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543 Wember 19, 1943 — — Mrs. J. LeRoy Smith Native Of France Airs. J. LeEoy Smitli, Saint Clary’s new French instructoi, is, luite appropriately, a jiative o France. Her life, particularly her ttperiences while being educated ni France and in rHiienca, has been •■xtreinelv interesting. Born in ay Sur-Aube, near iSTancy, in eastern France, Airs. Smith, then Julienne ilongin, attended the girls grammar and high schools there. (She says diat the. French schools are more drict and place more emphasis on dudy than American schools, j Scholastic competition between class es is emphasized rather than aurricular activities such _ as tins Country does. In her senioi yeai, -'Irs. Smith won the English compe tition prize, a beautifully bound took. „, KDUCATION IN A51KRK A At the close of the last war Airs. Smith, who had known many ot tne Americans in France, decided to come to this country to complete Uei college education. “I came only tor one year with the intention ot going Fack to France to live, but 1 Jiked country so well and found liie o *'c so very interesting for a young "'Oman, eager to learn about new "leas and new ways, that I stayed "ere a number of years.” , When she arrived in America Jlrs. Smith enrolled as a sf^clen a \Vinthrop College in Rock HUh C., where many regained her as ,a new animal in a zoo. most vivid memories of lier i e 'here is that of her first English 'heme. She wrote it first in French fbd tried to translate it into Eng- hsh, but it “wasn’t either” when she hiiished. Her instructor was very sympathetic and encouraged Was rewarded by having hei nrs ^eod theme published in the schoo Paper. Airs. Smith’s roommates I'efused to help her, and she says she glad because she learned the valu- *^hle lesson of rclj and working hard. , f5n comjileting her studies at 'y*r 'hrop, Mrs. Smith entered the Uni- '■"mity of South Carolina, where she 'aceived her A.B. and ALA. degrees The Belles of Saint Mary’s The Literary Societies met joint ly Wednesday night. The pro- m-ani was a panel discussion, the subject “The Effect of the Present War on the AVonian’s Place in the World.’’ Girls taking part in the discussion ivere Patty Weaver, Foxie Clarke, Bettie Gaither, Jane Clark Cheshire and Betty Ed wards, interlocutor. * * « Miss Ruth Holmes Scott and Russell Broughton, with two or gan students, Jane Clark Cheshire and Marilyn Mitchell, attended a meeting of the North Carolma Chapter of American Guild of Oi- ganists in Chapel Hill Thursday. Incidentally, Air. Broughton is dean of the guild. AIiss Scott lead a paper to the group the subjey beino- “Church AIiisic of the Betliiehem Aloravians in the 18th Century ’’ That night they heard an organ recital by B. P. Biggs. # # * The Canterbury Club met Sun day night in the parlor with Fanny Lee Brooke m charge of the nroo-ram. She divided the group into Sigma’s and Ain’s and con ducted a quiz program based on the Bible and the church. The Mu’s ivere the victors. # * * Thanksgiving services will be on Wednesday morning at instead of Thursday because of the number of girls who v 11 be absent on Thanksgiving. At this Lmice a special offering wil be taken for the Thompson Orphan- * * * Jane Moore, from Southern Pines and Winston Armistead, from ’ Kinston, have returned to school after having spent several iveeks at their homes because of sickness. ^ ^ ^ ,d'i;cc.'„se ,h, l=.r„ed fc v.l«- Be- ^ lesson of relying upon hers Hughe ^ " ti g Towery and £ TaL??owery,' who -os tor- St Sney Dolton, a student of S. . Slar.v's a £e- .vears ago. CAMPUS NOTES Here she bad a fel- The Canterbury Club P'an- “ t ‘roh"ie"„rs; iiuuiut, crosses. The proceeds from re ill Coiiiiecti- an . go into a fund to '> wiicresbe lived "ill the Spanish ^iiege educations to deserv- “tise and spoke Spanish all the inoiintain girls. hn ^ * tnree years. Uere sne nau a ^'"ship ill teaching French while a® pursued her own studies. Later Airs. Smith studied Spanish * Aliddlehurg College in Coiinecti- U HKTl’KNS TO FRANCK -poll graduating. Airs. Smith le- aed to France for the first time coming to this country seven P.v Mr and Mrs. I. Hiding Rev. their former Hughes week-end. Air. home. Concord, tl A Youth Angelus began this week under the auspices of the Canterbury Club. At 6:15 each afternoon a bugle is blown to re mind each girl in school to offer a silent prayer for loved ones in the armed forces. At the same time, a student prays in chapel. * # # Pat Gwyn, Patty Weaver, Betsy Burke and Libby Peden journeyed to the western part of the State to their homes last week-end, Pat’s father furnishing transportation. * * * The French Club met Wednes day afternoon, November 10, with Mile. Margaret Winslow presid ing. The program was a puppet show, “Guignol,” with Annette Fulton, Pat Gwyn and Mrs. LeRoy Smith taking the parts. AVith re freshments, there was sparkling conversation in French. # # * Patsy Rodgers was rushed to Rex Hospital last Alonday for an appendicitis operation. She had just returned from visiting Phyl lis Kinsey, a student here last year, who attends Randolph-AIacon now. Tuesday being Patsy’s birthday, third