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SEE
COMMENCEMENT
WEEK-END
SCHEDULE ON
PAGE FOUR
Vol. XVI, No. 14
Sophomores Stage
Annual Honor Day
Sophomores hold their day of
I honor on May 29. Dressed in white,
■ Jhey begin exercises at 10 ;30 A.M.
the ahditorinm.
Beth Kemper, Sophomore Class
, I'resident, plans to open Class Day
' 'rith a few introductory words, after
"’liicli a prayer will be offered by
Jane Bradford. Then Eeba White
i 'rill recall in the class history two
‘ hi'eshman-Sophoinore dances, ac
tivities of outstanding members, and
Selling hot dogs, coffee and donuts.
Margaret Bose and Martha Brooks
"'ill take the parts of prophets to
present the class jn-ophecy. The
presentation of the class gift, signi-
' fying hard work by the students,
"’ll! be made by Beth Kemper. Syd-
*iey Stuart and Sumner Parham are
•■esponsible for the last will and tes-
' lament. Sophomores are leaving to
llie freshmen such things as depen
dability, personality, beauty, school
^ spirit, and love for Pikas.
The class pioem, composed and re
cited by Nancy Smith, is featured
f'l the jii’ogram. Superlatives will
, “e introduced by Barbara Hunt. The
i^lass will join voices in the Alma
''later and St. Mary’s Spirit. To
^lose the exercises the Rev. Mr.
I nughes will offer the Benediction.
Everyone is invited to come and
riijoy “Sophomore Day” with the
"ophomores.
Circle Initiates
f our Ne wMembers
The Circle tapped four new girls
®ii its latest midnight walk. The
jour new members are Anne Wal
lace, Sara "Walters, Frances “Sissy”
'awson, and Virginia Lilly.
Anne is the incoming vice-presi-
, d®nt of the Student Government.
has served this term as vice-
l'''esident of the Junior Class and
assistant editor of the Belles, a
t'osition which carries through next
^'‘m. Anne is a member of the
‘WCA, the YDC, and the Dra
matic Club. Besides working on the
^Mgecoach staff, Anne supports the
Sara will preside as president of
'ifxt year’s Senior Class. She is a
'Member of the YWCA and the YDC
Well as having been captain of
j e Sigma volleyball team and a
^*®mber of the Sigma softball team.
,, Among Sissy’s activities are posi-
including president of the
yuCA, treasurer of the Junior
Jass, chairman of the membership
■?Dttiittee for the YDC, and a cm-
i^er for chapel next term. She
'^loiigs to the Mu’s.
. ^Trginia Lilly serves in the ca-
l?aities of incoming secretary of
pH Council and secretary of the
^Sislative body. She is a Mu.
(j^Hhe Circle will walk once more
C® term in a ceremony which will
Tict the new jn’esident.
Belles
OF ST. MARY’S
MUS TAKE
PLAQUE AGAIN
RALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA
May 28, 1954
Eleanor McAdoo, Rev* Mr* Temple
Featured As Speakers During
112th Graduation Exercises
One of St. Mary’s most dis
tinguished alumnae, Eleanor Wilson
McAdoo, will deliver the commence
ment address on Monday, May 31.
Mrs. McAdoo was a student at St.
Mary’s from 1906 to 1908. She
took an active part in nearly every
c a m p u s organization — athletics,
dramatics, art, debating, and liter
ary work.
As the daughter of the twenty-
eighth President of the U. S., the
wife of the Secretary of the Treas
ury during World War I, and the
mother of two daughters, Mrs. Mc
Adoo has led a very active life. Dur
ing World War I she was the chair
man and executive in charge of the
National Women’s Liberty Loan
Committee and head of the largest
Red Cross Auxiliary in Washington.
She has continued her busy career
as an author, lecturer, and radio
commentator. She is the author of
two books and many stories. Mrs.
McAdoo served as a radio commen
tator in the United Nations Confer
ence at San Francisco in 1945.
She expects to speak to her St.
Mary’s audience on the general
topics of the long struggle for last
ing peace and the part that Ameri
can women can take in bringing
about the final realization.
