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Belles
Saint Mary’s ScKobl L*it)rary
OF SAINT MARY’S
KEEP CAMPUS
CLEAN
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
September 27, 1947
School Welcomes
^ ^^einbers To
*^aculty and Staff
Ret
P. Moore, Donald Peery
After Leave of Absence
opening of the 1947-
tiot oni ’ Mary’s welcomed
eight ^^ny new girls, but also
ew faculty members and a
eanipy '^^nae secretary to the
^erajgj.' addition to these, two
1 ^e^ehers returned after a
, C. of absence. .
dpVr'• ^oore, head of the Eng-
of V on the fac-
year. During the
^iiivpy.,,-* ® taught English at the
South, Sewanee,
niember of the English
Miss Sara Esther
^fee a+ A . received her B.S. de-
at A 7 iier i>.o. ue-
,iastei.’„ ^neville College and her
|ege I degree at Peabody Col-
deoi.„j o**' yo^r she taught at
b ^ South p® Teachers’ College.
ti Ra M T ^^nolinian, Miss Nancy
A^'^glish ® of Dillon, teaches
■ ^ne received her A.B.
m Coker College, Harts-
•! and her M.A. degree
i.^ the TTv.- '--a—
liiip , university of North Caro-
"ililr
^?osuelo Van Orsdell,
hi«+ teaches English
fV’- dp received her
^ollege f®® at New York State
T*'’.®nd h°^ Teachers, Albany, N.
from the
*^oual f South Carolina,
hi, has again re-
afJ’artuie^t position “ the music
after ^Ponding a year
p-- a here he
5*tsie Master’s de
^®Pibpp E- Osthotf,
S
- Master’s degree in
er of +u ■ histhotf, another
fn .0 niusie department,
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Tests Show
Training
- Speaking
fhlaliz
dil-^ ^he importance
St •‘’ork^*“®t dictioi
A adpiiA. ’ le School required all
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in all types
tab ®dts . -1
..fee... ’ xcepting seniors, to
1 ^sts under the di:
h lorence C. Davis.
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V'’ei-e held in the an
^he first week of
>nl^^*onal - items included con
Seniors Elect
Truslow, Isbell,
Rowland, Amonette
Girls Chosen Class Officers,
Legislative Body Member
Nellie Truslow, Frances Isbell,
Emily Rowland, and Anne Ainon-
ette Avere elected vice-president,
secretaiw, treasurer, and legisla
tive body representative, respec-
tivelj’, at the senior class meeting,
September 23, presided over by
Sarah Walston, class president.
Last year Nellie Truslow, Ches-
tertown, Md., a Mu, became a se
nior life-saver, was chosen as most
outstanding player on the volley
ball team, and earned member
ship into the Letter Club. She
was also vice-president of the
junior class, and a member of the
Dramatics Club, Granddaughters’
Club, Glee Club and choir.
Frances Isbell, Greenville, S. C.,
in high school Avas president of
the Phi Theta Sorority, homeroom
president, treasurer of the junior
class, chairman of the Red Cross
Committee, and a member of the
Board of Control. She is a Mu.
A senior life-saAmr and a Mu,
Emily RoAvlaiid Avas a member of
the Dramatics Club, the Arts and
Crafts Club, and president of her
homeroom at high school in Sum
ter, S. C.
Anne Amonette, a Mu, Avas in
the May Court last year and is a
Marshal this year.
Orientation Week Tests
Show Students’ Abilities
In Fields of Learning
The Iowa Tests of Education and
Development AA’ere taken by all stu
dents during orientation Aveek at
Saint Mary’s. A series of nine tests
Avhich coA^ered all phases of school
AA'ork Avere giA'en. These tests haA e
been sent aAvay to be graded.
TWOFOLD PURPOSE
The tests Avere designed to help
the school better understand the stu
dents’ needs, and to see hoAV Saint
Mary’s stands in comparison with
other schools and colleges of the
nation.
TO BECOME AX ANNUAL EV^ENT
It is the desire of the administra
tion that all neAv students at Saint
Mary’s take the tests in the future if
they prove successful.
Alumnae Greet Students with
New Entrance Gate and Wall
Saint Mary’s Sees
Welcome Changes
West Rock, Recreation Room
Improved; Lighting Installed
During the Summer many im
provements Avere made to the cam
pus and buildings of Saint Mary’s.
In addition to a large amount of
cleaning, painting, screening and
sanding, neAV furniture Avas
bought for several buildings.
