BELLES OF ST: MAKY’S
Nov. 25 Nov
That’s Entertainment?
Sound Off
By Margaret Smith
Those unannounced activities
just keep on happening at bt.
Mary’s! One was
weeks ago on Second Holt. Sev
eral girls including Ann Boyle,
Sandy Sherrill, and Christina
Chase dressed Ann up in a
short, short dress with ribbons
in her hair. Then Ann ran out
in the hall in these obscene
clothes and told the girls on the
hall that what had started out
as an obscene phone
actually the captain of States
football team and, after talking
to him for about two hours, he
had asked her to meet him m
front of Smedes in a dress.
The hall told her not to go be
cause, after all, he was at first
an obscene caller plus the fact
it was 11:00 p.m. with her cur
few at 12:00. But Ann won out
and ran over to Smedes—though
not alone. The entire hall troop
ed over there also to see this
guy. Ann went up to severa
others guys that had come to
see dates and asked thein which
one was her date. But the best
was yet to come. Were they
ever surprised when, on t e
front steps of Smedes, Ann ad
mitted that the whole thing
was a joke! The hall ran back
to the dorm and destroyed her
room. It was, of course, all m
jest and a good way to break
the study doldrum.
Then there have been several
cases of things “disappearing
on halls but it’s another story
when stuffed animals such as
Betsy Tom Homewood’s monkey
and Ann Mayo’s horse were kid
napped. There were even ran
som notes left for the price of
food. BT was so upset that she
called a hall meeting and made
her hall pledge to whether they
had it or not! Finally, the “ani-
malnapper’’ returned the ani
mals after consuming the food.
One Tuesday night’s activi
ties in Cruik included a false
fire drill. Someone from third
east Cruik had curiosity that
got the best of her and she just
had to puil the alarm. There
was quite a bit of exciternent
on the two lower floors since
they were not informed of what
was about to happen. Girls ^ere
in showers, in bed, down the hall
visiting, and when the alarm
went off, everyone was so un
aware of what it was, it took
nearly ten minutes to finally
get down stairs, only to find
Mrs. Duke saying it was not
real. At least Cruik has more
practice than the other dorms!
Mary Dombalis makes her job
at the switchboard very inter
esting. One night while working
it, she called several friends
pretending to be Amphone
Norasingh. For example, as
Amphone, Mary called Deborah
Walter and said that she wanted
to be in the Circle; or, for an
other example, she called Gin-
Gin Brogden and told her that
she wanted the paper delivered
to her — The Saigon Times!
Paige Ward found out about
this and called Mary back, also
pretending to be Amphone.
Paige told Mary that she (as
Amphone) was upset about her
imitating her voice and that
she had learned two new cuss
words, and said that Mary was
both! But Mary got revenge
when she and Deborah Walter
decided to let Amphone in on
the joke. So one Sunday after
chapel, Deborah, Mary, Am
phone, and even Mojdeh Bahar
went to Paige’s room and gave
her a real scare. Amphone told
her that someone had been call
ing the switchboard, saying
ugly things, and using her
name. Even Mojdeh chimed in
by saying how she never
thought that Americans were
this way. Paige began to get
slightly warm around the col
lar, very tense, and nearly
turned the color of her hog-
washers. She felt that she was
the cause of an international
crisis! Amphone kept a straight
face the whole time — what an
actress! Just as Paige was about
to confess, Amphone bursted
out laughing and told Paige
“Eet’s all a joke.” But Mary,
watch out — Paige is sure to
have the last word!
One night Kate Oates grew
weary of studying (as several
of us do) and decided to add a
little excitement to Room 226.
She greased the toilet seat down
with baby oil and vaseline so
the next one who went would
really go! Meanwhile Room 226
waited in agony until finally
one of her suitemates, Rebecca
Dalton, came into the bathroom
to go and the silence was
broken by screaming and splash
ing of water. Rebecca soon
learned to “look before you sit.”
Dear Editor:
The chapel is the center of life
here at St. Mary’s. As students
we hear this phrase often. In
my opinion, one has to want to
make the chapel service a center
of their life. 'There are many
students who constantly com
plain about being required to
attend the services. When these
girls agreed to come to St.
Mary’s, they knew chapel was
required twice a week. 'There
fore, I wish they would accept
the ' fact that everyone must
attend chapel, and let those who
really want to hear and enjoy
the services do so. I find it ex
tremely distracting and un
pleasant when those in the row
behind me are constantly mak
ing ugly and uncalled-for re
marks.
I, for one, do enjoy chapel
services and want to make them
the center of my life here at
St. Mary’s. If you don’t, that is
your perogative; but please
don’t destroy it for those who
do!
