The Belles of Saint Mary’s
May 7, 1943 ' M
The Belles
OF SAINT MARY’S
Published every two weeks by the stu
dent body of Saint Mary’s School.
Editor
OiiARi.OTTE Crawford
Managiiid Editors
Excliawje Editors
Fnciiltii Advixcr
Hetty Lou Britt
Sai.ly Sakrorn
Lib Hackney
JIeo Stone
C. A. P. Moore
STAlt’F
Hetty I’assett
Lillian Hellainy
Adelaide Butler
Pegsy Cates
Hetty Clark
Mary Cions
JIartha Crook
Hebeeea Draiie
Margaret deltosset
Hetty Kdwards
Essieliryee Evans
Pat (!wyn
Pat Hassler
Lillian .Jenkins
Alice Kain
Alma
Clara Leigh Keni])er
Katherine JA'gg
Betsy Long
Hannah Lyon
Erencbie .Mc( 'ann
Sallie McKinley
iUary Louls(> Jlartin
.Jeannette Parker
Jtetty Pender
Hrooksie Po])kins
Dardie (Juinerly
JIargaret Uodwell
Sara Stockton
Jlichelle Telfair
I’atty M'c'aVer
Young
Member
Plssocioted Golle6iate Press
N. C. Collegiate I'ress As,sociation
.\ MEEK'A
A’EEDS YOU!
What sort of disaster will be nec
essary to shock us into reality? We
are fipthting a war, and wai' cannot
he ignored. Sooner or later its hor
rors will be brought home to each of
us with a terrible force.
True, we have bought war stamj)s
and bonds, and a few have given
nundi more than theii' share. We
shudder at the word “drive” because
it means giving money. This is not
a drive; it is a plea for your time,
not your money.
lentil now there have been weak
excuses and refusals such as “The
only afternoon T can go to the
movies . . .” “But I’ve signed uj) for
the sunporch . . .” “Too much work
for Wednesday . . .” Are they not
utterly insignificant in comj)arison
with the work others are doing?
It should not be necessary to coax
and beg, for if you do not consider
it your personal duty to help all you
])ossibly can toward ultimate victory,
you are not worthy of being an
^Vmerican. The money may be your
family’s, but your time is your own!
FfVE MOEE WEEKS
OF OUE BEST
Spring again! Only five more
weeks! We hail the climatic condi
tions and brevity of time with joy
ous spontaneity and sudden indo
lence known as “Spring Fever.” If
we analyze it, Sj)ring Fever is a
mere illusion or psychological ex
cuse for a mental lag. For some of
us these last few weeks will mark
the finish of our formal education.
We must make the best of them.
Others of us who have worked all
year must realize that instead of
succumbing to this contagious in
ertia, we must juit all our efforts
into these last few weeks at Saint
Mary’s in order that we may derive
full benefit from our labors during
the .school year.
We on the home front cannot give
our lives, cannot suffer devastating
horrors in battle, but we can exert
ourselves to the utmost to perform
our duty in the best possible fashion.
We can make the most of the fine
education offered us.
Let us in this Spring of 1948 re
new our efforts and put all energies
toward our studies so that on June 7
we may each be able to say sin
cerely: “f have done my very best.”
BELLES
,JEAX AXDEHSOK >IORRIS
Age—19
A lovely, quiet brunette with even
lovelier brown eyes, Jean makes
friends with everyone in her own
delightful way.' Her poise, jierson-
ality, and thoughtfulness have made
her an outstanding member of 1948’s
group of day students.
.\GXES COllXELIA TOXGPE
Home—Ealeigh.
Age—19.
Hair ’n’ eyes — light brown and
brown.
.Vmbition—to get that piece of paper
on June 7.
Bet hate—Agnes.
S{)ends spare time—are you kid
ding?
Always heard—talking.
Always seen—studying ( ?).
1 lobby—collecting anything.
Favorite expression—“Well, heck.”
Favorite article of clothing—suits.
Favorite perfume—Old Spice.
Favorite food—anything fattening.
Favorite song—“As Time Goes By.”
Is wild about—Casahlavca.
Is looking fonvard to—that paper
on June 7.
Odd like.s—“They don’t seem odd to
me.”
Worst fault—talking too much.
A witty remark, an outburst of
laughter, and in less than a minute
Cornelia ajipears. The day students’
room would seem lost without her
cramming for that class. An up-to-
the-minute authority on world news,
Cornelia is another day student
brimming with vivacity.
Alost of the girls at Saint Alary’s
know the right buses to ride back
to school on. Yet the other day
Anne Hickson and Alargie Linton
found themselves, to their dismay,
on a bus headed for East Street.
'Pile result would slay you.
Misses Bailey and
Johnson Will Enter
WAAGS In June
Jlome—Ealeigh.
eye.s—brown and brown
Hair ’ll’
again.
Ambition—to complete ,5 hours of
swiinmiiig.
Bet hate—being tri|)pcd in the hall.
Spends spare time—writing up
Chemistry exjierimeiits.
.\lways heard—“Let’s go to the li
brary.”
Always seen—hurrying.
Favorite expression—“You really
mean it?”
Favorite article of clothing—Elmer
^ (a pin).
Favorite jierfiime—fleaveii-Seiit.
Favorite food—more food.
Favorite song—“As Time (Joes By.”
Is wild 'about—sjiring weather.
