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OF SAINT MARY’S
VoL. I, No. 5
EALEIGH, NOETH CAEOLINA
November 29, 1937
STUDENT BODY DISCUSSES HONOR SYSTEM
Tile most successful student body meeting since the
installation of the Honor System was held in the Study
^ Hall Sunday night, November 21. It was the outcome
of an open discussion held Friday night to bring to light
e any difficulties in the present form of government, and
f to clarify any obscure rules and regulations. In the
first meeting a needless difficulty arose from a personal
g interpretation of a general remark, and this quickly
j showed the students in favor of the Honor System how
a minority openly opposing the Honor System could
^ undermine the student government unless made to recog-
'■ uize its value.
Sunday night both groups had had time to think over
V the situation and came to the meeting prepared to ques
tion and listen attentively and seriously to each other.
Mr. Moore explained the origin of the Honor Sys
tem, conditions prior to its installation, and the danger
j of a small opposing minority changing the spirit of the
whole school. The Honor System was voted on and
adopted as the established form of student government
on May 1, 1937. Then the student officers and three
faculty members made a list of routine penalties for
routine violations, and planned a constitution that,
among other things, provided for a legislative body
made up of a representative from each class and the
faculty to receive formal suggestions and act positively
or negatively on them. After the explanation Mr.
Moore left the room and the discussion to the student
body.
The discussions were anything but final and many
trivial questions wasted valuable time; but in spite of
these many unsettled questions, the meeting was impor-
portant in that it proved that the student body can hold
an orderly discussion; and that its members are in
tensely interested in student government even if some
continue to oppose it.
Regardless of what future Student Body meetings
may disclose. The Belles intends to continue fighting for
student government, and against all who would attempt
to undermine it.
she remarked that North Carolina audiences responded
more sincerely than northern ones. Her next recital will
be given in Richmond.
Miss Howe’s performance here showed a wide range
of talent. She depicted a French teacher, a hairdresser,
an amateur theatrical director, a woman on a picnic, and
a child reciting in a class exhibition. She also gave five
scenes which showed the effect of an industrial strike
upon an aristocrat, a French millworker, the president
of a patriotic woman’s club, the socialite wife of the
mill director, and the American woman of the slums.
Miss Howe is .remarkable in her ability to change im
mediately from a tragic to a humorous character and to
keep that character throughout the whole monologue.
After the recital the Dramatic Club had a reception
in the parlor for Miss Howe, and the faculties of Peace
and of this school were invited to meet her. Receiving
with the guest of honor were Miss Davis, Sylvia Cul-
lum, president of the club, Mary LeRoy Stanton, and
Becky Norman. Those who talked with Miss Howe
found her an amusing conversationalist and a charming
person as well as an excellent monologist. She de
scribed, among other things, her first broadcast when
she was told she had an invisible audience bf three
million people. She said that she found herself going
through actions before the microphone and that she
found it rather hard to work with definite time limits,
as in radio, and that, as a general practice, she was not
fond of broadcasting.
HEUEN HOWE APPEARS AT SAINT MARY’S
On Friday night, November 19, in the school audito
rium, Miss Helen Howe, one of the world’s three great
est monologists, presented a group of monologues,
“Characters and Caricatures.” Miss Howe is from
Boston, has played in Imndon and Paris, and has ap
peared as guest star on Rudy Vallee’s radio hour. She
spends the winter on tour and writes her own mono
logues during tlie summer. In her presentation she
Uses very few properties and changes her appearance
nierely by adding an article of dress and changing her
hair; she believes that speech and action should create
the picture in the imagination of the audience.
This was Miss Howe’s first southern engagement and
HONOR STUDENTS TAKE EXTRA WEEK-END
The promise of an extra week-end at Thanksgiving
has been an incentive toward particularly hard study
during the first quarter. The following students are
allowed to cut Friday and Saturday classes after
Thanksgiving for making an average of B+ or better
in the academic department: Gertrude Carter, Martha
Chase, Elizabeth Clarkson, Mary Willis Douthat, Erwin
Gant, Louise Hall, Virginia Hardin, Elizabeth Hunter,
Louise Jordan, Jean Miller, Sarah Sawyer, Ann Seeley,
Elizabeth Tucker, Mary Jane Yeatman; and in the
Business Dejiartment: Aileen Bynum, Virginia Christ
man, Mary Gault, Dorothy Kerr, Mary Midgette, Er
nestine Rich, Lillie Robertson, Betty Sibley, and Sarah
Frances Wright (Atlanta).
Students who averaged a B or better are allowed to
cut Friday classes or take an overnight Saturday re
turning at 6 :00 ]).m. o’clock Sunday. Honorable men
tion students in the Academic Department are: Wyeliffe
Allen, Sue Clapp, Martha Clovis, Patsy Jones, Penelope
Lewis, Mary Elizabeth Neff', Helen Page, Kathleen
Robertson, Lossie Taylor, Winifred Vass, Mary Miller
Wheat, Betty Telfair Wright; and in the Business
Department; Eileen Brent, Betty Gaither, Barbara
Honeycutt, and Eugie Watters.