor must include the basic course indicated above
and elective courses approved by the department.
ECONOMICS AND SOCIOLOGY
Professor Wright
Economics
201-202. Introduction to Economics. — ^This course is
planned as the basis for all the other work in the department.
It includes a survey of modem economic theory, with applica-
tion to current economic and social problems.
First and second semester: Monday, 9:30; Wednesday, Friday,
8:00—9:00.
Credit: Six semester hours.
Not open to first year students. This course is required of all
majors in Economics and Sociology and is a prerequisite to Courses 303,
304, 308, 309 and 310.
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303. The Labor Problem. — An analysis of the modem
"labor problem" and a study of the various solutions offered
by trade unionism, labor management and labor legislation.
First semester: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 8:00 — 9:00.
Credit: Three semester hours.
304. SOCULISM AND THE SOCIALIST MOVEMENT. — A Study
of the rise and development of socialist thought and of the
programs and activities of the socialist parties in the United
States and abroad.
Second semester: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 11:30 — 12:30.
Credit: Three semester hours.
308. Public Finance and Taxation. — A study of the finan-
cial problems of government — national, state and local — of
forms of expenditure, of sources of revenue particularly tax-
ation, and of budget-making, public debts and financial ad-
ministration.
Second semester: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 8:00 — 9:00.
Credit: Three semester hours.
309. Money and Banking. — Money, credit and banking — a
study of their nature and characteristics, of forms and functions
of each and of the application of principles in the systems of
certain foreign countries and of the United States.
First semester: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 8:00 — 9:00.
Credit: Three semester hours.
Not given in 1932-1933.
310. Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade. — This course
continues the study begun in Course 309. A further examina-
tion of principles, particularly of credit, and of their applica-
Description of Courses 71
tion in the business relations between countries. Also a study
of principles underlying and pervading commerce between
countries.
Second semester: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 8:00 — 9:00.
Credit: Three semester hours.
Not given in 1932-1933.
Sociology
203-204. Introduction to Sociology. — In the first sem-
ester the course deals with social origins and social processes,
in the second semester with social institutions and questions of
social control.
Tuesday and Thursday, 1:10 — 2:10.
Credit: Four semester hours.
Not open to first year students.
301-302. Genetics.— See Biology 303-304
Lectures and recitation: Tuesday, Thursday, 9:00 — 10:00.
Credit: Four semester hoxirs.
Prerequisite: Biology 101-102.
305-306. Charities and Corrections. — The first semester
is given to a study of Dependents, Defectives and Delinquents.
In the second semester the course deals with practical methods
of Philanthropy. In the first semester the class visits a number
of the philanthropic and penal institutions in Atlanta, and in
the second semester there are field work and weekly reports by
the students.
Wednesday, 1:15—5:00. Monday, Friday, 1:10—2:10.
Credit: Six semester hours.
Open to Juniors and Seniors.
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307. SocLVL Psychology. — See Psychology 305.
First semester: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 11:30 — 12:30.
Credit: Three semester hours.
Prerequisite: Psychology 201-202.
Requirements for major in Economics and Sociology;
Basic course: Economics 201-202.
Elective courses in economics and sociology to complete the
major must be approved by the department.
A major in the department may include six hours in the de-
partment of history.
The minor must include the basic course indicated above
and elective courses approved by the department.
EDUCATION
See
PHILOSOPHY AND EDUCATION
ENGLISH
Professor Hayes Professor McKinney
Associate Professor Laney Associate Professor Gooch
Assistant Professor Christie Assistant Professor Preston
I. Language and Composition
101-102. College Composition. — English composition as
here studied is a necessary foundation for all other work in this
department. The work of this course comprises a study of the
text-book on composition, an analysis in class of selected prose
models, parallel reading of standard novels and other literature
Description of Courses 73
of the nineteenth century, and written reports thereon at stated
intervals. The work during the first semester will deal with the
personal essay. Weekly themes and individual conferences will
be required.
This course continues throughout the year. The work of the
second semester will make a special study of the longer formal
essay. Weekly themes and personal conferences will be re-
quired.
Section A: Monday, 9:30—10:30; Wednesday, Friday, 9:00—10:00.
Section B: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 1:10 — 2:10.
Section C: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 9:00 — 10:00.
Section D: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 10:30 — 11:30.
Section E: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 11:30 — 12:30.
Credit: Six semester hours.
Required of all Freshmen.
237. Argumentation. — A theoretical and practical study
of the subject. Analysis of questions, brief -drawing, oral and
written discussion. Class debates.
First semester: Hours to be arranged.
Credit: Three semester hours.
Open to students who have completed English 101-102.
Additional credit under this course may be given to those
members of Pi Alpha Phi Debating Society who are candidates
for the intercollegiate teams, provided the debating done for
the credit measures up to the standards of the faculty adviser
under whose supervision the debating is done. Credit is given
by the faculty on the recommendation of the faculty adviser.
The extra credit for team debating is two semester hours a year,
and is limited to a total of four semester hours. The extra
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credit is given only to those who have completed the course in
argumentation.
302. Advanced Composition. — A practical course in the
writing of the short story, intended for students who have
shown special aptitude for writing, and who desire further exer-
cise in prose style. Constant writing is required, and the effort
is made, in class criticism and individual conferences, to meet
the needs and encourage the talent of each student. Not offered
in 1932-1933.
Second semester: Hours to be arranged.
Credit: Three semester hours.
303. Journalism. — A course in the writing of journalistic
prose based on a study of the methods employed by the best
modern writers of newspaper and magazine articles. Instruc-
tion and practice in gathering suitable material and in pre-
senting that material clearly and interestingly. Not offered in
1932-1933.
First semester: Hours to be arranged.
Credit: Three semester hours.
305. Anglo-Saxon. — A study of Anglo-Saxon phonology
and grammatical forms, with as much reading of West Saxon
prose and poetry as the time and the capacities of the class will
permit.
First semester: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 1:10 — 2:10.
Credit: Three semester hours.
Open to students who have completed English 211-212.
II. Literature
211-212. General Introduction to the Study of Eng-
lish Literature. — ^This course is conducted by lectures, giv-
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ing an account of the movements, of tendencies, of men, and
of books. Careful study of masterpieces representative of
different periods and collateral readings are required of all stu-
dents. Written reports are required. This course is prerequis-
ite to all the advanced courses in literature and spoken English.
First semester: From the beginning of English literature
to the Elizabethan period. Second semester: From the Eliz-
abethan period to the end of the eighteenth century.
Section A: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 10:30—11:30.
Section B: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 2:10—3:10.
Section C : Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 8 :00 — 9 :00.
Section D: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 9:00 — 10:00.
Credit: Six semester hours.
Open to students who have completed English 101-102.
306. Chaucer. — A study of most of the Canterbury Tales
with a more rapid reading of some of the other works.
Second semester: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 1:10 — 2:10.
Credit: Three semester hours.
Open to students who have completed English 305.
307-308. Play Production. — The purpose of this course
is to emphasize the literary and artistic values in drama as re-
vealed in production. No attempt is made to imitate the pro-
fessional stage though its methods are studied. The course
includes a survey of the essential arts involved in the produc-
tion of plays, a study of the theory of staging, stage design,
acting, lighting and costuming. A critical study of plays in
text and production is made. Practice is gained through par-
ticipation in several one-act and two long plays during the
year. The material used includes Shakespeare and classical
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drama, the comedy of manners, and modern drama of recog-
nized literary merit.
Open to Juniors and Seniors who have taken or are taking Spoken
English 105-106, and six hours of dramatic literature in any language
01 languages.
Each class hour is followed by two laboratory hours.
Laboratory fee — $10.00 per year.
Two hours a week through the year. Hours to be arranged.
Credit: Four semester hours.
Courses that may be elected for prerequisite requirement in dra-
matic literature are:
English 313-314, 423-424.
Spanish 152 and 252.
French 357-358.
German 251-252, 351-352.
Latin 202 and 303.
Greek 301, 308, and 303 (in English).
313-314. Shakespeare. — The aim of this course is the
"Study of Shakespeare's development as a dramatist. The more
important plays are studied intensively, and most of the rest are
read rapidly.
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 9:00 — 10:00.
Credit: Six semester hours.
Open to students who have completed English 211-212.
319. Verse Forms. — Poetry: origin and place among the
arts. Theories of versification. Literary history of various
verse forms with analysis of representative poems. Either
English 319 or English 320 will be given in 1932-1933, de-
pending on which course has the greater enrollment.
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Second semester: Hours to be arranged.
Credit: Three semester hours.
Open to students who have completed English 211-212.
320. Contemporary Poetry. — A study of the various
Twentieth Century poetical movements, with especial emphasis
on the poetry of the present day. Either English 319 or
English 320 will be given in 1932-1933, depending on which
course has the greater enrollment.
Second semester: Hours to be arranged.
Credit: Three semester hours.
Open to students who have completed English 321-322, English 331-
332, or English 319.
321-322. Poetry of the Nineteenth Century. — ^This
course includes a study of Coleridge, Scott, Wordsworth, Shel-
ley, Keats, Browning, Tennyson, and the Pre-Raphaelites.
First semester: The Romantic Movement, as exemplified in
the work of Coleridge, Scott, Wordsworth, Shelley and Keats.
Second semester: The Victorian Age, Tennyson and Brown-
ing. There will be brief readings from the Pre-Raphaelite
poets.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 11:30—12:30.
Credit: Six semester hours.
Open to students who have completed English 211-212.
331-332. American Literature. — ^This is a lecture and
reading course. Attention will be given to the periods and
movements of American literary history, and much reading
will be required in the representative works of the several
periods.
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Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 8:00 — 9:00.
Credit: Six semester hours.
Open to students who have completed English 211-212.
333. The History of the Novel. — This course traces the
development of the English novel from the beginning to Scott.
The work will include lectures, parallel reading on the history
and criticism of the novel, and the reading of representative
novels with discussions, oral and written. Given in alternate
years. Offered in 1933-1934.
First Semester: Tuesday and Thursday, 8:00 — 9:00.
Credit: Two semester hours.
Open to students who have completed English 211-212.
334. The History of the Novel. — This course continues
the work of English 333, tracing the novel to the present time
Offered in 1933-1934.
Second semester: Tuesday and Thursday, 8:00 — 9:00.
Credit: Two semester hours.
Open to students who have completed English 211-212.
423-424. Modern Drama. — This course, which covers the
college year, is an extensive reading course in the modern
drama. A study will be made of representative plays, begin-
ning with Ibsen.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 2:10—3:10.
Credit: Six semester hours.
Open to Seniors.
Requirements for the major in English:
Basic course: English 211-212.
(English 101-102 is previously required of all Freshmen.)
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Required courses in English: English 305 and 306.
Elective courses in English to complete the major must be
approved by the department.
Required work other than English: One foreign language of
grade not below French 103-104, German 251-252, Spanish
151-152, Greek 201-202, or Latin 201-202.
The minor must include the basic course indicated above
and elective courses approved by the department.
III. Spoken English
Credit toward the degree will be allowed for courses in
spoken English amounting to twelve semester hours, but these
courses may not be included in the major nor counted toward
the satisfaction of group requirements. If credit courses in
music and practical art are elected, not more than eighteen
hours in music, spoken English and practical art combined will
be allowed to count towards the degree.
No extra tuition is charged for class work in any course in
Spoken English. One additional hour credit may be obtained
each semester in courses 105-106, 217-218, 309, 310, 311 and
312 by taking private lessons and laboratory work in addition
to the class work. The courses will then be designated 105-
106A, 217-218A, etc.
105-106. Fundamentals of Speech and Vocal Expres-
sion.— The purpose of this course is to develop a good normal
speaking voice and to establish ease in platform presentation
whether it be in speaking, debating, or the interpretation of
literature. Both theory and practice are considered. Exercises
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for the training of the voice and body to respond to thinking
are studied and practiced. Principles are applied through the
interpretation of the short story, lyric and narrative poetry, and
extemporaneous speaking.
Two hours per week. Sec. I: Wednesday, Friday, 8:00 — 9:00.
Sec. II: Time to be arranged.
Credit : Two semester hours.
209-210. Public Speaking. — A study of speeches of various
types. Practice in careful preparation and delivery of both
impromptu and extemporaneous speeches. Particular care is
taken of the problems and needs of each individual student
as revealed in her constant practice before small audiences.
Offered for students who have completed 105-106.
One hour a week through the year. Saturday 8:00 — 9:00.
Credit: Two semester hours.
Note. — English 209-210 is offered as an elective for juniors
and seniors but may be taken by sophomores who have com-
pleted 105-106.
217-218. Imagination and its Relation to Vocal Ex-
pression.— A study of thought and feeling, their relation to
natural modulations of voice and body, and their development
in reading and speaking. Continuation of exercises for the
training of voice and body. Interpretation of drama begun.
Two hours a week. Time to be arranged.
Credit: Two semester hours.
Open to students who have completed English 105-106. It is ad-
vised that students electing this course take English 211-212 in connec-
tion with this work.
309. Forms of Literature. — ^This course analyzes and
studies through vocal interpretation the lyric, the ballad, and
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the narrative poem. Poems of each type are memorized and
presented before audiences.
First semester: Two hours. Time to be arranged.
Credit: Two semester hours.
Open to students who have completed four semester hours of Spoken
English and English 211-212.
Given only in alternate years.
310. Interpretation of Modern Drama. — The one-act
play is the basis of study for this course. An analysis of struc-
ture, character and atmosphere or mood is made. Advanced
studies for the development of pantomime and a responsive
voice constitute a part of the work.
Second semester: Two hours a week. Time to be arranged.
Credit: Two semester hours.
Open to students who have completed six semester hours of Spoken
English and English 211-212.
Given only in alternate years.
311. Shakespeare and Classical Drama. — A careful
analysis and intensive study through vocal interpretation is
made of two Shakspeare plays and one other classical drama.
