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BELLES OF ST. MARY’S November 18, 1960 UNC Coeds Hypocrites Thanksgiving Plans Honor Occasion “Generalities have loopholes, but it is not an overstatement to say that the majority of UNC coeds are repugnant hypocrites. “Hypocrite derived from the Greek is ‘one who plays a part on the stage.’ This campus is the ‘stage’ for the coed’s role to be played to perfection. The setting is a girl’s Utopia: four males to every coed. “Most coeds are not naturally hypocritical when they come here. It is a role they assume in a short period of time. This is quite ob vious to sec because girls at Wom en’s College, Meredith, St. Mary’s, and East Carolina don’t have the obnoxious traits so common to our devious coeds. Most female gradu ate students, if they weren’t under graduates here, show less signs of deceit than do younger coeds. There seems to be a direct correlation be tween sickening gooey sweet-talk of the most vacuous nature (the words ooze), and the gossip clubs that some jieople call social sorori ties. I would venture to guess that part of the reason that coeds are devoid of sincerity is due to the l)sychological effects of the Uni versity’s beauty combined with the relatively captive male population. Both serve to stimulate our coeds to ])ut on the almost inevitable masquerade. “As the affef'tedly modest coed saunters along there is a certain gaiety to her step, reminiscent of the precocious 10 year old on her way to a party. Certainly parties and masquerades go well together. ‘Ah gee o me, a masquerade party.’ Who said that? ‘Not me,’ cooed the coed. ‘No, girl, not you! You’re not cai)able of telling the truth.’ “At the masquerade party we play games according to rules that should not be violated. There is no referee except a i)layer’s conscience, but let’s not let a little thing like that stand in our way. Obey the rules of the game. (First prize goes to the girl with the best line.) Don’t spoil the fun! “ ‘I just enjoyed it so much, George. It was just devine.’ “ ‘Can we get together next Fri day night?’ “ ‘Well ... I don’t know just now, what with exams and every thing. Call me Wednesday. Well . . . Goo’ night, it was simply de- vine.’ “The truth is she didn’t enjoy herself at all. (Two minutes later to roommate: ‘He was the most horrible date ever, and if I ... .’ However, George is going to call on Wednesday, but he is the ‘date insurance’ in case Tom who fre quents The Ranch House and drives a 1960 light blue convertible neglects to call. “It is a slow process, but George will learn, and by the time he is a senior, he will become part of a hard core of cynics. “Some men students choose to play the game; with experience the challenge is met, as they degrade themselves to use the same tactics. “ ‘You believe him your dupe; but if he is pretending to be so, who is the greater dupe, he or you?’ La Bruyere “Even though the majority of UNC coeds are hypocrites, that is not to say they usually resort to barefaced lies. They arc intelligent enough to be subtle. Of course— they were intelligent to transfer from an all girls school, (nursing students and dental hygiene majors didn’t waste time) where they de veloped and polished the art of subtly in preparation for ‘the party.’ It takes the form of Mc- Carthyisms, half-truths, as well as exaggeration of the simplest events. Excessive use of purfume and. scented powders, by coeds, befuddle the men around them. This strikes me as humorous, yet with all that coeds do, it is what they don’t do that is most important: Their cruellest lies are often told in si lence. “For a coed to be truthful with herself and the opposite gender, she must have ‘genuine’ self-respect and self-confidence, else there would be no need for her personality facade. Vanity is swept away when not supported, by a ‘counterfeit present ment.’ I find it almost a privilege to meet a girl who is conceited be cause of what she is, rather that what she pretends to be.” This article is from “The Daily Tar Heel” and was written by Mike Robinson. FRUIT BOWL Pomegrantes to the faculty member who puts absentee slips in the Beiles box. Grape juice to the choraiers who sang the unusual congratula tions in the dining room. Pears to the seniors who shared Hal loween with neighboring institu tions of higher learning. Rotten apples to the teacher who plans tests the day after our concerts! 