Belles OF ST. MARY’S TT VOL. XXVW, NO. 9. J)ews h Mrkf Sea Saints Picnic After their successful water ballet Was completed, the Sea Saints plan ned and gave a picnic on March 11. It took place in the Hut, and each Sea Saint was rewarded for the many hours spent working to present the Water ballet for the enjoyment of others. Caps and Gowns Seniors are beginning to feel as if graduation is just around the comer as they go to be measured for their caps and gowns. All those seniors who have not yet gone to be meas ured go to 311 Penick. Be sure to bring heels and have in mind the number of invitations to be ordered. Alumnae News Sweet Briar College sends news that Alice Cheshire Haywood, a 1963 St. Mary’s graduate, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in February. Also two graduates of St. Mary’s high School department, Jean Flanagan ’6l and Gretchen Bullard ’63 made the Dean’s List for the first semester of this year. The Dean’s List gives rec ognition to students who have dem onstrated outstanding ability, depen dability, and achievement in their academic work. Goings On Around Raleigh Joan Baez and Bob Dylan, two' popular folk singers, will appear to gether in Raleigh on Friday, March 19. The performance will be held at 8:30 p.m. in Reynolds Coliseum on the N.C. State campus. Joan Baez tnakes few concert appearances, but this month she will visit three N.C. cities, Raleigh, Winston-Salem, and Chapel Hill. Mrs. Emmi Bonhoeffer of Frank furt, Germany, a relative of the form er Dietrich Bonhoeffer, will speak in Raleigh on Monday, March 15. The lecture will be given at Edenton Street Methodist Church at 8:00 p.m. Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a prom inent contemporary theologian un til his death in the resistance move- fnent against Flitler. Two of his well- known books are The Cost of Dis- ci-pleshif and Letters and Papers From Prison. The topic of Mrs. Bon hoeffer’s lecture will be “Is Germany a Living Democracy?’’ During the program she will show a movie on East Germany called “The Walls of Terror." VWCA Visits Orphanage Visits to the Methodist Orphanage are a part of the program of the YWCA at St. Mary’s. A group of YWCA members gave the orphanage children a Christmas party which Was a great success. Since then a special trial group of five girls has been going to the orphanage every Tuesday afternoon from 3:00 to 4:00 to help first and second grad ers with their reading. Any girl who is interested in this project can sign RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA March 12, 1965 Beacon Inducts Three New Members The Beacon inducted three new members on Friday, February 26, Gray Anderson, Laura Eutsler, and Molly Richardson. These three new members enlarged the number of Beacon members to twelve. The pur pose of the Beacon is to “promote high ideals, school spirit, cooperation, and participation in extracurricular activities’’ especially among the high school students. Gray Anderson, a sophomore day student, was the freshman represen tative to the legislative committee last year. She has been on the honor roll several times while at St. Mary’s and is a member of the Grand daughter’s Glub. Gray is also a mem ber of the Glee Glub, and at the re cent Freshman - Sophomore party Gray had the job of mistress of cere monies. Laura Eutsler is a sophomore from Kinston, N. G. She has been an active member of the Sea Saints, and she contributed much of the choreography to this club’s recent production. Laura is also book chair man for the choir this year, and she is a member of the Altar Guild. Molly Richardson is a freshman from Atlanta, Georgia. Molly has served this year as the president of the fresh man class. She is a member of both the Mtise staff and the Belles staff where she has demonstrated her writ ing ability. The Beacon plans to sell popcorn as a money-making project soon. The proceeds from this sale will be pre sented to the school in the form of a gift at the end of the year. North Carolina Fund Recruits Volunteers The North Garolina Fund is a program set up by the Ford Founda tion with matching grants from the state government and the cities in which it operates. The N.G. Fund is a model for the national program, and Durham is one of the pilot areas. The purpose of the N.G. Fund is to attempt to isolate the causes of pov erty and to determine the most effec tive methods for dealing with it. The fund does not give money directly to individuals but sets up programs which benefit individuals economic ally. Two of the aims of the fund are job-retraining programs and the building up of economic resources in depressed areas. Another important