Teams Anticipate Visitors Give
Active Season
The Sigmas and Mus, after com
pleting the volleyball tournament,
are now hard at work preparing
for the forthcoming softball games.
The Sigmas, who ran away with
the volleyball tournament, are hop
ing to do the same in softball, while
the Mus are seeking revenge for
their loss.
Captains were chosen by the two
teams on April 12. They are: Ann
Alorton for the Sigmas and Jean
Taulkner for the Mus. Ann, who
is President of the Sigmas, is active
not only in softball, but in several
other sports also. Jean, another
all-round athlete, is President of
the Mus, and, like Ann, is also ac
tive in several other sports. Both
girls will hold down home plate for
their respective teams.
Alany new girls have tried out
for the teams, and both teams have
“stars” back from last year; there
fore, the games should be very in
teresting, and the teams urge every
one to come out and support her
team!
Sunday Morning
Fashion Show
Vogue? Harper’s Bazaar? Glam
our? Yes, you have seen models
similar to those in each m these
magazines when you witness an
assembly of St. Mary’s girls on a
Sunday morning. All the winter
clothes have been stored (or thrown
away!) and the new spring styles
have taken over. Each Belle has
adorned the latest style in the new
est fabric. Even though the weather
is still cool, one would never find
a St. Alary’s girl resorting to a
winter suit now that spring has
come. It is (piite evident that dur
ing spring vacation the major part
of each girl’s time was spent in
Alontaldo’s or Fannye’s. What did
most of them come back with.’
Well, let’s take a look.
The first thing to attract our
attention is hats. The new hats
resemble lamp shades, trash cans,
or whatever else you want to call
them. Some have flowers; some
have wavy brims, but all are the
latest style.
An array of dusters is also a fa
miliar scene. “Duster” is an ap-
projiriate name, too. Every time a
“Belle” swishes (or swings) by a
chair or table, her duster flows over
it, thus helping the maids in their
spring cleaning. Everyone won
ders whether or not they were in
spired by “Superman” because
when a strong wind conies, the
dusters almost carry their owners
“up, up, and away.”
Under the duster we find a sheath
dress which is cut so small_ and fits
so tight that the dates sitting m
the back of the church hold their
breath every time a row of girls
sits down. , ^
Amidst the difficulty of getting
them on and the misery of weaiing
tight skirts and spike heels, every
“Belle” can hold her head high as
she walks into church and says
“Nobody can say that I’m not
stylish!”
Varied Programs
Dr Alary Lynch Johnson enter
tained the St. Alary’s student body
with a talk on Fear in assembly
on Thursday, April 12. Dr John-
son is the head of the English de-
partment at Aleredith College.
Although her theme was fear, Di.
Johnson stated that she did not
intend for her talk to be interpreted
by cither a philosophical or a theo
logical point of view. Some of her
own personal experiences m dealing
with fear were used as examples of
the way in which fear could be
overcome. Dr. Johnson’s talk was
enjoyed and extremely well re
ceived by students and faculty
alike.
Assembly—April 17
Presidents of the St. Alary s po
litical clubs had charge of tlm
Assembly Program on April li.
Dee Dee DeVere of the Young Re
publicans’ Club and Pat Sullivan
of the A^oung Democrats Club
based their program on the Pan
American Union. Dee Dee spoke
on the make-up and purpose of
this organization, while Pat told
about the work accomplished
through and by the Pan American
Union.
Assembly—April 19
About twenty students from the
North Carolina State School for
the Blind presented a program of
music in assembly on April 19. Mr.
Greaves, the director, introduced
the orchestra. The program opened
with a march. A cello solo played
by one of the boys followed. The
program also included a duet by
two violinists and a very delight
ful iiiano solo. The concluding
number was “The Ballet Scene,
which was written especially for the
orchestra. The blind musicians
were very warmly applauded by
the St. Alary’s students. Such a
performance by handicapped chil
dren is certainly worthy of the
highest jiraise.
Shaw Captivates
Student Body
Air Robert Shaw captivated the
student body of St. Mary’s with
his hilarious and interesting talk
on “A Alonster in Your Living
Room.” The monster to which he
referred was a television set. Mr.
Shaw knows a great deal about this
monster because he is one of tlie
playwrights for the famous program
“Robert Alontgomery Presents.
For almost two hours students,
faculty, and guests listened to this
New Yorker tell about the ^uck-
stage antics in a television studio.
The audience responded by asking
questions of all kinds about Ins
work and television in general after
he finished his talk.
Air Shaw was a complete suc
cess here at St. Alary’s because Ins
lecture was informative and, iR tlie
same time, highly amusing. Irom
the students’ reaction, Air. Sha\\
will probably get results from ins
invitation which urged every mmi-
ber of the audience to visit Ins office
if they were ever in New Aork Gity.
Mexico Presents
Exciting Contrasts
'Round The Campus
MISS FLORENCE DAVIS re-
centlv attended the 33rd Drama
Festival held by the Carolina Play-
niakcrs in Chapel Hill.
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GINNY DAWSON was a spon
sor for the recent IFC Ball. BOB
BIE LOVE, a li)55 graduate, was
also a sponsor.
