BELLES OF ST. MARY’S
November 9, 19621
THE BELLES
OF ST. MARY’S
Students Reflect On Cuban Crisis
Published every two weeks during
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Campus Eyesore
A Day Student Speaks
COFFEE GROUNDS
By Cornelia Fitzgerald
Until November 11, there will be
at the North Carolina Museum of
Art an original and exciting exhibi
tion of sculpture by the fifteenth
century artist Tilman Riemensch-
neider.
This relatively unknowm artist
was bom in 1460 in the central part
of Gennany. At the wish of an in
fluential uncle, he became a cleric
of a low order, but he soon aban
doned religious study to become a
sculptor. In 1483, he moved to
Wurzburg, where he lived for the
rest of his life and where he had
great influence. Three of his four
wives died before him, and his three
sons all became artists. He took an
active part in the Peasant’s Revolt
in 1525; six years later ho died. Al
though well-known during his life
time, Riemenschneider dropped in
to obscurity until the nineteenth
century. Now he has gained fame
as an outstanding sculptor.
This exhibition has attracted a
great deal of attention throughout
the United States and in North
Carolina for several reasons. The
primary reason for this attention
is that it is the first Riemenschnei
der exhibition ever to be held in the
United States. It is especially im-
The role of being a day student at St. Mary’s is more difficult than
it would seem. More than anything else, it is a case of divided loyalties.
V\ e simply do not have as much time to give to extra-curricular activities
as w'e might like. In addition to our responsibilities at home, most of us
belong to church and civic organizations. St. Mary’s, as much as we love
her, cannot become for us the second home that she does for the boarders.
Day students do not belong to as many of the organizations at St.
Mary’s as they might like to because most meetings take place at 6:30 in
the evening. For the boarding students this is a very convenient time, but
it would be almost impossible for a day girl to attend them without com
pletely upsetting her family’s schedule. Also, it is inconvenient for day
students “to see Jane Doe in room 431 about dues.” It often means a spe
cial trip back to school at a time when the girl is most likely to be in her
room.
The overall relationship between boarding and day students at St.
Mary’s is a warm one. Many lasting friendships have been made among
the girls. The day students feel a part of St. Mary’s, and we realize our
responsibility to the school. We are proud of St. Mary’s, and we will re
member fondly our years here. Many of us feel that perhaps we have the
better of two worlds. Kay Childers
jiortant to North Carolinians be
cause it is the first major sculpture
exhibition to be held at the North
Carolina Museum of Art. This ex
hibition has been made possible
though the dedication and enthusi
asm for Tilman Reimenschneider of
the Director of the Museum, Dr.
.lustiu Bier.
the wood are the main factors in
this realism.
Riemenschneider’s words follow
the medieval theme of religion.
However, unlike most northern Eu
ropean works of the time, Riemen
schneider’s have an amazing real
ism that makes them attractive to
the twentieth century observer. The
minute detail in all his works, the
expression of the faces, the folds in
the robes, and the satin texture of
The twenty pieces of sculpture in
the exhibit have been lent to the
North Carolina Museum by private
collectors and museums in the Uni
ted States, Canada, and Europe.
Some of the donators are The
Louvre, Paris, France; AValters Art
Gallery, Baltimore, Md.; Gennan-
ischos National ^Museum, Nurem
berg, Gennany; and the Rijks Mu
seum, Amsterdam, the Netherland.s.
A Cuban crisis is nothing new i»
international diplomacy, but the
present situation is a result of
American action, rather than Rus
sian. For the first time since Fidel
Castro took over in Cuba, the Uni
ted States government has taken
decisive steps to counteract Red ag
gression in this hemisphere.
e wonder why there is allowed to persist on the St. IMary’s campus
such an eyesore as the Eliza Pittman Battle Memorial Auditorium The
building itself has many merits: it is structurally sound; its seating ca
pacity could ideally be larger but is adequate; it has very good acoustics
and a new lighting system. But to anyone coming to St. Mary’s to attend
a concert, lecture, or play, the first sight of our auditorium makes a most
disillusioning picture. From the columns in the front to the elaborate
*-SS"and-dart trim, the paint on the auditorium is cracking and peeling.
And this has been the sight greeting students and visitors for at least
four years now.
Schools do operate on limited budgets and efforts are made to main
tain and improve the physical appearance of our campus. But we do won
der why a building used at least twice weekly by all students and several
times during the year by many visitors has been so consistently ignored.
At St. Mary’s reaction to this
change from endless rounds of ne
gotiations to positive action is de
cidedly favorable. The possible
threat of nuclear destruction is be
ing pushed into the background by
the re-emergence of this nation
a dynamic force in international re
lations. The only criticism which
has been made is that such action
was too long in coming.
Rosemary Sparkman commentedf
“I think Kennedy did the righf-
thing, but I also think he did it two
years too late. If he had supported
the Monroe Doctrine from the be
ginning of his administration,
would not have the tension caused
by the Red missile bases in Cuba.’
Carol Ashley also voiced a fa'''
orable opinion. “If Kennedy bad
backed down again like he did a
year ago, we would have been g>'"
ing up to Communism.”
Ann Hundley expressed a similar
opinion. “If Kennedy had backed
down in Cuba, we would have beea
practically handing over the wboF
Free World to Russia.”
Linda Moore, also expressing a
favorable view, said, “I believe tl^
Kennedy did the right thing.
showed the Russians that we
■ent I
tend to use all our power to prev
Communism from over-running h'
Western Hemisphere.”
The week after the announcenje
>nt
of Kennedy’s change of policy
rc-
vealed that the students of ® ;
Mary’s have adopted an attitude o
approval toward the United Sta ^
quarantine of Cuban shipP'^®^
President Kennedy has asked ^
support of his actions; supp°
from St. Alary’s students is
much in evidence.
Punctuation
Figures in Space
Venture
On July 22 the first rocket i’’
atio”
tended to discover new infoi’ina
about Venus was launched '
Cape Canaveral. It strayed
its path, out of control, and ha
be destroyed.
According
to Richard E.
tlF
son, launch vehicle director
,cd by
Since this is such as unusual ex
hibition, everyone should take off
an afternoon to see it. Not only is
it a pleasure to see such fine sculp
ture, but it is an art education in
itself.
National Aeronautics and
Agency, the failure was caus
the omission of a hyj)hcn
equation. Three hundred tes ^
of the equation had failed
veal the error.
Cost of the shot, the AssoO
Press said, was $18,000,900
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