floor Holt gave her a sweater. * * * The Camp Butner Band pre sented a hand concert in the City Auditorium Thursday, November 11. The program was sponsored by the USO. # Frenchie McCann, Betsy Blount, and Emily McMillan went home with Alma Young to Dunn last week-end. * # # Anne Stevens, student at Saint Alary’s last year, visited school two week-ends ago. * * * The Senior Class at a meeting last week voted to have the Se nior Class Dance December 11. The dance will be in the gym in stead of the parlor, which was first considered. * * « The Deutscher Verein, German Club at Saint Alary’s, had its first meeting last Wednesday after noon The following officers were elected: Isabel Robinson, vice- president j Viola Yates, secietcii^' , Lib Campbell, treasurer; and Mary Arden Tucker, Randolph Gardner and Jeanne Eagles, the social com mittee. The president will be elected at the next meeting. MUS MUSCULUS it seems that saint marys has really gone w a c c y besides marching and limbering exercises someone invented an obstacle course i raced with cousin elmer but he got stuck under the first bar too many starches miss dodd wants to buy a second hand umbrella i fell in the trash can over at west rock last week i was in the covered way and streams of girls were passing through some weeping and others howling glee fully all about some sheet on the library bulletin board rnrs partrick told her class that in the civil war the romans conquered atlanta girls with bleeding knees and charley horses drifted into tlie infirmary last week have you heard the joke about the soybean loaf ask miss lalor liz petesch surely looks cute in her pig tails hetty nutt kept the wires hot the other night hopo frances avera gets her long awaited phone call dee nuchols had a fast one pulled on her the other day went up to see betsy blount and frenchie rnccamis ruffled mirror sho was sorry to hear about patsy rodgers harriet whitaker and emily williamson had a swell time in kinston last weekend had a grand time at a coffee J^arty in the attic of holt the other night if any of you gals have any washing to be done see mana burnette third floor smedes is the place to go for a nervous breakdown sms has a new set of twins carrie mae wade and helen fleenor wonder why the seniors looked so amazed in english class last week thq library is getting to be the most popular place in school wonder why mr guess ec class got lost on an imaginary trip the other day you should have seen charlotte crawford and jane dark Cheshire crawling around on the hockey field jane peete and maria gregory have a system when it comes to turning the lights and radio off and on have you seen miss Christians new car betsy longs all excited over the army navy game everybody seems a lot happier now that test week is over have you heard sally ramsey peggy cates and amy Warner sing waiter well i must go „ this country seven home, Coneoia uu. ‘"8 before. She traveled more Hughes P ^here Sunday '•ing her trips hack to France than Episcopal ' » _j National ' lid while she lived there She morning and^speak ^icularlv ouioycd a trip through fr 1 •fliovn Jir( "them France, where there are remains of the Roman con- ■®®t. She remembers the Arena a and tlie Roman theatre at "giiou as especially interesting, '“'turning to this country, slie 1*" graduate work in summer at the University of North It was here that she met '■ Lushaml. They now live m ’'f N. (k, with their nine-year- ^ t vi . TIP ;ir"s~ie,y on M-nX- SaBi® ,? FMie Clarke, second so- Legg a' Gwen Hughes ant Eh Shiw! altos. StJlie Dbton also ■sang tivo solos. „ _ * 'xq visited directed by Mrs. Jane Guess. The Marian ‘‘Casslo’’ accompanist this year is Mrs. Mar- i„a.+ ri e jorie Husken. N. (k, with their nine-year- jy[arian Castellow, ’rtlsslo’’ Son who “spoke French before he (-anipus last Fridaj. 'V English.” Her family is still „‘ior at Carolina tins jeai. 'I'aiicc. Alice Craig was a sponsor at the Monogram Club Dance at State College two week-ends ago. * * * Old Girls at Saint Alary’s are working in gym "" obstacle course at present. The obstacle course is made up of such activi ties as vaulting a buck, walking beams, and climbing rapidly up and down bars. Later in the year there will be competition to see who can complete the course in the shortest amount of time. New Girls have recently begun dancing. NEGROES SANG HITS (From P. 1) piece that was sung by “Sportin’ Life,” a nimble footed dope peddler who specialized in bright green anl purple suits and tremendous bou tonnieres. After a fine curtain call the cast led the. audience in the only non- Gershwin tune played, “The Star- Spangled Banner.” Probably no entertainment in Ra leigh has ever proved more com pletely satisfactory and delightful. Like Poetry? FIRST FIG Aly candle burns at both ends; It will not last the night; But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends— It gives a lovely light! GROWN-FF ATas it for this I uttered jirayers, And sobbed and cursed and kicked the stairs. That now, domestic as a plate, I should retire at half-past eight? —Ei>x.\ St. Vincent AIillat.
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