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Saturday Dance Initiates
Services of New Marshals
itli the first school dance scheduled for Saturday night, October 30,
the newly-elected dance marshals are preparing to assiune their duties!
hvery class is represented at school dances by'its dance marshals win!
act as liostesses for the events. Marshals are allowed one cut a year
h’om school dances. _ They devote much time and energy to idanning
dances and in iiisuring their success. The marshals agn'e that theii'
advisors, Dr. and Mrs. Owens TL .Browne, are always faithfully at hand
^ to offer invaluable assistance. The juniors elected five girl's to help
Ivathy Whitfield, chief dance marshal, take charge of making the dan(;es
jam smoothly. Ruth Watkins, whose other activities include Orchesis
. Orchesis Council, Y.DC, Granddaughters’ Club, and JMles and (S7mye
' f'Oach staffs, is from Henderson.
October 29, 1954
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Ilia Gee Ridley, a Sigma- cheer-
Jeader from Coiirtland, Virginia, is
la the Glee Club, Letter Club, Choir,
' aad the YWCA. Lenore Smith, an
aid girl from Tallahassee, Florida,
Is also in the Glee Club, Choir, Let
ter Club, and the YWCA.
fSTahey McLain is a new girl from
'hirliam, who belongs to the YWCA,
tile Dramatic Club, the Glee Club,
tile YDC, the Doctors’ Daughters’
pliib and the il/u/.s-. Mary Louise
hizzell, a new Sigma cheerleader
ti'om Goldsboro has many extra
curricular activities including the
I DC, the YWCA, and the Doctors’
t^aughters’ and Dramatic Clubs.
JIary Louise also lieljis jmblisli the
mage Coach.
Freshmen elected Pat Coulter of
'lacksonville, Florida as their mar-
®lial. She is a member of Orchesis
®ud the Dramatic Club, and is a j1/m
*Uj)25orter.
The Sotrhomore Class t’lck^d
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I J’utsy Beams from Martinsville,
'irginia and Mittie Crumpler of
''lebane as their two choices. Patsy
''’as a dance marshal last year, and
' this year she is a member of Or-
diesis, the Bidletm, YWCA, YDC,
IJramatic Club and the Altar Guild.
. l^atsy cheers for the Mu’s. Mittie,
jlso a Mu, belongs to the YWC-V,
"I'chesis, and the Iielle» exchange
Taff.
Nancy Cook of Fayetteville was
tile choice of the Business Class,
t'ancy, a new Mu cheerleader, is also
^ the Granddaughters’ Club, the
fWCA, and on the Belles.
Whedbee Receives
Unanimous Election
to Edit Handbook
“Marty” Whedbee has been unan
imously chosen editor of the Ha-nd-
book for the 19.55-56 session of St.
Mary’s Junior College. Marty, a
senior from Hertford, N. C., entered
St. Mary’s with an excellent record
and has, according to popular opin
ion, more than maintained her
standing since her arrival.
Last year, Marty served as Vice-
president of the Canterbury Club.
This year, besides being a member
of the Canterbury Club, she is news
editor of the Belles, a member of
the Stage Coach, the Sigrna Vi Al
pha, the Altar Guild, the YWCA,
President of the Granddaughters’
Club, and a Mu. Her job as Band-
book editor includes, among other
things, serving on the legislative
body.
The liuiiiiaiio in all i(s Ini v
comsiMiuent damage wa.s Via o 1 to '.a er 1, T"®
wa,s great. After the strong iWnl he ’e. “ ^‘if /• “-lan.age
trees, most of them mammoth in si»e Sel d ofHei. ?'*!'' “•'■‘'"'“''I
blown down by the destrnetlve visitor K eetri
Bulletin Rcvcdls Studctit IDvcLtncitists
Staff, Schedules Monologues
UDC Elects Officers;
Gets Down to Business
Assembly Displays
St. Mary s Talent
St. Mary’s girls enthusiastically
applauded the assembly program
pst Thursday in which Shirley
.yes, Nancy Carpenter, Ina Gee
ydley, and Jenny Davis exhibited
yeir various talents. Shirley and
''ancy, both former head majorettes
Durham High School, gave
If the^ growth and spirit of St.