Mr. Hughes Announces
Chapel Assistants
The Rev. Mr. I. Harding Hughes
has announced his chapel assistants
for next year. They include Fran
ces Dawson and Elizabeth Dent as
crucifers, who carry the cross in the
choir procession; Mary Rhea Spivey
and Anne Norman as choir mothers,
who care for the robes and help the
choir to vest; Toni Briggs, Marty
Whedbee, and Margot Hammond as
servers, who help> with the Holy
Communion service; and Lee Kohl-
saat, Mary Bridger, and Carolyn
Seyffert as acolytes, who light and
extinguish the candles.
The Reverend Mr. Gray Temple,
rector of St. Peter’s Episcopal
Church in Charlotte, will preach the
baccalaureate sermon on Sunday at
11 ;00 a.m. in the college chapel.
A native of New England, the
Reverend Mr. Temple received his
B.D. degree from the Virginia Theo
logical Seminary. He has been in
the diocese of North Carolina since
1942 and is a member of the Dioc
esan Executive Council. He is
also chairman of the Department of
Christian Education for the diocese
of North Carolina.
The Reverend Mr. Temple was
rector of the Church of the Good
Shepherd in Rocky Mount for a
number of years. His wife is the
former Maria Drane, ’35.
Seniors Will Hold
Class Day Exercises
The Senior Class will hold its an
nual Class Day Exercises in the
auditorium tomorrow afternoon at
4:00. ^ The whole class, dressed in
traditional white, will participate in
the ])rogram.
To open the exercises. Prances
Perry, class president, will extend
a welcome to all members of the
audience. Her welcome will be fol
lowed by a prayer, led by Mela
Royall, and “Hail, St. Mary’s,”
sung by the Senior Class and the
audience.
Anne Nichols, class secretary, will ’
then read the Senior Class roll.
After roll call, Frances Perry will
present the class gift which will be
formally accepted by Dr. Richard
G. Stone, college president.
Alice Best and Ann Freeman
will read the class prophecy, and
Ann Scott Anderson will read the
class poem. Charlotte Lilly and
Mary Jordan will jointly distrib
ute each class member’s gift to
returning students by reading the
class will. Those girls voted by
the student body as senior super
latives will be revealed by Mari
lyn Hedrick, vice-president of the
Senior Class.
Awards will be presented to stu
dents outstanding in their work on
school publications by Ann Scott
Anderson, Barbara Seaman, and
Mary Windley Dunn, ex-editors of
the Bulletin, and Stage Coach,, re
spectively. Last on the program
will be the dedication of the Stage
Coach by Mary Windley Dunn, fol
lowed by the “Alma Mater,” sung
by the Senior Class and the Benedic
tion, given by the Reverend Mr. I.
Harding Hughes, school chaplain.
Hall Counselors, Vice-Counselors
Selected For 54-55 Hall Council
Hall Counselors have been ap
pointed and assigned to their posi
tions for next term. The girls are
named according to their ranks as
counselors and vice-counselors, re
spectively, for the following halls:
East Rock Virginia Lilly and Ann
Nimocks; First East Wing—Fran
ces Dawson and Shirley Dees; Sec
ond East Wing—Margot 'Hainniond
and Harriett Mardre; Third East
Wing—Mary Lee Breece and Betty
Huffines; Second Smedes—Ann Gil-
lett and Jeanne Ogbnrn, Third
Smedes (west)—Anne Wallace and
Jo Ann Knott, Third Smedes (east)
Aubrey Campbell and Mary Rhea
Spivey.
Faculty House—Bitty Dent and
Lee Kohlsa'at; First West Wing—
Libby Reese and Anne Marie Mil
ler ; Second West Wing—Lane Welsh
and Marian Dudley; Third West
Wing—Dillon Dawson and Frances
Setze; First West Rock—Sara Wal-
Rrs and Marie Tyler; Second West
Rock-Evelyn Briggs and Mary
Ruth Divine; First Holt—Pat Mc
Queen and Jane ITrike; Second
Holt Martha Good and Ann Bar
bel , Third Holt—Jane Best and
Anne Marie Malloy; Day Students
—Anne Stronach and Megan Good
win.
Duties of Hall Counselors are nu
merous and varied. Besides calling
and 2'rcsiding over hall meetings,
counselors must serve on the Hall
Council and enforce regulations es
tablished there. Counselors are al
ways available to help students in
problems and activities of school life
and to assist the Dean of Students
in such matters.
Vice-counselors assist hall coun
selors at all times and attend Hall
Council meetings in the absence of
counselors.