VOL. XXXVV. NO. 2
ST. MARY’S COLLEGE. RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27611
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by Edie Lindsay
Christmas activities are
in full swing at St. Mary’s. The
festivities started the first
week in December with
dances both Friday and-
Saturday nights. Because the
Oktoberfest dance had been
postponed, the S.G.A. spon
sored a Christmas dance for
oH classes on Friday,
December 1st “Cornelius
Brothers and Sister Rose”
performed.
Saturday night “Fat A--
jnmens” band entertained at
ihe Holiday Inn Downtown for
Junior-Senior Christmas
dance.
On Monday, D
ECEMBER "^TH, President
Rice spoke at assembly. He
encouraged students to start
swdying for exams and to
have pride in yourself” while
Asking exams. He also urged
overyone “to find a place in
your heart this Christmas for
someone you may find
unloveable.” The Rice family
invited the student body to an
Open House on Thursday,
December 7th.
The Peanut-SheU activity
has caused a lot of discussiwi.
Each girl on every hall drew a
name of another hall member,
“peanut,” to secretly give
presents to every night for
a week. At the end of the week,
everyone will guess until she
finds out who her “shell” is.
This was done at each hall
party.
On Tuesday, December
5th, a very special Chapel
service was held. The next
night, the Circle and ^
Beacon sponsored a Chri-s-
tmas party in the Tyler
Lounge of the Student Union.
Those “cute” Cold Cuts, in
their Christmas uniforms,
performed for us by singing
“ole time” Christmas carols.
The Christmas buffet was
held on December 6th.
Everyone was asked to dress
up in little Christmas
costumes for dinner.
DURING THE WEEK OF EXAMS
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, Every year at St. Mary’s
>nngs new ideas and new
■•ubs. This year, one such idea
^■■ought the formation of a
club, the Ivey League
^ounded by Mary Clyde
“*^dgers. The Ivey I.«ague
had two formal inductions
Jf niembers. They are; Lynn
Ijafdner, Ann Holman, Mimi
“Uff, Poo Vaeth, Aura Bland,
Usa Nichols, Heidi Moore,
Rutie Seawell, Laure Red-
fuond, Hamer Dillard, Polly
“Udgins, and Susan Hut-
^•nson. The officers are:
^ury Clyde Bridgers,
President; Lynn Gardner,
^ice-president; and Susan
“Utchinson, secretary-
ireasurer. The League’s
"Hvisur is Martha Stoops. So
ar the club has planned to
^ise money and replace the
aame tags on several por-
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assembly and tours of St.
Mary’s campus. The club
strives to unit the school, and
also to promote interest in the
history of St. Mary’s.
During the week of exams
And all through the dorms
No sound should be heard
No noise of any form.
Marina Lynch
Because of the great
amoun of studying needed to
prepare for exams, all
resident students must try to
be considerate of others and
observe quiet throughout the
week. With this cooperation
from everyone, the dorms
should present no problems
for students who would rather
Ians
in Smedes Parlor. Other
include a historical
Sea Saints
by Kaky McCabe
Sliding, flipping, turning,
and splashing, the St. Mary’s
Sea Saints are hard at work.
They are probably the closest
thing that one can compare to
a mermaid. The Sea Sainte
are a group of energetic girls
who devote extra tune to
perfecting water ballet
movements.
As a result of all tteir
hard work, the Sea Smnts
performed in the Octoterf^t
Weekend here at St. Marys.
Thev also performed for a
Snar at
in Farmville, Virgmw. Tte
Saints will continue to
work diligently towards their
future performances. They
hope to be a participant in the
Eastern Regionals, schedid^
for February in Virginia. 'The
nationals, the most desir^ of
all competitions, will be held
in Virginia, April llth-15th.
The Sea Saints recently
held workshops and tryouts.
Melanie Hardy and Marge
Johnson were selected as the
new members. They will join
the other members: Mary
Hughes Boylan, Ann King,
Sn James, Patty Thorny
son, Ann Gilbert, Janie
Parker Boo Tyler, Jennifer
ESer, and Micelle O’Neill.
study in their rooms than in
the library. In fact,
throughout the year girls
should be considerate of their
fellow students during quiet
hour before they scream down
the halls, turn the music up
full blast, and tap dance in the
middle of the night.
Quiet hour was originated
in order for students to study
comfortably in their rooms
without first having to scream
down the halls for silence.
. According to some girls in
. Smedes, “the only time to
. study is late at night,” while
girls on first Penick com
mented that the noise is
. “irritating when you’re really
trying to study for a big test.”
Others agreed that Sundays
are the worst.
Dean Jones commented
that she understands that
there are many personalities
and girls with different study
habits living together in a
community, not a single
home. She added, “I feel very
positive about the students,
the noise, and the campus.”
Consideration is the key
factor in almost any situation,
including this pne. Quiet hour
wasn’t designed to punish
anyone or prevent one from
talking, but rather to aid the
student to better understand
her schoolwork, her friends,
and most importantly, her
self.
It is imperative that
consideration also be applied
to the chapel services. The
noise in chapel not only
disturbs Mr. Dillard, but also
disturbs the other students
who attempt to v trship.
According to Dillara, “The
students are probably more
upset than l am, because the
people doing all tiie talking
are stealing from the people
who want to listen.” When
asked for suggestions about
the noise in chapel, many
students felt that the marshals
should take the names of the
talkers in chapel, but instead,
Dillard commented, “There’s
a time to know when to keep
quiet, and the girls are old
enou^ to know better. I
suggest Uiat it (the noise) just
stop without anyone telling
them.” In closing, Dillard
smiled, “Sometime we’ve got
to learn when to be quiet, to
enjoy the silence.”
Only a little consideration
is asked of students, so that
everyone may lived
peacefully and happily
together.
by Edith Wooten
This summer I was for
tunate enough to be involved
in what I am sure will be the
most rewarding experiment
anyone could ever undertake.
The program of which I speak
is called the Experiment In
International Living. This
organization is in the process
of trying to bring the world
closer together by in
termingling young people
from various nations. It is
based on the conception that if
we get to know each other we
will accept and learn to love,
as I did, someone from a not-
so-different culture. I think
tiie best way to exemplify this
is to relate to you some of my
experiences.
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