Belles
OF ST. MARY’S
^ooN Shines On Court
yars Receives Crown
By Janet Davis
'“ft AMERICA’S? . . . Spring
taitoNature Armstrong and Stacey
five before the big night.
‘filled^ no showers were
Wuo}, ® chilling drop in tempera-
^ year’s ^^*ver from the audience as
^ 13”^ Festival began on the even-
fFe introduction; of May Court
Kath * n ^ presentation of the Festival
Gregojy^^®’^ and her maid of honor
'l“'^ed in**' . * nf the May Court were in-
°^Ws- "'hh their pages. They were
1!? Cutran**"*® Armstrong, Sandy Clarke,
ii-r ^lass At ■^ftna DuBose, Dixie Fields,
r Kelly, Anne Miller, Beth
Shaw, Babs Sudduth, and
^he \ processional, the court per-
thi^^ted maypole dance and then
■ View the remainder of the pro-
three ,1
ScottijU groups from SMC, Or
-> Dancers and Canerettes, ,
Or-
Seniors, Sophs To Bid
By Pam Stroupe
Saturday, May 12 will indeed be a dj to
remember for many of the girls here at S .
Mary’s when two years of ^ard woj 'V'll be
completed and graduation will finally be
'“‘"^'crSuation activities will begm on Thurs
day night, May 10. Mr. D. F. Nixon and M .
Henry ^Witten are having a P'cnic at Mr.
Witten’s home. This party is for the new
Sal and ushers to discuss the upcoming
Baciureate and Commencement e™
Then'on Friday morning. May 11 at ».uu
*'Th°e”‘s™rmote. and Sanior. a.iH .»»«•
„ „S the BacaJaareat. aemc. ™U
»"A' 'Sa ,ba aclvldes, Comm.ncan. ga
"eletonIibtm^onor
Donning while iSlS
eleven St. Mary s ]un
ktiSlH^niityol American Junior
‘^““iTaddltii to o1 go^d
for three “ognized qualities of
moral character, P academic ex-
citizenship, and h faculty,” to be
cellence as judge y Kappa,
eligible for -^^’j'P^^mber Susan Dill, this
Assisted 1 Brantley swore m the
year’s president Amanda Brantley
new members. , . ; „.ere Margaret Ann
Achieving pTff,, Hazlehurst, Katie
Denning, Laura Ferrel , Bnttj.
Hill, Rachael Holme
Martin, Emory ^ Urquhart.
garet Stevens, ^ganization during its
After sponsoring tn Marj’’s, Demetrios F.
T-v rrom vyi.
“il Ooporolie.. Afe, ,pon»,ing *y«“"r;;"5.„e„lo. F.
"'^ortnerj , ‘““cEing entertainment. Or- , ^ existence at St. /)
■^«gro.” Tk “Autumn Leaves” ^^med oyer his f^r the next
folk tn Scottish Dancers brought j,]^ie who will serve as P , advisors for
-C n? s *''™' "« rr"’ "Sg« c-pb.11 ..d
be Caperettes presented two group are Mrs. Deorg
On Page 5) Mrs. Hannah Scoggmj __
NEW MARSHALS TO DON HAT®
'!•' 1™ -1 •" „,»h.k “‘“’/‘'“’If r»hiTpHy.
er at such attendance at
Day at other school
and maintain ^vities of the
. The various othe at
n"'“fshair'ar r V "«rshals range from semng
'^ba n. n Greyson Cates, Julie „^rties to “chaperoning
:rs. f^“Bose, Lonia Walthall, and »“Lool
fbf the 1973-74 school term, six All marshals ^ as sch^l playi
elected by the stu- vices, usher at such attendance a
fiappy K^artin will be chief marshal and May Day e > schoo
he
ippy "“•run will be chiet marshal
: epj of dropping the handker-
^ bfficial°' “bbimencement exercises to
1 '*'arshab"'^“'® "h ^he college year,
'tlfiw w. * are Grevsnn C.ntps. T:
and May
assembly,
gatlierings
marshals
Farewell To SMC
ercises will begin at 10:30 A.M., May 12.
Sophomores should assemble at 9:45 to prepare
for this event. At this time both the Highsmith
and Cooper Medal will be awarded.
Final Commencement exercises for the Senior
class of St. Mary’s College will he at 2:00 P.M.
on the same day. Cirls should assemble at 1:25.
The Niles Medal, the Craham Award, and the
King Medal will be awarded during these exer
cises.
This year’s speaker for Baccalaureate will be
Dr. Frank W. Pisani, the ninth President of
St. Mary’s College. Dr. Pisani received his A.B.
degree at the University of California, Berkeley,
in 1942 and his Master of Divinity in 1955. In
1970, he was awarded the Doctor in Divinity
degree at Virginia Seminary. In addition to his
position here at St. Mary’s which he has held
since 1969, Dr. Pisani has served as Vice-Presi
dent of Pisani Printing Company, taught at the
University of Tallahassee, and served as rector
of the Church of the Holy Comforter in Talla
hassee. He also acted as Associate Dean at Vir
ginia Theological Seminary from 1963 until the
summer of 1969.
The speaker for both Commencement cere
monies will be Dr. Robert J. Miller, Academic
Dean-elect of St. Mary’s. Dr. Miller received
his B.S. degree from North Carolina State Uni
versity in 1956. He also has his Master of For
estry, Master of Science, and Doctor of Phil
osophy degrees from Yale University.
Master minding the graduation plans has
been Mr. Nixon. He reminds all the Sopho
mores and Seniors to wear a dress and shoes,
be prompt, to remember the reception at the
President’s home at 8:00 P.M. on Friday, May
11, and that in case of rain, the activities will
be held in Pittman Auditorium.
GETTING IT ALL TOGETHER . . . are
now SGA Officers (I. to r.) Melrose Whitfield,
Lane Turner, Kay Reynolds, Bolling Quick,
Boo Devane. (Not pictured — Margaret Ann
Denning).
man-Sophomoie Dance.