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The Belles of Saint Mary’s will sign her own name below the bracketed names of the girls in her group.” (2) “That at mid-term examination time, girls who finish their examinations before the week is over will be allowed to leave school for the remainder of the week. This absence will count as a week-end.” (3) “That juniors will be allowed to go down town to lunch and movies once a month.” BAGS, BOXES, TRUNKS “Going home?” Mr. Tucker asks. “Trunks will be on your halls Wednesday afternoon,” Miss Brown adds. The girls run into the grocery store and beg, “Please save me your next box! Now don’t forget that you promised.” All of which means that we really are going home for three long (a bit optimistic) months! Empty closets, half-filled drawers, heavy boxes with “Remain” tags attached, and overrunning trunks are our objects in view now. The sooner everything is topsy-turvy, the better. This no-classes business is the I life, if we disregard the tears. Even the auditorium has a trunk collection about this time every year. The costume trunk arrives for the Commencement Play, is unpacked and repacked; it’s all in the coming and going! The clear desks of the teachers in classrooms means that they use boxes too. We love the sight of NO Books. Bare, dusty window-sills are bookless. But the library is one place Avhere books, books, books, some almost threadbare from this year’s use, stand all sum mer long, in straight roAvs. Many boxes, overladen Avith books, are piled up in corners of rooms, left here by returning students. Tears or no tears, AA^e are all glad about the AA'hole thing and just adore the sight of bags, boxes, and trunks. ALUMNfE DAY The annual alumnae gathering at Saint Mary’s began Friday, May 26, and extended through the folloAving Monday. Mrs. Alex Cooper, of Henderson, North Carolina, who presided at the general business meeting on Monday, also entertained the Senior Class at a Garden Party in “The Dell” on Friday afternoon at 4:30. Mrs. Cooper and officers of the Senior Class Avere in the receiving line, Avhile Frances Vann took charge of the register in Avhich each Senior signed. Kate Spruill presided at the punch boAAd. Sunday ev'ening. May 28, at the regular chapel time, the annual memorial serA’ice to all alumnae aaFo haA'e died during the past year Avas held. The past graduates iiiAuted Reverend Louis Haskell, minister of Saint Saviour’s Church in Raleigh, to make the memorial address. After Class Day on Monday, the annual Alumnae Luncheon Avas held in the dining room. All alumnae Avere invited to attend. HoAveA’er, the classes of 1889, 1909, 1914, 1924, 1929, 1934, and 1936 had their spe cial reunion. The main feature of the luncheon program Avas an address by Nell Battle LeAA'is, of the Class of 1911. Mrs. Cruikshank AA'elcomed the alumnae and Mrs. Cooper responded. During the program the A'isitors sang “In a Grove of Stately Oak Trees” and “Alma Mater.” The Aveleome to the Seniors Avas given by Katharine Drane Perry, Avith a response by Peggy Hopkins, President of the Class of 1939. Letty Lassi ter, of the Class of 1935, AA'as Toastmistress. After the luncheon, the alumnae held their General Business Meeting in the auditorium. THE ART WORLD OF SAINT MARY’S Do you knoAv AA-hat has been done in the art Avorld of Saint Mary’s this year? No, dropping by the studio on your AA'ay to lab and glancing at the poi’traits of Put is not Avhat I mean. If you have not seen the masterpieces of your friends, then you Avill be glad to knoAv that the Art department has prepared an exhibit of some of the nicest things done by this year’s students. It consists of pencil draAvings, Avater colors, oils, Avash designs, lettering, and portraits. The exhibit offers also the opportunity to see the Avorks of those girls receiA’ing art certificates. It AA’ill formally open Mon day night immediately after the concert. HoAveA'er, because of their reception Monday night, the seniors and their guests are invited to Ausit the studio any time after class day. No one should leaA'e school Avithout taking adA'antage of this opportunity. GONG VIII Miss Mabel Moeeisox [This is the eighth in a series of sketches intended to familiarize the student body Avith members of the faculty.] Miss Morrison’s home is in Halifax, NoA’a Scotia. She is a deA’oted Canadian and a loyal British subject ■ and returns to NoA'a Scotia as often as possible. She receNed her Bacherlor of Arts degree from Dalhousie Unh'ersity in Halifax and her Ph.D. degree in Philoso phy from Toronto UniA'ersity. She returned to Halifax to teach in the public schools and then came directly to Raleigh and Saint Mary’s, Aiffiere she holds a position of esteem and admiration on the faculty of Saint Mary’s. Miss Morrison enjoys a good talk and Avalks. She is fond of books, a cup of tea at four o’clock of an after noon, and Avhite potatoes for dinner. She loA^es the South in the spring and the North in the summer. She positively hates intervicAvs (imagine hoAV she made yours truly feel AA'hen she said that . . . and after refus ing the lassie an interA’ieAV for a month). She abhors noise (more specifically banging doors) and, students, beAA-are, those of you AA'ho cheAV gum. But it is belicA'ed by many that Miss Morrison’s pet aA^ersion is for lec turers AA’ho fail to make their subject clear and aa’Iio thus attract under false pretenses people aa’Iio are not interested in the particular angle of the subject they Avould present. Halifax attracts her as alAA’ays. She is going to spend the summer there and plans to arriA’e early enough to help bid the King and Queen good-bye Avhen they sail for England from that city on June the fifteenth. She is going to stop by the World’s Fair on her Avay home too. This summer she plans to study and to play (par ticularly at sailing). Miss Morrison’s hobbies include reading, and sports that are not too vigorous (and she modestly limits it to those sports in AA’hich she can find a tolerant enough opponent). She has no preference as to the subject she teaches, but is more interested in that profession as such. She belicA’es that the junior college in America has a bril liant future and that its importance AA'ill be more and more emphasized as a terminal point in education and as a preparation for further study at a senior college or a university. Miss Morrison Avill go up in the Hall of Fame for her ideas on education and for liA’ing so faithfully by a schedule. She is famous for saying “x, Y zed,” for the beret she Avears so Avell, and for her younger sister Gertrude.
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