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The Belles of Saint Mary’s
January 15, 1954
THE KEY TO HAPPINESS AT SAINT MARY’S
From time to time BELLES carries editorials which could be entitled
“xldvice On How To Be Successful and Happy at Saint Mary’s.” These
editorials are usually concerned with such fascinating subjects as why you
should study, when you should study, how you should study, et cetera. We
have probably given the impression that studying is the only key to success
and happiness at Saint Mary’s. This is a wrong impression, and now, when
exams are near, is a good time to correct it.
The key to happiness, and perhaps success, at Saint Mary’s, as anywhere,
is one’s attitude. Anyone is happy when he is doing something he enjoys;
therefore, if a person enjoys everything he does, he is continually happy.
Of course, everything one does is not entirely enjoyable, but there is some
thing pleasant in each of the dreary little duties about which we complain.
If one looks for the pleasant and ignores the unpleasant in all that he does,
he will naturally be happy and probably successful, for most of us are
successful and content in accomplishing tasks we enjoy.
A SUGGESTION FOR SUGGESTIONS
Few large business firms could run efficiently without the aid of suggestion
boxes. Suggestion boxes offer the “little man” an opportunity to express
himself and help the “top man” to know his employees and what they believe
would better his firm. In many cases businesses liave owed their success to
suggestions from minor employees. Quite often an employer does not realize
problems with which his employees come in contact every day. He cannot
possibly know all that goes on in his office and therefore must rely upon
advice from those who are closer to the everyday problems.
To help make a better school, this principle may also be applied to Saint
Mary’s. The Legislative Body offers the student one outlet for self-expres
sion, but it does not cover all the problems with which she is concerned. The
petitions presented to the Legislative Body deal only with student govern
ment. There is no outlet for the student to present her ideas upon such
matters as classroom, dormitory, or library improvements. A few sugges
tion boxes placed here and there about the school could solve this situation
quite nicely.
Most students are afraid to speak up about things they feel are wrong for
fear of being criticized or called down. Most do not know to whom to go
to present their views. Therefore many good ideas from students go to
waste because of a lack of a chance for self-expression. Suggestion boxes,
say, one in the library and one outside the president’s or dean’s office, would
give students the opportunity to tell the faculty and staff about problems
which do not come to their notice and would also bring both faculty and staff
and students into a closer relationship. Taken seriously, suggestion boxes
could help both groups immensely.
Dear Editor,
A Request for
More Members
I was delighted to hear of the
acquisition of additional telephones
on West Wing. I believe that is a
great improvement, but to get on
with the purpose of this letter.
Saint Mary’s has many “tradi
tions,” too few of which are directly
concerned with the students. Stu
dent participation endears certain
traditions to the student body as
well as to the faculty. Thus, I was
disappointed to learn that the tra
ditional' senior class Christmas
pageant was not given this year.
Nothing bound the senior class more
to the school and to one another than
did the presentation of the Story of
the Nativity in the Chapel. To take
this pageant away is like boiling
eggs without putting water in the
pot.
Being as interested in music as I
am, I am not trying to condemn the
opera in any way. Judging from
the outstanding presentation of The
Old Maid and the 'Thief last year,
I am certain that Amahl and the
Night Visitors was an excellent per
formance. More of these types of
student participation should be pre
sented to the Saint Mary’s student
body (unwilling as they are to learn
from these beautiful performances).
In closing, I would like to con
gratulate the Mus for winning the
hockey championship.
Because we believe that all stu
dents who might be interested in
joining the BELLES staff were
not reached at the beginning of
the year, BELLES would like to
offer another opportunity for
them to do so. Many students
do not realize the wide field of
experience which writing for a
school paper offers the m.
BELLES would like to point
this out to the students and to
urge them to join the staff and in
doing so, help make our paper a
success during the next semester.
MARCH OF DIMES
JANUARY 2-31
Sincerely and with love to all,
Glenn Lightsev, ex ’54.
“As if you could kill time with
out injuring eternity.”
—Thoreau.
Ummm, Gould This Be
Mr. Moore’s English?
The teacher entered the classroom.
“GOOD morning, ladies,” said he.
“Get out pen and paper, please.”
And he gazed right at me.
I wish he wouldn’t go so fast;
I’m bound to have some clean!
Oh, there’s that old 50
I made on the Faerie Queene.
Nothing but lima bean drawings.
What’s he saying next?
“Only twenty minutes in all.
And don’t refer to your text.”
So he’s leaving us alone
To suffer out our fate.
That pamphlet on trips to Europe!
The English will have to v.uit!
I wonder what he would think
If I should hand in
My test taken on Kleenex.
How long has it been ?
Only eight minutes more.
What was the first one about ?
Goodie, that recipe for butterscotch
I simply can’t do without.
Someone, lend me some paper!
I’m really about to weep.
When he starts reading my test,
I hoj)e he’s half asleep!
Seniors Make Plans
To Present “Follies’
The senior class is planning its
annual Senior Follies for the second
week in February. The script for
the follies was written by members
of the senior class, and all members
of the class will take part in the
follies.
The follies, “A Day with Saint
Marie,” portrays a day in the life
of a Saint Mary’s girl. The day
begins with breakfast and follows the
usual routine of the day, going from
one class to another and ending with
bedtime. Each scene is accompanied
by original songs and dances.
Members of the script committee
are Mary Jordan, chairman; Harriet
Conger; Allan Hardin; Virginia
Harris; Ann Scott Anderson; Gwen
Grizzard; Charlotte Lilly; and
Frances Perry.
Members of the song committee
are Kay Baker, chairman; Marilyn
Hedrick; Nancy Eversman; Mary
Lee LaFar; Libby Patman; Pearl
Smith; Myra Thayer; Carolyn Nel
son; Lorrie Clark; Nancy Eussel;
and Leslie Hall.
The Belles
OF SAINT MARY’S
I hastily opened my notebook . . .
“First, what is the rhyme of a
sonnet ?”
. . . And began a frantic search
For a sheet with nothing upon it.
Oh, there is my Christmas gift list!
I wondered where it was.
I didn’t give Ann a present!
“Who in Shakespeare was called
‘Cuz’?”
And there’s that letter to Mother—
She must think I’m dead—
And my words to those French songs.
What was that he just said?
Jupiter Rabbit
Sees Snow Figbt
j
Dear Cousin Fuzzy Ears,
The most puzzling thing happ®®
here last night. All of a sudde ^
the Saint Mary’s girls began swarin
ing out of their dorms into the
They ran, slid, and fell toward j ^
front campus where some ota ^
people called Pikas threw lumps
snow at them. The girls tliJ ^
snow back. Maybe if I’d
enough nerve to keep my head po^
through the hole under the ,
T’A T—f j wh®
porch, I’d have found out just
All I could see
was going on. xxn x --- . g
the girls and the Pikas throi'
snow back and forth until niost^^
the snow was back up in the aii’- ^
you suppose that these people
to see the grass as well as “A.
bits do and that they wanted^^g
throw the snow httek to the cloa
per®
I’m sure that whatever they
doing was terribly important .
cause when a bell rang and tb® ?-g
all had to go back to the bun®!
they looked exhausted, and
ears and noses were pinker jy
Uncle Whitey’s. I would
never let Flopsy or Topsy bi
coid. Why, they would have P'
monia!
etiia®;
Come to see me again
I have heard the girls talking
going home again soon. That^
we will have the place to ouis
Sincerely,
Jupiter
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