WORK HARD
THIS SEMESTER
Belles
BUY WAR STAMPS
TODAY!
OF SAINT MARY’S
Betsy Blount Makes
Highest Term Average
Student Body Scholastic Aver
age Improves This Year
Members of the Belles Staff have
averaged each individual’s grades lu
School to compute the semester aver
ages of each student, of each class,
and of the student body. The aver
ages 'vvere arrived at by employing
Ce same alphabetical grading sys
tem as used last year, but are not
averaged beyond tenths. As com
pared with last year, the results are
•luite interesting.
The highest individual average m
school was 95, made by Betsy Blount
of the business class. Last year me
highest individual average was a so
>0ade by a member of the business
olass, Betty Suiter, with an aveiage
tf 95. .
The highest individual averages ot
oach class for the first semester are
follows: seniors, 02, by Rebecca
fhane; juniors, 88, by Annette r u^
^011; sophomores, 91, by T>i J
veden; and freshmen and preps, ,
V Prances Bickett. . ,
The class averages compared wi i
last year are as follows:
1942-43
.80.6
.72.8
59
110
31
1943-44
seniors 80-5
Juniors
Business
Students
Student Body^--
Average
42 Sophomores ..7b.i
41 Freshmen
& preps 74.x
Seniors
Juniors 7Z.s
Business
Students ,...78.6
Student liody
~ Average ....75.3
Sophomores ,.76.1
^ Freshmen
& Preps 71.2
. The college students (juniors, sen
’'>vs, and business students) together
'‘^eraged 77.4 as compared with
'^feragod last year; the high school
students (sophomores, freshmen, an
l";eps) averaged 75 as comimred
I'fhh 78.1 averaged last year. Thus
college division average and e
^^Sh school average have both im
Proved.
The student body as a whole rmoi
?8ed 7C.3, while last year’s student
''’'ly averaged 75.2. It is interest-
to note that the junior class anu
,'SU school department averages are
H-er tlian the student body avei-
''kes.
Faculty Honors
Mrs. Bird With Tea
S. M. S. Buys S3,062
In War Stamps
Hopkins Represents S.M.S. At
Bond Meet
A banquet was held at Meredith
College, Tuesday, January 25, in
order to promote enthusiasm and to
give instructions to the leaders ot
the Fourth Mmr Loan Drive. Among
those attending were Gov. J. M.
Broughton, Mayor Graham An
drews, Lon Chaney,
heroes, and Mr. Oscar Pitts, head of
the drive in ITake County. Miss
Peggy Hopkins was Saint Maiys
rejireseiitative.
Miss Hopkins also attended a
luncheon held at the MMmans Club
oil February 4 for the women s divi
sion of the Bond Drive. Reports
were read by members on the prog
ress of the women’s division so far.
Miss Hopkins gathered these statis
tics for the comparison of Saint
Mary’s and other schools in Raleigh.
Meredith W
f i:S
1,406.25
State
The total for the college division
was $852,473.40.
The issue value of bonds bough
at Saint Mary’s is as of February
4th :
$2,949.50
■ 112.50
Students ■ ■
Total ‘f.062.00
Students are urged to ^9
Stamp books before February 15a
buy bonds to bring up Saint Mary
total. ,
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Peb 11. Ruth Draper Recital.
■ 13. Bishop Peuick, confirma
tion service.
oq \sh Wednesday, Pt-
William P. Roberts, D.D.,
Bishop of Shanghai, in
Chapel. ^
24. Rabbi Harold F. Gelfman
in assembly.
Ruth Draper, Solo-Dramatist,
To Appear at S.M.S.Tonight
Freshman-Sophomore
Dance Is Success
Bob Montgomery and Orches
tra Play for Event
Saint Mary’s parlor was the scene
of the annual freshman-sophomore
dance the night of February 5. This
dance was wonderful in every con
ceivable way. Everyone looked her
best and had a delightful time. Bob
Montgomery pleased the dancers
with his orchestra by playing_ just
the right number of slow pieces,
alternating with a few lively ones.
The orchestra’s drums and piano
were especially good. Adding to the
charm of the dance was the attrac
tive color scheme created by the
pinks of the gladioli decorating the
parlor, by the predominating pink
and white of the formal dresses, and
by the white of the girls’ long gloves.
As more than half of the hoys wore
tuxedos rather than uniforms, the
dance had a pre-war atmosphere.
Best of all, there were two boys pres
ent for each of the fifty girls.