The technical training for this course is gained through dra-
matic and pantomimic problems and advanced exercises and
problems for the development of a responsive voice.
First semester: Two hours a week. Time to be arranged.
Credit: Two semester hours.
Open to students who have completed four semester hours of Spoken
English and English 211-212.
Given only in alternate years.
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312. Oral Interpretation. — This course is co-ordinated
with spoken English 311, but it may be elected for credit by
students who have not had 311.
The long story (novel or romance) or the full length play
are studied, arranged and prepared for oral presentation. The
purpose of the student will be to gain that power which will
enable her to sustain herself through an evening's program;
also to reveal adequately through oral interpretation a develop-
ment of story, plot and character.
Second semester: Two hours. Time to be arranged.
Credit: Two semester hours.
Open to students who have had six semester hours of Spoken
English and English 211-212.
Given only in alternate years.
FRENCH
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GERMAN
Professor Harn
01-02. Elementary German. — The equivalent of the minor
requirement for entrance. For details see this requirement. The
work includes grammar, composition, translation, sight-read-
ing, conversation based on texts read.
Text books: Thurnau's Vocabulary Building German for Begin-
ners; Storm's Immensee; Heyse's L'Arrabbiata ; HiUem's Hoher als die
Kirche; "Wildenbruch's Das edle Blut; Gerstacker's Germelshausen.
This course, to be counted toward the degree, must be followed by
Course 201-202, imless it is taken as a fourth foreign language.
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Section A: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 8:00 — 9:00.
Section B: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 11:30 — 12:30.
Credit: Six semester hours.
101-102. Conversation. — Two hours of recitation and one
hour of preparation a week. This course in spoken German is
designed to give greater fluency in the language and careful
habits of speech.
Tuesday and Thursday, 1:10 — 2:10.
Credit: Two semester hours.
201-202. Intermediate Course. — ^More advanced work in
grammar, reproduction, and prose composition. Translation;
conversation, sight-reading. For details see major require-
ment for admission.
Text books: Whitney and Stroebe, Easy German Composition;
Sudermann's Frau Sorge; Schnitzler's Three One- Act Plays (Der griine
Kakadu, Literatur, die Letzten Masken) ; Schiller's Wilhelm Tell; Les-
sing's Minna von Barnhelm; Goethe's Gcitz von Berlichingen.
Monday, 8:30; Wednesday, Friday, 8:00—9:00.
Credit: Six semester hours.
Admission to this course may be by examination in case preparation
is done outside of College in less than two years.
203-204. — German literature of the nineteenth century with
special emphasis on the Novelle and the Drama. Review of
grammar, reading and speaking German.
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 10:30 — 11:30.
Credit: Six semester hours.
Prerequisite: German 201-202 or equivalent.
251-252. Eighteenth Century Classics. — Lectures in
German on Lessing, Goethe, and Schiller, the development of
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German drama previous to the classic period, and dramatic
form. Notebooks, character sketches, reports on special topics
in German. Offered in 1932-1933.
Texts: Lessing's Emelia Galotti, Nathan der Weise; Goethe's
Iphigenie, Egmont; Schiller's Kabale and Liebe, Wallenstein.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 11:30—12:30.
Credit: Six semester hours.
Open to those who have completed Course 201-202 or its equivalent.
An examination in conversation, at least, will be required of students
whose previous work is done outside of college.
Given only in alternate years.
351-352. Goethe's Faust. — Parts I and II. Lectures on
the growth of the Faust legend in German literature and the
Faust motive in other literatures. Interpretation of Goethe's
Faust, with the study of its growth in relation to the facts of
his life. Comparative study of Marlowe's Faust and Ibsen's
Peer Gynt. An attempt will be made to have the class work
supplemented occasionally by a study of the Faust theme in
music.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 10:30—11:30.
Credit: Six semester hours.
Open to those who have completed Course 251-252 or Course 201-202,
with merit. Students who came into the course from Course 201-202
should have had work in philosophy or some advanced work in literature.
Requirements for the major in German:
Basic course: German 01-02.
Note. — This course taken as a third language not earlier
than the Sophomore year will be accepted as the basic course
for a major.
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Required courses: German 201-202, 251-252, 351-352.
Elective courses in German to complete the major must be
approved by the department.
The minor must include the basic course indicated above and
elective courses approved by the department.
GREEK
Professor Torrance
Associate Professor Freed
Assistant Professor Stansfield
101-102. Beginning Greek. — Allen's First Year of Greek:
Selections from Xenophon and Plato; prose composition.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 11:30—12:30.
Credit (when not offered for entrance) : Six semester hours if (1)
taken as a fourth language; (2) followed by Course 205-206, and
Course 201 and 202, or 203-204.
Open to all students having four credits in Latin or by special per-
mission to those having only three entrance units in Latin.
201. Plato. — Selections from the Apology, Crito, and
Phaedo. Socrates and philosophy of Plato. Careful study of
syntax.
First semester: Tuesday, Saturday, 9:00 — 10:00.
Credit: Two semester hours.
Open to those who have offered the maximum requirement for
entrance, or who have completed Course 101-102, and have completed or
are taking Course 205-206.
202. Homer. — Iliad, selections. Forms, syntax, and prosody.
Sight translation. Homeric life.
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Second semester: Tuesday, Saturday, 9:00 — 10:00.
Credit: Two semester hours.
Open to those who have completed Course 201 and are taking or
have completed Course 205-206.
203-204. New Testament Greek. — A special study of the
writings of Luke, his style and vocabulary; the historical set-
ting of the Book of Acts. Selections from other writers. In-
terpretation of the Greek text and study of New Testament
philology and syntax.
Wednesday, Friday, 9:00—10:00.
Credit: Four semester hours.
Open to those who have offered the maximum requirement for en-
trance or who have completed Course 101-102, and have completed or
are taking Course 205-206.
205-206. Prose Composition.
Thursday, 9:00—10:00.
Credit: Two semester hours.
To be taken in connection with Course 201-202 or 203-204.
301. Introduction to Greek Tragedy. — Selected plays.
Origin and development of Greek Drama.
First semester: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 10:30 — 11:30.
Credit: Three semester hours.
Open to those who have completed Courses 201 and 202, and 205-206.
To be given only in alternate years.
302. Greek Lyric Poets and Theocritus.
Second semester: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 10:30 — 11:30.
Credit: Three semester hours.
Open to those who have completed Courses 201 and 202, and 205-206.
To be given only in alternate years.
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307. Greek Historians. — Special study of the history of
Greece in the fifth century from Herodotus and Thucydides.
First semester: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 10:30 — 11:30.
Credit: Three semester hours.
Open to those who have completed Courses 201 and 202, and 205-206.
Given only in alternate years.
308. Introduction to Greek Comedy. — Aristophanes —
Selected plays.
Second semester: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 10:30 — 11:30.
Credit: Three semester hours.
Open to those who have completed Courses 201 and 202, and 205-206.
Given only in alternate years.
Greek Courses in Translation
303. Greek Poetry. — Epic, Lyric and Dramatic, with
emphasis on the Drama; lectures and collateral reading (in
English) .
First semester: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 1:10 — 2:10.
Credit: Three semester hours.
Open only to Juniors and Seniors.
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with special emphasis on Plato and Aristotle. Lectures and
collateral reading (in English) .
Second semester: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 1:10 — 2:10.
Credit: Three semester hours.
Open only to Juniors and Seniors.
305. Greek History. — (See department of History, Course
309.)
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311. Greek Life. — An introduction to the social and politi-
cal institutions of the Greeks. Lectures illustrated by photo-
graphs and lantern slides. Papers and reports.
First semester: Wednesday, Friday, 2:10 — 3:10.
Credit: Two semester hours.
Open only to Juniors and Seniors.
Requirements for the major in Greek:
Basic course: Greek 101-102.
Required courses: Greek 201, 202 and 205-206.
Elective courses in Greek to complete the major must be
approved by the department.
The minor must include the basic course indicated above
and elective courses approved by the department.
HISTORY
Professor Davidson
Associate Professor Jackson
Assistant Professor Smith
101-102. Mediaeval and Modern Europe, 1100-1928.—
This course is intended to equip the student for the further
study of history. The emphasis of the course will be upon the
operation of historical forces and movements. The work will
be carried on by class discussions, library reading, map and
notebook work, and the study of source material.
Section A: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 1:10 — 2:10.
Section B: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 10:30—11:30.
Section C: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 8:00 — 9:00.
Section D: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 9:00 — 10:00.
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Section E: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 10:30 — 11:30.
Credit: Six semester hours.
This course is a prerequisite for all other courses in History.
201. The French Revolution and Napoleon. — A study of
the antecedents of the French Revolution, of its development
and influence upon Europe, and of Napoleon's rise and fall.
First semester: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 10:30 — 11:30.
Credit: Three semester hours.
202. Europe, 1815-1871.— This course will trace the de-
velopment of democracy and the growth of nationalism in
Europe from the Congress of Vienna through the unification
of Italy and Germany.
Second semester: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 10:30 — 11:30.
Credit: Three semester hours.
203-204. History of England. — A general course for the
study of the political, economic, and social development of
^^^ngland, the expansion of England beyond the seas, and the
evolution of imperial politics. The course is recommended to
students who intend to elect courses in English literature.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 10:30—11:30.
Credit: Six semester hours.
205-206. American Government and Politics. — This
course is planned to give an understanding of. American insti-
tutions and politics and to arouse an interest in the problems
of the day. It is recommended to every student who desires
preparation for an intelligent participation in government.
Monday, 8:30—9:30; Wednesday, Friday, 8:00—9:00.
Credit: Six semester hours.
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215-216. American History, 1492-1925. — A general sur-
vey of American history, conducted by lectures and class dis-
cussions. It is a synthesis of all phases of American life.
Credit: Six semester hours.
Monday, 8:30—9:30; Wednesday, Friday, 8:00—9:00.
This course is prerequisite to all other courses in American History.
301-302. Europe, 1871-1930.— This course is planned to
give an insight into the world problems involved in the great
war and is a study of the social, economic, and political evolu-
tion of the states of Europe, the rise of the new imperialism,
and international diplomacy since 1871.
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 11:30 — 12:30.
Credit: Six semester hours.
303-304. International Law and Relations. — The first
semester will be devoted to a study of the more important
aspects of international law; the second semester will concern
itself, largely through student reports, with the most important
problems in international afifairs of the present time.
Credit: Two semester hours.
Wednesday, 9:00—10:00.
Open to those who have taken or are taking History 301-302, or
have taken History 215-216.
308. Problems in Recent United States History. — ^The
emergence of modern America from the mid-century revolu-
tions, the development of a new foreign policy, the reform
movement and the Progressives, the United States and the
World War, and the conservative reaction after 1920, are the
principal topics discussed.
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Second semester: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 9:00 — 10:00.
Credit: Three semester hours.
309. Greek History. — A survey of the history of Greece
with special emphasis upon the distinctive contributions which
the Greeks have made to later civilization in art, literature,
and political ideals, based upon a wide reading in translation
of Greek historians, oratory, philosophers, and poets.
First semester: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 11:30 — 12:30.
Credit: Three semester hours.
310. Roman History. — A study of the political and insti-
tutional development of the Roman state, together with a study
of Roman public life, based upon a reading of Roman authors
in translation.
Second semester: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 11:30 — 12:30.
Credit: Three semester hours.
311. The Social and Economic History of America,
1750-1815. — ^A study of the main features of American life dur-
ing the formative period of the United States.
First semester: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 9:00 — 10:00.
Credit: Three semester hours.
Not offered 1932-1933.
312. The Social and Economic History of the United
States, 1815-1860. — ^This course concerns itself with such
topics as the transition in New England, the development of
the slavery regime, and the social and economic aspects of
nationalism and sectionalism.
Second semester: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 9:00 — 10:00.
Credit: Three semester hours.
Offered in ahemate years. Not offered 1932-1933.
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313. The Teaching of History. — A study of the various
methods of organizing and presenting the subject of History in
high schools.
First semester: Monday, 9:30—10:30; Friday, 9:00—10:00.
Credit: Two semester hours.
315, 316. Directed Study in American History. — By con-
sultation with the instructor students may arrange for a course
of independent readings on selected aspects of American his-
tory. Open to Juniors and Seniors by permission. Applica-
tion must be made at the time of selecting electives.
Credit: Two semester hours each semester.
Requirements for the major in History:
Basic course: History 101-102.
Required courses: History 215-216, 301-302.
Elective courses in History to complete the major must be
approved by the department.
The minor must include the basic course indicated above
and elective courses approved by the department.
LATIN
Professor Smith
Professor Torrance
Associate Professor Freed
Assistant Professor Stansfield
Those entering with three units of Latin may satisfy Group
Requirement HI by Latin 13-14, and either 11-12 or 15-16;
those entering with four units, by six semester hours of credit
Description of Courses 93
gained by any combination of courses of 100 grade, or by
four hours of 100 grade and Course 201.
11-12. Vergil, ^neid, I-VI. — Study of the Latin hexameter,
consideration of the literary qualities of the poem, its purpose,
and its relation to the time in which it was written.
Monday, Wednesday, 1:10—2:10.
Credit: Four semester hours.
Open to Freshmen who present only three entrance units of Latin
and have read no Vergil. This course must be accompanied by Course
13-14 and these two courses satisfy Group Requirement III.
13-14. Elementary Latin Composition. — A systematic re-
view of the principles of Latin syntax and frequent practice in
writing passages of continuous prose.
Friday, 1:10—2:10.
Credit: Two semester hours.
Required of all who take either 11-12 or 15-16.
15-16. Selections from Latin Prose Literature. — Repre-
sentative passages of unusual interest from the most important
authors.
Monday, Wednesday, 10:30—11:30.
Credit: Four semester hours.
Open to Freshmen who present only three entrance units of Latin
and have read VergU in the third year. This course must be ac-
companied by Course 13-14 and these two courses satisfy Group Re-
quirement in.
