The Belles of Saint Maey’s
The BELLES
OF SAINT MARY'S
Published every two weeks by the student body of Saint
Mary’s School
Editor
Beppy Hunter
Exchange Editor ....
Erwin Gant
Business Manager . . . .
. . . . Miss Kate Spruill
Faculty Adviser ....
Mr. 0. A. P. Moore
STAFF
Virginia Allison
Helen Kendrick
Theresa Anderson
Mary Kistler
Sue Berry
Martha Lewis
Julia Booker
Trick Martin
Betty Brandt
Mary Lily Moore
Mary W. Douthat
Lucy Pittenger
Page Eatman
Aylett Putney-
Mary Gault
Mallie Ramsey
Vivian Gillespie
Ernestine Rich
Katherine Hardison
Dorothy See
Merrie Haynes
Hallie Townes
Althea Hoopf
Virginia Trotter
Member North Carolina
Collegiate Press Association
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Will there be a war in Europe soon, or has the danger
passed? The attention of the world was centered on
Europe in the recent crisis, and many are wondering
if the peace we have now will be permanent. The gen
eral opinion at Saint Mary’s seems to be that the danger
is not passed, that war will come in the near future,
although there are a few dissenting voices.
Virginia Manning, freshman, says: “There is still
strong danger of a European war, because the dictators
apparently have not changed their j)lans for empire
building. They want to gain territory, and the only
way to do this is through war.”
“I don’t think there will be trouble, but you never
can tell what Hitler and Mussolini will do,” declares
Jane Acree, business student. “One of them is_ liable
to want more land, and then there will be difficulties.”
The intellectual viewpoint is given by Miss Weise,
who says : “The danger has decidedly not passed. In a
few years, if not sooner, there will be war; because none
of the things that the last quarrel was about have been
settled. The next time Hitler takes some territory the
other countries will decide they have to fight him.”
“There will be no war,” declares Ida Turner, senior,
optimistically. “Since I’ve been alive there is always
going to be one and never is—and never will be. In the
last scare everything was done to avert war. People
will always sacrifice anything.”
Margaret Eansom, junior, says: “I don’t think the
danger is over because the people have been stirred u]>
so that they won’t be satisfied with peace. The ])olitical
leaders say the difficulties have been fixed, but there are
still hostile feelings underneath.”
“If things go on as they are now, there’s going to be
a war,” thinks Jessica Graham, sophomore.^ “That’s
my candid opinion; I have no reason. If Hitler stays
alive there’s just going to be something awful!”
WITH NO CONSIDEEATION
This last week a gracious member of the faculty
planned an afternoon party for a group of girls on her
halls. At the last minute she rcunembered she had
neglected to keej) cheese for the crackers; so, leaving
things arranged on a table, she dashed out to the store,
returning just in time to greet her guests. To her dis
may she found a very annoying situation which she had
never once suspected. The implicit trust that she had
displayed in leaving the food had been for naught. The
situation might have been more disastrous than it was;
the hostess might not have had any refreshments for her
guests, but fortunately she had another supply. Never
theless, there ivas inconvenience enough for her and the
incident must have shocked her in realizing the fact that
some few girls cannot be trusted.
They, everyone, knew they had no right to the crack
ers already arranged on a plate, or the cookies in the
closed jar. Must not this then prove an alarming impu
dence and a vulgar boldness? They certainly were not
hungry, not direly so. They saw the food and took it)
without asking, without thinking of anyone except their
own smug selves.
These girls are not only guilty of selfish intemper
ance, but also of dishonesty. They wouldn’t have
touched anything had the teacher been in the room-
They might have had she been in the next room and
the door was closed. But they did it when she went to
the store.
The lives of just such a few girls certainly reflect a
serious lack of principle, as well as a lack of early train
ing and discipline, whereby they should have been
taught to distinguish between what is theirs and what
is not. High ideals and principles, spiritual and moral
sincerity seem in this case to be utterly lacking-
Whether it is totally or only partially the fault of the
parents, the reflection is as much on them as on the girl-
This commentary is indeed a sad one.
HOW TO STUDY
Now tha:t the first month’s grades are out and each
girl has seen how well or how poorly she is doing. NoW)
not later, is the time to consider studying seriously.
There is one type of student who never studies. She
plays all afternoon and “messes around” all night. She
rarely turns in an assignment and does not study even
for tests. Though she may be almost a genius, she wih
undoubtedly receive an “E.”
Then there is the type of girl who plays all month
and then crams the night before a test. She may, by
some chance, get through for the month, but her debacle
will come at exams when she cannot remember what she
crammed before.
The girl who studies all the time may be one of three
kinds: She may be so conscientious about her work
that the completion of it takes all her time. Or she may
be so slow that she cannot complete her lessons unless
she works all the time. Or, most probably, she just
does not know how to study. The latter does not con
centrate, does something else while she is supposed to
be studying. Perhaps she talks between sentences i»
the library or listens to the radio. She can go on indefi
nitely and never learn anything.
And then there is the “ideal” girl who manages to get
her work done satisfactorily and still have a good time-
“Work while you work; j>lay while you play” is he>'
motto. When she studies, she concentrates, works stead
ily, day by day, with the idea of absorbing knowledge-
Then, when she is through, she devotes her free time to
real recreation.
In the long run, this “ideal girl” should be the exaiU'
pie. Her health, her j)eace of mind, and her complete
knowledge will represent true education.