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SMEDES GIVEN
NEW LOOK
Belles
ST. MARY’S CHAPEL
CELEBRATES
CENTENNIAL
YEAR
OF ST. MARY’S
l?-A,
j Volume XVII, No. 1
Dr. Stone
Greets Girls
Talk Commemorates
j Century old Chapel
I
■ ■ At the first chapel service of the
1954-55 session Dr. Eichard G.
^ Stone, departing from his tradition
al procedure, delivered to the stu-
i (lent body a formal welcome which
included the history and i^rogress of
St. Mary’s chapel during the past
luuidrod^years. Dr. Stone contrast-
• ed the present facilities and atmos
phere of the chapel to that of its
simple beginning in East Eock.
This year marks the one hun-
■ (Iredtli anniversary of the present
building. During the past century
the original building, composed only
of that part of the chapel known
today as the nave, has undergone
niany changes. Larger student
bodies have necessitated the addi-
, tion of the transepts and the chan-
oel; electric lights have replaced the
Original gas lamps; and two organs
have followed the chapel’s first or-
' San. In commemoration of its one
buiidredth anniversary the chajjel
'ras piainted inside and out during
the past summer.
' Dr. Stone expressed his hope that
the present beautiful chapel will
iftean as much to the students of
today as the first simj)le building
Oieant to the students one hundred
y3ars ago.
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
September 24,1954
Belles Suggests
Cures for OWF
St. Mary’s Welcomes
Alumnae Secretary
St. Mary’s happily welcomes Miss
-'fary .To Paul to its staff this yeai’.
^lary Jo is a native of Washington,
A. C., and an old St. Mary’s girl,
’aledictorian of the class of ’52, she
!''as also 251’esident of the .Canter-
bury Club, editor of the Belles, a
**i(?mber of the Sigma Pi Alpha and
the Circle. Mary .To also won the
-Ales Medal for having the highest
‘'oademic average in the college de
partment.
After graduation she went to the
diversity of North Carolina and
b'''aduated in ’53 w-itli an A.B. in
j'lueation. While at Carolina Mary
was a member of Chi Omega
‘Porority and Phi Beta Kappa. Her
“ame was soon added to the Ameri
can College Student Leader List. As
C’(^ed editor of the Carolina Hand-
?aok and editor of the Pan Hellenic
-ouncil Rush Manual, Mary ,Jo
^J'aduated from UNO in the same
yOrious style in which she gradu-
^ted from St. Mary’s.
.As alumnae secretary on St.
Clary’s staff, Mary ,To serves as
Ijitov of the alumnae section of the
^A^letin, and as advisor to the
Tanddaughters’ Club. She is in
^arge of organizing visiting alum-
clubs and of school publicity.
' ary ,To says, “Nice to be back.”
If by this time you feel complete
ly discouraged with the daily grind
of classes and school duties, remem
ber that first week when you w'ere
bewildered, exhausted, and ready to
give up—in other words, suffering
from 0. W. F. (Orientation Week
Flusters). O. W. F. produces the
above symptoms after several days
of continuous tests, picnics, enter
tainments, and new faces. The best
cure known at present seems to be
to “concentrate on studying.” No
other remedy has ever been tried,
however. (What might be the effect
of a few days sleep?)
Certainly every St. Mary’s girl
was exposed to the infecting agents
of 0. W. P., and the common remedy
most certainly is now being adminis
tered.
Even the Strong Get It
Anyone who has the mistaken
idea that contraction of this disease
is the result of physical or any other
kind of weakness should have ob
served the counselors’ efforts Sunday
afternoon as they put up welcome
signs on students’ doors and pre
pared for Alonday’s rush of stu
dents.
A rush it was, too, as multitudes
of girls, assisted by parents, bro
thers, sisters, and boy friends, at-
tem2)ted to move clothes and equijL
ment for nine mouths into a very
few cubic feet of closet and bureau
space. By night seniors had matric
ulated, and a fire drill had been
satisfactorily carried out. After
dinner sejjarate student government
meetings were held for old girls and
new girls.
Sophomore, Senior Classes 1954
Renovate Smedes Front Hall, Parlor
Qirls Attend
Formal Party
St. ^ Mary’s held its traditional
Old Girl-New Girl party last Friday
night for the ])urp)ose of introducing
the new girls to the faculty.
A ])leasant inovation w-as the
shortening of the receiving line to
include only Sara Walters, Presi
dent of^ the Senior Class, Dr. and
Mrs. Eichard G. Stone, the Right
Reverend Edwin A. Penick, Bishop
of North Carolina, and Mrs. Penick,
the Reverend Mr. and Mrs. 1. Hard-
iiig Hughes, Miss Martha Dabney
Jones, and Harriet Madre, Presi
dent of^ the Student Government
Association.