101. Introduction to Latin Literature. — Subject matter
of Courses 101 and 102. — Cicero, Essay on Old Age; Livy,
Book I, Stories of Early Rome. A brief survey of Latin poetry:
illustrative selections from Ennius, Lucretius, Tibullus, Proper-
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tius, Horace's Odes, Vergil's Eclogues and Georgics; Lyrics of
Catullus, Epigrams of Martial.
First semester:
Section A: Monday, Wednesday, 10:30—11:30.
Section B: Tuesday, Saturday, 11:30 — 12:30.
Credit: Two semester hours (1) if followed by 102 or (2) if student
has degree credit for 11-12 and 13-14.
Open to Freshmen who enter with four units in Latin, and to
students who have completed either Course 11-12 or Course 15-16 and
are taking or have completed 13-14.
102. Introduction to Latin Literature. — For content of
course, see description under Course 101.
Second semester:
Sections the same as those of 101 in first semester.
Credit: Two semester hours.
Open to those who have completed Course 101 or Course 105.
103-104. Intermedute Prose Composition. — One hour
throughout the year.
Section A: Friday, 10:30—11:30.
Section B: Thursday, 11:30— 12:30.
Credit: Two semester hours.
Required in Latin major. *
Open to those entering with four units and to those who have com-
pleted 13-14; essential for those intending to teach Latin.
105. Introduction to Latin Literature. — A more ex-
tended study of the subject matter of Course 101.
First semester: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 11:30 — 12:30.
Credit: Three semester hours.
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Open to Freshmen who enter with four units in Latin, and to stu-
dents who have completed either Course 11-12 or Course 15-16 and are
taking or have completed 13-14.
Only one of the two courses, 101 and 105, may be taken by any
student.
106. The Contest of Course 102 and Selections from
Ovid's Mythological Poems.
Second semester: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 11:30 — 12:30.
Credit: Three semester hours.
Open to those who have completed Course 101 or 105.
Only one of the two courses, 102 and 106, may be taken by any
student.
201. Horace, Odes, Carmen Saeculare, and Epodes. —
The Augustan Age as revealed in Horace; the author's person-
ality and literary technique.
First semester: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 11:30 — 12:30.
Credit: Three semester hours.
Open to students who have completed Course 102 or 106.
202. Terence, Phormio; Pliny, Letters. — Introduction
to Roman comedy. Roman life in the time of Domitian and
Trajan.
Second semester: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 11:30 — 12:30.
Credit: Three semester hours.
Open to those who have completed Course 201 and, by permission of
the instructor, to those who have completed Course 102 or 106.
203. Latin Literature. — A survey of Latin literature from
the early period to the Church Fathers, with special emphasis
on the development of types: drama, epic, history, lyric, elegy,
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satire, and biography. Lectures, critical reading of representa-
tive authors and reports.
First semester: Tuesday, Thursday, 1:10 — 2:10.
Credit: Two semester hours.
Open to those who have completed Course 102 or 106 and to any
Junior or Senior.
301. Virgil; Eclogues, Georgics, Aeneid. — Study of a
few Eclogues, the poetical episodes in the Georgics, and the
Aeneid as a whole. Virgil's sources, technique, and influence
— lectures and library references.
First semester: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 10:30 — 11:30.
Credit: Three semester hours.
Open to those who have completed Course 202.
302. Roman Satire. — The origin and development of
Roman satire. Study of selected satires of Horace and Juvenal
with a survey of other Roman satirists by lecture.
Second semester: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 10:30 — 11:30.
Credit: Three semester hours.
Open to those who have completed Course 202.
303. Roman Comedy. — Its sources and development, its
literary and linguistic characteristics. The reading of the
simpler meters. The careful study of two plays followed by
the rapid reading of others. These plays will be selected from
the following: Captivi, Menaechmi, Mostellaria, and Trinum-
mus of Plautus; Adelphi, Andria, and Heautontimorumenos
of Terence.
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First semester: Tuesday, Thursday, 1:10 — 2:10.
Credit: Two semester hours.
Open to those who have completed Course 202.
Course 303 alternates with Course 304 and will not be oflFered in
1932-1933.
305. Catullus and the Roman Elegy. — A study of
Catullus, his epyllion, the marriage of Peleus and Thetis and
the lyrics not included in the courses for Freshmen. The elegies
of Catullus, Tibullus, Propertius, and Ovid. Alexandrianism.
First semester: Tuesday, Thursday, 1:10 — 2:10.
Credit: Two semester hours.
Open to those who have completed Course 202.
307. Lucretius, De Rerum Natura. — Lucretius, the poet
and philosopher. His sources and his influence on Vergil.
First semester: Monday, 9:30—10:30; Wednesday, Friday, 9:00—
10:00.
Credit: Three semester hours.
Open to those who have completed Course 202.
Course 307 alternates with Course 301 and will not be offered in
1932-1933.
308. Tacitus; The Agricola, Annals I-VL — The early
empire. Roman biography. The development of Tacitus's
style.
Second semester: Monday, 9:30—10:30; Wednesday, Friday, 9:00—
10:00.
Credit: Three semester hours.
Open to those who have completed Course 202.
Course 308 alternates with Course 302 and will not be oflFered in
1932-1933.
309-310. Teachers' Training Course. — The immediate and
ultimate objectives in the teaching of Latin in the secondary
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schools. Problems and methods. Discussion of the authors
usually read in preparation for college.
Tuesday, 10:30 — 11:30 (subject to change).
Credit: Two semester hours.
Open to Seniors, and by permission of the instructor, to others who
have taken three Latin courses in College, or are taking their third
course.
311-312. Advanced Latin Prose Composition. — A review
of Latin syntax with special reference to the problems involved
in teaching preparatory school students to write in Latin; study
of the Latin paragraph; constant practice in writing Latin; con-
siderable practice in writing English sentences and paragraphs
suitable for assignment as exercises in Latin prose for students
in preparatory schools. Courses 311-312 and 309-310 supple-
ment each other. Both are recommended to students who in-
tend to teach Latin and are accepted as professional training
for teachers' certificates. 0- -U^>-*^ f^ U^Cih.
Tuesday, 10:30 — 11:30 (subject to change). '^
Credit: Two semester hours.
Open to those who have completed Course 103-104 and are taking
another course in Latin.
Course 311-312 alternates with Course 309-310 and will not be
offered in 1932-1933.
313. Apuleius. — ^The Roman Novel. Selections from the
Metamorphoses, with special emphasis on the myth of Cupid
and Psyche. The sources and style of Apuleius.
First semester: Thursday, Saturday, 10:30 — 11:30 (subject to
change).
Credit: Two semester hours.
Open to those who have completed Course 202.
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314. Mediaeval Latin. — Rapid reading of easy passages of
prose and poetry from the sixth century to the Renaissance.
The course is intended to provide advanced students of modern
languages and history with an introduction to Mediaeval Latin
texts as well as to furnish to classical students a general survey
of mediaeval culture.
Second semester: Tuesday, Thursday, 11:30 — 12:30.
Credit: Two semester hours.
Open to those who have completed Course 202.
316. Roman Life. — Houses, family life, dress, education,
occupations, travel, amusements, and religious customs. Lec-
tures, illustrated by photographs and lantern slides. The re-
quired reading will be in English.
Second semester: Tuesday, Thursday, 1:10 — 2:10.
Credit: Two semester hours.
Open only to Juniors and Seniors and, by permission of the in-
structor, to Sophomores who have completed Latin 102 or 106.
318. Topography of Ancient Rome and Roman Monu-
ments.— ^The topography and growth of the city of Rome. A
study of the principal monuments of Rome and other sites of
the Roman world. Lectures, illustrated by photographs and
lantern slides. The required reading will be in English.
Second semester: Tuesday, Thursday, 1:10 — ^2:10.
Credit: Two semester hours.
Open only to Juniors and Seniors and, by permission of the in-
structor, to Sophomores who have completed Latin 102 or 106.
Course 318 alternates with Course 316 and wiU not be oflFered in
1932-1933.
Requirements for the major in Latin:
Basic courses: Latin 101 or 105, and 102 or 106.
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(Latin 13-14 and either 11-12 or 15-16 are previously re-
quired of all Freshmen entering with only three units in Latin.)
Required courses: Latin 201,202 and 103-104.
Elective courses in Latin to complete the major must be ap-
proved by the department.
The minor must include the basic courses indicated above
and elective courses approved by the depaitment.
MATHEMATICS
Professor Robinson
Assistant Professor Gaylord
101. College Algebra. — An advanced course in algebra
with special emphasis upon variations, permutation and com-
bination, complex numbers, theory of equations, determinants
and partial fractions.
First semester:
Sections A and B: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 10:30 — 11:30.
Section C: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 1:10 — 2:10.
Sections D and E: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 8:00 — 9:00.
Second semester:
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 10:30 — 11:30.
Credit: Three semester hours.
102. Plane Trigonometry. — The theory of trigonometric
and inverse functions, trigonometric equations, the theory of
logarithms, the solutions of triangles and practical applica-
tions.
First semester: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 10:30 — 11:30.
Second semester: Sections and time same as 101 first semester.
Credit: Three semester hours.
Description of Courses 101
201. Analytic Geometry. — A study of co-ordinate sys-
tems, locus of an equation, equation of locus, straight line,
circle, curves of the conic sections, and transcendental curves.
First semester:
Section A: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 11:30—12:30.
Section B: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 10:30 — 11:30.
Credit: Three semester hours.
Prerequisite: Mathematics 101-102.
202. Differential Calculus. — Methods of differentiation
with geometrical and physical applications, problems in max-
ima and minima, rates, etc.
Second semester: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 11:30 — 12:30.
Credit: Three semester hours.
Prerequisite: Mathematics 201.
203. Integral Calculus. — Methods of Integration with
geometrical and physical applications, problems of length of
curves, areas, volumes, etc.
First semester: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 9:00 — 10:00.
Credit: Three semester hours.
Prerequisite: Mathematics 202.
205. Curve Tracing. — Plane algebraic curves.
First semester: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 11:30 — 12:30.
Credit: Three semester hours.
Prerequisite: Mathematics 202.
301. Theory of Equations and Determinants.
First semester: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 9:00 — 10:00.
Credit: Three semester hours.
Prerequisite: Mathematics 203.
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302. differentul equations.
Second semester: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 9:00 — 10:00.
Credit: Three semester hours.
Prerequisite: Mathematics 203.
304. Advanced Calculus.
Second semester: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 9:00 — 10:00.
Credit: Three semester hours.
Prerequisite: Mathematics 203.
305-306. Mathematical Introduction to Economics,
Finance and Statistics. — 1° Elementary theories of monop-
oly, competition and cooperation, cost and demand curves,
equations of exchange and measure of utility. 2° The theory
of interest, annuities and insurance. 3° The mathematical
methods used in statistical analysis.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 1:10 — ^2:10.
Credit: Six semester hours.
Open to Juniors and Seniors by permission of the Department of
Mathematics.
307. History and Teaching of Mathematics. — This
course aims to give the historical development of elementary
and college mathematics, together with methods of presentation
of the subjects of mathematics in high school.
First semester: Tuesday, Thursday, 1:10 — ^2:10.
Credit: Two semester hours.
401 or 402. Selected Topics. — One of the following in-
troductory courses may be given either semester at a time to
be arranged.
a. Projective Geometry.
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b. Theory of Functions.
c. Analytic Geometry of Space and Hyperspace.
d. Theoretical Mechanics.
X. Other fields according to the needs of the students.
Credit: Three semester hours.
Open to Seniors.
Requirements for Major in Mathematics:
Basic courses: Mathematics 101 and 102, or Mathematics
101 and 201.
Required courses: Mathematics 201, 202, 203 and 302 or
304.
Elective courses in Mathematics to complete the major must
be approved by the department.
The Minor must include the basic courses indicated above
and elective courses approved by the department.
MUSIC
Professor Dieckmann
Mr. Johnson Mrs. Johnson
Miss Adams Miss Bartholomew
The music department offers through its various courses in
the theoretical and practical study of music, in connection with
studies in the College, adequate facilities to fit students for a
professional life, and also to provide for the study of music
as a part of general culture or as an accomplishment. The aim
is to cultivate a more intelligent appreciation of the art, to un-
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derstand its structure and its rich and varied literature, to know
the history of its development, its place in the general history
of culture, and to develop the power of interpretation.
Since no special line of study can be successful without a
broad foundation, students are urged not to undertake the study
of music exclusively until they have acquired the essential
elements of a good general education.
With this end in view, the work of this department has
been arranged, and courses are offered, so that regular College
students, working for degree, may include music as a secondary
study, with credit for it, and special students of music may
avail themselves of the training offered in the literary courses
of the College.
Degree Credit
Credit towards the degree will be allowed for courses in
piano and organ under the following conditions:
1. At the beginning of the session the student must pass a
satisfactory examination in Course 101-102 (see page 106), and
demonstrate a suflficient teclmical ability to play correctly —
with regard to position of hands, fingering, phrasing, rhythm,
tempo, and dynamic effects — works of the grade of the simpler
two-part inventions of Bach; C major and G major sonatas of
Mozart; and some of the simpler Songs Without Words, of
Mendelssohn.
Note. — This requirement when offered at entrance into Col-
lege, will be accepted, upon examination only, as one unit in
the elective group. Only those who have had unusually good
training are advised to try this examination.
Description of Courses 105
2. Students who have met the above requirement may re-
ceive a credit for practical music to the extent of four hours a
year for three years upon the satisfactory completion of the
following work:
a. Two lessons weekly o£ half an hour each in piano or
organ.
b. One hour and a half of practice daily for six days each
week.
c. Theoretical work amounting to at least two credit hours
in addition to the four hours of practical credit.
Credit towards the degree will be allowed for courses in
vocal music under the following conditions:
1. The student will be admitted to degree credit work in
voice only after passing satisfactorily a test given by the in-
structor.
