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;0L. XXX, NO. 4.
OF ST. MARY’S
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
November 18, 1966
HONOR WEEK OBSERVED NOV. 14-20
s® Honor week was observed at St.
ularys from Monday, November 14,
Sunday, November 20. The pur-
week was to stress honor
“> all phases of campus life among
>e students.
o Posters were placed in various
jijaces around school to remind the
Indents of the importance of honor,
( id Wednesday and Friday all the
tfudents received Honor Code Oath
jjlmters after Chapel.
During Chapel services Mr. Mose-
| y the lessons around honor,
jpd the Student Government officers
five in assembly several speeches
pertaining to honor,
j luesday, the members of the
jlorior Board were introduced to the
^tudent Body in assembly. Follow-
ig the introduction Gayle Swann
|Xp ained the functions of the Honor
^ard, and Molly Leary ended the
™gram by explaining the real mean-
pig of honor.
Personal honor at St. Mary’s, and
, this honor implies was stress-
? by Margaret Stevens, Chairman
the Honor Board, Thursday dur-
ig a^embly. Students were then dis-
issed and asked to reflect upon the
evelopment of their own personal
;Onor at St. Mary’s.
\ ^ Student Government at St.
^ 3ty s is based on the Flonor Sys-
-m in which every girl is responsible
ar her own actions. An Honor Code
Oath is given to each student shortly
after she enters St. Mary’s. This Oath
is the pledge of every girl that she
will maintain the highest standards
of personal integrity and that she will
fulfill her responsiliilities to the Stu
dent Government Association. Only
when the girl fails to abide by all
that the Honor Code implies is the
Honor Board necessary.
The Flonor Board, composed of
eight students and three faculty mem-,
bers, considers all violations to the
Honor Code, and it takes action to
maintain a high level of student con
duct.
The Honor Board meets in secrecy
for the protection of the students in
volved, but after a decision is made
and after it is approved by the presi
dent of the College, the case is pre
sented to the entire student body.
After considering a case tbe Honor
Board can acquit the student, issue a
severe warning to her, suspend or ex
pel her. All the decisions of the
Honor Board must pass by a % ma
jority vote, including the vote of a
member of the faculty.
The Honor Board, a student or
ganization, is designed to protect the
students and to uphold the high
standards of St. Mary’s. The Flonor
Board asks the cooperation of the en
tire student body in keeping these
standards high.
CONCLUSION OF
NEW TEACHER SERIES
Po conclude the presentation of several festivals and at the coffee
new members of the faculty at
Mary s, the Belles would like to
:roduce Mr. Eric Olson, Miss
incy Walker, and Mr. Joel Wei-
^Ir. Eric Olson, a new member of
- Economics Department, is from
narillo, Texas, but be is now liv-
1 in Durham, North Carolina.
- received his B.A. from Rice
nversity in 1963, and has been a
iduate student at Duke University
ce then. Mr. Olson was awarded
'James B. Duke Fellowship for
33-64. At North Carolina State
nversity since September of 1965,
has been a research instructor.
'IS consists of a contract with the
■ny Corps of Engineers in the area
Water resources development re-
rch on the topic, “The Tax Base
isticity of Certain Local Govern-
nt Social Overhead Expenditures.’’
y*r. Olson’s primary outside in-
“St is in “old-timey’’ string band
'SIC played around the southeastern
nntain area prior to the 1940’s. At
pnt he is playing the auto-harp
1 a local band called the “Flollow
-h String Band.’’ Their primary
pose is to enjoy the music which
y play. The group has played in
house in Durham. He is also present
ly working on the banjo and guitar.
Mr. Olson is unmarried.
Miss Nancy Walker is a new mem
ber of our English Department. She
received her B.A. from Sophie New
comb College in New Orleans, and
did graduate work at the University
of North Carolina. She was a grad
uate counselor in Spencer Dormitory
this past summer. Miss Walker’s hob
bies and interests are reading, interior
decorating, and art history.
