The Belles of Saint Mary’s
May 15, 1942
The Belles
OF SAINT MARY’S
Published every two weeks by the stu
dent body of Saint Mary’s School.
Editor ....
Exchange Editor
Faculty Adviser
Maky-Gene Kelly
Olivia Anne Smith
C. A. P. Moore
Elsie Adams
AllieBell
Jane Kestler Bell
Betty Lou Britt
Ann Castleman
Carol Cobb
Mary Coons
Jane Evans
Lillian Jenkins
Martha Kinsey
Mildred Lee
Sally McKinley
Jean Lyon
STAFF
Betty Bassett
Kathryn Norman
Nancy Norton
Betty Pender
Ida Quintard
Sophia Redwood
.loan Steil
Bunny Stribling
Sarah Tucker
Louise Taylor
Betty Willcox
Lillian Beliamy
Mary Brooks Popkins
SAINT MANY’S ONE
HUNDREDTH YEAR! .
This commencement marks the end
of one hundred successful years at
Saint Mary’s—years of progress and
years of work. From 1842 to 1942
Saint Mary’s raised her scholastic
standard until now her transfers are
accepted by the best Senior colleges
in the country. The records of Saint
Mary’s graduates at other colleges
have been among the highest in .the
school. Dr. Aldert Smedes, would he
pleased with the jirogress his school
has made. Saint Mary’s is an estab
lished school of long standing with a
reputation for fine work and fine
girls throughout the South.
The mellowed buildings of Saint
Mary’s suggest the rich traditions
which have come down to us through
generations. It is significant that
countless grandmothers, mothers, and
daughters each find so much of value
here that they continuously send
their daughters and granddaughters
here too.
Scholarship and tradition Saint
Mary’s has, but more than these, she
has spiritual guidance. A majority
of the girls who have been here most
vividly remember the chapel. Even
today when the spiritual aspect is so
apt to be subordinated to the schol
arly or the material aspect. Saint
Mary’s continues to emphasize the
spiritual. A girl cannot go to chapel
services for a year and not be deeply
influenced, any more than she can
attend classes and not be improved
mentally.
We look at Saint Mary’s centen
nial as the rounding-out of a very
successful one hundred years.
Saint Mary’s of 1942 retains all
the fundamental principles that she
had in 1842, and she has grown in
stature and in service.
Thus is she proudly known.
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SENIORS—1943!
Saint Mary’s Junior Class of 1942
has a serious responsibility! That
responsibility consists of returning
to school in the fall, no longer as
juniors but as old girls, as seniors.
The duty of a senior is to co-operate
with every member of the school, to
do her part toward helping new girls
adapt themselves, and, most of all,
to uphold the tradition and honor of
Saint Mary’s.
A handful of ambitious girls can
not do all this. Rather, every mem
ber of the incoming senior class must
realize that she must do her part and
do it willingly, enthusiastically.
Seniors don’t offer excuses. We
must realize, however strange it may
seem, the necessity of setting the
right example for tlie rest of the stu
dent body. We seldom forget our
admiration and respect for our sen
iors ; let us hope such will be said of
us next year.
Our job is a difficult one! Yet
with the help and enthusiasm of
every girl, we can accomplish won
ders, not individually but as Saint
Mary’s new senior class. We have
seen a grand example. Let’s each
return in September with willingness
to do our part and make our senior
year a notable one.
OUR BELLES
DOLORES MULLETT
Home—Fort Bragg, for the present.
Age—19.
Hair and eyes—dark brown and blue.
Ambition—West Point.
Pet hate—artificiality.
Spends spare time—counting her
orchids.
Always heard—horse laughing.
Always seen—with different hair
styles.
Hobby—fishing halls out of golf
ponds.
Favorite expression — “May 19th,
1942.”
Favorite food—cubralibre.
Favorite article of clothing—her dia
mond ring.
Odd like—ugly men.
Is wild about—a change.
Is looking for—a 30-dollar-a-month
job.
Worst fault—swearing.
Favorite perfume—Golliwog.
Incomprehensible Dolores jabbers
away on a score of crazy subjects.
There is nothing dull about her; her
Art is as strange and interesting as
Picasso’s; her hair-styles are fasci
nating in their complexity and
variety; and her imagination is ex
traordinary. The Sigma’s could not
NANCY PEETE
Home—Warrenton, N. C. -
Age—19.
Hair and eyes—brown and blue.
Ambition—May 19 th.
Pet hate—people who don’t close
doors.
Spends spare time—in the library.
Always heard—she ain’t.
Always seen—with her two brothers.
Hobby—collecting pennies.
Favorite expression — “Heavenlv
day!”
Favorite food—lemon jue.
Favorite article of clothing—the
light blue sweater she knit.
Odd like—navy beans.
Is wild about—Carolina.
Is looking for—four white wall tires.
Worst fault—cutting her hair.
Favorite perfume—Violet Sec.
Nancy is the possessor of two of
the cutest brothers you ever laid
your eyes on; so it’s no wonder that
she’s so fond of Carolina that she
will spend all her summers there.
Nancy not only knits light blue
sweaters, but she also belongs to the
Political Science Club, the Doctors’
Daughters’ Club, the Granddaugh
ters’ Club, and the Altar Guild.
ART, HOME EC, AND LIBRARY
exhibits
Mrs.
(From P. 1)
Theodore Partrick, of the
faculty, has loaned four letters writ
ten in 1845 (to or by Saint Mary’s
girls), as well as a list of the stu
dents, faculty, and servants of 1843-
1844. Another series- of letters was
written by her mother to Margaret
Matilda Cowan, a student here from
1849-52. Daguerreotypes of Mar
garet Cowan show what the Saint
Mary’s student wore in 1849.
