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September 21, 1972 BELLES OF ST. MAEY’S PAGE 3 Student Government NEW AND OLD FACES ENHANCE FACULTY News By ANN SPETH Pr with Margie Worthington, esident of the SGA, and Kay Turner, Vice- , resident, I discovered that the SGA is ho^ yg ^'^ulfill the needs of the students this semester the SGA will work with a ^stitution Committee to begin revising pro Constitution. The SGA will also mote more activities of interest to the stu- on campus. Mil October the SGA offi ^ sponsoring the election of underclass elections will be under the guid- Folf • ^^^"^lle Sloan, Secretary of the SGA. ‘luct^H*'^ olass elections, the SGA will con- pjj .^onor Week which is designed to em- St ^ ,0 place which honor holds in the oP j, s community. A principal concern *®nan^ ^CA this year will be the main- and 1°^ eommunications between faculty ““o students. Turn” Margie Worthington and Kay the nave been pleased and excited with port tl!^””^” student body. They re- ■nterpcf^j . students have been helpful and Marpi ”” ^^0 activities of the SGA. sponjj” hope to be open and re- to deal ” needs of the students and ®^so _.j°”structively with these needs. They port of'tl, treed the help and sup- 0 student body throughout the year. Tut Tl ■ ?‘^*Patinp before, St. Mary’s is par- ®‘8h PuV,v” ® tutoring program in the Ra- !®ty School'^- ^'^^ool System. Wiley Elemen- ^ope to h only project so far, but we *tea irj other elementary schools in the Tutorin ^^?®tam at a later date. ^'tl'iects mean just academic ■^ath, read- work in the areas of ^tojects inEnglish, we also conduct aS. Person l” of arts and crafts, sports, ’ 'ties Or ^tooming. If you have any e inform '^^‘'tests, or simply would like '^‘rginia'^r? program, please con- ^'‘^ilt-ofn” the chairman, in 108 Phone 828-2632. ORiNG Program For 1972-73 Ey VIRGINIA COX By MARGARET STEVENS From as far away as Europe and as close as Raleigh, the seven new and returning SMJC faculty members come from all over the world. Physical Education instructor Mary Lida Alexander was thrown into the shower three times on her birthday. This mishap occurred at her earlier teaching position in Charlotte s Eastway Jr. High. Native to Kannapolis, Miss Alexander was graduated from UNC-G with a B.S. in physical education. She has had much prac- tice for her job through her participation m statewide tennis tournaments. Dunng her senior year, her UNC-G tennis team placed fourth in the Women’s NaUonal Invitational. Miss Alexander presently teaches tennis, bowling and Introduction to Team Sports. She feels that St. Marys is a fnendly and cooperative effort in learning vvhere students and teachers am working together towards a common goal. “I thoroughly enjoy the atmosphere here because students are treated as >ndividuals said Math instructor Ellen A. Birch. Grad uated from N. C. State with a B.S. m math education. Miss Birch taught three years at her high alma mater. Cardinal Gibbons, in , Raleigh. In addition to her mathematical interests. Miss Birch p^TlfshTco° h- ire her years at Cardinal Gibbons she coacn j her girl’s basketball team to thir p P E. and English as well as Math. After his retirement from the service in tram retired constituted to work found few problems ^hh ^re- S^^t£ffot^ma*ematical ciety. In addition t° his^Master ^ degree in tnath.^l^ ^ g g engineer in N- " West Point and a M.S. in civil engineering from Harvard. Teaching her classes with a British ac cent, sociology and psychology professor Georgina Hancock is a native of Sheffield, England. She and her family left England fave years ago. My husband and I particularly wanted to live and work in another country and have the opportunity to travel on a large scale without feeling like tourists,” explained Mrs Haiicock. Because their two children are smaB, ffie Hancocks preferred to remain in an English-speaking country. After her architect husband secured a teaching position at N. C. State, the Han cocks mmved to Raleigh. Unable to