The
Belles
OF ST. MARY’S
Vol. XX, No. 11
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
March 21, 195§
Students Hear
Lecture On Far
East & Philippines
On Tuesday night, March 11, Mr.
Robert A. Smith spoke to the facul
ty and students of St. Mary’s. Mr.
Smith talked on the subject of the
Phillippines and the Far East.
He has been an editorial writer
for the New York Times for over
twenty-five years and has been a
staff correspondent to the Philli-
pines. Mr. Smith just returned from
the Far East where he studied the
touchy situation that exists there
at present. He has written four
books. Our Future In Asia, Your
Foreign Policy, Divided India, and
Phillippine Freedom, his latest pub
lication.
Mr. Smith’s vast knowledge of
current events is remarkable. His
statement that “Communism will
fall from its own rotteness” was not
only interesting but assuring and
greatly welcomed!
St. Mary’s was very fortunate in
having a person of such wide ex
perience and learning.
SUPPORT REDECORATION
OF HOLT BASEMENT
The Circle has proposed the deco
ration of Holt Basement as a recrea
tion room for the entire Student
Body. Of course, this project cannot
be successful unless everyone is in
terested enough in it to help with
the work and back all the proposals.
The Student Body has needed a
place for recreation and relaxation
tor many years. There has not been
3 place provided so far. Holt Base
ment is not ideally situated, and
yet it can be found satisfactory if
it is viewed with the proper attir
tude.
There are many possible improve
ments which can be made and pro
vided, but the success of these
moves needs the entire Student
Body backing them. A section of the
Little Store can be put down there,
i^agazines, bridge tables, cards, and
good furnishings can be procured.
Perhaps an inside entrance to Holt
oan be made eventually.
Holt Basement is a wonderful
place for this starting of our recrea
tion room.
Library Has Display
On Mr. R. A. Smith
The library has a display on
Robert Aura Smith, who gave a
lecture at St. Mary’s on March 11.
There are two books on display
which were written by Mr. Smith.
Our Future in Asia was published in
1940. The author discusses our stake
in the South China Sea, our rela
tions with the Phillippines, with
China, and with Japan. He also dis
cusses Japanese aggression and our
defense in the South China Sea. The
book’s object is to show the basis on
which decisions must be made con
cerning problems in southeast Asia
and the South China Sea.
Your Foreign Policy: How, What,
and Why, published in 1941, was
written because Mr. Smith realized
how ignorant the average American
citizen is of foreign policy of the
United. States. In this book, the au
thor answers the questions of the
people concerning foreign policy so
that the answers may be under
stood. The book explains what for
eign policy is and explains the ma
chinery that makes the policy work.
It also includes several basic docu
ments of foreign policy such as The
Pact of Paris, The Nine-Power Trea
ty, and the Monroe Doctrine.
Jeannette Cross
Brice Will Serve As
LETTER CLUB HAS
NEW MEMBER
Sybil Mathis from St. Augustine,
Florida, became a member of the
Letter Club on March 4th. Sybil is
yery active in Orchesis, hockey, and
an All Star Swimmer. She also
®mgs in the choir and is an acolyte
for our chapel services. She is a
member of Sigma Pi and Y. D. C.
^od a Sigma.
prominent cellist
RECEIVED WARMLY
Miss May Mukle, cellist, pei-
formed the assembly program on
March 11th. St. Mary’s students suc
cumbed to the warmth of personal
ity and technical skill of the player.
She was accompanied at the piano
bv Mrs. Edwin Ideler. . , ,
Miss Mukle, a very distin^ished
English cellist, has had an impres
sive concert career in Europe,
Africa, and America. She has given
performances for royalty, Living
performed for Queen Mary of Eng-
^^Mss Mukle’s first number was
a sonata by Boccherini in two move
ments. The second number was a
group of folk tunes. Mr. Vaughn
Williams, outstanding English com-
noser, wrote these selections espec
ially for Miss Mukle. The folk tun
es were: Swedish, Irish, Chinese,
English, Jewish; and a Negro Jub-
ili6 son^".
Miss Mukle is sailing for Eng
land next week. She will then leave
for South Africa for a concert. She
may return to St. Mary’s next sea-
,son for a full length concert.
ttappq Birthdaq
April
15— Caroline Hamilton
Octavia Phillips
16— Nan Bailey
18— Edith Kellerman
19— Cinda Henderson
Wins As President Council Chairman
Of Student Body
Jeannette Cross, who hails from
Marion, was elected President of the
Student Government for next year
on Wednesday, March 12. Jeannette
has been at St. Mary’s for three
years and this year she is President
of the Junior class. She is a member
of the Stagecoach staff. Granddaugh
ter’s club. Legislative Body, and
President of the Y.W.C.A.