One of the most valued treasures
in the exhibit is a gold medal award
ed for first order of merit to Jane
Constance Miller (Mrs. Laurens
Hinton), one of the original thirteen
girls, in 1842. There is also a
Daguerreotype of Jane Miller. These
. - .. are loaned by Mrs. lY A. Withers,
without her, for she is the Secre- her granddaughter. Also from this
do
tary of the Letter Club; and is also
a member of the Altar Guild.
M.ARY BRYANT UPSHAW
Home—Raleigh, N. C.
Age—19.
Hair and eyes—brown and blue.
Ambition—to get through this week.
Pet hate—band girls in jiants.
Spends spare time—It’s best not to
say.
Always heard—hurrying Nancy.
Always seen—driving Lucifer.
Hobby—collecting records.
Favorite expression—“For crying in
a bucket!”
Favorite food—Italian spaghetti.
Favorite article of clothing—sweat
ers.
Odd likes —crying in the movies.
Is wild about—K A’s.
Is looking for—an easy school.
Worst fault—talking.
Favorite perfume—Sinful Soul.
Lots of peojde think Mary Bryant
is a hoarder because she is always in
the library or somewhere around
school, hut when they see her down
town with that attractive man of
her.s, they suspect the truth. She is
the driver of the school bus, Lucifer,
that chauffeurs the day students
about.
period is a silver flower-holder, used
at parties by Annie Freeman Gales,
another of the original thirteen girls.
A Saint Mary’s Manual and Rules
of 1857 lists some rules which will
he of interest to the students of to
day. “Lights and eatables” were not
jiermitted in the “alcoves,” and regu
lar exercise of walking in the grove
daily was prescribed.
Many enlightening letters which
tell of conditions here during the
War between the States are on ex
hibit. There is a note written by
Dr. Aldert Smedes to the surgeon
general, requesting ice for a sick stu
dent ; and the surgeon general’s order
to have the ice sent to Dr. Smedes.
A letter written from Saint Mary’s
at the time of Lincoln’s assassination
gives the reactions of the people at
the school in those trying times.
Another landmark at Saint Mary’s
is the year 1879. On display is the
di])lonia of Ella Glass Tew (Mrs.
W. E. Lindsay), of Spartanburg,
S. C., the only living member of the
first graduating class of 1879. There
is also a picture of Ella Tew.
The period from 1890 to 1905 is
probably the one best represented.
Diplomas, certificates, “sermon ab
stracts”; sorority pins, books of
snapshots of 1904-05; a picture of
Miss Kate Shipp’s dormitory, witf*,
alcoves, in 1891, and another of ti'.
teachers’ sitting-room in 1904-05, a«
among the items displayed. Present'
day students, as well as those o»
1890, will he interested in the scrap"
book of Charlotte Allston, the motliot
of Mr. Moore of our faculty.
first pages contain “The Sayings f
the Teachers at Saint Mary’s
1891. ”
Among the Raleigh alumine wP
have worked hard to collect materhj
of all kinds of the past hundra®
years are Mrs. Ashby Baker, JB"'
J. S. Holmes, and Mrs. A. S. P^'*”
dleton. The exhibit is being p*'®’
pared by the library staff, assisted
the art teacher and the alumnae
retary.
LIBR.4RY EXHIBIT
In the Library there will be
exhibit of some of the hooks fi'’f
used at Saint Mary’s in the 1840 f
most of them from Dr. Smedes’ pC
vate library; also of hooks typB^
of the 1890’s, and of the 1940’s.
publications of the school have
collected during the past three yea’’"'
and bound copies will be on displa^'
In the Reading Room there will B
an exhibit of books representing
of the six large gifts received by 1^
Library.
The librarian hopes to start a c^l'
lection of all books published by
ulty members past and present,
of alumnae of Saint Mary’s. Tbef^
will be a table in the Library Uj
visitors to list the author, title, a®
date of all such publications kiW'®
to them. In this way it is hoped *
obtain information on a subj®^
about which little is known here *
the school.
SIGMA’S AND MU’S
All the Sigma’s and Mu’s gathet^*!
together for one last good time ®
their annual banquet this past T®^,
day night. The affair was
with climaxes, but perhaps the
single incident that thrilled and
cerned all was the announcenieid
next year’s presidents and vice-p®®”
dents. Lib Hackney and Fanny
David for the Mu’s, and Margie
ton and Ellen Oast for the Sigi»®''
After apjiropriate toasts
made to Mrs. Cruikshank, ' ,
Tucker, Miss Harvey, and WA
Guess, Miss Harvey presented j
awards. White sweaters were
ed to Kitty' Archer for her total ^
275 points; to Ellis Barnard, ".j
points; and to Anna Fluck, ^
points. Twenty-four other gi''B ,
taled 100 or more points. The ,
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standing girls in each major jj,
were presented medals: McDa' .
kick-ball; P. Bell, hockey; ■
Dance Club; Spivey", badmiM^
Barnard, volleyball; L. Taylor)/* ^
ketball; Fluck, swimming;
Russell, tennis. Then Mr.
awarded the jdaque to the Ma
winning athletic association
year.
The Letter Club and the two
ciations did something more
participate in sports and
ricular activities. By jjjg.f
banquet pleasures and gift®’ j
raised enough money to
twenty-five dollar war bond
they presented to the Cente®
Fund.