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RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA October I6i ' l! t: '5 THE BELLES OF ST. MARY’S Published in thirteen issues during the school year, September to May. Monthly for September, December, January, Alarch, and May; Semi-monthly for October, No vember, February, and April, by the stu dent body of St. Mary’s Junior College. Second Class Postage paid at Raleigh, N. C. 27611. Subscription rate $1.00 per year. BELLES STALE Editor-in-Chief Jane Lang Darden Assistant Editor Rebecca Stallings News Editor Patty Irving Feature Editor Rebecca Stallings Head Typist Lillian James Circulation Head Becky Crittenden Exchange Editor Linda Longing Subscription Editor Ann Tyndall NEWS STALL Anne Buddenhagen, Sara Ashby, Anne Justice, Anne Little, Elea Magee, Susan Midgett, Mary Mikel, Debbie Turner, Betsy Valiant, Laura Warwick. FEATURE STALL Betty Ward, Ann Tyndall, Mary Zay- toun, Niki Nixon, Corrine Birdsong. ^ TYPING STAFF Susan Clay, Jane Eggleston, Carol Har rison, Sarah Hoss, Tempe Ann Lampe, Joan Graham, Ann Justice, Sara Ashby. CIRCULATION STALL Susan Clay, Cathy Foltz, Maty Harper, Betsy Valiant, Courtney Cochran, Lynn Dawson, Neale Turlington. PHOTOGRAPHERS Barbara Olschner, Carroll Curtis. PROOFREADER Chip Dodd. ADVISOR Mrs. Robert Gunn. Dr. Benjamin Denott lectured to the students September 24 on “Imagina tion in America”. Private Phones To Be Installed In Cruik Telephones will be in Cruikshank Dormitory by Christmas. Dr. Pisani said that the telephone company has “guaranteed” installation in every room by Christmas, although they may possibly be installed by Thanks giving. Telephone jacks will be in each room, although girls do not have to have telephones. Bills will be sent di rectly to the girl. Residential rates will be effective. The telephone com pany assumes the cost of installment. In the meantime, pay telephones are being installed right away in Cruikshank to ease the load on the regular hall telephone. THE BELLE TOWER By Corrine Birdsong I would like to share with y'’".: particular experience which I ered very frustrating. On a SaWj afternoon a few weeks ago, a h*? and I were walking through | downtown area in Raleigh. I give little attention to petiti®”; asking for signatures upon less forms; however, I was to a particular group of neatly students — I assume they were > ^11 DR. PISANI’S OPEN LETTER TO THE STUDENTS Woman's Lib Is A Powerful Issue In 1970 One of the most controversial sub jects invading conversations is that of Women’s Liberation. Such a move ment is believed to be needed because women must act collectively to make their grievances heard and acted upon. Women’s Lib seeks to change the age-ole adage of pity for a single woman and to eliminate the view of a woman as simply an appendage of her husband or boyfriend. The movement is motivated by re sentment at being a reserve labor force, making only 60c for every dollar that a man makes, as well as continuing the work in the home for which no recognition is allowed. The value of a woman is also often lim ited to that of a sex object — in more ways than one! Women interested in the Lib movement may find sufficient motivation simply from the idea of man as the basic foundation of so ciety — woman as the “other” person. There are three main issues of the Liberation movement: jobs, child care, and birth control. Women seek equal pay for equal work and an end to job discrimination. In the area of child care, they wish to establish 24 hour child care centers. By establish ing these child care centers, the wo man will not be forced to choose be tween parenthood and a working ca- October 5, 1970 TO: The Belles FROM: Frank W. Pisani Events of the past couple of weeks have brought to our attention what we are calling our Decade of Re newal. In the 70’s St. Mary’s pro poses to undertake a program that will deepen and expand the entire life of this place. At the same time we want to have a major campus “face-lifting” restoring our historic old buildings and replacing others. This is a time of excitement, hope, hard work and big dreams. Right at the outset, however, we need to re-affirm the right sense of priority. St. Mary’s is not a great academic program. Surely the school must continue and expand academics, but it is not an academic program. St. Mary s is not great old buildings, nor new sleek buildings. It must have the venerable Smedes and graceful Chapel. It must build new structures. But neither old or new buildings, or graceful oak