2. Two hours credit will then be given upon the completion
of the following work:
a. Two lessons weekly of half an hour each in vocal music.
b. Five hours of practice each week.
c. This work must first be taken in connection with Music
107-108 and later with any two credit hours in theoretical
music.
Note. — ^The total possible credit in practical music shall
not exceed twelve hours, and the total possible credit for prac-
tical and theoretical music shall not exceed eighteen hours.
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If credit courses in spoken English and practical art be like-
wise elected, not more than eighteen hours of music, spoken
English and art combined will be allowed to count towards
the degree.
Theoretical, Historical and Critical Courses
101-102. Theory. — Rudiments, notation, intervals, scales,
meter, chords, terms, ear-training.
Friday, 8:00—9:00.
No credit.
Required of all students of music.
103-104. Harmony. — Chords, their formation and progres-
sion. Through the harmonization of melodies and of figured
basses the student is made acquainted with the correct use of
triads and their inversions and the dominant seventh chord and
its inversions. Simple harmonic analysis and keyboard har-
mony.
Wednesday, 9:00—10:00.
Credit: Two semester hours.
Prerequisite: Music 101-102 or its equivalent.
201-202. Advanced Harmony. — Fuller study of harmonic
accompaniment. Secondary seventh chords, chords of the
ninth, modulation, altered and mixed chords, suspensions and
non-harmonic tones. Continuation of harmonic analysis and
practical work at the keyboard.
Tuesday, 8:00—9:00.
Credit: Two semester hours.
Prerequisite: Music 103-104.
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105-106. History. — A rapid synopsis of its early stages, be-
ginning with more detailed attention about the time of Pales-
trina. Lectures, required readings.
One hour a week. To be arranged.
Credit: Two semester hours.
203-204. History. — Detailed study of important epochs;
the development of the opera, oratorio, and instrumental music
through the classical period. Special attention to the music
and masters of the Romantic period; Wagnerian drama; mod-
ern music. Lectures with required readings.
Thursday, 9:00—10:00.
Credit: Two semester hours.
Prerequisite: Music 105-106.
205-206. Music Appreciation. — Designed to develop intel-
ligent listening and a discriminating taste.
One hour a week. To be arranged.
Credit: Two semester hours.
209-210. Counterpoint. — Strict counterpoint in two, three
and four parts. Double counterpoint at the octave, with refer-
ence to fugue subjects and counter-subjects.
One hour a week. To be arranged.
Credit: Two semester hours.
Prerequisite: Music 201-202.
107-108. Ear-Training With Elementary Harmony. —
This course includes a thorough treatment of notation; scales;
intervals; chord construction; drill in sight singing; ear-train-
ing; melodic dictation requiring recognition of intervals and
simple rhythms.
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Two hours a week. To be arranged.
Credit: Four semester hours.
Practical Courses
Piano. — General course. Technique from fundamental to
highest proficiency, including studies, pieces in various styles.
Two lessons a week.
Open to all students and adapted to individual proficiency.
Organ. — Only students who have had considerable training
on the piano and a fair knowledge of harmony should under-
take this course.
It is the aim of the instruction to develop intelligent organ-
ists for church and concert work.
From the beginning, pedal technic, registration, and organ
touch go hand-in-hand, together with pedal studies, leading to
the modern writers and later to the great works of Bach.
Particular attention is given to hymn-playing, accompani-
ments for solo and choir, modulation, transposition.
Special stress is laid on the dignity of the church service,
and a careful selection is made of organ literature suitable for
divine worship.
Two lessons a week. ^M
Violin. — Technical training according to the most approved
modern methods. Sonatas, concertos, and concert pieces from
the best writers for the instrument.
Two lessons a week.
Voice Culture. — Proper placing of voice, correct habits of \
breathing, enunciation, phrasing, etc., careful development of
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tone with the study of songs judiciously selected from standard
and modern song writers and the great oratorios.
Two lessons a week.
Ensemble Work. — Piano and violin students of sufficient
advancement have ample opportunity for ensemble playing.
Certificate
Certificates are offered in the Department of Music in piano,
organ, violin and voice to those students, who, in the judg-
ment of the music faculty, having acquired adequate technical
equipment and musicianship to undertake it, are able to give
a creditable public recital, and who have completed the follow-
ing College courses:
1. Music Courses 103-104, 201-202, 105-106 and either 203-
204 or 209-210.
2. Twelve semester hours of English, chosen by advice of
the department of English.
3. German through Course 01-02 and French through Course
103-104; or,
4. French through Course 101-102 and German through
Course 201-202.
Note. — Candidates for certificate in voice may offer Course
107-108 in place of Courses 201-202 and 203-204.
Scholarships
Two scholarships are given: one in piano-playing and one in
voice culture. They are awarded on Commencement Day to
those students who have made the best records in these depart-
ments for the year.
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Note. — Students, not candidates for the B.A. degree, who
wish to specialize in music must meet the requirements for
admission of irregular students to the College, and must take
the equivalent of fifteen hours of work a week, one hour of
music being equivalent to one hour of recitation and three
hours practice on an instrument counting as equivalent to one
hour of recitation.
PHILOSOPHY AND EDUCATION
Professor Stukes
Associate Professor Dexter
Assistant Professor Omwake
I. Philosophy
303. History of Philosophy. — Ancient and mediaeval phi-
losophers and systems of thought will receive especial em-
phasis.
First semester: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 9:00 — 10:00.
Credit: Three semester hours.
304. Modern Philosophy. — This course is designed to ac-
quaint the student with current philosophical problems.
Second semester: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 9:00 — 10:00.
Credit: Three semester hours.
II. Psychology
201-202. General Psychology. — The aim o£ this course
is to train the student in the scientific description of the facts of
mental life, and in exact introspection, to apply the facts of
psychology to practical problems, and to provide a basis for
the further study of education, sociology, and philosophy. The
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method of instruction includes thorough study of text-books,
lectures, readings, class demonstrations and experiments.
Section A: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 10:30 — 11:30.
Section B: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 11:30—12:30.
Section C: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 8:00—9:00.
Credit: Six semester hours.
This course is prerequisite to all other courses in Philosophy and
Psychology.
305. Social Psychology. — A study of the social conscious-
ness, the phenomena of suggestion, imitation, custom; the pe-
culiar expression of group consciousness in mobs, panics,
classes, public opinion, war.
First semester: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 11:30 — 12:30.
Credit: Three semester hours.
306. Applied Psychology. — ^A study of the principles,
technique and methods of applied psychology; the application
of psychological principles and tests in vocational selection,
business, law, medicine, and other fields.
Second semester: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 11:30 — 12:30.
Credit: Three semester hours.
307. Experimental Psychology. — A survey of the major
problems, methods and results of the experimental study of
behavior and consciousness. Experiments will be performed
on learning and habit formation, memory, sensation and per-
ception, conditioning and fatigue.
First semester:
Lectures: Wednesday, Friday, 9:00—10:00.
Laboratory: Monday, 1:10.
Credit: Three semester hours.
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Open to students who have merited the work of the previous semes-
ter in Psychology.
308. Advanced Experimental Psychology. — Advanced
laboratory experiments on learning and habit formation,
fatigue, sensation and perception, and animal learning. Op-
portunity will be given for working out several more extended^
problems with human and animal subjects.
Second semester:
Lectures: Wednesday, Friday, 9:00 — 10:00.
Laboratory: Monday, 1:10.
Credit: Three semester hours.
Open only by permission to students who have completed Psychol-
ogy 307.
310. Educational and Mental Measurement. — A course
dealing with the fundamentals and principles of educational
and mental tests, methods of administering tests, and evaluat-
ing the results obtained, and the application of them in edu-
cation and industry.
Second semester: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 11:30 — 12:30.
Credit: Three semester hours.
311. Psychology of Childhood and Adolescence. — A
careful study of the mental development of the child through
the period of adolescence. A study is made of the different
types of children and their proper educational treatment.
First semester:
Section A: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 10:30 — 11:30.
Section B: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 1:10 — 2:10.
Credit: Three semester hours.
312. Abnormal Psychology. — A study of abnormal
mental processes, including the more common types of psy-
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choses and neuroses with emphasis on prevention and mental
hygiene.
Second semester: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 10:30 — 11:30.
Credit: Three semester hours.
315. Psychological Problems and Points of View. — A
study of present day problems and recent developments in
Psychology. The work consists of reports, discussions, and
readings from psychological journals and other current liter-
ature. An historical and developmental approach is made to
the modem points of view.
First semester: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 9:00 — 10:00.
Credit: Three semester hours.
Requirements for the major in psychology:
Basic course: Psychology 201-202.
Required courses: Psychology 307 and 310.
Elective courses in Psychology to complete the major must
be approved by the department.
Six hours of Philosophy may be included in the major.
Students majoring in Psychology must complete courses in
General Biology and Genetics.
The minor must include the basic course indicated above and
elective courses approved by the department.
III. Education
301. Psychology of Childhood and Adolescence. — (See
Psychology 311.)
Open to students who have completed Psychology 201-202.
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302. Philosophy of Education. — This course deals with
the fundamental principles that underlie education, and at-
tempts to define an educational standard. Method as related
to such standard is discussed. The purpose is to view the edu-
cational process broadly.
Second semester: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 1:10 — 2:10.
Credit: Three semester hours.
Open to students who have completed Psychology 201-202.
303. History of Education. — This course will trace the
oev^topment of educational theory and practice from earliest
times. Special emphasis Avill be placed upon the history of
modern education, and an interpretation of its problems and
aims.
First semester: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 10:30 — 11:30.
Credit: Three semester hours.
304. Principles of Secondary Education. — ^A study of
the history, organization, and administration of the high
school, with emphasis upon the curriculum and methods of
teaching.
Second semester: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 10:30 — 11:30.
Credit: Three semester hours.
406. Observation and Practice Teaching. — This course
is open to Seniors planning to teach. Observation and prac-
tice in the city schools under guidance and supervision will be
arranged. Students wishing this course should consult the de-
partment regarding schedules.
Second semester: One class hour, to be arranged. Three hours
observation and practice.
Credit: Three semester hours.
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PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Professor Sweet
Associate Professor Wilburn
Assistant Professor Haynes
Miss Sinclair
201-202. Hygiene. — The course aims to consider the prob-
lems of personal and community hygiene, giving as much as
possible of the necessary background of anatomy, physiology,
and epidemiology. Meredith's Hygiene and Smiley and Gould's
Community Hygiene are used as text books. Reading of Hygeia
is required and personal conferences are held. One hour a
week throughout the year. Required of second year students.
Section A: Wednesday, 9:00—10:00.
Section B: Thursday, 2:10—3:10.
Section C: Friday, 9:00—10:00.
Credit: Two semester hours.
Every student is given a careful physical examination, both
by the resident physician and the director of physical educa-
tion, on entering college. An X-ray picture of the chest is a
regular part of the examination and will be made of all
students except those who have had a negative reaction to the
skin tuberculin test. A small fee will be charged to cover the
cost of the X-ray films. When it seems advisable the student
is given special individual gymnastic work adapted to her par-
ticular need instead of the regular class work.
Before the end of the year a second examination is given and
at the end of each succeeding year.
A minimum of three hours of exercise is required of all
first, second and third year students. One hour is required of
fourth year students.
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First year course numbered 101-102.
Credit: Two semester hours.
Second year course numbered 201-202.
Credit: Two semester hours.
Third year course numbered 301-302.
Credit: Two semester hours.
Fourth year course numbered 401-402.
Credit: One semester hour.
Requirements :
One term of Dancing.
Swimming until college swimming test is passed.
Elective Classes and Sports. — Each student is urged in
making elections to elect one sport or activity throughout her
college course until she becomes proficient in it.
Fall Term.
Archery — Students electing this course purchase their equipment.
Coaching of Athletics — Open to Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors.
Golf — Students electing this course purchase their equipment.
Hockey.
Riding — A fee is charged for riding.
Swimming :
Instruction for Beginners, Intermediates or Advanced Swimmers.
Diving.
Team Practice.
Coaching of Swimming — Open to Sophomores, Juniors, and
Seniors.
Tennis.
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Winter Term.
Basketball.
Dancing:
Folk.
Natural.
Tap.
Individual Gymnastics — Required of all who need individual work.
Tumbling, Games and Apparatus.
Volley Ball.
Water Polo.
Life-Saving.
Spring Term.
Participation in May Day.
Baseball.
Tennis.
Track.
Riding.
The gymnasium outfit must be purchased at the college.
The price of the outfit is approximately $9.00.
A fee of $1.00 is charged to cover the use of bathing suits,
towels and gym shirts which are furnished by the college and
laundered direct from the gymnasium.
Students are urged to bring low-heeled oxfords as all stu-
dents are expected to wear them on the campus until lunch
time.
At the end of any session a student who has failed three
semesters of Physical Education will not be allowed to return
to college unless the work is made up in the summer vacation.
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PHYSICS
Professor Cooke
101-102. General Physics. — Properties of matter, mechan-
ics, sound, and heat, first semester; magnetism, electricity,
and light, second semester. Lectures illustrated by experi-
ments, supplemented by weekly problems, reviews and indi-
vidual laboratory work.
Lectures: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 9:00 — 10:00.
Laboratory :
Section A: Tuesday, 1:10 — 4:10.
Section B: Wednesday, 1:10—4:10.
Section C: Thursday, 1:10 — 4:10.
Credit: Eight semester hours.
Prerequisite: Mathematics 102. (This may be taken as a parallel
course).
201. Mechanics. — The fundamental laws of motion, force,
and energy, with their applications to statics and dynamics
of particles and rigid bodies.
First semester:
Lectures: Tuesday, Thursday, 11:30 — 12:30.
Laboratory: Friday, 1:10 — 4:10.
Credit: Three semester hours.
Prerequisite: Physics 101-102.
