T
-X. B E L L E
OF SAINT MARY’S
VoL. I, No. 3
EALEIGH, NOETH CAEOLINA
OcTOBBE 29, 1937
SAINT MARY’S RECEIVES $4,500 GRANT
Saint Mary’s Library is among those receiving $4,500,
the second largest grant given to Junior College libra
ries by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Of
this, $3,000 is to be spent this year on books, and $1,500
next year.
To obtain this grant a questionnaire concerning the
library had to be filled out, and the book collection
checked with the Mohrhardt “List of Books for Junior
College Libraries.” Dr. William Warner Bishop, libra
rian of the University of Michigan and chairman of
the Group on Junior College Libraries of the Carnegie
Corporation of New York, sent Mr. Mohrhardt, a
library specialist, to look at the library.
Several new sets of reference books have been bought.
The Dictionary of National Biography covers the field
of biography in the British Isles and its colonies from
the earliest times to 1921. The Cambridge Modern
Jlistory is the most important and authoritative refer
ence work in its field, and is particularly valuable for
Its bibliographies. It is in thirteen volumes and has an
atlas. In the field of music are the Oxford History of
Music, a very scholarly work, and Grove’s Dictionary of
Music and Musicians, an encyclopedia covering the field
of music from 1450 to the present time. This five-
volume set places special emphasis on British subjects,
but has an American supplement, which includes United
States, Canadian, and some South American biogra
phies. Elie Faure’s five-volume History of Art, trans
lated from the French by Walter Bach, is very beauti
fully illustrated and bound.
Some recent books for recreational reading are:
Reiser’s—An American Doctor’s Odysseyj Man the Un-
bnown, by Alexis Carrell and Elizabeth Fry; Quaker
Heroine, by Whitney, The Cathedral, a Gothic Pilgrim-
^9^, by Parkhurst, which has for its theme the cathedral
of the Middle Ages “viewed in the context of poetry,
nausic, legend, ritual, and symbolism; the cathedral as it
reflects the beliefs, fears, and mystical imaginings of
niedieval man.” Another new book is Southern Treas-
ury of Life and Literature, by Stark Young, author of
^0 Red the Rose. This book contains both prose and
poetry. Hamilton’s Reconstruction in North Carolina
is a valuable addition to our Southern History Collec
tion. Paul Green’s The Lost Colony is also of special
interest.
Among the fiction that has arrived are Kenneth
Robert’s Northwest Passage, Brand’s The Outward
Room, Edmond’s Drums Along the Mohawks, and Tol
stoi’s Resurrection, and Of Lena Geyer, by Marcia
Davenport, daughter of Alma Gluck.
ERECTIONS TO RITERARY SOCIETIES
The following new members of the E. A. P. and
Sigma Lambda Literary Societies were initiated Wed
nesday afternoon at a joint social meeting held in the
parlor.
The new E. A. P.’s are; Beppy Hunter, Lossie Tay
lor, Penelope Lewis, Anne Eust, Elizabeth Tucker, Sue
Newell, Sue Clapp, Nancy Murchison, Lucy Pittenger,
and Helen Holt.
The Sigma Lambda’s are: Martha Lewis, Margaret
Taylor, Toppin Wheat, Mary S. Quintard, Mary Kist-
ler, Martha Anne Speight, Palmer Smith, and Ida
Turner.
Elections to the Literary Societies will be held again
next spring, and members will again be chosen accord
ing to their improvement in English, originality of
composition, and interest in the work of the societies.
DEUTSCHER VEREIN
The officers of the Deutscher Yerein for the coming
term were elected October 19th. They are: President,
Jean Miller, Vice President, Nancy Murchison; secre
taries, Merrie Haynes and Ann Dawson; Treasurer,
Agnes Sanford; and Social Committee, Louise Jordan,
chairman, Anne Burnett, Sarah Griffith, Charlotte Eufl-
ner, Wanda Phillips, Louise Donald, and Frances Fish.
The first meeting is scheduled to be held in December.
THE PUPIR’S VOICE
The Pupil’s Voice is a magazine published monthly
by the students of Calegio Buenavista, a preparatory
school for girls, in Habana, Cuba. This summer Mrs.
Naylor met Miss Clotilde Pujol, the director of the
magazine staff. Miss Pujol heard that Saint Mary’s
was publishing a newspaper and suggested that the
schools exchange papers. The Belles is glad to accept
this suggestion, and to find that students so far away
are as interested in our work as we are in theirs. The
staff hopes to print articles from The Pupil’s Voice
from time to time.
MR.S. RUTH RRYAN OAVEN ROHDE SPEAKS AT
SAINT MARAT’S
On October 20th, in the Auditorium, Mrs. Euth
Bryan Owen Eohde, American Ambassador to Denmark
from 1933 to 1936, and the first woman diplomat of
the United States, spoke to Saint Mary’s students and
visitors on the “Business of Diplomacy.” She discussed
the troubles of a diplomat in answering letters from all
over the world, and the difficulty of giving Denmark
the correct impression of America in spite of the false
ones reflected by newspapers and motion pictures. She
advocated articles and movies that would more truth
fully portray American life. She pictured the cleanli
ness, courtesy, and honesty of the people of Denmark
and of the beauties of Greenland.
M rs. Eohde talked easily, graciously, and, where ap
propriate, most humorously. Saint Mary’s is fortunate
to have secured such a distinguished and delightful
speaker.