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BELLES OP ST. MARY’S October 14, I960 Dramatics Club Begins This Year At its first meeting the Dramat ics Club elected officers and discus sed the forthcoming play to be pre sented just before Thanksgiving. The officers elected were Becky Petrea, president; Pam Wright, secretary; and Arden Pobes, pro gram chairman. Mrs. Nancy Stam- ey is the club’s advisor. The new play will be Sabrina Fair. Alany new girls showed up for try-outs along with some old faces, and some of the new girls are in the cast. Sabrina will be played by Jane Coleman. Jane, a junior, participated in dramatics when she was an underclassman at St. Mary’s. Last year she was a member of the chorus in Antigone and she appeared in an assembly program presented by Airs. Stam- ey’s dramatics class. Alaude, a middle-aged woman of great beauty, dignity, and wealth, will be portrayed by Nanne Chal- grene. Although Nanne is new to the St. Alary’s stage, she has had a lot of past experience. Lii Lii Ridenhour, seen last year in the chorus in Antigone, will play Julia, a magazine editor and wom- an-of-the-world. Lii Lii is also re membered for her appearance in Skin of Our Teeth. At William Reynolds Coliseum, Oct. 21, 1960 The Irish maid, Alargaret, is to be played by a day student, Jane Turner. Jane has worked with the Raleigh Little Theatre and the Children’s Theatre of Raleigh in the past. Gretchen, a glamor girl and a heart-breaker, is Sophia Pike. Sophia has long been active in dramatics, both in high school and at St. Alary’s. The male members of the cast will again include Charlie Faust who is a familiar sight to St. Alary’s audiences. Along with Charlie will be several other State College boys, business men from Raleigh, and drama enthusiasts from Broughton High School. The play goes into rehearsal during the week of October 10. S.M.J.C. Grad Honored College A^outh for Nixon-Lodge, a national student organization of Democrats, Independents and Re publicans who favor the Nixon- Lodge condidacies, announced to day the api)ointment of Aliss Lucy Alilward to its National Steering Committee. Student Publication Aliss Alilward, a resident of Lex ington and a student at the Uni versity of Kentucky, will advise the National Organization on its program. The major purpose of the organization is to offer Democrats and Independents a medium through which they may work for the Nixon-Lodge ticket. Aliss Alilward and approximate ly thirty other student leaders ac ross the nation comprise the Steer ing Committee. She is a graduate of St. Alary’s Junior College, Ra leigh, North Carolina. While she was at St. Alary’s, Aliss Alilward was a staff member on both the yearbook staff and the newspaper staff. President of the Letter Club and President of AIu Athletic So ciety. She entered the University of Kentucky this fall where she is a junior. There are four main student pub lications at St. Alary’s: the Stage Coach, the Muse, the Belles, and the Handbook. The Stage Coach, which will be edited by Gay Davis this year, is the annual, given out each year on Class Day. The Muse is the literary magazine, published in December and June, which will be edited by Alary Ann Carter. Carter AIcAlister is editor of the Belles, the bi-monthly newspaper. The Handbook is the manual of the Student Government Associa tion. The chairman of the Hand,- book Committee is Alargaret Mid- yette. the KINGSTON TRIO, folk- singing collegians who have quick ly become one of the “hottest” acts in the country, will perform nJ, — Friday, Vale Honored The publications staffs are chosen from the college at large, by the editors and faculty advisers on the basis of writing ability in competi tive trials at the beginning of the year. At the end of each year, the three editors, the business manager, and outstanding members of the staffs are awarded keys for the quality and dependability of their work. FACULTY (CONT.) ])revious experience in college coun seling before her arrival here as a resident counselor of students. Airs. Catherine Fish is another new and welcomed addition to the faculty at St. Alary’s. Airs. Fish was born in Philadelphia, Pennsyl vania, and attended Vassar College, then .lohns Hopkins University for graduate work. She married Fred erick Fish, who has his Ph. D. in biology, while she was still in graduate school. The older of Airs. Fish’s two daughters is a graduate history student at U. N. C., and the younger is a biology major at Wake Forest. Airs. ^ Fish has taught at Broughton High School in Raleigh, and has taught an accelerated biol ogy class at State College for ad vanced high school students. Here, Glee Club Organizes The Glee Club has organized under the direction of Aliss Cate and the following