ONE MORE
MONTH!
Vol. VII, No. 14
Saint Mary^s Board Of
Trustees Plan For
Campaign
The following letter has been is
sued by the Board of Trustees.
J'o the Alumnae of Saint Marys.
For some years now the facilities
of Saint Mary’s School have fallen
far below her needs. Since the school
f>ecame a Junior College thirty years
3go the student body has grown, the
faculty has increased, the curricu
lum has expanded, and the scholastic
standing has achieved first rank. But
luring this time its only physical
Expansion has been an enlarged li-
f*i‘ary, a small frame music building,
Slid a dormitory. Consequently, the
program of the school has become
Wdly crowded and its facilities uu-
'fuly strained.
In 1940 Saint Mary’s planned to
■Hake a campaign for funds duiing
4e celebration of its centennial in
f!)42, but the advent of the war and
sll of its dark uncertainties persuad
'd us that an appeal then would not
lie in keeping with the times. Now,
fiowever, with the outlook msscli
Piore encouraging, the Board of
'Trustees feels that once again atten
tion can be turned to the meeting o
Saint Mary’s critical needs for a
Science building, a dormitory, and
necessary repairs, all of
t^ill be financed entirely from funds
’’aised during the campaign. Sonie
Phases of the j)rogram will be carried
'^;it immediately and some necessa
rily in the post-war period. There
no intention of changing the his-
t'^ric atmosphere which meant so
'Puch to you when you were here,
’'Pther, maintaining this, to ad
^•■eater comfort and utility for fu-
Pre Saint Mary’s girls.
Soon Saint Mary’s will make an
f.Ppeal for funds to the general pub-
‘‘'i and to all Episcopalians, but
PlOl- ^
-'I'e especially to the alumnae, on
f hose interest and support the we
'^‘•0 of Saint Mary’s will always de-
T^‘bd. Saint ilary’s follows the ca
pers and lives of her students witli
Ftcrest and enthusiasm, and it is
proud record of Saint Mary s
r^t from her daughters she derives
^r lifeblood and her strength, as
pi'lenced by this year’s ^rand-
^pbghters’ Club, which has over bd
Members.
. I hope that when you are called
Pon 1,0 generous with youi
eatrih,,(;jo2,s and support so that t le
‘’■egre.sa of Saint Mary’s will be as-
’red for many years to come.
Sincerely yours,
Rt. Bkv. Edwim a. Bknick,
of the Diocese of North Caro-
President Board of Trustees,
‘)f^int Mary’s School and Junior
^ ollcge.
Belles
OF SAINT MARY’S
JUNIOR-SENIOR
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
April 28, 1944
Sigma^s Defeat Mu^s In
Volleyball Final
They Win Two Out of Three
Games
With the entire student body in
attendance, the Sigma’s defeated the
Mu’s by the scores of 21-5 and 21-11
in the volleyball tournament Wed
nesday afternoon.
Volleyball has been played on
Monday and Wednesday afternoons
for the past three weeks and from
the girls who went out the following
were chosen for first teams . Mu s .
Peggy Peoples, Betty Lou Hood,
Betty Dunn, Sue Everett, Juanita
Anderson, Eleanor Thomas, Virginia
Smith, Anna Margaret Moomaw,
and Foxie Clarke. Sigma’s : Ann An
derson, Brent Woodson, Fannie Lee
Brooke, Barnie White, Peggy Mo
ran, Ann Hirst, Bunchie Smutney,
Frances Bylander, and Sidney Jones.
Sue Everett and Fannie Lee Brooke
were captains of the Mu’s and Sig
ma’s, respectively.
After the tournament the members
of both teams selected^ an all-star
vollevball team consisting of Ann
Hirst, Foxie Clarke, Fannie Lee
Brooke, Peggy Peoples, Ann Ander
son, Barnie White, Bunchie Smut
ney, and Sue Everett.
This being their second all-star
selection. White and Everett b^ame
members of the Letter Club. Other
members from this all-star team al
ready belonging to the Letter Club
are Clarke, Hirst, and Brooke.
The outstanding volleyball
players will not be announced
until the night of the athletic
banquet.
Eleanor Thomas Is Chosen
Chief Dance Marshal
TENTATIVE COMMENCEMENT
PROGRAM
Friday, IMay 26—
S p.m. “A Midsummer Night’s
Dream” by the Saint
Mary’s Dramatic Club,
under the direction of
Miss Florence Davis.
Saturday, May 27—
11 a.m. High school class day ex
ercises.
4 p.m. Senior class day exercises.
5 p.m. Beception for seniors and
alumnae tea.