FACUIiTY IN RECEIVING LINE
The faculty was represented in
the receiving line by Miss Florence
Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Eliot Stoughton,
Miss Genevieve Senecal, and Miss
Peggy Hopkins. Jane Sloan, presi
dent of the sophomore class, was
there with her date, Erancis Parker,
and Frankie Shamburger, president
of the freshman class, was there
with Forest Lockey. Mrs. E. B.
Simpson, Mary Berry, Sue Everett,
Barbara Stoughton, and Barbara
Ray presided at the punch bowl in
the study hall before the gay evening
came to a close.
Members of the Circle walked
last night, and in their usual im
pressive ceremony they initiated
the following five new members:
Sally Ramsey, Emily Williamson,
Chinkie Martin, Ann Edmunds,
and Kate Broadfoot.
Saint Mary’s faculty entertained
Herhort A. Bird at an miovmal
Wednesday afternoon at
in the ilut. T
"inter jasmine, first breath
ami ivy made lovely decor
w and white candles were on
f >hhi and side tables. On the serv-
VnVi ■"’as an arrangemen.
and white early spring Ao"'
A Miss Elizabeth Bason poured
and was assisted in
V.aratod cakes, mints, and nuts >.y
Elizabeth Tucker, Frances
AJ.U, and Mary Ruth Haig.
Bird was presented a giB o
in lior (diosen ])attern.
according
• 1 the large Japanese
Bwajaleii, th^ Mafshall group,
navy base i tb United States
was captur . largest fleet
'“.VLt'ever seen Lg»» •»
the , for all out offen-
assemble “er Japanese
give an Allied offen-
must be ready f Islands, espe-
S;h‘Tr»? -h large..
navy base. g^io.
A crescent sh ^ Gilberts at
mons to the Marshalls to the
center, ^^^Ung the Carolines,
north) 1® PTicircling the Japan-
The Allies Guinea, India,
esc Empii'c m -Nen
Became a Professional Upon
Advice of Paderewski
Ruth Draper, mistress of mono
logue, is to appear at Saint Mary’s
tonight. Queen of solo-drama, she
uses few props, but enough frag
ments of costumes to create tlie
mood.
Miss Draper believes her talents
to be inherited. Her writing is the
gift of her grandfather, Charles
Dana, famous newspaper man, a
style “simple, strong, clear, ‘boiled
down.’ ” Her love of the stage and
gift of imitation was a stifled yearn
ing of her grandmother, whose fam
ily were against a career for her in
this line.
A trouper for twenty years. Miss
Draper is a native New Yorker.
She became a professional at the
advice of Paderewski, an old family
friend. In World War I, she went
to France and entertained the A. E.
E. Coming home by way of Eng
land, she made her first real stage
appearance in London. She was
such a success that she changed plans
and toured Europe, Asia, New Zea
land, Australia, Africa, and the
Americas. In this war she has
toured Canada for the British Red
Cross and South America for the
War Benefit. Her fame in this
country is nation-wide.
Miss Draper’s usual program is
two and a half hours of almost con
tinuous monologue, a feat few actors
would attempt. She runs the gamut
of emotions in the short space of ten
minutes with but slight facial and
vocal changes but with such com
pleteness her audience feels it has
been with the portrayed character
all evening. Her solo-dramas are
self-written, self-produced and self-
acted, making her a one-woman pro
duction.
China, Aleutians, and Pacific Is
lands. A problem is how to secure
Russian bases. The Russians are
not at war with Japan nor do they
apparently wish to become involved
in a western and eastern war.
’The plan is to turn from island
hopping, or cutting at the rim of the
wheel, to knocking out the huh, or
center, of the Japanese Empire.
The capture of Truk will he the
beginning. The strategy—whether
it will he from China, from Russia,
or from the Aleutians—remains to
he seen.
Such are the problems and plans
for Japan.
Mary Tom Qilman Is .
1944 Posture Queen
Mary Tom Gilman was elected
Posture Queen of Saint Mary’s yes
terday as the result of several days’
competition among the students.
Jane Peete won second place, and
Charlotte Crawford third as judged
by Miss Florence Davis, Miss Ruth
Haig and Betty Edwards. The Let
ter Club sponsored the contest and
distributed tags to all the girls.
Members of the club, acting as po
licemen, gave cheeks to anyone they
saw guilty of poor posture.
A gift of $3,380 in securities has
been made to Saint Mary’s School
from the estate of Bfcs. Addie S.
Cox of 'Washington, North Caro
lina. The securities are to be used
for such purposes as the school
may determine.