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Saint Mary's Enters One Hundredth Year
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Vol. IV, No. 17
Summer Issue
OF SAINT MARY’S
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
Centennial Number
July 24, 1941
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Saint Mary’s
Fore and Aft
By JoNNY Norman
Raleigh, N. C.—How ditfereiit
It would have been to enter Saint
Mary’s one hundred years ago today.
Instead of starting school in Sep
tember, Saint Mary’s students of a
eentury ago started school in May.
Along with garden seed notices and
I'eports of the twenty-seventh Coii-
gt'ess, second session, the Richmond
i^nquirer of March 17, 1842, carried
the following notice:
^ “The Rev. Albert Sinedes of the
^ity of New York designs to open a
School for Young Ladies in the city
M Raleigh, N. C., on the 12th day
M May next.”
Unlike our Advent and Easter
^ei’nis, the session of this young
®aint Mary’s ran from the fifteenth
May to the fifteenth of October,
8iid from the twentieth of October
the twentieth of April. The in-
®''tution was advertised as furnish-
“a thorough and elegant educa-
Aon, equal to the best that can be
obtained in the city of New York, Hello there!
0*' in any northern school.”
We wilt Ions remember
Charlottesville, Va.
, In comparison ivith the fourteen
biiilding.s on the campus of Saint
Gary’s, 1942, there were originally
oMy three: Smedes Hall, East and
'"est Rock. These buildings had
een constructed for a boys’ school,
when that venture failed, they
'''ere utilized by Dr. Smedes for his
SU'ls’ school.
. Ilie dormitories were separated
into alcoves, each housing two young
adies, and these rooms were adver-
ised as “of a construction to secure
hUi’acy, and at fhe same time a free
I'rculation of air.” All the furni-
Hi'e except bedding and towels was
'"'nished the girls by the school.
, .I_he terms of the school, including
ition, board, laundry and inci-
®iital expenses, amounted to $100
session. However, extra charges
made for French, Italian,
‘ Usie, Drawing, Painting, and Or-
^inental needlework. Other than
® exceptions listed above, there was
e extra charge.
Saint Mary’s, 1942, admits only
. ose students who have completed
school and are ready for
1849 work. Saint Mary’s,
^4, admitted pupils of any age.
tb Appearance and in trends of
Saint Mary’s has changed
f^j,®'^erably in the century that has
ed over her head, but funda-
(.1 ^^A^^y the school can never
The traditions, the princi-
'o L ^I'A spirit that belonged
*tili f'' hundred years ago are
‘ bers today.
that is what really counts.
In just a little over a month we
will be together at Saint Mary’s.
Those of you who are entering this
year have much to look forward to,
and those of us who have been sepa
rated since last May are anxious to
be together again. Really, I can
hardly wait to see and meet you all
in September.
A'ou New Girls who are leaving
home for the first time to go off to
school no doubt feel a little uiicer-
tain about your new surrounding
and the acquaintances you will
make. But please don’t; because we
are all grand friends at Saint Mary’s
and it won’t be any time at all until
you know everyone and are coni-
pletely at ease. Your life at Saint
Mary’s will be an altogethei- new
world. You will meet and live with
girls you have never seen before.
School life will be an experience you
will never forget.
From Saint Mary’s-you will gain
a sense of fairness and honesty
which will grow as you become
prouder and prouder of her tradi
tions and high standards. I wish I
could tell you how much you have in
store for you, but you will have to
wait until September rolls around to
understand fully what we who have
been together at Saint Mary’s feel
and knoAV to be true.
Those tears we Old Girls shed in
May will be changed to smiles when
we meet again in September. It
won’t be long; so I won’t say good-by
but just—I’ll be seeing you all soon.
Sincerely,
Charlotte Mahan, Pres.,
Student Government /l.sso.
nor soon forg;‘t
President of Student
Body Welcomes Girls
To 1941-42 Session
NOTICE
Though orders for the centen
nial history,, LIFE AT SAINT
MARY’S, have been coming in
daily they are still far short of the
necessary number. So that this his
tory may go to press in September,
five hundred copies at $2.50 each
must be on order. All those who
are interested in securing copies of
this book are requested to place
their orders immediately.
Saint Mary’s Hits
The Century Mark
On March 17, 1942
Centennial Plans Include History,
Cantata, Pageant, and Special
Issue of BULLETIN
Mrs. Cruikshank's Let
ter Opens Centennial
Year at Saint Marys
Saint Mary’s, July 14, 1941.
Dear Girls of 1941:
Just a word of greeting to all of
you, both new girls and old. I hope
you are enjoying every moment of
your summer vacation and will not
mind too much Saint Mary’s very
early ojiening. You know the rea
son for it—to make a place for our
centennial celebration that will not
conflict with other conuneneements.
You are going to hear “Centen
nial” over and over again, but don’t
get tired of it, for you are going to
be asked to do everything you can to
make this a memorable year—not
just memorable by the calendar, but
a really notable year of achieve
ment.
We are going to try to celebrate
the year fittingly—not in any spec
tacular way; in fact, how far we go
depends in some measure, I think,
on the turn of world events. But I
do hope all of you will put your
hearts into whatever we do. If we
can count on that sort of help from
you, then whatever is undertaken
will be a success. -
Good-by until September the
SECOND!
Sincerely yours,
Margaret Cruikshank, Pres.,
Saint Mary’s School.
By Mary-Gene Kelly'
^ Ottawa, Kansas—Plans for the
(centennial celebration are under
way. A centennial history. Life At
Saint Mary's, goes to press in Sep
tember. I he book is to be ready for
distribution in May, 1942.
Ihe centennial committee, com
posed of Mrs. Cruikshank, Misses
Martha Dabney Jones, Nell Battle
Lewis, Sarah Vann, Elizabeth G.
Iiicker, and Mrs. Lynn Wilder, had
a meeting on November 28 to dis
cuss^ plans tor the Centennial cele
bration and to make out a tentative
jirogram as follows:
Saturday, May 16:
8 ;3() a.ni. Sophomore Class Day.
to :00 a.m. Rehearsal for Procession.
8 ;00 p.ni. School Party and Class
Day.
Part r: School Party.
Honors and
Aivards.
Award of High
School Diplo
mas.
Part 11 : Class Day.
Salutatory.
Class Day Ex
ercises.
Award of Mon
ograms.
Valedictory.
School Song.
Sunday, May .17:
11:00 a.m. Baccalaureate Service
r AA (Sennon, Bishop Penick)
•> ;00 p.m. Alumnas Service (Can
tata composed by Mr.
Broughton)
Monday, May 18:
10:00 a.m. Alumna; Breakfast and
meeting.
12:30 p.m. Field Day and outdoor
luncheon.
4 ;30 p.m. Tea for guests.
8:30 p.m. Historical Pageant (out
doors).
Exhibits.
Tuesday, May 19:
10:30 a.m. Auditorium.
Historical Resume (Mrs.
Cruikshank).
Address.
Gifts.
Procession to Chapel.
A special edition of the school
magazine, the Bulletin, is to appear
m October. This is to be the cen
tennial issue.
Invitations to graduation and the
centennial will be sent out in March.
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