^>4^ Belles
OF ST. MARY’S
Vol. xxn, No. 7
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
February 20, 1959
Circle Taps
Five
On the night of February 11, the
Circle walked and tapped five new
members into its society.
Jane Copeland hails from Kins
ton, N. C., and this year has been
capably leading the Senior class,
^lie is also a member of the Hall
Council and participates in many
activities around the campus.
Oana Borden comes to St.
Clary’s from Goldsboro, N. C., and
has been here for four years. Dana
is president of the Mu’s and an ex
cellent athlete. She is also a mem-
her of Hall Council, Choir, and
Altar Guild.
A Charlotte girl, Mary Dale, is
another new Circle member. She is
a Senior member of the Honor and
Hall Council and is active in many
school activities, most outstanding
of which is her part in Orchesis.
. Joan Jordan is a day student who
*s also a member of Honor Council.
Joan has a res))onsible job on the
^t-ogecoach staff. She is the Busi-
*^css Manager. She is active in other
^’■ganizations as well and helps with
^he Tattle Store.
hiianne Hobbs from Rocky
Mount, N. C., completes the list.
Cuanne has her fingers in many
ihes, the most important being her
editorship of the annual, the Stage-
^'oach. She is also a member of the
Hall Council.
To
Sally Blackmon
Reign As Mciy Queen
Swimming Club
To Perform
On Alarch 19, a group of very
talented and beautiful swimmers
will be at the Spotlight Club for
only one open performance.
The skill of these girls is shown
as they swim to nine numbers in
cluding all types of music. As the
M.C.’s introduction finishes, one
will see a group filling the spotlight
with the “Washington Post March”
which is followed by the colorful
“Frankie and Johnny,” a duet by
Joan Williams and Lynda Vick.
The ever-popular “I Can’t Give
You Anything But Love, Baby,”
another group number, is next. Once
again a duet fills the spotlight as
Sara Griffin and Tula I^axton swim
to “Love Is A Many Splendored
Thing.” With a complete change of
tempo, the girls swim to the pulsat
ing “La Paloma,” and then to “Be
witched.” Nancy Sjostrom and
Anne Jefferson arc seen swimming
to “Port Pangani.” A group comes
back again with the “Champagne
Waltz” and leaves everyone with a
touch of “The St. T.ouis Blues.”
Everyone should see this excel
lent performance at the Spotlight
Club in the swimming pool.
Freshmen Win
Fiano Duo
Hold Recital
On February 4, 1959, at 8:30,
Miss Elizabeth Ilrake and Mr.
leorge Perry presented a duo piano
1'^‘cital in the St. Mary’s Auditor-
'Uin. The program featured;
Sonata No. 1 in B flat Alajor by
'“leinenti.
Alelody from “Orpheus” by
’luck-Chasins.
Andante and Variations by Schu-
'uann.
Hanzon Cubana by Copland.
tears by Rachmaninoff.
Hesginka, from Gayne Ballet
‘ ^uto by Khachaturian.
Hondo Op. 87 by Tcherepnin.
Ha Valse by Ravel.
pianists are members of the
. Carolina College faculty arid
iV? giving a series of concerts in
'IS vicinity.
St. Marv’s May Queen for 1959
is Sally Blackmon, a senior from
Columbia, South Carolina. Her
duties will consist of reigning over
May Day as well as representing
St. Mary’s at the Queen’s Court in
Wilmington during the Azalea
Festival.
Sally is not only known for her
beauty but also for her active par
ticipation in extra curricula activi
ties both in Columbia and at St
Mary’s. In her high school annual
ill Coiumbia, Sally was “Miss
Freshman”, “Miss Sophomore , and
“Miss Blue-Devil.” Also, she was
homecoming queen, Maid of Honor
at the North and South Carolina
Ivey Club Convention, and a repre
sentative of the South in the North-
South Carolina Football Contest.
At St. Mary’s Sally has been an
outstanding figure on the campus.
Not only was she in the IMay Court
last vear, hut also was she a mem
ber of Honor Council. This year her
most important activities include
being Secretary of the Student
Government and Secretary of
Honor Council. She is a member of
Hall Council, co-art editor of the
Stagecoach Staff, a member of the
Handbook Committee, the Glee
Club, the Choir, the Altar Guild,
The Belles Staff, Y.W.C.A., Y.D.C.,
and Sigma Pi Alpha. Sally is a Mu
and has played on both the Sigma-
Mu volley ball and softball teams.
Next year will see Sally at the
University of South Carolina where
she is planning to major in English.
Her other interests include model
ing and art.
The following girls will complete
the May Court:
Octavia Phillips, Maid of Honor
Rett Weston
Jeannette Gilliam
Anne Jefferson
Bev DuBose
Marjorie Bryan
Sharon Cates
Susan Poe
Virginia Anderson
Harriet Houston
Winston Conner
Sally Bruce
Cinda Henderson
Belles Song
Contest
In assembly on February 12, the
Belles Staff held its annual song
contest in which each class present
ed a song, the words of which are
original.
This year all the songs were ex
cellent and the tunes most familiar.
The Freshmen sang to “The Belles
Are Ringing”, the Sophomores to
“Wouldn’t It Be Lovely”, the .Jun
iors to “Tom Dooly”, and the Sen
iors to “The Lady In Red” and
the “Chevy Song.”
The judges, Miss Cate, Mr. Tate,
Mrs. Cell, and Miss Hoy, awarded
first place to the Freshmen and
second place to the Sophomores.
Mu’s Victorious
In Basketball
The Sigma-Mu Basketball
Champions for 1959 are the Mu’s.
The Mu’s have a straight record of
winnings this year. Although the
Sigma’s failed to win any games,
they played hard and gave the
Mil’s a great deal of comiietition.