Jeannette’s duties next year will
be as follows:
1. To call and preside over all
meetings of the Student Govern
ment Association and of the Honor
Council.
2. To appoint seniors to act as
chairmen of each of the classes until
the class presidents are elected.
3. To appoint the student mem
bers of the Constitution Committee.
4. To draw up in conference with
student officers and officials a slate
of the faculty advisors desired by
the various student groups, and to
submit this slate to the President
of the college.
' 5. To serve on the Legislative
Body, ex officio.
6. To serve on the Hall Council,
ex officio.
7. To assume direction of student
matters not specifically assigned to
other student officers.
8. Before the end of school to ap
point members of the incoming
senior class as counselors and vice
counselors for the coming year on
the advice of the Counselor Com
mittee.
9. At the end of the year to pass
on to her successor suggestions and
unofficial records that may prove
useful to her, also any helpful re
cords for the use of the next year’s
class presidents.
10. To assume the duties of the
chairman of the Hall Council during
a temporary absence of the chair
man or to appoint a member of the
Hall Council to serve as acting
chairman.
Elise Brice from Spartanburg, S.
C. was elected Chairman of Hall
Council on March 19. Elise is a mem
ber of the Altar Guild, Y.R.C., Sigma
Mu soccer and basketball teams, the
props committee for May Day. She
is a Mu.
Elise’s duties will be as follows:
1. To call and preside over all
meetings of the Hall Council.
2. To be responsible for the gen
eral functioning of the Hall Council.
3. To serve as a member of the
Legislative Body.
4. To submit to the president of
the association the name of the fac
ulty member desired as adviser.
5. To appoint and supervise as
sembly and chapel proctors, and to
make seating charts for chapel and
assembly.
6. To serve on the Counselor Com
mittee.
LENTEN SPEAKERS
On Wednesday, February 26, St.
Mary’s had its first Lenten speaker,
Rt. Rev. Richard H. Baker D.D.,
Bishop coadjutor of the Diocese of
North Carolina. Bishop Baker talked
about an athetic team which, point
ing to a special contest, gets into
condition for the great event. So the
church has two high points for
which it prepares: Christmas, pre
ceded by Advent; and Easter, pre
ceded by Lent.
One week later on March 5, St.
Mary’s welcomed Rev. I. Harding
Hughes, Chaplin here from 1942 to
1957. Rev. Hughes spoke on the
cross of Christ—the vertical bar
symbolizing faith, the horizontal
representing service.
MISS HAIG'S STUDENTS
PRESENT RECITAL
Piano students of Miss Haig gave
a studio recital on Wednesday,
February 26. Those that participated
were: Martha Kirehheimer, Sue
Sandlin Margant McKee, Johnsye
Massenburg, Jane Wooden, Mary
Ann Powell, Pat Watson, Nancy
Wall, Martha Martin, Mary Milam,
Anne Stinnett, Emily Oulla, Carol
Williams, Sally Lewis, Julia Ann
Hunt, and Helen Jones.
A special student of Miss Haig’s,
Caroline Quick, received a five hun
dred dollar scholarship in music re
cently. Called the Margaret Coker
Lawton Scholarship, it is effective
for years of college. The require-
(SEE RECITAI., PAGE 2)
BELLAMY REPRESENTS
SMJC
The Azalea Festival in Wilming
ton the weekend of March 29 will
be a gala time for many St. Mary’s
Belles. As in the past, our May
Queen, Jane Bellamy, a native of
Wrightsville Beach herself, will
represent St. Mary’s in the parade
and at the Coronation Ball and teas
in honor of'the Azalea Queen and
her court, composed of May Queens
from North Carolina colleges, and
visiting celebrities. Jane will be giv
en a beautiful dress for the occasion.
Among the other activities for the
weekend in addition to many priv
ate parties, are tours around Green
field Lake, to Orton Plantation, and
to Airlie Plantation. There is also a
golf tournament.
Beauty is of course the theme of
the Festival—in both flowers and
lovely girls. The famous movie star
Esther Williams will be the Azalea
Queen. Girls from the Wilmington
high schools will compete for the
Teenage Azalea Queen.