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BELLES OF ST. MARY’S
oFCT.Srs Letters To The Editor
Published in thirteen issues during the „
school year, August to May. Monthly for Editor’s NotE; rint rflmo.'r, ^ i . c li
September, December, January, March, Due to the feelings and evenf^ tp- part pose here. Religious training
and May; Semi-monthly for October, No- sidtinp from the letters m thp 1 our community if it becomes non- basis of St. Mary’s and althoug
«»e o/tHE belles. *i‘ V!S eToS fo,“™7d“S*
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Second Class Postage paid at Raleigh, that they may express rational, con- j ° u ange the system ^
N. C. 27611. Subscription rate $1.00 per structive opinions on the suhiect of Laura Beckman those who have found the t
compulsory chapel. The impact of - * ^'’hat their beliefs a ,
BELLES STAFF tins situation has affected everyone I am opposed to compulsory chapel, lege^ ° eprive ot ers o
at bt. Marys. It ts the responsibility I believe that church attendance .. -i i
Editor-in-Chief Jane Lang Darden of this paper to the school and to the should be an individual option Re 1 a vnl ® pLce
Assistant Editor Rebecca Stallings Students to recognize the importance ligion is personal and should not be ’ thee weekday 0.
News Editor Pattv Irving of this problem and to offer a chan- forced on^anyone. In mv opinion re elc'
Feature Editor Rebecca Stallings nel for the expression of all sides of quired attendance creates a negative fo? the”cnf^ h scBoai'
Head Typist Lillian James the question. attitude toward the church ^ 9 b ■ cof
Circulation Head Becky Crittenden n Church. 2. having an early service on
Exchange Editor Linda Longing ^ i i i.i r.’r,bf^^b may argue that I have no munion Sundays so the s
Subscription Editor Ann Tyndall f would like to express my thoughts complain about required won t be so long. , .t
and beliefs regarding the current con- chapel because w'hen I decided to 3. moving the Sunday service nj^
NEWS STAFF troversy over the compulsory chapel Mary’s, I knew that I a more convenient time base“
T-, ,,. „ . T., . , attendance. would have to go to church. But I a vote bv the student bodV’
Debbie Turner, Anne Little, Anne Jus- t- , n , chn«p si lUor.,’.- r i i i ' stuucuL
tice, Anne Buddenhagen, Susan Mid- , F^st and foremost, I wish to state ^'^^rys because of the high j poatwr#
gette, Mary Mikel, Betsy Valiant, Sara that I believe that compulsory chapel i standards, the location, and ^ ^
Ashby, Claire Spinks. should NOT be done away with be- chance to make many great * * * LtJb
FRATIIRP RTAPP non-compulsory chapel would c'f ^ felt that I would bene- E'irst of all, I want to say
FEATURE STAFF eventually mean NO chapel at all. If religious atmosphere. Hobgood, Dr. Pisani, the
Ann Tyndall, Betty Ward, Mary Zay- chapel becomes optional, in time owever, a.ter being here almost trustees, and students all [jiji
toun, Carol Harrison. only a small handful of students (if ^ realize that required Rood ideas. We must realize
TVDTivm CTAPP attend the services. ‘^^^P^\^^Fes ^way frorn this atmos- everyone should be able to
Within two years, there would be no PFere. I find that I fail to put any- his own opinions and not be ^pf
Susan Clay, Jane Eggleston, Sarah such thing as chapel because there i ^ sendees or to get any- cized for his personal belief' ,
Hoss, Tempe Anne Lampe, Joan Graham, would be a whole new group of sirls r °f ‘hem because of the that each individual connectet*
Arm Justice, Sara Ashby. fact that I have to be there. this difficult decision will
CIRCULATION STAFF posed to the chapel and would , ^ helieve that the chapel is one of heart and willingly listen ‘
Susan Clay, Cathy Foltz, Mary Harper, ‘^erefore not even bother to attend ‘he attributes of St. Mary’s. It should ®‘Fcr- Now, I vyould I'^e W^ijS
Betsy Valiant, Courtney Cochran, Lynn something that no one else attends. an important part of the ®wn personal feelings coi
Dawson, Neale Turlington. It is human nature for us to be lazy, campus community. The services ‘h’^ problem, and I do tm ^ (f
and I am sure that if it came to be ^ ‘oiild become more meaningful, and honesty and sincerity. I
PHOTOGRAPFIER an option for the students to attend ^ sincerely believe that thev can be- ‘^hy wrong, and if I am I jf)
Carroll Curtis. ^Fapel, not many of us would go. “me inore meaningful to'the indi- ^‘st to admit it. I really fe^j
