The Belles of Saint Mary’s
A reception honoring the Senior Class will be held
in the parlor Monday, May 29, at 9 :30 p.m.
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To date, over 200 students have been accepted for the
season of 1939-40. Less than 20 places remain to be
filled and it is expected that these few vacancies will
soon be taken.
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Mrs. Cruikshank has announced that there will be
no faculty changes for the coming year. Such has not
been true for many years, and it seems to argue for
solidarity and satisfaction.
The Doctors’ Daughters’ Club, one of the newer or
ganizations at Saint Mary’s, will hold its second yearly
banquet at 6 o’clock On Monday night at the Hotel
Carolina. The banquet is a special occasion, since
doctors from different localities attend.
GRADUATION
The ninety-seventh session of Saint Mary’s will end
tomorrow. May 30, at the completion of graduation
exercises. These exercises will begin in the auditorium
at eleven o’clock, with the students seated according to
classes and the faculty on the stage. Events will occur
in the following order; Salutatory, Valedictory, presen
tation of the Art, Expression and Business certificates,
announcement of the Honor Roll, awarding of the
Sophomores’ diplomas. Senior Essay Award, and the
Niles Medal Award. Dr. Frank Graham, president of
the University of North Carolina, will deliver the
baccalaureate address.
At the end of the exercises in the auditorium, the
faculty and students will proceed to the chapel, where
Bishop Penick will present the diplomas to the gradu
ates of the Junior College Department. Filing out of
the chapel, the procession then will walk to the semi
circle in front of Smedes, where Laura Butcher, Chief
Marshal, will announce that the “Ninety-Seventh ses
sion of Saint Mary’s School and Junior College is
dismissed.”
BIRDS MUST TRY THEIR WINGS
Voices sounding through Smedes Hall filled his heart
with tender sadness. It was the last step-singing of
’39. It was the last step-singing at Saint Mary’s that
the Seniors would ever know. No wonder they and
Smedes both felt wistful, as through the stillness of
dusk the voices, young and serious, sang “Auld Lang
Syne,” “In the Gloaming,” and “Carry Me Back to
Old Virginia.” Then the Seniors, almost ethereal in
their white dresses, stood up in front of the rest of the
school gathered on Smedes steps, and sang “Good-bye,
School.” This was too much! Smedes sighed so pro
foundly that the portrait of Bishop Ives nearly fell
off the parlor wall. He was fond of these Seniors.
Each one through her individual charms had endeared
herself to him. Each one with her loyalty and abilities
had added to the life of the school and left an impres
sion not to be soon erased.
Smedes gazed at the singers fondly. He hoped he
had brought them up right: they were such a fair group
that he felt sure he had. He was, of course, a bit old-
fashioned in his ideas, but he was not certain but what
old-fashioned ideas were the best kind. Naturally, the
girls had often ridiculed his oj)inions, and not infre
quently he found that their modern ideas were sounder
than his. Anyway, they each learned from the other.
As “Good-bye, School” ended, tears came, willing or
no, and Smedes felt a queer sensation, as though the
paint were melting on his wmoden frame and trickling
down his well-built sides. Yes, this was a fine class
of Seniors he was turning out into the world.
ALUMNiE NEWS
Lillie Robertson was here on May 14.
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Friday, May 19, the Dramatic Club went to Chapel
Hill for the last time this year to see the out-door pro
duction, “Noah.” The girls always hope to see some
of Saint Mary’s alumnae on these trips, and sure enough
they did this time—in wagons, going on a hay-ride.
They (Olive Cruikshank, Connie Thigpen, Eleanor
Jackson, Mary Jane Yeatman, and Sarah Griffith)
really had that Saint Mary’s smile I xVt the play, the
girls saw Louise Jordon and Caroline Miller. (Where
was Sallie?)
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On Saturday morning. May 20, the marriage of the
former Miss Margaret Vass to Mr. Herbert W. Stock-
ard took place in our Saint Mary’s chapel. Mr. and
Mrs. Stockard will make their home in Raleigh.
The wedding brought xlnnie Tucker all the way from
Washington, D. C., to see us.
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Margaret Lewis visited us on Sunday, May 21.
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Alice James wms here for a few minutes on Saturday,
May 20.
CHANGES AND RENOVATIONS
First and last, the campus and buildings will have
undergone a good many changes come next September.
Already a new spacious studio has been added to the
Music Building for Mr. AV. H. Jones, Head of the
Department. Nearby and almost completed, its archi
tecture harmonizing with the Music Building and
Chapel, is a storehouse for all school supplies. This
has long been a dream of Mr. Tucker, as much for its
convenience and efficiency as for the school’s need of
space until now used as storerooms.
Of more interest to faculty and students are the
changes to be made in the xVrt Building that have been
made imperative by overcrowded conditions in the
Library. With the exception of the stairway to the
second floor, which is to be enclosed and made sound
proof, the whole of the first floor will be given over to
the Library and thrown en suite, thereby more than
doubling its present setting capacity and greatly re
lieving its present congestion. Rest rooms will be in
stalled in basement.
The last major changes will he effected in the base
ment of West AVing, wffiich will be made over entirely
into classrooms and thus duplicate the basement of
East Wing. Other changes are contemplated but not
yet decided upon.
NEAV PRIVILEGES
Three new privileges have been agreed upon for the
student body. xAfter much deliberation on the parts of
the Legislative Body and Mrs. Cruikshank, they have
granted the students new and advantageous liberties
which will go into effect in 1939-40. They are:
(1) “That for Saturday night movies girls will be
allowed to sign on the ‘large sheet’ in the parlor at any
time on Saturday. Just before leaving, each chaperon