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Vol. XXXVII, No. 7
RALEIGH, N. C.
January 31, 1974
Three Seniors
Added to Circle
At the stroke of midnight,
Jan. 23, the Circle undertook its
third walk of the school year
to honor three seniors. Shaded
by white hoods were the faces
i>f Rachael Holmes, Lane Tur
ner, and Lorna Walthall as they
took their places among the
eleven other members of the
?roup.
Although a veil of mystery
traditionally surrounds the Cir
cle, its purposes are essentially
the same as they were at the
group’s organization in 1938.
According to the Belles of April
i, 1938, several students, Mrs.
Cruikshank and Miss Kate
Spruill planned the Order of the
Circle as “a revolutionary step
toward the improvement of
School spirit and the attain-
•ftent of high ideals in scholar
ship and citizenship.” They
^ent on to state the purpose of
the Circle. “As the circle sym
bolizes unity, so the purpose of
this organization shall be to
Promote a spirit of cooperation
*Oiong the students and be-
hveen the faculty and the stu
dents by the cultivation of high
•deals of fellowship, service.
Citizenship, and scholarship, and
to assist new students in finding
their place in school life and
^tivities.”
Other circle members are
^resident Susan Byers, Becky
Clark, Anna DuBose, Ellen Hen-
Jon, Susan Bryan, Cece Cape-
c^rt, Gail Goforth, Susan Rob-
tson, Bolling Quicke, Sue
l^mmerhayes, and Melrose
Hitfield.
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THE HIGHLAND FLING . . . Prospective Scottish dancers practice many long hours before tryolts.
Dance Groups Name New Members
by Lynn Jones
Nine new girls were recently
inducted into Scottish Dancers,
Orchesis, and Caperettes. After
the workshops and many prac
tices, the new members were
chosen to add their talents to
the groups.
The girls in Gillie Callum,
dressed in their Scottish kilts,
walked Jan. 16 and tapped in
four new girls. They are senior
Greyson Gates, junior Anne
Stephenson, sophomore Lee
Lytton, and freshman Carter
Warren.
The graceful Orchesis mem
bers welcomed two new girls to
their club on Jan. 17. Sopho
more Mary Ann Schwinn and
freshman Debbie Lane are the
new additions.
The sound of tap shoes was
heard all through Smedes as
Caperettes took in three new
dancers on Jan. 22. 'The new
tapdancers are sophomore Chris
Herring and freshmen Ann Bar-
wick and Lena Johnson.
Old Caperettes include presi
dent Beverly Wheeler, vice
president Ann Cline, Libba
Barbour, Sukoshi Williamson,
Frances McGowan, Frances
Creel, Sandra Holt, Susan Doby,
and Jeannie Turcotle.
Original Orchesis members
are Diane Terrell, president;
Sandra Holt, vice president;
Mary Louise Pope, Dana Prom-
in, Terry Messner, Gail Shakel-
ford, Kathy Chamblee, and
Leigh Spearman.
Previous Scottish Dancers
are president Sukoshi William
son, Libba Barbour, Coco Pol
lard, Becky Clark, Susan
Dotterer, Betsy Willard, Pegg
Corbitt, Nancy Kerr, Catherine
Blankenship, Chris Herring,
Karen Hearne, Lynn Jones, Sue
Summerhayes, Tina Blackley,
and Lee Macatee.
All three groups will soon be
gin working on their perform
ances for May Day which
promises to be great. Congrat
ulations to the new members!
May Ct. Members
Anticipate Spring
With temperatures soaring to
70 degrees, it seemed only right
that the members of this year’s
May Court be announced Jan.
23, and minds wandered to the
April evening when Anna Du
Bose will receive her May Queen
Crown. To serve as Maid of
Honor is SGA president Lane
Turner.
Other senior members of the
May Court are Susan Byers,
Stacy Curran, Betsy Newman,
Lorna Walthall, and Julie Par
ker.
To represent the junior class
at the spring festivities are
Bonnie Ford, Martha Kelly, Al
ison Kerr, Lynn Snyder, and
Yorke Wooten.
