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WE MISS YOU,
LIZ GUION!
OF SAINT MARY’S
^XI, No. 5
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
December 3, 1948
Ex:|)
, ression Students
^ill Recite Poetry
Girls Will Present Dialect Poe-
of Several Nations
Vn oi' dialect poems
n, d be presented in Assembly
, ^irsday morning, December 9,
J students of the Exnression de-
Posture Week Closes By Crowning
Ann Calioon Posture Queen Of ’48
students of the Expression de-
nf.^tment under the direction of
liss Florence C. Davis.
program is as follows:
INTRODUCTION
'fleets and Their Use for Oral
Interpretation
Caura Ann Johnson
POEMS
Ji,, Negro Dialect
^'leouragement-
Paul LaAvrence Dunbar
In +1, Anne YoAvell
Morning—
Paul Lawrence Dunbar
Prances Johnson
* * *
1)„ » Italian Dialect
^eetla Boy T. A. Daly
lig). Marguerite Burton
"'een Two Loves . T. A. Daly
Margaret Williams
Jot, Scotch Dialect
*1 Anderson My Jo—
Robert Burns
Lillian Lee Hill
# # #
leofU Grerman Dialect
® lawcob Strauss—
Charles Adams
Kay Nieolson
'Ml
Tj I^i’ench Dialect
“ateese—
William Drummond
Joanne Liles
Ii'ish Dialect
San to Plannigan—
Strickland Gillilan
■^111(1 Suzanne Surrick
‘-’oetor Ma’ Ginn—
Arthur Stringer
^ Klizabeth Dorris
Club Aids
People WithGifts
t'llh'^^^bers
of the Canterbury
h, of D ■ VJdllLClUUlJ
1 . Saint Mary’s . sent sea
« to needy sailors for
took fruit to the pati-
Saint Agnes Hospital on
jSey day, and sent
tig clothes to an orphan
V Ihe ^®^Pson Orphanage.
Avere Christ-
-g ages containing various
V tlj. collected by groups
w?fe girls. Twenty-two kits
Ij'itite to the Seamen’s In-
NeAv York by Lucile
u' committee
*0 *^teen this program,
b tig truit baskets Avere given
l%it^]b*atients of Saint Agnes
^ ®igl ’ Negro hospital in
Thanksgiving dav. Jo
‘«irued on P. 4, Col. 4)
Miss Posture Queen, 1948
Joe Callaway, Actor,
Will Appear Here
Joe CallaAvay, actor, entertain
er, and lecturer, Avill appear in the
Saint Mary’s auditorium on De
cember 9. Mr. CallaAvay has par
ticipated in many stage perform
ances and the direction of numer
ous theatre productions.
Mr. CallaAvay has combined the
academic field Avith the profes
sional. He has been educated at
the University of Oklahoma, the
Goodman Theatre, NortliAvestern
University, the University of
Southern California, and is noAv
an associate professor of dra
matics at Michigan State College.
Mrs. Stone, Miss Winters, Mr.
Bill ToAvnsend Act as Judges
Posture Aveek (November 18-
25) found girls bracing, pulling
chins in and shoulders back and
ever mindful of the much dreaded
“I Avas slumping” tags that the
Letter Club Avas running around
giving Avith outstretched liands
and fiendish looks. In assembly
Tuesday the club presented a
clever skit on the betterment of
posture. Thursday’s program end
ed posture Aveek Avith the final
thirteen girls presented before the
judges, Mrs. Richard Stone, Miss
Dora Winters and Mr. Bill ToAvn-
send. Ann Caboon Avas croAAUied
“Posture Queen of 1948.” Ann is
treasurer of the junior class,
member of the choir and is a
Sigma.
In the semi-finals Avere:
Sigma’s: Libba Roe, Julia
Steed, Sylvia NcAA^som, Jean Allen
Price, Ann Cahoon, Peggy Sears
and Betsy Carter.
Mu’s: Suzanne DaAA'son, Janice
Butler, Joyce Richards, Tena Mc
Nulty, Lucile Best and Betty
Anne YoAvell.
