Self Study Questions
SMC Goals and Attitudes
Generation Gap? Not when food’s involved.
Parents^ Weekend Enjoyed
by All
by Susan Ross
Bar-B-Que, cotton candy,
and dancers all played a part.
So did teachers, singers, and
tennis players.
The result was Parents
Oktoberfest Weekend, St.
Mary’s first weekend-long
extravaganza for the whole
family. Nearly a thousand
people, including parents,
brothers and sisters, faculty
and staff, and students, took
l^rt in the weekend’s ac
tivities this fall.
“We wanted to make this
a family-oriented event,”
Director of Development
Henry M. Read said, “rather
than strictly a mother-
daughter or father-daughter
event as in the past.” Mr.
Read was chairman of a
student-faculty-staff com
mittee that put in hundreds of
hours to make the weekend a
success.
The Oktoberfest began
with class visitation Fri(toy
morning and ended with
chapel services Sunday.
Dozens of other activities
were packed in between the
two.
More than 100 parent-
faculty appointments were
scheduled on Friday af
ternoon. “This provided a
chance for both parents to sit
down with their daughter’s
teachers and discuss her
progress early in the year,”
Read said. “We felt that this
was one of the most valuable
aspects of the weekend.”
Parents Weekend events
included performances by the
Sea Saints, Cold Cuts, Chorale
dance groups, and a newly-
formed mime troupe. The
Drama Club presented its fall
production, “A Midsummer
Night’s Dream,” Friday and
Saturday nights.
What is Mime?
by Hillary Thompson
The Masquer’s Mime
Company has become an
active group on the St. Mary’s
campus. The seven members
are Hillary Thompson, Kathy
Blades, Renee Rodrigue, Beth
Neufer, Joy Knox, Kat Par-
mly, Claudia Werman, and
the advisor Miss Karen Rose.
For those of you who have
been wondering what they do,
it’s called pantomime.
Pantomime is acting without
words or props. It involves
body movement and facial
expressions. The players w^r
a black leotard, white pain-
tee’s pants, and red suspen
ders. The makeup is a white
base coat on the face, but any
pther makeup is up to the
individual.
The company rehearses
four times a week for about
two hours. They begin
rehearsals by doing warmups
and stretching exercises.
They then work on scenes that
are planned for their next
show. During Octoberfest the
company performed on the
back lawn. They put on a
twenty minute show which
consisted of several scenes.
These scenes included
Halloween night in a toy shop.
where two children
mysteriously exchanged
places with two mechanical
toys. Claudia Werman por
trayed an ice fisherman who
was pulled into his ice hole by
a fish. The company also
made imaginary objects out of
an imaginary medium called
Magic Putty. The show was
the Masquer’s Mime Com
pany’s debut as a true peij
forming group, and it tarned
out to be quite successful.
In the future, the Com
pany plans to put on a
Christmas show. Tbe dates for
this are December 7 and 8
The show will last an hour ana
have an intermission. It is
entitled “The Masquer’s Mime
Company presents a Silent
Night.’’ This semester the
Company will be performing
at several schools in the
Raleigh area, and they plan to
continue to do so second
semester, along with some
other area performance.
Auditions will begin
second semester and there
will be workshops for those
who are interested. Anyone
ran try out, so come and see
what the club is all abwt and
discover the art of pan
tomime.
Other activities ranged
from an organizational
meeting of the St. Mary’s
College Parents Association to
a picnic-style “Bar-B-Que and
Bluegrass” lunch. A highlight
of the weekend was the
Oktoberfest Dance Saturday
night, which followed a
parents reception hosted by
President and Mrs. Rice.
Overall reaction to the
weekend has been favorable,
according to Mr. Read. “The
whole purpose of the weekend
was to give parents a chance
to be with their daughters and
see what life at St. Mary’s is
all about,” he said. “From the
response we’ve been getting, I
think we accomplished this.”
A & G
Outlet Opened
A & G Factory Outlet has
recently opened on
Hillsborough Street and has
already become quite popular
with St. Mary’s students. A &
G Outlet carries such famous
name brand clothes as
Lacoste, Haymaker, Ralph
Lauren and Christian Dior, all
at reduced prices.
These clothes have minor
flaws, some barely visible and
therefore they cannot be sold
as “top of the line” mer
chandise so A & G gets these
items directly from the fac
tory and makes them
available at a great savings.
Also available at A & G
Outlet are button-down shirts,
painter pants, jeans and LL
by Lisa Tate
“I was tremendously
pleased with the cooperative
response shown by the
students and staff in an
swering the questionnaire. I
was also pleasantly surprised
with the majority of them who
really show^ their interest by
taking their time and
thoughtfully answering the
questions.” This was Dr.
Werman’s enthusiastic
response when she was asked
about her feelings on the
success of the Self-Study
Committee’s questionnaire
which was administered to the
students, faculty, ad
ministration, and staff during
the week of Nov. 4.
The questionnaire, which
was administered in two
forms (one for faculty and one
for students), presented an
opportunity for evaluation of
all aspects of SMC life.
Statements concerning every
facet of campus life, from
academic excellence to
physical plant, were rated on
a scale of degree. Participants
were asked to strongly
disagree, disagree, agree, or
strongly agree with each of
the statements or check not
applicable.
Over the four day testing
period questionnaires were
answered by over 480 students
and 70 members of the
campus staff. Members of the
Self-Study Steering Com
mittee and other faculty and
staff members have devoted
over 270 hours to tabulate the
results.
The immediate use for the
tabulated results will be to
provide information for the
various Self-Study sub
committees. Each of these
sub-committees will use its
own research information in
addition to the input from the
questionnaire to write its
report.
The Steering Committee
will then revise and combine
these various reports to
eventually form SMC’s Self-
Study Report for 1979. This is
the final report that will be
submitted to use by the
visiting committee of the
Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools to help
them in their process of
reaccreditation.
Activities Committee Meets
The Student Activities
Committee met Tuesday,
Nov. 15th to discuss future
plans for student en
tertainment to be financed by
the Activities Fund. The
money in this fund is supplied
by each student in their tuition
and is designated for
publications and activities.
The Committee members
were elected by their
respective classes. They are
Susan Branscome (Sr.), Terri
Patrick (Jr.), Susan
Biggerstaff (Soph.), Duvall
Schultz (Fresh.), Ann Mc-
Spadden, and Miss Jones. If
any student has any idea for
something they wo^d like to
happen around SMC, contact
one of these girls.
Music Programs Presented
The St. Mary’s Ensemble
will present its special
program of Advent music in
Tuesday evening chapel
services November 29. The
Ensemble will be singing the
Vaughn-Williams
“Magnificant” with Libby
Holding, soloist, and Nancy
Penick, flutist.
Amy Worthington was
presented in recital Thursday
evening, November 17, at 8
p.m. in the Student Union. She
played the guitar and singing
her own compositions. The
public is invited.
Bean shoes.
The Stores’ owners, Nick
Garrett and Steve Anderson
are from Wilmington, N.C.
where they opened the first A
& G store. They now have
stores in Wilmington, Chapel
Hill and Raleigh.
Mime troupe performs during Parents’ Weekend.