The Belles of St. Mary’s
March 12, 1954
ELECT YOUR OFFICERS
Inasmuch as we the studenls of St. Mary’s ■lunior College wish to
assume the responsihilities of honor and self-reliance and wish to promote
successful groui? living, we hereby organize ourselves, with the co-operation
of the faculty, into an association.
Tills association is tlie Student Goveniineiit Association, of which every
St. Mary’s student is a vital iiart. She fulfills an imiiortant part of her
membership through student government elections.
Elections for next year’s offices have already begun and every student
has both a privilege and a responsibility. It is her privilege by voting to
express her opinion as to who next year’s officers will be. It is her responsi
bility to see that she votes for someone capable and willing to do the job.
The experience is invaluable. Every opportunity is ofFered for a student
to practice her voting judgment, to profit by her mistakes, and to seek
improvement. Later, when she votes for her country’s leaders, she will
have a background of valuable experience to helji in her decisions.
Members of the nominating committee select carefully each student they
nominate for office. If a student feels, however, that someone else is
more capable of fulfilling the job, then it is her duty to say so by nomi
nating from the fioor that student for the office.
The important thing to emphasize, however, is that everyone vote.
BELLES editors urge every student to fulfill her part in this vital function
of St. Mary’s Student Government.
Reprinted from the BELLES, March 6, 19.53.
WOULD CLASS CUTS BE THE ANSWER?
A new and strange situation has arisen at St. Mary’s. Students are
actually heard to complain that they do not have enough time to take
their weekends. They do not mean that they are too busy to take them, but
that there are not enough weekends open for them to take them. The
logical thing to do, of course, would he to open more weekends. The
tendency seems to he to close rather than open more weekends every year,
however; so it would he better, ])ei'haps, to a])i)roach the situation from
another side.
A very simple and sensible solution is class cuts aiid church cuts. If
every student had a certain amount of class and church cuts a semester, it
would he fairer to everyone. Girls who take tlieii- allowed weekends would
use up their cuts in doing so. Girls who did not want to go away for week
ends could more or less take a weekend here at school by not attending
classes and by attending the churches of their choice in Raleigh. A cut
.system such as this would not only help the weekend situation; but it would
also give the students freedom which they need in order to learn how to
become responsible citizens.
Mary Observes Lent;
Gives Up Pleasures
Mary is keenly perceiving the, St.
Clary’s Lenten attitude, for she is
oh.serving Lent for the first time.
Although long aware of the Lenten
celehration, Mary, by participating
in its ohscn'vance hei'e, is becoming
familiar with the ))rofound value of
Lent. The alterations iii the girls’
daily j)atterns an* leaving clear im
pressions on Mary’s mind.
Deserted, empty ash trays and
idle decks of cards lie ignored on
the halls. Mary and over two hun
dred of her schoolmates are giving
u]) for nearly seven weeks something
they really miss. .Many of the girls
pon(!(*red what to give up long be
fore* L(*nt arrived. Koine laugh and
say that they even endured “.seven-
day trials” to test their will power.
Tin* girls are trying to do without
all types of entertainment and
sources of pleasure—movies, hridge-
])laying, cokes, sweets, and even
smoking. Others are attempting to
kill two birds with one stone by
dieting. Cheerfulness and coopera
tion mark the whole observance.
Alany a girl’s second will power is
her roommate or the girls at her
table, ’rhough externally the cele
hration sometimes appears to be
])roeeeding lightly, Mary is dis
covering her own and her friends’
earnestness beneath these minor
sacrifices.
Mary is also developing firm con
victions concerning the special
chapel services. ’When the Lenten
scries of services opened, Mary and
all the others marched into chapel
Dear Editor,
1 would like to reassure the stu
dent body that the problem of walk
ing with arms folded is not limited
to St. Mary’s alone. When 1 first
came to (Queens, I thought that 1
walked that way from a habit left
over from my two years at St.
Mary’s but before too long realized
that everyone else does it also. It
seems to he a malady of hoarding
schools.
I have found myself in an Eng-
li.sh course equally as hard as Mr.
Aloore’s, though not as “informa
tive.” For that I refer anyone to
Chemistry 101-102 here at (Queens.
