The Belles
OF ST. MARY’S
Tol. XX, No. IS
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
May 30, 1958
Japan Girl To
Enter SMS
Graduation Closes ’57-’58
Keibo Tojuku, from Chigasiki
City, Kanagawa, Japan, will enter
ihe Junior class at St. Mary’s next
year. Keiko is a graduate of St.
Margaret’s school, an Episcopal
School in Tokyo, which she has at
tended for twelve years.
Keiko became interested in St.
Mary’s through a Japanese friend,
Sonoko Yamamoto, now Mrs. R. C.
Taylor, who graduated from St.
Mary’s several years ago. Keiko
Writes that she had always wanted
to come to St. Mary’s and when she
t'ead a copy of the Bulletin her
desires to enter grew stronger.”
Keibo’s favorite subject is paint-
i^ig, and she is also interested in
tnanual arts and all sorts of sports.
While she is studying here, her
sponsor will be Dr. Stone. Keibo’s
brother, who lives in Brazil, will
finance her college education.
Bev DuBose Heads
58-59 Altar Guild
Kev DuBose from Columbia,
South Carolina, has been selected to
be President of the Altar Guild for
1958-1959.
This year Bev is Secretary of the
Junior Class, a member of the
Granddaughter’s Club, Stage Coach
*iuff, and the Altar Guild. Bev is
Mso a Sigma and was in the May
Court. She has recently been elected
e marshal for the next school term.
The other members of next year’s
pltar Guild are: Nellie Holmes Bal-
°u, Julia Oliver, Dana Borden, Nan
ailey, Betty Wright, Ann Edens,
May Eason, Lee Newby, Jane Smith,
Mary Jane Pemberton, Rett Wes-
lou, Kit McLeod, Nancy Compton,
Joyce Batchelor, Mebane Dowd,
^^ry L. Phillips, Ann Campbell,
G-uth Whitley, Agnes Lawler, Betty
Cou Beales, Jane Gray, Elise Brice,
Gottie Ann Whitehurst, Nancy Mor-
Gs, Martha Ellen Miller, and Sara
McMillan.
REV. GRAY M. BRANDY
Baccalaureate
The Very Reverend Gray M.
Blandy, D.D. Dean of the Episcopal
Theological Seminary of the South
west, will be the Baccalaureate
Preacher at St. Mary’s Junior Col
lege’s 116th commencement pro
gram. The sermon will be delivered
on Sunday, June 1 at 10:30 in the
school’s chapel.
Dean Blandy is a native of New
ton, Massachusetts. He received a
B. A. from Boston University, and
a B.D. from Virginia Theological
Seminary in 1937, and was awarded
a D.D. from that institution in 1954.
Dean Blandy served as assistant
rector of Christ Church, Cambridge
from 1937 to 1940, was rector of
St. John’s Church, Troy, N. Y. from
1940 to 1944. He moved to Texas in
1944, where he served as president-
in-church and rector of Holy Cross
Church, Houston, and St. Peter’s
Church, Pasadena. In 1947 he be
came director of the Episcopal col
lege work at the University of
Texas and served in that capacity
until 1951 when he was named first
dean of the newly formed Seminary
of the Southwest.
Mrs. J. T. Richardson
Speaks To Alumnae
Mary Laurens Withers Richard
son (Mrs. John T.) of Raleigh will
0 the Alumnae Speaker at St.
ory’s Junior College’s Annual
^ ,y^nnae Luncheon to be held at
1:00
Sat.
in the college’s dining hall on
May 31. Mrs. Richardson is
Ice-chairman of the North Carolina
cinocratic Executive Committee
chief clerk of the N. C.
ilities Commission.
Mrs. Richardson, a St. Mary’s
^nduate of the class of 1929, re-
cived her A. B. degree from the
University of North Carolina. She
is married to John T. Richardson
who is in the insurance business.
Thoroughly versed in politics, Mrs.
Richardson has served as Wake
County Manager for the late Gover
nor William B. Umstead during his
campaign, as a delegate to several
regional Democratic conferences
and as Vice-Chairman of the League
of Women voters. She has also been
active in the Women’s Auxiliary,
the Community Chest, and the Jun
ior League.
