VOL. XXXVV. NO. 1
ST. MARY’S COLLEGE. RALEIGH, N.C.
SEPTEMBER 9, 1977
iVeti? Girls Welcomed To
Grove of Stately Oaks
Ourt Wins
Oreakfast
Burt was the
winner in a cafeteria
rattle of breakfast in bed for 2
mornings. Wednesday,
ugust 31, she was served
eggs, bacon, toast
°^^”ge juice, on fine china
and a linen covered tray and
^wers. She will be receiving
aer next breakfast treat on
some future morning.
.. ’^^e cafeteria staff feels
aat the idea was well
r^f^'^ed and has announced
mat new ideas and surprises
111 be presented each month.
® plans include a bir-
hday night each month and
picnics once a week, weather
providing. Mr. Fitzpatrick,
i of food services,
nvites any suggestions.
Wlusic Groups JHake
Plans
Chorale and Ensemble,
the two vocal groups of St.
Mary’s have selected their
members and officers for this
year. Chorale, a group of
approximately 30 girls, gives
concerts on campus
throughout the year. The
officers are: Sally Davis-
President, Beth Nufer-
Secretary, and Elizabeth
Fuller-Librarian.
Ensemble is a select vocal
group with 12 members. This
group performs for chapel
services and special occasions
on campus. In addition, the
Ensemble participates in off
campus church services and
functions. Sally Davis is
President of Ensemble.
Both groups are under the
direction of Miss Suzanne
Ishee, a former St. Mary’s
student. Miss Ishee wishes to
emphasize the “hard work
and dedication of the mem
bers of these groups and urges
all students to attend the
performances.”
by Martha Kornegay
Again this year St. Mary’s
has been blessed with a group
of new, crazy, wild girls. As
usual, we need not worry that
anyone will study themselves
to death, be too skinny, or
never have any fun. The high
school students are more
enthusiastic than ever and
certainly rambunctious
enough to keep Smedes alive
this year.
The Freshmen are finding
more studying and books than
they have ever seen before.
Because Smedes is so quiet,
the high school students seem
to be getting all their studying
done. The Freshmen also
seem to like being away from
home. For the first time many
of the girls are “on their own”
with advantages such as being
able to make their own
decisions-like whether to go
to the ^uare, Zack’s, or hit
fraternity court. The general
concensus of the Freshman
class is that St. Mary’s will be
as fun and exciting as they
expected-especially if they
didn’t have to attend daily
classes.
SPRiNG CLEANING IS
DONE OVER SVMIUER
fall Mnternthip
Program Announced
to ^ ® student in-
erested in learning about the
workings of State Government
firsthand, a program spon-
sored by the North Carolina
Wternship Office (NCIO) may
oe for you.
Students at St. Mary’s
^ollege are eligible to apply
six-week internships
siat^ for this fall, according
Caplanides, director of
NCIO. “The program this fall
Will run from October 10
tnr^gh November 16 and the
student can work in most any
srea of the state, including
Sleigh,” Caplanides stated.
Students do not receive a
stipend for the internship, but
are expected to arrange to
aceive academic credit as a
result of their internship
experiences.
“Most schools in the state
^courage learning ex-
^riences of this type,” said
aplanides, “and the staff at
he NCIO Office can aid in-
arested students in setting up
hese arrangements with
departments of the school.”
In rnost cases, interns will
^ required to spend 15 hours
per week “on the job” with a
rnaximum of 20 hours a week.
Caplanides said that
students may work with the
NCIO staff in gaining an in
ternship at a location near St.
Mary’s so they can still live on
or near campus and take
regular courses, if they so
desire.
Brochures explaining fall
internship program are
available at the placement
office on campus. Deadline
date for submitting an ap
plication is September 15 and
all applicants will 1» notified
of acceptance or rejection by
September 30.
For more information,
students should obtain a
brochure at the placement
office or write the NCIO, 401
N. Wilmington Street,
Raleigh, North Carolina 27601.
Each internship is
designed to provide the op
portunity for students to learn
about government and public
service professions by doing
actual work in a field related
to their academic or career
interests. Each student is
matched with an internship on
■1 case by case basis so that
both the student and the
Government Agency can
obtain the maximum benefit
irom the program
During the summer major
renovations took pace on the
interiors and exteriors of
several buildings on campus.
The rooms and hall of “Hotel”
West Rock were redone and
airconditioning was installed.
In lower Sm^es the alumni
office was enlarged and the
snack bar was relocated to
make room for new public
telephones. Security locks
were placed on all doors in
Smedes, West Rock and 1903.
The Language Arts
building received cosmetic
renovation-sandblasting' and
painting. A new athletic field
was begun and the tennis
courts were resurfaced. In
addition to these major un
dertakings miscellaneous
painting and repair work was
done all over the campus.
The total cost of these
projects will be presented by
Mr. Conrad, business
A Fun Tradition
The girls at the right
piling their plates with
hamburgers, hot dogs, beans,
potatoes, slaw and other
fixings at the Little Sister - Big
Sister picnic held during the
first week of school. This St.
Mary’s tradition has always
been a good opportunity for
the old girls to introduce new
girls to “the way of life” in
Siis special community. New
girls learned not to be shy
about filling their plates to
capacity, how to make
themselves seen by yelling
across the yard, and how to
in the right place at the right
time when pictures are being
taken. (See page 2).
manager, to the board of
trustees as soon as he has
devised an overall rounded
figure to cover all the work
done.
Two separate campaigns
for raising the necessary
money were held. One was the
tennis campaign for the new
courts and the other was a
parent’s fund. The
renovations of this summer
were the first major project of
The new Sophomores are
also getting into the swing of
things around St. Mary’s.
Although the new Sophomores
are in a definite minority, the
old girls are quickly teaching
them the ways of life at St.
Mary’s. They, like the Fresh
men, find studying and
classes more difficult than
their hometown high schools
were. Many of the new
Sophomores find the rules not
too bad; in fact in some cases
they are “better than
home!!” The weekend ex
citement of the beach concert,
fraternity parties, and great
bands around the area have
added to the new St. Mary’s
girls good first impression of
St. Mary’s and Raleigh.
The juniors are all excited
and learning to love college
life. Many of them were a
little scared and full of an
ticipation about coming to
college—especially after
receiving their St. Mary’s
handbook this summer.
However, after going ttvough
a confusing and rushed week
of orientation, they are
realizing that St. Mary’s isn’t
all that bad.
After these initial weeks
at school, everyone is getting
settled and into the St. Mary’s
routine. The old and new girls
seem excited about the
coming year and most of all
about meeting lots of great
new friends.
this nature for West Rock
since it was built. The enor
mity of the renovations
campaign was also a first for
St. Mary’s.
Future renovations will be
for financial reasons, but the
next objects of attention will
be Smedes and 1903.
A Picnic - What a way to start a year.