BELLES OF ST. MARY’S
October 26, 1962
THE BELLES
OF ST. MARY’S
REALIZATION
Published every two weeks during
the school year by the student body
of St. Mary’s .Junior College.
Entered as 2nd Class matter Dec.
7, 1944, at Post Office, Raleigh, N. C.,
under Act of March 3, 1879. Subscrip
tion ,$1.00 per year.
BEJM.ES STAFF
Edttor-in-Ghief Sally Stevens
Assistant Editor Elizabeth Lackey
Ncivs Editor Flo Pitts
Feature Editor Cornelia Fitzgerald
Feature Editor Sarah Rand.
Alumnae Editor Susan IIathaw^'?^
Exchanpe Editor Sub Battle
Ph otographer .Judy Randolph
Head Typist Ann Farmer
Cireulation Manager Nancy Baum
Business Manager Carol Turner
NEWS STAFF
Louise Albertson, Margaret Bell,
Mary Boyd Brown, Betty Gee Hern
don, Alice Hubner, Dudley I^ester, Kim
Marsden, Suzanne Nagel, Harriet
Spruill.
FEATURE STAFF
.\lice Calhoun. Alexa Draxler. Mary
Emerson. Rosalie Hanley, Marilyn
Koonce, Hilda I.ittle, Betsy Ross, Lily
Farley Ross.
SOCIAL STAFF
Laurie Burbank, Susan Cook, Diane
HarreLson, Stewart Howie.
SPORTS STAFF
Nelson Pemberton, Ann Richards,
Rose Watson, Susan Dixev.
ART staff'
Susan Ehringhaus, Susan Jjawford,
Frances Jlcl.anahan.
TYPISTS
Gretchen Bullard, Sharon Floyd,
.lanie -ludd, Betty Pat Parsons, Dianne
Ricks, Betsy Rudisell, Marilyn Stad-
ler, Mis.sy Wilson.
PROOFREADERS
Rosanne Hollis, Frances Pegues.
JIAKE-UP
Katherine Duncan, Nancy Griffin.
CIRCULATION
Mary Biock, Sarah Carpenter, Anne
de la Vergne, .Ioanna Houston. Dianne
Littlefleid, Leah Osgood, Kit William
son.
To The Editor . . .
The Ballet Marjo might possibly
be an import from Holland because
the Dutch, knowm for their natural
grace and eye for talent, have urged
their removal from the country.
The ballet was enough to make a
person who knows nothing about
ballet vote for television’s westerns.
To anyone who has ever seen ballet
properly done, the Ballet Marjo
was ridiculous. It may be accepta
ble as related to the modem dance
instmetion class; but, advertised as
it was, it was a “gross disappoint
ment.”
St. Mary’s objectives are suppos
edly to prepare her students to take
a place in a society that has a back
ground that is richly cultural and
“to provide opportunities for devel
oping an apiireciation of the finest
in art, music, and literature, so that
the student may find ... pleasure
throughout her life.” If anyone
could, in the future, find pleasure
because she attended this program,
it is beyond my reasoning. I susjiect
that, instead, she would be the first
to suggest a bridge game.
Another reason for the wide
spread criticism that the program
received was the time at which it
was presented. The greater majority
of students in all classes had an es-
Credit Where Credit Is Due
There has been much comment and criticism about our dining room,
some warranted and some quite undeserved. Most of this criticism
centers around the food and service, although they are by no means the
whole basis of the complaints. We feel it is time the dining room and its
staff received the praise it deserves, as well as the criticism.
Granted St. Mary’s serves “institutional food”; but then, St. Marj-'s
IS an institution, and it is a real challenge to any dietician to plan three
meals a day, seven days week, that are appetizing and varied. Perhaps
if St. Mary’s girls found dinner table conversation other than strict criti
cism (which rans the gamut from teachers, to rules, to food), the meal
and the food would be pleasanter.
