Belles
OF ST., .MARY’S
VOL. XXVII No. 3
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
November 8, 1963
CLASSES ELECT NEW OFEICERS
Statistics Tell Story
St. Mary’s opened this year
a capacity enrolleineut of
■'82 students. Twenty-eight per
cent of them are in the high school
^epartment and 72 per cent are in
file college. There are 109 seniors,
juniors, 46 sophomores, 53
freshmen, and 8 commercial stu
dents. In comparison, last year be-
gan with 378 students, 130 of
''mom were seniors, 145 juniors,
sophomores, 46 freshmen, and
® commercial.
C.C.U.N. Hosts
Peace Corps
Representative
iflr. Jerry Garthe, former Peace
orps volunteer, spoke to the St.
"fai-y’s C.C.U.N. on Wednesday,
povember 6, about his experience
11 the Peace Corps.
"^iie C.C.U.N. received Mr. Gar
de as a dinner guest Wednesday
evening after which he spoke to
fde group for forty-five minutes.
p.^ii’- Garthe spent two years in
p 'lie as a member of the Peace
orps. His work consisted of two
lain parts. During the first eleven
lonth.s he helped Chilean farmers
^ assisting them in setting up
■ooperative svstems of purchasing
"dd selling ‘in order that they
.C^ilfi make more profit from
eir jDroduce. He went on to
' . "’ith the forestry depart-
i ®dt in setting up a national park
• ^ flic beautiful .southern region
1 Chile. Others in his group did
t Variety of activities. Many of
i ® Ifii’ls taught home economics
Chilean schools; however, there
as a varietv of other areas of
"ork.
Ihe Peace Corps notified Mr.
. drthe that he had been accepted
|d the corps shortly after he re-
^firiied to his California home af-
®f having graduated from col-
iu Idaho. He believes that the
l^eason he finally decided to apply
'as that such work presented a
^fea-t challenge. He had had pre-
lous experience in working in
. ovestry since he had worked dur-
dg Several summers for the for-
^fvy department. He returned in
^ dgust, 1963, and is now working
d his Master’s degree at N. C.
ti dfe, where he has been sent by
a Ford Poundation.
Sixty-five of the girls are day
students, but the other 317 hail
not only from different sections of
North Carolina, but also_ from 21
other states and one foreign coun-
trv. As usual North Carolina takes
the lead, claiming 276 girls. Vir-
.rinia runs a poor second with 40
Sirls and South Carolina comes
close behind her with 34. Thirteen
students hail from Florida, and
Georgia and Alabama each claim
ten. Seven girls come from Ten
nessee, and two come from Mary
land New York, Ohio, and Wash-
iimton, D. C. Arkansas, Colora
do Connecticut, Massachusetts,
Michigan, Missouri, Neiv Hamp
shire, New Jersey, New Mexico,
Mississippi and Texas each claim
one girl. St. Mary’s is also privi-
leo-ed this year to have one stu
dent from the Canal Zone.
For many of these students the
beginning of school meant not
onlv orientation and getting set
tled but also SCAT placement
tests In spite of the tension of
that first week, several girls man-
ao-ed to make excellent scores.
Out of the junior class, Michele
Hill, Marcille Pritchett, f'nf Ha'-
riet Jeffress ranked in the 96-98
percentile band on the combined
ierbal and math tests. Margaret
Purgwyn ranked highest in the
freshman class with a sc^ore of 98-
99, and close behind her come
Elisabetli Keller and Joan Mick-
hain who ranked in the 9 -99 pei
ceiitile band. Three sophomores,
Kathie Lou Childers, Ann Dorsey
Dav, and Hetti Johnson a 1 rank
ed ‘in the 99-99.5 band. Although
seniors did not take the tests this
vear. Bet Taylor, who scored m
the 99-99.6 band, placed first on
last years tests. Panthea Twitty
followed close behind her with a
score in the 98-99.1 band.
This vear eighty members of
the junior class were from the
top quarter of Uieir high school
classes. Three
650-699 bracket on the math bAT
test and two scored in that
bracket on the verbal test Mar
cille Pritchett scored in the 6o0-
699 bracket on both tests and
came out the highest in the .iiinior
class with a combined score of
1308.
