Circle Inducts Banquet Held Seniors Will Letter Club Taps
Five Members by Senior Class Present Play Three Members
At midnight on December 4, six
figures draped in white cloth and
led by a firey torch moved in
single file following their usual
path between Smedes and the gym.
After a ceremony of tapping and
candle-lighting four new members
were added to the group. The
Circle had walked again. Those
being tapped into this organization
were: Helen Corbett, Dorothy
Harley, Jane Irby, and Frances
Pearson.
Helen, from Alacclesfield, is a
Mu. She is also Senior Honor
Council Re])resentative, an Al-
colyte, Secretary-Treasurer of
Orchesis, counselor on first East
tMng, an angel in the Senior
Pageant, and a member of the
Stagecoach and Belles staffs,
YWCA, and the Dramatics Club.
A Belle from Columbus, Georgia,
Dorothy is president of the YWCA,
secretary of the YKC, as
sistant secretary of Hall Council,
and counselor on third East Wing.
She also works on the Little Store
committee.
Jane, from Winston-Salem is
manager of the Senior Little Store,
exchange editor of The Belles, in
the 1WCA and YDC, Senior Legis
lative Body Representative, mem
ber ,of the Altar Guild and the
Stagecoach staff. Jane is a Mu.
Southern Pines claims Frances
who is editor of the Stagecoach.
Frances is also counselor on East
Rock, a J/w, the narrator of the
Senior Pageant, and cai)tain of the
Mu basketball team, a member of
the Letter Club, Granddaughters’
Club, Dramatics Club, and the
Bulletin.
Maid of Cotton
Visits SMJC
Miss Patricia Ann Cowden, 1956
Maid of Cotton, spoke to St.
Mary’s students in assembly on
November 29. She centered her
talk around the life she led as good
will and fashion ambassador for
the entire American cotton indus-
trv.
This honor is annually bestowed
upon some contestant in Memphis,
Tennessee, during the month of
January. Lmmarried girls between
the ages of 19 and 25 who are at
least 5 feet 5 inches tall and have
been born in a major cotton-j)ro-
ducing state are eligible to com))cte.
The Maid selected is given a com
plete wardrobe. She makes a 40,000
mile international tour which in
cludes the major cities of the United
States and several cai)itals of
Euro])e. At the end of her reign and
travels, Miss Cowden was i)resented
witli a new Ford by the Memphis
District Ford Dealers.
St. Mary’s students were
fascinated by the poise and i)crson-
ality-.,of Pat Cowden. She is
certainh' what everyone calls a
tv])ical • Belle.
The Senior Class had its Christ
mas banquet on Friday night,
December 9, at the Carolina Hotel.
Approximately 65 seniors attended
along with the following honored
guests; Dr. and Mrs. Stone, Aliss
Richardson, Miss IMorrison, The
Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Hughes, Miss
Jones, Mrs. 0. H. Brown, and Miss
Tucker. Betsy Brinkley, president
of the Senior Class, was toast
mistress.
Members of the class made up
the various committees. The toast
committee included the follow
ing: Carolyn Charles, chairman,
Coleman Jenkins, Julia Wilcox,
and Eva Oakley. Alembers of
the invitations committee were,
Patricia Huske, chairman, and
Alickie Crumpler. The finance
committee w a s composed of
Alargie Reese, chairman, Jane
Irby, Helen Corbett, and Cathe
rine Dent. The transportation
committee was made up of Lou
Cheatham and Marilyn Zschau,
co-chairmen, and Legare Hobbs.
Kim Hatcher headed the deco
rations committee along with
DeeDee DeVerc, Jane Rhea White,
and Mary Catherine Jones. The
following were members of the
menu committee: Emma Carol
Biggers, chairman, and Jane
Walker. The members of the gift
committee were, Tora Kessinger,
chairman, and Dottie Harley. The
seating committee was composed
of Kay W i 1 h e 1 m, chairman,
Louise Oliver, Sharon Ridgeway,
and Ann Robinson.
Aliss Morrison, the Senior Class
advisor, was iiresented with a
corsage, and Air. Hughes received
a flaslilight. After the meal toasts
were made. Then, everyone joined
in singing Christmas carols, climax
ing what everyone considered a
wonderful banquet.
New Posture Queen
Posture week was observed at
SAIJC last week. Alary Catherine
Jones gave an introduction to
Posture Week in assembly on
December 4. The contest was spon
sored by the Letter Club. The
Sigma or Mu who would bo
crowned Posture Queen would give
points to her team. The points are
counted toward the award pre
sented in Alay.
Girls were chosen from each hall
to be contestants in the prelimi
naries held in the gym on
December 5. The judges selected
five Sigmas and five Mus to be the
finalists in the contest. These ten
girls were- Sylvia Grumpier,
Florence AlcGowan, Florelle
Gwaltnoy, Connie Fisher, Julia
Wilcox, Boo Baker, Jo Burgwyn,
Polly Daniel, Alidge Bowen, and
Becky Ferebee.
“Shoulders back, stomach in,
and head high” was the motto of
every girl at SAIJC. AIemt)ers of
tlie Letter Club were ecjuii)ped
with “AIi.ss Slump” cards which
they i)inned on tlie backs of un-
sus])ecting Belles.
The Senior Class will present the
Christmas Pageant, “Peace On
Earth,” on Sunday, December 16,
in the Chapel. The pageant will be
given at 4 P.AI. for the Freshman
and Sophomore Classes, children,
and friends in town. The pageant
will be repeated at 5:30 P.AI. for
the faculty, Senior and Junior
classes. The pageant is directed by
Aliss Florence C. Davis and Air.
