BELLES OF ST. MARY’S
May 28,1965
Ma
THE BELLES
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BELLES STAFF
Editor ill Ctiicf Lesley Wiiakton
AKSintuiit Editor Nancy .Toiinson
Xcu'S Editor ilAROAUET Anderson
Feature Editor Molly Richardson
Exetiaiujc Editor Theresa Stanley
Eh oto(/raph cr Susan Spiller
Jlcad 'Tuimt Anne Simmons
Cireulatioii Maiiaijcr Mara' Melcher
NEWS STAFF
Bobbie Bell, Kathleen Dale, Susan
Davis, Ann Dixon, Susan Gilbert,
Martha Harrelson, Trish La Motte, Nan
cy Johnson, Julie McCollum, Alice Pnr-
die, Lamar Sparkman, Bagley Waddill.
FEATFRE STAFF
Meg Christian, Susan Crabtree, Claire
Duff, Debbie Ellis, Rae Herrin, Kettle
.lohnson, Shirley McCaskill, I.ucile Mc
Kee. Jackie Walker.
ART STAFF
Debliie Ellks, Ann Lashley.
TYPISTS
Margie Bates, Gayle Boineau, Bee
Host, Zan Deas, Nancy Johnson, Julie
McCollum, Martha Harrelson.
PROOFREADERS
Heather Kilpatrick. Cheryl Koenig.
CTRCFLATION
JIary Block. Cassie Henry. Hettie
Johnscin, Francy Lewis. Julie McCollum,
Neil Parker, Sally Means, Betty Wil-
borne. Betsy Rudisill, Carolyn Finch,
I'eggy Ann ilawes, Martlia Crawley.
ADVISOR
Mr. .iolm Ih Tate.
Letter To The Editor:
Tribute To The
Sophomore Class
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llh!Tk« Viibiixuo^ StHhincr Vocatioa!
Good-Bye Jo Our Seniors
By Rae Herrin
Dear Editor:
For years there has been the tra
dition of May Day at St. Mary’s. It
not only takes a great deal of time
and effort on behalf of the girls who
participate in May Day, but also it
takes a great deal of time and effort
on behalf of Mrs. Bailey and Dr.
Browne to produce May Day. This
year both Mrs. Bailey and Dr.
Browne surpassed their past perform
ances and produced one of the best
May Days that St. Mary’s has ever
seen!
We would like to express a most
sincere “thank you to Mrs. Bailey
for her patience, hard work and un
derstanding that was evident to ev
eryone in May Day. She gave every
one the desire to make this year s
May Day the best ever.
To Dr. Browne we would like to
say, that he really did an excellent
job with those tapes, all four times!
With all trials and tribulations to
overcome. Dr. Browne was a blessing
to May Day. He gave us a techni
cally beautiful May Day, as well as a
visually beautiful May Day.
Neil Parker
NEWS IN BRIEF
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all day: the seniors, blue; the Juniors,
hurgandy; the sophomores, green;
and the freshmen, yellow. After a se
ries of games and races on the ath
letic field, the Juniors proved victo
rious. A picnic was given on the field
following the events.
The time for tears of happiness
and sadness has almost arrived as the
seniors prepare to leave St. Mary s
and to go on to other things. They
must begin packing all that they have
accumulated through the years. No
more boxes may be left in storage
rooms or attics; everything must p.
It is as though every trace of a ’65
senior will be gone.
Many of the seniors have already
begun giving up their places in cer
tain organizations to the Juniors or
underclassmen. This is the second
issue of the Belles to be published by
its new staff. The seniors exclusive
singing group, the Cold Cuts, has
held its tryouts and the girls have
been announced. The Hafl Council
has been taken over by the new
Chairman and Secretary. The Stu
dent Government has installed its
new officers and they have begun
their duties for next year. The new
counselors have been announced and
they will soon know where and with
whom they are rooming.
It is difficult for these seniors to
give up their places, not only in or
ganizations, but as Seniors. They
have had many memories which will
never be forgotten. I am sure many
seniors remember that first orienta
tion week when they began life as a
college freshman; the thrill of meet
ing and wondering about so many
girls. That first hall meeting will be
remembered, where it was discovered
that there were far too many rules to
ever remember. That first campus
tour is not to be forgotten, nor the
confusion of the first paging meet
ing. Many remember the first time
they heard the Cold Cuts and how
much they wanted to be members
and how scared they were when they
tried out. Returning in the fall as
seniors and leaders was quite an ex
perience and summer reading tests
will never be forgotten. The fabulous
trip to Nassau is something that will
always be remembered. All these
grand things that the seniors have
done as a group constitute the hap
piest and most vivid of memories.
