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OF ST. MARY’S
VOL. XXVI. No. 9
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
March 15, 1963
Sports Move Outdoors
Activities in the physical educa
tion department have increased as
spring approaches and permits
more outside sports.
Volleyball claims a large num
ber of interested students. The
first game in the Sigma-Mu tour
nament was played recently, with
the following new Mu players tak
ing part: Betsv Eoss, Sally Poin
dexter, Carole‘S Stephenson, Bar
bara Bonner, Gwen Brannon and
Ellen Scurry.
Lee Hopkins, president of the
Letter Club, has anonunced the
coining swimming meet in Avhich
Sigma’s and Mu’s will compete in
Various races.
Tennis is being taught now and
the more eager plaj'ers have be
gun to use the courts. Other stu
dents also find the weather agree
able for liorseback riding. Several
old girls are still taking bowling
lessons.
The beginning May Bay classes
have interested the ma.iority ot
students. Classes are getting un
derway in practices and choreo
graphy.
Beacon Walks
On February 20th, the Beacon,
the high school honor society,
n-alked, tapping three sopho
mores into the group. Joining
hlary Lindsey Smith, Mary Stuart
Eent, Gretchen Bullard, Perry
Orinies, Winborne Shaffer, Susan
Spaulding, and Dianne Eicks are
Mary Eavenel, a new girl from
Winesboro, S. C. and a member ot
the Sea Saints; Missy Wilson from
Darlington, S. C., a member of the
Belles staff; ami Ann Eichert,
n day student and Sophomore
Class Dance Marshal.
Throughout the year the Beacon
'^ells St. Mary’s decals and post
cards and at Christmas time co
hosts the Circle-Beacon Christmas
Earty.
Students Win Honors
Four St. Mary’s girls have re
cently won honors. Susan Cook, a
junior from Clinton, N. C., is the
new “Miss Virginia Lumber of
1963.” She received her title at the
fifth annual convention of the
Lumber Manufacturers Associa
tion of Virginia held at the Hotel
John Marshall in Eichmond early
ill February.
At twelve midnight on February
23, Susan Spaulding of Chase
Cit3', Va., was crowned Queen of
the Woodberry Hop. Susan re
ceived a bouquet of flowers and
her picture will appear in the
Woodberyv annual. Here at St.
Mary’s she is president of the
Sophomore Class, a member of the
Legislative Bodj', tlie Beacon, and
a Crucifer.
The new Dream Girl of Theta
Chi fraternity- of State College is
Gillie Leggett, a senior from
Elizabeth City. As Dream Girl
Gillie will represent the fraternity
for the next year. Her court in
cludes three other St. Mary’s girls,
Genie Middleton, Loretta Lloyd,
and Ann Johnson. Last Saturday-
Gillie competed with Dream Girls
from other schools at the regional
meeting of Theta Chi held at East
Carolina. At this conference she
was elected Eegional Theta Chi
Dream Girl on the basis of per
sonal appearance, charm and intel
ligence. Gillie is the proud owner
of a beautiful gold trophy-, a last
ing reminder of her coming year
as Dream Girl of Theta Chi.
Earlier this year, Shirley Truitt
was honored by- being elected KxV
Eose at the N. C. State College
for 1963. Shirley, a senior, and
member of the Glee Club and En
semble, is pinned to KA Bruce
Church.
TEACHERS HEAD
N. Y. Trip Planned by Tate
At two-thirty- Wednesday, April
10, approximately twenty-seven
St. Mary-’s students will leave for
a week’s trip to New York City.
Accompany-ing the girls and serv
ing as chaperones will be Mr. John
Tate, Jr., head of the English
department, his wife, and two
daughters. Although the trip is
approved by- Dr. Stone, it is not
sponsored by the school.
Traveling on a chartered bus,
the group should arrive in New
York late Wednesday night and
will leave at 7 :30 a.m. the follow
ing Wednesday, April 17, for the
return trip to St. Mary’s. While
in New York they will stay at the
Taft Hotel at 7th and 50th Street.
The transportation and aecommo-
dations will cost approximately
.$62. Altogether the trip will cost
about .$140 or more, depending on
how much is spent on shows and
food.
Tickets for plays and musical
comedies have already- been or
dered in an attempt to secure the
best possible seats. Mr. Tate is
making the arrangements and
placing orders for the tickets. The
members of the group have been
meeting and will continue to meet
in order to plan their six-day stay-
in the city-. Students will be able
to plan their own program while
in the city-..Some of the plays that
the girls plan to see are as fol
lows : Never Too Late, The Milk-
train Doesn’t Stop Here Any
More, Tchin Tchin, Mary, Mary
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf,
Strange Interlude, Hot Spot and
Mr. President. Included in the
plans of many are visits to the
New York City- Ballet, various art
museums, “China Town”, Green
wich Village, Eadio City Music
Hall, and many- other points of
interest. Eating at famous restau
rants, attending Easter services
and shopping will also take part
of the group’s time.
Alumnae Achive Dean’s Li.s,t
McNair Currie and Laurinda
King, St. Mary’s graduates, are
among 43 seniors, juniors, and
sophomores at Sweet Briar Col
lege who are on the Dean’s List
for the second semester this year.
They- were named by- Dean Mary
J. Pearl, with approval of the
faculty-, for outstanding ability-,
dependability- and achievement in
the work of the previous semester.
At the University of South Caro
lina, Holly- Lumpkin and Courte
nay- McDowell are on both the
Dean’s List and Honor Eoll for
their work during first semester.
Botli are members of Delta Delta
Delta sorority.
STUDENT TOURS
Mrs. Nicholson Directs
European Tour
A grand student tour of Europe
will be directed by Mrs. Nicholson
this summer. Mrs. Nicholson is
working with the Circle Tours of
Raleigh and will be the tour direc
tor and chaperone. She has been
on tours of the European coun
tries twice and around the world
once, and she feels that all stu
dents should try to go if possible.
The tour will depart from New-
York on June 5 on the fabulous
ocean liner. Queen Elizabeth.
There will be a group of about
twenty-five boys and girls from
St. Mary’s. Duke, Wake Forest,
Davidson, and other surrounding
colleges. The group will arrive in
London on June 10, where an ex
perienced professional European
Courier will join them and travel
with them through the remaining
fourteen countries.
The tour will include the Scan-
danavian countries and Greece,
which is most unusual. Germany,
Austria, Italy-, France, and Scot
land will also be visited by the
tourists. Also included in the cost
will be tickets to a play at the
Palladium in London, an opening
opera at the Baths of Caracalla in
Rome, and a Fashion Show and
the Folies Bergere in Paris. Tra
velling through Europe will be
done on boats, trains, airplanes,
and buses. Three meals a day- will
be provided in almost all the coun
tries as well as hotel accommoda
tions.
Mrs. Nicholson feels that stu
dents should not wait imtil they
are out of college fo tour Europe.
She believes that by touring
Europe while still in college, stu
dents will gain a basic knowledge
of foreign countries on which their
education can be built.
Anyone interested in visiting
fifteen European countries for
seventy days at a very reasonable
price should contact Mrs. Nichol
son immediately.
ALUMNI COUNCIL . . .
The Alumnae Council of St.
Mary’s met on March 6 to make
plans for the May 4 Alumnae Day.
The speaker at the luncheon on
that day- will be Sam Ragan, ex
ecutive editor of “The News’and
Observer.”
Raleigh women who attended
were Mrs. T. C. Powell, Jr., presi
dent of the Alumnae Association *
IMrs. John C. Smith, and Mrs!
R. S, Winston.