BELLES OF ST. MARY’S
May 26,
Ma-
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BELLES STAFF
Editor in Chief Lyndee Wall
Assistant Editor Paula Johnson
News Editor Harriet Collins
Feature Editor Jessica Gillespie
Exchange Editor Suzanne Crockett
Photographer Anne Brady
Plead Typist Jennie Andrews
Circulation Editor Nancy Wideman
NEWS STAFF
Jane Britt, Beth Hunt, Chris Crowley,
Jane Ross Davis, Susan Davis, Allie Shef
field, Hannah Craven, and Susan Hutaff.
FEATURE STAFF
Susan Slover, Jessica Gillespie,
Leonard, and Paula Johnson.
Jan
CARTOONIST
Mary Ackerly
TYPIS FS
Jennie Andrews, Lu Dixon, Nancy
Haywood, Martha Given, and Tharon
Sapp.
PROOFREADER
Jane Marzoni
CIRCULATION
George Christoph, Jo Crawford, Susan
Davis, Barbara Dobson, Frances Gordon,
Betty Grant, Carla Hudson, Sylvia John
son, Derin Uyanik, Sandra Wallace, and
Mary Clark Whittle.
EDITORIAL
ADVISOR
Mr. John U. Tate.
IN RETROSPECT
Letter To Editor
There is much to say in favor of
going to a small woman’s college,
and, personally, there is very little
I would want to change about St.
Mary’s, her traditions, or even her
rules. However, I feel that the ac
tion of the administration on Sun
day, IMay 14, was an example of
Victorian thinking and a direct
insult to the students of the
school.
The girls now attending St.
Mary’s w'ere brought up in fine
homes by jiarents who were con-
.scientious enough to see tliat their
daughters were given a good ed
ucation in both scholarship and
culture. For the Administration
to take it upon themselves to tell
one of the .students that she was
not wearing the pro])cr hat to at
tend church in Raleigh is an insult
to licr upbringing.
By tlie time a girl enters col
lege, her ideas regarding fasliion
and etiipiette ai’e ali’cady estah-
lished, and it is not the school’s
jirerogative to tell her she may or
may not attend church because of
(her attire.)
Church attendance, of course,
should not he farcical, but it is
the state of mind, not the aiipear-
ance, of a person wliich deter-
miiu's till' nature of one’s religious
feeling. I am not saying that a
person sliould wear wliatever he
pleases to a clmrcli service. That
In looking back over the past
year, there are many times that
we will never be able to forget.
Someone has .said, “Think of the
good times,” and we at St. Mary’s
have had some wonderful times to
think about and remember. If we
reminisce for a few minutes, we
can think of things such as the
first da.v of school, the first time
we heard the Cold Cuts and then
waiting anxiously to hear them
again, the first really en.jo.vahle
date we had, the Glee Club con
certs, and the Dramatics Club
pla.vs. And how will we ever foi'-
get the Christmas Party in the
parlor, or our class banquets, or
Senior Day?
Yes, there have been many good
limes and the ones mentioned
above are oidy a few. However,
one that was not mentioned, but
I feel will never be forgotten, is
the Suppres.sed Desire part.v that
th(“ Juniors had for the Seniors.
1 hanks to the entire .Junior class,
it was a big success.
That night was like St. Marv’s
should have been all year long.
All of the other times the clas.ses
had sjiirit, hut this night topped
them all. There was so much sjiirit
and so much friendship and unitv
that one might have thought that
it was a close family reunion
rather than a group of girls. There
also was not a distinction between
the .Juniors and the Seniors. It
was like one great big happy fam-
il.v. It is oid,v too bad that we
have not been that close all year,
because it reall.v would have been
great.
I sup{)ose one reason why that
will be a night to remember is
that, it was the la.st time the
.Juniors and Seniors would ever
be together as a group again. It
is .so hard to realize that exams
are over, the year is at a elose,
and the Seniors will not be back
n(“,\t .vear. What are we going to
do without them? They have been
such a great class this .vear that it
is going to be hard for the Juniors
to take their ])lace. Hut the.v are
oil' to a good start with their ex-
(•('Ih'iit officers.
Ye.s, the Seniors will be mis,sed
and often we will think about
them and maybe they will think
about us ami wi- will all remember
the good times.
P. M. .1.
which he wears shonld be chosen
tastefully, and 1 feel that the girls
ot St. Mary’s are intelleetually
competiMit and mature enough to
s(“lcct their dri’ss for an.v oeioision.
To send a mature young lady
back to her room before she is al
lowed to attend church is, indeed
making a farce, not only of church'
attendance, but also of St. Mary’s.
St. Mary’s Glee Club To
Present Commencement
Concert
focus
By Susan Slover
Penick is empty now. Tlieda.\
iors have gone with the Spi'i“stai
a colorful ending of a two .bee
experiment in living. They afim
ed young in 1965 — wide eyefirhe
expectant with no unity as a e
onl.v a wide range of talent exa
ability. St. Mary’s has underlare
change since their arrival. tior
Their obvious success ah-ep
from their new individualit.'low
strong determination in ever.'roll
dertaking. Age old tradition-' T
ceiyed new vitality under
guidance. Meaning was eifthei
through enthusiasm and det'loet
nation. When they sang “Wei T
You, Seniors” they meant it.'^"'e
were the driving force, the
ing factor, among classes. 1
was a position of excellence'
fulfilled.
Seniors forced through tve’ T
.vears — .vears that were a fi)'"r
nation of responsibilitv, sopl
t ino*
cation, and heart. As eouir"’' ’"7
they were concerned; as st>J *
government officers, efficients
adjusted beautifullv to their' ^
roles, comprizing student F
St. Mar.v’s. Responsible and'
ical, one then the other ^
tainment was instant whe"
Cold Cuts belted out impr'^''
verses of “Elvira.” Thev
build horror houses and sob'
problems. Seniors were nevd .
loss. I j ■
These Seniors — wild, an^
ing people with an inexpl'J
air of experience and a
charm all their own — "', ha
gone *May, 1967. Graduatioi'; ch
two .vears of growTh and ye
plishment. , th(
Their identities are firinl.''j; da
Iished — young adults withy Xc
to do and places to go. D", fef
been experienced at St. ll* fri
but the.v have outgrown hr'I stv
Their attitudes and horiz'”','
beyond the gates of St. M'"''' wh
wa.v beyond. lif(
The lonely darkness "C thi
chapel cannot match the thr'I W-
of the Seniors placed so ‘1‘‘ om
into new environments see
tried horizons. Go now
nil]
and don’t hesitate. Therr th
need for good b.ve — just
around.” jne
— im
esll'
nif
Sti
th,
On Suppressed
Party
By Jessica Gillespi® ,,
First Cruikshank’s t’*’®
troop walked away with Pvc
wafers at the Sc
luor
bacon nr rather all the , -
Path, by
tlip
()i^ fac
priLssed desirers. It was
to know that manv othei' ‘
■ ,ed-
Thursda.v night. The judtJ'’''t:
them from a multitude
would remain suppn'sscd-
The old and lU'w Cold C"h|; g*'
bineil to give their wonde'’
1 he Glee Club will pre.sent their
( ommenceinent jirogram Satur-
da.v. May 27fh. The.v will sing se
lections friun “Camelot." Antonio
\ ivaldi s (dona." and several
other selections.
- il'
ditioiis of nian.v of our ‘ (,■
favorites. The spotlight '' |i
inan.v of them for the I"', r
For most it was a wele""l‘|. 1
as the.v walked around |
da.y with a hand extein'fhi S!t
their e.ves to proti'ct aft"''
sunlight.
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