Belles
OF ST. MARY’S
VOL. XXVl5T NO. 11.
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
April 9, 1965
Student Votinff Fills Last Mai or Offices
Jiininrs Start. Prnipp.t
Praiicy Lewis, Susan Kip, Alice Tripp, and Evelyn Martin will soon assume
their new duties.
Each Tuesday and Thursday re
cently during Assembly, students
have eagerly awaited the announce
ment of the names nominated for
Student Government officers, editors,
and Assembly Chairman. The nomi
nating committee selected Susan Kip
and Francy Lewis as candidates for
vice-president of SGA. It chose La
mar Sparkman and Susan Kip for
secretary-treasurer of SGA. Cindy
Bullard was nominated from the
floor.
Alice Tripp and Judy Rogers were
chosen as candidates for secretary of
Hall Council, and Gayle Boineau’s
name was put on the slate from the
floor. Debbie Ellis and Lucy Brown
Were nominees for Assembly Chair
man. Nominated for editors of stu
dent publications were as follows:
Margaret Anderson and Amy Par
sons, Stagecoach; Nancy Johnson and
Lesley Wharton, Belles; Ann Reitzel
and Cheryl Koenig, Muse; and Rae
Herrin and Betsy Kitchin, Hand
book.
Francy Lewis was elected vice-
president of SGA on March 26. She
will be quite busy planning activities
of Orientation Week and giving the
handbook rules test next fall. Some
of her other duties will include serv
ing on the Honor Board, Hall Coun
cil, Disciplinary Committee, and Leg
islative Body.
Coming from Laurinburg, Francy
has been at St. Mary’s for three years.
During this time she has served as
vice-president of the junior class,
president of The Dramatics Club,
and head Sigma cheerleader. She is
also a member of Orchesis and the
Granddaughters’ Club. In high school
"The Sandbox” Seen In Assembly
The Nineteen Fifties saw a theatre
movement emerge which seriously
questioned the ultimate meaning of
existence, at least in an objective and
Verifiable sense. This outlook in
drama has come to be known as the
"Theatre of the Absurd.” This term
does not mean ridiculous but rather
irrational or illogical. Facts and
events do not have meaning there
fore man assigns meanings to them.
The basic assumption of the absurd-
ian school is that the world is en
tirely neutral. This theatre move
ment has been centered in France
tut has had its adherents in other
Countries, too.
In America, thus far, the most suc
cessful absurd dramas have been
those of Edward Albee. The “Zoo
Story,” “The American Dream” and
'The Sandbox” are three of his most
familiar one act plays which first ap
peared in the “off Broadway” theatre.
In assembly Tuesday, March 30th,
Jody Burton, a second year drama
student, presented Albee’s “The
Sandbox” as one of the requirements
for her drama certificate.
“The Sandbox” symbolically shows
the hypocracy of Mommy and
Daddy, only too anxious to hurry
Grandma into her grave which is the
Sandbox. That Grandma, with her
honesty and humor, is worth more
than Mommy and Daddy together
gives the play pathos. The cliches,
which customarily accompany a
death, provoke the laughter of disgust
for man’s insensitivity and insincerity.
Albee has dedicated this play to his
grandmother—his favorite person, it
has been said! The cast included:
Susan Kip as Mommy; Jean Much-
more as Daddy; Francy Lewis as a
young man; Carol Case Erskine as
Grandma; and Meg Christian as the
musician.
she-was elected to the Beacon.
The Students chose Susan Kip as
the secretary-treasurer of SGA on
March 31. Her duties will include
taking minutes at student govern
ment meetings and keeping financial
records. As secretary of the Flonor
Board, she will read the reports of
cases tried, and at the end of the year
she will write a report of them.
Susan is from Chapel Hill and has
been at St. Mary’s for three years.
She has been active in the Choir and
as a Mu cheerleader. Recently she
was Mother in The Sandbox.
Alice Tripp was elected secretary
of Hall Council April 5. Fler duties
will include serving on and taking
minutes in Hall Council, Disciplin
ary Committee, and Minor Offense
Committee. At the end of next year
she will prepare a written report of
Hall Council. And she will write out
those horrible campus slips and ac
cept campus petitions.
