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THE BELLES
FEBRUARY 14, 1978
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Kathy Blades, Belle of the Month.
The Belle of the Month
by
Maru Amburn
Drama at St. Mary’s and
the name Kathy Blades are
almost synonymous terms
this year. Kathy is the
president of the newly named
Applause Incorporated-
formerly The Drama Club.
She is Vice President and an
original founder of the
Masquers Mime Company,
and she is a member of St.
Genesius.
As president of Applause
Inc., Kathy has helped to
oversee two productions, and
for both she served as stage
manager. As Vice President
of the mime troupe, Kathy
helped found the club and is a
lifting technician for the
mime performances. Because
of her outstanding con
tribution in both the technical
and acting phases of theatre
life at St. Mary’s, Kathy was
chosen to be in the Order of St.
Genesius.
Kathy’s activities are not
limited to Drama. She is a
scoop group member, and she
serves on the committee of
Southern Association Stan
dards I and II for St. Mary’s
Self-Study.
In addition to being known
for her work in school spon
sored activities, Kathy is often
sought as “boyfriend coun
selor” for St. Mary’s students.
Many girls have been grateful
for Kathy’s “un-huh’s” as
they pour^ their hearts out to
her notorious listening ear.
For her interest,
leadership and many hours of
hard work in the theatre
department, and for her in
volvement in other St. Mary’s
activities, Kathy Blades has
been selected as February’s
Belle of the Month.
Wildlife Club Formed
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by Wimb Burton
Have you ever imagined
how hungry you would be
you were a squirrel or a bird
in the winter?? What if you
were the kind of animal who
was too lazy to gather enough
nuts to last the winter?? You
would really be “up a tree.”
That is why a new kind of club
has formed on the St. Mary’s
campus-The Wildlife Club.
No, this is not another
drinking club. But rather, a
club concerned with keeping
as many animals and
varieties of animals around
the campus. In order to keep
many animals, they must be
fed during the winter! This is
the Wildlife Club’s purpose.
This club’s first meeting was
held on February 7. Several
bird and peanut-butter
feeders have been placed
around the campus and more
feeders are being constructed.
Anyone who can bring birds
food (seeds, fruit), squirrel
food (nuts, peanut-butter),
and-or feeders from home are
encouraged to do so. All those
who are interested in par
ticipating please contact
Nancy Penick in 1903, Sally
Nowell in West Rock, or
Wimberley Burton in Holt.
Mrs. Catherine Barnhart is
the club’s advisor.
COLLEGE DRINKING STUDIED
Reprint from The News and Observer
College students are
not drinking any more
these days and are not
getting into any more
trouble than they were five
or 25 years ago, according
to a report published by the
Rutgers Center of Alcohol
Studies and reported by the
New York Times service.
The conclusions are based
on a nationwide survey of
13 colleges and universities
by Dr. Ruth C. Engs, of
Indiana University.
Dr. Engs’s report, in the'
center’s Journal of Studies
(HI Alcohol, was based cm a
canvass at 13 colleges and
universities of 1,128 stu*
dents across the country.
Of them, 48.1 percent were
men, and 51.9 percent
women, with 79.3 percent
whites and 17.2 percent
black.
Questioning the widely
New Cuts
Chosen
The Cold Chits have been
very busy since the beginning
of 2nd semester. On Jan. 16,
they sang at the Lamda Chi
fraternity house for a mixer
with St. Mary’s girls. Thur
sday night of that week they
were invited to the KA house
to eat a “cold cuts” supper
and then sing later that night.
Sunday night, January 22,
tryouts for the last group of
senior Cold Cuts were held in
Ragland Auditorium. After a
long night, six new girls were
decided upon. However, no
one knew who the new Cold
Cuts were until 5:30 Monday
night, the 23rd. To build the
suspense, the 14 old Cold Cuts
sang songs and acted out
skits. The new six Cold Cuts
announced were Peggy Aiken
the cheesegrater, Susan
on
Langley on the finger cym
bals, Elizabeth Stewart on the
watering can, Cissy Davis on
the sand blocks, Maru Am
burn on the Cabasa, and Jane
Bratton on the triangle. Af
terwards, everyone went to
Edward’s Grocery for a night
of partying and free beer.
