Belles
OF ST. MARY’S
VOL. XX
NO. 12.
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
May 7, 1965
h nnef "Peter Pan” Enacted For May Day
cture to be Given 7 /
Lecture to be Given
On Tuesday, May 11, Dr. Ralph
Stacy from N.C. State University
will speak at St. Mary’s on cyber
netics. His lecture will be given at
6:30 p.m. in the St. Mary’s audito
rium. It is required for all students
in the social science department, and
other interested persons are cordially
invited to attend. Cybernetics has
been the area of special study in the
social science department this spring.
Cold Cuts Tryouts to be Held
Tryouts for membership in the
Cold Cuts for next year will be held
on Monday, May 10, at 4:00 p.m. in
the Hut. Any interested juniors are
invited to come and show their
talent. Girls will perform singly or
in groups before the 1965 Cold Cuts,
who will choose the new members.
The names of those chosen will be
announced in assembly the following
week.
Letter Club to Give Banquet
The Letter Club will give its an
nual banquet for the entire student
body on Thursday, May 13, at 6:00
p.m. This banquet will be a picnic
on the athletic field, and there will
be a guest speaker. Also awards will
be given to those girls who have been
outstanding players in all the major
sports this year, and the Sigma-Mu
plaque will be awarded to the team
W'hich has gained the largest number
of points during the year.
Letter Club Picks Leaders
The Letter Club recently held
elections and chose Ebby Schmulling
to be the president for 1965-1966.
The Sigma and Mu officers were also
chosen. The new Sigma president is
Betty Kellogg, and the vice president
is Meg Christian. The Mus chose
Sherrill Griffin as their president for
next year and Neil Parker as their
vice president.
Dance Groups Elect Officers
Both Orchesis and Caperettes have
chosen their officers for 1965-1966.
Suzanne Poole is the new Orchesis
president, and Jean Healy is the sec
retary-treasurer. The Caperettes elect
ed Martha Meyers to be their presi
dent for next year and Robbie Leach
as their secretary.
YWCA Chooses Officers
The YWCA met recently and
chose new officers to head the work
of the YWCA for 1965-1966. Car
olyn Crowder was elected president
and Sherrill Griffen was elected vice
president. The new treasurer is Alice
Purdie, and the new secretary is
Junie Small.
Girls Become Volunteers
Two St. Mary’s students Johnsie
Heyward and Sally Little were re
cently chosen by the N.C. Fund to
be N.C. Volunteers for the summer
of 1965. They were selected from
among 1400 applicants to work in
some area of N.C. this summer help-
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What would St. Mary’s be with
out May Day? For many years this
particular first Saturday in May has
been made a tradition as the campus
manifests its most glorious season of
the year. This year May Day took
place on May the first in the usual
area by the side of the library. There
were approximately 270 girls partici
pating, each one adding in her own
way to make the program a success.
The trees in full bloom, the grass in
green depth, and the girls in their
colorful costumes combined to make
a few hours well worth the many
weeks of work.
Mrs. Bailey was the director of the
entire show. For months she had
been planning for May Day. In spite
of small and big misfortunes, she al
ways kept her stamina, and tried to
make this May Day better than the
last. The Orchesis members assisted
her, each taking a group and chor
eographing her own dance. This year
the theme was centered around
Peter Pan ’ with a host of the story’s
characters dancing to their own in
terpretations. Dr. Browne, being ex
tremely helpful, was responsible for
taping all the music for the dances.
May Day—Pictured in tlieir May Day finery are from left to rislit, Jiidv
Williams, Ruth Little and Nancy Hammond.
Swain, Martha Hardee, Ibby Pollard,
The highlight of May Day was
the presentation of the May Queen,
Audrey Wall, and her court The
girls in their flowing dresses of rose-
colored pink sat on ascending steps
to watch the program — and to be
watched. Jeanne Smith was maid of
honor and she crowned the Queen
after the Court had been presented
to the spectators. The May Court at-
tendents danced around the May
Pole, directed by Jane Williams.
