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BELLES OF ST. MARY’S March 29, 1963 THE BELLES OF ST. MARY’S Published every two weeks during the scliool 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. BELLES STAFF Editor-In-Chief Sally Stevens Assistant Editor Elizabeth Lackey Neics Editor Flo Pitts Feature Editor Cornelia Fitzgerald Feature Editor Sarah Rand Alumnae Editor Susan Hathaway Exchange Editor Sue Battle Photographer Judy Randolph Head Typist Ann Farmer Circulation Manager Nancy Baum Business Manager Carol Turner NEWS STAFF Margaret Bell, Mary Boyd Brown, Betty Gee Herndon, Alice Hubner, Dud ley Lester, Kim Marsden, Suzanne Na gel, Harriet Spruill, Caroline Walker. FEATURE STAFF Alice Calhoun. Alexa Draxler, Mary Emerson, Rosalie Hanley, Marilyn Koonce, Hilda Tuttle, Betsy Ross, Lily Farley Ross, SOCIAL STAFF Laurie Burbank, Susan Cook, Diane Harrelson, Stewart Howie. SPORTS STAFF Nelson Pemberton, Ann Richards, Rose Watson, Susan Dixey. ART STAFF Susan Ehringhaus, Susan Lawford, Frances McLanahan. TYPISTS Gretchen Bullard, Sharon Floyd, Janie Judd, Betty Pat Parsons, Dianne Ricks, Betsy Rudisill, Marilyn Stad- ler, Mis.sy Wilson. PROOFREADERS Rosanne Hollis, Frances Pegues. MAKE-UP Katherine Duncan, Nancy Griffin. CIRCULATION Mary Block, Sarah Carpenter, Anne de la Vergne, Joanna Houston, Dianne Littlefield, Leah Osgood, Kit William son. Su Mary^s Coloring Book Second Edition In the margin of the page, color a building. Color it very old like the re.st of the buildings yon .see. This building is full of books which mostly stay in the building on nice shelves. Students come to the build ing to see their friends and the books. Sometimes, students take books out of the building when they leave. Color a few of the books gone. Two ladies live in the building. Their job is to take care of the books. Their job is also to take care of money—the student’s money. (Remem ber those books? They are still gone.) Color them counting their money. They have over a hundred fifty dollars. Color the money nickles, dimes, quarters, and dollars. THE CUT SYSTEM - PRO A few weeks ago, a petition to the Legislative Body for installation of the cut system at St. Mary’s was tabled after discussion, because the Legislative Body felt cuts by our present system were better for the students. It seems that there are many “pro’s” in this issue which could be considered before the idea is forgotten. It is our understanding that with the cut system a student is allowed a limited number of cuts (for instance, one cut per semester hour in each course, with no lab cuts) which can be applied either to overnight absences, to unexcused class cuts, or to vei-y short illnesses. Extended stays in the infirmary do not count against this quota. With the present system, a St. Mary’s girl is allowed to cut Saturday classes only in order to take her allotted number of weekends, a system which gives very few cuts. If class cuts were given, a student could use them to take longer weekends or to participate in extra activities. The same number of overnights could be used, and the girl would have the prerogative to combine cuts and overnights as she choses, without letting her academic standards slip. College girls not responsible enough to keep up with their work without constant supervision do not belong at St. Mary’s. No college allows students to make up tests missed when taking unexcused cuts; therefore, teachers would have no problem and could assign work as they wished. It would require quite a change to install this system at St. Mary’s, but isn’t change an integral part of progress ? We would ask the Legislative Body to think this situation over again and perhaps give the students a choice along with a full explanation of all the limits such a change in system would require. If the cut system is so successfully used at other schools, would it be impossible to introduce it at St. Mary’s? March 21, 1963 To the Girls at St. Marys: I am the lady, whose picture :s hanging in the lobby of the audito rium. For 40 years I lived with you on IFest Wing or Smedes Hall, 2nd floor. I have read your recent article in the BELLES on student-faculty relations, and I am disturbed over the article. I often visit St. Mary’s and to me you are the same loving girls with a smile of welcome. I got to know you very well during my 40 years of living with you. / shared your joys and sorrows. I en- enjoyed the hall parties and other so cial affairs. I wore a red band for Sigma-Mu contests. I tried to keep up with new regulations and privi leges. But in spite of these many changes. I did not hestitate to scold you at times. Perhaps, girls, you have grown too independent with the atti tude of “hands off” toward the fac ulty. Why not show them you appre ciate their guidance and stop gossip and criticism? Treat them as your friend in all school affairs and life on the campus. You see, I am still giving you ad vice in spite of your rules and regula tions and to quote from your article in the BELLES, “We do not need of appreciate faculty interference.” shows a dictatorial attitude amonP the students. A little love and under standing is never amiss. It will bring a friendly student-faculty relationship- I miss my happy life among yon a^ St. Mary’s. I enjoy reading BELLES. I shall be delighted to W you at my present home 1712 Scaled St. Sincerely your former teacher i and loving friend, j Florence C. Davis j The Belles—Would Editorial Board Be Beneficial? The headline story in the March fifteenth issue of The Gamecock, the new.spaper of the University of South Carolina, dealt with the campus controversy over the make-up of the Board of Publica tions. The Board consists of fac ulty members and students, and its function is to supervise the newspaper and to select the edi tors. The current debate on the Board’s membership does not con cern St. Mary’s, but it does raise the (luestion of the value of an editorial board for the BELLES. This board, comprised of both students and faculty, would de termine the editorial policy of the BELLES. Most large colleges have such a board and have found it beneficial to their newspapers and to their schools as a whole. At St. Mary’s, however, the editorial view point of the BELLES is en tirely in the hands of the editor and the faculty advisor. By Lily Ross There are strong arguments on both sides of this question. Sup porters of an editorial board say that it gives the paper the advan tage of a “brain trust.” With many different heads working to gether to determine policy, the paper would express only the pre dominant and most valid opinion. The members of the board would represent various view points so that all angles of every issue could be carefully examined and weighed before the board decided on the best policy. Thus, a narrow, one-sided ap]iroach to a ])roblem would be prevented. Since a school paper is read not only by the stu dent body and faculty but also by parents and by students at other schools, its content should be thoroughly appraised. paper would no longer be free to use its own judgment in printing news and editorials, but would have to obey the dictates of the board. This interference would be a great burden to all members of the newspaper staff. Also, with so many hands on the wheel, the pa per would find it difficult to steer a definite course. To satisfy the demands of the entire board, the paper would have to soften its editorial policy and thus lose its value as a guiding voice. Other schools, however, beli^' that the paper would not be representative of the school if whole student body did not ha''^ a voice in selecting the edifoi- It ch would not be democratic for ^ a decision to be made by ^ few when it would affect the e^^ tire school. All candidates qualified, or they would n®' (tilt aboid On the other hand, those who do not favor editorial boards say that such a board would ulti mately exercise censorship. The A side issue is the method of se lecting editors. Some schools feel that the editorship of the school newspaper should not be a pop ularity contest. Instead, the editor should be chosen according to his ability by a board or committee who are expert enough to know whether his qualifications meet the demands of the office. The average student is not able to make such a judgment. have been nominated. There the students should have the D to express their preference the management of their pap®^ Thus, one sees that tl>® matter of newspaper policy debata^* procedure is highly better »t Different methods work -- different schools. Just becan® method has worked wei Mary’s in the past, li®"’®'j tb® not mean that it is necessaii best for the school. ^ should be given duo consi( ei for the BELLES is alwaY® ing for improvement.
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