(This point was proven last year with by doing away with required "ave been through this berow r
CARTOONIST ‘he 5:00 Sunday service. The attend- ‘Chapel attendance. I was a child, just as far
V T hght that at times there Heli^n remember, I was always e- r p
»»c only 3 or 5 girl,!) The p5m . . " “ ar.cnd church every Sun*r,|,e
PROOFREADERS p r r^There Ins N-p”' * c* i W parents didn’t just semi ^
REALISTIC! I don t see any wav I here has been a cry from the rne with them. Or
Chip Dodd, Suzanne Ishee. that a non-compulsory system could body which must be answer- resented having to go all p-
APimcnn ‘’f ideas that I have surface, this cr\' appears ^nd many times I’d stay aW®
ADVISOR heard in favor of non-compulsory , ‘concerned with doing away urday nights trying to ‘[“"jpg
Mrs. Catherine Barnhart. chapel have been idealistic. Too 'vith compulsory chapel. I am of the Rood e.xcuse to get out or h jpC
many people are hung up on the that this cry goes much deep- church. But with my rotte
— word COMPULSORY and the idea urgent. most of my ingenious P‘^"^aile
The Financial that they are being forced to go fn a world of materialistic concerns ^\s I grew older I was not
A I N chapel. There is no way that any- “'^d a fast pace of life for the voung to church; I made my o"'"
/ispeci isn t one will get anything out of chapel person of today, could the cry Ixi one "hether to go or not. 1
„ C c ‘f ‘Fey don’t put anything into it! fpt meaning and depth in 'religion- faithfully continued to go e' ' yjt
By Ellen Smith We are speaking of two hours a very heartfelt and sincere m m “"d I fotmd myself
Treasurer — St. Mary's Vestry week. Two measly hours! Is it too he sure, but one which has arisen ‘Fe*" of mv own free Ii’
Thc,c.c™s .o |» an,isc„„ccp.io„ fSlI -'f'TLL t'sS' “,Ih STfS(trif,‘5b
V . ” ...VI, I tainly hope not! there is a great resnonsibiBtv fl - cd to be there.
that sponsor us is dependent upon tl * • . ^ rcsponsiPiiitv tor those . r ■ i have
our having a compulsory chapel .The question remains-What to do Mio care enough about people to ^ feel that ue H u ^
poliev. This misconception can be ™t the imrest this controversy has j‘"swer it. I believe the responsibility ^ wkion and Ij'
attacLd on its two premises: created. I believe that the best wav ‘cs not in a selfish cry against com- f|‘‘^‘^d \vith such a dec ^ fiopf'V
n that the dioceses’ support is ^°'ve our problem is to work with P^Fory chapel, but rather in seek- ‘hat we re old enough an j^hl
" • I nr,niiob to rilo ' ' ^ic servicc's thcmso VOS. Varied ser- '"R‘n reach people who have not vet mature enough to make 11 v t
.ir'sllcb am! »”'‘l l’'“k ''•= n7l »nlwcV in religiom ‘ cUion. 1 .In,!;! my
9A H i ^.romiisite for ol 1 ^‘^vjiral new ideas could he used to * * * * , RU'dmg me as a child ting N
2) that a jmcrcquisite for church make the services more meaningful romo 1 1 i • i ‘° let go and jecis’
support IS compulsory chapel A suggestion that I believe would be T S. ^ u '' ^“"cFristian. enough to make my o""
The five dioceses pledged $9599.98 heneficial (especially with the new Personally resent being forced to whether to attend chut 5
to St. Mary’s last year. That amount dating hour changes) would be to * do not agree that Now, I seriouslv hope "V jvcn '
is an absurdly minimal percentage of move the Sundav chapel back to ‘^/F'lred chapel attendance should be dents at St. Mary’s wiH ^ gi’,.
our budget. (To add insult to injury, 11:00 instead of 9:30. 1 feel that this ‘'nconed at St. Marys. Many girls important decision got l^cj
they only paid a bit over $7000 of change (which should include the ^^arise this is a church- church or not go. .Rid I L.
their pledge.) Secondly, diocesan 8:00 service for those who prefer it) ”'''‘^P“’d st^hool with three mandatory put on our own someday-‘ flP-|
supjxirt is not dependent uixm our would definitely be appreciated and “'I 1 am among this that iiou’ is as good a y cly’D
chapel ixilicy whatever it may be. it may even change a few peonies’ "P. .’V'"- | was trying to change mv If we're given noncompi" . >111^
The decision of St. Mary s chapel attitucics toward the chapel. Ixdicfs. I admit I didn t a(* no one can really Siiv th‘^ , i$ \ I
jxilicy rests with Mr. Pisani and the The important point to remember tr^kit'\vb,l• ''’^N^yPP^^fd ceed or fail. All ‘^^[‘w'ill
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