The 1957-58 session of St. Mary’s
is coming to a close and many plans
have been made for the graduation
exercises.
Friday night at 8:15 p.m. the play
“Our Town” will be presented by
St. Mary’s Dramatics Club in the
auditorium.
Saturday morning at 10:30 a.m.
the Sophomore Class Day Exercises
will be held. During this time the
class gift will be presented. At 11:30
a.m. there will be an annual Alum
nae Meeting which will be followed
by an Alumnae Luncheon for the
Seniors at 12:30 p.m. The speaker
will be Mary Laurens Withers
Richardson of the class of 1929. The
Senior Class Day will be at 4:30
p.m. at which time the Senior Class
gift will be presented. Saturday
night at 8:30 p.m, the students and
guests will be entertained by the
Glee Club.
Sunday is also full of festivities.
At 7:30 a.m. there will be a cele
bration of Holy Communion in the
Chapel. At 11:00 a.m. there will be
the morning prayer and sermon by
The Very Rev. Gray M. Blandy,
D.D. Dean, The Episcopal Theologi
cal Seminary of the Southwest.
From 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. the Presi
dent’s Tea for parents and the
Graduating Class will be held at the
President’s home. At 6:00 p.m. the
Step Singing will be held on the
front steps of Smedes Hall. Each
class will sing a few songs after
which the Seniors will step down
letting the Juniors take their places.
Graduating exercises will be held
in the auditorium at 10:30 a.m.
Monday. The speaker will be James
L. Godfrey, Ph.D., Dean of The
Faculty at the University of North
Carolina. At this time the Sopho
more and Commercial classes will
receive diplomas presented by
Dr. Stone and also awards will be
given. The Senior class will gradu
ate in the Chapel.
After the ceremonies, all the
students form a semicircle in front
of Smedes Hall. The Chief Marshall,
standing in the midst of the student
body, will drop the handkerchief,
thus ending another wonderful year
at St. Mary’s.
Glee Club To Give
Concert May 31
The annual St. Mary’s Glee Club
concert will be presented on Satur
day night. May 31, 1958, in the
school auditorium.
The chorus under the direction of
Miss Geraldine Cate will perform
the following numbers: “Blessing,
Glory and Wisdom” by J. S. Bach;
“Let Us Wander” from “L’Allegro”
by Handel; “What Saith My Dainty
DR. JAMES LOGAN GODFREY
Graduation
Dr. James Logan Godfrey, Ph.D.,
Dean of the University of North
Carolina faculty and professor of
English History will be the speaker
at the St. Mary’s Junior College
116th commencement exercise to be
held Monday morning, June 2 at
10:30 in the school’s auditorium.
Dr. Godfrey received his A. B.
from Roanoke College, his M. A.
from the University of North Caro
lina and his Ph.D. in history from
the University of Chicago. He has
studied in both Paris and London.
He was an instructor in the Uni
versity’s department of history in
the fall of 1936; and was promoted
to the rank of professor of English
History in 1947. He is a member of
the Royal Historical Society; Ameri
can Historical Association and an
Executive Council member of the
Southern Historical Association.
Dr. Godfrey is author or co-author
of four books, 15 articles and over
50 professional reviews. He is cur
rently working on a book covering
the history of Great Britain from
1945 to 1951 with emphasis on the
Labor Government in England.
Immediately following Dr. God
frey’s speech, the graduating class
will leave the auditorium and go to
the chapel where they will receive
their diplomas from Bishop Edwin
A. Penick, Bishop of North Carolina.
Darling” by Thomas Morley; “Ban-
will Hill” by Vincent Thomas;
“Chinq-A-Ring Chaw” adapted by
Aaron Copland; “I Could Have
Danced All Nnght” by Frederick
Loewe; “A La Musique” by Rostand
and Chabrier; “The School Cantata”
by Mr. Broughton.
Soloists for the concert will be
Sue Sandlin, Priscilla Brown, Helen
Bell Jones, Anne Jefferson, Brooks
Newton, Vicki Rothrock, and one of
Miss Cate’s special students.