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GOOD-BYE!
Belles
OF SAINT MARY’S
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M- IX, No. 15
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
May 31, 1946
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50 Seniors Will Be Graduated
During 104th Commencement
Bishop T. H. Wright
Dr. Richard G. StoDc Is
New President of S.M.S.
Give Baccalaure-
Sermon
F. B. Simkins Will Make
Commencement Address
rile one Imjidred and fourth an-
dal coinrnencement of Saint Mary’s
r y ol and Junior College will be
d from Friday, May 31, to Mon-
y, June 3. Fifty seniors will be
y, June 3. Fifty seniors will be
i^.^'^.oated from the college depart-
ini ^ irom tne college depart-
i'S. Iv.fu ^od forty-eight sophomores
, graduated from the high
"'^Bool department.
Th
de commencement program will
i tonight at 8 ;15 p.m. with the
s^^^^^dtion of the annual Shake-
Jigl^^Odn drama. The play, to be
dnd campus, will be given
Uv Ide direction of Miss Florence
■ Javis. “Thir
, Ton,'" ^dis. year the play is The
,pef Shreiv. The leading
laf* hue played by Violet La-
\\rgl^j^atlizaheth Myatt, and Myra
Sophom
\vilfV“^‘^°re Class Day Exercises
• Sat,- dcld on the front campus
a’clock^^ horning, June 1, at eleven
■n: coniv,, ■ Following ihese exercises
'^’hil will be adjourned
^eetiT when the Alumnae
F’ This 1*® Bcld in the Hut.
Vi
1^® li®l'l in the audi-
tea Qj T o’clock, followed by a
aliirnna front campus for the
exer-
p.in. will end the
. CelT ®?Fi"lay.
in ®f ^Ir® Holy Commun-
8:00 a v! ® Chapel will be held at
1 d the Tt a iu uie jnapei
r • Rev ^®alaureate Sermon by the
hishon ^°®as II. Wright, D.D.,
t 5 p.m.
id with
lumnae
A 'O® VariA,; .^ici'-singing
®l®se eY_„ classes will bring to a
n ®?ercises fnv ^
ypt2®-‘Saroiinr?t\..,^
Ihe r\. ° will ho resumed with
itJOUIIlGU. VVlLli
?®rvicpf^^., R®cital and Alumnae
, , ®rvicpJ^ and i'
A to th presentation of diplo-
°f trustees,
"^encement will end
L
Circle Elects Conger
President; Myall, Secretary
^Taming of the Shrew
Opens Commencement
It
Four Old Members Will Return
Next Year
LaRue to Play Katrina; Myatt
To Play Petruchio
-iiljg m • Jiciu in tile J.XUL.
vijJti will be attended by the
atiiin- 5 . r^rnnae and by the gradu-
le, ExernJ^^^^^ class. Senior Class Day
tor- ®® ’«’lh B.. h„id +t,„
Martha Conger, of Edenton, has
been elected president of the Circle
for next year. Membership in the
Circle is one of the highest honors
at Saint Mary’s, and being the presi
dent of the Circle is a very impor
tant position on the campus.
Martha was very active m her
Sophomore and Junior years here.
She has served as president of the
Junior class this year and as a mem
ber of the MMman’s Auxiliary Coun
cil. She is editor of the Bulletin for
next year.
Elizabeth Myatt, of Goldsboro, is
secretary of the Circle for next year.
She has been an active member of
the Dramatic Club this year and is
vice-president of the Student Gov
ernment for next year.
The treasurer of the Circle will
be elected next year. The members
of the Circle who will be here next
year are Martha Conger, Elizabeth
Myatt, Peggy Swindell, and Jean
Roberts.
ii'ont campus
lent \r^ ^^^® seniors. The Stu-
■ i-iuju Recital in the audito-
Dr. Stone, On Telephone,
^'’ill Sunday, June 2. This
tlla '\,r ^ iDWed at plpvpn Kt7
‘Be eleven o’clock by
tile Prayer in the Chapel
-lAaO.P.Q 1 n i-i „ X . O 1,1
for Sunday.
^B tile .exercises will be held
V wie ai, r, '^^^rcises wiu
''fondav 10 :30 a.m. on
B?eiit a'ddr-'^^'^ "^^e commence-
. -LHC CUIimiClHJU-
Rutler s,- T'-^
^^ofessm. FB.D., Associate
Sp5 ®®lory, Statr'’Thacii-
®llo-vviu„ f}’ Farmville, Virginia.
+R 10 th A -'-‘-''wwxta.tiuii ui uipio”
will *1 graduating sophomores,
f-.B'l the At. ^ prayers in the Chapel
to® gradnof diplomas to
h utTy «®^^ors hy the Rt.
dci>,x ^D\vin A 1 T^’^-x-v
1 oy IJ
rc) will end when
^^®e F. 2, Col 1)
“Tin looking forward with in
terest to coming to Saint Mary s
after three and a half years in the
Army ” Dr. Richard G. Stone said,
in a'telephone interview with the
Belles Wednesday night.
