Belles
Saint Mary’s School Library
OF SAINT MARY’S
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
February 13, 1948
Students Elect May
Court For Festival
^heme of Program Will Be
laken Prom Crowell’s Poem
^ Vllie Truslow, Prances Isbell,
. Hines, Betsy Evans, Ann
Sylvia Newson, Tiny
. ^I't, Betty Bowles, Betty
I , and Armecia Eure have
A elected as attendants to May
Sandy Spilman at Saint
ly s May bay festival.
l)g I® theme of the festival will
y ,, ® following poem by Grace
Crowell:
® ®|ay will bring some lovely
thin
S,
each new daAvn—
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nf
l)0f
5 Sl'f
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, gay, adventurous thing to
■^11(1 heart when it is gone,
fhe ^ meet
with wings upon
. til'
'b»>
day,
feet
my
upon it unaware.
beautv without
tli'^
cel"
lyfl
[■ell
.. a"'*
. *'l!
at*'
hidden
A *^arne,
4 '^^^tch of song, a breath of pine,
lli*||®^^ lit with golden flame,
-tangled bird notes, keenly
^ nying color in the wind.
ilpfyfy has ever failed me quite;
t the grayest day is done,
0[. .® upon some misty bloom,
^l^eli ®f crimson sun.
Hou, *^ight I pause, remembering
its
ai''
.l?ay, adventurous, lovely
tiling^
Tl
d hUeen will represent “day,”
*'%ro '^^cuibers of the court will
fhe colors of the
W The solo dancer, “I,” will
from Orchesis. The
’^if(l ^ of pine,” “high-tangled
''loom “poem,” “misty
Hoii j.’ “a late line of crim-
t't‘oan^'V ''"111 he portrayed by
%(.■ uances from second-year
\ the Saint Mary’s danc-
''h'sj under the direction of
\ ly, uKam C. Guess, will spon-
Hay. The Glee Club,
f'^llfte f' direction of Miss Ger-
Of +1 „ te, will furnish the music
'''' festival.
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f.llo>htee chair:
Lenten Season
Brings Visiting
Preachers to SMS
Visiting ministers will give ser
mons at Saint Mary’s to re-empha-
size the self-denial responsibility
of- Christians during the annual
Lenten season, February 11-March
24. Each week there will be a
service from 5:15 to 6.00 p. ni.
The Rev. Ray Holder, Rector of
Christ Church, Raleigh, opened
the series of talks February 11,
Ash Wednesday.
Other preachers to be present
during Lent and the respective
time for their services are the
Rev. Thomas C. Darst, D.D., Re
tired Bishop of Bast Carolina,
from Wilmington, Feb. 18; the
Rt. Rev. Noble Cilley Powell,
D.D., Bishop of Maryland, from
Baltimore, Feb. 25; the Rt. Rev.
Charles Avery Mason, D.D., Bish
op of Dallas, from Dallas, Texas,
March 3; the Rev. Julien Gunn,
Jr., Order of the Holy Cross, from
West Park, N. Y., March 10; and
the Rev. John C. Drake, Jr., Rec
tor of Trinity Church, Scotland
Neck, March 24.
As usual, this year Lenten self-
denial boxes will be distributed.
Self-denial savings placed in these
boxes go for the work of the Rev.
William J. Gordon, newly-elected
Bishop of Alaska. In the past Mr.
Gordon spent the money among
his own missions around Point
Hope, Alaska, but this year he will
place the money where he feels it
will be most needed.
Ill times past he has written to
Saint Mary’s of the great value
that this offering has been in the
construction and furnishing of
different mission stations. Last
year Saint Mary’s students con
tributed more than $263. The
Rev. Mr. Hughes, Saint Mary’s
chaplain, hopes that this figure
will be greatly exceeded this year.
I
Sophomores
April 3
Si'c 1 '^^‘iiual Freshman-Sopho-
’ acc planned for April
to Nancy Hamel,
the sophomore class.
{] some indecision as
^’®'Pi’oofing of the paper
3‘e for past dances,
/ to ”®en no definite decision
“Talkinest Girl”
® theme. The orchestra
affair has not yet been
V'^'Ce chairmen are Berta
in decorations; Alice
; Ruth Clark, or-
’ ^■nd Lucille Best, refresh-
Leah Rigsbee and Joyce Richert
Win First Honors in Time Tests
Leah Rigsbee and Joyce Rich
ert, both junior history students
of Miss Mabel Morrison, copped
first honors in the annual Time
tests taken by the student body
February 5. From a possible score
of 105, these girls answered 64
questions correctly, which is far
above average.
