Belles
OF ST. MARY’S
VOL. XXVII, No. 11.
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
April 17, 1964
Dianne Ricks
To Head SGA
Recently elected to head the
^tudeut Government Association
Gianne Ricks. In her position
•Rane has among her many spe-
•^ifie duties that of calling and pre-
Rding over all meetings of the
Student Government Association,
acting as chairman of the Hon-
Board, of serving on the Hall
Goinicil and the Disciplinary Com-
aiittee, of serving as a membei’ of
file Legislative Bod.v, of assuming
‘^ifection of student matters not
’’Pecifically assigned to other stu-
jRiit officers, and to serve on the
ainiselor Committee.
Quite active in Student Goyern-
^'feiit work previously, Dianne
served as Honor Council represen-
ative for her class both last year
l^^'ul this year. She also serves as a
a typist on the Belles
Gi'iicifei
^ participant of the
G(y Hej. sophomore year Dianne
" Us inducted into the Beacon.
Library Gives
Open House
('(]' \ Library staff, head-
ilr. 'X Harlan' Brown and
Browne, held an open
^or the student body, fuc-
A. .^^^d visitors, on Thursday,
Pol 16^ 6:80 to 8:00 p.m.
B* introduce new library
e,;J''’’^Riuus and especially iuter-
was ana
■anged ac-
rp, Books.
'•or,if
Vol catagories of books,
ji uinies concerning travel, re-
tlie'*^^’ PBilosophy, problems ot
sho world, and art were
Us., "''-‘11 us l>ook« By authors
iie\,,*^BBed with St. Mary’s. The
bo„v **^'B'l*^lBoiis included an art
'vlii i ^’'l'®raction of Color, on
"'orl , Stanley’s son has
apy ^®'1> and a ten volume diction-
ivhj’ I New English Dictionary,
Ufl t ^ library staff has want-
"1' years.
Miss Nichols To Join Staff
Juniors Prepare For
Banquet
On Wednesda}', April 22, the
members of the Junior Class will
•ittend their annual class banquet,
which will be held this year at
Ballentine’s. The banquet wih be-
,nn at six o’clock and y’lH,
ablv last until about eight o clock.
During this time, there will be en
tertainment provided by various
members of the class, which m
be arranged by Pamiiiy Holcombe,
entertainment chairman.
Other banquet chairmen are:
Ann Adair, in charge of invita
tions; Barbara Knight, m charge
of lace cards; and Michelle Brat
ton in charge of transportation.
Audrev Wall, junior class dance
marshal, is acting as
for the banquet with Mail fetiiait
Dent, president of the Junior
^ Guests for the
Ali.s Richardson. Di- and JU-•
Stone. Dr. and Mrs. Giierry, and
Aiiss Ellington, junior class at
vior Most of the one hundred
H id sixtv students in the piiiior
to attend.
Music Recital Presented
to the St Mary’s anditorium on
‘ ! A'nril 7 Gretchen Craig
performed .j^yoinpanied by
m!.! li; ehy T1.C co,.~rt
^ nUio first second, third,
StTparts were songs sung by
and tiftli pail ^ the third
Roses Watson played tlii-ee
on the piano: the first by
pieces j Second by Chopm,
he liir bt Moissorgsky. Af-
’“'"M .1 had completed her per-
ter Rosts B^^R pj.aed her re-
ia'c.ioi. t„,m. La
eital Mitii r American
iath u«.'-'»
songrs, t'iosiuj,
yiiiiG. f/xi. •! luusic coi‘-
If’^iSiit Sr a girl
tiheate, R ^^p^,,ons at St. Mary s
to raiaP^^^*. 11 hours of
with a ai"" q'heii she must
practme ^ the faculty of the
anJiBon fey the oppor.
music . j „ a recital. Gret-
tunity of aBg^t both of these
eiieii has con p ^tfleate is not
rcfinirements. A f
a p’t the -iiT is interested,
showing that tl talented m
a bard ivoike i^t
the field of 1"*^ .„g certificate,
perform to i-ec audition be-
but was requesi^^ii,.