Ladre King Avas croAvned “Miss
Slump, 1948” for IniA’ing receiA'ed
the greatest number of tags. La
dre is a senior here and is a Mu.
Influenza vaccine has proven
to be of value in preventing in
fluenza. It is available at th^
infirmary.
H. B. HayAvood, M.D.
Western Sectors Of Berlin Conduct
Elections; Communists Fear Decline
Elections are to be held in the
Avestern sectors of Berlin on Sun
day. The authorities have forbid
den the A'oting in the Soviet sec
tor and it is rumored that the
Communists fear a sharp drop in
their strength in this election. At
tendance to a “rally” Avas called
for in the Soviet sector to “take
decisive measures for the protec
tion of a united Berlin.” Col.
Prank L. HoAvdey, U. S. command
ant in Berlin, has Avarned the
Communists against any violence
or attempt at revolution.
Virginia, the Auctors accepted an
invitation to meet the Oklahoma
Sooners at the Sugar BoavI in Noav
Orleans on Noav Year’s Day. The
Tar Heels voted Ainanimously to
play in the Sugar BoavI classic.
“That Avas Avbat Ave Avanted all the
time, the Sugar BoavI bid,” ad
mitted Carolina Coach Carl
Suavely.
The North Carolina Tar Heels
defeated the Virginia Cavaliers at
Charlottesville, Va., this Aveek-
end. It Avas a great game for Caro
lina’s Charlie (Choo Choo) Jus
tice ; he made the outstanding
touchdoAAui of the game by mak
ing an 80-yard dash to the goal
line. The final score Avas 34-12.
After this galloping victory over
The entire nation Avas harassed
by floods and siioaa^ this Aveek-end.
Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee
had flooded areas. SavoIIch rivers
and streams put hundreds ont of
their homes. In Macon, Ga., the
Avaters covered the rooftops of
many homes. The damage to
crops and property is estimated
at thousands of dollars.
Ncav York, Pennsylvania, Idaho,
Montana, and several inid-Avestern
states had snoAV. In Durango,
Colorado, the thermometer regis
tered six degrees.
Underclassmen Will
Have Honor Society
Beacon Has Twofold Purpose,
To Create Interest and Spirit
Saint Mary’s Honor Council
has granted permission to the
high school students to have
an honor society, the Beacon.
This Avill not be a secret or
ganization. The idea originated
Avith the high school students
Avho put in a petition to the
Honor Coiuicil. Some of the girls
Avho put in the petition Avere Su
sannah Dell, Betty Ann William
son, Pat George, Mary Alice Wil
liams, Becky AVall, and Betty
Cheek. This petition Avas approved
both by the Honor Council and by
Dr. Stone. The main purposes of
the Beacon are to increase school
spirit and to develop interest in
extra-curricnlar activitieu.
NE(’ESSARY QUALIFICATIONS
Members Avill be chosen at the
end of the first cpiarter. In order
to qualify a student must (1) have
an average of C or above in her
academic Avork, (2) jiarticipate
actively in at least tAvo extracur
ricular activities, (3) be recom
mended by the leaders of these
activities, (4) be recommended by
her hall counselors or by the day
student president in the cases of
day students, (5) be recommend
ed by her teachers, (6) have
school spirit, and (7) shoAv a Avil-
lingness to abide by the rules of
the school. The committee Avhich
Avill choose the members has not
yet been definitely appointed. It
Avill be composed of high school
teachers, student leaders, and
others Avlio come in close contact
Avith high school students.
Ann aioore, vice-president of
the student body, Avill be in charge
of the organizational meeting. At
this meeting the purpose of the
society Avill be further explained.
Officers Avill be elected and plans
for the future Avill be made.
Students Will Present
Monologues And Drama
Expression students, under the
direction of Miss Florence C.
Davis, Avill present a program F'ri-
day evening, December 17, at
8:00 P-. m. in tbe school audi
torium.
The program Avill be divided
into tAvo parts, the first consisting
of monologues given by first-year
expression students. Part II, a
radio nativity drama by Stephen
Vincent Benet, aauII be given bv
second-year expression students
assisted by first-year students.
Mr. Russell Broughton Avill play
incidental music at intervals dur
ing the drama.