The Belles of Saint Mary’s
February 8,
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Town Talk
Exams are over now, and every
one lias settled down to more study
ing for the next term. The day
students, for the most part, spent
their few days vacation eating and
sleeping . . . that is a wonderful
pastime for anyone, that is, if you
can do it with a clear conscience.
Since the Mid-Winters at Caro
lina were last week-end, several of
the day students took time off from
ivorrying about their exam grades
and went to Chapel Hill for a big
time. Among those who helped rep
resent Saint Mary’s were Jane Lee
Parker, Katherine Blake, Frances
Bickett, Patsy McKimmon, Mabel
McDonald, Golda Gurley, and Betty
Lou Byrd. They all claimed the
dances and the concert by Charlie
Spivak were grand.
Other day students entertained
themselves by traveling, which is
always a good idea. Betty Wilkie
went to Greensboro; Berta Allen
Russ spent some time in Morehead;
Martha Upchurch drove over to
Durham last week-end; and Doris
Connelly sallied forth to Richmond.
Shirley Frew also went to Rich
mond and says she had a mighty
good time. She came back sporting
a beautiful watch and raving over
the movie “Spellbound.”
Barbara Ann Pope went bird
hunting during her vacation and
says she had rather do that than
study . . . almost. Diana Small is
proud as she can be. She wrote
eleven letters in three days. How
maybe someone will speak to her
again.
Margaret Cummings had a visitor
over the week-end—a boy she went
to school with a long time ago. Mar
garet smiles and says they had an
awfully good time riding over to
Durham.
Jane Winston, a day student last
year and a boarder all last term, is
now a day student again. It is nice
to have you back, Jane.
That is all for this time, so until
the next edition of the paper, don’t
forget to study hard and don’t dare
miss Senator Claghorn every Sunday
night, I say.
Sophomore Suzie Poetry?
_ Starting a new semester is the
nicest feeling if you just look at it
the right way. If you sit and stare
at that ole calendar all the time, you
deserve to see these four months
lined up like a row of F’s, but if you
say, “Here’s a brand new sheet, and
it’s all up to me to make it good,”
you get pretty nice results. The
next four months are the nicest any-
way, with Spring coming along, the
Freshman-Sophomore, the Junior-
Senior, sunbaths on the porch, and
Spring Holidays. I always get all
sorts of inspiration out of the wis
teria when it starts climbing over
the Rocks. In fact I even got kinda
poetic about it all once, but I was
told that hlanh verse was overdone
a little in my poem’s case, just
’cause Logan and Gene Rose can
make things rime and make sense
both.
The Seniors certainly have been
acting peculiarly this week (in a
new way, I mean). All they do is
roam around with baggy eyes mur
muring something about Spivak,
and Dekes, and A.T.O.’s, and Phi
Gam’s, and Zetes. I do wish they’d
talk English at least. Just ’cause
they’re nearly graduated is no rea
son for them to get above us.
Have you seen the way our Hall
Representatives are taking over their
new jobs? I think it’s wonderful.
If they keep on the way they’re do
ing there isn’t much doubt but what
we’ll have a swell Hall Council next
year. tYhen you see all of the girls
backing something like that you be
gin to feel they can handle most
any kind of a job.
And on this note I’ll leave you in
order to finish a lovely little volume
Resignation
I did not know
That there was star dust in my
hair—and wisps of song.
I did not know
eyes were amber pools—until
you came along.
Ko one before
Had ever told me there was music
in my name;
I did not know
My voice was like the summer
dusk—until you came.
How you are gone—
And no one ever said those things
to me, but you;
And now I know
That no one will again. They are
no longer true. Kora Lane.
I Remembered
There never was a mood of mine,
Gay or heartbroken, luminous or
dull.
But you could ease’ me of its fever
And give it back to me more beau
tiful.
In many" another soul I broke the
bread.
And drank the wine and played
the happy guest.
But I was lonely, I remembered you;
The heart belongs to him who
knew it best.
Sara Teasdale.
I’m
eading called De Rerum Na-
tura. I’m getting pretty good now;
it only took me ten pages to figure
out that I really had gotten a trans
lation instead of the Latin version.
Ain’t education the most wonderful
thing ?
BUY STAMPS
Fulfillment
For this my mother wrapped me
warm.
And called me home against the
storm.
And coaxed my infant nights to
quiet.
And gave me roughage in my diet.
And tucked me in my bed at eight,
And clipped my hair, and marked
my weight.
And watched me as I sat and stood:
That I might grow to womanhood
To hear a whistle and drop my wits
And break my heart to clattering
bitSi Dorothy Parker.
Four Kicks and a Kiss
(From P. 1, Col. 2)
The third number of the program,
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, was by
far the loveliest and most interest
ing. This ballet depicts an episode
from Moliere’s farce, of the same
name. It tells a story of two lovers,
danced by M. Kicolas Magallanes
and Mile. ISTathalie Krassovska, who
were unable to marry because of
class distinctions. With elaborate
settings and gorgeous costumes, this
ballet is danced to the lovely music
of Richard Stfauss. The choreog
raphy is by George Balanchine.
