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THE BELLES
OF ST. MARY’S
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BELLES STAFF
Editor in Chief Molly Richardson
News Editor Nancy Smith
Feature Editor Sally Cruikshank
Exchange Editor Anne Warren
Photographer Meredith Maynard
Head Typist Merrie England
Circulation Manager Bobbie Bell
NEWS STAFF
Hannah Craven, Betsy Crawford, Edie
Cutler, Susan Davis, Torrey Green, Beth
Hunt, Paula Johnson, Lyndee Wall.
FEATURE STAFF
Mark! Berry, Susan Carrison, Jessica
-Gillespie, Betsy Green.
ART STAFF
Merrie England.
TYPISTS
Jennie Andrews, Sandra Fullerton,
Martha Given, Gretchen Godwin, Susan
Hannah, Georgia Herbert, Nelson Glass,
Anne Northington, Nancy Richardson,
Sweetie Seifart, Derin Uyanik.
PROOFREADER
Susan Byars.
CIRCULATION
Hjordis Christoph, Jo Crawford, Susan
Davis, Barbara Dobson, Frances Gordon,
Betty Grant, Carla Hudson, Sylvia John
son, Derin Uyanik, Lyndee Wall, Sandra
Wallace, Mary Clark Whittle.
ADVISOR
Mr. John U. Tate.
FOCUS
Improvements
deeded In Library
By Chyrell Botts
The function of any school library
is to aid students in their studies by
providing needed material and a
quiet place to study. This year many
of the students at St. Mary’s feel that
our library is not completely fulfilling
this function because many of its
rules and actions make it hard for
students to use and enjoy the library.
Since St. Mary’s has increased in
size, it is difficult for students to com
plete their work on needed library
materials when the library closes its
doors at 9:45 p.m. This is especially
true when students need to use the
same books and materials. If the li
brary hours could be extended, stu
dents would have more time to do
their work and do it well. They
would also be provided with more
time to study in peace and quiet. The
library hours are no longer satisfac
tory in providing these necessary
functions and thus need to be ex
tended.
Also, by not having a librarian or
a library assistant on duty at all
times, the students are not receiving
the help they need in procuring li
brary materials.
For example, if a student needs a
certain periodical article, she can get
it only at certain hours when a li
brarian or library assistant is on duty
to get it for ber. This situation is ex
tremely diffiicult for students when
many of them would like to or need
to use tbe same article. If tbe librar
ians could apportion themselves so
that someone would be on duty at
all times, it would greatly aid the stu
dents.
We realize, however, that a lack of
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cnilfca to op
November 18,
to jjfcap and
student assistants makes this task
difficult to accomplish. If, perhaps,
the wages for library assistants could
lx; raised, tbe increase would encour
age participation in tins hard and
time-consuming job.
Just as certain rules of tbe library
binder students in using it, certain
actions taken by tbe library are hard
to understand and prevent students
Irom thoroughly enjoying the library.
The action the library took this year
in making the payment of library
fines only possible l^tween 8:15 and
8:30 and the fact that these fines can
not be paid in pennies seems ob
viously unneeded. Many students
feel that this type of action misses
one of the points of why colleges
have on-campus libraries. This partic
ular point is that on-campus libraries
arc for the convenience of the stu
dent body, as a whole. This rule con
cerning fines is obviously an unncc-
cs,sary inconvenience to the student
body.
RECOGNIZE HONOR
Throughout this week the Student the first time, there is a big tranS*;
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The students of St. Mary’s realize
that they arc fortunate to have such
a beautiful, new library and they
want to help make their library a
place of enjoyment and satisfaction.
We feel the library would be such a
place if some of the above items
could he remedied.
Government has placed emphasis on
honor at St. Mary’s.
Posters in the halls, sermons in
chapel, and speeches in assembly con
stitute the recognition of Honor
Week. In each of the sermons and
speeches, there was one general aim:
to instill in each girl the importance
of honor and the honor code on the
St. Mary’s campus.
To say that someone is honorable
is an admirable quality. How many
of you can be said to be honorable?
I low many of you live faithfullv bv
our honor code? How many of’you
have respect for honor? At St. Marv ’s
the honor code is the backbone of the
entire .school. Without an enforce
ment of this code the entire honor
system is a failure.
Now the question is: how many
of you at St. Mary’s would care if the
honor code were unobscrv’cd and un-
mcaningful? Obviously not many of
you would really mind having a loose
ly-followed honor code. Evciy school
has .some tyjx; of honor system; but
not e\'cry school has an honor system
that works.
When girls come to St. Marv’s for
in the school systems. At most r^^j,
high schools, there is no honcf'^g,
Cheating, among other thiff.y,
often not condemned. Girls eo'to
St. Mary’s and find that the te^»
leave the rooms for quizzes
the students do not cheat.
honor code involves more tb^'’’*
cheating. |
What the honor code does
is that each girl has a dual
bility, not only to her school,
to herself. She is on her Iioto
maintain the highest standi'f'*,
personal behavior as well as to
any other girl who lowers the
The Student CTOvernment
cannot do their jobs alone. ’Fbe)'^
us to back them up.
Do not take the Honor .
speeches with a grain of salt- *'
to them, think alwut them,
sene them. Without a united ‘J
made by each individual girl
force honor on our campus, tb'’
dent Government cannot su‘^'
Let us place emphasis on
throughout the entire year ■
for just one week.