So far the Cold CHits have
two engagements for
February. One is a cocktail
party for St. Mary’s alumni on
the 16th and the other is at
Greenfield School in Wilson on
the 23rd. The rest of February
will be spent practicing for the
album which will be cut on the
28 th.
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the
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“It’s a very simple and
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vance.”
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the
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held view that there had
been. a “dramatic
increase” in student drink
ing and related problems.
Dr. Engs said, “The pro
portions of students who
are heavy drinkers or abs
tainers ai^ar to be about
the same as the proportions
in samples studied hi the
past.”
What did become appar^
ent, was that women, &ith
black and white, were
drinking more now than in
the past, and that fewer
black men were heavy
drinkers now than had been
indicated by previous stud
ies, according to Dr. Engs.
She said that “beer still ap
pears to be the most popu
lar beverage, and the one
most consumed by the
heavy drinkers.” Women
were found to prefer spir
its, whiie men chose beer.
Dr. Engs concluded that
the common view cf heavi
er student drinking and
wild undergraduate esca
pades was b^ause:
■ Students might be
drinking “more i^ienly”
now than in the past be
cause the legal drinking
ages had been lowered in
many areas over the last 15
years.
■ ■ Students might be dis
cussing their “drinking
escapades” more openly
with college and university
officials.
■ Diose officials might
become more aware of
“drinking related prob
lems” on campuses as a re
sult of studies made during
the eariy 1970s that showed
alccdioi to be the “drug of
SMC Movie Favorites This Month
Saturday Night Fever
by Etta Ryan
John Travolta of
“Welcome Back Kotter”
electrifies the scene in his
newest movie “Saturday
Night Fever.” Travolta plays
the part of a tough, woiWng-
class kid from Brooklyn who
gains self-respect and ^rls by
dancing the night away at the
local disco. By day, Travolta
works in a paint store as a
clerk, but at night, he escapes
to the 9 to 5 routine, his
parents’ hassle and his future
by spending all night at the
disco.
and the musical score
arranged by the Bee Gees.
Their sounds and his dance
steps make “Saturday Night
Fever” worth watching and
listening to.
Travolta, who plays Tony,
enters a dance contest and
falls in love with his dance
partner, played by Karen
Gorney. (iorney, who once
was from the same side of
Brooklyn as Travolta, plays
hard to get, and spends for
“better values” that she has
found since moving up in the
world by living in Manhattan.
In Tony, she sees someone
that looks up to her and ad
mires her. "Their relationship
is never quite understood, and
the movie leaves you hanging
as to how things will work out.
Ultimately, the hit of the
movie is Travolta’s dancing
The Great “Goodbye Girl”
by Elizabeth Vann
“The Good-Bye Girl” by
Neil Simon is one of the best
movies of this year. It is a love
story, but it is not sentimental.
The story is full of light
hearted comedy, and the plot
is such that you walk out of the
theatre with a great feeling
inside.
The story involves a
woman with a ten year old
daughter. The woman has just
been left by her lover, and she
is picking up the pieces of her
life. She is an actress and is
trying to find a job. She lives
with her daughter in an
apartment that is rented in the
name of her ex-lover. Her ex,
however, has sub-letted the
apartment to a friend of his
and the story revolves around
the conflicts between these
two people.
I highly recommend this
movie to anyone who enjoys
situation comedies. It is also a
good date movie - no em
barrassing parts!
Winter UnifornrAt St. Mary’s~
Most St. Mary’s girls tend
to dress in particular
“uniforms” according to the
season of the year. The pic
ture at the right could be any
one of many students this
winter.
Variatons of this outfit in
clude:
sweatpants
barretts or combs
the layered look-turtleneck,
oxford cloth shirt, sweater,
and jacket
tennis shoes and
jean skirts by Kimber or Mrs.
Johnson.
Accessories include:
ribbon watch bands
add-a-beads, pearls,
whatever
love knot earrings
ribbon belts
stick pins
serpentine chains
lockets
and last, but not least,
rings with the dear ole SMC
seal.
Well, so much for winter,
now we can start thinking
about spring - and Lily’s.
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