Mary’s YDC are any indication of
the party’s status in general, state
and national Democratic leaders can
look forward to victories in Novem
ber. Tlie YDC here has gotten off
to a firm start this year by electing
the following new officers: Betty
Hunt Procter from Washington,
vice-president; Elizabeth Oden froin
Washington, secretary; and Ann El
liot from Huntsville, Alabama,
, treasurer.
Judith Rice, a senior from Ra
leigh, holds the position of president
of the club. Sissy Dawson, from
Stantonsburg, is the membership
chairman, and C. A. P. Moore, head
of the English department, is the
club advisor.
YDC plans for the future include
. Bulletin, with a staff includ
ing both old and new girls, has
begun what promises to be a very
successful year. B’ecause of a defi
nite schedule of assignments and
tojnes for discussion, rajiid progress
IS being made in preparation for the
Christmas issue.
_ J he staff meets every Monday
night for the purpose of introducing
and reviewing the basic princitJlcs
of the creative writing that the
members are interested in doing.
The staff members also engage in
informal discussions and criticisms
of the original work which has been
submitted during the previous week.
Many girls are experiencing a genu
ine delight upon hearing tlie “nias-
terjiieces ’ of their friends and find
ing that they, themselves, can really
write! ’’
The Bulletin staff, with Lane
Welsh as editor and AHss Martha
Dabney Jones as advisor, includes
Nancy Jones, Carolyn Seyffert,
Btudents taking courses in speech
and theatre arts under the direction
of ihss Florence C. Davis will iiro-
sent a program of monologues in the
school auditorium for morning as
sembly TTiursday, November 4. The
nvst two of the series were presented
October 26 and October 28, at which
time the audience (piite evidently
responded with great enthusiasii'i.
‘ he study of monologues is reiiiiired
in the study of characterization in
the course of dramatic arts lea(lin>-
up to the production of jihiys.
pie monologues presented are as
follows: /p Bride, given by Lou
p'sley; Light and Shadow, Anna M
^Lirtha Williford; The Children’s
lilgrimage, Ann Bachman; /« a
Bay Coach, men Clarkson; a pan-
pnume. Bijou Special, Nancy Me-
piii; Lo67 Laura Bettes; .Joys of
the Open Road, Mary Louise' JBz-
zell; Lvei^thing’s A Dime Here
bhirley Dees; Oh, H-E-N-R-Y
Carolyn Wise; Marketing, Gail Ed-
waiffs; The School Play, Mary Lou-
sVuirV’ ■ ’ YDC plans for the future include Nancy Jones, Carolyn Seyffert Y/ie iSY/ioo? P/a.« Marv I m.
Wul exhibition of baton twirling, talks by local and state political Gail Edwards, Anne Norman Syl- ^^owell; ATcoZeBa, Grace Boney -
Ina Gee Ridlev. whose voice old leaders and informal discussions bv via Crmnnlpr Vera Cheera’s Morning '■'> r-• ’
, Ina Gee Ridley, whose voice old
^9’ls remember hearing in Amahl
^l^d the Night Visitors, sang Blue
and Hey There. Then Jenny
^avis amazed the audience with her
''ftraordinary skill as a dancer and
''"Utortionist.
leaders and informal discussions by
the fifty-eight members at the hut.
“The over-all aim of the YDC is
to get St. Mary’s girls interested in
political-developments and acquaint
ed with the goals of the Democratic
Party,” stated Judy Rice.
via Crumpler, Martha Brooks,
Patsy Miller, Frances Pearson,
Maigaret Burnside, Dewey Owens,
Margot Hammond, Patsy Beams,’
and Catherine Dent. Jeanne Oo*-
prn. Sugar Dudley, and DeeDee
Dev ere are typists.
T 77 T\r '"A Sunshine
Jalk, Mavj Ruth Divine; Mother
on a Moment’s Notice, Frances Ann
Horton; At the Station, Margaret
Hiompson; Hello In-valid, Betsy
Wright; Woman at the Doctors
Nancy White; Art-but of Course,
Mary Dianitia Hutcheson.