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Vol XXXVIII, No. 4
RALEIGH, N. C.
December 18, 1974
SMC Vestry
Stays Busy
By Deborah Walter
The past few weeks have been
busy for the Vestry. The week
before Thanksgiving, the Ves
try, along with members of the
senior class volunteer commit
tee, sponsored a party for the
Governor Morehead School for
the Blind’s third graders. Girls
from each class spent the after
noon with the children, and it
was a full day of fun, from the
scavenger hunt to the dancing
to the Cold Cuts’ music.
Secondly, the Vestry spon
sored a used clothing and toy
drive for the Methodist Orphan
age. Along with the clothes and
the toys, the offerings from the
chapel services of November
and December were given to the
orphange for Christmas. Due to
the great response, the orphans
should have a good Christmas.
Also, the Vestry, with Chap
lain Davis, made the decision to
try out the new service, and
thus put the booklets together.
In addition, the offering taken
up during the service on Father-
Daughter Day established a
fund by which the Vestry hopes
to use to paint the chapel. Also,
the Vestry organized a group of
volunteer tutors for the Catholic
Orphanage. And the Vestry
members ended their projects
by planning the message for the
December 8 service.
By and large, the Vestry
projects have been a success only
because the students have been
so cooperative and willing to
give of themselves.
Circle Takes
Second Walk
The second walk of the Order
of the Circle took place Tuesday
night, December 3 (much to the
surprise of the “scoopers”!).
And now that the old members
have decided to go back to the
tradition of having only the old
members leave a sig:n in their
room, it was harder than usual
to discern who the honored were.
But they finally emerged and
The Belles staff gives their con
gratulations to Margaret Mc
Alister, Sallie Shuping, and
Jeannette Sanderson. See ya
around!
Happy peanut f
Circle-Beacon Christmas Party —
Enjoyment for All
COME ON, MARTA! DO YOU HAVE TO SMILE WHEN
YOU DO THAT? . . . The Tug-o-War was a big success this
year, with the turkey dinner (cooked by the Beacon members)
going to Third East and West Smedes.
Chorale Sings at Assembly
By Kay Castleberry
St. Mary’s Chorale set the
mood for Christmas with an as
sembly of Christmas music on
December 4. The members were
dressed in colorful ski sweaters
to add to the spirit. Chorale
opened the program with “Ring
Those Christmas Bells,” and
continued with other songs of
the Christmas Season. Solo
parts were sung by Melinda
Shepherd, Ruth Butler, and Lena
Johnson.
Chorale also presented a pro
gram of Christmas music for
Chapel Wednesday night which
proved very inspiring. Mr.
Michael Bulley is the director
of the Chorale.
Freshmen Work Hard
For Annual Dance
By Thalia Cooper
Okay, freshmen, we know you
need money for the Freshman-
Sophomore, but if you have an
other bake sale like the last one,
everybody’s gonna look like such
a hog that they won’t be able
to get dates. Please keep essen
tials like that in mind; next time
sell Ayds or something.
Seriously though, the food
was delish; congratulations on
clearing about $90. Hope your
bake sale after Christmas is
even better!
The car wash was a great suc
cess, too: $125 added to the
fund. Rumor has it that y’all
got quite a bit of business from
Central Prison; hope you were
honorable enough to put those
personal tips into the pot —
you know, use that sex appeal
for the good of the class.
What we’re all really waiting
for, though, is the annual fresh
man slave sale. Everyone who
hasn’t been saving their gross
est jobs all semester, start right
away, so you can get your mon
ey’s worth out of your slave.
Or you can plan a week of lux
ury — have your room cleaned,
laundry done, etc. Or if you’ve
got a problem, like Robert Red-
ford won’t quit calling and
bugging you for a date, the
freshman can handle that, too.
Leave it all up to them.
Everyone please make a New
Year’s resolution to support the
freshman class. They’re work
ing so hard to make the Fresh
man-Sophomore a success, and
they need everyone’s help. Spe
cial thanks goes to Lore White,
Mabel Geoghegan, Mary Ashton
Kollmansperger, and Elizabeth
Vann for their extra work. Keep
it up, freshmen — you’ll get
there yet!
