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VI, No. 9
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
February 26, 1943
Circle Sponsors
Gross Production
Girls To Go Down Town To Roll
Bandages; Hours Spent Work
ing Counts on Time Cards
This semester the Circle is spon
soring Red Cross Production work
a war effort movement to be car
ried on the rest of the year. The
^ork consists of rolling bandages in
Raleigh Red Cross work room,
®nd will be started within the next
tew Weeks.
Every Tuesday about forty girls
tt'ill sign out in order to go down
town and work for two hours. The
®ajne girls are not expected to volun-
toer each time; however, the same
^timber is to be maintained. Girls
active in basketball this quarter may
So later in the season.
, ^lost girls here at Saint Mary’s
have had some experience in Red
^t'oss Production work before. _ But
.Of those who haven’t, there will be
instructors in the work room to
®®oh and check the bandages. The
humber of hours spent rolling ban
dages will count on the Production
fdil Staff xkssistance Time Cards
®id by any girls here. These cards
issued to those who want to work
credit and recognition in the
Cross.
Seniors Have Highest
Scholastic Average
Betty Suiter Has Highest Indi
vidual Average In Survey Made
By BELLES Staff
For the past week members of the
Belles Staff have been working hard
for innumerable hours to determine
the semester averages of each indi
vidual, of each class, and of the stu
dent body. The results are quite in
teresting" The following numerical
values are employed by the faculty
in arriving at their grades, with the
exception of 58 for F, 50 being the
number generally used:
A-f
... 98
c-h
78
A
... 95
C
... 75
A—
.. 92
c—
... 72
B-t-
... 88
T)+
68
B
... 85
D
... 65
B—
... 82
E
... 60
58
Inquiring Reporter
What is your favorite type of
^sernbly program? Among the stu-
^®ot.s there is a diversified coiiseii-
The inquiring reporter found
dfit a majority of the girls prefer
■dUsieal programs and Miss Davis’
h*‘6sentations. Miss Lewis’ eur-
j®nt events talks are quite popu-
dL One girl wants more outside
' Peakers; another wants to see the
Acuity perform.
"^ll this seems to indieate that
girls enjoy the assembly pro-
^r^ms, but would like to see more
certain types rather than so
Peh variety. The best way to
Ccoiupiish this is to make prefer-
ice knoAvn to the chairman of
, ^enibly programs, Nancy Nor
th Holt.
iip''idette Bass: More plays by
pp Bavis’ Dramatic Club.
*anny McDavid: Musical pro-
.^.Jody Flanagan: Miss Lewis re
plug the news again.
Brockman: More outside
1 eakers at assembly programs.
®ara Stockton: Miss Davis’ pro-
and I wish we’d have more.
Pj ora Winters: More musical
^fams, especially singing.
e^„^P^ffaret Rodwell: Current
^ts by Miss Lewis.
Segh^®^on Armistead: I’d like to
j-the faculty perform.
Edwards : Musical pro-
kp^PPline Blanton: Programs like
Davis’.
. «Aerritte MacGregor: Musical
Red Cross Drive At S. M. S. March 4
The highest individual average
made in the school was 95.7, by
Betty Suiter of the Business Class.
The highest individual average made
in the other classes are: Seniors,
91.0 by Brooksie Popkins; Juniors,
88 2 by Betty Edwards; Sopho
mores, 92.2 by Stella Lassiter;
Freshmen, 92.2 by Ellen Senay;
and Preps, 78.2 by Jerry Smith.
The student body average is 75./.
The Senior Class, numbering 4d,
averaged 80.5 as compared with
76 5 wliicli they averaged last year
as’Juniors. The other class aver
ages, preceded by the number of
students included, are: ]08 JumoTS,
72.8 • 39 Business students, 7o.o,
73 Sophomores, 76.1; 26 Freshmen,
75.5; and 6 Preps, 67.9. .
The college division (Senior,
Junior, and Business Classes) to
gether averaged 77.3 as_ compared
with the high school division (Soph
omores, Freshmen, and Preps),
which averaged 73.1 It is m er-
esting to note that 6 Preps and 108
Juniors averaged
dent body as a whole. Of all tUe
cLs averages, one freshman je
Sophomore, and three Junior grades
^ere incomplete and therefore not
averaged with the others.
These figures give an accurate ac
count of the scholastic °
the student body as a whole, of the
individual classes, and the indmd-
S students with the highest aver
ages.
Miss Gruikshank
Weds Lt. Foss
The Rev. I. Harding Hughes,
S.M.S. Chaplain, Officiates;
Bride’s Sister, Mrs. Clark, the
Only Attendant
The marriage of Miss Olive
Echols Cruikshank, daughter of
Mrs. Ernest Cruikshank and the late
Mr. Cruikshank, to Lieutenant Rob
ert Todd Foss of the United States
Army, son of Mrs. George II. Foss
and the late Dr. Foss of Springfiel_d,
Mass., was solemnized Saturday
night, February 20, at Saint Mary’s
Chapel. The Rev. I. Harding
Hughes, chaplain, officiated.
