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BELLES OF ST. MARY’S
October 11, 1963
New Swimmers
Are Added To
Sea Saints
Sea Saints tryouts were held in
the gym on Thursday, October 3,
to select new members for the or
ganization. Eleven new members
were chosen for the Sea Saints on
the basis of their own individual
style in swimming and their
aquatic abilities. The following
swimming styles had to be dem
onstrated by each girl: the front
crawl with head out of the water,
the back crawl, the breast stroke
with head out of the water, the
side stroke, a surface dive, the
back dolphin, the front dive, and
the ballet leg.
The new members chosen are:
Ellen Jones, Carol Fletcher,
Frances Knight, Shirley McCas-
kill, Bobsie Hall, Louise Rose,
Helen Knight, Nina Andrews,
Florence Leatherberry, Laura
Eustler, and Susan Leete.
Sallie Adams, Pattie Grier, Gin
ger Maupin, and Kay Van Horen
will also swim for the Sea Saints
again this year.
The swimming club, which plans
to have the annual swim pageant
in February, meets every Thurs
day at 3:45. Mrs. Robert Brad-
burn is the instructor.
Music Group.?,
Hold Tryouts
New members of the St. Mary’s
Glee Club and Choir have been
chosen for the 1963-64 session. Se
lection was based on the try-outs
held in the voice studio.
New members of the Glee Club
are Letitia Baker, Betsy Brown,
Carol Erskine, Lyllian Gray, Rug-
gie Gooding, Sally Hill, Randel
Jones, Hetti Johnson, Libby Kel
ler, Susan Leete, Julia Anna
Leigh, Richie Lucas, Shirley Mc-
Caskill, Annie Lee Mobley, Lottie
Nahikian, Susan Osborne, Jo
Rand, Beth Sanders, Jeanne
Smith, Linda Stott, Carolyn
Thomas, Cile Wallace, Jackie
Walker, Ginny Willets, Jane Wil
liams, and Judy Williams.
The Glee Club, under the direc
tion of Miss Geraldine Cate, will
sing at several school assemblies
and concerts this year. Plans are
underway for the club to attend
a collegiate “sing” at Greensboro
in the spring.
New members of the Choir are
Letitia Baker, Charlotte Black-
well, Elizabeth Carrington, Cris
Gouboud, Lawton Davis, Ruggie
Gooding, Sally Hill, Elizabeth
Keller, Susan Key, Julia Anna
Leigh, Mary Melcher, Joan Much-
more, Judith Parker, Emaly Pem
berton, Ginny Sctiaum, and Janie
Williams.
The Choir, under the direction
of Mr. Russell Broughton, not
oidy will lead the hymns during
church and chapel, but also will
sing an offertory anthem at the
Sunday morning services.
Dramatics Club
Organizes
The Dramatics Club of St.
Mary’s held its first meeting of the
new school year Wednesday, Sep
tember 25, in the school audito
rium, at which time Beverly
Bailey and Leah Osgood were
elected to serve as president and
secretary, respectively, of the
club. These officers, together with
Mrs. E. L. Stamey, dramatics ad
visor, have already begun work
on launching plans for what may
prove to be one of the most suc
cessful years the Dramatics Club
has ever known. Mrs. Stamey said
that the enthusiasm of the stu
dents this year is very strong, and
that “more have shown an interest
in the Dramatics Club this year
than in the past. We have over
ninety members already.”
This year many varied activities
are being included in order to
give each of the club’s members
some experience in the facet of
dramatics which she prefers. Act
ing is just one of the many phases
of the theater; others such as
lighting, make-up stage manag
ing, directing costuming, sound
ings, and play reading are just as
important, and the Dramatics
Club plans to present all of these
to interested members in the
forms of workshops. One such
workshop will be under the direc
tion of the Raleigh Little Theater
for those especially interested in
make-up.
Another workshop now in prog
ress is in the form of two short
plays which will be given as soon
as they are ready for the club and
other interested students. These
plays give members not only op
portunity in acting, but also in di
recting. Letitia Baker is the stu
dent director for The Sandbox,
and Angie Chalfont will direct a
scene from The American Dream.
