Vol. XXIV, No. 6
How to Study
for Exams
All around the St. Mary’s cam
pus the first small tensions about
the fast approaching exams are be
ginning to be felt. These tensions
'vill continue to snowball until, on
tile 23rd of January, they have
reached the point of mass hysteria.
Many of us would like some ‘time
ly’ tips on how to study at this
crucial time. Miss Ellington, Mr.
Tate, and Mr. Shellans have been
kind enough to give us some rules
of study at exam time. They are
us follows:
^Ir. Shellans—
How TO STUDY FOR EXAMS
(or Happy Amnesia!!)
Since this perhaps somewhat
uaiye instructor is operating on the
basic premise that students have,
10 a sense, been preparing for
oxains all semester simirly by ful-
filling their daily study obliga
tions, he can turn his attention
lunnediately to special approaches
or techniques which may give
huick and direct assistance in pre
paring for exams.
First of all, a word should be
®uid about one’s attitude toward
und understanding of the purpose
of examinations. Some of you lov-
iies may consider exams to be tor
turous instruments by means of
1) hich sadistic teachers take de-
oght in finding out all of the many
httle things you don’t know. Ac
tually (and here I go again on the
oaivo kick) the instructor’s pri-
luary j)urpose is to sample the stu-
opnt’s knowledge of the most sig
nificant subject matter of the
course. Therefore, he draws upon
tue major ()rinciples and important
details set forth in his lectures, in
t'lG textbook, and in the outside
headings. The student who under
stands the nature and purpose of
ci^ains will make a systematic,
analytical, and comprehensive re-
I’lew of the course materials, and
"’ll! enter the examination room
I'ltli just normal concern rather
tlian severe anxiety.
The tyi)c of review I have sug
gested necessitates the student
‘lavmg access to a full set of lec
ture notes and a well organized
iiud comprehensive outline of the
tust and all sui)plementary read
ings. To these materials 1 would
ulso add earlier tests returned to
i'e student, for teachers freqiient-
duplicate (with i)crhai)s some
J^hiinge in phraseology) those ques-
U)us most often flubbed on regular
Course (piizzes.
. lien studying for examinations
t liave found it of great advantage
''cith regard to eventual test
Achievement) to play the role of
(VontUnu'd on I’nyc 4)
Belles
OF ST. MARY’S
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
January 13, 1961
OUR CHOICE!
May Day Nominating Committee
Announces Candidates
The May Day Nominating Ccim-
mittee was announced m assmnbly
on Januaiw 5. This year Betsy
Dunn from Winston-balem is serv
ing as chairman of the
cLinittee. Other members of the
nnnimittee are Rosemary Adair,
Man- Richard Cliambers, Sharon
Find,, I.uiaa-
T omlieth Mary Bryan Pitt, Mary
Lvnn Pond, Carlton Savage Missy
Williamson, and Pam
The committee met on Monday
nif'lit to nominate the candidates
for IMay Queen. The candidates
were'.Molly Cooper and Jean ^ip-
i^p]^ In Assembly on luesday
Imininees from the floor were Ar
den Fobes, Ann Osterman, and So-
Hke! Al .np„er on Wodnes-
Hav Betsv proudly announced that
AMen Fobes was St. Mary’s choice
for Mav Queen. .
Wednesday night the nominat
ing committee chose thirteen girls
Circle Activities
On the Wednesday before Christ
mas vacation the Circle members
gave a Christmas party in the gym
for the faculty and the Student
body. Taking the traditional role
of Santa Claus was Frances Doug
las, who passed out candy canes to
everyone. At one point during the
program Miss Bason sat in Santa’s
lap to tell her Christmas List.
The Cold-Cuts furnished the
evenings entertainment. The re
freshments were hot chocolate and
doughnuts.
New members, tapped by the
Circle on January 4, are Hannah
\Vright, Linda Ramsey, and Sally
Upton. These three seniors have
proved outstanding in their activi
ties at St. Mary’s during the past.
Hannah is Chairman of Hall
Council, a Hall Counselor, past
Junior class officer and a member
of the Granddaughter’s Club. Lin
da is Secretary of Hall Council. A
Hall Counselor, and a past mem
ber of the Glee Club and Ensem
ble. Sally is President of the Day
Student Class and a member of
the Business Staff of the Stage
coach.
for the May Court; Diane Blan
ton, Winston Conner, Molly Coop
er, Mary Lou Dorris, Ginny Her
on, Mary Brodie Jones, Frances
Leonard, Jean Lippels, Carlisle
Northington, Ann Osterman, Han
nah Wright, Haynes Walker, and
Cydne Wright. In Thursday’s as
sembly nominations were open to
the floor for the election of the
May Court. The twenty-six girls
that were nominated were Alartha
Pat Bell, Lynn Boyce, Jane
Brooks, Carolyn Brown, Nanne
Chalgren, Mary Richard Cham
bers, Vicky Coxe, Mary Daniell,
Betsy Eagles, Sharon Finch, Mar
garet Glenn, Archer Lee Hannah,
Val Hodgson, Ann Hundley, Edith
Kellerman, Sarah Levine, Frances
McLanahan, Hadley Morgan, So-
(diia Pike, Lane Norman, Susan
Poe, Linda Ramsey, Joanne Ro-
chow, Carleton Savage, and Nona
Walker.
Sophomores Plan
for College
With the coming new year we
find the sojdiomores making plans
for college. Some of the girls will
return to St. Mary’s. Those return
ing are: Carolyn Miller, Lucie
Rouse, Haynes Walker, Cydne
Wright, Susan Goode, Gee Canada,
Ann Farmer, Mary Myrers, Tim
Sirmonkol, Susan Hathaway. Nan
cy Baum, and Alarianne Eubank.
Others remaining in North Caro
lina are Robin Causey, Salem;
Barbara Craig and Kay Vale,
Duke; and Val Hodgson, Carolina.
However, there are several girls
leaving North Carolina for Vir
ginia and South Carolina. Jane
Moore will attend Sweet Briar,
Jane McGown and Elaine Graybill
will be at Hollins while Jean
Stromanis at Converse. There arc
still other girls who are going near
er home to school or who have a
spirit of adventure. Sally Quillian
is going to Auburn University in
Alabama, Jane Wands, University
of Kentucky, and Emma Lou Bul
lard and Cynthia Nixon, Universi
ty of Tennessee. We can see that
a number of Sophomores still don’t
seem to know where. they are go
ing. However, their ideas seem to
run parallel to those presented
above.