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The Belles of Saint Mary’s ^ 1 ■> The BELLES OF SAINT MARY’S Published every two weeks by the student body of Saint Mary’s School Editor-in-Chief . . . Louise Jordan Business Manager . . Miss Kate Spruill Exchange Editor . . . Timpy Woods Faculty Adviser . Mr. C. a. P. Moore STAFF Maby Jane Yeatman Sylvia Cullum Alexa McColl Jean Miller Euoie Watters Dorothy Diqges Helen Noell Sue Clapp Virginia Allison Martha Watts Mary Kistler Merrie Haynes Beppy Hunter Martha Lewis Member North Carolina Collegiate Press Association. AWAKENING With the beauty of spring and the refreshing appeal of the grass and flowers, it is very fitting that we should celebrate another rebirth, the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, at this appropriate season. Through the centu ries Easter has come to be the one day especially com memorated to the celebration of Christ’s rebirth. Be cause of what it means it is a day for rejoicing and happiness. Probably the first Easters we remember were vague conglomerations of parties and baskets and Easter eggs and bunnies. After some few years the symbolic love and belief in baskets gave way to more sophisticated cotillions and precious pastel taffeta party dresses with bonnets to match and Sunday school. Soon mother decided we were old enough to know and observe Lent, and Easter, those years, meant we could eat candy or go to the movies again. The chief concern of our six teenth Easter was that somebody besides dad might send us a corsage. Easter eggs and rabbits are only pagan symbols, and clothes and corsages are the modern celebration of the day. It’s easy to overlook the deeper significance of the occasion and to forget that Easter means far more than any of these things. Childish custom and gayety have given way to new ideas. Easter is a glorious day which is set aside to commemorate a gift—the gift of a life—to save man. After that life has been crushed— its rebirth, Christ’s Resurrection! MY DUTY TOWARDS— A student body president has been elected. A self- governing body has chosen the person it deems most fitted to direct and set an example for its business and behavior. It has given her the most difficult office in the school community to do well; for although her ac tual productive work may not be as specialized and exact ing as that of others, she is held responsible for all the good and evil she and the members of the student body may do. As in judging everything else, so in criticizing the student government, it is always easier to find fault than to praise. The student body president must have 8 strength of mind, a quiet temper, and self-confidence, and capacity to take the criticisms she will undoubtedlj receive. She must have initiative to build on the struc ture left by her predecessor, and poise and self-control to conduct her meetings. You have given her a har^ order to fill, school. No man is perfect; and yet tha' is what men demand of their leaders and teachers. Res assured that she will do her best to serve you, but h sure to give her the allegiance, the cooperation, and de termination to develop a better school that you owe hei in return. FAMILIARITY BREEDS RESPECT In a large university, the library is principally a» impersonal source of information, of reference books periodicals, and novels. In a small school, such a* Saint Mary’s, however, there is an opportunity for tb library to become the center of the school, a center o! recreation and pleasant work. There are some who come to it reluctantly to obtaii hated but necessary information. There are others wP come automatically, and work without any particula' feeling for or against it. There is a third group whicii comes, as everyone should, realizing that the librarj contains a wealth of material to give interesting knowl edge and infinite pleasure. The first group, the rebellious individuals, might wel realize that the library is more than just a place work reluctantly for several hours a week. It contain much interesting information if they would only see* it in the reference books, reserve books, and periodical* Many of the new books, particularly, bring an eas.' conversational style to the abhorred parallel reading. The second group, the indifferent people, may find li the library a place of real enjoyment. Old and nej novels are numerous; and the periodicals, variefl Whether the individual desires illustrated magazine* musical journals, health news, or literary information she may easily find it. The bulletin board calls atten tion to interesting reading topics, and individual stan® disjday the latest books. . The third group, even that conscious group, may sti* add more pleasure to its use of the library. Rece®' surveys within the school have shown that most studeu*-' could profitably spend time on current events, which a® authentically recorded in Time and the New Yoi’' Times. Also, the reviews of the latest books and be* books may be found in approximately a third of tb' magazines in the library, including the Saturday view, Harper’s, and Scribner’s. Let each student of Saint Mary’s, therefore, find b*' place in one of these groups and then endeavor to raP her standards to a higher level to make the library ‘ center of the school. KASTKH AND THE DOGWOOD The cross on which Jesus Christ was hung was ma^ of a dogwood tree, people say. As lie bore the gre* burden on Ilis shoulders through Jerusalem lie pro®' ised that the dogwood tree would never again gi'P large enough so that a cross could be made and a Chr® hung on it. So the growth of the tree was stunted a®' it has always appeared weak and fragile since that daj Also to commemorate Ilis death for us the blossoi® are shaped like a cross, so that when we see the dogwo®! tree we shall be reminded of Christ’s magnificent sacb fice for man.
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