Belles
OF ST. MARY’S
Vol. XXIV, No. 7
Dr. Parker Returns
to Faeulty
Dr. Eugene F. Parker has re
turned to the St. Mary’s faculty
after missing a semester while
touring Europe with his wife. Be
fore his retirement last year, Dr.
Barker had served as Professor of
German and Spanish since 1947.
He recently returned to the campus
to replace Mr. Gerberding as
teacher of German and second year
^hgh school French.
In September the Parkers sailed
aboard the S. S. Statcndam and ar
rived at South Hampton, England.
They sj)ent two weeks in London.
However, they encountered un
pleasant weather which the British
Broadcasting Station said was the
'vorst in one hundred and eight
years. Continuing the trip, Dr.
and Airs. Parker visited France,
Switzerland, Germany, Spain and
Italy. The Parkers had the most
layorable weather of the entire
trip when they visited Rome. The
good weather made their first trip
^uto Italy very pleasant.
Dr. Parker had the unique ex
perience of being abroad during an
ynerican presidential election, and
ue noted the attitudes of the Eu
ropeans. They were all very much
rnterested in the election even
though they did not know a great
ueal about the two candidates.
^Iter the election they seemed to
’'0 ])leased with the change in ad-
ruinistration and they are looking
"'rth interest toward Kennedy’s
Uow ideas.
Dr. Parker returned with a few
Souvenirs. In Florence he visited
famous art museums and brought
l^ack a few works of art. He also
brought back watches from Switz-
^'rland and some linens.
Dr. Parker wishes that tlw'
''’pather had been better during his
Hip. However, he is glad to be
t^^ck at St. Mary’s once again.
Berhaps the Tar Heel weather will
be kinder to him.
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
February 10, 1961
MAY DAY PLANS MADE
Maid of Honor, Molly Cooper ami May Queen, Arden Fobes.
Although Old Alan Winter is
stiil making his presence felt
around St. Alary’s campus Or-
chesis, under the direction of Mrs.
Bailey is alreadv making plans
for the best Alay Day ever.
The theme of the 1961 Alay Day
program is the Face of America
••the main historical events of^ our
countrv shown through dance, ex
plained Tricia Armstrong, presi
dent of Orchesis.
An Indian dance, led by Betsy
Xicholls, will begin the program.
Following this will be a pioneer
dance; then these two groups will
combine to represent the ight be
tween the Indians and the early
Americans.
Ann Tompson, Edith Alston, and
Erwin Parrott are the leaders of
the X'egro Spiritual dance which
is the next number on the program.
Next will be the Southern Belles
number, done by the Alay Court.
After this comes the reunion dance,
led by Carlton Savage.
Gay Davis will lead the dance
featuring the Charleston, Black
Bottom and other dances of the
roaring twenties. A jazz number
will be presented by the members
of Orchesis and will be entitled
•‘Splitting of the Atom.”
Each dance which will be pre
sented will have its practices at
designated class periods; then,
when all the dances are put to
gether, jiractice will be held from
3:45 — 4:4i) on Tuesday after
noons.
Library Conditions
Considered Good
The St. Alary’s student is aware
H the cramiied condition of the
mrary, but she may not be aware
H its full value in s])ite of this
-°ndition. Of all the libraries of
Unior colleges in the state having
1 larger student jinjiulation than
Alary’s only five can claim
bore volumes. As of last .June the
I'binber of volumes catalogued was
D)5()7. a constant i)rocess of
Weeding out” is going on so that
bo library may house books that
up to date in addition to books
•hat are of continuing value, and
books are ordered only after
^ Careful reading of reviews has
Jbnfirmed them to be good. The
Florence books and the magazine
(Voiitiiiiicd on I‘(i(jc 4)
St. Mary^s Represented
at Mock U N. Assembly
St. Mary’s will take part in the
U.N. mock assembly to be held
at Duke February 22, 23, 24 and
25. Neighboring colleges and uni
versities will participate, each of
them representing one member na
tion. The five delegates from St.
Mary’s are Betsy Nichols, the
head of the delegation: Frances
Bridgers, Becky Petrea, Sophia
Pike, and Hope Rouark.
Besides becoming familiar with
U.N. procedure, the St. Alary’s
delegation is studying the social,
political, and economic situations
of the .Iordan country which they
will represent. In addition, each
St. Alary’s delegate has chosen a
committee on which to serve while
attending the assembly meeting.
A highlight of the Assembly will
be the speech by Frederick Boland,
President of the General Assembly
of the United Nations scheduled
for Wednesday night February 22.
Sessions are scheduled throughout
the four-day period including gen
eral assembly meetings, committee
meetings, and speeches. Social ac
tivities have been scheduled be
tween the business sessions so that
delegates will have an opportunity
to become acquainted with each
other.
The delegates from St. Alary’s
have been meeting for the past few
weeks with Dr. Alabel Alorrison
and Airs. Alartha Stoops to i)lan
for the assembly and to study Jor
dan. The group plans to spend the
four days in Durham in the homes
of Betsy Nichols and Becky Petrea.
Following the assembly meeting
the delegation will present an as
sembly jn-ogram to the student
body to report on the activities at
the Duke meeting.
■M V rourt' Seated left to rislit, Mary Foil Dorris, Winston Conner,
. Tionels Havnes Walker, Susan Foe; Standins, Ann Osternian,
.Jean in >j - Frances I.eonard, Cydney Wrisht.
Hannali 'Vrif-lit.’ (X«t Jiietuied, Sophia Pike)
Vale Finalist in
Scholarship Competition
Kathryn Ann Vale, daughter of
the Rev. and Airs. Charles E. A^ale,
of Norlina, North Carolina, has
been named a Finalist in the
1960-61 National Alerit Scholar-
shij) Program competition and has
been awarded a Certificate of
Alerit. Aliss Vale is a member of
the senior class in the high school
department of St. Alary’s Junior
College. She attained her distin
guished performance on two tests
and upon endorsement of her
school. About six-tenths of one per
cent of the seniors in each state
received the awards. Approximately
9,800 students in the 50 states and
in U. S. territories were honored.
The Alerit Scholars,' to be an
nounced April 27, 1961, will be
selected from the Finalist grouj).