part of this program is research into the causes of poverty. The N.G. Volunteers program is an important part of the N.G. Fund. This is a summer program which in volves college students in community action against poverty problems. The 1965 Volunteers program will in volve 250 students. After a four-day orientation the students will form teams of 15-20 students and move into 15 N.G. communities. The com munities themselves must request that Volunteers be sent into their community for a particular program. Last year the first N.G. Volunteers program involved 100 students work ing in six community action prob lems. The students started adult-lit eracy programs, gave pre-school train ing to disadvantaged children, drove bookmobiles into isolated mountain areas, worked with mentally retarded children, built and repaired houses, and many other projects. A St. Mary’s student, Lily Ross, was one of the 1964 Volunteers. The 1965 Volunteers program will last for eleven weeks. Volunteers will receive room and board plus a $250 honorarium at the end of the service S.M.J.C Alumnae Sponsor Play The Raleigh Ghapter of the St. Mary’s Junior Gollege Alumnae Glub will sponsor the opening night of the play “A Man For /\!1 Sea sons’’ at the Raleigh Little Theater. The alumnae have bought the house for the opening night performance on Thursday, March 18. The money from the sale of tickets for this per formance will be added to a fund to be used to improve the Day Student’s room at St. Mary’s. The Alumnae Glub has carried out a benefit pro- up now on a list posted in the cov ered way. Girls may go any day of the week at any time, but the girls who do go must plan to go every week. ject each year for five years. For the past three years this project has been in connection with the Raleigh Little Theater. The money from this fund will be used to buy new furniture and to decorate the Day Student’s room. The play “A Man For All Sea sons’’ is the story of Sir Thomas More in his last years as the Lord Ghancellor of England. The play had long runs in London and New York and received many favorable reviews and much praise. Tickets for this special opening night perform ance can be bought from the Day Student Gounselors in the Day Stu dent’s room after March 12. The price of the tickets is $1.50 for stu dents and $2.50 for all others. period. Throughout the eleven week period each team of Volunteers will work under the direction of adult advisors and local public service agencies. The deadline for applica tion to be a Volunteer is March 31, and the 250 successful applicants will be notified by April 15. They will report in mid-June for a training period on a college campus, and then the Volunteers will move into the 15 communities for their summer of work. Elections To Be Held . In the following four weeks St. Mary’s student body will elect Stu dent Government officers, editors, and marshals for 1965-1966. The president, vice-president, and secre tary-treasurer of the Student Govern ment Association will be elected the first week. Next the chairman and the secretary of the Hall Gouncil will be chosen, then the editors and mar shals. Every student is required to vote for one girl for each office. The nominations must be presented to Dianne Ricks, chairman of the nom inating committee, two days before the voting takes place. The nominating committee selects two nominees for each office; these choices plus nominations from the floor will be voted on. This year the nominating committee is comjxtsed of Dianne Ricks, chairman, Linda Gonnelly, Sally French, Molly Rich ardson, Michelle Bratton, Kinsey Sabiston, Susan Gordon, Lucy Brown, Meg Ghristian, Susan Grab- tree, Julianna Leigh, Ghris Gollester, Margaret Jackson, Martha Flardee, Perry Grimes, and Willa McKimmon. St. Mary’s Defeats Meredith The St. Mary’s basketball team won a game against the Meredith Gollege team on Monday, March 8 by a score of 46 to 39. During the regular Sigma-Mu tournament play the Sigmas have won two games out of three to put them ahead. The teams will continue to play until one team wins three games which will give them the tournament victory. In the first game the Sigmas scored 56 points to the Mu’s 37. The Sigmas also won the second game by a score of 55 to 37. The Mus were victorious in the closely contested third game which ended with the score at 43 to 42. The girls who have been the high scorers in these games are Neil Parker, Helen Watson, Beverly Pea cock, Ebby Schmulling, and Betty Kellogg. The basketball team from Peace Gollege is the next challenger. The St. Mary’s team made up of both Sigmas and Mus will play Peace on Monday, March 15.