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The Belles of Saint Maet’s ALUMNA. NEWS ’34 Pebbles Walton was here Wednesday night, January 25 bn the 2nd and 3rd of February, Mr. and Mrs. Kan- dolph Whittle of Norfolk, Va., visited Saint Marys. Mrs. Whittle was the former Miss Nell Tyler. ’37 Connie Thigpen spent the week-end of Janu^y 28- 29 here. We were all glad to see her again. Connie is a senior at Carolina this year. _ We had two visitors from Sweet Briar here last week-end. One was Betty Frazier; the other, a^frirad of Betty’s. Betty sang the solo part in Kipling s i4e- cessional” in church Sunday morning. ’38 Lillie Eobertson stopped by school again on Friday, January 27. We have seen quite a bit of Lillie around recently, but she never stays long. Lillie was here also on Monday, January 30. Caroline Miller and Sallie McNider also dropped by that day. Everybody vvelcomed Ann Shook last week-end. Ann spent Saturday and Sunday, January 28-29, with us. Charlotte Harris pleased us by coming back for a short visit on January 30 and 31. . ■ j Amid a drizzling rain, “Pony” Brent and a friend arrived last week-end to spend a few days. Jean Blount was here for a very short time on h eb- ruary 2 and 3. ^ i During the week-end of the 3rd, Sue Clapp was here. We didn’t see you long enough. Sue! . Saturday afternoon^ February 4, Dons Butler, do Pope, and Louise Partrick came by to see us. Louise spent the week-end with her mother here in Kaleigh. Jo Pope, her usual snappy self, showed up too, as did Helen Noell and Tudie Neff, who had been week-ending at Chapel Hill. j c j Cornelia Gillam was here on Saturday and Sunday, February 4 and 5. GONG I Miss Juliet Sutton People in every community have a had habit of laud ing famous outsiders, who break into their snug lives, giving them, perhaps, a new idea, and of overlooking the fineness in their own citizens, who contribute year by year something of infinitely more value than even a new idea. Steadfastness is not sensational; we ac cept it carelessly. In looking about us here at Saint Mary’s everyone will agree that in Miss Sutton we find our own best example of this quality, which is often lightly treated. As to the facts of the case, we find that Miss Sutton came to Saint Mary’s as a student from Pittsboro, where she was born and spent her early life. She joined the Saint Mary’s faculty the year that Dr. Ben nett Smedes died. At that time the school could boast but eighty-four hoarding students, but as a day school it was strong. Miss Sutton was in charge of the dormi- tory on the third fioor of Smedes Hall. Also she taught Bible and spelling. The former class she designated as her “Friday Bible,” to the amusement of everyone. “Friday Bible” was given up when she began assisting Miss Lee in the Business Department. Still later, when Mr. Cruikshank was Business Manager ^ of Saint Mary’s, another change was made and Miss Sutton started her office work. She continues to preside over all marks as well as to execute numerous other jobs, which perhaps we fail to take into account, such as issuing books and paper, calling the shoe repairer and the cleaner, and receiving at all our school functions. Or to put these matters in a more startling way. Miss Sutton has been an integral part of life at Saint Marys during the administration of every president except that of the founder. Dr. Aldert Smedes. Whenever asked what she likes best about Saint Mary’s, Miss Sutton has answered, “The girls.” Girls are girls whether they came to Saint Mary’s during Dr- Bennett Smedes’ presidency or during Mrs. Cruit shank’s. But undoubtedly there is a difference, a dit- fcrGiiCB in tliG world outsido und in the strictness ^ the homes from which they came. The school and Miss Sutton have recognized these differences. “You couldnt run a school now as they did then,” says Miss Sutton wisely. In the time of Dr. Smedes, a recreation hour, with dancing and games in the parlor, was allowed. A few years later, Saturday nights began to be featured. The girls played without gentlemen callers. Now that we have gentlemen within the parlor, and still more recently within the gym, it has been noted that Miss Sutton’s judgment of the boys is quite as good as her judgment of the girls. . Eecently Miss Sutton sent her congratulations to a young man, one of the original comers to Saint Mary s dances, who was to he married. His response was tha this particular congratulation meant as much to huu as any that he received. We can well understand. —Neophyte. EMBARRASSMENT The other day when the psychology class was all wrapped up in the subject of perception, right in We middle of a very complicated sentence which Mis Morrison was dictating. Miss Weise literally burst in the room to ask if M. M. M. would do an f randior her later. Then she left. A few seconds later Mis Tucker flew in. She wanted M. M. M. to put her Join Hancock on some very official looking papers. latter said she was sorry but she was teaching at tlia time and that she would have to do it later. Mis» Tucker left in a huff and not without throwing tn papers on the floor and saying. That is ivhat I of you and your class!” Fewer seconds later Mis Weise dashed into the room to see if she’d left a boo^ Five students sat and fidgeted nervously, scared death, afraid to look up. One thought she could dete a crack in Miss Morrison’s voice as she continued lecture. Another imagined she could hear her crying softly. Another was going through the agony of se control with her as she struggled not to allow the mc dent to get the best of her. No, those five student wouldn’t look up for anything! . , , i +„,• In truth. Miss Morrison was bursting with laugwe*- She had to tell her class it had been a drama for thei benefit. After answering a series of questions sucti a the color of Miss Weise’s handkerchief and under whicn arm Miss Tucker was carrying books, the psychologica experiment proved that any emotional tension such embarrassment has a very definite effect on powers o observation when we take certain things for grants and hardly attend to those things which do not bea directly on the general situation.
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