The Belles of Saint Mary’s
March 24, 195>
The Belles Aunt Maud Finds Student Life
Published every two weeks during At Saint Mary’s Complicated
sSnt\fa^^'’s ^School One sunny day at Saint Mary’s herself and putting on her very
Entered as Second Class Matter De- Melissa Mae rushed from her dor- best smile, she entered the parlor,
cember 7, 1944, at Post Office, Raleigh, mitory room, down the hall and quite ready to confront her ardent
N. C., under Act of March 3, 1879. over to the parlor to meet her admirer. Poor ’Lissa Mae! Her
Subscription $1.00 a Year guest. It was the first caller that smile faded to a grimace when
Editor I TTZii! Bekta Allen Russ during the entire six she beheld the stern, but patient
/Sylvia Newson months that she had been at countenance of her Aunt Maud
ssocta e tors j Elizabeth Kent school. from near-by Creeking Stream.
News Editor Frankie Allen ’Lissa Mae was so excited she All of her dreams crashed to the
^ardly contain herself. She earth as she prepared herself for
Circulation Manager Stella Cobbs tried to imagine who it could be. the ordeal ot carrying on a con-
Faculty Adviser C. A. P. Moore Maybe some tall, dark, handsome versation with her old-maid aunt.
STAFF State boy had noticed her when Why did things like this always
Caroline Cobey, Cynthia Davis, Mar- visited the Toddle House last have to happen to her?
Saturday and had been captivated The two relatii^s remained in
zog, liimi Lynch, Mary Jane McDowell, by her innocent beauty; maybe the parlor for a few minutes in-
Virginia Mowery, Julie Nolan, Betty one of those darling boys that she quiring politely about each other’s
Ray, Mary Ann Rose, Tonia Rowe, j,ad met at the last meeting of health and about the rest of the
the Lonely Hearts Club had recog- relatives. Then Aunt Maud ex-
Wooten, Eifz’a Chlpley, *Aiice 'llay, nized her as the friend that he pressed her desire to see the school
Cecile Bickett, Barbara Clark, Shirley had been searching for! Oh, there and campus. ’Lissa ilae consented
Crenshaw, Jean Lang, Ann McKenzie, were SO many exciting prospects to conduct a tour, but vowed to
rushing through her empty brain! herself that she would steer clear
MEMBER OF moment, ’Lissa Mae of her own dormitory hall where
N. C. C. P. A. reached the parlor door. Bracing the girls were all under the mis-
■ apprehension that their own Me-
THOSE ^VONDERFUL PEXIXIONS Ussa Mae had a date at last.
The Legislative Body and Dr. Stone are to be congratulated for their Aunt Maud wished first of all
discrimination in selecting and passing, from the recently submitted to meet the dean of girls. She had
petitions, those which would be most beneficial to the students and ^ special pm’pose in Imis wish,
the school, and in rejecting those which were obviously unsound and because she just had to know how
injurious. In this action they have placed a new confidence in the woman could manage so
ability of the student body to follow rules. especially if
We must justify this confidence by upholding these new regulations . had as new-tangled
to the best of our ability. We are now on trial; we can succeed or fail id^as as Lissa
this judgment. Our position depends on all of us, not our next-door interview, which Lissa Mae
neighbors or the class leaders. If we do not follow these new rules, thoroughly enjoyed. Aunt Maud
they easily may be revoked. We must stay within their limits and puzzled to notice as tb^y
show that we can use a new privilege wisely before we will be granted n^^de their way back through the
any more relaxations of rules. Let us make such a final decision that covered way that no less than
the Legislative Body and Dr. Stone will be able to congratulate us on twenty girls were gathered
our choice as we have congratulated them on theirs. around a little scrap of paper on
the wall with the letters MUJ
CONGRAXULAXIONS XO OFFICERS .... written on the bottom. Aunt Maud
just couldn t understand what
The BELLES would like to take this opportunity to say congratulations eould be so fascinating about this
both to the new officers and to the student body for having made such com- litjie scrap of paper. It couldn’t
mendable choices 111 their major leaders for the coming year. very important, she was sure.
We willingly confess ourselves to be of that group of students who believe Didn’t all of these "iris have some-
that an officer is a person worthy of awe; now by awe we don’t mean absolute thing better to do to occupy their
reverence, just respect. We grant you that every one of us who receives an valuable time? ’Lissa Mae tried
office is not necessarily a person of awe inspiring presence, but we do think ^jggt to explain the signifi-
that those girls who fill the posts of leading student government officers cance of this little scrap of paper,
should command the respect and friendship of every student at Saint p^jt gave it up as a bad try when
Mary’s. This year’s officers have done a wonderful job with their duties, Aunt Maud became so upset about
and we feel that their success is due not only to their own executive abilities, ^jjg |-.^vo of them were
but to the respect and support which they were able to obtain from the screaming at each other at the
student body as a whole. top of their lungs right there in
It is the hope of this paper that next year’s officers and student body will the covered way.
