The Belles of Saint Mary’s
May 30, 1953
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APPRECIATIVE MEMORIES
Approximately one-third of this year’s student body will graduate from
Saint Mary’s on Monday. Naturally every graduate will carry with her
keen memories of the school whether she has been here for one year or four.
While she has been in Saint Mary’s, she has been told repeatedly in school
songs and by alumnae that after she is gone she will forget all the rugged
aspects of life at Saint Mary’s and will remember only the smooth. Points,
being campused, and failing exams will all fade away in a lovely rosy glow.
Memories of wonderful week ends, stolen bull-sessions, and graduation will
linger. However, it is not by these pleasant memories alone that the grad
uate will profit in the future. .
Saint Mary’s strives to teach every girl who comes here to live as best
she can. Contrary to popular opinion, the teachers are not interested in
seeing how many nei’vous breakdowns they can cause in one year. They
are not even primarily interested in French verbs and history dates. They
are interested in teaching each student to think for himself and to disci
pline herself. Fi'om a student’s various courses she gains the knowledge
that will be a sound basis for her thinking.
The 1953 graduate may not appreciate these gains as she leaves Saint
Mary’s. If she forgets the unpleasant aspects of life here she will never
appreciate the ways in which she has profited, but rather will take them for
granted. She will not forget the memories of happy school life and the
oak grove in spring, for they are precious. However, she must not forget
failures and disappointments, for they will give strength in the future.
CONGRATULATIONS
On behalf of the student body the BELLES wishes to thank those who
are graduating for all they have done for Saint Mary’s, for their leadership,
and for their inspiration to their successors. Although they will not return
next fall, they will be remembered for their high goals and their achieve
ments ; in this way they will never leave Saint Mary’s.
The student government officers, the editors, and the officers of the numer
ous organizations have carried out their duties well and have certainly set
standards that the present juniors will find hard to live up to. They have
accepted responsibility and obligation and have succeeded in getting the
co-operation and the support of the entire student body; therefore, they
have led the school through a successful year. Without their complete
interest and sincere efforts the year would not have passed so smoothly.
To them, the leaders of 1952-53, the BELLES says “Well-done!”
Why Do You Love SMS?
Why do we love Saint Mary’s?
We love her for innumerable rea
sons ; such a question could have
many answers. Probably no two of
us would answer identically if such
an inquiry were placed before us.
Some of us would name material
factoi’s as a basis of our love. The
buildings, aging under the steps of
thousands of students of past and
present days, the Little Store, the
girl-break and formal dances, the
chapel, our hallmates, the Christmas
pageant, and the semicircle of the
covered ways—all these things and
countless others are the concrete in
fluences in our feeling for Saint
Mary’s.
To others of us appeal the more
abstract and indefinable qualities
which have come to make up our
school life. Honor, friendship, trust,
and all the fundamental emotions
and ideals of a well-balanced life
are deeply instilled in us by our
years at Saint Mary’s. These qual
ities, so often minute and difficult
to find and understand, are the
marks which set us apart as Saint
Mary’s girls. They are the trade
marks of our school life, the factors
which will influence and lead us for
years after we leave Saint Mary’s.
The process of the acquisition of
these qualities is a process of ab
sorption. The newcomer arrives at
Saint Mary’s and finds, for probably
the first time in her life, that she is
one individual, unknown and un
recognized in a sea of strange faces
and foreign surroundings. The new
comer herself must make her own
impressions and initiate herself into
her chosen circle of associates, but
there are the willing spirits and
guiding hands of tradition to help
her in her problem of orientation.
When she has made a place for her
self in the life stream and activities
of the school, she realizes that all
her efforts have come back to her in
a rewarding flow of friends, knowl
edge. and characteristics.
It is these so-called characteristics
which mark us as Saint Mary’s girls
that we. see in others and strive to
acquire in ourselves. The acquisition
is an unconscious process; each
Saint Mary’s girl will ultimately
represent these ideals.
