Nov. 25
BELLES OF ST. MARY’S
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SMC’s Production of “The King and I” Mrs. BroAvn Eager For Ideas
—A Student Review
By Patricia Kerlin
St. Mary’s College presented
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s
musical “The King and I.” The
musical comedy was based on
“Anna and the King, of Siam,”
by Margaret Landon. Opening
night was Tuesday, October 29.
It continued through that week
and closed with the Saturday
night performance.
Mrs. Werman played the lead
ing female role of Anna and
Charlie Parker from Raleigh
played the King. (It is good to
see the faculty get involved
with school functions.) Ruth
Butler and Cindy Morris had
leading roles also.
The setting was at the royal
court of the King of Siam. The
musical depicts all the trials and
tribulations of an English school
mistress teaching 67 of the
king’s children (three more
were on the way). It also
showed the fears of a man who
was trying to bring up his son
and his country to the mores
of a modern world without his
understanding of what they
were and what would be the
consequences if he did.
The setting and costumes
were so superb one felt trans
posed into the midst of it all.
Lady Shiang’s baby blue cos
tume and Anna’s golden Vic
torian dress were simply
radiant to the audience. Also,
the three-piece combo added
a nice dramatic effect to all
scenes.
The children added diversity
to many court room scenes.
'They contributed a warmth and
sincerity that was felt through
out the musical. And the march
of the children brought life to
the stage.
In my opinion the king’s best
scene was after the dinner par
ty for Sir Edward Ramsey
when he was shown how to
dance by Anna, and Tupim
was found and brought before
him. It represents the major
climax.
more dramatic than any other
scene in the show.
I took note of some comments
people made that were sitting
within hearing range on Thurs
day night: “There should be
more dancing at St. Mary’s”;
“All the day students were
wonderful in it”; “Kralakome
. (the prime minister) looked like
Yul Brynner and his head (bald
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“THE ENGLISH WOMEN DRESS SO FUNNY!” — St. Mary’s
presentation of “The King and I” involved many students.
Tuptim (Ruth Butler) sang
quite well, especially when she
cleared her throat while singing
“I Have Dreamed.” Lun Tha
got his hands off very quickly,
didn’t he! “The Small House of
Uncle Thomas” that Tupim
narrated was superb. For every
one who had seen the movie ver
sion of “The King and I” would
know it looked just like it. The
originality and effectiveness
was marvelous. The scene was
on top) was higher than the
kings)”; “The setting was done
with brilliant colors”; “The
king must have had several vin
tage years with so many chil
dren”; and “Anna soimded like
a women’s libber.”
In retrospect, the play was
excellent. I am sure every fa
ther that had the opportunity
to see it was delighted. It was
a job well done by the Dramatic
Club, the stage crew, and the
actors and actresses.
By Mary Dombalis
Those of us who have payed
a visit to our library this year
have no doubt seen a new,
friendly face. The new head
librarian is Mrs. Andrea
Brown. Mrs. Brown is not al
together new at St. Mary’s,
since she worked here for one
year as assistant librarian.
Mrs. Brown graduated cum
laude from UNC-G with a de
gree in English. She has also
taught junior high, high school
and worked in the Children’s
Room of the Riverside Public
Library in California. In addi
tion, Mrs. Brown started a li
brary at Vance Academy in
Henderson with 7,600 volumes.
She is presently working on
her masters degree in Library
Science and hopes to have it by
December.
With the addition of a new
librarian, have also come sev
eral changes in our library sys
tem. First of all, we now have
a new fine policy by which a
student is given a one week
grace period before she is fined
for an overdue book. This is so
that if you simply forget to re
turn a book on the proper day,
you are given a week to return
it without being penalized.
However, on the eighth day aft
er the book is originally due,
the fine starts at .80. Mrs.
Brown asks us to remember that
this is on an experimental basis
and encourages us to cooperate
so that we may receive the bene
fits of this system.
Mrs. Brown also mentioned
that the St. Mary’s library has
received for the first time a
federal grant under the College
Library Resources Program.
This grant serves as a supple-
Lisa Albert: ‘‘An Adventuress at Sea”
By Dot Fitchett
Home for sophomore Lisa Al
bert has been the world on the
Samur, or perhaps more aptly
called “Noah’s Ark,” for the
past six years. With a crew of
her parents, Barbara and Ray
Evans, one brother, two dogs
and a monkey, Lisa and the
close knit family have traveled
from Thailand, where the junk
was built, to Livorno, Italy.
To start from the beginning
as all good stories must, Lisa
Was born in Columbus, Ohio on
May 27, 1966. She has two
brothers and managed to live a
normal hum-drum life until she
Was 12, then the family moved
to Thailand for three years. At
this time her father was work
ing for the government. In
Thailand they decided to carry
out their father’s life-long
dream and build a small boat to
take back to the states to sail.
The small boat planned for 25
feet “grew to 67 feet” over the
year and a half that it took to
be completed. Of course when
the builder left them after only
six months of work the family
nianaged to come through with
flying colors and finish the
interior of the boat. The junk
sleeps 12 and is equipped with
a dinette area, a living room,
kitchen, three bathrooms with
a shower and a bath, and a
chartroom.
They “all sail it as a family”
although no one knew how to
Sail until it was completed,
f'rom Thailand, the Samur
hioved to Singapore for a year
and then up the Malaysian
Coast to Penang. Incidentally,
ilay Evans at this time is no
longer working for the govern-
hient, but is a free lance writer,
historian, artist and illustrator.