DANCIN’ TO THE COLD CUTS! ... As they always do, the
children from Governor Morehead School of the Blind enjoyed
the Uold Cut music the most at the party given by the Vestry.
By Anna Savage
and Lisa Albert
The Circle-Beacon Christmas
Party this year was given De
cember 10 at 8:00. The Circle
and the Beacon raised money for
this gay event as one of their
annual projects. The Beacon
raised money by putting on the
Tug-o-War. Every person on
each hall on campus (except
one) donated 50 cents so they
could- participate in this exhil
arating event. The halls battled
against one another until two
winners were announced —
Third East and West Smedes.
The girls on these halls were
treated to a turkey dinner
(cooked and served by Beacon
members). TTie Circle raised
money by selling the beautiful
St. Mary’s mugs. Mr. Tate sub
stituted for Santa Claus this
year and did the service very
well. (In years past, he was
Santa Claus, too). Refreshments
were served, the Cold Cuts per
formed and the girls dressed
festively for this grand occasion
at St. Mary’s.
In closing, the Belles staff
wishes everyone a Merry Christ
mas and, certainly, a “party
ing” New Year. See you January
12!
Election Results Given;
Better Method Needed
By Mary Dombalis
Class elections were held after
Fall Break. The results are as
follows:
Freshman Class: President,
Lore White; Social Board,
Frances Schultz; Vice President,
Mabel Geoghegan; Secretary,
Mary Ashton Kollmansperger;
Treasurer, Elizabeth Vann;
Dance Marshal, Hunter Dortch;
Legislative Body, Debra Rhodes.
Sophomore Class: President,
Christine Thompson; Honor
Board, Pam Peebles; Social
Board, Ellyn Faircloth; Vice
President, Carter Warren; Sec
retary, Betsy Barwick; Treas
urer, Ann Barwick; Legislative
Body, Ann Woodroof.
Junior Class: President,
Barksdale Spencer; Honor
Board, Mary Dombalis and
Towles Dunbar; Social Board,
Betsy Armstrong; Legislative
Body, Liz Baskerville and Jo
anna Drake; Vice President,
Lou White; Secretary, Rogers
Pender.
These girls are very capable
leaders. They will surely make
good officers with the support
and cooperation of the student
body.
The class elections started on
Monday, October 21 and lasted
through Monday, December 9.
The delay was due largely to
the fact that there were several
fallacies in the election system.
First of all, the elections were
only held four days a week.
Therefore, if nominations were
submitted on Sunday night for
an office, elections began on
Monday. It usually took two
run-offs before a winner could
be announced. By this time it
was TTiursday and nominations
could not be submitted until the
following Sunday night. Thus,
It took approximately one week
to elect one officer.
The major problem, however,
was the lack of voting on the
part of the students. At first,
students were eager to vote.
But, as the days wore on, the
student body as a whole became
less and less enthusiastic and
participated in the voting less
and less. Therefore, the elec
tions were delayed many times
because a class failed to have
a majority of the class voting.
This caused hardships for all
concerned — the SGA officers,
the girls who counted votes (all
of whom gave unselfishly of
their time) and finally, the
nominees themselves.
The legislative body subse
quently passed a petition which
would alter the system for class
elections. By the new system,
each class would hold a meeting
in which they would elect offi
cers in one day. The meeting
would be supervised by the
SGA officers, and Dr. Miller
and Dean Jones would be pres
ent to approve the nominations.
The nominations would then be
submitted in writing and ap
proved and the class would then
vote by a show of hands. In
this way all class officers would
be elected in one day. This pe
tition was brought before the
student body in assembly and
discussed. The students voted
by show of hands. Because the
vote was apparently very close
and a large amount of disagree
ment was evident, the petition
was tabled until other methods
of conducting elections are of
fered. One thing is certain — a
more effective way of electing
class officers is necessary and
only the ideas and interest of
the students will bring about a
change in the present system.
Please submit your ideas to
Susanne Owens in a petition.
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