BELLES OP ST. MARY’S
May 6, 1960
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A GOAL FOR COLLEGE
SUMMER PLANS
((Continued from Page 1)
The ]VIarch 7th edition, of Time
Alagazine had an interesting article
entitled “The Race to College.”
The sub-title read “It Takes Good
Nerves—and Good Planning.” Part
of the article, entitled “A Goal to
Work Toward,” proved most fas
cinating and most inspiring; “One
glittering example of how the uni
versities may develop is Alichigan
State’s remarkable new liberal arts
branch at Oakland [Time, Sept.
28). Completely reversing the “tech
ang ag” image of its parent insti
tution, Oakland is an avowedly
intellectual school limited to such
rigorous matters as rhetoric, Rus
sian, philosophy of science. Last
month Oakland’s first 570 fresh
men got the shock of their lives:
43% flunked in cliemistry, calculus
and economics. Nothing like this
ever happened at old M.S.U. Says
18-year-old Alike Deller: ‘It’s
rough, really rough. But I’m glad.
Some day it’s going to mean some
thing to say you graduated from
here.’ ”
aration, steady saving, wise choos
ing, and resolution not to be stam
peded in' the rat race.”
According to the articles, the na
tion’s high schools will graduate
approximately 1,800,000 students
this June. Not all of these students
will go on to college. Time predict
ed that by 1970 the college enroll
ment might go to the 9,000,000
mark. Quite a jump!
No longer docs the high school
girl follow in her mother’s and
grandmother’s footsteps to Vassar
unless her head is twice the size
of her elder’s. In another twenty
some years (when our children will
prepare to pack for “their home
away from home”), the Vassar
mother’s daughter will have to have
a body made up completely of cere
brums in; order to attend her
mother’s Alma Alater.
The camps about North Caro
lina are also attracting a great deal
of the girls. Chief Alarshal Cooper
and Atkinson will be counseling
the water sports at Green Cove
Camp. Leslie Redding’s working at
Camp Yonahlosse, and Anna Cay
Henny will be at Ton-a-Wandah.
Last, but not least. Gay Davis will
be found at Camp Sea Gull between
trips to Wrightsville, Blowing Rock,
and Alarion.
“For thousands of other young
sters, this is precisely the goal to
work toward. College should mean
much, and one that does can be
found. What it takes is early prep-
The content of the last para
graph is extremely exaggerated, but
the basic message is fact, not fic
tion. I’m not saying that it is neces
sary for us to ride the “intellectual
train” for the rest of our college
days (it’s not in our blood), but
I’m saying that it is necessary that
we inspire our children to “dig that
Curriculum.”
Among those girls with under
standing trips and jobs are Lila
Wolff, Linda Ramsey and Winston
Conner. Lila is working in. the
slums of Baltimore. Linda is having
open house all summer in Jackson
ville and welcomes anyone. Winston
is “going west” to ride those horses
—part of the time. Nurse Ellen
Walker will be working in a hos
pital in, Durham. Eathel Bowie is
going far from home to wait on
tables in A'ellowstone Park. Our
“A^ank” Brittain is taking a “rip
roaring” trip to Norway to see her
great-grandparents. (They’re the
ones from whom she inherited that
great Norwegian blood she’s so
proud of.)
^ Nancy Heath, Kee Wheelis, and
Charlotte A illiams are taking off
for Nassau— lucky girls!
A few of the girls weary of the
turmoil of school life— AIcAlister,
Pike, Harper, Benson, Lover, Key
es, and Hicks—have stated their
plans to “drink fast, love hard, and
die young.”
Our congratulations extend to
Betty Lou Williams, Webber Bell,
Kathy Davidson, Vicky Taylor,
Jane Todd, and Jo Ann Smith who
are taking that “fatal Step” this
summer!
B e have had a request from one
of our outstanding, outgoing seniors
who is looking desperately for a
job, anywhere, any wages, any
time. If anyone has something in
mind, see Footnote.
avERRGE CouECi
yruueriTjn ao Yefuw
Time to push on now to better
things— European History, Vol. II,
tlie Iliad and well, you name it!
Best of luck to you seniors and bet
ter luck to the uj)-and-coming sen
iors; you’ll need it!
Have a wonderful ^■acation—
l)ye, now
Class Projects Soon To End Granddaughter’s
As this school year draws to an
end, time still remains for classes
to carry out future i)lans and fin
ish up old projects.
The ])rojects of the Freshman
Class this year have included the
sale of hot dogs and the recent giv
ing of a dance for their own class,
as well as for members of the Soi)h-
omore Class. As for future plans,
the Freshmen will soon i)rescnt
an assembly ])rogram.
lovely rendition of “S.ALS.,” the
tragic story of a girl named Sally.
On the agenda for the Sophomores
is a class picnic.
Club Present Skit
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Tlie Junior Class projects have
been a White Elephant Sale and the
sale of St. Mary’s ash trays. The
Juniors recently presented an as
sembly jirogram, and their future
plans include a class picnic.
The projects of the Sojihomore
Class have included the sale of St.
!Mary’s scrap books and the sale
of sandwiches each Saturday night.
High on the list of achievements of
the Sophomore Class is their win
ning of the song contest with their
The main jiroject of the Senior
Class has been the ojieration of the
Senior Little Store. Their .school
year was highlighted by a banquet
before Christmas. The Seniors will
soon liave a class picnic, and, of
course, the event uiipermost in each
girl’s mind is graduation.
^ On Ajiril 19, the Granddaughter’s
Club i>resented its annual assembly
])rogram to the student body. Un"^-
der the able direction of Betty Lat-
ta, St. Maiy’s in the future was
jiortrayed in two scenes, one the
Old Student-New Student reception
and the other a room in a dormi
tory. Florence Nash entertained at
the recejition with an original poem
dejiicting life at St. Mary's in the
future with the beat generation
dominating the scene. In the second
scene our dreams of luxurious dor
mitory life came true. All in all,
the Granddaughter’s Club protiuc-
tion was a huge success.
Sigma-Mu Com
petition About To End
The Sigma-Mu competitive year
will come to a close after four tour
naments—softball, tennis, archer}'
and golf—have been jilayed. The
athletic year, of course, will reach
its climax at the annual Sigma-iNGi
banquet to be held on May ‘2h-
Here the plaques will be jiresenteu
to the athletic club which has ac
cumulated the most points this ycai
and the three individual girls v'ho
made the highest number of points
during the year will receive the
highest athletic award.