A program of wedding music was
played by Russell Broughton. It
included the Courtship Scene from
Dido and Aeneas by Purcell, Bist de
Bei Mir by Bach, Anna Magdelena’s
March by Bach, Walter’s Prize Song
from Die Meistersinger by Wagner,
and several selections from Siefried
by Wagner. The traditional wed
ding marches were used as the pro
cessional and recessional.
The chapel was de'eorated with
palms, white swansonia, and white
snapdragons.
Ernest Cruikshank, of Sewaren,
N. J., brother of the bride, gave
her in marriage. The bride wore
a white satin wedding gown with
a long train and a veil of tulle
and antique Brussels point lace. Her
bouquet consisted of gardenias.
Mrs. Franklin St. Clair Clark, of
Fayetteville, the matron of honor
and only attendant of her sister,
wore a dress of romance blue chiffon
and carried a shower bouquet of
pink roses and forget-me-nots.
Franklin S. Clark, of Fayetteville,
was the bridegroom’s best man.
Those attending as ushers were Lt.
Ronald Humez, of Fort Bragg, Maj.
Charles Earnshaw, of Camp Butner,
Lt. Com. Charles B. Neely, of Ra
leigh, and Lt. Col. William Greene,
of Fort Jackson, S. C.
After the ceremony a reception
was held at the home of the'bride.
The house was decorated with white
(See P. 3)
PENDER LOOKS AT THE NEWS
Central Tunisia is the scene of a
oreat German Blitzkrieg that may
affect Allied strategy for months
tf come. Rommel, the Desert Fox,
1 two of his best Panzer di-
veterans of the Blitzkrieg
S Europe and the long
at the American positions in
bills above Tunisia’s coastal plain.
Srtan troops fell baclr. lauPeli-
ing stubborn counter-attacks. To
the Allies it was a costly lesson.
The toll 111 casualties, prisoners of
war, and smashed equipment was
high. Important, too, was the loss
of supply bases, north-south road
and rail connections, and ad
vanced airfields from which the
Nazi rear could be attacked. In
the mountains, at some places
after a retreat of thirty-five miles,
the American lines were reformed.
(See F.H)
Each Student Must Give Ap
proximately $1.85 To Reach
$562.50 Quota; Students and
Faculty Work Together
The Red Cross Drive which will
take place at Saint Mary’s on March
4 is a part of the National Red
Cross Campaign extending over the
nation throughout the month of
March. Since the present burden on
this organization is steadily increas
ing, the 1943 campaign is by far
the largest one that the Red Cross
has ever launched in the United
States.
RED CROSS IN ARMED STATIONS
The Red Cross is the only civilian
agency that works wherever the
armed forces are stationed. In addi
tion to working among fighting men
at home, overseas in battle areas,
and in enemy camps, this organiza
tion sees that all money sent to pris
oners gets through, and reports on
conditions in prisons through the
Red Cross in Switzerland. In army
camps in the United States the Red
Cross assumes various responsibili
ties, such as investigating special re
quests for furloughs.
In past years the Red Cross has
sponsored a membership drive, set
ting the membership fee at $1.00.
This year, since much more money
is needed in order for the Red
Cross to carry out its work, the
membership drive has been turned
into a war fund drive. In this man
ner the organization hopes to .raise
a total amount of $125,000,000. Of
this sum, $90,000,000 will be spent
on the armed forces, and the re
maining $35,000,000 on peace time
projects such as floods, train Avrecks,
and fires. This proposed sum is
more than double the $57,600,000
collected and spent from January 1,
1942, until February 28, 1943. •
THREE TIMES AS MUCH PER
PERSON NEEDED
The fact that many ciAulians who
contributed to the Red Cross last
year are now in uniform makes it
necessary for those who contribute
this year to gUe three times as
much as in former years. The need
of funds is so vital at present that
even servants Avill be asked to con
tribute. Unlike many other drives,
the Red Cross drive is for cash, and
a membership card will be given to
everyone Avho contributes $1.00 or
more.
The 1943 quota for Wake County
is $75,000 in comparison Avith the
former quotas of $8,000 or $9,000.
A quota of $562.50 has been set up
for Saint Mary’s; this means that
eacli of tlie 325 people reached hy
must give approximately
$1.85 in order to raise $562.50.
D. A. P. Moore is directing the
Red Cross_ drive at Saint Mary’s.
The captains and the Av^orkers on
their teams are:
(See P. 4)