St Marv’s can also be pioud of
its aiiimnae, for 100% of the gracl-
iiates from the high school depart
ment and over 90% of the junior
college graduates contiiined on to
college.
Dent, Mayer, Sabiston Are Presidents
The remainder of the classes officially organized this week with the
election of their officers. The Junior, Sophomore, and Freshman Classes
elected their class leaders during the time allotted for Assembly on
November 5 and 7.
Glee Club to
Participate in Concert
Eleven students from St. Mary’s
will contribute their vocal skill to
a concert which is to be presented
jointly by participants from St.
ilary’s, ileredith College, and
North Carolina State, accom
panying the Schola Cantorum of
New York, on November 14, 1963,
at the Re.vnolds Coliseum. This
will be part of the Friends of the
College concert series.
St. Clary’s will be represented
by eleven girls, while Meredith
has ten students working on the
program, and twenty students
from N. C. State will provide the
male voices in the group. The
eleven St. ilary’s students con
tributing their efforts are those
which comprise the St. Mary’s
Ensemble. These girls are as fol
lows: Elizabeth Bird, Gretchen
Craig, Alice 'Gann, Annie Lee
ilobley, Dottie Sue Nahikian,
Betsy Phifer, Marian Purcell,
Jeanne Smith, Tiki Soper, Dottie
Walters, and Jane Williams.
The Schola Cantorum is a pro
fessional vocal group from New
York, which will be making a spe
cial appearance in Raleigh. On the
concert program for the Schola
Cantorum will be the “Cryes of
London” by Orlando Gibbous, a
sixteenth century Elnglish com
poser, choruses from the oratorio
Solomon by Handel and other
choruses from Leonard Bernstein’s
Candide. The Scliola Cantorum
will sing other selections which
will not be accompanied by stu
dents from the three Raleigh
schools, but which will be accom
panied by the Duke orchestra.
JUNIORS
Leading tlie Junior Class this
year will be Mary Stuart Dent,
who was elected president. Monica
Gouband was elected vice-presi
dent. Tlie new Junior Class Honor
Council representatives are Diane
Ricks, Perry Grimes, and Mike
Hill.
]\Iary Stuart is an old girl from
Jacksonville, Florida. A member
of the Beacon last year, she is cur
rently a member of the Orchesis.
Monica is currently president of
the Sigmas, while Diane served
last year as the Sophomore Class
rejiresentative to the Honor Coun
cil. Alike is a new girl from Ar
lington, Virginia, and Perry acted
last year as representative to the
Legislative Body. The remainder
of the Junior Class officers are to
be elected next week.
SOPHOMORES
The Sophomore Class elected
Ella Reese Alayer as its president.
Candy Carr, vice-president, Karen
Oetjen, secretary, and Alary Ann
King, treasurer. Alice Tripp is the
new Honor Council representative.
Serving as the Sophomore repre
sentative to the Legislative Body
is Ann Dorsey Day, who repre
sented the Freshman Class last
year. Jane Roughton is the class
dance marshal.
FRESHMEN
The Freshman Class will be
headed this year by old girl Kin
sey Sabiston. Lucille AIcKee of
Raleigh will serve as vice-presi
dent. The secretary of the class is
Sandy Beck of Thomasyille, while
Alargaret Stevens of Shiloh will
assume the duties of treasurer.
Gray Anderson of Raleigh was
chosen as the Legislative Body
representative. The freshman
dance marshal is Jane Williams of
Warrenton.
Political Clubs Make Plans
St. Alary’s has two political
clubs — the Young Republican’s
Club and the Young Democrat’s
Club. Both clubs are planning
several projects for the year.
Each club has just elected a
president. Anne Cheatham is
president of the Young Democrats,
and Alartha AYright is president
of the Young Republicans. The
A'.D.C. is planning on electing its
remaining officers within the next
few weeks. The Y.R.C. nominating
committee is meeting to nominate
their remaining officers, to be
elected within the next week or so.
The Young Republicans are
hoping to have speakers through
out tlie year to discuss current
events and the National Republi
can Party. In addition to other
activities the Y.D.C. is planning
several picnics.
Both clubs need the active sup-
jiort and participation of everyone
at St. Alary’s, and both presidents
predict a busy year.