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LET’S MAKE
THIS YEAR THE
BEST EVER
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BELLES MEETING
MONDAY AT
7 P.M.
OF SAINT MARY’S
Vol. XII, No. 1
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
September 16, 1949
WELCOM
School Makes Many
Changes In Summer
There are many new improve-
®teiits this year in the buildings
^tid the grounds of Saint Mary’s,
^lost noticeable is the redecora-
iion of the dining room by the
dumnae. It has been painted
Williamsburg Blue and several of
Ihe windows have been closed up
^tid mirrors are to be put in their
place. In the center of the dining
^aom a large mirror has been
placed with an antique sideboard;
aoth were gifts to the school. The
'Veiling is sound absorbant and the
yoom is lighted by indirect light-
New beige draperies have
dso been ordered, and new equip-
has been installed in the
^dehen and the pantry.
Efforts were continued during
summer to improve and beau-
the rooms. All of the wood-
"’crk in the buildings has been
Painted, and new furniture has
ordered for fifty rooms.
Fere is a new cement floor on the
^'‘cund floor of Smedes Hall, and
^ dumber of the classrooms have
asphalt tile floors.
in
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'Fhe asphalt and brick walk on
1 “ east side of the campus has
Da- - -
th
completed with new walks
the office to the library and
d extension of thg walk as far
^ Saint Maine’s Street.
Sliown above studying the problems of registration day last Monday are
Anna Jane Owens (left) and IMary Strickland. Anna Jane, a treshinan, is
from M’ilson, and Mary is a junior from High Point.
best, Huske Will Lead
^^ttipus Honor Society
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j Friday night, June 3, in the
Walk of the session 1948-49,
n? Circle revealed its officers for
year: Lucile Best president
^ Rosalie Huske secretary. A
^j^®asurer will be elected later in
® year by members of the Circle,
j, Eueile Best is prominent this
editor of the Stage Coach,
K F as a hall counselor. In addi-
to being a member of the
Chu staff, the Canterbury
F, Orchesis, the Letter Club,
^e Dramatic Club, she made
(j ® Bonor Roll for the past aca-
r year. She is from Clinton,
J’ea Feen at Saint Mary’s four
Lucile was one among the
It) Py Saint Mary’s girls who
kfi 1 their debut in Raleigh last
®F-end.
v;nP*^dlie Huske is from Payette-
hgj.®’ dnd this is her second year
tl)g® dt school. She is president of
*^®dior class, a hall counselor,
ClJJ, d member of the Canterbury
4k ’ Rosalie not only made her
last week-end, but was
as one of the eight assist-
waders of the Debutante Ball.
Annual Party Climaxes
Orientation Program
The old students and the new
students have their first formal
“get-together” on Saturdaj' eve
ning at 8:00 in the parloi. This
traditional “Old Girl-New Girl
Party” has long been an antici
pated climax to orientation week.
Rosalie Huske, president of the
senior class, is in charge of the
party.
A few minutes before eight,
every “big sister” goes by for her
“little sister,” and the two girls,
dressed in evening clothes, pro
ceed to the parlor where they are
greeted at the door by Rosalie
and introduced to Barbara Woot
en, president of the Student Gov
ernment Association. Barbara, in
turn, introduces each girl to Dr.
Richard G. Stone, President of
Saint Mary’s School. The remain
ing part of the receiving line is
composed of teachers and staff.
Girls gather in groups on the floor
and await a program and refresh
ments.
Rosalie has planned an inter
esting program including hill
billy singers, solo by Betty Ann
Williamson, and a piano solo by
Mamie Polk. Punch and cookies
will be served by the marshals.
Two New Members Join
SMS Faculty, Staft
Saint Mary’s has made two ad
ditions to the staff and faculty for
the school year of ’49-’50. They
are Miss Hilda Liverman, who will
teach physical education, and
Miss Lane Siler, the new dietitian.
Miss Liverman of Woodland,
S. C., will take Miss Graham’s
place this year. She will teach
archery, tennis, basketball, swim
ming, and softball. Miss Liverman
received her B.S. degree from
Woman’s College in Greensboro
and came straight to Saint Mary’s.
She has also had four years camp
ing experience at Camp Forest in
Cheraw, S. C., Winston-Salem “Y”
Camp, Winston-Salem, and Camp
Nawita, Severance, New York,
where she taught boating and
canoeing.
Miss Lane Siler is from Siler
City, and is taking Mrs. Marriott’s
place. She graduated from Wom
an’s College with a B.S. degree
and took a year of internship in
dietetics at Fitzsimmons General
Hospital in Denver, Colorado.
Miss Siler was dietitian at Vade
Mecum in 1943, June 1944, August
1945 and June 1946, and she was
assistant dietitian here during the
school years ’44-’45 and ’45-’46.
MARY’S
Session Opens With
Large Enrollment
Saint Mary’s opens the 1949-50
session with the large enrollment of
244 boarders and an unannounced
number of day students. In this
group of hoarders, fifty-nine are sen
iors, eighty-five juniors, fifty-three
sophomores, thirty-two freshmeiij
and fifteen commercial students.
There are nineteen states and the
District of Columbia represented in
the student body this year, and as
usual. North Carolina tops the list
of states with 161 girls. Virginia
comes next in the list of states with
twenty girls, and South Carolina fol
lows with eighteen. Other states
represented are Alabama, with two;
Florida, six; Maryland, two; Texas,
one; California, one; Kentucky,
two; West Virginia, two; Georgia,
three; Tennessee, three; Indiana,
one; Pennsylvania, one; Michigan,
one; Rhode Island, one; Ohio, one;
New York, four; and Connecticut,
one.
Charlotte has the largest repre
sentation for towns, with thirteen
girls at Saint Mary’s. Durham and
Wilson follow with nine and five re
spectively. There are approximately
180 new girls here this year, which
is the largest new-girl enrollment
that Saint Mary’s has ever had.
Ill 1942 there were 242 boarders
with thirteen states represented, and
in 1943, 231 boarders with sixteen
states represented. One hundred and
fifty-one girls during this session
were North Carolinians.
FOREIGN NATIONS REPRE
SENTED
Saint Mary’s is fortunate to have
two of her students this, year from
Japan and Brazil. They are Sonoko
Yamamoto from Tokyo, Japan, and
Martha Adelaide Hood of Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil.
Soiioko has attended Saint Mar
garet’s School in Tokyo and Tokyo
Woman’s Christian College. She is
twenty-one years old and plans to
get an education in the United States
and return to Japan to teach. Sonoko
Yamamoto, which means “little
garden child under the mountain,”
plans to study English, art and his-
tory.
Martha is the daughter of Briga
dier General Ruben C. Hood, Air
Attache to the United States Em
bassy in Rio de Janeiro. She. has
attended National Cathedral School
in Washingotn, D. C., West High
School in Washington, and Escola
Americano in Rio de Janeiro.
She came recently from WOman’s
College where she was associate
administrative dietitian for three
vears.