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OF ST. MARY’S
J^ews Jn Mtkf Pershing Rifles "Guard’’ St Mary’s
Sophomore Sandwich Sale
The class of ’67 had a very success
ful sandwich sale last Friday night,
February 5. They made the sand
wiches themselves, ranging from pea
nut butter and jelly to grilled cheese.
The girls went from hall to hall
study hall selling their sandwiches
3tid boosting their treasury.
Party
Sunday afternoon Dr. Morrison
invited her English History students
her apartment for tea and refresm
nients. There were two groups ot
Sirls arriving from 3:15 to 5:l5.
Saints Program
For many months the Sea Saints
nf St. Mary’s have been planning
®nd practicing for their program
which will be given February 22 and
The students are invited to watch
|ns swimming exhibitions shown
^th nights in the gym.
'1‘eshman-Sophomore Dance
Fig plans are underway for the
^inter formal being given by the
teshmen for the Sophomores on
f’ebruary 20. The chairmen are busy
With their projects, hurrying to have
'jern ready by deadline-time. The m-
''Uations have been sent and the
j-*^tnbo has been chosen; now all that
needed is a little of that ingenuity
^nd Work.
^erit Finalist
p Elizabeth Anderson Keller from
'-iayton, N. C. who is a sophomore
St. Mary’s has recently been
®^arded a Certihcate of Merit by
{'e National Scholarship Corpora-
This certificate signifies that
has advanced from the Semihn
pist to the Finalist state of the Merit
^ngram. Elizabeth is among a group
t about 14,000 Finalists from all
the United States. It is from this
of Finalists that the 1%5
SchoiarTwiTl be“selected. To
ted a Merit Finalist is a great
lUjgT ’,5°ngratulations Elizabeth!
totior;
North Carolina to Appear
Tuesday morning, February
Fin^K North Carolina, Sharon
St speak at assembly in the
Jnry’s auditorium. Sharon is
fhomasville, N. C., and she
Qoi^'^'^nd from St. Mary’s in 1962.
Th^^‘^^ Around Raleigh
and 'T theme team ’ Ferante
Falei if^^Fer will give a concert in
8;Oo^” on Friday, February 12 at
tioU,, They will appear at Rey-
olin ^o'iseum on the North Car-
and T College campus. Ferante
^’■0 host known for their
of themes from recent
as “Exodus,” “The
F’^Ofiranf^^’-ii “Cleopatra.” Their
popuia include movie themes,
and th"^ ^ottgs of yesterday and today,
been c^li classic. The duo has
learn ffp most exciting piano
CritiQ time” by a New York
Administration Rates
Thanks
A Saturday without classes is like-
Iv to be spent sleeping, relaxing,^ and
having fun. But not at St Marys on
Saturday, January 23, before exams.
Alarms were ringing long before
noon that day. The faculty was gen
erous to give the students a Reading
Dav to prepare for exams.
Not only did the students have
Saturday morning free to study, but
also thev could study for exams Fri
day night, instead of pmparmg for
Saturday classes. Also this extra tirne
allowed^girls a little more time to
sleep, after studying late each day.
Some teachers came to the campus to
be available in case students needed
extra help. Some forums and discus-
sSns were also held that morning.
The students certainly appreciate the
teachers’ consideration and gene-
'“student, were asked to give their
ideas about the success of this Read-
Day. Some of the comments are
® AUe^Purdie said, “I though, it
was a great idea; it should be con-
should all thank the Admin-
for preparing for exams,
^‘&aue, co^ruen^ ^ ar
SlfLfaoT^hfiusiuil*
'»tfXJtad^DagX“^
“X^Suornferruptea-
think everyone Little’s
of this opportunity was Hu
idea of Saturd^^y^^^ .
••It gave me a j ^
my material fo my
Burton. By chance to or-
classes earb, 1 uninterrupted
rdy'auTso thpe was much
noise on the b^ • “Because
Nancy T g the pressure
of the length of - ^ glance
was not as 8^^' the oncoming
to compose himself
week. . expressed the wish
Xfha'p, the 8»a ®“Xs.'S
Saturday Wilson, who
summed up b> -..j ^^ould have
said that "’tbou h ’gxam!”
flunked my Engii
Contrary to popular belief, St.
Mary’s is not forming a ROTC com
pany. Some students were beginning
to wonder with all the military go
ings-on on St. Mary’s front campus,
Thursday, February 4. It seems that
the Pershing Rifles of North Caro
lina State took it upon themselves to
guard St. Mary’s portal from twelve
noon until three o’clock in the after
noon. Observations proved that it
was not St. Mary’s that needed pro
tection but the victimized guards!
Actually the entire procedure was
part of a week long initiation of
pledges by company L-4 of the Na
tional Society of Pershing Rifles.
Pershing Rifles is the tri-service,
Army, Navy, Air Force, military fra
ternity at State. As a fraternity they
abide by all State fraternity rules,
differing from other fraternities only
in that they do not have a house.
Aside from routine military drills,
war games, and instructions in mili
tary manner, the Pershing Rifles
travel to drill meets in New York,
Cincinnati, and Georgia as well as
receive invitations from such events
as the Rose Bowl and Mardi Gras in
New Orleans.
The military display here at St.
Marv’s was to 'be a test of each indi
vidual pledge’s ability to handle him
self in a proper military fashion m
anv situation. In this case it was
heavy warfare, because St. Marys
students were more than willing to
offer assistance to test human eiidur-
ance. Lipstick, shaving cream, blush-
on mira-col, and feminine flirtations
were some of the more popular wea
pons of the girls while the pledges
could only stand at attention as the
girls passed over the threshold, and
bear the on-slaught without smile or
cringe.
While bearing the attack ot num
erous participants, the pledges were
under constant verbal fire from fra
ternity officers. Some of the questions
/
and memorized answers were espe
cially amusing: How is a cow? She
walks, she talks, she’s full of chalk;
the lactic fluid extracted from the
female of the bovine species is high
ly prolific to the n’th degree. When
asked what is ecstasy, a battle worn
pledge answered, “Sir, it is the feel
ing that I feel when I feel a feeling
that I never felt before.” Occasion
ally a ready answer to some of the
questions failed to be available and
the pledge would reply, “Sir, my cra
nium, consisting of Vermont marble,
African ivory, and volcanic lava, cov
ered by a thick layer of case hardened
steel forms an impenetrable barrier to
all that seeks to impress itself on the
ashen tissue of my brain. Hence, the
effulegent and ostentatiously effer
vescent phrases just now directed are
reitterated for my comprehension
have failed to penetrate and permeate
the seniferous force of my attrocious
intelligence. In other words I am
very, very dumb and do not under
stand, sir.”
All pledges who survived the war
games held the day after their ordeal
here at St. Mary’s will become bro
thers on February 13 at the fratern
ity’s annual dance held at the Plan
tation Inn.
The Pershing Rifles extend thanks
to St. Mary’s for its co-operation and
to the students (especially Jesse
James, Gail Hunter, and Jean Much-
more) for their commendable con
duct during the test.
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