Agnes Scott College Bulletin: Catalogue Number 1973-1974
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mmr Agnes Scott College bulletin Communications CORRESPONDENCE Information regarding the following matters may be obtained by writing the appropriate officer at Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Georgia 30030: Academic work of students Dean of the Faculty Admissions Director of A dmissions Alumnae affairs Director of A himnae Affairs Career planning Director of Career Planning Catalogues Director of Admissions Employment referrals Director of Career Planning Financial aid (new students) Director of Admissions Financial aid (returning students) Financial Aid Officer Gifts and bequests Vice President for Development Payment of accounts Treasurer Public relations Director of Public Relations Residence and student welfare Dean of Students Transcripts of record Registrar TELEPHONE Area Code 404; 373-2571 (college switchboard). VISITS TO CAMPUS The College is located in the metropolitan Atianta area and is easily accessible to the city's airport and railway and bus terminals. It is served by several interstate highways (1-75 or 85 for most north-south traffic, and 1-20 for east-west). Visitors are welcome. The admissions office is open for appointments, except during holiday periods, on Monday through Friday and on Saturday until noon. The office is located in Buttrick Hall (see map on inside back cover). AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE BULLETIN DECATUR, GEORGIA 30030 SERIES 71 MAY 1974 NUMBER 2 Published quarterly by Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Georgia 30030. Second-class postage paid at Decatur, Georgia 30030. Agnes Scott College Bulletin CATALOGUE NUMBER 1973-1974 ANNOUNCEMENTS for 1974-1975 -r- - V*«.^„ Contents College Calendar 5 Agnes Scott College 7 History and Purpose The College Community 9 Student Government, Religious Life, Counseling, Health Services, Career Planning Services Buildings and Grounds 12 Admission 14 Fees and Expenses 19 Financial Aid 22 The Curriculum 25 Requirements for the Degree, Distribution of Studies, Area of Concentration, Special Programs, Administration of the Curriculum Courses of Instruction 1974-1975 33 Endowment 91 Scholarship and Loan Funds, Special Endowment Funds Board of Trustees 99 Officers of Instruction and Administration 100 Register of Students Ill Honors and Prizes 125 Bachelor of Arts Degree 1973 128 Alumnae Association 131 [3] 1974 1975 JANUARY JULY JANUARY s M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 12 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 27 28 29 30 31 28 29 30 31 26 27 28 29 30 31 FEBRUARY AUGUST FEBRUARY S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 1 2 3 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 24 25 26 27 28 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 23 24 25 26 27 28 MARCH SEPTEMBER MARCH S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 29 30 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 31 30 31 APRIL CKJrOBER APRIL S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 12 3 4 5 12 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 28 29 30 27 28 29 30 31 27 28 29 30 MAY NOVEMBER MAY S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 1 2 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 27 28 29 30 31 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 JUNE DECEMBER JUNE S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 12 3 4 5 6 7 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 29 30 31 29 30 30 [4] College Calendar 1974 September 8 Meeting of new students, 7:30 p.m. September 9 Registration of new students, 9 a.m. September 10 Registration of returning students, 2 p.m. September 12 Classes begin, 8:30 a.m. Opening Convocation, 1 1 :30 a.m. October 9 Honors Day Convocation, 1 1 a.m. November 2 Senior Investiture, 10 a.m. November 21 Fall quarter examinations begin, 9 a.m. November 26 Christmas vacation begins, 4:30 p.m. 1975 January 6 Winter quarter registration January 7 Classes resumed, 8:30 a.m. February 19 Founder's Day Convocation, 11:15 a.m. March 15 Winter quarter examinations begin, 9 a.m. March 20 Spring vacation begins, 4:30 p.m. April 1 Spring quarter opens, 8:30 a.m. May 31 Spring quarter examinations begin, 9 a.m. June 4 Senior examinations end, 1 1 :30 a.m. June 5 Spring quarter examinations end, 4:30 p.m. June 8 Baccalaureate service, 11 a.m. The Eighty-sixth Commencement, 6:30 p.m. [5] PRESIDENT MARVIN BANKS PERRY, JR. — Agnes Scott College A,.GNES Scott is an independent lib- Georgia, a part of the greater metro- eral arts college for women and offers politan Atlanta area. Proximity to At- courses leading to the Bachelor of Arts lanta makes available to students and degree. Faculty and students are se- faculty the economic, cultural, social, lected without regard to race or reli- intellectual, and recreational advan- gious preference. tages of a large and progressive metro- The College is located in Decatur, politan center. HISTORY Founded in 1889 as Decatur Female sociation of American Universities and Seminary, the College first offered work in 1926 was granted a charter by the of grammar school level. In 1890 it United Chapters of Phi Beta Kappa. was renamed Agnes Scott Institute in The College is also a charter member honor of the mother of the founder. of the American Association of Uni- Colonel George W. Scott, and within versity Women and of the Southern ten years was accredited as a second- University Conference. ary school. In 1906, the Institute was Agnes Scott was founded by Presby- chartered as Agnes Scott College, and terians and has an affiliate relationship Agnes Scott Academy (discontinued with the Presbyterian Church in the in 1913) was organized to offer pre- United States, but has never been con- paratory work. The first degrees of the trolled or supported by it. The Col- College were conferred in June of lege is controlled by a self-perpetuating 1906. Board of Trustees. In 1907 Agnes Scott became the The four presidents of the College first college in Georgia to hold mem- have been Frank Henry Gaines ( 1889- bership in the regional accrediting 1923); James Ross McCain (1923- agency, the Southern Association of 1951); Wallace McPherson Alston Colleges and Schools. In 1920 it was (1951-1973); and Marvin Banks placed on the approved list of the As- Perry, Jr. (1973- ). PURPOSE In a rapidly changing world of increas- College is: ing mechanization and complexity, 1. to help the student gain a basic Agnes Scott College continues to put acquaintance with each of three its faith in the life of the mind and the broad areas of knowledge—the spirit and in the liberating power of humanities, natural sciences and knowledge. mathematics, and social sciences As a liberal arts college for under- and competence in some particular graduate women, the purpose of the phase of one area; [7] AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE to develop through such study 4.