Mary Blair Bowers, scoring 62,
Alumnae Council Has
Luncheon At School
The Saint Mary’s Alumnae
Council had a luncheon meeting
today at one o’clock in the school
dining room. Called by the presi
dent, Mrs. R. G. S. Davis, Jr., Hen
derson, the meeting was to make
plans for Alumnae Day and to
complete plans for the remainder
of the year.
Miss Jane K. Bell, Raleigh,
alumnae secretary, reported on
the chapter activities to raise
funds for this year’s alumnae
project which is the redecoration
of the school dining room.
Members of the execTitive com
mittee are Mrs. Davis, president;
Mrs. J. Laurence Sprunt, Wil
mington, first vice-president; Mrs.
James Webb, Hillsboro, second
vice-president; Miss Bell, secre
tary; and Mrs. W. A. Withers,
Raleigh, treasurer. The alumnae
council is composed of Mcsdames
Betsy London Cordon, Grover
Dillon, Ashby Baker and Miss
Elizabeth Montgomery, all of Ra
leigh ; Mrs. Frank P. Spruill, Jr.,
and Mrs. Thomas Turner, Jr.,
Greensboro; Mrs. George Watts
Carr, Durham; and Mrs. II. Fitz-
hugh Lee, Goldsboro.-
Mary Ann (Monk) Montfort
was this week chosen the “Talk-
inest Girl” in school by popular
vote of students. This Avas the
first in a series of elections in
which students Avill choose the
biggest flirt, the girl Avith the big
gest feet, silliest girl and others.
Circle Taps Six New
Members Into Society
In the second moonlight cere
mony of the year Tuesday night,
the Circle, Saint Mary’s Honor
Society, tapped Daisy Dixon,
June Fleenor, Nancy Holland,
Corneille Rylander, Virginia
Smith, and Lenoir Williams.
Chosen from the sophomore,
junior, senior or business class.
Circle girls receive one of the
highest honors that can be be-
stoAved upon a Saint Mary’s girl.
Members are chosen on the basis
of dependability, stability, driving
force, school spirit, and individu
ality.
Anne Willingham is president;
Helen Eppes, secretary; and
Nancy Hannah, treasurer. Other
members are Luck Flanders, Mary
Lou Pratt, Page Parrish, Sarah
Walston, Logan Vaught, and Jane
GoAver.
placed first among the sopho
mores; Preston Wescoat, scoring
53, among the seniors; and Betty
Trentman, scoring 52, among the
freshmen.
JUNIORS HIGH SCORKRS
Pat Ambrose ansAvered 61 cor
rectly, Avhich i)laced her next in
line in the junior class, Avhich at
tained higher grades on the Avhole
than any other. Juniors Leila
Dupre, Gene Garrison, Rachel
Pace, Prances Drane, and Mary
McNaughton made above 50.
Martha Roberts Palmer, senior,
and Mary Ann Robinson, fresh
man, Avere the other ones in their
classes to make aboAm 50.
AVHAT HO YOU THINK?
Tabulating the opinion ques
tions, it Avas found that the ma
jority of students think Thomas
E. DeAvey has the best chance of
being elected, if nominated by the
Republicans. They favored Eisen-
hoAver (avIio had already Avith-
draAvn at the time), Stassen, Taft
and Warren in that respective
order.
High prices and increased liv
ing costs by a long shot Avas pre
dicted to be the Number One do
mestic ])roblem the U. S. people
Avill meet next year. Unemploy
ment and depression Avere predict
ed next.
Chiefly responsible for the fail
ure of the Big Pour conference,
according to Saint Mary’s, is Rus
sia’s refusal to compromise on her
major demands.
“An average man doing a much
better than average job” is the
general opinion of President Tru
man, Avith a fcAv advocating be is
“not big enough for the job.”
WIHR SUBJECT RANGE
Covering a Avide range of sub
jects, the test Avas divided into
seven major parts Avitli sub-divi
sions under these. In U. S. af
fairs there Avere questions on busi
ness, labor, politics, sports and
here and there. International af
fairs included the cold Avar and
peace moves.
Foreign affairs concerned Eu
rope, Africa and the Far East,
and Canada and Latin America.
There Avere ten map questions,
Avhich covered practically the
Avhole globe. Science and medi
cine questions and those on litera
ture and the arts ranged from
mice diets to current broadway
productions. Identifications in
cluded international figures, sports
heroes, politicians, and movie and
radio personalities.