In the seniors we find the per
sonification of both the abstract and
the concrete reasons for our love of
Saint Mary’s. They both individ
ually and as a body, represent the
qualities we cherish. Now during
commencement week we realize,
more than ever before, their signifi
cance to us; the seniors, more than
any of the rest of us, represent the
reasons for our love of Saint Mary’s.
—Copied from BELLES
May 30, 1952
Happy Returns To All Saint Mary^s
Belles Celebrating Summer Birthdays
Carolyn Nelson, May 31; Mar
garet Rose, June 5; Harriet Harris,
June 5; Ann Elliott, June 8; “Liz”
Holmes, June 8 ; Gray Proctor, June
9; Betty White, June 10; Anne Carl
ton, June 11; Debbie Conner, June
14; Lucy Heilig, June 14; Gene
vieve Garrou, June 16; Sara Fair,
June 17 ; Ann McColman, June 20;
Virginia Perkins, June 21; Dottie
Fraser, June 23; Mary Windley
Dunn, June 28; Hannah Weaver,
June 29; Pat Perry, June 30; Peggy
Fly the, July 2 ; Elizabeth Williams,
July 2; Nancy Glenn, July 4;
Emma Ruth Herman, July 5; Fran
ces Capehart, July 7; Carolyn Bald
ridge, July 8 ; Lynda Anderson, July
11; Ann Ayres, July 11; Barbara
Hunt, July 11; Suzanne DeLaney,
July 15; Barbara Smith, July 16;
Ruth Watkins, July 17; Paula
Whitaker, July 17; Margery Linde-
man, July 18; Madeline Allen, July
18; Frances Proctor, July 19; “Bob-
Fight the Battle
Today you close another chapter in
your life;
Your college years are now but
memories.
Today you face the world.
Misshapen by man’s avarice and
greed;
A world grown small through man’s
inventiveness;
A world where nations, once remote,
With restless, hungry multitudes.
Now stare you in the face.
A noted Canadian entomologi®
was delivering a lecture on the dan
ger of rat infestation. The 6th gr® ®
class listened with apparent atten
tion, and after the lecture one o
01
them wrote the lecturer a note
thanks. It concluded by
“We didn’t even know what a
looked like until you came.
It is one world, not two, nor three;
It is a world with but a single need—
A need, which net, will quell the
rioting mobs
And feed the hungry mouths.
You hold the answer . . .
Within your heart and mind there
is a power.
Sufficient and enduring, which will
satisfy
The cry of every living soul.
God’s love is yours as you go forth
To loose the bonds of hate;
Greed, prejudice, and lust retreat
When Christian soldiers march.
The battle lines are where you are—
In busy mart, on foreign fields.
In labor’s ranks or college halls.
Where laws are made or laws up
held.
On farms, in homes, in pulpits—
everywhere.
With flaming courage and a heart
of love.
Go fight the batle dauntlessly and
well.
May every motive, thought, and
deed
Lead you in Christ-like, selfless
service
To your fellow-man.
-—G. Keaknie Keegak.
bie” Coleman, July 20; Susie Nicoll, ,
July 21; Myra Thayer, July 21; i
Linda Garriss, July 22; Page Cole,
July 23; Grace Alston, July 25;
Janet Rattray, July 25; Sydna Rus- .
tin, July 27; Pat Sheppard, July 37;
Libby Patman, July 27; Jane Gib
lett, August 1; Deedee Davenporfi
August 2 ; Martha Grady, xiugust _5; ,
Alma Skinner, xiugust 7; Louise
Ford, August 7; Priscilla Swindell
August 9; Ann Watt, August 12 >
Jane Morgan, August 13; Elizabeth ^
Gwaltney, August 18; Beth Kempeb
August 21; Betsy Webb, August 22,
Nancy Sechrest, August 23; Ellen i
Ozon, August 25; Jeanette Ilzzell, j
August 25; Mary Virginia Currin,
August 27; Becky Reins, August 29, ^
Betty Byrum, September 1; Anne
Nichols, September 1; Leo McCor
mick, September 6; Jamie Rankin,
September 10; Irene Emory, SeP'
tember 13 ; Searle Rowland, Septem
ber 14.
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