202. Light.
Second semester:
Lectures: Tuesday, Thursday, 11:30 — 12:30.
Laboratory: Friday, 1:10 — 4:10.
Descmption of Courses 119
Credit: Three semester hours.
Prerequisite: Physics 201.
203. Heat.
First semester:
Lectures: Monday, Wednesday, 11:30 — 12:30.
Laboratory: Monday, 1:10 — 4:10.
Credit: Three semester hours.
Prerequisite: Physics 201.
204. Electricity and Magnetism.
Second semester:
Lectures: Monday, Wednesday, 11:30 — 12:30.
Laboratory: Monday, 1:10 — 4:10.
Credit: Three semester hours.
Prerequisite: Physics 201.
305. Spectroscopy. — Methods of spectrum analysis, with
their applications to astro-physics and atomic structure.
First semester: Wednesday, Friday, 9:00 — 10:00.
Credit: Two semester hours.
Prerequisite: Physics 202 or Astronomy 201-202.
Oflfered 1932-1933.
Omitted 1933-1934.
306. Modern Physical Theories. — Introduction to the de-
velopment of certain fundamental theories of physics, in con-
nection with their experimental background in the various
fields of the science.
Second semester: Wednesday, Friday, 9:00 — 10:00.
Credit: Two semester hours.
Prerequisites: Physics 202, 203 and 204.
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Offered 1932-1933.
Omitted 1933-1934.
307-308. Radioactivity and Atomic Structure. — See
Chemistry 307-308.
315. Laboratory Problems. — Investigation of problems to
suit the interest of individual students.
First semester: Hours to be arranged.
Credit: For every three hours of laboratory v/ork and reference
reading, one semester hour credit is given.
316. Laboratory Problems. — See above 315.
Second semester: Hours to be arranged.
Requirements for the major in Physics:
Basic course: Physics 101-102.
Required courses: Physics 201, 202, 203, 204.
All students majoring in Physics must complete Mathematics
203.
Elective courses in Physics to complete the major must be
approved by the department.
The minor must include the basic course indicated above and
elective courses approved by the department.
ROMANCE LANGUAGES
Professor Alexander Professor Harn
Associate Professor Hale Assistant Professor Phythian
Assistant Professor Cilley Miss Crowe
FRENCH
A. Language
01-02. The equivalent of the minor requirement for en-
trance. See page 32. The work includes grammar, com-
Description of Courses 121
position, translation, phonetics, conversation based on texts
read, reproduction of short stories, dictation.
Text-books: Smith & Roberts, French Books One and Two of
Language, Literature and Life Series.
Section A: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, 2:10 — 3:10.
Section B: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, 11:30 — 12:30.
Credit (when not oflFered for entrance) : Eight semester hours if
(1) taken as fourth language, (2) followed by Course 101-102.
101-102. Oral, written and aural training in the use of the
language. A knowledge of France, geography, industrial, pro-
vincial and historical as a preparation to the study of literature.
Texts: French Composition and Conversation (Brown and Chap-
man); Terre de France, (Bond), with parallel reading illustrative (1)
of the Provinces, (2) of French History; such texts as Favorite French
Stories (Parker), LaMare au Diable (Sand), Les Oberle (Bazin),
Colette Baudoche (Barres), Les Miserables (Hugo), Les Trois Mous-
quitaires (Dumas), Cinq Mars (de Vigny).
Section A: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 1:10 — 2:10.
Section B: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 8:00 — 9:00.
Credit: Six semester hours.
Note. — Students are admitted to this course only by exami-
nation in case the work for preparation is done, outside of col-
lege, in less than two years.
103-104. Systematic review of syntax introductory to theme
writing and oral narration; free composition. Novels of mod-
ern regional writers ; plays typical of the classic, the romantic,
the realistic theater.
Section A: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 2:10 — 3:10.
Section B: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 10:30—11:30.
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Credit: Six semester hours.
Prerequisite: French 101-102 or three units of entrance.
105-106. Grammar and Composition. — Systematic review
of syntax introductory to theme writing and oral narration;
free composition ; practical study of pronunciation.
Section A: Monday, 1:10—2:10.
Section B: Tuesday, 10:30—11:30.
Credit: Two semester hours.
107-108. Conversation. — ^Two hours of recitation and one
hour of preparation a week. A practical course in spoken
French designed to give greater fluency in the use of the
language and to cultivate early in the course careful habits of
speech.
Wednesday and Friday, 11:30—12:30.
Credit: Two semester hours.
203. Phonetics. — ^The study of pronunciation based upon
Nyrop, Manuel Phonetique du Francois Parle; Palmer and
Motte, Colloquial French; Klinghardt and de Fourmestraux,
French Intonation Exercises, and the imitation of French
phonographic records.
Wednesday and Friday, 2:10—3:10.
Credit: Two semester hours.
Open to students majoring in French who have credit for Courses
103-104 or 257-258. To others by permission of head of the department.
204. Advanced Composition. (Formerly 201.)
Wednesday and Friday, 2:10—3:10. P
Credit: Two semester hours.
Description of Courses 123
Open to students majoring in French who have credit for Courses
103-104 or 257-258. To others by permission of the head of the depart-
ment.
B. Literature
257-258. French Classicism. — Study of the classic ideal;
its foundations in the 16th century, development in the 17th
century, decadence in the 18th century.
Oral and written discussion of texts read. Lectures. Read-
ings from L'Age d'Or, Delpit; 17th Century French Readings,
Schinz and King; Corneille, Racine, Moliere; Mme. de La-
Fayette, Mme. de Sevigne, LaRochefoucauld, LaBruyere; La-
Fontaine, Boileau.
Wednesday, Friday, 1:10—2:10.
Thursday, Saturday, 10:30—11:30.
Credit: Four semester hours.
Open to students (1) who present 4 entrance units in French; (2)
who have passed Course 101-102 with merit; (3) who have credit for
Course 103-104.
Course 105-106 must be taken with 257-258 except by students who
have passed Course 103-104.
355-356. Development of the Novel. — Its origins to
1890, with special emphasis on the Romantic and Realistic
^ movements.
B Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 10:30—11:30.
K ^ Credit: Six semester hours.
^K Open to students who have credit for Course 257-258.
357-358. Development of the Drama. — Its origins to
1890 with emphasis on the classic, romantic and realistic
theater.
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Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 9:00—10:00.
Credit: Six semester hours.
Open to students who have credit for Course 257-258.
359-360. Evolution of French Lyric Poetry. — A study
of its origins and development with emphasis on the poetry of
the Pleiade, of the Romantic School, of the Parnassian School.
Wednesday, Friday, 11:30—12:30.
Credit: Four semester hours.
Open to students who have credit for Course 257-258.
451-452. Contemporary French Literature. — From the
end of the realistic period to the present time. The aim of
this course is to bring out the tendencies in French thought and
literature immediately preceding and during the World War.
Wednesday, Friday, 9:00—10:00.
Credit: Four semester hours.
Open to students who have credit for Courses 355-356, 357-358 or
359-360.
Courses 451-452 and 453-454 oflfered ahernate years.
Course 451-452 oflfered 1932-1933.
453-454. History of French Civilization. — A survey of
French civilization designed to furnish the necessary back-
ground for the study of French literature. The course deals
with the literary, artistic, political and scientific activities of
the French people in the formation of their national life.
Wednesday, Friday, 9:00—10:00.
Credit: Four semester hours.
Open to students who have credit for Courses 355-356, 357-358 or 1
359-360.
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Description of Courses 125
Courses 453-454 and 451-452 offered alternate years.
Not offered 1932-1933.
Requirements for the major in French:
Basic courses: 101-102, or 103-104, or 257-258 with 105-106.
Required courses: 105-106 (if 101-102 is basic course), 257-
258, 203, 204, and one course numbered in the four hundreds.
Elective courses: 355-356, or 357-358, or 359-360; 451-452,
or 453-454.
Elective courses in French to complete the major must be
approved by the department.
The minor must include the basic courses indicated above
and elective courses approved by the department.
Qualified students are allowed to do the work of the Junior
year abroad under definitely specified conditions.
Spanish
01-02. Elementary Course. — Grammar, composition,
translation, sight reading, conversation.
Text- books: Harden and Tarr, Spanish grammar; Crawford, Los
Abencerrajes ; Benavente, El Principe que todo lo aprendio en los libros;
Alarcon, El Capitan Veneno; Baroja, Zalacain. For outside reading
two of the following or their equivalent: Washington Irving, The Al-
hambra; Havelock Ellis, The Soul of Spain; Valera, El Pajaro Verde;
Marmol, Amalia; Selgas, La Mariposa Blanca.
Section OlA: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 10:30—11:30.
Section OIB: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 9:00—10:00.
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Credit: Six semester hours, (1) if taken as fourth language; (2)
if followed by Course 101-102.
101-102. Intermediate Course. — More advanced work in
grammar and composition; translation; conversation. Reports
on collateral reading. Study of nineteenth and twentieth cen-
tury literature.
Text-books: Seymour and Carnahan, A Review of Spanish Gram-
mar; Galdos, Marian ela; Valdes, Jose; Benavente, Tres Comedias;
Echegaray, El Gran Galeoto; Cervantes, Don Quijote (selections);
Valera, Pepita Jimenez.
For outside reading: Romera-Navarro, Historia de la Literatura
Espanola; and two of the following or their equivalent: Valdes, La
Hermana San Sulpicio; Becquer, Legends; Isaacs, Maria; Altamirano, La
Navidad en las Montanas.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 11:30—12:30.
Monday, 9:30; Wednesday, Friday, 9:00—10:00.
Credit: Six semester hours.
This course is open to students who have completed Course 01-02 or
the equivalent. Admission is by examination only in case the work for
preparation is done outside of college in less than two years.
151-152. Modern Spanish Literature. — Lectures, reports
on collateral reading, more advanced composition and conver-
sation.
First semester: The Modem Spanish Novel. A study of the novel
through the 19th century.
Second semester: Modem Spanish Drama. The reading and in-
terpretation of representative Spanish plays.
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 10:30—11:30.
Credit: Six semester hours.
Description of Courses 127
201-202. Contemporary Literature. — This course will in-
clude a survey of contemporary prose literature, particularly
of the novel and the essay. Offered in 1932-1933.
Open to students who have had Course 151-152.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 3:10 — 4:10.
Credit: Six semester hours.
203-204. History of Spanish Civilization. — A survey of
Spanish civilization designed to furnish the necessary back-
ground for the study of Spanish literature. The course deals
with the literary, historical and artistic activities of the Span-
ish people.
Tuesday, Thursday, 2:10 — 3:10.
Credit: Four semester hours.
Open to students who have credit for Courses 01-02, 101-102, or in
conjunction with 101-102 with permission of the instructor.
351-352. The Golden Age in Novel and Drama. — Lec-
tures, themes, reports on collateral reading.
First semester: Cervantes: Don Quijote and Las Novelas Ejemplares.
Second semester: The drama of Lope de Vega, Tirso de Molina,
Moreto, Guillen de Castro, Ruiz de Alarcon will be studied in represen-
tative plays.
Credit: Six semester hours.
Open to students who have completed Course 151-152 or its equiv-
alent. To others by permission of professor in charge.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 1:10 — 2:10.
Given only in alternate years.
Requirements for the major in Spanish:
Basic course: Spanish 01-02 or 101-102.
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Note. — The elementary course taken as a third language not
earlier than the Sophomore year will be accepted as the basic
course for a major.
Required courses: Spanish 151-152, and 201-202 or 351-352.
Elective courses in Spanish to complete the major must be
approved by the department.
The minor must include the basic course indicated above and
elective courses approved by the department.
SOCIOLOGY
See
ECONOMICS AND SOCIOLOGY
SPANISH
See
ROMANCE LANGUAGES
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GENERAL INFORMATION
SITUATION
The College is located in Decatur, a city of about 15,000
people, and one of the principal residential suburbs of At-
lanta. The metropolitan area has a population of more than
350,000. The whole community is noted for its educational in-
terests and advantages. It would be hard to find a city with a
richer musical, artistic, social and religious life. In this
metropolitan area are located thirty-four institutions of learn-
ing, besides public schools, bringing thousands of students from
all over the world, in addition to the local patronage.
The Agnes Scott campus is on the divide between the Atlantic
seaboard and the Gulf coast and has an elevation of 1,050
feet. The water is freestone, and the climate is free from ex-
tremes of heat and cold.
BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT
The buildings of the College, thirty-six in number, including
several cottages occupied by members of the faculty, are sit-
uated upon a well-shaded and spacious campus of rare natural
beauty. With the exception of the White House and the
Infirmary, all the principal buildings are substantially con-
structed of brick, with trimmings of granite, limestone, or
marble. Readers of this Bulletin will be especially interested
in such of these buildings as form the working plant of the
institution, and so the following brief description is given. Ap-
plication may be made to the Registrar for any special infor-
mation that may be desired concerning the halls of residence.
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The Agnes Scott Hall was the gift of the late Colonel
George W. Scott, the revered and generous friend of the College,
by whose munificence its existence was originally made possi-
ble. This building is the headquarters for social activities on
the campus. It contains an office of the Dean, parlors, recep-
tion rooms, the Y. W. C. A. cabinet room, and Day Student
quarters. The building also contains music and art studios and
practice rooms. It is centrally located and accessible from all
parts of the campus. (See also Residence Halls below.)
Buttrick Hall, completed in September, 1930, is the latest
addition to the College plant. It has been made possible by
the generous support of the General Education Board of New
York and is named in honor of Dr. Wallace Buttrick, former
president of that Board and a sincere friend of Agnes Scott
College. The building is four stories in height and is con-
structed of steel, reinforced concrete, brick and limestone, with
a roof of antique tile.
The lobby, spacious enough to accommodate the whole
college community at one time, is finished in natural oak wood,
craftex, with crab orchard stone floors. The corridors are
unusually wide and well lighted. Although the whole building
is as near fire-proof as possible, three stairways with fire-proof
stair wells and fire doors are provided. Automatic elevator
service has also been installed.