BETSY DUKE, a 1955 high
school graduate, was one of the
many visitors at St. Alary’s this
past week end.
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Congrats are overdue to INA
GEE RIDLEY who recently won
the Aliss Soiithaniptoii Beauty
Contest. She will soon compete ni
the Aliss Virginia Contest.
Alore congrats are in order. Tins
time they go to SHARON RIDGE
WAY, MARGARET SHERROD,
and KATY COPP for Pin
ned. We also salute JOYCE
CURRY and SISSY McNINCH.
Alexico, a charming contradiction
of ancient and modern customs, has
a history which is full of the pa
ganism of the Aztecs, yet is as mod
ern as a “56” American automo
bile. Alexico City is a striking ex
ample of modern architecture and
bustling business efficiency side by
side with abject poverty, illiteracy,
and customs and monuments as an
cient as the history of the city. lo
illustrate this point, from the win
dow of my room m the inodcin
Alonte Casino Hotel, I not only
could see the fabulous phya of the
Jacaranda night club, but also the
roof of the building across tlm
street which was used as an exer
cise yard for a family of thriving
pigs-
Alexico City is not only a city ot
contrast but one of romance whose
location, surrounded by beautiful
mountains, lends an enchantincnt
beyond description. One of mx
most cherished recollections of
Alexico City is the drive to Alexi-
millian’s Castle through Chapul-
tapec Park in the Alexican equiva
lent of “The Surrey with the Fringe
on Top.” This park and castle
against the backdrop of the Sienm
Nevada Alountains lends an ilU-
sion which almost makes one
imagine he can see the old Aztec
warriors sallying forth on then
foraging expeditions. This castle
famous throughout the voild for
its classic design, was limit b>
labor under the direction of Alaxi-
millian, whose name it bears.
Of particular interest to st.
Mary’s students would be the
buildings and campus of the I m-
versity of Alexico. This uniyersitj
has attracted considerable attention
among the world’s architects foi
striking design and the transposi
tion of cold stone into the Ining
beauty of mosaic art which com-
iirises the exteriors.
From Alexico City we traveled
by sports car over the modern Pan-
American highway directly t -
silver mines of the typical natu
village of Taxco, whose artisans aR
noted for the beauty and execution
of their silver products. Taxco
cobblestone streets cling P^eca
ously to the side of the mountain
where veins of silver have broug^
great renown to ^he native era -
men whose cunning fingers fashio
it into the exquisite silver woi
known around the v orld.
Our flving carpet (gasoline in
riety) deposited us in Acapul
after an elevator-style descent tioi
the roof of the world atop t
Sierra Nevada range. AcapT
nestles in all its tropical splei^^d^.y
along the mountainous slopes win
comprise the coastline of the r-
cific. At last, after many
miles, we were able to relax ■
Villa Vera, which has been
Alexican residence since our i y
visit when I was a little^girh ,
pulco has become one of the gi
resort cities of modern Alexico. ^
tropical climate and ayailabii
offer the people of the U. b.
opportunity of a sun-filled vacat
with a Latin atmosphere. ^
A typical day began with a r
freshing dip in the pool after wH
we enjoyed the Alexican equiia ^
of breakfast consisting of papaj
melon, a peppery cactus diced y
scrambled with eggs, toasted bon ^
and hot coffee. Allovying time
our breakfast to settle, we
tered leisurely to Calleta Beac i ^
the suntan which is so desiia
part of anv Acapulco vacation- y
a part of the tanning process
proceeded to the Club de bki. ...
caging a speed boat, we were
ried across the bay to the na
beach at Fort de Alarquez
water-skiing actively takes p'
Our water-skiing was not as giy^,,
ful as could be desired becaus
iUl cl® Luuic-i VI -vVT”
had a tendency to smack the y .j,,
with various parts of our
in poses being far from digny^,-
Our water-skiing experience
one of the most enjoyable
thrilling of our trip.
One of the •‘must's” while a
native beach is a tyjiical AR-
lunch of tortillas, raw oysters y
clams which still wiggle as offi,
vours them. Another specuiffi,,.
the tequila, a native drink disi
from cactus juice, (luaint y .
in a cocoanut shell with the ce
nut milk. After lunch we reU
to Villa Vera for the afternoon
which is a universal Alexican
tom. All of the Acapulco -
close during siesta time. ^
To anv American visitor an, |
ning at •‘La Porla” is a “must. ,,
Pcrla. the most fantastic niglUj^,,,
and restaurant in the world, R^ji,
into the enormous cliffs at j|
brada and adjoins the Alirado^,,
tel. The floor show at La
night after night is the seiisa^ .j,
diving executecl by native boy-
the cliffs into the ocean.
After leaving La Pcrla v'C y,
to La Roquetta, a native ,
spot, situated on an exotic L^'l
island off the Acapulco coast- ,,
1 . . 1 -i-Urx Upid
ll''
iMaiiu uu ,
there we danced on the
our bare feet to the hay,^,
melody of Alexican rhythm ,
After our evening of flaiic* ■
returned to A ilia \era, "
were lulled to sleep by the -
of Alexican guitars