continue ler previous profession as a social worker, Mrs. Hancock opened an import shop in Raleigh. She later relocated it in Chapel Hill and enrolled in State’s graduate school with a research assistantship. Mrs. Hancock grad uated with a M.S. in sociology and minor in psychology. She completed her under graduate work at the University of Birming ham in England. After a year s stay in Norway, Mrs. Olivann Hobbie has returned to SMJC for her third time. Taking a year off from his position at State, Mrs. Hobbie’s husband did work at a Nonvegian water research project in Oslow. Mrs. Hobbie feels at home in Scandinavia since she and her family spent from 1962 to 1965 in Sweden. Her two older boys, ages 7 and 11, at- (Continued On Page Six) ' Or n cnairman, m luu ^ u poias a Phone 828-2632. engineer in N- G. n Community church activities VIRGINIA COX "fr^^rtL^lTrewarding"'" fist Ee two college group meets P 3,e - - .-1 an gins wth a dinner. group meets because you are then held by j js, promises to is for evervone. from 6:30 until 9:00, and fulfilling- ■fist En- ®foup5 j Church sponsors two ® involve,]"'"i?** Mary’s girls can thic . fif don’t stop iI*TK^ dimply beca.*^^ the h' k everyone. ' "'hirk'^ School girls, there is an be veiy , .. n meets " 'net :00. 0 Tt ' Sunday nights from an 1 'n i”^°^ram opens with a •hanv , **'^’^**ions. The program areas this year. ’There will VCiJ “ For information contact groups. ‘«^P°^"°j’og Cruik or phone Cox Jn either of the Virgina Cox 82.-2632. Drama Club Elects Officers By MARILYN THEIS The Dramatics Club has elected officers of the 1972-1973 year. The new officers are: President, Jane Hight from Henderson, N. C.; Vice-President, Nature (Nancy) Arm strong from Tazewell, Virginia; Secretary, Clarke Brinkley from Newton Grove, N. C.; and Treasurer, Susan Lowry from York, S. C. The Drama Club presents two major pro ductions, one each semester. 'The first pro duction will be the musical comedy "Once Upon A Mattress” to be shown on October 1, November I and 2, and with a final per formance on. Father-Daughter Day, Novem ber 3. The Drama Club will also present a series of scenes from various plays which will be shown during assemblies, with the possibility of a few nighttime performances. The Drama Club is open to all who wish to become involved. wcume icaunc munities.” cademic Dean President of academic affairs. Becoming interested both in more challenging work and in returning to North Carolina, he came to St. Mary’s. “Pve kno-wn about St. Mary's all my life,” commented Dr. Miller, “mainly from past dat ing experiences.” Although he has no personal advisees, he says “My job is to help the students graduate. I’d like to help everyone.” Stated Dr. Miller: “I really enjoy being a dean, but I wouldn’t want to give up teach ing, either. I am thoroughly en joying every aspect of St. Mary’s.” SMC Thespians To Present Play by Tonia Bryan, II Tryouts were conducted for the first Drama Club production of the 1973-74 season at St. Mary’s on Aug. 28-29. To be performed the week of Father- DaughtersDay, the fall produc tion is Sandy Wilson’s ‘"The Boy Friend,” a delightful mu sical about a girls’ finishing school in France and their love life problems.- Set in the 1920’s it is filled -with the music and dancing of the time. Cast as the female lead ig Catherine Blankenship portray, ing Polly Browne. Karen Rogg is the fussy headmistress of the school, Madame Dubonnet Maisie, that “Madcap” school' Sirl, is represented by Lena Johnson. Other characters jjj elude Hortense, Leigh Raynor; Dulcie, Sugar Bryaj,. Lady Brockhurst, Janet Davi ’* and as Tony (the Boyfriendv Roy Dicks. The cast also | eludes Coco Pollard, Beca Bit Don Key (a noted Raleigh ent) and members of the cho The production is directed i Harry Callahan, with m supervised by Michael BuR The president of the D Club is Mebane Ham, vice n ident is Sugar Bryan, secre is Karen Rose, and Cathi Blankenship is treasurer. Ill
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