officers have been elected: Sue Creech, President; Betty Ferguson, Secretary; Ann Cameron Bowman and Nan Chal- gren. Librarians. The club has scheduled three programs before Christmas vacation, one of which will 1)0 presented on television. St. Alary’s is most proud of its Glee Club, and we are looking forward. to hearing it perform. Last April, St. Alary’s student Kay Vale’s poem “Aloments After Rain” was published in a book of poetry. Young America Sings. This book was organized by the Nation al High School Poetry Association, which selects, through an elimina tion contest, the best poems written by American youth. This summer the same poem was published in another book Songs of Youth. An odd twist of fate is connect ed with the publication of “Alo ments After Rain.” Kay submitted many other ])oems but only as an after-thought included “Aloments After Rain.” Besides being interested in po etry, Kay also enjoys painting, drawing, and playing tennis. The activities she is engaged in this year are the Dramatics Club, the Aluse Staff, and the Canterbury Club. One of Kay’s main projects for the coming year is to Alaster the art of short-story writing. Upon the completion of her col lege work, she hopes to teach Eng lish and continue with her writing. FRUIT BOWL she is teaching biology and hy giene. She has various interests, in cluding English history, reading, sewing and knitting. Airs. Fish has also traveled extensively in the United States, Canada, Alaska, Europe and Bermuda. Green ajiples for the new girls who thought the lunch whistle meant a fire drill. Rotten prunes for the girls who tried to lose weight by losing their dinner—after they’ve eaten. A whole basket of fresh fruit to the girl who had four dates for a weekend and ended uj) with none. An avocado for the girl who lost fifteen pound.s with metrecal and within one week gained ten back. A tangerine for the girl who told the teacher not to call on her be cause she hated to participate in class. Fresh grajies, hard apples, and sweet oranges left over from last year for our bag suppers enjoved by one and all. Leg* Body Begins The Legislative Body of the Stu dent Government Association i> composed of faculty and student members. The faculty members are: Aliss Richardson and two teachers appointed yearly by Dr. Stone; Student members are: Edith Alston and Amelia Yancey, presi dent and vice president of the Student Government respectively! Hannah Wright, chairman of the Hall Council; Sally Upton, presi dent of the day students; two re presentatives from the Junior Class; one representative froiU every other class; Margaret Alid' gette, editor of the Handbook; and the class presidents. The editor of the Handbook and the President of the Student Government ina}' not vote. Suzanne Bowles, who is a Senior Class Representative to the Legis lative Body, was chosen chairinari last year for the 1960-61 term. A secretary will be selected from the class representatives at the first meeting. After class elections the representatives for the Legislative will be elected. 1960 D E B .S On September 9 the Terpsichor- ean Club held its annual Debu tante Ball. Before. that day the North Carolina debs had been roy ally entertained throughout the state. On September 8th all the state debs gathered at the Sir Wal ter Hotel for a week-end of fun. Among the debs presented were about forty girls from St. Alary’s- They were Alary Aloore, Buzzie Aliller, Lii Lii Ridenhour, Ashley Wade, Hadley Alorgan, Susan Poe- Ruth Bowles, Diane Blanton, Gay Davis, Irene AIcGuirk, Alary AnU Carter, Stuart Austin, Celeste Barnette, Alary Lou Dorres, Sarah Levine, Virginia AIcKimmon, Ca bell Rabb, Sis Strong, Alarth® Thomas, Alice Wilson, Julia WortE Kay Land, Anne Battle, Alar}' Brent Elmore, Susan Keel, Alartha Pat Bell, Alartha Rose Lambeth- Ann Cameron Bowman, Sophia Pike, Alolly Cooper, Alary Alar- shall, Ann Aletts, Hannah Wright- Betsy Eagles, Joy Hicks, Aluff Na bors, Cleve Fletcher, and G. C- Saunders. Senior Class Elects Becky Elmore was recently elect' ed secretary of the senior clasS- Becky, who replaces Trudy AR' Ginty, has been an outstandiuS member of the student body R participating in many of St. Alary* extra-curricular activities. She no" serves as feature editor of “t'A Belles” andi is a newly selected member of the “Cold Cuts.” SlF is also a member of the A'oung Re publicans Club, the Altar GuiW' and the Dramatic Club. Other officers of the Senior Cla»“ are Aluff Nabers, President; BcUI Dunn, Vice-president; Cleve FA ' cher, treasurer; and Jill Holconih'^’ legislative body representative. ^ Jill, who is from Charleston, C., was elected by the Senior to serve as legislative body repR sentativc.
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