Now the time has come for the
new leaders of the school to begin
their duties, to take over the Jobs
done well by the seniors. It is sad to
think that these outstanding girls
must leave their alma mater, but they
know that it remains in qualified
hands. They also know that they will
never be forgotten; they live here in
spirit. And so. Seniors, until Sunday
at six o’clock, when you must walk
down the stars and on to front cam
pus to look back on that which you
leave behind, love and enjoy your
last few hours.
So
Circle Inducts One
Jean Muchmore received one of
the highest honors at St. Mary’s, be
ing inducted into the Circle. She is
one of three Juniors who belong to
this honorary society. The other two
girls are Roslyn Bowers and Judy
Rogers. The Circle walked on May
17 at midnight. Mary Stuart Dent
carried the Circle torch and led the
old members to the circle. Then Jean
was taken in, and Mary Stuart, the
old president of the Circle, gave the
torch to Judy Rogers, the new presi
dent who then led the twenty mem
bers around the campus.
Jean, who is from New Vernon,
New Jersey, was president of the Ju
nior class this year and will be presi
dent of next year’s senior class. She
has played on several Sigma-Mu
teams this year. Also, she is a mem
ber of the choir and the Dramatics
Club. Next year she will be a Cold
Cut member. In addition, she was
elected secretary of the Circle.
What is a Sophomore? A sopho
more is one in that stage of in-be
tween; an underclassman with a
great deal of inferiority, but also an
upperclassman with an even greater
amount of superiority. (“One can
always tell a sophomore, but one can
not tell her much.’’) Sophomores can
be the backbone of a school with
their year of experience behind
them. At St. Mary’s the sophomore .
class is an essential part of our school.
We could not do without them.
Ever since these mighty fifty-two
sophomores have been knee-high, the
year 1965 has always been a year so-
far - in-the-future-that-it-will-never-ac-
tually-be-here. 1965 is their year for
graduation from high school; it is
their year for bacculaureate addresses
and white robes; it is their year to
anticipate college in only three
months. Now 1965— the climax— is
nigh. Tears, laughter, sadness, Joy,
remorse, excitement, gifts, invita
tions, congratulations, teas— from
tears to teas— a sophomore will ex
perience many ineffable emotions
and many unforgettable moments in
her last days of being in that stage
in-between.
Some will go on to higher educa
tion to be again a lowly freshman;
others will come back to St. Marys
to be a two-year old girl as a Junior.
In either case, each girl will be well-
prepared— academically, mentally,
and spiritually (physically, too, if she
has endured Tate and Alorrison tests
on the same day!) Her two years at
St. Mary’s have made a sturdy back
ground for any life ahead. Her fresh
man year was full of new ideas and
new experiences; her sophomore year
was more realistic and demanded s(>
much more. This year was critical
for college acceptances and rejec
tions, requiring hours spent in the
library and less spent getting to know
people (by the time she is a sopho
more, she knows every girl in her
class almost intimately). This year
also demanded the AIust-Break-90
College Boards. Oh, but the non-
academic part! The Sandwich Sales,
the big sisterhood, the Beacon walks,
the New York trip, the bigger week
ends and fewer blind dates, ban
quets. Class Day, Last Will and
Testament—and more and more that
we will never know and they wil
never forget.
The class of '67 (no longer
they ’65-ers when they entered
Mary’s two years ago) has been sai
to be one of the best. Rarely do they
have over one-eighth of their class
in Study Hall . . . they really mus
study! The class is outstanding in 'j^
extra-curricular. There are six gjy ^
in Orchesis, five in the Ensemblej
eleven in the Glee Club, three in
Saints, and four very active
dramatics. The president of th
Y.D.C. is an able-leading sophomor •
The Beacon has never been as suc
cessful (twelve sophomore Be^on^
ites), always encouraging
grades, ideals, and enthusiasm
St. Mary’s. But these statistics shov
basically one thing: the sophomore
at St. Alary’s love their school an
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