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VOL. XXXVIV, NO. 7
ST. MARY’S COLLEGE, RALEIGH. N.C.
MAY. 1978
MAY COURT PRESENTED
AT SPRING FESTIVAL
Neither gray skies, chilly
weather nor drizzling rain
were able to dampen the spirit
of the annual St. Mary’s
Spring Festival. The court,
pages, and dance groups
gracefully adapted their
program to the facilities in
Pittman Auditorium and the
traditional activities took
place as planned.
The day included an
abbreviated class schedule
with parents attending
classes, an open house at the
library during which the
Thomas Wolfe Essay award
was presented, an Ensemble
performance, a final
production of the Sea Saints
spring program and a Cold
Cut performance at dinner.
At 4:30, Elaine Bridger
the 1978 May Queen and her
court were presented. She was
escorted by President Rice
and pages Elizabeth Kerr and
Deborah Rhodes. Other senior
court members were - Etta
Ryan, Maid of Honor,
escorted by Dotty Worsham
and Cissy Davis, Marty
Marshall, page-Roseann
Spearman, Helen Revelle,
page-Jane Bratton, Beth
Ryan, page-Mary Lawrence
Hicks, Elizabeth Vann, page-
Lee Archibald, and Liz
Wright, page-Martha
Boisseau.
Junior members of the
court and their pages were
Marian Green-Tricia Kelly,
Heidie Hooper-Ruth Wornoff,
Denise Landi-Mary Foy
Ragsdale,- and Elizabeth
Rasberry-Ruth Barlow.
Underclassmen on the
court were sophomores Re
Cheatham, Princee Dixon,
and Liz Little escorted by Ann
Womble, Lisha Sedwitz, and
Kathy Sawyer.
Freshman members were
Sally King and Sophie Peden
escorted by Aura Bland and
Betty Lynn Walters.
Elaine wore a solid white
dress, Etta wore a blue and
white print and the court wore
green and white print dresses.
Their pages wore white shorts
and shirts and green vests.
After the May Court
presentation, the Maypole
dance choreographed by Sally
Pelletier, was performed. The
pages danced to Chitty Chitty
Bang Bang which was
choreographed by Susan
Wilder. At this point the dance
groups took over the program.
The theme of the dance
recital was “It’s a small
world” and members of each
of the three dance groups
performed a number
choreographed by tte
presidents of each group to the
theme song. The Caperettes,
Gillie Callum, and Orchesis
then danced to songs from
various countries and eras.
Several members of the St.
Mary’s Ensemble were
featured. Libby Holding,
Janet Castleberry, and Janet
Hartsfield accompanied the
dancers in Big D, Anything
Goes, and Look To the
Rainbow respectively. Aft^
the dance program, the
presidents of the three groups
- Kathy Herring, Orchesis,
Susan Wilder, Caperettes, and
Sally Pelletier, Gillie Callum -
presented flowers to Ka^y
Grey, Julie Glover, and Miss
Ishee for their assistance and
Miss Atkins for overseeing the
production.
Elaine Bridger - 1978 May Queen is presented by President Rice.
New Vestry Members Elected
hv Ruth Barlow
Last week the Vestry
members of ’77-’78 elected the
new Vestry members for ’78-
’79. They are: Ruth Barlow-
Sr. Warden, Laura Straighten-
Jr. Warden (Sec.-Treas.),
Betty Smith and Lanier
Brown-Co-Chairmen of Altor
Guild, Betsy Durst-Head of
Layreaders, Margaret
Barber-Projects Chairman,
Vicki Collins-Head of
Acalytes, Julie Anne Cook-Sr.
Rep., Kimber Sevison-Jr.
Rep., Gwen Coaley-Soph.
Rep., and Fresh. Rep. is to be
elected. Head of Cupbearers is
Anne Smith and the seven
cupbears are: Mary Foy
Ragsdale, Margaret Longely,
Betti Gardner, Mariah Pitt,
Boom Garwes, Susan James
and Dand Dardin.
