North Carolina Newspapers

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The decorations Avill be those of the Preshman- Phoinore dance, except for a ceiling. ^^amittees and chairmen for affair are Rosa Little and j ^ Shepherd, co-chairmen, jj^*^''ations; and Pat Ambrose, (j Catherine English, Liz Barbara Pope, Prances Ln ^^h-ginia Page, Jean Craft f'ai' ^**^*^’ Cease; Catherine a,, I’Pbell, chairman, invitations. All 1 Hope, Nell Clark, Sarah I{yJ! '^nsberry, Mary Jo Wagner; HiJh Sikes, chairman, refresh- biii Anne Moore, Jo Ann Rutherford; Ann chairman, figure, and In , Allison, Virginia Cobb, el|.®oith Plant, Betty Ann Yow- oi-nV^*^^^ Betsy Carter, chairman, '^«estra. l)i.(j°^hinuing the campus im- "‘0 plan laid down some ago, workmen are this to ’ay 5°*^structing a brick walk- 1 '^y^i’oin the entrance of Holt Met ' ^hig. After they com- *to\y^ ^^Ms Mmlk, they will lay the ourved walkway from the the chapel to President tstone’s house. togi ^hat cars can come to the tj campus by the infirmary, are cutting out shrub- '•toii’ will pave the turn- and mark off parking A brick Avalkway will be tile; Horn the turn-around to bf^nrmary. are to finish all back ^1 ‘ ’ including one from the in- tli,, ty to the faculty house, at %.g®^Hiest possible date. Also ''AL bre plans to pave the side- *^cit to .Hillsboro Street. b ^ foj. the dance are Aurelia Jnne Shefelman, Betty Beth Yarborough, Jane a’ i^arjorie Sheridan, Mar- Mty i^ilkins, Isabel Douglas, p> p ®^an, Georganna Hund- Caroline Camp, Pauline .'^jod, Lueile Best, Martha Abj ^> ,Beth Toy, Grace Jones, ®*Wings, Kay Boyette, Joan % k Betty Bowles. Servers 0^, Ann Rose, Anne Adker- *kK;Ji'nonia Rowland, and Anna Moore, Brown Are Elected To Offices Defeat Jenkins, Byrnes, Dupre, Sikes In Run-offs Ann Moore Avas elected vice-presi dent of Saint Mary’s student govern ment ^ association last Aveek, and Jeanne Brown Avas chosen chairman of the Hall Council in an election the Aveek before. Other juniors nominated for the offices were Susan Jenkins, Betty Byrnes, Leila Dupre, and Ruth Sikes. At Oldfield’s School in Baltimore last year Ann Avas a Student Officer, captain of the hockey team, and Choir leader. This year at Saint Mary’s she is vice-president of the choir, a memher of the Glee Cluh, and Dramatic Club, and is on the all-star basketball and hockey teams. Jeanne attended high school in Marietta, Georgia, where she was associate editor of the Olympian, school annual, a member of the Stu dent Council, and a Campus Leader. During her first year at Saint Mary’s she has been a member of the Y, and is a Sigma. w w^fktnen Add New Brick ^Ikways To SMS Campus Saint Mary’s Alumna Dies At Rex After Long Illness Mrs. Ashby Lee Baker (nee Minnie Fitch Tucker ’89), who served faithfully on the Saint Mary’s Alumnae Council for tAvo years, died March 14 at Rex Hos pital after an illness of several months. Mrs. Baker, a member of a very old and prominent family in Ra leigh, recently gaA'e $1,000 to Saint Mary’s to serve as the nuc leus of a scholarship fund called the Minnie Baker Tucker scholar ship. She also generously con tributed to the Centennial fund and the Mary Iredell Kate Mc- Kimmon scholarship fund. Williams, Ambrose, and Yowell Will Edit Publications’ 48-49 Rising Seniors Elect Sikes, Jenkens, Byrnes Ruth Sikes Avas elected president of the rising senior class Wednesday afternoon, and Betty Byrnes and Susan Jenkins Avere chosen Honor Council representatives for next year at the class meeting yesterday. A graduate of Monroe High School, Ruth last year Avas secretary of the senior class, a cheerleader, a member of the Honor Society, and Tri Hi-Y, and manager of the bas ketball team. Betty Byrnes has senmd as a hall representative this year, and is a member of the Doctors’ Daughters’ Club, the Dramatic Club, the Glee Club, and the YWCA. Susan Jenkins served on the Honor Council this year, on the Y Council, the circulation staff of the BELLES, and is vice-president of the Dramatic Club. SMS Trustees Pass Committee’s Plan To Obtain Shelving New Shelving Will Take Care Of 4,200 