BELLES OF ST. MARY’S
October 16, 1959
The Belles Should Be A
Community Project
recent conference the editor learned that the printing cost of
the Belles per year is several thousand dollars. It seems a great waste
to sj)end this money, in addition to the time and energy of the staff,
to piint a newspaper of such quality that it is generally unnoticed and
unread each time it comes off the press. All this raises the question of
how to make the Belles a more interesting, as well as a more instrumen
tal, newspaper. The staff asserts that the Belles is, as it should be, the
\oiee of the students. We appeal to the student bodv to use its voice to
further improve our community.
How can you make use of the Belles?! A beginning coulcL be the
wilting of an article or a letter to the editor. Why not suggest what
you would like to see in the way of school improvements? Why not
offer constructive criticism where you feel it is needed? Why not speak
out about that annoyance you deeply feel ? Or whv not praise that
which you think deserves praise ? The faculty and staff are also urged
to make use of the Belles to voice their opinions.
We guarantee that any reasonable and mature letter or article will
be published. Our only request is that any letter to be printed must be
signed, as in metropolitan newspapers.
Help us to further St. Mary’s growth, to improve the Belles as a
newspaper, and to push us all to a greater attainment of maturity and
knowledge than ever experienced at St. Mary’s.
Support Your Team
Sports at a girls’ school such as St. Mary’s are seldom taken at all
seriously. There is no reason why sports should not be more thought of,
because our Sigma-Mu activities could give us many benefits. The
light-lieartedness of the games is a wonderful antidote* for the tension
and depression which often occur to students. If you cannot be an ac
tive participant in the games, you can at least -watch the others having'
fun playing. It is not expected that team sports at St. Mary’s could
ever be as spirited as in colleges which have intramural sports. Yet
there is no reason why we cannot have active participation on the
teams and on the sidelines. Support your team — and have fun.
(XASS OFFICERS
(Continued from page Ij
Orchesis and the Beacon claim
Tricia Armstrong as a member.
The freshman class officers are
Toler Yates, president; Sally
Stevens, vice president; Jane
Moore, secretary; and Bobbin
Causey, treasurer.
Toler, who hails from Asheboro,
was a member of the Latin Club,
a representative to the Student
Council, and a member of the
basketball team in high school.
Here at St. JMary’s Toler is in the
Y W C A, the Granddaughters’
Club, and is a Sigma.
Sally Stevens, from Shiloh, was
a reporter for her school news
paper and was in the Beta Club,
in addition to holding several
church offices. Jane Moore, a
Charlottean, attended Myers Park
High School where she was a
member of the Y-Teens, on the
Student Council for three years,
chairman of Student Council one
year, a member of the Latin Club,
on the Dance Committee, class
editor of the j'earbook, and a
member of the Mustang Club, a
school spirit organization.
Eobin Causey attended her first
two years of high school in
Greensboro, where she was secre
tary of the soi)homore class, a
member of the Glee Club, and a
member of the Latin Club.
At press time there are several
offices in each class vet to be fil
led.
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Student - Faculty
Poll Is Taken
What do you think could be
done to further improve faculty-
student relationships?
Amelia Yancy (old girl junior):
Individual conferences are a big
help in improving the relation”
ships. Both the teacher and the
pupil recognize each other as in
dividuals. Teachers should always
try to be encouraging and under
standing, while the students
should be constantly courteous
and considerate.
Susan Purdie (old girl sopho
more) ; More participation by the
faculty would certainly improve
the relationship. An annual bas
ketball game with both teachers
and students participating would
ease possible tension developed in
the classroom. A friendlier atti
tude oil the student’s part would
also create a more amiable atmos
phere.
Mr. Tate: I did not know the re
lationship needed to be improved.
But to foster discussion, 1 will as
sume relations can be improved.
If a student wishes to discuss a
problem concerning her school
work, she should make an ap
pointment with her teacher. If a
student wishes to chat about a
book she has read, a movie she has
seen, or a philosophical problem
.'he has encountered, she should
visit the teacher’s room. Unless
the teacher is busy, he or she -\vill
be pleased, 1 feel sure, to chat
with the student. If a student has
a personal problem to discuss, she
should talk with Miss Richardson
or Dr. Guerry.
If a student wishes to criticize
constructively the school or the
faculty, she should write a letter
(signed, of course) to the editor
of the Belles.
Ann Hauser (senior) : I feel
there should be a mutual respect
between the two groups—perhaps
more combined activities of pleas
ure, along with the work, for in
stance, a faculty versus student
bridge tournament!
Barbara Fletcher (senior) : I’d
like to have informal “get-togeth
ers” between the faculty and stu
dents, such as perhajis a coffee
hour or an athletic activity in
which both groups coidd partici
pate. We need this type of recrea
tion to get away from the formali
ty found in the class room.