do a job^^equnl^^to^^^if^^not^^urpa^ing, this year s example. ^ ^ Aunt I\Iaud had just regained
11 t ^ if ^ composure when the sound of
tie lies ot OUltlt iVlClTy S stampeding saddle shoes wp
^ heard coming down the hall in
HKLE^N tOUNG JOAN (“SHADY") STIEBEJR front of them. ’Lissa Mae barely
Home—Henderson, H. C. Home—Pelham Manor, N. Y. succeeded in pulling her aunt
19 Age—20. safely to the side for the mob to
Hair ’i/eyes-blonde and green. eyes-brown. pass. A.s they came within hear-
Ty 1 hate—insincerity. ing distance, the only vocal
1 et hate sarcasm. Always heard—“Just one more cig- sounds to be heard over the roar
Always heard—“I’ve got so much to arette and I’m off to the library.” of feet on the floor were gasps
do!” Always seen—at the bridge table. about a book and the reserve shelf.
Always seen—in the bathroom after Hobby—tennis. When ’Lissa Mae explained that
10:15. Favorite food—steak. they were racing for first choice
Hobby skating. Favorite song—There’s No Tomor- on a reserve book. Aunt ilaud
Fuvnrifo foAfl apnfnnd couldii’t Understand what differ-
. , , , Favorite perfume — “Channel hlo. ence one little book would make
havoritesong—Uh Johnny. anvwav
Favorite perfume—“digress.” qJ(J likes—“Abie.” So far the visit hadn’t involved
Odd likes—roommate. Looking forward to—Carolina. any serious calamity, but all of
Looking forward to—Carolina. Pet ])assion—men. ’Lissa Mae’s hopes were shattered
Pet j)assion—movies. Ambition—to fall in love. when Aunt Maud declared that
Ambition—to pass senior English. Wild about—coffee. she must see ’Lissa’s room before
Wild about—weekends. Offices: Dramatic Club; Grand- her visit ended. Now she must
Offices: Canterbury Club, Sigma, daughter’s Club; Sigma. face the knowing looks of her
llemarlis: Artistic; obliging; ir- Remarks: Witty; friendly; “re- friends when they realized that
replaceable! formed Yankee.” there wJs still no male to be con-
Kitty Pharaoh Cries
Xo Students For Ai^
Dear Saints, ,
I have been at Saint MaO*
School for almost four weeks no'•
and so far I haven’t been trea f^
with very much respect.
you girls here understood ni®
ter, you ivould treat me ivith
courtesy. _
In order to explain my
ter so that you girls will iiu j
stand it, I must go back ap
three years to a cold and
night in the friendly little
Ahoskie. On this particular
in a coal bin, 1 saw the ^veii
the first time and shuddered, h j
that
then I somehow knew
wasn’t wanted. (Isn’t
After a few months, I
mother and brothers and j^,
my roaming career. There is'
that I hate worse than
roaff
_ ^ x(le
ing; so many times 1 tried to»
down, but each time soiu®
would chase me away. p
Finally I decided to coib® ,jt
Saint Mary’s, because I jjjje
maybe the girls here
me; 1 thought that Saint !i ®
would be the ideal place to ®
down and raise a famil}'-
1 have tried to be as swe®
friendly as I could since
or
1
been here, but the girls just
® frV
appreciate me. 1 always -^^1,,
keep myself clean and nea
I even go around to visit so
the girls here, but I certain^ ^
feel very welcome. 'When jn?
thev run screa
null?
--- , ,, Tlii^
down the
hurt mv
me coming,
and yelling
really does hurt my
There are a few kind, loviHr jjjpj'
in this school, however, ^ m''
are the only people who nia
life tolerable.
Please have pity on me, g,ji
.vou see me roaming aroim
in the halls, pat me on the p
and say, “Nice girl, Pharao j
would make me feel so goo
sidered.
led the
Gritting her
wa.v up the
teeth^i,,?
flights of stairs to her romn-^ of
was one hope left. Possib >
the girls on her hall had ,.ed ^
She closed her eyes and 0
solemn prayer. , ^ tef
AVhen they reached
stair, ’Lissa Mae though pod
minute that all of her
been answered for not a sm
to be heard on the hall- I
did not last long, howev®
she opened the door to h ^ li?
the first thing in sight J po®
bed, absolutely loaded to
with every one of the t?' ik
she had left there ivhen 0
parted to meet her lovei- potd
the bed with them was tn®
graph of her distant c"”*’ ’
kiah, whom she
oiffi*»- a,#'
haJ
Charles van Dyke ainl h^'
duced to her school frien
t«V
best bov friend who
away to come
’Lissa Mae knew then
her dreams had ended. polk
had Aunt Maud built np b®tt
■eO •
but now she woidd
the fact that she didn t
a bov friend. ,
(See P. 3, Col-