Library Volumes Saint Mary’s Board of Trustees, at its meeting April 2, passed a recommendation of the Saint Mar3^’s library committee to pur chase shehnng to take care of ap proximately 4,200 library volumes. At the present time the library has 11,162 catalogued volumes, Avhereas there is a eapacitj'' for ouIa' aboAit 10,000 books. This Avill be the first time auA^ shelving has been added to the libraiy since it Avas remodeled in the summer of 1939. Plans are to place a double- faced roAv of shelving along the Avail of the reading room, double- faced shelving along the roAV Avhere the English books are noAV, tAvo units of shelving behind the circulation de.sk in the reference room, and a roAV of double-faced shelving alongside the periodical sheh-es in the reference rooms. Later, Avhen it is needed, there Avill be a roAV of double-faced shehnng in the alcove, and a roAv of loAv shelving through the cen ter of the reading room. In this plan onl.v six seats Avill be lost Avhen the alcove is taken OA'er for shelving. The cost Avill be ap- proximateh- $1,500. NeAV lighting fixtures Avill be in stalled Avhere they are needed to light the neAV shelving. Next jmar Dr. Richard Stone plans to increase the libraiw ap propriation for books, periodicals, and binding to about $1,500. With this increased appropriation it is planned to pni'chase for each de partment books on the standard lists for junior colleges. Qlee Club Will Sing On Program At State The Saint Mary’s Glee Club Avill participate in Religious Emphasis Week at State College Wednesday night, April 14. The Glee Club, under the direc tion of Miss Geraldine Cate, will perform two numbers, Fanis Angel- icus, Franck; and Lovely Appear, Gounod. There Avill also be group singing. The girls will go out to State for supper as guests of the school before the program that night. Other groups Avho Avill perform are the Meredith College Choir, the Peace College Glee Club, and the State College Glee Club and band. Editorial Board Nominees Are Elected By Unanimous Vote Peggy Williams, Pat Ambrose, and Betty Anne Yowell Avill serve as editors of the Stage Coach, Bul letin, and BELLES respectively next year. These girls Avere nomi nated by the editorial board and approved by the student body in assembly April 1. Peggy Williams, last year editor of the student ncAvspaper at Sanford High School, and this year a mem ber of the Stage Coach and BELLES staffs, aaTII edit the Stage Coach, Saint Mary’s annual. Pat Ambrose, Avho has been ap pointed editor of the Bulletin, has AAmrked on the Stage Coach staff for tAvo years and the Bulletin staff for one year. Betty Anne YoAvell, avIio was last year editor of the High Times at Needham Broughton High School in Raleigh and an officer in the t^uill and Scroll, honorary society for high school journalists, heads the BELLES staff. She will edit the last three issues of the paper this year. Bowers, Cooper Attain Best Scores On Tests Blair BoAvers and Josephine Cooper attained the highest pos sible score, 99 plus, on the North Carolina State Department of Education tests taken recently by all high school seniors throughout the state. Maintaining a verv high average, 46 Saint Mary’s students from 63 Avho took the test did bet ter on it than 75 per cent of the total number, 20,504. Grace NorsAvorthy made 99, and Lueile Best, Helen Brundage, Su zanne DaAvson, Minerva Hobart, Betty BroAvn LeAvis, Berta Allen Russ, and Beth YarboroAigh scored 98. The tests Avere given bj' the State Department of Education in co-operation Avith the North Caro lina College Conference, of Avhich Saint Mai'A’’s Junior College is a member. YWCA Sponsors Easter Egg Hunt For Children An Easter egg-hunt for the three to seven-year-old children from the Methodist Orphanage Avas the main attraction on the back campus by the hut Easter Monday. Sponsored by the YW CA, the party featured the hunt for 300 eggs, games, and refresh ments. The hunt Avas the third party the Y has given for the children this school year. They entertained them at Christmas and HalloAve’en at the orphanage.