Best wishes to all,
HANNAH B. AMEAVER,
H. S. ’53
Queens College, Charlotte, N. C.
Knifoon Says Its
Product Does All
Knifoon Inc.
000 Sans Rue
Nichts, Nada
Dietitian
St. Mary’s Junior College
Raleigh, North Carolina
Dear Madam:
It has been brought to the atten
tion of Knifoon Incorporated (pro
nounced ne-foon) that you are
drastically in need of our j)roduct.
"We consider it a privilege to tell
you about the knifoon.
The knifoon is designed especially
foi* ])eople in your situation. It
baffles would-ibe silver swipers. It
simplifies the problem of table set
ting and cuts the time required to
wash silverware by one-third. Also,
the indispensable knifoon is the ])cr-
fect utensil for every meal, whethci*
you serve soup or chop suey.
In case you have never been
])i’ivileged to own or use a knifoon,
I will describe it to you. The
knifoon is a handy combination of
a knife, a fork, and a spoon, it
has a sj)oon-like howl on the end of
a handle that is long enough to u.se
for stirring iced tea. Projecting
from the end of the howl o])i)osite
the handle are four fork-like tines.
The handle is rather thick and con
tains a genuine springblade Junior
Cosmo knife. This fine plastic blade
will cut hamburger, ma.shed j)ota-
toes, and even butter, if it is a' little
warm. The final feature of this
implement of the century is a grace
ful iron chain that attaches to the
leg of the table. This chain does
not hinder dish washing, for it is
long enough to reach into the kit
chen, hut it will not (pute reach to
the dormitories.
If you will try our knifoon once,
1 am sure you will never want to
return to the old-fashioned way of
using many eating utensils.
Sincerely,
I. iSl. ANIDIOT
President, Knifoon Incorjiorated
A virtue, to he .serviceable, must,
Tike gold, be alloyed with some
(ommoner but more durable metal.
—Samuel Butler.
half-rc'signed to the extra demand on
their time and only half expectant of
enrichment. Now, however, Mary
finds herself slipping into her ))cw
gratefully. She and her schoolmates
are absorbing the contagious,
thoughtful attitude that the Lenten
season encourages. Through the
help of these Lenten services, Mary
and her friends are feeling the in
centive to explore their own minds
and hearts. From this exploration
they are learning the profound
value of Lent.
The Belles
OF SAINT MARY’S
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Signs of Spring
It’s time for spring to be sprung—
almost;
It’s time for the grass to be riz—
just about,
At least around the SMS campus
’cause most
Of the signs of spring have popped
out!
For instance, spring has brought
fortli;
21 blossoms on the tulip trees.
Argyle knitting—everywhere !
Tired feet for some poor soul who
walked to the library and back
5 times to figure out how many
steps that would be—2,020 !
Short socks again—except for 12
cold-uafured people who a]i-
jieared in knee socks at break
fast, probably ’cause their
laundry wasn’t back!
30 new school rings on Freshmen.
About 300 cases of spring fever
—varying with the tempera
ture of the day, the number of
tests, and the amounts of as
signed homework!
Dear Editor,
There are a few students hc>‘
wlio are interested in world affn" ’
])hiloso])hy, and other topics geiw' ^
ally nnknown at St. Mary’s.
of these students have already ^
ten together and organized a
sion group. This group meet-s
a month on Friday afternoons
an expert in the particular
which the group happens to he _ _
cussing. At the ]iast meeting
groii]) discus.sed world affairs " .
Dr. Edwin McNeill Poteat a.- '
• • •
guest. This discussion was
mendously inspiring.
The group’s advisor and
servant, without who.se help if
never have survived, is Miss Ma
M orrison. Only because of her
tiring efforts has the group ,
made ])ossihle. We of the r*'*
are immensely indebted to hQ'-
Membership in this group is
to anyone who is interested an
willing to participate in the
sion. If anyone is interested
wi.shes to join, will she please
to me about it.
Sincerely,
NANCY JONL’^-
>.• belles
Edilt
Note:
tremely glad to hear that thif iB
is open to anyone who >t'isli
join. It is our sincere hop’
more members of the student
will become interested in and
these informative discussions.