trees are St. Mary’s. Then what is St. Mary’s? You! You are St. Mary’s. The stu dents. The girls. In your good mo ments and bad. In your success and NEW CHAPEL POLICY REVISED The Vestry met last w'eek to re view the new chapiel policy. They heard complaints and suggestions from the student body at this time. They revised the policy somewhat. Sunday chapel will still be one ser vice held at 9:30 A.M. However, Communion will be held only on the first Sunday of each month, rather than second and fourth Sundays. This policy will be reviewed prior to the Christmas Holidays, but no fur ther changes will go into effect until second semester. EDITORIAL reer. The birth control issue has prob ably received the most publicity at this point with the revisions of abor tion laws. The Women’s Liberation groups feel that a woman has the right to control her own body. In ad dition to birth control devices and in formation being made available to the woman, she should also have the choice to terminate an unwanted pregnancy with a safe, legal, and in expensive abortion. St. Marys has begun its Decade of Realization. It has acknowledged its deteriorating physical plant and has set to work on an extensive rebuilding program, which was long over due. The realization of present and future demands has come not only in this concrete area, but also in the abstract ideas of moral and social consciousness. St. Mary’s has finally made public acknowledgment of the “now” prob- lems^of today’s youth. On the issues of sex (that naughty word!) and drugs ht. M^ys has tended to ignore the problems in hopes that they will go away. The nonstudent members of St. Mary’s have not readily offered the understanding and the help required by problems in these areas because thev unrealistically hone that St. Mary’s girls would never dream of experiment ing with sex or drugs. To some students this silence may have meant con dolence; to others it indicated apathy and Victorian ideals. This year, and none too soon, the drug problem on and off campus has been recognized and dealt with. Dr. Pisani made the position of the school very clear by employing the Pinkerton Agency and by stating that violators of the drug rule will be both expelled and turned over to The authS department has given booklets to all students in order to in form them about drugs and drug problems. throiiIh^ihp^^^M "’^de available and frTnFI department sex information booklets which objectivelv and frankly discuss anatomy, contraceptives, and venereal disease. This hook ah 'f ” being extremely helpful, does not attempt to moralize or sermonize about premarital sex, but yet says nothing to condone it. sermonize These realizations show that St. Mary’s is progressing in its thoueht and understanding as well as in its improvements and actL. It is finally taking Its place in the Twentieth Century. acuon.^ it^is^naii> dents — who were distributing P^i phlets and politely asking for their signatures upon a of Cambodia, No More Vietnai” tition. 1 to I was thoroughly dismayed ^ serve the number of adults failure. In your laughter and tears. You are the reason for being of this school. You are the reason for a fac ulty, an administration, a staff. 1 remind you of this as we begin a major development program on this campus. The program is essential; its demand is urgent. BUT —you all are first. This re mains unchanged. Faithfully yours, Frank W. Pisani FWP: dy dents who found it necessary insulting remarks to these I overheard one woman’s cornin^ |0l she walked by: “It’s just Communist propaganda.” Sh® ed very annoyed that these were simply standing on exercising their peaceful I ing an advocate of nonvioi found the woman’s remark insulting. Apparently she b ^ the many who deplore tl'^ don’t want non-violent interest i government either. Though actually partieip^^^g|, this peaceful petitioning found it difficult to conceive day, people too frequently fo( the youth for being serious “’j taking interest in our natD )f. dicament. Today’s youth s applauded, no matter what sD take, for simply being seriou our national situation. ■,.# However, the mass ot „ seem to favor inertia and ^ vocacy of whatever course gi f J care to pursue. Truly sur^[' triotism, as many believe. this is the best way to youth of today. For if encouraged to exercise t ,^g iF peacefully, without fear o r* suited and mocked, hoW can tion make the claim of ^ s>)f mocracy in which citizcns_^^ posedly encouraged to opinions openly? voic®
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