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BELLES OF ST. MARY’S
Jan. 31, 1974
SMC Nostalgia Urquhart Quizes Hammond The Hmer
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by Kira Harris and Sidney Jessup
What do you think of moneymaking proj
ects? At St. Mary’s in 1974 we have numerous
clubs selling everything ranging from candy and
other edibles to clothes. In 1944 there were also
fund raising projects, but most of them
geared towards the benefit of the war efforts and
the St. Mary’s girls came up with some very orig
inal, if not rather humorous ways to procure
"'“''In an article from The Belles in October,
1944, the girls published an idea for the purpose
of getting those needed funds.
Because the G.I. Joe’s had their pm-up
girls,” St. Mary’s girls decided it would be exci^
fng to create their own gallery of “pm-up boys
This contest was sponsored by the Pubh^tions
Staff and each girl was instructed to contribute
a picture of their boy-friend.
“All entries will be classified as snapshots
and portraits of servicemen and civilians. From
these the cutest will be chosen. The handsomest
serviceman will automatically become pm-^
boy. There will be a charge of ten cents ^r entry
and proceeds will go to SMC Centennial Fund.
In the next issue of The Belles, the pin-up
boy was chosen and described in such a way:
He is from Clayton, Missouri, and is now
stationed in the Philippine war zone and has been
overseas since last December. The pictoe was
taken some time last year. He is 6 feet and
inch tall and has wavy brown hair (but its a
crew-cut) and brown eyes. He attended Vander
bilt University and intends to go back there after
the war. He is 22, likes Scotch and soda, hates
jitter-bugging, and is, according to his girl, the
Smooth Type. .
Times have certainly reformed since 1944
since we no longer devise such methods for rais
ing money, we no longer frantically await the re
turn of “our man” from the Philippines, and he
surely neither jitter bugs, nor appears before us
with a crew-cut. As for the “Smooth Type, he
is still anxiously awaiting our naivity.
by Barbara Urquhart
John Hammond first became
interesting to me for two rea
sons. First of all, his singing
kept interrupting me when I
Library Needs You
by Becky Davis
Due to a shortage of funds
this year, the St. Mary’s College
library has been forced to
shorten its hours. At present
the library closes at 10 p.m.
Sun.-Thurs. Because there is
little money to pay a staff mem
ber to work extra hours each
week, plans are now underway
to keep the library open on a
voluntary basis until 11 P-m-,
Sun.-Thurs. However, for this
to be accomplished, there must
be full support from the student
body.
For the library to remain
open there must be an adequate
number of students using the
library at this time. There must
also be enough students to serve
on a voluntary staff for this
remaining hour each night. If
any student wishes to help in
this way or offer other sugges
tions concerning the library
they are strongly urged to con
tact a member of the Library
Committee, the librarian, or Mr.
Tate. A list of the committee
is posted in the covered way of
Smedes. Your help would be
greatly appreciated and would
render a great service to the
school.
Is Academic Apathy Still Chic?
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by Sally Little
The “weaker” sex is now beginning
to obtain recognition in the heretofore
masculine domains of science, industry,
and political affairs. The female is now
seen as an individual who possesses a
brain equal in size to that of the male.
Yet many females do not utilize their
brain power; furthermore, they hinder
the development of their sisters’ minds
by subtly ostracizing the serious student
—not the student who remains silent in
class, but the one who actively partici
pates. And this happens at St. Mary’s,
which should be an ideal learning situ
ation because the absence of males in
the classroom removes the danger of ap
pearing “brighter” to the male and
thereby damaging hopes of marriage.
For the highly motivated girl, SMC
has various committees, clubs and teams.
But for those who do not know or only
need to be reminded, we are also at
tending school to educate our minds,
us keep the serious student in-
of suggesting that “Harvard
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would be a better place for her.”
was trying to read The Brothers
Karamasov between orders as a
waitress at the Pier. Secondly,
some friendly girl who evidently
knew me walked up and told me
I should be listening because
John was a close friend of one
of my favorite musicians—Bob
Dylan. As I later learned, his
father is credited with having
discovered the young Dylan
when he first came to New York.
This was enough to make me
listen for a moment, which in
turn revealed why people were
willing to pay $8 a couple to
hear him perform.
After listening to him play for
about an hour, I went to talk to
him and told him I adored wail
ing harmonica music (especially
jiis)—whereupon he obligingly
gave me a short, impressive ren
dition (before I had to get back
to carrying pitchers of beer)
which reminds me why I en
joyed his style so much; he
has sort of a harmonica-voice
mournfully suited to the blues
he sings. Finally, I decided an
interview for the Belles, would
provide a great excuse to really
talk to him.
Therefore, I arranged an in
terview (I must add that he was
very pleasant about the arrange
ments, especially considering I
woke him up twice Saturday
with my phone calls) and pro
ceeded to his room at the Holi
day Inn (unchaperoned, I blush
to admit — but I’ve already
turned myself in). I then began
to ask embarrassingly inane
questions like “Who’s your favo
rite performer?” which received
his polite answers, “I admire too
many to choose just one. How
ever, I did glean enough infor
mation for a short biographical
sketch.
