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The Belles
of
St. Mary’s
Collese
VOLUME XLIII, NUMBER 4 ST. MARY’S COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N.C.
FEBRUARY 1. 1982
BECOME A FRIEND OF THE LIBRARY
The first organizational
meeting of the Friends of the
Library at St. Mary’s College
will be Sunday, Jan. 31, 1982
at 2:30 p.m. in Kenan Library.
The amusing and controver
sial editorial cartoonist,
Dwane Powell of the Raleigh
News and Observer will be
the guest speaker. Copies of
his latest book, Surley Some
one Can Still Sing Bass will be
available for sale and he will
be happy to autograph a copy
for you.
The Friends of the Library
is being formed to support
the Library in its continuing
role in the advancement of
knowledge within the college
and the Triangle community.
If you join before June 30,
1982 you will qualify for a
charter membership. The
membership year runs with
St. Mary’s school year, start
ing July 1st to June 30th. The
IN A CROVE OF STATELY OAK TREES
By Foo Vaeth
This writer is going to be
laughed off the campus after
this one. But how can any edi
tor expect a decent column in
this cold weather? My wit is
chilled, my hands frozen, and
my toes are slightly nippy.
Nippy? That is a rather mild
word for the famous bliz
zards that plowed through
the grove recently. What a
way to start off the year. What
a way to start off the semes
ter! Another week of vaca
tion. Actually, there is no
thing like waking up those
cold January mornings, put
ting on five to ten layers of
clothing, and sliding over to
Ragland only to find your
teacher can’t make it through
the snow. Next step: slide
back to your room, take off
that layered clothing, climb
CONGRATULATIONS
GIRLS!
The Columbia Scholastic
Press Association awarded a
second place certificate to
The Belles staff. The Belles
came in second in the fifty-
eighth annual contest that
takes place at Columbia Uni
versity in the city of New
York. The award was dated
October 9. 1981. Congratula
tions to the 1981 Belles staffi
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
presents movies
The Enensh sh^wnTr'^
films in Raelanfl J, plan to see these nto-
several English classes. Raisin in the Sun
Feb. 10 Great Expectations
F'ch. 24 Wuthering Heights
Mar. 3 The Great Gatsby
Mar. 17 Othello
Mar. 31 jhe Manwoman of Chailot
Apr. 14
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into your warm cozy bed and
wait to hear someone yell
that the teacher of your next
class just slid in.
I must apologize to those
who were immobilized with
me. Any sane psychologist
would immediately commit
^Foo Vaeth if he or she were to
see my snowbound behavior.
To be cold is miserable. To be
cold and wet is even worse.
Who can walk around when
your feet have the opportu
nity to slide right from under
you? Everyone laughs when I
walk as though my next step
may be my last. They would
probably laugh harder if 1
fell on my face, and that is a
risk I would rather not take.
Many people have ideas
about what they could do
with twelve million dollars.
This city spends it on clean
ing up the mess. What will I
do without my grapefruits in
the summer — let alone
oranges to make a frosty
screwdriver?
Actually, this weather can
make me happy. As long as
your basic, dedicated
teacher stays home. I’ll be
happy. Really happy. My fa
vorite aspect of the snow and
ice is that special thrill I get
when I can hear my car
wheels spinning on a sheet of
ice, slush, snow or other
forms of nippy precipitation.
Just knowing that I am abso
lutely stuck with nowhere to
go is enough to turn me into a
walking snowwoman. Yes,
snow is pretty, snow is fun,
but I’d rather be sweating in
the sun. You have already
been warned that this writer
is a possible mental case can
didate.
Now I have gone from a “sa
tirical columnist” to a child-
wren’s poetry specialist.
Please don’t lock me up yet.
Did you feel that drift, of
warm air?
Prizes Awarded
To Winners Of
Muse Contest
The literary magazine of
St. Mary’s, The Muse, is hav
ing a contest for the creative
mind. There are four catego
ries: Poetry, Prose, Art, and
Photography in which each
category has three winners:
$25 for first, $15 for second,
and $10 for third place. One
may enter three items in ev
ery category. Persons enter
ing must give their name. Ra
leigh or campus address,
class (freshman, sophomore,
etc.), and phone number.
In the Poetry and Prose
category the items must be
either typed or written clear
ly in dark ink. These items
will become property of the
Muse unless otherwise re
quested and people will be
responsible for picking up all
work. Art work must be origi
nal and will also become
property of the Muse unless
otherwise requested. Stu
dents are. again, responsible
for picking up all work from
editor. Art work may have to
be modified. It must have
names, usually initials, but
full names should be written
LIGHTLY IN PENCIL on
back.
Entries can be turned into
Ashlyn Martin, Penick 301,
Ms. Wooten, office 105, or box
in Day Student House by Feb
ruary 15. The theme for the
contest is “Beginnings and
Endings,” though entries do
not have to pertain to this.
Leslie Derby