Emanuel Balaban conducted the
first two numbers on the program;
the conductor for the last number
was Ivan Boutnikoff.
(From P. 1, Col. :i)
B. Bowers, second floor East Rock;
Margaret Korfleet, first floor Holt;
Elizabeth Taylor, second floor Holt;
Ann Burney Johnson, third floor
Holt.
Are you lonely? When you rush
down to your mailbox at breakfast
risking life and limb for one peek
inside, does blankness or perhaps
even a dusty interior meet your eye ?
Back from a long hard shopping
tour in town or, as a last resort, an
afternoon of intense brainwork in
the library, do you stagger to your
mailbox only to see lots of mail—in
the boxes surrounding yours ? Even
when you’re one of those brainy
people who remember their combina
tions, does your hand go in and
come out empty?
Take a new lease on life! There
IS a remedy! Kot Carter’s Little
Liver Pills or Lifebuoy, but the
Kicking Post. The kicking post
seems to have been greatly neglected
this- year, and I’m sure wc are the
ones suffering from it. It’s located
on the path to the Toddle House, the
metal post nearest the Bishop’s
house. The process is simple; four
kicks, one from the toe and heel of
each foot, a kiss bestowed solemnly
upon the cold metal, and a fervent
wish for the long awaited letter.
There’s the key to your problem,
and right on the campus too.
The custom is supposed to have
originated quite a few years ago
when girls were required to take a
twenty minute walk before their
first period class. On the way back
each girl would stop at the post and
insure her contribution in the next
mail. We wouldn’t advise a renewal
of twenty minute walks just for the
purpose, but the grass is certainly
growing up around the post and I
wouldn’t he at all surprised if that
didn’t have something to do with all
those empty mailboxes.
Tradition is a wonderful thing,
especially when it produces results
as this one does. The k. p. has lifted
many despairing little souls into the
realm of the seemingly loved again.
We don’t guarantee it, but next time
you go to the Toddle House or up
town, you’d better try it just for
luck. And in the meantime, how
’bout taking pen in hand and writ
ing a few letters—^just to make sure.
At The Theaters
(February 10-26)
AMBASSADOR
10-12 Blithe Spirit.
Constance Cummings.
13-16 The Harvey Girls.
Judy Garland, John HodW-’'®h
17-19 Because of Him.
Deanna Durbin. \
20-23 Spanish Main. ITN
Maureen O’Hara, |J 1
Paul Henrid.
STATE
10-12 Dirk Tracy.
Morgan Conway.
Tokyo Rose.
Out of the Depths.
13-15
16
10-12
13
14
15-16
17
18-19
20
21-22
23
24-26
fWPITOL
10 Pi'oiitier Fugitives.
Tex Ritter.
11-12 Banjo On My Knee.
Joel McCrea.
13-14 Anchors Aweigh.
Frank Sinatra,
Kathryn Grayson,
Gene Kelly.
15-16 Red River Valley.
Gene Autry.
17 Lijnv of the Forty-Five.
Big Boy Williams.
VARSITY
10-11 The Enchanted Cottage.
Robert Young,
Dorothy McGuire.
12 Reckless Age.
13 Old Acquaintance.
14-15 Diamond Hor.seshoe.
Betty Grable, Dick HayiB*’
16 Back to Bataan.
PALACE
10-12 They Were Expendable.
Robert Montgomery,
John Wayne.
13-14 Blithe Spirit.
15-16 Yank in the R. A. F.
Tyrone Power.
The Fighting Seabees.
17-19 Harvey Girls.
20-21 Because 6f Him.
22-23 To the Shores of Tripoli-
Storm Over Lisbon.
BIRTHDAYS
February—
^^ irgiiiia Bonnet
12—Deggy Misenheimer
12 ilary Jane Mason
14—Sarah Buchanan
14—Myrtle Alston
18— Betty Bowles
19— Koel Gibbs
19 Katherine Royal
Calendar Of Events
February—
9—Freshman-Sophomore Da''
12—Mrs. Hungaford—Speaker
diamonds.
13 ilovie on Sweden at 6
the auditorium.
14—Dr. C. G. Brennecke—Sp^'
er on atomic power.
16—Girl-Break Dance.
21 ^r. Guess—Speaker on
rent events.
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Phil Silvers, Evelyn Key® If;,,
Scared Stiff.
Rough, Tough and Ready
Chester Morris.
Fit for a King.
Twice Trvo.
The Great John L.
Without Ix)ve.
Counter Attack.
Paul Muni.
Bwlside Maimer.
John Carroll.
Adventures of Rusty.
Ted Donaldson.
Those Endearing Young
Charms. Diana Lynn.
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