BELLES OF ST. MARY’S
March 11, 1960
Quiet Must Be Observed
In the company of older peoi)le would you talk when they are talk
ing? Among people of station would you show disrespect or rudeness?
At the theater would you talk during the play?
Of course the answer is “no” to all of these questions for we are all
aware that this is not only impolite, but also disrespectful and inconsider
ate. Why, then, in the presence of our Lord do we forget our manners?
Remembering that Jesus loved us enough to humble Himself to live on
earth as a man and then to be crucified for our salvation, let us be more
reverent when we are in His House.
T. T. W.
The Meaning of Lent How Does St.
Mary’s Compare?
Getting down to brass tacks,
what is Lent? It is a time to slow
down and look around, look with
in, and look up.
Look around and see what our
lives are doing to and for those
with whom we live. What is our
attitude toward others? Are we
willing to look for the good in
everybody and forget that some
one may have hurt us? Lent is an
occasion to renew this habit and
to really emphasize the little things
in our relationships with others.
As well as cokes or cigarettes, why
not give up some time to listen to
and understand the real problems
of those around you?
As we look within ourselves dur
ing Lent, we remember how Christ,
a man, refused to yield to the temp
tations of self-glory which Satan
offered. He was able to do this by
using strength from the Father.
Our self-denial during these forty
days is an effort to overcome our
sclf-centeredness.
Fasting has always been the cus
tom of Christians for this self-de
nial, and in the ninth century, the
law required all Roman Catholics
to fast from Ash Wednesday to
Holy Saturday except on Sundays.
This law was so strictly enforced
that only one meal a day was al
lowed. Today, Roman Catholics
from the ages of twenty-one to fif
ty-nine whose health and occupa
tion will permit eat only a small
breakfast and lunch and only one
main meal with meat. Roman
Catholics and Episcopalians are
not the only ones who should ob
serve Lent. All of us need to ex
amine ourselves—our motives, as
pirations, standards—and try to
grow in our personal relationship
with God.
Perhajis, it is jmtting the cart be
fore the horse to look around and
within before looking up. After
all, the love which flows out to
others must come from within us,
but its source is God. In the same
way, it is from above that we draw
our strength to overcome tempta->
tion within. The translation of the
Anglo-Saxon word Lencten, mean
ing “siiringtime,” gives us a hint of
the meaning of Lent which is a
time of spiritual renewal and
growth, a time when we can un-
(lerstand more fully what Easter
means and appreciate the new life
which the meaning of Easter offers
to all of us.
Recently those girls who had at
tended prep school before coming
to St. Alary’s were interviewed
about the regulations of their vari
ous schools. They were Alargaret
Alidgette, who attended Ashley
Hall in Charleston, S. C.; Betty
Coi)cland, who attended Salem
Academy at Winston-Salem; and
Alary Anne Carter, who attended
National Cathedral in Washing
ton, D. C. These girls told of week
ends, town permissions, dating
privileges, study hall, and lights
out.
As far as week ends are concern
ed, at Ashley Hall the girls are al
lowed two week ends and two over
nights all year, but if something
big comes up generally some ar
rangement can be made. They
must be in at 6:00 Sunday night.
Salem Academy has one week end
first semester and two second se
mester. Salem also grants one week
end each quarter to girls that have
a B+ average in all subjects. Na
tional Cathedral is allowed six
week ends all year, which also end
at 6:00 p.m. Sunday.
There are no town permissions
grantedi to girls during the week at
Ashley Hall, but seniors can go to
a nearby drug store every day and
juniors can go once a week. Salem
lias five day cuts and town permis
sions to be taken every Saturday
and every Tuesday. At National
Cathedral town permissions can be
taken only on Saturday.
Dating privileges at Ashley
Hall are given one night a week
end until 11:00, or when dance is
ended. At Salem a girl can date
at school or only with a chaperone
who must be a man of 30 or over
or married or a woman 21 or over
or married. National Cathedral
girls can date on Saturday three
times a month as seniors, once a
month as juniors jilus diance per
missions. They must be in at
twelve.
Study Hall is held at all these
schools on Saturday morning. At
Ashley Hall it is from 0:30 until
11:30; at Salem from 10:00 to
11:00 for those with any grades
below an 80; at National Cathedral
from 9:00 to 10:00. Weekday study
hall is from 5:20 to 6:20 and fro)n
7:15 to 8:45 at Ashley Hall; from
5:00 to 5:45, from 7:00 to 9:00 at
Salem; and from 5:00 to 6:00 and
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8:00 to 9:00 at National Cathedral.
AVhether the study hall is taken
in the rooms or in a supervised
classroom varies with class stand
ing and grades.
Lights must be off at 10:00 for
juniors and at 11:00 for seniors at
Ashley Hall; at 10:00 at Salem
with 11:00 iiermissions granted by
the Dean on occasion; at National
Cathedral it is 10:00 for Juniors
and 11:00 for seniors with 3 light
cuts a week for an hour each.
According to these girls most of
their time at prep school was spent
at school, studying.
Have You Heard?
That Gail isn’t here anymore?
What in the world’s come over
Turner?
About the “little red pills’’ the iw
fimary is issuing these days?
That Mary Cameron and Pat went
over the wall?
About the “rape of the lock?”
That men are the weaker sex — e.g ’
the number of male faculty nieiU'
bers who were “snowbound,
compared with the ladies?
That Lynch is sending her bills
Miss R?
That Messer knows when C. C. wears
loafers?
That we had “train wreck” for th®
first time in a year? ,
That madras is used to cover pillow's •
That there are just SO more days?
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