The building contains forty-eight offices for administrative
officers and faculty, thirty-two classrooms, three rest rooms, the
post office, the book store, the college bank, the psychological
laboratory, four vaults, and ample storage space.
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The Carnegie Library Building, the gift of Mr. Andrew
Carnegie, is a two-story structure containing a lofty and spa-
cious reading-room, librarian's office, special department study
rooms, and stack space for twenty thousand volumes. The
most approved card-index system of cataloguing and the service
of a trained librarian render all books easily available to stu-
dents. The reading-room is supplied with the leading literary,
scientific and educational magazines, and with journals of
music and art. In addition to the general library, mention
should be made of the scientific library in Lowry Hall. The
library is open every day except Sundays and holidays, from
8 a. m. to 6 p. m. and from 7 to 9:30 p. m.
The Lowry Hall affords excellent accommodation for the
departments of biology, chemistry and physics. It is equipped
throughout with all appliances necessary for the proper teach-
ing of these subjects including electricity, gas, and hot and
cold water, both in the lecture-rooms and the various laborator-
ies. On the left side of the main entrance is a bronze tablet
with this inscription:
"This Science Hall is perpetually endowed by Robert J.
and Emma C. Lowry in Memory of their Son, William Mark-
ham Lowry, Anno Domini, 1910."
The department of biology contains three laboratories, a
lecture room, a professor's office, a vivarium, a photographic
room, a storage room, and a museum. The work of instruction
and research commands the aid of suitable apparatus, such as
microscopes, microtomes, ovens, baths, charts and illustrative
collections.
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The department of chemistry is well supplied with chemi-
cals and chemical apparatus and the laboratories have every
modern convenience that could be desired. Besides a large
basement, there are five commodious laboratories, a lecture-
room, a research laboratory, a professor's office, a library,
three storage rooms, and two balance rooms.
In addition to these laboratories a geological museum is
being equipped, and already a considerable number of fossils
and mineralogical specimens are on hand.
The department of physics contains a large lecture-room, a
professor's office and reference library, a dark-room, a large
and well-equipped laboratory, and two store rooms.
BucHER Scott Gymnasium-Auditorium. This excellent
building affords accommodations for some of the most useful
College activities. It is one hundred seventy-five feet long and
one hundred six feet wide. The main gymnasium room is
ninety feet by seventy, and there are two auxiliary gymnasium
rooms. The stage is eighty by forty feet and equipped with
the modern four-color lights. The auditorium has a capacity
of nearly two thousand people. The swimming pool room is
eighty-two by forty-two feet, and the pool itself is sixty by
twenty-five feet, the room and pool being tile lined. There are
five offices for physician and physical directors, four rest
rooms, special quarters for day students, and five rooms for
general student activities.
Residence Halls
There are four residence halls, in addition to five cottages,
giving dormitory space for three hundred and fifty. All these
buildings are comfortably equipped, lighted by electricity and
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heated by steam, and all contain both double and single rooms.
Each floor of every hall is furnished with conveniently placed
groups of bathrooms, with beds, and other necessary equip-
ment, including a clothespress or wardrobe for each occupant.
Abundant fire escapes, together with hose, fire buckets, and
extinguishers on every floor, reduce to a minimum the danger
of fire; but as an additional precaution the residence halls are
under the constant and careful supervision of a watchman who
is on duty all of every night.
The Agnes Scott Hall contains, besides the social quar-
ters, studios, etc., mentioned above, dormitory space for about
seventy-five students.
The Rebekah Scott Hall, a memorial to the late Mrs.
Rebekah Scott, wife of Colonel George W. Scott, contains,
besides two dormitory floors, the College Chapel, the halls of
the two debating societies, a large dining-room, a commodious
lobby, and various reception rooms. A colonnade connects this
building with the Agnes Scott Hall and thus renders avail-
able for the latter building the dining-room of the former.
The Jennie D. Inman Hall, a gift to the College of the late
Samuel Martin Inman (for many years the honored Chair-
man of the Board of Trustees) , as a memorial to his deceased
wife, has three floors devoted entirely to bedrooms. The wide
veranda of the building is extended to meet that of the White
House, in which is located the dining-room for both these
halls.
The White House afi'ords accommodation for a number of
the ladies of the faculty, and has besides limited space for
the occupation of students. The entire lower floor of this
building is occupied by the dining-room, kitchen, pantries, etc.
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Five Cottages situated on the campus offer accommodation
for about fifty students. These cottages are comfortably fur-
nished and supplied with all modern conveniences.
Auxiliary Buildings
The Anna Young Alumnae House was erected through
the joint efforts of the Trustees and the Alumnae in memory
of Miss Young, who was for twenty-one years a beloved teacher
in the College. It is a beautiful brick cottage, well equipped
with a tea room for the use of the College community and with
facilities for taking care of guests. It is especially a home for
returning Alumnae and is under the general management of
the Alumnae Association.
The Alumnae Infirmary, a well-built, two-story house,
situated south of Lowry Hall was added to the College plant
through the efforts of the Alumnae. The building has been
arranged so that it is admirably adapted to its purpose.
Steam Plant. Steam heat is supplied to all the College
buildings from a modern and well equipped plant situated on
the south border of the campus. This plant was completed
during the summer of 1929 and has all the latest devices for
efficient service.
Laundry. This is a very attractive building, adjoining the
steam plant, and it also has just been erected. It is well equip-
ped and is operated for the benefit of the College community.
SPECIAL ENDOWMENT FUNDS
The George W. Scott Foundation ^
In November, 1909, citizens of Decatur, in order to express
their affectionate admiration of one of the town's most useful
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and public-spirited men, and at the same time to assist in per-
petuating the work of the College which had been so dear to
his heart, contributed the sum of $29,000 for the establishment
of "The George W. Scott Memorial Foundation," for the en-
dowment of some department of the College, the exact dispo-
sition of the fund being left to the direction of the Board of
Trustees. The income from this fund is for the present applied
to the maintenance of the department of Philosophy and Edu-
cation.
The Lowry Foundation
As a tribute to the memory of their deceased son, William
Markham Lowry, Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Lowry, of Atlanta,
have contributed to the College the sum of $25,000. The in-
come from this fund is applied towards the maintenance of the
natural sciences, and in recognition of the generosity of the
donors, the science building has been given the name "Lowry
Hall."
The Samuel M. Inman Endowment Fund
In the will of Miss Jane Walker Inman, probated August 2,
1922, Agnes Scott College was made the residuary legatee;
and the proceeds of her estate for the College amounted to
$144,453.42, in real estate, stocks and bonds.
In addition the will provided for a life estate of $50,000.00
which will eventually come to the College. The whole of this
splendid gift is to be used for establishing "The Samuel M.
Inman Endowment Fund," in memory of her brother, who was
for many years Chairman of the Board of Trustees and the
pilot of the College through its most dijBFicult period of de-
velopment.
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Quenelle Harrold Foundation
Mrs. Thomas Harrold, Americus, Georgia, has contributed
the sum of $10,000.00 to establish "The Quenelle Harrold
Foundation" in honor of her daughter who graduated from
Agnes Scott in the Class of 1923. The income for the present
is used to provide a Graduate Fellowship, and it is awarded to
some alumna who is well qualified for research and who gives
promise of leadership.
Scholarships
The WiLLLiM A. Moore Scholarship $5,000
This sum was bequeathed to the College by the late William
A. Moore, an Elder of the First Presbyterian Church of At-
lanta.
The will of Mr. Moore provides that "this sum shall be held
as a permanent fund as endowment for the education at this
college of worthy girls of Presbyterian parents who are unable
to provide a collegiate education for their daughters."
The Eugenl^ Mandeville Watkins
Scholarship $6,250
Founded in memory of the late Mrs. Homer Watkins, for-
merly Miss Eugenia Mandeville, of Carrollton, Georgia, an
early graduate of the College, by her father, the late Mr. L. C.
Mandeville, and her husband, Mr. Homer Watkins.
The Harry T. Hall Memorial Scholarship $5,000
Endowed by Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Bradley, Columbus, Geor-
gia, in memory of Mrs. Bradley's only brother. In awarding
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this scholarship preference will be given applicants from
Muscogee County, Georgia.
The John Morrison Memorial Scholarship $3,000
Established by Mrs. lola B. Morrison, of Moultrie, Georgia.
In awarding this scholarship, preference will be given to stu-
dents applying from Colquitt County, Georgia.
The Lucy Hayden Harrison Memorial
Loan Fund $1,000
This sum from the savings account of the late Miss Lucy
Hayden Harrison has been conunitted in trust by her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Harrison, and her brother, Mr. George
W. Harrison, Jr., all of Atlanta, to the College to be used as
a loan fund "for the purpose of aiding worthy girls in securing
a college education in Agnes Scott College."
The Elkan Naumburg Music Scholarship Fund $2,000
Contributed by the late Mr. Elkan Naumburg, of New York,
for the purpose of establishing a scholarship in Music.
The Josiah J. Willard Scholarship $5,000
Founded by Samuel L. Willard as a memorial to his father,
a former resident of Decatur. The income is to be used in
assisting daughters of Presbyterian ministers, preferably pas-
tors of small, weak churches, in securing an education at Agnes
Scott College.
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The Maplewood Institute Memorlvl
Scholarship Fund $2,500
"At a meeting of the Maplewood Institute Association (Pitts-
field, Mass.), on June 5th, 1919, it was voted to give to Agnes
Scott College a fund of twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500)
to found a 'Maplewood Institute Memorial Scholarship,' the
interest on this sum to be used every year as the College thinks
best in aiding some worthy girl in her education."
The H. C. Townsend Memorial Scholarship $5,000
Established by Mrs. Nell T. Townsend, of Anderson, S. C.
The income to be used particularly for students who are plan-
ning to go as missionaries.
The George A. and Margaret Ramspeck
Scholarship Fund $1,250
Established by Mrs. Jean Ramspeck Harper in honor of her
parents, who were former residents of Decatur.
The George C. Walters Scholarship
Fund $2,000
Given by Mrs. Frances W. Walters, Atlanta, Georgia, as a
memorial to her husband. The income will be awarded ac-
cording to the worth and need of the applicants. This fund is
being increased from year to year.
The Nannie R. Massie Memorial Scholarship
Fund $2,000
Established by Mrs. E. L. Bell, Lewisburg, West Virginia, in
honor of her sister. Miss Massie was for many years a be-
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loved teacher at Agnes Scott. The income will be awarded ac-
cording to the need and worth o£ applicants.
The J. J. Clack Scholarship Fund $1,500
Mr. J. J. Clack, Starrsville, Georgia, arranged the fund dur-
ing his life on the annuity plan. Since his death, the income
is now available for worthy young women.
LiNDSEY Scholarship Fund $5,000
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Lindsey, Decatur, Georgia, have con-
tributed this fund. Nominations for the award of the income
are to be made annually by the Council of the Georgia Fed-
eration of Labor.
Kate Stratton Leedy Memorial
Scholarship Fund $1,000
This fund was established by the late Major W. B. Leedy,
Birmingham, Ala., on the annuity plan. Since his death, the
fund becomes a perpetual memorial to his wife, and the in-
come will be used preferably for Alabama girls.
Employees of Atlantic Ice and Coal
Corporation Scholarship Fund $2,500
This has been established by the employees of the Corpor-
ation named under the leadership of President W. B. Baker,
there being about ninety contributors. The income is prefer-
ably awarded to some worthy girl from a community where
the company has a plant or branch.
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The Armstrong Memorlu. Training Fund $2,000
This was established by the joint gifts of the late Mr. George
F. Armstrong and his wife, Mrs. Lucy May Camp Armstrong,
Savannah, Ga. It is a memorial to him. The income will be
used primarily for those who wish to prepare for service in the
Young Women's Christian Association.
The Mills Memorlvl Scholarship Fund $1,000
The late Mr. George J. Mills, Savannah, Ga., gave the money
for this fund, and it is a joint memorial of him and his wife,
Mrs. Eugenia Postell Mills, whose death preceded his by only
a brief time.
The Mary D. Sheppard Memorial Scholarship $2,500
The Alumnae of the College, citizens of Tallapoosa, Ga., and
other friends have established this fund in honor of Miss Mary
Sheppard, who was a teacher in the institution and later a res-
ident of Tallapoosa. Preference in awarding the income will
be given to worthy girls from Haralson County, Georgia.
The Martha Merrill Thompson
Scholarship Fund $2,000
The members of the class of 1905 and other friends have con-
tributed this fund in memory of their classmate who was Miss
Martha Merrill, Thomasville, Ga. Preference in awarding the
income will be given to those who plan to do missionary work.
The Anne V. and John Bergstrom
Scholarship Fund $1,000
This fund was established by Mrs. Martha Wynunee Berg-
strom, Atlanta, Ga., on the annuity plan. Since her death, the
General Information 141
income is available for worthy girls. The fund is named in
honor of two of her children who died in their youth.
Mary C. Davenport Scholarship Fund $1,000
Mrs. Mary C. Davenport, Marietta, Ga., has given this fund.
The income is awarded preferably to the daughter of mission-
aries or to a young woman in training for mission work.
The Lawrence McNeill Scholarship Fund $1,000
Mrs. Florence McNeill, Savannah, Ga., has established this
fund in memory of her husband, and the income is awarded
according to the worth and need of applicants.
The Weenona White Hanson Scholarship
IN Piano $2,500
This fund is the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Victor H. Hanson,
Birmingham, Ala. The income is to be used in giving musical
advantages to worthy young women who could not otherwise
get this training. Preference is given to applicants from Ala-
bama. Mrs. Hanson reserves the right to nominate bene-
ficiaries, but applications should be filed through the Presi-
dent of the College.
The Jenkins Loan Fund $1,000
Contributed by Mrs. Pearl C. Jenkins, Crystal Springs, Miss.