Hammond began his musical
career in 1961 which he held the
typical bellhop-busboy positions
in Florida. From there he trav
eled to the West Coast and big
ger clubs, and has since released
over 10 albums with various rec
ord companies. However, he has
kept his first guitar, a 1910
National Duo which he calls
“Tin Lizzie.”
Photography and Henson Go Together
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by Laurie Sherrill
This article is directed toward the conscience
of those girls on this campus who are inconsid
erate to the other members of the commumty i
one specific way: their trash. Not only do they
litter all over campus with cracker papers an
coke bottles, but they manage to leave a trail m
bathrooms, dorm lobbies, dorm haUs, the cafe
teria, auditorium, library and laundry room-
Please understand, I am not talking about mes •
I mean filth. There is a difference between picK-
ing up a few books and straightening chairs ^
compared to cleaning an ashtray which has bub
blegum and cigarette butts floating in me i
jello. The popcorn I see ground into rugs leads
me to sometimes wonder if the POPP®^ was left
in the middle of the floor with the lid off to
pop away. Dirty dishes are left in the sink, o
counters, food drips dovm the stove
cabinet doors. Paper packages of sugar and oth^
whatnots are left strewn across counters witn
used tea bags, thriving amidst the stains of co -
fee and sticky food crumbs. The workers in t
cafeteria have seen numerous expressions of dis
taste for particular foods. For instance, som
girls apparently do not like pepper, so at meais
they get rid of it by pouring it under the central
placemat. .
What do you think of this? Or more impor
tant, what do the people who have to clean it up
think ? , .
From the cafeteria come these comments.
“They’re worse than pigs.”
“It’s disgusting!”
“I can’t believe it.”
From the dorms come these anonymous sta
ments from various maintenance employees.
Concerning wet towels left in the hall: ^
“I don’t know what to do with em . . . I ^
to do somethin cause if they stay up there they
turn sour and start smellin.
Concerning bottles:
“They don’t try to put them down in tn
crate . . . they leave em in the hall in the doorway>
on the tables ...”
Concerning bathrooms: „
“I hate to go in them but I know I have to.
Concerning attitudes:
“The girls are not as friendly .
em will speak to you, some of em
nothin to you.”
What a considerate, caring, and loving coiu
munity we are. The problem lies not in the fi
but in the attitudes of those who make it. Peopi^
who expect someone to clean for them, to pi^^
up the broken glass, to mop up the spill, are n
only inconsiderate but are irresponsible. They ®
saying to others, “I don’t care about you becaus
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I’ll leave whatever I want in a mess because
don’t care how hard it is for you to get rid of >
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future when you fall in love or when you go i^^
social work, it starts right now in this real a
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by Neal Johnson
Perhaps one of the most frequently seen
faces on the St. Mary’s campus is that of Ellen
Henson. Not only is she the Senior class Presi
dent and actively involved with all aspects of
St. Mary’s life but Ellen also happens to be the
renown photographer to whom so many students
SAY CHEESE . . . Ellen Henson was able to
take this picture of herself through use of the
timer on her camera.
5mile, and say “cheese” (and
5ome other choice words!).
Ellen’s avid enthusiasm for
photography came about one
summer when she was counselor
at Camp Cheerio, where photog
raphy was a new interest. At 16
she took charge of this phase of
camp life and has continued
teaching photography there for
the past four years. Until Ellen
reached St. Mary’s her only
equipment was an instamatic
camera, although through prac
tice at home she mastered devel
oping her own pictures. The
great deal Ellen now knows
about photography was learned
simply through experience;
she has never had any sort of
formal instruction.
When Ellen arrived at St.
Mary’s there was no dark room
whatsoever for the school news
paper. Mrs. Barnhart took a
major role in acquiring one with
the assistance of Ellen who rec
ommended the equipment for it.
Last year for Christmas Ellen
received a new camera from
Santa and it has served as a
constant companion ever since.
She began using it for the
Belles but by the end of the
year she had pictures in all of
the publications sent out by the
school.
Ellen’s work has demanded a
great deal of time and sacrifice
on her part but has proved bene
ficial as well. Not only has the
Belles come out more often this
school year but there are more
pictures than in the past. The
pictures which Ellen takes go
also to Laura Grimes, editor of
this year’s Stagecoach. In fact,
Ellen has been “hired” by the
annual staff to take organiza
tional pictures. At one time El
len obligingly missed classes
for two days to take pictures
of various St. Mary’s groups.
Ellen expresses great apprecia
tion to everyone for being so co
operative and helpful in giving
ideas. Even the Seniors on El
len’s hall pitched in and helped
her a great deal. This type of
spirit made the long hours worth
her time.
Next fall Ellen hopes to go
to “the Promised Land” (Car
olina) and major in zoology.
Naturally, photography has to
fit into the picture and it does
—Ellen plans to go into wild
life photography as a profession.
She has already won high ac
claims for an outstanding pic
ture of a “wild boar” she took
on a recent camping trip in the
mountains of North Carolina!
The Belles of St. Mary’s
Editor in Chief Margaret Stevens
Managing Editor Susan Gotherman
News Editor
Features Editor Barbara Urquhan
Art Editor Kathy Jordan
Photographer Ellen Henso
Circulation Candy Kun
Trudy Glass
Typist Kay Carpenter
Patricia Murphy
Margaret Willian^
Advisor Mrs. Catherine Barnhart
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