8 p.m. Student recital.
Sunday, May 28—
11a.m. Baccalaureate sermon by
Bishop Thomas Carruth-
ers. Bishop-elect of South
Carolina.
5 p.m. Alumnae service.
7 p.m. Step singing by the stu
dent body.
Monday, May 29—
11 a.m. Commencement e x e r -
cises; j)resentation of sen
ior diplomas in the
Chapel.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
May 3-
]\Iay 6-
-Fay Chamber’s Certificate
Recital.
-Junior-Senior Dance.
May 9—Glee Club Spring Concert.
MISS G. (S.T.) SENEGAL
1 shrill whistle blows on the ath
letic field or in the gym, and its
Genevieve Senecal (better
known to her friends as Jeanne),
giving orders to the teams there.
(She has that remarkabD enthusi
asm and ability that enables one to
help everybody in the group and to
referee at the same time.)
Between her Friday gyin classes.
Miss Senecal volunteered the follow
ing highlights of her life. She was
£i in Canada, but when she was
four years old her family moved to
NortlLvdams, Massachusetts, where
Aey live now. When only six years
old she entered Saint Anne s Acad
emy in Marlborough, Massachusetts,
whminff her education there until
, f nterod\igfi school in North
\dams. One of her extrocurriculars
in high school was leading an all-
^ ^ i.octvn Having traveled ex
tensively in the north, Miss Senecal
Sme soJth to attend college at Mary
VNshington in Fredericksburg, Vii-
• -n udiere she graduated last year.
Ihe niaj'red Pfiysical Education
nrere of course, but proudly con-
i o that «he almost majored in
ton. Miss Senecal won three degrees
in Alpha Phi Sigma, an honorary
society, was a member of the May
Court, and end man in a minstrel
show, as well as belonging to numer
ous clubs.
Miss Senecal enthusiastically tells
of the summers she has spent at
camp in Vermont, at numerous
beaches on the New England coast,
and traveling with her parents, espe
cially in Canada. She was counselor
at a girls’ camp in New York last
summer and expects to be there again
this summer.
Miss Senecal’s interests and hob
bies are centered around sports (an
interview wasn’t necessary to know
this), especially horseback riding.
Another favorite pastime is reading
novels, and Miss Senecal thinks she
has read almost every one that has
ever been written.
When asked about her opinion of
Saint Mary’s and the south. Miss
Senecal said, “Oh, I love the south;
in fact, I’m practically a transplant
ed Southerner now. As for Saint
Mary’s, I like everything about it—
the girls, the faculty, and its organi
zation.”
Caroline Long Elected Presi
dent of Canterbury Club for
Next Year
Eleanor Thomas will be next
year’s chief dance marshal as a re
sult of a student body election held
Wednesday. Eleanor, who is from
Charlotte, has been at Saint Mary’s
for four years and has served as a
class dance marshal every year. She
has shown her ability for handling
girl-breaks as well as formals with
the tact and poise so necessary in
this j)08ition.
Last year as a sophomore Eleanor
served on the Hall Council. She
graduated from the high school de-
]>artment, and has been active in her
class this year, being a member of
the Letter Club and French Club.
Caroline Long, of Garysburg, was
I'ecently elected by the Canterbury
Club to be their president for next
year. During her three years here,
she has served at different times on
the Hall Council, Legislative Body,
Letter Club, Glee Club, Choir, and
Altar Guild. Caroline was chosen
in a recent student body election to
be a marshal for next year.
Jane C. Cheshire Gives
Second Certificate Recital
Piano Student of Mrs. Herbert
Bird Performs in Auditorium
Jane Clark Cheshire, certificate
puj)il of Mrs. Herbert Bird, present
ed her piano recital on Wednesday,
April 19, in Eliza Pittman Audito
rium. The program consisted of
three groups of unusually well se
lected numbers played with assur
ance and excellent technique.
Jane Clark opened her program
with Bach’s French Suite No. J in
E Flat which she rendered with pre
cision and effectiveness throughout
its changing tempo.
The seeond group consisted of a
number of Chopin’s works which im
mediately appealed to the audience.
The familiar Waltz in B minor was
played with the same eharm and
grace which characterized her rendi
tion of Trois Ecossaises and Im
promptu in F sharp major.
The first composition in the final
group, Scriabine’s Prelude (for the
left hand alone), was played skill-
fully. The last three numbers by
Tcherepnin, Ireland, and Eufty con
cluded the program with the color
find fine teclinique wliicli stood out
through the entire performance.
The office reports 116 returning
students already signed up for
next year and 102 new students.