Is looking forward to—working this
suninier.
Odd like.s—walking home.
M^orst fault—sleeping until too late
to catch the 8 :1() bus.
Aliss Eachel .lohnson and Aliss
Afargaret Bailey have already been
inducted into the WAACS and will
be called about June fifteenth, leav
ing them only a week for vacation.
Since before Christnias Aliss Bai
ley has wanted to join some branch
of the women’s army, but until re
cently Miss .lohnson had no idea of
entering the WAAC'S, WAYES,
AIAEINES, or SB AES. She con
sidered her present job an important
one. Fntil these services began to
send out apjieals for more women,
she did not realize that sufficient
numbers were not enlisting. With
nothing to hold her back, Aliss .lohn
son saw how useful .'^he could be as
a linguist.
When asked why she wanted to
join the WAAf’S, Aliss Bailey re-
I>lied, “1 wanted to be more directly
connected with the war effort.” Aliss
Johnson believes that army life will
do her good (if she can stand the
early rising!) and will make her a
more valuable person in any job she
may conie back to. She says she
chose the AVAA(’S “because it offer.s
a chance for overseas service.”
In regard to wearing the smart
WAACS’ uniforms Aliss Bailcv
thinks that she will like it—except
in the summer. Aliss Johnson saJS)
“I don’t think I’m going to mhw
dressing exactly like thousands of
other women; I’ll let you kiioi'’
later!”
For the duration Aliss Baik.'^
plans to store most of her clotlie»'
At first the problein of what to tl®
with her car, bicycle, and clothe^
worried Aliss Johnson, but now tha*
is solved.
In jjreparation for entering
.lune they are studying militai’.'
terms in Spanish, French, and Boi'"
man. It is interesting to know
on the list of things they are a*'
visi'd to take with them apjiear suc“
articles as a “manicure set ("'*('
legal polish)” and “shoeshine f’*
(with legal tan polish).”
Although Aliss Bailey decided F
apply as a linguist before AB''’
.lohnson did, they hope to be seiij
together to Daytona Beach,
Oglethorpe, or Des Aloines. Saiaj
Alary’s hopes that the AALAACS
be all that Aliss Bailey and Al'-^
Johnson expect.
BIRTHDAYS
M ai
ls—Tony King
12—Sister Smith
16—Sally Sanhorn
18— Alary Yount
19— Anne Dickson
ACCORDING TO M. G.
Foremost in the minds of all
Americans this past week has been
the coal strike crisis and its subse
quent serious complications. Presi
dent Eoosevelt and CIO’s .Tohn L.
Lewis pit their strength against
each otlier in a struggle which in
volves the ivhole nation. The re
sult of the coal miners’ refusal to
work until they receive a .$2-a-daj*
raise in their pay has been a slow
ing down of the country’s tremen
dous and vital war effort. In time
the .shortage of coal will mean
complete ces.sation of activity in
U. S. railroads and industry. Iloiv-
ever, granting a wage increase to
the strikers would, as Time word
ed it, “spearhead the forces that
may smash the President’s Alag-
inot Line against inflation.”
North Africa’s Tunisian tip.
by hill, the British tommies s’'
American doughboys press
ward to Tunis and the sea.
British First Army, composed ®
historically famous and battle h^.'
dened regiments, and led by
experienced and determined Ge)
eral Anderson, has come iiiB’
own in the desperate hill
Released on April 21, the news
of the Japs murdering some of the
American fliers who had partici
pated in the bombing of Tokyo
some six months ago sent a wave
of shock and horror over the
American people. Not since Pearl
Harbor has anything so strongh’
affected public feeling in the
United States, and cries for retri
bution echoed throughout the na
tion. .lapan’s claim that the fli
ers were executed because they
had attacked non-military targets
was swiftly and surely refuted by
some of the very men who had
participated in the raid, namely,
Doolittle’s squadron. They vowed
to avenge the murder of those
who had fought side by side with
them, by the most effective
method they knoiv—more bomb
ing, said Alajor General Doolittle:
“. . . until thev beg for merev.”
sea.
A poison gas scare in the
to the effect that if the Geyi^
Josef Stalin, in a
fate'
ment to the Russian people
spirit of optimism which exe
anv that the Soviet leadei J
_ _
shown up to this time. He
nd
Allied victories in Africa
couraged his folloivers to
vigorously and relentlessly
work and their fighting ‘ ;c
subdue completely the
Slo-w’ly, but surely and effective
ly, the Allied forces are pushing
and blasting the enemy out of
“imperialist robbers . • ' ^jial
Stalin called them,
peace must be unlimited a’
.surrender unconditional. 1'*
sian leader implied.
its
figb‘'
ing in Tunisia. Alany of these af®
veterans of the blood and saa
and horror of the beaches at Pa
kirk, and, as they drive the
mans before them toward aiiota
beach—far from France—
know that theirs -will be a bn ^
revenge, but a righteous ea,^
However, a victory in Afnea ^
only the prelude to a much
er triumph which must be
“beyond the islands and over
on another continent.
son of secret Nazi papers capy^ jg.
by the Russians resulted in G'®
suance of a warning statement mj
Britain’s Prime Minister Churc
aas
should resort to the use of da^^j^g
gases on the Russian front,
Allies will retaliate. Glnaa^^j,)
ports Japan’s use of it
against their armies.
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