Sophomore representa-
tives are Candy Bunn and Val
erie Tullai, while Laura Lewis
serves as freshman May Court
member.
Preparation for the late April
celebration will soon begin as
court members learn their steps
and dance groups perfect their
routines. But seniors and soph
omores will do their best to
ignore these proceedings as they
realize that graduation will
soon follow.
Beacon Makes Wipter Walk
by McKay Munford
Congratulations are extended
to the new Beacon members,
Ann Berry, Catherine Blanken
ship, Gay Tolley, Carie Hen-
Slave Sale Insures Successful Frosh-Soph
Kv Ann TcAnltnurAi* success. With Mr. Gus Lawrence Tn,.! l.j
by Ann Isenhower
j. They said it couldn’t be done,
,, as the bids went higher and
if I’igher, even the doubtful were
|'■’'nvinced that the Freshman
y;*We sale was going to be a
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by Gaye Isenhour
St. Mary’s auditorium was
^ced with the Jan. 10 appear-
'•'ce of a former graduate, Mrs.
success. With Mr. Gus Lawrence
as the auctioneer, students bid
on everything from a weekend
at a cabin in the woods to ■ a
night on the town with a gen
erous day student.
The bidding started off slow,
but stepped up quickly when a
donation of a Saturday at Kerr
Lake, given by Mr. Davis, was
sold to a group of seniors for
$105. 'The freshmen were just
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SMC Graduate Preseuts Coucert
Jeanne Smith Piland, who is now
a mezzo-soprano in the New
York City opera. And the audi
torium was filled to its capacity
^^Tll PERFECT POISE . • Mezzo-Soprano Jeanne Piland pre-
Nts her moving interpretation of Barber’s “The Crucifixion.”
by St. Mary’s students and
public, who were also invited.
Mrs. Piland presented a most
Impressive performance. Her en
trance on stage caused an im
mediate hush as everyone
admired her poise and beauty.
They became entranced as she
began to sing, for with her
words, which seemed to come
from deep within her, came the
spirit and pride of German
songs, the sincerity and friendli
ness of French songs, and the
tenderness and meaning of sa
cred solos in French and Latin.
Jeanne Piland, at the end of
her solos, commented on St.
Mary’s as “a school of tradi
tion,” and she dedicated her re
cital to her first music teacher.
Miss Geraldine Cates, a faculty
member at St. Mary’s, who was
also the choir director at Pullen
Memorial Baptist Church in
which Mrs. Piland participated.
After her performance was
over, everyone in the audience
awarded Mrs. Piland and her
show of progress in the musical
field with a standing ovation as
Jan Carson presented her with
flowers from Miss Cates.
settling down from the excite
ment when the Pisani’s donation
of a dinner for 10 at the Angus
Barn was opened for bids. Ev-
ery group in the auditorium was
bidding against one another for
the experience of a lifetime.
When Mr. Lawrence finally
closed the bidding, the freshmen
themselves had bought it for
$206!
The sale continued until 9:30
p.m. with a variety of things
being sold. A hall party, given
by Mrs. Stoops, was sold for
$80, and a wash-and-wax job on
four cars was sold for $25.
When the dollars were all add
ed together, the freshman class
had made $988. So relax sopho
mores. You’re going to get a
dance you’ll never forget!
drix, and Sally McMaster. ’The
Beacon, the honorary high
school organization, made their
walk on Jan. 16.
These girls are selected for
their display of school spirit at
St. Mary’s. They serve to pro
mote a good feeling toward the
school and to activate interest in
the activities around campus.
Again, we congratulate and
thank these girls for their in
terest in the welfare of St.
Mary’s.
Other members of the group
are president Leigh Spearman,
secretary-treasurer Valerie Tul
lai, food and party committee
chairman Becky Davis, Mary
Dombalis, Laura Fanjoy, Candy
Bunn, Bennett Wellons, and Sue
McDaniels.
The mast current Beacon
project is their selling of St.
Mary’s decals. Their tug-of-war
competition project was com
pleted in the fall.
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