Mr. Joel Weiner, who is a new ad
dition of the Biology Department, is
originally from Boston, Massachu
setts. He received his B.A. from Bos
ton University in 1962, where he
graduated cum laiide. He also re
ceived his M.A. from Boston Uni
versity in 1964. As an under-grad
uate he was awarded a National Sci-
enee Foundation Undergraduate Re
search Fellowship for his junior and
senior years. As a graduate student,
Mr. Weiner was given a teaching
Fellowship for the first year of grad
uate school, followed by a National
Science Foundation Graduate Re
search Fellowship for his studies con
cerning the blood platelets. While
he is working at St. Mary’s Mr. Wei-
I)r. Stone receives check from Mr. W\ H. Hcssce.
Sears-RoeLuck
Foundation Presents
Grant To SMJC
Unrestricted grants totaling $2,000
were presented November 9, to Mer
edith College, St. Mary’s College
and Louisburg College by W. H.
Hessee, representing the Sears-Roe-
buek Foundation.
The checks to the local schools
were part of $1,000,000 in grants be
ing distributed this week by the
Foundation to private colleges and
universities aeross the nation. Eigh
teen other colleges in North Caro
lina are also receiving grants.
“Altogether, more than 600 col
leges and universities from coast to
coast will participate in the program
this year,” Mr. Hessee said.
The purpose of the Aid to Fligher
Edueation program, which was in
stituted five years ago, is to provide
systematic financial support for non
tax supported institutions of higher
learning.
The monies allocated under the
program are not restricted as to use.
College administration is free to ap
ply them to areas of greatest need.
“In addition to the direct-grant pro
gram, the Sears-Roebuck Foundation
this year will invest an additional
$800,000 in various scholarship and
fellowship programs, bringing its
total expenditure for higher education
to more than $1,800,000,” Mr.
Flessee said.
ner is also finishing his studies for
the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy
in Marine Fisheries at North Caro
lina State University. Recently he
has received a summer National Sei-
ence Foundation Research Fellow
ship to carry on studies for his doc
toral dissertation.
Mr. Weiner is married and has
one child. His hobbies are swimming,
skin-diving, golf, tennis, and he is
also interested in plays and musie.
Mr. Weiner feels after living in Ra
leigh for three years that he is a
“converted Yankee.”
Mr. Weiner has recently hecn
elected as the senior class advisor.
Dytamaitic
I^ertorma.nces
To Be Produced
Tltaxih-sgiviu^ Eve
On Tuesday November 22 at 8:15
p.m., the Dramatics Club, under the
supervision of Airs. Stamey, will pre
sent its traditional Thanksgiving pro
gram. This year instead of having
one three-act play, there will be three
short one-act plays.
The curtain opener is a play by
Mary Chase entitled, “The Prize
Play.” It concerns a little girl in the
sixth grade who wins a prize for
having the best play in her room,
which is later produced. Harriet Day,.
Ann Garwood, Merrie England, and
Joan Wickham are the female actors
in this play. Male faculty members
play the roles of policemen and pri
vate eyes. The names of the male ac
tors will not be publiely revealed un
til tbe night of the play. Jean More-
head is the student director of this
play.
A medieval farce, “The Shoemak
er’s Wife” by Hans Sachs is the sec
ond play. Hans, a shoemaker, fears
that he is losing his pretty young
wife’s love. He decides to pretend
that he is dead in order to see what
she will do. Fie asks Fritz to help him
with this plan. In the outcome, the
plan baekfires on both of them. Su
san Hutaflf, Mattie Simmons, and
Mary Burhoe play the parts in this
play under the direction of Martha
Morgan.
Linda Stott is the student director
of the third play, “The Drapes
Come,” a psychological study of
mother and daughter. The play is
an avant-garde play which uses much
symbolism. Sue Owens and Carra
Yancey play the only two parts.
In addition to the girls in the plays,
there are others working backstage
with costumes, lights, make-up, props,
and sounds.
Mrs. Stamey feels that having
three one-act plays rather than one
long play will give more girls the op
portunity to act and to gain exper-
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