Alice is from Camden, South Car
olina, and this is her . third year at
St. Mary s. She has served on the
Honor Board. Last year she was
elected president of the Beacon.
The results of elections of Assem
bly Chairman and the editors were
announced in Assembly on April 8.
The following girls were elected:
Lucy Brown, Assembly Chairman;
Amy Parsons, Stagecoach editor; Les
ley Wharton, Belles editor; Rae Her
rin, Handbook editor; and Cheryl
Koenig, Muse editor.
As Assembly Chairman Lucy
Brown will plan the assembly pro
grams and preside over them. She
will also select a faculty member to
assist her. Lucy came to St. Mary’s
three years ago and is from Martins
ville, Virginia. She is active in Orch
esis, the Dramatics Club, and Young
Democrats Club. This year she was
Muse editor.
Besides working on the Stagecoach,
Amy Parsons has been in the Choir
and on the Muse staff. She, too, has
been at St. Mary’s for three years
and is from Darlington, South Car
olina.
Lesley Wharton has worked on the
Feature Staff of the Belles this year.
She also played on the Sigma-Mu
soccor and volleyball teams. She is
from Goldsboro.
Rae Herrin will be busy revising
and compiling the Handbook for next
year. She is from Charleston and is a
Sigma cheerleader and sings in the
Choir. She also works on the Muse
and Belles staffs and the Handbook
Committee.
Cheryl Koenig, who is from
Greensboro, was elected by the ju
nior class to serve on the Legislative
Body this year. And of course she has
been very active on the Muse staff.
All of these offices will be filled by
capable and excellent leaders.
Juniors Start Project
The junior class will soon begin
selling address labels as their money
making project. These labels can have
a student’s name and either the home
or school address. They are useful as
return address labels or identification
tags. The juniors will be around on
the halls to take orders. The labels
sell for $1.00 a box, and the money
from this project will be given to the
school in the form of a gift at the end
of the year.
St. Mary’s Girls Compete
Two St. Mary’s girls, Linda Howell
and Dottie Nahikian, were both
among the ten finalists in the Miss
Raleigh contest. The final judging
was held on Saturday, April 3, in the
Enloe High School Auditorium. Dot-
tie, who is a sophomore at St. Mary's,
sang a semi-classical selection in
Spanish rhythm for her talent.
Linda, a St. Mary’s senior, performed
a dramatic reading for her talent.
The contest was sponsored by the Ra
leigh Jaycees.
Banquet Held For Seniors
The Raleigh chapter of the St.
Mary’s Alumnae Association gave a
banquet for the senior class on Wed
nesday, March 31. It was held at
Ballentine’s restaurant in Cameron
Village. After the buffet dinner Mrs.
Anderson, the President of the St.
Mary’s Alumnae Association, talked
to the seniors about being a St.
Mary’s alumnae. Then Jane Augus
tine, the alumnae secretary, read a
poem dedicated to the seniors. After
this the seniors presented toasts to
the Alumnae, Dr. Guerry, Dr. Stone,
Miss Richardson, Dixie Thomas, and
various members of the senior class.
Country Breakfast Served
Mr. Rowe served a country-style
breakfast in the dining room on Tues
day, March 30. The menu consisted
of eggs, bacon, ham, sausage, grits,
biscuits, fresh fruit, blueberry pan
cakes, toast and orange juice. The
tables were covered with checked
tablecloths and the girls and boys
who served were dressed in bluejeans
and country hats. Girls arrived as
early as 7:00 a.m. and the lines were
long until after 8:00. This was a sign
that everyone enjoyed the country-
style breakfast. Thank you, Mr.
Rowe!
Harvard Presents Summer Oppor
tunities
The Harvard Summer School
Players Repertory Company is be
ginning its 5th summer theater sea
son. Performances of plays by Shaw,
Beckett, Genet, Checkhov, and
Brecht will be given July 12 through
August 28. Applications are invited
for positions as actors, technicians,
costumers, and stage crew members.
These should be addressed to Llar-
vard Summer School Players, Loeb
Drama Center, 64 Braule Street,
Cambridge, Mass.