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VOL. XXXVIII, NO. 1
RALEIGH, N.C.
SEPTEMBER, 1975
Newcomers Begin
New Year at SMC
HERE WE GO AGAIN
St. Mary’s starts the year
off getting Uie clubs organized
for the oncoming year. The
dance groups have inducted
new members to start off their
new season. These new
members, along with the old
members, will perform on
campus and will also
represent St. Mary’s in
various performances around
Raleigh.
Caperette’s new members
are: Trisha Dunn, Stephanie
Trogdon, and Trisha Tim-
berlake. Orchesis elected
Carol Mobley, Polly Morrison,
Mary Michaux, and Katherine
Fabrizo as their new mem
bers. And Gilly Callum in
ducted Sally Pellitier, Pooh
Herring, Morgie Toller,
Nancy Barwick and Marcie
Connors into their club. We
are looking forward to seeing
them all perform!
On Tuesday, August 26,
the St. Mary’s Drama Club
held its first meeting of the
year. It was conducted by this
year’s president. Page
Morrow. She gave a brief
summary of the club’s ac
tivities, introduced the
sponsors, Mrs. Stamey and
Mr. Callahan, and talked
about this year’s fall play -
“Anything Goes”. Tryouts
were held last week for the
play but there is still plenty of
room for stage hands which
includes opportunities such as
sets, make-up and costumes.
The French Club held its
first meeting Tuesday, Sep
tember ninth. Quiche
Lorraine was served for 10
cents a slice. Afterwards, the
officers were introduced and
this year’s plans were
discussed. They are planning
a cheese party. Tour de
France, and a French Dance.
Hopefully, if enough money is
raised, the members would
like to go to Seth Jones or Chez
Michelle. The French Club is
still open for membership.
Anyone who is interested, feel
free to come to the next
meeting.
VOLUNTEER
PR06RAH
Boo Johnston
The St. Mary’s Volunteer
Pro^am, head^ by Marcia
Nahikian, will provide many
opportunities for those who
would like to help others.
Among the programs offered
are the Cerebral Palsy and
Rehabilitation, The Governor
Morehead School for the blind,
the Trentman Mental Health
Center - “Bridges to Hope
Program”, the North Carolina
Correctional Center for
Women, the Methodst Home,
Wiley School, and Dorothea
Dix Service Guild.
The Cerebral Palsy and
Rehabilitation Center needs
tutors in the classroom on the
primary, elementary,
secondary levels. Helpers are
also needed in occupational
and physical therapy.
In the Governor
Morehead School, the
program is left up to the
creativity of the volunteer.
They can help in such areas as
preparing the children for tap-
dancing class, helping in a
beginning guitar class,
playing golf with the children,
and helping them with gym-
type activities.
The Trentman Mental
Health Center through their
“Bridges to Hope Program”
hopes to bring together a child
with a minor adjustment
problem with a friend or
“buddy”. Through this
“buddy”, the center hopes to
accomplish several things: to
help the child feel worthwhile
and likeable, to offer the child
an appropriate adult model,
provide opportunities for free
and unhampered self-
expression, and to give the
children an opportunity to
experience recreational,
social and cultural events that
he would otherwise not have.
The rest of the programs
need volunteers as tutors in
reading, math, and art. The
Dorothea Dix Service Guild
volunteers will work in the
hospital doing work somewhat
like that of a candystriper.
In each program the
volunteer is allowed to make
their own working hours
based on their schedule and
the program’s schedule.
At the present, forty-five
girls have signed up to woric
with the volunteer prc^ram.
They not only plan to work
indivi^ally, but also cAp
programs as a group.
This year St. Mary’s not
only has lots of new students
but also other newcomers.
Among these are two new
language teachers, Ms. Oralia
Preble and Ms. Jill Mac-
Dougal. Ms. Preble, bom in
Mexico, teaches both high
school and college levels of
Spanish and plans to stay until
she finishes writing her
dissertation to get her Ph.D.
Ms. Preble has traveled a
great deal, especially in the
South and in Mexico. Her
interests include Latin
literature and poetry.
Ms. Jill MacDougal, from
New York, teaches both high,
school and college level of
French. Ms. MacDougal is a
graduate of Elmir College and
obtained her master’s at the
University of Massachusetts.