W. ROCK COMPLETELY
REFURNISHED
West Rock dormitory has been
completely refurnished AAuth ma
ple beds, chairs, tables and bu
reaus. NeAv red furniture Avas
bought for the day students’ room
and the room Avas given a com
plete repainting.
Fluorescent lighting Avas in
stalled in all classrooms that did
not have it, and splash-proof
lights Avere installed at the SAvim-
ming pool. Although the recre
ation room in the basement of
Holt cannot be used immediately
because of Avater on the floor, ucav
furniture has been bought fCr it.
FACITLTY HOUSE REPAINTED
The faculty house has been re
painted and a kitchen, a living
room, and a sitting room haAm
been proAuded for the teachers.
For off-campus faculty members
there is a dressing room Avhere
the.A’ can rest betAveen classes.
Dr. Stone said that he hopes to
make improAmments everj- sum
mer.
speech and oral read- Programs Announced
A'oice ami snppfti “
'••hal general •
.Pf^anV faiilts!
nnd specific A’oice
0 L
tested,
passed. Passing
while 143
dir
Pass at all. All students
grades Avill attend
a.apeech
improA'ement
eeted by Miss Davis.
Assembly programs for the next
tAvo meetings have been an
nounced by Rose Potter, chair
man.
September 30—Honor system
discussion by Miss Martha Dab
ney Jones, Dean of Women.
October 2—Current Events dis
cussion bA’ Dr. Richard Stone.
Dance Group Elects
Josephine Cooper,
Nancy Holt Officers
In its first meeting of the school
year, Orchesis, Saint Mary’s dance
group, elected AAiicy Holt presi
dent and Josephine Cooper sec
retary-treasurer.
Nancy, a sophomore, took part
in May Day last year and Avas
treasurer of her class. She is a
member of the Doctors’ Daugh
ters Club.
Jo, a sophomore, is a member
of the Letter Club, the SAAdmming
Club, the Granddaughters’ Club,
and the Woman’s Auxiliary. She
did a solo dance on May Day last
year, A\ms secretary of the Fresh
man Class, and is a former mem
ber of the BELLES staff.
Orchesis meets once a Aveek and
learns many types of dancing and
exercises. In the spring it pre
sents May Day. It is under the
direction of Mrs. William C.
Guess.
Lamp Posts To be Purchased;
WalkAvay To Be Constructed
A neAv entrance gate and Avail,
Avhieh Avms financed by an alumnae
committee headed by Mrs. Wil
liam Person, RalMgh, has been
completed. Work on this project
Avas begun the first Aveek in Au
gust.
COMMITTEE STUDIES PROBLEM
Several yeai’s ago an alumnae
group became interested in a ncAv
entrance and a committee was ap
pointed to raise money and to
study the problem Avith the Board
of Trustees. Mr. Charles Gillette,
landscape architect, after consul
tation Avith the alumnae commit
tee and the school landscape com-
mitte, headed by Charles A.
Tucker, Warrenton, dreAv the
plans for the gate. Originally it
Avas planned to reconstruct the
summer liouse, but a replica of it
Avas found to be too expensive.
Shrubbery is to be planted at
each end of the Avail, grass soAvn
in plots in front of the Avail, and
ivy started at an early date. Iron
urns on top of the center piers
AAdll be installed as soon as they
are available.
Using some money raised by
the local alumnae chapter, the
scliool AAdll purchase lamps and
lamp posts to be put doAvii the
center AAmlk.
The Board of Trustees has au
thorized the consti-uctioiL. of a
brick AvallvAvay from the chapel
entrance around the corner of the
chapel and doAvn to Dr. Stone’s
house. A turn-around Avill be
cleared in front of the infirmary
for A'isitors.
New Students Attend
Handbook Classes
1 hat they may be more familiar
AAuth the school policies and rules,
all iicAv students are being in
structed in the Student Hand
book. Classes meet three after
noons a Aveek at 5:00.
Seniors teaching these classes
are Musette BroAvn, Jo Ann Dar
den, Luck Flanders, Gene Hines,
Nancy Holland, Ann Lucas, Page
Parrish, and Mary Lou Pratt.
Students Avill be given a quiz
AA hich the\ must pass, according
to Luck Flanders, \ice-president
of the student body.
NOTICE
The first tAvo issues of the
BELLES are being sent to all
members of the 1946-’47 classes.
You will continue to receive the
paper if you send one dollar to
Charlotte Wallin, Circulation
Manfiger.