Sincerely,
Jackie Ricks”
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UN Week Brings Speakers to SMC
... . ir, nu October 25. Dr. Sergio, ana-
By Betsy Henry
The relationship between
population and food supply in
the less affluent countries of
the world is a matter of much
needed concern. Approximately
12,000 people die per day of
malnutrition and two-thirds of
the world’s population remains
undernourished.
Recently, St. Mary’s had the
privilege of having three guest
speakers on campus to discuss
the world-wide food crisis. The
first of our speakers, lecturing
on Thursday, October 10, was
Mr. Grant Burke. Mr. Burke
who works with the U. S. De
partment of State attended the
World Population Conference
last August in Bucharest, Ro
mania and spoke to us of popu
lation problems. Mr. Burke
presented the students of St.
Mary’s with devastating statis
tics pertaining to current and
predicted population growth.
He contrasted the growth of
population in such countries as
India and Romania with their
growing scarcity of food. He
also raised many questions
within the students’ minds as
to how population might be
limited in poor and uneducated
nations. For example, how can
we, the affluent, with no earnest
' ■ need for limiting population and
no comprehension of the mental
insecurity lying in a poor na
tion’s use of birth control tell
the less affluent what to do in
solving their food shortages ?
Dr. J. A. Rigney who spoke
to a group of interested students
in Ragland Auditorium present
ed a slide show and explanatory
lecture. Dr. Rigney’s food
studies has led him to his
cern in the “Green Revolution.”
He explained that the “Green
Revolution,” which was started
in 1967, is a project for the
development of better plant va
rieties and sources of fertiliza
tion. The two major food grains
which have been worked with
extensively in these studies are
wheat and rice. The Green Rev
olution has worked to find the
highest yielding varieties of
both of these crops. Dr. Rigney
suggested that educating the
people of starving countries to
the need of less labor per acre
with an increase of machinery
would cut down on population
growth by disproving the myth
of a need of growth. This in
crease of machinery would con
tribute to a much larger food
supply. But since fertilizers are
essential in this method of solv
ing the food crisis, the lack of
their availability hinders any
such solution. Fertilizers are
primarily nitrogen (made up of
gas, oil and fossil fuels) and is
of limited supply.
Dr. Lisa Sergio, our third
speaker was our guest lecturer
on October 25. Dr. Sergio, ana
lyst of international affairs,
offered possible solutions to the
questions raised during our
studies of the food crisis and
methods to follow in finding
others. She suggested rebuilding
the power of the U. S. in the
United Nations on a morality
basis and from that foundation
educating other U.N. nations.
Dr. Sergio stressed not telling
overpopulated countries to stop
having children but instead to
train the people in the use of
machinery as Dr. Rigney had
voiced. In this way the people
would understand the lack of
need for a large population
growth, and a decrease would
follow.
Dr. Sergio also asked of the
students if they did not see the
need for an American change of
attitudes before we could hope
to regain strength lost in re
cent fuel shortage and Water
gate issues. Should Americans
not re-evaluate the national
moral fibre and set an example
for the less affluent nations of
the world?
The time for answers to the
world’s food crisis is during our
generation. Our recent
strengthened awareness of the
current food crisis can help St.
Mary’s students set an example
for others to follow.
By Thalia Cooper
Everyone knows that good old
SMC just wouldn’t be the same
without the Day Students. Al
though they aren’t seen around
campus quite as much as the
boarders are, they are not only
very much a part of the school
but are also an extremely val
uable aspect of life at St.
Mary’s.
Recently, as a tradition, the
Day Students gave the boarders
a picnic, complete with home
made desserts. (Probably just a
plot to make them gain
weight.) They certainly went
all-out: hotdogs, hamburgers,
the whole works. Special thanks
goes to Mr. Grogan for his
cooperation, and also for sur
prising everyone with ice cream.
The Day Students even sup
plied everyone with entertain
ment, just like the Frog and
Nightgown, only outdoors — the
Cold Cuts played. As usual,
they were great; a little ha
trouble, but we’ll let that slide-
If only Mary Dombolis had
told a few jokes (along with
Paige and Merm), the day
would have been complete. (In-
cidently, rumor has it that Am
phone has been put right dp
there with some of the top
jokers in the school — Con
grats!)
So ends another Day Student
Saga. Thanks to June Upchurch.
Verna Gates, McKay Munford.
and the entire day student body^
the picnic was again a grcd
success.
The Belles of St. Mary’s
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Dot Fitchett
LouAnn Coleman
Jackie Ricks
Cathy Martin
Verna Gates
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