Her favorite interest is music.
Ms. Anne Smith,
originally from Raleigh, is the
new psychology teacher. She
first attended St. Mary’s in
high school. Goucher College
in Baltimore was next before
she moved on to do her
graduate work of en
vironmental psychology at the
University of Michigan. When
asked if she had any hobbies
or if there was anything that
she would like to do here, she
replied that she is planning to
help with the volunteer
program and hopes that many
students will participate.
We next extend our
heartiest welcome to Mrs.
Gladys Brown, our
housemother. Mrs. Brown is
originally from Roanoke
Rapids, N.C., but has been at
work as housemother for
several years. This work
includes positions at Sigma
Phi Epsilon at State, and
Alpha Delta Phi at Chapel
Hill. St. Mary’s is her first
experience in a dorm, but
Mrs. Brown says that “both
are wonderful experiences.”
Our housemother has many
spare time activities such as
crocheting, bridge, bowling,
and dancing. Mrs. Brown
thinks that St. Mary’s is
great; however, she has not
had the chance to get to know
all of the girls. Therefore, she
extends an invitation to come
to her room to watch TV or
just to talk. She is never too
busy to talk and listen.
The other new
housemother is also equally
important. Smedes has the
luck to have Mrs. Selph as
their new housemother. Mrs.
Selph is originally from
Hamlet, N.C., but tos also
been at work for five years as
a housemother at Peace. She
saw the light and joined us at
St. Mary’s which she says that
she already loves. Some of her
activities include shopping,
sightseeing, and exercising
which she saj^ that she can do
plenty of with the fabulous
gym here. Mrs. Selph says
that perhaps the most unique
aspect of St. Mary’s is the
warm and sincere chapel
services of which she really
enjoys.
Also with St. Mary’s for
the first time is Mrs. Coleen
Ransom, the new Food Ser
vice Manager. Mrs. Ransom
is originally from Winston-
Salem and attended the
University of North Carolina
at Greensboro. She worked for
two years at Catawba College
before coming to St. Mary’s.
She and her husband, who is at
State, now reside in Raleigh.
Mrs. Ransom says that she
finds the students and ad
ministration friendly.
Our new nurse is Mrs.
Wicker who also comes to St.
Mary’s for the first time. She
attended Meredith and later
Duke where she got her
nursing degree. Some of Mrs.
Wicker’s hobbies include
sewing and swimming. We are
sure that being sick will not be
all that bad with Mrs. Wicker
taking care.
Finally, St. Mary’s is
delighted to welcome a very
interesting and unusual new
junior to our school. Miss Olga
Spivey, a day student, has
come to us from distant
Venezuela. She is presently
living in Ralei^ with her
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CAIX COMMITTEE BEGINS SEARCH
St. Mary’s is searching for
a new chaplain. The search is
being conducted by the Call
Committee, a group at SMC
especially organized for that
purpose. The committee has
been used before with great
success, a fact to which many
of the older girls can attest,
for it was by this means Qiat
Rev. Davis was chosen as
chaplain.
The Call Committee is
composed of the vestry. Miss
Ellington, Dean Miller, Dr.
Pisani, and the Alumnae
President, Mrs. Harry G.
Walker, Jr. At their first
meeti^ the group became
acquainted wi& one another
and discussed- means ' of
procedure. The manner in
which the committee operates
is simple: names of possible
nominees are to be turned in
to the committee members
who will then review all the
candidates and select 8 or 10
names. The candidates for
chaplain will be carefully
screened and from them. Dr.
Pisani will choose our new
chaplain. The committee is
hopeful of having the post
filled by the beginning of
second semester, but if that is
not possible, a chaplain will
certainly be in residence at St.
Mary’s by the end of the 1975-
1976 school year.
One of the most important
requirements for our new
chaplain, beyond his obvious
role as leader of the spiritual
life at St. Mary’s, will be his
ability to teach, for he will be
instructing several religion
courses in addition to his job
as chaplain and all which that
entails.
Students are encouraged
to turn in any nominees they
may have to the committee.
This is our school, and it is up
to us to support it and show
that we care. Students,
PARTICIPATE! We wish the
Call Committee all the best
and have great faith in their
ability, along with the help of
the student body, to select a
new chaplain for St. Mary’s.
Kathy Tyndall