Their pages, selected by the girls
themselves, also presented their rou
tine.
and Mary Myers, with Marsha Bea
man as chief choreographer; Fawton
Davis was the head of the “good
fairies”; Carol Erskine, who was
Tinkerbelle, led the “had fairies”;
Charlotte Smith, dancing as Peter
Pan in her green outfit, directed the
“birds”, and had a “shadow” who
was Charlotte Atkinson; Betsy
Brown, portraying Wendy, was the
leader of the “Darling family”; Lucy
Brown led the “Lost Boys”; Francy
Lewis taught the “Pirates”; Barbara
Eagleson was the chief “crocodile”;
Mary-Stuart Dent, Princess Tigerlily,
led the “Indians”; and Lynn Roth-
stein and Margaret Fonveille were
co-directors of the “Ball Scene.”
Circle Inducts Six
Neiu Members
The other groups then began their
dances. Suzanne Poole led the
“leaves”; Linda Stott led the “flow
ers”; Rives Stewart, the Dying Swan,
was the leader of the other “swans”;
the Caparettes, personified as “mer
maids”, were directed by Stephanie
After all the dances were com
pleted, the hundreds of parents,
alumnae, friends, and students
watched the finale, choreographed
by Charlotte Atkinson, in which each
member of May Day danced and the
May Court was presented one final
time. So ended another semester’s
expectations for the participants, an
other unsurpassable two hours of ful
fillment for the spectators, and an
other successful May Day for all.
Alums Gather For Reunions
On Alumnae Day former students
greeted each other at the coffee hour
Dr. and Mrs. Stone held in Smedes’
parlor. Following this, alumnae gath
ered in the dining room for the an
nual luncheon. The highlight of the
day was Mr. Robert Porterfield’s ad
dress to the Alumnae. He is the
founder of The Barter Theatre in
Abingdon, Virginia. “Mr. P.,” as he
is familiarly called, organized his
theatre about thirty years ago.
This theatre has become a training
school for young actors. It is the larg
est professional company outside of
New York and included such dis
tinguished actors as Ernest Borgnine
and Gregory Peck.
Immediately after the luncheon,
the Alumnae General Meeting was
held in the auditorium. New officers
for the Alumnae Council were in
stalled.
Mrs. W. H. W. Anderson, Na
tional President of the Association,
presided.
Due to the planning and hours of
work of Miss Augustine and Mrs.
Winston, the Alumnae secretaries,
this Alumnae Day was a memorable
occasion for all.
Six new members including two
juniors were inducted into the Circle,
the campus secret honorary society,
when it walked on April 28. The
new members are Terry Barnes,
Martha Hardee, Ginny Schaum,
Dixie Thomas, and juniors Roslyn
Bowers and Judy Rogers.
These new girls were taken into
the society during a midnight walk
around campus led by Circle presi
dent, Mary-Stuart Dent who carried
the flaming torch. Other Circle mem
bers include Perry Grimes, Linda
Connelly, Diane Ricks, Harriet Gil
liam, Mike Hill, Julia Anna Leigh,
Carol Wilson, Michelle Bratton,
Chris Collester, Mary Ravenel and
Lynn Wilson.
The new members are all quite ac
tive in life here at St. Mary’s. Terry
Barnes from Elm City is treasurer of
the senior class, head typist for the
Belles and a counselor on 3rd Penick.
Martha Hardee a senior from Whis
pering Pines is editor of the annual,
the Stagecoach, a Caperette, an
acolyte and a counselor on 2nd Holt.
Senior class president Dixie
Thomas is from Winston-Salem. She
is also a counselor on 3rd Penick.
Another Winston-Salem senior Gin
ny Schaum is secretary of the YW
CA, President of the Glee Club, in
the Ensemble and Choir, and a
counselor in Faculty House. She is
also a “Cold Cut.”
Junior Roslyn Bowers is from Jack-
son, and is President of next year’s
Student Government. This past year
Roslyn has served as secretary of her
class. She has also been a member of
the Granddaughter’s Club, the Dra
matics Club, the Altar Guild and the
Y. D. C. Judy Rogers, a junior from
Laurinburg, N. C., was a member
of Sea Saints and a Hall Represen
tative.