Were You There?
FUckereenos
AMHASSADOR THEATRE
Oct. 17-20—“Oregon Trail”
Oct. 21—(one performance) “The
Ballet of Romeo & Juliet”
Oct. 22-31—“The FBI Story”
COEOXV THEATRE
Oct. 15-17—“Hey, Boy! Hey, Girl!”
Oct. 18-28—“Jayhawkers”
STATE THEATRE
Oct. 18-24—“The Wonderful Coun
try”
Oct. 25-28—“Middle of the Night”
VARSITY THEATRE
Oct. 18-19—“The Mating of Sadie”
Oct. 20-21—“Circus of Love”
Oct. 22-2 4—“Son of Robinhood”
Oct. 25-26—“Tea House of the Au
gust Moon”
Oct. 27-28—“Mitsou”
Oct. 2 9-31—“This Earth Is Mine”
The Belles
OF ST. MABY’s
Published every two weeks during
the school year by the student body
of St. Mary’s Junior College.
Entered as 2nd Class matter Dec.
7, 1944, at Post Office, Raleigh, N-
C., under Act of March 3, 1879. Sub
scription $1.00 per year.
BELLES STAFF
Editor-in-chief Peggy PEGUJi’
Assistant Editoi-....Maiuetta NouTiiKor
Xeics Editor Pat MoDaniei
Feature Editor Betty LatW
toeiat Editor Suz.vxxE Taylof.
Aiiiiniiae Editor Webber BelI'
C art 0011 ists Bonxie Bbixsei!
AXD Emily AndebsoS
PhotograiAiers Edith Bade
Axu Sally Thompson
Exehamje Editor Sally Tult
Jlcad Coi>!/ Reader Jane Tarltoi'
Headtine Editor Axxe BostwicK
Head Ti/ijist IoAxxa Watkixs
Itiisiuess Managers Caroli.xE
Ashford axd Barbara ClahkB
Circulation Manager....Julie DayvaljA
NEWS STAFF
Brenda Barnhill, Anne Battle, Han
nah Bell. Martha Pat Bell, Gene Bird
song. Mary Richard Chambers, GayE
Clark. Cleve Fletcher, Frances Dabney
•Jones, Mary Brodie .Tones, Susan Po®’
Kathryn Sawyer.
FEATCRE STAFF
Susanne Bowles. Becky Bullock, Rn-
bin Causey. Pat Exum, Betsy Dunn,
Elaine Graybill, Sallie Harper, Rebecca
Hines. lyois Lynch. Anne RidenhoiUV
Lynn Roberson.
SOCIETY REPORTERS
Tennys Bowers, Mary Chiles, Molly
Dewey.
ALUMNAE REPORTER.S
Grey Watkins.
EXCHANGE STAFF
Gill Holcombe, Susan Keel.
COPY READERS
Jackie Baublitz, Lou Fieklen. Su.sair
Sawyer. Barney Walker.
HEADLINES STAFF
Becky Elmore, B o b b y Fletcher.
JIargaret Friar.
TYPISTS
Margaret Atkinson, Anne Benson.
1 icki Chubb. .Judy Crii)pen, Susan
Fleming, Carter McAlister, Trudy yb-’'
Ginty. Ruth Mills. Jean Taylor, Jl.artha
Taylor, Ashley tVade. Julia Worth.
-MAKE-UP STAFF
Carole Bleimeyer. Mary Anne Carter,
JIartha Hamilton. Forrest Williamson.
CIRCULATIO-N STAFF
Mary Neal Bolch. Ruth Bowles, Jud.V
Crippen. Nancy Grier, Florie McLeod.
Melinda Mes.ser. Anne -Metts, Jnlie
Miller. Lucy Jlilward, Kathy O’LeniG
Martha Parham, JIary Cameron Phil-
lil>s. Frankie Stutts, Dade tVall. Janet
Wiggs. Jane W’ooten.
Challenge
-V new-born babe sleeps in a cradle.
-V lifelong chiillenge awaits him.
The .same challenge awtiits each of ns,
-\nd it .seems to I e forever whE-
l>ering.
To you with wealth and power -
Use it wisely.
To you with burning .■uubition--
Keep the tlame aglow.
To you with leadership and admit'
ers—
Cling to your good standards.
To you with love ainl sympiith.v-'
Give all to your fe'lov. man.
To you with the winning smile—
Enlarge your nmgmgic itersonnlil-''
To you who believe in God—
Keep .vour faith strong.
To you who acceitt the challenge ,
•V whole.some and rewarding l*b'
Will be yours for the asking.
M. .V. /-■• I