If he can get a leave. Dr. Stone
plans to be at Saint Mary s on
Monday for Coniineiiceineiit. I e
told our reporter that he and Mis
Stone were looking forwaid to
their first trip to Saint Marys,
and were anticipating even more
eagerly next fall, when they will
be'liviiig with us.
When asked how he felt in re-
crard to working with girls again
after being in charge of men foi
so long, Dr. Stone replied that his
ten years of teaching at Converse
College, Spartanburg, S. C., naa
been with girls, and that he didn t
expect to find his work at Saint
Mary’s strange. _
Dr Stone’s question about Saint
WarVs -irls was, “Are many of
JoViiiterested in Economics •? His
major subject. Economics, is his
fitmrite- it and history are his
special interests. He taught these
Dr. Stone is Former
Professor at Converse
Dr. Stone and Family Will
Arrive in August
Saint Mary’s annual Shakespear
ean play will be presented on Fri
day, May 31. The play, The Tam
ing of the Shreiv, will be the opening
event of the commencement exer
cises. It will be given out of doors
on the east side of the auditorium.
Miss Florence C. Davis is the direc
tor of the production.
The cast is as follows: Myra
Welsh, Baptista; Noel Gibbs, Vin-
centio; Luck Flanders, Lucentio;
Elizabeth Myatt, Petruchio; Mar
tha Hinkle, Ilortensio; Virginia
Werleiii, Grernio; Janie Nance,
Tranio; Ruth Whalen, Biondello;
Logan Vaught, Grumio; Ann 'Wick
er, Curtis; Judy Taylor, Lillian
Lumpkin, Helen Kalevas, Virginia
Bonnet, Mary Elizabeth Kittrell,
Violet LaRue, Katherina; Virginia
Smith, Bianca; Fannie Mae Hud
son, Jo Anne Darden, Betty Lou
Rowland, Elizabeth Siler.
The girls on the committees are:
Joan Hassler, Charlotte Buchanan,
Jane Dickey, Elizabeth Bowles, Eu
genia Rose, Martha Wilson, Eliza
beth Adkerson, Martha Bailey,
Helen Carpenter, Elizabeth Clarke,
(See P. 3, Col 1)
Dr. Richard G. Stone was unani
mously chosen as president of
Saint Mary’s School at a special
meeting of the Board of Trustees,
May 21. A telegram announcing
his acceptance of the position was
received by the Rt. Rev. Edwin A.
Penick, D.D., Chairman of the
Board of Trustees, on May 28.
Dr. Stone is now a captain in
the U. S. Army, Security and In
telligence Division of the Fourth
Service Command, Headquarters
in Atlanta. He expects to be dis
charged in July.
A special committee of the
Board of Trustees, representing
the five Carolina Dioceses of the
Episcopal Church that own Saint
Mary’s, unanimously recommend
ed Dr. Stone. The committee has
been working since last fall and
has investigated a large number
of well qualified educators, both
men and women. The report of
the special committee was unani-
nionsly adopted by the twenty-
three trustees present at the meet
ing.
two subjects at Converse, and
said that he hopes to be able to
continue some work in this field.
As to hobbies, Dr. Stone report
ed that reading ivas his favorite
indoor activity, and that he was
very- fond of golf, although he’s
“an awful duffer,” so he says.
While Dr. Stone is a Methodist,
he attends the Episcopal Church.
His wife and little son are Episco
palians.
After ten years at Converse, Dr.
Stone might be expected to be re
luctant to leave. When questioned,
he answered that of course he
hated to leave Converse and Spar
tanburg, but that having already
been away for three and a half
years, the break would be much
easier. He expects life and work
at Saint Mary’s to be very similar
to that at Converse.
Dr. Stone was very pleasant on
the telephone, and sounded ex
tremely anxious to get to Saint
Mary’s. He said that he hoped he
would be able to arrive in time for
Commencement and meet many of
the girls before next fall.
A native of Maryland, Dr. Stone
is a graduate of 'Western Mary
land College, and received his
Ph.D. degree from Johns-Hopkins
University. He taught history and
economies at Converse College,
Spartanburg, S. C., for ten years
prior to entering the Army. Dr.
Stone is forty-one.
Dr. Stone is married and has
one son, who is eight years old.
He and his family will move to
Raleigh this summer. Dr. Stone
will succeed Mrs. Ernest Cruik-
shank, who is retiring after four
teen years of service as president
of Saint Marv’s.
No Award of Cup Made
At Literary Societies Banquet
Sally Anne Elliott Wins
First Place With Essay
The Sigma Lambda and E.A.P.
Literary Societies held their an
nual joint banquet on Friday eve
ning, May 17, in a private dining
room at the S&W Cafeteria. Be
sides the members, there were
present Russell Broughton, Miss
Margaret Duckett, and Mr. and
Mrs. C. A. P. Moore. Elizabeth
Sil'V0rj president of tlie Sigma,
Lambda Society, presided at the
banquet. She extended a welcome
(See P. 4, Col. 2)