The income is loaned each year without interest to some worthy
girl. Preference is given to Presbyterian students.
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Capt. and Mrs. J. D. Malloy Scholarship $3,500
Messrs. D. G. Malloy and J. H. Malloy, Quitman, Ga., are
establishing a memorial scholarship in honor of their father
and mother, and the income on the amount named above is
now available. This scholarship aid is awarded on the nom-
ination of the donors.
Col. Joseph B. Preston Scholarship Fund $1,000
This fund was provided by the late Mrs. Clara J. Preston,
Augusta, Ga., on the annuity basis. After her death, the in-
come has become available for award, preference being given
to applicants from Georgia.
The Virginia Peeler Loan Fund $1,000
Miss Mary Virginia McCormick, Huntsville, Ala., has given
this sum in honor of Miss Virginia Peeler who graduated at
Agnes Scott in the class of 1926. The income is to be loaned
to worthy girls on easy terms.
Dr. and Mrs. T. F. Cheek Scholarship Fund $1,500
This fund was established by Mrs. T. F. Cheek, of Birming-
ham, Ala., on the annuity plan. Since her death, the income
is awarded according to the worth and need o£ the applicants.
GENERAL SCHOLARSHIPS
The Collegiate Scholarship. — The College offers tuition
for the next session to the student, in any class below Senior,
who attains the highest general proficiency. In order to com-
pete for this scholarship, the student must pursue a regular
course. The scholarship is not transferable, and is good only
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for the session immediately succeeding the commencement at
which it is awarded.
The Alumnae Scholarship Aid. — ^The Alumnae have
caught the spirit of helpfulness which characterizes their Alma
Mater and have cooperated heartily to help others secure the
education which they have enjoyed. They have given more
than $1,000 to establish the Sheppard Scholarship mentioned
above; and, in addition, they have recently begun a fund to be
known as "The Alumnae Loan Fund," the interest from which
is to be used for those who find it necessary to borrow money
for the completion of their college work.
The Young Women's Christian Association Scholar-
ship.— The Young Women's Christian Association of the Col-
lege offers a loan amounting to $100.00 annually, to be applied
to the expenses of a deserving student who needs financial help.
The College greatly appreciates the generous spirit and cooper-
ation which has prompted this movement on the part of the
Association. For details as to the obtaining of this aid, commu-
nications should be addressed to the President of the College.
Special Scholarships. — Scholarships paying tuition for
one session in Piano, Voice, Art and Spoken English are offer-
ed. Conditions of award may be ascertained on application to
the President.
STUDENT AID
All applications for scholarship aid from any of the funds
outlined above should be made in writing on forms which may
be obtained from the President's office.
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HOPKINS JEWEL AWARD
This has been established in honor of Miss Nannette Hop
kins, Dean o£ the College. The prize consists of a very beauti-
ful white gold necklace with amethyst pendant — significant of
the College colors, purple and white; and it is awarded each
year to the member of the Senior class who most nearly meets
the ideals of the College.
THE LAURA CANDLER MEDAL
This medal is awarded to the student of Sophomore, Junior
or Senior grade who makes the highest average for the year in
mathematics, provided her work is of marked excellence.
RICH PRIZE
The firm of Rich's, Inc., Atlanta, Ga., offers each year a
prize of Fifty Dollars to that member of the Freshman class
who makes the best record for the year. The award is made at
Commencement.
FRANK MORLEY PRIZE
This is offered each year by Professor Robinson for the most
original work in mathematics done by any member of the
Sophomore or the Junior class.
FELLOWSHIPS
Two fellowships may be awarded annually to members of
the Senior Class. These fellowships carry with them remuner-
ation amounting to the recipients' entire expenses for one year,
including tuition in any department of the College (except
"specials") in which they may elect to continue their work.
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EXPENSES FOR THE YEAR
Non-Resident Students
Tuition, including the use of library, rest rooms, gym-
ansium, and instruction in all subjects offered in
the curriculum except "Specials" $285.00
Maintenance fee 15.00
Total for the year $300.00
Payable on entrance, $175.00; on January 1st, $125.00.
(Laboratory fees and "Specials" not included.)
Resident Students
Tuition, as above $285.00
Maintenance fee 25.00
Medical fee 10.00
Board, including room, heat, light, laundry (1^ dozen
plain pieces) 380.00
Total for the year $700.00
Payable on entrance in September, $450.00, less the regis-
tration fee of $25.00, making the amount due $425.00. The re-
mainder due January 1st. Payments must be made direct to
the Treasurer on the specified dates. No bills are rendered
patrons for any items.
This does not include Laboratory fees in any Science, nor
does it cover "Specials" which fees must be paid to the
Treasurer before admittance to classes in any science or '"Spe-
cial" subject, and his receipt presented to the professor.
146 Agnes Scott College
Note. — The maintenance and medical fees are the same for
one semester as for the entire session, and are non-refundable
for any cause.
The charges are made for the college year as a unit, and are
not intended to be divided between the semesters. The pay-
ment permitted on January 1st is to cover the balance due for
the session, and it is not the second semester charge and there-
fore due later. If the College is notified by January 1st that a
student wishes to complete the work of the first semester and to
withdraw before the beginning of the second term, the Presi-
dent has discretion to allow this without the January payment.
In the case of all students wishing to have places reserved for
the remainder of the session, it is necessary that payment be
made or satisfactory terms arranged with the Treasurer as
above provided. Students who do not meet this payment
promptly, or arrange for it, are regarded as withdrawing for
the second term and a later settlement will be on the basis of a
new entry and at a higher rate than for a continuous student.
Special *
Piano $120.00
Organ 120.00
Voice 120.00
Violin 120.00
Art 100.00
Spoken English, Individual lessons 100.00
Harmony, in classes 10.00
Theory, in classes 10.00
Use of organ for practice one hour daily 20.00
Piano for practice one hour daily 10.00
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Piano for practice, each extra hour 5.00
Laboratory fee, chemistry, biology, physics, psychol-
ogy, play production, each 10.00
Laboratory fee, in single semester course in any science 5.00
Payable, one-half upon entrance; remainder on January 1st,
except laboratory and breakage fees, which are payable in full
on entrance.
If half time work is permitted in any "special," the charge
will be $10.00 more fK)r the session than half of the regular
fee would be.
All correspondence relating to financial affairs should be
directed to the Treasurer.
All remittances should be made payable to Agnes Scott Col-
lege. Due to the clearing house rules, our banks charge ex-
change on local checks. In view of this fact we request that
patrons kindly make remittances in either New York or Atlanta
exchange, or Postal Money Order. However, if a local check
is preferable please add ^ of 1 per cent, for exchange.
The acceptance by the College of either personal or bank
check is done with the full understanding that final credit is not
given until actual payment has been received by us. Checks
will be handled promptly in the regular banking manner and
on the basis that prevail under the Atlanta Clearing House
rules.
Notes
No student who does not live in Atlanta or Decatur will be
permitted to make living arrangements outside of the college
148 Agnes Scott College
with any one except a close relative unless she has previously
secured the written consent of the Dean.
All who have engaged rooms prior to the opening of the ses-
sion will be charged from the beginning of the session or
semester.
When a patron finds it necessary to request deferred pay-
ment of bills when due, special arrangements must be made in
advance of arrival of the student with the Treasurer, since no
student will be allowed to enter college where the financial ar-
rangements have not been perfected. In all such cases, the
Board of Trustees has directed that notes be taken bearing six
per cent interest from date payment was due.
This clause is not meant to indicate that the College makes a
practice of granting deferred payments, and the same are not
granted except for good reasons, which are satisfactory to the
Finance Committee, arranged through the Treasurer, at least
ten days prior to the date payment is due. Deferred payments
will not be granted unless arranged in this manner, and further,
where such terms are arranged it is obligatory that such notes
will be met promptly on due date.
Where a note is accepted it is done with the full under-
standing that the account is not considered as settled unless
notes are paid on due date.
No student will be allowed to attend classes at the beginning
of any semester where her account is unpaid.
The Laboratory fee must be paid before entering classes in
chemistry, biology, physics, play production or psychology for
the entire session, and will not be refunded for any cause. In
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addition a deposit of Five ($5.00) Dollars is required of
chemistry students. This will be refunded in May, except so
much as is necessary to pay for breakage of returnable ap-
paratus. This refund, if not claimed by the student, at the
Treasurer's office, prior to Commencement Day is automatical-
ly forfeited.
The College employs a resident physician and a resident
trained nurse. It also maintains an infirmary with the con-
veniences of a modern hospital. The $10.00 medical fee as-
sists in covering the above expenses.
No student will be received for less than a full term, or the
portion of the term remaining after entrance. The professors
are engaged and all arrangements made for the scholastic year,
and the College obligates itself to furnish the advantages thus
provided for the session. The entering of a student is a cor-
responding obligation on the part of the patron to continue the
student to the end of the session. In the event of withdrawal
on account of sickness of the student, the amount paid for board
and laundry in advance of date of leaving will be refunded, but
not amount paid for tuition.
Refunds are computed on the session charges during the first
semester and on the January payment for the second semester.
No DEDUCTION FOR ANY CAUSE WILL BE ALLOWED STUDENTS
AFTER March 15th.
No claim for a refund for any cause will be considered un-
less it is filed with the Treasurer on or before the 1st of May
in the year such refund is asked.
Students who register for any "Special" must continue it for
the semester. The only exceptions to this rule will be the dis-
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continuance upon the recommendation of the College Physician
or the faculty conxmittee, and then the only grounds for non-
payment of the account or a refund, if paid, will be the health
of the student or such a heavy schedule of required work that
the "Special" cannot be continued without injury to the stu-
dent.
When permission has been secured from either of the above
sources it is obligatory upon the student to notify the Treasurer
within three days after permission has been granted. The fail-
ure to do this forfeits any claim for a refund. In the event a
"Special" has been continued for as long a period as six weeks
there will be no refund for any cause.
Correspondence concerning the general management of the
College, or concerning the welfare or interest of students should
be addressed to the President.
Correspondence concerning the life in the dormitories, or
health, or discipline of students should be addressed to the
Dean.
It is recommended that each student be provided with $20.00
upon entrance to college in order that she may be able to pur-
chase the necessary books and stationery. These are sold by
the College at city prices for cash only.
It is hoped that parents will make only moderate allowance
to their daughters for spending money. When money is de-
posited with the Treasurer for students, it is paid out on their
checks, and no other account is kept by the College except can-
celled checks.
The College will not advance money to students.
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In cases of protracted sickness or contagious diseases, parents
must provide a nurse at their own expense.
Patrons must pay for medicines and for consultations.
A fee of $5.00 is charged for B.A. diploma and $2.00 for
music or art certificate.
All dues to the College must he paid before either diploma or
certificate will he awarded.
The College reserves the right to request the withdrawal of
a student at any time where the financial afi'airs have not been
satisfactorily arranged. In the event of such withdrawal there
will be no refund for any money previously paid.
The College exercises every precaution to protect property
of students, but will not be responsible for losses of any kind.
For the accommodation of students and teachers the College
receives packages for them, and the utmost care is taken to
have these packages properly delivered to the owners, but the
College will not be responsible for any losses that may occur.
Discounts
When two or more sisters enter as boarding students a dis-
count of $20.75 is allowed from the September payment, and
$12.50 from the January payment, for each sister.
This discount is granted only upon full cash payment on due
dates.
Students holding College scholarships will not be given any
further discounts.
In no case will two discounts be given the same student.
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A discount of $100.00 on tuition will be made to ministers
regularly engaged in their calling who send their daughters as
boarding students. This is credited $50.00 on each semester.
All other charges will be at regular rates.
To ministers regularly engaged in their calling, who send
their daughters as day students, a discount of $28.50 will be
allowed on tuition. This is credited $16.00 in September and
$12.50 in January. All other charges at regular rates.
No DISCOUNT WILL BE ALLOWED BOARDING STUDENTS FOR
ABSENCE FROM ANY CAUSE EXCEPT SICKNESS OF THE STUDENT,
AND THAT ONLY WHEN THE ABSENCE IS FOR AS LONG AS SIX
WEEKS.
This refers to a student who leaves on recommendation of the
Resident Physician.
No DISCOUNT TO DAY STUDENTS.
No reduction will he made for holidays.
No refund will be made where a student fails to return after
the Christmas holidays.
The boarding department will be closed during the Christ-
mas holidays. For the accommodation of those who remain,
one dormitory will be kept open, but no provision is made by
the College for meals.
Furniture
The College supplies each room with bedstead, bureau, ward-
robe, washstand, chairs, mattress, pillows, and crockery. Each
student should bring with her sheets, blankets, counterpanes,
pillow-cases (35x22), towels, napkins, napkin-ring, teaspoon,
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and any article, as rugs, curtains, etc., of use or ornament de-
sired for her room. The bedclothes should be the size used for
single or three-quarter beds.
All articles, including trunks, must be plainly and durably
marked with the name of the owner. Failure to comply with
this requirement causes great inconvenience and sometimes loss.
Arrivals at Night
Students arriving in Atlanta in time for the official opening
of College in September are met, on request, by a representa-
tive of the College, without charge.
At other times a chaperon's fee will be charged for meeting
trains. If two or more students are met the charge is to be
divided equally among them.
Students, when met under the above rule, are expected to
pay to the Dean the fee on the day following their arrival, since
no account will be opened on the Treasurer's books for this
fee.
Guests
The College regrets that it has been found necessary to limit
the free hospitality it has heretofore extended. Since every
space in the dormitories is occupied by faculty and students,
guests cannot be entertained without serious inconvenience ex-
cept from Saturday to Monday. At such times, after consulta-
tion with the Dean, vacancies caused by the temporary absence
of students may be utilized for guests at a charge of one dollar
and fifty cents a day. Whether guests are being entertained for
the week-end or for a single meal, permission must be ob-
tained from the Dean and meal tickets procured at the business
office.