After being introduced to the re
ceiving line, old girls and new girls
mingled with the rest of the faculty
and administration. The marshals,
lenn Anthony, Aubrey Campell,
Kathy Whitfield, Mary Ruth Di
vine, Marie Tyler, and Kitty Cam-
pen, served fruit punch, nuts, mints,
and cookies in the study hall. Dur
ing the reception Martha Ann
rroiiie entertained with selections
on the 2iiano.
Changes Glamorize
School Entrance
-V renovated and glamorized
Smedes front hall and parlor greeted
St. Mary’s girls Sept. 13.
Last term the total sum of $841.61
was left to the school by the Sopho
more and Senior classes. The
amount was a2)2iroximately one half
of the cost of the new 2iarlor furni
ture. Without this money the pur
chase of the furniture would have
heen iinpossible. Four red velvet
sofas, eight occasional chairs, and
four wing chairs upholstered in ny
lon met the needs of the parlor per
fectly. ^
Tn the hall the S(2uare newel post
has been replaced by a curved, more
graceful one. The woodwork and
back walls below the chair rail were
painted a grayed blue-green. The
Wtills above the rail were redone in
bright, gracefully-figured wallpaper.
_ Perhaps the major improvement
IS the green, wall to wall carpeting
111 the hall. ”
Mrs. Richard G. Stone and Miss
Katharine Morris were in charge of
the redecoration. They are pleased
to note the overwhelming approval
of their efforts by the girls.
St. Mary’s Girls Well Represented in
North Carolina’s Debutante Ball
Tuesday Brings Tests
Tuesday morning a visitor would
have gone with all the girls to chapel
and thmi to the first of a series of
tests. There were all kinds of tests :
Iowa tests, English, language, and
S2ieecli tests. Handbook and swim
ming tests were also 2H’0inised.
Class 2iicnics, a treasure hunt,
movies, and a style show hehied pre
vent complications of O. W. E. such
as duck fits and screeming meemies,
but added to the danger of 0. W. F.
itself.
Girls Rush About
New people rushing about added
to each girl’s bewilderment at first,
but as they all proved to be so very
friendly and helpful, they soon
served to ease the distresses of
0. W. F.
Fortunately 0. W. F. is quickly
cured or replaced by S. J. (study
jitters) when the aforesaid remedy
is administered at once.
It was opening day at St. Mary’s,
and dozens of bright-eyed girls were
coming up the front steps of
Smedes. Others not so bright-eyed
were some of North Carolina’s 1954
debutantes, who had just enjoyed
the most exciting weekend of their
lives. ' I f 11
Naturally, scores of parties had
been in progress for weeks prior to
the ball itself, but the official events
began for thirty-nine of St. Mary’s
girls on Thursday, September 9, at
1:30 p.m. when Betsy Williams,
leader of the ball, entertained at her
honie. That evening debutantes and
chief marshals assembled in the
Memorial Auditorium for figure re
hearsal. Friday the debs attended
a luncheon in the Virginia Dare
Ballroom of the Sir Walter Hotel,
where they received leather pin
boxes as favors. That night there
was a general exodus to the Memo
rial Auditorium for the event that
everyone had been waiting for. The
presentation of debutantes started
at 8:30. The girls, wearing white
dresses and carrying red roses, came
down green covered steps leading out
from a garden setting. The next
morning, everyone enjoyed a morn
ing dance at the Carolina Country
Club. That afternoon Mrs. William
B. Umstead entertained the debs,
then- mothers, and their chief mar
shals at a tea in the E.xecutivc Man
sion. The 2>erfect ending for an un
forgettable weekend was the dance
honoring the debutantes in Alemo-
rial Auditorium on Saturday night.
Of course there were a great many
parties, both i m |) r o m ]> t u anil
2)lanned, during the entire weekend.
It was also an opportunity for
countless St. Mary’s “reunions.”
the weekend was not devoid of
lunnorous incidents, either. No one
will ever forget the frantic pillow
ngiit in Barbara Doaring^s room at
the Sir Walter or Dewey Owen’s
pa'nic when she couldn’t find her
suitcase all weekend. Very few
people were aware of it, but Betsy
nilliams, a former St. Mary’s girl,
removed her shoes while waiting for
the figure to begin, and then, having-
put them on the wrong feet in the
semi-darkened auditorium, staggered
uncomfortably out to her position as
leader of the ball.
Among the ten assistant leaders of
the ball wore three St. Mary’s girls -
Sally Wood MoMullan, Blanche'
Robertson, and Kathy Whitfield.
Other St. Mary’s debs were Eliza
beth Arthur, Jane Best, Coriune
Bethune, Julianne Boone, Mary
Ann Braswell, Mary Lee Breece,
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