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BELLES OF ST. MARY’S
February
FOCUS
By Derin Uyanik and
Barbara Jones
“Anybody going to the village^
If it wouldn’t be too much out of
your way, we’d like a ride. By the
waj-, what’s your name?”
“Gue.ss what girls? We’re all on
a committee! It’s the transporta
tion committee to the Angus Baim,
and if we really pack ’em in it
might take one trip, but no more
than two, and we’ll only have to
use a tank of gas!”
“Seniors! We get to wave fla.sh-
lights at the Halloween Party!”
“Juniors! Maybe they don’t
know your name, but we bet they
know the kind of car you drive!”
“Seniors, at the Banquet we
weren’t even given an award for
‘The Most Able To Drive’!”
“Gee, iMadam President, I’m
sorry 1 didn’t get to help with
decorations for the White Ele
phant Sale, but 1 was at home
baking cakes all afternoon!”
“Since you have a class, how
about letting me use your car?”
“Golly that girl with the long
blonde hair in the Glamour Con
test sure was pretty—too bad she’s
a Day Student.”
“What we have here is a fail
ure to communicate.”
If you have been offended by
the above remarks, then maybe
you are one of the guilty people.
We are not directing our remarks
to those who have made an effort
to know the Day students, but
only to those who do not realize
that we too are a part of St.
xMary’s.
The Day Students were hurt in
regard to the Valentine’s Party
for the Junior Class on February
14, 1968. At this party the toast
wa.s vaguely to the tune of, “we
don’t know your names, so stand
up so we can see you. You’re
known for your athletics, wit
pins, lavalier.s, bridge, intelligence’
and ears” ’
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OF ST. MARli.
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BELLES STAFF ,ov
Editor in Chief LyndE® y
Assistant Editor Paula
Feature Editor Jessica GitpO
Subscription Editor GingEB Hgr
^change Editor Suzanne Wnp
Photographer AnnE^p^,
Head Typist Jennie
Circulation Editor Nancy Iw ^
NEWS STAFF
Dru Haley, Cynthia McAlistE^'c ,
Ragland, Jane Aycock, Marki BerC', ® '
Reid, and Mattie Simmons.
FEATURE STAFF
Lisa Romanek, Mimsie Robei*
Blue, Derin Uyanik, Barbara Ji>E**'U'l
Jessica Gillespie. Jan
TYPISTS
Jeannette Holt, Cathy Svvaii^^fte
Maupin, Becky Bell, Peggy ft
Jennie Andrews. eae]
CARTOONIST j’'-
Boyd and Parks Stewart' uea
PROOFREADER
Nancy Richardson.
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CIRCULATION . ijden
Mindy Bell, Jane Cheshire,
Frances Gordon, Betsy Masoft i«
Dobson, Ann London, Dru Iq
Sandlin, Carol Malcolm, and
•Matthews. i ^
and cars.
Perhaps to some of you this
doesii t seem too offensive But to
those of us who are Day Students,
we leel that we have a legitimate
complaint. And the Junior Class
I arty is not the sole reason for
our complaints. It was otdy the
straw that broke the camel’s baek.
We are required to go to chapel •
we are required to attend Student
Government meetings; we are re
quired to attend cla.ss meetings-
we are init on the dehciency list ■
we are put on the academic pro
bation list—just as you are. But
attending meetings and being put
on lists do not make one a part of
the school. We have Day Students
in Signia-Mu, Orchesis, Dramatics
Club, St. Genesius, Granddaugh
ter’s Club, Sea Saints, Glee (drib
the YDC and YRC, Cold Cuts,
Tennis Club, Letter Club, on the
.May Court, on the Belles, Stage
coach, Muse staffs and in the
Beacon. As a matter of fact, it
would be hard to think of a club
or organization on campus that
does not have at least one Da.v
Student member. Yet this does not
compensate for the feeling of re
jection.
This feeling of rejection is a
hard one to accept. We, the Day
Students, love St. Mary’s just as
much as you boarders do. But it
is difficult to love a school of
which you arc not a jiart. They
say that in college you make
friends that will last you the rest
of your life, but how can yon
make friends when you are handi
capped by the tag, “DAY STU
DENT”?
We realize that the boarders are
not the only ones to be blamed;
the Day Students too must share
part of it. The Day Students really
would like to work for their
classes and the school. We admit
that not all the Day Students are
willing to work, but neither are
all the boarders. Our girls are
very qualified to help. We have
people who .served their high
schools well. We have cheerlead
ers, class officers, presidents of
Student Governments, Honor So
ciety members. Service Club mem
bers, committee chairmen, and
jminy, many more. It is not the
ack of experience that holds us
back It wouldn’t hurt a class
President to appoint a Day Stu
dent committee chairman, or a
committee chairman to appoint a
my student committee member
M e are here waiting to be asked.
Mould you help, please?” (We
feel used rather than useful when
your only requests are for trans
portation or food.)
. people, a Day Student
^ )u .V a means of transportation.
Me take people to the Villatre
downtown, and to the airport, but
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Who are the Day Students? Do
you know ? There seem to be quite
a lot of people at St. Mary’s that
know the Day Students only by
the fact that they have taken over
the Chaplain’s House, or that they
sit aeross from you in some class,
or that they have cars. But stop
cUid think, just how manv Day
Student names do you know?
Day Students are just as much
a part of the activities of St.
.Mary’s as anyone else. The onlv
difference is that they live a‘t
home instead of on campus. E'er
this reason, however. Day Stu-
d^ents should not be outsiders.
They shouldn’t be isolated and left
out of the things that they come
to St. Mary’s to participate in.
You may think that since the
Day Students are not required to
come to everything that happens
on campus, then you are not “re
quired” to get to know them. You
aren’t. But you must memeinber
that Day Students are at a di-sad-
vantage. They have family respon
sibilities as well as academic re
sponsibilities to maintain. This is
a load for anyone to carry. Also,
contrary to popular opinion, not
all the Day Students have their
own cars.
How many times have vou been
given a ride by a Day Student and
not known her name? Just ask
some of the seniors how thev got
to the Angus Barn. You. of course
realize that you are taking up this
P;>’.sons time and gas to get von
where you want to go. Did vou re
member to thank them ? ■
The Day Students doiG,I®i
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offering a means of transi>®'j|‘ A
to the Boarders, but it -
feeling that they are bci''|j tc
that is irritating. How ‘
feel if you were a Da.v ^
and every time a boarder.',,
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in, the first thing they
“M'ho’s got a car?” n?
M'hen was the last time.'’ j
ed a Day Student up
room? Have you ever bcci* ^
the Day Student’s House? ^7
no reason for the line of
tion that runs along .
Place. If the leaders of
would include the Day
in more projects and
and if the Boarders wouk? ■;
to learn a few names, } .j,'
would be erased. FrieiH?*'"
two way street. jl‘
I am a Day Student,
say that we have a lot to jjt
school. M’e have done
ready, and I don’t kiio"'!'!’
who isn’t very
little more “in”
anxiou>^
h’
M’e’re not asking to go^
.vou unle.ss yon want to '
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effort to get to know
So remember, next tim*'
a ride anywhere, just ^ ^
a.sk yourself. “Who 0''’
Students?”
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