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The above regulations do not apply to the Alumnae. When
they desire to visit the College they are asked to communicate
with the Dean stating the date and the length of the proposed
visit.
All guests are expected to conform to the dormitory regula-
tions.
STUDENT ACTIVITIES
The student organizations and publications occupy a most
important place in the community life of the College, and are
commended as valuable educational aids in the work of train-
ing young women for the highest efficiency. It will be evident
that these enterprises entail a certain amount of financial ex-
penditure. In order to reduce this expense to a minimum, and at
the same time to insure the continued life and activity of the
various necessary developments of the student body, a general
cooperative plan has been devised by the students.
For the support of student activities such as the Student Gov-
ernment Association, the Debating Council, the Athletic As-
sociation, May Day Committee, and the various student publi-
cations, each student pays fifteen dollars ($15.00) which is
payable in two installments — ten dollars at the beginning of the
first semester and five dollars at the beginning of the second
semester. This system relieves the student of the annoyance
of frequent assessments.
It is expected that the first payment will be made at the time
of entrance. The College does not handle the student budget so
please make check payable to the Student Treasurer, Agnes
Scott College.
Note. — ^The organizations here named are those involving
the entire student body. The various other organizations, liter-
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ary, dramatic, honorary, and social, are, of course, limited in
membership and so are not covered by the $15.00 of the budget
system.
Organizations
The Student Government Association. — This organiza-
tion, based upon a charter granted by the faculty, has for its
purpose the ordering and control of the dormitory life and of
most other matters not strictly academic. Its membership in-
cludes all the students. The most gratifying results have con-
tinually followed the increase of opportunity and of responsi-
bility thus given to the students, especially in the development
of self-restraint, consideration for the maj ority, and the true co-
operative spirit.
Young Women's Christian Association. — ^The objects of
this Association are:
To develop the spiritual life of. the students.
To cooperate with other student associations in the general
work of the Young Women's Christian Association.
To do all possible to advance the Kingdom of God.
The various departments of the Association work are well or-
ganized and render efficient service. The Association has the
sympathetic interest and support of the faculty, while the stu-
dent body, with few exceptions, are members. The leaders
among the students are also the leaders in this work, and thus
the organization wields a large influence for good.
Athletic Association. — Athletic sports, not including the
regular gymnastic classes, are managed by the Athletic Associa-
tion. There are three sport seasons. During the Fall season
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hockey and swimming are major sports, and tennis a minor
sport; during the winter season, basketball and water polo are
major sports and volley ball a minor; during the spring season,
baseball, track and swimming are major sports and tennis a
minor.
An athletic field affords excellent opportunity for hockey,
baseball and track, while six tennis courts are in almost con-
stant use the whole year.
The Athletic Association also manages a camp at Stone
Mountain, where groups may go for the week-ends.
Public Lecture Assocl\.tion. — An organization of students
and faculty has been formed for the purpose of inviting noted
speakers, from time to time, to address the College community.
These lectures are likewise open to the public upon the pay-
ment of a small fee.
Publications
The students issue the following publications:
The Aurora. — A quarterly magazine devoted to the develop-
ment of literary effort among the students.
The Silhouette. — The annual, published by the student
body. It is intended to give, in humorous and artistic vein, a
record of the student life for the current year.
The Agonistic. — ^A weekly newspaper published by the stu-
dent body. It has as its object the promotion of loyalty to the
College and the dissemination of local news.
The Student Handbook. — A manual of information is-
sued annually by the Student Associations.
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RELIGIOUS LIFE
Every effort is made to promote earnest and pronounced re-
ligious life in the College. Students are requested to select the
church they desire to make their church home as soon as prac-
tical after arrival. Ordinarily this must be the church of their
parents. They are expected to attend this church on Sunday
morning. Attendance on daily morning prayers is expected.
The regular Sunday evening service and the mission study
classes, conducted by the Young Women's Christian Associa-
tion, are largely attended, as is also the tri-weekly vesper serv-
ice in the chapel under the leadership of members of the
faculty.
APPOINTMENT COMMITTEE
The faculty has appointed a Committee with a view to as-
sisting Agnes Scott students in securing positions. All grad-
uates and other students o£ the College who desire to teach or
do other work are invited to apply for registration blanks, fill
them out and file them with this committee. Address the Regis-
trar.
ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION
During the Commencement of 1895 the Agnes Scott Alumnae
Association was organized. The purpose of the Association is
to promote the welfare of the College and its alumnae by in-
creasing the interest of its members in the College and in each
other.
The work of the general association is conducted largely
through the Alumnae Council and the standing committees, the
annual meeting being held in Atlanta during Commencement
158 Agnes Scott College
week. Two alumnae represent the Association on the Board of
Trustees.
The Association has established the Agnes Scott Aid League,
which will lend money to students who need to borrow in order
to complete their College course. Not more than $150.00 will
be loaned to any student in one year. These loans do not bear
interest and are to be repaid whenever the student shall be in
a position to do so.
Applications for loans should be made to the President of
the Association through the President of the College.
The ofiFicers of the Association are as follows:
President — Miss Llewellyn Wilburn, '19, Agnes Scott Col-
lege.
First Vice-President— Mrs. Lewis M. Gaines, '00, 18 Park
Lane, N. E., Atlanta, Ga.
Second Vice-President— Mrs. M. E. Miller, '27, Country Club
Road, Winston-Salem, N. C.
Secretary — Miss Martha Crowe, '27, Agnes Scott College.
Treasurer — Margaret E. Whitington, '26, 1051 Oglethorpe
Ave., S. W., Atlanta, Ga.
Executive Secretary — Mrs. D. B. Donaldson, '12, Alumnae
House, Decatur, Ga.
BEQUESTS
Gifts to the College are needed for general endowment, for
professorships, for scholarships, for buildings and equipment,
and for additional land. Special memorial features may be
incorporated in deeds of gift or in bequests.
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Annuity incomes may also be arranged in connection with
gifts to the College.
Forms of Bequests
1. I hereby give and bequeath to Agnes Scott College,
Decatur, Georgia, the sum of dollars,
to be used by the Trustees in whatever way will best advance
the interests of the College.
2. I hereby give and bequeath to Agnes Scott College,
Decatur, Georgia, the sum of dollars,
the principal of which is to be invested and preserved invio-
lably, the income being used by the Trustees of the College in
whatever way will best advance its interests.
3. I hereby give and bequeath to Agnes Scott College,
Decatur, Georgia, the sum of dollars,
to be known as the Fund,
the income to be used by the Trustees of the College as follows:
If the bequest is intended to leave the College the remainder
of any estate, the form may be: All the rest, residue, and re-
mainder of my real and personal property of any kind what-
ever, I give and bequeath to Agnes Scott College, Decatur,
Georgia, et cetera.
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Commencement Awards 163
SCHOLARSHIPS
Collegiate
Elizabeth Lightcap Yazoo City, Miss.
Piano
Amelia Wolf Savannah, Ga.
Voice
Kathleen Bowen Decatur, Ga.
Spoken English
Martha Skeen Decatur, Ga.
Candler Prize in Mathematics
Penelope Brown Atlanta, Ga.
MoRLEY Medal in Mathematics
Mary Clarke Atlanta, Ga.
Rich Prize
Lucy Goss Decatur, Ga.
Mary Hamilton Dalton, Ga.
Hopkins Jewel Award
Marguerite Gerard Paris, France
CLASS HONOR LIST
1930-1931
FRESHMAN CLASS
Pauline Gordon Maragaret Martin
Lucy Goss Marion Mathews
Eleanor Hamilton Amelia O'Neal
Mary Hamilton Juliet Puett
Annie Laurie Schuessler
SOPHOMORE CLASS
Bernice Beaty Roberta Kilpatrick
Margaret Belote Elizabeth Lightcap
Elizabeth Bolton Eulalia Napier
Mary D. Clarke Gail Nelson
Bessie Meade Friend LaTrelle Robertson
Virginia Heard Maragaret Telford
Cornelia Keeton Sarah Watson
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Agnes Scott College
Catherine Baker
Penelope Brown
Susan Glenn
Virginia Gray
Ruth Green
JUNIOR CLASS
Irene Hartsell
Rosemary Honiker
Saxon Pope
Elizabeth Skeen
Elizabeth Sutton
Miriam Thompson
Marjorie Daniel
LoRA Lee DeLoach
Jean Grey
Katherine Morrow
SENIOR CLASS
Elizabeth Simpson
Harriet Smith
Laura Robinson
Julia Thompson
Louise Ware
PHI BETA KAPPA
Elections 1930-1931
HONORARY
Emma May Laney
ALUMNAE
Elizabeth Burke Burdette, 1916
Laura Cooper Christopher, 1916
Grace Geohegan, 1916
Ray Harvison Smith, 1916
Jeanette Victor Levy, 1916
Louise Wilson Williams, 1916
Marjorie Daniel
Katherine Morrow
Laura Robinson
SENIORS
Elizabeth Simpson
Harriet Smith
Julia Thompson
Registration of Students 165
REGISTER OF STUDENTS
1931-1932
Note. — Students are listed in the various classes under the following
limitations :
(1) As Graduates, upon the completion of the Bachelor of Arts
course.
(2) As Seniors, upon the completion of eighty-six semester hours of
credit (not including physical education) at least thirty-six of which are
of merit grade, provided thirty-four semester hours be taken in the
current session.
(3) As Juniors, upon the completion of fifty-two semester hours of
credit (not including physical education), at least eighteen of which are
of merit grade, provided thirty-four semester hours be taken in the cur-
rent session,
(4) As Sophomores, upon the completion, as a minimum require-
ment, of eighteen semester hours of credit (not including physical edu-
cation) , at least twelve of which are of merit grade, provided thirty-
four semester hours be taken in the current session; or upon the com-
pletion of an increased number of credit hours for proportionate loss of
merit hours, provided sufficient hours be taken in the current session to
meet the credit hour basis for minimum requirements.
(5) As Freshmen, upon the presentation of requirement for regular
admission, provided one of the groups of studies prescribed for Fresh-
men be taken. In this class are likewise listed second year regular
students who have not been admitted to Sophomore standing.
(6) As Irregulars or as Specials, if the regular admission require-
ment has not been presented, or if the regular groups of study are not
followed. (See catalogue pages 22, 24.)
(7) As Unclassified upon presentation of tentative credits, amount-
ing to at least eighteen semester hours, from another college.
(8) At least twelve semester hours of merit grade must be credited
to the student each year after the Freshman year for class promotion.
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Agnes Scott College
SUMMARY BY STATES
Alabama 25
Arizona 1
Arkansas 3
California 1
Delaware 1
District of Columbia 3
Florida 19
Georgia 281
Illinois 3
Kentucky 11
Louisiana 4
Maryland 1
Michigan 2
Mississippi 11
Missouri 2
North Carolina 39
New York 2
Ohio 1
Oklahoma 1
Pennsylvania 4
South Carolina 22
Tennessee 14
Texas 3
Virginia 13
China 2
West Virginia
Czechoslovakia
France
India
Japan
Korea
TotaL
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Index 181
PAGE
Administration of the Curriculum 43
Admission of Students 16
Admission of Unconditioned Freshmen 18
Admission of Conditioned Freshmen 20
Admission of Irregular Students 20
Admission to Advanced Standing 21
Admission of Special Students 22
Admission by Certificate 24
Admission by Examination 24
Agnes Scott College 15
Agnes Scott Hall 130, 133
Alumnae Association 157
Alumnae House 134
Appointment Committee 157
Arrivals at Night 153
Athletic Association 155
Attendance on Lectures 44
Automatic Exclusion 48
Bachelor of Arts Degree 50
Bequests 158
Board of Trustees 3
Buildings and Equipment 129
Buttrick Hall 130
182 Index
PAGE
Calendar 4
Carnegie Library 131
Classification 43
Committees of the Faculty 13, 14
Cottages 134
Curriculum 43
Description of Courses 54
Art 54
Astronomy 57
Bible 58
Biology 61
Chemistry 66
Economics and Sociology 69
Education 113
English 72
French 120
German 82
Greek 85
History 88
Latin 92
Mathematics 100
Music 103
Philosophy and Education 110
Index 183
PAGE
Physical Education 115
Physics 118
Psychology 110
Romance Languages 120
Sociology and Economics 69
Spanish 125
Description of Entrance Subjects 26
English 26
Latin 29
French 32
Greek 31
Spanish 35
German 36
Mathematics 37
History 39
Civics 39
Music 41
Science 40
Discounts 151
Elective Entrance Units 19
Electric and Steam Plant 134
Entrance Subjects 17
Examinations 44
Examinations for Entrance 25
Expenses 145-147
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Faculty Committees 13, 14
Fellowships 144
Furniture 152
General Information 129
George W. Scott Foundation 134
Guests 153
Gymnasium- Auditorium 132
Harrold, Quenelle, Foundation 136
Infirmary 134
Jennie D. Inman Hall 133
Inman, Sam'l M., Fund 135
Laura Candler Medal 144
Limitation of Hours 47
Lowry Foundation 135
Lowry Hall 131
Manner of Admission 24
Memorial Funds 134-136
Merit Hours 47
Oificers of Administration 12
Officers of Instruction and Government— 5
Organizations of Students 155
Prescribed Entrance Units 19
Psychological Tests 24
Index 185
PAGE
Public Lecture Association 156
Publications of Students 156
Rebekah Scott Hall 133
Register of Students, 1931-1932 165
Registration 43
Religious Life 157
Required Residence 48
Requirements for the Degree 50
Residence Halls 132
Rich Prize 144
Scholarship Foundations 136
Scholarships (General) 142
Semester and Year Credits 46
Situation 129
Standing to which Students are Admitted 18
Steam Laundry 134
Student Activities 154
Student Aid 143
Student Government Association 155
Summer Work 46
White House 133
Youna; Women's Christian Association 155
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