Both of these plays were writ
ten by Edward Albee, who is one
of the leaders of the Theater of
the Absurd, of the “Avant Garde”
Theater, a modern school of the
ater with which the Dramatics
Club will be mainly concerned this
year.
Other than these small skits, the
club always gives two major pro
ductions a year. The play to be
given first semester is a comedy
and will be presented the week be
fore the Thanksgiving holidays.
This play will be announced later,
and tryouts will be open to all
interested. The male characters
for such a production are played
by members of the Raleigh Little
Theater, State College, and occa
sionally Broughton High School
students. This gives the girls a
chance to work with experienced
actors.
A number of social events are
also being planned for the club;
among these are cast parties and
picnics for the entire Dramatics
Club.
Mass Confusion?
Xo, just the Sigma-Mu pep rally.
SIGMA-iMU GETS UNDERWAY
The traditional Sigma-Mu party,
held in the gym Thursday, Octo
ber 3, began again the sports year
at St. Mary’s. At approximately
9:15 p.m. the silence of closed
study was broken by enthusiastic
Dance Groups
Elect Members
ORCHESIS
Orchesis, the honorary dance so
ciety at St. Mary’s, has elected
seven new members. They are
Domiie Slade, May Montague,
Anne Chapman, Frances Lewis,
Meg Graham, Susan Dixon, Jeanie
Garnett, Nancy Powell, and Mary
Stuart Dent. Orchesis is un
der the direction of Mrs. Doris
Bailey and is made up of girls
who are picked for their profici
ency in dance and choreography.
There are three old girls remain
ing in Orchesis this year. They are
Jane DeLoach, president; Suzi
Nagel, secretarj" - treasurer; and
Harriet Williams.
Orchesis presents the annual
May Day Program, a dance drama
in the fall, and many other pro
grams both on and off campus.
CAPERETTES
The other dance society at St.
Mary’s is the Caperettes, a tap
dance group organized last year
under the direction of Mrs. Bailey.
The Caperettes are headed by
Mary Block, president, and Caro
lyn Broun, secretary-treasurer.
The Caperettes have elected
Beverly Bailey, Elsie Barnes,
Anne Chamberlain, Alexa Drax-
ler, Martha Hardee, Ibby Pollard,
Jan Querjy Carole Stephenson,
Stephanie Swain, Kathryn Sy
mons, Mary Meyers, Diane Mar
tin, and Sue Wliite as their new
members.
The Caperettes present a dance
in the May Day program. This
year they plan to teach dancing
in a junior high school.
yells and loud noises, as Letter
Club members and several seniors
rushed on the halls to inform the
new girls whether they were a
Sigma or a Mu.
The new girls were then led to
the gym where a pep rally was
held to incite team spirit and to
renew the Sigma-Mu rivalry. Dur
ing the year these two teams com
pete for the athletic plaque which
is given to the team which has ac
cumulated the most points.
After the cheers subsided, the
program began as Helyn Watson,
president of the Letter Club, in
troduced the following officers of
the two teams: Monica Gouboud,
president of the Sigma team;
Marilyn Stadler, president of the
Mus; Liza Sory, vice-president oi
the Sigmas; and Martha Weelm,
vice-president of the Mus. hL®®
Lou Jones, the physical education
teacher, was also introduced. As
the finale of the evening, the Colo
Cuts provided entertainment.
Ann Day
Named Semifinalist
Ann Dorsey Day, a sophoinoi®
at St. Mary’s and winner of 1^®.
year’s Cooper Medal, is a
finalist in the 1963-64 Nation^
ilerit Scholarship competiti*’^'
Suzi Nagels, also a sophomore, r
ceived a Letter of Commeiidatio
This test of educational
opment was given in more ty
schools last
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dents in each state and ^ m
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ters of Commendation are
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ed to the 32,000 students m ,
country for their outstanding P
formance on the tests.
About April 23, 1964, the na
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of the Merit Scholars will
nounced, the exact
pending on the extent of sp jjof
support of the Merit I
1963 NMSC and sponsors to|Giol-
awarded about 1,500 Merit
arships.