Will Take New Position As Assistant Dean
The office of the President of the college has recently announced
that Miss Margaret Elizabeth Nichols will join the staff' of St. Mary’s
next year in the official position of Assistant Dean of Students. Miss
Nichols will be working closely with the students. She will live on
campus so that she will be always available. Miss Nichols will assist
the Dean of Students with her duties and will be in charge if the Dean
of Students is away from the campus.
The new Assistant Dean will be
of great value in assisting the
Student Government officers. She
will also be helping the students
with ])roblems they might have.
In regard to the guidance and
counseling. Miss Nichols states
that liei' main interest will be the
oj)i)ortunities involving working
with students. She feels her ex
periences with students both here
and at Smith College will greatly
benefit her.
Hailing originally from Dur
ham, Miss Nichols is no stranger
to St. JMary’s. Having gone to
school here for four years, she
(luite distinguished herself in Stu
dent Government as well as in
many other fields. Among other
activities she was Vice-President
amt then President of the Student
Government, a member of Hall
Council, a member of the Circle,
and a member of Orchesis. Voted
an Outstanding Senior, Miss Nic
hols showed academic excellence
in that she was winner of the
Cooper Medal in her sophomore
..vear and. Valedictorian of her
class in her senior year. Upon
graduation from St. Mary’s Miss
Nichols transferred to Smith Col
lege at Northampton, Massachu
setts. In her Junior year she was
elected Chairman of the Honor
Board, one of the five all-campus
offices, and served on the Execu
tive and Electoral Boards. She
will graduate from Smith in June
with a major in English.
When (juestioned. Miss Nichols
stated that she is very excited
about returning to St. Mary’s. She
remarked, “It is going to be a
challenge, but I know 1 will love
my work. St. Mary’s has meant so
and has done so much for
but was i-eqp”:; itr.
fore the music facultj
Canterbury Club
Attends Conference
The Diocese of North Carolina
held a conference for all the Epis
copal groups or Canterbury Clubs
of the college within the Diocese.
Among those rejiresented were the
following: North Carolina State,
North Carolina, Duke, Meredith,
St Andrews. The students met on
Saturday at Camp New Hope,
which is near Chapel Hill. The
morning registration was follow
ed in the afternoon by a lecture
given b.v Dr. David Anderson,
ih-ofessor of Physics at Oberlin
College in Oberlin, Ohio, and as
sistant at Trinity Church at Ober
lin. He began his series of lectures
on “Science and Religion.’’ This
series of lectures is similar to the
one which he gave at Columbia
rniversity and which will appear
in book form in the spring. A
(piestion and answer period fol
lowed the lecturer.
After dinner, the young people
talked and sang folk songs. A
lecture followed and completed a
full evening. On Sunday there was
a Communion Service at 7 :J0. The
last lecture of the series followed
breakfast. This series of lectures
was thought to be exceptional,
and Dr. Anderson, a very forceful
siieaker, was inspiring. Attending
from St. ilary’s were Elizabeth
Hird, Lu Ford, Russell Maddox,
Betsy Phifer, and Panthea Twitty.
Shakespeare Trip
Announced
Early next Friday morning, Su
san Ehringhaus, ilacon Remsburg,
Alice Gann, Donnie Slade, Bet
Taylor, Alexa Draxler, Ann Hund
ley, Elizabeth Ponton, David Wil-
born, and Lanier Scott will set off
on a’ three day trip to Washing
ton, 1). C. with Mr. Tate.
Although the girls plan to. do
I)lenty of sightseeing on the side,
the primary purpose of the trip is
to see the productions of King
Lear and A Comedy of Errors,
which have been brought straight
from England by the Royal Shake
speare company. The plays are
such an event that President and
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muc I
me that 1 hope 1 will be able to
lielp others.”
Music Groups Perform
The annual Glee Club-Cold Cuts
concert was held at North Caro
lina State at 8 -.00 p.ni. on Wednes-
da.y, April 18, 1964 in the Student
Union building. The Cold Cuts
played their favorite numbers and
the Glee Club sang selections rang
ing in style from classical to mod
ern. The Ensemble performed
some special songs, including Eng
lish numbers, madrigals, and some
songs which originated in N. C.