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;i •h •t;| I u. ‘ 4 ,i ‘ ( ■ I i I .'s. BELLES OF ST. MARY’S May 16, THE BELLES OF ST. MARY’S Published in thirteen issues during the school year, September to June, Monthly for December, January, and April; Semi monthly for October, November, Febru ary, March, and May, by the student body of St. Mary’s Junior College. Second Class Postage Paid at Raleigh, N. C. 27602. Subscription $1.00 per year. BELLES STAFF Editor in Chief Dru Haley Assistant Editor Markay Farmer Feature Editor Cynty McAlister News Editor Lee Joyner Subscription Editor Lee Bernard Exchange Editor Jane Goodson Elead Typist Sweetie Seif art Circidation Editor Collins Stukes NEWS STAFF Jane Wood, Susan Taylor, Lee Joyner, Louisa Rodgers, Collins Stukes, Lucy Gilliam, Beth Coltrane, Markay Farmer, Lucy Hollis, Suzy Rapp, and Susan Dodd. FEATURE STAFF Tibba Edgerton, Anna Andrews, Macky Dixon, and Harriet Dill. PHOTOGRAPHERS Ann Sebrell and Kathryn Heath. CARTOONISTS Donna Whitehurst and Sally Lennon. CIRCULATION Helen Alford, Lee Joyner, Beth Col trane, Collins Stukes, Angie Thomas, and Bennie Bartow. TYPISTS Jane Cheshire, Cynty McAlister, Sweetie Seifart, Macky Dixon, Barbara Miller, Tibba Edgerton, and Jane Goodson. PROOFREADER Susan Byars. ADVISOR Mrs. Robert Gunn. Senior Commencement Parties Planned Commeiicement weekend will berin for seniors on Friday, I\Iay 2d. Mr. Tate will supervise frrad uation rehearsals throufrhout the day on Friday. The seniors will be entertained by the alumnae at an 11:00 A.M. brunch to be held at the Velvet Cloak, on Friday. Friday eveuinjr, the St. Mary’s dramatic club will present Jane Eyre for the students, parents, and friends. Class day will be held at 4:00 P.JI. Saturday afternoon with all four classes participating. The Glee Club will present its final concert Saturday eveniuf; in the auditorium. Baccalaureate will be held in the chaiiel Sunday morning. Fol lowing: this the seniors will con- firefiate in their caps and fjowns for the class picture. Dr. Richard G. Stone will enter tain parents at a reception in Sniedes on Sunday afternoon. This will be followed by step sing- inr at 5:00 P.M. The climax of the weekend will come at 10:20 Monday morniii" with i;raduation exercises. JUST A THOUGHT Wluit we call link is siiiipl.v pluck .\iiil the doing things over and over; Courage and will, perseveraiiei' and skill, ,\re the four leaves of Lnek's clover. + E rno+ r o»v5 EDITORIAL Unfortunately, s o m e of the teachers, alumnae, and students fear that the traditional “spirit” of the school has supposedly .suf fered because of the changes made this year. Of course, wdien Mr. Nixon was elected President, “some” of the Democrats’ tradi tions and the Democrats’ spirit certaiidy changed, hut St. Mary’s is not the political arena of Wash ington, although politics are prac ticed here, and it would not seem likely that all the “hip hurrah” would vanish just because a min- iinum of the archaic rules ivere liberalized. Still, onlookers claim that the students have been given the ‘inch” and have taken the proverbial “mile,” losing all re spect for rules and authority. Perhaps the respect for point less rules and meaningless ti’adi- tions was never here in the first ])lace. Perhajis it was only a myth, a facade finall,v hroken down h.v a handful of girls who decided that the.v wanted to make a few decisions themselves and wanted a (diance to assume the resjmnsi- bilities of their decisions. The confusing point is wdiy the new rules should suddeidv dis solve the St. Mary’s “spirit.” It seems that the rules would instead give students more spirit because the students could think of the school as a friend instead of an in stitution read.v to punish them for their slightest offense. Agreed that a jierson wants and needs discipline, but a person also needs to feel that she is a respon sible human being capable of mak ing a more complex decision than wliether or not to break a rule. This abilit.v to make decisions could increase spirit in a number of jieople. The St. Mary’s 1967-68 Catalog states, “the college recognizes the need of students for self-fulfill ment and for preparations to as sume the obligations that society jdaces upon those who are privi leged to have rich cultural back ground and high ideals of integ rity.” B.v giving the students the opjmrtuuit.v to make their own le- cisions, .St. Jlaiw’s is fulfilling one of its ()hj(*ctives. and perhaps a true St. i\Iarv’s spirit, one that is felt b,v almost all students, will be totind on camjuis again. V. .M. F. DEDICATED TO THE CLASSES OF '69 and 71 TO CEAM OR NOT TO CRAM (Reprint from the Mav U Belles.) To cram, or not cram—-t 7 1? the question: ; Whether ’tis nobler in the >" to study i For Shakespeare tests the da} fore vacation, , Or to rebel against seas of ‘I®' tions, : And by finessing flunk thei"' cram — to pass— ,, No more; and by an A to sa} end , The heartache and the tho'” fears of F’s ^j| Our minds are heir to. ’Tis a' ation jj; Devoutly to be wished. To ^ — to pass. To pass — perchance a there’s the rub ! l For ’bove that 65, what r’^ may come . .ly When we have shuffled oft hallow’d walls, tl ilust give us pause. Thei’^* reason , ^,1 That makes fruitlessness o endless cram. , # For who would bear the U F’s of school, pf# The teachers’ wrongs, the 1 Tate’s lack of merc.v, j, tli' The pangs of despised grade’s delay, ,. jH' The thanklessness of sta‘.'' the sport .pfli"' That tests make of our r’ hours of work, -p,) When she might her vae^i happy make With a slight finesse? studies bear, , To work and slave "'ith ness pressing on, .,.5 But that the chance ot vacation — a fi The av’rage below G, ra? whose depths gca' No student can return-^ us to death, j. tl> And makes us rather he pain of work Than flunk and mayha graduate? Thus grading does imih*^ of us all, , ,„id ” And all rebellions, teal'’ ‘ frustrations With dexedring are d" to rest And lose the nanu e of Bv Aliei 'allft”' CIRCLE induct^ * iD •Monday, .May I2th, tlie ducted two new (ro»l o' junior class in th®*’’ ‘‘*"g je)'", the year. The new aien *Uj.u Gregory ot Weldon South Boston. Va. u'ao AiootaU Qo the 1 1 was elected as the Circle for next year. BEACON WAL^I p,. The Beacon took *■ members from the .. . „ Thursday. CaP/'’^'"J'i bers are Frances frO‘‘‘,i e\ Windsor. Dell ‘’“ygaver,, land, and Jane " , l'^„,aS llS tinsville. Va. Electe the Beacon for next Parker. J
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