The Senior Warden’s main
responsibility is to make sure
that all of the Vestry com
mittees do their job ef
ficiently. She also serves as a
“go-between” the students
and the Chaplain to convey
any thoughts that they might
have concerning the Chapel or
Chapel related functions.
Looking ahead to the
upcoming year the Vestry is
going to have its “traditional”
projects ie. the Morehead
Children’s party, the Red
Cross Blood drive with
prospects of challenging
Peace and Meredith in the
drive, and the Tissue Bank
drive sponsored by the Lions
Club of Raleigh. One of the
Vestry’s main goals next year
will be to get more student
participation in community
related projects. For
example, it had been
suggested that student
volunteers tutor some of the
ORIGINAL SEVEN
SELECTED
Board of Trustees Meets
Three new Trustees^
joined the St. Mary’s Board at
'ts April 19-20 meeting.
William G. Clark III,
Elizabeth Gold Swindell, and
Reba White Williams were
named to Board positions this
Various committees met
Wednesday. April 19, wito tte
full Board meeting scheduled
fnr 10 a m. Thursday. Ap-
Sovil of the 1978-79 College
Bget was part of the days
agenda.
hv Anne Smith
After three weeks of long,
hard practices many students
poured into the washroom to
judge for themselves who
would be the original seven
cold cuts for 1978-79. With
colorful outfits and in
struments at hand, one could
hardly tell who they would be.
Each group had their turn at
pleasing the coldcuts with
cute limericks and astounding
medleys. .
Finally the day arrived
small World After aW ‘
that everyone had waited for.
Students from every class
arrived at Pittman
Auditorium to listen to the 77-
78 cold cuts carry the time out
and sing the names of the new
girls. Karen Bearing, chosen
as president, will be cracking
the sticks. Luanne Reynolds
was chosen as secretary and
will play the moroccos. Lynda
Catherine Homes was chosen
for being crazy enough to play
the crazy stick along with
Jennette Carver on that
hotdog. Molly Burton will be
strumming along on the tub,
Fran Snyder will be beating
the bongos and Kathy Spruill,
keeping everyone on key, will
be the new pianist for the
group. All seven girls were
overjoyed and the audience
seemed to agree with the
selections.
The expectations of these
new cold cuts for the coming
year are high. They plan to
prepare themselves over the
summer by picking their
colors and learning their
songs. Their first appearance
will be at the talent show next
fall. All seven are very excited
and looking forward to a great
..“cold cutty” year.
Wiley School students. There
is adequate potential in the
students here at St. Mary’s
that should not go to waste.
Finally, the Vestry would
like to see more student at
tendance at Vestry meetings.
All of the meetings are open to
anyone and it is here that the
students can be of great
service in making suggestions
for upcoming services,
projects and for any change.^
they would like to see in the
Chapel. All that is needed of a
student is her willingne.ss to
serve.
COMMENCEMENT
PLANS MADE
Reba White Williams,
newly-elected St. Mary’s
Board member, will be
speaking at the 1978
graduation ceremonies.
Baccalaureate services
will be held in the chapel
Friday. May 12, with com
mencement exercises taking
place Saturday, May 13.
Mrs. Williams, a 1954 high
school honors graduate, has
led a stunning career as a
business analyst and financial
writer. After graduating from
Duke University, Williams
moved to New York City and
spent nine years with a
leading international
management firm. She then
received her M.B.A. from
Harvard, where she was the
second woman to be elected to
the Century Club, the school's
highest honor.
She is a former vice-
president of the Wall Street
brokerage firm of Mitchell
and Hutchins. Since her 1974
marriage, Williams has begun
a new career as a free lance
writer and researcher for
brokerage firms.
“No matter what a
woman does,” Williams points
out, “the best educational
base is a liberal arts
education. When I was at St.
Mary’s, I learned a great deal
about writing clearly and
well. It has been important to
me no matter what I have
done - in jobs, graduate
education, civic activities
and life.”
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