BELLES OF ST. MARY’S
December 16, I960
Student-Faculty Relationship at
St. Mary^s
One of the largest complaints against St. Alary’s is the relationship
between the students and the faculty. In such a small school one would
expect a close and compatible relationship between the members of the
St. Alary’s “family,” but the cleavage between the two groujis is as great
as one in a university. The faculty themselves are split, forming their
own individual cliques.
W ho is to blame? The blame can be placed on both the faculty and
the students; for as much as the faculty distrusts the students, the stu
dents distrust the faculty.
W hat can we do about the situation? The faculty has worked to
form a closer union between the students and faculty by creating stu
dent advisors, but how enthusiastically this j)rogram has been carried
out is another question. The students do not place confidence in their
advisors. They go to their advisors with an understanding that the
purpose of the conferences will be to discuss the student’s work and
the students’ other problems are not brought out in the conference.
Students are suspicious, and they do not realize that their advisors
want to help their advisees in any ■ way they can. But the advisors
do not give the students the impression of confidence, interest, and
intimacy.
Some teachers and students have achieved a close relationship, but
the majority of the members of the “family” have not achieved such
a relationship. It is up to everyone to do their share in order that
the St. Alary’s “family” can truly be considered a family.
The purpose of this editorial is to reveal the fact that a close re
lationship does not exist between the students and the faculty, a prob
lem that could easily be solved with a sincere effort from the students
and the faculty.
Beaux-Art Calendt-r
Jorge Bolet, pianist (Com
munity Concerts)
Myers Lecture “Magic oj-
Words” (St. Mary’s)
Detroit Symphony Orches—.
tra (Friends of the Col
lege)
Giiartetto Italiaiio (Cham
ber Music Guild)
Jorgen Bishch and film
“Mongolia and Borneo”
Robert Joffery Ballet
(Community Concerts)
John Ciardi, poet, critic,
essayist (State College)
-17 Knox lecture on Rob
ert Burns (St. Mary’s)
Cleveland Symphony Or
chestra (Community Con
certs)
J. 15. (Friends of the
College)
Malcolm Cowley, novelist,
critic essayist (State Col
lege)
New York Philharmonic
(Friends of the College)
FRUIT BOVAL
An onion to the teachers who
gave huge tests the week before
vacation.
An artichoke to praise Aluff for
the wonderful Senior Banquet.
Spinach to the girls who were
so sharp about skipping assembly.
Squash to those who check dur
ing assembly.
Tomatoes to Patsy Frank who’s
been almost on time lately.
A vegetable diet for the girls
who are overweight.
A steak to Santa Claus.
Tangerines to December 17th.
Cabbage to all the Third Holters
who made such a wonderful appear
ance at breakfast last week.
Fruitcake, turkey and trimmings
to everyone to have a very Merry
Christmas!!
Collard greens to Spenser and
rutabaga to all of his works.
Homm}’ for Brandy’s religious
prejudices.
Feb.
1
Feb.
6
P'’eb.
16
F'eb.
17
Feb.
23
Feb.
24
P’eb.
27
March 16
March 23
April
10
April
18
April
19
Should We Abolish
Christmas?
“Is Christmas economically un
sound? Should the U. S. abolish
the A’ule-tide season in order to
stay ahead of Russia?
The resolution for the abolition
of Christmas reads as follows:
Whereas: The United States
must exert all of its economic mus
cle in order to continue to out-per-
form the Russian economy in the
race for world supremacy, and
Whereas: The waste and excess
caj)acity inherent in our way of
celebrating Christmas, i.e., cards,
trees, decorations, and j^resents,
cannot be tolerated if we are to
survive, and
Whereas: Abolition of Christ
mas, by allowing us to increase
other forms of more desirable con
sumption, will enable the United
States to enjoy a higher standard
of living, and
Whereas: By eliminating frivo
lous vacations, abolition of Christ
mas will enable students to spend
more time studying, and
Whereas: What was once a
Christmas holiday has now become
so paganized and commercialized
as to be unrecognizable. Now there
fore be it resolved by the Dialectic
and Philanthropic Society that:
Article I: Cliristmas should be
abolished.
Article II: A copy of this shall
be sent to Santa Claus. A few die
hard sentimentalists are expected
to put up quite a struggle for the
j)reservation of Christmas.”
This article came from The
Daily Tarheel.
Daffynishions
1) Raisin: A worried gi'ape
2) Engagement: Legal monopoly.
3) Homework: A new- do-it-your
self idea.
4) Ice Cubes: A real cool square.
5) Steam: Water gone crazy with
the heat.
6) Synonym: A word you use when
you cannot spell the other one.
7) Etc.: A sign used to make oth
ers believe you know more than
you do.
8) Love: The only game which is
never called off because of dark
ness.
9) Flirt: A woman who believes
it’s every man for herself.
Cold Front Hits
Has anyone noticed changes in
the students’ behaviors lately? Be
tween classes there appears to be
a mad rush through the back cam))-
us. It seems as if everyone has tak
en a new interest in her classes be
cause everyone is running to class.
This stark-raving madness has
hit the entire student body. One
reason is that the artic weather
that has blown in from the west
has created a burning chill upon
each and, every one of the “lily-
whites” at St. Alary’s. Also it could
be that the tests everyone has had
every class this past week have
caused the sudden dash for class.
At any rate, it is always jdeasant
to see such vivid enthusiasm among
the students at St. Alarv’s.
THE BELLES
OF ST. MARY’S
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Stomachs Hurt?
Looking at one critical list at St-
Mary’s, we find two nervous, i)'"
treated stomachs accompanied b)
equally nervous ulcers belongml?’
of course, to two overwrought
iors, Betty Lou Williams ahh
Trudy .Johnson.
Their “daily bread” consists
baby foods (strained), milk,
tatoes (mashed), and ground bee
(broiled). These iioor girls,
get any good food. They liYC e
this semi-liquid diet, but the.
seem to lie doing very well!
The meals at St. Mary's suje^
ly ought to look good to us at
a glimpse at the menu of tliese tw
lost souls.