As far as the service in our dining room is concerned, students should
first of all realize how’ lucky we are even to be able to sit down to a fam
ily style meal; most schools have cafeterias. And most old girls will agree
that the service in the dining room is far superior to that of the past. The
waiters are, for tlie most part, both very helpful and courteous. Good
service and efforts on the part of the dining room staff to make meals an
enjoyable part of the day should be complemented by students also doing
their part.
pecially burdensome “end of the
month” planned by the faculty, and
surely there were people who really
did not have time for a lengthy
program.
In conclusion, it seems as if the
emphasis should be on more widely
circulated programs. After attend
ing the Friends of the College Con
cert the night before the ballet, I
firmly believe that any money and
effort spent in encouraging St.
Mary’s girls to attend similar pro
grams would provide much more
“culture.”
Mary Ball
AH Letters
To Belles
Welcome
Put In Belles
Box Or Take
To 100 West
Rock
S.H.S.
Since President Kennedy spoke Monday night, students at St. Mary’s
have changed from carefree college and high school girls to young women
realizing, possibly for the first time, what their future may hold. Many
also worry about their families and their future husbands.
Friday Afternoon
Phone Hours Changed
I :30-2 :oo P.M.
3:30-5:55 P-M.
It may not even be amiss to say that many girls have offered their
first sincere prayer in a long time. Such are the effects of a crisis.
It is not easy to develop a philosophy about something as serious
as the possibility of war; it is very possible that some of us may never
reach a personal philosophy about the present crisis. But what we all can
do is accept the present crisis, as well as any future one, as a time of per
sonal challenge—a time to develop our own personal, spiritual strength
for use now and for the rest of our lives.
No Hall To Hall Calls
No Phone After 10:10 PM
3 Minutes Per Call
Respect Phone Rules
COFFEE GROUNDS
Gone are the days when our
mothers read us fairy tales an“
when we spent entire class periods
reading aloud from our history
books. Reading is now less of an or
al, community effort and more of a®
independent struggle. The niaffi
complaint of the average colic?®
student is that she must (or should)
spend so much of her time pourinS
over material which is factual an
dry as well as impossibly lengthy’
Unfortunately, there are no shof
cuts in reading—there is no subsW'
tute for the absorption of the hun
dreds of pages which make eyc=
blur and heads nod.
Even though there is no way
to
shorten the time spent in the read
ing of compulsory material, there
is a way to make it more bearable_
read a novel which corresponds
the period about which you are
studying. An interesting piece
fiction brings to life dull facts aj*^^
gives a clearer understanding of f
events and people of the {leriod.
The typical reaction to this hit 0^
advice would be the objection tha^
there is scarcely enough time
wade through the required readna»'
much less to take on the extra h}'
den of a novel. However, readi ^
a book which does not have to
memorized or analyzed
word is a wonderful way to r?
the mind after hours of concentr
tion, hs well as being a stimuD®^^g
speedier study. If one is m
mi'dst, of readrhg ■ a really
ing novel, sire is likely to try to S
through her work a^ quickly as ,P
ciLIn in I'nnrl [I fCV’ UI
sible in order to read
chapters.
A sampling of novels which ®
respond to courses at St.
are Les Miserables (second
ter European History and Fro ^
31), The Foxes of Harrow ano "
Lost Lady (freshman nnd ,1^ .g
English), Catherine (sopj’Oi J
and senior English), Advise
Consent (government), and
Robe and The Day Christ
(Bible).
Other novels which do
tain to-any course of study bu
thoroughly -entertaining
commentaries- on today’s , -
making inttresting compand?
the way of life of jieriods
lU-nner A
are studying are: the Dinner^
by Claude Mauriac, \f0"
Zooey by J. D. Salinger, rgiiu
ter op Our Discontent by p
0»p if-. l-uJFst it ^prxu f Steinbeck, Sons and Fovers
* ' J * H T.!ivvrpnf'f> !ind Kinosblood :g.
H. Lawrence, and Kingsblopd
al or Main Street by Sinclair
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