11 Peaches to the new officers and much success for the year. Sour grapes to the brains who’made “A” on the summer reading test!! Persimmons to the teacher who ob serves Shock Faculty Day . . . A basket of fruit to the Young Demo crats and Republicans and their fine job on the rally. ’Til next time, limes for everyone go ing to Germans!!! Cold Cuts Honor Kappa Alphas The Cold Cuts have many excit ing ])lans for this year. The most thrilling one will take place to day. The Cold Cuts have been asked to play for the Kappa Alphas at State. As plans stand now they are to play at the fraternity house from five to six after which they are invited to stay for a hillbilly party. They also are planning to give an assembly jirogram here at school before Thanksgiving, and they plan by that time to have many new songs to sing for the students. The Cold Cuts are also looking forward to taking jiart in the con cert whicli tlie school gives at State in IMarcl' St. Alary’s girls will spend their Thanksgiving holidays in various l)laces around the country. True to form, there will be the usual trips to New York and this year among the lucky ones will be the follow ing: Winston Conner, June Boddie, and Jane Coleman, who will be meeting Peggy Patton and Ellen Walker in New A’ork; Aluff Na- bers, Chasie Allen, Carleton Sav age, Alartha Pat Bell, Julia Worth, Ginny AIcKinnon, Ruth Bowles, Sophia Pike, and Dede Keyes, who will have their headquarters at the Roosevelt; Alartha Temple, Nancy Heath, Erwin Parrott, Vickie Coxe, Jackie Baublitz, and Daphne Con nelly, who will be meeting some of the old girls, Pat Exum, Harriet Houston, Louise Pryor, Lou Fick- len, Em Howell, and Frances Hol ton. There will be several debutante functions. Ruth Alills will be pre sented at the Assembly in Green ville; Robin Pleasants will be in Baltimore for the holidays where she will be presented for the Batchelor’s Cotillion. Four of the Charleston girls, Courteney AIc- Dowell, Alary Daniell, Alargaret Smith, and Jane Brooks, will be presented at the Carolina Assembly Ball. Harper is going to see Tommy in High Point. Tim will spend the holidays in Rocky Mount with the E. K. Graveley’s. KoKo will be in Charlotte “just visitin’,” and Ro- chow is going all the way to Flori- I da for some home cooking. Several of the girls will be entertaining their roommates: Mary Larsen will I be visiting Tudie Blythe in Green ville, Nanne Chalgren will be in ^ Charleston visiting the AIcDowell’s, and Barbara Brittain will be in Asheville with Anna Cay’s family- And last but not least, Sheff and Gill are going to Charleston!!! It will really be hard to find any of the girls that are more excited about the holidays than those who are going home to see their parents for the first time since September 12. Home will really be a welcome sight, especially for the new girls. Just the thought of being able to sit around without having to worry about homework, to sleep late in the morning, and to talk over all the ridiculous things that have hap pened in the last eight weeks (can you believe it’s really been that long?) sounds like a perfect holi- dav. American History Term Paper Published Last spring Barbara Craig, who is a sophomore this year, wrote a term paper in her American His- toiy class for Air. Cannon. He was so impressed with her term paper that he took the paper to the N. C. State Department of Archives and History’. This summer they published it in booklet form. The title of her term paper was “The Wright Brothers and their De velopment of the Airplane.” She j)icked this subject because as a child she lived in Dayton, Ohio, and she became familiar with the subject. Her term paper is now being distributed to the school children of the state. This month the booklet is going to be reviewed in The State, a North Carolina magazine. Swimming Club Starts Practice This year the swimming club, under the sponsorship of Aliss Lloyd, is composed of sixteen members with Alargaret Atkinson as president and Suzanne Bowles as secretary-treasurer. Other girls in the club are: Betsy Dunn, Shar on Finck, Sally Harper, Penny Ives, Frances Jones, Suzanne Alill- er, Sophie Pike, Joanne Rochow, Sherry Pitzer, Alargaret Smith, Liza Sory, Helen Thackston, Ann Thompson, and Betty Whalen. During its weekly two hour meet ings the club is practicing strokes and stunts to be used for the water ballot to be given in Alarch of 1961. The ambition of the swimming Barbara has many hobbies. She enjoys reading and embroidering- Recently she finished her second , cross-stitch quilt. She also likes , to collect interesting information. This information includes travel folders, magazine articles, and government i)amphlets. She has filed this infonnation in a four drawer filing cabinet. Some of the information which she used ie writing her term paper came froin these files. Here at St. Alary’s Barbara is a member of the Young Republicans Club and the Canterbury Club. Next year she plans to enter Duke University. There she will major in biology and minor in either math, physics, or chemistry. club is to be to swimming what Orchesis is to dancing at St- AIary’’s. Already the Club has been i^' vited to attend a swimming meet at the University of North Caro lina. Aliss Lloyd hopes that the Club will be able to see the swim ming meet at Duke, also. Although no specific plans haY® been made, the swimming club has several ideas for this year’s work- , Some of its tentative plans are- t to have a mock Olympics at the school and to hold a synchronize swimming meet, where one woul be judged on different skills exe cuted.
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