Although the family was “al
ways heading to Greece to see
the islands” they never made
it . . . apparently for all the
other stops along the way. The
main purpose of the traveling
was to “go to the Mediterran
ean and study European cul
ture.” With that motive in
mind, the junk was shipped to
Germany where they lived for
two years between trips to Den
mark and the Scandinavian
lands. The family also spent a
summer in Holland, Belgium
and France — with five weeks
in Paris. Finally after a hectic
and exciting summer, the Samur
made its journey to Italy under
the loving guidance of this
truly gifted family.
However, along with this lux
urious life on a houseboat,
study was not neglected. Lisa
and her brother took corres
pondence courses from the high
school addition of the Univer
sity of Nebraska. Education also
consisted of trying to speak a
little of every language of the
different countries visited which
included bits and pieces of Ger
man, Italian', Tia and French.
Daily life might include taking
a dip in “their own pool” or the
constant jobs that needed to be
done on the boat ... as in
housework. Of course, the going
was not always easy . . . Lisa’s
father and her brother both get
sea-sick. But on the other hand,
the pets of the family were
very good on the subject of
being housebroken . . . they
either “would hold it till they
arrived on land” or go visit one
particular spot of the boat.
Since life was so different for
Lisa her adventures were also
different. The only storm they
ever got caught in was on the
Indian Ocean and they had not
seen land for five days. Play
ing the hero part well, Lisa
saved her brother’s life when
he almost got thrown over
board during the storm. And
once was not enough for Lisa
. . . she managed to help save
the life of Marcel Boucan, “one
of the world’s biggest smug
glers of narcotics.” Boucal’s
shrimp boat had been raided,
while in Marseilles, France, and
officials found “the largest
known haul of herion valued at
more than $100 million in the
hull of his boat.” Lisa, awaken
ed by her monkey, Edward,
early in the morning discovered
the man struggling in the wa
ter and told her father and
brother who pulled Boucal out
of the water.
Now back in the U.S.A., Lisa
finds it hard to get used to the
great big supermarkets, cars,
and buildings, but since she’s so
interested in people she has had
no problems adjusting to all the
girls. On the list of favorite
activities are studying, reading,
sailing and collecting things.
When asked about future
plans, Lisa replied that she’ll
probably stay here for college.
According to her, the more she
stays here the more impressed
she is with the system behind
St. Mary’s. “It’s the greatest
place I’ve ever seen — academi
cally, socially and physically.
And I appreciate the honor
code.” Not really sure about a
major, Lisa thinks she may go
into education and then psy
chology. As for the distance
separating Lisa from her par
ents, this was lessened consid
erably when her parents
returned to the States on Oct.
8. The junk was shipped to
Jacksonville, Florida where her
parents will settle for at least
a little while. Future plans in
clude going up the inland water
ways of America ... so it
seems as if the Samur will go
on forever, as its name sug
gests.
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MHAT A -VY TO SEE EUROPE!—Lisa Albert traveled with
her family in their “homemade yacht” last year all over the
Mediterranean and Europe.
ment to the library’s budget.
The funds will be used to ob
tain needed materials for the
library and to expand the ref
erence collection.
Another new idea of Mrs.
Brown, which most of the stu
dents are already familiar with,
was the independent study unit
on use of the library. This guide
was carried out in conjunction
with the English classes. The
purpose of the program was to
familiarize the students with
the resources of the library and
to help the students gain a gen
eral knowledge of the way the
library works.
One major concern of Mrs.
Brown is the drinks and food
that have been brought into the
library. She added that the car
pets were cleaned this summer
for the first time since the
library was built. Therefore,
she would appreciate the coop
eration on the part of the stu
dents in not taking food or bev
erages into the library.
In closing, Mrs. Brown said
that she is excited about being
here and working with the stu
dents. She is eager for ideas
that we might have and is
glad to have suggestions from
the students-. She added that
she “wants the students to feel
welcome in the library and
we’re here to serve them.”
SMC French Club
Gives Cheese Party
By Anna Davis
The French Club of St.
Mary’s gave a cheese party No
vember 6 in the small dining
room of the cafeteria. Tickets
were sold at 60 cents a piece
and about 76 students attended.
Four different types of cheese
were served with a piece of
French bread. Three of these
cheeses were Port Salut, Brie,
and Gruyere. The students that
served the cheese were, Char
lotte Sharp, Melinda Byrd, Bec-
ca Bittle, Mary Paige Byrd,
Kate Oates, and Christine
Thompson. They were relieved
at different intervals of the par
ty by other members of the
French Club.
The profit made on the cheese
will later be used towards films
and speakers visiting the club.
Lecige Body’s
Recent Results
By Janet Smalley
A few weeks ago, “Ledge
Body” met, and they approved
a petition concerning week
nights out. This petition pro
vides that academic standing
has no effect on one’s social
rights.
The specific changes in the
social privileges are as follows:
Seniors may date any week-
night; Juniors will have two
nights out a week first semes
ter and three nights second
semester; Sophomores may go
out one night a week first se
mester until 10:00 p.m. and one
night a week second semester
until 11:00 p.m. First semester
freshmen have no nights out,
and they are allowed one night
a week until 10:30 p.m. second
semester. 'Weeknights are de
fined as Sunday through Thurs
day. The approval of this peti
tion means that there are to be
no more special permissions
filed except by first semester
freshmen or by those who have
an unusual case.