Russell Broughton. Aliss Geraldine
Cate, assisted by Airs. William
Hafley, will direct the choir.
The pageant consists of four
scenes: “Alessage to the Shep
herds,” “The Holy Family,”
“Journey to Bethlehem,” and
“Joseph’s Dream and Flight into
Egypt with Alary.” Frances
Pearson will read the scripture
verses, and members of the Senior
Class will interpret the traditional
Christmas story through panto
mime and music.
The cast includes: Carolyn
Alycrs, the Virgin Alary; Betsy
Brinkley, Joseph; Barry Bowen
and Coleman Jenkins, angel
messengers; Anne Byrd, Ann
Bonner, Florence Dodd, DeeDee
DeVere, Alargaret Hamilton, Jane
Walker, Joy Howell, Anne Powell,
and Alargaret Reese, shepherds;
Sarah Y'illiams, Lou Cheatham,
Helen Corbett, Barbara Thomas,
Louise Oliver, Patricia Adams,
Ann Smith, and Alary Spainhour
angels; Alarilyn Zschau, Eva
Oakley, and Alary Tillery, Wise
Alen; Ruth Fukuda and Joyce
Curry, the pages; and Catherine
Dent, acolyte.
The i)roduction staff includes the
following seniors: Katy Cojip,
Dorothy Harley, Tora Kessinger,
Ann Robinson, Jane Rhea White,
and Patricia Huske.
The music will include: “Oh,
Come All AT' Faithful,” “Now Sing
We All Full Sweetly,” “Venite
Adoreinus,” “While Shepherds
Watched Their Flocks by Night,”
“Angels We Have Heard t)n High,”
“The First Noel,” “Alidst Ox and
Ass,” “We Throe Kings of Orient
Arc,” “Silent Night,” “Hark the
Herald Angels Sing,” and the
“Seven - Fold Amen.” Carolyn
Alyers will sing a solo, “Jesu Thou
Dear Babe Divine,” and there will
be an organ solo, “Alarch of Alagi
Kings.”
Ensemble members for the
Christmas jiagcant are: Lee
Arbogast, Nancy Black, Dana
Borden, Ann Byrd, Chee Davis,
Anne Fennell, Alary Hannah
Finch, Jane Irby, Helen Jones,
Sally Lewis, Brooks Newton,
Jennie Proctor, and Sue Sandlin.
The students watched the five
Sigmas and five Mus parade before
the judges in assembly on
December 6. Julia Wilcox, Florelle
Gwaltney, Florence AlcGowan,
Sylvia Crumpler, and Connie
Fisher were finalists selected from
tlie ten. Julia Wilcox was named
Posture (^ueen for ’57. Runncrs-uji
in the contest were Florence
AlcGowan and Florelle Gwaltney.
Julia’s roommate, Alargie Reese,
received the title of Slum]) Queen.
The Letter Club inducted three
new members in assembly on
Tuesday, December 4. Those girls
who had acquired the necessary
number of points were Florelle
Gwaltney, Barry Bowen, and Kit
Tiedeman.
Florelle is a Mu and played on
the hockey team. She is a sopho
more and hails from Smithfield,
Virginia. Florelle is also the Honor
Council representative from the
Freshman and Sophomore classes, a
member of the Beacon and the
choir.
Barry Bowen, senior from
Gastonia, is j)resident of the
Student Government Association, a
member of the Honor Council and
the Legislative Body, AAVCA,
Orchesis, and Altar Guild.
Kit Tiedeman, a Sigma, is a
junior. She is on the Legislative
Body, secretary-treasurer of the
A'DC and a choir member.
Dancers Give
Students A Gift
Orchesis gave the student body
a delightful Christmas present m
their inter])retation of the j)oem
■■ 'Twas the Night Before Christ'
mas” in assembly on Deceinbet'
13. Airs. Harry A. Blunt was the
director, and Carolyn Alyers, the
narrator. Catherine Dent was m
charge of props, and Alickie
Crumpler, the costumes.
“Not a creature was stirring, not
even a mouse”. . . “the Alice and
Alicettes” scam])ered on the stage
in a jazzy number created hy
Sylvia Crumpler and Helen
Corbett. "The children were snug'
gled all tucked in their beds” • • •
Beth Alorrison and Nancy Pag®
Hopkins, dressed in nightgownS)
gave their impression of “The
Children.” “While visions of suga*
plums danced in their heads” . • •
“The Gingerbread Alen,” “Th®
Candy Canes,” "The Lolli])op3^
danced in numbers created hy
Barrett Proctor and Pat Coulter.
Legare Hobbs, president
Orchesis, interpreted the niovo'
ments of "The Alother” "'h®
“sprang from my bed to see v'ha*^
was the matter.” "And what to mA
wondering eyes should appear, hut
a miniature sleigh and eight tioA
reindeer, and a little old driver,
lively and quick, I knew at
moment it must be Saint Nieh-
With that the most chariuia^
Santa Claus, in the j)erson of JenU^
Whitehurst, came l)ounding do"®
the chimney. Jo Burgwyn's grac®'
fill ballet of “The Christmas
Angle” was followed by the dau®„
of “The Christmas Tree Ball“"^
Florelle Gwaltney was chot®
ogra])her for their dance. .
The most glamourous dance
that of “The S])ace Cadets.”
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silver and black costumes
using flashlights, they created
extraordinary effect. Chee 1^®',^
was tlie clioreograjilier for tiiis vo>-
unusual dance.
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