Belles
OF ST. MARY’S
^Ol. XXIII, No. 5
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
December 4, 1959
Sho^Yn iu a scene from the Dramatic Club’s presentation of The Skin of Our
Teeth are Becky Petrea and Frankie Davis. (See story on page .)
Glee Club Prepares
For Annual Concert
The St. Mary’s Glee Club is pre
paring for their annual Christmas
concert. This concert has always
^•^en a highlight of the school year
and promises to be again this year.
This performance will be held at
P.AI. on December 17, in the
®^hool auditorium.
Under the direction of Miss Ger
aldine Cate, the Glee Club will sing
l^lie following as a few of its selec-
iions: “As Dew in Aprille,” anony-
«^ous, and “This Little Book,” from
llie book, A Ceremony of Carols,
'U'ich contains Anglo-Saxon songs.
Also on the program will be “A
Uarol,” by .lacobsea, “As It Fell
l-Pon A Night,” an English carol,
and “.Jingle Bells,” by Pierpont.
This year the Glee Club has a
"'oinljcrsliip of forty-five, a few
^udcnts of whom have formed an
Lnseinble and will sing several
lumbers during the concert.
Also planned for the Club’s
Uliristmas agenda is a trij) to State
College on December 7 to sing for
JTe State Glee Club. Aftenvards
he two grouiis will go caroling to-
Sether.
Seniors to Have
Banquet
I he senior class will break a
Precedent, of. a few years and pres-
*^^t a banciuet for the enjoyment
the class of TO. This gala affair,
'' ffh a festive Christmas theme, will
licld on December 9th at the
Boinlyn House. The entertain-
wient, which will be kept a secret
^'btil the banctuet, promises to be
"'tioue and origi
Orchesis Members Will Present
Christmas Program
Local Democrats
Speak to Y*D^C,
The A’oung Democrats Club met
on November 19 in the Little Par
lor to get some ideas for programs
for this year. George C. Alitchell
and Allen Addams, president and
secretary of the Amung Democrats
Club of Wake County, and Jim
Hunt were present to speak to the
club about organization and ways
to jiromote interest.
Mr Hunt spoke on the purposes
of the ATung Democrats Club
which he gave to be jiolitical edu
cation and practical experience m
politics. He also extended an invi
tation to members of the club to
attend a meeting of the N. C. State
College Young DcmocratiS Lluo.
Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Adams, and
Mr Hunt were all very interested
in the Y. D. C. at St. Mary s and
offered a number of good suggest
ions. The club plans to take ad
vantage of their advice and hopes
to have a very active membership
this year.
Y.R.C. Elects Hayes
To Presidency
The ATung Republicans Club
has had one meeting and has elect
ed Ginger Hayes as President.
Cdnger, a day student, has been
at St. Marj^’s for two pars and is
a sophomore. Other than being a
A'oung Republican, she is also m
the cLir, Glee Club, and is on
^''The”chib ^'has planned to meet
again soon to elect the remaining
°®Se‘club has not yet planned
any activities, other than a picnic
after Thanksgiving. . .
All interestc'd persons are m\ ited
to come to meetings and to help
make the YRC a success.
On Tuesday, December 15, the
Orchesis will present a Christmas
jirogram based on a city street on
Christmas Eve. The program con
cerns the conflict between believers
and non-believers of Christmas.
After an unsuccessful attempt in
selling flowers to the crowds on
Christmas Eve, the flower girl gives
her flowers to Santa Claus and the
policeman. A hobo then walks_ on
the street and bows to a beautiful
doll in a decorated store window.
Seeing the doll a child removes it
from the window and asks Santa
Claus to bring it to her for Christ
mas. After asking Santa for the
doll, the weary child falls asleep
on the street.
Suddenly gangsters appear who
are non-believers of Christmas.
Then the crowd is pursuaded not to
believe in Christmas by the gang
sters. Soon the flappers and the
people of high society, who believed
in Christmas, change their minds
and become non-believers.
The policeman, disturbed by the
crowd, trys to break it up. But he
sees the All-American Girl and de
cides that she needs his protection.
Assembly Programs
December 8 Tentatively, a singer
December 10 Posture Week Con
test
December 15 Air. Shellans
December 17 Orchesis Christmas
Program
Miss Bason Chosen
As Freshman Sponsor
At their last meeting, the fresh
man class elected Aliss Elizapth
Lampkin Bason to bo their advisor.
Aliss Bason, who has never been
advisor to a freshman class at St.
Alary’s, has had previous experi
ence as advisor to other classes.
As advisor, Aliss Bason plans to
attend all meetings of the freshman
class and must approve all class
projects. She says that she will
make the class’s interests her inter
ests. When questioned about the
freshman class, she replied, “I think
you’re a good class. Aou have
capabilities.”
Already Aliss Bason has given
many suggestions which will great
ly improve the efficiency of the
freshman class project, the sale of
hot dogs every Tuesday and Thurs
day night. She is also interested in
the project of dressing Christmas
dolls for the Salvation Army.
Aliss Bason is from Burlington.
At St. Alary’s she is assistant dean
also and home economics teacher.
Seeing all the non-believers, the
hobo freezes the crowd and walks
over to the only believer, the little
child who had been asleep during
all this action. He tells the child
that she is only dreaming about
the crowd and that she must con
tinue to believe in Christmas.
Hearing the explanation given by
the Hobo to the child, the crowd
is suddenly broken from its spell
of disbelief and again believes in
Christmas.
The music for the play is from
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue and
American in Paris. Girls particip
ating are Edith Alson, the doll in
the window; Pat Armstrong and
Carol Tadlock, men gangsters;
Carlton Savage, girl gangster;
Frankie Davis, the Hobo; Alad/ge
Gregory, the policeman; Hadley
Alorgan, Santa Claus; Ann Oster-
man, the All-American girl; Pat
Exum and Dede Keyes, flappers;
Betsy Nichols, Erwin Parrot, and
Jean Flanagan, the crowd; Celeste
Barnette and Ginger Lang, people
of high society; and Alice Wilson,
as the child.
Leg. Body Sets
Plans For Year
In the meeting of the Legislative
Body on November 16, the body
decided to vote on the time that
each individual petition would go
into effect. Later Dr. Stone ruled
that all j)etitions involving- consti
tutional changes must be referred
to the Constitution Committee,
which has in the past met in the
spring after the election of the
])resident and vice president of Stu
dent Government for the following
year.
The Petitions Committee, head.-
ed by Suzanne Bowles, plays an
important part in the workings of
the Legislative Body. The Com
mittee meets prior to the regular
Legislative Body meeting and dis
cusses the wording of the proposed
petitions and their relationship to
the established rules of the school.
They are then submitted to the
Legislative Body in finished form
to be voted on.
Students should turn their peti
tions over to their representative
by December 7. After petitions
have been discussed in the Petitions
Committee meeting they will be
imsted on the Student Government
bulletin board in the East Rock
covered way. Each student should
read the petitions on this board and
express her opinion to her repre
sentative.
The next meeting of the Legisla
tive Body is December 14.